## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 1 September 2022 to 30 August 2023** ## **Rural Schools Water Project** ## **Charity Number 1170858** ## **Objectives and Activities** The purposes of Rural Schools Water Project as set out in its governing document are: “ _For the public benefit, to relieve poverty and suffering in any part of the world through:_ _1. Ensuring availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all, in particular, but not exclusively, in rural schools and surrounding communities;_ _2. Promoting healthy lives and raising awareness and understanding of physical and mental health wellbeing for all at all ages;_ _3. Ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education and promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all;_ _4. Achieving food security and improved nutrition and promoting sustainable agriculture, and;_ _5. Promoting the reduction and elimination of inequality, and in particular gender inequality affecting women and girls living in poverty._ ” The charity’s main activities in relation to those purposes were: A comprehensive evaluation of our water systems that we have sponsored in schools in Tororo district, Uganda. The bulk of the charity’s costs supported this work. (May 2023) We successfully underwent a rebranding and change of mandate, emerging as 'Rural Schools Water Project.' This new identity aligns more closely with our mission to provide sustainable water solutions to rural schools (August 2023). Throughout the year the structure of the board of trustees was altered to bring expert engagement and renewed focus on our new objectives. We bid farewell to Rebecca Procter and Linda Watts, who retired after many years of dedicated service. We welcomed four new trustees: Kimberley Ducimo, Sharon Akech, Isobel Stewart, and Anabella Spanos, each bringing diverse skills and fresh perspectives to our team. The trustees have regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit. ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference RSWP issues small grants to local actors in |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|Uganda to enable their participation in
evaluation and community engagement
activities on topics of water, sanitation and
hygiene. All grants issued in 2023 were paid
after evidence of need was received, and
only up to levels that were budgeted and
agreed in advance of the activities taking
place.| |---|---|---| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|RSWP does not make social or program-
related investments| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |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|Our evaluation activities produced insights
that are crucial in shaping the next phase of
our programming to better meet the needs of
the communities we serve.
The legal and brand changes to the charity
were sucessfully completed with the support
of the charity commission. RSWP’s new
image provides a strong platform from which
to make an impact in local, national and
international WASH communities.
The composition of our board of trustees
brings a diverse and international range of
perspectives to our dedicated team. This
positions the charity well to make
connections across continents to improve
RSWP’s effectiveness as well as the
knowledge and resources available to
beneficiaries.| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|RSWP ended the year with cash of £808
(2022:£1,939). Trustee expenses of £1,979
(2022: £0) were paid to support evaluation
activities in Tororo District, Uganda. The
principal source of income was HMRC Gift
Aid on donations of £829 (2022: £0).| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|RSWP aims to hold reserves sufficient to
continue operations for 12 months. At
present the cost of operations is low enough
that available cash is sufficient.| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|There are no uncertainties over the charity’s
going concern status because the cost of its
operations is negligible.| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution| |---|---|---| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO| |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|Election to post by existing board of trustees.| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Rural Schools Water Project| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|RSWP| |Registered charity number|1170858| |Charity’s principal address|Cedar House,
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Will Knapman|Trustee|Wholeyear|Board of Trustees| ||Baaldesh Singh|Trustee|Wholeyear|Board of Trustees| ||Matt Coote|Trustee|Wholeyear|Board of Trustees| ||KimberleyDucimo|Trustee|Wholeyear|Board of Trustees| ||Sharon Akech|Trustee|Wholeyear|Board of Trustees| ||Isobel Stewart|Trustee|Wholeyear|Board of Trustees| ||Anabella Spanos|Trustee|Wholeyear|Board of Trustees| ||Linda Watts|Trustee|To 12 Jun 2023|Board of Trustees| ||Rebecca Procter|Trustee|To 6 Feb 2023|Board of Trustees| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved ## **None** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity ## **None** **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets None held in this capacity Name and objects of the None charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for None safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** |**Signature(s)**
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Chair|Trustee| ||25/6/2024|| ||25/6/2024|| |||**Charity Name**||||||||||**No**|**No**|**No**|**(if any)**||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||**Rural Schools**|**Water Project**|||||||||**1170858**|||||||||| |||**Receipts and payments accounts**|||||||||||||||||**CC16a**||| |||**For the period**
**from**|||||01 September 2022||||**To**||||31 August 2023||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||||||||||||||||| |||**Unrestricted**||||**Restricted funds**|||||**Endowment**||||**Total funds**||||**Last year**||| |||**to the nearest**|**£**||||**to the nearest £**||||**to the nearest £**||||**to the nearest £**||||**to the nearest**|**£**|| |**A1 Receipts**|||||||||||||||||||||| |Gift aid||**-**|**829-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**829-**|||**-**||**--**|| |Donations||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**498-**||| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_||**-**|**829-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**829-**|||**-**|**498-**||| |**A1 Receipts**|||||||||||||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Gift aid|||**-**|**829-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**829-**|||**-**|**--**|| |Donations|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**498-**|| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|||**-**|**829-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**829-**|||**-**|**498-**|| |**A2 Asset and investment**|**sales,**||||||||||||||||||||| ||||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||||| ||||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|| ||**_Sub total_**||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|| ||||||||||||||||||||||| |**_Total receipts_ **|||**-**|**829-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**829-**|||**-**|**498-**|| |**A3 Payments**|||||||||||||||||||||| |Grants paid|||**-**|**180-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**180-**|||**-**|**3,174-**|| |Foreign transaction fee|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**40-**|| |Administrative costs|||**-**|**12-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**12-**|||**-**|**84-**|| |Platform fees|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**119-**|| |Trustee expenses|||**-**|**1,979-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**1,979-**|||**-**|**--**|| ||**_Sub total_ **||**-**|**2,171-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**2,171-**|||**-**|**3,417-**|| ||||||||||||||||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**|||||||||||||||||||||| ||||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||||| ||||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||||| ||**_Sub total_ **||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||||| ||||||||||||||||||||||| |**_Total_**|**_payments_ **||**-**|**2,171-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**2,171-**|||**-**|**3,417-**|| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ **|||**-**|**1,343-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**1,343-**|||**-**|**2,920-**|| |**A5 Transfers between funds**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|| |**A6 Cash funds last year end**|||**-**|**1,650-**|||**-**|**500-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**2,150-**|||**-**|**4,858-**|| |**_Cash funds this year end_ **|||**-**|**308-**|||**-**|**500-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**808-**|||**-**|**1,939-**|| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |||**Categories**|**Details**||||**Unrestricted**|||**Restricted funds**|**Restricted funds**||||**Endowment**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||**to nearest £**||||**to nearest £**||||**to nearest £**|| |**B1**|**Cash**|**funds**|Unrestricted funds|||**-**|**308-**|||||||**-**|**--**|| ||||Sage grant for reading materials|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**500-**|||**-**|**--**|| |||||||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|| ||||**_Total cash funds_**|||**-**|**308-**|||**-**|**500-**|||**-**|**--**|| CCXX R accounts (SS)