KMJ Foundation Charity Number: 1188368
Two Year Report and financial statements for the year ended 31March 2022
KMJ Foundation - Charity No: 1188368 - Trustees Report year ended 31 March 2022
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Reference and administrative information KMJ Foundation CIO 1188368Trustees Report year ended 31 March 2022
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Charity number 1188368
Registered office and operational address 4 Central Close, Fartown. Huddersfield HD2 1DB for the reporting year
Country of registration England & Wales Country of incorporation United
Kingdom
Trustees Trustees, who served during the year and up to the date of this report were as follows:
Phil James Chair Jacquie McMahon Feisal Jassat
Bankers N/A Independent N/A Examiner
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KMJ Foundation CIO Charity No 1188368 - Two-year report and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2022.
KMJ Foundation CIO Charity No 1188368 - Two-year report and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2022.
STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
KMJ Foundation CIO is a registered as a Charity in March 2020. All Trustees give their time and receive no benefits from the Charity.
The Trustees review the aims, objectives, and activities of the Charity each year. The report looks at what the Charity has achieved and the outcomes of its work for the year ending 31 March 2022.
The Trustees report the success of each key activity and the benefits the Charity has brought to young people that it is set up to help. The report also helps the Trustees ensure the Charity aims, objectives and activities remain focuses on its stated purposes.
Trustees will serve for a term of three years.
OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
Our Purposes and aims
KMJ foundation exists to provide support young people and individuals to develop a better sense of belonging and social purpose. Our objectives will achieve this by planned activities for changing lives; by reducing social isolation; by improving self-esteem; by improving wellbeing, by improving increasing young people access to their communities and broaden young people's life chances and opportunities. We will specialize in providing local services and direct support to those young people in need via befriending, counselling, social, art and creative activities in safe supportive environments.
Over the last 2 years we had aimed to do this by collaborating with partner agencies to develop a local service offer called Kam’s Corner . Our plan was to undertake a feasibility study ( In partnership with the Cranfield Trust ) into what local Health and well-being activities existed for isolated and vulnerable young people. Once
assessed/completed we would have developed our local services include eventually a community café drop in space, a peer led counselling service, helpline, low-cost training and events, information, and mentoring. Activities to help the young people through practical and emotional challenges. We also would participate in community engagement activities to give young people a say in the matters that affect them.
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The Trustees have acknowledged the guidance contained in the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the Charity's aims and objectives and in planning its future activities. In particular, the Trustees have considered how planned activities will contribute to the aims and objectives that have been set. The Trustees are satisfied that KMJ Foundation will ensures its work fits within the definition public benefit.
ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE
The period April 2020 to March 2022 was not without its internal and external challenges. Especially with the arrival of covid-19 Pandemic, the lack of access to funding and the close of public amenities.
Our plans in year one 2020/2021 had initially included
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Recruiting more Trustees (Collaborating with Volunteers Kirklees)
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Develop a Strategic Development Plan. (Via the Trustees)
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Develop a young person advisory group (via a key stakeholder event)
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Undertaking a feasibility study for Kam’s Corner (with the Cranfield Trust)
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Recruitment of a brand-new staff team in January 2022 (via Volunteer Kirklees)
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Development of a fundraising strategy (Via FSI online and Offline).
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Recruitment and Training of volunteers
The Charity started our development of its a new strategy which initially saw us begin talking to local/national agencies, the private sector, and Kirklees Council. The onset of the Pandemic in March 2020 – March 2022 forced us to operate within a limiting and challenging environment. There was little opportunity and scope for partnerships, or corporate sponsorship from local businesses during this period.
GOING FORWARD - SUMMARY OF KEY PLANS FOR 2022/2025:
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The completion of a feasibility study on the development of a service called Kam’s Corner in Huddersfield and surrounding areas
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The Development of a costed Business Plan.
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The Development of an Advisory group
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Open a bank account
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The Recruitment of a volunteer part time CEO
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The Recruitment of New Trustees
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The recruitment of a volunteer team coordinator
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The development of a strategic plan for the organization April 2022 – March 2025.
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The Development of Policies and Procedures.
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The Development of a 3 - 5-year Funding Strategy.
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The Development of a drop in advice and information services
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The Development of a Young Person training offer
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The Development of a mentoring program.
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The Establishment of strategic relationships with key organizations in the statutory, private, and not for profit sector.
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The Development of the website and social media presence.
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The Development of a Trading arm Called Kam’s Corner.
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The Development of peer-to-peer support and advocacy services.
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The Recruitment of qualified Volunteer Counsellors.
LEARNING
Without a doubt KMJ foundation has been through a tremendous series of challenges and setbacks over the last 24 months and faced obstacles to potential service delivery. To prevent such events in the future, the organization has learnt not to become overly reliant on goodwill based on individual relationships and instead will use formal agreements for volunteering roles to ensure accountability and allow for better management and stewardship of KMJ Foundation CIO projects.
FINANCIAL REVIEW
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PRINCIPAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES
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The Charity’s future financial model remains a key risk, given its future dependency on donations, trust and foundation income.
RESERVES POLICY AND GOING CONCERN
Trustees are committed to generating sufficient funds to support future organizational activities to meet the following requirements:
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Safeguarding the Charity’s future service commitment in the event of delays in receipt of grants or other incomes.
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Providing a financial cushion against risk and future uncertainties.
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Resourcing the research and development of future services and initiatives.
The Trustees will establish a reserves policy to ensure that any reserves are able to fund the Charities proposed activities without unnecessary disruption because of peaks and troughs in potential income.
STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE TRUSTEES
The Trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ annual report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accurately at any time the financial position of the Charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charity Act. We are also responsible for the assets of the Charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The Trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the Charity and financial information. Members of the Charity guarantee to contribute an amount not exceeding £1 to the assets of the Charity in the event of winding up. The total number of Trustees on 31 March 2022 was three. The Trustees are members of the Charity, but this entitles them only to voting rights. The Trustees have no beneficial interest in the Charity.
The Trustees agreed this Trustees’ annual report. And signed on their behalf by
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Phil James Chair
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