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2023-12-31-accounts

CHASE Africa (Community Health and Sustainable Environment)

Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) Charity Number: 1200992

Annual Report and Financial Statements Year Ended 31[st] December 2023

Milsted Langdon LLP 4 Queen Street Bath BA1 1HE

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Contents

Reference and Administrative Details 3
Trustees’ Report 4
Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities 16
Independent Examiners’ Report 17
Statement of Financial Activities 18
Balance Sheet 19
Statement of Cash Flows 20
Notes to the Financial Statements 21

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Reference and Administration Details

Trustees

Toby Aykroyd (Chair) Steve Bown Jax Comyn Krupa Hirani (Treasurer) Claire Maxey Matilda Mutanguha Dossie Payne Ed Pycraft Tori Rumbold Wright Oliver Whaley Mike Wheeler

Registered Office

The Office, Barrow Farm Rode Hill, Rode Somerset BA11 6PS

Charity Registration Number

1200992 (previously 1082958)

Chief Executive Officer

Harriet Gordon-Brown

Finance Manager

James Clarke FCA

Independent Examiner

Ian Lloyd Milsted Langdon 4 Queen Street Bath BA1 1HE

Bankers

Lloyds Bank, Business Banking, BX1 1LT HSBC, 46 Fore Street, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA14 8EL

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Trustees Report

The trustees present the annual report together with the financial statements and independent review of the charity for the year ended 31 December 2023.

Strategy and Objectives

CHASE Africa’s vision is healthy, empowered communities living sustainably in their natural environment. Our mission is to support partner organisations, in Africa, that enable access to healthcare, family planning and rights, while protecting the environment and building resilience to climate change.

We achieve this through collaboration with implementing partner organisations in East Africa, who are based within the rural communities they support, to address community and ecosystem health. We raise funds for these organisations, manage grants, provide technical assistance on programme delivery and give additional tailored support for each partner’s organisational development.

Our projects help those communities, primarily by improving the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women and adolescent girls, which includes addressing the unmet need for family planning. This has numerous health, economic and social benefits. All of our partners work closely with their local Ministry of Health and health services are provided free of charge. We also improve access to other health services such as children’s immunisations and basic curative treatment.

Our 3 year strategic plan (2023-2025) has 3 overarching objectives:

Improve access to healthcare, address Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) and the unmet need for family planning.

We will continue supporting local partners to run community health programmes with a particular focus on reproductive, maternal, neo-natal, child and adolescent health. We will strengthen and grow our portfolio of health partners. In particular, seeking out new partner organisations that are innovating and testing complementary approaches in support of social and behavioural change. We will pilot programmes that have the capacity to be replicated, since delivery at scale will be required to provide sustainable health services in rural areas. In parallel we will incorporate more formalised training and health system strengthening into all our programmes. We will also expand to new geographical areas, where our model can most effectively serve communities. This will include starting work in 2024 in a new country, Tanzania.

Embed health, SRHR and family planning into broader programming in rural communities.

We have developed particular expertise in integrating community health programmes with a range of other environmentally focussed activities, such as improving natural resource management, providing alternative livelihoods training, school woodlots and kitchen gardens. Many of these integrated programmes have aimed to improve the lives of rural women, with cross-cutting benefits extending to climate change resilience, food security and poverty reduction. In parallel, we have also supported locally-based, community-focused conservation organisations to start and run community health projects. We plan to build on our experience of supporting conservation organisations to take this approach to scale, by developing resources, tools and training modules to support other organisations.

We also plan to promote this integrated approach to other organisations working in rural areas, particularly those that engage a high proportion of women in their activities.

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Showcase impact and advocate for SRHR

In addition to direct partner support, CHASE Africa aims to build and disseminate evidence of the impact of its approaches and models, to share its learning and experience across its own growing partner network and also more widely with other implementing organisations, funders and policy makers. To this end we will invite academic partners to scrutinise our programmes and assist in articulating and quantifying impact.

Most importantly, we will continue to share the benefits of taking innovative holistic approaches, where SRHR activities are integrated into other programmes that reach rural communities, bringing a win-win for both human and environmental health at a time when the climate emergency dictates urgent action.

Our longer-term strategy, over the next 10 years

CHASE Africa aims to be known as the facilitator of an exemplary network of local partners that have successfully tested and demonstrated a range of effective solutions for improving SRHRs, alongside sustainable access to health services, including family planning for marginalised communities. It also seeks to demonstrate how improving the health of rural communities, particularly women, is also a contributory factor to achieving successful conservation and biodiversity goals, and how addressing the unmet need for family planning is core to building resilience to climate change.

Whilst maintaining and developing an existing range of model projects through support to our network of local partners, CHASE Africa will continue expanding the impact of its approach within and beyond East Africa.

We will increasingly seek to engage with larger often multinational entities from development, conservation, education and healthcare sectors, growing the volume and impact of its services through third party projects and technical curricula.

Achievements and Performance in 2023

Direct Programme Support

Through our eleven local partner organisations supported in 2023 we delivered nearly 137,000 Family Planning and other Sexual and Reproductive Health Services (up 32% from 104,000 in 2022)[1] . We had over 450,000 attendances at information and awareness raising sessions, 173,000 of these were for under 19s demonstrating our growing focus on reaching adolescents and youth. In addition, 144,000 other basic health services were delivered.

In 2023 we started 4 new multi-year grants with new and existing funders. This involved scaling some of our existing programmes, and starting new activities, for example a new integrated health and environment project in the Bidibidi Refugee Settlement in Northern Uganda.

