## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **1[st] October 2019 to 30th September 2020** ## **Charity name: Well-Being (Sri Lanka)** ## **Charity registration number: 1169468** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|A)The prevention or relief of poverty and
the preservation and protection of health
particularly through the improvement of
water supplies and sanitation in Sri Lanka
B) To develop the capacity and skills of the
members of the socially and economically
disadvantaged community of Sri Lanka in
such a way that they are better able to
identify, and help meet, their needs and to
participate more fully in society.| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|The primary task of the Charity is to provide
wells for families who were displaced by
the war between Government forces and
the Tamil Tigers. Many of these families
found themselves without a breadwinner
through death or disability. Many were re-
settled in the Wanni area of northern Sri
Lanka, in rudimentary housing but without
water supplies. It is these families we try to
help.
Most wells are built from scratch, but in
some cases, we repair or secure a well
which has been dug but not reinforced or
without safety barriers, leaving them as
serious hazards to both children and
livestock.
Families are selected in a non-
discriminatory manner. Those families who
are most in need, invariably where the main
breadwinner was maimed or killed during
the civil war are reviewed with the input of
District Council staff, local church
representatives and community leaders to
place them in priority order. In previous
years, wells were provided for shared use
between several families, but this proved to
be unsuccessful because of disputes.
Relieving the poverty of these families is
always paramount.
As well as for personal use, the supply of
fresh water can be utilised for irrigating| |||smallholdings producing fruit and
vegetables for personal consumption and
for sale in local markets. This process
builds self-respect among families who
have had to rely purely on charity to survive
since the end of the civil war.
Our consistent support and oversight of this
project over many years has given others
the confidence to add their support. This
has led to significant donations being made
direct to the project team in Sri Lanka.
More wells have been provided than would
have been possible just from our own
financial support. The number of wells
quoted in this report are a result of total
funds from all sources donated to the Sri
Lankan project team for the construction of
wells.
| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|In planning our activities for the Charity’s
fourth year of operation, the Trustees have
given careful consideration to the guidance
on public benefit from the Charities
Commission.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|The Charity does not make grants| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|This is not applicable.| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|The charity has no paid employees. The
charity raises funds from the Trustees, and
their friends and contacts. All work in
raising funds is undertaken by the Trustees
acting in voluntary capacities. The Trustees
administer the Charity here in the UK and
provide managerial control through a local
supervisor who is formally employed by
Oru Paanai (a sister charity) at no charge.
All funds raised are spent on the provision
of materials and, where necessary, local
construction labour and design expertise.
Aside from an interruption in international
travel brought about by the pandemic, in
normal times regular visits are made to Sri
Lanka at the Trustees’ own expense, to
oversee operations and ensure that the| selection of families and communities for the allocation of funds is proceeding fairly and entirely determined by the extent of families’ needs. Other ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|During 2019/2020, the Charity raised over
£8,200 from its friends and supporters. An
increase in the financial contribution from
Well-Being’s sister charity Oru Paanai
(Water), and a large single contribution
made direct to the Sri Lanka operation,
meant that twenty-nine wells were
constructed over the year in question (one
well was held over to 2020-2021 because
of construction difficulties) but with only
£5,800 being contributed by Well-Being (Sri
Lanka).
From its inception to the end of 2019-2020,
the Charity has raised over £43,000 from
its supporters in the United Kingdom and
has provided a total of 96 wells (a further
31 wells were provided before the Charity
was established, through a ‘Pilot’ project).
This has resulted in a growing number of
families who can live without fear of hunger
and disease, with the wells providing
domestic supplies, the irrigation of crops for
food and for sale, and improved hygiene.
Widespread conversations take place with
those families who have benefited from the
provision of wells, to ensure that work is
meeting good standards and fulfilling the
Charity’s objectives of securing families’
futures at minimum cost.| ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The Charity’s strategy has always been to
ensure that funds are not accumulated here
in the UK, but rather sent to Sri Lanka
where they can be used for immediate well
construction, dependent on the time of
year. By the end of the Charity’s financial
year, 30thSeptember, the bank account
balance was just £2871 which was
available for well construction early in 2021.
The Charity’s objective has always been
not to commit to building wells until the
funds have been raised, and then to build
as many wells as possible in Sri Lanka’s
dry season. That policy remains.| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Only small residual reserves are held in the
UK, apart from over the winter months
when sums raised are held here pending
the dry construction period.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|N/A| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|See above| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|N/A| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|N/A| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Individual members of the public| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|N/A| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|COVID-19 restricted fundraising
opportunities in the UK in 2020, but fresh
initiatives have been identified which will
sustain future fundraising at the level of
previous years.| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of Charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
)|
Para 1.25|Constitution| |How is the charity
constituted?|Para 1.25|The charity is a Charitable Incorporated
Organisation (CIO).| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Trustees have been selected through
discussion and consensus among the
existing Trustees.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|N/A| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|The Charity’ structure is very simple here in
the UK, with a team of Trustees working
voluntarily to undertake financial oversight,
co-ordinate activities with the Sri Lankan
operation, and identify marketing
opportunities.| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|The Charity has a common interest with
Oru Paanai, a charity which raises funds for
the relief of poverty in Sri Lanka, and with
whom we share a Trustee. Oru Paanai
(Water) undertook the pilot project that
convinced the Trustees of Well-Being (Sri
Lanka) that there was a desperate need to
improve water supplies to the population in
the Wanni area in northern Sri Lanka and
determined to set up the charity and raise
funds here to take this project forward.
