Trustees’ Annual Report for the period
From 01/06/2023 To 31/05/2024
Charity name: No Strings
Charity registration number: 1096730
Objectives and Activities
| SORP reference | |
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| Summary of the purposes of | Para 1.17 |
| the charity as set out in its | |
| governing document | |
| Summary of the main activit- ies in relation to those pur- |
Para 1.17 and 1.19 |
| poses for the public benefit, | |
| in particular, the activities, | |
| projects or services identi- | |
| fied in the accounts. | |
| Statement confirming | Para 1.18 |
| whether the trustees have | |
| had regard to the guidance | |
| issued by the Charity Com- | |
| mission on public benefit |
Additional information (optional)
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
| SORP reference | |
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| Para 1.38 | |
| Policy on grant making | |
| Para 1.38 | |
| Policy on social investment | |
| including program related | |
| investment |
Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other
Achievements and Performance
| SORP reference | ||
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| Summary of the main achievements of the charity, identifying the difference the charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its be- neficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole. |
Para 1.20 | Ongoing Human Elephant Confict Programme Develop- ment, Kenya Our partner Born Free continued to roll out the hu- man elephant confict programme developed by No Strings in the previous reporting period in the Kenyan Amboseli and Menu National Parks. This followed successful delivery of a training to 25 staff working in the parks the previous year, and the use of giant, multi-operator elephant puppets for use by community members with an objective of creating knowledge, attitude and behaviour change among farming and pastoral communities living adjacent to the parks whose safety and livelihoods are impacted by elephant encroachment into farming and village areas. A key focus has been attitude change, along with crisis reduction responses that de-escalate po- tentially dangerous elephant responses when the animals are present. Roll-out of the tools has been ongoing throughout the period. Born Free has worked with an independent specialist to monitor and evaluate the project, with research ongoing. No Strings conducted informal interviews with lead edu- cation staff on the ground to understand and support with potential issues affecting impact and guide ef- fective delivery. Born Free continue to collect data for an overall understanding of effectiveness. Ongoing: Handwashing with Soap in Schools, Nairobi, Kenya No Strings’ project to increase rates of handwashing with soap in schools in Nairobi, Kenya, has been ongoing. The programme was initially introduced in 2021 and research fndings over the period revealed that soap making practices in schools were continu- ing and systems in classrooms to support hand washing practices before school lunches were active and effective. Northumbria University, who we partnered with on research design, were successful in winning a £1million award based on sharing of how the programme was conducted and evaluated. Ongoing: Zimbabwe WASH Films Development Rollout of short flms created by No Strings in part- |
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nership with Save the Children Zimbabwe has been ongoing. The films are designed to increase behaviours relating to hand washing with soap after using the latrine, and before eating. The films aim to appeal to both adults and children as target audiences, and are disseminated through social media.
November 2023 and Ongoing: Psychosocial Support Programme, Rohingya in Bangladesh Working in partnership with Catholic Relief Services, CRS, and Caritas Bangladesh, CB, No Strings delivered a two-week training in Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh, for facilitators working directly in Kutapalong Camp with Rohingya refugee children. This followed previous trainings that were delivered to CB staff in the months preceding the Covid lockdowns. The 10-session programme is supported with tools that include large numbers of frog hand puppets and facilitator manual, along with our Butterfly and Corner Frog films that were made especially for this response. The programme focuses on psychosocial wellbeing and social and emotional learning. A small team of CB facilitators were established to oversee the programme as their sole duty, and support staff working directly with children in camp community facilities. Over the period, staff reported that children were engaging enthusiastically with the different activities and were able to record positive changes in both behaviour and attitudes according to research design indicators.
Ongoing: Afghanistan
Meetings with our Afghan partner OMAR, the Organisation for Mine Clearance and Afghan Rehabilitation, have continued over this period to understand how they have been able to continue rollout of our landmine awareness given additional pressure resulting from the change in government regime. Discussions also centred on how they might avail of social media to widen their dissemination, and to possibly include additional films focusing on health.
Ongoing: Madagascar
Partnering with CRS, dissemination of numerous No Strings programmes has continued, including Nutrition, Malaria, WASH and Disaster Risk Reduction. No Strings has worked with CRS remotely to understand and support with dissemination best practice.
Ongoing: Middle East
Our two films-based programmes continued to reach communities affected by conflict in the region, including children in Syria and Iraq, as well as refugee communities in Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon.
