African Wildlife Conservation Fund (UK) 1186260
Annual Report 1[st] July 2019 – 31[st] December 2020
African Wildlife Conservation Fund (UK)
Annual Report and Accounts for the period from 1st July 2019 to 31st December 2020 Charity registration number: 1186260
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African Wildlife Conservation Fund (UK) 1186260
Annual Report 1[st] July 2019 – 31[st] December 2020
Contents Trustees Report ............................................................................................................................................. 3 AWCF (UK) Objectives and Activities ........................................................................................................ 3 Achievements and Performance ............................................................................................................... 3 Financial Review ........................................................................................................................................ 4 Structure, Governance and Management ................................................................................................ 4 Reference and Administrative details ....................................................................................................... 4 Declarations .............................................................................................................................................. 5 Section A: Receipts and Payments Accounts for the period (Charity Commission form CC16a) ................. 6 Section B: Statement of assets and Liabilities (Charity Commission form CC16a) ....................................... 8 Independent examiners Report .................................................................................................................. 10
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African Wildlife Conservation Fund (UK) 1186260
Annual Report 1[st] July 2019 – 31[st] December 2020
Trustees Report
AWCF (UK) Objectives and Activities
To promote the conservation of endangered African Wild Dogs and other vulnerable large carnivores in Zimbabwe and neighbouring territories, for the public benefit. To advance the education of the public in particular, but not exclusively, in South East Zimbabwe in ways which include providing facilities for education in schools, and awarding scholarships to enable students to access education.
AWCF (UK) raises funds primarily in the UK to support the education programmes in Zimbabwe and to support field work for conservation of endangered African Wild Dogs and other vulnerable large carnivores in Zimbabwe and neighbouring territories.
In planning our activities, the trustees kept in mind the guidance issued on public benefit at our trustee meetings and when setting the objectives. To enable the Charity to fulfil its objects, the Trustees have adopted the following policies:
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Grant Making Policy
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Rural Schools Policy
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Child Protection Policy
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Financial Control Policy
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Conflict of Interest Policy
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Memorandum of Understanding between AWCF (Zimbabwe), AWCF (UK) and AWCF (US)
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Privacy Policy
Achievements and Performance
AWCF (UK) has raised £45,708 which has contributed significantly to the following achievements on the ground in Zimbabwe in the reporting period:
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Monitored and protected 21 packs of endangered African wild dogs (12 in Save Valley Conservancy (SVC) and 8/9 in Gonarezhou National Park (GNP)) over 18 months (average c. 200 individual animals).
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Seven endangered African wild dogs saved from death in snare wires and 2 pups saved
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Total of 6,316 domestic dogs vaccinated against rabies to protect African wild dogs and other wildlife
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Two annual carnivore spoor surveys carried out in both GNP and SVC, critical to understanding long-term trends of all large carnivore species
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Two new Zimbabwean undergraduate students welcomed to join the AWCF team for their 10 month industrial attachments.
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49 rural primary schools participated in our annual community conservation cluster competitions, directly involving 546 students, 136 teachers and 358 community members
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610 rural school children given the opportunity to visit SVC and GNP through our annual conservation and leadership field course (30 students) and our popular day trips into wildlife areas (580 students)
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Annual Report 1[st] July 2019 – 31[st] December 2020
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Personal protective equipment was provided to 8 community clinics around SVC in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic
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Three of our scholarship students (29 supported in total) were accepted to university
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A shipment of 10 pallets (350 boxes) of library books and 950 solar lamps received and distributed into AWCF-supported schools
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Printed and distributed 1,000 educational posters detailing how to ‘Spot the Difference’ between African wild dogs, jackals and spotted hyena to all our supported schools.
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Carried out a project for the provision of fresh running water to Muvava primary school and surrounding community
Financial Review
At the end of the period, AWCF (UK) had a balance in Barclays Bank of £4457. AWCF (UK) does not have a reserve policy and holds zero funds in reserves. This is because we can only provide support to AWCF in Zimbabwe to the extent that we have funds available.
The charity’s principal sources of funds are scholarship and other education focused donations from individual donors. In addition, we receive grants from other organisations for forwarding to Zimbabwe for work in line with our objectives.
