||**Trustees' Annual Report**|**Trustees' Annual Report**|**Trustees' Annual Report**|**Trustees' Annual Report**|**Trustees' Annual Report**|**for theperiod**|**for theperiod**|**for theperiod**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**From**|Period start date|||**To**|Period end date||| |||01|04|2023||31|03|2024| ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** UNITED KINGDOM BURUNDIAN DIASPORA **Other names charity is known by** UKBD **Registered charity number (if any)** 1194625 **Charity's principal address** ONE COMMUNITY CENTRE CROMWELL STREET LEEDS- WEST YORKSHIRE **Postcode LS9 7SG** ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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(eg. trust, association, company)|CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION WITH VOTING
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(eg. appointed by, elected by)|The CIO active members at the General assembly elect the Chair trustee
and he/she chooses his/her voce chair. They then both choose the other
trustees ( Executive Committee and Supervisory committee) and they are| |||approved by member of the CIO present at the Annual General meeting| |||for a term of 4 years.| |**Additional governance issues (Optional information)**||| |You**may choose**to include
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Membership of the CIO is open to anyone who is interested
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become a member and acceptance of the duty of members.| ||policies and procedures|
A member may be an individual, a corporate body or (an| ||adopted for the induction and|individual or corporate body representing) an organisation| ||training of trustees;|which is not incorporated.| ||the charity’s organisational
structure and any wider|The Executive committee seeks the views of members in deciding the plan
and activities to be run.| ||network with which the charity|| ||works;|| ||relationship with any related|There are the following policies:| ||parties;|
Safeguarding Children policy| ||trustees’ consideration of|
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Annual Safeguarding training for all Trustees and members of the
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Thereis also the Generalassembly–all members| March **2012** **TAR** 2 UKBD is also a member of FODIB, which is a FORUM for Burundian diaspora associations. Currently, the Chair Trustee of UKBD is the Vice-president of FODIB – was elected in April 2021 for a 3 year period. All trustees give their time and knowledge voluntarily and receive no remuneration. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** - To promote social inclusion for the public benefit among those who are migrants, refugees or asylum seekers including but not limited to those of Burundian origin. **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** - To advance through social and cultural activities , the education of the public in the UK concerning Burundi , its history, heritage , arts, language and other aspects. - The provision of advice and financial support to the many migrants, refugees or asylum seekers in need of relief from poverty in refugee camps in Rwanda and Tanzania and in the region generally. In planning activities for the year, we keep in mind the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit at our monthly Executive Committee meetings. All the activities that we plan and carry out benefit primary our members and then the friends and families of our members. **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)** March **2012** **TAR** 3 ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** We are so grateful for all the time and knowledge that members especially the trustees from the executive committee have spent planning and carrying out different activities. Without this, we would not be able to achieve anything. You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - Contribution made by volunteers. Section D Achievements and performance March **2012** **TAR** 4 Section D Achievements and performance - **Summary of the main**  Monthly workshops for the youth **achievements of the charity**  Different workshops around health and how to get involved more - **during the year** in community based activities. - Monthly planning meetings by the executive committee - Gathering in July 2023 for all active members, any other person interested – to get to know each other, socialise and exchange vital information. ## **Section E Financial review** March **2012** **TAR** 5 Cash at bank on the 31/03/2024 was **Brief statement of the** The main financial risk to the Charity is the loss of members’ annual **charity’s policy on reserves** contribution ( membership) The funds are used to cover expenditures for different events or attendance to different meetings and pay for the Zoom account, the website hosting …. **Details of any funds materially in deficit** NA ## **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); - Our solely source of funds is the membership of our active members - The funds have been used for activities/meetings organised for the members in order to promote social inclusion. - 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** The coming year, we will continue to make sure that we have new members and that we organise activities/ workshops, gatherings in order to fulfil the objectives of the CIO. We are also planning to re-look at applying for grants in order to hep different people from different categories of our community/society by providing advice and support as needed. ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** C. Anderson **Full name(s)** Claudia Anderson **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chair Trustee **etc) Date** 13th February 2025 March **2012** **TAR** 6 ||**Trustees' Annual Report**|**Trustees' Annual Report**|**Trustees' Annual Report**|**Trustees' Annual Report**|**Trustees' Annual Report**|**for theperiod**|**for theperiod**|**for theperiod**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**From**|Period start date|||**To**|Period end date||| |||01|04|2023||31|03|2024| ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** UNITED KINGDOM BURUNDIAN DIASPORA **Other names charity is known by** UKBD **Registered charity number (if any)** 1194625 **Charity's principal address** ONE COMMUNITY CENTRE CROMWELL STREET LEEDS- WEST YORKSHIRE **Postcode LS9 7SG** ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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UK PLC|| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| |NA||| ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** ||Type of governing document
