
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

## **From  15/07/2019 Period start date   To 31/12/2020   Period end date** 

## **Charity name: FUNDA TRUST** 

## **Charity registration number: 1184414** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|To advance education for the public benefit<br>by providing teachers with training and<br>development in under-performing South<br>African schools.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|The trust’s main activities are in the<br>following areas:<br>1. Safeguarding in Schools;<br>2. Early Childhood Education;<br>3. Mathematics, Science and Reading<br>Recovery;<br>4. Sexual Reproductive Education and<br>Sexuality;<br>5. Physical Education;<br>6. Arts and Music Training;<br>7. Unification of criteria for professional<br>development among main teacher unions<br>in South Africa;<br>8. Discovery and promotion of shared<br>values among stakeholders: students|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees confirm that they have had<br>regard to the guidance and issued by the<br>Charity Commission on public benefit.|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|In October 2019 the trustees visited the 9<br>schools, which were to become part of the<br>pilot project, in South Africa. The purpose<br>of the visit was to collect data on the<br>school’s requirements and make formal<br>introduction to the teachers, children, and<br>communities. A schools visit report was<br>compiled and published on the charity’s<br>website. A second visit was carried out in<br>March 2020 and the purpose of the visit<br>was to create footage and marketing<br>collateral to assist in our funding<br>programme. More than 20 gigabytes of the<br>footage was produced from the visit and<br>consequently several marketing videos<br>were created. All charity activities stopped<br>in April 2020 this was due to the Covid 19<br>pandemic.|
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|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:|
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|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41||
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||





Other

## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|All fundraising activities stopped in April<br>2020 due the pandemic. No funds were<br>raised.|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|N/A|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|0|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|No funds were raised.|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|No funds were raised.|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|Financial burden and lack of investment is<br>a major concern and risk for the charity.<br>The inability to raise funds.|



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|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47||
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|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||





Other

## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:||None|
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|<br>Para 1.25|Charitable Incorporated Organisation<br>document|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|The trustees are appointed by a resolution<br>passed at a properly convened meeting of<br>the charity trustees. The potential charity<br>trustees must have regard to the skills,<br>knowledge and experience needed for the<br>effective administration of the CIO.|



|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|
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|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51||



|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|
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|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51||





Other 

## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Funda Trust|
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|Other name the charity uses|N/A|
|Registered charity number|1184414|
|Charity’s principal address|316C Station Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, SS0 8DZ, Essex,<br>United Kingdom.|
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**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (if any)**|
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||Themba Ndlwana||2019||
||Unathi Ndlwana||2019||
||Christin Rauter||2019||
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

**Director name** 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** 



## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

|Description of the assets|None.|
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|held in this capacity||
|Name and objects of the|None|
|charity on whose behalf the||
|assets are held and how this||
|falls within the custodian||
|charity’s objects||
|Details of arrangements for|None|
|safe custody and||
|segregation of such assets||
|from the charity’s own||
|assets||



## **Additional information (optional)** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

|**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**|
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|**adviser**|||



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

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

## **Other optional information** 



## **Declarations** 

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

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

|**Signature(s)**<br>**Full name(s)**<br>**Position (eg Secretary,**<br>**Chair, etc)**<br>**Date**|||
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||Themba Ndlwana||
||<br>Treasurer||
||05/04/2022||
||05/04/2022||



