## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
|From:|**1st SEPTEMBER 2024**|
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|To:|**31st AUGUST 2025**|
|Charity name:|**CHERRY KIDS CLUB**|
|Charity registration number:|**1064757**|
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The objects of the charity are:**
**a) To provide the necessary facilities**
**for the daily care and recreation of**
**children during out of school hours**
**and school holidays; and,**
**b) To advance the education and**
**training of the persons in the**
**provision of such care, education**
**and recreational facilities.**|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**The Cherry Kids Club provides after**
**school care for two of the local primary**
**schools: Bewick Bridge and Cherry**
**Hinton CoE primary school. A walking**
**bus is provided to safely transport the**
**children to the main premises at Bewick**
**Bridge.**
**Our aim is to always ensure the care is**
**of the highest standard possible with**
**the lowest session cost to ensure that**
**there is the broadest use of the club. At**
**its heart, the club is a place for children**
**to play, make friendships, have fun and**
**to learn over and above the care**
**required by parents and carers.**
**Clubs are also provided at half-term for**
**children who attend breakfast or after**
**school care. These allow the children to**
**attend one or multiple days.**|
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|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees hereby confirm to have**
**regard to the guidance issued by the**
**charity commission on public benefit.**||
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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SORP reference||
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**n/a**|
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**n/a**|
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**n/a**|
|Other||**n/a**|
## **Achievements and Performance**
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|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**The Club has maintained attendance**
**levels and is currently at maximum**
**capacity for 3 days each week.**
**We have offered Duke of Edinburgh**
**Bronze Award places for 3 young people**
**who were former members of the after**
**school club.**
**The expansion of the holiday club to**
**welcome those from all Cherry Hinton**
**schools has been a success.**|
**Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Achievements against Para 1.41 objectives set Performance of fundraising Para 1.41 activities against objectives set Investment performance Para 1.41 against objectives Other
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The Trustees are pleased to report that**
**after a successful FY24 the Club closed**
**FY25 with a surplus of £10,020. This will**
**allow for improvements at the Club’s**
**setting and the purchase of new toys**
**and activities materials in FY26.**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The Club holds two bank accounts for**
**day-to-day operations (one of which is**
**likely to be closed in 2025), and also a**
**deposit account which serves as the**
**reserve fund so we can ensure**
**continuation of care should an**
**unforeseen situation arises or if the**
**Club wishes to make improvements at**
**its setting and/or an extraordinary**
**purchase.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£16,904.44**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**n/a**|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**n/a**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**At the date this report was approved,**
**there are no indication of the charity not**
**continuing as a going concern.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47|
**The Club did not carry out any**
**fundraising activity in the period. The**
**sole sources of revenue were fees for**
**after-school, breakfast and holiday**
**clubs, as well as a modest amount of**
**voluntary and spontaneous**
**contributions from parents of children**
**attending the club.**|
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|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**n/a**|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**The main risks the Club currently faces**
**relate to the cost-of-living crisis and**
**high inflation, which can lead to**
**reduction in Club attendance, increase**
**in payments default and increase in**
**running costs.**|
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|Other||**n/a**|
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution adopted 1**
**st**
**September**
**1997 as amended by resolution dated**
**15**
**th**
**December 2009.**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**The Charity is made up of Trustees and**
**Committee Members**|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**By nomination and election at AGM.**|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Policies and procedures Para 1.51 adopted for the induction and training of trustees The charity’s organisational Para 1.51 structure and any wider network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|**CHERRY KIDS CLUB**|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|**1064757**|
|Charity’s principal address|**BEWICK BRIDGE COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL**
**FULBOURN OLD DRIFT, CHERRY HINTON**
**CAMBRIDGE**|
CB19ND
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||**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (if any)**|
||ROBIN LITTLE|CHAIR|Appointed on 1 January
2022||
||CLARICE
RAMALHO|TREASURER|Appointed on 1 January
2022||
||JESSICA PAMELA
CORTEZ FERREL|SECRETARY|Appointed on 23
February2023||
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
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**Director name**|
**Dates acted if not for whole year**||
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Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
|**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**||
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets **n/a** held in this capacity Name and objects of the **n/a** charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for **n/a** safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of Name Address adviser n/a n/a n/a**
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
TRUDY HOOKS
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
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## **Other optional information**
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## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**[Robin Little]
**Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc)**
**Date** 13/5/26
## Cherry Kids Club
## Balance Sheet
Basis: Cash
|||31/08/2024|31/08/2025|
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|Account|Account Code|Total|Total|
|**Assets**||||
|**Current Assets**||||
|**Cash and Cash**||||
|**Equivalents**||||
|Cash||||
|Fee Tin|1210|0.01|0.00|
|**Total for Cash**||**0.01**|**0.00**|
|Bank||||
|Lloyds Bank|1100|558.15|134.96|
|The Co-operative|1120|16,438.43|30,259.83|
|Bank Current||||
|The Co-operative|1130|16,561.79|16,904.44|
|Bank Deposit||||
|Account||||
|**Total for Bank**||**33,558.37**|**47,299.23**|
|**Total for Cash and Cash**||**33,558.38**|**47,299.23**|
|**Equivalents**||||
|**Accounts Receivable**||||
|**Total for Accounts**||**0.00**|**0.00**|
|**Receivable**||||
|**Other current assets**||||
|**Total for Other current**||**0.00**|**0.00**|
|**assets**||||
|**Total for Current Assets**||**33,558.38**|**47,299.23**|
|**Fixed Assets**||||
|**Total for Fixed Assets**||**0.00**|**0.00**|
|**Other Assets**||||
|**Total for Other Assets**||**0.00**|**0.00**|
|**Total for Assets**||**33,558.38**|**47,299.23**|
06/03/2026
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|Account|Account Code|Total|Total|
|**Liabilities & Equities**||||
|**Liabilities**||||
|**Current Liabilities**||||
|Accrued Expenses|2800|0.00|3,826.67|
|Customer Advance|2700|289.50|156.50|
|Pension Payable|2600|105.80|128.10|
|Reimbursable|2200|24.63|29.90|
|Expenses||||
|**Total for Current**||**419.93**|**4,141.17**|
|**Liabilities**||||
|**Long Term Liabilities**||||
|**Total for Long Term**||**0.00**|**0.00**|
|**Liabilities**||||
|**Other Liabilities**||||
|**Total for Other**||**0.00**|**0.00**|
|**Liabilities**||||
|**Total for Liabilities**||**419.93**|**4,141.17**|
|**Equities**||||
|Designated Reserves|3100|16,561.79|16,904.44|
|Current Year Earnings||14,370.35|10,019.61|
|Retained Earnings|3200|2,206.31|16,234.01|
|**Total for Equities**||**33,138.45**|**43,158.06**|
|**Total for Liabilities &**||**33,558.38**|**47,299.23**|
|**Equities**||||
**Amount is displayed in your base currency **GBP**
06/03/2026
## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
**Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
**Report to the trustees/ members of** Cherry Kids’ Club **On accounts for the year** 31[st] August 2025 **Charity no** 1064757 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** 1 to 4
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/08/2025.
- **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation **basis of report** of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
- accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
- the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
**Signed: Name:** Jayne Merrick **Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** 6 Churchfield Avenue, Sawston Cambridge CB22 3LA
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**October 2018**
1
**IER**
**Section B Disclosure**
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
**Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** .
**October 2018**
2
**IER**