## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From** 02/04/2022 **Period start date To** 1/4/2023 **Period end date** ## **Charity name: Matthew 25:40** ## **Charity registration number: 1185473** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes
of the charity as set out in
its governing document|Para 1.17|**1. To relieve poverty among those**
**who are homeless or at risk of**
**becoming homeless through**
**provision of: items, training and**
**long term practical and social**
**support for individuals in need, to**
**allow for re-integration into**
**society**
**2. To promote social inclusion for**
**the public benefit by preventing**
**people from becoming socially**
**excluded, relieving the needs of**
**those who are socially excluded**
**and assisting them to integrate**
**into society**| |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|**1. Friends: initiative designed to**
**encourage members of the**
**community to develop genuine**
**and supportive relationships in a**
**safe and compassionate**
**environment. It involves weekly**
**(1.5 hours) gatherings between**
**volunteers and beneficiaries to**
**engage in conversations, with**
**refreshments provided. Through**
**this we want to help build greater**
**support networks for those who**
**are vulnerable and provide a**
**place where they can provide**
**their thoughts, feelings and**
**worries in a place free of**
**judgement, where support can be**
**offered.**
**2. Community Incentivised**
**Fundraising (CIF): a fundraising**
**initiative designed to engage with**
**the wider community around a**
**particular issue that relates to our**
**objects. This can either be for**
**projects developed within**
**Matthew 25:40 or for small local**| |||**projects that align with our**
**objects and mission.**
**3. Collaborative Conversations: We**
**gather leaders in local**
**communities to have topical**
**discussions with the purpose of**
**finding better outcomes for those**
**who are vulnerable in the**
**community**
**4. Heart of Unity: A part networking,**
**part celebratory event held in the**
**autumn/winter with other**
**organisations/charities that work**
**to support those within the**
**community. It acts as a space to**
**share successes, challenges and**
**ideas for the future. It is also a**
**space to encourage collaboration**
**across different organisations**
**and build synergistic**
**relationships.**| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**We, the trustees of Matthew 25:40, have**
**had regard to the guidance issued by the**
**Charity Commission on public benefit**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**Grants are funded through the**
**Community Incentivised Fundraising**
**(CIF) initiative of the charity and are to**
**be issued to organisations where they**
**support the objects stated in the**
**governing document for Matthew 25:40**
**(as stated above).**
**The principles that will underpin the**
**awarding of grants are:**
**1. Trustees will hold ultimate**
**responsibility for grant-making**
**decisions in accordance with the**
**charitable objects of the charity**
**2. Each situation or request will be**
**considered on its own merits and**
**the trustees will carry out**
**appropriate due diligence to**
**ensure that it would meet the**
**charitable purposes of the**
**charity, (this will be detailed**
**scope of what the grant will be**
**used for)**
**3. Periodic check-ins to ensure that**
**the grant has been used for**
**intended purpose**
**4. Grants will only be provided to**
**charities or organisations that**| |||**have a demonstrable charitable**
**purpose in line with our objects**
**5. The charity will work in**
**partnership with other**
**organisations where appropriate**
**to support initiatives beyond the**
**financial scope of a single**
**organisation**
**The trustees will carry out sufficient due**
**diligence on all potential grant-**
**recipients to ensure:**
•
**That funds or items are used and**
**applied in accordance with the**
**charity’s charitable objects and**
**purpose**
•
**That funds or items are not**
**knowingly used for activities**
**which are illegal or likely to cause**
**damage to the charity’s**
**reputation**| |---|---|---| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**N/A**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**The contribution of our volunteers**
**remains at the core of much of the work**
**we do, particularly our Friends initiative,**
**which is a core service of the charity.**
**Since our launch in October 2019, our**
**volunteers have been essential in**
**establishing a consistent presence of**
**familiarity on a weekly basis not only for**
**our beneficiaries, but also the wider**
**community, as they have encouraged**
**those they have pre-existing**
**relationships with to come and see what**
**a session is like and whether they would**
**like to engage with it (this could be from**
**a point of receiving support, giving**
**support or both).**
**Across 22/23, our volunteers helped us**
**to maintain the work we do in the city**
**centre with Friends and a consistent**
**base of community for people to engage**
**with. We have also seen those who have**
**been regularly volunteering with us**
**increasing in confidence over time and**
**with a greater desire to take up more**
**responsibility where appropriate.