## **YoGift Trustee Report 2022/23**
## **Introduction**
The inspiration for YoGift was the recognition that India, which gave the world the life changing practice of yoga, has suffered greatly as a result of the Covid 19 pandemic. Covid19 has further highlighted issues of poverty in India, where many people have insecure employment and are not protected by a comprehensive social security system. The UK Yoga ‘eco-system’ provides an opportunity to both raise awareness of the impact of Covid-19 in India and the desirability, if not moral imperative, for richer nations to help alleviate poverty elsewhere.
YoGift seeks to:
- use the UK yoga ‘ecosystem’ to raise awareness of, and funds for, poverty relief in India
- fund, through grants and donations, UK based charities working to alleviate poverty in India, with an initial focus on charities working with children.
YoGift (a UK registered Charitable Incorporated Organisation) and has a Board of Trustees, who for 2022/23 were:
- Diane Groom (Chair – appointed 1 September 2021)
- John Henkel (Treasurer - appointed 1 September 2021)
- • Emma Findlay (appointed 1 September 2021)
- Jamie Blowers (appointed 1 September 2021)
YoGift’s first accounting period ended on 31 March 2023.
## **YoGift Objectives**
The objectives of YoGift, as set out in its constitution, are:
_The object of the CIO is the relief of poverty of children living in India by the provision of grants and donations to other registered UK charities furthering this purpose._
## **Grant Making Policy**
YoGift has a grant making policy in place which sets out the principles and criteria in place
## **Overview of the 2022/23 Activities**
YoGift achieved Charitable Status at the end of 2021 and began activities in 2022 in line with the operating model set out below.
YoGift - UK Registered Charity No. 1197129
The Trustees saw 2022/23 as the charity’s initiation phase, which involved developing a number of capabilities as well as a start to fund-raising and grant making.
Pump-priming funding from the YoGift founders enabled the development and hosting of a website ((https://www.yogift.org/) and the establishment of social media presence on Facebook and Instagram. A donation platform (Givey) was set up as one of a number of donation pathways.
A number of policies and procedures, including financial, grant making and risk management, were developed as part of the YoGift initiation phase.
Several events hosted and promoted by Yoga teachers and studios were held as fundraisers for YoGift, with income supplemented by a corporate donation from Barclays Bank. In addition, a fund-raising 100 mile cycle ride was held in October 2022.
Harmony House (India - https://www.harmonyhouseindia.org/) was selected as the first delivery partner and the first two grant payments were made in 2022/23, in line with the charitable objects and grant making policy.
## **Feedback from Harmony House**
Harmony House has provided reports to YoGift about the positive impact YoGift grants have had on the lives of the children they work with. YoGift funding has contributed to Harmony House increasing its daily intake of children and establishing a service for children with special needs.
YoGift - UK Registered Charity No. 1197129
Harmony House prides itself on giving its children quality education, opportunities and hope for a brighter future. Special assembly days are organised around themes such as World Athletics day, World youth skill day and IT skills are taught.
For younger children, early and primary, the curriculum embraces monthly themes such as ‘All about me’, ‘Transport’, ‘Monsoon’ and for really young children, from six months to two and a half years activities are based arounds painting and crayoning.
Harmony House ensure all food provided is nutritious and medical sessions take place regularly.
During the period that YoGift has been supporting Harmony House the number of children per day has increased and a unit for children with special education needs has been established.
An example of feedback from Harmony House is set out below:
## _Dear Diane,_
_Hope you are doing well. Words are not enough to express our appreciation and gratitude to you and your team for your support for the children of Harmony House. Thank you for your generosity and confidence in our mission._
_We are blessed to have your support. Sending you a small token of love and gratitude from our children on behalf of all of us at Harmony House._
_Thanks and kind regards,_
## _Surbhi Massey_
_Manager Early Years & Primary Centre | Harmony House_
## **Financial Overview**
Income for the period to 31 March 2023 was £3832, and expenditure was £3,100, of which £2,700 was paid as grants to Harmony House. The year-end balance of £732.
YoGift - UK Registered Charity No. 1197129
||**YOGIFT**
**Charity Name**|**YOGIFT**
**Charity Name**|**YOGIFT**
**Charity Name**|**YOGIFT**
**Charity Name**|**CC16a**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**For the period**
**from**|28/03/2022
Period start date|**To**|||
|||||||
|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**2,432**
**800**
**600**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**3,832**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**3,832**
**2,700**
**400**
**-**
**3,100**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**3,100**
**732**
**-**
**-**
**732**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|Donations - individuals|**2,432**||**-**|**2,432**
**800**
**600**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**3,832**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
|Donations - Yoga Studios|**800**||**-**|||
|Donations - other|**600**||**-**|||
|Sales|**-**||**-**|||
|Gift Aid|**-**||**-**|||
||**-**||**-**
**-**|||
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**3,832**||||**-**|
|||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||
||**-**||**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|
||**-**||**-**
**-**|||
|**_Sub total_**|**-**||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||**3,832**||
||||**-**||**-**|
|||||||
|
Grants(HarmonyHouse)|**2,700**||**-**|**2,700**
**400**
**-**
**3,100**|**-**
**-**
**-**|
|Website Development|**400**||**-**|||
||**-**||**-**
**-**|||
|**_Sub total_ **|**3,100**||||**-**|
|||||||
|**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_**||||**3,100**||
||||**-**||**-**|
|||||||
||**732**||
**-**|**732**|**-**|
||**-**||**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**|
||**-**||**-**|||
||**732**||
**-**|**732**|**-**|
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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**||
|---|---|---|---|
|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of
all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
**Details**
**Details**
Cash Funds
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**732**
**-**
**732**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
Print Name
J A Henkel|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||OK|
||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**When due**
**(optional)**|
|||||
|||||
||||Date of
approval|
|||J A Henkel|01-Nov-23|
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