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Si(Jaboh5a Trustees'Annual Report From 1st September 2023 to 31st August 2024 Objectives and activities Siyabonga Seeks to put God's love into iiclion by supporting ihe advancement of education and rellgion, the prevention or relief of poverty and the advancement of health in communities who need it most. We sUPPOrt faniilie5 and youth in Ugdnda through donatlOn5 and sponsors. We currently sponsor 16 young people in various Stages of their education - primary/secondary/college/university. This includes covering school fees, scholastic materials, travel, accommodation and food during the school terms. We have plans to continue our building project which will provide an office base, facilities for residential camps and accommodation for respite. The specific objective5 are.. Identify and support young people from less advantaged bèckgrounds to keep in school. Provide requisite scholastic kit to each student under the spon50r5hip program every year of studv. Strengthen collaboration with various stakeholders in beneficiary selection and establishing specific educational needs among others. Foster a culture of philanthropy amongst the tommunity towards embracing and supporting the program. Charity Trustees Charity contact information Website-. www.siyabongauk.co.uk

SiLJaboh5a Achievements and Performance With God's blessing, all the young people in school managed to complete that year of studying without any encumbrance. No student repeated a class - all passed exceedingly well and moved on to their next class and level accordingly. Among the key milestone5 - At the end of February, our O-level students, received their final exam results. We were grateful that they had performed well. At the beginning of thi month, nrolled in a new school to pursue her A levels, while oin cd an institute to specialize in catering and hotel management. We have three 5tudent5 graduating this year- and design, with a degree in nursing and Survey ith a diploma in fashion vith a Diploma in Land We met with a former Siyabonga youth who finished his higher studies and is now working 25 a plumber. More of these follow up V15its are in place to check in with previous students supported by SSyabonga to keep in touch with them and to see how their education and studies have helped them and how they are being put into practice.

SI￿abO￿5a Siyabonga Building Projert In 2022 we received funding to Start a building project from Adullam Inc, a charity registered in the USA and Scotland ISC0460231. Adullam Inc has been faithful in their giving over the last 3 years and have provided the rnajority of the funding to get the building to the 5taEe it is at today. The building is on land owned by Siyabonga Milele Africa I Ugandal in Wakiso, Kampala, Uganda. 5 also Trustee of this charity in Our plan for this building is to have a place that can be used as an office space. for respite, camp5 and workshops for the children we support. From laying foundations at the start of 2023 and sinking a well, we are really now seeinE our vision come to life. The structure is now fully built with roof and windows in place. The interior still needs a lot of work, but the building is wind and water tight with plans to starl using it in 2025. Part of our purpose is to bless the community around our projects, and with this in mind, the well in the groLrnds of the building has two tanks so we are able to let the surrounding community use one of these. We now have a separate account set up for any giving that is specifically for the building work.

Butambala Nursery Butambala N ursery - formerly knoivn as Tl?e School LJi?der the Tree- hds really grown and developed over thp. past year. You can See that the children have a colourful school building with chairs and desks so lessons and breaks can be taken out of the elements. The School now has a full-tlme teacher and the children have a morning snack and a full meal provided in their School day. Following a kind donation, we were also able to provide some musical instruments- and their drumming can be heard throughout the village I We continued with our tradition of providing the families with food parcels at Christmas. Boys to Men Program The goal of the program is to nurture emotionally intelligent, 5elf-aware and purpose driven young men. The specific program objectives entail,. Promoting self-awareness and identity formation. Enhancing focus and goal setting skills Building confidence and p051tive 5elf-image Guiding boy5 in decision maklng and resilience In 2024, the activities we undertook included,. engagement and counselling sessions Lrnder theme5 of identity and focus. We workod with a total of 108 boys all through the three sessions. The se55ions revolved around,. mental power and responsibility as men. We shared a meal as we talked through the challenges of the day and generated solutions.

Youth Camp In January, 2024 we held an educational youth cafflp under the theme -me, Myself ond l- It Starts with mel"The four-day residential camp had a total of 40 participants. A series of topical sessions were tackled including,. self - reflection, financial discipline, goal Setting, visioning and career guidance. The sessions were built around fun game5, dance battles and various camping activities. Overall. the participants gave us feedback this has been the best educational camp they had been to.

