Charlty number: 1203953
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co￿ENTs
Referenc8 and Adrninistratp￿ Detsifs of Ihe Comp8ny. Its Truste86 and Adviws
TrUst￿S. Report
lThJependent Examin8tr8 Rwt
Statemanl of Financlal Advlu
Balance Sheet
Notss to lh8 Fln8nc4al Stsknents
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FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2024
Trustees
A Gruber
K Lovell
R Dunn
R Bray
Ch•rfty
rnglster•d
numbor
1203953
R•gl•t•r•d offl¢•
Lgys Cotlage.
Hill Tcp
Fremlngton
EX31 38L
Mendlp Accountlw Solutions Ltd
6 Hill Road
Clevedon
North Somor8Ot
BS217NE
B•nk•rn
The Cowoperatfve Bank
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Inlro I Summary
Slep Up Famity org￿lS81￿)n was formed kn 2020 ty lazzy L¢)vell who ￿sited Uganda arKI. wh118t tharn. spon8(ThJ a
chikl wP*) ￿Uired lo go to sclMxA. WorkirvJ wlth a w of Val￿ #i Uganda she thon bggan to flnd
Spc￿s0T$ for mLYe and m￿6 chiklren and 88 the organ198t1c￿ grew she Sought help of several volunteors in the UK,
minatir¥J In the Organ￿￿10n boing rogi¥tered wtth the Ctwty Commission for England and W8188 on 12th July
2023.
Al thg of reg18trat#)n thare were 517 chAdrgn rerriving sF￿￿1ShlP and we continue to spon80r over 500
thildren a$ the orgaThsalth grcvws and restKJrwJ8 to chaI￿ge$ l Ghangng prioribes, w0￿1r￿j ¢108oty witt) the
volunteers in Uganda. During the have been ￿tive in danfying our purpLws. streamlinkng proc888e8.
making ali our financial a¢￿untIng totslty transparen( registering HMRC and dgvebplng policies. We have
aFpointed a Patron. organised a very SLK£*ssfiJ trbp fLY Spornm to m88t their swns80s and shipFed urg8nty
raquired edU￿tional and personal items to the childran. Above all wè have ContinU￿j lo me&t the many educalional
and wellbelng needs of those ththyren in noed and have had the Joy ofwltsw￿ng the ditference our help 1$ making
to Ibrn8.
Appolntm•nl of Patron
11 was agreed that we shoukl apwnt a Patrrm) to a88iSt In our wofilo in¢xea8lThJ publl¢rty. Ca8ey18
the daughter of a Sp(￿or., sh8 has Cerel￿ palsy arml has won wld m&la15 In Para Powerlrfong. Her sheor
deternilnati￿ to rthvor through all cthtacles irwirabonal and rgllects thè struggl8s our sponsored childrgn hav•
to overcome In crtèr lo map out lutures for thgmsefves tlwh ￿U(￿tIOn. Caw L8 Fwsionat8 about our wo)* and
often 8hare8 upjales abcmrt hèr sp)r￿ed hw Fxob(x)k ¢￿'ca88Y th& P(y•MINtar. Sho and mum
WMI our T Shlrt ofi￿ pr(MJuc•J.
Bank account •nd Glft Ald
On becoming a CIO il was agrwj Ihat wo nooded to o chaiity I l)u8lne88 accwnt to maxlmb69 tran8P8r8ncy
and for e889 of ac￿unts1 and auditA￿.
Th8 Coopgralive Bank was chosen in part dug to st1￿t ethkal guidelms WKI polic48s apginst chlkl or onft>rced
lab￿1 very muth reilecting cw 1>￿ akns to provth thihJTen wilh adu¢ation g) that have oppXt￿￿8s and
Cho￿86 in tha futurg and wil be into or maffiage al a yourKJ agè.
