# **Kawangware Humanitarian Education School** **Charity number 1184654** **Trustees Annual Report & Accounts Year Ended 31[st] July 2023** |TRUSTEES|Mrs Dawn Harris (Chair)| |---|---| ||Mr Martn Harris| ||Mr Joseph Harris| |PRINCIPAL ADDRESS|35 Woodland Park| ||Paignton| ||TQ3 2ST| |REGISTERRED CHARITY NUMBER|1184654| |INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS|Mrs Rachel Martn| ||296 Teignmouth Road| ||Torquay| ||TQ1 4RW| |BANKERS|Barclays Bank UK Plc| ||6/8 Palace Avenue| ||Paignton| ||TQ3 3ET| ## **TRUSTEES REPORT** ## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2023** ## **RATIONALE:** To provide resources, funding for teachers, food and building costs to Kawangware Humanitarian Education school, Kawangware Slum, Nairobi, Kenya, Africa. ## **HISTORY** This charity was set up in August 2019 to support this particular school, when the Trustees visited it on two occasions and formed a connection with the school, the Head and the teachers there. The school was set up by a teacher and built by her on a piece of waste land next to a church. The school has been established now for 12 years, providing education for children with learning and/or physical disabilities and orphan children/one parent family children from extreme poverty who cannot afford to go to school. The school is not supported by the government and is run entirely voluntarily. Before receiving charitable status, we as trustees were able to provide, through fundraising, the following: - A water tank and guttering around the school - Tables and chairs for each of the classrooms - A secure door, redecoration and electricity to one room to be used for storage and an office - Major building work to repair the structure of one side of the school and make it safe and secure, as it was in grave danger of collapse - Tile flooring to each classroom instead of dirt floors. The charity has several donors who give a monthly contribution in order to pay a nominal wage to 6 teachers who otherwise work voluntarily at the school. This amounts to around £500 per calendar month. There has been an annual donation total of £5,450. In addition to the above, our fundraising evenings, such as Kenyan evenings, quiz nights, music concerts and barn dances have raised money for: - Provision of food for the school, where the children get their only meal of the day - Funds towards the long-term project of building a new school. ## **THE LAST YEAR** In October 2022, two trustees visited the school and worked with the children for a week. The school was extremely overcrowded, and children were in very cramped conditions for their learning, due to the demand for so many children to attend the school. The school is gaining a good reputation for care and teaching. We witnessed the teachers working hard to get children to a good standard of learning and it was evident that there has been an improvement in the results they are achieving. We bought some large quantities of flour and oil and we took resources for the school. We also took a bag of goodies for each child with soap, toys, sweets, pens, paper, toothbrush, and toothpaste. Food continues to be extremely expensive, the cost increasing daily, and this is the primary area of concern for the children each day. Last year we secured a donor who pledged £100 for six months to enable us to send money regularly for food. Since then, we have another donor who is doing the same for another year. The impact of this is significant for the children. We have managed to hold charity fund raising events including piano and drum concerts from local children. This has widened the number of people involved with the charity and therefore continued to increase fund-raising opportunities. We have made links with two local primary schools and met with their school council and presented assemblies. Both schools have done fund raising events. One school worked out the mileage between themselves and Kenya and between them all, walked the distance in a week. We also had someone run the London Marathon for the charity and they raised £2,500. ## **LONG-TERM VISION** The charity continues to raise money for the long-term goal of rebuilding a school that is fit for purpose and is on permanent land. It is a temporary structure made from corrugated metal, built on a sewerage pipe on land which could be claimed by the government if they wished to do so. Currently the school provides day education for around 200 children. The area is extremely small with no outside space. We continue to receive some regular donations but require significant injections of funds from large donors in order for this to be possible. We have ear-marked a place which would be ideal as it has a large building on it with a school also. It is for sale and the landowner is keen that the school should move there and is supportive of the cause. We need around £100,000 for this. Land which is extremely expensive in Nairobi. The Charity continues to aim for this to become reality. To date we have raised approx. £47,000 for this cause with approx. £39,000 being raised since we were established as a charity. This is in addition to the provision of monthly salaries, and Covid crisis donations. Approved by the board of trustees 25 May 2024 and signed on its behalf by: Mrs D Harris – Trustee ## **KAWANGWARE HUMANITARIAN EDUCATION SCHOOL** ## **RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2023** ||**GENERAL FUND**|**GENERAL FUND**| |---|---|---| ||**2023**|**2022**| ||**£**|**£**| |**RECEIPTS**||| |Donatons & Gif Aid|18,156|12,549| |Fundraising Actvites|3,517|140| |**Total Receipts**|**21,673**|**12,689**| |**PAYMENTS**||| |Teacher Support|5,450|5,953| |Costs to support fundraising|75|-| |Accountancy & Independent Examinaton|-|420| |**Total Payments**|**5,525**|**6,373**| |**Net Surplus/Defcit for the year**|**16,148**|**6,316**| |**Opening Bank Balance**|31,056|24,739| |**Bank Balance at 31 July 2022**|**47,204**|**31,056**| ## **STATEMENT OF ASSETS & LIABILITIES AS AT 31 JULY 2023** ||**GENERAL FUND**|**GENERAL FUND**| |---|---|---| ||**2023**|**2022**| |**Cash at Bank**|47,204|31,056| ||**47,204**|**31,056**| |**Debtors**||| |Gif Aid|-|-| |**Liabilites**||| |Independent Examinaton|-|-| ## **NOTE** The trustees confirm, in accordance with the Charitable Incorporated Organisations (General) Regulations 2012, that at the year-end, the CIO did not have any outstanding guarantees to third parties nor any debts secured on the assets of the CIO. Approved by the trustees on 25 May 2024 Signed by Mrs Dawn Harris ## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF KAWANGWARE HUMANITARIAN EDUCATION SCHOOL CHARITY NO. 1184654** I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Kawangware Humanitarian Education School (“the CIO”) for the year ended 31 July 2023. ## **Responsibilities & Basis of the Report** As the Charity Trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (the Act). I report in respect of my examination of the CIO’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. ## **Independent Examiner’s Statement** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: 1. Accounting records were not kept in respect of the CIO as required by section 130 of the Act; or 2. The accounts do not accord with those records. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Mrs Rachel Martin BSc (Hons) BFP FCA 296 Teignmouth Road Torquay TQ1 4RW 28 May 2024