We researched potential partners in Tanzania and undertook a visit to several, followed by due diligence and then project planning exercises, laying the groundwork to start our first project there in 2024. There was significant interest by all the locally-based conservation organisations that we met in integrating a health component, which particularly addresses women and girls’ health, into their work. And they were keen to learn from CHASE Africa’s approach with other conservation organisations in Kenya.

1 Exact figures available on request

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Our local implementing partners that we supported in 2023 were:

Big Life Foundation work in the Amboseli Ecosystem in Kajiado county, Kenya. We started a new three-year project to scale their work to improve the Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of communities in Kajiado, including activities to reach young people both in and out of school.

Communities Health Africa Trust provide both information and healthcare services to underserved communities in Kenya, using a network of Community Own Resource Persons, and running mobile outreach clinics. We are supporting their programme in two counties around the Tana River.

Community Health Volunteers reach people through regular mobile outreach clinics in Kakamega County, Kenya. They are also developing a sexual and reproductive health and rights programme for adolescents and youth in the area.

Dandelion Africa increase knowledge of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and services among adults and youth through Community Health Workers and Youth Peer Providers, as well as providing health services. We are supporting their programme in Eldama Ravine and Marigat, Baringo County, Kenya.

Kaylet Afya Foundation work closely with the Ministry of Health in Nakuru County, Kenya to bring monthly outreach clinics to some of the most under-serviced areas in the county. They also run an adolescent and youth focussed programme to raise awareness of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, and wider health issues.

Mount Kenya Trust run two health programmes with support from CHASE Africa. They reach thousands of people with information and family planning services around Mount Kenya and have also scaled-up their successful adolescent programme in Meru County to prevent teen pregnancies and reduce rates of school drop-out.

Rural Initiative for Community Empowerment (RICE) West Nile, Uganda started a new three-year project in Bidibidi Refugee Settlement to address the combined challenges of climate change, food security, environmental degradation and poor access to health information and services. We also continue to support their work with fishing communities along the River Nile aiming to improve both health and livelihoods of communities, and to promote more sustainable fishing.

Rwenzori Centre for Research and Advocacy reach thousands of people living in remote communities in the Rwenzori Mountains in Uganda with health services. They also run an adolescent friendly centre, that combines a clinic with a youth training centre.

South Rift Association of Land Owners (SORALO) expanded their community health project with support from CHASE Africa following our successful pilot partnership, reaching more people with information and services. More women are now delivering in health clinics and more men are supporting their wives to access family planning.

Save the Elephants embedded their community health programme in Sagalla, near Tsavo National Park, following a successful pilot partnership with CHASE Africa.

The Maa Trust reach thousands of people in the Maasai Mara ecosystem, Kenya with information at community dialogues, youth and men’s forums, that shift behaviours and

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attitudes towards Sexual and Reproductive Health, as well as providing healthcare and family planning services.

Capacity Building of Partner Organisations

In addition to funding programme activities we also facilitated a number of activities to share knowledge and learning across the CHASE Africa partner network. This included the annual partner conference, several webinars and exchange visits between local partners.

In 2023 our local partners identified common themes to support their organisational development. These included: safeguarding, strengthening youth and adolescents’ sexual and reproductive health programmes, and improving fundraising skills. CHASE Africa provided additional designated grants to address these areas of growth. We funded local partners to run organisation-led initiatives, and recruited local expert consultants to provide technical advice on particular issues.

We also commissioned an External Evaluation of CHASE Africa. It was conducted in October and November 2023 by Progress Inc, a global organisation with an office in Kenya. The evaluation’s objectives were to review the impact of CHASE Africa to date in terms of its approach, the way that it works through local partners and the way they have integrated community health activities with their other programmes and the effectiveness of the integration.

Key findings from the evaluation were that CHASE Africa has provided effective support to community rooted organisations, who leverage their deep community ties, contextual knowledge and existing infrastructure. The impact of CHASE Africa’s work was evident from significant changes in knowledge, attitudes and practices that were captured across 5 partners that were visited and primary research conducted.

The evaluation identified a number of successful strategies that CHASE Africa’s partners have employed to date: positive impact of the term “spacing” for family planning, emphasising male involvement, use of community dialogues, leveraging religious and opinion leaders within communities, engaging traditional birth attendants, collaborating with the Ministry of Health, and effectively combining community dialogues with outreach service for attitude transformation and improved access to healthcare.

In summary, Chase Africa’s initiatives have had a profound impact, not only in effecting positive changes at the community level but also in providing substantial support to its network of partners. The organisation's unique approach involves strategic collaboration with partners deeply embedded in the communities they serve, an emphasis on integration principles, and a commitment to enhancing the capacity of partners, regardless of their size. ( Progress Inc )

Wider Influencing Work

We continued our wider influencing work, aiming to demonstrate that the impact of addressing Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), and improving access to health services, not only has direct benefits for the health, empowerment and wellbeing of women and girls, but also brings wider benefits to families, communities and the local environment.

At our CHASE Africa partner conference in May we invited six additional conservation organisations to learn about the benefits and challenges of integrating human and environmental health, emphasising women's and girls' wellbeing. Organisations had the opportunity to learn from our existing partners and to discuss and share ideas.

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During 2023, CHASE Africa was invited to join the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)’s Task Force on Biodiversity and Family Planning . The Task Force has two objectives: to embed the importance of removing barriers to rights-based voluntary family planning in relevant processes, policies and guidance materials, and to demonstrate best practice, working across sectors to promote the importance of rights-based policies and programmes.

We made a commitment to the objectives of FP2030 (Family Planning 2030), having previously committed to FP2020. FP2030 is an international network committed to using family planning to: advance global health, support gender equality and develop thriving countries.

