## Trustees’ Report for the period
From 01/04/24 Period start date To 31/03/25 Period end date
Charity name: BURTON HOPE
Charity registration number: 1187330
## Objectives and Activities
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the
purposes of the charity
as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|_To relieve the needs of people, particularly_
_but not exclusively people who are_
_homeless and rough sleepers, in Burton and_
_the surrounding areas by:_
_1. the relief of financial hardship, in_
_particular but not exclusively by the_
_provision of essential items and goods_
_2. the preservation and protection of good_
_physical and mental health_
_3. the provision of facilities for recreation or_
_other leisure-time occupation with the object_
_of improving the conditions of life of those_
_persons who have need of such facilities by_
_reason of their youth, age, infirmity or_
_disablement, financial hardship or social and_
_economic circumstances_|
|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|Our HOPE2STREET service: Two outreach
sessions per week in Burton Market Place
where many items are available including a
three meals per day for three days food parcel,
clothing, toiletries, ladies sanitary item,
household items and homeless/camping
equipment. We also offer support services at our
HOPE2STREET outreach sessions including
housing, employment, benefits, GP registration,
ID docs, EU citizen ID and sign posting or
referrals to other services including mental
health and addiction. Also an outreach to the
places where homeless people sleep to take
supplies and to check on wellbeing and
ultimately help to get them into a better situation.
Our HOPE2HOME food parcel delivery service|
|||to families and individual’s homes operates on
two weekdays, although emergency deliveries
still take place on other days.
We deliver ladies sanitary products to schools
and other community organisations where
young people in poverty may be found.|
|---|---|---|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees
have had regard to the
guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on
public benefit|Para 1.18|A link was been sent to all Trustees for their
perusal. All Trustees have been asked at a
meeting and by email that they have read and
understood the statement.
All Trustees were sent a link to ‘The Essential
Trustee’ and have acknowledged it has been
read and understood.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-
essential-trustee-what-you-need-to-know-cc3/
the-essential-trustee-what-you-need-to-know-
what-you-need-to-do|
## Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
||
SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|N/A|
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|N/A|
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|All of our Members (The trustees) and
Associate Members are volunteers
therefore all of our operations are a
contribution made by volunteers. We
currently have 67 regularly active
volunteers and over 40 volunteers that
contribute casually when they have time.
These include Work Placements from
College and Duke of Edinburgh candidates.|
|Other||N/A|
## 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|We have successfully operated a food
bank, which has achieved a five-star FSA
rating. Our main premises are at Crossley
House on Manor Drive, DE141HJ.
Food parcels are given to those identified
in need by referrals from agencies such as
Social Services, MH Team, Probation,
councils, schools and many others. We
also take referrals from other charities and
community groups. We also take self-
referrals. We encourage collection from our
HOPE2STREET weekend outreach
sessions in Burton Market Place but if it is
not possible due to the service users
disability (physical or due to MH), they are
delivered their homes via our
HOPE2HOME service. We have measures
in place to make volunteer’s vehicles safe
for food delivery. We only deal with
ambient foods.
At our HOPE2STREET service. We give
out clothing, toiletries, period products,
household and homeless camping
equipment as needed at every session.
We also go on outreach to the places
where homeless people live. We have
been involved in the housing of many
homeless people in cooperation with other
agencies which means our outreach teams
have been reporting homeless rough
sleepers to the council to try to get them
immediate offers of a roof over their heads,
whether in hotels, supported
accommodation or other (there can be
many obstacles here!).
Birth certificates for service users have
been obtained to allow them to prove
identity and move their lives on in housing,
employment, benefits etc.
Service users have been registered with
GP’s.
Referrals have been made for mental
health counselling.
Accompanied appointments for many
service users have taken place for mental
health addiction, various assessments and
other reasons.
We get requests for help, mostly a need for
food or issues with benefits from all over
the country. We find the service user’s
nearest food bank or other relevant service
and refer them.
