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||**CHARITYCOMMISSION**<br>FORENGLANDANDWALES<br>**Independent examiner's report on the**<br>**accounts**|**CHARITYCOMMISSION**<br>FORENGLANDANDWALES<br>**Independent examiner's report on the**<br>**accounts**||
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|Section A|<br>Independent Examiner's Report|||
|**Report to the trustees**||||
|**Onaccounts fortheyear**IJist<br>**ended**.<br>f\U~US1<br>_lO'Z.3_<br>I**Charily no**I<br>**(lfany)**:Jo534bJ||||
|**Set**|**outonpages**|||
|||I|• '|
|||I reporttothetrusteesonmyexaminationoftheaccountsoftheabove||
|||charity(iheTrust") fortheyearended<br>'11<br>,||
|**Responslbllitlesand**<br>**basisofreport**||Asthecharity'strustees,youareresponsibleforthepreparationof the<br>accountsinaccordancewiththerequirementsoftheCharitiesAct20~1||
|||("the**Act").**||
|||I reportinrespectofmyexaminationoftheTrust'saccountscarriedout||
|||under section 145 of the2011Actandincarryingoutmyexamination,I||
|||havefollowedalltheapplicableDirectionsgivenbytheCharityCommission||
|||undersection145(5)(b) oftheAct.||
||**Independent**|(Thecharity'sgrossincomeexceeded£250,000andIamqualifiedto||
|**examiner'sstatement**||undertaketheexaminationbybeinga qualifiedmemberof [insertnameof<br>applicablelistedbody]]._Delete_(J_Ifnot applicable._||
|||Ihavecompletedmyexamination.Iconfirmthatnomaterialmattershave||
|||cometomy attentioninconnectionwiththeexamination( otherthanthat||
|||disclosedbelow*)whichgivesmecausetobelievethatin,anymaterial||
|||respect||
|||•<br>theaccountingrecordswerenotkeptinaccordancewithsection130||
|||oftheCharitiesAct;or||
|||•<br>theaccountsdidnotaccordwiththeaccountingrecords;or||
|||•<br>theaccountsdidnotcomplywiththeapplicablerequirements||
|||concerning1heformandcontent ofaccountssetoutintheCharities||
|||(AccountsandReports)Regulations2008otherthananyrequirement||
|||thattheaccountsgivea 'trueandfair'viewwhichisnot a matter||
|||consideredaspart ofanindependentexamination.||
|||IhavenoconcernsandhavecomeacrossnoothermattersInconnection||
|||withtheexaminationtowhichattentionshouldbedrawninthisreportin||
|||ordertoenablea properunderstandingoftheaccountstobereached.||
|||*_Please delete the words in the bracketsIftheydonot apply._||
||**Signed:**......<br>1______I_·_:1m<br>__<br>:p...--<br>___<br>.....____<br>__.<br>**Date:**I\'"T/05/24-,|||
||**Name:**IK+\\-1\_'c_,uR.~ee_ .|||
|**Relevant professional**I_C(H_~,<br>**quallflcatlon(s)orbody**L-----------------------,,,-------'||||












|DETAILSOf.~<br>DETAlLSOfan&**~MeANDEXPeNDr1'URE**<br>--r<br>L_____________________________<br>_|DETAILSOf.~<br>DETAlLSOfan&**~MeANDEXPeNDr1'URE**<br>--r<br>L_____________________________<br>_|DETAILSOf.~<br>DETAlLSOfan&**~MeANDEXPeNDr1'URE**<br>--r<br>L_____________________________<br>_|DETAILSOf.~<br>DETAlLSOfan&**~MeANDEXPeNDr1'URE**<br>--r<br>L_____________________________<br>_|DETAILSOf.~<br>DETAlLSOfan&**~MeANDEXPeNDr1'URE**<br>--r<br>L_____________________________<br>_|||
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|OtherIncome|||Evart|Racafpts|**ExpendJtuN**||
|UniformSales|£187.30|Easyfundraising||£90.43|||
|ChildrenIn**need**|£12.50|Easter Raffle||£37.00|||
|BerryHIiilights donation|£325.00|Christmas fundraising-CauliflowerCards||£4~00|||
|Xmasbreakfast|£38.00|Xmasdraw||£119.00|||
|Paperreams|£8.75|Ragstorichu||£87.26|||
|PATABranchclosure donation|£175.00|AmazonSmile||£26.94|||
|SalemChapelclosuredonation|£40.00|Forest lottery||£135.50|||
|BerryHilllights<br>Xmasparty|£28.73<br>£20.00|Christmas event<br>Chrlstrnas1raffle -,party||£25.80<br>£19.50||Ii|
|Xmaslunch|£32.60|Cakesale||£13.89|||
|Sports day refreshrMnts|£11.70||||||
|TOTAL|£879.5(5||**Fundralslng**Total|£559.32|||
|Other**expenditure**||Fundraislng**Expenditure**|||||
|Uniform|£0.00|Xmasdraw tickets||£34~00|||
