|||**Trustees' Annual Report**|**Trustees' Annual Report**|**Trustees' Annual Report**|**Trustees' Annual Report**|**Trustees' Annual Report**|**for theperiod**|**for theperiod**|**for theperiod**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||**From**|Period start date|||**To**|Period end date||| ||||01|April|2022||31|March|2023| ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** The Hope Street Centre **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1165260 **Charity's principal address** The Hope Street Centre Rose Street Car park Sheerness, Kent **Postcode ME12 1AJ** ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Heather Morgan||Wholeperiod|Fellow trustees| ||Janet Beake||Wholeperiod|Fellow trustees| ||Lynne LeMasonry||Wholeperiod|Fellow trustees| ||Diana Wiles||Resigned 05/07/22|| ||HarryAldridge||Resigned 05/07/22|| ||Stewart Kitchener||Wholeperiod|Fellow trustees| ||Rev Bonni-Belle|||| ||Pickard|Chair|Appointed 05/07/22|Fellow trustees| ||John Ellis||Appointed 05/07/22|Fellow trustees| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** March **2012** **TAR** 1 |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser**
**Name**
**Address**| |---|---|---| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| |||| ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Appointed by existing trustees Trustee selection methods - (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: - policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** The object of the CIO is to promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing people from becoming socially excluded, relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into society. March **2012** **TAR** 2 The Centre experienced a loss of income in 2022/23 compared to 2021/22 The trustees conducted a robust review of the centre’s activities and costs to ensure it was able to meet its social commitments and remain a going concern. During the year to 31 March 2023 the Centre continued to hire rooms and facilities to community groups at accessible rates. This facilitated the continued provision of socially inclusive clubs and activities for the local community. **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** The Centre was also able to provide external activities such as bowling and archery with provision of transport and support to ensure activities were inclusive and allow people who would not otherwise have access to those activities to enjoy them in a safe and relaxed environment. Funding was also provided for the ‘Making Tummies Happier’ project, which provide food for children from families struggling with the cost of living in a safe, fun, and socially inclusive environment. The trustees considered all the activities of the Centre having regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit. ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. March **2012** **TAR** 3 Section D Achievements and performance **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** Following the trustees review of the Charty’s operations, the Centre was able to continue operating and providing social activities, albeit on a reduced scale. Despite the difficulties it faced, the Centre was able to provide socially inclusive activities for many people in the local community, and also provide facilities for local clubs and meetings that might otherwise have had to cease due to the higher costs of facilities elsewhere. March **2012** **TAR** 4 ## **Section E Financial review** **Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** The CIO’s policy is to maintain reserves at a level equivalent to 6-12 months of operational expenditure, enabling the charity to continue meeting it’s objectives. The Charity has not met this target yet and the trustees continue to review the Charity’s finances to work towards establishing suitable reserves. **Details of any funds materially in deficit** ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: - the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; - investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ## **Section F Other optional information** ## Funding support acknowledgement This year we have been supported by the Kent Community Foundation, Sheerness Town Council, Colyer Ferguson, Groundwork UK and the Henry Smith Charity. We acknowledge and thank all our funders for their support through this financial year. Their help enabled the Centre to continue to function as we recover from the impact of the Covid pandemic. ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** |**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary, Chair,**
**etc)**
**Date**|L LeMasonry|| |---|---|---| ||Lynne LeMasonry|| ||Trustee|| ||23/02/2024|| March **2012** **TAR** 5 ||**The Hope Street Centre**
|**The Hope Street Centre**
|**The Hope Street Centre**
|**1165260**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**|Period start date
4/1/2022|**To**
|Period end date
3/31/2023|| ||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||| |**A1 Receipts**
Grant income
**-**
Donations
**14,700**
Room hire income
**24,510**
Loans repayment monies received
**25,000**
Other Income
**460**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**64,670**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 64,670**
**A3 Payments**
Staff wages
**26,499**
Employerspension contributions
**452**
Cleaningand maintenance
**-**
Telephone
**-**
Travel expenses and mileage
**-**
Sundryexpenses
**-**
Grant acquisition fees
**-**
Stationeryand minor equipment
**-**
Room hire
**-**
Consultancyfees
**-**
Accountancyfees
**450**
Room hire refund
**-**
Subscriptions
**-**
Events and refreshments
**-**
Loan repayments
**25,033**
Buildingwork
