## **Charity Needs Foundation Annual Return and Trustee Report April 2021 — April 2022**
The trustees of Charity Needs Foundation (CNF) are:
Jonathan Fleming — Founder Andrea Arnold & Hazel Arnold
## **Overview**
During the financial year of April 2021 to April 2022, CNF continued to promote, market and promote the voluntary sector by listing numerous organisations in our campaigns gallery found at charityneeds.com, but then COVID happened… again.
In 2020 the world found out about COVID, it was a devastating year and not much of a year to talk about apart from being in lockdown and yarda, yarda, yarda.
But then we thought the crisis was going to be over, things started to open up and get moving, yet, before the year was out, we got a Christmas present — lockdown — COVID was happening again and moving into 2022.
This is where momentum really came to a standstill for CNF, as well as many other organisations around the world. Here is a timetable of the COVI-19 Lockdown Times & Dates.
2021 started with virtually every organisation on the planet heading into the global pandemic known as COVID-19, its persistence through this period caused major disruption to CNF’s mission and has closed off our ability to freely travel in pursuit of the charitable causes and campaigns our followers are accustomed to reading. For us, it's a big blow because we love promoting awareness for charitable campaigns.
The pandemic also slowed our progress with the software applications we are trying to build in order to generate sustainable revenue streams for CNF. When those get back into the flow of things will depend on how soon normality returns, yet there is a lot of talk that what we are living through may become the ‘new normal’ as people are terming it. And by the end of this reporting period, a lot of that ‘new normal’ seems to be sticking.
It’s a little harder to get hold of people as they work remotely, a little harder to get things done in a timely fashion, again because of communications and getting hold of the right persons. Unlike working in an office where one can be passed from phone extension to phone extension, the remote communication network is a little more cumbersome. Without an extension network, there's a noticeable difference, yet most companies and organisations have chosen to remain this way for the time being, whether that becomes a permanent feature in the future remains to be seen. It’s looking ominous, but it could prove auspicious.
We did manage to complete a few articles which are covered in the trustee reports of those who were involved in them or authored them, however, the telling signs are that by the end of 2022 we may not have done any more articles because of the knock on effect all this disruption will have.
COVID-!9 caused an unbelievable amount of world disruption and CNF has not been immune to that. Our expectation going forward is that we may very well have a slow start into the next period leaving us with little to report.
In the meantime we will pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off and restart all over again.
Let's see what the next year brings.
You can find all our article at this address: charityneeds.com/articles
## **Trustee Report of Jonathan Fleming**
## **for the reporting period 6th April 2021 - 5th April 2022**
During the financial year of April 2021 to April 2022 the charity was doing very well with its listing on the website charityneeds.com and with promotions through social media of those organisations listed in our campaigns gallery as we call it.
I don’t think anybody worldwide expected COVID to have had a second wave one year after the first and this seriously impacted on our plans. Unfortunately with the amount of lockdown, instability and uncertainty, the charity’s projects have slowed to a halt and may take some time to revive during the next reporting period.
There were several articles that we completed during this reporting period and producing these in the near future may be hampered by certain restrictions that may well still be in place because of COVID even though lockdown has been lifted and trading has begun to open up.
The articles covered the update of two virtual online tournaments that involved WAKO which is the World Association Kickboxing Organisation that has recently managed to get its sport enlisted as an official Olympic tournament.
The virtual tournaments were put on to address mental health issues in young people, particularly as COVID had removed the ability for kids to get out and do recreational or sporting activities. WAKO’s UK Kickboxing coach, Neville Wray, noticed that lockdown was causing a lot of anxiety and depression with his students unable to attend their normal lessons and so set about planning to build an online virtual tournament that became a real success. For full details click the links under the two kickboxing articles listed below.
## **Articles**
## **Sudden Death of Horses (Update 4)**
## **Released — 23rd April 2021**
Having followed the tragic sudden death stories of nineteen horses over a two year period for the nonprofit association known as Italian Horse Protection, CNF saw their pain, horror and desperation come to a peak. Once again they had to up sticks and move more than 50 horses to new pastures having lost so many at a relatively new home.
