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|Objec|t|i|v|e|s and|Acti|viti|es|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||||SORP reference|||
|Summary|||of||the purposes||of|Para 1.17|The objects ofthe organisation
are for the||
|the charity|||as set out|||in its|||benefit ofthe public: the relief ofpoverty,||
|governing|||document||||||hardship
and distress among homeless||
||||||||||persons, people with mental
illness and/or||
||||||||||asylum seekers
in particular
but not||
||||||||||exclusively those living
in the Swindon||
||||||||||borough,
by provision
of, or assistance
with||
||||||||||the provision
ofaccommodation,
support||
||||||||||and advice.||
|Summary
ofthe main
activities
in relation to those||||||||Para 1.17and
1.19|First Choice Housing
has continued to work
with Swindon
Borough Council and other||
|purposes|||for||the public||||stakeholders
to find short term||
|benefit,||in|particular,|||the|||accommodation
for the homeless
and to||
|activities,|||projects or|||services|||support
with their individual
needs for||
|identified|||in|the accounts.|||||example reference to organisations
for||
||||||||||support
with substance
abuse, mental
health||
||||||||||support services, other medical needs,||
||||||||||managing
appointments,
communication||
||||||||||with job centre, and managing
utility bills.||
||||||||||We support
our clients
in managing
and||
||||||||||resolving
conflicts that emerge between||
||||||||||them
in a shared accommodation
as well|as|
||||||||||with neighbours.
We work with the police||
||||||||||and probation
services to support the needs||
||||||||||ofclients.||
||||||||||First Choice housing
has sourced 6houses||
||||||||||accommodating
up to 18individual
male||
||||||||||adults at an
one time.||
|Statement||||confirming||||Para 1.18|All
funds
received
are
used
to
facilitate||
|whether||the|||trustees|have|||housing
for the
homeless.
That
includes||
|had regard||||to the guidance|||||renting
houses
from
private
landlords|and|
|issued|by||the Charity||||||bringing
them
to
the
required
HMO||
|Commission|||||on public||||standards.
Fully
furnishing
the
house|and|
|benefit|||||||||maintenance
of
the
properties
including||
||||||||||repairs to damages
caused by clients, some||
||||||||||ofwhom have complex needs.||
||||||||||To ensure the guidance
on public service is||
||||||||||adhered
to, trustees
met 4 times to discuss||
|||||||||Swindon
Borough
Council
to discuss|Swindon
Borough
Council
to discuss||the|the|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||||services that we provide.|||||
|||||||||Trustees ensured
that the relevant
Laws|||are||
|||||||||adhered
to for example
working
with|||the||
|||||||||vulnerable,
data
protection,
health||and|||
|||||||||safety, tax and employment.|||||
|||||||||Trustees
have
carried
out and
reviewed||||a|
|||||||||risk assessment
to ensure
that risks|to||the||
|||||||||service users, the employees,
and the|public||||
|||||||||have
been
identified
and
weighted.|||||
|||||||||Mitigation
is in place to minimise
risk of||harm|||
|||||||||and to make sure any harm that might||arise|||
|||||||||is a minor consequence
of carrying
out|||the||
|||||||||ur ose.|||||
|Additio|na|l|information|||(optional)|||||||
|You ma||choose|||to include further statements|||where relevant
about:|||||
||||||||SORP reference||||||
|Polic|on||rant makin||||Para 1.38|See trust deed|||||
|Policy|on|social investment|||||Para 1.38|See trust deed|||||
|including||program|||related||||||||
|investment|||||||||||||
|Contribution||||made by|||Para 1.38|During the financial year our volunteers||did|||
|volunteers||||||||office admin duties for example one-to-one|||||
|||||||||meetings
with clients to review support|||||
|||||||||plans, minor repairs of properties,
cleaning|||||
|||||||||ofcommon areas, gardening
and clearing|||of||
|||||||||waste.|||||
|Other|||||||||||||
|Achievements
and Performance|||||||||||||
||||||||SORP reference||||||
|Summary||of||the main|||Para 120|6 houses rented and brought to the required|||||
|achievements||||of|the charity,|||HMO standards
to provide short term|||||
|identifying|||the difference|||the||accommodation
to the homeless
and to|||||
|charity's||work has made||||to||support
individuals
in integrating
back|to||life||
|the circumstances|||||of its|||in the community.|||||
|beneficiaries||||and|any wider|||All requirements
