## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From: 01-04-2021 To: 31-03-2022** ## **Charity name: Nalam Vaala** ## **Charity registration number: 1189081** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To advance in life and help children and
young people from marginalised
communities who have been displaced
during and after civil war, in particular in the
war-affected Northern and Eastern
provinces of Sri Lanka, through:
(a) The provision of recreational and leisure
time activities provided in the interest
of social welfare, designed to improve
their conditions of life;
(b) Providing support and activities, which
develop their skills, capacities and
capabilities to enable them to
participate in society as mature and
responsible individuals.| |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|1. Unable to continue our activities in Sri
Lanka due to Covid restrictions.
2. Organised a charity walk on a small scale
in London in September 2021 and raised
£232 through crowd funding page.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees are fully conversant with the
guidance issued by the Charity Commission
and pay due regard to it.
The trustees continued the awareness of its
existence among its supporters.| **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** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |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|During the reporting period, we were only
able to manage a limited engagement with
the beneficiaries due to covid restrictions
by way of telephone support.
Our coordinator and tutors encouraged
the beneficiaries in developing a greater
awareness of the impact of education,
self- confidence and become engaged
with learning.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|We believe that our approach has potential
to succeed on a wider scale with properly
coordinated planning and adequate
resources.| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|Finance report attached.
At the end of the reporting period, due to the
economic situation in Sri Lanka, we were
unable to carry out the key activities as
planned.
We have no paid staff. Trustees carried out
the work on a voluntary basis.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Until we are in a position to commence the
key parts of the operational plan, trustees
believe that holding the fund in reserve is
necessary.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£ 1,241.93**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**None**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**None**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Currently our principal sources of funds are
from charity events and individual donations.
In order to prepare application for
institutional funds, the trustees have to visit
Sri Lanka and carryout a series of tasks
including discussions with the local
education authorities and schools.| |---|---|---| |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:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Memorandum of Articles of Association| |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|Any new trustees will be appointed through
an open and transparent recruitment in
adherence to our Equal Opportunities
Policy.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|The Nalam Vaala trustees have experience
of working in charities or as trustees in other
charities.
Before the organisation was formally set up,
a workshop was held on the roles and
responsibilities of trustees of a charity and
how to manage a charity| |---|---|---| |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|None.| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charityname|Nalam Vaala| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|For a Better Life| |Registered charitynumber|1189081| |Charity’s principal address|28 Collyer Avenue,
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Cathamuthu
Raveendradass|Chair|Whole year|| ||Alex Purssey||Wholeyear|| ||Kathiravelu
Thambiah||Whole year|| ||Ratnasingam
Rajadurai||Whole year|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| 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) Full name(s)** Cathamuthu Raveendradass **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc) Date** 07/01/2023 **Nalam Vaala 1189081 Receipts and payments accounts For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 01/04/21 31/03/22 ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||| |---|---|---|---|---| |**Unrestricted**
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**to the nearest £**
**A1 Receipts**
**232**
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**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_**232**
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
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**_Total receipts_ 232**
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**purchases, (see table)**
**-**
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**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ 232**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**1,010**
**_Cash funds this year end_ 1,242**||**Restricted funds**
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**232**
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**232**
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**232**
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**1,242**| |**A4 Asset and investment**
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**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ **
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_ **||||| ||**232**|**-**|**-**|**232**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**1,010**|**-**|**-**|**1,010**| ||**1,242**|**-**|**-**|**1,242**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 07/01/23 1 |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the**|**end of the period**|**end of the period**|**end of the period**|**end of the period**|**end of the period**|**end of the period**|**end of the period**|**end of the period**|**end of the period**||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||**Unrestricted**|||||**Restricted funds**|||||| |**Categories**||**Details**|||||**funds**||||||||||| ||||||||**to nearest**|**£**|||||**to nearest £**||||| |**B1 Cash funds**||||||||**1,242**|||||**-**||||| ||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||**-**|||||**-**||||| ||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||**-**|||||**-**||||| ||||||||||||||||||| |||**_Total cash funds_**|||||**1,242**||||||**-**||||| |||(agree balances with receipts and payments|||||||||||||||| ||||account(s))|||OK||||||OK|||||| ||||||||**Unrestricted**|||||**Restricted funds**|||||| ||||||||**funds**||||||||||| ||**Details**||||||**to nearest**|**£**|||||**to nearest £**||||| |**B2 Other monetary assets**||||||||**-**|||||**-**||||| ||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||**-**|||||**-**||||| ||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||**-**|||||**-**||||| ||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||**-**|||||**-**||||| ||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||**-**|||||**-**||||| ||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||**-**|||||**-**||||| ||||||||||||||||||| ||**Details**|||||**Fund to which**
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