Trustees' Annual Report for the period
| Period start date | Period start date | Period end date | Period end date | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | 1 | January | 2023 | To | 31 | December | 2023 |
Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name
Bright Start Education and Mentorship Programme
Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 119305
Bright Start UK
14a Harpenden Road |
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St Albans |
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| London | |
| Postcode | AL3 5AD |
Charity's principal address
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole year | Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee(if any) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Anthony Pringle |
Chairman | |||
| Zilla Margaret Schuurmans- Stekhoven |
Secretary | |||
| Andre Strydom | Treasurer | |||
| Andrew George Porton |
Trustee | |||
| Wendy Theresa Garrard |
Trustee | |||
| Amy Iris von Engelhardt- Schoenheyden |
Trustee |
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)
Type of adviser Name Address NA
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
Type of governing document Constitution
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
How the charity is constituted
Charitable Incorporated Organisation
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Trustee selection methods
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By a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the charity trustees.
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(eg. appointed by, elected by)
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:
- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
The following policies were adopted:
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Data Privacy Policy
- Grant Making Policy
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Memorandum of Understanding between Bright Start South Africa and Bright Start UK
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the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
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relationship with any related parties;
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trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
Section C Objectives and activities
For the public benefit, to advance the education of children living in deprived or disadvantaged areas in South Africa including but without limitation by Summary of the objects of the providing grants to Bright Start South Africa to support education and provide charity set out in its governing activities and projects that are charitable according to the laws of England and document Wales
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Main activities undertaken:
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Selection of Bright Start South Africa as the core charity to support and signature of the memorandum of understanding between the 2 organisations
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Provision of coaching and mentoring to staff in South Africa
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Establishing a structure for managing the charity such as: coaching for education manager, opening of a bank account (completed) and fundraising channels, registration for Gift Aid (completed)
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Capacity development and strategic input to Bright Start South Africa
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• Fundraising
Summary of the main activities • Fundraising undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees All trustees declare that they have had regard to the guidance issued by the have had regard to the guidance Charity Commission on Public Benefit issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:
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policy on grantmaking;
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policy programme related investment;
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contribution made by volunteers.
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Section D Achievements and performance
Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year
Main achievements:
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Progress made in conversations with potential fundraisers
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Agreement and relationship development with Bright Start South Africa
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Capacity development and strategic advice given to Bright Start South Africa
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Development of the Website and Social Media presence
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| Charity Name | No (if any) | ||
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| BRIGHT START EDUCATION AND MENTORSHIP PROGRAMME | |||
| Receipts andpayments accounts | CC16a | ||
| 01/01/2023 Period start date To For the period from |
31/12/2023 Period end date |
| Section A Receipts and payments | Section A Receipts and payments | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 20 587 4 169 - - - - - - 24 756 - - - 24 756 109 25 750 - - - - - - - 25 859 - - - 25 859 - 1 103 - 1 456 353 |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ |
Total funds to the nearest £ 20 587 4 169 - - - - - - 24 756 - - - 24 756 109 25 750 - - - - - - - 25 859 - - - 25 859 - 1 103 |
Last year to the nearest £ |
| Donations received | 20 587 | - | 1 211 | ||
| Gift aid receipts | 4 169 | - | - | ||
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| Sub total(Gross income for AR) | 24 756 | 1 211 | |||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| Sub total | - | - | |||
| Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| - | 1 211 | ||||
| Bank charges | 109 | - | - | ||
| Grants awarded | 25 750 | - | 60 | ||
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| **Sub total ** | 25 859 | 60 | |||
| 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 |
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| - | 60 | ||||
| - 1 103 | - |
1 151 | |||
| - | - | - 1 456 |
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| 1 456 | - | - | |||
| 353 | - |
353 | 1 151 |
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
2024/10/11
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Sectlon B Statement ol assets and liabilitios at the end of the period lund 4110124 2WIry11