## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 01/01/2021 Period start date To 31/12/2021 Period end date Charity name: The Kite Tales Foundation**
## **Charity registration number: 1174176**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP
reference||
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The advancement of education for the public
benefit by establishing and maintaining a bi-
lingual website and digital archive of the social
history and cultural heritage of Myanmar/
Burma and promoting its content through
outreach activities including translations into
ethnic minority languages, exhibitions and
partnerships with education providers in
Myanmar and internationally.|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|After navigating a difficult year due to the
coronavirus pandemic, The Kite Tales
Foundation, like many other organisations
working on Myanmar, had to confront a very
challenging period after the country’s military
forcibly took power in a coup on Feb 1, 2021.
This meant the co-founders had to again
suspend activities and planned trips.
As the situation in Myanmar worsened, with
large-scale protests followed by armed clashes
across vast swathes of the country, the co-
founders decided to contribute to the
international community’s understanding of
Myanmar by chronicling the experiences of
ordinary citizens taking part in the protests (or)
are affected by the coup.
In line with the educational and public benefit
purposes of the Foundation set out in our
governing document, we sought to highlight a
diverse set of voices and how the political
upheaval was affecting marginalised
communities and those with different cultural
and social histories.|
|||This was done through secure communication
channels with people in Myanmar so that their
safety is not compromised.
The co-founders also spoke at multiple
discussions on Myanmar.|
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|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|This is to confirm the trustees have regard to
the guidance issued by the Charity
Commission on public benefit.|
## **Additional information (optional)**
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||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|The Kite Tales did not provide grants in the
year 2021.|
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|N/A|
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|N/A|
|Other||The Kite Tales began work to raise funds in
2021 to support journalists who lost their
jobs in the aftermath of the coup. This was
done through Go Fund Me as well as
approaching philanthropic foundations.
The income declared came through
individual donors who contributed through
Go Fund Me.|
## **Achievements and Performance**
SORP reference
|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|This was a difficult year for any organisations
working in Myanmar. However, the co-
founders of The Kite Tales, particularly Thin
Lei Win, was interviewed by international
media and civil society groups to speak out
on Myanmar.
The personal, anonymous stories by
ordinary people, which we published in both
Burmese and English, were widely shared
across social media.
The co-founders were also invited by The
Organization of Asian American Sisters in
Service (OAASIS) and Students for
Myanmar, set by up Harvard University
Students, for a virtual discussion about
Myanmar and The Kite Tales on April 17,
2021.
Both our website and the our social media
presence continue to grow, and The Kite
Tales provided crucial, first-person accounts
of what is happening in Myanmar,
particularly after the global attention had
shifted away from the country.|
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## **Additional information (optional)**
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|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41||
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|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The charity has 106 GBP left at the end of
the period (donations minus the cost of
operating the website and the e-mail
accounts).|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22||
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22||
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|No uncertainty as the co-founders work on a
voluntary basis and do not receive any
renumeration.|
## **Additional information (optional)**
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|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Donations via Go Fund Me.
This is the first time The Kite Tales
Foundation has embarked on fundraising of
this nature due to the extraordinary situation
in Myanmar.|
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|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
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Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Charitable Incorporated Organisation|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
|Para 1.25|Appointed by trustees|
|~~trustees~~|||
## **Additional information (optional)**
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|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51||
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|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51||
|Other||Ingeborg Moa ended her term as the
President of the charity’s trustees on Sep 1
and was replaced as acting president by
Aela Streiff.|
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|The Kite Tales Foundation|
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|Other name the charity uses|N/A|
|Registered charity number|1174176|
|Charity’s principal address|GORDONS PARTNERSHIP LLP , 22 GREAT JAMES STREET ,
LONDON , WC1N 3ES|
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
||**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year**|**Name of person (or body)**
**entitled to appoint trustee**
**(if any)**|
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|1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
18
19
20|Ingeborg Moa|President|Jan 1 - Sep 1||
||Sandar Hla|Treasurer|||
||Tara Dermott|Secretary|||
||Aela Streiff|Outreach
(relationships)
President|Jan 1 - Sep 1
Sep 2 onwards||
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Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name** None
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
|**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**||
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|None|||
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
|Description of the assets
held in this capacity|None|
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|Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|None|
|Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own assets|None|
## **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) Full name(s)** Sandar Hla **Position (eg** Treasurer **Secretary, Chair, etc) Date** 24/10/2022