1 ## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From: Period start date To 1.1.20 Period end date 31.12.21 Charity name: FRESH HORIZONS CNB Charity registration number: 1167809** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|1. The relief of poverty through the
provision of accommodation and
other amenities and services.
2. To advance the Christian faith in the
United Kingdom as the trustees may
from time to time think fit.
3. The furtherance of the charitable
work of the charity by the
advancement of such other
charitable purposes as the trustees
may from time to time decide.| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**Accommodation for the homeless**
The provision of accommodation for persons
previously street homeless and/or under the
care of a night shelter.We offer a stable and
secure living environment for individuals who
find themselves without accommodation.
Residents stay with us for a period of six to
eighteen months.
**Faith based**
Advancing the Christian faith by offering
literature, information and opportunity for
worship to those interested or sympathetic to
the Christian faith.
**Life skills Support**
Residents commit to a support programme
throughout the duration of their stay. Our
program helps to restore life skills & self-
confidence. Enabling residents to return to
mainstream living, including education,
employment and independent living.| 2 |||**Residents Receive**
Life skills training.
Help accessing educational and employment
opportunities.
Advice on financial budgeting and overcoming
debt.
Assistance with accessing health and social care.
Guidance in finding community facilities and
resources.
Support with resettlement into independent
accommodation.
**Food Bank**
Fresh Horizons CNB runs a weekly stationary
food bank and a bi-weekly mobile food bank
which complements its work with the homeless.
Supplies are provided to residents, families,
individuals, churches and other help centres
working to reduce food poverty. Supplies are
provided by local grocers and food share
schemes.| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN FOR THE PUBLIC**
**BENEFIT**
The trustees have fully complied with guidance
to have due regard to the Public Benefit
published by the Charity Commission in
executing the duties of the charity.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**Not applicable.**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**Not applicable.**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Volunteer Contribution**
Volunteer contribution has been invaluable in
the running of the charity activities. Over the
year 28 volunteers have willingly contributed
more than 10,000 man hours, enabling the
homeless accommodation and food banks to run
successfully. In addition, over this time they
have covered over 18,000 miles in their own
vehicles to enable the food bank to run and to| 3 offer help and support to residents. This yea, as last year, the Café did not run, in order to adhere to COVID safe practice. Food bags were distributed at the door observing safe social distancing, rather than clients entering the building. Other ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**Accommodation:**
Occupancy rate was 62.5%
throughout the year, due to the closure of local
night shelters from March onwards. Govt policy
required individuals to be directed to local
hotels for accommodation. The Council has now
recognised Fresh Horizons Supported housing as
an important partnership in their homeless
strategy. 98% of residents remained with us for
at least 1 year before moving on to alternative
accommodation. The unusual circumstances
during the pandemic meant a higher percentage
of our residents were unable to work, or lost
jobs, 55% remained in part time work through
the year. Accommodation is open to residents of
all faiths, previous and present residents are
from multi-cultural, multi faith backgrounds.
Residents have dwelt harmoniously together.
Some have shown a particular interest in the
Christian faith, and have stated that reading
materials and participation has been beneficial
in providing a sense of purpose, focus and calm.
**Food Banks:**
Attendees of the local food bank are supplied
with up to two shopping bags of food. This year
the food bank has distributed 14,340 shopping
bags of re-purposed food. Between January Due
to COVID restrictions during the year weekly
registrations were suspended as clients were not
allowed access to the buildings. Recording was
restricted to the number of bags distributed
only.
