Kids for Kids 2015 Accounts with photos FINAL...You will know that each year we select a small number of villages to adopt. It was harder than ever to select villages this time. All

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04607292 (England and Wales)

Kids For Kids Limited By Guarantee

Report and Accounts

For The Year Ended

31 March 2015

Kids For Kids Report and accounts Contents

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Chairmans' Report 1 Trustees' Report 8 Independent auditors' report 14 Statement of Financial Activities 16 Income and Expenditure account 17 Movements in Accumulated Funds 18 Balance sheet 19 Notes to the accounts 20 Detailed Statement of Financial Activities 28

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Chairman's Report for the year ended 31 March 2015

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I knew, as we started the year, that conditions in Darfur would be challenging. I was determined that we should do all we could to help as many children as possible not only to survive, but, if we could, to give them a real chance of a better future. It was with despair I read the reports from village after village telling

me of children dying from malnutrition and malaria in 2013. Despite soaring inflation in Darfur which makes planning projects difficult, the Trustees agreed we should select five of the poorest villages to which we would introduce our whole package of life changing projects. It is the combination, of what may seem small interventions, which, together, transforms people's lives for good. But turning away the other 13 villages on our shortlist with nothing was unthinkable. Because supporters often donate saying 'for the greatest need' I was able to provide mosquito nets for the children in each of the communities. Parents in Darfur understand that our funds come from individuals and their thanks has been heartfelt.

Not only this, but we have continued to support villages we have adopted over the years and rotation figures of goats to new families has exceeded my expectations. Rearing animals in Darfur is not easy yet many rotations have been 100% successful. For those older, successful villages, we have devised a system of rewards, not just as a thank you, but to encourage other communities to run the projects well. Following the completion of our first Kindergarten I was able to commission the construction of three more in remote villages. The construction of two has been completed, and the third, at our very first village, Um Ga'al, should be ready for pupils within weeks. We were able to provide these schools thanks to the support of Joanna Lumley, our new Patron, and the boys of City of London School (see below).

It has been an extraordinary year for Kids for Kids. Our small team in Darfur has been able to make field visits almost every week, collecting valuable information for me on which we base the design of our projects. I am really proud of the amount we have been able to spend directly in Darfur this financial year - nearly £400,000 - an increase of £110,000 on what we spent in 2013. This may not seem impressive against the millions of pounds spent by the large charities, but because our projects are so practical, designed to help individuals and whole communities, the impact on villages is unparalleled. The case studies I have been sent show beyond a shadow of doubt that with the right training and support during the first two years of us working with a village, the long term benefits are outstanding. One mother for example who received her goats in 2005, now has two children at university. She herself has an income which has empowered her beyond her wildest dreams. It is an extraordinary testimony to her hard work, but also the hard work of our Programme Manager, Dr Salim Ahmed Salim, our Project Officer Hassan Mehisi and the villagers who play such a key role on the Kids for Kids Steering Committee, ably led by Adam Sebil.

Situation in Darfur

However, once again, I have to report that violence is on the increase, with a significant exodus at the beginning of 2015. For the first time, in all the years since the conflict in Darfur erupted, eight Kids for Kids' villages have been attacked. Thankfully, people are now back in their homes and rebuilding their huts. Although our projects are all aimed to be sustainable, I realised that there was one essential we simply had to be able to provide in an emergency - jerry cans to carry water. The thought of a family having nothing in which to collect water, is too horrendous to think about. We were able to provide 210 to desperate families, but I realised we should keep a stock available for the foreseeable future in case of other emergencies. We have therefore launched an appeal for jerry cans. People can donate in the normal way, or directly from their mobile phones.

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The Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC), which is the Government Department in charge of organisations like Kids for Kids, has said on many occasions that we are working exactly as they want. Indeed, the Commissioner for HAC in North Darfur, Ibrahim Hamid, held us up as a shining example of how to implement projects and provide sustainable help, at a public meeting of International Non Government Organisations (INGOs) and Non Government Organisations (NGOs) in El Fasher. However, we have had to hold our Trustees' programme meetings outside Sudan, as I am at present unable to obtain a visa to visit. This has added immense pressure to us all - contact that can only be made via emails, telephones and SKYPE, leads to many misunderstandings and misinterpretations. Despite this we have been able to adopt four villages in Darfur during the year and for the first time we have offered support to a tribe of nomads, the Elkouma Nomads. Nomads are amongst the poorest people in Darfur, and their needs differ from those of sustainable farmers.

I was relieved too that we were able to hold one short series of meetings with four members of the team that runs our projects in Darfur in Nairobi recently, together with two members of Government Departments as observers. This added to administration costs, which are something I do all that I can to minimise. I am desperately aware of the needs in Darfur, but if we cannot visit Sudan ourselves, meeting the key people who implement our projects is, of course, a great help. Accountability is assured, thanks to Dr Salim Ahmed Salim and Hassan Mehisi, our programme team, who are scrupulous in providing me with evidence that our funds are spent as we intend. Thankfully, the cameras I have provided enable me to have photographic evidence of everything we do. All documents are scanned and sent to me regularly and I am confident that all our funds are spent appropriately. In a country where friendships matter, it is sad that I am prevented from seeing all those who have been helping us over the years. Historically, it has been my ideas for Kids for Kids' projects which have proved to be the foundation for the success of our projects over time. I am so proud of what we are achieving, but so frustrated that I can no longer make personal visits to Darfur to monitor and enhance the scope of our activities.

Our projects

You will know that each year we select a small number of villages to adopt. It was harder than ever to select villages this time. All are in need and all have seen children die from malnutrition or malaria. Because our aim is to provide an integrated package of grassroots projects to each village, some of direct impact on the lives of the poorest families, others of benefit to the village as a whole, with our current small team, and obviously within the restrictions of the funds we can raise, we could not adopt all who applied. I was delighted, therefore, that we had sufficient funds to provide mosquito nets to every village on the short list. I was touched when Yagoub Shumein whose job it was to inform the village leaders that this time we had not been able to adopt their villages, said that it had made life easier for him not to be empty handed. A mosquito net costs just £ 8. It is humbling to think that families cannot even afford such a simple item for their children, and is a measure of the poverty of these poor people.

Our goat loans are still amongst the most important life changing projects we provide. During the year we purchased 1,814 goats to lend to beneficiaries in the new villages. The nomads at Elkouma however did not require goats. Their livelihood rests with animals, not as subsistence farmers. Our paravets are teaching them to run the revolving veterinary drug fund and will, I hope, make a substantial difference to their future. They were also in need of all our other projects including donkeys, blankets, mosquito nets and trained midwives and first aid workers. In older villages I was proud to hear that rotations due during the year were almost 100% successful - meaning that every family who became a beneficiary was able to

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pass on 6 goats after the 2 years of the loan, and still have sufficient to help her own family.

eople in Darfur trust us to help them and the thought of letting them down is something I find difficult to contemplate. With the success of our first Kindergarten at Abu Nahla I said that I was hoping to build three more, but I had no way of knowing if this would be possible. Mothers beg for help to educate their children. They know that this is the best way out of poverty. They also know that the early years are the most important, but many children start their education far too late. The mothers in Abu Digeise were overwhelmed when I was able to tell them that a mother in England was going to support a Kindergarten for their children. Joanna Lumley, who is perhaps one of the most revered and loved actresses in England, is supporting a Kindergarten for them. The Kids for Kids Joanna Kindergarten is now complete. The uniforms, school equipment, water container, school buses (donkey carts) and toys, are on their way! I wish that Joanna could be there to see the children's faces when they see toys for the first time in their lives.

