Ho Trnstees. Report The InL8tees, who are a1￿CtOrS for the puwcs of ci)mpany law, P￿sent the annuat rep)rt together d Fllwi¢Aal ststements and auditors, TeExirt of the cb2ntsble cotnpm!, for the year elldAxl 3 1 October 2023. The Trustees confinn that they compty Trith the requirements of the Ckmrities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008. The Ch8rities (Allnual Retum) Regulations (Northern ]Teland) 2015, The ch￿ltieS (Annual Retum) Regulations (Notthern Irelanffj 2015 and AccO￿]ng and ReP)Iti￿ bi. Clwities". StatetDeELt of Recouunended Practice wknch appltes to charities PrepaTI￿ theiT accounts irt accordance witb the Financial Rep)rting sthnd￿d &pplieable in the UK and R¢public of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective l January 2015). THAM(YOU As I look back 0￿￿ tILe prevÈous 12 nKsntbs, l allL so th30kthl to God to see what has ￿eTh accomplished. Without the wfjolehearted supwt of so tuany people would not ha*"e been able to see such pmgress. Whether tbrougb Vol￿teering in one of our shops. tsking on fi]ndtaisitig activities. jOlDing our "Shareholde¢' scheme, our 'f)ne to Oue- cbtld sponsorship schellle or in whatever way, the me&sage is the sgme.. THANK YOU.7 I have again had thE ￿1vIlege of seeing first-hand the change in the hves of matLy of the chddrern in Ethiopia at this yeaT we w¢tr able to bTing a team ol 16 to see foT t}￿n￿1VeS dle challenges facillg Ihe vulllerable kids. This team gave the children an incredible w*k of new activities including SP)rts, crafts, singing and Bible based activities. It genuin¢ty humbljng to See Ix)Vé" much all the children appreciated the ￿lSIt from the teatn and also to see how the cknldren from the very begiDDin8 of the project have now 8towi to Ix great role models for the younger children. MichaelHolmeJ, ChiefExecutive STRucfuRE, GOVERNAflCE & MANAGEMEFIT Hope365 is a regstered charity in Northern Ireland (NIC104718) and a fully licetLs¢d Intemational NGO (Non-GovemmetLt Organisation) in Federal Democratic Republic of Ethi'opia <3730). Hope365 is a company lituited by giiarats. TDJStees served (knring the year were as follows". Alistair Bennett (apy)inted 17.01.24) chard Crowe Siephen Hanllll Stephell HuLrter Clllis Jamison Chief ExecutLve.' Michael Ho]mes Finance Officer: Diane Davidson Tkke Snts are restDllsible for the overnll governanr£ of tbe charity. The of tr￿stee$ shall not less TRUSTEE SELEcfIoN, ApPoIr￿iE￿T & COMPEfENCE When a TrLts vacancy exists. the current T￿￿ Mryll appoint a repla¢enrnt or additional Tnthe. At the Tnjstees, Meeting on 17 January 2024, TB Millat were re￿p￿)inted as external independent exatlliners for the period l Novetllltr 2023 to 31 (ktokn 2024. Page 2 Hope365 Trustees, Report Fll¥ANCIAL REVIEW AND RESi)LTS FOR THE YEAR The results for the yeat alld tbe charity's financial wsition at the end of the ycat are sllown in the attAched fitssnoial statements. RISK MANACEI¥LENr Risk is att everydaj part of tk Charity's norn]Jl acti￿ty. Tb¢ TnLStee8 ha￿e considered and identsfied tbe rnajor risks to which the cbarity is exp)sed aud haviDg tkn appropriate professional advice have Ixen a&8ured that adequate $ySten￿ aThl prooedures are In place in OTder to mitig8t¢ or those rAsks. RESERVES POLICY The ch￿Lty does not have a reserves wlicy. PENSIONS The charity 0￿rateS a defined cotttribution [￿nsIOn ￿hey￿e (3thtch meets the reqluretnents of The Pension Regulator as a qllaltying workplace pension scheme) for the IKnefrt of its staff and those itho are elij(r ble under Auto EnroImenL The assets are *thim"stered by itksutan(t ¢ompames in F¢rsonal pension plans and are held inde•tly from those of the cbaTity. ContributiOL8 are charged to the Statement of Financiaj ActiNTties in the wiod to W￿ch thev relate. STATEMENT OF COMPLIANC In setting our activities and plartT)ing our activities for the year the trtts have given careful c<)nsiderdtiou to the Charity Commission foT Northern ITeland's guidajwe on pubh¢ benefit to ensure that the activities have helped to acb3eve