Trustees' Annual Report for the period
From Period start date T Period end date Day Month Year o Day Month Year 01 April 2024 31 March 2025
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 | ||
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| 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 3Sampson Obese Osafo 4 Emma Lidbury ~~————~~ |
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| 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) ~~=~~ |
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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
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Trustee selection methods
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:
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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
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the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
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relationship with any related parties;
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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
The advancement of education of children in the Akropong Akuapem Township in Ghana by providing access to books, other educational resources and learning support.
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As stated in its constitution, Giraffe Children’s Library supports the advancement of education of children in the Akropong Akuapem Township in Ghana by providing access to books, other educational resources and learning support. 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)
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policy on grantmaking;
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policy programme related investment;
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contribution made by volunteers.
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Section D Achievements and performance
Giraffe Children’s Library 1 April 2024 - 31 March 2025 Summary of the main achievements of the charity Highlights and achievements during the year 2024-2025
At the start of this period, due to slow progress in Ghana and the challenges around communication with the Teacher Training College the team decided to meet more regularly and moved to meeting monthly. We implemented the action plan developed in the previous year to ensure we kept our key priorities in sight. We finished reviewing our charity policies and signed these off. We revised our objectives on the Charity Commission website and amended the constitution to reflect the change from a mobile to static library. We strengthened our relationship with volunteer representatives on the ground in Ghana in order to achieve improved communications with the Teacher Training College. We hoped this would help towards making the library operational.
Furniture was shipped to Ghana and delivered to the library. Volunteers at the Teacher Training College requested more stationery and took an inventory of the books shipped so far. We began planning next steps in terms of refurbishment of the library and preparing the space for opening.
Our founder, Winifred, made a trip to Akropong in August 2024, where she discussed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the college and met up with the Ghana-based volunteers. She negotiated the terms for the MOU with the Teacher Training College in readiness for getting it signed.
The team began to research new opportunities in Ghana to build up our resources so we will not be so reliant on book donations from the UK. We have an ambition to form more local partnerships in the future.
Despite the frustration on the whole of progressing more slowly than desired, we feel our communication has improved and as a result we are ending the year in a stronger place.
Income and fundraising
During this period, the income was closer to the level achieved in previous years, having seen a dip last year (2023-24). This period’s income was helped by the concert fundraiser held at the end of March 2025 raising around £750. Ongoing grant support continued this year, as well as regular donations, including some new ones.
The postponed concert fundraiser, in March 2025, provided an excellent opportunity to increase our reach and connect with new donors. We raised the profile of our project and added to our mailing list.
As all of our regular donors were now informed of the change of bank account and all regular payments were now set up under the new account, the process of closing the old bank account could start.
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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 if/when staff are recruited. Excess funds are also being maintained so that once we have fixed on our final model we have funds ready to replicate it in other locations.
Details of any funds materially in deficit
Further financial review details (Optional information)
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the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
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how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
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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
Date 26/01/2026
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| ~~I~~ | Giraffe Children’s Library | Giraffe Children’s Library | Giraffe Children’s Library | Giraffe Children’s Library | Giraffe Children’s Library | 1170053 | 1170053 | CC16a ~~I~~ |
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| Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds Total funds Last year ~~I~~ ~~ey~~ Oeno |
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| to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | ||||||
| A1 Receipts | ||||||||||
| Donations | 1,360 | - | - | 1,360 | 1,410 | |||||
| Events | 518 | - | - | 518 | - | |||||
| Grants | 3,000 | - | - | 3,000 | 3,000 | |||||
| Other | 160 | - | - | 160 | 41 | |||||
| - 0 | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| - 0 | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| - 0 | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| - 0 | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| Sub total(Gross income for AR) | 5,038 | - | - | 5,038 | £ 4,410.00 |
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| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). ~~————~~ |
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| ~~————~~ | - 0 ~~————~~ |
~~————~~ | - 0 | - 0 | - | - | ||||
| ~~————~~ | - 0 ~~————~~ |
~~————~~ | - 0 | - 0 | - | - 0 | ||||
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Sub total - 0 ~~————~~ |
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| ~~————~~ ~~Ce) Cee eee~~ |
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~~Ce) Cee eee~~ | ~~Ce) Cee eee~~ | ~~Ce) Cee eee~~ | ~~Ce) Cee eee LL~~ | 5,038 ~~LL~~ |
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| Total receipts ~~Ce) Cee eee~~ |
5,038 ~~Ce) Cee eee~~ |
~~Ce) Cee eee~~ | - 0 ~~Ce) Cee eee~~ |
~~Ce) Cee eee~~ | - 0 ~~Ce) Cee eee~~ |
~~Ce) Cee eee LL~~ | ~~LL~~ | 4,410 | ||
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~~oo~~ | ~~oo~~ | ~~——~~ | ~~——~~ | ~~——~~ | ~~—— ->—J~~ | ~~->—J~~ | |||
| Operations ~~[{_oo~~ |
2,788 ~~oo~~ |
~~oo~~ | - | ~~——~~ | - ~~——~~ |
~~——~~ | 2,788 ~~——~~ |
~~—— ->—J~~ | 387 ~~->—J~~ |
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| Website costs ~~[{_oo~~ |
607 ~~oo~~ |
~~oo~~ | - | ~~——~~ | - ~~——~~ |
~~——~~ | 607 ~~——~~ |
~~—— ->—J~~ | 270 ~~->—J~~ |
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| Event costs | - 0 | - | - | - | - | |||||
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| Other | - 0 | - | - | - | - | |||||
| - 0 | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| - 0 | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| - 0 | - | - | - | - | ||||||
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| **Sub total ** | 3,395 |
- | - | 3,395 | 657 | |||||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
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| - 0 | - 0 | - 0 | - | |||||||
| - 0 | - 0 | - 0 | - | |||||||
| **Sub total ** | - 0 |
- 0 | - 0 | - | - 0 | |||||
| **Totalpayments ** | 3,395 |
- 0 | - 0 | 3,395 | 657 | |||||
| **Net of receipts/(payments) ** | 5,038 |
- | - | 5,038 | 3,753 | |||||
| A5 Transfers between funds | - 0 | - | - | - | - | |||||
| A6 Cash funds last year end | 32,162 | - | - | 32,162 | - | |||||
| **Cash funds thisyear end ** | 33,805 |
- | - | 33,805 | 32,162 | |||||
| Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | ||||||||||
| Categories | Details | Unrestricted funds |
Restricted funds | Endowment funds |
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| to nearest £ | to nearest £ | to nearest £ | ||||||||
| B1 Cash funds | Cash at Bank | - | - | |||||||
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| Total cash funds | 33,805 | - | - |
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| Details | to nearest £ | to nearest £ | to nearest £ | |||||
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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 | 25/01/2026 | ||||||||
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