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ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 2014

NO CHILD FORGOTTEN

CHANCE FOR CHILDHOOD Annual report 2014

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CONTENTS

Introduction 3

Charity information 5

Our mission 6

Our impact 7

Trustees’ report 8

Independent auditors’ report 20

Statement of financial activities 21

Balance sheet 22

Basis of the financial statements 23

Notes to the financial statements 25

Chance for Childhood’s Patron, Milton Jones, visits Patongo, a former refugee camp in Northern Uganda


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Introduction

‘Pretty much does what it says on the t-shirt’

Milton Jones during his visit to Patongo, Uganda

We were delighted by the encouragement of our

loyal supporters during our recent name change.

As our Patron Milton Jones said, summing up his

visit to our project in Patongo, we do ‘what it says on

the t-shirt’ – give children back their childhoods. We

continue our mission to stop the horrific abuses of

children and young people globally. To this end, we

continue to work within post conflict regions, where

vivid memories of genocide and children dressed as

soldiers remain embedded in the minds of fragile

communities.

The legacy of war in Northern Uganda is complex.

Research undertaken last year revealed terrible reports

of ex child soldiers and young people affected by the

conflict ending up in prisons without trials. In prison,

they are at daily risk of forced labour, starvation and

disease. We were horrified to hear of the complete

absence of social networks and mechanisms to deal

with this crisis.

In response to this, we have developed a new

pilot model to address the rehabilitation of children in

conflict with the law which aims to protect those thrown

into prisons for crimes which could not be considered

anything but survival mechanisms. This continues our

long standing work with kids behind bars.

We were privileged this year to join in partnership

with the Ugandan Justice, Law and Order Sector and

UNICEF to deliver systemic changes to the justice

system, building the capacity of local governments.

Our partner Passion 4 Community has been recognised

for its outstanding work with former child soldiers and

children in conflict with the law. Together, we have

successfully gained the support of Comic Relief to

deliver a four year programme to pilot the first ever

structured diversion programme in Uganda, that

ensures vulnerable children do not end up in adult

prisons. The programme, which starts in 2015, will also

work with the Ugandan Law Society to set up a legal

aid centre specific to children and young people.

We remain determined to capitalise on our

specific expertise in educating children with special

learning needs, bringing across successful approaches

from our inclusive education programme in Rwanda

to both Kenya and Uganda. We are honoured to

have hosted our patrons the comedian Milton Jones

in Uganda this year and to have, at the start of 2015,

triple gold winner Paralympian Sophie Christiansen in

Rwanda to support our “No child forgotten” campaign,

ensuring that children with disabilities have access to

quality education.

In 2014 we dealt with horrors too extreme to

write on paper, but through our partner organisations

working in vibrant and hardworking communities we

believe that we have reached some of the world’s most

forgotten children. We have also strengthened our

ability to include children in our programme planning,

monitoring and reporting and are in the process of

ensuring children participate within our governing

structures.

We are, as ever, hugely grateful to all of you, our

loyal supporters, especially our ongoing partnership

with Think Money and our amazing volunteers.

Thank you

Claire Hoffman (Chair)


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Charity informationTrustees

Claire Hoffman BA (Hons) MSc (chair from 18 February 2014)

John Graham

Brenda Killen BSc MSc (appointed 18 February 2014)

Gordon Mylchreest MCIM (chair until 18 February 2014)

Sandip Shah MSc ACA

Maria Shum BA (Hons) PGDip

Registered office

Westmead House

Westmead

Farnborough

Hampshire

GU14 7LP

Registered charity number

1013587

Registered company number

2735643

Executive Director

Anna-mai Estrella BSc MSc

Company Secretary

David Ellis BA FCA

Auditors

Blue Spire Limited

Cawley Priory

South Pallant

Chichester

West Sussex P019 1SY

Bankers

National Westminster Bank.

9 High Street

Cobham

Surrey KT11 3DL


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Our mission

We are an international children’s charity

which strengthens and empowers local

communities to protect children facing

the gravest injustices.

Founded on Christian values,

we uphold these through social,

educational and business

programmes which engage

with local organisations. Our

programmes protect vulnerable

children and young people and

equip them with the skills,

knowledge and capacity to

become active agents of change

within their own communities.

A young beneficiary enrolled in our mother-child group


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7CHANCE FOR CHILDHOOD formerly Jubilee Action Trustees’ Report

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Our impact

We provided counselling and support to over 1,200 children affected by two decades of conflict in northern Uganda.

We supported 160 children living without parental care and improved their health and living conditions.

We trained 91 teachers to deliver inclusive education in mainstream schools in Rwanda, creating a quality learning environment for deaf and disabled children.

We started our unique ‘Right 2 Change’ programme which aims to rehabilitate 1,278 children in conflict with the law and train over 600 front line workers within the justice systems.

We successfully reintegrated 198 street children back into formal education in Kenya.

We provided drug prevention workshops, education and cultural activities to 1,100 children living in violent Brazilian slums.


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CHANCE FOR CHILDHOOD Trustees’ report 2014

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The trustees have pleasure in presenting their annual

report and audited financial statements for the year

ended 31 December 2014.

OBJECTIVES AND MISSION

Our objectives are the relief of poverty, hunger,

sickness and distress among orphans, refugees,

prisoners and their families, homeless persons and

victims of human rights violations by financial and other

charitable means.

Our mission is to strengthen and empower local

communities to protect children facing the gravest

injustices by supporting educational and business

programmes. These programmes protect vulnerable

children and young people and equip them with the

skills, knowledge and capacity to become active agents

of change within their own communities.

OUR PROGRAMME APPROACH

We continue to focus our support on locations in

remote, post conflict environments and slums with poor

government structures and a complete lack of services

which tend to be overlooked by the international

community due to a lack of visibility.

We seek to identify and work with small grassroots

organisations that either are, or show the potential to

be, well regarded as experts in their community, have

local leaders who demonstrate passion, integrity, faith

and are able to initiate and run innovative programmes.

We aim to enable partners, through funding and

substantial assistance, to grow and develop their

organisations to provide lasting benefits to the children

they support. Significant support is provided to

develop their financial management, staff organisation

and programme reporting. We seek to ensure that

partners can become independent of funding and

advice from Chance for Childhood as they develop.

We are very proud of our track record in enabling

sustainability which was proven yet again to be

successful by our exit from Nepal, this year. Although it

is always sad to leave any partner, we are pleased with

the positive legacy that we have left behind us.

Our exit from Nepal forms part of our strategic

plan to improve our effectiveness. We aim to support

a range of programmes and partners in different

stages of development and implementation, to

promote sustainable development and maximize the

use of our resources.