|Xmaslunch|£32.60||||||
|Xmasequipment|£1.50||||||
|Perrygrovetrip|£108||||||
|Ben-yHilllights|£28.73||||||
|Xmasgifts|£14.00||||||
|Crackerjacks donation|£7.00||||||
|Advertising board|£120.00||||||
|Leaversgifts(children)|£0.00||||||
|Electronic file|£12.50||||||
|TOTAL|£324.33||Total|£34.00|||





|Charity registration number: 10|Charity registration number: 10|Charity registration number: 10|Charity registration number: 10|5346|1|||||
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|Objectives andActivities||||||||||
|||||||||-<br>-||
||||SORP reference|||||-||
|Summaryofthepurposesof|||Para 1.17|||||The aimofthe group istoembody the visionof||
|thecharityassetoutin|its|||||||PATAthrough the e.rihancementofthe||
|governingdocument||||||||development, care and educationofchildren||
|||||||||primarily under statutory school**age.**Alsoof||
|||||||||children and young peopleofschoolageby||
|||||||||encouraging parentstounderstand and provide||
|||||||||forthe needsoftheirchildren through||
|||||||||community groups**by:(A)**Offering appropriate||
||||:|||||play facilities and training courses, togetherwith||
|||||||||therightof'parentstotake responsibilityforand||
|||||||.<br>"t||tobecome involvedinthe activitiesofsuch||
|||||||||groups. Ensuringthatsuch groups offer||
|||'|I<br>|||,||opportunitiesforall children and young people||
|||||||||whatevertheirrace, culture, rellgion, meansor||
|||'||||||ability. (B)•Encouragfng the studyofthe needsof||
|||||||||such children andtlleirfamilies; and promoting||
|||||||||public Interest In and •recognitionofsuchnee'ds||
||-|-||||||in the local area.||
|Summaryofthemain<br>activitiesinrelationtothose|||**Para**1.17 and<br>**1.19**|||||toprovideforourobjectives and a saf~, secure<br>envf ronmentforall childrentothrive and||
|purposesforthepublic||||||||develop within;wehave:|II<br>I|
|benefit,inparticular,the<br>activities, projectsorservices||||||||(A) Taken part in local community events,|i|
|identifiedintheaccounts.||||||||including the (hr,istmas light switch on||
|||||||||parade, Remembrance Bay ceremony,||
|||||||||singing_·tor_the Over 75's and events||
||||||||Ii|<br>withinthelocal church.||
|||||||,,1,||||
|||||||"|<br>1,|(B)Invited local people into the sessionto<br>||
|||||||'.||sharesongs,stories and expertl~e.||
|Statementconfinning|||Para 1.18||~|||||
|whetherthetrusteeshave<br>hadregardtotheguidance<br>issuedbytheCharity||||||:/<br>l<br>I||||
|Commissiononpublic||||||||||
|benefit|||-|.||||-||





|Achievements and Performance|Achievements and Performance|Achievements and Performance|Achievements and Performance||||
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||'|I|SORP**reference**|.|||
||||||Fundralslng2022-2023||
||||||Wehav.econtinuedtoraisevital funds||
|Summaryof themain<br>achievements of thecharity,<br>identifying thediffer:encethe|||**Para**1.20||throughvaryingfundraisingeventsthis<br>particularyear.Asinpreviousyearsthe<br>ForestFoodbankhavecontinuedtosupport<br>usthroughdonationsbothatChristmastime||
|charity'swor:khasmadeto|||||andEaster forthechildren,without this vital||
|thecircumstances of its<br>beneficiariesandanywider|||||supportitwouldhavebeenmorecostlyto<br>thegroup.|I|
|benefits to||societyasa|i||TheChristmasrafflecontinuestobringin||
|whole.|||||extrafundsandisalwayssowellsupported.||
||||||Wethankallof thebusinessesfor their|I|
||||||supportduringthesetimeswherelots of||
||||||organisationsareaskingforraffleprize||
||||||donations.||
||||||SponsorshipwithBerryhillRugbyClubhas||
||||||beensignedupagainfortheyear.||
||||||AsacharitygroupwesigneduptoForest||
||||'||Lotteryandareinreceipt ofmonthly||
||||||paymentsalongsideoccasionalpayments||
||||||fromEasyfundraising.Thisyearwealso||
||||||managedtogetsomeextrafundsfrom||
||||||Cauliflowercardswhoproduceproductswith||
