2021-03-31-accounts - Freetown Secondary School For Girls Ex-Pupils Association UK And Ireland

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

	Period start date	Period start date			Period end date	Period end date
	26	AUG	2020		31	MARCH	2021
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Section A Reference and administration details

Freetown Secondary School for Girls Ex-Pupils Charity name Association UK and Ireland

Other names charity is known by FSSGians UK

Registered charity number (if any)[1191039 ] Charity's principal address 68 BELLINGHAM ROAD

London

SE6 2PT

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year
Mrs Adekemi Bull	President & Chair	April 2019- March 2021
Mrs Marie Busairu	Vice President	April 2019- March 2021
Mrs Elizabeth Atere-Roberts
Mrs Elizabeth Jinadu
Mrs EmilyNoah
Mrs Mildred Pratt	Ex-Officio	April 2019 -March 2021














Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name		Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser	Name	Address




Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B	Structure,	governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

CONSTITUTION Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) CHARITY INCORPORATED ORGANISATION (ASSOCIATION) How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Trustees are appointed or re-appointed at the biennial Annual General Trustee selection methods Meeting. (eg. appointed by, elected by) The term of office for each elected Trustee shall be two years. A Trustee shall hold the same office for no more than two consecutive terms

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

policies and procedures Our policies include Code of Conduct (Bye laws), Equal Opportunity and adopted for the induction and Diversity, Safeguarding, Volunteering, Functions and duties of charity training of trustees; trustees.
• the charity’s organisational The charity is managed by the Trustees, headed by the President (Chair)
structure and any wider of the organisation.
network with which the charity works;
The organisation works in partnership with other alumni branches in Sierra
• relationship with any related Leone, The Gambia and the United States.
parties;
trustees’ consideration of The trustees manage the affairs of the charity in good faith and with due major risks and the system regard to the will of members to further the purposes of the CIO. and procedures to manage Trustees have a wide range of special knowledge and experience and them. show due consideration to any major risks that the charity may be exposed to and have established procedures in place to Manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

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Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)	The advancement of quality education, particularly for the pupils of the Freetown Secondary School for Girls, Sierra Leone. (2) Support and assist the provision of educational facilities and a safe learning environment for pupils at the Freetown Secondary School for Girls, resulting in improved pupils’ outcomes
	Our very first event was the Luncheon sale in June 2019 which was, as always with our luncheon sales, a success. Then A successful Africana dance in September 2019 followed by a well-attended Thanksgiving service in Jan 2020 • This was our last event before the pandemic struck. · We ushered in 2021 with our first Virtual event – our 36th Annual Thanksgiving in January 2021. We received so many great reviews and according to some of our members, guest and well-wishers, this was one of our best events yet. Attendance was high and we conducted a very successful appeal & fund raising which was evident from the amount of funds raised. Thanks to all our members (active and non-active) and supporters for your loyalty shown towards the organisation. Regrettably, due to many issues with the pandemic including a halt in events, fundraising was adversely affected. Consequently, we could not support our school as much as we had planned. However, with the success of our last thanksgiving service, we promised our guest and supporters that funds raised will go directly to supporting our school. We continued with our monthly meetings, virtually. Our members continued with their annual subscription and voluntary donations. Trustees are aware of the Charity Commission guidance on public benefit/funds and that none of the income of the charity may be paid or transferred directly or indirectly by way of dividend, bonus or otherwise by way of profit to any member of the charity. All funds raised are for public benefit.

Summary of the objects of the
charity set out in its
governing document
Summary of the main
activities undertaken for the
public benefit in relation to
these objects (include within
this section the statutory
declaration that trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit)

The advancement of quality education, particularly for the pupils of the
Freetown Secondary School for Girls, Sierra Leone. (2) Support and
assist the provision of educational facilities and a safe learning
environment for pupils at the Freetown Secondary School for Girls,
resulting in improved pupils’ outcomes

