## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From Period start date** 01/01/2024 **To Period end date** 31/12/2024
**Charity name:** The Tofauti Foundation
**Charity registration number:** 1200616
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The objects of the Foundation is to identify
and partner with organisations on the
ground in Africa, that have aligned values
and objectives to make a difference across
the four Tofauti pillars.
The charity operates under four core pillars:
1. To achieve a reduction in human-wildlife
conflict (coexistence)
2. To provide better local access to
environmental awareness (foster
understanding)
3. To protect wildlife
4. To protect natural habitats|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|Our purpose is to partner with proven and
capable operators to ensure effective
implementation and maximize the impact of
our investments. At Tofauti, we value
working with like-minded people who share
our vision for meaningful change. By
enabling communities to be part of lasting
solutions, we believe we create
opportunities with true longevity.
We follow a rigorous process to identify the
right partners. With members of our trustee
body based on the African continent, their
experience and insight are vital in guiding
us to maximize the potential of every
investment across the diverse projects we
support.|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance|Para 1.18|The Trustees of the Tofauti Foundation
adhere at all times to the guidance and
obligations set out by the Charities|
|issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit||Commission. As a recently established
charity (October 2022), we are fully aware
of these requirements and committed to
upholding the highest standards of good
governance.|
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**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
||SORP reference||
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|We conduct thorough due diligence to
assess the past performance of
organizations or individuals, including proof
of concept and successful delivery of
projects with comparable ambition. We also
review all relevant legislative requirements,
such as Environmental Impact
Assessments (EIA), NEMA approvals, and
other necessary compliance measures.
Beyond compliance, we look for partners
who are like-minded and genuinely
committed to driving meaningful progress in
conservation and community development.
Each project undergoes a detailed
assessment of its potential, with particular
attention to strategies for mitigating risks
and addressing potential challenges.|
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|Through a focus on locally owned
solutions, Tofauti is dedicated to making
social investments that enable rural
communities and wildlife to thrive together,
both in the short and long term.|
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|Everyone working with Tofauti does so on a
voluntary basis; we have no formal
employees receiving full- or part-time pay
or benefits, except where a formal contract
has been issued and approved by the
Board.|
|Other||n/a|
## **Achievements and Performance**
SORP reference
|Summary of the main
achievements of the
charity, identifying the
difference the charity’s
work has made to the
circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**Crabs Alive Project**
During the year, the Crabs Alive Project
focused on establishing the systems and
infrastructure needed to support sustainable
community-led aquaculture. Key
developments included:
1.**In-house nursery at Crabs Alive**
**Ltd headquarters**– Set up to
provide a reliable source of crablets,
consistently reared from egg to 5
grams, ensuring a steady supply for
our expanding community projects.
2.**Specialized nursery facilities**–
Installation of tanks, nets, and safe
havens to support crabs through
gestation, hatching, and early rearing
stages, securing higher survival rates
and healthier stock.
3.**Freshwater and saline water**
**systems**– Development of
freshwater storage units and
blending processes with saline water
to create optimal conditions for
crablets to grow and thrive.
Together, these activities strengthen the
foundation for scaling the project, reducing
reliance on wild crab populations, and
enabling communities to benefit from
sustainable aquaculture practices.
**Eco-Lodge Project**
During the year, progress was made on the
construction of a self-help community eco-
tourism facility in Kamungi Conservancy,
located along the northern boundary of
Tsavo West National Park. This eco-lodge is
designed to serve as a sustainable source of
tourism revenue directly for the Kamungi
community. By combining conservation with
community development, the project aims to
create employment opportunities, foster
wildlife-friendly zones, and provide visitors
with an immersive experience that supports
both local livelihoods and the preservation of
natural habitats.
The eco-lodge provides the Kamungi
community with direct economic benefits
through employment and revenue from
tourism. It strengthens local capacity by
involving community members in the
operation and management of the facility,
while promoting environmental stewardship.
