## TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT 2025-2026 TRIBAL PROJECT Registered UK Charity 1161044
## **CONTENTS**
Charity Details……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Page 2 Trustees’ Report……………………………………………………………………….………………………………… Page 3-6 Declaration…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Page 7 Independent Examiner’s Report…………………………………………………………………………………. Page 8 Receipts and Payments………………………………………………………………………………………………. Page 9
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## **TRIBAL PROJECT CHARITY DETAILS**
## **Trustees**
Mr. G. Marsh – Chair Mr. J. Atkinson – Secretary Mr. D. Clarke – Trustee Mr. O. Khan – Trustee Mr. C. Waud - Trustee
## **Registered office**
15 Queens Road Fulwood Preston PR2 3EA
## **Principle Office**
The Annex Plungington Community Centre Brook Street Preston PR1 7NB
## **Independent Examiner**
Mr. K.R. Carey FCA/ICAEW Managing Director McDade and Roberts Accountants 316 Blackpool Road Fulwood Preston PR2 3AE
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## **TRIBAL PROJECT TRUSTEES REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2026**
**Reference and administrative details of the charity**
The charity is registered with the Charity Commission with number 1161044.
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in notes to the accounts and comply with the charity's governing document, the Charities Act 2011 and Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland published on 16 July 2014. The trustees who have served during the year are set out in this document.
## **Structure, governance and management**
The constitution of the organisation was adopted on 16th April 2014 and was last amended on 3rd March 2015.
Reporting to the Director, the charity has three part-time staff. Volunteers provide their time freely in a range of roles.
The trustees have examined the major strategic, business and operational risks which the charity faces and confirmed that systems have been established to enable regular reports to be produced so that the necessary steps can be taken to lessen the risks.
Trustees are recruited from the local communities which Tribal Project services, and as far as is practicable, recruitment is targeted to reflect both the skills that are needed and the diversity of the communities they serve. Induction training is provided to all trustees on appointment to familiarise them with the work of the organisation and to ensure that they can make an immediate contribution to its strategic management.
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The charity applies salaries to all personnel commensurate with duties and that are consistent with the parameters of nationally agreed rates of pay. The Charity considers its key management personnel to be the Director.
The Board meets regularly to review performance, manage risk and guide strategic development. Work toward the CIO transition has been a major governance focus this year and positions the charity for sustainable long-term growth.
A highlight of the year was a visit from Mark Simms MBE, Chief Executive of the Charity Commission. Tribal Project was one of only two charities in Preston selected for a visit. The meeting provided an opportunity to discuss the health of the local voluntary sector; the challenges charities face daily and the impact of Tribal Project’s work. The visit was a significant recognition of the organisation’s progress and reputation.
## **Trustees**
During the year the Board was strengthened and diversified in line with the 2024–2027 strategy. A trustee from the Muslim faith joined the Board, helping Tribal Project better understand and break down cultural and religious barriers that can prevent people from seeking support. This development reflects our commitment to reaching underserved communities and ensuring our governance reflects the diversity of Preston.
## **Objectives and Activities**
The charity’s purpose is to provide support, recovery focused interventions and community connection for people affected by substance misuse and associated life challenges. Support includes one to one work, group workshops, volunteering opportunities and community outreach.
In line with the three-year strategy, the charity has also been exploring the development of services for young people and families. This work began in August 2025 and has now moved from initial exploration into Phase Two planning. This work remains unfunded but continues to develop through partnership discussions and planning activity.
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## **Achievements and Performance**
This has been a year of significant progress and growth.
Over the year Tribal Project supported approximately 270 individuals, reflecting continued demand for services and the growing reputation of the charity within Preston and surrounding areas.
A major milestone was the confirmation of long-term funding commitments. The National Lottery Community Fund confirmed a five-year commitment totalling £250,000 and Lloyds Bank Foundation confirmed unrestricted funding of £25,000 per year for three years. These awards provide a stronger foundation for sustainability and development.
