## **Trustees’ annual report (including Directors’ report) for the period**
## **From: MARCH 2024 Period start date To: MARCH 2025 Period end date**
## **Charity name: COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROJECT SOLUTIONS**
**Charity registration number:** 1178997
## **Company number: N/A**
## **Objectives and activities**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**1. To relieve persons in Reading**
**Berkshire and the united kingdom that**
**are in financial hardship in such ways as**
**the Trustees from time to time think fit, in**
**particular, but not exclusively by: a)**
**providing emergency food, essential**
**toiletries, and household items to**
**individuals and families in need and/or**
**for distribution by charities or other**
**organisations working to prevent or**
**relieve poverty b) such other means,**
**including (but not limited to) the**
**provision of support or signposting to**
**relevant information and other advisory**
**service.**
**2. To advance the Christian faith as the**
**trustees from time to time think fit.**
**3. To promote, for the benefit of the**
**public, the efficiency of the police in**
**Reading Berkshire and the United**
**Kingdom and to promote good**
**citizenship and greater public**
**participation in the prevention and**
**solution of crime in the area**|
|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|**Feeding the homeless**
**Initiating community engagement project**
**with the police and bame community**
**Supporting bereaved families**
**Supporting single mothers**|
||Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees have all had guidance from**
**the charity commission via printed copy**|
|---|---|---|---|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**At present we are not in a financial**
**position to support via grants. This is a**
**projected future endeavour However we**
**do have a policy included in our**
**constitution which you have.**|
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**We have a policy on social investment as**
**stated in our constitution.**|
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Volunteers have used their own time and**
**ability to assist accordingly.**|
|Other|||
## **Achievements and performance**
|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|**We are pleased to present the annual repor**
**Community Outreach Project Solutions, ou**
**the incredible impact we have achieved wit**
**generous support over the past year.**
**.**
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**,**
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Key Activities and Programmes (2025)
1. Telephone Counselling and Emotional Support
Throughout 2025, COPS provided confidential telephone
counselling to individuals experiencing emotional distress,
anxiety, and crisis. Our trained counsellors and volunteers
Immediate emotional support and active listeningGuidance
periods of grief, trauma, or uncertaintyReferrals to additio
services where required
This service proved vital for individuals unable to access in
support, particularly the elderly, widows, single mothers,
those facing sudden loss.
2. Hostel Visits
COPS conducted regular visits to hostels housing vulnerab
individuals, including the homeless and those in transitiona
accommodation. These visits focused on:Emotional and
psychosocial supportNeeds assessments and referralsDistr
of care packages and essential items
Our presence helped foster trust, reduce isolation, and pro
consistent support system within these communities.
3. Hospital Visits
Hospital outreach remained a cornerstone of our compass
care approach. Volunteers visited patients and families to:
emotional comfort during illness and recoverySupport indiv
without family presenceProvide reassurance andcompani
These visits were especially impactful for elderly patients
those facing long-term or critical illness.
4. Funeral Attendance and Bereavement Support
COPS attended funerals to support grieving families and
individuals who lacked adequate support networks. This in
Presence and emotional support during servicesFollow-up
counselling for bereaved widows, orphans, and familiesOng
check-ins to assist with the grieving process
Our bereavement support ensured that no one had to grie
.
5. Elderly Visits
Recognising the growing issue of loneliness among the eld
COPS prioritised regular home and community visits. These
aimed to:Provide companionship and emotional
reassuranceMonitor wellbeing and identify urgent needsCo
elderly individuals to additional support services
This programme significantly reduced social isolation and i
emotional wellbeing.
6. Care Packages for the Homeless
In 2025, COPS distributed 500 care packages to individua
experiencing homelessness. These care packages included:
parcelsSanitary productsBasic hygiene essentials
Distribution took place during outreach visits, hostel enga
, and community drives, ensuring dignity and immediate rel
recipients.
