OpenCharities

This text was generated using OCR and may contain errors. Check the original PDF to see the document submitted to the regulator.

2024-02-29-accounts

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED

29 FEBRUARY 2024 FOR

STRONGBONES CHILDREN'S CHARITABLE TRUST (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)

Stephen Farra Associates Limited 98 Hornchurch Road Hornchurch Essex RM11 1JS

STRONGBONES CHILDREN'S CHARITABLE TRUST

CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the Year Ended 29 February 2024

Page
Report of the Trustees 1 to 16
Independent Examiner's Report 17
Statement of Financial Activities 18
Balance Sheet 19 to 20
Notes to the Financial Statements 21 to 26
Detailed Statement of Financial Activities 27 to 28

STRONGBONES CHILDREN'S CHARITABLE TRUST

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES for the Year Ended 29 February 2024

The trustees who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year end. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2015).

We are pleased to present our report for the year and to take this opportunity to thank all those who contributed towards making the year successful in providing support for many children, young people, their families and carers over the last year.

Our aim is to encourage children and young people with lifelong medical conditions to grow by supporting them, their families and carers. Allowing each youngster to gain experiences as individuals enriching their lives through inspiration, stimulation, participation, excitement and education.

We believe that by working with and supporting families we can increase aspirations and widen understanding to allow young people to live more fulfilled lives.

Legal and administrative information set out on page 1 forms part of this report. The financial statements comply with current statutory requirements, the Memorandum and Articles of Association, and the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and reporting by Charities (issued in March 2005).

We have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity commission's general guidance on public benefit when reviewing our aim and objectives and in planning our future activities. In particular, the trustees consider how planned activities will contribute to the aims and objectives they have set.

Page 1

STRONGBONES CHILDREN'S CHARITABLE TRUST

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES for the Year Ended 29 February 2024

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

Objectives and activities for the Public benefit

The objectives of the charity are to provide emotional/practical support, equipment and financial assistance for the benefit of children/young people under the age of twenty one that have severe disabilities coupled with brittle bone disease, scoliosis, spina bifida and all other skeletal conditions. We achieve this by decreasing social isolation and increasing inclusion through supplying life changing disability/educational equipment. We also provide group residentials, educational opportunities, respite, practical and emotional support to parents and carers along with access to accessible sports. The charity has now been registered for twenty three years, giving us significant expertise in our field.

The main activities of the charity during the year have been to adapt our new respite home for wheelchair users and to install and equip a changing place and pool hoist into the facilities. We also continue to support individual children and young people who suffer with the debilitating effects of their health problems by providing disability/educational equipment and services stated in the above objectives. Our overall intention is to bring relief wherever possible, increasing understanding of the impact that these conditions can create. By improving the level of knowledge for parents and carers of medical developments and equipment that may benefit their children, this intern will allow them to live a fuller and more independent life.

We continue working with services and health authorities towards improving the quality of life for individuals, providing the best matches of facilities and equipment that are available. Our ever widening Support Network is complimented through the provision of our online support group via Facebook and Messenger apps; access is available for families and carers to exchange information, learn from their experiences and widen their knowledge base, allowing people to develop useful ways in which they can benefit from a wider range of information, thus preventing people from feeling isolated. For many parents our support network of over 1,000 families provides an essential lifeline in facing the difficulties arising from their children's conditions. The support network is managed every day during working hours and evenings up until 10pm 7 days per week for families needing personal emotional support via our family support workers.

We have a dedicated panel forming the organisational structure of the charity, helping us to coordinate new and current projects and trial equipment. Our panel has considerable practical experience, valid skill sets and a wide knowledge base, including a qualified occupational therapist, palliative care advisor, transition to adult's services, EHCP and debt management. All our team have lived experience of parenting children with complex needs along with our project development officer who is a fulltime wheelchair user with cerebral palsy, giving us invaluable knowledge from a young disabled adults perspective. Together, we all form a visionary team led by the very people we seek to benefit, and we look forward to holistically helping as many families as we can during an extremely tough year ahead.

FINANCIAL REVIEW

Principal funding sources

We have relied upon pledged donations and events to fund activities and provide support for families. The trustees would wish to record their gratitude to our supporters who have helped us to raise £389,388 from a wide range of activities. These have included sponsored and organised events, and donations from corporate and trusts/foundations. The charity saw a decrease in its income of £76,703. We have secured a donation for the upcoming financial year that has allowed us to plan in advance and we expect an increase in income in line with the previous year's accounts.

