## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** 

||Period start date|Period start date|||Period end date|Period end date||
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||**01**|**01**|**2023**||**31**|**12**|**2023**|
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## Section A                        Reference and administration details 

|**Charity name**<br>**Other names charity is known by**<br>**Registered charity number (if any)**<br>**Charity's principal address**|<br>**EXPERIENCE THE REAL AFRICA (UK)**|<br>**EXPERIENCE THE REAL AFRICA (UK)**|
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||<br>ETRA||
||1171700||
||<br>1 Upper Cottages||
||Southstoke||
||Bath||
||**Postcode**|**BA2 7DR**|



## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Mr Nigel White|Chairman|||
||Mr Ian Alexander<br>Bleakley|Treasurer|||
||Mrs Janet Keene||||
||Mrs EmilyPaines||||
||Mr Mark Bagott||||
||Mrs Fedesi Murisa||||
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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** 

**TAR** 

March **2012** 

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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|
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|**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**|||
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## **Section B              Structure, governance and management** 

## **Description of the charity’s trusts** 

Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION How the charity is constituted 

- (eg. trust, association, company) 

BY APPOINTMENT AS THE NEED ARISES Trustee selection methods 

- (eg. appointed by, elected by) 

## **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 THE EDUCATION, RELIEVE POVERTY AND PROMOTE THE GOOD HEALTH OF PEOPLE IN MITYANA, UGANDA IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UGANDAN CHARITY 'EXPERIENCE THE REAL AFRICA' (ETRA (UGANDA)) 

**TAR** 

March **2012** 

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The charity’s principal activity, the trustees having had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit, is the making of donations to the above mentioned charity, 'EXPERIENCE THE REAL AFRICA' (ETRA (UGANDA)). 

The activities of ETRA Uganda are reported back to ETRA UK by the trustees of that charity, and regular financial updates are received. Site visits are also made and reported on when possible. 

**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)** 

You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: 

- policy on grantmaking; 

- policy programme related investment; 

- contribution made by volunteers. 

**TAR** 

March **2012** 

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## Section D                      Achievements and performance 

**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** 

- As in the prior year, the charity co-ordinated donations received with activities carried out by ETRA (Uganda), in addition to continuing to raise awareness of ETRA (Uganda) in the UK 

- • A visit was made to the school operated by ETRA (Uganda) by two Trustees who used that time to see the particular current needs of the school, and also to hold constructive discussions with the ETRA (Uganda) trustees in relation to the future and in particular plans that could in time lead to ETRA (Uganda) being self sufficient. 

**TAR** 

March **2012** 

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## **Section E                    Financial review** 

## **Brief statement of the** 

**charity’s policy on reserves** 

The charity keeps under review its resources and the requirements of ETRA (Uganda) to ensure that funds are sufficient to meet the expected cash needs of the school in Mityana. 

**Details of any funds materially in deficit** 

None 

## **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)** 01/10/24 **Full name(s)** Ian Bleakley **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Treasurer **etc)** 

**Date** 01/10/24 

**TAR** 

March **2012** 

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TAR
Mar¢h 2012

||**Experience the Real Africa (UK)**|**Experience the Real Africa (UK)**|**Experience the Real Africa (UK)**|**1171700**|**CC16a**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Receipts and payments accounts**|||||
||**For the period**<br>**from**|01-01-23<br>Period start date|**To**|31-12-23<br>Period end date||
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**||
|Regular donations|**9,637 **|**-**|**-**|**9,637 **|**9,313**|
|Other donations|**12,755**|**-**|**-**|**12,755**|**3,183**|
|Gift Aid reclaimed|**1,608**|**-**|**-**|**1,608**|**1,744**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
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||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|<br> <br>**24,000**|**-**|**-**|**24,000**|**14,240**|
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**||||||
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**||||||
||**24,000**|**-**|**-**|**24,000**|**14,240**|
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|Payments to ETRA Africa|**16,875**|**-**|**-**|**16,875**|**13,500**|
|Bank charges|**50**|**-**|**-**|**50**|**50**|
|Printing& Paper|**353**|**-**|**-**|**353**|**253**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
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||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**17,278**|**-**|**-**|**17,278**|**13,803**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**||||||
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **<br>**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
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||**17,278**|**-**|**-**|**17,278**|**13,803**|
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||**6,722**|**-**|<br>**-**|<br>**6,722**|**437**|
||**-**|**-   **|**-**|**-**|**- **|
||**11,329**|**-**|**-**|**11,329**|**10,892**|
||**18,051**|**-**|<br>**-**|**18,051**|**11,329**|
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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|||**the end of the period**|||
|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**|**Details**||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**||
||Bank account||**18,051**|**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|**-**|
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||**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))||**18,051**|**-**|**-**|
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||**Details**||**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**||
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||**Details**||**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**||
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||**Details**||**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**|**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**||
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||Signature||Print|Name||
||||||Date of<br>approval|
||||Ian Bl|eakley|23-09-23|
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