Author: Hazel Arnold
http://charityneeds.com/feature/horseprotection.it/sudden-death-of-horses-update-4/
## **Virtual Kickboxing for Young Minds (Update) Released — 2nd-August-2021**
This is an update article bringing the results of the first ever online kickboxing contest which was to help young sports people get some sort of mental activity
out of the inactivity that COVID-19 lockdown had brought on. The event raised funds for the charity 'Young Minds' an organisation that covers all aspects of mental health issues amongst young people.. Author: Andrea Arnold
http://charityneeds.com/feature/youngminds.org.uk/virtual-kickboxing-for-young-minds-update/
## **Virtual Kickboxing for WellChild (Update) Released — 27th-August-2021**
This article is an update about the online sporting contest that was held during lockdown of COVID-19 to help young sports people keep active, whilst at the same time helping a children's charity that provides support at home for sick children instead of in hospital.
Author: Andrea Arnold
http://charityneeds.com/feature/wellchild.org.uk/virtual-kickboxing-for-wellchild-update/
More of our articles can be found at charityneeds.com/articles
## **Trustee Report of Andrea Arnold**
## **for the reporting period 6th April 2021 - 5th April 2022**
I wrote four articles in 2021, two for WellChild and two for YoungMinds, 1 of each has landed in this reporting period, the other two fell into the previous reporting period. These events were to promote awareness of mental health issues regarding young people through the two virtual kickboxing tournaments which were well received by the public and raised £2180.00 for the charities (£915.00 for WellChild and £1265.00 for YoungMinds) and were greatly appreciated by the charities concerned.
Due to a second wave of Covid throughout 2021, the Charity has quite badly been affected and our activities have been severely curtailed, even so, Jonathan has continued to make good progress with the website.
Hopefully we can look forward to a more productive report next year.
Below are links to the articles I wrote that fall into this reporting period:
## 1. **Virtual Kickboxing for Young Minds (Update)**
## **Released — 2nd August 2021**
This event raised £1265.00 for Young Minds.
http://charityneeds.com/feature/youngminds.org.uk/virtual-kickboxing-for-young-minds-update/
## 2. **Virtual Kickboxing for WellChild (Update)**
## **Released — 27th August 2021**
This article supported WellChild through the second virtual kickboxing tournaments which raised £915.00 http://charityneeds.com/feature/wellchild.org.uk/virtual-kickboxing-for-wellchild-update/
## **Trustee Report of Hazel Arnold**
## **for the reporting period 6th April 2021 - 5th April 2022**
Continuing on from the end of last year’s report…
At the beginning of the year I was still working closely with Sonny (president of Italian Horse Protection (IHP), a registered non profit association in Italy) so we could get out an update on Sonny's move due to the unexplained deaths of 19 horses. It turned out the premises Sonny had moved to didn't work out. IHP were going to move back to the original premises where I first met Sonny.
I did send an email before he moved but didn't get a reply, I believe he must have been under alot of pressure at the time.
However, we did release an update 4 on 23rd April 2021
http://charityneeds.com/feature/horseprotection.it/sudden-death-of-horses-update-4/
At the AGM in December 2020, we spoke about getting back in touch with Sonny, which is something I haven't done yet as the last few months have been hectic and unsettling in respect of my personal circumstances. I'm hoping to become a resident of Spain, there have been and I expect we have some more hoops to jump through which lead to me feeling very unsettled and unfocused pretty much the last four months of 2021 due to uncertainty. I threw myself into exploring a creative side which has helped me a great deal.
I will now drop Sonny an email to touch base as writing this report has given me the motivation I needed.
Jonathan brought to my attention that the article I wrote Grazing the Green was picked up by a Veterinary Magazine. The article covered a story of a volunteer at Easy Horse Care Rescue Spain, Jasmine. Along with Sue Weeding who runs the rescue centre in Spain with her husband Rod, they have set up a Charity which is the Easy Horse Care Rescue Switzerland. https://www.veterinary-practice.com/2021/easy-horse-care-rescue-centre-foundations-extended-reach-intoswitzerland
I have emailed Sue Rod and Jasmine to let them know. I haven't heard back yet but I'm sure I will in time.