In October we had the opportunity to present at the joint Durrell and Jersey Overseas Aid conference in London: 'Biodiversity Conservation and Rural Livelihoods: A Shared Future' . We shared our experience of integrating health programmes into the work of conservation organisations.

Looking forward to 2024

Next year we will be:

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Structure, Governance and Management in 2023

CHASE Africa’s new charitable status, as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) came into effect from the 1[st] January 2023. The charity was given a new charity number 1200992 by the Charity Commission. The trustees and staff for both entities remain the same. All existing contracts agreements were revised, to align with the new entity, and all new grant agreements issued in 2023 were with the CIO.

The Trustees are responsible for the governance and oversight of the charity and have control of the Charity and its funds. Under the requirements of the constitution, the minimum number of trustees is 5. Trustees serve terms of 3 years and can be re-elected for two subsequent terms after their initial term. The trustees hold a minimum of four meetings per year. Where required, decisions are made by majority vote at trustees’ meetings. The charity benefits from a close working relationship between trustees, staff and partners.

Day to day management of CHASE Africa is delegated to the CEO, Harriet Gordon-Brown, and her team of 5 staff (equivalent of 4 full time staff), supported by 3 consultants working on finance and fundraising. She reports directly to the Board of Trustees through the Chair.

Financial Review

These are the first accounts of CHASE Africa CIO, and we have had to make retrospective adjustments to accord with the Charity SORP (Statement of Recommended Practice). All income is now shown in the year received, including restricted funding intended for future years.[2]

In 2023 the charity’s total income under SORP was thus £959,423, up from £565,131 in 2022. This figure for 2022 is adjusted down from £669,712 as previously stated, due to the way that restricted income has been recognised, with income received in 2021 for 2022 expenditure now included in the 2021 accounts. The increase in income in 2023 was due to a combination of the change in the way restricted income has been recognised, alongside an increase in donations from several of our existing supporters, as well as a number of new multi-year grants that we were awarded in 2023.

This reflects success in our strategic aim of gaining multiyear commitments from funders and enabled us in turn to make longer term commitments to our local partners. It also meant we go into 2024 in a strong financial position with £267,044 of restricted funding committed to future programme expenditure.

Overall we continued our historic trend of growth in both income and expenditure, as demonstrated in the chart below which shows our income and expenditure for the past 8 years.

2 Charity accounting SORP rules state that income is recognised in full when certain recognition criteria are met, even if the corresponding expenditure is incurred in a different accounting period. Such timing differences will result in restricted fund reductions in some years and increases in other years.

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CHASE Africa

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INCOME AND EXPENDITURE
£1,000,000
£800,000
£600,000
Income
£400,000
£200,000
£0
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
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Expenditure on raising funds in the year was £96,992 (compared to £79,159 in 2022). This reflected investment in the increased capacity of the fundraising team and some consultancy advice on corporate fundraising. Expenditure on charitable activities in the year was £676,786 (compared to £609,566 in 2022), showing 11% growth in our charitable support.

Key achievements for the year included:

As budgeted, we did see an increase in our overhead expenditure in 2023, as it was the first full year of having a remunerated Chief Executive, following the retirement of Henry Pomeroy as Director in June 2022, and the first full year of having to pay rent for an office. We also invested in the capacity of the team, in order to be able to support a growing portfolio of programmes, to improve the quality of our monitoring and evaluation.

Following this uplift, it is anticipated that costs of administration and fund raising will fall back again steadily in proportion to income, with ongoing growth in the latter.

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Interest
2% 1%
Individuals
15%
2023
INCOME
£959,423
Trust Funds
82%
8%
2023 Fundraising Costs
12%
EXPENDITURE
£773,778
Project & Enabling
Costs
80%
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Risk Management

Responsibility for risk management lies with the trustees. We have established a risk register to assist with this. The register is regularly reviewed by a sub-committee of the trustees, and updates are provided to the full board.

Key risks that the charity faces are:

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RISK CHASE Africa’s Response
Geopolitics in East Africa, where Operate in areas of countries that not at high risk of terrorism,
programmes taking place. tribal violence, etc. Monitor situation regularly.
Lack of ongoing funding to support the Maintain a diversified funding base, ensure relationships with
work of the charity. existing funders are strong, continue to research and apply to
new funders, ensure marketing and promotion of charity is up to
date and of high quality.
Safeguarding within CHASE Africa and Safeguarding policies in place within CHASE Africa, with
local partners, to ensure that no harm appropriate processes that are regularly reviewed (including
takes place to communities or staff training). Ensuring all partners have appropriate safeguarding
supported by CHASE Africa. policies in place. In depth review of project level safeguarding
risks being conducted Oct ’23 – March ’24, with lessons to be
learnt and shared across all partners, so that risks are identified
and suitable mitigation measures are in place.
Safety of CHASE Africa staff and Regular communication with our partners, review of FCDO
volunteers during partner visits. travel advice before any travel. Appropriate travel policy in place,
including adequate insurance.
Local partner organisation Grant agreements in place with all local partners, requirement
underperforms, doesn’t deliver or for regular activity/monitoring reports, and financial reports, and
commits fraud. visits by CHASE Africa staff. Regular reviews of local partners’
financial policy and procedures, and checks on expenditure.
Political change in attitude towards our Ensure close relationships are maintained between all partners
work in-country. and the Ministry of Health, and other appropriate local
government structures. Keep abreast of Kenya Health Policy.
Network and liaise with other organisations working in SRHR
sector.
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Safeguarding

All CHASE Africa trustees, employees and volunteers must read, understand and commit to CHASE Africa’s safeguarding policy, including its code of conduct. We expect all staff and trustees to adhere to the highest standards, ensuring that we do no harm; act at all times with integrity, accountability and transparency, and in the best interests of those we work with.

