## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From: 6 April 2024 Period start date** ## **To: 5 April 2025 Period end date** **Charity name: Feeding Futures** **Charity registration number: 1174796** ## **1. Objectives and Activities** |Objectives|SORP reference**1**|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 provisionofschool 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;
Training of parents and others in the
community about sustainable agriculture
and agro-business;
Bringing all members of the community
together for a joint purpose, thereby
promoting 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.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |**Objectives**|**SORP reference2**|**Activities**| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|FF provides grants and not loans for
support to its activities, which are
implemented by its Kenya counterpart
organisation_Lisha Jamii._| |Policy on social investment
including program-related
investment|Para 1.38|FF is engaged in‘social investment’
through support to sustainable school
meals projects with individual schools,
which benefit both children and
parents/carers. Feeding Futures does not
userepayablefinance.| |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 80hours.| > 1 SORP Statement of Recommended Practice > 2 SORP Statement of Recommended Practice 1 Other ## **2. Achievements and Performance** |**Objectives**|**SORP**
**reference3**|**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.|Para 1.20|Since 2022, FF has been implementing its third
project, supporting the Sidai Primary School
(SPS), Subukia District, Nakuru County in the
areas of 1) school meals provision (kitchen and
store functioned from January 2023), 2)
agricultural development in the school_shamba_
(farm plot), with four‘4K’after school agriculture
Clubs (independent from FF support since
December 2023), and training local farmers in
cultivating food for school meals, and generating
incomes for parents/carers, 3) created a tree
nursery, using community mobilisation
methodologies. The tree nursery was handed
over to the community in November 2024 and is
now operational as a community enterprise.
SPS is about half-way through its five-year cycle
of support from FF (2023–2026). Progress
towards food self-sufficiency was slow to start but
stepped-up a pace with additional management
and technical support. Lessons were and
continue to be learned with an expectation of
sustainable school meals by December 2026.
During 2024–25 FF has monitored post-project
activities of its second project with Mukinyai
Primary School (MPS), Molo District, Nakuru
County, after completion of its five-year period of
support (2018–2022). During this period, FF
successfully transferred responsibility for school
meals provision to the school community, leading
to 100% provision of food provided by the school
and parents, rather than by FF.
This enabled the school to become self-sufficient
in foodstuffs and no longer dependent on FF
support, a remarkable achievement during the
space of five years. During 2024–25, the school
has consolidated this progress, to the point of
now being usedas a ‘demonstration’ centrefor
visitors from other schools, government
departments, NGOs and donors.
Significant achievements at MPS have been
noted in 1) agricultural production which has
enabled the school to become self-sufficient in
food provisions for the school meals programme;
2) storage of produce and the reduction of post-
harvest losses; 3) management of the
programme, 4) record-keeping and monitoring,
and 5) community engagement by parents,
clergy, and local authorities.| > 3 SORP Statement of Recommended Practice 2 All of these have benefited 1) Children through assured nutritious meals which have helped their attendance and performance in school; 2) Parents, in their confidence in the school’s capacity to provide sustainable school meals; 3) the community as a whole in being contributors to a successful programme; 4) the school in terms of increased capacity to implement and manage the school meals programme; 5) the staff and its Board of Management (BoM) through increased morale and self-worth because of achieving sustainability. The above has been documented in a review of progress of SPS and MPS in 2024[4] , A visit by the Chair of Trustees[5] , and witnessed by visitors from a local education charity[6] and a ‘benchmarking’ visit by representatives from other schools[7] . ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| ||**SORP reference**|| |1. Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.4|Achievements of the Sidai project during
2024/25 have been 1) Review use of the
kitchen and store and implement
improvements; and cultivation of new school
garden plot; 2) agricultural and value-addition
training with six groups of parents and local
farmers; 3) mentoring of parent farmers in
business development for value-added
products, including official group registration
and the making and selling of yoghurt; 4)
handover of the tree nursery to the
community; 5) Feeding Futures became a
participatory member of the ‘Kenya School
Meals Coaition’ (SMC) established in 2024,
meeting its objective of developing
relationships with government and other
NGOs involved in school meals.| |2. Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|The 2023/24 income exceeded any previous
year, which in 24/25 encouraged trustees to
plan another project. Trustees agreed a
target to be achieved before seeking
applications from school communities for the
next project. Close to the deadline the target
amount was received after an urgent appeal.| > 4 Michael Askwith (2024) _Review Of Feeding Futures’ Support To Sustainable School Feeding In Nakuru County, Kenya with Special Reference to Molo And Subukia Sub-Counties: Molo - Mukinyai Primary School) and Subukia - Sidai Primary School School Meals Project, Munanda Tree Project, Four 4k Projects, Agricultural Group Training (25 January to 7[th] February 2024_ (June 2024) > 5 Vanessa Bennett (2025) _June 2025 Visit Report for Trustees_ (July 2025) > 6 Johnny Onslow, Chair, Vanessa Grant Educational Trust, 7 Benchmarking visit, by 30 representatives from Sidai and prospective schools (Osembo), and five heard teachers from Gilgil, invited by the Nakuru County Secretary (15[th] July) (ref. 4.1 Post-visit: Benchmarking success of V. Bennet report. 3 |||| |---|---|---| ||**SORP reference**|| |||Osembo Primary School community was
selected but because the school roll was
1100 (700 more children than any previous
school partnership) a new budget is being
developed for 2025-2029 and work starting
on additional fundraising ideas.| |3. Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|Not applicable| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |||| |---|---|---| ||**SORP reference**|| |1. Review of thecharity’s
financial position at the end of
the period|Para 1.21|Trustees considered the Charity’s financial
position to be adequate and in line with the
funding requirements for continuation of
planned future activities with the Sidai
School.
