
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From** 01/05/2024 **Period start date   To** 31/03/2025 **Period end date** 

**Charity name:** Care Bridge Alliance 

**Charity registration number:** 1208081 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes<br>of the charity as set out in<br>its governing document|Para 1.17|<br>Education/training<br><br>The Advancement Of Health Or<br>Saving Of Lives<br><br>Disability<br><br>The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty<br><br>Economic/community<br>Development/employment|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|We work with children, families, older<br>people and those who feel left behind — not<br>just to “offer support,” but to rebuild<br>belonging, spark joy, and open up new<br>possibilities.<br>From a football match on a Saturday<br>morning to a gentle walk for someone who<br>hasn’t left the house in weeks — every<br>project we run is a chance to reconnect<br>people with life, purpose, and one another.<br>-<br>Projects are still being planned in<br>relation to our main<br>objects/purposes|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|The Trustees can confirm that they have<br>abided by the guidance issues by the<br>Charity Commission on public benefit|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 



|Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment|||
|---|---|---|
|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38|All fundraising activities are conducted by a<br>group of dedicated volunteers – Care<br>Bridge Alliance is not currently employing<br>any staff. This helps to minimise running<br>expenses.|
|Other|||



## **Achievements and Performance** 


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|SORP reference|SORP reference|SORP reference|
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|The charity is currently in the set up phase<br>and has not commenced its charitable<br>activities.|



**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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|---|---|---|
|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41||
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||





Other

## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|The charity is in the early stages and is<br>starting to raise the funds needed towards<br>achieving its objectives.|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Reserves are only held to support admin<br>costs and also to ensure future costs are<br>adequately resourced.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£0|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|Charity is not fully operational|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|**n/a**|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|**n/a**|



|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:|
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Donations from individuals|
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Charity Commission|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|Trustees selected on merit and potential<br>value they can bring to the charity|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||



## **Reference and Administrative details** 


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Charity name Care Bridge Alliance<br>Other name the charity uses  n/a<br>Registered charity number 1208081<br>Charity’s principal address  Chambers Business Centre<br>OLDHAM<br>Oldham<br>OL8 4QQ<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>




## **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<br>Trustee name  Office (if any)<br>year  to appoint trustee (if any)<br>1 Shahid Farooq<br>Mohammad<br>2<br>Naheem Safdar<br>3 Alisha Farooq<br>Mohammed Umar<br>4<br>Latif<br>5 Dr Junaid Farooq<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


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

## **Director name** 


Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** 



## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

|Description of the assets<br>held in this capacity|n/a|
|---|---|
|Name and objects of the<br>charity on whose behalf the<br>assets are held and how this<br>falls within the custodian<br>charity’s objects|n/a|
|Details of arrangements for<br>safe custody and<br>segregation of such assets<br>from the charity’s own<br>assets|n/a|



## **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 

n/a 

## **Other optional information** 



## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

|**Signature(s)**<br>**Full name(s)**<br>**Position (eg Secretary,**<br>**Chair, etc)**<br>**Date**||
|---|---|
||Shahid Farooq|
||<br>Chair|
||30/09/2025|
||30/09/2025|





## **Bridge Care Alliance Accounts Summary 01/05/2024 - 31/03/2025** 

||**Description**|**£**||
|---|---|---|---|
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||Donations||1,850.00|
||Bank charges||(45.47)|
||Subcontractor||(170.00)|
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|**TOTALS**|||1,634.53|
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||**TOTAL INCOME**||**1,850.00**|
||**TOTAL EXPENDITURE**||**(215.47)**|
||**Bank balance 06/04/2022**||**0.00**|
||**Bank balance 05/04/2023**||**1,634.53**|



