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HERE FOR GOOD COLLECTIVE APRIL 2023 TO MARCH 2024 •HOPE IJ

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Here For Good Collective 2023/24 Annual Report

Message from our Chair

Dear Friends and Supporters,

As Chair of Trustees for Here for Good Collective, I am delighted to present this summary of our work and achievements over the past year. As you read it, I’m sure you will share my appreciation of our dedicated volunteers and staff, but equally recognise the resilience, creativity, and connectedness of our community. It is only through our collective strength that we can create the lasting change we hope to see.

Our vision

At our formation, we came together to develop a shared vision: a safe, connected and thriving community. Our commitment to this vision remains at the heart of all that we do. Over the last year it has helped us to steer a course through the challenges and successes of our work, including the considerable political and social change that has directly impacted the community in which we live and work.

Throughout this report you will see inspiring examples of our progress towards our goal. All of them delivered through partnership with various stakeholders, but only possible through the vibrant, generous and compassionate people in our local community.

Looking ahead

While the past year has seen exciting progress, there is still much to be done. Our priorities for the coming year include:

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Thanks and acknowledgments

I would like to extend my deepest gratitude to all those who have made our progress this year possible. It is thanks to your unwavering commitment, hard work, and generosity that we have been able to achieve so much.

To our staff and volunteers, it has been a privilege to work alongside you and to witness your incredible passion for St Mellons and your dedication to what we are trying to do together. To our funders and donors, without your generous support it simply wouldn’t have been possible to establish and grow Hope St Mellons. To my fellow steering group members and trustees, for your wisdom and insight and for holding us to account.

Finally, to every local person who has taken the time to share your hopes, ideas, passions, and questions about the community we share. Thank you for trusting us and for working with us. Thanks to you we have so much to celebrate this year and even more to look forward to. Together, we have made real progress towards our vision of a safe, connected and thriving community. I look forward to continuing this work with all of you in the year ahead.

Thank you for your ongoing support.

Warm regards,

Simon Brown

Chair of Trustees

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At a glance

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Our beginnings

Building on Hope St Mellons

Here for Good Collective began as a volunteer-led community group called Hope St Mellons. The group started in 2018 when a handful of local volunteers came together to start an after school children’s club and a hyperlocal scholarship programme (The Step Out Fund). From June 2018 to March 2023, Hope St Mellons sat under an umbrella social action charity: HOPE Trust Cardiff CIO (charity no. 1161235). Following the growth of the group, it became clear that it would be best for Hope St Mellons to establish itself as a charity. This would allow the project to develop its own locally-rooted trust board and continue the expansion of its community-led projects. In March 2023, Here for Good Collective (charity no. 1202371) was registered with the charity commission. Following the registration of Here For Good Collective all activities, resources and funds of Hope St Mellons transferred to Here For Good Collective from HOPE Trust Cardiff CIO.

The establishment of Here for Good Collective has allowed us to:

Here for Good Collective is the legal name of our charity but Hope St Mellons remains our working name. The name Hope St Mellons is used through this report to refer to Here for Good Collective.

About us

In 2022 we spent time with our volunteers and group members to decide what was important to us as we looked to register as a charity and set our vision for the future. Across a series of gatherings, and with the support of Cwmpas, we crafted our vision, mission and values statements, which framed our Business Plan and Strategic Plan.

Vision A safe, connected, thriving community.
We are working together to:
Mission develop and nurture community,
create spaces for connection and opportunities for growth,
push back against social injustice.

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1) Local people know their community best.

2) We work to be inclusive and intergenerational. Values

3) We value the unique contribution and worth of each person. 4) We work from hope and the strengths of our community. 5) We commit to engaging with and listening to everyone in our community.

Our vision, mission and values determined the selection of our charitable objects:

Objects

Community capacity building

Based on the example objects of Charity Commission for England and Wales, our charitable object is The Promotion of Community Capacity Building: “To develop the capacity and skills of the members of the socially and economically disadvantaged community of St Mellons and other areas of Cardiff in such a way that they are better able to identify, and help meet, their needs and to participate more fully in society.”

We are meeting our charitable objects through the capacity building of our locally rooted volunteer and staff team, the delivery of our community support projects and the development of our building for community use.

Our team

In May 2023 we were able to grow our staff team, contributing to the delivery of our objects and the resilience of our organisation. Our staff team now includes:

We have developed a steering board of eight local community members to support with the governance of the organisation. This includes our five trustees.

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Our volunteer team has grown across the year and we now have 44 volunteers giving over 8,368 hours a year to running and supporting our 13 community projects. Reflecting their hard work and passion, Hope St Mellons was nominated for Volunteer Group of the Year at the Cardiff Volunteer Awards.

Our projects

St Mellons Pantry and Pantry Garden

St Mellons Pantry has continued to support local people to access local, affordable food and stretch their household budgets. As a community-led pantry, the members are active in the running and decision-making of the Pantry. The Pantry currently has 72 member-households who pay £5 a week and select between £15 and £20 good quality, healthy food. The Pantry helps reduce food waste through redistributing good quality surplus food from our partner Fareshare Cymru. Over the

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past 12 months the Pantry saved 12,500kg of surplus food from waste. Each weekly Pantry shop provides members with roughly 3 family meals. Based on an average of 40 member visits a week for 50 weeks of the year, we estimate that we save 6,000 meals a year from landfill. We have also worked with Fareshare Cymru and Cardiff and Vale College to trial healthy frozen meals as part of their Redistribution Kitchen pilot project.

The Pantry has received multi-year funding from Community Foundation Wales to support with additional running costs due to the cost-of-living crisis.

The Pantry Garden club has grown over the past year. As well as developing the food and wildlife garden at The Beacon Centre, the group has hosted a number of half-term events to engage local children. With support from Food Cardiff and Edible Cardiff, we’ve run sessions where families can decorate and fill a planter to take home filled with strawberry plants, pumpkin seeds, and salad seeds. These have been really popular and have been a great way to engage local families with growing at home.

