2020-12-31-accounts - The King's Village Ghana

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THE KING’S VILLAGE GHANA TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT 2020 1

Trustees’ Annual Report

(Accompanying Receipts and Payment Accounts)

The King’s Village Ghana

PO Box 6393

Arnold Nottingham

NG5 6GL

Charity Commission Registered Number 1182366

Financial Year 1 January 2020 – 31 December 2020

Principal Contact: John Fahy

www.tkvg.org.uk

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Governing Document

The King’s Village Ghana is governed by a Model Trust Deed dated 19 December 2018.

Objectives of the Charity

The objectives of The King’s Village Ghana are for the benefit of the public:

(a) The advancement of Christian education and education generally for the benefit of children and young people disadvantaged or marginalised by reason of economic, geographic or social circumstance in Northern Ghana by (but not limited to) the provision of schools.
(b) The promotion of the physical and mental health and welfare, and the protection of lives for the benefit of anybody disadvantaged or marginalised by reason of economic, geographic or social circumstance in Northern Ghana by (but not limited to) the provision of:
i. a medical centre with maternity block
ii. a nutrition centre
iii. clean water and sanitation projects through education, provision of bore holes, filtration facilities and extending pipeline systems
(c) The promotion of the Christian faith for the benefit of local communities in Northern Ghana by (but not limited to) the provision of religious material and the resourcing of evangelistic projects.
(d) The prevention or relief of poverty in Northern Ghana by providing grants, items and services to individuals and/or charities working to prevent or relieve poverty.

Scope

The King’s Village UK Charity exists to raise funds from supporters and send regular donations to our partner Ghanaian NGO The King's Village in Ghana.

All donations are aligned to our charitable objectives. The vast majority of the grants made to The King's Village are for specific projects e.g. education - child sponsorship, maternity block construction, nutrition centre resources etc. In addition, a small proportion of grants will be made to individuals to reimburse travelling expenses to Ghana when they bring expertise to the project from outside the country.

All of the projects supported will be for the public benefit. This is monitored by quarterly reporting from the Ghanaian NGO and annual inspection visits from the UK Trustees or delegated individuals.

Activities and Achievements

Covid-19 and the global pandemic caused The King’s Village Ghana activities to look very different after March 2020 following lockdowns and restrictions in both Ghana and the UK. Our aim through this season was to serve the rural vulnerable community in Northern Ghana that surrounds The King’s Village NGO. The Trustees noted that this has been the most challenging and unprecedented era, by some magnitude, in the running a charity but UK and Ghanian Governments legislation was followed at all times.

The King’s Village Ghana has profiled the following projects during 2020:

Ventilator & Covid-19 PPPE

When Covid-19 hit Ghana it became clear that PPE and sanitiser needed to be purchased quickly. Additionally, The King’s Village NGO serves up to 200,000 people and there was only one ventilator in the region. UK donors responded rapidly and we were able to donate £1,500 in April 2020 to purchase PPE and in August 2020 we were

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able to source an anaesthetic ventilator and Baby CPAP machine from Diamedica in the UK, costing £17,000. This equipment provides emergency intensive care support for those suffering from Covid-19 but can also be used by the hospital for general operations and care. Diamedica specialise is providing robust health equipment for the developing world and provided online training to the medical staff at The King’s Village NGO. Medical staff at The King’s Village visited rural villages to provide education on how to limit the spread of Coronavirus. Protocols were adopted at the hospital to triage patients in a socially distanced manner outside of the building to limit infection transfer.

Child Sponsorship

The King’s Village Ghana NGO educates 522 children. The child education sponsorship program where individuals can sponsor a child for £15/month was continued even though the school went into lockdown. Instead The King’s Village Ghana NGO used the teachers to provide remote lessons to the children when they were able to.

Maternity Centre Building

The King’s Village Ghana NGO is building a Maternity Centre, connected to their existing hospital to tackle mother and child birth mortality rates in their region of rural Northern Ghana. A restricted fund has been set-up for supporters and this money is transferred to Ghana as the building work continues. Building work was suspended for part of 2020 due to Covid-19 but resumed in late 2020. Significant progress is expected in 2021.