During 2014 we have continued to implement this

approach. Although we were sad to withdraw from

our Asian programmes, we have already seen the

wider impact of working within a more concentrated

geographical location. This year we initiated two new

partnerships in Rwanda as well as preparatory work to

start new projects in both Rwanda and the Democratic

Republic of the Congo.

BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF OUR PARTNER ORGANISATIONS’ TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

We support our partners with training and

development and work with them to define clear

project outcomes that work within local networks

and can either complement existing government

services or demonstrate the value of new initiatives.

During 2014, we have continued with capacity building

initiatives focusing more specifically on individual

organisational capacity development plans which

included training in child protection, good governance,

and accountability. We also focused our efforts on our

“Inclusion” theme, working with Speech Therapists,

Inclusive Education experts, Teachers of the Deaf and

Gender Specialists to ensure that our teams were

equipped with the necessary expertise to ensure full

inclusivity. We are very proud of our track record in

supporting our partners to recruit female managers

and people with disabilities as we aimed to extend our

equal opportunities policies to our partners overseas.

We are very grateful for the services of our Head of

Finance, David Ellis, who has dedicated many hours of

his time pro-bono to undertake trips to East Africa to

undertake extensive training in financial management.

His work has been supported by training by KPMG

Rwanda. We have continued to work with our partners

to manage HR and staff performance, fundraising and

communications, and develop in-country networks so

as to achieve long-term sustainability.

Trustees’ report


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Our PrioritiesIn 2014 staff and trustees joined together to redefine

our strategy in light of the changes to the development

sector and to ensure we remain relevant to the main

areas of need in respect to children’s rights.

Following our review we have decided to focus

on three key strategic areas during 2015–2018. We

will maintain our East African focus and have initiated

work within the Democratic Republic of the Congo to

replicate models of success from our strategic areas of

work.

INCLUSIVE EDUCATION

We initiated work in this area in 2013 with the

development of our Education, Equality and

Empowerment programme.

During 2014 we were pleased to enter into

two new partnerships with experts in the field of

communication disability. We have been working

with Manchester Metropolitan University to enhance

our delivery of inclusive education for children

with communication disabilities identified in our

community mapping studies during 2013-14. We have

also established a partnership with Yellow House, a

specialist provider of Speech and Language Therapy

in Kenya to support our work with street children in

identifying trauma related communication difficulties

and special learning needs. We are very excited to be

pioneering this work with street children who present

complex special learning needs hindering their ability

to successfully reintegrate into school.

We are also honored to receive the support of

our patron Triple gold winning Olympian Sophie

Christiansen in launching wider support for children

with disabilities including children with Cerebral Palsy.

Our No Child Forgotten campaign will strengthen

our work with Inclusive and Special Education and

enable us to make referrals for a variety of impairments,

from dyslexia, dyspraxia, trauma communication

learning difficulties to more complex needs such as

Cerebral Palsy.

http://www.theguardian.com/global-

development/2015/apr/13/sophie-christiansen-british-

paralympian-rwanda-disabled-children

JUSTICE FOR CHILDREN

Following a review of our child protection work we

have decided to take a focus on Justice for Children,

following the huge gap evidenced in our needs

analysis. The gap is particularly prevalent to children

within the justice system and the lack of special

mechanisms and structures to ensure their protection.

Following a review of our work with partner

organisation, Passion for Community in Northern

Uganda, we recognised the need to also support

children and young people with special services to

protect them in the court of law. Such services cover

victims of rape, child sacrifice, sexual abuse and also

offer support for children and youth in conflict with

the law, ensuring they receive proper rehabilitation,

support and guidance. We were delighted to establish

a new partnership with the Uganda Law society in 2014

to open the first legal aid centre specific to children

and young people.

BUSINESS AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISE

In 2014 we have increasingly recognised the need

to link our educational interventions to employment

opportunities. Our community mapping in Gakenke

district, Northern Rwanda highlighted that 47% of

youths with disabilities aged 16-25 years of age were

found to be unemployed and a further 35% identified

themselves as farmers; understood to be subsistence

farming.

In Uganda there is also a gap to access financial

services and loans which would enable young people

trained in our programmes to have the capital to

start their own businesses. We have since identified

partners such as KATI, a social enterprise scheme which

links successful youth groups to loans, and Plantwise,

under the CABI programme. This project will train

plant doctors to facilitate diagnosis and environmental

management, to increase crop productivity and

incomes.

http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015/apr/13/sophie-christiansen-british-paralympian-rwanda-disabled-children


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Uganda2014 was a big year for our Ugandan partner, Passion

4 Community (P4C). We were delighted to receive the

news that the UK Law Society was keen to support

this programme through a working partnership with

the Huddersfield and Ugandan Law Society. We

counselled, supported and reintegrated with families

or foster carers, 66 children in conflict with the law as

part of our efforts to reform the juvenile justice system.

We continue our long-term work with the Ministry of

Gender and Social Affairs to formalise the role of P4C

in rehabilitation, foster care and psycho social support.

We were delighted to receive our patron, Comedian

Milton Jones at our Ugandan programme. His blogs

made ‘editors pick’ in the Huffington Post which

brought a much wider recognition of the work being

achieved in the field.

“It’s the ordinary Ugandans that are going

the extra mile that impress the most.

Vicky the Child Protection Officer at the

local police station is feeding prisoners on

remand with her own food. The dedicated

staff of the Centre, who between them find

beds and food in their own homes for those

without. They have a vision of a better

place.”

Milton Jones

We were especially pleased to sign a contract

with DOW Chemical company to launch the Olympic

wrap programme. In December 2014, 10 youths were

involved in the construction training undertaken by

two engineers from ESGlobal. Together they erected a

structure made of the original Olympic stadium wrap,

carrying the legacy of the Olympic Games all the way

over to the former refugee camp, Patongo. We hope

to use the new sports area to develop sports activities

for young people involved in our project. Sport has

a proven ability to reduce stress and fight signs of

depression. In addition the sporting area will be crucial

to spear heading our Inclusive Education programme

enabling us to highlight the rights of children and

young people with disability through sporting events.

We continued to work with former child soldiers

and abductees and their children who suffer second

generational trauma. In 2014 we enrolled 76 students

in vocational training within our programme, all of

whom have shown improved literacy and numeracy

which illustrates the quality of our programming

which is designed on a specific methodology to reach

young people of varying levels of both literacy and

confidence. 80% of our current class are child mothers

demonstrating the huge gap in education programmes

to meet this highly vulnerable group of young girls.

“When I became pregnant my parents

began to hate me. Since I have started

studying they have begun to help me again

and I am happy.”