The Pantry Garden was awarded a coveted Green Flag award this year, recognising the improvements made to our grounds. Supported by C3SC Small Grants Scheme we have been able to expand our growing space by installing 3 additional large raised beds.

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Warm Space and Coffee Morning

Across winter our Coffee Morning became a ‘Warm Welcome’ hub, offering a weekly space to enjoy free refreshments in our warm hall and find out about support services. We hosted Cardiff Council Money Advice Service who offered weekly drop-in advice sessions alongside the coffee morning, supporting community members with debt and benefit advice and accessing fuel vouchers.

Crafty Chats and Diamond Art Club

Crafty Chats is a volunteer led friendship group. The group’s youngest member is 18 and oldest member is over 80. The crafts are free of charge and the group provides a safe space for friendship and for peer-support for those struggling with loneliness or poor mental health. As the members say, ‘Crafty Chats is like a cwtch!’ The group has become so popular that it now runs on two mornings.

In October our volunteers began a new group called Diamond Art Club. The group provides Diamond Art materials at low cost and a space to meet others. The activity is mindful and relaxing and group members have spoken about the positive impact of the activity on their mental health.

Mess ‘n’ Tots

In February we began a new group called Mess ‘n’ Tots. The group was started by a local volunteer who had previously run a similar group independently and very successfully before Covid. We hope as a project of Hope St Mellons they’ll have more support and resources to grow the club again. The session is £1 per child and offers a range of sensory and creative activities. The group has made a particular difference to parents of neurodivergent children or children with sensory needs. These types of activities are rarely available in our community and it’s an exciting addition to our weekly programme.

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Wellbeing Workshops

We continue to work in partnership with Meadowlane School to support children and families identified by the school. Our Wellbeing Workshop worker is a trained Forest School leader, Art Therapist, Play Therapist and Counsellor. Using their range of experience and knowledge, they work with the school and families to design bespoke workshops combining forest school, play and creative activities that offer supported risk taking and nurture the emotional wellbeing and emotional literacy of the children taking part.

St Mellons Nature Club

St Mellons Nature Club met monthly over the last year. The group encourages intergenerational engagement with nature in our local community. Activities are offered free of charge and have included: planting bulbs, making bird boxes, planting fruit trees, nature walks, and forest craft and outdoor cooking.

Community Mural

From January to April 2023 we worked on an intergenerational, whole-community mural. We worked with a local artist to engage the community in the design process, and then held weekly sessions to work on the mural. Over three months of workshops, we had people from a variety of backgrounds and ages, with our youngest painter being 3 years old and our oldest being 93! The mural was installed in May.

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Free Christmas Community Shop

This year we were able to offer 160 children and their families brand new gifts for Christmas through our Free Christmas Community Shop. The ‘shop’ offers parents and guardians who might struggle to afford gifts, the opportunity to choose a present for their children. This is our second year running the shop and again we were supported by donations from our local community, Dunelm’s ‘Delivering Joy’ campaign, Wales and West Housing Association, Together for Trowbridge and St Mellons and Cardiff Rivers Group.

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Winter Wellness

Supported by C3SC Small Grant Funding we delivered a programme of holistic wellness activities across January to March. These included: free meditation and movement classes; creative arts; Mental Health First Aid training; community day trips; Time to Talk Day Lunch, tying in with the UKwide initiative to encourage people to speak about mental health.

Step Out Scholarship Programme

Our scholarship programme is funded by community giving. This year the fund supported one local young person to continue their studies in Business Management. The funding supported with travel and food costs during the cost-of-living crisis.

St Mellons Mutual Aid Fund

St Mellons Mutual Aid Fund continues to offer £35 grants to community members in financial hardship. This is money given by the community for the community. Our administrative panel represents the partnership between Hope St Mellons, Together for Trowbridge and St Mellons, Beacon Centre and Church of the Resurrection. This year we have given 141 grants. The grants have contributed toward: rent, phone bills, utilities, car insurance, petrol, essential house repairs, shoes, school uniforms, warm clothes, urgent travel costs, baby equipment, specialist toys for children with additional needs, and birthday presents. Alongside the small grant, we have referred and signposted recipients to: Cardiff Foodbank, St Mellons Pantry, Speakeasy Law Centre, Citizens Advice, ACE Fuel Voucher Scheme, Women’s Aid.

Over 60% of Mutual Aid Support was given towards gas and electricity costs, often where households weren’t eligible for a fuel voucher scheme (for reasons such as: their meter was in debt or they had reached their fuel voucher allowance). The need for support with fuel costs was particularly evident during the Winter months where the number of MAF payments more than doubled compared to Summer months.

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Our space: The Beacon Centre

In June 2023, the boards of Beacon Centre Trust (Cardiff) and Here For Good Collective passed reciprocating resolutions conferring management powers to Here for Good Collective/Hope St Mellons. In early 2024 Beacon Centre Trust (Cardiff) engaged Geldard’s law firm to act on their behalf with the Charity Commission and Cardiff Council to support the asset transfer of The Beacon Centre to Here For Good Collective and novate the ground lease respectively. Our local County Councillors have written to Cardiff Council in support of the transfer of the building and lease to Here For Good Collective. We hope to complete this transfer in the 2024/25 financial year.

Taking ownership of the building will support the delivery of our charitable objects and help us to diversify our income generation and become a more sustainable organisation.