The account was finalty opfj￿d ki Novemb￿ 2023 afterwhth folth¥ed a lengthy F*OCaSS of gettlng $pon8m to
chnge the detslls ts their stsndlrwJ ordern etc: we k)st 8 number of dwlNJ ts pro(*s
We have rewlbJ a slet•Jy stream of r￿¥ during last year arKI at (Th ￿rne our Sponsorshlp
Coordwiator belleved that we had 700 i*ldren sponsored. H￿Ver on ch)ser 8xamlnation and comwi60n of her
Ilst of Sponsor5 to tho Treasurers SPTeadsho01 it became obvK)us that there were many who were no longer paY￿g,.
we ￿mn￿￿k¥ted wlth 85 many of these as possiblg and the maln reason we were gwen fw th91r dlscontinuaoc
wa8 th8 of lfving crfsls. This resulled in us ha¥irvJ appn)xThtety ch￿then In schcd for wts)m we arg no
k￿ger recdvlThJ sponsorship.. thts has a Ilnancial def￿1t but we are trying to keep ll￿5e chlldren in schcol
evon without Spor￿Or8 for the lkne bakng. We oJrrtinue to ra(xuil sponsors and meanllmè we are meellng thls deficll
Ihrough donallons. l￿draISing. G5ft Aid and the genero*ty of our volunteers In Uganda.
We ty to 8rwJre that spwsor8 updates fmm lh* d)ibJw In the form ofvldeos aThJ pkAos {arMI
occasionalty phone calls vla Messenger) every U weeks: some thildren also correspond wlih their $pDnsofg via
letters. In additson we publish genernl wrfmlion for am sp(¥W5 on wr￿e F￿k page.
Clarification ol Purpo••
It become app*ent that to ertsure that thR(frw can recth w6d ber￿ from ethcation other basic needs such as
S8fety. aCry)mNw)da￿Oft aThJ food to be met The Chair cA￿tacted Ihe Charity CAimmission to gain some darity
on whether cerlain projects ctyJhJ t* funded within tyjr ch¥ity purp￿ arKI w8S tokl that the commbssion (*Jtsld Thjl
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FollowiThJ18ngthy discus￿ am(xvJst the tr￿tee5. ￿ hayw￿ the opini¢M of our sponsors, we have
decided that wa wim osslst In provKJlng a(xomrncKlaticffl for chihjren from ￿ strèets who are sponsored to go to
School. chiktren who rxjuhj not attend sthcd rf ttw dkl not ha¥e acoynmodation (durlng the week, at least) as their
rents I guardians would rnake them aTrl ch￿ren for wtthi ￿me 15 unsafe such as siblings who vrtre
abandonod by ther parents to live with their aurf who beats th￿ se￿£1Y on a regular basi9.
It was agreed. however. that onty money donabj l fijndraised for tlis a£cannwxlation be . it
wll not b8 taken frcyn sponso￿lp money 8armarked ts f(*)d I sd)wl fees.
AllhoLW our sprff￿￿1 children 8K*ead througlxmrt BL*kn.. ALL the 450 (*lklren wtho attend
Lovel school are 5ponsor8d. Lo¥d schcxil was built aThJ estsblish8d ty ow gnjup of Volunteers and 8mpl¢)ys
h•admaster and teachors who work to a very h1￿ 8lÈndard. The sch￿4 has a very 9(￿0 nam# In the aroa but il is
over crowded and onty I￿8 do3se8 for wimwy 1-3. It needs to ba oxtendod lo roduee cla88 size and also lo offer
schoolirwJ for primary 3-7.
Agawi. 0￿Y rh￿￿Y donated I 8pecifxslly tAryU be uwl for
1kn8tions may be askfyj as to why wa ¥*)uld fuTrJ over 0th8rn1.......ixrt otlw 8thKx￿s may ha¥6 only 3 or
4 dour 8prn)red thildrnn wher988 Lovel school has 450...a￿ is very rn￿h helpgd by our vokrnteers ccok
the 8chcol meals, house somé of the thlldran arKI assist maintenanc•l paknthg o1& M other SCI￿)01S a8kod for
our help for certaln Projects IW tho have to be (x)n5￿ tArt at prowrt1116 cmly Lovall school that18 In
dosperatè need of g¥pansw￿.
