ANNUAL REPORT
Charity Year November 2022 to October 2023
Helen Owen August 2024
Kirinya Children's Centre Nursery and Primary School, Namataba, Kirinya, Bweyogerere, Kira municipality, Wakiso District, UGANDA is on the outskirts of the capital city Kampala. It’s near the Nelson Mandela National Stadium (Namboole) and overlooks government land which is being redeveloped with new industry and infrastructure and nearby is the Namanve Industrial Park. The village is in the middle of sub-urban growth that is changing its environment toward a more urban and less rural landscape, however, the villagers and their children are extremely poor. The development of this school has already had a beneficial and significant impact on the welfare of the whole community. I have been working with Pastor Geoffrey Kamya in Namataba since 2014. We started rebuilding the church, Nursery and Primary School in 2015 and it was officially opened and registered in 2017
The Helen Margaret Owen Foundation was first set up as a small charity in September 2019. The charity year runs from 1[st] November to 31[st] October because the first donation to the HSBC charity account was received
on 1[st] Nov 2019. In the first two years we raised enough money to be in a position to apply for Registered Charity Status which was granted on 21[st] December 2021.
The trustees are Helen Owen, Karin Affi, Lindsay Webb, Sue Newton and Ken Rogers.
The Helen Margaret Owen Foundation is actively involved in the education of the children attending Kirinya Children’s Centre from building and developing the Nursery and Primary school through to the provision of funds for education, feeding and housing for the orphans and teachers and ongoing relief of poverty.
I celebrate the achievements of the Helen Margaret Owen Foundation, Kirinya Childrens’ Centre Nursery and Primary School and all its supporters in the UK and in Uganda.
We’ve manage to cover the costs of food and salaries for the second year running with the help of monthly sponsors, single donations, fundraising events and the remaining legacy donation given to us as we began as a registered charity. We have built on the previous year and support is growing.
This report is for charity year 1[st] November 2022 to 31[st] October 2023. I’m writing this is January 2024 for various reasons and will update people in a newsletter with the more recent activities.
Although finances are such that we have very little in the charity account, there is much to celebrate and there are very positive signs for 2024.
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Income
All income to the charity goes to supporting Kirinya Children’s Centre. The financial activities are shown in Table 1 below.
Sponsors
At the start of this charity year we had 25 monthly sponsors. We end this year with 28 sponsors. We have lost 3 sponsors (1 due to finances and ill health and the other 2 were my Mum and Aunty who’ve died) so effectively gained 6 new supporters. Some monthly sponsors have increased their standing orders to the charity account. This has increased the monthly income £553 the previous year to £621. This isn’t always guaranteed as a couple of supporters might miss a month due to finances. We hope to continue to grow our monthly support.
The amount raised through monthly sponsorship for this year was £6927.80
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Business Money Manager Account (BMM)
This account pays interest so money is transferred in from the current account and then back when it’s needed. The interest has offset the bank charges (Table 1 £114.73 interest - £80.26 bank charges).
Gift Aid
We’re waiting to receive Gift Aid from HMRC on eligible donations from 21[st] December 2021 onwards.
Planning Team
We have a core planning team myself, Karin Affi, Lindsay Webb and Gaelle White. We meet monthly and discuss how we can best support Kirinya Children’s Centre as a charity in the short term, for the year ahead and in the long term to ensure the future prosperity of the school. We hope to increase the planning team in 2024. I thank everyone for their hard work organising these events. Table 2 below is a breakdown of our activities.
Table 2 Charity fundraising activities
Desk Scheme
After speaking about the school at a church, someone suggested a ‘sponsor a desk’ scheme. This was supported well and I was able to send £300 for new desks.
School Visits
November 2022 a group went to Uganda for 2 weeks - myself, Dave Eadon, Sarah Cross, Lindsay Webb and my son James Parkes who stayed 3 months. While we were there eight P7 children took their Primary Leaving Exams (PLE) and we held Speech Day. We’d waited a long time for the container sent by CareUK and were finally able to take the contents from the Shipping depot and bring them to school to distribute. Dave and I took part in the Annual Prayer Conference at Kirinya Pentecostal Church then Catch Fire Conference in Eastern Uganda. Sarah and Lindsay remained with the school to distribute the container contents. Lindsay also continued her work there with the children and teachers training them in oral health care. Lindsay took a major role in the Leadership Day we held for local Pastors and Church Leadership alongside myself and Dave. As always a packed programme and not enough time to do everything we’d have like to.
