## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From Nov 2023 Period start date To Period end date** ## **March 2025** ## **Charity name: Fighting Chance Middlesbrough** **Charity registration number:1205992** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**We provide facilities & trainers to enable**
**children, young people & adults to learn**
**the discipline & focus of martial arts. We**
**particularly work with children & young**
**people who have disengaged from school**
**& mainstream services to give them**
**positive role models, self-confidence &**
**an opportunity to evaluate alternative**
**ways forward.**| |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|
raise funds, receive grants and donatons

apply funds to carry out the work of the
charity

co-operate with and support other
charites with similar purposes| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees pay attention to the guidance
and information issued by the Charity
Commission, and take action when
necessary.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**n/a**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**n/a**| ||Para 1.38|Volunteers have helped the charity by
providingsome activities and helpingwith| |Contribution made by
volunteers||the administration of the charity.| |---|---|---| |Other||| ## **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|Fighting Chace Middlesbrough has
successfully delivered activities for children
during school holidays under the HAF
programme. We have worked one-to-one
with a number of young people, helping
them to develop coping strategies when they
are under stress and enabling them to build
more constructive personal relationships.
We have continued to build the reputation of
our work throughout the year and are known
to more services and individual families.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|
We have achieved everything we set out in
our successful funding applications.
We would do more if we could raise more
funds.| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|We have raised enough funding to run the
services we hoped to deliver at the start of
the year. We have been turned down by
some funders and are currently looking at
ways we can become more successful in
making grant applications.| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**n/a**| |Other||**n/a**| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The charity is stable and actively engaged
securing funding for the next round or
activities.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|We use all the income to deliver services at
present. In future we aim to create a reserve
fund that would cover 6 months’ running
costs.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|0| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|Unable to raise funds that are not needed for
service delivery at present.| |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|n/a| ## **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|
Grant-making trusts.| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|n/a| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|No significant risks. We always have to
make a strong case to funders – this is the
same for all local small charities in the Tees
Valley.| |Other||n/a| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|CIO Constitution| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Foundation 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|Appoinment at AGM| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|
Para 1.51|
n/a| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|n/a| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|n/a| |Other||n/a| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Fightng Chance Middlesbrough| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|N/A| |Registered charity number|20
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held in this capacity|N/A| |---|---| |Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|N/A| |Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets|N/A| from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser 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** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** |**Signed** **on behalf of the charity’s trustees**|**alf of the charity’s trustees**|**alf of the charity’s trustees**||| |---|---|---|---|---| |**Signature(s)** Marie Cunningham
**Full name(s)** MARIE CUNNINGHAM
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
TREASURER
**Date** 20/10/2025|Marie Cunningham|||| ||MARIE CUNNINGHAM|||| ||**etary,**
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TREASURER||| |||20/10/2025||| |||20/10/2025||| ||Natonal Lotery|Natonal Lotery||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Date**|community||**Sponsor**|CURV||HAF Xmas| ||Fund|||||| |**b/f at 1 November 2023**|£|3,909.02|£ 367.95||£2,058.00|£ -00| |**income during the year:**|£|9,900.00|£ 750.00|||£ 1,220.00| |**Funds including b/f**|**£**|**13,809.02**|**£ 1,117.95**|**£**|**2,058.00**|**£ 1,220.00**| |||||||| |**Expenditure**||**£8,312.33**|**£1,095.58**||**£2,058.00**|**£1,220.00**| |||||||| |**Carried Forward**||**£5,496.69**|**£22.37**|||| **Tees** Foyle Warburtons **Foundation Fundraising** Foundation HAF 2024 **2024** Class £ -00 £ -00 £ 773.45 £ -00 £ -00 £ 400.00 £ 2,400.00 £ 3,000.00 £ 3,035.00 **£ 400.00 £ 2,400.00 £ 773.45 £ 3,000.00 £ 3,035.00 £400.00 £2,400.00 £756.50 £3,000.00 £3,035.00 £16.95**