## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **Period start date: Oct 2023 Period end date: March 2025** ## **Charity name: Pendle New Neighbours** ## **Charity registration number: 1205177** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The object of the CIO is the promotion of
social inclusion for the public benefit
among people who are refugees and
asylum seekers who are living in the
Pendle area, who are socially excluded on
the grounds of their social and economic
position.| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|We do this by providing in particular, but
not exclusively:
(1) Advice, support, advocacy,
interpreting, translating, and
signposting to other services.
(2) English classes and other
opportunities for learning the
English language.
(3) Trips and visits to UK cities,
towns, and country to learn about
our heritage, traditions, and
culture.
(4) Relief from poverty or financial
hardship by making emergency
small grants and distributing
funds from other organisations.
(5) Social and recreational facilities
and events involving the local
community.
(6) Information and education of the
general public about the issues
relating to refugees and those
seeking asylum.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|Prior to our application to the Charity
Commission to become a charity in
September 2023, the trustees considered
the guidance when defining the objects of
the CIO. The trustees remain aware of the
guidance and have held a recent discussion
at theBoardmeeting on 28th March 2025.| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|We make small grants from our general
charity account to individuals when we
encounter an emergency need. This may
arise when the asylum seeker has
registered for an eVisa when they are
granted leave to remain, and it is not
functioning correctly. Additional hardship
may also arise when there are additional
costs incurred that take spending over the
weekly budget. These emergency grants
amounted to £1,811 from October 2023 to
end March 2025.
Also, we have a Service Level Agreement
with Pendle Borough Council to provide
crisis relief through the Household Support
Fund. We have distributed nearly £28,600
to individuals and families during this
period.
This is one of the main services of our
charity, as set out above in item (4) of our
main activities.| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|Volunteers play an essential part in the
operation of our charity’s activities.
Most importantly, all the tutors and their
assistants who deliver the Informal ESOL
(English for Speakers of Other Languages)
programme are volunteers. They are,
therefore, essential to the success of the
programme.
Volunteers are also needed to deliver the
range of educational trips and activities
that take place during the holiday periods.
These range from the minibus driver, to
guides, interpreters, and general
supporters.
The office staff who deliver the Advice,
Support and Signposting Services, have
also benefitted from volunteers, who have
assisted during peak times and in
providing cover for holiday or sickness
absence.
This project has also acquired the services
of a retired GP who volunteers to support
any clients in need of health care or
require help in navigating the system to
gain the treatment they need.
One of the trustees has qualified as a
Level 1 Immigration, Asylum & Protection
adviser. The charity is registered with the
Immigration Advice Authority (IAA) to
deliver this service.| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|Pendle New Neighbours was registered as
a charity with the Charity Commission on
12thOctober 2023.
This was a milestone in the short history
of our organisation which was previously a
voluntary and community group, formed
in 2017.
Our main achievements have been:
1. To build on our two main Service Level
Agreements with Lancashire County
Councils Resettlement Team.
We are delivering a regular service of
Advice, Support and Signposting on a daily
basis to a substantially increasing number
of newly- arrived asylum seekers. Our
attendances at the drop-in service have
doubled from around 60/month at the
beginning of the year to 120 cases. We
addressed nearly 1,000 issues over the
course of the year.
Attendance at the Informal ESOL English
classes is continually more than
200/month.
2. Our programme of trips during the
holiday periods, not only provide
opportunities for singles and families to
socialise, travel and learn about our
country, but also enables us to keep in
touch and monitor any issues that the
refugees and asylum seekers may have.
At the beginning of the year, supported by
Wild Ingleborough, we arranged four trips:
Ribbleshead station and viaduct; a walk
round Malham Tarn; a journey on the
Settle-Carlisle railway to Appleby with
short walks around Settle & Appleby; and
a visit to Lower Winskill Farm, where we
learnt about hill farming, wildflowers etc
During the summer holidays we provided
outings to towns, cities and countryside
offering a diverse programme in response
to a questionnaire asking our clients what
they wanted to do.
