BARK CHARITY UNITED KINGDOM [A Charity Organization] Year Financial Statements ended 31st January 2022 Charity Registration Number: 1185317
BARK CHARITY UNITED KINGDOM [A Charity Organization] Financial Statements Year Ending 31st January 2022
Contents Page Charity Reference and Administrative Details 1 Trustees’ Annual Report (Including Director’s Report) 2-9 Independent Examiner’s Report 1011 Statement of Financial Activities (Including Income and Expenditure Account) Balance Sheet Notes to the Financial Statements
Charity Registration Number: 1185317
BARK CHARITY UK [A Charity Organization]
Charity Reference and Administrative Details
Charity Registration Number
1185317
Trustees
Chris Porter Richard Forster Tafadzwa Chipamaunga Luigi Mansi Contact Person and Secretary to the Board Billy Katiyo/Richard Forster Registered Office and Principal Office 102 Sandbourne, Merton Park, London. SW19 3EN +44 7929 514022 www.barkcharity.org Independent Examiner not engaged
BARK CHARITY UK
Trustees’ Annual Report and Director’s Report
Year ended 31st January 2022
The (SORP) ‘Accounting and Reporting by Charities’ in preparing the Annual report and
financial statements of the charity.
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set
out in notes to the accounts and comply with the charity’s governing document, the Charities
Act 2011 and Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice
applicable to the UK and Republic of Ireland published in October 2019. Trustees present the
report and the audited financial statements of the charity for the year ending January 2022.
As directed by the provisions and the Statement of Recommended Practice, the following is the governance setup.
STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Bark Charity UK
Trustees’ Annual Report and Director’s Report
Year ended 31st January 2022
Billy Katiyo Director Christopher Porter Trustee Tafadzwa Chipamaunga Trustee Richard Forster Secretary Luigi Mansi Treasurer Kathy Scholarship Welfare Officer Cathrine Scholarship Welfare Officer
BAK Charity, Zimbabwe
To provide local support for the team in Zimbabwe we have established the BAK Charity
Zimbabwe with the following Trustees; -
BAK Charity Team (Zimbabwe)
Webster Mucheuki Administrator
Blessing Beta Programmes Manager Liane Max Life-Skills Training Coordinator Loveness Sengweni Remedial class teacher and mentor
Simon Rudenya Publicity Director
Jacqueline Katiyo Specialist
Blessing Kusangaya Technology Director
Cathrine Magoge
Fidelis Magama Manager John Muringani Manager
Photography and
Monitoring and Evaluation Information and
Legal Services Director
Technical Services
Field Operations
Bark Charity Fundraising Coordinators
All outgoing Trustees continues as voluntary fundraising coordinators in the UK.
Bark UK Charity Support
Luigi Mansi deals with day-to-day finance matters
Performance and Achievements
In the year ended 31[st] January 2022, Bark as; -
45 students from 45 different households are being sponsored on the school fees scholarship.
Epworth is a peri-urban settlement located south east of metropolitan Harare, the capital city
of Zimbabwe. It started as an informal settlement and gradually the settlement was formalized
under Ruwa Local board to become a satellite settlement mainly domiciled by the poor. The
fees program is run at Open Tribe Foundation, an informal school that operates from the
founder’s residential stand with make-shift structures consisting mainly of simple shades
without walls. It is a primary school that has ECD to Grade 7 and is not a school public examinations center. The teaching staff is all voluntary and the school runs from purely donations, for example, stationery, school uniforms, shoes and food handouts. The intention is to have the whole school assisted because by the
measurement of the UN sustainable development goals, the whole community is extremely poor.
The adverse impact of the Covid -19 has affected all stakeholders and inevitably resulted in intermittent halting of some programs in the year running. The government’s restriction on movements in compliance with the World Health Organization Protocols to combat the pandemic saw a reduction in physical visits and closure of the schools at some point as the world responded to the new phenomena. Resultantly,
many of our volunteers migrated to rural areas. A marked number of school dropouts were
recorded and our children on sponsorship were not spared either. We paid varying amounts
for the complete school terms of 2022. During the Covid-19 term breaks, focus was on provision
of Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs), awareness campaigns and provision of food
handouts. We also supported a competition and fun day at Open Tribe Foundation. Children
competed in dancing, poems, quiz and singing.
