## **Annual Report for Small Non-Company Charity – Year to December 2022** 

**Charity Name** : The Romani Foundation 

## **Registration Number** : 1181483 

**Address** : Sunnybank Farm, Whitehall Road East, Birkenshaw, West Yorkshire, BD11 2LL 

## **Trustees** : 

Mrs Julie Romani 

Mrs Jenna Romani 

Miss Chloe Arnold 

Mrs Elizabeth Harwood 

Overview of the Year :- 

## **CHARITY COMMISSION - ANNUAL REPORT 2022** 

## **ACTIVITIES - how the charity spends its money** 

**The Romani Foundation (Help For Dependency) is dedicated to helping those experiencing dependency or addiction, their family and friends - helping to beat dependency and addiction by improving their mental/emotional health and wellbeing. By providing information and help to better understand substance use, addictive disorders, dependency and addiction, we hope that you will be able to make better lifestyle choices and get the right help.** 

**The Romani Foundation operates from the founders/CEO’s home/office and comprises a CEO, PA and a Board of four trustees. Family members and close friends volunteer their time to help and support the day to day operation of The Romani Foundation.** 

**The Founder/CEO has supported the Charity financially via charitable contributions from her business enterprises and will continue to do so. In December 2021 The Romani Foundation was successful in attaining a micro- grant from The Bradford Fund centred around ‘Resilience’. This funding has enabled our organisation to focus on strategic issues to enable sustainability/resilience as the Foundation grows and develops. The outcome being the production of a ‘Change Document’ for the next three years 2022 to 2023. Our Insurance Company has again donated our annual insurance premiums.** 



**Our website and social media platforms - Help for Dependency - continue to be a great success and have enabled connections with a wide demographic as well forging new relationships with organisations in the dependency/addiction sector. Social media in particular is effective in sharing information about all different aspects of dependency/addiction, physical and emotional wellbeing, diet and exercise etc. As well as linking with a UK audience; we also now have a growing global following. Our interactive sharing of information of the latest news/research is essential to helping and supporting people make better lifestyle choices around dependency/addiction.** 

**The website and social media platforms have enabled us to signpost/direct an increasing number of people to help and support for their substance use disorders, other addictive behaviours and other issues associated with dependency/addiction. We have also been made aware of some incredible recovery stories that are a direct result of our intervention.** 

**Through the ‘power of connections’ The Romani Foundation has continued to build partnerships and relationships with other organisational bodies (both charitable and public). This enables us to network and work more effectively with the sector.** 

**During the next year we’re hoping to:-** 

- **Establish a database of services that are available on a regional basis throughout the UK for those struggling with dependency/addiction; their families and friends. This will be attached to our website and promoted through social media and partner organisations as a ‘ONE STOP SHOP’ for help and support.** 

**This will be an ever growing service and we will endeavour to visit the organisations offering the services to ensure that we are providing accurate information on the provider and that they are providing good and reliable help and support.** 

- **New lesson plans will be created to accompany the films we have already produced on various types of drugs, understanding addiction and the law. The lesson plans need to be simplified and more user friendly for teachers and those wishing to use them in an educational setting. To achieve this we will be engaging with some of our partners and focus groups.** 

- **The Romani Foundation will continue to expand the Board of Trustees so that we can increase our expertise in the field of dependency/addiction. We would also like to appoint Ambassadors in different regions of the UK to provide educational awareness of dependency/addiction. Likewise through the ‘Power of Connections’ we’re expanding our links with other charities, businesses and public services to embed our work within different communities.** 



- **We will continue to apply for external funding to help support the running costs of the Foundation and also to extend our project work in communities.** 



**Date:** 26/01/2023 **Time:** 07:58:21 

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**The Romani Foundation** 

**Profit and Loss** 

**From:** Month 1, January 2022 **To:** Month 12, December 2022 

|Default Layout of Accounts [PARTIAL]<br>**Chart of Accounts:**<br>**Period**<br>**Sales**<br>Donations<br>10,513.00<br>10,513.00<br>**Purchases**<br>Charitable Expenditure - Grants Payable<br>253.80<br>253.80<br>**Direct Expenses**<br>Cost of Fund Generation - Fund Raising<br>115.00<br>115.00<br>**Gross Profit/(Loss):**<br>10,144.20<br>**Overheads**<br>Support Costs - Travelling Expenses<br>3.00<br>Support Costs - Printing and Stationery<br>79.11<br>Support Costs - Telephone and Computer<br>3,494.03<br>Support Costs - Maintenance<br>240.00<br>Support Costs - General Expenses<br>35.39<br>Management & Admin - Gross Wages<br>3,810.00<br>7,661.53<br>**Net Profit/(Loss):**<br>2,482.67|**Year to Date**<br>10,513.00<br>253.80<br>115.00<br>3.00<br>79.11<br>3,494.03<br>240.00<br>35.39<br>3,810.00||10,513.00<br>253.80<br>115.00|
|---|---|---|---|
||||10,144.20<br>7,661.53|
||||2,482.67|