We have robust safeguarding and whistleblowing policies in place, and ensure that our partners also have a safeguarding policy in place that meets a minimum recognised standard and is in line with the principles of our safeguarding policy.

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We have zero tolerance against discrimination in and out of the workplace. This includes discrimination or unfair treatment towards our beneficiaries and partners in East Africa, our staff, donors and volunteers.

Policy on Reserves

The trustees have identified that it is prudent to hold a balance of unrestricted funds in order to:

  1. Ensure continuity of the charity’s activities and delivery of programmes in Africa in the event of unforeseen circumstances;

  2. Fulfil legal obligations in the unlikely event that the charity ceases to operate;

  3. Maintain an additional level of unrestricted funds to enable the charity to take advantage of future eventualities that may arise requiring rapid support.

Based on the above policy, the Trustees have calculated that the desirable level of free reserves is £200,000 made up of 3 months UK expenditure, 2 months of future overseas expenditure and an opportunity fund of £25,000.

At the balance sheet date, the charity held a total of £559,475. This was split between £267,044 of restricted funds, £45,000 of designated funds and £247,431of unrestricted funds (free reserves). The designated fund was allocated to cover the ongoing costs of transition. The reserves policy will be reviewed in 2024 to ensure it continues to meet the needs of the charity.

Thanks to our supporters

We are extremely grateful to have many funders, individuals and trusts, who support our work on a regular basis. We are proud of our record of donor retention and would like to take this opportunity to express our sincere thanks to everyone who supports our work in East Africa.

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Other Information

Nature of Governing Document

The charity was constituted under a Declaration of Trust signed on 14 September 2000 and constituted as The Rift Valley Trust on the same date. The charity changed its name to Community Health and Sustainable Environment (CHASE) on 14 April 2012 and now operates under the name of CHASE Africa. With effect from the 1st January 2023, CHASE Africa changed its charitable status from a Charitable Trust to a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO). A new constitution was approved by the board of Trustees when the CIO was established. This closely follows the Charity Commission’s recommended constitution for CIOs.

Recruitment and appointment of trustees

New trustees are appointed by the Board of Trustees as deemed necessary. There are currently 11 trustees. In selecting trustees, consideration is given to the overall breadth of knowledge, skills and experience required.

Trustee training

New trustees are given an induction, including briefing on CHASE Africa background, policies and processes, as well as programmes. Each trustee receives an induction pack of information. All trustees are required to undergo safeguarding training on a regular basis.

Public benefit

The trustees confirm that they have complied with all the requirements of Section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission for England and Wales.

Fundraising disclosures

There are clear procedures for monitoring performance during the year with detailed monthly management accounts prepared by the Finance Manager, and with reports provided to funders and other relevant parties. CHASE Africa raises funds from a broad base of donors that includes individuals, trust funds and institutions.

Grant making policy

The charity only supports local partner organisations with whom it has established a good working relationship and where due diligence has been undertaken to ensure the capacity and credentials of any new partner. A detailed grant making policy has been developed to guide the selection of new partners and grant making to existing partners. Memorandums of Understanding and Grant Agreements are in place for all partnerships and grants.

Objectives and policies

The charity’s activities expose it to the usual financial risks, including credit risk and liquidity risk. The use of financial instruments is governed by the charity’s policies approved by the board of trustees, which provide written principles to manage these risks. The charity does not use financial instruments for speculative purposes.

Investment Policy

CHASE Africa does not invest any donations in the money market but uses deposit accounts to earn interest on any money until it is donated to our projects or used for running expenditure.

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Credit Risk

The charity’s principal financial assets are bank deposits. CHASE Africa uses Flagstone, to allocate deposits to different banks (all with high credit-ratings), with a maximum deposit of £85,000 with any single institution, in case of any bank defaulting on the deposit. As such, CHASE Africa is very cautious about its investments and cash management.

Liquidity risk

The charity seeks to maintain sufficient liquidity to ensure that sufficient funds are available for ongoing operations and future developments. Further details regarding liquidity risk can be found in the Statement of Accounting policies in the financial statements.

The annual report was approved by the trustees of the charity on 19[th] June 2024 and signed on their behalf by:

Toby Aykroyd Chair of Trustees

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Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities

The trustees are responsible for preparing the trustees’ report and the financial statements in accordance with the United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice) and applicable law and regulations.

The law applicable to charities requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the charity for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:

select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the applicable Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations, and the provisions of the constitution. The trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

The trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information including on the charity’s website.

Approved by the trustees of the charity on 19[th] June 2024 and signed on its behalf by:

T Aykroyd

Chair of Trustees.

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Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of CHASE Africa (Community Health and Sustainable Environment)

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 December 2023 which are set out on pages 18 to 32.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity’s trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).

Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the charity are not required to be audited and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act. In carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

An independent examination does not involve gathering all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently does not cover all the matters that an auditor considers in giving their opinion on the accounts. The planning and conduct of an audit goes beyond the limited assurance that an independent examination can provide. Consequently I express no opinion as to whether the consolidated accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and my report is limited to those specific matters set out in the independent examiner’s statement.

Independent examiner's statement

Since the charity’s gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the Act. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the ACCA, which is one of the listed bodies.

