2021-12-31-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

From

Period start date Period end date

To

01 01 2021

31 12 2021

Section A Reference and administration details

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Charity name

Hoguera.UK

Other names charity is known by Hoguera

Registered charity number (if any)

1175664

2

Charity's principal address

Flat 54 Park West

Bow Quarter

60 Fairfield Road, London

E3 2UR

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name Office (if any)

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Dates acted if not for whole year Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any)

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Edwin Alonso Chavarria Zapata

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Anthony Hayden Chair Claire Warren Vice Chair

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Malcolm Burrows Treasurer

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4

5

8

Richard Adams Secretary Robinson Munoz

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7

Juan Achury

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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

8

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address

Bank

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

Section B Structure, governance and management

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Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution)

Constitution

How the charity is constituted

(eg. trust, association, company)

CIO

Trustee selection methods

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Appointed by trustees

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;

• relationship with any related parties;

• trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. Hoguera.UK [ “Hoguera”] has a sister organisation in Colombia, Hoguera Fundacion [“the Fundacion”], which is a charity registered in Medellin, Colombia number 0001705622.

Section C Objectives and activities

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

For the public benefit, to relieve the needs of people with disabilities and to promote social inclusion opportunities for such of these who are excluded, in Colombia and in the United Kingdom, from society or part of society due to their disability or other disadvantage, by any such means as the trustees in their discretion shall determine, including, but not limited to:

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)

1. Promoting, on an ongoing basis, an international understanding of the needs of people with disabilities and sharing good practise between, in particular, the UK and Colombia. By creating and distributing information for public and professional/academic recipients as well as organising/attending social events strictly for the purpose of promoting social inclusion, seminars and conferences etc.

2. Organising, on an ongoing basis, exchange of resources and skills both professional and amateur/voluntary between, in particular, appropriate organisations in the UK and Colombia.

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3. Making grants to support the charitable work of La Hoguera Fundacion [“The Fundacion”], a charity registered in Medellin, Colombia. The Fundacion objectives/purposes are aligned with those of Hoguera.UK

One of the first charity Trustees of Hoguera is Edwin Alonso Chavarria Zapata who is also the founder and Director of the Fundacion. Hoguera and the Fundacion work closely together.

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;

• contribution made by volunteers.

Section D Achievements and performance

UK Activities in the UK were significantly curtailed Summary of the main achievements of the throughout the year because of the difficulty of holding charity during the year meetings and events in person.

However the 2021 Annual General Meeting was held by ZOOM on 28th June and a further online meeting was held, late in the year, with Hoguera trustees and ambassadors as well as with some members from the Fundacion in Colombia.

On October 23 2021 Trustees and Ambassadors met at Hoguera’s Principal Address for their first face to face meeting in 2021. At that meeting, a proposal was put to Trustees by a group of Hoguera.UK members. The proposal, to support the exchange of volunteers (initially between Colombia and the UK), was to create a fund to which interested volunteers could apply for a grant. The grant would be awarded to the applicant who best met a series of requirements. This proposal was approved in Oct 2021 and £1000 was subsequently donated to fund a grant for one volunteer.

One of Hoguera Ambassadors, Richard Kegan-Bull, was included on the UK Coronavirus Learning Disability and Autism Leaders List and, at the end of the year, on the Disability Power 100 list.

Hoguera published the first video on its website, a video report of 2020 activity (‘Walking with L’Arche’).

News from La Fundacion Hoguera (the “Fundacion”) in Colombia

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Section D Achievements and performance

It is hoped that two formal steps, described below, will increase the range and scope of the Fundacion activities in Colombia.

Firstly, a significant milestone for the Fundacion in Colombia was the signing of a formal cooperation agreements between the Fundacion, the University of Antioquia and Antioqueños Unidos in Barcelona for Colombia. Antioqueños Unidos in Barcelona for Colombia is an organisation based in Barcelona that works for international cooperation and is committed to promoting social and educational development projects in the department of Antioquia.

Secondly, the Inclusion Committee of Antioquia Federation of Non Governmental Organisations, formally invited the Fundacion to carried out the legal process to became part of this committee. The committee consist of representatives from organisations which work as advocates for the recognition of people with disabilities in the department and in the country.

The Fundacion continued activities carried out with people with disability and their carers such us ‘online coffee breaks meetings’, walks, dance, and picnic.

Hoguera was thanked for its financial support enabling the work of the Fundacion to continue.

Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

Sufficient Reserves will be maintained throughout 2022 so as to cover all expenses associated with services anticipated from CAF Bank over a 12 month period.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

none

Further financial review details (Optional information)

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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.

• Gifts from supporters via CAF Bank Direct Giving included

• around £2,000 in single donations and

• around £1,900 in regular donations.

• GiftAid of around £400 was received.

Other donations of around £430 were also received including around £400 from Benevity and £30 from Amazon Smile

A donation of £4,600 was made to La Fundacion Hoguera to help meet its running costs

Note that accounts for year ending 31/12/2021:

• payments from cash in hand [petty cash] are shown in A3

• cash funds at year ends shown in A6 include cash in bank and cash in hand

• cash in Bank is only shown in B1

Section G Declaration

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

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s)

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Full name(s)

Claire Swanson Warren Malcolm Swanson Warren

Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Vice Chair Treasurer Date 31 October 2022

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