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2021-06-30-accounts

CARE International UK Annual Report For the year ended 30 June 2021

75 years of CARE

CARE Bangladesh/2020, Anne Larrass/CARE/2010, Josh Estey/CARE/2005, Sabine Wilke/CARE/1996, CARE/Maik Rositzki/2015, Laura Gilmour/ CARE/2015, CARE/2015

CARE International UK Annual Report 2020/21

Table of Contents

STRATEGIC REPORT ...................................................................................................................... 2 2020/21: CARE IN NUMBERS .............................................................................................................. 2 MESSAGE FROM CARE INTERNATIONAL UK CHAIR ............................................................................ 3 CARE INTERNATIONAL UK IMPACT AND HIGHLIGHTS........................................................................ 5 FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE .............................................................................................................. 13 PLANS FOR THE FUTURE ................................................................................................................... 15 DIRECTORS’ REPORT .................................................................................................................. 17 STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT ............................................................................ 17 FUNDRAISING STATEMENT .............................................................................................................. 21 PUBLIC BENEFIT STATEMENT ........................................................................................................... 22 INTERNAL CONTROL ENVIRONMENT ............................................................................................... 22 RISK MANAGEMENT AND PRINCIPAL RISKS ..................................................................................... 24 ANTI FRAUD, BRIBERY, CORRUPTION AND EXPLOITATION POLICIES AND SERIOUS INCIDENT REPORTING ........................................................................................................................................... 26 OTHER POLICIES AND STATEMENTS ................................................................................................. 27 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ............................................................................................................... 29 STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES’ RESPONSIBILITIES IN RESPECT OF THE TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ............................................................................................................ 30 INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF CARE INTERNATIONAL UK ................... 32 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES ............................................................... 37 GROUP AND CHARITY BALANCE SHEET ....................................................................................... 38 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS ............................................................................ 39 NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS .......................................................................................................... 40 LEGAL & ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION .................................................................................. 60

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STRATEGIC REPORT

2020/21: CARE IN NUMBERS

CARE International and the United Nations Global Goals: Impact 2015 – 2020

CARE International UK (CIUK) is a member of the global CARE International confederation, an international organisation working in 104 countries around the world. CARE supports poor and marginalised people and communities to overcome injustice and tackle poverty.

CARE International UK plays a major role in achieving CARE’s goals by raising funds for the confederation’s work around the world and providing programme support and expertise. In 2021 CARE International UK continued to host CARE’s global Women’s Economic Justice, Inclusive Governance and Emergency Shelter teams to provide strategic leadership, technical advice and support to the global CARE confederation. The work highlighted in this report was directly supported by CARE International UK.

CARE International’s 2015-2020 strategy was completed in 2020 and the new Vision 2030 was approved. CARE’s worldwide impact over 2015-2021:

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MESSAGE FROM CARE INTERNATIONAL UK CHAIR

This annual report covers the 12 months from July 2020 to June 2021. It was a period of great hardship and upheaval. The UK went through two economic lockdowns. This was the period of most Covid deaths globally. And, sadly, the UK government responded by reducing its international assistance budget by 30%. There were also some things to celebrate.

CARE celebrated its 75th Anniversary in 2020. CARE was founded on 27 November 1945 to provide relief for those starving in Europe and elsewhere due to the Second World War, which had just ended. The first CARE Packages arrived in Le Havre, France, on 11 May 1946, containing canned meats, powdered milk, dried fruits, cooking fat, coffee and chocolate. CARE Packages were sent to Europe, Japan and beyond. Over one million CARE Packages were sent from the USA to widows and families in Britain, to be distributed by the Women’s Institute and other charities.

More than 75 years later, in 2022, CARE is providing food and other essential items once again, to people suffering the effects of war in Europe. We have learned a lot in between. Today, we also provide psychological support and protection from sexual violence. And we also provide cash where possible, to refugees who have left Ukraine. But in Ukraine, people need actual food and essential items, just like the CARE Packages 75 years ago.

We also celebrated on 25 June 2021, when a new global law to came into force to outlaw all forms of violence and harassment at work , including sexual violence and harassment. Convention 190 of the International Labour Organization (ILO) was signed by 186 countries in 2019 and has now been ratified by 11 countries, including the UK on 7 March 2022. CARE worked with others in civil society, business and governments across the world for three years to campaign for this Convention. Now that it has come into force, it will particularly protect 500 million women in over 50 countries that had no other domestic legal protections for women at work.

The Covid pandemic which started in early 2020 was growing rapidly during the period covered by this report. By 1 July 2020 there had been 11 million cases and over 500,000 deaths worldwide. By 30 June 2021, there had been 184 million cases and four million deaths.

In this report, we explain what CARE International UK has done to respond to the Covid pandemic around the world. We have seen in the UK as well as around the world that the impact of Covid has discriminated, even though the virus can’t. In everything we have done, we have worked to reduce inequalities in the way Covid support was provided to people from different groups, including women.

Most of the G7 richest advanced economies in the world increased their national aid budgets in response to the global Covid pandemic. Disappointingly, the UK Government was the only G7 country to cut its budget during the pandemic. It announced in November 2020 that it would breach the UK’s legal obligation and the Government’s manifesto commitment to provide 0.7% of national income in official development assistance to improve the welfare of people in countries with less wealth than the UK. In July 2021, the Chancellor announced this would continue to at least 2024/25.

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As set out in this report, CARE International UK worked with politicians of all parties and with other charities to campaign against these cuts. As the National Audit Office has recently said: “There was limited consideration of the impact on development outcomes.” It also said that the cuts disproportionately hurt bilateral programmes — which were cut by 53%, despite the total aid cuts amounting to 30%. This has had a direct impact on CARE International UK. Like many other charities, we have seen our partnership to implement UK Government funded development and humanitarian programmes shrink by 75% since the cuts. This report sets out the very significant impact this has had on our programmes around the world, as well as on our staff, and organisation, in the UK.

We have been working to improve diversity and inclusion, and experiences for all staff, since a Gender, Equality and Diversity audit in 2018. We recognise that we have not yet made as much progress as we need to. The Covid-19 pandemic and aid cuts have not helped but are not excuses. We are continuously reviewing and improving policies and procedures, and training staff and Trustees in various ways. We have invested in dedicated staff and training and we will continue to do so.

Looking ahead to 2021/22, we saw massive new humanitarian emergencies in Afghanistan and Ukraine. Responding to these emergencies is a key priority for us in 2021/22 and we will report on our response to these emergencies in more detail in our 2022 Annual Report.

We would like to thank all of our supporters, without whom none of the impact described in this report would be possible. We are particularly grateful to individual people who have continued giving to support CARE International UK’s work, despite all of the financial pressures created by the Covid pandemic and lockdowns. In addition, we are very grateful to our many corporate partners who decided that the global Covid pandemic was a reason to increase their support for charities, including CARE International UK. We have used these funds to support people around the world suffering from the health, economic and social consequences of the pandemic.

I would also like to thank all staff, volunteers and Trustees of CARE International UK. The combination of the pandemic and working remotely, with the huge cuts to international development made by the UK Government, have made for an exceptionally challenging year for CARE International UK as well as many other UK international charities. I am grateful for and impressed by the resilience and commitment which staff, volunteers and Trustees have all shown in achieving our mission despite these challenges.

Lyndall Stein Chair of the Board of Trustees

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CARE INTERNATIONAL UK IMPACT AND HIGHLIGHTS

75 years of CARE

CARE’s 75[th] year was celebrated in 2020.

CARE was set up in the USA in 1945 under the name Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe to respond to the devastation and scarcity World War 2 had wrought. Originally, Americans paid $10 to send a ‘CARE Package’, containing food and supplies, to someone in Europe.

To mark the anniversary CARE International UK shared stories that celebrate the power of the kindness of strangers and inspire people to take action today. We asked the public to share stories of ‘Acts of Kindness’ by strangers that had impacted their lives.

We shared stories such as memories from Berlin and Britain in World War I in 1947, and more recently Mozambique 2020.

Bernd’s story

Bernd Kadritzke shared his memories of receiving CARE packages in Germany after the war ended:

“We received a package every few months, beautifully wrapped with coloured paper we had never seen before. I still remember the excitement, as we had to wait until our father came home from work before we were allowed to open them.

The most excited person was my grandmother, who was hoping for ‘real’ coffee because you could only buy ‘Kaffee-Ersatz’ in the shops. I remember her grabbing the coffee tin, pressing it against her and jumping up and down like a child!

There were also sweets for us children. To this day I remember the taste of the chocolate. Every time a CARE packet came, it was like Christmas – after 70 years a very big thank you to CARE.” .

10 Years of Lendwithcare

In November 2020, Lendwithcare celebrated ten years of providing life-changing microloans to small business owners across a range of low-income countries. The project was launched by CARE International UK to provide the UK public with a means of directly supporting lowincome entrepreneurs with a loan. This approach provides the entrepreneurs supported through Lendwithcare with the means to make positive changes to their businesses themselves, and when the loans are repaid the lenders can recycle their funds to support more entrepreneurs in need of funding.

To celebrate the 10-year anniversary we created an annual Future Fund Appeal to raise funds to cover the operational and growth costs of the initiative. This will ensure we can continue sending 100% of the funds loaned by supporters to entrepreneurs via our local development partners.

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Lendwithcare: Nancy’s story

Nancy Chaima is an experienced and committed solar entrepreneur who first received funding through Lendwithcare in 2019. She is a dedicated member of the Financing Energy Business Cooperative in Malawi and received funding through Lendwithcare’s partnership with SolarAid to purchase a stock of phone-charging solar lights.

Families living without access to electricity are forced to rely on poor quality torches or, worse, candles and kerosene lamps to escape the dark. These alternatives are dangerous, expensive, polluting, impact children’s education and lead to preventable deaths.

The solar lights that Nancy sells offer a simple solution. When a family has access to solar energy, everything changes. Up to 15% of household income is saved from no longer having to buy batteries, kerosene or candles, children can study safely, and CO2 emissions are reduced by an estimated one tonne per household.

In 2021, Nancy received further support from Lendwithcare lenders to support her business through the challenges presented by Covid-19:

“With Covid-19 in our midst it hasn't been easy for every business to cope and mine became bankrupted and did not have stock to sell, but with the loan that was given, my business was able to revive.”

“My goal [is] to see every house in my community with solar lamps… and ten years from now I would like my business to grow and be able to reach out to as many people as it can and I have all the stock necessary at all times. Personally I would like my life to change that I should be able to live in a good house, own a car and improve the livelihood of my family.”

Lendwithcare: Carbon positive grants

Lendwithcare’s model has lending at its core for more than ten years. A key part of our diversification strategy is to encourage financial support that addresses climate change, whilst improving the lives of those we seek to help through grants as well as loans.

The carbon positive grants option was launched using a CARE India project to provide clean cooking stoves to low-income women in one of the poorest regions of India through a partnership with the Fair Climate Fund. They will verify the amount of CO2 reduced and this will be certified by Gold Standard and Fairtrade International.

