## **ACTION WHERE ITS NEEDED MOST** **AMPLIFY ACTION** Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) Annual Report and Financial Accounts for the year ended 31[st] December 2023 Registered UK Charity Number: 1190591 1 - **CONTENTS 1. REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION** ………………………….…3 **2. OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES** …………………………………………………….4-5 a) Objectives b) Activities and Public Benefit - **3. ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE** ……………………………….…………6-7 **4. FINANCIAL REVIEW** …………………………………………………………….………8 a) Income FY2023 b) Expenditure FY2023 c) Assets, Liabilities and Net surplus FY2023 - **5. STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT** ………………………………9 a) Team structure b) Appointment of charity trustees c) Retirement and removal of trustees - **6. DECLARATIONS** ……………………………………………………………………….10 - **Appendix: 7. RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS FY2023** …….…………………….…11-12 2 ## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION** **Charity Name:** Amplify Action ## **Charity registration number:** 1190591 ## **CIO registered address:** SO19 9FR ## **Bank** : M60 4EP ## **Board of Directors:** ## **Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31[st] December 2023.** The Trustees (listed below) present its report and financial statement of the Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), Amplify Action, for the year ended 31[st] December 2023. |**Trustees**|**Elected (dd/mm/year)**| |---|---| |Ms A Afua|01/05/2020| |Mr Thomas Ralph|01/05/2020| |Mr Daniel Tudor-Williams|01/05/2020| |Miss Eilis Wright|02/07/2020| |Miss Shanna Read|23/03/2021| |Mr Jack Thompsett (Resigned 03/02/2023)|23/03/2021 (Resigned 03/02/2023)| |Miss Emily Nolan|16/08/2022| 3 ## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES** ## _**a)** Objectives_ The objects of the CIO are: _The relief of poverty in Malawi and Ghana in particular, but not exclusively, by the improvement of the conditions of life in socially and economically disadvantaged communities and providing: grants, items, and services to individuals in need and/or charities, or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty._ The Trustees have reviewed the Charity Commissions general guidance on public benefit and have complied with duty in Section 4 of the Charities Act 2006 to have regard to this guidance. The Trustees always ensure that the projects undertaken by Amplify Action (1190591) are in line with the Charity’s Objects. Amplify Action’s Values: Be Heard, Be Together. Be Curios, Be Brave. These values apply across operations and activities in the UK, Ghana, and Malawi, including the ethos that we apply when working in partnership with organisations. - _**b)** Activities and public benefit_ ## _**What Amplify Action is set up to achieve**_ - Support locally based change-makers and their organisations (CSOs/ NGOs) in Malawi and Ghana who are supporting communities through education and/or economic empowerment programmes. - Improve standard of education in rural areas. - Improve access to and knowledge on sexual reproductive health and rights. - Improve access to sustainable income through appropriate skills development. - Advocate for women and girls’ rights, and the inclusion of those who are marginalised. ## _**How the charity’s purposes are beneficial**_ - Improve children’s, young peoples, and women’s opportunity to achieve their potential and claim their rights - Increase educational access, attainment and achievement of girls and boys at primary and secondary level. - Increase access and opportunity to earn a sustainable decent income for those facing marginalisation in society due to contextually related factors. ## _**Who specifically benefits from the charity’s activities**_ - Benefits children and their families in Kambwa and Maani Communities, Lilongwe, Malawi. 4 - Benefits surrounding communities to Bolgatanga, norther-east Ghana, with a focus on Women and Girls. ## _**Specific needs that have been identified (by our partners)**_ ## _Malawi_ - Under-resourced rural primary schools across Malawi lack the education system and quality of education compared to more urban environments within and across country. - Girls and boys face different barriers that mean there remains a high dropout rate across rural primary schools. ## _Ghana_ - Women and girls in northern Ghana have limited access to sexual reproductive health and rights education, resources (including sanitary towels) and knowledge. - Women and young adolescent girls in Bolgatanga district of Ghana, who have either accessed and/or completed, never accessed, or dropped out of school have limited opportunity to earn a decent income. 