(eg. trust deed, constitution)|Constitution adopted 11thDecember 2021| |---|---|---| ||How the charity is constituted
(eg. trust, association, company)|CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION WITH VOTING
MEMBERS OTHER THAN ITS CHARITY TRUSTEES| ||Trustee selection methods
(eg. appointed by, elected by)|The CIO active members at the General assembly elect the Chair trustee
and he/she chooses his/her voce chair. They then both choose the other
trustees ( Executive Committee and Supervisory committee) and they are| |||approved by member of the CIO present at the Annual General meeting| |||for a term of 4 years.| |**Additional governance issues (Optional information)**||| |You**may choose**to include
additional information, where
relevant, about:||
Membership of the CIO is open to anyone who is interested
in furthering its purpose, and who, by applying for
membership, has indicated his/her or its’ agreement to
become a member and acceptance of the duty of members.| ||policies and procedures|
A member may be an individual, a corporate body or (an| ||adopted for the induction and|individual or corporate body representing) an organisation| ||training of trustees;|which is not incorporated.| ||the charity’s organisational
structure and any wider|The Executive committee seeks the views of members in deciding the plan
and activities to be run.| ||network with which the charity|| ||works;|| ||relationship with any related|There are the following policies:| ||parties;|
Safeguarding Children policy| ||trustees’ consideration of|
Anti-bribery , fraud and crime policy| ||major risks and the system
and procedures to manage
them.|
Annual Safeguarding training for all Trustees and members of the
charity –| |||
There is an Executive committee – all members are trustees| |||
There is also a supervisory committee – all members are trustees| |||
Thereis also the Generalassembly–all members| March **2012** **TAR** 2 UKBD is also a member of FODIB, which is a FORUM for Burundian diaspora associations. Currently, the Chair Trustee of UKBD is the Vice-president of FODIB – was elected in April 2021 for a 3 year period. All trustees give their time and knowledge voluntarily and receive no remuneration. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** - To promote social inclusion for the public benefit among those who are migrants, refugees or asylum seekers including but not limited to those of Burundian origin. **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** - To advance through social and cultural activities , the education of the public in the UK concerning Burundi , its history, heritage , arts, language and other aspects. - The provision of advice and financial support to the many migrants, refugees or asylum seekers in need of relief from poverty in refugee camps in Rwanda and Tanzania and in the region generally. In planning activities for the year, we keep in mind the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit at our monthly Executive Committee meetings. All the activities that we plan and carry out benefit primary our members and then the friends and families of our members. **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)** March **2012** **TAR** 3 ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** We are so grateful for all the time and knowledge that members especially the trustees from the executive committee have spent planning and carrying out different activities. Without this, we would not be able to achieve anything. You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - Contribution made by volunteers. Section D Achievements and performance March **2012** **TAR** 4 Section D Achievements and performance - **Summary of the main**  Monthly workshops for the youth **achievements of the charity**  Different workshops around health and how to get involved more - **during the year** in community based activities. - Monthly planning meetings by the executive committee - Gathering in July 2023 for all active members, any other person interested – to get to know each other, socialise and exchange vital information. ## **Section E Financial review** March **2012** **TAR** 5 Cash at bank on the 31/03/2024 was **Brief statement of the** The main financial risk to the Charity is the loss of members’ annual **charity’s policy on reserves** contribution ( membership) The funds are used to cover expenditures for different events or attendance to different meetings and pay for the Zoom account, the website hosting …. **Details of any funds materially in deficit** NA ## **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); - Our solely source of funds is the membership of our active members - The funds have been used for activities/meetings organised for the members in order to promote social inclusion. - 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** The coming year, we will continue to make sure that we have new members and that we organise activities/ workshops, gatherings in order to fulfil the objectives of the CIO. We are also planning to re-look at applying for grants in order to hep different people from different categories of our community/society by providing advice and support as needed. ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** C. Anderson **Full name(s)** Claudia Anderson **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chair Trustee **etc) Date** 13th February 2025 March **2012** **TAR** 6