the ch&rity's pw>0￿ ar￿ provide a ￿tLefi[ to the beneficiaties. PURPOSES Hope365's purpose is to ￿scUe and oare for Stre£t kids iti EthiopiL aim is to PFovide for th¢ ph}rsiGal, emotional, spiiitual and e(lucfttional of tbe children. Our int¢ntioll is to help each child realise they are loved by God and ackneve their potential: being 74tll equ1W￿ for adult life and making a w￿ltiVe contribution Éo tILeir loc41 ¢omtllEmity and coullty. There 15 no haTUL &qsociatsl with the puw. The ch￿ity's ￿neFICiatieS ate". The Poorest chil13ren and young people of Shashan)ene in Etkn'opia ore homeless and yleeping on tbc streets of the citv. PRIVATE BEf4EFrr The only wivate benefit arising in the period wa5 the remunerdtion of tknse employed to Ellat￿e and 0￿rnte the charity iK)th in Northern Ireland and in Ethiopa. This benefit is inoiaental to and does not outweigb tbe public benefit. Page 3 HO￿65 Trnstees, Report PUBLIC BENEFIT AND REVIEW OF THE YEAR During the perioys and gtrls ill Sbashem¢ne incluthg many f<)mTrr Street Kids. This year we bal'e ijfiroduced the pro￿510Th of bre4J£asts for the cbtldren to address problem of cbildren fatnting witb hunger in the mornings. Tkns current school YC￿ (cO￿U￿0]ng Sep 2023) Ilas seen 378 wlnerable children resistered in tbe Hope365. Page 4 Hope365 Trnstees, Report OUR FIRST PROJE￿. Trnnsition Centre -Tesfa ManorÉya Bota . Glope Home) is a great faciIity Mthich has the capacity to sleep up to 20 Iws at ally one tiTne. All children are refewed to ￿ by Shashemene Woll￿1.8 & Cbiidren's Atrairs ITE corÈjullction with the local Police Force. Tesfa M8noriya Bots is ceELtral to our project as it acts as the stsrting FK)illt in a journey of ho￿ for street TkLere 8re two strands to our Project Prop)sai. (i) Long tenn care for Street Kids who Iwve one able to care for thellL (u) Reunification of Street Kids with exteth fattllly nkn. The staff team kL2ve come together well throughout the year and bave crea￿j a very loving ￿N￿ronMent for 811 the cbildret4 whether lollg tern) or sb)rter ternL A variety of techDtq1￿ includin8 play tberapy. dr&nH, art tberapy etc. are used by our stsff to help u￿00k the backgrounds to the stories of each of these Indi￿a￿aL chil(trerL All children hai'e full medAcal Gheck-ups and enjoy a well-balanced dieL slLowering faciknties and new clean clothes. Strand l.. IA)ng terni rar When children aTe referred to us by the local uovetnment assess each iDdividual case to detertttine the best possible long-tenn plan for the ohild. (kn staff team ir￿ludeS a psyc1w10￿¢ social ¥w>￿eT, counselling staff, naDny's etc. as well as expeEienced projectnwws etc. GROUP HOMES Where there are no family ]iDks, or Thfiere reunification 147th extend￿ family is not FK)ssible, Ive Thill foTm "Group Homes-. These Teplicate as closely as p)ssible a tradIts"or￿ family environment with our ycially trained live-in nanny's and L4) to ten children. The Children all attend sch(x)l and ch￿ch and esselltially ￿0W together as a faTDily as part of the local coll]Mu￿ty., thereby elinjinafxng ally gti8ma of 'iDStitt￿0naI care", Tkns yeaT we opened a third Group Honw and so now care for a total of 30 orplL8]Led childrem Each Group Home owdes care for 10 orph8ned Street Kids. The hones have been owatin8 very successfully all tbe ix)ys havi￿0 a very stable environment. Wt Tented suitable homes and trained attd enwloya house parents to live WLEIL atKI care £or the boys. Iu line with Ethiopian Government w*licies the "fan)ily" is itLtegrnted into the local coxntnunity The tK>yS are really enjoying dM"s safe, stsble emlir0nm￿t and aTe tF)Tiving at school. Tbey continue to have psycho-g)cial irwt fro￿ OUT Staff but are rem8knbly iTrEll adapted after bavillg 5pettt so lollg on the stteets. Outside in the oarden the boys bave l*en Le￿lling about growing vario￿$ vegetables and how to Totate the p]anting to Ermximize yield . After detailed investigations thTougbout previo￿ y&vs we bave established that 30 of the children in our c￿£ have no one to ￿e for them atKI so