Trustees’ Annual Report for the period
From 1st Jan 2025 Period start date To 31st Dec 2025 Period end date
Charity name: Aid for Himalayan Education
Charity registration number: 1170636
Objectives and Activities
| SORP reference | ||
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| Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document |
Para 1.17 | To advance the education of the young people from the Himalayan regions of India, in particular young people from Spiti, by providing or assisting in the provision of educational facilities and equipment with the object of improving their condition of life. |
| 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 |
The Aid for Himalayan Education organisation in 2025 has mainly, through co- operation with our partner organization in Spiti, the Rinchen Zangpo Society for Spiti Development, assisted in the provision of educational opportunities for the children of Spiti with financial help for children’s educational expenses, infrastructure, and practical help with communications in English. |
| Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit |
Para 1.18 | The trustees of Aid for Himalayan Education have had due regard for the Charity Commission’s requirements on public benefit in performance of their duties. |
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| SORP reference | |
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| Para 1.38 | |
| Policy on grant making | |
| Para 1.38 | |
| Policy on social investment | |
| including program related | |
| investment |
Contribution made by Para 1.38 volunteers Other
Achievements and Performance
| SORP reference | ||
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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 Rinchen Zangpo Society for Spiti Development, our partner in India, is an Indian registered charity that has 1010 young students receiving their education under its care. Aid for Himalayan Education (AfHE) in 2025 contributed to their educational programme as follows: Students’ Educational Expenses: AfHE continued to make contributions towards the educational expenses of more than thirty children and young people belonging to financially disadvantaged families from Spiti or neighbouring areas receiving their education in Spiti (or elsewhere in India) who are under the care of the Rinchen Zangpo Society for Spiti Development. This regular long-term support of the Rinchen Zangpo Society’s educational programme has lent stability to their efforts and enabled outstanding success in delivering their goals. In the short term these children can, despite low family incomes, thereby realize their educational potential to a much greater extent than would be possible by other means in the Spiti Valley. When adult they may well contribute to the welfare of their society in significant ways. For instance, before the Rinchen Zangpo Society began its educational programme, no child educated in Spiti had ever become a doctor and such government posts in Spiti remained vacant for long periods for lack of anyone from outside willing to fill them. Now there are eight doctors occupying government posts in Spiti, and three nurses also, who were all educated at Rinchen Zangpo Society schools. As of 2025, there were fourteen of our RZ Society higher secondary school completers pursuing undergraduate medical degrees and three are in post graduate medical training. Three students are currently studying engineering at Indian Institutes of Technology, the most prestigious colleges in India for engineering. |
Spiti faces significant challenges associated with global warming, retreating glaciers and changing weather patterns. It is also facing many challenges from rapid social change, the move away from its long-established agriculture-based economy: namely increased involvement with the modern world, tourism, ubiquitous social media, the very obvious, dramatic and increasing disparities of wealth amongst local families and individuals. In such uncertain times the education of the next generation is paramount. More than any other schools in Spiti, the Rinchen Zangpo Society schools make a special provision for learning about, appreciating and enjoying the valley’s minority culture. The secular side of it is expressed in songs and traditional dances which the children become familiar with in school, for instance. Aid for Himalayan Education is therefore pleased to be partnered with an educational society that gives students confidence and a grounding in their own minority culture as well as one that strives for academic excellence. Communications: Aid for Himalayan Education continues to maintain the Rinchen Zangpo Society for Spiti Development’s website and to compose and edit its newsletter [English language.]
