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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Summary||ofthe purposes||||of|Para 1 17|To improve the health and well-being|of|
|the charity|||as sst|out|in its|||wounded,<br>injured and sick ex-||
|governing||document||||||servicemen<br>and women, and offer||
|||||||||respite to those who care for them by||
|||||||||way offree tuition<br>in the therapeutic||
|||||||||activi<br>ofcraft bookbindin||
|Summary<br>ofthe main<br>activities<br>in relation to those|||||||Para 1 17end<br>119|Bookbinding<br>tuition ls offered<br>in<br>carefully structured<br>sessions||
|purposes||for the public||||||throughout<br>the year in person at the||
|benefit,|in|particular,|||the|||charity's<br>premises,<br>The Oaffodil Barn,||
|activities,||projects||or||||Woodborough,<br>as well as online for||
|services|identified|||in|ths|||those who are unable to attend<br>in||
|accounts.||||||||person.<br>Introductory<br>sessions lead to||
|||||||||longer modules of2-5 days which are||
|||||||||the building<br>blocks of City &Guilds||
|||||||||qualifications.<br>Attainment<br>ofthese||
|||||||||internationally<br>recognised<br>qualifications||
|||||||||is encouraged<br>to aid confidence, a||
|||||||||sense ofachievement<br>and help with||
|||||||||psychological<br>and attitudinal<br>recovery,<br>as well as offer a path to" orking ir arry||
|||||||||bookbindln<br>environment.||
|Statement|||confirming||||Para 1 18|The Trustees have had regard to the||
|whether|the trustees||||have|||guidance<br>issued by the Charity||
|had regard|||to the|guidance||||Commission<br>and are confident that the||
|issued by||the Charity||||||service offered by the charity meets the||
|Commission|||on public|||||requirements<br>for public benefit as||
|benefit||||||||defined<br>by the Charity Commission.||
|||||||||ir/umerous<br>testimonials<br>from the||
|||||||||veterans<br>and their families are evidence||
|||||||||ofthe mental<br>health and well43eing||
|||||||||hanafita<br>this vocational<br>activity and||
|||||||||trainin<br>offers.||





|||||Para 1.38||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Policy on|social investment|||||||||
|including|program||related|||||||
|investment||||||||||
||||||In addition|to|the Truatees||the charitv|
|||||Para 1.38|has four other||volunteers||who help to|
|Contribution||made|by||run the charity's<br>activities||||and further|
|volunteers|||||its aims.|The|charity also||has a|
||||||workshop|manager||who is paid one day||
||||||a week to|maintain||the workshop,||
||||||materials|and|toois|and faciiitate online||
||||||sessions.|This person's<br>salary is||||
||||||s<br>nsored b||The|Printin|Chari|
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|Achieve|men|ts|and Per|formance||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||SCRP reference||
||||||By March 2022, the charity<br>had well|
||||||established<br>online sessions<br>in|
||||||bookbinding,<br>which had been set up in|
|Summary<br>ofthe main<br>achievements<br>ofthe charity,||||Para 1.20|2020 to ensure veterans<br>would continue<br>to enjoy asense ofcommunity<br>and|
|identifying|the difference the||||b I!dtheir learning<br>skills and|
|charity'8 work||has made to|||confidence<br>in the craft.<br>Having created|
|the circumstances|||of its||strong<br>links with Tribe in Scotland|
|beneficiaries||and|any wider||during 2021,a total of18introductory|
|benefits to society as a|||||and further<br>learning sessions were run|
|whole.|||||with veterans<br>and their families<br>in|
||||||Scotiand during<br>Aprii 22 —Mar 23.|
||||||These averaged<br>7attendees each.|
