Ch•i1ty R•gl*tratlon N¢. 1086020
PROMISE DREAMS
TRUSTEES. REPORT AND UNAUDITED ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022

PROMISE DREAMS
LEGAL AND ADMINISTrATIVE INFORMATION
J Dmovan
J Donn8ly
Swdk
Charfty n￿rn￿r
11AeA)20
Ind•p•nd•nt •x•mln•r
AGS Ac4))Lv*ants & Bu￿n0&SA￿l￿s Umltgd
Unll 1
Cath Cwrt 2
Ca8Uyte Way
D￿Y
DY14RH

PROMISE DREAMS
CONTENTS
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IrNJeF4ndent ex8rn1nerf8 Itwi
StaI•m￿l of ffinBncKql ?thrbe8
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NotsB to tha 8w)unts
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PROMISE DREAMS
TRUSTEES, REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEAIBER 2022
Th8 t￿St￿ pr8s8nl Ih81r repcxl a￿1 ￿￿]nts th8 yèar éThJed 31 2tr22.
The a¢￿Unts havo Lw pr8par•J In acc￿￿8￿ thg *)JMJntlng wAic*s sot out In not$ 110 th8
accounts 8nd comply ￿th thE Twusi Deed, the CtBritiesAcl 1993 and Ihe Stateffent of Recommended
Pr&dce.'AceountiThJ and RO[￿rbn9 by Charities", Bsued in Marth 2CM)5.
8tructur•. g0vornan￿ and manao•nMrf
Promls8 Dreams Is a nAllcm81 thlhJrnn'8 chorfty thal was launclwd In 2C4)1 to mako dreams
om? tru¢ for $fjrbugly & tsmlnally ill chlk1rnn. aThJ th8¢r famli88. a(nJs8 th6 UK. The chaiity actepts
appll(%tkns from chibjren aged O to 18 and whether Ihe chld woubj like ¥￿￿￿8 Jme away from hospitsl
appointrnents & treatrnenl for a famly IK•l¥Jay, swa8￿.9t 8quikyy￿nI to ansur& th& bost possibl& ￿V￿8 of
re are maintained al hom6 u evon thts c*arKo to meèl twr f8VOUrito c*loknity whilè tr￿y 8kn1 ¢gn.
Promlsg Dr¥arns 1$ cornm1tt￿ to help. Many of lh• applcathJns by thartty am not for rt•
thal the ¥vwo9e ￿rgo￿ WOLld a ¢r&am but fc*lhesa chldran. 8ThJ thelr famili88. 8omothlng a8
sSmpt& a$ laminato fl¢)oring can make a hugg djlterenco io every day of their h'le. TTagicaUy
something that rnany ol these lamlll6s have 8 kn of 80 I8￿n9 a few SFwlg18mlles and craBting treBsur&Y
memorfe618 whet Prorntse ()rnams * al at￿t.
Th8nk8 to Ihg h8r(1 work. p88sknn & 0n1h￿￿￿ of Its SUPFyMws thè tharlty has ralsad ov8r 3.5 mlluon
pound5 and nearty 2000 children have Seen ther dre8Th￿ come Iwe. Tr ¢hihJren f¥miliBs that WB
work with Are de81in9 th all the drflSrJJtttes, pr&88ure and Worri￿ a%￿1&1ed wth sefiOUS Ilness. rt 18
essenlial thai ￿ pwde a seffte that is sensiliv8, rdbaNe, S￿￿Pathe￿¢ and surportive of these
clrcumstances. In organlslng dr8ams we operate wtth ￿Mplete Integrlty and dgpondablity- ILalslng,
coordinating, ￿ganisIng. fvndiDg and rf necesBary &ccrynpanyir¥J- to ensure th81 lh8 ¢hUd h8B 8n
unforgetsbjg gXP8rionco, and tsrThty share th• fv.
W6 are very pNd lo repxl that 95% rA cyjr f8mllle8 rated LO at 1LThYh in th'llty to provlde our 88th8,
baued upon ctrnpl•lOon ofquoBllonnalrns I0￿r￿j droom
I Ihg tr￿te88 ha¥t vdurtsered to 8taThJ behalf ofthg dwrlty.

