A M A D A N Charity Number 1201446
Annual Report and Accounts for the year ending on 31[st] March 2025
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| Trustees’ Report | 2-6 |
| Receipts & Payments Accounts | 7 |
| Statement of Assets & Liabilities | 8 |
| Independent Examiner’s Report | 9 |
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AMADAN - Charity No: 1201446 Trustees Annual Report
for the year ending on 31[st] March 2025
The trustees present their Annual Report and Accounts covering the year to 31[st] March 2025.
Legal and Administrative Details
The Charity was incorporated on 23[rd] December 2022 and is governed by a Written Constitution fi led with the Charity Commission for England and Wales.
The name of the Charity is Amadan. Its principal o � ice is 21 Hinkler Road, Southampton, SO19 6FR. Amadan is a Foundation CIO
The Trustees, who must number at least 3, are-
Rhamada Abdoussalame – Re-appointed for a four-year term in December 2024 Stephen Philip Dengate - Re-appointed for a four-year term in December 2024 James Halifax Andrew Payne Michael Peach Michael Henry Simmons John Warry Dr. Anthony David Wrixon
Recruitment and appointment of trustees
The rst Trustees, who are also the only members of the CIO, were named in the registered Constitution, and have staggered periods of o � ice to ensure continuity. Two served for an initial two-year term and were both re-appointed in December 2024 for terms of four years. New Trustees may be appointed for terms of four years by the then existing Trustees who when making such appointments are to have regard to the skills, knowledge, and experience needed for the e � ective administration of the CIO. All trustees must fi rst subscribe to the Basis of faith and subsequently adhere to it in belief and lifestyle.
Induction and training of trustees
New Trustees will receive initial guidance on their responsibilities and will be given documents e.g. copies of the Constitution, recent Minutes of trustee meetings, and copies of fi nancial Accounts and papers to enable them to understand and be able to direct the a � airs of the Charity.
Independent examiner:
Ian Lawson, 2 Grange Road, Netley Abbey, Southampton SO31 5FE
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Bankers:
Virgin Money, 154-158 Kensington High Street, London W2 7RL
The Objects of the Charity are, for the public bene t, in Africa, according to the law of England and Wales with a special focus on the Republic of the Niger:
1) to advance the Christian faith.
2) to advance education.
3) to relieve poverty.
4) to relieve sickness and to preserve and protect good health; and
5) the relief of nancial need and su � ering among victims of natural or other kinds of disaster in the form of money (or other means deemed suitable) for persons, bodies, organisations and/or countries a � ected.
Explanation of the work of the Charity
Amadan, which means ‘Shepherd’ in the Tamajaq language used by many in Niger, is a Charity working among the Tamajaq and Fulani nomadic people of Niger. We support and work with Christians in that country responding, as funds allow through grants, to the basic physical and spiritual needs of the local people of whatever religion. In the same way as a good shepherd tends to their sheep, so Amadan seeks to tend to the individual needs of the Tamajaq and Fulani people.
We have begun to ful l these aims. We have provided funds through a charity working in Niger and through individual Pastors there towards our Media project which has enabled Radio programmes produced in the UK in the Tamajaq language to be broadcast regularly over the national radio station in Niger and on some local stations. This Chrisitan instruction has been well received by many listeners. Each week 14 halfhour programmes have been aired on the radio. This radio work has also included supplying SD micro-cards to permit the broadcasts to be heard by many on their mobile phones.
Minor initiatives have included the purchase and distribution of anti-malarial medication, funds for a micro-business producing sanitary towels, and support of a promising pupil with scholarship fees.
A major focus for the Charity has been funding construction of a market centre for overnight visitors in Tchin-Tabaradan which, when completed, will be a boon to overnight-visitors to the local market there and should also help people who may be interested in learning about the Christian message. Amadan has supplied funds which paid for 7,000 bricks needed to start the initial works on the centre. We are hopeful that this building project will be completed in the next year.
We have also continued to lay a good administrative foundation for the charity by commissioning professional help to construct a secure Website for the Charity’s communications and allow secure communication between the Trustees and a secure central area for the charities administration requirements.
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Funds remain available when the need arises to buy grain for a food bank which in the past has been able to sell millet at cost price when shortages in supply have caused market prices to increase to levels which were beyond the fi nancial means of poor people. This will enable the Charity to respond quickly when food becomes scarce, as it often does in Niger’s hot climate.
