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## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From November 2024 Period start date To November 2025 Period end date**
**Charity name: One Punch Hull & East Yorkshire**
**Charity registration number: 1205378**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes
of the charity as set out in
its governing document|Para 1.17|**To advance the education of people of**
**Hull & East Riding of Yorkshire for the**
**public benefit on the consequences of**
**‘one punch assaults and deaths’ through**
**the provision of campaigns and**
**workshops to educational facilities, such**
**as schools, colleges and other**
**educational establishments to educate**
**on the reduction of risk, the prevention**
**of violence and to raise awareness of the**
**issue to wider society including support**
**to victims and families**|
|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|
**Delivering talks to**
**schools/colleges and training**
**centres**
**Delivering talks to workplaces**
**within the area of benefit**
**Attending and holding events in**
**the area of benefit alongside**
**other partners and organisations**
**Supporting victims and families**
**affected by ‘one punch’**
**Selling merchandise to promote**
**the awareness of the cause**
**Continued delivery of social**
**media campaigns across all**
**platforms, exploring new**
**opportunities**
**Exploring opportunities for grant**
**funding to expand our reach**
**further**
**Taking on the lease and getting**
**our support hub in princes quay,**
**hull set up and ready for a formal**
**opening, which will provide a**
**walk in space for offering our**
**advice/support/services moving**
**from our office in Craven Park to**|
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|||**the support hub in princes quay,**
**hull**
**The launch of our play ‘One**
**Punch’ written in partnership with**
**The Godber Foundation shown in**
**Hull and Goole.**
**The launch of our book ‘Scott’s**
**Story’ written by Debbie Akester,**
**published on Amazon and**
**available through our website**
**The development of our website**
**has been undertaken through this**
**year to ensure the information**
**available on this platform is**
**informative, and provides all**
**information about the fantastic**
**work we undertake throughout**
**the year. We have also launched a**
**shop through our website for**
**followers to purchase our**
**merchandise through the website**|
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|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**I can confirm the trustees have read and**
**signed to confirm they understand their**
**role in regards to the guidance issued by**
**the Charity Commission on public**
**benefit**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**n/a**|
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**n/a**|
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**We continue to receive services from 3**
**main volunteers to support our charity –**
**they help with delivery of talks, sharing**
**of information/merchandise, and events**
**when required. When our support hub**
**opens in January 26 we will be looking**
**to recruit more volunteers to support us**
**with our work and have already started**
**reaching out through our social media**
**channels.**|
|Other||**We employed a Charity Consultant to**
**help us with exploring new grant**
**funding opportunities and to guide us in**
**growing our organisation. This is**
**proving invaluable with lots of**|
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**contributions being made across our charity.**
## **Achievements and Performance**
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|**Achievements and Performance**|**Achievements and Performance**|**Achievements and Performance**|
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|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|
**Within the second year we have**
**delivered 47 talks to local**
**schools, colleges, training**
**centres and workplaces,**
**spreading awareness across the**
**area of benefit to over 7500**
**members of our community. This**
**includes attending 8 events**
**across the year. We have also**
**arranged or been part of 5 large**
**fundraising events, which has**
**support us in regards raising our**
**awareness and sharing our story**
**across our Community**
**We have also supported 7**
**different families across our area**
**of benefit either victims or their**
**families who have been affected**
**by ‘one punch’ – for them to**
**know they are not alone, and can**
**turn to us for advice and support,**
**as we have the lived experience**
**of this type of crime, has been a**
**real benefit for them.**
**We took our play on tour – One**
**Punch, having already performed**
**in our local town, we had the**
**opportunity to take the play to**
**Manchester, The Home Theatre**
**across 4 nights. We received**
**great reviews and are planning to**
**take our play out on tour again in**
**2027.**
**Feedback continues to be**
**positive from all the schools we**
**visit, which includes Primary and**
**Secondary schools. They are**
**asking us to return year on year.**
**Some schools have adopted our**
**vision statement – Stop Think**
**Walk Away, to assist them in**
**changing behaviours of their**
**students. We receive lots of**
**questions, and there is good**
**engagement from the students.**
**We have received local grants to**
**support us in continuing our**
**work in the local community, and**
**in particular areas of deprivation**
**across Hull.**|
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||**We have launched our book**|
