Charity registration number 1171737 NUESTROS PEQUEfios HERMANOS UNITED KINGDOM ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 Caladine chartered Certified Accovnton15
NUESTROS PEQUEAOS HERMANOS UNITED KINGDOM LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Trustees Fran(XGq Griffiths Nicola Ra*linson Natssha Petiton Adam Baird Maria Floren(aa Garcia ChaTIty Numbor 1171737 Contact Address NPH UK clo Chld & Chikl One Strand Lorbdon WC2N 5EJ Independent Examlner Mr Colin James Dadswell FCCA Chanty Fk)use 22 Upperton Road Easlboume Easl Sussex BN21 18F
NUESTROS PEQUENOS HERMANOS UNITED KINGDOM CONTENTS Page Trustees. Report Independent Examine¢s Report Receipts and PayThents Accounts Slatement of Assets and Liamities Notes to the Flnancial Statements
NUESTROS PEQUEflos HERMANOS UNITED KINGDOM Page I TRUSTEES. REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 The tnjstees have pleasure in presenting the annual r8POrt and accounts for the charity for the year ended 31 Decernber 2024. Objecllves and actlvities (a) the advancement of education: (b) the preventK)n or rdiof of povety. (c) th8 relief of those In need because of111 health. disability. financial hardship or other disadvanlage: worfdwide, but In particular in Latin America and the UK. amongsl young people and their families by providing or assisting by maklng grants lowards the provision of care. education, training and healthcare programmes; and (d) advancing the charitable (Jects. values and mission of NPH intemallonal founded by Father William B. Wasson, as may be detemiined from time to tSme. provided that such obiecls, values and misslon remain compatible of with the obiects the CIO. NPH UK works closely our parent organisation. NPH Intemalional. NPH offers vulnerable and disadvantaged children arKI young adults a way out of poverty by providing healthcare, educalion and nutritious food. fvlost importanty. they receive uncondiiional love. Wherever possible, NPH programmes support children in their homes, wilh their familEs. If that is not possible, they may join Ihe NPH family in one of NPH'S residential care homes. Structure. governance and management Nuestros Pequefios Hemlanos Uniled lfjngdom {NPK UK) is a CIO registered the Charity Commission in February 2017. NPH UK is one of 23 NPH organlsatlons Worldwide and it exists to support th8 NPH mission and run fundraising and volunteer programmes. The charity truslees manage the affairs of the CIO arKI may for that purpose exercise all the powers of the CIO. They may also employ a1 remunerate staff as are necessary for carTring out the work of the CIO. The trustees who served durlng the and up to Ihe date of signature of the financial statements re. Ms FranCea Griffiths (Chair) Ms Nicola Rawlinson Ms Vanessa Bardde (Resigned 02 April 2025) Ms Natasha Petiton Ms MaTiavittoria Rava Mr Adam Baird (Apwinted 03 Iwril 2025) Ms Maria Florencia Garcia (Appointed 03 April 2025) Every trustee must be appoinled for a terni of three ar5 by a resolution passed at a PToperfy convened meeting of the charity trustees. In selecting individuals for appoinlment as charity trustee5. the charity trustees must have regard to the sklls, knOe experience needed for the effective administration of the CIO. NPH Intemational shall have the right to appoint one trustee. whose appointment shall be confimied by and take effect from the date of a resolution subsequently passed by the charity trustees.
