## **Trustees’ annual report for the period** **From: 01.04.24 To: 31.03.25** **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|1.To advance the education of pupils at the RUSH
Academy Academy School (RAS), Kenya by providing and
assisting in the provision of facilities for education at the
school.
2.To relieve the needs of vulnerable adults in surrounding
districts who are in need by reason of age, ill-health,
disability, financial hardship or other
disadvantage by the provision of grants in support of RUSH
Kenya’s 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 in 2023, we have prioritised supporting
the RUSH Kenya Academy School (RAS), consisting of a
primary school and a secondary school. In the year to
31.03.25, our grants funding i) sponsorship of pupils from
disadvantaged backgrounds, ii) updating RAS compliance
with Kenyan employment tax legislation, iii) review of
teacher contracts & iv) independent external financial
review| |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.| |---|---|---| |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** |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`After reviews by an independent human
resources consultant and a lawyer in
dialogue with RAS employees, all
teachers signed new contracts as
employees of RAS, which is now fully
compliant with Kenya’s employment &
taxation legislation.
`o`In compliance with the Kenyan
Government Community Services Act
2022, RUSH UK grants funded an
independent financial audit of RAS for
the year to 31 Jul 2024. The audit
concluded “the financial statements
present fairly, in all material respects the
financial position of RAS” while
highlighting the lack of an organisational
policy document to guide operations and
decision-making processes. RUSH UK
awarded a grant to RUSH Kenya to the
audit company to generate a full set of
policy documents covering all aspects of| |---|---|---| RAS financial management in September 2024. `o` The RUSH Academy School, comprising primary and secondary schools that remain our primary focus, continues to educate 370 children, including 259 too poor to pay school fees and 300 boarders. Of the 34 children completing secondary school education in the 2024/25 academic year, 31 gained university places, of whom 31 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 general. **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**N/A**| |Other||| |**Financial review**||| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|We have balanced income and expenditure
in line with our business plan.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are 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 very limited 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: Para 1.47 The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising) Para 1.46 Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted Para 1.46 A description of the principal risks facing the charity Other ## **Structure, governance and management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document:
for example,trust deed,
memorandum and articles of
association etc|Para 1.25|Constitution| |How is the charity
constituted?
**for example limited**
**company, unincorporated**
**association, CIO**|**Para 1.25**|Charity Incorporated Organisation
(‘Foundational’ 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 and potential 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 3 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** |Charity name|RUSH UK| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|N/A| |Registered charity number|1203347| |Charity’s principal address|21, Greenacres, Oxted, RH8 0PA| **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Susan Armitage|||| ||Steve Flashman|||| ||Jacobus
Geldenhus|||| ||Joan Hadlow|Chair||| ||Ash Patel|Treasurer|01.06.23-30.09.24|| ||Helen Raeburn|Treasurer|01.10.24-present|| ||John Yarnold|Secretary||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – 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|N/A| assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** **Names and addresses of advisers (optional information)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**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** None ## **Declarations** **The company has taken advantage of the small companies’ exemption in preparing the report above.** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report (including directors’ report) above.** ## **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees/directors** **Signature(s)** John Yarnold **Full name(s)** Joan Hadlow **Position (for example** Chair Secretary **Secretary, Chair, etc) Date** 28.01.26 I 1111 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independ8nt Examiner's Report Report to the trusleesl members of RUSH UK On accounts for the y8ar ended Chaiity no (rf any) 31 MARCH 2025 1203347 Set out on pages I report to the truslees on my examination of the acLY)unts of th8 above charity (Ihe Twst") for the year end8d 31103/2025 Responslbllltles and As the charty trustees of the Trust, you are responslble for the pre￿a￿on basis of roport of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (Ihe Ad'>. I report in respect of my examination of the Trusvs accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrwng oui my examination, I have followed thè applicab18 Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145{5Xb) of the Act. I have c￿￿￿eted my examination. I ￿nfirrn that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. accounting records wer8 not kept in acoudance wtth sectÉon 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord wTrth the ￿ntIng records Independent examlnerfs ststement I have no concerns aTrJ have come across no other matters in connectron with the examination to which attention should be dravm in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. ' Please delete the worfs in the brackets rfthey do not apply. si￿•d. Name: Alison Bibby Relevant professional qualifica￿on{s) or body (if any): Address: 3 LE%oalJ YTELEA C£ IER October 2018