Additionally, the project helps to cultivate a
sense of pride and ownership among|
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community members, ensuring that conservation and development efforts are sustainable in the long term. **Tofauti Tractor Deployment** In remote locations, access to reliable assets can make a significant difference to project outcomes. The Tofauti Tractor has been instrumental in supporting a wide range of initiatives for Tsavo Trust. Its contributions include the installation and maintenance of Human–Elephant Conflict (HEC) electric fences, construction of the community eco-lodge, provision of health and sanitation infrastructure, and support for permaculture projects. By enabling the efficient transport of materials and resources, the tractor has enhanced operational capacity across these projects, ensuring timely implementation and greater impact for local communities and conservation efforts. ___________________________________ **Ongoing: Together For Water** Through the Together For Water initiative, Tofauti identified two potential projects for funding; however, both opportunities were ultimately not feasible. The team is actively working to identify a new water project that meets both community needs and donor expectations. Last year, we explored the possibility of installing a borehole in Taita Taveta **,** but a misalignment between community expectations and the support Tofauti could provide meant the project was not pursued further. Subsequently **,** desalination options at Ngului were investigated as an alternative after reports from the dispensary highlighted health issues caused by high sodium content in local water, including multiple stomach ulcers. Unfortunately, the cost of implementing a desalination system for the number of dependents far exceeded available funds. Tofauti continues to explore partnerships and solutions to ensure that water provision remains a priority for the coming year.
## **African Grey Parrot & Vulture Rehabilitation Projects**
Tofauti continues to engage in strategic partnerships to support two key wildlife conservation initiatives:
1. African Grey Parrot Release – The project aims to reintroduce endangered African Grey Parrots into their natural habitat, potentially on Rubondo Island, Tanzania **,** or an alternative suitable site. Support may include providing food for the parrots during adaptation, infrastructure, or monitoring of their progress in the wild. Current efforts are focused on navigating the legislative process, with decisions expected from government authorities by mid-2025. 2. Vulture Rehabilitation – Plans are underway to establish a vulture rehabilitation center in Nairobi, Kenya. Vulture populations have declined by approximately 70% over the past decade due to poisoning from pesticides such as Furadan. These raptors play a critical ecological role by removing carcasses and preventing the spread of disease. Tofauti is awaiting licensing approval and is committed to supporting the recovery of these species through infrastructure, care, and monitoring programs. Both initiatives are at an advanced planning stage, with ongoing discussions and regulatory processes shaping their eventual implementation. They represent Tofauti’s commitment to biodiversity conservation and the protection of endangered species in East Africa. ___________________________________ **Updates: 10% Fence Plan – Kamungi Conservancy & Shirango Community Conservancy** The 10% Fence Plan has been recognized as _“the most innovative co-existence implementation opportunity in marginal rainfall areas to date”_ and is rapidly becoming Tofauti’s flagship project, attracting collaboration enquiries from Namibia, Zimbabwe, and even Costa Rica.
This initiative addresses the critical link between local communities and wildlife. By protecting crops and livestock from raids, the fences significantly reduce human–wildlife conflict, fostering more positive attitudes towards surrounding wildlife. Communities are educated on the importance of local wildlife, and in return for the protection provided by the fences, they are encouraged to nurture and coexist with these species. The project is continually refined alongside participating communities. The security and benefits afforded by the fences have created strong local demand, and interest in additional installations remains high. As such, this initiative is expected to continue expanding beyond the 18 fences currently installed. **Roan Project – Ruma National Park** The Roan Project focuses on safeguarding Kenya’s critically threatened Roan Antelope population and rebuilding it to viable levels through a combination of in-situ and ex-situ interventions. Tofauti has supported the installation of water infrastructure, including procurement of pipes and accessories, digging trenches and laying over 400 meters of piping, and installing six drinking troughs. Kenya’s Roan population has declined over the past four decades due to habitat loss, fragmentation, poaching, and other human activities. By 2018, the Ruma National Park population was estimated at just 19 individuals. Tofauti partners strategically with Back to Africa and Kenya Wildlife Service to provide a safety enclosure, offering water and secure habitat to reduce predation, particularly of juveniles by hyenas. Ongoing monitoring and management of the enclosure are required, along with plans to introduce additional individuals to address the genetic bottleneck. Provisions for these introductions are being sought from neighbouring African countries. The project represents a critical effort to preserve Kenya’s mammalian biodiversity and protect a biological treasure. **Sand Dam Construction – Naibunga Conservancy** The sand dam at Naibung’a Conservancy **,** part of the Northern Rangelands Trust, was constructed to improve water access for
both the community and local wildlife. Tofauti has provided ongoing monitoring, including project updates and site visits by field staff. The dam, constructed at Nkiloriti, is maturing on schedule, with minimal leakage reported. Full functionality is expected within 3–5 years, depending on rainfall. Even at this stage, the dam is already delivering significant benefits to the community, livestock, and wildlife, supporting resilience and sustainable water use in the region.
