OASIS VILLAGE TRUST CHARITY NUMBER- NIC 102441 REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 CONTENTS Page 2 Legal and Administrative Details Page3-5 Trustees Report and Responsibilities Page 6 Independent Examiners Report Pages 7- 11 Accounts OASIS VILLAGE TRUST Year Ended 31 March 2024 Registered Charity Number NIC 102441 Trustees Raymond Wray Annalisa Flanagan Linda Wray Geoffrey Flanagan Fred Wray Wendy Bell Wendy Lemon George Quail Jonny Haire Bankers Danske Bank Donegall Square West Belfast BTI 6JS Correspondence Address Raymond Wray 7 Laurel Bank Close Moneyreagh BT23 6FD Independent Examiner David Hooks 250 Donaghadee Road Bangor BT19 6NH Chartered Accountant OASIS VILLAGE TRUST Year Ended 31 March 2024 Description and Purpose The Trust is a Company limited by guarantee. The objects of the Trust are the advancement of the Christian faith, advancement of education, prevention and relief of poverty and advancement of health and advancement of community development in Ndola, Zambia. Achievements and Performance Due to the Coronavirus pandemic all meetings were held remotely via ZOOM. The Coronavirus has also meant that again no teams have been able to visit in the last year. This is unfortunate as the children benefit so much from visiting teams and the LIFT team who undertake vital maintenance works are greatly missed. The youngest children at Oasis have been most affected as they found it difficult to keep a mask on and to socially distance from others. Three of the children completed school and while they awaited their results they went to GLO Bible College to do a discipleship course. They graduated in August 2021 and in January 2022 they commenced further education in accountancy, auto engineering and computer science. Our newest child has settled in well and is speaking good English, doing well in school and loves being in the kid's singing group. The children continue to celebrate birthdays on a monthly basis and the children look forward to these special days sharing cake and receiving gifts. The children have been growing vegetables and recently have acquired a chicken house, baby turkeys and a duck. The children enjoy being involved in this project and are learning new skills. Auntie Memory is a new Housemum and also teaches at Mountainside School. She relates well to the children as she has gone through similar experience5 as our children. The new Oasis website went live in mid- December and has been professionally developed by Craig at Old Tree Design, The Committee authorised monies to be spent on installing solar panels for the borehole and the purchase of new beds for some of the houses. All the houses are to be repainted. Work has been completed in relation to the sports facility, tennis, basketball and netball courts. More work is required on the football pitch and volleyball court. The library has been completed but for a while was being used as a classroom to allow for social distancing. Two further classrooms are being built. The cafeteria has been furnished. The Jungle gym has been rebuilt and is well utilised by the kids. Broken furniture in the houses has been repaired and there has been maintenance on the drainage and septic tanks. A Child Protection Policy needs to be developed and the committee will need to look at the provision of suitable housing as the children grow older. The use of the Oasis Whats App group has been beneficial for keeping supporters informed as to what is happening at Oasis. The Newsletter was published in Winter 2021 and sent to all supporters along with a Oasis Christmas card. Ziso was able to come to Northern Ireland on 2 occasions for brief visits and this enabled him to spend quality time with his family. The committee are delighted that all the children continue to grow physically, socially, spiritually and emotionally and develop their educational skills and knowledge. OASIS VILLAGE TRUST Year Ended 31 March 2024 Trustees Responsibilities Under charity law Trustees are required to prepare financial statements that record the receipts and payments of the charity for each accounting period. We, the undersigned, are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy the financial position of the charity and to ensure that the financial statements comply with relevant regulations. We acknowledge that we have a responsibility to safeguard the assets of the charity and to take steps to prevent fraud or other irregularities. Financial Review Income for the year decreased from £75,238 to £56,281 and while expenses also fell from £60,773 in 2023 to £49,716 in 2024 the Trust had a surplus for the year of £6,565. At the year end Unrestricted Funds amounted to £41,172. , J 2024 This report was approved by the Trustees of Oasi5 Village Trust on IN Ar Raymond Wray Linda Wray