2025-06-30-annual-report - Baby Angels Organisation Limited

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Charity Registration No: NIC106306 Company Registration No: NI646347 (Northern Ireland)

Baby Angels Organisation Limited

Trustees Report (Including Director’s Report)

For the year ended 30th June 2025

The Trustees present their report and accounts for the year ended 30[th] June 2025.

The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in Note 2 to the accounts, and comply with the charity’s Memorandum and Articles of Association, the Companies Act 2006 and ‘Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2015)’.

Objectives and Activities

The Objectives of Baby Angels Organisation Limited are:

To relieve poverty among underprivileged children and their families world-wide by financially supporting meaningful development initiatives, aiming to promote positive change within their lives and help build sustainable livelihoods .

The main activity undertaken in relation to the objectives is fundraising through our supporters in the world’s wealthiest nations, and re-distribution of that wealth to support the world’s poorest children through locally established social projects.

During the current financial period, Baby Angels Organisation Limited has supported the following projects:

1) Food Programme for Orphans & Vulnerable Children in Port Elizabeth, South Africa - through Emmanuel Advice & Care Centre (EACC). (Grant Value £900)
A grant of £75 per month to helps Emmanuel deliver the child food programme attended by over 300 children 2-3 times a week. The project delivers over 2,400 meals per month to vulnerable children from approx. 100 local families. The programme also welcomes a small number of elderly and vulnerable adults. The management and staff of Emmanuel express their gratitude for our continued support which allows them to provide a secure beacon of hope in their community.
2) Rafiki Foster Care, Kenya – Supporting Cost of Operations ( Grant Value £600.00 ) Rafiki Foster Care is a non-profit community organisation, set up by and for local people in Kenya, to provide a complete care programme for children at risk of forced labour, exploitation, sexual abuse and drug use due to family circumstances. They work collaboratively with vulnerable families in the region to provide residential respite care for younger children, and foster homes to children without families. Baby Angels grants £50 per month towards medical insurance, electricity, water and gas expenses.
3) Eco-Sanitation Toilets – Kamwendo Primary School, Malawi (Grant Value £2,417.41) This project built 2 Eco-sanitation toilets and 2 Eco-sanitation urinals in a school of 370 children. Ecosanitation toilets and urinals offer quality hygienic facilities improving child health, wellbeing and motivating attendance (particularly for girls). This technology also provides compost for the school gardens and food programme, and the community benefits from technology transfer when training local artisans in construction of the toilets.
4) Water Harvesting – Kamwendo Primary School, Malawi (Grant Value £2,280.94) Kamwendo PS had no access to water within 1km radius of the school. This project installed 2 water harvesting tanks and piping to harvest water from the school rooftops creating 10,000 litres of stored water capacity for handwashing and sanitation of toilets (installed in the project above). This will minimise the distance kids need to travel to fetch water for the school, thereby increasing the time allowed for lessons. The tanks will also provide water for the school gardens in the dry season. Broader ecological benefits manifest through the reduction of surface run-off and erosion by redirecting water away from the surrounding area into storage tanks.

Achievements and Performance

In the financial year ended 30[th] June 2025, Baby Angels Organisation Limited has raised funds of £6,284, distributed £6,198 to achieve its objectives, and incurred £187 in support costs.

1) Food Programme for Orphans & Vulnerable Children - South Africa
The direct benefit flowing from this activity is the reduction in levels of poverty experienced by underprivileged children and their families. The children receive physical nourishment they may not otherwise receive in an underprivileged community enabling them to flourish, and in turn relieving financial pressure on their families.

Charity objectives achieved by funding this project:

  - Child Wellbeing 100% Education & Skills Development 0% Community & Sustainability 0%

2) Rafiki Foster Care – Supporting Cost of Operations
The grant is allocated to children's medical insurance cover, electricity, water and gas costs to enable secure access to medical services, heat, light and cooking facilities.

Charity objectives achieved by funding this project:

  - Child Wellbeing 100% Education & Skills Development 0% Community & Sustainability 0%

3) Eco-Sanitation Toilets – Kamwendo Primary School, Malawi (Grant Value £2,417.41)
Benefits include improved sanitation, hygiene, child health, well-being, and nutrition through inputs to the school gardens and food programme.

Charity objectives achieved by funding this project:

Child Wellbeing 80% Education & Skills Development 10% Community & Sustainability 10%

4) Water Harvesting – Kamwendo Primary School, Malawi (Grant Value £2,280.94)
This installation will minimise the distance kids need to travel to fetch water for the school, thereby increasing the time allowed for lessons, provide water for the school gardens in the dry season feeding into the school gardens and food programme while also preventing surface run-off and erosion. Charity objectives achieved by funding this project:
- Child Wellbeing 80% Education & Skills Development 10% Community & Sustainability 10%

The above benefits are evidenced through purchase receipts, photographs, blog updates and feedback from our partners demonstrating how donations from Baby Angels Organisation Limited have helped them relieve poverty in their communities.

