## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 01.06.23 Period start date 31.03.24 Period end date** ## **Charity name: RUSH UK** ## **Charity registration number: 1203347** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP
reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the
purposes of the
charity as set out
in
its
governing
document|
Para 1.17|“To advance the education of pupils at the RUSH Academy
Kenya by providing and assisting in the provision of facilities for
education at the school. To relieve the needs of vulnerable adults
in
Kakamega, Kenya, and the surrounding districts who are in need
by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other
disadvantage by the provision of grants to RUSH Kenya to
support their work relieving these specific needs.”
| |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|Since Registration with the Charity Commission on
01.06.23, we have focused exclusively on supporting the RUSH
Kenya Academy School (RAS), consisting of a primary school
and a secondary school. We started by awarding grants in
support of teacher salaries and of pupils unable to pay all or any
school fees. We also funded 3 new management positions
appointed by the RUSH Kenya Board to review, revise and
implement all RAS policies, starting with an independent review
of financial management.| |Statement
confirming
whether
the
trustees have
had regard to
the guidance
issued by
the Charity
Commission on
public benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees confirm that they understand public benefit as
defined and explained in documents, including PB2
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/publicbenefitrunning-
a-charity-pb2
We are satisfied that RAS confers present direct benefits to their
pupils as well as future benefits to families, their communities
and wider society, see below.
| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |

Policy on grant making
|

Para 1.38|Our charity awards grants only to RUSH
Kenya(Reaching theUnreached through
Self-Help), an independent Community
Based Organisation (CBO) in that country| |||registered with the Kenyan Government. In
the context of grants awarded to children
attending RAS, the RUSH Kenya Board
receives input from the community elders,
who advise on the level of grant support
appropriate for pupils in their community. In
the context of teacher salaries, RUSH UK
contributions ensure that all are paid
regularly in line with Kenyan Government
requirements.| |

Policy on social investment
including program related
investment
|

Para 1.38|RUSH Kenya’s purpose as a CBO is to
improve the material and spiritual wellbeing
by promoting self-help in the surrounding
communities it serves in Kakamega County
(popn >100,000) in the Western Province.
Grants to RAS outlined above reflect our
current priority in terms of providing social
investment through education.| |

Contribution made by
volunteers

|

Para 1.38|RUSH UK has supporters in churches and
schools who organise their own fundraising
events in their respective communities. One
such group is organised by the RUSH UK
Chair in a church hall in Whyteleafe, Surrey.
These volunteers are one of our main
sources of income, but they contribute as
members of their local communities; we do
not organise them.| |
Other

||N/A| ## **Achievements and Performance** 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|**Main achievements**
`o`Number of disadvantaged Kenyan children
whose school fees were sponsored
(£20/month) by RUSH UK donors
increased from zero on date of registration
01.06.23 to 40 pupils on 31.03.24.
`o`Grants from our local church communities
helped buy bulk maize and beans in the
Kakamega marketplace that helped
ensure pupils had a midday meal, and
boarders had some breakfast and supper.
`o`A grant was awarded for the purchase
and training in the use of financial
software (Quickbooks), including monthly
professional monitoring. This investment
was linked to a grant supporting an
independent professional review of RUSH
Kenya’s financial management policies at
the RUSH Academy School. The results
and recommendations became clear after
an independent financial audit, which will
be reported in the next financial year.| |---|---|---| |||
**Public benefits**
`o`These relate to investing in the education
of the 370 children at the RUSH primary
and secondary schools (years 1-12),
including 315 too poor to pay school fees.
Of the 35 children completing secondary
school education in the 2022/23 academic
year, 34 gained university places, of whom
18 won highly competitive Kenyan
Government
Scholarships. It is expected that in adult
life, all will contribute to the economic and
spiritual well-being of their families, of
their local communities and society in
general.
`o`To end with an anecdote, an orphaned
pupil completing 12 years of RUSH UK-
sponsored primary & secondary school
education, studied finance at university,
and is now employed as an accountant at
her alma mater.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |

