## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1[st] April 2024 (period start) To 31[st] March 2025 (period end)** ## **Charity name: Q. Learning Nepal Trust CIO** ## **Charity registration number: 1192365** ## **Objectives and Activities** |**Objectives and Activities**|| |---|---| |Summary of the purposes of the
charity as set out in its governing
document|The objects of the CIO are to advance the education
of young people living in the Hangdewa region of
Nepal (and neighbouring areas) in such ways as the
charity trustees think fit, including (but not limited to)
by:
(a) Making grants and providing facilities for
schools in Nepal.
(b) Awarding to such young people scholarships,
maintenance allowances or grants in order to
further their education.
(c) Providing funds for their education, to
undertake travel in furtherance of that
education or to prepare for entry to any
occupation, trade or profession on leaving
any educational establishment.| |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.|The main activities of the CIO are fundraising for
regular, one off and other larger donations
(principally from UK individuals with Gift Aid elections
and other charities) to enable the provision of grants
to specific Hangdewa schools for the education of
c290 children and young people from reception
classes up to class 8, as well as some c25 bursaries
for support at class 9 and 10 in local schools and/or
university.
School leavers averaged a B+ (all students and all
subjects) in the public Basic Education Exam. It is
recognised as the best school in the district - indeed
for the whole area - and all classes are full with a
waiting list.
We take pride in providing equal opportunity for
education to girls and poorer families in Hangdewa
by subsidising their education and fees more than
boys in the region and encouraging families to send
their girls for a global standard of high quality and
broad education evidenced by our results and the life
chances provided to our pupils.
Projects during this period have included enhanced
learning experience through new buildings, widened| ||extra-curricular activities and school trips; attention
to indigenous, poorer and vulnerable children and
those struggling with school subjects; and
engagement with other schools in the UK and Nepal
through volunteer teachers, student visits and inter-
school competitions.| |---|---| |Statement confirming whether the
trustees have had regard to the
guidance issued by the Charity
Commission on public benefit|In adopting the constitution, and in planning our
fundraising and grant making activities and policies,
the trustees have given due regard to the guidance
on public benefit published by the Charity
Commission.| ## **Achievements and Performance** The major achievements this year have been to continue to fund schooling for an increased number of children of Hangdewa and environs and to give Summary of the main support to those with additional needs. achievements of the charity, identifying the difference the Specifically: charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries 1) Funding the Q. Learning Nepal School in and any wider benefits to society Hangdewa, NE Nepal, thereby enabling 290 as a whole. children aged 3 -15 to receive a quality education without selection (poor and poorer, all faiths, castes and tribe). 50% of the pupils are girls and Class 8 averaged a B+ (all students, in all 8 compulsory subjects) in the public Basic Education Examination (BEE). The Q. Learning Nepal School is recognised as the best school in the district - indeed for the whole area - and all classes are full, with a waiting list. It is now an approved location for taking public exams. 2) Gaining Local Authority permission to extend the classes available to children by two more years to include the Secondary Education Examination (SEE) at about age 16. In Nepal, only 10% of children pass but we are on track for 100%. 3) Funding 14 school leavers aged 15-16 to attend Kangchenjunga School in Taplejung as weekly borders. This years' 14 leavers all passed their SEE with 3 obtaining scholarships to attend the Southwestern State College in Kathmandu to study sciences and computers at Plus 2 level (aged16-18). The other 11 are all continuing their studies in major cities. Funding is also provided for 2 students at university: BSC in Agricultural Sciences at Itahari University and BSC in Computers and Software Engineering at Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu. 4) Obtaining donations of reconditioned laptops from Scotland (Turing Trust) and EPAM systems India and uploading with software – we now have 1 laptop to 3 pupils. All pupils from Classes 1-9 have access to practical computer lessons and the older classes (7,8,9) do research and project work, as well as using basic AI. (Most school children in Nepal have little access to computers, with a ratio of 1/100 being common.) 