3. PNN has continued to be located at
Pendle Business Centre which ensured
that we could continue to deliver our
services from a Centre that was fit for our
purposes. We have a leased agreement
with PendleBoroughCouncil.| 4. We established an Internet Café in May 2024 with a major grant from the Community Fund and additional support from the Allen Lane Foundation. The café is open for 3 hours a day from Monday to Friday which has enabled our charity to offer a service for six hours every day of the week. The Internet Café has made a significant difference to refugees and asylum seekers who have been able to access the internet in a safe, social environment at our Centre to contact family and friends, search for jobs, further their education, find things of interest or places to visit etc. Awareness of the service has grown slowly throughout the year until we are now experiencing a steady demand for the facilities. 5. A major development was the setting up of a new Service Level Agreement with Pendle Borough Council to provide resettlement support to all households in the process of leaving Home Office accommodation when they are granted refugee status and choose to remain living in the Pendle area. PNN has supported 102 households since April 2024. These clients that have been placed in accommodation have all required identifying a suitable flat or house; liaison with the landlord; arranging a viewing of the property; agreeing the details of the tenancy; signing the lease; and liaising with Pendle Borough Council. Our work has resulted in a significant saving in any emergency hotel accommodation which could run into several thousand pounds; a saving in the cost of paying for translator services; and the reassurance that no asylum seekers are left homeless and sleeping on the streets of Pendle. ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|We are in a good position to deliver the
Service Level Agreements during the
forthcoming year.
Our Internet Café will continue to benefit
from the support of the Community Fund
as we enter the second year of a 5-year
grant.
We are in a stronger financial situation
than at the beginning of the year as a
result of increased support from trusts and
the corporate sector.
In addition, we are in the process of
negotiating to remain in our current
facilities at an annual cost which is within
our means.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|We do not have a reserves policy as the
situation has not arisen to date.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|Nil| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|Whilst our income is adequate to meet our
needs, it does not exceed our running
costs.| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|n/a| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|There are none.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)||The charity’s principal funding (40%) has
been through Service Level Agreements
with Lancashire County Council and
Pendle Borough Council.
Our SLAs accounted for 89% of our income
in the previous year and the trustees
recognise that the balance needed to
change to afford the charity greater
independence and to reduce the risks.
We are pleased that the current level of
41% places the charity in a healthier
position.
The first stage of this process was the
acquisition of Community Fund funding of
£78,971 over 5 years to run an Internet
Café. It accounted for 11% of our income.
The charity has worked hard during this
period to secure increased amounts from
grant making trusts (9%), local companies
(21%) and small levels of individual giving.
The Household Support Fund accounted
for 19% of the total income received.| |---|---|---|---| ||The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|The charity’s principal funding (40%) has
been through Service Level Agreements
with Lancashire County Council and
Pendle Borough Council.
Our SLAs accounted for 89% of our income
in the previous year and the trustees
recognise that the balance needed to
change to afford the charity greater
independence and to reduce the risks.
We are pleased that the current level of
41% places the charity in a healthier
position.
The first stage of this process was the
acquisition of Community Fund funding of
£78,971 over 5 years to run an Internet
Café. It accounted for 11% of our income.
The charity has worked hard during this
period to secure increased amounts from
grant making trusts (9%), local companies
(21%) and small levels of individual giving.
The Household Support Fund accounted
for 19% of the total income received.| ||||| Structure. Governance and Management De￿ptIOn of charity's trusts". Type of goveming document Par8 1.25 Charity Commission constitution. How is the ¢harity constituted? Pw8 125 Charitable Incorp)rated Organisation ICIOI Trustee selection methods including details of any constilutional rovisions Pera 1.25 Election to post by all the tn￿tees. Reference and Administrative details Char name Other name the cha uses Re istered chari number Charty's principal address pet￿le New Nei PNN 1205177 Suite 203 Pendle Business Centre Commercial Road Nelson Lancs. BB9 9BT bours Nam￿ of the charity Irustees who manage the charity Date$ actrd if not forwhole Office {if any) Name of person lor b¢Ytyl e Int trnstse Ffan Mary Elizabeth Thomas Michael Paul Gauntlett Christine Wren Howard Thomas Saba lftikhar Kevin Joseph Vickers Vitalii Malyshko Chair Treasurer Secretary 9th April 2024 Declarations The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees, report abov Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees Signature(s Full namels) Position Mary EIFzabeth Thomas Michael Paul Gauntlett Chair TreaSu￿r Date 5th September 2025 5th September 2025 ||**No (if any)**||| |---|---|---|---| |**Pendle New Neighbours**|**1205177**||| |**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||**CC16a**| |**12-Oct-23**
