## **Trustees’ annual report (including Directors’ report) for the period**
**From: 3[rd] March 2024 To: 2[nd] March 2025**
## **Charity name: Against All Odds Still Standing**
## **Charity registration number: 1182219**
## **Company number: 08672262**
## **Objectives and activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**Against All Odds Still Standing is**
**governed by its Articles of Association**
**and operated by a Board of Trustees**
**responsible for strategic oversight,**
**safeguarding, financial stewardship and**
**compliance with UK charity law.**
**During 2024–25, the Board strengthened**
**governance through updated policies,**
**referral pathways, and improved**
**oversight of overseas partners. All risk-**
**related policies, including safeguarding,**
**financial controls, data protection, and**
**volunteer conduct, were reviewed and**
**remain in place.**|
|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|**The charity exists to Educate, Empower**
**and Equip vulnerable women, girls, and**
**young people affected by domestic**
**violence, poverty, and social exclusion.**
**Our charitable objectives include**
**relieving the needs of women and**
**children at risk, advancing education,**
**relieving poverty, and promoting health**
**and wellbeing.**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The Trustees confirm that they have**
**complied with the duty under section 17**
**of the Charities Act 2011 to have due**
**regard to the Charity Commission’s**
**guidance on public benefit.**
**The Charity’s work delivers clear public**
**benefit through education access,**
**economic empowerment, health**
**improvement, and UK-based support for**
**survivors of abuse.**|
**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other
## **Achievements and performance**
|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|**Education:**
**The Charity continued to support**
**students in Malawi, Zimbabwe, and**
**Zambia with school fees, uniforms, and**
**learning materials. A total of 313 students**
**have been supported since inception,**
**with 7 progressing to university.**
**Monitoring was strengthened through**
**school and guardian engagement.**
**Empowerment:**
**Over 80 women received training, sewing**
**machines, or business support in 2024–**
**25. A total of 563 women have been**
**empowered since inception, with 33**
**families becoming self-sustained.**
**Equip:**
**The Charity distributed 283 survival kits,**
**food hampers, bicycles, sewing**
**machines, and mobility aids. These**
**interventions improved mobility, reduced**
**hunger, and increased school attendance**
**and safety.**
**UK Activities:**
**The Charity expanded support for**
**refugee and asylum-seeking women in**
**Heathrow. Activities included a**|
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**Christmas outreach, domestic violence awareness workshop sessions, and partnership engagements for DVA education with fundraising at events.**
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
**The Charity plans to expand UK empowerment services, deliver the 2025** Para 1.41 Achievements against **mission trip, and strengthen governance** objectives set **and fundraising. The Malawi Secondary School Building Project remains an aspirational long-term goal, subject to future funding and feasibility, along with other potential African and UK projects.** Para 1.41 Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set Para 1.41 Investment performance against objectives Other
## **Financial review**
Review of the charity’s Para 1.21 **The Charity’s income typically ranges** financial position at the end **between £4,000–£25,000 annually (I.e. the** of the period **lower figure was due to the Covid**
|||**pandemic – Bounce-back loan was**
**sought and currently payable).**
**Expenditure is primarily on charitable**
**activities. 2023–24 ended with net**
**liabilities of £672.**
**2024–25 showed a modest income**
**growth. The Charity has historically**
**operated with minimal reserves.**|
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|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Against all Odds Still Standing aims to**
**build a minimum reserve of £5,000 to**
**ensure operational stability and**
**emergency response capacity.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22||
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**|
|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:
Para 1.47 The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising) Para 1.46 Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted Para 1.46 A description of the principal risks facing the charity Other
## **Structure, governance and management**
Description of charity’s trusts:
|Type of governing document:
for example,trust deed,
memorandum and articles of
association etc|Para 1.25|**Memorandum and articles of association**|
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|How is the charity
constituted?
