## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 01/04/2022 Period start date To 31/03/23 Period end date** ## **Charity name: BEZA FOUNDATION** ## **Charity registration number: 1181281** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**‘’To prevent or relieve 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. 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: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |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 relies on volunteers to**
**be able to conduct its charitable**
**activities. We highly value our**
**volunteers contribution, especially**
**during and post Covid 19 challenging**
**period. Beza Foundation stillgoing**| |||**through many challenges as result of**
**Covid 19 impact on its activities. **| |---|---|---| |Other||**Beza Foundation is currently going**
**through restructuring following Covid**
**19 impact on its activities with new**
**changes In terms of activities and focus**
**due to be implemented during the year**
**2023. **| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |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|**The post Covid-19 period has been**
**extremely difficult for Beza Foundation**
**in terms of raising fund. This financial**
**year like the previous year have proven**
**to be challenging across all our**
**activities and plans. Although we still**
**our volunteers willing to support our**
**vision, we are looking into making a**
**restructuring our main activities to suit**
**better the current situation and be able**
**to raise more funds for the charity. Most**
**of the schools where our beneficiaries**
**attended before COVID-19, struggled to**
**reopen after the the pandemic ended.**
**The charity also had great difficulties in**
**trying to raise funds after the pandemic.**
**However, We have kept in touch with**
**Schools and our beneficiaries to ensure**
**our support can resume when the**
**situation comes back to normality. Our**
**objectives remain the same at the**
**moment but we are looking into a**
**possibility of restructuring our activities**
**with new changes due to be**
**implemented during the year 2023. **| ## **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 for each consecutive 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 and put in place**
**new strategies for the restructuring plan**
**which is set to begin this financial year**
**to allow the charity to recover quickly**
**from setback.**| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**N/A**| |---|---|---| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**During the last couple of years, the**
**charity’s financial situation has been**
**relying on small and individual**
**donations from volunteers. This**
**particular financial year has seen more**
**challenges in terms of raising fund,**
**therefore the needs for putting in place**
**a restructuring for new strategy so that**
**the charity can be able to raise enough**
**fund to achieve its targets. **| |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|**£375**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**We still need to raise funds towards**
**equipment once we manage to secure**
**an office for the charity. **| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**One of the biggest challenges we have**
**been facing since the beginning is the**
**fact that we have not been able to have**
**a high street 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 financial**
**year.**| ## **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 individual**
**donation from volunteers and support**
**from the local churches. As part of our**
**new restructuring, we are putting in**
**place new strategies for increasing**
**more funding applications through**
**different sources. **| |---|---|---| |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 impact of Covid-19 continues to**
**represent a major risk to our activities.**
**We have not been able to achieve our**
**set targets because of the challenges**
**associated with COVID-19. The post**
**Covid-19 period has also been**
**challenging as we struggled to attain a**
**level we would wished because of the**| **same issues. We are now restructuring the charity and we hope to be able to achieve our targets from next financial year.** Other ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |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 have been attached**| |---|---|---| |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| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1181281| |Charity’s principal address|35 St. Giles Court
Rosehill Gardens
Willenhall
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||O'NEIL LEWIS|Trustee||| ||Colin Michael
Murphy|Trustee||| ||Dr Joseph
Rugemintwaza
Sarushi|Trustee||| ||Ruth Adams|Trustee||| ||Alexis Kiray|Chair||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – 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**| |---|---|---| |**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)** Alexis Kiray **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc) Date** 02/04/2023