But this is not the only school to be adopted this year. City of London Boys School chose Kids for Kids as their annual charity. I thought that they would do their best, but had no idea how successful they would be. After all, this is a high achieving school and the boys are under considerable pressure academically. I was astounded to learn that they had raised a spectacular £87,000. This has not only funded every project in Goz Byna, the biggest village we were hoping to adopt this year, but also enabled us to build a Kindergarten at Azagarfa, one of our earliest villages. The school were persuaded to adopt Kids for K ids by an impressive young man, David Pfeiffer, and I cannot thank him enough, and all those enthusiastic students he inspired, for the life changing support they have given to so many families, whom they will never see, but who will never forget them.

I am also very proud that the fourth Kids for Kids Kindergarten will have my name. Joanna Lumley said that if her name was to be on a school then mine should be too! This school is at Um Ga'al, the village where the little 9 year old lived whose shocking 7 hour walk for water across the deserts of Darfur were the inspiration for Kids for Kids. The villagers are very proud of their legacy and I know that they will maintain this school for posterity. This is something I do all to ensure - the sustainability of all our projects. I am therefore grateful to the State Ministries in Darfur for the support they give to our Kindergartens, Health workers, animal projects, tree planting campaigns and much more, and to the Humanitarian Aid Commission for enabling our work. Without their support it would be impossible to function in Darfur.

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Future plans

Our team are confident that they can do as much as we can fund to help children in Darfur. This is the first time we have been in this position. So often violence, and the impossibility of safe access to distant villages, has delayed or prevented implementation. I had thought we should aim to adopt five villages this year, as we did last year. The need is so great however that I am determined to adopt eight communities. This is a considerable undertaking. Not only does each community need to be trained, but we have shown that it is important for our team in Darfur to make a number of follow up visits to ensure that that training is put into practice. Each visit costs in the region of £150. I am sure that part of this is because many of our beneficiaries - indeed I suspect, most of the women who are the majority of our beneficiaries - cannot read. I have therefore asked for our leaflets to be illustrated so that they will be able to follow diagrams for goat and donkey care, first aid, etc.

When people have so little, it is tempting to try to fill all the gaps, but if we do this, we would be helping fewer children and I know that many will die again this year as the 'hungry months' start as the heat of summer advances. We have been able to provide seed for many villagers who were unable to save enough for next year's food for their family and our fodder project to provide food for the goats and donkeys in the 'hungry' months of summer was a success. I am therefore hoping we will be able to have sufficient funds to extend this in 2015. An exciting project, as I became a grandmother, was the project to see if the provision of three chickens and a cockerel to frail and elderly people would make a difference. We are now including Chickens for the Elderly as part of the package of integrated projects for each new village.

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Kids for Kids is needed more than ever, and I fear for the future as the UN discusses the withdrawal of UNAMID, the United Nations African Union hybrid peace keeping force in Darfur, and other UN agencies work on what they call 'their withdrawal strategy'. For this reason we will aim to adopt 8 villages this year, one is very small, just 460 people but living in an isolated region far north in Darfur. The average population is normally about 2,000 people - some 600+ families - and introducing our essential projects will be costly. We also need to train midwives, first aid workers and paravets plus there is a proven need for our Fodder Projects. Those have a real impact on the survival and success of our animals. We already know that many families will not have seed for the coming planting season unless we can help. To encourage successful rotation of the goats we have found that offering 'rewards' is a real incentive. These take the form of items that will directly affect children's well-being. Food trays and covers prevent fly blight,

water jugs and cups, a mat to cover the sand in a hut are all of benefit to individual families, but villages vie for larger items. Brick built buildings are scarce and yet really needed. Having seen the dedication of our midwives and first aid workers who have been treating their patients in their own homes we have plans to build 5 health centers - two rooms, a latrine and a surrounding wall, plus equipment of course, and our wonderful shade giving trees - in 5 of our best villages. Each costs approximately £20,000. Will we be lucky and find some wonderful sponsors who would like to name these wonderful Health Centers, a real contribution to children's future.

As always water is incontestably our priority and Ahmed Abdugasim, Manager of the Water, Environment and Sanitation Department in Darfur which has been successfully installing and mending handpumps for us, tells me that he will be able to extend our water project as far as we want - that will depend on how much money we are given this year. Women and children continue to be at risk of attack on their long walks for water and who of us would accept a walk of many miles for every drop of water? We must fund water - but again, how many handpumps will we be able to provide. It is depends solely on how much financial support we are given this year.

Friends who make a lasting difference to children’s lives

Darfur continues to be a forgotten region. Kids for Kids is the only organisation providing tangible help to families. I have case studies which show clearly the long term improvements, indeed transformation, mothers have been able to make to the lives of their children because of the simple help we have provided. It can be so dramatic it is hard to believe that our six little goats, a donkey, a plough and the other basic items we provide really can work this miracle but it happens over and over again. The lack of education can mislead people to thinking that therefore people are not intelligent. This is definitely not the case in Darfur where women in particular make the most of the slightest opportunity to help themselves.

It is very special to me that schools encourage their children to think of others living very different lives, so

much less fortunate than they are. Not only have we had the exceptional support from City of London School this year but Bishop Thomas Grant School in Lambeth has raised over £8,000 for us - and is still going strong, thanks to Headteacher Mary Murray and her inspirational team. Cheam School in Newbury, Southbank International School, the International School of Brooklyn, the Khartoum International School, better known as KICS, all have made exceptional contributions to help children over a number of years, and this year has been no exception. Many schools use our projects as the basis for their own teaching, for example in their own use

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of water, as an increasingly scarce commodity. Some of the youngest children to be keenly raising funds for goats are the little ones at Micklefield in Reigate where Head Lyn Rose is creating a March of the Goats around the school!

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I am especially grateful to Roz Kamaryc at Queen's Gate School in London whose lovely girls' choir is to be the star of this year's Candlelit Christmas Concert. It was with dismay that I heard that Val Beynon was to retire from Daneshill School. The concerts she has master minded for us each year have given so many people an unforgettable Christmas. The school has sadly decided it would not be able to perform for us as they have done so spectacularly for over ten years. I am going to miss them, and their charismatic Head, Willi Murdoch, but I am excited at the thought of what Queen's Gate School will bring to this year's concert on 3rd December. We have started planning and it will be very special. With all these changes it was thought that we should leave All Saints Fulham this year and strike new pastures so our concert will be in the beautiful St Peter's Eaton Square. Wait till you see it! But I shall miss All Saints and very much hope that Rev Joe Hawes will invite us back, I trust too that they will continue to support us.

Churches continue to provide us with much needed support and I am especially grateful to the Dean of Westminster for devoting the collection at Westminster Abbey on our birthday, 8th March, to Kids for Kids. I wonder if this could be extended to other churches?

