We Are Humans TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT From 2. February 2023 to 31st January 2024 Charity Name: We Are Humans Registered charity number: 1201814 PrinciplelRegistered office: 33 Sea Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH5 1DH Names of Charity Trustees during the period: Name Office (if any) Dates appointed or resi ned in the ear ointed. 21212023 oinled.. 21212023 ointed.. 21212023 ointed.. 21212023 ointed. 21212023 ointed.. 21212023 Appointed.. 251712023 Resi ned. 171912023 ointed. 291812023 Andrew Talbot Elizabeth Griffin Paul Feene Edward Talbot Debbie Talbot Paul Freeman Lynn Hart CEO Treasurer Clive Win field Bankers: HSBC, Crawley, RH10 1UT Type of governing document: Trust deed How the charlty Is constituted: Charity Incorporated Organisation Trustee selection methods: Appointed by existing Trustees Objects of the charity: The prevention and relief of povety. especially food povety, by providing food, including cooked food. other essentials and support and advice to those residents of Dorset and surrounding areas who are homeless andlor in financial need. Summary of the main achievements and benefits during the year: We Are Humans IWAH) became a registered charity on 2nd February 2023, so this is the charity's first annual report. However for over 10 years prior to January 2023 WAH existed as a collection of volunteers undertaking several street feeds each week for homeless persons, and also helping others in povety in the Boscombe
area. Food for the street feeds was cooked in the small residential accommodation occupied by the volunteers and the food was predominantly supplied by the generosity of these volunteers This limited the quantity of food that could be provided. particularly the quantity of cooked food. It also meant that it was not possible to provide the other services that have been offered Sin January 2023. In January 2023 WAH moved into 33 Sea Road Boscombe (Base). Base is an idea5 property for WAH for several reasons. not least its location. which Is in the centre of Boscombe, close to areas of entrenched deprivation (according to Indices of Deprivation 2019 produced by Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government). Base used to be a small café I restaurant, so it is equipped with a commercial kitchen, as well as a small dining area. All food, both for street feeds and on premises eating. is now Cooked in this kitchen. It also has a basement which is used to store food, clothing and sleeping bags etc. Using the facilities at Base and the additional income that registered charity status provided, the trustees were able to expand the services offered to homeless persons and those in financial need. WAH undertook the following activities in the year to 31st January 2024. Cooked food for street distributions to homeless persons in the centre of Bournemouth on Saturdays and Sundays throughout the year. 5049 meals served in total. Cooked food for street distribution to homeless persons in the ntre of Boscombe (more rentlY served at Base) on Monday evenings throughout the year. 1319 meals served in total. Provided a free pensioners, lunch on Tuesdays starting in March. 1259 meals served in total. Provided a free children's breakfast on school days stsrting in March. This breakfast is served inside at a table if the child is accompanied by a parentlguardian, or as a packed breakfast to be taken away if not accompanied. We know from asking that most of the children using this service would be going to school without breakfast if it was not provided by WAH. 3113 breakfasts served in total. At the beginning of December we started a free 'warm SpaS, event l¢e a week throughout the winter where attendees can have a hot drink or soup. play board games or just chat. In September we started a free food pantry where attendees can select a limited quantity of food. This is held once per week on a Thursday throughout the year. Storage of food and clothing etc to be used for those in povety. Storage of laundered sleeping bags that are swapped with homeless persons, wet sleeping bags. Storage of warmldry sleeping pods that are lent to homeless persons as required.
Signposting advice to assist in finding accommodation, employment and to break a Substan dependency habrt. Also Citizens Advi asked WAH if they could use Base as an outreach ntre for them to meet with the citizens of Boscombe requiring advi. A total of 397 persons attended four sessions. 30 emergency food parcelslwelfare packages were given out during the year. These are given to persons in immediate desperate need. usually due to a change in circumstances, who are unable to access immediate help elsewhere. For example someone who has just become homeless or someone just discharged from hospital or prison, without any money andlor without any accommodation to go to. WAH has recently been given the use of a disused and overgrown garden. It is intended that this will be cleared and turned into an allotmenl for growing vegelables and fruit. This project will be undertaken by local volunteers The aim is to develop a sense of community around the allotment, as well as being educational and providing food for our target beneficiaries. Work to clear the garden is already underway and it is intended that planting will start in MarchlApril 2024. Policy on reserrfes: The trustees believe that long term it is prudent to hold unrestricted reserves equivalent to g months of expenditure. This Is because the trustees recognise that WAH has no regular Sour of income. and grant funding In particular is fickle, as well as usually providing only ring fenced funding. It is believed that unrestricted reserves equivalenl to 9 months of expenditure will give the trustees confidence to continue funding all activities, without putting the charity at financial risk should there be a downturn in income. However at the moment WAH is seeking to raise about £100,000 to purchase the propety that we currently occupy {see future plans below). Therefore as well as applying for specific grants to purchase the propety, WAH is also accumulating funds to be used for the purchase. Future plans: The landlord let WAH move into Base free of charge when the previous tenant went out of business. It suited the landlord to have the propety occupied insteacl of vacant. Unfortunately WAH does not have an ongoing right to occupy the propety. Our occupation is under a Tenancy at Will, which means that the landlord can ask WAH to leave immediately at any time. The landlor¢J has advised that he intends to sell the property or install a commercial tenant and then sell the property. WAH has been advised that once one of these SnarioS happens we will be asked to leave
