

## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From 1/1/2022            Period start date   To 31/12/2022        Period end date** 

## **Charity name:Activity Club for Children with Special Needs** 

## **Charity registration number:1104007** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|Provide a holiday club at Easter and<br>Summer plus an After School Club for up to<br>40 children with Special Needs|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or services<br>identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|Provide a holiday club from 9.30 to 3.30 in a<br>safe environment with staff ratio of 1 staff :2<br>children.<br>Provide After School Club based at<br>Addington school, during term time|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees have had regard to the<br>guidance issued by the Charity Commission<br>on public benefit.|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38||
|Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment|Para 1.38||
|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38|The unpaid volunteers provide<br>administration support necessary to run the<br>clubs, eg. liaising with fundraisers, local<br>authorities, parents**.**|
|Other|||





## **Achievements and Performance** 

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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|The charity has provided an After school<br>Club and holiday club for disabled children.<br>Provision of this service had enabled parents<br>to work and given respite to parents /carers<br>during the Easter/Summer holidays.<br>The demand for this provision exceeds the<br>amount of children that can be catered for .<br>This year we have had to limit numbers and<br>only offer spaces to  children who have<br>previously attended and have a waiting list<br>for when spaces become available.<br>Feedback from users of the provision was<br>very positive.|



**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41||
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|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
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## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|The charity's financial position at the end of<br>2022 was slightly better than 2021|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Reserves are made up of the current bank<br>account balances at year end|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£83k|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|The charity relies on fundraising to cover the<br>shortfall between costs and receipts from<br>bookings.|



|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|
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|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Funds to run the charity are a mix of fees<br>paid by users and fundraising by an outside<br>company, who work on a commission basis.<br>This year net income from fundraising<br>( funds raised less commission) was £54k,<br>income from users was £57k.|
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25||
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25||
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25||



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|<br>Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction and<br>training of trustees|<br>Para 1.51||
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|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Activity Club for children with Special Needs|
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|Other name the charity uses|Thumbs Up Holiday Club|
|Registered charity number|1104007|
|Charity’s principal address|Woodlands Avenue<br>Woodley<br>RG5 3EU|
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**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|
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||Reama Shearman|Chairperson/Trustee||
||JackyMackenzie|Treasurer/Trustee||
||Ian Perkins|Trustee||
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** 



## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets held in this capacity 

Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects 

Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

## **Additional information (optional)** 

**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

**Type of adviser Name** 

**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

## **Other optional information** 



## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

> **Signature(s)** J Mackenzie 

**Full name(s)** Jacky Mackenzie 

**Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)** 

Treasurer 

**Date** 07/22/23 




**Activity club for Children with Special Needs 1104007 Receipts and payments accounts For the period** Period end date **To from** 1/1/22 12/31/22 

**CC16a** 

## **Section A Receipts and payments** 

|**A1 Receipts**<br>Bookingfees<br>**57,410**<br>Donations<br>**1,253**<br>Fundraising<br>**79,526**<br>Other fundraising/ exps refund<br>**1,056**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**139,245**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_**<br>**-**<br>**_Total receipts_**<br>**139,245**<br>**A3 Payments**<br>Covid(Brookfields)<br>**-**<br>General exps<br>**7,057**<br>Bookingfee refunds<br>**148**<br>Toys and Equipment<br>**324**<br>Outside entertainment<br>**970**<br>Salaries/Tax/Ni/Pension<br>**97,772**<br>Fundraising<br>**25,442**<br>Insurance<br>**2,094**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_**<br>**133,807**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_**<br>**-**<br>**_Total payments_**<br>**133,807**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**5,438**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**77,815**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**<br>**83,253**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest      £**<br>**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_<br>**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**<br>**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**|**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**|**to the nearest £**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**57,410**<br>**1,253**<br>**79,526**<br>**1,056**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**139,245**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**139,245**<br>**-**<br>**7,057**<br>**148**<br>**324**<br>**970**<br>**97,772**<br>**25,442**<br>**2,094**<br>**-**<br>**133,807**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**133,807**<br>**5,438**<br>**-**<br>**77,815**<br>**83,253**|**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
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|||**-**|**57,410**|**53,045**|
|||**-**|**1,253**|**4,068**|
|||**-**|**79,526**|**74,157**|
|||**-**|**1,056**|**5,624**|
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|||**-**|**139,245**|**136,894**|
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|||**-**|**139,245**|**136,894**|
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|||**-**|**-**|**3,549**|
|||**-**|**7,057**|**8,800**|
|||**-**|**148**|**392**|
|||**-**|**324**|**4,837**|
|||**-**|**970**|**350**|
|||**-**|**97,772**|**98,524**|
|||**-**|**25,442**|**15,037**|
|||**-**|**2,094**|**-**|
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|||**-**|**133,807**|**131,489**|
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||**-**|**-**|**77,815**|**72,410**|
||**-**|**-**|**83,253**|**77,815**|





## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**Categories**<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees|**Details**<br>Bank Account<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Signature<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))|**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**83,253**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**83,253**<br>**-**<br>OK<br>OK<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**|**to nearest £**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**|
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CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examinerfs report on the
accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trustees
Activity Club for Chlldren with Special Needs {Berkshire
On accounts for the year
gnded
31 December 2022
Charity no
(If any
1104007
Set out on pages
IremeDiber to induott thè p89e numbers of addrtional 8heÈtsl
I report to the trustees on my examination of the a¢¢ounts of the above
charilyllhe Trusy,) for the year ended 31 E)ecentsr 2Q22
Responslbllities and
basis of report
As th8 charrty's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the
accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the
Act.).
I report in resped of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 AGt and in carrying out my examination, I have
followed all 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 contirm that no material matters have
come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that
disclos8d below") which gives me cause to believe that in, any material
respect..
the accounting records were not kept in accordan￿ with section 130
of the Charities Act., or
the accounts did not accord with the accounting records,. or
the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements
oncerning the fom and content of accounts set out in the Charities
(Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement
that the accounts give a Irue and fair, view which is not a matter
considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no con¢ems 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.
Please delet8 the words in the brackets rfthey do not apply.
Signed:
Date:
Name:
Relevant professlonal
qualification($) or body
(If any):
PCLA
IER
Oct 2018

Lin ¢oLn S
Gio ?Ik
Section B
Disclosure
Only complete If the examiner needs to highlight matenal matters of Goncem
(see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts, directions and
guidance for examiners).
Give here brief details of
any items that the
examiner wishes to
disclose.
IER
Oct 2018