||United by wool|United by wool|||||
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||Charity Accounts period||end 31 march|2023|||
|||**Shop**|**Online**|**Bonus Ball/**||**Fair**|
||**Week**|**Takings**|**Takings**|
**Rafels**|**Donations**|**Sales**|
|3/9 Apr|1|£ 213.03|£ 11.20|£ 156.00|£ 45.00||
|10/16|2|£ 257.68|£ 38.20|£ 127.00|£ 10.00||
|17/22|3||£ 31.90|£ 77.00|||
|24/30|4|£ 263.67|£ 16.30|£ 82.00|||
|1/7 May|5|£ 104.69|£ 23.00|£ 141.00|£ 5.00||
|8/14|6|£ 265.66|£ 45.40|£ 104.00|£ 5.00||
|15/21|7|£ 189.98|£ 23.00|£ 147.00|£ 5.00||
|22/28|8|£ 111.76|£ 42.40|£ 62.00|||
|29/4 June|9|£ 197.61|£ 291.90|£ 108.00|£ 25.00||
|5/11|10|£ 221.86|£ 4.50|£ 105.00|£ 10.00||
|12/18|11|£ 242.38|£ 49.70|£ 88.00|£ 15.00||
|19/25|12|£ 11.80|£ 20.90|£ 39.00|||
|26/2 Jul|13|£ 275.70|£ 70.45|£ 217.00|£ 5.00||
|3/9|14|£ 166.37|£ 39.14|£ 95.00|£ 10.00||
|10/16|15|£ 32.15|£ 11.90|£ 76.00|||
|17/23|16|£ 75.45||£ 53.00|||
|24/30|17|£ 365.64|£ 40.85|£ 72.00|||
|31/6 Aug|18|£ 75.87|£ 5.60|£ 188.00|£ 5.00||
|7/13|19|£ 216.41|£ 18.90|£ 61.00|£ 47.50||
|14/20|20|£ 140.47|£ 17.50|£ 60.00|£ 130.00||
|21/27|21|£ 134.54||£ 57.00|£ 10.00||
|28/3 Sep|22|£ 113.31|£ 39.00|£ 175.00|£ 5.00||
|4/10|23|£ 434.98|£ 121.88|£ 139.00|£ 10.00||
|11/17|24|£ 35.48|-£ 17.25|£ 94.00|£ 60.00||
|18/24|25|£ 168.22||£ 59.00|£ 15.00||
|25/1 Oct|26|£ 248.81|£ 59.30|£ 123.00|£ 5.00||
|2/8|27|£ 107.50|£ 6.40|£ 107.00|£ 5.00||
|9/15|28|£ 357.45|£ 50.00|£ 69.00|||
|16/22|29|£ 51.58||£ 101.00|£ 65.00||
|23/29|30|£ 271.87||£ 108.00|£ 190.00||
|30/5 Nov|31|£ 217.22|£ 16.50|£ 107.00|£ 5.00||
|6/12|32|£ 127.41|£ 24.90|£ 59.00|||
|13/19|33|£ 320.94|£ 40.20|£ 88.00|£ 75.00||
|20/26|34|£ 306.24|£ 58.30|£ 77.00|£ 50.00||
|27/3 Dec|35|£ 247.52|£ 2.20|£ 113.00|£ 5.00||
|4/10|36|£ 172.70||£ 51.00|£ 53.00||
|11/17|37|£ 15.34||£ 96.00|£ 60.00||
|18/24|38|£ 156.94||£ 73.00|£ 47.00||
|25/31|39|||£ 89.00|||
|1/7 Jan|40|£ 309.01|£ 34.60|£ 178.00|£ 28.50||
|8/14|41|£ 139.35|£ 32.95|£ 127.00|||
|15/21|42|£ 219.34|£ 124.70|£ 134.00|||
|22/28|43|£ 280.35|£ 33.60|£ 132.00|£ 35.00||
|29/4 Feb|44|£ 245.21 £ 2.20 £ 109.00 £ 50.00|
|---|---|---|
|5/11|45|£ 142.93 £ 350.00 £ 68.00 £ 15.50|
|12/18|46|£ 313.85 £ 37.00 £ 114.00 £ 55.00|
|19/25|47|£ 446.28 £ 15.00 £ 88.00 £ 5.00|
|26/3 Mar|48|£ 178.65 £ 66.80 £ 103.00 £ 5.00|
|4/10|49|£ 38.14 £ 85.60 £ 110.00 £ 10.00|
|11/17|50|£ 240.95 £ 210.80 £ 101.00 £ 23.00|
|18/24|51|£ 132.58 £ 52.00 £ 64.00 £ 40.00|
|25/31|52|£ 259.54 £ 47.50 £ 72.00 £ 25.00|
||53||
|||£ 9,862.41 £ 2,296.92 £ 5,243.00 £ 1,269.50 £ -|
|||**Fund / Just**|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Grants**|**Gift Aid**|
**Giving**|**Paypal**|**Total**|
|||||£ 425.23|
|||||£ 432.88|
|||||£ 108.90|
|||||£ 361.97|
|||||£ 273.69|
|||£ 29.24||£ 449.30|
|||||£ 364.98|
|||||£ 216.16|
|||||£ 622.51|
|||£ 70.34||£ 411.70|
|||||£ 395.08|
|||||£ 71.70|
|||||£ 568.15|
|||||£ 310.51|
|||||£ 120.05|
|||||£ 128.45|
|||||£ 478.49|
|||||£ 274.47|
|||||£ 343.81|
|||£ 40.24||£ 388.21|
|||£ 58.40||£ 259.94|
|||||£ 332.31|
