## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period 06/04/2023 - 05/04/2024** ## **Charity name: Flourish Mentors** ## **Charity registration number: 1197095** ## **Objectives and activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To act as a resource for young women
aged 16-25, living in the Brighton and
Hove area, by providing advice and
assistance and organising programmes
of physical, educational and other
activities, to help them advance in life
and develop their skills, capacities and
capabilities, enabling them to participate
in society as independent, mature and
responsible individuals.| |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|Flourish Mentors offers free wellbeing
and mentoring support to young women
(aged 16-25 years) in Brighton and
Hove, East Sussex. Flourish is proudly
LGBTQIA+ inclusive, and aims to
empower young women and improve
their sense of wellbeing. The charity
provides individualised and
therapeutically matched one-to-one
mentoring, wellbeing events, and fun,
experiential workshops, giving its
mentees sustainable life-enhancing
skills.
Flourish aims to help young women
increase their confidence, increase their
self-awareness and self-regulation,
decrease their anxiety, feel empowered,
and focus on fulfilling their dreams. The
charity targets any young woman who
feels invisible because they have fallen
through the cracks, by not receiving
appropriate wellbeing support at school
or in their community.
Flourish aims to continue to grow and
reach as many young women as
possible. The charity's pledge to its
mentees and mentors is to genuinely| |||commit to values of co-creation,
playfulness, inclusivity, kindness and
empowerment.| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The following guidance has been shared
with all Flourish trustees:Public benefit:
running a charity (PB2)
.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||
SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|Flourish relies on its amazing cohort of
volunteer mentors, and would like to
share some anonymised testimonials
from its mentees on the impact that their
mentors have had on their lives:
"I found that having a mentor helped me
organise my thoughts during my stressful
exam period. It was nice to be able to
have an informal chat with someone who
is not a friend or family…I think there’s
never a downside to just knowing that
someone is there to talk things through
with you if you ever need it."
"Flourish has been really helpful for me
and L has been an amazing source of
information and place for me to go with
any issues. It’s very nice to know that I
have support and the advice I get is
always useful and a source of comfort."
“My experience so far with flourish
mentors has been amazing…I can
definitely see changes from accessing
mentoring, it has made me more
confident and it has made me realise it's
okay to not be okay. I would definitely
recommend it to people my age who are
thinking of doing it as it is definitely worth
it! My mentor is great, she recently
supported me at my GP appointment| and she even took me Christmas shopping! I think Flourish is an amazing charity from the volunteers through to the work that they do!" 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|
Providing free, therapeutically-
matched wellbeing mentoring for
up to two years, with around 50-
60 mentoring partnerships
supported at any one time.

Providing free fun and experiential
wellbeing events for mentees, and
workshops for sixth forms and
colleges in the Brighton and Hove
area.

Working with the Young Carers
Project in Brighton and Hove,
providing additional 1:1 and group
support to young carers aged 16-
25.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial review** |**Financial review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|According to Flourish's annual accounts,
the charity's balance on 31/03/2024 was
£4,861.03.
During the 2023/24 financial year
Flourish received £11,862 in donations
and grants, and spent £10,781.74 on
operating costs.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Flourish keeps financial reserves for six
months of operating costs for its 1:1
wellbeing mentoring, as this is
considered the core of its operation.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|The reserves held on 31/03/2024 were
£2,640.| |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|N/A| ## **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|
During 2023/24 Flourish received
funding from the Redhill Grant and the
Chalk Cliff Grant, and donations totalling
£505.| |---|---|---| |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:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO - Foundation Registered
13/12/2021.| |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|| ## **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|| |---|---|---| |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** |Charity name|Flourish Mentors| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|N/A| |Registered charity number|1197095| |Charity’s principal address|4 Kings Gardens
Hove
East Sussex
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Emma Mendes da
Costa|Chair, Interim
Treasurer||| ||Shwezin Win|Lead Trustee for
Strategy and
Partnerships|23 January 2024
onwards|| ||Maria Jonsson|Secretary|23 January 2024 - 15
January2025|| ||Natasha Gamble|Lead Trustee for
Safeguarding|16 May 2024 onwards|| ||Andrea Brolly|Secretary|15 January 2025
onwards|| ||Aaradhya Sharma|Treasurer|15 January 2025
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**Mentors**||||| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Annual accounts upto year end
31/03/2024|||| |||||| ||Cash brought forward 2022/2023|3780.7
7||| |||||| ||**Operating income (credits)**|||| ||Chalk Clif Grant for salaries|4880.0
0||| ||Redhill Grant|6477.0
0||| ||Donation|505.00||| |||**15642.**
**77**||| |||||| ||**Operating costs (debits)**|||| ||Mentor/Mentee costs|-
2084.6
7||| ||Admin costs (inc DBS)|-
2601.9
8||| ||Workshop costs|-844.09||| ||Carers programme costs|-
1481.0
0||| ||Salaries|-
3770.0
0||| ||End of year balance carried forward
2024/2025|**4861.0**
**3**||| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||| |||||| ||Reserves|-
2640.0
0||| ||Ring fenced for salaries|-
1110.0
0||| |||||| ||Cash available for general operating
costs|**1111.0**
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