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THECHARLIEBURNS FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDING 3110312021

Company Number 09489173
Charity Number 1182236
Registered Address 23 Sharon Gardens
Hackney
London E9 7RX
Trustees Trustees who are also directors under company law, who served
during the year and up-to-the date of this report are as follows:-
Keeley Burns (appointed 13/03/15)
Tais Lima (appointed 19/12/18)
Natalie Delaney (appointed 01/02/19)
Bankers Barclays Bank Plc
298 Mare Street
Hackney
London E8 1HE
Website www.thecharlieburnsfoundation.com
Email thecharlieburnsfoundation@hotmail.com
Facebook www.facebook.com/thecharlieburnsfoundation
Twitter @TheCharlieBurns2
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THE CHARLIE BURNS FOUNDATION

ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021

Message from The Founder and Trustee

KEELEY BURNS

elcome to The Charlie Burns Foundation’s

Annual Report. Although a very challenging year due to the pandemic, The Charlie Burns Foundation have been working hard to continued to provide support to its regular users and extend services to assist those in the wider community.

In the countries first lockdown in March 2020, our team quickly responded to the needs of the wider community extending our service and focused on food poverty. Initially with generous donations and then well-needed funding from City Bridge Trust, we were able to partner with local organisations and provide food essentials to individuals and families in Hackney and Islington. With funding received from Clarion Futures we were able to adapt delivery of our regular support group Postcode Parents, which proved essential as the demand of our service became a lifeline for some of our users. Funding from The Postcode Community Trust enabled us to fund the part time position for our Trauma-Informed Family Support Worker, at a time where there was a great demand for the advocacy and practical support.

This has been our most successful year in terms of funding received, but we are aware that this was mainly due to our change in focus due to the pandemic. As lockdowns ease and the country is slowly getting to terms with managing the pandemic, we are now going back to our main focus of supporting those affected by serious youth violence. However, through our experience of extending our service we have realised that there is a need to continue to centre our services around health and wellbeing, providing traditional and alternative therapeutic interventions for individuals and in group settings.

Over the next year the Charity will focus on outreach and sustaining partnerships with other organisations to strengthen our presence and extend the interventions that we provide. Many thanks to all staff, volunteers and facilitators your hard work has enabled CBF to provide the much needed support to our community and users.

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THE CHARLIE BURNS FOUNDATION

ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE CHARLIE BURNS FOUNDATION

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THE CHARLIE BURNS FOUNDATION

ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021

COVID-19 RESPONSE - COMMUNITY CARE PACKAGES

In response to the Pandemic, we directed our efforts to supporting those having to shield and were financially affected, by supplying care packages to those in need. With generous donations from Albion Drive TRA, local Hackney residents, The Friends of HNPS (Hackney New Primary School) we were able to provide over 250 care packages for families from Queensbridge Primary School, Hackney New Primary School and the local community.

In June 2020 we were awarded a London Community Response Grant by The City Bridge Trust, to further support those experiencing food poverty & shielding due to the pandemic. Working with ‘A Plate for London’, an organisation set up to tackle food poverty during the pandemic, local business ‘Fresh and Fruity’, ‘The Cookery’ & ‘Sutton & Sons’ and the wonderful volunteers at ‘Tabard RFC’ located in Hertfordshire, we begun to deliver recipes boxes and with our registration to ‘In Kind Direct' were able to provide toiletries and household items with the recipe boxes. A grant from Clarion Futures enabled us to provide expenses for our volunteers. Over 8 weeks 16 volunteers prepared and delivered, 7 healthy recipes, 1 dessert and all of the ingredients.

In addition we were able to provide care packages to support other organisations in Hackney and Islington. We provided 60 care packages for families being supported by The Wickers Charity, 56 recipe boxes for families supported by The Shaquan SammyPlummer foundation and 16 recipe boxes for 76 people, over a period of 4 weeks for families supported by Hackney organisation, Children with Voices.

We felt very privileged to provide healthy meals to families in such a time of need. After completion of the project any families that required any further assistance with meals, fresh fruit and vegetables were referred to ‘Edible London’ who deliver weekly food parcels to those experiencing food poverty.

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THE CHARLIE BURNS FOUNDATION

ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021

POSTCODE PARENTS

Postcode Parents provide weekly sessions and a safe space for those affected by serious youth violence. As users share a common problem, the group provides an opportunity to receive emotional support through journeys of grief whilst sharing stories and experiences, receive practical support through facilitated workshops and encourage friendships and support systems outside of the group.