5 ## **ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE** ## **Fundraising Events:** Amplify Action was delighted to be invited back to _Portsmouth High School for Girls_ to feature the work of their partner Advocacy for Social Improvement and Girls Education (ASIGE) at the school’s Spring and Festive celebrations. Amplify Action was also particularly pleased to take part in two festive village events hosted throughout November and December 2023. ## **Programme Funding:** Amplify Action is pleased to have raised restricted funds to support its locally based civil society partner in Bolgatanga, ASIGE to design, plan and implement a vocational training project to support over 20 young women to gain the skills that will enable them to be financially independent. This was made possible through restricted grant funding secured during 2023 from two UK based Trusts and Foundations. During 2023 our partner CECESD completed a restricted funded project. We were pleased to share the achievements and stories with the two donors who made this project possible. ## **Visibility:** Inspired by the work of our partners in Ghana and Malawi, during 2022 Amplify Action looked at ways that we can better amplify the work of the changemakers that we are privileged to be working alongside and learning from. We have talked about them and the people and communities that they serve through our social media platforms, and we have delivered blogs on their achievements and learning. During 2024, we intend to do more of this by developing our website and communications channels. ## **Networks:** Building upon our networks and partnerships developed and established in 2021 and 2022, Amplify Action became a member of Bond. Amplify Action continues to be a member of The Foundation for Social Improvement and Girls Not Brides: The Global Partnership to end Child Marriage and the Alliance for Feminist Movements. ## **Partnership working:** _In partnership with Advocacy for Social Improvement and Girls Education (ASIGE) who are based in Bolgatanga, northern Ghana, we have;_ ##  **Invested in the economic empowerment of over 400 women who are a part of ASIGE’s basket weaving cooperative.** Advocacy for Social Improvement and Girls Education (ASIGE) is a well-established social enterprise supporting the empowerment of women and girls through education and economic independence in Bolgatanga, northern Ghana. We asked ASIGE what type of support they would like from Amplify Action, that would support their mission. They told us they want to continue to expand their Basket Weaving social enterprise cooperative to enable more rural women in northern Ghana to be able to become financially independent and economically empowered. 6 During 2022, we invested almost £2,690 into ASIGE’s cooperative- a 68% increase on our investment in 2022. These investments continue to support the provision of decent work to over 400 women across six communities in and around Bolgatanga.  **Support a vocational training project in partnership with ASIGE with a goal of ensuring that 20 adolescent girls in Upper-East Ghana are economically empowered with skills to earn a sustainable income.** Throughout 2023 we successfully secured 50% of the funds required to deliver this project. ASIGE were able to start the recruitment process towards the end of 2023 and we look forward to reaching the full fundraising target and seeing the project progress, in 2024. _In partnership with Beach Art Gallery School (BAGS) based in Mangochi, at the start of the year we;_  **made a one-off donation to support post-cyclone Freddy efforts in Cape Maclear.** BAGS is a community-based school founded in 2012 by a Malawian youth who calls Cape Maclear home, David Chigalu. BAGS provides basic education and creative arts outlets for children and young people aged 4-16 who do not attend school due to their parents and guardians being unable to pay the associated costs for uniform and school fees. _In partnership with Centre for Community Education and Social Development (CECESD) we have;_ ##  **Facilitated the implementation programme of work at two communities in LilongweMaani and Kambwa, which supported a Family Strengthening approach to ensure inclusive education.** CECESD have established partnerships with two schools in Lilongwe; Maani and Kambwa, and we were pleased to be able to build upon achievements and learnings from 2021 and 2022 and continue to support them during 2023 to implement a programme with a goal to reduce the rate of school dropouts that have increased since the Covid19 pandemic. It set out to do this by increasing family stability and economic prosperity in order to lessen the burden of costs associated with sending children to school. The activities implemented to achieve this goal included providing 40 households with irrigation farming training and agricultural inputs such as maize, potato, tomato, and bean seeds, along with fertiliser. The impact of the project was such that families who participated in the farming activities were able to learn a new skill (irrigation farming) and as a result sell a portion of the food they harvested. With the profits they made from selling their vegetables they have been able to pay the school fees for their children. They also kept a portion of the food grown and used it to sustain themselves and their families for approx. 1 month. 7 ## **FINANCIAL REVIEW** ## **a) Income FY2023** |_Description_|Unrestricted
Income (£)|Restricted Income
(£)| |---|---|---| |_Voluntary income: Grants and donations_|£3,767|£2,500| |_Charitable Activities_|0|0| |_Fundraising_|£|0| |_Trading_|0|0| |_Investment Income_|0|0| |_Other_|0|0| |**_Total income FY2022_**|**£3,767**|**£2,500**| ## **b) Expenditure FY2023** |_Description_|Unrestricted
Expenditure (£)|Restricted Expenditure
(£)| |---|---|---| |_Cost of generating voluntary income:_|0|0| |_Charitable Activities:_|£3,789|£2,500| |_Fundraising costs_|£216|0| |_Trading costs_|0|0| |_Governance_|
