2024-12-31-accounts - Activity Club For Children With Special Needs (Berkshire)

Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

Charity name: Activity Club for Children with Special Needs

Charity registration number:1104007

Objectives and Activities

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Achievements and Performance

Financial Review

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From 1/1/2024 Period start date To 31/12/2024 Period end date

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

	SORP reference
Policy on grant making	Para 1.38
Policy on social investment including program related investment	Para 1.38
Contribution made by volunteers	Para 1.38	The unpaid volunteers provide administration support necessary to run the clubs, eg liaising with fundraisers.local authorities and parents/carers.
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Summary of the main achievements of the charity, identifying the difference the charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole.	Para 1.20	The charity has provided an After school Club and holiday club for disabled children. Provision of this service had enabled parents to work and given respite to parents /carers during the Easter/Summer holidays. The demand for this provision exceeds the amount of children that can be catered for . This year we have we have not had use of the building during Summer 2024 due to building work at Addington School. Due to cost and staffing issues the charity has ceased the After school club from Sept 2024. Feedback from users of the provision was very positive.

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Achievements against objectives set	Para 1.41
Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set	Para 1.41
Investment performance against objectives	Para 1.41
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Financial Review
Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period	Para 1.21	The Charity's finances at the end of 2024 were worse than the previous year due to increased staff costs and not running the holiday club in Summer 2024.
Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held	Para 1.22	Reserves of £51k are held to offset any deficit in the next year
Amount of reserves held	Para 1.22	£51k
Reasons for holding zero reserves	Para 1.22
Details of fund materially in deficit	Para 1.24
Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern	Para 1.23	The charity is reliant on fundraising/donations to offset costs against the charge to users for bookings

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The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising)	Para 1.47	The fundraising company has not renewed their contract with the charity for 2025 so reliant on other fundraising
Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted	Para 1.46
A description of the principal risks facing the charity	Para 1.46	If fundraising or supplements from the local authority are not sufficient , the charity is in danger of ceasing by the end of the next financial year.
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Description of charity’s trusts:
Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter)	Para 1.25
How is the charity constituted? (e.g unincorporated association, CIO)	Para 1.25
Trustee selection methods including details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entitled to appoint one or more trustees	Para 1.25

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Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees	Para 1.51
The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works	Para 1.51
Relationship with any related parties	Para 1.51
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Charity name	Activity club for children with Special Needs
Other name the charity uses	Thumbs Up Club
Registered charity number	1104007
Charity’s principal address	c/o Addington School Woodland Avenue Woodley Berks RG5 3EU

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
	Jacqueline Mackenzie
	Reama Shearman
	Ian Perkins
	Peter Moody
	KirstySidorowicz
	Fiona Hulley

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity

Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year

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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

Type of Name Address adviser

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details

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) Jacqueline Mackenzie

Position (eg Secretary, Treasurer Chair, etc)

Date 12/7/25

Activity club for Children with Special Needs

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Recei ts and a ments acco p p y For the period Period start date P To from 1/1/24 ~~a ee eee~~

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A1 Receiptsptsts
BookingFees	19,796	-	-
Donations	538	-	-
Fundraising	21,550	-	-
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41,884

*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	(Gross income for AR)	41,884 - -	41,884 - -	41,884 - -	41,884 - -
*Sub total* A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).	*Sub total*	- - - - - - Sub total - - - ~~=——~~
*Total receipts* A3 Payments			41,884 - - ~~I~~
General exps			5,973	-	-
Bookingfee refunds			908	-	-
Toys & Equipment			-	-	-
Outside entertainment			-	-	-
Salaries/tax/pension			42,918	-	-
hr/payroll exps			5,761	-	-
Fundraisingcommission			4,747	-	-
Insurance			939	-	-
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Sub total 61,246 - - A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) - - - - - - Sub total - ~~——~~ Total payments 61,246 - - Net of receipts/(payments)_ ~~——~~ - 19,362 ~~JIC...es~~ - | - ~~]~~

A5 Transfers between funds - - - A6 Cash funds last year end 71,080 - - Cash funds this year end 51,718 - -

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Signature J Mackenzie	Print Na J Macke

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19,796		50,740
538		5,884
21,550		70,884
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41,884		127,508

5,973		9,925
908		42
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42,918		100,115
5,761		6,200
4,747		19,507
939		1,080
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61,246		139,681

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71,080		83,253
51,718		71,080

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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trustees Activity Club for Children with Special Needs (Berkshire) On accounts for the year ended 31 Dember 2024 Charity no (if any) 1104007 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (Ihe Trusf) for the year ended 31 December 2024. Responsibilities and basis of report As the charity's trustees. you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charrties Act 2011 (Xhe Act.). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act 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 statsment I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below ") which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: the accounting records were not kept in accordance 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 conceming the fOn 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 concems 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 delete the words in the brackets rf they do not apply. Signed: Date: 110912025 Name: Gisela Sharpe FCCA Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): FCCA IER Oct 2018