TALITA KUM SCHOOL FUND Every Child Matters
Trustee Annual Report January 1st 2020 - December 31st 2020
Charitable Incorporated Organisation from 23rd March 2017
Charity Commission No. 1172220
Trustees
Sally Cherubini – Chair Alberto Cherubini Katie Couchman Sarah Aitken
Bank
Metro Bank 1, Southampton Row London WC1B 5HA
Talita Kum School Fund raises funds and supports the school of that name in Chachagüí, Colombia, for disadvantaged and disabled children who are offered a caring education in small groups which they would have difficulty finding in state schools. Our charity’s aim is to help the school establish itself sufficiently to be able to make itself independent of our financial help and to this end in 2019 we embarked on a funded programme which had a promising start with responsibility for administrative systems, including accounts and health and safety policy being transferred to the school. Progress was made with the database and local fundraising. This continued into the beginning of 2020.
In 2020, as with elsewhere in the world, Colombia had to deal with COVID-19. The school premises closed, and teaching was done remotely. Many of the children’s’ parents lost work due to the pandemic and many had no internet connection or technology for receiving lessons. The small fees paid by the parents dried up and left a deficit in the budget.
TKSF recruited more sponsors and their donations contributed £5500 to the running of the school this year. £5000 was contributed by Education and General Charitable Trust. Our accounts for the year show £11572 was sent to the school and for funding the project. We have a balance of over £13,547 on deposit at the end of 2020.
Our charity’s costs remain negligible; We have no offices, paid staff or equipment and this year’s small charges are again for foreign currency transactions.
Trustees
Katie Couchman was reappointed at the March AGM.
Talita Kum School Fund 38 Acton Lane London W4 5ED
Charity Commission reg. no. 1172220
www.talitakumschool.org
TALITA KUM SCHOOL FUND Every Child Matters
News from Colombia
When the school had to close during the lockdown and teaching was done remotely, the director of the School, Sonia Diaz, organised smartphones and tablets for the children who had none and lessons were done via WhatsApp. There was considerable inventiveness by the teachers to communicate with the children and they worked long hours to encourage the children in difficult circumstances.
The possibility of raising funds in Colombia diminished as the pandemic took hold. Roberto Martignago, funded to help transfer the responsibility of fund-raising from TKSF to Colombia, did manage to secure funding of 2500 euros from an Italian charity. They have committed to further funding next year (2021).
The future
COVID has caused much uncertainty this year and poorer countries such as Colombia have been affected badly. Our optimism of last year is tempered by caution this year. We may need to accept that the route to independence for Talita Kum School is a little slower than we had predicted and hoped for.
Talita Kum School Fund 38 Acton Lane London W4 5ED
Charity Commission reg. no. 1172220
www.talitakumschool.org
TALITA KUM SCHOOL FUND 1172220 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period 01/01/2020 31/12/2020 To from
| Section A Receipts and payments | Section A Receipts and payments | |||||
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| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 11,252 269 13,597 - - - - - 25,118 - - - 25,118 11,572 - - - - - - - - 11,572 - - - 11,572 13,546 - - 13,546 |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Total funds to the nearest £ 11,252 269 13,597 - - - - - 25,118 - - - 25,118 11,572 - - - - - - - - 11,572 - - - 11,572 13,546 |
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| DONATIONS & SPONSORSHIP | 11,252 | - | ||||
| GIFTAID | 269 | - | ||||
| MONEY IN BANK | 13,597 | - | ||||
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| **Sub total ** | 11,572 | - | ||||
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| Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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| Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | |
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| Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B1 Cash funds |
Details Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details Details Details Signature |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 13,546 - - - - - 13,546 - OK OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - - - - Print Name |
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
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