Donna's Dream House
Registered Charity 1072888
Annual Report
For Year Ended 21st May 2022

Contents
Legal & Administrative Information
Trustees Approval
Trustees Report
Independent Examiners Report
Balance Sheets

Legal and Administrative Information
Registered Charity Number
1072888
Registered Address
Donna's Dream House
21 Chapel Street
Blackpool
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Trustees
Leonard Curtis MBE
Michael Sugden
Violet Mclntyre
Barbara Curtis
Bankers
Royal Bank of Scotland
Talbot Square
Blackpool
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Auditor
John McBride
160 Normoss Road
Blackpool
FY3 8QW
Mission Statement
To provide free family holiday experiences for Children and
Teenagers with life threatening illnesses, to enjoy the holiday of a
lifetime with their immediate family or carers giving full support and
benefit where needed.

Donna's Dream House Accounts
Year ended
21st May 2022
The Management Committee approved these accounts on
3rd March 2022
Signed
an of Trustees
Len Curtis MBE
Signed
Treasurer Trustee
Violet Mclntyre
Signed
Vice Chairman of Trustees
Michael Sugden

Trustees Annual Report
2021- 2022
The trustees present their report and the financial statements for the
year ended 21 May 2022
As the Covid 19 Pandemic continued it was another difficult year
which has been felt by all organisations such as ours. Whilst the year
started slowly we made significant decisions to ensure that we could
begin once again offering holidays to some of the special families we
look after whilst at the same time keeping them and the Donna's
Dream House team safe.
Achievements and performance
We have continued to do as much as possible working remotely and
have spent a considerable amount of time looking at different
options for opening up holiday stays for our special families. We
have made the decision to limit the number of families staying at
Donna's Dream House initially to one family at a time from Friday to
Monday which will then allow us time to fully clean and disinfect all
areas used before opening up again to other families.
To limit the risks to our special families and the core team we took
the decision to carry on having all but the basic maintenance work
carried out by professionals rather than a volunteer team. We felt
that this would lesson the risk of Covid by completing work in a more
timely manner, our expenditure in this area is therefore more than it
has been previously.
We have continued to support other families that we have not been
able to accommodate at Donna's Dream House by providing them
with equipment where possible.

Our part time staff were furloughed until the end of the government
scheme. We took the decision to purchase laptops to ensure that
they were able to work remotely where possible.
Again we have struggled with not being able to hold the f undraising
events that and we would normally undertake, however due to the
generosity of our supporters and through the government grants we
have been able to confirm that the charity remains in a good position
going forward.
Fundraising and Volunteers
As the pandemic has continued we still feel that the use of too many
volunteers would impact our families. and our costs for maintenance
have continued to be high as we have had to pay for the work to be
done that we would previously have used volunteers for. We will be
monitoring the effects of this going forward.
The Trustees would like to offer special thanks to the many
organizations and individua15 for their extra special support of
Donna's Dream House throughout this year, without whom we
would not be able to support so many families, there are too many
to name individually but we all know who they are.
I should also thank the other trustees of the charity that assist me in
keeping the charity moving forward with no financial benefit to
themselves.
I must also thank those individuals who have continued to be in
touch and have supported us in whatever way possible through this
situation.
We end the year with promises of support from some of our big
supporters and the expectation that the next year will allow us to

return further towards the normality that we were able to expect pre
pandemic.
All in all, whilst it has been difficult at times, the charity continues to
move for¥vard and I look towards the future development of Donna's
Dream House.
rtis MBE
Chairman of Trustees

Independent Examiners Report to the Trustees of Donna's D￿aM House
I report on the accounts of the Charity year ended 21 May 2022
Basis of the Independent Examiners Report
My examination was carried out in accordance with the general direction given
by the Charity Commissioners.
An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the Charity
and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also
includes
consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking
explanations from you as Trustees concerning any such matters.
Independent Examlners Statement
In connection with my examination no matter has come to my attention.
l. Which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect, the
requirements to keep accounting records in accordance with Section 41 of
the Act; and to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records
and to comply with the accounting requirements have not been met.
2. or to which in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a
proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
John McBride
160 Normoss Road, Blackpool FY3 8QW

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