Ty 0901 Registered Charity No: 1199985
Rep(xt to trustees for Financial Year 1st January 2024 to 31st Decerrkn 2024
Aim and
The th￿Ilable irNwxrted orywisatK)n (CIO) Ty Owf ha5 been get up in order to
Support those affected by substarte and alc(*KA aSjic￿n, tPwh the FYOviSion c
Christian-inspNred supported housiTKJ. a Twe￿9 Step Recovery Prcmjramme.
operatirYJ in the Swansea wea.
t)rkirvJ alongside current 5eYvI￿ [Kovisi(￿ we seek to identfy those individuals suitable
for in-h)use 12-step 8ddiCliorts treabnenL We will SL¢P￿ the ￿N￿errtS to attend local
Alcohol￿$ AnonyTnous I Cocair* Ar￿YM1￿jS l Narccrtics Ancwm￿s meetirtrJs several
times a week. ResMJerrts will be supp(Mled to live an &klthn*ee lrfe in a "(try° trthse.
Residents will also be provKled wrth help regard￿￿ Lxjdgetsrg sknlis and lrfe skills &KJ ihe
oF￿rt￿￿'eS to vokmteer krally or fwther
2024 was a year ￿ consolidatw)n as w911 as exotng progress as we became larKllrff(ts of
our first recovery ho￿. bowJht by our partntts Green Pastures to lease to Ty Ogof.
We dfxided not tQ PW5ue our partnershp with BrLnswd( Christian Fellowship due to
serious corwns ah)ut plannifKJ Femiission arKI of the proFety vthich was
Intended for use by Ty 0g)f. have enlw8d Into a new parbprship wrth lQ'TrJs Church,
(details below) whth is ncw ￿ base for Ty Ooof.
In February Grew Pastures IGP) allocatgd £175.IJXI for the purchase of a prDp•ty for Ty
Qgof 's use. This was Purchased by GP in Juty arKI leased to Ty Owf in September. The
h<xJse needed signfficant repair renovation work whth wa5 ongoirvJ for r9St of thg
yew (8nd bey<yvJ} me8no¥J that we cwhj rot take In any residents in 2024.
The trustees agreed to employ 2 part.time Mernb￿s of staff in th8 foles of adrnin 8Th
housing marw (9 tr￿[s per week fr(xn August) and project manager {10 hoLKS per
week frcwn Octobw) WE agreed to cKrt50urce payrull fLWK*ion5 to Ea5y8ooks. and D8S
checks for st8ff. vtslurrteers ar￿ trustees to Thyty0r￿.E￿ with {￿e trustee 8PPOinted as
saf9guardng trustge.
The staff and trustees spent C￿Sider￿•Se ts.me developiNJ a scxnd wukn.ro knowjeoge of
rule5 2nd pro¢eduros from wr partrErship with Green Pastures, as well as working with
Crty and Council of Swansea regarding regulatK)ns for a l￿d10rd of a house of mulliple
occwancy and pro(￿ureS for claiming housing LEnefrt for the resK￿tS. ￿ became
Memb￿ of Swansea Council for Volthw Servte.
registered Ty Ogof wrth Rent Smart Jthles &KI the two emptyees plLL8 t4VO trustees
have underiaken Ihe mandatory Landlord's training.
Re￿•￿t w)licies woe£(knes cx)ntirK*d to be drafted swed off by trustees.