Investment policy and objectives

The charity's Memorandum of Association does not confer any specific right or restrictions on us as trustees in respect of investing its funds. The funds received by the charity during the period under review were not sufficient to justify separate investment, other than to be placed on deposit with the charity's bankers.

Reserves policy

The charity aims to hold a reserve of at least £50,000. Current reserves are £75,095 (2023 £95,047) The surplus of reserves over £50,000 are earmarked to be used to purchase equipment and adapt a respite home.

Page 2

EQUIPMENT

We are please to have purchased multiple items of equipment, including Delichon All-Terrain wheelchair Buggies, Acheeva seating solutions, portable hoists for transferring and Ropox adjustable tilting tables. Your donations have enabled these children to participate in everyday life, whilst supporting their families.

Acheeva

The Acheeva is a multi positioning solution for prone/supine and side laying. The Acheeva also allows children to take part in active lessons alongside their peers. The Acheeva can also turn into a bed, removing the need to constantly transfer a child from one piece of equipment to another.

Thanks to your donations we were able to purchase Acheeva seating solutions which allow children to sit and lay with the correct posture.

Hoists

We are pleased to have purchased multiple hoists to enable children to be transferred safely and with the correct posture.

Page 3

Ropox

The Ropox tilting table can be used for educational purposes, arts and crafts and many other activities.

Delta Delichon

The Delta Delichon is a robust lightweight All-Terrain wheelchair Buggy that opens new horizons beyond the reach of conventional wheelchairs.

Page 4

Down on the Farm

Literacy Packs

Our down on the farm literacy packs included a selection of storytelling items including a Tonie Audible Story Box with farm related stories, an Usborne farm animal sound book and a farmer duck story sack.

We have been providing home learning sensory equipment and educational packs for the last five years with very positive outcomes and measurable impact.

Page 5

Sensory Packs

Every year we provide newly themed sensory packs to develop language, communication and motor skills, this years theme was farming.

We sent out bundles of our Down on the farm sensory packs.

The packs included an adjustable stand and tuff tray for wheelchair users, an active world farmyard mat with farm animals, a tractor and trailer, farmyard sensory sound buttons, wild grasses and natural river stones, animal hand puppets, a barnyard bag and educational worksheets.

Page 6

Bendrigg Residential Activity Week

Thanks to your wonderful donations we were able to take 24 young wheelchair users to The Bendrigg Activity Centre in the Lake District for a one week residential stay. Our young people sailed along lake

Windermere, went deep into a cave, done kayaking alongside their parents and siblings and participated in campfires, archery, canoeing, adapted biking, caving and bush crafts.

Page 7

Our inclusive family residential breaks are a perfect way to break social isolation that our families face on a regular basis. We are currently fundraising for our next trip that will be in August 2024 and are super excited to be going back to Bendrigg and giving more families this amazing experience.

Page 8

Respite Home

We are happy to announce that we have purchased a brand new wheelchair adapted respite home. The respite home includes full wheelchair access, with widened doorways, double patio doors that lead onto a large veranda with a large returning ramp, a wet room with a specialist shower chair, track hoisting, portable hoist and a profiling bed, making it one of the most accessible caravans in the UK.

With staycations being the only form of holiday, our very vulnerable children can take, due to being

unable to fly, the long-term impact of COVID-19 and the lack of fully accessible accommodation, we are so happy to have completed this project. The newly built caravan is in Milford on Sea on the edge of the New Forest, close to an accessible beach at Sandbanks, where beach wheelchairs can be used. There are also many fully accessible attractions including Poultons Park, which has three wheelchair accessible rides, Longtown Farm which has a fully accessible changing place and Beaulieu Motor Museum that is also fully accessible.

Respite is not only essential to the disabled child, but for their siblings and their carers mental health and wellbeing.

PPage 9

The Caravan also contains sensory equipment and lighting, Amazon Alexas, an accessible Nintendo switch, iPad, Toni audio story boxes, smart TV, and games to keep the whole family entertained.

This project has cost £150,000 and we are now fundraising to add a fitted pool hoist, changing place with track hoisting and an adult sized changing bench at a cost of approx. £15,000.