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|n/a|
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|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|n/a|
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|n/a|
|Other||n/a|
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The Charity received income during the
period of £9,685.
It expended £36,419 on projects and costs.
Year End reserves are £71,783|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Funds are raised and spent in accordance
with the Tofauti Pillars.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£71,783|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|n/a|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|n/a|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|Tofauti will continue to fund raise for
specific projects such as the 10% Fence
Plan, as well as general fund raising to
support the Tofauti Pillars.|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Principle sources of funding are:
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Syndicates
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Event fundraising
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Individual donors
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Other foundations|
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|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|Due to financial size of the charity and
active deployment of funds to field projects,
there is not a policy to invest donation
balances. With very little by way of
overheads (no premises or employees
currently), funding is deployed to a variety
of field projects which are systematically
assessed and recorded as being aligned to
the strategic direction and focus areas of
within the charity’s targeted causes.|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|Inherent to all small charities, success in all
fundraising activities is critical to the
charity’s ability to achieve benefits in its
targeted causes in any given year. As the
charity has been able to comfortably
demonstrate quick deployment of funds and
direct and full application of donations to
field projects, this has supported the
continued success rate of fundraising.|
|Other||n/a|
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:||n/a|
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|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|n/a|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|The appointment of Trustees is subject to
formal review and approval by the
Chair/Director. All Trustees are duly registered
with, and comply with the requirements of, the
Charities Commission.|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|n/a|
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|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|n/a|
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|n/a|
|Other||n/a|
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Tofauti Foundation|
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|Other name the charity uses|None|
|Registered charity number|1200616|
|Charity’s principal address|Tofauti Foundation
1 London Road
Ipswich, Suffolk
IP1 2HA|
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**whole year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
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||Andrew Christian
Lewis|Chair|Full year|Director plus trustee|
||Chay Crista Kerio
Cullen MBE|Director and
Founder|Full year|Chair|
||Emma Jane Bray|CompanySecretary|Fullyear|Chair & Director|
||Trevor Chambers|Marketing &
Communications|Full year|Chair & Director|
||Jason Timothy
Thorne Hurwitz|Strategy &
Development|Full year|Chair & Director|
||Bianca Alessandra
Corrado|Social Media|Began 8 January 2024|Chair & Director|
||Peter Wiliam
Reynolds|Fundraising|Until 18 January 2024|Chair & Director|
||Benjamin Stuart
Moralee|Treasurer|Until 4 June 2024|Chair & Director|
||Christopher John
Smith|Treasurer|Began 20 June 2024|Chair & Director|
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name None**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
|**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**||
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
|Description of the assets
held in this capacity|n/a|
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|Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|n/a|
|Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
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)**
n/a
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
n/a
## **Other optional information**
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**Charity Name: Tofauti Foundation Receipts and payments accounts**
**1200616**
**CC16a**
|**For the period**
**from**|01/01/2024
Period start date|**To**|31/12/2024
Period end date|
|---|---|---|---|
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Restricted funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Restricted funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Donations|**9,567**||**-**||**-**||**9,567**||**-**|
|Interest|**118**||**-**||**-**||**118**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|_AR)_|**9,685**||**-**||**-**||**9,685**||**-**|
|||||||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment**
**sales, (see table).**||||||||||
||**-**|||||||||
||**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||||||
||||||||||**-**|
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|
Crabs Alive Project|**35,196**||**-**||**-**||**35,196**||**-**|
|Adminstrative Expenses|**1,223**||**-**||**-**||**1,223**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**36,419**||**-**||**-**||**36,419**||**-**|
|||||||||||
|**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_**||||||||||
||||||||||**-**|
|||||||||||
||**- 26,734**||||||||**-**|
||**-**||||||||**-**|
||**98,517**||||||||**-**|
||**71,783**||||||||**-**|
## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|CCXX R1 t SS
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**B1 Cash funds**|1
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**71,783**
**-**
**-**
**71,783**|**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**71,783**||**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|||**71,783**|**-**|17/09/2025
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