Trustees. Annual Report for the period Pericxl SL￿ date Period end date Lkv Yi'ar From Section A Reference and administration details Charity name The Besom In Sheffield Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1120586 Charity's principal address 20 Bromwich Road Sheffield Postcode S8 OGF Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity Dates acted rf not for whole ear Trustee name orfice (if any) Name of Wfson (or body) entitled to apposnt trustee rfan Trustee Team Stephen Winks Joy Winks Pauline Kirk Chairman Secretary Timothy Hopkinson Anna Brodrick 241h October 2023 19th October 2023 24th October 2023 Robert Corker 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Names of the trustees for the charity. rf any, (for example, any custodian trustees) Name Dates acted rf not for whole ear Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) e of adviser Name Address Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional informatson) Section B Structure, overnance and mana ement Description of the charity's trusts Charitable Company Type of goveming document How the charity is constituted Charitable Company Trustee selection methcxjs By existing trustees Additional governance issues (Optional inforniation) The Charity is independent but also part of the national network of Besom cha(ities fft Bescxn Network -registered under charity no 1104026}. You may choose to indude additional Information, where relevant, about: Major risk amelioration is covered by policies adopted by the trustees including- policies and procedures adopted for the inducts'on and training of trustees- the tharty's organisational structure and any WKler network wrth vthith the charity works, Conflict of Interest Expenses Policy Financial Controls Policy Risk Management Policy Safeguarding Policy Senous Incident Reporb"ng Policy Financial Management Policy Soaal Media Policy Financial Reserves Policy relationship with any ￿lated parties; truslees consideration of major nsks and the system and procedures to manage them. The organisational stwcture is composed of a team of trustees as in the relevant box at)ove. As well as the trustees is an operalional team which deal wrth the day to day athY￿es of the chanty Our risks are limrted as we do not employ anyone or own anything other than a Mercedes Sprinter van. We have a robust recruitsnent policy as laid out in the Saf uardin oli above Section C Ob"ectives and activities THE RELIEF OF POVERTY. SUFFERING. SICKNESS AND DISTRESS; THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION., AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE VJITH ENGLISH LAW. Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document The charities main aim is to act as a bridge between individuals and groups who want to help people in need by giving their ts'me, skills. money and things to those who are in need. Our main area of adivity centres on those who can give arKI help them to understand that their giving makes a differen￿ to the person in need. Of the four ways of giving we mainly focus on the giving of things. These are offered to us to pass on to someone in need. We arrange to collect the items and store them in garages loaned to us by Irtdividuals. We then arrange to deliver them to recipients who have b￿n referred to us by organisations such as Shelter. Social Services or similar organisation. The van is crewed by volunteers who give their time to help people in Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Chaiity Commission on public benefrt) We are also given money to use lo buy ilems for recipients or for us to use to operate the servi￿. The trustees have regard to the guidan￿ on public benefft issued by the Charity Commission when exercising any powers to which the guidance would be relevant. The chanty does this by Iimrting rts activities to those detailed above, which have been established as being for the public benefft through the registration of the charrty and the registrations of others Besoms around the county. arKI by only taking referrals from statutory bodies arKI other similar organisation. In this way the trustees are satisfied that support is available to those who have a need and that the adivity undertaken is of public benefiL The charty's services are open to all those who want to give regardless of religious belief and to anyone who has a need idenbfied by a statutory body or similar organisations Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional infonnation) All our reSoUr￿S whether ts'me. skills, money or things are onty used in accordance with the wishes of the giver. If someone offers us a wardrobe and asks that rt be given to someone who has just come out of prison then that is who we give it to. If someone gives us money to buy a washing machine then that is what we buy and arrange for the company from which we have purchased it to deliver rt because we feel there is more dignrty for the reci￿ent that way. We do not apply for grants or express a need but work though existing relab"onships by encouraging the giver to see the joy in giving to people in need. You may choose to indude further statements, where relevanL about. policy on grarrtmaking; policy progr3mme related inveslment- We do