|||||£ 705.86|
|||||£ 172.23|
|||||£ 242.22|
|||||£ 436.11|
|||||£ 225.90|
|||||£ 476.45|
|||||£ 217.58|
|||||£ 569.87|
|||||£ 345.72|
|||||£ 211.31|
|||£ 40.50||£ 564.64|
|||£ 42.72||£ 534.26|
|||||£ 367.72|
|||||£ 276.70|
|||||£ 171.34|
|||||£ 276.94|
|||||£ 89.00|
|||||£ 550.11|
|||||£ 299.30|
|||||£ 478.04|
|||||£ 480.95|
|||||£|40.34||£|446.75|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||||£|576.43|
|||||£|98.55||£|618.40|
||||||||£|554.28|
||||||||£|353.45|
||||||||£|243.74|
||||||||£|575.75|
||||||||£|288.58|
||||||||£|404.04|
||||||||£|-|
|£|-|£|-|£|420.33|£0.00|£|19,092.16|
## United by wool
Charity Accounts period end 31 march 2023
|**Date**|**Details**|**Amount**|**Purchases **|**Postage**|**Sundry**|**Stationery**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|1/4/22|Chengzhang Zhu|£ 583.00|||||
|1/4/22|Post Ofce|£ 17.91||£ 17.91|||
|1/4/22|Evri|£ 60.38||£ 60.38|||
|5/4/22|King Cole|£ 237.49|£ 237.49||||
|8/4/22|Evri|£ 42.34||£ 42.34|||
|12/4/22|British Gas|£ 49.21|||||
|12/4/22|Post Ofce|£ 6.70||£ 6.70|||
|19/4/22|Transfer to Savings Acc|£ 50.00|||||
|25/4/22|Post Ofce|£ 11.70||£ 11.70|||
|27/4/22|Haberdashery UK|£ 241.83|£ 241.83||||
|28/4/22|AliExpress|£ 35.27|||£ 35.27||
|3/5/22|Chengzhang Zhu|£ 583.00|||||
|10/5/22|Post Ofce|£ 23.15||£ 23.15|||
|12/5/22|Post Ofce|£ 16.75||£ 16.75|||
|16/5/22|Evri|£ 41.04||£ 41.04|||
|17/5/22|Transfer to Savings Acc|£ 50.00|||||
|20/5/22|Evri|£ 30.78||£ 30.78|||
|24/5/22|Post Ofce|£ 10.05||£ 10.05|||
|30/5/22|Evri|£ 42.71||£ 42.71|||
|31/5/22|Post Ofce|£ 3.35||£ 3.35|||
|31/5/22|Post Ofce|£ 46.02||£ 46.02|||
|1/6/22|Chengzhang Zhu|£ 583.00|||||
|6/6/22|Simply Business|£ 414.40|||||
|7/6/22|Oldham Gov|£ 40.00|||||
|8/6/22|King Cole|£ 624.41|£ 624.41||||
|8/6/22|WoolCraft|£ 899.94|£ 899.94||||
|9/6/22|Post Ofce|£ 6.70||£ 6.70|||
|10/6/22|Evri|£ 30.78|||£ 30.78||
|17/6/22|Transfer to Savings Acc|£ 50.00|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|27/6/22|Post Ofce|£ 20.70|£ 20.70||
|29/6/22|Evri|£ 41.34|£ 41.34||
|1/7/22|Chengzhang Zhu|£ 583.00|||
|1/7/22|Post Ofce|£ 6.70|£ 6.70||
|4/7/22|Evri|£ 23.17|£ 23.17||
|5/7/22|Post Ofce|£ 11.70|£ 11.70||
|5/7/22|Post Ofce|£ 22.50|£ 22.50||
|5/7/22|Evri|£ 41.04|£ 41.04||
|5/7/22|WoolCraft|£ 258.72 £ 258.72|||
|5/7/22|James C Brett|£ 770.64 £ 770.64|||
|18/7/22|Transfer to Savings Acc|£ 50.00|||
|26/7/22|Post Ofce|£ 6.70|£ 6.70||
|27/7/22|Evri|£ 41.04|£ 41.04||
|1/8/22|Chengzhang Zhu|£ 583.00|||
|2/8/22|Post Ofce|£ 33.50|£ 33.50||
|10/8/22|British Gas|£ 1.38|||
|11/8/22|B and M|£ 4.00||£ 4.00|
|11/8/22|Post Ofce|£ 3.35|£ 3.35||
|12/8/22|Evri|£ 37.98|£ 37.98||
|17/8/22|Transfer to Savings Acc|£ 50.00|||
|18/8/22|Post Ofce|£ 3.35|£ 3.35||
|19/8/22|Evri|£ 41.04|£ 41.04||
|24/8/22|Evri|£ 48.14|£ 48.14||
|25/8/22|StyleCraft|£ 418.62 £ 418.62|||
|25/8/22|James C Brett|£ 457.20 £ 457.20|||
|25/8/22|WoolCraft|£ 916.56 £ 916.56|||
|26/8/22|Post Ofce|£ 27.85|£ 27.85||
|30/8/22|Evri|£ 48.38|£ 48.38||
|1/9/22|Chengzhang Zhu|£ 583.00|||
|7/9/22|Ebay|£ 29.50||£ 29.50|
