## Naomi Cheri Gough Foundation
Charity number 1172297
Annual Report and Financial Statements
for the year ended 30 November 2023
## Naomi Cheri Gough Foundation
Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 30 November 2023
|**Contents**|**Page**|
|---|---|
|Trustees' report|2 to 3|
|Receipts and payments account|4|
|Statement of assets and liabilities|5|
|Notes to the accounts|6 to 7|
## **Prepared by West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO**
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## Naomi Cheri Gough Foundation
## Trustees' report for the year ended 30 November 2023
## **Reference and administrative details of the charity, its trustees and advisors**
The trustees during the financial year and up to and including the date the report was approved were: **Name Position Dates**
Steven Gough Jonathan Aspinall Beverley Gough Alan Horsfield Sarah Dawson Sarah King Graham Holgate
Chair Treasurer Treasurer
Resigned 21 March 2023
Resigned 18 April 2023 Appointed 9 July 2023 Appointed 9 July 2023
**Charity number**
1172297
Registered in England and Wales
## **Registered and principal address**
## **Bankers**
11 Mayfield Avenue Lloyds Bank Plc Brighouse 12 Swan Street HD6 4EF Warwick CV34 4BJ
## **Accountants West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO**
Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW
## **Structure, governance and management**
The charity is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) foundation formed on 28 March 2017 and is governed by a constitution.
## **Method of recruitment and appointment of trustees**
The trustees of the charity are appointed by the trustees at a duly convened meeting.
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## Naomi Cheri Gough Foundation
## Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 30 November 2023
## **Objectives and activities**
## **The charity's objects**
1) The preservation and protection of health and the saving of lives by raising awareness of road safety and the consequences of road traffic collisions.
2) To provide relief to families living in West Yorkshire who have suffered the death of a dependent son/daughter (up to the age of 25 years) as a result of road traffic collision in particular through: (A) providing financial assistance to pay for funeral services which they could not otherwise afford through lack of means, (B) providing practical advice and signposting to other relevant organisations for specialist support.
## **The charity's main activities**
We deliver a powerful presentation in schools to raise awareness of the consequences of irresponsible driving to future and current drivers.
We provide emotional and financial support by way of a grant towards funeral costs for bereaved parents who lose a child up to the age of 25 on the roads of West Yorkshire.
## **Public benefit statement**
In setting our objectives and planning our activities our Trustees have given serious consideration to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit and in particular the advancement of education.
## **Achievements and performance**
Although the annual Walk4Naomi was cancelled this year we have gained in other areas. I this financial year we have provided two grants towards funeral costs to three bereaved families but given advice and support to a few more. Our school presentations continue to raise awareness of irresponsible driving to future drivers. Our Life Sentence presentations are increasing. We are making progress with West Yorkshire combined authority and being involved with their joint Vision Zero Initiative with West Yorkshire Police.
## **Financial review**
The net payments for the year were £6,319, all of which was unrestricted funds.
## **Reserves policy**
The charity's free reserves, at the year end were £39,066.
The trustees have set aside reserves for unexpected incidents. As we help bereaved parents cover the cost of funerals in West Yorkshire it is unknown how many parents need support each year. If funds continue to increase above the current level we will expand our support across the whole of Yorkshire.
Approved by the board of trustees on 12/04/2024
Stephen Gough (Trustee)
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## Naomi Cheri Gough Foundation
## Receipts and payments account
## for the year ended 30 November 2023
|Notes
**Receipts**
Donations
(2)
Fundraising and events
Collection tins
Workshops
Event registration fees
Bank interest
**Total receipts**
**Payments**
Equipment
Postage, printing and stationery
Fundraising expenses
Storage
Grants
(3)
Insurance
Professional fees
Travel costs
**Total payments**
**Net receipts / (payments)**
**Fund balances brought forward**
**Fund balances carried forward**|2023
Total
funds
£
536
547
41
4,700
-
275
6,099
6,755
-
396
1,256
2,936
430
240
405
12,418
(6,319)
45,385
39,066|2022
Total
funds
£
2,753
2,549
356
3,150
1,010
8
9,826
25
12
2,138
1,445
1,424
458
240
-
5,742
4,084
41,301
45,385|
|---|---|---|
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## Naomi Cheri Gough Foundation Statement of assets and liabilities
|as at 30 November 2023
**Cash funds**
Cash at bank
Cash in hand
**Total cash funds**
**Debtors and prepayments**
Debtors
**Assets retained for the charity's own use**
Printer
Laptop
Two 6 metre bell tents
One trailer
Dash cam
Used car
**Liabilities**
Accruals|2023
Total
£
39,063
3
39,066
2023
£
2,150
2,150
2023
£
300
300|2022
Total
£
45,382
3
45,385|
|---|---|---|
The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on 12/04/2024
Stephen Gough (Trustee)
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## Naomi Cheri Gough Foundation
## Notes to the accounts
for the year ended 30 November 2023
## **1 Accounting policies**
## **Basis of accounting**
The trustees have taken advantage of section 133 of the Charities Act 2011 and have prepared the accounts on a receipts and payments basis.
There has been no change to the accounting policies since last year.
No changes have been made to the accounts for previous years.
## **Taxation**
As a charity the organisation benefits from rates relief and is generally exempt from income tax and capital gains tax but not from VAT. Irrecoverable VAT is included in the cost of those items to which it relates.
## **Fund accounting**
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity.
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## Naomi Cheri Gough Foundation
## Notes to the accounts continued
## for the year ended 30 November 2023
|**Donations**
Donations|2023
Unrestricted
funds
£
536
536|2023
Restricted
funds
£
-
-|2023
Total
funds
£
536
536|2022
Total
funds
£
2,753
2,753|
|---|---|---|---|---|
## **2 Donations**
## **3 Grant making**
|**Project or activity**
Emotional Funeral Services
Gateway Funeral Services
Centriamo
Funeral Services
Total|2023
Grants to
institutions
£
-
435
2,000
501
2,936|2022
Grants to
institutions
£
1,424
-
-
-
1,424|
|---|---|---|
## **4 Trustee expenses**
No trustee received any expenses during this year or the previous year.
## **Trustee remuneration and benefits**
No trustee received any remuneration or benefit during this or the previous year.
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