2025-03-31-accounts - Care For Kids North Devon

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Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name	Care For Kids North Devon

Other names charity is known by

Regist ered charity numbe r (if any)	113639 9

Charity 's princip al addres s	Suite 6, 1 Bridge Chambers
	Barnstaple
	Devon
	Postco de EX311 HB

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
JackyMassos

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Angelo Massos
Fran Greenaway	Chair
JennyBirch
Sarah Bone















Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name		Dates acted if not for whole year

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)


Type of adviser	Name Address




Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document

(eg. trust deed, constitution)

How the charity is constituted

(eg. trust, association, company)

Trustee selection methods

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

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Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of
major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

To provide financial assistance for families within the jurisdiction of the primary sites of the North Devon District Hospital who have a child diagnosed with a life-threatening illness. To provide the “extras”, over and above medical and primary care items, for the Caroline Thorpe Children’s Ward of the North Devon District Hospital. To support the needs of hospitalised children in North Devon.

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Provide a financial grant of £1,000 per family when a child is first diagnosed with a life-threatening illness. If awarding a grant it needs to be determined to be charitable. We provide a second grant if needed 6 weeks after the first if the family is struggling with their child’s on going treatment. Exemptional grants are given if a child relapses or has complex complications which cause a new diagnosis and requires further treatment. This is subject medical referral and further financial assistance being deemed to be charitable and the agreement of all trustees.

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

In 2024/25 we also provided play equipment and are in the progress of enhancing the playroom with a bookcase new blinds an digital wall on the children’s ward of the North Devon District Hospital. This has been updated, providing a more comfortable environment for patients and their families. The charity also provides car parking permits for families staying on children’s ward for a length of time.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

Grant-making must be determined as charitable; the Charity’s Grant Application form must be completed and signed or authorised by a representative of the family, the family’s medical consultant and a member of the nursing team.

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

policy on grant-making;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

The trustees decision on any grant application is final. The charity’s grant making policy gives full details.

We encourage investment by supporters from the community e.g. local businesses with a charitablegiving policy. The extensive contribution made by volunteers to support events run by the Charity and to instigate events to fundraise on behalf of the Charity, is recognised by the Trustees of the Charity. A Communication Officer is appointed to support each fundraising initiative.

A publicity programme has been introduced to promote events and the aims of the Charity, to create greater awareness and ultimately, support.

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

Charity Income obtained through:

Sponsorship for the Barnstaple 10k run, our main event
Sponsorship, donations and bequests
Raffles
Christmas appeal

Expenditure included:

Enhancement for Caroline Thorpe Ward
Payments to families
Hospital Car Parking Permits

Main achievements included:

Supporting families with a child diagnosed with a life-threatening illness and exceptional circumstance grants.
Also purchased new games for the playroom and consumables for the ward, such as portable DVD players

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

To always have a reserve of £10,000 to ensure that in the event that funds dry up the charity is in a position to meet all of its financial commitments.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

The Charity’s principal source of funding is donations.

You may choose to include additional information, where In 2024/25 we have completed the cub 2 project refurbish and installed relevant about: digital artwork in the corridor in this was Sep/ Oct 24. We installed an art ● the charity’s principal display board in the playroom which is part of our on going project for 25/26 with charity funds.

● the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);

Having a healthy bank balance it was much harder to be successful with grants but we have managed to secure more grants than last year.

● how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;

investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) J Massos

Full name(s) Jacqueline Massos

Position (eg Secretary, Trustee Chair, etc)

6 March 2012

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Date

18/11/25

7 March 2012

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Charity registration number: 1136399

Care For Kids North Devon

Annual Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

VLA WESTCOTTS CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS & BUSINESS ADVISERS

Care For Kids North Devon

Contents (continued)

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Care For Kids North Devon

Reference and Administrative Details

Trustees: Mrs Jenny Birch Ms Sarah Bone Mrs Frances Greenaway Mr Angelo Massos Mrs Jacky: Massos Charity Registratlon Number 1136399 Principal Office 1 Bridge Chambers Suite.6 Baristaple Devon EX31 1HB Independent Examiner Westeotts (SW) LLP 47 Boutport Street Barnstaple Devon EX31 1SQ

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Trustees’ Report

The trustees present the annual report together with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2025.

Structure, governance and management

Organisational structure

The legal and administrative details are listed on page 1. The trustees who served during the year are listed on page 1. Care for Kids North Devon trustees are appointed by elected founder members.

During the year, the charity benefited from the contribution of 40-50 volunteers.

One Trustee is paid for their work within the charity. Jacky Massos is employed by the charity as a charity manager, run director and project manager for project on The Caroline Thorpe Ward, No Trustees receive any remuneration for their work as a Trustee.