for example limited company,
unincorporated association,
CIO|Para 1.25|**Charitable Company**|
|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||
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## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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Para 1.51
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees
Para 1.51
The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works
Para 1.51
Relationship with any related
parties
Other
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## **Reference and administrative details**
|Charity name|**Extending Grace International Ministries LTD**|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|**1182219**|
|Charity’s principal address|**18 Tudor Close, Dartford, Kent, DA1 3HU**|
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if**
**not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (if any)**|
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6
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8
9
10
11
12
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14
15
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18
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name** Dr Annia Rudo Matereke Pastor Olinda Mapiye
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 Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects
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
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The company has taken advantage of the small companies’ exemption in preparing the report above.**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report (including directors’ report) above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees/directors**
## **Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)** Dr Annia Rudo Matereke **Position (for example** Director **Secretary, Chair, etc) Date** 31.12.2025
**Company Registration No. 08672262 (England and Wales)**
**AGAINST ALL ODDS STILL STANDING ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 2 MARCH 2025**
## **AGAINST ALL ODDS STILL STANDING ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED ACCOUNTS CONTENTS**
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|Company information|3|
|Directors' report|4|
|Income statement|5|
|Statement of financial position|6|
|Notes to the accounts|7|
|Detailed profit and loss account|8|
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**AGAINST ALL ODDS STILL STANDING COMPANY INFORMATION FOR THE YEAR ENDED 2 MARCH 2025**
## **Directors**
**Secretary**
**Company Number**
**Registered Office**
**Accountants**
Ms Olinda Mapiye Dr Annia Rudo Matereke
Mr Colin Jackson 08672262 (England and Wales)
18 TUDOR CLOSE DARTFORD KENT DA1 3HU
Abbot Accounting The Bridge Nucleus Brunel Way Dartford Kent DA1 5GA
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## **AGAINST ALL ODDS STILL STANDING (COMPANY NO: 08672262 ENGLAND AND WALES) DIRECTORS' REPORT**
The directors present their report and accounts for the year ended 2 March 2025.
## **Directors**
The following directors held office during the whole of the period:
Ms Olinda Mapiye Dr Annia Rudo Matereke
## **Statement of directors' responsibilities**
The directors are responsible for preparing the report and accounts in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
Company law requires the directors to prepare accounts for each financial year. Under that law, the directors have elected to prepare the accounts in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). Under company law the directors must not approve the accounts unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and of the profit or loss of the company for that period. In preparing these accounts, the directors are required to:
- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
- make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- prepare the accounts on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.
The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and enable them to ensure that the accounts comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
## **Small company provisions**
This report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions relating to small companies within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006.
Signed on behalf of the board of directors
............................................................................
Dr Annia Rudo Matereke Director
Approved by the board on: 31 December 2025
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**AGAINST ALL ODDS STILL STANDING INCOME STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 2 MARCH 2025**
|**Turnover**
4
Administrative expenses
Other operating income
**Operating surplus/(loss)**
**Surplus/(loss) on ordinary activities before taxation**
Tax on surplus/(loss) on ordinary activities
**Surplus/(loss) for the financial year**|**2025**
**£**
3,946
(36,851)
32,912
7
7
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7|**2024**
**£**
3,980
(19,445)
14,793|
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## **AGAINST ALL ODDS STILL STANDING STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AS AT 2 MARCH 2025**
|**Notes**
**Current assets**
Cash at bank and in hand
**Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
5
**Net current assets/(liabilities)**
**Net assets/(liabilities)**
**Reserves**
6
Capital contribution reserve
Profit and loss account
**Members' funds**|**2025**
**£**
2,311
(2,172)
139
139
804
(665)
139|**2024**
**£**
1,054
(1,726)|
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|||(672)|
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(672)|
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For the year ending 2 March 2025 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies. The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime and in accordance with the provisions of FRS 102 Section 1A - Small Entities.
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 31 December 2025 and were signed on its behalf by
Dr Annia Rudo Matereke Director
Company Registration No. 08672262
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## **AGAINST ALL ODDS STILL STANDING NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 2 MARCH 2025**
## **1 Statutory information**
Against All Odds Still Standing is a private company, limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales, registration number 08672262. The registered office is 18 TUDOR CLOSE, DARTFORD, KENT, DA1 3HU.
