2023-03-31-accounts - Alike

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ALIKE TRUSTEE ANNUAL REPORT FINANCIAL YEAR END 31 MARCH 2023

INDEX

TRUSTEE REPORT 2 - 31 INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT 33 - 33 FINANCIAL ACCOUNTS 34 - 36 ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS 37 - 38 TRUSTEE APPROVAL 39 - 40

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Executive Summary

We believe that what we’re creating and developing remedies a severe problem within the cancer community: loneliness. We’re working at the forefront of cancer support. We didn’t design Alike to aid in developing cancer research, treatments, and cures; we were established to provide access to a fundamental part of the cancer experience: connection and community.

The first few years of setting up any organisation will present challenges and periods that require learning and reflecting, over continuous growth. Whilst we have continued to make progress in this financial year, we have found it challenging to keep up with the ever-growing needs of our community whilst focusing on creating a baseline of consistent financial support to scale from. Therefore, this year, we turned our focus to Alike’s internal communications and capacity, taking steps to ensure it was fit for purpose, hiring our first full-time member of staff and laying a foundation of effective processes and systems that would set us up for more success in the future, and organisational longevity.

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1. Introduction

The period of April 2022 to March 2023 saw consistent financial growth for Alike; despite our team capacity reducing, we were able to rely on the support of some consistent funders who have also enabled us to review and restart our hiring strategy in the latter half of 2022. In the face of challenges and essential learnings, we continued to provide our iOS and Android platforms for our community, maintaining them to a high standard and saw an organic increase in users of 68%.

This Annual Report is a retrospective of a year in which we were able to evidence previous years of income growth, our product launch, and impact to shape a realistic and sustainable plan for success. We have continued to become more familiar with the nuances of developing a digital product for a vulnerable

population and operating a not-for-profit business model. Year-on-year we are getting better at delivering output, becoming attuned to our vision and more capable of delivering such an ambitious mission. We still have such conviction that Alike is a game-changing organisation, and we have used this clarity to drive our strategic vision, mobilise our network and attract people to support us to scale Alike to continue to combat loneliness and isolation in people with cancer through digital products.

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1.1 Chair’s Statement

Over the past year, our organisation has experienced substantial growth in various dimensions, encompassing an expansion in personnel, increased fundraising targets, and heightened ambitions for our user base. This progress is underscored by significant milestones, including the successful recruitment of our first full-time team member and the consolidation of leadership under our Founder, Brad. These strategic moves have empowered us to establish consistent funding streams and engage with more substantial funding partners.

As we reflect on our achievements, it becomes evident that sustaining this impressive rate of growth is imperative for the upcoming year. Our dedicated efforts in validating our concept demand continuity, particularly for our flagship product with aspirations of national scalability. Simultaneously, we have devoted considerable attention to strengthening our internal governance structures, enhancing financial management and fundraising practices.

Regular updates to these processes are integral to our commitment to ethical leadership in the pursuit of our charitable objectives.

Optimism remains as we look forward to the coming year, where our focus remains steadfast on expanding our user acquisition and engagement. These strategic focuses is a constant reminder and a source of motivation as we work to achieve our mission of combating loneliness and isolation among people impacted by cancer.

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Dr. James Parker
CHAIR
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1.2 Founder’s Statement

The journey of envisioning, creating, designing, and establishing a charity is undeniably challenging. Even more formidable is the ongoing task of running a charity. In this financial year, I have come face-to-face with the uncertainties involved in putting your vision into action, grappling with the often overlooked sense of loneliness that founders and entrepreneurs face. It’s ironic that as the founder of a charity dedicated to combating loneliness, I’ve found myself contending with this very emotion throughout the process.

Acknowledging and addressing with these feelings has been a profound experience. Loneliness has, at times, clouded my ability to lead Alike with clarity and conviction. However, this introspective journey has served as a catalyst, reigniting and reinforcing my understanding of the profound significance, necessity, and vitality of Alike’s mission.

Reflecting on Alike’s progress from the inception of its business plan in 2018 to the present, I’m immensely proud of the progress we’ve made. Yet, the past two years of dedication, long hours, and personal sacrifices resulted in a necessary pause for me to regroup and develop a realistic plan for Alike’s future.

Supported by Alike’s dedicated Board, our generous donors, loyal supporters, and committed volunteers, we’ve embarked on a strategic planning phase. This year, our focus has been on team expansion to accelerate Alike’s growth, reinforcing our commitment to delivering on the promises we made to alleviate loneliness and isolation caused by cancer.

