Bringing HOPE to children through SPORTS
Trustees’ Annual Report
Period Start Date: Period End Date:
Charity Name:
01 January 2021 31 December 2021 Street Sports Hope
Charity Registration Number: 1171135
Objectives and Activities
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Summary of the To provide rehabilitation, support and
purposes of the charity opportunities for disadvantaged, deprived,
as set out in its orphaned and homeless young people in
governing document Sierra Leone; through sport, education,
training and mentoring
To raise funds to provide clothing, food,
learning facilities and employment
opportunities for young people
To raise awareness of the need and values of
education
To facilitate a sporting/playful environment
where children can enjoy sports and
recreational activities
To support young people and help them gain
the skills needed to find employment
Summary of the main Delivery of sports programmes and business
activities in relation to support grants to identified beneficiaries and
those purposes for the their families, with the objective of placing
public benefit, in street children and Ebola orphans in Sierra
particular, the activities, Leone into education
projects or services
identified in the accounts
Statement confirming Street Sports Hope operates as a charity in
whether the trustees line with the guidance provided by the
have had regard to the Charities Commission on public benefit
guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on
public benefit
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Additional information
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Policy on grant making Through the work of our local volunteers, we
identify those children and young people
most in need of our support
Volunteer presentation to our local board for
consideration for a business grant and/or
education support
Contribution made by In the UK our volunteers are engaged in fund
volunteers raising, social media/marketing,
administration and oversight of the work
undertaken on our behalf in Sierra Leone
In Sierra Leone, our volunteers are engaged
in delivery of sports programmes, business
monitoring, educational support, social work
& beneficiary welfare, administration and
management of our local services, including
regular reporting to the UK trustees
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Achievements and Performance
| Summary of the main achievements of the charity, identifying the diference the charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its benefciaries and any wider benefts to society as a whole. |
Over the period Street Sports Hope continued to deliver support to 80 families Our education support has provided a small number of grants to support secondary school children to start/return to education, with the aim of ensuring children remain in full time education In addition, we continue to deliver weekly sports activities to over 100 boys and girls a week in the Freetown and Kono areas of Sierra Leone However, due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, our in-country support programmes were suspended and fund raising in the UK came to a halt, resulting in the charity deferring further programmed support |
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Financial Review
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Review of the charity’s Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, both
financial position at the distribution and charitable fund raising has
end of the period been suspended
Statement explaining the A small reserve is set aside to ensure funds
policy for holding are available to cover expenses such as
reserves stating why maintenance of the charity’s website and
they are held insurance
Future expected distributions to our
beneficiaries that have no yet been applied
Amount of reserves held Balance as at 31 December 2021, £880
Reasons for holding zero N/A
reserves
Details of fund materially N/A
in deficit
Explanation of any The trustees intend to review the continued
uncertainties about the viability of the charity in light of low funding,
charity continuing as a the pandemic impact and difficult economic
going concern climate
The charity’s principal The charity’s fundraising activities are
sources of funds currently dormant
(including any A small amount of funding was received from
fundraising) gift aid and Amazon Smile
no individual donations was collected through
various donations from sports clubs and
other individuals
Investment policy and The charity does not hold any assets other
objectives including any than cash in its bank account
social investment policy
adopted
A description of the The greatest risk to the charity is a lack of
principal risks facing the trustee participation, active fund raising as a
charity result of the absence from the country of the
CEO and the COVID-19 legacy
Operating in a country with poor
infrastructure
Larger numbers of potential beneficiaries
than we are able to support
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Structure, Governance and Management
Type of governing The Charity’s governing document is its document constitution, dated 13 September 2016 (trust deed, royal charter) How is the charity The charity is constituted as a Charitable constituted? Incorporated Organisation (CIO)
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(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)
Trustee selection The current trustees were appointed at the
methods including request of the CEO, Alie Sesay and
details of any subsequent invitation by the trustee board
constitutional provisions
e.g. election to post or
name of any person or
body entitled to appoint
one or more trustees
Reference and Administrative Details
Charity name Street Sports Hope
Other name the charity SSH
uses
Registered charity 1171135
number
Charity’s principal 4 Maiden Place
address London
NW5 1HZ
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Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
Name of person (or Dates acted body) entitled to Trustee name Office (if any) if not for appoint trustee (if whole year any) 1 Mark Dodd Treasurer 2 Martyn Ware 3 Ivan Harbour 4 Sammy Ebzao 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved
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Director name
N/A
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Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
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Trustee name Dates acted if not for
whole year
N/A
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Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others
Description of the assets No assets are held in this capacity held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members
Alie Sesay
Exemptions from disclosure
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
N/A
Other optional information
Nil
Declarations
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signed by email Signature(s) Signed by email Mark Dodd Martyn Ware Full name(s) Position Treasurer Trustee Date 30/08/2021
Street Sports Hope No (if any)
Receipts and payments accounts
Period start date Period end date To 1/1/2021 12/31/2021
For the period from
Section A Receipts and payments
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Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds
funds funds funds
to the nearest
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
£
A1 Receipts
Donation - cheque - - - -
Donation - amazon smile 13 - - 13
Donation - paypal - - - -
Donation - Btmydonate - - - -
Donation - Virginmoneygiving - - - -
Donation- Gift Aid 1 - - 1
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total (Gross income for AR) 14 - - 14
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - -
Total receipts 14 - - 14
A3 Payments
Equipment - sports goods - - - -
Travel & Transport - - - -
Fees & Charges - - - -
Distribution To Beneficiaries - - - -
Equipment - sports goods - - -
website - - - -
Charity Registration (in country) - - - -
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total - - - -
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total - - - -
Total payments - - - -
Net of receipts/(payments) 14 - - 14
A5 Transfers between funds - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 866 - - 866
Cash funds this year end 880 - - 880
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
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| Categories | Details | funds | funds | ||
| B1 Cash funds | Metrobank | Total cash funds |
to nearest £ 880 - - 880 |
to nearest £ - - - |
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| (agree | balances with receipts and payments account(s)) |
OK | OK | ||
| Unrestricted | Restricted | ||||
| funds | funds | ||||
| B2 Other monetary assets | Details | to nearest £ - - - - - - |
to nearest £ - - - - - - |
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| B3 Investment assets | Details | Fund to which asset belongs |
Cost (optional) - - - - - |
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| B4 Assets retained for the | Details | Fund to which asset belongs |
Cost (optional) - |
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| charity’s own use | - - - - - - - - |
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| Fund to which | Amount due | ||||
| B5 Liabilities | Details | liability relates | - - - - - (optional) |
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| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |
Signature | Name | |||
| signed by | Mark Dodd | ||||
| signed by | Martyn Ware |
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CC16a
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Last year
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to the nearest £
344
5
50
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399
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399
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97
353
25
2,000
216
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2,691
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2,691 3,158 - - 3,158
Endowment funds to nearest £
-
OK
Endowment funds to nearest £
-
Current value (optional)
-
Current value (optional)
When due (optional)
Date of approval 8/30/2020 8/30/2020