CoThpany registratKffl nuntsr. 09936276
Charity registrat*￿ number. 1169767
Rara Charity
(A c(ry￿y by gutrantaa)
k)rthe Year Ended 31 2024

Rare Charty
Contents
Refer8nceand Administr*ive t*tals
Trustees. Rewrt
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Indep9Th￿t Examingrfs Re￿1
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statemènt of Financiat Ac*v*Es
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Balance Sheet
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Siaten*nt ofcash Fk)
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Note510 the Fin￿¢¢1 Staenwrts
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Reference Admlnlstr*lve Detsils
Charlty Reglstratlon Numb8r 1169767
Company Reglstra¢ion Number IM36276
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RaTe Charlty
TnL%te05' Report
The trustees, who are directorn for the PUryK￿ of ccthpany law, present the annual rewt together wilh
th8 financial statwts and aKltiors' rermjt of ￿ Charl￿ (y)mpany for ts year oThJ•J 31 January
2024.
ObJe¢tiv¢s and aclMtie8
Rarg Charity provides educational opportunitEs for Feople within tea communhw. The people working Sn
tea represent sornB of the most M￿Inall*j ¢onNnuniti8s li mry of the worfrfs pwrest countries. Rare
Charit￿S missNJn k8 to W4UiP talented and trnn$￿ their oxrmlr￿Y in their ￿¥n
ways on their lerrns.
Rare Charlty* obJè¢tiv¢s rwnakn:
The advmment d 8ducation" and without weiudre to Ihg genera]ty of th& the charity nwy seek to
fulfil ts cljects by beiro aclwe ￿ aTras Sur￿￿ing in Africa, Nepa. Indla and Sri
Lanka by.
1) Awarding studerts $￿arsh[pS to enteruniknwsiy, colege or of hi￿eror1urther￿UcZbOn.
2) Supporting edUcat￿n Init￿tiveS to syepwe to any o•Kin, trade or prOf￿10n ￿ leawing
any educatthal estsblrShm￿tr,
3) SupportiNJ educationalfaulilies andlor llih0tvKs.
Publlc Benefft
Rare Ctrwrly exists to seNe the th1o￿ah Investing in ¢(IL￿. enabliNJ indivwjuals to
tran$fom their own Ir¥es. their hw¥*￿￿js. their conwnunly, a￿1 mntualty thar country and t¢yond.
Rar8 Chariiy.
a. offers secornlary educalional s(knlatsly to youry to ￿11& lo Contin￿ tt￿1r education
and avoKI earty rr¢arriag<
b. offers tertiay ethJ¢ational OFporlunf(w to 1nd￿rydu* t*nt and ￿L%￿n, who would oth8rwr6e
have no 8ccess whatsoever to further edu¢atiffi,'
c. equips these individuals to retum to ther comrrthity (STr￿1d ¢lbTh). to implem&tt change in
the¥ ways and ￿ their terrrts:
d. thereby c*lyses long-term, syslwroc and 8u*&nti4e thar￿ willwn SO￿ of the most
vuIr￿abl6 nnl cornmunknes in many ofthe worV¥ pwrest Countri￿,.
e. provides a meaningful and ilhJnNnating Connecti￿ befv￿n Ihe ConS￿rn oFtea and the petyle wl
projuce it.
The founding princA￿e rl Rwe Chariiy is sustsnthlty. The Clwty b8lvRs tsi en8bling the gro*th of a
cohort of skilled p￿fe￿ona1S, in C￿tIlg rol8 n￿de￿% who &Kourage ther pogrs to ￿ntinue
with edu￿tiOn.
RarE Charity ￿lieve$ kn enw*ering young worn￿. At ￿a51 half of an teitw schclarships are set aside
for fomale students - we fund se￿ndaY schOkr3h￿￿ for girts. to offer thèm the same oFportunitie5
for fvrther 9￿U￿tIL￿ as th8ir malg counte￿artS.
The trusta8s confim that they have ¢LYnpli8d wilh the ￿Ul[e￿nts of section 17 of the Charibe$ Act
2011 to have due regard to ts publr b￿efft gUid￿ce Ch￿rtY Comrntssion for EnglaThJ
and W81es.
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Adlvltles andObie¢th
Following the Cu￿nt high watermark in 2022. there was a significant reductlon in annual inconR.
whlch had been forecast on the basis of a maJordorK)r haMn8 given a double donation which marked
the end of a phase of supporL This allowed for d￿nation of reserves to be spent down across 2023.
With a new team in place, focus wa$oveThh￿Min8ty on ensuri[￿ quality prceramme dèlivery with
little emphasi5 on fundraisln& Nonetheless. thère We￿ S￿ne fundratslng includinga
Campai￿ leading to a generous donatbn from the Parish of St Peterfs and the Winchester Martyrs and
continulng support from Rare Tea Company. re8ular intematsonal donors.
erational
mm
The new managir￿ Dlrector began at the end of 21)21 with two p(¥nts of focus ofthÈ earfy part ofthe
year thead. First was the effectNe continuatK)n of e￿slIng programming wlth tertiary and secondary
schoLirs. ensurfNq tharcontinued accessto e(IKation and tsllored SUFporL
Secondly, this was to be strengthened through the recruitment of a part-tkne ce￿ntry Manager in
Malawi, f11fing￿ role which had beenvacatedtowardsthe end of 2022. Thiswasccrfnpleted sucCessf￿1V
with thè new Country Manager $tarting in April 2023.
Newscholarshipswere avrdrded to one tertiary stholararKI f￿r5eCondary$d￿1a
As wèll asthe ongolngwork in Malawi. the pilot of Supl￿ for a tertlary scholar in Nepal was continued.
with investigatiotL% made towards the development of a fixthers4)wt pro8ramme in the country.
In the l*ter part of the year. operattonswere mo%*d tr) a new UK offi￿. whern the d￿rIty continues to
be based.
Athl•vements and PerfornHrKe
Income dropped 5ignfficantlyto a total of £54.YJ6. substantially telow the prevtlus yearfs income of
£94.267. As mentioned, this had been to some (kgree articipated corsiderlngthe a(fvance donation
8Nen in the pwous year.
