Trustees’ report for Love Barton 2022/2023 Charity Number 1200369 20 Fettiplace Road, Headington, Oxford OX3 9LJ
_Trustees: Judith Potts, Jonathan Lescault, Tanya Bownds, Jeremy Todd, Susann Haehnel and Andrew Showell-Rogers._
Love Barton is a Christian charity established on 14th September 2022 to tackle systemic issues keeping people and families in poverty, and to release them to flourish in all areas of life.
2022/2023 was a year for Love Barton to focus on setting up and establishing its core operations. This has resulted in the charity forming its strategy, key policies, whilst understanding our funding requirements, and establishing the key areas of focus and the desired outcome from the projects and courses that will be on offer in the following financial year.
Initial funding has been obtained from several donations, allowing Love Barton to be in good steadfast, in preparation for the recruitment of a Charity Manager. Preparation during this year will see the start of three priority projects, along with training and managing a growing team of volunteers to achieve our desired goal in the local community of Barton.
The three priority projects are:
## **Hear4You listening service**
This service, which provides a trained volunteer listener for those who are lonely, bereaved, or suffering poor mental health, attracts referrals from the local GP practice who see us as a way of providing immediate support when NHS waiting lists are 6 months.
## **Know Your Worth self-esteem project**
An 8 week course for vulnerable teenage girls aged 14-16. The course covers topics such as healthy self-esteem, confidence, managing emotions, relationships, resilience and social media. The girls all receive a workbook and weekly goody bags, and mentoring for 6 months is offered with a specially matched volunteer.
## **Flourishing Families**
This project will have two elements
- a. Proactive: Conduct a needs analysis for local children aged 0-5, anticipating that one outcome will be to run parenting groups for young mums.
- b. Reactive: Responding to families in need and families in crisis by providing a family friend volunteer who can support parents and lift the burden when they need it most (e.g. childminding, doing a weekly shop), which gives children the best possible chance of thriving in their birth family.
We anticipate the impact of this project will be to drastically reduce the number of children locally going into care, and so influence a change in culture and expectations.
## **Financial Activities**
14 September, 2022 - 31 March, 2023
|**Financial Activities**
14 September, 2022 - 31 March, 2023||
|---|---|
||**Total**|
|INCOME||
|Donations|21,373.00|
|**Total Income**|**21,373.00**|
|TOTAL|**21,373.00**|
|EXPENDITURES||
|Recruitment Costs|199.00|
|Subscriptions|9.12|
|**Total Expenditures**|**208.12**|
|NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)|**£21,164.88**|
Love Barton
## **Balance Sheet**
As of March 31, 2023
|**Balance Sheet**
As of March 31, 2023||
|---|---|
||**Total**|
|FIXED ASSET||
|**Total Fixed Asset**||
|CASH AT BANK AND||
|IN HANDCurrent|21,164.88|
|**Total Cash at bankand in hand**|**21,164.88**|
|NET CURRENT ASSETS|**21,164.88**|
|NETCURRENT ASSETS (LIABILITIES)|**21,164.88**|
|TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES|**21,164.88**|
|TOTAL NET ASSETS(LIABILITIES)|**£21,164.88**|
|CHARITY FUNDS||
|Retained Earnings||
|Surplus/(Deficit)|21,164.88|
|**Total Charity funds**|**£21,164.88**|