SLIDE AWAY
A company limited by guarantee Year ended 31[st] August 2025
Unaudited
Trustees' Report and Financial Statements
For the year ended 31 August 2025
Registered number: 07246017 Charity number: 1136331
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SLIDE AWAY
A company limited by guarantee Year ended 31[st] August 2025
Contents
Report of the trustees
| Administrative details | 3 |
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| Objectives and activities | 4 |
| Public benefit | 5 |
| Governance | 5 |
| Structure and management | 5 |
| Selection, appointment, and removal of trustees | 5 |
| Achievements and performance | 6 |
| Financial review | 11 |
| Reserves policy | 11 |
| Plans for future periods | 11 |
| Statement of trustees' responsibilities | 12 |
| Financial report | |
| Independent Examiner’s report on the Financial Statements | 13 |
| Statement of Financial Activities | 14 |
| Balance Sheet | 15 |
| Notes to the Financial Statements | 16 |
Financial report
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SLIDE AWAY
A company limited by guarantee
Year ended 31[st] August 2025
Report of the trustees
The trustees, who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with the financial statements of the charity, Slide Away, for the year ended 31[st] August 2025. The trustees confirm that the annual report and financial statements comply with the current statutory requirements and the requirements of the company’s governing document and have been prepared in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102 SORP).
Administrative details
Company registered number 07246017 Charity registered number 1136331 Registered office 2 The Clock Tower Brushford Dulverton Somerset TA22 9AF Independent Examiner Keeley Walker ACCA (2355708) Trustees and directors D Ross from 03/03/21 L Forbes from 06/04/21 K Green from 31/08/21 I Gibbons from 19/05/23 Website www.slideaway.org
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SLIDE AWAY
A company limited by guarantee
Year ended 31[st] August 2025
Report of the trustees (continued)
The trustees have pleasure in presenting their report and the unaudited financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31[st] August 2025.
Slide Away was founded by the Ross family in memory of their son, Daniel. Following inspiration and encouragement from other regional charities, Slide Away was set up in 2005 as a charity in its own right and it quickly grew to impact several towns in the West Kent area.
Having seen the charity's coverage grow, the trustees started to reappraise its position, and in 2008 undertook a period of development which involved taking on new trustees and adopting a new, more disciplined, approach which reflected the evolving and widening nature of the charity's involvement in the specialised sector in which it operates. This process involved the incorporation of the existing unincorporated charity in 2010. The company was established under a Memorandum of Association dated 20 April 2010, which established the objects and powers of the charitable company which is governed under its Articles of Association.
The charity is a company limited by guarantee with no share capital (registration no. 07246017) and a registered charity (registration no. 1136331). In the event of the charity being wound up, the liability in respect of the guarantee is limited to £10 per member of the charity. The charity’s Memorandum and Articles of Association is the primary governing document of the charity.
Objectives and activities
The objects of the charity are to relieve the mental, physical, and emotional distress of children and young people who are suffering from bereavement or loss, by the provision of support and counselling services and by providing their families with advice, information and training in the issues surrounding child bereavement.
The charity seeks to fulfil these objectives through the provision of bereavement support to children following the death of a family member or friend, or to children who are living with a family member with a terminal illness. Advice, guidance and support are available to parents to help them understand the grief reactions of their child according to their developmental age. The individual needs of all children referred to the charity are assessed to identify, with the family, the most appropriate intervention. Support includes individual sessions and attendance at either a ‘Memory Day’ or ‘Workshop’ to meet with other children who are in a similar situation. ‘Activity Days’ are offered to support families at difficult times of the year: Mother’s Day, Father’s Day and Advent. The charity’s therapeutic interventions work to the Outcomes Framework of the Childhood Bereavement Network. The charity works closely with schools, where a member of staff is identified to take responsibility for referrals and liaise with the family and the charity. This member of school staff receives Slide Away training to support them in their ongoing care for the child and their family.
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SLIDE AWAY
A company limited by guarantee
Year ended 31[st] August 2025
Report of the trustees (continued)
Public benefit
The charity’s trustees have complied with their duties under the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission.
