## **TRUTH BE TOLD: STORYTELLING FOR LIFE** ## **UNAUDITED ACCOUNTS** **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] JULY 2023** **ALL TAX LTD 17 MORTIMER ROAD BOURNEMOUTH DORSET BH8 9HP** 1 ## **TRUTH BE TOLD: STORYTELLING FOR LIFE** ## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] JULY 2023** ||**CONTENTS**|| |---|---|---| |Charity Informaton||3| |Trustees Annual Report||4| |Independent Examiners Report||13| |Income and Expenditure Account||14| |Balance Sheet||15| |Notes to the Accounts||16| 2 TRUTH BE TOLD: STORYTELLING FOR LIFE CHARITY INFORMATION ## FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 JULY 2023 ## Trustees Lwanga Chibamba Tosh Hales (appointed May 2023) Jacqueline Last Hannah Lawford Ashley Liddington (appointed 10 July 2023) Karen Todd (resigned August 2023) CEO Gemma Gillard Principal Office 9 Blair Avenue Poole Dorset BH14 0DA Charity Registration Number 1190702 Independent Examiner All Tax Ltd 17 Mortimer Road Bournemouth Dorset BH8 9HP Website https://truthbetold.org.uk/ 3 ## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From** 4 August 2022 **Period start date To** 31 July 2023 **Period end date** **Charity name:** Truth Be Told: Storytelling for Life (TBT) **Charity registration number:** 1190702 ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP
reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes
of the charity as set out in
its governing document|Para
1.17|Objects of the charity
(1) To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by
preventing people from becoming socially excluded, relieving the
needs of those people who are socially excluded and assisting
them to integrate into society by the provision of
intergenerational storytelling activities.
(2) The advancement of the Christian faith.| |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|Main activities for the public benefit
TBT partners with churches across the UK to provide training,
resources and support, enabling them to deliver intergenerational
storytelling sessions with local families and older adults in care
homes and the community.
These sessions can take place in care homes and in churches,
they have been designed specifically to involve, encourage and
fulfil_all_guests. The trained Storyteller from the Partner Church
leads the group in some nursery rhymes, tells a short bespoke
story, and using a hand-sewn bag covered in pockets and full of
props, the group all share memories and imaginative ideas
together. The sessions have Christian roots and references but
are enjoyable for those of any faith and none.
Everyone is equal and valued and belongs, regardless of their age
or stage. It is this interdependence and mutuality that means TBT
is in its very essence, socially inclusive and combative against
loneliness and isolation. The sessions act as a vehicle to facilitate
the building of authentic, long-lasting and supportive relationships
outside of the group context.| 4 Statement confirming Para 1.18 whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit In supporting the activities of TBT, the Trustees have given consideration to the guidance on public benefit issued by the Charity Commission. ## **Achievements and Performance** SORP reference Summary of the main achievements of Para the charity, identifying the difference 1.20 the charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole. We’re increasing our impact in four key areas: 1. Replicating the project 2. Creating an intergenerational befriending programme 3. Reaching other isolated groups 4. Embedding an intergenerational approach in our partner churches. ## **2022-2023 Stats** **2098** attendances of all ages in: **118** groups that were run in: **9** different settings Our storytellers reported seeing: **250** New Moments of Confidence **309** New Moments of Participation These statistics are only a proportion of our actual impact as we implemented a new impact data gathering process from May 2023 ## 1)Replicating the project In line with our funding and strategy we’re now working with ten partner churches who are running the project in a variety of settings. We aim to have 30 partner churches by April 2026. 1. Gateway Church (Poole) 2. Bournemouth (Citygate Church) 3. Godfirst (Christchurch) 4. Dorchester (Dorchester Family Church) 5. Sherborne (ReBorne Church) 6. Surrey (St Peters Church, West Moseley) 7. New Milton (New Life Church) 8. Hereford (St Georges Church) 9. London (St Peters Church, Brockley) 10. Brockenhurst (Brockenhurst Parish Church) Feedback from each setting is now received weekly, which includes photographs and quotes from the session. This means we’re now able to see in real time the impact that the project is having on the lives of beneficiaries: 5 Promotion of social inclusion: Carers regularly comment how their residents eagerly anticipate TBT coming in. One resident commented that the only time those in the home with dementia smile is during our sessions. Advancement of the Christian faith: We receive regular feedback that the project is beneficial for those who either have no faith or those whose faith is dormant as Storytellers share Bible stories every week and offer to pray with guests. Our impact data clearly shows that the children are engaging keenly with the stories and repeating the bible truths at home. 2) Intergenerational Befriending Programme Our aim is to benefit the most isolated older adults in the community by piloting this innovative programme with another expert befriending organisation. We will be pairing up befrienders and befriendees with local families who together will enjoy a sense of belonging through our bespoke storytelling activities. 3) Reaching Other isolated groups In order to have as much impact as possible, we commissioned a report to assess other groups where social exclusion and isolation is prevalent. This has resulted in a diversification plan and a partnership with a local organisation – International Care Network. Together we are setting up a pilot to reach those with English as a second language (ESL) with a particular focus on refugees. We are creating a bespoke version of our TBT sessions to promote social inclusion for those isolated due to language and cultural barriers. This will be transformative as the project gives them confidence to engage in their local community. 6 4) Embedding an Intergenerational Approach within Partner Churches By working with partner churches throughout the country we are equipping them to work with isolated groups in their local communities more intentionally. We intend to develop this area and measure our impact accordingly. ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the
end of the period|Para
1.21|The charity’s financial position is healthy and can fund the
immediate plans to further its strategy, although we are
dependant on grant-funding and continued Church Licence fees.