Nutrition Centre

The King’s Village Ghana NGO has served thousands of malnourished children in their nutritional centre. This includes admitting severely malnourished children and their mothers for six weeks of intense support and for at risk children and an outreach programme. The development of almost 40% of children in the district are stunted due to malnourishment. Since the nutrition centre opened in 2008 it has saved the lives of over 5000 acutely malnourished children. The families at The Nutrition Centre needed to return to their villages due to Covid-19 lockdown but the staff were able to offer remote support by visiting the villages.

Financial Review

The total income for 2020 of £73,880 was provided by the generous donations from supporters of The King’s Village Ghana. This included restricted donations of £35,518. Expenditure for 2020 totalled £97,947. Careful monitoring of charity’s income and expenditure meant that we ended 2020 with a year end balance of £29,583.

Full details of our finances can be found in the accompanying receipts and payments accounts.

Names of Trustees

John Fahy (Chair)
Julian Bond (Treasurer)
Terence Carpenter

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Reserves and Investment Policy

The Trustees have established a policy whereby the unrestricted funds not committed should be ideally three months of the resource required.

The Trustees consider the returns on investment to be satisfactory.

Professional Advisers

CAF Bank, 25 King’s Hill Avenue, King’s Hill, West Malling, ME19 4JQ

Andrew Pearson, FMCA Executive Practice, 87 Main St, Newton Linford, Leicestershire LE6 0AF

Grant-making Policy

Grants are made to associated charities with compatible objectives and to individuals with needs that fall within the scope of our charitable objectives.

Review of Major Risks

After a review of the risks, the Data and Safeguarding Policy were updated.

The King's Village Ghana (Reg No 1182366) Receipts and Payments Account for the period ended 31 December 2020

INCOME Notes Charitable Donations Maternity Unit Nutrition Centre Child Sponsorship Marketing & Promotion Gift Aid Other TOTAL INCOME EXPENSES Charitable Donations Maternity Unit Nutrition Centre Child Sponsorship Other Marketing & Promotion Volunteer Expenses Accounting Bank Charges Office Computer & IT Ministry Resources TOTAL EXPENSES Funds Transfer TOTAL INCOME - EXPENSES	Restricted Unrestricted Total Funds 4,612 - 15,053 - 15,853 - - - - 38,362	£ £ Total Total 2020 2,019 4,612 61,892 15,053 1,380 15,853 6,060 5,000 38,362 1,697
	35,518 38,362	73,880 76,029
	35,000 - 8,794 - 19,716 - 15,068 - 478 780 875 186 17,050 -	35,000 16,402 8,794 5 19,716 545 15,068 173 5,000 478 - 780 65 875 81 186 108 17,050
	63,510 34,437	97,947 22,379
	- - (27,992) 3,925	- -
		(24,067) 53,650

The King's Village Ghana (Reg No 1182366) Account Balances as at 31 December 2020

Assets Bank Accounts Current Account Other Assets Loan to ENCA Total Assets Funds Restricted Maternity Unit Nutrition Centre Child Sponsorship Unrestricted Signed Trustees Chairman Treasurer Date 1st September 2021	Restricted Unrestricted Funds Funds 23,887 5,696	£ £ 2020 2019 29,583 53,645
	23,887 5,696	29,583 53,645
	- - 23,887 5,696 14,602 - 7,633 - 1,652 - - - - 5,696 23,887 5,696 John Fahy Julian Bond	- 5
		29,583 53,650
		14,602 45,490 7,633 1,375 1,652 5,515 5,696 1,270
		29,583 53,650

Independent Examiners Report on the Accounts The King's Village Ghana (Reg No 1182366) for the period ended 31 December 2020

Report to the Trustees/Members

I report to the charity trustees on my examination for the period ended 31 December 2020 which are set out below

Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner

The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).

The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Act and that an independent examination is needed.

It is my responsibility to:

examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act,
to follow the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Act, and
to state whether particular matters have come to my attention

Basis of independent examiner’s statement

My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below

Independent examiner's statement

In connection with my examination, no material matters have come to my attention which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act or

the accounts do not accord with the accounting records

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Independent Examiner

01 September 2021

Andrew Pearson F.C.M.A. 87 Main Street Newtown Linford Leicestershire

LE6 0AF