## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 31/03/2021 Period start date To 28/02/2022 Period end date**
## **Charity name: BEZA FOUNDATION**
## **Charity registration number: 1181281**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**‘’To prevent or relive poverty amongst**
**orphans and destitute children for the**
**public benefit in countries of sub-**
**Saharan Africa by enabling access to**
**education and training in particular but**
**not exclusively through the provision of**
**grants’**|
|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|**Supporting selected orphans and**
**destitute children in achieving the**
**following:**
**1. School fees**
**2. Learning materials**
**3. To access to education and**
**training**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The board of Trustees have provided**
**guidance and conducted regular review**
**of the charity in accordance with the**
**charity commission guidelines**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**N/A**|
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**N/A**|
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Beza Foundation is run by volunteers**
**only. We highly value everyone’s**
**contribution, especially during the**
**challenging period of Covid 19 where**|
**most of our volunteers as well as the charity work have been greatly affected in different ways.**
Other
## **Achievements and Performance**
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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|**This particular financial year has been**
**extremely difficult for the charity**
**because of the COVID -19 pandemic.**
**Although all our volunteers are safe and**
**have stayed in touch during the**
**pandemic period, trying to cope with the**
**impact caused by COVID-19 has been**
**our paramount objective. Most of the**
**schools where our beneficiaries**
**attended have been closed during the**
**COVID-19 pandemic. However, We have**
**kept in touch to ensure our support can**
**resume when the situation comes back**
**to normality. Our objectives remain the**
**same, which are continuing our support**
**around education for orphans and**
**destitute children in ensuring we are**
**making a positive impact for their lives**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**Our set target was to be able to increase**
**our support to 20 orphans in each**
**country each year but due to Covid 19,**
**we have not been able to achieve this**
**target. We hope that the post Covid**
**period will help us to consolidate our**
**work strategy and be able to draw a**
**quick recovery plan.**|
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|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**N/A**|
|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 moment the charity’s financial**
**situation relies on small donations**
**which have been sustaining its work**
**untiltoday. **|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**We have drawn a policy for keeping any**
**reserve for the purpose of our work and**
**once a yearly budget plan has been**
**drawn and agreed the reserve is directly**
**sent to the beneficiaries**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£300.00**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**n/a**|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**We still need to raise funding to have an**
**office for the charity as well as for its**
**equipment**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**One of the biggest challenges we had to**
**encounter since being approved by the**
**charity commission was being not able**
**to set up a bank account for the charity.**
**Due to COVID-19 we have seen all our**
**applications for a charity bank account**
**declined after having waited for several**
**months. We are hoping that we will be**
**able to secure a charity bank account**
**over the course of this year of 2022.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**The main source of funding is the local**
**churches and committed members and**
**general public**|
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|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|**Because of the Covid 19 like every**
**charity we are experiencing some**
**challenges in raising enough fund to**
**sustain our work. We hope that the post**
**covid period will ease this pressure,**
**allowing more opportunities for**
**fundraising**|
|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||
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**|
|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||
**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|**Policies and procedures for the charity**
**have been attached**|
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|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|**N/A**|
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|BEZA FOUNDATION|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1181281|
|Charity’s principal address|35, St. Giles Court
Rosehill Gardens
Willenhall
WV13 2LX|
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**|
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||O'NEIL LEWIS|Trustee|28 December 2018||
||COLIN MICHAEL
MURPHY|Trustee|20 December 2018||
||Dr Joseph
Rugemintwaza
Sarushi|Trustee|01 September 2020||
||Ruth Adams|Trustee|01 January2020||
||Alexis Kiray|Chair|01 January2020||
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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 0 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)**
|**Type of**|**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)** Alexis Kiray **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc) Date** 15/03/2022