reunfficatson will be imEK>ssible. . All have been e￿Olled in schools in Shashernene where thev Thill r￿XiVe an excellent educatso￿ includirtg at the Hope365 Academy. The i¥>ys live Éti one of our Thup Homes" Thtsere they bave settled extremely well at still receive e-psyclw10￿Cal support from our staff team. All have been -vttified as Ixing orphans by the releTr8nt Goven)ment department (Women & Cbildren's Affairs) . Given the Iws, oir¢uTnstauces the choice of school ¢Tucial aod so we ensure the Larers med 7th the teaGh¢rs to engttre their gixTrd wogress ￿nI￿nueS. . All the bovs are all aCti￿elY inTrolved in doing chores arO￿a tbe house such ￿ b￿￿kning Iloois, washing clothes, doing dLshes ets. to help proTride as ttormal an upbnngwg as possible. Even a simple request like asking tmission to briDg school frieuil8 home to play are a vcfj. healthy sign that the boys re&lly do feel secure and that their lives bejng norn]a]ised Pag¢ 5 Hope365 Trustees, Report Strand 2: Re-unification ofkids to exlended family Where appropriate and a biological faD)ity ￿lSts. we believe it would i* itt the cluld's best interest to reunite them Mqth blood relatives. However. one major challenge relates to tbe family's ability to provide adequately for the chil(L Many kids are on the streets because families ate SiULply too poor to caTe for One way of helpll]g wceesSfi￿Y reuntte a chdd into a faTDJty lon8-terLll 18 to come alongside the f8mity alld help them. Our to One" Child SEX)nsorth'p PTogvtm for reullited childreo as the Dame suggests, encourages spollsois to support one ycific ¢hild and Ill's famity Trith a n￿nthty Direct Debit of £20. Thts n￿neY is used to ITI￿rOve the quality of lif¢ not onl}, for the cbild but also for the famÉti'. Typically. we use tbe to prowide food 2nd clothing. We also provide edllcatii)nal resources gnd meth.cal support elc. With no Social SeThq"ces ill Ethiopi4 it is our responsibility to ull(k￿¢. home as%sytnetrt Nrysits before TeuDÈtill8 a child. We aTe also resEX)nsible foT Tegular follow up visits to ensll￿ the re￿ifICation is continwng to be successful. Given the geograplLical spread of the reunited childreo this 18 a si￿lfi&￿t cballenge. . We aTe deligbtsd to have reunited well over 250 ¢hi]dren wKtb memtws oftbeir biologicat family. ODce reunit¢d we cov¢r th¢ associated educational oosts of ensur]￿ the child goes to school. • Some of these children come from nual areas OU￿"de Shasbemene wbile otheTS live MqtbiJ3 the towi limits. * Approxirnatety 30 families of reunited children have so I￿efittttd frollL the Itkcome Generation Micro Fillance Loan scELellLe aud perfomwices have Ixcn ellcoutaging as have tELe repaylllent of loans in a timel HOPE ACADEMY We are del@Ited wilh the Fwgress of the Hope365 Aead¢my. This school comprises 8 cIassrooms for 8Tade students and 3 c]a8sroOn￿ foT the KG pupJJs plus a school 0￿. All grad¢ pupils have a (listinctive sd]ool uniform wbich they PToudty wear. . 378 pupils (EK>th boys and girls) aged between 5 8nd 14yrs &re now receivJn8 a good education as well a nutrilious hot meal each day. Provision of breakfast has now als<) Ixen introduced to help tbt children learn effectively. Reunited Street Kids live ¢lose enough are admitted into the HOF Academy in line the striot admisslon criteria develoExd in conjunction with the lo¢al governm￿ autbonties. . The staff team ¢omprise$ 23 tea¢hers ond swrt staff. Trnsttrs and offieers Tkne tnkn aod officers serving duriDg the year and siuce the year eThl as fottows.. T￿￿ees. Richard Crowe Step1￿ ll￿ter Step1￿Th H8mill Ahstsir Bellnett (apwinted 17 January 2024) Page 6 Hope365 Trustees, Report Plans for the future As plan for the fiLtUTe we ¢OmDJitt&J to exEYanding the number of clothes donations Ex)illts alld shops. We also plan to grow our Child Spynsorsbip pro￿&m￿le &nd oth¢r yTh)nthly subscriptions sc]Mlles. Sjnall companies provision statemtnt This r¢port has been prepared io accordallce with tbe stuall COmE)anies regime under the Cotnpanies Aet 2006. Stsphen Hamill TTUStee Page 7