## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1[st] April 2023 Period start date To** ## **31[st] March 2024 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Creative Kids** ## **Charity registration number: 1127371** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of the
charity as set out in its governing
document|Para 1.17|1) TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND
ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE UK BY THE
PROMOTION, PERFORMANCE AND
ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS INCLUDING
DRAMA, DANCE AND MUSIC.
2) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE
TIME ACTIVITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL
WELFARE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN THE UK
WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH,
AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL
AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO
IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH
PERSONS.| |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|Our vision is a community that invests in its
children’s creativity. Where all children are given
free access to the arts so they can realise their
creative potential and are inspired to build for
themselves a vibrant, diverse and connected
community. To accomplish our vision, we create
both free and affordable, accessible arts events in
Boscombe that encourage children’s participation
and engagement with the arts and local artists.
Our aims are:
•
To work towards inspiring young
imaginations, bringing young people and
creative practitioners together.
•
To give disadvantaged children (6 – 18)
from the most deprived areas of our
community, who are excluded from arts
activities by means of their poverty, the
opportunity to engage in arts events that
will improve their life skills and help
alleviate them from the issues caused by
their hardship.
•
To nurture children’s well-being by using
the arts to encourage cooperation and
problem solving, free expression,
communication, imagination, creativity and
trust building.| |||•
To promote children’s health through arts
activities.
•
To raise awareness of Creative Kids within
the local community and to develop and
promote its services in order to encourage
greater participation, engagement and
community cohesion.
•
To enlist workers from the voluntary sector
including work experience/placements
students
•
To create activities that support holistic
child development including mental and
physical well-being.
We run an Arts Education Centre & Studios
delivering the Arts Award, which includes a free
and small fee-based arts education program
operational in the school holidays and at the
weekends. We offer our Studios to creative
partners for free to bring talent into the area to
inspire children in need.
We run an arts outreach program, delivering free
pop-up arts at national cultural arts festivals.
Creative Kids aspires to exceptionally high
standards of performance, promoting equality,
celebrating diversity and teaching with passion.
We believe the arts are a powerful instrument for
social change and when projects use the arts to
engage, inspire and nurture the creative potential
of children, creative communities are born and
flourish.| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming whether
the trustees have had regard to
the guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|We can confirm that our charity trustees have a
high regard to the commission's public benefit
guidance when exercising any powers or duties to
which the guidance is relevant.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|N/A| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|N/A| |Contribution made by volunteers|Para 1.38|We have worked with 15 volunteers this year. This
includes 4 international students. Our volunteers
age ranges from 15 – 79.| |---|---|---| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** |**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|Registered Arts Award Education Centre by Trinity
College London. Registered with Ofsted (voluntary
register) February 2016.
Boscombe is one of the most deprived areas in the
South West of the UK with a number of social issues
especially for the younger generation including low
attainment levels, social isolation and anti-social
behaviour.
Creative Kids directly supports local families in crisis
by offering an arts programme where young people
can develop and improve their life skills, make new
friends and socialise with new peer groups. We also
give members the opportunity to gain a national
qualification in the arts – something that, without
this support, would have never seemed possible to
most of its members.
We currently have 1472 subscribed members. We
offered 4474 fully funded places to vulnerable
children this includes a target beneficiary of any
child in receipt of free school meals and is part
funded by BCP Councils HAF (Holiday Activities and
Food) Program. HAF only covers Easter, Summer &
Christmas so we sought funding from other local
Trusts to ensure continuity of delivery throughout
the year for children in need.
