## **CRACKERJACKS CHILDREN’S TRUST** TRUSTEES REPORT AND I N D E P E N D E N T LY E X A M I N E D F I N A N C I A L S TAT E M E N T S YEAR ENDED 28th FEBRUARY ~~2023~~ Crackerjacks Children’s Trust. Annual Report and Accounts. Year Ending 28[th] February 2023 Crackerjacks Children’s Trust. Annual Report and Accounts. Year Ending 28[th] February 2023 ## 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....................................................9 CHARITY INFORMATION...................................................................11** Crackerjacks Children’s Trust. Annual Report and Accounts. Year Ending 28[th] February 2023 ## **Members of the Board and Professional Advisers** ## REGISTERED CHARITY NAME & ADDRESS Crackerjacks Children’s Trust 24A Worcester Street, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY10 1ED ## CHARITY NUMBER 1146586 TRUSTE Name Role Length of Service ES Mark Dearden Chairman of Trustees 15 Years Jay Cartwright Trustee 15 Years Paulina Lipiec Trustee 4 Years Page | 1 ## TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT ## SENIOR ADVISORY MANAGEMENT TEAM Terry Bull Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer. John Bacon 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[the ] February 2022. ## 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 2019 Re-elected 2022 Jay CartwrightAppointed 2019 Re-elected 2022 Paulina Lipiec Appointed 2020 Term 3 Years ## PATRON The charity is very honored to have the following Patron: Claire Cashmore MBE ## 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 nine part-time staff 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 £50,000 per annum. There is no relationship with any other Charity. The power of appointing Trustees rests with the current Trustees. The Trustees have express their desire to recruit one further Trustee for the next accounting period, giving a total number of Trustees of four. The Trustees would like to thank our patron, Claire Cashmore MBE for her continued support. ## 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 20222023. The charity actively organising projects to increase the income for 2022/23 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 (51) - Soft Playgroup Mats - KFN New Explorer Pushchair - Special adapted child’s swivel car seat - Specialist adapted wheelchairs - Special Customized Trikes - Solar projector - Special adapted wet rooms - Funding towards new respite home to be based in the midlands - 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 2022/23 period is to, continue to promote our services to young people around the UK so that we can continue to help even 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. However, to achieve this we require a continuous 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. Again this year the Respite home needed to be partly refurbished due to wear and tear, new carpets were installed, new bedding, blinds and curtains, cutlery, and a dining table replaced. Next year our respite home will have been in use for five years and further refurbishments will be required along with external maintenance. A project is to be started in 2023 to fund a new respite holiday home to be based somewhere around the midlands, this will supply essential respite breaks to families from the north of the UK. Provisions will need to be provided for: garden sleeper maintenance, a gardener, all fences to be treated, garden patio to be cleaned, broken slabs to be replaced, drive gates to be fixed, bed mattresses to be replaced, wheelchair decking access checked and cleaned, full valet/deep clean on respite home. Page | 4 Page15 TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT ## FINANCIAL REVIEW Throughout 2022/2023 the charity, where possible, tried to continue raising funds for its cause and continued with our Crisis Appeal to our donors which is proving successful and helping the charity to survive. It is the opinion of the trustees that this successful appeal will prove invaluable to the charity and its future. During this period our total income was up by £19,511. Throughout this accounting period the charity has experienced many difficult, however towards the end of this accounting period improvement has been made which is showing positive for our next accounting period. 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 2023/24. This current accounting period shows the amount of £123,600 in restricted funds, these funds are currently held within the charities grants bank account and are set aside for ongoing and current new grant applications and small projects. This amount is constantly changing in line with charity’s grant expenditure and incoming funds and will be used in line with our charity activity report below. To send a family on a respite break costs the charity for gas, electric, maintenance, ground rent, insurance, and general upkeep, £8341 per year, this amount is unable to be placed against a percentage of funding given back to the families as a grant, however it does give our families a well-deserved respite break that they so desperately require. 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. The current valuation of the respite home has been given at £28,000 with decking £5000 and contents at £4200. There are no subsidiary undertakings and the Trustees do not believe that the Charity is exposed to any major risks. ## CHARITY ACTIVITY REPORT This current period has seen an increase in grant applications and we are pleased to say that the charity seems to be making improvements and moving forward with our objectives. We have received sixty-five new grant application for specialist equipment and sensory toy and fifty-one applications for family respite breaks at “Rays Sunshine Respite Home”, This is an increase or fifteen extra grants during this accounting period. The constant flow of new grants gives the charity and its team a feel of purpose and meaning to strive on. During our next financial period March 2023 February 2024 the charity has already started a new project to raise £40,000 to purchase another respite home, this will be based in the midlands and will allow our family’s from the north of the UK much easier access to a respite break without a lengthy journey. We also hope that more families will apply for respite due to the central location of the home. ## 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 Page | 6 ## TRUSTEES ANNUAL ## REPORT 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. 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. Our Trustees and senior management meet several times throughout the year to discuss and agree on charity issues and grant approving, all our meetings are minuted in accordance with Charity Commission legislation. As trustees we uphold our responsibilities to the charity and offer our help and support where possible, to enable to charity to operate within its work frame. For the next accounting period of March2023 to February 2024 the charity will appoint two new additional trustees to bring it members up to five trustees. Signed on behalf of the Trustees Mark Deaden Chairman. Page | 7 ## CHARITY INFORMATION ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** Page | 8 Secti(In 8 Disc105ure Only complete If the exarniner needs to highlight material matter5 of concern Isee CC32. Independent examirialion of charity accounts directions and uidance for examiners . Give he￿ brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose IER Oct 2018 Page19 CHARITY INFORMATION ## **Receipts & Payments Accounts** Page | 10 Section B Statement of assets and liabilitle5 at the end of the period Endowment funds lunds B1 Cash funds ID7,Y4o rotkl ltsn