PROMISE DREAMS
TRUSTEES, REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
The board of trust8es rn88ts re0￿8￿ and hs maln aThJ focJJseJJ on thè settllng ol poNcy.
8trategic dire(alon arKI onsurlng wod st8ward5hlp of r0¢04W.
Chjlr'j For•wort1
2022 wa8 another d￿l￿1th year aThl the Charty rema1n￿ ￿ Ick o¥w lust 1 FfE
amploygd for much of the year.
Now Charly M8nag•r was em￿Ye0 ￿ Jarbuary 2022 c•) Ihe 5 maln them&8 a8 repY￿j Iwl ypar...
1. R8duclng th8 flx•d ct*ts of runnlng the tharty.
2. Gr8aler control over the variablo costs wsth ov8rshJht and IM8parancy.
3. 8roadgnin9 our fvndr8ising Ihrough volunt•8rs atwj ts)rP￿ parb￿¥.
4. Stroamlining tyjr pr¢c&s¥w Ihrou9h improvgj IT and procadur66.
5. Buildin9 up our kvl nalional p￿￿ce lo onc£Jurnge mm dream
Overh88d costs havg Wn redu¢8(J slgnlficanty. Now wothg frorn fro8 So￿•d offlc8 {provlL1&I to US by
on• of our ¢orpor¥le portr￿51, ￿ no rent or dectr•* ￿.13. We atso hm no phon¥ costs as thestr 8re cover•J
by thg pmvldor.
Greatsr awargnoss of the ha8 erKAxwag8d mcts cxffimunlty SUP[￿e[s and fundrablng hJJ 8lgnMcantty
Incroa80d.
We Are eontinuing lo tsperot* lo our Core obJedNes of evthrK4TrJ tr￿1 a8 of lh• mon•y don•tsd 91 po¥8ible
goe8 to helplng the chlldron And th￿r I￿11•8.
Part Jrne employee . Dream Cwdlnoty - ccfflYnenc4d 1st Novthmber 2022. Thls w• S￿r￿anIJY lrnpr¢)ve
dr8am QJmKA8tion for nsxt y¥ar.
Th8 Tru8tO88 %th0 8•Ned dunno th& year W•￿...
J Donov8n
J Donnely
S Walker
(popolni￿j 13 J￿Uary 2022)