Additional information (optional)
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
| Achievements against ob- jectives set |
Para 1.41 | |
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| Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set |
Para 1.41 | |
| Investment performance against objectives |
Para 1.41 | |
| Other |
Financial Review
| Financial Review | ||
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| Review of the charity’s fin- ancial position at the end of the period |
Para 1.21 | |
| Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held |
Para 1.22 | |
| Amount of reserves held | Para 1.22 | |
| Reasons for holding zero reserves |
Para 1.22 | |
| Details of fund materially in deficit |
Para 1.24 | |
| Explanation of any uncer- tainties about the charity continuing as a going con- cern |
Para 1.23 |
Additional information (optional)
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
| The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising) |
Para 1.47 | |
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| Investment policy and ob- jectives including any social investment policy adopted |
Para 1.46 | |
| A description of the principal risks facing the charity |
Para 1.46 | |
| Other |
Structure, Governance and Management
| Description of charity’s trusts: |
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| Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter) |
Para 1.25 |
Trust Deed dated 24/03/2003 |
| How is the charity consti- tuted? (e.g unincorporated associ- ation, CIO) |
Para 1.25 | Trust |
| Trustee selection methods including details of any con- stitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entitled to appoint one or more trustees |
Para 1.25 | Appointed by Trustee Resolution |
Additional information (optional)
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
| Policies and procedures ad- opted for the induction and training of trustees |
Para 1.51 | |
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| The charity’s organisational structure and any wider net- work with which the charity works |
Para 1.51 | |
| Relationship with any related parties |
Para 1.51 | |
| Other |
Reference and Administrative details
| Charity name | No Strings |
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| Other name the charity uses | No Strings Interna.onal |
| Registered charity number | 1096730 |
| Charity’s principal address 11-12 The Courtyard, St Mary’s Chare, Hexham, Northumber- land, NE46 1NH |
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Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
| Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole year |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any) |
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Mrs Susan Jane PikeJ Timperley |
Chair | ||
| Mr Gary Ramsay |
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| Mr Philip Veal | ||||
Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved
Director name
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year
Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others
Description of the assets held in this capacity
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects
Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
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Additional information (optional)
Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
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Type of Name Address
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Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
Exemptions from disclosure
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
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Other optional information
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Declarations
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature(s)
Full name(s) SUSAN JANE PIKETT TIMPERLEY ~~ee~~
Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)[Chair] ~~ee~~ Date 6.3.2025 ~~|~~
| Charity Name | No (if any) | No (if any) | |||||||||
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| No Strings International | 1096730 | ||||||||||
| Receipts andpayments accounts | CC16a | ||||||||||
| For the period from ~~ee~~ |
01/06/2023 Period start date ~~ee~~ |
To | Period end date 31/05/2024 |
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| Section A Receipts and payments | Section A Receipts and payments | ||||||||||
| Unrestricted funds |
Restricted funds |
Endowment funds |
Total funds | Last year | |||||||
| to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | ||||||
| A1 Receipts | |||||||||||
| Donations | 120 | - | - | 120 | 150 | ||||||
| Grant Income | - | 32,361 | - | 32,361 | 22,823 | ||||||
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| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
(Gross income for AR) 120 |
32,361 | - | 32,481 | 22,973 | ||||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). - - - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - - Total receipts 120 32,361 - 32,481 22,973 ~~———————~~ |
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| A3 Payments | |||||||||||
| Field Costs | - | 35,086 | - | 35,086 | 48,284 | ||||||
| Administration | 5,708 | 696 | - | 6,404 | 3,473 | ||||||
| Foreign exchange loss/(gain) | 3,681 | - | - | 3,681 | - 12,019 | ||||||
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| **Sub total ** | 9,389 | 35,782 | - | 45,171 | 39,738 | ||||||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) - - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - - Total payments 9,389 35,782 - 45,171 39,738 ~~———_————~~ |
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| Net of receipts/(payments) - 9,269 - 3,421 - - 12,690 - 16,765 A5 Transfers between funds - - - - - A6 Cash funds last year end 15,480 89,279 - 104,759 - Cash funds this year end 6,211 85,858 - 92,069 - 16,765 ~~======>~~ |
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
17/02/2025
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Endowment | |||||
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| Categories | Details | funds | funds | funds | |||
| to nearest £ | to nearest £ | to nearest £ | |||||
| B1 Cash funds | 6,211 85,858 - - - - - - - 6,211 85,858 - Cash at bank Total cash funds ~~—====~~ |
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| (agree balances with receipts and payments | (agree balances with receipts and payments | ||||||
| account(s)) | OK | OK | OK | ||||
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Endowment | |||||
| funds | funds | funds | |||||
| Details | to nearest £ | to nearest £ | to nearest £ | ||||
| B2 Other monetary assets | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~~—==—~~ |
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| Details | Fund to which asset belongs |
Cost (optional) | Current value (optional) |
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| B3 Investment assets | - - - - - - - - - - ~~oo.~~ |
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| Details | Fund to which asset belongs |
Cost (optional) | Current value (optional) |
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| B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use |
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~~iss~~ |
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| Fund to which | Amount due | When due | |||||
| Details | liability relates | (optional) | (optional) | ||||
| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B5 Liabilities CCXX R2 accounts (SS) |
- - - - - Date of approval Signature Print Name SUSAN JANE PIKETT TIMPERLEY 2 17/02/2025 6.3.2025 ~~———~~ |
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of C;harily klaffle NO STRINGS On accounts for the year ended 3110512024 Charity no (if any) 1096730 Set out on pages Iren):Ini)pr lo 11)clu(le the pag" I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ("the Trust.) for the year ended 31105 12024. Responsibilities and basis of report As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (°the Act.). I report in respect of my exarnination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145{5)(b) of the Act. Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act,, or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records, or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fairf view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed: Date: Name: SHAUN NIXON Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): ACCA Address: 11-12 THE COURTYARD, ST. MARY'S CHARE, HEXHAM, NORTHUMBERLAND NE46 1NH IER Oct 2018
Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32. Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER Oct 2018