A 16 year old who completed our literacy programme and is now enrolled in the tailoring course.

Milton Jones meets the District Police Child

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CHILD HEADED HOUSEHOLD

There are more than a million orphans living in

Uganda. Vicky and Charles are two of them.

Their parents died fleeing the horrific conflict

that destroyed whole communities in Northern

Uganda. Overnight, not only did these brave children

have to cope with their grief, they had to face the

responsibility of caring for their five brothers and

sisters.

When we found them, they had nothing, their hut

was crumbling and they were in desperate need. But,

with your support, we’ve helped Charles and Vicky to

build a bigger, better home. We’ve also found and

trained a local mentor – someone in the community

who looks out for them, helps to keep them safe and

makes sure they aren’t alone.

Crucially, Vicky and Charles have also been given

seeds and livestock to grow the cassava crop and

earn a living. With their profit, they’ve paid the fees

and bought the uniforms they need to go to school.

It means this young family has a real chance of

escaping the grinding poverty they face.

If Vicky and Charles’s parents were with us today,

they’d no doubt want to express their gratitude to

you. So on their behalf, we thank you.

Case Study

Vicky and Charles


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KenyaDuring 2014, 198 street connected children were

successfully reintegrated into mainstream school. In

addition 48 families were supported with startup capital

loans directly resulting in the successful return of 120

street connected children back to school.

Another significant development was the launch of

an extension of our Local Support Assistant model from

Rwanda in Kenya. This model has been adapted to

meet the specific needs of street connected children in

their return to school, with a focus on the link between

emotional needs and communication disability through

our new partnership with Yellow House.

Yellow House is the only organisation nationally

to provide free Speech and Language Therapy

services across schools and hospitals in Western

Kenya. In 2014, they supported over 200 patients

(72% of which were under 10), whilst 62 children

remained on a 12-month waiting list. They work closely

with the Kisumu Education Assessment Resource

Centres (EARC), identifying children with Special

Educational Needs and providing recommendations

for their referrals to mainstream schools, as well as

advice and training to parents on how to communicate

with their children, and advocate for more families to

bring their children to the Assessment Centre. Learning

difficulties and communication disabilities remain

highly stigmatised in Western Kenya, and parents

often feel ashamed of their child, or do not believe in

their ability to perform well in mainstream education

systems.

In November 2014 Yellow House and EARC

conducted joint assessment days at our local partner’s

centre, which concluded that 100% of children assessed

presented trauma-induced learning difficulties, largely

resulting from dysfunctional family backgrounds and

broken education worsened by violence at home.

11 year-old Kevin, is catching up in non-formal

education classes in Kisumu, Kenya, after dropping

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Rwanda2014 brought enormous achievements and impact

to children and young people with disabilities as we

continued through our second consecutive year of

implementing our inclusive education programme

‘Education, Equality and Empowerment’ in

Northern Rwanda.

The outcome of our community mapping found

8,605 people living with disabilities in Gakenke

district and, of the 3,167 children and young people

aged 3-25 years, 500 were found to have a hearing or

communication impairment (many of which were found

to have multiple impairments). Many of the people

living with disabilities had never been reached out to

before and we engaged children with disabilities who

have not previously been provided with an opportunity

to communicate to anyone about their problems, nor

in some cases had they ever come face to face with

another disabled person.

We trained 77 teachers and 14 Head teachers in

Musanze district. They learned how to better deliver

inclusive education in their classrooms. This, coupled

with recruiting and training 12 learning support

assistants, enabled 53 children with special learning

needs to go to mainstream school and learn alongside

their peers; 89% have already showed progress in

confidence, attendance and attainment.

We reached 4,140 community members through

our sector level advocacy events – a testament to

the level of community engagement. Our advocacy

resulted in the Gakenke district office attracting

funding to support children with physical disabilities

excluded from school with wheelchairs and other

equipment. Competitions were also launched in 10

state schools of Musanze district harnessing the school

clubs that have been set up in 2013. Around 2,000

students, teachers and school authorities participated

in music, drama and poetry; over 60% of the

participants were female. We have sought feedback

through case studies to demonstrate the impact that

these school-based events are having by changing

negative attitudes towards children with disabilities.

Thanks to the continued support of Think Money

Group, 57 pupils with hearing impairments were

delivered special education from the Nyange Deaf

School in 2014. 24 of these students were newly

enrolled in January 2014 as a result of being identified

in the Musanze community mapping study,

the remainder were already enrolled in 2013. At the

end of 2014, 15 children graduated from Nyange Deaf

School. 14 of the children will be integrated into a

nearby mainstream school and their progress will be

closely monitored. These 14 children will continue to

reside at Nyange Deaf School during term time. One

child, Alice, gained a bursary from the Government to

join Secondary education after performing very well in

her primary leaving exam.

We continued to partner with Voluntary Services

Overseas (VSO) through which we received the support

of a UK trained Speech Therapist for three months and

a Deaf Teacher for the entire year. We also brought

in the expertise of a former VSO Rwanda, special

education advisor. These inputs were essential in

building the capacity of our team to identify children

with disabilities in our project target group and to

inform and advise our strategy around delivering

quality education to children with hearing impairments

and communication disabilities.

12 year old Samuel, identified in our community

mapping of disability in Northern Rwanda. He will be

one of several children to benefit from our cerebral

palsy workshops which aim to reach children with

disabilities who have remained forgotten by the

community at large.

http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/

video/2015/dec/20/rwanda-disabled-children-

paralympian-sophie-christiansen-video

http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/video/2015/dec/20/rwanda-disabled-children-paralympian-sophie-christiansen-video


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BrazilBrazil – Viva a Vida

We continue to work with our long-standing partner

Viva a Vida in Salvador. The programme, which is

supported by the British and Foreign School Societies

is designed to reduce the factors that lead to school

drop outs whilst improving the overall well-being and

knowledge of students, families and teachers.

225 students who attend primary and secondary

state schools located in slum communities benefitted

from weekly social educational workshops. The content

in the workshop included: how to deal in conflict

situations, anger management and mediation

alternatives, curiosity, group influence and peer pressure,

social isolation, family dynamics, low self-esteem

and substance abuse in families, in particular alcohol

addiction. 49 students also enrolled in our theatre and

the arts youth drama group that uses preventative

methods such as role plays and improvisation games on

the themes of drugs and violence.

Other success factors include: reports from

parents that their children have an improved attitude

to learning and now understand the importance of

education in their lives; teachers were trained to

recognise behavioural difficulties which may stem from

difficulties at home; 500 children educated on the

dangers of drug abuse and on sexual health; a peer

educator group formed to monitor the development

of these students in regard to risky behaviours over

the next two years; and 10 ex-students from Marques

de Abrantes College have volunteered to establish

a follow-up group of peer educators to monitor the

progress of the project.