around
landlord
certification|||||
|benefits to|||society as a|||||met to ensure safety ofclients
in the|||||
|whole.||||||||accommodation.|||||
|||||||||Business plan discussed
and reviewed||for|||
|||||||||sustainability
ofthe charity's
work.|||||
|||||||||Professional
input sought on accounting|||for||
|||||||||management
offinances.|||||
|||||||||Systems
put in place for finance accounting|||||
|||||||||purposes.|||||
|||||||||Meetings
with potential funders to discuss|||||
|||||||||requirements
and options for grant|||||
|||||||||application.|||||
|||||||||Collaboration
with other housing
providers||||to|
|||||||||discuss client needs and for referrals.|||||
|||||||||Collaboration
with organisations
supporting|||||
|||||||||individuals
to get back to work. Clients||can|||
|||||||||get accommodation
from First Choice|||||
|||||||||Housing, a requirement
by employers|and||||
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|VCSE strenghtchecker
used and findings||
|---|---|
|used to complete
risk assessment
for the||
|chadty,
review ofpolicies, developments|ofa|
|detailed business
plan. All these have been||
|done to ensure sustainability
of our work,||
|safety and protection ofthe rights ofboth||
|clients and employees.||
|Impact deduced
from client surveys||
|including
information
on:||
|%ofclients who have indicated that they|are|
|settled
in a secure and suitable place to live||
|in a fit condition||
|%ofclients who indicate that they have||
|skills needed to manage and keep a place to||
|live in||
|%ofclients who indicate that they are||
|motivated
and can live as independently|as|
|possible||
|%ofclients who have reported an||
|improvement
in social involvement
with the||
|local community||
|%ofclients who have undertaken
skills||
|training||
|%ofclients who have improved
their ability||
|to look ahead,
plan and stick to goals||
|%ofclients referred to other agencies||
|%ofclients who can manage their finances||
|and to keep up with paying
rent and service||
|charge.||
|Im act also measured
from testimonials.||
||||Im act also measure|
|---|---|---|---|
|Additional
information|(optional)|||
|You ma
choose to include||further statements|where relevant about:|
|Achievements
against||1 ara 1.41||
|objectives set||||
|Performance
offundraising||Para 1.41||
|activities against objectives||||
|set||||
|Investment
performance||Para 1.41||
|a ainst ob'ectives||||
|Other||||
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|Financial
Review|Financial
Review|||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Review ofthe charity's|||Para 1.21|||||||||
|financial
position at the end||||||||||||
|ofthe
ediod||||||||||||
|Statement
explaining|the||Para 1.22|To hold reserves|in|case ofdrop in income||||and||
|policy for holding
reserves||||for scheduled
expenses.||||||||
|stating why they are|held|||The reserves can|be used;|||||||
|||||Rent, utility bills|and staff|||wages||||
|||||expansion offor|services as per our charity|||||||
|||||objects.||||||||
|||||Part ofmoney
in|reserves|||are|committed|funds||
|||||towards taxes.||||||||
|Amount ofreserves|held||Para 1.22|L2551||||||||
|Reasons for holding|zero||Para 1.22|NA||||||||
|reserves||||||||||||
|Details offund matedially||in|Para 1.24|NA||||||||
|deficit||||||||||||
|Explanation
ofany|||Para 1.23|NA||||||||
|uncertainties
about|the|||||||||||
|charity continuing
as a going||||||||||||
|concern||||||||||||
|Additional
information||(opaional)||||||||||
|You ma
choose to|include further statements|||where relevant
about||||||||
|The chadity's
principal||||Contract with Swindon||||Borough Council to||||
|sources offunds (including||||provide supported||living for the homeless|||||is|
|any fundraising)|||Para 1.47|the charity's
principal source offunds. The
resources are used to source, fund, maintain||||||||
|||||the accommodation,|||to|cater for all bills||||
|||||including
staffing||to cater for the complex||||||
|||||needs and su|ort ofour clients.|||||||
|Investment
policy and|||Para 1.46|See trust deed.||||||||
|objectives
including|any|||||||||||
|social investment
policy||||||||||||
|ado ted||||||||||||
|A descdiption
ofthe|principal||Para 1.4e|Lack offunding.||This|continues to hinder our|||||
|risks facing the charity||||ability to recruit|permanent||||employees|who||
|||||are highly
skilled||in working|||with the|||
|||||vulnerable
