## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1 April 2023 Period start date To 31` March 2024 Period end date** **Charity name: Options Pregnancy Crisis and Post Abortion Service** ## **Charity registration number: 1126108** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|A Wrexham and Chester based confidential
listening and advisory support service for
pregnancy and post loss situations| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identifiedinthe accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|To provide counselling and other support
services across North Wales and Cheshire
West by 1:1 advisory sessions face to face
or digitally at a p ce appropriate to the client.
Sessions usually last upto 3 months| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees consider the activities of the
charity are within the guidance of the Charity
Commission in regards to public benefit| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference| |---|---| ||Para 1.38| |Policy on grant making|| ||Para 1.38| |Policy on social investment|| |including program related|| |investment|| ||Para 1.38| |Contribution made by|| |volunteers|| |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 was in the final year of the
Welsh Government Bereavement Grant and
has been successful in obtaining a 1 year
extension to 31 March 2025.
The Charity received financial sponsorship
from LANYON BOWDLER , solicitors in
Shrewsbury, which raised £1788 in the
current year and a similar amount in 2024/5
Staffing has change during the year due to
personal circumstance of individuals in the
team and the charity is seeking to recruit a
temporary replacement Development Officer
to support the Bereavement Pathway
Development Project.| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
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 holds more than 3 months
reserves for fixed costs| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
statingwhy they areheld|Para 1.22|The Trustees policy has been to maintain
reserves at this level| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£2695| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|n/a| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|n/a| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|none| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: The charity’s principal sources of funds (including Para 1.47 any fundraising) Investment policy and objectives including any Para 1.46 social investment policy adopted A description of the principal Para 1.46 risks facing the charity Other ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Trust Deed| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Trust| |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|By invitation and appointment by the current
board of trustees| **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|Options Pregnancy Crisis and Post Abortion Service| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|Y Bont _and_IPAC-OPTIONS| |Registered charity number|1126108| |Charity’s principal address|The Priory Centre
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Wrexham LL11 1SU| ||| **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Frank Collins||Retired 31 December 2024|| ||Susan Knight|||| ||Sandra Rowlands|Secretary||| ||Dawn Archibald|||| ||Joanne Jones||Appointed November 2024|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| 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)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**|_Sandie Rowlands_|_Sue Knight_| |---|---|---| ||Sandra Rowlands|Susan Knight| ||

Secretary|Trustee| ||28 January 2025|| ||28 January 2025|| |**Section A Receipts and payments**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**Total funds**
**Last year**
**1126108**
**Options Pregnancy Crisis & Post Abortion**
**Service**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
Period start date
Period end date
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
**CC16a**
01-Apr-23
31-Mar-24
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**funds**
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**Total funds**
**Last year**
**1126108**
**Options Pregnancy Crisis & Post Abortion**
**Service**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
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**To**
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**from**
**CC16a**
01-Apr-23
31-Mar-24
~~__ Ss~~|**Section A Receipts and payments**
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**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**Total funds**
**Last year**
**1126108**
**Options Pregnancy Crisis & Post Abortion**
**Service**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
Period start date
Period end date
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
**CC16a**
01-Apr-23
31-Mar-24
~~__ Ss~~|**Section A Receipts and payments**
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**funds**
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**Total funds**
**Last year**
**1126108**
**Options Pregnancy Crisis & Post Abortion**
**Service**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
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Period end date
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
**CC16a**
01-Apr-23
31-Mar-24
~~__ Ss~~|**Section A Receipts and payments**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**Total funds**
**Last year**
**1126108**
**Options Pregnancy Crisis & Post Abortion**
**Service**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
Period start date
Period end date
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
**CC16a**
01-Apr-23
31-Mar-24
~~__ Ss~~|**Section A Receipts and payments**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**Total funds**
**Last year**
**1126108**
**Options Pregnancy Crisis & Post Abortion**
**Service**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
Period start date