There are 24 volunteers on our foodbank rota, a
mixture of local residents & members from local| 4 churches - their help has been invaluable. The food bank is supplied with re-purposed food by The Felix Project, City Harvest and Tesco (via Fareshare Food Cloud), as well as local grocers. ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|
**OBJECTIVE 2. To see 40% of residents**
**moved to permanent housing. Movement**
**of residents was once again curtailed this**
**year due to COVID restrictions. We**
**focused on preparing them for**
**independent living and increased**
**autonomy.**
**OBJECTIVE 3. At least 35% of residents**
**entering work or education. Some**
**residents in work at the beginning of the**
**year maintained their employment, but a**
**downturn continued due to the extended**
**effects of the lockdowns. Nevertheless,**
**55% remained in work.**
**OBJECTIVE 4. To increase the number of**
**families in need helped with re-purposed**
**food by 25%. Due to the changes in**
**recording this year were unable to**
**calculate sub-groups of families by age.**
**There has, however been and increase to**
**use of the foodbank through the year,**
**reflected by the increase in bags of food**
**distributed. following job losses and**
**economic hardship. An increase in food**
**supplies helped us to support those in**
**need.**
**OBJECTIVE 5. Increase the number of**
**volunteers completing the Food safety**
**course, enabling them to work across**
**both the Food bank and the Café. We**
**were able to achieve a 11% increase this**
**year, however, the café remains closed.**| |---|---|---| 5 |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**OBJECTIVE 1. To increase the number of**
**individual donors by 20%. We were not as**
**successful in increasing donors this**
**year, mainly due to the stagnating effects**
**of the pandemic and associated**
**lockdowns.**
**OBJECTIVE 2. To increase the number of**
**individual fundraiser initiatives by 20%.**
**This proved to be a very challenging year**
**in this area, our target was not achieved**
**due to continued economic uncertainty**
**as the pandemic continued. We were**
**however, successful in procuring £30,230**
**in grants towards staff salaries via**
**Homeless Link & Harrow Giving during**
**the year. This was invaluable in allowing**
**us to continue offering our service.**| |---|---|---| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**Not applicable.**| |Other||| 6 ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**End of year financial position £5,677 +**
**reserves. No outstanding debts or**
**monies owed to the charity.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The charity’s policy is to ensure sufficient**
**reserves to allow the charity to run for a**
**minimum of 3 -6 months. This includes meeting**
**the cost of property repairs, upgrades and**
**necessary enhancements to our present leased**
**property. In addition, we seek to meet**
**budgeting forecast requirements for the**
**coming financial year, including resident**
**support, staff and volunteer re imbursements,**
**training and travel.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£5,677**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**The Charity remains confident about its**
**continuation as a going concern due to**
**the steady income received from**
**resident’s housing benefit (the main**
**source of income at present). The**
**forecast is that homelessness reduction**
**services such as ours will be increasingly**
**in demand as the end of the universal**
**credit support, and the furlough scheme**
**are set to increase homelessness unless**
**a roust national initiative is in place to**
**reduce this.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**The principle source of funding comes**
**from housing benefit payments for our**
**residents amounting to 53.5% of income**
**this year. Donations, including gift aid**
**payments have made up a further 46.2%**
**of received funds.**| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**The Charity does not adhere to an**
**investment policy at this time.**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**Principal risks include a reduction in**
**referrals to the charity, comprising of**
**individuals who are street homeless, or**
**threatened with street homelessness. A**
**change in policy by local or national**
**government affecting Exempt**
**Accommodation or payment of housing**
**benefit for our residents would also pose**| 7 **a significant risk. These risks were increased during the pandemic due to government protocol on accommodating many of the homeless in hotels. However, these measures have now been rescinded. The Charity has weathered the storm and is set on a successful future in continuing to achieve it’s aims.** Other 8 ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||**Not applicable.**| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution.**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Charitable Incorporated Organisation.**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Trustees are selected by the Trustee**
**Board.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|Induction and training of trustees is carried
out through membership of
The National Council for Voluntary
Organisations (NCVO). Trustees are
required to complete the ‘Trustee’s Role &
Responsibilities’ course and
attend at least one additional course per
year, with ongoing refreshers.| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|Risk management training is given to all staff
& volunteers. Our
accommodations are risk assessed and
carry relevant insurance and
safety protocol. Our food banks also have a
written risk assessment which
is reviewed annually.
To accomplish its objectives Fresh Horizons
CNB works in collaboration
with the following organisations:
HOUSING: Firm Foundation Night Shelter,
Growth Night Shelter,
Salvation Army, CRISIS, Shelter, Refugees
at Home, Hope World Wide,
Brent SHiPs, Harrow Council, Voluntary
Action Harrow and Harrow Churches
Together.
