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Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date
Period end date
Day
Month
Year
Month
Year
From
Section A
01
April
2024
To 31
March
2025
Reference
and administration details
Charity name
Escape Support Group
Other names charity is known by
Every Somerset Child's Ability Positively Encouraged
Registered charity number (if any) 1081446
Charity's principal address
Unit H, Creech Business Park, Mill Lane,
Creech St Michael, Taunton
Somerset
Postcode
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
Trustee name
Dates acted if not for whole
year
1
2
3
4
5
Sande Nuttall
Chris Pearson
Joanne Prewett
Danielle Holbrook
Sarah Gardener
Section B
Office (if any)
Chair
Treasurer
Safeguarding Lead
Name of person (or body) entitled
to appoint trustee (if any)
Secretary
Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity's trusts
Type of governing document Constitution
Section C
Summary of the objects of the
charity set out in its
governing document
Objectives and activities
ESCAPE recognises the need for families to have opportunities to spend
quality time doing fun things together - not just the child with the
disability. Families often find themselves, through no fault of their own,
excluded, mis-understood, and, sometimes, subject to prejudice, simply
because of the additional needs of their child(ren). We aim to redress that
balance by empowering and enabling families - allowing them the
opportunity to visit locations, experience events, and participate in
activities which might otherwise be unavailable to them. Through doing
this we are allowing the children the opportunity to experience a positive
childhood where they are integrated fully, and are able to share
experiences that will enhance and enrich their lives, which other children
and families may take for granted. These activities boost morale,
increase confidence and self-esteem, improve social skills, decrease
behavioural difficulties and develop and strengthen friendships.
Everything ESCAPE does is heavily subsidised - our aim is to cover 50%
of costs - to ensure affordability for everyone, and excellent value for
money. These subsides are made possible through ESCAPE's own
fundraising, numerous grant applications and from the support of many
local individuals and organisations. We often provide transport, including
wheelchair accessible vehicles where required, to and from the locations
ensuring the day is as stress free as possible for our members.
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)
Section D
Summary of the main
achievements of the charity
during the year
* Weekly daytrips during school holidays - organised days out, usually
with transport, allowing families to just come along and have a stress-free
day out
* Annual Special - a trip with overnight stays for the whole family - fully
organised by Escape staff, again, taking the stress out of organising such
events
* Parent / carer weekend away - a chance to recharge and have some
respite
* The Hub Club - a monthly drop in group for families to access activities
and share quality time
* Monthly Coffee & Chats - for carers to share experiences, gain
information, and make friends
* Fortnightly exclusive swimming sessions - allowing children to enjoy
their time in the pool without too many restrictions, so parents can relax.
* Monthly Strike Out Club - siblings / young carers group, Teen Club -
age 11 - 17 and Family Fun Club - for all the family that meet monthly -
we do a vary of activites from paddleboarding, indoor video arcades,
enjoy a game of bowling/trampolining, then go for tea and to socialise.
* Occasional activities for carers.
Achievements and performance
Since the last AGM, Escape visited various locations over the summer.
Starting with a popular, well attended trip to Crealy, followed by an outing
to Somerset Boat Centre, where families enjoyed time on the
Bridgwater/Taunton canal, and a voucher towards their lunch, courtesy of
our fundraising officer's continued efforts. We then had our Annual
Special at Ashbury Manor Resorts, 2 nights away, Full board with lots of
on-site activities for everyone to enjoy and a talent show in the evening.
We then had a day visit to Magdelene Farm with the Just Act Natural
funding. We also had private hire of Greenbank Outdoor pool which was
an amazing hit with the families.
Our next trip took us to The Donkey Sanctuary and then we spent the
afternoon at Exmouth beach. Our last outing took us to The Bristol Zoo
Project in Bristol a great day for all. October half term saw us visit
TimeWarp Arcade for our Family Fun Club and then a day trip to
Legoland. This was a hugely popular trip and enjoyed by all who went.
In November we hosted our Christmas Fundraising Ball and rasied an
amazing £3000.