Monthly income dropped slightly from the 2022 average of £710 to an aVer￿e0f £637. This was
supplemented byan important fundralsin8carn￿Ign and some major donor income. Although nothln8
amounted to matth the majorgrfts of the precedirE year. these furklratsing successes allled tts the
fiinds d￿gnated for prD8rammlNdfrom lastyearfs Income. allvwed forthe smooth conknued delNery
of operations, and support to be extended to new Sd￿[8￿.
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Trust••s' Raport
ational Pr
Towardsthe start of t￿finanCIal year. recruitmentwds launched for a new C￿ntrY Manager, to
ensure effectwe delivery of wot* and oper4tions in Malawi. There was avery strong responseto the
advertisement of the pogtion wlth over 2(KlappllcatKWS re¢eNed. and manyotthe candidates being
wel1qual￿ed forthe pO￿tiOn. After shordistirva and severnl rounds of interviews, AThJrèw Bita was
selerted as the successFul candidate. stsrtin8wthin Awil 2023.
A number of issues throughoUtthe￿ar had a profound impatton lrfe in Malawi. Troix￿1 Stcffm Freddy
caused devastation in Marth 2023. destylwd maw INes. partiwlarty In thè south ofthe country.
Fortunatefy, Rare tharit￿5 sth)Jars and team were not affecteil to the same degree as many others.
though some scholar< houses Inthejr home village5were badly damaged. and the area nearwhere
Support Officer Esnarth stsyswa£ aL50 heavily affected. Though communKattons and power
Infrastructure was affected. Rare Charity stayed in contxt toenswe all schokr5 and thkeholders
remalned safe.
As the ￿ar progresse(J. financial isgjes In ￿COuntrY had a greater Imw, wth inflation pushing costs
higher for many ba%c needs. Thls led a number of Schol￿ who had previously been able to cover the
costs of theirown accomnv)datlon or w*als to experlence finanaal dtfficulties. and seek an extension
of support from Rare Charity. Eath re¢west was tarÈfu]ty assessed. but in m05t cases the appeal was
Justifted and measures were tsken to provide further supporL In November 2023 the national ￿Tren
was dewalued by 44% againstthe ddlar. Rare (harity paid ck)5e attention to the ewnomic
crrtumstanw and adapted its apFffoath to respond to the developin8 needs of its scholars.
Despite these challervaes,the Malawi programme continued to grow. with one new scholar5UPPOrted
in tertiary education. and four more supported secondary wogramme. This took thetotal
number of supwrted Scholars to forty4wo. Thts includesthe pilot of 5UPPOrtto a tertiary scholar in
Nepal, whlch continued through theyear.
New opportunitieswere created fortertlary $thol￿t0 provide mentorship at secondary sthooks, With
a numberscholars and graduates atcompanying the hxal team on school wsits and presentlng abLKrt
thÈk Èxperien￿5 to sec¢￿dary5Cho1ars and students. Schokats also promoted ILKal opportunities in
technical ed￿tion through their netWO￿S, leadingto orte l(Kal sbjdent bel￿ accepted on
supported place.
Alongside further 8rowth in the scholars suppc*ted.we a150 ￿Trebratedthe 8raduation of seven tertlary
scholars - Ble&%lngs, Chisomo C.. Chisorno N.. Lauryn. Swvia. Yamlkani and one of our longest standlni
scholars. ￿$￿￿1. whose studies had ￿eft extertded to bel￿ interrupted by serious Ilness. In
ad(%tion to thi5. there were the¥eryfir5t graduatior6from oursecondary programff*. Cathreen and
Oliwa.
Since 2016 Rare Charity has Committed tofunding 23 your6 people through tertiary education. Every
one of ourscholarf academ1¢ p&fOrman￿ ts outs￿(￿n8and there is a 0% thopout rate.
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We knowour scholarship pro8Trmme is workin& Seven further schojars graduated in 2023. bringi
the total number of graduates up to fourteen. retains a strong commitmentto their home
communities and plans to share the benefft of their skjlts as quafified professionals. Havln8 allcome
frorn exceptionallyvulneTable fan11￿. tt*ir current wofesslons a￿ listed behbw.
Enelys Black.. Midwfe IDiplLM)a kn Nursrng and M¥Jth. 20211
Wo￿an1 Jamtrx): Contart Centre &Jpèr¥lsor (Bachelorof Arts. Media for Development, 20191
Osman Karlmu: Safety. Health. Enwronment. R￿k& QLBllty OffKer (Bachelor ofkience in
Food Techr•Jlogy. 20191
Madalitso Nsaj￿ah. SeCondarysth￿ITeaCher(Bachelor0f Edutation Science. 20211
Andrea 5ylve5ter: MedicalAsslstsnL NerKJ Dlstrkt Hospital (Certificate in cfinical Media￿.
20221
Alex KhUMba￿lWa.' Laborat(ryTÈthnician {DIF1￿la in B1(￿ediCalSCIe￿e, 202ZI
Norah Jordan: ¢(￿munity Development Intern I Project otfior IDiploma in Communlty
Deveb)pment, 20221
Sylvia Lodzani: Phamiacy Intern. Queen Efizabeth Hospitsl IBacheh)rof s(￿re in Pharmacyi
Kamuzu Unr¥ersity tsf Health Sclen¢es. 2023)
Llsnet Zuze: SecoThJary SchcL)l Teather (Bachel￿Of Arts in Education and Sc<lal Studie5,
Unfverslty of Malawi. 20231
Chisomo Chatepa.. Intemal InSp￿rfOr0￿￿￿r$, Satemvm IBa¢helorofSclen￿ in
Agriculture, Malawi Adventist Unrfftsity. 20231
Blessings Maud2u.' (DI￿Oma in Nu￿1￿8 and Midwifery, St. Joseph's College. 20231
Chisomo Ndwna= HIV Diagnostic Asslstant. ￿cRo IDiF4oma in Irrigation Technotogy, Natural
Resources College. Lilorgwe University of 4grKulture and Natural Resources, 20231
YamikAnl Golden: Intern, Satemwa IBachelor of st￿￿￿ in P4ribusIr￿ Management ￿lOngWe
University of ￿lculture aJKI Natural Resources. 20231
Lauryn Patel.. Intem. Zomba Central Hospital Ithploma in ainical Medicine, MalavA College of
Heafth srien￿. 2023)
All 8raduates had f￿nd some form ofmeanirthl eThyloyment at the tlme ofv￿ltin& wtth marry ofthe
internships being irntJ)rtant Step￿n¥ stones on their cjknisen career path. Considerlng extremely
challengln8 employment landscape in Malawi. wherè onty 9% enterthe fomial job market. thi5 IS
signiTicanl achievemen( particulady when crrcumstances of the scholars at the start of their
educatlon are fattored in. Though each grdduate has found in their search for employThent. we
still aim to increase our supportfor skllb devebpment anK)n8 ourstholars. It is notable thattertiary
education institutions In Malawi do not currentty offera Careers Servi￿ aThl there is little focus on the
path￿Y to employment and job-huntin8 ski115. Therefore, Rare Charltywill step in to fill th15 gap. and
encourage more institutions to adopt such servKesover the I0￿erterm.
