## **Scarf Annual Report 2025**
## **Scarf Trustees / Committee Members 2025**
Trustee /Chair - Gary Morgan (retiring at 2026 AGM)
Trustee /Vice Chair - Paula Williams
Trustee - Katy Bailey
Treasurer - Geoff Walker
Secretary - Debbie Morgan
## **Membership**
In 2025, Scarf’s membership reached 117 families across the New Forest, including 19 new families. Many of these new members joined through word-of-mouth referrals from existing families.
Due to high demand and our commitment to providing quality support, we continue to accept new families only from the New Forest District Council area with a child or young person (up to 25 years) with additional needs.
## **Scarf Clubs and Activities**
Throughout the year we offer a varied programme of term-time clubs and holiday activities. These include regular sessions including Drama Club, Youth Club, and our popular Saturday Multi Sports Club, which gives members the chance to try out a variety of sports and gain confidence, friendships, and skills in a supportive setting.
During school holidays, we organise a diverse range of activities, from creative workshops and sports to days out and themed events designed to engage children of all ages and interests while ensuring siblings can join in too.
For older members, Scarf 2 offers social and recreational activities tailored to young people aged 15 to 25 years.
These sessions are specially designed to encourage independence and social engagement, with opportunities to try new experiences in supportive groups, from pizza evenings and sports outings to local adventures throughout the year.
## **Parent Feedback**
Below are some parent quotes collected from our feedback survey in September 2025.
“ _As parents we feel relaxed attending Scarf activities because we know it is non-judgmental; we feel our son senses this too; we would not attempt the activities if it was not Scarf organised”_
_“To see my children try new things, making friends, and grow in confidence is life changing for them”_
_“Scarf is a lifeline”_
_“Scarf boosts my child’s confidence and gives everyone special memories”_
_“We are all able to be with families like ours and my son has inclusion. His world is made so much bigger by Scarf activities. If he didn’t go to Scarf he would have been home inside all summer”_
_“Scarf has enabled my children to attend activities and be themselves, knowing there won't be any judgment“_
## **Fundraising**
None of Scarf’s activities would be possible without the incredibly generous support of individuals, families, committee members, Hampshire CC and local authorities, local companies, charities and trusts who give both their time and financial support.
We are truly grateful for every single donation we receive, no matter the size.
Following a shortfall in 2024, which required us to draw our reserves, we knew that fundraising had to be a key priority in 2025. As a result, an enormous amount of effort has gone into planning and delivering fundraising activities over the past year. Thanks to this collective commitment and the generosity of our community, we are delighted to report that we have raised an incredible £67,276 this year. This total includes £38,900 in grants from charitable trusts and organisations, as well as £2,500 in membership fees, alongside the funds raised through events, donations and other fundraising activities. We cannot name all supporters who contribute to our efforts but acknowledge with gratitude some below:
Hampshire CC Short Breaks Funding-Youth Club and Multi Sports
HIWCF (Get Active, Get Involved) – Multi Sports Older Group
Charles Burnett Memorial Fund – Drama Club
The National Lottery Community Fund – Scarf 2
The Burry Charitable Trust
Happy Days Children’s Charity –Christmas Panto
Bashley Football Club
Lion’s Club of New Milton-Marwell Zoo Tickets Make a Difference Locally (Nisa Ashley Store)
3 Wishes, Lymington
Goodall’s Strawberry Farm Churchill Foundation
Priestland’s School Year 10
The Brew Forest
West Cliff Hall Residential Home
Milford Scarecrow Committee
## **Thank You’s**
Our sincere thanks go to the dedicated team who make it possible to deliver the activities for our members and their families and to all organisations and those individuals that support financially our efforts.
