## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From** 01.01.2023 **Period start date To** 31.12.2023 **Period end date**
**Charity name: Adelante Africa UK**
## **Charity registration number:**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The prevention or relief of poverty in
Uganda by providing advice to Adelante
Africa
Uganda and funding its projects which
focus on the provision of education,
training,
healthcare and community development. In
furtherance of this object, but not further or
otherwise, the trustees shall raise funds
and collaborate with Adelante Africa Spain.|
|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.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|Despite establishing AAUK as a CIO via
the Charity Commission in January 2021
we were unable to open a bank account
until late 2023. As a result, there was very
little activity during the period this report
covers.|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|Yes. The Trustees have had regard to the
guidance issues by the Charity
Commission on public benefit though there
were no activities in the period cover by
this report.|
**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
Contribution made by Para 1.38 volunteers Other
## **Achievements and Performance**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|As per above, the charity´s bank account
was only opened at the end of 2023. We
were only able to conduct one fundraising
event in 2023. The funds obtained through
this event were put towards next year´s
charity activities.|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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|---|---|---|
|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41||
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|At the end of the period the charity had 356
GBP as per the Receipts and Payments
account.|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22||
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22||
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23||
|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:|
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|All funds were received following a sale of
Adelante Africa Uganda´s women´s group
handmade crafts.|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:||Charity Commission Model Constitution
Charitable Incorporated Organisation:
Foundation Model|
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|CIO|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Charity trustees are appointed by the first
charity trustees (para 10.1(a) of the CIO
constitution). The charity trustees must
have the skills, knowledge and experience
needed for the effective administration of
the CIO (para 10.1.1(b)).|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Charity Commission Model Constitution
Charitable Incorporated Organisation:
Foundation Model|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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|---|---|---|
|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Adelante Africa UK|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|N/A|
|Registered charity number|1195156|
Charity’s principal address 2 Fruithill Park, BT11 8GD, Belfast, Northern Ireland
**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
|1
2
3
4
5
6
7|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Christina Latham-
Koenig||||
||Ana Araceli
Lezcano||||
||Jane Patricia
Cadwallader||||
||Anne Cadwallader||||
||David Laumann||||
||Jorge Lezcano||||
||Krysia Cogollos||||
– 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 held in this capacity
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **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)** _Ana Lezcano_
**Full name(s)** Ana Lezcano **Position (eg Secretary,** Trustee **Chair, etc) Date** 14.12.2025
**Adelante Africa UK No (if any) Receipts and payments accounts For the period** 01.01.2023 31.12.2023 **To from**
|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Restricted funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**365**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**365**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**365**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**365**
**-**
**-**
**365**|
|
Fundairingevent|**365**||**-**||**-**||**365**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**365**||**-**||**-**||**365**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||||
||**-**|||||||
||**-**|||||||
|**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||||
|**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|||||||||
|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||||
||**-**|||||||
||**-**|||||||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||||
|**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||||
||**365**||||||**365**|
||**-**||||||**-**|
||**-**||||||**-**|
||**365**||||||**365**|
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Agreement Error
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**|**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||OK|
||||**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Cost (optional)**|
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||||**-**|
|**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|**Details**
**Details**|**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**|**Cost (optional)**|
|---|---|---|---|
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||||**Amount due**
**(optional)**|
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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
Signature
Print Name
_Ana Lezcano_
Ana Lezcano
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## **to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - -**
OK **Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - -**
**Current value (optional) - - - - -**
**Current value (optional)**
**-**
**When due (optional)**
Date of approval
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