## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year **From** 01 01 2022 **To** 31 12 2022
## Section A Reference and administration details
## **Charity name** Tusome Africa
|**Charity name**|Tusome Africa|Tusome Africa|
|---|---|---|
|**Other names charity is known by**
**Registered charity number (if any)**
**Charity's principal address**|||
||1176901||
||
Harrogate Business Centre,||
||Hook stone Avenue||
||Harrogate||
||**Postcode**|HG2 8ER|
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
|1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Bea Simpson|Chairperson|||
||Patrick Paul Timmis|Acting
Treasurer|||
||Agnes Nakirya|Co - founder|||
||Stephen John Cutts|Trustee|||
||Christopher John Thompson|Trustee|||
||Barbra Achiro|Trustee|||
||MaceyTan|Trustee|||
||Ros Hancell|Trustee|||
**Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**
**Name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser Name Address**
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
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**Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Type of governing document
Constitution
(e.g. trust deed, constitution)
Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) How the charity is constituted
- (e.g. trust, association, company)
Trustee selection methods
Recruited by other trustees.
- (e.g. 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;
- relationship with any related parties;
- Trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
The object of Tusome Africa is to enable children to access quality educational opportunities which enhance their learning and enable them to flourish in their diversity and abilities. We have three strategic objectives: • Increased access to quality foundational learning.
**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
- Engage communities to participate in the educational activities
- and learning of their children.
- Increased use of data on learning outcomes for decision making in
- education.
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At Tusome Africa, we are committed to strengthening the educational foundation of pre-primary children while establishing a district scoreboard to measure learner achievement and teaching effectiveness. Our efforts encompass a range of activities:
1. **School-Based Early Childhood Education:** We prioritise delivering high-quality, affordable early childhood education (ECE). This includes the refurbishment of three ECE school learning centers. By offering top-tier early childhood education, we empower children with the essential foundations needed for their educational journey.
**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)**
2. **Community-Based Early Childhood Education:** Our focus extends to building strong early childhood foundations within select communities. We provide free, quality learning opportunities for out-of-school children facing financial barriers to accessing private ECE schools.
3. **Data-Driven Learning Assessment:** We employ a data-driven approach to track students' progress systematically and consistently. Through curriculum-based assessments, we monitor each child's learning on a termly basis, providing valuable insights and highlighting learning trends. Real-time data allows for targeted resource allocation to areas or students in need, facilitating evidence-based planning and decision-making at the school and district levels.
4. **Building Foundational Skills for Learning:** We promote the development of foundational skills by establishing debate and literacy clubs. This initiative includes the renovation of selected school libraries, ensuring children have access to books, board games, and other resources that foster diverse learning experiences through play."
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grant making;
- policy programme related investment;
- Contribution made by volunteers.
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## Section D Achievements and performance
- **Summary of the main** n 2022, the year following the pandemic, all schools resumed full **achievements of the charity** operations. However, towards the end of the year, an outbreak of Ebola **during the year** necessitated the early closure of schools by two weeks in the final term. Despite this challenge, our organization achieved significant milestones: 1. **Early Childhood Education (ECE) Centers:** We successfully completed the refurbishment and construction of three ECE centers, handing them over to the respective schools. These centers are poised to provide quality early childhood education.
- 2. **Community-Based ECE Program Feasibility Study:** We conducted a comprehensive feasibility study for our communitybased ECE program. This study led to the identification of three villages where we will pilot the community ECE initiative. Additionally, we recruited and trained ten caregivers, whom we refer to as para-educators, to facilitate this program.
- 3. **Educational Partnership:** We established a valuable partnership with a local government educational department. Together, we assembled a team of experienced teachers entrusted with the responsibility of designing and administering assessment exams for learners in primary schools. This collaboration is set to enhance the quality of education.
- 4. **Expansion Planning:** We successfully concluded a feasibility study for the expansion of our organization to a second district. After careful consideration, we selected Wakiso District, characterized by a distinct child demographic, including urban poor children who face challenges in accessing education. This expansion aligns with our commitment to reaching underserved communities.
