## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
**From** Period start date **To** Period end date 06 APRIL 2024 05 APRIL 2025
## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name** K.U.K Alliance Not Applicable
**Other names charity is known by**
**Registered charity number (if any)** 1177844
**Charity's principal address**
82 Tanner Street
London **Postcode SE1 3GN**
**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
**Dates acted if not for whole year**
**Trustee name Office (if any)**
1 Rufaro Chiriseri Co-Treasurer 2 Ntokozo Nyasha Gazi Fundraising Manager 3 Sheona Shanu Chairperson 4 Nothando Zandile Gazi Co-Treasurer 14-Oct-2024 5 Andrea Williams Grants & Partnerships Manager
**Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any)** Board of Trustees Board of Trustees Board of Trustees Board of Trustees Board of Trustees
**Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**
**Name Dates acted if not for whole year** none
**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser Name Address None**
**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
None
## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
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## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Constitution - Foundation
Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) How the charity is constituted
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Trustee selection methods
Appointed by Board of 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.
- Any new trustee must be appointed by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the charity trustees. They will be briefed by other trustees on key activities of K.U.K Alliance and are also required to read the range of guidance produced by Charity Commission and NCVO.
- `o` K.U.K Alliance is governed by the Board of Trustees and its day-to-day management is run by the board. The Trustees may appoint volunteers that assist with some day-to-day tasks under the supervision of Board of Trustees
- `o` K.U.K Alliance is not part of a wider network. `o` K.U.K Alliance works in collaborations with other organisations in Zimbabwe to deliver on its charitable activities.
- `o` K.U.K Alliance manages risks with the appropriate policies and procedures with guidance from NCVO and Keeping Children Safe (Safeguarding only). K.U.K Alliance is exposed to a number of risks and the trustees are focused on mitigating these risks where possible.
- The principal risks identified are: (a) Economic and political disruptions in Zimbabwe that affect our ability to perform our charitable activities.
- (b) Risks to changes in Zimbabwean currency as well as increased costs due to movements in the exchange rates
- `o` The funds raised are predominantly for our Sponsor A Child project which launched in January 2019. Incoming funds have been largely from direct donations via one-off donations or regular donations via GAYE and direct debits. The majority of funds were spent on our charitable activities supporting beneficiaries in Zimbabwe. The funds raised have also been utilised to support running costs, governance and fundraising activities/events.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
K.U.K Alliance is established to further the following charitable purposes for the public benefit in Africa, according to the law of England and Wales with a special focus on Zimbabwe: -
**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
- To advance education;
- `o` To relieve sickness, preserve and protect good health; `o` To relieve poverty; `o` The relief of financial need and suffering among victims of natural or other kinds of disaster in the form of money (or other means deemed suitable) for persons, bodies, organisations and/or countries affected.
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- To help young people; especially but not exclusively through leisure time activities, so as to develop their capabilities so that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and as members of society.
K.U.K Alliance has worked in collaboration with NdaiZiva Capacity Development and Abdullah Dzinamarira Foundation to identify and support orphaned children with school fees, school supplies and school uniforms. The funds for this initiative are raised via our Sponsor a Child Program which involves sponsors making regular donations to contribute towards the program.
**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)**
K.U.K Alliance has taken on the initiative to support young girls and women with the challenges they face during menstruation by raising awareness and searching for sustainable alternatives. The project has focused on conducting research to identify the preferred and the sustainable sanitary wear available to girls and women. The aim is to provide sanitary wear, then educate the girls and women on how to use them.
We confirm that the Trustees continue to follow the guidance issued by the Charity Commission and that all activities are undertaken for public benefit.
**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.
- K.U.K Alliance has not issued any grants to date
- K.U.K Alliance has not made any investments to date
- K.U.K Alliance does not employ any permanent staff and is reliant on voluntary resources. Currently, K.U.K Alliance does not have any non-executive volunteers. K.U.K Alliance receives support from volunteers on an ad-hoc basis.
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## Section D Achievements and performance
**Summary of the main achievements**
**of the charity during the year**
K.U.K Alliance provided school fees for 46 primary and secondary school children based in Norton during the year, as well as supporting 3 University students.