||||||In addition,<br>we have linked with VOS in|
||||||Portsmouth<br>to offer introductory|
||||||bookbinding<br>sessions which have|
||||||proved extremely<br>popular.<br>During the|
||||||year we ran 6sessions each attended|
||||||by an average of 10veterans.<br>These|
||||||sessions are taught<br>by former|
||||||volunteer,<br>qualified<br>bookbinder<br>and|
||||||veteran wendy<br>Lagden<br>lnova 8 TrIIstee}|
||||||and veteran<br>Kevin Reilly, now engaged|
||||||in his Level 3C&G Diploma<br>in|
||||||bookbinding.|
||||||Introductory<br>sessions at nearby|
||||||Tedworth<br>House, formeriy<br>run as a Heip|
||||||for Heroes centre for those transitioning|
||||||out ofthe services, now run by MOD for|
||||||those in service requiring<br>respite, were|
||||||run on a monthl<br>basis and well|





||||||||attended,<br>averaging<br>8-9 people each|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||||time.|
||||||||During the year In question<br>in addition|
||||||||to the introductory<br>sessions detailed|
||||||||above, we ran 30C&G courses, ofwhich|
||||||||24were in person at The Daffodil Barn,|
||||||||and 6 were conducted<br>via Zoom.|
||||||||On May 31"we held a ceremony at the|
||||||||barn for presentation<br>of C&G|
||||||||certificates where<br>4veterans<br>had|
||||||||achieved<br>Levels 1 and 2 in these|
||||||||vocational<br>qiialifiica'tiolls.|
|Additional||information||(optional)||||
|You ma|choose to include||||further statements||where relevant about|
||||||||Our objective ls not only to offer the|
||||||||therapeutic<br>health benefits of manual|
|Achievements|||against||Para|1 41|bookbinding,<br>but to promote the|
|nbjoctivos||sot|||||odurr afinn<br>sand ernnloyabilitv<br>nf veterans|
||||||||We do this through<br>the C&G vocational|
||||||||qualifications<br>in bookbinding<br>which all|
||||||||are encouraged<br>to take up.<br>During the|
||||||||period April 2022 —March 2023 we were|
||||||||pleased to have 9 new registrations<br>for|
||||||||the Level 1 certificate;<br>1 new registration|
||||||||for Level 2; and 5current registrations|
||||||||for the Level 3 Diploma, currently<br>the|
||||||||highest qualification<br>available<br>in craft|
||||||||bookbindin<br>.|
||||||||We are pleased to report that all we|
||||||||achieved<br>all sponsorship<br>applied for in|
|Performance|||offundraising||||this period.|
|activities|against objectives||||Para|141||
|set||||||||
||||||||Our investment<br>in therapeutic<br>support|
||||||||met our objectives to provide support|
|Investment||performance|||Para|1.41|through<br>training<br>in bookbinding,<br>and|
|against objectives|||||||exceeded our expectations<br>by bringing|
||||||||more that 10% ofour new Veteran|
||||||||members<br>into the City &Guilds|
||||||||athwa .|
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|Financ|i|al|Review|Review|Review|Review|Review|Review||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Review||of|the charity's|||||||Pere 1.21|The Charity's<br>funds were made up|
|financial||position at|||||the end||||primarily<br>of Restricted funds granted for|
|ofthe period|||||||||||our core activity oftherapeutic<br>training.|
||||||||||||An additional<br>grant to meet the costs of|
||||||||||||overheads<br>was provided<br>by a single|
||||||||||||sponsor, the Leathersellers'<br>Company,|
||||||||||||which adeauately<br>covered those and|
||||||||||||enabled our programme<br>oftraining to|
||||||||||||roceed accordin<br>to<br>lan.|
|Statement|||explaining|||||the||Para 1.22|Our reserve has been set up to allow us|
|policy for holding|||||reserves||||||to continue operating<br>—providing|