There are many friends who have continued to support us for many years. Shining star is Graham Baynes who each year has cycled hundreds of miles, raising thousands of pounds. 2014 was the year he turned 80. To celebrate he cycled from Dorset to Edinburgh! There can be few people like Graham.

There are others too who have challenged themselves for Kids for Kids. Joli Jones in Cardigan in Wales inspired her school to Walk for Water, and our NightRiders did it again with a magnificent team raising funds for donkeys, those 4 x 4s of the Desert. NightRider takes place again this year and I am happy to say our team is almost complete. Do support them. Cycling 100 kms round London, which is not flat, is a challenge! Steve McDonald will be doing it for the third time. He and Jane are loyal friends and supporters. Jane is a member of our wonderful Surrey Committee. Each year Steve provides transport for us all to our Christmas Concert - invaluable and practical support which makes such a difference! Thinking of Christmas, I love hearing from Darrel Mayers about his annual Wassail in Texas. The YouTube films he makes are an inspiration; people giving their talents so generously. The world can seem very small.

Key supporters are our Regular Supporters, and now the members of our 100 Club Lottery. Each month so far, we have been able to fund a further 7 goats, but we need more members please! If you have not yet considered donating regularly, even a small amount helps me to plan ahead. It provides certainty in

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this world where there are so many disasters and needs, but I am still certain that there is nowhere that children live lives of greater deprivation than in Darfur.

I am happy to say that the Surrey Committee is growing, but we would still welcome new members. I am so grateful to all the members of this wonderful supportive group. Brenda Culliford and her husband Gerald have become key members and I am once again looking forward to Brenda's Art Lecture this September, whilst Gerald is hosting a Bridge Lunch this year. I wish Brenda a speedy recovery from her back surgery. I am grateful to Kathy Lady Orde who has stepped in when I have been unable to Chair meetings. Her encouragement has been needed this year when my assistant Debbie Hoods decided it was time to move on. I miss Debbie and the fun we had whilst we worked hard, but cannot believe how fortunate I have been in finding her replacement in Alexandra Sanderson. Alex brings great expertise from her years working in banking, but it is her passion to help those less fortunate which is re-inspiring me too!

Last year I mentioned the challenge of finding the right book keeper. Working with Louise Bradstock reminds me how fortunate Kids for Kids is in so often finding exactly the right person who understands our ethos and cares as much as I do, not just for those in Darfur, but also for our donors and supporters. It is a time consuming and meticulous job keeping record of every donation and again I would like to thank Robin Radclyffe not only for his work on our database, but also in the time and commitment he puts into his analysis of all the data we receive from Darfur. The latest news, both from our projects in Darfur, and from our supporters is now a weekly, if not daily, item on both Facebook and Twitter.

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Behind the scenes our Patrons and Trustees are key to giving people confidence in Kids for Kids, not just in Sudan but worldwide. I am grateful that the new Sudanese Ambassador in London, Mohammed El Tom, agreed instantly to becoming our Patron on his appointment and I was delighted to be asked to join in the celebrations when he went to the Palace to present his credentials. Khalid Al Mubarak has thankfully decided to stay on in London at the Embassy as he has been a friend and supporter for many years. Eamonn Holmes was sadly unable to host our Candlelit Christmas Concert but his suggestion that the lovely Charlotte Hawkins might take his place was an inspiration. I was delighted to hear that she now has a little daughter, Ella Rose. Congratulations to all the family.

It was with great sadness that we learnt of the death of our much-loved Patron, The Baroness Rendell of Babergh CBE, on 5th May 2015. I met Ruth Rendell, as of course she was always known as the world renowned authors, almost 14 years ago. I was wondering how to launch Kids for Kids to a wider audience than to friends, and friends of friends, and asked her advice at a Reception at the House of Lords. A ten minute conversation lead to an immediate very generous donation which covered all our administrative costs for the next twelve months, and from then on Ruth not only supported Kids for Kids financially, but was generous with her advice and time. She became a friend and a well-known figure at our annual Candlelit Concert where she would read something she had chosen herself with enormous thoughtfulness. She cared deeply about women in the Third World, and led the campaign to abolish FGM (female genital mutilation) in this country. She believed ardently in our Village Midwife Project to provide trained midwifery in remote villages. Like me, she was appalled at the thought of women facing childbirth out of reach of medical help. She knew too, that women would listen to someone they knew and trusted, far more than to a highly qualified stranger. And she was right. FGM is still widely practiced in much of Darfur, but in Kids for Kids villages, thanks to our midwives, it is a dying tradition. Our village midwives are local, trusted women who become seen as leaders of their community - their success in saving mothers' and babies' lives means that people listen to their advice on FGM.

Kids for Kids cannot support individuals, so when Ibrahim - the little 9 year-old boy whose shocking seven hour walk for water across the deserts of Darfur inspired me to start Kids for Kids in 2001 - came to ask our help to finish his schooling, aged 19, we couldn't help him. I rang Ruth Rendell, and without a moment's hesitation she said she would sponsor him to enable him to finish his secondary education. He leaves school this summer, aged 22. Ruth also supported our campaign to provide clean water. This is why we have launched an Appeal for a Solar Powered Submersible Pump in her name. This will be a perfect living memorial for a very great lady. I know we will all miss her, but for me I have lost a friend as well as a Patron. If you would like to see why she said she supported Kids for Kids, do look at the short video on the home page of our website - www.kidsforkids.org.uk. It is very touching. We have set up a Fundraising page on My Donate if you would like to contribute to this memorial and do please leave a tribute.

In the same week that Ruth Rendell passed away another important lady to Kids for Kids also died. Aisha Abdul Siddiq was one of the most active members of the voluntary committee in Darfur that implements our projects. The Kids for Kids Steering Committee is key to the success of all we do. It is they who help us to identify where our support is most needed. It was just a few weeks ago that Aisha travelled to help with the purchase of goats in one of our villages in an experiment to see if we would be able to find sufficient animals in markets close to the village, without forcing prices up. She was happy to report that not only did prices remain steady, but because people heard that Kids for Kids was buying, more animals were brought to market. Buying them nearby meant that animals did not have far to walk to their new homes, and has resulted in fewer abortions.

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I am deeply indebted to our Trustees. Each brings many talents to our Board Meetings but of course it is Patrick Doyle whose Ambassadors Ball crowns our Events each year. He has suggested that this year's Ball should fund mosquito nets. Although malaria should be a disease of the past, countless children die of it in Darfur. A net is a simple cheap thing to ask for, yet something mothers cannot afford. This is the strength of Kids for Kids. With your support we are able to help where there is no one else to help. Our strength is in doing all we can to prevent a problem becoming a catastrophe. In helping people to put their foot on that first rung of the ladder. By helping people to help themselves we are enabling them to change the future for their children.

Thank you. Patricia Parker MBE Chairman and Founder

6 July 2015

Bishop Thomas Grant School – London Helping children their own age, far away.

The first Kids for Kids Kindergarten – Darfur

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The trustees present their annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 March 2015.