Discussiorns took p*e wth sevoral indiw<knls to a9908S suith'lty to b￿rne
resthnts cYKe the prcpety was
During thè lattw part ol yew. local cc*)trXtcKs wgro lowNJ to LfKJertakè the
consKJerable wprk r￿ded on th8 pfoF*rty agrtement re￿hed Wllh Grgen Pastures
aty)ut wtkryt work tt*y W(x￿a when we w(xAd swi Pay￿￿ thwn for our use of
the ￿opertY.
hLks for thoir Wfxk whth SLPPYts cllwrts tc 5tabilLse and safely redu￿ their drug or alcohol
Use, using (C*￿t yotocols. n I￿ty0n wrth (pwn GP dr(KJ & atohol
ser4*ice. is part of wr f￿ward pl￿ to delivwy CS)tKm.
Swansea rest of ReFxyts rec(Mnmer#l a treatmwrt system that SUPW1S
h¥m r&JxtK¥I and ltsds to fecovwy. merrtal well-teirvJ fthsirwJ al tt
realty with by Grew Palttrn cl a ftx use ty Ty •xl
hcxjse (£15,633) crf will be rec¥Mr*Ae frryn Gr￿ Pa*wo5 Th2 seccxij
largest rtem was staff C￿￿ts (saw & NI)). Otfw was fu Irarw travel
archrtect). ftr house utilitse5 (ga8. 01•ctr￿. w*8r) arKI a grfl. were ￿anted
6 M￿th5 exeM&*K￿ fr￿1 Tax 10 ts relurbthmert.
made Th) gr*5 in rBFKxbrvJ W￿1. ￿ mad• rK• wmerts to tntsteas. V
We empbyed 2 pwt Iwne f¢X of as reFKthd above.

Illk ayeed to open a saviros account and transffxroj an initial £117),c￿ to genefate bank
int¥est and agreed Io investigae h￿h irtsrest J irtswit acc£ss ￿¢>3￿￿ for t*￿ future.
We do not yet have a reserves polTrCy in place until such t5me as we have a full year of
operations on whtti to base a reserves level
V*le main assds (x liatAlities al the end of the year.
Iructure
man
rn￿2
Ty Ogof is a ¢tsita)le lrbcorp￿ted ￿anIsat￿ (CIO) wilh a board of trustees. Its
govemiru doc￿n8￿t is ils CIO f(￿￿￿1￿10￿ (x￿t￿lut1￿. 5th A￿ust 2022.
The inrtial trustees ￿rne togethw wrth a shargj VISI￿ for the c*Arity in 2021
collects'vely agreed to apply for d)ariiabEe staius, granted August 2022. Additi￿al trustges
are kr￿n assocjates of the Inrtial trustees wrth appropnate kncpwledge and &xpertise who
have been invited to attend meetings to introduce themselves before a vote has
taken by exists.ng trust￿5. One new trustee wa5 appointed in July 2024. In Octc*)er one
existing trustee ne8Jed to stand down due to f*ni)y wmmitments
The fo1￿1ng wlicies and pr£K￿ures were In pla￿ at the erKJ of ts fInar￿la] period for
this annual retum.
Safeguarding Policy & Prixzdures
Lone v￿rker Controls
Confidentiality Policy
Contlict of Interesi Policy
Volunteer Recrurtment & Sewion Policy
Health & Safety Policy
Risk Management Policy
GDPR Policy
Risk Maftsgemenl Polity
Financial Controls
Ethhcal Fu[M5fa￿
The following policies were drafted in 2024 but not signed off until 2025
Trustee Boarol Operats"rYJ Pol
volunte￿ Handbook
Internet & Telephone Use Pdicy
Ty Ogof is situated arms operates in Swansea, Wales. The ccxresFondertt address is
Kings Churr*), Heol Y Gors, Townhill, SwarLW: SA16RY.
Email. thin@tyogof.org
Teleph(￿e. 07399124020

The trustees durir¥J the year were.
Julian Hopkins (chair)
Cerys Davies (Secretary}
Winrfred Hawkins {Treasurer)
Dean Heath
Martin Keston Jones
John Quentin Hawkins
JennrFer Nob￿ (*XN)inted July)
Sue BiS1ington (resigned October)
have not provided servi￿$ to children an￿Or adults al nsk in the financial period of the
retum, but will do in the future to vulnerable adults. Safeguarding procedures are in place
aTrJ trustees, employees and Vol￿teerS hold appropriatc DBS certthcates.
There have teen ry) sefiCXJS incidents (*JrirvJ this reporting period.
This reFX)rt was apwoved by the trustees ￿ 13 October and s￿ned on their benaff by
Cerys Davies
Date. is .10 aC)aS