NUESTROS PEQUENOS HERMANOS UNITED KINGDOM Page 2 TRUSTEES. REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 Structure. governance and management (continued) NPH UK also has a part-time director lo manage the operations of th8 charity and WOTk dosety with the Irustees on setting strategic direction. The charity also has within its slructure an Advwry Board, currenty composed of one member supports the charity wrth his digital communication expertise. Grant Maklng Policy The CIO raises funds and works directly with NPH Intemalional to select projects to fund. Following consultation with NPH Intemational, the CIO wll pay grants to NPH organisations tt) fund projects in Latin America and the Caribbean directly advancing the CIO'S objectives. For safeguarding of funds, bank accounts of these organlsations held at banks in USA may be used. A portion of funds will also go to Fffoiects identtfied in other counlties. mainly in Ihe UK. to be in line with NPH ethos, mission arKI values. 4 Achlevements and perfomiance The trustees held five meetings during 2024 (in February. April. Juty. September and December). Vanessa Bardde continued to serve on the board from Abu Dhabi. but indicated that should suitable replacements be found. she would resign as her contribution5 were limiled by the distance. To increase board capacity. the Irustees agreed to apply again to BoardLead. the programme that helps charities to recNit new Irustees and companies to provide thi5 Opportunity to interested employees. The process began in September 2024 and would culminate in the election of two new board members. Adam Baird and Maria Florencia Garcia, in April 2025. At the same time, Vanessa Barade stepped down after two and a half years of service. Fundralslng evonts continued to fomi an important part in our acltvftles in 2024 and our wincip81 source of income. We organised held three events with the support of a small group of committed volunteers. The trustees are very grateful to all of the guests. vdunteers. raffle and auction sponsors. musicians and venues Ihat Supported these intliabves. In May 2024. we held a fomial dinner, the 'NPH UK Ball. for over 225 guests at The Peninsula hotd. The event raised almosl £92,900 from ticket revenue. the silent auction and donations. Live entertainment was provided by Maria Elena Infantino and her band. and solo sing8r and gullarist Luca London. Proceeds were assigned to NPH Haiii's Sl Damien Pa8diatric Hospital. In September 2024, Luca London perfomed in Covent Garden fr) raise funds for NPH UK. The event was an excellent opportunity to rdise awareness of the charlty among the general public. It raised over £1.000 for St Damien Paediatric Hospital. In December 2024. our 'Chrislmas Party al TeTra by Carfo Cracco, raised almost £25.800 in licket sales. donations and silent auction income. Around 90 guests enjoyed delicious Italian food and hospitality. The menu was created by the celebrity chef WI has supported our partner organisation in Italy for several years and offered to participale. The venue also donated 10/0 of the revenue they made from th8 evenL Entertaintnent was very kindly pTovid8d again by Maria Elena Infantino.
NUESTROS PEQUENOS HERMANOS UNITED KINGDOM Page 3 TRUSTEES. REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 Achievements and perforniance (conlinued) Our strategy to continue to seek funding from charltsble trusts and corporate foundallons in 2024 resulted in four posittve responses. The total income raised was £5.900. The following grants were received: St. James's Place Charitablc FourKlation aw8rded £1.000 for NPH Guatemala's early childhood education and nutrition programme. Souter Charitable Trust awarded £2. for NPH Nicaragua's disability programme. Gilchrist Educational Twst awartsj £1.000 for NPH Peru's education programme. Auslln Bailey Foundation awarded £1.IJXI for NPH Honduras. vocati¢)nal education programme. As per the grant applications. 90% of fijnds received were allocated to restricted income and sent to the projects in NPH programme countries while 10% was allocated to unrestricted income to support with pmject development overheads. In the area of Indlvldual giving. we continued Io 8ngage our child sponsors. providing updates on children's academlc progress. Christrnas cards and facliiating correspondence. Ongoing promotion of the so<alled Sharing Fund to celebrate a special occasion in their sponsor child's life resulted in donations of over £1,SY)O in 2024. Total irKome during the year from regular giving was around £8.000. We maintained our dlgltal comfflunlcatlon, worklng dosety skilled volunteers. We updated stats'stlcs aboul our programmes and impacl on our website. and made useroxperienc8 improvements. W6 also created 8 new page with information on NPH'S Intemational Vdunteer Programme. We continued to communicate with our supporters through e-newsletters via Mail Chimp and through our social media channels. We aim to enhan this area further in 2025 wilh a more focused plan. We were pleased to be able to support and enhance our community fvndralslng in 2024. With our presence on JustGivirvJ. family and friends of one supporter who chose to run the Yorkshire Maralhon in aid of NPH in Haiti raised over £1.440 for NPH Haili's sp8cial needs programme and St Damien Paediatric Hospital. We also received a pCentage of the proceeds from the sale of arlworf( at a fair from another supporter who was keen to support the hospital. The Irustees would like to thank all our supporter5 and volunteers for their generosity and loyalty. In addition to monetary contributions. the charity continued to receive gifts in kind in 2024, specifically raffle and auction ilems for our events a value of over £24.000. as well as the priFbono serrfi of our pay- roll accountant and professionals in the fields of flower arranging. graphic design. perfomiing arts and digital communication. Ar{nd 20 vdunleers gave us approximately 230 hours of their time and skills throughout 2024. helping with event planning and execution. administrative and translation tasks. and - going o)mmunicalion iniiiatives. Our grant•making in 2024 saw a signitsnt increase from £16,170 in 2023 to £41.760. We were able to send grants of varying siTrs to eigm NPH programme countries in Latin Amlca and the Caribbean.
