## **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| |---|---| |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| |---|---| ||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|| |---|---|---| |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-| **==> picture [227 x 721] intentionally omitted <==** 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|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |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|| |---|---|---| |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:||| |---|---|---| |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|| |---|---|---| |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| |---|---| |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| |---|---| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** ||**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
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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 **==> picture [441 x 63] intentionally omitted <==** ## **Other optional information** **==> picture [441 x 63] intentionally omitted <==** **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)**|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||**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**|||| |**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**|| |||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| |||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| |||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| |||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| |||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| |||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| |**_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**
~~———————~~|||||||||||| |**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**|| |||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| |||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| |||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| |||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| |||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| |||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| |**_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**
~~———_————~~|||||||||||| |**_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 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |||||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**||**Endowment**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**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_**
~~—====~~||||||| |||(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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**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |**B3 Investment assets**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
~~oo.~~||||||| |||**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
~~iss~~||||||| |||||**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)|**-**
**-**
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Date of
approval
Signature
Print Name
SUSAN JANE PIKETT TIMPERLEY
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~~———~~||||||| 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