|7/9/22|Post Ofce|£ 6.70|£ 6.70||
|8/9/22|Evri|£ 27.88|£ 27.88|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|12/9/22|British Gas|£ 39.44||||
|13/9/22|Post Ofce|£ 3.35|£ 3.35|||
|13/9/22|B and M|£ 5.00|||£ 5.00|
|14/9/22|Evri|£ 59.71|£ 59.71|||
|20/9/22|Transfer to Savings Acc|£ 50.00||||
|26/9/22|Evri|£ 30.78|£ 30.78|||
|28/9/22|Evri|£ 33.43|£ 33.43|||
|28/9/22|King Cole|£ 308.81 £ 308.81||||
|28/9/22|WoolCraft|£ 452.46 £ 452.46||||
|3/10/22|Chengzhang Zhu|£ 583.00||||
|11/10/22|British Gas|£ 42.86||||
|14/10/22|Post Ofce|£ 31.80|£ 31.80|||
|17/10/22|Transfer to Savings Acc|£ 50.00||||
|20/10/22|Evri|£ 30.78|£ 30.78|||
|24/10/22|Evri|£ 44.16|£ 44.16|||
|26/10/22|Evri|£ 77.40|£ 77.40|||
|1/11/22|Chengzhang Zhu|£ 583.00||||
|3/11/22|Evri|£ 42.91|£ 42.91|||
|3/11/22|WoolCraft|£ 278.82 £ 278.82||||
|3/11/22|Yarn World|£ 510.00 £ 510.00||||
|3/11/22|James C Brett|£ 526.98 £ 526.98||||
|10/11/22|British Gas|£ 42.46||||
|17/11/22|Transfer to Savings Acc|£ 50.00||||
|23/11/22|Amazon|£ 3.99 £ 3.99||||
|23/11/22|Amazon|£ 9.90 £ 9.90||||
|23/11/22|Post Ofce|£ 28.45|£ 28.45|||
|23/11/22|Asda|£ 7.84||£ 7.84||
|23/11/22|West Yorkshire Fire|£ 48.00||||
|24/11/22|Evri|£ 45.41|£ 45.41|||
|29/11/22|Amazon|£ 20.00||||
|30/11/22|Evri|£ 38.70|£ 38.70|||
|1/12/22|Chengzhang Zhu|£ 583.00||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|7/12/22|British Gas|£ 13.83||||
|9/12/22|Evri|£ 38.46|£ 38.46|||
|19/12/22|Transfer to Savings Acc|£ 50.00||||
|3/1/23|Chengzhang Zhu|£ 583.00||||
|17/1/23|Transfer to Savings Acc|£ 50.00||||
|17/1/23|James C Brett|£ 175.98 £ 175.98||||
|17/1/23|StyleCraft|£ 252.60 £ 252.60||||
|17/1/23|WoolCraft|£ 382.14 £ 382.14||||
|18/1/23|Oldham Gov|£ 120.00||||
|18/1/23|Post Ofce|£ 15.00|£ 15.00|||
|18/1/23|Evri|£ 27.88|£ 27.88|||
|20/1/23|British Gas|£ 45.07||||
|20/1/23|Amazon|£ 79.42|||£ 79.42|
|25/1/23|Post Ofce|£ 17.15|£ 17.15|||
|27/1/23|Evri|£ 45.64|£ 45.64|||
|1/2/23|Chengzhang Zhu|£ 583.00||||
|3/2/23|Evri|£ 34.02|£ 34.02|||
|6/2/23|T Accounting|£ 50.00||£ 50.00||
|9/2/23|Evri|£ 39.24|£ 39.24|||
|10/2/23|British Gas|£ 33.30||||
|13/2/23|Evri|£ 27.12|£ 27.12|||
|17/2/23|Transfer to Savings Acc|£ 50.00||||
|22/2/23|Evri|£ 35.49|£ 35.49|||
|27/2/23|Evri|£ 20.52|£ 20.52|||
|28/2/23|WoolCraft|£ 929.82 £ 929.82||||
|1/3/23|Chengzhang Zhu|£ 583.00||||
|3/3/23|Post Ofce|£ 20.10|£ 20.10|||
|6/3/23|StyleCraft|£ 193.62 £ 193.62||||
|6/3/23|King Cole|£ 383.88 £ 383.88||||
|8/3/23|B and M|£ 12.50||£ 12.50||
|14/3/23|British Gas|£ 33.57||||
17/3/23 Transfer to Savings Acc £ 50.00 22/3/23 Evri £ 48.40 £ 48.40 30/3/23 King Cole £ 773.21 £ 773.21 31/3/23 Write Off £ 8.55 £ 8.55
£ 20,498.54 £10,007.62 £ 1,688.54 £ 144.94 £ 117.92
**and Household ment Subscript Renewals & Cleaning Rent Rates Savings Fee's ions** £ 583.00
£ 49.21 £ 50.00 £ 583.00 £ 50.00
£ 583.00 £ 414.40 £ 40.00
- £ 50.00
£ 583.00
- £ 50.00
£ 583.00
£ 1.38
- £ 50.00
£ 583.00
- £ 39.44
- £ 50.00
- £ 583.00 £ 42.86
- £ 50.00
£ 583.00
£ 42.46 £ 50.00
£ 48.00
£ 20.00
£ 120.00
