## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year **From** 01 04 2020 **To** 31 03 2021 ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1169915 Learning For Life Ghana **Charity's principal address** 98, Shipton Road York N Yorks **Postcode YO30 5RN** ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Julia Burnett|CEO|20-10-16 to date|| ||Joanna Lynas||20-10-16 to date|| ||Heather Tisbury|Welfare officer|30-08-18 to date|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## **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)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of adviser**
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**Address**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| |||| ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Type of governing document Constitution (eg. trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted Charitable Incorporated Organisation (eg. trust, association, company) Trustee selection methods Appointed by trustees (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** **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** For the public benefit to promote the education of young people in Ghana by awarding scholarships, maintenance allowances or grants to support further or higher education. To provide and prepare learners for entry into an occupation, trade or profession on leaving full time school and assist in developing life skills needed for independent living. March **2012** **TAR** 2 To fund raise and gain sponsorship for learners to complete appropriate training / educational courses. **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** All trustees of Learning For Life Ghana are volunteers and do not receive any financial remuneration for their efforts in achieving the aims of the charity. The FCDO project 'Tools For Teachers' was completed this year. You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: The project trained 180 Ghanaian teachers in how to support children with SEN in their classroom. The training was from a literacy perspective and gave guidance, advice and resources to each teacher. Local teachers engaged with delivering an extra workshop and establishment of local ‘hub teachers’ has made the training locally sustainable. policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. Some adaptations had to be made to the project in light of the COVID 19 pandemic and online training options were successfully developed. LFLG have a strong policy portfolio in place that is reviewed annually by the trustees. March **2012** **TAR** 3 Section D Achievements and performance ## **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** LFLG is presently supporting: 1 student at University 1 student completing WASSCE exams ! student in SHS 4 students in catering school 1 student in seamstress training 1 student following an apprenticeship in mechanical engineering 1 student following an apprenticeship in constructional engineering 2 students following an apprenticeship in electrical engineering 1 student training as a beautician 1 student on a driver training program 6 students studying a variety of computer courses Provided early years and primary classroom resources for several schools in the greater accra district. Delivered a further 3 ‘Tools For Teachers’ training programs in Ghana for 90 teachers (making a total of 180 teachers trained). Adjusted the delivery of the ‘Tools For Teachers’ program in light of the Covid 19 pandemic, producing training videos on line and carrying out final reviews via Zoom. Tools For Teachers Project Completion Report submitted to FCDO. Collection of donated educational resources shipped to Ghana nd distributed to schools and young learners. Detailed due diligence portfolio of learning For Life Ghana policies updated and signed by trustees. March **2012** **TAR** 4 ## **Section E Financial review** The charity has raised donations from private donors and received grant **Brief statement of the** monies (see below) and this cash is distributed in support of charitable **charity’s policy on reserves** causes over the course of time with all UK charity personnel working on a voluntary basis. There are no other reserves. **Details of any funds materially in deficit** None ## **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; During the financial year the charity received £5,330 in grant funding from FCDO towards the Tools For Teacher project – the funds were used (inter alia) principally to operate SEN training courses for teachers and undertake follow up reviews in conjunction with our Ghanaian partners, KCC. The project is monitored on behalf of UK Aid via stringent regular reporting and grant money drawdown is carefully controlled by UK Aid. The charity spent £8,633 on supporting specific students in Ghana through education, as outlined in more detail above. investment policy and objectives including any The annual accounts have been examined by an independent examiner. 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)** Julia Burnett **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** CEO **etc)** **Date** 16 – 06 - 2021 March **2012** **TAR** 5 CHARITY COMMI5510N FOR ENGLAND AND WALES L&&mino For Ghan 1169915 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a Forth6 pe￿0￿ from 0110412020 3110312021 Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds lothp nsarut Endewmeni funds Restricted fund$ Total funds Lastyear tothb Mar•Jt£ tot￿ nDar•st £ A1 Rec￿ t8 UK Nid Gr&nl incom? 5.330 5.330 21,23 Ck)ThglJons IRC Gilt Ajd EoThalè Other Inco 20.429 302 5.072 807 327 302 1.0 1.050 Sub tot81(Gro&8 incom8 forAR) 20,ni 5.3B3 27.114 A2 AsBet and inveBtment 8al88, see tab￿ . Sub totel Tot&lr•¢epts 20.731 6,383 27,500 A3P mont8 WagÈS 147 147 138 Tekphone PnDt & SlaliDnery BbDk Ch8r9e5 Yiavel & T{anS￿rt F¢tyJ & A¢¢¢Th￿da1 ShipphTh9 Co$is her Pro1￿t tsts 357 67 175 3$7 67 175 7.066 962 8.122 517 Sch￿1 EquIp￿nI student F*allhGBre Fee5 Student AGcoryYrw)dailOn C4>Sts work PèNTht$ Pa Student SU￿1$18n¢￿ Pahj Other siu¢$nl Fg9S Web$ite Q*t$ 392 43 Sub totsi 18.037 A4 A850t and Investment pur¢ha8*s,188e table) Sub t¢)tsi Totalp7ymenl$ 8,633 9N04 1B,D37 24,OQg Notofre¢elpts/fpayments) AS Tran$f$r5 b￿Ween funds A6 Cash fund$ last ygaren4 Cash fvn¢ts thls yeorend 12,098 3,1121 9,077 3,d91 7.92T 5.455 13.382 2D.D2S 2,434 22,459 3,491 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unr8Strf¢tod funds to Mar•st£ R08trfded fund5 toMar•Bt£ Endovim8nt fund5 Catogorfos Detalls B1 Cash funds Mai 41*6t Bor 20,025 TO1*1￿$b funds 20,025 2,434 QK Unrostrfctsd fund8 R￿trIcted funds Endowment fund$ ￿ar￿¥t È D•t•ll$ tC*nMFHt£ -" •444 t0￿Gh ¥y4•t b¢lt¥y Cwr•rt val Det#ll B3 Investmen¢ a$s8ts Cwrort valu Details B4 As$ets retain8dfor the charity's own us• Atht¢ Ilaty15ty r•latgs Detail¥ B5 Ll8bllitl85 Signèd by onè Or1￿ ￿*¢e$ on behalf Of all the iw3lee9 Sunature F¥int Narne Dgte of approvgl Julla Patrfcla BURNETT (TRUSTEE) Nonnan John DA￿DSoN TREASURER 21 CCXX R2 arn￿nIS ISSI 1010412021 Independent examiner's report to the Trustees of Leamlng For Llfe Ghana I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Learning For Life Ghana I-LFLG") for the year ended 31$t March 2021. Responsibilities and basis of report As the charity trustees of LFLG you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act.). I report in respect of my examination of LFLG'S accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Direct¢ons given by the Charity commissio￿ under section 145{5)(b} of the Act. Independent examinerfs statement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no muLerial matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect'.- 1. accounting records were not kept in respect of LFLG as required by sèction 130 of the Act- or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records. I have no concerns and have come across no olher matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of trje accounts to be reached. Signed- Full Name= Address.. Date.. k3,EILS¥)f4UL ?Qs¢J S rr fLl*lL