## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From** 02/04/2024 **Period start date To** 1/4/2025 **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**
**creating better outcomes for**
**those who are vulnerable in the**
**community. This also involves**
**both small and larger scale**
**projects that serve relevant**
**beneficiaries for social**
**organisations/charities involved.**
**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. This is currently**
**held every two years.**|
|---|---|---|
|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 our Friends**
**initiative, which is a vital service of the**
**charity. We rely on our volunteers to**
**foster a sense of inclusion for all those**
**who engage with the service, creating**
**supportive relationships and long-term**
**networks for all users.**
**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 encourage those**
**they have existing relationships with**
**and new people to join a session (this**
**could be from a point of receiving**
**support, giving support or both).**
**Across 24/25, 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.**
**With greater confidence in their own**
**ability and authority to maintain the**|
**positive culture the service was built on, there has been more willingness from those who have been volunteering with the charity for an extended period taking on more leadership responsibilities during Friends sessions, where they feel comfortable to do so. In partnership with a local university (Nottingham Trent University), we continue to receive unsold food items to distribute amongst our beneficiaries, which has been a big help. Our volunteers have supported us in both collection and distribution of these items as well as collections of hot drinks, taking a much greater role in leading this area of the service. 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 individuals who are isolated, lonely,**
**or vulnerable. During this period, we**
**have maintained the delivery of our**
**Friends service, which provides**
**beneficiaries with a supportive network**
**and a sense of familiarity and stability.**
**We have also encouraged both**
**volunteers and beneficiaries to take**
**greater ownership in shaping our**
**activities by sharing their thoughts,**
**opinions, and ideas. This includes**
**suggesting group sessions, discussing**
**personal interests, and identifying**
**shared passions that help build**
**connections. As a result, engagement**
**has improved among participants, and**
**we are better informed when planning**
**future activities.**
**With recent cutbacks from the local**
**council due to significant financial**
**difficulties, there are less resources**
**across the city for people to access**
**support. Also, with an ever-changing**
**social climate it further highlights the**
**importance of the service and**
**volunteers’ contributions as more**
**people have found themselves isolated,**|
**vulnerable, lacking in community and unable to access relevant help. 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. 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. After the success of the Youth Action Project, Collaborative Conversations in St Ann’s has been able to secure a grant from Nottinghamshire Police to continue with Youth Engagement activity in the area Youth Engagement Funding from Nottinghamshire Police was secured through the Collaborative Conversations initiative to support ongoing youth engagement work. As a result, the charity has been able to run weekly basketball sessions for local young people, providing a safe and welcoming space where they can develop a sense of belonging and inclusion. These sessions help young people strengthen relationships with peers and trusted adults, reducing the risk of social exclusion and its associated impacts.**
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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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 financial position at the**
**end of period is healthy. A further grant**
**issued for the work of our Collaborative**
**Conversations initiative during the**
**financial period has continued to**
**support our work. The three-year grant**
**received from Benefact during the 23/24**
**financial period is also continuing to**
**support the work of our Friends**
**initiative.**
**We continue to comfortably meet the**
**charity’s monthly running costs through**
**our primary source of unrestricted**
**funding. This support enables us to**
**sustain our core service initiative,**
**Friends, and to develop a new**
**collaboration portal for charities and**
**non-profits, shaped directly by feedback**
**from the most recent Heart of Unity**
**event.**|
|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|**£400.00**|
|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|Para 1.23|**N/A**|
charity continuing as a going concern
## **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|**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.**
**For key projects, such as Collaborative**
**Conversations, grant funding is utilised**
**to provide resourcing across the life of**
**the project.**|
|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 risks facing the charity are:**
