**CHARITY NUMBER** England 1189196 Scotland SC050218
## **MAIL FORCE CHARITY CIO ANNUAL REPORT**
Includes Report & Accounts for period ended
30 April 2024
## **CONTENTS**
**Chairman’s Report** ................................................................ **3 Mail Force in Action: St Mary’s Ukrainian School** .... **4 Major Grants During the Year** ......................................... **6 Trustees’ Report** ...................................................................... **7**
**Independent Examiner’s Report** ........... **13 Financial Statements** ...... **15 CIO Information** ................. **26**
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## **CHAIRMAN’S** REPORT
## **“During the year, the Charity has been allocating remaining funds.”**
It gives me great pleasure to introduce the fourth Annual Report of Mail Force Charity. Our founder, Daily Mail and General Trust plc (DMGT), has always played an active role in the communities in which it works. It takes its role in society seriously and recognises its responsibilities and abilities.
This is why, when the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, Mail Force decided to act to help those fleeing the violence.
With an initial donation of £500,000 from DMGT, at the request of Lord and Lady Rothermere, Mail Force launched our Ukraine Appeal in 2022, to provide aid, including shelter, food and medical support for desperate families who had abandoned their homes with little but what they could carry.
The Mail Force Ukraine Appeal raised £11.6 million becoming the fastest ever newspaperled fundraising appeal. Over 100,000 Daily Mail readers had contributed an incredible £11.1 million, with individual donations ranging from £1 to £250,000. Readers donated by text, on JustGiving, by bank transfer, and by sending in over 75,000 cheques, many including personal notes showing heartfelt compassion and admiration for the brave Ukrainian people.
During the year, the Charity has been allocating remaining funds not already spent from the Ukraine Appeal. Areas of note include the continuing partnership with St Mary’s Ukrainian
School (see Mail Force in Action on page 4) and further donations to the Halo Trust. Halo Trust has worked since Russia’s invasion to build a new clearance operation, initially based near Kyiv, to respond to the urgent humanitarian need caused by mines, cluster bombs and other unexploded dangers. Halo Trust has expanded its operations to encompass the Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Mykolaiv and Kherson regions.
We are committed to ensuring Mail Force Charity donations are used efficiently, effectively, and responsibly so that every pound counts. This has been made possible through the support of DMGT and the Daily Mail. Whether through donations, seconded employees and expertise to promotion in the Daily Mail, costs have been kept to a minimum, while ensuring proper controls, procedures and governance are upheld.
On behalf of all those who have benefitted from the Charity’s work, I would like to thank DMGT, the Daily Mail and all our volunteers. Last but not least, all our donors, from Daily Mail readers sending in cheques, to individuals and organisations giving generous donations of cash.
Andrew Lane
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## **MAIL FORCE IN ACTION: ST MARY’S UKRAINIAN SCHOOL**
Battle-scarred children are being taught to ‘dream again’ in all corners of Britain, and the tireless work being undertaken by St Mary’s Ukrainian School is wholeheartedly supported by Mail Force.
Ever since February 2022 when their world was plunged into turmoil, Ukrainians given sanctuary in the UK have been trying to forge new lives, with children among those bearing the brunt of the upheaval.
Mail Force is proud to have developed a deep working relationship with St Mary’s and its highlyinspiring team of leaders. Its driving force is headteacher Inna Hryhorovych - rightly awarded the MBE last year – whose devotion has powered countless initiatives.
She said: ‘We are incredibly grateful to Mail Force for believing in our mission and helping us make a lasting impact on the lives of these children.’
Many were deeply traumatised, either through experiencing the fighting or by suffering the misery of being torn from their homes and rushed to live in a new country.
St Mary’s Ukrainian School was set up nearly 70 years ago to cater for young Ukrainian refugees who came to Britain. Its work has grown tenfold in recent years and its staff and volunteers are now at full stretch across the nation easing the challenges for newly-arrived families.
St Mary’s set up schemes all over the country to pay for bilingual Ukrainian teachers, known as educational support workers, to go into classrooms and help refugee children settle into British schools, aided by a £1million donation from Mail Force. Arriving with little English and often traumatised, many children have also benefitted from professional counselling and the overall package of support is a vital lifeline.