Rare Chartty continuedto provide tertlaryeducational scholarshipsfor thefollowlng stholars.
Madalitso Banda, orI￿nalty studying a Bachek•rofAccountin8 Practi￿. Millennium Unfvetsity,
on an educational scholarship, later transferred to Malawi College of Accounting to study
Bachelor Applied AccountinB-Audit and Inftymation System8 rm an educational scl¥)larship
wlth meals,.
Joyo Dzinjalamala, Bachelor of kierKe in BiomedS¢al Engir￿nn& Mak3wl Polytechni
awarded a fdl scholarship:
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TruBtee•' Report
Faith Sawa5awa, BachelorofArts In Inth8eTr)us Knowledge $Y￿eMs and Prn¢t1￿. Maawt
Univèrstty of Science and TethrKJlo8y. awarded an edwational scholarship.
FOrt￿e Jim William. Dipknna in General ￿￿Kultu￿. tilongwe Universityof Agrl¢utture and
Natural Resource8 awarded a fully indusrve scholarship:
Prec*Jus Masewo. Bachelor of Sciw¢e in ￿lbu$[neSS Mana8emenL Lllon8we UnTver*ty of
AgricuEtLweand Natural Resour￿. awarded an educatlonalscholarship￿th accommodation,.
• Morwn Namonthwe. BachÈlorof ScierKe In BK)medical Sciences. Kamuzu Unr¥ersrty of Health
kiences. awarthd an edwational scholarship with meal
Gertrude Mawlndo, Bachelor of Administration IM¥ketiru). Malawi University of
Busine55 and Applied SderKe4 awawtsd a full $d￿La￿lp.
Onefurthertertiaryscholarship vRsawarthd in Maiawl to
Gift Clement, Bachelorof Applied Accounting-Authtand InfOrn￿tiOn Systems. Malawi College
of Accountsncy, awarded a full stholarshy.
In addrtion, Ra￿ Charity c¢￿tinUed its supptrt for rtsfrsttertiarystholarship in Nepal..
Schneiderorchard, B*helor of Hotel ManagemenL South Asian Sthool of Tourism and Hotd
Management. awarded an edwat5onal stholar5hip.
Each scholarshlp ts holl5tk and tak)red to the 5tholarg needs as Tht h)¥e sew In
particular this year. Can be adapted accordln8 to the SFth circLm5tsnces of the scholar, should
resources allow for this. A scho1￿h1p typical￿ Ind￿leS. fees. accommodation. meals, materia
indudlng a laptop. access to quallty heathcare. fvnded work experien￿ pl3￿Ment. exam fees and a
tsl1(ffed mentor5hlp programme tosupport sdx)W mentsl wellbei
Stho
s for Girfs
Rare Charity was able to o)ntinue its tNUg￿meforSpOnKrringglrISthr0U&h secondaryschcol.
With four more glrb receivingschoiarshlps dumgthisyear, Rare Charrty nowsuppC￿ts 19 exceptional
vulnerable wrls, who would otherwise have had to drcp out of education and would have fa￿d a very
likely prospert of ear￿ marria8e. The car#Jidates *Ere identified ac£ordingto ourselection crtteria and
due diligence was condurted m exh applicatw)n to assess that le￿S of need were genuine.
The holistic scholarships indude fees. uniform, a materials allowanc4 a safeguarding prograrnme and
access to quality medlcal ca￿. 5d￿a￿ attend one of the dtstrfcvs best boardw￿ Sch￿[s, ensurln8
they have aC￿sS to three meals per dayi safe sleeping arrangements and an environment condu¢Ne to
stLKty.
Mc*Ang Funds Internatlonally
The Ei)ard acknowledges that as Tn￿teeS they have a lÈgal duty to wotect their tharitrfs funds to
ensure that funds arè legltimatefy used to furtherthe Ch￿S pU￿oSe. Fomial banking systems y￿re
used In a ￿pOnsIble manner to en5￿￿ that (harity tund5 were safe8uanled. Intemational transfers
werÈ made via one ofthefo]lown8rout&'
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TMsth&ry' Report
Cmra (formefly known as Wesiem Unlon Edge)
Each transaction was re¢ttded at everystep. sothatfuthwerefvltyaccounted for, from InltSaltransfer
to final destination.
Towards the end of the year. the deValUat￿}n and Ir￿abl1 ty of the nation￿ currew of Malawl, ledto
Convera PLrttin8 a hold on transfers in MaLiwi Kwacha. InvestytK•ns were beBun to identify a new,
secureand susiainalAetransfer platfomi should th￿sItU￿10n Contin￿ into the newyear.
Any release of funds by Ra￿ Charit￿5 Mana8in8 llirector is under*Tltten and approved by a momber
of the Èoar(l.
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Twgtses. Report
As per Rare tharitrf5 Reserves Policy. we holdthè f￿h)￿l￿ funds in reserves:
UnrÈstrfcte
erves
R￿e Chartty needs to ensure tts bn8-tem ¥iabilty in order to honourour commltment to our schdars
and their tea rommunities.our reserves are held to Ixjild the tharws ￿$l1￿n(eagain5t unkyedlctsble
drop-offs in regular income streams. They are a150 held to enab￿ sound financial management and
foThvard flnancial plannin&
Our reserves should lall between 3 and 9 Mont￿ rvnr￿ng￿sts and should never exceed 12
months. We alm to carryfcYward&7 month< runnww costs this￿ar.
