Helping the Elderly, overcome I Loneliness, bringir People into their lives Befriend Motherwell Bet'riend Motherwell (SCIO) l Janiiary 2024 to 31 December 2024 fsC.()44376 RF.CF.11)TS ANI) PAYMf.NT% AI.'CI)UNI"S ('liarilv No: S('044376 THE ROBERTSON "RUST Reference and Administrative Information C'h￿71￿ Nam¢= IlelriLnd Mi)IheN'ell ISL'I()I C'harity Ile&Ji%trali(bn Numhu'r: SC'V45376 C'i)niJil AddrL'%S-. l)ih¢rw¢ll Befriend Motherwell 'I"rustees' Annual Report Year ended 31 December 2024 Structure. GovernAnce and Mana2ement IniLtur¢ (i()vernanLe & M￿ageMen1 C'i)nslltulii)n "Ihe C'harilN' 1% J %C'I( ). li is g)i)verned b). il Ll)nstiluti(In.. 'lThe C'h￿tY wa% g>rJnled Lh￿￿ble Ntatu% h!, ( )SL'R lin ?7 JanuaTr' ?111 S. mJnagyemenl Liimmittee. whiLh n()rmall! m¢eis lin d quarterlN" lh¢ C'harilN s tru%lLYS. Reicipt and Iba)nienis AcL(>unLN are prepared in JLLI)rdani¢ ￿"1[h i )%L'II %lJlemenl ill. reiiTrmmended praaiLt'. 'I'he lrn%lee% MJ). Lll-()pl lurther Iru%l¢¢% It. th¢N Libn%ider il ￿"1}Uld h¢ In lh¢ inlereNIN ()l- Ihe L'hariiN %(I t( dl). "Ihe Iru%leeN ￿ restK)nsible l()r the %iraiegiL Jirecti()n and gJ()fvernanL¢ ()l- Ihe C'haril). ￿h17%1 daN-Ii day n]nninb) IN delegaied i() Iht C IMirdinJiiTrr and JN%isted b). IhL' %lall'team. c'lient i'i%il% and g)riTrup SUp￿)rt Jre La￿le￿ ()ui hy unpaid i'()lunie¢Th. lThe L'IK)rdinaliTrr aiiends I ru%tee met'ling% a% rwuired ti) dI￿U5% pn)g>re%s and dei"¢l()pm¢ni. lh¢ I rustee% dre partiiulJrl)" ￿￿"llre (Jl'their reNtM)nsihilili¢% lor I lealth anij SJlL"IN. and all %lall'. paid and untYJid ii)lunl¢¢N hJi'¢ al￿1[)￿ure$ undL'r th< Ibr(IieLtion ()I' l)urinb the yvar ihere were eighi I nLStee% in I()￿1 ai prv*enl ￿'1th a ￿'ide rangve cil. %kill%. l)r2anisational Siruelure Ihe "I ru%tee% meel MJna¥em¢nl C'()mmiltee l()r %irategii l)iTYLtii)n Imd (F()VeTll￿Le. l )dy day runninbi Is iarr]ed ()ui b!. %ix paid part lime empl()!'rt% L(In%i%iingb ill- L'IM)rdindliTrr. Iki'eliipm¢nt ( IIIiLer InlergJ¢ncrali()nJl I Illii¢r. and 3 { IA)up I.￿lI11J1()Th. 'Ih¢ C IK)rdinali)r i)i'er%ee lh¢ alt1￿ ilies (JI- Ihe i'iilunieer IlelnendeTh w"h() i'isit ihe Ilelri¢nJ¢¢% %upEK)ri the li%-e gn)ups whiLh m¢et (Jn a weekl baNi% aliing ￿1th ()ur I'￿1()uS ()Iher ei"enl.% ￿[1% ilie%. Objectives and Activilies L()nLern IcTrr the many lonely and is()laied eldwly re%idenls in the tc)Mm li¢% behind the initialive launched in ?111 I to e%tsbli%h a Ilelriendinb ice b&%ed ai l >aliiel %[ Andre￿ % l)ari%h L-hurch and in ?111 ? . yeur'N I)jl()i l¥i)j¢LI w&% iniliuled iii %lrive iii ¢reale up t(1 1.5 "'mdlLhes beith¥¢n vi)lunleL'f helriende and belnendee4. '11)¢ ()bjeLti%'e wa% l() laLkle M)me ()l-the i￿11all1)n lai¢d by (he manv elderlN' In MiiLherw'ell th.hi) leel %() aliTrne. l.