## Trustees Annual Report 2025 

|Report period start date|2024-08-01|
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|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<br>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<br>VOLUNTARY SECTOR FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN<br>PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE<br>PROVISION OF RESOURCES THAT SUPPORT AND<br>ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO VOLUNTEER AND<br>CONTRIBUTE TO THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR. THE<br>‘VOLUNTARY SECTOR’ MEANS CHARITIES AND<br>VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS: CHARITIES ARE<br>ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR<br>EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN<br>ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND<br>WALES. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ARE<br>INDEPENDENT ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE<br>ESTABLISHED FOR PURPOSES THAT ADD VALUE<br>TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, OR A<br>SIGNIFICANT SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, AND<br>WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED BY THEIR<br>CONSTITUTION TO MAKE A PROFIT FOR PRIVATE<br>DISTRIBUTION. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DO<br>NOT INCLUDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR OTHER<br>STATUTORY AUTHORITIES.|
|Trustees have had regard tothe guidance<br>issued by the Charity Commission on public<br>beneft?|Yes|





||Summary of the main activities:<br>Raise has had a successful 12 months. The<br>National Team, consisting of 6 student<br>volunteers led by student director Olivia<br>Collotta, coordinated our 3 chapters, helping<br>them engage hundreds of students in our<br>philosophy of deliberate, effective giving.<br>Chapters hosted events on campuses across<br>the UK, including social meetups, educational<br>talks, and celebrations. Alongside these, we ran<br>a donations push with our alumni community.<br>Chapters have hosted various educational talks<br>for their members, including from AMF founder<br>and CEO Rob Mather. In April 2025, we also ran a<br>workshop in London for the National Team and<br>chapter presidents to encourage collaboration<br>throughout the organisation. The National Team<br>has continued developing the framework for a<br>fellowship programme, which we hope to begin<br>in the summer of 2026.<br>We have also recruited a very competent new<br>national team of student volunteers for the<br>academic year 2025/26 led by UCL Master’s<br>student Ella Denton, who has previously served<br>as a Chapter President and on the National<br>Team as Community Lead.<br>Summary of the main achievements:<br>-<br>£30,737.46 raised for AMF<br>-<br>294 student donors<br>-<br>3 chapters across the UK, with<br>collectively over 100 committee<br>members and reps, engaging students<br>on our philosophy of positive, effective<br>giving<br>-<br>Advisory Board of 3 previous student<br>members running events and new<br>initiatives to increase the effciency and<br>reach of Raise<br>-<br>Talks from Rob Mather and workshops<br>led by National Team members and<br>Trustees to engage students in effective,<br>deliberate giving|
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||Summary of the reserves policy:<br>The CIO will hold reserves to cover all support<br>costs of the charity for one year, including<br>insurance, independent examination,<br>technology and donations fees. A small amount<br>will be held for chapter activities and to<br>support emergent projects not included in the<br>annual budget. The Trustees have deemed that<br>one year is suffcient to gain new income<br>streams if necessary. These reserves come from<br>the CIO's free unrestricted funds.<br>Budget for 2025-2026: £1200<br>Unrestricted funds at end of fnancial year 2025:<br>£6787<br>Are there any areas where we are signifcantly<br>low on funds? If so, give details.<br>No<br>Reviewed and approved by all the trustees on:<br>AJ - 5/3/2026<br>RS - 1/3/2026<br>AT - 1/3/2026<br>OC - 1/3/2026|
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## **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**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Unrestricted funds**<br>**Restricted funds**<br>**Endowment funds**<br>**Total funds**<br>**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**A1 Receipts**|||||||