The respite home and its facilities will enable our children and their families to experience a fully inclusive holiday together, recharge, have a break from hospital visits and clinical/palliative settings while creating lasting memories.

Page 10

Cost of Living

With many of our families being thrown into a position of eating or heating last winter, we quickly established three targeted support projects with a pot of £80,000. Our parents are full time carers to their children and require 2-1 care due to their complex needs, leaving parents unable to work and relying on income support, which is currently not allowing for

increases in energy, food, and fuel.

Energy Costs We have had to provide additional practical and emotional support in response to

Food Vouchers

We provided families with food vouchers at Christmas to ensure families had enough food to see them over the festive period. Many families expressed it’s a choice between skipping meals or running gas and electric. We ensured that food on the table at Christmas was one less worry for our families. We predict food poverty to be extremely high among our Wie families from this autumn and are already aware family members are skipping meals.

being inundated with requests from our families suffering with extreme stress and anxiety from the increased cost of living. The vast majority of our families require the use of large amounts of energy to be able to heat their homes for children with temperature control conditions, to continuously power vents and breathing apparatus for their children with respiratory conditions, along with charging wheelchairs, hoists, lifts and other equipment.

Winter Warmer Packs.

We quickly deployed winter warmer packs to as many families as we could fund. This pack consisted of a fleece lined wheelchair cover, sherpa blanket and foot muff.

We now support over 1,000 families that we consider to be some of the most clinically vulnerable children and poverty-stricken families in the UK, who are subsequently being pushed well below the poverty line due to these increased costs.

We need to urgently build a pot for the next twelve months to enable us to repeat last autumn/winters services and keep our children warm, safe and reduce disabled child poverty.

Page 11

Explore Packs Cosmo

The Cosmo is a communication aid and educational interactive

learning system. It is made up of two parts: (a) a set of four smart, dynamic and visually appealing large push buttons called “Cosmoids” and (b) software featuring highly motivating and intuitive activities designed by teachers and occupational, physical and speech & language therapists. The Cosmo Explore pack can be used independently or as part of a group/family.

Cosmo is aimed at people with special educational needs and supports, joint attention, turn-taking, choice making, motor

skills, language, storytelling, sensory awareness, and music therapy which are all highly valuable skills.

Page 12

Strongbones

Bakers

We sent out one hundred ‘Strongbones Star Bakers’ kits this year, bringing a bit of fun to our keen little bakers.

Each set contained personalised wooden utensils, cookie making ingredients, cookie decorations, cookie cutters and a

Strongbones star baker apron.

Look how fantastic our star bakers were!

Page 13

STRONGBONES CHILDREN'S CHARITABLE TRUST

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES for the Year Ended 29 February 2024

FUTURE PLANS

As the trustees of the charity, we continue to widen our knowledge of achievements and provide the best disability equipment on the market for the management and control of the conditions of these children and young people.

Winter is fast approaching and with no further government targeted support for disabled families this year, we project further increases in disabled child poverty. Applications continue to rise at unprecedented levels as our families continue to grapple with food poverty and keeping their clinically vulnerable children warm due to their low immune systems and respiratory diseases. We are one of the only UK children's charities providing tangible financial help towards these costs as well as advocacy. This already marginalized community continues to struggle to supply food, clothing, and heating into their homes, without the added costs of disability equipment which is becoming increasingly difficult to be funded by services. Waiting lists for disability equipment are at an all-time high leaving children and carers at risk and living without basic dignity, leaving us to bridge the gap where our funding allows.

The charity plans to purchase a second respite home at the same site to complement the one we already have and duplicate this existing working model to include a bespoke profiling bed, track hoisting, a beach wheelchair and other equipment. This will allow families to meet up and forge lifelong relationships and support networks.

We will continue to support children and young people we encounter with a view to enriching their lives and to provide support as set out in the objects of the charity that allows them to be fully integrated into society. We will continue to provide life changing equipment to enable disabled children to lead more independent lives. We plan to organise more group residential breaks following on from our highly successful trips to the Lake District for wheelchair inclusive activities.

We will passionately endeavor to lift more children out of social isolation this year and give them the ability to participate in everyday life, while supporting families in coming to terms with their child having a long-term, incurable disability that ultimately has a life changing effect on the entire family. We are building upon the success of last year's projects and plan for further innovative and inclusive projects during 2024 to enable us to continue to push boundaries and break down barriers.

