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

**From  1[st] May 2023 Period start date   To   30[th] April 2024   Period end date Charity name: Ealing Churches Winter Night Shelter (ECWNS) Charity registration number: 1152768** 

## **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|**The relief of hardship and poverty, by**<br>**facilitating churches and**<br>**other Christian groups in the London**<br>**Borough of Ealing to provide shelter**<br>**and support**<br>**for people who are homeless or at**<br>**significant risk of homelessness.**|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|**The provision of shelter & support for**<br>**people who are homeless in partnership**<br>**with churches within the London**<br>**Borough of Ealing.**|
|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|**The trustees have had regard to the**<br>**guidance issued by the Charity**<br>**Commission on public benefit.**|



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|Policy on grant making||
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|Policy on social investment||
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|investment||
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Other 

## **Achievements and Performance** 

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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|**ECWNS has provided shelter for more**<br>**than 14 guests who were previously**<br>**homeless between the cold winter**<br>**months of November & March.**<br>**During this time some guests found**<br>**work & permanent accommodation**<br>**allowing them to regain independence**<br>**and maintain their well-being without**<br>**the risk of homelessness.**|



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

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|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41||
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||



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## **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 has put in place a robust**<br>**fundraising plan which will restore its**<br>**cash reserves to operate adequately &**<br>**without further funding for at least 12**<br>**months in advance.**|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**No explicit polity is included in the**<br>**charity’s constitution that requires this.**.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**None at the end of this financial year.**|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|**No explicit policy is included in the**<br>**charity’s constitution that requires this.**|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|**None**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47||
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|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|||



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## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**|
|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|**Trustees are appointed by existing**<br>**trustees based upon the skills,**<br>**knowledge and experience needed for**<br>**the effective administration of the**<br>**charity.**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

Policies and procedures adopted for the induction Para 1.51 and 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|Ealing Churches Winter Night Shelter|
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|Other name the charity uses|ECWNS|
|Registered charity number|1152768|
|Charity’s principal address|Haven Green Baptist Church<br>Haven Green<br>London W5 2UP|
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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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## – 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** 

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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A 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** 

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## **Declarations** 

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

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

**Signature(s) Full name(s)** Nilesh Patel **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)** Chair **Date** 27 / 03 / 2025 ~~fF~~ 

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|**Section A Receipts and payments**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**A1 Receipts**<br>**01/05/2023**<br>**30/04/2024**<br>**Receipts and payments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>Period end date<br>**To**<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>ee ee|||||||||||||||||||**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**CC16a**||||
|Donations Legacies and Grants|||**36,690**|||**-**|||**-**|**-**|||||**36,690**|**36,690**||||**49,894**|**49,894**||
|Fundraising Events|||**711**|||**-**|||**-**|**-**||||||**711**||||**1,757**|**1,757**||
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|_AR)_||**37,401**|||**-**|||**-**|**-**|||||**37,401**|**37,401**||||**51,651**|**51,651**||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Total receipts_**<br>**37,401**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**37,401**<br>**51,651**<br>**A3 Payments**<br>————~~——~~|||||||||||||||||||||||
|Wages/Salaries National Insurance &|||**34,089**|||**-**|||**-**|**-**|||||**34,089**|**34,089**||||**30,036**|**30,036**||
|Guest Hotel, Food, Telephone &|||**10,869**|||**3,047**|||**-**|**-**|||||**13,916**|**13,916**||||**35,185**|**35,185**||
|Administrative Costs|||**1,881**|||**-**|||**-**|**-**||||||**1,881**||||**2,719**|**2,719**||
|Telephone, internet and postage|||**494**|||**-**|||**-**|**-**||||||**494**||||**846**|**846**||
|Subscriptions|||**611**|||**-**|||**-**|**-**||||||**611**||||**611**|**611**||
|Insurance|||**576**|||**-**||||||||||**576**||||**531**|**531**||
|Travel Costs||||||||||||||||**-**||||**589**|**589**||
|Laundry & Guest Consumables|||**364**|||**-**||||||||||**364**||||**515**|**515**||
|Rent Support|||**-**|||**4,888**||||||||||**4,888**|||||||
|Donations and giving|||**250**|||**-**||||||||||**250**|||||||
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|**_Sub total_**|||**49,135**|||**7,935**|||**-**|||||**57,069.79**||||||**71,032**|**71,032**||
|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**<br>**Purchase of fixed assets**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**691**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**691**<br>**_Total payments_**<br>**49,135**<br>**7,935**<br>**-**<br>**57,070**<br>**71,723**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**-**<br>**11,733**<br>**-**<br>**7,935**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**19,668**<br>**-**<br>**20,072**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**23,409**<br>**19,996**<br>**-**<br>**43,405**<br>**63,477**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**<br>**11,676**<br>**12,061**<br>**-**<br>**23,737**<br>**43,405**<br>————~~——~~<br>=e<br>=>|||||||||||||||||||||||



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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 


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## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** 

**Section A                        Independent Examiner’s Report** 

Charity Name 

## **Report to the trustees/** Charity Name **members of** Ealing Churches Winter Night Shelter 

**On accounts for the year Charity no** 30th April 2024 1152768 **ended (if any)** 

## **Set out on pages** 

(remember  to include the page numbers of additional sheets) 

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 30th April 2024 **DD / MM / YYYY** . 

- **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation **basis of report** of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). 

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. 

**Independent** I have completed my examination.  I confirm that no material matters have ___________________________ **examiner's statement** come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: 

- accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or 

- the accounts do not accord with the accounting records 

I have no concerns and 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. 

* _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._ 

**Signed: Date:** 28 / 03 / 2025 ~~PO |~~ **Name:** Patricia Sucher ~~Cs~~ **Relevant professional** ACA **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** 35 Park Place London W5 5NQ 

**October 2018** 

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**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** . 

**October 2018** 

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