Choice Through Education UK
Trustees’ report and unaudited accounts
For the year ended 31 December 2020
Charity Registration No. 1180314
Choice Through Education UK
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Choice Through Education UK
Trustees’ report
For the year ended 31 December 2020
The trustees’ present their annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020.
Reference and administrative details
Full name of charity: Choice Through Education UK Charity registration number: 1180314 Governing document: CIO - Foundation Trustees: Wayne Collins Barry Thomas Glynnis Wisbey
Suitable individuals are identified by the existing trustees on the basis of their skills and knowledge and invited to become trustees. New trustees are inducted into the workings of the charity by the existing trustees.
Principal address of the charity: 5 Green Lane DARLEY DALE DE4 2GJ Independent examiner: M Williams FCA DChA RRL LLP Peat House Newham Road TRURO TR1 2DP Bankers: Barclays Bank 14 King Street TRURO Cornwall TR1 2RB
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Choice Through Education UK
Trustees’ report
For the year ended 31 December 2019
Organisation of the charity
The trustees administer the charity.
Objects of the Charity
The objects of the CIO are:
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The prevention of poverty or financial hardship anywhere in the world, in particular but not exclusively by providing or assisting in the provision of education, training, health care projects and other facilities and support designed to enable individuals to generate a sustainable income and be self-sufficient; and,
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For the public benefit to advance the education of children and young people who are socially and economically or just socially disadvantaged in particular but not exclusively in Kenya, in such ways as the diversity trustee, think fit.
Public benefit statement
The trustees review the objects and activities at least once each year to look at what has been achieved. Reference is made to the guidance in the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit when reviewing objects and in planning future activities. In particular the trustees consider how planned activities will contribute to the objects set.
Financial review
The receipts and payments account shows net receipts for the year of £653 (2019: £3,721).
The three trustees, Glynnis Wisbey, Barry Thomas and Wayne Collins operate on a 100% voluntary basis and receive no salary or income from the charity.
The trustees themselves donate sufficient funds every year to cover any costs which primarily relate to visits to the schools to see the individual sponsored students.
None of the trustees claim any form of expenses in relation to the works they undertake in the UK on behalf of the charity.
Risk Management
The trustees have assessed the major risks to which the charity is exposed and are satisfied that systems are in place to mitigate exposure to major risks.
Review of activities and plans for the future
During the year the charity received donations amounting to £11,441 (2019: £67,931).
Following a very successful extended trip in July 2019 to visit the three schools that we support and to see as many of the individual students as possible, a further trip was planned for February 2020.
Due to the situation with Covid 19 for safety reasons this and the subsequent trip planned for July 2020 had to be cancelled.
We were delighted to learn that more of our sponsored students not only completed primary school in December 2019 but also a few of them made good enough grades to progress to High School.
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Choice Through Education UK
Trustees’ report (Continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2020
With some difficulty sponsors were found for all bar one of the existing students who wanted to progress to High School.
Sponsors were all once again found for all of the primary school students.
Our focus this year was going to be raising funds to build the Women’s Empowerment Centre however, given the current economic climate, raising funds is currently very difficult.
With the schools shut across the world our focus changed from providing financial support for education fees and safe accommodation within the schools to providing food and safe accommodation for our sponsored students.
In January we paid over the full fees for the current academic year being 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019.
We are awaiting final confirmation from the individual schools however at the time of writing this report it would appear that at least one of the terms fees will be carried over to 2021 and in some schools hopefully two terms worth of fees which will mean that we have to raise less money in December this year to pay the fees that are due in January.
We have used some of our reserves which was money that had been set aside to help fund the construction of the first building at the Empowerment Centre to fund fortnightly food parcels to the families of our sponsored students and to the families who have effectively fostered the students and are looking after them where they either have no home to go to or it would not be safe for them to return to their home because of the risk of abuse.
The only other expenditure that we have had apart from the usual transport and salary costs in Kenya is the replacement of the fence posts to the perimeter of the Empowerment Centre land so as to keep the site secure.
Unfortunately the first fence posts failed after a few years as it turns out that they were erected using the wrong type of timber which is then prone to attack by beetles.
Reserves and investment policy
The charity does not aim to hold significant reserves. Surplus cash is held on deposit until it is required for use.
Plans for the future
The trustees plan to continue awarding grants in furtherance of the charity’s objects for the foreseeable future.
Trustees’ responsibilities
The Trustees recognise their responsibilities for keeping proper accounting records and preparing accounts each year. The appended accounts have been prepared on the receipts and payments basis and follow the guidance for smaller charities issued by the Charity Commission. The accounts have been examined by an independent examiner, whose report is also appended.
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Choice Through Education UK
Trustees’ report (Continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2020
By order of the Trustees
B Thomas Trustee
5 Green Lane DARLEY DALE DE4 2GJ
8 October 2021
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Choice Through Education UK
Receipts and payments account
For the year to 31 December 2020
| 31 Receipts Donations/Sponsorship received Total receipts Payments Bank Charges Education project and student fees Travel and accommodation costs Legal and Professional fees Total payments Net receipts for year/period Balance at 31 December 2019 Balance at 31 December 2020 Represented by: Bank balances held |
Year to December 2020 Period to 31 December 2019 £ £ 11,441 67,931 _ _ 11,441 67,931 _ _ 20 51 10,196 40,733 572 19,186 - 4,240 _ _ 10,788 64,210 _ _ 653 3,721 3,721 - _ _ 4,374 3,721 £ 4,374 £ 3,721 |
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