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Yehor Kyselov cannot shake off the memories of sheltering from the bombs in the freezing basement of his school in Kherson.
The nine-year-old, who now lives in Hillingdon, west London, said: ‘I miss Ukraine, and when we arrived here I could not speak to the other children. But now I love it when the support worker comes to my class. It helps me a lot.’
His mother Tamara, 39, who was a nurse in Kherson, said: ‘Yehor didn’t want to leave his dad. It is hard for us to settle here because our hearts and our souls are still at home. But the British people have helped us so much.’
Around 36,000 Ukrainian youngsters have made Britain their temporary home - most of whom fled with their mothers, while their fathers stayed behind to fight the Russians.
Yulia Kalchenko, 44, a doctor who fled to Britain from Sumy with her son Mark, seven, said: ‘When we first arrived, he was crying at night. He misses his labrador puppy, his cat, his home. Now he has good friendships with British children.’ Ukrainian schoolteacher Tetiana Kyrylenko, 35, who looks after her daughter Olia, nine, said: ‘Even if they didn’t see a single bomb, all the children are traumatised by being torn from their homes.’
Tetyana Yablonska, mother to eight-year-old Alisa, told how ‘hell was happening’ in their home city. ‘Alisa saw everything,’ said the 41-year-old filmmaker. ‘She could feel it when the missiles landed. She thinks of the Russian soldiers as invading zombies.’
In April 2024, Mail Force extended its support for St Mary’s with £25,000 to help set up its first Scottish branch, at St Mungo’s School in Glasgow. The satellite school which runs on Saturdays teaches children about Ukrainian literature, music and art. Classes for around 80 children aged five to 16 are staffed predominantly by Ukrainian teachers who are themselves refugees. Orysya Novetska, head of the board of governors at St Mary’s in London, said: ‘Some of the little children are beginning to forget their Ukrainian language. If they go back to Ukraine they need to keep their language level up to be able to go back into their age group at school there.’
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## **MAJOR GRANTS DURING THE YEAR**
**Our aim during 2024 was to provide grants to organisations supporting displaced refugees.**
**£696,000 SCHOOL SUPPORT WORKERS**
**£350,000**
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## **TRUSTEES’ REPORT**
## **Charitable Objectives**
The Charity’s constitution sets out the framework for how It is governed. In particular, it sets out its charitable purposes, how Trustees are appointed, how meetings of the Trustees are called and held, and how conflicts are managed.
These are the Charity’s fourth set of accounts and cover the period 1 May 2023 to 30 April 2024. The Charity has broad charitable purposes.
The success of the Charity’s fundraising appeals demonstrates the advantages to the Charity of working closely with DMGT, both to help meet concerns that readers may have about displaced Ukrainian people, as well as benefiting from the generosity of DMGT, at the request of Lord and Lady Rothermere, its business partners and contacts. The Trustees will therefore continue to work closely with DMGT in considering other opportunities and activities.
## **The Charity’s objects are as follows:**
“The objects of the charity are such purposes as are charitable from time to time in English and Welsh law. Nothing in this constitution shall authorise an application of the property of the charity for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and section 2 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008.”
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## **Financial Review**
In the year ended April 2024, Mall Force Charity raised £0.1m and had spent £1.6m on charitable activities by the year end. At the year end the Charity holds funds of £135k. The income for the Charity, after all expenses, results in a net deficit of £1.5m. This recognises the expenditure of funds raised in prior years. The Charity acknowledges the support received from its partners, especially the readers of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday and MailOnline.
## **Reserves**
The Charity has reserves of £135k at the period end. £133k of these reserves have been earmarked for initiatives supporting displaced Ukrainian people in the UK post year end. As no further campaigns are currently planned and with minimal fixed costs, the Trustees consider the reserves are sufficient.
## **Fundraising**
Mail Force Charity complies with the Fundraising Regulator’s standards and has committed to treat all donors in a legal, open, honest and respectful way. Vulnerable people are protected by ensuring the adherence to these standards. No agencies were employed in the year to raise funds from the public. There were no formal complaints relating to fundraising during the year. The General Data Protection Regulations were successfully implemented by the Charity in May 2020.
Mail Force Charity generates funds from two core streams: Voluntary Income, and Trusts and Foundations. The Charity is therefore not overly reliant upon any one source of funds.