PROMISE DREAMS
TRUSTEES. REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
wè are tsryanwl
The Charity oparatgs throughoui the UK trorn Wofverh8Tryton. The tharity's ￿￿)rk is ￿rri￿d out by a
manager, one part bme membef and re9Ldar tr* inywL Tr wal ieam a￿ reSp￿sItIe for Ihe gotr
Utillsatic￿ of resource and the ￿h￿ve￿￿ of obpcfv across the OFeralKffla areas Dfr.
Dream Fuifilrnent
. Morketlng gnd Commni¢afjon¥
. FUndraI￿r￿j
. FinanL* 8nd 8￿￿¥nI81rth'on
Our M188k
ro cf¢ats $mllg8 and loy for Igmilndty and Ul d￿kIron and thdr f8m1169, by making tholr dT8am8 (xjm
Our W9tr)n
That ev￿ twminalty or 68rlw81y 11 chlhj a￿1 th8lr slbjld hav8 tho OP[￿ttl￿ty to hw• a dr•am
d8llverBd by Prom1$8 Omms.
Our Commitrnents
To trè81 all ¢hlklrèn Br￿ f*n4189 wllh respec* c*rn. rxry899th and ￿n￿thy.
The importance In rerAWi51llg everyone's value in the oryanisati￿ lo fviri our mlsslon.
To celebrate the conirtbutbn rnade by all who worL volunteer In and on ￿hall of Promlse Dreams. Ill ¢ur
SUPkK)rtWs ¥ThJ ijonors.
Statamont of b8n•r
The InJstee8 c¥Jnfirn that WJ ethd In accordance the publc benefit Wnce PLsbllshod by th• thartty
¢ommlsslon ol Englor•J and Wales.
1.Thor¢ mu8t be lJenUlbbl& ben8ftts'.
Our purposè is to improv& the wdbeing of Ife limit8d cf lif8 debiliiatad childrnn and thalr lami&ès. th￿9h the
r881Ssatlon of a dr8am. Wè T￿1v& gr8at tast1m￿￿ and thank yws from th8 ¢hWdron. parents 8nd carern
Involv8d vAth dr•am that wbstsnllat•s *that 4 gr*•t￿ ard •xp•riw tras ￿￿0￿.
2.Ben&fft musl bè lo th& or 8•CthM OTr.
The S8￿c8 thal ￿ prO￿Je 18 8v8llab￿ to ou Ilfo Ilmrtfjd or Mlg dgblUt8ted thlklren and thelr famll88 aCry)85 th8
UK. Two unique Bspgcts of Ihg charity wg its lack of warting lists. •A)st applutbjns. m¢• complgtod 8rbJ
presented for deush)ns, are confimwj wilhin one calondar monih. other Charit￿8 within th1$ sector cgrt have up
lo twelve months walling Ists. se&￿Ity. the thaiity atso woths *iih chilkn fn)m birth 10 iwo ￿r$- a population
vthl¢h lew. M any othei ¢h8rllles In osjr se(kn, are abbè to help and unfot1unatety a gr￿￿￿ coh¢Jrt in p81118tiv•
Ga￿ Th18 rnoan8 we help fam￿1￿8 WI￿ 8knpty havB to kyi.
In this financ¥al year, we have ffijlfflled drearns f￿ chlMJfBn auoss every comer of thg UK
Our charitable arAivities do not res￿1 in privale teneffts except where incKlenlal lo It￿* activities for •x•mp
thè pureha*• of ooodÈ and **￿tA# in ordar to ftjlll A dr•am.
Our Key O￿.9CbVeS
Our key a¢hiev8ments arn to h84) make Ihè droams of wahfying thI￿ran and th8ir f8milias (x)mè true
through a wel￿Nn and tran¥Arent business mcrflel ¥￿Ich respecis the efforts of every fiJndrals&r by ks&plng
operalitwJ costs Irw and mlnSmbsing any opporbjnty fcf these hard eamwj funds to be squarKlerEd.

PROMISE DREAMS
TRUSTEES. REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
Flnanclal r•vl•w
Thls y6ar we ralsed £248,850- an increase of £40.508 ￿ last year. 14% Increase In th8
number of dreams completed vthlch unfortunat8ty was dK13t￿ by staff resounx.
£70.782 w4$ corri￿ lowd to 2023 to fijnd hjbjre dr•ar
Re8erv
The board's poh'cy Is to have c*pttd adequacy 4lkuted in reserves.
Risks
Th• trustsos have conducbj a rev1￿ of Maj￿ tsks to vA)lth fv ¢harlty Is wK*ed and hawa ￿￿eman￿1
8tr8tsgbs to mltlgats th080 rfgk&
Our Support81S
E￿ry penny we speThJ 18 fir8t rnc•ivad 88 8 wull of th& ing8nuty and hard work of wr many
donors and support&rs. Our h•artl•tt gr¥Jtud8 gXterKls to many of those wuLar donors and supportorn,
that m8k8 such a dffteran￿ to our financjal plannlryd grKI *AJmethwwJ w9 akn to knprove on, we connol do
our worf¢ wtthout you and lor this Ihank you.
We are 80 proud of our al ol supporter¥ a￿) fundralsor8 wlv) wrrk tJrn• lo rniB• lund8 for Proml
0ro8ms. overy penny rnally do68 make a dnTw•rK•.
On beh8lf of th• oflwustou•
8 W•lk•r
Trustee
Datod.. 31 Juty 2023