We will build upon the established contacts and expertise that already exist within the sphere of support from our charity for children with complex needs. We will continue to encourage children and young people with lifelong medical conditions by supporting them, their families, and carers by giving each young person the opportunity to gain experiences as individuals and enriching their lives through inclusion, stimulation, inspiration and education. We believe that by working with and supporting families we can increase aspirations and widen understanding to allow young people with disabilities to build confidence to live more fulfilled lives.

This invaluable work is subject to our continuation to raise funds that allow us to support children and young people to live fuller and more independent and inclusive lives. The charity does not intend to extend its activities beyond those that are covered by our aims and objectives; we do not intend to focus on medical research.

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Governing document

The organisation is a charitable company limited by guarantee, incorporated on 28 March 2001, and registered as a charity on 17 April 2001. The company was established under a Memorandum of Association, which established the objects and powers of the charitable company and is governed under its Articles of Association. In the event of the company being wound up, members are required to contribute an amount not exceeding £10.

Recruitment and appointment of new trustees

The directors of the company are also charity trustees for the purpose of charity law and throughout this report are collectively referred to as the trustees. The charity has four trustees. The Trustees are elected annually by the members of the company at the Annual General Meeting. The current trustees recognise and value the opportunities of recruiting trustees that reflect the wider society and diversity of the children and young people whom the charity wishes to support.

Page 14

STRONGBONES CHILDREN'S CHARITABLE TRUST

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES

for the Year Ended 29 February 2024

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Organisational structure

The charity has four trustees and meetings are three times a year. These formal meetings are complimented by regular interaction by trustees. These meetings allow the direction and policy to be reviewed against the demands of a constantly changing environment.

Principal delegation of fundraising was maintained under the day-to-day control of the CEO, who also oversees general administration and personnel issues, dealt with on behalf of the trustees. These responsibilities are in manageable sections which the trustees, together with the CEO, can maintain.

The management of all charitable donations is undertaken directly by the Trustees, together with the CEO. Policies remain in place for those cases of urgency where retrospective authority may be appropriate.

Induction and training of new trustees

Training and induction to the contribution of the charity continue to be at the forefront of any increase in the size of the trustee board. We are sufficiently small in size to incorporate training into manageable activities and to lead into the successful induction of new trustees.

All of the trustees give of their time freely and no trustee remuneration was paid during the year.

Related parties

The charity has maintained its association with those who continue to compliment and support our aims and objectives. These include organisations and those medical institutions whose work is directly linked to the charity's aims and objectives. In addition, the charity has been fortunate to benefit from support from a number of companies that have allowed us to assist individuals and families that might otherwise be excluded from society.

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS

Registered Company number

04188918 (England and Wales)

Registered Charity number

1086173

Registered office

Unit B9 Romford Seedbed Centre Davidson Way Romford Essex RM7 0AZ

Trustees

H McDowell N McNamara R Stott (deceased 4.3.24) A S Foster

Company Secretary

H McDowell

Page 15

STRONGBONES CHILDREN'S CHARITABLE TRUST

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES

for the Year Ended 29 February 2024

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS

Independent Examiner

Stephen Farra Associates Limited 98 Hornchurch Road Hornchurch Essex RM11 1JS

Approved by order of the board of trustees on 27th November 2024 and signed on its behalf by:

N McNamara - Trustee

Page 16

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF STRONGBONES CHILDREN'S CHARITABLE TRUST

Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Strongbones Children's Charitable Trust ('the Company')

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 29 February 2024.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity's trustees of the Company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 ('the 2006 Act').

Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity's accounts as carried out under Section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 ('the 2011 Act'). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under Section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 Act.

Independent examiner's statement

Since your charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a listed body. I can confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, which is one of the listed bodies.

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe:

  1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by Section 386 of the 2006 Act; or

  2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or

  3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of Section 396 of the 2006 Act 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; or

  4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities (applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)).