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In January 2022, also with the Fair Climate Fund, there was an additional project to provide clean cookstoves in Rwanda using sawdust pellets that provide an even greater level of carbon reduction.

Subsequently, we hope to include other projects, such as agroforestry through coffee/cacao planting, generating an income for small-holder farmers as well as preserving forest cover that encourages reforestation; construction of household bio-digesters; and solar cookstoves.

We decided to build in the opportunity to promote other grants through the Lendwithcare website. This led to the launch of typhoon Rai Emergency Appeal supporting the work of local partner, a Co-operative in the Philippines whose members were badly affected by the typhoon.

Responding to the Covid-19 pandemic

Asafuzzaman Captain/CARE Bangladesh

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Responding to complex emergencies - Yemen

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CARE is one of the few international aid agencies with an established presence in Yemen, where we have worked since 1993. We are focusing on making sure that people in the hardest-hit and most hard-to-reach areas have access to emergency supplies and assistance with meeting their basic needs, including food and water.

The near-collapse of public services – only 45% of health facilities in Yemen remain, with limited functionality – means that we are also providing sanitation, hygiene, and livelihoods support.

Our response to COVID-19 included providing PPE to ensure medical professionals can remain safe, using local radio and TV to reach most of the population with health and safety messaging, providing hygiene kits and training on handwashing and protection to communities, and supporting local authorities in reconnecting and upgrading water and sewage networks. .

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Responding to complex emergencies - Syria

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CARE has been working in Syria since 2013 and has reached more than 7.2 million people since the beginning of the crisis. We also support refugee families in neighbouring countries including Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey, and those crossing into Europe.

Working with local Syrian partners, we are delivering emergency assistance as well as longerterm support, including:

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Wednesday for Women - Crack the Crisis

Julie Edwards/ CARE/ 2021

CARE International UK, Action Aid, Plan International and other organisations focussing on women’s rights and gender justice in the UK called on G7 leaders to shift the dial for gender justice once and for all. We urged Boris Johnson and the G7 to not let Covid-19 roll back gender equality by a generation.

CARE International UK asked the public to sign a petition to stop the roll back. We highlighted that G7 needed to:

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On 22nd September, #Wednesday4Women brought together organisations, activists, allies and leaders across the women and girls sector in the UK and globally as part of The Great Big Green Week – the biggest week of action on climate change ever in the UK. We called for public and parliamentary support for strong UK Government action on gender justice and climate change.

Climate change is the fight that unites us all. That’s why as supporters of gender justice and women’s rights we called on the UK Government to make sure they deliver:

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FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

Income

Total income was £62.7m in the year ended 30 June 2021 (2020: £73.9m), of which £51.9m (2020: £62.4m) was restricted to international programmes. This reduction in income is mainly due to a decrease in available funding from our largest institutional donor, the Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) / Department for International Development (DFID), which dropped to £44.6m in the year ended June 2021 (2020: £52.9m). This was largely the result of the UK government scaling back official development assistance while reallocating resources to the ongoing domestic Covid-19 pandemic response. Meanwhile, total restricted and unrestricted income from individuals and corporations increased slightly to £10.0m in the year ended June 2021 (2020: £9.9m). We continued to support the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) through campaigns and deploying communications staff, receiving funding of £1.4m (2020: £0.4m) from DEC appeals.

Given the change in the UK’s commitment to the 0.7% set-aside of GDP for official development assistance and continued delays in DFID & FCDO procurement processes, new grants signed were significantly lower than in prior years and we anticipate a much more significant decline in restricted income from these sources in future years.

Unrestricted income was £10.8m in the year ended June 2021 (2020: £11.5m), this decline of £0.7m is largely due to a diversification of income streams in response to the pandemic.

Expenditure

Total expenditure was £67.7m in the year ended June 2021 (2020: £71.1m), of which restricted spend on international programmes was £57.9m (2020: £59.7m). Humanitarian programme expenditure represented 65% of our charitable expenditure (2020: 73%), reflecting our continued focus in this area.

We spent £4.0m in the year ended June 2021 to generate £11.4m from donations and legacies from individuals and corporate partners (2020: spent £3.8m to generate £10.4m).

Given the challenging environment and uncertainty about future funding levels for international humanitarian action and development, cost reduction plans were implemented, and overall unrestricted expenditure was reduced to £9.9m in the year ended June 2021 (2020: £11.4m).

In the latter part of the financial year ended 30 June 2021 we set our operating budget for the 2021/22 financial year, to ensure that we maintain capacity to position ourselves for new partnerships and donors and to provide high quality technical support to CARE programmes. We continue to monitor fundraising performance against a challenging external environment and have committed to increase investment in income growth (especially from new individual donors) when the fundraising climate improves.

Restricted Deficit, Unrestricted Surplus and Reserves

As at 30 June 2021 we carried forward £9.1m of restricted funds associated with multi-year grants for use in future years (2020: £15.2m). This reduction stems from spending down grant funding secured and recognised as income in prior years at a higher rate than new income was secured and recognised.

As the reduction in unrestricted expenditure was significantly greater than the decline in unrestricted income during the year ended 30 June 2021, we generated net unrestricted income of £1.1m. Combined with other changes to net assets this resulted in an increase in unrestricted reserves from £1.8m to £2.9m.

Free unrestricted reserves, which do not include amounts related to fixed assets, increased from £1.4m to £2.8m.

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Free reserves are held to ensure continuity of the Charity’s ongoing and future activities, including:

All charities are required to consider how much they need to hold in reserves. The extent varies depending on the scale and nature of the charities activities.

The Board has set its policy to maintain a minimum level of £1.5m to £2m reserves. Given the current operating environment, it recognises that maintaining a higher level of free reserves may be prudent.

Cash and Short-Term Deposits

Cash and short-term deposits remained stable during the year ended 30 June 2021, increasing slightly from £19.7m to £20.0m. Most of these funds represents cash received for donor-funded projects and are obligated against specific activities. Of the total cash balance, £17.2m is restricted while the unrestricted cash balance held by the CARE International UK group was £2.7m.

Going concern

The economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic led the UK government to reduce official development assistance, which had a significant impact on the income of CARE International UK in the financial year ending 2021 and going forward. This reduction in income presented a challenging financial environment for the Charity, and we amended our strategy and operations, resulting in a corporate restructure.

Prompt action and prudent financial management during the financial year ended 30 June 2021 increased the organisation’s free unrestricted reserves to £2.8m (2020: £1.4m).

Since 30 June 2021, the Charity has continued its process to adjust to lower UK government official development assistance, including restructuring Programme Teams, strengthening our cost recovery and cash management processes. Unaudited unrestricted cash was £3.4m on 30 June 2022 (2021: £2.8m). Operating budgets for FY22 onwards are set conservatively and subject to oversight by the Trustees.

In preparing the going concern assessment, income and expenditure projections have been extended to 30 June 2024. A baseline projection has been prepared based upon the FY23 Reforecast, and first draft of the FY24 budget as presented to the Board in March 2023 – which shows continuing cost control and reflects recent contract wins.

In addition to the baseline projection, alternative scenarios have been modelled which consider the impact of potential declines in income of up to 20% in both programme and fundraising, as well as a further increase in inflation. A further scenario has been also prepared – a cumulative crystallization of all anticipated scenarios at the same time – to assess the impact such a scenario would have on the financial sustainability of the Charity. In this scenario the charity would have sufficient unrestricted cash resources to continue its operations.

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In addition to the scenarios set out above, the Trustees acknowledge that historic and current issues in filing statutory information risk undermining funders’ confidence in the Charity. In the event that the income scenarios noted above were to double in their magnitude as a result of funders withdrawing or pausing funding, CIUK would have insufficient unrestricted cash resources to meet its obligations as they fall due and would therefore be unable to continue operations at least 12 months from the expected date of approval of the financial statements. While mitigations could be put in place, for example a reduction in staff and non-staff costs, the challenges in doing so within a reasonable timeframe and the resultant knock on impact on programme delivery and fundraising are uncertain. For this reason, the Trustees have concluded that there is material uncertainty relating to going concern. Trustees remain committed to taking all available actions required in terms of cash management and control of expenditure to ensure a worst-case scenario is avoided.

Trading subsidiary

The Charity’s wholly owned subsidiary carries out trading activities for the Charity. These activities provided a loss before tax of £9k in the year ended 30 June 2021 (2020: £74k). As

PLANS FOR THE FUTURE

CARE International UK Objectives for FY22

One of our objectives in 2021 was to ensure a successful COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow, to reduce emissions to achieve no more than 1.5 degrees of global warming and to provide developing countries with the finance to address loss and damage already suffered and to adapt to the impacts still to come. While this report sets out much of the preparatory work that we did, the COP26 Summit was delayed from November 2020 to November 2021 and so remained an objective for our financial year 2021.

Work with NGOs to restore FCDO leadership on gender equality

As set out in this report, there was a substantial impact on women and girls and gender equality from the UK Government’s aid cuts in 2021. One of our objectives in FY22 is to work with new leadership at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office to reverse cuts to programmes which prioritise gender equality and to restore gender equality as a top priority for the FCDO International Development Strategy.

Respond to emergencies in Afghanistan, Ukraine

The humanitarian situation in Afghanistan deteriorated significantly in 2021. Already under pressure from drought, Covid and conflict, this was compounded by an economic and banking crisis in late 2021 leading to many people losing their livelihoods and millions of people going hungry. One of our objectives in 2022 is to deliver programmes, fundraise and advocate to ensure that people in Afghanistan receive the humanitarian assistance they need.

The Ukraine conflict began in March 2022, towards the end of our financial year 2022. Our immediate objective is to fundraise and plan an effective response, with a particular focus on the risks to women and children. In our 2022 Annual Report we will say more about the longerterm response plan and achievements.

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Implement a Fundraising strategy to diversify income following FCDO aid cuts

Diversifying our sources of income is a long-term objective but is even more urgent in 2021 and beyond following the 75% drop in funding from the UK Government for our work. We will be particularly focused on funding from the private sector, individuals and Trusts and Foundations.

Updated Strategy

In 2021, CARE International launched Vision 2030 which sets out an ambitious an ambitious approach to tackling poverty and injustice agreed by CARE International UK and all members of the CARE Confederation.

Vision 2030 recognises that CARE’s expertise lies in our holistic and inclusive approach to tackling poverty and injustice. It also recognises that women and girls experience poverty, hardship, climate, conflict and health emergencies very differently to men, and require specialized approaches that do not universally exist. For this reason, CARE will continue to place the specific needs and rights of women and girls at the heart of all we do.

Vision 2030 also reflects the lessons we have learned about the need to influence change beyond the communities where we work directly. We will do this by scaling up proven models, advocating for pro-poor policies, strengthening social accountability and giving voice to social movements and excluded groups.

Vision 2030 recognises that civil society has evolved significantly over recent decades. We have learned that to tackle poverty and injustice sustainably, we need to invest in civil society strengthening in ways that accelerate change and promote accountability. We will adapt our internal systems and ways of working to achieve this.

