## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
||Period start date|Period start date|||Period end date||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**From **|06|April|2021|**To**|05
April|2022|
## **Section A Reference and administration details**
**Charity name** Time Is Precious (in memory of Ben Halford)
**Registered charity number** 1141671
**Charity's principal address** 25 Preachers Vale
Coleford Radstock Somerset BA3 5PT
**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
|1
2
3
4
5
6
7|**Trustee name**|**Office (ifany)**|**Dates acted if not for whole year **|
|---|---|---|---|
||Mr Neil Halford|||
||Mrs Nicola Halford|||
||Miss Debra Plummer|||
||Miss Louise Coate|||
||Miss Michelle Burge|||
||Mrs D Bradley|||
|||||
## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
**Type of governing document** Trust Deeds
**How the charity is constituted** Trust
**Trustee selection methods** Appointed by existing Trustees
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## **Section C Objectives and activities**
|**Section C**|**Objectives and activities**|
|---|---|
|**Summary of the objects of the**
**charity set out in its**
**governing document**
**Summary of the main**
**activities undertaken for the**
**public benefit in relation to**
**these objects**|To assist in the relief of sickness and the preservation and protection of
children who are affected by illness or those children who suffer from a
form of disability which involves treatment and / or a stay in hospital and
their families, by providing such services, facilities and equipment as the
trustees in their absolute discretion determine, for use during their time in
hospital or at home, whilst receiving treatment, including operations and
rehabilitation, in particular but without limitation to supporting this object
in the following hospitals :- 1) Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust
Children Centre, Combe Park, Bath, BA1 3NG; 2) Bristol Royal Hospital
for Children, Paul O'Gorman Building, Upper Maudlin Street, Bristol, BS2
8BJ; 3) Yeovil District Hospital Children & Adolescent Services, Higher
Kingston, Yeovil, BA21 4AT|
||The aim of the charity is to help create a more comfortable and relaxed
atmosphere for children and their families in hospital or at home.
The charity works alongside specialists to purchase equipment and
refurbish areas to support not just those children who because of illness
or disability find themselves in hospital for treatment but also their
families who want to be with them because time is just that precious.
**We can help at home**
Time Is Precious aim to help as many children as possible who may need
extra equipment not supplied by the NHS at home. This could also
include sensory equipment, specialised devices such as Eye Gaze
Communication etc. Every child is unique & will need equipment to suit
them, working alongside hospital staff, to ensure the needs of the child is
met correctly.
**Hospitals**
Hospital life can be extremely stressful when you have an ill child. Time is
precious purchase amazing equipment to help relax the children as well
as helping distract them from traumatic procedures.
Family and friends like to visit young patients, but visits can be cut short
because it is difficult keeping brothers and sisters entertained. We want
to be able to make visiting time as best we can for everyone so they can
enjoy playing games, chatting and just being a family.
Hospital Wards, play and physiotherapy departments often need extra
funding for resources and equipment as Hospital budgets are limited.
The Charity aims to fund the departments by raising monies to purchase
equipment for the patients to use during their time in the hospital.
The principal hospitals to Benefit are as follows:
�
Bristol Children's Hospital
�
RUH Bath Children's Ward
�
Booster Therapy Centre in the RUH Bath
�
Yeovil Hospital Children's Ward|
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## **Section D Achievements and performance**
**Charitable Activities Summary of the main** � The main project completed in the period was the RUH Bath children s **achievements of the charity** garden, opened in September 2021. Three years in the making, the **during the year** project cost approximately £25k over that period. Once equipment for the COVID ward has been removed from the site, this will clear the way for further equipment and improvements to the facility. We have purchased another specialised DVD/TV display (£16k), fitted into the MRI scanner at Bristol Children � s Hospital. This was after the success of the same equipment installed at RUH Bath. Total hospital equipment purchased for the year was £36k. We are continuing to fundraise to support two children with specialised equipment at home with the _������ Gift_ initiative.
**Fundraising** Due to the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Bath Half Marathon 2022, our main annual fundraising event, along with many other fundraising events and activities were cancelled or postponed. In an effort to make up for this shortfall, online raffle and smaller fundraising events were organised. We were Charity of the Year for Hunter � s Estate Agents of Bristol. Support continued from local company Parkers Transport.