The board of trustees is satisfied with the performance of the charity during the year an

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The report of the trustees for the year ended 31 March 2015

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Introduction d the position at 31 March 2015 and considers that the charity is well placed to continue its activities during the coming year, and that the charity's assets are adequate to fulfil its obligations.

Name, registered office and constitution of the charity The full name of the charity is Kids for Kids.

The legal registration details are :- Date of incorporation 2 December 2002 Company Registration Number 04607292 (England and Wales) The Registered Office is Moorgate House

7b Station Road West Oxted Surrey RH8 9EE

Charity Registration Number 1100045

Objectives and Activities of the Charity

A summary of the objects of the charity as set out in its governing document The charity's objects are the relief of children and their families, particularly those in Sudan, who live in conditions of need, hardship and stress. The objects also include the preservation and protection of good health and the advancement of education of children, particularly in Sudan.

Public benefit that is provided by the charity The trustees confirm that they have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commissioner's general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the charity's aims and objectives and in planning future activities.

The trustees are satisfied that the charity continues to meet the required public benefit test through its objectives and activities.

Summary of main activities of the charity in relation to its objects The activities of the charity during the year are included in the Chairman's Report.

Achievements and Performance of the Charity

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year The main achievements of the charity during the year are included in the Chairman's Report.

Structure, Governance and Management

Nature of the Governing Document and constitution of the charity The charity is a company limited by guarantee and was incorporated on 2 December 2002, and registered as a charity on 14 December 2003. Its current governing document is its Memorandum and Articles of Association dated 3 December 2002, as amended on 29 March 2006.

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The methods adopted for the recruitment and appointment of new trustees The charity is managed by a board of trustees with specific roles. The charity must have no fewer than three individuals as trustees. Trustees are selected on the basis of a skills need assessment. Trustees are to be appointed by resolution of the existing trustees and must sign a declaration of willingness to act as a trustee of the charity before he or she is eligible to vote at any meeting of the trustees.

The organisational structure of the charity and how decisions are made. The charity is controlled in the United Kingdom by a core of five trustees. A number of the trustees have taken on responsibility for overseeing specific functions including, Mrs Patricia Parker MBE chairman of trustees (and chief executive officer), Mr Dante Campailla legal matters, Mr Patrick Doyle major events, and Mr Alastair King-Smith political engagement and project implementation. The charity's office is in Dorking, Surrey, UK. In addition to the CEO the charity engages a part time assistant, a part time database manager and researcher, and a part time bookkeeper. The charity also draws on voluntary assistance from a number of individuals. There are voluntary committees/groups based in Surrey and Khartoum in Sudan, which are all accountable to the central office. The role of these groups is awareness and fundraising on behalf of the charity on a volunteer basis and to publicise the charity's name and aims to a wider audience. It is with regret that we received the resignation as a trustee of Vice Admiral (rtd) Charles Style CBE on 15th February 2015. I would like to thank him for his contribution and commitment to all we are doing to help children in Darfur.

The charity carries out its project work in Darfur, Sudan, through local community networks of villages. The main local partners for Kids for Kids in Darfur are the El Fasher Rural Development Network, the Voluntary Network for Rural Development, and The Women's Development Association Network. These three organisations have created a legally recognised organisation, under the name "Kids for Kids Steering Committee", registered by the Humanitarian Aid Commission as a Community Based Organisation in North Darfur, to implement the Kids for Kids' projects. Kids for Kids finances two full time Sudanese staff in Darfur as Programme Manager and Project Officer, facilitated in Khartoum by an Honorary Treasurer (and legal advisor) and Management Consultant, and funds projects implemented in collaboration with local communities. The charity funds a small office in El Fasher, the regional capital of North Darfur. As anticipated, when the charity moved to funding projects in Sudan more directly and stopped supporting work that was implemented through a tiered system of international NGOs, administrative costs in Sudan have decreased considerably.

The charity's provision of midwives is provided in partnership with the Darfur State Ministry of Health, first aid training with Sudanese Red Crescent, veterinary training in partnership with the Veterinary Department of the Darfur State Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources, tree planting in partnership with the Department of Forestry and El Fasher Tree Nursery, and water projects in partnership with the Water Environment and Sanitation Organisation in Darfur.

In 2007, Kids for Kids was registered in the United States of America as The US Friends of Kids for Kids through CAF America. Donations from the USA have been received either direct or via CAF America with which the charity registered formally to enable tax payers in the USA to secure tax deductibility for their donations. We have recently registered with Global Giving which charges considerably less. The trustees need to register with Global Giving which is registered as 501(c)3 because to be fully registered as an independent charity in the USA is costly and time consuming. Until the funds merit such a commitment, the trustees decided this is the best and most cost effective way to promote the charity US Friends of Kids for Kids in America, which is now run by Marie Gahn who is a volunteer. As Kids for Kids is formally and legally recognised in the UK, the scrutiny by the Charity Commission here should reassure supporters in the USA that the charity is an effective and worthwhile charity to support. The charity is also a member of the Fund Raising Standards Board in the UK.

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The charity's provision of midwives and first aid workers is provided in partnership with the Darfur State Ministry of Health, veterinary training in partnership with the Veterinary Department of the Darfur State Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources, tree planting in partnership with the Department of Forestry and El Fasher Tree Nursery, and water projects in partnership with the Water Environment and Sanitation Organisation in Darfur.

In 2007, Kids for Kids was registered in the United States of America as The US Friends of Kids for Kids. Donations from the USA have been received either direct or via Global Giving with which the charity registered formally to enable tax payers in the USA to secure tax deductibility for their donations. The trustees need to direct US donations through Global Giving which is registered as 501(c)3 because to be fully registered as an independent charity in the USA, is costly and time consuming. Until the funds merit such a commitment, the trustees decided this is the best and most cost effective way to promote the charity US Friends of Kids for Kids in America, which is currently run by Marie Gahn who is a volunteer. As Kids for Kids is formally and legally recognised in the UK, the scrutiny by the Charity Commission here should reassure supporters in the USA that the charity is an effective and worthwhile charity to support. The charity is also a member of the Fund Raising Standards Board in the UK. Kids for Kids has an OFAC license issued by the Government of the United States of America to transfer dollar donations to our bank account in Khartoum.

The major risks to which the charity is exposed and reviews and systems to mitigate risks The trustees have a duty to identify and review the risks to which the charity is exposed and to ensure appropriate controls are in place to provide reasonable assurance against fraud and error.

The trustees maintain and regularly review a risk matrix for the charity, to guide consideration of top risks and how to mitigate them. Given the nature of Sudan and ongoing instability in Darfur, there are significant risks to project implementation and staff in Darfur. The charity has been able largely to mitigate these through working directly with villagers who can travel more freely. Current inflation in Darfur is extremely high as costs in Sudan continue to increase, which makes forward planning of projects difficult. Thankfully a strong sterling has counteracted this rise in costs to a large extent. The challenge of finding new supporters, and of raising funds has become increasingly more difficult as Darfur has dropped out of public awareness.

The charity is dependent on the continued work of the Chief Executive Officer, for identifying, managing and approving the projects with the Kids for Kids Steering Committee, administratively for overseeing the charity's operations and financially for fundraising (the CEO raises the vast majority of the charity's funds). The trustees have identified options for a transition plan should the CEO not be able to continue full-time employment.