It18 akn to Lovei school that L*lhfren bjm up in the schtsj Way81(K*lng activity and fo(xl ar￿ Wh￿ now run8
Hcliday Clubs for all ago8 ..... ￿ ne&J space kn these dubs and we need to be ab￿ to feed the88 chlldrnn
who w0￿d other*l80 go hungry.
3. Weif8r8 and wo
As well as pyovidlng basK 8th￿)1 fees arwj frmxl l(Y chthjrnn at SCI￿1 ￿ hovg akn ￿PP￿d famlll&s In d68p8rate
nood includlng Ihwe has been a dealh in ts famty c*. in one c088, a 804we firg. h88 bean done
by 8pecthc rèque81 for don0￿n8 on ￿r￿te FaCetK￿ paga
Sponsors have also provided mattr8sgoslsheotslmwuilo nots for th8lr children an8blir)g chlhjrgn to ieep
bottw and be mcTr prepared lor S(*￿1...aS wo11 as hol￿"￿ to wevgnt Ih&m from bacoming unwett.
Provision of 8anllary pr￿uC1S ¢om• kn 8ch(xA during thetr WKXI) and tths I di8cus8h)n from
Kizzy for older girfs.
Tralnirvj rg 8atsguanHrKJ aThJ CMI uThJertakon by al volunts&rs In Ugand8 Jan 24.
Inclu•lon
Some of Ihe UgaThJa team fvdunleers att￿￿1￿￿ a c#)nfere￿O almxrt of ththyren whh diSatAli￿8 In sch(x)is
and leamt more aLwt what W86 rtyured to facknto Iho of8wkn thlklron.
Spon￿r$ Vl*tt
13 sponSc￿5 vlslted Ihek thitdren as part of a 2 week tow whkh Indu(￿ vl8iknng Kampala. a ¢ultural strKhV and a 2
day safaFI whKh 4 srM)n8ored chlhknn accompanled Ihelr ￿.
Thi5 was an Imme• surxesslul trip and il was wrxKlerhJl for spon8c￿ to magt al voluntO8r8 aNI chlldren.
Thoy visit￿￿ 5choois aThJ famly ￿)MeS where apwEykb as wel as a5818ttry paintirvj. carpenty, (#)oking.
plantlng I famiing and partr(¥pa￿n9 n knons.
Ajly aThl W ha¢J met with Josgph and Jullus to dlscuss loint aThJ h￿￿* b8St that wo havg al thé
Inftxmatknn that we need for the Ann￿ Rep￿ and Ar￿￿nts.
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A meeting with the Conmunty DeVelopn￿t Olknr for P4Jsk way also held and It vrns encouraging to llnd cyjt how
much SUPPDrt they have and how hwty the Busi8 &ep Up Famlly is reg¥tsJ by the Itxal 0llkF8￿.
Became ¢Jbvlous whll5t W8 werB the￿ that It*re was x lot of Kyk to th) In tern￿ of maklr¥J SU￿ of du8 dil￿enCe
ete......
recor(I keepiry of spons￿* ch*ken. pokies. traln¥vJ re safewardlry budget Flannlw etc. We pald
for our Sponsorship Ccordbkn to fy ts￿[ (rtrt to Uganda to do nN)re TAVTk Wbtt) the volunteern to streaftllno, mako
Safe aH th8 proc655es. improve updates.
She now spends the of her timg in 8wla as a vltal Ilnk bet**en us and them.
From Janu8ry-Apnl 2024 RaboLra ¥￿￿teered team In helpkng to te** tho thildren 8nd
encourage them with thgir English speakirKJ. She also t(x)k part in out of SChC￿ 8Ctlwties, crafts and letter writMIg
and partlclpoted in home visits daliverlng fc(Ml parce18 to famdw. said 'it Wa6 k)vely to see w(4re¥s thg
chltdrgn madè in such a short liTrw due to s(￿￿(￿8d".