In December the children were then invited to attend Escape's Christmas
party, which unfortunately was cancelled due to horrendous weather
conditions, we then rearranged an After Xmas Party at the end of
January, where the children were entertained by Krazy Kimmy and her
disco.
We attended the The Macmillan Theatre in Bridgwater, it did not
disappoint. Accessible to all, they put on a fantastic show, which proved
to be very popular with our members - so we have rebooked for 2025.
We also took our Family Fun Club and visited Quayside Trampolining
Centre for visit to Santa and a lot of bouncing. We took our Teen Club to
the Harvest Moon and had a good old game of skittles with some buffet
food. Januarys Family Fun Club was at Icescape, Weston Super Mare
we all had a great time ice skating.
February half term saw many members attending another panto, this time
courtesy of Creech & Ruishton Dramatic Society, who invite Escape to
watch their dress rehearsal for free. Half term also saw Escape visit the
newly reopened We The Curious, Bristol another great day out. We have
Community Membership, which we have used once, not advertised due
to logistics.
Carer's weekend was at the end of March and they visited Portsmouth for
a great weekend.
The Exclusive Swimming sessions continue, and again have specific
funding, due to the efforts of the staff to ensure Escape's founding activity
continues.
There have been several "Coffee and Chat" events for carers which have
been well attended, as well as "Park Meets" in the school holidays for
Escape members to pop along and catch up with other members. These
are well attended, and popular with members, having no cost, but
boosting their social activity.
The Hub Club continues to grow, again, with a trip to Puxton Park in May,
alongside it's monthly meetings.
Strike Out club - a club for siblings and young carers, continues to prove
popular, and then the arrival of two new groups Teen Club and Family
Fun Club.
Since the last Contmittee meeting in Janaury, there have been a lot of
changes .. Teamleader has left. The Deputy Teamleader and Family
Liaison Officer hours are now 21, and she continues to do a sterling job
organising new members, and ensuring the website and social media
pages are freshly updated with all that is going on, informing members
how to book, and where to be on the day., along with taking on some of
the Team Leaders roles.
Our Office Administrator and Fundraising Officer continues to work 21
hours a week, which includes the running of the popular Hub Club. They
ensure, through numerous successful grant applications and networking
meetings, that funds are continually sourced, allowing Escape to provide
greatly subsidised outings and trips for all members along with taking on
some of the Team Leader roles.
Escape's Finance & Bookings Officer hours continues to work 11 hours a
week. This role involves all things monetary, from banking, to collecting
and counting penny pots, through to the arduous annual accounts,
alongside ensuring members have paid what is due, and invoices raised
where necessary.
This temporary set up is working well, as 2 staff members are in the
office during opening hours the majority of the time during term time, as
first point of contact. The staff are extremely busy at present organising
the Annual Special and the Big Birthday party.
2024/2025 has been a fantastic year with plenty going on to keep Escape
members busy.
Financial review
Escape holds 6 months of reserves in a restricted account.
Section E
Brief statement of the
charity's policy on reserves
Section F
See attached annual accounts.
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)
Do brook
Full name(s)
DANIELLE HOLRROOR JOANNA PREWETT
Position (eg Secretary, Chair,
Date
COMMITEE MEMBER SPENDE
Committeo
09-01-2026
member.
