## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From: 1[st] April, 2023 Period start date To: 31[st] March, 2024 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Grit Street Aid** ## **Charity registration number: 1183979** ## **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 the relief of poverty
amongst those who are homeless, facing
homelessness or rough sleepers in Greater
Manchester who are in need, hardship and
distress on account of their social and
economic circumstances, in particular but not
exclusively by the provision of clothing,
bedding, food and drinks, helping to assist in
the provision of temporary accommodation,
information, advice, employment and
education assistance, also signposting on issues
related to healthcare, addiction and housing.| |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|Using a mobile support service to provide food,
clothing, bedding, and other daily living
essentials to those who are rough sleepers in
Greater Manchester. In addition, we assist
users to access temporary accommodation. We
also support users to access other services
which help with employment and education
advice. We provide signposting on healthcare,
addiction and housing issues.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees have referred to the Charity
Commission’s guidance on public benefit when
reviewing the charity’s aims and objectives,
and future plans and policies.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference **N/A** Para 1.38 Policy on grant making |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|During this period, we recruited two
volunteers to manage back office duties,
including book-keeping and social media
input.| |---|---|---| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|The work of the volunteers enabled GSA to
build a solid structure and create
awareness of the charity’s work within the
homeless community.| |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|We provide mobile support services to
homeless people in Greater Manchester,
we operate these 5 days a week.
On average we support 39 people per
week with food, drink etc.| **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
set|Para 1.41|| ||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 an in-year surplus of £23,906
with a carry forward of £449, making a total of
£24,355.
The trustees aim to maintain free reserves
(unrestricted funds not invested in fixed assets
or otherwise designated) at a level, which
equates to approximately three months of
charitable expenditure. The trustees consider
that this level will provide sufficient funds to
respond to applications for grants and ensure
that support and governance costs are
covered. Amount of reserves held £24,355.| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The trustees aim to maintain free reserves
(unrestricted funds not invested in fixed assets
or otherwise designated) at a level, which
equates to approximately three months of
charitable expenditure. The trustees consider
that this level will provide sufficient funds to
respond to applications for grants and ensure
that support and governance costs are
covered.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£24,355| |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|There are no issues raised about the charity
continuing as a going concern.| **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|GSA have been active in its efforts to secure
restricted and unrestricted funding and was
successful in securing a grant from the National
Lottery to enable our charity to employ a full-
time person in the role of Project Coordinator.
We also secured funding from the Manchester
Airport Community Fund towards the purchase
of an ecargo bike, which will help us to extend
the current service within the homeless
community.|| |---|---|---|---|---| |||We were also in discussions with supermarkets
about the possibility of in-store fundraising,
and early indications suggest that Morrisons
supermarket, Swinton, will allow us to raise
awareness of GSA and potentially collect
donations in July,2024.| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|We were successful in increasing the
volume of reserves during this financial
year. This are held in our bank account.| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|At the beginning of this period, the charity
began to recover financially, and with the
help of sizeable grants awarded to GSA in
May, June, July and September 2023, we
recovered sufficiently enough to build on
our efforts during the previous year. We
remain confident because of the service we
provide that we will secure further grants to
help expand our operations in 2024-2025.| |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|**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|| ## **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|Para 1.51|We worked in collaboration with
Manchester Homelessness Partnership
and the
Street support network link with various
partners such as"on the out, cornerstones,| |network with which the
charity works||The amblehurst hotel and the statutory
services in the 10 borough's of greater
Manchester to allow our service users
access with these agencies to the help they
needed the most.
We hope to continue this positive trend
toward accessibility for all our service users
in the coming year
Other partners we worked along side
during this period were Emmaus, Asda and
Greggs at which time we were able to
receive notable donations of camping
equipment, fresh food and a successful
grant award.
GSA are planning to improve our service in
the areas of project management and
communications to supply better delivery of
current services with Ecargo Bike relief aid
and possible office space.
We believe if these aims are realised we
will see greater traffic on media platforms
and ultimately boost awareness of who we
are and what we do to the wider public.
