**Trustees' Annual Report for the period** 

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|**From **|01|06|2023|**To**|31<br>05|2024|



## Section A 

## Reference and administration details 

**Charity name Martin Roberts Foundation** 

**Other names charity is known by** 

1172905 Wesleyan Chambers Park Road Paulton, Bristol **Postcode BS39 7QQ** ~~——~~ 

**Registered charity number (if any)** 1172905 

## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee(if any)**|
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|KirstyRoberts|Trustee|||
|JeffreyButler|Trustee|||
|Polly Ludlow Jones|Trustee|||
|Colin Glass|Trustee|||
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## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** 

**Name Dates acted if not for whole year** 

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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

**Type of adviser Name Address** 

## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

## **Section B** 

## **Structure, governance and management** 

## **Description of the charity’s trusts** 

Constitution Type of governing document 

- (eg. trust deed, constitution) 

Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted 

- (eg. trust, association, company) 

Elected by existing trustees Trustee selection methods 

- (eg. appointed by, elected by) 

## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** 

You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: 

- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; 

- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; 

- relationship with any related parties; 

- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. 

## **Section C** 

## **Objectives and activities** 

The objectives of the CIO are: 

**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** 

- (A) To provide help for children through education, information and activities to develop their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as independent, mature and responsible individuals; 

- (B) To advance the prevention or relief of human suffering in children and to assist the recovery of children through a range of 

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charitable activities that are directed towards saving and protecting those whose lives are in danger; 

(C) To advance and promote for the public benefit the protection of children through raising awareness and the education of personal, and health & safety issues; 

(D) To provide relief to children and young people in need through, amongst other things, the support of other charities and organisations in particular, but not limited to those concerned with the provision of care and protection to children. 

The Martin Roberts Foundation is the brainchild of TV presenter Martin Roberts as a vehicle to raise money to support carefully selected educational and well-being initiatives for children and young people. As a long- time supporter and campaigner for the NSPCC, Martin set up the charity to help address the need for ongoing awareness of charities like Childline amongst children and young people. 

The trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit. 

**Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** 

## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** 

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You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: 

- policy on grantmaking; 

- policy programme related investment; 

- contribution made by volunteers. 

## Section D 

## Achievements and performance 

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## Section D 

**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** 

## Achievements and erformance p 

There was only one significant activity within the charity during this period. This was the purchase of a second hand mini bus vehicle in October 2023 to enable 15-17 year old kids from local schools to be brought to various locations where the charity ‘Realskilz’ gives them construction industry training leading to recognised qualifications. 

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## **Section E Financial review** ~~ee~~ 

**Brief statement of the** No policy in place yet. **charity’s policy on reserves** 

**Details of any funds materially in deficit** 

N/A 

## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** 

You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: 

The charity’s principal source of income is income from sponsorships and donations. 

- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); 

- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; 

- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. 

## ~~ee~~ **Section F Other optional information** 

## **Section G Declaration** ~~ee~~ **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

**Signature(s) Full name(s)** Kirsty Roberts J P Butler **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)**[Trustee ] Trustee ~~ee~~ **Date** 04.03.2025 ~~PE~~ 