()11()wing the inilial %ULLe%N. wid ￿'11h addilii)nJl lundingy %upp()Tl IATrm Ihe l.(Kal C'hanLi¢ I)1￿. w()rk started in ?{}13 1)n (Fri)up ljelnendingi wilh liv¢ gri)ups liirnied by ihe ¢nd ()I' ?111 ¥. "Ihi% enabled gr()ups 1)I"elderlv ￿ meet in their envin)nmenl and ji)in in #Llii itse4. Aller liN'¥ yeur% i)l-%uLLe%.slul aLliN"ilJ. In ?1116. a %UCLe%slul appliLali)n lil the Ilig l ATriiery l.und wa made whiLh alli)w'ed Icir the ¢xpan%i()n and (?I'the i)rgpanI￿11{)ll. 'lThi% inLludd d¢i'eli)ping new inliLialik'e%. Lir()up% and InterbTreneralii)nJil W'iirking- all (11-￿hlLh L()niinued i() Ilouri%h. ()n¢ i)I' the Ll)ndiliiTrns ()l- the gpranl w&5 Ic) ￿(irk ii)ward% the ￿￿11[￿. In Ikfriewjding (Qi14} I..XLellen Awanl whiLh aLhi¢ved in Ni)I'emkr ?111 g. "lthe Qill l..XLellcnL¢ Award reuLhicvcd in ?02? Ilelriend MLbiherw¢ll. in addilii)n i() the one l() (Ine and bpn)up ￿triend]n￿b %UPP()t1. ()rg)ani%¢ reg¥ular evenl%. aLlii'ilie% and i)utingi% are arrJng>e¢J li)r the (7rbp#nI￿ItIThll'￿ partiLipanl% l() enable ih¢m li) L()niinue l() enjoy their live% wid Ll)nneLi them M)Liall> ￿'1th and i)th¢Th. ?11?4 an()ther NULces%lul year li)r Ikfrirnd MiitheN'¢ll ￿'he￿ ￿L￿tyj i)ur ￿on{j year (bl-the Lurreni ihrvC-ye￿ lin￿lia1 %upp()rt Irt)m the Ndli(InJl l.olleTh' L'i)mmuniiy l.und. { )n ii)p iil-Ihi% were ULLesslul in LJJining) linanciul %uppTrrl lif iTrver £311k lftbrn Viiluntary ALtI()n Niirth l andrkshire ihri)ub>h their Menknl I leJlih and ellkin¥ l. und i()￿.￿r￿% supp()rtinb the larbTr¢ inllux iTrl'r¢lerrJl% ￿"e hai'e reLeivttl In relating) li) Nupp()rting malth w'h() are iM)laied. 'lkni% h&% TY%ulted in ihe Lredlii)n iil-Iw() new. (IriTrup l-aLililalcir ￿)￿117{}￿5 t(1 %upp()rt a new group %rrtiilically li)r men alÉ)ng wilh Lreatinb) mi)re (￿¢ IL ()n¥ helnending iipp()rluniliv* l()r men. We hai'e l)e¢n ¢nLIILbrab¢d h). Inlrea￿ in i()lunteer relruitmeni and deN'eliTrpm¥nl i)ver Ihi4 l&%1 vvar helpinb) inLre&%ingTr iiur LJpaLily. Ali)ngJ%ide ()ur L(ire w(>rk al￿ayS aim l(} lind new iniliatii'e% li) help u% %uprrtTrri i)ur pdrtiLIp￿l￿ a% we Lan. l () Ihi% end ￿.¢ Ll)nlinLb¢ liTr i)Iler Lhair )'i)Ba and Lhtsir l)ilales lin a w'eeklN with ()v¢r 81) ￿1)ple rebyistered Ic)r the Llwsw. "lkne%¢ aLlii¥'i(ie% help Ic1￿.￿ra* impr()i'in¥ r￿lple s physi￿1 health. rnentsl h¢alih and w'ellb¢inbb. %trenbth and bal￿(¢. I￿rinL ihe %umm¢r we We￿ delighied iiTr i)Il¢r lrips anJ i)uiing% l() ()ur partiLipJni%. (h'cr ihe summer ￿ri()d ￿.¢ ()Ilered lrip% Iii (iur ptirtiLipani% l() vari()u% dillerenl place% ￿'hIlh supp()rte(I hy %tsll'. 