Registered charity 295800 One World Group Oxted Founded 1983 Geoffrey Sanderson-Chairman Sapperton Bluehouse Lane Limpsfield, Surrey. ## **Annual report for year ending 31 August 2025** The One World Group Oxted is a registered charity 295800 administered by a committee of trustees comprising: Chair Geoffrey Sanderson Vice Chair Valerie Adamson Hon Treasurer Anna Burrage Hon Secretary Helen Adams Membership Sec. Averin Cox Other trustees for the year were: Paul Belok, Barbara Buxton, Rosemary Dalziel, John Leslie, Shaun Mundy, Stuart Paterson, David Wickham. ## **Objectives** The objective of the charity is to raise funds to finance projects in developing countries for the relief of poverty by giving people the means to help themselves and their communities. Schools, clinics, orphanages and farms as well as water projects are the main targets of our funding. Members of the charity are informed regularly about the progress of the funded projects and the newsletters aim to raise awareness of the problems of poverty faced in the developing world. We always seek personal contacts for projects and the documented proposals and we always obtains feedback and evidence of correct fund transfers and project completion. We are not affiliated to any religious or political groups. ## **Membership** As at the end of August 2025 we had 357 members who pay an annual subscription. Our annual subscriptions income was £1850 which almost covered our administrative costs. £1931. ## **Receipts** Total receipts through donations, fund raising events and gift aid amounted to **£52,420** . Of this our fund raising events listed below raised £27,442 similar to the previous year (£27,827). Personal donations totalled £4,924 ,legacies £12,338 and HMRC gift aid refunding amounted to £2,868 which along with subscriptions and some smaller donations totalled £24,978. The Silent auction was attended by 112 people and raised £6,200. The Open Gardens event raised £8,854 and the Christmas appeal raised £9,239 which was used to build two brick and concrete classrooms for the Jubilee school in Nakuru City, Kenya to accommodate 70 pupils in an area of abject poverty. A quiz event raised £1276. A tombola at a local village fayre raised £1117 and a street collection raised £749. ## **Projects** We donated **£36,857** to thirteen projects in seven countries, 78% of that went to projects in Africa. Notable projects in addition to the Jubilee school classrooms included rain water tanks for two schools in Masaka ,Uganda . We funded 40 chairs and 4 tables for a school in Nairobi for disabled children. We funded a water borehole in Kalati, Malawi for an orphanageand community centre which helps 1000 people.We also funded a water borehole for an orphanage in Zimbabwe. We helped All Ears Cambodia with medical equipment to provide consultations to assist with curing hearing problems . The details including financial reporting are included in our bi-annual newsletters and also in our AGM . ## **Finance** Total receipts for the year were **£52,420** and total payments were **£38,788** . The surplus was £13,632 , which together with an opening bank balance of £16,355, we ended the year with a closing bank balance of **£29,987** . For and on behalf of the Committee of Trustees, One World Group Oxted . ## **Geoffrey Sanderson** ## **Chairman , One World Group Oxted** 14[th] November 2025 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Iiidependent Examiner's Report R•port to the tru8toe8 Ot45 OKT<> On accounts for tho year •nd•d 31. p. z< Charfty no Ilf •ny} Set out on page• I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (Ihe Trust.) for ts year ended RespOn￿bIlItIeS and basls of rnport As the charity's tNst88s. yau aro rew8ibb for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act"). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Diredions given by the Chatity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. Indèpendent examiner's ststement a￿￿8￿￿. Ddete I l rfnot applicable. I have ￿mpletOd my examination. I confirni that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination let+￿ dIsGlo￿￿WhiCh gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect." the accourrting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities A(1; or the accounts did not accord wrth the accounting records; or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements conceming the fomi and c<)ntent of accourrt8 set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a Irue and fair, view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention Should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accL)unts to be reached. . Pleas8 delete the wonys in the brackets rf they do not apply. Slgnod: Dats: Name: Relevant profe88lonal quallficatlonl•) or body IER Oct 2018 Ilf •ny): Addross: OxTc> 9 gL Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examinats'on of charity accounts.. directions and guidance for examiners). Give here brlaf detalls of any items that the examlner wlshes to dlscloso. IER Oct 2018 ONE WORLD GROUP- OXTED RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT For the year •nd5ng 318t August 2025 RECEIPTS 2024-2025 2023-2024 Sundry Subscriptions Donations Tins for small change Legacies Churches Togthr Unlted Reformed Church Refvnd from HMRC tkjnations in lieu of Christmas Presents Interest Traidcraft Xmas Cards Total Sundry R•c•lpts 