2025-04-30-accounts - Help Beyond Tears

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Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

	SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document	Para 1.17	1. For the public beneft, the prevention or relief of poverty in the UK and overseas by providing: grants, items and services to individuals in need and/or charities, or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty. 2.For the public beneft, to preserve and protect the health of women who are at risk of bleeding during birth in the UK and overseas, by providing and assisting in the provision of facilities, medical services, support services and equipment not normally provided by the statutory authorities and by educating hospital staf and trainees.
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	1. Feed hungry children 2. Pay registration fees to register children who lack fees to start primary school 3. Train health workers how to manage women who bleed in pregnancy and birth 4. Distribute free iron tablets to women who are anaemic in pregnancy and birth.
Statement confirming whether the trustees have	Para 1.18	The trustees fully complied with the guidance issued by the Charity

had regard to the guidance Commission on public benefit. issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit

	SORP reference
Policy on grant making	Para 1.38	Followed when offering food to hungry destitute children.
Policy on social investment including program related investment	Para 1.38
Contribution made by volunteers	Para 1.38	Volunteers who distributed food were not paid.
Other

	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	1. 25 children were enabled to start primary school overseas. 2. 30 destitute children were offered a free meal for the day 3. No maternal death occurred among women who received free iron tablets overseas. 4. The charity was accommodated freely to keep it operational.

Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:	Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:	Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Achievements against	Para 1.41	Only the above-mentioned ones.

objectives set
Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set	Para 1.41
Investment performance against objectives	Para 1.41
Other

Financial Review
Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period	Para 1.21	The charity is still unable to raise funds beyond voluntary contributions received from trustees.
Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held	Para 1.22	-
Amount of reserves held	Para 1.22	-
Reasons for holding zero reserves	Para 1.22	No investments or significant funds raised.
Details of fund materially in deficit	Para 1.24	-
Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern	Para 1.23	-

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	Voluntary contributions from some trustees
Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted	Para 1.46
A description of the principal risks facing the charity	Para 1.46	On-going failure to open a bank account in the UK
Other

Description of charity’s trusts:
Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter)	Para 1.25	CIO
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	Selection from volunteers from the general assembly who meet the eligibility criteria.

Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees	Para 1.51	-
The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works	Para 1.51	Chairperson and Contact, Deputy Chairperson, General Secretary and Treasurer
Relationship with any related parties	Para 1.51	-
Other

Charity name	Help Beyond Tears
Other name the charity uses	-
Registered charity number	1201372
Charity’s principal address	84 Grafton Road Brizlincote Burton-on-Trent Staffordshire DE15 9EL

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
	Achier Deng Akol	Chairperson and Contact
	Victoria Awit Bona But	Treasurer
	Deng Achier Deng Akol(DengSenior)	Deputy Chairperson
	Ayay Achier Deng Akol	General Secretary

Corporate trustees–names of the directors at the date the report was approved	Corporate trustees–names of the directors at the date the report was approved	Corporate trustees–names of the directors at the date the report was approved
Director name	-
-	-

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity

Trustee name	Dates acted if not for whole year
-	-

Description of the assets held in this capacity - Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects - Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets

Professor Andrew Weeks, Patron

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Achier Deng Akol Full name(s) Achier Deng Akol

Position (eg Secretary, Chairperson and Contact Chair, etc)

Date

17/01/2026