Trustees, Annual Report for the period Pwtod start date Period end date Ye¥2020 Year2021 To Section A Reference and administration details Charity name REACH Bwindi Other namos charity i• known by Resourcing Effective Accessible Communlty Healthcare in Bwindl Roglstered charlty number (If any) 1177950 Charws prfneipal addross 173 Hool6 Street S￿￿ky Nam08 of th• charlty trust￿$ VA￿ manago the charlty offi￿ Ill*nyl D•t•• *¢tsd 11 notknT*hol• Chair N•n• of pr•on {or body) •ntlU•d Sarah Dinwoodie Andrew Dobson Ceri Gallivan Marian Mathi88 Holly Jane Tyson Secretary From 03 October 2020 Appointed ty Trustees 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 18 19 20 Names of thè trugteu lor the charity, rf any. (for eLample, any custodlan trustees) Namo Datss acted If not for whole TAR Marth 2012 Names and addresses of advisern (Optional Infommtion) e of adviser Name Address Indepondent Examlner Timothy Peter INalter, FCCA The Pavilion, 20 Fryer Avenue, Leamington Spa, CV32 6HY Namo of chlel exacutlve or names of senior staff m8mbern {OpOonal Inforniatlon) Section B Structure, Do8crlpdon of th• chartys trusts Type of goveming document Trust Deed overnance and mana ement How the charfty 18 constitirted Charitabl8 Trust AprM)inted by a quorum of trustees Addltlonal govornan¢¢188uM (Optlonal Informatlon) You may chooso to include We have a Code of Cornluct for the Board of Trustees, which all Trustees addttional 1nfonnati￿, where have S￿ned. A similar Ctsje of Conduct for Volunteers is required to be levant, about.. g￿ned by people who serve the charty as volunteers and are not official Trustees. ' policies 8rrfl prc¢edures adopted for the inductfjn and tralning of trusteeg; th6 chariV8 organlsatKx structure and any wider network with which the d￿nty work8.. relationship with any related parties,. We have in place porth In." Safeguarding Dats Protection (updated 1J03121) Intemal Financ￿1 Contrc4 ffmi Jun& 2021) All Tru8tees have D8S (*eck8 (th￿ have variable forn￿ts, for example tli8closure Scoknd is used in Scotlandl. Vle CO￿lnue to adhere to a Memorandum of Understanding wrth Bwindl C¢Jmmunty Hospital. major risks and system and procedures to manage them. Our main fundr8i8ing platf￿rn eonb'nues to be Virgin Money Givlng. We have three addthonal on-line fundrat55ng platfonn6: Charities AKI FOunda￿Tr {CAF) Give As You Live Amazon SmAe Section C Ob ectives and activities TAR Marth 2012 The overall object of REACH Bwindi is: The prevention or reliefof poverty or financial hardship in South-west Uganda byproviding or assisting in ihe provision ofeducarion, Iraining. healthcare projects and all ihe necessary suppori designed to enable individuals to generale a S￿[aInable income and be self-su]Ticient. Summary of the obJecls of the charity set out in its govemlng document This grant-making Trust SUPFrt)rts organisations in South-west Uganda worklng to alleviate [￿rty. elther by providing education and training, or heatthcare. The ti)tsl sum of funds raised in 2020-21 v*as £66,066.46 (including Grfl Aid of £8,878.69). Adding on interest of £10.79 plus reimbursement from ncelled fundraising wcle evenl of £540. the total receipts for 202r 2021 v￿e £66,606.24 (please see attached Receipts and Payments document). Summary oftho maln actlvltles undertaken for th• publlc benefit in relation to them objects (includo wlthln this 8•Ction the ststutory declaratlon that tru$teos havo had regard to thé guldance 188ued by the Charlty Commig•ion on publlc benefrt) Our onty beneftiary 202Ck21 was Bwindi Communty Hosprtal. Many of our don(Ks have themselves or have famity & friends who have personalty visited Bwindi Communlty Hosp6tal. their ettached Nursing Schcol (called Uganda NuNng School Bwindil and surrounding area. VBrtors and their contacts have wthe68ed the accountable use of fund8 and wish to support this 0rganWt￿n. Donors to REACH Bwlndi