2024-03-31-accounts

151ANUIS i)) FAITH IN PEOPLE CHARITY REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1176000 Trustees, Annual Report and Unaudited Financial Statements for the year ended st 31 March 2024 for the Faith in People Charity {FlP) Falth In People Charlty Is Re8lllered Charlty In England and Wales No.1176000 Rt8lstertd Office.. 3 Woodrush Close. London SE 14 60J. Tel [phone]

Faith in People Charity Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31" March 2024 The following Trustee Annual Report gives a true and fair view of the current state of the Foith in People Chority affairs and its accounts for the period stated. It focuses on the main activities undertaken by the organization to further its charitable purposes for the public benefit. We would like to thank all our Trustees and volunteers for their commitment to ensurin8 that this Charity is properly, lawfully, and prudently run, both now and in the future. Strurture, governance and management Faith in People Charity was established on 29 November 2017 as a Charitable Incorporated Or8anisation ICIOI.. it is re8iStered in England and Wales. It IS governed by a Trust Deed controlled by the Trustees. Our Trustees receive no remuneration from Faith in People Charity. Trustees are elected at the annual general meeting. Oblertlves The object of the charity is designed to provide relief for those in need anywhere in the UK, by rea50n of homelessness, dru8 or alcohol addiction and social or economic disadvantage. In particular, but not exclusively, by coordinating and developing services such as the provision of bedding, clothing, food, some finance and similar services as determined by the trustees. Trustees The Trustees serving during the year 2023- 2024 were as follows:_ Bibiana Tim anaro Crosier: Chair until 27 January 2024 Corina Julia Poore: Secretary Maria Eu ene Pires: Treasurer Joan Alicia Shenton (appointed on 151h November 20231 Sandra Re 20241 th ina Coelho (appointed 25 November 2023 and Chair from 27 January

GENERAL OUTLOOK The period of April 2023 to March 2024 saw Faith in People grow in strength, having monaged with couroge ond determinotion the difficult time 5ub5equent to the death of the previou5 Chair, Angela Mosuko. We had to deal with Some significant challenges, including attrocting more Charity Trustees,. obtaining occess to the Chority's bonk occountfor the new Trustees,. deoling with the sociol medio occounts,. ondfulfilling new troining and safety reouirements. These are some of the changes that have taken ploce.. l. We hove been 5ucce55ful in obtaining access to the FIP Metro Bank account, ond have set up online banking, 2. We hove o Safeguarding Lead, who hos completed Level 3 Adult Safeguarding training, and o named deputy, 3. Our Sofeguording Policy has been updated. 4. We have a Safe Recruitment policy. 5. We hove attracted new volunteers and updated the ski115 of existing ones, 6. New Trustees.. Sondra Coelho (25.11.2023J,' Joan Alicio Shenton (15.11.2023J 7, All volunteers have o cleor DBS ond have undergone troining - Level one Adult Safeguording, ond Level Two Food Hygiene and Safetyfor Cotering. 8. New volunteers hove to submit the detoils of two referees as part of the application process. 9. All volunteers ore kept up to dote with the Charity's policies. 10. Efforts are made to consult with volunteers, wherever appropriate, 11. At the AGM on 21h Jonuory 2024 0 new Chair, Sondra Coelho, was elected. Also, the former Chair, Bibiona Timpanaro Crosier, WL75 elected Treosurer. 12. A5 a result, the contact detai15 of Foith in People have been changed to those of the new Chair. Addres5.' 3 Woodru5h Close. London SE14 6DJ. Tel [phone] [e-mail] 13. The old social media accounts were closed, os wo5 the old website. We are plonning to launch new, updated ones. It will be necessary to have a Social Medio Policy, os per the Charity Commission's guidelines on Charities Social Media use of 23rd September 2023.

