## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1/1/2024 Period start date To 31/12/2024 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Activity Club for Children with Special Needs** ## **Charity registration number:1104007** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||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.| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||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|**T**he unpaid volunteers provide
administration support necessary to run
the clubs, eg liaising with
fundraisers.local authorities and
parents/carers.| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |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.| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
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You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**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| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
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You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |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.| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |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|| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
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|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |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| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Jacqueline
Mackenzie|||| ||Reama Shearman|||| ||Ian Perkins|||| ||Peter Moody|||| ||KirstySidorowicz|||| ||Fiona Hulley|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – 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 Name Address adviser** ## **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)** Jacqueline Mackenzie **Position (eg Secretary,** Treasurer **Chair, etc)** **Date** 12/7/25 **Activity club for Children with Special Needs** **110** **Recei ts and a ments acco p p y For the period** Period start date P **To from** 1/1/24 ~~a ee eee~~ ~~ee~~ **Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted Restricted Endowment funds funds funds** **to the nearest £** **to the nearest £ to the nearest £** ## **A1 Receipts** |**A1 Receiptsptsts**|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |BookingFees|**19,796**||**-**||**-**| |Donations|**538**||**-**||**-**| |Fundraising|**21,550**||**-**||**-**| |Others|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**| ## _**Sub total** (Gross income for AR)_ **41,884** **-** |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|_(Gross income for AR)_|**41,884**
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**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|**_Sub total_**|**-**
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**A3 Payments**|||**41,884**
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~~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**||||**-**||||**-**||| ||||||||**-**||||**-**||| _**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 - -** ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the p** **Categories** ## **Details** **Unrestricted funds** **to nearest £** ## **B1 Cash funds** BANK ACCOUNT ## _**Total cash funds**_ (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) ## OK ## **Unrestricted funds** ## **B2 Other monetary assets** **Details** **to nearest £ - - - - - -** **Fund to which Details asset belongs** ## **B3 Investment assets** **Fund to which Details asset belongs** **B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use** ## **Details** **Fund to which liability relates** ## **B5 Liabilities** Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |Signature
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J Macke| |---|---| **04007** ## **unts** **CC16a** Period end date 31/12/24 ## **Total funds** ## **Last year** **to the nearest £ to the nearest £** |**19,796**||**50,740**| |---|---|---| |**538**||**5,884**| |**21,550**||**70,884**| |**-**||**-**| |**-**||**-**| |**-**||**-**| |**-**||**-**| |**-**||**-**| |**41,884**||**127,508**| ||**-**|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**-**||||**-**|| ||**-**||||**-**|| |||||||| ||**41,884**||||**127,508**|| |**5,973**||**9,925**| |---|---|---| |**908**||**42**| |**-**||**1,842**| |**-**||**970**| |**42,918**||**100,115**| |**5,761**||**6,200**| |**4,747**||**19,507**| |**939**||**1,080**| |**-**||**-**| |**61,246**||**139,681**| |||**-**||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||**-**||||||| |||**-**|||||**-**|| |||||||||| |||**61,246**|||||**139,681**|| |||||||||| ||**-**|**19,362**||||**-**|**12,173**|| |**-**||**-**| |---|---|---| |**71,080**||**83,253**| |**51,718**||**71,080**| ## **period** **Restricted Endowment funds funds** |**period**
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approval| |nzie|12/7/25| ||| 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 De￿mber 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 fO￿n 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