## **CRACKERJACKS CHILDREN’S TRUST** TRUSTEES REPORT AND I N DE P E N DE N T LY EX A M I N E D F I N A N C I A L STATEME N T S YEAR ENDED 28[th] FEBRUARY 2021 Crackerjacks Children’s Trust. Annual Report and Accounts. Year Ending 28[th] February 2021 TABLE OF CONTENTS ## Contents **MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND PROFESSIONAL ADVISERS ............................................................................................ 1 TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT .......................................................................................................................................... 3 INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT ON THE ACCOUNTS ............................................................................................. 7 RECEIPTS & PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS ............................................................................................................................ 10 CHARITY INFORMATION ............................................................................................................................................. 11** Crackerjacks Children’s Trust. Annual Report and Accounts. Year Ending 28[th] February 2021 ## MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND PROFESSIONAL ADVISERS ## **Members of the Board and Professional Advisers** ## REGISTERED CHARITY NAME & ADDRESS Crackerjacks Children’s Trust 24A Worcester Street, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY10 1ED ## CROYDON OFFICE & ADDRESS Crackerjacks Children’s Trust Unit 111 Weatherill House Business Centre, 23 Whitestone Way, Croydon, CR0 4WF ## CHARITY NUMBER 1146586 TRUSTEES Name Role Length of Service Mark Dearden Chairman 12 Years Jay Cartwright Trustee 12 Years Paulina Lipiec Trustee 1 Year Page | 1 ## TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT ## SENIOR ADVISORY MANAGEMENT TEAM Terry Bull John Bacon Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, Grants Officer. Co-Founder, Executive Officer, Secretary, Treasurer. ## INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS ACCOUNTANT Moneywise Midland, Suite 4, Third Floor, 26 Church Street, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY10 2AR. ## BANKERS Lloyds Bank 1 Vicar Street Kidderminster Worcestershire DY10 1HD Page | 2 TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT ## **Trustees Annual Report** The Trustees have pleasure in presenting their report and independently examined financial statements of the charity for year ended 28[th ] February 2021. ## REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Reference and administrative details are shown in the schedule of members of the board and professional advisers on page 1. ## THE TRUSTEES The trustees who served the charity during the period were as follows: Mark Dearden Appointed 2016 Re-elected 2019 Jay Cartwright Appointed 2016 Re-elected 2019 Paulina Lipiec Appointed 2020 Term 3 Years ## PATRON The charity is very honored to have the following Patron: Claire Cashmore MBE r ## STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT The trust was established under a Trust Deed dated 20[th ] March 2012 and registered with the Charity Commission on 26[th ] March 2012. The Trustees are listed above and the organisational structure is such that the Trustees are officers of the organisation. There are ten part-time staff and one-part time apprentice paid employees of the charity and no full time employees, the charity also has a small team of six volunteers No single employee is paid over £27,000 per annum. There is no relationship with any other Charity. The power of appointing Trustees rests with the current Trustees. ## OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES The charitable objects of the Trust, as approved by the Charity Commission, are to relieve the charitable needs of children diagnosed and suffering from a disability, their families and carers in such ways as the trustees in their absolute discretion see fit. Page | 3 ## TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT ## ACHIEVEMENTS PERFORMANCE & ACTIVITIES Once again the charity has performed in line with its objectives for 2020-2021. The charity actively organising projects to increase the income for 2021/22 and consequently the amount of grants and increase in respite breaks at our respite holiday home will ensure that more disabled children will benefit from the Crackerjacks work and its facilities. Some of the grants we have made during this financial period included: - Respite Breaks - Mains run Nebulisers - Specialist adapted wheelchairs - Special Customised Trikes - Special adapted wet rooms - **Sensory Toys:** Dark Dens, Tactile Sensory Bags, Glow-in-the-Dark sensory bags A Soft Play Room & Sensory Mood Shapes Crackerjacks Children’s Trust plan for the 2021/22 period is to, continue to promote our services to people around the UK so that we can continue to help yet more disabled children and their families. Our primary aim for next year is help more disabled children around the United Kingdom with a well-needed restful, worry free break at our respite home at Brean Sands, Somerset starting. This will commence