## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 01/05/23 Period start date To 01/05/23 Period end date01/04/24** ## **Charity name: Friends of Acquired Brain Injury Survivors** ## **Charity registration number: 1198982** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To provide relief and assistance for**
**survivors of acquired brain injury by**
**funding grants for holidays and social**
**events**| |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|**Funding and organising holidays and**
**social events for ABI survivors to**
**improve their physical and mental**
**wellbeing**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||
SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**Grants Guidance document attached**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**N/A**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**All work connected with the Charity is**
**undertaken by the Trustees as**
**volunteers**| |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|**The Charity was created in May 2022.**
**The period referred to in this report was**
**mainly concerned in sending our first**
**ABI survivor on an assisted holiday.**
**Setting up a monthly support group in**
**Chichester. Providing social activities.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|
**Administrative goals to set up the**
**Charity**| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**N/A**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**N/A**| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Strong financial position**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Abide by Charity Commission**
**regulations**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£5000**| |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|
**Funding from a settlement created by**
**the will of the late Ann Merriman**| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**Monies invested on bank deposit**
**pending its application towards fulfilling**
**the Charity’s objectives**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**Safeguarding and supervision of the**
**intended recipients all of whom will be**
**vulnerable**| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||**Grant Making**| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**CIO**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**| |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|**Trustees recruited from those who have**
**an interest in ABIs and have a balance**
**of background and expertise**| ## **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|
**Training of new Trustees carried out on**
**an ad hoc basis by the**
**Chairman/Trustees**| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**The Trustees hold regular meetings and**
**an AGM and expect to evolve the**
**administrative requirements as the**
**demands of the Charity increase**| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|**The Charity is outward facing and**
**presently forming a structure of**
**contacts**| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Friends of Acquired Brain Injury Survivors| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|FABIS| |Registered charity number|1198982| |Charity’s principal address|9 Maplehurst Road
Chichester
West Sussex
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Trevor Hines|Chairman||| ||Robert Aylott|Treasurer||| ||SandySimpson|Secretary||| ||Glynis Hiles|Trustee||| ||Catherine Toplis|Trustee||| ||Jemma Valvona|Trustee||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name N/A** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |**N/A**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A 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)** Catherine Toplis **Position (eg Secretary,** Trustee **Chair, etc)** **Date** 11 February 2025 ## **FABIS ACCOUNTS FOR PERIOD – 01.05.2023 – 30.04.2024** ## Notes to accounts This accounting period was the first financial year of operating for the charity. Balance at bank on 01.05.2023 : £56,352.04 ## **Income during accounting period** |Donations and gifts
Interest received from bank
TOTAL INCOME DURING PERIOD
**Expenditure during accounting period**
Float for Support group
Printing costs
Insurance premium
Phone top up costs
Design costs for printing material
Support Group Social costs
Pilates instruction costs for support group members
Holiday costs
Room Hire
Advertising – Village Voice Magazine
CAF Monthly bank charges
CAF Cheque fees
Balance held at bank 30.04.2024|£3,155.99
£114.46
**£3,270.45**
£100.00
£232.01
£100.12
£15.00
£200.00
£423.85
£80.00
£5,551.00
£180.00
£206.28
£60.00
£1.50
(**£7,149.76)**
**£52,472.43**| |---|---| ## **Dated : 27.01.2025** **Signed ……………………………. Robert Christopher Aylott, Treasurer & Trustee**