M’Lop Tapang NI
Registered Charity in NI (NIC100090)
The Trustees’ Annual Report and Accounts. 1st April 2024 - 31st March 2025
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Sections:
Summary Page 3 Accounts 2024 / 2025 Page 4 Administrative Details Page 5
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The trustees of M’Lop Tapang NI (MTNI) submit their report for the financial year ending 31st March 2025.
Summary
There was one fundraising and awareness raising event this year, held in Ryan’s Bar, Belfast on 30th Jan 2025. There was £266 raised and the committee thanks Glenn Simpson for his continued fundraising efforts.
The closing balance of the Lloyds BusinessCharity Bank Account was £35291.28
No transfers were made to M’Lop Tapang in Cambodia this financial year.
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Receipts and Payments Accounts From 1st April 2024 - 31st March 2025
| Receipts | Unrestricted Funds |
|---|---|
| Donations | 0 |
| Interest on Deposit Account | 0 |
| Ryan’s Bar Quiz | 266 |
| Total Gross Receipts | 266 |
| Payments | |
| Grants to Cambodia | 0 |
| Total Payments | |
| Net of Receipts/Payments | 266 |
| Cash Funds Last Year End | 35026 |
| Cash Funds This Year End | 35291 |
Statement of Balances
| This Year | Last Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Cash Funds in Bank | 35291 | 35026 |
| Investment Assets (Merchandise) |
193 | 213 |
| Liabilities | 0 | 0 |
Signed by Trustees:
Chairperson: James Bamford Treasurer: Paul Taylor
Independent Examination carried out by Amberlea Neely on 08/01/26
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Reference and Administrative Details
M’Lop Tapang NI is registered with HMRC (XR89496).
Correspondence address: 6 Houston Gardens, Belfast. BT5 6AU. Email: mloptapangni@gmail.com
MTNI is a small charity with a dedicated core group who undertake the majority of the work in NI. The trustees for this financial year were:
Chairperson: James Bamford Secretary: Helen Toland Treasurer: Paul Taylor
M'Lop Tapang NI supports the work carried out by M'Lop Tapang in Cambodia by raising awareness and raising funds in the UK. M'lop Tapang has been working with the street children of Sihanoukville since 2003.
M'Lop Tapang NI exists to allow supporters in the UK to raise funds here and to facilitate the sending of those funds to M'Lop Tapang in Cambodia as and when the need arises. It allows UK citizens to make tax efficient donations and reduces, for supporters, the costs of transferring monies overseas. Finally, MT NI endeavours to promote and raise awareness of the work carried out in Sihanoukville and to encourage and facilitate the sending of appropriate and useful volunteers to work with M'Lop Tapang in Cambodia itself.
“M’Lop Tapang envisions an environment where all children are allowed to grow up in their families feeling safe, healthy and happy; a society where all children are respected and treated equally; a community where all children are given choices about their future.
M’Lop Tapang strives to provide a safe haven for the vulnerable children of Sihanoukville, offering care and support to any child at risk. We offer access to education, reintegration with families, life-skills training and creative and recreational activities, while ensuring protection from all forms of abuse. Our efforts allow underprivileged children to embrace their childhood so they can become responsible adults as well as positive, independent members of society.”
Public Purposes of M’Lop Tapang NI
Purpose: The Relief of Poverty
● The direct benefits which flow from the above purpose include fewer Cambodian children working on the streets in order to support their families. M’Lop Tapang’s Outreach Team works with families, helping them start small businesses such as farming projects, small shops, laundry and sewing services. This decreases the need for children to work. Being able to provide for themselves also leads to increased self-esteem, increased economic security, improved living conditions and health status.
● Mlop Tapang's work also reduces the risk of families sliding further into poverty in times of crisis. Many families struggle from day to day and even the smallest unexpected problem can drive them deeper into poverty and debt. MT provides poor families with support during times of crisis eg. food, clothing, house repairs.
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● The benefits will be evidenced through the number of families helped. In 2024, our teams provided services to 6,504 vulnerable children and youths, and 3,787 families in the local area.
● There is no harm or possibility of harm with this benefit. The charity’s beneficiaries are impoverished children and families living in the Sihanoukville, Cambodia area. The only private benefit flowing from this purpose is to local businesses from which M’Lop Tapang purchases materials (eg. house repair supplies). This is incidental and a necessary result of carrying out the purposes. M’Lop Tapang maintains a strict conflict of interest policy and no employees shall own or benefit from businesses that the organization does business with.
Purpose: The protection and preservation of the health of children living in Sihanoukville, Cambodia
● The direct benefits which flow from the above purpose include children becoming well as a result of receiving free medical care through services provided at M’Lop Tapang’s Medical Clinic as well as through community visits by the M’Lop Tapang health workers. At risk infants and toddlers grow up healthy through the activities of M’Lop Tapang’s Baby Care Program which targets malnourished and neglected children under the age of 5 years. MT's projects lead to improved public understanding and prevention of childhood diseases most common in Cambodia (eg. diarrhea, dengue hemorrhagic fever, malaria and malnutrition).
● In 2024, 98 new community ChildSafe agents were recruited, trained, and certified, bringing the number of agents in Sihanoukville to 656. 30,426 medical services were provided to children and their families. 86 children with learning and behavioral difficulties benefited from M’Lop Tapang’s Special Needs Program. 44 children/youths were provided safe, temporary housing at MT’s Transitional Home. 15 children in our foster care programme receive regular follow-up and support. There is no harm or possibility of harm related to this purpose. The charity’s beneficiaries are impoverished children and families living in the Sihanoukville, Cambodia area. There is no private benefit related to this purpose.
Purpose: The advancement of education.
● The direct benefits which flow from the above purpose include increased numbers of disadvantaged children attending school. M’Lop Tapang provides classroom learning in a variety of settings including providing “bridging” programmes for children that have never attended school before, supporting children to attend local public schools, providing special needs classes and also distance education in remote villages and at slum based community centers. MT provides increased access for disadvantaged youth to attend vocational training programs.
● These benefits will be evidenced through the number of children and youth attending education programs in 2024: 711 children attended Non-formal Education (NFE) classes at the main Education Center. 1,561 children/youths attended local public schools with our support program. 47 students participated in cooking/hospitality training. 28 students participated in electrics and plumbing training. 34 students participated in motorbike repair training.
● There is no harm or possibility of harm related to this purpose. The charity’s beneficiaries are disadvantaged children and youth living in the Sihanoukville, Cambodia area. There is no private benefit related to this purpose.
For further reading regarding our work in Cambodia, please see the annual report from M’Lop Tapang: http://mloptapang.org
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