One of the students (Izzy Murdoch) who went to the school for four weeks July/Aug 2022 returned with a friend for two weeks. Izzy and Hannah are at medical school and first went to a placement at a maternity Hospital. They spent time in classes with the children teaching them a variety of things about healthcare.
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Pastor Geoffrey was diagnosed with Leukaemia in Feb 2023
This was devastating news. Few survive because of costs and availability of treatment and drugs. The few I shared this news with were generous with their donations and we were able to pay most of his hospital and treatment costs. I’m glad to report that after being seriously ill he still managed to continue his university studies (BA in Primary Head Teaching) and is now well.
Grant Payments to Uganda
Below is a table of money sent via WISE or Post Office International Money Transfer. Costs are mainly for food and salaries. Salaries vary depending on the exchange rate. Initially Pastor Geoffrey declined being paid a salary because we were paying his university fees (which only amounted to 2 million UGX/year). As he is Headmaster, we felt he should get at least the same as the upper Primary School teachers so we began to pay him from April onwards. Some months Pastor Geoffrey didn’t receive a salary because we paid for hospital treatment.
Total payments to the school this year for food, salaries and licences were £32,963.36. These are our basic costs
Table 3
| SCHOOL EXPENSES 2022-23 | TOTAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COSTS | ||||
| UGX | £ | FOOD | ||
| 10,000,000 | £2,253.69 | Jan | Term 1 | |
| 500,000 | £114.12 | Feb | additional | |
| 9,317,841 | £2,000.00 | May | Term 2 | |
| 12,700,000 | £2,731.22 | Aug | Term 3 | |
| 32,517,841 | £7,099.03 | TOTAL | £7,099.03 | |
| Salaries+Allowances | ||||
| UGX | £ | |||
| 8,753,181 | 2000.00 | Nov | ||
| 5,350,000 | 1183.46 | Dec | ||
| 2,197,538 | 489.00 | Jan | ||
| 10,300,000 | 2335.00 | Feb | ||
| 10,800,000 | 2380.00 | March | ||
| 11,111,286 | 2400.00 | April | now inc salary for PG | |
| 11,272,905 | 2460.00 | May | inc PG uni fees | so no salary |
| 11,027,993 | 2390.00 | June | ||
| 10,986,459 | 2325.00 | July | ||
| 11,300,000 | 2447.70 | August | ||
| 10,300,000 | 2269.41 | Sept | ||
| 8,900,000 | 1984.76 | Oct | TOTAL UGX | SALARIES |
| Not enough in the account to pay in full for Oct | 112,299,362 | £24,664.33 | ||
| UGX | ||||
| BOARDING & UNEB LICENCES | 5,652,089 | £1,200.00 | ||
| TOTAL | 150,469,292 | £32,963.36 | ||
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KIRINYA CHILDREN’S CENTRE NURSERY AND PRIMARY SCHOOL ANNUAL REPORT 2023
This report has been written by Pastor Geoffrey, Headmaster and the school Bursar. I have added some conversions from Ugandan Shillings UGX to GBP to give an idea of what the finances mean to us.
CONTENT
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INTRODUCTION
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ENROLMENT
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FEES
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EXPENSES
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SCHOOL WELFARE
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REMUNERATION
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EXPECTED PLANS THROUGH THE YEAR
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ACHIEVEMENTSS
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EXPECTED PROJECTS BY THE GRACE OF GOD
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CHALLENGES
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SOURCES OF FUND
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CONCLUSION
INTRODUCTION
This information shows all detailed information about the noted highlights in the above content.
We give God the glory for the successful completion of the year 2023.
We appreciate Mummy Helen Owen Margret for the tireless efforts to see us through this year 2023, the team and also the Headmaster for working hand–in–hand with the entire staff both teaching and nonteaching, as Kirinya Children’s Centre Nursery and Primary School.
We have had 12 teachers, a headmaster, bursar, and 6 non-teaching staff and 2 farm boys in Zirobwe.
ENROLMENT
As 2023 began, we got a number of 88 pupils as new entrants and a total of 38 pupils left due to some challenges. This made a total number of 235 pupils in Term I i.e. 127girls and 108 boys (77 pupils in Nursery and 158 pupils in Primary). In Term I holiday, we got 44 new entrants and 22 pupils left making a total number of 257 pupils , 83 pupils in Nursery and 174 pupils in primary in Term II.
