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2024
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12|2024|| |Section A Reference and administration details||| |**Charity name**
THE BESOM IN HARINGEY||THE BESOM IN HARINGEY| |||| |**Other names charity is known by**||| |**Registered charity number (if any)**1156081
**Charity's principal address**
44 GROSVENOR ROAD
MUSWELL HILL
LONDON
**Postcode**
**N10 2DP**
~~SS~~||| |**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**||| |**Trustee name**
**Office (if any)**
**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**
**Name of person (or body)**
**entitled to appoint trustee (if**
**any)**
1 GUY CARTER
2CATHERINE
MERCER
3 PAUL MERCER
~~————~~||| |**Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**||| |**Name**
**Dates acted if not for whole year**
none
~~—S_—=—S—~~||| **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 constituted VOTING MEMBERS ARE ITS CHARITABLE TRUSTEES (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 local You **may choose** to include initiatives. For more details see https://www.thebesomnetwork.org/ 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. **Section C Objectives and activities** |**Summary of the objects of the**
**charity set out in its**
**governing document**
**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)**|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 services of any kind in Haringey and in
such parts of the United Kingdom or the world as the Trustees from time
to time may think fit and to fulfill 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 want to
give time, money, skills or possessions and those in need. It is focused on
doing this in the London Borough of Haringey. Those in need are
frequently referred by social workers in Haringey and these needs are
then matched with those willing to give.
In organising and carrying out the work of the charity the Trustees have
read the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit.
The Trustees are confident that the work of the Charity fulfills these
requirements.| ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include The Besom in Haringey has no policies on grant making or on programme further statements, where related investment. relevant, about: - The execution of the Charity’s objectives takes place through volunteers, - ● policy on grantmaking; whether giving time in the office to organise collections and deliveries, - ● policy programme related time to go collect and deliver furniture, time to organise and deliver investment; Christmas hampers. - ● contribution made by volunteers. - Section D Achievements and performance The charity continued to function throughout 2024 with 3 trustees (Guy **Summary of the main** Carter, Cath Mercer & Paul Mercer) in addition to a further 14 volunteers **achievements of the charity** serving those in our community by crewing Besom in Haringey’s van runs **during the year** and 9 individuals who make up Besom in Haringey’s prayer team. _**1. Van runs**_ Altogether in 2024, we completed 20 van runs, enabling us to help 25 families by collecting items from 26 generous donors in our community. In 2024 these items included 19 beds (cots/toddler/bunkbeds/single/double beds - almost all with bedding too); 8 chest of drawers; 2 wardrobes; 5 sofas/armchairs; 3 dining tables; 12 dining chairs; 5 ‘kitchen basics boxes’ (cutlery/crockery/pots and pans). Some families Besom supported just needed a single item (eg, a bed) while other families needed pretty much everything, often those who had been assigned unfurnished social housing. ## _**2. Prayer**_ All aspects of Besom in Haringey’s work continue to be supported by its committed prayer team that regularly prays for our work, eg ahead of each van run and also regarding how we can meet specific needs received from social workers at Haringey Council and other charities (eg, the human rights charity The Helen Bamber Foundation, https://www.helenbamber.org/). We have numerous examples of how, once we have prayed, someone steps forward and offers us an item that we need, as well as how logistical obstacles are overcome following prayer. ## _**3. Christmas Hampers**_ Our Christmas hampers project continues to be one of our highlights. A number of people support this initiative year-on-year enabling us to create a range of beautiful hampers of different sizes, all full of a mix of Christmas treats and everyday essentials. These are delivered to the individuals and families we have helped throughout the year, as well as vulnerable people in our community who our local social workers feel would particularly benefit from the ‘lift’ receiving a hamper provides. We were able to deliver 39 hampers in the weeks leading up to Christmas 2024, including some as part of our December van runs. ## _**4. Van**_ We continue to be thankful for our friends at the Salvation Army in Wood Green providing free secure parking for Besom in Haringey’s van. We are also thankful to St James church in Muswell Hill who now let us use some of their garage to store items that we are donated but are unable to rehome immediately. This has been particularly helpful for upholstered items which get damp/mouldy if stored in the van meaning that they then can not be rehomed with families. ## _**5. Finances**_ Our financial position remains sound, helped by occasional donations of varying sizes, all of which we are so grateful for. We are therefore able to cover