## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From Jan 2022 To 31[st] Dec 2022** **Charity name: TOUGH ENOUGH TO CARE Charity registration number: 1187404** ## **Objectives and Activities** **----- Start of picture text -----**
SORP reference
Summary of the Para 1.17 For the public benefit, to preserve
purposes of the charity and protect the physical and
as set out in its mental health of men who are
governing document experiencing issues detrimental
to their mental health and
wellbeing, by the provision of
support and practical advice to
help aid their recovery and to
educate the public in mental
health awareness and mental
health first aid to help and assist
persons suffering
Summary of the main Para 1.17 and a) Weekly peer to peer
1.19
activities in relation to support groups, free to all
those purposes for the service users
public benefit, in b) Free online mental health
particular, the activities, support for those in crisis
projects or services c) Mental health awareness
identified in the talks in workplaces, sports
accounts. clubs and volunteer
organisations
d) Public awareness
campaigns to raise
awareness for mental
health support
e) Accredited Mental Health
First Aid training for TETC
volunteers & communities
f) Fundraising campaigns to
continue our awareness
work
g) Free Text support campaign
Statement confirming Para 1.18 All trustees have acted in a
whether the trustees manner befitting the charities
have had regard to the aims and objectives with the
guidance issued by the utmost regard to the guidance
Charity Commission on issued by the charity commission
public benefit to ensure that Tough Enough To
Care deliver their aims, goals and
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**objectives for the public benefit at all times. At the forefront of all decisions made by the trustees, is the public benefit and how we our decisions can provide a positive impact to those who access our support and services.** ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: **----- Start of picture text -----**
SORP reference
Para 1.38
Policy on grant making N/A
Para 1.38
Policy on social N/A
investment including
program related
investment
Para 1.38
Contribution made by N/A
volunteers
Other
N/A
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## **Achievements and Performance** SORP reference ||Summary of the main
achievements of the
charity, identifying the
diference the charity’s
work has made to the
circumstances of its
benefciaries and any
wider benefts to society
as a whole.|Para 1.20|**a) Our weekly peer support**
**groups continue to ofer a**
**safe space and a non-**
**judgemental environment**
**for men to open up and**
**support each other with**
**their struggles. This has**
**benefted society further by**
**supporting those in need**
**and kept them from**
**reaching a crisis point**
**which may in turn result in**
**hospitalisation.**
**b) The free online mental**
**health awareness coaching**
**delivered throughout the**
**recent lockdown has**
**continued in a face to face**
**setting and has provided**
**attendees with an**
**understanding of mental**
**health and how to support**
**those around them. This**
**has achieved a positive**
**impact on the lives of those**
**directly linked to those who**
**attended our sessions**
**c) Workplace and sports clubs**
**mental health drop in**
**sessions have provided a**
**safe environment for people**
**to open up and talk to**
**about how they feel. These**
**have been an invaluable**
**resource for managers and**
**senior volunteers to help**
**provide support and it has**
**proven to be a strong**
**pathway to people receiving**
**the support they require.**
**d) Throughout this period we**
**consistently delivered**
**public mental health**
**awareness campaigns both**
**online and in person. These**
**have helped to spread**
**positivity amongst the**
**community and to help**
**provide education on**
**mental ill health to break**
**down the stigma that**
**surrounds it.**
**e) The Tough Truck has**
**become a household name**
**within communities that we**|| |---|---|---|---|---| **support and works well to encourage conversations everywhere it goes. It has also become very popular with local sports clubs to have the vehicle attend sporting events to promote health conversations about mental health within their club/community. f) The Free text support service launched mid way through this reporting period has been extremely popular when talking to people about the services and we hope this will become evident when we receive our service report in the summer.** ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: **----- Start of picture text -----**
At the start of this reporting
period, our objectives were to
Achievements against Para 1.41 increase the support we offer in
objectives set the community. Within the
reporting period we have
expanded to 5 mens peer to peer
support groups and 1 womens
peer support group with another
due to open in April ‘23, grown
our social media channels where
we offer 24/7 support and have
also strengthened partnerships
with other local services,
meaning we have expanded our
network of supporting
organisations for referring people
in crisis. We have also become
the most popular signposted
service by NHS social prescribers
in the Wall Heath and
Kingswinford area.
We have also moved out of
storage units and home working
to a fully operational office
located in Wall Heath. This has
provided a local hub for meetings
and drop in sessions for people
needing to talk in private.
Objectives set were to promote
and increase personal fundraising
Performance of activities by our supporters.
fundraising activities Para 1.41 These have become our main
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against objectives set source of income and we have
achieved this by taking a
personal approach to all who
choose to fundraise for Tough
Enough To Care.