5) By donations of toys, such as Duplo and Early Reading Books, we have resourced the Nursery to Western standards, thereby enabling children to learn to read faster, to develop fine motor skills and to play creatively. 6) Funding the school's extra-curricular activities including boys' and girls' football, badminton, table tennis, martial arts, chess, piano keyboard, guitar, singing, traditional dancing, drawing and painting. Extra classes are given in the Limbu language and culture (the major indigenous tribe), and to help any struggling pupil in school subjects. There are also interhouse and inter-school competitions in spelling (Nepali and English), handwriting, general knowledge quizzes, speech making, drawing, chess and sport; all of which see pupils doing well or excelling. Class 8 (aged 14) again had a funded school-trip to Ilam and Darjeeling, thereby enabling many to travel for the first time more than a few miles from home. They visited a museum, zoo, rock garden, went on a horse, in a boat and in a cable car, as well as experiencing the culture of a different country and visiting a city for the first time. 7) Receiving donations to the CIO which have exceeded costs, thereby enabling the CIO to build a contingency fund. The Eifion Trust has continued to donate £60,000 a year. Monthly sponsorship by approximately 60 'mentors' who sponsor one (or more) child has also continued and this covers eye tests and glasses for those who need them, sanitary pads for older girls, food for hungry children and requirements for celebrating festivals. Other donors have supported the school’s estate and support for children with additional needs. Uniforms and textbooks have been donated from New Zealand. 8) Non-financial donations to the CIO for the school include library books from Millfield School, reconditioned laptops from the Turing Trust in Scotland and EPAM Systems in India, toys and books for the Nursery. 9) The formal at-risk register identified children at risk of malnutrition and/or traumatised by parental loss and desertion. 30 children receive free Tiffin meals which are designed to be highly nutritious and balanced. A six-year-old girl was funded to have treatment for cerebral palsy stage 4 at a hospital near Kathmandu, and she has a paid assistant to enable her to attend school and specialist equipment such as an electric wheelchair and lightweight ‘walker’. (The biproduct of this is that her assistant is also learning to read.) Children needing mental health care have seen doctors and been supported by teachers – 2 in deep trouble have been given places at the Eifion Trust’s child centre in Kathmandu. 10) Volunteers continue to be encouraged: undergraduates in English and Maths demonstrated new pedagogy. 21 students and teachers from Millfield School brought money and books as well as joining in creating a mushroom farm and vegetable garden for ingredients for healthy eating snacks and free Tiffin meals for the 30 most at risk of malnutrition. A specialist teacher in dyslexia was able to pinpoint new strategies for children. 11) School reviews have taken place including: a visit by the Social Welfare Council from Kathmandu who renewed their approval for the school based on the visit and the audited annual accounts. ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s financial
position at the end of the period|The CIO had available cash funds in the bank on
31stMarch 2025 of £1,123afterfunding the
Hangdewa school with grants of c£37,000 in March
2025 for the school operating budget through to
September 2025.| |---|---| ||The CIO also increased its (relatively short term)
interest bearing investments by £20,000 to £45,300
as at 31stMarch 2025 and has not had to draw on
any such investments throughout the whole of 2025.
Taking into account the timing difference of funds
outflow from March 2025 budget grants made in
advance, the comparable March 2025 reserves on
the March 2024 funding basis would have been
c£48,000 and up 19% on the prior year end.| |---|---| |Statement explaining the policy for
holding reserves stating why they
are held|The CIO does not have a formal policy for holding
reserves as it aims to cover regular annual grants
(before projects) with regular or predictable
donations and investment income. Projects are
funded either from accumulated funds or specific
fundraising aligned to the project.| |Amount of reserves held|Due to the focus on recurring and predictable
donations (and growing this source of funds to cover
regular grants) no formal reserves are held.
However, funds invested short term act as a pseudo
reserve at these were circa £45k at the period end.| |Reasons for holding zero reserves|N/A| |Details of fund materially in deficit|N/A| |Explanation of any uncertainties
about the charity continuing as a
going concern|N/A| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |**Structure, Governance and**|**Management**| |---|---| |Description of charity’s trusts:|| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|CIO Constitution dated 7thAugust 2020| |How is the charity constituted?