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Our partners

Partnership working

We’ve worked closely with Together for Trowbridge and St Mellons and Building Communities Trust over the past year on the Invest Local project. Invest Local is a programme of funding and support investing £1 million in 13 communities across Wales. Building Communities Trust manage the programme and Together for Trowbridge and St Mellons are a steering group of local residents and organisations overseeing the £1 million invested in St Mellons and Trowbridge. In November 2022, Together for Trowbridge and St Mellons committed multi-year unrestricted core funding to Here For Good Collective/Hope St Mellons to support us over our first three years. In November 2023, Together for Trowbridge and St Mellons also awarded Here For Good Collective/Hope St Mellons £40,000 restricted capital funding. This will be used towards the renovation of our kitchen which is scheduled for May 2024.

We remain active partners in the Food Cardiff Community Food Collective and the East Cardiff Youth Action Group, working with Cardiff Youth Service and local partners to support activities like the St Mellons Fun Day.

Supporting community partners

Since taking on the management of the Beacon Centre we’ve supported the following groups by offering free-of-charge hire or hire at a community rate: The Bike Hut St Mellons, In It Together Cardiff and East Cardiff School of Performing Arts.

Our project partners:

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Our funding partners:

Our finances:

Our first annual accounts cover the period 17th March 2023 to 31st March 2024 as we registered with the Charity Commission on 17th March 2023. We had significant income from grants in 2023/24, as shown below. In particular, this reflects the funding from Together for Trowbridge and St Mellons towards our 2023 - 2026 core costs.

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Income & Donations,
grants, legacies
£239,687
Expenditure INCOME
March 2023 - £333,575 Charitable
activities
March 2024 £90,971
Other
£2,917
EXPENDITURE
Charitable
£197,448 activities
£197,448
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Contact

Feel free to reach out to us at info@hopestmellons.org

For our Director contact helen@hopestmellons.org

For our Chair contact simon@hopestmellons.org

Here For Good Collective (known as Hope St Mellons)

Address: Hope St Mellons, The Beacon Centre, Harrison Drive, St Mellons, Cardiff CF3 0PJ

Phone: 02920 362888

Website: www.hopestmellons.org Social media: @hopestmellons

ANNUAL REPORTS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE FIRST PERIOD ENDED 31ST MARCH 2024

HERE FOR GOOD COLLECTIVE

(Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

CHARITY REGISTRATION No: 1202371

Castle View Accounting Ltd Ground Floor Offices 53 High Street Arundel West Sussex BN18 9AJ

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CONTENTS

Page 19 Contents
Page 20 Legal & Administrative Information
Pages 21 to 27 Trustees' Report
Page 28 Statement of Financial Activities
Page 29 Balance Sheet
Pages 30 to 36 Notes to the Financial Statements
Page 37 Independent Examiner's Report

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LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

CHARITY NUMBER

1202371

WORKING NAMES Here For Good Collective Hope St Mellons DATE OF REGISTRATION 17th March 2023 START OF FINANCIAL PERIOD 17th March 2023 END OF FINANCIAL PERIOD 31st March 2024 TRUSTEES AT 31ST MARCH 2024 Simon Brown (Chair) Dr Katherine Browne Carol Ann Falcon Stephanie Rees Elizabeth Cridland (Appointed 18th September 2024) Sam Froud-Powell (Resigned 18th September 2024) LEGAL STATUS Charitable Incorporated Organisation GOVERNING INSTRUMENT CIO - Foundation Registered 17th March 2023

OBJECTS

To develop the capacity and skills of the members of the socially and economically disadvantaged community of St Mellons and other areas of Cardiff in such a way that they are better able to identify, and help meet their needs and to participate more fully in society.

CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS The Beacon Centre Harrison Drive St. Mellons Cardiff CF3 0PJ PRIMARY BANKERS Metro Bank Plc 507 Newport Rd Cardiff CF23 9AD INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS Castle View Accounting Ltd Ground Floor Offices 53 High Street Arundel West Sussex BN18 9AJ

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TRUSTEES' REPORT

FOR THE FIRST PERIOD ENDED 31ST MARCH 2024

Chair’s Report

Annual Summary from the Chair of Trustees

As Chair of Trustees for Here for Good Collective, I am delighted to present this summary of our work and achievements over the past year. As you read it, I’m sure you will share my appreciation of our dedicated volunteers and staff, but equally recognise the resilience, creativity, and connectedness of our community. It is only through our collective strength that we can create the lasting change we hope to see.

Our Vision

At our formation, we came together to develop a shared vision: a safe, connected and thriving community. Our commitment to this vision remains at the heart of all that we do. Over the last year it has helped us to steer a course through the challenges and successes of our work, including the considerable political and social change that has directly impacted the community in which we live and work.

Throughout this report you will see inspiring examples of our progress towards our goal. All of them delivered through partnership with various stakeholders, but only possible through the vibrant, generous and compassionate people in our local community.

Looking Ahead

While the past year has seen exciting progress, there is still much to be done. Our priorities for the coming year include:

Thanks and Acknowledgments

I would like to extend my deepest gratitude to all those who have made our progress this year possible. It is thanks to your unwavering commitment, hard work, and generosity that we have been able to achieve so much.

To our staff and volunteers, it has been a privilege to work alongside you and to witness your incredible passion for St Mellons and your dedication to what we are trying to do together. To our funders and donors, without your generous support it simply wouldn’t have been possible to establish and grow Hope St Mellons. To my fellow steering group members and trustees, for your wisdom and insight and for holding us to account.

Finally, to every local person who has taken the time to share your hopes, ideas, passions, and questions about the community we share. Thank you for trusting us and for working with us. Thanks to you we have so much to celebrate this year and even more to look forward to.

Together, we have made real progress towards our vision of a safe, connected and thriving community. I look forward to continuing this work with all of you in the year ahead.

Thank you for your ongoing support.

Simon Brown

Chair of Trustees

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The trustees present their report and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2024.

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in note 1 to the financial statements and comply with the charity's governing document, the Companies Act 2006 and "Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)".