with|diverse|||needs. We therefore||||
|||||rel
on volunteers||to|car||out some roles.|||
|Other||||||||||||
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|Structur|Structur|e,|e,|Governa|Governa|nce|and Manag|ement||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Description||of||charity's||||||||
|trusts:||||||||||||
|Type of|governing||||document||Para 1.25|Trust deed||||
|trust deed,|||royai charter|||||||||
|How is the||charity|||||Para 1.25|Trust||||
|constituted?||||||||||||
|(e.g unincorporated||||||||||||
|association,|||CIO)|||||||||
|Trustee|selection||||methods||Para 1.25|Trustees must be appointed
by a resolution||||
|including|details of any|||||||passed by a simple majority at a meeting.||||
|constitutional||||provisions||e.g.||||||
|election|to|post or|||name|of||||||
|any person|||or|body entitled||||||||
|to appoint||one or more||||||||||
|trustees||||||||||||
|Additional|||information|||(optional)||||||
|You ma|choose to include further statements|||||||where relevant about||||
|Policies|and||procedures||||Para 1.51|Charity commission
guidance for charity||||
|adopted|for||the induction|||and||trustees
is used as a guide for trustees|||in|
|training|of|trustees||||||performing
their duties.||||
|||||||||Resources and training
by Voluntary|Action|||
|||||||||Swindon
on managing
a charity used|to|||
|||||||||guide
in managing
the day-to-day||||
|||||||||management
ofthe charity.||||
|||||||||First Choice Housing
policies have been||||
|||||||||created and reviewed
using guidance||by||
|||||||||Charity commission,
NCVO, the homeless||||
|||||||||link among other organisations.||||
|||||||||Examples of policies include;||||
|||||||||Equal opportunities
policy||||
|||||||||Safeguarding
policy||||
|||||||||Workplace
risk assessment
policy||||
|||||||||Client support documents e.g., support|||plan,|
|||||||||incident report forms, licence and support||||
|||||||||agreements
are used to support our|work.|||
|||||||||First choice housing
has policies around||||
|||||||||staff recruitment
and induction.
This|is aimed|||
|||||||||at recruiting
the most suitable staff who|||are|
|||||||||well e ui
d to serve our clients.||||
|The charity's||||organisational|||Para 1.51|The Charity has at least three trustees|||at|
|structure
and
network
with||||any wider
which the||||any given time. The chair oftrustees leads
all meetings. The day-to-day
activities ofthe||||
|charity|works|||||||charity are managed
by the director|ofclient|||
|||||||||services and the director ofstrategy|and|||
|||||||||o
rations.||||
|Relationship||||with|any related||Para 1.51|||||
|arties||||||||||||
|Other||||||||||||
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|Charity's|principal|address|First|Choice|Housing|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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||||Fleet|Street|Swindon|
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ear'|Dates acted ifnot forwhole
ear'|Dates acted ifnot forwhole
ear'|Name
to a|ofperson (or body) entitled
oint trustee
ifan|ofperson (or body) entitled
oint trustee
ifan|
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||Winfred Oluoch|Office and finance|Whole year||||||
|||management|||||||
||Ruth Deacon|The Chair|Trustee meetings||and||||
||||meetings|with|||||
||||stakeholders||||||
||Stacey Adams||Trustee meetings||||||
||||AGM —finance review||||||
||Nicole Orioro||Trustee meetings||||||
||||AGM- Marketing||and||||
||||fundraising||||||
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2023.|present
their repo|present
their repo|rt and the|unaudited
financial
statements
of the cha|
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|Reference|and administrative||details||
|Registered|charity|name||First Choice Housing|
|Charity registration||number||1139863|
|Principal office||||Suit 2-03, Focal Point|
|||||27-35 Fleet Street|
|||||Swindon|
|||||SN11RQ|
|The trustees||||Stacey Adams|
|||||Nicole Onoro|
|||||Ruth Deacon|
|||||Winfred Oluoch|
|Independent|examiner|||L Hobbs FCCA of UHY Ross Brooke|
|||||16Dorcan Business Village|
|||||Murdock Road, Dorcan|
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||||Unrestncted|||
||||Funds|Total|Total|
||||||6|
|Receipts||||||
|Housing
Benefit|||176,527|176,527|42,612|
|Donations|||1,000|1,000||
|Other Income||||||
|Total Receipts|||177,527|177,527|42,612|
|Payments||||||
