## **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 END 28[th] FEBRUARY 2024 Crackerjacks Children’s Trust. Annual Report and Accounts. Year Ending 28[th] February 2024 ## TABLE OF CONTENTS ## **Contents** MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND PROFESSIONAL ADVISORS……………………………………..…..1-2 TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT……………………………………………………………….……………………….3-6  Reference and Administrative Details.  The Trustees.  Patron.  Structure, Governance and Management.  Objectives and Activities.  Achievements, Performance.  Financial Review.  Charity Activity Report.  Responsibilities of the Trustees. INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS REPORT…………………………………………………………..………………7-8 RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS……………………………………………………………………….………………..9 STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES…………………………………………………………………..10 CHARITY CONTACT DETAILS……………………………………………………………………..……………….11 Crackerjacks Children’s Trust. Annual Report and Accounts. Year Ending 28[th] February 2024 ## **Members of the Board and Professional Advisers** ## REGISTERED CHARITY NAME & ADDRESS Crackerjacks Children’s Trust 24A Worcester Street, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY10 1ED ## CHARITY REGISTATION NUMBER 1146586 ## TRUSTEES |Name|Role|Length of Service| |---|---|---| |Mark Dearden|Chair for Trustees 15 Years|| |Jay Cartwright|Trustee|15 Years| |Paulina Lipiec|Trustee|4 Years| |Pauline Arnold|Trustee|1 Year| |Ruth Hopkins|Trustee|1 Year| Page | 1 **Independent examiner's report of the accounts presented and checked for the financial period of 2023/24** ## SENIOR ADVISORY MANAGEMENT TEAM Terry Bull Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer. John Bacon Co-Founder Retired ## 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 **Independent examiner's report of the accounts presented and checked for the financial period of 2023/24** ## **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 2023. ## 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 Cartwright Appointed 2019 Re-elected 2022 Paulina Lipiec Appointed 2020 Re-elected 2023 Pauline Arnold Appointed 2024 Term 3 Years Ruth Hopkins Appointed 2024 Term 3 Years ## PATRON The charity is very proud 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 have been listed above, and the organisational structure is such that the Trustees are officers of the trust/charity. There are seven 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 salaried over £60,000 per annum. The trust has no relationship with any other Charity. The power of appointing Trustees rests with the current Trustees. The Trustees have express their desire not to recruit any further Trustee for the next accounting period, giving the total number of Trustees to five. The Trustees would like to thank our patron, Claire Cashmore MBE for her continued support and are currently seeking another patron to give the charity stability within its profile. ## OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES The charitable objectives of the Trust, as approved by the Charity Commission, are to relieve the charitable needs of children diagnosed and suffering from a disability, and support their families and carers in such ways as the trustees in their absolute discretion see fit. Page | 3 **Independent examiner's report of the accounts presented and checked for the financial period of 2023/24** ## ACHIEVEMENTS PERFORMANCE & ACTIVITIES Once again, the charity has performed in line with its objectives for 2022-2023. The charity have been actively organising projects, events, working with nurseries and pre-schools whilst applying for grants from Trusts & Foundations to increase its income for this current accounting period. In return, the amount of grants and respite breaks at our respite holiday home have increased, and for this reason the trust purchased a second respite home (pictured right) to 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 objective for the 2023/24 is to, continue to promote our supporting services to young people and their families in and around the UK. We will continue to try where possible to help even more disabled children to relieve the pressures from the effect of a disability. Our respite home at Brean Sands, Somerset, has generated a source of income through private rental during the school holiday period. This income has allowed us to pay the pitch fees, also known as ground rent and support some of the other required cost. A continuous steady flow of income from donors and sponsors around the country allow the trust to meet all the other cost that come with running a respite home. 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. Plans for the coming year is to refurbish the garden sleepers maintain the garden, replace fences and treat, deep clean the patio, replace broken slabs, new drive gates, bed mattresses to be replaced, wheelchair decking access structure checked and cleaned, and a full valet/deep clean on respite home. 2022/24 the Respite home needed to be partly refurbished due to wear and tear, new carpets were installed, new bedding, blinds and curtains, cutlery, a new dining table replaced and maintenance repairs to the surrounding fences. Next year our respite home will have been in use for five years and further refurbishments will be required along with external maintenance. The new project is to be started in 2022 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. This project was completed in January 2024 at a cost of £42,000 along with a further £7000 for a full garden refurbishment to make the