
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

## **From 1 January 2023     To 31 December 2023** 

## **Charity name: Hope for Ukraine** 

## **Charity registration number: 1198779** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|**For the public benefit, the relief and**<br>**assistance of people in need in Ukraine**<br>**and those that see Ukraine as their**<br>**home in any part of the world who are**<br>**the victims of war or natural disaster or**<br>**catastrophe by supplying them such aid**<br>**as the trustees see necessary in the**<br>**circumstances.**|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|<br>**Collection of humanitarian aid.**<br><br>**Sorting, collation, packaging, and**<br>**transporting of humanitarian aid to**<br>**Ukraine**|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|**The Trustees have regard for the Charity**<br>**Commission’s guidance on public**<br>**benefit.**|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38||
|Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment|Para 1.38||
|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38|**The charity is fully operated by**<br>**volunteers.  There are no paid**<br>**employees working for Hope for**<br>**Ukraine.**|





Other 

## **Achievements and Performance** 

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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|**The charity was able to complete a**<br>**shipment of in excess of 11 tonnes of**<br>**humanitarian aid to Ukraine. All of the**<br>**aid was transported over the border into**<br>**Ukraine.**<br>**We have been able to materially affect**<br>**hundreds of lives through the goods**<br>**that have been donated.**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|<br>Achievements against<br>objectives set|<br>Para 1.41||
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|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|**£9,065.31 held in a UK Clearing bank.**|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The Charity hold sufficient reserves to**<br>**send one more lorry to Ukraine.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£5,500**|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23||



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|<br>The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|<br>Para 1.47||
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|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO – Foundation model**|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|**Appointed by existing Trustees**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|<br>Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|<br>Para 1.51||
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|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Hope for Ukraine|
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|Other name the charity uses|HfU|
|Registered charity number|1198779|
|Charity’s principal address|8 Niblett Close<br>Kingswood<br>BRISTOL<br>BS15 9GL|
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**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

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||Stephen Griffith Lewis|Chair|||
||Dr KirstyElizabeth Goudar PhD|Trustee|||
||Andrew James Forster Elmer|Trustee|||
||Stephen Michael James Jackson|Trustee|||
||Dawn Elisabeth Elmer|Trustee|||
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## – 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) Full name(s)** Stephen Griffith Lewis 

**Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)** Chair 

**Date** 

24 July 2024 




**Charity Name No (if any) Hope for Ukraine 1198779 Receipts and payments accountspts and payments accountsts and payments accountspayments accountsayments accountsyments accounts** 

**Receipts and payments accountspts and payments accountsts and payments accountspayments accountsayments accountsyments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 1/1/2023 12/31/2023 

## **Section A Receipts and payments** 

|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||
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|**A1 Receipts**<br>**6,788**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**6,788**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_                               -**<br>**_Total receipts_                    6,788**<br>**A3 Payments**<br>Transport<br>**5,100**<br>Humanitarian aid<br>**996**<br>Fees<br>**558**<br>Travel<br>**971**<br>IT<br>**500**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_                        8,125**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_                                -**<br>**_Total payments_                    8,125**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ -                  1,337**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**-**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**10,402**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_                    9,065**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest      £**<br>**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_<br>**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**<br>**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**|**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**|**to the nearest £**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**6,788**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**6,788**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**6,788**<br>**5,100**<br>**996**<br>**558**<br>**971**<br>**500**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**8,125**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**8,125**<br>**-                  1,337**<br>**-**<br>**10,402**<br>**9,065**|**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**6,788**|**24,387**|
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|||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**5,100**|**13,985**|
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**Categories**<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees|**Details**<br>Barclays plc<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Signature<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))|**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**9,065**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**9,065**<br>**-**<br>OK<br>OK<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name<br>Stephen Griffith Lewis<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**|**to nearest £**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**|
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||||Date of<br>approval|
|||Stephen Griffith Lewis|7/24/2024|
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