The Lockdown impacted face-to-face sessions, but we received a grant from Clarion Futures that enabled us to subscribe to a video conferencing service and purchase tablets for users so Postcode Parents could be run remotely during the lockdown. Regular attendees of Postcode Parents with no access to attend online were provided with a tablet and full instructions of how to use it and log into the

video conference to attend the weekly support group remotely. Moving to a remote support service extended our reach and enabled those from across the country to participate in the weekly Postcode Parents sessions.

We were also funded to provide necessary one-to-one specialist therapeutic services to parents experiencing severe trauma, working with therapeutic counsellors R-U-N.

DRUMMING…AS THERAPY

As Part of Postcode Parents, on Sunday’s in September and facilitated by One Drum Foundation we held alternative therapy session Drumming…As Therapy. Sessions were designed to maintain physical, mental and spiritual healing through drumming. The sessions were a great way to explore alternative ways to address trauma. The Last session was a celebration with drumming and sharing traditional Ghanaian food. We received funding from Clarion Futures to extend …As Therapy to strengthen community resilience due to the pandemic later on in 2021.

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TRAUMA INFORMED FAMILY SUPPORT WORKER

We were awarded a grant from The Postcode Community Trust which enabled us to provide much needed family and one-to-one specialist guidance, advocacy, practical & emotional support by a specialist Trauma Informed Family Support worker.

The pandemic brought about new users, and we had to address a series of matters, including families and victims of serious violence, VAWG and youth issues to name a few. Usually voluntary, this role became a valuable commodity to The CBF and the role that the charity plays within the community, building stronger relationships with the users, specialist practitioners and statutory organisations alike.

Having a dedicated Trauma-informed family support worker makes a huge difference to the way The CBF operate and has our extended our reach within the community that rely on the services we provide. The results are evident in the maintained connections and continued use of our service by the families and individuals that we have been supporting.

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THE CHARLIE BURNS FOUNDATION

ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021

- FINANCIAL REVIEW 31 MARCH 2021

The Charlie Burns Foundation wants to thank all of our funders who have enabled us to carry out the work outlined in this report. This has been a very challenging time for our users and wider community, without your continued support we would not have been able to provide the most valuable support to our community.

REVIEW OF THE FINANCIAL POSITION

Income: The result for the year are set out in the financial statements pages 10 - 13. The total income for the year was £39,055 (£6,641 at 31 March 2020).

The increase in income had predominantly been due to extending our service and responding to community demand during the country’s lockdown, due to the pandemic. We were also able to access support from Clarion Futures to adapt delivery of our regular support group.

Expenditure: Total expenditure for the year was £26,225 (£7,061 at 31 March 2020). The increase in spending was principally due to extending our services.

Surplus/Deficit: Our final financial position for the year across all funds is a surplus of £12,829 (deficit of £420 at 31 March 2020). The majority of the surplus is due to an increase in restricted funds.

Reserves: Total cash reserves at the end of the financial year are £12,851 (£22 at 31 March 2020). This is predominantly made up of restricted reserves. The increase in restricted reserves is due to the higher income received due to the response to the pandemic.

Conclusion: The financial year for the Charlie Burns Foundation has been a positive one, which is predominantly due to our efforts to support our community and response during the countries lockdown’s during the pandemic, showing a notable improvement seen at the year ending 31 March 2021. For the year ahead we will be focused on securing funding to ensure that the core activities continue to run.

Natalie Delaney - Trustee

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THE CHARLIE BURNS FOUNDATION

ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE CHARLIE BURNS FOUNDATION FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH 2021

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of The Charlie Burns Foundation (the charity) for the year ended 31 March 2021.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the trustees of the charity, 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 charity’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 matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

  1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or

  2. 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.

Signed ____ Date ______ 06/05/2022 John O’Brien MSc, FCCA, FCIE Employee of Community Accounting Plus

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THE CHARLIE BURNS FOUNDATION

ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021

RECEIPTS & PAYMENTS

RECEIPTS
UNRESTRICTED FUNDS		 RESTRICTED FUNDS FUNDS 202-21 FUNDS 2019/20
Clarion Futures £
9,484		 £
9,484		 £
360
City Of London - Community
Response fund		 £
9,100		 £
9,100
Charities Trust
£
1,000		 £
1,000
Postcode Community Trust £
17,353		 £
17,353
Activities for generations funds
£
1,393		 £
1,393		 £
1,550
Other receipts - Donations
£
725		 £
725		 £
2,231
Professional Football
Association		 £
0		 £
0		 £
1,000
London Borough of Hackney £
0		 £
0		 £
1,500
Sub total
£
3,118		 £
35,937		 £
39,055		 £
6,641
Total receipts
£
3,118		 £
35,937		 £
39,055		 £
6,641

