Trustees’ Annual Report for the period
From 10/02/2022 Period start date To 11/02/2023 Period end date
Charity name: Families 1[st] 4 additional needs
Charity registration number: 1181255
Objectives and Activities
| SORP reference | ||
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| Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document |
Para 1.17 | To support families and individuals with advice and activities to help them communicate and live better in society.to help support families and minorities in poverty |
| 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 |
Our support to helping our families/individuals with mental health and neurological conditions feel supported with pastoral support and foodbank support as a whole person and or family. This includes the wider communities with face to face interactions, food parcels and emergency interventions for people with mental health and neurological conditions/ anxiety in schools, at home and in society. |
| Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit |
Para 1.18 | Yes we followed the regard and have the full best interests according to the constitution we follow of the people who need the services we provide. |
Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
SORP reference n/a Para 1.38 Policy on grant making n/a Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment
| Contribution made by volunteers |
Para 1.38 | |
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| Other | Our volunteers contribute time. They give it with dedication and commitment |
Achievements and Performance
| SORP reference | ||
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| 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 have 3 sections for support 1. Families 1st for additional needs our home and school work helps families and individuals who are pre and diagnosed . working with crisis and exclusion for young adults on the spectrum. Helping them to learn life skills at our community centre, cooking, food handling and woodwork. We continue to organise events, like Christmas giving, 15 families will have a toy hamper this Christmas, and 60 Christmas dinner hampers one to one appointments for parents who are struggling, tickets to The Northern stage and wrestling for SEN families 2. Our foodbank has supplied over 20,000 parcels including clothing furniture and weekly food deliveries to those who need it most. Now working with Newcastle city councils healthworks and well being teams and the private rental service to provide emergency care and food parcels as well as mental health and well being packages to NHS everturn and local children social care teams for mothers and babies. Our aims in 2024 is to expand our provisions to our gardens, our interactions in local school to encourage teens to engage for education through learning life skills especially in communication, English, maths and science. Using retired voulunteers to bring their skill and mindset to the Hub to support and mentor the teens and young adults who are facing exclusion and adversity through neurological conditional beyond their control This is means tested and now includes low income people with neurological conditions ie. Mental health. We have been given a community shop which we will be opening with our donations in 2023/4 this will fundraise for the charity and expanding our community centre for groups for youth interactions, employing our first staff, working with |
dwp to employ people who struggle to find work due to neurological conditions and mental health support, and a warm winter hub which we are hoping will introduce our café with our paid cooks.
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| Achievements against objectives set |
Para 1.41 | n/a |
| Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set |
Para 1.41 | |
| Investment performance against objectives |
Para 1.41 | |
| Other |
Financial Review
| Financial Review | ||
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| Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period |
Para 1.21 | Done |
| Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held |
Para 1.22 | No reserves held |
| Amount of reserves held | Para 1.22 | zero |
| Reasons for holding zero reserves |
Para 1.22 | Expenature exceeds income |
| Details of fund materially in deficit |
Para 1.24 | |
| Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern |
Para 1.23 | We are in need of a new structure which is been addressed with the help and support of voda, community foundation, volunteer passport scheme. Discussions underway for new trustee board and directors. |
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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 | Lack of volunteers, lack of funding to support activities, overstretching the charities ambitions |
| Other |
Structure, Governance and Management
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| Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter) |
Para 1.25 | CONSTITUTION |
| How is the charity constituted? (e.g unincorporated association, CIO) |
Para 1.25 | 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 | AMANDA BOYCE to APPOINT NEW TRUSTEES IN THE BEST INTREASTS OF THE CHARITIES AIMS AND AMBITIONS |
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Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees |
Para 1.51 |
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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
| Charity name | Families 1st4 additional needs |
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| Other name the charity uses | The north Newcastle foodbank NE1 community store |
| Registered charity number | 1181255 |
| Charity’s principal address | The Brunswick park centre Westfield ave Brunswick village Newcastle upon tyne Ne13 7eg |
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole year |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany) |
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| Amanda Boyce | Chair | |||
| Richard Wilson | Executive Director | 01/11/2022 | Amanda Boyce | |
| Paula Howd | Sales director | Amanda Boyce | ||
– 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 Donations of clothing for resale 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
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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 trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature(s) Full name(s) Amanda Boyce
Position (eg Secretary, CHAIR Chair, etc)
Date 23/01/24
Charity Name No (if any) Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period Period start date Period end date To from 2/11/2022 2/10/2023
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
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| EbaySales | 6,786 | - | - | 6,786 | 5,155 | |||||||
| Funding | 12,504 | - | - | 12,504 | 24,244 | |||||||
| Donations | 58 | - | - | 58 | 5,429 | |||||||
| Food Bank Sales | 3,483 | - | - | 3,483 | - | |||||||
| Insurance Claim | - | - | - | - | 952 | |||||||
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| Sub total(Gross income for AR) | 22,831 |
- | - | 22,831 | 35,780 | |||||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, | ||||||||||||
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| Sub total | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||
| **Total receipts ** | 22,831 | - | - | 22,831 | 35,780 | |||||||
| A3 Payments | ||||||||||||
| Storage | 10,095 | - | - | 10,095 | 26,426 | |||||||
| Service Delivery Costs (purchase for direct | ||||||||||||
| donation) | 2,277 | - | - | 2,277 | 5,678 | |||||||
| Vehicle Costs | 1,784 | - | - | 1,784 | 583 | |||||||
| Software/Sundry | 2,162 | - | - | 2,162 | 3,516 | |||||||
| Staffing | 692 | - | - | 692 | 125 | |||||||
| Loan Payments | 888 | - | - | 888 | - | |||||||
| Centre costs & consumables | 3,345 | - | - | 3,345 | 6,471 | |||||||
| ShopRent & fitting | costs | 3,302 | - | - | 3,302 | - | ||||||
| Cost of selling donated goods | - | - | - | - | 2,098 | |||||||
| **Sub total ** | 24,545 | - | - | 24,545 | 44,897 | |||||||
| A4 Asset and investment | ||||||||||||
| purchases, (see table) | ||||||||||||
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| **Sub total ** | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||
| **Total payments ** | 24,545 | - | - | 24,545 | 44,897 | |||||||
| **Net of receipts/(payments) ** | - 1,714 | - | - | - 1,714 | - 9,117 | |||||||
| A5 Transfers between funds | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||
| A6 Cash funds | last year end | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| **Cash funds this year end ** | - 1,714 | - | - | - 1,714 | - 9,117 |
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 Bank Details Details Details Details Trustee Loan Bridging Loan Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) |
to nearest £ 1,281 - - 1,281 Agreement Error to nearest £ - - - - - - 4400 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) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Restricted funds Restricted funds Amount due (optional) |
to nearest £ Endowment funds |
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| Trustee Loan | 4400 | - | ||
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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
Signature
Print Name
Date of approval