The CARE International UK Strategy was due to be updated in this reporting period following on from the new CARE International Confederation Vision 2030. Work started on this in the second quarter of 2020/21 but was paused as a result of the impact of the cuts to UK Government official development assistance announced in November 2020. It was agreed that the priority should be to focus on the immediate impact of those cuts rather than a longerterm vision. We will take forward work to develop the CARE International Strategic Plan for CARE International UK that will set out our specific contribution to Vision 2030 and how CARE International UK will change and evolve to deliver this effectively, and this will be reported on in the relevant annual report.

Updated Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan

Continuous learning and improvement on diversity and inclusion remains an objective for us. The Gender, Equality and Diversity plan that we have followed since our audit in 2018 is being updated in 2023 as part of the overall Strategy. It will reflect the progress, lessons and shortfalls we have seen over the last three years. We will report against our first wave of Diversity Targets in 2023.

Finance Improvement Plan

The completion and publication of our 2020 Annual Report was delayed. One of the reasons for this was that we had to review and clear a backlog within programme administration. We are taking remedial action to prevent such incidents recurring. The implementation of a Financial Improvement Plan began in 2022 and remains ongoing. Many of the actions have been addressed and we are targeting final completion of all actions by June 2024.

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DIRECTORS’ REPORT

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Legal structure

CARE International UK is a registered charity (Number 292506) and a private company (Number 1911651) limited by guarantee. The objects of the company, as set out in the Memorandum and Articles of Association, are to relieve poverty and sickness, to promote the preservation and protection of health and to advance education among the world’s poor.

Related organisations

CARE International has a wholly owned subsidiary CI Enterprises Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales (Company No. 02306212). CI Enterprises is used for trading activities to provide income for the Charity.

Board of Trustees and Governing Committees

The governing body of the Charity is the Board of Trustees (as listed on page 60). The Board meets formally four times a year. Trustees delegate responsibilities to the Committees, CEO and Management Team in line with the approved Delegated Authorities Policy. There are three standing committees:

These committees are made up of members of the Board and other independent individuals with relevant experience under specific terms of reference from the Board. CARE International UK held 4 board meetings and 16 committee meetings during 2020/21. Attendance at board meetings was 86% and attendance by individual Trustees at committee meetings was 51/64 (80%).

Potential candidates for both the Board and committees are recruited through an open and transparent process, including by advertisement in the press, online and through trustee recruitment organisations, as well as on the CARE International UK website. The Ethics and People Committee selects potential new members of the Board who are then approved by the Board before appointment.

A formal HR induction process is followed for new Board and committee members. We also introduce them to the Charity as a whole and help them to form connections with our staff. We make sure they know about their legal duties and check if they need any professional development to thrive in the role.

Members of the Board and committees serve for a three-year period and may be re-elected for normally one and a maximum of two further three-year terms. None of the members of the Board received any remuneration for their work as trustees. Reasonable expenses are covered, to ensure there are no socio-economic barriers to being a trustee.

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Management Team

The key management personnel of the Charity are the Senior Management Team (as listed under Organisational Details on page 60). The remuneration of the Chief Executive is set by the Ethics and People Committee, and the remuneration of the Senior Management Team is set by the same committee in consultation with the Chief Executive.

Remuneration Policy and CEO pay

The Ethics and People Committee approve the salaries for our CEO, Senior Management Team and the organisational pay structures. Our pay framework is structured across 11 distinct salary grades and all jobs are evaluated before being placed in a grade. We benchmark our salaries each year against similar organisations in the NGO sector and pay at the median of salaries for each grade, and are a London living wage employer. We are currently undergoing a pay review focussed on our grading and pay structure and recommendations are expected in May 2023.

The highest paid individual in the organisation is the Chief Executive Officer. In 2021 the Chief Executive’s remuneration (pay and pension) placed him in the £130,001-£140,000 band (2020: £130,001-£140,000 band).

Our pay ratio (the ratio between the highest paid member of CARE International UK staff and the median) is 3.2 (2020: 3.2) and this ratio is one of the indicators used to monitor the organisation’s approach to pay.

None of the members of the Board received any remuneration for their work as trustees (2020: Nil). Expenses reimbursed to trustees for travel undertaken on the Charity's behalf in 2021 totaled £174 (2020: Nil).

Governance and Trustee duties

CARE International UK's Board of Trustees has adopted the Charity Governance Code for larger charities and regularly monitors performance against the Code. Following the Board’s self-assessment (published in July 2018 and refreshed in November 2020) against the recommendations of the Code the Ethics and People Committee agreed that the Board met the recommendations of the Code but needed to focus more on diversity. Recruitment of new Trustees has addressed this. The organisation takes diversity and inclusion issues seriously and is planning on conducting training courses and open discussion sessions to help bring this to the forefront of conscious awareness.

The Charity paid £16.8k in 2021 (2020: £9.3k) for trustees' Indemnity Insurance cover.

Statement of compliance with Section 172

As a registered company CARE International UK is also bound by the reporting requirements of company law and as part of this the Trustees of CARE International UK are required to state how they have complied with their duties under Section 172(1) of the Companies Act 2006. Trustees must act in a way they consider, in good faith, would be most likely to promote the success of CARE to achieve its charitable purposes in compliance with section 172 Companies Act 2006.

The Board of Trustees delegate day to day management and decision making to the Chief Executive and other members of the Senior Management Team whose responsibility it is to ensure that the Charity’s activities are carried out in compliance with agreed plans and policies. Details of the structure and activities of the Board and its standing committees are provided above and under the Legal and Administrative section at the end of this report.

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The table below sets out the key decision taken by the Board during the year and how the interests of our stakeholders and the wider factors set out in Section 172 of the Companies Act 2006 were taken into account.

Restructure as
a result of cuts
to aid budget		 The organisation embarked on a
corporate restructure in FY21to
achieve substantive savings in
order to have a balanced budget in
FY22. This was the direct
consequence of cuts in the aid
budget in from 0.7% to 0.5% which
has impacted on CARE
International UK’s income
predictions.		 Key considerations:
Change management
process and the impact on
employees.
How CARE International UK
could continue to achieve its
impact and charitable
objectives with a reduced
budget.
Impact on current and future
beneficiaries.

In carrying out their duties the Trustees have regard, amongst other matters, to:

The likely consequences of any decision in the long term

The scope of our vision and strategic goals are summarised on page 2. Optimising our support to poor and marginalised people and communities to overcome injustice and tackle poverty is the desired outcome of our operations. Consideration of sustainability and the long-term consequences of strategic proposals is part of the Board’s decisionmaking process. External circumstances sometimes change and if necessary, we adapt our plans to respond to changing needs.

The interests of the Charity’s employees

Our people and culture are vital to the successful delivery of our strategic goals. CARE International UK embraces diversity and inclusiveness within our organisation. Our diversity team – made up of staff from all levels, including our CEO (Chief Executive Officer) – has actively promoted improvements in the way we operate internally. The membership of the Board of Trustees reflects this emphasis.

The need to foster the Charity’s business relationships with suppliers, customers and others

We identify the following as the key stakeholders with whom we foster ongoing relationships:

The desirability of the Charity in maintaining a reputation for high standards of business conduct

We espouse the values we wish to influence, support and sustain in our programmes in our engagement with our own donors, suppliers, partners and other stakeholders. Our reputation and credibility are vital to the successful delivery both of our strategic goals and our day-to-day activities.

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Change of Auditor

In February 2023 CARE International UK commenced a tender exercise in order to appoint a new external auditor for the year ended 30 June 2022 onwards. The audit for the year ended 30 June 2021 will be the last audit completed by BDO LLP, and Crowe LLP will be appointed to complete the audit for the year ended 30 June 2022 onwards.

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FUNDRAISING STATEMENT

CARE International UK seeks to maintain the highest possible standards in our fundraising and engagement activities and will never take the kindness and generosity of the British public for granted. Individual supporters who have chosen to support our work – either through single or regular donations, campaigning, participating in fundraising events, responding to an emergency appeal, or giving a loan to an entrepreneur through our Lendwithcare.org website – all make it possible for us to continue to save lives, support women and girls and to be there for the world’s most vulnerable people. We are grateful to them every day and strive to keep earning their trust and their support by providing the highest standards of service and supporter experience.

Care International UK strives to raise funds from organisations that share the same values and ethics and that exist in the same moral space. CARE International UK also continues to be registered with the Fundraising Regulator and is an Organisational Member of the Institute of Fundraising. We adhere to the Code of Fundraising Practice across all public engagement and fundraising activities and continue to engage with both regulatory bodies to ensure all our fundraising activities are compliant and following best practice.

We have continued to review and update our consent and privacy policies in order to stay fully compliant with the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). It is important that our supporters are happy with how we communicate with them, that they understand when there is a legitimate interest for us to do so, and that they are clear on what we do and don’t do with their personal information.

We have continued to work closely with professional fundraising and marketing agencies over the last year, who have supported and helped to deliver our fundraising activities. We undertake a rigorous due diligence and tender process before starting to work with any suppliers and have strict contracts in place with existing suppliers, which include clauses on GDPR, CARE International UK’s own vulnerable circumstances policy, human trafficking laws, and the Modern Slavery Act. Close monitoring of all fundraising and marketing campaigns is essential, including regular spot checks and mystery shopping, as it is very important to us that the agencies with which we work meet the high standards we set for ourselves.

We continue to be immensely proud of the stewardship service provided by our dedicated Supporter Care team, who are often the first point of contact that the British public will have with CARE International UK. During 2020/21 our fundraising and engagement activities reached TV, online and print audiences. In this year, just four complaints were received (2020: five complaints) . We continue to treat all complaints seriously and ensure they are thoroughly investigated and responded to.

At CARE International UK we are committed to protecting vulnerable people. In 2022 we produced a new vulnerable circumstances policy focussed on vulnerable circumstances rather than labelling a person as vulnerable, which is a more inclusive approach and allows us to offer a more tailored approach. This policy is now on our website and an internal version is circulated to all staff quarterly. Our Senior Supporter Care Officer has undertaken further training on Vulnerable Circumstances and has shared this training with staff across the organisation.

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PUBLIC BENEFIT STATEMENT

The trustees confirm that they have complied with the duty in the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit, ‘Charities and Public Benefit’. That guidance addresses the need for all charities’ aims to be, demonstrably, for the public benefit. The objects of the Company, as set out in the Articles of Association, are to relieve poverty and sickness, to promote the preservation and protection of health and to advance education among the world’s poor. CARE International UK’s approach to fighting poverty in our outcome areas (humanitarian response; women’s economic empowerment; maternal and child health; food and nutrition) through a focus on gender equality, inclusive governance and resilience and by advocating on behalf of the poorest and most vulnerable people, allows us to meet directly the following criteria for public benefit as defined by the Charity Commission guidance:

We are clear in our aims and objectives and adhere to codes of governance which reach across the wider humanitarian sector, including the Sphere Handbook (a set of principles and standards agreed by the major humanitarian organisations, including CARE), the Red Cross code of conduct, and the Core Humanitarian Standards on Quality and Accountability (CHS). CARE federation is now externally verified against the Core Humanitarian Standard, following an external audit by the Humanitarian Quality Assurance Initiative in early 2020.

