## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date 01 04 2021 31 04 2022
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## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name** The ThinBlueLineUK **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1184042 **Charity's principal address** ThinBlueLineUK, The Mortgage Hut Arena Business Centre, Threefield House Threefield Lane, Southampton **Postcode SO14 3LP**
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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Name of person (or body)
Dates acted if not for
Trustee name Office (if any) entitled to appoint trustee
whole year
(if any)
1 Gary Craig Chairman
2 Andrea Quinton Trustee
Beverley Trustee 19/02/2020
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Adamson
4 Lisa Dolan Trustee 19/02/2020
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## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**
**Name Dates acted if not for whole year**
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser**
**Name Address**
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Type of governing document
CIO Foundation
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
How the charity is constituted
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Trustee selection methods
Elected by trustees.
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about:
- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
- relationship with any related parties;
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
New trustees, will be provided with a current version of the constitution and the latest Trustees’ Annual report and statement of accounts.
The trustees have received Trustee Training with the Police Treatment Centres in Harrogate. We continue to liaise with the Police Treatment Centres regarding assistance and governance. We fall under the Police Charities Website – an umbrella for all police charities and one of our trustees attend meetings on our behalf. This will assist in our learning and experiences going forward.
The charity is solely managed by the four trustees on a voluntary basis. The charity does not own or manage any assets and therefore there is minimal risk to the charity’s funds.
The charity works with the Section UK of the International Police Association in joint endeavours and learning.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
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## **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
To relieve sickness among police officer’s in the UK by making grants, awards and providing other support to registered, excepted and exempt charities.
The charity was set up to support and complement other police charities with a particular focus on mental health related issues. We have raised funds to support the mental health support for police officers. The trustees have in all dealings had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit.
**Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)**
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## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
Any grants awarded by the charity are discussed and minuted trustee meetings. The merits of each proposal is weighed up against the core values held by the charity in that the grant is used to support the treatment and mental wellbeing of police officers. This will allow them to be afforded the correct pathway to help them return to full health.
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
The charity continues to develop a network of volunteers to promote the work of the charity and raise awareness around mental health and how it can impact a police officer. We also raise awareness around the help that is available.
The charity continues to support our ambassadors and we welcome their assistance in raising awareness re the objectives of the charity and making available our mental health guide to those who request it.
## Section D Achievements and performance
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## Section D Achievements and performance
The charity continues to raise awareness around mental health **Summary of the main** related issues affecting police officers. Our ambassador network **achievements of the** is established now in several forces and welcome packs have **charity during the year** been sent to them including the mental health guide. The volunteers continue to raise awareness around the issues police officers face and the mental health guide is available for sharing and discussion. One of our trustees continues to liaise with and encourage the ambassadors in relation to fundraising and possible training.
The charity is now recognised for the work that it does in raising mental health awareness and representatives from the charity are invited along to Force Wellbeing Days where they highlight the work the charity does but works alongside others. For example a charity representative in the Met works alongside PD Dexter (wellbeing dog) and attends wellbeing days to discuss openly mental health issues and highlights support paths.
We continue to use our website to have available for police officers our mental health guide and to provide real life stories from those affected by these issues. This is part of our program in raising awareness around these issues and demonstrating that it is ok not to be ok. We continue to promote stories and encourage officers to look out for each other, recognise the signs of mental health and to talk to each other. We are finding that more people are sharing their stories with us and this can provide much needed encouragement to others going through the same issues.
We have also been invited to attend national police conferences which provides the opportunity to speak with police officers from across the United Kingdom and demonstrate how we can help officers.
Our online store continues to supplement the funds raised for us and helps promote the charity. All funds raised are used to directly support the work we do.
Our fundraising efforts are supported with a partnership with Selkirk gin and we have successfully launched the ThinBlueLine Gin and Whisky and receive regular donations from sales.
