Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year From 11 03 2022 To 31 03 2023
Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name
Toy Hub
Other names charity is known by
None
Registered charity number (if any) 1198216
Charity's principal address 9 Gaveston Drive
Berkhamsted
Herts Postcode HP4 1JF
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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| Rebecca Young | ||||
| Lisa Hardy | ||||
| Rebecca Mitchell | ||||
| Charlotte Simmons | ||||
| Louise Barron | ||||
Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
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| none | ||
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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
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Name Address |
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| Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information) | ||
Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) CIO How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Appointed by a resolution Trustee selection methods
- (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
For the public benefit, the relief of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage in the Berkhamsted and Tring area of the UK for the parents and guardians affected by financial hardship before Christmas, by providing free Christmas presents for their children.
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Toy Hub provides relief to parents and guardians affected by hardship (for the reasons mentioned above) by providing free ready-to-wrap Christmas presents for their children.
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)
Toy Hub relies on donations of new and like new toys/gifts (suitable for 0 – 18 year olds) from members of the public. We set up donation points where these can be dropped off. We then check, sort and clean every donation received thus ensuring they are of suitable quality. Once all donations have been checked and donation points close we then begin to pack these donations into bags for every child. We aim to provide, (dependant on donations received), a bag of gifts that meets each child’s individual interests. The bags are double checked and are then ready to deliver to the parent/carer who we are providing support to. We aim to have all bags delivered around the first week of December.
The charity uses financial donations to purchase additional items where we are lacking in donations. Financial donations are also used to purchase wrapping paper, chocolates, sellotape and essential toiletries. When cleaned and checked, a bag of toys/gifts is made up for each child and these are distributed to families hit by financial hardship in time for Christmas.
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
Our volunteers assist in collecting donations from drop-off points. The cleaning, fixing, sorting and quality checking of all donations received. They also assist with the packing of bags. We also have a volunteer who helps us with some of our SM posting.
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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
For Toy Hub’s first year we received applications for support for 474 children living locally. This number was far greater than we had expected. Thanks to a huge amount of physical donations we received from the public and the financial donations that we also received, we managed to provide bags of gifts for all 474 children. Each bag included 1 x brand new gift, 2 x like new gifts, chocolate coins, a roll of wrapping paper and Sellotape, a book, puzzle or board game, stocking fillers, a soft toy and a toothbrush and toothpaste. The list slightly varied for children aged 11 and over, toys are not as appropriate for this age group.
Once we had finished providing support to our parents/carers, we were fortunate enough to still have some donations of like-new toys/gifts left over. We donated these to other local charities and organisations, who we knew would benefit.
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Section E Financial review
Toy Hub does not hold reserves. Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves
Details of any funds materially 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) R Young Full name(s) Rebecca Young Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair etc) Date 31st March 2023
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