2023-12-31-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year From 01 01 2023 To 31 12 2023

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Tusome Africa

Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1176901

Charity's principal address 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	ActingTreasurer
	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

• (eg. trust deed, constitution)

Charitable Incorporated Oraganisation (CIO) How the charity is constituted

• (eg. trust, association, company)

Trustee selection methods

Recruited by other trustees.

• (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;

• relationship with any related parties;

• 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

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.

• 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, our mission is to build a strong educational foundation for pre-primary children while developing a district-level scoreboard to assess student progress and teaching quality. Our work encompasses the following initiatives:

1. School-Based Early Childhood Education: We focus on delivering accessible, high-quality early childhood education (ECE). This includes refurbishing three ECE learning centers, equipping children with the fundamental skills essential for their academic 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)

1. Community-Based Early Childhood Education: We extend our commitment to early learning by reaching underserved communities, offering free, quality learning opportunities for children who face financial challenges accessing private ECE facilities.

2. Data-Driven Learning Assessment: Through systematic, curriculum-based assessments, we closely monitor students' progress each term. Our data-centric approach provides insights into learning trends, guiding targeted resource allocation and fostering evidence-based decisions at both the school and district levels.

3. Developing Foundational Skills for Lifelong Learning: To build essential skills, we create spaces for children to engage in debate and literacy clubs. This effort includes renovating school libraries, providing access to books, board games, and other resources that support a variety of interactive learning experiences.

Together, these efforts lay a strong foundation for children's success and allow us to support effective educational strategies across the district.

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.

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achieveme nts of the charity during the year		Programme Area	2023 Goals	Key Achievements in 2023
		Assessment for Learning	Launch Learning Assessment Programme in Iganga District, Eastern Uganda	• Assessed 1,043 Primary 6 students in Mathematics and English across 12 schools in Iganga, providing valuable data for shaping educational strategies.
		Early Childhood Education (ECE)	Expand Community ECE Centers in Iganga District	• Recruited 6 new paraeducators, expanding the team to 10 and strengthening centers in Bupaala, Bulumwaki, and opening a new center in Bukwaya. • Held 3 in-house training sessions, achieving 100% paraeducator retention and establishing a SACCO savings scheme. • Supported over 300 children, with 101 transitioning to primary school (48 from Bupaala, 41 from Bulumwaki, 12 from Bukwaya).
			Monitoring School Early Childhood Education (ECE) Centers in Iganga District.	• Conducted 2 of 3 planned CMC meetings and facilitated paraeducator and parent meetings to enhance community collaboration in ECE centers.
		Foundation skills for learning. (Literacy and Numeracy Development)	Establish libraries in the refurbished ECE Centers	• Expanded the program into Wakiso District, signing an MoU and identifying three villages (Bukasa, Bukasa Bukulu, and Buloba) for a library project benefiting over 1,800 primary school children. • Increased access to books for teachers and students as part of ongoing literacy and numeracyimprovement efforts.

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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 materially The organisation does not have any funds in deficit. 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

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		Patrick Timmis
	Bea Simpson	Patrick Timmis
	Chair	Treasurer
	31st/10/2024
	31st/10/2024

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TUSOME AFRICA UK ACCOUNTS 2023

TUSOME AFRICA UK ACCOUNTS 2023
Notes Fixed Assets 1 Cash at bank 2 Cash at hand Total Assets Payables Founders Contribution Accumulated funds Total Liabilities Total Equity B: Summary P&L Bal clf Income 3 Total funds Available 4 Less Operating Expenses 5 Fund balance 6	Tusome Africa (Uganda entity) (Uganda entity) Tusome Africa (UK entity) Amount (UGX) Amount (GBP) Amount (GBP) 2,748,800 £ 603 £ - 19,560,770 £ 4,293 £ 17,106 222,200 £ 49 £ -	(UK consolidated) Amount (GBP) £ £603 £ 21,399 £ 49
	19,782,970 £ 4,342 £ 17,106 22,531,770 £ 4946 £ 17,106 2,000,000 £ 439 £ - 515,474 £ 113 £ - 20,016,296 £ 4,393 £ 17,106	£ 21,448 £ 22,052 £ 439 £ 113 £ 21,500
	22,531,770 £ 4,946 £ 17,106 22,531,770 £ 4,946 £ 17,106 £ - - 8,235,995 13,500,500 21,736,495 £ 1,808 £ 2,963 £ 4,771 £ 17,106 £ 14,649 £ 31,755 100,837,603 £ 22,133 £ 4,313	£ 22,052 £ 22,052 - £ 18,914 £ 17,612 £ 36,526 £ 26,446
		£ 10,080

Foreign exchange rate

4556

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

Funds & Liabilities: - Payables

Funds & Liabilities: - Accumulated Funds as at 01/01/2023 & balances for the year

Equity accounting method

Income: Note 3 - Grants & Donations + donations to cover Tusome UK

expenses

Notes Funds Available Note4- Bal clf + Income generated in the year2023 – Notes, Expenditure: Note 5 UG Expenses + Tusome UK 2023 expenses Notes Fund balance Note 6 – Funds Available – Total Expenses

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