(e.g unincorporated association,
CIO)|Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)| |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|New trustee proposals are made to align with the
needs recognised and discussed by existing
trustees and are evaluated based on experience
(e.g. Board), vocation (e.g. education sector),
understanding of Nepal and the schools we sponsor,
fundraising skills or specific needs of the Charity.| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Q. Learning Nepal Trust CIO| |---|---| |Other name the charity
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**appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||LesleyWarburton|Chair of Trustees||| ||Karen Cove|Trustee|Resigned 28thNov
2025|| ||Mike Cheeseman|Trustee||| ||Tom Crawford|Trustee||| ||Julia Mueller|Trustee||| ||Anne Spur|Trustee||| ||Kathrin Jackson|Trustee|Appointed 28thNov
2025|| ||Laurane Marchive|Trustee|Appointed 28thNov
2025|| 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 ## **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 ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details N/A ## **Other optional information** **----- Start of picture text -----**
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## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Signature(s)
Full name(s) Lesley Warburton Tom Crawford
Position(s)
Chair of Trustees Trustee (Finance)
Date 23rd January 2026
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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Sectlon A Independent Examiner'5 Rèport Report to thè trusteasl members of Q. Learning Nepal Trust CIO On account5 for thè year ended 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025 Charity no (if any) 1192365 Sot out on pagos 3and4 I report to the Iruslees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity I'lhe Trust") for the year ended 3110312025. Responslbllltles and As the charity Iruslees of the Trust, you are iesponsible for the preparation basi5 of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ("Ih8 Act"). I reporl in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Acl and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charily Commission under s8clion 14515}Ib) of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come lo my allenlion lolher than that disclosed below'l in connection with the examination which gives me cause lo believe that in, any material rospecl.. accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounling records Independent examiner's statement I have no concerns and have come across no olher mallers in connection with the examination lo which allenlion should be drawn in order lo enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Please delele the words in the brack8ts if they do nol apply. Slgnod: Date: J22J Name: Chris Beed Relevant professional quallficatlonlsl or body (If any): ICAEW Address: 4 Teasel Close Royslon SG8 gNG IER October 2018 Sectlon B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight mallers of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts.. directions and guidance for examiners). Give here brief details of any Items that the examlner wishes to dlscloso. IER October 2018 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR INGIAND AND WAIIS 11q?..76. Receipts and payments accounts CC16a Forthe pèrlod from 1st Aprll 2024 316t Mar 2025 Section A Receipts and payments Unr8slrictei¢ funds to Ihg nBar951 Endowfflent fund5 lo IhB ngargBi e Reslrlcted fund5 Total funds Lastyear loth8 nB&r&Èl È .A1 Rec81 18 Re In&￿Idual donalh)ny Ch21il Onl￿8 & sch￿1 donÉlions 1818 donat￿n5 16.488 29.935 63,000 2.418 658 16.488 29,935 63,ODD 2.41 658 14,262 11,7B2 35.623 7,808 50,fj10 5,304 493 Inleresl Rece￿ed 351 351 Sub lotal(Gross income forARJ 112,B50 112,B50 108.940 A2 A55et and Investment salgs. seè table Sub total Totalrecelpls 112,850 112,B50 108.949 ,A3Pa ments W9bsi1g Bank ¢haigg5 Educalw)nal fgSOUfces Soll%sFfg & IT Gionl$ lor school opeialbn & p￿leC1S BuisBrips trbpal Irav91 Genwral oxpgDS9 942 289 34D 942 289 34 91 497 131 830 131830 93 Sub total 141.975 141.973 96,131 A4 Assot and Inv85tm8nt purchases,1588 table) Sub total Totalpayments 141.973 141.973 96,131 Net of reGelpts/(paymonts) .'A5 Tran5f8rs between lunds A6 Gash funds last yèar ènd Cash funds thls year end 29.123 29,123 12,818 950 36,478 50.246 50.246 1.123 1,123 50,246 IER October 2018 CHARITY COMMISSION FQR INGIAND AND WAL(S Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For tho pBrlod from 1st April 2024 31st Mar 2025 Section B Stalement of assets and liabilities atthe end of the period Unre8lrlcted lunds Restrlcted lund$ Endowmènt lunds Catogoii88 DÈtalls its nbar4AI E tts nèaiest £ B1 Cash funds BÈnk Total cash lunds 1.123 OK Unre8trlcted I￿ndS to ￿Hr￿St E Restrlctgd funds Endowmènt funds D8ta115 to ￿or•s1 £ ltswN¢h bplon Curr9•t v$lup DÈtalls Bond InvestmeThl 8¢¢ourst- In¥8$ted B3 Invastmènt assets 45,3DO Fund lowhlch A•••1 bplo Detalls Cost {¢pllonDITr B4 Assets rotaln&d for thg harlty's own use FUNI lo wNch ounl d {opllon?11 Detalls BS Llabllltlas Slgngd by ono or Ir￿1￿•￿ ort L*hlf ol 11 Ih truBI••¥ SlgnAluie Prlnl NBm• D?lè ol ppprovjl Tom QaKlord 1110112026 IER Octobor 2018