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THE CHARLIE BURNS FOUNDATION

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RECEIPTS & PAYMENTS CONTINUED…

PAYMENTS
UNRESTRICTED FUNDS		 RESTRICTED FUNDS TOTAL FUNDS
2020-21		 FUNDS 2019/20
Cost of Charitable activities -
Community Care Packages
£
2,136
LCRF - Community Care
Packages
Postcode Parents
…As Therapy
Trauma Informed Support
Worker
Breaking all Barriers
Dipped
£
0
Thorpe park
£
0
Charlie Burns memorial
£
0
The Wake-Up Room
£
0
Ofice expenses
Expenses
Travel
£
95
Insurance
£
258
Subscriptions
Trips & Entertainment
£
605
Governance
£
26
£
2,136		 £
860
£
9,079
£
5,786
£
29
£
5,620
£
0		 £
9,079
£
5,786
£
29
£
5,620
£
0		 £
2,989
£
0		 £
345
£
0		 £
1,897
£
0		 £
212
£
0		 £
178
£
237
£
254		 £
237		 £
505
£
254
£
95
£
258
£
156		 £
156
£
605
£
26		 £
75
Sub Total
£
3,120		 £
21,162		 £
24,281		 £
7,061
ASSETS & INVESTMENTS- PURCHASES
Payment for property, plant &
Equipment
£
0
£
0		 £
1,944
£
0		 £
1,944		 £
0
£
0		 £
0
Sub Total
£
0		 £
1,944		 £
1,944		 £
0

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RECEIPTS & PAYMENTS CONTINUED…

Total Payments
£
3,120		 £
23,106		 £
26,225		 £
7,061
Net of receipts/(payments)
£
(2)		 £
12,831		 £
12,829		 £
(420)
Cash funds last year end
£
22		 £
0		 £
22		 £
750
Cash funds this year end
£
20		 £
12,831		 £
12,851		 £
330

STATEMENT OF ASSETS & LIABILITIES AS AT 31ST MARCH 2021

UNRESTRICTED FUNDS RESTRICTED FUNDS ENDOWMENT FUNDS
CASH FUNDS
Barclays Bank Plc
£
20
Cash in hand
£
0
TOTAL CASH FUNDS
£
20
£
12,831
£
0		 £
0
£
0
£
12,831		 £
0

PUBLIC BENEFIT STATEMENT

The Trustees confirm that they have complied with the duty in section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit, 'Charities and Public Benefit'.

________ Keeley Burns - Trustee

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FUND ANALYSIS

RECEIPTS PAYMENTS TRANSFERS CLOSING BALANCE
RESTRICTED FUNDS
City Bridge Trust
£9,100
Clarion Futures - Emergency
Support Fund
£1,500
Clarion Futures - HGP ...As
Therapy
£2,992
Clarion Futures - London North
Community Fund
£4,992
Postcode Community Trust
£17,353
-£9,079
-£1,484
-£692
-£4,992
-£6,859		 £21
£16
£2,300
£0
£10,494

City Bridge Trust, London Community Response Fund: To provide weekly care packages (includes toiletries) that will feed 75 families over the duration of 4 weeks.

Clarion Futures, Emergency Support Fund - Covid-19: To adapt regular support Postcode Parents meetings, so that they are carried out online. To subscribe to video conferencing software, purchase tablets and dongles for users and pay to facilitate the support group.

Clarion Futures, Emergency Support Fund - Covid 19: For volunteer and delivery expenses for the distribution of healthy food and essential toiletry care packages, to those furloughed, unemployment & on low-income due to Covid-19.

Clarion Futures, Hackney Grants Programme. …As Therapy: A Covid-19 Community recovery project that provided mental health and wellbeing support to communities, using traditional and alternative therapies.

Clarion Futures, London North Community Fund: To provide trauma workshops, alternative therapy sessions and 1-2-1 counselling for those affected by serious youth violence.

Postcode Community Trust: Providing the salary, outreach and travel expenses for a Trauma-informed family support worker, who will provide support and advocacy to families bereaved by serious youth violence. Purchase a laptop and computer software. Provide families emergency support - such as paying for small food items, utilities or travel.

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OUR FUNDERS & PARTNERS

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