Brazil – Galpao dos Meninos e Meninas de Santa

Amaro, Hope and Life Centre

In 2014 we continued our long-term partnership with

the Hope and Life Centre situated within the violent

slum community of Santa Amaro in Recife, an area

holding a total of 17,399 individuals. Its location within

the centre of the city makes it an easy reference point

for the distribution of drugs and trafficking in general,

including a widely known circle of prostitution.

In this critically complex and bleak context, six

years of government investment have finally brought

positive changes within the community of Santa

Amaro. On the 29th April, for the first time in just 6

years, the state celebrated 24 hours without a single

registration of homicide.

The project supported 250 children and young

people with social, educational and cultural activities

promoting a culture of peace and a reduction in the

number of child abuses known to be widespread within

this violent environment.

The centre has revised its strategic approach,

ending its work with early childhood development, to

focus its support in ensuring young people can enter

employment following discussions regarding their

strengths and expertise.

The centre continues to attract in-country funding

which strengthens our exit strategy with the initiation of

a new partnership with the Justice department.

250 young people participated in 9 different

workshops including theatre, dance, music, and

environment. 13 young people concluded their

vocational course enabling them to enter into

employment in the surrounding technology companies.

6 children and adolescents were honoured to have

performed in the State Symphonic Orchestra.

21 young people carried out 2,600 scientific

experiments, which were exhibited during the week of

National Science and Technology.

Brazil – Jim Capaldi Music Centre, Sao Martinho

We continued to support the inspirational work of the

Jim Capaldi Music Centre which is based within the

Educagente project and serves a number of violent

slum communities across Rio de Janeiro. In 2014, 172

marginalized children from slum communities were

provided with the opportunity to participate in weekly

classical music workshops which explore the musical

heritage and culture of Rio de Janeiro and Brazil.

During the last year the violence in the region has

worsened and gang battles across the open streets

have prevented many children from reaching school

and subsequently the project. During these periods,

music and the fact that they have access to the use

of instruments at home, has offered them solace

from the ongoing conflicts. We believe that music is

an important tool in supporting social inclusion and

child development, particularly by improving the self-

esteem and discipline of the child. In addition, the

music workshops also focus on teaching young people

from violent backgrounds how to work together in

harmony, through team work and social collaboration,

tackling barriers created by the rival gangs within the

surrounding communities.


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NepalHome for trafficked girls

Our local partner Asha Nepal, renamed their care

facility the ‘Children Reintegration Centre’, reflecting

the greater emphasis put on family reintegration

and the holistic approach deployed to support

rehabilitation of both the children and their families.

A ‘Family Preservation’ programme and

‘Back-to-school Sponsorship’ scheme were also

initiated to identify vulnerable households and prevent

the separation of children from their families.

We have supported Asha Nepal to help child

victims of trafficking since 2008. During 2014 we

continued to support the ‘Children Reintegration

Centre’ while working with our partner to become

independent of our financial support. We are pleased

that this has been successfully achieved during the year

though we have continued to provide some support

in 2015 as a response to the devastating earthquake in

the region.

“Your support has always gone far beyond

financial, with important discussion and

suggestions on direction, policy and

guidelines which have helped forge and

make relevant changes in our approach.

The successful Family Preservation

Programme (FPP) launched in 2013 is now

up and running, giving support in the

community to over forty five families in

addition to the forty plus children we have

in residential care, [which was in] direct

response to in-depth discussions with

Anna-mai and Vanessa (CFC).

Though we will obviously miss the much

needed financial support we can rest

easy in the knowledge that Chance for

Childhood will always be there to offer

guidance and further our networking and

offer introduction to further partnerships.

We wish Chance for Childhood and their

wonderful team sincere thanks for all their

past support and wish them every success

for the future.”

Peter Bashford, Director of Asha Nepal

Nepali children having fun and dancing while out

on a fieldtrip.


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Financial Review 2014 2013

£ £

Incoming resources

Grants 274,359 216,073

Donations (including Legacies and interest) 331,025 372,069

Gift in kind 15,952 -

Investment income 612 700

621,948 588,842

Resources expended (595,405) (524,487)

Net income/(expenditure) 26,543 64,355

During 2014 incoming resources continued to grow

with further success in grant applications. Included

in grant income is support from Comic Relief

(2014: £155,187, 2013: £155,221) for our ‘Education,

Empowerment and Equality’ programme in Rwanda.

The donation of the Olympic wrap (see note 2) by the

Dow Chemical Company is included at market value.

The growth in grant income more than offset a

decline in general donations. While we continue to

have a loyal and supportive donor base with 22%

(2013: 24%) of our incoming resources received from

committed giving (excluding gift aid), general and

ad hoc donations fell by £38,097 compared to 2013.

During 2014 we have, through our name change,

updated website, patron visits, newsletters and social

media, re-developed our communication about the

important work we do to both current supporters and

potential supporters. We have achieved this while

continuing to maintain effective control of costs and

improving efficiency and effectiveness.

As a result of these developments and a revision

of our estimated allocation of support costs, the

cost of fund raising and governance activities rose

slightly. These costs represent 16p for every pound

raised (2013: 15p). Expenditure on charitable activities

increased by £48,712 with an increase in grants to

partner organisations as we continue to develop

our key programmes. Through improved processes

and additional IT investment we have continued to

reduce support costs (2014: £74,433, 2013: £106,365).

In January 2015 the charity moved its office to

Farnborough and the reduced property costs will

further improve our effectiveness for the children we

support next year. Of every pound we spent 83p (2013:

85p) was incurred on charitable activities.

RESERVES POLICY

We believe that our donors wish their donations to

be used for charitable purposes as soon as possible

given that the children we help need support urgently.

However it is prudent to maintain reserves to cover

variations in income while managing our partner

relations and providing investment funds for new

programmes and activities. Chance for Childhood’s

policy is to maintain a minimum reserve of £40,000

while targeting a reserve of £115,000. We have

continued to increase our unrestricted reserve which

was £67,858 (2013: £61,928) at the year end. Total

reserves were £168,355. This allows us to maintain

support for our programmes and the operation of the

charity.

PLANS FOR FUTURE PERIODS

We will continue with our strategy of consolidating

our programme focus and increasing our programme

efficiency.

We will use the experience in our current

programmes to plan and work with our community-

based partners to encourage similar initiatives in other

areas where the need is considerable.

