Trustees’ Annual Report for the period
From Period start date To Period end date
Charity name:
Charity registration number:
Objectives and Activities
| SORP reference | ||
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| Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document |
Para 1.17 | The relief of poverty and advancement of education of people living in Kafountine and the surrounding areas in the Casamance, Senegal through support and funding for projects |
| 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 |
Providing funding to organisations running projects that meet the Charity’s criteria. Occasional help in kind (eg tools, equipment) |
| Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit |
Para 1.18 | This is incorporated in the Charity’s Constitution. All Trustees have signed a document confirming that they understand the requirements |
Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
| SORP reference | ||
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| Policy on grant making | Para 1.38 | The Chair of the Trust lives part of the year in Kafountine and the other Trustees are regular visitors. The Trust is therefore well integrated with the community in Kafountine and aware of its needs and aspirations. Trustees will consider support for any project that (a) supports and is consistent with the aims of the Trust and (b) originates from and/or has significant support within the local community. They will also have regard to whether a project has the potential to become self-supporting and/or whether supporting it can unlock other funding sources (e.g. other charities), so as to maximise the effectiveness and sustainability of the help given. However we recognise that the lack of resources within Kafountine means that |
| this cannot always be guaranteed and will not be a condition of funding. In practice the Trust will have limited funds available to it and a more complex and detailed application and decision-making process is not considered appropriate or proportionate at this time |
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| Policy on social investment including program related investment |
Para 1.38 | n/a |
| Contribution made by volunteers |
Para 1.38 | The Charity has no paid staff. Most donor activity is financial help, although occasional donations in kind, or hands-on help with a project also take place. |
| Other |
Achievements and Performance
| SORP reference | ||
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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 | Since it was established in 2019 the Charity has primarily supported two projects. The Youssouph Kalagan Diatta Pre- School With help from The Kora Trust, the school has built up from just a handful of children in 2010 to over 120 today. Resources are scarce and one of the ways in which guests of the Kora Workshop and supporters of the Trust have been able to support the school has been by donating simple appropriate equipment and learning resources. The community-run pre-school prepares children for entry into the local primary school. Most children only speak a local language at home and are taught first steps in French, personal hygiene and social skills. This enables them to focus their energies more effectively on learning when they enter primary school. The Trust supports the salaries of two teachers and helps build and maintain the facilities at the school, including help to build a new classroom as well as accommodation for the teachers. The Souda Coly Pottery |
Souada Coly is a potter who sustains traditional pottery skills, a trade, unusually, led by women and who also provides a very necessary product. This oncethriving pottery needed investment to maintain its viability. The Trust is helping to build a new kiln for Souda, and a simple undercover showroom where Souada can display her work and run workshops. With the above improvements, Souada has been able to increase her output and regularly supply her functional earthenware pots to local markets, as well as create new work, which can sell to passing visitors. She was one of the last in a line of potters and her skills were in danger of being lost. Her daughters couldn’t see a future in the declining business but now with a revamped set up, two of her daughters have decided to learn the traditional skills that have sustained their family for many years. In addition, through the work of one supporter in particular the Trust has supplied woodwork and shoemaking tools to local tradespeople With the help of residents in his home village of Bamford in Derbyshire, Philip Taylor collected together around 25kg of woodwork and shoemaking tools which have now been distributed around Kafountine. These tools are helping families to become more self sufficient and increase productivity and prosperity.
Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
| Achievements against objectives set |
Para 1.41 | We essentially respond to local needs as our limited resources allow. We do not believe that a target-driven performance culture is appropriate for this organisation |
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| Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set |
Para 1.41 | |
Investment performance Para 1.41 against objectives Other
Financial Review
| Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period |
Para 1.21 | On 31/3/21 The Trust had a balance of £1752.70 in its bank account. During the year income was £4363.13 and expenditure £3,612.91. The only ongoing commitment undertaken by the Charity is to pay the wages of school employees. In the year 20/21 this accounted for £3237.81 expenditure, which was more than covered by income. The school salaries averaged £269.82 pcm. The Trust has a a monthly guaranteed income from Standing Orders of £237.50 and, given our existing balance and our ability to raise one-off donations we are confident of being able to meet this commitment for the foreseeable future. Asa relatively new charity we are confident that our profile and our fund-raising capacity is still growing. This means we will continue to meet our obligations to the school and look for other projects going forward |
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| Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held |
Para 1.22 | |
| Amount of reserves held | Para 1.22 | |
| Reasons for holding zero reserves |
Para 1.22 | The financial size of the Charity and the fact that it has no fixed costs (buildings employees etc) does not warrant holding reserves, over and above a prudent positive bank balance. |
| Details of fund materially in deficit |
Para 1.24 | |
| Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern |
Para 1.23 |
Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
The charity’s principal sources of funds (including Para 1.47 any fundraising) Investment policy and objectives including any Para 1.46 social investment policy adopted
| A description of the principal risks facing the charity |
Para 1.46 | |
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| 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 | Trust Deed |
| How is the charity constituted? (e.g unincorporated association, CIO) |
Para 1.25 | CIO whose only voting members are its Trustees |
| 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 | (a) Every charity trustee must be a natural person. (b) No individual may be appointed as a charity trustee of the CIO: •if he or sheisundertheageof16years;or •if he or she would automatically cease to hold office under the provisions of clause [12(1)(e)]. Of thdeConstitution (c) No one is entitled to act as a charity trustee whether on appointment or on any re-appointment until he or she has expressly acknowledged, in whatever way the charity trustees decide, his or her acceptance of the office of charity trustee. (d) Apart from the first charity trustees, every trustee must be appointed [for a term of [three] years] by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the charity trustees. (e) In selecting individuals for appointment as charity trustees, the charity trustees must have regard to the skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective administration of the CIO. |
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 | We regard it as essential that any Trustee should have visited and be familiar with the community of Kafountine |
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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 |
Other
Reference and Administrative details
| Charityname | The Kora Trust |
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| Other name the charity uses | |
| Registered charity number | 1181515 |
| Charity’s principal address | 12 Grosvenor Road, London, N10 2DS, UK |
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole **year ** |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany) |
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| Nigel Hamilton | Treasurer | |||
| Katherine Pickering | ||||
| Annie Menter | ||||
| Jack Hamilton | ||||
– 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 held in this capacity |
n/a |
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| Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects |
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| Details of arrangements for 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 adviser Name Address |
Type of adviser Name Address |
Type of adviser 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
n/a
Other optional information
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