Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year From 01 10 2023 To 30 09 2024
Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name THE BUS SHELTER KENT COMMUNITY HUB Other names charity is known by THE BUS SHELTER KENT PROJECT Registered charity number (if any) 1197326
Charity's principal address SWALE COMMUNITY CENTRES, PHOENIX HOUSE CENTRAL AVENUE SITTINGBOURNE Postcode ME10 4BX
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole **year ** |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany) |
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| Kenneth ROWLES | ||||
| Kayleigh MALLON | ||||
| Cally-Anne HOLMES |
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| AnthonyCOOPER | Chairman | |||
Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name Dates acted if not for whole year
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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
| Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) | Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) | Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) |
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| ACCOUNTANT | Malling Accountancy Ltd |
68 Sandown Road, West Malling, Kent, ME19 6NR |
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
Anthony COOPER
Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
Trust Deed Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charity Incorporated Organisation (CIO) How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Appointed by the existing trustees Trustee selection methods
- (eg. trust, association, company)
(eg. appointed by, elected by)
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
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the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
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relationship with any related parties;
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trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
Section C Objectives and activities
Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document
- The relief of poverty or financial hardship in kent by providing or assisting in the provision of welfare support, education, training, healthcare projects and all the necessary support designed to enable individuals to generate a sustainable income and be self-sufficient. 2. The relief of unemployment for the benefit of the public in such ways as may be thought fit, including assistance to find employment.
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The organisation provides poverty, financial and sickness relief to the homeless, vulnerable or low income families within the Swale and adjoining areas. Our services include our Sittingbourne food kitchen and food parcel services with a free clothes bank, training room and focus on providing community capacity building. The trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the charity commission on public benefit.
Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
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policy on grantmaking;
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policy programme related investment;
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contribution made by volunteers.
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Section D Achievements and performance
Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year
This last year has seen an increase in homelessness with the amount of people, males and females, in the Swale area, although the situation is all across the county.
A lot of people that were seen and dealt with were being left on the streets by the councils as they say they have not got enough accommodation, although they keep applying for funding to get people off the streets.
The Bus Shelter Kent will do what we can to help where we can but as you can see by our bank account we are not getting any funding, something we need to change and fast.
We continue to supply food parcels - again something that is needed even more as we see an increase.
This year we have lost Morrisons - a supplier of donations that has donated to us for the last eight years, who were a big donor to our food bank store.
We are finding it extremely hard to do any of the above because KCC asked us for their building back so they could sell it. We managed to get a community assert order on the building but KCC refused to give us an indication of what they wanted for the building. We also could not get a valuation on the property, something we have not got to the bottom of why yet, although the building has now been sold. Let’s hope that the year ahead is a better year for us as a charity as after all we are all for helping people.
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Section E Financial review
The charity seeks to maintain reserves of six months expenditure.
Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves
Details of any funds materially None in deficit
Further financial review details (Optional information)
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the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
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how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
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investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
Section F Other optional information
Section G Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature(s) Anthony Cooper Full name(s) ANTHONY COOPER Position (eg Secretary, Chair, CHAIRMAN etc) Date 24 SEPTEMBER 2025
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| Charity Name | No (if any) | ||||
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| THE BUS SHELTER | KENT COMMUNITY | HUB | 1197326 | ||
| Receipts andpayments accounts | CC16a | ||||
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01/10/2023 Period start date |
To | Period end date 30/09/2024 |
| Section A Receipts and payments | Section A Receipts and payments | |||||
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| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 5,622 356 - - - - - - 5,978 - - - 5,978 1,828 1,596 60 524 1,107 153 - 854 6 6,128 - - - 6,128 - 150 - 155 5 |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Total funds to the nearest £ 5,622 356 - - - - - - 5,978 - - - 5,978 1,828 1,596 60 524 1,107 153 - 854 6 6,128 - - - 6,128 - 150 |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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| Donations | 5,622 | 12,473 | ||||
| Sales | 356 | 872 | ||||
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| Sub total(Gross income for AR) | 5,978 | 13,345 | ||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| 13,345 | ||||||
| Food and Drink | 1,828 | 4,027 | ||||
| Travel and Motor Expenses | 1,596 | 6,035 | ||||
| Telephone | 60 | 30 | ||||
| Light and Heat | 524 | 639 | ||||
| Repairs and Sundry Expenses | 1,107 | 801 | ||||
| Bank Fees | 153 | 69 | ||||
| Rent | - | 962 | ||||
| Insurance | 854 | 770 | ||||
| Legal and professional fees | 6 | 5,333 | ||||
| 6,128 | 18,665 | |||||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
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| Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
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| 18,665 | ||||||
| - 150 | - | - | - 150 | - 5,320 | ||
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| 155 | - | - | 155 | 5,475 | ||
| 5 | - | - | 5 | 155 |
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B5 Liabilities B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B3 Investment assets B2 Other monetary assets B1 Cash funds CCXX R2 accounts (SS) |
Signature Details Details Motor Vehicle Computer Equipment Hot Chocolate Machine Chromebook & Printer Laptop Motor Vehicle Details Details Cash at Bank Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details 2 Anthony Cooper |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 5 - - - - - 5 - OK OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) Unrestricted 5,000 Unrestricted 305 Unrestricted 140 Unrestricted 250 Unrestricted 758 Unrestricted 1,149 - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - - - - Print Name ANTHONY COOPER |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| Date of approval |
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| Anthony Cooper | ANTHONY COOPER | 24/09/2025 | |
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