## Children Heard and Seen
End of Year Trustee Report April 1[st] 2024 – 31[st] March 2025 Charity Number: 1157879
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## Reference and Administrative Information
Charity Name: Children Heard and Seen Charity Number: 1157879 Principal Address: Hill End Camp, Eynsham Road, Oxford OX2 9NJ
## Management Committee (Trustees):
Ralph Lubkowski Chair Helen Kilby Safeguarding Lead ( _until January 15th 2025)_ Peter Redman Treasurer Kelly Gardner Georgia Parry Sir Antony Baldry ( _until March 26th 2025)_
Senior Management Team
Sarah Burrows Chief Executive Officer Leanne Manning Chief Operating Officer James Ottley Project Manager Felix Tasker Communications Officer
## Our Aims and Objectives
## Purposes and aims
Our charity’s purpose, as laid out in our constitution, is as follows:
_“The promotion of social inclusion for the public benefit among children and young people of prisoners who are socially excluded on the grounds of their social and economic position. This includes: mentoring support and guidance for children, young people and their families, advocacy and partnership working”_
The aims of the charity are to improve outcomes for children impacted by parental imprisonment, raise awareness and public empathy surrounding the issues this group of young people face, and break the cycle of intergenerational offending. Our aims fully reflect the purposes that the charity was set up to further.
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## The focus of our work
Our main objectives for the year continued to be the promotion of the social inclusion of children impacted by parental imprisonment. The strategies we used to meet these objectives included:
- Providing a range of tailored support services to ensure children, young people, and their families, affected by parental imprisonment can access appropriate and timely support during an incredibly difficult time in their lives.
- Formalising our learning surrounding the experiences of children to build a strong evidence base for research-led policy.
- Raising awareness regarding the experiences of children with a parent in prison to influence social attitudes and reduce feelings of stigma, shame and social isolation.
- To influence key policymakers to effect systemic policy change, so that there is a national statutory framework of identification and community-based support for children with a parent in prison.
## Ensuring our work delivers our aims
Our primary beneficiaries are children aged 0-18 impacted by parental imprisonment. During the reporting period (April 1st 2024 - March 31st 2025) we supported 664 children with a parent in prison, as well as their parent/carers. We offer a hybrid model of face-to-face and online support to children, dependent on geographical location and suitability.
The trustees have taken regard of the guidance issued by the Charity Commissioners on public benefit. The main activities undertaken include the provision of 1:1 support with trained practitioners, facilitating group work for children with a parent in prison, and providing volunteer mentoring for children. These activities, among others, and the achievements that flow from our work are described below.
## _Providing 1:1 Support_
We provide intensive weekly one to one support for children with a parent in prison. Sessions provide an opportunity for the child to talk about their feelings relating to having a parent in prison, help them to develop strategies to manage those difficult feelings and to understand the process of imprisonment by covering each stage of the custodial sentence. We have developed a workbook for children to complete with their worker which takes them through these stages, and ends by looking to the future and encouraging children to think about what they want to achieve, where they want to be in 10 years and the steps, they need to take to make it a reality This is designed to instil a lasting positive self-image that empowers a young person to choose a different path to the offending parent. We also use 'Drawing and Talking' sessions with young people, which is a non-intrusive and attachment-based therapeutic intervention that allows the child to find a symbolic resolution to conflicts and for their trauma to begin to heal.
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Our 1:1 support focuses on:
- Capturing the voice of the child – demonstrated in early stages of the workbook.
- Taking a child-focused and strength-based approach that reminds children of positive influences: promoting safety and identifying who they can turn to for support.
- Fostering a greater sense of self, sense of purpose and sense of belonging, ensuring that children can believe that they can achieve and aren’t defined by their parent’s offence.
- Recognising the complexity and breadth of lived experiences, as no two children are the same – adapting support accordingly.
- Providing a safe space to discuss the absent parent. This may be a topic that a child feels they are not able to discuss with their own family.
- Tailoring our approach to the individual needs of the child, taking into account their experiences, strengths and interests to make sure they receive the full benefit of our support.