We re¢o8nise this Is onthp hi8herend of thespectrum in this sertor. trxrtourreasons ¥e:
l. Ourscholarships can last up to a 5-year Feriod. we need to a59Jre ow ability to defiver all
pro8rammes to completion: to be present to mentor and guide owscholar5. and minimise risks
of unplanned dosure and insolvencyat all costs.
2. At preserrt our regular income streams are only partly a55ured. for instance in 2022 44% of our
Income came Irom a sin8le major donor completin8 their 3-year. Until we have a more assured
annual income stream bvlith allows usto forttast longer4erm. we aim for 6-7 rrKJnths' running
costs to be hel(L
estrlcted R
Rare Chartty currentlydoes not h¢Ad restri￿ reseNes a￿kn￿h this be revised should a do[￿rOr
funderrequlre It
Rare Chartty ￿ld5 designated reserves. which aresep¥ate from our urtrestrtted reserves.
Every time we commit to a new sclK¥tarshlp, ¥* set asKJethe ofthe programme, so thatthe
scholar can be assured of completion. The total cost of a scholarship may i￿lUde tuition and
examination fees meal and actornmodation costs. a laptop allowance, a work experien￿ allowan￿.
medical care and 5afe8uarding costs- overthe period of thestuderfs course. These a￿ set out in our
designated reseThes.
Our deslgnated reserrfe leveb aredynamic aNI depend on our numberof scholar5 and lh*
PfOEresslon through iheir course.
Full ￿COrdS a￿ kept ofeveryschokrf5 forec*d costs to tske them to cour*completion.
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Stnxture and Man3￿Mert
Rare Charity is a charIt￿le Ccrfnpany. fourKled ￿ Henrietta Lovell. Rare Chariteawa5 incorporated on
5 January 2016: tts name was ofFiually thanged to Ra￿ Charity on l July 2016. Rare Charity 15
governed under its Artrcles of Association, vthich were ￿0pted on 4 July 2016. In the event of ￿e
Charity bel￿ wound w membets are required to contribute an amount Tr)t ex¢eedin8 £1.
Cr￿trn
and
The Directorsof thecornpanyare also knrywn as (fvrityTru5tees forthÈ purpDsesof Chartty Law. Under
the requirements oftheArtlcles of Association, theTru5tees a￿ elerted to serve a period no lon8er
than nrne years. after whl¢h they must be re-elected at the next Anr￿1 Generdl Meeting. At
Annual General meetin80n￿thrrd oftheTrustees must ye￿refrOM of￿. Ixrt may 0fferthéNtse￿e$
re-appoinknent.
All injstees ￿ve thwrtwnevduntsrity and recerrtd beneffts from dwrity.
The Board of Trustees seek5 to e￿Ure that needs of the Charit<s I￿rk a￿ approprFately reflected
throu8h the diverslty of the tTustse trf)dy. Rare Charitys work fttusses on offerfn8 edutatlon
opportunlties in tea communttles: the current country of OFeratlon is Malawt. The
Board reflects strong exptrtlse in the relevant profess￿nal areas: the tea indu51ry IHenrietta Lovelll,
best practice in educ8tion (Will le FlemlnÉl, MafavK5 eronomy. infrastrurture. law and culturè IRobert
Anderson and Cecilia Makonyolal and best practice in the Internat￿nal charlty settor {Cecillia
Makonyolal. Chartered ACCO￿tant Adam Hitkie is ourtreasurer. Gemma Bell. Director at Gemma Bell
and Compary Ltd ath4tses on the charlt<s arKI public image.
ional
Rare Charli￿5 Board of 6 trustees are reSpO￿lbIe for the stratw dlreLtlon and of the Charity.
The Board meets quarterty, includingan AnNal General Meet•r￿ D￿e peryear. Resolution5 are agreed
at said meètlngs Iprovlded tk*re is a quorum). or bywritten resolution.
A scheme of dele8ation is in place and re5p)nsbiltyfor the foll￿￿￿ rests V*Yth the Mana8in8
Drector.
• Day-tcAay oversight of ddiverin8 scholatship pr0￿me$ and managemerrt of the Malawi
Country Manager and Support Offrer. ersUri￿ that the Charity dellvÈrs the serv1￿$
specified. in accordance with al safeguarding due diligence procedures, and that k
indicators are met:
• Ensurin8 the healthy growth of the chafi￿5 income through fundralslng actpthtes In
accordance vAth the Boards mandate:
Day-tQ-dayfinancTral rec(wd-keeti
Admtni51ration:
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Tru$toes' Report
MarketlngarKI PR to maintain and yowthecharivsgoryl TrPLrtatiorL
Detslls of anyfund5 held tsya artodlanlnthe
There are no funds held by anytrustee arKI no trustee receivesany fina￿la1 beneflt from the
Charity.
Srnall companles pr(Y4151on statement
This report has been prepared in accordan￿ withthesmall ¢ompanies regime underthe Companies
Act 2(￿.
The annual report ¥rdS approNtd tyrfthetru5teesofthecharity on 2 September2024 and sl8￿1 on
its trthalf by.
Hic
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Trust
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The trustees Iwho are also the dFrÈrtors of Rare Chartty for the purposes of company lawl are
responsible for preparin8 the tru5tees' report and the financhil statements In a¢wdance wEth the
United Kingdom Accounti￿ Stsndards ILlnited G￿rallY Accepted Accounting Practiol
and apklicable and regulat10￿%.
Company law requires the trustees to prepare financi41 statemerrts for each financial yèar. Under
company law the trustees must not apwove the fmarxial ststements unlessthey are satisfied that
they 8we a true and fair Mew of the state of affai￿ of the charitable company and of its incomin8
resources and app￿CatiOn of resources, lrfludire its itKome and e¥peThJiture, for th* perictyd. In
preparlngthese financlal ststements. the trustees are wuired to:
selert surtable accounting poliaesarKI them con5isiently,
observe the method5 and prlnciples nthe Charl￿S SORP,.
makelud8ementsand estvnatesthatare reag)nable aNI
state whetherapylicable uKA¢c￿n￿n￿Standarts have been fouthved. subject to any material
departures thsclosed aNI explained in the finattlal statements; and
prepare the financial statements on the golng Cfficern basis unless h Is knapprowiateto
presume th* the charita￿e companywill contirHJe in busk*ss.