We have Crossley House but also lease a
storage container and two small units.||
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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|Burton HOPE concluded FY24/25 in a
strong position. Our organisational aims to
build and maintain sufficient earmarked
reserves continues for our charity’s
security. Burton HOPE has maintained
suitable operational reserves to support its
charitable aims; of particular importance
due to there being no source of fixed
income. BH is building earmarked reserves
for all costs associated with renting a
premises large enough to run all operations
and store all of our stock and equipment.
We hope that our earmarked property
reserves can be used eventually to
advance our aim of purchasing premises
for independence.|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|We hold reserves for the security of our
charity, our Trustees and so we have
security to continue to service those that
need us and rely on us.
BH has no fixed official income. We depend
on donations from the public, businesses
and other organisations to survive. We also
obtain occasional grants.
We are already in need of larger premises
and as we search for suitable premises the
cost per sq m increases.
1. Mileage & Expenses: £14,000
2. Ofce & Admin: £500
3. Rent: £25,000
4. Utlites: £2,500
5. Food Top Up: £25,000
6. Training: £2,000
7. Insurance: £400
8. Other Property: £5,000
10. Misc Volunteer: £1,000
11. Misc Service Cost: £2,000
12. Other Ofce & Admin: £5,000
Total £82,400 – looking at cost of things
rising we will be looking at more reserves
for 25/26|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|(please see above)|
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|---|---|---|
|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 where relevant about:
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The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47|
Donations from:
Members of public by various means; some
donate regular amounts.
Various corporate donations.
Various grants.
Our own fundraising activities.|
|---|---|---|
|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|Financial risks are that we have no official
income, therefore need to ensure we have
good reserves to sustain our charity.
Also.
Our whole operation relies on the
generosity of volunteers that freely give up
their time.|
|Other||N/A|
## Structure, Governance and Management
|Description of charity’s
trusts:||N/A|
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|CIO Foundation Constitution|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO Foundation|
|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|Trustees are democratically appointed by
our current Trustees, who are the only
members under the CIO Foundation model
constitution. These always have been from
and will be almost certainly continue to be
from our pool of Associate Members (our
volunteers) that coordinate areas of our
operation or have relevant skills that are
required on our board.|
Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|
Para 1.51|
New Trustees are encouraged to undergo
training when available. They are made
aware of the responsibilities of a trustee
through the .Gov and Charity Commission
websites. There is a CofC for Trustees to
sign on appointment.|
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|Our Trustee Board is made up of
Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer roles
with assistant/vice roles for each.
Other Trustees are Coordinators and leads
of areas within HOPE.
Our ‘ordinary volunteers’ are Associate
Members under our Constitution.
Our Board of Trustees make all
governance decisions and some
operational decisions too. Some
operational decisions are delegated to
Operation Coordinators and Leads.
We liaise with many authorities and
community organisations and charities.
This is generally reciprocal and of mutual
benefit towards bettering the circumstances
of service users.
We are active members of the VCSE
Sector support organisations, SCVYS and
Support Staffordshire where much
networking and mutual aid takes place to
work together to better the circumstances
of service users and to strengthen our|
|||organisations.|
|---|---|---|
|Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|N/A|
|Other||N/A|
## Reference and Administrative details
|Charity name|BURTON HOPE|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1187330|
|Charity’s principal address|119 Field Lane
Burton on Trent
Staffs
DE13 0NJ|
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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)|
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||Stuart John
Anderson|Chairman/Joint
Acting Secretary.