PROMISE DREAMS
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT
TO THE TRUSTEES OF PROMISE DREAMS
I r8POrt on th& accounts ofthe ch￿lty for the y8ar 8ThJ8d 31 D￿￿Mb8r>)22. vthith ara s81 out on pages 6 to 10.
R￿paCtIVe rw)onBlbllltl•s of truBt••8 and •x•nl
The charity's Iru8lees are res￿￿￿tle for the prepardtion of th8 &counts. The chariV8 trustees conslder that an
audlt is not require(I for this ygar uTrJer sectk)n 144121 of the Chaitses Act 2011 Ith& 2011 Act) and that an
independent eyaminakn i¥J needed.
It is my re5ponsiblty to..
111 examine the accounts under 88cti(ffi 145 of the 2011 Ac(
(lil to folbw the prc(edures laKI in the genefal Cl"reth"cms gfven by ts Ch8rity Commi38KM) uTh1er Section
14515llbl of th$ 2011 Ad- aTrJ
11111 to 81at• whoth8r partkxJ8r mattarn havo (¥)mo lo my att8nlon.
Ba•1• tsf Indo￿nd*n* •xamln•rf• Yyrt
My 6X8min81ion was c4rri&J out In 8cc(wdartt tho 9￿)￿81 Dkec¥oM gfvon by th8 Cttèrrty Cornm188ion. An
xaminalion includès a roview ol the 8ccounbng records kept by Ihe charity and a compari60n ol the a¢counis
presented wth those records. It pjso incbJd&8 c￿Kle[at￿n of any ￿n￿su￿1 rtems or dl8dosures In the 8ecounls.
and $8aklng axplanalbns frorn you as trust￿ con¢8mlrwJ arry such mattgrs. Tho wo¢wJurgs undortak6n do not
pro￿lJe all th8 •vidanca that b& requ1￿j In an audlt and ￿nsO￿Ont￿ no opinlon 19 glv8n ay to whethor
tho accounts proBont 8 Irue and fair W and the rOFKWt IB limito(I to lh￿ m8tter8 8Ot out in th8 stst8mont
Ind•p•ndent examln•rf• •tat•m•nt
In o)nnoctlon wrth my exaTr￿n8th?n. no m8tt8r ha8 c(Kne to ￿tt￿lIc￿..
101 whlch 9Sve¥ mg rga#onoblg ¢•US¢ to belgvg Ih•t In any rn•tsri$l ro8PO¢t the reqLlrem?nt8'.
11) lo kagp 8￿n￿ng r8cryd¥ In accrydan¢8 whh 130 01 th8 2011 Act., ar#J
1111 to proparo a￿ount$ aco)rd t*lth tha ￿￿nIkn9 r8cud$ or#J *Alh the oxounyng
requlrements of the 2011 Act.,
have not been ft*L' c¢
Ib) to whl¢h, In my opinth. 8tt•nkn sh￿Id b• drwi In ryd•r to •nabl8 • prwr under8t8sWng of the
accounts ¢0 be r•Oth￿.
AGS Acixuntants & PAJ8ine88p4fvi8￿3 Limited
Unit 1
Ca￿8 Cwrt 2
Caslegats Way
DUd￿Y
DY14RH
D•r•d.' 31 Juty 2023

PROMISE DREAMS
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
2022
2021
Not••
ncomln
r•8¢)ure
Vduntsry kncomè
Inv6stm•nt Incom•
131132
108
184,322
12
134,240
17.772
184.334
44.010
Incom• from Charltable actMde8
Total Inoomlnq r••our¢••
202.012 208.344
Co8t$ of g•n•rallng fund•
Fundra181rrfa and other ￿sts a880datad wtth ggnergJrvJ o.g.
Markelirwa, Event Expenditure
16.391
9.334
N•t Incomlng r•wUr¢￿ avallabl•
18&021
199.010
¢harltsblo •¢tlvni
Dlrect charKeble gxpeTrJlture
59,462
51,296
GOv•Man￿ c¥)8ts
377
56,323
Tot•1 r•8OUr￿fj •xpended
131.230
116.953
N•t Incom• for lh• y••rl
N•t mo¥wn•nt In fvnd•
70,782
91,391
Fund bdanc•s At 1 Januory 2022
17Q068
86,677
Fund ￿lIn¢￿ *t 31 DK•mb•r 2022
24Q850 178,