Our approach is to listen to the people we work for and take great care to ‘do no harm’. We aim to help the poorest and most marginalised members of society, and no person is excluded on the grounds of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or social position.

INTERNAL CONTROL ENVIRONMENT

Internal control

The Trustees have overall responsibility for ensuring that the Charity has an appropriate system of control, financial and otherwise. They are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006.

The systems of internal control are designed to provide assurance against material misstatement or loss. They include:

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Trustees continue to review the adequacy of the Charity’s internal control systems with the Senior Management Team. This is undertaken quarterly as part of the Risk Assurance Framework which distinguishes between 11 main risk areas. Each risk area has a dedicated risk owner and a Board committee responsible for its oversight. As part of the risk review, the trustees consider whether the controls in place are sufficient for the organisational purposes.

In accordance with the Audit Charter, a risk-based internal audit approach is taken, and the annual audit plan is approved by the Finance and Audit Committee.

In the view of the Board, internal audit is sufficiently independent with unrestricted access to the Finance and Audit Committee and the Board of CARE International UK.

During the year, less internal work was carried out due to the impact that Covid restrictions had on our staff’s ability to perform overseas visits, necessitating remote auditing. Furlough also impacted the internal audit plan. Following the work to reconcile a backlog of historical balances on previously completed projects, the Board increased investment in the finance team to improve financial controls to ensure that accounting for all active projects is fully upto-date and that the accounting for finished projects is completed promptly. An external assurance firm was engaged subsequent to year end to supplement the internal audit work already performed and to support with additional reviews of fund accounting, LendwithCare and financial controls in order to provide additional assurance to the Board. As a result of this, a finance improvement plan was prepared to address all of the recommended improvements. We have already started work and a number of key improvements have been introduced; we aim to complete all actions by June 2024.

The Board believes that the Charity’s other internal controls are adequate and meet with guidelines issued by the Charity Commission. The Board recognises that continuing to develop and strengthen CARE International UK’s internal controls is a key priority moving forward and has ensured that the resources and expertise are in place to do so by expanding the core finance team and committing further investment to internal audit.

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RISK MANAGEMENT AND PRINCIPAL RISKS

CARE International UK recognises the risks that we face due to the nature and context of our work. The Board of Trustees, as the ultimate risk owner, has a Risk Management Policy and an established risk management process.

Strategic risks are reviewed and discussed quarterly by the Senior Management Team’s Risk Management Committee. The Senior Management Team is responsible for the management of the key risks and ensuring effective mitigation is in place. CARE International UK uses recognised risk management protocols and standards assessing financial, operational, regulatory, external, and strategic risks.

CARE regularly updates its Risk Assurance Framework that differentiates between 11 distinct risk areas. Each risk area is managed by a risk owner and overseen by a Board committee. These risk areas are reviewed quarterly at the Risk Management Committee meetings, and reports prepared for the relevant Board committees. The Board sets the Charity’s Risk Appetite in these key risk areas.

The significant risks for CARE International UK, as well as for the broader Charity and development sector, stem directly or indirectly from the outbreak of a global pandemic, and the associated economic downturn. These risks and the Board’s plans to manage those risks are summarised below:

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Identified risk Measures in place to manage the risks:
Financial Stability & fundraising:  Programmes have been adapted to
The organisation continues to be overly mitigate impact on income.
reliant on FCDO and changes there and to  Careful monitoring of fundraising
the global economy may impact our ability to market and CARE International UK
fundraise as well as affect our organisational financial performance.
costs.  Ongoing actions taken to rebuild
reserves.
 Relationship building, advocacy and
influencing FCDO priorities.
 Ongoing strategic review of
organisational priorities to ensure
financial sustainability.
Systems and controls:  Internal audit reviews carried out
Failure to have appropriate systems and regularly and we are in process of
controls in place would leave us vulnerable expanding resources in this area
to fraud, cyber-attacks, data breaches or through collaboration with CARE
USA.
unable to meet the compliance requirements
 External assurance assessment
of our regulators and donors. In prior year,
performed and actions underway to
work began to reconcile a backlog of
address any issues identified.
historical balances on previously completed
 Cyber audit performed and
projects. We have recognised that further
recommendations in process of
investment in our teams and infrastructure is
being implemented.
necessary to ensure that our systems and  Finance improvement plan in place
controls are maintained at an appropriate
and in process of being
standard.
implemented.
 Additional resources have been
recruited to enhance our control
environment.
Environments where we operate  Due diligence on implementing
partners.
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Increases our financial and operational risks including: disruptions in programming; loss of access; delays in activities; loss of project documentation, physical threat and safeguarding risks.

In some countries financial sanctions apply.

Impact of operating environment on staff:

Changes in the operating environment as a result of Covid-19 and recent aid budget cuts have resulted in reduced opportunities for travel and less connection to the purpose for staff. This poses a risk to the organisation as low morale may lead to higher staff turnover.

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ANTI FRAUD, BRIBERY, CORRUPTION AND EXPLOITATION POLICIES AND SERIOUS INCIDENT REPORTING

Policies and reporting

CARE International has global policies on Anti-Fraud and Corruption and Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and Child Protection, which apply to all CARE members and operations. We have a Serious Incident Reporting protocol agreed with the UK Board.

The Anti-Fraud and Corruption policy requires all incidents or allegations of fraud, loss and bribery to be reported to donors and the Finance and Audit Committee, regardless of financial materiality and ensures a consistent approach to fraud awareness, prevention, reporting and investigations across the confederation. In addition to the preventative measures, anti-fraud, corruption and bribery controls are reviewed by internal audit. All UK staff are required to complete online anti-fraud training, reinforced through refresher training including during Charity Fraud Awareness week.

Serious incidents

Despite our enhanced approach to fraud prevention, the reality is that from time to time we will be victims of fraud. During the year 31 suspicions of fraud were reported to CARE International UK (2020: 42 fraud reports), all of which were in relation to our overseas programmes. These were fully investigated and it was identified that 3 reports were unsubstantiated and 28 were substantiated. The downward trend in the amount of fraud reports can mainly be attributed to aid cuts, which affected our large programmes in Syria, Yemen, and Mozambique. Two incidents were reported to the Charity Commission, one case related to forged bank deposit slips in Mozambique, and the other related to alleged discrimination of staff in Syria. The former issue was also reported to local police in Mozambique. The latter issue was also reported to FCDO and DEC, who closed this case in May and November 2021, respectively, as the investigation by CARE USA found the allegations to be unfounded. Overall, the reported incidents related to corruption at community committees, theft, falsification of expenses by staff, inflated procurement and collusion by staff with vendors, and false beneficiary information.

In addition, in 2021, we have submitted reports of serious incidents to the Charity Commission regarding our drop in income from UK official development assistance and the delay to the 2020 accounts. The Charity Commission have responded that they are assured that the trustees are dealing with the matters appropriately and responsibly.

Serious incidents have been reported to the relevant donors and UK bodies, including the Charity Commission, as appropriate, and in accordance with the CARE International UK Serious Incident Reporting protocol.

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OTHER POLICIES AND STATEMENTS

Safeguarding

CARE International UK’s commitment to safeguarding is guided by the principle that the welfare of the people and communities we work with is paramount.

CARE International UK continues to provide training on safeguarding to staff across the confederation, emphasising the importance of reporting and whistleblowing. CARE International UK has a zero-tolerance approach to safeguarding and protection, and consequently investigates all concerns raised.

Our safer programming approach ensures that everyone who comes into contact with our work is protected. We have strict systems in place to assess, mitigate, and manage the risks of harm our work presents. Designing safeguarding into the work we do helps us to put enough resources in the right places to prevent harm happening - and ensures we have the processes in place to respond swiftly when it does.

In 2021 CARE International UK achieved the following milestones to increase our safeguarding capacity:

Our commitment to safeguarding means we continually improve our service by learning from the concerns that are raised and the action that is taken. Our safeguarding standards continue to evolve and continue to be community focused and designed around the work we deliver in proximity to needs of the people and communities we support.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

At CARE International UK, the starting point for all our work is our belief that poverty is caused by unequal power relations that result in the inequitable distribution of resources and opportunities between women and men, between power-holders and marginalised communities, and between countries. We believe that poverty cannot be overcome without addressing those underlying power imbalances. It is CARE International UK’s mission to work alongside people and communities around the world to remove those power imbalances, in order to achieve social justice and thereby end poverty.

We recognise that CARE International UK is not a specialised anti-racism organisation. We therefore want to be thoughtful about how we can be a true ally of others who are leading the anti-racism movement. We know that we need to work both to be a nonracist organisation and an anti-racist organisation.

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In 2021, CARE International UK has become a more diverse and inclusive organisation. An ethnicity pay review has been completed, we have established new diversity targets, added statements into new job descriptions and incorporated gender, equity and diversity questions included in all recruitment interviews together with REDI (Racial, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion) training programmes to all staff.

Modern Slavery

We continue to monitor compliance with the Modern Slavery Act, and the broader issue of modern slavery, across the following areas:

We have supported changes to policies and procedures, incorporating the risks relating to modern slavery.

CARE successfully campaigned for the International Labour Organization Convention to end violence and harassment in the world of work, which was passed in July 2019. We believe the Convention will help address issues of modern slavery in supply chains.

Human Resources

In FY21, a number of learning initiatives were facilitated as follows:

The pandemic had a positive impact on annual staff turnover at CARE International UK in FY21, by reducing it to 11% annually (as % of total staff) which is the lowest level since 2014.

The organisation embarked on a corporate restructure in FY21 to achieve substantive savings in order to have a balanced budget in FY22. This was the direct consequence of cuts in the aid budget in from 0.7% to 0.5% which has impacted on CARE International UK’s income predictions.

We are also proud of the support we receive from our volunteers. In FY21 six volunteers assisted us with editing of entrepreneur profiles for the Lendwithcare website.

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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

Statement on Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting (SECR) FY21

For electricity usage in CARE International UK’s office, the carbon footprint in FY21 was 13.9 tonnes CO2e. This represents a carbon intensity of 0.12 tonnes CO2e per employee at CARE International UK. The table below summaries our legally obligated emissions reporting as required by SECR and includes a comparison to the previous year.

required by SECR and includes a comparison to the previous year.
UK Energy Source
FY20		 FY21
Electricity kWh (Scope 2)
91,567 kWh		 62,243 kWh
Associated Greenhouse gas emission
(Tonnes CO2 equivalent)
21.15 tonnes CO2e		 13.9 tonnes CO2e
Carbon intensity – tonnes CO equivalent per
employee
0.18 tonnes CO2e		 0.12 tonnes CO2e
Methodology:CO2 Associated greenhouse gases have been calculated using UK
Government GHG conversion factors. 100% of our electricity comes from renewable sources.
CARE International UK has a Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origin (REGO) backed
contract from our supplier declaring that it will procure sufficient electricity from renewable
sources to match our demand. However, in compliance with UK government reporting
standards, the carbon saving this creates is not included in the standardised carbon footprint
reported above. If the lower carbon associated with the purchase of renewable energy was
taken into account, the total carbon footprint reported above would be substantially lower.

