## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 6 August 2020 To 31 December 2021** ## **Charity name: The Grow Edo Support Group** ## **Charity registration number: 1190758** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|Grow Edo Support Group is a small grant
making charity helping, with modest sums,
to fund charities in Nigeria to establish their
own projects to combat human trafficking in
endemic trafficking areas by way of
awareness raising, training, jobs and small
business start-ups.
The Charity originally operated as part of
the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of
Southwark but then it was established as a
separate charity and the funds held by the
Archdiocese were transferred to the charity| |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|Trustees have had discussions with the
Congregation of The Sisters of the Sacred
Heart of Jesus concerning work to raise
awareness of human trafficking across Edo
State and certain projects and the
Archdiocese of Benin City and the Diocese
of Auchi concerning training/ jobs projects.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|Trustees have had regard to public benefit
guidance.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|The policy is to make modest donations to
Catholic dioceses and religious
congregations in Nigeria typically by way of
one-off grants towards them establishing
their own locally owned and managed
projects for training and employment to
combat human trafficking.| |||| 1 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|[Looking at the Minutes – this occurred
outside the scope of this Report]
Prior to establishing the Grow Edo Support
Group as a separate charity, trustees
worked through the Archdiocese of
Southwark to support skills training in
Poultry keeping in the Diocese of Auchi.
Trustees have been pleased to learn that
some trainees offer guidance on poultry
keeping in their villages and help sustain
healthy livestock and food in poor areas;
Donation to the Diocese of Auchi to support
its establishment of a small poultry feed
production unit in Auchi. When established
in 2023, the unit will buy local grain to
manufacture feedstuffs and offer
employment/ training and better quality
product locally;
Initial discussions about a similar poultry
feed production being contemplated by the
Congregation of The Missionaries of St
Paul to alleviate human trafficking near
Abuja.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |||Fundraising for a small charity recently
established, and reliant on parish appeals,
has been very difficult during and since| 2 |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|covid. For the moment we are reliant on
known supporters continuing to provide us
with funds for small projects.| |---|---|---| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| 3 ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|In the opinion of the Trustees the financial
position of the Charity at the end of the
period is satisfactory| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The charity holds reserves in order to
support projects in Nigeria| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£32,324| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|N/A| |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|Having considered future budgets and cash
flows, the Trustees confirm that they have
no material uncertainties
about the entity’s ability to continue as a
going concern for the foreseeable future.| **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|Principal sources of funds are small donors
known to Trustees and, when possible,
collections in Catholic parishes in the
Southwark Diocese following presentations
to interested parishioners.| |---|---|---| |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||| 4 ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution dated 6 August 2020| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**The charity is constituted as Charitable**
**Incorporated Organisation**| |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|The Board of Trustees select new trustees.
New trustees are recruited based on the
requirements of the charity for particular
expertise| ## **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 charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|GROW EDO SUPPORT GROUP| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1190758| |Charity’s principal address|BOWEN HOUSE
59 WESTMINSTER BRIDGE ROAD
LONDON
SE1 7JE| ||| 5 ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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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(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Rt Rev Patrick
Lynch|Chairman|Appointed 6 August 2020|| ||Rev Canon Edward
Perera||Appointed 24 August
2020|| ||Rev Fr Mark
Odion, MSP||Appointed 6 August 2020|| ||Dr David Ryall||Appointed 24 August
2020|| ||Dr Richard Byrne||Appointed 30 June 2021|| ||Eamonn Doran||Appointed 6 August
2020|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – 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**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| 6 ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets None held in this capacity Name and objects of the None charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for None safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Additional information (optional)**
**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Additional information (optional)**
**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Additional information (optional)**
**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**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** 7 ## **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)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**||| |---|---|---| ||Rt Rev Patrick Lynch SS.CC.|| ||
Chairman|| ||16 October 2022|| ||16 October 2022|| 8 **GROW EDO SUPPORT GROUP** **1190758** ## **Receipts and payments accounts** **CC16a** **For the period 6 AUGUST 31 DECEMBER To from 2020 2021** ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**4,235**
**28,093**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**32,328**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**4,235**
**28,093**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**32,328**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |Donations|**4,235**|**-**|**-**|**4,235**|**-**| |Transfer from Roman Catholic
Archdiocese of Southwark|**28,093**|**-**|**-**|**28,093**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**32,328**|**-**|**-**|**32,328**|**-**| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**32,328**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**32,328**|| ||**-**||||| ||**-**||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_ **|||||| ||**32,328**|**-**|**-**|**32,328**|**-**| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**|||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**(see table).**|||||||||| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||||||||| |**_Total receipts_ **|**32,328**||**-**||**-**||**32,328**||**-**| ## **A3 Payments** |**A3 Payments**||||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Bank charges|**4**||**-**|||**-**|||**4**||**-**|| ||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**|| ||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**|| ||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**|| ||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**|| ||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**|| ||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**|| ||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**|| ||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**|| |**_Sub total_ **|**4**||**-**|||**-**|||**4**||**-**|| |||||||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**||||||||||||| |**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||||| ||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**|||| ||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**|||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**|||**-**| |||||||||||||| |**_Total payments_ **|**4**|||**-**|||**-**||**4**|||**-**| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**32,324**|||**-**|||**-**||**32,324**|||**-**| |**A5 Transfers between funds**|**-**|||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**| |**A6 Cash funds last year end**|**-**|||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**| |**_Cash funds this year end_**|**32,324**|||**-**|||**-**||**32,324**|||**-**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)|Bank account
**Details**
~~1~~|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**32,324**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
~~2~~|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||**-**
~~5/10/2022~~| |||||| ||||**-**||**-**||**-**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**_Total cash funds_**||**32,324**||**-**||**-**| ||(agree balances with receipts and payments||||||| ||account(s))||OK||OK||OK| ||||**Unrestricted**||**Restricted**||**Endowment**| ||||**funds**||**funds**||**funds**| ||**Details**||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**| |**B2 Other monetary assets**|||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**||**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |**B3 Investment assets**|||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**||**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |**B4 Assets retained for the**|||||**-**||**-**| |**charity’s own use**|||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||**Fund to which**||**Amount due**||**When due**| ||**Details**||**liability relates**||**(optional)**||**(optional)**| |**B5 Liabilities**|||||**-**||| ||||||**-**||| ||||||**-**||| ||||||**-**||| ||||||**-**||| |Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|Signature||Print|Name|||Date of
approval| ||||RT REV PATRICK LYNCH SS CC||||16/10/2022| ||||||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 25/10/2022 2 **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the trustees/** Charity Name GROW EDO SUPPORT GROUP **members of On accounts for the** 31 December 2021 **Charity no** 1190758 **period ended (if any) Set out on pages** 1 to 8 on the Trustees Report and Page 1 to 2 of the Receipts and Payments Account (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the period ended 31/12/2021. - **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation **basis of report** of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. **Independent** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or - the accounts do not accord with the accounting records I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. * _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._ **Signed: Date:** 16 OCTOBER 2022 **Name:** ADRIAN RADFORD **Relevant professional** ACA **qualification(s) or body (if any):** **Address:** 7 CURBEY CLOSE WEST CHILTINGTON RH20 2HU 1 **October 2018** **IER** **Section B Disclosure** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). **Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . 2 **October 2018** **IER**