Tho Hope Trust - Charity No: 1159866 Vision - Helping Older People Registered Office: Maldstone Hall, 127 Maidstone Rd, Felixstowe IP119EE Trustees Annual Report for the financial year 1st April 2024 - 31st March 2025 Trustees Rev David Whlte (Chalr) Dr Anne Fenntng Dr Terry Smith Rev Trevor Harrfs Dr Wendy Horrex Review of The Year During 2024 events have continued to attract increased numbers with several new ventures on offer. Staff and volunteers continue to be dedicated to their work and the trust maintains strong reputats'on across the town. Why we do what we do. Charitsble Objects and Actlvltles: 1. To provide relief to older people (regardless of faÈth or ethnicity) through the provision of practical and spiritual assistance. 2. To promote the Christs'an Faith primarily for the benefit of older people in residential or care homes by the provision of practical and spiritual assistan in line with our statement of faith. How we achleve our Objectives. We continue to follow our strategic plan with the overarching priorits.es of Building Community. Sharing Information, Opportunity for Faith and Making it all Happen better. By Bullding Community Better We contsnue to run regular weekly activity sessions. On Wednesdays we have tea and chat and games at Maidstone Road the numbers for these sessions have continued to grow over the last year. We have moved some fvjmiture out of the room to make more space for more people to attend. Thursday's games, tea and chat at OFCA in Old Felixstowe has also grown as we have enjoyed new people joining us. We have up to six people coming across from the sheltered housing nearby. We also said a very sad farewell to some amazing people. We were able to visit them Nthen they became too unwell to attend our sessions and until their sad passing.
We also stsrted a new tea, chat and games session at the Wellbeing Hub in Felixstowe town ntre on a Thursday aftemoon. This has given us the opportunity to meet some new people who we probably would not have met at our other venues. The sessions have been small in number but meaningful to the people who come. Some of them have subsequently come to other things we do. On Fridays we continue to run different events each week of the month. The film event continues to be a firm favoufite and having lunch together afterwards is always
We held two Christmas events one at Maidstone Hall, with a singer and one at OFCA with games. Across the Iwo bve had 51 people, and we again had a lovely buffet from a local sandwich shop which was a special Christmas treat. We have continued our trips and meals out to help people to get out and try new things. We again hired the local community bus for transport, when going out of Felixstowe, which is fully accessible. We did six trips out including Needham Lakes, Lavenham. Oobbies Garden Centre and a Christmas show. Additionally. we have been to six local pubslcafes for meals or afternoon teas together, these always go down a treat. The feedback from the meals and trips has been really positive, people have enjoyed exploring new places together and so appreciated the 'door to door, Servi for the trips out on the bus. Our 1..1 befn'ending service was able to support one person with visits in their home during the last year. Additionally, we have been able to continue to visit three people who use our services but have not been able to attend due to mobility or ongoing sickness issues. It has been so good to support people in this way for as long as it is needed. We were able to visit some people as their illness progressed and unts"I they passed away. In March we received a grant of £5000 from Suffolk Community Foundats'on from their Surviving Imnter 2024125 campaign to allow us to give grants of up to £175 to provide direct support to older people experiencing fuel poverty. We believe this is a real opportunity to support some of our attendees who meet the criteria for a one off grant. By Sharlng Inforniation Better The charity continues to purchase an advert in the local Flyer magazine. With a large circulats'on it covers the town and surrounding area and this continues to be a useful method of communicating what the charity is doing. We have continued to maintain our local profile, taking part in several charity and church events and speaking and having displays at local groups when requested. We were able to launch a new website this year which is much clearer to navigate and makes it easier for people to see everything we are doing on the Calendar on the first page. We are sb"Il getting used to managing it but it has been well received by our users. We also use Fabook to promote our activities and let more Ople know we are here. We have Some very loyal volunteers who have continued to support us either at our acts'vity sessions, 1-1 visit5 or serving as Trustees. Our volunteer numbers remain low, we had one new person join our team this year. We made sure we kept the volunteers regularly updated and are planning further training wrth them in June this year. We gave them all a token gift and card at Christmas to thank them for all their hard work.