£ 583.00 £ 13.83 £ 50.00 £ 583.00 £ 50.00 £ 45.07 £ 583.00 £ 33.30 £ 50.00 £ 583.00
£ 33.57
50.00
£ 188.00 £ - £ 6,996.00 £ 755.52 £ 600.00 £ - £ -
United by wool Charity Accounts period end 31 march 2023
Opening Balance 01/04/20 £ 4,303.16 Income £ 19,092.16 Purchases and Expenditure £ 20,498.54 Bank Charges Transfers to savings Other Closing Balance 31/03/2021 £ 2,896.78 £ 23,395.32 £ 23,395.32 This Should balance
## United by wool
Charity Accounts period end 31 march 2023
This just shows the transfers between accounts
|**Date**|**Details**|**Amount**|**Tranfer**|**Interest**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|11/4/22|Interest|£0.25||£0.25|
|19/4/22|Transfer from current acc|£50.00|£50.00||
|9/5/22|Interest|£0.21||£0.21|
|17/5/22|Transfer from current acc|£50.00|£50.00||
|9/6/22|Interest|£0.24||£0.24|
|17/6/22|Transfer from current acc|£50.00|£50.00||
|11/7/22|Interest|£0.24||£0.24|
|18/7/22|Transfer from current acc|£50.00|£50.00||
|9/8/22|Interest|£0.92||£0.92|
|17/8/22|Transfer from current acc|£50.00|£50.00||
|9/9/22|Interest|£1.18||£1.18|
|20/9/22|Transfer from current acc|£50.00|£50.00||
|10/10/22|Interest|£1.19||£1.19|
|17/10/22|Transfer from current acc|£50.00|£50.00||
|9/11/22|Interest|£2.99||£2.99|
|17/11/22|Transfer from current acc|£50.00|£50.00||
|9/12/22|Interest|£6.42||£6.42|
|19/12/22|Transfer from current acc|£50.00|£50.00||
|9/1/23|Interest|£12.01||£12.01|
|17/1/23|Transfer from current acc|£50.00|£50.00||
|9/2/23|Interest|£14.36||£14.36|
|17/2/23|Transfer from current acc|£50.00|£50.00||
|9/3/23|Interest|£13.31||£13.31|
|17/3/23|Transfer from current acc|£50.00|£50.00||
£653.32
£600.00
£53.32
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## Section A Reference and administration details
|**Charity**
**name**United by Wool - helping those in need
**Other**
**names**
**charity**
**is**
**known**
**by**
UBW
**Regist**
**ered**
**charity**
**numbe**
**r (if**
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118075
1
**Charity**
**'s**
**princip**
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**addres**
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24 Becket Meadows
Oldham
**Postco**
**de**
**OL4 1JB**
**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
**Trustee name**
**Office (if any)**
**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**
**Name of person (or body)**
**entitled to appoint**
**trustee (ifany)**
1
Jeanette Nawaz
Chair/Co-ordinator
2
Pauline
Treasurer/Books|**Charity**
**name**United by Wool - helping those in need
**Other**
**names**
**charity**
**is**
**known**
**by**
UBW
**Regist**
**ered**
**charity**
**numbe**
**r (if**
**any)**
118075
1
**Charity**
**'s**
**princip**
**al**
**addres**
**s**
24 Becket Meadows
Oldham
**Postco**
**de**
**OL4 1JB**
**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
**Trustee name**
**Office (if any)**
**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**
**Name of person (or body)**
**entitled to appoint**
**trustee (ifany)**
1
