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HELPING HAND – Cambodia
Trustees’ Annual Report 01/05/2021 to 30/04/2022
registered charity number: 1171400
HELPING HAND – Cambodia
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Trustees Annual Report
Section 1: Legal and Administrative Information
Charity name: HELPING HAND CAMBODIA
Registered Charity number: 1171400
For the financial year beginning on: 01/05/2021 and year ending on: 30/04/2022
Charity’s principal address: Beechhurst, Hawick, Scottish Borders, TD9 8LG
How the charity is constituted: The charity was formed using trust deeds
Summary of the objects of the charity:
(1) The advancement of education of children who live in the slums of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, by the provision of sponsorship and grants to such children so that they can go to school, get education and qualifications to enable them to have more opportunities and a better future.'
(2) Such charitable purposes for the benefit of people living in the slums of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, as are exclusively charitable according to the laws of England and Wales as the trustees may from time to time determine.'
Section 2: Trustees
Trustees on 30[th] April 2022 are:
Mr Duncan Bell (Chairman) Mrs Rebecca Bell Mrs Catherine Burden Mrs Fabiola Coker
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Appointment of trustees
(1) There must be at least 2 trustees. Apart from the first trustees, every trustee must be appointed for a term of 3 years by a resolution of the trustees passed at a special meeting called under clause 15 of this deed.
(2) In selecting individuals for appointment as trustees, the trustees must have regard to the skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective administration of the charity.
(3) The trustees must keep a record of the name and address and the dates of appointment, reappointment and retirement of each trustee.
(4) The trustees must make available to each new trustee, on his or her first appointment:
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(a) a copy of this deed and any amendments made to it;
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(b) a copy of the charity’s latest report and statement of accounts.
Eligibility for trusteeship
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(1) No one shall be appointed as a trustee:
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(a) if he or she is under the age of 18 years;
or (b) if he or she would at once be disqualified from office under the provisions of clause 11 of the deed.
(2) No one shall be entitled to act as a trustee whether on appointment or on any re-appointment as trustee until he or she has expressly acknowledged, in whatever way the trustees decide, his or her acceptance of the office of trustee of the charity.
Report from Chairman:
ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE INCLUDING PUBLIC BENEFIT
ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE INCLUDING PUBLIC BENEFIT
Here is an overview of some of the activities that Helping Hand Cambodia has undertaken in the last twelve months. We now hold regular English lessons and computer studies Monday to Friday between 1.30pm and 4.30 pm. We also offer “Homework Support” to our students if they should need it.
Each child gets a class grading every month from Beltei School and we award a certificate to the child with the most improved grading and those that come first in their class grading.
We have now employed an English teacher, Chhan Panha, who works for us. He is well qualified with a Masters degree in English (TESOL). He works from Monday to Friday 1.30pm to 4.30pm. Having him work for us is a great benefit as the children are so keen to learn English, knowing that it will be so necessary when they find employment in the future.
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We now run a Sunday School on a Sunday afternoon from 2.00pm to 3.30pm and have two teachers who run the classes teaching up to 15 of our children. Occasionally they will arrange trips for them to a play park in Phnom Penh and take them for meal afterwards. The lessons are well structured and enable the children to explore Christianity.
Early in the year Chanthy, our Cambodian Coordinator, had a Zoom meeting with The Rotary Club of Kuala Lumpa with a view of them supporting our work. Unfortunately, because the Covid situation in Cambodia got worse this never materialised.
A donation of $1,000 was given to us by a group of supporters. This money was used to buy food, rice and water for families living in the poor community where we work. Covid was at it’s worst and people and families were desperate for supplies.
Donations of $500 and $1,500 were also given to us which meant that our appeal to help the local community reached over $3,000 during the time of Covid restrictions.
We now have 39 children sponsored, who all go to Beltei International School and were enrolled in September.
With the lifting of Covid restrictions we were able to open and use our building again and resume our lessons.
There was a visit to our building by a friend of ours, Bet Vicheka, who came to encourage and talk to our children. She herself comes from a poor background and now works for a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) in Phnom Penh. She also donated T-shirts and pens and crayons.