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Financial Review Policies on reserves The trustees decided in 2011 to set up a designated fund to take account of plans for increased project commitments, based on 2011 figures, the cost of operations, potential liabilities from previous years' project implementation and other risks. The trustees have therefore transferred £390,000 from the general fund to this designated fund which represents their best estimate of the moral and legal commitments to such projects in the next twelve months. The trustees have determined that this relatively large fund is required and justified in view of the volatile security situation in Darfur. This enables the charity to cover a full year's project and administrative costs, plus an additional changeable sum that enables flexibility in response to needs in Darfur as they arise. Costs of project implementation have risen steeply, primarily due to the on-going conflict in Darfur during the fourteen years since the charity was established. This has now led to a rise in price for all activities and in particular for water hand pumps and livestock. The charity's policy is to raise specific funds for identifiable items such as hand pumps, goats, donkeys and the training of midwives. The trustees agreed that the charity would subsidise the costs of project outputs, as necessary, if prices increase during the year. Maintaining sufficient reserves enables the charity to fulfill commitments to supporters who donate specific items, as well as to respond at short notice to requests for urgent aid for the communities that the charity supports.

The Trustees also considered the risks to the Darfur team, or others, in Sudan, or abroad, whilst acting on Charity business, and how to respond in the event of them being affected by personal injury or death. As it is not feasible to provide public liability insurance outside the UK, the Trustees felt a specific fund should be added to the Reserves to provide assistance at the discretion of the Trustees. An additional £100,000 will therefore be added to the Reserves to cover this purpose. Thus the Reserves Fund must remain at £490,000 to enable us to fulfil our obligations.

The charity's reserves policy is also intended to mitigate risks arising from the way that the majority of the charity's income is generated through one-off donations from individuals, and from the efforts of the charity's principal fundraiser, the Chief Executive Officer.

Financial Review Thanks to its reserves policy the charity has been able to plan for a significant three year expansion in Sudan in response to the current urgent need.

The charity's total incoming resources during the financial year are stated in the financial accounts as having risen from £382,059 to £465,753 thanks to the outstanding support of the City of London School whose pupils raised a staggering £87,000 during the year. General donations however continue to fall. This is, we believe, due to the lack of public awareness of conditions in Darfur.

We are proud that, despite an increase in violence in Darfur and continued difficulties from time to time with access to some areas, our project expenditure has risen from £280,345 in the previous year to £389,094. With an excellent team in place in Darfur and financial safeguards in place which ensure that funds are spent exactly as we intend, the Trustees are planning an even greater increase in our charitable expenditure in the coming 12 months.

Our future plans remain ambitious but the political situation in Sudan continues to cause concern. Water remains a priority and we keep funds available so that we can take advantage of the availability of the drill and survey equipment. Recent meetings with the Manager of the Water Environment and Sanitatiion department in North Darfur indicate that, given funding, we will be able to extend our water projects including the provision of a Solar Powered Submersible Pump in Kulkul, a village we will adopt in 2015. This will provide water for six communities. We are hoping we will raise sufficient funds to enable this pump to be installed in the name of our former Patron, Ruth Rendell.

It should be noted that the trustees have again commissioned a full audit, even though they are not required by law to do so.

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The members of the Board of Trustees of the Charity during the year ended 31 March 2015, and at the date the report and accounts were approved were :-

Patricia Parker MBE Dante Campailla Alastair King Smith Elizabeth Owen Patrick Doyle Vice Admiral (rtd) Charles Style CBE (resigned 11 February 2015) Alan Jenkins (appointed 12 June 2015)

All the directors of the company are also trustees of the charity, and their responsibilities include all the responsibilities of directors under the Companies Acts and of trustees under the Charities Acts.

The directors/trustees are all members of the charity .

Statement as to disclosure of information to auditors The trustees, in their capacity as directors, state that so far as each of the directors at the time this report was approved are aware:-

a) There is no relevant audit information of which the auditors are unaware, and b) The trustees have taken all steps that they ought to have taken to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and establish that the auditors are aware of that information.

Bankers

National Westminster Bank plc, 14 High Street, Dorking, Surrey, RH4 1AX

Solicitors Gordon Dadds LLP 6 Agar Street London WC2N 4HN

Auditors Frith & Co Chartered Accountants and Registered Auditors Moorgate House 7b Station Road West Oxted RH8 9EE

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Statement of Directors' and Trustees' Responsibilities The Charities Acts and the Companies Acts require the Board of Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity as at the end of the financial year and of the surplus or deficit of the charity. In preparing those financial statements the Board is required to :-

- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; - make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; - prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business; and - state whether applicable accounting standards and statements of recommended practice have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements.

Method of preparation of accounts These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

The Trustees have again agreed as part of the charity's policy of full transparency to include additional detail on each income and expenditure category. The detailed breakdown under each heading can be found in the Schedule to the Statement of Financial Activities at the end of Accounts. Voluntary income is principally donations from individuals; activities for generating funds are principally events to raise money and awareness for the charity; costs of generating voluntary income are principally office costs associated with attracting and administering donations; costs of charitable activities are principally project expenditure in Sudan and associated programme management costs.

This report was approved by the board of trustees on 6 July 2015.

Patricia Parker MBE Dante Campailla Director and Trustee Director and Trustee

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Report of the Independent Auditors to the trustees of Kids For Kids

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for the year ended 31 March 2015 We have audited the financial statements of Kids for Kids for the year ended 31 March 2015 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities, the Profit and Loss Account, the Statement of Recognised Gains and Losses, the Balance Sheet and the related notes, as set out on pages 16 to 27. These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities , effective April 2008, and in accordance with the requirements of the Statement of Recommended Practice for Accounting and Reporting issued by the Charity Commissioners for England & Wales, revised June 2008, under the historical cost convention and in accordance with the accounting policies set out in the notes to the financial statements.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 trustees of the charitable company, as a body, in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 1993. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the trustees 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 liability to anyone other than the trustees as a body, for our audit work, for this report or for the opinions we have formed.

Respective responsibilities of trustees as directors and of the auditors As described in the Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities on page 13 the charity's trustees (who are also the directors of the company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice) and for being satisfied that the financial statements give a true and fair view.

Our responsibility is to audit the financial statements in accordance with relevant legal and regulatory requirements and International Standards on Auditing (UK and Ireland).Those standards require us to comply with the Auditing Practices Board's Ethical Standards for Auditors.

We report to you our opinion as to whether the financial statements give a true and fair view and have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice and in accordance with the Companies Act 2006 and the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008.

We also report to you if, in our opinion,the Report of the Trustees is consistent with the financial statements, if the charity has not kept adequate accounting records, if the charity’s financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns, or if we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit, or if information specified by law regarding trustees' remuneration and transactions with the company is not disclosed.

We read other information contained in the Annual Report, and consider whether it is consistent with the audited financial statements. This other information comprises the Trustees’ Annual Report and the Chairman’s Statement. We consider the implications for our report if we become aware of any apparent misstatements or material inconsistencies with the financial statements. Our responsibilities do not extend to other information.