Flight emissions

CARE International UK’s emissions, including RF (Radiative Forcing) from International Flights, are presented below. This equates to 2.97 tonnes CO2e and 0.025 tonnes CO2e per employee. CARE International UK has reduced our carbon footprint on flights by 215 tonnes CO2e since the last financial year.

CO2e since the last financial year.
FY20 FY21
Flights tCO2e inc RF 217.88 tonnes CO2e 2.97 tonnes CO2e
Flights tCO2e Per Employee 1.85 tonnes CO2e 0.025 tonnes CO2e

Energy efficient actions:

During FY21, CARE International UK staff only took flights for emergency deployment and there were few emissions due to staff working remotely. Anyone representing CARE International UK signs a Code of Conduct confirming they will demonstrate commitment to reducing our environmental impact. CARE International UK contributes to the CARE International Global Climate Smart Report in terms of the action taken to reduce emissions, and to further CARE’s global efforts to become a climate smart organisation.

We committed to offset our emissions where we cannot reduce them through credible carbon offset projects that have high social impact and environmental integrity. In FY22 we will contribute to the CARE International Carbon offsetting scheme with the Fair Climate Fund. We are very proud of our CARE joint offsetting programme - BACHAT II - and the steps the CARE confederation is taking to balance out unavoidable emissions from the work that we do. The BACHAT II programme will empower women in rural communities, improve health and safety conditions for families, and contribute to climate resilience – all while reducing emissions.

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STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES’

RESPONSIBILITIES IN RESPECT OF THE TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The Trustees are responsible for preparing the Annual Report including the Strategic Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.

Company law requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). Under company law the Trustees must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the group and Charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the Charity for that period.

In preparing these financial statements, the Trustees are required to:

The Trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the Charity’s transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006.

They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the group and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Financial statements are published on the Charity’s website in accordance with legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements, which may vary from legislation in other jurisdictions. The maintenance and integrity of the Charity’s website is the responsibility of the trustees. The Trustees’ responsibility also extends to the ongoing integrity of the financial statements contained therein.

Disclosure of information to auditors

In the case of each of the persons who are Trustee Directors of the company at the date when this report was approved:

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Approved on 21 June 2023 on behalf of the Board

Lyndall Stein Stephen Oxley Chair of Trustees Chair, Finance and Audit Committee

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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF CARE INTERNATIONAL UK

Opinion on the financial statements

In our opinion, the financial statements:

We have audited the financial statements of CARE International UK (“the Parent Charitable Company”) and its subsidiaries (“the Group”) for the year ended 30 June 2021 which comprise the consolidated statement of financial activities, the group and Charity balance sheets, the consolidated statement of cash flows and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Independence

We remain independent of the Group and the Parent Charitable Company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements.

Material uncertainty related to going concern

We draw attention to note 1(c) in the financial statements, which indicates that the Trustees acknowledge that historic and current issues impact on the Charity’s ability to forecast future income and expenditure and therefore the availability of unrestricted cash over the going concern period.

As stated in Note 1c), these events or conditions indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the charity’s ability to continue as a going concern.

Our opinion is not modified in respect of this matter.

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Trustees’ use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

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Other information

The Trustees are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the Annual Report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.

We have nothing to report in this regard.

Other Companies Act 2006 reporting

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:

In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the Group and the Parent Charitable Company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatement in the Strategic report or the Trustees’ report.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

Responsibilities of Trustees

As explained more fully in the Statement of Trustees’ responsibilities, the Trustees (who are also the directors of the charitable company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the Trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

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In preparing the financial statements, the Trustees are responsible for assessing the Group’s and the Parent Charitable Company’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the Trustees either intend to liquidate the Group or the Parent Charitable Company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

We have been appointed as auditor under the Companies Act 2006 and report in accordance with the Act and relevant regulations made or having effect thereunder.

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

Extent to which the audit was capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

Non-compliance with laws and regulations

Based on:

The Group is also subject to laws and regulations where the consequence of non-compliance could have a material effect on the amount or disclosures in the financial statements, for example through the imposition of fines or litigations. We identified such laws and regulations to be the Charities Act 2011, and health and safety legislation etc.

Our procedures in respect of the above included:

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Fraud

We assessed the susceptibility of the financial statements to material misstatement, including fraud. Our risk assessment procedures included:

Based on our risk assessment, we considered the areas most susceptible to fraud to be management override, income recognition and programme restricted fund accounting.

Our procedures in respect of the above included:

We also communicated relevant identified laws and regulations and potential fraud risks to all engagement team members and remained alert to any indications of fraud or non-compliance with laws and regulations throughout the audit.

Our audit procedures were designed to respond to risks of material misstatement in the financial statements, recognising that the risk of not detecting a material misstatement due to fraud is higher than the risk of not detecting one resulting from error, as fraud may involve deliberate concealment by, for example, forgery, misrepresentations or through collusion. There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures performed and the further removed noncompliance with laws and regulations is from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, the less likely we are to become aware of it.

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located at the Financial Reporting Council’s (“FRC’s”) website at:

https://www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor’s report.

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Use of our report

This report is made solely to the Charitable Company’s members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the Charitable Company’s members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor’s report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the Charitable Company and the Charitable Company’s members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Fiona Condron (Senior Statutory Auditor) For and on behalf of BDO LLP, statutory auditor Gatwick, UK

Date: 21 June 2023

BDO LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales (with registered number OC305127).

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES

For the Year Ended 30 June 2021

The results for the year shown above all derive from continuing operations. There are no recognised gains or losses for the year other than those shown above.

The accompanying notes on pages 40 to 64 form an integral part of these Financial Statements.

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GROUP AND CHARITY BALANCE SHEET

As at 30 June 2021

Registered company number: 1911651

The accompanying notes on pages 40 to 64 form an integral part of these Financial Statements. The Group has taken advantage of the exemption under s408 of the Companies Act 2006 and has not prepared a separate Statement of Financial Activities for the Charity. Net Expenditure for CARE International UK in the year was £5.0m (2020: Net Income of £2.8m)

Approved by the Board and authorised for issue on 21 June 2023.

Lyndall Stein Chair of Trustees

Stephen Oxley

Chair, Finance and Audit Committee

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

For the Year Ended 30 June 2021

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NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS

For the year ended 30 June 2021

1. Accounting policies

a) Basis of preparation

The financial statements of the Charity, which is a public benefit entity have been prepared under the historical cost convention in accordance with:

The Charity has adapted the Companies Act formats to reflect the Charities SORP and the special nature of the Charity’s activities. The principal accounting policies are set out below and have been applied consistently throughout the current year and the comparative year.

b) Basis of consolidation

The Consolidated Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) and Balance Sheet consolidate the Financial Statements of the Charity and its subsidiary undertaking. The results of the subsidiary are consolidated on a line by line basis. No separate SOFA has been presented for the Charity alone as permitted by the Companies Act 2006 (Section 408). The Charity has also taken the exemption under FRS102 (1.12(b)) to not include a parent only cash flow statement in these accounts.

c) Going concern

The economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic led the UK government to reduce official development assistance, which had a significant impact on the income of CARE International UK in the financial year ending 2021 and going forward. This reduction in income presented a challenging financial environment for the Charity, and we amended our strategy and operations, resulting in a corporate restructure.

Prompt action and prudent financial management during the financial year ended 30 June 2021 increased the organisation’s free unrestricted reserves to £2.8m (2020: £1.4m).

Since 30 June 2021, the Charity has continued its process to adjust to lower UK government official development assistance, including restructuring Programme Teams, strengthening our cost recovery and cash management processes. Unaudited unrestricted cash was £3.4m on 30 June 2022 (2021: £2.8m). Operating budgets for FY22 onwards are set conservatively and subject to oversight by the Trustees.

In preparing the going concern assessment, income and expenditure projections have been extended to 30 June 2024. A baseline projection has been prepared based upon the FY23 Reforecast, and first draft of the FY24 budget as presented to the Board in March 2023 – which shows continuing cost control and reflects recent contract wins.

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1. Accounting policies (continued)

c) Going concern (continued)

In addition to the baseline projection, alternative scenarios have been modelled which consider the impact of potential declines in income of up to 20% in both programme and fundraising, as well as a further increase in inflation. A further scenario has been also prepared – a cumulative crystallization of all anticipated scenarios at the same time – to assess the impact such a scenario would have on the financial sustainability of the Charity. In this scenario the charity would have sufficient unrestricted cash resources to continue its operations.

In addition to the scenarios set out above, the Trustees acknowledge that historic and current issues in filing statutory information risk undermining funders’ confidence in the Charity. In the event that the income scenarios noted above were to double in their magnitude as a result of funders withdrawing or pausing funding, CIUK would have insufficient unrestricted cash resources to meet its obligations as they fall due and would therefore be unable to continue operations at least 12 months from the expected date of approval of the financial statements. While mitigations could be put in place, for example a reduction in staff and non-staff costs, the challenges in doing so within a reasonable timeframe and the resultant knock on impact on programme delivery and fundraising are uncertain. For this reason, the Trustees have concluded that there is material uncertainty relating to going concern. Trustees remain committed to taking all available actions required in terms of cash management and control of expenditure to ensure a worst-case scenario is avoided.

d) Income Recognition

Income is included in the SOFA when the Charity is legally entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy and receipt is probable.

Donations, including regular giving and appeals, are recognised as income once CARE International UK has the right to receive the donation, when it is probable that the economic benefits will be received and that the amount of the donation can be measured reliably.

Income from sponsors is recognised on a receivable basis.

Income from Gift Aid tax reclaims on donations is recognised on an accruals basis, covered under a valid Gift Aid declaration.

Recognition of legacy income is dependent on the type of legacy:

Grants and contracts

All income is considered unrestricted unless specifically restricted by the donor or raised in an appeal for a specific purpose. Grants are included in ‘Donations and legacies’ in the SOFA from the following sources:

Where income from grants and contracts is for the specific provision of goods and services in the furtherance of our purpose it is included as ‘Charitable activities’.

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1. Accounting policies (continued)

Grants and contracts (continued)

Grant and contract income is accrued once all conditions that would permit entitlement have been met. Income is only deferred when the Charity has to fulfil conditions before becoming entitled to it or where the donor has specified that the income is to be expended in a future accounting period. Similarly, where entitlement occurs before income is received the income is accrued.

Income earned under contracts with donors where payments are contingent on the achievement of specified results is recognised in the SOFA in proportion to the stage of completion of the project. Where it is probable that total contract costs exceed total contract income, the expected deficit is recognised immediately. Income and expenditure in relation to these contracts are recognised within restricted funds, with any resulting surplus or deficit shown as a transfer to or from unrestricted funds.

