2025-12-31-accounts

Trustees’ Annual Report for the period From 1/1/25 Period start date To 31/12/25 Period end date

Charity name: The Barber Charitable Trust Charity registraton number: 269544

Objectves and Actvites

Objectves and Actvites
	SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document	Para 1.17	 Makes Grants To Organisatons  Other Charitable Actvites
Summary of the main actvites in relaton to those purposes for the public beneft, in partcular, the actvites, projects or services identfed in the accounts.	Para 1.17 and 1.19	 General Charitable Purposes  Educaton/training  The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives  Disability  The Preventon Or Relief Of Poverty  Overseas Aid/Famine Relief  Accommodaton/housing  Religious Actvites  Economic/community Development/Employment  Other Charitable Purposes Who the charity helps:  Children/Young People  Elderly/Old People  People With Disabilites  People Of A Partcular Ethnic Or Racial Origin  Other Charites Or Voluntary Bodies  Other Defned Groups Where the charity operates:  Throughout England  Madagascar
Statement confrming whether the trustees have had regard to theguidance	Para 1.18	The Trustees have read and are guided by the Charity Commission informaton.

issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit

Additonal informaton (optonal)

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	SORP reference
Contributon made by volunteers	Para 1.38	The Trustees make regular visits to the projects in Madagascar several tmes a year including monitoring the use of funds. No expenses are taken. Other Volunteers have made visits to Madagascar too, and helped with selling craf products.
Other

Achievements and Performance

	SORP reference
Summary of the main achievements of the charity, identfying the diference the charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its benefciaries and any wider benefts to society as a whole.	Para 1.20	Funds sent to Associaton BOO Madagascar (charity registered in Madagascar), and Lake Mantasoa School, have enabled the school to grow and develop. In 2024 a new Library was built and equipped. A new Science block was built in 2025 and also more stafaccommodaton. A proporton of donatons help towards teachers’ salaries as well as materials for classes. 350 pupils receive a hot meal each day - the funds help buy foods and give employment to parents who cook the meals. Providing exercise books for all, means that many who weren’t able to go to school, are now able. The medical work is supported by BCT in the form of salaries for the School Nurses/Midwives, and medicines for children and staf. The efects reach out to all the wider families of pupils, and the work has made a centre for the communites around.

Objectves and actvites for the public beneft

The objects of the Trust are to make grants to appropriate institutions and individuals. The trustees confirm that they have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the Trust’s aims and objectives and in planning future activities and setting the grant making policy for the year.

The Trust carries out these objects by:

Funding projects in rural Madagascar including Community Development work with Association BOO Madagascar, a charity registered in Madagascar, with Lake Mantasoa School.

Madagascar is a country in crisis. After decades of economic disarray, its income, healthcare and education levels are among the lowest in the world: 79.7 per cent of Malagasy people live on less than £1.73 per day – the global poverty baseline.

Giving policy

The beneficiaries of our giving programme are ultimately the rural population of Madagascar, mostly living below the poverty level of £1.75 a day. The school has grown and had great success at getting children into education and staying there, with very good public exam results. The school families are cared for medically too. Many locals, and members of the school families are employed in different aspects of the work, helping counter rural unemployment.

2025 saw the building and opening of the School Science Lab, funded by BCT.

350 children have received clothes, educational materials, meals and medicines.

The Vocational Training has been expanded with all secondary students learning skills in, amongst other things, woodwork, agriculture, cooking, and sewing.

The medical work has seen the birth of dozens of babies, with training in “The First 1000 days of live” and “Helping Babies breathe”.

Our Midwifery work is on hold for the moment as registration documents need to be updated. We have a new school Nurse.

Older folk meet for meals and fellowship several times a year.

Youth who have gone on to Lycée level education have been cared for, helped with fees and equipment, and allowed to use the school resources of computers and library.

The Guest Houses on-site help towards the sustainability of the projects as well as creating work opportunities.

Local road maintenance projects provide employment for many locals and improve community and visitor access.

Financial Review

Review of the charity’s fnancial positon at the end of theperiod	Para 1.21	£7352 in Co-Op Bank £1535 cash (for carrying to next trip to Madagascar)
Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves statngwhytheyare held	Para 1.22	Reserves ready to send /carry in early 2026 to complete building of Science Block and paysalaries and foodprogramme
Amount of reserves held	Para 1.22	£8887
Reasons for holding zero reserves	Para 1.22	0
Details of fund materially in defcit	Para 1.24	0
Explanaton of any uncertaintes about the charitycontnuingas agoing	Para 1.23	N/a

concern

Additonal informaton (optonal)

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The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising)	Para 1.47	Donatons from churches, individuals, Trusts, legacies, from work done, from sales of goods made by team in Madagascar.
Investment policy and objectves including any social investment policy adopted	Para 1.46	Amount kept in higher rate savings account with 35 day interest
A descripton of the principal risks facingthe charity	Para 1.46	Changing exchange rates and bank charges when sending money abroad.
Other

Structure, Governance and Management

Descripton of charity’s trusts:
Type of governing document (trust deed,royal charter)	Para 1.25	Trust Deed
How is the charity consttuted? (e.g unincorporated associaton,CIO)	Para 1.25	Trust Deed Charitable Trust
Trustee selecton methods including details of any consttutonal provisions e.g. electon to post or name of any person or body enttled to appoint one or more trustees	Para 1.25	Family members

Additonal informaton (optonal)

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Relatonship with any related partes	Para 1.51	Partnership with Associaton BOO Madagascar and Lake Mantasoa School. Equip Madagascar and Mobile Health Madagascar also partner with the work.
Other

Reference and Administratve details

Charityname	The Barber Charitable Trust
Other name the charityuses
Registered charitynumber	269544
Charity’s principal address	Bethany, 1 Sefon Place Cotages, Warningcamp, Arundel BN18 9QY

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2	Trustee name	Ofce (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) enttled to appoint trustee (if any)
	Martn Barber	Trustee. Chair
	Mary Barber	Trustee. Book- keeper

Declaratons

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

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Signature(s)
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Book-keeper, Trustee Chair, Trustee

Date 10/3/26