PROMISE DREAMS
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2022
2022
2021
D9blors
Ca8h at bank and In harwy
3.102
269.6TO
375
211,095
2n.772
211,470
Cr•dltorn'. amounts falllng
¢n• yo#r
123.9221
{33,4172)
Total I•￿ts l•*• ￿rr•nI Illblltl
248.850
178,068
Inc¢)m• lunds
Unr•$trfct•d bjnds
178.008
248.850
178,068
The 8cc¥)unts wer6 8pwov•d by th& Triotoes on 31 Juty 2023
S Walker
Tru•ts•

PROMISE DREAMS
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
A¢¢ountlng i>oll¢l
1.1 Ba*￿ of pr•parthtlon
Th8 fin8ndal $ts18m8nts arg pr¥p3r8d hO8torleal txjst (￿var￿￿on.
The accounts have been prepered in ¥&ilh aFvlratle acoJuntyTrJ 8tsndar¢8, Ih8 Stalem6nt of
Recommended Pr8cbce. 'AttJ)unting RwtirvJ by Charbll88", ￿Su&￿ in Marth 2CKJ5 and the Charitie8 Act
2011.
1.2 Incomlng mourc••
The income for tha charity r8Pfgsants ftrts donatsd and incom8 dO￿d from tha evonts organlsed lo
promoto tho objocts of thg tharity. Thg ch8rty dKI ncrt hovo 8riy tr•JirvJ i1￿m9 durir4J the y88r.
Donats"on8.
In(￿le fr￿n flon8tkJns 1$ Indud•J In Inc(rfnlng 7Atsn tsy oro rgcelvatlo.
Ggnerat￿ of funds..
I￿# frcm to g¢n8r8t• lund¥ o rwni•¢d at the point •cbknty o¢¢urd.
1.3 R•8ouru• •xp•nd•d
The eharity accounts lor the ex￿nditurè ejn dré8m8 al the p￿ThI th• gd8¢xitin eunmittèè thè r8qu88t.
All other expoTrJlluro 18 accountod for on an ac(¥ual8 ba8
IA Ca¥h Flow Statoment
The charfty18 exempl und8r FSnarthl Stot8[￿rt 1, frrffi FKBP8rfng 8 stat8m8nt due to If$
1.5 Fund a¢¢ountlng
Unreslricied funds C8n be used in gcc(ffdarth the charilabS8 objecb¥e8 8t Ihe discr•lon of trust•O8.
Ro8lricted fun(J8 can onty be used tolkiwU￿ s￿IfiC restrKtim 8pecified by Ihe ¢JJnor.
Voluntsry Incom•
2022
2021
Don¥Uon8 glfts
1¥132
164,322
InvMtm•nt Inc¢xn•
2022
2021
Irterest r8cgfvabl8
108
12

PROMISE DREAMS
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
2022
2021
Evenl8 arbj Fur¥JrairyirMJ irh)JTh wKhJdiThJ Communths and Grnnts
67,772
44,010
Tot•1 r••our¢M •xl￿d￿tt
Totsl
2022
Total
2021
C￿ts ofgon•r•tlng fvnd•
Fundraising and other costs ass¢xlaled w6th
98n9r8ting income e.g. Markebng, Event
Exp&nditur
18.391
18,39t
9,334
Charltabh actlvlll••
ch
AetNrfl85 undertaken diredly
Sg,482 S•,462
51.296
Gov•manu co•ts
49378
51377
56.323
49378
81,gS2
131,230
116,953
Tru•t
The trust¥e5 do draw any ernduworrt8 frorn the chanty.
Employe••
Numb•r of•mployw•
Th8 averag8 monthty nurthr of empbyo96 durfNJ t￿ was:
2022
2021
Number
Numb•r
F￿1 timè 814ff
Employm•nt ¢Mts
2021
Wages and sa18ri8S
49,548

PROMISE DREAMS
NOTES TO THEACCOUNTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
D•btorn
2022
2021
Other dotrknr8
3.102
375
Cr•dlt•r¥' •mounts f•lltrvJ du• Thlthln OM y••r
2022
2021
Trade creditors
Taxes and social sawrity C￿ty
Othar croditors
Accru￿8
16.939
107
5,881
995
30,984
1,409
1,009
23,922
33.402
10-