Our very first event was the
Luncheon sale in June 2019 which was, as always with our
luncheon sales, a success.
Then A successful Africana dance in September 2019
followed by
a well-attended Thanksgiving service in Jan 2020
•
This was our last event before the pandemic struck.
·
We ushered in 2021 with our first Virtual event – our 36th
Annual Thanksgiving in January 2021. We received so
many great reviews and according to some of our
members, guest and well-wishers, this was one of our best
events yet. Attendance was high and we conducted a very
successful appeal & fund raising which was evident from
the amount of funds raised.
Thanks to all our members (active and non-active) and supporters for
your loyalty shown towards the organisation.
Regrettably, due to many issues with the pandemic including a halt in
events, fundraising was adversely affected. Consequently, we could not
support our school as much as we had planned. However, with the
success of our last thanksgiving service, we promised our guest and
supporters that funds raised will go directly to supporting our school.
We continued with our monthly meetings, virtually. Our members
continued with their annual subscription and voluntary donations.
Trustees are aware of the Charity Commission guidance on public
benefit/funds and that none of the income of the charity may be paid or
transferred directly or indirectly by way of dividend, bonus or otherwise by
way of profit to any member of the charity. All funds raised are for public
benefit.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

The charity is made up of ex-pupils (Alumni) who are volunteers and give up their time, financial contribution and expertise to improve the standard of the organisation and increase our fund-raising efforts.

Section D Achievements and performance

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Section D Achievements and erformance p

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

Setting up FSSG Email address: Fssguksec@hotmail.com Puts us in line with other alumni organisations and this makes communication to members and supporters much easier. Having an official email address, all communication and information remains in the association and is transferable from one administration to another.

The email is password protected, secure & confidential. Only authorised members have access to the contents

Launching of our brand-new website: https://fssgexpupilsuk.com.

The biggest achievement this period was gaining a charity status from the charity commission.

Although organising profitable event was challenging due to the pandemic, we were able to raise some funds for future projects to support our school and students in Freetown:

Moving the school from 2 shifts to one shift
Provide new chairs and tables so that ALL students can be seated
Renovate/refurbish classrooms and main school buildings
Provide clean running water

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Section E Financial review

The objective of our Charity is to aid our school in Freetown. Most of our Brief statement of the income is designated for projects such as the maintenance of buildings charity’s policy on reserves and other facilities, improvement to the educational development of the students through provision of adequate teaching equipment. We aim to retain sufficient reserves for our fundraising events, unforeseen circumstances and sustainability and, to enable Trustees to respond rapidly to urgent matters or requests from the school in Freetown.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Full name(s) ADEKEMI BULL Position (eg Secretary, Chair, President, Chair etc)

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Charity Name Freetown Secondary School for Girls Ex-Pupils Assoc UK& Ireland	Charity Name Freetown Secondary School for Girls Ex-Pupils Assoc UK& Ireland	Charity Name Freetown Secondary School for Girls Ex-Pupils Assoc UK& Ireland
			1191039 No (if any)
Receipts and payments accounts
For the period from	26-Aug-20 Period start date	To	Period end date 31-Mar-21

Section A Receipts and payments	Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts	Unrestricted funds to the nearest £	Restricted funds to the nearest £	Endowment funds to the nearest £	Total funds to the nearest £	Last year to the nearest £
FundraisingEvent ThanksgivingService	6,405	-	-	6,405	-
BirhdayDonations	165	-	-	165	-
Members Subscriptions	3,505	-	-	3,505	-
Sale of Merchandise	1,190	-	-	1,190	-
Bank Interest	1	-	-	1	-
Debt Recoveered via Court Claim	907	-	-	907	-
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*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	12,173	-	-	12,173	-

A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
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*Sub total* *Total receipts* A3 Payments	-	-	-	-	-

	12,173	-	-	12,173	-

Fundraising Activity Costs	790	-	-	790	-
Consultancy	275	-	-	275	-
Cost of Merchandise	3,021	-	-	3,021	-
Donations	450	-	-	450	-
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**Sub total **	4,536	-	-	4,536	-

A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
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**Sub total **	-	-	-	-	-
*Total payments* *Net of receipts/(payments)* A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end *Cash funds this year end*
	4,536	-	-	4,536	-

	7,637	-	-	7,637	-
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	27,551	-	-	27,551	-
	35,188	-	-	35,188	-

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B5 Liabilities B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B3 Investment assets B2 Other monetary assets B1 Cash funds	Details		Unrestricted funds to nearest £	Restricted funds to nearest £	Endowment funds to nearest £
	Account no.36730351		17,099	-	-
	Account no. 38537591		8,793	-	-
	Account no. 26265788		9,296	-	-
	Details *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))		35,188	-	-
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	Signature		Print	Name
					Date of approval
			Adek	emi Bull	19/01/2022