1850 1755 6302 362 12338 500 1250 3739 35 2604 60 16 4978 30 10 14047 Fund Ral8lng Christmas Appeal Hurst Green Fair Quiz Open Gardens Silent Auction Street Collections Total Fund Ralslng R•¢•lpts 9239 1117 1276 10876 1072 934 6207 749 27442 6817 332 27827 TOTAL RECEIPTS PAymE￿r8 20￿2025 2023-2024 Admlnlstratlon: Publi¢ Liability Insurance Admin Expenses Banking Expenses Web slte costs Total costs 184 172 144 216 523 1756 Projects In the Doveloplng World: Joshua Orphan & Community Care, Kaliati, M8lawi, borehole Africa Adventures Foundation, Jubi18e School Academy, Kenya, 2 classrooms Kawangware Humanitarian Educat￿ School,Kenya 40 chalrs & 4 Tables All Ears Intsmab'onal,Phnom Penh, Cambodia,nose & care instrument set & otosco Health Tree Uganda, Potters Villa9e ,Kisoro, strong off road motorbike Care Across Communitres,Swapnakali school. 20 pairs of benches& desks Care Across Communities, mou￿1b8Z8r, health care equipment Care Across Communrti8s,Nalore, Bangladesh, goat ￿aring proj Faith & Health Promotion. Zimbabwe, borehole and solar panel Mission Afri¢a,Joanna Memorial School.Nakeseke,Uganda, lightning conductor Rafiki Thabo,Uganda.masonry repairs for restoration of St Bartholomews School Rafiki Thabo,Uganda. asststive devices for visualty impaired at Homby Hrgh School Taabar Society,Basera, Jaipyr,India, eleclric bike WaterHarvest, Victoria Primary School, S.E Uganda, water tank Inth 10700 1250 2425 750 2185 1925 1959 1471 4175 65198 TOTAL PAYMENTS 38788 66954 N•t deficlVrecelpt8 for tho year Opening Bank 8al•n¢o at 1.9.24 Clo•lng Bank Balance at 31.825 13632 16355 25080 41435 GEOFFREY SANDERSON, CHAIRIAAN ANNA BURRAGE,TREAS RER IAN HAMILTON.INDEPENDENT EXAMINER CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Iiidependent Examiner's Report R•port to the tru8toe8 Ot45 OKT<> On accounts for tho year •nd•d 31. p. z< Charfty no Ilf •ny} Set out on page• I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (Ihe Trust.) for ts year ended RespOn￿bIlItIeS and basls of rnport As the charity's tNst88s. yau aro rew8ibb for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act"). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Diredions given by the Chatity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. Indèpendent examiner's ststement a￿￿8￿￿. Ddete I l rfnot applicable. I have ￿mpletOd my examination. I confirni that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination let+￿ dIsGlo￿￿WhiCh gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect." the accourrting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities A(1; or the accounts did not accord wrth the accounting records; or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements conceming the fomi and c<)ntent of accourrt8 set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a Irue and fair, view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention Should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accL)unts to be reached. . Pleas8 delete the wonys in the brackets rf they do not apply. Slgnod: Dats: Name: Relevant profe88lonal quallficatlonl•) or body IER Oct 2018 Ilf •ny): Addross: OxTc> 9 gL Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examinats'on of charity accounts.. directions and guidance for examiners). Give here brlaf detalls of any items that the examlner wlshes to dlscloso. IER Oct 2018 ONE WORLD GROUP- OXTED RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT For the year •nd5ng 318t August 2025 RECEIPTS 2024-2025 2023-2024 Sundry Subscriptions Donations Tins for small change Legacies Churches Togthr Unlted Reformed Church Refvnd from HMRC tkjnations in lieu of Christmas Presents Interest Traidcraft Xmas Cards Total Sundry R•c•lpts 1850 1755 6302 362 12338 500 1250 3739 35 2604 60 16 4978 30 10 14047 Fund Ral8lng Christmas Appeal Hurst Green Fair Quiz Open Gardens Silent Auction Street Collections Total Fund Ralslng R•¢•lpts 9239 1117 1276 10876 1072 934 6207 749 27442 6817 332 27827 TOTAL RECEIPTS PAymE￿r8 20￿2025 2023-2024 Admlnlstratlon: Publi¢ Liability Insurance Admin Expenses Banking Expenses Web slte costs Total costs 184 172 144 216 523 1756 Projects In the Doveloplng World: Joshua Orphan & Community Care, Kaliati, M8lawi, borehole Africa Adventures Foundation, Jubi18e School Academy, Kenya, 2 classrooms Kawangware Humanitarian Educat￿ School,Kenya 40 chalrs & 4 Tables All Ears Intsmab'onal,Phnom Penh, Cambodia,nose & care instrument set & otosco Health Tree Uganda, Potters Villa9e ,Kisoro, strong off road motorbike Care Across Communitres,Swapnakali school. 20 pairs of benches& desks Care Across Communities, mou￿1b8Z8r, health care equipment Care Across Communrti8s,Nalore, Bangladesh, goat ￿aring proj Faith & Health Promotion. Zimbabwe, borehole and solar panel Mission Afri¢a,Joanna Memorial School.Nakeseke,Uganda, lightning conductor Rafiki Thabo,Uganda.masonry repairs for restoration of St Bartholomews School Rafiki Thabo,Uganda. asststive devices for visualty impaired at Homby Hrgh School Taabar Society,Basera, Jaipyr,India, eleclric bike WaterHarvest, Victoria Primary School, S.E Uganda, water tank Inth 10700 1250 2425 750 2185 1925 1959 1471 4175 65198 TOTAL PAYMENTS 38788 66954 N•t deficlVrecelpt8 for tho year Opening Bank 8al•n¢o at 1.9.24 Clo•lng Bank Balance at 31.825 13632 16355 25080 41435 GEOFFREY SANDERSON, CHAIRIAAN ANNA BURRAGE,TREAS RER IAN HAMILTON.INDEPENDENT EXAMINER