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2023-12-31-accounts

Community Action Trust UK | Zimbabwe

TOGETHER WE ARE STRONGER!

Charity Commissions’ Chairman’s Report:

Community Action Trust Board Meeting Date : 13 December 2023

Venue : Virtual Meeting

A warm welcome and greetings to our Trustees who are on the Board: Tracey Jane Bell, George Galloway, Makah Gunduza, Mohammed Ebrahim Patel, Sumayya Tahera Peterson, Edgar Rogers.

We bid farewell to 3 trustees, having served on the Trustees Board for a year, and we extend our thanks for their knowledge and dedication in being a part of the board of trustees for the last year. They served Community Action Trust and helped the charity, its volunteers and its beneficiaries.

Financial Report :

In keeping with the requirements of the Charity Commission for England and Wales, as well as in line with Community Action Trust’s mandate, our Financial Accounts will be made available to any interested persons and will be submitted to the Charity Commission.

Structure - UK :

Community Action Trust is registered in England and Wales and has its trustees and main volunteer group based in the UK. The Board of Trustees consists of the following:

Structure – Zimbabwe:

The charity’s help and focus group is in Zimbabwe and has volunteers who are based in Zimbabwe who help with the registration of the beneficiaries, distribution of the charity’s donations, coordination of all local logistics, donations, volunteering, and also work with the trustees in the UK to run fundraising efforts in Zimbabwe and any potential local donations.

Noted members of Community Action Trust volunteers in Zimbabwe are: Daphne Sanders, Bridgit Arundel, Marina Hickey, Gillian Hall, Sharon Van Eden, Rhona Shahadat, Joyce Weire, Miranda Farera, Fenella Matulich, Gillian Adams, Sheila Coleman.

Beneficiaries :

Community Action Trust is currently supporting:

Community Action Trust UK | Zimbabwe

TOGETHER WE ARE STRONGER!

Planned Fundraising Events 2024 – held in the UK :

Planned Fundraising Events 2024 – held in Zimbabwe (in aid of and on behalf of the charity):

Our Zimbabwe members have been very active in fundraising and social events and will be holding the following events:

Container Shipment to Zimbabwe :

Community Action Trust has facilitated and received a generous donation of mobility/standing aid equipment such as wheelchairs, zimmer frame walkers, crutches, leg braces, perching stools; movement adaptive beds/cots, chairs, over-bed tables; commodes and toilet/bathroom assistance aids for bath/shower support, raised toilet seats, support rails; buggies/prams, bicycles, tricycles, spare parts, books, toiletries, adult pampers, and sanitary wares. All these will be distributed to not only the registered beneficiaries, but also to vetted and verified needy people in the local communities in Zimbabwe. This will be done by the volunteers in Zimbabwe with the help and guided support of the trustees.

Conclusion :

Chairman Tracey Jane Bell would like to thank the Board and all the members of the various groups in the UK, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and SA for all their hard work and continued support and dedication. Our combined efforts and help are proving to be beyond measurable value to the vulnerable elderly, disadvantaged youths and vulnerable children with special needs in communities in Zimbabwe. We continue to seek donations from the corporate world and from the public. We have a long way to go and we will continue on the mission.

Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ Charity Name COMMUNITY ACTION TRUST members of On accounts for the year 2023 Charity no 1183951 ended (if any) Set out on pages Accounting Officers Report, page 1 Income Statement, page 2 Balance Sheet, page 3 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Signed: MBK Date: 13[th] October 2024

Name: Mureeda Kara Relevant professional Institute of Accounting and Administration (IAC) qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: 56D Ravenscraig Road Walmer Estate, Cape Town Western Cape, South Africa

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October 2018

IER

Section B Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).

Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .

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October 2018

IER

Accounts for Charities Commission 2023 Money in Money out January Febraury March 560 287 1228 2270 2170 April May June July August Septernber October November December 1579 io% 3629 7281 3526 1108 10458 980 1154 290 2137 3789 5678 414 1705 18487 2026 3041 Total 32886 42007 Donations Events 8073 24793