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

## **From  1 April 2020 Period start date   To 31 March 2021 Period end date** 

## **Charity name: Zambian Rural Partnerships Charity registration number:  1172949** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|**The prevention or relief of poverty in**<br>**Zambia by providing: grants, loans, items**<br>**and services to individuals in need.**|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or services<br>identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|**ZaRP CIO provided advice and guidance**<br>**to the groups of volunteers who are**<br>**partnering groups of poor farmers in**<br>**Zambia.   These farmers received interest**<br>**free loans funded by and directly**<br>**monitored by the UK partners for the**<br>**purpose increasing income for poor**<br>**people.**|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees have had regard to the**<br>**guidance issued by the Charity**<br>**Commission on public benefit**|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other 



## **Achievements and Performance** 

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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|**During the period 2020-2021Zambian**<br>**Rural Partnerships continued to monitor**<br>**the efforts of and advise the UK partners**<br>**encouraging and making loans to**<br>**partners in Zambia.**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41||
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>ofthe period|Para 1.21|**ZaRP received income from monthly**<br>**payments from the current and former**<br>**trustees.**|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>statingwhy they areheld|Para 1.22|**ZaRP’s reserves will be a reflection of its**<br>**operating costs and financial**<br>**commitments.**|
|Amount of reservesheld|Para 1.22|**0**|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|**ZaRP has no operating costs or financial**<br>**commitments and therefore does not**<br>**hold formal reserves.**|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|**N/A**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47||
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|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:||**None**|
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Template Constitution**|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|**Trustees are elected by the Trustees**|



|**Additional information (optional)**<br>Youmay choose toincludefurtherstatements|**Additional information (optional)**<br>Youmay choose toincludefurtherstatements|whererelevant about:|
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|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction and<br>training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charityname|Zambian Rural Partnerships|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|ZaRP|
|Registered charitynumber|1172949|
|Charity’s principal address|19 Layton Lane<br>Shaftesbury<br>Dorset<br>SP7 8EY|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

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||Nicholas John<br>Gregory|Chairman||Board of Trustees|
||Robert Nicholas<br>Kendall-Carpenter|Treasurer||Board of Trustees|
||Hugh Michael Hall<br>Pyper|||Board of Trustees|
||Dee Lyons|||Board of Trustees|
||Barnaby John<br>Tallack|||Board of Trustees|
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Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** 



**Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

## **Additional information (optional)** 

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

**Type of Name Address adviser** 

**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

## **Other optional information** 



## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

|**Signature(s)**<br>**Full name(s)**<br>**Position (eg Secretary,**<br>**Chair, etc)**<br>**Date**|||
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||Robert Nicholas Kendall-Carpenter||
||<br> <br>Treasurer||
||26 January 2022||
||26 January 2022||