We have purchased IT equipment
to enable our peer support
Investment performance Para 1.41 facilitators to keep up to date
against objectives records of group attendance and
carry copies of all of our polices
and procedures at all times. We
have also invested in training
aids, projector & screen for
future work with local authorities
and corporate clients.
Other N/A
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## **Financial Review** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Review of the charity’s Para 1.21 At the end of this financial
financial position at the reporting period, with growing
end of the period but still minimal overhead costs,
the charity is in a strong position
to continue our work and grow
over the next 12 months
Statement explaining Para 1.22 A new reserve policy has been
the policy for holding written and we will be. We
reserves stating why currently have reserves over our
they are held standard 12month period level.
This is due to holding funds that
are being raised to purchase a
new and more economical daily
use vehicle for the charity, for
meetings/training/events where
the Tough Truck is not required
and also to hold in reserve, funds
for a 2 [nd] full time employee to be
bought onboard within this
financial period.
Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 £138,414
Reasons for holding zero Para 1.22 N/A
reserves
Details of fund Para 1.24 N/A
materially in deficit
Explanation of any Para 1.23 None. The charity has and
uncertainties about the continues to grow organically and
charity continuing as a without high costs, the charity is
going concern sustainable as an on going
concern.
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Principal sources of funds are
from personal fundraising from
The charity’s principal supporters and where possible,
sources of funds Para 1.47 fundraising events organised by
(including any ourselves. The majority of our
fundraising) income remains to be from
personal fundraising but has also
included TETC organised
fundraising events and donations
received for support and
awareness talks to businesses
and through training delivered
under the Better mental health in
Sandwell project which also runs
in to 2023.
Investment policy and N/A
objectives including any Para 1.46
social investment policy
adopted
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Para 1.46
A description of the N/A
principal risks facing the
charity
Other N/A
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## **Structure, Governance and Management** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Description of charity’s
trusts:
Type of governing Para 1.25 Constitution
document
(trust deed, royal
charter)
How is the charity Para 1.25 CIO
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)
Trustee selection Para 1.25 Trustees were appointed as they
methods including hold trusted & respected
details of any positions within the community
constitutional provisions and have the best interests of the
e.g. election to post or charity at heart with previous
name of any person or experience of supporting those
body entitled to appoint with mental health so they also
one or more trustees have knowledge of how the
charity continues to support
those in crisis.
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Policies and procedures N/A
adopted for the Para 1.51
induction and training of
trustees
N/A
The charity’s
organisational structure Para 1.51
and any wider network
with which the charity
works
Relationship with any Para 1.51 N/A
related parties
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Other N/A
Reference and Administrative details
Charity name Tough Enough To Care
Other name the charity
uses
Registered charity 1187404
number
Charity’s principal Room 2
address 17 High Street
Wall Heath
West Mids
DY6 0HB
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Name of person (or body)
Dates acted if not for
Trustee name Office (if any) entitled to appoint trustee
whole year
(if any)
1 Victoria Bratt Jan 2020
2 Alex Elphick Jan 2020
3 Emma Priest Jan 2020
4 Alex Liggett Jan 2022
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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 **----- Start of picture text -----**
Trustee name Dates acted if not for
whole year