Jeanette Nawaz
Chair/Co-ordinator
2
Pauline
Treasurer/Books|United by Wool - helping those in need|United by Wool - helping those in need|United by Wool - helping those in need|United by Wool - helping those in need|United by Wool - helping those in need|
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1 March **2012**
**TAR**
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## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) CIO How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Appointment by the Trustee Board Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
2 March **2012**
**TAR**
Each new Trustee will be appointed on merit taking skills, knowledge and You **may choose** to include experience into account. A key factor will be the availability to serve at additional information, where least 3 years. relevant, about: Training on the structure and activities of the Charity will be given by the Founder (Jeanette Nawaz). The new Trustee will be enrolled into the ● policies and procedures Group via the Facebook page. Access to the shop premises will be given adopted for the induction and and the new Trustee will be encouraged to partake in the general training of trustees; activities in order to gain an overview of the Organisation. Each new Trustee will be given a copy of the Constitution, Annual Report ● the charity’s organisational and Statement of Accounts.
- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
- Present Structure: Overall lead taken by Chair/Coordinator including networking, paperwork, research, governance/safeguarding, book keeping and accounts undertaken by the treasurer, The secretary keeps the minutes book and is also the 'face' of the group(facebook). The fundraisers organise and 'man' events, do stock control, projects and other duties to do with raising funds. All trustees cover the shop on a rota with at least one volunteer. Regular Trustee meetings are held to discuss strategic and financial matters.
- relationship with any related parties;
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
Our primary aim is the relief of poverty in the UK and overseas by providing:- items and services to individuals in need/or charities, or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty.
**Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)**
We are a small charity, based in Oldham. We respond to urgent appeals for help as well as providing regular items to specific organisations. As a means to achieve our objectives we set up a Charity Shop (154a Huddersfield Road, Oldham, OL4 2RD) and knit and natter groups. The shop acts as a base for all our charitable activities and generates income for the charity from sale of goods donated for the purpose, and is used for holding events and meetings. Most of the Items for sale in the shop have been made and donated by the charity supporters, the exception is the new yarn which is purchased by the charity from wholesalers and sold at a profit for charity funds.