Period end date
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
**CC16a**
01-Apr-23
31-Mar-24
~~__ Ss~~|**Section A Receipts and payments**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**Total funds**
**Last year**
**1126108**
**Options Pregnancy Crisis & Post Abortion**
**Service**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
Period start date
Period end date
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
**CC16a**
01-Apr-23
31-Mar-24
~~__ Ss~~|**Section A Receipts and payments**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**Total funds**
**Last year**
**1126108**
**Options Pregnancy Crisis & Post Abortion**
**Service**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
Period start date
Period end date
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
**CC16a**
01-Apr-23
31-Mar-24
~~__ Ss~~|**Section A Receipts and payments**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**Total funds**
**Last year**
**1126108**
**Options Pregnancy Crisis & Post Abortion**
**Service**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
Period start date
Period end date
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
**CC16a**
01-Apr-23
31-Mar-24
~~__ Ss~~|**Section A Receipts and payments**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**Total funds**
**Last year**
**1126108**
**Options Pregnancy Crisis & Post Abortion**
**Service**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
Period start date
Period end date
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
**CC16a**
01-Apr-23
31-Mar-24
~~__ Ss~~| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**to the nearest**
**£**|**to the nearest**|**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**| |**A1 Receipts**|||||||||| |**-**
**-**
Donations
**3,244**
**-**
**-**
**3,244**
**1,427**
Contributions
**5,876**
**-**
**-**
**5,876**
**4,295**
Grant Income - Bereavement
**-**
**18,872**
**-**
**18,872**
**19,250**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_
**9,120**
**18,872**
**-**
**27,992**
**24,972**
~~aero~~|||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total receipts_**
**9,120**
**18,872**
**-**
**27,992**
**24,972**
~~——————~~|||||||||| |**A3 Payments**|||||||||| |Advertising& Marketing|**-**|**-**|**1638**||||**1,638**||**5700**| |Audit & Accountancyfees|**485**|**485**|**0**||||**485**||**327**| |Cleaning|**915**|**915**|**300**||||**1,215**||**661**| |Furniture and Equipment|**-**|**-**|**30**||||**30**||**441**| |General Expenses|**101**|**101**|**5**||||**106**||**513**| |Insurance|**744**|**744**|**0**||||**744**||**210**| |Legal Expenses|**-**|**-**|**28**||||**28**||**20**| |Light,Power,Heating|**1,342**|**1,342**|**450**||||**1,792**||**2532**| |Consultancy|||||||**-**||**5000**| |Printing& Stationery|**138**||**6**||**-**||**144**||**490**| |Repairs & Maintenance|**28**||**390**||**-**||**418**||**556**| |Salaries & Pensions|**7,098**||**13,642**||**-**||**20,740**||**14,654**| |Staff Training& Supervision|**-**||**1,580**||**-**||**1,580**||**605**| |Subscriptions|**-**||**299**||**-**||**299**||**448**| |Telephone & Internet|**566**||**313**||**-**||**879**||**1,337**| |Travel and entertaining|**19**||**344**||**-**||**363**||**290**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| _**Sub total**_ **11,436 # 19,025 # - 30,461 # 33,784 A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) - - - - - - - -** _**Sub total**_ **[ - ] - - - -** ~~—~~ _**Total payments**_ ~~—————~~ **11,436 19,025 - 30,461 33,784** _**Net of receipts/(payments)**_ **- 2,316 - 153 - - 2,469 - 8,812 A5 Transfers between funds - 153 153 - - 13,976 A6 Cash funds last year end 5,164 - - 5,164 -** _**Cash funds this year end**_ ~~=~~ **2,695 -** ~~————~~ **- 2,695 5,164** CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 29/01/2025 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Barclays Bank
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
_Sue Knight_
Signature
_Sandie Rowlands_|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**2,700**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,695**
**-**
OK
OK
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**funds**
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**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
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**-**
**-**
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**Sandra Rowlands**
**Susan Knight**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
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**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
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approval| ||_Sandie Rowlands_|**Sandra Rowlands**|28/01/2025| ||_Sue Knight_|**Susan Knight**|29/01/2025| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 29/01/2025 2 ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the trustees/ Charity Name members of Options Pregnancy Crisis and Post Abortion Service** **On accounts for the year** 31 March 2024 **Charity no** 1126108 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** 1-2 of the accounts (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended **31/03/2024** - **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation **basis of report** 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 2011 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: - accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or - 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:** _F P Collins_ **Date:** 28/01/2025 ~~PF |~~ **Name:** Frank Collins ~~Cs~~ **Relevant professional** FCA **qualification(s) or body (if any):** **Address:** 15 Acton Road Wrexham LL11 2NA **October 2018** **IER** 1 **Section B Disclosure** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (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** . **October 2018** **IER** 2