ongoing costs, mainly related to the van, ie, tax, ULEZ, insurance, and any repairs necessary for the van to pass its annual MOT. However, we are aware that as the van ages it may not be financially sensible to pay for further repairs and so we may need to buy a new-to-us van or further explore the feasibility of using ZipVan. We are grateful to a Besom supporter who had offered to provide us with some funding for either as/when the time comes. Other costs incurred are largely for bedding for when we provide beds for families, as we seek to go ‘above and beyond’ by not just providing a bed but also bedding, and where a bed is for a child then a homemade teddy bear too, crocheted by another Besom supporter. ## **Section E Financial review** The Besom in Haringey does not have any reserves and has no policy on **Brief statement of the** this topic. The bank account is kept in credit by managing expenditure. **charity’s policy on reserves Details of any funds materially** N/A **in deficit** ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: The Besom in Haringey relies on donations from individuals and churches and its activity levels are determined to a large extent by the availability of the funding and time given by volunteers. - the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; - 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)** Guy Carter **Full name(s)** GUY CARTER **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** TRUSTEE **etc)** Date 26 October 2025 |**BESOM IN HARINGEY**
**1156081**
**CC16a**
**Receipts and payments accounts**
**For the period**
**from**
1 Jan 2024
**To**
31 Dec 2024
**Section A Receipts and payments**
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us
ee
ee| |---| |**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted funds**
**Endowment**
**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
**-**
**300-**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**300-**
**-**
**300-**
ONE OFF DONATIONS
**-**
**1,040-**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**1,040-**
**-**
**370-**
ADJUSTMENT
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
\
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_**-**
**1,340-**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**1,340-**
**-**
**670-**
**A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
**_Sub total_-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
**_Total receipts_ -**
**1,340-**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**1,340-**
**-**
**670-**
~~SSS~~
~~SS SS SS~~
—~~————~~| |**A3 Payments**| |RENTAL OF STORAGE
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
VAN EXPENSE, MOT, TAX, FUEL, INS ETC
**-**
**966-**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**966-**
**-**
**915-**
PURCHASE OF GOODS FOR BENEFICIARIES
**-**
**1,136-**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**1,136-**
**-**
**287-**
LIABILITY INSURANCE
**-**
**66-**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**66-**
**-**
**63-**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**1,000-**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
**_Sub total_ -**
**2,168-**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**2,168-**
**-**
**2,265-**
—~~=====~~| |**A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see**
**table)**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
**_Sub total_ -**
**--**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
**_Total payments_ -**
**2,168-**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**2,168-**
**-**
**2,265-**
—~~—————~~| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ -**
**828-**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**828-**
**-**
**1,595-**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**-**
**5,833-**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**5,833-**
**-**
**7,427-**
**_Cash funds this year end_ -**
**5,005-**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**5,005-**
**-**
**5,832-**
~~SSS45~~| |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**| |**Unrestricted**
**Restricted funds**
**Endowment**| |**Categories**
**Details**
**funds**
**funds**| |**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**| |**B1 Cash funds**
HSBC CURRENT ACCOUNT
**-**
**5,005-**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**| |**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**| |**_Total cash funds_**
**-**
**5,005-**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**| |(agree balances with receipts and payments account
(s))
OK
OK
OK| |**Unrestricted**
**Restricted funds**
**Endowment**| |**funds**
**funds**| |**Details**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**| |**B2 Other monetary assets**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
ee
~~|~~
~~|~~| |**Details**
**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**B3 Investment assets**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
|
|| |**Details**
**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own**
**use**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
ee
| || |**Fund to which**
**Amount due**
**When due**| |**Details**
**liability relates**
**(optional)**
**(optional)**
**B5 Liabilities**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
ee
| || |Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the
trustees
Signature
Print Name
Date of approval
Guy T Carter
Guy T Carter
25 Oct 2025
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