Trustees. Annual Report for the period Period start date Month Year Pwiod date Morth Year From To 07 2022 Section A Reference and administration details Charlty name Justus Other names charity l• known by None Registered charity numb•r (If any) 1166198 Charlty's prfnclpal addre 16a Dè Parys Avènue Bedford Postcod• MK40 2TW Names of the charlty trustees who manage tho charlty Tru•t¢• n•m• Olllc• Ilf •nyl of pBTron (of body) •ntitl•d olnt tr￿t•0 Ifan Mark Stedman Araba Taylor Robert Muncaster Samantha Price Luke Larner Kate Breed Serena Varatharajah 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Names of the trustees for the charity, rf any. (for example. any custodian trustoes) Name Names and addres￿ of advisers I0￿0nal Inforn￿On) e of adviser Name Addr Name of chlef executlve or names of senlor stsff mwnbern (Oplonal Infommllon) Section B Structure, overnance and management D•scrlptlon of th• eharitys trusts C<)nstitution Type of governing document How the charity is constituted Foundation Trustee selection methods Appointed by a resolutron passed at a yoperty convened meeting of the charity trustee8. Addltlonal governance Issues Ioptlonal Inf0m￿tIon) You may chooso to include additional information, where relevant, aboLrt'. polioes and procedures adopted for the induction and training of truste8S'. the charity's organisational Structure and any wider network wrth which the charty • relationship wrth any related parties; trustees, consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. Section C Ob"ectives and activitie5 | To promote the relief of need for the homeless or vulnerably housed by provmdiry advice. advocacy and supporL Summary ol the objects of the charity set out in its gov•rnlng doeum•nt VulneraiAy housed is taken to indude those who struggk to afford their accommodation and so are at nsk of falliNd into rent arrears. thosè vtho struggle to manage their lenancy wlthout suppjrt, those vtho live in properbes Where the thysicai Gondthon ￿n￿cantlY effects the wellbeing of tha occupants. those who experience, or are at risk of exper￿nG1n9 arA￿e or harassment in th￿r home and those where the landlord has not follcr*&l due rocedures whilst rentin . These factors in tum pla(￿ the occupants at risk of honielessness or living in una￿ptable conditions. Justus provides support and adv¢)cacy to the adult population of Bedford Borough who are socially exduded. This includes adults with dependent children who will indirethi benefft. We include within our understanding of sooally excluded those people who are living wrth mental health issues, people with substance misuse problams, people who are homeless or face the threat of homelessness, people who do not enjoy a basic standard of IK>using, people with leaming drfficults'es, pea￿e fieeing violence (domestic or otherwise) and peO￿e facing prejudice and discrimination. Support and advocacy includes anything that helps socially exGluded people re￿1ve fair arKI ethical treatrnent from those that are duty-bound to provide IL Because of the nature and enomrty of soaal exdusion, we have initially focussed our efforts on homeless peop￿. or those facing th8 threat of homelessness, and our Fxiorities li8 with 88cJJrirKJ accommodation and getting the vKaparound support that should go with that accommodation for such peopte. We recognise that hOMe￿S poople are one of the most marginalised people groups in 80oety arKI also recogni8e that the i8sues Ihat go alongside homekn often incl￿8 the other issues m8ntion6d in our objects. Many homeless peopla are failing to get the legal duty of assistsnce that is owed to them from Local Authonty arKI other housing provK16rn and are being overlook8d when rt comes to housirvJ them in independent living acc(wnmodation. These individual8 are poorty represented and may lad( the kn¢>￿edge around IN)using law lo effectively argue their Jm￿at1on with the guarantee of new home. 2 moved into supp(xtwJ accommodation as a personal prefwence. 