## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
## **From 01/04/2021 To 31/03/2022**
## **Charity name: Hope City Furniture**
## **Charity registration number: 1181097**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of Para 1.17 Hope City Furniture has four purposes:
the charity as set out in its advancement of the Christian faith;
governing document relieving financial hardship by providing
furniture and household items to those
rehoused due to crisis who could not
otherwise afford them; protecting and
preserving the environment through
promoting the reuse and recycling of
furniture and household items; and
promoting social inclusion.
Summary of the main Para 1.17 and Hope City Furniture works in
1.19
activities in relation to those partnership with many different
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|**Objectives and Activities**|**Objectives and Activities**|**Objectives and Activities**|
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|SORP reference|||
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document
Para 1.17
**Hope City Furniture has four purposes:**
**advancement of the Christian faith;**
**relieving financial hardship by providing**
**furniture and household items to those**
**rehoused due to crisis who could not**
**otherwise afford them; protecting and**
**preserving the environment through**
**promoting the reuse and recycling of**
**furniture and household items; and**
**promoting social inclusion.**|||
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**Hope City Furniture works in**
**partnership with many different**|
|purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.||**agencies and organisations in Derby**
**who refer people to us who have been**
**rehoused due to crisis for the provision**
**of free good quality furniture and**
**household items. During the reporting**
**period we received 147 referrals and**
**gave away around 700 items of**
**furniture. Those referred to us included**
**refugees, women and families fleeing**
**domestic violence, the homeless,**
**victims of human trafficking and those**
**recovered from substance abuse. On**
**every referral we explain that we are**
**Christians and offer to pray for the**
**person and also offer them a Bible**
**and/or tracts in their language if they**
**would like one. However, there is no**
**obligation to receive either and neither**
**are a condition of receiving our services**
**as we provide furniture to people of all**
**faiths and no faith. All the furniture we**
**give away has been donated to us thus**
**we actively promote the upcycling and**
**recycling of what would otherwise**
**potentially be landfill furniture, in order**
**to reduce the impact on the environment**
**of such unnecessary wastage. We also**
**sell some antique and vintage furniture**
**to provide an income stream for the**|
|||**charity in order to make it as self-**
**sustainable as possible. This furniture**
**was sold in our unit at the Derwentside**
**Shopping Mill in Belper, but is now**
**primarily sold on Facebook, after we**
**closed the unit in Belper at the end of**
**January 2022. The selling of this**
**furniture again relates to the purpose of**
**protecting and preserving the**
**environment through promoting the**
**reuse and recycling of second-hand**
**furniture. Most of the people referred to**
**us have experienced trauma due to the**
**different crises they have been through**
**and most are lonely and isolated. In**
**order to promote social inclusion we**
**often revisit those referred to us if there**
**is an open door to do so for social**
**interaction. We also try to connect**
**people to other organisations and**
**projects in Derby for ongoing support**
**and especially connect people into**
**churches around Derby where this is**
**appropriate.**|
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|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**When planning activities for the year,**
**the trustees have considered the**
**Commission’s guidance on public**
**benefit.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38||
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38||
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**We are grateful to Mr Batten who up**
**until the end of 2021 volunteered with**
**us one day a week.**|
|Other|||
## **Achievements and Performance**
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SORP reference
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|**Achievements and Performance**|**Achievements and Performance**|**Achievements and Performance**|
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|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|**During the period of this report Hope**
**City Furniture has processed just under**
**150 referrals and have given away**
**around 700 items of furniture to people**
**who have been rehoused due to crisis**
**and who have found themselves in the**
**position of having to completely furnish**
**a new home without the means to do so.**
**This provision has greatly benefitted**
**those who have received it. We have**
**also given out over 90 New Testaments**
**and Bibles, and well over 100 tracts in**
**over 10 different languages and have**
**prayed with almost everyone we have**
**delivered furniture to. Many times,**
**people have been touched by the**
**presence of God as we have prayed for**
**them. We have sold around 160 items of**
**second-hand furniture, many of which**
**have been upcycled. This totals**
**together with the furniture given away**
**over 850 items of furniture and**
**household items reused and recycled**
**which has undoubtedly reduced**
**unnecessary landfill and wastage.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41||
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
Other
## **Financial Review**
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Review of the charity’s Para 1.21 The opening balance at 01/04/2021 was
financial position at the end £15,675.14.
of the period
Total receipts for the period of this
report were £23,536.72. Of this £500 was
restricted to literature purchase and
£3,900 was restricted to the renovation
costs of our new building. Unrestricted
income came primarily from sales of
donated goods, primary purpose trading
and unrestricted donations. We also
received a grant of £2,000 from
Foundation Derbyshire.
Expenditure for the period was
£22,613.16. Unrestricted expenditure
consisted primarily of the costs of
charitable activities and the costs of
activities for generating funds.
The net result for the year was an
excess of receipts over payments of
£623.98 on unrestricted funds and
£299.58 on restricted funds. Giving a
total of £923.56 profit and a closing
balance of £16,598.70.