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 to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Julie Walker FCCA

Stephen Farra Associates Limited 98 Hornchurch Road Hornchurch Essex RM11 1JS

27th November 2024

Page 17

STRONGBONES CHILDREN'S CHARITABLE TRUST

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES for the Year Ended 29 February 2024

2024
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
fund
fund
funds
Notes
£
£
£
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM
Donations and legacies
389,390
-
389,390
Investment income
2
1,100
-
1,100
Total
390,490
-
390,490
EXPENDITURE ON
Fundraising
48,055
-
48,055
Charitable activities
General
5,264
-
5,264
Charitable costs
302,859
-
302,859
Support Costs
54,264
-
54,264
Total
410,442
-
410,442
NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)
(19,952)
-
(19,952)
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total funds brought forward
95,047
-
95,047
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD
75,095
-
75,095		 2023
Total
funds
£
466,090
166
466,256
49,105
-
349,436
48,972
447,513
18,743
76,304
95,047

The notes form part of these financial statements

Page 18

STRONGBONES CHILDREN'S CHARITABLE TRUST

BALANCE SHEET 29 February 2024

Unrestricted
Restricted
fund
fund
Notes
£
£
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible assets
6
-
-
CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors
7
1,516
-
Cash at bank
106,147
-
107,663
-
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year
8
(7,568)
-
NET CURRENT ASSETS
100,095
-
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES
100,095
-
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due after more than one year
9
(25,000)
-
NET ASSETS
75,095
-
FUNDS
11
Unrestricted funds
TOTAL FUNDS		 2024
Total
funds
£
-
1,516
106,147
107,663
(7,568)
100,095
100,095
(25,000)
75,095
75,095
75,095		 2023
Total
funds
£
1
1,870
134,408
136,278
(16,232)
120,046
120,047
(25,000)
95,047
95,047
95,047

The charitable company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 29 February 2024.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 29 February 2024 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for

The notes form part of these financial statements

continued...

Page 19

STRONGBONES CHILDREN'S CHARITABLE TRUST

BALANCE SHEET - continued 29 February 2024

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to charitable companies subject to the small companies regime.

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on 27th November 2024 and were signed on its behalf by:

N McNamara - Trustee

The notes form part of these financial statements

Page 20

STRONGBONES CHILDREN'S CHARITABLE TRUST

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the Year Ended 29 February 2024

1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparing the financial statements

The financial statements of the charitable company, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

Income

All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.

Donations, are recognised when the charity has been notified in writing of both the amount and settlement date. In the event that a donation is subject to conditions that require a level of performance before the charity is entitled to the funds, the income is deferred and not recognised until either those conditions are fully met, or the fulfilment of those conditions is wholly within the control of the charity and it is probable that those conditions will be fulfilled in the reporting period.

Expenditure

Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.

Raising funds

raising funds includes all expenditure incurred by the charity to raise funds for its charitable purposes and includes costs of all fundraising activities, events and non-charitable trading.

Tangible fixed assets

Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.

Fixtures and fittings - 15% on reducing balance

Taxation

The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities.

Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.

Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.

Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.

continued...

Page 21

STRONGBONES CHILDREN'S CHARITABLE TRUST

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued for the Year Ended 29 February 2024

2. INVESTMENT INCOME

INVESTMENT INCOME
2024 2023
£ £
Deposit account interest 1,100 166
NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)
Net income/(expenditure) is stated after charging/(crediting):
2024 2023
£ £
Depreciation - owned assets 1 -

3. NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)

4. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS

There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 29 February 2024 nor for the year ended 28 February 2023.

Trustees' expenses

There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 29 February 2024 nor for the year ended 28 February 2023.

5. STAFF COSTS

Wages and salaries 2024
£
161,248
161,248		 2023
£
165,815
165,815

During the year, child and family ambassadors amounted to 10 volunteers.

The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows:

Charitable
Administration
Fundraising
Charitable Intern		 2024
2
1
2
1
6		 2023
2
1
2
1
6

No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000.

continued...

Page 22

STRONGBONES CHILDREN'S CHARITABLE TRUST

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued for the Year Ended 29 February 2024

6.
TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
COST
At 1 March 2023 and 29 February 2024
DEPRECIATION
At 1 March 2023
Charge for year
At 29 February 2024
NET BOOK VALUE
At 29 February 2024
At 28 February 2023
7.
DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
Other debtors
8.
CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
Bank loans and overdrafts (see note 10)
Social security and other taxes
Pension
Accrued expenses		 2024
£
1,516
2024
£
-
2,749
498
4,321
7,568		 Fixtures
and
fittings
£
8,494
8,493
1
8,494
-
1
2023
£
1,870
2023
£
10,000
2,092
-
4,140
16,232

continued...

