## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date 01 December 2021 30 November 2022 **From** **To** ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** Hire a Hero **Other names charity is known by** **Registered charity number (if any)** 1143606 **Charity's principal address** 12 Moore Street Chepstow Monmouthshire **Postcode NP16 5DD** ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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3|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Mr Joseph Hill|Chair||| ||Mr Michael Peckham|2IC/Assistant CEO||| ||Mr Nigel Thomas|Trustee||| |||||| ## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Type of adviser**|**Name**
**Address**|**Name**
**Address**| |---|---|---| |Auditors|BDHC Chartered
Accountants,|11 Moor Street, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, NP16 5DD| |Bank|Lloyds Bank|1, Gwent Square Branch, Cwmbran, Gwent, NP44 1XN| |||| ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Type of governing document[Memorandum and Articles of Association] **TAR** Jan 2023 1 (eg. trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted Charity and Company Limited by Guarantee - (eg. trust, association, company) Trustee selection methods By Appointment - (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** ## **Structure, Governance and Management** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: ## Governance of the Charity - Hire a Hero is a small charity with 3 Trustees serving as the Management - policies and procedures Committee and consists of the Chair, CEO and Asst CEO; they are adopted for the induction and supported by an Advisory Board consisting of appointed ambassadors and training of trustees; trusted business advisors. - the charity’s organisational Trustee Induction and Training - structure and any wider The charity has active policies for the induction and development of - network with which the charity Trustees and the governance and risk management of the Charity - works; - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** Hire a Hero is an independent body and receives no financial support from central government and/or local councils. The charity's objects (objects) are specifically restricted to the following: (a) the relief of unemployment and financial hardship for the benefit of exservice personnel and their dependants and in particular by: (i) providing assistance to find employment. (ii) providing funding for meaningful vocational training, transitional advice and support. (iii) encouraging UK businesses to hire ex-service personnel and promoting the skills available from such personnel. (iv) helping UK businesses to create employment opportunities for ex-service personnel seeking work; and (v) promoting the development of a formal mechanism by which the skills and experience gained in the armed forces are recognised and valued by civilian employers; and (b) the promotion of efficiency of the armed forces of the crown through assistance with resettlement of ex-service personnel and their adjustment into civilian life in particular by: **TAR** 2 Jan 2023 |**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 Charity**
**Commission on public benefit)**
**Additional details of objectives**
You**may choose**to include
further statements, where
relevant, about:

policy on grant making;

policy programme related
investment;

contribution made by
volunteers.|(i) enhancing the resettlement programmes available from time to
time so that ex-service personnel are more adequately prepared
and supported when re-integrating into their local community; and
(ii) raising awareness of and signposting the service and ex-
service organisations within the community and particularly
amongst local businesses, ensuring a more cohesive and
structured support network for ex-service personnel and their
families during the transitional process.
To access Hire a Hero support, clients must be, or have served, in the
Royal Navy, Army or Royal Air Force either as a regular or reservist.
There is no minimum or maximum length of service and no time limit on
the date since leaving the forces to be eligible.
The services provided by Hire a Hero are open to ex-service personnel
across the UK and serving abroad, with no discrimination depending on
service type, length or geography.| |---|---| ||Hire a Hero provides support for service leavers and veterans with our
support primarily covering employment.
Our Career Coaching programme allows our clients to access a network
of support and expertise as they search for employment.
Hire a Hero facilitates opportunities for employment through liaison and
partnership with businesses nationwide, encouraging those to hire those
who have served as well as increase the awareness of the valuable skill
sets possessed from experience in the armed forces.
We work in partnership with other organisations to resolve hardships such
as homelessness, debt and welfare issues. The range of specialist
agencies and other military charities we work with allows us to provide the
best support to all of our clients through appropriate referrals and
signposting.| ||**and activities (Optional information)**| ||Investment Policy
The Charity has not invested any of its funds and for the foreseeable
future has no intention to do so.
Grant making
The Charity is not a grant awarding body
Volunteering with the Charity
The Charity has a strong base of volunteers, most serve as trained career
coaches and work with our users to help them make better informed and
sustainable career choices. We also have committed volunteers who have
raised funds through sponsorship and fund-raising events throughout the
year.| Section D Achievements and performance **TAR** 3 Jan 2023 ## Section D Achievements and performance **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** In 2022 Hire a Hero supported clients who required various levels of support from taking advantage of the employment opportunities we have resourced, to engaging with a career coach and being sign posted to our collaborative charity partners. This included 103 – Employment opportunities advertised 12 – Applications The above does not include jobs that have direct links to the company advertising opportunities. Our website and social media have reported the following ## **Website** 22,698 Pageviews 9,162 Users visited 1,463 Job board pageviews ## **Social Media** ## **Facebook** 1,635 Page likes 1,832 Page follows 5,700 Page reach 990 Page visits **Twitter** 2,637 Followers 31.2k Impressions **Instagram** 410 Followers 290 Posts 317 Profile visits 506 Reach **Linked In** 1,365 Followers 612 Page Views 353 Reactions In July 2022 the one member of staff on part time working hours returned to full time work. We have continue to work virtually d to cease working from an office environment and this has continued to be very successful. 2022 was a difficult year for all charities including Hire a Hero, we weathered the challenges of the pandemic and now face a cost-of-living crises and inflationary pressures that have made fundraising difficult. We continue to rely on our social media and website to reach our clients. Our Plan for 2023 Engage with more Service leavers and Veterans Source more employment opportunities Develop further our Welsh presence by working closely with the Military and 160X Brigade in particular Continue to increase our online presence **TAR** Jan 2023 4 **Section E Financial review** **Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** **Reserves Policies** The Charity has a reserves policy of maintaining a minimum of 6-month core funding at the bank. At the current year end (to 30[th] November 2022) we are not in breach of our Reserves Policy **Details of any funds materially in deficit** N/A ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: - the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; ## Principle Funding Sources Throughout 2022 the charity was funded through its own fundraising activities it did not receive any grants from award making bodies ## Expenditure The Charity uses all its funds to support its activities, including employing two full time members of staff. ## Investment Policy - The Charity has not invested any of its funds and for the foreseeable future has no intention to do so. - investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ## **Section F Other optional information** ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** Mr Joseph Hill Mr Mike Peckham **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)** Chair Trustee **TAR** Jan 2023 5 Date 12 Jan 23 12 Jan 23 TAR Jan 2023 r.. 0742S930 HIRE A.ME iINAIJDITED FINAIICZ MEN FOR"THE YEAR ENDED SO NOVEMThER 2022" •AC9RbJlDK* 12108r2023 COMPANIES HOUSE #n 'Hir¢ a.Hero . 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