Registered Charity Number 1182581 Trustees’ Report For the year ended 31st March 2025
Labourers2gether
The trustees are pleased to present their report and financial statements for the year ended 31st March 2025. 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 11th 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 £33,067 throughout the year ended 31st March 2025.
As at 31[st] March 2025 £18,751 was held in cash or bank accounts:
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£11,520 in the UK bank account,
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£126 held as cash in Euros
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£6,127 held as cash in US dollars,
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£965 in the Angolan bank accounts in Angolan Kwanzas,
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£13 in Angolan Kwanzas
The trustees’ general policy is to hold at least £2,000-£5,000 in reserve to ensure there is no shortfall in the costs owed for items purchased to be sent to Angola in a container, and also to cover anything owed for the shipping, customs and transportation costs of the container until unloaded in our base in Camundambala.
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:
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Relief work with communities suffering the effects of poverty;
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Providing practical and financial help for those who cannot otherwise receive treatment for serious medical needs and homes
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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 self-sufficient;
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Teaching local Angolans, the furthering 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 by eating or selling produce to buy other necessities
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Teaching needlework to local Angolan young women who are unlikely to be able to find work after school, distributing manual sewing machines where their use would be of most benefit and effect.
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Labourers2gether Registered Charity Number 1182581 Accounts For the year ended 31st March 2025
Receipts and Payments account
| Receipts Donatons received Payments Equipment Caretaking/Security Immigraton Costs Administraton Costs Building & Materials Travel Printng, postage & statonery Food & Household (Living Angola) Evangelism Professional Fees Shipping Sponsorship Humanitarian Sundries Net Income/(Loss) Cash as at 1 April 2024: Cash as at 31 March 2025: |
This Year Last Year 33,067 31,932 0 0 2,024 2,717 172 105 0 701 14,142 9,778 5,973 7,454 0 32 2,878 3,151 1,096 1,359 150 145 0 0 659 0 4,819 1,611 0 1,106 31,913 28,159 1,154 3,773 £17,597 1 April 2023: £13,824 £18,751 31 March 2024: £17,597 |
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Labourers2gether Registered Charity Wumber 1182581 For ¢he y¢4r eDded 315t,March 2025 Inde end r's re ort on the accounts I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity for the year from I April 2024 to 31 March 2025- which are set out on the folkjwing page5. Res onsibilities and basis of re As the chariws trustees, you are reswnsible for ihe preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charity Act 20111.the Arfl. I report in re5pett of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried under section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination. I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under settion 1451511bl of the Act. endent examinerf5 Statement I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material malters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which give5 me cause to believe that in any material respect.. The accounting records were not kept in accordance with Section 130 of the Act.. or The accounts did not accord wrth the accounting records: or The accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form or content of the accounts *t out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulation5 2008 other than any requirement that the atcounts give a 'twe and fairf view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. Slgned: 4cts. Date: Name: P. J. Surry, Accountant. ACSA. CIMA, Bracknell