Objectives and activities

Here for Good Collective is a volunteer-led community development charity. Our working name is Hope St Mellons. The group started in 2018 when a handful of local volunteers came together to start an after school children’s club and a hyperlocal scholarship programme (The Step Out Fund). From June 2018 to March 2023, Hope St Mellons sat under an umbrella social action charity: HOPE Trust Cardiff CIO (charity no. 1161235). Following the growth of the group, it became clear that it would be best for Hope St Mellons to establish itself as a charity. This would allow the project to develop its own locally-rooted trust board and continue the expansion of its community-led projects. In March 2023, Here for Good Collective (charity no. 1202371) was registered with the charity commission. Following the registration of Here For Good Collective all activities, resources and funds of Hope St Mellons transferred to Here For Good Collective from HOPE Trust Cardiff CIO.

The establishment of Here for Good Collective has allowed us to:

In 2022 we spent time with our volunteers and group members to decide what was important to us as we looked to register as a charity and set our vision for the future. Across a series of gatherings, we crafted our vision, mission and values statements, which framed our Business Plan and Strategic Plan 2022 - 2025.

Our vision is a safe, connected, thriving community.

Our Mission

We are working together to:

Our Values

Our vision and mission reflect the purposes of the charity set out in the objects contained in its constitution: To develop the capacity and skills of the members of the socially and economically disadvantaged community of St Mellons and other areas of Cardiff in such a way that they are better able to identify, and help meet, their needs and to participate more fully in society.

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In accordance with our purposes, our main activities during the year have been:

Public Benefit

The Trustees confirm that they have referred to the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the Charity's Aims and Objectives.

Achievements and Performance

2023-24 has been a busy year for Here For Good Collective/Hope St Mellons as we grew from a project of an umbrella social action charity to an independent charity. Some of what was achieved is outlined below:

Our volunteer team has grown across the year and we now have 44 volunteers giving over 8,300 hours a year to running and supporting our 13 community projects. Reflecting their hard work and passion, Hope St Mellons was nominated for Volunteer Group of the Year at the Cardiff Volunteer Awards.

We have developed a steering board of eight local community members to support the governance of the organisation. This includes our five current trustees.

St Mellons Pantry has continued to support local people affected by food and fuel poverty. As a community-led pantry, the members are active in the running and decision-making of the Pantry. The Pantry currently has 72 member-households who pay £5 a week and select between £15 and £20 good quality, healthy food. The Pantry helps reduce waste through redistributing surplus food from our partner Fareshare Cymru. We have also partnered with Fareshare and Cardiff and Vale College to trial healthy frozen meals as part of their Redistribution Kitchen project. Over the past 12 months, the Pantry saved 12,500kg of surplus food from waste. Each weekly Pantry shop provides members with roughly 3 family meals. Based on an average of 40 member visits a week for 50 weeks of the year, we estimate that we save 6,000 meals a year from landfill. The Pantry has received multi-year funding from Community Foundation Wales to support with additional running costs due to the cost-of-living crisis.

The Pantry Garden club has grown over the past year. As well as developing the food and wildlife garden at The Beacon Centre, the group has hosted a number of half-term events to engage local children. With support from Food Cardiff and Edible Cardiff, we’ve run sessions where families can decorate and fill a planter to take home filled with strawberry plants, pumpkin seeds, and salad seeds. These have been really popular and have been a great way to engage local families with growing at home. The Pantry Garden was awarded a coveted Green Flag award this year, recognising the improvements made to our grounds. Supported by C3SC Small Grants Scheme we have been able to expand our growing space by installing 3 additional large raised beds.

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Across winter our Coffee Morning became a ‘Warm Welcome’ hub, offering a weekly space to enjoy free refreshments in our warm hall and find out about support services. We hosted Cardiff Council Money Advice Service who offered weekly drop-in advice sessions alongside the coffee morning, supporting community members with debt and benefit advice and accessing fuel vouchers.

Our friendship group, Crafty Chats, continues to thrive. The group’s youngest member is 18 and oldest member is over 80. The crafts are free of charge and the group provides a safe space for friendship and for peer-support for those struggling with loneliness or poor mental health. As the members say, ‘Crafty Chats is like a cwtch!’ The group has become so popular that it now runs on two mornings.

In October our volunteers began a new group called Diamond Art Club. The group provides Diamond Art materials at low cost and a space to meet others. The activity is mindful and relaxing and group members have spoken about the positive impact of the activity on their mental health.

In February we began a new group called Mess ‘n’ Tots. The group was started by a local volunteer who had previously run a similar group independently and very successfully before Covid. We hope as a project of Hope St Mellons they’ll have more support and resources to grow the club again. The session is £1 per child and offers a range of sensory and creative activities. The group has made a particular difference to parents of neurodivergent children or children with sensory needs. These types of activities are rarely available in our community and it’s an exciting addition to our weekly programme.

We continue to work in partnership with Meadowlane School to support children and families identified by the school. Our Wellbeing Workshop worker is a trained Forest School leader, Art Therapist, Play Therapist and Counsellor. Using their range of experience and knowledge, they work with the school and families to design bespoke workshops combining forest school, play and creative activities that offer supported risk taking and nurture the emotional wellbeing and emotional literacy of the children taking part.

St Mellons Nature Club met monthly over the last year. The group encourages intergenerational engagement with nature in our local community. Activities are offered free of charge and this year have included: planting bulbs, making bird boxes, planting fruit trees, nature walks, and forest craft and outdoor cooking.

From January to April 2023 we worked on an intergenerational, whole-community mural. We worked with a local artist to engage the community in the design process, and then held weekly sessions to work on the mural. Over three months of workshops, we had people from a variety of backgrounds and ages, with our youngest painter being 3 years old and our oldest being 93! The mural was installed in May.

