**STEPS OF HOPE TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT For 2023**
## **CHARITY NUMBER : 1200676**
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Steps of Hope
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## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES**
The objective of Steps of Hope CIO, which was set up at the end of 2022, is to share the love of God with the homeless and those in need in Liverpool, by compassionate actions and words in accordance with our Christian faith.
## **Our Vision**
Our vision is to support those who are homeless and in need and to introduce them to the Christian faith and where possible bring them into a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
## **What we do:**
Week by week we serve our friends with food and drink and provide them with toiletries and clothes. Each week there is a short Gospel message and Christian literature is available. The volunteers seek to engage in conversation with our friends and share our faith and hope.
When it is needed, we help to link with other agencies who can help including Housing Options and the Whitechapel.
When our friends express interest, we will direct them to other Christian organisations who are there to support them.
We also support our friends as they move on into their own homes.
## **Where we work**
Throughout 2023 we have worked in the Basement on Parr Street and we are so grateful to them for the use of their premises.
## **The Alpha Course**
From September to December, we ran an Alpha Course on a Sunday afternoon from the Basement and between 3 and 7 of our friends attended each week. We were delighted to see 2 of them come to a personal faith and see others gain a greater understanding of Christianity and of God’s Love for them.
## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT**
## **Governing Document**
The charity is governed by our constitution and is now a Charity Incorporated Organisation.
## **Trustees :**
The current Trustees are:
Mrs Shirley Perry - Chairman
Mr Doug Taylor - Secretary
Dr Christine Sansom - Treasurer
New Trustees are selected because of their Christian faith and their commitment to this work.
## **Wider Network**
We have a faithful team of regular volunteers who join the team working in Liverpool each week and we are indebted to them for their time and devotion.
There is also a large team of people who make casseroles, sandwiches, and cakes each week and others who shop each week. We are so grateful to each one of them.
We could not function without a large number of praying friends who support and make this work possible.
## **Risk Management**
We now have policies in the following:
- Safeguarding policy
- Risk assessment policy
- Violent incident policy
- Complaints policy
**ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS**
**Registered Chairty Number:**
**Registered Chairty Number:** 1200676 **Charity Address:** The Longcroft Storeton Lane Barnston Wirral CH61 1BU
**Bankers:** Lloyds Bank plc 137 Telegraph Road Heswall Wirral CH60 0AN **Accountant** : Mr Paul Skinner
## **FINANCIAL REVIEW**
The Charity has no guaranteed income but is entirely dependent upon gifts from individuals and churches and Gift Aid. All expenditure is funded out of gifts received.
Expenditure for rent of premises and practical help to our friends, e.g. clothing, toiletries and meals provided.
No Trustees or volunteers receive any remuneration from the charity.
Because of the work of the Trust, individuals are happy to support it.
The balance of funds at 1[st] January 2023 was £2,674.01 and at 31[st] December 2023 was £4,431.10.
We thank God for this generous provision and for those who have supported the work of the Trust.
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**STEPS OF HOPE**
|**Charity Name**
**STEPS OF HOPE**
|**Charity Name**
**STEPS OF HOPE**
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||**For the period**
**from**|Period start date
13.10.2022||Period end date
31.12.2023|
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||
|**A1 Receipts**||**to the nearest £**
**600**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**600**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**600**
**479**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**479**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**479**
**121**
**-**
**-**
**121**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**10,766**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**10,766**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**10,766**
**8,630**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**8,630**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**8,630**
**2,136**
**-**
**2,360**
**4,496**|
||**10,166**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**10,766**|
||**-**|||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**|
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**10,166**|||**10,766**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).**|||||
||**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|
||**-**|||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**|||**-**|
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||||**-**|**10,766**|
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||||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**8,630**|
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**-**
**-**|**-**|
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||||**-**|**8,630**|
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|||**121**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**2,136**|
|||**-**||**-**|
|||**-**||**2,360**|
|||**121**||**4,496**|
## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees|**Details**
Cash at Bank
Cash in hand
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**4,375**
**121**
**nil**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**4,375**
**121**
OK
OK
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**
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**-**
**-**
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**-**
**Cost (optional)**
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**-**
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**-**
Print Name
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**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
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CC16a
Last year
to the nearest £
**Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - -**
OK
**Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - -**
**Current value (optional) - - - - -**
**Current value (optional)**
**-**
**When due (optional)**
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