## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1/10/21 Period start date To 30/9/22 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 the Home 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 charity has provided ongoing support
to one family, who arrived in Fishguard in
June 2017. The family has settled in and
does not require much support anymore.
The second family, who arrived in
November 2018, has moved to Swansea in
September 2020 and is no longer
supported by Croeso Abergwaun. The
remaining funds have now also been made
available when required to support a family
of Ukrainian refugees, who arrived in
Fishguard in July 2022.| |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.| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment The charity is run by volunteers and does not employ anyone. Volunteers have |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|provided support by assisting with the
communications with school, helped with
finding job opportunities, helped with
getting a dental plan, a biometric
appointment, etc.| |---|---|---| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** SORP reference The charity has continued to support the Syrian family. It has also helped a Ukrainian family settle in successfully. Summary of the main Para 1.20 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. ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|
The main objective was to support two
families of refugees in Fishguard, which
has been achieved. One of the two Syrian
families left the previous year and a
Ukrainian family has arrived this year.| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|The charity is no longer raising funds as the
support required has diminished.| |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  Help them to join 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 Adobe file ‘Annual Return Sep 22
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’s activities are coming to an end.| |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 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.| |---|---|---| |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.| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
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
charity works|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 closed its accounts.| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Croeso Abergwaun| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1178404| |Charity’s principal address|59 High Street
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**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Olwen Thomas
(Chairperson)|||| ||Margaret Stringer|||| ||Florence van de
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Croeso Abergwaun Account
Lloyds sort code 30-98-97
Account nr 42625468
Opening balance 1/10/21 £3,749.38
Income
£0.00
Total income £0.00
Expenditure
translation services Clearvoice 21.58
dental plan £59.19
work gear 196.43
bio metric appointment 92
English tuition £425.00
Total expenditure £794.20
Closing balance 30/09/21 £2,955.18
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