## **ACTION KIBOGORA**
Registered Charity 1173959
Trustees Annual Report and Accounts for the year to 31 March 2025
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## **ACTION KIBOGORA.**
## **Registered Charity 1173959**
## **Trustees Annual Report and Accounts for the year to 31 March 2025**
## **Reference and Administration details**
**Trustees** James John Hally (Chair) - Appointed 26.7.2017 Sheila Anne Etherington (Secretary) - Appointed 26.7.2017 Ian Bernard Higginbotham (Treasurer) - Appointed 26.7.2017 David Robert Brown - Appointed 26.7.2017 Elizabeth Joyce Fleuriot - Appointed 26.7.2017 **Bankers** HSBC Bank Plc 49a Fishergate Preston PR1 8BH **Independent Examiner** John Spender MAAT 19 Buckingham Avenue Penwortham Preston PR1 9HG
## **Structure, governance, objectives and management.**
This charity's governing instrument is a Constitution of a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (Foundation Structure whose only voting members are its Trustees) dated 31 May 2017. The charity was registered at the Charity Commission on 26 July 2017. The objects of the charity are (1) To relieve sickness and preserve the health of patients of Kibogora Hospital Rwanda and (2) to advance the education of students at Kibogora Polytechnic, Rwanda, in each case by providing grants for the provision of facilities, support services and equipment.
## **Trustees Annual Report**
The first project of the charity has been fundraising for a new Maternity Ward at Kibogora Hospital. Construction is complete and we have liaised throughout with Rwandan colleagues to ensure the project aligns with Ministry of Health District and National plans. The State Minister of Health responsible for Primary Care officially opened the new building on 25th January 2023. We are moving to the next phase now to create a new Medical School which has the full support of the Ministry of Health, and have received a very substantial personal donation to help start the process.
## **Review of Community Benefit**
The Maternity Ward is now considered a centre of Excellence for others to emulate and is having a major impact on the health and wellbeing of the patients of Kibogora Hospital, and the 254,000 population of Nyamasheke District it serves.
The proposed new Medical School is considered a very welcome addition to the Ministry of Health strategic plan, and we work with them.
## **Review of risk management and financial performance**
The key risks are in the payments to the project, that work has been properly done, and money transferred is followed through to the project. The mechanisms for dealing with this are now well established through experience in previous contracts/grants..
Approved by the Board of Trustees on 16 June 2025 and signed on their behalf. (Original signed and held by Trustees in accordance with Charity Commission guidelines)
John Hally (Chairman of Trustees)
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## **ACTION KIBOGORA**
## **Registered Charity 1173959**
## **ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR TO 31 MARCH 2025**
|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**RECEIPTS**
Personal Donations
251,600
Other Donations
3,092
Grants
0
Website Donations
0
HMRC Gift Aid
188
Bank Interest
662
**Total Income**
**255,541**
**PAYMENTS**
Office and Admin
150
Travel
0
Project Grants: Kibogora Polytechnic re Coordinator secondment
1,818
Project Grants: Kibogora Hospital re Maternity Project.
0
Other Expenses
0
**Total Expenditure**
**1,967**
**NET RECEIPTS OVER PAYMENTS**
**253,574**
**BALANCE SHEET**
Funds Carried forward 01.04.24
2,974
Plus net Receipts over Payments for the year
253,574
**Funds Carried Forward at 31.03.25**
**256,548**
**Represented by: -**
Balance at Bank
Current
Deposit
**NET FUNDS HELD 31.03.25**|**31.3.25**
**_Unres_**
**_31.3.24_**
**TOTAL**
**_Funds_**
**_Total_**
251,600
_2,500_
_2,500_
3,092
_2,094_
_2,094_
0
_0_
_0_
0
_0_
_0_
188
_625_
_625_
662
_88_
_88_
**255,541**
**_5,307_**
**_5,307_**
150
_200_
_200_
0
_0_
_0_
1,818
_2,300_
_2,300_
0
_5,000_
_5,000_
0
_0_
_0_
**1,967**
**_7,500_**
**_7,500_**
**253,574**
**_-2,193_**
**_-2,193_**
_5,167_
_-2,193_
**256,548**
**_2,974_**
1,548
_949_
255,000
_2,025_
**256,548**
**_2,974_**|
|---|---|
## **DECLARATION**
I declare that at a meeting of the Board of Trustees held 16 June 2025, the above financial report was duly approved, and I have been so authorised to certify on their behalf.
(Original signed and held by Trustees in accordance with Charity Commission guidelines)
John Hally. Chairman of Trustees
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## **ACTION KIBOGORA**
**Registered Charity 1173959**
## **Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Action Kibogora**
I report on the accounts for the period to 31 March 2024 which are set out on page 4
## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner**
The Charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The Charity's trustees consider an audit is not required this year under requirement of S144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (The 2011 Act) and that an Independent Examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to a) examine the Accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act
b)to follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by Charity Commissioners under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act:
c) to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of Independent Examiner's Report**
My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners.
An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records.It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required for an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair view', and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
## **Independent Examiner's Report**
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention
(1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that, in any material respects the requirements
* To keep proper accounting records in accordance with Section 130 of the 2011 Act; and
* To prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and to comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act
have not been met or
(2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
(Original signed and held by the Trustees in accordance with Charity Commission guidelines)
John Spender MAAT 19-Jun-25