## **Trustees’Annual Report for the period 1[st] April 2024 - 31[st] March 2025.**
**Charity Name -** Rwanyana Community Trust
**Registered charity number – 1177712**
**Charity’s Principal address -** 8 Wingfield Close, S18 8RL
## **Name of charity trustees who manage the charity**
Stuart Marriott (Chair) Mandy Kemp (Secretary) Martyn Kemp (Treasurer) Barbara Marriott Doris Stubbs Alison Fletcher Keith Fletcher Neil Hughes
**Type of Governing Document -** Trust Deed
**How the charity is constituted -** Charitable trust
**Charity trustee selection method -** Appointed by existing trustees
**Summary of the objectives of the charity -** Education and poverty relief in the village of Rwanyana in Uganda
## **Summary of main activities undertaken**
In view of the trust’s aims of supporting education and relief of poverty in the village of Rwanyana in Uganda the trust has, in summary, supported the running of the Beven Community School, a hostel for 16 needy children and a clinic serving the basic medical needs of the village population, thus reducing the financial burden for villagers who otherwise would have to travel away for treatment.
In order to achieve these aims, the trust has established some secure continuing funding supported by other one off activities.
## **Bevan Community School**
Bevan Community School was started as a nursery in 2013 by Grace Bevan, who was brought up in the village, but now lives in South Yorkshire with her family. The school now has a full complement of three nursery classes and seven primary classes. This year four of our graduates are finishing their third year at a local technical college and another is in his fourth year at secondary school. They are fully supported by the trust and sponsors.. In theory Bevan Community School is a fee paying school giving a wider range of educational experiences to the pupils than can normally be offered in a village government school. However, there is a great deal of extreme poverty in the village so some parents contribute in kind or by offering their labour. However, this is not sufficient to run the school efficiently and some very needy pupils are sponsored by individuals in UK. At the time of writing, 78 pupils are sponsored. They, via the school administrators, receive £25 per month each, which goes towards their uniform, the two meals per day the school offers and a contribution towards the running of the school.
## **Post Primary Education**
As the school has its full complement of seven classes, there is a need to cater for young people who show the potential to gain from further education beyond primary. Thanks to the ongoing generosity of many of our sponsors and supporters, we supported 21 students in post primary education ranging from secondary school; to vocational college
## **The Hostel**
As a result of a very generous donation from an individual donor, we were able to provide funding for the construction and furnishing of a hostel for 16 very needy children, selected by the Project Director and his wife. The hostel is built directly adjacent to the home of this couple so that the children effectively become part of the larger family, being involved in the day to day running of the whole compound. All of the children in the hostel are sponsored so a contribution is already made towards their upkeep. One sponsor provides a regular contribution to the general running of the hostel.
## **The Clinic**
In July 2018 the son of two of the trustees died and they pledged to raise money for a clinic to be set up in the village in his name. The fund raising for this project was very successful. In January 2019 the clinic began operation. Annually. The Community Nurse, Brenda, sees over 1000 patients for minor complaints and refers a number of patients to government clinics.
## **Summary of Main Achievements.**
The section above entitled **Main Activities** does in fact summarise the main achievements of the trust but below we set out some more detailed facts and figures.
78 children are sponsored by UK donors to the tune of £25 per month. Sponsors receive regular letters and photographs of the children through the medium of Whatsapp.
Two donors pay for the salary of the community nurse.
Two donors cover the cost of materials for the clinic.
One donor has pledged to top up the fund covering costs of transporting patients to hospital and paying for necessary extras.
In summary, as a result of the trust’s activities, approximately 250 children receive a level of education otherwise denied them and enjoy 2 nutritious meals per day; 16 vulnerable children live in a safe and loving environment; approximately 1000 villagers were treated for minor complaints. The community nurse has developed a number of new initiatives Firstly a family planning service for villagers and secondly a monthly gathering of elderly people living in remote and isolated parts of the community. They come together for socialisation, health advice, a nutritious meal and usually a small present of perhaps salt or skin cream. It is an immensely popular service. To facilitate these initiatives the trust paid for a family planning clinic/ community hall at a cost of £1600
A new clinic has been built to replace the old one which is now not large enough to meet the demands of the village and the new initiatives we expect. HIV and malaria scanning are now offered. Furthermore, a fully funded special needs group is now in operation which caters for the needs of 15 children and their families. On two occasions we hired the services of a professional therapist who both worked to improve the health of the children and trained the local staff.
During the reporting period a dental ‘camp’ was organised and paid for at which over a hundred villagers received frere dental treatment.
A supply of menstrual cups have been provided for the older girls in the school
During the reporting period, two visits were made by trustees to the village. The first one was by Stuart and Barbara. They arranged a belated opening ceremony for the new clinic and in preparation for that they ensured that the condition and facilities at the clinic and adjoining nurses quarters were at an acceptable standard. At the opening ceremony, the Reverend Gad pointed out that the trust is the biggest employer in the village.
