Support Futures Trustees Report
Period ending 31[st] January 2023
The following report contains the Trustees conclusions about the work of the Support Futures Charity for the period ended 31[st] January 2023
Fund Raising
The charity currently raises funds for its activities in 2 distinct ways
Grants : There have been severable notable grants received from organisations including Wolverhampton City Council, The NHS, The National Lottery and Sports England. These have been supplemented by other smaller grants including ones from The Cadbury Foundation and Tesco’s
The grants made up by far the highest contribution to our income with over 90% of income coming from grant providers
Fundraising Events : We have engaged in a large number of fundraising events working with sporting stars including Matt Le Tissier, Kenny Hibbitt, Geoff Thomas, Keith Deller and Mervyn King. The financial results of the events have been unpredictable and vary wildly. Event fundraising currently accounts for less than 10% of the charity’s income.
The events have had other non – financial advantages including increasing awareness of the charity and its work as well as encouraging some of the people who have attended to come to our programmes
Engagement with the public
Charity representatives have appeared on local radio discussing the work we do. We have also attended events and taken stalls at church hall, council and college events
Around 30k leaflets have been distributed in the local area promoting our activities as well as adverts in the local newspaper and on social media
At each of our fundraising events there is a stall promoting the charity, literature is distributed and there is a presentation from the stage explaining what we do
Darts players Jamie Caven and Henry Coates have added the Support Futures logo to their shirts and are taking out our literature with them whenever they appear at events around the West Midlands
Delivering Programmes
We have delivered our training programmes in 4 separate locations in the West Midlands . These include the Duncan Edwards Leisure Centre in Dudley, The RG Boxfit gym in Bilston, The Doll House beauty salon in Oldbury and the Way youth zone in Wolverhampton.
We have delivered the following programmes
Introduction to Beauty Therapy
Mental Health and Dance
Fit for Futures
Our next step is to begin using our accreditation with the Open College Network to begin providing programmes which lead to a recognised qualification
Whilst the programmes have not been as well attended as we would have hoped they have had very satisfactory feedback and results with those who took part
Demographics
The demographics for those who have used our training programme makes for interesting reading. Despite having attempted to target a younger age group it would appear that the bulk of our learners are aged between 30 and 50
More than 60% of those attending our programmes have been women.
We clearly need to adapt our approach and find a way of appealing to younger people whilst still valuing the attendance of our older learners
Trustee Engagement
The Trustees have attended several meetings over the course of the year and have taken up involvement in assisting at events and coaching programmes as well as filling all of the roles legally required of the charity by law
Finances and Accounts
At the year end the finances are at an acceptable level but there are serious questions over how we raise enough money to fund our operations past the end of 2023
A continued emphasis needs to be placed of grant application whilst ensuring we continue to find ways to raise our own funds
We have an ongoing issue with the Metro bank which is making our operational functions very difficult. The issue appears to be largely down to certain individuals within Metro bank being inefficient or in some cases deliberately uncooperative. One of our tasks moving forward will be to assess the possibility of improving the situation or moving bank
Conclusion
After a challenging year of operating in difficult economic and political circumstances the charity is in a strong position to move onwards in 2023
Our aims will include
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1 – Securing ongoing financial stability
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2 – Delivering even stronger training and coaching programmes
3 – Finding new approaches to engaging with the public to gain more participation in our programmes
| Opening Balance Incoming £0.00 £30,548.26 May June £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 0.00 0.00 Support Futures Fin 1st April 2021 - 31 |
Opening Balance Incoming £0.00 £30,548.26 May June £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 0.00 0.00 Support Futures Fin 1st April 2021 - 31 |
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| Date Charity No.503303 | April | May June |
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| Income | |||
| Grants SF Events In Aid of Events Personal Donation PayPal Other |
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| Total £ | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
| Expenditure | |||
| SF Events Consultancy Project Equipment Grants Marketing & PR Recruitment |
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| Total £ | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
| Income - Expenditure £ | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| nancial Accounts | nancial Accounts |
|---|---|
| 1st March 2022 | |
| Outgoing | Closing Balance |
| £13,125.79 | £17,422.47 |
£500.00 £9,860.00 £1,000.00 £50.00 £0.01 £780.00
| £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £500.00 | £0.00 | £10,690.00 | £1,000.01 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £2,400.00 £800.00 £1,539.00 |
| £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £4,739.00 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 500.00 | 0.00 | 10,690.00 | -3,738.99 |
| February March |
February March |
|---|---|
| £9,250.00 £8,070.00 £940.00 £50.00 £48.25 |
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| £10,240.00 | £8,118.25 |
| £2,700.00 £800.00 £1,200.00 £15.99 £2,598.00 £718.80 £354.00 |
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| £800.00 | £7,586.79 |
| 9,440.00 | 531.46 |
External Audit : Conducted by Martyn Pearsall
Support Futures :
Constitution : Audit Procedural Review.
3). Objects *
3.1.1. The provision of sport, recreational and leisure time activities and facilities.
This is carried out in the interests of showing how students develop their skills, capacities and mental, physical and moral capabilities.
6.3). Payment for supply of goods only *
6.3.1. The amount or maximum amount of the payment for the goods is set out in a written agreement between the CIO and the Charity Trustee or connected person supplying the goods.
10). Appointment of Charity Trustees *
10.1. Apart from the first Charity Trustees, every Charity Trustee must be appointed for a term of office of three years by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the Charity Trustees. Refer to outline of convened appointments. (Kristen Douglas. Mark Bloomer, Michael Jones, Richard Ghent, Sarah Foster, Niall Farrell and Timothy Plumber).
31). Interpretaton *
31.1. This is defined as primarily but not exclusively, The City of Birmingham, The Metropolitan Boroughs of Dudley, Sandwell and Walsall as well as The City of Wolverhampton.
Support Futures is currently most active at Wolverhampton ‘The Way’.
*Evidence, documentation and examples are provided upon request if required.
Signed : Martyn Pearsall….10[th] February 2023…. External Auditor.