not fund raise or ask for donations but pray and wart for God to answer. Our greatest resource 15 our b.me givers who are all volunteers and give their time gladly to encourage the giver and help people in need. contribution made by volunteers. Section D Achievements and performance Section D Achievements and performance Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year We have maintained the same level of activities as in previous years. We have Gontinued to maintain the same pattern of van runs as in previous years and have utilised the space in the garages available to us by ensuring that wherever possible we collect and deliver on the same van run. We have explored the ￿nefitS of social medi3 by posting answers to prayer and good news stories on Fa￿book and Instagram. We arranged an information weekend at the Message Trust Yorkshire Hub which was open to anyone interested in being part of our Besom. This has resulled in two enquiries from people from different churches in Sheffield and we are going through our recruitment process at the moment. We continue to be a resour￿ to the Besom network and are part of a cluster which inclu(les the Besom in Wrral and The Besom in York. Section E Financial review Brief statement of the charity's policy on reserves We aim to maintain at least six months reserves so that should our income stream dry up we can still conb'nue to operate until the srtuation changes. Details of any fvnds materially in deficit None Further financial review details Ioptional information) You may choose to include Our only source of funding is from givers who are interested in what we additional infonnation, where do and who wish to serve those living with poverty and exclusion. We do relevant about: not fundraise or apply for grants, the charity's principal sources of funds (inclLKling any fundraising)- how expendrture has Supported the key objectives of the Gharty", investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. Everyone in our Besom is a volunteer so our reSoUr￿S are allocated soFely to maintain the activiti'es of the charty in line with our key objeth'ves. We do not have any investments and we bank with the only bank which has an ethical policy. Section F Other optional information Section G Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the trustoes, report above. Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees Signatureeriod 11st 2023 Marth 31st 2024 aeciion A rteceipis ano pay Unrestricted Restrlcted Endowment Total funds Last yè•r lh• n•ar•sl £ to th• n•¥•st £ to th• r*ar•st£ ty lh• nw•st £ A1 Receipts Don&t1(￿S Gift R￿m￿Jr5Wn￿t 20.726 20.726 6.132 4574 tota ross income se an Inve nsurance payoun road and irtsur￿ ft>fund en 11.061 1.700 11.061 1.71)D Vett￿d runninq cost In¥Ltranr Iterns l¢)r 5.710 5.710 3.673 553 1,297 151 1,297 151 1221 24 Ton18 and vquipmenl Tfainir*J Vdurneer5 Sub total 10.523 inv Vehicl 24.119 24119 Sub totsi 24.119 24119 Net of receiDts/lDavments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last vaar end Cash fun(ts this vear end 6.436 CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 1011212024 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricted to n*•rn81 £ Restricted Endowmgnt to £ B1 Cash funds Total cash funds 6,800 Unrestricted Restricted Endowment funds lunds to nvarnsi £ B3 Invastment assots Dctai15 Cost I onal B4 Assets rntained for the charity's own use Fur￿ tp T*hlch AmouTht du? When du• B5 Liabillties &gned by two Injstees on nature Prinl Na￿ Date of Ji IkJ£5 1011W2024 CCXX R2 a(uurts ISS) Sectlon B Disclosure Qnly c(Mmplete rf Ihe examiner r￿15 to highlight maners of cOn￿M (see CC32. Independent examination of charity a{x￿nts. directions and guKlance for examiners). Give here brief detsils of any items that the examiner wishes to disG105e. IER October 2018 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report members of The Besom in Sheffield On aCC(￿nts for the year 31 March 2024 Charity no Irf any) 1120586 I report to the truslees my examination of the accounts of the above Charity fthe Trustl for the year ended 3110312024. Responsibilities and As the chwity trustees of the Tntst. you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in acccffdance wlth the requirements of the Chaiities A 2011 (Ihe Acr). I reFX)rt in respect of my examination of the Trusys accx)iJnts carried out under sedion 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examirk?ti￿. I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charily Commtssion under section 145(5Xb) of the A( I have completed my examination. I confim that no material matters have come to my attention (other than that d￿lOSed below ') in connection wrth the examinatton which give5 me cav5e to believe that in, any material resFed: accounting records were not kept in accordan￿ with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do rK* accord wilh the accounting re(x)rds Independent examinef s statement I have no concems and have corne amss no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understsnding of the accounts to be reached. ' Please delete the bvonls in the brackets rf they do not apply. Signed: Date: 10112124 Name: Peter Taylor Address: 36 ￿WYne Grove York Y030 5RT IER October 2018