We are delighted to have successfully initiated a

new structured diversion programme (Right 2 Change)

with our Ugandan partner and have obtained a

£700,000 four year grant from Comic relief which will

start in 2015. We will continue to invest in and support

the development of partner’s organisational capacity

to ensure sustainability and their ability to manage

new projects. We will seek to work with new partners

in areas in East Africa to expand the success of our

initiatives in Rwanda and Uganda.

We have completed the initial review stage of a

new partner in the Democratic Republic of Congo and


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aim to start a small scale programme in 2015.

In 2015 we plan to investigate opening a

regional office in East Africa to enable us to provide

development support to our partners and enhance the

cost effectiveness of our monitoring, evaluation and

learning activities.

STRUCTURE GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Chance for Childhood is a charitable company limited

by guarantee.

On the 30 April 2014 the charity changed its name

from Jubilee Action to Chance for Childhood. We are

delighted to report excellent feedback from both our

supporters and beneficiaries. In particular many of the

young people in our programme have commented

on how positive the name is compared to other

organisations. The trustees believe that the new name

will serve to better promote and explain the charity’s

vision to see that the most vulnerable children have

access to quality education and support in the world’s

most impoverished areas regardless of culture, religion,

ability, wealth or gender.

The charity is governed by a Memorandum and

Articles of Association and is controlled by a board of

trustees whose members are directors of the company

and are appointed by ordinary resolution at the Annual

General Meeting. No trustee can be appointed who

is not approved or recommended by the board. One

third of the trustees retire by rotation on an annual

basis. A trustee may be reappointed to the board. Any

trustees appointed during the year must be approved

by ordinary resolution at the Annual General Meeting.

In the event of the company being wound up members

are required to contribute an amount not exceeding £1

each. The company has six members.

New trustees are selected on the basis of the

contribution that they will make to the governance

of the charity and the skills that they will contribute.

They are provided with relevant publications from

the Charity Commissioners and an induction in the

activities and strategy of the charity. All trustees are

provided with training as and when required.

The addition of three new trustees Maria Shum,

Sandip Shah and Brenda Killen has been invaluable

to the organization. Sandip Shah has also been

instrumental in supporting increased financial auditing

of our overseas partners. Under his guidance we have

been working with KPMG in Rwanda to undertake

financial audits of our programme activities in Rwanda.

This is an ongoing process which enables us to have

greater accountability and transparency. Sandip also

visited Uganda last November and met with David

Lagen, Director of our Ugandan partner organisation.

While retaining overall control for the running

of the charity the trustees agree that the Executive

Director and senior staff are authorised to represent

Chance for Childhood and act on its behalf on

all matters of day to day management of affairs,

substantive work, external relations and staff. Regular

board meetings and oversight by the trustees ensures

agreements are made on strategy, budgets and other

matters of strategic importance to the charity.

PRINCIPAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES

The trustees review the risks to which the charity is

exposed on an annual basis. All significant activities

are subject to a risk review and are considered in the

approval of projects, the board meetings and in the

annual risk review.

The trustees consider the principal risks to be:

Over commitment of resourcesChance for Childhood enters into programme

agreements for three to four year periods with partner

organisations in developing countries who are experts

in their own communities. There is a risk that the charity

could over commit its resources both operationally

and financially. To manage this risk, when funding

for a longer term project is not secured, the charity

ensures its partner agreements are separated into

annual arrangements which do not bind the charity if

the required resources are not available. The trustees

recognise that such arrangements have a reputational

risk as well as financial risk and the trustees monitor on

a regular basis the resources of the charity to ensure

that reserves are controlled and relations are managed.

Loss of key staffThe charity operates with a small team of experienced

staff. The departure of a key member of the team could

impact on the operation of the charity. To manage this

risk, processes are fully documented and the board

has been recruited to have a wide range of skills which

will enable the replacement process to be managed

effectively. We are pleased to report on our very

successful rates of staff attrition; no staff members left

our team in 2014 and staff ‘buy-in’ and engagement

brings greater efficiency to our work.


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Programme Performance and Partner selectionChance for Childhood receives restricted funds

from sources that require the charity and its partner

organisations to meet conditions for both the use

of funds and the monitoring of effectiveness and

stewardship. The charity may be required to repay

such funds if partner organisations do not meet the

required standards. The charity also incurs expenditure

on setting up new programmes and there is a risk

that these funds are not effectively used if partners

are unable to deliver a programme. To manage this

risk and ensure the effective use of resources the

performance of programmes and partner organisations

are monitored and evaluated. Assistance is given

to partner organisations to develop and maintain

appropriate controls and ways of measuring the

effectiveness of programmes for the children they

benefit. Monitoring ensures that funds are released

only when required conditions are met. New partners

have to either meet or have clear plans to meet

essential criteria before agreements are made.

These criteria include:

• established accounting and reporting systems;

• realistic, measurable benchmarks of success

and benefit that will allow for full evaluation and

measurement of the benefits and effectiveness

of the programme;

• demonstrating inclusiveness of all people,

groups and faiths in the delivery of programmes;

• appropriate Child Protection and Safeguarding

Policies.

SecurityChance for Childhood works in post-conflict regions.

As part of our duty of care towards our staff, volunteers

and beneficiaries, the charity ensures that thorough

risk assessments are carried out. In addition detailed

and clear organisational programme specific security

plans are prepared and implemented. We have been

particularly vigilant in following security risks as we

initiate plans to expand our work into the Democratic

Republic of Congo (DRC).

Public BenefitChance for Childhood provides public benefit by being

an outlet for public contributions to meet the needs of

children at risk around the world. This enables the UK

public to participate as world citizens in world issues.

Besides supporters giving regularly through individual

personal monthly payments we have provided

opportunities to contribute via ad-hoc giving, Give as

You Earn (GAYE) arrangements, membership of local

supporting churches and other community groups

through local and sponsored events.

We have also enabled direct participation in world

matters by providing UK work experience to a number

of volunteers of all ages during the year. Chance for

Childhood’s use of volunteers is estimated to have a

financial value of approximately £40,000 per annum

(2013: £40,000). Volunteers overall contribution to

the organisation is invaluable. The intense work load

generated by our activities could not otherwise be fully

supported by our small core staff. We have provided

skilled international volunteers to our partners

specifically through our Inclusive Education programme

in Rwanda and Kenya. This demands skills which are

not currently available on the ground such as Speech

Therapy.

Staff from Passion 4 Community and the DOW Chemical Company take a group photo after the completion of the outdoor space in Patongo, Uganda.


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The trustees (who are also directors of Chance for

Childhood) are responsible for preparing the Trustees’

Annual Report and the financial statements in

accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom

Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally

Accepted Accounting Practice).

