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**to appoint trustee (if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |||Naeem Ahmad
Sadiq|Chair man|N/A|Board of trustees| |||Mian Abdul Wahab
Mahmood|Secretary|N/A|Board of trustees| |||Nasir Ud Din|Treasurer|N/A|Board of trustees| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| |||**Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**|||| |||**Name**||**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| ||||||| 1 March **2012** **TAR** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Type of adviser**|**Name**
**Address**|**Name**
**Address**| |---|---|---| |**Fundraising Adviser**|Mr. Ijaz Ahmad|1 Kingsley grove
Audenshaw
M34 5GT
Manchester| |||| |||| |||| ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** Naeem Ahmad Sadiq ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Association How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Appointed by Board of Trustees Trustee selection methods - (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include Humanity First (HF) Senegal, registered charity number 17460 in additional information, where Senegal, is our trusted partner. They oversee and implement our relevant, about: projects on the ground, collaborating closely with us. We allocate funds to HF Senegal to aid local communities, and their volunteers ● policies and procedures and staff work alongside local labourers and workers. adopted for the induction and training of trustees; - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** 2 March **2012** **TAR** |**Summary of the objects of the**
**charity set out in its**
**governing document**
**Summary of the main**
**activities undertaken for the**
**public benefit in relation to**
**these objects (include within**
**this section the statutory**
**declaration that trustees have**
**had regard to the guidance**
**issued by the Charity**
**Commission on public**
**benefit)**|**OUR AIMS**
The Charity's object is to advance the education of the public in
particular, but not exclusively, in Senegal by the provision of grants
for the construction, refurbishment and decoration of elementary
schools.
Our mission is to enhance public education, particularly in Senegal,
by offering grants for the construction, renovation, and
beautification of elementary schools. Our goal is to deliver high-
quality education to underprivileged communities in Sub-Saharan
West Africa, starting with close collaboration with local communities
in Senegal under the banner of
**"Education for All"**
.
We are dedicated to creating a nurturing educational environment
that fosters the academic, moral, and physical development of
disadvantaged individuals, enabling them to flourish and unleash
their innate talents and abilities.
**OUR OBJECTIVES**
Our objectives align closely with our aims. Ensuring the
maintenance and enhancement of the BB standard is paramount to
us. In formulating our objectives and organising our activities for the
year, our Trustees have meticulously considered the Charity
Commission's guidance on public benefit. Nonetheless, these
objectives are formulated within the framework of the broader goals
we have set for the Charity.| |---|---| ||The Trustees of the Benevolent Bonds present their annual report
and accounts for the year ended 30th April 2024 and confirm they
comply with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 and the
Charities SORP ( FRS 102).
**REVIEW OF ACTIVITIES**
**Chairman BB Activities**
The Chairman of BB made three visits to Senegal to personally
evaluate the progress of BB's ongoing projects. Additionally, he
held several phone and Zoom meetings with the Chairman of HF
Senegal to discuss various administrative issues.
**FACE-Elementary School Tambacounda (FACE-EST)**
In support of our goal of "Education for All," BB made a generous
donation of £7,612 in 2023-24. This contribution enabled the
painting of four classrooms at FACE-EST, as well as the office
space and preparing the football ground. Additionally, the donation
helped cover the school's operational costs.