1 moved into a refuge as a personal preference. 3 were Main Duty accepted erther by Bedford Borough Councll or another Local Auth 1 Is owed a Main Duty under Part 7 onty followFng a conviclion of housing fraud. 2 had no local conr*Qton so were referred to another Local Authorty 1 had TA Secured in Bedford but decided to approach another Local Authonty. 1 dedined TA from another Local Authority. 4 ether dise￿aged or c(Krtact was lost. This means that for rwbng purposes able lo support each individual to a posrtive C￿￿USIon {91 peo￿e) for an average cost of £314 per person. Justus also SF￿ £789.80 advbkng other ￿ofeSSIOnal3 so that they too could support people with their houging issues. Advice was gNen to.. The lQ"rwJs Arms Proied Bedford W<)men's Centre Bedford Borough Adutt Social Care East London Foundab'on NHS Trust (ELFf) Communrty Mentsl Health Toam E￿ Cedar House Wental Health Rehabilitation) Section D Achievements and performance ELFT Path 2 Recovery (Drug and Alcohol Treatment SeNice) ELFT Recovery College Readiv8 (Supported Accommodation Provider) The 8edft)rd IndeperKlert Dorneth VK)ler￿e Advisor (IDVA) and Independènt géxual Violènea Advisor (ISVA) Sebvicos The Bail Hostel SMART Powher Advocacy Faces One Housing One Support Queen's Park Communty Organisation The Communty Led InrttatiV8 (CLI) The Department for Work and Penstons (DWP) Jobcentre A local Councillor Bedfordshire Poli Bedfordshire Rural Communrties Charrty Bedforthhire & Luton Perbnatal Mental Health Téam The Red Cro$8 YouTum Futures Expert Link Bamardo's East Northants Communty Service Justus has also supported another 27 indivKluals from a further 15 househokls115 adults and 12 children) whose future housing has yet to be detemined. These individuals remain open to us and will continue to receive support from Justus throughout the next finarKial year unts'l their I￿uSIng situation reachos a conclusion. Most are Currently residing in TA. In total Justus supported 126 indmduals (78 adults and 48 children) from 75 household8. From those 75 households: 21 individuals arKYor families were Ileeing domestic abuse. 6 individuals were sufferlng from other fomis of abuse including sexual assault (2 in the home arKI 1 vthilst homeless), hate ¢nme and abuse from the pro￿rtY owner. 2 individual ￿￿8 5uffefl￿ from antiknsocial behaviour. Section D Achievements and performance To secure housing for some individuals andlor families, and as a natural part of our work Justus have inevitably had to challenge the Local Authonty or Housing Providers at various stages in the pro￿8$. This has resulted in". The overtum of a 4 not-homeless dec4"sions folbwing review or through infomal complaint A housing provider con￿Ing they dKI not follow their own Allocations Policy and further conceding a case of mistaken identity due to their inadequate re￿rdIng proc￿Se8. The same housing w0v￿r agreeing to financially comp8nsata for unnecessary bureautt*ic delays. 2 successful s.188 (denial of TA) Challenges. 