|Rent &Rates|||77,301|77,301|22,968|
|Light &Heat|||5,472|5,472|282|
|Property
HMO Compliance|||16,821|16,821|1,558|
|Property
Furnishings
Letting Agents Fees||&Maintenance|12,699|12,699|2,850
600|
|Other Property Costs|||652|652|240|
|Staff Wages|||20,739|20,739|2,600|
|Staff Training|||||3,710|
|Cleaning|||4,916|4,916|1,300|
|Trustee Remuneration|||7,330|7,330|1,130|
|Office Rent|||5,910|5,910|1,941|
|Telephone
& Internet|||1,132|1,132|978|
|Office &Website Costs|||2,018|2,018|296|
|Professional
and accountancy fees|||3,648|3,648||
|Insurance|||1,253|1„253|121|
|General Expenses|||775|775|339|
|Bank Interest and Charges|||275|275||
||||160,941|160,941|40,913|
|Payments
relating to asset and liability movements||||||
|Repayment
ofLoans||from Trustees|2,500|2,500||
|Repayment
ofOther||Loans|3,100|3,100||
|Rent Deposits|||4,300|4,300|3,056|
||||9,900|9,900|3,056|
|Total payments|||170041|170011|~43969|
|Net ofReceipts/(payments)|||6 606|~6686|1 35'7|
|Cash funds brought|forward||2,321|2,321|3,678|
|Cash funds carried|forward||9007|9007|~2321|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||Funds|
|Cash funds||||||
|Barclays||Current Account|||8,709|
|Barclays||Deposit Account|||2,551|
|Commercial
Credit|||Card||-2,253|
|Total cash funds|||||9,007|
|||||Fund to which|Current|
|Assets retained for charity use||||asset belongs|Value|
|Computer||equipment||Unrestricted|1,000|
||||||1,000|
|||||Fund to which||
|Debtors||||asset relates||
|Housing|Benefit|||Unrestricted|19,181|
|Rent Deposits||||Unrestricted|8,316|
||||||27,497|
|||||Fund to which||
|Liabilities||||asset relates||
|Loan from||BHonsou||Unrestricted|4,987|
|Suppliers||accounts|not yet paid|Unrestricted|1,409|
|PAYE||||Unrestricted|333|
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2023.|present
their repo|present
their repo|rt and the|unaudited
financial
statements
of the cha|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Reference|and administrative||details||
|Registered|charity|name||First Choice Housing|
|Charity registration||number||1139863|
|Principal office||||Suit 2-03, Focal Point|
|||||27-35 Fleet Street|
|||||Swindon|
|||||SN11RQ|
|The trustees||||Stacey Adams|
|||||Nicole Onoro|
|||||Ruth Deacon|
|||||Winfred Oluoch|
|Independent|examiner|||L Hobbs FCCA of UHY Ross Brooke|
|||||16Dorcan Business Village|
|||||Murdock Road, Dorcan|
|||||Swindon|
|||||Wiltshire|
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||||Unrestncted|||
||||Funds|Total|Total|
||||||6|
|Receipts||||||
|Housing
Benefit|||176,527|176,527|42,612|
|Donations|||1,000|1,000||
|Other Income||||||
|Total Receipts|||177,527|177,527|42,612|
|Payments||||||
|Rent &Rates|||77,301|77,301|22,968|
|Light &Heat|||5,472|5,472|282|
|Property
HMO Compliance|||16,821|16,821|1,558|
|Property
Furnishings
Letting Agents Fees||&Maintenance|12,699|12,699|2,850
600|
|Other Property Costs|||652|652|240|
|Staff Wages|||20,739|20,739|2,600|
|Staff Training|||||3,710|
|Cleaning|||4,916|4,916|1,300|
|Trustee Remuneration|||7,330|7,330|1,130|
|Office Rent|||5,910|5,910|1,941|
|Telephone
& Internet|||1,132|1,132|978|
|Office &Website Costs|||2,018|2,018|296|
|Professional
and accountancy fees|||3,648|3,648||
|Insurance|||1,253|1„253|121|
|General Expenses|||775|775|339|
|Bank Interest and Charges|||275|275||
||||160,941|160,941|40,913|
|Payments
relating to asset and liability movements||||||
|Repayment
ofLoans||from Trustees|2,500|2,500||
|Repayment
ofOther||Loans|3,100|3,100||
|Rent Deposits|||4,300|4,300|3,056|
||||9,900|9,900|3,056|
|Total payments|||170041|170011|~43969|
|Net ofReceipts/(payments)|||6 606|~6686|1 35'7|
|Cash funds brought|forward||2,321|2,321|3,678|
|Cash funds carried|forward||9007|9007|~2321|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||Funds|
|Cash funds||||||
|Barclays||Current Account|||8,709|
|Barclays||Deposit Account|||2,551|
|Commercial
Credit|||Card||-2,253|
|Total cash funds|||||9,007|
|||||Fund to which|Current|
|Assets retained for charity use||||asset belongs|Value|
|Computer||equipment||Unrestricted|1,000|
||||||1,000|
|||||Fund to which||
|Debtors||||asset relates||
|Housing|Benefit|||Unrestricted|19,181|
|Rent Deposits||||Unrestricted|8,316|
||||||27,497|
|||||Fund to which||
|Liabilities||||asset relates||
|Loan from||BHonsou||Unrestricted|4,987|
|Suppliers||accounts|not yet paid|Unrestricted|1,409|
|PAYE||||Unrestricted|333|
||||||6,729|