Contributions in kind

Contributions and donations in kind are recorded at fair values during the year of contribution and recorded as restricted income and expenditure in the SOFA.

Trading

Income from trading activities is accounted for on an accrual basis.

e) Expenditure

All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and is classified in the SOFA according to the activity to which it relates. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular classifications, where practicable, they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with use of the resources.

Central overhead costs (classified as Support Costs) are allocated to operational and fundraising functions based on their use measured by total direct costs incurred by those functions.

Governance costs are those which relate to the provision of the governance infrastructure of the Charity. Included within this category are costs associated with the strategic management of the Charity’s activities, and all trustee and committee costs. In accordance with FRS102, these costs are classified as Support Costs.

Charitable activities expenditure includes both costs incurred directly by CARE International UK and indirectly where CARE International UK sub-contracts programme implementation to CARE country offices and other Partners but continues to provide management and oversight to these programmes.

Fundraising expenditure represents the total costs of fundraising includes the costs of disseminating information in support of the charitable activities.

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1. Accounting policies (continued)

f) Property and equipment

Fixed assets are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Items costing less than £1,000 are not capitalised. Fixed assets are defined as non-programme capital expenditure for buildings, equipment, software and leasehold improvements. Depreciation is provided on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the assets as follows:

g) Operating leases

Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to the SOFA on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease.

h) Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds comprise funds available for use at the discretion of the Trustees in furtherance of the objectives of the Charity. Restricted funds are subject to specific restrictions imposed by donors or by the purpose of the appeal under which they were raised.

i) Foreign currencies

Transactions in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rate of exchange ruling at the date of the transaction. Financial instruments are retranslated at the rate of exchange at the balance sheet date. All exchange differences are included in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Sterling is both the functional and presentational currency of the Charity.

j) Pensions

Contributions to the defined contribution pension scheme are recognised in the SOFA when they are payable. The money purchase nature of the scheme assures there will be no funding deficit or surplus accruing to the Charity in the future. The pension scheme is independently administered. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the Charity.

The Charity also participates in the Pensions Trust Growth Plan. This is a multi-employer pension scheme where it is not possible to separately identify the assets and liabilities of participating employers. This is a money purchase arrangement with historical guarantees. The scheme is subject to the funding legislation outlined in the Pensions Act 2004. Participating employers are legally required to meet their share of the scheme deficit on an annuity purchase basis on withdrawal from the scheme. A full actuarial valuation for the scheme was carried out as of 30 September 2019, which showed a deficit. The pension trustees have asked for the participating employers to pay additional contributions to the scheme to eliminate this funding shortfall. These recovery plan contributions are allocated to each participating employer in line with their estimated share of the scheme liabilities. The liability recognised for this obligation is the net present value of the deficit reduction contributions payable under the plan and is held as a provision in the Balance Sheet. The current overall position of the fund and the assumptions made are provided in Note 17.

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1. Accounting policies (continued)

k) Taxation status

The organisation is a registered charity within the meaning of Para 1 Schedule 6 Finance Act 2010. As such, the Charity is potentially exempt from taxation in respect of income or capital gains within categories covered by the Corporate Tax Act 2010 (Chapter 3 of Para 11) and of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (Section256), to the extent that such income or gains are applied exclusively to charitable purposes. The Charity is able to partially recover Value Added Tax (VAT). Expenditure subject to VAT that is not recoverable is recorded in the Accounts inclusive of VAT. The subsidiary trading company makes qualifying donations of taxable profit to the Charity to the full extent allowable. Unless material, any Corporation Tax liability arising in the subsidiary is included within the expenditure by the Group.

l) Areas of significant judgement and estimates

Significant accounting judgements and estimates

The Trustees are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. These judgements and estimates are continually evaluated, based upon experience, reasonable expectations of the outcome of future event and professional and expert advice. The significant judgements and estimates that could impact the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities are detailed below:

Income recognition

Income recognition requires judgement to appropriately apply the income accounting policies across the many complex funding streams the Charity has. Note 1d (on pages 41 and 42) details the accounting principles adopted and their application across the significant funding streams. The judgements are continually reassessed and where appropriate provision is made for contingencies or deferrals are made to account for conditions yet to be fulfilled.

Cost Allocation methodology

The cost allocation methodology, including the determination of restricted fundraising costs, requires judgement as to the most appropriate basis to use to apportion Support Costs. These are reviewed annually to assess whether the basis adopted continues to be reasonable. Support Costs are allocated on a pro rata basis, based on their use as measured by direct expenditure.

Pensions Trust scheme deficit

The assumptions underpinning the measurement of the Pension Trust liability depend upon significant judgements and estimates. Details of the potential liability relating to withdrawal from the Pensions Trust scheme are set out in Note 20. The Trustees consider the probability of this liability crystallising to be remote.

Lendwithcare

Lendwithcare funds are not presented as part of CARE International UK’s assets. To ensure this remains appropriate, legal advice has been obtained and is updated on a regular basis. Any updates to the terms and conditions are scrutinised to ensure that it continues to be appropriate for CARE International UK to operate and disclose that the scheme is an agency arrangement.

The Trustees do not consider there to be any other areas of significant judgement or estimates.

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2a. Consolidated Income from donations. legacies and charitable activities by source 2021 2021 2021 2020 2020 2020 Unrestricted Restricted furtds lurtds Total Unreslrictfd Rfstricted funds fuftds funds Toui funds £voo £voo Donatlons and legaclos Individual and corporate donors including kgaci95 Oi$o$ters Emergtnty Committe¢ IDECI Totsl DOna￿on$ and l•gacle$ 4.463 5.541 10,004 5.157 4.786 9,943 417 1.358 371 4,549 6.899 11.448 5.203 5,157 10,360 Charltable actlvttles Fore￿n. Commonwealth & Development Officel Oepartmenl for Interna￿Onal Development IOFIDI European Comrni551on including Direclorale lor Humanitarian and Ciwl Protection oth•r Donors and Funders 4.021 40.578 44,599 4.082 48.8C6 52,888 2.416 2,510 1.384 1.709 1,982 3,691 1.629 7.016 8,645 Total Charttabl• A¢tlvrtl•$ 5.824 44.976 50.800 5.867 57.206 63,073 Grand Toial Don•tlon$ & Chadt•bl• A¢tlvlll•s 10,373 51,875 62,248 11,070 62,363 73,433 2b. Other tradlng a¢￿vIty The trading income from the wholy owned subsidiary. CARE International Enterprises Lirniled. derives frorn.. providing IT support to seven European CARE 1nternats.onal members and their respective country offices fees charged to corporate partners for use of the CARE name and logo. royalty 1neome from book sales 2021 2020 Unrestricted Unrestricted funds funds £'ooo £'ooo 190 227 190 227 Total tradlng Incomo 45

3a. Expenditure on raising funds 2021 2021 2021 2020 2020 Unrestricted Restricted Totals Unrestricted Restricted funds funds lunds funds funds £000 £'ooo £'ooo 2020 Totals funds Indwiduals Instilulional donors Corporate donors Media & Communi¢alions ort costs Note 4 and S Total 2,225 302 569 540 206 3,842 59 2.284 302 596 2,724 349 447 125 188 3.833 2,724 349 447 125 188 3,833 27 39 125 245 3.967 3b. Expenditure on trading activities Tho tradln9 Costs Incurrad by thè wholly owned subsldlary. CARE Int8matOonal Enterprfses Llmfted. comprfs8'. 2021 2020 Unmstrldèd Unrnstrictèd funds funds £'ooo £'ooo Cost of salès Admlnislratlvo costs 143 S6 199 14 150 153 Taxatlon on proffts 213 153 Foi th8 yoar endod 30 Juno 2020 tho dlroctors fail8d to make a qualifying dlstribullon withln 9 months of th• year 8nd to CARE Intemational UK and th•refore a corporation tax charge of £14.129 was incurr8d.Whilst this charge was refl8Ct8d in th8 Cl Enterprises Limited Financial Statements for the y8ar endad 30 June 2020. it was not rèflected in the CARE Intemational UK Financial Statements for the yaar ended 30 June 2020. as these wara slgnad off before the Subsldiary Flnanclal Statamants. In order to ansurè that fund balances are corrèct as at 30 June 2021. thè 2020 corporalon tax charge has bèèn dlsclosed In thè tradlng costs for thè year èndèd 30 Jun¢ 2021 within thesè finan¢ial statèmènts. Going fomard, thè directors will ensu￿ that a qualifying distributi¢n is made within the p¢riod ¢1 9 months aft¢r the balan¢e sh¢et dats. For the yèar èndèd 30 Junè 2021 the dlrèctors wère not rèquirèd to make a qualifying distribution wthin 9 months of thè year ènd as Cl Entèrprisès Limitèd madè a loss of £9,161, and no eorporation tax chargè was Incurrèd. 46

  1. Exwnth￿r• 2021 Fun¢¥•thl Exp•ndM¥r• Supw CtystJWl•¢•th•rt 2021 T•i•l Exp•thdttu ikn¢s¢n¢ied ReSt￿ted un￿$t￿le& Restrt Unrestlicted Ren¢ted Tot ExfftAure Expendknre Expendrture Expenthlure Ex￿nthbjre Ewdure E¥wdrture Evr￿￿ure Ewe￿rture on Raisi[￿ Fu￿S IinclLths T1￿1r￿j Co5t51 Ewerwjiture on ChatrtableA£lMI￿s Humantsn 3,849 3,935 4,055 125 4,180 38.134 18.956 82 38,972 20,406 417 2.0 1.076 23 2,894 38,524 41,418 21,686 445 1.450 355 204 ocacy 378 67 s￿0t81 6.492 57.238 63,730 3,999 3.361 9,853 57,876 67,729 Supwrt C05t Realocabon 3.351 638 .361) T•#1 Ewhdhur• ,07$ $7,729 9WJ ¥7,876 87,729 2020 Fun¢tyo1 Exp•nditilf• 2020 Ttyt•l Exp•thdlty To un￿$￿￿￿ Restr￿ Vnrestlicted Resincied Tot Exrthrture Expendrture EX￿drtUre EX￿th￿re Exr￿nthre Ewdrture Exrendrture Evr￿￿Ure Ewe￿JrtUre on Rasing {I￿lL￿*S T￿1￿ Costs) 3.798 3,79B EV￿e￿JrtUre on ChatrtableAclMIRs Humanrtan Developr[￿nt acy 2.183 44,681 15.010 46,844 16.398 588 2,407 4,570 2,252 618 44,681 15,010 49,251 17,262 618 SublOtsI 7.937 $9,691 67.628 3489 11,426 59,691 SuppDrt Cost Realocabgn Toial Exp•ndrtur• 3.4B9 3.489 (3.489) 59.691 11N28 59,691 47

6. Staff costs

6. Staff costs
Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Pension costs
Termination costs
Other staff costs
Total
The average number of UK employees was:
Charitable activities
Fundraising
Support
Total CIUK employees
Staff seconded to other CARE members
Total		 Total
Total
2021
2020
£’000
£’000
5,033
4,678
514
487
322
286
34
-
8
306
5,911
5,757
2021
Number
2020
Number
61
58
38
36
20
21
119
115
1
1
120
116

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6. Staff Costs (continued)

In addition to full-time permanent staff, CARE International UK employed temporary staff at a cost of £46,000 (2020: £87,000). This was due to some positions being filled on an interim basis. These costs are included in other staff costs.

