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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
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Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole year |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany) |
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| Peter Danby | Chair | |||
| Edward Barsley | Treasurer | |||
| John Cooper | ||||
| 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)
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Name Address |
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| Name of chief executive | or names of senior staff members (Optional information) | |
Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
CIO Foundation Constitution
Type of governing document (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)
The charity remains small and based on voluntary work. We have established policies for:
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:
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Induction and briefing of volunteers, including safe-guarding and child protection procedures
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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
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Risk assessment
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We continue to work with the principle of engaging with local charities,
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the charity’s organisational schools and NGOs. structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
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relationship with any related parties;
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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
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:
- Leadership Development and Life Skills Programmes.
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| 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) |
Teaching, Facilitation and Coaching Projects, Grants and Sponsorship. Micro-financing of small business projects, community and sporting projects. So as to develop their capabilities that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and members of society. |
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| Our original application for charitable status stated: 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. We visited Calais (France) and Chaldika (Greece) with a view to supporting refugee children. In Calais we worked wth Care for Calais and in Greece, with Lighthouse Relief. In December we visited Sri Lanka ro run a series of the Inspire progtrammes. In Batticaloa, we ran a two day facilitation training programme for the Lead to Lead group that we have estaboished there. Then we ran three, one-day progtrames for a school, an NGO and for the orphanage. In Trinconmalee, we ran a half day refresher programme for 5 of last year’s facilitator cohort and then programmmes at 3 different schools in and around Trinconmalee. We then went up into the hill country and the tea plantations to run a facilitation programme for an LGBTQ group who then supported a school progtamme near Hatna. In. September, we made the first contact with a charity supporting refugees in Lebanon. It is called the Alsama project and they have recently started playing cricket. There may be an opportunity to help provide coaches and leadership facilitation training. In October we visited Nepal again to run a facilitation programme in Kathmandu and then an Inspire programme for both girls and boys out in the Kavre village. We continue to have a highly productive relationship with the Padnma Kanya School and the Laxmi Pratisthan charity. We have also established a new contact with an entrepreneur in Kathmandu and this looks very promising. |
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
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You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:
Grant making. We have had no applications for grants to support charitable ventures this year.
Volunteers are central to the Small Acts of Kindness philosophy. We have policy on grantmaking; no full or part-time employed staff and rely on volunteers to run all our projects and the administration of the charity.
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policy programme related investment;
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contribution made by volunteers.
Section D Achievements and performance
Summary of the main We continue to receive positive feedback from a number of sources in Sri achievements of the charity Lanka about the impact of our work there. In December, when we visit during the year again, we are working in Kanthale with a youth development – the founder was on our programme this last year.
In Nepal, we worked with over 60 children and for 20 of them, it was the first time they had been away from their village. The change from shyness and fear to warmth, friendship and confidence was heart warmning.
We have received positive feedback from the Laxmi Pratisthan charity about the impact of our programme in Nepal. We also introduced them to ro another charity based in UK which led to a sports hall being built in the Kavre village. .
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);
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how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
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investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy
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adopted.
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) Peter John Danby Edward Barsley Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Chairman Treasurer Date 24/092025 24/09/2025 |
Signature(s) Full name(s) Peter John Danby Edward Barsley Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Chairman Treasurer Date 24/092025 24/09/2025 |
Signature(s) Full name(s) Peter John Danby Edward Barsley Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Chairman Treasurer Date 24/092025 24/09/2025 |
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| Chairman | Treasurer | |
| 24/092025 24/09/2025 |
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| 24/092025 |
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Charity Name No (if any) SMALL ACTS OF KINDNESS 1175491 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period Period start date Period end date To from 01-Apr-24 31-Mar-25
| Section A Receipts and payments | Section A Receipts and payments | |||||
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| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 5 744 1 375 1 319 - - - - 8 438 - - - 8 438 66 5 083 2 929 188 149 105 1 366 - 9 886 - - - 9 886 - 1 448 - 1 704 256 |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Total funds to the nearest £ 5 744 1 375 - 1 319 - - - - 8 438 - - - 8 438 66 5 083 2 929 188 149 - 105 1 366 - 9 886 - - - 9 886 - 1 448 |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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| Donations | 5 744 | 2 435 | ||||
| Gift Aid claims | 1 375 | 852 | ||||
| Amazon core | 18 | |||||
| Charitable activities | 1 319 | - | ||||
| - | - | |||||
| - | - | |||||
| - | - | |||||
| - | - | |||||
| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
8 438 | 3 305 | ||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| None | - | |||||
| - | - | |||||
| Sub total | - | - | ||||
| Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| 3 305 | ||||||
| Admin | 66 | 29 | ||||
| Project Equipment/events | 5 083 | 2 964 | ||||
| Travel(volunteers andproject trips) | 2 929 | 3 315 | ||||
| Accommodation (volunteers and projects) | 188 | 1 733 | ||||
| Project catering/ refreshments | 149 | 658 | ||||
| Universitysponsorship | 1 010 | |||||
| Donation to Tamil Aid | 105 | |||||
| Donation to Kinder Relief | 1 366 | - | ||||
| - | - | |||||
| **Sub total ** | 9 886 | 9 709 | ||||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
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| **Sub total ** | - | - | ||||
| Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
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| 9 709 | ||||||
| - 1 448 | - | - | - 1 448 | - 6 404 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1 704 | - | - | 1 704 | 1 483 | ||
| 256 | - | - | 256 | - 4 921 |
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Categories B1 Cash funds CCXX R1 accounts (SS) |
Details Cash in bank ~~1~~ |
Unrestricted funds to nearest £ 256 |
Restricted funds to nearest £ - |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash in bank ~~1~~ |
256 | - | - |
| - | - | - | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | |||||
| Total cash funds | 256 | - | - | ||||
| (agree balances with receipts and payments | |||||||
| account(s)) | OK | OK | OK | ||||
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Endowment | |||||
| funds | funds | funds | |||||
| Details | to nearest £ | to nearest £ | to nearest £ | ||||
| B2 Other monetary assets | None | - | - | - | |||
| - | - | - | |||||
| - | - | - | |||||
| - | - | - | |||||
| - | - | - | |||||
| - | - | - | |||||
| Details | Fund to which asset belongs |
Cost (optional) | Current value (optional) |
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| B3 Investment assets | None | - | - | ||||
| - | - | ||||||
| - | - | ||||||
| - | - | ||||||
| - | - | ||||||
| Details | Fund to which asset belongs |
Cost (optional) | Current value (optional) |
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| B4 Assets retained for the | None | - | - | ||||
| charity’s own use | - | - | |||||
| - | - | ||||||
| - | - | ||||||
| - | - | ||||||
| - | - | ||||||
| - | - | ||||||
| - | - | ||||||
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| Fund to which | Amount due | When due | |||||
| Details | liability relates | (optional) | (optional) | ||||
| B5 Liabilities | None | - | |||||
| - | |||||||
| - | |||||||
| - | |||||||
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| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |
Signature | Name | Date of approval |
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| Peter John Danby | 24-Sep-25 | ||||||
| Edward Barsley | 24-Sep-25 |
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
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