**
**Key events like the pandemic and the**
**external economic and social climate**
**further highlight the importance of their**
**contribution as more and more people**| **have found themselves isolated, vulnerable and lacking in community around them. On a weekly basis, they continue to offer up their time to support the Friends service, engaging with those that attend, whether frequently or on one off occasions. In partnership with a local university, we receive unsold food items to distribute amongst those we engage with, which has been a big help. Our volunteers have supported us in both collection and distribution of these items. We also have volunteers who support our work on an ad-hoc basis, for example a trained mental health nurse running a mental health workshop, for our beneficiaries, which has been invaluable. N/A** 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||**Friends:**
**The charity has continued to engage**
**with a range of people isolated, lonely**
**and vulnerable due to a range of factors.**
**During this period, we have been able to**
**continue to use our Friends service to**
**help provide beneficiaries with a**
**support network and a sense of**
**familiarity and stability.**
**Both volunteers and beneficiaries have**
**been encouraged to take greater**
**ownership in sharing thoughts, opinions**
**and ideas to help shape what we do i.e.**
**group activities for us to engage in,**
**sharing passions and interests to find**
**common ground with others. This has**
**all helped with engagement from those**
**in attendance and plans for the future.**
**Whilst the pandemic shone a light on**
**the importance of social connection and**
**how easily people can become isolated**
**and vulnerable, it has emphasised the**
**importance of this work and the work of**
**other organisations who offer a way for**
**people to connect. It has also helped**
**make a greater case for**
**charities/organisations working closely**| **together to build capacity for the work we do to support others. Youth Engagement With the £10,000 grant the charity was awarded at the end of 2021, we have been able to use the funding to deliver the ‘Youth Action Project’ which had the aim of providing the youth of Nottingham with a space in which they are able to grow as leaders and become agents of change within their community. Through providing a means to connect with peers and a platform to raise awareness of current issues within their community, young people could discuss ways in which these problems could be solved within peer-to-peer groups. During the year we have delivered sporting sessions for young people and provided a mentoring space to develop relationships with young people in the community. This allowed us to understand what they would like to see happen within the community. From this base of sport engagement, they were able to develop peer relationships and trust with the adults as leaders. The project was enabled through collaborations with local partners (see below) to help support all aspects of the project as well as plan and develop a final event to take place in 23/24. Collaborative Conversations Originally titled ‘Conversations’, as a result of work done through the Youth Project, we developed this into ‘Collaborative Conversations’. In this, we gather leaders in local communities to have topical discussions with the purpose of finding better outcomes for those who are vulnerable in the community. This was piloted in the St Ann’s locality in Nottingham, which brought together 12 local organisations, including representatives from Nottinghamshire Police and local councillors, to develop strategy and direction to pursue these aims. With provisions for young people being a keen area of focus, it provided a natural opportunity to collaborate with organisations involved to support with the delivery and implementation of our Youth Action Project, to great success.** **Plans are currently underway to extend this model to other areas within Nottingham with representatives of regional organisations such as Nottinghamshire Police keen to further this work alongside the charity.** **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|| |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|**The charity’s current financial position**
**is strong and whilst a large portion of**
**the charities overall financial status is**
**as a result of the previous year’s**
**allocation of the 10k restricted grant**
**funding for the youth initiative, we**
**continue to comfortably meet our**
**monthly running costs associated with**
**the charity through our primary source**
**of funding. This includes our core**
**service initiative, Friends.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**We believe that reserves are required to**
**ensure we can continue to carry out**
**activities in line with our objects, which**
**are to support those who are homeless**
**or at risk of becoming homeless and**
**carry out activities to promote social**
**inclusion within the community.**
**We have taken into account:**
-