## **Section E Financial review**
|**Section E**|**Financial review**|
|---|---|
|**Brief statement of the**
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**Further financial review**
**details**|The charity started off with a large lump sum of money transferred from
The Ben Halford Foundation (money raised by the public to try to send
Ben to USA to keep him alive, but he deteriorated quicker than expected,
so his parents set up Time Is Precious).
We only commit to projects & equipment we know we can afford/raise,
being realistic. If any grants are donated to a specific project this is always
honoured.
As money raised within the Yeovil area, will be spent on Yeovil Hospital.
Any money raised not within this area, will go towards either Bath RUH or
Bristol Chi�������������������������������������������������
towards.|
||The financial Receipts and Payments Accounts are set out on page 6.
Through the fundraising efforts the charity achieved receipts in the period
of £53.4k (2021: £63.5k).
Spending on core charitable activities continued to be restricted in the
period due to the COVID-19 pandemic, totalling £42k (2021: £20.4k) in the
year.
Cash reserves remain high at £332k (2021: £341k) as the charity
continues to work towards hospital projects and in-home equipment
donations.|
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**Section F Other optional information**
The charity continues to attract a large and growing, committed volunteer base.
## **Section G Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved ����������������������������**
## **Signed �������������������������� trustees**
|**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc) **
**Date**|||
|---|---|---|
||Neil Halford|Nicola Halford|
||
Trustee|Trustee|
||||
||5thJuly 2022|5thJuly 2022|
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**Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
|**Report to the trustees/**
**members of**
**On accounts for the year**
**ended**
**Set out on page**|Time Is Precious (in memory of Ben Halford)|Time Is Precious (in memory of Ben Halford)|Time Is Precious (in memory of Ben Halford)|
|---|---|---|---|
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||5 April 2022|**Charity no**|1141671|
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||6|||
**Respective** The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. **responsibilities of** ����������������������� consider that an audit is not required for this year **trustees and examiner** under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent 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 the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and
- to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
**Basis of independent** My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given **��������������������** by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently ��������������������������������������������������������������� ������������������������������������������������������������������������� statement below.
- **Independent** In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention
- **examiner's statement** 1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect, the requirements:
- to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; and
- to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act
- have not been met; or
2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
|**Signed:**
**Name:**
**Address:**
||5thJuly 2022|
|---|---|---|
||||
||Gregory Errington MAAT||
||||
||40 Old Print Works Road||
||Paulton||
||Bristol BS39 7AR||
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**Charity Name Number Time Is Precious (in memory of Ben Halford) 1141671**
## **Receipts and Payments Accounts**
**For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 06 April 2021 05 April 2022
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
|**Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
**52,439**
**966**
**-**
**-**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
**52,439**
**966**
**-**
**-**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**£**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**£**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**£**
**52,439**
**966**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**£**
**52,439**
**966**
**-**
**-**|**Last year**
**£**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Voluntaryreceipts|**52,439**||||||||**61,853**|
|Activities forgeneratingfunds|**966**||||||||**1,682**|
|Bank interest received|**-**||||||||**-**|
||**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**
**Payments**||||||||||
||**53,405**||**-**||**-**||**53,405**||**63,535**|
||**42,012**
**20,427**
**-**
**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**42,012**
**20,427**
**-**
**-**|||
|Charitable activities|**42,012**||||||||**20,395**|
|Generating voluntary receipts|**20,427**||||||||**15,203**|
|Fundraising costs (trading activities)|**-**||||||||**-**|
||**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts_**
**Transfers between funds**
**Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||||||
||**62,439**||**-**||**-**||**62,439**||**35,598**|
|||||||||||
||**- 9,034**||**-**||**-**||**- 9,034**||**27,937**|
||**-**|
|**-**|
|**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**341,367**||**-**||**-**||**341,367**||**313,430**|
||**332,333**||**-**||**-**||**332,333**||**341,367**|
## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Cash funds**|Cash at bank
**_Total cash funds_**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**332,333**
**-**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**332,333**
**-**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**332,333**||**-**||**-**|
|||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|||**332,333**||**-**||**-**|
**Signed by the trustees**
|Signature|Print Name
Neil Halford
Nicola Halford|Date of
approval|
|---|---|---|
||Neil Halford|5th July 2022|
||Nicola Halford|5th July 2022|
||||
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