2024-12-31-accounts

Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From 15[th] December 2023 To 31[st] December 2024

Charity name: We Are Listening

Charity registration number: 1206228

Objectives and Activities

	SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document	Para 1.17	To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing people from becoming socially excluded, relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into society.
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 offer a telephone and/or correspondence based befriending service using trained volunteers providing a weekly contact for elderly clients who may feel isolated and vulnerable.
Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit	Para 1.18	We confirm the trustees have had regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit.

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	SORP reference
Policy on grant making	Para 1.38	We Are Listening does not make grants
Policy on social investment including program related investment	Para 1.38	We Are Listening has not made any investments
Contribution made by volunteers	Para 1.38	We Are Listening volunteers have worked with us to develop and launch the charity and to put the necessary infrastructure in place for growth. They have undertaken research, developed marketing and promotional materials, conducted outreach activities including identifying potential referrers and delivered front line services to beneficiaries.
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	In our first year, we have established banking facilities. We have public and employers liability insurance. We have developed a database to monitor all referrals, volunteers, programme operations, fundraising and costs. Our policies and procedures are now in place. We have established a good working relationship with a number of higher education establishments across the UK and many of our volunteers are mature students undertaking Business Management and Health & Social Care courses. At present we have some 30 volunteers engaged in project work and/or delivering frontline services.

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Achievements against objectives set	Para 1.41
Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set	Para 1.41	First 12 months operation: * Grants fundraising (target £50,000) Actual (£36,000)
Investment performance against objectives	Para 1.41	None set
Other		Funding received in November enabled the recruitment of a part-time Programme Coordinator to manage volunteer recruitment and client referrals.

Financial Review

Financial Review
Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period	Para 1.21	First 12 months Income £35,833 First 12 months expenditure £ 931 Bank balance at year end £34,902
Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held	Para 1.22	None held
Amount of reserves held	Para 1.22	None
Reasons for holding zero reserves	Para 1.22	As a small charity with no employees in 2024 and no overheads, the Board considered it inappropriate to hold reserves.
Details of fund materially in deficit	Para 1.24	None
Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern	Para 1.23	We have secured funding to support employment of a part-time Programme Coordinator for a minimum 18 months.

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The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising)	Para 1.47	During 2024 we applied for funding to over 100 Charitables Trusts and Foundations.
Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted	Para 1.46	None
A description of the principal risks facing the charity	Para 1.46	The principal risk is a lack of funding. At present we have adequate funding to ensure a minimum 18 months operation/delivery. We will continue to focus our efforts on fundraising and maintaining a healthy bank balance. Volunteer recruitment is a potential risk but we have worked hard to establish strong and mutually beneficial partnerships with a number of higher education providers and have been encouraged by the positive response from students.
Other		We are increasing our client referrals through contacts with NHS agencies and care homes.

Structure, Governance and Management

Description of charity’s trusts:
Type of governing document	Para 1.25	Foundation Model Constitution
How is the charity constituted?	Para 1.25	CIO
Trustee selection methods including details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of	Para 1.25	Apart from the first charity trustees, every trustee must beappointed for a term of three years by a resolution passed ata properly convened meeting of the charity trustees.

any person or body entitled to appoint one or more trustees

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On-line training material for Good Call telephone
befriending and for Postbox postal befriending.
Policies and procedures Policies on Equality & Diversity, Recruitment,
Para 1.51 Safeguarding and Volunteering.
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees
We have three Trustees.
The charity’s organisational We work with :
Para 1.51 - Charity Excellence
structure and any wider
- The Fundraising Regulator
network with which the
charity works
No formal relationships
Relationship with any related Para 1.51
parties
Other
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Reference and Administrative details

Charity name	We Are Listening
Other name the charity uses
Registered charity number	1206228
Charity’s principal address	6 Dunedin Drive Shrewsbury Shropshire SY3 9BH

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
	TerryWilliams	Chair of Trustees
	LesleyFry	Trustee
	Howard Rutherford	Trustee

– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved Director name

None

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity

Trustee name	Dates acted if not for whole year
None

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)

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

None

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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)

Lesley Fry Full name(s) Terrence Paul Williams

Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)

Chair

Trustee

Date 26.02.2025

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES We ATr Llstgnlng Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period from 0101.2024 31.12.2024 Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment lunds Totsl lun(ts Lastyèar n•rnt£ ts>th•n•gr••t¢ toth• Trw4r•stt A1 Recel 3oes8 rants NIA Sub total(Gross Ancom& for AR) 25￿33 36M33 A2 Asset and trnvgstm?nt sales, (see table). None Sub totsl 35,833 A3 Payrn¢nts T£phone. & w>age Pnntin9. pDs*, stakn8ry&0￿p￿19r suppks 249 249 082 Sub total 931 931 A4 Asset and investment PU￿haS¥S.{See ¢ablel Sub total 931

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the peTiod Unrestri¢t¢d funds tr¥ Tr•Ar•stt Restricted funds Endowment funds Cateyories B1 Cash funds IfM$ yeW¢ ts4.D2 Total cash funds 34,902 Uhrestrlcted furtd¥ Endowmont funds funds Curl•rrt￿Iu• E)etails Dno Cost B3 Investrnont assets Fundtowhich 47Mt b Cur[u￿y￿l￿• Dotails Non¢ B4 Assets retalned for the charity's own use DcE.3I15 BB Llabllltl08 SvJneo tyyonoor1￿V tsLWteBson behalf of all the tnjgteeg Datè of val s￿natUre Print Narne oz.

Independent Examinerfs Report to the Trustees of We Are Listening Charity (a CIO) I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the We Are Listening Charity (the Trust} for the year ended 31 De￿mber 2024. Responsibilities and basis of report A5 the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 {'the Act'l. I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried OLrt under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in Garrying out my examinab'on I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Chanty Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. Independent examinerfs statement I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect.. 1. accounting records were not kept in respect of Trust as required by seciion 130 of the Act" or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records. I have no concems 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.. Name: Relevant professional qualification or membership of professional bodies (if any): Address: C9￿ CKrosJ j Ckn oéro frLOSJJP Y StrRal PsrtiQi, Sf 5 8Pop Date