Period start date
**For the period**
**from**|**31-Mar-25**
Period end date
**To**||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**25,386**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**733**
**26,119**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**26,119**
**8,482**
**-**
**1,738**
**-**
**4,380**
**-**
**3,177**
**150**
**-**
**17,927**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**17,927**
**8,192**
**-**
**5,996**
**14,188**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**13,120**
**10,496**
**40,000**
**-**
**22,800**
**10,000**
**-**
**96,416**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**96,416**
**47,191**
**15**
**20,815**
**5,580**
**3,392**
**2,686**
**3,995**
**492**
**1,032**
**85,198**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**85,198**
**11,218**
**-**
**15,899**
**27,117**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**25,386**
**-**
**13,120**
**10,496**
**40,000**
**-**
**22,800**
**10,000**
**733**
**122,535**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**122,535**
**55,673**
**15**
**22,553**
**5,580**
**7,772**
**2,686**
**7,172**
**642**
**1,032**
**103,125**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**103,125**

**19,410**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Donations - individual & corporate|**25,386**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**25,386**||**-**| |Grants..|**-**|||**-**||**-**| |CommunityFund|**-**|||**13,120**||**-**| |Trusts|**-**|||**10,496**||**-**| |Lancs CC - SLA for Drop-In Service|**-**|||**40,000**||**-**| |Lancs CC - SLA for ESOL|**-**|||**-**||**-**| |Pendle BC - Household Support|**-**|||**22,800**||**-**| |Pendle BC SLA Housing|**-**|||**10,000**||**-**| |Refunds & repayments|**733**|||**733**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**26,119**|||**122,535**||**-**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| ||**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**||| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||| ||||**-**|**122,535**||**-**| |||||||| |Salaries|**8,482**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**55,673**||**-**| |Professional services|**-**|||**15**||**-**| |Grants & donations paid|**1,738**|||**22,553**||**-**| |ESOL prog. books, materials, trips|**-**|||**5,580**||**-**| |Officefurniture, equipment & costs|**4,380**|||**7,772**||**-**| |Volunteers'expenses|**-**|||**2,686**||**-**| |Electricity,water, phone &internet|**3,177**|||**7,172**||**-**| |Rents,rates &room hire|**150**|||**642**||**-**| |Insurance|**-**|||**1,032**||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**17,927**|||**103,125**||**-**| |||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||| ||**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**||| ||**-**|||**-**||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||| ||||**-**|**103,125**||**-**| |||||||| ||**8,192**|**11,218**|**-**|
**19,410**||**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**5,996**|**15,899**||**21,895**||**-**| ||**14,188**|**27,117**|**-**|**41,305**||**-**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 06/09/2025 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
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**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**14,188**
**27,117**
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OK
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**funds**
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**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**asset belongs**
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**liability relates**
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Mary Elizabeth Thomas
Michael Paul Gauntlett|**Endowment**
**funds**
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approval| |||Mary Elizabeth Thomas|**05-Sep-25**| |||Michael Paul Gauntlett|**05-Sep-25**| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 06/09/2025 2 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examine*s report on the accounts Section A Indepelldent Examiner's Report R•port to the trustoapJ rJLE KlotrJ Ncic7¥4 &oii£_J On accounts forthe year ended 31 10 24J Charlty n Ilf any) 1205117 Sot outon pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the ccounts of the ab0¥8 Re8pon$lbiliiies and As the charity tn>stee$ of the Trust, you are responsib￿ forthe preparation bo•18 of r•port of th8 accounts in aLxordanc8 wih the requirements of the Charitk* ACI 2011 llhe Wl. l ￿pOrt in reSFeCt of my examination of Ihe TNst'8 accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in Garying out my eXaminat￿n, I have followed the applicabk? Direrbons given by the Charity Commis$lon under settlor? 14515llbl of the Ad. I have compbted my examination. l ¢onfim that no materi$l matter8 have come to my attention (other than that disc1088d below'l in connection wth the 8xamination which gives rne cau8e to believe that in, any material f88pect." a¢countirs reujrds were not kept in accordancèwith section 130 ot the Act or the aceounts do not accord with the accounti￿ records I hav& no Con￿M8 and have corne acros$ no other matters in connection with th? examination towhich attention should te drawn in orderto enab￿ a proper undarstanding of the accounts to be reached. . Please delele the words in lh8 braGkels rfthey do not appty. Ind*￿ndon1 examIn•￿3 $tatsm•rt Slgnod: N*mo: Ralevant prof8881onal 4u*llficatton(81 ot body lif any): IAI Addr•M: JAC 1sF.. LV FER Octob•r 2018