area safe. Page | 4 **Independent examiner's report of the accounts presented and checked for the financial period of 2023/24** ## 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 has proven invaluable to the charity and its future after the devastation caused by covid-19 During this period, our total income had raised by £19,511. Throughout this accounting period the charity has experienced many difficulties, however towards the end of this accounting period improvements have been made which is showing positive interest for our next accounting period. The outstanding efforts from the Crackerjacks staff, management and the trustees has been exceptional during these hard times. The trustees would like to thank all the staff for all their hard efforts during these hard times, we now look forward to a prosperous accounting period for 2023/24. This current accounting period 2023/24 shows a recorded amount of £134,731 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 other projects. This amount will constantly change in line with the charities grant expenditure and incoming funds, and will be used in line with our charity activity report below. To enable the trust to send a family on a respite break costs for the charity for utilities, maintenance, ground rent, insurance, and general upkeep totaling £1010 per visit. This amount unfortunately, due to legislation cannot be shown as a cost or as a percentage of funding given back to the families as a grant, however it does give the child and their family a well-deserved respite break that they so desperately deserve. Our respite home in Brean, Burnham can be found listed on our accounts as a “Assets retained for the charity’s own use” at a cost of £47,078. Depreciation costs will of course need to be deducted over the coming years. The current valuation of the respite home is £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 toys, fifty-one applications for family respite breaks at “Rays Sunshine Respite Home”, this is an increase of 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. The new respite holiday home “Meadow Retreat” was purchased in January 2024. The home is located at Hillandale Caravan Park, Coppice Leisure, based in the beautiful surrounding countryside of Ockeridge, Worcestershire. The home sleep six and cost £42,000. The aim for the purchase of Meadow Retreat is to give disabled children and their families a relaxing, quiet and peaceful time together away from the noise and fast pace that is generated from our Burnham respite home. The respite home comes fully furnished to a very high standard and is now available and ready for our families. The location of the home is ideal, and will give our families from the north of the UK a much easier journey, we also hope that more families will apply for a respite break due to the central location. Page | 5 **Independent examiner's report of the accounts presented and checked for the financial period of 2023/24** ## 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. 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 March 2023 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 Chairperson. Page | 6 **Independent examiner's report of the accounts presented and checked for the financial period of 2023/24** Page | 7 JER CHARITY INFORMATION Section 8 Disclosure Only compleLe Il 4iie examifter neeas to higniight maieriai mallers ol con￿rn (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts." directions and uidance for examiners Give here brief details of any items that the examinerwishes to disclose. IER Oct 2018 Page18 CHARITY INFORMATION CHARITY COMMISSION '" ' FOR ENGIAND AND WALES Receipts and payments accounts CC16a Forthe P￿0d from Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds to th• a•4r•si Restricted lunds Endowment funds Totsi fuThds Last y*4r to th• r*•arMI¢ t•th• nurut£ A1 Rtceipts FuDdt•i 236.271 236278 70,447 14512 %8.032 158.$7 10361 Inèi tsf ￿￿miS￿D￿S) Gin èid rWpts Giants R8nL41 In¢tyme InieT8st re￿¥￿d 70.417 14.512 1.417 I￿t? Sub tot¥l(Gross income for ARI 2S2.267 70.417 322.651 24LD61 2 A55et and inveslrnent salès, 1s¢e tabl¢l. Sub total Tot¥1 receipts 252.267 7a,417 322.684 241061 A3P4 ents SLIM c05 Rent & utslibes Cdlecbtrl costs 122.974 7.460 122,974 119.421 59.2 1&031 AdrninistraDw Costs Outre&th Re5Plte NomtrExoense5 13.090 22.UOO 13.090 22.$00 11.J11 &341 Liablitwadiuslm8tiiS 17$51 292.107 rr$3) 292.107 Sub tot•1 259.783 A4 Asset and in¥esiment purchases. 15ee table orrice ment 2.251 2.25¢ Sub tot•1 2,251 2.251 1,0 Tot¥lpaymenls 295,065 295.Q65 260.B71 Net of receipt￿(payments) AS Tran¥fers between funds A6 Cash fund¥ lasi yèar •nd Cash funds this y•ar end 42.798 43.426 70,417 43.421 107,740 134,7J1 27.619 18.110 108,771 IOJ,771 127,581 108.771 1,659 CCXX R1 arytyjnts Issi 2610B12024 Page19 CHARITY INFORMATION Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at Ihe end of the period Unre$tricted funds to rJ•VHt£ Restricted funds Endowment fvn45s Categories Details 81 Cash fvnds 131,7Jl Tolal cash funds 1.659 134.731 Irr¢w￿l)I Unr•s1￿cted funds i• n•ar•si£ Rtstrf¢t•d fvnd$ 10 rtt•r•st£ Endu*ment lunds to n•aresi£ Details Treasufws cash in har B2 Other monetary ass•ts Fund towhich cL￿V￿u* Details B3 Investment assets to Details Office equip￿￿1 B4 Assets retained for the ehafitys owft us• 10.313 Fix2ures l536 47.071 Fundto Details PAYENIC 0￿1r B5 L5abillties Palab￿t0Penth 1.19J TrAd• credtor6 SwJned by one orts￿ trustees on behaKlof all Ihe Iruste8S SwJnalu Print Name Dale of val T Bull rf. PfA*D£V CCXX R2 accounts ISSI 2BIO812024 Page | 10 ## 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 Page | 11