Trustees. Annual Report for the period
Perknj stsrtdaie
Pey1￿1 erKd date
From
ber ?D25
Wekn knste
Oth•r Gharftyls known by
Regigtsred ¢harfty numb81 IW any)
120632B
Charity's prfftcl￿l Addrnis
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shr￿J￿ry
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Tpry Wllwrts
Lesley Fry
Lyn￿
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Chaty. Fin*
Board Appomtsy*nt
29 May 2025
17 November 2025
Kno￿edge Base
Bogrd Apptinkna
Name
Dales acted rfnotforitsthole
AT
Name3 and addreBws ofAd¥lg9rn 10t￿1 Ink*n)￿lo￿l
018thi¥or
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Section B
Structure,
overiiaf)ce and mana
omont
D￿t￿ptiOn of thff cha￿ty,$ trusts
Typp ofgovfjfflirvd downent
Howthe chatity 15 fA)nstituled
cio
Tntstse It￿￿0d5
Nemtiustees are appcxnted for a lern of three yèars by a resolubOII
pa5Std at a PTUPErfy (¥Jnyer￿d rn￿ting ofthe charity trustees.

Jdit%)na Inftrma1K￿. where
rthanl. about".
rAYicwd and procedur8¥
training ofbwsiees."
. the ¢h•iiW¥
Sttudure and any wder
¥wrks.
partEs'.
trustees. wn$ideMiion or
tnaior risks and the 5yslem
and proceduresto tnawe
them.
Section C
Ob'ectives and activities
| To promote social inclus￿￿ fl￿ the publ￿ benefit by preventing peDpk
£fft t*cGtnirvJ vAxXatyeXthl￿. r￿￿1r￿ the n*d5 Gf IIxJ5e p
are sttKglly trxcluded and assisting them to ty)ie9rate itrto socEty.
Summary oftho owects oflhe
charlty setoth In118
go￿Thing document
u￿ng tra￿￿￿ Y￿UnteerS providiru a w￿kty contalltfor ddety dient8*fi0
may fed i%JlaknJ aRd v￿￿￿atr￿.
Summary of m•lt)
¥¢tivifÉes undertaken forth•
publle Iw8fft ifj vBlalion to
objects lincFudEththln
thos get￿￿￿ th¥ tstatutory
We confitmthe tru5tee5 have h•J regard to Ihe Charty Commww's
had regartl to the guidance
IssL￿ byth&Charity
Corrwni53ion on publ
Atldiiional dDtsili c
obfectives and ￿tI¥l￿a8
(Optional InfOrn￿OnI
You may ¢hoo¥e to iThaude
furth￿Stater[￿nts.
rdevant, abwt".
on grankn8kty¥J'.

SeLlioii D
Acliieveiments aiid perforniance
Surmiary ol the min
durlng the year
eklety clEnls and ￿￿ vAntto growthe numt*r of wple we he￿. We
Ihttn *ith dEnls. ￿r$￿n￿S￿n9 en$U￿ Ihat vEarE up
sues and deabng Ihem eff￿￿. In our fwst ￿ years we have
el￿A)uragIng th￿n to break their tsoL4tk?n and sor*Alise wwe.
We Are Listeniny has engaged ¥￿th 64 partaerorganisatsrffts. secured
eyp8nd our frM)tpmt •yoss heatth. educatr)n, and GcrrKrTunity SEGtor¥.
We have the Off￿e of National statist￿ ONS4 xormg scak to
assess dwt*llbeiny rao￿allY (Lrfe Sabsf&tion.
Happiness and Anxth).
We have 4 wa￿.¢a Iwiyw wearelisieTrin
.onlinel gnd • Focebwk poq•
from which our soc￿1 media presence ha5 svJnificantly Increased. We
are funding and support￿9 monthly 8reakf8St in the Communitytsvents
Frankwell. Shrewsbury, bntyJi￿9 peop￿ Iwher in a wattn, we]cornfftg
must
deeper bnks ￿181 F*es¢rikntyJ teams. Wriending neI￿rks.
As members¢fTh& B?fr*ndwN Neiwotk, ￿￿ benefit from highquakty
d8swJn of wr befriender Itaining ￿kit and supervNon.
Soction E
Financial review
Biief Stater￿￿t of the
chadty's poI￿Y on ve8•rw•s
The trustees have agreBd and impthented a resegves ￿lryt0
n a Rese￿ kntsJni*ith a Sum enables the
rty to operate fw apwoximatdy 6 mDnlhs In (￿de[tO
oNigatK)ns Th￿ ¥AII enabk the tharity to lake 5tep5to reme(ty
any therse situat*)n. The prI￿lty has Lwi to enable quKk
access to the reserve TatherthaD gain kT92r inthst rates v1h￿h
Reguigr ofthe re5etve level fornis part of actNe
financial M*￿ement arxl ￿ integrated irrtothe
rep)tting process.

Dst¥ll$ m&torfalty
You may Cho￿ to
addit￿nal ir&formatrJn. wwe
re￿Vant al￿ut..
The swrce of fuThJing f￿We Are Listenir¥J. 74)artIr￿n KIrfBllru&te
donalK)n5. ts grant and fwntrdlkm funding. the years of
operalkx). to mNe than one hind[￿ a￿1 Se￿￿ty
8curGes of funds linclu(kng
y luodratsYo1'.
how expenditure has
supported the ktrrf obiwANes
ofthe ch¥ty'.
in¥estm&rt FdiyaThJ
abiectives includ1TVJ any
elh￿l investmeni KOIKY
adopted
rer￿￿Onat￿ffiS. I￿11￿1rvj The Nat￿1 Lott*y Communty Furxl.
Section F
Other optional information
Section G
Declaration
T1￿ trust¢e• deel•w that th•y how 8pprov•d tha tru¥tws' roport above.
$1gn8d on bdwfoftho ¢harfty'8 tYU8t
Signaturql&l
F￿1 namdsl
POs￿0n￿O￿ S8¢r¥tary, Chair.

AFI
WyAreLktsnl
Réeei
ts and paymentB accounts
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Forll*pprfod
31 1225
Liction A ReLeipt5 aiid i)ayrneiits
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ARJ
47.710
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vi
144
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Section B Statenietit of assets aiid liabilities at the end of tlie period
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CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLANO AND WALES
Independent examinerfs report on the
accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trustees
We A￿ ListeniMJ
On accounts for the year
ended
31" December 2025
Charity no
lif any)
1206228
Set out on pages
I rewrt to the trustees on my examinth.on of the accounts of the above
chartyllhe Trusf) for the year ended 3111212025.
Responsibilities and
basi5 of report
As the chattys trustees, you are responsib￿ for the preparation of the
accounts in accordan￿ wrth the requirements of the Charities Act 2011
("the Acr>.
I retK)rt in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in catrying oul my examination, I
have folh)wed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under sectN)n 14515Xb} of the Acl.
Independent I have completed my examinab"on. I confirm that no material matters have
examiner's statement come to my attention in connection wrth the examinatK)n which gives me
cause lo believe that in. any material resFtct'.
the accounting records were not kept in accordance with ￿tIOn 130
of the ChaTrties Act.. or
the accounls did not accord with the ￿)UntIng records,. or
the accounts did not comply with the applicable requiremetlts
conceming the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities
(Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement
that the accounts give a Irue and fairf view which is not a matter
considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have c(xne across no other matters in conneclton
with the examination to which attention should te drawn in this report in
Signed:
PI CrtALb &J¥.Wfv￿ j
Relevant professional
qualification{s} or body
{if any):
-g, i&
Address:
¥ .
IER
Oct 2018