## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 10[th] April 24 To 9[th] April 25**
## **Charity name: REACH Bwindi**
## **Charity registration number: 1177950**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The overall charitable object of REACH
Bwindi is ‘’_The prevention or relief of_
_poverty or financial hardship in South_
_West Uganda by providing or assisting_
_in the provision of education, training,_
_healthcare projects and all the_
_necessary support designed to enable_
_individuals to generate a sustainable_
_income and be self-sufficient.’’_|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|As a grant making trust, we support
organisations in South West Uganda
working to alleviate poverty, either by
providing education and training, or
healthcare.
The focus of our activities this year has
been fundraising.
In the accounting year 24-25, REACH
Bwindi received**£41,106**. The only
beneficiary in the 2024-2025 financial year
was Bwindi Community Hospital. In this
accounting period, we made grant
donations of**£42,232**.directly received by
our beneficiary, details are given later in
this report. Also included in our CC16a
report are bank interest**(£58)**and charges
**(£212**).
Our trustees have participated in bi-monthly
meetings with their counterparts at the
hospital to discuss the ongoing use of the
funds, and each grant is confirmed on
receipt of reports and briefings about
activities undertaken. All meetings are
minuted. This is in line with REACH
Bwindi’s Memorandum of Understanding
with Bwindi Community Hospital (updated
in October 2024), as well as our financial|
|||controls. This provides evidence of the
accountable use of the funds. This process
has been set out in the charity’s grant-
making procedures which were shared with
the Charity Commission in 2019. Our
accounts for this financial year have been
subjected to an external examination, and
the report is attached.
Donors to REACH Bwindi are kept informed
on the use of their donations, first by
receiving an acknowledgement of their
donation, and then via our website
www.reachbwindi.com.
where progress
updates on projects are documented.
The donors who give to the twinning project
(www.reachbwindi.com/reach-bwindi-
twinning-project/)
receive regular updates
from the communities that are benefitting.
The Anchor Foundation stipulated it’s
reporting requirements at the time of their
grant and these are met through regular
reports.|
|---|---|---|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|Trustees have complied with their duty to
have due regard to the Charity
Commission’s public benefit guidance when
exercising any powers or duties to which
the guidance is relevant. No trustee gained
personally from the charitable activities and
no harms were identified in carrying out the
charitable activities.|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
||
SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|As an organisation, we receive grant
applications from our main beneficiary,
Bwindi Community Hospital. Grant
applications are reviewed and considered by
the trustees, with reference to REACH
Bwindi’s charitable objectives and in line with
our financial controls regulations. We fund-
raise to be able to meet those grant
requests. In accordance with our schedule,
our grant- making policy document is due for
review - this will take place in February
2026.
As a charity, we have no investments,
instead we plan to transfer all funds in our
account to the beneficiaries once the grant-
making procedures have been completed.
These are set out in our Financial Controls
regulations.
Volunteers and Trustees are not
remunerated for their time. A system exists|
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38||
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38||
|Other|||
for claiming reasonable expenses, though no expenses were claimed during this year. Two of our volunteers were also working in a voluntary capacity as clinicians at Bwindi Community Hospital during this accounting period. The Charity has six active volunteers. Volunteers serve to support the activities of the charity in line with the charitable objects and in support of the trustees, including in fund-raising, preparing documents and information-gathering as well as supporting financial controls.
## **Achievements and Performance**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|**Summary of the main**
**achievements of the**
**charity, identifying the**
**difference the charity’s**
**work has made to the**
**circumstances of its**
**beneficiaries and any**
**wider benefits to society**
**as a whole.**|Para 1.20|In the accounting year, 2024-25, REACH
Bwindi was able to award funds as follows
**£7,320**to support the provision of Youth
Friendly Services at Bwindi Community
Hospital. It is recognised that young people
can find it particularly difficult to access
health services, both because of lack of
resources, but also because the
conventional delivery of services can be off
putting (such as attending a service where
neighbours/ relative might see you
visit).Bwindi Community Hospital offers a
free Youth Friendly service where young
people up to 23 can access HIV screening,
contraceptive advice, sexual health
screening, help and treatment for minor
illness as well as psychosocial support. The
project has gone from strength through the
support of REACH Bwindi. Further evidence
is available here
https://reachbwindi.com/2024/11/10/youth-
friendly-services/
**£13, 297**was sent to support eye care
services at BCH as the hospital develops its
new eye care facility, including the salary for
the ophthalmic clinical officer.
**£500**was sent in December 2024 to support
family planning training.
The community health team received
**£16,115**. This was split into funding the
mental health project and the Batwa Alcohol
project.
