## **Report on the Friends of Potter’s Village Charitable Incorporated Organisation (FoPV)** Financial Year July 2024 – June 2025 The Friends of Potter’s Village is a funding organisation based in the UK, which provides financial support for Potters’ Village Ministry, a Christian project operating under the auspices of the Anglican Diocese of Muhabura in Kisoro, Southwest Uganda, with a Ugandan board managing the project on the ground. Potter’s Village Ministry was set up to provide a Crisis Centre to receive and nurture abandoned or orphaned babies. Over half the babies return to their extended family, with others being fostered or adopted. A few, often with special needs, are eventually resettled in other residential facilities, elsewhere in Uganda. A social worker is employed to oversee all this, check on children up to the age of 5 after their return home and ensure compliance with Ugandan law and requirements. In the year January 2024-25 they admitted 24 babies to the Crisis Centre. 18 children were resettled to extended family or fostering. They currently have 57 children on community support, and 26 children resident in the Crisis Centre. An additional baby room had to be opened and staffed to support the additional number of babies needing care. The children on community support also attend the Centre monthly, to have their weight and general progress assessed and to pick up on any problems. Their social worker also does regular home visits to check on those who find it difficult to attend. The Paediatric Medical Centre at Potters Village provides the only neonatal special care unit in the district of Kisoro. It also offers inpatient and outpatient facilities for all children in the district, up to the age of 12. Three Ugandan Clinical Officers oversee the medical care provided. The obstetric services previously provided on site are coming to an end later this year. 648 children have received care as an in-patient and 4083 as an out-patient this year. 5 nurses have commenced additional training to Diploma level course, thanks to a generous fund raiser in the UK. An additional 5 nurses will commence this programme in the next 18 months. A community nutrition programme, supporting mothers to keep their child well-nourished on return home, continues to be very successful. The immunisation programme remains a vital part of keeping children well and has a high attendance each week. Around 10 mothers who require depot injections to keep mental health problems in check are supported in the community. The Rehabilitation Unit set up in 2019 to provide a basic level of therapy for disabled children and their families, is growing in popularity. A trained physiotherapist joined in February 2024 who works with two nurse therapists who have received special training. 6 wheelchairs have been provided to help children in the community and a playground for rehabilitation is under construction. The outpatient clinic for HIV positive patients commenced in May 2019. Although this is funded by the government it is still administered by the clinical officers at the medical centre. A HIV counsellor is still being sought. The Friends of Potter’s Village Appeal for a new vehicle for the project, costing about £30,000, is well underway. Thanks to generous donations and a contribution from funds raised in Uganda the target has been reached. The aim is to have the new vehicle delivered to Potters Village in Autumn 2025. We had a successful Celebration Day held at All Saint’s Church in Wokingham, in Autumn 24. We used this to keep our supporters abreast of new developments. The next event is planned to be in 2026. Three Trustees visited in January 2025. We were pleased to see how well the project is running with the support and commitment of the local senior management team and the Ugandan Board. Relations with the local state hospital are good, and patients are transferred between the hospital and Potter’s Village regularly. The Crisis Centre continues to flourish with increasing numbers of babies needing support. The Friends of Potter’s Village received a substantial legacy just before end of accounting period. In the next financial year the trustees will need to consider: - a) How this sum can best be used to further the aims of the charity - b) How it should be invested, balancing the need to be able to access the funds in a given time with the need to achieve as high a rate of interest as possible. The breakdown of total Income and Expenditure for the year is shown below. These figures exclude the legacy. The first two charts show all income and expenditure throughout the year and include the Medical Centre and the appeal for the new vehicle. The second two charts show the income and expenditure for the Crisis Centre and the Potter’s Village infrastructure. **----- Start of picture text -----**
Potter’s Village as a Whole
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Income 24 - 25
PVM as a whole(45%) Regular donors (49%)
Individual donations Trusts and grants
(11%) (10%)
10%
11% Church/group dona- Gift Aid (13%)
45%
tions (15 %)
14%
Fundraising (11%)
10%
10%
Expenditure 24 - 25
Project Costs (65%)
1%
Non PV sent to Kisoro
(1%)
Medical centre costs
6%
(27%)
27% Fundraiser salary,
pension, tax (6%)
65%
1%
UK costs (1 %)
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## **Crisis Centre and Infrastructure only** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Income 24 - 25
Regular donors
(55%)
15% Fundraising (3%)
Individual donations
20% (6%)
55%
Fundraising event
6% (1%)
1% Church/group dona-
tions (20%)
3%
GAD (15%)
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Expenditure 24 - 25
2%
Project costs (87%)
9% Fundraiser salary,
1% pension, tax (10%)
UK costs (2%)
other (1%)
87%
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## **Friends of Potter's Village Trust** ## **Receipts and Payments Accounts** ## **Charity Number 1173948** ## **Year ended 30th June 2025** |**Notes**
**A1 Receipts**
General donations
Child Sponsorship
Restricted donations
Fund raising - sales etc
Interest received
Gift Aid tax recovered
Receipts on behalf of third parties
Transfer from Potters Village Trust
Other
A2 Asset and investment sales, etc
**Total receipts**
**A3 Payments**
PVM Capital and other costs
PVM Running costs
Medical Equipment and repairs
Fund raising costs
Charity running costs
Legal expenses
Payments from receipts on behalf of third parties
Sub total
A4 Asset and investment purchases, etc
**Total payments**
Net receipts/(payments)
A5 Transfer between funds
A6 Cash funds last year end
**Cash funds this year end**|**Unrestricted Fu Restricted Funds Total funds**
**£**
**£**
**£**
224,048
224,048
45,075
45,075
61,801
61,801
0
0
4,214
4,214
15,330
4,506
19,836
3,802
3,802
0
0
288,667
70,109
358,776
0
0
0
**288,667**
**70,109**
**358,776**
48,917
48,917
102,172
102,172
0
10,082
10,082
1,807
1,807
0
1,580
1,580
114,061
50,497
164,558
**114,061**
**50,497**
**164,558**
174,606
19,611
194,217
19,742
-19,742
74,403
58,641
133,044
**268,751**
**58,510**
**327,261**|**2023/24**
**£**
64,088
43,554
28,913
0
2,905
19,891
464
0
0
159,815
0
**159,815**
0
109,014
2,219
4,878
4,514
0
1,797
122,422
**122,422**
37,393
95,651
**133,044**| |---|---|---| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at end of the year** |CAFBank current
CAFBank Gold Account
COIF Account|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Restricted Funds**
**Total funds**
**£**
**£**
**£**
16,108
16,108
193,245
58,510
251,755
62,198
0
62,198| |---|---| |Assets
Liabilities
less held for PVM|271,551
58,510
330,061
-2,800
-2,800| |Net assets|**268,751**
**58,510**
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