Governance
Structure and management
The main board of trustees directs the charity's focus and strategy. The main board meets six times a year, but its members are also in constant communication with each other, and the charity’s management, communicating as a group and as individuals through emails and ad hoc meetings when necessary or useful.
The charity employs an Operations Manager and a Clinical Services Manager who together are responsible for the day to day running of the charity. They remain in close contact with each of the trustees.
The directors consider the board of directors, who are the charity’s trustees, the Operations Manager, and the Clinical Services Manager as the key management personnel of the charity in charge of directing and controlling, running, and operating the charity on a day-to-day basis. All the trustees give their time freely and no trustee received remuneration in the year. Staff pay is reviewed annually by the trustees and is benchmarked against pay levels in other local charities of a similar size.
The trustees are responsible for putting in place practices and methods that ensure the governance of the charity is maintained at a high standard. To this end, all the policies are periodically reviewed, and the trustees consider and debate organisational risks at each trustee meeting. The trustees also complete a Skills Audit periodically, to recognise relative strengths and weaknesses in the composition of the trustee board and identify where any skills gaps exist.
Selection, appointment, and removal of trustees
When an appointment is considered (on the resignation of a trustee, in response to a perceived lack of skills in a particular area, or where the appointment would be of benefit to the charity) the trustee board consider recruitment from the network of child bereavement specialists and the community as a whole. If necessary, trustees will open the process to the wider community depending on the nature of the vacancy, placement, or replacement.
On appointment, all new trustees receive a full induction to the organisation. They are provided with relevant documentation and background information and are then subject to an initiation process that ensures that they understand the charity's operations and objectives. All trustees are required to complete safeguarding, GDPR and IT training. The trustees are aware of the need for ongoing and relevant self-education and actively monitor their own knowledge bases.
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SLIDE AWAY
A company limited by guarantee
Year ended 31[st] August 2025
Report of the trustees (continued)
Achievements and performance
The 2024-25 academic year began with a party to celebrate Slide Away’s 20th birthday. The sun shone for the families who joined staff and volunteers for an afternoon of crafting and outdoor activities and, of course, birthday cake!
A highlight of the afternoon was the making and flying of kites, an activity organised by the wonderful Kent Kite Flyers who have supported Slide Away for many years.
At Slide Away we recognise the importance of holding onto memories, but we also believe in the value of creating new ones. Last autumn, we therefore worked with the Calvert Trust on Exmoor to give our Slide Away families the opportunity to benefit from a discounted shortbreak activity holiday. Our thanks to the Calvert Trust for securing funding to enable our families to access the incredible outdoor facilities available at their centre on Exmoor.
The Rotary Club of Tonbridge once again generously organised with the Kingfisher Medway Trust an opportunity for our families to take a summer trip along the River Medway, an outing that is always blessed with sunshine and beautiful views and is enjoyed by everyone on board.
This year, The Rotary Club of Tonbridge also put us in touch with BA High Flight and Kent Gliding Club who work together to give young people amazing free gliding experiences. 12 of our teenagers signed up for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and, watched by parents, most flew solo over Kent’s stunning countryside.
On behalf of the families who took part in all these incredible free adventures, my sincere thanks to these organisations for the work that they do in support of charities like ours.
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SLIDE AWAY
A company limited by guarantee
Year ended 31[st] August 2025
What an incredible year for fundraising it has been! Slide Away has been supported by so many organisations and individuals this year, all of whom have worked hard to raise funds for us. We were selected by the Hazlitt Theatre in Maidstone as their supported charity for their 2024 Christmas Pantomime Season; not only did they raise a huge amount for us, but they also enabled a great many of our families to enjoy the opening night performance of Cinderella and a VIP performance of Shrek the Musical. We were also the chosen charity to benefit from the Bearsted and Thurnham Carnival in 2024. My thanks to these organisations for their hard work on our behalf and to the members of our staff team who supported these events.
It is always very special when funds are raised by individuals who have links with Slide Away. This year has been exceptional with the House brothers cycling from the southern tip of Argentina to Austin Texas, the father of a child supported by Slide Away running the London Marathon, another cycling from London to Brighton and one of
our School Bereavement Contacts taking part in the Paris Marathon. Further afield, the Voices of Exmoor made a donation to Slide Away from their performances.
