Trustees' Annual Report for the period
From
Period start date Period end date 1st January 2025 31 December 2025 To
Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name Rise Together
Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1205303
| Charity's principal address | 3 Knowsley Way |
3 Knowsley Way |
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| Hildenborough | ||
| Kent | ||
| TN11 9LG |
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole **year ** |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany) |
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| Tobias Rometsch | Chair | Started 1 June 2025 | ||
| Olena Fylymonova | Trustee | Started 10 October 2023 | ||
| David Peter Appleton |
Trustee | Started 12 January 2026 | ||
Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name Dates acted if not for whole year
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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser Name Address
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
Rise Together Constitution available on request through Microsoft Type of governing document OneDrive (eg. trust deed, constitution)
How the charity is constituted
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Trustee selection methods
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:
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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
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the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
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relationship with any related parties;
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trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
Section C Objectives and activities
Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document
Rise Together was set up to support individuals and families in Dnipro and other areas of Ukraine affected by the ongoing armed conflict, particularly those experiencing illness, injury, disability, hardship or financial distress this is achieved through the provision of grants, medical assistance, humanitarian aid and support for urgent care, delivered directly and
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through trusted local partner organisations working to improve health, wellbeing and recovery. We work closely with Nash Sokil Foundation - - https://nash sokil.com.ua/en/golovna english/ Trustees agreed to keep the fundraising page open for donations https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/injured-amputeesimplants Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
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You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:
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policy on grantmaking;
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policy programme related investment;
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contribution made by volunteers.
Section D Achievements and performance
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Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year
Ther main achievements during the year were:
Elena Fylymonova set up a new Justgiving web campaign on 31[st] August 2025. Details can be found at https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/injured-amputeesimplants
It was decided by the Trustees to allow Justgiving to act as our agent for gift aid based on the research (see the links below) and advice received by a friend of Toby Rometsch who has extensive experience of UK charity administration and funding. Further information can be found in the links below. https://www.gov.uk/charity-recognition-hmrc https://help.justgiving.com/hc/en-us/articles/200670391-A-guide-to-GiftAid-UK-only https://blog.justgiving.com/gift-aid-made-easy-the-complete-guide-forcharities/
Toby Rometsch completed and submitted the ChV1 form on the Justgiving website and Justgiving confirmed that gift aid this was now set as per the email below received on 22[nd] September 2022.
During the year (2025) the charity raised £15,556.21 and donated ££15,335.65 to the Nash Sokil Foundation
Section E Financial review
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The Charity has limited reserves but has a positive cash balance.
Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves
Details of any funds materially in deficit
Further financial review details (Optional information)
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the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
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how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
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investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
Section F Other optional information
Section G Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature(s)
Full name(s) Tobias Martin Rometsch Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair etc) Date 5.6.26
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| Rise Together | No (if any) | |||
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| Registered charity number 1205303 | ||||
| Receipts andpayments accounts | CC16a | |||
| For the period from |
1.1.25 Period start date |
31.1.25 Period end date To |
Section A Receipts and payments
| A1 Receipts Donations |
Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 15566 - - 15,566 - - - 15,566 15336 - - - - - - - 15,336 - - - 15,336 231 - 105 336 |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ |
Total funds to the nearest £ 15,566 - - - - - - - 15,566 - - - 15,566 15,336 - - - - - - - - 15,336 - - - 15,336 231 |
Total funds to the nearest £ 15,566 - - - - - - - 15,566 - - - 15,566 15,336 - - - - - - - - 15,336 - - - 15,336 231 |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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15,566 | 28,369 | ||||
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| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
15,566 |
15,566 | 28,369 | |||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| Total receipts A3 Payments Grants and Donations Paid |
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| - | 15,566 | 28,369 | ||||
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15,336 | 28,264 | ||||
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| **Sub total ** | 15,336 | 15,336 | 28,264 | |||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
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| **Sub total ** | - | - | - | |||
| Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
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| - | 15,336 | 28,264 | ||||
| 231 | - | - | 231 |
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| 105 | - | 105 | - | |||
| 336 | - | - | 336 | 105 |
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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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 Cash in Bank as at 31.12.2025 Details Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 336 - - - - - 336 - OK OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - - - - Print Name Tobias Martin Rometsch |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| Date of approval |
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| � � | Tobias Martin Rometsch | 5.6.26 | |
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
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