|stating|why|||they are||||held|||therapeutic<br>sessions, skills training|
||||||||||||courses and extra-curricular<br>workshops|
||||||||||||—despite any short-term<br>shortfall<br>in|
||||||||||||grants or donations.<br>It is considered|
||||||||||||important<br>for our long-term<br>reputation|
||||||||||||and development<br>that we maintain<br>a|
||||||||||||minimum<br>level ofour core supporting<br>services of"craft therapy", training<br>and|
||||||||||||awarding<br>qualifications.<br>The purpose of|
||||||||||||the reserve therefore to enable us to run|
||||||||||||a trimmed-down<br>programme<br>for a|
||||||||||||minimum<br>period ofsix months,<br>during|
||||||||||||Whir'. h tints nur truetnae<br>and Vnluintsena|
||||||||||||would submit applications<br>for further|
||||||||||||funding<br>to grantmaking<br>bodies as well|
||||||||||||as our established<br>s<br>nsors.|
|Amount||of|reserves||||held|||Pare 1.22|f:10000|
|Reasons||for||holding||||zero||Pere 1 22|n/a|
|reserves||||||||||||
|Details|offund materially||||||||in|Pare 1.24|Nil|
|deficit||||||||||||
|Explanation||||of any||||||Para 1.23|Our trustees and volunteers<br>are|
|uncertainties||||about the|||||||extremely<br>committed,<br>our funding<br>is|
|charity|continuing|||||as||a goina|||buoyant<br>for the coming 12months and.|
|concern|||||||||||sadly, there is no shortage ofVeterans|
||||||||||||who would benefit from our support.|
||||||||||||We therefore<br>have no uncertainty<br>about|
||||||||||||continuln<br>as a<br>oin<br>concern.|
|You ma||choose to||||include|||further statements||where relevant about|
||||||||||||The charity depends<br>primarily<br>on|
||||||||||||sponsors<br>and grant-making<br>bodies for|
|The charity'6<br>principal<br>sources offunds (including||||||||||Para 1.47|its income.<br>Itdoes not seek to raise<br>funds by voluntary<br>collections amongst|
|any fundraising)|||||||||||the public and does not use the services|
||||||||||||ofan<br>rofessional<br>fundraisin<br>bod .|
|Investment<br>nhjeniives|||policy <br>inriudinn||and<br>any|||||Para 1.46||
|social investment|||||policy|||||||
|adopted||||||||||||
||||||||||||The principal<br>risks to the operation of|
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|A description|ofthe principal|Para 1.46|ofvolunteer|ofvolunteer|ofvolunteer|support.|support.|A reserve policy is|A reserve policy is|A reserve policy is|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|risks facing|the charity||in place||to|support|training||for 12||
||||months||should the||former||happen,|and|
||||we are active in maintaining||||||a healthy||
||||bod|ofvolunteers|||to|aid our activities.|||
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|Description|ofcharity's||||||||||
|trusts:|||||||||||
|Type of governing<br>document|||Trust|Deed|||||||
|How is the charity||Para 1.25|Trust||||||||
|constituted?|||||||||||
|Trustee selection methods||Para 1.25|Appointed|||by existing||Trustees|||
|including<br>details ofany|||||||||||
|constitutional|provisions e.g.||||||||||
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|Policies and|procedures||
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|adopted<br>for the induction||Para 1.51|
|and training|oftrustees||
|The charity's|organisational||
|structure<br>and any wider||Para 1 51|
|network<br>with|which the||
|charity works|||
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|1|Alison Strachan||Chair||Board|ofTrustees||
|2|Jonathan|Powell|Treasurer||Board|ofTrustees||
|3|Sally Gregory||Trustee||Board|ofTrustees||
|4|Wendy Lagden||Trustee|From July 2022|Board|ofTrustees||
|5|Paul Wilson||Trustee|From July 2022|Board|ofTrustees||
|6|Mike Quaile||Trustee||Board|ofTrustees||
