2023-10-31-accounts - Georgia's Voice

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Trustees’ Annual Report for the period 18th December 2020 – 31[st] October 2021

Georgia’s Voice Registered Charity Number 1193028

Objectives and Activities

At Georgia’s Voice we benefit the public by supporting young women living in Cornwall aged 18-25 with Mental health concerns. We do this by providing free support groups where they can receive emotional support by a team of trained volunteer facilitators, by helping build a support network to help preserve and protect good mental health. We help them with signposting to professional mental health services, and we can make referrals for talking therapy. We also put on regular wellbeing activities that promote good mental health. Our objective going forward is to open more groups across Cornwall so that every young woman living in Cornwall can easily access one, and to keep coming up with new ideas for raising money to pay for the costs involved with this.

We organise regular fundraisers to fund our groups and activities.

We set up our charity shop to bring in a regular steady income for the charity. I can confirm all trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit.

Achievements and performance

-We have successfully set up 12 support groups across Cornwall with 2-25 members in each -We have completed safety plans with members in Crisis, preventing possible suicide attempts/self-harm

-We have gathered testimonials from members which are available on our website detailing how the groups have benefit their life and mental health

-We have achieved integration of the girls into the community by collaborating with other organisations and charities at wellbeing events and fundraisers

-We launched an annual National listening day with another charity on November 16[th] -Our founder was recognised with the ‘community hero’ award voted for by the local community for all the charity work carried out

-Our charity and its work have featured twice on the local televised news BBC Spotlight and ITV news, as well as local radio stations in recognition of the difference we are making in the community.

In the members testimonials and through group talks, some of the differences reported by members have been-

-Consistency through the weekly support groups -Feelings of increased confidence -Feeling empowered -Increased ability to impose boundaries -Personal growth -Resolving trauma through the therapy funded by us -Making friends -Reduced isolation -Reduced self-harm -Building social skills -Feeling safe -Feeling part of a community -Reduced/no hospital visits

Financial Review.

At the end of the financial period our Income was £83,831.67 Our expenditure was £46,283.67 Where our money comes from-Donations and legacies -Fundraising -Our charity shop -Grants -Website sales of branded merchandise We have a reserves policy in place stating that we keep 6 months running costs in the bank which totals £33,000.

Structure, Governance and Management.

We are structured as a charitable trust. We abide by the rules set out in our governing document, (trust deed) and the guidelines set by the charity commission.

The charity is managed by the Founder/Director Sophie Alway and the trustees who have regular meetings. There is no fixed term for a trustee, but when a trustee wishes to leave, we will advertise for another, through interviews we will ensure we chose an appropriate individual with the relevant skills, knowledge, and experience needed for the effective administration of the charity.

Reference and Administrative details.

Charity name-Georgia’s Voice

Also known as-Georgia’s Voice PreLoved Boutique (Our charity shop) Registered Charity no- 1193028

Charity principal address31 Oakfield Road Falmouth TR11 2HR

TrusteesLouise Blenkinsop Sarah Lovering Sarah Brandwood Julie Lusk

Director name- Sophie Alway

Sophie Alway’s name is also on the lease for charity the shop, the lease started on 04/08/2021

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others.

Sophie Alway (Director not a trustee) holds the lease for the shop. The bank holds all other assets safe.

Declarations.

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees by:

Full name: Louise Blenkinsop

Position: Trustee

Date: As per attached digital certificate

Signed By

Louise blenkinsop

Date Signed 2022-08-25 03:39:50 Email louiseblenkinsop@live.co.uk Printed Name Louise blenkinsop IP Address 148.252.132.167 Browser User Agent Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 15_6_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/15.6.1 Mobile/15E148 Safari/604.1 Name of signatory Louise Blenkinsop

Georgia's Voice Charitable Trust

Financial Statements

Year Ended 31st October 2023

Registered Charity 1193028

Georgia's Voice Charitable Trust 1193028 Receipts and Payments Account For the Year Ended 31 October 2023

*Notes* Receipts Donations Grants Events Shop Interest *Sub total* Payments Events Group Expenditure 3/4 Trading Advertising Insurance General Expenses Legal & Professional *Sub total* Asset and investment purchases Asset purchases 5 *Sub total* *Total payments* *Net receipts/(payments)* Cash funds last period end Cash funds at 31.10.2023	Unrestricted funds £ 33,096 18,500 17,510 56,066 108 125,280 4,051 18,936 61,874 5,506 167 2,663 20,520 113,717 789 789 114,506 10,774 49,964 60,738	Restricted funds £ - - - - - 628 - - - 628 - - 628 - 628 -628	Total funds £ 33,096 18,500 17,510 56,066 108 125,280 4,051 19,564 61,874 5,506 167 2,663 20,520 114,345 789 789 115,134 10,146 49,964 60,110	*Period End* *31.10.2022* 31,540 10,484 4,164 61,453 22
				*107,663*
				716 17,774 59,764 7,858 331 1,943 6,726
				*95,112* 135
				135
				*95,247*
				12,416

Georgia's Voice Charitable Trust 1193028 Statement of Assets and Liabilities As at 31 October 2023

Cash funds Cash at bank Total cash funds Other monetary assets Investment assets Assets retained for the charity’s own use Equipment	Unrestricted funds £ 60,110 60,110 - - £ 2,153 2,153	Restricted funds £ - - - - £ - -	Total funds £ 60,110
			60,110
			- - Value £ 2,153
			2,153

Accountants Report

I have verified the accounting records of Georgia's Voice Charitable Trust and from these records have prepared, without audit, the attached Receipts and Payments Account and Statement of Assets and Liabilities. I certify that the Accounts are correctly drawn up in accordance therewith.

____ Helen Laws BA(HONS), FMAAT Membership No 2046 Licence No 9338

Lukes Cottage, Green Lane, Mawla, Redruth, Cornwall. TR16 5DW

Approved on behalf of the Trustees by

Kirsty Barker-Langdon

Print Name ___ Trustee Position ___ 01/09/2024 Date ____

Georgia's Voice Charitable Trust 1193028 Notes to the Financial Statements For the Year Ending 31 October 2023

1 Accounts Basis

The accounts are prepared on a receipts and payments basis, all revenue is shown on a cash basis.

2 Reserves

A reserve level of £33,000 is maintained to ensure operaion of the Charity for a 6 month period.

3 Restricted Funds

Funds received for talking therapy Balance b/f 1.11.2022 Counselling Fees Balance c/f 31.10.2023	£ 628 628
	-

4 Group Expenditure

Center Hire Counselling Fees Group Excursions Legal and Professional fees Purchases and Travel Refreshments Training and Staff Welfare Staff and Travel Expenses 5 Asset Purchases Card Machine Bundle K9 Express Clothes Steamer ASUS Vivibook 15" Laptop	£ 2,370 5,340 2,655 228 1,312 311 4,312 3,036
	19,564
	£ 95 191 503
	789