**To**
## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date 6th April 2023 31st March 2024
**From**
## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name** Bundles of Blessings **Other names charity is known by** N/A **Registered charity number (if any)** 1194009 **Charity's principal address** 33 Baskerville Road Sonning Common Reading **Postcode RG4 9LS**
Bundles of Blessings
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Angela Surendorff|Treasurer|||
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## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**
|**Name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|
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|Heather Hewgill||
|Cath Hewgill||
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|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|
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## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Constitution
Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) How the charity is constituted
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Founding trustees we agreed at commencement of constitution, and Trustee selection methods appointed positions during the first trustee meeting; also proposed and (eg. appointed by, elected by) seconded the appointment and election of trustees/managing trustee positions. Replacement trustee was elected by the committee at an AGM.
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about:
- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
Trustees are familiar with policies and procedures related to charitable work, and in particular any that may be relevant to Bundles of Blessings (BOB).
All trustees have received a copy of the constitution, and the guide for trustees from the Charity Commission.
They actively communicate using email and WhatsApp messages, which means all trustees are aware of the status of the charity and activities at any given time.
- relationship with any related parties;
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
To advance the Christian religion for the benefit of the public in Shepway, Dover and the surrounding areas, in accordance with the statements of belief appearing in the schedule. In furtherance of this object but not otherwise, the trustees shall have power: a. To engage with different agencies, schools, care homes and faith networks b. To donate gifts and activity packs to people who are feeling marginalised, ill, mentally ill or simply lonely or discouraged
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We are pleased to report that we feel we have retained our objectives of advancing the Christian religion by being able to donate bags to a wide range of people in our community. This has had a far-reaching public benefit: Bags were given to a very wide range of people (in age, and social standing) and the contents of the bag consider the suitability and safety of the recipients. E.g. Adult women’s bags look different to children’s bags.
**Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)**
The response from people receiving the bags ais that they are profoundly impacted in being cared for. A common response is that the timing was ‘just perfect’, and the bags ‘meant so much at a hard time’.
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
During this period all trustees have had an opportunity to suggest and coordinate the delivery of bags to recipients.
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
The goods included in the bags have generally been included after mutual agreement. We have just agreed to add more diversity to bags. Income continues to come from charitable giving, and we have not needed further fundraising. Perhaps this will be explored much later, but this small and manageable charity seems to work well for now. It has a personal touch, with each bag sewn and chosen with care and attention. This still feels important to us as a charity.
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
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Section D Achievements and performance
The trustees are all very involved and supportive, and have had **Summary of the main** unanimous agreement on the objectives, and outcomes. This retains a **achievements of the charity** harmonious and unified feel. **during the year** This has been a quieter year, and we expect next report to show another quieter year, however several of our trustees (who do all the work too) have had major life changes, some extremely difficult. This means we did not do as much as we expect to do in 25/26 year. We unanimously receive very positive reports about how the bags have brought some ‘sunshine’ to people’s difficult days. This is in alignment with our charity aims. We continue to make inroads with appropriate charities etc to give bags to the deserving recipients. E.g. we have this year started to work with a charity which provides upmarket clothing to women who are fleeing domestic violence or experience homelessness.
|**Section E Financial review**|**Section E Financial review**|
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|**Brief statement of the**
**charity’s policy on reserves**
**Details of any funds materially**
**in deficit**
**Further financial review details**
You**may choose**to include
additional information, where
relevant about:
•
the charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising);
•
how expenditure has
supported the key objectives
of the charity;
•
investment policy and
objectives including any
ethical investment policy
adopted.||
||We are a very small charity. We also have very low costs; and these are
only related directly to the creation of each bag. We do not have a
requirement to produce ‘x’ number of bags, as they are produced when
the trustees are notified of a need. Therefore, we still agree we do not
currently need a policy on cash reserves.
Nevertheless, there is a healthy cash reserve in the bank, should we
want to make several hundred of bags very quickly. We have informally
agreed that should the balance run under £1500 we will re-group about
initiating some fundraising.|
||We have no deficits|
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||All cash remains in our nominated bank, and we ensure 3 trustees can
access those accounts and payments are counter-signed.
We have a diligent treasurer and are grateful for a very healthy bank
account.|
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## **Section F Other optional information**
It would be by agreement of all trustees that we may at some point in the future, try to enlarge the reach of this charity. However, for now, we enjoy it being manageable as it stands (given the work it takes to make and produce each bag), and that these bags make a real difference to those in our community who are vulnerable for many reasons.
## **Section G Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
|**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary, Chair,**
**etc)**
**Date**|Delcia Richter|Angela Surendorff|
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||Delcia Richter|Angela Surendorff|
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Chairperson|Treasurer|
||28thJanuary 2025||
||28thJanuary 2025||
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||**Bundles Of Blessings**
|**Bundles Of Blessings**
|**Bundles Of Blessings**
|**1194009**|**CC16a**|
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||**For the period**
**from**|Period start date
01.04.2023|**To**|Period end date
31.03.2024||
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||
|**A1 Receipts**
Donations
**4,630**
Interest
**8**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**4,638**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 4,638**
**A3 Payments**
Gift bagcontents
**420**
Sewingservices
**1,238**
Interest from bank
**60**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ 1,718**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total payments_ 1,718**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ 2,920**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**3,881**
**_Cash funds this year end_ 6,801**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**4,630**
**8**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**4,638**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**4,638**
**420**
**1,238**
**60**
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**1,718**
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**1,718**
**2,920**
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**3,881**
**6,801**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
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|||**-**|**-**|**3,881**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|**6,801**|**-**|
## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|**Details**
Closing bank balance
##
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature
Angela Surendorf
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**6,801**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**6,801**
**-**
OK
OK
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Angela Surendorff
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**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|
|---|---|---|---|
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||||OK|
||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|
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||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
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||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
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**(optional)**|
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||||Date of
approval|
||Angela Surendorf|Angela Surendorff|29.01.2025|
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