We Are Humans TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT From 1st February 2024 to 31st January 2025 Charity Name: We Are Humans Regislered charity number: 1201814 PrincipallRegistered office: 33 Sea Road, Bournemouth, BH5 1DH Names of Charity Trustees during the period: Name Andrew Talbol Paul Feene Paul Freeman Elizabeth Griffin Debbie Talbot Edward Talbol Clive Win field steve Easter Ellie Lawrence ieRo Office CEO Date a ointed or resi ned Treasurer Resi ned 7th October 2024 Resi ned 26th Se tember 2024 ointed 30th October 2024 ointed 30th October 2024 ointed 29th Janua 2025 Bankers: HSBC, Crawley, RH10 1UT Type of governing document: Trust deed How the charity is constituted: Charitable Incorporated Organisation Trustee selection methods: Appointed by existing Trustees Objects of the charity: The prevention and relief of poverty, especially food povety, by providing food, including cooked food, other essentials and support and advi 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: This is We Are Humans IWAH} charity's second annual report. During the year under review, we consolidated the progress made in the previous year and worked to make the organization more robust and adaptable. Responsibility for the various defined funclions performed within WAH, e.g.. collection of food surpluses, storage, co-ordination of volunteers, has been delegated to named volunteers, and each Page 1 14
project that provides a service to our Servi users, e.g., Parent's and Kid's Breakfast Club, Community Pantry, is now managed by a named volunteer. Transforming into a "Malrix Organisation" has created clearly delineated areas of responsibility, more ownership, less duplication of effort and greater volunteer satisfaction. Trustees also take part in WAH activities as volunteers, outside of Trustees, meetings. In the year under review. our cash inflow increased by 7.4 %, and the channels through which we reiVed this income undeNent a significant change. For the previous year, restricted grants made up 44 % of our cash receipts, while this year we received less than 6010 of our income in grants, none of which were reslricted. Increased awareness of what WAH does, through SOGial media and promotional literature, led to an increase of 79010 in donations into our bank account and 930/. in cash donations. Our costs also rose significantly, by 137 /0. Just over /3 of the increase can be accounted for by having made a full year of rent payments for our Base (in the previous year. we paid rent only for the final 2/2 months), plus rising utility and waste disposal costs. The balance of the increase in costs reflects an increased demand for our services and food price inflation. However, our spending was more than covered by our income, and our cash reserve increased by 27 1 and, at year end, represents slightly over 10 months. expenditure. Demand for our services increased over the year and WAH undertook the following activities in the year to 31 st January 2025. Cooked food. which was distributed to homeless persons in the centre of Bournemouth on every Saturday and Sunday.
Cooked food served to homeless persons at our café in Boscombe on every Monday evening. Provided a free pensioners, lunch every Tuesday. Provided a free children's breakfast on school days. This breakfast is served inside at a table if the child is accompanied by a parenuguardian, 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. Ran our free Community Café every Saturday afternoon and Tuesday afternoon where attendees can have a hot drink and food, play board games orjust chat. Opened our free food pantry where attendees can select a limited quantity of food. This is held once per week on every Thursday throughout the year. Stored food and clolhing etc., to be used for those in poverty. Stored laundered sleeping bags that are swapped with homeless persons, wet sleeping bags. Stored insulated Sleep Pods Ihat are provided on loan to homeless persons as required. Gave signposting advice to assist in finding accommodation, employment and to break a substance dependency habit. Page 214
During the year, we had an average of 800 interactions per week with our seNice users, which represents a roughly 300/0 increase, year on year. Additionally, we allow two other charities to use our Base, at times when it is not in use by WAH, after they lost their former homes. one charity is concerned with promoting diversity and inclusion, and the other is a men's mental health charity. We are also in discussions with a third charity, who want to use our Base to run Iwice monthly sessions for financial outreach to those in poverty. Emergency food parcelslwelfare packages were also given out during the yèar. These are given to persons in immediate desperate need, usually due to a change in circumstances. who are unable to access immediale 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. The Irustees confirm that they have complied with their duty in the Charities Act lo have due regard to guidance on public benefit published by the Charity Commission Policy on reserves: The trustees believe that. in the long term, it is prudent to hold unrestricted reserves equivalent lo 9 months of expenditure. This is because the trustees recognise that WAH has no regular Sour of income, and grant funding is fickle as well as usually providing