## **PHOENIX CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION** ## **REGISTERED CHARITY 1117115** ## **RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT AND STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022** JOHNSON, MURKETT AND HURST CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS Rawdon House Rawdon Terrace Ashby-de-la-Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2GN and 38 Millstone Lane Leicester LE1 5JN ## **PHOENIX CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES** The Trustees are pleased to present their report and the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2022. ## Legal and Administrative Phoenix Children's Foundation is a registered charity, number 1117115, that was established by Trust Deed dated 26th August 2006. The objective of the Charity is to provide disabled and severely ill children throughout the UK with vital equipment and/or therapeutic activities. The aim is to help these special needs children with their physical and mental development in order to enhance the quality of their lives. The trustees review the charity's aims, objectives and activities each year. This review looks at what has been achieved during the year, ensuring that the aims, objectives and activities remain focused on the charity's principal purpose. In carrying out these reviews and in all their duties, the trustees have paid full regard to the public benefit guidance issued by the Charity Commission. The charity trustees during the year were: Mr Douglas Wrenn Mr Mark Curry Mr Daniel Smith Trustees are appointed by members of the charity in executive committee. ## Activities and Achievements As we entered another very uncertain year, still in lockdown, having lost more than 90% of our Christmas bookings, we faced the challenge of continuing to function, whilst following government guidance and COVID rules. Obviously financial concerns were a high priority as we still could not function in our normal manner and our income was, of course, still massively reduced. We were classed as a COVID safe site and we continued to provide enrichment for some of the most local vulnerable children. With the Short Breaks enrichment offering we continued to provide positive outcomes and an increase in our service with very limited staff and a duty to adhere to the COVID rules and regulations. We have been eternally grateful for the continued support of Leicestershire County Council, Amazon, Tesco, Rotary, Arnold Clark Automotive, Severn Trent; without this support we would have found it very difficult to continue. After discussions with The National Lottery, explaining exceptional circumstances we agreed to restart the lottery funding to help us to continue to run our forest enrichment project, as there was no way we could return to our previous method of performance. This has been an enormous help and has given us the ability to move forward. We have continued with training for our two staff members, and this will support our future plans in relation to the outdoor activities. All efforts continue to be made to control costs whilst keeping the charity open in readiness for recommencing once restrictions are lifted sufficiently. Again, we are proud that the charity has repurposed itself during these extremely difficult circumstances with very limited staff and currently very limited volunteers. We are again still here with a successful offer to our service users and continue in the spirit of survival. ## Grant Making Policy The Charity makes grants to individuals and organisations that promote healthy recreation to special needs and terminally ill children. Donations will also be made to purchase essential equipment and therapy-based activities required by children up to the age of eighteen years. We also continue to support visits to The Stables to make best use of the facilities. ## **PHOENIX CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES** ## _continued_ ## Reserves Policy We have increased our reserve with the National Lottery funding, to put it back to pre-covid level, as this will be essential for us moving forward and has always been a vital part of ensuring the charity's ability to recover from crisis situations. It remains an objective to accumulate reserves to provide a minimum of 12 months running costs. ## Risks Policy The trustees have assessed the major risks that could affect the Charity and are satisfied that procedures are in place to identify such risks at the earliest opportunity and to address them. ## Trustees As ever our search for trustees continues and we are looking to appoint another two trustees. ## Approved by the Trustees Mr D Wrenn Mr M Curry Mr D Smith Date ## **Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Phoenix Children's Foundation** I report to the Charity Trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Charity for the year ended 31 March 2022. ## 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 Charities Act 2011 ('the Act'). I report in respect of my examination of the Charity's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 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 statement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: 1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records. 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. Mr P J Nash FCA Independent Examiner Johnson, Murkett & Hurst Chartered Accountants Rawdon House Rawdon Terrace Ashby de la Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2GN Date: ## **PHOENIX CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION Receipts and Payments Account: Year to 31 March 2022** |**GENERAL FUND**
**Income receipts:**
From voluntary sources