||||||children'sartworkthatparents/carerscan||
||||||purchase.||





|**Additionallnfonnation(optional)**|**Additionallnfonnation(optional)**||||||
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|Youmaychoosetoinclude|furtherstatementswhere1relevar.1tabout:||, -||||
|Achievementsagainst|Para|1.41|||||
|objectivesset|||||||
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|Perfonnanceoffundraising|||||||
|activitiesagainstobjectives|<br>Para|1.41|||||
|set|||||||
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|lnvestmentperfonnance|Para|1.41|||||
|againstobjectives||.''.|||||
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|Financial Review|||||||
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|Reviewof the charity's<br>financial position attheend<br>oftheperiod<br>Statement explainingthe<br>policy for holdingreserves<br>stating_why_they areheld|**Para**<br>**Para**|1.21<br> 1.22|Our financial positionremainsviable,wedid<br>makea lossonthisfinancial year of£1553<br>approx.<br>Weholdreservesinplaceforonemonth's<br>expenditure,redundancypayfor all eligible staff<br>andfundsfor12month'sleasellabllltles/notice.||<br>|11<br>Ii|
|Amount of reservesheld|**Para**|1.22|£37,000|.,-|||
|Reasons for holdingzero|Para|1.22|NIA||||
|reserves|||||||
|Details of fund materiallyin<br>deficit|**Para**|**1.24**|Nodetails to provide.||||
|Explanation of any|Para|1.23|Nodetrimentalconcerns.||||
|uncertainties aboutthe|||||||
|charity continuingasagoing|||I||||
|concern|||||||
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|**Additional infonnatlon (optional)**|||||||
|Youmav choose to include furtherstatementswhererelevant about|||||-||
|The charity's principal|||||||
|sources of funds0ncluding|**Pana**|**1.47**|||||
|anyfundraising)|||||||
|Investment policyand|||||||
|objectives includingany|Para1."6||||||
|social investment policy|||||||
|adopted|||||||
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|A description of the principal|<br>Para1."6||||||
|risks facing the charity|||||||
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|Structure, Governance and Management|Structure, Governance and Management|Structure, Governance and Management|Structure, Governance and Management|Structure, Governance and Management|||
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|Description of charity's|||||||
|trusts:|||||||
|Typeof.governingdocument||**Para**1.25||Constitution|.,||
|(trusl deed. royal charter)|||||||
|Howisthe charity||**P1r111.25**|1|Groupof trusteemembers|,|.|
|constituted?|||||||
|(eg unincorporated|||||||
|association, CIO)|||||||
|Trusteeselectionmethods||**Para**1.25||Electedby groupmembersconsistingofparents|||
|including details ofany||||andcurrent trustees.|||
|constitutional provisionse.g.|||||||
|election topostornameof|||||||
|anypersonorbodyentitled|||.||||
|to appointoneormore||I|||||
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|**Additional lnfonnation**(**optional)**||||
|YoumaychoosetoInclude<br>~|furtherstatements||whererelevantabout·<br>.|
|Policiesandprocedures<br>adoptedforth~inductionand||Para1.51||
|training oftrustees||||
||||TheCharity Berry Hill UnderFivesGroupworks|
||||with theParentandToddlerAssociation(PATA)|
|Thecharity'sorganisational<br>structureandanywider<br>networkwithwhichthe<br>charityworks||Para 1.51|where weaccessrequiredcoursesfor our<br>trustees which might benefit them with<br>conducting theirroleswithin the charity.|
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|Relationshipwithanyrelated||**Para**1.51||
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|Reaisteredcharitynumber<br>Charity'sprincipaladdress||1053461<br>FiveAcresHighSchool||||||-'|
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|Deacriptionofthe**assets**|NIA||
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