## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From April 2024 Period start date To March 2024 Period end date**
**Charity name: Teesside at Chrismas**
## **Charity registration number: 1194575**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|We aim to alleviate poverty at Christmas
time within Teesside, we aim to provide the
elderly in residential care homes, who are
without family, with gifts at Christmas to
brighten their day and remind them that
people are thinking of them.|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|We work with direct referrals and other
charities to provide gifts and food to families
who need this through no fault of their own.
We collect donations from the public and
then distribute these to the referrers and
public as needed.|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees have not had any benefit from
this charity.|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other
## **Achievements and Performance**
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SORP reference
The charity over Christmas 2024 have
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|**Achievements and Performance**|**Achievements and Performance**|**Achievements and Performance**|
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|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|issued shoeboxes and presents to help 950
families. We have issued 900
shoeboxes/giftbags and 50 Christmas
hampers to families in need. This Christmas
appeal has enabled us to help so many
families and children to enjoy Christmas, to
have something to open and to enable
families not to worry about gifts or food.|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41||
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|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The charity has had income of £11919 and
has spent £7725 during this period and has
a reserve of £7400 this year.|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Reserves are held and carried forward to the
next appeal to help us cover overheads such
as storage, van hire and purchase of specific
items to complete the shoeboxes. We will
continue to increase reserves so that the
charity can continue to run and help even
more families in the future.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£7400|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|N/A|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|N/A|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|Storage for the charity can cost up to £1000
per year and van hire can fluctuate between
£100-£300. We would like to ensure that we
can cover this every year as without this, this
would adversely affect our objectives.|
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|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47||
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|We have a constitution.|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|(1) Apart from the first charity trustees, every
trustee must be appointed for a term of four
years by a resolution passed at a properly
convened meeting of the charity trustees.
(2) In selecting individuals for appointment
as charity trustees, the charity trustees must
have regard to the skills, knowledge and
experience needed for the effective
administration of the CIO|
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You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
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|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
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Charity name Teesside at Christmas
Other name the charity uses
Registered charity number 1194575
Charity’s principal address 2 Kildale Grove, Redcar, TS10 5DL
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled
Trustee name Office (if any)
year to appoint trustee (if any)
1 Michael Fairbrother NIA Whole Year N/A
Gemma N/A Whole Year N/A
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Fairbrother
3 Dean Richardson N/A Whole Year N/A
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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
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**|
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|**adviser**|||