The tru51ee5 are responsibk for keepire adequale account￿8 records that a￿ SLrffKiert to show
and explain the charltable companvs tra￿a¢ll0r￿ arKI disclose whh reasonable accuracy at anv
time the financial position of the charitatle Company and enaile them to ensure that the financial
statements Compty wlth the CompaThes Aci 2(*J6. They are akn responsible for Safeguardi￿ the
a$5ets Df the charitable company and he￿e for taking reasonable steps for ￿ prevention and
detectw)n of fraud and other i￿egUlar1tles.
Approved byt￿ trustse5 ofthe chwtyon2 September 2024 si8ned on its behalfby.
ckne
Tr
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Raro CharKy
Independwrt E￿nITr•￿S Roport to trwtoosof Rar• CknKy ftho Comw
I report to the tharity tr￿ on my ey2miMtion of thg acownts al the Coryany for thè year ended 31
January 2024.
R8sponslbllltleB and bjsls of report
As the chanty'$ tritst08s of the Ccynpany {and 8180 ts dreclors for the pU￿OSe¥ of company IWH) you are
responsible for the Preparatt<￿ of the axounts in the requirpments of the
Act 2CM)6 {Ih8 201X Pd).
Ha¥try 8att8fied mysell that thg ￿e￿nIS rfth8 Cwry we raqured to be a￿lIted un(kr Part 16 of
the 2006 Act aTO digible #itspendgnt exwninaK>n, I report in res￿4 of my exarninetion of your
charitys a¢o￿nts as carried out urbjw W￿lon 145 of the Charth8s 2011 {Ihe 2011 ACV). In ¢W￿ng
out my ￿AaMinat￿￿ I fr)Ib•Rd the Direckn givon by the Chaty CLwnmtssion under 58cbon
145{51{b) of the 2011 Act.
Ind•p8ndonl •xamlnefs slatsm•
I have completed my e￿3￿￿nal￿￿. I confimi that Th) mknrl have to my atterttt￿ In connoclicm Yhrylh
the oxamlnatton gr4irwJ me cause to beli8¥e:
1. accounting records wern rwped of Clwty a8 reqwed ty wAwJn 366 of the 2
Artor
3. the accounts do nL* compty with the acCo￿try requirements of section 396 ￿ the 20C6 Act other
than any r8quirwnert that the accourts wwj fair whth is not a matter considered
88 pat ofan Independent exanina1￿4 or
4. the accourts have not prepar&1 in accordance wih th& m8tPtsd8 and prncipl85 of t
statemert of Recommerwjed Pract¥% for ￿Ount￿¥ aKI reportiig by ¢hwit1￿ [applic*ble to
Eharitss preparing their accounts in the Fin￿￿￿al Rapybng Stantsd appli¢abl8 li
the UK and RepuL* of Irelgnd (FRS 102)P
I have no concems and have ccrfne across m othgr matlw5 in cOnn&￿Tr wth the exaninalh)n to which
att8nlion should be ¢Jr*ém in Ihks report n ord8r to erth a proper WKle￿￿1rWj of the a(ttwnts k) be
reaGhed.
Chloe TurnerAQA
Highfi8ld
Cirencester Ro*J
Mlnchlnhanyton
GL6 9EQ
C)ate.' 25 Odabor 2024
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Rare Charlty
statement of Financlal Activklo8 forthe Yw End8d 31 January 21Y24
(Includlng Inc￿0 and Ex￿ndtt￿r9 Account aThJ statem￿ of Totsl R¢¢owlsed Galn5 and
Loss￿)
Total
Totsl
Income and Endowmerts from:
ations and
Othertrading &tsV￿BS
89,332
4.935
Totsl I￿(￿￿8
39.059
14337
54,396
Expendtturn on:
Rasing fLWKIs
C￿ritable aclpMI
{8931
(69,098
204)
[￿616)
110,482
Total Expend￿re
I￿.509)
(f OA821
(69,991)
(74.562)
Net (expgn(Itur•yin¢ome
Not movement In fuNts
Roconclliation of fundg
Total f￿d5 brougm fcfiwd
(15.5951
(1469S)
19,715
11715
(20￿￿)
7116B
11.174
63,627
Total funds carrled loThArd
15
51,718
16.029
67.747
l otthe chaiiVs acbvthes derive from ¢Jx)t¥?ui)g durirg the pwiods.
The funds bteakdown for 2023 is s￿n il 15.
ncle5 on
es 121022fomi an
rt dthase fina￿la1 stat￿nents.
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Rare Charlty
(R8glstratlon numbèr. 09936276)
Balance Shoet as at 31 January 2024
Curr8nt assets
12
13
Cash at bank harKI
67.362
79,947
Cr￿lt0￿." Amounts fajllng duè within one y￿r
14
(8)
67.747
83,342
Funds of the charfty:
Rgstrfctod
16.tr29
11,174
UnJBGtric￿ Incomefundg
General unrestricted funts
Designated funts
Total unrestrlded fund8
30,394
41.774
27.670
51,718
72.168
Total fund5
15
67.747
83.342
For rinancial ye¥ ending 31 JanE￿ry 2024 the charty was e1)t*￿j to exemption frcrfn audll undar
seCt￿n 477 ofthe CorrpaniesA(a 20C6 rekting to Small conyAnies.
Directors. reSp)n81￿r￿8
The members have ncrf ￿qUired the charity iD c+Aan an wjit of ils ￿%)￿nts for the ye* li question In
accordance wrth se(knn 476., and
The direclors acknowkdge their respo￿1￿￿111eS for ¢￿ing with the requrem8nts ofthe Act with
respKt to accounting records and the prep￿at￿￿ Of￿￿#8.
The financial staements on p4es 13 to 26 werè rfyov•J by the trustees, and authcrfi8ed for tsSLFe on
2 Septen*er 2024 and signed their behalf by:
da
James tsJdl&r Hickie
The notes on
12
22 kxm an li
r81 rt clthes0fina￿Ial st￿rr￿nts.