This year we were able to offer 160 children and their families brand new gifts for Christmas through our Free Christmas Community Shop. The ‘shop’ offers parents and guardians who might struggle to afford gifts, the opportunity to choose a present for their children. This is our second year running the shop and again we were supported by donations from our local community, Dunelm’s ‘Delivering Joy’ campaign, Wales and West Housing Association, Together for Trowbridge and St Mellons and Cardiff Rivers Group.

Supported by C3SC Small Grant Funding we delivered a programme of holistic wellness activities across January to March. These included: free meditation and movement classes; creative arts; Mental Health First Aid training; community day trips; Time to Talk Day Lunch, tying in with the UK-wide initiative to encourage people to speak about mental health.

Our scholarship programme is funded by community giving. This year the fund supported one local young person to continue their studies in Business Management. The funding supported with travel and food costs during the cost-of-living crisis.

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St Mellons Mutual Aid Fund continues to offer £35 grants to community members in financial hardship. This is money given by the community for the community. Our administrative panel represents the partnership between Hope St Mellons, Together for Trowbridge and St Mellons, Beacon Centre and Church of the Resurrection. This year we have given 141 grants. The grants have contributed toward: rent, phone bills, utilities, car insurance, petrol, essential house repairs, shoes, underwear, school uniforms, warm clothes, urgent travel costs, baby equipment, specialist toys for children with additional needs, and birthday presents. Alongside the small grant, we have referred and signposted recipients to: Cardiff Foodbank, St Mellons Pantry, Speakeasy Law Centre, Citizens Advice, ACE Fuel Voucher Scheme, Women’s Aid.

In June 2023, the boards of Beacon Centre Trust (Cardiff) and Here For Good Collective passed reciprocating resolutions conferring management powers to Here for Good Collective/Hope St Mellons. In early 2024 Beacon Centre Trust (Cardiff) engaged Geldard’s law firm to act on their behalf with the Charity Commission and Cardiff Council to support the asset transfer of The Beacon Centre to Here For Good Collective and novate the ground lease respectively. Our local County Councillors have written to Cardiff Council in support of the transfer of the building and lease to Here For Good Collective. We hope to complete this transfer in the 2024/25 financial year. Taking ownership of the building will support the delivery of our charitable objects and help us to diversify our income generation and become a more sustainable organisation.

Risk Management

The trustees have a risk management strategy which comprises:

This work has identified that financial sustainability is the major financial risk for the charity. A key element in the management of financial risk is a regular review of available liquid funds, review of monthly management reports, and a targeted income generation and diversification in line with our fundraising strategy.

Attention has also been focused on non-financial risks arising from fire, IT security, health and safety of staff and volunteers, food hygiene. These risks are managed by ensuring accreditation is up to date, having robust policies and procedures in place, and regular awareness training for staff working in these operational areas.

Financial Review

Here For Good Collective/Hope St Mellons is a charity standing in its own right, working with community members to see meaningful change across our community – this is a huge achievement and something our community can feel extremely proud of.

In our first year we have begun to put in place firm foundations, including strong financial policy and effective financial management through 2023-24. Here For Good Collective/Hope St Mellons has been successful in following its strategic plan objective to achieve multi-year Invest Local funding towards core costs and to build on this funding to attract further income from funders and donations.

Here For Good Collective/Hope St Mellons’ financial performance and position going forward continues to be healthy. Future years will be more challenging as we look to build on our Invest Local funding and diversify our income. As we look to take on the ownership of The Beacon Centre we hope to strengthen our position as we will be able to make a modest profit on hiring our facilities to community groups and organisations (once increased running costs are taken into account). We will continue to regularly review the level of reserves and adjust accordingly. We will be opening a second account to hold our reserves, utilising an Instant Access Savings Account to take advantage of the increased interest rate while ensuring our funds are not put at risk. In terms of expenditure, we, along with everyone else, have seen our costs increase due to inflation.

Restricted funds are £70,550 while unrestricted and designated reserves are £65,577 as at 31st March 2024.

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TRUSTEES' REPORT (Continued) FOR THE FIRST PERIOD ENDED 31ST MARCH 2024

Reserves Policy and Going Concern

The Board of Trustees continues to review the charity's requirements for reserves in light of the main risks to the organisation. Our policy aims to establish unrestricted funds not invested in tangible assets at a level equivalent to three months' running costs, which equates to £48,376 as per the budget for 2024/25.

Plans for the Future

Looking forward, through careful planning, creative thinking and community-based delivery we will build on this success. Here For Good Collective/Hope St Mellons will enable community development through the direct provision of our community support projects, the development of community assets and social enterprise. We will access funding to support our work, and will work with people, community groups, organisations and businesses, directing our resources in a sustainable and effective manner.

Structure, Governance and Management

Governing Document

Here For Good Collective is a charitable incorporated organisation registered with the Charity Commission of England and Wales on 17th March 2023.

Appointment of Trustees

Apart from the first charity trustees, every trustee must be appointed for a term of three years by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the charity trustees. In selecting individuals for appointment as charity trustees, the charity trustees must have regard to the skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective administration of the CIO.

Trustee Induction and Training

All new trustees receive a comprehensive induction pack with essential information and are supported with training and guidance through an induction period of three months.

Organisation

The board of trustees administers the charity. The board normally meets monthly and there are sub-groups and working groups supporting communications, HR and developing our business plan. To facilitate effective operations, the Director has delegated authority, within terms of delegation approved by the trustees, for operational matters including finance, employment and community related activity.

Related Parties and Co-operation with other Organisations

None of our trustees receive remuneration or other benefit from their work with the charity. Any connection between a trustee or senior manager of the charity with an employee or contractor must be disclosed to the full board of trustees in the same way as any other contractual relationship with a related party.

Pay Policy for Staff

All trustees give of their time freely and no trustee received remuneration in the year. Details of trustees’ expenses and related party transactions are disclosed in note 14 to the accounts.

The pay of the staff is appraised annually and normally increased in accordance with average earnings. In view of the nature of the charity, the trustees benchmark against pay levels in other third sector organisations of a similar size run on a voluntary basis.

