
## **Trustees’ annual report (including Directors’ report) for the period** 

**From: 1 Jun 2023  Period start date 31 May 2024 To: Period end date Charity name: Sierra Leone Association of Trinitonians UK** 

**Charity registration number:1197421** 

## **Company number:** 

## **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|**To organise funds raising activities in**<br>**support of the church, promote the**<br>**Christian doctrine, education and**<br>**alleviate poverty.**|
|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>identifiedinthe accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|**The following activity was held during the**<br>**year: A Thanksgiving Service and social**<br>**evening event.**|
|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|**Yes all Trustees are aware of such regard**<br>**issue in the guidance.**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

SORP reference **N/A** Para 1.38 Policy on grant making **N/A** Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment **N/A** Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers 



Other 

## **Achievements and performance** 

||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|**The Charity raised funds through**<br>**their Thanksgiving Services, and**<br>**Social evening event. The funds are**<br>**then used to buy and supply the**<br>**necessary goods required by the**<br>**church and also finance an ongoing**<br>**building project undertaking by the**<br>**charity.**|
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## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41|**We were able to obtain our aims and**<br>**objectives by raising funds from the**<br>**event activity held.**|
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|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41|**With the economy recovering**<br>**from the pandemic our**<br>**fundraising activity for the year**<br>**was still constraints to just two**<br>**events. Therefore, our**<br>**objectives aim was not met**|
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41|**N/A**|
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## **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|**A little satisfactory for a start**|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**To help with financial cost hosting**<br>**future fund-raising activity events**<br>**and savings to undertake our**<br>**projects**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£ 1000**|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|**Inability of Recruiting new members**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

**Subscription from members and** Para 1.47 **funds raise through event activities** The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising) **All funds raised are transferred into** Para 1.46 **the charity bank account** Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted **Not raising sufficient funds in order** Para 1.46 **to obtain our objectives** A description of the principal risks facing the charity Other 

## **Structure, governance and management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:||**Incorporate Organisation**|
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|Type of governing document:<br>for example,trust deed,<br>memorandum and articles of<br>association etc|Para 1.25|**The Association Constitution and**<br>**article of association**|
|How is the charity|Para 1.25|**Unincorporated association**|





|constituted?<br>for example limited company,<br>unincorporated association,<br>CIO|||
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|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|**The Trustees are appointed/elected**<br>**by the Members of the Association**|
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|**Additional information (optional)**<br>Youmay choose toincludefurtherstatements||whererelevant about:|
|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction and<br>training of trustees|Para 1.51|**N/A**|
|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51|**N/A**|
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51|**N/A**|
|Other|||





## **Reference and administrative details** 

> Charity name **The Sierra Leone Association of Trinitonians UK** 

> Other name the charity uses **Trinitonians UK** 

> Registered charity number **1197421** 

> Charity’s principal address **1 Beult Road, Dartford, Kent, DA1 4PH** 

## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br> <br>6<br>7<br> <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**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee(if any)**|
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||**George Johnson**|**President**||**The Association Members**|
||**Gloria Rollings-Bull **|**Vice-President**|||
||**Rhoda Labor**|**Secretary**|||
||**Cecilia Pratt**|**Asst Secretary**|||
||**Edward Elba**|**Treasurer**|||
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||**Remmie Akibo-**<br>**Betts**|**Social Secretary**|||
||**Emile Akabi-Davis**|**Auditor**|||
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||**Arthur Barzey**|**Auditor**|||
||Amoni Agbenoo|**Pastoral Officer**|||
||**Victoria Hume**|**Pastoral Officer**|||
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Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** 

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)**|
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|**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (optional information)**|||
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## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

## **Other optional information** 



## **Declarations** 

**The company has taken advantage of the small companies’ exemption in preparing the report above.** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report (including directors’ report) above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees/directors** 

> **Signature(s)** _Edward Elba_ 

> **Full name(s)** Edward Elba **Position (for example Secretary, Chair, etc)**[Treasurer] 

**Date** 25/03/2025 



||**Trinitonians year end finacial report jun23-jun24**|**Trinitonians year end finacial report jun23-jun24**|**Trinitonians year end finacial report jun23-jun24**|
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|**Income**|£|£|£|
||||surplus|
|subscriptions||||
|received|||840|
|collection at meetings|||0|
|Amount events raised||10279||
|refund deposits|||500|
|Total||11619||
|**Outgoings expenditure**||||
|meeting venues|||0|
|printings|||0|
|bereavement donations|||200|
|**miscellaneous spending**||||
|website||179.65||
|insurance||100.8||
|events spending||6044.56||
|Total||6525.01||
||||5093.99|
|**Ejones project Freetown**||||
|no report||N/A||
|**Banking**||||
|charity acc brought f/ward|||500|
|withdrawals|||0|
|Sum transfer to Charity acc|||5500|
|Total|||6000|





757.43 

benevolence acc 26.04.24 

Net asset to date 

**6757.43** 