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RaR Chartty
statement of Cash How8 for th9 Yoar E￿Ied 31 January ZJ24
X123
Net cash (expeTrJitureYincc
Working capltal adjustswts
Decreasg in debtors
IncreaS￿(deCreaSe) in ¢yedit￿$
(15,￿)
19.715
12
14
(24)
Net cash flov&3 from operatlng acllvlll85
112.585)
Net{de¢r￿seyinCr9ase In cash and cash equl¥alen18
Cash and cash equivalents a 1 Fgbway
Cash and cash equlvalonts at 31 January
(11585)
79J47
59.312
67,362
79,947
All ofthe cash fk)ws we deriv&d frun continuing cp¥*Kin5 th￿1)gthe &￿twO
The notes on
es12t022foTh￿l
finarKial statements.
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Rwe Charxy
Notestothe Financlal Statsmentsforthe Y¥r Ended 31 Januay 2D24
1 Cljarity status
The charity i% limited by guarantee. in¢wrated in England & W*s. and corwuenlty does not have
8hare capital. Exh of the Iru5tees is bable to contribute an anv)unt 8xc8gdirMJ £1 toward$ the ￿et$
ofthe tharity n the evenl of llquKlat￿.
The address of ts regtse(l ¢)ffice
35 Eyre Street Hdl
LoThdon
EC1R5Er
Thesefinar￿l8l ststements wereauthoTwI Mue by tt*tn￿tee5 C￿ 2 S*ntsr2W24.
2 Accountlng polld8S
Summa
n￿￿a￿taCCounts
icies 8￿Ik6
Th8 princip4 accounting wI￿leS applied in the preparatKin of these financial slaternents are sel out
below. These poI￿leS have been consithty appli￿1 to all the y￿S pxesent&l. unless othewkse st*ed.
Sfatoment ofcom
Thè ffinancial statements have been prw8d in accord￿ V*ith AccountwvJ and R8pDrting by Ch8ritw'.
Statement ￿ Rexommend&J Practice (appI￿￿le to chanknes preparing their a¢¢ounts in ac£ordance with
the Financial Reporting Stsndard applr*lg ￿7 the UK and RepublK of Ireland {FRS 102)) li8su8d in
October 2019) - ICharit*s SORP (FRS 1￿2)). tr£ F￿an¢1* Rawting Standard 8ppfKab]e in the UK and
R￿UbliC of IrelaThl (FRS 102) and the 2LTh.
Basis of
R8re Charrty meets the defiftrtt￿ of a ￿JbI￿ enffty under FRS 1￿2. Assets arhl Itabil￿e$ are
Initially recognisaj at hÉBlorical c£6t or transactDn Va￿ unless ¢theThvise stated in the r6knnt
accountirg policy notes.
Thase financial sL*ements are preserrted in Sterting. is also Ihe c(Mry)anVs fu￿bOnal ￿Trerry.
The financial st*eme￿S ar8 rounded to the nearest £1.
The trustees consKler that there are no material uncertaints.es at()ut the charV5 ability to continue as
gung con¢em nor any signficant aroas of Un￿laInty that aft￿1 the carying valu8 of assets hekl by tt
In¢on7e and endowrnents
All incorn8 is recognised ono the charity has entIt￿ment to the income. it is prcbajle that the iicorne will
be received and anourt of the incLNne re¢eNabie can be Measu￿ reliabty.
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Rare Chatity
Notes to the Flnan¢ial Ststements forthg Year Ended 31 January 2024
DorJ8fions andk
Donations are recognised vthen the ¢harity has been ncrtif￿ in WTiting of both the amount and Sdtkn￿rrt
date. In the 8vent that a donaiion is sUbi￿t to {￿ndIt￿nS that require a12vd of parf[￿manCe by the eharrty
before the charity is entrtled to the funds, the is defer￿d and nc* recowised until erther those
condibon$ are ful￿ met. or the fuffilment of thos8 ¢(￿dItic￿8 is wlx)lty w*hin tho ￿ffltrol ofthè ¢htyand it
is probable that these ￿nditI￿5 wiu be fU￿111¢d in the rei>xiiTrJ P￿￿XL
Grants receivable
Grants are ￿COgni￿j when the charrty h88 8n entitl￿ to the fundB and coTrdlions linked to thg
grants have bgen meL Where pwrom￿nce condithjns are atached to the grant aTrJ a￿ yet to be rrt, the
incorne is recognised as a labilty and incknKled on ￿ ba￿￿e sheet as defweAI inccrt to be released.
Donatgdservices 8ndfacRhes
Where Servi￿ or faulities a￿ provAJed lo the Charty as a ¢knaiion Ihat wouhd nonnalty be purchased
from our suppliern, this be￿rt is included in the financial statem4rts at iys far value un18SS it's fair value
cannot be reiiably measured, then atthe o)st to the donor or th8 ras*e value of gc¢ds that are to b8 sold.
All expendlure is rectgnBed or￿e there is a legal or cc1￿1￿￿ oblNJation to that experKlitWg, it .
probable settlement is required and the amount ￿ be n￿ured reliabty. All costs are aThc¢ated lo the
4wlicabk8 expenditure heading that ag￿egate ￿mIl* o)5ts to tw cat4crfy. ￿ere costs cannot be
drectty attributed to particukr headings have been alPxat&l on a basis consistent VMJ the w of
r050urces. wilh central staff costs allocated on the ba8is of spen( and depwiation chwges
alOca￿ on the prytion oflhe assefs use. Oll*r support rthts are alc¢ated bas&J on the spread of staff
R&si
funds
These are costs incurred in *actiNJ voluntsy in(xxr*. the man¥nwrt of •westn* and those
incurred in trading activities that raise funds.
Chanlable acbvitss
Charitabl8 expenditure comprises those costs incurred by thrity in the de￿very of its xtivities and
services for benefiCiar￿S. It includes both costs that can be alhxated dir• to suth actNibes and
those CAXts ol an irKlirect nature necess￿ to support th
Grnnt
ILYPS
Provisions for grants are made when the intention to m* a grant has been communrated to the
reC￿lent but there is uncertainty atJ(wJt either the tinwng grant or the am(￿nI of grant payab￿.
Govefflancecosts
These include the costs attribu￿￿ io the ehariV8 c(Xry￿nce wlh constitutional and statutory
uirements, w￿u￿lng audi( strategr ry￿nage￿￿It and trustees meetirys reTh￿r$e￿ ews89.