1 by infonnal complaint and 1 by threatenirKJ to go to judiGial review. The overturn of a not-homeless gatekeeping incKlent through comtAaint.. with another Complaint being partially upheld. Ju$tUs also has 7 c(xnplaints awaiting a decision. 8 are complaints for gatekeeping where 1 ir￿N1d￿al was kept sleeping rough, 1 individual who had fled domestic abuse was to￿ to retum home where they were further abused, 1 was discnminated against by KJnoring a disabilty. 1 had Iheir data breached, and 2 weren't recognised as hom6￿3$ under part 7 despite a part 6 application being accepted. The other complaint awaiting a deeAsion Is for maladministration where the person was misinfonmed about paying for their own TA. Justus is also currently Ghallenging Bedford BOr0￿h Council on its access uiteria to the Covld-19 emergency accommc*Jation. waiting times on the housing register for people with disa￿'11th'e9. homelessness safeguarding i￿￿e$ and its data shanng practices, and as a result 15 leadirYJ the vrtNk on improvlng data sharing practbces within the sector. For those that have been rEwty housed Justus has 4tnt £3,044.19 on fumiture and household goods by usiw our own fvnds or from funds kindly donaled by.. The Arnold Clark Communty Fund The Bedfwl Homeless Partnwshp Real Change Fund Tosco Community Grants Sl Paul's Church, and Members of the public We have also been ab￿ to secaJre free furnFture many times throughout the year due to the kindness of Emmaus Village Carlton and their Solidarrty Packs. Justus cominues to push to improve prac￿ wthin the homeless sector by regularly wtting fonvard questions to the mayor and local councillors sitting on Bedford Borwh Council's Houstng Committee, involvement with thè development of the Homeless Outcomes Framework, through our social media and by delivering our own bespoke training This y8ar c.275 de*ate5 nationwxje have attended the delivery of: 14 full days of the Ilrtrod￿ to Homelessness Law training, 4 of Section D Achievements and performance which were exclusive to the lQng's Amis Project. SMART, Bamardo's and CLI. 1 twoke version of the same trainiThJ speoficalty taili)red to the request of the Westrninster Proje(*. 5 full days of An Introdudion to DOrn8￿c AtYJS8 and Homeless Law training. 3 of which ￿re exdusive to Crisis arKI 2 IDVA serrf1￿. 1 full day of Challenging Council Homelessness Decisions training 1 full day of Unders￿ng Dn4 WKI A1￿h01 Use training 1 full day Data Protection Law training, and 1 fv11 day of Equalty Law training. Justus, in partnership with Doughty Street Chambers and Expert Link, also hosted a Trauma. Homethsness aTrJ Priorty Need YouTube webinar with panellists including our own Mike Hyden, a barrister and deputy district judge from Doughty Street Chambers. the founder and CEO of Exp8rt Link. an NHS consuttant psychiatrist, a resowchar and sociologist and the mental health lead from Amicus Trust. Delegates attendiro our trainmg came from.. The KirvJ's Amis Prq'ect ELFf (Various D•partments) One Housing One SuFWt Bedford Women's Centre Citizen'8 Advice Bureau Bedford St Mary's Churth Faces SMART IDVA Ser4ice Surrey County Council Communrty Led Initiatives Penrose Crisis Woughton Communty Council H Cumbria C**Restricted funds**
Donations (Campaigning)
CAF Household Goods
Tesco Community Grants
BHP Real Change Fund
Harpur Trust Main Grant 4th & 5th Tranche
Arnold Clark 2 Household Goods Fund
Harpur Trust Covid-19 Fund
**Unrestricted funds**
Fundraising / Donations