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||**Scott’s Story this year, written by**|
||**Scott’s mum Debbie Akester. The**|
||**book talks through Scott’s early**|
||**life, the events of that night when**|
||**Scott lost his life to ‘One Punch’**|
||**and the 12 months that followed,**|
||**through the court case, setting**|
||**up our charity and the impact of**|
||**that fatal punch, which changed**|
||**lives forever. During the first 12**|
||**months 212 books were sold and**|
||**we continue to promote the book**|
||**across our social media. We have**|
||**also been contacted by families**|
||**who are experiencing similar**|
||**situations as ours, who find the**|
||**book really helpful to them to**|
||**understand the journey they will**|
||**take through the court judicial**|
||**process if having to go through a**|
||**trial. Again we have received**|
||**really positive feedback from**|
||**everyone who has read the book.**|
||**We attend local events and speak**|
||**to young families who are**|
||**interested in our charity – we**|
||**share our story with them, give**|
||**out merchandise and leaflets so**|
||**they can discuss our work when**|
||**they get home, and with their**|
||**wider family and friends – again**|
||**raising awareness and reaching**|
||**as many people as possible.**|
||**We have a big following on social**|
||**media – and continue to post**|
||**information and share advice in**|
||**regards to ‘one punch’ and**|
||**reached over over 5000 followers**|
||**on facebook and over 2000**|
||**followers on tik tok during this**|
||**year. We also sell our**|
||**merchandise through these**|
||**platforms and are looking to**|
||**expand this further bringing on**|
||**board new merchandise to help**|
||**promote the work we do in our**|
||**community.**|
||**We have been chosen as Charity**|
||**of the Year by a number of local**|
||**companies in Hull this financial**|
||**year – these include Nielson’s**|
||**Financial Services and Smith &**|
||**Nephews, creating new platforms**|
||**for us to promote our work. We**|
||**have been invited into both**|
||**companies to deliver our talk and**|
||**hold information events to help**|
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**their employees understand the risk of physical violence and the devastation that can be caused by One Punch. We continue to explore new ideas and reach out to local companies for similar experiences.**
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**As above**|
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|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**We have held a number of fundraising**
**events this year including@**
**1xannual memorial event in memory of**
**Scott Akester which was very popular**
**with over 300 people attending. We held**
**a tootball tournament, with 12 teams**
**competing for the Scott Akester Shield**
**for the 2nd year. We had a family fun day**
**where we held a raffle, facepainting,**
**buffet, and merchandise sale stall, and**
**raised over £1200 for the charity at the**
**event.**
**We have held our 2nd charity boxing**
**Night in October 25 which raised over**
**£2000 for our charity and raised**
**awareness with everyone who attended.**
**We also held 2 ‘walk and talk’ events**
**inviting the wider community to join us**
**on a 5 mile walk across Humber Bridge**
**– both events were well attended, and**
**we raised £300 on the days.**|
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**n/a**|
|Other|||
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## **Financial Review**
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Review of the charity’s Para 1.21 The net cash funds for the end of this
financial position at the end period is £14686 which is great news
of the period and helps us sustain our charity
including holding a £4000 reserve for
future years. We will continue to
promote our charity through our work,
donations and grants to ensure we have
the stability to continue delivering our
important work across our Community.
Statement explaining the Para 1.22 We have agreed a reserve of £4000 in
policy for holding reserves our bank which will ensure we have
stating why they are held stability within our charity for the next
12 months.
Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 £4000
Reasons for holding zero Para 1.22 n/a
reserves
Details of fund materially in Para 1.24 n/a
deficit
Explanation of any Para 1.23 None
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern
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## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**Fundraising**
**Donations**
**Successful Grant applications**|
|---|---|---|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**In regards to social investment – we**
**have created the Scott Akester**
**Foundation as part of our Charity to**
**support local grass root sports teams**
**with sponsorships including football**
**and rugby. This includes all age groups,**
**including children and adults, and also**
**includes boys and girls as we believe it**
**is important to share our story and the**
**objectives of our charity with as many**
**people as possible. This allows us to do**
**so across the sporting clubs in our local**
**area. It also provides wider publicity for**
**our charity to spread awareness as far**
**as possible.**|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**At the present time we don’t see any**
**risks facing our charity – we have lots**
**more to do in regards our objectives**
**and a lot of interest from local**
**companies as the profile of our charity**
**grows – we continue to be chosen by**
**local companies as their charity of the**
**year, and receive recognition for the**
**hard work we deliver through out the**|
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**year. The community is supporting us with donations and the sale of our merchandise with any profit from sales going back into our charity, and we continue to apply for grant funding where we can. We are growing our charity all the time and looking for new ideas to expand and raise our profile.** Other
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## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Foundation Model constitution**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Trustees are appointed by a resolution**
**passed at a properly convened meeting**
**of the charity trustees.**|
|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:|
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|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|**As set out on the charity commission**
**website**|
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**CIO – we have 6 trustees at the present**
**time 3x5 years and 3x2 years.**
**We also have 10 active volunteers**
**supporting us with our work. 3 helping**
**deliver our talks, and 7 supporting in**
**our Hub.**|
|Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|**Trustees**|
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
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Charity name One Punch Hull & East Yorkshire
Other name the charity uses Oen Punch Hull
Registered charity number 1205378
Charity’s principal address 11 Westlands Road
Sproatley
Hull
HU11 4XA
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled
Trustee name Office (if any)
year to appoint trustee (if any)
1 Stephen Akester Trustee/CEO None
2 Debbie Akester Trustee None
3 Naomi Allen Trustee None
4 Joshua Dunn Trustee None
5 Jayne Braimbridge Trustee none
6 Sammy Waud Trustee None
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name Stephen Akester**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
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Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets None held in this capacity
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
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|**adviser**|||
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## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
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## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
|**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**||
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||Debbie Akester|
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Trustee|
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One Punch Hull & East Yorkshire CIO 1205378
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period 01/12/2024 30/11/2025
To
from
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
£
A1 Receipts
Donations, legacies and grants 39,252 10,400 - 49,652 55,242
Fundraising events 3,699 - - 3,699 6,718
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
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Sub total (Gross income for
42,951 10,400 - 53,351 61,960
AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
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Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 42,951 10,400 - 53,351 61,960
A3 Payments
Cost of fundraising events 23,753 - - 23,753 15,689
Grants and donations paid 1,300 8,882 - 10,182 32,250
Insurance 668 - - 668 349
Printing, postage, stationery and computer
supplies 6,364 - - 6,364 892
Rent 5,179 - - 5,179 4,551
Bank Interest 415 - - 415 333
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Sub total [ 37,678 ] 8,882 - 46,560 54,064
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - - -
Total payments 37,678 8,882 - 46,560 54,064
Net of receipts/(payments) 5,272 1,518 - 6,790 7,896
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 7,896 - - 7,896 -
Cash funds this year end 13,168 1,518 - 14,686 7,896
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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
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Bank current account
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**13,168**
**1,518**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**13,168**
**1,518**
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OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
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**asset belongs**
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**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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Print Name|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
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**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
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**(optional)**
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**(optional)**
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**(optional)**
Date of
approval|
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CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's report on the
accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trustees
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On accounts for the year
ended
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(if any)
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Set out on pages
I report to the trustees on my examination of Ihe accounts of the above
charity ("the Trust") for the year ended
Responsibilities and
basis of report
As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the
accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011
{'Ihe ACY'I.
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 Charty Commission
under section 14515)(bl of the Act.
Independent he charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 and l am qualified to
examiners statement undertake the examinalion by being a qualified member of linsert namè of
applicable listed bodyll. Delete I l rf not applicable.
I have completed my examination. I conlirm that no material matters have
come to my attention in connection with the examination lolher than that
disclosed bebw ') which gives me cause to believe that in. any material
respect:
the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130
of the Charilies Act.. or
the accounts did not accord with the accounting records,. or
the accounts did not comply wtth the applicable requirements
concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Chartties
{Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement
that the accounts give a 'true and fairf view which is not a matter
considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concèrns and have come across no other matters in connection
wrth the examination to which attention shoubj be drawn in this report in
order to enable a proper understanding of the acGounls lo be reached.
Please delete the vvords in the brackets if they do not apply.
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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 detalls of
any rf(ems that the
oxaminer wishes to
disclose.
IER
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