
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

## **From  6 April 2024   Period start date   To 5 April 2025   Period end date** 

## **Charity name: Mathematics Education to Empower Africa** 

## **Charity registration number: 1183210** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|The Charity has as its objective the<br>advancement of education in mathematics<br>for the public benefit through the provision of<br>professional development for mathematics<br>teachers and teacher educators in Africa.<br>The mission of METEA is to improve the life<br>chances of children by empowering teachers<br>from the most deprived townships and rural<br>areas to provide a better education for the<br>children they teach.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or services<br>identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|METEA raises funding for projects,<br>conducted by educational charities and<br>not-for-profit organisations in Africa, to<br>support and empower teachers and teacher<br>educators through the provision of<br>professional development courses.<br>Projects receiving support must share the<br>ideal of a cooperative venture, in which all<br>participants, educators, teachers and those<br>providing facilities work together to ensure<br>that the project delivers to its full potential at<br>minimum cost.<br>The courses introduce effective teaching and<br>learning methods and materials and support<br>teachers in disseminating this methodology<br>within their communities.|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|Yes, the trustees do have regard to the<br>guidance on public benefit issued by the<br>Charity Commission.|



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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** 

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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|Applied for new grants, updated website|



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|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41||
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## **Financial Review** 

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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|METEA is in a good financial position, with<br>sufficient reserves to cover all activities and<br>no liabilities. METEA has £6,416 in<br>unrestricted funds and £142 in restricted<br>funds|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|METEA keeps a small reserve of funds in its<br>primary bank account. They are held to<br>ensure any small administrative costs can be<br>covered as required, as METEA has no<br>other liabilities|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£2,000|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|N/A|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|N/A|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|N/A|



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|<br>The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|<br>Para 1.47|<br>Donations and fundraising|
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other||Metea holds all reserve funds in its bank<br>account, with clear demarcations for<br>restricted and unrestricted funds. This<br>ensures funds can be effectively managed<br>for activities|





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Trust Deed|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO|
|<br>Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|Nomination proposal available to all existing<br>trustees, confirmation of appointment via<br>unanimous acceptance by the board|
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|<br>Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction and<br>training of trustees|<br>Para 1.51||
|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51|METEA has continued to collaborate with<br>non-profit OpenDevEd, who have been<br>supporting grantwriting and administrative<br>functions|
|Other|||



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Mathematics Education To Empower Africa|
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|<br>Other name the charity uses|<br>METEA|
|Registered charity number|1183210|
|<br>Charity’s principal address|4 Redway Drive, Twickenham, Middlesex, TW2 7NX|
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**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

||**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if**<br>**not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or**<br>**body) entitled to appoint**<br>**trustee (if any)**|
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|1|Chris Clarke|Chair|||
|2|Björn Haßler|PartnershipManager|||
|3|Tendai Mugwagwa|Treasurer|||
|4|Gloria<br>Davies-Coates|Secretary|July 3rd<br>onwards||
|5|DannyParsons||||
|6|MaryOchieng||||
|7|Zach Mbasu||||
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** 

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 N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

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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 

N/A 

## **Other optional information** 



## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

|**Signature(s)**|**Signature(s)**||||
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|**Full name(s)**||Christopher Clarke||Tendai Mugwagwa|
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|**Position (eg**<br>**Secretary, Chair,**<br>**etc)**|<br> <br> <br>Secretary||Treasurer||
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|**Date**|October 30th 2025||October 30th 2025||





||**Mathematics Education To Empower Africa**|**Mathematics Education To Empower Africa**|**Mathematics Education To Empower Africa**|**Mathematics Education To Empower Africa**|**Mathematics Education To Empower Africa**|**1183210**|**1183210**|**1183210**|**CC16a**|
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||**For the period**<br>**from**||06/04/2024||**To**||05/04/2025|||
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||||
|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest      £**<br>**A1 Receipts**|||**Restricted funds**<br>**to the nearest £**||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**||**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**||**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|Donations|**-**<br>**--**||**-**<br>**--**||**-**<br>**--**||**-**<br>**--**||**-**<br>**332-**|
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_<br>**-**<br>**--**<br>**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**|**-**<br>**--**||**-**<br>**--**||**-**<br>**--**||**-**<br>**--**||**-**<br>**332-**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**||||||||||
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|**_Sub total_-**<br>**--**<br>**_Total receipts_ -**<br>**--**<br>**A3 Payments**|**-**<br>**--**||**-**<br>**--**||**-**<br>**--**||**-**<br>**--**||**-**<br>**--**|
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|Bank Charges|**-**<br>**--**||**-**<br>**--**||**-**<br>**--**||**-**<br>**--**||**-**<br>**--**|
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|Donations to AIMSSEC|**-**<br>**--**||**-**<br>**--**||**-**<br>**--**||**-**<br>**--**||**-**<br>**--**|
|Donations (other)|**-**<br>**--**||**-**<br>**--**||**-**<br>**--**||**-**<br>**--**||**-**<br>**--**|