We had fun preparing for the Christmas tree festival at the Salvation Amy in December. This year we decorated the tree with people paperchains to show the work we do around connecting people. We then arranged to go to the festival together as a group lunch out afterwards. We have continued to keep financial supporters updated throughout the year. OpportunSty for Sharlng Falth Better We have expanded our Vrk in residential homes in Felixstowe who support the frail elderly, including those with dementia. We have gone from supporting one home to three over the course of the year. We assist the homes by providing a monthly Se1 for their SIdents. Although all the homes are different in size and resident make up, they are very welcoming and the residents appear to really enjoy singing all the older hymns, hearing a short talk and praying together. It is lovely to be able to support both the residents and the homes by doing this. One of our Trustees assists by leading these seprfices with our Charity Manager. Making it all HaPn B•tt•r We want to continue to grow our team of volunteers, keep the Charity looking for new initiatives, ensure emerging technological needs are met while at the same thme meeting our ststutory and community responsibilities. The day-to-day running of the charity is led by the Charity Manager and her assistant. This allows staff to be present at most activity sessions making them easier to manage and give support to the volunteers. as well as allowing more time to speak to new people coming in or people who are struggling and need that time to talk. We are so thankful to our group of 11 committed volunteers (including our Trustees). They make such a difference to the smooth running of the service and all, in their own way. make such a differen whether it is making drinks, playing games, chatting to people. They all bring something different and their own life experience into their roles. Each volunteer who has significant a¢sS to older people, is required to hold a valid Disclosure arKI Barring servi (DBS) certificate. Public Benefit All acb'vities are open to people aged 50+ irrespective of gender or faith, in addition, all activtties over the time span this report covers were free of charge to those who attended, with the eXptIon of meals and trips out.
Financial Review: During this financial year we have continued to receive regular support from {6) local churches and 4 individuals. Golden Sunset Trust were able to provide the majority of the other funding needed to meet last year's budget. During the period of this report, we also received. 1. East Suffolk rates allowance £1272 2. A number of smaller one-off donations from local organizations & people 3. In memorials donations £1550 4. A grant of £5000 from Suffolk Community Foundation Pension auto enrolment continues, with the adminislration of this, salaries and CJRS undertaken by an outside contractor. A computerised financial system and regular Trustee meetings enable staff & Trustees to have visibility of the charity's finances. Charity Structure: The Hope Trust is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation and maintsins strong links with The Golden Sunset Trust (GST) with two Trustees, Dr Anne Fenning and Rev Trevor Harris, serving as a Trustee of both charities. Trustees are appointed by the current Trustees team but no new trustees were appointed this year. Work was undertaken by the Twstees to ensure that all relevant policies and prOdureS were reviewed and updated to be compliant with current legislats'on. The budget for the year was approved at the Tfustees meeting on 26th April 2024. Beaton's continue to be appointed as the Independent Examiners for the charity. The reserve Policy figure was increased to £25k in April 2024, which equates to 3 months of operational costs. The trustees continue to be encouraged by the progress being made to provide opportunities for older people to enjoy the company of others and build community. Slgned: Rev David White.. 154 Colneis Road, Felixstowe IP119LQ Date..
