**To** ## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date 1 Sept 2024 31 Aug 2025 **From** ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** Monkscroft Pastoral Care Project **Other names charity is known by** None **Registered charity number (if any)** 1070022 **Charity's principal address** Hesters Way Library Goldsmith Road Cheltenham, Gloucestershire **Postcode GL51 7RT** **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Mr Adrian Gifkins|Chair||| ||Mrs Victoria
Stewart|Treasurer||| ||Mr Geoff Moss|||| ||Mrs Susan Gifkins|Secretary||| ||Mrs Rita Cole|||| |||||| |||||| ## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of adviser Name Address** ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** Jo Cannon – Project Coordinator March **2012** **TAR** 1 **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Type of governing document Trust Deed - (eg. trust deed, constitution) - How the charity is constituted - (eg. trust, association, company) Trustee selection methods - (eg. appointed by, elected by) Proposed and elected by other members of Board of Trustees. Reviewed annually at the AGM. ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: - policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; There is a Safeguarding Policy in place, reviewed annually and DBS checks are carried out every three years for Trustees and Staff. All Trustees give their time voluntarily and received no remuneration. - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. March **2012** **TAR** 2 ## **Section C Objectives and activities** **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** To provide support to children who are experiencing social, emotional and behavioural difficulties To provide support to families, to ensure children of all ages thrive holistically from the basis of a secure attachment with their primary carer(s). The following activities were carried out having due regard for guidance on Public Benefit. **1 – Provided core family support services for vulnerable children and families in the Hesters Way and St. Marks area of Cheltenham.** Support services included mainly face to face direct contact with child/parent(s) and also telephone contact and included: - assessment of need and ongoing reviews - • one to one sessions with children, parents and sibling groups, to support & guide parents with modelling positive parenting techniques in their own environment. This is alongside implementing plans to overcome parents / carers own challenges that cause barriers to meeting their children’s holistic needs. • support to engage with education and health services. - Access to primary health care and waiting lists for health care services post pandemic still remain challenging adding to the pre-existing stress and mental health issues **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** - **2 – Provided our Family Wellbeing Hub (incorporating our group sessions) for families to:** • reduce isolation • Improve mental wellbeing • enable and support parents to meet other parents in their community - • Infants / children to interact with others and improve social and emotional development - • Model and encourage play and interaction with children • Provide healthy snack at each session. - Provide weekly warm meal, shared and enjoyed by families and staff together - • Themed support for parents on areas such as finance and budgeting, physical and mental wellbeing, child development and so on. - • Support through cost of living challenges **3 – Monitored and evaluated outputs and outcomes for the service.** - This involved the use of: - ‘Ages and Stages – Social and Emotional’ questionnaire - • ‘Stress on the Caregiving Relationship’ questionnaire (to identify risk factors to successful attachment) - • ‘UCLA Loneliness Scale’ at initial referral stage and at review. • ‘Maternal Attitude Scale’ • ‘Parental Stress Scale’ • ‘Karitane Parenting Confidence Scale’ • Feedback questionnaire 4 – We have continued to have sole use of the ‘Garden’ providing a March **2012** **TAR** 3 well-equipped outdoor space for group activity sessions providing the following services: - family support and mentoring - • safe play area with clean and high quality play resources and equipment, supporting fine and gross motor skill development, along with opportunity to develop speech, social interaction skills and confidence, cognition and imagination. - Safe community play space for young children to explore and develop in together with other children. - 5 – Fund raising