2020-12-31-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

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From 1[st] January 2020 To 31[st] December 2020 Section A Reference and administration details Charity name The Bouncing Ball Trust Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1170946 Charity's principal address Admiral’s Yard Station Road Bristol Postcode BS34 6LR ~~—~~ Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity Name of person (or body) Dates acted if not for whole Trustee name Office (if any) entitled to appoint trustee (if year any) 1 Kayleigh Black Chairperson Whole year Secretary and Whole year 2 Chris Orman Treasurer 3 Ewan McNab Whole year 4 Sonia Hussain until 16[th] January 2020 5 Adelaide Morgan from 7[th] September 2020 6 Keith Davis ~~===>~~ from 7[th] September 2020 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) Type of adviser Name Address Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information) ~~===~~ TAR 1 March 2012

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Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document

• (eg. trust deed, constitution)

Foundation CIO, effective from 3[rd] January 2017.

How the charity is constituted

• As a Foundation Charitable Incorporated Organisation.

• (eg. trust, association, company)

Trustee selection methods

• (eg. appointed by, elected by)

Appointed by Board of Trustees.

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

To advance education and relieve need in Africa in such a way as the Trustees may from time to time determine, in particular but not exclusively by the provision of educational programmes, learning resources and feeding programmes in schools and local communities.

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During the year, due the world-wide COVID-19 pandemic, The Bouncing Ball Trust have been unable to undertake its usual fundraising activities. This has an impact on our ability to support NGO’s in Kenya. We were able to provide a grant to The ICON Project in Kenya, whose aims are like the Trust’s.

The Trustees have had regard to the 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)

The Trustees acknowledge the financial support from our supporters during the year, which has enabled the charity to sustain itself during the world-wide COVID-19 pandemic.

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

Summary of the main Following the closure of our partner school in April 2018, the Trustees achievements of the charity have agreed that we should fundraise to build our own primary school in during the year the Kangawa Zone of Ngong. However this fundraising activity was largely placed on hold due to the world-wide COVID-19 pandemic having an impact on our fundraising capability.

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

The Trustees agreed at their meeting on 20[th] January 2018 that a formal reserve of £500 should be put into place. This decision is recorded in the minutes of the meeting.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

Not applicable.

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) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date

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ANNUAL ACCOUNTS FOR 2020

Income		£		£
	Regular Donors		2,334
	School Project		250
	General Fundraising		306
					2,890
Expenditure	Expenditure
	Stationery		1,357
	Accommodation		1,266
	The ICON Project, Kenya - donation		750
	Consultancy		650	650
	Publicity/Marketing materials		348
	Governance		265
	Equipment		232
	Bank Charges		60
	Telephone		24
	Training		10
					4,962
	Surplus/Deficit for Year				2,072

Agreed by the Board of Trustees to be a true and accurate record of our Income and Expenditure during the period 1[st] January to 31[st] December 2020.

Chris Orman

Treasurer

11[th] March 2021

A UK Charity, No.1170946 www.bouncingballtrust.org.uk