Governance, Internal Control and Risk Management

The trustees have reviewed the major risks of the charity and have taken action and established systems which will mitigate any known risks. All policies and procedures are updated regularly.

Objectives and activities

Objects and aims

To provide financial assistance for families within the jurisdiction of the primary sites of North Devon District Hospital who have a child diagnosed with a life-threatening illness.

To provide ‘extras' over and above medical and primary care items, for the Caroline Thorpe Children's Ward of the North Devon District Hospital.

To support the needs of hospitalised children in North Devon.

Charitable Activities

Care for Kids North Devon provides a financial grant of £1000 per family when a child is first diagnosed witha life-threatening illness, if awarding a grant is determined to be charitable.

The Charity will provide further financial support in exceptional circumstances. This is reviewed by all trustees.

Care for Kids North Devon provides play equipment and comfort/environment enhancing furnishings for the Children's Ward of the North Devon District Hospital.

The charity provides Car Parking permits for families staying on the Children's Ward for a length of time.

Care for Kids North Devon provide guidance and information on respite care, other charities and the available state benefits that may assist a family with on-going financial and domestic concerns, when a child has entered a lengthy treatment programme away from home.

Grant-making must be determined as charitable, for all grants the Charity's Grant Application form must be completed and signed or authorised by a representative of the family, the family’s medical consultant and a member of the Nursing Team.

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Trustees’ Report (continued)

Public benefit

The trustees confirm that they have complied with the requirements of section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission for England and Wales.

Achlevements and performance

Review of Activities and Achievements

We held our CFK Barnstaple 10k in July 2024, attendance was better and the new venue at Bamstaple Rugby Club worked well. Numbers were still lower than pre-Covid years.

Other events included a Christmas raffle and participation in the Round Table Santa Sleigh. This was the third time we had been asked in recent years. We also held a Christmas Appeal.

The charity has supported eleven families with grants in 2024-25, with both first and second payments being made.

The cubicle 2 project was completed and the corridor finished. The usual toys, games and DVDs were purchased for the ward.

Financial review

During the year ended 31 March 2025 the charity had net receipts of £5,812 (2024: Net expenses of £11,427),

As at 31 March 2025 the bank balances totalled £105,026 (2024: £99,214).

Policy on reserves

Our reserves policy is to always have a reserve of £10,000 to ensure that in the event that funds dry up the charity is in a position to meet all of it's financial commitments.

Further Financial Review Details

The Charity's principal source of funding is donations; Enabled the funding of family grants and hospital projects.

Plans for future periods

Our aims for 25/26 are updates to the playroom, which includes a new bespoke art-board, new hockey table and a bespoke bookcase to match the beach hut units. The bookcase is being donated by a local company. There will also be artwork on walls and doors to enhance the space and new window blinds.

We will continue to seek core funding from Trusts and Foundations.

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Trustees’ Report (continued)

Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities

The trustees are responsible for preparing the trustees' report and the financial statements in accordance with the United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice) and applicable law and regulations.

The law applicable to charities requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the charity for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:

select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;
make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and
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 proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity arid enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008, and the provisions of the constitution. The trustees 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.

The trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the charitable company's website. Legislation governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

The annual report was approved by the trustees of the charity on asiulas and signed on its behalf by:

s Jacky Massos Trustee

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Independent Examiner's Report to the trustees of Care For Kids North Devon

| report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Care For Kids North Devon for the year ended 31 March 2025.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity trustees of Care For Kids North Devon you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).

| report in respect of my examination of the Care For Kids North Devon's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination | have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner’s statement

| have completed my examination. | 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:

accounting records were not kept in respect of Care For Kids North Devon as required by section 130 of the Act; or
the accounts do not accord with those records; or

| 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.

Catherine Williams FCA DChA Westcotts (SW) LLP 47 Boutport Street Barnstaple Devon EX31 1SQ

Date: on .@ <n. Re Gar? mer 2 ,

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Receipts and Payments Account for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

		Unrestricted	Total	Total
		funds	2025	2024
	Note	£	£	£
Receipts:
Donations and legacies	2	38,384	38,384	27,800
Charitable activities	3	18,999	18,999	10,461
Investment income	4	106	106	33
Total receipts		57,489	57,489	38,294
Payments:
Wages and salaries Promotional Costs Event Costs		(12,477) (147) (3,492)	(12,477) (147) (3,492)	(11,821) (99) (2,902)
Establishment Costs		(5,145)	(5,145)	(5,126)
Accountancy Fees Licenses		(648) (70)	(648) (70)	(600) (73)
Telephone Family Support		(407) (14,250)	(407) (14,250)	(425) (19,100)
Miscellaneous Expenditure Caroline Thorpe - Projects Projects Bank Fees		(634) (1,400) (12,395) (612)	(634) (1,400) (12,395) (612)	(698) (8,877) - -
Total payments		(51,677)	(51,677)	(49,721)
Netreceipts/(payments)		5,812	5,812	(11,427)
Cash broughtforward		99,214	99,214	110,641
Cashcarriedforward	9	105,026	105,026	99,214

All of the charity's activities derive from continuing operations during the above two periods. The funds breakdown for 2024 is shown in note 9.