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HERE FOR GOOD COLLECTIVE Icharilabkg Incorporated Ory8nisationl TRUSTEES. REPORT Icontlnugdl FOR THE FIRST PERIOD ENDED 31ST MARCH 21)24 Trust￿. Respon8ibilit188 Th8 trustees are iésponsiue f¢r prep¥iw the Report of lh8 Twste8s Ihe firkgnaal stat@m8nts h W)rdar￿ with ap￿Kable l&¥ and ts United ￿'￿￿0M Acwunling Stanthrds IUnit8d ￿ngdTrTr Generally AcceO8d Accounting PractKe The Law 8prlutrAe to ￿aritieS in Eng&nd WdtB, the ¢hgrtho5 Act 2011, Charity IA¢wunts al￿ Reports) Regulatsons the provisions of the Governiw Document requires the trustÉe$ to pfftp8￿ finanGial ststernents for gach financial yfyar wh￿￿ give a tNe fair wew of the Èt8te of aff*r¥ of d)anty 8nd of the irtatning re50urres and a￿lIcati￿ of resou￿5, induding th& income and oxpenditura of the chadty for that p8rlcR1. In prep8dng those fmancial statemants, ts truste8s ar8 required to.. SebGt￿rta￿e xcwntirKJ ￿lthe5 ar]d then appqythem c￿￿stentty., Observethe metws and p￿r￿lPleS in the Charity SORP,. Makelurlgoments and estimates that are rgasonaNe and kyudent Preparè the finatKial 5tat&metts on going coDGeTn basks unless il is inapprcpriqte to presume that the CIO will ttjntinuè to oparate. The trustees arg responsible for kee￿ng W0￿r accwntiro records whlch dlscbse ￿ wsonatle a￿Ur8¢Y at any Im8 the financial wstiion of the charity and to erwb1e them lo ensure that th8 finarLk81 ststaments comply Ylith the Charitiès Ad 2011. the Charity (Accounts gnd Rewrtsl ReguL9t￿s and lh8 provis￿8 of the Gc>veming Dccument TfÈy are also reswnsible for 5afgguar(liw thg assets of th• charity ano hence for taking rea80n&￿e steps for thè yeventh)n anrl dotec￿n of fraud and Ott￿r¥￿u￿rIIles. 1 * - 2ozLt- wroved bythe Trustees on............ Signed on their behaWbyTrustoe......... Prin￿ Name.. 27

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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE FIRST PERIOD ENDED 31ST MARCH 2024

Notes
INCOMING RESOURCES
Incoming Resources from Generated Funds
Donations, Grants & Legacies
3a
Charitable Activities
3b
Investment Income
3c
Other Incoming Resources
3d
TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES
RESOURCES EXPENDED
Costs of Generating Funds
Cost of Charitable Activities
4a
Governance Costs
4b
TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED
NET INCOMING (OUTGOING) RESOURCES
Funds Brought Forward
Transfer Between Funds
6
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD		 Unrestricted
Designated
Restricted
TOTAL
Funds
Funds
Funds
2023/24
£
£
£
£
171,064
-
68,623
239,687
19,553
-
71,419
90,971
-
-
-
-
2,917
-
-
2,917
193,533
-
140,042
333,575
124,433
-
69,492
193,925
3,523
-
-
3,523
127,956
-
69,492
197,448
65,577
-
70,550
136,127
-
-
-
-
(35,000)
35,000
-
-
30,577
35,000
70,550
136,127

Movements on all reserves and all recognised gains and losses are shown above. All of the organisation's operations are classed as continuing.

The notes on pages 30 to 36 form part of these financial statements.

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HERE FOR GOOD COLLECTIVE Icharitsble Incorwrat8d Organisatsonl BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31ST MARCH 2024 UnreslrKted Funds Restrict8d Fund$ Total 31-Mar-24 Flxed A8•0ts Tawible Assets Inve81ments Totsl FlxedAS￿ts Current Atstets Debtots & Prepayment$ Cash at Bank and in Hand Total CurrontAs¥ots 69.780 69,780 70.550 yo.sso 140,330 140,330 Credknrs.. AmountsfallKig dl￿within one year 10 4,203 4.203 NEfcuRRENT ASSETS 65,577 70.550 136,127 TOTALASSETS less oJrrent liatiliti8S 61577 70,550 136.127 C￿￿￿Or8. Amwnts falliry due in mLYe IhatTr 0￿ year 11 NET ASSETS 65,577 70,550 136.127 FurKls Off￿ Charlty Goneral Fund$ Designated Fur￿$ R8stricted Fund5 .577 85,000 30,577 35,000 70,550 70,550 TOTAL CHARITY FUNDS 65,S77 70.550 136,127 Arly￿￿ by th8 TrLK8t8ey on........ . . Stqmd behaff tyTrusts8 ..... .. Printed N8mt'. SIWKG o E) . 29

HERE FOR GOOD COLLECTIVE

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE FIRST PERIOD ENDED 31ST MARCH 2024

1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of Preparation & Assessment of Going Concern

Basis of Preparation

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant note(s) to these accounts. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities (SORP 2015) (Second Edition, effective 1 January 2019), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS102) and the Charities Act 2011.

The Charity meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy notes.

Assessment of Going Concern

Preparation of the accounts is on a going concern basis. The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the Charity’s ability to continue as a going concern.

Incoming Resources

Recognition of Incoming Resources

These are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) when:

▪ the charity becomes entitled to the resources;

▪ the trustees are virtually certain they will receive the resources; and

▪ the monetary value can be measured with sufficient reliability

Incoming Resources with Related Expenditure

Where incoming resources have related expenditure (as with fundraising or contract income) the incoming resource and related expenditure are reported gross in the SOFA.