We ran an empowerment programs for our volunteers. This has become an annual activity that is now alive on our calendar meant to motivate unpaid volunteers. In liaison with the
Vehicle Inspectorate Department, we coordinated provisional driver license courses for 10
volunteers.
To support the initiative of empowering the youth and woman during covid-19, donations
were sourced through fund raising and a 40ft contained as shipped to Zimbabwe. Varying
items of clothing (new and Old), surgical gloves, facemasks, sanitary ware, foodstuffs, sports
ware, shoes, sewing machines etc, were donated to Zimbabwe. Because of the Covid -19,
there were changes in shipping, forwarding and aviation legislation, hence there was a general
delay in the movement of cargo. Countries enacted new rules and regulations that would aide
health officials in combating the spread of Covid-19, thus a lot of goods in the container
needed import permits from specific government ministries in Zimbabwe. The costs ranged
from shipping, storage, import licenses, appeals, clearing agent fees, duty, inspections, fuel
and communication. Because of lockdowns, physical visits to offices were not permitted.
Processing queries online was also hectic as systems were down most of the time. There was
skeleton staff in all government institutions where import permits were processed and
signatures of designated officers could hardly be found as most of them operated from home
in a move to decongest offices. External documentation is verified by the respective signatures
and date stamps. Organizations were asked to apply for permission to be exempted from
travelling restrictions during lockdowns and the process produced an exemption certificate if
granted. Not-For-Profit organizations were not automatic recipients of the exemption if the
organization’s objectives had nothing to do with humanitarian work. A vetting process was in
place for the process hence processing of imports became a nightmare though BAK Charity
acquired the certificate after a long period of waiting.
By the time when all paperwork was in place the storage Bill was beyond reach,
negotiations are still on going to get the container at about £5.5K. If released, there are a lot of
goods in the container that will empower beneficiaries, for example, sewing machines, PA System, sports equipment, cooking and baking utilities. The donated cargo is still at Manica Freight. The duty of the bus has been reviewed upwards twice by the Revenue Authority. We have rescued the bus twice from being
auctioned. There is need to raise duty for the bus and goods that did not qualify for rebate.
Bark Charity UK Trustees’ Annual Report and Director’s Report
Year ending 31[st] January 2022
PROGRESS WITH OUR OBJECTIVES
We are operational mainly basing and focusing on our founding objectives which include, but not limited to empowerment of marginalized children, youths and women. The United Nations
refers to them as a special population. Our objectives
are also in compliance with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
Goal Number 1: - No hunger
In as a much as we focus on sustainable initiatives in our programmes in hunger alleviation,
the past year because of Covid-19, no outdoor activities were allowed as at some point we had
a total shut down. We had to increase food handouts in household where our scholarship kids
are living.
Goal Number 2: - Promoting self-sufficiency
We were running empowerment programmes for women and the youth. Some women were
trained to trade in agriculture produce. Covid-19 protocols limited trading business. The ban
on movement meant women could not go out selling or re-stock. Some were trained on tailoring
skills for uniforms. As schools were closed, this pointed out that business for them was shut
also. The youth were trained in videography, photography, t-shirt and cooperate wear
branding. Industry closed because of restrictions, hence loss for business. Gatherings for
social events like weddings, parties etc were restricted and many youths failed to breakthrough
in the business.
Goal Number 4: - Quality Education
We paid school fees for 45 children in the year running. We bought 200newcurriculum
textbooks for school from Grade 1 to Grade 7.
Most educational institutes relied on the internet to impart knowledge to the school going
kids because of the lockdowns. The children and the volunteer teachers do not have electricity and the
gadgets that are used to access internet. No smart phones, no electricity or solar systems, no
WIFI and even money to buy data bundles. The school children are mainly orphans being taken
care of either by a single parent, a grandmother, grandfather, a close or distant relative and
some live in child-headed households. Regrettably, these children have no choice but to resort
to menial jobs for money and food handouts. Dire is their situation.