|**A1 Receipts**|||||||
|Chapter Contributions|(£<br>-)|(£<br>1,389)|(£<br>-)|(£<br>1,389)|(£<br>2,006)||
|Donations (designated to go to other charities)|(£<br>-)|(£<br>13,057)|(£<br>-)|(£<br>13,057)|(£<br>54,967)||
|Donations (for Raise's operations)|(£<br>-)|(£<br>1,300)|(£<br>-)|(£<br>1,300)|(£<br>7,580)||
|Interest|(£<br>-)|(£<br>-)|(£<br>-)|(£<br>-)|(£<br>12)||
|Transfers (from old bank accounts)|(£<br>-)|(£<br>-)|(£<br>-)|(£<br>-)|(£<br>14,714)||
|**Sub total(Gross income for AR)**|(£<br>-)|(£<br>15,746)|(£<br>-)|(£<br>15,746)|(£<br>79,279)||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales**|||||||
|None|(£<br>-)|(£<br>-)|(£<br>-)|(£<br>-)|(£<br>-)||
|**Sub total**|(£<br>-)|(£<br>-)|(£<br>-)|(£<br>-)|(£<br>-)||
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|**Total receipts **|**(£**<br>**-)**|**(£**<br>**15,746)**|**(£**<br>**-)**|**(£**<br>**15,746)**|(£<br>79,279)||
|**A3 Payments**<br>**Donations**|||||||
|AMF|(£<br>-)|(£<br>29,622)|(£<br>-)|(£<br>29,622)|(£<br>37,294)||
|GiveDirectly|(£<br>-)|(£<br>175)|(£<br>-)|(£<br>175)|(£<br>1,105)||
|Clean Air Task Force|(£<br>-)|(£<br>200)|(£<br>-)|(£<br>200)|(£<br>200)||
|StrongMinds|(£<br>-)|(£<br>50)|(£<br>-)|(£<br>50)|(£<br>150)||
|Raising Voices|(£<br>-)|(£<br>100.00)|(£<br>-)|(£<br>100)|(£<br>116)||
|UNHCR|(£<br>-)|(£<br>-)|(£<br>-)|(£<br>-)|(£<br>100)||
|**Governance and Activities Costs**|||||||
|Chapter Activities|(£<br>-)|(£<br>1,664)|(£<br>-)|(£<br>1,664)|(£<br>4,993)||
|Technology|(£<br>40)|(£<br>-)|(£<br>-)|(£<br>40)|(£<br>40)||
|Stripe (Donations Fees)|(£<br>461)|(£<br>-)|(£<br>-)|(£<br>461)|(£<br>303)||
|Independent Examination|(£<br>612)|(£<br>-)|(£<br>-)|(£<br>612)|(£<br>-)||
|Insurance|(£<br>-)|(£<br>-)|(£<br>-)|(£<br>-)|(£<br>202)||
|**Sub total**|(£<br>1,113)|(£<br>31,811)|(£<br>-)|(£<br>32,923)|(£<br>44,502)||
|**A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)**|||||||
|None|(£<br>-)|(£<br>-)|(£<br>-)|(£<br>-)|(£<br>-)||
|**Sub total**|(£<br>-)|(£<br>-)|(£<br>-)|(£<br>-)|(£<br>-)||
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|**Total payments **|**(£**<br>**1,113)**|**(£**<br>**31,811)**|**(£**<br>**-)**|**(£**<br>**32,923)**|**(£**<br>**44,502)**||
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|**Net of receipts/(payments) **|**(£**<br>**(1,113)**|**(£**<br>**(16,065)**|**(£**<br>**-)**|**(£**<br>**(17,177)**|**(£**<br>**34,777)**||
|**A5 Transfers between funds**|**(£**<br>**(700)**|**(£**<br>**700)**|(£<br>-)|(£<br>-)|(£<br>-)||
|**A6 Cash funds last year end**|**(£**<br>**8,600)**|**(£**<br>**26,176)**|(£<br>-)|(£<br>34,776)|(£<br>-)||
|**Cash funds this year end **|**(£**<br>**6,787)**|**(£**<br>**10,811)**|**(£**<br>**-)**|**(£**<br>**17,599)**|**(£**<br>**34,777)**||
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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|||||||
|<br>**Categories**<br>**B1 Cash funds**|<br>**Details**||<br>**Unrestricted funds**<br>**Restricted funds Endowment funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**||||
||Cash in Bank||**(£**<br>**6,787)**|**(£**<br>**10,912)**|-||
|**Total cash funds** <br>**Details**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>None<br>**Details**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>None<br>**Details**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the charity's**<br>None<br>**Details**<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>Raising Voices donation|**Total cash funds** <br>**Details**||(£<br>6,787)|(£<br>10,912)|-||
||||**Unrestricted funds**<br>**Restricted funds Endowment funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**||||
||None||-|-|-||
||**Details**||**Fund to which asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**Current value (optional)**||||
||None||-|-|-||
||**Details**||**Fund to which asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**Current value (optional)**||||
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||||**Fund to which liability relates  Amount due (optional)**<br>**When due (optional)**||||
||Raising Voices donation||Restricted|(£<br>100)|When payment<br>can be completed<br>Raising Voices<br>currently cannot<br>accept donations.||