Support coordinator.||Trustees|
||Anne Bradshaw|Safeguarding/H+S|4/8/23 onwards|Trustees|
||Rachael Anderson|Treasurer.||Trustees|
||Nicola Johnson|Secretary|1/3/24 onwards|Trustees|
||Madeleine S
Braithwaite|H2H||Trustees|
||Sarah Burston|Various tasks|From 3/1/2025||
||Katherine Davies|Social media|From 6/9/2024|Trustees|
||Karen Hyde|Comms||Trustees|
||TimothyHyde|Fire Safety||Trustees|
||Binita Mital Shah||To 4/4/24|Trustees|
||Lewis John Anderson|Vice Chair Joint
ActingSecretary.|To 10/6/2024|Trustees|
||William Brister|Website|To 1/9/2024|Trustees|
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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 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)
Type of Name Address adviser
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
## OUR POLICIES
Maintaining Professional Boundaries Policy Health & Safety Policy Child Protection and Code of Conduct relating to the Policy. Whistle Blowing Policy Recruitment of Ex-Offenders Policy Equality and Diversity Policy Social Media Policy Data Protection Policy
Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Policy
Volunteer Policy and Guidelines for Volunteers
(Volunteer Policy also covers Professional Boundaries, Confidentiality, Code of Conduct, Conflict of Interest.)
Lone Working Policy/Lone Working Policy Guidelines
Also Adopted were the Incident Reporting and Concerns Forms.
Policies will continue to be reviewed annually or sooner if changes are needed or Legislation changes.
Food Storage and sanitation policy Data Retention Policy Feedback and complaints policy Trustees/Commitee Code of Conduct Volunteers Code of Conduct
All policies and C of C docs are review in October each year.
POLICY ASPIRATIONS Researching which other Policies are needed to improve our charity. SAFEGUARDING ISSUES Information regarding what constitutes a serious Incident has been given to all Trustees. No Serious incidents have needed to be flagged up to the Charity Commission from Apr 1st 23 – March 31st 24 Concerns Forms and Incidents sheets are in place at all working venues, Operation Leads are aware of where they are situated. HEALTH AND SAFETY Robust Health and Safety continues to be in place at all BURTON HOPE work venues. Risk Assessments are in place in each venue, relevant to the operations that take place there. All volunteers are asked to read and sign to say that they have understood the Risk Assessments and will comply with the Risk Assessments. The Risk Assessments are kept up to date and reviewed every 12 months unless circumstances force change. First Aid Supplies/Boxes are kept up to date and deliverers/collectors carry a small First Aid Box in their cars. FIRST AID We have our own defib. Our volunteers are offered Defib Awareness Training. Our volunteers are offered Emergency First Aid training. PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT. Supplies are in place for Volunteers at all times.
The HOPE2STREET. Briefing is done before operation begins.
HOPE2HOME. Briefing is sent out electronically due to volunteers arriving at different times.
Chairmans Comments
Burton HOPE has had the support of the residents, businesses and many other organisations in our area. Without this support in the way of donations, grants and other assistance, we could not offer support to those that need us. This is the community coming together to make a true difference.
We are all, without exception, unpaid volunteers and my final words are a heartfelt thank you to all of our very willing volunteers and donors that make Burton HOPE the success it is today.
(Stuart) John Anderson (Chair of Trustees).