FOOD BANK: Fareshare (inc Tescos, Asda
and smaller independent food stores), Felix
Project, City Harvest,| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|**Fresh Horizons CNB works closely with**
**Green Pastures, a Charity committed to**
**ending homelessness through**
**collaboration with local churches through**
**out the UK. We lease our homes from**
**Green pastures for the purpose of re**
**housing the homeless.**| 9 Other ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|FRESH HORIZONS CNB| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|N/A| |Registered charity number|1167809| |Charity’s principal address|31A Heather Park Drive,
Wembley
Middlesex
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||ANDREW
LAMBERT|TRUSTEE||TRUSTEE BOARD| ||DULCETTE
LAMBERT|SECRETARY||| ||ATHINA INNEH|TRUSTEE||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved > **Director name** N/A Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |**N/A**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| 11 ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** |Description of the assets
held in this capacity|N/A| |---|---| |Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|N/A| |Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own assets|N/A| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**| |---|---|---| |**Homeless**
**Consultancy**|Rose McGowan|31A Heather Park Drive, Wembley. HA01SP| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| |||| ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details **N/A** ## **Other optional information** 12 ## **Declarations** **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** **Charity Name No (if any)** Fresh Horizons CNB 1167809 ## **Receipts and payments accounts** **For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 01/12/2020 31/12/2021 ## **Section A Receipts and payments** **Unrestricted Restricted Endowment funds funds funds** **Total funds** **to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £** ## **A1 Receipts** |**A1 Receipts**|||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |HousingBenefit - Harrow Council|**52,400**||**-**||**-**||**52,400**| |Residents service charge|**1,050**||**-**||**-**||**1,050**| |Donations|**15,183**||**-**||**-**||**15,183**| |Other i.egift aid,refunds,etc|**31,124**||**-**||**-**||**31,124**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**99,757**||**-**||**-**||**99,757**| ||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**
||||||**-**| |~~**_Sub total_**~~|**-**||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||| ||||||||**99,757**| ||||||||| |
Council Tax|**4,181**||**-**||**-**||**4,181**| |Water Rates|**3,072**||**-**||**-**||**3,072**| |Gross Wages & Salaries|**30,367**||**-**||**-**||**30,367**| |Staff & Volunteer Training|**313**||**-**||**-**||**313**| |Website|**1,231**||**-**||**-**||**1,231**| |Lease|**54,299**||**-**||**-**||**54,299**| |Insurance(buildingandgoods)|**484**||**-**||**-**||**484**| |Fund raising|**961**||**-**||**-**||**961**| |TV Licence|**336**||**-**||**-**||**336**| |Gas & Electricity|**2,446**||**-**||**-**||**2,446**| |Telephone and broadband|**919**||**-**||**-**||**919**| |Mobile Phone|**78**||**-**||**-**||**78**| |Office Admin|**885**||**-**||**-**||**885**| |Client support|**393**||**-**||**-**||**393**| |Food Bank|**829**||**-**||**-**||**829**| |Maintainance & repairs|**12,272**||**-**||**-**||**12,272**| |Professional fees|**595**||||||**595**| |Miscellaneous|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**113,661**||**-**||**-**||**113,661**| ||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)|**-**||||||**-**
17/02/2022| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|**113,661**|**113,661**|**113,661**|**113,661**|**113,661**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**- 13,904**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|
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|**-**| ||**19,581**||**-**||**-**| ||**5,677**||**-**||**-**| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 17/02/2022 2 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B1 Cash funds**
CCXX R3 accounts (SS)|**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Barclays Bank - Current a/c|**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Barclays Bank - Current a/c|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||**5,677**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**| ||||**5,677**||**-**| ||||||OK| ||||||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**| ||**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**||**Cost (optional)**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**||**Cost (optional)**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||**Details**||**Fund to which**
**liability relates**||**Amount due**
**(optional)**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||3||||**-**
17/02/2022| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |||||**-**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||**-**| |Signature||Print Name||| |A.Inneh||Athina Inneh||| |Dulcette Lambert||Dulcette Lambert||| |_Andrew Lambert_||Andrew Lambert||| CCXX R4 accounts (SS) 17/02/2022 4 ## **CC16a** ## **Last year** ## **to the nearest £** **126,202 25 1,912 5,132 - - - - 133,271** **133,271** **3,758 724 22,092 1,196 1,062 70,839 351 2,374 265 1,279 866 150 683 39 2,058 8,780 - 2,195 118,709** > **-** 5 CCXX R5 accounts (SS) 17/02/2022 **118,709 14,562 - 5,019 19,581** CCXX R6 accounts (SS) 17/02/2022 6 **Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - -** ## OK ## **Endowment funds to nearest £** **-** **Current value (optional) - - - - -** ## **Current value** **(optional)** **-** **When due (optional)** CCXX R7 accounts (SS) 17/02/2022 7 Date of approval 15/02/2022 15/02/2022 **15/02/2022** CCXX R8 accounts (SS) 17/02/2022 8 ## ##