Slnce her ffjtum sh8 has taken on ￿ GpcMwKship of a Ilttle 9A1 arKI h85 bec(fft a trustee. Her Ikst hand kn(yA￿96
(rf how things work ￿ PT8clice in Ugand8 is wivthat4e to the In￿lee team, 8rKI all S￿￿or8, and she n￿1
Coordinat88 ow lundrak8kng athitkn8.
W•bBtt•
OriglnalFy wbllshad by t¥Jt In the wocoss of wxtsted arnl revaftw tr) wwJagèment and
reduce cost.
Shlpwng
We made 3 shIp￿nIS durlng the wtkh was not as many 8S FAanned du• lo Ihe kl h881th of our Shlppkng
Co)rdin8tor. The88 shSpments contBin&J educ811c￿aI equipmonl WKludSNJ br￿, 5ecoTrJ hand and now clolhes
presents for indlvldual children frDm their srxvwirn, swts OqupTh￿it lor tho Stèp Up Famity footw team, $8niiary
products. first ald pack8 arKf other n8cos8ItI88 or treats for ¢Mff spons¢￿ chldrgn.
SP￿8(￿8 pay pgr k9 ￿ Ser￿Ing th￿'T parcels to minimlse tho by tha (thwty.
K•y obJ•th for Comlng ymr
r main obl8cUve the comlNJ ygar18 to maintalTr aThJ increase spOrnotsh￿ of th￿r￿n so Ih81 gdwatlon can bè
offered to nwe childrw¢. In 8thJrtion we tw8 to..
Commenrn Some youlh skmls traIn￿￿ 4rMJ Identy patrbWJyB Irrto employmanl ty py0gre85h￿ t(Mwds a
Fadlitate further sporw lrips
Offer schooling to ctrmklren viti di5abiltbes
Do¥elop and sel SUFO merthandi5e to wlth and furKtraisirKJ
Devek)p 8rAI ado￿* mcTr pthies and [￿Oced￿88
nalty th￿kS to all our sponw8. and kn ￿rIn￿te0& and %￿l￿teerS who th thelr timg.
Apwovwj by the board of Tnth aThJ svJ{￿d on Ihelr bel￿11 by.
s￿ned. .
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DEPENDEKf EXAkllNEifs STATEMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2024
I I8￿rt on the 8￿nts ol the clwity for the eThJod 31st J￿Y 2024 set out m Ihe attached pag88.
RESPECTIVE RESPONSIBILMES OF THE CIIARITY & INDEPENDENT EXAMINER
the Charitys tnJstee9 you we resp￿￿*le the Fyeparation ot the The Charity consid8rs th81
an audit is not wuired for this year undef secthjn 144(21 of Ihe Chath 2011 (ts 2011 ALt) and that an
indgpendent r6ww is need&l.
It 18 our res[￿sibIlIty..
a) Ex8mine thg accoJnts under 8o¢lvJn 145 of the 2011 fvrt.
b) To folkyw Ihe wrxedur86 lald dcNm in the by Ihe Charhty Ccfflml¥thn under
seclK>n 14S(5Xb} of Ihe 2011 &"
) To state wh8th8r parti¢JAar m811or¥ hav8 (x¥n8 to my attwthn.
BASIS OF INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S sfATEMENT
Our eX￿)InatIon was carrled OLrt In aCcUd￿ wilh the Gen8ral Dke(*ons grven by thg Charfli98
Commission. An examination indudes a review of the a￿Unting re(>Nds kept by the chanty and
ofthe accounts presented wth those rettrts. It 8lso indudes conslderatx)n of any unusual Itarns or
d16closures n the accounts. and seekKy exp￿TrationS ffom a$ (￿rKern￿￿J any such motters. Th
pro￿l￿reS uThlertakon do not provkle aN the aYiden(% thal wouhj bè requred in an authL and cDrwwity I
do not oxprgss an aud6t opinion ￿ whether the acccmmts presenl a In￿ and fatr VW.