Training||**Nov**|**Dec**|**Jan**|**Feb**|**Mar**|**Apr**|**May**|**Jun**|**Jul**|**Aug**|**Sep**|**Oct**|**Nov**|**Totals**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||93.00|1,443.00
62.66|198.00
95.40|298.00
19.60
500.00|178.00
19.60
1,000.00
15,000.00|175.00
19.60
1,000.00|805.00
19.60|190.00
43.70|215.00
111.18|205.00
19.60|190.00
53.34
9,000.00|180.00
19.60
10,000.00
1,000.00|47.00|4,217.00
483.88
500.00
1,000.00
25,000.00
1,000.00
10,000.00
-
-| |||93.00
345.00
410.00|1,505.66
400.00
1,280.00|293.40
400.00
1,800.00|817.60
400.00
2,749.32|16,197.60
395.00
1,100.00|1,194.60
395.00
150.00|824.60
395.00
370.33|233.70
395.00
971.21|326.18
395.00
596.18|224.60
395.00
160.00|9,243.34
395.00
2,129.00|11,199.60
285.00
1,008.76|47.00
80.00
400.00|42,200.88
4,675.00
13,124.80| |||755.00|1,680.00|2,200.00|3,149.32|1,495.00|545.00|765.33|1,366.21|991.18|555.00|2,524.00|1,293.76|480.00|17,799.80| |**Total Income**||**848.00**|**3,185.66**|**2,493.40**|**3,966.92**|**17,692.60**|**1,739.60**|**1,589.93**|**1,599.91**|**1,317.36**|**779.60**|**11,767.34**|**12,493.36**|**527.00**|**60,000.68**| |**Payments**
**Restricted funds**
Donations (Campaigning)
Arnold Clark 1 Household Goods Fund
CAF Household Goods
Harpur Trust Main Grant 3rd Tranche
Panacea Trust
Tesco Community Grants
BHP Real Change Fund
Harpur Trust Main Grant 4th Tranche
Arnold Clark 2 Household Goods Fund
Harpur Trust Covid-19 Fund
**Unrestricted funds**
Fundraising / Donations
Training||1,183.03
30.98
3,282.78|572.59
373.86
1,670.97
521.61|582.26
35.92
2,783.78|782.11
125.52
417.22
4,108.07
151.05|28.82
1,307.87
271.50
254.99
2,897.32|676.41
39.20
977.86
77.45
2,109.83|57.65
59.00
4,156.29
70.40|69.18
504.57
4,423.87|73.01
1,467.64
1,412.69|1,039.61
1,813.78
175.55|1,522.59
1,474.82
403.00
241.42
1,291.38|622.59
204.98
60.00
3,579.73|288.25
485.52|7,498.10
566.28
456.42
4,953.75
14,960.00
500.00
921.97
15,000.00
547.37
5,356.63
-
-
-| |||4,496.79
231.57|3,139.03
434.53
1,855.21|3,401.96
507.05
728.51|5,583.97
689.20|4,760.50
232.73|3,880.75
709.85|4,343.34
879.43|4,997.62
1,500.75|2,953.34
2,562.60
891.82|3,028.94
2,592.25
1,828.42|4,933.21
585.58
901.68|4,467.30
598.20
488.92|773.77
92.00|50,760.52
7,280.21
11,030.09| |||231.57
2,289.74
1,235.56
689.20
232.73
709.85
879.43
1,500.75
3,454.42
4,420.67
1,487.26
1,087.12
92.00|||||||||||||18,310.30| |**Total Payments**||**4,728.36**|**5,428.77**|**4,637.52**|**6,273.17**|**4,993.23**|**4,590.60**|**5,222.77**|**6,498.37**|**6,407.76**|**7,449.61**|**6,420.47**|**5,554.42**|**865.77**|**69,070.82**| ||||||||||||||||| |**Net Surplus/Deficit**||**3,880.36**
**-**|**2,243.11**
**-**|**2,144.12**
**-**|**2,306.25**
**-**|**12,699.37**|**2,851.00**
**-**|**3,632.84**
**-**|**4,898.46**
**-**|**5,090.40**
**-**|**6,670.01**
**-**|**5,346.87**|**6,938.94**|**338.77**
**-**|**9,070.14**
**-**| ||||||||||||||||| |B/F balance
**Balance C/F**||47,805.78
43,925.42|43,925.42
41,682.31|41,682.31
39,538.19|39,538.19
37,231.94|37,231.94
49,931.31|49,931.31
47,080.31|47,080.31
43,447.47|43,447.47
38,549.01|38,549.01
33,458.61|33,458.61
26,788.60|26,788.60
32,135.47|32,135.47
39,074.41|39,074.41
38,735.64|47,805.78
38,735.64| ||||||||||||||||| |**Fund position**
**Restricted funds**
Donations (Campaigning)
Arnold Clark 1 Household Goods Fund
CAF Household Goods
Harpur Trust Main Grant 3rd Tranche
Panacea Trust
Tesco Community Grants
BHP Real Change Fund
Harpur Trust Main Grant 4th Tranche
Arnold Clark 2 Household Goods Fund
Harpur Trust Covid-19 Fund
Harpur Trust Main Grant 5th Tranche
**Unrestricted funds**
Fundraising / Donations