In the coming year, we are extremely grateful to the Mayor of Medway for choosing Slide Away as one of his chosen charities for the mayoral year.
We could not have delivered our support to a growing number of referrals without the support of all the individuals and groups mentioned above, a huge number of very generous individual donors, and grants or donations from the following organisations:
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The Cobtree Charity Trust
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The Coop
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Awards for All
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The Bedgebury Foundation
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Arnold Clark
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The Postcode Society Trust
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Colyer Fergusson
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Kent Community Foundation
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SLIDE AWAY
A company limited by guarantee
Year ended 31[st] August 2025
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Neighbourly
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South East Timber and Damp
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North Downs Run
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Yorkshire Building Society
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Hempstead Fayre
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The Kent Review
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Horlocks Funerals
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Tesco
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and 24 schools from our network!
Our British Psychological Society approved ‘Children’s Grief’ modular training programme has continued to be well received by our School Bereavement Contacts, who access this training for free.
This year we were delighted to receive the British Psychological Society’s Quality Mark for CPD, as we launched our third module in the programme to more than 30 of our schools.
“This CPD has been incredible, the best I've had in my years working in education.”
“The training was invaluable, providing an opportunity to share good practice and think about the support we can offer children and families. It had lots of practical ideas and will really impact our provision.”
“This training is so useful, not only for signposting the way, but for giving us an outlet to talk to others and share experiences. Thank you so much!”
Laura Thompson, our Clinical Services Manager, delivers our Children’s Grief training, so it was fitting that this year we were able to give her the opportunity to attend an International Summer Conference at the Dougy Centre in Portland, Oregon.
The Dougy Centre is an innovative world leader in the provision of support for bereaved children and young people, and so we were delighted to be able to enhance Laura’s own CPD as we learnt from this incredible organisation and the various delegates from across the US who joined Laura for the conference. We are immensely grateful to the Kent Community Foundation and The Martello Learning Journey Fund for giving us the opportunity to go on this learning journey.
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SLIDE AWAY
A company limited by guarantee
Year ended 31[st] August 2025
Late in 2024, we felt very privileged to be asked by the trustees of the charity, Project Eileen, if Slide Away would take on and continue their work, as their Founder and Trustees needed to step down from the charity. Project Eileen offers amazing free multimedia resources that enable secondary schools to deliver PSHE lessons on grief and bereavement to their teenage pupils.
After many months of collaboration, we were delighted to join the Project Eileen Team at their celebration event in the Brighton Pavilion in April, following which we were thrilled to announce that Project Eileen had officially joined the Slide Away family. We will continue to offer UK secondary schools their brilliant resources, and we are delighted that a number of the secondary schools that we work with have already signed up!
It has indeed been an incredibly busy year, with our referral numbers growing by 24% over the last two years. To meet this demand and to support schools and families, this year we have provided:
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32 School Bereavement Contact ‘Toolkit Training’ induction sessions
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5 Schools’ networking meetings
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5 Workshops and parent groups
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3 Workshops for children with special educational needs and disabilities to attend with their parent or carer
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3 Workshops for children at KS1 to attend with their parent or carer
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4 Memory Days for grieving families
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5 ‘Children’s Grief’ training sessions covering 3 unique modules to 74 delegates
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• 3 special family events for Christmas, Mother’s Day and Father’s Day
In addition to the above, this year, we introduced a special workshop for children bereaved of a sibling where they had the opportunity to build connections with each other through art and creative expression; funding permitting, these will continue next year.
This year we made the difficult decision to ask the schools using Slide Away’s service to support us financially with effect from September 2025. Bid writing is a very time-consuming task in an increasingly competitive environment; when we considered that the cost of supporting a bereaved child is in the region of £300, and the value of the free training, advice, guidance and pre-bereavement consultative support that we also offer our schools, we felt it was not unreasonable to ask schools to subscribe to our service going forward. A subscription of £100 a year for primary schools and £200 a year for secondary and special schools will give subscribed schools access to all of this support for no further cost; helping to ensure our service can remain free to the families whose children are referred to us. However, we must recognise and thank the schools in our network who fundraise for Slide Away every
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SLIDE AWAY
A company limited by guarantee
Year ended 31[st] August 2025
year. Any school that continues to fundraise for us in this way will be able to subscribe for free. Our thanks to all those schools who have already signed up for our support in the 2025-26 academic year.
