
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From 1[st] July 2023                   Period start date To 30[th] June 2024                    Period end date** 

## **Charity name: PEBBLES - UGANDA** 

## **Charity registration number:1179611** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|**For the public benefit in Uganda.  The**<br>**advancement of education, the**<br>**promotion of good health and relief of**<br>**poverty among young adults.**|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|**We provide grants for the following:**<br>**small number for school fees; supplying**<br>**food for a feeding programme located in**<br>**the Wabigalo slum of Kampala;**<br>**maintenance and upgrading of water**<br>**purifying system in the school; upgrade**<br>**of kitchen; back to work scheme.**|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees have reviewed the**<br>**guidance**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**A small number of families of children**<br>**whom we have agreed to sponsor apply**<br>**for a grant to cover school fees, exam**<br>**registration and in some cases**<br>**scholastic materials.**<br>**Choice Baptist Nursery and Primary**<br>**school apply for grants to cover the**<br>**cost of buying food and running a**<br>**kitchen.**<br>**Upgrading the kitchen and repairing the**<br>**roof.**<br>**Choice Baptist church applied for a**<br>**grant to cover the costs of a leaders**<br>**retreat.**|
|Policy on social investment<br>including program related|Para 1.38|**Choice Baptist Church applied for a**<br>**micro finance grant to help families start**<br>**and maintain small businesses.**|





investment **None** Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers **None** Other 

## **Achievements and Performance** 

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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|**We continued to support two families**<br>**with a contribution to school fees.**<br>**We continued to supply finance for**<br>**purchase of food for a Feeding**<br>**Programme which provides school**<br>**meals for around 200 children who live**<br>**in the slum.**<br>**We have helped at least 40 families start**<br>**up small businesses to help become**<br>**more self-sustainable.**<br>**We provided funds for the school and**<br>**church leadership to take a retreat for**<br>**evaluating the work and to plan a way**<br>**forward.**<br>**We made a contribution to rebuilding**<br>**the church and school when storms**<br>**damaged the roof.**|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41|**School children in the slum receive**<br>**basic food which enables them to**<br>**concentrate in their lessons.**|
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|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
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Other

## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|**At the end of this year we were worse**<br>**off than that of last year.**|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**We would like to hold about three**<br>**months reserve to protect against**<br>**unexpected changes. This year we were**<br>**unable to do this.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£940**|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|**The number of children attending**<br>**receiving food has increased to 260,**<br>**while our donor base has shrunk**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|<br>The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|<br>Para 1.47|<br>**Regular individual donations.**<br>**Occasional donations.**<br>**Regular but diminishing support from**<br>**Dorchester Baptist Church.**|
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|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46|**N/A**|
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**The principal risk has been from a**<br>**reduction in support from Dorchester**<br>**Baptist Church**|
|Other||**N/A**|





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**CIO foundation registered 20th August**<br>**2018**|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**A charitable organisation whose only**<br>**voting members are it’s charity trustees.**|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|**Trustees with appropriate experience**<br>**appointed by invitation of the existing**<br>**trustees.**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

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|<br>Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|<br>Para 1.51|<br>**The day-to-day decisions are delegated**<br>**to the Chairman. Major decisions are**<br>**subject to the will of the trustees.**|
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|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51|**N/A**|
|Relationship with any<br>related parties|Para 1.51|**N/A**|
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## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Pebbles-Uganda|
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|Other name the charity uses|Pebbles|
|Registered charity number|1179611|
|Charity’s principal address|11 Victor Jackson Avenue<br>DORCHESTER<br>Dorset<br>DT1 3GY|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Christopher Leach|Chairman|2018 topresent day||
||Caroline Couzens|Trustee (Gift-aid<br>secretary)|July 2022 to present day||
||Martin Lunnemann|Trustee|August 2022 to present<br>day||
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## – 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 held in this capacity 

Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects 

Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

## **Additional information (optional)** 

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

**Type of Name Address adviser** 

## **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)** Christopher Charles Leach **Position (eg Secretary,** Chairman **Chair, etc) Date** 4[th] April 2025 



|**Pebbles Uganda**|||**No (if any)**|||
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|**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||||**CC16a**|
|**For the period**<br>**from**|Period start date<br>July1st 2023|**To**|Period end date<br>June 30th 2024|||




## **Section A Receipts and payments** 

|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||
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|**A1 Receipts**<br>July- September 23<br>**3,198**<br>October - December 23<br>**3,154**<br>January- March 24<br>**3,019**<br>April - June 24<br>**2,486**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**11,857**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Sub total                               -**<br>**Total receipts                  11,857**<br>**A3 Payments**<br>July- September 2023<br>**3,002**<br>October - December 2023<br>**2,280**<br>January- March 2023<br>**3,185**<br>April - June 2023<br>**2,450**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Sub total                     10,917**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Sub total                                -**<br>**Total payments                  10,917**<br>**Net of receipts/(payments)                       940**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**-**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**-**<br>**Cash funds this year end                       940**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest      £**<br>**Sub total**(Gross income for AR)<br>**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**<br>**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**|**to the nearest £**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**|**to the nearest £**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**3,198**<br>**3,154**<br>**3,019**<br>**2,486**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**11,857**|**2,974**|
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||**-**|**-**|**11,857**|**12,852**|
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||**-**|**-**|**10,917**|**10,293**|
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||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**940**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**940**|**2,559**|
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**Categories**<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees|**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Signature<br>**Total cash funds**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))|**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**940**<br>**-**<br>OK<br>OK<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name<br>Christopher C Leach<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**|**to nearest £**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**|
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||||Date of<br>approval|
|||Christopher C Leach|3rd April 2025|
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