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

  1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or

  2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or

  3. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view’ which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or

  4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

21st June 2024

…………………………….. ……………………………

Ian Lloyd, ACCA

Date:

4 Queen Street Bath BA1 1HE

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Statement of Financial Activities

for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

Income and Endowments from:
Donations, grants and legacies
2
Other trading activities
3
Investment income
4
Total Income
Expenditure on:
Raising Funds
5
Charitable activities
6
Total Expenditure
Transfer between funds, contribution from Transition Reserve
Net Income / Expenditure
Net movement in funds
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward
12
Note		 Unrestricted
Restricted
Funds
Funds		 Unrestricted
Total
Total
Transition
2023
2022
Funds
As restated
£
£
£
£
£
344,997
540,892
0
885,889
496,554
63,643
0
0
63,643
64,782
9,891
0
0
9,891
3,795
418,531
540,892
0
959,423
565,131
96,992
0
0
96,992
79,159
387,672
289,114
0
676,786
609,566
484,664
289,114
0
773,778
688,725
0
0
0
0
0
-66,133
251,778
185,645
(123,594)
-66,133
251,778
0
185,645
(123,594)
313,564
15,266
45,000
373,830
497,424
247,431
267,044
45,000
559,475
373,830

All of the charity's activities derive from continuing operations during the above two periods.

Full details of the Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 Dec 2022 are included in note 9 on page 25.

The funds breakdown for 2023 and 2022 is shown in note 12 on page 26 & 27.

The notes on pages 21 to 32 form an integral part of these financial statements

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Balance Sheet

as at 31 December 2023

Note
Current Assets
Debtors
10
Cash held in Long Term Deposits
Cash held in Savings and Current Accounts
Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year
11
Net Assets
12
Funds of the charity:
Restricted funds
Unrestricted Transition Fund
Unrestricted income funds:
Unrestricted funds
Total funds
12		 2023
£
157,197
194,638
226,117
577,952
(18,477)
559,475
267,044
45,000
247,431
559,475		 2022
£
As restated
100,108
173,720
108,081
381,909
(8,079)
373,830
15,266
45,000
313,564
373,830

T Aykroyd

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Cashflow Statement

for the year ended 31 December 2023

Note
Cash flows from operating activities
Cash generated from operations
Net cash provided by operating activities
16
Cash flows from investing activities
Interest Received
Net cash using investment activities
Change in cash and cash equivalents
17
in the reporting period
Cash and cash equivalents at the
beginning of the reporting period
Cash and cash equivalents at the
end of the reporting period		 2023
£
129,063
129,063
9,891
9,891
138,954
281,801
420,755		 2022
As restated
£
(82,100)
(82,100)
3,795
3,795
(78,305)
360,106
281,801

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Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

Administration costs are those functions that assist the work of the charity but do not directly relate to charitable activities. Governance costs are the costs associated with the governance arrangements of the charity, including the cost of complying with constitutional and statutory requirements and any costs associated with the strategic management of the charity’s activities.

Governance costs are those costs required to be expended by the charity to meet statutory requirements.

k. Grant provisions

Provisions for grants are made when the intention to make a grant has been communicated to the recipient but there is uncertainty about either the timing of the grant or the amount of the grant payable.

The charity is considered to pass the tests set out in Paragraph 1 Schedule 6 of the Finance Act 2010 and therefore it meets the definition of a charitable company for UK corporation tax purposes. Accordingly, the charity is potentially exempt from taxation in respect of income or capital gains received within categories covered by Chapter 3 Part 11 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 or Section 256 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992, to the extent that such income or gains are applied exclusively to charitable purposes.

m. Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.

Unrestricted income funds are general funds that are available for use at the trustees’ discretion in furtherance of the objectives of the charity.

Restricted income funds are those donated for use in a particular area or by a specific partner or for a specific purpose, the use of which is restricted to that area or partner or purpose.

Recognition and measurement

Financial Instruments

The charity only holds basic financial instruments as defined in FRS 102. The financial assets and financial liabilities of the charity and their measurement basis are as follows:

Financial assets - trade and other debtors are basic financial instruments and are debt instruments measured at amortised cost. Prepayments are not financial instruments.

Cash at bank - is classified as a basic financial instrument and is measured at face value.

Financial liabilities - trade creditors, accruals and other creditors are financial instruments, and are measured at amortised cost. Taxation and social security are not included in the financial instruments disclosure provision. Deferred income is not deemed to be a fiancial liability, as the cash settlement has already taken place and there is an obligation to deliver services rather than cash or another financial instrument.

o. Foreign Exchange policy

All foreign exchange is transacted on an actual basis after receiving at least two quotations from independent Forex dealers.

p. Pensions Policy

The charity contributes to the NEST pension scheme at a rate of 5% for all employed staff unless they choose to opt out of the scheme.

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Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

2 Income from grants, donations and legacies

2 Income from grants, donations and legacies
3
4
5		 Donations from individuals and Legacies
Gift aid reclaimed		 Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
Total
2023
Total
2022
£
£
£
£
As restated
58,515 18,100 76,615 65,652
18,212 4,525 22,737 18,600
Grant, Corporate and Institutional income 268,270 518,267 786,537 412,302
Other trading activities
Big Give Christmas Appeal
Other fundraising activities
Investment income
Interest receivable on bank deposits
The increased income has resulted from improved cash management and higher interest r
Expenditure on fundraising
and administration		 344,997
540,892
885,889
496,554
60,604
0
60,604
60,000
3,039
0
3,039
4,782
63,643
0
63,643
64,782
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Total
Funds
Funds
2023
2022
£
£
£
£
9,891
0
9,891
3,795
ates.
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Total
Funds
Funds
2023
2022
£
£
£
£
Raising funds
Staff Remunerations and Consultants
Consultancy, Travel Costs and Sundries		 82,621
0
82,621
65,182
14,371
0
14,371
13,977
96,992
0
96,992
79,159
6 Expenditure on charitable activities
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Total
Funds
Funds
2023
2022
£
£
£
£
Governance costs
Administrative support
Support Staff Salaries allocated
Overseas travel costs
Other Enabling Costs		 7,839
0
7,839
3,656
38,533
11,943
50,476
34,561
47,669
46,884
94,553
94,266
14,228
0
14,228
13,917
39,382
0
39,382
50,922
147,651
58,827
206,478
197,322
Payments to partners 240,021
230,287
470,308
412,244
387,672
289,114
676,786
609,566
Total
Total
Total
Total
Governance Costs
Formation Costs
Accountants - Independent Examination
Legal Advisory Costs		 2023
2022
£
£
3,010
0
3,204
2,220
1,625
1,436
7,839
3,656

