Charity No 1190838
Friends of Kididima
Annual Report and Financial Statement
For the year ended
31[st] December 2023
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| Contents | Page |
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| Reference and administrative details | 3 |
| Report of the Trustees | 4 |
| Balance Sheet | 7 |
| Report of the Independent Examiner | 8 |
| Approval | 10 |
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Stone Outward Mombasa Project
Reference and administrative details of the charity For the year ended 31[st] December 2023
Charity registration number
1190838
Trustees
Trustees who served during the year and up to 31[st] December 2023
Mrs Maureen Elizabeth Recine Miss Moira Ann Cullen Mrs Debra Ann Turner resigned 31.3.2023 Mrs Judith Sarah Woods Mrs Julie Karen Tanner Mrs Veronica Gurman from 13.6.23
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 250 - 300 very poor and needy children from the age of three years.
Overview of year
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The charity has focused on increasing the number of sponsors and promoting the trust and we are meeting our objectives.
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Guiding and Scouting remains very active at Kididima School
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A team of 27 arrived in Kididima during a very hot February, the team completely re-decorated and refurbished classes 2 -6
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Three visits have been made to the school during the year
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The trustees have held 3 meetings during the year. These were held via zoom.
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Weekly zoom meetings have been held with two UK trustees the Headmaster and a Kenyan Trustee.
Sponsors
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During the year the charity has recruited 21 new sponsors and we now have 82 children sponsored which has increased from the previous year.
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The sponsored children have written to their sponsor to thank them for the support and sponsors received an end of year educational report about the child they support.
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Two newsletters have been sent to all sponsors and supporters during the year.
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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.
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We have been delighted to receive additional donations from some of our sponsors to enable us to support the teachers and children, with books, wall charts and teaching aids.
Education
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The Headteacher and staff have implemented the new educational system, CBC (competency-based curriculum) with the new syllabus. Generous donors made it possible to purchase text books to enable them to deliver this.
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The teaching staff has seen one change. A new teacher is undergoing her training looking after Play Group
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National assessment tests have been carried out during the year and the students’ performance continues to improve.
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The results from the KCPE examinations which were the last to be taken as the new system is fully embedded were the best that Kididima had recorded
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The academic standards across the school continue to rise. This is in part due to the textbooks that we have been able to provide from donations and the new environments they are working in
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A Sports day was held for all children and some children were able to join a school outing which they wrote about afterwards and we shared this with the sponsors
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The Deputy Headteacher is now studying for a Diploma in Early Childhood Teacher Education with support from the UK Trust
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Members of staff have started to receive basic computer literacy training which has been well received
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Some laptops have been donated to school to support the headteacher and deputy head teacher
Support & Care
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First Aid kits have been re-stocked and given to the school
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Many children do not have shoes or school uniform. We have continued to help the families when we are able to due to the generosity of our sponsors.
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Fresh drinking water is provided for children daily
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All sponsored children have written to their sponsor during the year
Public Relations
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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.
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We held a Girlguiding Thinking Day Service at school with the UK team on February 22[nd] , this was an occasion for the UK team and the Kenyan members. They were amazed at the discipline and marching that the Guides and Scouts do. We now have two Rainbows at school.
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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:
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select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently
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make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent
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state whether applicable accounting standards and statements of recommended practice have been followed
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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”
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Friends of Kididima Charity No 1190838
Balance sheet
January 1[st] 2023 - December 31[st] 2023
The Co- operative Bank Balance sheet January 2023 - December 2023
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| Opening balance | £21,663.68 | statement | Stationery & post | £167.13 |
| Gift aid from 2021 | £1,753.89 | County girls | £21,343.50 | |
| Gift aid from 2022 | £2,022.22 | Cash transfer to Kenya | £20,049.00 | |
| Twinkle | £400.00 | Bank charges for transfers | £75.50 | |
| J McVay | £2,500.00 | Twinkle | £400.00 | |
| County girls | £21,250.00 | Safe | £25.48 | |
| Sponsors | £8,305.00 | Trip Sept expenses | £1,499.00 | |
| Donations | £2,512.75 | |||
| Fire pits | £213.51 | |||
| Easy fund raising | £279.00 | |||
| Kitchen Fund | £500.00 | |||
| Road race | £4,500.00 | Closing balance | £22,340.44 | |
| Total | £65,900.05 | £65,900.05 | ||
| Income for 2023 | £20,832.48 | Closing reserves | ||
| Expenses for 2023 | £21,816.11 | |||
| Kitchen & Electric | £7,143.51 | |||
| County | £1,000.00 | |||
| Reserves | £14,196.93 | |||
| Total in bank | £22,340.44 |
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Report of the Independent Examiner
Ref: Friends of Kididima
Please accept this letter as confirmation that I, Barbara Martin, have carried out an audit of the accounts for year January 2023 to December 2023.
FRIENDS OF KIDIDIMA
Year ended 31 December 2023
Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of the Friends of Kididima (Charity Number 1190838)
Responsibilities and basis of report
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/12/2023.
As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
Independent Examiner’s statement
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.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
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accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
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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.
6 August 2024
Mrs B J Martin MAAT, Dip Cha Stone, Staffordshire, ST15 8TU
Barbara Martin is licensed and regulated
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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES Indep•ndentex•mlnerf TQPOrt on the accounts d, 31 DECEMBERI3 9ts83 rL* 144dfv2011 I U4AT.thp¢r 8T15&Tu
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: 8th August 2024
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