## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 01/09/22 To 31/08/23** **Charity name: Rochdale Action with Destitute Asylum seekers and Refugees** **Charity registration number: 1195518** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The relief of poverty amongst destitute**
**asylum seekers and refugees by the**
**provision of temporary accommodation**
**and support.**| |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|**Provision of temporary accommodation**
**and financial support to destitute**
**asylum seekers (by way of cash grants)**
**and provision of holistic support.**| |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 had regard to the**
**Charity Commission Guidance on**
**public benefit with regard to the**
**objective of relief of poverty. The people**
**the charity has helped are destitute,**
**they have No Recourse to Public Funds,**
**without the help of the charity they**
**would have no means of supporting**
**themselves, they have no other source**
**of income. In some cases they would be**
**homeless.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**Grants are only given to people who**
**have No Recourse to Public Funds.**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**All the charity’s activities are**
**undertaken by volunteers, there are no**
**paid staff.**| |---|---|---| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |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|**The charity has negotiated an**
**agreement with the Catholic Diocese of**
**Salford whereby the charity has been**
**given a licence to occupy an empty**
**church property for the purpose of**
**providing temporary housing for 3**
**destitute asylum seekers The charity**
**has fully equipped this property, which**
**was officially opened on 08/06/23. Our**
**first guest took up residence on**
**18/07/23 and is also supplied with a**
**weekly cash grant. Before this he was**
**street- homeless and rough sleeping. He**
**has No Recourse to Public Funds**
**The full running costs of the property**
**are being met by the charity.**
**The charity has also supported two**
**other destitute asylum seekers with No**
**Recourse to Public Funds with weekly**
**cash grants throughout the year.**
**All three asylum seekers supported by**
**the charity would otherwise have been**
**without funds.**| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**Our objectives were to equip the**
**property and house three destitute**
**asylum seekers. The house is fully**
**equipped and one destitute asylum is**
**being housed, we expect to find two**
**more soon.**| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**A grant of £2040 was received from**
**Rochdale Action Together for increases**
**in the Cost of Living.**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The charity had funds of £7562 at the**
**end of the financial year**| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The charity intends to hold in reserve**
**funds equivalent to four months**
**operating costs, to cover unforeseen**
**costs, uncertainties about inflation and**
**possible shortfalls in expected income.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£4000**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**The charity’s principal sources of**
**funding were donations from individuals**
**and organisations, fund-raising events,**
**sponsorships and grants**| |---|---|---| |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|**The uncertainties about future inflation**
**may mean that the running costs of the**
**property are higher than the charity has**
**budgeted for.**
**The prolonged “cost of living crisis”**
**may lead to lower donations than the**
**charity has budgeted for.**| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed,royalcharter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Charitable Incorporated Organisation**| |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|**All trustees are appointed by the**
**members. There are no ex-officio or**
**nominated trustees.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|**Trustees have attended a number of**
**training events including NACCOM**
**Summer Northern Hub, Migrant**
**Destitution Fund networking/knowledge**
**exchange event and regular meetings of**
**Rochdale Refugee and Asylum Seekers**
**Multi Agency Forum.**| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**Charitable Incorporated Organisation,**
**Association Model i.e. with a voting**
**membership other than its charity**
**trustees.**
**The charity is a member of NACCOM**
**(the No Accommodation Network) and**
**Action Together (a network linking local**
**charities and community groups)**| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Rochdale Action with Destitute Asylum seekers and
Refugees| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|RADAR| |Registered charitynumber|1195518| |Charity’s principal address|37 Wordsworth Way
Rochdale
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Barbara Mary
Redmond|Secretary||| ||Derek White|Treasurer||| ||Christine Mary
Mathewson|||| ||Janice Hicks|Chair||| ||William Mark
Sheerin|||| ||John Wigley|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – 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 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)**
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**Date**||| |---|---|---| ||Janice Hicks|Barbara Mary Redmond| ||
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