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## **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 **N/A** 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** ## **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)** Stuart John Bratt **Position (eg** Founder & CEO **Secretary, Chair, etc)** **Date** 24/3/23 Tough FJDou%h To Care Statement of Aw¢s Li*billtl¢s at 31st Decembff 21122 U•rUtrIrt￿ R￿￿tted FModJ Totsl Total Funds 2021 FAxed AsJ¢ts Crynp￿er Equipment Planl & Eq*mant Motor V•hlde J238 645 1121M) 1431 434 645 Totsl Fiud Asxts Reiaimed for ovn after deprvi•ti• 13083 186&5 Current AJ*ts C*$h •1 IhDk IS5413 98849 Total Assets 1fj￿96 117d514 ReprtJ¢nted by: A¢¢umul#te41 Fumdi 117514 117514 .SlgDtd on beh#if•f Ibe TrnJt¢¢s Nam¢ Victoria Louisc Bratt 20th March 2023 Tollgh E•oDEh To Care Schedule of FIX￿ Assets {Relainiyl for •se) As at 31Jt D¢¢emb¢r 2022 Computff Plant & Motor EqllApmeot Equipm¢Dt v￿l¢k Tolal Cost brought forward 2474 579 2241M) 25453 Additions @ Cost 568 474 1042 Cost carried fornvard 3042 1053 224(KJ 26495 Depreciation brought forward 1043 145 6788 Depreciation charge for year 761 263 6624 tkpreciativn carried fon 1804 408 1121 13412 Wrilten DwTL Vatu¢ 31.12.21 1238 645 112iX) 13083 Tough Enough To Care Receipts Ind Payments Period Ended 31st December 2022 UDr¢stiicted Restricted Funds FnDds Total Total Ftsnds 2021 Rtteipts GL￿cra1 Donations Rec¢iv Grants Received 96190 96190 84176 38200 21MK)0 58200 34500 2742 537 9052 2O01KI J57132 128265 Sale of Goods 2742 Fund Raising Gro8J lieceipts Leys: G(￿dS for Resale 137132 21)&J2 3376 2802 Fund Raising Costs Commissions Paid Gift for Homclcss 3376 666] 371MJ 371x1 201KJ Cojt of Reeeipis J 1463 Net Reeeipts 109181 129181 116802 Psymcnts Salarics 38501 InsurdnLe 381 1298 Advertising, A(Iminislration Accountancy Fees Finance Cosis 6414 6414 21910 21910 747 747 1649 TotAI OY¢rh¢ad EipeDses 33074 1 38501 71575 10919 Asset snd Inv¢s¢mcut purchases Computer Equiprnenl Plant & Equipment Motor V¢hicle Total Awt Purcbasej 775 474 474 579 22400 1042 11754 Net of reeeiptslpayments Balance brought forward Cash Funds ¢Arried lorward 751165 -18501 82129 16720 63349 3&500 16999 98849 138414 155413 98849 Tomgh Eno•gh To Care Notes lo Receipts & Payments Period Ended 31st Deeember 2022 Adniitiistrntion CoJts Counsellin8 C'osts TraininÉ Costs Mentor & Support Group Costs Room Hire Telephone Post & Stationery Travelling & Hotel Motor Lxpenses Compulcr C05ts Storage Repairs & Renewals Sundry Expenses Subscriptions 150 959 1261 1581 711 3501 673 3095 926 1422 1123 231 6276 Tutsl Administration 1910 Tough Enougb to Care Registered Charity: 1187404 Financial Statements Period Ended 31$t December 2022 Clover Acwuntaw Limiled 17 High Street Wall Heaih Kingswinford West Midlands DY6 OHB INDEPE1¥DE￿ EL*hllNER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF TOUGH ENOUGH TO CARE We re￿)rt to the trustees of Tough FA￿ugh to Care on our examination of the accounts for the iod ended 31" D¢¢wkr 2022. R¢sponsibililieJ and basiB of Yeport As truslccs of Tough Enough lo CaTe you are reS￿nSIble for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the Tequir¢mcnts of the Charities Act 2011 ('the 2011 Act.). You consider that an audit 15 not required for this year under 5cdion 144(2) of the 2011 ACL arKI that an indeFtndent cxtiinination is needed. It is our responslbility to: EMM1￿ the xcounts Under section 145 of the 2011 Act; Fullow the pr￿edureS laid down in the CJeneTal Directions given by the Charit Commlssioners section 145(5Xb) of the 2011 Act: and State whether parlicular matteTS have come to our allenlio BvdJiS of independenl uamiDer'J slatemeDt Our examinatibn was ¢arried out in accordance with the General Dir¢ctions given by the Charities CommASSlOn. An examination includes a review of the accouniing recor(l% kepi by the Trustees and a Li)mparisi)n of thos¢ accounts presen*d with those records. It also includcs Lonsiikration of any unu¥ual iiems or disclosures in the accoun￿ and seeking ¢xplanalions from the Truytees Lon¢eminbi such matters. The proccdures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that w(>uld be required io a full audiL and conwuenlly we do not express an audit opinion on th¢ acLounts. Independent examin¢r's statemeDt We have completed our examina110￿ We c4)nfirni that no rnateri￿ n￿ller have come to our altention in ¢onnection with thc examinaiion givinbl us cause lo believc in any malerial l. Accounting rccords were not k¢pt in res￿%1 of the ￿]￿ltieS of thc Charity &$ ryuired by yeclion 130 of the Act: or 2. The accounts do not accord with those records. W¢ have tK) concerns and have come ￿0&5 no othcr matters in cunnth>n with thc examit￿tion to which atlention should IK drawi in this rcw)rt in order lo enable a proper understanding of the accounts lo ￿ Trached. B Rllubb ¢ AFA MIPA, CMI Clover Accountancy Limited 17 High Street. Wall Hcath Kingswinford DY6 OHB 8. March 2022