The Giving Hands Mission Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 Registered Charity Number: 1160134
The Giving Hands Mission Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 Charity Information Trustees Marie Chantal Uwimana Ambrose Aikhuele Nora A. Vincent George Peter Registered Charity Number 1160134 Address First Floor Dawley Brook Road Kingswinford DY6 7BD Bankers HSBC Bank PIC 130 New Street Birmingham B2 4JU
The Giving Hands Mission Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 The trustees present their report along with the financial statements for the year ended 31 December, 2024. ORGANISATIONAL STRucfuRE The Giving Hands Mission is a charitsble incorporated organisation. The trustees adopted the constitution on 23 January 2015 in accordance with the 'Association Model, published by the Charity Commission. The Giving Hands Mission is established for charitable purposes for the public benefit and entered onto the Register of charities on 24 January 2015 with the Registered Charity Number 1160134. GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT The trustees meet on a regular basis. The board of trustees have a broad range of skills represented in education. social work and service to the community. The Board of Trustees have overall responsibility for the direction, management and control of the charity. The board shall comprise of no fewer than three members, maximum of twelve members. At the period end there were four members, all of whom are unpaid. The board have the power to appoint a member at any time to fill a casual vacancy or as an addition to the existing members. Members would be appointed according to their relevant skills, competencies and experience. A member can retire at any point by resigning his office in writing. The charity trustees will make available to each new charity trustee, on or before his or her first appointment: (a) a copy of this constitution and any amendments made to it; and (b) a copy of the CIO'S latest trustees, annual report and statement of accounts. If the CIO is wound up. the members of the CIO have no liability to contribute to its assets and no personal responsibility ft>r settling its debts and liabilities. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES l. For the public benefit, the relief of poverty throughout England and Wales by providing item and services to individuals in need, training, money and debt management counselling, pastoral care and counselling to enable them generate a sustainable income, be self-sufficient and galn employment. 2. For the public benefit, the advancement of the Christian religion throughout England and Wales by encouraging and facilitating its practice among existing followers or adherents, providing places of worship, raising awareness and understanding of Christian beliets, carrying out devotional acts. missionary and outreach work.
ACHIEVEMENT, PERFORMANCE AND VOLUNTEERS Overall, as at December 2024 we have supported up to 13, 743 people. In the financial year ended 31 December, 2024; we continued our work assiduously in the fight against the rising cost of living, rising food and energy costs and especially its effects on the people in our local community. In various ways, we supported up to 1.021 people, including families with children. In addition, we prevented 22 households from being made horneless, totalling 88 people. 89% of our service users were helped food, toiletries, clothing 11 and household items. 24 % were given sleeping bags, mattresses. and beddings. 250/0 we provided advice or referred to partner agencies for specialised support. As a way of reaching out to families in need that have children. 320/0 were helped with the provision of toys. lOO% of the referring organizations that work with us report that the support provided by us has made a positive impatt on the lives of their clients. The following is a summary of the statistics of people we supported in 2024: 310/0 were homeless or at risk of being homeless, 26% were rough sleepers, 84 % were unemployed. 47% had debt issues, 18 % were fleeing domestic violence or leaving hostels, 26 % had a disability and Il% had mental health issues. 95% of the people we have supported are families in need, living below the poverty line. The percentage of people supported; Female 640/0, Male 36%. We had up to 14 committed volunteers that helped us in carying out this work. Our volunteers are experienced, well trained and dedicated. As part of our core values, we operate to demonstrate the unconditional love and compassion of Jesus Christ by reaching out to help those individuals and families in crisis. We are committed to improving the quality of life of people irrespettive of religion, race, gender, age and sexual orientation. PUBLIC BENEFIT Under the Charities Act 2011, charities are required to demonstrate that their aims are for the public benefit. The two key principles which must be met in this context are, first, that there must be an identifiable benefit or benefits; and secondly, that the benefit must be to the public, or a section of the public. Charity trustees must ensure that they carry out their charity's aims for the public benefit, must have regard to the Charity Commission's guidance, and must report on public benefit in their Annual Report. The charities board of trustees regularly monitors and reviews the success of the organisation in meeting its key objectives of relieving poverty. The Trustees confim, in the light of the guidance, that these aims fully meet the public benefit test and that all the attivities of the charity, described in the Report of the Trustees, are undertaken in pursuit of these aims. The charity trustees have cornplied with their duty to have due regard to the guidance on public benefit published by the Charities Commission. FINANCIAL REVIEW The charities total incoming resources for the year £22,757. The total re50urces expended by the charity £22,643 which represent the costs incurred to enable the charity to carry out its operations. The charity had a net of receipts of £114. RESERVES AND GOING CONCERN In line with our Christian values, we believe in the exercising of Faith in the area of provision. The trustees will continue to act prudently in the financial management of the charity and aim to subsequently develop a policy on reserves as our finances improve. Our reSee policy will be to maintain sufficient reserves at all time.
RISK MANAGEMENT AND INTERNAL CONTROL The Trustees have overall responsibility for ensuring that the organisation operates an appropriate system of controls, finanoal and otherwise. to provide reasonable assurance that the charity is operating efficiently and effertively, proper records are maintained and financial information, used within the charity or for publication Is reliable and that the charity complies with relevant laws and regulations. They do this by reviewing the up to date financlal information of the charity including a review of its finanaal procedures and identifying and managing risks that the charity is exposed to. SERIOUS INCIDENTS The Trustees confirm that there are no serious incidents to report regarding operations in 2024. PLANS FOR FUTURE PERIODS The key priority for the comlng year will be to make this project achieve more of the planned outcome and to remain on the frontline in the fight against the rising cost of living as it continues to be felt in our local community. We remain committed in helping local people in need, especially the elderly. the homeless and people living in poverty. The key outcome is to help armj support our service users to develop thelr independence, increase their ability to tackle setbacks, and generally to have better lives. Thus enabling our service users to become healthier, more resilient, more active and productive in the community. TRUSTEES RESPONSIBILITIES IN RELATION TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Law applicable to charitles in England and Wales requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year whlch give a true and falr view of the charity's flnancial artivities during the year and of its finanaal position at the end of the year. In preparing those financial statements, the trustees are required to: select sultable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; make Judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; state whether applicable accounting standards and statements of recommended practice have been followed subject to any departures disdosed and explained In the financial statements; and prepare the financial statements on the golng concem basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charlty wlll continue in business. The trustees are responsible for keeping accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial posltlon of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. Approved by the trustees on 291h September, 2025 and signed on their behalf by George Peter Trustee
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