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Achievements against objectives set |
Para 1.41 |
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| Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set |
Para 1.41 | |
| Investment performance against objectives |
Para 1.41 | |
| Other | A trustee of Aid for Himalayan Education will make a visit of inspection to our partner charity in India, the Rinchen Zangpo Society for Spiti Development in 2026, and prepare a report for our charity. |
Financial Review
| Financial Review | ||
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| Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period |
Para 1.21 | No matters of concern. No debts, obligations, overheads or loans. Income has remained in the normal, average range. |
| Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held |
Para 1.22 | |
| Amount of reserves held | Para 1.22 | None |
| Reasons for holding zero reserves |
Para 1.22 | The charity has no overheads. Money is raised for specific programmes and projects as required and used accordingly. No necessity seen for raising money for a general fund that is kept in reserve on top of that. |
| Details of fund materially in deficit |
Para 1.24 | None |
| Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern |
Para 1.23 | None |
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The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising) |
Para 1.47 |
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| Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted |
Para 1.46 | |
| A description of the principal risks facing the charity |
Para 1.46 | |
| Other |
Structure, Governance and Management
| Description of charity’s trusts: |
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| Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter) |
Para 1.25 | Constitution, 1st Dec 2016 |
| How is the charity constituted? (e.g unincorporated association, CIO) |
Para 1.25 | Charitable incorporated organization |
| 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 by existing trustees |
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| Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees |
Para 1.51 | |
| The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works |
Para 1.51 | |
| Relationship with any related parties |
Para 1.51 | |
| Other |
Reference and Administrative details
| Charity name | Aid for Himalayan Education |
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| Other name the charity uses | AfHE |
| Registered charity number | 1170636 |
| Charity’s principal address | 36 South Street, Chester, CH3 5DR |
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 (ifany) |
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| Graham Woodhouse,Mr |
Chairperson | |||
| Patrick Woodhouse, Mr |
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| Patrick Sutherland, Professor Emeritus |
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| Geoff Nichols, Mr | ||||
| PennyHalnan, Ms | ||||
– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved Director name
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 held in this capacity
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects
Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
Additional information (optional)
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) fk Gk Graham Charles Woodhouse Patrick Macaulay Sutherland Full name(s) ~~ee~~ Position (eg Secretary, Chairperson Trustee Chair, etc) ~~ee~~ Date 23.04.2026 ~~pO~~
Charity Name: Aid for Himalayan Education No: 1170636 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period 01-Jan-25 31-Dec-25 To from ~~rr a ee~~ Section A Receipts and payments
| Unrestricted funds |
Restricted funds |
Endowment funds |
Endowment funds |
Total funds | Last year | ||||||
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| to the nearest £ |
to the nearest | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | |||||
| A1 Receipts | |||||||||||
| Grants and Donations | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| Children's Sponsorships | - | 11 186 | - | - | 11 186 | 13 835 | |||||
| Building | - | - | - | - | - | 712 | |||||
| Other | - | 3 317 | - | - | 3 317 | 3 087 | |||||
| Gift Aid | - | 2 339 | - | - | 2 339 | 2 382 | |||||
| Bank Interest | - | 47 | - | - | 47 | 54 | |||||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
(Gross income for AR) |
- | 16 889 | - | - | 16 889 | 20 070 | ||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). - - - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - - Total receipts - 16 889 - 16 889 20 070 ~~——————~~ |
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| A3 Payments | |||||||||||
| Bank Charges | - | 70 | - | - | 70 | 70 | |||||
| Geshe Damdul | - | - | - | - | - | 400 | |||||
| Rinchen Zangpo Soc for Spiti Dev | - | 16 900 | - | - | 16 900 | 21 315 | |||||
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| **Sub total ** | - | 16 970 | - | - | 16 970 | 21 785 | |||||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) - - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - - Total payments - 16 970 - 16 970 21 785 Net of receipts/(payments) - - 81 - - 81 - 1 715 A5 Transfers between funds - - - - - A6 Cash funds last year end - 5 190 - 5 190 6 905 Cash funds this year end - 5 109 - 5 109 5 190 ~~———=—~~ ~~SSS55=~~ |
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Endowment | ||||
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| Categories | Details | funds | funds | funds | ||
| to nearest £ | to nearest £ | to nearest £ | ||||
| B1 Cash funds | - 3 647 - - 1 462 - - - - - 5 109 - Total cash funds Business Instant A/c Community Directplus A/c ~~—~~ |
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| (agree balances with receipts and payments | (agree balances with receipts and payments | |||||
| account(s)) | OK | OK | OK | |||
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Endowment | ||||
| funds | funds | funds | ||||
| Details | to nearest £ | to nearest £ | to nearest £ | |||
| B2 Other monetary assets | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~~=====5~~ |
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| Details | Fund to which asset belongs |
Cost (optional) | Current value (optional) |
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| B3 Investment assets | - - - - - - - - - - ~~=====~~ |
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| Details | Fund to which asset belongs |
Cost (optional) | Current value (optional) |
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| B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use |
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~~====~~ |
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| Fund to which | Amount due | When due | ||||
| Details | liability relates | (optional) | (optional) | |||
| B5 Liabilities | - - - - - ~~=====~~ |
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| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |
Signature | Print Name | Print Name | Date of approval |
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| GrahamCharlesWoodhouse | 22.04.2026 | |||||
| Patrick Macaulay Sutherland | ||||||
| 22.04.2026 |
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
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