Govemmenl
Governmgnt grants are reccgnised based on the accnjal measured al fair value of the
as$8t receNed or receNablg. Grants are classif￿d as relating eith8r to menue or to assets. Grants
relating to r8V8nue are recogniged over the p￿Dd in the rekted costs are recognised.
Grants relating to assets are ￿gnised over the expe(tsl useful lrfe of the asseL ￿ere part d a grant
Lating lo an a8set is deferred, rf( is T￿OgnISed as def8rred ir¥￿[
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Notesto the Flnan¢ial Statem￿ forthe Y￿r Ern1￿ 31 JaNary 2024
T8xatic
The ch￿ty is ¢on¥idered to pass the tests set oui in Paragrath 1 Sc**èdule 6 of th? FIr￿nCe Act 2010
and therefore rt meets the d￿nItion of a d￿ritab]e c(Ynpany for LK corpcffation tax purposes.
Accordingty, the charity is pokntiatly exempt fr¢xn &xation *) resP&t of inconE or wital gains racgived
thin c*gories covered by Chapter 3 Part 11 ￿ the Tax Act 2010 or Section 256 of the
TaxalDn of Chargeabl8 Gains Act 1991 to the exlent lh* S￿h or gains are appligl exclusively to
haritable pU￿s.
Trade cwtors
Trade debtors are amounts due fr(Kn ¢l￿M￿ for fr￿￿se sokl or pwlomed Thi the
Ord￿ary course of busirtess.
Trade debt￿S are r￿o￿l$ed intially at the tTrnsathn p￿. They are subsequenty measured
amortised cost using the effective interest meth￿. less fcy wnpeinnent. A provk%ion for the
impairment of trade debtors &$ establishaj ￿ there is otiedwe e￿der￿e ltr￿t tho Ch￿ will nc* be
able to collect all awwnts due ￿rdIng to the oimJw￿I t8rrrs d the reLebvables.
Cash andcash
uwalenls
Cash and cash ￿U￿alents comprise cath on arKI cal depxts, arKI other 8hort4emi high]y Iwjuid
vestments that are re•Jity cxmvertible to a knM) of cash are subittt to an I￿1gn￿eanl risk
of change in value.
Intaresl.bearing borrowings are initialty fair value. net ol tr8nsactb)n costs. Interest-bearing
borrowings are subs9quendy carried at amortk8ed cost, V&ith the difference btheen the PrC￿eeds. net of
transaction Costs. and the amount due on being recr4nis&J a5 a (tsrge to the Statsment of
Fin￿claI ActNities over the perh)d of relevant twThiir@.
Interest exper￿ is reccgnls￿ ￿ the ba8is CA the effe(*rrfe interest m8thcil and 18 in¢￿ded in interest
payable and similar chwge5.
Borr(pMngs are classifivAI as ￿rrent Itabilities unkn ts (*wty has an uncondrtw)nal right to defer
Settle￿nt ofthe lia)ilty fcy at I￿st nM)nts afterthe rewjting dale.
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Rarecharity
Notes tothe Flnanclal Statemonts fortho Yw Ended 31 January 2024
Fore
n excha
TransactKJns in foreign currencies are at tha r*e of ￿hange at the dat8 of tha transaction.
Monetary assels and liabllities d￿r￿MInated in f￿n curre￿5 a the balan￿ sheet date are re￿￿ted
at the rates of exchange prevaling at that date.
The resutts of overseas op￿*1)n$ are translatfAI at the 8￿e rates ofexchange duriNJ the periTrY
their balance sheets at the rates n￿Ing at the ba￿￿n￿ sheet date. Exchange drfferancas arising on
translation of the opening assets and resuKs of overseas operations are reFthed Thi other
comprehensbve income and accumulaled in 4uty (attritxrted to non-conlyo1￿n9 intereBts aB appropriate).
Other 8xchange dfftren￿ arè rwrywl i) the Statement d Fmancial Adi¥ttie5 in the wiod in which
they arise except ￿..
1) exchry dlleren¢eson trrnCli￿ enteBJ to forewjn currency risk8 {see abjve).
2) exchange differences ari&ng on gains w k*ses on rv)n-ffth*ry ilerrts vthth We recognk8ed in other
conwrehensive iicome" and
3) ￿ the case of ihe corffjdidated finaTh>al stateTh￿￿. exch￿￿ dilknn￿s on mon8tary
receivable from or payal￿e to a tc￿gn operation for wlith settlement 1$ neither plannod nor likely to
occur (therefore foming part CA the net inveslment wi the thign Operat*￿). which are rwni8ed in other
comprehensive income and reported undtt ewity.
Unreslrided income funds are g￿er¥I furth that ￿ avai￿le use at th8 twsteos discreti￿ in
furtherance ofthe obJ"ecbves ofthe chwty.
Designated fuNls are unrestii(led tunds set aside forspth purp)w at thg (fBcretM ofthe trthstees.
Restricted income lunds are Ihose donaed kn use in a Fwtrukr m or fc* Specfft purposes, the u¥e of
which is re5triLtsJ to that or purFKJs8.
Penslons and other post rotlrement obligalions
The charity operates a defined contrbution pensN)n Schen￿ Wh￿ ts a pension p￿n under which fixed
contributions we paid into a Fension fund and th8 charity has no legal cf constructNe obligation lo pay
further contributhjns 8V8n rf the fvnd does not sufficient assets to pay all employees tenefits
rdab'ng to empbyee seNice Tri Ihe current and piior
ConlribLrtions to defined wntrbutN)n FAans are recogni8ed in the St*ment of Finar￿{al AclThiities when
they are due. If eonlribution PaY[r￿ts exc*J the contthknn due for servKe, the excess 18 recwi8ed
as a p￿aYrn￿￿.
Financial assets and financHI when th8 dBrity becthies a paty to th
conlr*ual proV[s￿nS ofth8 instrL¥neni
Finan¢ral liabilitses and equity instruments ¥e cknfvd according to the subst*ce of the Contraci￿1
arrangerrfjnts entered irrto. An equty nstrument E any rJ)nlrart tt)at ev•len￿ a ￿NI￿al interost in the
assets of the charity after deducting all of its liabilitw.