11)ese wer¥ enj()yed by all wh() lix)k part and the leedbalk w&% very p()sitive. l )ur Interg>enerdtiiinal ALlivitie Liinlinued lib %ULLesslul. W¢ deN'eliiped a l(xbl-kii thJnk% lil linanLiJl NUPWMTrn Iri)rn ihc l AICdl ALiiviIy l.vnd alliTrw'ing vs tib Iillvr a Iii'e-￿eL.k pnTrgiramme i)l-Lbne ali¢m(K)n J w¢¢k IiKikingD JI s(Ime l(Kdl hiNIIiry ()I' Mi)ther%¥¢ll. whal Ll&4%r(K)m% were lik¢ in ihe I g$1)s'. pre-deLimalI￿11(Trn i)l-Lurr¥nLy and ()Id maps 1)r Ihe Iiiwj. 'll)i% Sup￿}rted by Iw(i ()I'i)ur c)Ider p#rticipanL% Ntho are reiir¢d ￿h(K)I leaLheTh and are well used t() woTkiD¥ ￿'1th y()un¥ r￿?ple. l.'eedba¢'k Inim thi% 1￿CA excelleni and there are a num ()I- %Lh(x)1s IIM)king liir thi% Iii pldLe. )n i()p ()l-the%e IhinbiN we'i'e ()rgiaf njseJ N'ari(iu% eN'enl% 4uarterly (Tr￿¢r ihe where partiLipanl% have enjiiyed i()me IiTr¥¢ther ￿'1th i)th¢rs. enlertainmenl N()me IIKXI. l.'eedbaLk Iribm ()ur ri'ents h&% al￿.￿!. been p()%ilive. We We￿ delibhied ili inthMJuLe a new belricnding gr()up wiihin a dilltTent venue 4md thi4 gr()up h&5 pTh)1'￿ i() ￿ very p()pular w lar ond leedbaLk In)rn li been I'¢ry rKitsi(is'¥. IlelriL'nd Mi)thL•n¥¢ll i()nlinue% l() ￿ keTr' JpprL*idtil'L l)I' (hL. lii)Jn¢iJl %uppi)rl ()Ilered %L4¥'L'rnI i)rbTrJnisdliiin%. I'hrijugbh ?11?4 ihis %upp()rt Ldri)L Iri)m jh¢ Ilig N'ilii)nal l.i)IILry' C'iimmunil). l.und. l )dl/iil Si Andr¥w C'hurih. Vi)lunl&irv ALli()n N()rth l.Jndrkshire. anJ num¥riTru% indiK'iduJl di)nJliiins. Ihe .1 ru%ieeN Iil'ili¢ ('liJrily partlLularl)' wi%hLxl iii r¢i(IrJ Iheir thanks 11) all Ilelricnd Mi)Ih¢n4'¢11 s1-11l' l(Ir ihlir wiirk Iin th¢ pr(ijeLI diirinbl ihe year al%() Iii Ili¢ niJi)y Vi)liinleers w,h(i i(Immi¢ %i) mii¥h lime lil redli%inb> ihL i111llS ()I' IhL I'riijLLI in wiirkinb, in s(1 miilly ￿&1).4. li) rLduL¢ li)n¢lin¢%s 'ind is<)I:Iliiin li)r ¢ld¢rly in il)L li)w'i). A Iihi)iigih ni)l all ()I' iTrur Viilunl¢¢rs Llii)(1SL l(1 bL' reimburs¢d l(Ir their expL'IISLs dll are udvised Ihiil cin iill()wanL¢ 14 included wiihin ()ur dLLiiuiil4 IiTr ¥n%ure Ih¢y ure uble. il. IhLy wish. li) rei¢ii'L Jppr()i)riJlL rLiiiihLir%LmL'nl. A rL.IL4I'dlii f¥i l.iiii) Ii)nii 1% In:IdL' a%'ailahle l(1 Jll. l-.N'iiluuliiin Jnd IL'LdhaLk li)rm% a niii%l impiiriJnl pan (Il. Ihl priijLLI% V¥i)rk iiTr cnNurL ihJl w¢ Liintinue l() dLIii'Lr ihL erviLe whiLh IhL LIJLrly in ihe l()wn nced and dL%ire. AchleTremen15 #nd Performance Iviimhi'r (ftriJiiii.I 7I,1('l)hiJiii' 11('Irii'ii¢liii(p ( ull.