Training
Reserves|**B/F**
4,569.60
566.28
239.56
4,953.75
14,960.00|**Nov**
**Dec**
**Jan**
**Feb**
**Mar**
**Apr**
**May**
**Jun**
**Jul**
**Aug**
**Sep**
**Oct**
**Nov**
3,479.57
4,349.98
3,965.72
3,481.61
3,630.79
3,129.38
3,876.73
3,997.55
4,139.54
3,304.93
1,972.34
1,529.75
1,288.50
535.30
161.44
125.52
239.56
302.22
397.62
19.60
19.60
63.30
174.48
194.08
247.42
267.02
267.02
1,670.97
14,960.00
14,438.39
11,654.61
7,546.54
6,238.67
5,260.81
5,260.81
4,756.24
3,288.60
1,474.82
348.95
77.45
-
-
745.01
745.01
686.01
686.01
686.01
686.01
283.01
78.03
78.03
-
-
-
12,102.68
9,992.85
5,836.56
1,412.69
-
-
-
-
-
1,000.00
929.60
929.60
929.60
754.05
512.63
452.63
452.63
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7,708.62
5,128.89
4,643.37
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
10,000.00
10,000.00
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-|||||||||||||**C/F**| ||25,289.19
8,659.01
7,557.58
6,300.00|20,885.40
19,252.03
16,143.47
11,377.10
22,814.20
20,128.05
16,609.31
11,845.39
9,218.23
6,413.89
10,724.02
17,456.32
16,729.55
9,004.01
8,969.48
8,862.43
9,262.43
9,657.43
10,052.43
10,447.43
10,842.43
8,674.83
6,477.58
6,287.00
5,973.80
6,053.80
7,736.01
7,160.80
8,232.29
10,292.41
11,159.68
10,599.83
10,090.73
9,561.19
9,265.55
7,597.13
8,824.45
9,344.29
9,652.29
6,300.00
6,300.00
6,300.00
6,300.00
6,300.00
6,300.00
6,300.00
6,300.00
6,300.00
6,300.00
6,300.00
6,300.00
6,300.00|||||||||||||| ||22,516.59|23,040.02
22,430.28
23,394.72
25,854.84
27,117.11
26,952.26
26,838.16
26,703.62
24,240.38
20,374.71
21,411.45
21,618.09
22,006.09|||||||||||||| ||47,805.78|43,925.42
41,682.31
39,538.19
37,231.94
49,931.31
47,080.31
43,447.47
38,549.01
33,458.61
26,788.60
32,135.47
39,074.41
38,735.64|||||||||||||38,735.64| B/F = Brought Forward from Last Financial Year C/F = Carried Forward to Next Financial Year CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examinerfs Report Report to the trusteesl members of Justus On accounts for the year ended Th Nov8mb8r 2022 Charity no lif any) 1188198 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity fthe Tnjsf) for the year ended 07 11112022. Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, y¢)u are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accA)unts in accordance with Ihe requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ("the Act.). I r8POrt in rèspect of my examinatian of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Aci 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 I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have ome to my attenlion in Connecti￿ with the examinab'on which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. accounting records were not kept in a￿rdance ¥￿th section 130 of the A¢t or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records Independent examine¢s statement I have no concems 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 th& accounts to be reached. . Please delete the words in th8 brdck8ls if th&y do not apply. Signed: Date.. 0810212023 Name: Mr Sanjay Vadher FCCA Relevant professional qualificationls) or body (if any): Th8 Chartered Association of Cerbfied Accountants Address: 18 Astor Park Maidstone, Kent ME168FP IER October 2018 Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of ¢t)ncem (see CC32. Independent examination of charity accounts.. directions and guidance for examiners). Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wlshes to disclose. NONE IER October 2018 IER October 2018