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Rare Charlty
Notesto tho Flnandal Slatements forthe Ygar Ended 31 Janu￿ 2024
RecognitKJn a￿rne&sU￿￿nt
All financial assets and li*ili1￿ inilialfy measured at transaction pr￿ (incluthng tr8nsa(*on ¢osts),
except for those fina￿￿￿1 assets c[assif￿￿ as Yakne throwjh profft or loss, which are initsalty
mga5ured at fair value (which is normaty th8 transadh)n price exc￿￿n9 transa¢tton costs). unless the
artanggn*nt constitutes a fina￿l￿g transacaion. If￿ a￿angem￿tt constitutes a financing tranS￿tiOn, the
finanryal ass& or fin￿C￿ liabli ty is measured al the presert value of the future payments discounted at
a market rate of Inte￿3t for a Similar debl instnThènL
Finan￿1 assets and c￿Y dfsel n thg sl*anert (rf fmwKial posI￿n when. and onty when
there exists a legalty enfor￿ble ryht to set off the reccgnised amounts 8nd the charity intends elher to
settle On a net basis. orlo reali8e the asset and settk the liabilty simultawusty.
Financ￿￿ assets are dereojgniwj when and onty when a} the contrathal rvJhts to the cash flows from
the financtal asset exwe or are settled. b) the ch¥ity transfers to another paty 8ubstsntialty all of the
risks and rewards of I￿ne￿hIp of the finanud asse( or cl the char*y. despite havirdJ ratainad s￿9, but
not all, Slgnff￿nt risks arKI rewards crf rywnwship, has transfe￿ed conlrE4 of the asset to arw)ther paity.
Finar￿￿81 liabiffities are do￿¢¢¥niSed (¥ty Wh￿ the clAvJatson in the contra¢X is discharyed,
Cancelled or ewres.

Rare Charrty
Notss tothe Fln•n¢ial &aieMentsforth¢y￿r Ended 31 Januwy 2024
3 Income from donatlon8 andlggxkns
Total
funds
DonaticrfB leg
Donations from companEs, trusts sinthr
proceeds
Donations from Ind¥t¢knls
Gr￿rts. irduding capit￿ LYant4'
vemmentgrants
Donated seNces arhd facfliti8S
24152
14.136
1713
3,713
Totsl for2024
15J37
Total for ￿23
81241
8m1
4 Incom• from other trading actlvl*s
UnroStrScled
funds
General
Total funds
Totsl for 2024
Total for2023
935
6 ExpendltUT• on ralslng fund8
a) Costs of gonerallng donation5 and 18gadeg
unrestl￿ted
lunds
T¢)tsl
General
fund$
Donations
Totsl for 2024
Totsl for 2023
2204
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Rve Charity
Notes to the FlnanGlal Ststemnts forth8yearE￿1Od 31 Januwy 2tr24
Total
6 Expendhure on charllable actlvltlas
funds
fvnds
funts
GrJrtfuThJing ofathit
14090
41913
613
7A01
21,591
613
Totsl for 2024
616
10N82
9,808
69,098
Total for2023
0XP9nd￿re
In addition to the expendrture analysed al￿, there are also g(Nemance costs of£613 (2023 - £8,89n
whith retsle direct￿ to ch￿table *ivths. See Mte 7 fiKfvrther ddails.

Rare Charfty
Notes to the Flnancial Statom￿ forthe Year Ended 31 January 2024
7 Anatysls of govgmance and sUPPOrt costs
Goveman¢e ¢￿ts
fund5
nds
Independent eX￿MInerf
Examination ofthe finaKia st*nwts
Othergoveman¢e costs
13
13
Total ft*r 2024
613
613
Total for 2023
8097
8M97
No trustees, nor any pers¢Y6 Comected w*h t￿. have ￿1ved any remunerkn from tha charity
during th8year.
No trustees have reC8r4￿d ary reimbwsed e>￿￿$ ty any (ther benefAs frun the charity dumy the
The aggregate payroll co¥ts wweas f0kn￿:
staff costs durlNJ lh6 Y￿￿re.
Wagas and S8￿rns
Social security ecsts
Pension ¢))sts
other staff co*s
41801
3.561
3,713
817
10
No employee receivgd enTr)lumw*8 Ofn￿leth8n £60.000 theyear.

Rare Charty
Not85 to thfr Financlal Stst¢ments forth• Yw Ended 31 January 21)24
10 Indepgndent examknerfs remunerat#)n
E¥AMinat￿n ofthe finaKial
11 Taxatlon
12 Debtcrfs
24
3)23
Prepaymnt$
3.403
1,123
3A03
13 Cash and cash Squ￿al￿￿
X)23
Cash at bar*
67.362
79,947
14 Cr•dtiorn: amounts falNng dug wlthln onoy
other taxation and social sq￿rIY

Rave CTrArity
Noles to the Financlal Statements for th•Year Endgd 31 Jami￿ 2024
15 Funds
Balanc• at
1 FebN8ry
ZJ23
Balance at
T￿51815 31 January
159W9)
1411
(14.104)
Designated
41,T14
27,670
Totsl Unr￿I¢ted
71168
(59.509)
151,718)
11,174
14337
(10AB21
1&029
Total fund8
169.991)
67.747
B#lance at
1 February
Balanca at
31 January
Unroslrfc
Gener8J
86,176
(M744)
30￿94
41.774
27.183
14591
Total unrathc￿l
50,736
86.176
IH744)
(72.168)
11891
I￿08)
11.174
Totsl funds
61627
I74￿2

Rare Chartty
Noles tothe Flnanclal Statements forthg Y￿r Endad 31 January 2tr24
16 Anatysl$ of ngtassets betwn fund8
l￿re￿￿cted
2024
Total funds
Curtent a888ts
Current lk8b1rt￿5
X786
27,670
16,IY29
(n8)
Total assets
27,670
16.029
67.747
Total fvnds
2023
Current assets
Currert liabifth.es
41.774
11,174
Totsl not assets
41,T14
11,174
83.342
17 Analysi5 of n•t funds
At 1 February
Financing
¢ashLfl
At31
January
Cash at bank and #i harbj
79.947
111585
67,362
Not delA
71947
112A85)
At 1 Febn￿ry
FInal￿Ing
cashlow8
At31
iftuary
2023
Cash al bank and in IHTr
12
20.635
79.947
Not debt
59.312
20.635
79,947