FREEDOM CITYFOUNDA TION Trustees Annual Re ort forthe eriod: From 01101/2024 to 31112/2024 Charity Name.. Freedom City Foundation (Formerly Take Heart For The Nations) Charity Number SC042193 Address: 6 St Mungo's Road, Cumbernauld, G67 IQR Trustees Names: Governing Document.. SCIO The Trustees take all decisions concerning the charity and appoint new trustees. Objects and Actlvities l. The prevention or relief of poverty through engaging in local community projects for the poor, underprivileged and people otherwise in need. Also, through projects in targeted communities. 2. The advancement of education. To train, equip, commission and support or assist in the training of any relevant people. 3. The advancement of religion through the advancement of the Christian faith, lifestyle, and education. To empower targeted communities to lead dynamic, transformed, successful lives through the power of the gospel of Jesus Christ. 4. The advancement of health through encouraging, promoting and supporting the spiritual, physical, emotional, mental material wellbeing through our charitable initiatives. 5. The advancement of citizenship or community development through long- term regeneration, rebuilding and restoration projects in individual lives and targeted communities. Achievements and Performance The main activity of the charity throughout 2024 continued to be Cumbernauld Foodbank. There has been another reduction in the number of emergency food parcels issued this year, down from 3,189 to 2,441, a drop of 23%. There is some evidence that the drop is due, in part, to the impact that our Real Life Changes Programme is having on foodbank users. Service users receive assistance with finances, benefits, housing matters and health and wellbeing and as detailed below this has had dramatic improvements in individual's circumstances. The Real Life Change programme has now been running for over two years and is overseen by our Programme Manager with additional support by our Financial Inclusion Team as provided by Citizen's Advice Bureau. The programme has been very popular from the outset and there is regularly a full weekly schedule of meetings with clients. Many users have experienced immediate positive outcomes with financial benefits being most notable. During 2024, 590 clients had benefited from the programme and over £180,000 financial gains achieved As of April 2024, an additional Financial Inclusion Officer and Triage worker were appointed using extra funding provided by Trussell covering two years. This has enabled us to provide support for more clients as well as additional be benefits from having an expanded team. We now have five paid workers as part of The Real Life Changes Programme. Flnances Once restricted funds for our programmes are accounted for, there are sufficient funds available to run the foodbank and meet the charities recurring fees, subscriptions, etc. Also, additional funds can be requested from the Trussell Trust should we continue to face financial pressure, e.g. from purchasing additional food stock, etc. Future Plans To change the Chairty Name to Freedom City Foundation as part of a review of the charity's aims and purposes and to amend our constitution where appropriate. This reflects our intentions to provide additional services under the charity, including an addiction sUPPOrt group and a family support resource. Financial Review The charity has total reserves of £87,045 of which £29,616 is unrestricted. As donations are received on a regular basis this allows the charity to carry out the plans for the future. APPENDfA 2 SC42193 OSCR Recei tsand ments accounts Foi tho pe￿0d from 5(otli5h Chdrily Regulaloi oi oi 20?4 2024 Section A Statement of receipts and payments Uniegtricted funds Restricted funds Expendable endowrnent fund Perrnanenl endowment funds Total funds curent perfod Total fund5 last pErlod Al Recel Donations 23,734 aoes Grants .985 109,270 Recei l5 frorn fundrdi51 acbwI￿S Gross Iradi nco¥ne IroTn ￿Ve51Ment5 Olherlha land and ￿l￿1n ross re￿aP1S from other chaniabKg Al Sub tolal 15.931 116,776 1317Q7 94,652 A2 Recèipts from assot& Invesknoni $al•8 Prcceeds frcm sale of frAed asge15 Pwedsfrrm sale ofinveslments A2 Sub total 15.931 112o24Ad￿￿N￿jIlI APPENtU2 SC42193 Additiot)al analysis121 5 Bieakdown Of uTrrestrlcied fvN15 Totsl fundE fUnd&￿t￿*￿L¥A R•¢4lpL* Fvidual Lg fyonts Rpui a￿•$ 12,285 IrV>￿Tr• IrthrninwstM•nts o1MrtrAn fjnd4fflttb￿II R¢ni$frtyh IIDd8 buildin 9 GtoSSre¢ewisiFQm ￿her￿￿￿$b￿&I4¥1lle$ 9.18J PiocoedJtroffl Sa￿011r￿ed asset SLtblOtal 16*1 9.18J Pwmenls rqpMwdire¢Uy Gr4n1¥￿(￿n*I¢n¥ GOv•mar￿¢¢5l5'. 