In Term III , we had a total enrolment of 250 pupils since 20 pupils had left and getting 13 pupils as new entrants. This reduction was caused due to financial problems and family issues. As many of our Children come from poor families, many times they face challenges of paying rent hence being chased out of rented houses and ending up relocating, some to villages others to other areas around Kampala, whereas we cannot take everybody in the boarding section. This problem keeps affecting our numbers in the school both in Nursery and primary. Below are the schedules :
Term I
| Term I | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Section | Previous | Left | From Top / P.7 | New Entrants | From Top | Current | |||
| Nursery | 66 | (11) | (15) | 37 | - | 77 | |||
| Primary | 122 | (22) | (08) | 51 | 15 | 158 | |||
| Term II | |||||||||
| Section | Previous | Left | New Entrants | Current | |||||
| Nursery | 77 | 09 | 15 | 83 | |||||
| Primary | 158 | 13 | 29 | 174 | |||||
| Term III | |||||||||
| Section | Previous | Left | New entrants | Current | |||||
| Nursery | 83 | 08 | 08 | 83 | |||||
| Primary | 174 | 12 | 05 | 167 |
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Fees
Expected collection of fees in Term 1 was UGX.5,655,000, of which UGX.5,369,000 was paid leaving a balance of UGX.286,000. In Term II , the balance that remained owing was collected at the beginning of the term, a total fee of UGX.7,050,000 was the expected fee and UGX.6,550,000 was collected leaving UGX.500,000 unpaid. UGX.462,000 of the Term II was paid and UGX.38,000 still owed though UGX.15,000 left without paying hence leaving UGX.23,000 owing. A fee of UGX.8,820,000 was the expected collection in Term III, however UGX.8,330,000 was paid and UGX.490,000 remained owing.
Term I
| Term I | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amount owed UGX | Expected collection | Total amount collected | Still owing | |||
| 182,000 | 5,655,000 | 5,551,000 | 286,000 | |||
| Term II | ||||||
| Amount owed UGX | Expected collection | Total amount collected | Still owing | |||
| 286,000 | 7,050,000 | 6,836,000 | 500,000 | |||
| TERM III | ||||||
| Amount owed UGX | Left | Expected collection | Total amount collected | Still owing | ||
| 500,000 | 15,000 | 8,820,000 | 8,792,000 | 513,000 | ||
| £4506 | TOTAL FEES COLLECTED 21,179,000 UGX - £4813 based on an exchange rate between 4,400 – 4700 UGX/£ |
EXPENSES
Below are the expenses in each term as indicated.
| Particulars | Amount (UGX) |
|---|---|
| TERM I | |
| Furniture | 1,540,000 |
| Renovation | 2,000,000 |
| Scholastic materials | 1,000,000 |
| Electricity | 600,000 |
| Firewood | 700,000 |
| First aid (medication) | 500,000 |
| Taxes | 600,000 |
| Total | 6,940,000 |
| TERM II | |
| Firewood (4 trucks) | 1,467,000 (it included part of Term III) |
| Taxes | 260,000 |
| Scholastic materials | 700,000 |
| Electricity | 600,000 |
| Inspection for the Center Number & NGO | 500,000 |
| First aid | 500,000 |
| Total | 4,027,000 |
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| TERM III | |
|---|---|
| Firewood (4 trucks) | 1,600,000 |
| Electricity | 600,000 |
| Kitchen (ingredients) | 2,800,000 |
| Exams * 2 | 512,000 |
| P.7 tests * 2 (week) | 294,000 |
| Painting | 1,500,000 |
| Talking compound | 1,600,000 |
| Miscellaneous. i.e. death, sickness etc. | 800,000 |
| Inspection | 400,000 |
| Addition to permit (NGO) | 1,500,000 |
| Renovation | 2,100,000 |
| Teachers’ uniform | 513,000 |
| Stationary | 1,750,000 |
| Vehicle service | 1,650,000 |
| Dockers (2) | 800,000 |
