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

**From 01/04/2023 Period start date   To     31/03/2024     Period end date** 

**Charity name: HAND UP MALAWI** 

## **Charity registration number: 1196912** 

## **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|For the public benefit the advancement of<br>education of pre-school children in the<br>village of in Balamanja, Malawi, by<br>supporting and developing the preschool<br>and providing educational goods, equipment,<br>materials and staffing.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or services<br>identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|<br>The charity has continued to provide regular<br>payments via Western Union to the lead<br>teacher responsible for the day to day<br>running of the preschool we support. This<br>monthly payment has covered the cost of her<br>own wages, and that of another teacher, in<br>addition to the basic provisions of maize,<br>sugar and soap etc. for the feeding<br>programme the teachers provide for the<br>children in attendance, five days per week<br>during term time.<br>The charity raised money through<br>Campaigns and community fundraisers<br>(spanning the previous and current financial<br>period) which provided funds for the<br>structural renovation of the preschool<br>building (to ensure safety and improve the<br>learning environment), and the installation of<br>security (locks and door protectors) to<br>prevent theft of materials kept inside.<br>The campaign funds were also used to<br>purchase toys/materials in the UK, then used<br>to pay for courier services to deliver them to<br>the preschool.|
|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|Trustees have reviewed and acted in<br>accordance with the guidance issued by the<br>charity commission on public benefit.|





## **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|Since the charity became operational, the<br>regular payments made have been sufficient<br>to feed approximately 80-100 children 5 days<br>per week during term-time, and they have<br>provided personal income for two preschool<br>teachers to support themselves and their<br>families.<br>By providing regular income to the teachers,<br>they have been able to commit their time to<br>educating the young children and to help<br>meet their developmental needs<br>preparing them for going to school in the<br>future.<br>By funding the structural maintenance of the<br>preschool building (Fully completed in Nov<br>2023), we have been able to ensure the<br>building is safe to use and secure enough to<br>protect vital learning resources from potential<br>theft. The refurbishment has created a space<br>conducive to learning with improved lighting<br>conditions, and illustrations on the wall serve<br>as visual tools for interactive learning.<br>Once the renovations were complete, a<br>shipment of resources was made to the<br>preschool, containing goods that had been<br>purchased or donated over the preceding<br>year. These contained toys and learning|





provisions for the children which can be shared and re-used. We predict that with better resources, the children will have a better chance to have their multifaceted developmental needs met, and therefore be better prepared to learn when graduating to primary education. 

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

Achievements against Para 1.41 objectives set 

Performance of fundraising activities against objectives Para 1.41 set 

|Investment performance|Para 1.41||
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|against objectives|||
|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|In a positive balance of £867 at the end of<br>the financial period. We held this balance<br>after having a successful fundraiser which<br>exceeded the targets required to meet the<br>needs of the renovations and intended<br>provisions. In view of potential uncertainty<br>with intended future changes/expansion of<br>the charity’s scope, we have accepted a<br>higher reserve to have greater potential for<br>freedom and flexibility over our next actions.|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Accounting for future budgets and future<br>projects/spending plans that cannot be<br>met from the income of a single year,<br>and uncertainties we may face in the<br>future, we acknowledge the need to hold<br>some reserves to meet an unexpected<br>call on funds or opportunities that may<br>present themselves.<br>We use the above process to identify<br>why reserves might need to be held and<br>to decide the amount of reserves needed<br>to operate effectively, according to the<br>financial and operational status of the<br>charity.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£867**|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|**NA**|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|**NA**|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|**NA**|



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

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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:||**N/A**|
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**|
|<br>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|**Unanimous agreement amongst existing**<br> <br>**trustees**|
|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|||
|<br>Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction and<br>training of trustees|<br>Para 1.51||
|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|HAND UP MALAWI|
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|<br>Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1196912|
|<br>Charity’s principal address|6 MARLPIT ROAD, SHARPTHORNE, WEST SUSSEX,<br>RH19 4PD|
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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**<br>**Nam**<br>**e of**<br>**pers**<br>**on**<br>**(or**<br>**bod**<br>**y)**<br>**entit**<br>**led**<br>**to**<br>**app**<br>**oint**<br>**trust**<br>**ee**<br>**(if**<br>**any)**|
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||Chloe Rutherfoord|||
||Veronica Barratt||27.10.2022 - 02.10.2023|
||Florence Chibowa||24.02.2023 - 02.10.2023|
||Damian Croker||02.10.2023 -present|
||Camden<br>Kazunguza||03.06.2024- present|
||Justin Malawezi||29.02.2023-present|
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

> **Director name** Damien Croker **CEO** 

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<br>held in this capacity|N/A|
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|Name and objects of the<br>charity on whose behalf the<br>assets are held and how this<br>falls within the custodian<br>charity’s objects|N/A|
|Details of arrangements for<br>safe custody and<br>segregation of such assets<br>from the charity’s own assets|N/A|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|
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## **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)** 

**Full name(s)** Chloe Rutherfoord **Position (eg Secretary,** Secretary **Chair, etc) Date** 27/1/25 




**1196912** 

**Hand Up Malawi** 

## **Receipts and payments accounts** 

## **CC16a** 

**For the period** 1/4/2023 31-3-2024 **To from** 

## **Section A Receipts and payments** 

|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**<br>**1,419**<br>**1,632**<br>**290**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**3,341**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**3,341**<br>**1,779**<br>**100**<br>**8**<br>**153**<br>**503**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **2,543**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**2,543**<br>**798**<br>**-**<br>**69**<br>**867**|**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>**-**<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>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**1,419**<br>**1,632**<br>**290**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**3,341**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**3,341**<br>**1,779**<br>**100**<br>**8**<br>**153**<br>**503**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**2,543**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**2,543**<br> <br>**798**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**1,419**<br>**1,632**<br>**290**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**3,341**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**3,341**<br>**1,779**<br>**100**<br>**8**<br>**153**<br>**503**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**2,543**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**2,543**<br> <br>**798**|**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
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|Donated funds Via Enthuse Platform|**1,419**|||||**-**|
|Donated funds Via JustgivingPlatform|**1,632**|||||**-**|
|Donated funds via Bank transfer|**290**|||||**-**|
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|**3,341**|||||**-**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**|||||||
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|**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**|||||||
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|Grantspaid to beneficiaries|**1,779**|||||**-**|
|Purchasedgoods for beneficiaries|**100**|||||**-**|
|International courier service|**8**|||||**-**|
|Web services(ionos/Wix)|**153**|||||**-**|
|Donationplatform fees|**503**|||||**-**|
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|**_Sub total_ **|**2,543**|||||**-**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**|||||||
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|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_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_**|||||||
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||**798**|**-**|**-**|<br>**798**||**-**|
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||**69**|**-**|**-**|**69**||**-**|
||**867**|**-**|**-**|**867**||**-**|



CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

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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>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Signature|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**867**<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|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 

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