Achievements against
objectives set

|


Para 1.41


|`o`We succeeded in attracting 40 private
individuals in UK between 01.06.23 and
31.03.24 to sponsor pupils at RAS. `o`
We identified private donors to contribute
funding on a monthly basis to ensure all
teachers received full salary, between
01.06.23 and 31.03.24.
`o`Finally, we received donations to cover
the salaries of new management posts at
the RUSH Academy, including chief
executive, chief operating officer and
chief technical officer.
| |---|---|---| |

Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|



Para 1.41|We received a total income of £39,493 which
includes a one off payment of £12,795 from
International Needs UK. £26,699 was raised
by our charity, from UK private individuals in
the 10 months from registration on 01.06.23
to 31.03.24 of which £2,660 was raised in
student sponsorships and £8,023 was raised
for teacher and new management salaries.| |

Investment performance
against objectives

|


Para 1.41|N/A| |
Other

||N/A| ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of theperiod|Para 1.21|Ten months post-registration, we have
balanced income and expenditure in line
with our businessplan.| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
statingwhytheyare held|Para 1.22|We have no policy| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|None| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|The charity has no financial liabilities in the
UK. It pays no rent, salaries, interest or
capital on loans. Our domestic expenditure
is verylimited as the accounts show.| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|None| ||Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|We have no uncertainties to report| |---|---|---|---| ## **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|Private individuals and communities linked to
a small number of churches and schools are
the principal funding sources.
The charity has no pension liabilities or
investments.| |---|---|---| |

Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted
|



Para 1.46|No significant events have affected our
performance so far, nor do we foresee risks
specific to our particular circumstances. In
practice, the current recipient of our grants, a
primary and secondary school for
disadvantaged children in Kenya benefits
from whatever funds we raise, large or small.| |

A description of the principal
risks facing the charity

|


Para 1.46|N/A; see above| |
Other

||N/A| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed,royal charter)|Para 1.25
|Constitution| |How is the charity
constituted?(e.g
unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Charity incorporated organisation
(‘Foundation’ model constitution)| |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|‘Option 1’ in our constitution provides for new
trustees to be appointed by the current
trustees. Individuals proposed as potential
trustees are considered at properly
constituted Board meetings, taking into
account their skill sets, experience,
motivation andpotential conflicts of interest.| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |

Policies
and
procedures
adopted
for
the
induction and
training of trustees
|



Para 1.51|https://www.gov.uk/guidance/charitycommissionguidance
| |---|---|---| |

The charity’s
organisational
structure and any
wider network with
which the charity
works

|



Para 1.51|The charity organisation structure is straightforward, with
Chair, Secretary, Treasurer and 4 other trustees, each
taking responsibility for areas relevant to their office and
skill sets.| |

Relationship with any
related parties

|


Para 1.51|N/A| |
Other

||N/A| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charityname|RUSH UK| |---|---| |Other name the charityuses|N/A| |Registered charitynumber|1203347| |Charity’s principal address|21, Greenacres, Oxted, RH8 0PA| ||| |**Names of**
**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)**| ||Susan Armitage|||| ||
Steve Flashman|||| ||Jacobus
Geldenhuys|||| ||Joan Hadlow|Chair||| ||
Elizabeth Noble||01.06-30.09.23|| ||
Ash Patel|Treasurer||| ||John Yarnold|Secretary||| |||||| ||