The notes on pages 8 to 12 form an integral part of these financial statements. Page 6

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(Registration number: 1136399)

Statement of Assets and Liabilities as at [31 March 2025

		2025	2024
	Note	£	£
Current assets
Cash at bank and in hand	}	105,026	99,214
Unrestricted income funds
Unrestrictedfunds		105,026	99,214

The financial statements on pages 6 to 12 were approved by the trustees, and authorised for issue on als M25. and signed on their behalf by:

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The notes on pages 8 to 12 form an integral part of these financial statements. Page 7

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Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

1 Accounting policies

Basis of preparation

Care For Kids North Devon meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. The accounts (financial statements) have been prepared on the receipts and payments basis.

Going concern

The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Income and endowments

All incoming resources are included in the statement of financial activities when the charity receives the income. The following specific policies are applied to particular categories of income:

Donations are received by way of grants, donations and gifts and is included in full in the Statement of Financial Activities when received.

The value of services provided by volunteers has not been included.

Expenditure

Expenditure is recognised on a payments basis. Expenditure includes any VAT which cannot be fully recovered, and is reported as part of the expenditure to which it relates.

Taxation

The charity is considered to pass the tests set out in Paragraph 1 Schedule 6 of the Finance Act 2010 and therefore it meets the definition of a charitable company for UK corporation tax purposes. Accordingly, the charity is. potentially exempt from taxation in respect of income or capital gains received within categories covered by Chapter 3 Part 11 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 or Section 256 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992, to the extent that such income or gains are applied exclusively to charitable purposes.

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.

Fund structure

Unrestricted income funds are general funds that are available for use at the trustees discretion in furtherance of the objectives of the charity.

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Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025 (continued)

2 Income from donations and legacies

		Unrestricted
		funds	Total
		General	2025
		£	£
Donations and legacies;
Donations		31,975	31,975
Gift aid reclaimed		1,488	1,488
Grants, including capital grants;
Grants		4,921	4,921
		e834	88
	Unrestricted
	funds	Restricted	Total
	General	funds	2024
	31"	£	£
Donations and legacies;
Donations	25,002	-	25,002
Gift aid reclaimed	798	-	798
Grants, including capital grants;
Grants	-	2,000	2,000
	25,800	2,000	27,800

3 Income from charitable activities

	Unrestricted
	funds	Total
	General	2025
	£	£
Events	18,949	18,949
Other income	50	50
	18,999	18,999
	Unrestricted
	funds	Total
	General	2024
	£	£
Events	10,411	10,411
Other income	50	50
	10,461	10,461

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Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025 (continued)

4 Investment income

	Unrestricted
	funds	Total
	General	2025
	£	£
Interest receivable and similar income;
Interest receivable on bank deposits	4106	106
	Unrestricted
	funds	Total
	General	2024
	£	£
Interest receivable and similar income;
Interestreceivableonbankdeposits	33	33

5 Trustees remuneration and expenses

During the year a trustee was paid £3,102 as they were employed by the Charity as the manager. No trustees have received any reimbursed expenses or any other benefits from the charity during the year.

6 Staff costs

The aggregate payroll costs were as follows:

The aggregate payroll costs were as follows:
	2025	2024
	£	£
Staffcosts during the yearwere:
Wagesandsalaries	12,477	11,821

The monthly average number of persons (including senior management / leadership team) employed by the charity during the year expressed as full time equivalents was as follows:

	2025	2024
	No	No
Employees	1	1

No employee received emoluments of more than £60,000 during the year

7 Taxation

The charity is a registered charity and is therefore exempt from taxation.

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Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025 (continued)

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Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025 (continued)

Unrestricted funds are used to further the objects of the charity, but are subject to no restrictions on their use within those objects.

The specific purposes for which the funds are to be applied are as follows:

The funding towards cubicle 2 from Groundwork of £2,000 was put into the digital wall designs we are having and blinds to enhance the cubicle 2 project. The rest of the funding is coming from our general funds. This is now completed.

10 Analysis of net assets between funds

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||||| |---|---|---|---| |Unrestricted|Total funds| |funds|at|31|March| |General|2025| |£|£| |Current|assets|105,026|105,026| |Unrestricted|Total funds| |funds|at|31|March| |General|2024| |£|£| |Current assets|___-99,214|——————|[99,214]|

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11 Related party transactions

There were no related party transactions in the year,

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