
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

## **From  08/05/2020   Period start date   To   07/05/2021             Period end date** 

## **Charity name: aspire2be recovery community** 

## **Charity registration number: 1161256** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|The object of the CIO is the relief of the physical<br>and mental sickness of persons in need by<br>reason of addiction to drugs and/or alcohol, in<br>particular by the provision of counselling and<br>support.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or services<br>identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|ln order to further its charitable purposes for<br>the public benefit, aspire2be recovery<br>community organised and ran support<br>groups and other activities throughout the<br>year for the benefit of individuals suffering<br>from addiction to drugs or alcohol.<br>All aspire2be support groups are free to<br>attend.<br>Support groups have been held over the<br>past year on a daily basis online via Zoom|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|Trustees are expected to have a personal<br>interest in recovery from addiction to drugs<br>and/or alcohol. Individuals may request to<br>become a Trustee or be approached by a<br>current Trustee. Trustees vote in private on<br>the appointment; this is decided by a simple<br>majority. Guidance Notes are issued to each<br>trustee outlining the duties and obligations in<br>line with the Charity Commission<br>requirements.|





## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other 

## **Achievements and Performance** 

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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|**Support group attendance**<br>Over the year (May 2020 to May 2021) we<br>have run 382, 40 minute online support<br>groups with an attendance of approximately<br>2,650 people. This has been made possible<br>by approximately 255 hours of work by<br>volunteer group facilitators.<br>A 2015 survey of 535 support group<br>attendees found that there was a 2:1 ratio of<br>males to females attending support groups,<br>with the average age being 43 years old (44<br>for males; 40 for females). 89% of attendees<br>had alcohol as their main problem<br>substance, with 7% using non-opiate drugs<br>and 4% opiates. This has remained largely<br>unchanged in the time period since.<br>In the previous year (May 2019 to 2020)<br>attendance was approximately 936 service<br>users attending 104 support groups. We<br>have had to switch to online meetings during<br>the COVID 19 pandemic, but this has led to<br>more groups being run and a large increase<br>in attendees. We intend to continue to run<br>the online meetings due to their success<br>alongside face to face meetings going<br>forward|





We hope to put on more face to face meetings over the next year as volunteers to run them have become available that meet the Charity’s criteria. This is subject to the lnformation, news and recovery stories are conveyed through our online presence. Currently we have 390 Facebook 'likes', 1170 followers on Twitter and our YouTube videos have been watched 230 times. 

|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:|
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|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41|We are always looking to increase the<br>number of meetings that we run, which is<br>dictated by room availability, available<br>funding and volunteers to run the groups.<br>This year we have been able to run many<br>more groups due to the setting up of the<br>online daily meetings online via Zoom|
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|Our funds held have increased from  £3540<br>to £3703 over the financial period in<br>question. We hope to utilise these funds for<br>activities and extra room hire going forward.|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|We always hold reserves to basically meet<br>expenses as they arise. Room hire is<br>approximately £800 a year so like to ensure<br>that we have enough in reserve to cover<br>that. The setting up of the online meetings<br>has been a real success without incurring<br>any costs.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|All of the funds are available when needed<br>but like to keep an amount aside to cover<br>room hire (not needed this year)|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|N/A|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|None|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|None|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47||
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|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution last amended 09/04/2015|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Foundation Charitable lncorporated<br>Organisation (ClO)|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|Elected by existing trustees. Trustees are<br>expected to have a personal interest in<br>recovery from addiction to drugs and/or<br>alcohol. Individuals may request to become<br>a Trustee or be approached by a current<br>Trustee. Trustees vote in private on the<br>appointment; this is decided by a simple<br>majority.|



|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:|
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|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction and<br>training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|aspire2be recovery community|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charitynumber|1161256|
|Charity’s principal address|61 Sandling Park<br>Sandling Lane<br>Maidstone<br>Kent  ME14 2NY|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee(if any)**|
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||Martin Panhurst|Chair|||
||Aaron McAuliffe||||
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

## **Director name** 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** 



**Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets held in this capacity 

Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects 

Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

## **Additional information (optional)** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

**Type of Name Address adviser** 

**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

## **Other optional information** 



## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

|**Signature(s)**<br>**Full name(s)**<br>**Position (eg Secretary,**<br>**Chair, etc)**<br>**Date**|||
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||Martin Pankhurst|Aaron McAuliffe|
||<br> <br>Chair|Trustee|
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||**aspire2be recovry community**|**aspire2be recovry community**|**aspire2be recovry community**|**aspire2be recovry community**|**aspire2be recovry community**|**1161256**|**1161256**|**CC16a**|
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||**For the period**<br>**from**||0805/20||**To**|02/07/2021|||
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||||
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**||**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**||**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|Nationwide Balance Brought Forward|**2,857**||**684**||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**3,541**|||
|Donations|**156**|||||**156**||**-**|
|Interest on Nationwide Account|**6**||**-**|||**6**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|**3,019**||**684**||**-**|**3,703**||**3,541**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**|||||||||
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|**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_ **<br>**A3 Payments**|||||||||
||||||**-**|**3,703**||**3,541**|
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|Facilitators Expenses|**-**||||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|||**-**|
|Room Hire||||||**-**||**-**|
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|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**||**-**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**|||||||||
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|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||||
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||**3,019**||||**-**|**3,703**||**3,541**|
||**-**||||**-**<br>**-**|**-**||**-**|
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||**3,019**||||**-**|**3,703**||**3,541**|



CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

03/04/2022 

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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**|Signature<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>**Details**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Agreement Error<br>Agreement Error<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name<br>Martin Pankhurst<br>Aaron McAuliffe|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
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|||Martin Pankhurst||
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 

03/04/2022 

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