## _Group Work for Children_
We provide peer support work and group work for children with a parent in prison. These sessions combat feelings of shame by showing children that they are not alone. In group activities, our qualified practitioners use creative activities to help young people explore complex emotions in accessible and indirect ways. By speaking with other young people, children can share coping strategies and manage complex emotions surrounding their parent’s imprisonment. This improves the emotional wellbeing of children who attend, allowing them to maximise their own potential in other areas.
## _Parental Peer Support Groups_
Our support offer is constantly adapting to the needs of the families we support. We provide parental groups for adults caring for children with a parent in prison. These groups, facilitated by trained practitioners, provide a support network where families can share experiences, understand they are not alone, and develop skills to support their children in a safe environment.
## _Legal Advice Clinics_
We offer 1:1 pro bono legal advice sessions delivered by a range of family, employment, criminal, and property lawyers. Our aim with this clinic is to protect the children we support and help parents and carers provide the stability children need.
## _Income Maximisation Clinic_
Our 1:1 sessions, led by an Income Maximisation Specialist, provide financial guidance to families. This guidance reduces stress for families and creates a stabler, healthier living environment for children with a parent in prison.
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## _Volunteer Mentoring_
A Children Heard and Seen mentor is a caring and responsible adult volunteer who, in partnership with a child, develops a trusting relationship through which the child can seek and receive support and guidance. A volunteer mentor helps to ensure that a child has the opportunity to try new things, access resources, develop resilience, coping strategies and life skills to help the child make sense of their situation and feelings in order that they are able to make positive life choices and maximize their potential.
Volunteer mentors aim to provide:
- A neutral and consistent person outside of the family home to talk about feelings.
- A respectful relationship – both mentor and mentee, prior to matching, agree to boundaries how the relationship will work.
For further information about the nature of our support, as well as our achievements throughout the year, please view our latest Impact Report 2024/25, available here.
## Structure Governance and Management
## Governing Document
The organisation is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), registered on 16[th] of July 2014. The charity was established under a constitution which established the objects and powers of the CIO.
## Recruitment and Appointment of Trustees
Apart from the first charity trustees, every trustee must be appointed for a term of three years by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the charity trustees. A new potential trustee must be proposed and seconded by a member of the board to be considered for the role. The existing trustees then vote to determine whether the new trustee will be accepted onto the board. In selecting individuals for appointment as charity trustees, the charity trustees must have regard to the skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective administration of the CIO.
## Financial Review
## Reserves Policy
Children Heard and Seen maintains reserves to ensure sufficient funds to discharge its responsibilities to employees, including any cover for unforeseen events such as prolonged sickness or redundancy. As a small charity, income from grants and donations may be received ahead of the project to which they are to be applied and may cause reserves to rise at certain points in time. The charity aims for a minimum of six months running costs in reserves, plus a small contingency, subject to project funding, held in specific identified accounts.
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## Principal Funding Sources
Our work is unique, and as such, we do not fit into most conventional funding streams. We are reliant on innovative funders that can understand the impact of parental imprisonment on children. We are so grateful to all of our supporters for their continued generosity, and we are committed to ensuring our income is used effectively and responsibly. This year, we have been so lucky to be supported by such a wide range of fantastic funders and donors, including the following, who contributed in excess of £500. Anonymous donors are greatly appreciated, but have not been named below:
BBC Children in Need Sarah Hawkins West Midlands VRP Mary O' Shaughnessy Thames Valley VPP HMP Ashfield St Helen and St Katherine School Robert Caston Mazars Charitable Trust Catherine Hilliard AB Charitable Trust Jilly Thomas Paul Hamlyn Foundation Ian Mactaggart Trust Ennismore Foundation Henrietta Harrison Charles Hayward Foundation Gillie Howarth Oxfordshire Community Foundation Jill Gort The Talent Fun Banbury Rotary Club Ian Mactaggart Trust Felicity Parker Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund Mary Saunders Masonic Charitable Foundation AirTanker HughBonGo Fund Emma Wilson The Stanton Ballard Charitable Trust Landsec Futures The CriSeren Foundation The Cumber Family Charitable Trust Bicester Village William Jackson Food Group
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## Declarations
The Trustees declare that they have approved the trustee’s report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature(s) | Full Name(s) Ralph Lubkowski | Peter Redman Position Chair of Trustees_ | Trustee and Treasurer Date: 29 September 2025 29 September 2025
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**REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: CE002293 (England and Wales) REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1157879**
## Report of the Trustees and
Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
for
## Children Heard and Seen
Chapman Robinson and Moore Limited 30 Bankside Court Stationfields Kidlington Oxford OX5 1JE
Children Heard and Seen
## Contents of the Financial Statements
## for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
||Page|
|---|---|
|Report of the Trustees|1 to 2|
|Independent Examiner's Report|3 to 4|
|Statement of Financial Activities|5|
|Balance Sheet|6 to 7|
|Cash Flow Statement|8|
|Notes to the Cash Flow Statement|9|
|Notes to the Financial Statements|10 to 18|
|Detailed Statement of Financial Activities|19 to 20|
Children Heard and Seen
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
## Report of the Trustees
The main Trustees report is being submitted on a separate document to these accounts.