**TY OGOF   (Charity number  1199985 )** 

|**Receipts and Payments Account 1st January to 31st December 2024**|**Receipts and Payments Account 1st January to 31st December 2024**|||**_2023_**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||£|£|£|£|
|**Receipts**|||||
|Donations:|53,745||_(50,475)_||
|Gift Aid|0||_(12,915)_||
|Bank interest|123||||
|Green Pastures|4,052||_(0)_||
|Total||**57,920**<br>||_(63,390)_|
|**Payments**|||||
|House expenditure|15,555||(0)||
|Insurance|1,090||_(0)_||
|Office equipment|1,311||_(0)_||
|Professional services|999||_(0)_||
|Staff costs|5,472||_(175)_||
|Training|203||||
|Travel|86||||
|Vehicle hire|98||||
|House utilities|542||_(0)_||
|Miscellaneous|52||_(0)_||
|Total||**25,408**|_(175)_||
|**Excess of Receipts over** **Payments**||**32,512**|**_(63,215)_**||



October 2025 

Accounts prepared by Win Hawkins, (Treasurer) 



**TY OGOF (Charity number  1199985 )** 

|**Statement of Reserves for 12 months to 31st December 2024**|**Statement of Reserves for 12 months to 31st December 2024**|||_2022/23_|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||_(15 months)_|
|||£||£|
|Current Assets|||||
|Bank balances|||||
||Barclays Current Account|9,104||(_63,715)_<br>|
||Barclays Savings Account|87,123||_(0)_|
||Cash Balance|0||(_0)_|
||||**96,227**|(_63,715)_|
|Represented by:|||||
|Accumulated Funds|||||
||Balance at 1stJanuary 2024|63,715||(500)|
||Plus excess for Year|32,512||(63,215_)_|
||Balance at 31stDecember 2024|**96,227**||(_63,715)_|
|Accounts prep|ared by Win Hawkins (Treasurer)|||October 2025|



Accounts prepared by Win Hawkins, (Treasurer) 



CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examinerfs
report on the accounts
Section A
Independent Examinees Report
Raport to th• tnjste
memb•rs of
TY QGOF
On acco￿7￿ for the year
31&7 DECEMBER 2024
Charfty no
{If any)
1199985
3•t out on pag•g
I report to the trustees ￿ my examination of the accourts of t1￿ above
¢hafty (tthe Trustl for th8 year ended 3110*2024.
R•spO￿lb111t1fys and As Ihe chanty tru61w of tha Trust, you are resp)nsible for the preparatbon
basls of r•port of the accounts #) a¢￿rdance with th• requirements al the Chanlm Acl
2011 rthe Ad-).
I report in re$F￿t of rny examinakn'on of the Trusfs accourrts carrfed
Thder section 145 of th2 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination. I
followed applicable tlireclions given by the Chanty Commission
UTKIPJ sedion 14qS)(b) of It• Ad.
I hava completed my examination. I conff m that Tho material matters hav•
com• to my attwrtbon (other than that di$¢losed t*ltyw l in connection vlith
exwnination which givu me Gause to betiev• that In, any material
Independent
gxaminorfs ststement
ccouffling r•c(Kds were rKJt kept in acoxdar•Ce wilh seclion 130 c
the Act or
the a￿ount5 do not acy)Jrtl Mlh t￿ accoufititig r￿OrdS
I hov• no c￿Cem¥ hav• ￿ft• no other matter5 in G￿nects0n
wilh th• 8xamirHlion to which attenb'¢)n should drawn in order to enat4e a
oper understsnding ol the a￿oUnts to be reached.
. Please delele
W￿dS ￿ Ihe bracket5 rf ItRy do not apth.
Sign￿.
Narn•:
VIV￿n￿e Roberts
Relevant profgssional
quilification(sl or body
(If anyl:
ACCA
Addr•ss: , 26 Coed Bach
Pont8rddula
Swansea SA4 8RB
IFR
netrihw MIA

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Isc
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Only complete rf Ihe examiner needs to highlight matters of con￿rn (see CC32.
lTrJependent examinabon of a¢¢ounts: direth'(Yts arwj guidan￿ for
examiner5).
GN8 here brief d•tails of
any ttems that the
examln•r wishes to
dis¢lL)Se.
IFR