To
Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date Period end date 01 01 2021 31 12 2021
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Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name Donations With A Difference
Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1157927
Charity's principal address
Suite 2 The Nook Stelling Minnis Postcode CT4 6AQ
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole **year ** |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany) |
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| Alan Tingey | Chairman | |||
| Cheryl Causebrook | Vice Chairman | |||
| Ella Brocklebank | Secretary | |||
| Simon Gretton | Treasurer | |||
| Dan Dyer | ||||
| Will Chan | ||||
| Aimee Nicholas | 01/01/2021 – 03/01/2021 | |||
| Aimee Clayton- Brennan |
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| Sharon Bowles | Date – 31/12/2021 | |||
Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name Dates acted if not for whole year
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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
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Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
Constitution of a Charitable Incorporated Organisation Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Trust How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company)
Appointment of charity trustees Trustee selection methods (1) At the first annual general meeting of the members of the CIO all the (eg. appointed by, elected by) charity trustees shall retire from office; (2) The charity trustees to retire by rotation shall be those who have been longest in office since their last appointment or reappointment. If any trustees were last appointed or reappointed on the same day those to retire shall (unless they otherwise agree among themselves) be determined by lot; (3) The vacancies so arising may be filled by the decision of the members at the annual general meeting; any vacancies not filled at the annual general meeting may be filled as provided in sub-clause (5) of this clause; (4) The members or the charity trustees may at any time decide to appoint a new charity trustee; whether in place of a charity trustee who has retired or been removed in accordance with clause 15 (Retirement and removal of charity trustees), or as an additional trustee, provided that the limit specified in clause 12(3) on the number of charity trustees would not as a result be exceeded; (5) A person so appointed by the members of the CIO shall retire in accordance with the provisions of sub-clauses (2) and (3) of this clause. A person so appointed by the charity trustees shall retire at the conclusion of the next annual general meeting after the date of his or her appointment, and shall not be counted for the purpose of determining which of the charity trustees is to retire by rotation at that meeting. For further details please feel free to contact us on info@dwad.org
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
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There were no major edits or additions to policies in 2021
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:
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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
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the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
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relationship with any related parties;
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trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
Section C Objectives and activities
To further such charitable purposes for the public benefit as are exclusively charitable according to the laws of England and Wales as the trustees may from time to time determine.
Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document
Donations With A Difference is a grant making trust supporting general charitable purposes. It is the policy of the trustees to make grants to a wide range of charitable bodies and individuals.
Grants are made primarily, but not limited to, registered charities, charitable organisations and individuals in the UK within the following funding areas; Physical Health, Mental Health & Education.
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The charity continues to raise funds in numerous ways by running various events as described in “Section D Achievements and performance”. Some of the sporting events not only raise funds for the charity but also improves and encourages physical health.
The funds are used for grants which we receive online through our website at the following address: - https://donationswithadifference.org/grant application/
Grants in 2021 were as follows:
Buggy - £334
Small grant claimed during lockdown for a buggy
Buggy - £250
Small grant claimed during lockdown for a buggy
Daley’s car seat - £264
Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)
Daley has significant delay in social communication skills and has non-verbal meltdowns. The family need a car seat that he cannot climb out of for his own safety and we purchased a Cybex Pallas S-Fix Group 1/2/3 Car Seat from Kiddies Kingdom for the family to use
PJ Stilwell - £1,500
PJ has outgrown his wheelchair of teenage years and his father approached us to request support to purchase a second hand recycled wheelchair that satisfies PJ’s needs and now affords PJ independence to go outdoors beyond his garden safely with his new wheelchair
Canterbury Rugby Club - £1,000
We provided a defibrillator to one of our local rugby clubs after they experienced a tragic event where a player died during a game and now they have a desire to have enough defibrillators for all levels of the game so trained personnel can react to such situations that require this to help save a life.
Alex Ivil – Chalkhill Farm - £630
Alex attends Chalkhill Farm to help with his condition of autism with psychosis. At Chalkhill Farm they use the Thrive Approach to support children who have been traumatised and help them process what has happened. Alex will be attending during the 2022 Winter term.
Ruben Harris - £528
Ruben is disabled and competes in disabled tennis and has an ambition to compete at the highest level in his sport. We bought him blaze pods to assist with his strength and stamina training to help him in achieving this goal.
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Only a Pavement Away, & Hospitality Action - £190
To support a partner, KBE Drinks Ltd we held many quizzes during lockdown and our Treasurer also ran them for his colleagues at KBE and they paid via the same method to us, but ultimately to be passed on to the three charities they support.
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
Grant Making Policy
Grants are made primarily, but not limited to, registered charities, charitable organisations and individuals in the UK within the following funding areas; Physical Health, Mental Health and Education
Please note that the trust does not fund expeditions or any entity registered or incorporated outside the UK. For further details please visit: You may choose to include - - https://donationswithadifference.org/grant making policy/ further statements, where relevant, about:
Our Supporters
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policy on grantmaking;
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policy programme related investment;
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contribution made by volunteers.
Many people have helped us make our charity the success it is. Please click on the link below to see the people and companies that have helped us:
https://donationswithadifference.org/supporters/2019/
Please note we usually update our supporters list annually, but with minimal activity to raise funds in 2020 and most of 2021 we’re still referring to 2019 supporters here.