## **STRATEGIC REPORT**
## **Going concern**
The trustees are confident of the ability of the charity to continue as a going concern in the foreseeable future.
## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT**
## **Governing document**
The organisation is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), registered on 16th of July 2014. The charity was established under a constitution which established the objects and powers of the CIO.
## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS**
## **Registered Company number**
CE002293 (England and Wales)
## **Registered Charity number**
1157879
## **Registered office**
Hillend Camp Eynsham Road Cumnor Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 9NJ
## **Trustees**
Ms H Kilby (resigned 15/01/2025) Ms G Parry Sir A Baldry (resigned 26/03/2025) Ms K Gardner Mr R Lubkowski Mr P Redman
## **Independent Examiner**
Alan P. Sowden FCCA Chapman Robinson and Moore Limited 30 Bankside Court Stationfields Kidlington Oxford OX5 1JE
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Children Heard and Seen
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
## Report of the Trustees
See separate attachment on the Charity Commission website.
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Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Children Heard and Seen
## **Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Children Heard and Seen ('the Company')**
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 March 2025.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity's trustees of the Company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 ('the 2006 Act').
Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity's accounts as carried out under Section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 ('the 2011 Act'). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under Section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 Act.
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Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Children Heard and Seen
## **Independent examiner's statement**
Since your charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a listed body. I can confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, which is one of the listed bodies.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by Section 386 of the 2006 Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of Section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities (applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)).
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Alan P. Sowden FCCA The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
Chapman Robinson and Moore Limited 30 Bankside Court Stationfields Kidlington Oxford OX5 1JE
Date: 29/09/2025
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## Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
|||||31/3/25|31/3/24|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total|
|||funds|funds|funds|funds|
||Notes|£|£|£|£|
|**INCOME** **AND** **ENDOWMENTS** **FROM**||||||
|Donations and legacies|2|234,267|341,987|576,254|642,601|
|Other income||3,200|-|3,200|8,695|
|**Total**||237,467|341,987|579,454|651,296|
|**EXPENDITURE** **ON**||||||
|Raising funds|3|14,540|-|14,540|-|
|**Charitable** **activities**|4|||||
|Charitable activities||85,284|489,938|575,222|477,222|
|Administration||31,299|2,991|34,290|67,011|
|Other||2,691|-|2,691|2,554|
|**Total**||133,814|492,929|626,743|546,787|
|**NET** **INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)**||103,653|(150,942)|(47,289)|104,509|
|**RECONCILIATION** **OF** **FUNDS**||||||
|Total funds brought forward||190,782|377,858|568,640|464,131|
|**TOTAL** **FUNDS** **CARRIED** **FORWARD**||294,435|226,916|521,351|568,640|
The notes form part of these financial statements
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## Balance Sheet
## 31 March 2025
|Unrestricted
**FIXED** **ASSETS**
Notes
funds
£
Tangible assets
10
5,519
**CURRENT** **ASSETS**
Debtors
11
18,705
Cash at bank
282,663
301,368
**CREDITORS**
Amounts falling due within one year
12
(12,452)
**NET** **CURRENT** **ASSETS**
288,916
**TOTAL** **ASSETS** **LESS** **CURRENT** **LIABILITIES**
294,435
**NET** **ASSETS**
294,435
**FUNDS**
Unrestricted funds:
General fund
13
Designated fund
Restricted funds:
Grants - restricted funding
**TOTAL** **FUNDS**|Restricted
funds
£
-
-
226,916
226,916
-
226,916
226,916
226,916|31/3/25
Total
funds
£
5,519
18,705
509,579
528,284
(12,452)
515,832
521,351
521,351
43,695
250,740
294,435
226,916
521,351|31/3/24
Total
funds
£
7,661
13,925
556,915
570,840
(9,861)
560,979
568,640
568,640
190,782
-
190,782
377,858
568,640|
|---|---|---|---|
The charitable company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 31 March 2025.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
The notes form part of these financial statements
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## Balance Sheet - continued 31 March 2025
The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for
- (a) ensuring that the charitable company keeps accounting records that comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and
- (b) preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company as at the end of each financial year and of its surplus or deficit for each financial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the charitable company.
