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2023-04-05-accounts

TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT (TAR)

for the period

From: 6 April 2022 Period start date To: 5 April 2023 Period end date Charity name: FEEDING FUTURES Charity registration number: 1174796

Date: 14 August 2023

1. Objectives and Activities

Objectives SORP
reference1		 Activities
Summary of the
purposes of the
charity as set out in
its governing
document		 Para 1.17 The prevention or relief of poverty in
communities reliant on subsistence
farming in Kenya. We partner with school
communities to implement a programme
of training in sustainable agriculture and
the temporary provision of school meals.

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		 Provision of school meals on a temporary basis
as the community comes together and
increases food yields so that they can
independently provide the meals to the school.
Training of parents and others in the community about
sustainable agriculture. Bringing all members of the
community together for a joint purpose, thereby
promoting partnership and peace across the
community.
Statement
confirming whether
the trustees have
had regard to the
guidance issued by
the Charity
Commission on
public benefit		 Para 1.18 In considering and implementing its objectives the
Trustees have continued to consider the
Commission’s Guidance on public benefit.

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Objectives SORP
reference		 Activities

1 SORP Statement of Recommended Practice

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Policy on grant
making		 Para 1.38 FF covers certain costs relating to the provision of
food, the installation of infrastructure (school kitchen,
food storage, water, etc.), staff and running costs
according to agreed budgets. This work is carried out
by the staff of Feeding Futures’ counterpart charity in
Kenya, Lisha Jamii.
Policy on social
investment
including program
related investment		 Para 1.38 Feeding Futures does not use repayable finance.
Contribution made
by volunteers		 Para 1.38 Supporters and Trustees give of their time
voluntarily at no cost to the Charity. This
amounts to an average weekly donation of
approximately 80 hours.
All the Trustees live and are based in the UK.
Other

2. Achievements and Performance

Objectives SORP
reference2		 Activities
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 FF continued to support the inputs of the staff of its
Kenya counterpart organisation, Lisha Jamii, to
implement activities in the areas of 1) school meals
provision, 2) agricultural development and 3)
community mobilisation.
During the year April 2022 to April 2023, FF’s
financial support to Mukinyai Primary School
(MPS), under way since 2018, was stopped at the
end of 2022 as agreed by all partners, having
achieved its objective of transferring responsibility
for the provision of food and other inputs for the
school meals programme, from FF to the school
and the local community. Due to crop cultivation on
part of the school’s grounds and elsewhere on land
allocated by the Chief, FF-bought food could be
replaced by home grown produce, a key indicator
of sustainable school feeding capacity.
A new partnership started working in the spring of
2022 at the_Sidai Primary School. The Sustainable_
_Meals and Community Development Programme_is
made up of three sub-projects: TheSchool Meals
Project (The construction of water harvesting, a
school kitchen which commenced school meal
provision in January 2023, andAgricultural Training
for seven community groups, covering about 140
people.). The remaining two additional sub-projects
are: The4-K Project(development of school
gardens in four schools), and TheTree Project (the
creation of a tree nursery to grow and distribute

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seedlings).

A summary of key results during the year is given in Annex 2 Feeding Futures June 2023 Newsletter, of which the main highlights were as follows: Highlight 1 - Mukinyai PS

  1. Food has been provided by the local community from January 2022. 2. Stocks in the silo for the whole school year were sufficient (5 tons of maize) 3. Enrolment and attendance had increased. 4. The 2022 mean exam scores had improved each year during the period from 2017. 5. Staff recruitment and retention was improved 6. Teacher satisfaction and motivation had increased.

  2. Parents engagement was supportive. 8. Discipline had improved. 9. The wider community and pastors were fully involved and supportive. Highlight 2 - New kitchen at Sidai Primary School 1. New kitchen completed (January 2023) 2. Guttering and 80,000 litres storage for harvested rain, equipment provided, including silo and store. 3. Grand Opening event and honoured to have the support of the County Administration represented by the Minister of Education.

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Achievements
against objectives
set		 Para 1.41 1)
2)
3)		 School Meals- provision of food was fully achieved by
parents at Mukinyai and only provided by FF in Sidai.
Agricultural
development:
Training
through
individual and group tuition with field visits was
done as planned and acceptable to the community
members.At Sidai this work has continued with a
further 119 farmers being trained.
Community mobilisation: At Sidai the head teacher
has already instigated discussions with the parents
to reinforce their contribution to the partnership.
Performance of
fundraising
activities against
objectives set		 Para 1.41 Several regular donors provide around 35% of income.
A few individuals give one-off amounts. The 2022-23
income was exceptional due to a few large one-off gifts.

