## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 01/1/21 Period start date To 31/03/23 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Ex-Services Home Mess** ## **Charity registration number:1161438** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To provide information and support to all**
**Veterans in Sheffield**| |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|**To take part in City Council decisions**
**within the Military Covenant Group to**
**guard the interests of Veterans. To**
**provide advice and guidance to secure**
**solutions to relevant problems. To**
**provide a dedicated social meeting room**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**We are always conscious of the guidance**
**offered for operating within the Public**
**benefit and the Military Covenant**
**guidance on public interest.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**We do not make grants but may offer**
**services for the benefit of the client.**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**Apart from looking after our venue, we**
**may organise trips for the benefit of**
**Veterans**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Massive; and we allow subsistence**
**payments for travel and visiting clients.**
**We provide training for them to operate**
**safely within the Community**| |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|**Our main resource is the fact we are all**
**Veterans and are therefore able to get**
**closer to our clients because we share**
**our experience of time in the forces.**
**We have achieved a benefit for Ex**
**Service personnel returning with**
**Sheffield contacts, to have their service**
**time accepted as waiting time on the**
**social housing lists. We are also coming**
**up to our tenth anniversary as a Charity**
**and have a membership of about 100**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**Dedicated to continuing our support of**
**the Veteran Community**| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**We have always striven for that little extra**
**effort on fundraising and have reached**
**the goal of having dedicated reserves at**
**5k**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**No investments have been made**| |Other||**Three of our founding 5 Trustees are still**
**involved with the Charity.**| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**It is strong in spite of Covid**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Our reserves are held within the account**
**at the bank**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**5k**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**NONE**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**We continue to move from strength to**
**strength. We are determined to expand**
**our horizons.**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**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|**Raffles, Grants from charitable funds I.e.**
**National lottery and Postcode Lottery.**
**We have had TableTop sales which have**
**raised over £1000**| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**No policy to invest in anything other than**
**an ISA (under discussion).**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**None at present. There may be a shortage**
**of volunteers as the years go on**| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**CIO**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO, 1 Principal Trustee + 5 active**
**Trustees**| |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|**All Trustees and Volunteers are voted in,**
**Trustees by the current Trustees and**
**Volunteers at open Charity meetings**| **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|
**Training on safety for everyone visiting**
**clients is clearly defined. Instruction on**
**methodology and areas of concern are**
**given within the training sessions.**| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**We have a liaison Trustee and the**
**Principal Trustee, both of whom are**
**involved in the R.B.L. and the Military**
**Covenant Group in the City Council**| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|**Other associations meet in our room,**
**along with the Joint Service Council of**
**Sheffield. We have representatives on**
**both of them**| |Other||**We do liaise with the local Officer**
**Training Corps in the city**| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|EX-SERVICES HOME MESS (SHEFFIELD)| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|HOM MESS| |Registered charity number|1161438| |Charity’s principal address|39 Hurlfield Avenue
Gleadless
Sheffield
S12 2TL| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||ANTHONY
COOPER|PRINCIPAL
TRUSTEE|SINCE 2014|THE TRUSTEES AT
TRUSTEES MEETINGS| ||DONALD BILTON|MEMBERSHIP
TRUSTEE|SINCE 2014|| ||ANTHONY ELSEY||SINCE 2014|| ||ADRIAN SIM ONS||SINCE 2021|| ||PATRICIA DAVEY|LIAISON TRUSTEE|SINCE 2022|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name NONE** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |||| |||| |**NONE**||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** |Description of the assets
held in this capacity|Bonds required by Trustees on being voted onto the Charity
are held in trust by the Principal Trustee and are returnable
on ceasing to be a Trustee.| |---|---| |Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|ANTHONY COOPER (PRINCIPAL TRUSTEE AND
FOUNDER)
Bonds are held as a signal of honesty and dedication to the
aims of the Charity. No one has ever broken that trust.| |Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own assets|#
Kept in the safe at the home of the Principal Trustee| ## **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 **All personal information is available within the Commission records and we do not have senior staff or a CEO** ## **Other optional information** **As above** ## **Declarations** **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** **Charity Name No (if any) Sticklepath Community Church (C.I.O.) 1180318 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 4/1/2022 3/31/2023 ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**Section A Receipts and payments**||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**
Freewill Offering
**5,811**
90 DayNotice Account - Interest
**22**
Gift Aid - 2020/2021
**-**
Harvest Offering (for FCN)
**-**
Gift Aid/GASDS Refund 2021/2022
**1,459**
Specific Appeals - Offerings
**439**
**-**
**-**
**7,731**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 7,731**
**A3 Payments**
Insurance
**319**
**929**
Licences/Subscriptions
**575**
Donations to other Organisations
**11,049**
Expenses for VisitingSpeakers
**340**
Social Gifts
**287**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ 13,499**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total payments_ 13,499**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ - 5,768**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**25,733**
**_Cash funds this year end_ 19,965**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
Cost of Activities ( incl. Laptop
replacement)
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**5,811**
**22**
**-**
**-**
**1,459**
**439**
**-**
**-**
**7,731**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**7,731**
**319**
**929**
**575**
**11,049**
**340**
**287**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**13,499**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**13,499**
**- 5,768**
**-**
**25,733**
**19,965**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**5,811**|**5,647**| ||||**22**|**8**| ||||**-**|**861**| ||||**-**|**575**| ||||**1,459**|**-**| ||||**439**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**7,731**|**7,091**| |||||| |||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**|**7,731**|**7,091**| |||||| |||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**319**|**309**| ||||**929**|**388**| ||||**575**|**683**| ||||**11,049**|**11,186**| ||||**340**|**45**| ||||**287**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**13,499**|**12,611**| |||||| |||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**|**13,499**|**12,611**| |||||| ||**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**- 5,768**|**- 5,520**| ||**-**||**-**|**-**| ||**-**||**25,733**|**31,253**| ||**-**||**19,965**|**25,733**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|**Details**
Lloyds Current Account
CAF 90 Day Notice Account
**Details**
Gift Aid and GASDS 2022/23
**Details**
**Details**
Laptop
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**8,993**
**10,972**
**-**
**19,965**
OK
**to nearest £**
**1,465**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Unrestricted
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**|**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
OK
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**532**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||OK| |||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |Signature|Print Name
G.WILLIAMS
P.Dennis|Date of
approval| |---|---|---| ||G.WILLIAMS|10/28/2023| ||P.Dennis|**11/10/2023**|