159 Sub lOthI 4.8 P4ymnt* Purchasèsotrixéd asyis Purth15*al ￿¥051m￿ Subts 5.34S 14•lr•ralptsl[paym•ntsJ TrdnSfO￿t0l (frornlfunds N•￿￿e￿nd 5eolfvThd5 OS¢FAte4￿￿2O￿44d￿knIlr￿$ APPENCIK2 SC42193 Additional analysis131 $ br•*kdiywn Foudbink R•alL*• p•rtod Re¢*sNs Lk￿*10￿5 514 Grant& ReL*I 5 Iromfundr4151 Gros9 Ir￿1 01.965 om?fr￿n1nw•IIm•nt￿rA￿wth R￿*￿1¢Pjfft land&buddin GrD&i rgc8w%trom olhwth*h3b￿actsw￿I0s Sub totsi 111770 Rtt P￿￿eed¥ha￿ sakglfixed B55els ¢￿10$￿¢￿ sa￿¢1 SttbfoÉ•l Tot4lrne•tpts 19,nf 114776 p4ymBth• Exporrtosforfundrgiiiw ac1w1￿￿8 Gloss Iraaing Invo¥lmenl c051s Gr4nl¥arfdonation5 Gov•mancothxt Preparall￿ oranTh￿l Lewl ioi•I paymnk* tW*hglQ4*SrfanOlrwqStrnEnt pur￿￿£￿&&[fIAèd aSs￿S Purthgo of Sub to •T8 1DY .1QO Trdn•f•r9 tol lfroml funds SuWusl(4*•ncltllwy•4r 10.107 F￿bank.¢￿￿¥ntyl4d pw$1￿ TnJsielTtu* Real knlefthangei-wort WOErfamrneforu50rsOtih8fDlldbanK dosignodio dI￿s￿d*￿ving Dltood PQvaMy. Tnts5•nTTl￿tmd ciwn$Athi¢¢rFU￿du. OSCRAC￿L￿ 2924AdthAltbXosPI APPENDIX 3 OSCR Scottigl Charity Reguktor Independent examiner's report on the accounts Report to the ChBrity name trusteeslmembers of Freedom City Foundation Registered charity SC numbor On thg accounts of tho charity for the perlod Perlod start date Month Period end date Month Oay Year Day 101101 J2024'Z. 31 12 2024 Sot out on pages Irornembertoindude the p8g• nLYfflber8 of addlllonal ghqeig) Respectlvo The charlly's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounis in accordance responslbllltles of with the terms of the Charities and Trustee Investment Iscolland) 2005 Act and the trustees and examlnar Charities Accounts {Scollandl Regulations 2006 las amended). The charity Iruslees consider that the audit requirement of Regulation 1011 } Id) of the Accounts Regulations does not apply. It is my rosponsibility to examine the accounts as required under section 44{11 {cl of the Act and to stat6 whothar particular matters have come lo my attention. Basis of indepgndgnt My examination is carried out in accordancè with Ragulation 11 of the 2006 Accounts examinor's $tatgment Regulations. An examination includes a review of the aCC￿nting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those rocords. It also includes consideratN)n of any unusual Ilems or dlsclosures In the accounts and seeks explanations from Ihe Iruslees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and, consequently, I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts. Independent examiner's In the course of my examlnation. no matter has come to my attention lolher than that ststement disGlosed on the attached page1 which give5 me ￿8$onable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements.. to keep accounting records in accordance wth section 44(11 la) of the 2005 Act and Regulation 4 of the 2006 Accounts Re9ulalions. and to prepare accounts which accord with the aBcounting records and ￿rnp[y wf(h Regulation 9 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations have not been mel. or ? lowhich, in m inion attention shoijld be drawn in ordgr to enablo a ro Slgned" Name Relevant professiona qualification(s) or bod {il any) Address 'Pbase ddelo Iho wtyds in the brai*als rfthgy do not apply. 11 the words do 8pply, set out thosa matters %vhlch havè tomè to your attention on Ihe foltowing page. -OSCR wli l a¢¢ep¢dwJtsl ortypeo $WJna￿res. APPENDIX 3 Disclosure section only complete if thè examiner needs to highlight material problems. Give here brlef detalls of any items that the examiner wishes to dlsclose