2024-12-31-accounts

Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From 15/2/24 Period start date To Period end date

31/12/24

Charity name: Gamers’ Wellbeing

Charity registration number: 1207030

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 by providing socially interactive activities throughout lichfield district & surrounds and other parts of the united kingdom as the trustees may from time to time think fit. For the purpose of this clause ‘socially excluded’ means being excluded from society, or parts of society, as a result of one or more of the following factors: unemployment; financial hardship; youth or old age; ill health (physical or mental); discrimination on the grounds of sex, race, disability, ethnic origin, religion, belief, creed, sexual orientation or gender re-assignment; poor educational or skills attainment; relationship and family breakdown; poor housing (that is housing that does not meet basic habitable standards; victim of crime
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	The Objects of the CIO are: to provide safe space to support people dealing with social isolaton, social anxiety & related comorbidites, through socially interactve actvites for the Public Beneft. This would occur throughout Lichfeld District & surrounds, and other parts of the United Kingdom as the Trustees may from tme to tme think ft. We aim to help people who are dealing with signifcant anxiety and social isolaton by hostng a supportve space where people can socialise while enjoying shared hobbies. As a group, we take a modern approach to befriending, focusing on video games, crafs,

		board games, and Dungeons & Dragons. Our volunteers are here to make sure clients feel welcome and get the support needed. Our costs were room hire of £280 for 10 Wednesday sessions. Though an extra 6 months from our previous incarnaton as Game Therapy were setled this year. So a total of £420. Game therapy, the unincorporated charity that preceded GW, did give GW £442.31.
Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit	Para 1.18	The trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit.

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	We have run 20 events where we have:- 1)helped people who are dealing with signifcant anxiety and social isolaton by hostng a supportve space where people can socialise while enjoying shared modern day hobbies. 2)made sure clients feel welcome and get the support needed.

Financial Review

Financial Review
Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period	Para 1.21	We are in a stable position as our income exceeded our expenditure.
Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held	Para 1.22	Given our erratic funding sources we aim to keep a years’ worth of room hire costs and PLI cover costs i.e. about £500
Amount of reserves held	Para 1.22	~£500
Reasons for holding zero reserves	Para 1.22	Not applicable
Details of fund materially in deficit	Para 1.24	Not applicable
Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern	Para 1.23	Assuming funding continues we do not anticipate difficulties.

Structure, Governance and Management

Description of charity’s trusts:		No trusts
Type of governing document	Para 1.25	CIO governing document

How is the charity constituted?	Para 1.25	CIO - ‘Foundation’ model constitution
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	Volunteers are approached if they have a needed skill set and to ensure a variety of views by gender and age are considered at meetings.

Reference and Administrative details

Charity name	Gamers’Wellbeing
Other name the charity uses	Game Therapy
Registered charity number	1207030
Charity’s principal address	32 Milne Avenue Lichfield WS13 8SQ

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any)
	Anthony Silver	Chairperson	Full duration Founding trustee
	John Peter Jourdain Garner	Treasurer	Full duration Founding trustee
	Richard Williams	Vice Chair	Full duration Founding trustee
	Brett Martin William Nolan		Full duration Founding 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 None charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects

Details of arrangements for Not applicable safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets

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	Anthony Silver John Peter Jourdain Garner Chairperson Treasurer 24/1/25

	Gamers' Wellbeing1207030 Accountsyear end 31/12/2024	Receipt	Payment
Transaction Date	Transaction Description
20/02/2024	Donation from Game Therapy	402.31
19/03/2024	Donation from Game Therapytheir final HSBC bank balance	40
03/04/2024	WADE STREET CHURCH Upto MARCH		224
05/04/2024	LICH CITY COUNCILpayment as result of fundraisingappeal	491
01/08/2024	WADE STREET CHURCH venue hire		28
18/11/2024	WADE STREET CHURCH venue hire		28
21/11/2024	WADE STREET CHURCH venue hire		28
21/11/2024	WADE STREET CHURCH venue hire		28
21/11/2024	WADE STREET CHURCH venue hire		28
23/12/2024	WADE STREET CHURCH venue hire		28
06/01/2025	WADE STREET CHURCH venue hire		28
	Column Total	933.31	420
	End of Year Reserve>>	513.31