The number of CARE International UK employees whose remuneration (wages and employer pension contribution) during the year amounted to over £60,000 was as follows:

The highest paid individual in the organisation is the Chief Executive Officer. In 2021 the Chief Executive’s remuneration (pay and pension) placed him in the £130,001-£140,000 band (2020: £130,001-£140,000 band).

CARE International UK has formal pay scales in place for all levels of staff. We benchmark our salaries each year against similar organisations in the NGO sector and pay at the median of salaries for each grade. We are a London living wage employer.

The remuneration of the Chief Executive is set by the Ethics and People Committee. The remuneration of the Senior Management Team is set by the Ethics and People Committee in consultation with the Chief Executive.

Our pay ratio (the ratio between the highest paid member of CARE International UK staff and the median) is 3.2 (2020: 3.2) and this ratio is one of the indicators used to monitor the organisation’s approach to pay.

Employer contributions are made to a defined contribution pension scheme in respect of one higher paid employee (2020: one). Total employer contributions in respect of higher paid employees during the year amounted to £50k (2020: £36k).

The key management personnel of the Charity are the Trustees and the senior management team (see page 60). The short-term employee benefits (as defined in FRS102 28.4: wages, pension and social security contributions) for the senior management team for 2021 was £425k (2020: £445k).

Termination costs relate to a limited number of redundancies, where payments were made to staff in lieu of notice. No ex-gratia payments were made.

None of the members of the Board received any remuneration for their work as trustees (2020: Nil). Expenses reimbursed to trustees for travel undertaken on the Charity's behalf in 2021 totaled £174 (2020: Nil). The Charity paid £16.8k (2020: £9.3k) for trustees' Indemnity Insurance cover. Trustees’ donations were £5.8k (2020: £7k).

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  1. Tangible fixed assets Leasehold Impmvements Office Equipment IT Equipment & Soflwa Total 2021 Cost At 1 July 2020 Additions Disposals At 30 June 2021 205 241 1.047 47 837 257 1.493 47 1.280 260 205 238 Depreciation Ai 1 July 2020 Charge for the year Disposals AI 30 June 2021 183 171 773 146 82 137 1,127 232 1.221 138 205 235 Net book value AI 30 Juno 2021 120 1?3 AI 30 June 2020 70 274 366 Grou and Cha 2020 Leasehold Improvements OffiGe Equipment IT Equipment Toial 2020 At 1 July 2019 Additions At 30 June 2020 205 238 915 132 1,047 1,358 135 1,493 205 241 Depreciation Al l July2019 Charge for the year AI 30 June 2020 162 21 183 149 22 171 597 176 773 219 1.127 Net book value AI 30 June 2020 70 274 366 At 30 June 2019 42 319 451 50

  2. Investments Group and Charity 2021 £'ooo 2020 Market value Opening balance at 1 July Closing balance at 30 June 39 39 39 39 The Unlisted investrnent represents a cash investment in CARE International Revolving Loan Fund (see paragraph b below). al Subsidiary company investments held by the Charity include a £212020.. £2} investment in the subsidiary company at cost. The Charity holds 100 per cent of the issued share capital of Cl Enterprises Limited, which is registered in England and Wales. The Company's principal activity is to undertake tradlng for the Charity. A summary of the subsidlary's results and Its financlal position as at 30 June 2021 is given in Note 14. bl Durlng the year CARE Intematlonal partlclpated In the Rovolvlng Fund e$tabll$hed wlth other members of the CARE International Confederation, maintaining its investrnent of £45,500. The Fund, which is administered by the CARE International Secretarial in Geneva, is used to provide short term inlerest-bearing loans to finance cash flow needs of members for projects across CARE Intemational, where funds are received from donors after they are needed for implementation. 51

  3. Debtors Group 2021 Group 2020 Charlty 2021 £wo Charlty 2020 £￿00 Receivable from donors and funders Program advances to CARE country offices & partner Prepayments and accrued Income Due from Subsidiary undértaking Other Debtors 2,918 8.222 163 4,506 9.038 623 2,918 8.222 161 554 306 12,161 4,506 9.037 623 410 781 15,357 365 11,668 926 15,095 Total Prt>3ram advances to CARE county offices and partners represent funds transferred lo enable program implementslion, whieh have not yet been utilised. 10a. Credltors Group 2021 Group 2020 £voo Charlty 2021 £'ooo Charlty 2020 Amounts falllng du8 wlthln one year Payablè to donors and fund•rs Funds due lo CARE country offices and partners Trade Credltors Accruals Deferred Income other eredilors Provision for pension plan recovery 373 18,040 270 530 25 260 65 420 15.220 276 692 104 1,060 75 373 18,040 269 527 25 246 65 420 15,220 276 688 104 1.052 75 Total Amounts falllng due aner one year Provision for pension deficit recovery plan 222 281 222 281 Total Funds due to CARE country offices and partners represent fvnds utlllsed for programme Implementallon for active awards, which have not yet ￿en transfèrrad by CARE International UK. 10a. Dèfèrrèd Incoma Gn)up 2021 Group 2020 Charlty 2021 Charlty 2020 Balance al 1 July Amounts provbded for durfng the year Amounts released to income during the year 104 721 104 721 79 25 617 104 79 25 617 104 Deferred Income represents Income relatlng lo multl-year contract payments and perfomianee related grants paid in advance. 52

  4. Consolldatad Stat8mont of Funds {groupl Stat•rn•nt of Funds 2021 l July 2020 Income Expendrture TrdFJsler tAYen rfunds Junè30. 2021 R•stricMd Funds Donions & L•qaci•s Indmdual and corporate donors ￿ludry Disaster Emergency CoftYnrt￿e IDEGI Total Donations and Leuacies 5.4( 18.3221 11.2351 19.65n 18 73 4.025 819 6.766 Chavitablt AetivltiS Fore￿n, Commonwealh & Devekwth Cffte (FCOOII Departmertfw ifflematv)na Devdopment IDFIOI Eurwe￿ Cornmisson including Direct¢xatefor HUMèrtsr￿AQ ar￿ CMI Proteet￿n 40.578 145.1091 11641 2.391 11,B271 2.416 14251 (ts dor4)rs and rriscdknus restricied 3.145 1 982 12.6661 2,459 Tot•1 Ch￿lbI• Pio¥hfj•s 8A04 44.976 148.1991 5.036 Total R•5tricted Funds 16.223 51.742 157.767) 19.9721 11471 147 9.061 Unr•Md¢wd Funds 1,805 10.977 2.%7 fvnd• 17.028 62.719 167.7291 12.011 prw lo 1 2021 Once the assd d bthes for a reslnced ha¥ teen th￿d, we haNt corfr￿￿ ¢hai rb) io &jr￿¥S or p¥tners remam. th2 r•iwMrvJ restncied fuThJ b￿e LS fr￿$1￿ed 10 n))st Strt•rn•ntof Fund5 2020 l July2019 Ific￿e E¥w￿lUre Transfer beAen Jyre 30, 2020 R•stri¢t•d Funds DOn￿On5 & L•gacl•s Indmdual and corporaie donors incl￿ Di$￿er Emeryenty Commrttee IDECI Total Donations and L•gaci•s 7,151 174 4,787 371 14,6161 14351 7.32S 4168 16,2291 14351 (819 Charitsbl• Activ￿•$ Foreon, C(wnmonweh & OvoebsKTErt OffKe IFCDOI I Dep8rtMefflf￿ IntematvJnal Devek)Kment IDFIDI European CorrrnBson Inc￿1r￿j Directorate for HUmknn￿d ¥KJ CMI Proieciion 5.674 48,8C6 574 12.7351 11.8271 0￿ donors and rThscelanous restricted funds 2,287 15,0231 154.4621 169.6911 11,1341 3,145 Tot1 Ch•rit•bl• ktivith•S 57.206 Totsl R•strict•d Funds 12.661 62.363 16,223 Unr•51rict•d Futhds General Funds Des￿￿e￿ Funds Des￿nated funds Total Unrstri¢td Funds 111,4261 18641 1.717 11.514 Totsl funds 14268 73,877 17,021 53

  5. Analysis of net assets between funds Group 2021 Flxodassets Current assets £'ooo Current Ilabilities £'ooo LonTrterm liabilities £000 Total 2021 £￿00 £voo R8Strictsd Unrastricted 27.345 4.297 118.2841 11.2791 9,061 2,957 161 12221 Totsl Funds 161 222 Group 2020 Flxedassets Current 4ssets Curfftnt liabilities Lonpterm liabilitie5 Total 2020 R8Stricted Unr•strlctsd 30.925 3,826 115.7021 12,1451 15.223 1.805 405 12811 Totsl Funds 405 281

  6. Commitments At 30 June 2021 the Group had no remaining commitments in respect of operating leases which expire within the following periods.. Land and buildings Group and Group and Charity Charity 2021 2020 £'ooo £OL Equipmenl Group and Group and Charity Charity 2021 2020 £000 Operating leases expiring within one year within two to five years over five years Total 231 231 54

14. Subsidiary

The Charity owns the whole of the issued ordinary share capital of CI Enterprises Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales (Company number 02306212) and whose registered address is c/o Ashurst LLP, London Fruit and Wool Exchange, 1 Duval Square, London, England, E1 6PW.

The subsidiary is used for trading activities to provide income for the Charity. The activities during the year were the provision of IT support to seven European CARE International Member offices and their respective country offices, fees charged to corporate partners for use of the CARE name and logo and receiving royalty income from book sales.

CI Enterprises Limited has entered a binding deed of covenant to pay all its taxable profits to its parent Charity, CARE International UK, as a qualifying charitable donation. Ordinarily these taxable profits transferred to the parent entity are recognised through equity rather than as an expense through the profit and loss, and therefore an operating profit exists at the balance sheet date. If the qualifiying distribution is made within 9 months of the year end, no corporation tax is due on the profits.

For the year ended 30 June 2021 no qualifying distribution was made to CARE International UK as CI Enterprises Limited made a loss. For the year ended 30 June 2020 a corporation tax charge of £14,129 was incurred, as the qualifying distribution was not made within 9 months of the year end. Going forward, the directors will ensure that a qualifying distribution is made within the period of 9 months after the balance sheet date.

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15. Lendwithcare

Lendwithcare is a peer-to-peer lending relationship between individuals and organisations based in the UK and people in low-income countries. It is an innovative way of raising microfinance to help entrepreneurs in developing countries to lift themselves out of poverty.