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Brad Gudger
FOUNDER
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2.1 Objectives and Purpose

The Objectives upon which Alike was founded are outlined in our constitution: To relieve those in need by reason of ill-health by developing and facilitating peer support services for young people diagnosed with cancer and other serious illnesses and their families and friends, in particular (but not limited to) developing and making available a digital application to connect those in need with each other.

Alike’s purpose of providing a digital space for cancer patients and survivors to connect and ultimately eradicate loneliness and isolation caused by the disease remains the same.

Our thinking on how we achieve our mission and exercise our purpose continues to adapt as we explore alternative options to solely grant and donations-based financial model. From inception, our method of

fulfilling our mission has been through digital products. This idea has only grown as we learn about opportunities where digital can support communities in other areas of need within our sector, and additionally, support us to become financially sustainable.

This financial year, our main focus has been:

Building internal capacity, specifically within fundraising, organisational management and operations
Maintaining and updating the app to remain functional for the community
Expanding our network of future funders and partners
Development of existing effective processes and systems, such as financial management and safeguarding

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2.2 Impact

We remain the only not-for-profit organisation providing a largescale, tailored peer support platform across all ages and cancer diagnoses. We currently measure impact through income generation targets, feature development, and qualitative data collection through our community.

We’ve begun capitalising on the opportunities for quantitative data collection to demonstrate our impact better. In December 2022, we launched an in-app survey (n=100) and found that 65% of respondents ‘strongly agreed’ that the Alike app has made them feel less lonely, with 79% agreeing’ that the app made them feel more connected to other people with cancer.

In addition to our direct feedback from users, our analytics measured an average of 86% of users on the Alike app are active within a 3-day period, demonstrating a highly engaged audience. 58% of the users

are most active during the evenings, with large spikes between 8 PM and 12 PM and on Sunday evenings at 6 PM. These periods of increased usage reflect times when clinical support is least available and when feelings of loneliness may be particularly acute.

Upon reflection, within this financial year, we know we need to continue to develop the app to keep it relevant and to date for our community, to ensure users stay engaged and it serves the purpose in which it was created to achieve. Our continued fundraising efforts reflect this ambition, ensuring we can provide in-house capability to create consistent development for our community.

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2.3 Testimonies

We have gathered testimonies from partners to reflect the progress of our impact. These testimonies are drawn from qualitative interviews with the community, and feature cancer patients and survivors from a variety of backgrounds with differing diagnoses.

Our app is available 24/7. So each day, we learn about new stories, new experiences, and gain new insight into how we help people diagnosed with cancer. We’ve gathered testimonies from members of the UK cancer community and our partners to reflect this.

ALIKE PARTNERS

“Alike have done a superb job of developing an App that really works. They have done this on a tight budget. I have been really impressed by how prudently they have used funds to enact their positive mission.”

Charles Wilson CBE

“We’re really excited about working with Alike to provide peer support to all young people across the UK. Alike’s app complements our work and will really help us reach every young person diagnosed with cancer.”

Teenage Cancer Trust

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In April 2022, we paused to reflect on the remarkable journey of the Alike app’s inaugural year. It was a period of celebration, marked by the tangible success we achieved and the meaningful impact we made on combating loneliness and isolation, as evidenced by the in-app analytical data and feedback from our users.

However, despite our impact, initial success, and pride, Alike’s leadership felt it necessary to openly and honestly assess the level of work and personnel required to maintain Alike’s growth, and unfortunately, we weren’t meeting the funding targets needed to scale rapidly.

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We realised that much of Alike’s initial growth was derived and dependent on volunteer hours, low-bono pay and short-term solutions to achieve our goals. This needed to be more sustainable. As a result of some team members reducing their working hours to seek other employment opportunities, our Director prioritised fundraising to recruit an Operations Manager to support the running of Alike’s day-to-day charitable activities.

Since we now had a product available for over a year, we could utilise our user growth and analytical data to secure more significant amounts of funding and strengthen existing funding relationships. After months of fundraising, role planning and a series of interviews, Alike hired a Full-Time Operations Manager in October 2022. Combined with the roles and responsibilities of our Director, this role has been pivotal in expanding and refining Alike’s processes, operations, governance and growth.

honest communication, with a focus on learning, growing relationships, and challenging traditions. On top of our results-driven and relaxed approach to remote and hybrid working, We have been exploring implementing the concept of a four-day working week. This exploration is a result of extensive research that demonstrates the value of a four-day working week to productivity but ultimately puts the wellbeing of its employees first.

