**NEW BEGINNINGS 4U 12, WOODCLIFF AVENUE WESTON-SUPER-MARE NORTH SOMERSET BS22 8LA** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Freedom
Prison
Success
Failure
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**Telephone: 01934-248485 Pete Mob: 07810-577588 Pat Mob: 07787-510515** # **TRUSTEES REPORT FOR THE PERIOD TO 31 DECEMBER 2023** # **Charity No. 1181107** # **Structure, Governance & Management** ## **Charitable Status** New Beginnings 4U CIO (Number 1181107) was registered on 11th December 2018. ## **Charitable Objects** To befriend mainly ‘lifer’ prisoners in HMP Leyhill South Gloucester or other prisons if requested, building up a relationship of trust until they are released when we then mentor them until they can stand on their own two feet so that they NEVER RE-OFFEND AGAIN. ## **Trustees** The Charity Trustees meet at least four times a year to discuss and review the work of the Charity. Two New Younger Trustees have been welcomed during the year and are made aware of their responsibilities, the governing document, administrative procedures, safeguarding policy and the ethos of the Charity. They are also asked to be DBS checked. ## **Reserves Policy** The Trustees objective is to have 4 – 6 weeks operating costs in reserve and this amounts to approx £2,000 - £3,000. At the end of the year the Charity held £3,598 ## **Thank You** NB4U want to thank regular donors each month and during the year Milton Christian Fellowship for their monthly gift Renishaw £500 The taste of Somerset Show at Hutton £550 Local Markets £3859 Richard Lennox Concert £200 ## **Trustees** Peter Hilder (Chair) Patricia Hilder (Secretary) Natalie Batchelor (Minutes) David Connolly Peter Franklin Julie Howarth (DBS checks) Sara Hughes (Fundraising) Susannah Weeks (Just giving Co-ordinator) Joshua Harper (Bleadon Market) Jonah Harper (Markets and IT) ## **Treasurer** Rachael Fisher (Appointed 1st January 2020) ## **Accountants** David K. Hardiman, Chartered Accountant 36/38 Meadow Street, Weston-Super-Mare, BS23 1QQ ## **Bankers** Lloyds Bank, Smethwick Branch ## **Registered Office** 12, Woodcliff Avenue, Weston-Super-Mare, BS22 8LA Email: pat.hilder@outlook.com Website: www.newbeginnings4U.org ## **Objectives and Achievements** Our Charity aim is ‘to befriend mainly ‘lifer’ prisoners in HMP Leyhill, South Gloucester or other prisons if requested, building up a relationship of trust until they are released when we will mentor them until they can stand on their own two feet so that they NEVER RE-OFFEND AGAIN’. Re-offending costs the tax payer over £10 billion a year as 60% of ex-offenders re-offend within 2 years of release. New Beginnings 4U Trustees ask WHY? The outside world just seem to treat exoffenders as ‘problems’ but NB4U treat them as ‘human beings who deserve a second chance’. As a Christian Charity we read in the Bible on 3 occasions ‘the Lord has appointed me to bring good news to the poor, He has sent me to comfort the broken hearted and to announce that captives will be released and prisoners will be freed’ Jesus felt these words in the Old testament of the Bible SO important, that he preached on them in his first sermon. NB4U has been in operation for 15 years and a Charity for 5 years. Our routine remains the same, visiting Leyhill Prison on Saturday and Sunday on the first weekend of each month. Other Prisons visited in 2023 have been Channing’s Wood, Dartmoor, Parc, Ashfield, Bristol, Whatton and Erlestoke. These clients really appreciate our twice yearly visits of encouragement. We continued to send them all Birthday & Christmas Gifts of £30 and buy them treats on their ROTL day’s and Home Leaves. In 2023 we have seen 3 of our clients released into AP Hostels and 2 are now in their own Flats and doing well. We still like to think that we are here to build their trust, listen to their worries and concerns especially of deferred action. We never condemn or criticise them but offer them hope and a chance