Page 23

STRONGBONES CHILDREN'S CHARITABLE TRUST

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued

for the Year Ended 29 February 2024

9.
CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE YEAR
Bank loans (see note 10)
10.
LOANS
An analysis of the maturity of loans is given below:
Amounts falling due within one year on demand:
Bank overdrafts
Amounts falling between one and two years:
Bank loans - 1-2 years
Amounts falling due between two and five years:
Bank loans - 2-5 years
11.
MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
At 1.3.23
£
Unrestricted funds
General fund
95,047
TOTAL FUNDS
95,047
Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
Incoming
resources
£
Unrestricted funds
General fund
390,490
TOTAL FUNDS
390,490		 2024
2023
£
£
25,000
25,000
2024
2023
£
£
-
10,000
10,000
10,000
15,000
15,000
Net
movement
At
in funds
29.2.24
£
£
(19,952)
75,095
(19,952)
75,095
Resources
Movement
expended
in funds
£
£
(410,442)
(19,952)
(410,442)
(19,952)

continued...

Page 24

STRONGBONES CHILDREN'S CHARITABLE TRUST

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued for the Year Ended 29 February 2024

11. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued

Comparatives for movement in funds

At 1.3.22
£
Unrestricted funds
General fund
76,304
TOTAL FUNDS
76,304
Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
Incoming
resources
£
Unrestricted funds
General fund
466,256
TOTAL FUNDS
466,256		 Net
movement
At
in funds
28.2.23
£
£
18,743
95,047
18,743
95,047
Resources
Movement
expended
in funds
£
£
(447,513)
18,743
(447,513)
18,743

A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined position is as follows:

Net
movement At
At 1.3.22 in funds 29.2.24
£ £ £
Unrestricted funds
General fund 76,304 (1,209) 75,095
TOTAL FUNDS 76,304 (1,209) 75,095

A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:

Unrestricted funds
General fund
TOTAL FUNDS		 Incoming
resources
£
856,746
856,746		 Resources
Movement
expended
in funds
£
£
(857,955)
(1,209)
(857,955)
(1,209)

continued...

Page 25

STRONGBONES CHILDREN'S CHARITABLE TRUST

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued for the Year Ended 29 February 2024

12. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

There were no related party transactions for the year ended 29 February 2024.

Page 26

STRONGBONES CHILDREN'S CHARITABLE TRUST

DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES for the Year Ended 29 February 2024

INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS
Donations and legacies
Donations
Gift aid
Investment income
Deposit account interest
Total incoming resources
EXPENDITURE
Fundraising
Fundraising staff costs
Advertising
Telephone
Postage and stationery
Charitable activities
Family/Children Support Workers
Grants to individuals
Rent
Telephone
Postage and stationery
Advertising
Hire of equipment
Support Costs
Admin Staff Costs
Advertising
Telephone
Post & Stationary
Travel
Insurance
Computer costs
Carried forward		 2024
£
387,140
2,250
389,390
1,100
390,490
42,305
2,000
709
3,041
48,055
90,183
201,191
3,997
167
4,637
2,684
5,264
308,123
28,760
1,505
167
2,960
3,875
1,662
4,449
43,378		 2023
£
463,772
2,318
466,090
166
466,256
44,707
1,916
464
2,018
49,105
91,377
248,802
3,748
109
2,829
2,571
-
349,436
29,731
187
109
1,717
510
1,195
3,443
36,892

This page does not form part of the statutory financial statements

Page 27

STRONGBONES CHILDREN'S CHARITABLE TRUST

DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES

for the Year Ended 29 February 2024

DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
for the Year Ended 29 February 2024
Support Costs
Brought forward
Sundries
Subscriptions
Rent
Bank Charges
Accountancy Fee
Companies House Fee
Fixtures and fittings
Bank loan interest
Total resources expended
Net (expenditure)/income		 2024
£
43,378
208
414
3,997
1,939
4,314
13
1
-
54,264
410,442
(19,952)		 2023
£
36,892
1,291
35
3,466
1,525
4,140
13
-
1,610
48,972
447,513
18,743

This page does not form part of the statutory financial statements

Page 28