**FACE Vocational Sewing School**
The school is currently in negotiations with a local charity for a| 3 March **2012** **TAR** franchised partnership to expand access to sewing facilities at a vocational institute. This collaboration is expected to benefit more students, particularly with the transfer of sewing machines to the new location. **OUR FINANCES** The financial statement for the fiscal year 2023-24 shows a cash balance of £580 in the bank. Net incoming resources totaled £7,839, while expenses amounted to £8,076. These funds were raised through donations and charitable activities, with the following breakdown: ● Donations received via bank transfer: £7,839 All funds raised during the year were used for painting the school, constructing the football ground, and supporting the school’s operating costs, after covering mandatory expenses. **Development and Maintenance** The school's operating costs for the year amounted to £4,521. The cost of painting the classrooms, exterior, and developing the grounds was £3,091. ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. ## Section D Achievements and performance 4 March **2012** **TAR** ## **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** During 2023-24, Benevolent Bonds (BB) achieved the following: - Raised a total of £7,839 through donations and income from charitable activities. - Completed the painting and preparation of the football ground at FACE Elementary School in Tambacounda, as well as covering the school’s operating costs, with a total expenditure of £7,612. - Promoted its website to support charitable activities and fundraising for the public's benefit. - Maintained an active presence on various social media platforms, including our website, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, GoFundMe, and JustGiving. ## **Section E Financial review** 5 March **2012** **TAR** **Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** At present, we do not have any reserves available. However, should we establish a reserve fund in the future, our policy dictates that any decision regarding its allocation will be thoroughly discussed in our trustees' meetings and with major donors. We intend to transfer reserves only to new projects of a similar nature within the same country. We will not allocate reserve funds to projects of a different type or in a different country. **Details of any funds materially in deficit** None ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: - the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; - investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ## **Section F Other optional information** ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** Naeem Ahmad Sadiq **Full name(s)** Naeem Ahmad Sadiq **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)** Chair **Date** 16/02/2025 6 March **2012** **TAR** **Charity Name No (if any) Benevolent Bonds** 1183714 ## **Receipts and payments accounts** **CC16a** **For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 1/5/2023 30/4/2024 ## **Section A Receipts and payments** **Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Total funds Last year funds funds funds to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £** ## **A1 Receipts** |**A1 Receipts**|**A1 Receipts**||||||||||||||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Donations received in bank|||**7,839**||||**-**|||||**-**|||||**7,839**||||**-**||| ||||||||**-**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**-**||| ||||||||**-**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**-**||| ||||**-**||||**-**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**-**||| ||||**-**||||**-**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**-**||| ||||**-**||||**-**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**-**||| ||||**-**||||**-**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**-**||| ||||**-**||||**-**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**-**||| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|||**7,839**
||||**-**|||||**-**|||||**7,839**||||**-**||| ||||||||||||||||||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**|||||||||||||||||||||||| |**(see table).**|||||||||||||||||||||||| ||||**-**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**-**||||||| ||||**-**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**-**|||||**-**|| ||**_Sub total_**||**-**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**-**|||||**-**|| ||||||||||||||||||||||||| ||**_Total receipts_ **||**7,839**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**7,839**|||||**-**|| |**A3 Payments**
Tamba ElementarySchool Upgrade
**7,612**
Travelling
**100**
Website/Social Media
**338**
Bank Charges
**26**|**A3 Payments**
Tamba ElementarySchool Upgrade
**7,612**
Travelling
**100**
Website/Social Media
**338**
Bank Charges
**26**|**-**
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**-**
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**100**
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Tamba ElementarySchool Upgrade|**7,612**|**-**|**-**|**7,612**|**-**| |Travelling|**100**|**-**|**-**|**100**|**-**| |Website/Social Media|**338**|**-**|**-**|**338**|**-**| |Bank Charges|**26**|**-**|**-**|**26**|**-**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 02/28/2025 1 ||||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**8,076**||**-**||**-**||**8,076**||**-**| |**A4 Asset and investment**||||||||||||||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||||||||||||||| |||**-**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**-**||||||| |||**-**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**-**||||||| |**_Sub total_ **||**-**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**-**|||||**-**|| |||||||||||||||||||||||| |**_Total payments_ **||**8,076**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**8,076**|||||**-**|| |||||||||||||||||||||||| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ **||**- 237**||||**-**|||||**-**|||||**- 237**||||**-**||| |**A5 Transfers between funds**||**-**||||**-**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**-**||| |**A6 Cash funds last year end**||**-**||||**-**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**-**||| |**_Cash funds this year end_ **||**- 237**||||**-**|||||**-**|||||**- 237**||||**-**||| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
Balance in Bank
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**580**
**-**
**-**
**580**
Agreement Error
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**|**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
OK
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||OK| |||||**Endowment**
**funds**| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 02/28/2025 2 |**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**|**Details**
**Details**|**to nearest £**
**-**
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**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**to nearest £**
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**Cost (optional)**
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**(optional)**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| **B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use** |**Details**|**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Current value**
**(optional)**| |---|---|---|---| |||**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**| CCXX R3 accounts (SS) 02/28/2025 3 ## **B5 Liabilities** Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |**Details**
Loan from Trustees
Signature|Tamba School
**500**
**-**
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Print Name
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**When due**
**(optional)**| |---|---|---| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||Date of
approval| |||| |||| CCXX R4 accounts (SS) 02/28/2025 4