Basis of Audit Opinion We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK and Ireland) issued by the Auditing Practices Board and in accordance with the Practice Note ' The Audit of Charities in the United Kingdom' , revised in December 2008 .

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Report of the Independent Auditors to the trustees of Kids For Kids

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An audit involves obtaining evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the accounts sufficient to give reasonable assurance that the accounts are free from material misstatement, whether caused by fraud or error. This includes an assessment of: whether the accounting policies are appropriate to the company's circumstances and have been consistently applied and adequately disclosed; the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by the directors; and the overall presentation of the accounts.

We planned and performed our audit so as to obtain all the information and explanations which we considered necessary in order to provide us with sufficient evidence to give reasonable assurance that the financial statements are free from material misstatement, whether caused by fraud or other irregularity or error. In forming our opinion we also evaluated the overall adequacy of the presentation of information in the financial statements.

Opinion In our opinion the Company's Financial Statements comply with the requirements of section 396 of the Companies Act 2006 and have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice, and in particular:-

a) The Income and Expenditure Account gives a true and fair view of the Income and Expenditure of the charity for the financial year ended on 31 March 2015;

b) The Balance Sheet gives a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity as at 31 March 2015;

c) The Statement of Financial Activities gives a true and fair view of the charity's incoming resources and application of resources for the financial year ended on 31 March 2015;

d) The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles required by Statement of Recommended Practice for Accounting and Reporting issued by the Charity Commissioners for England & Wales, effective April 2005 (as modified in June 2008) (The SORP) and those methods and principles have been followed; and

e) The information given in the Trustees' Annual Report and the Chairman's Annual Report for the financial year for which the accounts are prepared is consistent with the accounts.

Signed by R M Frith, as senior statutory auditor on behalf of Frith & Co Chartered Accountants and Registered Auditors Moorgate House 7b Station Road West Oxted Surrey RH8 9EE

The date upon which our opinion is expressed is :- 6 July 2015

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Unrestricted Restricted Total Last Year

Funds Funds Funds Total Funds

Incoming resources Incoming resources from generated funds

Notes / Page Ref

2015 £

2015 £

2015 £

2014 £

Voluntary Income Pg 28 411,068 37,597 448,665 356,754 Activities for generating funds Pg 28 5,722 - 5,722 8,914 Investment Income 5 11,366 - 11,366 16,391

Total incoming resources ! 428,156 37,597 465,753 382,059

Costs of generating funds

Costs of generating voluntary income

Pg 28

65,120

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65,120

58,916 Fundraising trading - costs of goods and other other costs

Costs of charitable activities

Pg 28

4 / 10 / 11

10,137

233,567

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76,670

10,137

310,237

11,564

206,265 Governance costs Pg 29 3,600 - 3,600 3,600

Total resources expended ! 312,424 76,670 389,094 280,345

Net incoming resources

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before transfers between funds ! 115,732 (39,073) 76,659 101,714

Gross transfers between funds ! -

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Net movement in funds ! 115,732 (39,073) 76,659 101,714

Total funds brought forward ! 989,903

39,073

1,028,976

927,262

Total Funds carried forward ! 1,105,635 - 1,105,635 1,028,976

The net movement in funds referred to above is the net incoming resources as defined in the Statement of Recommended Practice for Accounting and Reporting issued by the Charity Commission for England & Wales and is reconciled to the total funds as shown in the Balance Sheet on page 19 as required by the said statement.

All activities derive from continuing operations

The notes on pages 20 to 27 form an integral part of these accounts.

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Income and Expenditure Account as required by the Companies Act for the year ended 31 March 2015

! Notes /

Page Ref 2015

£

! 2014 £

Turnover ! 454,387 !

365,668

Direct costs of turnover ! 385,494 !

276,745

Gross surplus ! 68,893 ! 88,923

Governance costs ! 3,600 !

3,600

Operating surplus 3 65,293 ! 85,323

Interest receivable ! 11,366 !

16,391

Surplus on ordinary activities before tax ! 76,659 ! 101,714

Retained surplus for the financial year ! 76,659 ! 101,714

All activities derive from continuing operations

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Kids For Kids Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 March 2015

Movements in revenue and capital funds for the year ended 31 March 2015

Revenue accumulated funds Unrestricted Restricted Total Last year

Funds Funds Funds Total Funds

2015 2015 2015 2014

£ £ £ £ Accumulated funds brought forward 989,903 39,073 1,028,976 927,262 Recognised gains and losses before transfers 115,732 (39,073) 76,659 101,714 Closing revenue accumulated funds 1,105,635 - 1,105,635 1,028,976

Designated revenue funds Total Last year

! Funds Total Funds

! 2015 £

2014 £

At 1 April ! 490,000 420,000 Transfer (to)/from revenue accumulated funds - 70,000 At 31 March 490,000 490,000

The purposes for which the designated funds have been established are described in the notes to the accounts

Summary of funds Designated Unrestricted Restricted Total Last Year Funds Funds Funds Funds Total Funds

2015 2015 2015 2015 2014

Revenue accumulated funds 490,000 615,635 - 1,105,635 1,028,976


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Kids For Kids Company Number Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2015

04607292 (England and Wales)

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Current assets Debtors

8 6,943

40,412 ! !

Cash at bank and in hand - UK 967,872 950,945 ! !Cash at bank and in hand - Sudan 134,420 55,898 ! !

Total current assets 1,109,235 1,047,255 ! !

Creditors:- amounts due within one year

9 (3,600)

(18,279) ! !

Net current assets

1,105,635 ! ! 1,028,976

Total assets less current liabilities 1,105,635 ! ! 1,028,976

Net assets 1,105,635 ! ! 1,028,976

The funds of the charity :

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Unrestricted income funds Unrestricted revenue accumulated funds

Pg 16 615,635

499,903

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Designated revenue funds Pg 16 490,000 490,000 ! !Total unrestricted funds 1,105,635 ! ! 989,903

Restricted income funds Restricted revenue accumulated funds

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39,073

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Total restricted funds - 39,073

Total charity funds 1,105,635 1,028,976

The directors are satisfied that the company is entitled to exemption from the requirement to obtain an audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The directors acknowledge their responsibility for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and for the preparation of accounts.

Patricia Parker MBE Dante Campailla Trustee Trustee Approved by the trustees on 6 July 2015


Kids For Kids Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2015

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1 Accounting policies

Basis of preparation of the accounts The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities (FRSSE), effective April 2008, and all other applicable accounting standards, as modified by the Statement of Recommended Practice for Accounting and Reporting issued by the Charity Commissioners for England & Wales, effective April 2005, (revised June 2008). The accounts have been drawn up in accordance with the provisions of the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the Companies Acts, and include the results of the charity's operations which are described in the Trustees' Report, all of which are continuing.

Insofar as the Statement of Recommended Practice for Accounting and Reporting issued by the Charity Commissioners for England & Wales (revised June 2008) requires compliance with specific Financial Reporting Standards other than the FRSSE then the specific Financial Reporting Standards have been followed where their requirements differ from those of the FRSSE.

Advantage has been taken of Section 396(5) of The Companies Act 2006 to allow the format of the financial statements to be adapted to reflect the special nature of the charity's operation and in order to comply with the requirements of the SORP.

