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Trustees' Annual Report for the period
From Period start date T Period end date
Day Month Year o Day Month Year
01 01 2020 31 12 2020
Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name THE BESOM IN HARINGEY
Other names charity is known by
Registered charity number (if
1156081
any)
Charity's principal address ST JAMES CHURCH
ST JAMES LANE
MUSWELL HILL, LONDON
Postcode N10 3DB
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
Name of person (or body)
Dates acted if not for
Trustee name Office (if any) entitled to appoint trustee
whole year
(if any)
SUSAN
1
SOCHART
HANNAH
2
WHITEHEAD
GUY
3
CARTER
RUTH
4
GUTHRIE
KEVIN ANNIES Until 20 January
5
2020
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Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
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Name Dates acted if not for whole year
none
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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser Name Address none
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
CONSTITUTION Dated 19 Jan 2014 Type of governing document
(eg. trust deed, constitution) CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION WHOSE ONLY How the charity is VOTING MEMBERS ARE ITS CHARITABLE TRUSTEES constituted (eg. trust, association, company) APPOINTED BY EXISTING TRUSTEES AT MEETING Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by)
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
The Besom in Haringey is part of the wider Besom network of You may choose to include local initiatives. For more details see www.besom.com. additional information, where relevant, about:
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●policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
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●the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
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●relationship with any related parties;
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●trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
Section C Objectives and activities
The objects of the CIO are for the public benefit and are to relieve financial hardship and sickness and to promote and preserve good health by the provision of funds, goods or Summary of the objects services of any kind in Haringey and in such parts of the United of the charity set out in Kingdom or the world as the Trustees from time to time may its governing document think fit 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 organisation exists to provide a bridge between those who Summary of the main activities undertaken for want to give time, money, skills or possessions and those in the public benefit in need. It is focused on doing this in the London Borough of Haringey. Those in need are frequently referred by social relation to these objects workers in Haringey and these needs are then matched with (include within this those willing to give. section the statutory declaration that trustees In organising and carrying out the work of the charity the have had regard to the Trustees have read the guidance issued by the Charity guidance issued by the Commission on public benefit. The Trustees are confident that Charity Commission on the work of the Charity fulfils these requirements. public benefit)
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information) The Besom in Haringey has no policies on grant making or on programme related investment.
You may choose to include Much of the execution of the Charity’s objectives takes place further statements, where through volunteers, whether giving time in the office, time to relevant, about: collect and deliver furniture, time to carry out decorating projects etc. ●policy on grantmaking; ●policy programme related investment; ●contribution made by volunteers.
Section D Achievements and performance
The challenges faced in 2020 as a result of the Covid-19 Summary of the main pandemic had a significantly detrimental impact on Besom in achievements of the Haringey’s scale of operation. With additional challenges of charity during the year water leakage into the van interior and a limited number of active van team members, we were unable to support as many
families as we would have hoped. However, we have continued to be encouraged by God’s grace in these difficult times, with a committed volunteer joining our operations team to prepare the van runs and a Christmas hampers initiative which brought joy to us, the social workers we engage with and the families who received these gifts at the end of a hard year.
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A total of 7 van runs were completed – around half of the 2019 and 2018 totals - with 12 separate furniture collections/purchases and 13 separate deliveries to individuals or families. We were able to deliver on almost all occasions more than 1 requested item and received many messages of thanks from social workers on behalf of their clients. The significant decline in van runs was primarily due to the need to suspend operations across April-September due to Covid-19. It was also hampered in the first quarter by limited volunteer numbers. We remain hugely grateful to a small but dedicated van team who regularly commit Saturday mornings to these deliveries. Our meetings with other churches to discuss their involvement have continued, however with a greater focus on their Covid response, we are yet to see volunteers coming forward
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Trustees and Volunteers: Our Trustee team was unchanged in 2020. On the ops side, we said goodbye to one of our volunteers early in 2020 on the birth of her baby, and another stepped back to focus on other Covid-related support activities at her church. However, when we re-started operations in September we were able to welcome a new volunteer to the team. Her ongoing, day-to-day commitment has made a difference to Trustee roles and has reduced the operational burden on some of the Trustees. As highlighted, an ongoing challenge to our operations is a limited number of active van run volunteers