activities – to enable continuation and expansion of services ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** March **2012** **TAR** 4 You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. Section D Achievements and performance March **2012** **TAR** 5 ## Section D Achievements and performance **Summary of the main achievements of the charity OUTCOMES FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES during the year** 0-4 year olds, improvements were achieved in the following: • **More secure attachment** with primary carer and positive relationships with family • **Improved attendance** at early years’ settings e.g ‘Stay and Play’ sessions / nursery classes which in turn will promoted / improved social development. • **Mental Health of parents supported / maintained.** This has continued to be a focus. Our parents experience isolation and loneliness, along with anxiety / low mood depression, with a history of childhood trauma in most cases. Much time and increased support levels were needed to support the parents mental health and benefit the children as a result. The Garden Activity sessions and our Family Wellbeing Hub have been an invaluable extension and progression of this support, often still being the main social interaction the families had outside their own homes. Families were supported with a range of difficulties acting as barriers to meeting their children’s holistic needs. These included: **Housing and issues of poverty / financial hardship Mental Health conditions & disabilities (majority anxiety and depression & neurodivdersity) Isolation (social and economic) and the impact of this on parenting and the rest of the family Relationships between parent(s) and the children. Play and quality time Relationships between adults in the home** Siblings were also supported with understanding their emotions, expressing themselves non aggressively and enjoying the family more, thus becoming happier and more secure and stable. **MENTAL WELLBEING, INCLUSIVITY & SOCIAL MODEL** Mental well-being of parents continued to be a high priority to achieve positive outcomes for the children. High levels of contact with parents to achieve this. Advocating for and empowering parents, to build knowledge, skill and confidence to then advocate for themselves and their children, in particular with health and education needs. Our Family Wellbeing Hub is a safe haven for parents and children experiencing loneliness and isolation and also importantly for those feeling excluded in accessing other services, due to how they feel safe, included and accepted in our Hub. This year, 72% of parents and 30% of children live with a mental health condition or disability. Our Hub, with its attention on the individual as well as the group, with a focus on our sensory environment and staff skill at noticing need, families report feeling this is somewhere they genuinely believe they ‘fit’ and ‘belong’. Children in the Hub - with the use of regular ASQ:SE monitoring, access earlier referral to health for developmental needs, assessments & ultimately support. March **2012** **TAR** 6 Section D Achievements and performance Attendance at Family Wellbeing Hub: |No.
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The charity currently enjoys the support of the Peter Lang Children’s Trust, and a grant from the National Benevolent Charity. The vast majority of these grants and the associated expenditure is for salaries in order to deliver the services described above. - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; - investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ## **Section F Other optional information** ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date** March **2012** **TAR** 8 Monkscroft Pastoral Care Project Financial Accounts For the year ending 31 August 2025 Monkscroft Pastoral Care Project Annual Ac(x)unts to August 2025 Financid Rewt Rewxt Crffjsolkla￿on R•wt BalarK* Str*et Tmsurefs Repcrft Paslor81 C8ro Pro￿ R•w1 Treasurerfs ReF Speual Projects s￿81 Projecls 10 10 11 Balartt Sheet Pr•par•d ty. Vktorl8 Stèwart Treasuref to thè Trustees Monkscroft Pastoral Care Project Financial Report For the Year ending 31 August 2025 t)urlng the sear Prryect cMtINed to ef¥Oy th• suFwt (rf Th P* Lary Chad￿￿.8 Trust and The There has L*en no 8iwlfi¢ant fund rn18tng acllvlty this >*ar. e to the focus cm seNce delivery. the expenses of th8 knieci are saLqri8s f¢x Prc*rt Wothws. The project ha$ Some facllllles, ruming co818 {moslly Sn$uranco and teleptrthylcommunlcations) and