7. Urgent Care and Support for Single Mothers, Widows, a
Orphans
COPS responded to urgent cases involving single mothers,
, and orphans facing sudden hardship. Support included:Em
food and essential suppliesEmotional and counselling
supportReferrals to longer-term assistance programmes
These interventions helped stabilise families during critical
moments and offered pathways toward recovery and resili
Impact Summary (2025)Continuous telephone counselling
provided throughout the yearRegular outreach through ho
hospitals, homes, and community spaces500 care package
distributed, including food and sanitary productsSustained
emotional, practical, and bereavement support for vulnerab
group. Volunteers and Partnerships
Our work in 2025 was made possible by dedicated volunte
|
|---|---|---|
We extend our heartfelt gratitude to our donors, volunteers, partners, and supporters. Your commitment continues to make compassion actionable and hope tangible. COPS CharityCompassion. Outreach.
||||**We exceeded the number of people we**
**Anticipated helping this year.**
**We increased our street presence and**
**Multi agency connections. Homeless**
**Outreach was very successful.**
**We were able to increase the number of**
**Children we assisted by 90%**
**Food parcel distribution, befriending of**
**Single parents was increased.**
~~**Equality and diversity conference achieved**~~
**.**
**.**
**Money raised has enabled us to provide**
**food parcels for the homeless during**
**winter and summer.**
**We are generating much more solid**
**ourselves set up on social media as a**
**registered charity which should help with**
**further donations.**
**Money raised has been used to purchase**
**website, email address and virtual office**
**subscription. Further fund raising will**
**continue throughout 2026 to continue the**
**Good work.**
**connections and have been able to get**
**We have been fairly successful this year, in**
**securing funding from The National Lottery and**
**Government grant scheme. This greatly helped**
**to establish us more efficiently. Provided more**
**local support as we were able to relocate.**
**Continue using storage unit and liaise with firms**
**to**
**establish significant charity discounts so that**
**more funds can be spent on the communities**
**directly.**
**We have also utilised companies such as Easy**
**Fundraising, which at no cost to the donor give**
**us money if their website is used for day to day**
**purchases via affiliate link**
**We were able to utilise uniforms and ID badges**|
|---|---|---|---|
||Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**We exceeded the number of people we**
**Anticipated helping this year.**
**We increased our street presence and**
**Multi agency connections. Homeless**
**Outreach was very successful.**
**We were able to increase the number of**
**Children we assisted by 90%**
**Food parcel distribution, befriending of**
**Single parents was increased.**
~~**Equalit and diversit conference achieve**~~
**.**|
||Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|~~**y y**~~
**We have been fairly successful this year, in**
**securing funding from The National Lottery and**
**Government grant scheme. This greatly helped**
**to establish us more efficiently. Provided more**
**local support as we were able to relocate.**
**Continue using storage unit and liaise with firms**
**to**
**establish significant charity discounts so that**
**more funds can be spent on the communities**
**directly.**
**We have also utilised companies such as Easy**
**Fundraising, which at no cost to the donor give**
**us money if their website is used for day to day**
**purchases via affiliate link**|
||Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**.**
**Money raised has enabled us to provide**
**food parcels for the homeless during**
**winter and summer.**
**We are generating much more solid**
**ourselves set up on social media as a**
**registered charity which should help with**
**further donations.**
**Money raised has been used to purchase**
**website, email address and virtual office**
**subscription. Further fund raising will**
**continue throughout 2026 to continue the**
**Good work.**
**connections and have been able to get**
**We were able to utilise uniforms and ID badges**|
||Other|||
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## **Financial review**
|**Financial review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**A meeting was held amongst trustees on**
**March 23rd 2025. At present we have re-**
**instated our trustees at the request of our**
**regular volunteers. Finances are steady**
**however our restricted funds are depleted**
**due to the nature and timescale for which**
**they needed to be used**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|**Para 1.22**|**At present we are at a low reserve level**
**until funding can be raised. Much of our**
**work is currently non finance orientated**
**i.e befriending and social media support.**
**We have ongoing costs such as**
**subscription to ‘Churches in community**
**England’ who oversee a branch of our**
**charity. Further funding is used for**
**website maintenance and telephone**
**maintenance costs. The reserves will just**
**about cover this however we will be in a**
**better position to fundraise once we have**
**statements to show potential investors.**
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|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£ pounds**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**n/a**|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**n/a**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**None at present.**|
## **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|**Personal funds from trustees and**
**volunteers.**
**Fundraising through social media from**
**the public.**|
|---|---|---|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**(1) The income and property of the CIO**
