## **Mabomboh Education Project** Trustees’ annual report for the year ended 31st August 2025 Registered Charity Number: 1197537 ## **Charity Principal Address:** 42 Widecombe Road Mottingham, London, SE9 4HQ ## **Names of Managing Trustees** Evelyn Maclean, Chair Revd Duncan MacBean Ivan Obrien-Coker Iain Maclean Martin Nicolas Harriot (appointed on 04 March 2026) ## **Treasurer** Tsion Gebreegziabher ## **Bankers** Charities Aid Foundation **Type of Charity** : Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the Charity is constituted: Five Trustees and a Treasurer Trustee selection method Appointed -on a voluntary basis. All trustees are given an email copy from the Charity Commission “The Role of a Trustee” Structure Registered with the Ministry of Education in Sierra Leone and are compliant with employment laws in that jurisdiction. ## **Risks** Risks related to the school property and public liability have been mitigated through an annual insurance policy. The Mabomboh Education Project has adopted a safeguarding Policy that covers children attending the nursery and primary school, ensuring all staff receive regular and appropriate training. ## **Objectives of the Charity** . To Advance education in Mabomboh village, Sierra Leone. These objectives are detailed in the Mabomboh Education Project’s Charity overview, as recorded on the Charity Commission website. ## **Summary of Main Objectives** The Charity operates for the public benefit to promote the education (including social and physical training) of people of all ages in the village of Mabomboh, Sierra Leone, in ways deemed appropriate by the charity trustees. This includes: - a. providing education from pre-school to the end of high school, in accordance with the national curriculum, available to all children in the local community, - b. by providing school buildings to be used as a venue for adult education including parenting skills, childcare, nutrition, and planned parenthood ## **Summary of main achievements during the year to August 2025** The Charity had a successful year, teaching 128 children aged 3 to 11. The Children are taught in small groups and provided with meals to improve their learning and focus. The Charity continued building staff quarters to provide much needed accommodation for teachers, who primarily come from other towns and cannot travel several miles daily. The charity refurbished a disused well in the village in May 2025 and added a 10000litres capacity tank to store pipe borne water form the well to the school premises. the Charity expanded its solar output by installing eight new solar panels and six new batteries, providing enough power to operate the well, laptops and other electrical equipment at the school. The Charity covered the shipping costs for donated items such as chairs, desks, books, whiteboards, and clothing. The Charity provided staff training in line with requirements of the ministry of Education. The charity currently provides Internet and communication through subscriptions to mobile network providers in the country. In the future, the charity hopes to offer internet connect that would make it more accessible for pupils and staff. The charity has utilised consultancy services in Sierra Leone to recruit teachers. The charity has organised fundraising events, incurring expenses related to these activities. The charity contributed to the school feeding programme. In the future, the charity would like to construct additional accommodation for staff and are building a dining hall for the students which will also be used as community centre by the villagers. ## **Public Benefit** We confirm the trustees have had regard of the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit. Examples of Public Benefit The school premises and chairs are used by the villagers when they have events. They also use the school field for sporting events. ## **Financial Review:** The Mabomboh Education Project reported total income of £18,177 for the financial year ending 31 August 2025. This income was generated through donations from Sunfields Methodist Church, contributions from private individuals, and fundraising activities organised by the project. The charity’s most significant source of funding in the past three years has been Chislehurst Methodist Church. These funds were restricted specifically to staff-related costs and amounted to £9,000 per annum over a three-year period (totalling £27,000), with the last year (FY23/24) represented the final year of the first agreed support. At the start of the current financial year (1 September 2024), the charity carried forward a balance of £11,075. During the year, £7,721 of these funds were utilised to cover staff costs, leaving a closing balance of £3,354. Expenditure during the year was primarily focused on staff costs, day-to-day school operations, and the completion of the solar power system installation, which supports the sustainability of the school’s infrastructure. Looking ahead, the charity will require continued funding to complete the construction of additional staff accommodation, improve access to water facilities at the school, and meet ongoing operational expenses. ## **Reserves** The reserves policy for the Charity is to maintain a sum equivalent to six months’ average ongoing expenditure. This is necessary to ensure sufficient working capital is available to meet monthly salary payments and other costs associated with operating a school. ## **Declaration** The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above E Maclean Signatures: Evelyn Maclean -Chair 22 June 2026 Treasurer Ms Tsion Gebreegziabher 22 June 2026 ## **Mabomboh Charity Accounts Year Ended, 31st August 2025** |||FY24/25|FY24/25|FY24/25|| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |||**Unrestricted**
**Funds**|
**Restricted**
**Funds**|**Total**
|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**| |**RECEIPTS**
Go fund Me
Charity Events
Miscellaneous
Interest
Restricted Funds
- Chislehurst Methodist Church|||||16,795
2,587
9
18| |**TOTAL RECEIPTS**|||||**19,409**| |**PAYMENTS**
Salaries
Tax
Other staff cost
Books/ subscription/ Stationary
Construction & materials costs
Transportation & Shipping
Internet and communication
Consultancy
Charity event costs
Feeding programme costs
Insurance
Bank interest|||||701
7,819
1,473
252
2,457
1,036
519
500
79| |**TOTAL PAYMENTS**|**11,038 7,721 18,759 ## 14,836**||||| |NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
TOTAL FUNDS AT THE START OF THE YEAR|7,139 - 7,721 - 582 ## 4,573
- 2,103 11,075 8,973
- 6,676||||| |**TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR**|**5,036 3,354 8,390**||||**- 2,103**| |**CASH FUNDS HELD at 31 August 2025:**
CFB
SLE- Leones|8,390
-
**- - 8,390**||||| ||||||**-**| |FY23/24|FY23/24| |---|---| |**Restricted**
**Funds**|**Total**| 16,795 2,587 9 18 - 9,000 9,000 **9,000 28,409** 5,037 5,037 - 577 577 701 7,819 1,473 252 2,457 1,036 519 500 79 **5,614 20,450** 3,386 7,959 7,689 1,013 **11,075 8,973** 8,972 0 **- 8,972**