The charity has taken advantage of the exemption in the FRSSE from the requirement to produce a cash flow statement.

The particular accounting policies adopted are set out below.

Accounting convention The financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis, under the historical cost convention.

Incoming Resources Incoming resources are accounted for when the charity is legally entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy.

Investment Income Bank interest is included in the income and expenditure account on a receivable basis.

Recognition of liabilities Liabilities are recognised on the accruals basis in accordance with normal accounting principles, modified where necessary in accordance with the guidance given in the Statement of Recommended Practice for Accounting and Reporting (revised June 2008) issued by the Charity Commissioners for England & Wales .

Resources Expended Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis, inclusive of VAT, and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.


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Fixed assets and depreciation All tangible fixed assets are stated at cost less depreciation.

Items of less than £1,000 are not capitalised.

Depreciation has been provided at the following rates in order to write off the assets (less their estimated residual value) over their estimated useful economic lives.

Computer equipment 33% straight line

Taxation As a registered charity, the company is exempt from income and corporation tax to the extent that its income and gains are applicable to charitable purposes only. Value Added Tax is not recoverable by the company, and is therefore included in the relevant costs in the Statement of Financial Activities.

Funds structure policy The charity maintains a general unrestricted fund that represents funds that are expendable at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the objects of the charity. Such funds may be held in order to finance both working capital and capital investment.

Designated funds are unrestricted funds held in the UK or in Sudan that have been earmarked for project expenditure in Sudan or to mitigate risks to the effective implementation of projects.

Restricted funds have been provided to the charity for particular purposes, and it is the policy of the board of trustees to carefully the monitor the application of those funds in accordance with the restrictions placed upon them.

There is no formal policy of transfer between funds or on the allocation of funds to designated funds, other than that described above.

Any other proposed transfer between funds would be considered on their particular circumstances.

Foreign currencies Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rates of exchange ruling at the balance sheet date. Transactions in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rate of exchange ruling at the date of transaction. Exchange differences are taken into account in arriving at the operating result.

2 Winding up or dissolution of the charity

If upon winding up or dissolution of the charity there remain any assets, after the satisfaction of all debts and liabilities, the assets represented by the accumulated fund shall be transferred to some other charitable body or bodies having similar objects to the charity.


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3 Surplus for the financial year

This is stated after crediting :-

2015 £

2014 £

! Revenue Turnover from ordinary activities 454,387 365,668

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! Trustees' remuneration 59,078 45,000 ! National Insurance on trustees' remuneration 5,054 5,235 ! Auditors' remuneration 3,600 3,600

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2014 £

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Expenses charged to the charity by the trustees include costs relating to the trustees biannual visits to monitor and evaluate the projects, plus office expenses incurred by Patricia Parker, who provides office space at her home as agreed by the Charity Commissioners of £13,000 (2014: £13,000) over the course of the year. This has continued to save the charity from having to pay escalating commercial rates for office accommodation costs and services.

5 Investment Income 2015 2014 ! ! £ £ ! Bank deposit interest received 11,366 16,391


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Gross Salaries ! 59,078 ! 57,745 Salary inflation adjustment ! - ! - Employer's National Insurance 5,054 6,907

! 64,132 64,652

The salaries are split 25% as administration costs included in costs of generating voluntary income and 75% as costs of managing, monitoring and designing charitable activities.

Numbers of full time employees or full time equivalents 2015 2014

Engaged on both charitable and fundraising activities 1 1

The Trustees decided on 2 October 2012 to correct an anomaly in their earlier decision when setting the CEO's level of salary, to ensure this stays the same in real terms. An adjustment has been applied for inflation retrospectively since April 2007, based on the government's official Consumer Price Index figures.

The Trustees reviewed the level of the CEO's salary in October 2012 (a salary review was last conducted in 2007 and directed that inflation should be accounted for). The Trustees directed that inflation should be factored into future calculations of the CEO's pay, to be adjusted annually each April. The Trustees determined in October 2012 that replacing the current CEO with someone paid at full market rates would require the charity to pay a package of between £90,000 and £125,000, i.e. an average of £107,500 per year. The current CEO decided not to take the full rate of salary allocated by the Trustees for the CEO's pay, in effect equivalent to a donation to the charity of over £50,000 each year. The current CEO was also putting in working hours far beyond those expected of a normal salaried employee, without overtime payments, so the value to the charity of her contribution is significantly in excess of this amount.

Patricia Parker asked not to be paid a full market rate and the normal benefits. The Trustees' resolution was approved by the Charity Commission. The trustees wish to acknowledge Patricia Parker's exceptional contribution to the charity. Her salary does not reflect the hours worked, both paid and voluntary, in her capacity as administrator, project designer and management and principal awareness and fundraiser worldwide.

Other than salary and related costs, other paid work during the year was carried out by a part time bookkeeper, two part time assistants, and a database entry and research assistant. Fees are also paid for website maintenance and design, hosting and maintaining the database, and IT support.

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Machinery & Vehicles

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Asset cost, valuation or revalued amount At 1 April 2014 1,192

At 31 March 2015 1,192

Accumulated depreciation and impairment provisions At 1 April 2014 1,192 Charge for the year -

At 31 March 2015 1,192

Net book value At 31 March 2015 - At 31 March 2014 -

This relates to the fixed cost depreciation of the charity's computer, which at year end had reduced to a value of £0.

8 Debtors ! 2015 £

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! Gift aid debtor (to be claimed from HMRC) ! 6,943 ! 38,669 ! PAYE / NI Recoverable - 1,743 ! ! 6,943 40,412

9 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year ! 2015

£ ! 2014

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2015 2014 £ £

Water project - 10,000 Goat supplementary feed project - 3,765 Construction of Kindergarten main buildings 70,036 -

70,036 13,765

The actual amount spent on projects in Sudan this financial year is as stated under 'Costs of charitable activities'. The above amounts have also been contracted for projects in Sudan and will

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! Water Project including handpumps and repairs to handpumps !

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50,500 ! Adoption of further villages & introduction of all our projects as

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125,000 ! Training!and!equipping!40!midwives! ! - ! ! 42,000 ! Construction of and equipment for 3 Kindergartens ! - ! ! 60,000 ! 5,200 Mosquito nets to 13 villages ! - ! ! 3,600 ! Fodder Project to 5 villages ! - ! ! 3,500 ! Seed Project to 5 villages ! - ! ! 5,340 ! Animal Supplementary Feeding Project X 5 ! - ! ! 2,500 ! Tree Project ! - ! ! 8,000 ! Animal Welfare Project ! - ! ! 880 ! 262 Gerry Cans ! - ! ! 2,100 ! Revolving Medical Drug Fund to 5 villages ! - ! ! 3,000 ! 188 Latrines - ! 37,600 ! ! ! - ! ! 344,020

The above amounts are plans that have been committed for projects in Sudan, but have not yet been contracted or spent.


