Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date Period end date 6th April 2021 5th April 2022
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Section A Reference and administration details
Action in the Community To Support (North Wales and Charity name Cheshire)
Other names charity is known by ACTS Registered charity number (if any) 1168611
Charity's principal address 30 Grange Road
Chester
Postcode CH2 2AN
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Name of person (or body)
Dates acted if not for
Trustee name Office (if any) entitled to appoint trustee
whole year
(if any)
Sonia
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Holdsworth
2 Joy Wardle
3 Steven Russel
4 Martin Ankers
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Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian
trustees)
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Name Dates acted if not for whole year
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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
Type of governing document
Constitution
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
CIO Foundation How the charity is constituted
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Appointed by other Trustees Trustee selection methods
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:
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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
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the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
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relationship with any related parties;
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trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
Section C Objectives and activities
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Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document
The relief of financial hardship, either generally or individually of people living Cheshire, Merseyside or North Wales by making grants of money for providing or paying for items, services or facilities.
Acts have continued to carry our acts of kindness across Chester the WIrral and North Wales.
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 kindness boxes have grown in popularity and this has become the main acts of kindness carried out, referrals mainly coming from Countess of Chester and Arrowe park hospitals. A new volunteer has come on board, one act of kindness was to fit a key safe for a gentleman so he could go home from hospital to die. We want to explore carrying out more acts of kindness like this, and we are seeking funding to do so.
Storytelling project working with people from deprived backgrounds, giving them a chance to share their story and complete some art to reflect the story.
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
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You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:
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policy on grantmaking;
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policy programme related investment;
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contribution made by volunteers.
Section D Achievements and performance
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Section D Achievements and performance
Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year
Over 100 acts of kindness delivered throughout the year
Charity social media profile raised by frequent posting
Grant received to work as part of a collaboration across Wirral, working with 8 other partners. Acts have agreed to deliver 60 acts of kindness
Storytelling project started, we have commissioned an artist to listen and record peoples stories, then produce a piece of art or music to reflect back what they have heard.
Section E Financial review
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Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves
We will have a sufficient amount of money in the account to cover all bills.
Details of any funds materially in deficit
Further financial review details (Optional information)
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the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
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how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
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investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
Section F Other optional information
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) Sonia Holdsworth Position (eg Secretary, Trustee Chair, etc) Date 22nd August 2022
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| Action in the Community To Support North Wales and Wales and Cheshire |
Action in the Community To Support North Wales and Wales and Cheshire |
Action in the Community To Support North Wales and Wales and Cheshire |
No (if any) 1168611 |
No (if any) 1168611 |
No (if any) 1168611 |
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| For the period from |
Period start date 06/04/2021 |
To | Period end date 05/04/2022 |
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| Section A Receipts and payments | |||||||
| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 9,457 - - - - - - - 9,457 - - - 9,457 - 12,409 - - - - - - - 12,409 - - - 12,409 - 2,952 - 8,349 5,397 |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ - 4,619 - 15,000 - - - - 19,619 - - - 19,619 - - - 6,688 578 1,150 - - - 8,416 - - - 8,416 11,203 - 1,225 12,428 |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Total funds to the nearest £ 9,457 4,619 - 15,000 - - - - 29,076 - - - 29,076 - 12,409 - 6,688 578 1,150 - - - 20,825 - - - 20,825 8,251 |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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| General Income | 9,457 | 9,238 | |||||
| Restricted fund A001 | - | 3,036 | |||||
| Restricted funds A003 | - | 2,000 | |||||
| Restricted funds A004 | - | - | |||||
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| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
9,457 | 14,274 | |||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| 14,274 | |||||||
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| General expenses and unrestircted kindnessgifts |
12,409 | 12,924 | |||||
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| Ristriceted fund A001 | - | 3,264 | |||||
| Restricted fund A003 | - | 1,421 | |||||
| Restricted funds A004 | - | - | |||||
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| **Sub total ** | 12,409 | 17,609 | |||||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
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| Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
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| 17,609 | |||||||
| - 2,952 | 11,203 | - | 8,251 |
- 3,335 | |||
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| 8,349 | 1,225 | - | 9,574 | - | |||
| 5,397 | 12,428 | - | 17,825 | - 3,335 |
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B1 Cash funds |
Details Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details Details Details Signature Sonia Holdsworth |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 5,397 12,428 - - - - 5,397 12,428 OK OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - - - - Print Name Sonia Holdsworth |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| Sonia Holdsworth | Sonia Holdsworth | 20/08/2022 | |
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trustee•l members of ActM)n in the C(Thmunty To Support Wa18s and Cheshire (ACTS) On accounts for tho year •ndad A.1 2022 Charity no (rf any) 1168611 out on pago8 I reN)rt to the tru8tee8 cffl my examlnatlon of the xcount8 of the above charity (Ihe Trusf) for the year end8d Responslbllltto8 and ba818 of roport A8 the charl$ trustees. you are reSpSib for the prep8ralion of the ac¢ounts in a(xx)rdanco with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 S report In respect of rny examinat of the Trusf 8 accounts carried out under 8e(Ik)n 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examinatKn, I have followed all applkabb Dlrectlon8 gNen ty the Charity Ccnmi88bn under 145(5Xb} of the Ad. Indep•nd•nt I have o)mpleted my eXaminan. I nfin that no materbal mattetB have come to my attention in nntiOn with the examination lother than that di8¢b)8&1 bekw ') which give8 me c8U8e lo believe that in, any materlal r••p¢ct.' the accountlng ra>)Td8 not képt in acAx)rdance wth aon 130 of th8 Chanti88 P£t; or the a¢count$ did not accord with the 8c¢ounting record8; or the accounts did not c(¥nply wrth the applrable requirements conceming the fom and content of accounts set out in th8 Chariti68 (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accourrt8 give a Irue and f8irf vithv whlch Is not a matter considered as part of an Ithpen examinatkn. I have no con¢em8 arKI have 0>8 acr088 no other matter8 in ¢onnectit)n with the examination to whth attenlK*n should be drawn in thls report in order to enable a woper undergtsnding of the acunIS to be reached. ' 1708se delete wonls in the brnck8ts rfthey rt) not 8ppIy. 8lgngd: 24Z N•rn•: Rèlévant profosslonal qua16ficatsonl8) or body IER Oct 2018
(If any}: Addro3$: h/1 A Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of conrn (See CC32. Independent examination of charity accounts: directK*n$ and guidance for examiners}. Giv& her• brief detall8 of any Items that tho examiner Wish to di70$•. IER Oct 2018