Future plans In 2024/2025 we will continue the work on our building. We are at a stage now where the building is being used by office staff and the wells are in use for both the team and the community. We will focus on the completion of the interior and the fixtures and fittings. We will continue to support the children we have going through education by paying for their school fees, scholastic materials and meeting any other needs as they arise. We are also excited to see how Butambala Nursey continues to grow- we have fundraising plans to help them develop a playground that can be used by the school children and the community. We are looking forward to all the next year has in store for us and will share updates on our Facebook page and our website. Declaration Signed on behalf of the charity trustees: Signature Print name TRUSTEE Designation 2610512025 Date

OSCJ" SIYABONGA SC051228 Receipts and payments accounts For the period from 2023 08 2024 Section A Statement of receipts and payments Unrestri¢tÈd lund8 Expendable endowment fund5 Perfflanenl endowment funds funds Total funds current perlod Total funds last perlod to ne4re¥ie lo De4revt£ Af Receipts Donations 5.Q48 8,460 13,508 34,931 LegaGi?5 Gran Rfceipls from fundraising 8dl￿tIeS Gross Iradiny receipts Income frorn inveslmenis olher than land ar￿ buildings Rents Irorn land & buikJing5 Gross rt¢8ipis frtsn oth8r charita￿2 Al Sub total 5,048 8,462 13,510 34931 12 R*t6lpts from asset & Imvtr$tm8nt $8lès Proceeds from sale of T￿ed a6setS Proceeds from sale of inveslmpnls A2 Sub eotsl Tolalroceipts 5.048 8.462 13,510 34,931 A3 Payrnent5 Expenses forlutbdraising actmlies Gros5 trading paym8nls Inyeslrnenl [nen￿8￿￿ent ¢0$ Payments rel?li[￿ d1￿ctly10 eharilatrAe 4.336 3,40D 7.738 33,196 Gran15 and donal1￿& Governance costs". Audil l iDdepBndEnl exsmin$bon Preparglion ol annual at￿u￿t$ Legal ￿St5 Qlher A3 Sub total 4.336 3,400 7.736 33.196 A4 Payments relating to as8Qt and Investment movefflents Purchases of fixed assets Purchase of investineDt8 A4 Sub total Totalpayments 336 3,400 7,736 33,196 712 5,062 5,774 1,73$ AS Transfer5 tol (from) fund5 S￿￿lUsI{def1clt) forye8r 712 5,774 1,735

SIYABONGA Sectlon B Statement of balances SCOS1228 RBstrfctodfunOs daL•ment TDL41 curtDnt Tot41 li•1 p•rf fund5 t¢ n•&rtt£ Bl Cash fvndG Cesh and b£ianco5 ￿ 5t4n ofyear 2.726 2,726 991 S￿p￿s$ IdÉflcill sI￿¥n onrec81thB and paymenls acc 712 5,062 s.n4 C•Eh and bank ba1ancaE aiend S.Q62 8,50Q 2,T26 IAwo bwl¥rt•¥wIDrncffApb￿d pa￿nts To La$l￿ar JThsiE Olh•ras$¢t$ To [￿￿115 84 ￿￿bIl￿o TDt l¥¥ilrnNi•J B5 ConNng•nt Ilabllhl•s TQtai ¥BnEdtyonpgrfriQtru5￿ Qlnoalure Prfnl DAie or approval XQ5 aAcE%31 Aug2Q42r wist4twrwidwy•s

APPENtYX 2 SIYABONGA SC051228 Sactlon C Notes to the Accounts C1 Nature and purpose of funds (may b8 stat8GI on anafysffs of fvnds wDrksheetsl Typè of ?ctlvity or pttsle¢t svppDrtod L¥ll léwbgrol 9iaTrts C2 Grants Ti>tal C38 Tru8tee remvneration Ifrn ￿m￿nera￿on p8wJ duritvJ the to any thariy trustee ly person 10 ¥ I[￿ste2 cross Ihi4 txjx 10th￿￿Se comp￿te secbDn 3b) Authority undtrwhich paid C3b TruBte8 remuneration - detaits C4a Tru8tee expenses Ifno expenses ￿re lo any dwrity ts1js1eedurK￿ F¢rKrtY Ihen Ihts box lolherws? cO¥n￿ete seth)n 4bl l•JmberOt truslees C4b Trustee expenses- details 8alan¢ outslandtng •t end Natu￿ of tr3n&7ctio C5 Tran¥action8 with trustees and connected persons 2.300 Siy7bonga Lkjiirw ￿ Year£2,￿￿j 12023'.£28.0(Kll was speni office in ¥Vakis0. Kampala. U9atKla on bn: cM-l b:. ¢r,r:wa m.,￿ Alrica Trusiee o I LYldtiiS C6 Other Information Sryabong8 A(r¥31 Aug Z024 2nd C)raftl NWe5 De￿tsel 20Q7

