## Trustees Annual Report 2024 |Report period start date|2023-07-31| |---|---| |Report period end date|2024-07-31| |Charity name|Raise: A Celebration of Giving| |Charity number|1202899| |Address|11 Canalside Square, London, N1 7FN| |Trustee names|Adam Jones, Rahul Shah, Abraham Tolley,
Joseph James Benton, George Alexander
Rosenfeld| |Governing document type|CIO - Foundation| |Charity constitution type|CIO| |Trustee selection method|Elected by serving trustees| |Charitable objects|THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO PROMOTE THE
VOLUNTARY SECTOR FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN
PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE
PROVISION OF RESOURCES THAT SUPPORT AND
ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO VOLUNTEER AND
CONTRIBUTE TO THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR. THE
‘VOLUNTARY SECTOR’ MEANS CHARITIES AND
VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS: CHARITIES ARE
ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR
EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND
WALES. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ARE
INDEPENDENT ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE
ESTABLISHED FOR PURPOSES THAT ADD VALUE
TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, OR A
SIGNIFICANT SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, AND
WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED BY THEIR
CONSTITUTION TO MAKE A PROFIT FOR PRIVATE
DISTRIBUTION. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DO
NOT INCLUDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR OTHER
STATUTORY AUTHORITIES.| |Trustees have had regard tothe guidance
issued by the Charity Commission on public
beneft?|Yes| ||Summary of the main activities:
Raise has had a successful 12 months. The
National Team, consisting of 10 student
volunteers led by student director Rahul Shah,
coordinated our 7 chapters, (of which UCL was
new for this year) helping them engage 100s of
students in our philosophy of deliberate,
effective giving. These chapters have hosted a
variety of successful events centred on the
Raise philosophy, including summer picnics
and celebrations. Alongside these, we ran a
donations push at a workplace and with our
alumni community.
Chapters have also hosted various educational
talks for their members, including from AMF
founder and CEO Rob Mather, as well as
workshops for their committees and
representatives. The National Team has
continued developing the framework for a
reading group, which we hope to trial during
the 2024/25 academic year. We have new
chapters at LSE and Manchester who are about
to start operating, whilst our other chapters are
in the process of handing over to new teams.
We have also recruited a very competent new
national team of student volunteers for the
academic year 2024/25 led by Edinburgh
Master’s student Olivia Collota who has
experience with Raise as a highly successful
Chapter President at on National Team as
Community Director.
Summary of the main achievements:
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£43,836.91 raised for AMF
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300 student donors
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7 chapters across the UK, with
collectively over 150 committee
members and reps, engaging students
on our philosophy of positive, effective
giving
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Advisory Board of 5 previous student
members running events to engage
former members in London
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Talks from Rob Mather a workshops led
by National Team members and Trustees| |---|---| ||to engage students in effective,
deliberate giving
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Workplace donation push, progression
with reading group materials and
continued alumni engagement| |---|---| |Summary of the reserves policy:|The CIO will hold reserves to cover all support
costs of the charity for one year, including
insurance, independent examination,
technology and donations fees. A small amount
will be held for chapter activities and to
support emergent projects not included in the
annual budget. The Trustees have deemed that
one year is suffcient to gain new income
streams if necessary. These reserves come from
the CIO's free unrestricted funds.
Budget for 2024-2025: £2,048
Unrestricted funds at end of fnancial year 2024:
£9,705 (2023: £5,372)| |Are there any areas where we are signifcantly
low on funds? If so, give details.|No| |Reviewed and approved by all the trustees on:|AJ - 2024-11-03
JB - 2024-11-04
GR - 2024-11-05
AT - 2024-11-06
RS - 2024-11-12| Approved and signed by RAHUL SHAH Chair - Board of Trustees on 24th May 2025 ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** ## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** ## **Report to the trustees/** Raise: A Celebration of Giving **members of** > **On accounts for the year** 31 July 2024 **Charity no** 1202899 **ended (if any)** **Set out on pages** Above I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended **31 July 2024** - **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation **basis of report** of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. **Independent** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or - the accounts do not accord with the accounting records I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. **Date:** 27[th] May 2025 **Signed: Name:** Tomas Wilcox **Relevant professional** FCIE **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** 23 St-Leonards Road Bexhill TN40 1HH 1 **24/04/2025** **IER** ## **Section B Disclosure** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). **Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . Nothing to disclose. 2 **24/04/2025** **IER** ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
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**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |Chapter Contributions|**-**|**2,006.00**|**-**|**2,006.00**|**-**| |Donations(designated togo to other charities)|**-**|**54,966.59**|**-**|**54,966.59**|**-**| |Donations(for Raise's operations)|**5,000.00**|**2,580.00**|**-**|**7,580.00**|**-**| |Interest|**11.55**|**-**|**-**|**11.55**|**-**| |Transfers|**5,976.71**|**8,737.71**|**-**|**14,714.42**|**-**| |**_Sub total(Gross income for AR)_**|**10,988.26**|**68,290.30**|**-**|**79,278.56**|**-**| ||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).**|||||| |None|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |**_Total receipts_**|||||| ||**10,988.26**|**68,290.30**|**-**|**79,278.56**|**-**| ## **A3 Payments Donations** |**Donations**|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |AMF|**-**|**36,492.68**|**-**|**36,492.68**|**-**| |GiveDirectly|**-**|**1,105.00**|**-**|**1,105.00**|**-**| |Clean Air Task Force|**-**|**200.00**|**-**|**200.00**|**-**| |Raising Voices|**-**|**116.00**|**-**|**116.00**|**-**| |StrongMinds|**-**|**150.00**|**-**|**150.00**|**-**| |UNHCR|**-**|**100.00**|**-**|**100.00**|**-**| |**Governance and Activities Costs**|||||| |Insurance|**201.57**|**-**|**-**|**201.57**|**-**| |Chapter Activities|**1,042.46**|**3,950.41**|**-**|**4,992.87**|**-**| |Technology|**39.55**|**-**|**-**|**39.55**|**-**| |Stripe (Donations Fees)|**1,104.79**|**-**|**-**|**1,104.79**|**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**2,388.37**|**42,114.09**|**-**|**44,502.46**|**-**| ||||||| |**A4 Asset and investmentpurchases, (see table)**|||||| |None|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||| ||**2,388.37**|**42,114.09**|**-**|**44,502.46**|**-**| ||||||| ||**8,599.89**|**26,176.21**|**-**|**34,776.10**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**8,599.89**|**26,176.21**|**-**|**34,776.10**|**-**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
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**charity’s own use**
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**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Cash in Bank|**8,599.89**|**26,176.21**|**-**| ||**_Total cash funds_**|**8,599.89**|**26,176.21**|**-**| ||**Details**|**Unrestricted**
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**Details**|**which liability relatesunt due (optional)en due (optional)**||| ||None|**N/A**|**-**|**-**| Approved and Signed by Rahul Shah - Chair, Board of Trustees On 25th May 2025