**-**
**External factors like reduction in**
**funding opportunities in the**
**sector, as seen in local council,**
**will create greater need and less**
**resource to match the need so**
**it’s important that we remain**
**open to collaboration with**
**relevant organisations where**
**quality of service can be**
**maintained and greater outcomes**
**for beneficiaries can be found.**
**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.**
**-**
**Social and political tensions are**
**rising nationwide across a range**
**of issues, which can particularly**
**focus on marginalised groups**
**such as immigrants, homeless,**
**people of colour etc. This can**
**create an environment where the**
**purpose of our work can be**
**misrepresented, so it’s important**
**that the purpose of the work we**|
**do is clear for the public to be able to engage with** 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 four 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**
**charity’s Director. Aims and objectives**
**for the charity are set by the Director**
**and trustees with senior staff consulted**
**and encouraged to engage with**
**discussion and share their thoughts –**
**overall decision making for aims and**
**objectives sits with trustees.**|
|Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51||
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|---|---|---|---|
|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
NG1 6LG|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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17
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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)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Alexander Owusu||||
||Rachel Foster||||
||Ayo Ogunbo||||
||Luke Scott||||
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## – 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**|||
|---|---|---|
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||Alexander Owusu|Ayo Ogunbo|
||Trustee
Trustee
31/01/26||
||31/01/26||
||**Charity Name**
**Matthew 25:40**
**1**|**Charity Name**
**Matthew 25:40**
**1**|**Charity Name**
**Matthew 25:40**
**1**|**No (if any)**
**185473**|**CC16a**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**For the period**
**from**|Period start date
02/04/2024|**To**
|Period end date
4/1/2025||
|||||||
|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||
|**A1 Receipts**
Voluntarydonations
**4,352**
Grants
Fees for event
**-**
Service refund
**271**
Payment for services
**737**
Gift Aid
**2,547**
**-**
**-**
**7,907**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 7,907**
**A3 Payments**
Cost of charitable activities
**1,724**
Raisingfunds
**-**
Marketing
**21**
GoverningCosts
**530**
Phone & IT
**2,540**
Payment for services
Consumables
**46**
Catering
**-**
Travel
**2**
Training
**-**
Other admin
**50**
**_Sub total_ 4,912**
**Assets**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total payments_ 4,912**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ 2,995**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**1,364**
**_Cash funds this year end_ 4,359**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||**Restricted funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**3,570**
**-**
**15**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**3,585**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**3,585**
**4,005**
**-**
**29**
**-**
**735**
**209**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**4,978**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**4,978**
**- 1,393**
**-**
**5,291**
**3,898**|**to the nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**4,352**
**3,570**
**-**
**286**
**737**
**2,547**
**-**
**-**
**11,492**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**11,492**
**5,729**
**-**
**50**
**530**
**2,540**
**735**
**255**
**-**
**2**
**-**
**50**
**9,890**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**9,890**
**1,602**
**-**
**6,655**
**8,257**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
||||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**4,352**|**2,257**|
|||||**3,570**|**4,000**|
|||||**-**|**185**|
|||||**286**|**125**|
|||||**737**|**-**|
|||||**2,547**|**-**|
|||||**-**|**-**|
|||||**-**|**-**|
|||||**11,492**|**6,567**|
|||||||
||||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**||
|||||**-**|**-**|
|||||**-**|**-**|
|||||||
||||**-**|**11,492**|**6,567**|
|||||||
||||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**5,729**|**2,072**|
|||||**-**|**-**|
|||||**50**|**84**|
|||||**530**|**239**|
|||||**2,540**|**1,234**|
|||||**735**|**6,292**|
|||||**255**|**4**|
|||||**-**|**176**|
|||||**2**|**27**|
|||||**-**|**75**|
|||||**50**|**-**|
|||||**9,890**|**10,203**|
|||||||
||||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|**-**|
|||||**-**|**-**|
|||||**-**|**-**|
|||||||
||||**-**|**9,890**|**10,203**|
|||||||
|||**- 1,393**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**1,602**|**- 3,636**|
|||**-**||**-**|**-**|
|||**5,291**||**6,655**|**10,288**|
|||**3,898**||**8,257**|**6,652**|
|**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**
**Details**
**B1 Cash funds**
Bank current account
-
-
**Details**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
-
-
-
-
-
-
**Details**
**B3 Investment assets**
-
-
-
-
-
**Details**
Stationary
Laptop
Tablet computer
**Details**
**B5 Liabilities**
Signature
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of
all the trustees|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**4,359**
**3,898**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**4,359**
**3,898**
OK
OK
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**unrestricted**
unrestricted
**-**
unrestricted
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Alexander James Owusu
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|
|||**-**|
|||**-**|
|||**-**|
|||**-**|
|||OK|
|||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**|
|||**-**|
|||**-**|
|||**-**|
|||**-**|
|||**-**|
|||**-**|
|||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|||**-**
|
|||**-**|
|||**-**|
|||**-**|
|||**-**|
|||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|||**-**
|
|||**-**|
|||**-**|
|||**-**|
|||**-**|
|||**-**|
|||**-**|
|||**-**|
|||**-**|
|||**When due**
**(optional)**|
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|||Date of
approval|
||Alexander James Owusu|31/01/26
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