INDEPENDEKf EXAMINER'S STATEMeNr
In tOMeCtlon wlth my èxam1nal1￿, ￿ matter has come to my attentk>n.'
{1) Whlch gb4es mè reas(¥th c4u5e to ￿lleye that In any r8sW lh& tntstees hwo Th)t met
the wulrnmonts to that..
PTOPgr acco(mtlNJ r￿￿$ are kopt (in aC￿rdanC• with secllon 130 of tho 2011 Act),. and
Acc￿nts are wepared whith agr89 wlth ￿nting roc(¥(Is and comply wrth tha
acxwnlky requlr8Th*nts ol the 2011 Art. or
(21 To whlch. In my oplrkn. attenlkn Sh￿Ad b& drawn in onler to arth a Fxopgr understandirvJ ofthé
accounts to be reached.
SKJned..
Mary K￿11118
FCA
Mandlp Ac0￿nI￿g Ltd
6 Hill Road
Cleved¢
North Somgrnet
BS21 7NE
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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL AcrrivmES Oncludkng Incom and Expendilur• Account)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2024
Total Funds
2024
Funds
Funds
INCOME FROM:
Sponsorship
Donation5
Shlpping
55,964
14,058
1,21S
55.964
18,535
1.215
4.4TI
TOTAL INCOME AND
ENDOWMEKrs
4,477
71.237
75.714
EXPENtXTURE 014:
Charitable Activities
Sent to SUFO, Uganda
3,744
4.524
70,457
70.457
TOTAL EXPENDITURE
3.744
71.237
74.981
NEf INCOME/(EXPENDITiMIEI
733
733
Totsl Funds at 1st Au8
Tthl Funds at 31
733
733

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BALANCE SHEEr
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2024
2024
FIXED ASSEY&.
Tangible Assets
CURRENT ASSETS:
C85h at bank ar￿ In
hand
733
CURREpif UABiufES:
NEf CURRENT ASSETS
733
NEf ASSETS:
733
FUNDS
Restrlcted FurKIs
Unrestricted Funds
733
733
Apwovod by the boarfl (rfTrust888 and Slgned ￿ their ty.
Synod..
A Grnb•r.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEpifs
FOR ThE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2024
1 ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The financlal statements have been we[w￿j thè historic Ix)5t convanti(￿. Thg financlol statemènts
have bgen prepargd in aCX￿￿nce with the Statement ol RecOrTh￿ PwtTrce'. AccoLMting and Retthlng
by Charits8 (FRS 102 SORP) i8su8d in 2014, and applrable UK knountmw StarHlard$ aThY tho
Chaiti8$ hLt 2011.
Fund• #trucluv•
Unre8tridgd Incom& funds conyrfse IIN)¥e funds Ihe tr￿lee5 are free to usa for any Fwose In
furtherance of Ihe charitsble obi8cts. UnrestrKled includ8 designated I￿￿ where thg trusteos, at thdr
or the t8mi$ of a 8pedts aweal.
Incom•
AJI Incom8 is rwnl6ed on(* tho ch8rlty has enti11th￿ tr) th8 r08rJJYc88. * is (xt81n that the r&8ource8 WMI
b8 recerthj and tho rTK)nelary value of Irwne ￿ be nwsurgd with sufficient relIab￿ty.
Income Irom don811ty)s Is incknled when are r8¢d¥at48. •XC4Pt 88 frIIM:
l) When th8 dLYKKS 8pKify that th• th%)atK￿ gfven to ts ch&ity bè u8•J In luknr8 a(YxJuntvig perlod8.'
11) Whan donoTr Imr*th rxJnditk>n5 wli(* havo lo b8 full1￿ the (*arity bgcomes entitbd to USO 6uch
Expendltur•
L￿b￿RI89 are ro(x)gnl8ed as expèrKliturn as s(K￿ as IheTr18 a legal or conslruclive obligalK)n c4JmmlUng
charity lo tho expenditure. AM expenditure 18 acccwntod for an accruals b8sls aThJ has been cLgssif
under hgadlrvJs that agreo al (#)sts rdated to thg cal•g0ry. &Jpixyi have bgen alktated 11X)% tThvard8
th• thar11￿10 activit*s ofthe charty.
