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2024-03-31-annual-report

Charity Registration Number: NIC101943

Hope Mission Zambia

Financial Statements for Year Ended 31[st] March 2024

W J Johnston & Company

Certified Public Accountants

190 Duncairn Gardens Belfast BT15 2GN

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Hope Mission Zambia

Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31[st] March 2024

Page
Trustees Annual Report 3 – 5
Independent Examiner’s Report to the Members 6
Statement of Receipt and Payments 7
Statement of Assets and Liabilities 8

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Hope Mission Zambia’s Trustees Report

April 2023 – March 2024

Overview of Hope Mission Zambia

Hope Mission Zambia was established in early 2016 as an initiative to work with impoverished communities in Lusaka, Zambia.

We recognise that education is a powerful tool with which to equip young people, no matter where they are in the world, to reach their full potential in life and also to help improve communities as a whole.

In Zambia, as in some other countries, children as young as five or six years can be removed from school to care for family members or to perform chores for the household. Education is not seen as a priority. Classrooms or schools can be just a bare floor in a condemned building, teachers are often unpaid and basic school supplies are non-existent.

Hope Mission Zambia initiated an innovative programme that has seen a school in Mapepe, Lusaka, Zambia built and equipped and the value of education raised in the consciousness of the local community. This programme will continue to support and strengthen the community infrastructure and provide opportunities for young people to gain the confidence, skills and knowledge to fully participate in their own community and society. Hope Mission Zambia are providing the tools to make this vision easier to achieve.

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What Hope Mission Zambia has achieved

From April 2023 – March 2024 Hope Mission Zambia’s main purpose was to maintain and improve a school that had been provided for the area and to equip that school to help advance education in Mapepe. The main bulk of that work was achieved 7 years ago when 20 volunteers raised funds and went to Mapepe and physically carried out the work required with the help of the community. The Blessed Hope School was rebuilt and all necessary work carried out. School supplies were provided, from desks to pencils. This year we improved that school by installing proper ceilings and tiled over the concreete floor. We also had to replace a security wall around the school. Funding was provided for teachers who can at times go unpaid and school supplies and equipment were upgraded and supplied as needed.

Extra-Curricular activities are every bit as important as the academic side so our volunteers introduced the children to netball and of course football 5 years ago and lost every game this year as the children ran rings around them. Sports builds confidence and teamwork in children and should be encouraged.

All these small things that we take for granted are so important in the development of children and we feel that the community in Mapepe are more aware of this since our involvement with them.

The community and the children in particular have great pride in what they have and appreciate every little thing. The Blessed Hope School in Mapepe, Zambia is a comfortable, colourful and safe place for young children to attend, get an education and have a better chance to become productive citizens of their community. This meets the Public Benefit requirement.

Each year we develop our programme according to the needs of the children of Blessed Hope School and are in constant contact with the school to ensure the Project continues to develop and remains at the heart of the community.

This year we have also helped a Boy’s Home in the area and have provided much needed equipment and clothing. This is a part of the Project which will be developed further and we will seek to strengthen links with the Boy’s Home.

We finally want to thank all our brave Volunteers who fundraise and take time out of their lives to go to Zambia to aid and help the Project. They always say they get more out of it than the children of Zambia but their contribution is really appreciated. To all the people who contribute to bucket collections and our justgiving page: From table quizes to raffles we thank everyone who makes this Project possible.

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DECLARATION

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature

Full Name(s)

Finnbar Christie

Position

Chairperson

DATE: 25[th] January 2025

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Independent Examiner’s report to the charity trustees of Hope Mission Zambia

I report on the accounts of the Trust for the year ended 31[st] March 2024, which are set out on pages 7-8

Respective responsibilities of charity trustees and examiner

As the charity’s trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008.

It is my responsibility to:

Basis of Independent Examiner’s report

I have examined your charity accounts as required under section 65 of the Charities Act and my examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland under section 65(9)(b) of the Charities Act.

My examination included a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also included consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as charity trustees concerning any such matters.

My role is to state whether any material matters have come to my attention giving me cause to believe:

  1. That accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 63 of the Charities Act

  2. That the accounts do not accord with those accounting records

  3. That the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act

  4. That there is further information needed for a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Independent Examiner’s Statement

I have completed my examination and have no concerns in respect of the matters 1-4 listed above and, in connection with following the directions of the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland I have found no matters that require drawing to your attention

W J Johnston & Co

W J Johnston & Company Certified Public Accountants 190 Duncairn Gardens Belfast BT15 2GN

25[th] January 2025

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Hope Mission Zambia

Statement of Receipts and Payments for the Year Ended 31[st] March 2024

Unrestricted Total Total
Funds 2023 2022
Receipts ---------------- --------- ----------
Donations 93,259 93,259 22,991
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Payments
Cost of Fundraising 345 345 108
Cost of Charitable Activities 84,843 84,843 45,131
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Total Payments 85,188 85,188 45,239
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Net Receipts/(Payments) 8,071 8,071 (22,248)
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Surplus/(Deficit) For Year 8,071 8,071 (22,248)
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Reconciliation at 31st March 2024
Cash at Bank & in Hand at 31/03/2023 16,277 16,277 38,475
Surplus/(Deficit) Y/e 31/03/2024 8,071 8,071 (22,248)
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Cash at Bank & in Hand at 31/03/2024 24,348 24,348 16,277
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Hope Mission Zambia

Statement of Assets & Liabilities for the Year Ended 31[st] March 2024

Unrestricted Total Total
Funds 2024 2023
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Reconciliation at 31st March 2024
Cash at Bank & in Hand at 31/03/2023 16,277 16,277 38,475
Surplus/(Deficit) Y/e 31/03/2024 8,071 8,071 (22,248)
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Cash at Bank & in Hand at 31/03/2024 24,348 24,348 16,277
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Bank and Cash Balances 16,227 38,475
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Approved by the Trustees and signed on their behalf by:

Finnbar Christie (Chair)

25[th] January 2025

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