CHAT children’s respite
Registered Charity No 1101292
Trustees’ Annual Report and Accounts
for the year ended
31[st] March 2023
CHAT children’s respite
Registered Charity No 1101292
Trustees’ Report
For the year ended 31[st] March 2023
Address: CHAT Office, Booker Park School Stoke Leys Close Aylesbury HP21 9ET
Trustees
The trustees who served during the year were:
Raj Khan – President Denise Summers – Chairman Janet Tubman – Secretary Nicholas Clifford - Treasurer Susan Severn (resigned 24[th] January 2023) Adrian Schwab (resigned 24[th] January 2023) Pauline Roberts
Structure, governance and management
The charity is governed by a declaration of Trust which was made on 24[th] June 2003. Supplemental Deeds have been passed to amend the objects of the charity, the latest of which is detailed below.
The trustees are appointed following a special resolution of the trustees and passed at a special meeting. The trustees gave their time voluntarily and received no remuneration or other benefits.
Day to day responsibility for managing the charity and fundraising is delegated to two part-time employees.
Objectives and activities
The objectives of the charity as set out in a Deed of 29[th] November 2017 are: To promote the relief of families in the Buckinghamshire area with children who have special needs by funding short-term respite care, equipment and facilities.
Applications for grants are received directly from families requiring short term care. The family is able to choose their own carer or activity for their child.
Public Benefit Statement
The trustees confirm that in making grants during the year they paid due regard to guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit. The charity helps children in Buckinghamshire without any bias regarding their age, sex or ethnicity.
Grants are offered on a needs basis rather than being means tested and they are therefore available to all families irrespective of their background.
The families helped by CHAT have children who suffer from various illnesses including Cerebral Palsy, Global Developmental Delay, Autism, ADHD, Epilepsy, Visual and Hearing impairments. The families find that round the clock care required by their children puts enormous pressure on them, their relationships and other family members.
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CHAT children’s respite
Registered Charity No 1101292
Trustees’ Report
For the year ended 31[st] March 2023
Achievements and performance
During the COVID-19 pandemic a new style of grant was introduced whereby families are required to find a carer whom CHAT then funds. CHAT recognises that respite care can take many forms and we now give grants for activities as well as traditional home-care. CHAT enabled children to attend gym sessions, drumming sessions, after-school and holiday clubs, and therapeutic animal farms. It is lovely to hear about the benefit of these sessions on the child’s confidence, well-being and development.
CHAT also sponsored 4 families to go away on a 2-night stay to Thomley where they stayed in beautiful and well-equipped camping pods. A party was enjoyed by families in January 2023.
Grants worth £20,700 were awarded to families in the year.
The charity received £102,332 from trusts and foundations whose names are listed in the accounts. CHAT was fortunate to receive substantial grants from Barratt Developments as well as Buckinghamshire Council.
The charity has prepared Receipts and Payments Accounts for the year. Income in the year totalled £113,380 and expenditure totalled £42,106.
At 31[st] March 2023 the charity held funds in both current and deposit bank accounts totalling £137,375. Of this £6,900 was restricted. Committed grants made by CHAT for respite care which have not been utilised by the year end amounted to £10,719. Net reserves at the year-end were £126,656.
Reserves
The trustees endeavour to hold unrestricted reserves at a level sufficient to continue basic expenditure for one year and this target has been met at the year end. The reserves will also be used to continue the charity’s core objectives. The substantial grants noted above were received shortly before the year end and so the charity starts the new financial year in a comfortable position and will look at further initiatives to benefit Buckinghamshire families with children who have special needs.
CHAT receives no guaranteed funding and relies solely on donations, community fundraising events and grants from grant giving organisations.
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature: ……………………………………...Name: Nicholas Clifford
Signature: ……………………………………...Name: Janet Tubman
Date: 9[th] October 2023
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Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of
CHAT children’s respite
Registered Charity No 1101292
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31[st] March 2023 which are set out on pages 4 to 6.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation 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 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.
Independent examiner's statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
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accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
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• the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
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.
Signed:
Date: 9[th] October 2023
L. A. Orchard FCA
4 The Green, Mill Bank Fladbury, WR10 2QA
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CHAT children's respite
Registered Charity No. 1101292
Receipts and Payments Accounts For the year from 1st April 2022 to 31st March 2023
| Receipts Donations & grants Fundraising Grant - COVID Job Retention Scheme Interest Total Receipts Payments Grants paid & charitable activities Salaries & pensions Fundraising costs Insurance Office expenses Phone Professional fees Total Payments Net Receipts/(payments) Transfers between funds Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
Unrestricted General Funds £ 88,747 1,603 0 130 90,480 553 21,412 1,815 452 1,569 60 245 26,106 64,374 0 66,101 130,475 |
Restricted Funds £ 22,900 22,900 13,333 2,667 16,000 6,900 0 0 6,900 |
Total Funds 2023 £ 111,647 1,603 0 130 113,380 13,886 24,079 1,815 452 1,569 60 245 42,106 71,274 0 66,101 137,375 |
Total Funds 2022 £ 14,439 2,195 7,117 13 |
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| 23,764 | ||||
| 6,935 24,079 1,053 680 113 60 245 |
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| 33,165 | ||||
| -9,401 0 75,502 |
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| 66,101 |
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CHAT children's respite
Registered Charity No. 1101292
Statement of Assets and Liabilities At 31st March 2023
| Cash Funds Deposit Accounts Current Account Other Monetary Assets Gift Aid Claim less Care authorised but not yet delivered Net Monetary Assets Fixed Assets retained for the charity's o |
Cash Funds Deposit Accounts Current Account Other Monetary Assets Gift Aid Claim less Care authorised but not yet delivered Net Monetary Assets Fixed Assets retained for the charity's o |
Cash Funds Deposit Accounts Current Account Other Monetary Assets Gift Aid Claim less Care authorised but not yet delivered Net Monetary Assets Fixed Assets retained for the charity's o |
Unrestricted Restricted General Funds £ £ 118,011 0 12,464 6,900 130,475 6,900 0 0 5,719 5,000 -5,719 -5,000 124,756 1,900 wn use unrestricted unrestricted Name Nicholas Clifford |
Restricted Funds £ 0 6,900 6,900 0 5,000 |
Total Funds £ 118,011 19,364 |
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| 137,375 | |||||
| 0 10,719 |
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| -5,000 | -10,719 | ||||
| 126,656 | |||||
Office furniture Computer equipment Signed on behalf of the Trustees Signature Date of Approval: |
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| Janet Tubman | |||||
| Date of Approval: | 9th October 2023 |
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CHAT children's respite
Registered Charity No. 1101292
Notes to the accounts For the year from 1st April 2022 to 31st March 2023
| Restricted Funds Grants for specific respite care |
Balance at 1st April 2022 £ 0 |
Received £ 22,900 |
Paid £ 16,000 |
Balance at 31st March 2023 6,900 |
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Grants Received
Grants and donations were received from the following trusts and organisations during the year:
Admiral Cards Barratt Developments Bedfordshire & Luton Foundation Buckinghamshire Council - Community Boards German Lutheran Church of St Albans / Luton The R Callingham Foundation Winslow Show
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