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Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

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Total Total
2023 2022
Payments to partners £ £
Big Life Foundation 75,671 55,047
Community Health Africa Trust 20,713 20,626
Community Health Volunteers 30,545 48,917
Dandelion Africa 42,978 41,705
Kalyet Alfa Foundation 23,665 26,918
The Maa Trust 61,982 62,027
Milgis Trust 0 1,936
Mount Kenya Trust 50,161 43,325
RICE-WN 66,126 37,233
Rwenzori Centre for Research 61,866 62,178
Save the Elephants 6,255 6,495
SORALO 28,752 5,837
New Tanzania Partner 1,194 0
WEC 400 0
TOTAL 470,308 412,244
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7 Trustees remuneration and expenses

No trustees, nor any persons connected with them, have received any remuneration from the charity during the year, no expenses have been reimbursed and no other benefits contributed. (2022: £ Nil)

8 Staff Costs

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2023 2022 2023 2022
Employees Employees £ £
Average number of employees 5 4
Charity cost of employment
Total Employee Remuneration 148,595 130,851
Social Security Cost 8,617 6,620
Charity Pension Contribution to NEST @ 5% 3,565 2,762
Total charity cost of employment 160,777 140,233
Key Management Personnel 2023 2022
£ £
(6 months)
Cost of Employment of CEO Harriet Gordon-Brown 46,489 23,245
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The CEO (who had been working on a pro-bono basis) was replaced with a new Chief Executive in summer 2022, recruited in an open and competitive process. 2023 included the cost of a full year for the new Chief Executive. In addition, there has been an increase in some other salaries to keep up with inflation and the competitive job market. No employee earned more than £60,000 during the year.

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Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

9 Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 December 2022 (Restated)

Notes
Income and Endowments from:
Donations, grants and legacies
2
Other trading activities
3
Investment income
4
Total Income
Expenditure on:
Raising Funds
5
Charitable activities
6
Total Expenditure
Transfer between funds, contribution from Transition Reserve
Net Income / Expenditure
Net movement in funds
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward
10
Debtors
Advance Payments made to Partners
Partner Underspends carried forward
Other debtors
11
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Payroll Creditors
Other creditors
Accruals		 Unrestricted
Restricted
Unrestricted
Total		 Unrestricted
Restricted
Unrestricted
Total
Funds
Funds
Transition
2022
Funds
(Restated)
425,366
71,188
0
496,554
64,782
0
0
64,782
3,795
0
0
3,795
493,943
71,188
0
565,131
71,376
7,783
0
79,159
431,942
177,624
0
609,566
503,318
185,407
688,725
30,000
0
(30,000)
0
(9,375)
(114,219)
0
(123,594)
20,625
-114,219
-30,000
(123,594)
292,939
129,485
75,000
497,424
313,564
15,266
45,000
373,830
2,023
2,022
£
£
106,948
45,233
8,953
0
41,296
54,875
157,197
100,108
2,023
2,022
£
£
0
5,177
335
0
18,142
2,902
18,477
8,079
2,023
2,022
£
£
106,948
45,233
8,953
0
41,296
54,875
157,197
100,108
2,023
2,022
£
£
0
5,177
335
0
18,142
2,902
18,477
8,079

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for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

Notes to the Financial Statements

12 Funds

12 Funds
Year ended 31 December 2023 Balance at
Incoming
Resources
Balance at
01 Jan 2023
resources
expended
31 Dec 2023
Fund Transfers
£
£
£
£
£
As restated
Unrestricted funds
Unrestricted Transition Fund		 313,564
418,531
(484,664)
0
247,431
45,000
0
0
0
45,000
Total Unrestricted Funds 358,564
418,531
(484,664)
0
292,431
Restricted funds
Improving Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights in the Greater Ambosel
Ecosystem
Healthy People, Healthy Environment – Tana River Ecosystem
My Family, My Plan in Baringo County, Dandelion Africa
Community Health Services Project (CHSP), Mount Kenya
Adolescent SRHR Education and Family Planning Project in Meru County
Underserved
Community
Family
Planning
and
Healthcare
in
Rwenzor
Mountains
Improving human and environmental health around Bidi Bidi refugee settlemen
Improving Livelihoods and sustainable fishing in West Nile fishing communities
Supporting Holistic Health in Kenya’s Southern Rift
Integrated Community Healthcare Programme, Maasai Mara
The Maasai Mara Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health Project
Save the Elephants Community Health Project		 i
-
210,382
-78,572
131,809
-
3,825
-3,825
0
-
5,000
-5,000
0
-
15,000
-15,000
0
-
49,392
-26,722
22,670
i
-
30,000
-30,000
0
t
-
36,072
-22,426
13,646
-
64,936
-33,450
31,486
9,011
49,799
-26,220
32,590
-
59,155
-36,644
22,511
-
14,332
-5,000
9,332
6,255
0
-6,255
0
-
3,000
0
3,000
15,266
540,892
-289,114
267,044
New Project in Tanzania
Total Restricted funds
Total funds 373,830
959,423
-773,778
559,475