APPENCIX2 SC051228 Additional analysls121 5 8r•akdDwn of unr•strfctBd funds tstfternlFuDd T￿t tund fUnd&￿￿tv￿d Dw3lioD5 t4è1 5 Iradin Rents Irom larwJÉ bulknr rossi8cthPlsfromo1h8rch¥ithle￿llIa toral 046 4931 Recel PtvAed5frpm saleoffixed a55p15 Tolalr•colpis 5.048 048 P4 ntS lnwFmEnlfflan¥gw￿l cos15 PEymFn15roIa1ingdirq￿ty tothanl¥bl04th%rylies (kn13&r￿ doTrElion9 4,3J6 AL￿rtIl￿PpenlTrtv￿￿￿ir￿I Prepar¥lian accpunls Sub tor•i 4,JJ6 433$ 6.198 PLTth43e5 Dffixed assets 33 4,336 s,se T¥ansfers to IlfrDMI lunds Surpffu$/(dofKifJ fOryer 712 1,7J6 2.726 2,728 14J 1726 Natur• and léof fundi I￿>)242￿￿

APPENDIX 2 SIYABONGA SC051228 Additional 8nalysis131 ¢ Breakd￿Tr olrestrtBtadfvnds T4kl REcelp Donation 7,310 0,40D L•oacl&s C￿55￿&1￿5 TgCIPIs and RertsfrL¥n Iiorn 01￿ ￿arabl9￿1v11￿s 5ttb lotsl 7.362 ,402 28,ODO RgcilPtsfromasut£ lfvtpÉtniontsaf•& p￿￿d& ÈalÈ DfiLK&dastsls dsfrum 5BIE thlnwB￿rnB￿5 Sob 7.3B2 462 24QOO Payrn•nt4 E)PEf15e5fyfunai%hy ￿l¥lle5 Grts5 1'rypawrwl3 ￿519 IDthwilpNp46tivibps L300 luo 3AtrJ •QOD Cr£rrfs ￿￿*10￿5 L￿1 co45 1.wo relltlny to8¥get Snvo¥trnEnt rntswèrmnts KTveslw13 ..aZ£Z4 Totslp2ynrepts IJUD T.OfjQ Yoo 3,4QD 26,QOO S,062 5.061 TranBtor& tollfrDMI s,￿2 5A62 S.Q62 6.052 llati1￿ pu.rw¢ of lunds -n1 gffireivjild This ye￿￿7.￿O￿￿rP¢￿￿dtob￿1￿a ￿ndth￿n￿d by S lél&Africa iri I￿ USII 5 3 TTr¢lryy co1￿￿3).tObL&Id￿st￿OOI Kampga ty5rylb￿gaMd￿l￿Atr1 Sitt. £IWw#S ￿￿eryed Ip I￿￿<4￿m$ lor nLv5WY

APPENDIX 3 oscr Office of the Scottish Charity Regulatoi • Independent examiner's report on the accounts Report to the Chaty narne trusteeslmembers of SIYABONGA Rggisterad charity SC051228 numbèr On the accounts of the charity for the pgriod Period start dale Period end date Month Oay Mi)nlh Ye¥r Year ,09 Setout on pages Irery*rnber tts indudé th8 page umb2rs oladdilional sheets) R&spectlv8 Thè chanty's trustees afft ￿spOnsible for thè preparation of the accounts in accordanGe responslbllltles of with the term5 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotlandl 2005 Act and the trustees and examlner Charities Accounts Iscollandl Regulations 2006. The charity trustee5 consider that the audit requirement of Regulation 10{11 Idl of the Accounts Regulation5 does not apply. It is my responsibility to examine the accounts as required under sèction 44{11 Icl of the Act and to slate whether parttcular matters have come lo my attention. Basis of independent My exatninalion 15 carried out in accordance with Regulation 11 of the Charitie5 examlner's statement Accounls Iscollandl Regulations 2006. An examination includes a review ol the accounting words kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records.11 also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeks explanations from the trustees conceming any such matters The procedures undertaken do not provide 211 the evidence that would be required in an audit and, consequently, I do not express an audit opinion on the accounts. Independent examiner's In the course of my examinab'on. no matter has come lo my attention statement which gives me reasonable cause lo believe that in any material ￿SpeCt the requirements.. lo keep accounting records in accordance wrth section 44111 lal of the 2005 Act and Regulation 4 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations, and to prepare 8ccounls which accord with the accounting records and comply with Regulation 9 of the 2006 Accounts Regu18tions h8ve not been mel, or to which. in my opinion. attention should be drawn in order tr) enable a proper understandin of the accoun15 to be reaehed. Signed: Date: 29 May 2025 Name: Relevant professional qualificationlsl or body lif any).. Addrèss: