## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
## **From 07/06/2023 to 07/06/2024**
## **Charity name: Mindful Communities Foundation C.I.O**
## **Charity registration number: 1190769**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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SORP
reference
Summary of the Para 1.17 The objects of the charity are f or the public
purposes of the
benefit, to advance the education of the
charity as set out in its
governing document general public and in particular but not
exclusively young people by promoting and
encouraging the teaching, study, practice
and research of mindfulness, primarily but
not exclusively in criminal justice settings.
Summary of the main Para 1.17 Main activities undertaken in relation to
and 1.19
activities in relation to
these purposes, and to further the charity’s
those purposes for the
public benefit, in purposes this year:
particular, the We developed some resources for mindfulness in
activities, projects or prisons, for the social enterprise Working With The
services identified in Mind C.I.C to use in their mindful community project
the accounts.
Statement confirming Para 1.18 The trustees have had regard to the Charity
whether the trustees
Commission’s guidance on public benefit.
have had regard to
the guidance issued
by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit
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## **Additional information (optional)**
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SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment
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Para 1.38
Contribution made by Working with a UK Social
volunteers Enterprise we supported to create
prison mindfulness resources
Other
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## **Achievements and Performance**
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SORP
reference
We supported a project (mentioned in our
previous annual report) and contributed
Summary of the Para 1.20 some prison mindfulness resources to this
main effort in this period.
achievements of The project ran in the Peterborough area,
the charity,
with volunteers, and different charities and
identifying the
difference the community groups to deliver free in person
charity’s work and online mindful workshops and
has made to the information to support mental health and
circumstances of
its beneficiaries well-being.
and any wider Our support focused on resource for HMP
benefits to Peterborough (excerpt from WWTM CIC’s
society as a
project report: Other stakeholders involved
whole.
in this project included Mindful Communities
Foundation C.I.O who supported us with
running our website and filming, editing,
producing video and social media to support
the project.)
200 prisoners were donated support
materials and information
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Achievements against Para 1.41
objectives set
Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives Para 1.41
set
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Investment performance Para 1.41
against objectives
Other
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## **Financial Review**
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Review of the Para 1.21 At the beginning of this period we had £83.40 in
charity’s financial
the charity’s reserves, were paid £375 to create
position at the
end of the period some mindful prison resources, leaving £458.40
in reserves at the end of this period
Statement Para 1.22
explaining the
policy for holding
reserves stating
why they are held
Amount of Para 1.22
reserves held £458.40
Reasons for Para 1.22
holding zero
reserves
Details of fund Para 1.24
materially in
deficit
Explanation of Para 1.23
any uncertainties Unsuccessful in all our grant applications and fundraising
about the charity activities this year
continuing as a
going concern
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This year was from £83.40 remaining from
The charity’s principal last period, and a payment of £375 from a
sources of funds (including Para 1.47 UK social enterprise for supporting their
any fundraising) community project
Investment policy and
objectives including any Para 1.46
social investment policy
adopted
A description of the principal Para 1.46
risks facing the charity
Other
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## **Structure, Governance and Management**
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Description of charity’s
trusts:
Type of governing Para 1.25 Our governing document is a ‘Foundation’
document
model constitution, or Constitution of a
(trust deed, royal
charter) Charitable Incorporated Organisation whose
only voting members are its charity trustees.
How is the charity Para 1.25 We are constituted as a Charitable
constituted?
Incorporated Organisation.
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)
Trustee selection Para 1.25 Founding 4 Trustees are our only Trustees to
methods including
date.
details of any
constitutional provisions No other person or external body is entitled
e.g. election to post or
to appoint charity trustees, and the power to
name of any person or
appoint additional Trustees resides with the
body entitled to appoint
one or more trustees majority vote of the current board of
Trustees.
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## **Additional information (optional)**
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Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and Para 1.51
training of trustees
The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider Para 1.51
network with which the
charity works
Relationship with any related Para 1.51
parties
Other
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## **Reference and Administrative details**
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Charity name Mindful Communities Foundation C.I.O
Other name the charity uses
Registered charity number 1190769
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> Charity’s principal address Deildy, Aberystwyth Road, Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 8EU
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Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled
Trustee name Office (if any)
year to appoint trustee (if any)
1 Matthew Ward
2 Rachel Taylor
3 Mark Wylie
4 Michael Newton
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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
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets held in this capacity
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects
Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
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Type of Name Address
adviser
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
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## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
**Declarations**
|**Declarations**|**Declarations**|**Declarations**|**Declarations**|**Declarations**|
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|**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed** **on behalf of the charity’s trustees**|||||
||**Signature(s)**|MW|MW||
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||**Full name(s)**|Matthew Ward|Mark Wylie||
|||Michael Newton|Rachel Taylor||
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|**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**||Trustee|Trustee||
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