2025-07-31-accounts - Raise: A Celebration Of Giving

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Trustees Annual Report 2025

Report period start date	2024-08-01
Report period end date	2025-07-31
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, Olivia Collotta
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 6 student
volunteers led by student director Olivia
Collotta, coordinated our 3 chapters, helping
them engage hundreds of students in our
philosophy of deliberate, effective giving.
Chapters hosted events on campuses across
the UK, including social meetups, educational
talks, and celebrations. Alongside these, we ran
a donations push with our alumni community.
Chapters have hosted various educational talks
for their members, including from AMF founder
and CEO Rob Mather. In April 2025, we also ran a
workshop in London for the National Team and
chapter presidents to encourage collaboration
throughout the organisation. The National Team
has continued developing the framework for a
fellowship programme, which we hope to begin
in the summer of 2026.
We have also recruited a very competent new
national team of student volunteers for the
academic year 2025/26 led by UCL Master’s
student Ella Denton, who has previously served
as a Chapter President and on the National
Team as Community Lead.
Summary of the main achievements:
-
£30,737.46 raised for AMF
-
294 student donors
-
3 chapters across the UK, with
collectively over 100 committee
members and reps, engaging students
on our philosophy of positive, effective
giving
-
Advisory Board of 3 previous student
members running events and new
initiatives to increase the effciency and
reach of Raise
-
Talks from Rob Mather and workshops
led by National Team members and
Trustees to engage students in effective,
deliberate giving

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 2025-2026: £1200
Unrestricted funds at end of fnancial year 2025:
£6787
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 - 5/3/2026
RS - 1/3/2026
AT - 1/3/2026
OC - 1/3/2026

Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees Raise: A Celebration of Giving On accounts for the year 31 July 2025 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 2025.

Responsibilities and basis As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the of report 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 all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner's I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have statement come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Signed: Date: 24/02/2026 Name: Yang Li Relevant professional ACCA qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: Wessex Commercial Solutions Ltd Yeovil Business Innovation Centre BA22 8RN

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Section B Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material 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 .

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Section A Receipts and payments	Section A Receipts and payments	Section A Receipts and payments	Section A Receipts and payments	Section A Receipts and payments	Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds Total funds Last year to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ A1 Receipts
A1 Receipts
Chapter Contributions	(£ -)	(£ 1,389)	(£ -)	(£ 1,389)	(£ 2,006)
Donations (designated to go to other charities)	(£ -)	(£ 13,057)	(£ -)	(£ 13,057)	(£ 54,967)
Donations (for Raise's operations)	(£ -)	(£ 1,300)	(£ -)	(£ 1,300)	(£ 7,580)
Interest	(£ -)	(£ -)	(£ -)	(£ -)	(£ 12)
Transfers (from old bank accounts)	(£ -)	(£ -)	(£ -)	(£ -)	(£ 14,714)
Sub total(Gross income for AR)	(£ -)	(£ 15,746)	(£ -)	(£ 15,746)	(£ 79,279)
A2 Asset and investment sales
None	(£ -)	(£ -)	(£ -)	(£ -)	(£ -)
Sub total	(£ -)	(£ -)	(£ -)	(£ -)	(£ -)

Total receipts	(£ -)	(£ 15,746)	(£ -)	(£ 15,746)	(£ 79,279)
A3 Payments Donations
AMF	(£ -)	(£ 29,622)	(£ -)	(£ 29,622)	(£ 37,294)
GiveDirectly	(£ -)	(£ 175)	(£ -)	(£ 175)	(£ 1,105)
Clean Air Task Force	(£ -)	(£ 200)	(£ -)	(£ 200)	(£ 200)
StrongMinds	(£ -)	(£ 50)	(£ -)	(£ 50)	(£ 150)
Raising Voices	(£ -)	(£ 100.00)	(£ -)	(£ 100)	(£ 116)
UNHCR	(£ -)	(£ -)	(£ -)	(£ -)	(£ 100)
Governance and Activities Costs
Chapter Activities	(£ -)	(£ 1,664)	(£ -)	(£ 1,664)	(£ 4,993)
Technology	(£ 40)	(£ -)	(£ -)	(£ 40)	(£ 40)
Stripe (Donations Fees)	(£ 461)	(£ -)	(£ -)	(£ 461)	(£ 303)
Independent Examination	(£ 612)	(£ -)	(£ -)	(£ 612)	(£ -)
Insurance	(£ -)	(£ -)	(£ -)	(£ -)	(£ 202)
Sub total	(£ 1,113)	(£ 31,811)	(£ -)	(£ 32,923)	(£ 44,502)
A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
None	(£ -)	(£ -)	(£ -)	(£ -)	(£ -)
Sub total	(£ -)	(£ -)	(£ -)	(£ -)	(£ -)

Total payments	(£ 1,113)	(£ 31,811)	(£ -)	(£ 32,923)	(£ 44,502)

Net of receipts/(payments)	(£ (1,113)	(£ (16,065)	(£ -)	(£ (17,177)	(£ 34,777)
A5 Transfers between funds	(£ (700)	(£ 700)	(£ -)	(£ -)	(£ -)
A6 Cash funds last year end	(£ 8,600)	(£ 26,176)	(£ -)	(£ 34,776)	(£ -)
Cash funds this year end	(£ 6,787)	(£ 10,811)	(£ -)	(£ 17,599)	(£ 34,777)

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Categories B1 Cash funds	Details		Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £
	Cash in Bank		(£ 6,787)	(£ 10,912)	-
Total cash funds Details B2 Other monetary assets None Details B3 Investment assets None Details B4 Assets retained for the charity's None Details B5 Liabilities Raising Voices donation	Total cash funds Details		(£ 6,787)	(£ 10,912)	-
			Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £
	None		-	-	-
	Details		Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) Current value (optional)
	None		-	-	-
	Details		Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) Current value (optional)
	None		-	-	-
			Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) When due (optional)
	Raising Voices donation		Restricted	(£ 100)	When payment can be completed Raising Voices currently cannot accept donations.