**ESCAPE SUPPORT GROUP 1081446**
**CC16a**
## **Receipts and payments accounts**
**For the period** 4/1/2024 3/31/2025 **To from**
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
**Unrestricted Restricted Endowment funds funds funds**
**Total funds Last year**
|||**Total funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**|||**Last year**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**|||**to the nearest £**|
|**A1 Receipts**||||||
|MembershipFees||**6,354**
**-**
**-**
**6,354**||**5**|**5,079**|
|Bank Interest||**662**
**-**
**-**
**662**||**380**|**380**|
|Own Fundraising||**10,538**
**-**
**-**
**10,538**||**6**|**6,027**|
|Grant Income||**-**
**164,298**
**-**
**164,298**||**33**|**33,167**|
|Donations||**9,511**
**-**
**-**
**9,511**||**11**|**11,558**|
|Gift Aid||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**1**|**1,287**|
|Member Credits||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**40**|**40**|
|||||**-**|**-**|
|Total Income||**27,065**
**164,298**||**57**|**57,538**|
|||||||
|Member Contributions||**45,408**||**29**|**29,873**|
|||||||
|||||||
|||||||
|||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**-**|**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_||**27,065**
**209,706**
**-**
**236,771**
_(Gross income for AR)_||**87,411**|**87,411**|
|||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**||||||
|**(see table).**||||||
|||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||||
|||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**-**|**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**_Sub total_**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**-**|**-**|
|**_Total receipts_ **
**A3 Payments**||**27,065**
**209,706**
**-**
**236,771**
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~~|~~
~~|~~||**87**|**87,411**|
|Trip/Event Costs
**-**
**60,701**
**60,701**
**54,827**
Clubs
**-**
**10,553**
**10,553**
**4,824**
Swimming
**-**
**1,952**
**1,952**
**1,681**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Total Activity Costs**
**-**
**73,206**
**73,206**
**61,332**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Fundraisingcosts
**5,860**
**5,860**
**1,786**
Rent
**6,600**
**6,600**
**6,200**
Electricity
**1,271**
**1,271**
**417**
Salaries
**42,335**
**42,335**
**32,134**
NI & Tax
**1,958**
**1,958**
**1,039**
Pensions
**2,538**
**2,538**
**1,014**
Phone/mobile/broadband
**590**
**590**
**661**
Stationery
**138**
**138**
**11**
General Office Costs
**1,377**
**1,377**
**652**
Insurance
**799**
**799**
**746**
Training
**-**
**396**
**396**
**48**
SundryExpenses
**-**
**66**
**66**
**- 338**
Computer and IT Fees
**-**
**451**
**451**
**434**
Advertising/Promotional
**489**
**489**
Staff/Committee Expenses
**163**
**163**
**433**
Total Core Costs
**59,171**
**59,171**
**43,450**
**_Sub total_ -**
**138,237**
**138,237**
**106,568**
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**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**
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||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|||||||||||
||**_Total payments_ -**||**138,237**||**-**||**138,237**||**106,568**|
|||||||||||
||**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ 27,065**||**71,469**||**-**||**98,534**||**- 19,157**|
|**A5**|**Transfers between funds**
**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**A6**|**Cash funds last year end**
**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**99,870**|
||**_Cash funds this year end_ 27,065**||**71,469**||**-**||**98,534**||**80,713**|
## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|**Details**
RBS
Santander Reserve Account
Santander Savings Account
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature
Santander Current
Account
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**5,014**
**-**
**16,390**
**23,737**
**-**
**23,116**
**-**
**110,991**
**21,404**
**157,844**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**-**|
|||||
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
|||||
||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
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**(optional)**|
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approval|
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ếscape
Support
Group
€
2023/24
22,662.82
38,640.79
35,534.72
3,032.04
99,870.37
98,715.86
57,537.66
22,021.11
Escape Support Group
Treasurers Report
Opening Balances
Santander Reserve
Santander Current
Santander Savings
RBS
€
Escape Expenditure
Escape Income
Contributions received from members
2024/25
22,877.10
16,430.91
35,639.29
5,765.98
80,713.28
138,236.76
£191,363.00
£45,408.54
19,157.09
80,713.28
22,877.10
16,430.91
35,639.29
5,765.98
80,713.28
Net Income / Expenditure
Closing Balances
Santander Reserve
Santander Current
Santander Savings
RBS
€
€
€
98,534.78
179,248.06
23,116.46
40,126.48
110,991.26
5,013.86
179,248.06
INDEPENDENT VERIFIER
SIGNED ShA NAMEA. DAMBER - CASE FECADATE 27/05/2025
TREASURER
NAME C PEARSON
DATE 3/6/20