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|n<br>CHARITY COMMISSION<br>FOR ENFrLANO<br>ANO WALES|n<br>CHARITY COMMISSION<br>FOR ENFrLANO<br>ANO WALES|n<br>CHARITY COMMISSION<br>FOR ENFrLANO<br>ANO WALES|n<br>CHARITY COMMISSION<br>FOR ENFrLANO<br>ANO WALES|n<br>CHARITY COMMISSION<br>FOR ENFrLANO<br>ANO WALES|n<br>CHARITY COMMISSION<br>FOR ENFrLANO<br>ANO WALES|n<br>CHARITY COMMISSION<br>FOR ENFrLANO<br>ANO WALES|n<br>CHARITY COMMISSION<br>FOR ENFrLANO<br>ANO WALES|Bound by Veterans<br>Receipts and payments|Bound by Veterans<br>Receipts and payments|Bound by Veterans<br>Receipts and payments|Bound by Veterans<br>Receipts and payments|1149583<br>accounts|1149583<br>accounts|||CC&sa||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||||For|the period<br>from||01-Apr-22<br>To||31-Mar-23|||||
|'||||||||||||||||||
|~||||~||~|~|~ ~||||||||||
|||||||||Unrestricted<br>funds|||Restricted<br>funds<br>Endowment<br>funds||Total|funds||Last year||
|||||||||to the|nearest|6|to the nearest 6<br>to 'tha nearest 6||to the nearest||6|to the nearest|6|
|A1 Receipts||||||||||||||||||
|Grants|||||||||||25,500|||25,5W||13,910||
|Book sales|||||||||1,826|||||1,628||||
|Donabons|||||||||||17,500|||17,6tN||||
|Workshop<br>hire|||||||||196||||||||33|
|Bookbinding<br>instrucbon|||||||||186|||||||2,580||
|Other income|||||||||218||||||218|||
|ub tote|(|/DSsincome||||Or<br>AR)|||2,408||43,000|||45,408||16,945||
|A2 Asset and|investment||||sales|||||||||||||
|(see table).||||||||||||||||||
||||||u|0||||||||||||
||||Total||receipts,||||||43,<br>0||-|45408||1,||
|A3 Pa ments||||||||||||||||||
|Purchases|||||||||||3,049|||||5,013||
|Coume Fees/Training|||||||||||17,603|||17,603||13,787||
|Adminrstrabon|||||||||||729|||||499||
|Rent and rates|||||||||||4,536|||||||
|Travelling<br>and entertainment|||||||||||1,208|||1,208|||16|
|Pnnbng,<br>alaboneiy|and||adverbsing|||||||||||||259||
|Profeseonal<br>fees||||||||||||||||187||
|ktarntenan<br>e|||||||||||||||358|1,536||
|Sundry expenses|||||||||||1,092|||1,092||1,082||
|||||Sub||total|||||29,316|||29,318||26,895||
|A4 Asset and|Investment|||||||||||||||||
|urchases,<br>see table||||||||||||||||||
|||||Sub||total||||||||||||
|||Total||payments||||||-|29,316||-|29,318||26,895||
|frfat ofreceiptsl(payments)|||||||||2,408||13,684|||18,092||||
|AS Transfers|between|||funds||||||||||||||
|AS Cash funds last year|||||end||||2,3|2|21,253|||33||||
|Cash funds|||this year|||end|||14,7||34,937|||49,667||23,62||





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||||0!||||||||funds||funds||funds|
||||||||||||to 88818str.|to|888r88't 0||to nearest 0|
|B1Cash||funds||||Bank|current account||||4,730||34,037|||
|||||||Business Money||Manager|||10,000|||||
||||||||||Total cash funds||14,730|||||
||||||||(agree balances||with receipts and paymenls|||||||
|||||||||||becca hiI8II||||||
||||||||||||Unrestricted|Restricted|||Endowment|
||||||||||||funds||funds||funds|
|||||||Details|||||to nearest 0|to|nearest|0|to nearest 0|
|B2Other||monetary assets||||||||||||||
|||||||Details|||||Fund to which<br>asset baton<br>s|Cost (optional)|||Current value<br>8 uonal|
|B3Investment|||assets|||||||||||||
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|B4 Assets retained for||||the||Electcc Guillotine||Ideal 4555|||Restncted|||6,006||
|charity's||own|use|||||||||||||
||||||||||||Fund to which|Amount due|||When due|
|||||||Details|||||liabg<br>relates||8 tional||8 tional|
|B5Liabilities||||||||||||||||
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|CCXX||R2 accounts (SS)|||||||||Jonathan<br>Powell|Treasurer|||0-<br>-3|





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