ar8 kept informed as to the use of their dona￿n, first by ackncmrfedglng their donat￿n, then via our WordPrés& websrte. w%wi.reachbwindi com. Accountsbility 18 assured through use of Grant-making prc¢edures IdrKuments previousty submitted to the Charitw Commission, in 2019) such that folluwing the award of grants to bènefic￿￿8. evKlence of their spending 18 later obtained. Trustees have cornplied wlth their duty to have due regard to the ChaT7ty COMMI￿10n,$ public benefft guidance when exerusing any Fowers or dutie8 to wh￿h th8 guidance is relevant. No Truste6 gained personally from the chanlable actNities. No harms were Identif￿ in rArrying out the charitable a(aNilies. Addltlonal d•tall• of obJectlvé8 and actlvftles (Optlonal Infommtlon) TAR Ma￿h 2012 INe have no investments, Inst&￿ planning to transfer all funds in our account to the benef￿18￿ orKe the grant-making procedures have been completed We are not remunerated for our time and no personal eXr￿Se8 have been claimed for in thts financral year. You may choose to include further statements. where relevant, about: policy on grantmaking" policy programme related Investment,. contribution made by volunteers. Section D Achievements and performance TAR March 2012 Section D Achievements and performance Summary ofthg main achiev8monts of tho Charity during the year Th8 beneficiqry of REACH Bwndi in 2020-21 has been Bwindi Communty Hospttal. This is a ncr*h15Lkbedded hospital s6rving pulation of up to 120,000 in a very remote and rural comer of Sout West Uganda. In 2021>21 REACH Bwindi awarded grants trtslling £51.879.00 to Bwindi Ct)mmunty Hosprtal, all in line wtth our procedures previoustry submfft8d to the Chartties Commission. These grants enabled.. Paediatric nursing staff salaries for 9 nurses, enabling towualty paediatric in-patient care. Neonatal survival improved from 87.7% to SY).5% over the year and overall patient sats'sfaction was 96%. The sa18ries were funded by grants in Ocacthr 2020 covering the months of o￿ober. November and D￿ember 2020 {£7,494} and once again granted fL¥ the month of January 20211£25001. Communty dinical staff salaries in the departments of Communty Health and in HIV, enabling communty outreaches providing preventative Med￿1n6. mentsl healthcare, [*￿tnatal checks and other essentsal medical care to the 101 remote villages seNed by the Hospital. a p)pulation of over 70.000. The ￿hIeveMentS by these staff have been staggering. for example in HIV, 5257 people were tested overall" all Ihose teth'ng posrtive are enrolled on trèatment: of these 94.8% ar8 viralty suppressed and preventron of ffl￿h8r-t￿ehI￿l tranSmiss￿n was 99.6%. Every pregnant woman in the communty and those who had had malaria at Bwindi Hosprtal were gi¥en a mosquito net. Preventative programmes for malnutrition over the years have reduc￿1 the prevalence of Severe malnutritson in children to less thon 1% in the communty. REACH Bwindi SUPFQrted sak8rle8 for Staff to the tune of £25,640 {for 5 months. May to September 2020) plus £10,000 {for Novemb8T and Décember 2020). New staff ￿)mModatIon to address the challenge of staff retention in this remote, rural area,. now 27% of staff are mmtsjated in Hospital quarters (previou8ty just 5%). To support this purp)se £6000 was granted on 27U) May 2020. Youth Friendty Servi(xs were supported by a grant of £245 in October 2020, supporting a confidentral safe space for young people lo attend Ihe hosprtal in private 80 that wentative heathcare can be accessed. The Clin￿ is open Iwice weekty and nurses can also be reached by phone rfclients w¢sh to make an appointment REACH &•Andi offers Trml as well as financi81 support to Bwindi Communty H¢)sptlal. recogntsing their outstanding wrth a limited budget in difficutt circu￿￿tances. It is a privilege to te ab￿ to be part of the story and achievements whth have so benefftted the local