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Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

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Balance at Incoming Resources Balance at
Fund Transfers
Year ended 31 December 2022 01 Jan 2022 resources expended 31 Dec 2022
£ £ £ £ £
As restated As restated
Unrestricted funds 292,939 493,943 -503,318 30,000 313,564
Unrestricted Transition fund 75,000 0 0 -30,000 45,000
Total Unrestricted funds 367,939 493,943 -503,318 0 358,564
Restricted funds
Healthy People, Healthy Environment – Tana River Ecosystem 19,667 1,900 -21,567 0
Improving human and environmental health around Bidi Bidi refugee settlement 19,997 0 -19,997 0
Adolescent SRHR Education and Family Planning Project in Meru County 9,385 0 -9,385 0
Upscale & Expand. Integratinge health with conservation programmes. 0 909 -909 0
Save the Elephants Community Health Project 0 12,750 -6,495 6,255
Underserved Community Family Planning and Healthcare in Rwenzori
Mountains 62,228 0 -62,228 0
My Family, My Plan in Baringo County, Dandelion Africa 0 7,500 -7,500 0
Maa Public Service Announcements for Family Planning 0 7,765 -7,765 0
The Maasai Mara Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health Project 5,905 22,329 -28,234 0
Improving Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights in the Greater Amboseli
Ecosystem 12,303 2,000 -14,303 0
Supporting Holistic Health in Kenya’s Southern Rift 0 16,035 -7,024 9,011
Total Restricted Funds 129,485 71,188 -185,407 0 15,266
Total funds 497,424 565,131 -688,725 0 373,830
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Unrestricted funds are those funds received for the stated objectives of the charity without being restricted to any specific partner or objective.

Restricted funds are those funds received where the donor has restricted the expenditure from such funds to either a specific partner or specific objectives. All funds were transferred from Chase Africa to Chase Africa CIO on 1st January 2023.

There was a transfer in 2022 from the transition fund of £30,000 to help to cover the additional cost of the transfer from an unpaid CEO to a remunerated CEO.

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Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

2023 Restricted Funding – Details of projects

Improving Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights in the Greater Amboseli Ecosystem

Healthy People, Healthy Environment – Tana River Ecosystem, CHAT

My Family, My Plan in Baringo County, Dandelion Africa

Community Health Services Project (CHSP), Mount Kenya

Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (ASRHR) Education and Family Planning Project in Meru County

Underserved Community Family Planning and Healthcare in Rwenzori Mountains

• The project aims to reach underserved rural communities with information and services on family planning, healthcare and climate resilience in the Albertine Region of Uganda. The project will create awareness on the benefits of being able to choose the timing and spacing of children and the family planning methods available thereby accelerating access to contraceptives and other primary health care services.

Improving human and environmental health and strengthening integration between refugee and host communities around Bidi Bidi refugee settlement

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Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

Improving Livelihoods and sustainable fishing in West Nile fishing communities

Supporting Holistic Health in Kenya’s Southern Rift

Integrated Community Healthcare Programme, Maasai Mara

The Maasai Mara Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health Project

Save the Elephants Community Health Project

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Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

2022 Restricted Funding – Details of projects

Healthy People, Healthy Environment – Tana River Ecosystem, CHAT

• The project aims to strengthen communities and reduce the suffering of individuals through enabling access and information to family planning with a holistic health and environment approach. CHAT's model focuses on 3 approaches which are grounded in environmental well-being: improving access to family planning, strengthening community structures and quiet inclusive advocacy.

Improving human and environmental health and strengthening integration between refugee and host communities around Bidi Bidi refugee settlement

Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (ASRHR) Education and Family Planning Project in Meru County

Upscale & Expand. Integrating community and reproductive health with conservation programmes.

• The project has thee objectives: to support the South Rift Association of Land Owners (SORALO)’s nascent family planning and healthcare project to expand successfully; to, use CHASE Africa’s experience to build the capacity and skills of a new conservation partner in Tanzania and to, use the learning and evidence from these projects to increase understanding of the benefits of SRH for gender equality,

Save the Elephants Community Health Project

My Family, My Plan in Baringo County, Dandelion Africa

• The project aims to increase knowledge of Sexual Reproductive Health and services to adults and youth in the community through sensitization by Community Health Volunteers, Male SRHR champions and Youth Peer Providers and to increase access to SRH services to women (12-49 years) in Eldama Ravine & Marigat sub counties through Backpack Nurses, with CHVs referring family planning clients to selected link facilities.

Maa Public Service Announcements for Family Planning

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Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

The Maasai Mara Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health Project

Improving Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights in the Greater Amboseli Ecosystem

• This project aims to support better health and access to sexual and reproductive healthcare for rural communities in four ‘group ranches’ of the Greater Amboseli Ecosystem in Southern Kenya. Giving women, young people and men the ability to take control of their reproductive healthcare is a vital part of the solution to addressing pressing issues of gender inequality, poor healthcare, poverty and environmental protection.

Supporting Holistic Health in Kenya’s Southern Rift

• The project’s goal is to increase knowledge and access to general health services, and particularly reproductive health services, so that community members in Kenya’s Southern Rift can make choices which will improve the health of themselves and their families leading ultimately to a healthier environment.

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13 Analysis of net assets between funds
Unrestricted Transition Restricted Total
Funds as at 31 December 2023 Funds Fund Funds funds
£ £ £ £
Current assets 265,908 45,000 267,044 577,952
Current liabilities (18,477) 0 0 (18,477)
Total net assets 247,431 45,000 267,044 559,475
Funds as at 31 December 2022 Unrestricted Transition Restricted Total
As restated Funds Fund Funds funds
£ £ £ £
Current assets 321,643 45,000 15,266 381,909
Current liabilities (8,079) 0 0 (8,079)
Total net assets 313,564 45,000 15,266 373,830
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14 Related Parties

There was a donation of £25,000 from The Mark Anthony Trust fund where Claire Maxey is also a trustee.