We launched a new project to support children we
had identified as requiring 1:1 support at our
Holiday Arts Club. Staff were trained as Drawing &
Talking Practitioners. Children suffering from
trauma or who were having difficulties managing
emotions were offered 12-week courses to help
them feel better. A total of 168 sessions were
delivered. A new cohort of 30 children will be
starting in October. Outcomes for children have
been really positive with improved emotional states
and parents who have gone onto support further at
home.| We have children listed on record with clinically diagnosed special educational needs; these include autism, narcolepsy, cataplexy, anxiety, multisensory impairments, high functioning ADD, limited reading and writing, dyslexia and dyspraxia. They have used digital skills to overcome barriers to learning. Beyond this we have several children suffering from anxiety or trauma, have attachment issues, are in foster care, have parents in prison or generally have very unsettled home lives with problems that are unknown to social services and who are ‘under the radar’. We have worked with and referred several families this year to external support services to help children in need and run keyworker observations of children in need to help parents with referrals to Doctors and Schools and to speed up the lengthy process of getting assessed. The varying programmes also provide opportunities to recruit, train and celebrate volunteers and offer respite care to parents with complex social needs who wish to return to work or access specific specialist support services. Creative Kids is a highly respected organisation within the local community. As Sovereign Centre leaseholders, Creative Kids hold a valid Public Liability Insurance certificate and Employers Liability Insurance. The units in which we operate are managed by a qualified art professional that holds safeguarding children and first aid certificates (child specific) and the setting is Ofsted registered (voluntary) EY496668 Our Charity works in partnership with the local Volunteer Centre to recruit volunteers and The Arts University Bournemouth to recruit work placement students. The Charities Commission and The Community Action Network advise us on good practice and we access free volunteer training events hosted by Dorset Youth Association. Volunteers are regularly consulted, appraised and develop work agreements, which are reviewed periodically. Volunteers are remunerated for travel and subsistence. We work with freelance artists and creative practitioners but the majority of our team is made up of dedicated volunteers. We continue to invest in people and have spent trading funds upskilling staff on first aid, food hygiene and safeguarding to maintain quality standards. We have been successful in receiving continued grant funding from 3 local Trusts which has helped with the rising cost of living. ## **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|Trading income £22,636, up by £4,804 on 22/23
Total Grants £57,497
Closing Balance £16,152 (ringfenced for ongoing
projects not reserves)
Mixed income Model; BCP HAF contract granted for
2023/24 which is helping to cover some core
running costs in addition to Trust Funds and rising
childcare income from parents, enabling us to
sustain a quality service and provision. U-turn in UC
benefits and being paid childcare costs upfront is
showing signs of helping although there is still fear
of applying from some parents.
Successful year of grants as we have strong
relations with local Trusts that understand our
mission, have similar objectives and can see
evidence of impact in practice.| |Statement explaining the policy
for holding reserves stating why
theyare held|Para 1.22|We do not have a reserve policy.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|None| |Reasons for holding zero reserves|Para 1.22|We operate on a project to project basis. Our
overheads are very low due to the value of our in-
kind sponsorship e.g. website, venue, business rate
concession.| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|None| |Explanation of any uncertainties
about the charity continuing as a
goingconcern|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 any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Our income is made up of a balanced combination
of grant funding, fundraising events and childcare
fees revenue.| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and objectives
including any social investment
policy adopted|Para 1.46|None| |A description of the principal risks
facing the charity|Para 1.46|Operational Risk is relatively low (see Par. 1.22)
In September 2023 we recruited a new Board of
Trustees. Long serving Trustees stepped down due
to pressing work commitments. The new Board
have a range of diverse skills that have added value
and support to the Charity. We meet quarterly and
have recently held our AGM that outlines the next
three years strategic direction and funding
requirements moving forward.| Increased food prices, energy and a higher living wage impacts overall cashflow forecasts, so these have been considered for future grant funding bids. Trustees agree we cannot increase fees for childcare as we do not work in a cash cow community. The high street is dwindling and shops in the area have been closing down which impacts on footfall. We have a strong reputation in the area for quality delivery and have started offering waiting lists for places. The idea to adjoin the twin centres is being implemented to serve more children and in this way we can generate more revenue and serve more children in need. We will continue to source funding to fill the gap and continue to sustain our promise to local families in need. 4 hours of funded care is not enough time off and/or activities for at least 60% of our vulnerable families. We had an ongoing dispute with Octopus Energy regarding an erroneous bill for £8,375 when adding a new SMART meter. This put strain on Founder in terms of managing the complaint and having to evidence the reading was indeed faulty. This lasted several months and was finally wiped. We now keep monthly photos of meters and record meter reading data in house in addition to uploading readings to the energy provider. The Festival program was reduced due to core staff illness/disability and dependency for support for arts centre which in turn equates to lesser trading income in this stream of revenue. We are actively recruiting a full time Arts Education Centre Manager to work term time and in the school holidays and embed the Arts Award who will work alongside our Club Manager. The Founder, who is registered disabled needs to reduce hours and train a new long term team member to replace her. New funding being sourced to cover next three years. Other ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s trusts:|||| |---|---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed,royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution|| |How is the charity constituted?
