2024-08-31-accounts

Trustees’ annual report (including Directors’ report) for the period

From: 1/09/2023 To: 31/08/2024

Charity name: Lumi Education

Charity registration number: 1193969

Company number:

Company number:	Company number:
Objectives and activities
	Summary of the purposesofthe charity as set out in its governing document	1. Advancement of Education (a) “To advance the education of young girls and women at Lumi International School
		by providing and assisting in the provision of
		formal education at a free secondary
		school.
		(b) “For the public beneft to promote the
		education (including social and physical
		training) of women under the age of 30 years in
		Neno, Malawi in such ways as the
		charity trustees think ft, including by:
		(1) Providing their education (including the study
		of music or other arts), to undertake
		travel in furtherance of that education or to
		prepare for entry to any occupation, trade
		or profession on leaving any educational
		establishment.”
		2. Advancement of Transportation
		(a) “To provide transport facilities in Neno, Malawi
		for people who have special need of
		such facilities because they are living in isolated
		areas where there are no adequate
		public transport facilities by:
		(1) operating a regular bus service using adapted
		vehicles between areas not otherwise
		served by public transport in order to allow
		accessibility to attendL umi International
		School”.
	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.	In this period the charity has not run any fundraising events and has not conducted any charitable activities. This is due to the trustees not having any resource of time during this period to run new fundraising events.

Statement confirming whether the The charity has been inactive for the period of this trustees have had regard to the annual report guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit

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	Contribution made by volunteers	All the trustees in UK and Malawi and the volunteers in
		Malawi are on standby until the charity is active again
		and can resume activities.

Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements Changing rooms and toilets in Jimbe school in Malawi of the charity, identifying the are continually used for the benefit of the students at difference the charity’s work has the school and will be benefiting the students for many made to the circumstances of its years to come. beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole

Financial review

Financial review
Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period	At the start of the fnancial year, the charity had in the bank account the amount of bank account
	£2,106.95 and we have £105.33 in cash held by
	trustee Teele Dunkley.
	The charity owed trustee Michaela Pavlovicova
	the sum of£2072.33 that she hadspentonthe
	running of charity events, marketing materials
	and running costs from her personal account,
	while we didn’t have access to bank account
	and card payments to all trustees. This
	amount was returned to her and the remaining
	amount left on the account to cover the bank
	accounts monthly payments. Teele Dunkley
	currently still has 105.33 in cash for the
	charity.
Statement explaining the policy for	The only regular outgoing the charity has had in this
holding reserves stating why they	period has been £5 monthly bank account fee. All the
are held	rest of the money that are has not been used to the
	activities was held in our bank account and small
	amounts as petty cash by our trustees.

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The charity’s principal sources of	The charity has not been fundraising during this
funds (including any fundraising)	period.
Investment policy and objectives	There is no investment policy in place for the
including any social investment policy adopted	organisation at this point.
A description of the principal risks	The only financial risk the charity has is being able to
facing the charity	pay the monthly bank account fee.

Structure, governance and management

Description of charity’s trusts:
Type of governing document: for	The governing document is a charities constitution.
example,trust deed, memorandum
and articles of association etc
How is the charity constituted?	The charity is a CIO.
for example limited company,
unincorporated association, CIO
Trustee selection methods including Trustees have been selected according to their
details of any constitutional	willingness to make the difference to the issues Lumi
provisions e.g. election to post or	Education has set out to improve in Malawi and on
name of any person or body entitled previous experience with community and charity work. to appoint one or more trustees	Any new trustee has presented their CV to the team and has been voted into the position at a general meeting.

Reference and administrative details

Charity name Other name	Lumi Education
the charity uses Registered
charity number	1193969
Charity’s principal address	24 Cawston Road, Reepham, NR10 4LU

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any)
1	Teele Dunkley	Chair of Trustees
4	Radek Vik
5	Michaela
	Pavlovicova
6	Clanford Chirwa

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others

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

Declarations

The company has taken advantage of the small companies’ exemption in preparing the report above.

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report (including directors’ report) above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees/directors

Signature(s)

Full name(s) Teele Dunkley

Position (for example Secretary, Chair, etc) Chair of trustees

Date 28th June 2025