to turn their life around. We like the words of Henry Ford who said ‘Failure is simply the opportunity to begin life again more intelligently’ These residents need people around them interested in them as human beings, who have served their sentence and now deserve a second chance. NB4U volunteers meet them on the Release on Temporary Licence days, and help them fulfil tasks like accompanying them to their Probation Officer appointment, opening a bank Account, buying a mobile phone, finding a Doctor and Dentist. Visiting the library for them to use the Computers and then anything else that helps them settle into the outside world. We appreciate the contact we still have via Zoom with the South West Mentoring Alliance in Exeter. It is good when you are a small organisation to have support and advice from larger organisations. Since we started the work in 2008 we have helped 76 men. We give hope to around 26 guys either still in prison or recently released and in Hostels and Flats. Many of the others seek our advice when they require it. So what about the future? ## **Future Plans** Over the next year we plan to:- Continue visiting 6 lads in HMP Leyhill and 8 in other Prisons. We will write regularly to 10 others. Continue to see if there is a way forward for the Charity as the Founders are now both 77 years old Strive to increase our financial support from local Churches and donors so that Mr & Mrs Hilder don’t have to work so hard raising around £5,000 through their own efforts, Ideally we need £15k - £20 a year to fulfil all the work we would like to Continue to explore donations from Trusts and Companies. (Not easy because everyone is facing cutbacks) ## By order of the Trustees ........................................ Mrs P Hilder Secretary 21st March 2024 ## **NEW BEGINNINGS 4U C.I.O.** **ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2024** **CHARITY NUMBER 1181107** ## **NEW BEGINNINGS 4U C.I.O.** ## **INDEX TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2024** ## **Page** 1. Trust Information 2. Independent Examiner’s Report 3. Income and Expenditure Account 4. Balance Sheet **Additional Page for Management** 5. Accountant’s Report to Members ## **NEW BEGINNINGS 4U C.I.O.** Registered 11th December 2020 Charity Number 1181107 ## **TRUST INFORMATION** ## **TRUST ADDRESS** ## **TRUSTEES** 12 Woodcliff Avenue Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS22 8LA T D Conolly P G Franklin Mrs P A Hilder P R Hilder (Died February 2025) Mrs N Gale-Sides Mrs J Howarth Mrs S Hughes Mrs S Weeks Joshua Harper (Appointed 16th February 2024) Jonah Harper (Appointed 14th February 2024) 1 ## **NEW BEGINNINGS 4U C.I.O.** ## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT** ## **Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of New Beginnings 4U C.I.O.** I report to the Trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (Charity Number 1181107) for the year ended 31st December 2024. ## **Responsibilities and Basis of Report** As the Charity Trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (The Act). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. ## **Independent Examiner’s Statement** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act; or - the accounts did not accord with the accounting records. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. ............................................... David K. Hardiman FCA Chartered Accountant 13 Boulevard Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 1NR 12th March 2025 2 ## **NEW BEGINNINGS 4U C.I.O.** ## **DETAILED INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED** ## **31ST DECEMBER 2024** |**Income**
Gifts
Lottery Grant
Gift Aid
Fund Raising - Markets
- Church Fayres
- Garage/Open Doors
- Concerts
- Other
**Total Income**
**Less: Expenditure**
Fuel and Parking
Transport
Men’s Gifts
Men’s Food
Men’s Clothes
Men’s Phone and Postage
Men’s Other Costs
Advertising
Postage, Stationery and Computer Costs
