2022-03-31-accounts - Better Giving Partnership

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Better Giving Partnership Trustee Annual Report and Accounts 2021122

Trustee Annual Report and Accounts 2021/22

Charity name

Better Giving Partnership

Charity number

1168976

Trustees

Mr Andy Carter, Chair of Trustees (appointed 28/01/2016)

Mr Neil Saunders, Treasurer (appointed 28/01/2016)

Dr Phil Harris (appointed 01/06/2016)

Ms Dianne Flatt (appointed 23/11/2016)

Ms Barbara Dinsdale (appointed 18/04/2018)

Mr Matthew Mercer (appointed 24/06/2020)

Mr Scott McKinney (appointed 11/12/20)

Chief Executive

Mr Alexander Ellis-White

Principal office

1 Great Close, Cawood, North Yorkshire, YO8 3UG

Who we are

The Better Giving Partnership was formed in 2015 by a group of friends and work colleagues in Leeds, West Yorkshire.

We were officially founded in January 2016 when our first trustees were appointed. We were registered with the Charity Commission on 30 August 2016. We are a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, formed under a constitution dated 30 August 2016.

Our purpose (also known as ‘charitable objects’) are ‘such purposes which are exclusively charitable according to the laws of England and Wales as the trustees may at their discretion think fit’.

This means that Better Giving Partnership is authorised to do anything that is charitable, according to charity law, and that is permitted by our constitution.

How we are run

The constitution requires a minimum of three trustees and maximum of nine to form our trustee board. At the end of March 2022, the charity had seven trustees.

The trustee board:

is ultimately responsible for the work and decisions of the charity
approves all new policies and procedures and reviews them each year to ensure they are fit for purpose
meets quarterly

Trustee board meetings are minuted and trustees review and update an action log and risk log at their meetings.

Trustees have had due regard to the Charity Commission guidance on public benefit in exercising their powers and duties.

New trustees are appointed following a vote by the trustee board and serve for a period of three years, after which they may put themselves forward for re-election.

The trustee board delegates authority to the chief executive to manage the work of the charity. The delegation of authority policy requires the chief executive to consult the chair and/or trustee board on all senior appointments.

The chief executive, technical director, charity engagement director, and communications and marketing director form the leadership team which runs the charity on a day-to-day basis.

Leadership team members:

are unpaid, acting purely in a voluntary capacity
have role profiles that are approved by the trustee board
were all appointed following a vote by the trustee board
meet at least monthly and attend trustee board meetings
review and update the charity risk log at their meetings

All trustees and leadership team members give their time freely and no remuneration has ever been paid.

What we have done

We have continued the development and expansion of our first service – www.givto.org. This world-first service enables people to give to a different charity each month with one simple Direct Debit.

Members make a monthly donation to the Better Giving Partnership and indicate which of three charities each month they would like their money to go to.

In December 2021 we moved from pilot to launch with a new brand, a new website and a marketing campaign that attracted new charities and members to join Givto.

By the end of March 2022, Givto had 55 members and had raised more than £12,500 that had been shared between 53 national, regional and local charities after fees were deducted. The charities that have benefited from funding through Givto are all listed in the Givto charity directory at www.givto.org/directory

Trustees, the leadership team and our volunteers have continued to work very hard to further develop the Givto service. Work has also continued to develop the policies, procedures and systems that are required for us to operate effectively and securely.

We now have in place a:

constitution
delegation of authority policy
risk management policy
risk log
expenses policy
role profiles for our chief executive, charity engagement director, and technical director
conflict of interest policy
register of interests
financial controls policy
two bank accounts (one for restricted funds and one for unrestricted funds)

Our policies and procedures are based on Charity Commission and other best practice.

Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees.

Signature:

Full name: Andy Carter Position: Chair of Trustees Date: 27 January 2023

Section A Receipts and payments A1 Receipts	Better Giving Partnership	Better Giving Partnership	Better Giving Partnership	No 1168976	No 1168976
	For the period from	Period start date 01/04/2021	To	Period end date 31/03/2022
	Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ - - 207 25 53 - 4 - 289	Restricted funds to the nearest £ 6,508 190 - 1,652 - 100 - - 8,450	Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - -
Gifts	-	6,508	-		6,508
Card processing fees	-	190	-		190
Givto fees	207	-	-		207
GiftAid	25	1,652	-		1,677
Gift Aid fees	53	-	-		53
Competition prize gift	-	100	-		100
Bank cashback	4	-	-		4
	-	-	-		-
*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	289	8,450	-		8,739

A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).

A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
*Sub total*	-	-	-	-	-

*Total receipts*	289	8,450	-	8,739	-
A3 Payments
Card processing fees
	-	190	-	190	-
Gifts to charities
	-	8,160	-	8,160	-
Competition prize gift
	-	100	-	100	-
IT services
	144	-	-	144	-
Marketing
	5	-	-	5	-
Professional subscriptions
	50	-	-	50	-
Telephony
	46	-	-	46	-
Bank cashback correction
	2	-	-	2	-
	-	-	-	-	-
*Sub total*
	247	8,450	-	8,697	-

A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
	-	-	-	-

		-	-	-	-
	*Sub total*
		-	-	-	-		-

	*Total payments*	247	8,450	-	8,697		-

	*Net of receipts/(payments)*	42	-	-		42	-
A5	Transfers between funds
		-	-	-	-		-
A6	Cash funds last year end
		1,645	-	-	1,645		-
	*Cash funds this year end*	1,687	-	-	1,687		-

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

the period
Categories B1 Cash funds	Details Bank accounts *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))	Unrestricte d funds to nearest £ 1,687 - 1,687 1687 Unrestricte d funds	Restricte d funds to nearest £ - - - - Restricte d funds	Endowme nt funds to nearest £
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B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use

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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees.

Signature

Name: Andy Carter Position: Chair of Trustees Date: 27 January 2023