Just Friends Trustees Report for the year to W June 2025 This is the Annual Trustses Report for the Registered Charity JUST FRIENDS. No.1196623 with four Trustees namely Frederick Smith (Chair). Heather Broad {Secretary), Lisa Strevens (Treasurer) and Graham Willis. Our registered address is 13 The Lodge, 3 Blackwater Road, Eastt)oume BN214JF. We have had a very Sussful year. continuing with providing the high standard of services for our members and through popular demand have opened two new branches. Restricting membership to those living alone, including carers. is always praised where ever we meet the public. Another popular aspect of our ServIS is the No Membership Fee policy as this is so badly needed in certain parts of East Sussex due to the difficult economic circumstsnces being experienced. During the year we amended our Constitution thus enabling us to open branches in a wider area. Our activities continue to be risk assessed and fortunately we have not had any problems in this area during the year. Membership is growing every week but Awareness is still a major problem but it appears most Charities have the sarne problem. Trustees number 4 at present namely F.Smith Chair. H Broad Secretary, L Strevens Treasurer and G Wills. We did enrol an addikn'onal Trustee during the year but this did not work out. We all agree that subsidising our events is a good practice but we can only do this if funding is available. We invest considerable time in applying for grants aThl we have trbed to iecfuit additions to the staff for this purpose but not yet successful. The services of our Branche8 Manager was cornpleted and replacements have been employed in our new financial year. We had the ServIS of a CEO for one month but their misunderstanding of what the role entails meant that the appointrnent was short tenn. We are delighted to have produced yet again a surplus on our activities. this year £15,482 with funds held at 30 June 2025 of £106,203 and no debts as al that date. We have maintained our Specific Reserves of £15,000 in support of the Dissolution Policy. Obtaining funding is proving very difficult in the Charikn'es sector. Our future growih is still restricted, dictsted by lack of funding but as soon as funding becomes available we will open new branches thus helping many more people living alone to join us and r&engage with the community. We opened Brighton branch in November 2024 and then Portslade in May 2025 and they follow the traditional path of slow slart but gathering momentum after a few months. Here, the awareness programme helps recruitment but this again depends on funding. Our membership has passed the 700 mark and we look foN4ard to celebrating the 1,000 mark soon. Collaboration with other Charities is now high on our agenda and wth those having a strong synergy with us it is proving beneficial lo both parties. We remain in a strong financial position due to the discipline and controls incorporated in the Governance of the Charity. The Chair again thanks the Trustees for their support and looks forward to the year ahead with their continued enthusiasm and commitinent.
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGiAND AND WALE5 Juit Fri•nd 1198623 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the poriod from 01-Juk24 To Section A Receipts and payments Unre8trl¢ted funds R1ct•d fund8 Endowm•nt fund¥ Total fund• La•t ymr to th• to th• n•ar•stÉ to th• n•mt E Al Recel t Grants Lksnalions Ev6nt& Bronche Sun¢Jry 40,575 3.S60 40.575 69.038 6,033 3.198 10.179 3,011 362 362 Sub total (Gross fftcome kir AR) S4228 76,082 A2 Agsfjt and Inv•glm•nt ••1•4, l$•• t•bl•l. tot•1 04.2 76.5B2 A3Pa ment• Evani Admln •14 Audit foo Insurance websitlT PrMinAl it¢m• Admin SeLryry 8wches c05 PffjfeEsVr1 fe 14399 10,39 J30 96 1.3fj7 1,367 140 07S 1613 1C 31,746 22.87S 2.613 1NJ 31,716 90 37.4n Sub total A4 Asset and Investment ur¢ha•g•. ••e table Sub total 38.746 3B.746 37,478 Net of receiptsl(payments) AS Transfers bee•Tr lunds A6 Cash fund$ 108t year end Cash funds thls year gnd 15A82 15AB2 39,104 90.721 106203 90,721 1C6.203 S1,6f7 90,721 CCXX R1 acUnts ISSI 1711012Q25
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestrlcted lunds to nwr•¥l£ Regtricied lund$ Endowm•nt funds nMr•8t£ B1 Ca8h fund• 40I31 10 .J62 Tot•1 cash funds 106.2Q3 ¥4t4}1 Unr•strlci•d lunds RKtrlct•d funds Endowm•nt fund8 Ll¢lh jls to n•ar•st E B2 Oth•r monetary a•sets Dètails ¢o•t loptlDnill Cutt•nt v•lu• Fufyd to ¥thKh Curv•¢rt Val• Ml Delalls C¢•iityptlon•ll 84 r•taln•d for th• charfty'8 own u Ajnounld oal Wh•n d IK•bWit rgt•t•s BS Uablllties Syned ty OM ortsvo trustees on bghallof 1 the truste68 Date ol al inl Nam8 18IIC>f202S CCXX R2 accounts ISSI 1711012025
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examinerfs Report Report to the trusteesl , Just Frlend8 mernbers of On accounts for Ihe year 30 June 2025 ended Charity no 1196623 lif any) Set out on pago8 I CC16a pages 1-2 Trustees Report page 1 I port lo the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (Ihe Trust") for the year ended 30 June 2023. Responslbllltleg and A8 the charity truslees of Ihe Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basls of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Ad 2011 (Ihe Ad.). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Ad and in carying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Diredions given by the Charity Commission under section 14515}{b) of the Act. I have cOMeted my examination. I confim that no material matters have come lo my attention in Connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe Ihal in. any material resped.. a¢¢ounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or th8 accounts do not accord with the accountlng record8 Independent examlner's statement I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination lo which attention should be drawn in order to enabl8 a proper underslanding of the accounts lo be reached. Slgned: Date: 1 1611012025 Name: George Dylan Message Relevant professlonal Chartered AGGountant (FCA) qualiflcation(81 or body Chartered Tax Adviser ICTA) (If any): Address. Price & Company 332 Gildredge Road E8Stboume BN214SH IER October 2018
Section B Disclosure Only complete rf the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, IndeFendent examination of charity accounts.. directions and guidance for èxaminers). Giv• h•r• brief detalls of any item8 that the examlner wlshe$ to disclose. No matters of concem. IER October 2018