1169743 ## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date **01 01 2024 31 12 2024 From To** ## Section A Reference and administration details ~~ee~~ **Charity name** UK Supporters of Born in Africa **Other names charity is known by** ## **Registered charity number (if any)** ~~Lo~~ 1169743 **Charity's principal address** 14 Fernlea Bookham Surrey **KT23 3NN** ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** **Name of person (or body) entitled Trustee name Office (if any) Dates acted if not for whole year** ~~eees~~ **to appoint trustee (if any)** 1 Nick Brooks ~~ee~~ 2 ~~a~~ Penny Brooks ~~eees~~ 3 ~~ee~~ Steve Hirst Resigned 5[th] August 2024 4 Kevin Pocock ~~a eees~~ 5 ~~ee~~ Alan King Appointed 2[nd] September 2024 6 ~~a eees~~ 7 ~~eees~~ 8 ~~eeee~~ 9 ~~eees~~ 10 ~~eees~~ 11 ~~eeee~~ 12 ~~eees~~ 13 ~~eeee~~ 14 ~~eees~~ 15 ~~eeee~~ 16 ~~eees~~ 17 ~~eeee~~ 18 ~~eees~~ 19 ~~eeee~~ 20 ~~eeee~~ **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) Name Dates acted if not for whole year** March **2012** **TAR** 1 ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Type of adviser**|**Name**
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**Address**| |---|---|---| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive**|**or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**|| |Not applicable||| ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Appointed by Board of Trustees Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** - You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about:  policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** March **2012** **TAR** 2 ## **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** To advance education in Bitou, South Africa amongst school-going children and young adults who are financially disadvantaged in particular but not exclusively by supporting Born in Africa, Plettenberg Bay (SAN PO number – 060-686 – NPO, hereinafter BiA) by such means which are exclusively charitable in accordance with the laws of England and Wales During the course of the reporting period UKBiA raised funding in the UK to support a number of activities to be undertaken in South Africa by the sister charitable organisation, Born in Africa. There were six transfers during the reporting period: 1. £8,804 in January 2024, 2. £1,401 in March, 3. £2,994 in July, 4. £1,639 in August, 5. £4,706 in November, 6. £662 in December. **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these** The three main activities aligned with UKBiA objectives were: **objects (include within this section the statutory** a) Godparenting support for children sponsored under the BiA **declaration that trustees have** programme to provide schooling-associated costs, including fees, **had regard to the guidance** extra-curricular support and development, and uniform support. **issued by the Charity** The number of godchildren sponsored dropped from 21 at the **Commission on public benefit)** a) Godparenting support for children sponsored under the BiA programme to provide schooling-associated costs, including fees, extra-curricular support and development, and uniform support. The number of godchildren sponsored dropped from 21 at the beginning of 2024 to 19 by the end of 2024. This totalled £6,427 of income during the reporting period, slightly down on 2023. b) Funding costs associated with the construction and operation of a new swimming teaching pool at the Born in Africa offices, Plettenberg Bay. c) The purchase of laptops for Born in Africa pupils matrivucltaing and moving into higher education. ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** March **2012** **TAR** 3 You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. Section D Achievements and performance March **2012** **TAR** 4 ## Section D Achievements and performance As the eighth year of operation it was the objective of the Trustees to **Summary of the main** continue to increase awareness of the charity, attract in further **achievements of the charity** godparents, and raise sufficient funds to ensure the sustainability of the **during the year** charity. Unsurprisingly after the record levels of fund-raising in 2023 resulting specifically from a major fund-raising event and a 50% increase in the number of godparents, 2024 settled down to a more normal year, although at higher income levels than in earlier periods. We are delighted to report that we successfully raised more than £12,700. This is significantly higher than in any year prior to 2023. Event activity has changed – instead of a charity ball, we returned to holding a South African wine-testing event in Surrey, which was wellattended and well-supported by local businesses. Further fund-raising events are being planned to be held in 2025. An additional Trustee, Alan King, joined the Board during the year, and one of the founder Trustees departed the Board in August 2023. Based on the experiences of this year of activity the Trustees are confident that the experiences learned will lead to a successful ninth year of operations. ## **Section E Financial review** March **2012** **TAR** 5 ## **Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** The Trustees have agreed to manage the cash in bank so that a minimum of £50 be maintained at all times, and that the frequency of transfers to South Africa will be determined by the phasing of receipts of income and trying to minimise bank charges for fund transfers. Transfer frequency has settled around 6 transfers per year. The Trustees are confident that the current cash position of the Charity is sufficient to cover any unexpected calls on its reserves. ## **Details of any funds materially in deficit** ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: - the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; There are four main sources of income to the Charity. 1. Godparenting. Income from this source totalled £6,427 in 2024, down marginally against 2023 due to 3 Godparents deciding not to continue supporting children on the programme. 2. Fund-raising events – a wine-tasting event was held in November, which generated £3,104. 3. Individual donations £1,140 4. Gift Aid, totalling £2,116 claimed during 2024. - investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ## **Section F Other optional information** ## **Section G Declaration** ## **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** **Full name(s)** Nick Brooks **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Co-Chair **etc)** **Date** March **2012** **TAR** 6 ||**UK Supporters of Born in Africa**
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**funds**||**Total funds**||||**Last year**| ||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||||**to the nearest £**| |**A1 Receipts**|||||||||||| |Donations|**1,140**||**-**||**-**||1,140|1,140|||**14,819**| |Godparenting|**6,427**||**-**||**-**||6,427|6,427|||**6,646**| |Gift aid|**2,116**||**-**||**-**||2,116|2,116|||**4,122**| |Events|**3,104**||**-**||**-**||3,104|3,104|||**25,368**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**12,787**
_(Gross income for AR)_||**-**||**-**||**12,787**|**12,787**|||**50,955**| ||||||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**|||||||||||| |**(see table).**|||||||||||| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|||| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|||**-**| ||||||||||||| |**_Total receipts_ **|**12,787**||**-**||**-**||**12,787**|**12,787**|||**50,955**| |**A3 Payments**|||||||||||| |Bank fees|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|||| |Transfers to Born in Africa|**20,206**||**-**||**-**||**20,206**|**20,206**|||**42,855**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**20,206**||**-**||**-**||**20,206**|**20,206**|||**42,855**| |**_Sub total_ **
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~~SS~~||||||||||| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ **|**- 7,419**||**-**||**-**||**- 7**|**- 7,419**|||**8,100**| |**A5 Transfers between funds**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|||**-**| |**A6 Cash funds last year end**|**9,508**||**-**||**-**||**9**|**9,508**|||**-**| |**_Cash funds this year end_ **|**2,089**||**-**||**-**||**2,089**|**2,089**|||**8,100**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
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