NUESTROS PEQUEIIOS HERMANOS UNITED KINGDOM Page 4 TRUSTEES. REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 4 Achievements and performance (contlnued) Thank5 to an ongoing individual donation. we continued to support staffing cosls at NPH Haiti's physiotherapy programme Ihal works wilh children wilh disabilities and adults suffering from illness and disabilities. Through our child sponsorship programme. we funded operational costs of residential care and support for children in our famny reintegralion programme, as well as special celebrations and activities for the children through contribuiing to respective countries Sharing Funds,. With the support from SL James's Place Charilable Foundation. we could send a grant to NPH Guatemala's day Ca centre that provides early childhood educalion and nutrition lo pre-school children while enabling their parents lo work. This granl was assigned to food costs to support Ihe children's healthy developmenL The donation from Souter Charitable Trnst enabled us to provide slgnificant support to NPH Nicaragua's 'Good Samaritan, disabilty programme, contributing to salary and medicine costs. This programme provides specialised care for children with disabditie5, indudiT¥J Iherapy. medical assistance. learning support and collaboralion wilh their famlies to help them access education and other services. The support from Gilchrfst Educational Trust enabled us to serKI funds to NPH Peru to facilitate the recruitrnent of a specialist maths teacher to provide tuition to children and young people in their residential care programme. We supplemented the grant unrestricted income so that the teacher could be hired for at least six months. The donalion from Austln Bailey Foundation enabled us to provmle a granl to NPH Honduras. vocational education programme. contributing directty towards the salary costs of the electricity workshop instructor. This programme t6aches practical skrfls and knowledge to young people. re&Aling in a fonnal qualificallon that enhances employabilty. The escalating crlsls in Haiti, subsequent di¢Jital 8pped arKI marathon furKlraising resulted in a contslbution lo NPH Haiti's 8mergency project, spedficalty to provkle food and medlcine for vulnerable children and adults with disabbltties living in local communities and residential care. Our most significant 9rant was for St Damien Paediatric Hospital's emergency care department which provides 24-hour medical assistance lo critically ill patients. Thanks to the success of our fundraising event in May and the street performance in September, we could assign almost £24,667 to slaffing costs. Funds raised from the marathon was also assigned to the hospital's oncology department, the 0 chli dhood nCer unit in Haiti. Flnanclal revlew and reserves pollcy During the financial year ended 31 December 2024, the charity had income of £139,443 (2023:£65,136). Of this. £17,381 represented income to restricted funds (2023: £16.776). Expenditure for the year was £144.358 (2023: £87.031 ). This was represented by £17.441 (2023: £15.572) of restricted funds. As at 31 December 2024. NPH UK had cash assets of £53,727, a decrease on the balance of £58.642 which was held at the close of 2023. This is represented by £6.195 (2023: £7.291) of restricted funds. At Ihe beginning of 2024. at the yeaty reserves policy miew. the trustees agreed that 50Yo of the charilvs budgeted annual wnning costs plus management and adminislrdtion costs would continue to be necessary and 5ufficienL This was calculated to be approximately £23.000. At the year-end, unrestricted reserves of £47.532 were held. excluding liabilities of £2,615. The trustees decided this amount would be prudent. given the fluctuating levels of annual income that NPH UK continues to experience.
NUESTROS PEQUENOS HERMANOS UNITED KINGDOM Page 5 TRUSTEES. REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 Risk Management The trustees. in their responsibility to identify, assess and manage risks, approved th8 2024 resepS policy in February and conducted the annual review of the firnCial policy and procedure. expenses pdicy. confidentiality statement, data protection policy and conflicts of interest policy. Financial results were moniiored on a quarterly basis and a year-end forecast enabled the trustee8 lo make prudent decisions about grant-making. The budget for 2025 was presented in December 2024. Between meetings, discussion and s(*ne opwational decisi (k pldLe uv¥r Viiidil. Regular meetings wlth supportlng documentation provided by the chafity director enabled the ttustees to take decisions on strategies pertaining to fundraising, running Sts. trustee rectuitinent and granl-making. On behalf of the trustees Francesca Griffiths Trustee