Statement explaining the Para 1.22 Hope City Furniture has a reserves
policy for holding reserves policy which states the charity aims to
stating why they are held have three months (approximately
£4,500) of operating costs in the bank
account at all times. Should the amount
in the bank account fall below this
figure, then measures will be taken to
limit expenditure. Every effort will then
be made to rebuild three months of
operating costs as quickly as possible.
Reserves are held in order to cover the
following:
1. Contingency: unexpected expenditure
in the event of an emergency;
2. Cash-flow: situations where a bill has
to be paid before the money to cover it
has been received;
3. Commitment: a commitment to
expenditure which cannot be covered by
the annual income;
4. Closure: the charity becomes
financially unsustainable and has to be
wound up.
As of the 31 [st] March 2022 Hope City
Furniture’s closing balance was
£16,598.70 of which £299.58 was
restricted.
Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 £4,500
Reasons for holding zero Para 1.22
reserves
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Details of fund materially in Para 1.24 deficit Explanation of any Para 1.23 uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern
## **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||
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|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
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Description of charity’s
trusts:
Type of governing document Para 1.25 CIO Foundation
(trust deed, royal charter)
How is the charity Para 1.25 Hope City Furniture is registered as a
constituted? CIO
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)
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|**Structure, Governance and Management**|**Structure, Governance and Management**|**Structure, Governance and Management**|
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|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)
Para 1.25
**CIO Foundation**|||
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)
Para 1.25
**Hope City Furniture is registered as a**
**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|**The trustee recruitment process for**
**Hope City Furniture is outlined in the**
**Trustee Recruitment Policy and the**
**expectations of the role are clearly**
**outlined in the Trustee Role Description.**
**New trustees are appointed by the**
**existing trustee board. A Trustee**
**Nomination Form is completed by an**
**existing trustee detailing the reasons**
**why they are nominating a certain**
**person as charity trustee. This form is**
**then reviewed by the whole trustee**
**body. The prospective trustee is then**
**invited to fill in an application form and**
**references are taken up. All trustees of**
**Hope City Furniture are required to sign**
**a declaration stating that they have read**
**and understood the Statement of Faith**
**and the Core Practices of Hope City**
**Furniture as expressed in Hope City**
**Furniture’s****_“Ethos and Core Values.”_**
**and will aspire to live accordingly to**
**them and act in accordance with them.**|
## **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|**Trustee Recruitment Policy, Trustee**
**Role Description, Trustee Nomination**
**Form, Trustee Application Form, Trustee**
**Reference Form, Trustee Declaration**|
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|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
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Charity name Hope City Furniture
Other name the charity uses
Registered charity number 1181097
Charity’s principal address Barn 4
Highfield Farm
Heage Lane
Etwall
Derbyshire
DE65 6LS
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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Dates acted if not for Name of person (or body) entitled to
Trustee name Office (if any)
whole year appoint trustee (if any)
1 Paul Hutchinson Chair
2 Fiona Fraser Treasurer
3 Richard Fraser
4 Helen Hutchinson
5 Patrick Johnstone
6 Robyn Johnstone
7 David Crump 14/03/22 – 31/03/22 HCF Trustee Board
8 Elizabeth Crump 14/03/22 – 31/03/22 HCF Trustee Board
9 Rai Dass 14/03/22 – 31/03/22 HCF Trustee Board
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name**
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)**
Richard and Fiona Fraser
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **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**
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HOPE CITY FURNITURE 1181097
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period 01/04/2021 31/03/2022
To
from
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Activities for generating funds 9,963 - - 9,963 -
Donations 5,641 4,400 - 10,041 -
Funding 2,000 - 2,000 -
Gift Aid 1,528 - - 1,528 -
Other 5 - - 5 -
Opening Balance 13,984 1,691 - 15,675 -
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total (Gross income for
AR) [ 33,121 ] 6,091 - 39,212 -
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 33,121 6,091 - 39,212 -
A3 Payments
Literature Purchase 482 - 482 -
Cost of Activities for generating funds 3,416 - - 3,416 -
Cost of Charitable Activities 10,380 - - 10,380 -
Commercial Insurance 1,984 - - 1,984 -
Renovations on Building 5,309 - 5,309 -
Renovations on Building 1,042 - 1,042 -
- - - -
- - -
Sub total [ 16,822 ] 5,791 - 22,613 -
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - - -
Total payments 16,822 5,791 - 22,613 -
Net of receipts/(payments) 16,299 300 - 16,599 -
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end - - - - -
Cash funds this year end 16,299 300 - 16,599 -
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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**||
|---|---|---|---|
|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
**Details**
Ford Transit Van
**Details**
Signature|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**16,299**
**300**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**16,299**
**300**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**16,440**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Fiona Fraser|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
||||**-**|
||||OK|
||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**When due**
**(optional)**
Date of
approval
14/04/2022|
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
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