Grants during the year gratefully received from:
•
Benefact Trust
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Bishop Radford Trust
•
Valentines Trust
•
McCarthy and Stone
•
The Anchor Foundation| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para
1.22|The charity recognises the propriety of not building up funds for
which there are no clear expenditure plans. The charities’ policy is
to allow reserves to accrue to a level of three months’ average
expenditure, plus funds which may be earmarked for specific
projects in the future.
As the charity is growing, reserves may only exceed this policy level
in order to be able to respond positively to new opportunities. This
situation is monitored to ensure that reserves do not build up
unnecessarily.| |Amount of reserves held|Para
1.22|£52,569| |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| 7 ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing
document|Para
1.25|Constitution, as lodged with Charity Commission| |How is the charity
constituted?|Para
1.25|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|New Trustees are identified through connections made with
individuals in the course of TBT’s activities, and social media
publicity. Exploratory conversations occur and if the time/skills of
the individual and the needs of the Board align, the person is
invited to attend a Board meeting. If this is successful, the person
is invited to an interview with two Trustees where they have the
opportunity to ask further questions and introduce themselves. If
a synergy is identified, the person is invited to become a Trustee
based upon the votingof existingTrustees.| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charityname|Truth Be Told: Storytellingfor Life| |---|---| |Other name the charity|Truth Be Told (TBT)| |uses|| |Registered charitynumber|1190702| |Charity’s principal address|9 Blair Avenue| ||Poole| ||Dorset| ||BH14 0DA| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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5|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Mrs Jackie Last|Chair|Whole year|| ||Mrs Karen Todd||Whole year|| ||Mrs Hannah
Lawford||Whole year|| ||Mrs Lwanga
Chibamba||Whole year|| ||Mr Tosh Hales||From May-23|| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** n/a 8 Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |n/a||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** |Description of the assets
held in this capacity|n/a| |---|---| |Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|n/a| |Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own assets|n/a| **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** Gemma Gillard, CEO ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details n/a ## **Other optional information** n/a 9 Declarations Tho trusts08 declare that they have approvod tho tru8tee8' Mport abovo. Signgd on behalf of th• eharfty's trustee• Signaturels) Full name(8) Position (og Socretary• Chair, otc) cÈoeLibJ& CH-kn( Dat• 12 TRIITH BE TOLD: STORYTELLING FOR LIFE INDEPENDENT EXAMINEILS. REPORT FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 JULY 2023 In acwrdanc¢ ii'ith inslrudlons gÉi'cn to us ii'c ha¥r pr¢par¢d. ii"tihout &vrin8 out an audil. Ihc ann¢.xcd acwunis frcth IhL accouniing rccords of Tnith ￿. Told.. Siorntelling For l.ifc and from inf0m￿li0n and cxplanations suppli¢xl io us. D￿ed. Q.IZ l￿? All T&% Ltd 17 Mortim¢r Road Boumunouth Dors¢t BHX YHP Pagc 2 ## **TRUTH BE TOLD: STORYTELLING FOR LIFE** ## **INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT** FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 JULY 2023 |||||||2022|2022||2023|2023| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||£|£||£|£| |**Income**||||||||||| |Grants||||||25,750|||62,000|| |Donations and sponsorship||||||1,866|||3,441|| |Sales of services andproducts||||||580|||7,044|| |Bank