## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 01/04/22 To 31/03/23** **Charity name: The Raft** **Charity registration number: 1194852** ## **Objectives and Activities** The Charity’s Objects are, for the public benefit, specifically the relief and assistance of children and their families in Leicester and Leicestershire who are in need because of adverse childhood experiences, through targeted and preventative support that includes, but is not limited to: - Facilitating collective action between churches and partners - Networking and signposting - Training and events which promote therapeutic parenting, positive social, emotional and mental health and trauma informed practices - Campaigning and advocacy for care-experienced and looked after children - Delivery of projects and services that build resilience and aid recovery. During the year 01/04/22 to 31/03/23, The Raft was inactive and did not raise funds or deliver any activities in relation to the above charitable purposes. The trustees remained in post and had full regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit. The Raft has the following policies in place: - Conflicts of Interest - Equality, Inclusion and Diversity - Health and Safety - Risk assessment - Safeguarding - Financial controls (draft) - Register of interest - Privacy notice - Data protection ## **Achievements and Performance** The Raft has been inactive during the reporting period. ## **Financial Review** The Raft holds a charitable bank account with Lloyds Bank. Income during the reporting period: £0 Expenditure during the reporting period: £0 ## **Structure, Governance and Management** The governing document of The Raft is a “foundation model constitution”. Its only voting members are its charity trustees. The Raft is a CIO (Charitable Incorporated Organisation). The constitution sets out the method of trustee selection: every charity trustee must be appointed for a term of three years by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the charity trustees. 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. All charity trustees must subscribe and adhere to, in belief and lifestyle, the Statement of Beliefs. ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|The Raft| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|n/a| |Registered charity number|1194852| |Charity’s principal address|The Raft c/o Hope Community Church
56 Bull Head Street
Wigston
Leicester LE18 1PA| ## Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity 1. Debbie Hill, Chair of Trustees 2. Ruth Crook, Treasurer and Secretary 3. Sharon Leeson, Safeguarding Lead 4. Julia Hamer ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** This section is not applicable. ## **Exemptions from disclosure** This section is not applicable ## **Declarations** |**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity trustees.**|**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity trustees.**| |---|---| |**Signature**|| |**Full name:**|Deborah Anne Hill| |**Position:**|Chair| |**Date:**|31/01/24| **The Raft 1194852 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** 01/04/2022 31/03/2023 **To from** |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
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