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)** Rachael Anderson **Full name(s)** Stuart John Anderson **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair of Trustees Treasurer **Chair, etc) Date** 28.01.26
## **Burton Hope**
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No: 1187330
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## **Receipts and payments accounts**
**CC16a**
**For the period** 01.04.24 31.03.25 **To from**
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
**Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Total funds Last year funds funds funds to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £**
||**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A1 Receipts**||||||||||
|1. Corporate Donations|**6,500**||**-**||**-**||**6,500**||**11,259**|
|2. Public Donations|**43,526**||**-**||**-**||**43,526**||**33,822**|
|3. Collections|**293**||**-**||**-**||**293**||**-**|
|4. Unrestricted Income|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**1,000**|
|5. Restricted Income|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**300**|
|6. Bank Interest|**565**||**-**||**-**||**565**||**533**|
|7. Fundraising|**257 **||||||**257 **||**667 **|
|8. Other|**510**||**-**||**-**||**510**||**193**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**51,651**||**-**||**-**||**51,651**||**47,774**|
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**(see table).**||||||||||||
|||||**-**|||**-**||**-**|||
|||||**-**|||**-**||**-**|||
|**_Sub total_**|**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|||||||||||||
|**_Total receipts_**|**51,651**|||**-**|||**-**||**51,651**||**47,774**|
|**A3 Payments**||||||||||||
|1. Mileage & Expenses|**8,385**||**-**|||**-**|||**8,385**||**6,975**|
|2. Office & Admin|**422**||**-**|||**-**|||**422**||**120**|
|3. Rent|**13,660**||**-**|||**-**|||**13,660**||**17,755**|
|4. Utilities|**1,968**||**-**|||**-**|||**1,968**||**77**|
|5. Food TopUp|**12,827**||**-**|||**-**|||**12,827**||**15,506**|
|6. Training|**783**||||||||**783**||**48**|
|7. Insurance|**468**||||||||**468**||**235**|
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
31/01/2026
1
|8. Support|**483**||||||**483**||**-**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|9. Other Property|**515**||||||**515**||**2,181**|
|10. Misc Volunteer
11. Misc Service Cost
12. Other Office & Admin
**_Sub total_ **|**469**||**-**||**-**||**469**||**304**|
||**223**||**-**||**-**||**223**||**659**|
||**12**||**-**||**-**||**12**||**2,381**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**40,215**||**-**||**-**||**40,215**||**46,241**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**
**40,215**||**-**
**-**||**-**
**-**|
||**-**
**40,215**||**-**
**46,241**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A4 Asset and investment**|||||||||||
|**purchases, (see table)**|||||||||||
||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**|||
||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**|||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||||||||||||
|**_Total payments_**|**40,215**||**-**|||**-**||**40,215**||**46,241**|
|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**11,436**||**-**|||**-**||**11,436**||**1,533**|
|**A5 Transfers between funds**|**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
|**A6 Cash funds last year end**|**152,111**||**-**||**-**|||**152,111**||**154,247**|
|**_Cash funds this year end_**|**163,547**||**-**|||**-**||**163,547**||**155,780**|
## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
**monetary assets**
**unds**|Lloyds Treasurer Account
**Details**
Cooperative Account
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Lloyds BB Online Instant Account
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**37,352**
**51,195**
**75,000**
**163,547**
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
OK
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||OK|
|||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
||||**-**|**-**|
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
31/01/2026
2
|**-**||**-**||**-**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**-**||**-**||**-**|
## **B3 Investment assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use**
## **B5 Liabilities**
|**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|---|---|---|
||**-**|**-**|
||**-**|**-**|
||**-**|**-**|
||**-**|**-**|
||**-**|**-**|
## **Details**
|Technology (phones)
Fixtures & Fittings
Defibrillator
**Details**|**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Unrestricted|**Cost (optional)**
**1,170**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|---|---|---|---|
|Defibrillator|
Unrestricted|**1,170**|**-**|
|Technology (phones)|Unrestricted|**-**|**-**|
|Fixtures & Fittings|Unrestricted|**-**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|
|**Fund to which**
**liability relates**|**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**When due**
**(optional)**|
|---|---|---|
||**-**||
||**-**||
||**-**||
## **Details**
CCXX R3 accounts (SS)
31/01/2026
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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
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CCXX R4 accounts (SS)
31/01/2026
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Independent review of the accounting statements of Burton Hope for the period
01104124-31103125
Basis of the independent review
S report on the accounts of Burton Hope which consists of a Receipts and Payment
account. This includes a review of the accounting records kept by the club and a
comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes any unusual
items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from you as members
concerninganysuch matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide allthe evidence
that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether
the accounts present a'true and fairview" and the report is limited to those matters set
out in the statement below.
Independent Examlner's statement
In connection with myexamination. no matter has come to my attention:
1. Which gives me reasonable cause to believe that. in any material respect, the
requirements:
To keep accounting records
To prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records
Have not been met; or
2. To which, in my opinion. attention should be drawn in order enable a proper
understanding ofthe accounts to be reached.
Stephanie Allen ACMA