Trustees' Annual Report for the period
| Period start date | Period start date | Period end date | ||||
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| From | 27 | April | 2023 | To | 31 July |
2024 |
Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name The Reginald Ames Charitable Foundation Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)
Charity's principal address Unit 12 Tannery Road Industrial Estate Tannery Road Tonbridge, Kent Postcode TN9 1RF
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 (if any) |
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| Nick Gandon | ||||
| Laura Gandon | ||||
| Sarah Cundle | ||||
| Stewart Johnson | Resigned January2024 | |||
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)
Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
Type of governing document
Constitution
(eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Appointed by fellow trustees Trustee selection methods
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
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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.
Section C Objectives and activities
The objects of the Charity are to advance such purposes which may be charitable (according to the law of England and Wales) as the trustees see fit. In particular the funding priorties for the Charity are as follows:-
Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document
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the prevention or relief of poverty in tea growing communities such as Sri Lanka, India, China, Africa, Taiwan, South America, Indonesia and Malaysia
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the relief of sickness and the preservation of health among people residing permanently or temporarily in these Tea Growing
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Communities;
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the provision of resources to provide or improve education for children and adults in these Tea Growing Communities;
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the provision of infrastructure to provide access to water, sanitation and sustainable food resources; and
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supporting tea related causes which are charitable in these Tea Growing Communities, Europe and North America.
During our first reporting period the trustees have spent time setting up the policies and procedures which will govern the Charity going forward and ensuring that they are in alignment with the Charity Commission regulations. The trustees have also ensured that the procedures for fundraising and grant making have been established. Towards the end of the first reporting period the Charity received its first donation, and these funds will be distributed during the 2025 reporting period.
Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
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You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:
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policy on grantmaking;
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policy programme related investment;
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contribution made by volunteers.
Section D Achievements and performance
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Section D Achievements and performance
The charity received an initial donation from a corporate sponsor which Summary of the main will be used to fund projects in 2025. achievements of the charity during the year
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Section E Financial review
The Charity has an unrestricted reserve in place for any funds received in Brief statement of the the year. The amount held in reserves is monitored during the year as charity’s policy on reserves part of our financial monitoring process. Reserves are kept at a minimal level and are freely available to spend on any of our purposes.
Details of any funds materially None in deficit
Further financial review details (Optional information)
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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 of the charity;
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investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
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 |
Nick Gandon | Sarah Cundle |
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| Nick Gandon | Sarah Cundle | |
Chair |
Treasurer | |
| 22ndApril 2025 | ||
| 22ndApril 2025 |
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Reginald Ames Charitable Foundation
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Receipts and payments accounts
For the period To from 27/04/2023 31/07/2024
Section A Receipts and payments
| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ |
Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ |
Total funds to the nearest £ |
Total funds to the nearest £ |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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Donation received |
1,000 | - | - | 1,000 | - | ||||
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| Sub total(Gross income for AR) | 1,000 | - | - | 1,000 | - | ||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
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| 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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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Categories B1 Cash funds
| 1 Cash at bank Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) |
Unrestricted funds to nearest £ 1,000 - 1,000 OK |
Restricted funds to nearest £ - - - - OK |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| 4/22/25 OK |
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets |
SarahCundle Signature NickGandon Details Details Details Details |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - - - - Print Name NickGandon Sarah Cundle |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| Current value (optional) |
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| When due (optional) |
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| Date of approval | |||
| NickGandon | NickGandon | 22ndApril 2025 | |
| SarahCundle | Sarah Cundle | 22ndApril 2025 |
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
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