2025-04-05-accounts - Acts Of Hope

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Charity Registration Number 1180130

ACTS OF HOPE

ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE PERIOD ENDING 5TH APRIL 2025

Acts of Hope CIO Annual Report of the Trustees for the year ending 5th April 2025

The Trustees of the Acts of Hope Charity present their annual report for the period from 6 th April 2024 to 5th April 2025, which has been prepared in accordance with the accounting and reporting statements of recommended practice issued by the Charity Commission. Acts of Hope is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation [CIO] under Charity no. 1180130.

Trustees During the period the following individuals have served as Trustees:

Rob Hayter - Treasurer

Sonya Timms - Chair of Trustees

Public Benefit

The Trustees confirm that the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit has been considered in relation to the objectives of the Charity. The report below sets out those objectives and describes how they have been met in the period covered by this report.

CIO Objects

The charitable objectives, as set out in the CIO's Constitution, are: 1. For the public benefit, the advancement of education and the relief of poverty in such parts of the world as the trustees shall from time to time determine. 2. And in particular but not exclusively by providing grants of financial assistance and operational support to support the charitable work of the Acts of Hope School in Kasavanahalli, Bangalore, India.

Aims

In order to achieve these objectives the Trustees agreed the following aims during the period under review

To continue to provide financial support to Acts of Hope School
To maintain and steward monthly donors for the Charity Activities during the period of this report

Due to the lack of employed staff there has been no active fundraising in the UK during the year although some funds continue to be received through long-standing monthly donation arrangements with existing donors.

Acts of Hope School in Kasavanahalli continues to perrform well. In response to requests from the School for support, the UK Charity transferred funding of £25,000 during the year to cover the purchase of a new school bus.

Organisational Structure The Trustees acting as the Board meet regularly and are responsible for:

Ensuring compliance with the charity's Constitution and the law
Developing and agreeing strategy
Setting and overseeing policies
Maintaining fiscal oversight Investment of funds
Fundraising
Ensuring openness and accountability
Diversity

The charity had no employed staff during the period under review; however, one of the Trustees acted as Treasurer on a voluntary basis.

Financial Review

Acts of Hope receives income and support from the following sources; private individuals and churches.

During the period under review, no fundraising activities were carried out in the UK. The charity received donations totalling £4,153 comprised of existing standing orders and direct debits from donors, plus a small number of single donations, and bank interest.

Expenses were kept at a minimum, resulting in payments of £271 relating to insurance, international transfer fees and bank charges.

Trustees were pleased to send funds totalling £25,000 to the Acts of Hope school in Kasavanahalli to help purchase books and uniforms; a new school bus; and to support secondary and tertiary education.

The performance of the Charity was adequate to enable the Charity to meet its aims and objectives to provide financial assistance and operational support to support the charitable work of the Acts of Hope School in Kasavanahalli, Bangalore, India.

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Recei ts and a ments accounts p p y

CC16a

For the period 4/6/2024 4/5/2025 To from

Section A Receipts and payments

to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - Restricted funds	to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - Endowment funds	Total funds to the nearest £ 3,975 178 - - - - - - 4,153 - - - 4,153	Last year to the nearest £
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-	-	4,153	5,197

A3 Payments Raisingfunds 271 Donation to India Schoolproject - - -	A3 Payments Raisingfunds 271 Donation to India Schoolproject - - -	- 25,000 - -	- - - -	271 25,000 - -
Raisingfunds	271	-	-	271	274
Donation to India Schoolproject	-	25,000	-	25,000	7,556
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*Sub total*	271	25,000	-	25,271	7,830

A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
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**Total payments **	271	25,000		-	25,271	7,830

**Net of receipts/(payments) **	3,882	- 25,000	-		- 21,118	- 2,633
A5 Transfers between funds	-	-	-		-	-
A6 Cash funds last year end	5,597	27,960	-		33,557	33,557
**Cash funds this year end **	9,479	2,960	-		12,439	30,924

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Categories unds	Details Cash at bank *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))	to nearest £ 9,479 - - 9,479 OK Unrestricted funds Unrestricted funds	to nearest £ 2,960 - - 2,960 OK Restricted funds Restricted funds	to nearest £ Endowment funds
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B1 Cash funds

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B2 Other monetary assets

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B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use

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B5 Liabilities

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		Date of approval

02/02/2026