Cooking Ingredients and Disposables
Fayre Food Costs
Directors Costs
Public Liability Insurance
Craft Items and Fayre Costs
Equipment and Repairs
Accountancy Paid
Sundry Expenses
**Surplus/(Deficit) of Income over Expenditure**|**Unrestricted Funds**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
5420
18000
986
4045
1720
2649
-
265
8679
33085
2603
-
1213
273
232
220
45
-
1416
2088
793
5670
138
434
553
240
160
16078
£ 17007|**Unrestricted Funds**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
5420
18000
986
4045
1720
2649
-
265
8679
33085
2603
-
1213
273
232
220
45
-
1416
2088
793
5670
138
434
553
240
160
16078
£ 17007|**Unrestricted Funds**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
5420
18000
986
4045
1720
2649
-
265
8679
33085
2603
-
1213
273
232
220
45
-
1416
2088
793
5670
138
434
553
240
160
16078
£ 17007|**Unrestricted Funds**
**2023**
**£**
**£**
6264
-
524
3859
1924
1777
810
-
8370
15158
3393
518
1522
1047
444
66
573
150
674
2582
1134
8621
120
1212
46
240
74
22416
£ (7258)|**Unrestricted Funds**
**2023**
**£**
**£**
6264
-
524
3859
1924
1777
810
-
8370
15158
3393
518
1522
1047
444
66
573
150
674
2582
1134
8621
120
1212
46
240
74
22416
£ (7258)|**Unrestricted Funds**
**2023**
**£**
**£**
6264
-
524
3859
1924
1777
810
-
8370
15158
3393
518
1522
1047
444
66
573
150
674
2582
1134
8621
120
1212
46
240
74
22416
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4045
1720
2649
-
265
2603
-
1213
273
232
220
45
-
1416
2088
793
5670
138
434
553
240
160||
|**£**
3859
1924
1777
810
-
3393
518
1522
1047
444
66
573
150
674
2582
1134
8621
120
1212
46
240
74
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£| 3 ## **NEW BEGINNINGS 4U C.I.O.** ## **BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31ST DECEMBER 2024** **----- Start of picture text -----**
2024 2023
Current Assets
Cash at Bank and in Hand £ 20605 £ 3598
RESERVES
Balance at 1st January 2024 3598 10856
Income and Expenditure Account 17007 (7258)
Balance at 31st December 2024 £ 20605 £ 3598
......................................... Chairperson
Mrs P A Hilder
12th March 2025
For and on Behalf of the Trustees
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4 ## **NEW BEGINNINGS 4U C.I.O.** ## **ADDITIONAL PAGE FOR MEMBERS** ## **ACCOUNTANT’S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF** ## **NEW BEGINNINGS 4U C.I.O.** I have prepared the accounts for the year ended 31st December 2024 set out on pages 3 to 4 from the accounting records and information supplied to me by the Trustees and they are in accordance therewith. The Trustees have confirmed that the Trust does not require an audit. **..................................................... David K Hardiman Chartered Accountant 13 Boulevard Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 1NR** 12th March 2025 5 ZOI WZ I S￿11108 4VON -tsdns-uois#M PJIIAaino8 E I iupiunoJ)v p￿allEY3 v)J uputtPJVH 'X P!AEa ¥q oi slun00￿ Jo 8u!puwwpun JadoJd E ?1qg￿ (4 ￿PA0 Ut uAtpJp aq pinous uonu?uE U)14AI OJ UO!3EUtuTrxa ?uJ uongguuo) u! sJ•uew J?uJo OU SSOJ)B ?iUOJ ?Ae4 Pug slU￿u￿ OU ?AVII I 'spJ￿>l Éu!JunoJ)t ?41 IDJM PJOWE IOU PTP slun0￿ • JO :]?V #ID JO OEI UOTPgS 4J!M ￿uEPjO￿ UT Id￿ iou $PJOJgJ 8ullun￿￿B '. l￿dS3j IBu•put Kup 'u! IPIP #A?Tl#q 01 agn￿ aiu s?A!8 u?!UAt uo!irU!u￿X? 941 IP!Ai UO!JO?UUOJ UT u011￿llE Kw ffj ?wo? ?Afil SJgUBW IPUJJEUI OU IE4J iiUJt UO) I 'uOTltu!u￿Xa Kw paiJiduTO? )AV4 1 Ivautaivjs S,J•ll!UIBK& lU•PUa apui 'py auj Jo (q)(fj)stri uo!J)#S Dpull UO!SSTWWO3 AJTJBU) •uJ Kq UgA18 su0n￿]Ea ?IqE)!Iddv •4J P?MOIIOJ ?AE4 1 ￿011E￿IlUrx9 3u!Aue) u! pue JJV I IOZ JO gtrl UOTP3S J?pun ino PgLUf? gunoJJE s,JsnJi Jo uo!iEUTUIEX• KUT Jo p3dsaJ u! uodw i '(py a4L) I ioz py ￿llut43 JO S?￿U￿rnb￿ ?4J tp!At #?up.pJoJJp u! siuno)JE JO UO!JEJEd#Jd au) JOJ ?IqTsuods?J noA 3stUi Jo KJUEU) J4J SV y JO SISY8 PUE 8•11!I!qisuo 'trIoI J¥qU￿)￿ is[ E PWU? JEaK JOJ (LOI 1811 quItIN Ouv43) AJuE49 ?AOqE ?41 JO siuno￿￿ JO UO!ipuIu￿￿ AUJ uo s?aJsnJi i 'oJ"J uiuui •8 Jo sa•iswL •w oi )Jo pui