Trustees’ Annual Report for the period
From 1 January 2024 To 31 December 2024
Charity name: Hope for Ukraine
Charity registration number: 1198779
Objectives and Activities
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| Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document |
Para 1.17 | For the public benefit, the relief and assistance of people in need in Ukraine and those that see Ukraine as their home in any part of the world who are the victims of war or natural disaster or catastrophe by supplying them such aid as the trustees see necessary in the circumstances. |
| 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 |
• Collection of humanitarian aid. • Sorting, collation, packaging, and transporting of humanitarian aid to Ukraine |
| Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit |
Para 1.18 | The Trustees have regard for the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit. |
| 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 | The charity is fully operated by volunteers. There are no paid employees working for Hope for Ukraine. |
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| Para 1.38 | ||
| Policy on grant making | ||
| Para 1.38 | ||
| Policy on social investment | ||
| including program related | ||
| investment | ||
| The charity is fully operated by | ||
| Para 1.38 | volunteers. There are no paid | |
| Contribution made by | employees working for Hope for | |
| volunteers | Ukraine. |
Other
Achievements and Performance
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| 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 | The charity worked with local charities and organisations to source food for 1200 individual food parcels. All were sent via our partnership charity in Romania and were distributed to families in need. As well as purchasing pallets of flour, we received donated pallets of flour from a number of sponsors. All were sent to bread ovens established by our partner charity along the front line in towns and villages from Kherson to Kharkiv. We have been able to materially affect hundreds of lives through the goods that have been donated. The charity is investigating how we might support a mortuary investigating unexplained child mortality in Chernivtsi. We continue to work with like minded charities to facilitate the effective distribution of aid. |
Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
| Achievements against objectives set |
Para 1.41 | |
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| Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set |
Para 1.41 | |
| Investment performance against objectives |
Para 1.41 | |
| Other |
Financial Review
| Financial Review | ||
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| Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period |
Para 1.21 | £2,175.21 held in a UK Clearing bank. |
| Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held |
Para 1.22 | The Charity holds sufficient funds to part fund one more lorry to Ukraine. |
| Amount of reserves held | Para 1.22 | £2,000 |
| Reasons for holding zero reserves |
Para 1.22 | |
| Details of fund materially in deficit |
Para 1.24 | |
| Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern |
Para 1.23 |
Additional information (optional)
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| The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising) |
Para 1.47 | |
| 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: |
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| Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter) |
Para 1.25 | Constitution |
| How is the charity constituted? (e.g unincorporated association, CIO) |
Para 1.25 | CIO – Foundation model |
| 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 | Appointed by existing Trustees |
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| 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 | Hope for Ukraine |
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| Other name the charity uses | HfU |
| Registered charity number | 1198779 |
| Charity’s principal address | 8 Niblett Close Kingswood BRISTOL BS15 9GL |
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 (if any) |
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| Stephen Griffith Lewis | Chair | |||
| Dr Kirsty Elizabeth Goudar PhD FHEA |
Trustee | |||
| Andrew James Forster Elmer | Trustee | |||
| Stephen Michael James Jackson | Trustee | |||
| Dawn Elisabeth Elmer | Trustee | |||
– 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 |
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| 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) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date |
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| Stephen Griffith Lewis | ||
Chair |
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| 17 July 2025 | ||
| 17 July 2025 |
Charity Name No (if any) Hope for Ukraine 1198779 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period Period start date Period end date To from 01/01/2024 31/12/2024
Section A Receipts and payments
| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 9,208 - - - - - - - 9,208 700 - 700 9,908 5,649 9,711 296 - 535 607 - - - 16,798 - - - 16,798 - 6,890 - 9,065 2,175 |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Total funds to the nearest £ 9,208 - - - - - - - 9,208 700 - 700 9,908 5,649 9,711 296 - 535 607 - - - 16,798 - - - 16,798 - 6,890 |
Total funds to the nearest £ 9,208 - - - - - - - 9,208 700 - 700 9,908 5,649 9,711 296 - 535 607 - - - 16,798 - - - 16,798 - 6,890 |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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| Donantions | 9,208 | 6,788 | ||||
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| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
9,208 | 6,788 | ||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| Minibus | 700 | |||||
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| Sub total | 700 | - | ||||
| Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| 6,788 | ||||||
| Transport | 5,649 | 5,100 | ||||
| Humanitarian aid | 9,711 | 996 | ||||
| Fees | 296 | 558 | ||||
| Travel | - | 971 | ||||
| IT | 535 | 500 | ||||
| Packagingmaterials | 607 | - | ||||
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| **Sub total ** | 16,798 | 8,125 | ||||
| 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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| 8,125 | ||||||
| - 6,890 | - | - | - 6,890 | - 1,337 | ||
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| 9,065 | - | - | 9,065 | 10,402 | ||
| 2,175 | - | - | 2,175 | 9,065 |
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
22/07/2025
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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 B3 Investment assets B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B1 Cash funds |
Details Details Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details Barclays plc Details Signature S Lewis |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 2,175 - - - - - 2,175 - OK OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - - - - Print Name Stephen Griffith Lewis |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| Date of approval |
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| S Lewis | Stephen Griffith Lewis | 17/07/2025 | |
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
22/07/2025
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