Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date Period end date 01 01 2024 31 12 2024 T From o Section A Reference and administration details ~~ee~~ Charity name The Kite Tales Foundation ~~pO~~ Other names charity is known by N/a ~~po~~ 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) President From 24 Jun 2024 1[Isla Jane ] Glaister Treasurer 2[Saw Marlar ] Soe Secretary From 30 Jul 2024 3[Sophie Louise ] Barry
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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
Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Appointed by trustees Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by)
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Additional governance issues (Optional information)
The Foundation changed trustees in the middle of 2024 because the You may choose to include previous trustees had completed their terms. The new trustees are very additional information, where familiar with Myanmar, having lived and worked in the country and/or relevant, about: continue to do so from either the border areas or from the UK. ● policies and procedures adopted for the induction and The organisation has co-directors, Kelly Macnamara and Thin Lei Win, training of trustees; both working on a voluntary, unpaid basis. There are no other volunteers ● the charity’s organisational or paid staff. structure and any wider network with which the charity The directors held monthly meetings with the donor Firetree Philanthropy, works; whose funds continued to be spent in 24/25 to share best practices and to ensure activities aligned with the terms of the donation. ● relationship with any related parties; The directors continued to conduct due diligence procedures before ● trustees’ consideration of taking on any new fellows, who received support from the Foundation. A major risks and the system detailed explanation of how they are selected and supported can be found and procedures to manage in Section C. 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 bilingual 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 2024, The Kite Tales continued its support for storytellers from Myanmar through what is internally referred to as “The Kite Tales Digital Storytellers Fellowship”. The aims behind this fellowship were three fold: 1. To contribute to international understanding of Myanmar in the wake of the 2021 military coup by chronicling the lives of ordinary people living under the regime 2. Supporting journalists and storytellers who lost their jobs, sometimes overnight, as a result of the political upheaval 3. To continue to contribute to the digital archive of the historical and cultural heritage of Myanmar.
Summary of the main activities and cultural heritage of Myanmar. undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these The Kite Tales continued to disburse the funds received from the objects (include within this previous philanthropic foundation and raised a small amount of money section the statutory from the public. This allowed the Foundation to continue supporting a declaration that trustees have total of eight journalists and illustrators (fellows) to produce monthly had regard to the guidance diaries. In doing so the trustees had regard to the guidance issued by issued by the Charity the Charity Commission on public benefit. Commission on public benefit) Fellows from Myanmar were selected from across a diverse set of voices and cultural backgrounds, in line with our mission statement. The selection process was made through trusted news organisations and contacts. Particular care was taken for their security.
The fellows stories were shared to people in the UK and globally online and through social media. In December 2024, Thin Lei Win, co-director of The Kite Tales, organised outreach activities with talks and exhibitions in Thailand (one in Bangkok and another in Chiang Mai) to raise awareness about the plight of Myanmar’s storytellers.
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
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The Kite Tales has no investments.
New trustees were inducted and received a handover from the outgoing trustees.
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policy on grantmaking;
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policy programme related investment;
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contribution made by volunteers.
Section D Achievements and performance
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Section D Achievements and performance In line with the educational and public benefit purposes of the Foundation Summary of the main set out in our governing document, we have a specific area of our achievements of the charity bi-lingual website to publish these first person accounts during the year (https://kite-tales.org/en/article-category/resistance-diaries-life-after-myan mar-coup). Both our website and 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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| Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves Details of any funds materially in deficit |
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| 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. |
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Further financial review details (Optional information)
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The Kite Tales Foundation continued to disburse funding received from
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You may choose to include Firetree Philanthropy, registered in Singapore.
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additional information, where relevant about: This enabled the Kite Tales to continue to support Myanmar storytellers
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● the charity’s principal and to grow the bi-lingual website that is a crucial part of our activities.
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sources of funds (including any fundraising); Please see attached accounts for further details of donations and
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● how expenditure has expenditures. The 2024 income for The Kite Tales Foundation was supported the key objectives £301.00, which is below the threshold needed for an independent of the charity; examination.
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● investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
Section F Other optional information
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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)[Isla Glaister ] Position (eg Secretary, President Chair, etc)
Date 25/10/2025
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THE KITE TALES FOUNDATION 1174176 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a Period start date Period end date For the period from To 01.01.2024 31.12.2024 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 From Firetree Philanthropy 34,281.00 From GoFundMe 291.00 Fee refunds from Wise 53.32 - - 53.32 26.00 Dr. Jeno Staehelin Foundation - Paypal 0 - - 0 - Direct donation 248 - - 248 - - - - - - - - - - - ~~=~~ Sub total (Gross income for AR) ~~=2====~~ 301.31 0 - 301.31 34,597.00 A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). - - - - - - - - - Sub total - ~~=~~ Total receipts 301.31 0 - 301.31 34,597.00 A3 Payments To fellows (include part-timer) 17,406.88 - 17,406.88 11,848.00 Bank charges 114.90 - 114.90 92.00 Website cost 265.48 - 265.48 250.00 Account examination 556.46 - 556.46 420.00 Photo Exhibition Costs 592 - 592 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~~===a=~~ Sub total 18935.37 - 18935.37 12,610.00 A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) ~~=~~ - Sub total - ~~SSS~~ Total payments - ~~SS~~ 18935.37 - 18935.37 ~~—~~ 12,610.00 Net of receipts/(payments) 301.31 -18935.37 - -18634.06 21987 A5 Transfers between funds - - - - - A6 Cash funds last year end 317.00 26,795 - - 5125.00 Cash funds this year end 618.31 7859.63 - 8477.94 27,112 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period ~~===~~ Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment Categories Details funds to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ B1 Cash funds - - - - - - - - - Total cash funds 618.31 7859.63 - ~~S222~~
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