## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 01 january 2023 Period start date To Period end date 31 December 2023** ## **Charity name: Inspire Highfield** ## **Charity registration number: 1185582** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To Provide the capacity and skills for**
**members of the socially and**
**economically disadvantaged community**
**of Highfield, Keighley.**| |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|**We have provided projects that have got**
**the community members better skilled,**
**Climate Emergency awareness training**
**Energy saving workshops /training.**
**Community cooking training to combat**
**food poverty, understanding how to use**
**food items etc.**
**We have worked with people who have**
**been in long term unemployment, our**
**courses, training, workshops which has**
**improved employability for long term**
**unemployed of Highfield ,Keighley.**
**We have delivered Energy saving**
**workshops, providing free LED**
**bulbs ,free heat reflectors ,blankets and**
**water bottles.**
**We also work around digital literacy**
**poverty.**| |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 had regard to the**
**Charity Commission Guidance on Public**
**Benefit and have taken this into account**
**when making decisions.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment |including program related
investment||| |---|---|---| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**We are very grateful for all our volunteers**
**who have spend many hours in working**
**on projects that we provide, and we are**
**very proud of the work that our**
**volunteers have done. We have trained**
**up volunteers with updated I.T skills and**
**we have provided more opportunities for**
**all our old and new volunteers.**| |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|**The achievements of the charity include**
**getting community members to learn new**
**skills such as Mental health training, first**
**aid training and also safeguarding**
**awareness and training.**
**We have been encouraging communities**
**and trained them in Climate emergency**
**knowledge and get them involved in**
**community recycling and green projects.**
**We are encouraging communities to**
**become more energy efficient.**
**We have become a community Digital**
**Literacy Hub.**
**We have trained community members in**
**basic first Aid course.**
**We have screened 18 film screenings to**
**get communities to unite and work**
**together.**
**We have worked with young people who**
**are not in education by holding STEM**
**events to get people into science based**
**subjects.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|
**Provided 500 food parcels to 40 families**
**in the area**
**Trained 37 people in energy efficiency**
**community Ambassadors**
**Delivered 15 Carbon monoxide**
**awareness workshops for vulnerable**
**families and migrants new to the area**
**Creating a stronger community through**
**education. Training and developing**
**community led work experience,**
**opportunities for long term unemployed**
**people.**
**Provided 69 people with Warm Spaces,**
**provided film screenings to promote**| |---|---|---| |||**community cohesion and get people to**
**get together and become empowered.**
**We delivered 30 digital literacy sessions**
**to equip people with I.T skills so they can**
**use their GP services, etc.**| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**Raising the Charity’s profile in the**
**community by holding Fundraising**
**events in the town centre, community**
**centres in the area.**
**Writing Reports on our projects and**
**promoting our work in the district. This**
**has been very beneficial for the charity.**
**We are also creating endorsed courses to**
**educate people whose first language is**
**not English.**| |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|**Charity is still growing, it has achieved**
**so much, and its financial situation is**
**healthy.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**Cash in our account as of 29th October is**
**£1480**| |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|| ## **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|**Constitution -16-09-2019**| |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|**The Trustees are appointed for indefinite**
**period. At AGM ,trustees are asked if**
**they want to carry on or step down. We**
**will appoint new trustees based on their**
**skills, experience that matches the**
**Charity’s mission and objectives.**| ## **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|Inspire Highfield| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1185582| |Charity’s principal address|38 Highfield Lane, Keighley ,BD21 2DW
West Yorkshire| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Warris ali|Chair Of Truestees||| ||James Crump|||| ||Carmeno Debono|||| ||Gheias Ilyas|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name Not Applicable** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |**Not applicable**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets Not applicable held in this capacity Name and objects of the Not Applicable charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for Not applicable safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Names and**|**addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of**
**adviser**|**Name**
**Address**|| |**Not**
**Applicabl**
**e**||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Not applicable** ## **Other optional information** ## **None** ## **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)** Warris Ali **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair of Trustees **Chair, etc)** **Date** 29[th] October 2024