## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From** 01 October 2023 Period start date **To** 30 September 2024 Period end date
**Charity name:** The Sureserve Foundation
**Charity registration number:** 1182351
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|For the public benefit, throughout England
and Wales, the prevention or relief of
poverty of people who are vulnerable as a
result of high fuel expenditure, in particular
but not exclusively, by:
**a)**providing educational and advice
services to combat fuel poverty and
inefficient energy use; and
**b)**delivering projects in collaboration with
industry partners to provide energy efficient
home and community improvements to
combat fuel inefficiency and thus, poverty.|
|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|Charitable support delivered within period:
Program 1 = 2 x grants totalling
£10,000 to Places For People
covering support on sustainable and
energy efficient cookery lessons
and batch cooking.
Program 2 = energy efficiency
measures to 100 individual homes
for vulnerable residents via Cumbria
Action for Sustainability total
£4,582.|
|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
complied with their duty under section 17 of
the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard
to the guidance published by the Charity
Commission on public benefit. In planning
and delivering the charity’s activities for the
year, the trustees have considered how
these activities contribute to the charity’s
aims and objectives and provide benefit to
the public, in line with the Commission’s
guidance.|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
SORP reference
Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other
## **Achievements and Performance**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|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
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|Fundraising activities:
Fundraising a total of £153,202
raised through a number of events
throughout the year.
Expenditure:
Donations and costs out of
£125,958 which includes donations
and grants to 15 organisations.|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41||
|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives|Para 1.41||
|set|||
|---|---|---|
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|Review has been undertaken and the
trustees are satisfied current cash reserves
will enable the foundation to achieve it’s
aims in the 2025 financial year.|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Reserve funds of £18,000 have been
agreed with the board of trustees on the
basis this is the minimum balance that
enables the foundation to achieve it’s goals
each financial year.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£18,000|
|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|N/A|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Donations from operating companies within the Sureserve Group. The charity’s principal sources of funds (including Para 1.47 any fundraising) Investment policy and objectives including any Para 1.46 social investment policy adopted A description of the principal Para 1.46 risks facing the charity Other
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Charitable Incorporates Organisation (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|Voluntary|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|
Para 1.51|
Monitoring and evaluation|
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|Reporting and compliance|
|Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|Conflict of interest|
|Other||Incoming foundation enquiries
Risk assessment and mitigation|
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|The Sureserve Foundation|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|Sureserve Foundation|
|Registered charitynumber|1182351|
|Charity’s principal address|Norfolk House
13 Southampton Place
London WC1A 2AJ|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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17
18
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Ian David Childs|Chair|||
||Emma JoyNicklin|Trustee|||
||Brian James
Horton|Trustee|01 April 2024 – 30 Sept
2024||
||Simone Lynn Clark|Trustee|||
||Uta Maria Louise
Hope|Trustee|||
||Miren Josephine
Rawlings|Trustee|||
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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 N/A held in this capacity
Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects
Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of Name Address adviser**
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
Ian David Childs - Chairperson
## **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 above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)** Ian Childs **Full name(s)** Ian Childs **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc) Date** 28/07/2025
## **Statement of profit and loss**
_For the year ended 30 September 2024_
|||**Amount (£)**|
|---|---|---|
|_Income_|||
|Donations and grants income||Err:504|
|_Expenses_|||
|Grants expense|1|Err:504|
|Events|2|Err:504|
|Subscriptions|3|Err:504|
|Other expense|4|Err:504|
|Bank charges||Err:504|
|**Total expenses**||**Err:504**|
|**Net proft for year**||**Err:504**|
|Opening bank balance||209,764|
|Net bank movement||#REF!|
|**Closing bank balance**||**#REF!**|
## **Income breakdown**
|**eakdown**||
|---|---|
|Sureserve Company|Err:504|
|Supplier|Err:504|
|Justgiving|Err:504|
|Individual|Err:504|
|Dinner auction|Err:504|
|Other|Err:504|
|**Total income**|**Err:504**|
|check to P&L|Err:504|
|**1**|**Grants expense**||
|---|---|---|
||Merchant Taylors School|- 7,286.40|
||Chelmer Housing Association|- 3,290.27|
||St Francis Special School|- 5,167.49|
||Code 1|- 5,000.00|
||THCH|- 1,666.22|
||Charis Grants|- 10,000.00|
||JACKSONS LANE|- 5,400.00|
||POSITIVE ACTION IN|- 5,000.00|
||POPLAR HARCA|- 10,000.00|
||CUMBRIA ACTION FOR|- 4,852.00|
||PLACES FOR PEOPLE|- 10,000.00|
||BIRMINGHAM CARE GR|- 5,000.00|
||BURNTWOOD MEMORIAL|- 750.00|
||HALSNEAD FOOD INIT|- 5,000.00|
||**Total grants expense**|**###**|
||_check to P&L_|_Err:504_|
|**2**|**Events**||
|---|---|---|
||TENNENT ASSOCIATES DINNER|- 4,106.40|
||CAMPAIGN COLLECTIV GUEST SPEA - 276.80||
||THE DRAPERS COMPANY|- 34,386.00|
||MR EDWARD DYE - SSF DINNER 202- 350.00||
||Printing|Err:504|
||Photography|Err:504|
||Audio visual|Err:504|
||**Total events**|**Err:504**|
||_check to P&L_|Err:504|
|**3**|**Subscriptions**||
||Google workspace subscription|Err:504|
||Website cost|Err:504|
||Justgiving|Err:504|
||**Total subscriptions**|**Err:504**|
||_check to P&L_|Err:504|
|**4**|**Other expenses**||
|---|---|---|
||JC out of pocket expenses|#REF!|
||JC GIFT BERRY BROS|#REF! assume retirement as|
||**Total Other expense**|**#REF!**|
||_check to P&L_|#REF!|
, Trustee gift paid for by Aaron and reimbursed
**The Sureserve Foundation 1182351**
## **Receipts and payments accounts**
**CC16a**
**For the period** 10/1/2023 9/30/2024 **To from**
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A1 Receipts**
Donations,legacies andgrant
**153,202**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**153,202**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 153,202**
**A3 Payments**
Grants and donationspaid
**78,412**
Cost of fundraisingevents
**45,735**
IT costs(website, onlineplatforms)
**904**
Other costs
**898**
Bank charges
**9**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ 125,958**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total payments_ 125,958**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**27,244**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**0**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**209,764**
**_Cash funds this year end_**
**237,008**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**153,202**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**153,202**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**153,202**
**78,412**
**45,735**
**904**
**898**
**9**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**125,958**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**125,958**
**27,244**
**0**
**209,764**
**237,008**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**153,202**|**144,279**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**153,202**|**144,279**|
||||||
|||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**||
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||||
|||**-**|**153,202**|**144,279**|
||||||
|||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**78,412**|**43,719**|
||||**45,735**|**-**|
||||**904**|**3,299**|
||||**898**|**-**|
||||**9**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**125,958**|**47,018**|
||||||
|||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**||
||||**-**||
||||**-**|**-**|
||||||
|||**-**|**125,958**|**47,018**|
||||||
||**0**|**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**|**27,244**|**97,261**|
||**0**||**0**|**0**|
||**0**||**209,764**|**112,503**|
||**0**||**237,008**|**209,764**|
## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|**Details**
Closing cash balance 30/09/2024
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature
Ian Childs
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**237,008**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**237,008**
**-**
OK
OK
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Ian Childs
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||OK|
||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**When due**
**(optional)**|
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||||Date of
approval|
||Ian Childs|Ian Childs|7/28/2025|
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