## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year **From** 01 10 2023 **To** 30 09 2024
## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name** The Haven – Torbay
**Other names charity is known by**
**Registered charity number (if any)** 1145052
**Charity's principal address** Gerston Christian Centre Gerston Place Paignton, Devon Postcode TQ3 3DX
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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**Name Dates acted if not for whole year**
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
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## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution)[Articles of association] How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company)[Charitable company] Appointment by other Trustees Trustee selection methods
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about:
- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
- relationship with any related parties;
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
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**Section C Objectives and activities**
**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
- 1) To relieve persons who are in conditions of need or hardship or who are aged or sick and to relieve the distress caused thereby in Torbay and South Devon, particularly by the provision of material, spiritual, and social support to those of any faith or none
- 2) To advance the education and training of staff and volunteers in such areas as will help to meet the needs of those who have suffered hardship or are in distress.
- 3) To advance the Christian faith in Torbay and South Devon and to fulfil such other purposes which are exclusively charitable according to the Law of England and Wales and are connected with the charitable work of the charity.
The main activities of the charity are to run a drop in centre called The Haven which is located at the Gerston Christian Centre. Clients can attend the centre and access food, washing facilities and hardship support. **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the** The Trustees have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity **public benefit in relation to** Commission’s general guidance on public benefit when reviewing our aim **these objects (include within** and objectives and in planning our future activities. In particular, the **this section the statutory** trustees consider how planned activities will contribute to the aims and **declaration that trustees have** objectives they have set. Our main activities and who we try to help are in **had regard to the guidance** this report. . All our charitable activities focus on supporting those in need **issued by the Charity** and are undertaken to further our charitable purposes for the public **Commission on public** benefit **benefit)**
**Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include further statements, where We are very grateful for the 20 volunteers who give their time to run the relevant, about: drop in sessions. They greet guests on arrival, sit and interact with policy on grant making; clients, prepare and serve food, launder clothing for clients, distribute items to those in need, make referrals to other relevant agencies and policy programme related clean the centre. investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
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Section D Achievements and performance
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Section D Achievements and performance
**Summary of the main** Over the period covered by this report, 159 men and women made their **achievements of the charity** way to The Haven-Torbay – in addition to those already known to us. The **during the year** youngest was 21 and the oldest 75 years of age. Many visit us for company, warmth, help with managing benefits and bills, and as a means of making ends meet by our provision of a free hot lunch and free hot or cold drinks. We endeavour to make an assessment of the needs of each guest and discuss the same with our team. We keep an up-to-date directory of every type and source of supporting our area and commonly make a phone or email referral with good knowledge of our guests’ circumstances.116 (hereafter referred to as ‘the homeless’) of the 159 were sofa-surfers, rough sleepers or accommodated by the local authority in emergency or temporary accommodation. The homeless avail themselves of our laundry and shower room in addition to the lunch service, and we are ordinarily in a position to supply sleeping bags, duvets or tents. Further, and with their consent, we make referrals to (or liaise with)) the local authority rough sleeper’ team and private letting agents. The homeless frequently have complex needs requiring referral to drug, alcohol, mental or general health services or the probation service. We are very fortunate in enjoying good relations with those services who will on occasion hold appointments at our centre for our guests/their clients. and we have the advantage of a mental health practitioner attending once each week. We receive donations of clothing and household items which are made available to guests – whether homeless or not. We are well supported by a local health care team who will attend our centre to give advice and vaccinations, or carry out tests for viral infections.Pastoral support is provided by our founder, a retired minister. Finally, we hope we achieve for all our guests (but particularly for the homeless) a sense of dignity which they sometimes find to be in short supply on the streets. We engaged Howard Bradshaw as centre manager on a self employed basis and his input has been invaluable over these last 12 months.
## **Section E Financial review**
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## **Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves**
The trustees recognise that the majority of their income is based on grants and donations and so cannot easily be predicted. Consequently the trustees have decided to hold reserves equal to 3 to 6 months running costs. This is valued at £5,000. As at 30th September 24 the charity had £22,033 in cash assets. The remaining funds will be used to support the ongoing development of the charity.
**Details of any funds materially in deficit**
None
## **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;
This year the charity received income of £27,729 (22-23 £42,076). One off donations and grants still make up the biggest single source of income. This year the charity received £19,083 in comparison with 22-23 which was £21,205 this is a decrease of £2,122 on last year. The charity received £8,624 in grant income in comparison with £21,030 in 22-23. This is a decrease of £12,406 when compared to last year.