**The length of time the charity has**
**been set up for**
-
**The typical cash flow of the**
**charity during a monthly period**
**and likely future expenditure**
-
**Reliability of current and future**
**monthly income streams**
**We have set the current reserve level to**
**ensure:**
-
**The charity can cover unforeseen**
**loss of primary income source to**
**allow for continued service**
**provision for at least one month,**
**taking into account potential**
**increase in beneficiaries**
**This will be reviewed on a quarterly**
**basis or if circumstances change.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£350.00**| |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|**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|**Funding for the charity has been**
**primarily through monthly**
**contribution/donations from the charity**
**founders Jerome Edwards and Alex**
**Owusu, which was started from the**| |||**inception of the idea of the charity. In**
**addition to this, there have also been ad**
**hoc donations from those keen to**
**support the work of the charity.**
**This funding has allowed the charity to**
**cover running costs related to**
**administration, marketing and**
**promotion, inventory and refreshments**
**for Friends sessions.**| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**N/A**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**The main risk facing the charity is:**
-
**As in earlier years, external**
**factors like the pandemic caused**
**activities, like our previous**
**fundraiser to be halted,**
**highlighting the impact that can**
**have on our services. We remain**
**aware that as a charity we need to**
**be alert to external pressures that**
**could affect our services and how**
**we are able to engage with**
**beneficiaries.**
-
**As we continue to scale up our**
**operations and work in**
**partnership with others, there is a**
**risk to ensuring we sustain a high**
**quality service in all areas and**
**maintain our reputation. To**
**mitigate these risks we will**
**continue to work closely with**
**partners and stakeholders with**
**regard to strategy, operations**
**and decision-making to**
**strengthen these areas and**
**reinforce our dedication to**
**transparency of the charity.**
-
**Funding availability for all**
**charities has been affected with**
**higher need and less financial**
**resource available to access.**
**With many people facing**
**increasingly unstable financial**
**circumstances funding for**
**community projects will become**
**ever more important but equally**
**more difficult to fund with greater**
**competition for funding. By**
**working closely with key partner**
**organisations to collaborate on**
**projects, particularly through our**
**Collaborative Conversations**
**initiative will be key to ensure**| **resources are used effectively and efficiently.** Other ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|
Para 1.25|**Foundation Model Constitution of CIO**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Charitable Incorporated 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|**Current procedure involves noting**
**where gaps in knowledge are and**
**current trustees putting forth**
**suggestions for candidates to fill**
**position from individuals known to**
**trustees. If no appropriate candidate can**
**be agreed upon, senior members of staff**
**will be consulted for viable candidates.**
**If an individual has been agreed upon as**
**a candidate, an informal approach to an**
**individual is then made and the position**
**is discussed with them along with**
**responsibilities of the position. If this is**
**agreed upon by the individual then**
**current trustees approve the**
**appointment and they are added to the**
**post**| ## **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|**New trustees are provided with the**
**Foundation Model Constitution of the**
**CIO, which is the charity’s governing**
**document and where possible, the**
**charity’s most recent Annual report and**
**Financial Statements**
**Guidance from the Charity Commission**
**is signposted to for further reference of**
**duties and best practice**| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**The charity is set up with two trustees**
**with one trustee also acting as an**
**additional volunteer for Friends**
**initiative. There are two additional**
**volunteers who make up the senior staff**
**team.**
**Day-to-day decisions are taken by the**
**charities Director. Aims and objectives**
**for the charity are set by the trustees**
**and Director with senior staff consulted**
**and encouraged to engage with**
**discussion and share their thoughts –**
**overall decision making for aims and**
**objectives sits with trustees. Decisions**
**regarding fundraisers for Community**
**Incentivised Fundraising initiative are**
**ultimately made by trustees and**
**Director, though senior staff are**| |||**encouraged to engage with discussion**
**and share their thoughts.**| |---|---|---| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||**The charity currently has no paid staff**
**and is currently solely staffed by**
**volunteers**| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Matthew 25:40| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|N/A| |Registered charity number|1185473| |Charity’s principal address|Mailbox 2266
37 Westminster Buildings
