2023-03-31-accounts - Giraffe Children’s Library

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	Trustees' Annual Report for theperiod	Trustees' Annual Report for theperiod	Trustees' Annual Report for theperiod	Trustees' Annual Report for theperiod	Trustees' Annual Report for theperiod
	From	Period start date			T Period end date
		Day	Month	Year	o Day Month	Year
		01	April	2022	31 March	2023

Section A	Reference and administration details

Charity name Giraffe Children’s Library Other names charity is known by

Registered charity number (if any) 1170053 Charity's principal address 22 Philip Walk, London Postcode SE15 3NH

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any)
1	Jessica Louise Cliff
2	Laura Adams
3	Sampson Obese Osafo
4	Emma Lidbury
	Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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 Name Address




Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trust

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‘Foundation’ model constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Appointed by members 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 The advancement of education of children living in the Akropong Akuapem Township in Ghana by providing regular access to books and other educational resources through the operation of a mobile library travelling Summary of the objects of the between several primary schools in the area. charity set out in its governing document

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As stated in its constitution, Giraffe Children’s Library aims to bring educational advancement and resources to children living in Akropong Akuapem township in Ghana, through the delivery of a mobile library. Throughout all the charity’s activities the trustees have had regard to guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit.

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)

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

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Section D

Achievements and performance

Giraffe Children’s Library 1 April 2022 - 31 March 2023 Summary of the main achievements of the charity Highlights & Achievements during the year Last year’s annual report detailed a decision to change the focus - for the time being - from being a mobile library (requiring a vehicle) to using a fixed space. This was due to Covid restrictions still making it difficult to source a vehicle in Europe, as well as alternative electric vehicle options being explored. In early 2022, a space was offered at the Teacher Training College in Akropong, which could be used as both storage for books and as a library for children to visit. This was a pivotal moment for Giraffe, as it meant that the library could finally start to become operational. Good links were formed with the Director of the college, who fully endorsed the set-up of the library. Two members of the team visited Akropong in April 2022 and received the shipment of books. The library space was cleared and shelving built so that books could be displayed. A computer was set up ready for use once the library opened. Meetings took place with various local contacts so that further plans could be made for the operation of the library. Our plans were well received and it was encouraging to see buy-in from the leadership of the training college. More donated books were shipped to Ghana in September 2022 to add to the collection already there. Plans were started for recruiting a librarian to run the library, initially on a fixed-term basis as a trial to see how the role worked. Due to the various aspects to consider, and wanting to ensure all paperwork was in place, this recruitment has not yet taken place. Plans were started for an art exhibition fundraising event in Autumn 2022/Spring 2023. However, the decision was made to postpone this until the library was operational, and to focus on developing the necessary policies and documents to get it off the ground. A friend of the team wrote and published a children’s book called ‘Austin Explores Materials’ (by Nkosi Nyoni) in support of Giraffe. Updates were made to the Giraffe website and social media posts continued, though there is recognition of a need to develop this work in the future to improve publicity. To this point the team had relied on the support of a volunteer with expertise, but the team have concluded that this needs to be a shared task to gain enough momentum. Towards the end of the year the team discussed the need to grow in order to increase its capacity, as progress has been slow. The need for volunteers with particular skills was acknowledged and it was agreed that the team would think about who could be brought on board. Income & Fundraising Giraffe continued to build income higher than the previous year through regular monthly donations, one-off donations and ongoing grant support from All Saints Church. As mentioned above, fundraising was not a focus during this year, due to the team’s decision to prioritise making the library operational over building income.

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Section E

Financial review

The CIO started with zero reserves, but aimed to build up full reserves in Brief statement of the its first 2 years. Reserve total is based on wind-down costs of 3 months’ charity’s policy on reserves salary for members of staff who will have a 3-month notice period.

The CIO does not yet employ any members of staff, but has now built enough funds to hold sufficient reserves when staff are recruited. Reserve funds are also being maintained for purchase and set up of a library vehicle in the future, when the library is ready to become mobile. 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;
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) Jessica Cliff (electronically)

Full name(s) Jessica Louise Cliff

Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Chair of Trustees

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Date 2410112024 TAR Marth 2012

	Giraffe Children’s Library	Giraffe Children’s Library	Giraffe Children’s Library	1170053	CC16a

	Receipts andpayments accounts
	For the period from	1-Apr-22	To	31-Mar-23


Section A Receipts and payments
	Unrestricted funds	Restricted funds	Endowment funds	Total funds	Last year
	to the nearest £	to the nearest £	to the nearest £	to the nearest £	to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Donations	2,052	-	-	2,052	2,115
Events	- 0	-	-	-	-
Grants	3,000	-	-	3,000	1,875
PettyCash reimbursement	- 0	-	-	-	-
	- 0	-	-	-	-
	- 0	-	-	-	-
	- 0	-	-	-	-
	- 0	-	-	-	-
*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	5,052	-	-	5,052	£ 3,990.00

A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
	- 0	- 0	- 0	-
	- 0	- 0	- 0	-	- 0
*Sub total*	- 0	- 0	- 0	-	- 0

**Total receipts **	5,052	- 0	- 0	5,052	3,990

A3 Payments
Operations	1,844	-	-	1,844	1,159
Website costs	309	-	-	309	299

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Event costs	- 0	-	-	-	-
Other	41	-	-	41	134
	- 0	-	-	-	-
	- 0	-	-	-	-
	- 0	-	-	-	-
	- 0	-	-	-	-
**Sub total **	2,194	-	-	2,194	1,592

A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
	- 0	- 0	- 0	-
	- 0	- 0	- 0	-
**Sub total **	- 0	- 0	- 0	-	- 0

**Totalpayments **	2,194	- 0	- 0	2,194	1,592

**Net of receipts/(payments) **	2,858	-	-	2,858	2,398
A5 Transfers between funds	- 0	-	-	-	-
A6 Cash funds last year end	25,551	-	-	25,551	-
**Cash funds thisyear end **	28,409	-	-	28,409	25,551


Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Categories	Details		Unrestricted funds	Restricted funds	Endowment funds
			to nearest £	to nearest £	to nearest £
B1 Cash funds	Cash at Bank		28,409	-	-
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	*Total cash funds*		28,409	-	-

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B2 Other monetary assets		-	-	-
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B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use			-	-
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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees	Signature	Print Name		Date of approval
	J.Cliff(electronically)	Jessica Cliff		21/01/2024

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