We continue to hope that our application, lodged in April 2023, to register the charity with the Government of the Niger will be successful. This would assist us in carrying out our objects as an International Non-governmental Organisation (INGO). Such registration would mean Government authority for us to operate directly in Niger and become embedded in the country. We would then be able to open a local Bank Account and that would assist greatly in our work.
Financial Review
The Accounts, which are presented as part of this Report, show a satisfactory result with Income of £16,918 and expenditure of £10,977, leaving a balance in hand of £5,941 for the year which when added to the funds brought forward of £3,278 left us with £9,219 in hand of which £9,198 is held as restricted funds.
Gifts received were up about £4,200 compared with the last period (£16,918 compared with £12,724), which also happened to be the approximate increase in Gift-aid donations. Gifts from churches were down by £4,824, but this was more than o � set by an increase in Grants from other charitable Trusts.
The charity has continued to spend resources for the bene t of people in Niger, including £3,552 for Radio broadcasts.
It has also spent £525 to assist with the travel costs of one of the trustees on making two visits to Niger to monitor the impact of the grants awarded and to monitor progress on the building of the market centre, and to investigate other possible areas where the charity may be able to help local people where their needs are aligned to Amadan’s charitable objectives
A further £1,422 was expended on various mission expenses, including over £800 on repairs to a pastor’s house which was destroyed by a fi re, and on repairing the refrigerator of another pastor enabling his outreach work in the community to continue.
Reserves Policy
The Charity has established a Reserves Policy to as to ensure that it has su � icient funds in hand to meet its obligations and continue as a going concern. This is reviewed on a regular basis as operational experience is developing.
Plans for the future
These necessarily depend on the successful registration of this charity with the government of Niger. Recent political changes in the country seem to have delayed the registration of overseas bodies but we continue to hope that our application will ultimately be successful.
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Assuming such registration occurs, our current aim is to undertake work directly in Niger as well as to continue to provide funds, both to other charities and to pastors working there, and so to forward our charitable purposes. Our priorities are the continuation of the Radio-work (Media-project), and the building and running of the market centre for overnight visitors. Long-term, but depending on the receipt of su � icient funds, we hope to extend our activities to include other bene fi cial work such as the creation of a medical centre and in due course a school.
Organisation and Sources of Support Organisational structure.
Our organisation is basic and consists of the voluntary e � orts of the trustees e.g. carrying out fi nancial, regulatory and secretarial services without remuneration. We also aim to support the costs incurred by regular visits to Niger by one of our trustees so that he can monitor and oversee the work there. The receipt and distribution of funds together with necessary correspondence relating to those matters is handled by the Treasurer, while other regulatory and administrative matters are carried out by other trustees.
The Constitution gives the Trustees power to appoint committees and sub-committees. Currently, we have appointed from among the Trustees themselves a Governance and Finance sub-committee, a Grants sub-committee which produced a Grants policy which the Charity has adopted, and which enables small grants to be dealt with by the sub-committee, leaving larger grants to be referred to the regular meetings of all the Trustees. We also have an Education sub-committee because the provision of education is something we expect to carry out in the future in a town where educational provision is patchy and una � ordable for poorer people. These committees/subcommittees are required to report their decisions to the body of trustees.
Sources of funding
Our sources of funding are clearly shown in the Accounts and explained in summary under the paragraph above dealing with the Financial Review. £7,315 came from personal gifts from supporters of the charity. Other income (£1,395) was received from churches and nearly £7,850 was provided from grant-making trusts.
Policies
In addition to the Grants and Reserves Policies already dealt with in this report, we are developing other policies, including a Risks Policy and we have also adopted a Safeguarding policy and had it translated into French for use in Niger.
Public Bene t
The Trustees have considered the guidance issued by the Charity Commission for England and Wales concerning ‘public bene fi t’ and are con fi dent that the work done and funding provided by the charity in the period of this report have been for the public
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bene t. We consider that the activities undertaken by the charity were in the furtherance of its charitable purposes for the public bene fi t.
Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities
The trustees recognise that they are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Report and the Financial statements accompanying it in accordance with applicable taw and the United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102, (United Kingdom generally accepted Accounting Practice).
The law applicable to charities in England & Wales requires the trustees to prepare fi nancial statements for each fi nancial period which give a true and fair view of the state of a � airs of the charity and of the income and expenditure of the charity for that period.
ln preparing these nancial statements, the trustees are required to
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Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently,
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Observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP.