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Investment
performance
against objectives		 Para 1.41 Not applicable
Other

3. Financial Review

Review of the
charity’s financial
position at the
end of the period		 Para 1.21 Trustees consideredthe Charity’s financial position to
be adequate and in line with the funding requirements
for continuation of planned future activities.
Statement
explaining the
policy for holding
reserves stating
why they are held		 Para 1.22 FF policy is to retain reserves equivalent to three
months of operating costs.
According to the Treasuirer’s Report to 31 May 2023
(section 5), Treasurer’s Comments state that ‘Before
starting the provision of school meals, there needs to be
a 17 month lead in to allow for mobilising the community
and building a kitchen. It has also been agreed that FF
should have enough money in the bank, to build and
provide resources to provide school meals to a further
school community before advertising for a new partner
school community.’
Amount of
reserves held		 Para 1.22 £6,086 as of 5thApril 2023
Reasons for
holding zero
reserves		 Para 1.22 n/a
Details of fund
materially in
deficit		 Para 1.24 n/a
Explanation of
any uncertainties
about the charity
continuing as a
going concern		 Para 1.23 n/a
What was the
total value of
income received
during the
financial period of
this return from:		 a) Donations of £37,674as in the annual accounts file
CC16a
b) £45,000 of charitable activities as in the CC16a
c) other trading activities - None
d) Investments - None

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The charity’s
principal sources
of funds		 Para 1.47 The Charity receives, and gratefully acknowledges,
most of its financial support from individuals.

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(including any
fundraising)		 It has also received donations from fundraising events
though much reduced due to Covid. It also receives
donations from two local churches.
Investment policy
and objectives
including any
social investment
policy adopted		 Para 1.46 n/a
A description of
the principal risks
facing the charity		 Para 1.46 Shortage of funds from FF to maintain continuity in
covering costs under its responsibility, both for the
former Mukinyai project as well as for the Sidai one.
Potential drought, locusts and other plant diseases
affecting crops and the production of local foodstuffs for
school meals.
Other The Trustees maintain an updated Risk Assessment.
The Charity only commits to funding activities when
funds are available and when partners in Kenya have
completed the agreed activities.
4. Structure, Governance and Management
Description of
charity’s trusts:		 n/a
Type of governing
document
(trust deed, royal
charter)		 Para 1.25 Articles of Association relating to the establishment of
FF as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) ,
regulated by the UK Charities Commission, and of Lisha
Jami by the Kenya Charities Commission.
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between FF,
MPS and the Nakuru County Ministry of Education
(signed April 2022-23).
How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g
unincorporated
association, CIO)		 Para 1.25 Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)
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
trustees		 Para 1.25 Trustees are appointed by existing Trustees.

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Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees		 Para 1.51 Before trustees are appointed, face-to-face
meetings are held to discuss the history,
ethos, and objectives of the charity along
with what the prospective new trustee
would be expected to offer the charity.
The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works		 Para 1.51 The Charity is a member of and takes
advantage of training offered by the
National Council of Voluntary
Organisations (NCVO)
The Charity continued to maintain
relationships with local Government and
NGOs working in the area.(Nakuru County
Ministries of Education, Environment,
Agriculture and Health.
Relationship with any related
parties		 Para 1.51 The Charity carries out its work through
Lisha Jamii, a registered Society (NGO) in
Kenya (2018).
Other

5. Reference and Administrative details

Charity name Feeding Futures
Other name the charity uses
Registered charity number 1174796
Charity’s principal address Overnoons, Stane Street, Westhampnett, Chichester PO18
0NT UK

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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2
3
4		 Vanessa Bennett Founder and Chair 2010 - present Trustees
Colin Clark Treasurer 2017 - present Trustees
Jennifer Clark 2018 - present Trustees
Michael Askwith 2018 - present Trustees

Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved

Director name Not applicable

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Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity

Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year

6. Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others

Description of the assets held in this capacity Not applicable Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the Not applicable assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and Not applicable segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets

Additional information (optional)

Type of adviser Name Address Member of Advisory Panel

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

Exemptions from disclosure

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details

Not applicable

Other optional information

7. Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

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Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s)
Full name(s)
``Signature(s)
Vanessa Bennett Chair of Trustees
Colin Clark Treasurer

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Annex 1Sidai - Partnership Roles for School Meals

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June 2023 newsletter

It’s been a while since our last newsletter but what a 6 months it has been! There are so many things to tell you about and not enough space to really do it justice. Let’s give you two highlights…

In January, Colin Clark and Vanessa Bennett visited Kenya for the first time since before Covid. Although difficult in many ways, Covid challenges became opportunities and progress continued. We were very keen to see in person the progress made and to join in with the official launch of our latest school meals programme. More of that later...