Chwltabl• actlvlil•#
Charitable OXPgndibJre compflses costs ￿rred by the charity in thè d91ivery of tts aclivrties and
soMce¥ its benef￿rarI&S. It Indi￿¢$ both the direct pey and norwy costs and r￿pport costs relabng to
actlvllle
Govemance costs indthle those 1x￿ts asso¢thd rYwliryJ the con￿l￿onal and slatsrtory requirgments
ofthe charity, and Indude its in(*ThJent 8xamination fe8s and rA)sls Ilnked to the strategic management of
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEFtrs
FOR THE YEAR EMDED 31 JULY 2024
1 INCOME FROM DCINATIONS
Total Funds
Funds
General
Projects
Birthdays
Christmas
Mattresses
Medical Aid
4.477
4.477
6.293
6,293
1,385
4.144
4,144
356
356
4.477
14,058
18.535
2 EXPENDITURE ON CHARITA8LE ACTMES
Unrestdrted
Funds
Total Fund5
2024
Fufids
Website
Telephony
Bank Charges
Travel
Profésslonal Fees
PostsgelStatkMary
Shlpplng
Storage
Conferen¢e
163
31
373
163
31
373
18
294
2,424
52
260
294
52
260
3.743
4.523
NOTES TO THE F114At4ClAL 8TATEMEPtr8
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3 FINANCIAL REPORT FROM BIISIA STEP UP FAIIILY ORGAiimoN. UGANDA
During thi5 perl¢)J. wo rec4ived ugx 335,313.843 (£70,457) which vas dir8Ct8d to dassmed a(ai¥iti8s wKludkng
Paying school fees. food tJw¢ets lo f8mifi6s. bITtt￿ pth, sthool uniforms. stslK)nary, mattr886es.
medirAIK>n for the clNldTrn. vrAmte8r expen888. Lovd proieds. Christma5 paty and offire running
(xjsts amng other8.
At thè end of the peiiod, we had no oul8tandirwJ schocd fe8s or f(K*J to any Sch￿L8. lood parcels waro
di5tr1buted to the respedlve families. chldren re¢fjived mattressgs. bed sheots and mosquito nets, we
celetrffated tArthday parues for th￿dren bom arKI ￿ held a and entwlalnlrvJ
Chrfstmas porty at Lovdl S(￿K￿ grouTrJs.
UnT•slrlct•d
Fund•
Rostrlctod
Funds
Total
Fun
Total
Funds
UGX
151.724,472
18,2(K).OCK)
4,8ixi,(M)o
50,0(KI,￿O
33.950.OOD
3.PAX),OCKI
13,600.OC#)
8.187.400
6.031.000
18.047,000
5.1M)O.000
2,SSO.(M)o
18.2CM).000
1.333,LK)O
90,971
151.724.472
18,2(Kl,O(Kl
4,￿),0[￿1
so.0￿.000
33.950,0(KJ
3.600.000
13,600.000
8.187,400
6,031.CMXJ
18,047.CMYJ
5.tJ)O.C
2,550.￿0
18,2￿,(m)0
1,333,0(Kl
.971
Unlfom)s
Flre equipmenl
Ststionary
AccomryTh)d￿on11rx) chlklron)
Bat tYJ6. Englno r8pkneni
Lovell schwl F*a¢ts
Matra8888, b8d8 and Bed ¥1
Birthday ParUe8
Chrlstmas paty ￿ oulffts
F￿d Partd8 to famMI88
31,881
3.824
10,5CIS
7.134
756
2.858
1.720
1.287
3,792
1,051
School bags
Bank charggs
Balance ￿k1 In 88nk
3,824
335.313.843
335.313.843
70.457
Pago 10