## ANNUAL REPORTS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 28th July 2025 ## Brighton and Hove Faith in Action CHARITY REGISTRATION No: 1166257 Harbour View Accounting Ltd 16 Purbeck Place Littlehampton West Sussex United Kingdom BN17 5DP Company No: 16180743 ||Brighton and Hove Faith in Action| |---|---| ||CONTENTS| |Page 3|Legal and Administrative Information.| |Page 4|Independent Examiner's Report.| |Page 5-7|Trustees Report.| |Page 8|Statement of Financial Activities.| |Page 9|Balance Sheet.| |Pages 10-13|Notes to the Accounts.| ## Brighton and Hove Faith in Action ## LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION CHARITY NUMBER 1166257 DATE OF REGISTRATION 30th March 2016 CIO START OF FINANCIAL YEAR 29th July 2024 END OF FINANCIAL YEAR 28th July 2025 TRUSTEES AT 29th July 2025 Mr. Stephen Horne CHAIR appointed 3rd August 2021 Mr. Ibrahim Karadol 2nd April 2025 Mrs Claire Louise Ashenden 1st November 2023 Mr. Robert James Brown 1st November 2023 Mr. Sabri Ben Amuer appointed 6th March 2017 Mr. Stuart Diamond resigned May 20th 2026 The existing trustees appoint any new trustees following the provisions laid out in the Charity's governing instrument. LEGAL STATUS CIO registered 30th March 2016 amended 27th June 2018 as amended 24th September 2021 GOVERNING INSTRUMENT CIO Association Registration ## OBJECTS TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF FAITH BASED CHARITIES AND THE EFFICIENT USE OF RESOURCES FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES BY FAITH BASED CHARITABLE AND NOT FOR PROFIT ORGANISATIONS IN BRIGHTON AND HOVE WITH THE AIM OF RELIEVING POVERTY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE BY DEVELOPING COLLABORATIVE WORK BETWEEN FAITH BASED ORGANISATIONS THAT PROVIDE SERVICES AND SUPPORT TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED. CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS Community Base, 113 Queens road, Brighton, BN1 3XG PRIMARY BANKERS Metro Bank, One Southampton Row, WC1B 5HA INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS Harbour View Accounting Ltd, BN17 5DP, Co. No.16180743 Brtghton And H(y4e Faith In Pdron INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REA)RT ON THE A￿oUNT5 Rewrt to the tr¢J$ree￿Meffl￿ of e[￿10Th Ho¥e Fairh in ktk)rt on the &CÉK￿ts tor thÈ y e￿j 28th June 2025 set our on Pag￿ 5 to 7. RESPECIIVE RESPCWSBILfflES TRVStEESAJ4D EYAPAINE The charitvs tnjstees a￿ res￿r￿ble for the of the a(rounts. fv thariV5 tntstee5 (x)r￿der that an autht is not required for thi5 ￿ar urKler secth)n 144 01 the ChU1t￿ Aci 2011 IthÈ Charit￿5 Act) and that an I￿￿ep￿)dent exèmination Is needed. It is mYrespk)nsi￿ktyÉts'. 14515llbl of the CharfÉie5 Art,. arKJ • to state whet￿r parttular matter5 CO￿ io myartent BA51S ￿ INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS5TATEklENT r￿eW of the accoumir¥ records kept ￿ the thariry aThJ a compari50n Ot the accounts presentetl vjith those re¢ord5. It also inclijdes ConSk*r￿n ol any unLfsual items or the axxW and seeknrE ex￿1¥￿$ from the trustees conceinine any such matter5. The w(Kedures urKlertaken do rK>t tm¥KJeallihe ￿llen¢*that w)ukJ be required in afi audti. and consequent no opiTrK)n is as io l*tr*￿r a'tft* arNJ W vmv aFKI the Fewrt L5 bmited to th)se matt*s set In the staterntnt ￿knY. 1140EPENDEKf EXA)AII4ER'S sfATEME14T In Connect￿)n with nryexamin3t￿, m matter hascometo attentrn . whKh e¢%*s me reasonab￿&7u￿e to ihat irn aymaterial iWLtr*requweft*nts: charrt￿SACt ha* rKst ￿ met.. or 2. towh￿￿ n my attent S￿ned.. W. M. Hall118, HartoJrVlewkntyJnting Ltd Daied.. ## Brighton and Hove Faith in Action ## TRUSTEES REPORT ## FOR THE YEAR ENDED 28th JULY 2025 ## Trustees' Responsibilities The Charities Act 2011 require the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the trust and of the surplus of the trust for that period. In preparing those financial statements the trustees are required to: - Select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently; - Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; - Prepare financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the trust will continue in existence. The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records, which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the trust. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the trust and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. Approved by the Trustees on …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Signed on their behalf by Trustee ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Printed Name: Brighton and Hove Faith in Action ## STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES For the Period 29th July 2024 to 28th July 2025 |**Unrestricted Funds**
**Incoming Resources**
**£**
Charitable Activities
600
Street Support
Grants
**Total Incoming Resources**
**Resources Expended**
Advertising and Fundraising Support
Street Support
Rent
Utilities
Volunteer Expenses
Stationery
Software internet and phone
