## **Trustees Annual Report 24-25**
Charity Number: 1159877
**Our Aim:** to enable children and school communities to explore Christianity, and reflect upon their own Spiritual Journey
## **Trustees:**
Nicola Dann (Chair/Health and Safety) Wendy Yates (Treasurer) Irene Denison Jeff Trigg Gill Ward Vice Chair John Playle Vice Chair
Hand and to Mouth has had another busy year, but a stable year in terms of both staff and trustees. Elizabeth is doing an excellent job taking the charity forward, developing the administrative structures and planning for the longer term.
We have navigated financial challenges again but end this year in a really positive position. Wendy has supported Elizabeth in preparing a draft budget for this year which all feel confident accurately reflects Hand to Mouths position and planning.
We have met every 2 months and as in previous years have reviewed, checked and updated policies and procedures where needed in conjunction with Elizabeth.
We had a successful away day again in May along with staff, spending time getting to know our personal styles and how we can work together well as a team. We have spent some time planning for our 25[th] Birthday celebrations and have an exciting event planned for the Autumn.
Hand to Mouth has continued to grow this year. We have had some schools not book again mainly due to financial pressures, but new schools are coming on board and our staff remain as ever committed and faithful to Hand to mouth in supporting work in schools.
We continue to look to how we can raise the profile of Hand to Mouth in schools and in Churches and identify other potential funding streams.
Our supporters have held successful fundraising events, and we are grateful to them.
Elizabeth has organized more structure prayer support for the charity, keeping us, God focused and endeavoring to seek his will for us as we move forward.
On behalf of all the Trustees, I would like to thank all the staff without whom Hand to Mouth wouldn’t exist and also to thank our volunteers, supporters, fundraisers and prayer supporters who are so key to our ongoing success.
I have very much enjoyed my time with Hand to Mouth and am confident in God’s plan for the charity. I look forward to seeing what God has planned for Hand to Mouth in the coming years.
Nicola
Chair of Trustees for Hand to Mouth
|**Hand To Mouth**
**Charity Registra4on Number 1159877**
**Accounts for Year Ended 31 December 2024**|**Hand To Mouth**
**Charity Registra4on Number 1159877**
**Accounts for Year Ended 31 December 2024**|**Hand To Mouth**
**Charity Registra4on Number 1159877**
**Accounts for Year Ended 31 December 2024**|**Hand To Mouth**
**Charity Registra4on Number 1159877**
**Accounts for Year Ended 31 December 2024**||
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|**Statement of Assets and Liabili4es as at 31 December 2024**|||||
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||**Total**
**£**|**2024**
**Restricted**
**Funds - see**
**below**
**Unrestricted**
**Fund**
**Designated**
**Opera4ng**
**Reserve**
**£**
**£**||**2023**
**Total**
**£**|
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|**BANK AND CASH**
Current Account
Savings Account
Cash|||||
||9145
47017
46|9145
3920
20597
22500
46||9934
45876
119|
||56208|3920
29788
22500||55929|
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|**FUNDS**|||||
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|Opening Balance
Defcit/Surplus for Year
Transfer to/from ConHngency Reserve
Closing Balance|55929
279
0|0
34599
21330
3920
-3641
-1170
1170||32479
23450
0|
||56208|3920
29788
22500||55929|
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|**RESTRICTED FUNDS**|**Total**|**WilleVs**
**Founda4on**
**The**
**Crossroads**
**Project**
**Anchor**
**Founda4on**|||
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|Opening Balance|0|0
0
0|||
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|**Received In 2024**|9529|5000
1109
3420|||
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|**Payments in 2024**
**Staf costs**
**Total Payments**|||||
||5609|5000
609|||
||5609
0|5000
609
0|||
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|**Closing Balance**|3920|0
500
3420|||
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|**Signed:**|||||
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|N. Dean
Chairperson||W Yates
Treasurer|||
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|Date|||Date||
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|||||||**2024**
**2023**
**Total**
£
41920
509
20254
3975
34675
2612
578
104523
67035
2038
155
2248
3180
1313
801
1144
60
515
653
1077
13
105
540
196
0
81073
23450|
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||**Accounts for Year Ended 31 December 2024**||||||
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||**Receipts and Payments Account for Year Ended 31 December**|||||**2024**|
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|||**2024**||||**2023**|
|||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**Total**||**Total**|
|||£|£|£||£|
||**RECEIPTS**||||||
||Schools Work|43750||43750||41920|
||Travel charge|1135||1135||509|
||DonaHons from Individuals|11064||11064||20254|
||Fundraising|1353||1353|||
||DonaHons from Churches|4635||4635||3975|
||Grants||9529|9529||34675|
||Tax Refund|1341||1341||2612|
||Bank Interest|1161||1161||578|
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||TOTAL INCOME|64439|9529|73968||104523|
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||**PAYMENTS**||||||
||Staf Costs including Pension|56455|5609|62064||67035|
||Mileage|1975||1975||2038|
||Parking|26||26||155|
||Resources|1578||1578||2248|
||Rent|3180||3180||3180|
||Insurance|1389||1389||1313|
||Telephone & Internet|610||610||801|
||AdmininstraHon & Ofce:|||0|||
||Professional Fees HR advice|300||300|||
||Accountancy|391||391||1144|
||Bank Fees|60||60||60|
||Website|180||180||515|
||Payroll Processing Fees|460||460||653|
||PrinHng Postage and StaHonery|678||678||1077|
||DBS|228||228||13|
||Pat TesHng|96||96||105|
||So_ware & Computer Repairs|75||75||540|
||Sundries|299||299||196|
||25th CelebraHon Event|100||100||0|
||TOTAL EXPENDITURE|68080|5609|73689||81073|
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||Defcit/Surplus|-3641|
3920|279||23450|
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