Impact to Date

Impact is measured as the contribution made by grant activity to one child for one year, and counted cumulatively on an annual basis.

School toilet/water harvesting construction projects are deemed to continue to positively impact children at the school and their families for up to 10 years. Each year’s impact will be counted in addition to the year of construction and in addition to the impact of previous years.

Whilst the trees planted at Mpanga PS in 2023-24 will take 3-4 years to begin bearing fruit, the impact from this project is expected to last 15 years.

Up to 30[th] June 2025, Baby Angels Organisation Limited has supported local organisations to:

Provide 210,200 meals impacting 2,100 vulnerable children from 700 families
Build 6 eco-sanitation toilets and 8 urinals impacting 12,470 children from 3,736 families
Install two 10,000L Water Harvesting systems impacting 5,970 children from 1873 families, and,
Plant 2,000 fruit and shade trees impacting 1,400 school pupils for 15 years starting 2026-27

To date, Baby Angels Organisation Limited has positively impacted the lives of 20,576 children from 6,339 families.

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No. Water
No. No. Harvesting No. No.
No. Meals Toilets Urinals Systems Trees Children Families Cum. Impact
Programme Provided Built Built Installed Planted Impacted Impacted Year
1) Emmanuel - Child Food Programme 210,200 - - - - 2,100 700 n/a
2) Empower - Eco-Sanitation Project-01 - 2 3 - - 6,300 1,800 7
3) Empower - Eco-Sanitation Project-02 - 2 3 - - 5,800 1,813 4
4) Empower - Water Harvesting Project-01 - - - 1 - 5,600 1,750 4
5) Rafiki Care Home - Operations Support - - - - - 36 30 n/a
6) Empower Tree Planting Project-01 - - - - 2,000 - - Starts 2026
7) Empower - Eco Sanitation Project 3 - 2 2 - - 370 123 1
8) Empower - Water Harvesting Project-02 - - - 1 - 370 123 1
210,200 6 8 2 2,000 20,576 6,339
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Financial Review

Review of Financial Position

At the end of the reporting period, the balance between income and expenditure is positive. Funds to be carried forward to the following financial year are £5,643 (including £500 Reserve). The opening balance for the period was £5,744 (including £500 Reserve).

£435.87 of income in the current period was received from HMRC in Gift Aid payments on donation receipts from 2024 FY. The receipt of Gift Aid payments has a significant impact on the ability of the charity to achieve its objectives.

Charity donation boxes in local shops have brought income of £826.60 for the 2024-5 financial year. The trustees express their sincere thanks to the shop owners and customers.

Reserves Policy

Baby Angels Organisation Limited holds a financial reserve to cover any possible liability should the organisation need to respond to unexpected financial difficulties, to protect the charity from future changes and challenges in economic circumstances, or if the organisation should have to cease operations. A reserve of £500 is held as security before grant making activity occurs. This means that grant making activity will not occur unless charity funds, over and above the £500 reserve, are sufficient to fund the proposed grant, its related costs and general running costs for the period.

Structure, Governance and Management

Baby Angels Organisation is a limited company and a charity registered with the Charity Commission NI. Our governing document is the Baby Angels Organisation Limited Memorandum and Articles of Association.

The Trustees, who are also directors for the purpose of company law, and who served during the year were: Therese Bateson

Bridie Gribbin Kevin Ryan Daniel Bateson

Recruitment and appointment of Trustees

Trustees of the charity are appointed annually and in keeping with our Memorandum and Articles of Association.

Organisational structure and how decisions are made

Decisions are considered and made by Baby Angels Organisation Limited Board of Trustees on an individual proposal basis. It is the responsibility of the Secretary to ensure the execution of decisions and the reporting of works carried out back to the Board.

Statement of Trustees Responsibilities

The Trustees, who are also the directors of Baby Angels Organisation Limited for the purpose of company law, are responsible for preparing the Trustees Report and the accounts in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

Reference and Administrative Details Name of the Charity: Baby Angels Organisation Limited Other names used: babyangels.org Charity Registration No: NIC106306 Company Registration No: NI646347 (Northern Ireland) Registered Office: 2 Ballyneill Road Ballyronan Magherafelt Co Derry BT45 6JE Trustees: Therese Bateson Michelle Ryan Kevin Ryan Daniel Bateson

Exemptions from disclosure

There are no exemptions from disclosure.

Funds held as custodian trustee on behalf of others

There are no funds held as custodian trustee on behalf of others.

Disclosure of information to the Independent Examiner

Each of the Trustees has confirmed that there is no information of which they are aware which is relevant to independent examination, but of which the examiner is unaware. They have further confirmed that they have taken appropriate steps to identify such relevant information and to establish that the independent examiner is aware of such information.

The Trustees’ Report was approved by the Board of Trustees