2020-09-30-accounts

Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From 1/10/19 Period start date To 30/9/20 Period end date

Charity name: Croeso Abergwaun

Charity registration number: 1178404

Objectives and Activities

	SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document	Para 1.17	Support provision of aid to refugees / asylum seekers from Syria in the UK who have been granted humanitarian protection by theHome Office.
Summary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the activities, projects or services identified in the accounts.	Para 1.17 and 1.19	The charitiy has provided ongoing support to two families, who arrived in Fishguard in June 2017 and November 2018. It has continued to help the families with settling in, by assisiting with communications with school etc. and funding childcare, driving lessons, hairdressing equipment, etc. It has helped with the move of the second family to Swansea in Feuary 2020. The charity has claimed gift aid for donations previously made.
Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit	Para 1.18	The trustees confirm that they have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit.

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	SORP reference
Policy on grant making	Para 1.38
Policy on social investment including program related investment	Para 1.38
Contribution made by volunteers	Para 1.38	The charity is run by volunteers and does not employ anyone. Volunteers have provided support with the settling in of the families, by assisting with the

communications with school, childcare providers, landlords, driving school, utilities companies, between the families etc. Other

Achievements and Performance

	SORP reference
Summary of the main achievements of the charity, identifying the difference the charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole.	Para 1.20	The charity has helped the first family settle in succesfully and it has subsequently helped the second family with a.o. administrative tasks, schooling and financial support. When the second family expressed a desire to move to Swansea, the charity has facilitated this move with funding and organisational support.

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Achievements against objectives set	Para 1.41	The main objective was to support two families of refugees in Fishguard, which has been achieved. Assisting the second family with their move to Swansea was not an objective as this move had not been anticipated.
Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set	Para 1.41	The charity is no longer raising funds.
Investment performance against objectives	Para 1.41
Other		The Croeso Abergwaun team identified the following ‘positives’ in being a volunteer: • Warmth & welcome • Rapid responses • Aid integration

•	Promote wellbeing
•	Help with language
•	Show how to play
•	Help them to joing the community
•	Allow them to have their culture

Financial Review

Financial Review
Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period	Para 1.21	See Excel file ‘Annual Return Sep 20 Charity Commission’
Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held	Para 1.22	No reserves are held, see below.
Amount of reserves held	Para 1.22	£0
Reasons for holding zero reserves	Para 1.22	The trustees have decided that holding reserves is unnecessary, because the charity will not endeavor to welcome a third family, and support for the first two families has been reduced according to their diminishing needs.
Details of fund materially in deficit	Para 1.24
Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern	Para 1.23

Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements	Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements	where relevant about:
The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising)	Para 1.47	The charity is no longer raising funds through donations. Two transfers have been made by related charities to contribute to fees for the joint membership of Citizens UK, and Gift Aid has been claimed.
Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted	Para 1.46	No investments
A description of the principal risks facingthe charity	Para 1.46
Other

Structure, Governance and Management

Description of charity’s trusts:
Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter)	Para 1.25	Constitution
How is the charity constituted? (e.g unincorporated association, CIO)	Para 1.25	CIO
Trustee selection methods including details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entitled to appoint one or more trustees	Para 1.25	Trustees are selected by agreement of the team members.

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Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees	Para 1.51	The new trustee gets trained in their role by the previous trustee.
The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charityworks	Para 1.51	The organisational structure consists of three trustees, one of them the Chairperson, and a supporting team.
Relationship with any related parties	Para 1.51	The charity has worked in close collaboration with Hiraeth Hope. This charity has now closed its accounts.
Other

Reference and Administrative details

Charity name	Croeso Abergwaun
Other name the charity uses
Registered charitynumber	1178404
Charity’s principal addess	59 High Street Abergwaun SA65 9AW

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole **year **	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
	Olwen Thomas (Chairperson)
	Margaret Stringer
	Florence van de Wiel

– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved

Director name na

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity

Trustee name	Dates acted if not for whole year
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Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others

Description of the assets na held in this capacity Name and objects of the na charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for na safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser Name Address
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Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
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Exemptions from disclosure

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details

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Croeso Abergwaun Year ending 30th Sep 2020

Croeso Abergwaun Account Lloyds Opening balance 1/10/19 Income transfers from Croeso Hwlffordd and Hiraeth Hope Gift aid contribution HMRC Total income Expenditure childcare community/fundraiser startup costs phone & internet subscribtion Citizens UK travel gas check Total expenditure Closing balance 30/09/20	sort code Account nr £9,372.21 £372.06 £1,038.22 £2,820.00 £147.00 £3,058.34 £195.89 £500.00 £220.00 £70.00	30-98-97 42625468
		£1,410.28
		£7,011.23
	£3,771.26