Street Collections
Other income
Charities Aid and sundry donations
Bank Interest Received
HMRC JRS Grant
**RESTRICTED FUNDS**
**Facilities at Stable Yard**
Other income
Donations
**Forest Enrichment Area**
Other income
Grants/Donations
**Disabled and Special Needs Holiday Scheme**
Other income
Grants/Donations
**Flourish Project**
Grant from the National Lottery
Donation to Flourish with Phoenix CIC
**Total Incoming Resources**
**RESTRICTED FUNDS**
**Forest School Expenditure**
**GENERAL FUND**
**Payments**
**Charitable activity direct expenditure:**
Equipment Donated
Donations
Provision of Therapeutic Activities
**Fund Raising costs**
**Pony Expenses**
**Enrichment Expenses**
**Governance and administration costs:**
Wages
Light & Heat
Repairs & Renewals
Insurance
Subscriptions
Postage, printing & stationery
Telephone/Fax
Accountancy
Sundry
**Total payments**
**Net Receipts/(Payments) for the year**
**GENERAL FUND**
**RESTRICTED FUNDS**|2022
£
-
92,401
3
10,200
102,604
-
9,393
1,125
50,000
(50,000)
-
113,122
5,706
-
2,000
35,418
8,749
10,149
688
12,379
1,282
8,380
1,227
130
329
1,174
3,810
2,390
93,811
19,311
14,499
4,812
19,311|2022
£
-
92,401
3
10,200
102,604
-
9,393
1,125
50,000
(50,000)
-
113,122
5,706
-
2,000
35,418
8,749
10,149
688
12,379
1,282
8,380
1,227
130
329
1,174
3,810
2,390
93,811
19,311
14,499
4,812
19,311|2021
£
-
48,810
19
24,634
73,463
-
-
-
25,000
(25,000)
-
73,463
-
515
656
36,126
12,194
12,380
-
8,647
388
4,283
1,227
194
296
1,691
-
1,439
80,036
(6,572)
(6,572)
-
(6,572)|2021
£
-
48,810
19
24,634
73,463
-
-
-
25,000
(25,000)
-
73,463
-
515
656
36,126
12,194
12,380
-
8,647
388
4,283
1,227
194
296
1,691
-
1,439
80,036
(6,572)
(6,572)
-
(6,572)| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||| |||113,122||73,463| |||5,706
-
2,000
35,418
8,749
10,149
688
12,379
1,282
8,380
1,227
130
329
1,174
3,810
2,390||-
515
656
36,126
12,194
12,380
-
8,647
388
4,283
1,227
194
296
1,691
-
1,439| |||93,811||80,036| |||||| |||19,311||(6,572)| |||14,499
4,812||(6,572)
-| |||19,311||(6,572)| ## **PHOENIX CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION Statement of Assets and Liabilities at 31 March 2022** |Note
**Fixed Assets**
3
**Monetary Assets**
Bank Current Account
- HSBC
Bank Reserve Account
- HSBC
- HSBC Phoenix Sponsor A Pony
- HSBC Solar Panels
- HSBC Savings
**Loan - Flourish**
**General Fund**
Balance at 1 April 2021
Net Receipts/(Payments) for the year
Book loss on vehicle
**Restricted Fund**
4
Balance at 1 April 2021
Net Receipts for the year
**Balance at 31 March 2022**|10,428
1,623
5,181
2,580
35,001| |---|---| ||147,645
14,499| ||| **PHOENIX CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION Notes to the Accounts for the Year Ended 31 March 2022** ## 1. Accounting Policies The following accounting policies have been used consistently in the preparation of these accounts. ## a) Basis of Accounting The accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention. ## 2. Taxation Phoenix Children's Foundation has charitable status and is not liable to taxation. ## 3. Fixed Assets ## Governance and Administration |Governance and Administration|||| |---|---|---|---| |Brought
forward
01 Apr 21
£
Computer Equipment
8,363
Office Furniture and Equipment
7,137
Stable (50%)
1,225
Office Building
7,305
Log Store
318
24,348
Charitable Activities
Brought
forward
01 Apr 21
£
Stable (50%)
1,224
Classroom
28,642
Toilet Block
25,852
Sensory Garden
13,022
Solar Panels
31,730
Sheds & Cabin
5,119
Biological Assets - Reindeer
-
105,589
Total
129,938
4. Restricted Fund Balances
Facilities at Stable Yard
Forest Enrichment Area
Disabled and Special Needs Holiday Scheme
Flourish Project|Additions
£
-
-
-
922
-|Disposals
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
Disposals
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2022
£
29,563
3,687
1,125
-
34,375|Carried
forward
31 Mar 22
£
8,363
7,137
1,225
8,227
318| ||922||25,270| ||Additions
£
-
-
4,175
-
-
501
6,200||Carried
forward
31 Mar 22
£
1,224
28,642
30,027
13,022
31,730
5,620
6,200| ||10,876||116,465| ||11,798||141,736| ||||2021
£
29,563
-
-
-| ||||29,563| **PHOENIX CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION Notes to the Accounts for the Year Ended 31 March 2022** _(continued)_ ## 5. Sponsor A Pony A small group of ponies, alpacas and reindeer is kept by the Charity. These are taken to collecting venues by the collection teams as they are seen as a vital part of the fundraising operation in that they generate interest from the public. They are also used at the Charity premises in provision of therapeutic activities thus fulfilling the charitable objective. The Trustees are aware of the importance of these livestock in both roles, but are also conscious of the costs involved. Consequently, a Sponsor a Pony Scheme was started with the ultimate intention of this scheme fully funding their upkeep. Other income includes donations to the above scheme, these funds being utilised for the upkeep and welfare of the livestock. Costs are allocated between Fund Raising Costs and Provision of Therapeutic Activities. ## 6. Flourish with Phoenix Community Interest Company On 18 February 2019, Flourish with Phoenix Community Interest Company was incorporated with the intention of addressing the issues that young people have in improving their life chances and quality of life. It enables services to be provided on a fee basis with any excess income being paid to Phoenix Children's Foundation. During the year under review, grants have been received by the charity and they have been donated to the company.