interest received||||||2|||102|| |||||||||||| ||||||||28,198|||72,587| |**Cost of sales**||||||||||| |Purchases||||||330|||608|| |Sub-contractors||||||15,025|||10,119|| |||||||||||| ||||||||15,355|||10,727| |||||||||||| |**Grossprofit**|||||||12,843|||61,860| |||||||||||| |**Overhead expenses**||||||||||| |Salaries and NIC||||||15,808|||26,700|| |Pension costs||||||656|||1,171|| |Advertisingandpromotion||||||1,612|||241|| |Web design costs||||||1,157|||2,792|| |Computer expenses||||||765|||721|| |Office costs||||||188|||1,185|| |Room hire||||||50|||-|| |Trainingcosts||||||-|||238|| |Travel and accommodation||||||665|||1,161|| |Insurance||||||378|||405|| |Accountancy||||||300|||300|| |Consultancyfees||||||800|||540|| |Subscriptions||||||-|||638|| |Sundries||||||271|||-|| |Bank charges||||||96|||60|| |Amortisation||||||-|||1,313|| |Depreciation||||||31|||355|| |||||||||||| ||||||||22,777|||37,820| |||||||||||| |**Net surplus /(deficit)**|||||||9,934
-|||24,040| 12 ## TRUTH BE TOLD: STORYTELLING FOR LIFE ## BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 JULY 2023 |||||||2022|||2023| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||£|||£| ||||||||||| |FIXED ASSETS|||||||||| |Office equipment||||||92|||1,063| |Website development||||||-|||3,937| ||||||||||| |||||||92|||5,000| ||||||||||| |CURRENT ASSETS|||||||||| |Bank balances||||||33,397|||12,569| |Savings account balances||||||-|||40,000| ||||||||||| |||||||33,397|||52,569| ||||||||||| |CURRENT LIABILITIES|||||||||| |Creditors and accruals||||||396|||436| ||||||||||| |||||||396|||436| ||||||||||| |NET ASSETS||||||33,093|||57,133| ||||||||||| ||||||||||| |FINANCED BY|||||||||| ||||||||||| |RESERVES|||||||||| |Balance at start ofperiod||||||43,027|||33,093| |Net surplus /(deficit)|||||-|9,934
|||24,040| ||||||||||| |Balance at end ofperiod||||||33,093|||57,133| ||||||||||| 13 ## TRUTH BE TOLD: STORYTELLING FOR LIFE ## NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS AS AT 31 JULY 2023 ||||||||||||2022|2022|2022||2023|2023| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||||||£||£||£|£| |1|**Fixed assets**|||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||| ||**Office Equipment**|||||||||||||||| ||**Cost:**|||||||||||||||| ||As at 4 August 2022||||||||||164||||164|| ||Additions||||||||||-||||1,326|| |||||||||||||||||| ||As at 3 August 2023||||||||||164||||1,490|| |||||||||||||||||| ||**Depreciation:**|||||||||||||||| ||As at 4 August 2022||||||||||41
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-|| |||||||||||||||||| ||**Net book value 3 August 2023**||||||||||||92|||1,063| |||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||| |2|**Intangible assets**|||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||| ||**Website Development**|||||||||||||||| ||**Cost:**|||||||||||||||| ||As at 4 August 2022||||||||||-||||-|| ||Additions||||||||||-||||5,250|| |||||||||||||||||| ||As at 3 August 2023||||||||||-||||5,250|| |||||||||||||||||| ||**Amortisation:**|||||||||||||||| ||As at 4 August 2022||||||||||-||||-|| ||Charge for theyear||||||||||-||||1,313
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-|| |||||||||||||||||| ||**Net book value 3 August 2023**||||||||||||-|||3,937| |||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||| |3|**Details of certain types of expenditure**|||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||| ||The independent examiners' fee for theyear to 3 August 2023 w||||||||||as £300(2022: £300).|||||| |||||||||||||||||| |4||**Staff costs and numbers**||||||||||||||| |At the dat
No memb||e of the balance sheet the charity employed 4 part-time staff.
er of staff earned in excess of £60,000 in the period.||||||||||||||| 4 **Staff costs and numbers** At the date of the balance sheet the charity employed 4 part-time staff. No member of staff earned in excess of £60,000 in the period. 14