**Labourers2gether Registered Charity Number 1182581 Trustees’ Report For the year ended 31[st] March 2022**
The trustees are pleased to present their report and financial statements for the year ended 31[st] March 2022. The financial statements have been prepared on a receipts and payments basis as permitted by the Charity Commission for non-company charities with income below £250,000.
## **Structure, governance and management**
The charity is constituted by trust and is governed by a trust deed dated 11[th] March 2019.
The trustees who held office during the year are listed on the preceding page. New trustees are elected by the existing trustees.
## **Financial review**
The charity received donations totalling £18,392 (3rd year of charity) throughout the year ended 31[st] March 2022.
As at 1[st] April 2022 £19,487 was held in the UK bank, £110 cash in hand as Kwanzas and £3042 cash in hand as Dollars, though most will be taken our April 2022 in order to return and build in Angola.
The trustees’ general policy is to hold between £2,000-£5,000 in reserve to ensure there is no shortfall in the costs owed for containers when they have arrived and been unpacked in Angola. The excess above this was due to the Covid-19 pandemic and then 5 months processing for visas, preventing return flights and building work in Angola until April 2022, so not in the above accounting year.
Compared to the previous year:
* **equipment** costs were less by £1729 as we were not in Angola to continue the building
* **caretaking/security** costs were less by £4,110 as everything was now in place for the 2[nd] year of Covid to continue (But the benefit of this is that 3 families have received income during financial difficult as a result of the pandemic restrictions in Angola). £1,000 was spent on a motorbike, helmet, first tank of fuel, as a gift for one of our night security guards in order for him to be able to complete the shift and get into the city 15kms away to attend his nurse education course on time.
* **immigration** costs were increased this year due to applications for temporary residency visas which are renewable yearly
* living costs, offerings to church, food & household expenses, and building expenses remained at zero as still not in the country
* **administration** costs of £1168 was the payments for the container logistics and paperwork within Angola
* **travel** costs were increased by £196 in the UK as Covid restrictions were lifted so we could visit the embassy
- **printing, postage & stationery** costs were £247 due to the amont of
- paperwork required for the new visas (4[th] application successful).
- **literature/UK evangelism** cost was decreased by £2520 as all the villages
- in the local area had been reached in the previous year
- **professional fees** of £129 were paid this year as we had to join the
- Disclosure Barring Service
- **shipping** was decreased by £817 this year due to fewer containers being
- sent out
- **bank charges** were less by £51 as larger amonts were transferred from UK
- account to an Angolan account each transaction
- **building expense** was zero this year as no further building was done
- **sundries** were less by £151
**Labourers2gether Registered Charity Number 1182581 Trustees’ Report For the year ended 31[st] March 2022**
## **Public benefit statements**
The trustees have had regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit. The charity benefits the public through the following programmes which take place in Angola **:**
- Relief work with communities suffering the effects of poverty;
- Providing practical and financial help for those who cannot otherwise receive treatment for serious medical needs;
- Demonstrating to local Angolans the skills by building and maintenance of schools, medical clinics and installation of water pumps enabling individuals and families to become more educated, healthy and selfsufficient;
- Teaching local Angolans the clearing of land and commencement of agriculture by planting seeds and care of a polytunnel promoting a healthier diet and the means by which they can provide for their own and
- Teaching needlework to local Angolan young women who are unlikely to be able to find work after school so once set up in business they will have a means by which to live and provide for their families
## **Objectives and activities**
The charity’s key object is:
- To advance the Christian Faith for the benefit of the public in accordance with the Statement of Faith appearing in the governing document in such ways and in such parts of the United Kingdom or the world as the Trustees from time to time may think fit including carrying out missionary work overseas.
**Labourers2gether Registered Charity Number 1182581 Trustees’ Report For the year ended 31[st] March 2022**
## **Achievements and performance**
The charity’s key achievements throughout the year ended 31[st] March 2022 were as follows:
- The advancement of the Christian faith in the UK
- The security of all equipment and vehicles in Angola ready for the return of Jonathan & Ruth April 2022
- Further equipment shipped out required for building commencement April 22 on arrival in Angola
- The 5 month application procedure and receipt of Temporary Residency visas was achieved for Jonathan & Ruth enabling a year’s multi-entry, and the possibility of renewal within the country twice, totalling three years, commencing April 2022.
- The registering of the Charity with the DBS ensuring the safe guarding of children and vulnerable adults the trustees are involved with in Angola
- Daily language learning lessons via Duolingo Portuguese
This report was approved by the board of trustees and signed on their behalf.
Jonathan Singleton Date:
## **Labourers2gether Registered Charity No. 1182581 For the year ended 31 March 2022**
## **Receipts and Payments account**
|**Receipts and Payments account**|||
|---|---|---|
||2022|2021|
|Receipts|£|£|
|Donations received|18,392||
|23,010|||
|Payments|||
|Equipment|1,993|3,722|
|Caretaking/Security|2,896||
|7,006|||
|Immigration Costs|2,611||
|0|||
|Administration Costs|1,168||
|0|||
|Materials|82|0|
|Travel|327||
|131|||
|Printing, postage & stationery|247||
|0|||
|Food & Household Expense|27||
|0|||
|Literature/UK evangelism|493||
|3,013|||
|Professional Fees|129||
|0|||
|Shipping|122|939|
|Bank Charges|36||
|87|||
|Building Expense|0|4,000|
|Sundries|300|451|
||______||
|______|||
||10,431
|19,349|
|Net Receipts|7,961|3,661|
|Cash as at 1 April 2021|14,678
|1 Apr 20|
|11,017|||
|Cash as at 31 March 2022|**£22,639**
|31 Mar 21|
|**£14,678**|||
## **Labourers2gether Registered Charity No. 1182581 For the year ended 31 March 2022**
## **Statement of Assets & Liabilities**
|2022
£
Cash Funds
Cash at bank
19,487
11,433
Cash in hand (note 1)
in foreign currencies
$ 3,042
Kwanzas
110
______
_____
**£22,639**
||2021
£
3,180
65
**£14,678**|
|---|---|---|