This year expenditure on charitable activities was £30,974 in comparison with £33,046 the previous year.
- The principal sources of funds are presently by way of grant and contract
- investment policy and income from objectives including any our local authority, from regular and committed donations from local
- ethical investment policy churches adopted. and members of the public, and from one-off donations from organisations based in, or with links to our locality.
Most of the charity’s funds are spent in the short-term. Pending such expenditure, funds
are held in accounts with a UK clearing bank and CAF bank.
One of the principal financial risks faced by the charity is Increasing constraints on local authority expenditure. Additional funding resources from a wider range of providers have been identified and are being actively pursued. It is understood that our existing grant income is likely to be maintained.
## **Section F Other optional information**
## **Section G Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
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**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s) Full name(s)** Glyn Burns **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)**[Trustee] **Date** 25th February 2025
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||**Charity Name**
**The Haven - Torbay**
|**Charity Name**
**The Haven - Torbay**
|**Charity Name**
**The Haven - Torbay**
|**Charity Name**
**The Haven - Torbay**
|**CC16a**|
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||**For the period**
**from**|Period start date
10/1/2023|**To**|||
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||
|**A1 Receipts**
Donations
**19,031**
Interest Received
**22**
Grants / Restricted Income
**9,124**
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**28,177**
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**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 28,177**
**A3 Payments**
Water Rates
**1,766**
Insurance
**1,793**
Light & Heat
**6,307**
Telephone
**60**
Postage & Stationery
**-**
Sundries & Bank Charges
**73**
Food
**5,284**
Cleaning& Refuse Disposal
**1,178**
Repairs, Renewals & Computer Expenses
**6,182**
Wages
**4,705**
**_Sub total_ 27,348**
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**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total payments_ 27,348**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ 829**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**21,204**
**_Cash funds this year end_ 22,033**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||**to the nearest £**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|Donations|**19,031**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|**19,031**
**22**
**9,124**
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**28,177**|**21,025**|
|Interest Received|**22**||**-**||**21**|
|Grants / Restricted Income|**9,124**||**-**||**21,030**|
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**28,177**
||**-**||**42,076**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||
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|**_Sub total_**|**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||
|||**-**|**-**|**28,177**|**42,076**|
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Water Rates|**1,766**|**-**
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**-**|**-**|**1,766**
**1,793**
**6,307**
**60**
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**73**
**5,284**
**1,178**
**6,182**
**4,705**
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**27,348**|**817**|
|Insurance|**1,793**||**-**||**1,701**|
|Light & Heat|**6,307**||**-**||**8,414**|
|Telephone|**60**||**-**||**421**|
|Postage & Stationery|**-**||**-**||**262**|
|Sundries & Bank Charges|**73**||**-**||**1,277**|
|Food|**5,284**||**-**||**5,054**|
|Cleaning& Refuse Disposal|**1,178**||**-**||**1,143**|
|Repairs, Renewals & Computer Expenses|**6,182**||**-**||**5,550**|
|Wages|**4,705**||**-**||**5,478**|
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|**_Sub total_**|**27,348**||**-**||**30,117**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||
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|**_Sub total_**|**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||
|||**-**|**-**|**27,348**|**30,117**|
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**-**|**-**|**829**
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**21,204**
**22,033**|**11,959**|
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||**21,204**||**-**||**9,245**|
||**22,033**||**-**||**21,204**|
## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|**Details**
CAF
Barclays Bank
Cash
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Property Improvements
**Details**
Pension liabilities
PAYE due
Signature
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**11,483**
**10,550**
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**22,033**
**Unrestricted**
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**Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
**Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
**Report to the trustees/** Charity Name **members of** The Haven - Torbay
**On accounts for the year** 30/09/2024 **Charity no** 1145052 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** 1-2 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)
**Respective** The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. **responsibilities of** The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year **trustees and examiner** under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to:
- examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act,
- to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and
- • to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
- **Basis of independent** My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given **examiner’s statement** by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and
- consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
**Independent** In connection with my examination, no material matters have come to my **examiner's statement** attention which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
- accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act or
- the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
I have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
**Signed: Date:** 9 February 2025 **Name:** Nicholas Millard (F.M.A.A.T) **Relevant professional** Association of Accounting Technicians **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** 13 Hyde Road Paignton Devon TQ4 5BW
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**IER**
**December 2017**
**Section B Disclosure**
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight 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** .
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**IER**
**December 2017**