mmunrty. TAR Marth 2012 Section E Financial review We do not purposeful￿ hokl reserves. but plan to grant all available funds to organisatK)ns in SOUt￿WeSt Uganda to further our charitable object. Brief statmnt ofthe ¢harity8 policy on reserves D•tall8 of any funds mataflally In doficlt None Further finan¢lal revlew dètails (Opllonal Inf0m￿tIOn) Donors May have visited Bwindi Communty Hospital and Uganda Nursing Sch￿1 B￿nd1 (UNSBI and hwrfe been inspired by their goc# work, or may have heard of the purFoses of the Charity through its trustees and support8rs. You may chooso lo indude addrtional information, vthere relevant abouL' the charty's Principal sources of funds {including any fundraising)., how expenditure has 8UPPOrted the key 0￿.￿tiVeS of the charty-, investment p)Ii¢y and objectives including any ethi￿1 investment policy adopted. We also have occaslonal fundraising events (in this last year, The B*J Give). On the P March 2021 we paid £84 to London Marathon Ltd in order to tske part in the London Marathon event whith was held in the fdbwing financial year. 3r0 Octob8r 2021. We have no investments. Section F Other optional information REACH Bwindi Meetings falling belween 1fft fvyil 2020 and V &DriI 2021 7.4.20 23.4.20 REACH-BCH Trustees REACH-BCH RUCH-BCH Trustees REACH-BCH Trustee5 REACH-BCH Trustees REACH-BCH Trustees REACH-BCH REACH-BCH Trustees REACH-BCH Trustees Skype AD, OB, MD. TE8 Zoom AD. SD. CG, MR, MD, HT Skype AD. OB, MD.TEB BCH AD. OB Zoom SD. MD, MR, ES, AD z1￿M AD,08, MD SO, MD, HT, AD AD, 08 SO, MD, MR, HT. AD, CG AD, OB, TEB, MD SD, MD, HT, AD, CG AD, OB AD. OB, TEB. MD SD, CG. MD, AO, HT, LC AD, OB SD, LC, MD, AD, CG, HT Key to th¢)se Invow.. Owesiga Barnabas IOBI Twonbryelrwe Enock Byaruhang? (TE8) Andrew Dobson IAOI Sarah Dlnwootlle ISDI Marlan Davls IMD) Cerl Gallivan ICGI Holly Jane Tyson IHT) Eva Strauss IESI Margoret Reeve5 (MRI Leo Coyle ILCI 09.07.2020 11.07.2020 8.8.20 23.9.20 3.10.20 23.10.20 14.11.20 22.11.20 5.1.21 23.1.21 12.2.21 13.3.21 BCH Z¢)om Zoom Zoom 8CH Zoom Zoom BCH Zoom Section G Declaration Tha trustses declare that thoy hav• approved tho tru8tOe8' report above. signed on behalf of tho charity's trustees Slgnature(s) TAR March 2012 Full nam•(s) Positlon (eg Secretsry, Chair. Dr Sarah Dinthie Chair Dat0 28112r2021 TAR Ma￿1 2012 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGIAND AND WALES REACH 1177900 Recei tsand ments accounts CC16a Sectiori A Receipts and payments Unrestrlct¢(I Rgstrfcted Endowment La•¢y••r A1 R•¢•l SY.177 IT.17T 11 14 Fund r AR) trAndl Comr Sub tolal A4 A•••i and Inv••tm•nt Sub tot•1 69J65 A6 Cah lund• last y•ar •NI C*sh funds thls Iwr•nd 35.729 2q.3B funds )) B1 Cash fund• Tolaleash fvnds sl) C OK furKIB funds D•tsl Cwtlopuo eh•rtty'• own u Detall• 88 Uab115tth• t4haKof$H the IT￿8$ SIJna￿ D*of roval IN pl￿￿￿01)1 CCXX R28coJmtslSSI ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the** REACH Bwindi **trustees/ members of** 9 April 2021 **Charity** 1177950 **On accounts for the no (if year ended any)** **My report is set out on this page 1** I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 09/04/21 **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the **basis of report** 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 the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. **Independent** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material **examiner's** matters have come to my attention in connection with the **statement** examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or - the accounts do not accord with the accounting records. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. **Date:** 28/12/21 **Signed: Name:** Timothy Peter Walter **Relevant** FCCA **professional** Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** The Pavilion, 20 Fryer Avenue Leamington Spa, Warwickshire CV32 6HY Page 1 Page 2