
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From 6/4/21                  To 30/06/2022** 

**Charity name: The Walk to Freedom Foundation** 

**Charity registration number: 1173398** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|To relieve the needs of young people and<br>adults throughout England by providing<br>support, awareness and training in<br>addressing the issues of drug and alcohol<br>dependency and adolescent development.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|The Walk to Freedom’s Foundation<br>operational centre is based in Central<br>Luton and our services have a nationwide<br>coverage. Member beneficiaries of our<br>dependency support programme are male<br>and female and from many diverse<br>backgrounds and cultures; between the<br>ages of 16-60, and 11-20 for our young<br>people’s mentoring and personal<br>development workshops.|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|The Trustees confirm that they have<br>referred to the guidance contained within<br>the Charity Commission’s general guidance<br>on public benefit when setting the Charity’s<br>aims and objectives|



**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|Not applicable|
|Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment|Para 1.38|Not applicable|
|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38|Not applicable|
|Other||Not applicable|





## **Achievements and Performance** 

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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|Two projects operated during the year<br>1. Batten House: Where we house<br>four people with dependency issues<br>and are on our program, who might<br>otherwise be homeless.<br>2. I Am Possible program: Where we<br>are helping an average of 6 to 8<br>young people through one to one<br>mentoring to help them turn their<br>own lives around from one based<br>on drugs, alcohol and dependency|



|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:|
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|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41|Not applicable|
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41|Not applicable|
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41|Not applicable|
|Other||Not applicable|





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|The charity received income of £125,821<br>and made payments of £91,751.|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Whilst currently the charity does not<br>operate a financial reserve it is an aim to<br>build a sufficient reserve to allow the charity<br>to operate sustainably and plan for the<br>future.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|The charity held a restricted reserves<br>balance at the end of the year which will be<br>utilised in the following financial year.|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|As above|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|Unrestricted reserves were in deficit at the<br>end of the year and enhanced housing<br>benefit payments and/or additional funding<br>are being explored to redress this balance.|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|Certain charitable projects are dependent<br>upon grant funding and without this funding<br>it may not be viable to continue.|



|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern<br>Para 1.23|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern<br>Para 1.23|Certain charitable projects are dependent<br>upon grant funding and without this funding<br>it may not be viable to continue.|
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|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements||where relevant about:|
|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Not applicable|
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46|Not applicable|
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|Not applicable|
|Other||Not applicable|





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution of a Charitable incorporated<br>organisation constitution dated 14-06-2017|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|The charity is a charitable incorporated<br>organisation|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|Apart from the first charity trustees, every<br>trustee must be appointed for a term of<br>three years by a resolution passed at a<br>properly convened meeting of the charity<br>trustees.<br>In selecting individuals for appointment as<br>charity trustees, the charity trustees must<br>have regard to the skills, knowledge and<br>experience needed for the effective<br>administration of the CIO.|
|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements||where relevant about:|
|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|Para 1.51|Not applicable|
|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51|Not applicable|
|Relationship with any<br>related parties|Para 1.51|Not applicable|
|Other||Not applicable|



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Walk to Freedom Foundation|
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|Other name the charity uses|-|
|Registered charity number|1173398|
|Charity’s principal address|Room 4 High Town Methodist Church<br>High Town Road<br>Luton<br>Beds<br>LU2 0BW|
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**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

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||Paul Minett|Chair|||
||KimberleyLamb|Vice Chair|||
||John Archer|Secretary|||
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** None 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

|Description of the assets<br>held in this capacity|Not applicable|
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|Name and objects of the<br>charity on whose behalf the<br>assets are held and how this<br>falls within the custodian<br>charity’s objects|Not applicable|
|Details of arrangements for<br>safe custody and<br>segregation of such assets<br>from the charity’s own<br>assets|Not applicable|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

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

|**Additional information (optional)**<br>**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Additional information (optional)**<br>**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Additional information (optional)**<br>**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|
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## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

## **Other optional information** 



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October 2018

**Section B                           Disclosure** 

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). 

**Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . 

**IER** 

> 2 **October 2018** 



**The Walk to Freedom Foundation** 


## **No (if any)** 

## **Receipts and payments accounts** 

**CC16a** 

**For the period** 06/04/2021 05/04/2022 **To from** 

|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest      £**<br>**30,638**<br>**210**<br>**30,848**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **30,848**<br>**2,592**<br>**95**<br>**320**<br>**2,567**<br>**577**<br>**16,836**<br>**5,142**<br>**26,569**<br>**300**<br>**2,551**<br>**36**<br>**87**<br>**2,343**<br> **60,015**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**60,015**||**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**94,973**<br>**94,973**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**94,973**<br>**-**<br>**65**<br>**2,967**<br>**229**<br>**1,550**<br>**492**<br>**-**<br>**410**<br>**26,008**<br>**15**<br>**31,736**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**31,736**||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**||**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**30,638**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**94,973**<br>**210**<br>**-**<br>**125,821**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**125,821**<br>**2,592**<br>**160**<br>**-**<br>**2,967**<br>**549**<br>**4,117**<br>**-**<br>**1,069**<br>**16,836**<br>**-**<br>**5,142**<br>**26,569**<br>**-**<br>**300**<br>**2,961**<br>**36**<br>**26,008**<br>**-**<br>**102**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**2,343**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**91,751**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**91,751**||**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|Batten House|**30,638**||||||||**14,127**|
|BLCF|||||||||**31,595**|
|COVID19 Response|||||||||**39,750**|
|The National Lottery|||||||||**-**|
|Donation|**210**||||||||**1,141**|
|Bounceback loan|||||||||**12,000**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|**30,848**||||||||**98,613**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**||||||||||
||**-**|||||||||
||**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_ **<br>**A3 Payments**||||||||||
||||||||||**98,613**|
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|Accountancy|**2,592**||||||||**1,183**|
|Bank interest and charges|**95**||||||||**10**|
|Bursary|||||||||**630**|
|Equipmentpurchases|||||||||**-**|
|Insurance|**320**||||||||**294**|
|Office Rent|**2,567**||||||||**2,187**|
|Other expenditure|||||||||**-**|
|Project expenditure|**577**||||||||**15,613**|
|Project management and delivery|**16,836**||||||||**12,391**|
|Propertymaintenance|||||||||**257**|
|Rates and water|**5,142**||||||||**1,017**|
|Rent|**26,569**||||||||**16,213**|
|Software|||||||||**-**|
|Sundry|**300**||||||||**1,960**|
|Telephone,Internet & utiltiies|**2,551**||||||||**2,746**|
|Travel Expense|**36**||||||||**55**|
|Wages and Salaries|||||||||**-**|
|Website|||||||||**271**|
|Support costs|**87**||||||||**2,501**|
|Unauthorised payments to The Walk to<br>Freedom LTD|||||||||**17,706**|
|Unauthorised payments to You Are Possible<br>Limited|||||||||**15,495**|
|Bounceback Loan|**2,343**|||||||||
|Subscriptions|||||||||**103**|
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|**_Sub total_ **|**60,015**||||||||**90,632**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||
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||**-**|||||||||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||||||
||||||||||**90,632**|
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||**(29,167)**||**63,238**||**-**||**34,070**||**7,981**|
||**5,507**|<br>|**-                  5,507**|<br> <br>|**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**2,394**||**5,507**||**-**||**7,901**||**-                      80**|
||**(21,266)**||**63,238**||**-**||**41,971**||**7,901**|



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