The law requires the trustees to prepare financial

statements for each financial year, which give a true

and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable

company, the incoming resources and the application

of resources, including the income and expenditure for

that period. In preparing these financial statements,

the trustees are required to:

• select suitable accounting policies and then

apply them consistently;

• observe the methods and principles in the

Charities SORP;

• make judgements and estimates that are

reasonable and prudent;

• state whether applicable UK Accounting

Standards have been followed, subject to any

material departures disclosed and explained in

the financial statements;

• prepare the financial statements on the going

concern basis unless it is inappropriate to

presume that the charitable company will

continue in operation.

The trustees are responsible for keeping adequate

accounting records that disclose with reasonable

accuracy at any time the financial position of the

charitable company and enable them to ensure that

the financial statements comply with the Companies

Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding

the assets of the charitable company and hence

for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and

detection of fraud and other irregularities.

In so far as the trustees are aware:

• there is no relevant audit information of which

the charitable company’s auditor is unaware; and

• the trustees have taken all steps that they ought

to have taken to make themselves aware of any

relevant audit information and to establish that

the auditor is aware of that information.

The trustees are responsible for the maintenance

and integrity of the corporate and financial information

included on the charitable company’s website.

Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the

preparation and dissemination of financial statements

may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

APPOINTMENT OF AUDITORS

A resolution proposing Blue Spire Limited be

re-appointed will be put forward at the AGM of the

Charity.

Approved by the trustees and signed on their

behalf.


August 2015

Statement of trustees’ responsibilities

CHANCE FOR CHILDHOOD Auditor’s report for the year ended 31st December 2014

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We have audited the financial statements of Chance for Childhood for the year ended 31 December 2014 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities, the Balance Sheet and the related notes. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

This report is made solely to the charitable company’s members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charitable company’s members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor’s report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charitable company and the charitable company’s members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Respective responsibilities of trustees and auditorAs explained more fully in the Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities, the trustees (who are also the directors of the charitable company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view.

Our responsibility is to audit and express an opinion on the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and International Standards on Auditing (UK and Ireland). Those standards require us to comply with the Auditing Practices Board’s (APB’s) Ethical

Standards for Auditors.

Scope of the audit of the financial statementsAn audit involves obtaining evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements sufficient to give reasonable assurance that the financial statements are free from material misstatement, whether caused by fraud or error. This includes an assessment of: whether the accounting policies are appropriate to the charitable company’s circumstances and have been consistently applied and adequately disclosed; the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by the trustees; and the overall presentation of the financial statements. In addition, we read all the financial and non-financial information in the Trustees’ Annual Report to identify material inconsistencies with the audited financial statements and to identify any information that is

apparently materially incorrect based on, or materially inconsistent with, the knowledge acquired by us in the course of performing the audit. If we become aware of any apparent material misstatements or inconsistencies we consider the implications for our report.

Opinion on financial statementsIn our opinion the financial statements:

• give a true and fair view of the state of the charitable company’s affairs as at 31 December 2014, and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, for the year then ended;

• have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and

• have been prepared in accordance with the

requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

Opinion on other matter prescribed by the Companies Act 2006In our opinion the information given in the Trustees’ Report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements.

Matters on which we are required to report by exceptionWe have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

• adequate accounting records have not been kept or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or

• the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or

• certain disclosures of trustees’ remuneration specified by law are not made; or

• we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.

• the trustees were not entitled to prepare the financial statements in accordance with the small companies regime and take advantage of the small companies exemption in preparing the directors’ report and take advantage of the small companies exemption from the requirement to

prepare a strategic report.

Geoffrey Frost BSc (Hons) FCA (Senior Statutory Auditor) For and on behalf of Blue Spire Limited, Statutory Auditor,Cawley Priory, South Pallant, Chichester, West Sussex P019 1SY

August 2015.

Independent Auditor’s report to the members of Chance for Childhood

CHANCE FOR CHILDHOOD Financial statements for the year ended 31st December 2014

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2014 2013

Unrestricted Restricted Total Total

Funds Funds Funds Funds

Note £ £ £ £

Incoming Resources

Incoming resources from

generated funds:

Voluntary Income 1 252,476 368,860 621,336 588,142

Investment income 1 612 – 612 700

Total incoming resources 253,088 368,860 621,948 588,842

Resources Expended

Costs of generating funds 3 84,631 223 84,854 68,984

Charitable activities 4 145,922 348,024 493,946 445,234

Governance costs 5 16,605 – 16,605 10,269

Total resources expended 247,158 348,247 595,405 524,487

Net income/(expenditure) 5,930 20,613 26,543 64,355

Transfers

Gross transfers between funds 18 – – – –

Net movement in funds 5,930 20,613 26,543 64,355

Reconciliation of Funds

Total funds brought forward 18 61,928 79,884 141,812 77,457

Total funds carried forward 18 67,858 100,497 168,355 141,812

None of the charity’s other activities were acquired or discontinued.

The charity has no recognised gains or losses other than those dealt with in the statement of financial activities.

Statement of financial activities (including income and expenditure account)


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2014 2013

Note £ £ £ £

Fixed Assets

Tangible assets 12 5,911 – –

Total fixed assets 5,911 –

Current Assets

Debtors 13 13,592 14,656

Cash at hand and in bank 205,079 176,375

Total current assets 218,671 191,031

Current Liabilities

Creditors: amounts falling due 14 56,227 49,219

within one year

Net current assets/(liabilities) 162,444 141,812

Total assets less current liabilities 168,355 141,812

Creditors:

amounts falling due after more than – –

one year

Total net assets 168,355 141,812

The Funds of the Charity

Restricted funds 18 100,497 79,884

Unrestricted funds 18 67,858 61,928

Total charity funds 168,355 141,812

These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act 2006 applicable to

companies subject to the small companies’ regime.

The notes on pages 23 to 33 form part of the financial statements.

Approved by the trustees and signed on their behalf


August 2015

Chance for Childhood

Registered charity number: 1013587

Registered company number: 2735643

Balance sheet as at 31st December 2014


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The accounts have been prepared under the historical

cost convention and in accordance with applicable

accounting standards, the Companies Act 2006 and the

Statement of Recommended Practice “Accounting and

Reporting by Charities” published in March 2005.

Incoming resourcesIncoming resources are recognised in the period in

which the charity is entitled to receipt once the amount

can be measured with reasonable certainty.

Income is deferred only where the donor has

imposed restrictions on the resources which amount to

pre-conditions for use e.g. the receipt in advance of a

grant for expenditure in a future accounting period.

Legacies are recognised when there is sufficient

evidence to provide the necessary certainty that

the legacy will be received and their value can be

measured with sufficient reliability.