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Prayer: As we faced both ongoing and unique challenges in 2020, prayer continued to be a key focus in guiding our decisions. In February, we had a Trustee remote prayer session to pray into the challenges of limited volunteers and issues with water leaks in the van which caused damage to items. We also continue to be supported by a small group of prayer supporters who regularly met online throughout the year. The impact of Covid has reinforced that we operate through God’s grace alone and it has been a period of strengthening our personal commitment to the work Besom does in a community which has been particularly hit by the pandemic
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Christmas hampers: The Christmas hamper project was a blessing for all involved. Despite the ongoing challenges, following much prayer we went ahead - believing that, even if we were only able to show something of God’s love to one
vulnerable family, then that was something. Within a couple of days of announcing the project to the church family at St James, a number of people offered to prepare hampers and we once again partnered with St Saviour’s church in Finsbury Park, who were keen to contribute to both the assembly and distribution of hampers. Altogether we delivered 36 hampers to single people, single parents, as well as large families across Haringey. The Lord was good every step of the way: from being able to find recipients’ homes and park easily, to gifting over 30 children’s’ books that had been donated, to keeping everyone safe. Recipients were so pleased to receive a hamper, and as one of the social workers we liaised with commented: "Every bit of support you offer makes a difference to a client's life"
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Van: Our van has experienced a number of issues this year alongside water leakage. We are very grateful to our garage who not only organised the MOT and service but also collected and returned the van after the work was completed. The van continues to be parked at the Salvation Army in Wood Green, whose generosity in this regard is greatly valued
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Finances: Our funds are in a healthy state and this has enabled us to both cover the additional van costs but also fill any gaps between donations and needs. As a result, we have bought a number of new items, in particular beds, mattresses and bedding. We collect these and deliver them via the van runs so we can maintain personal connections with the families receiving items
We remain completely dependent on volunteer time-givers and furniture and financial donors to fulfill this much-needed work in Haringey.
Section E Financial review
The Besom in Haringey does not have any reserves and has no Brief statement of the policy on this topic. The bank account is kept in credit by charity’s policy on managing expenditure. reserves Details of any funds N/A materially in deficit
Further financial review details (Optional information)
The Besom in Haringey relies on donations from individuals and You may choose to include churches and its activity levels are determined to a large extent additional information, by the availability of the funding and time given by volunteers. where relevant about:
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●the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
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●how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
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●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) GUY CARTER
Position (eg Secretary, TRUSTEE Chair, etc) Date 29 October 2021
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BESOM IN HARINGEY 1156081
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period 1 Jan 2020 To 31 Dec 2020
from
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
funds funds funds Total funds Last year
to the nearest
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
£
A1 Receipts
REGULAR MONTHLY DONATIONS 1,820 - - 1,820 3,610
ONE OFF DONATIONS - - - - 100
ADJUSTMENT 7 - - 7
- - - - -
Sub total (Gross income for AR) 1,827 - - 1,827 3,710
A2 Asset and investment sales, (see
table).
- - - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - - -
Total receipts 1,827 - - 1,827 3,710
A3 Payments
RENTAL OF STORAGE - - - -
VAN EXPENSE, MOT, TAX, FUEL, INS ETC 46 - - 46 674
PURCHASE OF GOODS FOR BENEFICIARIES - - - 663
NEWSLETTER - - - - -
REPLACEMENT KEYS - - - - -
LIABILITY INSURANCE 65 65 64
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Sub total 111 - - 111 1,401
A4 Asset and investment purchases,
(see table)
- - - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total payments 111 - - 111 1,401
Net of receipts/(payments) 1,716 - - 1,716 2,309
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 6,140 - - 6,140 3,831
Cash funds this year end 7,856 - - 7,856 6,140
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Endowment | Endowment | ||||
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| Categories | Details | funds | funds | funds | |||
| B1 Cash funds | HSBC CURRENT ACCOUNT Total cash funds |
to nearest £ 7,856 - 7,856 |
to nearest £ - - - |
to nearest £ |
- - - |
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| (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) |
OK | OK | OK | ||||
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Endowment | |||||
| funds | funds | funds | |||||
| B2 Other monetary assets | Details | to nearest £ - - |
to nearest £ - - |
to nearest £ |
- - |
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| B3 Investment assets | Details | Fund to which asset belongs |
Cost (optional) - - |
- - Current value (optional) |
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| B4 Assets retained for the charity’s | Details | Fund to which asset belongs |
Cost (optional) - |
- Current value (optional) |
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| own use | - | - | |||||
| Fund to which | Amount due | When due | |||||
| B5 Liabilities | Details | liability relates | - - (optional) |
(optional) | |||
| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |
Signature | Name | Date of approval |
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| Guy T | Carter | 25 Sep 2021 |