**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)** Mike Fairbrother **Full name(s)** Dean Richardson **Position (eg Secretary,** Trustee Founder and Trustee (Chair) **Chair, etc) Date** 21/11/2025
|**Date**|**Description**|**Income**|**Expendature**|**Balance**|**Notes**|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|03/04/2025|Amazon||-£16.98|£7,400.35|Marketing|||
|03/04/2025|Stripe|£100.18||£7,417.33||||
|02/04/25|DJI||-£723.00|£7,317.15|Marketing|||
|01/03/2025|Georgia Manton||-£350.00|£8,040.15||||
|31/03/2025|Stripe|£9.65||£8,390.15||||
|25/03/2025|Stripe|£9.65||£8,380.50||||
|24/03/2025|Amazon||-£148.61|£8,370.85||||
|24/03/2025|Stripe|£194.49||£8,519.46||||
|20/03/2025|Stripe|£30.54||£8,324.97||||
|19/03/2025|Stripe|£13.21||£8,294.43||||
|17/03/2025|DJI||-£1,208.00|£8,281.22|Marketing|||
|17/03/2025|Amazon||-£49.99|£9,489.22|Donation|||
|17/03/2025|Amazon||-£69.83|£9,539.21|Marketing|||
|14/03/2025|Stripe|£9.68||£9,609.04||||
|13/03/2025|Stripe|£15.16||£9,599.36||||
|07/03/2025|Stripe|£3.75||£9,584.20||||
|06/03/2025|Stripe|£61.53||£9,580.45||||
|25/02/2025|Stripe|£1.77||£9,518.92||||
|20/02/2025|Stripe|£17.14||£9,517.15||||
|18/02/2025|Box Clever||-£1,000.00|£9,500.01||||
|18/02/2025|Hays Travel|£850.00||£10,500.01||||
|13/02/2025|Stripe|£17.14||£9,650.01|D|||
|12/02/2025|Stripe|£21.08||£9,632.87||||
|28/01/2025|Redcar & Cleveland||-£40.00|£9,611.79||||
|17/01/2025|Beyond Housing|£500.00
||£9,651.79|Grant|||
|16/01/2025|DB Offshore Win|£1,000.00
||£9,151.79|Grant|||
|15/01/2025|Albert Hunt|£4,000.00||£8,151.79|Grant|||
|24/12/2024|Amazon||-£180.66|£4,151.79||||
|23/12/2024|Asda Groceries||-£133.78|£4,332.45|Christmas Dinner Donation|||
|19/12/2024|Kirkleatham PC|£100.00||£4,466.23|Donation|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|18/12/2024|Paypal Payment||-£153.10|£4,366.23||||
|13/12/2024|Hays Travel|£850.00||£4,519.33|Donation|||
|09/12/2024|Seren||-£25.00|£3,669.33||||
|09/12/2024|Mike||-£30.00|£3,694.33||||
|09/12/2024|Dean||-£30.00|£3,724.33||||
|06/12/2024|Mike||-£35.00|£3,754.33||||
|06/12/2024|Arnold Clark|£1,000.00||£3,789.33|Grant|||
|05/12/2024|Amazon||-£17.98|£2,789.33||||
|03/12/2024|Amazon||-£4.99|£2,807.31||||
|03/12/2024|Amazon||-£67.99|£2,812.30||||
|03/12/2024|Graphic Solutions||-£198.00|£2,880.29||||
|03/12/2024|Practical Van Hire||-£320.00|£3,078.29||||
|03/12/2024|Kirkleatham PC|£100.00||£3,398.29|Donation|||
|03/12/2024|C Ackerman|£100.00||£3,298.29|Donation|||
|25/11/2024|Paypal Payment||-£275.66|£3,198.29||||
|25/11/2024|Discoun||-£135.50|£3,473.95||||
|25/11/2024|Amazon||-£50.71|£3,609.45||||
|22/11/2024|Amazon||-£77.87|£3,660.16||||
|22/11/2024|Paypal Payment|£314.12||£3,738.03||||
|21/11/2024|Asda George||-£48.50|£3,423.91||||
|20/11/2024|Asda George||-£114.00|£3,472.41||||
|20/11/2024|J M Horne|£100.00||£3,586.41|Donation|||
|18/11/2024|M and M Direct||-£70.92|£3,486.41||||
|18/11/2024|Asda George||-£92.00|£3,557.33||||
|18/11/2024|Boohoo||-£39.01|£3,649.33||||
|23/10/2024|Paypal Payment||-£16.51|£3,688.34||||
|07/10/2024|Marford Lit||-£53.21|£3,704.85||||
|01/10/2024|Paypal Payment||-£119.20|£3,758.06||||
|18/09/2024|Riverdale Primary||-£600.00|£3,877.26|Donation|||
|11/09/2024|Paypal Payment||-£120.70|£4,477.26|Gloves and Hats|Gloves and Hats||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|10/09/2024|Https://www||-£88.00|£4,597.96|Gloves and Hats|||
|09/09/2024|Amazon||-£34.78|£4,685.96|Rechargeable Container Lighting|||
|05/09/2024|Paypal Payment||-£456.24|£4,720.74|Gloves and Hats|||
|05/09/2024|Paypal Payment||-£86.28|£5,176.98|Hot chocolate + biscuits for gifts|||
|04/09/2024|Paypal Payment||-£24.00|£5,263.26|Textmagic-SMS|||
|04/09/2024|Paypal Payment||-£24.00|£5,287.26|Textmagic-SMS|||
|21/08/2024|Paypal Payment||-£24.00|£5,311.26|Textmagic-SMS|||
|31/07/2024|Tees Valley Com|£2,500.00
||£5,335.26|Dontation|||
|22/07/2024|Paypal Payment||-£95.40|£2,835.26|Php storm - Software Subscription|||
|03/07/2024|Paypal Payment||-£9.75|£2,930.66|Facebook Ads|||
|25/06/2024|Paypal Payment||-£24.00|£2,940.41|Textmagic-SMS|||
|12/06/2024|Paypal Payment||-£40.97|£2,964.41|Chris Cave Donation - Equipment|||
|11/06/2024|Paypal Payment||-£26.98|£3,005.38|Chris Cave Donation - Equipment|||
|07/06/2024|Mike||-£150.00|£3,032.36|Chris Cave Donation - Equipment|||
|24/04/2024|Paypal Payment||-£24.00|£3,182.36|Textmagic-SMS|||
|06/04/2024|Carried Over|£0.00|£0.00|£3,206.36||||
|**FY 24/25 Totals**||**£11,919.09**|**-£7,725.10**|**£4,193.99**||||