Voluntary Income: This source of funding is where an individual, groups of individuals, or an organisation have made a conscious decision to donate, sponsor or participate in raising funds to support the Charity.
Trusts and Foundations: This relates to income generated from grant-giving Trusts and Foundations whose aims, via their own criteria and objectives, support the objectives of Mail Force Charity’s objectives. Funding is usually restricted for a specific purpose; however, it can also be unrestricted and utilised as the Charity sees fit at any given time.
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## **Risk management**
The Board of Trustees accept that in managing the Charity and delivering its services there is an inherent level of risk. To manage the risk, the Trustees have established procedures and a system of review to ensure that the level of risk is acceptable and that the controls are working. The day-to-day management of the Charity’s risk management process lies with the seconded management team who are responsible for implementing risk management policies. Additionally, they identify and evaluate any significant risks which the Charity may face and make recommendations to the Board.
The risks are reviewed by the Board and actions initiated to mitigate the risk. Through the development of the Charity’s strategies and plans, the risks relating to each of the objectives are assessed and reviewed periodically by the Board.
A key risk is that grants funds are not used for charitable purposes for which they were awarded. This risk is managed through thorough grant agreements, regular reporting and diligence applied to the prospective grantees. In the event of doubt, grant funding is not awarded or suspended if necessary.
## **The Charity has a suite of policies covering items including:**
- Acceptance and Refusal of Donations
- Anti-Bribery and Corruption
- Anti-Money Laundering
- Code of Conduct
- Complaints
- Conflicts of Interest for Trustees
- Equality Opportunity
- Fundraising
- Grant Making
- Health and Safety
- Mail Force Charity Essentials
- Modern Slavery Human Trafficking
- Notifying a Serious Incident to the Charity Commission
- Privacy Policy including Data Protection and GDPR
- Risk Management
- Trustee Expenses
- Trustee Terms of Office
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## **Structure and governance**
Mail Force Charity CIO is a registered Charitable Incorporated Organisation (England and Wales number 1189196, Scotland number SC050218).
The Board meets regularly, once a week during peak fundraising periods reducing to once a quarter at other times. It oversees the operations of the Charity and formulates and instigates the strategy and policy. The Board formally delegates decisions to two Trustees in line with agreed strategies. The Charity operates independently of its sole member, DMGT.
The seconded management team consists of individuals from DMGT departments such as finance, tax, legal, marketing, treasury, data privacy, company secretariat and insurance. Together, this group manages the Charity’s affairs and ensures
reporting to the Board and statutory bodies meets the necessary standards required.
A gift in kind is included in these accounts for the value of the seconded management team which DMGT/Associated Newspapers Limited do not charge the Charity for using.
## **Future plans**
On the earlier PPE and Computers for Kids Campaigns, the Charity has accomplished what it set out to achieve. Work is ongoing to support displaced Ukrainian people and will continue until all funds have been spent. The Trustees have taken time to reflect on the future of the Charity. DMGT, the Charity’s sole member, has agreed the Charity should become permanent, ready to act if the need arises. This was carried out during the year with the purposes of the Charity being widened to general charitable purposes in December 2023.
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## **Board of Trustees**
The Board of Trustees consists of five members, two of whom are considered independent of the Charity’s sole member, Daily Mail and General Trust plc. Trustees received a tailored induction programme conducted by Bates Wells. As at 30 April 2024, Board membership was as follows:
## **Penny Elliott (Independent Trustee)**
Penny is a Consultant in Forsters’ Private Client team. She specialises in advising clients with multiple business interests on legal and strategic issues. She works with a range of clients from overseas investors, institutional property owners, landed estates and high net worth individuals. She is a Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum Development Trust in Cambridge.
## **Andrew Lane (Chair of Trustees)**
Andrew Lane is a Partner at Forsters LLP and specialises in private client law. He brings a range of experience of dealing with complex legal and regulatory matters. He is a Non-Executive Director of Daily Mail and General Trust plc and also a Trustee of the Pension Fund of the Royal Agricultural Society of England.
