2023-12-31-accounts - Lifespring Uganda

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period From Period start date T Period end date Day Month Year o Day Month Year 01 01 2023 31 12 2023

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name LifeSpring Uganda Other names charity is known by LifeSpring Registered charity number (if any) 1184272 Charity's principal address 18 Darley Park Road Derby Postcode DE22 1DB

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year
Hannah Bending	Chair	04/07/2019
Alexander Bending	None	04/07/2019
Simon Boddington	None	04/07/2019

















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 of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) By appointment Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

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)	The relief of poverty in rural Uganda, in particular but not exclusively by the provision of access to improved water and sanitation.
	In planning our activities for the year we kept in mind the charity commissions guidance on public benefit at our trustee meetings: The main activity of the charity is as follows: - To build ferro cement water tanks in public primary schools in rural Uganda. - Provide water filters in public primary school class rooms. These activity benefit the community by providing those young people with access to water for sanitation (cleaning their hands after going to the toilet) and providing access to safe drinking water while at school. An assessment is done to determine that the school needs a water tank. i.e. there is not continuous access to drinking water at or near the school’s grounds or reaching the current source presents a risk to the child when accessing the water (they have to cross a road).

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)

The relief of poverty in rural Uganda, in particular but not exclusively by
the provision of access to improved water and sanitation.

In planning our activities for the year we kept in mind the charity
commissions guidance on public benefit at our trustee meetings:
The main activity of the charity is as follows:
-
To build ferro cement water tanks in public primary schools in
rural Uganda.
-
Provide water filters in public primary school class rooms.
These activity benefit the community by providing those young people
with access to water for sanitation (cleaning their hands after going to the
toilet) and providing access to safe drinking water while at school. An
assessment is done to determine that the school needs a water tank. i.e.
there is not continuous access to drinking water at or near the school’s
grounds or reaching the current source presents a risk to the child when
accessing the water (they have to cross a road).

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

3 March 2012

TAR

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

March 2012

TAR

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

Key Ugandan staff were contracted to do other work and so LifeSpring slowed down it's activities but maintenance activities resumed.

5 March 2012

TAR

Section E Financial review

The cash in the bank at the end of the year was £4606 Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves The charity does not have a reserves policy.

If funds are not available, water tanks will not be built.

Details of any funds materially The charity is not in deficit. in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

Our principal source of funds is via fund raising. We raised a large You may choose to include amount of money and are dedicated to spending it wisely and not additional information, where rushing. 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

Given our income is below £25,000 the accounts do not need to be independently verified.

Section G Declaration

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

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Full name(s) Alexander Bending Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Secretary 15/10/24

6 March 2012

TAR

etc) Date TAR Maich 2012

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Charity Name No (if any)
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period Period start date Period end date
To
from 1/1/2023 31/12/2023
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
Starting Balance 4,805 - - 4,805 -
Sub total (Gross income for 4,805 - - 4,805 -
AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
None - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 4,805 - - 4,805 -
A3 Payments
14-01-23 Website Hosting Fee
86
- - 86 -
03-10-23 World Remit - Funding sent to U 113 - - 113 -
Sub total 199 - - 199 -
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
None - - - -
- - - -
Sub total - - - -
Total payments 199 - - 199 -
Net of receipts/(payments) 4,606 - - 4,606 -
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end - - - - -
Cash funds this year end 4,606 - - 4,606 -
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

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||||| |---|---|---|---| |Unrestricted|Restricted|Endowment| |funds|funds|funds| |Categories|Details| |to nearest £|to nearest £|to nearest £| |B1 Cash funds|4,606|-|-| |-|-|-| |-|-|-| |Total cash funds|4,606|-|-|

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(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s)) OK OK OK
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
funds funds funds
Details to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £
B2 Other monetary assets None - - -
- - -
- - -
- - -
- - -
- - -
Fund to which Current value
Cost (optional)
Details asset belongs (optional)
B3 Investment assets None - -
- -
- -
- -
- -
Fund to which Current value
Cost (optional)
Details asset belongs (optional)
B4 Assets retained for the None - -
charity’s own use - -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
Fund to which Amount due When due
Details liability relates (optional) (optional)
B5 Liabilities None -
-
-
-
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Signed by one or two trustees on Date of
behalf of all the trustees Signature Print Name approval
ALEX BENDING 15/10/2024
HANNAH BENDING 15/10/2024
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