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Small Acts Of Kindness Trust

Small Acts Of Kindness

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1178546
Status
Registered
Registered
May 29, 2018
Legal form
CIO

Address

Address
HOLD EVERYTHING
207 REGENT STREET
LONDON
W1B 3HH

Activities

Our mission is to reduce the negative impact of loneliness and isolation on the physical and mental wellbeing of older people particularly those who are cold in their homes. We operate across Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire and are expanding elsewhere. Our primary activity is sourcing and distributing free of charge practical Warm in Winter gift bags and helpful information packs to our recipients.

Objects: THE RELIEF OF THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED BECAUSE OF AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER GROUPS OF PEOPLE IN SOCIETY WHO ARE MARGINALISED, NEGLECTED OR VULNERABLE. IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION, WORKING TO PREVENT OR REDUCE LONELINESS, ISOLATION AND POVERTY, AND TO PREVENT OR REDUCE THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF LONELINESS, ISOLATION AND POVERTY ON THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELLBEING OF SUCH PERSONS, INCLUDING (WITHOUT LIMITATION) BY:i. SOURCING AND PACKING MATERIALS, GOODS AND INFORMATION TO BE GIVEN AS GIFTS TO RECIPIENTS, AND ENGAGING LOCAL PEOPLE IN THEIR DISTRIBUTION IN WAYS THAT CREATE AND STRENGTHEN SOCIAL CONNECTIONS, AND WHICH MAY IMPROVE THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELLBEING OF THE RECIPIENTS; ii. BUILDING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN LOCAL AGENCIES, ORGANISATIONS, GROUPS, INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESSES THAT ENABLE COMMUNITIES TO REDUCE THE FACTORS THAT LEAD TO ISOLATION, LONELINESS AND POVERTY. THE ACTIVITIES OF THE CIO WILL BE DELIVERED WITHIN ENGLAND AND WALES. NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE ANY APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT LEGALLY CHARITABLE AS DEFINED BY LAW.

Classification

How
Provides Services
What
General Charitable Purposes
Who
Elderly/old People, The General Public/mankind

Areas of operation

Local Authority
Bedford, Central Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Luton

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
Dec. 31, 2024 £288,022 £278,005
Dec. 31, 2023 £256,022 £257,803
Dec. 31, 2022 £218,638 £225,324
Dec. 31, 2021 £236,112 £194,541
Dec. 31, 2020 £133,205 £136,706

Trustees

Name Appointed
Christopher Hugh Hamill (Chair) July 17, 2018
Alison Mann July 17, 2018
Adam Keith Ginder DL Feb. 6, 2025
Hema Pandya July 17, 2018
Howard Barry Morgan Oct. 17, 2022
Peter Lindsay Dale Feb. 6, 2025