(e.g unincorporated association,
CIO)|Para 1.25|Unincorporated Association|| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election topost or name of any|Para 1.25|Trustees
are open
website.|are invited to apply in writing, applications
to all, anytime. We have a link on our
http://creativekids.org.uk/get-involved/| person or body entitled to appoint one or more 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|Policies and procedures (Amended June 2024)
https://creativekids.org.uk/about-us/| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider network
with which the charity works|Para 1.51|Organisational structure consists of Board of
Trustees, Founder/Charity Manager), bank of
volunteers, paid freelance artists/practitioners and
local statutory/arts partnerships. Community
Partners listed on website.| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|None| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charityname|Creative Kids| |---|---| |Other name the charityuses|| |Registered charitynumber|1127371| |Charity’s principal address|16 Pleasance Way,
New Milton,
HAMPSHIRE
BH25 6TD| **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Cary Lightfoot|Secretary/Treasurer|01/04/2023 – 31/03/2024|Members| ||Kelly Longrigg|Trustee|27/10/2023 – 31/03/2024|Cary Lightfoot (Founder)| ||Rachel Maddix|Chair|21/10/2023 – 31/03/2024|Cary Lightfoot (Founder)| ||Imogen Charleston|Chair|01/04/2023 – 05/03/2024|Resigned| ||Jo Tyler|Trustee|01/04/2023 – 24/10/2023|Resigned| |||||| 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)** Imogen Charleston **Full name(s)** Cary Anne Lightfoot ~~a~~ **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Secretary Chair **etc)** ~~ee~~ **Date** 08/08/2023 ~~|~~ Recelpts and payments accounts CC16a oIKMr20Z3 JiffjJr20?4 Section A Receipts and payments Unrnsirtcitd fvnd• A••b￿•0 ttsftd• nd• Totsl l¥nd• L••iywr A1 InAI 17.• CP +IiF F Zl,•1l 4•52 2.100 17•• SL*¢¢*•ilGmM IVARI ?s.•iJ 10.217 71.147 A3 lh￿.*5 171 In APlllls F• Esf￿ Ytyth irfwr 47• 15• 2S J17 4•• IOTJ•• 1327 AST￿￿•￿ b*w••ffl fund• A•Cwh ltynd• lart y•w•nd I•*￿•1￿•¢¢) C•*h fimd5 thts yMr•nd 1•.152 17,37• Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of Ihe period Bl C•shfimd# Trtalc•sh fi• fund8 Endowmont funds funds Deta115 B2 (Ml*f mon•tsry a*￿ts CAri•* ¥41u Detall$ B3 *W￿lment 8ss•ts FthOto*t4¢b4•1•t Dettsll$ 79J ¢51llGtwl IP&d X XS+ 110 r** 2CQOI Pnnter6 PTWLY Tr8lW 7tr) 1QOOO FMJ Detalls .A,LowGRI aol7lL C ALIGHTFOOT ,1912f (HARIFY (OW15510M Independent examlnerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examlner's Report Report to th8 trustoesl Ctsalive Klds On accounts for th• y•ar èndod 3110312024 Charlty no (If any) 1127371 Set out (In pages 1of2 Respectlve The tharivs tnjstees are restx)nsible for the preparation of the ac(x)unts. rnsponslbllltles of The tharity's trustees consider that an audtl is not required for this year tr￿199￿ and ￿arnIn0r under section 144 of the Charities A¢t 2011 and that an indep8ndent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to.. examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act. to follow the procedures laid down in Ihe general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of th8 Chartties Act. and to state whether particular matters have (x)me to my attention. Basis of indepondent My examinatKJn was carried out in aC(￿rdancE viith generdl Directions given examinorfs statement by the Charity Commission. An examination indudes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the acfJ)unts presented wilh Ihose records. It also includes conSiderat￿n of any unusual items or disclosures in the aco)unts. and seeking explanations from the trustees (J)nceming any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the eviden￿ that vnuld be required in an audit. and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the aC￿UnIS present a Irue and fairf view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. Indyndent In ￿nnectIon with rny examinatlon, no Matter has come to my attention examlnerfs statement which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respec( the Trustees have not met the requirements to gnsure that- proper acC￿UntIng Tecords are kept In accordance with sedion 130 of the Charities Act. and accounts have been prepared that accord viith the accwnting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act l am pleased to be able to (x)nfirm. as my role as independent Examiner that l agree that the receipts and payments acwunts do refle¢t the accounting practices that look pla￿ during the year ending 31103r2024 and the supporting papeTh¥ork does rofled appropriate ac(x)unting procedures. Slgnod: Date: Name: Angle Downes Relevant profosslonal quallflcatlon(s) or body (If any): MBA, Frankiin W. Olln Graduate Sch(x)l of Buslne8S RGN RM Nur81ng and Mldwilery Address". Flat 8a Old Milton Green Parade. New Mllton BH25 5QA IER March 2024 Only complete If the examlner needs to hlghlight malerial problems. Glve hero t￿lef dotals of any Items that the •xamlMr wlsh•$ lo d5scloso. IER March 2024