2024-01-31-accounts - Sincere Support

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Sincere Support

Charity Number 1182656

Trustees Report and Receipts and Payments Account for the year 1st February 2023 to 31st January 2024

Sincere Support (Charity Number 1182656)

Report of the Trustees for the year 1st February 2023 to 31st January 2024

The trustees have the pleasure in presenting their report and the financial statements of the charity for the period 1st February 2023 to 31st January 2024.

Reference and Administration details

Sincere Support is a registered charity, charity number 1182656.

Principal address

C/O Meadow Hall Centre Limited Management Suite 1 The Oasis

Meadowhall Centre Sheffield S9 1EP

Trustees

The trustees who served in the year were:

Stephen Haley Lister (Chairman)

Sheena Powell-Bevan

Geoffrey Brignall Gary Harvey Ellis Brooke Powell-Bevan

Structure, governance and management

The charity was constituted as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) Foundation on 27th March 2019. The governing document is a constitution.

Where there is a need for new trustees, these are identified and appointed by the existing Trustees

Objectives and activities

The charity was formed to relieve the stresses experienced by the family and carers of children with terminal or serious illnesses in hospital in the region of Yorkshire, Humber and Lincolnshire and to support other properly constituted groups working for the same purpose.

Achievements and performance

The charity was formed on 27th March 2019 and superseded Sincere Support (charity number 1100487) from 16th October 2019.

£10,248 has been raised in the period from fundraising activities, which is unrestricted. Funding of £83,120 has also been secured from the National Lottery Community Fund - Reaching Communities, which is restricted.

Financial performance

The reserves of the charity are unrestricted at the year end and are available to meet the costs of running the charity for its objectives and activities, for donation and fundraising activities.

At the year end the reserves were £69,047.

The receipts and payments accounts have been prepared under section 133 of the Charities Act 2011 and in accordance with the Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice. The financial statements have been prepared from the accounting records and information and explanations provided to Jonathan White & Co Accountants Limited.

Further Information

As part of our ongoing National Lottery programme, we have had an external evaluation of our activities completed. This is highly detailed and we have attached a copy at the end of this document.

Public Benefit

The trustees have referred to the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit when reviewing the aims and objectives and in planning future activities. The trustees have considered how planned activities contribute to the aims and objectives set ensuring activities offer and satisfy the public benefit requirement as stated in charity law.

This report and financial statements were approved by the trustees on the 4th November 2024 and is signed on behalf of them all.

Stephen Haley Lister Chairman

Sincere Support (Charity Number 1182656)

Independent Examiners Report

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above named charity for the year ended 31st January 2024, which are set out on pages 4 to 6.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity trustees of the Trust, 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 Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed 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 material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
the accounts do not accord with the accounting records

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

4th November 2024

Jonathan White

Jonathan White & Co Accountants Limited 134 Dobbin Hill Sheffield S11 7JD

Sincere Support (Charity Number 1182656)

Receipts and Payments Account for the year 1st February 2023 to 31st January 2024

Receipts Fundraising activities The National Lottery Community Fund Reaching Communities Other income Total receipts Payments Family support Donations made Sessional workers Salaries 1. Training Fundraising General office costs Telephone Motor vehicle Legal and professional Accountancy Marketing Cleaning of premises Total payments Asset and investment purchases Assets purchased Total asset and investment purchases Total payments Net (Payments)/Receipts for the year Funds balance brought forward Funds balance carried forward	Restriced Funds 2024 £ 0 - 83,120 0 83,120 8,210 0 10,069 60,248 0 0 77 0 0 640 0 803 3,482 83,529 0 0 83,529 (409) 19,791 19,382	Unrestriced Funds 2024 £ 10,248 0 0 10,248 4,736 0 590 0 0 2,679 1,802 1,287 1,821 2,410 804 2,659 0 18,788 4,800 4,800 23,588 (13,340) 64,104 50,764	Total Funds 2024 £ 10,248 83,120 0 93,368 12,946 0 10,659 60,248 0 2,679 1,879 1,287 1,821 3,050 804 3,462 3,482 102,317 4,800 4,800 107,117 (13,749) 83,895 70,146	Restriced Funds 2023 £ 0 83,640 0 83,640 9,541 0 10,410 59,755 1,223 0 102 0 0 800 384 329 4,123 86,667 0 0 86,667 (3,027) 22,818 19,791	Unrestriced Funds 2023 £ 34,678 0 0 34,678 3,554 550 720 0 0 8,001 3,216 1,329 1,502 0 660 0 115 19,647 0 0 19,647 15,031 49,073 64,104	Total Funds 2023 £ 34,678 83,640 0 118,318 13,095 550 11,130 59,755 1,223 8,001 3,318 1,329 1,502 800 1,044 329 4,238 106,314 0 0 106,314 12,004 71,891 83,895

Sincere Support (Charity Number 1182656)

Statement of Assets and Liabilities as at 31st January 2024

Assets retained for the charity's own use Motor vehicles Furniture, fixtures and fittings Plant and machinery Computer equipment Cash at Bank Total assets Liabilites Creditors 2. Total Liabilites	Restriced Funds 2024 £ 0 0 305 0 305 19,382 19,382 1,099 1,099	Unrestriced Funds 2024 £ 22,500 95 1,094 1,960 25,649 50,764 50,764 0 0	Total Funds 2024 £ 22,500 95 1,399 1,960 25,954 70,146 70,146 1,099 1,099	Restriced Funds 2023 £ 0 0 305 0 305 19,791 19,791 1,973 1,973	Unrestriced Funds 2023 £ 20,190 95 1,094 1,960 23,339 64,104 64,104 0 0	Total Funds 2023 £ 20,190 95 1,399 1,960 23,644 83,895 83,895 1,973 1,973

Sincere Support (Charity Number 1182656)

Notes to the Financial Statements for the year 1st February 2023 to 31st January

2024

Notes

Included with Salaries are salary payments of £19,817 to MR S Lister, a trustee.
Creditors:

Pension contributions 295 Professional fees 804

1,099