2023-05-31-accounts - The Father's Children Ministries

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Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From 1[st] June 2022 to 31[st] May 2023

Charity name: The Father’s Children Ministries (TFCM)

Charity registration number: 1184344

Objectives and Activities

	SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document	Para 1.17	The prevention and relief of poverty in Uganda by providing or assisting in the education, training, health care and shelter to support disadvantaged families and individuals.
Summary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the activities, projects or services identified in the accounts.	Para 1.17 and 1.19	Schooling for children by finding sponsors. Supporting relevant building work/projects. Supporting guardians and vulnerable senior community members. Vocational training for young unemployed adults. Food distribution to vulnerable individuals and families.
Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit	Para 1.18	TFCM can confirm that our trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit. TFCM benefits school age children, guardians in need of practical support and training, elderly members of the community either living alone or caring for grandchildren who have no means of income. Also we provide for young unemployed adults needing training in vocational skills.

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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

SORP reference

Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.
Para 1.20
During the year under review the
charity’s main achievements were:
Continuing with our “Build a Better
Future” appeal that was launched at the
end of May 2022. We sought to
encourage UK sponsors to give money
that could be used towards further
widescale food distributions. This was
as a result of the severe impact of
increased food prices seen on a
worldwide level, fuelled by the increased
cost of living crisis. The increased food
distribution was continued for nearly 6
months.
The appeal also aimed to support the
retention of teachers employed at The
Fathers Childrens School. By financially
supporting the school with additional
funds via our appeal, we were able to
ensure teacher’s salaries were more
sustainable, leading to full retention of
staff.
We continued throughout the year to
raise new sponsorships for children,
enabling more children to attend school.
We also sought to increase the number
of elderly women (who are living on their
own or looking after grandchildren) to be
covered by our ‘Befriend a Granny’
scheme. This scheme ensures practical
needs can be met for those elderly
individuals who are often neglected
community members. The financial
support provided to them, helps to
supply food and home essentials for
them and the family members they care
for.
In June 2022, we helped financially
support The Fathers Childrens School
sports day. This is a large community
event and enables feeding for extended
families and guardians.
Following a physical return to school
after multiple covid closures over the
previous years, children were schooled
as normal via our sponsorship scheme.
In January 2023 after a few weeks of
Government led school closures
(following an Ebola outbreak), the
children were again able to resume
normality and recommence normal
schooling, which enabled all remaining
terms to be completed as planned.
Ongoing support was provided to The
Fathers Children School, ensuring hot
meals were again provided to all school
children, and scholastic materials were
~~so rced as req ired~~

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Achievements against objectives set	Para 1.41
Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set	Para 1.41
Investment performance against objectives	Para 1.41
Other

Financial Review

Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period	Para 1.21	TFCM has again had a stable regular income in this reporting year. Compared to the previous reporting year, our financial remains relatively unchanged. This is thanks to an excellent response to our appeal, and the continued support of our UK sponsors and local churches.
Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held	Para 1.22	No financial reserves are held by TFCM.
Amount of reserves held	Para 1.22	Zero.
Reasons for holding zero reserves	Para 1.22	All funding received is utilised and allocated to our projects on a monthly basis.
Details of fund materially in deficit	Para 1.24	TFCM does not have any funds materially in deficit.
Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern	Para 1.23	Economic uncertainty as a result of the general cost of living crisis has given us additional challenges, but thanks to our sponsors support, we have been able to navigate through this, ensuring the children, their teachers and any extended families we support have been supported well by TFCM.

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The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising)	Para 1.47	Funds are received primarily from sponsorships from our “Befriend a Granny” and “Child sponsorship” schemes. Other general donations come from regular givers and local churches that support the charity.
Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted	Para 1.46	N/A
A description of the principal risks facing the charity	Para 1.46	N/A
Other		N/A

Structure, Governance and Management

Description of charity’s trusts:
Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter)	Para 1.25	Trust Deed.
How is the charity constituted? (e.g unincorporated association, CIO)	Para 1.25	TFCM is a charitable trust.
Trustee selection methods including details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entitled to appoint one or more trustees	Para 1.25	Additional trustees may be invited to the charity if additional expertise/experience is required and this would be achieved by passing a resolution at a trustee special meeting.