% 5- 52 indii'iiliiarish ('hurLh lwd (wninl% r¢L¢ii ¢d Iriim lh¢ %ariiiu4 l. und priii LJ¢r% d% li%l¢d lin Piibje S hale ￿ ii)leresl in ihe dLLii ilies the C'hari¢y pr()¥id¥% l()r lh< l.Id¥rlN. All l.unding r¢Leii"¢d lft)m lh¢ i'ari()us lundingi h(xlie% 1% Ii)r t￿. purp()%¢ ()I'ci)r¢ IkIn¢￿d Moih¢Tr%'¢ll A¥lLvile% is ReslriLied lunding and cw) i)nlv be u4th11()r LC)re uLliN'iliL'%. "Ih¢rv r¢rriain% ￿111¢￿. lunding l iargesl pri)i'iderl ((br line miire Ir()m April ?i)?S and the I ruslees reLl}y1￿ il is a mdji)r LhJll¢nbi¢ LL) ￿Ur¥. malih lunJin¥ whiLh i()mL% near l() lh¢ iTrr suprM)rt grdni¢d h) lh¢ l.i)Il¢ry. lh¢ I nLsl¢th 141]] LiTrnlinu¢ tl) LI{￿elY m(Inil(Ir litnding inipliidli(iTr% li)r the l()nLier l¢rni wi)rk ibl-the ('htsrity. Reserves Pollcy .411 lundinb> relalei the i)n¥iiing day day li￿ra11(￿l i)I"the C.'hortly wid Ni) l.inon¢iul Rc%¢r+'¢% iW¢ h¢ld b). Ihe C'hurili. Slulemenl of'i'ruytee5' Respon%lbllllle5 "Ihe I r41%1ee% mu*( prepJre lin￿lIa1 %tJLemenlN ￿h]lh gil'e NulliLieTil delJil iii eiiahle ￿ Jpprtiidlll￿ i)I' Ihe IninNilLtiiin% iil'ihe ('hiirity diirin¥ th¢ linunLiuI yeur. Ihe I ru%lee% ure re%FMin%ihle li)r kLeping pftiper IILLiiunlingJ rL'C()rd4 Hhiih. Ibn rLNULsI. mu%¢ rL.IILxi ihL linanLial TrTr%ilii)n c)I'ihL C'huriiv ui ih411 limL. 'Ihi mu%i h(. d()n¢' ti) ¢nsurL' Ihol the linanlial slulLYnLmls iM)mpl)' w'iih ihe C'haritie4 and I ruslee In•¥'e%imeni I%LI)Ilwid l Ail ?IMIS th<. l'h￿Ille% ALLiTrunl4 I%Liiildn R¢bJululJibn% ryIM)(J. I hel al%i) r¥%￿}￿51hIe liir IL¥udrdiny th¥ iTrl'ih¢ C'hunly and mu%i r¢&M*iiuhl¢ SI¢￿ liTrr ihL prYi'enlii?n #nd/()r delLxIJLbll iTrl- Iriiud dnJ (Iiher irregu]￿l(les. Apprtsved b). Ihe 'l'ruslees and slgned on thelr bth*lr, Date . Independent F.xaminer's Report to the Trustees of Befriend Motherwell retM)ri lin ihe acLiiunL% ()I' Ihe charily li)r ihe yeur ended 31 lkn'emhvr ?11?4 whiLh aT¢ %et ()ul ()n pag*¢s Respeetlve responsibilities of ¢rus¢e¢s And examiner 'lkne Lharily'% Itusie¢% are re%p()nsible l()r the prL'pdrdtinn i)I'ihe a¢c()unt4 in ac¢iirdunce with ihe lerni% ()I' thc L'hariliL's and I ru5lLX. InvL'%imcnl (%ciiilandl ALI 21MI_S und Ihe c'harilies ALc()unls (%¢i)tlandl R¢gulalii)n% 21X)A. 'll)e Lhurity iru%lee% Liin%id¢r ihal the uudii requirement ()I' R¢gulali(?n I IX I ) (Jl ()I'the ALL()unl Reb?ulali()ns a(￿% Jpply. li 1% my re￿￿)￿4th111lY iii examine ih¢ JLLiiunL% us required under %eLlii>n 44111 {L I i)I' Ihe ALI und i() %latL whether pllrtiLul8r mlltler% have Li)rne t() my ullenlii)n. Basis of Independent examiner'5 slaternent An L.A￿l￿allI1n 1% i￿led iiut in aLLI)rddnie wilh RegiulaiiiTrn I I vl'the L'haril1¢s ALLoulli% {%¢oilanJl egululi()n% ?(KJ6. An ex￿1nd11()n inLlude% J review c)l-the aLLI)unlin¥ reL()rils k¢pl by the iharily Jnd L()mpdri%(?n lil. th¢ aLLI)unis prc%enittd wilh r¥LI)rd%. li aly) inLlud¢% L()nNid¢rdliiin ()1.1￿￿. unu%iial ilem% i)r Ili%il()sure% in ihe aLLI)unl%. and %eek% expl￿all1)n% Iriim the Iru%lees L(IllLerningJ *an)' %uch maiieTh. 