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 2021 April 06 To 2022 April 05 Period start date Period end date**
**Charity name: Charity Needs Foundation**
**Charity registration number: 1168917**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|_1) To promote the voluntary sector for_
_the benefit of the public by:_
_a) liaising between charities and_
_voluntary organisations,_
_including government_
_agencies where needed;_
_b)_
_identifying needs in the_
_voluntary sector and_
_establishing projects or_
_policies to address them;_
_c) assisting in the administration_
_of funding programmes to_
_charities and voluntary_
_organisations that are just_
_starting up and need support,_
_including those already_
_established that could utilise_
_the same administration_
_systems that CNF itself_
_benefits from;_
_d) providing information to the_
_press and the public on the_
_operation of, or problems_
_encountered by, the voluntary_
_sector;_|
|||_e) providing advice and_
_information on fundraising_
_techniques appropriate for_
_voluntary organisations and_
_charities;_
_f)_
_act as a representative of the_
_voluntary sector in relation to_
_government policies and_
_legislation;_
_g) advising businesses on_
_charitable giving and_
_encouraging employees to_
_participate in voluntary work;_
_providing advice and_
_information to the public and_
_to existing organisations on_
_how to establish charities and_
_voluntary organisations._
_‘The Voluntary Sector’ means_
_charities and voluntary_
_organisations_
**_Charities_**_are organisations, which are_
_established for exclusively charitable_
_purposes in accordance with the law of_
_England and Wales._
**_Voluntary organisations_**_are_
_independent organisations, which are_
_established for purposes that add_
_value to the community as a whole, or_
_a significant section of the community,_
_and which are not permitted by their_
_constitution to make a profit for_
_private distribution. Voluntary_
_organisations do not include local_
_government or other statutory_
_authorities._|
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|||_2) The relief of financial need and_
_suffering among victims of natural or_
_other kinds of disaster in the form of_
_money (or other means deemed_
_suitable) for persons, bodies,_
_organisations and / or countries_
_affected._|
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|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|**CNF concentrated on five aspects of its**
**purposes in the financial period April**
**2021 - April 2022 which were those of 1.a,**
**1.b, 1.c, 1.d and 1g.**
**We listed a number of charities on our**
**website through our campaign gallery to**
**promote awareness for those**
**organisations and their campaign.**
**COVID-19 caused delays for CNF across**
**all its projects. We continued to be**
**successful with the articles we put out**
**but COVID has stopped these during this**
**period.**
**COVID has also disrupted our endeavour**
**to get our software applications into**
**production. These applications are being**
**developed in an attempt to create a**
**sustainable revenue stream for CNF and**
**any registered voluntary organisation**
**worldwide that chooses to utilise them.**
**We featured these charities during the**
**period:**
**Italian Horse Protection Association,**
**YoungMinds in the UK and**
**WellChild in the UK.**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18||
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
||SORP reference||
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**Due to the delay and backlog that**
**COVID-19 has caused, we still will not be**
**accepting grant applications until the**
**interactive website is completed which**
**has been extended to late 2023, however,**
**we will consider those who do write in for**
**such before we are fully ready for this**
**stage.**|
Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other
## **Achievements and Performance**
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|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|**We continue to have positive**
**communications with the NHSBT the NHS**
**Blood and Transplant unit with regard to**
**finding more black, asian and ethnic**
**minority groups who can give blood or**
**become an organ donor.**
**We have brought wide publicity and**
**awareness to organisations through our**
**articles and real-world press releases.**
**The charities benefiting from those**
**featured articles in this period have been:**
**Italian Horse Protection Association**
**(Italy)**
**YoungMinds in the UK and**
**WellChild in the UK.**
**Numerous charities get listed in the**
**campaigns gallery listings section of our**
**website where user interaction is thriving.**|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41||
||Para 1.41||
Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set Investment performance Para 1.41 against objectives Other
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**CNF supported fundraising in this period**
**by working with an internationally**
**renowned coach of martial arts by getting**
**kids active during lockdown in an**
**interactive virtual martial arts tournament**
**which raised £2180.00 over two**
**tournaments.**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**We hold enough reserves in the bank to**
**ensure the charity can pay for basic**
**administration essentials.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**2564**|
|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|**No concerns**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
The charity’s principal sources of funds (including Para 1.47 any fundraising) Investment policy and objectives including any Para 1.46 social investment policy adopted
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
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|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document
(trust deed,royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Governing Document**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**|
|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|**Only the charity trustees are allowed to**