As stated before, we are committed to following best practices in all our work. When we say best practice, we don’t just mean clinical studies and governance legislation - we mean best practices according to the people impacted by these actions and decisions. We continuously engage professionals to ensure that our business follows the relevant legal and financial regulations, and we seek feedback from our community to ensure our work remains relevant and meaningful to the people we serve.

Even though our team has remained small, we have kept up our commitment to forging and scaling a working culture of open,

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3.1 The Alike Philosophy: Ways of Working

Our culture is one of open, honest communication, with a focus on learning, growing relationships, and challenging traditions. Our ways of working apply to both work internally performed by Team Alike, and the external engagement work with our community.

We are committed to following best practice in all our work. When we say best practice, we don’t just mean clinical studies and governance legislation - we mean best practices according to the people who are impacted by these actions and decisions. We always engage professionals to ensure that our business follows the relevant legal and financial regulations, and we seek feedback from our community to ensure our work remains relevant and meaningful to the people we serve.

We are led by the principles of youth leadership and lived experience, and this is demonstrated by our majority female board, and our team of proud LGBTQ+ people and disabled cancer survivors. We believe that Alike is and will be best served by gifted new talent and young industry leaders, paying particular attention to individuals from minority backgrounds such as women in STEM. We seek to facilitate development and leadership opportunities, both for Team Alike and the wider Alike community. Cancer can greatly hinder educational and professional attainment for young people, and this impact is particularly profound for people from disadvantaged backgrounds. Where we can, we uplift these individuals by providing and supporting opportunities for personal and professional development.

ALIKE TRUSTEE ANNUAL REPORT 2023 4. ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE alike.

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4.1 Fundraising

In the current financial year, we achieved a noteworthy 14.62% increase in cash receipts compared to the previous period. This success is attributed to securing substantial grants, including £25,000 from the Postcode Lottery (received in 2023/24), maintaining our valued partnership with the Queen’s Commonwealth Trust, and engaging in promising discussions with major national partners regarding funding to bolster our engineering department and scale the Alike app.

4.2 The Alike App

In January 2023, we collaborated with the B Corp certified digital transformation agency, Kin + Carta, to enhance the code of our iOS and Android platforms as part of our essential maintenance strategy. This engagement also facilitated the addition of a pronouns feature to the profile section of the Alike app. Furthermore, we laid a robust foundation and outlined plans for the development of a group chat feature, slated for implementation in the upcoming financial year.

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4.3 Operations

The strategic hiring of our Operations Manager in late 2022 marked a pivotal step towards actualising Alike’s vision for our ways of working and team culture. Throughout the year, our focus shifted towards implementing stringent processes and financial controls, resulting in the formulation of a suite of new organisational policies. We enhanced clarity and detail in Alike’s forecasting and budgeting processes, establishing a partnership with a seasoned bookkeeper who specialises in charity accounting to provide valuable expertise.

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As a charity, we’re not funded through profitable activity. We function as a notfor-profit because we are philosophically and ethically opposed to profiting from the trauma of our community. As a result of this, we cannot create a profit from subscriptions fees or access to premium features for our product or community. Since our inception in 2019, a significant proportion of our income has been through donations from grants, trusts, and major donors. Our grant partners include The Queen’s Commonwealth Trust, The National Lottery Community Fund, and Z Zurich Foundation. In addition to this, we’re also funded by individual donors such as Charles Wilson (former CEO of Tesco), and family trusts such as the Boltini Trust. We’re currently focused on diversifying our income streams, working with major and corporate donors, and exploring how we can create a subsidiary trading arm of Alike to conduct activities such as in-app ethical advertising and white labeling our code. This development of our operating model began with strategic planning in the financial year of 22/23, and continues into the present day.

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6.3 Risks

The primary challenge we navigated this year centred around the potential vulnerability stemming from our heavy reliance on volunteer, low-bono, and ad-hoc support. Our incredible volunteers have been instrumental in accelerating Alike to its current position. However, as our app has successfully launched and is in active use, sustaining our operations necessitates a shift away from this staffing model. To address this, we took a crucial step in mitigating this risk by appointing a full-time Operations Manager in October 2022. This strategic move not only supported our operational consistency but also empowered us to enhance our fundraising efforts, facilitating the recruitment of additional staff in response to the growing demands.

