Ashar (Bringing Hope)
Accounts
For The Year Ended 31 March 2024
Ashar (Bringing Hope) Reference and Administrative Details
| Charity Name | Ashar (Bringing Hope) |
|---|---|
| Accounts | 1163732 |
| Principal Address | 80 Denonshire Road |
| Blackpool | |
| FY3 8AE | |
| Trustee's | Keith Fantham |
| Lisa Haskett | |
| Helen Hotchkiss | |
| Accountant | Community Accounting Services Ltd |
| 7 Napoleon Drive | |
| Shrewsbury | |
| SY3 5PH |
Trustees' Report of Ashar (Bringing Hope) on the Accounts for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
The trustees present their annual report and financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2024. The trustees have adopted the provisions of 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 (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019).
Structure, Governance and Management
The charity is registered with the Charity Commission and is run in accordance with the Constitution adopted on 25 September 2015.
Trustee selection methods
The Trustees are appointed by the Committee.
Objectives and Activities
To promote and preserve good mental health by providing therapeutic counselling services to groups and individuals within the Shropshire and Mid Wales regions.
Achievements and Performance in the year
Ashar continues to offer: Counselling 1:1 session both online and face to face, our on-line work is increasing which enables our service to be accessed by a wider cliental.
Our Well-Being Courses are still being run quarterly and our Well-Being Groups are now running weekly, Brew & Chat and a Bereavement Group and a well being practitioner is working alongside our comfort café which provides food to our local community currently supporting 90 service users we provide emotional support, sign posting and counselling provision to those who would otherwise would not easily access mental health provision.
Ashar continues building a good network across Lancashire and Shropshire working to support local churches, Blackburn Diocese, Willowdene Rehabilitation Centre.
We continue to support low cost and funded places for therapy and emotional well-being appointments alongside bespoke workshops at churches request such as ladies' days and emotional well being course.
Our team of counsellors, well-being practitioners and workshop leaders continue to grow, we would like to say a huge thank you to our amazing team of growing volunteers.
One of our continued main achievements has been providing a qualified counsellor to be available to work alongside a local food provider, supporting and promoting emotional well-being, good mental health, some of the feedback has been ‘the time spent was lifesaving’, we have also been able to put another practitioner into a church in Burnley that supports two groups, Ketamine Support Group and a Drop In alongside opportunities for 1:1 sessions.
Invitation to teach workshops to church leaders in Blackburn Diocese at Whalley Abbey
‘Impact of working with Trauma Safely’
Self Care and Well-Being for those in Ordained Ministry.
Phone Line Prayer Support
We continue to offer a Prayer Line which is manned by a group of trained volunteers and holds a recorded message.
Overseas
We continue to have the privilege to support the ‘Period Poverty Project and a local Orphanage project in Tanzania, ‘Tesifa’ Making a Difference. Chris took a team of 7 out in September 2024 where they led two conferences in local churches in Tanga and supported Rachel and the team spending time with the children, story led teaching, well-being, and self care resources.
Trustees' Report of Ashar (Bringing Hope) on the Accounts for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
Reserves Policy
The Trustees aim to maintain free reserves at a level sufficient to supplement the day to day running of the Charity.
The restricted funds are made up of grants and are spent according to the grant requirements which assist the Charity in meeting its objectives. Any money left over at the year end is kept in reserves to be spent in the following year.
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Keith Fantham Chairman
Date
Independent Examiner's Report to the Management Committee of Ashar (Bringing Hope) on the Accounts for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
Basis of independent examiner’s report
We report on the accounts of Ashar (Bringing Hope) for the year ended 31 March 2024.
The Group's officers are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The Group's officers consider that an audit is not required for this year and that an independent examination is needed. It is our responsibility to:
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examine the accounts
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to follow the general directions for the conduct of an independent examination
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to state whether particular matters have come to our attention.
Basis of independent examiner’s statement
Our examination was carried out in accordance with general directions for an independent examination. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the committee and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as a committee concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently we do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts.
Independent examiner's statement
In connection with our examination, no matter has come to our attention:
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which gives us reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect, the requirements • to keep appropriate accounting records; and
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to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with applicable financial reporting standards
have not been met; or
- to which, in our opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Community Accounting Services Ltd 7 Napoleon Drive Shrewsbury SY3 5PH
Date: 28/01/2025
Ashar (Bringing Hope) Income & Expenditure Accounts for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
| Note Income Counselling fees Grants Donations Fundraising Total Income Expenditure Running costs Counselling Supervision Support staff Room hire Speakers Training Travel & subsistence Materials Accountancy Insurance Computer costs Printing, postage & stationery Subscriptions Telephone Repairs Website & marketing Depreciation Donations Bank charges Miscellaneous Total Expenses Transfer Between Funds Net Incoming Resources Fund balance brought forward at 1 April 2023 Fund Balance Carried Forward at 31 March 2024 Net Incoming Resources Before Transfers |
Unrestricted Funds Restricted Funds Total Funds 2024 2024 2024 £ £ £ 4,780 - 4,780 - 25,000 25,000 16,662 - 16,662 - - - 21,442 25,000 46,442 4,885 8,904 13,789 - 2,723 2,723 - 22,603 22,603 500 - 500 - - - 336 - 336 176 - 176 1,020 - 1,020 390 - 390 168 - 168 350 - 350 288 - 288 96 - 96 166 - 166 155 - 155 172 - 172 140 - 140 9,093 - 9,093 10 - 10 238 - 238 18,183 34,230 52,413 3,259 (9,230) (5,971) - - - 3,259 (9,230) (5,971) (1,175) 13,200 12,025 2,084 3,970 6,054 |
Total Funds 2023 £ 5,118 - 4,833 8 |
|---|---|---|
| 9,959 | ||
| 7,195 2,228 26,530 - 140 - 244 409 390 168 249 232 56 123 116 309 187 - - 207 |
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| 38,783 | ||
| (28,824) - |
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| (28,824) | ||
| 40,849 | ||
| 12,025 |
The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All incoming resources and resources expended derive from continuing activities.
Ashar (Bringing Hope) Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2024
| Note Non-Current Assets Office Equipment Current Assets Current Account Petty Cash PayPal Net Assets Represented by Funds Unrestricted fund Restricted fund |
£ £ 421 4,184 70 1,379 5,633 6,054 2,084 3,970 6,054 2024 |
£ £ 561 11,416 40 8 11,464 12,025 (1,175) 13,200 12,025 2023 |
£ £ 561 11,416 40 8 11,464 12,025 (1,175) 13,200 12,025 2023 |
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| (1,175) 13,200 |
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| 12,025 |
The Trustees approve the accounts which comprise of the SOFA, the Balance Sheet and the related notes and acknowledge their responsibility for the accounts, including the appropriateness of the applicable financial reporting framework, and for providing Community Accounting Services Ltd with all information and explanations necessary for their compilation.