Trustees’ Annual Report for the period
From 1[st] July 2020 Period start date To Period end date 30[th] July 2021
Charity name: Pebbles Uganda
Charity registration number: 1179611
Objectives and Activities
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| Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document |
Para 1.17 | For the public benefit in Uganda. The advancement of education, the promotion of good health and relief of poverty among young adults. |
| 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 |
We provide grants for school fees, supplying food for a feeding programme located in the Wabigalo slum of Kampala, maintenance and upgrading of water purifying system in the school. Providing grants for a back to work scheme during the pandemic. |
| Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit |
Para 1.18 | The trustees have reviewed the guidance |
Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
| SORP reference | ||
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| Policy on grant making | Para 1.38 | Families of children who we have agreed to sponsor apply for a grant to cover school fees, exam registration and in some cases scholastic materials. Choice Baptist Nursery and Primary school apply for grants to cover the cost of buying food and running a kitchen. During the pandemic, Choice Baptist Church applied for a micro finance grant to help families start and maintain small businesses. |
| Policy on social investment including program related investment |
Para 1.38 | None |
None Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other
Achievements and Performance
| SORP reference | ||
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| 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 | Ugandan schools were closed for a second year during the pandemic and so the school kitchen was closed. There were no requests for school fees apart from one family who applied for a grant to enable them to purchase a smart phone for accessing on-line educational materials. Due to unemployment in the second year of lockdown, the church applied for a grant to help families start small businesses or develop existing small businesses in The Back to Work Scheme. The church also applied for grants to buy food for the elderly and families of the pupils who were unable to work during the lockdown. The school applied for a grant to renovate the kitchen during the lockdown. |
Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
| Achievements against objectives set |
Para 1.41 | Grants enabled 40 families to either start or develop small businesses and so reduce poverty. |
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| Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set |
Para 1.41 | No additional fundraising activities were undertaken. |
| Investment performance against objectives |
Para 1.41 | None |
None Other
Financial Review
| Financial Review | ||
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| Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period |
Para 1.21 | At the end of this financial year we were better off than the previous year. |
| Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held |
Para 1.22 | We plan to hold about three months reserves to protect us against sudden changes. |
| Amount of reserves held | Para 1.22 | At the end of this financial year we had a balance of £3,231 |
| Reasons for holding zero reserves |
Para 1.22 | N/A |
| Details of fund materially in deficit |
Para 1.24 | N/A |
| Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern |
Para 1.23 | One of the significant sources of income stopped during Covid and has not restarted. |
| Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements |
Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements |
where relevant about: |
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| The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising) |
Para 1.47 | Individual donations support school fess and the feeding project. Dorchester Baptist Church support the feeding project. One individual donor supported the Back to Work scheme. |
| Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted |
Para 1.46 | N/A |
| A description of the principal risks facing the charity |
Para 1.46 | The principal risk is the short fall arising from the closure of one of our fund- raising activities due to Covid. |
| Other |
Structure, Governance and Management
| Description of charity’s trusts: |
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| Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter) |
Para 1.25 | CIO foundation registered 20th August 2018 |
| How is the charity constituted? (e.g unincorporated association, CIO) |
Para 1.25 | A charitable organisation whose only voting members are it’s charity trustees. |
| 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 | Trustees with appropriate experience appointed by invitation of the existing 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 |
Para 1.51 | The day-to-day decisions are delegated to the Chairman. Major decisions are subject to the will of the trustees. |
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| The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works |
Para 1.51 | N/A |
| Relationship with any related parties |
Para 1.51 | N/A |
| Other |
Reference and Administrative details
| Charity name | Pebbles-Uganda |
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| Other name the charity uses | |
| Registered charity number | 1179611 |
| Charity’s principal address | 11 Victor Jackson Avenue DORCHESTER Dorset DT1 3GY |
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole year |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any) |
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| Christopher Leach | Chairman | 2018 topresent day | ||
| Alison Chorley | Trustee | 2018 topresent day | ||
| Stuart Chorley | Trustee | 2018 topresent day | ||
– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
Director name
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year
Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others
Description of the assets N\A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N\A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N\A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
Additional information (optional)
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) |
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| Type of adviser Name Address |
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| Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information) |
Exemptions from disclosure
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
Other optional information
Declarations
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
| Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date |
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| Christopher Charles Leach | ||
Chairman |
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| 23rdMarch 2022 | ||
| 23rdMarch 2022 |
Pebbles Uganda No (if any) 1179611 Receipts and payments accounts For the period Period start date Period end date To from 01/07/2020 31/06/2021
Section A Receipts and payments
| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ |
Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ |
Total funds to the nearest £ |
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Brought forward |
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| July- September 2020 | 1,584 | - | - | 1,584 | |||
| October -December 2020 | 2,218 | - | - | 2,218 | |||
| January- March 2021 | 1,353 | - | - | 1,353 | |||
| April - June 2021 | 4,831 | - | - | 4,831 | |||
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| Sub total(Gross income for AR) | 9,986 | - | - | 9,986 | |||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| 9,986 | |||||||
July-September 2020 |
1,370 | - | - | 1,370 | |||
| October - December 2020 | 2,520 | - | - | 2,520 | |||
| January- March 2021 | 1,850 | - | - | 1,850 | |||
| April - June 2021 | 1,015 | - | - | 1,015 | |||
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| **Sub total ** | 6,755 | - | - | 6,755 | |||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
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| Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
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| 6,755 | |||||||
| 3,231 | 3,231 | ||||||
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| 3,231 | 3,231 |
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
23/03/2022
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Categories B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets |
Details Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) |
Unrestricted funds to nearest £ - - - 3,231 OK Unrestricted funds to nearest £ - - - - - - |
Restricted funds to nearest £ |
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| Restricted funds to nearest £ |
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| B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets |
Details Details Details |
Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which liability relates |
Cost (optional) |
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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
Signature
Print Name
Christopher Leach
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
23/03/2022
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Last year
to the nearest £
194 - - - - - - - 194
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194 194
CCXX R3 accounts (SS)
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Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - -
OK Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - -
Current value (optional) - - - - -
Current value (optional)
-
When due (optional)
Date of approval
17th March 2022
CCXX R4 accounts (SS)
23/03/2022
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