| Pastor’s treatment | 1,500,000 |
| Total | 23,419,000 |
| Equivalent to about £4982 - £5322 These costs were paid by school from student fees & church members’ donations |
SCHOOL WELFARE
| SCHOOL WELFARE | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Particulars | Quantity | Unit Price (UGX) | Amount (UGX) |
| TERM I | |||
| Posho 50kgs | 41 bags | 155,000 | 6,355,000 |
| Beans 50kgs | 18 sacks | 180,000 | 3,240,000 |
| Rice 50kgs | 7 bags | 210,000 | 1,470,000 |
| TERM II | |||
| Posho 50kgs | 45 bags | 155,000 | 6,975,000 |
| Beans 50kgs | 19 sacks | 235,000 | 4,465,000 |
| Rice 50kgs | 8 bags | 380,000 | 3,040,000 |
| TERM III | |||
| Posho 50kgs | 45 bags | 120,000 | 5,400,000 |
| Beans 50kgs | 19 sacks | 225,000 | 4,275,000 |
| Rice 50kgs | 8 bags | 200,000 | 1,600,000 |
| Total | 36,820,000 | ||
| £7834 to £8368 depending on exchange rate | |||
| Actual amount sent was through the charity was £7,099.03 (see Table 1) |
Summary
Posho – 131 bags Beans – 56 sacks Rice – 23 bags
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REMUNERATION SCHEDULE
ALLOWANCES
| ALLOWANCES | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLASS | NO. | EACH | WEEKLY | TERMLY (14WKS) | ANNUALLY |
| P.4 – P.7 | 5 | 50,000 | 250,000 | 3,500,000 | 10,500,000 |
| P.1 – P.3 | 3 | 20,000 | 60,000 | 840,000 | 2,520,000 |
| NURSERY | 5 | 15,000 | 75,000 | 1,050,000 | 3,150,000 |
| NON TEACHING | 6 | 10,000 | 60,000 | 840,000 | 1,680,000 |
| TOTAL | 19 | 95,000 | 445,000 | 6,230,000 | 17,850,000 |
SALARIES
| SALARIES | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DETAILS | N0. | EACH | MONTHLY | TERMLY |
| TERM I (4 MONTHS) | ||||
| Head teacher | 1 | 700,000 | 700,000 | 2,800,000 |
| Teacher | 12 | 500,000 | 6,000,000 | 24,000,000 |
| Bursar | 1 | 500,000 | 500,000 | 2,000,000 |
| Non – teaching | 4 | 300,000 | 1,200,000 | 4,800,000 |
| Farm boys | 2 | 300,000 | 600,000 | 2,400,000 |
| TERM II (4 MONTHS) | ||||
| Headmaster | 1 | 700,000 | 2,800,000 | |
| Teacher | 12 | 500,000 | 24,000,000 | |
| Bursar | 1 | 500,000 | 2,000,000 | |
| Non – teaching | 6 | 300,000 | 7,200,000 | |
| Farm boys | 2 | 300,000 | 2,400,000 | |
| TERM III (3 MONTHS) | ||||
| Headmaster | 1 | 700,000 | 2,100,000 | |
| Teachers | 12 | 500,000 | 18,000,000 | |
| Bursar | 1 | 500,000 | 1,500,000 | |
| Non – teaching | 6 | 300,000 | 5,400,000 | |
| Farm boys | 2 | 300,000 | 1,800,000 | |
| DECEMBER | ||||
| Headmaster | 1 | 700,000 | 700,000 | |
| Bursar | 1 | 500,000 | 500,000 | |
| Non – teaching | 3 | 300,000 | 900,000 | |
| Farm boys | 2 | 300,000 | 600,000 | |
| ANNUAL SALARY COSTS | 105,900,000 | |||
| PLUS SUPPLEMENTS | 17,850,000 | |||
| TOTAL SALARIES | 123,750,000 | |||
| At variable exchange rates eg 4,400 – 4,700UGX/£ | £28,125 - £26329.79 | |||
| ACTUAL AMOUNT SENT FOR SALARIES (See Table 1) | £24,479.17 |
The allowances are supplements to the Teachers’ salaries and are variable depending on hours e.g. P4-P7 work longer hours than P1 – P3 and Nursery closes at 1pm. The recommended salary is 1 million UGX/month but our teachers get housing and food.
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EXPECTED PLANS THROUGH THE YEAR
Below are the highlights of the expected plans as explained in the previous reports.
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Building of the security house and gate installation.
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Construction of the dining hall /examination hall.
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Building of modernised cooking fire places.