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A correlated concern revolved around the absence of in-house engineering capacity, a critical element for ensuring the optimal performance and ongoing development of the Alike app. Rapid response to bugs and crashes is paramount to maintaining the usability and experience for our community. Recognising this, our Director and Operations Manager identified it as a key area for fundraising, implementing a targeted plan during the current fiscal year. To bridge the gap in the interim, we proactively secured dedicated grant support to address necessary fixes and developmental requirements.

policies to align with changes, especially those related to data collected via our app. Collaborating extensively with the Queen’s Commonwealth Trust, we underwent safeguarding training and an extensive audit of our policies and practices. This collaborative effort fortified our assurance and commitment to safeguarding our community from harm, reflecting our dedication to maintaining a secure and trustworthy digital space.

Our commitment to risk management extended to ongoing concerns relevant to a charity with a digital product and exclusive digital focus. Notably, data protection and safeguarding emerged as paramount considerations. We diligently updated our data protection

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STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE, MANAGEMENT AND DECISION MAKING

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7.1 Team Structure

Due to our start-up nature, Alike’s core team comprises both full-time and freelance staff, along with dedicated volunteers. The team is led by Alike’s Founder and Director, Brad, and includes key contributors: Seren, Max, Naomi, Katherine, and Andrea.

Max Kramer, our Engineering Lead, brings over a decade of software engineering expertise to the table, having developed native mobile apps for startups and served as a CTO for various companies. Max played a pivotal role during the COVID-19 pandemic, dedicating his time and talent to develop Alike’s native iOS App and backend infrastructure. In the current financial year, Max has provided strategic oversight while taking a step back from day-to-day involvement. The focus now revolves around

securing funding to establish an in-house engineering and product management team, ensuring sustained excellence in this critical aspect of our operations. Naomi Rhodes, Alike’s Finance Lead, serves on a pro-bono basis due to her alignment with Alike’s mission. As a qualified CIMA accountant and finance manager for Tesco PLC, Naomi has contributed invaluable insights, leading the development of Alike’s business model and long-term financial forecasts. She also played a key role in the onboarding of Operations Manager Seren Hughes, a cancer survivor and experienced small charity leader with a background in public health.

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7.2 Board Structure

The Alike Board of Trustees comprises five members, consistent with the composition of our previous financial year. While trustee recruitment adheres to an established process, the absence of constitutional provisions for trustee selection is a noteworthy aspect.

The recruitment process involves face-to-face interviews with candidates selected to address knowledge gaps within the current board. Board positions are filled through initial nominations, requiring subsequent ‘seconding’ by another board member, followed by a voting process among the remaining trustees to finalise the selection

Chairing our Board is Dr. James Parker, who gained his PhD in oncological research and currently works as the Head of Vaccines for GSK. Joining him are Rachel Priest, Alike’s Treasurer and Client Services Lead at Kin + Carta, a prominent app development agency, and Stephanie Radziwillowicz, Alike’s Secretary, holding a Master’s in Clinical Psychology with a thesis focused on the use of technology for

support among vulnerable populations. Our Board further benefits from the insights of Rachel Blackford, a Strategy Analyst at the National Trust, bringing valuable lived experience with cancer. Additionally, we are privileged to have Leanne Pero on our Board—a multiple award-winning entrepreneur, breast cancer survivor, and founder of Black Women Rising.

Alike stands as a testament to the profound value of lived experience leadership. Leveraging insights from within the cancer community guides our direction and validates our mission.

While we take pride in the wealth of lived experience on our Board, this year presented a poignant challenge with the loss of one of our esteemed Trustees, Saima Thompson.

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Diagnosed with Stage IV lung cancer in 2018, Saima served as a Trustee from February to June 2020, contributing an entrepreneurial spirit, innovative ideas, and positivity to our work. Despite a two-year battle with multiple treatments, Saima passed away in June 2020. In her honor, Saima was posthumously named an honorary patron of Alike, and we remain committed to celebrating her life and her impactful contributions to the cancer community.

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7.3 Governance

Alike operates as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, and is governed by our constitution.

Despite being in its early stages, Alike is steadfast in its commitment to robust governance and vigilant oversight. The Alike board of trustees adheres to the guidelines on public benefit set forth by the Charity Commission of England and Wales, alongside the best practices prevalent in the charitable sector.

