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**to appoint trustee (if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |||Naeem Ahmad
Sadiq|Chairman|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, **oversaw our projects on the ground and collaborated** relevant, about: **closely with us.** ● policies and procedures 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 elevate public education across Senegal by
financing the construction, renovation, and revitalization of primary
schools. Guided by the vision of "Education for All," we collaborate
directly with local communities to deliver high-quality learning
opportunities to underserved populations within Sub-Saharan West
Africa.
We are committed to establishing nurturing educational
environments that cultivate the academic, moral, and physical
growth of disadvantaged individuals, empowering them to thrive
and achieve their full potential.
**OUR OBJECTIVES**
Our strategic objectives are intrinsically aligned with our core aims,
with a paramount focus on maintaining and elevating the rigorous
standards established by BB. In defining these objectives and
structuring our annual initiatives, our Board of Trustees has
meticulously reviewed and integrated the Charity Commission's
guidance on public benefit. Ultimately, these targeted objectives
serve as the foundational milestones driving the Charity’s broader,
long-term vision.| |---|---| ||**ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS**
The Board of Trustees of Benevolent Bonds is pleased to present
the Annual Report and Accounts for the fiscal year ended**30th**
**October 2025**. The Trustees confirm that these financial
statements strictly comply with the statutory requirements of the
**Charities Act 2011**and the**Charities SORP (FRS 102)**.
**REVIEW OF ACTIVITIES**
**Executive Leadership & Governance**
The Chairman of Benevolent Bonds conducted multiple on-site field
visits to the school to personally evaluate and audit the progress of
ongoing projects. To ensure seamless project execution and strong
organizational alignment, the Chairman also maintained strategic
communications through formal teleconferences with the Chairman
of Humanity First (HF) Senegal, addressing key administrative and
operational priorities.
**FACE–Elementary School Tambacounda (FACE-EST)**
In alignment with our core mandate of "Education for All,"| 3 March **2012** **TAR** Benevolent Bonds allocated a targeted grant of **£1,766** during the 2024–25 financial year. This critical funding directly supported and sustained the essential operational expenditures of the institution. ## **FINANCIAL REVIEW** **Financial Position & Performance** The financial statement for the 2024–25 fiscal period reflects net incoming resources totaling **£6,712** , alongside total expenditure of **£2,096** , and after paying **£500** loan back to the Chairman, the closing balance of **£4,696** held securely in the bank. These revenues were successfully generated through public donations and targeted charitable initiatives, including: ● **Direct Bank Remittances:** £5,732 ## **Asset Allocation & Expenditure** Total institutional operational and development costs for the year amounted to **£2,096** . After accounting for mandatory administrative compliance fees, 100% of the net funds mobilised throughout the year were deployed directly into anchoring the school's daily operating budget and infrastructure maintenance. ## **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. 4 March **2012** **TAR** Section D Achievements and performance ## **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** ## SUMMARY OF MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS (2024–25) During the 2024–25 fiscal year, Benevolent Bonds (BB) successfully advanced its core mission through significant academic milestones, robust community engagement, and transparent financial stewardship: - **100% Academic Success Rate:** Marked a historic milestone as FACE Elementary School entered its inaugural student into the National Examinations. The student achieved an exceptional score of 8 out of 10, securing a flawless 100% pass rate for the institution's first academic cohort. - **Strategic Financial MobiliSation:** Successfully raised a total of **£6,712** through public donations and strategic fundraising initiatives to sustain the Charity's core educational projects. - **Direct Impact and Resource Allocation:** Disbursed a total expenditure of **£2,096** directly toward anchoring critical school operational budgets and infrastructure maintenance. - **Digital Outreach & Public Engagement:** Proactively enhanced the Charity’s official website and leveraged key digital platforms— including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, GoFundMe, and JustGiving—to raise public awareness, drive advocacy, and optimize public-benefit fundraising. - **Future Expansion and Partnerships:** Initiated a strategic outreach campaign to identify and onboard new collaborative partners within Senegal, aiming to scale ongoing initiatives and drive future projects with renewed momentum and excellence. 5 March **2012** **TAR** ## **Section E Financial review** **Brief statement of the** RESERVES POLICY **charity’s policy on reserves** At present, Benevolent Bonds does not hold any restricted or unrestricted financial reserves. In the event that a reserve fund is established in the future, the Board of Trustees, in alignment with its fiduciary duties, will maintain strict oversight of these assets. Any future allocation or deployment of reserve funds will require formal deliberation and approval during Trustee meetings, alongside strategic consultation with major donors. Furthermore, the Charity’s policy dictates that any future reserves will be strictly restricted to supporting new or ongoing projects of a similar educational nature within the same country of operation. The Charity will explicitly prohibit the reallocation of reserve funds to alternative project types or across different geographical jurisdictions. **Details of any funds materially** None **in deficit 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** 6 March **2012** **TAR** ## **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** 25/08/2025 7 March **2012** **TAR** **Charity Name No (if any) Benevolent Bonds** 1183714 **Recei ts and a ments accounts p p y For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 1/5/2024 30/10/2025 **CC16a** ## **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|||**5,732**||||**-**|||||**-**|||||**5,732**||||**-**||| |Donations received via JustGiving|||**980**||||**-**|||||**-**|||||**980**||||**-**||| ||||||||**-**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**-**||| ||||**-**||||**-**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**-**||| ||||**-**||||**-**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**-**||| ||||**-**||||**-**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**-**||| ||||**-**||||**-**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**-**||| ||||**-**||||**-**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**-**||| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|||**6,712**
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Tamba ElementarySchool Runningcost
**1,766**
Website/Social Media
**330**|**A3 Payments**
Tamba ElementarySchool Runningcost
**1,766**
Website/Social Media
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Tamba ElementarySchool Runningcost|**1,766**|**-**|**-**|**1,766**|**-**| |Website/Social Media|**330**|**-**|**-**|**330**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| 08/29/2026 1 ||||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**2,096**||**-**||**-**||**2,096**||**-**| |**A4 Asset and investment**||||||||||||||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||||||||||||||| |||**-**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**-**||||||| |||**-**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**-**||||||| |**_Sub total_ **||**-**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**-**|||||**-**|| |||||||||||||||||||||||| |**_Total payments_ **||**2,096**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**2,096**|||||**-**|| |||||||||||||||||||||||| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ **||**4,616**||||**-**|||||**-**|||||**4,616**||||**-**||| |**A5 Transfers between funds**||**-**||||**-**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**-**||| |**A6 Cash funds last year end**||**-**||||**-**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**-**||| |**_Cash funds this year end_ **||**4,616**||||**-**|||||**-**|||||**4,616**||||**-**||| ## **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 £**
**4,696**
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Agreement Error
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
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**funds**|**to nearest £**
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**funds**|**to nearest £**
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**funds**| 08/29/2026 2 ## **B2 Other monetary assets** ## **B3 Investment assets** **B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use** |**Details**
**Details**|**to nearest £**
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**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**to nearest £**
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**(optional)**| |||**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**| |**Details**|**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**
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Signature|**-**
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**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**When due**
**(optional)**| |---|---|---| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||Date of
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