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Trustees’ Annual Report Period Start Date – 01.04.2023 To Period End Date – 31.03.2024

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name

NIGEL HARRIS SPORTS FOUNDATION

Other names charity is known by

Registered charity number (if any) 1173034

red charity number (if any)	1173034
Charity's principal address	116 COPPICE ROAD
	Walsall Wood
	Walsall
	Postcode	WS9 9BH

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled Trustee name Office (if any) year to appoint trustee (if any) Melanie Harris Chair Emily Nelson Treasurer 3 Angela Nelson Secretary 4 Victoria Lynch Trustee Jane Worrallo Trustee 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

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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) CIO Foundation How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Appointed 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

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Nigel Harris Sports Foundation is looking to provide activities to enable children and young people to enjoy sport and the benefits sport has to offer.

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

The Foundation will provide sporting activities for underprivileged children aged from 5 – 16 years old within the West Midlands area.

Our Vision

All children and young people have the right to be nurtured, supported and motivated to realise their potential and have healthy, happy, fulfilling

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life and future.

Our Mission Statement

The foundation will provide sporting activities for underprivileged children aged from 5 – 16 years old; who are often described as living on the margins of society.

Our Values

The Foundation Principles

Young person-centred - Children and Young people will be at the centre of the foundations work.

Partnership-led - Strong, effective connections will be established with local sports clubs, venues, groups and individuals to enable high quality sporting activities to be created and/or accessed.

The Foundation will work in partnership with key sporting organisations and individuals within the Walsall and West Midlands area and will provide or support up to 3 activities per year.

The Foundation will promote any charitable purpose for the benefit of underprivileged children who are often described as living on the margins of society in particular the advancement of education, physical education and development of young people.

The purpose of the charity is to give these children the opportunity to participate in sporting activities to raise their self-esteem and aspirations, as well as their fitness levels.

• Sponsorship Groups

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)

1. Judo Project – Based at an inner-city secondary school in Walsall. 20 young people accessed this project which took place after school. The charity secured £500 funding from Tesco (drop a counter in the box via Groundworks so used this towards the cost. The project ran over 10 weeks, and all young people showed off their newly acquired skills at a showcase for parents/carers.

2. Warwickshire County Youth Darts Team – Based in Coventry, the Charity are silver sponsors for this high performing youth team who are on top of the league.

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Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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

The Charity secured over £2,000 in gifts and presents for underprivileged children and young people from Mission Christmas. We had enough gifts to split between the following organisations.

The Avenues Community Association do sterling work with the local community providing activities and a warm friendly place to belong.

Brownhills Community Association Food Bank – helping families in need with food and other living essentials twice a week.

Hands to Help You – Food Bank in Willenhall. They also help the local community and families with other support. A community helping the community.

SENDIASS (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Information, Advice and Support Service. They work directly with vulnerable children and families in numerous ways.

The Refugee and Migrant Centre – They support people in a variety of ways. On average they see 200 people a day.

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Black Country Women’s Aid – the support survivors of domestic abuse, modern day slavery, forced marriage and honor-based violence, women’s homelessness, county lines, women’s justice service etc.

Strong connections made with our individuals, groups and organisations which have continued to take the NHSF forward.

Section E	Financial review
Brief statement of the	The Foundation will have a buffer of £500 in the account.
charity’s policy on reserves

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Details of any funds materially in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

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

• 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.

Fundraising Activities

Charity Review to its internal financial controls – Funding is on the agenda at every meeting, and this will now be done at meetings going forward.

• Trustees do individual fundraising activities for the Charity via Facebook and PayPal

• 2025 – The trustees are looking to meeting to discuss fundraising activities for the year.

Section F

Other optional information

DBS – Although as a Charity we haven’t applied for DBS for all Trustees, all Trustees hold employment outside of the Charity which all require enhanced DBS so they all have a current DBS which is regularly renewed. We ensure that all staff that work in the organisations we support have DBS clearance and safeguarding policies in place as a matter of course.

Section G

Declaration

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

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s)

Full name(s)

Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)

Melanie Harris

Chair

Date 28.01.25

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NIGEL HARRIS SPORTS FOUNDATION

FINANCIAL STATEMENT YEAR ENDING 31[ST] MARCH 2024

CONTENTS:

1. Income & Expenditure Statement 2. Balance Sheet

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NIGEL HARRIS SPORTS FOUNDATION INCOME & EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT YEAR ENDING 31[ST] MARCH 2024

	31/03/24	31/03/23
INCOME		£
REGULAR DONATIONS	0
	0
	0	500.00
	0	500.00
	31/03/24	31/03/23
EXPENDITURE		£
SURE PRODUCTIONS	100	100.00
WARWICKSHIRE YOUTH COUNTY DARTS	200	300.00
		1105.00
WEST MIDLANDSJUDO	1200	60.00
	1500.00	1565.00

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NIGEL HARRIS SPORTS FOUNDATION BALANCE SHEET YEAR ENDING 31[ST] MARCH 2023

	31/03/24	31/03/23
		£
BALANCE BROUGHT FORWARD	6504.48	7569.48
CURRENT ASSETS	5504.48	6504.48
LESS: CURRENT LIABILITIES	0	0
CREDITORS & ACCRUALS	0	0
NET CURRENT ASSETS

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