## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **Period end date** ## **Charity name: New Friends For You** ## **Charity registration number: 1186686** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To promote social inclusion for the**
**public benefit by preventing residents of**
**Chorley and surrounding areas from**
**becoming socially excluded and**
**assisting them to reintegrate into**
**society. For this clause ‘socially**
**excluded’ means being excluded as a**
**result one or more of the following**
**factors: old age, ill health, disability or**
**bereavement.**| |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|**Befriending service via home visits or**
**phone calls. Talkin Tables & After Loss**
**Clubs. Social activities for befriended**
**people.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The Trustees confirm they 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 **N/A** Para 1.38 Policy on grant making **N/A** Para 1.38 |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment||| |---|---|---| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Volunteer befrienders give at least one**
**hour of their time every week to visit or**
**telephone lonely and/or isolated**
**residents. Volunteer Table Leaders host**
**Tables in cafes/church halls/bars for an**
**hour a week. These Tables bring**
**together lonely people to meet new**
**friends.**
**Volunteers run our 3 after loss clubs for**
**bereaved residents of Chorley**| |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|**Over 200 residents of Chorley & South**
**Ribble visit a Talkin Table and have**
**made strong new friendships resulting**
**in days out together, holidays away, and**
**even a marriage. Lives have been**
**changed for the better by bringing**
**socially isolated people back into the**
**community and developing new**
**friendships.**
**The After Loss Clubs support those**
**suffering bereavement and have**
**benefitted over 60 residents. We**
**continue to support over 100 befriended**
**people, some of whom have grown in**
**confidence and made additional social**
**connections and no longer need**
**support.**
**We arrange a Christmas party for**
**volunteers and their befriended person**
**and send Christmas cards to all our**
**befriended people. Many of the**
**befriended people have a disability and**
**are housebound.**
**The After Loss Clubs and Talking**
**Tables groups arrange their own self-**
**funded dinners and outings.**
**In July 2024 the 3rd Anniversary of**
**Talkin Tables was celebrated at Chorley**
**Town Hall with a gala dinner and over**
**200 beneficiaries of our charity.**
**All these activities have contributed to**
**improved mental health and improved**
**emotional health and well-being of**
**participants.**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**Our mission is to help and support the**
**lonely and bereaved. Over 500 people**
**have benefitted from our interventions**
**and social activities.**| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**We have secured sufficient funds to**
**enable us to achieve our objectives.**
**Funds were raised through grants and**
**donations.**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**N/A**| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**At the end of our financial year, we had**
**£5540 unrestricted funds (including**
**reserves of £2500). Restricted Funds**
**stand at £37,521.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**We have reserves of £2500 to cover 3**
**months of running costs and any**
**statutory redundancy payments.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£2500**| |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|**We have grant funding from the National**
**Lottery which makes us financially**
**secure for the next 2 years.**| |**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|**Donations & Fundraising £1312**
**National Lottery £24,161**
**Local Councils £6007**
**Other grants £3725**| |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|**None**| |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|**New Trustees are appointed by the**
**existing Trustees**| **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|**Trustees can access online training**| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**6 Trustees make decisions concerning**
**annual expenditure and the strategic**
**development of the charity. The day to**
**day running of the charity is managed**
**by the Chair. Volunteers support the**
**running of the charity**| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|**We do not have any related parties. We**
**have a very strong relationship with**
**Chorley Council through their Chorley**
**Together project. In addition, Chorley**
**Council support us with free office**
**space.**
**We also have a good relationship with**
**South Ribble Council.**| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|New Friends For You| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|Friends For You . Talkin Tables.| |Registered charity number|1186686| |Charity’s principal address|6 Cherryfields
Euxton
Chorley
PR7 6JS| ||| ## **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)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Marjorie Hayward|Chair||| ||Carole Ash|Vice Chair &
Treasurer||| ||Catherine Mould|||| ||SallyCalley|||| ||Keith Singleton|||| ||Natalie Peck||7/3/24 – 31/1/25|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – 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)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**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)**
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**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**|C Ash|| |---|---|---| ||Carole Ash|| ||

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