The charity has this year developed a partnership with Thrive: Mental Health and Wellbeing – which has the only NHS endorsed mental health app. We have purchased this along with 200 licences. We make this app available to any police officer who feels that they cannot seek or avail of help within work or privately. The app has CBT exercises, deep muscle relaxation, sleep aids and most importantly users can access counselling via text or phone with trained counsellors and psychologists. We receive quarterly reports which indicate that those using the app are getting the help they need and a high percentage show excellent recovery. We continue to promote and encourage the use of this app.
We continue to build relationships with other police charities and compliment their work by signposting officers to appropriate channels to avail of help.
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## **Section E Financial review**
**Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves**
Although the charity has an income sub £28000 we ensure that we have a sufficient reserve in our accounts to cover all costs and future plans. Any grants made will not leave the charity in a vulnerable position and all decisions are taken by the trustees.
**Details of any funds materially in deficit**
The Charity was not in deficit for this financial year.
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
The charities principal source of fundraising is through charitable donations and online purchases from our store. The charity has also entered into a partnership with Selkirk Distillery who sell a charity gin and donate a portion of the proceeds to the charity. We have also noted an increase in personal fundraising for the charity and an increase in funds received from Justgiving. The funds raised have allowed us to make donations to police charities who support mental health treatment programmes for police officers.
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about:
- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; We currently do not make any investments.
- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
## **Section F Other optional information**
## **Section G Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)** Craig **Full name(s)** Gary **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc) Date**
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Thin Blue Line UK
Income and Expenditure foryear 10 3010412022
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4.919.50
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Trustee
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## **The ThinBlueLineUK**
## **Registered Charity No: 1184042**
**Financial Accounts for the year ended 30th April 2022**
**The ThinBlueLineUK Registered Charity No: 1184042**
## **Independent examiners report to the trustees**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts for the year ended 30th April 2022
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity trustees, 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 all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Basis of independent examiners statement**
My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters.
The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
## **Independent examiners statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act;
2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3. the accounts do 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.
**Signed:**
**Date: 18-Feb-23**
**On behalf of: Genio Accountants** 33a Portsmouth Road Southampton Hampshire SO19 9BA
## **The ThinBlueLineUK Registered Charity No: 1184042**
## **Income & Expenditure Report for the Year ended 30th April 2022**
|INCOME
28,879
12,675
EXPENDITURE
(17,109)
(8,086)
**Surplus/(Deficit) for the Financial Year**
**11,770**
**4,589**
Accounts Approved by:
Trustees
Date
Trustees
Date
**30/04/2022**
**30/04/2021**|INCOME
28,879
12,675
EXPENDITURE
(17,109)
(8,086)
**Surplus/(Deficit) for the Financial Year**
**11,770**
**4,589**
Accounts Approved by:
Trustees
Date
Trustees
Date
**30/04/2022**
**30/04/2021**|
|---|---|
||12,675
(8,086)|
||**4,589**|
|||
|Trustees
Date||
|Trustees
Date||
## **The ThinBlueLineUK Registered Charity No: 1184042**
## **Balance Sheet as at 30th April 2022**
|**Current Assets**
Stripe Bank
Current Account
Paypal Account
**Current Liabilities**
**Net Assets**
**Represented by:**
Designated Reserves
General Reserves
**Total Reserves**
**Reserves Movement**
Balance Bfwd
Surplus / (Deficit) for year
Transfer between reserves
Balance Cfwd||**30/04/2022**|**30/04/2022**|**30/04/2022**|222
9,646
504
10,372
-
**10,372**
-
10,372
**10,372**
**Total**
**10,372**
**11,770**
**-**
**22,142**
**30/04/2021**|222
9,646
504
10,372
-
**10,372**
-
10,372
**10,372**
**Total**
**10,372**
**11,770**
**-**
**22,142**
**30/04/2021**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||863
20,872
407||22,142
-||10,372
-|
|||-
22,142|||||
|||||**22,142**||**10,372**|
||||||||
|||**Designated**|||||
|||||**22,142**||**10,372**|
|||||**General**
10,372
11,770
-|||
|||-
-
-|||||
|||-||22,142|||