`o` Primary Schools (St Eric, Norton, Chiedza and Norton 2) `o` High Schools (St Eric High, Vimbai High) `o` University (Women’s University Zimbabwe; University of Zimbabwe, University of Science and Technology Algiers, Algeria)
The lives of the children have been positively impacted by the access to essential education which we hope will help alleviate the poverty cycle. In addition to covering school fees, in this financial year, K.U.K Alliance also completed the following:
● Purchased a pair of school shoes for all primary and secondary school children ● Purchased and delivered 100 Female Health Packs to Muzarabani schools ● Alongside the local community, contributed towards a Christmas party for underprivileged children based in Norton
The fundraising activities/events in the 2024 to 2025 financial year included:
a. Wolfrun 6km Obstacle Course
b. Mudgirl Obstacle Race
In the current financial year, income modestly decreased by 5% year-on-year.
## **Section E Financial review**
K.U.K Alliance aims to retain reserves equal to 12 months expenditure on **Brief statement of the charity’s policy** administration costs which is equivalent to circa £600. **on reserves Details of any funds materially in** None **deficit**
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
K.U.K Alliance has the following funding types: You **may choose** to include additional `o` Individuals fundraising on our behalf e.g. marathons information, where relevant about: `o` Individual donations `o` the charity’s principal sources of `o` Funding from organisations funds (including any fundraising); `o` Funds raised from events `o` how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; Majority of our funds were raised from donations and the remainder from Other `o` investment policy and objectives Trading Activities. Income increased significantly by 49% on a year-on-year basis, a including any ethical investment further increase from the prior year. Expenditure increased by 49% on a year-on-year policy adopted. basis with most of the expenditure being allocated to projects.
As with most major economies, the global inflation challenges affected the Zimbabwean economy quite severely. While inflation was lower from 2022 to 2023, the Zimbabwean dollar (ZWL) experienced significant depreciation against the US dollar (USD). As a result schools increased fees to shield against the currency depreciation. We expect this trend to continue in the coming year and we project an increase in expenditure for this project and we are taking appropriate measures to ensure the programme can continue to be supported.
These activities are directly contributing to our aims to advance education, health and empowerment in Zimbabwe. The expenditure in the U.K. related to governance, administration and other running costs remained stable throughout the year and we anticipate a reduction in the following year due to potential discounts.
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K.U.K Alliance has cash held in term deposit accounts.
K.U.K Alliance does not have any investments.
K.U.K Alliance does not have any loans.
With guidance from the Charities Commission, K.U.K Alliance is now adopting and preparing the accounts using the Receipts and Payments accounts instead of using Accruals accounts since the 2019-2020 year. The organisation’s income remains below the threshold for accruals accounts reporting.
## **Section F Other optional information**
none
## **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)** Sheona Shanu
**Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)** Chair
**Date** 04/02/2025
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**1177844**
**K.U.K Alliance**
## **Receipts and payments accounts**
**CC16a**
|**For the period**
**from**|06/04/2024
Period start date|**To**|05/04/2025
Period end date|
|---|---|---|---|
|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|
Voluntaryreceipts|**4,835**||**9,934**||**-**||**14,770**||**17,098**|
|Other tradingactivities|**905**||**1,000**||**-**||**1,905**||**506**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**5,740**||**10,934**||**-**||**16,675**||**17,604**|
|||||||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||||||
||**-**|||||||||
||**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||||||
||||||||||**17,604**|
|||||||||||
|
Costs ofgeneratingvoluntaryreceipts|**1,494**||**-**||**-**||**1,494**||**1,575**|
|Costs of charitable activities|**444**||**17,529**||**-**||**17,974**||**15,841**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**1,939**||**17,529**||**-**||**19,468**||**17,416**|
|||||||||||
|**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_**||||||||||
||||||||||**17,416**|
|||||||||||
||**3,802**||||||||**188**|
||**-5,954 **||||||||**-**|
||**8,735**||||||||**13,197**|
||**6,582**||||||||**13,385**|
## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**|1
Funds in bank account
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**6,582**
**-**
**-**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**4,010**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Funds in bank account|**6,582**|**4,010**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|**-**|
||1|**-**|**-**|04/02/2026
**-**|
|Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))
**Details**|**6,582**|
|---|---|---|
|||Rufaro Chiriseri|
|||Sheona Shanu|
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
04/02/2026
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