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|||| Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved |**Director name**||| |---|---|---| |N/A||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |N/A||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** |Description of the assets held
in this capacity
|None| |---|---| |Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects
|N/A| |Details of arrangements for
safe custody and segregation
of such assets
from the charity’s own assets

|N/A| **Additional information (optional) Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of Name Address adviser** None **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details None ## **Other optional information** Accounts prepared by Helen Louise Raeburn, new Trustee & Treasurer appointed Sept 2024 ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees Signature(s)** John Yarnold **Full name(s)** Joan Hadlow **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair Secretary **Chair, etc)** **Date** 30.01.25 **Charity Name No (if any) RUSH UK 1203347 Receipts and payments accounts** Period start date Period end date **For the period from** 01-Jun-23 31-Mar-24 **CC16a** ## **Section A Receipts and payments** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Total funds Last year
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
General Donations 24,942 - 24,942 -
Fundraising 668 - 668 -
Student Sponsorships - 2,660 2,660 -
Staff cost sponsorship - 8,213 8,213 -
Education & School Infrastructure - 3,010 3,010 -
- - -
- - - -
Sub total (Gross income for AR) 25,610 13,883 39,493 -
A2 Asset and investment sales, (see
table).
- - -
Sub total - - - -
Total receipts 25,610 13,883 39,493 -
A3 Payments
Student Fees (sponsored) - 2,660 2,660 -
Staff Salaries and Taxes 3,785 8,213 11,998 -
Education, Support and Infrastructure 6,808 3,010 9,818 -
Community Support 2,450 2,450 -
Bank charges 89 89 -
- - - -
Sub total [ 13,132 ] 13,883 27,015 -
A4 Asset and investment purchases,
(see table)
- - -
Sub total [ - ] - - -
Total payments 13,132 13,883 27,015 -
Net of receipts/(payments) 12,478 - 12,478 -
A5 Transfers between funds - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end - - - -
Cash funds this year end 12,478 - 12,478 -
**----- End of picture text -----**
CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 30/01/2025 1 |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|| |---|---|---|---|---| |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all
the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**|**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))
General Funds
**Details**
Signature
Helen Raeburn||**Unrestricted funds**
**to nearest £**
**12,478**
**-**
**12,478**
Agreement Error
28-Jan-25|**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**| |||||**-**| |||||Agreement Error| |||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 30/01/2025 2 ## **NOTES** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Includes a one-off £12.8 donation from International Needs UK, the previous
1 administrators of RUSH.
Student's fees are sponsored on an indivdual basis. All receipts are remitted
2 to the school.
In addition to the monthly salaries supported by donors, payments for
backdated employer tax contributions which were inherited from International
3 Needs UK, were made during the period.
In additon to general support for food and fuel, there were one off
4 renovations to the school including the Boy's Dormitory
5 Providing Christmas boxes and other support to the community
**----- End of picture text -----**
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Roport to th• trusto•8 RUSH UK On accounts for the y￿r onded 31 March 2024 Charlty no (If any} 1203347 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity {Ihe Trust.) for t￿ year ended 3110312024. Rosponslbllltlo8 and buis of r•port As the chafity's trustees. you are re8pon8ibl8 for the preparation of the account$ in a¢¢ordanc6 wth the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 Act.). I report in respert of my examination of the Trust's accounts ¢arri8d out urKler section 145 of the 2011 Ad and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the ap￿ICable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 1495)(b) of the Act. Ind•p•ndont I have ¢ompleted my examination. I confirni that no material matters have examinerfs gtstement come to my attention in Connection wtth the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material resped: the accounting records were not kept in accordance with sedion 130 of the Charities Act; or the accounts did not aG￿rd with the accounting records; or the accounts did not comply wrth the appltcable requirements conceming the form and ¢ontent of accounts set out in the Charities {Accounts and ReFQrts) Regulations 2008 other than any requiremerrt that the a￿Unts give a Irue and fairf view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no ¢oncems and have come across no other matters in connection ¥￿th the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reathed. Sign•d: Alison 8ibby Relevant profe8slonal qu•lification(s) or body (If any): AddTOS8: 8 Lexden, Portw Wood Road. Whyleleafe, CR3 OPP IER O¢t 2018 Section B Disclosiire Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of con￿rn (se6 CC32. Independant èxamination of charity accounts: directions and gUIdan￿ for examiners). Glve brlaf detall8 of any Items that the gMmln•r wl8h•s to d15¢10￿. IER Oct 2018