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Annualreport 15 16 Small.Pages BENDDON’TBREAK FOSTERING RESILIENCE ON THE EDGE Report of the Trustees and Financial Statements for The Year Ended 29 February 2016 for Children on the Edge Registered company number: 4996130 (England and Wales) Registered charity number: 1101441 BD&M Ltd, Skies, 20 Martinsfield, Winterborne St Martin , Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 9JU Children on the Edge Report of the Trustees and Financial Statements for The Year Ended 29 February 2016 Working Children at home in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Bend Don’t Break: Fostering Resilience on the Edge 1 1. Reference and Administrative Details 2 2. Structure, Governance and Management 3 3. Objectives 4 4. Activities 6 5. Achievement and Performance 7 6. Future Developments 9 7. Financial Review 10 8. Statement of Trustees Responsibilities 11 9. Independent Auditor’s Report to the Trustees of Children on the Edge 12 10. Statement of Financial Activities 13 11. Balance Sheet 14 12. Notes to the Financial Statements 15 Children on the Edge Report of the Trustees and Financial Statements for The Year Ended 29 February 2016 BEND DON’T BREAK FOSTERING RESILIENCE ON THE EDGE Syrian refugee children in the camps of Bekaa Valley, Lebanon From the outset, Children on the Edge has existed to adversity of working on the edge, but arrived at a seek out those children who live on margins of society place where we are ready to expand. and endure some of the toughest situations in the world. We’ve always been amazed at their resilience. Key successes have included: The ability to bounce back despite the adversity they are forced to live through. • Increased response to the worsening Syrian refugee crisis in Lebanon through maintaining It is this inherent resilience that we foster through our camp schools and supporting the building of a work. We don’t create it, but simply nurture it by new camp for the most vulnerable families on the supporting children and their communities to create border. safe environments where the ingredients of a full childhood, hope, life, colour and fun can emerge. • The establishment of a COTE Africa team to replicate our work in Soweto slum, Uganda to the The ‘edge' has defined us from the start, and our 25th wider district. year has reflected this more than ever. Walking on shifting ground in the volatile situations where we work • Beginning to support ‘untouchable’ Dalit children has demanded an adept response from our team, our in Bihar State, India through a group of small partners and the children we work with. organisations doing outstanding work. The renewed and strengthened foundations created We continue to strengthen our funding base from a through this process have not only safeguarded our variety of sources by building long term relationships work, but enriched it to the point where every project wherever possible. We trust you will enjoy reading stands ready to scale up and reach many more about our achievements this year and our plans for the children on the edge. future. This has not been achieved by making bigger or loftier With hope and gratitude, connections, but by keeping our focus on the goal of supporting small, grass-roots organisations with a Rachel Bentley Alan Finch steadfast and authentic desire to see their communities transformed. Through new connections, well established relationships and the launch of our own COTE Africa team, we have not only adapted to the natural 1 Children on the Edge Report of the Trustees and Financial Statements for The Year Ended 29 February 2016 1. Reference and Administrative Details Registered Company number 4996130 (England and Wales) Registered Charity number 1101441 Registered Office: 5 The Victoria, 25 St Pancras, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 7LT Chief Executive: Rachel Bentley Company Secretary: Ben Wilkes Mr A Finch (Chair) Director Mr C L Buchanan Director Mr A Rush Director Mrs M Loosemore Barrister Mr Stuart Gallimore Director of Children’s Services Trustees: Auditors: BD&M Ltd, Chartered Certified Accountants Skies, 20 Martinsfield, Winterborne St Martin, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 9JU Bankers: CAF Bank, PO Box 289, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent, ME19 4TA Displaced children in the mountain camps of Kachin State, Burma are completely cut off 2 Children on the Edge Report of the Trustees and Financial Statements for The Year Ended 29 February 2016 Scores of caregivers participate in child protection training in Masese III slum, Uganda The trustees, who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 29 February 2016. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities published on 16/07/14. 2. Structure, Governance and Management Governing document year. This committee reports action points to board meetings, which are also held at least twice a year. Children on the Edge is a charitable company limited The charity's chief executive is responsible for the by guarantee, incorporated on 16 December 2003, day-to-day operation of the charity and manages the company registration No 4996130, Charity staff of the charity on behalf of the trustees. Registration No 1101441. Wider network The company was established under the Memorandum of Association, which established the The charity's headquarters are in Chichester, with an objects and powers of the charitable company and is overseas office in Thailand. The charity has a number governed under its Articles of Association. of principal partner organisations with whom it cooperates to deliver its programmes. These Recruitment and appointment of new trustees organisations are laid out in the section titled 'Achievements and Performance'. The Memorandum and Articles of Association allow for no less than three trustees to be appointed. Trustees all serve for a period of three years at which point the Risk management Articles of Association require them to resign as a trustee and seek re-election if they wish to continue to The trustees actively review the major risks that the act. New trustees are nominated by members of the charity faces on a regular basis and believe that board of trustees, interviewed by a panel of three maintaining the free reserves stated, combined with trustees and appointed where they are found to have the annual review of the controls over key financial the necessary skills to contribute to the charity's systems, will provide sufficient resources in the event management and development. of adverse conditions. The trustees have also examined other operational and business risks that Induction and training of new trustees the charity faces and confirmed the establishment of systems to mitigate these, should they occur. When new trustees are appointed they are given an With an international operation, travel civil unrest in introduction to the work of the charity and provided project locations present the most likely risk with with an information pack. This includes information polices, insurance and regular checks mitigating about the role of trustees and charity law. these. The risk of the impact of the departure of key staff is mitigated through creating a strong working Organisational structure culture and environment as well as succession planning and engaging all staff in thevision, strategy Each trustee takes responsibility for monitoring the and plans. Our budget and regularly reviewed charity's activities, and where appropriate the trustees fundraising plans as well as reserves ensure we don't form sub committees for specific operational areas. have inadequate funding and strict policys and and The main sub committee is the finance and controls help reduce the risk of any financial fraud or governance committee, which meets at least twice a mismanagement in project locations. 3 Children on the Edge Report of the Trustees and Financial Statements for The Year Ended 29 February 2016 Letter from Dalit student in Bihar State, India 3. Objectives For over 25 years we have been a charity In doing this, our approach is to: that returns childhood to forgotten children. 1. Exclusively serve forgotten children in forgotten places. You will often find us in the Too many children are leading forgotten lives in places where the cameras do not click. The barren, dangerous places. Many are neglected or places you don't scroll past on your even persecuted by their own governments, newsfeeds. We focus on the situations where ignored by international media and missed by aid agencies either do not venture or have large overseas aid agencies. moved on from, leaving gaps in essential services. These children are being robbed of their childhood and existing on the edges of society. 2. Develop projects with the knowledge that one size does not fit all. Each project is Our objective is to restore the ingredients of a full innovative, bespoke and built on extensive childhood, bringing hope, life, colour and fun into research and collaboration with local children’s lives. communities. Consequently they are often We do this by: used as models of good practice. - Transforming the most vulnerable communities, 3. Each project is based on conversations not enabling them to create and sustain protective clipboards. We support grassroots work that environments for their children and enabling is designed, owned and developed by the them to uphold children’s rights. local community and that nurtures independence. - Providing quality, accessible, child friendly education to some of the most vulnerable and 4. Each child is valued as an individual. They are marginalised children across the globe who not seen as victims or beneficiaries, but otherwise have no access to education. supported in the realisation of their rights.
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