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on 29/09/2025 and were signed on its behalf by:
Mr Peter Redman - Trustee
Mr R Lubkowski - Trustee
The notes form part of these financial statements
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## Cash Flow Statement
## for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
|Notes
**Cash** **flows** **from** **operating** **activities**
Cash generated from operations
1
Net cash (used in)/provided by operating activities
**Cash** **flows** **from** **investing** **activities**
Purchase of tangible fixed assets
Net cash used in investing activities
**Change** **in** **cash** **and** **cash** **equivalents** **in**
**the** **reporting** **period**
**Cash** **and** **cash** **equivalents** **at** **the**
**beginning** **of** **the** **reporting** **period**
**Cash** **and** **cash** **equivalents** **at** **the** **end** **of**
**the** **reporting** **period**|31/3/25
£
(46,787)
(46,787)
(549)
(549)
(47,336)
556,915
509,579|31/3/24
£
107,186
107,186
(10,215)
(10,215)
96,971
459,944
556,915|
|---|---|---|
The notes form part of these financial statements
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## Notes to the Cash Flow Statement for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
|**1.**|**RECONCILIATION** **OF** **NET** **(EXPENDITURE)/INCOME** **TO** **NET** **CASH** **FLOW**|**FROM** **OPERATING**|**ACTIVITIES**|
|---|---|---|---|
|||31/3/25|31/3/24|
|||£|£|
||**Net** **(expenditure)/income** **for** **the** **reporting** **period** **(as** **per** **the**|||
||**Statement** **of** **Financial** **Activities)**|(47,289)|104,509|
||**Adjustments** **for:**|||
||Depreciation charges|2,691|2,554|
||Increase in debtors|(4,780)|(7,759)|
||Increase in creditors|2,591|7,882|
||**Net** **cash** **(used** **in)/provided** **by** **operations**|(46,787)|107,186|
## **2. ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET FUNDS**
||At 1/4/24|Cash flow|At 31/3/25|
|---|---|---|---|
||£|£|£|
|**Net** **cash**||||
|Cash at bank|556,915|(47,336)|509,579|
||556,915|(47,336)|509,579|
|**Total**|556,915|(47,336)|509,579|
The notes form part of these financial statements
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Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES**
## **Basis of preparing the financial statements**
The financial statements of the charitable company, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.
## **Income**
All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.
## **Expenditure**
Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.
## **Tangible fixed assets**
Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life
Computer equipment
25% on cost
## **Taxation**
The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities.
## **Fund accounting**
Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.
Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.
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Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued**
## **Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits**
The charitable company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the charitable company's pension scheme are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities in the period to which they relate.
