## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 01/04/2024 To 31/03/2025**
**Charity name: Mount Elgon Foundation**
**Charity registration number: 1186668**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The objects of the Mount Elgon
Foundation, being undertaken for the
public benefit in the Mount Elgon region
and more widely in the republic of Kenya
and the republic of Uganda, are:
1. the conservation of endangered
elephants and their protection from
extinction in particular, but not
exclusively, by providing financial and
other aid to support programs with the
objective of protecting, monitoring, and
advancing the conservation of those
elephants; and
2. to further other such exclusively
charitable purposes, which are
charitable under the law of England and
Wales, as the trustees may from time to
time determine.|
|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|The main activity of the Mount Elgon
Foundation for the period has been to fund
the Mount Elgon Elephant Project that
seeks to protect the elephants of Mount
Elgon in western Kenya and to promote
sustainable livelihoods for the local
community.|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|It is confirmed that the trustees have had
regard to the guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on public benefit.|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making
Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other
## **Achievements and Performance**
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|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|The difference the Foundation’s work has
made to its beneficiaries was to provide
protection to the elephants of Mount Elgon
and to provide support for sustainable
livelihoods for local people.
As regards benefits to society as a whole,
the preservation of the ecosystem of Mount
Elgon, given its key water tower role and
large forested areas, is the provision of
water to many millions of people regionally,
while carbon sequestration by the forest
provides an important benefit to the
worldwide community.|
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|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41||
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
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Investment performance Para 1.41 against objectives Other
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The charity holds c.£44k (c.£35k FY24) in
cash funds with Barclays Bank, and a
further c. £9k (c.£14k FY24) in cash funds
with two overseas funds. These funds and
funds raised since 31/3/25 give the
Trustees confidence for the year ahead.|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|No reserves were held in the period. Funds
are currently raised to provide for the year
ahead.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|Nil|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|See above.|
|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|None.|
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|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47||
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|CIO Constitution|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g. unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|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|Through Board of Trustees meetings. No
entitlement to appoint is provided to any
person or body.|
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|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Mount Elgon Foundation|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1186668|
|Charity’s principal address|West House,
South Green,
Kirtlington,
Oxfordshire. OX5 3HJ|
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets n/a held in this capacity Name and objects of the n/a charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for n/a safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**|
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**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
n/a
## **Other optional information**
## **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**|||
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||Christopher Powles||
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Chair||
||2 January 2026||
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## **Mount Elgon Foundation**
Charity number: 1186668
## **Receipts and payments accounts**
For the period from 01/04/2024 to 31/03/2025
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Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
£ £ £ £ £
A1 Receipts
Donations and legacies - Individuals 25,800 12,197 0 37,996 30,247
Donations and legacies - Foundations /
Trusts 42,641 30,000 0 72,641 49,611
Other 78 0 0 78 392
Gift Aid 2,400 0 0 2,400 619
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
Sub total (Gross income for AR) 70,919 42,197 0 113,115 80,868
A2 Asset and investment sales
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
Sub total 0 0 0 0 0
Total receipts 70,919 42,197 0 113,115 80,868
A3 Payments
Charitable activities 0 97,538 0 97,538 48,199
Fund Raising Activities 1,757 0 0 1,757 1,842
Admin Expenses 6,518 0 0 6,518 2,616
Other 690 2,034 0 2,724 3,550
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
Sub total 8,964 99,572 0 108,537 56,207
A4 Asset and investment purchases
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
Sub total 0 0 0 0 0
Total payments 8,964 99,572 0 108,537 56,207
Net of receipts/(payments) 61,954 (57,376) 0 4,578 24,662
A5 Transfers between funds (57,376) 57,376 0 0 0
A6 Cash funds last year end 48,581 0 48,581 23,919
Cash funds this year end 53,159 0 0 53,159 48,581
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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**||||
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|**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the charity’s**
**own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**Signed by one or two trustees on**
**behalf of all the trustees**|**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**£**|
||Barclays Bank
Myriad USA
Myriad Australia|**44,234**
**8,842**|**0**
**0**
**83**|**0**
**0**
**0**|
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**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature|**53,076**|**83**|**0**|
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Print Name
Christopher Powles||**0**
Date of approval
Ist January 2026|
Prepared by Antony Jarvis 01/01/2026
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Report to the Trustees of Mount Elgon Foundation on the
accounts for the period ended 31 March 2024.
Charlty number: 1186668
Res
onsibilities and basis of re
ort
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity for the year ended
31 March 2024. As the charity trustees. you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in
accordance with the Charities Act 20111.the Act"). I report in respect of my examination of the
charity's account5 carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examlnation,
I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 1451511bl
of the Act.
Inde
endent examiner's statement
I have completed my examlnation. I confirm that no material matters have ¢ome to my attention in
connettion with the examlnation which gives me cause to belleve that in, any material respect..
the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act,. or
the accounts did not accord with the accounting records,. or
the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concernin@ the form and
ontent of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other
than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fairf view which is not a matter
considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to
which attention should be drawn in this ieport in order to enable a proper understanding of the
accounts to be reached.
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