## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the Period 1 March 2024 to 28 February 2025** ## **Section A Reference and administration details** Charity Name: Living Waters Social Enterprises Other names charity is known by LWSE Registered charity number 1182042 Charity’s principle address 17 Leigh Rd. Southampton SO17 1EF Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity: Christopher Romilly Trustee John Moore Trustee Dan Scutt Trustee ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** Type of governing document How the charity is constituted Trustee selection methods Foundation Model Constitution Charitable Incorporated Organisation by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the charity trustees ## **Section C Objectives and activities** The objects of the CIO are: The prevention or relief of poverty or financial hardship in Nairobi, Kenya by providing or assisting in the provision of education, training, health care projects and all the necessary support designed to enable individuals to generate a sustainable income and be self-sufficient. Summary of activities undertaken for the public benefit. The trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit in the carrying out of their duties for the charity. The main activities of the charity this year were to support members of the Kibera Saints organisation (Kenyan Community Based Organisation) in their delivery of drug rehabilitation and education projects for youth in the slum. Some of the Trustees were able to make a visit to Kenya this year. We have also maintained contact with our partners in Nairobi via the Internet. ## **Section D Achievements and performance** This is the sixth year of operation of the charity and the washroom building is a great physical presence in the Kibera slum that demonstrates the benefits that our charity is bringing to Kibera. The construction of a wall around the perimeter of the remaining space in the Kibera slum has protected this area and allowed it to be used as a community space. The Saints Restoration project, a drug rehabilitation and education project being run in the slum is changing the lives of many young people. The project is providing education about the dangers of narcotics abuse and young people are being mentored and supported by the team. The team also run a garbage collection business that offers paid employment to youth on the programme to provide them with some income and savings. ## **Section E Financial review** The charity runs on a zero fixed costs basis with no administrative overheads or other ongoing costs. All funds are directed to our work in Kibera with work in the UK being carried out by volunteers. Because of this we do not need to hold significant reserves and the financial policy is to not to have an overdraft. The trustees aim to keep costs as low as possible; Totalgiving is used for fundraising as they do not charge and Transferwise for financial transfers to Kenya as they have the lowest overall cost. The bank account is held with Co-op who make no charge. Web hosting and design is provided at no charge through a trustee’s business and the charity is operated from home. There are no projects planned by the teams in Nairobi currently and so support has been limited to supporting team members of the Kibera Saints organisation to allow them to continue their work in Kibera. |Opening balance|£|1,017| |---|---|---| |Income|£|3,700| |Expenditure|£|4,583| |Closing balance|£|135| ## **Section G Declaration** The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees: Christopher Romilly Trustee CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND.WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent ExamÈner's Report Report to the trusteesl mombors of Living Waters Social Enterprises On accounts ft>r the year ended 28° Febrnary. 2025 1182042 Charity no lrfany Set out on pages >4 attached I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (Ihe Trusf) for the year ended 2810212025 Responsibilllles and basls of As the charity trustees of the Trust. you are responsible for the report weparation of the accounts in accordan￿ wth requirements of tha Charf(ies Act 2011 (kne Act"). I report in resF*d of my examination of the Trusfs accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and In carying out my examination, I have follt)wed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under sectK)n 145{5)(b) ol the Act. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the exarnination which grwes me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. accounting records were not kept in aCc(￿dan￿ with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do TK)t accord with the aGcounting records Independent examinerfs ststsment I have nc concems and have come across rK) Other matters in connection wth the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed: Date: 1* December, 2025 Michael G. Beeby Relevant professional quallficatlon(sl or body lif any): FCMA- CGMA Address: 17 Barbe Baker Avenue Southampton S030 3RH IER Section B Disclosure Only COm￿ets if the exarniner needs to highlight matters of conom (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts.. directions and guidance for examiners). Givo here brfef details of any Itèms that the examiner wishes to dlsclose. 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