- Despite the disruptions caused by the Ebola outbreak, our organization remains dedicated to its mission of advancing education and providing learning opportunities to children in need.
## **Section E Financial review**
|**Brief statement of the**
**charity’s policy on reserves**|Our finance policy requires that a reserve amount equivalent to six
months operations or an equivalent of the maximum liabilities of the
organisation at any particular point in time is held in the bank.|
|---|---|
|**Details of any funds**|The organisation does not have any funds in deficit.|
|**materially in deficit**||
|**Further financial review details (Optional information)**||
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## Section D Achievements and performance
- You **may choose** to include The charity enlisted the expertise of a freelance fundraiser and additional information, where successfully secured six grants from various charitable trusts and relevant about: foundations. • the charity’s principal sources of funds (including In 2022, these funds played a pivotal role in facilitating the expansion any fundraising); and initiation of the community-based paraeducator program in Iganga district.
- • how expenditure has supported the key This innovative paraeducator initiative has been strategically designed to
- objectives of the charity; ensure self-sustainability beyond the initial two-year investment.
- • Investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy 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)** Patrick Timmis **Full name(s)** Bea Simpson **Position (e.g. Secretary, Chair,** Chair Treasurer **etc.) Date** 20/10/2023
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## **TUSOME AFRICA UK ACCOUNTS 2022**
|**TUSOME AFRICA**
**UK ACCOUNTS 2022**||||
|---|---|---|---|
|A: Summary Balance Sheet
Fixed Assets
Cash at bank
Cash at hand
Total Assets
Payables
Founders Contribution
Accumulated funds
Total Liabilities
Total Equity
B: Summary P&L
Income
Programme Exps
Overheads
Surplus
_Foreign exchange rate (UGX:GBP)_|Tusome Africa
(Uganda entity)
_Amount (UGX)_
2,296,000
15,501,985
228,600
15,730,585
18,026,585
1,200,000
581,548
16,245,037
18,026,585
18,026,585
0
18,497,894
17,120,963
1,138,137
18,259,100
238,794
_4550_|(Uganda
entity)
_Amount (GBP)_
504.6
£
3,407.03
£
50.24
£
3,457.27
£
3,961.89
£
263.74
£
127.81
£
3,570.34
£
3,961.89
£
3,961.89
£
-
£
4,065.47
£
3,762.85
£
250.14
£
4,012.99
£
52.48
£|Tusome Africa
(UK entity)
_Amount (GBP)_
-
£
17,106.19
£
-
£|
||||17,106.19
£
17,106.19
£
-
£
-
£
17,106.19
£|
||||17,106.19
£
17,106.19
£
-
30,164.01
£
-
£
13,861.35
£|
||||13,861.35
£
16,302.66
£|
(UK consolidated)
## _Amount (GBP)_
|£|504.6
|
|---|---|
|£|20,513.22
|
|£|50.24
|
|£|20,563.46
|
|£|21,068.08
|
|£|263.74
|
|£|127.81
|
|£|20,676.53
|
|£|21,068.08
|
|£|21,068.08
|
||-|
|£|34,229.48
|
|---|---|
|£|3,762.85
|
|£|14,111.49
|
|£|17,874.34
|
|£|16,355.14
|
_Reference_
Notes, A) Fixed Assets: Note 1 - Plant, Property & Equipments
Notes, B) Current Assets: Note 2 - Cash & Bank Balances + Bank Balance UK CAf Bank Statement Notes, B) Current Assets: Note 2 - Cash & Bank Balances
Notes, C) Funds & Liabilities: Note 3 - Payables
Notes, C) Funds & Liabilities: Note 4 & 5 - Accumulated Funds as at 01/01/2022 & Fund balances for the
Equity accounting method
Notes, D) Income: Note 6 - Grants & Donations + donations to cover Tusome UK expenses (attached)
Notes, E) Expenditure: Note 7 - Programme Costs Notes, E) Expenditure: Note 8 - Overheads + Tusome UK 2022 expenses (attached)
year