only ring-fenced funding. It is believed that unrestricted reserves equivalent to 9 months of expenditure will give the trustees confidence to continue funding all aclivities, withoui putting the charity at financial risk should there be a downturn in income. The trustees are also confident that WAH will be able to continue to provide our services, free of Gharge at the point of need and without prejudice or judgment. Future plans: The landlord let WAH move into Base free of charge when the previous tenant went out of business, and they are now charging us rent, admittedly at less than the market rate. It suited the landlord to have the property occupied instead of vacant. Unfortunately, WAH does not have an ongoing right to occupy the property. Our occupation is under a Tenancy at Will, which means that the landlord can ask WAH to leave immediately at any time. The landlord has advised that he intends to sell the property or install a commercial tenant and then sell the property. Taking all the faGtors into Gonsideration and recognizing that the Base has become a real community hub during our occupation, the trustees decided to enter into discussions with the landlord in Q3 2024. Initially the approach is with a view to outright purchase of the Base and, at year end, the negotiations were progressing well. If wè cannot reach a satisfactory conclusion with regards to buying the Base. we will endeavour to negotiate a long-term lease. In either case, the Trustees, aim is lo achieve security of tenure by the end of 2025. Page 314
Declaration: Thè trustees declare that they have approved the trustees report above on 11 Ih July 2025 Slgned on behalf of the charlty's trustees: Signature: Full name: S C Easter Posltlon: Trustee Date.. 11" July 2025 Page414
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLANO ANO WALES Wo Arn Huma 1201814 ments accounts Receipts and CC16a For the p•rtod from 1 Febma 2024 To 31 January 2025 Section A Receipts and payments Unr•8trict•d funds End4)wm•nt fvnd$ tOthB ngii••t£ to th• nMrwt£ knth• w•Bt£ to th• fund• Tot•1 fund• Last yoar A1 R•¢01 Grams Bank donaiio C8Sh ISDnatson8 12.943 12.810 22.90 8.724 Sub total (G income for ARJ 31.409 2924S A2 At and invMtmont I• tsbl•l. Sub total Totsl r•colpts 31.409 31N09 29.24$ A3Pa R1 utilibe¥ & waste ceii•ttn Ftod etc Van Capital wrtTha3es Milea9e payrnents 94nk & v•éi ¢Lird Mi8¢ellarwu8 m•nt• &312 9.813 3.288 4.410 1.t32 9.813 2,085 t.175 Sub total 24844 11,162 A4 A88Ot and investrnent urchase8, ••e tablo Sub totsl 26,5M 11,102 Nat of rec•ipW(paym•nts) AS Transférn b•Thw¢en funds A6 Castt funds last yoar •nd Cash funds thls y•ar end 4865 4,865 18.083 18,083 18.083 22,948 18.083 CCXX R1 acnts ISSI 2212025
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Endowment funds to n¢aro•t £ Cat¢goriès Oetsil$ lund• no•Mt£ funds n•arnst£ B1 Ca•h fvnd• 22,9)2 47 Total cash funds 22.949 Endowm•nt funds to noowt£ fund• to rwrest £ fund• rarwtÉ Detsils Fynd ioich D•tails Curr•ntvalug onal Oetalls Cat¢nnG van Fund to Cc•t loploMIi unnt v•lug onal 2.SOO B4 A88et8 r•taln•d for th• charity'8 ¢)wn u¥0 Trnnsit 12.Qth) 6AOO NU 380 Dgts118 Fund towthficb Amwrrtdu• BS Li•bllltl•¥ SvJn8d by on• or M trus*es on b8h81t of all tha tru$ts•s Sign•ture Print Narn• Date of rov81 CCXX R2 attr4Jnts ISSI 22025
CHARITY COMMISSION Independent examinerfs report on the FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES accounts Section A Independent Examin*s Report Report to the trusts88 On accounts for thè year ended 31 IAKJdAtLY loz< Charity no (if any) 1201SI+ Set out on pages 1 62 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above harty ('the Trust.) for the year ended Respon$ibilities and basis of report As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with th8 requirements of the Charities Act 2011 lllhe Act.). I report in respec# of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 ofthe 2011 Act and in Carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 14515)(bl of the Act. Independent tThe charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 and l am qualified to examlneV8 statement undertake the examination by being a qualrfied member of [insert name of applicable listed body]]. Delete I l rfnot applicable. I have completed my examination. I confinn that no material matters have Come to my attention in connection with the examinalion (other than that disclosed below ") which gives me Cause to believe that in, any material spect: the accounting records were not kept in accordance wtth section 130 of tha Charities Act.. or the accounts did not accord wrth the accounting records,. or the accounts did not comply wtth the applicable requirements conceming the fom and conlent of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a Irue and fair, view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to ena a proper understanding of the accounts to be rea¢hed. Please del words in the brackets rfth8y do not apply. Slgned.. Date: ZL)Z&-. Name: Relevant professional qualifJGallon(s) or body IER Oct 2018
{If anyl: Address: Ro IJ. Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs lo hignlight material matte., s of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of chartty accounts.. directions and guidance for examiners). Give here brief details of any item8 that the examlnerwighes to dlsclose. IER Oct 2018