## EMILY’S STAR
## FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
CHARITY NO. 1152520
**EMILY’S STAR (charity number:1152520)**
## **CONTENTS OF THE REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE PERIOD 1 APRIL 2024 TO 31 MARCH 2025**
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- 3 Legal and administrative information
- 4 Report of the independent examiner
- 5 Statement of Financial Activities
- 6 Balance Sheet
- 7-8 Notes to the report and financial statements
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**EMILY’S STAR (charity number:1152520)**
## **LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION FOR THE PERIOD 1 APRIL 2024 TO 31 MARCH 2025**
|Trustees:|Katie Mainwaring|
|---|---|
||Alana Heslam|
||Ellie Rosa Maxwell|
||Kathryn Margaret York|
||Mairead Curtis|
||Pamela Rosemary Ifould|
|Principle office:|8 Wimborne Crescent|
||Westcroft|
||Milton Keynes|
||Buckinghamshire|
||MK4 4DE|
|Registered number:|1152520|
|Independent examiner:|Gemma Ffowcs-Williams FCCA|
||Chilli Accounting Ltd|
||60 KIlpin Green|
||Newport Pagnell|
||MK16 9LY|
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**EMILY’S STAR (charity number:1152520)**
## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF EMILY’S STAR FOR THE PERIOD 1 APRIL 2024 TO 31 MARCH 2025**
I report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2025 which are set out on pages 5-8.
## **Respective responsibilities of the trustees and the independent examiner**
The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under Section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is required.
It is my responsibility to:
- examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act
- to follow the procedures laid down in the general directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act; and
- to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of independent examiner’s report**
My examination was carried out in accordance with the general directions given by the Charities Commission. An examination includes the review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures within the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a “true and fair view” and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statements below.
## **Independent examiner’s statement**
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
- accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
- the accounts do not accord with the accounting records.
I have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Gemma Ffowcs-Williams FCCA Chilli Accounting Ltd 60 Kilpin Green Newport Pagnell Buckinghamshire MK16 9LY
Date ………27/6/2025…………
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**EMILY’S STAR (charity number:1152520)**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE PERIOD 1 APRIL 2024 TO 31 MARCH 2025**
|**Note**
**Incoming resources**
Voluntary Receipts
**4**
Activities for generating funds
**5**
Charitable activities
**6**
**Total**
**Resources expended**
Costs of generating voluntary income
Costs of charitable activities
Fundraising costs (trading activities)
Governance costs
**Total**
**Net income / (expenditure)**|Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
**Total funds**
**2025**
Total funds
2024
£
£
**£**
£|
|---|---|
||97,571
-
**97,571**
82,560
362
-
**362**
162
14,152
-
**14,152**
20,374|
||**112,085**
**-**
**112,085**
103,096|
||17,589
-
**17,589**
9,465
45,965
-
**45,965**
40,188
1,314
-
**1,314**
925
52,428
-
**52,428**
49,701|
||117,295
-
**117,295**
100,279|
|||
||(5,211)
-
**(5,211)**
2,817|
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**EMILY’S STAR (charity number:1152520)**
## **BALANCE SHEET FOR THE PERIOD 1 APRIL 2024 TO 31 MARCH 2025**
|**Note**
**Current Assets**
Bank account
PayPal account
Cash account
Debtors
7
**Total current assets**
Creditors due within one year
8
Total Assets less Current Liabilities
**Funds of the Charity**
Unrestricted funds - Current Year
Unrestricted funds - Retained
**Total Funds**|Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
**Total funds**
**2025**
Total funds
2024
£
£
**£**
£|
|---|---|
||31,109
**31,109**
32,135
(29)
**(29)**
588
843
**843**
1,768
-
2,069
31,924
-
**31,924**
36,560
(2,173)
-
**(2,173)**
(1,597)|
||**29,751**
**-**
**29,751**
**34,963**|
||(5,211)
-
(5,211)
2,817
34,963
-
34,963
32,146|
||**29,752**
**-**
**29,752**
**34,963**|
Approved by the trustees on …………………………………………… and signed on their behalf by;
Katie Elmer Trustee
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**EMILY’S STAR (charity number:1152520)**
## **NOTES TO THE REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE PERIOD 1 APRIL 2024 TO 31 MARCH 2025**
## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES**
## **Basis of accounting**
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with;
- Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities (effective April 2008)
- Accounting and Reporting by Charities – Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP 2005); and
- the Charities Act 2011.
## **2. TAXATION**
The charity is exempt from corporation tax.
## **3. REMUNERATION OF TRUSTEES AND BENEFITS**
Remuneration paid to trustees in the year amounted to £23,426 for the year ended 31 March 2025 (2024; £27,921)
## **4. VOLUNTARY INCOME**
|Donations
**Total Donations**|Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
**Total funds**
**2025**
£
£
£|
|---|---|
||97,571
97,571|
||**97,571**
**-**
**97,571**|
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**EMILY’S STAR (charity number:1152520)**
## **NOTES TO THE REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE PERIOD 1 APRIL 2024 TO 31 MARCH 2025**
## **5. ACTIVITIES FOR GENERAL FUNDING**
|**. CHARITABLE DONATIONS**
On-Line Shop
**Total Donations**
Bonus ball lottery
Box sponsorship
Fundraising events
**Total Charitable Activities**|Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
**Total funds**
**2025**
£
£
£
362
362
**362**
**-**
**362**
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
**Total funds**
**2025**
£
£
£
2,813
-
2,813
-
-
-
11,339
-
11,339
14,152
-
14,152|Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
**Total funds**
**2025**
£
£
£|
|---|---|---|
|||362
362|
|||**362**
**-**
**362**|
## **6. CHARITABLE DONATIONS**
## **7. DEBTORS**
£ Accounts Receivable - **Total Debtors - 8. CREDITORS** £ Accounts Payable 2,173 - PAYE/NI Payable **Total Creditors 2,173**
## **8. CREDITORS**
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|Fullname(s)|Katie Mainwaring|
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