## **2 Compliance with accounting standards**
The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions of FRS 102 Section 1A Small Entities. There were no material departures from that standard.
## **3 Accounting policies**
The principal accounting policies adopted in the preparation of the financial statements are set out below and have remained unchanged from the previous year, and also have been consistently applied within the same accounts.
## _**Basis of preparation**_
The accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention as modified by the revaluation of certain fixed assets.
## _**Presentation currency**_
The accounts are presented in £ sterling.
## _**Charitable Activities**_
The £7,00 of the donations were used to fund initiatives in Zimbabwe, Malawi and Zambia. £2,400 was spent in Zimbabwe and £2,300 each in Malawi and Zambia in helping women set up viable businesses in their area of interest. Relevant training was also provided to help the beneficiaries run their business successfully. �
A part of the funds went towards paying school fees for some of the children to ensure they continue with education. �
## **4 Turnover**
Receipts:� This is from donations and gift aid
|**5**
**Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
Bank loans and overdrafts
Trade creditors|**2025**
**£**
1,971
201
2,172|**2024**
**£**
-
1,726|
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## **6 Company limited by guarantee**
The company is limited by guarantee and has no share capital.�
Every member of the company undertakes to contribute to the assets of the company, in the event of a winding up, such an amount as may be required not exceeding £1.
## **7 Average number of employees**
During the year the average number of employees was 0 (2024: 0).
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## **AGAINST ALL ODDS STILL STANDING DETAILED PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 2 MARCH 2025**
This schedule does not form part of the statutory accounts.
|This schedule does not form part of the statutory accounts.|||
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|**Turnover**
Sales
**Administrative expenses**
Travel and subsistence
Telephone and fax
Internet
Stationery and printing
Information and publications
Subscriptions
Donations
Sundry expenses
Other legal and professional
**Other operating income**
Other operating income
Government grants
**Operating profit/(loss)**
**Profit/(loss) on ordinary activities before taxation**|**2025**
**£**
3,946
5,392
1,650
500
3,234
10,487
30
9,745
1,724
4,089
36,851
12,912
20,000
32,912
7
7|**2024**
**£**
3,980|
|||2,104
1,116
94
215
8,130
278
7,000
156
352|
|||19,445|
|||14,793
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**Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
|**Report to the**
**trustees/directors/**
**members of**
**On accounts for the year**
**ended**
**Set out on pages**||**Against All odds Still Standing**|**Against All odds Still Standing**||||
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|||||||**08672262**|
|||**Charity no.:**|1182219|Company no.:||**08672262**|
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||I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the|
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||Company for the year ended 02/03/2025.|
|**Responsibilities and**|As the charity’s trustees of the Company (who are also the directors of the|
|**basis of report**|company for the purposes of company law), you are responsible for the|
||preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the|
||Companies Act 2006 (“the 2006 Act”).|
||Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required|
||to be audited for this year under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for|
||independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your|
||charity’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011|
||(“the 2011 Act”). In carrying out my examination, I have followed the|
||Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the|
||2011 Act.|
|**Independent**|The company’s gross income does not exceed £250,000 and I am qualified|
|**examiner's statement**|to undertake the examination by being a qualified member of the|
||Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.|
||I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have|
||come to my attention which gives me cause to believe that:|
||• accounting records were kept in accordance with section 386 of the|
||Companies Act 2006|
||• the accounts do comply with relevant accounting requirements under|
||section 396 of the Companies Act 2006 and the accounts give a ‘true and|
||fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent|
||examination; or|
||•the accounts have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP|
||(FRS102).|
1
**October 2018**
**IER**
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
* _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._
**Signed: Date:** 31/12/2025 **Name:** Tiwalola Balogun
**Relevant professional** Association of Chartered Certified Accountants **qualification(s) or body (if any):**
**Address:** The Bridge Nucleus, Brunel Way Dartford DA1 5GA
## **Section B Disclosure**
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
**Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** .
2
**October 2018**
**IER**