## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1 January 2023 To 31 December 2023** ## **Charity name: Kokrobite Chiltern Centre** ## **Charity registration number: 1185282** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The advancement of education and relief**
**of poverty for the public benefit by**
**providing free education, providing**
**training and the development of teachers**
**and support for disadvantaged children**
**and young people in Ghana to enable**
**them to achieve their full potential and**
**have greater access to positive choices**
**and opportunities.**| |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|**Raise funds to support the activities of**
**sister charity (KCC Ghana). Provide**
**guidance to KCC Ghana in the execution**
**of its activities.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**In executing our activities for the year,**
**the trustees adhered to the Charity**
**Commission’s guidance on public benefit**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||
SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**Grants are made to sister charity (KCC**
**Ghana) to support operating cashflow,**
**fund scholarships for individual students**
**and to fund approved projects.**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**The UK charity is run by volunteer**
**trustees with no paid employees.**| ## **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|**Key achievements in 2023:**

**Provided grants totalling £15,750**
**to KCC Ghana (sister charity)**

**Funded the shipping of donated**
**books, educational materials and**
**sports kit to Ghana**

**Supported the executive team of**
**KCC Ghana in making operational**
**and financial decisions, related to**
**their activities supporting 150**
**school children**| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The charity ended the financial year with**
**total assets of £4,028, in cash with no**
**debt. These cash levels are appropriate**
**for KCC to remain financially viable.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**KCC has no formal policy on holding**
**cash reserves. Due to the low levels of**
**recurring expenditure, zero debt and the**
**discretionary nature of the main activity**
**(providing grants), liquidity is maintained**
**by restricting grants to available cash at**
**any point in time.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**Cash reserves at year end were £4,028.**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**n/a**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**n/a**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**There are no concerns about the charity**
**continuing as a going concern.**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:||| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**from donations, with reliance on a core**
**group of dedicated long-term donors. A**
**limited number of fundraising campaigns**
**are carried out through social media**| |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|**The principal risk facing the charity is**
**lack of financial continuity, due to donors**
**discontinuing their funding activities. If**
**this were to occur, the level of grants the**
**charity provides would need to be scaled**
**back. The main mitigation is to broaden**
**the range of donors.**| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Kokrobite Chiltern Centre Constitution,**
**dated 26 August 2019**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Charitable Incorporated Organisation**
**(CIO)**| |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|**Trustees are appointed and reviewed**
**during KCC trustees meetings, held every**
**month. Future trustees are invited to**
**become a trustee by one of the existing**
**trustees and/or by the individual**
**volunteering to become a trustee,**
**following which they are interviewed and**
**confirmed if acceptable.**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|**On joining, all trustees are provided with**
**a copy of the Constitution and a copy of**
**the latest Annual Report and Accounts.**
**Access is provided to the shared drive**
**with previous minutes of meeting and the**
**action log with pending issues.**| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**The charity has a board of trustees with**
**an appointed chairperson. In addition to**
**overseeing the activities of the charity,**
**the trustees provide guidance to KCC**
**Ghana (sister charity).**| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|**KCC Ghana is a sister charity that**
**receives the bulk of donations from the**
**charity. 2 trustees of the charity are**
**executive members of KCC Ghana.**| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Kokrobite Chiltern Centre| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|KCC| |Registered charity number|1185282| |Charity’s principal address|27 Garners Road
Chalfont St Peter
Bucks SL9 0HA| **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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10|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||EmilyThomson|Chair||| ||Jane Zohoungbogbo|Secretary||| ||Martial Zohoungbogbo|Trustee||| ||Mark Williams|Trustee||| ||Paul Prentice|Trustee|Resigned 27/6/23|| ||Lucy-Anne Holmes|Trustee|Resigned 9/10/23|| ||PhilipLiverpool|Trustee||| ||Sarah Harding|Treasurer||| ||Donald Hudson|Trustee||| ||Stella Kalamaj|Trustee||| ## **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)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**|Emily Thomson|Sarah Harding| |---|---|---| |||| ||Emily Thomson|Sarah Harding| |||| ||Chair|Treasurer| ||9 September 2024|| ||9 September 2024|| **CC16a** **Charity Name Kokrobite Chiltern Centre** **No (if any) 1185282** ## **Receipts and payments accounts** Period start date Period end date **To** 1-Jan-23 31-Dec-23 **For the period from** ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**Section A Receipts and payments**||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**
**-**
General donations
**2,818**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Donations to buybooks
**-**
**2,818**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 2,818**
**A3 Payments**
Fund transfers to KCC Ghana
**1,240**
Fundraisingcosts
**216**
Administration expenses
**138**
Bank charges
**108**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ 1,702**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total payments_ 1,702**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ 1,116**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**1,513**
**_Cash funds this year end_ 2,629**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
Donations to sponsor the education and
associated costs of (named) children in
Ghana
Donations for children's Christmas activities
Donations from volunteers to cover their
living expenses while volunteering at KCC
Ghana
Donations to cover shipping costs UK to
Ghana
Donations to buy white goods for new
learningcentre in Ghana
Donations towarads running costs of girls'
football team in Ghana
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
Cost of shipping donated books, clothes
and other items to Ghana
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases,(see table)**|**to the nearest £**
**7,353**
**-**
**3,361**
**1,700**
**1,400**
**600**
**3,650**
**485**
**18,549**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**18,549**
**15,750**
**1,400**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**17,150**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**17,150**
**1,399**
**-**
**-**
**1,399**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**7,353**
**2,818**
**3,361**
**1,700**
**1,400**
**600**
**3,650**
**485**
**21,367**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**21,367**
**15,750**
**2,640**
**216**
**138**
**108**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**18,852**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**18,852**
**2,515**
**-**
**1,513**
**4,028**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**7,353**|**5,823**| ||||**2,818**|**4,191**| ||||**3,361**|**4,419**| ||||**1,700**|**2,745**| ||||**1,400**|**-**| ||||**600**|**-**| ||||**3,650**|**-**| ||||**485**|**-**| ||||**21,367**|**17,178**| |||||| |||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**|**21,367**|**17,178**| |||||| |||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**15,750**|**16,900**| ||||**2,640**|**2,590**| ||||**216**|**216**| ||||**138**|**822**| ||||**108**|**178**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**18,852**|**20,706**| |||||| |||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**|**18,852**|**20,706**| |||||| ||**1,399**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**2,515**|**- 3,528**| ||**-**||**-**|**-**| ||**-**||**1,513**|**5,041**| ||**1,399**||**4,028**|**1,513**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|**Details**
Barclays Bank account
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature
EmilyThomson
Sarah Harding
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**2,629**
**1,399**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,629**
**1,399**
OK
OK
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**to nearest £**
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Print Name
EmilyThomson
Sarah Harding
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**funds**
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**funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
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**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
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**asset belongs**
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**liability relates**
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**Endowment**
**funds**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
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**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| ||EmilyThomson|EmilyThomson|9-Sep-24| ||Sarah Harding|Sarah Harding|9-Sep-24|