
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

## **From  01 April 2024 to 31 March 2025 Charity name: Hope4Kibera** 

## **Charity registration number:1189029** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO, TO BE UNDER-<br>TAKEN IN KIBERA, NAIROBI AND THE SUR-<br>ROUNDING AREAS (HEREAFTER REFERRED<br>TO AS ‘THE AREA OF BENEFIT’), ARE THE<br>FOLLOWING:<br>A)TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE<br>PUPILS AT THE BRIGHT HOPE EDUCA-<br>TION CENTRE IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT<br>BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE<br>PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR EDUCA-<br>TION AT THE SCHOOL.<br>B) THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POV-<br>ERTY IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT BY PROVID-<br>ING: GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO IN-<br>DIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR<br>OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO<br>PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.|
|Summary of the main activi-<br>ties in relation to those pur-<br>poses for the public benefit,<br>in particular, the activities,<br>projects or services identified<br>in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and 1.19|Hope4Kibera supports local partners, princi-<br>pally Swahiba Networks (SN), in the Kibera<br>slum, Nairobi, Kenya. The principal activity<br>is to provide grants to SN towards specified<br>needs for the running of the Bright Hope<br>Education Centre.<br>This secondary school (boarding) has been<br>established by SN and offers free education<br>to students from the Kibera slum.<br>We also provide grants to SN to assist<br>needy Kibera families with food, medical<br>care, and other specified needs.|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity Com-<br>mission on public benefit|Para 1.18|We Confirm that the trustees have had re-<br>gard to the guidance issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public benefit in deciding on<br>the activities of Hope4Kibera|





## **Additional information (optional)** 

## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|The policy on Grant making is laid out in the<br>Memorandum of Understanding agreed be-<br>tween Hope4Kibera and Swahiba Networks<br>on 20/2/20|
|Policy on social investment<br>including program related in-<br>vestment|Para 1.38|N/A|
|Contribution made by volun-<br>teers|Para 1.38|Volunteers assist with our Fund-raising<br>events|
|Other|||



## **Achievements and Performance** 

SORP reference 



|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its ben-<br>eficiaries and any wider ben-<br>efits to society as a whole.|||
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||Para 1.20|During the year to 31st March 2025,<br>Hope4 Kibera made Three grants to The<br>Bright Hope Education Centre totaling<br>£22687. To assist with the education, facili-<br>ties, and running costs of the institution.<br>A grant of £6000 to Swahiba Network’s<br>Tabasamu shoe distribution project, and<br>£3500 to Swahiba Network’s Abide Camp.|



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|Achievements against objec-<br>tives set|Para 1.41|We have kept pace with our primary objec-<br>tive, which was to establish the Education<br>Centre and see it functioning as a viable in-<br>stitution.|
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41|The 3 main fund raising events were suc-<br>cessfully held.|
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41|N/A|





Other 

## **Financial Review** 

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|Review of the charity’s finan-<br>cial position at the end of the<br>period|Para 1.21|At the end of the period Hope4Kibera had<br>funds amounting to £14762.77|
|Statement explaining the pol-<br>icy for holding reserves stat-<br>ing why they are held|Para 1.22|N/A|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|Nil|
|Reasons for holding zero re-<br>serves|Para 1.22|Funds are readily available to be paid as<br>Grants to meet the objectives in the year<br>commencing 01/04/2025|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|N/A|
|Explanation of any uncertain-<br>ties about the charity contin-<br>uing as a going concern|Para 1.23|None|



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Our funds are raised through regular giving of supporters, and 3 main charity events, The charity’s principal Para 1.47 sources of funds (including any fundraising) 



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|Investment policy and objec-<br>tives including any social in-<br>vestment policy adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|We control the level of Grants that we make<br>and we only do that within funds available<br>to us.|
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## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|The ‘Constitution of Hope4Kibera’ submit-<br>ted on registration with the Charity Commis-<br>sion|
|How is the charity consti-<br>tuted?<br>(e.g unincorporated associa-<br>tion, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any con-<br>stitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more trus-<br>tees|Para 1.25|As detailed in the Constitution paras 9 & 10|



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|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction and<br>training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider net-<br>work with which the charity<br>works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51||
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## **Reference and Administrative details** 

