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2025-12-31-accounts

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Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name

Hoguera.UK

Other names charity is known by

Hoguera

Registered charity number (if any) 1175664

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

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20		 Trustee name Office (if any) Dates acted if not for whole
year		 Name of person (or body) entitled
to appoint trustee (ifany)
Edwin Alonso
Chavarria Zapata
AnthonyHayden Chair
Claire Warren Vice Chair
Malcolm Burrows Treasurer
Richard Adams Secretary
Robinson Munoz
Juan Achury
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 Bank

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

Constitution

How the charity is constituted

CIO

Appointed by trustees Trustee selection methods

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

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:

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  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. Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public 3. Making grants to support the charitable work of La benefit in relation to these Hoguera Fundacion [“The Fundacion”], a charity objects (include within this registered in Medellin, Colombia. The Fundacion section the statutory objectives/purposes are aligned with those of declaration that trustees have Hoguera.UK had regard to the guidance One of the first charity Trustees of Hoguera is Edwin Alonso issued by the Charity Chavarria Zapata who is also the founder and Director of the Commission on public benefit) Fundacion. Hoguera and the Fundacion work closely together.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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Links between Hoguera in the UK and the Fundacion in Medellín – Colombia, developed over the years as Hoguera members have had the opportunity to visit the Fundacion and spend time with its members. Relationships between members of the two organisations have developed and are nourished by regular news updates from the Fundacion which remind each other of the common ground and purpose.

Email, phone conversations, online meetings and WhatsApp Communication enabled effective and regular contact between Hoguera and the Fundacion particularly through Alonso Chavarría Zapata, who is the chair of the Fundacion as well as being a trustee of Hoguera.

In January 2025 Alonso Chavarría Zapata, visited the U.K. to held a General meeting of Hoguera U.K.’s trustees and other active members. Additionally, he visited the L’Arche communities in London and Canterbury to strengthen the links between Hoguera and L’Arche.

A General meeting of Hoguera U.K.’s trustees and other active members was held on the on the 2[nd] of Oct. The main topic of the meeting was to discussed concrete ways for Hoguera U.K. to continue to meet it’s charitable objectives. During the meeting, the significant and fundamental change of circumstances of each of the trustees and other active members of Hoguera U.K., which left them, practically, with no time to dedicate to the charity was acknowledged. Those changes have affected

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for some years now the achievement of Hoguera objectives and it was acknowledged that those circumstances are unlikely to change for the foreseeable future. Furthermore, the financial contribution to Hoguera has fallen dramatically in 2024 and 2025 and because of trustees' changes in their circumstances, they considered that this cannot be restored. Projections for 2026 show there will be not enough funds in Hoguera to keep it going. Consequently the difficult decision to close down the charity in the U.K. was put forward. Unanimously all Hoguera U.K.'s trustees and other active members, attending the meeting, agreed that Hoguera must close down because of its inability to accomplish the objectives for which it was created as stated by its constitution.

It was agreed that the work of the Fundacion – the sister charity in Colombia, will continue in a different structure, creating meaningful inclusion opportunities in society for people with disabilities and their families.

At the end of the meeting, steps were agreed to close Hoguera U.K.

In December 2025 Robinson Muñoz (Hoguera Trustee), visited Medellin and the Fundacion. During that visit, meetings were held with the Fundacion Trustees, to discussed progress on steps agreed to close Hoguera U.K. and progress deciding the different structure under which the Foundacion will continue to operate in Colombia.

The plans for Isabel Epstein [Hoguera ambassador] and for Malcolm Burrows [Hoguera trustee], to visit Medellín and the Fundacion in 2025 were put on hold.

Section D Achievements and performance Summary of the main In 2025 Hoguera U.K. continued to offer financial support to the achievements of the charity Foundacion In Colombia. With this ongoing and substantial financial during the year support the Fundacion continued to carry out its invaluable activities with people with disability and their carers, those activities have contributed to expanding the perception of disability and people with disabilities in society by focusing on their abilities, providing timely support when required and creating opportunities for them to make a significant contribution to society. The Fundacion have encouraged the development of friendships and through them have reduced the isolation and social exclusion of members with and without disabilities who are part of the Foundacion. Furthermore, the Fundacion have established relevant alliances with academia and other private and non-profit organizations in order to promote the construction of real inclusion opportunities for all. Additionally the Fundacion have generated platforms to make visible the value of people with disabilities and what they can contribute to society when they have the appropriate and necessary support. Hoguera U.K. was thanked for its financial support enabling the work of the Fundacion over the years. However, as already mentioned, the personal circumstances of each of the trustees and other active members of Hoguera U.K. have changed substantially since it was born, thus curtailing the development of activities in the UK. Furthermore, the financial contribution to Hoguera has fallen dramatically in 2025 and trustees considered that this cannot be restored. Projections for 2026 show there will be not enough funds in Hoguera to keep it going.

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Section D Achievements and performance

Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

There are not enough funds in Hoguera to keep it going in 2026, 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)

In 2025 Income received included You may choose to include  around £1000 in regular donations. additional information, where relevant about:

In 2025

 how expenditure has A donation of supported the key objectives £6,800 was of the charity; made to the Fundacion  investment policy and Hoguera to objectives including any help meet its ethical investment policy running adopted. costs, in particular the professional costs needed to have charitable status in Colombia.

Section F Other optional information

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Note

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)
Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)
Date
Claire Swanson Warren Malcolm Swanson Burrows
Vice Chair Treasurer
January 2026
January 2026

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