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|**1172905**<br>**Martin Roberts Foundation**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>**01/06/2023**<br>**31/05/2024**<br>**To**<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>~~a~~|**1172905**<br>**Martin Roberts Foundation**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>**01/06/2023**<br>**31/05/2024**<br>**To**<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>~~a~~|**1172905**<br>**Martin Roberts Foundation**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>**01/06/2023**<br>**31/05/2024**<br>**To**<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>~~a~~|**1172905**<br>**Martin Roberts Foundation**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>**01/06/2023**<br>**31/05/2024**<br>**To**<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>~~a~~|**1172905**<br>**Martin Roberts Foundation**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>**01/06/2023**<br>**31/05/2024**<br>**To**<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>~~a~~|**1172905**<br>**Martin Roberts Foundation**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>**01/06/2023**<br>**31/05/2024**<br>**To**<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>~~a~~|**1172905**<br>**Martin Roberts Foundation**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>**01/06/2023**<br>**31/05/2024**<br>**To**<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>~~a~~|**1172905**<br>**Martin Roberts Foundation**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>**01/06/2023**<br>**31/05/2024**<br>**To**<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>~~a~~|**1172905**<br>**Martin Roberts Foundation**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>**01/06/2023**<br>**31/05/2024**<br>**To**<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>~~a~~|**CC16a**<br>~~-~~||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||||||
||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**||**Restricted**<br>**funds**||**Endowment**<br>**funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**||
||**to the nearest      £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||
|**A1 Receipts**|||||||||||
|Donations and sponsorships|**505**||**-**||**-**||**505**|**505**|**1,876**||
|Bank interest|**10**||**-**||**-**||**10**|**10**|**19**||
||||**-**||**-**|||**-**|**-**||
||**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**|**-**||
||**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**|**-**||
||**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**|**-**||
||**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**|**-**||
||**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**|**-**||
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_**515**||**-**||**-**||**515**|**515**|**1,895**||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_                              -**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Total receipts_**<br>**515**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**515**<br>**1,895**<br>~~———_—_—~~|||||||||||
|**A3 Payments**|||||||||||
|Advertising|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|||
|Marketingand events costs|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||
|Bank charges|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|**1**||
|Printing,mailingand distribution|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||
|Design and layout|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||
|Puppet Theatre|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|**3,000**||
|Ford transit forparts|**2,800**||**-**||**-**||**2**|**2,800**|**-**||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||
|**_Sub total_ **|**2,800**||**-**||**-**||**2,800**|**2,800**|**3,001**||
|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_                               -**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Total payments_**<br>**2,800**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**2,800**<br>**3,001**<br>~~SS55—~~|||||||||||
|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**-                  2,285**|**-                  2,285**|**-**|**-**|**-   -                  2,285**|**-   -                  2,285**|**-   -                  2,285**|**-   -                  2,285**|**-   -                  2,285**<br>**-                1,106**|**-                1,106**|
|**A5 Transfers between funds**|**-**|**-**|**-                            -**|**-                            -**|**-                            -**||**-**|**-**|||
|**A6 Cash funds last year end**|**5,186**|**5,186**|**-                            -**|**-                            -**|**-                            -**||**5,186**|**5,186**|**6,292**|**6,292**|
|**_Cash funds this year end_**|**2,901**|**2,901**|**-**|**-**|**-                      2,901**|**-                      2,901**|**-                      2,901**|**-                      2,901**|**5,186**|**5,186**|



CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**Unrestricted**<br>**Restricted**||**Endowment**|
|**Categories**|**Details**|**funds**<br>**funds**||**funds**|
|||**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**|
|**B1 Cash funds**|**2,901**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**2,901**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Bank account<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>~~—====~~||||
||(agree balances with receipts and payments|(agree balances with receipts and payments|||
||account(s))|OK<br>OK||OK|
|||**Unrestricted**<br>**Restricted**||**Endowment**|
|||**funds**<br>**funds**||**funds**|
||**Details**|**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**|
|**B2 Other monetary assets**|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>~~—_—~~||||
||**Details**|**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
|**B3 Investment assets**|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>~~—_—_=~~||||
||**Details**|**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
|**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>~~att~~||||
|||**Fund to which**<br>**Amount due**||**When due**|
||**Details**|**liability relates**<br>**(optional)**||**(optional)**|
|**B5 Liabilities**|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>~~==~~||||
|Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>CCXX R2 accounts (SS)|Date of<br>approval<br>Print Name<br>KirstyRoberts<br>JeffreyP Butler<br>Signature<br>2<br>31/03/2025<br>01.04.25<br>~~ep~~||||