Grants and Donations

Grants and Donations are only included in the SOFA when the charity has unconditional entitlement to the resources.

Tax Reclaims on Donations and Gifts

Incoming resources from tax reclaims are included in the SOFA at the same time as the gift to which they relate.

Contractual Income and Performance Related Grants

This is only included in the SOFA once the related goods or services have been delivered.

Gifts in Kind

Gifts in kind are accounted for at a reasonable estimate of their value to the charity or the amount actually realised. Gifts in kind for sale or distribution are included in the accounts as gifts only when sold or distributed by the charity. Gifts in kind for use by the charity are included in the SOFA as incoming resources when receivable.

Donated Services and Facilities

These are only included in incoming resources (with an equivalent amount in resources expended) where the benefit to the charity is reasonably quantifiable, measurable and material. The value placed on these resources is the estimated value to the charity of the service or facility received.

Volunteer Help

The value of any voluntary help received is not included in the accounts.

Investment Income

This is included in the accounts when receivable.

Investment Gains and Losses

This included any gain or loss on the sale of investments and any gain or loss resulting from revaluing investments to market value at the end of the year.

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued) FOR THE FIRST PERIOD ENDED 31ST MARCH 2024

1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)

Expenditure and Liabilities

Liability Recognition

Liabilities are recognised as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to pay out resources.

Governance Costs

Include costs of the preparation and examination of statutory accounts, the costs of the trustees meetings and cost of any legal advice to trustees on governance or constitutional matters.

Grants with Performance Conditions

Where the charity gives a grant with conditions for its payment being a specific level of service or output to be provided, such grants are only recognised in the SOFA once the recipient of the grant has provided the specified service or output.

Grants Payable without Performance Conditions

These are only recognised in the accounts when a commitment has been made and there are no conditions to be met relating to a grant which remain in control of the charity.

Investments

Investments quoted on a recognised stock exchange are valued at market value at the year end. Other investment assets are included at trustees' best estimate of market value.

Unrestricted Funds

These funds can be used for the general objectives of the charity as set out in the trustees report. The movements of the unrestricted funds are given in the Statement of Financial Activities.

Restricted Funds

These funds are where the donor has specified a purpose for the donation made. These restrictions often arise as a result of appeals for special offerings for specific purposes.

Designated Funds

These funds are funds set aside by the trustees out of unrestricted general funds for particular purposes or projects.

Fixed Assets

Fixed Assets are capitalised if they can be used for more than one year and cost at least £1,500. They are valued at cost or, if gifted, at the value to the charity on receipt.

Depreciation Expense

Depreciation is calculated at a rate to write off the cost of tangible fixed assets over their estimated useful lives. The rates applied are as follows:

Fixtures, Fittings and Equipment 25% - Straight Line Basis

2. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS

The CIO held no fixed assets during this initial financial period.

The annual commitments under non-cancelling operating leases and capital commitments are as follows: 31st March 2024: None

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued) FOR THE FIRST PERIOD ENDED 31ST MARCH 2024

3. INCOMING RESOURCES

Note
a) Donations, Grants & Legacies
Gifts & Donations
5
Grants Received
5
b) Charitable Activities
Activities & Events
5
Crafty Chats Project
5
Diamond Art Project
5
Garden Project
5
Mess n Tots
5
Mutual Aid Fund
5
Nature Club Project
5
Pantry Project
5
Step Out Scholarship Programme
5
Wellbeing Workshop
5
Winter Wellness Project
5
c) Investment Income
Interest
d) Other Incoming Resources
Sundry Income		 Unrestricted
Designated
Restricted
TOTAL
Funds
Funds
Funds
2023/24
£
£
£
£
1,046
-
224
1,270
170,018
-
68,399
238,417
171,064
-
68,623
239,687
-
-
4,930
4,930
-
-
1,023
1,023
-
-
278
278
-
-
12,089
12,089
-
-
958
958
-
-
8,504
8,504
-
-
2,198
2,198
19,553
-
18,780
38,333
-
-
8,908
8,908
-
-
9,128
9,128
-
-
4,624
4,624
19,553
-
71,419
90,971
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2,917
-
-
2,917
2,917
-
-
2,917

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued) FOR THE FIRST PERIOD ENDED 31ST MARCH 2024

4. RESOURCES EXPENDED

Note
a) Cost of Charitable Activities
Activities & Events
5
Advertising & Publicity
Crafty Chats
5
Diamond Art Project
5
Equipment Costs
Garden Project
5
Insurance Costs
License & Subscriptions
Mess n Tots
5
Mutual Aid Fund
5
Nature Club
5
Office Costs
Pantry Project
5
Repairs & Maintenance
5
Staff Costs
5 & 13
Staff Welfare Costs
Step Out Scholarship Programme
5
Sundry Expenses
Telephone Costs
Training Costs
Travel & Hospitality
Volunteers Expenses
Wellbeing Workshops
5
Winter Wellbeing
5
`
b) Governance Costs
Independent Examiners Fees
10
Legal & Professional Fees		 Unrestricted
Designated
Restricted
TOTAL
Funds
Funds
Funds
2023/24
£
£
£
£
-
-
5,154
5,154
398
-
-
398
-
-
1,023
1,023
-
-
278
278
5,347
-
-
5,347
-
-
9,220
9,220
2,335
-
-
2,335
59
-
-
59
-
-
489
489
-
-
5,005
5,005
-
-
1,308
1,308
641
-
-
641
8,858
-
5,285
14,143
12,058
-
21,947
34,005
88,869
-
14,773
103,642
1,859
-
-
1,859
-
-
210
210
1,423
-
-
1,423
223
-
-
223
1,631
-
-
1,631
620
-
-
620
111
-
-
111
-
-
177
177
-
-
4,624
4,624
124,433
-
69,492
193,925
1,140
-
-
1,140
2,383
-
-
2,383
3,523
-
-
3,523

