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Trustees' Annual Report for the period
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Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name Silas Mkoba Foundation
Other names charity is known by
Registered charity number (if any) 1201111
| ered charity number (if any) | 1201111 | |
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| Charity's principal address | 48 Kelmscote road | |
| COVENTRY | ||
| WEST MIDLANDS | ||
| Postcode | CV6 2DY |
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole year |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany) |
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| SIFISO MKOBA | Founder/ Chairperson |
23/11/22 | |||
| ANNIE MTUWA | Treasurer | ||||
| HLANGABEZA MKOBA |
Event Manager | ||||
| MARVELLOUS MASEKO |
Secretary | ||||
| IAN JAMES BRADLEY |
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| Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) | |||||
| Name- | Dates acted if not for whole year | ||||
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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser Name Address Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
Sifiso Mkoba
Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
Type of governing document
Silas Mkoba Foundation is governed by a constitution
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
How the charity is constituted
Silas Mkoba Foundation is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Trustee selection methods
By appointment
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:
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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
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the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
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relationship with any related parties;
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trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
-When trustees signed into Trusteeship are expected to Adare to the Trustee code of conduct which lines up that, which is expected of them as they represent the organisation.
They are the backbone to support and lead the charity therefore, it is important to know their role by continuously preserving the brought in skills and invest time to read and enhance that which is expected out in the signed documents including conflict of interest issues.
They are expected to respect working management, staff and volunteers as they both enhance the charity work: let alone being trustworthy and honesty.
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$ $ # $ $ 1. Based on the basics duties compliance-Trustees should guide the charity that it complies with the law, rules and regulations
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- care: that all about the foundation is reserved for the good of the charity objectives
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- Avoiding putting the foundation at risk in anything. Reflection is key to remind Trustees of their obligation.
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Policies in place for their guidance including others are a) safe recruitment -for their corporate involvement and the recruitment department.
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b) Safeguarding policy-to identify possible risks to the beneficiaries and anyone connected to the charity. These are also essential for review to make sure they are still relevant.
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c) health and safety, child protection, whistle blowing, suitabilty of adulty procedures are some of the polices for Trustees to understand and be in a position of being able to comply with their obligations under the charities Act of 2011and under the best practice Act.
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- Silas Mkoba Foundation is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)
-At present Silas Mkoba Foundation has establish parties to work with of those who need its support. It has established groups of beneficiaries which are yet to be well organised for further activities.eg. widows group, individual and families in need attending other organisations such as churches and community centres. 01) /0 1) 5) )1")1
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Section C Objectives and activities
Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document
As a charity it is aware that it has an obligation to be guided by the constitution and that which is listed in the foundation application. Manly it is the work around supporting the families, individuals and groups suffering due to the reasons of illness and bereavement. Alleviating poverty and offering support and giving of information to achieve a better life to these beneficiaries.
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As an information sharing and need provider foundation it is important for us to continue focusing on sourcing out information in helping the community and our beneficiaries. We have put together a magazine resource for easy access and also for those who are able to get it at a small fee which will help us in running the organisation and other publications.
Events are due to kick off this summer to be able to raise those needed funds e.g. barber-que.
Summary of the main Silas Mkoba Foundation has since supported bereaved families ( raised activities undertaken for the funds by GoFundMe public benefit in relation to Empowering group of widows by offering encouraging words and sharing these objects (include within of the work of the founder as a widow in her book (Crawled To this section the statutory Excellence Through Grief) declaration that trustees have Supporting a family with a disabled child had regard to the guidance Empowered a group of families with lessons of being prepared for issued by the Charity eventualities Commission on public benefit)
Empowering group of widows by offering encouraging words and sharing of the work of the founder as a widow in her book (Crawled To Excellence Through Grief)
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
As a grant making organisation we are still in the process of showing our duties and appealing to the general public to come to our add and fund us so that we will be able to pay fees for orphans being taken care by established organisation who have approached us.
This leads us to a plan not yet executed of buying land in Zimbabwe where it is cheaper and available to build an orphan skill school. You may choose to include We also looking to work together with the widows and widowers in further statements, where offering them work in this organisation to empower them. relevant, about:
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policy on grant making. A plan for investing our orphan children form UK can have the
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policy programme related opportunities of meeting mingling and working together with Zimbabwean children.
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investment.
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contribution made by volunteers. We also looking forward getting into real estate as a way of funding our charity and accommodating our beneficiaries in UK. Getting the young Orphans getting involved in business in order to empower them with business skills.
We have had few volunteers because the work has not kicked well enough for people to believe in the organisation but hopping to have more as we progress and when we are financially stable
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Section D Achievements and performance
We have been able to open a bank account
-establish a website
- artwork for use in advertising and cards for our beneficiaries e.g. get well soon
-group people and shared information on caring of ill loved ones and sharing vital information for carers to use.
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-supported the bereaved
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-supported family with a disability
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-finished writing the first foundation information sharing magazine
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Section D Achievements and performance
Summary of the main The foundation has managed to organise people and present our achievements of the charity objectives. during the year In these groups that’s where we managed to find referrals pointing us to our beneficiaries.
Section E Financial review
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Any funds given for specific tasks are to be used in that particular area Brief statement of the otherwise can only be diverted if a pressing issue/need arises but should charity’s policy on reserves be replaced in the future. This is because of our objectives which are not a single focus. The charity should not keep or accumulate money in its account which is not for a specific task however, it should always have some reasonable funds in case of emergences. Details of any funds materially At the moment human resource if our major problem as people usually in deficit want to join a program when it is already established. Further financial review details (Optional information)
-As of now the founder is the main funder with less than ten as a one off funder and few more constant well-wishers.
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:
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we have also set up fundraising events yet to kick off this summer 2024 starting with a Barber-que. Nothing major has happened in reflection of Charity funds being used regularly as we are mostly on the verge of finding ways to fundraise funds for use.
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the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
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how expenditure has supported the key objectives The main activity which has been going on is support of bereaved of the charity; families and family of a disabled child.
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investment policy and The charity is really looking in to finding ways of having its own caravan,
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objectives including any land or house in order to be able to accommodate its in need ethical investment policy beneficiaries. The benefits will be to let to raise money to support our
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adopted. beneficiaries.
Section F Other optional information
Section G Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
| Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date |
S Mkoba | |
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| Sifiso Mkoba | ||
| Chairperson | ||
| 30/06/24 |
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