## **2. DONATIONS AND LEGACIES**
|**DONATIONS** **AND** **LEGACIES**|||
|---|---|---|
|Grants
Donations|31/3/25
£
492,927
83,327
576,254|31/3/24
£
445,634
196,967|
|||642,601|
## **3. RAISING FUNDS**
## **Raising donations and legacies**
Fundraising costs
|31/3/25|31/3/24|
|---|---|
|£|£|
|14,540|-|
## **4. CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES COSTS**
|Charitable activities
Administration|Direct
Costs
£
575,392
(13,497)
561,895|Support
costs (see
note 5)
£
(170)
47,787
47,617|Totals
£
575,222
34,290|
|---|---|---|---|
||||609,512|
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## Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
## **5. SUPPORT COSTS**
|**SUPPORT** **COSTS**||||
|---|---|---|---|
||||Information|
||Management|Finance|technology|
||£|£|£|
|Charitable activities|(3,032)|-|2,862|
|Administration|25,090|243|-|
||22,058|243|2,862|
|||Governance||
||Other|costs|Totals|
||£|£|£|
|Charitable activities|-|-|(170)|
|Administration|3,758|18,696|47,787|
||3,758|18,696|47,617|
## **6. NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)**
Net income/(expenditure) is stated after charging/(crediting):
||31/3/25|31/3/24|
|---|---|---|
||£|£|
|Depreciation - owned assets|2,691|2,554|
## **7. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS**
There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 March 2025 nor for the year ended 31 March 2024.
## **Trustees' expenses**
There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 31 March 2025 nor for the year ended 31 March 2024.
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## Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
## **8. STAFF COSTS**
|Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Other pension costs
The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows:
Charitable activities
**9.**
**COMPARATIVES** **FOR** **THE** **STATEMENT** **OF** **FINANCIAL** **ACTIVITIES**
Unrestricted
funds
£
**INCOME** **AND** **ENDOWMENTS** **FROM**
Donations and legacies
278,211
Other income
8,695
**Total**
286,906
**EXPENDITURE** **ON**
**Charitable** **activities**
Charitable activities
97,376
Administration
67,011
Other
2,554
**Total**
166,941
**NET** **INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)**
119,965
**RECONCILIATION** **OF** **FUNDS**
Total funds brought forward
70,817|31/3/25
£
468,242
41,331
8,673
518,246
31/3/25
21
Restricted
funds
£
364,390
-
364,390
379,846
-
-
379,846
(15,456)
393,314||31/3/24
£
359,318
30,769
15,841
405,928
31/3/24
15
Total
funds
£
642,601
8,695
651,296
477,222
67,011
2,554
546,787
104,509
464,131|
|---|---|---|---|
|||||
|||||
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## Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
## **9. COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES - continued**
||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|
|---|---|---|---|
||funds|funds|funds|
||£|£|£|
|**TOTAL** **FUNDS** **CARRIED** **FORWARD**|190,782|377,858|568,640|
## **10. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS**
Depreciation is provided at the following rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life
Computer equipment 25% on cost
## **11. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**
|**DEBTORS:** **AMOUNTS** **FALLING** **DUE** **WITHIN** **ONE** **YEAR**|||
|---|---|---|
||31/3/25|31/3/24|
||£|£|
|Trade debtors|1,700|4,926|
|Prepayments and accrued income|17,005|8,999|
||18,705|13,925|
## **12. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**
||31/3/25|31/3/24|
|---|---|---|
||£|£|
|Trade creditors|2,831|9,321|
|Other creditors|8,517|-|
|Student loan|264|-|
|Accrued expenses|840|540|
||12,452|9,861|
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## Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
## **13. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**
|**Unrestricted** **funds**
General fund
Designated fund
**Restricted** **funds**
Grants - restricted funding
**TOTAL** **FUNDS**
Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
**Unrestricted** **funds**
General fund
Designated fund
**Restricted** **funds**
Grants - restricted funding
**TOTAL** **FUNDS**|At 1/4/24
£
43,782
147,000
190,782
377,858
568,640
Incoming
resources
£
133,727
103,740
237,467
341,987
579,454|Net
movement
At
in funds
£
31/3/25
£
(87)
43,695
103,740
250,740
103,653
294,435
(150,942)
226,916
(47,289)
521,351
Resources
expended
Movement
in funds
£
£
(133,814)
(87)
-
103,740
(133,814)
103,653
(492,929)
(150,942)
(626,743)
(47,289)|
|---|---|---|
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Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
## **13. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued**
## **Comparatives for movement in funds**
|At 1/4/23
£
**Unrestricted** **funds**
General fund
70,817
**Restricted** **funds**
Grants - restricted funding
393,314
**TOTAL** **FUNDS**
464,131
Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
Incoming
resources
£
**Unrestricted** **funds**
General fund
286,906
**Restricted** **funds**
Grants - restricted funding
364,390
**TOTAL** **FUNDS**
651,296|Net
movement
At
in funds
31/3/24
£
£
119,965
190,782
(15,456)
377,858
104,509
568,640
Resources
expended
£
Movement
in funds
£
(166,941)
119,965
(379,846)
(15,456)
(546,787)
104,509|
|---|---|
Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
continued...