'lThe pr[￿edUreS undertaken do niit pft)I'ide ull the evidenLe Lhat M'iiuld he required in dil. and Ll)n%equentl)' I diTr niil expre%% an &udil ()pini()n ()n ihe view g>iven hy ihe aLL()unls. Independent examlner'5 statement In Lhe Liiur%e ()I' ni). exdminulii)n. n() maller has ci)me l() my alleniii)n 'hiLh bpive% me ￿&81)nable Lause [() believe ihai in anv material tY%peLI the r¢quir¢m¢nl%'. ti> k¢¢p dLLiiunling r¢L()rd% in aLL()nldllLf w'iih %¢¥'tiiiii 44 {1)l#) Ibl'ihe 2UIJS ALI dnd ke&iulalii)n 4 ()l-(hL ?IMIC) ALL(>un(% Kegulali()n%. and Iii prepare dLLiiunl% whiLh dLL()rd wilh ihe ULLiiuntin&p reLiirJs L()mply with RegulaliiTrn g 1)I' l)ule'. Befriend Mothenvell Recei ts and Pa ments Account Year ended 31 December 2024 l Dre4tri¢¢ed Ke%fri¢led uDd% I'of*l 21124 2024 2024 2024 2023 Recei 111.475 Ix'baLILS ALlii IliL* l(Trr CJLnLiJling FutKIs Ilaiik &. Ik'r￿511 IntLYL￿1 liiNL%imLni inLximL L'nidl (If pruni* dlL' iifd5%L'Is %alL' i)fin¥'esimLnis 7y.71? ments C.'usts of generating funds Charitable activities Govern¥nce costs 10?a30 102 ?30 86.267 Total Pa 'meDts 10? ?30 107 ?3{1 Surplus of Recelpts P%￿MentS for ibe >'ear before transfers over 9.?45 9.?45 -6.555 Transfers Surplus of Receipts Paiments for the lear over 9.245 9.245 .555 Befrienil Mi)then*ell talernent of Ilalances Al 31112121)24 'nre)trTrtleil Ri'4trii'teil 'unil 21124 21124 21124 21124 21123 Ni)te Bank & De o%il Bal#nces Mo%ement in i'egr: iirplii% i)I' r¥"L¥'IPl4 1)kcr PilynL'nt .745 9.?4$ -fi.555 134ink &. ￿L￿511 baldnL*' LdTfiLxI I()r%1￿¢j ents al market I'alii Assets Liahiliti IhL Jiiounls w¢r¢ dppr()i'¥d hy ihe I rustee.s Ibn l.[)r:Ind lin hehJl l-(Il'ihe .1 rii%lLL Befricnij Muthenvell Statement of Balances eslo heA ounts l. I'rustee Remuneration #nd RelAled Path. Transactions NITr iru%lee reLeiveJ anv remuneraiii)n i)r reimhuD¢rn¢nl i)1-ex￿n￿¥ duringi ihe year. NII truNlee i)r u related li) a Irutslee had uny inl¢res1 in uny LiinlruLI i)r IranwLliL￿ ¢nl¢reJ int() hy ihe Lhurily duringi ihe ye￿. AsJi31 1)LL 21124 2. Moiemenls in Funds 21124 Kc¢tip¢% PaymcThi r#n4fer% Unreslr5cted funds Re%trlcied fund$ JJ.999 111.474 11I2.2Jll 43.244 33.999 l(b2.2JO 43,244 'nd()wmenl funds Tolgl funds 33.999 111.475 102.230 43.244 ."ndibV4lll¢llt frund5 3. AnAlvsls of Don#tloD5 21124 21124 21124 21124 21I2J l)dl/iL'I %1 AtidTL'W'S }>ari%h C'hurnh 5.117M Vi%luniarN ALliil 341.711? ljiili411 l C-(irnmunili- l-knrml 01.4Y4 fi1.4¢14 1.475 Ni)rth l.anark%hiTL C'()wKil- WaTm 3.f•4Y Ilnri'i¢rict¢d Tr"unds R¢4trieteil 'und¥ 4. Analysis oc Payments 21124 21124 21)24 21124 202J 84.C>.44 09.4(yJ 2.IMMI 547 111. NLIWiirk 75 1.147 1.147 l.h_17 CDDverniince ci)%ls C)IhLJr pu)'menl