## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** 

||Period start date|Period start date|||Period end date|Period end date||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Day**|**Month**|**Year**||**Day**|**Month**|**Year**|
|**From**|1|Apr|2020|**To**|31|Mar|2021|



## Section A                        Reference and administration details 

**Charity name** Small Acts of Kindness 

**Other names charity is known by** SAOK 

**Registered charity number (if any)** 1175491 

**Charity's principal address** Wellstead Cottage 

Chantlers Hill Paddock Wood, Kent **Postcode** TN12 6LX 

## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

**Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled Trustee name Office (if any) year to appoint trustee (if any)** 1 Peter Danby Chair 2 Edward Barsley Treasurer 3 John Cooper 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 

**Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** 

**Name Dates acted if not for whole year** 

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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

**Type of adviser Name Address** 

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

## **Section B              Structure, governance and management** 

## **Description of the charity’s trusts** 

Type of governing document 

CIO Foundation Constitution 

- (eg. trust deed, constitution) 

Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted 

- (eg. trust, association, company) 

Appointed by resolution passed at a meeting of charity trustees Trustee selection methods 

- (eg. appointed by, elected by) 

## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** 

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; 

The charity remains small and based on voluntary work. We have established policies for: 

- Induction and briefing of volunteers, including child protection procedures 

- Risk assessment 

We continue to work with the principle of engaging with local charities, schools and NGOs. 

- relationship with any related parties; 

- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. 

## **Section C                    Objectives and activities** 

To help young people anywhere in the world impacted by poverty or conflict by providing directly, or through local authorities, voluntary and other organisations, especially but not exclusively: 

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

- Leadership Development and Life Skills Programmes. 

- Teaching, Facilitation and Coaching Projects, Grants and Sponsorship. 

- • Micro-financing of small business projects, community and sporting 

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projects. 

So as to develop their capabilities that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and members of society. 

Our original application for charitable status stated: 

**Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** 

_We run leadership/life skills programmes using sport (rugby, football and cricket) as the vehicle for the learning and development process. We invite volunteers to support the projects and we base our work on local organisations - schools, church, other NGOs - to help with logistics and to ensure lasting impact. In each country we are building a cohort of coaches and facilitators to assist and, eventually, run the programmes._ 

The Covid19 pandemic has significantly and adversely impacted on the charity’s work this financial year with travel prohibitions and a variety of lockdowns for the majority of the year. 

A donation was made to Church of America Ceylon Mission for sponsorship of Sri Lankan students attending university. 

## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** 

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

- policy on grantmaking; 

- policy programme related investment; 

Grant making. We have had applications for grants to support charitable ventures. Any funds must be used to support projects aligned with the charity’s purpose. 

Volunteers are central to the Small Acts of Kindness philosophy. We have no full or part-time employed staff and rely on volunteers to run all our projects and the administration of the charity. 

- contribution made by volunteers. 

## Section D                      Achievements and performance 

**Summary of the main** The pandemic prevented our charity from undertaking its normal **achievements of the charity** activities.  A donation was made to the Church of America Ceylon **during the year** Mission through Tamil Aid to support the work they do enabling students to attend university. 

Despite the pandemic the group ‘Lead to Lead’ in Sri Lanka continue to initiate and run projects in the local community and this is now selffunding. 

One of the trustees continued to support small projects in Rwanda to enable the work to continue but this has been on a personal basis rather than through Small Acts of Kindness. 

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## **Section E                    Financial review** 

The current funds in the charity’s bank account will be used to continue **Brief statement of the** the work outlined above. **charity’s policy on reserves** 

**Details of any funds materially** Not applicable. **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. 

## **Section F                     Other optional information** 

We applied to a government fund for small charities focusing on overseas development for a grant of £40,000 to support an Inspire project in Rwanda. As the bid reached the final stage of review, the fund was closed down as a result of the impact of Covid on the economy. 

## **Section G                    Declaration** 

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

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

**Signature(s)** Edward Barsley **Full name(s)** Peter John Danby **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chairman Treasurer **etc) Date** 03/12/2021 

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