NUESTROS PEQUENOS HERMANOS UNITED KINGDOM Page 6 INDEPENDENT EXMAINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF NUESTROS PEQUENOS HERMANOS UNtfED KINGDOM I report lo the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of Nuestros Pequenos Hennanos UK (Ihe CIO.) for the year ended 31 Dember 2024. which are set out on pages 7 to 9. Responslbllities and basls of report As the charity trustees of Ihe CIO you are responsible for the preparnlion of the accounts in accordance with the requlrements of the Charities Act 2011 (Ihe Acr). Independent oxamlnefs statement I have compleled my examinalion. I confirm that no material mattets have come to my attention in connection ith the examination giving me cause to believe thal In any material respect: (1) accounling record5 were not kept In respect of the CIO as required by seclion 130 of the Ac(. or (2) the accounts do not accord with Ihose records. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters In connection wlth the examinatiorb to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Mr Colln James Dadswell FCCA Caladine Limiied Chanty House 22 Upperton Road Easlboume BN211BF 2041 OGF6btf lo
NUESTROS PEQUENOS HERMANOS UNITED KINGDOM Page 7 RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 Recei ts from: Donations and gifts Gift Aid receivable Grants feceivable Fundraising ovents Interest rKeivable 14.501 2.251 590 104.583 137 12,071 26.572 2,251 5.900 104,583 137 4.417 1.877 8,451 12.868 1.877 9,220 41.008 163 5.310 8.325 41.008 163 Total recelpts 122.( 17.381 139.443 16.TT6 65,136 ants on: Staging fundralsing events Digital fundraising costs Staff costs Grants to Institutions Charity management and administration Bank charges Prfntlng. postage & slationary Insurance Accountancy Independent Examination Off8 costs 56,985 56.985 24,297 292 38.284 24.297 292 38,284 16,170 38.752 24.319 38,752 41,760 17.441 15.572 3,915 3.915 463 42 808 1.440 720 600 976 41 976 41 42 720 240 720 240 500 720 600 Totsl payments 126.917 17.441 144..358 71.459 15,572 87,031 Net receiptsl(payments) (4.855) (60) (4.915) (23.099) 1.204 (21.895) Transfers beiween funds 1.036 (1.036) 1,753 (1.753) Funds brought forward 1 January 2024 51,351 7,291 58.642 72,697 7,840 80.537 Funds carried fobward 31 December 2024 47.532 6.195 53.727 51.351 7,291 58,642
NUESTROS PEQUEfios HERMANOS UNITED KINGDOM STATEMENT OF ASSEfs AND LIABILITIES AS A T 31 DECEMBER 2024 2024 2023 Cash Funds= Cash at bank and in hand 53.727 58.642 Represented by: Unrestricled funds Reslticted funds 47.532 6,195 51,351 7,291 53.727 58.642 Llabil- PAYE due Accountarw and Independent ExaminatH)n fee 1.607 1,008 1,836 960 2,615 2,796 IL/..i 0/.2 S The financial 51atements were approved by Ihe Trustees on ... rancesca Griffiths Trust•0
NUESTROS PEQUENOS HERMANOS UNITED KINGDOM Page 9 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 1 Accounting Pollcles The Financial Ststements have been prepared on a receipts and paJYnents basis in accordance with Section 133 of the Charities Act 2011. 2 Donations Donations are recognised when relled by or on behalf of the charity. 3 Expendlture Exyeiidiluie is r&w91iised in Ihe year in which it is inuJThed and allocated to the appropriale category. 4 Funds The charlty operates a general fund for its actsvitses. The charlty also operates several restricted funds as follows: Brought Carrled loard Recelpts Payments Trnnsfers forward Fund Name Chld sponsorship Sharing funds Haiti disability support Haiti hospital projects Nicaragua dlsabilty project Peru educatlon project Honduras vocational edUtion prgeci Guatemala early chIldhd education proj8Ct 6.866 1,957 942 2,306 2.610 (6.343) (1.030) {2,698) (841) {2,249) (2.610) {900) {900) (900) 6,119 (160) 185 51 581 (6) 7.291 17,381 (17,441) {1,036) 6.195 Chlld sponsorshlp: donations from individuals to support vulnerable chlldren across NPH county programmes Ilvlng In residential care and disadvantaged communltles. Sharfng funds: donations from individuals to support NPH county programmas to organise birthdaylchristrnas celebrations and recrealional activit for children limng in residential care and disadvantaged communities. The deficit on Sharing funds carried forward will be mel by fulure donation5. Haitl disabillty support: donations from Indivlduals assigned to staff costs. emergency food and medication at NPH Haitl's progrdmme that supports children and adults with dlsabiltties. Halti hospital projects: donations from irxlividuals and supporter fundraising initiatives assigned lo NPH Haiti's St Damien Paediatric Hospital emergency Ca and onrA)logy projects. Nicaragua disablllty project: grant from Souter Charitable Trust assigned to NPH NICagUa.S 'Buen SamarTtano' project that supports children with disabililies. Peru educatlon project: grant from Gilchrist Educational Trust to provide additlonal support in Maths to students. Honduras vocatlonal education project: grant from The Austln Bailey Foundation to contribute to salary costs. Guatemala earfy childhood edu&ilion project: grant St James's Place Charitable Foundation.