**-**
**_Sub total_ 52,433**
**Computer equipment**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total payments_ 52,433**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ 12,237**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**11,146**
**_Cash funds this year end_ 23,383**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||**to the nearest £**
**30,750**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**30,750**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**30,750**
**-**
**2,212**
**275**
**3,005**
**1,791**
**2,500**
**1,761**
**1,950**
**-**
**-**
**450**
**236**
**7,399**
**-**
**-**
**21,579**
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**-**
**-**
**21,579**
**9,171**
**-**
**2,675**
**11,846**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**30,750**
**14,700**
**24,510**
**25,000**
**460**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**95,420**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**95,420**
**26,499**
**452**
**2,212**
**275**
**3,005**
**1,791**
**2,500**
**1,761**
**1,950**
**-**
**450**
**450**
**236**
**7,399**
**25,033**
**-**
**74,012**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**74,012**
**21,408**
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**13,821**
**35,229**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| ||||**-**
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**-**|**30,750**|**31,571**| |||||**14,700**|**20,642**| |||||**24,510**|**8,950**| |||||**25,000**|**35,000**| |||||**460**|**35,342**| |||||**-**|**-**| |||||**-**|**-**| |||||**-**|**-**| |||||**95,420**|**131,505**| ||||||| ||||**-**
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**-**|**-**|| |||||**-**|**-**| |||||**-**|**-**| ||||||| ||||**-**|**95,420**|**131,505**| ||||||| ||||**-**
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**-**|**26,499**|**107,202**| |||||**452**|**786**| |||||**2,212**|**-**| |||||**275**|**575**| |||||**3,005**|**6,821**| |||||**1,791**|**170**| |||||**2,500**|**6,691**| |||||**1,761**|**1,014**| |||||**1,950**|**-**| |||||**-**|**2,600**| |||||**450**|**702**| |||||**450**|**-**| |||||**236**|**338**| |||||**7,399**|**3,097**| |||||**25,033**|**444**| |||||**-**|**-**| |||||**74,012**|**130,440**| ||||||| ||||**-**
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**-**|**-**|**-**| |||||**-**|| |||||**-**|**-**| ||||||| ||||**-**|**74,012**|**130,440**| ||||||| |||**9,171**|**-**
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**-**|**21,408**|**1,065**| |||**-**||**-**|**-**| |||**2,675**||**13,821**|**-**| |||**11,846**||**35,229**|**1,065**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|**Details**
Cash at bank
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Television
Freezer
Fridge x 2
Dishwasher
Laptops x 3
Tables and chairs
Flipchart tripod
Folding table
4 Dell laptops
54 stacking chairs
3 televisions
Dell printer
Office furniture
16 Dell laptops
4 countertop fridges
Dell Insiron Touchscreen
Sony Bravia Smart TV
Samsung Galaxy S20
HP Laserjet printer
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**23,383**
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**-**
**23,383**
OK
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**to nearest £**
**11,846**
**-**
**-**
**11,846**
OK
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**1,099**
**1,320**
**804**
**399**
**1,036**
**638**
**239**
**606**
**400**
**782**
**550**
**240**
**80**
**3,839**
**538**
**265**
**299**
**624**
**226**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||OK| |||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||Television|Unrestricted|**1,099**|**-**| ||Freezer|Unrestricted|**1,320**|**-**| ||Fridge x 2|Unrestricted|**804**|**-**| ||Dishwasher|Unrestricted|**399**|**-**| ||Laptops x 3|Unrestricted|**1,036**|**-**| ||Tables and chairs|Unrestricted|**638**|**-**| ||Flipchart tripod|Unrestricted|**239**|**-**| ||Folding table|Unrestricted|**606**|| ||4 Dell laptops|Unrestricted|**400**|| ||54 stacking chairs|Unrestricted|**782**|| ||3 televisions|Unrestricted|**550**|| ||Dell printer|Unrestricted|**240**|| ||Office furniture|Unrestricted|**80**|| ||16 Dell laptops|Unrestricted|**3,839**|| ||4 countertop fridges|Unrestricted|**538**|| ||Dell Insiron Touchscreen|Unrestricted|**265**|| ||Sony Bravia Smart TV|Unrestricted|**299**|**-**| ||Samsung Galaxy S20|Unrestricted|**624**|**-**| ||HP Laserjet printer|Unrestricted|**226**|**-**| ## **B5 Liabilities** Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |**Details**
Signature
L LeMasonry|**-**
**-**
Print Name
Lynne LeMasonry
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**When due**
**(optional)**| |---|---|---| |||| |||| |||| |||Date of
approval| |L LeMasonry|Lynne LeMasonry|2/23/2024| |||| CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of The Hope Street Centre On accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023 Charity no (if any) 1165260 Set out on pages 1to2 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity for the yèar ended Responslbllltlos and As the charity trustees. you are responsible for the preparation of Ihe basls of report accounts in a¢cordance with the requirements of the Charilies Act 2011 {'the Act"). I report in respect of my examination of the Charity's accounts Carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 1445Xbl of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no mat8rial matters have com610 my attention in connection with the examination which giv8s me cause to believe that in, any material respect: a￿OUntIng records were not kept in accordance wilh section 130 of the Act or the accounts do nol accord with the accounting records Independent examiner's statsment I have no concems and have come awss no other matters in connection with the examination to vthich attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper undefstsnding of the accounts to be reached. Slgnod: Date: 2610212024 Name: J A Griggs Relevant professional quallfication{s) or body (rfany): FCA Address: Levicks Chartered Accountants 61 London Road. Maidstone, Kent. ME16 8TX IER October 2018 Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner need5 to highlight matters of concem {see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts.. directions and guidance for examiners). Glvè hère brief details of any itoms that the examinorwishes to discloso. IER October 2018