Following receipt of additional funds, the
annual income once again beat all previous
years. This will enable mobilisation of the
Osembo school staff, parents and children
for the rest of 2025 as well as installations for
water harvesting, storage and cooking
facilities.| |3. Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£17,888| |4. Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|Not applicable| |5. Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|Not applicable| |6. Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|As with any charity in current circumstances,
there must always be uncertainties about
sufficient income to meet the needs of the
planned work.
This is regularly under review. A new
fundraising strategy and action plan (when
successful) will enable trustees to be even
more confident in the future. The work of
strengthening the foundations of the charity
over the last two years appear to have been
successful.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 4 |||| |---|---|---| |1. Thecharity’sprincipal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|The Charity receives, and gratefully
acknowledges the contribution, mostly of
individual contributors, 30% being regular
donors. The remaining income is from
occasional donations, fundraising events and
grants (eg the Kitchen Table Charitable Trust
(KTCT) and the Forrester Family Trust and
Chichester Baptist Church.| |2. Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|Not applicable| |3. A description of the
principal risks facing the
charity|Para 1.46|The main risk is obtaining sufficient funds to
achieve the objectives of the Osembo project
during its five year duration (2025–2030). A
strategy for becoming more resilient as a
charity will be developed.| |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.| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |||| |---|---|---| |**Description ofcharity’s**
**trusts:**||**n/a**| |1. 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, regulated by the
UK Charities Commission, and of Lisha
Jamii by the Kenya Charities Commission.
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
between FF, Sidai School and the Nakuru
County Ministry of Education.
MoU between FF and the Nakuru County
Government signed November 2024.
Ref. Charity registration number: 1174796| |2. How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)| |3. 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, on recommendation, and/or by
request through advertising.| ## **Additional information (optional)** 5 You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |1. Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|No new trustees have been appointed during
the reporting period.
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
able to offer the charity. Trustees are
directed to the Charity Commission website
with specific guideline and regulatory
documents highlighted for clarity about their
roles and are given the charity policy and
procedures.| |2. Thecharity’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 continues to maintain
relationships with local Government and
NGOs working in the area. (Nakuru County
Ministries of Education, Agriculture.
Feeding Futures is a participatory member of
the‘Kenya School Meals Coaition’(SMC)
established November 2024.| |3. Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|The Charity carries out its work through Lisha
Jamii, a registered Society (NGO) in Kenya
(2018) no. 59768.| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** ||| |---|---| |Charity name|Feeding Futures| |Other name the charity uses|Kenya counterpart_Lisha Jamii_(_Feeding Communities,_in
Swahili)| |Registered charity number|1174796| |Charity’sprincipal 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)**| |1|Vanessa
Bennett|Co-Founder and
Chair|2010 - present|Trustees| |2|Colin Clark|Treasurer|2017 - present|Trustees| |3|Michael
Askwith|Member|2018 - present|Trustees| |4|Ethel Sibanda|Member|2024 - present|Trustees| 6 – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |||| |---|---|---| |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |n/a||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** ||| |---|---| |Description of the assets held
in this capacity|n/a| |Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’sobjects|n/a| |Details of arrangements for
safe custody and segregation
of such assets from the
charity’sown assets|n/a| ## **Additional information (optional)** 7 **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 n/a ## **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)** ~~Vpswnett|~~ **Full name(s)** ~~tower |~~ **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)** **Date** 8 |**CC16a**
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**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**|**Restricted**||**Endowment**
**funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**|| ||**to the nearest**
**£**|**to the nearest**|**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|| |**A1 Receipts**|||||||||||| |General donations|**95,102**||**-**|**-**||0||**95,102**||**50,211**|| |Designated or restricted|**-**||**-**|**-**||0||**-**||**6,779**|| |Refunds|**-**||**-**|**-**||0||**-**||**22**|| |Gift Aid tax relief|**8,111**||**-**|**-**||0||**8,111**||**6,469**|| ||**-**||**-**|**-**||0||**-**||**-**|| ||**-**||**-**|**-**||0||**-**||**-**|| ||**-**||**-**|**-**||0||**-**||**-**|| ||**-**||**-**|**-**||0||**-**||**-**|| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|_(Gross income for_
_AR)_
**103,213**||**-**|**-**||0||**103,213**||**63,481**|| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total receipts_**
**103,213**
**-**
**-**
**103,213**
**63,481**
~~=SSSs=~~|||||||||||| |**A3 Payments**|||||||||||| |Charitable activities|**90,000**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**90,000**||**60,905**|| |Designated or restricted|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**1,564**|| |Bank and currency|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**1**|| |General|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**185**|| |Fundraising|**540**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**540**||**77**|| |Governance|**929**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**929**||**691**|| ||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| |**_Sub total_ **|**91,469**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**91,469**||**63,423**|| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
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**-**
**-**
**_Total payments_**
**91,469**
**-**
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**91,469**
**63,423**
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**11,744**
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**11,744**
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**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**- -**
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**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**6,144**
**- -**
**6,144**
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**_Cash funds this year end_**
**17,888**
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**6,144**
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 2 ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** |**Report to the trustees/**
**members of**
**On accounts for the year**
**ended**
**Set out on pages**|Feeding Futures|Feeding Futures|Feeding Futures| |---|---|---|---| ||||| ||5th April 2025|**Charity no**
**(if any)**|1174796| ||||| ||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 05/04/2025. **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: - the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or - the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or - the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. 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. - _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._ > **Signed:** _Christine Price_ **Name:** Christine Price **Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** 48 Ferndale Road Chichester **Date:** 2[nd] June 2025 **Oct 2018** 1 **IER** West Sussex PO19 6QJ ## **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** . **Oct 2018** 2 **IER**