from March 2021. However, to achieve this we require a continuious income from donors and sponsors around the country. We do not get any financial support from the government or lottery funding, we solely rely on individuals and organisations for their kind and generous donations. Page | 4 ## TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT ## FINANCIAL REVIEW March 2020 – February 2021 proved a very difficult year for Chracerjacks Children’s Thrust. Like many charities, COVID-19 cast a shadow over the survival of the charity. We were able to take advantage of the government scheme by way of being granted a small business grant of £10,000 from the Wyre Forest District Council, this was to cover costs such as rent, rates and utility bills. We were also able to take advantage of the Government Job Retention Scheme (Furlough) this allowed Crackerjacks Children’s Trust to retain most of its staff through these difficult financial times. During this unprecedented time, the senior management explored other ways of gaining financial support for the charity and applied, with success, to the National Lotteries Community Fund. This again is a government based grant to support the charity with its running costs covering a period of six months. The grant was awarded to the value of £62,731 and was paid in two payments of £31,365.50. In August 2020 the charity made use of a further government Scheme called The Bounce Back Loan, this gave the charity a cash injection loan of £24,000. This allowed us to repay out Respite Holiday Home loan from Lloyds bank and take advantage of the lower interest rates. The outstanding balance of the respite home was £12,730. Throughout 2020/21 the charity, where possible, tried to continue raising funds for its cause and launched a Crisis Appeal to our donors which proved successful and help the charity to survive. It was of the opinion of the trustees that this successful appeal will prove invaluable to the charity and its future. Throughout this accounting period the charity has experienced many difficult situations that we have never been faced with before. The outstanding efforts from the Crackerjacks staff, management and the trustees has been exceptional during these hard times. We now look forward to a prosperous accounting period for 2021/22 COVID19 permitting. Charitable Payments in our Outreach Work and the Respite Home costs are similar to the previous year but we did not award any grants or donations as the pandemic started at the beginning of our financial year and the majority of the year our offices were closed or staff were working from home. This did help in our rent and utilities cost being reduced by £2,684 and our collections cost were reduced by £24,584. As previously mentioned, due to the Bounce Back Loan we settled our Respite Home loan resulting in the Bank Loan Repayments section showing an increase by £8,972. Our respite home is listed in “Assets retained for the charity’s own use” as a cost of £47,078. Depreciation costs will of course be deducted over the coming years. There are no subsidiary undertakings and the Trustees do not believe that the Charity is exposed to any major risks. ## RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE TRUSTEES The charity's trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). The law applicable to charities in England and Wales 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 judgments 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; - Prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in operation. Page | 5 ## TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT The trustees are responsible for keeping legal accounting records that 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 Charities Act 2011 and the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. 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. Signed on behalf of the Trustees Mark Deaden Chairman. Page | 6 STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITY ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** Page | 7 STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITY 111 •ny)-. Addrn••: Office 4. Third Floor. 20 Chwth Street KIOdern)inster, Worts DY10 2AR 5¢ctbon D15closure Only cornplel¢ rt the examiner ￿ed5 lo higthligh* matérial matter• ol (8tt CC32. 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Fuk INGIAND ANL) WALIS Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For th• pvipd 21 Sectlon A Recelpts and payments u￿￿51rICl•o Restricted fuw nd Totsi fund6 Last y*•t A1 *i_)DJ Sth total(Gm*• for AR) lJ7,••1 1>7.Ml 172J>Z 51•ry Thpl uf CJRS xjoj 1&7 7V 727 1VDP ror4SQlpl In.SIT Sub total n2 712 1•0.2Y 173.OJ2 14ot of rnc•lpru(p•ym•ftt8) J7.4JT •x•) J7.7B6 J7.7•0 A• Ca•h •nd Cash lu•*J8 th•s 6¥¥d 4.a02 J.12• a.02• 1•.7•3 Page19 STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITY ## **Receipts & Payments Accounts** Page | 10 CHARITY INFORMATION ## **Charity Information** CRACKERJACKS CHILDREN’S TRUST 24a Worcester Street Kidderminster DY10 1ED Telephone: 0300-122-0124 Email: info@crackerjacks.org.uk Web: crackerjacks.org.uk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/crackerjacksct Twitter: https://twitter.com/crackerjacksct?lang=en Page | 11