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2024-03-31-accounts

Better Giving Partnership Trustee Annual Report and Accounts 2023124

Trustee Annual Report and Accounts 2023/24

Charity name

Better Giving Partnership

Charity number

1168976

Trustees

Mr Andrew Carter, Chair of Trustees (last appointed 18/04/2023)

Ms Barbara Dinsdale (last appointed 18/04/2023, resigned 25/11/2023) Ms Dianne Flatt (last appointed 18/04/2023)

Dr Phil Harris (last appointed 18/04/2023)

Mrs Sinead Hunter (appointed 24/10/2023)

Mr Scott McKinney (appointed 11/12/20)

Mr Neil Saunders, Treasurer (last appointed 18/04/2023)

Mrs Georgie Williams, Board Secretary (appointed 30/03/22, resigned 13/06/2023)

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 originally 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 purposes (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 we are authorised to do anything that is charitable, according to charity law, and that is allowed by our Constitution.

Our primary aims are:

How we are run

Our constitution requires a minimum of three trustees and maximum of nine to form our Trustee Board. At the end of March 2024, the charity had six trustees.

The Trustee Board:

Minutes are taken of all Trustee Board meetings and trustees review and update Action and Risk Logs 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-level appointments.

The Leadership Team runs the charity on a day-to-day basis and includes the:

Leadership Team members:

All Trustees and Leadership Team members give their time freely and no remuneration has ever been paid.

The Better Giving Partnership has around 15 volunteers who are located across the UK and who bring a wide range of skills and experience. Our volunteers work with the Leadership Team to develop and run our services and are critical to the success of the charity.

What we have done

During 2023/24 we continued to develop and gradually grow the Givto charity donation 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. The service has been likened to an online version of the charity token schemes you see in some supermarkets.

Some of our key achievements this year:

We also continued to develop our policies, procedures and systems to ensure we operate effectively and securely.

We have in place a:

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

Our finances

At the end of March 2024 the balance held by BGP was £13,200.

This figure was made up of £12,004 in unrestricted funds, largely thanks to the £10k grant received from the Fore, and £1,196 in restricted funds which were due to be paid to the three charities featured on Givto in March 2024.

During 2023/24 we confirmed our approach to reserves and developed our Reserves

Policy. This confirms that BGP will hold reserves to:

The policy confirms that BGP will hold one year’s worth of operating costs plus a 10% contingency in reserves. Having no paid staff, office accommodation, or fixed assets, the figure to be held in Reserves is set at £1,200.

How we have helped

At the end of March 2024 Givto had 78 members who had raised more than £39,000 in total since the service launched. These funds had been shared between 113 national, regional and local charities after fees were deducted.

In the 23/24 financial year alone the Givto service raised more than £13,400 which was shared by:

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Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees.

Signature:

Full name: Mr Andrew David Carter Position: Chair of Trustees Date: 24/01/2025

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT ON THE ACCOUNTS

Report to the trustees/members of Better Giving Partnership on the accounts for the year ended 31st of March 2024 set out on pages 12 to 15.

RESPECTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES OF TRUSTEES AND EXAMINER

The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year (under section 144 (2) of the Charities Act 2011) and that an independent examination is needed.

It is my responsibility to:

BASIS OF INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S STATEMENT

My examination was carried out in accordance with General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the organisation and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair view' and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S STATEMENT

In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention

  1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect, the trustees have not met the requirements to ensure that:

  2. proper accounting records are kept (in accordance with section 130 of the Act); and

  3. accounts are prepared which agree with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Act; or

  4. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Zita Derbak MAAT AATQB Sign: Independent Examiners Ltd Unit 2 The Broadbridge Business Centre Date: 25.01.2025 Delling Lane Bosham PO18 8NF

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