Structure, Governance and Management
AWCF (UK) is governed by our Trust deed and is a registered Charity in the UK (No. 1186260). The original Trustees were invited to serve by the current Chairperson and the CEO. Going forward, new Trustees will be approved by current trustees
AWCF (UK) works as part of the broader AWCF group and has sister organisations in the US and Zimbabwe. There is a Memorandum of Understanding between AWCF (UK), AWCF (Zimbabwe) and AWCF(US)
Reference and Administrative details
Charity name: African Wildlife Conservation Fund (UK) Other names: AWCF (UK) Registered charity number: 1186260 Charity’s principal address: Evesham, Houston Way, CROWTHORNE, RG45 6BY Trustees: Elizabeth Mary Gupta (Chairperson, July 2018 – present) Dr John Douglas Graeme Groom PhD, FREng (Treasurer, July 2018 – present)
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African Wildlife Conservation Fund (UK) 1186260
Annual Report
1[st] July 2019 – 31[st] December 2020
Amy Ellen Howard (July 2018 – present)
Michael Dent ( July 2018 – present)
Dr Rosemary Joy Groom PhD (July 2018 – present))
AWCF (UK) does not have any advisors, but the operational arm in Zimbabwe does use a network of high profile scientists and education experts for advice as required
Declarations
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature(s) John Douglas Graeme Groom Full name(s) Elizabeth Mary Gupta Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chairperson Treasurer etc) Date th 27[th] September 2021 9 September 2021
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Annual Report 1[st] July 2019 – 31[st] December 2020
Section A: Receipts and Payments Accounts for the period (Charity Commission form CC16a)
Charity Name No (if any) African Wildlife Conservation Fund (UK) 1186260
Receipts and payments accounts
CC16a
Period start Period end For the period date To date from 01-Jul-19 31-Dec-20
Section A Receipts and payments
| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 45,706 2 - - - - - - 45,708 |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - |
Total funds to the nearest £ 45,706 2 - - - - - - 45,708 |
Last year to the nearest £ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donations | 45,706 | - | - | 45,706 | - |
| Bank refund | 2 | - | - | 2 | - |
| - | - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | - | - | |
| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
45,708 | - | - | 45,708 | - |
| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
45,708 | - | - | 45,708 | - | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A2 Asset and investment sales, **(see table). ** |
- - - |
- - - |
- - - |
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| Nil | - | - | - | - | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Sub total | - |
- | - | - | - |
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Total receipts
45,708 -
45,708 -
A3 Payments
| A3 Payments | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US $ purchases for AWCF | |||||||||
| use in Zimbabwe | 32,724 | - | - | 32,724 | - | ||||
| Transfers for Zim $ | |||||||||
| purchases | 3,681 | - | - | 3,681 | - | ||||
| Invoices paid | |||||||||
| 5,346 | - | - | 5,346 | - | |||||
| Bank charges | |||||||||
| 12 | - | - | 12 | - | |||||
| - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| - | - | - | - | - | |||||
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| Sub total | |||||||||
| 41,763 | - | - | 41,763 | - | |||||
| A4 Asset and | |||||||||
| investment | |||||||||
| **purchases, (see table) ** | |||||||||
| Nil | |||||||||
| - | - | - | - | ||||||
| - | - | - | - | ||||||
| Sub total | |||||||||
| - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| Total payments | 41,763 | - | - | 41,763 | - | ||||
| Net of | |||||||||
| receipts/(payments) | 3,945 | - | - | 3,945 | - | ||||
| A5 Transfers between | |||||||||
| funds | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| A6 Cash funds last | |||||||||
| year end | 512 | - | - | 512 | 512 | ||||
| Cash funds this | |||||||||
| year end | 4,457 | - | - | 4,457 | 512 |
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Section B: Statement of assets and Liabilities (Charity Commission form CC16a)
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| of the period | ||||
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| Categories B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B3 Investment assets |
Details Cash at Bank Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details Nil Details Nil |
Unrestricted funds to nearest £ 4,457 - - 4,457 OK Unrestricted funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Fund to which **asset belongs ** |
Restricted funds to nearest £ - - - - OK Restricted funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
| - | ||||
| - | ||||
| - | ||||
| - | ||||
| OK | ||||
| Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| - | ||||
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| Current value (optional) |
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| Nil | - | - | ||
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| - | - | |||
| - | - | |||
| - | - |
Details
Fund to which Cost (optional) asset belongs
Current value (optional)
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| B4 Assets | Nil | - | |||||||
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| retained for the | - | ||||||||
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| charity’s own | - | ||||||||
| use | - | ||||||||
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| Fund to which | Amount due | When due | |||||||
| Details | liability relates | (optional) | (optional) | ||||||
| B5 Liabilities | Nil | ||||||||
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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of Signature all the trustees
Date of Print Name approval 9th September Elizabeth Gupta 2021 John D G Groom 27[th] September 2021
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