The Batwa are a marginalised community of
pygmy people who were displaced from the|
forest in Bwindi when the national park was demarcated. They are an important community in the district served by Bwindi Community Hospital, and indeed, the hospital was first established as a clinic to meet their needs. They are vulnerable when removed from their forest-dwelling way of life and often live marginal lives in settlements. Alcohol misuse is a frequent problem with personal, familial and social consequences. REACH Bwindi’s funding allowed the community team to develop an intervention to address alcohol misuse and alcohol related harm amongst Batwa communities in the district. In 2024, REACH Bwindi responded to an emergency call from the hospital to help with the replacement of pit latrines in staff accommodation which had collapsed and become unusable. Trustees considered the support of staff needs to be an appropriate use of charitable funds, recognising that the recruitment and retention of staff is central to the hospital’s ability to provide ongoing services of high quality. We made a grant of **£5,000** for this purpose.
## Total funds distributed: **£42,232.**
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|
The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47|
This year saw the launch of the REACH
Bwindi ‘’Twinning Project’’. Through this
project, donors as individuals or groups
(such as a GP practice or other group) are
‘’twinned’’ with a village in the catchment of
Bwindi Community Hospital. In return for
financial support, donors receive updates
and information about the health concerns
and interventions in their twinned villages.
This personal connection can be attractive to
donors. Monies raised this way go generally
towards the activities of the community team
in general. Here is more information.
https://reachbwindi.com/reach-bwindi-
twinning-project/
We continue to receive royalties generously
donated from the publication of a book by
the author, Prof Judith Carrier. Now in its 3rd
edition, royalties from her book continue to
be received by our charity.
Our partner organisation, Jamie’s Fund, has
been supporting mental health work in Rural
Uganda since 2013. When their activities
came to an end at the end of 2023, they
passed their residual funds to REACH
Bwindi to continue the support for mental|
|---|---|---|
health work. **£9,200** was received this way. REACH Bwindi awarded a grant of **£12,000** over three years for the Batwa Alcohol project mentioned above. **£5,0 00** was received for the first year of activities. The Sight4Bwindi group has raised funds to the tune of **£4,000** specifically for eye care services through the Rotary Fund, Lion’s Fund and the Cheruby Trust. Individual and group donors continued to give generously in response to personal experience of the hospital, or responding to presentations. ‘’Give as you live’’ and CAF approaches increased our fundraising considerably. **£3,998** was received through CAF donations in this financial year. We have no investments. Investment policy and objectives including any Para 1.46 social investment policy adopted
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Trust deed|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g. unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Charitable Trust|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Appointed by a quorum of trustees|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees||As set out in our trust document, all new
trustees and volunteers undergo an
induction. We have a code of conduct for the
board of trustees which all trustees have
signed. A similar code of conduct for
volunteers is signed by those who serve the
charity in this capacity.
A plan of work ensures that our policies and
procedures are regularly reviewed and
updated.
In January 2025, our chair of trustees
travelled to Bwindi and met with the
hospital’s new director. Meetings were held
to review the partnership, and the
Memorandum of Understanding between
REACH Bwindi and Bwindi Community
Hospital was renewed.
In 2025, we reviewed our charity’s
safeguarding policy. As part of the wider
reach of this work, and recognising our
obligations as a charity to work with our
partners on this matter, we engaged directly
with Bwindi Community Hospital senior
management for a review of the hospital’s
safeguarding procedures and practices.
Drawing on the safeguarding expertise of
several Reach Bwindi trustees and
volunteers, a series of meetings were held
and an audit conducted of safeguarding
training and good practice. Whilst much of
the policy was exemplary, there were gaps
in its implementation. Where these were
identified, training has taken place and
further audit continues to monitor
performance.|
|---|---|---|---|
|||||
|||All trustees have completed the relevant
DBS/Disclosure Scotland checks.
We continue to adhere to the Memorandum
of Understanding with Bwindi Community
Hospital.
We use Charities Aid Foundation (CAF),
Investors in Community and Just Giving as
our main fund-raising platforms. We also
encourage our supporters to use ongoing
fund-raising platforms such as Give as You
Live.|
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|As a small charity, formal decision-making
takes place at quarterly trustee meetings,
whilst bimonthly liaison meetings take place
between a charity representative and a
member of the hospital management team,
including its financial officer. Decisions are
made by a quorum of trustees. Regular
communication takes place between the
trustees and volunteers in an informal
manner between meetings.
Volunteers actively participate in all
meetings and contribute to decision-making
where this is appropriate in line with the
volunteer agreement.|
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|REACH Bwindi|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|Resourcing Effective Accessible Community Healthcare in
Bwindi|
|Registered charity number|1177950|
|Charity’s principal address|173 Hoole Street
Sheffield
S6 2WS|
## **Names of the trustees who manage the charity**
||**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of**
**person (or**
**body)**
**entitled to**
**appoint**
**trustee (if**
**any)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|1|Marian Mathias|Chair|||
|2|Andrew Dobson||||
|3|Dr Ceri Alamsetti|Secretary|||
|4|Dr Sarah Dinwoodie||||
|5|Dr Holly Jane Tyson||||
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
There are none.
