## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 1 April 2024 Period start date To 31 March 2025 Period end date**
**Charity name: Lakes Vision Services**
## **Charity registration number: 1152388**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**Lakes Vision Services primary purpose is**
**to promote equality and encourage**
**confidence using technology.**|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**To provide empathy and understanding**
**to people with all levels of sight loss and**
**other disabilities, and to enhance**
**people’s quality of life by reducing**
**isolation, improve access to information**
**and communication.**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**N/A**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
||SORP reference|
|---|---|
||Para 1.38|
|Policy on grant making||
||Para 1.38|
|Policy on social investment||
|including program related||
|investment||
||Para 1.38|
|Contribution made by||
|volunteers||
|Other||
## **Achievements and Performance**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**Grants were received during the year and**
**was therefore able to contnue to support**
**the main activities of the charity. This**
**will make a difference to those unable to**
**communicate due to their disabilities.**|
|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|||
|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41||
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other||**Seeking finance to enable activities to**
**enhance the progress made so far.**|
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Nothing to Report**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**No Policy**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**Zero**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**Unnecessary due to size of the charity**
**and any funding will be required for a**
**certain project**|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**Nothing to Report**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**There are no uncertainties**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|
The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47||
|---|---|---|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Charitable Incorporated Organisation**|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Invitation**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|
Para 1.51||
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Lakes Vision Services|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1152388|
|Charity’s principal address|90 Broadoaks Grange
Carlisle
CA1 2TA|
|||
**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
|1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Graham Longly|Chairperson|||
||PhilipJohn Healy|Treasurer|||
||Peter John Holding||||
||CraigHyde-Dryden||||
||John AnthonyMason||||
||||||
||||||
||||||
||||||
||||||
||||||
||||||
||||||
||||||
||||||
||||||
||||||
||||||
||||||
||||||
– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets Nothing to Report held in this capacity Name and objects of the Nothing to Report charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for Nothing to Report safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**|
|---|---|---|
|**adviser**|||
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature( s)** Philip Healy **Full** Graham Longley **name(s)** ~~es~~ **Position (eg** Chairperson Treasurer **Secretary, Chair, etc)** ~~a~~ **Date** 30/01/2026 ~~|~~
## Management Report
Lakes Vision Services For the period ended 31 March 2025
Prepared on 1 February 2026
For management use only
## **Table of Contents**
Statement of Activity........................................................................................................................................3 Statement of Financial Position.......................................................................................................................4 Statement of Cash Flows ................................................................................................................................5
2/5
## **Statement of Activity**
April 2024 - March 2025
|**Statement of Activity**
April 2024 - March 2025||
|---|---|
||**Total**|
|INCOME||
|Donations and legacies|21,880.00|
|**Total Income**|**21,880.00**|
|TOTAL|**21,880.00**|
|EXPENDITURES||
|IT Service Support|6,371.60|
|Other Professional Services|224.61|
|Printing, Postage and Stationery|1,138.00|
|Visionaid Technologies|355.50|
|Website Hosting|54.00|
|**Total Expenditures**|**8,143.71**|
|NET OPERATING INCOME|**13,736.29**|
|NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)|**£13,736.29**|
3/5
Lakes Vision Services
## **Statement of Financial Position**
As of March 31, 2025
|**Statement of Financial Position**
As of March 31, 2025||
|---|---|
||**Total**|
|FIXED ASSET||
|**Tangible assets**||
|Office Equipment Cost|3,267.38|
|**Total Tangible assets**|**3,267.38**|
|**Total Fixed Asset**|**3,267.38**|
|CASH AT BANK AND IN HAND||
|Cash on hand|114.00|
|Lakes Vision Services|16,759.98|
|**Total Cash at bank and in hand**|**16,873.98**|
|NET CURRENT ASSETS|**16,873.98**|
|NET CURRENT ASSETS(LIABILITIES)|**16,873.98**|
|TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES|**20,141.36**|
|TOTAL NET ASSETS (LIABILITIES)|**£20,141.36**|
|CHARITY FUNDS||
|Opening Balance Equity|241.91|
|Retained Earnings|6,163.16|
|Surplus/(Deficit)|13,736.29|
|**Total Charity funds**|**£20,141.36**|
4/5
Lakes Vision Services
April 2024 - March 2025
## **Statement of Cash Flows**
|**Statement of Cash Flows**
April 2024 - March 2025||
|---|---|
||**Total**|
|OPERATING ACTIVITIES||
|Net Income|13,736.29|
|Adjustments to reconcile Net Income to Net Cashprovided byoperations:|0.00|
|**Net cashprovided by operating activities**|**13,736.29**|
|NET CASH INCREASE FOR PERIOD|**13,736.29**|
|Cash at beginningofperiod|3,137.69|
|CASH AT END OF PERIOD|**£16,873.98**|
5/5
Lakes Vision Services