## **Charles Penney (Independent Trustee)**
Charles is a Corporate Partner at Addleshaw Goddard LLP based in the London office and was previously the firm’s Senior Partner from 2016 to 2023. He specialises in mainstream corporate finance and has acted over the years for a number of public and private companies, as well as intermediaries, on a wide range of transactions. He was a Director of BritishAmerican Business Inc. from 2011 to 2023 and sat on its Executive Committee.
## **Hamish Webb (Trustee)**
Hamish Webb has managed numerous events and sponsorships for Mail Newspapers since 1992. These have ranged from large consumer events, including Ideal Home Show and RHS Hampton Court Flower Show, to tailored reader competitions, including Daily Mail Foursomes and Not the Turner Prize. He is a director of sponsorship fulfilment company Fletcher Gray Ltd, and previously was Managing Director of Result Events Ltd and marketing manager for Head Sports UK.
## **James Welsh (Trustee)**
James Welsh became dmg media’s Deputy CEO in December 2021. Prior to that he served as dmg media’s Chief Financial Officer for 11 years, in a role which also incorporated functional and operational responsibility across the organisation. By the time James joined dmg media, he’d already accrued extensive experience working across European markets in commercial finance and change management roles, including as PC World’s and Dixons Retail’s Finance Director.
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## **Public benefit**
The Trustees confirm that, in planning their activities for the year, they have had due regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit and there is clear benefit reflected in the programmes run by the Charity.
## **Statement of Trustees’ responsibilities**
The Trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
The law applicable to charities in England & Wales and Scotland requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the Charity for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the Trustees are required to:
- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, applicable accounting regulations, the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005, the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended) and the provisions of the Charity’s constitution. They are also responsible for safeguarding 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 included on the Charity’s website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.
The Trustees’ Report was approved by the Board and signed on their behalf.
## **Andrew Lane**
- observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP (FRS102);
- make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and
- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Charity will continue in business.
14 February 2025
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## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF MAIL FORCE CHARITY CIO**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Mail Force Charity CIO (the charity) for the year ended 30 April 2024.
## **Respective Responsibilities of trustees and examiner**
As the trustees of the charity you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 (the `2005 Act’), the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended) and the Charities Act 2011 (`the 2011 Act’). You are satisfied that your charity is not required by charity law to be audited and have chosen instead to have an independent examination.
## **Basis of independent examiner’s report**
My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair view’ and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts as carried out under section 44 (1) ( c) of the 2005 Act and section 145 of the 2011 Act. In carrying out my examination I have followed the requirements of Regulation 11 of the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended) and the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.
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## **Independent examiner’s statement**
Since the charity has prepared its accounts on an accruals basis and is also registered in Scotland your examiner must be a member of a body listed in Regulation 11(2) of the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended). I can confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a registered member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales which is one of the listed bodies.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 44 (1) (a) of the 2005 Act and Regulation 4 of the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended) and section 130 of the 2011 Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements Regulation 8 of the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended) and do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a `true and fair view’ which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
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## **Cara Turtington FCA DChA**
## Saffery LLP
71 Queen Victoria Street, London, EC4V 4BE Date: 14 February 2025
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## **FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
**Statement of financial activities for the year from** 1 May 2023 to 30 April 2024
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TOTAL FOR TOTAL FOR
RESTRICTED UNRESTRICTED PERIOD ENDED PERIOD ENDED
FUNDS FUNDS 30 APRIL 2024 30 APRIL 2023
NOTE £’000 £’000 £’000 £’000
Income
Donations 31 5 36 598
Gifts in kind 24 44 68 91
Total income 3 55 49 104 689
Expenditure
Raising funds:
Campaign activity - - - 9
Gifts in kind - - - -
Charitable activities:
-
Campaign activity 1,555 1,555 4,689
Gifts in kind 24 44 68 91
Other charges - 3 3 21
Total expenditure 4 1,579 47 1,626 4,810
Net (expenditure)/income and net
movement in funds (1,524) 2 (1,522) (4,121)
-
Total funds at the beginning of period 1,657 1,657 5,778
Total funds at the end of period 133 2 135 1,657
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The above results were derived from continuing operations. Breakdown of Statement of Financial Activities for the period ended 30 April 2023 – see note 15.