There were no other related party transactions.

15 Prior year adjustments

There were adjustments to the 2022 comparative figures resulting from an adjustment to the timing of recognition of restricted fund income in line with SORP. This adjustment resulted in the restricted funds balance as at 31 December 2021 being increased by £129,485 and the restricted fund balance as at 31 December 2022 being increased by £24,904. The net result of these changes was to reduce the restricted fund income for the accounts for the year to 31 December 2022 being reduced by £104,581.

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for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

Notes to the Financial Statements

16 Cashflow

Reconciliation of net income to net cash flow 2023
2022
Net Income for the reporting period
(as per the Statement of Financial Activities)
Adjustments for:
Interest Received
Movement in Debtors
Movement in Creditors
Net cash provided by operation
from operating activities.		 £
£
As restated
185,645
(123,594)
(9,891)
(3,795)
(57,089)
46,703
10,398
(1,414)
129,063
(82,100)
17
Analysis of net changes in funds		 At 1 At 31
January
2023		 Cash flow
December
2023
Net Cash
Cash at bank and in hand		 £
£
£
281,801
138,954
420,755
At 1
At 31
January
Cash flow
December
2022
2022
Net Cash
Cash at bank and in hand		 £
£
£
360,106
(78,305)
281,801

Explanation for changes in Cash Balances.

December 2023 receipts were very high with much of the income being received towards the very end of the month. Budget programmes with partners are higher in 2024 and additional cash resources are required to fund these programmes.

The charity has not provided an analysis of changes in net debt as it does not have any long term financial arrangements.

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Community Health and Sustainable Environment CHASE AFRICA CIO

Detailed Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Total
INCOME
Notes		 funds
funds
2023
2022
As restated
Donations and Legacies
Individuals Regular
Individuals one-off < £500
1
Individuals one-off > £500
Legacies
HMRC Gift Aid
Fundraising activities
Corporate Funding
Trust and Institutional funds
2
INVESTMENT INCOME
Interest received
Total Income
CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES
Partnership Enabling
Remuneration
3
Partner Enabling Costs
5
Overseas travel
6
Payments to partners
Total Partner and Partner Enabling Costs
Administrative support
Remuneration
3
Consultancy
Office costs and equipment
4
Insurance
Membership & Training
Total Administrative Support
Total Charitable Activities Costs
Fundraising costs
Remuneration
3
Consultancy
General costs & Travel
Total Fundraising Costs
Total expenditure
Surplus of Income over
Expenditure
7
EXPENDITURE		 £
£
£
£
23,447
600
24,047
26,754
7,620
0
7,620
9,128
25,448
17,500
42,948
29,770
2,000
0
2,000
0
18,212
4,525
22,737
18,600
63,643
0
63,643
64,782
270
0
270
250
268,000
518,267
786,267
412,052
408,640
540,892
949,532
561,336
9,891
0
9,891
3,795
418,531
540,892
959,423
565,131
47,669
46,884
94,553
94,266
39,382
0
39,382
50,922
14,228
0
14,228
13,917
101,279
46,884
148,163
159,105
240,021
230,287
470,308
412,244
341,300
277,171
618,471
571,349
3,653
11,943
15,596
11,860
7,839
0
7,839
7,607
31,599
0
31,599
13,878
774
0
774
632
2,507
0
2,507
4,240
46,372
11,943
58,315
38,217
387,672
289,114
676,786
609,566
82,621
0
82,621
65,182
8,258
0
8,258
6,915
6,113
0
6,113
7,062
96,992
0
96,992
79,159
484,664
289,114
773,778
688,725
-66,133
251,778
185,645
-123,594

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NOTES TO THE DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER 2023

Individuals Donations

Regular donations held up well in the year with a small fall of £2,707. Overall individual donations increased by £9,567, with a noted increase in larger donations.

Trust and Institutional Funds

As stated in the trustees’ report above, Chase Africa adopted an altered policy in respect of Restricted Funds received. Income is now recognised in the year of receipt of the funds unless there are exceptional circumstances for carrying the funds for inclusion in the following year. The 2023 income reflects this new policy and the 2022 income has also been adjusted to reflect this change of policy.

Remunerations

Henry retired as CEO of Chase Africa in the summer of 2022 without charging a salary for his services. Harriet Gordon-Brown was appointed as his replacement and receives a competitive salary for her services. The 2022 remuneration charges only reflect a half year of this change whilst 2023 reflects a full year. A cost of living increase was awarded to staff at the start of the financial year. The total cost of employment for each member of staff is allocated to the three cost centres on a time spent basis as in previous years.

Office Costs and Equipment

The office costs for 2023 include £15,000 for the cost of creating a new website for Chase Africa. This is expected to come on line in early 2024. In addition there was a full year of office rent and associated costs in 2023 with Chase Africa moving to new offices part way through 2022.

Partner Enabling Costs

In addition to directly funding the programme costs of partners, Chase Africa has funded additional services for the benefit of partners including capacity building, technical support and programme evaluation. In addition, Chase Africa funded the Partner Network Conference in the spring of 2023 attended by all partners.

Overseas Travel

Chase Africa staff continued their visits to overseas partners during the year.

Surplus Income over Expenditure

Chase Africa received a high level of grant income at the end of the financial year. This income has been budgeted for expenditure in 2024.

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