2022-12-31-accounts

Charity No 1190838

Friends of Kididima

Annual Report and Financial Statement

For the year ended

31[st] December 2022

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Contents	Page
Reference and administrative details	3
Report of the Trustees	4
Financial Review	7
Balance Sheet	8
Report of the Independent Examiner	9
Approval	10

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Stone Outward Mombasa Project

Reference and administrative details of the charity For the year ended 31[st] December 2022

Charity registration number 1190838

Trustees

Trustees who served during the year and up to 31[st] December 2022

Mrs Maureen Elizabeth Recine Miss Moira Ann Cullen Mrs Debra Ann Turner Mrs Judith Sarah Woods Mrs Julie Karen Tanner

Independent Examiner

Jean Haynes - AAT Qualification

Bank

Co-Operative Bank 42 43, Greengate Street, Stafford ST16 2JA

KCB iBank. Mtwapa Branch, Mombasa Kenya

Family Bank Mtwapa Branch, Mombasa Kenya

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Trustee Report

The Purpose

• The purpose of the Friends of Kididima is to support the school by facilitating the education and care for 200 - 250 very poor and needy children from the age of three years.

Overview of year

• The charity has focused on increasing the number of sponsors and promoting the trust following challenges faced during the pandemic.

• Guiding and Scouting has re-opened at Kididima School and is active with two new leaders

• Three visits have been made to the school during the year

• The trustees have held 4 meetings during the year. These were held via zoom.

• Weekly zoom meetings have been held with two UK trustees the Headmaster and a Kenyan Trustee.

Sponsors

• During the year the charity has recruited 7 new sponsors and we now have 63 children sponsored which has increased from the previous year.

• The sponsored children have written to their sponsor to thank them for the support.

• Two newsletters have been sent to all sponsors and supporters during the year.

• We continue to purchase all the consumables i.e., cleaning materials, masks, sanitiser etc and the provision of a tank to provide fresh drinking water. This was sponsored by a donor initially

• We have been delighted to receive additional donations from some of our sponsors to enable us to support the teachers and children.

Education

• The Headteacher and staff are implementing the new educational system, CBC (competency-based curriculum) with the new syllabus. Generous donors made it possible to purchase books to enable them to deliver this.

• The teaching staff has remained unchanged and it is noted how well they are adapting to the new CBC system.

• A Deputy Headteacher was appointed in May 2022 and will take responsibility for examinations

• National assessment tests have been carried out during the year and the students’ performance is improving.

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• The results from the KCPE examinations were the best that Kididima had recorded previously

• Story books both in Swahili and English have been purchased and donated to the school library and it is noted that the children’s reading ability has increased substantially

• A “Prizegiving Day” was held in November with the top three students from each class receiving prizes

Support & Care

• Classes PP1&2 and Class 1 were redecorated and furnished by the October UK team. New resources were also donated

• The trustees consider sanitary protection for the girls as vitally important and to ensure that this available to all, personal care packs are available to all female students. A female teacher manages this aspect of health.

• During a visit by 20 members of Girlguiding Stone Outward Division in October 2022 each teacher received first aid training which included CPR. Students from Grade 6 upwards also received first aid training sessions and “keeping healthy” sessions. These were all very well received.

• First Aid kits were stocked and given to the school

• Many children do not have shoes or school uniform. Visits in October and a further trip by adult members from Staffordshire County in November enabled us to provide new school uniforms and 60 pairs of shoes were purchased

• A student who has restricted growth found it very difficult to use the desks we have. A special wooden seat to allow him to sit at a desk was made which has made a huge difference to the child’s wellbeing and education

• All sponsored children have written to their sponsor during the year. During the November visit 13 children and their parents met their sponsor for the first time.

• A girl’s football match was held between the team from Kididima and a team of girls from the UK during October. This was great fun and something new for the children which was enjoyed by all. This was part of a Sports day event organised by the UK team and Teachers.

• The teachers received full salaries during the year and received a small increase.

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Public Relations

• The 10K Road race (of which we are part of the organising committee) went ahead and gave us the opportunity to promote support for the trust and raise our profile whilst raising funds.

• Due to “zoom” we were able to share a UK and Kenya Guide and Brownie Thinking Day Service in February 2022. This was an amazing opportunity for girls in both countries

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Financial Review

Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities

Charity Law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for the financial year which gives a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and its financial activities for that period. In preparing those financial statements, the trustees are required to:

• select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently

• make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent

• state whether applicable accounting standards and statements of recommended practice have been followed

• prepare the financial statements using the presumption that the charity will continue in operational existence

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

• Fundraising

We have enrolled the charity for “Easyfundraising” and invited sponsors and supporters to help us by using this.

Many sponsors agree to Gift Aid Claims being made which has been extremely beneficial

• Principal Funding Source

The principal funding source continues to be sponsorship and donations.

• Specific donations “Ring Fenced”

We have funds in hand which have been donated specifically for the building of a kitchen and to bring electricity to the school. These

funds have been “restricted”

• Note

The refund of a kitchen donation is shown as the donor wished to use this following the pandemic to support other needs and will review this when we are in a position to construct the kitchen.

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Friends of Kididima Charity No 1190838

Balance sheet

January 1[st] 2022 - December 31[st] 2022

Jan 2022 -	Dec 2022			UK BALANCE SHEET
	Income			Expenditure
01.01.22	£26,014.01
	Sponsorship5420.00			CountyExpenses	£628.96
	Donations 1452.64			Countyadult trip	£5,645.00
	CountyAdult trip5643.88
				Stone Outward Road Race	£1,000.00
	Gift Aid 1720.00			School Uniform	£48.30
	Road Race 4100.00			School Uniform	£417.20
	Easyfundraising445.11			Transfer	£5,000.00
	Water 500.00			Transfer	£500.00
				Refund Kitchen donation	£3,340.00
				Transfer	£5,000.00
				Transfer	£2,000.00
				Bank charges	£52.50
			31.12.22	ClosingBalance	£21,663.68	RingFenced Donations for Kitchen & Installtion of Electricity	£6,430.00
						RingFenced fund County22 Team	£1,000.00
						Reserves	£14,233.68
	£45,295.64				£45,295.64

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Report of the Independent Examiner

Jean Haynes

48 Windsor Road, Stafford ST17 4PB

28 July 23

To: Whom it May Concern

Ref: Stone Outward Mombasa Friends of Kididima

Please accept this letter as confirmation that I, Jean Haynes, have carried out an audit of the accounts for year January 2022 to December 2022.

Mombasa Bank Account:

• Able to verify closing bank balance on Treasurer’s report agrees to

• Able to verify transfers from the Co-Op bank account into the Mombasa bank account.

Co-Op Bank Account:

• Able to verify opening and closing bank balance on Treasure’s report agrees to official bank report.

• Able to verify total income and total expenditure on Treasurer’s report agrees to official bank report.

• Able to verify classification (split) of total expenditure on Treasurer’s report to official bank report.

Yours Faithfully

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Jea Haynes AA
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This report was approved by the trustees on the date shown below and signed on their behalf by:

M Recine Chair On behalf of the Trustees

Dated: 29th July 2023

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