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Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
## **13. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued**
A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined position is as follows:
|**Unrestricted** **funds**
General fund
Designated fund
**Restricted** **funds**
Grants - restricted funding
**TOTAL** **FUNDS**|At 1/4/23
£
70,817
-
70,817
393,314
464,131|Net
movement
At
in funds
31/3/25
£
£
119,878
190,695
103,740
103,740
223,618
294,435
(166,398)
226,916
57,220
521,351|
|---|---|---|
A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
||Incoming|Resources|Movement|
|---|---|---|---|
||resources|expended|in funds|
||£|£|£|
|**Unrestricted** **funds**||||
|General fund|420,633|(300,755)|119,878|
|Designated fund|103,740|-|103,740|
||524,373|(300,755)|223,618|
|**Restricted** **funds**||||
|Grants - restricted funding|706,377|(872,775)|(166,398)|
|**TOTAL** **FUNDS**|1,230,750|(1,173,530)|57,220|
continued...
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Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
## **14. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES**
There were no related party transactions for the year ended 31 March 2025 nor for the year ended 31 March 2024.
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## Detailed Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
|Detailed Statement of Financial Activities
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025|||
|---|---|---|
||31/3/25|31/3/24|
||£|£|
|**INCOME** **AND** **ENDOWMENTS**|||
|**Donations** **and** **legacies**|||
|Grants|492,927|445,634|
|Donations|83,327|196,967|
||576,254|642,601|
|**Other** **income**|||
|Primary Purpose Trading|3,200|8,695|
|**Total** **incoming** **resources**|579,454|651,296|
|**EXPENDITURE**|||
|**Raising** **donations** **and** **legacies**|||
|Fundraising costs|14,540|-|
|**Charitable** **activities**|||
|Wages|468,242|359,318|
|Social security|41,331|30,769|
|Pensions|8,673|15,841|
|Advertising|-|16,059|
|General expenses|43,649|53,075|
||561,895|475,062|
|**Other**|||
|Plant and machinery|2,691|2,554|
|**Support** **costs**|||
|**Management**|||
|Insurance|3,638|2,264|
|Telephone|3,146|2,802|
|Postage and stationery|2,406|2,320|
|Administration costs|2,258|25,610|
|Carried forward|11,448|32,996|
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## Detailed Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
|Detailed Statement of Financial Activities
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025|||
|---|---|---|
||31/3/25|31/3/24|
||£|£|
|**Management**|||
|Brought forward|11,448|32,996|
|Rent|7,386|6,403|
|Computer costs|3,224|1,690|
||22,058|41,089|
|**Finance**|||
|Bank charges|243|306|
|**Information** **technology**|||
|Staff development|2,862|2,160|
|**Other**|||
|Travel|3,758|11,407|
|**Governance** **costs**|||
|Accountancy and legal fees|18,696|14,209|
|Total resources expended|626,743|546,787|
|**Net** **(expenditure)/income**|(47,289)|104,509|
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Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Children Heard and Seen
## **Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Children Heard and Seen ('the Company')**
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 March 2025.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity's trustees of the Company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 ('the 2006 Act').
Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity's accounts as carried out under Section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 ('the 2011 Act'). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under Section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 Act.
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Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Children Heard and Seen
## **Independent examiner's statement**
Since your charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a listed body. I can confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, which is one of the listed bodies.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by Section 386 of the 2006 Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of Section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities (applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)).
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Alan P. Sowden FCCA The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
Chapman Robinson and Moore Limited 30 Bankside Court Stationfields Kidlington Oxford OX5 1JE
Date: 29/09/2025
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