expenditure on professionol fees {payToII sefvlces. pension fees and DBS t￿reaU). Addilionally costs are Incurred lor (>)nS￿abl8S used In the Family WeM>ein9 Hub. There rK) Movem￿ts In Iha Speaal Prq'ects AcC￿nI. Monk•croft Putornl Car• ProJ•ct Con•olld•tlon •4WIrt Th• AC0￿n￿ for th• 31•t W 2025. •al ¢xrt ￿ p•g•• 4 5 hav• b•ffi prnpor•d ty •uFyll•d to m•. Tw•ur•r to tho Trult M￿ks¢rOft Pa•toral Car• Project S&n*tur• Dat• Consolldatsd Incom• and Exp•ndllurn *xowbt yèw •nd AuguBt 2025 2024 To¢al INCOME Don81K)n8.The SUmmerf￿ld Chariloblg Tnot DonatvJn5- Peter Lang ChildrenS Tntsl DOn8￿n -The Nallonol Benevolent Charfty Don8￿￿. Glos. Communty Fowwjali Bank Interest Fund raistr 39447 39652 OONATIONS- 63652 EXPENSES Donatlons Fund rni81ng Salarles. Nl. Pertsk)n txjsts Addition81 $018ry Rent Bank charges Staff training & VO￿nteerS Consultancy & advka Gweral running expgnses Info￿31￿ Produdion Communty Chest Equipment Tn￿10• exp￿98$ 55282 1104 744 2264 61054 55980 Profft l Lo•• lor y••r -16607 7672 202S 2024 CURRENT ASSETS Cash at bank Income duè not recelvod 18472 35079 18472 35079 18472 35079 CURRENT LIABILITIES InL9nd Re￿n￿O Trainlng fees Ronl N•t A•MI• 18472 35079 FINANCED BY: Balance IXOLW frThard Profft l Lo$8 35079 -16607 18472 27407 7672 35079 So.6.26 Monk•eroft P••toral Car• I 2025 2024 INCOME DonatlorA-The s￿nmerf￿1d Charitabl8 Tru51 DonalicKB- Peter Lang Children's Trust Donatlon.The Na￿￿al B¢nèNDlent Charity Donati¢Jn- Gh)s. Community Foundation Bank Intere81 Fund raising 39447 39652 DONATIONS. out 63652 EXPENSE8 Fund rnI￿n9 Salaries. Nl, Pension (%&8ts AthIrtM)nal salary 55282 Bank charg85 Staff training & v<*Jnteern Con8ultanGy & 8d¥ice Gen¢fal runnlng eyin8e8 1104 744 Equlpment TnAtse expgnses 61054 s59￿1 Profft l Los• for y•ar -16607 7672 2025 2024 CURRENT ASSETS Cash at barl¢ Income due not received 14361 14361 ¢XTd lo Speclal Projects 14361 CURRENT LIABILITIES Inland Revenue Trdining fees Rent FINANCED BY: Balance brought Profit l Lo$$ 23296 7672 30968 -16607 14361 PAonkguoft Sp•clal Prthcts 2025 2024 INCOME tyonation Prr481? Don81 Bank Interest F￿d ralslng DONATIONS- ¢xrt EXPENSES Donatlons Fund raislng Salarles. Nl. PensKn (x*ts Addrtional salary Recrultment costs Irrforrnation wodudion Staff training & volunteern Consultancy & advi¢¢ General runnlng eynses Renl Equipment Trustee expenses Proftt l Lom for y•ar 10 2025 2024 CURRENT ASSErs Cash at bank Loan - PCP 4,111 4111 4.111 4111 CURRETrTf LIABILMES ALxount8ncy Inland Revenue N•t AsMts 4.111 4111 FINANCED BY: Balance br(A￿l fopward Pmfit i Loss 4.111 4111 4.111 11 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trustees1 members of Monkscroft Pastoral Care Project On accounts for the year ended 31 August 2025 Charity no (If any) 1070022 Set out on pages 1-11 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ('Ihe Twsl'l for the year ended 3110812025. Responslbilities and basis of report As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordan￿ with the requirements ofthe Charities Act 2011 ('Ihe Act.). The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011, and that an independent examination is needed. I report in respect of my examination of the Trusl's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the appliGable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 14515)(bl of the Act. Independent I have completed my examination. l Gonfirm that no material matters have examinerfs statement come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below) which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. the a￿OUntIng records were not kept in accordance wilh section 130 of the Charities Act,. or the accounts did not aGGord with the accounting records; or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements conc8ming th8 fomi and content of accounts set out in the Charities (A¢¢ounts and Reports) RegL¢lations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair. view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order lo enable a proper understanding ofthe accounls to be reached. Slgned: Date: 30 June 2026 Name: Sue Thompson (Book-Rite Ltd) Relevant profes31onal qualifi¢ation(s) or body lif any): MIAB IER Oct 2018 Address: 2 Princess Elizabeth Way Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL517PJ Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material mallers of con￿rn {see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts.. directions and guidance for examiners). Give hern brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER Oct 2018