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The charity implements all work in Sudan through a locally registered community based organisation called the Kids for Kids Steering Committee which consists of volunteer village leaders. Currently the Steering Committee employs a full-time Sudanese Programme Manager who is a Veterinary Doctor, and a Sudanese Project Officer in Darfur, with additional support from a consultant in Khartoum. An additional small wage is paid to a cook / cleaner. It is planned to employ an additional Project Assistant to work on data capture and analysis as we expand to a further eight communities in 2015, whilst continuing our support of villages already adopted. The establishment of this local office, which is rent free, has enabled the charity to work in villages in Darfur at a time when other aid agencies have been banned. This small team is managed from the UK by the CEO. All projects are closely monitored and documented. Finances are overseen in Sudan by a senior lawyer and transferred to Darfur on a project by project basis as agreed with the CEO. Reports are provided by each village on a monthly basis so that successes and failures can be identified and suitable action taken.

Despite continued violence, the core Kids for Kids Programme included the training of five new communities during the year, the animal loans and paravet care for these villages and the provision of new handpumps and repairs, plus continued support and monitoring of the 65 already supported villages. The trustees are already committed to adopting a minimum of eight new villages in 2015 because of the deteriorating conditions in the villages. Reports from 29 other villages who have requested support showed that many children died from starvation and malaria last year. Whilst we are not in a position to adopt more villages at present, we are planning to provide as many mosquito nets as possible to these other villages to mitigate the risk of malaria, plus training village midwives and first aid workers for these communities.

Following the successful completion of our first Kindergarten in October 2013 three further Kindergartens are nearing completion and it is hoped we will be able to gain support for a further three in the coming year. A special category of supporters has been created, Children's Champions, who are invited to commit to a three year sponsorship programme for specific projects. These include Kindergartens, Water, Midwifery and Village Adoption.

Conditions in Darfur meant that many families did not have seed to plant for their year's supply of food and, following a successful pilot project this year we extended the provision of seed to further communities. . Statistics showed that there were fewer successful births for our goats and this has lead us to devise a project to provide preventive medical care for our goats and donkeys. This new Animal Welfare Project is providing treatment for worms and parasites and include the provision of salt licks, and vaccinations against infectious diseases for first time beneficiaries whose incomes are now too low to allow them to provide these essential veterinary drugs themselves. We are also extending our help to enable villagers to construct durable latrines. Latrines were washed away last year in the rains. We will now assist with providing concrete etc. We were also delighted that we were given permission for our First Aid Workers and Village Midwives to manage a Revolving Medical Drug Fund which has meant that drugs are available in each of our villages. With no other health care this is having a very positive effect on children's health.


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At 31 March 2015 Current Assets

Unrestricted funds

£ 619,235

! Designated funds

£ 490,000

! Restricted funds

£ -

! Total Funds

£ 1,109,235

Current Liabilities (3,600) ! - ! - ! (3,600) ! 615,635 ! 490,000 ! - ! 1,105,635 !

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At 1 April 2014 Unrestricted funds

! Designated funds

! Restricted funds

! Total Funds

Current Assets 503,503 ! 490,000 ! 53,752 ! 1,047,255 Current Liabilities (3,600) ! - ! (14,679) ! (18,279) ! 499,903 ! 490,000 ! 39,073 ! 1,028,976

The individual funds included above are :-

! Funds at ! Movements ! Transfers ! Funds at 2014 ! in ! Between ! 2015

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£ ! £ ! £ ! £ Project fund 39,073 ! (39,073) ! - ! - Future project fund 490,000 ! - ! - ! 490,000 Sundry other funds 499,903 ! 115,732 ! - ! 615,635 ! 1,028,976 ! 76,659 ! - ! 1,105,635

Analysis of movements in funds as shown in the table above

Incoming Outgoing Gains & Movement Resources Resources Losses in funds

Project fund

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37,597

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76,670

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(39,073) Sundry other funds 428,156 ! 312,424 ! - ! 115,732 ! 465,753 ! 389,094 ! - ! 76,659

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Kids for Kids is a company limited by guarantee. The maximum contribution, in the event of a winding up, is £10 per member.

Kids For Kids Schedule to the Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 March 2015

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Restricted Funds 2015

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Total Funds 2015

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Prior Period Total Funds

2014 £

Incoming Resources ! ! ! ! !

Non government and non public bodies Incoming resources of a revenue nature Direct donations

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398,026

37,597

435,623

253,898 Gift aid reclaimable ! 13,042 - 13,042 42,856 Legacies receivable - - - 60,000 Total 411,068 37,597 448,665 356,754 Total Grants, Legacies & Donations Received 411,068 37,597 448,665 356,754 Total Voluntary Income ! 411,068 37,597 448,665 356,754 Activities for generating funds

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Fundraising activities - UK 5,722 - 5,722 8,914 Total of activities for generating funds ! 5,722 - 5,722 8,914 Investment Income ! ! ! ! !

Bank deposit interest received 11,366 - 11,366 16,391 Total Investment Income ! 11,366 - 11,366 16,391 Total Incoming Resources ! 428,156 37,597 465,753 382,059 Resources expended

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Support costs for generating voluntary income Salaries

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14,770

14,436

Employers' NI ! 1,264 - 1,264 1,727 Administrative assistance ! 14,596 - 14,596 10,874 General office running costs 34,490 - 34,490 31,879 ! 65,120 - 65,120 58,916

Total costs of generating voluntary income 65,120 - 65,120 58,916

Fundraising Trading: Cost of goods sold and other costs

Event expenses ! 9,455 - 9,455 10,977 Insurance ! 682 - 682 537 Cost of goods sold - - - 50 ! 10,137 - 10,137 11,564 Total Fundraising Trading costs 10,137 - 10,137 11,564


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Charitable expenditure Direct support costs

Unrestricted Restricted Total Prior Period

Funds Funds Funds Total Funds 2015 2015 2015 2014

£ £ £ £

Gross wages and salaries - charitable activities 44,308 - 44,308 43,309 Employers' NI - Charitable activities 3,790 - 3,790 5,180

48,098 - 48,098 48,489 Other support costs Project work in Sudan 185,469 76,670 262,139 157,776

185,469 76,670 262,139 157,776 Total costs of charitable activities 233,567 76,670 310,237 206,265

Support costs for grants paid !

Total Expended on Charitable Activities 233,567 76,670 310,237 206,265

Governance costs that are not direct management functions inherent in generating funds, service delivery and programme or project work (including management and administration costs) Specific governance costs

Auditors' remuneration 3,600 - 3,600 3,600 Total governance costs ! 3,600 - 3,600 3,600

Total resources expended 312,424 76,670 389,094 280,345

The basis for the allocation of costs as shown above is explained in the accounting policies and the notes to the accounts.


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Unrestricted Restricted Total Prior Period Funds Funds Funds Total Funds 2015 2015 2015 2014

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Analysis of transfers between funds Transfer to designated fund

- - - 15,000 Transfer to/(from) restricted to be analysed further - - - 126,000 Transfer from general fund - - - (196,000)

The trustees have set aside a designated fund to take account of plans for increased project commitments, and our moral responsibility for staff safety in Darfur. The trustees have transferred £490,000 from the general fund to this designated fund. This represents their best estimate of the moral and legal commitments to such projects in the next twelve months. The trustees have determined that this is the minimum required in view of the volatile security situation in Darfur, the potential cost of replacement of the CEO, and the uncertainties of fund raising in the current climate.

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