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Finishing of the dining hall.
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Getting a Center Number.
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Re-painting of the classes and outside.
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Getting the Certificate / permits from the National Bureau of NGO.
ACHIEVEMENTS
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A gate and a security house.
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A modernised fireplace.
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Boarding license.
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Re-painting of the classrooms and outside.
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Buying of the boarding girls’ toilet.
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Successful coming of our visitors from UK led by Mummy Helen.
EXPECTED PROJECTS BY THE GRACE OF GOD.
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Finishing of the dining hall (Examination hall)
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Center Number (expected in January)
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Certificate / Permit from National Bureau of NGO. (waiting for the final inspection)
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Modernising and expansion of the girls’ dormitory.
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Acquiring a solar operated cooking area hence cutting costs on fire wood which is very expensive these days.
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Getting solar lights for dormitories and classes hence cutting costs on electricity
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Planting trees around the school and farm land to conserve the environment, and having ready fruits for our children
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Forming up playing zones for our children around the school for both Nursery and Primary
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Creating more vegetable gardens around the school for teachers and children
CHALLENGES
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Death (amongst staff members i.e. losing their parents).
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Electric shock of our own child - a pupil in P4 (not on school premises but nearby after power cable came down because of heavy rain and strong winds – an effect of climate change). The girl has recovered but hospital bills are expensive.
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Dining hall still failing to be completed (yet inspection is soon approaching)
SOURCES OF FUND
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Mummy Helen (helenmargaretowenfoundation.org)
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Church collections.
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School fees collection.
CONCLUSION
As Kirinya Children’s Centre Nursery & Primary School, we take this opportunity to appreciate you and all the team for your efforts put towards the school ever since the Lord brought you to Uganda and basically at Namataba Kirinya in 2014, you were the right Person God was waiting for to use to uplift the standard of this area, may God bless you more and more.
May God bless you abundantly.
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Receipts and Payments from 1/11/2020 to 31/10/2021
Appendix 1
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Receipts and Payments from 1/11/2021 to 31/10/2022
Appendix 2
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Receipts and Payments from 1/11/2022 to 31/10/2023
Appendix 3
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| ProfitandLoss | |
|---|---|
| Total | |
| INCOME | |
| Container | 8,166.48 |
| Desks | 360.00 |
| FundraisingEvent | 6,927.80 |
| Hospital costs | 960.00 |
| Interest | 114.73 |
| Monthly donations | 7,115.00 |
| Otherdonations | 1,528.96 |
| Trees | 85.00 |
| Visittoschool | 5,071.79 |
| TotalIncome | 30,329.76 |
| TOTAL | 30,329.76 |
| EXPENDITURES | |
| Bank charges | 80.26 |
| Other Professional Services | 1,132.44 |
| Printing,PostageandStationery | 57.40 |
| Travel | 3,059.01 |
| TotalExpenditures | 4,329.11 |
| NETOPERATINGINCOME | 26,000.65 |
| OTHER EXPENDITURES | |
| Container Expense | 8,166.48 |
| Foodforschool | 7,099.03 |
| Grants | 150.00 |
| Hospital Expenses | 2,340.07 |
| Teachers wages | 24,664.33 |
| University Fees | 225.74 |
| TotalOtherExpenditures | 42,645.65 |
| NETOTHERINCOME | -42,645.65 |
| NETINCOME/(EXPENDITURE) | £-16,645.00 |
| AsofOctober3 I2025 | |
|---|---|
| Total | |
| FIXEDASSET | |
| Tangibleassets | |
| Buildings | 1,571.20 |
| FixturesandFittings Cost | 420.00 |
| Total Tangibleassets | 1,991.20 |
| TotalFixedAsset | 1,991.20 |
| CASHATBANKAND INHAND | |
| Current | 1,026.28 |
| Savings | 1.15 |
| TotalCashatbankand inhand | 1,027.43 |
| NETCURRENT ASSETS | 1,027.43 |
| NETCURRENT ASSETS (LIABILITIES) | 1,027.43 |
| TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES | 3,018.63 |
| TOTALNETASSETS (LIABILITIES) | £3,018.63 |
| CHARITY FUNDS | |
| Opening Balance Equity | 19,663.63 |
| RetainedEarnings | |
| Surplus/(Deficit) | -16,645.00 |
| TotalCharityfunds | £3,018.63 |