2023-03-31-accounts

Trustees'	Report	Report
Receipts	and	Payments	Accounts
Independent		Examiner's	Report

Objectiv	es and Activ	es and Activ	iti	es	es
Summary	ofthe purposes		of	Focus4Hope is a charity that provides support			for the
the charity	as set out	in its		elderly, homeless,	isolated, and otherwise vulnerable			in
governing	document			West Yorkshire.
Summary	ofthe main			Focus4Hope works	to bring resources to those		who need
activities in relation to those				them most by
purposes for the public				running a social supermarket for the food insecure,
benefit, in	particular,	the		providing fortnightly	feeds to the street homeless in Leeds
activities,	projects or			and running events	for the elderly and isolated		in the
services identified in		the		community.
accounts.
Statement	confirming			The trustees have	had regard for the Charity Commission
whether the trustees		have		guidance regarding	public benefit.
had regard	to the guidance
issued by	the Charity
Commission on public
benefit
dditional	information
Contribution made by				We estimate that we have around 60volunteers			engaged
volunteers				across the full range ofcharitable activities, as			well as
				fund-raising in support ofthese activities. Without the
				support and efforts	ofour volunteers the charity		would	not
				be able to provide	the services it does. The trustees
				express their sincere thanks for the continued		support		of
				all volunteers.

						meant that the demands on our charity for practical
						assistance did not decrease, even when the direct impacts
						ofthe pandemic had reduced.
						In order to protect the sustainability ofour services, we
						converted our food bank into a 'social supermarket',
						following a model that has proved effective in
						neighbouring areas. People become members and pay a
						financial contribution. Notwithstanding this, the cost of
						food purchases to allow the supermarket to operate has
						weighed heavily on the charity and we have been very
						grateful to receive food donations from both individuals
						and local supermarkets and businesses to support us, as
						well as being able to access a range ofgrants and
						financial donations. The need for the home delivery
						service declined over the period under review but support
						through the social supermarket remained a necessity for a
						significant number of people - we estimate around 2,000
						individuals and families annually. We are anticipating that
						cost of living challenges will reinforce the need for us to
						continue supporting the community in this way. In 2022 we
						also distributed 508 Christmas parcels and 2,100
						Christmas gifts.
						We continued to offer homeless feeds in Leeds throughout
						this period. These are fortnightly feeds in collaboration
						with StAnne's Resource Centre and the Leeds Homeless
						Charter and involve a team ofvolunteers preparing and
						distributing warm meals to on average around 80-100
						people, some ofwhom come into the centre and some on
						the streets through our outreach teams. In addition we
						have continued to support the elderly and isolated in our
						community with fortnightly days out and cinema trips as
						well as uarterl afternoon tea dances.
Financ	ial		Review
Review	ofthe charity's					In the reporting period the charity had receipts of
financial	position			at	the end	2204,989and generated a surplus ofL2,463.
ofthe	eriod
Statement		explaining			the	Reserves are held to allow the charity to withstand
policy for holding				reserves		fluctuations in its income and continue to meet its financial
stating	why they			are	held	obligations. It is our policy to aim to hold unrestricted
						reserves e uivalent to 3months ofo eratin costs.
Amount	of	reserves			held	Reserves at the year end were 241,221 ofwhich f4,541
						were unrestricted.
Explanation			ofany			The trustees consider that there are no material
uncertainties			about the			uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue as a
charity	continuing			as a going		going concern for the foreseeable future and therefore the
concern						accounts are re ared on this basis.

The charity's	principal	In the period under review, the charity was funded
sources offunds (including		principally through grants (f116,433)and donations
any fundrai sing)		(f58,913). In addition we generated L'10,574 gross income throu h our sho, Re lenish.
A description	ofthe principal	The Board and management team have reviewed the
risks facing	the charity	major risks to which the charity is exposed. Where
		appropriate, systems and/or procedures have been
		established to mitigate the risks the charity faces. Internal
		risks are minimised by the implementation ofprocedures
		for the authorisation of all transactions and projects.
		Procedures are in place to ensure compliance ofstaff	and
		volunteers with health and safety, food handling and fire
		safety requirements.
		As outlined above, the principal risk facing the charity	is
		ensuring it has sufficient funds to continue its charitable
		activities. Current income sources are by definition
		unpredictable, although the launch of Replenish will have
		a positive impact here —looking to the future the charity
		will continue to look to secure ion er term fundin .

Structure, Governance	a positive impact here —looking to the futu will continue to look to secure ion er term and Management	a positive impact here —looking to the futu will continue to look to secure ion er term and Management	a positive impact here —looking to the futu will continue to look to secure ion er term and Management	a positive impact here —looking to the futu will continue to look to secure ion er term and Management	a positive impact here —looking to the futu will continue to look to secure ion er term and Management	a positive impact here —looking to the futu will continue to look to secure ion er term and Management	re the charity fundin .
Type ofgoverning document	The charity is governed by its constitution						dated 15March
	2021.The charity was registered			with		the	Charity
	Commission		on 26 November 2020.
How is the charity	CIO
constituted?
Trustee selection methods	All potential trustees are identified				by	the Chair and/or
including details ofany	Chief Executive and their appointment					is subject to the
constitutional provisions e.g,	approval	ofthe full board.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees
Additional information
Policies and procedures	Training	is provided as required depending					on the role to
adopted for the induction	be undertaken		and the skills ofthe		trustee.
and training oftrustees
The charity's organisational	The management ofthe charity is			carried			out on a day-to-
structure and any wider	day basis	by	the Chief Executive,	Louise Reed, and this is
network with which the	overseen	by	the Board ofTrustees.
charity works

O CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES	O CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES	O CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES	O CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES	" P	Receipts and payments	Receipts and payments	accounts		1192543		CC16a
				For the period from	01/04/2022		To		31/03/2023
				Unrestricted		Endowment
				funds	Restricted funds		funds		Total	funds	Last year
				tothe nearest E	tothe nearest E	to the nearest		E	to the nearest E		to the nearest E
A1 Receipts
Donation				54,913	4,000					58,913	59,916
Grant					116,433					116,433	78,944
Fundraising				9,506						9,506	2,376
Otherlncome				9,564						9,564	888
Charity shop income				10,574						10,574
Sub total (Gross income for AR)				84 557	120,433					204,989	142,124
A2 Asset and investment		sales, (see
table).
			Sub total
	Total receipts			84,557	120,433			-		204,989	142,124
A3 Payments
Goods and catering purchases				5,673	49,828					55,501	55,564
Volunteer costs				6,122						6,122	4,427
Fundraising expenditure				5,954						5,954	1,912
Premises costs				22,932						22,932	12,222
Office costs				27,822	22,769					50,591	18,844
Vehicle and travelling cost				6,539	3,900					10,439	7,842
Sub-contractor cost				7,450	7,450					14,900	22,324
Other expenditure				5,959						5,959	3,502
Motor vehicle purchase					30,130					30,130
			Sub total	88,449	114,077					202,526	126,637
A4Asset and investment		purchases,
(seetable)
			Sub total
Total payments				88,449	114,077			-		202,526	126,637
Net ofreceiptsf(			payments/	3,89Z	6,355					2,463	15,487
A5 Transfers between funds
A6 Cash funds last year	end			8,433	30,325					38,758	23,273
Cash funds	this		year end	4,541	36,680					41,221	38,760

							Unrestricted	Restricted funds	Endowment
							funds		funds
							to nearest F.	to nearest E	to nearest	E
81Cash funds			HSBC Bank				1,568	36,680
			Food Club	account			2,972
			Replenish	account
					Totolcoshfunds		4,541	36,680
			iagree oaiances		wn:n	receipts ano
				payments		account(s))
							Unrestricted	Restricted funds	Endowment
							funds		funds
			Details				to nearest E	to nearest E	to nearest	E
82 Other monetary assets
							Fund to which		Current value
			Details				asset belongs	Cost (optional)	(optional)
83Investment		assets
							Fund to which		Current value
			Details				asset belongs	Cost (optional)	(optional)
84Assets retained forthe charity's			Office Equipment				Unrestdicted	2,736
own use			Motor vehicles				Restricted	30,100
							Fund to which	Amount due	When due
			Details				liability relates	(optional)	(optional)
85 Liabilities
Signed behalf	by one ortwo trustees on of ail the trustees			Signature			Print Name		Date of approval
							Lidia	Shinwell
							Peter	Cawdron