
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

## **From  01/04/2023  Period start date   To  31/03/2024  Period end date** 

## **Charity name: New Routes UK** 

## **Charity registration number: 1191119** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|**Fundraising for Kenyan NGO New**<br>**Routes Foundation, set up to provide**<br>**education, housing and support for**<br>**Kenyan University students.**|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|**New Routes UK is focused purely on**<br>**fundraising for the Kenyan NGO.**<br>**Fundraising is primarily from UK based**<br>**subscriptions but also includes one off**<br>**fundraising events and grants.**|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|**The Charity’s Trustees have had full**<br>**regard to the Charity Commission’s**<br>**guidance on public benefit.**|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

SORP reference **N/A** Para 1.38 Policy on grant making **N/A** Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment **N/A** Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers **N/A** Other 



## **Achievements and Performance** 

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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|**Fundraising by New Routes UK has**<br>**enabled our Kenyan NGO to support a**<br>**growing number of full time university**<br>**students. From our original intake in**<br>**2021 two students have graduated and**<br>**one is already fully employed. One**<br>**further student has a further year to go**<br>**and although a fourth student had to be**<br>**removed from the programme through**<br>**non-compliance he is still completing**<br>**his degree.**<br>**We took on two more students in 2023**<br>**and two more this year.**<br>**At the current rate of funding there is**<br>**sufficient funding to support these**<br>**students to the end of each of their**<br>**programmes.**<br>**As all of these students were orphaned**<br>**and vulnerable the programme is truly**<br>**life changing for them.**|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41|**(1) Our initial objective was to raise**<br>**sufficient funding to allow New Routes**<br>**Foundation to continue mentoring,**<br>**discipling, and educating our first intake**<br>**of students until the end of their**<br>**programme years. This objective was**<br>**met as we gained enough funds for each**<br>**student to finish the programme.**<br>**(2) Having achieved our first objective**<br>**we have set a further objective of raising**<br>**funds to allow two new students to join**<br>**the programme in in 2023 and again in**<br>**2024 and this has been achieved.**<br>**(3) A third objective was to raise**<br>**sufficient funds to allow New Routes**<br>**Foundation to continue employing local**<br>**Kenyan staff. This objective was met as**<br>**we gained enough unrestricted funds to**<br>**enable the employment of two local**<br>**Kenyan staff members.**<br>**(4) A fourth objective was to raise**<br>**sufficient unrestricted funds to provide**<br>**safe student accommodation for all of**<br>**the students. This has been achieved.**|
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|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41|**We have successfully run various**<br>**diverse fundraisers (Christmas Appeal;**<br>**Fantasy Football; Fundraising Calendar;**<br>**Fundraiser Swim; Stand at University**<br>**Fair; and a number of grants of between**<br>**£1,000 and £2,500 each) which has**<br>**enabled us to fund some operational**<br>**costs for New Routes Foundation.**|





|||**Going forward we have a new website**<br>**and have set up a Stewardship Partner**<br>**Account.**|
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|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41|**N/A**|
|Other||**During the year to 31/03/24**<br>**approximately 93% of all our**<br>**expenditure was used directly for the**<br>**education and care of the students.**|





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|**The charity is in a strong financial**<br>**position at the end of its financial year,**<br>**able to carry out its objectives and fund**<br>**activities by the Kenyan NGO for a**<br>**number of years into the future. We are**<br>**now able to hold a proportion of our**<br>**funds as reserves in a savings account**<br>**so that we have some security going**<br>**forwards.**|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**All fundraising is done on behalf of New**<br>**Routes Foundation, a Kenyan NGO.**<br>**Funds are transferred to them quarterly**<br>**as needed.**<br>**Additional funds are reserved until**<br>**needed, both in a current account and a**<br>**savings account.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£27,888**|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|**N/A**|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**Mostly through private donations**<br>**although we are beginning to get a**<br>**number of grants.**|
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|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46|**N/A**|
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**N/A**|
|Other|||





