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

## **From  23/06/21              Period start date   To 31/12/21                Period end date** 

## **Charity name: HEART OF MINE** 

## **Charity registration number: 1194909** 

## **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|To help impoverished communities living near<br>mining operations better their lives and the<br>environment through social programs with a<br>positive impact.|
|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|In 2021 we started to prepare the groundwork<br>to further our charitable objectives in terms of:<br>-<br>Preventing the exposure of mercury to<br>miners,<br>-<br>Educating mining communities,<br>-<br>Provision of mobile healthcare,<br>-<br>Public presentation of our mercury<br>eradication program.<br>Note that these activities did not incur any<br>costs, only volunteer time for which we are<br>very grateful. In 2021 we did not yet have a<br>bank account and could not receive donations.|
|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 Trustees declare that we have had due<br>regard to the guidance issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public benefit and confirm that<br>all our operations and activities are in<br>accordance with such guidance.|



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

SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment 



Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers 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|Heart of Mine was gifted lab separators for the<br>on‐site separation techniques. These have<br>been provided free to mines in the Ivory Coast<br>to replace the omnipresent use of mercury.<br>The 12thgoal on the United Nation’s<br>Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) list is<br>Responsible Consumption and Production,<br>which we are directly impacting by the use of<br>the lab separators.<br>We have been preparing how we can help<br>educate communities with the goal of<br>providing funding, building capacity and<br>community training within Artisanal and Small<br>Gold Mining (ASGM) communities in 2022.<br>We have also been preparing to launch our<br>doctors on wheels program to provide mobile<br>health care to address health issues and<br>support advanced health research on mercury<br>use in ASGM communities.<br>In November 2021, Heart of Mine was invited<br>by Planet Gold to present its mercury<br>eradication program. During the presentation<br>Planet Gold highlighted the seven different<br>objectives outlined by the United Nation’s SGD<br>list which Heart of Mine is directly impacting,<br>this represented half of the items on the list.|



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

|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41|
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|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
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|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
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## **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 had no receipts and incurred no<br>costs during the period.|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|No reserves were held during the period.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|None|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|There is no current need to hold reserves.|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|There are no funds in deficit.|
|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 sources of funds (including Para 1.47 any fundraising) 

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|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47||
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:||There are no trusts.|
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|We have a written constitution.|
|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|Heart of Mine currently has two trustees which<br>is the minimum required further to its<br>constitution.<br>Further to the constitution, in selecting<br>individuals for appointment as charity trustees,<br>the current charity trustees must have regard<br>to the skills, knowledge and experience needed<br>for the effective administration of Heart of<br>Mine.|



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

Policies and procedures adopted for the induction Para 1.51 and training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other 

## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Heart of Mine|
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|Other name the charity uses|N/A|
|Registered charity number|1194909|
|Charity’s principal address|46 Albert Street<br>Fleckney<br>Leicester LE8 8BA|
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**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||RICHARD<br>TURNER||||
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

**Director name** 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** 



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

Description of the assets None held 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 

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## **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** 

|**Signature(s)**<br>**Full name(s)**<br>**Position (eg Secretary,**<br>**Chair, etc)**<br>**Date**|||
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||DEBORA TURNER||
||<br>CHAIR||
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||19/01/2023||






|**Charity Name**|||**No (if any)**|||
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|**Heart of Mine**|||**1194909**|||
|**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||||**CC16a**|
|**For the period**<br>**from**|Period start date<br>23/06/2021|**To**|Period end date<br>31/12/2021|||



|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||
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|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest      £**||**Restricted**<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>**-**||**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>**-**||**Total 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>**-**||**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|<br> **-**||**-**||||||**-**|
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|**_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_**|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|||||||||
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**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>None<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>None<br>None<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>None<br>**Details**<br>None<br>Signature|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
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||||||Date of<br>approval|
|||Debora Turner|||19/01/2023|
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 

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