Gifts in Kind are recognised at their estimated

market value.

Resources expendedResources expended are included in the Statement

of financial activities on an accruals basis and are

recognised at the point when a legal or constructive

obligation arises.

Fixed AssetsAll assets costing more than £1,000 are capitalised.

Fixed assets are stated at cost and depreciation is

provided at 25% on a straight line calculated to write

off the cost of each asset over its expected useful life

as follows:

Cash flow statementThe financial statements do not include a cash flow

statement as the charity has taken advantage of the

exemption from preparing such a statement that are

available to smaller entities.

VATThe charity is not registered for VAT and cannot

therefore recover VAT on costs incurred. Expenditure

is therefore shown gross of any relevant VAT in these

financial statements.

Fund accountingGeneral funds are unrestricted funds which are

available for use at the discretion of the trustees in

furtherance of the general objectives of the charity and

which have not been designated for other purposes.

Restricted funds are funds which are to be used

in accordance with specific restrictions imposed by

donors or raised by the charity for particular purposes.

The cost of raising and managing such funds is

charged against the specific fund when permitted

by the donor’s restrictions. The aim and use of each

restricted fund are set out in the notes to the financial

statements.

Basis of the financial statements


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Allocation of costsCosts directly attributable to specific activities are

allocated the relevant activity. Personnel costs are

allocated to individual activities and cost of the

general support of the charity and its governance on

a basis consistent with the time spent on each activity.

Governance costs comprise the costs associated

with the governance arrangements of the charity and

include audit fees, legal advice (if any) for trustees

and costs associated with constitutional and statutory

requirements. Support costs, including any allocated

personnel costs, are in turn allocated to specific

activities on a basis which reflects the overall use of

resources.

The estimated allocation of time spent and use of

resources on each activity is reviewed on a periodic

basis and when there are significant changes in

activities. Following the successful set up and

implementation of new major grant supported

projects, the allocation estimates have been updated in

2014 to reflect the changes in use of resources. Support

costs are allocated across activities in proportion to the

allocation of personnel costs to specific activities. In the

prior year support costs were allocated to charitable

activities.

Allocation of costs by Activity

Activity

Generating funds

Charitable activities:

Education and justice for children in Uganda

Inclusive education for disabled children

in Rwanda

Education for street children in Kenya

Education for street children and other

vulnerable children in Brazil

Care for trafficked children in Nepal

Educational activity

Support

Governance

Personnel costs directly

allocated to activities %

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15

21

10

3

1

22

5

100%

Support costs allocated

to activities %

30

20

28

12

3

1

–

6

100%


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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1. Incoming resources from generated funds

2014 2013



£ £ £ £

Voluntary income

Grants 5,238 269,121 274,359 216,073

Donations 59,310 75,007 134,317 172,414

Donations: committed giving 135,512 2,746 138,258 141,235

Donations: events 11,585 3,495 15,080 13,896

Legacies 5,075 – 5,075 311

Gift Aid 35,756 2,539 38,295 44,213

Gifts in Kind (note 2) – 15,952 15,952 –

252,476 368,860 621,336 588,142

Investment income

Interest receivable 612 – 612 700

253,088 368,860 621,948 588,842

2. Gifts in Kind

Dow Chemical Company Limited donated to the charity a shade structure (the ‘Olympic wrap’) to provide a

community meeting place in Patongo, Uganda. The Olympic wrap is constructed from panels that surrounded

the London 2012 Olympic Games. The charity has donated the Olympic Wrap to Passion 4 Community (P4C), its

partner in Uganda, and has assisted P4C to install it. The Olympic wrap has been included in incoming resources

and charitable activities at market value. The funds provided for its installation are included in grants made.

3. Costs of generating funds

2014 2013



£ £ £ £

Costs of generating voluntary income

Donor communications 19,977 – 19,977 12,461

Events 1,214 – 1,214 4,478

Other fund raising costs 1,630 223 1,853 6,230

Allocation of personnel costs (note 7) 39,148 – 39,148 45,815

Allocation of support costs (note 8) 22,662 – 22,662 –

84,631 223 84,854 68,984


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4. Charitable activities

2014 2013



£ £ £ £

Direct activity – 16,766 16,766 15,954

Gifts in kind – 15,952 15,952 –

Grants to partner organisations 34,279 282,651 316,930 266,414

Monitoring costs 5,982 2,985 8,967 6,586

Allocation of personnel costs (note 7) 54,070 29,171 83,241 49,687

Allocation of support costs (note 8) 47,688 499 48,187 106,365

Costs of activities in furtherance

of the charity’s objects

Education and awareness 3,903 – 3,903 228

145,922 348,024 493,946 445,234

Activity Direct Grants Monitoring Personnel Support Total Total

Activity and costs costs costs 2014 2013

gifts in kind

£ £ £ £ £ £ £

Education and Justice 16,155 54,492 2,825 25,895 14,990 114,357 84,188

for Children in

Uganda

Inclusive Education 15,463 159,020 3,929 36,027 20,855 235,294 231,227

for disabled children

in Rwanda

Education for Street 1,100 24,691 1,753 16,066 9,301 52,911 16,259

Children in Kenya

Education for street – 72,943 460 4,217 2,441 80,061 89,379

children and other

vulnerable children

in Brazil

Care for trafficked – 5,784 – 1,036 600 7,420 22,951

children in Nepal

Educational activity 3,903 – – – – 3,903 228

Discontinued – – – – – – 1,002

programmes

36,621 316,930 8,967 83,241 48,187 493,946 445,234


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5. Governance Costs

2014 2013



£ £ £ £

Audit fees 3,792 – 3,792 3,880

Recruitment of Trustees 300 – 300 300

Cost of Trustees’ meetings 10 – 10 314

Allocation of personnel costs (note 7) 7,919 – 7,919 5,775

Allocation of support costs (note 8) 4,584 – 4,584 –

16,605 – 16,605 10,269

6. Staff Costs

2014 2013



£ £ £ £

Salaries 93,377 14,751 108,128 103,296

Compromise and severance payments – – – 6,000

Employer’s NIC 8,114 – 8,114 10,389

Employer’s pension contributions 4,696 – 4,696 4,811

Death in service benefit 259 – 259 541

Recruitment costs 195 – 195 565

Travel and Training costs not allocated to 3,258 – 3,258 3,190

specific activities

109,899 14,751 124,650 128,792

The average number of employees, calculated on a full-time equivalent basis analysed by function was:

2014 2013

Generating funds 0.9 1

Charitable operations 1.3 1

Support 1.3 1

3.5 3

There were no employees with emoluments above £60,000 in this or the preceding year.

No remuneration was paid to trustees in either year.


