## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From** October 31, 2024, **Period start date To** August 14, 2025, **Period end date**
**Charity name:** Ripple Heights Development Initiative
**Charity registration number:** 1169744
## **Objectives and Activities**
Ripple Heights was established with the primary aim of combating extreme poverty in Africa. Our mission is to promote community development, provide access to basic amenities, and improve the quality of life among Africa’s most deprived and disadvantaged communities, using our tripartite initiatives viz: Go-Agro, Water Is Life and Slum to League Initiative. The Go-Agro is designed to promote sustainable agriculture among youths and smallholder farmers. Through the Water Is Life Initiative, potable water is provided for communities that lack access to clean water, while the Slum to League is designed to equip and promote young talents to stardom through sports. We equip the impoverished with the right tools and resources to escape the menace of poverty, hence we deliver long-term development programs by addressing the root causes of the problems. Ripple Heights through the Water is Life Initiatives has created access to clean water in communities where health and well-being is dependent on urgent provision of access to clean water resulting to improved livelihoods and positioning them for social and economic sustenance.
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**For the public benefit to relieve poverty**
**and suffering in Nigeria through the**
**improvement of water supplies and clean**
**drinking water.**
**General charitable purposes, the**
**prevention or relief of poverty in Africa,**
**amateur sport for youths**|
|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|**Potable water was provided for the Afor-**
**Ukwu community located in Abia State**
**Nigeria within the reporting year through**
**borehole facility installation to rescue the**
**people from the deplorable condition of**
**acute water scarcity. The organization**
**also supported inter-house sport**
**program through award for excellence for**
**students that performed well as emerging**
**young athletes in Basorun-Ojoo High**
**School, a low-funded public secondary**
**school in Ibadan, Nigeria. Rural farmers**
**in Ilegbon community located in Oyo**
**State Nigeria were also engaged through**
**capacity building programs in**
**sustainable agricultural practices and**
**empowerment for the implementation of**
**climate smart agriculture.**|
|Statement confirming|Para 1.18|**In all activities, the trustees had regard to**|
**the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit**
whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**The organization is not a grant making**
**charity but its eligible to receive grant**
**from donor agencies to achieve her**
**objectives of alleviating poverty**|
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**NA**|
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**The organization is opened to receive**
**donations from volunteers in cash and**
**kind to support the delivery of her**
**projects.**|
|Other||**Ripple Heights is opened to partnerships**
**with other charities to deliver sustainable**
**development projects**|
## **Achievements and Performance**
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|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|**The charitable project to relieve poverty**
**and suffering in Nigeria through the**
**improvement of water supplies and clean**
**drinking water was achieved as the**
**people in Afor-Ukwu community were**
**provided with potable water after so**
**many years of suffering from acute water**
**scarcity and consumption of poisonous**
**water which has placed them in**
**deplorable conditions of abject poverty.**
**The project reached about 8000**
**beneficiaries who now have access to**
**potable drinking water for a healthy**
**living.**|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
**In the reporting year, the organization focused grassroot engagements and**
|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**organizational development, aiming to**
**strengthen the media unit for better**
**program coverage and increased**
**visibility. Community development**
**projects, especially those related to water**
**and agriculture, were prioritized. Notably,**
**the "Water is Life" project for Afor-Ukwu**
**community marked a significant**
**achievement after a mission that started**
**in 2019, delivering clean water facilities**
**for the impoverished. The partnership**
**with the Global Landscape Forum (GLF)**
**initiated in year 2021 led to the**
**establishment of the GLF Ibadan chapter,**
**enhancing environmental restoration**
**efforts. Involving youngsters in projects**
**yielded positive results and ambassadors**
**of humanitarian work emerged. The**
**organization's response to climate**
**change's impact on food security**
**involved promoting climate-smart**
**agriculture among smallholder farmers.**
**Participation in the AU-UNICEF youth**
**innovation challenge resulted in a top ten**
**placement through our slum to league**
**initiative using participatory sports to**
**rejuvenate young people.**
**These achievements align with the set**
**objectives of water provision, agricultural**
**development programs and sports**
**program in combating extremepoverty. **|
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|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**The organization explored various fund-**
**raising platforms including GoFundMe**
**for the water is life project, but the**
**turnout was poor. Funds was raised**
**through Ripple Heights partner**
**organization in Nigeria to deliver most of**
**the projects. **|
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**NA**|
|Other||**NA**|
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The financial results have been reviewed**
**and all income were spent on the various**
**community development projects across**
**the charity initiatives**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
statingwhytheyare held|Para 1.22|**No reserve was held**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**NIL**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**Funds were solely raised and used in**
**carrying out the charity project activities**|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**NA**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**Ripple Heights will continue to function**
**and build partnerships for sustainability**|
## **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 donations in kind and cash,**
**trustees support, online fund raising,**
**sponsorship support from corporate**
**organizations, grants from donor**
**agencies**|
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|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**NA**|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**Limited number of volunteers and lack of**
**funds to carry out our set objectives of**
**potable water provision in rural**
**communities and other development**
**programs.**|
|Other||**NA**|
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document
(trust deed,royalcharter)|Para 1.25|**Trust deed, Constitution**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**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|**Appointed**|
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You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|||
|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|**Intending new trustees go through the**
**constitution governing the charity**|
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**The charity has an organogram that**
**governs the coordinating structure.**
**The charity works with Ripple Heights**
**Development Initiative in Nigeria to**
**facilitate grassroot development projects**
**and community engagements.**
**The charity is currently affiliated with the**
**Global Landscape Forum through**
**partnership for environmental restoration**
**programs**|
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|**NA**|
|Other||**NA**|
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charityname|Ripple Heights|
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|Registered charitynumber|1169744|
|Charity’s principal address|8, Siskin Close, Borehamwood WD62EJ|
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name Chiedu Uwaechia**
## 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 NA held in this capacity Name and objects of the NA charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for NA safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of Name Address adviser**
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **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)** A \ ie > ~~leztaka.~~ **Full name(s)** Chiedu Uwaechia **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc) Date** 14 Aug. 25