## **Statement of financial position as at** 30 April 2024
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30 APRIL 2024 30 APRIL 2023
NOTE
£’000 £’000
Current assets:
Debtors 9 5 64
Cash at bank and in hand 285 2,058
Total assets 290 2,122
Liabilities:
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 10 (155) (465)
Total net assets 135 1,657
The funds of the Charity:
Restricted funds 133 1,657
Unrestricted funds 2 -
Total 11 135 1,657
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Approved by the Trustees on 14 February 2025 and signed on their behalf by:
......................................... **A H Lane** - Trustee
......................................... **J J S Welsh** - Trustee
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## **Statement of Cash Flows for the year from**
1 May 2023 to 30 April 2024
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YEAR ENDED YEAR ENDED
NOTE 30 APRIL 2024 30 APRIL 2023
£’000 £’000
Cash flows from operating activities
Net cash flow from operating activities 13 (1,773) (3,061)
Cash and cash equivalents at period start 2,058 5,119
Cash and cash equivalents at period end 285 2,058
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## **1. General Information**
Mail Force Charity CIO is registered with the Charity Commission in England and Wales and with the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator.
## **The address is:**
Northcliffe House
2 Derry Street London W8 5TT United Kingdom
## **2. Accounting policies**
## **Basis of preparation**
The accounts have been prepared for the year ended 30 April 2024.
The accounts (financial statements) have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (Charities SORP FRS 102) and the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Charities Act 2011.
The accounts (financial statements) have been prepared to give a ‘true and fair’ view and have departed from the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 only to the extent required to provide a ‘true and fair view’. This departure has involved following Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued on 16 July 2014 rather than the Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice effective from 1 April 2005 which has since been withdrawn.
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Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy or note.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling which is the functional currency of the Charity. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £’000.
## **Going concern**
The Trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the Charity’s ability to continue as a going concern. The Charity has enough funds to cover any current obligations and the reserves at the year end are fully committed. The Charity has no unrestricted funds but has no ongoing costs and can therefore continue to run until such times that a new, appropriate campaign can commence.
The Trustees do not consider that there are any sources of estimation uncertainty at the reporting date that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next reporting period.
## **Public benefit entity**
The Charity meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102.
## **Income**
Income is recognised and included in the accounts when the Charity has entitlement, any performance conditions attached to the income have been met or are fully within the control of the CIO, there is sufficient certainty that the receipt of the income if probable and the amount can be measured reliably. Gifts in kind are recognised at the value that the Charity would have paid if the gifts had not been donated.
## **Cash at bank and at hand**
Cash at bank and cash in hand includes cash and short term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar account.
## **Expenditure**
All expenditure is included on an accruals basis and is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to make a payment to a third party, it is probable that settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Irrecoverable VAT is charged as a cost against the activity for which the expenditure was incurred.
Where support costs are specific to an individual activity, these are apportioned against that activity. Any general costs applicable to the Charity as a whole are included separately.
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## **Grants payable**
Grants payable are made to third parties in furtherance of the Charity’s objects. Single or multi-year grants are accounted for when either the recipient has a reasonable expectation that they will receive a grant and the Trustees have agreed to pay the grant without condition, or the recipient has a reasonable expectation that they will receive a grant and that any condition attaching to the grant is outside of the control of the Charity.
Provision for grants are made once the CIO has made a commitment at a meeting of the Trustees and this has been communicated to the grantee.
## **Funds**
Restricted funds represent amounts from donors solely for particular projects undertaken by the Charity. Unrestricted funds are amounts received with no restrictions attached which can be spent at the discretion of the Trustees in furtherance of the charitable objectives of the Charity.
## **Creditors and provisions**
Creditors and provisions are recognised where the Charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due.
