## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From Period start date To Period end date** ## **Charity name:** ## **Charity registration number:** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |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|| |---|---|---| |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| |---|---|---| |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|| |---|---|---| |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| |---|---|---| |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| |---|---|---| |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|| |---|---|---| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |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| |---|---|---| |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| |---|---| |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** |1
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charity on whose behalf the
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