Our ongoing learning process involves drawing insights from organisations of diverse sizes and purposes. As we refine our own style of governance, each meeting serves as a platform for board members and leadership to propose innovative ideas for more effective oversight, fostering a dynamic and continually evolving approach. While prioritising agility to avoid bureaucratic impediments, we remain cognisant of our statutory responsibility to ensure Alike’s operations are optimised.

Board meetings are convened on a quarterly basis, with Alike’s Annual General Meeting held every April, marking the commencement of our Financial Year. Routine documentation reviews, including recording statements, decisions, and votes, are upheld during these sessions.

Each meeting begins with the declaration of a quorum, confirmation of accurate minutes and an invitation for members to disclose conflicts of interest, adhering to best practices. A crucial component of the agenda involves quarterly progress reports from the Director and Finance Lead.

Outside of these formal gatherings, our Director engages in monthly check-ins with the Chair, and the Treasurer receives monthly finance updates. The recent addition of an Operations Manager has allowed the Director to shift focus towards fundraising and strategic initiatives. This realignment, effective October 2022, sets the stage for an intensified emphasis on enhancing our governance practices. A comprehensive skills audit for board members is slated for execution, marking a pivotal step in optimising Alike’s management for sustained success.

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8.4 Management and Decision Making

In his role as Founder and Director, Brad’s primary responsibility is managing the organisational and strategic direction. Collaborating closely with key leads in Finance, Engineering, Communications, and Creative departments, Brad ensures a cohesive and effective approach to management. Notably, the recent addition of Seren as Operations Manager has strengthened the team, enabling the implementation of impactful policies, processes, and systems. Seren now shares ongoing responsibilities with Brad, contributing significantly to decision-making and organisational management. As an agile organisation, our financial and strategic decisions are intricately tied to our core mission. Our focus is continuously set on delivering meaningful impact, recognising that this is not only the essence of our work but a cornerstone for unlocking our ambitious fundraising potential.

Given the nature of our mission and our primary product, community

participation is paramount to achieving effective outcomes. Alike, built on the principles of lived experience, stands as a testament to community-driven initiatives. Rooted in the ethos of being “for the community, by the community,” patient and public engagement forms the core of our decision-making processes. Over half of Alike’s leadership, including the Board of Trustees, boasts direct, lived experience with a cancer diagnosis. This intrinsic connection ensures that our initiatives align closely with the needs of the UK cancer community, extending to family members, friends, and healthcare professionals.

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Our commitment to community engagement is manifest in our proactive approach. We consistently reach out to our users, inviting feedback and fostering engagement opportunities. The insights garnered from this ongoing dialogue, both past and future, play a pivotal role in shaping our product roadmap. Looking ahead, we plan to enhance our methods of user feedback, striving to m ake this process seamless, accessible, and intuitive through the app. This iterative feedback loop ensures that Alike remains a dynamic and responsive platform, driven by the genuine needs and experiences of our community.

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10.1 End of Year Cash Position

For the year ended 31 March 2023 Alike had total receipts of £103,541 and made payments of £85,636, with the net receipts of £17,905 comprising a net reduction of £8,168 in unrestricted funds, and £26,073 unspent restricted funds. This gives total funds of £37,656 at year end; £26,073 restricted funding carried forward to be spent in 2023 / 24 and £11,583 unrestricted cash funds. The available cash is just above that required under our reserves policy, and together with confidence over our future income streams, puts us in a beneficial position for 23/24.

10.2 Reserves Policy

Following discussions and reflection on Charity Commission guidance regarding charitable reserves, we deemed around 4 months routine unrestricted expenditure to be the correct reserves amount for Alike. Our consistent monthly overheads, aside from restricted funding covering salaries and associated costs, total around £2,500. We wanted to be safe and sensible, whilst also freeing up as much of our charitable funds as possible for app development and charitable activity. Cash reserves as at 31 March 2023 were £10,000, which is in-line with the reserves desired under the policy. This amount is subject to review either annually or as Alike’s income and commitments grow. The last review of our Reserves Policy was April 2023. Currently, Alike’s source of income is through donations from major net worth individuals, and foundation grants. Our primary goal in our next financial year is to expand our fundraising efforts and continue diversifying our income streams.