## **3. Income**
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30 APRIL 2024
PPE CFK UKRAINE UNRESTRICTED TOTAL
£’000 £’000 £’000 £’000 £’000
Cash donations - - 31 5 36
Gifts in kind - 1 23 44 68
Total Income - 1 54 49 104
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30 APRIL 2023
PPE CFK UKRAINE UNRESTRICTED TOTAL
£’000 £’000 £’000 £’000 £’000
Cash donations - - 577 21 598
Gifts in kind - - 62 29 91
Total Income - - 639 50 689
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## **4. Analysis of expenditure**
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DIRECT SUPPORT 30 APRIL 2024
GRANTS COSTS COSTS TOTAL
£’000 £’000 £’000 £’000
Raising funds
- - - -
Advertising/marketing/ bank charges
Charitable activities
Donation expenditure - personal protective equipment - - - -
Donation expenditure - Computers for Kids - 1 - 1
- Grant
Donation expenditure - Ukraine 1,555 4 - 1,559
Legal and consultancy - 19 25 44
Independent examination and accountancy - - 3 3
Other admin costs - - 19 19
Total expenditure 30 April 2024 1,555 24 47 1,626
DIRECT SUPPORT 30 APRIL 2023
GRANTS COSTS COSTS TOTAL
£’000 £’000 £’000 £’000
Raising funds
Advertising/marketing/ bank charges - 37 - 37
Charitable activities
Donation expenditure - personal protective equipment - - - -
Donation expenditure - Computers 204 - - 204
for Kids - Grant
Donation expenditure - Ukraine 4,485 - 3 4,488
Legal and consultancy - 34 26 60
Audit and Accountancy - - 21 21
Other admin costs - - - -
Total expenditure 30 April 2023 4,689 71 50 4,810
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Included within support costs are governance costs of £28k (2023: £47k).
Direct advertising and administration costs of £-k (2023: £37k) include £-k (2023: £28k) of gift in kind. Of the £47k (2023: £50k) of support cost, £44k (2023: £29k) is gift in kind.
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## **Expenditure source is split as follows:**
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DIRECT SUPPORT 30 APRIL 2024
GRANTS COSTS COSTS TOTAL
£’000 £’000 £’000 £’000
Cash 1,555 - 3 1,558
Gifts in kind - 24 44 68
Total expenditure
1,555 24 47 1,626
30 April 2024
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DIRECT SUPPORT 30 APRIL 2023
GRANTS COSTS COSTS TOTAL
£’000 £’000 £’000 £’000
Cash 4,689 9 21 4,719
Gifts in kind - 62 29 91
Total expenditure
4,689 71 50 4,810
30 April 2023
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The gifts in kind were donated by the following:
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30 APRIL 2024 30 APRIL 2023
Gifts in kind TOTAL TOTAL
£’000 £’000
Associated Newspapers (Legal costs and employee services) 68 91
68 91
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## **5. Grant making**
The Charity awarded grants to the following organisations during the year ended 30 April 2024. All grants were to institutions, as listed below:
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30 APRIL 2024 30 APRIL 2023
Donation expenditure TOTAL TOTAL
£’000 £’000
Computacentre (615) 194
Food for Ukraine - 191
UNHCR - 500
C4K 205 -
London Grid for Learning 205 -
The Turning Trust 205 -
Medaid 100 -
The Halo Trust 350 1,500
DePaul 75 -
Bean 100 -
StepIn 75
British Red Cross - 500
Premier Sports - 311
St Mary’s Ukrainian School 696 250
Young World Leisure - 130
Camp Beaumont - 367
SMUS - 289
Kings Foundation - 217
Mercy and Health Foundation 80 60
Other 79 180
1,555 4,689
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Computacentre reflects money returned as equipment cost less than envisaged to procure.
## **6. Net income for the period**
This is stated after charging:
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30 APRIL 2024 30 APRIL 2023
TOTAL TOTAL
£’000 £’000
Auditors’ remuneration - 21
Independent examiner’s remuneration 3 -
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## **7. Analysis of staff costs, Trustee remuneration and expenses, and the cost of key management personnel**
Mail Force Charity CIO does not employ any members of staff directly, instead employing the services of employees of DMGT to carry out the day to day running of the CIO. A gift in kind is included for the estimated value of these services. No Trustees were remunerated for their services and no expenses were reimbursed to them during the period.
## **8. Taxation**
The Charity is exempt from corporation tax as all its income is charitable and is applied for charitable purposes.