Thankfully we are still seeing the same
consistency of funding coming but are still
aware that we need to be more creative for
finding new ideas to help improve our free
reserves to maintain and support our
current levels of running costs.| |---|---|---| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Grit Street Aid| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1183979| |Charity’s principal address|c/o Wythenshawe Forum Library
Civic Centre
Forum Grove
Wythenshawe
MANCHESTER
M22 5RX| ||| ## **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)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Karen Courcoux|Chair||| ||Malcolm Chisolm|||| ||Glen Tabois|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – 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**||| |---|---|---| ||Karen Courcoux|| ||
Chair|| ||28/01/2025|| ||28/01/2025|| ## **GRIT STREET AID** ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 Charity number 1183979 Company number CE017905 ## GRIT STREET AID INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 |AID
EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT
ENDED 31 MARCH 2024||| |---|---|---| |INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT|2024|2023| ||£|£| |INCOME||| |Donations and Legacies|35,415|20,589| |Other income|-|1,080| |Total income|35,415|21,669| |||| |EXPENDITURE||| |Charitable Expenditure|(5,801)|(20,791)| |Salary|(6,208)|(12,128)| |Total Expenditure|(12,009)|(32,919)| |||| |NET MOVEMENTS IN FUNDS|23,906|(11,250)| |FUNDS BROUGHT FORWARD|449|11,699| |FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD|24,355|449| ## GRIT STREET AID BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 MARCH 2024 |BALANCE SHEET|2024|2023| |---|---|---| ||£|£| |||| |CURRENT ASSETS||| |Cash at bank and in hand|24,355|949| |||| |CURRENT LIABILITIES||| |Accruals and otherpayable|-|500| |||| |NET CURRENT ASSESTS/ (LIABILITIES)|24,355|449| |||| |FUNDS|24,355|449| ## GRIT STREET AID NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 |GRANTS AND DONATIONS|2024|2024|2024||2023|2023|2023| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total| ||£|£|£||£|£|£| |Albert Hunt|5,000||5,000||-|-|-| |Albert Hunt||20,000|20,000||-|-|-| |Jacob's Ladder|-|-|-||250|500|750| |General|1,410|10|1,420||-|55|55| |Manchester Airport Fund|-|3,000|3,000||-|-|-| |M.Chisholm|-|-|-||283|-|283| |Aviva CommunityFund|-|-|-||162|-|162| |Duchyof Lancater Benevolent Fund|-|-|-||1,000|-|1,000| |Leeds BuildingSociety|-|-|-||-|1,000|1,000| |The CharityServices|3,000|-|3,000||3,000|-|3,000| |Crowdfunder UK|120|-|120||-|10,660|10,660| |Groundwork UK|375|-|375||-|3,125|3,125| |Salford Community|-|-|-||-|554|554| |The Dowagar Countessel|2,500|-|2,500||-|-|-| ||||||||| |Total:|12,405|23,010|35,415||4,695|15,894|20,589| ## GRIT STREET AID NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 ||**2023**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Total**| |---|---| |CHARITABLE EXPENDITURE
**2024**
**2023**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Total**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Total**
£
£
£
£
£
£
Salary costs
4,727
1,481
6,208
12,128
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12,128
Equipment
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-
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410
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410
Food, Clothing and other costs
911
609
1,520
393
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393
Van hire and running costs
2,174
-
2,174
18,674
-
18,674
Telephone and communications expenses
215
-
215
438
-
438
Staff and volunteer expenses
-
-
-
-
-
-
Insurance
1,021
-
1,021
599
-
599
Office cost and other costs
812
-
812
277
-
277
Bank charges and fees
60
-
60
-
-
-
Professional fees - Report
-
-
-
-
-
-
Professional fees - Accountancy
-
-
-
-
-
-
Allocated to restricted funds
-
-
-
(27,794)
27,794
**Total:**
**9,920**
**2,090**
**12,009**
**5,125**
**27,794**
**32,919**
CREDITORS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
**2024**
**2023**
£
£
Accruals and other payables
-
500
**Total:**
**-**
**500**|**2023**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Total**| ## GRIT STREET AID NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 |ANALYSIS OF COMPANY NET ASSETS BETWEEN FUNDS|2024|2024|2024||2023|2023|2023| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total| |Fund balances at March 31 are represented by:|£|£|£||£|£|£| ||2,835|21,520|24,355||349|100|449| ||||||||| ||||||||| |TAXATION|||||||| |The Companyis a registered charityand is entitled to claim annual exemption from UK corporation tax.|||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| |CAPITAL COMMITMENTS|||||||| |There were no capital commitments authorised and contracted for at the end of bothyears.|||||||| ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** |**Section A**
**Independent Examiner’s Report**|**Section A**
**Independent Examiner’s Report**| |---|---| |**Report to the trustees**
**On accounts for the year**
**ended**
**Set out on pages**|Charity Name
**Charity no**
**(if any)**
(remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)
`GRIT STREET AID`
`31 MARCH 2024`
`1183979`
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`1 - 6`| I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended **DD / MM / YYYY** `31/03/2024` . **Responsibilities and** As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the **basis of report** 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 all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. **Independent** ~~[The charity’s gross income exceeded £250,000 and I am qualified to~~ **examiner's statement** ~~undertake the examination by being a qualified member of [insert name of applicable listed body]~~ ]. _Delete_ [ ] _if not applicable._ I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination ( ~~other than that disclosed below~~ *) which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or - the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or - the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. - _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._ |**Signed:**
**Name:**
**Relevant professional**
**qualification(s) or body**||`18 December 2024`| |---|---|---| |||| ||`DAVID RAYNER`|| |||| ||`N/A`|| **Oct 2018** 1 **IER** ## **(if any):** ``` N/A ``` **Address:** `104 IVYGREEN ROAD MANCHESTER M21 9EX` ## **Section B Disclosure** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). **Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . **Oct 2018** 2 **IER**