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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF ALIKE CHARITABLE INCORPERATED ORGANISATION

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Alike Charitable Incorporated Organisation (‘the CIO’) for the year ended 31 March 2023 as set out on pages 35 and 36.

Responsibilities and basis of the report

As the charity trustees of Alike CIO 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 CIO’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all 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 that give me cause to believe that in any material respect:

accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or
the accounts do not accord with those records.

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Caroline Sharp

Signed:

FCA, DChA

55 Canberra Road

London, SE7 8PF

Date: 29.01.2024

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RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS For the year 01-Apr-22 to 31-Mar-23

Alike

Charity Registration: 1181848 Company Number: CE016385

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SECTION A RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds Total funds Last year
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Grants and donations
Boltini Trust 10,000 - - 10,000 20,000
- -
Major Donors 50,000 50,000 20,000
- - -
Queens Commonwealth Trust 20,000 20,000
Z Zurich Foundation - - - - 15,000
- - - -
Postcode Lottery 12,500
- - - -
National Lottery 9,600
Roche - 5,000 - 5,000 -
Other 6,041 - - 6,041 6,735
Gift Aid 12,500 - - 12,500 6,499
-
Sub total (Gross income for AR) 28,541 75,000 103,541 90,334
A2 Asset and investment sales
Sub total - - - - -
-
Total receipts 28,541 75,000 103,541 90,334
A3 Payments
-
Service development 6,820 20,000 26,280 19,036
- -
Marketing and communications 6,819 6,819 9,467
Raising funds 85 - - 85 685
- - -
Salaries and wages 18,242 18,242
Freelance and contractor costs 11,100 5,000 - 16,100 29,780
- - - -
Legal & Professional 9,432
- -
Independent examination 1,065 1,065 2,343
Software costs 5,784 - - 5,784 5,016
- -
Office costs 5,439 5,439 1,144
Travel, accomodation and subsistence
- -
4,552 4,552 3,025
(including client meetings)
Subscriptions 484 - - 484 1,853
Staff Training and HR - 246 - 256 121
Sundry - - - - 185
Sub total 36,709 48,927 - 85,636 82,087
A4 Asset and investment purchases
Sub total - - - - -
Total payments 36,709 48,927 - 85,636 82,087
Net of receipts (payments) - 8,168 26,073 - 17,905 8,247
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
- -
A6 Cash funds last year end 19,751 19,751 11,504
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Cash funds this year end 11,583 26,073 37,656 19,751
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RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS For the year 01-Apr-22 to 31-Mar-23

Alike

Charity Registration: 1181848 Company Number: CE016385

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SECTION B STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES AT THE END OF THE PERIOD
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds
Categories Details to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
B1 Cash funds Cash funds as at 31 March 2023 11,583 26,073 -
- - -
Total cash funds 11,583 26,073 -
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds
Details to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
- - -
B2 Other monetary assets
Details Fund to which asset belongs Cost (Optional) Current value (Optional)
B3 Investment assets - - -
Details Fund to which asset belongs Cost (Optional) Current Value (Optional)
- - -
B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use
Details Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) When due (Optional)
B5 Liabilities Supplier invoices -
PAYE March 2023 Restricted 758
CIO Notes required under the Charitable Incorporated Organisations (General) Regulations 2012:
1. No guarantees were given by the CIO where potential liability under the guarantee is outstanding at the date of the statement
2. There were no debts outstanding at the date of the statement which are owed by the CIO and secured by an express charge on ay assets of the CIO
Signaed by one or two trustees on behalf of all
Signature Print Name Date of approval
the trustees
James Parker - Chair 29.01.2024
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Charity Name Alike
Registered Charity Number 1181848
Company Number CE016385
Charity’s Principle Address Soho Works, 180 The Strand, London. WC2R 1EA.
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Trustee Names Dates of Term
Office
Dr. James Parker Chair 04.02.2019
Rachel Priest Treasurer 04.02.2019
Stephanie
Secretary 04.02.2019
Radziwillowicz
Rachel Blackford Trustee 04.02.2019
Leanne Pero Trustee 08.09.2020
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ALIKE TRUSTEE ANNUAL REPORT 2023 11. CLOSING STATEMENTS AND APPROVAL 39 alike.

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The Alike Trustees declare that they have approved the 2022 / 2023 Annual Report and Accounts presented above.

SIGNED ON BEHALF OF THE TRUSTEES:

NAME: Dr. James Parker, Chair of Trustees.

DATE: 29.01.2024