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

## **From  01/01/22             Period start date   To 31/12/22                Period end date** 

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

## **Charity registration number: 1194909** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 


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SORP reference<br>Summary of the purposes of  Para 1.17  To help impoverished communities living near<br>the charity as set out in its  mining operations better their lives and the<br>governing document  environment through social programs with a<br>positive impact.<br>Summary of the main  Para 1.17 and  In 2022 we continued to prepare the<br>1.19<br>activities in relation to those  groundwork to further our charitable<br>purposes for the public  objectives in terms of:<br>benefit, in particular, the  -  Preventing the exposure of mercury to<br>activities, projects or<br>miners,<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.  -  Educating mining communities,<br>-  Provision of mobile healthcare,<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 2022 the charity had not yet<br>been able to establish a suitable bank account.<br>As a result, it did not solicit or receive<br>donations during the period. The trustees<br>nevertheless continued to develop the charity's<br>programmes through voluntary work and<br>planning.<br>Statement confirming  Para 1.18  The Trustees declare that we have had due<br>whether the trustees have  regard to the guidance issued by the Charity<br>had regard to the guidance  Commission on public benefit and confirm that<br>issued by the Charity  all our operations and activities are in<br>Commission on public<br>accordance with such guidance.<br>benefit<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


## **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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|**Achievements and Performance**|**Achievements and Performance**|**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.<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.|



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|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||
|Other|||





## **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|



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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.|



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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** 


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Charity name  Heart of Mine<br>Other name the charity uses N/A<br>Registered charity number  1194909<br>Charity’s principal address  46 Albert Street<br>Fleckney<br>Leicester LE8 8BA<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>




## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 


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Dates acted if not for whole  Name of person (or body) entitled<br>Trustee name  Office (if any)<br>year to appoint trustee (if any)<br>1 DEBORA TURNER Chair<br>RICHARD<br>2<br>TURNER<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<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


– 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**|
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**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

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## **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|
||07/07/2026|
||07/07/2026|






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Charity Name No (if any)<br>Heart of Mine 1194909<br>Receipts and payments accounts CC16a<br>For the period  Period start date Period end date<br>To<br>from 01/01/2022 31/12/2022<br>Section A Receipts and payments<br>Unrestricted  Restricted  Endowment<br>Total funds Last year<br>funds funds funds<br>to the nearest      £  to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £<br>A1 Receipts<br> None                              -   #                             -                                -                              -<br>                              -                              -                                -                                -                              -<br>                              -                              -                                -                                -                              -<br>                              -                              -                                -                                - 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]                             -                                -                                -                              -<br>A4 Asset and investment<br>purchases, (see table)<br> None                                -                                -                              -<br>                              -                                -                                -                              -<br>Sub total [                              - ]                               -                                -                              -                                -<br>                          -                            -                            -                              -                             -<br>Total payments<br>                          -                          -                            -                            -                          -<br>Net of receipts/(payments)<br>A5 Transfers between funds                           -                          - 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CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

07/07/2026 

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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**the end of the period**||
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|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**|Signature<br>None<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>None<br>None<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>None<br>**Details**<br>None|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>OK<br>OK<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name<br>Debora Turner|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|
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||||OK|
||||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Current value**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Current value**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**When due**<br>**(optional)**<br>Date of<br>approval<br>07/07/2026|



CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 

07/07/2026 

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