## **9. Debtors**
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30 APRIL 2024 30 APRIL 2023
TOTAL TOTAL
£’000 £’000
Other debtors 5 64
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## **10. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
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30 APRIL 2024 30 APRIL 2023
TOTAL TOTAL
£’000 £’000
5 21
Accruals
150 444
Other creditors
155 465
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## **11. Analysis of net assets by fund**
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RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED UNRESTRICTED 30 APRIL 2024
PPE CFK UKRAINE TOTAL TOTAL
£’000 £’000 £’000 £’000 £’000
Debtors - - - 5 5
Cash - - 283 2 285
Creditors - - (150) (5) (155)
Net assets at
- - 133 2 135
30 April 2024
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RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED UNRESTRICTED 30 APRIL 2023
PPE CFK UKRAINE TOTAL TOTAL
£’000 £’000 £’000 £’000 £’000
Debtors - - 43 21 64
Cash - - 2,058 - 2,058
Creditors - (194) (250) (21) (465)
Net assets at
- -
(194) 1,851 1,657
30 April 2023
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## **12. Movement in funds**
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1 MAY 2023 INCOME AND EXPENDITURE 30 APRIL 2024
TOTAL GAINS AND LOSSES TOTAL
£’000 £’000 £’000 £’000
Restricted funds
- PPE - - - -
- CFK - 1 (1) -
- Ukraine 1,657 54 (1,578) 133
Total restricted funds 1,657 55 (1,579) 133
Unrestricted funds
- General - 49 (47) 2
Total unrestricted funds - 49 (47) 2
Total 1,657 104 (1,626) 135
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The CFK funds are used for the advancement of education for the public benefit, including by improving or supporting the improvement of learning opportunities for children and young people. The Ukraine funds are used to provide aid to the people in Ukraine and those who have fled their homes as a result of the war.
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30 APRIL 2022 INCOME AND EXPENDITURE 30 APRIL 2023
TOTAL GAINS AND LOSSES TOTAL
£’000 £’000 £’000 £’000
Restricted funds
- PPE - - - -
- CFK 204 - (204) -
- Ukraine 5,574 639 (4,556) 1,657
Total restricted funds 5,778 639 (4,760) 1,657
Unrestricted funds
- General - 50 (50) -
Total unrestricted funds - 50 (50) -
Total 5,778 689 (4,810) 1,657
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PPE funds are used for the advancement of health for the public benefit, including the provision and supporting the provision of PPE equipment. The CFK funds are used for the advancement of education for the public benefit, including by improving or supporting the improvement of learning opportunities for children and young people. The Ukraine funds are used to provide aid to the people in Ukraine and those who have fled their homes as a result of the war.
## **13. Reconciliation of net income to net cash flow from operating activities**
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30 APRIL 2024 30 APRIL 2023
TOTAL TOTAL
£’000 £’000
Net income for the reporting period
(as per the statement of financial activities) (1,522) (4,121)
Decrease in debtors 59 616
(Decrease)/increase in creditors (310) 444
Net cash used in operating activities (1,773) (3,061)
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## **14. Related Party Transactions**
There were no related party transactions during the year. The DMGT relationship is explained throughout the report, along with the support and transactions. However, it is not considered to be a related party.
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## **15. Comparative Statement of Financial Activities**
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TOTAL FOR
RESTRICTED UNRESTRICTED PERIOD ENDED
FUNDS FUNDS 30 APRIL 2023
£’000 £’000 £’000
Income
Donations 577 21 598
Gifts in kind 62 29 91
Total income 639 50 689
Expenditure
Raising funds:
Campaign activity 9 - 9
Gifts in kind - - -
Charitable activities
-
Campaign activity 4,689 4,689
Gifts in kind 62 29 91
Other charges - 21 21
Total expenditure 4,760 50 4,810
-
Net expenditure (4,121) (4,121)
-
Total funds at the beginning of period 5,778 5,778
-
Total funds at the end of period 1,657 1,657
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## **CIO INFORMATION**
Charity name and registered number Mail Force Charity CIO is a registered Charity (England and Wales number 1189196, Scotland number SC050218)
## **Trustees**
P Elliott A H Lane C D StJ Penney H G H Webb J J S Welsh
## **Bankers**
NatWest Bank plc 135 Bishopsgate London EC2M 3UR
## **Address**
Northcliffe House 2 Derry Street London W8 5TT
## **Independent examiner**
Cara Turtington Saffery LLP Chartered Accountants 71 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4BE
## **Solicitors**
Bates Wells 10 Queen Street Place London EC4R 1BE