## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1[st] July 2024 Period start date To 30[th] June 2025 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Better Together** ## **Charity registration number: 1183516** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**We improve the conditions of life for**
**residents of Smethwick by advancing**
**education and providing facilities for**
**recreation and leisure time occupation.**| |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|**The weekly English conversation café**
**has continued for several years,**
**established with due regard to public**
**benefit. Members may attend for longer**
**than an academic year, growing in**
**confidence. Some achieve entry level to**
**enrol in formal study. Friendships are**
**formed over free drinks and snacks.**| |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 they continue this**
**activity as a service or benefit to the**
**public.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||
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|**The charity has a limited number of**
**volunteers, without whom this worthwhile**
**activity would not be possible.**| |||| 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|**During the time covered by this report**
**30+ club members enjoyed a spell**
**practising their conversation skills and**
**building their confidence.**
**Some entered the world of work or went**
**on to further study.**
**Because social isolation was reduced the**
**diverse community of Smethwick**
**benefitted.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|
**Trustees have had to recognise factors**
**limiting the growth of the project but**
**against modest objectives we achieved**
**those goals. Numbers attending were**
**maintained and we continue to co-**
**operate with our neighbouring charity.**| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**The search for alternative funding had**
**not been successful by the end of the**
**year.**| |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|**By the summer ’25 lack of new money**
**was a serious concern.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**There is nothing held in reserve.**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**Going into the 2025/26 financial year**
**fundraising is a major concern for two**
**people not previously shouldering that**
**responsibility.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** |**Additional information (optional)**|**Additional information (optional)**|**Additional information (optional)**| |---|---|---| |You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:||| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|| |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
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**The charity was set up as a 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|**By invitation of the existing/continuing**
**trustees.**| ## **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|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Better Together| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1183516| |Charity’s principal address|Smethwick Baptist Church
Regent Street
Smethwick
B66 3BQ| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Pauline Hylton|Joint Treasurer||| ||Sandra Monica
Robinson|Secretary|01/07/2024 to
31/07/2024|| ||John CraigJordan|||| ||Delroy Otis
Thomas|Joint Treasurer||| ||Paul Adrian Beech|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – 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 ## **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)** ## **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)** **Full name(s)** **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)** **Date** 115 5655 58E8 5 656£1665551 888*8888P¥ 88885551858