Those who benefit from our work are mainly babies and children (based in the UK and overseas), although we have recently been receiving more requests for teenage and adult items of clothing. Most items are handmade by our members, but some items are sourced from other charity shops and/or retailers. We make direct and indirect deliveries of donations:clothing, blankets, toiletries, toys, baby essentials i.e nappies and baby milk. The beneficiaries fall into the following groups:-
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Refugees, Homeless, Fleeing domestic abuse/violence and those trapped in poverty. This year we have continued to distribute donations to Care UK, Cribs, Bananas and Biryani, Merseyside Aid, Baby Banks, UKeff, Baby Basics, Knowsley Blankets, Crossroads, Idib, Sussex Aid, Crossgate and we also assist individuals under the care of Oldham Social Services. In reviewing our strategy objective and planning our activities for the year, the trustees have considered the Charity Commission's guidance on Public Benefit. The trustees are satisfied that the strategic objectives are in line with the Charity’s Objectives as set out in the Governing Document.
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
|You**may choose**to include further statements,
where relevant, about:
●policy on grantmaking;
●policy programme related investment;
●contribution made by volunteers.|At present we do not have a policy for making cash
grants as it is not the Charity’s intention, at this time,
to provide anything other than non-cash donations.
Nor do we have a policy in respect of investment, at
this time.
The charity is run by volunteers, who give their time
and resources for free. The Volunteers and
members are considered the backbone of the
organisation, as without their generous support the
charity would not succeed. Through their continuous
generosity we have ensured that many people in
need have received help with the basic living
essentials.
The opinions of the volunteers and members are
taken into account in decision making and feedback
is welcomed.
We post regular updates regarding the charity’s
activities and the charity facebook page and
members regularly post pictures, messages and
suggestions.
The volunteers engage in most aspects of the charity
activities from receiving , sorting, storing, packaging
and delivering donations to assisting in the running
of the shop, ebay, craft fairs, fundraising events and
long termprojects of Knit andNattergroups.|
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## Section D Achievements and performance
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## **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year**
- Keeping the charity running during the pandemic
- Growing the Facebook group i.e more members
- Acquiring new outlets for donations
- Built bigger and stronger connections in the community
- Found alternative ways to help during the strict restrictions caused by the pandemic
## **Section E Financial review**
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**Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves**
The charity has set up a deposit account, which is easily accessible if needed, to cover any future emergencies, appeals, or unexpected bills. This account runs alongside our current account.
**Details of any funds materially in deficit**
None
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
The charity’s principal source of funding comes from the shop and online You **may choose** to include sales. The shop sales continue to be steady, we feel that we have additional information, where exceeded our expectations. relevant about:
The secondary sources are from the members by way of donations, and ● the charity’s principal by participating in fundraising events such as the bonus ball initiative. They and the public alike also donate via the shopping Apps sources of funds (including Easyfundraising and Amazon Smile. any fundraising); The charity regularly throughout the year engages in holding auctions, raffles etc.
● how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
The charity, to date, has benefitted from 3 small Community based grants of the charity; and these funds were spent in accordance with the limitations set. We **●** investment policy and have also received 4 government grants during the pandemic which was a major aspect of us being able to keep the charity running. objectives including any ethical investment policy This year we have been able to make alterations to the shop which has adopted. enabled us to manage with the high volume of donations from the knock on effect of people being told to Stay Home.
Every penny raised or donated, and every action taken is with the aim of helping people in need.
## **Section F Other optional information**
History of the organisation:- A community group started in 2017 and was run from the home of Jeanette Nawaz. The basis was centred on the interest of knitting/crochet. This grew into a beneficial group based on making basic clothing items and blankets to send to refugees caught up in the war in Syria. At this point no money was raised. As the group expanded and it’s activities increased to include anyone in need of such items, it became obvious that premises were needed and a decision to become a registered charity, in order to be transparent and accountable, was made in 2018. Some initial cash donations, sales and other income was raised just prior to becoming a registered charity in November 2018. A bank account and paypal account were set up plus a financial accounting system. The financial side of things is overseen by two unrelated persons with reports made available to all Trustee’s (and members, if requested). The shop premises were obtained on 4th June 2019 and the shop opened to the public on the 28th July 2019. The first rent became payable in September 2019 and the premises are on a 3 year lease.
**Section G Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)** C. Harwood
Harwood **Full name(s)** Catherine
**Position (eg Secretary,** Fundraiser
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Chair, etc)
Date
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