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Make judgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent,
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State whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed,
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subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the nancial
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statements, and
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Prepare the nancial statements on the going concern basis unless it is
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inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business.
The trustees are responsible for keeping su � icient accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the fi nancial position of the Charity and enable them to ensure that the fi nancial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011 the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the provisions of the Charity's own Constitution. They 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.
By order of the Trustees. Signed: Michael Peach, Chair. Dated 26[th] July 2025
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| Amadan CIO | 1201446 | |||
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| Receipts andpayments accounts | CC16a | |||
| For the period | Period start date | Period end date | ||
| from | 01/04/2024 | 31/03/2025 |
| Section A Receipts and payments | Section A Receipts and payments | |||||
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| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 600 260 645 1,000 218 6 2,729 - - - 2,729 279 1,422 - - - - - 1,459 200 3,360 - - - 3,360 - 631 - 582 1,234 # 21 |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ 5,050 1,405 750 6,849 135 14,189 - - - 14,189 246 - - 3,819 3,552 - - - - 7,617 - - - 7,617 6,572 582 2,044 9,198 |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Total funds to the nearest £ 5,650 1,665 1,395 7,849 - 353 6 - 16,918 - - - 16,918 525 1,422 - 3,819 3,552 - - 1,459 200 10,977 - - 10,977 5,941 |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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| 600 | 1,360 | |||||
| 260 | 2,935 | |||||
| 645 | 6,219 | |||||
| 1,000 | 1,960 | |||||
| 250 | ||||||
| 218 | - | |||||
| 6 | - | |||||
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| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
2,729 | 12,724 | ||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| - | ||||||
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| Sub total | - | - | ||||
| Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| 12,724 | ||||||
| Travel expenses to Niger | 279 | 2,839 | ||||
| Mission expenses | 1,422 | 2,688 | ||||
| Grain bankpurchases | - | 1,751 | ||||
| Grants for new mission building | - | - | ||||
| Radio broadcasts | - | 375 | ||||
| School/medical work | - | 420 | ||||
| Minorpurchases of equipment | - | 295 | ||||
| NGO registration costs | 1,459 | 1,078 | ||||
| Website | 200 | - | ||||
| Governance **Sub total ** |
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| 9,446 | ||||||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
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| - | ||||||
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| **Sub total ** | - | |||||
| Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
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| 9,446 | ||||||
| - 631 | 6,572 | - | 5,941 | 3,278 | ||
| - 582 | 582 | - | - | - | ||
| 1,234 | 2,044 | - | 3,278 | - | ||
| 21 | 9,198 | - | 9,219 | 3,278 |
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
22/01/2026
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| Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at | Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at | the end of the period | |
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| Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B1 Cash funds |
Details Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Gift aid tax recoverable Debtor Details Details Details Signature |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 21 9,198 - - - - 21 9,198 OK OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 1,400 - - 200 - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - - - - Print Name Michael Peach Jim Halifax |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| OK | |||
| Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| Current value (optional) |
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| Date of approval |
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| Michael Peach | 26/07/2025 | ||
| Jim Halifax | 26/07/2025 |
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
22/01/2026
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Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Report to the trusteesl members of AMADAN CIO On accounts for the year ended 31 Marth 2025 Charity no {rf any) 1201446 Set out on pages Respective The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year responsibilities ol (under section 4312) of the Charities Act 1993 (the Actll and that an trustees and examiner independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to ex2mine the accounls (under section 43 of the Ad), lo follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by th8 Charity Commission (under section 4317llbl of the Act), and lo slate whether particular matters have come to my attention. Basls of Independenl My examination was carried out in accordance with General Directions given examiner's ststemenl by the Charily Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kepl by the Charity and a comparison of the accounts psented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The proc8dur&s undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the accounts. Independant In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention (other examiner's statement than that disclosed below ') which gives me reasonable cause to bèlieve tnal in, any materlal respect, the trustees have not mel the requirements lo ensure Ihal". PToper accounting records are kept lin accordance with section 41 of the Act),. and accounts a prepad which age with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Act,, or 2. to which. in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order lo enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. ' Please delete the words in the br8ckefs if they do nol apply. Signed: Date: 6 July 2025 Narne: IAN LAWSON Relavant professional qualificationlsl or body lif any): Address". Grange Cottage. 2 Grange Road Netley Abbey, Southampton S0315FE IER Deceryber 2005
Disclosure section Only complete rf the examiner needs to highlight material problems. Give he brief detsils of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER December 2005