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7. Allocation of Personnel costs

2014 2013



£ £ £ £

Staff costs (note 6) 109,899 14,751 124,650 128,792

Consultancy costs 28,551 14,420 42,971 44,947

138,450 29,171 167,621 173,739

Allocation to specific activities:

Cost of generating funds 39,148 – 39,148 45,815

Charitable activities (note 4) 54,070 29,171 83,241 49,687

Support (note 8) 37,313 – 37,313 72,462

Governance 7,919 – 7,919 5,775

138,450 29,171 167,621 173,739

8. Support Costs

2014 2013



£ £ £ £

Property 14,883 – 14,883 16,779

Office Management 6,343 – 6,343 3,424

IT and communications 7,486 – 7,486 3,851

Insurance and other support costs 3,644 – 3,644 2,420

Professional fees 68 – 68 1,454

Bank charges 5,197 499 5,696 5,975

Allocation of personnel costs 37,313 – 37,313 72,462

74,934 499 75,433 106,365

Allocation to specific activities:

Cost of Fund raising 22,662 – 22,662 –

Charitable activities (note 4) 47,688 499 48,187 106,365

Governance costs 4,584 – 4,584 –

74,934 499 75,433 106,365


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9. Net incoming/ outgoing resources are stated after charging

2014 2013



£ £ £ £

Depreciation of tangible assets 1,654 – 1,654 –

Property rental 10,800 – 10,800 10,800

Equipment rental 331 – 331 331

Audit fees – current year 3,792 – 3,792 3,880

10. Taxation

Chance for Childhood is a registered charity and all of its activities fall within the exemptions afforded to charities

under charities legislation. No charge to taxation therefore arises.

11. Related party transactions

During the year no trustees (2013:4) were reimbursed travel and subsistence expenses (2103: £180)

12. Tangible assets

Computer Furniture Total

and office and Fittings

equipment Funds

Cost £ £ £

Brought forward 16,396 1,645 18,041

Additions 7,565 – 7,565

Disposals (3,032) – (3,032)

20,929 1,645 22,574

Depreciation

Accumulated brought forward 16,396 1,645 18,041

Charge 1,654 – 1,654

On disposal (3,032) – (3,032)

15,018 1,645 16,663

Net book value carried forward 5,911 – 5,911

Net book value brought forward – – –


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13. Debtors

2014 2013



£ £ £ £

Due in one year

Tax recoverable under gift aid 3,325 – 3,325 6,134

Prepayments and accrued income 4,979 – 4,979 3,234

Rent deposit 5,288 – 5,288 –

13,592 – 13,592 9,368

Due in more than one year

Rent deposit – – – 5,288

13,592 – 13,592 14,656

14. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

2014 2013



£ £ £ £

Trade creditors 576 – 576 647

Taxation and social security 2,813 – 2,813 2,765

Accruals 10,655 3,270 13,925 7,219

Deferred income 38,913 38,913 38,588

14,044 42,183 56,227 49,219

15. Lease Commitments

2014 2013



£ £ £ £

Operating lease commitments due in:

One year 900 – 900 10,800

Two to five years – 900

900 – 900 11,700


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16. Analysis of net assets between funds

2014 2013



£ £ £ £

Tangible fixed assets 5,911 – 5,911 –

Current assets 75,991 142,680 218,671 191,031

Current liabilities (14,044) (42,183) (56,227) (49,219)

67,858 100,497 168,355 141,812

17. Legal status

Chance for Childhood is a company limited by guarantee and has no share capital. The liability of each member in

the event of a winding up is £1. The charity has 6 members.


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18. Analysis of net movement in funds

Brought Incoming Outgoing Transfers Carried

forward resources resources forward

£ £ £ £ £

Unrestricted funds 61,928 253,088 (247,158) – 67,858

Restricted funds

South America

Brazil - Viva a Vida (Valuing Life) – 7,500 (3,897) – 3,603

Brazil - Hope and Life Centre 24,573 4,025 (14,496) – 14,102

Brazil - Sao Martinho 6,405 52,000 (39,962) – 18,443

Africa

Kenya - Streets Ahead 7,540 17,435 (10,575) 206 14,606

Kenya - Informal Education Nyalenda 8,160 – (6,200) – 1,960

Rwanda – Deaf Children’s School 16,104 59,747 (60,529) – 15,322

Rwanda - Education, 15,431 155,237 (145,148) – 25,520

Empowerment & Equality

Uganda - Passion 4 Community 1,320 66,290 (66,237) 253 1,626

Rwanda – Nyabihu School – 3,932 – – 3,932

Asia

Nepal – Home for trafficked girls 15 2,300 (1,201) – 1,114

Other

Other funds 336 394 (2) (459) 269

79,884 368,860 (348,247) – 100,497

Total funds 141,812 621,948 (595,405) – 168,355

Transfer between funds

£459 was transferred from general restricted funds for Street Children and Trafficked Children to support work

carried out in specific projects with beneficiaries of the same category.


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Material restricted funds are as follows:

Brazil – Viva a Vida: the funding of a social

education drug prevention programme for schools and

organisations to prevent children migrating to a life as

street children in inner city of Salvador.

Brazil – Hope & Life Centre: for the funding

of education and basic needs of children in extreme

poverty through the local NGO of Galpao dos Meninos

e Meninas de Santa Amaro in Recife, where the Hope

& Life centre provides workshops in arts and crafts,

sports and other recreational activities, IT training and

employment coaching for 250 children and youth.

Brazil – San Martinho: for the funding of the

Vicente de Carvalho Community Centre in Rio de

Janeiro, which offers meals, education, art, sport and

recreation to approximately 170 children who are living

on the streets or have limited access to education.

Kenya – Streets Ahead: funding of a programme

with Kisumu Urban Apostolate Programme (KUAP)

which assists street children integrate into schools and

back into families.

Kenya – Informal Education Nyalenda: for

the funding of a programme with KUAP which trains

teachers in inclusive education and child protection to

support vulnerable children into education.

Rwanda – Deaf Children’s School: for the

funding of a school for deaf children and assisting the

rehabilitation of orphans through community support,

vocational training and education.

Rwanda – Education, Empowerment and Equality: for the funding of a programme to support

vulnerable, hearing and communication impaired

children.

Rwanda – Nyabuli School: for funding a school

to support vulnerable, hearing and communication

impaired children.

Uganda – Passion 4 Community: for the funding

of a programme with Passion 4 Community to support

vulnerable youth including former child soldiers and

abductees, child headed households and children in

conflict with the law in Northern Uganda.


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Tel: 01483 230250 Email: [email protected]

Registered Charity Number: 1013587

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