## **Trustees' Annual Report 2025**
## **For the Corbeille Blanche Foundation**
## **1. Reference and Administrative Details**
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|**Charity Name**|Corbeille Blanche Foundation|
|**Registered Charity Number**|1196001|
|**Principal Address**|90 Leighton Road, Enfield, Middlesex, EN1 1XW|
|**Trustees**|• Mbaki Mpanzu (Chair)
• Coco Nzau Mpanzu
• Josiane Citoria Dembo|
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## **2. Structure, Governance, and Management**
## **Governing Document**
The charity is controlled by its governing document (a Constitution) and constitutes a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO).
## **Trustee Selection and Organizational Structure**
- **Management & Oversight:** The Charity Chair and the Board of Trustees hold ultimate responsibility for the overall management, strategic direction, and financial control of the Corbeille Blanche Foundation. The Board meets formally **six times a year** (approximately every 60 days) to review operations.
- **Operational Teams:** Day-to-day project implementation is delegated to the **Outreach Team** (operating on the ground in the Democratic Republic of the Congo) and the **Finance Committee** (meeting monthly in the United Kingdom).
- **Role of the Chair:** The Chair coordinates work between the Trustees and the Outreach Team, oversees the preparation of legal paperwork, manages accounts, and leads future project planning.
- **Trustee Recruitment & Remuneration:** All Trustees serve entirely on a voluntary basis. They received **no remuneration, financial benefits, or out-of-pocket expense reimbursements** during the reporting period. No new Trustees were recruited or appointed during the past year.
## **3. Objectives and Activities**
Our charity's core activities focus on the advancement of health, social empowerment, and relief of poverty both in the UK and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
## **Our Vision**
To empower pregnant women, vulnerable young women in precarious rural situations, and orphans, providing them with a platform that encourages and equips them to become active creators of positive change in their communities.
## **Our Mission**
- **Empowerment & Vocational Training:** Helping women discover their inherent potential and guiding their personal and professional growth. We support them through health education, motherhood guidance, and hands-on vocational workshops in cooking, sewing, aesthetics, agriculture, and family planning.
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- **Support in the D.R. Congo:** Partnering directly with local schools to provide disadvantaged girls with essential daily resources, fostering self-confidence, and paving the way for a brighter future. We also support local orphanages by supplying school equipment and educational resources.
- **Community Advocacy in the U.K.:** Organizing community gatherings for the Congolese diaspora and raising vital health awareness. We promote health literacy on high blood pressure, obesity, stroke prevention, child protection, and domestic abuse, while actively encouraging individuals to engage with professional healthcare and local support services.
## **4. Achievements and Performance**
During this reporting period, the Corbeille Blanche Foundation successfully delivered its planned micro-projects.
- **Community Outreach & Health Promotion:** We engaged with the public by attending local social events, community gatherings, and church meetings—primarily via invitations from partner groups.
- **Direct Advocacy:** Our volunteers held face-to-face conversations and distributed informative leaflets (printed and produced from home) highlighting critical health and social risks within the community.
- **Feedback and Evaluation:** We received overwhelmingly positive feedback from community members. This valuable input has helped us better understand local needs and is directly shaping the design of our upcoming charitable initiatives.
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## **5. Financial Review**
## **Funding and Expenditure**
All activities undertaken during the past year were delivered without drawing upon charity funds. The Trustees and core volunteers funded 100% of the operational expenses **entirely out of their own pockets** , including personal travel, transport costs, and refreshments (water and snacks) for events.
- **Fundraising:** The charity did not engage in any public fundraising activities during this reporting period.
- **Reserves Policy:** Because the charity currently operates with zero overheads and direct out-of-pocket funding from its volunteers, there are no significant financial reserves held.
## **Custodian Trusteeship**
The Corbeille Blanche Foundation does not hold any funds or assets as a custodian trustee on behalf of others.
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## **6. Declarations**
The Trustees declare that they have approved the Trustees' Report above.