Slide Away staff are encouraged and supported to develop their knowledge and skills through both internal and external training opportunities. Our first Bereavement Practitioner in Training completed her training programme this summer; congratulations to Bonny Sullivan! We are delighted that Kirsty McManus will begin her Bereavement Practitioner in Training programme in September. Kirsty is a registered counsellor with the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society and will also be working alongside Slide Away to offer discounted counselling sessions to children referred from our subscribed schools.
As we close on a year that has seen Slide Away grow, thrive and innovate, to make a very real impact on Kent’s bereaved families, I want to convey my thanks to my fellow trustees who give me so much support and bring so much to Slide Away’s work. The trustees will want me to pass on their thanks to our dedicated and professional staff team. We are so very fortunate to have Katherine Jary as our Operations Manager and Laura Thompson our Clinical Services Manager; they are an incredible duo who work tirelessly in the best interest of the charity.
My sincere thanks to everyone in our small team of salaried staff, Kathy, Laura, Penny, Bonny and Rachel, and all our sessional staff and volunteers, for achieving so much to benefit bereaved children and young people in 2024-25; I look forward to working with you all in 2025-26.
Denise Ross Founder and Chair
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SLIDE AWAY
A company limited by guarantee
Year ended 31[st] August 2025
Report of the trustees (continued)
Financial review
The total incoming resources for the year totalled £112,098 (2024: £100,003) and expenditure totalled £105,684 (2024: £97,484) leaving a surplus of £6,414 for the year (2024: 2,519). Reserves at the end of the year were £83,152, of which £76,738 was unrestricted (2024: £76,738, of which £74,219 was unrestricted).
The Independent Examination of these financial statements was carried out by a volunteer, and, in accordance with the accounting policy, its value has been included as income and an expense.
Reserves policy
The level of reserves held by the charity is monitored by trustees. In determining its optimum reserves, the charity wishes to ensure that it is able to provide, at any point in time, a full cycle of support for the children referred to it and awaiting support at that date. This support cycle requires the charity to hold sufficient (directly relevant restricted and/or unrestricted) funds to enable the charity to operate normally for 9 months, including any contractual obligations for staff termination and redundancy costs thereafter. However, in order to ensure that the charity does not have to close to referrals when seeking funds, unrestricted reserves sufficient to fund normal operations for 12 months are deemed optimal. At 31[st] August 2025 the charity held reserves sufficient to fund 9.44 months’ activity (2024: 9.45 months).
Plans for future periods
Slide Away’s services are in ever greater demand and the charity’s support is extending across Kent. However, conversely, funding is more difficult to source. As we now live in a period of austere public funding, the Slide Away trustees remain aware of their duty to keep Slide Away’s valuable public service in place, and so continually undertake reviews (both internal and external) to consider the future direction of the charity, identify areas for development and source future funding.
Small companies’ exemptions
This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies entitled to the small companies’ regime.
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SLIDE AWAY
A company limited by guarantee
Year ended 31[st] August 2025
Report of the trustees (continued)
Statement of trustees' responsibilities
The trustees (who are also the directors of the charity for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the trustees' report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under company law, the trustees must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:
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select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
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observe the methods and principles of the Charities SORP (FRS 102);
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make judgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
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state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards (FRS 102) have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
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prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business.
The trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the charity's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
Approved by order of the members of the board of trustees and signed on 11[th] September 2025 on their behalf by:
Denise Ross
Chair of trustees
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SLIDE AWAY
A company limited by guarantee
Year ended 31[st] August 2025
Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Slide Away ('the charity')
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31[st] August 2025.
Responsibilities and Basis of Report
As the trustees of charity (and its directors for the purposes of the company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 ('the 2006 Act').
Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the charity are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination. I report in respect of my examination of the charity's accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 ('the 2011 Act'). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.