1. We Gre now members of the Notionol Councilfor Voluntary Organisations.
2. We have instituted o system whereby the majority of our Charitrfs records are kept in a Dropbox account, to which the Choir, Treasurer and Secretary have occess. We ore investigoting the possibility of olso digitolising some of the historicol documents for extro sofekeeping. We are proud to soy thot we hove been oble to continue corrying out our activities, distributing food, drink5, toiletries and clothes on the Strand, in spite of the chollenges of thot tronsitionalperiod, and we only suspended activitiesfrom 31st October2023for few weeks, while our volunteers tmined to comply with the new training requirements instigated by our insurers. We resumed our ortivities on 5 December 2023. The Christmos Party was a great success, with 60 gift porcels containing socks, hots, gloves ond scarves being distributed and qrotefully received by homele55 people on the Strond. 30 of the scorve5 were handknitted by the 93 year old mother of one of the volunteersl We olso distributed some other items of clothing thot hod been donoted such Gs jogging trouser5. jumpers and T-shirts. The Charity hos olso been reflecting on its Grtivities, ond how to bestfulfil our aims ond objectives. We hove considered creating subcommitteesforfundroising ond to creote o fresh online presence, which we hope to do once we hove (7 greater number of Trustees who could toke on these tosks. We have been investigoting the possibility offinding premisesfrom where to carry out our work, possibly working in portnership with other Chorities, or shoring the use of their premises. This hos not bornefruit yet. From previous experience, our client group is reluctant to travel to occe55 services. Also. h(Jving premise5 from which to serve the food and drink would bring up o host of issues such os how to mointain security ond safety and to prevent damage to the premises. If we did hove premises, we might be able to expand ourremit to include the offer of medicol and odvisory support, but ogoin this would require much greoter levels of expertise ond we simply don't have the manpower to explore the p055ibility of planning such a project at present. We looked ot thefeosibility of ocquiring a vonfor the distribution offood on thestrand. but aportfrom the c05t involved in it5 rental or acquisltion. there would be obstacles such os, who would drive it and where it would be porked. Insurance and congestion charge costs would odd to the running expenses. We 0150 considered whether another location, rather than the Strand, might be better for our fvod distribution, but there is the element of continuity to be taken into considerotion. a5 historically the Strand is where a lot of homeless ond disadvantaged

people congregote. The fact thot other orgoni5ation5 also distribute food nearby might actually be beneficial, in terms of complementority of whot is on offer. and in terms of different time slots being available for people to turn up and receive assistance. The odded odvantoge of remaining in the same area 15 thefact thot there is o police stotion very c105e by, which add5 extro security. We have reflected on the issue of security during the distribution offood, how to deal with aggressive behaviour and how to protect the personal space of volunteers. Some of the resolutions were to seek more sources of training on this topic,. to stort wearing high visibility vests,. to recruit more volunteers,. to ensure that ony incidents are recorded,. ond to identify current risks and preventative strategies. We investigoted the possibility of offering more training to at least some of our volunteers, for exomple in conflict de-escalotion, Future outlook We lookforward to continuing to make our contribution to the wellbeing of homeless and di5advontaged people, with core, confidence ond o p051tive outlook. Flnanclal revlew We rely on donotions ondfundroising. The chority received donotion5 of £2,550 in the yeor andspent £2,982, giving rise to o small deficit of £432. The 8onk balonce therefore reduced to £14,076 In ¢on¢luslon.' The Board of Trustees of FfJith in People Choriry would Ilke to t(7ke thi5 opportunity to thank each and every one of our volunteers, our friends, our donor5 because it is their help, hord work, dedicotion and the free giving of their time that enobles us to carry out our work.

Trustees responslbilities The Trustees ore responsible for preporing the Annuol Report Gnd the finoncial Stotements In occordonce with opplicoble low ond the United Kingdom Generolly A¢cepted Accounting Proctice applicoble io smoll chorities. The Trustees hove. therefore. prepared finonciol statements for the lost twelve months financiol period which give o frue andfoir view of the 5tote of offair5 of the chority Gnd of the surplus or delicil of the chorityfor thot period. In preparing thosefinonc￿I stotements the Trustees hove... Selected 514ltable occounting polKies and opplied them consistently Mode judgemenrs ond estimotes thot ore reosonoble andprudent Prepored thefinonciol stotement on the goinq concern b05jS The Tru5tee5 ore responsible for keeping proper occounting records thot disclose, with reosonoble occurocy ot any time. the finonciol position of the Charity They ore 0150 responsible for toking reosonoble step5 for the detection and prevention oljraud and other irregulorities This report hos been opproved by the Trustees of the Foith in People Chority and is signed on their behol/ by.. Cha•rperson Secretary Corina J Poore Sandra R Coelho

Faith in Peo le Charit Receipts and payments Account for the year ended 31st March 2024 and Statement of Assets and liabillties at 31" March 2024 Bank balance at 1st April 2023 14508.21 Receipis Donations Received Receipts 2550 00 Gift Aid Received Payments Food and related expenses Insurance Accountancy Gifts 2550.(K) 631.87 107.91 618.LThJ 372.1)J Clothes Trainin8 Other expenses 202.40 852 48 197.28 2981.94 8ank balance at 31st March 2024 14076.27 All funds were unrestricted. There were no other assets or liabilities at 31, March 2024.