# Report of the Trustees and Unaudited Financial Statements For the Year ended 31[st] December 2021 ## Felixstowe Relief Charity Registered Charity Number : 1182192 ## Report of the Trustees of the Felixstowe Relief Charity For the Year ended 31[st] December 2021 ## REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Registered Charity Number: 1182192 ## REGISTERED OFFICE Town Hall Felixstowe IP11 2AG ## TRUSTEES Cllr Margaret Morris (Chair) Mr Norman Berry Mr Raymond Jon Garfield Mrs Joan Sennington Cllr Mark Jepson Cllr Darren Aitchison All trustees serve in a voluntary capacity. ## STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT The Felixstowe Relief Charity is controlled by its governing document, the Constitution dated 25[th] February 2019. ## OBJECTIVES AND AIMS The primary object of the charity is” for the public benefit, 1. To provide relief to beneficiaries who are in need by reason of their youth, age, ill health, disability, financial hardship, personal, social or economic circumstances, in such ways as the trustees shall from time to time think fit, including (but not by way of limitation) through the provision of grants items and services to such persons and/or charities, and/or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty. 2. The relief of financial hardship by assisting beneficiaries in financial hardship to pursue educational opportunities that they might not otherwise be able to afford, in such ways as the trustees think fit, including (but not exclusively) by awarding to such persons scholarships, maintenance allowances or grants tenable at any university, college or institution of higher or further education. The term "beneficiaries" means persons who have been resident for at least three years in Felixstowe. ## REVIEW of 2021 - THIRD YEAR The Felixstowe Relief Charity was formed in February 2019 to create a new CIO (Charitable Incorporated Organisation) in order to merge 5 existing outdated Felixstowe based charities into the Felixstowe Relief Charity. Those existing charities are: Felixstowe General Charity - Charity registration number: 270980 Alexandrine de la Roche Relief in Need Charity - Charity registration number: 261597 Widow’s Charity otherwise known as the Poor’s Estate - Charity registration number: 211504 Felixstowe War Memorial Cottages - Charity registration number: 240325 King George VI Coronation Memorial Homes for Old People - Charity registration number: 211502 The application for transfer is currently with the Charities Commission, and is almost complete. Advice was taken from the Charities and Social Enterprise department at solicitors Birketts LLP. During 2021 Coronavirus Support continued to be given via the Committee that had been formed in 2020 which had been given delegated authority to spend any funds received for the support of Coronavirus in any way it deemed appropriate, subject to such expenditure being commensurate with the stated objectives of the Felixstowe Relief Charity. Work continued with the help of the Coronavirus Support to enable a group of volunteers called Helping Hands who continued to do essential shopping for those members of the community who had been instructed by the Government to selfisolate and be shielded and of whom could not access online bank account or venture out to obtain money at this time. It was agreed that the charity was well placed to be able to accept any reimbursements after the Coronavirus crisis was over as donations back to the Felixstowe Relief Charity. No grants were given in 2021, with trustees concentrating on transferring funds from the above mentioned 5 charities into the Felixstowe Relief Charity. ## FINANCIAL REVIEW Unrestricted funds are used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees. There are currently no restricted funds. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes. ## TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS There were no trustees' remuneration, other benefits or trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 31 December 2021 nor for the previous two years. ## TRUSTEE REPORT In order to fulfil its objects, the work of the Charity focuses on the particular needs of residents of Felixstowe and the Trustees seek to ensure that, through the diversity of its board, identification of those needs are best met. Current trustees are the same four trustees who are currently trustees on the 5 existing charities that are aiming to be merged into the Felixstowe Relief Charity plus the addition of two more trustees. The aim is to increase the number of trustees to between eight and twelve nominated trustees who can be appointed in accordance with clause 10.1 and 10.2 of its constitution. Trustees will periodically review the arrangements for recruitment of new Trustees and will extend its contact with interested parties (including the local authority, churches and other appropriate bodies locally) and believes this to be the most effective way to identify suitable candidates from the local community as required. ## RISK MANAGEMENT The Trustees confirm that it has identified the major risks to which the Charity is exposed and has established systems to mitigate them. ## PLANS FOR THE FUTURE Since the formation of the Felixstowe Relief Charity in February 2019, and the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the charities objectives are more than ever in demand to provide relief of financial hardship, in such ways as the trustees shall from time to time think fit, including (but not by way of limitation) through the provision of grants, items and services to such persons and/or charities, and/or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty. The Charity has been working with a local community group of volunteers called Helping Hands which has carried out relief during the pandemic and the Charity plans to expand its work in the local community working with community groups. Once the 5 Felixstowe Charities named on the previous page have been transferred to the Felixstowe Relief Charity along with their investments and properties, it is planned that the rental income provided by the properties will provide funds for future grant making. ## FELIXSTOWE RELIEF CHARITY STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT ## FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2021 ||Total|Total| |---|---|---| ||2020|2021| ||£|£| |Income:|18,910.85|3742.01| |Expenditure:|13,501.07|4021.07| |Total funds carried forward|5,409.78|5,130.72|