## **SVC HELPING HANDS INTERNATIONAL**
## **REPORTS & FINANCIAL INFORMATION**
**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] DECEMBER, 2023**
**CHARITY NUMBER: 1195355**
## **SVC Helping Hands International**
|**Content**|**Page**|
|---|---|
|Legal and Administrative Information|3|
|Trustees’ Annual Report|4|
|Statement of Trustees’ Responsibility|5|
|Financial Statement|5|
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## **Legal and Administrative Information**
## **Registration and Constitution**
The charity was registered and constituted under a Memorandum & Article of Association with Charity Number …
## **Trustees**
During the year ended, the trustees who served were;
Sylvia Anuka Duval
## Vanetta Anane-Frempong
Cordelia Barthelomew Fubara
## **Principal Office & Address**
The principal office of the CIO is in England and is registered at:
67 Akron drive, Wolverhampton, WV10 6EQ
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## **Trustees’ Annual Report**
## **Introduction**
SVC Helping Hands International is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (“CIO”) founded primarily to alleviate poverty for the public benefit in Cameroon, Ghana and Nigeria by providing grants, items and services to individuals in need and/or organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty.
This charity was registered on 30[th] July, 2021 with charity number 1195355.
## **Our Mission**
We are driven by passion to help reduce poverty, educate needy children and contribute to fulfilling the Sustainable Development Goals 1, 2, 3, 4, and 10.
## **Our Vision**
Our vision is to substantially affect the quality of life and wellbeing of children and families that are below the poverty line.
## **Our Objective**
The objective is to promote prevention and relief of poverty for the public benefit in Cameroon, Ghana and Nigeria by providing grants, items and services to individuals in need and/or organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty.
## **Method of Appointment of Trustees**
The composition of trustees was done in accordance with Section 251 of the Charities Act, 2011, ‘’Incorporation of Charity Trustees’’. Trustees are elected as per the Charity’s constitution.
## **Governance & Decision Making**
The daily administration of the Charity was managed by all the Trustees equally through regular meetings.
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## **Volunteers**
Currently the Charity does not have volunteers, but plans and efforts are in place to improve upon sources of funding for the Charity in the coming years.
## **Principal Funding**
Funding of the Charity was mainly from donations from Trustees.
## **Statement of Trustees’ Responsibility**
The Trustees are responsible for preparing the Annual Report and Financial Statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations and in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice.
By the dictates of Part 8 of the Charities Act, 2011 (with modifications in 2013), the Charity Trustees must (subject to section 133) prepare in respect of each financial year of the charity a statement of accounts complying with such requirements as to its form and contents as may be prescribed by regulations.
## **Financial Statement**
The charity Trustees (subject to section 133) have elected to prepare statement of accounts as follows;
- a. Receipts and payments account, and
- b. Statement of assets and liabilities.
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## **SVC Helping Hands International**
## **Receipts and Payments Account for the Year Ended 31[st] December, 2023**
|**Receipts**
Trustees Donations
Gifts & Aid
Miscellaneous Receipts
**Payments**
School fees & prospectus items (for 15 children in Cameroon)
Christmas presents (for an orphanage in Cameroon)
**Surplus/Deficit**|**£’**
**£’**
720.00
0.00
0.00
220.00
500.00**(720.00)**|
|---|---|
||**0.00**|
## **Statement of Assets and Liabilities As At 31[st] December, 2023**
As at reporting date of this Report, the Charity owns no Assets (Current or Non-current), neither does it owe any liability on its books.
## **Approval**
This report was approved by the Board of Trustees on 24[th] January, 2024 and signed on its behalf by:
Name: Sylvia Anuka Duval
Sign…………………………………………….. Date: 24.01.2024
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