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|Charity name|Hope4Kibera|
|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1189029|
|Charity’s principal address|Hawthorn Cottage<br>Flower Street<br>Woodbury<br>Devon<br>EX5 1LX|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

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||**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**<br>**whole year**|**Name of person (or body)**<br>**entitled to appoint trustee**<br>**(if any)**|
|1|Dr Charles<br>Henry Collins|Chair|||
|2|Linda Marion<br>Collins||||
|3|Richard John<br>Workman||||
|4|Anne Deborah<br>Wynne|Secretary|||
|5|Mary Raffell||||
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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 held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects 

Details of arrangements for 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 adviser** 

**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 



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)** _[CH Collins]_ **Full name(s)** CHARLES HENRY COLLINS **Position (eg Sec-** CHAIR **retary, Chair, etc)** 

**Date** 20th June 2025 




**Hope4Kibera 1189029 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** 01/04/2024 31/03/2025 **To from** 

## **Section A Receipts and payments** 

|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**<br>**13,026**<br>**7,815**<br>**9,500**<br>**4,205**<br>**2,855**<br>**157**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**37,558**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**37,558**<br>**32,597**<br>**30**<br>**1,300**<br>**414**<br>**8**<br>**180**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **34,529**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**34,529**<br>**3,029**<br>**-**<br>**12,471**<br>**15,500**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**13,026**<br>**7,815**<br>**9,500**<br>**4,205**<br>**2,855**<br>**157**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**37,558**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**37,558**<br>**32,597**<br>**30**<br>**1,300**<br>**414**<br>**8**<br>**180**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**34,529**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**34,529**<br>**3,029**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**13,026**<br>**7,815**<br>**9,500**<br>**4,205**<br>**2,855**<br>**157**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**37,558**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**37,558**<br>**32,597**<br>**30**<br>**1,300**<br>**414**<br>**8**<br>**180**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**34,529**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**34,529**<br>**3,029**|**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
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|Regular Donations|**13,026**|||||**-**|
|Donations|**7,815**|||||**-**|
|Grant|**9,500**|||||**-**|
|Fund Raising|**4,205**|||||**-**|
|Gift Aid|**2,855**|||||**-**|
|Bank Interest|**157**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|**37,558**|||||**-**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**|||||||
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|**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**|||||||
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|Grants Given|**32,597**|||||**-**|
|Bank  fees|**30**|||||**-**|
|Events|**1,300**|||||**-**|
|Website/advertising|**414**|||||**-**|
|Card Facility|**8**|||||**-**|
|Insurance|**180**|||||**-**|
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|**_Sub total_ **|**34,529**|||||**-**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**|||||||
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|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||
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||**3,029**|**-**|**-**|**3,029**||**-**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**12,471**|**-**|**-**|**12,471**||**-**|
||**15,500**|**-**|**-**|**15,500**||**-**|



CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

27/07/2025 

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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**Categories**<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**|**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Cash<br>Current Account<br>Savings Account<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>Kibera trip 2023 loan<br>**Details**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**382**<br>**2,339**<br>**12,041**<br>**14,762**<br>Agreement Error<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**737**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>OK<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees 

|Signature|Signature|Print Name<br>CHARLES HENRY COLLINS|Date of<br>approval|
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|_CH Collins_||CHARLES HENRY COLLINS|20th June 2025|
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 

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|lncome||||
|Regular giving||13026||
|Donations||6625||
|Gift Aid||2855||
|Fund raising||5395||
|Grants||9500||
|Bankinterestreceived||157||
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|Less:Expenditure||||
|Grantsto Bright Hope Education Centre|22697|||
|JWPoor Fund|9900|||
|Bankcharges||30||
|Websitehosting||414||
|lnsurance||180||
|Fundraisingcosts|I|300||
|Cardfacility||8||
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|Surplusfundsfor thevear||___89p29_||
|Hope4Kibera||||
|Balance Sheet||||
|Current assets||||
|Bankbalanceatendofyear-current account||2339||
|Bankbalanceatendofyear - savings account||12041||
|Cash balanceatendofyear||383||
|Loan forvisit to Kibera carried forward||-7e-7||
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|Funds reconciliation||||
|Bankbalance at startofyear|7984|||
|Bankbalanceatstartofyear - savings account|3000|||
|Cash balanceatstartofyear||750||
|Loan forvisittoKibera brought forward||737||
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|Surplus income for the year||f3,029||
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