As a result WAH has launched an appeal to raise the funds to purchase Base from the landlord. Funding in the region of £100.000 will be required. This is now the major focus of all activity outside of providing our regular services to homeless persons and those in povety. Declaration: The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees report above on 2Vh March 2024 Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees: Signature: Full name: Paul Freeman Position: Trustee Date: 28th March 2024
| Charity Name: We Are Humans | Charity Name: We Are Humans | Charity Name: We Are Humans | Charity Name: We Are Humans | Charity Name: We Are Humans | |
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| Receipts and payments | |||||
| For the period from |
Start date 2 February2023 |
End date 31 January2024 |
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| Section A Receipts and payments | |||||
| Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ |
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| Grants | - | 12,945 | 12,945 | ||
| Bank donations | 12,810 | - | 12,810 | ||
| Cash donations | 3,490 | - | 3,490 | ||
| - | - | - | |||
| - | - | - | |||
| - | - | - | |||
| - | - | - | |||
| - | - | - | |||
| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
16,300 |
12,945 | 29,245 | ||
| Total receipts Payments |
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| Rent | 1,100 | ||||
| Utilities & wast collection | 1,982 | ||||
| Food etc | 2,188 | ||||
| Van | 122 | ||||
| Capitalpuchase | - | ||||
| Mileagepayment | - | ||||
| Bank & credit card | 12 | ||||
| Miscellaneous | |||||
| - | |||||
| **Sub total ** | 5,404 | ||||
| Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) Cash funds this year end |
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| 10,896 |
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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| Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at | Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at | the end of the period | the end of the period |
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| Categories B2 Other monetary assets B3 Investment assets B5 Liabilities Signed by a trustee on behalf of all the trustees B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B1 Cash funds |
Details None Garden equipment Total cash funds None Details Bank Cash Details Signature Details Van Caterping Equipment Laptop Details None |
Unrestricted funds to nearest £ 9,617 97 9,714 Unrestricted funds to nearest £ - Cost (optional) - Cost (optional) Nil 6,500 Nil 500 Amount due (optional) - |
Restricted funds to nearest £ |
| 8,369 | |||
| - | |||
| 8,369 | |||
| Restricted funds to nearest £ |
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| - | |||
| Current value (optional) |
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| - | |||
| Current value (optional) approximate |
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| 2,500 | |||
| 7,500 | |||
| 500 | |||
| 500 | |||
| When due (optional) |
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| Date of approval |
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| 16 Feb 2024 |
Notes
During the year the CIO did not have a loan in place and:
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no one agreed to pay a loan if the CIO could not (‘under guarantee’)
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no loan was secured against the CIO’s assets
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Sèctlon A Independent Examlner's Report Rèport to Ihe Iruslees We Are Humans On accounts for thg year ended 31" January 2024 Charlty no (If any) 1201814 Set out on pages 1&2 I report the tn35tee5 on my examlnallon ol the accounts of the above charlty {'the Trust"} lor Ihe year ended Regpon81bllltles and basls of report As the chantys Iruslees. you are responsible for the preparatlon ol the accounts In accordan wllh the requirements of the Chanlles Act 2011 ("Ihe Acl-). I report In respe¢l of my examination of the Trust's accounis carried oul under secllon 145 01 the 2011 Act and In carylng out my examinalion, I hav8 lollowed all th8 appllcable Direclions given by IhB Charity Commlsslon under se¢lion 145151{bl of the Act. Indepandent examlnerfs statement I have completed my examlnalion. l ¢onflmi Ih8t no malerial mallers have come lo my allenllon In connection with Ihe examlnallon which gives me cause to believe Ihal in. any malenal resp8cI'. Ihe accounling records were not kept in accordance wlth seciion 130 of Ihe Charilies Act; or the accounts did nol accord with Ihe accounting records., or the accounts did noi comply with the applicable requirements conrmIng the lomi 8nd conlenl ol accounls sel oul in the Charilies IA¢counls and Reports} Regulalions 2008 other Ihan any requlremenl that the accounts giv8 8 '1rue and fair. vigw which Is not a matter cA)nyidered as part ol an Independent examin81ion. I have no concems and have come aGross no other matters In connecllon with Ihe examinallon lo whlGh allenllon should be drawn in this report In ordèr lo en8ble a prop8r under51andlng of the accounts to be reached. Ple8se del le Ih words in Ihe brnckels if Ihoy do nol apply. Slgned: Date: 22 Namè: Simon Coleman Relevant professlonal quallflcatlonlsl or body {It any): Addre88: 3 Sheraton Park, 7 Mllner Road, Boum8moulh, BH4 8A0
Sectlon B Dlsclosure Only coniplE*le Il Irie exaiiiiiiei iieeds lo Iiigliliulil 1l1ialtTrlldl ITldll8rb ol Golllxfll (see CC32, Independonl examination ol ch8rily accounts.. dlrecllons and guidance lor examlnersl. Glve here brlef detalls of any Ilems that the exarnlner wlshes lo dl8cIo80. None