The two charities share the use of staff
resources in Sri Lanka, and Oru Paanai
also contributes funds to this enterprise.| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** Charity name Well-Being (Sri Lanka) Other name the charity uses Registered charity number 1169468 Charity’s principal address **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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6|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Mr Bala
Gnanapragasam|||| ||Dr Daniel
Muthuveloe|Secretary||| ||Mr Melvyn Sears|Treasurer||| ||Mr RajPragasam|||| ||Dr Paul R David|Chair||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |||| |||| |||| |**Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**||| |Description of the assets
held in this capacity|None|| |Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|N/A|| |Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own
assets|N/A|| ## **Exemptions from disclosure** ## Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details N/A ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** |**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**||| |---|---|---| ||Paul Rajasingham David|Melvyn Sears| ||
Chair|Treasurer| ||17 July 2021|| ||17 July 2021|| WELL-BEING (SRI LANKA) Charity Registration Number: 1169468 ## INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2020 |||2020||2019| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Notes|£||£| |Income from:||||| |Donations|1|8238||10072| |Charitable activities||||| |Investments|||-|| |Total income||8238||10072| |Expenditure on:||||| |Costs of raising funds||86||266| |Charitable activities|2
|5800||10002| |Miscellaneous||34||86| |Total expenditure||5920||10354| |Net movement in funds||2318||(282)| |Reconciliation of funds:||||| |Total funds brought forward||554||836| |Total funds carried forward||2871||554| All activities relate to continuing operations. ## WELL-BEING (SRI LANKA) ## Charity Registration Number: 1169468 ## BALANCE SHEET AS AT 30 SEPTEMBER ||Notes|2020|2019| |---|---|---|---| |||£|£| |Current assets|||| |Debtors|3|0|0| |Cash at bank and in hand||2871|554| ||||554| |Current liabilities|||| |Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year||0|0| |Net current (liabilities)/assets||2871|554| |Total assets less current liabilities||2871|554| |Creditors: Amounts falling due after one year||-|-| |Net assets||2871|554| |Fund|||| |General fund|4
|2871|554| WELL-BEING (SRI LANKA) Charity Registration Number: 1169468 ## 1. Income from donations, grants and legacies ||2020|2019| |---|---|---| ||£|£| |Donations|6800|9059| |Income tax recoverable on gift aid|1438|1013| |Grants|0|-| ||8238|10072| |2. Charitable activities||| ||2020|2019| ||£|£| |Costs of supporting charitable operations
|5800|10002| |Foreign exchange fees|34|66| |Other support costs|86|286| |Total|5920|10354| ## 3. Debtors ||2020|2019| |---|---|---| ||£|£| |Other debtors - gift aid|0|0| |Prepayments and accrued income|0|0| ||0|0| ## 4. Statement of funds ||Brought Forward|Income & Expenditure|Carried Forward| |---|---|---|---| ||£|£|£| |General funds|554|2318|2871| |Total Unrestricted funds|554|2318|2871| Well-Being (Sri Lanka) Update as at 30th September 2020 Table 1. Bank Account balances as at 30th September 2020 |Item||Amount|Comment| |---|---|---|---| |||£|| |Bank balances as at above date||2871.11|| |Barclays Current a/c||2871.11|| |Barclays Savings a/c||0.00|| |TOTAL||2871.11|| |Table 2.|Income and|expenditure: 1 October 2019 to 30th September 2020|| |Item||Amount|Comment| |||£|| |Money raised this year||8237.70|See Note 1| |Money spent this year||5920.40|See Note 2| |Table 3.
|Money raised since the charity was registered on 4/10/2016||| |Item||Amount|Comment| |||£|| |Total raised as at 30 September 2019||34,501.54|| |Total raised during 2019/2020||8237.70|| |TOTAL||42739.24|| |Note 1.
|Money Raised in 2019/20||| |Item||Amount|Comment| |||£|| |Grant-||0.00|| |Grant -|||| |Grant -|||| |Donations||6800.00|| |Large Donation|||| |General Fundraising||0.00|| |Gift aid||1437.70|| |TOTAL||8237.70|| |Note 2: Expenditure in 2019/20|||| |Item||Amount|Comment| |||£|| |Well construction in Sri Lanka||5800.00|| |Website development||-|| |Website maintenance||86.40|| |Foreign exchange costs||34.00|| |Sundry bank charges||-|| |TOTAL||5920.40||