Repairs and Renewals
Insurance
Refreshments
Bank Charges
Salary Costs
Membership Subscriptions
PR
Training
Travelling and entertainment
Accountancy and bookeeping
**Net Incoming(outgoing)Resources**
**Total Funds Brought forward**
**Total Funds Carried Forward**|**Restricted Funds**
**£**
3678
19075
22753|**24-2025**
**Total Funds**
**£**
600
3678
19075
23353
1584
3800
2453
4
1821
363
39
110
18655
270
220
1050
492
1000
31861
-8508
17405
8897|**23-2024**
**Total Funds**
**£**
454
8880
8325
17659
39
5225
3720
5
42
244
1711
79
416
157
120
23913
187
35858
-18199
35604
17405| |---|---|---|---| Brighton And Hove Faith In Action BALANCE SHEET as at 28th July 2025 |**Current Assets**
Cash at Bank /in hand
Rent Deposit
Debtors
Misc
Total Current Assets
**Liabilities**
**Creditors**
IE Fee
**Net Current Assets**
**Net assets**
**FUNDS**
Designated Reserve-Funds
Designated - Upstanders Committee
Restricted Income BHCC Fund
Restricted Income - TSIP 2020-23
Restricted Income - Collaboration Fund
Restricted Income - Street Support
Faith Hate Partnership
Deposit
**Total Funds**|**2025**
**£**
8897
234
29
9160
350
8810
8810
1296
3335
3336
510
450
234
9160|**2024**
**£**
17018
234
82
86
17420
375
17045
17045
4108
1296
663
1657
4390
4272
800
234
17420| |---|---|---| Signed as a true refelection of the financial position on 28th July 2025 Date: Trustee ## Brighton and Hove Faith in Action ## NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 28th JULY 2025 ## 1. PAYMENTS TO TRUSTEES AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS Payments were made to a trustee for services to the charity in line with charity commission guidance. No material transaction took place between the organisation and other trustees or any person connected with them. ## 2. RISK ASSESSMENT The trustees actively review the major risks which the charity faces on a regular basis and believe that maintaining the free reserves stated, combined with the annual review of the controls over key financial systems carried out on an annual basis will provide sufficient resources in the event of adverse conditions. The trustees have also examined other operational and business risks which they face and confirm that they have established systems to mitigate the significant risks. ## 3. RESERVES POLICY The trustees have considered the level of reserves they wish to retain, appropriate to the charity's needs. This is based on the charity's size and the level of financial commitments held. The trustees aim to ensure the charity will be able to continue to fulfil its charitable objectives even if there is a temporary shortfall in income or unexpected expenditure. The trustees will endeavour not to set aside funds unnecessarily. ## 4. PUBLIC BENEFIT The charity acknowledges its requirement to demonstrate clearly that it must have charitable purposes or ‘aims’ that are for the public benefit. Details of how the charity has achieved this are provided in the Trustees Report. The trustees confirm that they have paid due regard to the Charity Commission guidance on public benefit before deciding what activities the charity should undertake. ## 5. INCOME Please refer to the Trustees Report for further explanation. ## 6. EXPENDITURE Funds were spent on Reps fees, training and the delivery of projects as well as undertaking the representation work of the TSIP contract. Expenditure was directed towards overheads such as insurance, room rental, Zoom and other software licences, filming and self-employed salary costs. Homelessness Faith Partnership galvanising the desires of people of faith to play a stronger role in tackling homelessness, seeking to work alongside and support established projects as well as devising new projects with interested parties. The charity hopes to work with the local authority to improve the situation for those people seeking accommodation due to homelessness and to undertake some innovative research work as to what the faith Tackling homelessness, social isolation and other areas of social intervention BHFA will endeavour to build community through its social prescribing projects, improve the lives of those that attend and map out not only the offerings of the faith community but also other activities available for people to attend in the various localities in the city. Once the pilot project has been evaluated, and if the evaluation calls for further investment, thenfundraising will be undertaken to continue the project in the identified areas. The charity will conduct its research and development of the faith community in line with itsagreement with BHCC in order to build capacity in faith groups and set up a relevant network to help those who have no recourse to public funds. ## 7. RESERVES POLICY The trustees seek to maintain reserves at a level to cover three months of operating costs for the charity as a minimal amount needed to maintain cashflow and ensure the charity is able to fulfil its charitable objects and financial obligations.