Bark Charity (1185317) Trustees’ Annual Report
For the period: 2 May 2024 – 1 May 2025
Objectives and Activities
Bark Charity was established to support and care for vulnerable children in Zimbabwe. Our charitable purposes are to relieve poverty, advance education, and promote wellbeing through direct community-based support. During the year, volunteers continued to provide hands-on care for children in Zimbabwe. This included day-to-day support, mentoring, and ensuring that children’s immediate needs for food, clothing, and guidance were met.
Achievements and Performance
This reporting year saw limited financial or operational movement. However, the continued dedication of our volunteers ensured that children in Zimbabwe received consistent care and attention. While resources were stretched, our small team of volunteers demonstrated resilience and commitment, ensuring that the charity’s core mission continued in practice, even with minimal funding or staff support.
Financial Review
The charity experienced very little financial activity this year. Expenditure was limited to direct costs of supporting volunteers’ efforts in Zimbabwe, and no significant fundraising took place during the period. The trustees recognise the need to strengthen the charity’s funding base and increase staff and volunteer numbers in order to grow activities and deliver more sustainable support.
Future Plans
Looking forward, the charity intends to: - Recruit additional staff and volunteers in the UK and Zimbabwe. - Develop fundraising initiatives to strengthen financial stability. - Explore partnerships with local organisations in Zimbabwe to maximise impact.
Structure, Governance and Management
Bark Charity is a registered charity in England & Wales (charity number 1185317). It is run by a board of trustees who are responsible for governance, compliance, and strategy. The charity is dependent on volunteers for much of its activity and is currently seeking to expand its capacity through new staff and trustees.
Trustees
The trustees who served during the year were: - Billy Katiyo - Luig Mansi