**appoint a new trustee by quorum, if a**
**quorum is not met Jonathan Fleming is**
**the trustee allowed to appoint one or**
**more trustees to establish a quorum**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||
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## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charityname|CharityNeeds Foundation|
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|Other name the charityuses|CNF,CharityNeeds|
|Registered charitynumber|1168917|
|Charity’s principal address|Unit 2, 6 Stone Street,
Brighton,
East Sussex
BN! 2HB|
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**body) entitled to**
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
|Description of the assets
held in this capacity|None|
|---|---|
|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)**
|**Additional information (optional)**
**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Additional information (optional)**
**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Additional information (optional)**
**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Additional information (optional)**
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## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
|**Declarations**|**Declarations**|**Declarations**|**Declarations**|**Declarations**|
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|**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
Jonathan Fleming
Andrea Arnold
Hazel Arnold
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
Jonathan Fleming (chair)
**Date**
31/01/2023|||||
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Andrea Arnold
Hazel Arnold|||
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31/01/2023|||
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||**Receipts and payments accounts**||||||**CC16a**|
||**For the period**
**from**
Period start date
6th April 2021||**To**|Period end date
5th April 2022||||
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|||**Charity Name**|**Charity Name**|**Charity Name**|**Charity Name**|**Charity Name**|**Charity Name**|**No (if any)**|**No (if any)**|||**CC16a**|
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|||**Charity Needs Foundation**|||||||||||
|||**Receipts and payments accounts**|||||||||||
|||**For the period**
**from**||Period start date||**To**||Period end date|||||
|||||6th April 2021||||5th April 2022|||||
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||||||||
|||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**|||**Total funds**|||**Last year**|
|||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|||**to the nearest £**|||**to the nearest**
**£**|
|**A1 Receipts**|||||||||||||
|||**2,375**||**2,032**||**-**|||**4,407**|||**648**|
|||**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|
|||**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|
|||**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|
|||**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|
|||**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|
|**_Sub total(Gross income_**
**_for AR)_**||**2,375**||**2,032**||**-**|||**4,407**|||**648**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment**
**sales, (see table).**|||||||||||||
|||**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**||||
|||**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**||**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|
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|**_Total receipts_**||**2,375**||**2,032**||**-**|||**4,407**|||**648**|
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|**A3 Payments**|||||||||||||
|||**1,903**||**1,400**||**-**|||**3,303-**|||**-**|
|||**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|
|||**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|
|||**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|
|||**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**||**1,903**||**1,400**||**-**|||**3,303**|||**-**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||||
|||**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||
|||**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||
|**_Sub total_**||**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||
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|**_Total payments_**||**1,903**||**1,400**||**-**|||**3,303**||**-**|
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|**_Net of_**
**_receipts/(payments)_**||**472**||**632**||**-**|||**1,104**||**648**|
|**A5 Transfers between**
**funds**||**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
|**A6 Cash funds last year**
**end**||**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
|**_Cash funds this year_**
**_end_**||**472**||**632**||**-**|||**1,104**||**648**|
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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**||||||||||||
|**Categories**||**Details**||||**Unrestricted**
**funds**|||**Restricted**
**funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**|
|||||||**to nearest £**|||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**|
|**B1 Cash funds**||||||**472**|||**632**||**-**|
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|||**_Total cash funds_**||||**472**|||**632**||**-**|
|||(agree balances with receipts and
payments account(s))||||OK|||OK||OK|
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**funds**|||**Restricted**
**funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**|
|||**Details**||||**to nearest £**|||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**|
|**B2 Other monetary**
**assets**||||||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
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**asset belongs**|||**Cost (optional)**|||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|**B3 Investment assets**||||||||||**-**|||**-**|
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**asset belongs**|||**Cost (optional)**|||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|**B4 Assets retained for**
**the charity’s own use**||||||||||**-**|||**-**|
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|||**Details**|||||**Fund to which**
**liability relates**|||**Amount due**
**(optional)**|||**When due**
**(optional)**|
|**B5 Liabilities**||||||||||**-**||||
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|Signed by one or two trustees
on behalf of all the trustees||Signature|||||Print Name||||||Date of
approval|
||||||||Jonathan Fleming||||||31st January
2023|
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