ORCHYD 18 St Catherines Road Ruislip Middx HA4 7RU E: info@orchyd.org.uk T: 07502 382469 ORCHYD Holidays for Children with Disabilities ## **2024 Annual Report** ## **Organisation of Ruislip Churches Holiday for Youngsters with Disabilities** Charity Commission Registration Number: 1072239 Trustees: Chair: Mark Stimpson Secretary: Mr Ken Wild Treasurer: Ms Lin Gregory Mrs Corrie Irwin Mr Michael Cummins Miss Rachel Parfitt Dr Paul Aubrey (Appointed June 2024) Registered Address: 18 St Catherines Road Ruislip Middlesex HA4 7RU. ## **Structure, Governance & Management** ORCHYD is governed by its Trust Deed. The Charity structure is such that the Trustees safeguard the interests of ORCHYD. The Trustee Structure is currently made up of seven members. This includes four nominated Trustees from various Churches in Ruislip, the other three are the representatives on the Holiday Management Committee. The Trustees appoint a Holiday Management Committee to organise and run the annual holiday. Three representatives from the Trustees sit on this committee. The minutes from these meetings are circulated to the Trustees on request and any items escalated by the Holiday Committee to the Trustees are duly discussed and resolved where appropriate. The Holiday Management Committee Chairperson provides a report at each Trustee meeting which is incorporated into the Trustee Minutes. ## **Objectives & Activities/Achievements & Performance** The predominant objective of the Charity is to provide an annual residential holiday for twenty children with physical disabilities. The children are often selected from disadvantaged families who could not otherwise afford to have time away. This also provides much needed respite for the child’s main carer. The scope of the Trust Deed is such that it can also facilitate donations to children/charities that fall within the remit of ORCHYD. www.orchyd.org.uk Registered Charity Number: 1072239 Registered Charity Address: 18 St Catherines Road, Ruislip, Middx, HA4 7RU ## **Reserves Policy** The Reserves of the Charity at the end of any one year are required to be sufficient to cover the cost of the following year’s annual holiday with a contingency excess to cover rising costs. The Trustees are pleased to report the following on the ORCHYD reserves policy for 2024: 1. To provide funds/grants for children that are unsuccessful in their ORCHYD holiday application enabling them to attend other holiday schemes where appropriate. Or to donate on a request basis for specialist equipment. These are assessed on a case by case basis by the Trustees. The total budget for donations for 2024 was for £12,000. The amount is reviewed and agreed annually. £16,287 was spent in 2024, which included a one-off donation off £3,000. A further £12,000 will be allocated in 2025. 2. To continue a day trip scheme with four day trips scheduled for each year aimed at between 6-8 children. Four trips took place in 2024. Two are scheduled for 2025. 3. To hold ORCHYD weekends for eight children. One weekend was held in 2024, and two are planned for 2025. 4. An amount of £20,000 continues to be ringfenced for potential storage enhancement costs. On an annual basis, the Trustees will continue to monitor the balance in Reserves and ensure it is properly utilised in line with the Trust Deed of ORCHYD. It should be noted that no further restrictions have been placed on any of the donations received by ORCHYD. ## Corrie Irwin ______________________ Trustee Iiiiiiiiu 111 11111111111 111111111 111 11111111111 111111111 111 11111111111 11111111 111 Iiiu 1111 111111 1111 111 1111 [[[[] [[[] [] mll 1111 111 1111 tllll llll [] tll] 111 111 1111 111111 11111 111111111 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of ORCHYD On accounts for the year ended 2024 Charity no (if any) 1072239 Set out on pages Iremen1ber to include Ihe paqe numbers of additional sheet I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ("the Trust") for the year ended 3111212023 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. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention (other than that disclosed below ") 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 Independent examiner's statement 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. Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. Signed: Date: 15. 1.2¥ Name: Debbie Gilder Relevant professional qualification{s} or body (if any): CSB Address: IER October 2018 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. IER October 2018