£82|0| |_Other_|0|0| |**_Total Expenditure FY2022_**|**£4,087**|**£2,500**| **c) Assets, Liabilities and Net surplus FY2023** |**_Gross surplus/loss in year_**||| |---|---|---| |_Allocation to/from reserves_|0|0| |_Cash funds held at the year end_|£1,304|0| |_Investment/other monetary assets held_|0|0| |**_Totals_**|£1,304|0| Amplify Action has no funds materially in deficit. ## _**Notes:**_ - _*all financial are rounded to the nearest £_ - _**see Receipts and Payments Accounts for further detail_ 8 ## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT** ## **a) Team Structure** Founding and new trustees continue to work with two programme support volunteers and three partners partner organisations (two based in Malawi and one based in Ghana) to plan and coordinate all the projects and interventions supported by Amplify Action. Operations in Ghana are supported by an in-country programme support volunteer who communicates and coordinates with our partner Advocacy for Social Inclusion and Girls Education (ASIGE) and takes the lead on delivery of operations. Operations in Malawi are directly planned with our partners, Beach Art Gallery School and Centre for Community Education and Social Development (CECESD), who directly lead on implementation, management and reporting of activities and operations. Amplify Actions Board of Trustees comply with Amplify Actions governing document (constitution) and the law. They act in the charity’s best interest, manage Amplify Action’s resources responsibly, act with appropriate care and skill and ensure that the charity is accountable and operates in a transparent way. ## **b) Appointment of charity trustees** Apart from the first charity trustees, every trustee must be appointed for a term of three years by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the charity trustees. In selecting individuals for appointment as charity trustees, the charity trustees must have regard to the skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective administration of the CIO. _In February 2023, Trustee- Jack Thompsett- resigned following 23 months of service to Amplify Action of which the Trustees are grateful for._ ## **c) Retirement and removal of charity trustees** (1) A charity trustee ceases to hold office if he or she: (a) retires by notifying the CIO in writing (but only if enough charity trustees will remain in office when the notice of resignation takes effect to form a quorum for meetings). (b) is absent without the permission of the charity trustees from all their meetings held within a period of six months and the trustees resolve that his or her office be vacated; (c) dies; (d) in the written opinion, given to the company, of a registered medical practitioner treating that person, has become physically or mentally incapable of acting as a director and may remain so for more than three months; (e) is disqualified from acting as a charity trustee by virtue of sections 178-180 of the Charities Act 2011 (or any statutory re-enactment or modification of that provision). (2) Any person retiring as a charity trustee is eligible for reappointment. The only persons eligible to be members of the CIO are its charity trustees. Membership of the CIO cannot be transferred to anyone else. Any member and charity trustee who ceases to be a charity trustee automatically ceases to be a member of the CIO. 9 ## **DECLARATIONS** The trustees declare that they have approved the Trustees’ report above, signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees. **Signature:** **Full name:** Daniel Tudor-Williams **Position:** Trustee **Date:** 03/03/2024 **Signature:** **Full name:** Thomas Ralph **Position:** Trustee **Date:** 05/03/2024 10 RECEIPTS AND PAYMENT ACCOUNTS rharTty NarT7e AMPLIFY ACTIOII 11￿1591 AMPLIFY ACTION Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period from 01.'0112023 To 31 i12,'2023 Section A Receipts and payments UnrestrKted funds ResiiKied funds Eiidowiiieiii funds Total funds Lasi year FY2022 io rhe neaiesl £ io ihe neaiesi io ihe Trearesi io ihe neaiest io ihe neaiesi A1 Receipts Donaiions. Fundraisin r8nis andle Events acies 3.767 2.500 6.267 Sub total(Gross income for AR? 3.767 2.500 6.267 5.734 A2 Assel and illvestmenl sales, (see lablel. Sub total 3,767 6.267 7341 A3 Payments Cosis ol chariiableaciiviiies Fundraising cosis Goveinance costs 3.789 216 82 2.500 6.289 216 82 4.369 Sub total 4.087 2￿00 6.587 A4 Assel and investment purchases, (see table} Sub total 4,087 6.587 Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash fvnds lastyear end Cash funds this year end 330 1,624 1,624 5351 li Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricled Resiricted funds funds Endowmeni funds Categories Details lo nearesl to nearest t lo nearesl £ B1 Ca$h funds Cash funds helds*ar end 2021 1.304 Total cash funds (agree bla￿￿$ wiihre¢eipis andpaymeDts a¢¢ouTrilsll OK Unieslricled funds OK Restticted funds OK Endowment funds Detarls io neare51 t io Trearesi t io neare51 t B2 Other monetary assets Fund io which assei belon Cost tional) Curient value iioTral) Details B3 Inveslment assets F￿d io ¥hich assei belon Cosi iionalj Curreni Value iionall Deiails B4 Assets retained for the charity's own use Fund io ¥h•oh rèlale5 Amouni due oional When due Qional Detals B5 Liabililies 12