The second visit was by trustees Alison and Neil. Neil’s prime focus was assisting in refurbishing the hostel with money he had raised, as over the years the numbers in the hostel have increased and the children have grown in size. Alison’s prime focus was on the special needs group as this falls under her specific professional expertise.
Apart from the day to day running costs of the project as a whole and the items mentioned above,, the following demands have been covered this year.
A lap top and solar panels for the community nurse
Latrine for clinic
Water tank for nurses house
For the school, new books, furniture and equipment for the kitchen, fencing and uniforms for the needy children.
Christmas food donations to the needy to the tune of £1500
## **Obituary**
It is with great sadness that I have to report the passing this year of David Bevan. Along with his wife Grace, David was the driving force behind the idea of a village project and was the first chairman of the trust. In recent years ill health prevented him from engaging with the trust activities as fully as he would have
wished, but until the end, the wellbeing of Rwanyana village was always in his heart. He will be sorely missed by his fellow trustees, his many friends both here and abroad and of course by the villagers of Rwanyana for whom he did so much.
## **Policy on Reserves**
The trust, because of its small size does not have a policy on reserves as the majority of income is spent to cover immediate cost.
## **Signatures**
Stuart Marriott (Chair)
|**Charity Name**|**No (if any)**|||
|---|---|---|---|
|**Rwanyana Community Trust**|**1177712**|||
|**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||**CC16a**|
|01/04/2024
Period start date
**For the period**
**from**|31/03/2025
Period end date
**To**|||
|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**499**
**11,143**
**5,143**
**8,436**
**25,221**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**25,221**
**5,262**
**1,411**
**2,549**
**3,855**
**958**
**6,894**
**2,156**
**23,085**
**-**
**-**
**23,085**
**2,136**
**-**
**15,642**
**17,778**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**24,750**
**1,885**
**500**
**5,012**
**2,600**
**1,000**
**35,747**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**35,747**
**16,355**
**5,012**
**1,497**
**479**
**432**
**8,287**
**32,062**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**32,062**
**3,685**
**-**
**-**
**3,685**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**25,249**
**11,143**
**1,885**
**5,143**
**-**
**500**
**13,448**
**2,600**
**-**
**1,000**
**60,968**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**60,968**
**21,617**
**6,423**
**2,549**
**3,855**
**1,497**
**479**
**958**
**-**
**6,894**
**432**
**8,287**
**2,156**
**-**
**55,147**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**55,147**
**5,821**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|Child/School sponsorship|**499**|||||**-**|
|One-off donations|**11,143**|||||**-**|
|Emergencyrelief||||||**-**|
|Gift Aid|**5,143**|||||**-**|
|EmergencyRelief||||||**-**|
|EmergencyMedical||||||**-**|
|Clinic|**8,436**|||||**-**|
|Special Needs Group||||||**-**|
|||||||**-**|
|Solar||||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**25,221**|||||**-**|
||||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales, (see**
**table).**|||||||
||**-**||||||
||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_ **
**A3 Payments**|||||||
|||||||**-**|
||||||||
|School/Hostel|**5,262**|||||**-**|
|Clinic|**1,411**|||||**-**|
|Special Needs Group|**2,549**|||||**-**|
|Hostel runningcosts|**3,855**|||||**-**|
|EmergencyRelief||||||**-**|
|EmergencyMedical||||||**-**|
|Dental Camp|**958**|||||**-**|
|BuildingMaintenance||||||**-**|
|Capital Works|**6,894**|||||**-**|
|Solar||||||**-**|
|Post PrimarySponsorship||||||**-**|
|Miscellaneous|**2,156**|||||**-**|
|||||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**23,085**|||||**-**|
||||||||
|**A4 Asset and investment purchases,**
**(see table)**|||||||
||||||||
||**-**||||||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||
|||||||**-**|
||||||||
||**2,136**|**3,685**|**-**|**5,821**||**-**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**15,642**|**-**|**-**|**15,642**||**-**|
||**17,778**|**3,685**|**-**|**21,463**||**-**|
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
07/02/2026
1
|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the**|**end of the period**||
|---|---|---|---|
|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of
all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)|Signature
**Details**
**Details**
Co-Op business account
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
2|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**21,465**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**21,465**
**-**
Agreement Error
Agreement Error
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
MARTYN KEMP|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||OK|
||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
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**(optional)**|
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||||Date of
approval|
||||18/01/2026|
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||||07/02/2026|
Independent examinerfs report to the trustees of Rwanyana Community Trust.
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Rwanyana
Community Trust (the Trust) for the year ended 31 March 2025.
Responsibilities and basis of report.
As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the
accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 {'the Act'}.
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under
section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all
the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145{5)(b)
of the Act.
Independent examinerfs statement.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to
my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in
any material respect:
l. l. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by
section 130 of the Art; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the
examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a
proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Kenneth Ellis
Company Director
Wickham Green
Coldwell Lane
Sheffield
510 5TJ
Date;