Evaluation of the Project: Hope in the Streets Project (London)
The project was carried out by Bark Charity UK and the key objective was ensuring homeless
people get improved access to mental health services and improved knowledge of mental
health issues. The program started in May 2021 and ended on the 31st of August 2021 in
Merton and Coventry. The project commenced and ended during the Covid-19 induced lockdowns. The World Health Organization proposed international protocols which governments adopted and implemented. Homeless people did not benefit much from the protocols as restricted movements and total closure of shops and restaurants meant that food was hard to come by for them. There was no human traffic in the streets and begging could not yield anything for them. Households were inaccessible as homeowners did not entertain strangers.
We also run Mental Health First Aid Courses that have become very popular as the people that
attend go away armed with tools to help themselves and many more.
Highlights
45students received school fees scholarships. One female student who is a beneficiary of the school
fees bursary program graduated from Bindura University of Science Education with an Honors Degree in Sport Science and Administration.
We also saw one of the beneficiaries creating a musical band following the release of his debut album the previous year.
The supporting BAK Charity football team received kit and a pitch to play at Churchill Boys High School.
Operations
No meaningful donations have been received for the period under review. We have failed to repair the Head Office for BAK Zimbabwe where the perimeter wall got damaged by falling trees because of
a storm. The gazebo where BAK Fridays are held at the premises was also severely damaged as
it was brought down. The general yard needs landscaping and driveways. The swimming pool
project is not yet complete.
The four objectives explained in the report and “The plans for The Future’ which will be
highlighted as the report is concluded exhibit that the scope of this humanitarian work is
exceptionally and purely for Public Benefit as enshrined in the dictates of the relevant statutes.
This work is made possible by the consistent stream of support from Bark Charity UK,
individuals and other organizations.
The Trustees and Director have considered this report and concluded that: -
-
The aims and objectives of the organization to remain purely charitable work.
-
The benefits are for public
-
The charitable work by the organization continues to touch lives through these acts of
random kindness without any discrimination of any form.
- There is no detriment or harm (physical or emotional) arising from the organization’s
activities, hence need for continuous adherence to standard operational guidelines
that are internationally recognized.
Financial review
For the period under review, BAK Zimbabwe account show that the fundraising activities by
Bark Charity UK and their grant helped achieve key objectives in all the programs that were
undertaken.
Our Barclays Bank Account is up and running. We still have the challenge of sending money
through would remit without it going through a personal account. This is being looked at with other
banks if a more convenient transacting process is established.
Plans for the Future
Self –sufficiency – ensuring that all self-help projects deliver for sustainability purposes. The
aim is to ensure projects survive beyond the intervention period.
Life-enhancing programs – to ensure program participants influence change in communities in
programs involving water, sanitation and Covid-19 care and prevention.
We need to look at more systems that allow continuous fundraising.
There is need to create a paid post in order to seek grants and reach out to companies
Risk Management
The Trustees are keen to see international best practices being implemented. The ever
changing environment due to climate and pandemics need organizations to keep abreast with
global information that is shared with other stakeholders, mainly change agents.
Appreciation
The Trustees and The Director would like to thank all who supported this noble cause, from
registration- case managers, those who donated in money or kind, volunteers who ensure
programs flow and community opinion leaders who create conducive environments for us
change agents to deliver.
On behalf of Bark Charity UK:
Name: Richard Forster
Position:
Dated: 5th January 2022
Name: Luige Mansi
Position:
Dated: 5th January 2022
Trustees and UK Team signature to confirm report
Due to a low income the Report was verified by internal Examiners and
Trustees
Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of Bark Charity UK
Year ended 31st January 2022
This document was verified by individual
I report on the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the year ended 31st
January 2022 which are set on the ensuing pages.
Responsibilities and basis of the Report.
As the charity trustees were directors of a company, they would also serve as its directors
for purposes of Company law, they would be responsible for the preparation of the accounts in
accordance with requirements of the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.
Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the company are not required to be audited under
Part 16 of the 2006 and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of
examination of your organization’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities
Act 2011 (the 2011 Act). In carrying out my examination I have followed directions given by the
Charity Commission under section 145 (5)(b) of the 2011 Act.
Independent examiner’s statement
Independent Examiner not engaged. This is in line with provisions of governing statutes.
Signed
Name