TRUSTEE'S ANNUAL REPORT 01/01/2023 – 31/12/2023
There were no changes to the constitution or to trustee details in 2023.
The year began with schools normal, but the food situation was still poor and school fees had risen again. For 60 students, term fees were UGX 25,000,000. which, given the exchnge rate, came to about than £5,500. We sent a total of £16,572 for the three terms. With the school fees, we sent more than £1000 of aid in January, May and August. We also sent aid in Feb, March, July and November giving a total of £13,455.
The project for 2023 was for 150 single person school desks for St. Joseph the Worker Secondary School, Panyango, at a cost of about £60 each, about £9000 in total. We were able to fund the desks thanks to a donation of £10,273 from The Economist Charitable Trust. We sent £9,000 which was enough thanks to a high exchange rate, even though the cost of the desks had risen from the original quote.The desks were duly delivered in time to be used for state examinations, saving the school the transport costs that would be required if students had to travel to other exam centres.
The Ugandan trustees have set a goal to fund a project for years 2024-2026 to build primary school classrooms. For 2024, it is hoped a 3 classroom block with an annex office can be funded. The locals are doing the construction, but they need manufactured items at a total cost of about £16,000. That will be a struggle because the need for humanitarian aid seems likely to continue along with school fee grants.
Regular standing order donations held up with some stopping and some increasing and we continue to use these, along with the Gift Aid, for school fees for secondary students. These donations are not sufficient to cover the school fee costs, which require additional contributions from general donations.
Supporting Ugandan Education – 2023
Accounts
| Period | 01/01/2023 | To | 31/12/2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income | Expenditure | |||
| Fee Sponsorship | £9,335.00 | School Fees | £16,572.00 | |
| Humanitarian Aid | £13,455.00 | |||
| School Desks | £9,000.00 | |||
| Humanitarian Aid – Gift Aided | £10,460.00 | Bank Charges | £186.96 | |
| Humanitarian Aid – Not Gift Aid | £3,350.00 | Expenses | £0.00 | |
| Humanitarian Aid – St.Gregory's | £889.41 | |||
| Humanitarian Aid – Cardnet | £100.00 | |||
| Cardnet donations | £0.14 | |||
| Economist Charitable Trust | £10,593.00 | |||
| Gift Aid Payment – HA | £2,002.50 | |||
| Gift Aid Payment – Fees | £2,477.50 | |||
| Gift Aid Interest | £0.29 | |||
| Other Donations | ||||
| Total Income | £39,207.84 | Total Expenditure | £39,213.96 | |
| Brought forward from 2022 | £7,466.20 | |||
| Subtotal | £46,674.04 | |||
| Balance= | £7,460.08 |
Notes
Cardnet: Donations via Cardnet Lloyds bank CAF: Donation via Charities Aid Foundation HA: Humanitarian Aid
Not all 2023 gift aid has been claimed yet.
Supporting Ugandan Education Independent Examiner s Report Independent examlner's Report to the Trustees of Supportlng ugandan Education I report to the trustees on my examlnation of the accounts ot Supporting Ugandan Education ISUE) Charity number 1178287fortheyear ended 31 December 2023. Responslbllltles and basls of the report As the ch8rity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the prep8r8tion of the accounts in 8ccordance wlth the r8quirements of the Charities Act 20111lhe Act"). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carri8d out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed 811 the applicable Directlons given bythe Charity Commission under section 14515llb) of the Act. Independent examiner's statement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material m8tter8 have come to myattentlon in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that In any material respect: 1. accounting rècords were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by $8Ctlon 130 of the Act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with those r8cord8. I have no concerns 8nd have come across no other mattèrs in connection wTrth the examinatlon towhich attention should bedrawn inthis reportinordertoen8blea properunderstsndingofthg accounts to be reached. Slgned: Name: John Desmond Stratford K.HS., A.C.M.A.. C.G.M.A. Quallflcatlon8: Associate of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants {CIMAI and Chartered Global Management Accountant ICGMAI Address: 9 RosehipW8y Bishop's Cleeve Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 8WP Home: 01242 676780 Mobile: 07934 744944 Email: ioh.nAt£1tht1Orn Date: 1010¥120Zii File: Accounts 2023 Examiner's Report- SUppOng Ugandan Education Page1of1