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Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees	Para 1.51
The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works	Para 1.51
Relationship with any related parties	Para 1.51
Other

Reference and Administrative details

Charity name	The Father’s Children Ministries
Other name the charity uses	TFCM
Registered charity number	11843344

	Charity’s principal address 2 Lodge Court, South Street, Castle Cary, Somerset. BA7 7ES

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

	Trustee name	Dates acted if not for whole year
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Leanne Adams
	Matt Adams
	Ben Axford	Resigned 23.04.2023
	Polly Axford- Checkley
	Sarah Mechen
	Brian Stokes
	Sadie Dyer

Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved

Director name N/A

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity

	Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year N/A

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others

Description of the assets held in this capacity	TFCM does not hold any funds or assets on behalf of others.
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects	N/A
Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets	N/A

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of Name Address adviser N/A Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information) N/A

Exemptions from disclosure

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details

N/A

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Full details of TFCM and our objectives, activities and achievements can be found on our website www.aiduganda.org

Declarations

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

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Full name(s) Brian Alexander John Matthew David Adams Stokes Position (eg Chair Trustee Secretary, Chair, etc)

Date 25.11.2023

	The Fathers Children Ministries	The Fathers Children Ministries	The Fathers Children Ministries	1184344	CC16a

	Receipts andpayments accounts
	For the period from	June 2022	To	May 2023


Section A Receipts and payments
	Unrestricted funds	Restricted funds	Endowment funds	Total funds	Last year
	to the nearest £	to the nearest £	to the nearest £	to the nearest £	to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Child Sponsorship		23,056	-	23,056	41,683
Befriend agranny	- 0	1,895	-	1,895	-
Other sponsorship	- 0	3,787	-	3,787	-
Build a Better Future	- 0	5,683	-	5,683	-
General	2,096	-	-	2,096	-
One off	4,299	-	-	4,299	-
	- 0	-	-	-	-
	- 0	-	-	-	-
*Sub total*_(Gross income for AR) _	6,395	34,421	-	40,816	41,683

A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
	- 0	- 0	- 0	-
	- 0	- 0	- 0	-	- 0
*Sub total*	- 0	- 0	- 0	-	- 0

**Total receipts **	6,395	34,421	- 0	40,816	41,683

A3 Payments
Child Sponsorship	- 0	20,545	-	20,545	-
Befriend agranny	- 0	2,209	-	2,209	-
Other sponsorship	- 0	3,785		3,785	-
Build a Better Future	- 0	7,127	-	7,127	-
CCXX R accounts (SS) 1			1

12/10/2023

General and one off	5,298	-	-	5,298	-
Currency Charge	340	-	-	340	-
Bank monthly payment	134	-	-	134	-
Deposit Charge	2	-	-	2	-
	- 0	-	-	-	-
**Sub total **	5,774	33,666	-	39,440	-

A4 Asset and investment purchases,(see table)
	- 0	- 0	- 0	-
	- 0	- 0	- 0	-
**Sub total **	-0	-0	-0	-	- 0

**Totalpayments **	5,774	33,666	- 0	39,440	41,629

**Net of receipts/(payments) **	621	755	-	1,376	54
A5 Transfers between funds	- 0	-	-	-	-
A6 Cash funds lastyear end	1,156	-	-	1,156	1,102
**Cash funds thisyear end **	1,777	755	-	2,532	1,156


Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Categories	Details		Unrestricted funds	Restricted funds	Endowment funds
			to nearest £	to nearest £	to nearest £
B1 Cash funds	Total cash funds		1,777	755	-
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	*Total cash funds*		1,777	755	-
	(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

12/10/2023

		Unrestricted funds	Restricted funds	Endowment funds
	Details	to nearest £	to nearest £	to nearest £
B2 Other monetary assets		-	-	-
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	Details	Fund to which asset belongs	Cost (optional)	Current value (optional)
B3 Investment assets			-	-
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	Details	Fund to which asset belongs	Cost (optional)	Current value (optional)
B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use			-	-
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CCXX R3 accounts (SS)

12/10/2023

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	Details	Fund to which liability relates	Amount due (optional)	When due (optional)
B5 Liabilities			-
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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees	Signature	Print Name		Date of approval
	Sarah Mechen	Sarah Mechen		30 Nov 2023
	Sadie Dyer	Sadie dyer		30 Nov 2023

CCXX R4 accounts (SS)

12/10/2023

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