# **Annual Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended December 31st 2023** 

## **Hope and Life Missions Africa UK** 

## **Charity Registration No: 118516 (Charitable Incorporated Organisation)** 

For the public benefit, in Uganda and such other parts of the world as the Charity Trustees may from time to time determine: 

- the advancement of education; 

- the advancement of the Christian faith; 

- the prevention and relief of poverty. 

All objectives are being supported mainly through a sponsorship programme. Donors support a child to complete their education and other associated needs, such as health care, to prepare them for tertiary training which will lead to long term employment and financial security. 

## **Trustees** 

Margaret Dorothy Bagley 

Theresa Marie Worrall 

Danielle Louise Finch 

## **Correspondence/Registered Address** 

Felbridge Rise Alvanley Road Helsby Frodsham WA6 9PS 

## **Bank** 

Co-operative Bank Plc P.O. Box 101 1 Balloon Street Manchester 



M60 4EP 

## **ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE** 

## **Sponsorship Programme** 

The sponsorship programme is being maintained and monitored by improved administration and communication with our partners in Uganda. 

The charity, during this period, sponsored children from pre school age through to university. All children are attending school, are being supplied with food and clothing and are progressing well educationally, physically, spiritually and emotionally. 

Our annual visit was delayed until January 2024 so that another trustee could be available, and a more detailed report of the visit will be given in our 2024 annual report. In quick summary, though, the visit evidenced that reports received from our partners in Uganda throughout 2023 reflected well the progress of those on the sponsorship programme. 

Sponsored children were visited in their homes with their families. The schools that children attended were also visited and teaching staff met. 

We are always pleased to see that the sponsorship programme is effective. Those that complete the programme are trained and qualified for full time employment. Two who completed in 2023 were visited and are active in their church and community. 

## **Relationship with our sponsors** 

We appreciate the continuing support of our sponsors. 

Communication is maintained throughout the year through updates and letters from the children. Sponsors are also informed, in writing, if any changes occur related to their individual sponsorship and they are encouraged to contact us if they have any questions. 

We also organise an annual online meeting with our sponsors where the trustees and treasurer will give general updates and a report on the expenditure of sponsorship money. There is also an opportunity for any general questions related to the sponsorship programme. The sponsors who attend the online meeting express their appreciation of it and feel that the communication about their individual child is good. They also give us feedback and ideas as to how we can work better as a charity. 

## **Relationship with our partner in Uganda** 



The relationship with our partner organisation in Uganda remains very good due to open communication including regular calls, messages and emails. In addition, there are monthly finance reports received with appropriate receipts. 

We are continuing to work with them in areas of child protection and safeguarding. We will continue to work together to improve outcomes for the children and their families. The team in Uganda is continuing to identify families that are in need of the support of HALMA and we are continuing to expand the programme to include more families. 

## **FINANCIAL REVIEW** 

At the end of December 2023, the charity account held £1194. We were expecting more funds to come in early January to cover our usual amount going out to Uganda in January. 

As a general rule, we hold very few reserves and we have very few overheads on the UK side. We are working at developing a healthier reserve fund so that if emergencies arise in Uganda, we are able to respond quickly and appropriately. 

We are never in an overall deficit as our grants sent out always reflect the funds that have come in. 

We are fortunate in having very faithful sponsors and are continuing to add more people to our regular contributors. To this end, we are in a healthy position to continue and hope to grow in 2024. 

## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT** 

Hope and Life Missions Africa UK is governed by our constitution and we are a Charity Incorporated Organisation. Our current trustees are the founders of the charity and any future trustees will be appointed after invitation by the current trustees and proper application and vetting processes have occurred. 

All UK trustees are volunteers. Our partner organisation in Uganda employs people to ensure the legitimate and organised running of the charity. 

The charity has no assets and any carry over of funds is held for future running expenses or charitable grants. 



## **DECLARATIONS** 

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees 

Signature ___ 


________ 

Full Name__Theresa M Worrall__________ 

Position________Trustees______________ 

Date_________11 September 2024_______ 




**Charity Name No (if any) Hope and Life Missions Africa UK 1185616** 

## **Receipts and payments accounts** 

**CC16a** 

**For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** Jan-23 31-Dec-23 

## **Section A Receipts and payments** 

**Unrestricted Endowment Restricted funds Total funds Last year funds funds to the nearest      £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £** 

## **A1 Receipts** 

|**A1 Receipts**|||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Voluntary Donations||**-**|**923-**|||**-**|**10,580-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**11,503-**|||**-**|**12,156-**||
|Gift Aid||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**1,458-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**1,458-**|||**-**|**1,074-**||
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|||**-**|**923-**|||**-**|**12,038-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**12,961-**|||**-**|**13,230-**||
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|||||||||||||||||||||



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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**||||||||||||||||||||||
|**(see table).**||||||||||||||||||||||
|**none**||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**||**--**|||**-**|**--**||||||
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|**_Sub total_**||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**||**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**||
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|**_Total receipts_ **||**-**|**923-**|||**-**|**12,038-**|||**-**||**--**|||**-**|**12,961-**|||**-**|**13,230-**||
|**A3 Payments**||||||||||||||||||||||
|Grants to Uganda||**-**|**519-**|||**-**|**11,339-**|||**-**|**--**||||**-**|**11,858-**|||**-**|**12,732-**||
|Governance Costs||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**36-**|||**-**|**--**||||**-**|**36-**|||**-**|**832-**||
|Bank Charges||||||**-**|**150-**|||**-**|**--**||||**-**|**150-**|||**-**|**156-**||
|Administritative expenses||||||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**||||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**97-**||



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|Insurance costs||||||**-**|**317-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**317-**|||**-**|**299-**||
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|Web site costs||||||**-**|**149-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**149-**|||**-**|**149-**||
|Sundry||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**12-**||
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|**_Sub total_ **||**-**|**519-**|||**-**|**11,991-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**12,510-**|||**-**|**14,277-**||
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|**A4 Asset and investment**|||||||||||||||||||||
|**purchases, (see table)**|||||||||||||||||||||
|**none**||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**||||||
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|**_Total payments_ **||**-**|**519-**|||**-**|**11,991-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**12,510-**|||**-**|**14,277-**||
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|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ **||**-**|**404-**|||**-**|**47-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**451-**|||**-**|**1,047-**||
|**A5 Transfers between funds**||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**||
|**A6 Cash funds last year end**||**-**|**931-**|||**-**|**188-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**743-**|||**-**|**--**||
|**_Cash funds this year end_ **||**-**|**1,335-**|||**-**|**141-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**1,194-**|||**-**|**1,047-**||
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

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|||**Categories**|**Details**||||**funds**||||||||**funds**||
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|**B1**|**Cash**|**funds**|Bank account|||**-**|**1,335-**|||**-**|**141-**|||**-**|**--**||
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||||**_Total cash funds_**|||**-**|**1,335-**|||**-**|**141-**|||**-**|**--**||
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|**Details**<br>none<br> <br>Signature|**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**--**<br>**-**<br>**--**<br>**-**<br>**--**<br>**-**<br>**--**<br>**-**<br>**--**<br>Print Name<br>Theresa M Worrall|**When due**<br>**(optional)**|
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**B5 Liabilities** 

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