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03 | 2024 |
Section A Reference and administration details
NURSES REACHING OUT NRO
Charity name NURSES REACHING OUT Other names charity is known by NRO Registered charity number (if any) 1177890 Charity's principal address 18 COTSWOLD COURT HORSHAM Postcode RH13 5SS
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole year |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any) |
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| Paul Priamo Karslake |
Secretary | |||
| Michelle Grainger | Chair | |||
| Charlotte Emma Grierson |
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| Alan James Lee | ||||
| Orobola Feyisola Lafe |
Treasurer | |||
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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
Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
| Type of adviser | Name Address |
Name Address |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Advisor | Mrs Marian Surgenor | |
| 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) Foundation CIO How the charity is constituted
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Appointed by the board of trustees Trustee selection methods
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
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the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
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relationship with any related parties;
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trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
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Section C Objectives and activities
The relief of sickness and the preservation of health among people living in low and middle income countries, including but not by way of limitation through the exchange of knowledge and the provision of education and Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its resources. governing document
Nurses Reaching Out (NRO) runs a project in Northern Uganda which concerns the provision of food and drink for hospitalised patients who are without a family member to look after them. It is customary to have an attendant during a period of hospitalisation to provide meals to a patient. Patients who need the meal provision from NRO are identified during hospital admission and a referral is made by nurses and/or hospital social workers to the cooks employed by the charity. The patients identified for this provision by nurses and/or the hospital social worker receive meals and refreshments for the period of their hospitalisation. The project feeds approximately 20-25 patients in each meal sitting. Locally these patients Summary of the main are described as destitute and as such receive the provision free of activities undertaken for the charge. Without the meal and refreshment provision provided those public benefit in relation to patients without family or an attendant are at risk of hunger, malnutrition these objects (include within and dehydration. this section the statutory declaration that trustees have In planning and prioritising our activities for this financial year, the had regard to the guidance trustees have reviewed the guidance on public benefit issued by the issued by the Charity Charity Commission at our trustee meetings and ensured that we are in Commission on public full compliance. benefit)
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Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
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policy on grantmaking;
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policy programme related investment;
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contribution made by volunteers.
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Section D Achievements and performance
Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year
Unfortunately, the monthly donations to Nurses Reaching Out that we had seen reduce in the previous year, continued to fall and our Trustee’s met to decide what the charity needed to do in order to continue with a reduced income. A difficult decision, and one that was not taken lightly, was made in August to stop the Baby Project. This decision meant that the charity funds would now solely go to the project that provides meals to vulnerable patients. As a group of Trustees, we are extremely grateful to the individuals and organisations that have continued to support Nurses Reaching Out’s work and enabled our feeding project to continue.
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Section E Financial review
No policy on reserves
Brief statement of the
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 sources of funds (including any fundraising);
The charity raised money during this financial year by means of charitable donations from individuals and from Kingdom Faith Church. The aftermath of the pandemic, the Ukraine war, the Israel and Gaza war and the cost of living crisis has undoubtedly had a continued detrimental impact on our finances and we have had to cut back our assistance in line with available funding.
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how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
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investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
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Section F Other optional information
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) Date |
M. Grainger | O.F. Lafe |
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| Michelle Grainger | Orobola Feyisola Lafe | |
Chair |
Treasurer | |
| 29/01/2025 | ||
| 29/01/2025 |
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Charity Name NURSES REACHING OUT
No (if any) 1177890
Receipts and payments accounts
CC16a
For the period Period start date Period end date To from 01/04/2023 31/03/2024
Section A Receipts and payments
| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ |
Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ |
Total funds to the nearest £ |
Total funds to the nearest £ |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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Miscellaneous donations |
6,443 | - | - | 6,443 | - | ||||
| - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| - | - | - | - | - | |||||
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| - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| Sub total(Gross income for AR) | 6,443 | - | - | 6,443 | - | ||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| - | - | ||||||||
| Sub total | - | - | |||||||
| Total receipts A3 Payments |
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Various: staffing,events,travel etc. |
5,803 | - | - | 5,803 | - | ||||
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| **Sub total ** | 5,803 | - | - | 5,803 | - | ||||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
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| **Sub total ** | - | - | |||||||
| Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
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| 640 | - | ||||||||
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| 823 | - | ||||||||
| 1,463 | - |
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Categories B1 Cash funds
| 1 Bank Balance Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) |
Unrestricted funds to nearest £ 1,463 - - 1,463 OK |
29/01/2025 Restricted funds Endowment funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - OK OK |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - |
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets |
Signature O. F. Lafe Details Details Details Details Land in Uganda |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) Land - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - - - - Print Name Orobola Lafe |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| Current value (optional) |
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| 2,000 | |||
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| Current value (optional) |
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| When due (optional) |
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| Date of approval | |||
| O. F. Lafe | Orobola Lafe | 29/01/2025 | |
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
29/01/2025
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