## **Other optional information**
Our schedule of Meetings between April 2024 and March 2025 took place with the following participants
Owesiga Barnabas (OB) Twongyeirwe Enok Byaruhanga (TEB) Amara Eliad Nuwagaba (AE) Nkuhe Derrick (ND) Dr Charlotte Aguti Ongom (CA) Kuule Yusufu (KY) Jasper Keburentia (JK) Andrew Dobson (AD) Sarah Dinwoodie (SD) Marian Mathias known as Marian Davis for this record (MD) Ceri Alamsetti known as Ceri Gallivan for this record (CG or CA) Holly Tyson (HT) Eva Strauss (ES) Cynthia Omara (CO) Margaret Reeves (MR) Leo Coyle (LC) Frances Wardle(FW) Timothy Martin (TM) Johanna Thonning (JT) Aaron Peterson (AP)
Trustee meetings take place quarterly, and meetings between REACH trustees and our colleagues in Uganda take place monthly or bimonthly.
|**Date**|**Type**|**Location**|**Present**|
|---|---|---|---|
|12.4.24|liaison|BCH/
Zoom|OB, AD, MD|
|14.6.24|liaison|BCH/
Zoom|OB, AD, MD|
|21.9.24|liaison|BCH/
Zoom|OB, AD, MD, JT, AP, AD|
|23.10.2
4|liaison|BCH/
Zoom|OB, KY, ND, AD, MD|
|20.11.2
4|liaison|BCH/
Zoom|KY, ND, AD, AO, MD, AP, JD|
|16.1.25|liaison|BCH/
Zoom|ON, KY, JT, AP, AE, SD, AN, ND, AC, CO, EN|
|15.3.25|liaison|BCH/
Zoom|OB, ND, JK, AD, MD, JT.|
|20.4.24|Trustees/Vols|zoom|MD, AD, SD, TM, CO, ES, HT, FW|
|20.7.24|Trustees/Vols|Zoom|AD, AD,MR, MD, CO, LC, HT|
|15.10.2
4|Trustees/Vols|In person|SD, CA, AD, MD, HT, CO, ES, LC, JT, AP|
|4.1.25|Trustees/Vols|Zoom|SD, MD, AD, TM, AP, MR, JT, HT, FW|
## **Declarations**
## **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
## **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees:**
|Signature||
|---|---|
|Full name|Marian Mathias|
|Position|Chair of Trustees|
|Date|01.12.2025|
**REACH Bwindi 1177950 Receipts and payments accounts For the period** 10-Apr-24 09-Apr-25 **To from**
**CC16a**
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**41,106**
**58**
**3**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**41,167**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**41,167**
**42,232**
**-**
**212**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**42,444**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**42,444**
**- 1,277**
**-**
**21,357**
**20,080**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Donations|**41,106**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**41,106**
**58**
**3**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**41,167**|**23,853**|
|Bank intererest|**58**||||**100**|
|Bank refund|**3**||||**-**|
||**-**||||**-**|
||**-**||||**-**|
||**-**||||**-**|
||**-**||||**-**|
||**-**||||**-**
**23,953**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|
**41,167**|||||
|||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||
||**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**||
||**-**||||**-**
**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||
|**_Total receipts_ **
**A3 Payments**||||||
|||**-**|**-**|**41,167**|**23,953**|
|||||||
|
Grantspaid|**42,232**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**42,232**
**-**
**212**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**42,444**|**26,159**|
|Collection costs|**-**||||**135**|
|Bank charges|**212**||||**100**|
||**-**||||**-**|
||**-**||||**-**|
||**-**||||**-**|
||**-**||||**-**|
||**-**||||**-**|
||**-**||||**-**
**26,394**|
|**_Sub total_**|**42,444**|||||
|||||||
|**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_ **||||**42,444**||
|||**-**|**-**||**26,394**|
|||||||
||**- 1,277**|**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**|**- 1,277**
**-**
**21,357**
**20,080**|**- 2,441**|
||**-**||||**-**|
||**21,357**||||**23,798**|
||**20,080**|**-**|**-**||**21,357**|
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
10/12/2025
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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**||
|---|---|---|---|
|**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**20,080**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**20,080**
**-**
OK
OK
**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|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||OK|
||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**When due**
**(optional)**|
|||||
|||||
|||||
|||||
|||||
|||||
||||Date of
approval|
|||||
|||||
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
10/12/2025
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**Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
**Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
|**Report to the trustees/**
**members of**
**On accounts for the year**
**ended**
**Set out on pages**|Charity Name
**REACH BWINDI**|Charity Name
**REACH BWINDI**|Charity Name
**REACH BWINDI**|
|---|---|---|---|
|||||
||**9 April 2025**|**Charity no**
**(if any)**|1177950|
|||||
||My report is set out on this**page 1**
(remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)|||
- I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended **09/ 04 / 2025** .
- **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation **basis of report** 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 matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
- 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.
* _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._
**Signed: Date: Name: Kudzanai Joni Relevant professional FCCA qualification(s) or body Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (if any): Address:** 33 Marne Way, Radstone Fields Brackley, Northamptonshire NN13 6HQ
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**Section B Disclosure**
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
**Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** .
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