**must be applied solely towards the**
**promotion of the objects.**
**(a) A charity trustee is entitled to be**
**reimbursed from the property of the CIO**
**or may pay out of such property**
**reasonable expenses properly incurred**|
|||**by him or her when acting on behalf of**
**the CIO.**
**(b) A charity trustee may benefit from**
**trustee indemnity insurance cover**
**purchased at the CIO’s expense in**
**accordance with, and subject to the**
**conditions in, section 189 of the Charities**
**Act 2011.**
**(2) None of the income or property of the**
**CIO may be paid or transferred directly or**
**indirectly by way of dividend, bonus or**
**otherwise by way of profit to any member**
**of the CIO. This does**
**not prevent a member who is not also a**
**charity trustee receiving:**
**(a) a benefit from the CIO as a beneficiary**
**of the CIO;**
**(b) Reasonable and proper remuneration**
**for any goods or services supplied to the**
**CIO.**
**(3) Nothing in this clause shall prevent a**
**charity trustee or connected person**
**receiving any benefit or payment which is**
**authorised by Clause 6.**|
|---|---|---|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**n/a**|
|Other||**We need to raise more funds in order to**
**recruit people. Funding deadlines and**
**‘religious’ exemption would be the main**
**challenges, however as that is only for**
**one branch of the charity. We are hopeful**
**that organisations such as ‘The National**
**lottery’ or ‘Health lottery may assist our**
**other community projects which are non**
**religious and wholly community focused.**
**We aim to have a better chance of**
**support from those or similar**
**organisations**|
## **Structure, governance and management**
Description of charity’s
||||**Association model constitution**
**Charitable incorporated CIO**
**13 Appointment of charity trustees [(1)**
**At the first annual general meeting of the**
**members of the CIO all the charity**
**trustees shall retire from office;] (2) At**
**every [subsequent] annual general**
**meeting of the members of the CIO, one-**
**third of the charity trustees shall retire**
**from office. If the number of charity**
**trustees is not three or a multiple of**
**three, then the number nearest to one-**
**third shall retire from office, but if there is**
**only one charity trustee, he or she shall**
**retire;**
**(3) The charity trustees to retire by**
**rotation shall be those who have been**
**longest in office since their last**
**appointment or reappointment. If any**
**trustees were last appointed or**
**reappointed on the same day those to**
**retire shall (unless they otherwise agree**
**among themselves) be determined by lot;**
**(4) The vacancies so arising may be filled**
**by the decision of the members at the**
**annual general meeting; any vacancies**
**not filled at the annual general meeting**
**may be filled as provided in sub-clause**
**(5) of this clause;**
**(5) The members or the charity trustees**
**may at any time decide to appoint a new**
**charity trustee, whether in place of a**
**charity trustee who has retired or been**
**removed in accordance with clause [15]**
**(Retirement and removal of charity**
**trustees), or as**
**an additional charity trustee, provided**
**that the limit specified in clause [12(3)] on**
**the number of charity trustees would not**
**as a result be exceeded; (6) A person so**
**appointed by the members of the CIO**
**shall retire in accordance with the**|
|---|---|---|---|
||trusts:|||
||Type of governing document:
for example,trust deed,
memorandum and articles of
association etc|Para 1.25|**Association model constitution**|
||How is the charity
constituted?
for example limited company,
unincorporated association,
CIO|
Para 1.25|**Charitable incorporated 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|**13 Appointment of charity trustees [(1)**
**At the first annual general meeting of the**
**members of the CIO all the charity**
**trustees shall retire from office;] (2) At**
**every [subsequent] annual general**
**meeting of the members of the CIO, one-**
**third of the charity trustees shall retire**
**from office. If the number of charity**
**trustees is not three or a multiple of**
**three, then the number nearest to one-**
**third shall retire from office, but if there is**
**only one charity trustee, he or she shall**
**retire;**
**(3) The charity trustees to retire by**
**rotation shall be those who have been**
**longest in office since their last**
**appointment or reappointment. If any**
**trustees were last appointed or**
**reappointed on the same day those to**
**retire shall (unless they otherwise agree**
**among themselves) be determined by lot;**
**(4) The vacancies so arising may be filled**
**by the decision of the members at the**
**annual general meeting; any vacancies**
**not filled at the annual general meeting**
**may be filled as provided in sub-clause**
**(5) of this clause;**
**(5) The members or the charity trustees**
**may at any time decide to appoint a new**
**charity trustee, whether in place of a**
**charity trustee who has retired or been**
**removed in accordance with clause [15]**
**(Retirement and removal of charity**
**trustees), or as**
**an additional charity trustee, provided**
**that the limit specified in clause [12(3)] on**
**the number of charity trustees would not**
**as a result be exceeded; (6) A person so**
**appointed by the members of the CIO**
**shall retire in accordance with the**|
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**provisions of sub-clauses (2) and (3) of this clause. A person so appointed by the charity trustees shall retire at the conclusion of the next annual general meeting after the date of his or her appointment, and shall not be counted for the purpose of determining which of the charity trustees is to retire by rotation at that meeting.**