Theatre Square
Nottingham
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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)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Claion Grandison|||| ||Alexander Owusu|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – 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)** Jerome Edwards (Volunteer/Director), Sonia Fernandes (Volunteer/Secretary) ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details **N/A** ## **Other optional information** **N/A** ## **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**||| |---|---|---| ||Alexander Owusu|Claion Benjamin Grandison| ||
Trustee|Trustee| ||02/01/2024|| ||02/01/2024|| ||**Matthew 25:40**
**Charity Name**|**Matthew 25:40**
**Charity Name**|**Matthew 25:40**
**Charity Name**|**1185473**
**No (if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**|02/04/2022
Period start date|**To**|01/04/2023
Period end date| ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**2,648**
**-**
**39**
**16**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,703**
**-**
**-**
**2,703**
**1,192**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,381**
**-**
**37**
**85**
**28**
**-**
**-**
**2,723**
**-**
**-**
**2,723**
**- 20**
**-**
**2,449**
**2,429**|**Restricted funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**306**
**-**
**17**
**181**
**-**
**1,167**
**65**
**-**
**8**
**50**
**232**
**2,027**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,027**
**- 2,027**
**-**
**9,886**
**7,860**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**2,648**
**-**
**39**
**16**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,703**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,703**
**1,498**
**-**
**17**
**181**
**1,381**
**1,167**
**102**
**85**
**36**
**50**
**232**
**4,750**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**4,750**
**- 2,047**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**2,648**
**-**
**39**
**16**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,703**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,703**
**1,498**
**-**
**17**
**181**
**1,381**
**1,167**
**102**
**85**
**36**
**50**
**232**
**4,750**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**4,750**
**- 2,047**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Voluntarydonations|**2,648**|||||**3,268**| |Grants|**-**|||||**9,940**| |Fees for charitable activity|**39**|||||**254**| |Service refund|**16**|||||**89**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**2,703**|||||**13,551**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| |||||||| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||| |||||||**13,551**| |||||||| |
Cost of charitable activities|**1,192**|||||**949**| |Raisingfunds|**-**|||||**-**| |Marketing|**-**|||||**442**| |GoverningCosts|**-**|||||**-**| |Phone & IT|**1,381**|||||**563**| |Payment for services(Youthproject)|**-**|||||**-**| |Stationeryand supplies|**37**|||||**-**| |Catering|**85**|||||**23**| |Travel|**28**|||||**6**| |Training|**-**|||||**16**| |Other admin|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**2,723**|||||**1,999**| |||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases (see table)**||||||| |**,**
**Assets**||||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||| |||||||**1,999**| |||||||| ||**- 20**|**- 2,027**|**-**|**- 2,047**||**11,552**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**2,449**|**9,886**|**-**|**12,335**||**1,727**| ||**2,429**|**7,860**|**-**|**10,288**||**13,279**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 10/01/2024 1 |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf
of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
**Details**
Stationary
Laptop
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-
-
**Details**
**Details**
Bank current account
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-
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
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**Details**
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-
-|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**2,429**
**7,860**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,429**
**7,860**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
~~**asset belongs**~~
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
~~**asset belongs**~~
**Cost (optional)**
**unrestricted**
unrestricted
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Alexander James Owusu|||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||OK| ||||||**Endowment**
**to nearest £**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**Current value**
~~**(optional)**~~| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**Current value**
~~**(optional)**~~| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||Date of
approval| |||Alexander James Owusu|||02/01/2024| ||||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 10/01/2024 2