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued) FOR THE FIRST PERIOD ENDED 31ST MARCH 2024

5. RESTRICTED FUNDS

Activities & Events
Capital Projects Fund
Crafty Chats
Diamond Art Project
Mess n Tots
Nature Club
Pantry Garden Project
St Mellons Mutual Aid Fund
St Mellons Pantry Project
Step Out Scholarship Programme
Wellbeing Workshops Fund
Winter Wellbeing Fund		 Balance
Balance
17-Mar-23
Income
Expenditure
Transfers
31-Mar-24
£
£
£
£
£
-
5,154
4,964
-
190
-
68,399
21,947
-
46,452
-
1,023
1,023
-
-
-
278
278
-
-
-
958
489
-
469
-
2,198
1,308
-
890
-
12,089
9,410
-
2,679
-
8,504
5,005
-
3,499
-
18,780
17,884
-
896
-
8,908
210
-
8,698
-
9,128
2,351
-
6,777
-
4,624
4,624
-
-
-
140,042
69,492
-
70,550

The restricted funds held are wholly represented by the CIO's cash reserves and are to be expended as specified above.

6. DESIGNATED FUNDS

Reserve Fund Balance
Balance
17-Mar-23
Income
Expenditure
Transfers
31-Mar-24
£
£
£
£
£
-
-
-
35,000
35,000
-
-
-
35,000
35,000

The designated funds held are wholly represented by the CIO's cash reserves and are to be expended as specified above.

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued) FOR THE FIRST PERIOD ENDED 31ST MARCH 2024

7. INVESTMENTS

The CIO held no fixed assets investments during this initial financial period.

8. CASH AT BANK AND IN HAND

Cash at Bank & in Hand
9. DEBTORS AND PREPAYMENTS
Sundry Debtors		 Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Fund
Fund
31-Mar-24
£
£
£
69,780
70,550
140,330
69,780
70,550
140,330
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Fund
Fund
31-Mar-24
£
£
£
-
-
-
-
-
-

10. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR

Independent Examiners Fees
PAYE & N.I
Sundry Creditors		 Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Fund
Fund
31-Mar-24
£
£
£
1,140
-
1,140
756
-
756
2,307
-
2,307
4,203
-
4,203

11. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE IN MORE THAN ONE YEAR

The CIO held no long term liabilities during this initial financial period.

12. NET ASSETS BETWEEN FUNDS

Fixed Asset Investments
Net Current Assets
Long Term Liabilities		 Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Funds
Funds
31-Mar-24
£
£
£
-
-
-
65,577
70,550
136,127
-
-
-
65,577
70,550
136,127

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued) FOR THE FIRST PERIOD ENDED 31ST MARCH 2024

13. STAFF COSTS AND NUMBERS

Gross Wages, Salaries & Fees
Employer's National Insurance Costs
Pension Contributions
Employees who were engaged in each of the following activities:
Charitable Activities		 TOTAL
2023/24
£
97,385
2,922
3,336
103,642
TOTAL
2023/24
5

The Charity operates a PAYE scheme to pay all members of employed staff and no employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000.

14. TRUSTEES AND OTHER RELATED PARTIES

No payments were made to trustees or any persons connected with them during this financial period. No material transaction took place between the organisation and a trustee or any person connected with them.

15. RISK ASSESSMENT

The Trustees actively review the major risks which the charity faces on a regular basis and believe that maintaining the free reserves stated, combined with the annual review of the controls over key financial systems carried out on an annual basis will provide sufficient resources in the event of adverse conditions. The Trustees have also examined other operational and business risks which they face and confirm that they have established systems to mitigate the significant risks.

16. RESERVES POLICY

The Trustees have considered the level of reserves they wish to retain, appropriate to the CIO's needs. This is based on the CIO's size and the level of financial commitments held. The Trustees aim to ensure the CIO will be able to continue to fulfil its charitable objectives even if there is a temporary shortfall in income or unexpected expenditure. The Trustees will endeavour not to set aside funds unnecessarily.

17. PUBLIC BENEFIT

The CIO acknowledges its requirement to demonstrate clearly that it must have charitable purposes or ‘aims’ that are for the public benefit. Details of how the CIO has achieved this are provided in the Trustees report. The Trustees confirm that they have paid due regard to the Charity Commission guidance on public benefit before deciding what activities the CIO should undertake.

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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT ON THE ACCOUNTS

Report to the trustees/ members of Here For Good Collective on the accounts for the first period ended 31st March 2024 set out on pages 28 to 36.

Respective Responsibilities of Trustees and Examiner

The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this period under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed.

It is my responsibility to:

Basis of Independent Examiner’s Statement

I conducted my examination in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners for England & Wales in relation to the conducting of an independent examination, referred to above. An independent examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the Charity and of the accounting systems employed by the Charity and a comparison of the financial statements presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the financial statements, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning such matters. The purpose of the examination is to establish as far as possible that there have been no breaches of the Charities legislation and that the financial statements comply with the SORP, on a test basis, of evidence relevant to the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.

The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and information supplied by the trustees in the course of the examination is not subjected to audit tests or enquiries, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the financial statements, and in particular, I express no opinion as to whether the financial statements give a true and fair view of the affairs of the charity, and my report is limited to the matters set out in the statement below.

The charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 and I am qualified to undertake the examination by being a qualified member of the Association of Accounting Technicians.

I planned and performed my examination so as to satisfy myself that the objectives of the independent examination are achieved and before finalising the report I obtain written assurances from the trustees of all material matters.

Independent Examiner's Statement

In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:

  1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect, the requirements:

  2. to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; and

  3. to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act

have not been met; or

  1. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

K. Collaku MAAT Castle View Accounting Ltd Ground Floor Offices 53 High Street Arundel West Sussex BN18 9AJ

Date: 20th December 2024

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