2022-12-31-accounts - The Kite Tales Foundation

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date Period end date
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Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name The Kite Tales Foundation
Other names charity is known by N/a
Registered charity number (if any) 1174176
Charity's principal address Gordons Partnership LLP
22 Great James Street
London
Postcode WC1N 3ES
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
Dates acted if not for Name of person (or body) entitled
Trustee name Office (if any)
whole year to appoint trustee (if any)
1 Aela Streiff President
2 Sandar Hla Treasurer
3 Tara Dermott Secretary
September, 2022
4 [Saw-Marlar Soe]
onwards
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Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) Name Dates acted if not for whole year

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address

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

Co-directors and founders Kelly Macnamara and Thin Lei Win

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document Constitution (eg. trust deed, constitution)

How the charity is constituted Charitable Incorporated Organisation

(eg. trust, association, company)

Trustee selection methods Appointed by trustees

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

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You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;

Trustees considered risks involving the security of fellows and payments made to them. Procedures were set up to use secure communication (Signal app), ensure anonymity and to provide guidelines for fellows to ensure their security. Payments were made directly where possible or through a known and trusted third party and verified with the receiving fellow.

The directors held monthly meetings with the donor Firetree Philanthropy, to share best practice and to ensure activities aligned with the terms of the donation.

relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

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.

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In 2021 The Kite Tales Foundation decided to contribute to international understanding of Myanmar in the wake of the 2021 military coup by chronicling the experiences of ordinary citizens and show how the political upheaval was affecting marginalised communities and those with different cultural and social histories. The Kite Tales began work to raise funds in 2021 to support journalists who lost their jobs in the aftermath of the coup and received donations from two philanthropic foundations in 2022. This, in addition to money raised from the public through Go Fund Me, allowed us to set up a small stipend for ten storytellers - seven journalists and three illustrators - to produce monthly diaries. In doing so the trustees had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public Summary of the main activities benefit. undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this Fellows were selected from across Myanmar to highlight a diverse set section the statutory declaration that trustees have of voices and cultural backgrounds, in line with our mission statement. The selection process was made through trusted news organisations had regard to the guidance and contacts in the country. Particular care was taken for their security, issued by the Charity including the use of secure communications. Commission on public benefit) The often harrowing accounts by reporters from different regions in Myanmar documented the situation both for those who have chosen to continue working in secret in the country, and for those forced to flee. Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information) The Kite Tales has no investments. Kelly Macnamara continued to work on a voluntary basis, while Thin Lei Win was paid a small fee on a freelance basis for her work coordinating the fellowship one day a week.

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

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

In line with the educational and public benefit purposes of the Foundation set out in our governing document, we created a specific area of our bi- lingual website to publish these first person accounts (https://kite tales.org/en/article-category/resistance-diaries-life-after-myanmar-coup). 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 as global attention shifted away from the country. The co-founders also spoke at multiple events and discussions on Myanmar.

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

Since the fellowship was costed for one year and the co-directors have returned to working on a voluntary basis, the charity’s policy is to ensure that it retains enough reserve funds for the continued operation of the website.

Details of any funds materially N/a in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

The Kite Tales Foundation received funding from two philanthropic organisations during the period, the Swiss registered Dr. Jeno Staehelin Foundation and Firetree Philanthropy, registered in Singapore. This, as well as donations from the public via Go Fund Me, enabled the Kite Tales to set up the fellowship scheme and continue to grow the bilingual website that is a crucial part of our activities. Please see attached accounts for further details of donations and expenditures.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

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

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Position (eg Secretary, Treasurer Chair, etc)

Date 31 October 2023

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	THE KITE TALES FOUNDATION	THE KITE TALES FOUNDATION	THE KITE TALES FOUNDATION	1174176	CC16a

	Receipts andpayments accounts
	For the period from	Period start date	To	Period end date
		01.01.2022		31.12.2022

Section A Receipts and payments
	Unrestricted funds	Restricted funds	Endowment funds	Total funds	Last year
	to the nearest £	to the nearest £	to the nearest £	to the nearest £	to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Dr. Jeno Staehelin Foundation	- 0	17,839.00	-	17,839.00	-
Firetree Philanthropy	- 0	11,563.00	-	11,563.00	-
Go Fund Me Fundraiser	3,374.00	-	-	3,374.00	485.00
American Friends of Prospect Burma	993.00	-	-	993.00	-
Direct donation	220.00	-	-	220.00	-
	- 0	-	-	-	-
	- 0	-	-	-	-
	- 0	-	-	-	-
*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	4,587.00	29,402.00	-	33,989.00	485.00

A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
	- 0	- 0	- 0	-
	- 0	- 0	- 0	-	- 0
*Sub total*	- 0	- 0	- 0	-	- 0

*Total receipts*	4,587.00	29,402.00	- 0	33,989.00	485.00

A3 Payments
Stipends to Fellows	- 0	25,655.00	-	25,655.00	-
Thin Lei Win (administration		3,127.00	-	3,127.00	-
Website costs	279.00	-	-	279.00	-
Photographer	120.00		-	120.00	-
Bank fees	168.00	-	-	168.00	-
	- 0	-	-	-	-
	- 0	-	-	-	-
	- 0	-	-	-	-
	- 0	-	-	-	-
**Sub total **	567.00	28,782.00	-	29,349.00	-

A4 Asset and investment purchases,(see table)
	- 0	- 0	- 0	-
	- 0	- 0	- 0	-
*Sub total*	- 0	- 0	- 0	-	- 0

**Totalpayments **	567.00	28,782.00	- 0	29,349.00	- 0

*Net of receipts/(payments)*	4,020.00	620.00	-	4,640.00	485.00
A5 Transfers between funds	- 0	-	-	-	-
A6 Cash funds lastyear end	485.00	-	-	485.00	-
*Cash funds thisyear end*	4,505.00	620.00	-	5,125.00	485.00


Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Categories	Details		Unrestricted funds	Restricted funds	Endowment funds
			to nearest £	to nearest £	to nearest £
B1 Cash funds			-	-	-
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			-	-	-
	*Total cash funds*		4,505.00	620.00	-
	(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))		Ok	Ok	OK
			Unrestricted funds	Restricted funds	Endowment funds

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

04/10/2023

	Details	to nearest £	to nearest £	to nearest £
B2 Other monetary assets		-	-	-
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	Details	Fund to which asset belongs	Cost (optional)	Current value (optional)
B3 Investment assets			-	-
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	Details	Fund to which asset belongs	Cost (optional)	Current value (optional)
B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use			-	-
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	Details	Fund to which liability relates	Amount due (optional)	When due (optional)
B5 Liabilities			-
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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees	Signature	Print Name		Date of approval
		Sandar Hla		31st October 2023

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

04/10/2023

Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report Report to the trustees/ The Kite-Tales Foundation members of On accounts for the year 31/12/2022 Charity no 1174176 ended (if any) Set out on pages Above I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/12/2022.

Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner's statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
the accounts do not accord with the accounting records

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Signed: Date: 31st October 2023 Name: Tomas Wilcox Relevant professional FCIE qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: Counterculture Partnership LLP Unit 115 Ducie House, Ducie Street Manchester, M1 2JW Section B Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).

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Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .

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