
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From 1[ST] April 2022 Period start date   To 31[st] March 2023                               Period end date** 

## **Charity name:The Moira Fund** 

## **Charity registration number: 1129693** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|**To alleviate the distress of persons**<br>**suffering a bereavement through the**<br>**violent death of a loved one through**<br>**murder or manslaughter**|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or services<br>identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|**The charity makes grants to individuals**<br>**and families in support of these**<br>**objectives and may also make unsolicited**<br>**grants to other organisations which**<br>**provide services to traumatically**<br>**bereaved victims**<br>**The charity organises fundraising**<br>**activities to provide the monies for the**<br>**grant-makingTrustess**|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|**All Trustees have regard to the guidance**<br>**issued by the Charity Commission**|



## **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||
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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|**Grants were made to individuals and**<br>**families referred to the charity by Police**<br>**Family Liaison Officers of Police**<br>**Scotland, by Homicide Support Agencies**<br>**of Victim Support, England and Wales,**<br>**and Victim Support Scotland helping in**<br>**many different ways to alleviate the**<br>**financial and emotional stress**<br>**experienced in the aftermath of murder**<br>**In the year ending 31 March 2023 there**<br>**was a norable increase in Applications**<br>**for help and the charity was able to**<br>**respond positively to each one. It has**<br>**granted help to more than 154 families**<br>**nationwide**|
|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements||where relevant about:|
|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41|**Objectives were reached**|
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41|**Objectives were reached**|
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41|**Money invested  remained safe but**<br>**achieved little interest. It will be**<br>**reinvested in current financial year**|
|Other|||





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|**The charity’s finances are healthy and**<br>**our reserves remain healthy also .**|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**At present all at the charity are unpaid**<br>**volunteers working hard to help others.**<br>**Realistically this may change in the near**<br>**future when principal officers die or are**<br>**unable to function appropriately. The**<br>**charity may need to employ a suitable**<br>**person to oversee the valuable work**<br>**done by The Moira Fund. Healthy**<br>**reserves reassure the Trustees that if and**<br>**when this situation arises, they will be**<br>**prepared**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£173041**|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23||



|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:|
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|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47||
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Trust Deed dated February 2009**|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**The charity is managed by Trustees**|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|**There must be at least three Trustees all**<br>**of whom are appointed for a term of three**<br>**years by a resolution of the existing**<br>**Trustees passed at a special meeting.**|



**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and Para 1.51 training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other 

## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|The Moira Fund|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1129693|
|Charity’s principal address|The Moira Fund<br>37 Ferrers Road<br>Weston<br>Stafford ST18 0JN|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Helen Beatrice<br>Jones|Chair|||
||Colin D Field|DeputyChair|||
||Peter Ward|Treasurer|||
||Hubert Jones|Assistant Treasurer|||
||Grant Hugh Jones||||
||Dianne Leslie||||
||John Leslie||||
||Rebecca<br>Whitehouse||||
||Kate Ward||||
||Carol Thomas||||
||EmilyDangerfield||||
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– 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 

## **Additional information (optional)** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

**Type of Name Address adviser** 

**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

## **Other optional information** 



## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

|**Signature(s)**<br>**Full name(s)**<br>**Position (eg Secretary,**<br>**Chair, etc)**<br>**Date**|||
|---|---|---|
||Helen Beatrice Jones|Hubert Jones|
||<br>Chair|Assistant Treasurer|
||13thNovember 2023||
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