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**Mathematics Education To Empower Africa** 

**1183210** 

## **Receipts and payments accounts** 

**CC16a** 

**For the period** 06/04/2024 05/04/2025 **To from** 

## **Section A Receipts and payments** 

|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**|**Restricted funds**|**Restricted funds**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**|**Total funds**|**Total funds**|**Last year**|
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|Travel and accommodation|**-**<br>**--**||**-**<br>**--**||**-**<br>**--**||**-**<br>**--**||**-**<br>**--**|
|Website|**-**<br>**--**||**-**<br>**--**||**-**<br>**--**||**-**<br>**--**||**-**<br>**--**|
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|**_Sub total_ -**<br>**--**<br>**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**|**-**<br>**--**||**-**<br>**--**||**-**<br>**--**||**-**<br>**--**||**-**<br>**--**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||
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|**_Sub total_ -**<br>**--**<br>**_Total payments_ -**<br>**--**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ -**<br>**--**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**-**<br>**--**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**-**<br>**6,401-**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_ -**<br>**6,401-**|**-**<br>**--**||**-**<br>**--**||**-**<br>**--**||**-**<br>**--**|||
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||**-**<br>**--**||**-**<br>**--**||**-**<br>**--**||**-**<br>**--**||**-**<br>**332-**|
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||**-**<br>**6,401-**||**-**<br>**157-**||**-**<br>**--**||**-**<br>**6,558-**||**-**<br>**6,226-**|
||**-**<br>**6,401-**||**-**<br>**157-**||**-**<br>**--**||**-**<br>**6,558-**||**-**<br>**6,558-**|
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

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||**Mathematics Education To Empower Africa**|**Mathematics Education To Empower Africa**|**Mathematics Education To Empower Africa**|**Mathematics Education To Empower Africa**|**1183210**|**1183210**||**CC16a**|
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||**For the period**<br>**from**|06/04/2024||**To**||05/04/2025|||
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||||
||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted funds**|||**Endowment**<br>**funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**|
|**Categories**<br>**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**|||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**||**Restricted funds**<br>**to nearest £**||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
||Bank Account|||**-**<br>**6,401-**||**-**<br>**157-**||**-**<br>**--**|
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|**B2 Other monetary assets**|**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments account<br>(s))<br>**Details**<br>**Details**|||**-**<br>**6,401-**||**-**<br>**157-**||**-**<br>**--**|
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|||||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**--**<br>**-**<br>**--**<br>**-**<br>**--**<br>**-**<br>**--**<br>**-**<br>**--**<br>**-**<br>**--**<br>**Fund to which asset**<br>**belongs**||**Restricted funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**--**<br>**-**<br>**--**<br>**-**<br>**--**<br>**-**<br>**--**<br>**-**<br>**--**<br>**-**<br>**--**<br>**Cost (optional)**||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
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|**Mathematics Education To Empower Africa**|**Mathematics Education To Empower Africa**|**Mathematics Education To Empower Africa**|**1183210**||**CC16a**|
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|**For the period**<br>**from**|06/04/2024|**To**|05/04/2025|||




**CC16a** 

## **Section A Receipts and payments** 

||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted funds**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**|**Total funds**|**Last year**|
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|**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**|||**-**<br>**--**|**-**<br>**--**|
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||**Mathematics Education To Empower Africa**|**Mathematics Education To Empower Africa**|**Mathematics Education To Empower Africa**|**1183210**|**1183210**|**CC16a**|
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||**For the period**<br>**from**|06/04/2024|**To**||05/04/2025||
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||
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|**B5 Liabilities**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of<br>all the trustees|**Details**||**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**||**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**|**When due**<br>**(optional)**|
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