Independent Examiner's Statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect;
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Accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or
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The accounts do not accord with those records; or
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The accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 296 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair' view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
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The accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities (applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).
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.
This report is made solely to the charity's trustees, as a body, in accordance with Part 4 of the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. My work has been undertaken so that I might state to the charity's trustees those matters I am required to state to them in an independent examiner's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, I do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charity and charity's trustees as a body, for my work for this report.
Keeley Walker ACCA (2355708) 11[h] September 2025
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SLIDE AWAY
A company limited by guarantee
Year ended 31[st] August 2025
Statement of Financial Activities
| Income from: Donations and gifts Grant income 2 Interest received Total income Note |
£ £ £ 27,223 - 27,223 1,000 82,168 83,168 1,707 - 1,707 29,930 82,168 112,098 Unrestricted Funds 2025 Restricted Funds 2025 Total Funds 2025 |
£ £ £ 26,264 - 26,264 3,088 69,017 72,105 1,635 - 1,635 30,986 69,017 100,003 Unrestricted Funds 2024 Restricted Funds 2024 Total Funds 2024 |
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| Expenditure on: Raising funds 3 Charitable activities 4 |
1,449 - 1,449 26,465 77,770 104,235 |
1,161 - 1,161 29,691 66,632 96,323 |
| Total expenditure | 27,914 77,770 105,684 |
30,852 66,632 97,484 |
| Net income | 2,016 4,398 6,414 |
134 2,385 2,519 |
| Net movement in funds | 2,016 4,398 6,414 |
134 2,385 2,519 |
| Reconciliation of funds: Total funds brought forward 8 Net movement in funds 8 |
74,353 2,385 76,738 2,016 4,398 6,414 |
74,219 - 74,219 134 2,385 2,519 |
| Total funds carried forward | 76,369 6,783 83,152 |
74,353 2,385 76,738 |
All amounts derive from continuing activities.
There are no recognised gains or losses other than the net movement in the funds included above. The notes on the following pages form part of these financial statements.
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SLIDE AWAY
A company limited by guarantee
Year ended 31[st] August 2025
Balance Sheet
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Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Note
Funds 2025 Funds 2025 2025 Funds 2024 Funds 2024 2024
£ £ £ £ £ £
Current assets
Cash at bank and in hand 76,369 46,144 122,513 74,353 37,530 111,883
76,369 46,144 122,513 74,353 37,530 111,883
Creditors: amounts falling 7 - 39,361 39,361 - 35,145 35,145
due within one year
Net current assets 76,369 6,783 83,152 74,353 2,385 76,738
Total assets less current
76,369 6,783 83,152 74,353 2,385 76,738
liabilities
Net assets 76,369 6,783 83,152 74,353 2,385 76,738
Charity funds
Unrestricted funds 8 76,369 - 76,369 74,353 - 74,353
Restricted funds 8 - 6,783 6,783 - 2,385 2,385
Total funds 76,369 6,783 83,152 74,353 2,385 76,738
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For the financial year in question the company was entitled to exemption under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
No members have required the company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
The directors acknowledge their responsibility for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and for the preparation of accounts.
These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies’ subject to the small companies’ regime.
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the Board of trustees and signed on x[th] September 2024 on its behalf by:
Denise Ross
Chair of trustees
The notes on the following pages form part of these financial statements.
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SLIDE AWAY
A company limited by guarantee
Year ended 31[st] August 2025
Notes to the financial statements
1. Accounting Policies
a) Basis of preparation
The financial statements are prepared under the historical cost convention and include the results of the charity's operations which are described in the Report of the trustees.
The accounts have been prepared in accordance with applicable accounting standards and the Companies Act 2006 and follow the recommendations in the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP FRS 102) Accounting and Reporting by Charities, issued by the Charity Commission, the Charities Act 2011, and the requirements of the charity's Memorandum and Articles of Association.
As the charity has met the requirements of its reserves policy, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.
b) Income
All income is recognised once the charity has entitlement to the income, it is probable that the income will be received, and the amount of the income receivable can be measured reliably.
The income from fundraising ventures is shown gross, with the associated costs included in fundraising costs.
