## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 02/04/2022 Period start date to 01/04/2023 Period end date**
**Charity name: Same Opportunities For All (SOFA)**
**Charity registration number:** 1190662
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP
reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the
purposes of the
charity as set out in
its governing
document|Para
1.17|To contribute towards the elimination of discrimination on the
grounds of gender, disability, sexual orientation or religion in
Ghana, to advocate for and raise awareness on educational,
disability and human rights in Ghana and to promote social
inclusion for the public benefit by preventing social exclusion,
relieving the needs of those socially excluded and assisting
them to integrate into the society.|
|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|Providing education materials, school uniforms, cooking
ingredients to 2 children living with disabilities in the rural areas
of in Namoalogo; Northern Ghana
Providing made to measure school uniforms to orphans in
Namologo; Northern Ghana|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees
have had regard to
the guidance issued
by the Charity
Commission on
public benefit|Para
1.18|This is to confirm that the trustees have taken into regards the
guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit|
SORP reference **n/a** Para 1.38 Policy on grant making **n/a** Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|Toys donated by a kind volunteer were distributed amongst
the kindergarteners in the Namoalogo School in Northern
Ghana cc notes on accounts
Clothes donated by kind volunteers were shared among the
inhabitants of Namoalogo in Northern Ghana cc notes on
account
A seamstress volunteered her services by sewing made to
measure school uniforms cc notes on account|
|---|---|---|
## **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
Para 1.41|**-**Sense of ownership: Students that were normally given hand
me down uniforms could now boast of their own uniforms
through SOFA’s school uniform sponsorship program
-Disability Inclusion: Discussion with the families of the only
two children in the village living with a disability to reassure
them that if they accept, SOFA will want to be a part of their
journeys encouraging them every step of the way. SOFA
provides cooking ingredients every quarter to the families and
is in regular contact with the headteacher of their school for
progress report (with permission from their respective
families)
Development through Imagination: Toys provided help the
children think beyond their village and also teaches them the
importance of sharing. The school can now pass the toys
down to different generation of kidergateners|
## **Financial Review**
|Review of the charity’s financial
position at the end of the period|Para 1.21|Since organising and executing our first couple
of projects this financial year, there have been
discussion during the trustee meeting
surrounding fundraisings & grant applications
so we are not relying on only donations in the
future|
|---|---|---|
|Statement explaining the policy
for holding reserves stating
why they are held|Para 1.22|SOFA has 0 holding reserves for now. This will
be reviewed in due course|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|0|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|We saw no need for it during this financial year.
This will be reviewed in the next financial year|
|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|No uncertainties|
||||
|The charity’s principal sources
of funds (including any
fundraising)|Para 1.47|Money donations was SOFA’s only source of
funds during this financial year. As we operate
in Ghana, the pound goes a long way due to the
currency exchange thus enabling us to carry out
the projects we set out to do.|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any social
investment policy adopted|Para 1.46|N/A|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|N/A|
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document|Para 1.25|Association Model Constitution|
|How is the charity constituted?|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|Trustees or members may at any time decide
to appoint a new charity trustee who shall retire
at the conclusion of the next annual general
meeting after the date of his or her
appointment.|
**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
||**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year**|**Name of person (or**
**body) entitled to appoint**
**trustee (if any)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Chelsea Nyantakyi|Chair|||
||Eleni Matsa||||
||Tiwa Kiladejo||23/04/2022-present||
||Michaela Asare||2024||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Same Opportunities For All (SOFA)|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|N/A|
|Registered charity number|1190662|
|Charity’s principal address|40 Draycott Close SE5 7PD|
## **Corporate Trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved**
**Director name N/A**
## **Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity**
|**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year**|
|---|---|
|**N/A**||
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets none 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
## **Notes to the accounts**
- Gifts of goods: Clothes were donated by family and friends. SOFA sorted out the clothes into wearables and non-wearables. Wearables were washed and shipped to the Northern part of Ghana and then distributed amongst the people of Namoalogo. Toys donated were in good conditions so were shipped in one barrel together with the clothes and donated to the kindergarteners at Namoalogo school. Non-wearables were disposed off
- Gifts of services: A seamstress donated and volunteered her services in sewing made to measure school uniforms for 10 children in Namoalogo school.
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)** CNyantakyi **Full name(s)** Chelsea Nyantakyi **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc) Date** 28/01/2024
**Accounts**
**Charity Name No (if any) SAME OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL(SOFA) 1190622**
## **Receipts and payments accounts**
**CC16 a**
Period start Period end **For the** date **To** date **period from** 02/04/2022 01/04/2023
**Section A Receipts and payments**
**Restrict Unrestric Endowm Total ed Last year ted funds ent funds funds funds to the to the to the to the to the nearest nearest £ nearest £ nearest £ nearest £ £ A1 Receipts** Doations **3,850 - - 3,850 345 - - - - -** _**Sub total** (Gross income for AR)_ **3,850 - - 3,850 345**
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross_
_income for AR)_|**3,850**||**-**||**-**||**3,850**||**345**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A2 Asset and**||||||||||
|**investment**||||||||||
|**sales, (see**||||||||||
|**table).**||||||||||
||||||||||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|
**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|||||||||||
|**_Total receipts_**|**3,850**||**-**||**-**||**3,850**||**345**|
## **A3 Payments**
|**A3 Payments**|||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Cost of Charitable|||||||||||
|Activities|**4,185**||**-**||**-**||**4,185**||**-**||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
|**_Sub total_**|||||||||||
||**4,185**||**-**||**-**||**4,185**||**-**||
||||||||||||
|**A4 Asset and**|||||||||||
|**investment**|||||||||||
|**purchases, (see**|||||||||||
|**table)**|||||||||||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||||
|**_Sub total_**|||||||||||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
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Total payments 4,185 - - 4,185 -
Net of
receipts/(paym
ents) 335 - - 335 345
A5 Transfers
between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds
last year end 345 - - 345 -
Cash funds this
year end 10 - - 10 345
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**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
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Unrestric Restrict Endowm
ted funds ed ent funds
Categories Details funds
to nearest £ to to nearest
nearest £ £
B1 Cash funds Bank Current Account
10 - -
- - -
- - -
Total cash funds
10 - -
(agree balances with receipts
and payments account(s)) OK OK OK
Unrestric Restrict Endowm
ted funds ed ent funds
funds
to nearest £ to to nearest
Details nearest £ £
B2 Other
monetary - - -
assets
Fund to Current
Cost
which asset value
(optional)
Details belongs (optional)
B3 Investment
assets - -
Fund to Current
Cost
which asset value
(optional)
Details belongs (optional)
B4 Assets Gifted Assets
retained for the - -
- -
charity’s own
use cc notes
on account) - -
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|**B5 Liabilities**
Signed by one or
two trustees on
behalf of all the
trustees|**Details**
-
Signature
Cnyantakyi|**Fund to**
**which**
**liability**
**relates**
**Amount**
**due**
**(optional)**
-
**-**
Print Name
Chelsea Nyantakyi|**When due**
**(optional)**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**-**|
||||Date of
approval|
|||Chelsea Nyantakyi|28/01/2024|