2021-10-30-accounts - Global Village Action

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

	Period start date	Period start date			Period end date
From	1st	MAY	2020	To	30 APRIL	2021

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name GLOBAL VILLAGE ACTION Other names charity is known by N/A Registered charity number (if any) 1178320 Charity's principal address 62 Seymour Court Road MARLOW Postcode SL7 3BE

GLOBAL VILLAGE ACTION

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year
CYRIL PITCHER	CHAIRMAN
JOHN OKONKWO	Overseas Liaison
ALEX AMOYAW	Operations Liaison	1/5/2020 – 7/9/2020

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

	Name	Dates acted if not for whole year
	CYRIL PITCHER
	DAVID LEE
	JOHN OKONKWO
	ALEX AMOYAW	1/5/2020 – 7/9/2020
	DOUG WILLIAMS
	STEVE ARMAH

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)	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

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document Constitution (eg. trust deed, constitution)

How the charity is constituted (CIO) Charitable Incorporated Organisation (eg. trust, association, company)

Trustee selection methods Voluntary foundation 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;

Global Village Action is a small charity which is run by voluntary trustees domiciled in London and the surrounding suburbs. There were limited activities in the current year due to disruptions created by the SARS COVID-19 pandemic. One trustee passed away and several elderly trustees were shielding for the greater part of the year. This limited the ability of trustees to meet or to run the core programmes of the charity. In addition, fundraising objectives were suspended. .

relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

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Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document 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)	Prevention and relief of poverty and the advancement of Christian evangelical religion by providing access to food, clothing, shelter, skills training, pastoral counselling, internships, exchange programmes, and evangelical outreach.
	National lockdowns and other mitigation steps to control the SARS COVID-19 pandemic were negatively impactful on activities in the current year. GVA’s limited activities were focused on maintaining the charity’s operations backbone and potential partnerships. 1. Evangelical outreach programmes; 2. Feeding programme; 3. Selecting a pioneer star trainee 4. Finalise design concepts, drawings and models for a future live-in facility for indigent persons. The charity trustees have complied with the duty in section 4 of the Charities Act 2006 to have due regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission.

Summary of the objects of the
charity set out in its
governing document
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)

Prevention and relief of poverty and the advancement of Christian
evangelical religion by providing access to food, clothing, shelter, skills
training, pastoral counselling, internships, exchange programmes, and
evangelical outreach.

National lockdowns and other mitigation steps to control the SARS
COVID-19 pandemic were negatively impactful on activities in the current
year. GVA’s limited activities were focused on maintaining the charity’s
operations backbone and potential partnerships.
1. Evangelical outreach programmes;
2. Feeding programme;
3. Selecting a pioneer star trainee
4. Finalise design concepts, drawings and models for a future live-in
facility for indigent persons.
The charity trustees have complied with the duty in section 4 of the
Charities Act 2006 to have due regard to the public benefit guidance
published by the Charity Commission.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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There were no grants, investments, or structured contributions made by volunteers.

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

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Section D Achievements and erformance p

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

Evangelical outreach programmes; 2. Feeding programme; 3. Selecting a pioneer star trainee 4. Finalise design concepts, drawings and models for a future live-in facility for indigent persons. The charity trustees have complied with the duty in section 4 of the Charities Act 2006 to have due regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission.

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the As a small charity with no employees, limited funds, negligible charity’s policy on reserves overheads, and flexible programmes, GVA aims to keep less than 5% of raised funds in reserve to meet its public interest programmes and for emergencies.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

None

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include GVA received limited cash donations in the amount of £345.10 from a additional information, where handful of private sources in the financial year. Donations were applied to relevant about: support backbone activities outlined above. Trustees continue to work to • the charity’s principal raise meaningful funds with which to accelerate the intervention sources of funds (including programmes outlined above. any fundraising);

how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

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) JOHN OKONKWO Full name(s) CYRIL PITCHER Position (eg Secretary, Chair, CHAIRMAN TRUSTEE etc) Date 27/01/2022

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Sheet1

	CharityName			CharityNumber
	GLOBAL VILLAGE ACTION			1178320
	Receipts andpayments accounts				CC16a
	For theperiod
	FROM	May2018	TO	April 2021

	Unrestricted	Restricted	Endowment	Total	Last
	funds	funds	funds	funds	year
	to the nearest £	to the nearest £	to the nearest £	to the nearest £	to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
2018-19Donation 1.	10000
Donation 2.	250
Donation 3	100
Other donations	81.71
Bank interest	33.25			10464.96

2019-20Donation 1.	750
Donation 2.	200
Donation 3.	250
Other donations	106.76
Bank interest	1.06			1301.82

2020-21Donation 1.	300
Other donations	44.99
Bank interest	0.11			345.1

*Sub total (Gross income for AR)*	12111.88			12111.88


A2 Asset and investment sales




*Sub total*	None			None

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A3 Loans
1. 20thDecember 2018	1000	1000
2. 11thFebruary2019	500	500
3. 19thJune 2019	500	500
4. 30thMarch 2020	500	500


*Sub total*	2500	2500


A4 Other receipts







*Sub total*	None	None



*Total receipts*	14611.88	14611.88


A5 Payments
2018-19Payment 1	1500
Generalpayment 2	9320
Generalpayment 3	475
Bank charges	59.04	11354.04
2019-20
Payment 1	1000
Payment 2	500
Generalpayments 3	900
Generalpayments 4	417.84
Bank charges	69.79	2887.63
2020-21
Generalpayments 1	205.48
Bank charges	61.05	266.53

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*Sub total*	14508.2	14508.2


A6 Asset and investment
purchases



*Sub total*		None


A7 Loan repayments




*Sub total*		None


A8 Other repayments





*Sub total*		None

*Totalpayments*		14508.2

*Net of receipts /payments*		103.68

*A9 Transfers between funds*		Nil
*A10 Cash funds lastyear end*		25.11

Cash funds thisyear end	103.68	103.68

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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at end of theperiod	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at end of theperiod	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at end of theperiod	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at end of theperiod
Categories	Details	Unrestricted funds	Restricted funds	Endowment funds
		to nearest £	to nearest £	to nearest £

B1 Cash funds




	*Total cash funds*
	(agree balances with receipts andpayment account(s)
		OK	OK	OK

		Unrestricted funds	Restricted funds	Endowment funds
	Details	to nearest £	to nearest £	to nearest £

B2 Other monetary assets








		Fund to which	Cost	Current value
	Details	asset belongs	(optional)	(optional)

B3 Investment assets

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		Fund to which	Cost	Current value
	Details	asset belongs	(optional))	(optional)

B4 Assets retained for the
charity's own use








		Fund to which	Amount due	When due
	Details	liabilityrelates	(optional)	(optional)

B5 Liabilities











Signed byone or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees	Signature	Print Name		Date of approval

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