Congo Initiative- UK
Directors, and Trustees, report for the year ended 31 December 2024
The Direclors and Trustees present their ￿pOrt and the unaudited accounts for the year ended 31 D￿mber 2024.
Strncture, governance and management
The tharity is an incorpjrated body atKI is under the contrd of Ihe Direclor5 and Trustees as detailed out in the
charity constitution. The charity is recognised as a charty under the Charity Commission for Northem Ireland as at
the dale of registration being the 6 Febnjary 2019.
Organisation
The Direclors and Tnjslees who have served dunng the year are detailed cmjt on page 3. The Directors and Trustees
are expected to play several key rdes in Ihe funning of the charity induding fundraising, govemance, f5nanaal
budgeting and audits'ng, evalualion and assessment of Ihe organisation's mission and strategic goals, resource
development, public policy and advocacy, and marketing and cofftmuniratv)n.
Public Benefit
The directors and Trustees believe that both the purposes and the activitses undertaken in this last ￿an￿al year
dearly satisfy both elements of the public benefft requiremenl
Funds have been raised from small tnjsts and foundations in the UK, churches and individuals. AdvorAcy has
continued in the UK thTfAJgh faith groups and interested parties allhough fundraising activrti'es have been curtailed
due lo the Covid pandemic Icckdown.
Work in the eastem part of the Democratsc Rewblic of Congo has been curtaiFed due lo (x)ntinued ethnic violence
and inse(JJrity. With the armed interventions of the amiies of Kenya and Uganda in support of the natsonal army,
there is the danger of wicreased military activity. Howev￿, in 5PI'te of these dtfficulttes, vanous CI-UK fiJnded projects
have continued such as the two pnmary schools, the counsdling ￿ntre, the Mangina trade scfrKd, and the
Univer￿te Chrétienne Bilingue du Congo IUCBC). A camws-wide clean water system has been completed al UCBC
with a deep well water pump. Land has been purchased for the Mangina trade schod with money from the Bob
McAllisler Memonal Fund.
Statement of Public Benefit
The charity is organised and shall be q)eraled exdusively for chatFtable. scientsfic, literacy. education and religious
Purposes and to fosler the prevenlion of cruelty to children, gender abuse a￿1 actively support environmentsl
protection. These benefits are evidenced by regular and substantial support tr%)th financial and pracb'cal for a number
of key projects. Currently the Chanty is actively engaged in developing 8 trade school in addition to continued
support of La Charilé primary schocl and the UCBC univerw. The charib'es beneficiaries are all those whose needs
bnng them within the ambit of the chanty's support. Any private benefit is incidental and necessary to ensure the
organisation achieves its purFrf)se. All funds re￿IVed by the tharity shall be dedicated and invested solely for such
purposes.
Aims and Objectives
The vision of the charity is to model, nurture and shape an authentic community of Chrtsys folbwers whose calling is
to transform society in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The charity hopes to train and develop strong indigenous
leaders to Irdnsform their communih'es in their nabon of Collgo by building CMI society on Christian P￿ncipleS of
socials justice for the common gcod.
The overdll purpose of Congo Inib'alj've UK is the transfomiation of the Dem(tTatic Republic of Congo through holistsc
devdopment of leaders who bring hoFe and healing to individuals, Ix)mmvntb'es and the nation.

Congo Initiative - UK
Financial Review and Reserves
The principle Sour￿ of income are manly from gifts and dcmations. The annual accounts strv)w a sutplus ft)r the
year of £8,634. The trustees sb'll believe that the charity is in a good financial position. The Directors and Truslees
will continue lo actively seek financial support in order to commence new projects in the Democratic Republic of
Congo.
By order of the Board
Mr Eric Clarke
Director and Trust80
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Statement of Directors, and Trustees, Responsibllltles
The t*rect£￿ aThl Tnjstses are res[#X￿1l1e FYepariNJ the ar￿ Trus￿$, Arn￿ Repxt
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for eath financial year. ur￿er that law the have prepared the fin&Maal slalernents in act￿￿nCe with
Generalty Ac£epkd AccountsThJ Practre In the United lfjr￿￿n (a(XfMtiw *aNJards by ts Financ
ReportsrtrJ Councl in the UK. Ind￿li￿j Ch*kneg SORP {FRS 102). Acxwnlry and Retthvj ty (*witsS,'
Stslements of rerx)mmended prackn aFWicat4e to dwrilies wepaiYwJ thw acrxwts in awdar￿e with the
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by the Instibjle of Chartffed kowntants in the Uiwled and Lkited I￿r￿th Law). Under Ihat ￿ tr
direct￿5 trusiees must rnl Ihe fjn8f*Aal slatThnts tsy arn salhf*d that tsy LM¥e a true
fair Niew of ￿ stsle of affairn of the charity of the finanu* &*¥ilRs ol ttK8 thrity that W￿d.
In prepanng acc¢JJnts, the directh ￿ trus￿ are rw4uThI k> best arnl:
. sele(X &ilat4e aryxxmtrfj p(*£￿$ ￿ then ath cutsistenty,
observe the methots ar￿ pn.Th￿￿es in the Chariti'es SORP;
make judgmnts and estim*s thal are reas(ThtAe 8rKI wudent
stale the appli￿￿On of acLwntsThJ stWKlards hm been to maleri
depathres dtsdosed and explained Ihe accThints'
prepare the accounts on the gjng cTh)cem basis wdess it is inapwcyiats to wewme that th8 ch8rity wll
c￿tinUe in kni'ness.
The direclors and are reswsit48 for kee￿.n9 prw accwntiry recc¥ds thsdose *ilh teascThble
accuracy at any time the finanoa Fosilion of the charity and io enable them to ertsure that the uKnFly with
the Chariles Act (Northem Irek?￿l) 2008 ar￿ tr* Charity IAc£(xmts and ReForts) Regtlalions {Northem Ireland)
2008. They are also resFw)nsit4e for safeguarding the assets ofthe c*afty and hm for taking reasonable steps for
the prevents￿ arKI detectsc￿ of fra(Nl and other irregularities.
Directors and Trustees are responsitAe for the m￿ntenan￿ and Irrtegnty ofthe cThpornte and finanda inknalon
included on the tharitses webstte. LegisLqtion in the United lfjngd(xn go￿riT8 preparatson and dissemination of
finanoal statements may differ from Iw.￿all(￿ in oll*rjurisdir*
By order of the Board
r Oluféml Aklnlabl
Director and Trustee