Independent Examinerfs Report to the Trustees of The Hope Trust I report on Ihe w£ounts ofthe charity for the p9ri0d endad 31si March 2025 which is sgt out on fom CC16a. Respectlvo responsSblliti•s of truste¢s and oxamlner The chaiity's trustees are rèsponsible for Ihe preparation ol the accounts. Thè Charity's tnjstees consider th* an audit is not required for this year un(ler section 144121 of the Charibes Aet 2011 lthe 2011 Actl and that an independent examlnation is rwded. It is my responsibilty to= examine Ihg accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act; follow ihg procedures laid dovm in th& genoral Diroction8 given by the Charity Commission under s8ction 1451Sllbl of the 2011 Act-, and state whèther particular matters have comè to my attention. 8asls of Ind•pondont examlner's r¢port My examination was Carrled out in accordance with the general Dlractions gfven by the Chadty CommIssic. An examination includes a review ol the accounting records kept by the charity and 8 comparison gf the accounts presented wth those r8cords. It also inrjudes consideration of any unusual item5 or disclosufes in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as Iruslees conceming any such matters. The procBdur8s undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be requir8d in an audit and consaquenlly no opinion is given a$ lo whether the accounts present a knje and fair Wi and the report is limited to th059 matters set out in the statement below. Independont ¢xamin•rfs stat•ment In connection wilh ffly exarnination, no matter has come to my attention: whh gives me r8asonable caus• to believe that. in any material respect. tho requirements.. to keep acc4)unllng records in accordan¢e wth section 130 of the 2011 AGt.' and to Prpa 8¢counts which accord the accounling records and comply the accounting requirèments of Ihe 2011 Act have not been met.. or to which, in my opinion, attention should bè drawn in order to 8nabb8 a proper undeTstsndiThJ of the 8ccounts to be reached. J. J. Oakley F.C.A Bealons Limitèd Chartered Accountants 7 Three Rivers Business Pa Felixstowe Road. Foxhall Ipswich, Suffolk IP10 OBF 30 October 2025
CHARITY COMM1S510N FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Tho Hope Trust Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the porlod from To 01.04.24 31.03.25 Section A Receipts and payments Unrnstrletsd tunds to th• nra R•St¢t•d fund8 Endowm•nt funds Total funds Last yèar to are$l£ tothe near•st£ tD nearoSt£ to the n•ar•51 £ A1 ReIptS Golden Suns•i H¢m8s Twsi Doli¢S Other fbnalions Legacy SpeaknTrJ InveslmFnl It0mÈ Fund Raising Hall Hire Gran15 Gift Aid Tax Refund 41862 9,306 41ft62 10,086 41264 780 21.638 1,471 1979 220 1,471 1,160 4.150 110 1.315 5,DOD 270 S7,108 Z05 77.121 Sub totsl{Gross inGome forAR) A2 Assèt and Inwstment sales.lgee tabl•l. 7,095 Sub total Total r•¢•ip¢s 57,108 7,095 64202 77,121 A3 Paym•nt$ Staff Cosis EMplor Nl Travelling Insular8 Advertjsing OTfice Costs 41,197 41,197 37,041 37 35 820 1,209 4100 1.647 4906 2.118 1833 4240 Mis¢ellansous Property Proieci 5,199 2,668 907 S9,727 &199 1668 1282 $1.042 1.315 1.315 Sub total A4 Asset and Investm?nl pur¢h#sè•, sa• tabl• Sub total 59.727 1,315 61.042 54,683 Net of recelpts/(payments) A5 Trangfers betwèèn funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end 2.619 S,780 3,161 22,438 07.528 64.909 67.528 70,689 45,090 67,528 5,780 CCXX R1 arllnts ISSI
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrèstrlcted Rèitrfct•d fvnd$ funds to Thrt£ Endowmènt funds to Marost£ categories Détails to noarast£ 81 Cash funds B8nk 5,780 Pelty Cash 360 Re¥?1ble GrftAJd 267 Total cash funds 64,909 S.780 bdarKesi1hrec4lpts1 patrTher r)xunllsll Unr05trict•d funds to r•r•S¢£ Restricted funds Endowment funds to nearest E Dotails to Marp8t£ B2 Othèr monotary assgts Fund to whlch •tt belon Dotalls Cojt lopllonall Curront val B3 Investment assets Fund to v4hich a$8et bol Curront valuè Details General Computer8nd (%fice Equipment Ootloptlonall 84 Assets rgtained for the charlty's own use Fund to whl¢h rola106 ourrt du• lional Wh•n du• ion81 Details B5 Llabilitles Signed by one or t) trusws on behalf ol all the tru$t8as Dale ol roval Sp)nature Print Nam8 DAVID WHITE 3011012025 TEIUiY SMITH 301101202S CCXX P2 a¢(xiunts ISSI