## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 01/04/2023 Period start date To 31/03/2024 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 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: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**N/A – We are still have to implement this**
**policy and further updates on our next**
**annual return filing**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**N/A - We are still have to implement this**
**policy and further updates on our next**
**annual return filing**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Beza Foundation is run by volunteers**
**only. We highly value everyone’s**
**contribution. We currently have two**
**volunteers. We have no paid workers**| Other ## **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|**This financial year like previous has**
**been**
**extremely difficult for the charity**
**since the effect of COVID -19 pandemic.**
**We have two volunteers remaining and**
**we are trying to cope with the**
**impact caused by COVID-19. We are**
**trying to restructure the charity in order**
**suit current needs. We aim to make an**
**update of our charity purpose in order**
**to define how we can be more impactful**
**positively and offer successful**
**charitable services**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**We will review and objectives and set**
**new expected outcomes for upcoming**
**financial year**| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**n/a**| |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|**At the moment the charity’s financial**
**situation relies on small donations**
**which have been sustaining its work**
**until today**| |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**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**n/a**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**still need to raise funding to have an**
**office for the charity as well as for its**
**equipment in the future**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**We have been hit by the impact Covid-**
**19 from our registration period. This has**
**led us to re-think about our charity**
**purpose and restructure some of our**
**objectives**| |**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 has been our**
**committed members and from two**
**volunteers**| |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|**we are experiencing some**
**challenges in raising enough fund to**
**sustain our work. We hope that after**
**planned restructure, we will see**
**more opportunities coming for**
**fundraising and hopefully be able to**
**meet these challenges**| |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 Para 1.51 and training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties 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
WV13 2LX| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||O'NEIL LEWIS|Trustee|28 December 2018|| ||Dr Joseph
Rugemintwaza
Sarushi|Trustee|01 September 2020|| ||Ruth Adams|Trustee|01 January2020|| ||Alexis Kiray|Chair|01 January2020|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – 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 n/a 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)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**||| |---|---|---| |||| ||Alexis Kiray|| ||
Chair|| ||11/02/2025|| ||11/02/2025||