## **Scarf Financial Summary as at 31st December 2025**
|**Income**
**Management use (wages alloc**
**Grant Income**
See attached for breakdown
**Donations and Fund Raising**
See attached for breakdown
**Other Income**
London Marathon
Sundry Income
Membership
Interest Received
Bashley Football Club
**Total Income**
**Activities**
**Multi sport <18 Subs**
**Multi sport >18 Subs**
Activity Costs
Wage Costs
**Scarf 2 Subs**
Scarf 2 Activity Costs
Wage Costs
**Youth Club Subs**
Activity Costs
Wage Costs
**Drama Subs**
Activity Costs
Wage Costs
**Feb Half Term Subs**
Activity Costs
Wage Costs
**Easter Subs**
Activity Costs
Wage Costs
**May Half Term Subs**
Activity Costs
Wage Costs
**Summer Holiday Subs**
Activity Costs
Wage Costs
**Parent Activity Subs**
Activity Costs
WageCosts
**October Half Term Subs**
Activity Costs
Wage Costs
**Christmas Holiday Subs**
Activity Costs
Wage Costs
**Christmas Panto Subs (Incl £2,**
Activity Costs
**Net Activities Cost**
**Overheads**
Wages-Allocated to Activities
Other Costs
**Surplus (Shortfall) for the peri**|
38 900
19 656|**2**
58 556
8 719
1 748
1 531
(3 010)
2 267
(5 019)|**025**
269
(2 752)
390
(899
(292
(305
(434
(1 874)
)
47
(331
)
662
995|**67 276**
)
)
)
)
)
(4 526)
(43 776)||29 549
9 267|**2**
38 817
3 154
3 254
(3 696)
2 136
(3 220)|**024**
(442
(1 084)
80
(1 297)
(565
(890
(1 010)
(3 635)
)
(45
(514
(437
(617|**41 971**
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
(10 455)
(38 294)|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||928
2 532
674
4 585|||||2 409
746||||
|||||||1 261
1 993||||
||(3 010)
-|||||(3 696)||||
||(5 019)
-|||||(3 220)||||
||(1 506)
-|1 896
(1 506)||||(2 209)|2 289
(2 209)|||
||(2 281)
-|1 382
(2 281)||||(2 872)|1 575
(2 872)|||
||(1 080)
-|788
(1 080)||||(1 388)|823
(1 388)|||
||(2 011)
-|1 706
(2 011)||||(2 357)|1 467
(2 357)|||
||(1 050)
-|616
(1 050)||||(1 848)|838
(1 848)|||
||(7 272)
-|5 398
(7 272)||||(9 055)|5 420
(9 055)|||
||(419
-|466
)
(419||||(446
-|401
)
(446|||
||(1 324)
-
(475
-|994
(1 324)||||(1 071)|557
(1 071)|||
|||1 137
)
(475||||(1 161)|724
(1 161)|||
||**000 support)**
**od**
**r 2025**
**Depreciation**
mber 2024|4 027
(3 032)|||||3 142
(3 758)|||
|||(36 877)
(6 899)
1 562
1 477
85 701
500|||||(32 995)
(5 299)
2 000
1 549
1 674
72 761
234|||
||||
**89 241**
)
**(14 234)**|||||
**78 218**
**(19 373)**||
|||||**18 974**|||||**(6 778)**|
|**Balance Sheet as at 31st Decembe**||||2 812
75 007|||||-
|
|**Fixed Assets-Equipment Cost less**
**Current Assets**
Prepayments and sundry debtors
Lloyds Current Account
Lloyds Deposit Account
Lloyds Hardship Fund Account
**Total Current Assets**
**Current Liabilities**
Accounts Payable
Accruals and Deferred Income
Nest Pension Creditor
**Total Current Liabilities**
**Net Current Assets**
**Total Assets**
**Reserves**
Reserves Brought Forward 31st Dece
Surplus/(Shortfall) for the period
**Total Reserves**||||||||||
|||(269
(13 965)|||||(1 187)
(18 186)
-|||
|||||||||||
||||58 845
18 974|||||65 623
(6 778)||
|||||**77 819**|||||**58 845**|
|||||||||||
|||||**77 819**|||||**58 845**|
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_Caroline Greenhalgh 18 Bertram Road, New Milton, Hampshire. BH25 5EG. Tel: 079318 74373 Email: carolinamoon@sky.com_
S.C.A.R.F. PO Box 436 Lymington Hampshire SO41 1EN
15[th] March 2026
Dear Sirs
RE: Year End Accounts 31[st] December 2025
At the request of your Treasurer, Mr G Walker, we have independently reviewed the accounts of SCARF for the year ended 31[st ] December 2025.
Following appropriate accounting tests applied by us, it is our opinion that the information supplied presents a true and fair picture of the financial position of the organisation at 31[st] December 2025.
Yours faithfully
_Caroline Greenhalgh_
Caroline Greenhalgh