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2024-12-31-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date 01 01 2024 31 12 2024

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Section A Reference and administration details

FRIENDS OF NEFOS KENYA

Charity name FRIENDS OF NEFOS KENYA Other names charity is known by N/A Registered charity number (if any) 1189688 Charity's principal address FLAT 3 ELM PARK 161, SEASIDE, EASTBOURNE, EAST SUSSEX Postcode BN227LY, UK

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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)
Benta Sharp Chairperson
Fran Wittke
Hellen Taylor
Amber Dickinson
Cecilia Barry
Jodie Inns
Anouk Van Der
Avoirt
Kamila Zamora
Anne Davidson
Sophie Hogg
Sonia Sobiwiek
Rachel Ochiel

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address

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

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted

Trust Deed

Trust

Trustee selection methods

Appointment and Election

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

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Section C Objectives and activities

To support a sustainable environment and food security by raising funds for Network for Environment and Food Security (NEFOS), which is a development organization that seeks to empower the rural Summary of the objects of the communities in Kenya to move towards sustainable charity set out in its development, through an overall increase in their knowledge, governing document skills, and capacities in areas that directly affect their standard and quality of life. NEFOS enables communities to achieve enhanced socioeconomic status through optimal utilization of local resources for sustainable

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environmental management and food security.

The key programs that the charity raises funds for include: Cultivation of reliant Crops: Promote improved and biofortified varieties of seeds. The approach is focused on working with groups or associations of farmers to increase access to improved seeds in the community based on local solutions. Capacity-Building Trainings: Develop the skills and knowledge of smallholder farmers to increase agricultural production and productivity, intensify Summary of the main sustainable activities undertaken for the agriculture based on agro-ecological principles, and manage natural public benefit in relation to resources these objects (include within sustainably. this section the statutory Agribusiness: Provide smallholder farmers with training in understanding declaration that trustees have the had regard to the guidance business demand and supply concepts and negotiating their products. issued by the Charity Through this Commission on public approach, skills will be developed not only for subsistence cultivation but benefit) also for agricultural businesses.

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Section D Achievements and performance

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Section D Achievements and performance During the year 2024, the charity supported four community-based Summary of the main organizations (CBOs) in Kenya to grow drought-resistant maize and achievements of the charity moringa plants and beekeeping. This impacted over 50 families and 250 during the year individuals. The charity also donated clothes to newborn babies and books to two primary schools, thereby improving their libraries.

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Section E Financial review

NEFOS Charity maintains financial reserves to ensure the stability of its Brief statement of the operations and the continued delivery of services to the community in the charity’s policy on reserves event of unexpected funding shortfalls or emergencies. The charity aims to hold reserves equivalent to three to six months of normal operating costs . This level is considered sufficient to cover essential expenses such as staff, program delivery, and administrative commitments while alternative funding sources are sought. Reserves will be reviewed annually by the trustees as part of the budgeting and risk management process to ensure they remain appropriate for the charity’s size, activities, and financial position. Details of any funds materially Friends of NEFOS does not have any funds materially in deficit. in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

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Full name(s) BENTA SHARP

Position (eg Secretary, Chair, CHAIRPERSON etc) Date 31/10/2025

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Charity Name
No (if any)
Receipts andpayments accounts
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Section A Receipts and payments

Unrestricted Restricted Endowment funds funds funds

Total funds Last year funds funds to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £

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A1 Receipts

A1 Receipts
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Sub total(Gross income for AR) 4.382 - - 4.382 -
A2 Asset and investment sales,
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**Total receipts ** 4.382 - - 4.382 -
A3 Payments
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**Sub total ** 4.380 - - 4.380 -
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purchases, (see table)
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Total **payments ** 4.380 - - 4.380 -
**Net of receipts/(payments) ** 2 - - 2 -
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end - - - - -
**Cash funds this year end ** 2 - - 2 -

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

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B1 Cash funds
B2 Other monetary assets
B3 Investment assets
B5 Liabilities
B4 Assets retained for the
charity’s own use
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31/10/2025
Hellen Taylor
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