Highlight 1 - The biggest NEWS is ……

OUR ‘SUSTAINABLE SCHOOL MEALS MODEL’ WORKS!!

It has always been our vision to develop a model that can work in other communities. We have previously held back from rolling out the model as we wanted to be convinced that the model would work.

Since December 2021, we have not provided any financial input to Mukinyai Primary School, BUT….

the children have continued to enjoy meals at school!

AND …

“There is no comparison between the parents of the two schools. Comparing these two schools, Mukinyai is so far ahead. 1. Mukinyai parents turn up for meetings

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when called, whereas the other school meetings have very few parents. 2. When Mukinyai parents are asked to contribute towards exam costs or other initiatives, they understand and they agree. They are very supportive.”

Discipline improved: Teachers assess there are a number of reasons for this:

Wider Community: The numerous pastors are significant influencers and have continued to engage and help the community. When we arrived, pastors were very separate and “had never even had a cup of tea together”. We brought them together resulting in the formation of a pastors group. They now inform their congregations about Feeding Futures meetings and encourage involvement. As a group they have also contributed to the kitchen supplies directly, which has been a great sign of support and partnership.

“This impact is beyond our hopes and it is time to expand to other schools. For this we obviously need a huge uplift in income.”

Highlight 2 - New Kitchen at Sidai Primary Completed

As planned and after several intensive weeks of building work at Sidai Primary School, the kitchen was completed and ready to use at the start of the new school year in January. This time we decided to incorporate our rather strong colours in finishing the kitchen!

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Take a look inside …. at the three fuel-saving ovens, which parents were fascinated by at the grand opening.

In addition, we have a kitchen store with one of our ‘trademark’ silos, designed for long-term storage of maize grains, the staple food of Kenya. This enables the meals programme to buy enough maize to last the whole school year at low, harvest-time prices. It is something that even government ministers have never seen before and is viewed as a unique and valuable solution to high prices and post-harvest losses.

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Grand Opening and Meals Programme Launch

When starting school meals at Sidai, it was considered important to take the opportunity to engage the parents again and to remind them that this is a partnership and we will be handing over responsibility for school meals to parents over time.

With this in mind, we held a Grand Opening event and were honoured to have the County Minister of Education, Zipporah Ngugi, grace the occasion and officially open the kitchen at Sidai.

Below, you can see Ms Ngugi unveiling the plaque.

We were thrilled to have welcome special guests:-

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The roles for the two partners, FF and Sidai Primary School Community, were clearly explained to the 110 family members. The following banner is in a permanent position on the wall of the kitchen, to remind everyone of the timescales.

As well as local government attention, there was also much interest from the Kenyan media. News networks attended the launch, with two even giving a live interview and report during the day.

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Feeding Futures 1174796 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period Period start date Period end date To from 06.04.2022 05.04.2023

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
General donations 35,675 - - 35,675 32,007
Designated or restricted funds - 2,000 - 2,000 1,500
Refunds - - - - 280
Gift Aid Tax Relief 6,917 - - 6,917 5,807
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Sub total(Gross income for AR) 42,592
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A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
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**Total receipts ** 42,592 2,000 - 44,592 39,594
A3 Payments
Charitable activities 45,000 - - 45,000 40,000
Designated or restricted funds - 1,666 - 1,666 -
Bank and currencytransfer charges 11 - - 11 30
General 158 - - 158 221
Fund raising 142 - - 142 77
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**Sub total ** 45,311 1,666 - 46,977 40,328
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purchases, (see table)
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Total **payments ** 45,311 1,666 - 46,977 40,328
**Net of receipts/(payments) ** - 2,720 334 - - 2,386 - 734
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 8,472 - - 8,472 9,206
**Cash funds this year end ** 5,752 334 - 6,086 8,472

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

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Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ Feeding Futures members of On accounts for the year 5th April 2023 Charity no 1174796 ended (if any) Set out on pages 1-2 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 05/04/2021.

Responsibilities and As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the basis of report 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 all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

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

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

Signed: Christine Price Date: 2[nd] August 2023 Name: Christine Price Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: 48 Ferndale Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 6QJ

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Section B Disclosure

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

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

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