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**N/A**|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|**Election by current trustees**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|Para 1.51|**Any newly appointed trustee has a**<br>**meeting with the current founders to**<br>**talk about the core values of New**<br>**Routes UK. They are given access to**<br>**previous board meeting minutes and**<br>**policies and procedures, together with**<br>**information from the Charity**<br>**Commission on how to be an effective**<br>**trustee.**|
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|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51|**New Routes UK sends money to New**<br>**Routes Foundation. We receive regular**<br>**reports from the founders of New**<br>**Routes Foundation or directly from the**<br>**staff employed in Kenya. We also try to**<br>**insure that one trustee visits the work in**<br>**Kenya annually.**|
|Relationship with any<br>related parties|Para 1.51|**New Routes UK is a fundraising charity**<br>**raising funds for Kenyan NGO New**<br>**Routes Foundation.**|
|Other|||



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|**New Routes UK**|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|**1191119**|
|Charity’s principal address|**11 Maclaren Road**<br>**BOURNEMOUTH**<br>**BH9 2UZ**|
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|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**<br>**whole year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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|**Arthur John Childs**||||
|**Connie Ann Engelbrecht**||**Resigned 01/03/2024**||
|**Jennifer Mary Hooper**||**07/02/2024 -present**||
|**Sophie Jane Lindenberg**|**Co-Founder**|||
|**Bridie Ann McGough **||||
|**David Wyborn**|**Chair**|||
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– 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 

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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets **N/A** held in this capacity 

Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

## **Additional information (optional)** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

**Type of Name Address adviser** 

**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** 



## **Declarations** 

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

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

|<br>**Signature(s)**<br>**Full name(s)**<br>**Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)  **<br>**Date**|<br>**Signature(s)**|||
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||**Full name(s)**|**David Wyborn**|Sophie Lindenberg|
|||**Chair**|Trustee|
|||**2nd December 2024**<br>24/01/2025||
|||**2nd December 2024**<br>24/01/2025||
|||**2nd December 2024**||





||**New Routes UK**|**New Routes UK**|**New Routes UK**|**1191119**|**1191119**|**1191119**|**CC16a**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**For the period**<br>**from**|01-Apr-23|**To**||31-Mar-24|||
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest      £**<br>**4,055**<br>**1,347**<br>**1,579**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **6,981**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br> **6,981**<br>**90**<br>**206**<br>**36**<br>**-**<br>**1,110**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **1,442**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**1,442**<br>**5,539**<br>**-**<br>**8,722**<br>**14,261**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**6,283**<br>**58**<br>**-**<br>**4,500**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**10,841**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**10,841**<br>**-**<br>**22,783**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**22,783**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**22,783**<br>**-                11,942**<br>**-**<br>**25,569**<br>**13,627**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**||**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**10,338**<br>**1,405**<br>**1,579**<br>**4,500**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**17,822**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**17,822**<br>**90**<br>**22,989**<br>**36**<br>**-**<br>**1,110**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**24,225**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**24,225**<br>**-                  6,403**||**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|Regular Giving|**4,055**||||||**9,105**|
|One off donations|**1,347**||||||**3,429**|
|Fundraising|**1,579**||||||**833**|
|Grant|**-**||||||**3,500**|
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|**6,981**||||||**16,867**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**||||||||
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|**_Total receipts_ **<br>**A3 Payments**||||||||
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|Bank Fees|**90**||||||**60**|
|Transfer to New Routes Foundation|**206**||||||**16,761**|
|Fundraising|**36**||||||**64**|
|Website Maintenance|**-**||||||**154**|
|Board & Volunteer Expenses|**1,110**||||||**2,035**|
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|**_Sub total_ **|**1,442**||||||**19,074**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**||||||||
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|**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||||
||||||||**19,074**|
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||**5,539**|**-                11,942**|**-**||**-                  6,403**||**-                 2,207**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**8,722**|**25,569**|**-**||**34,291**||**-**|
||**14,261**|**13,627**|**-**||**27,888**||**-                 2,207**|



CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

28/01/2025 

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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**||
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|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Signature|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**14,261**<br>**13,627**<br>OK<br>OK<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name<br>David Stephen Wyborn<br>Sophie Jane Lindenberg|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
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||||Date of<br>approval|
|||David Stephen Wyborn|25/01/2025|
|||Sophie Jane Lindenberg|26/01/2025|



CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 

28/01/2025 

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