Income from grants is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the grants have been met, it is probable that the income will be received, and the amount can be measured reliably.
Other income is recognised in the period in which it is receivable and to the extent that the goods have been provided or on completion of the service. The charity has received government grants in the financial year.
Gift Aid receivable is included in income when there is a valid declaration from the donor. Any Gift Aid amount recovered on a donation is considered to be part of that gift and is treated as an addition to the same fund as the initial donation unless the donor or the terms of the appeal have specified otherwise.
Donated goods are measured at fair value (the amount for which the asset could be exchanged) unless impractical to do so. Donated services and facilities are included when received at the value of the gift to the charity provided the value of the gift can be measured reliably. Where the gift is consumed immediately, it is recognised as income with an equivalent amount recognised as an expense under the appropriate heading in the Statement of financial activities.
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1. Accounting Policies (continued)
c) Expenditure
Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to transfer economic benefit to a third party, it is probable that the transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably.
Expenditure is classified by activity. Wherever possible costs are allocated directly to the appropriate activity; other costs common to all activities are apportioned between activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.
Fundraising expenditure comprises costs incurred in encouraging people and organisations to contribute financially to the work of the charity. This includes the cost of advertising for donations, the staging of fundraising events and costs incurred on personnel engaged exclusively in fundraising activity.
Expenditure on charitable activities is incurred in the delivery of the objects of the charity, including any associated support costs.
Support costs, which are the costs incurred in the overall direction and administration of each activity that are not directly attributable to charitable activities, are apportioned on a basis consistent with the use of resources.
Donated goods are measured at fair value (the amount for which the asset could be exchanged) unless impractical to do so. Donated services and facilities are included when received at the value of the gift to the charity provided the value of the gift can be measured reliably. Where the gift is consumed immediately, it is recognised as income with an equivalent amount recognised as an expense under the appropriate heading in the Statement of financial activities. The value of trustee volunteer activity is not included in the accounts but is described in the trustees’ annual report.
Expenditure on governance includes all audit, accountancy, and legal fees.
All expenditure is stated inclusive of irrecoverable VAT.
d) Tangible fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets costing £1,500 or more are capitalised and recognised when the future economic benefits are probable and the cost of the or value of the asset can be measured reliably.
e) Debtors
Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount after any discount offered.
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Year ended 31[st] August 2025
1. Accounting Policies (continued)
f) Cash at bank and in hand
Cash at bank and in hand includes cash and short-term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or the opening of the deposit or similar account.
g) Liabilities
Liabilities are recognised when there is an obligation at the balance sheet date as a result of a past event, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefit will be required in settlement, and the amount of the settlement can be estimated reliably.
Liabilities are recognised at the amount that the charity anticipates it will pay to settle the debtor the amount it has received as an advance payment for the goods or services it must provide in future.
h) Financial instruments
The charity only has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments.
Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value.
i) Pension
The charity contributes to a defined contribution group personal pension scheme (NEST) and the pension charge represents the amounts payable by the charity to the fund in respect of the year.
j) Funds
General funds are unrestricted funds which are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objects of the charity and have not been designated for other purposes.
Restricted funds are funds which are to be used in accordance with specific restrictions imposed by donors or which have been raised by the charity for particular purposes. The costs of raising and administering such funds are charged against the specific fund. The aim and use of each restricted fund is set out in the notes to the financial statements.
k) Direct taxation
The company is a registered charity and is therefore not liable for income tax or corporation tax on its charitable activities as it falls within the various exemptions available to registered charities.