## **Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees:**
**Signature: Name:** Mbaki Mpanzu
**Position:** Chair of Trustees
**Date:** 15/07/2026
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## **Charity Commission**
## Charity Commission Annual Return 20 25
## **CORBEILLE BLANCHE FOUNDATION**
Charity registration number: 1196001
**Most of the information you give in this form will become publicly available on the Register of Charities. Any field that the Charity Commission will not display will be clearly marked.**
> **[This document is a record of the information provided in the Annual Return 20][25][. ]**
## **Financial period**
## **Financial period start date**
18/09/20 24
## **Financial period end date**
17/09/20 25
## **Income and spending**
## **Income £**
£0
## **Spending £**
£0
## **Number of contracts from government**
**How many contracts (other than grant agreements) did your charity receive from central government or a local authority during the financial period for this return?**
0
## **Number of grants from government**
**How many grants did your charity receive from central government or a local authority during the financial period for this return?**
0
## **Income breakdown**
## **Donations and legacies (excluding Endowments Received)**
£0
## **Charitable activities**
£0
## **Other trading activities**
£0
## **Investments**
£0
## **Other**
£0
## **Recipients of grants**
**Please round all figures to the nearest pound (do not enter decimal points or commas).Individuals**
£0
## **Other charities**
£0
**Other organisations that are not charities**
£0
## **Trustee payments**
**Excluding out of pocket expenses, for what were any of the trustees paid during the financial period for this return?**
⊠ e. None of the trustees have been paid
**Did any of the trustees resign and take up employment with your charity in the financial period of this return?**
No
## **Income from outside the UK**
**Did your charity receive income from outside of the United Kingdom in the financial period of this return?**
No
## **Delivering activities outside the United Kingdom**
**Did your charity deliver charitable activities outside of the United Kingdom in the financial period of this return?**
Unknown
## **Spending outside England & Wales**
**Did your charity spend funds outside of the United Kingdom in the financial period of this return?**
No
**Trading subsidiaries**
**Does the charity have any trading subsidiaries?**
No
## **Charity contact details correct**
## **Is the contact address displayed from the Register of Charities, correct?**
Yes
## **Charity headquarters details correct**
## **Is this the same address that you use as your charity's administrative headquarters?**
Yes
## **Charity contact address**
90 LEIGHTON ROAD
ENFIELD
EN1 1XW
## **Charity Headquarters address**
90 LEIGHTON ROAD
ENFIELD
EN1 1XW
## **Membership type**
**Is the charity part of a wider group structure with a parent body and subsidiary bodies?** N o, the charity is not part of a wider group structure
## **Employment contract types**
## **People were permanently employed by your charity**
0
## **People were on fixed-terms contracts with your charity**
0
## **Self-employed people were working for your charity**
0
## **Governance policies**
## **Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures**
Not applicable
## **Safeguarding policy and procedures**
Not applicable
## **Financial reserves policy and procedures**
Not applicable
## **Complaints policy and procedures**
Not applicable
## **Serious incident reporting policy and procedures**
Not applicable
## **Internal risk management policy and procedures**
Not applicable
## **Trustee expenses policy and procedures**
Not applicable
## **Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures**
Not applicable
**Investing charity funds policy and procedures**
Not applicable
## **Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures**
Not applicable
## **Bullying and harassment policy and procedures**
Not applicable
## **Social media policy and procedures**
Not applicable
## **Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures**
Not applicable
## **External risk and impact**
## **Donations,**
Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable
## **Other income - grants**
Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable
## **Other income - contracts**
Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable
## **Other income - investment**
Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable
## **Expenditure on charitable activities**
Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable
## **Expenditure on overheads**
Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable
## **Number of volunteers**
Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable
## **Number of employees**
Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable
**Number of trustees**
Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable
## **Fundraising activities**
Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable
## **Capacity to deliver services**
Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable
## **Total service demand**
Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable
## **Volunteers**
**Excluding trustees, provide an estimate of the number of volunteers who carried out charitable activities on behalf of your charity in the United Kingdom during the financial period of this return?**
0
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## **Declaration**
## **Your role at the charity (select one):**
|⊠Trustee||
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|**Given names**|Mbaki|
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|**Family name**|Mpanzu|
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|**Telephone**|07460656360|
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|**Email**|info@corbeille-blanche.org|
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|**Date submitted**|15/07/2026|
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