## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From Jan 2024 Period start date To Jan 2025 Period end date** ## **Charity name: HIS Help Information Support** **Charity registration number: 1190550** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|‘HIS’: Help Information Support was built to
bridge a gap in the mental ill-health service
and was founded after losing a dear friend
who took his life in 2019. We work with
men and young lads from key stage 3 to
adulthood, struggling with their mental ill-
health throughout London and Kent.| |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|HIS works holistically as one team with key
workers, mentors, counsellors and
therapists working with constant
communication. Services offered:
•
Parenting workshops on mental
health & SEN children.
•
Parenting groups for parents that
have struggled with their children’s
mental health
•
Transitional work with teenage
boys.
•
Men’s groups face to face.
•
Corporate Well-being in the
workplace.
•
Holistic workshops
•
Suicide prevention training.
•
Mental health training within
schools.
•
Prevention work on children who
struggle in the education system.
•
• Intense retreats for clients that are
stuck in their trauma.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees have all received guidance
and briefings on services offered and
delivered.| ## **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|As a male mental health charity, senior
management has regular consultation
sessions with Martin Seager, The founder
of the first male group in the British
phycology association.
Martin advises senior government and
conducts research for various
organisations. These sessions are vital to
the organisation. At the beginning of the
year, HiS had a documentary made of the
charity, which involved some of the team
as well as some of the clients themselves.
The support we received from our clients
was amazing, considering some started off
with no confidence at all, only
communicating via text. Watching them
blossom is definitely our reward.
The outcome of the documentary was
rather emotional, with not just HIS’s story,
but the journey of our clients and the
viewer’s views. Tim’s family were
overwhelmed with gratitude for the work
HIS Charity does. We were ecstatic to be
invited to join the government’s research
paper for the APPG, a boy of today.
In June, we did a presentation to
parliament officials on the charity. Outlining
that as a charity, we do HIS: Help
information support. Supporting males with
their emotional & mental health, ensuring
that they thrive, not just survive, not putting
a timeline restriction on somebody’s
healing, and building a unique care
package around their needs. We
emphasised how as an organisation, we
build a solid system that holds and
supports individuals, ensuring they don’t
fall through the gap. How calibrating holistic
therapy and talking therapy can have a
profound positive effect on individuals.
MPS were interested in setting up a pilot
scheme for us, as we don’t work in the
same format as the NHS.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against the
objectives set|
Para 1.41|
We met and exceeded our objectives in
terms of direct client outreach, training
sessions delivered, and successful
partnerships established with schools,
corporate bodies, and local communities.
Notably, the launch of our men's therapy
field retreat exceeded attendance targets| |---|---|---| |||and generated exceptional feedback from
participants.| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against the
objectives set|Para 1.41|Partner organisations, private donations,
and a successful pilot program with BIFFA
supported fundraising efforts.| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|We currently have no significant
investments outside of our operational
assets and hold no speculative financial
instruments.| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**0**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|The incomings and outgoings balanced out,
meaning no reserves.| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|There were no funds in material deficit
during the reporting period.| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|There are currently no known risks to the
charity continuing as a going concern.| ## **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|

Grant funding

Donations from individuals and
corporate supporters

Training services provided to
external partners| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|Due to the scale of its income, the charity
does not currently operate an investment
policy. All funds are directed toward
operational delivery.| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|
Funding shortfalls from reduced
grant access

Emotional and psychological risk to
frontline staff

Reduced engagement due to stigma
around men’s mental health| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|The charity is governed by its constitution
as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation
(CIO).| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Charitable Incorporated Organisation (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|Trustees are recruited through an open
nomination process and approved by
majority board decision. All new trustees
undergo safeguarding and charity
governance training.| ## **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 receive an induction pack
including safeguarding, governance, and
organisational values. Ongoing training is
provided quarterly.| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|HiS operates a flat, collaborative structure
across program leads and therapists. It
works in partnership with educational
institutions, public health organisations, and
private corporations.| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|No trustees or staff have declared any
conflicts of interest or relationships with
related organisations during this period.| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|HiS: Help Information Support| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|HiS Charity| |Registered charity number|1190550| |Charity’s principal address|LittleHolme
Vicarage Road
Yalding
Kent
ME18 6DX| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
2
3
4|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Mark Greensmith|N/A|N/A|N/A| ||Nigel Carpenter|N/A|N/A|N/A| ||Martin Eagle|N/A|N/A|N/A| ||Robert Greensmith|N/A|N/A|N/A| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved |
**Director name**||| |---|---|---| |N/A|N/A|N/A| |N/A|N/A|N/A| |N/A|N/A|N/A| |N/A|N/A|N/A| |N/A|N/A|N/A| |N/A|N/A|N/A| Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |N/A|N/A|N/A| |N/A|N/A|N/A| |N/A|N/A|N/A| |N/A|N/A|N/A| |N/A|N/A|N/A| |N/A|N/A|N/A| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets None held in this capacity Name and objects of the None charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for None 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 **Not Applicable** ## **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)** Mark Greensmith **Full name(s)** Mark Greensmith **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair of Trustees **Chair, etc)** **Date** 01/04/2025