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Section D Achievements and performance
Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year
The charity had great success throughout previous years with fundraising throughout the following events: Golf Days Charity Ball On line quizzes Nominated charity funding. Special events nominating us as the benefactor charity
During the course of 2021 our primary focus has continued to be to manage the grant fund we had generated in 2019 wisely, given we had to suspend nearly all forms of fundraising due to the pandemic. For further detail of our usual events please visit us at our news section: https://donationswithadifference.org/news/archive/2021/
For history of all previous grants and fund raising initiatives please visit our website and you’ll easily find this from our top menu
https://donationswithadifference.org/
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Section E Financial review
Brief statement of the
charity’s policy on reserves
The charity does not have a specific policy regards reserves. It is the responsibility of the treasurer to maintain enough money in the bank accounts to fund all forthcoming grants and/or expenses. No grants are awarded without first a monthly review of funds available for the pending decisions. At no point during the financial period was the account overdrawn.
Details of any funds materially in deficit
N/A
Further financial review details (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:
- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
All income comes from fund raising activities. The majority of this comes from the events that we hold, as mentioned in Section D. We do also have a small element of funds coming from nominations, either entities or individuals who can choose us to be the benefactor of their charitable intentions and activities.
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how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
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investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
Section F Other optional information
Section G Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature(s) Will Chan Full name(s) Simon Gretton Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Treasurer Trustee etc)
Will Chan
Date 14/03/2022
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Charity Name No (if any) DONATIONS WITH A DIFFERENCE 1157927 Receipts and payments accountspts and payments accountsts and payments accountspayments accountsayments accountsyments accountsments accounts
Receipts and payments accountspts and payments accountsts and payments accountspayments accountsayments accountsyments accountsments accounts CC16a For the period Period start date Period end date To from 01/01/2021 31/12/2021
Section A Receipts and payments
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Restricted funds |
Endowment funds |
Endowment funds |
Total funds | Last year | |||||||
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to the nearest | £ | to the nearest | £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest | £ | |||||
| A1 Receipts | ||||||||||||
| Donations,legacies &grants | 456 | - | - | 456 | 2,847 | |||||||
| Fundraisingevents | 44,077 | - | - | 44,077 | 1,800 | |||||||
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| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
44,533 | - | - | 44,533 | 4,646 | |||||||
| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 456 44,077 - - - - - 44,533 |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - |
Total funds to the nearest £ 456 44,077 - - - - - - 44,533 |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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| Donations,legacies &grants | 456 | - | - | 456 | 2,847 |
| Fundraisingevents | 44,077 | - | - | 44,077 | 1,800 |
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44,533 | - | - | 44,533 | 4,646 |
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
- - - 44,533 10,824 83 158 824 4,696 - - - - 16,585 - - - 16,585 27,948 - 7,319 35,267 |
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- - - 44,533 10,824 83 158 824 4,696 - - - - 16,585 - - - 16,585 27,948 - 7,319 35,267 |
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| 4,646 | |||||
| Cost of fundraisingevents | 10,824 | 470 | |||
| Telephone,internet &postage | 83 | 83 | |||
| Bank and PayPal charges | 158 | 24 | |||
| General admin | 824 | 518 | |||
| Grants and donationspaid | 4,696 | 16,259 | |||
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| **Sub total ** | 16,585 | 17,355 | |||
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| Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
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| 17,355 | |||||
| 27,948 | - | - | 27,948 | - 12,709 | |
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| 7,319 | - | - | 7,319 | 20,028 | |
| 35,267 | - | - | 35,267 | 7,319 |
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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| Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | |
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| Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B1 Cash funds CCXX R2 accounts (SS) |
Details Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Bank account Paypal Paypal 2 Details Details Details Signature ~~2~~ |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 32,393 - 2,191 - 683 - 35,267 - OK OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - Print Name Simon Gretton Will Chan |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
| 4,784 | |||
| 1,853 | |||
| 683 | |||
| 7,320 | |||
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| Date of approval |
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Sectlon A Independent Examiner's Report Reportto the trusteesl members of '_w f¥Ti W 11 yi IX r) I On accounts for the year ended 31 lilli09) Charity no lif any) Set out on pages Iipcaember lo inc{1 Ilio rjaoe liunir& o14rjijiiinlialsh.1,-l I reporl lo the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity {"the Trust") for the year ended Responsibilities and basis of report As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 {"Ihe Act"). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under seolion 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Direcliong given by the Charity Commission under section 145{5llbl of the Act. Independent trhe charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 and l am qualified to examiner's statement undertake the examination by being a qualified member of linsert name of applicable listed bodyll. Delete I l if not applicable. I have completed my examination. I conf irm that no material mallers have come lo my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below "I which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respe¢l'. the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act., or the accoLJnts did not accord with the accounting records,. or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts sel out in the Charities (Accounts 2nd Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirewenl that the accounts give a 'lrue and fair, view which is not a maller considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concerns and hav& come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order lo enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Pl&ase delete th ords in the brackets if they do not apply. Signed.. Date: 22 Name.. Relevant professional qualification(s) or body IER Oct 2018
lif anyl.. Address: /L£'sAA ft1 -12 3fT Section B Disclosure Only complele if Ilie exdmiiiei iieeds lo liighlighl material mallers of concci'n (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts.. directions and guidance for examiners). Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER Oct 2018