The total number of lenders, since the scheme’s inception in April 2010, is 69,005 (2020: 60,548) with 48,373 (2020: 43,449) active lenders as at 30 June 2021. Active lenders are defined as a lender who has logged in, made a loan, or received a repayment in the last 12 months.

The total value of loans made to entrepreneurs since the inception of the scheme has been £33.6m. This has supported 151,103 (2020: 130,435) entrepreneurs since the beginning of the scheme. In compliance with the Charities SORP (FRS102), the Charity, as agent, discloses the value of funds added to the scheme; funds loaned to entrepreneurs through microfinance partners, which includes both new funds from lenders and funds repaid to lenders and then re-loaned to another entrepreneur; together with the balances held at 30 June 2021.

Lenders’ funds do not form part of the assets of CARE International UK and are therefore not consolidated within the financial statements. They are not available for use by the Charity.

The operating costs of the scheme of £0.9m (2020: £0.9m) are included in expenditure on raising funds (individuals) within the financial statements and in Note 3a. These are the costs of managing the scheme and raising new funds for the scheme.

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16. Related Party Transactions

The Charity is a member of the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) and in the year paid a subscription of £39.7k (2020: £40k). As an automatic part of membership, CARE International UK’s Chief Executive is a trustee of the DEC. The Charity receives funds from DEC appeals and amounts received and receivable in the year were £1.4m (2020: £0.4m).

17. Pensions

All new employees are auto-enrolled into a Group Personal Pension Plan with Royal London (formerly Scottish Life) comprising a 5% employer contribution and 3% employee contribution.

Contributions to the scheme for the year were £426k (2020: £324k and at the end of June 2021 there were 108 members in the scheme (2020: 103).

The Charity also participates in a multi-employer defined benefit scheme administered by The Pensions Trust. This scheme was closed to new members at the end of April 2014, and existing members continue to benefit from a 7.5% employer contribution against a 4% employee contribution.

Contributions to the scheme for the year were £52k (2020: £40k) and at the end of June 2021 there were 10 members in the scheme (2020: 10).

Contributions to the multi-employer scheme paid into The Pensions Trust’s Growth Plan ("the Plan”) up to and including September 2001 have been converted to defined amounts of pension payable from Normal Retirement Date. From October 2001, contributions were invested in personal funds which have a capital guarantee, and which are converted to pension on retirement, either with the Growth Plan or by purchasing an annuity.

Following a change in legislation in September 2005, there is technically a potential liability to CARE International UK, applicable to employers with pre-October 2001 liabilities in the Plan. When an employer withdraws from a pension scheme which is in deficit, the employer is required by law to pay its share of the deficit, calculated on a statutory basis (known as the buy-out basis). If Plan liabilities exceed assets, a buy-out debt will exist if CARE International UK withdraws all employees from the scheme. The leaving employer’s share of the buy-out debt is the proportion of the Plan’s pre-October 2001 liability attributable to employment with the leaving employer compared with the total amount of the Plan’s pre-October 2001 liabilities. Given the number of factors to be considered in determining the liabilities the debt can fluctuate over time.

The Pensions Trust estimates that the cost of withdrawal from the Plan would be £1.17m based on the financial position of the Plan at 30 September 2020 (2019: £1.18m). The cost of withdrawal has since been revised to £0.76m based on the financial position of the Plan at 30 September 2021. The Pensions Trust has advised that an employer will only be deemed to have withdrawn if it has no active members remaining in the Plan and no eligible employees to whom to offer membership to the Plan. The chance of this debt crystallising is therefore considered remote. CARE International UK has no intention of withdrawing from the scheme and will continue to make a provision for the recovery of pension deficit amounts.

Under the Pensions Trust recovery plan, deficit contributions made by CARE International UK during the year were £0.75m (2020: £0.73m). This recovery plan is intended to run to 2025. In compliance with the Charities Statement of Recommended Practice (FRS102), the provision for the net present value of the future contributions to the deficit recovery plan is held on the Balance Sheet. Details of this provision are given in Note 10a, Creditors.

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18. Donor funding

The information in the table below is provided to meet special conditions in restricted grant agreements requiring CARE International UK to disclose cash received from these grants in the Annual Financial Accounts.

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  1. Donor funding (continued) Cash recelved 2021 £'ooo 2020 £'ooo un￿ed Natlons Peacebulldlng Fund MobilY￿lI0n of Committed Youth for the Consolidation of Peace in Cote d'lvoire- Gender and Youth Promotion Inilialivo START Network ert 317- Philippines IAnlicip8tion of Laharl Leaming Grant ert 317- Phillppines AnU¢ipatlon of volcanS¢ a¢tivlty- vla Chrlstlan Ald ert 343- Sierra Leone Flooding Jert 350- Yemen Flooding ert 368- Nigerla Floodlng- Acoon ert 372 Iraq Anticipation of Displa¢amont Jert 388- Philippin85 Cyclone ert 406- Honduras ert 417- Vanuatu Cyclone ert 418- Tonga Cyclon ert 419- DRC Flooding Learni￿ Grant ert 420- Yemen rt 431- Togo Jert 436- Guatemala Jert CV19 058- Peru Covid-19 Rapid Response to urgont unmet needs ofvenozuelan migrants and refugees population ert CV19 082- Laos Covid-19 response Covid-19 Response Timor-Leste- via Oxfam GB Emergency project to limit the risk of spread of Covid-19 pandemlc In the South of Chad- vla Solidarity Int8mationdl NPL Covid-19 Respon50- Protecting the dignity and safety of migrants returnees ert 450- Yemen Flooding Ort 454- Sudan Displac8m•nt duo to Coniiict ert 469- South Sudan Flooding ert 494- Fiji Cyclone ert 509- DRC Dl$pla¢ement due to Confll¢t ert 514- Timor-L85te Flooding ert CV19 099- Togo Covid-19 Response Pakistan Floods Seroia NTT Indonesia Cyclone Emergoncy Response ISINCEREF World Vision UK Paklstsn Heatwave Pakistan Flood5 317 559 10 124 99 77 284 100 150 100 95 208 288 180 95 10 60 186 35 69 94 300 275 125 54 59 40 81 80 51 38 100 59

LEGAL & ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Trustees

Carolyn Clarke (Chair)[ 1] [resigned 6 October 2021] Nigel Chapman (Acting Chair from 6 October 2021 to 31 July 2022) [1,2,4] Lyndall Stein (Chair)[ 1] [appointed Chair of Board of Trustees 1 August 2022] Edward Bickham[3 ] [resigned 8 December 2022] Esther Kwaku[3,4] Nadine Nohr[4] Edward Sparrow[4] Stephen Oxley[2] Khalid El Ansari[ 2,4] Maliha Khan[3] Marian Rose[2 ] [resigned 9 December 2020] Ebele Okobi[1] [resigned 1 February 2021] Kate Tench[3] [resigned 6 October 2021] Desiree D’Souza [appointed 2 March 2021] Anita Yuen [appointed 2 March 2021]

Additional committee members

Wendy Fenton [3 ] Nasra Ismail[3] Kim Price[2] [resigned 20 September 2020] Michael Fanning[2] [resigned 28 September 2020]

1 Nominations and Remuneration Committee 2 Finance and Audit Committee 3 Programme and Policy Committee 4 Ethics and People Committee

Senior management team

Laurie Lee Chief Executive Officer [to 30 June 2022] Eamon Cassidy Chief Executive Officer [from 4 July 2022] Rachel Hewitt Finance Director/COO [to 11 September 2020] Eva Dixon Finance Director/COO [3 August 2020 to 1 November 2021] Sarah Barton Interim Finance Director [from 19 October 2021 to 7 June 2022] Dallan Cunniffe Interim Finance Director [from 6 June 2022 to 5 December 2022] Leo Skyner Finance Director [from 14 November 2022] Erin Segilia Chase Director, Fundraising, Partnerships & Comms [to 18 February 2023] Laura Griffin Director, Fundraising, Partnerships & Comms [from 13 February 2023] Frances Longley Director of Programmes and Policy [to 1 April 2021] Helen Thompson Director of Programme Delivery [from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022] Director of Programme and Policy from 1 July 2022] Laurent Martial Director of Programme Quality [from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022]

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Company information

Registered Office

C/o Ashurst LLP London Fruit and Wool Exchange 1 Duval Square, London E1 6PW

Auditors

BDO LLP 2 City Place Beehive Ring Road Gatwick RH6 0PA

Bankers

Barclays Bank plc Level 28 1 Churchill Place London E14 5HP

HSBC plc

UK City of London Commercial Centre 60 Queen Victoria Street London EC4N 4TR

Solicitors

Ashurst LLP London Fruit and Wool Exchange 1 Duval Square, London E1 6PW

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Thank you to everyone who has supported CARE in the last year.

This includes all those people who have made one-off or regular donations or taken part in fundraising events and campaigns. Your support is invaluable in helping us to fight poverty around the world. We couldn’t do it without you.

Thank you

STATUTORY DONORS

Conflict, Stability and Security Fund through the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (CSSF)

Department for International Development (DFID)

Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC)

European Commission (EC)

European Commission’s Directorate-General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO)

Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO)

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)

United Nations Peacebuilding Fund (UNPBF)

TRUSTS, FOUNDATIONS & CHARITIES

Action Aid UK

Aga Khan Foundation UK

Thani Bin Abdullah Bin Thani Al-Thani Humanitarian Fund

The Beatitudes Fund

Better Cotton Initiative (BCI)

Comic Relief

The Big Give

The Cotton Trust

The Calvert Family Charitable Trust

Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC)

The Fawcett Society

Generation Fund

Global Challenges Research Fund

Guernsey Overseas Aid

Halcrow Trust

International Rescue Committee UK (IRC)

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IPSOS Foundation

Islamic Relief Worldwide (UK) Jersey Overseas Aid Jimmy Choo Foundation Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust The Lord Deedes of Aldington Charitable The MacDaibhidh Charitable Trust Marie Stopes International Mercy Corps Europe Norwegian Refugee Council Oxfam GB Oxford Brookes University Plan International UK People’s Postcode Lottery The Positive Action for Children Fund

The Power of Nutrition Results for Development Save the Children International Solidarites International St Clare & St Francis Trust START Fund START Network

The Talent Fund / Make Humanity Great Again

Tony Blair Institute VIIV Healthcare World Vision UK

COMPANIES

Development Alternatives Inc (DAI) Diageo Plc GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Limited Grant Thornton Limited Heathrow Airport Limited Hogan Lovells Limited

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IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) Ltd

KPMG LLP Marks & Spencer PLC

Mondelēz International, Inc. Mott MacDonald Limited

Palladium International Limited PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC) LLP Primark Stores Limited Stars Group Limited Sunbites UK Twinings Unilever Plc

KEY SUPPORTERS

Thank you to those who donated to our following appeals:

Coronavirus Appeal India Coronavirus appeal LWC’s Small Business Solidarity Fund Palestine Emergency Appeal

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