
## **Trustees’ Annual Report (including Directors’ report) for the period** 

**From: 1 July 2023 to 30[th] June 2024** 

## **Charity name: Bexhill & Rother Homeless Unity Group (HUG) CIO** 

## **Charity registration number: 1182306** 

## **Company number: N/A** 

## **Objectives and activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|**The objects of the CIO are for the**<br>**public benefit and are based on**<br>**the Christian principles of loving,**<br>**caring, and standing with those**<br>**most in need:**<br>**1. To relieve the charitable needs**<br>**of people who are homeless, at**<br>**risk of homelessness or**<br>**recovering from homelessness**<br>**and who either have a local**<br>**connection to Rother District or**<br>**who are currently present in**<br>**Bexhill Town Wards, East**<br>**Sussex, by working with such**<br>**people and others to provide or**<br>**support the provision of support**<br>**services, including where**<br>**appropriate, for their pet**<br>**animals.**<br>**2. For the avoidance of doubt**<br>**‘homelessness’ is understood to**<br>**mean a lack of safe, secure,**<br>**affordable and permanent**<br>**accommodation.**|





|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or services<br>identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|**HUG runs a ‘drop in’ centre at St**<br>**Barnabas church in Sea Road Bexhill on**<br>**three days a week, where Homeless**<br>**people can get a meal, a shower and**<br>**change of clothes if required.**<br>**HUG also helps in trying to get homeless**<br>**people accommodation, so they do not**<br>**have to live on the streets and those at**<br>**risk of losing their home.**|
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|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|**The Trustees confirm that they have had**<br>**regard to the Charity Commission’s**<br>**guidance on public benefit.**|



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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38||
|Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment|Para 1.38||
|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38|**With only one part time paid employee,**<br>**the hours undertaken by volunteers are**<br>**essential to keep the charity running**|
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## **Achievements and performance** 



|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|**We have about 10 to 15 volunteers that**<br>**help to run the charity.**<br>**We have kept going the drop-in centre at**<br>**St Barnabas Church in Bexhill on three**<br>**days a week.**<br>**Once guests are known to HUG, the**<br>**charity would continue to help them,**<br>**wherever possible, on a ‘one to one’**<br>**basis.**<br>**The charity has helps with the welfare of**<br>**any pets the homeless keep and try and**<br>**see that the pets are inoculated and any**<br>**of their health needs are also met.**|
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Para 1.41 Achievements against objectives set Para 1.41 Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set Para 1.41 Investment performance against objectives Other 

## **Financial review** 

|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|**With the removal of the Local Authority**<br>**Grant, the charity is now starting to draw**<br>**on its reserves, till alternative sources of**<br>**funding can be found.**|
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|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The charity tries to hold about 6 months**<br>**expenses in reserve in case of need**|
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|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**At the reporting date reserves were :-**<br>**Unrestricted Reserves     £41604**|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|**Replacing Local Authority Funding which**<br>**the Charity has lost**|



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Para 1.47<br>The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)<br>Para 1.46<br>Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted<br>Para 1.46<br>A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity<br>Other<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


## **Structure, governance and management** 

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|Type of governing document:<br>for example,trust deed,|Para 1.25|**The Charity is governed by its**<br>**constitution document**|





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|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>for example limited company,<br>unincorporated association,<br>CIO|Para 1.25|**CIO**|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|**The Trustees would appoint any new**<br>**Trustee, having regard to the skills they**<br>**could bring to the Charity**|
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Para 1.51<br>Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction and<br>training of trustees<br>Para 1.51<br>The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works<br>Para 1.51<br>Relationship with any related<br>parties<br>Other<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


## **Reference and administrative details** 

Charity name **Bexhill & Rother Homeless Unity Group (HUG) CIO** Other name the charity uses **It also uses its shortened name ‘HUG’** 



Registered charity number **1182306** ’ Charity s principal address **56A Haslam Crescent Bexhill-on-Sea TN40 2QH** 

## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

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||Pauline Goubert|Chairperson|||
||Neil Hobden|Treasurer|||
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||John Price||||
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– 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 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)** 

|**Names and addresses of advisers (optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (optional information)**|
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|**Independent**<br>**Scrutineer**|David Winchester||
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**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 (including directors’ report) above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees/directors** 

Neil Hobden 

**Signature(s)** Pauline Goubert Neil Hobden **Full name(s)** Pauline Goubert 

**Position (for example** Chairperson Treasurer **Secretary, Chair, etc)** 

**Date** 23[rd] September 2024 




**Charity Name No (if any) Bexhill and Rother Homelessness Unity Group (HUG) CIO1182306 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 01-Jul-23 30-Jun-24 

|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||
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|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest      £**<br>**10,000**<br>**10,560**<br>**1,543**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**22,103**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**22,103**<br>**2,204**<br>**60**<br>**872**<br>**13,195**<br>**1,568**<br>**1,908**<br>**559**<br>**3,092**<br>**1,308**<br> **24,766**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**24,766**<br>**-                  2,663**<br>**-**<br>**44,267**<br>**41,604**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**13,187**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**13,187**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**13,187**<br>**260**<br>**439**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**4,500**<br>**6,450**<br>**240**<br>**1,162**<br>**-**<br>**136**<br>**13,187**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**13,187**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**23,187**<br>**10,560**<br>**1,543**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**35,290**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**35,290**<br>**2,464**<br>**499**<br>**872**<br>**13,195**<br>**6,068**<br>**8,358**<br>**799**<br>**1,162**<br>**3,092**<br>**1,444**<br>**37,953**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**37,953**<br>**-                  2,663**||**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|Grants|**10,000**|||||**33,000**|
|Donations|**10,560**|||||**14,660**|
|Other Income|**1,543**|||||**558**|
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|**22,103**|||||**48,218**|
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|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**|||||||
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|Guest Grants|**2,204**|||||**11,932**|
|Equipment|**60**|||||**50**|
|Phone/IT/Website|**872**|||||**1,730**|
|Employee costs|**13,195**|||||**12,151**|
|Rent|**1,568**|||||**4,322**|
|Food|**1,908**|||||**5,405**|
|Pet Expenses|**559**|||||**920**|
|Insurance||||||**1,033**|
|Security|**3,092**||||||
|SundryExpenditure|**1,308**|||||**1,759**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**24,766**|||||**39,302**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**|||||||
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|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||
|||||||**39,302**|
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||**-                  2,663**|**-**|**-**|**-                  2,663**||**8,916**|
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||**44,267**|**-**|**-**|**44,267**||**35,351**|
||**41,604**|**-**|**-**|**41,604**||**44,267**|



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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**||
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|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**|Signature<br>Neil Hobden<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>**Details**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**41,604**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**41,604**<br>**-**<br>OK<br>OK<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name<br>NEIL HOBDEN|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
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||Neil Hobden|NEIL HOBDEN|12thJuly2024|
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