## **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|**Trustees will be voted in, they will receive**
**training at Reading Voluntary action**
**group.**|
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**Charitable incorporated organisation**
**Constitution**
**Working alongside police force and**
**assisting other churches and charities**|
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||
## **Reference and administrative details**
|Charity name|**Community Outreach Project Solutions**|
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|Other name the charity uses|**The Naked Truth**
**Firefighters**
**Black and blue project**|
|Registered charity number|**1178997**|
|Charity’s principal address|**Broad Street Mall Reading**|
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|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (optional information)**
|**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**|
|---|---|---|
|**adviser**|||
**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The company has taken advantage of the small companies’ exemption in preparing the report above.**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report (including directors’ report) above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees/directors**
|**ned** **on behalf of the charity’s trustees/directors**|**e charity’s trustees/directors**|**e charity’s trustees/directors**||||
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|**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
MIRIAM
**Position (for example**
**Secretary, Chair, etc)**
CHAIR
VIRGO
**Date 24/12/2025**||||||
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CHAIR||||
|||**Date 24/12/2025**||||
**We are incredibly grateful for your continued support, which has allowed us to carry out these vital initiatives and make a meaningful difference in the lives of so many in our community. The impact of your donations cannot be understated, and we are proud to have been able to address the immediate needs of those most vulnerable among us**
||**11789**
**COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROJECT SOLUTIONS**|**11789**
**COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROJECT SOLUTIONS**|**11789**
**COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROJECT SOLUTIONS**|**11789**
**COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROJECT SOLUTIONS**|**117899**
**7**|**117899**
**7**|**CC16a**|
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**For the period**
**from**|
Period start date
Mar-24||
**To**
|
Period end date
Mar-25|||
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|**Section A Receipts and payment**
**s**||||||||
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**10,748.59**
**10,748.99**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**10,000**
**£9970**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1250**
**22**
~~**-**~~
~~**54**~~
**3,575**
4000
530
4300
~~100~~
~~300~~
~~240~~
~~527~~|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**748.99**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**748.99**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**748.99**
**748.99**
**748.99**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**757,191**
**-**
**102**
**3575.83-**||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**10,749**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**10,749**
**-**
**-**
**10,749**
**10,749**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**7571.91**
**-**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|CASH DONATIONS|**10,748.59**|||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**10,749**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**
**10,749**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR_
_)_|
**10,748.99**||||||**11,146**|
|||||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table)**
**.**||||||||
||**-**|||**-**
**-**
**-**||||
||**-**||||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|
**-**||||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_ **
**A3 Payments**||||||||
|||||**-**|**10,749**||**11,146.91**|
|||||||||
|
OFFICE /STORAGE RENTAL|4000|||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|||**-**|
|WEBSITE/SOCIAL MEDIA|530||||||**-**|
|COMMUNITY SERVICES/GOODS|4300||||||**-**|
|ADVERTISING|||||||**-**|
|INSURANCE|~~100~~
||||||**-**|
|CIC SUBSCRIPTION|~~300~~
||||||**-**|
|TELEPHONE HELPLINE|~~240~~||||||**-**|
|LOGO MERCHANDISE|||||||**-**|
|UNIFORMS/EQUIPMEN
T|~~527~~||||**10,749**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**£9970**||||||**11,146.91**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**
~~**purchases (see table**~~
~~**)**~~|**-**
**-**|||||||
|~~**,**~~
|**-**|||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|||
||||||**-**
**-**|||
|**_Sub total_ **|||||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_ **
**_Net of receipts/(payments_**
**_)_ **
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year en_**
**_d_ **||||||||
|||||**-**|||**12148**|
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**22**|**102**||**-**
**-**
**-**|||**6,226**|
||~~**-**~~
|**3575.83-**|||**-**||**-**|
||~~**54**~~||||||**54**|
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**3,575**|||**-**||||
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
30/12/2024
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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**the end of the period**|**the end of the period**|**the end of the period**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|**Details**
This year
Last Year
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**0**
**3**
**-**|||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
|||**0**||**3575-**|**-**|
|||**3**||**54**|**-**|
|||**-**||**-**|**-**|
|||**0**|||**-**|
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||||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
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**(optional)**|
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