2026-06-30-accounts

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

From: 1 July 2025 to 30[th] June 2026

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

Charity registration number: 1182306

Company number: N/A

Objectives and activities

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

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

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	SORP reference
Policy on grant making	Para 1.38
Policy on social investment including program related investment	Para 1.38
Contribution made by volunteers	Para 1.38	With only one part time paid employee, the hours undertaken by volunteers are essential to keep the charity running
Other

Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity, identifying the difference the charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider	Para 1.20	We have about 10 to 15 volunteers that help to run the charity. We have kept going the drop-in centre at St Barnabas Church in Bexhill on three days a week. Once guests are known to HUG, the charity would continue to help them, wherever possible, on a ‘one to one’

benefits to society as a basis. whole. The charity has helps with the welfare of any pets the homeless keep and try and see that the pets are inoculated and any 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 financial position at the end of the period	Para 1.21	The charity has to do all its own fundraising, till any alternative sources of funding can be found. This is a great challenge as it diverts resources away from our main objective

		i.e. helping the homeless and their pets .
Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held	Para 1.22	The charity tries to hold about 12 months expenses in reserve, in case of need.
Amount of reserves held	Para 1.22	At the reporting date reserves were :- Unrestricted Reserves £27377 (Restricted funds £0) (Against total Expenses this year £41258)
Reasons for holding zero reserves	Para 1.22	N/A
Details of fund materially in deficit	Para 1.24	N/A
Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern	Para 1.23	The charity needs to fundraise to keep going. The charity also needs to recruit and maintain sufficient volunteers, with the necessary skills, to properly run the charity. This is steadily getting more urgent as the existing volunteers grow older.

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The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising)	Para 1.47	Donations from the public Grants Fund raising activities
Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted	Para 1.46
A description of the principal risks facing the charity	Para 1.46
Other

Structure, governance and management

Description of charity’s trusts:
Type of governing document: for example,trust deed, memorandum and articles of association etc	Para 1.25	The Charity is governed by its constitution document
How is the charity constituted? for example limited company, unincorporated association, CIO	Para 1.25	CIO
Trustee selection methods including details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entitled to appoint one or more trustees	Para 1.25	The Trustees would appoint any new Trustee, having regard to the skills they could bring, against the needs of the Charity.

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Para 1.51 Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees Para 1.51 The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works Para 1.51 Relationship with any related parties Other

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

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee(if any)
	Neil Hobden	Treasurer & acting Chairperson
	Councillor Gareth Delany
	Pauline Goubert	Project Manager
	John Price
	Joyce Streeter
	Benjamin Gibson

– 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	Nil
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects	N/A
Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets	Any such funds are segregated in the accounts

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Names and addresses of advisers (optional information)

Type of adviser	Name Address	Name Address
Independent Scrutineer	David Winchester

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (optional information)

Exemptions from disclosure

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details

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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 Project manager Treasurer & Acting Chairman Secretary, Chair, etc)

Date 22[nd] August 2026