Our landlord had the roof space on our building cleared of all rubbish that was up there and then had it tiled. This means that we can get it fenced in, to make it safe, and then be able to use it for various activities such as lessons, Sunday School and exercise.
We were able to raise funds to get the roof space enclosed and therefore safe to use.
We were donated 17 laptops by another NGO. These are a real blessing as we need to encourage our children with their computer studies.
A Gaelic football Club donated many clothes for us to distribute to the local poor community.
A supporter of our charity donated $800 to be spent on buying rice for the local poor community. This provided 25Kg of rice for 16 families.
We had a sink installed outside our building as it became necessary to have one closer to our classrooms because of the Covid situation at the time.
A friend of ours now has his own Real Estate Business; he invited our older students to visit and offered them opportunities to work for him if they wanted to pursue a career in Real Estate.
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We were now able to distribute 5,000 items of sports clothing donated by Decathlon sports company who have a factory in Phnom Penh to those living in the poor village where we work.
Two more donations for rice were received by us, one of $400 and the other of $500, which we used to distribute to the local poor community.
We were able to hold a party for our children to celebrate the opening of our newly refurbished roof space.
Villagers including our children’s families continue to use the Water Filtration System that we had installed the previous year.
Duncan Bell
Signature and Declaration
Declaration: I declare, in my capacity of chairman of trustee, that:
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The trustees have approved the report above; and
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• Have authorised me to sign it on their behalf
Signed:
Full name:
Position:
Date:
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HELPING HAND CAMBODIA
Statement of Financial Activities
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to year ending 30.04.2022 30.04.21
£ £ £
Income From
Donations £15,727 £15,520 £31,247
Gift Aid £4,412 £0 £4,412
Other income £18
TOTAL £20,157 £15,520 £35,677 £0
Expenditure
Charitable Activities £19,907 £15,520 £35,427 A
Finance Costs £26 £26
TOTAL £19,933 £15,520 £35,453 £42,977
Net Movement of Funds £224 £0 £224
Reconciliation of Funds
Total funds brought forward £10,863 £0 £10,863 £10,008
Total funds carried forward £11,087 £0 £11,087 £10,863
Unrestricted Funds Restricted Funds Total Further Notes
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HELPING HAND CAMBODIA
Balance Sheet as at 30th April 2022
| Fixed Assets No Non-Current Assets held by Entity Current Assets Bank and Cash in Hand Gift Aid not yet received Total Assets Liabilities No current or long term liabilities The funds of the charity Unrestricted income funds Restricted income funds Total charity funds |
Current Year £16,775 £4,412.00 |
A |
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| £21,187 £10,100 |
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| £11,087 £11,087 £0 |
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| £11,087 |
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| Notes to the Balance Sheet NOTE Income Donations Bank Interest Gift Aid Previous year correction Exchange Rate Variance 1 Expenditure Schooling Fees Rice General Cambodian Expenses Expenditure in Cambodia Marketing Travel IE Reporting Finance Costs Expenditure in UK TOTAL A Bank Accounts Kingdom Bank Paypal Cambodian Account Total Gift Aid Not yet received Liabilities Loan |
End of Year General £15,727 £4,412 £18 |
30/04/22 Restricted Total £15,520 £31,247 £0 £4,412 £18 £0 |
End of Year 30/04/21 £38,700 £1 £4,406 £725 £43,832 |
End of Year 30/04/21 £38,700 £1 £4,406 £725 £43,832 |
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| £20,157 | £15,520 £35,677 |
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| £3,388 £817 £15,702 |
£11,326 £14,714 £2,885 £3,702 £1,309 £17,011 |
£17,643 £5,136 £18,759 |
£42,977 | |
| £19,907 £26 |
£15,520 £35,427 £35,453 |
£41,538 £126 £1,112 £50 £151 |
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| £26 | £1,439 | |||
| £7,602 £1,948 £7,225 |
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| £16,775 £4,412 £10,100 |
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