The charity expanded its geographic reach in January 2026 by launching two additional weekly group workshops at Victory Park, Chorley, the home of Chorley Football Club. This development significantly improves access to support for people living outside Preston who previously needed to travel to receive help.
To support this expansion and strengthen administration, two new part time roles were created in February 2026. One role provides administrative support to the Director including funding, reporting and communications. The second role delivers group facilitation. Both roles were filled by individuals who previously received support from Tribal Project, progressed into volunteering and are now employed by the charity. This represents a powerful example of recovery, progression and lived experience shaping service delivery.
Staffing has therefore grown from one full time and one part time member of staff to one full time and three part time staff.
The charity also strengthened its volunteer base, with six volunteer roles filled during the year. Some roles supported short term projects and events while others continue to provide ongoing support to staff and participants.
A new CRM system was selected and implementation began during the year following successful funding. The Lamplight system will improve data management, reporting and outcome tracking and is due for completion in June 2026.
Community engagement increased significantly. Tribal Project has been more outward facing, attending community events, building relationships with stakeholders and raising awareness of the support available.
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In June the charity hosted a community makers market fundraising event which raised over £2,000 and strengthened local community connections.
## **Financial Review**
Total income for the year was £91,000, representing a significant increase on the previous year. The charity experienced no funding losses during the period and secured strong multiyear commitments that will support future sustainability. Full audited accounts are attached at the end of this document.
## **Plans for the Future**
Over the coming year the charity will complete the CIO transition once Charity Commission approval is received. The Lamplight CRM system will be fully implemented. Work on the Youth and Family intervention programme will continue to develop in partnership with organisations already working in that space.
The charity will continue expanding reach, strengthening partnerships and ensuring sustainable funding to support the community in Preston and surrounding areas
**Grant funding 23/24 was secured with thanks from:**
- TNL Awards for All
- Lloyds Bank Foundation
## **Reserves policy**
It is the policy of the charity to maintain sufficient funds to cover management and administration costs for a minimum of six months. At the end of this year 16 weeks costs were reserved.
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The trustees confirm that they have approved this report an£J that it
accurately reflects the activities and performance of the charity during the
year.
This report was agreed by the Trustee's on 21" May 2026 and
signed on their behalf by:
Mr. G. Marsh- Chair
**Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
**Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
**Report to the trustees/** Charity Name **members of** Tribal Projects
**On accounts for the year ended**
31[st] March 2026
**Charity no** 1161044 **(if any)**
**Set out on pages**
3& 4
(remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/03/2026.
**Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation of **basis of report** the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
- accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
- the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
- _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._
**Signed:**
**Date:** 15/05/2026
**Name:** Kevin R Carey FCA
**Relevant professional** ICAEW **qualification(s) or body (if any):**
**Address:** McDade Roberts Accountants Limited
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**October 2018**
**IER**
316, Blackpool Road
Fulwood, Preston, PR2 3AE
**Section B Disclosure**
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
**Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** .
None Found
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**October 2018**
**IER**
||**Tribal Projects**|**Tribal Projects**|**Tribal Projects**|**Tribal Projects**|**Tribal Projects**|**1161044**|**1161044**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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||**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||||||
||**For the period**
**from**||Period start date||**To**||Period end date||
||||4/1/25||||3/31/26||
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||||
||
**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**||**Total funds**||
||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||
|**A1 Receipts**|||||||||
|Lottery|**64,470**||**-**||**-**||**64,470**||
|Just Givingetc|**1,603**||**-**||**-**||**1,603**||
|Donation|**50**||**-**||**-**||**50**||
|Fundraising|**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
|Lloyds Foundation|**25,000**||**-**||**-**||**25,000**||
||**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
||**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
||**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR) _|
**91,123**||**-**||**-**||**91,123**||
||||||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||||
||**- 0**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**-**||
||**- 0**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**-**||
|**_Sub total _**|
**- 0**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**-**||
||||||||||
|**_Total receipts_ **|
**91,123**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**91,123**||
||||||||||
|**A3 Payments**|||||||||
|Rent, Rates & Insurance|**6,600**||**-**||**-**||**6,600**||
|Computer etc|**966**||**-**||**-**||**966**||
|Wages & Pension|**62,767**||**-**||**-**||**62,767**||
|Sundry|**4,157**||**-**||**-**||**4,157**||
|Professional Fees|**924**||**-**||**-**||**924**||
|Motor & Travel|**872**||**-**||**-**||**872**||
|Bank Charges|**26**||**-**||**-**||**26**||
|Admin|**491**||**-**||**-**||**491**||
||**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
|**_Sub total_ **|
**76,803**||**-**||**-**||**76,803**||
||||||||||
|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||||
||**- 0**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**-**||
||**- 0**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**-**||
|**_Sub total_ **|
**- 0**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**-**||
||||||||||
|**_Totalpayments_ **|
**76,803**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**76,803**||
||||||||||
|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ **|
**14,320**||**-**||**-**||**14,320**||
|**A5 Transfers between funds**|**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
|**A6 Cash funds lastyear end**|**19,198**||**-**||**-**||**19,198**||
|**_Cash funds thisyear end_ **|
**33,518**||**-**||**-**||**33,518**||
||||||||||
||||||||||
|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|||||||||
|**Categories**|**Details**||||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted funds**||
||||||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||
|**B1 Cash funds**|||||**33,518**||**-**||
||||||**-**||**-**||
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||**_Total cash funds_**||||**33,518**||**-**||
||(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))||||OK||||
||||||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted funds**||
||**Details**||||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||
|**B2 Other monetary assets**|||||**-**||**-**||
||||||**-**||**-**||
||||||**-**||**-**||
||||||**-**||**-**||
||||||**-**||**-**||
||||||**-**||**-**||
||||||||||
||**Details**||||**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**||**Cost (optional)**||
|**B3 Investment assets**|||||||**-**||
||||||||**-**||
||||||||**-**||
||||||||**-**||
||||||||**-**||
||||||||||
||**Details**||||**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**||**Cost (optional)**||
|**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|||||||**-**||
||||||||**-**||
||||||||**-**||
||||||||**-**||
||||||||**-**||
||||||||**-**||
||||||||**-**||
||||||||**-**||
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||**Details**||||**Fund to which**
**liability relates**||**Amount due**
**(optional)**||
|**B5 Liabilities**|||||||**-**||
||||||||**-**||
||||||||**-**||
||||||||**-**||
||||||||**-**||
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|Signed by one or two trustees on behalf
of all the trustees|Signature||||Print Name||||
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## **CC16a**
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|---|---|---|---|
|||||
|||**Last year**||
|||**to the nearest £**||
|||||
|||**60,000**||
|||**1,835**||
|||**90**||
|||**213**||
|||**-**||
|||**-**||
|||**-**||
|||**-**||
|||**62,138**||
|||||
|||||
|||||
|||**- 0**||
|||**- 0**||
|||||
|||**62,138**||
|||||
|||||
|||**5,599**||
|||**584 **||
|||**54,942**||
|||**3,654**||
|||**5,962**||
|||**1,001**||
|||**61**||
|||**-**||
|||**-**||
|||**71,803**||
|||||
|||||
|||||
|||||
|||**- 0**||
|||||
|||**71,803**||
|||||
||**-**|
**9,664**||
|||**-**||
|||**28,862**||
|||**19,198**||
|||||
|||||
|||||
|||**Endowment**||
|||**funds**||
|||**to nearest £**||
|||**-**||
|||**-**||
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**-** OK **Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Current value (optional) - - - - - Current value (optional) - - - - - - - - - When due (optional)**
Date of approval
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