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2. Income from charitable activities
| £ £ £ Income from charitable activities Government grants - - - Other grants 1,000 82,168 83,168 Unrestricted Funds 2025 Restricted Funds 2025 Total Funds 2025 |
£ 15,000 57,105 Total Funds 2024 |
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| 1,000 82,168 83,168 |
72,105 |
3. Analysis of expenditure on raising funds
| Analysis of expenditure on raising funds Other fundraising activities |
£ £ £ £ 1,449 - 1,449 1,161 Unrestricted Funds 2025 Restricted Funds 2025 Total Funds 2025 Total Funds 2024 |
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| 1,449 - 1,449 1,161 |
4. Analysis of expenditure on charitable activities
| Unrestricted | Unrestricted Restricted |
Total Funds | Total Funds | |
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| Funds 2025 | Funds 2025 | 2025 | 2024 | |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| Analysis of expenditure on charitable activities | Analysis of expenditure on charitable activities | |||
| Service delivery | 13,037 | 71,770 | 84,807 | 76,048 |
| Support costs | 13,428 | 6,000 | 19,428 | 20,275 |
| 26,465 | 77,770 | 104,235 | 96,323 | |
| Service delivery |
Service Support costs |
Total 2025 | Total 2024 | |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| Analysis of expenditure on charitable activities | Analysis of expenditure on charitable activities | |||
| Staff costs | 62,855 | 17,049 | 79,904 | 73,592 |
| Workshop and service delivery costs | 8,446 | - | 8,446 | 9,471 |
| Volunteer time | 4,611 | - | 4,611 | 5,976 |
| Administration and financial support | 3,431 | 1,329 | 4,760 | 5,287 |
| Governance | - | 800 | 800 | 800 |
| Training | 4,715 | - | 4,715 | 340 |
| Insurance | 749 | 250 | 999 | 856 |
| 84,807 | 19,428 | 104,235 | 96,323 |
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5. Staff costs
| £ £ £ Staff costs Wages and salaries 11,693 66,945 78,638 Pension contributions 810 456 1,266 Unrestricted Funds 2025 Restricted Funds 2025 Total Funds 2025 |
£ 72,598 1,159 Total Funds 2024 |
|---|---|
| 12,503 67,401 79,904 |
73,756 |
The average number of employees during the year was 13 (2024:11).
No employee earned more than £60,000 in the year. The gross salary and benefits for the highest paid employee in the year was £20,491 (2024: £19,990).
6. Trustees' remuneration and related party transactions
The trustees were neither paid nor voted any remuneration, other benefits, or expenses during the current or prior financial year.
The charity has not entered into any other related party transaction during the year, nor are there any outstanding balances owing between related parties and the charity at 31st August 2025 (2024: nil).
7. Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year
| Creditors : Amounts falling due within one year Other creditors and accruals |
2025 2024 £ £ 39,361 35,145 |
|---|---|
| 39,361 35,145 |
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8. Movements in funds
| Unrestricted funds General fund Restricted funds Other restricted funds Project Eileen restricted funds Current year |
£ £ £ £ £ 74,353 29,930 (27,914) - 76,369 2,385 75,384 (77,769) - - - 6,783 - - 6,783 Balance at 31 August 2025 Balance at 1 September 2024 Income 2025 Expenditure 2025 Transfers in / (out) |
|---|---|
| Total funds | 76,738 112,098 (105,684) - 83,152 |
| Unrestricted funds General fund Prior year |
£ £ £ £ £ 74,219 30,986 (30,852) - 74,353 Balance at 1 September 2023 Income 2024 Expenditure 2024 Transfers in / (out) Balance at 31 August 2024 |
| Restricted funds Other restricted funds |
- 69,017 (66,632) - 2,385 |
| Total funds | 74,219 100,003 (97,484) - 76,738 |
9. Analysis of net assets between funds
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total Funds | Unrestricted | Restricted | Total Funds | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Funds 2025 | Funds 2025 | 2025 | Funds 2024 | Funds 2024 | 2024 | |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| Movements in funds | ||||||
| Cash at bank and in hand | 76,369 | 46,144 | 122,513 | 74,353 | 37,530 | 111,883 |
| Other net current liabilities | - | (39,361) | (39,361) | - | (35,145) | (35,145) |
| 76,369 | 6,783 | 83,152 | 74,353 | 2,385 | 76,738 |
10. Ultimate controlling party
The directors listed in the Report of the trustees are the ultimate controlling parties being trustees and directors of the company.
All charity policies and executive decisions are determined by the Board of trustees unless delegated to trustees or employees within the terms of the charity’s Memorandum and Articles of Association.
The day to day running of the charitable company has been delegated to the Clinical Services Manager and the Operations Manager.
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