2025-03-31-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year From 01 APRIL 2024 To 31 MARCH 2025

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Hitchin Partnership C.I.O

Other names charity is known by n/a

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole **year **	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
Angharad Patterson	Chair	Start Date: September 2023
2 Lisa Hayes
3 Geraint Edwards	Treasurer
4 Elizabeth Pollard
5 Rachel Peddie
6 TonyPlunkett
7 Lisa Clayton
8 Tim Bennett		Start Date: May2024
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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser Name Address
Accountant	Chris Maylin	27a Wymondley Road, Hitchin SG4 9PN

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document Constitution (eg. trust deed, constitution)

How the charity is constituted Charitable Incorporated Organisation (C.I.O) (eg. trust, association, company)

Trustee selection methods Charity Trustees are appointed from the CIO members (eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

• policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;

• the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;

• relationship with any related parties;

• trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

The role of the CIO Board of Trustees: to provide leadership and management to ensure the objectives of the CIO are met:

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

• 1) the advancement of education in the United Kingdom in particular but not exclusively by:

• a) the provision of services, facilities and activities to develop the capacity and skills of parents and carers of children and young people to enable them to engage more with the education of, and to identify and help meet the needs of, the children and young people in their care; and

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• b) the provision of training to individuals in the education of children and young people in order to equip them with the skills required to deliver such education; and

• c) promoting co-operation and collaboration between schools and other educational bodies;

• 2) the relief of poverty in particular but not exclusively by the provision of information about other organisations which provide activities, services and facilities and which are established for the relief of need of children and young people and their parents and carers;

• 3) the provision of facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation for children and young people resident in Hitchin and the surrounding area who have need of such facilities by reason of their youth, infirmity or disablement, financial hardship or social and economic circumstances in the interests of social welfare and with the object of improving the condition of life of such children and young people; and

• 4) the promotion of the efficiency and effectiveness of schools and other educational bodies which have charitable purposes and the effective use of charitable resources by providing services for schools and other educational bodies to promote good practice and enhance and improve their procurement activities.

Support for Families

Families are referred to our services through needs identified with their child/children. Our work will involve learning more about the family and where additional support is needed. This may be financial and or emotional/mental health needs. We work closely with families on a regular basis working on the needs of the family.

Food Poverty As Hitchin Partnership CIO we work collaboratively with a group of local Summary of the main organisations and groups as Hitchin Food Provision. We have raised activities undertaken for the funds through grants and donations in order to provide supermarket public benefit in relation to vouchers. Vouchers are provided on a referral basis and can be these objects (include within accessed quickly to help with emergency situations. We also use the this section the statutory other local provisions such as Foodbank, Food Rescue and Social declaration that trustees have Supermarkets. In addition to this we work with families to help them to had regard to the guidance help themselves going forward. issued by the Charity Commission on public Household Items benefit) We have provided essential items for the home including ovens, fridges, vacuum cleaners, beds and furniture. This has been through local funding and organisations providing pre-loved items. School Uniform and Shoes

Funding has helped us provide access to new uniforms, shoes and coats for families. We have signposted to local initiatives for preloved uniform and coats. We help families complete bursary forms for secondary school uniform.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

• policy on grantmaking;

• policy programme related investment;

• contribution made by volunteers.

Section D Achievements and performance

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Section D Achievements and erformance p

Summary of the main Breakdown of the number of referrals to Hitchin Partnership CIO. achievements of the charity during the year Summer Term – April 2024 to August 2024 Primary 22 Secondary 14 Autumn Term – September 2024 to December 2024 Primary 28 Secondary 10 Spring Term – January 2025 to March 2025 Primary 18 Secondary 10 Christmas At Christmas we work alongside other groups to come together to provide for local families in need. These will be families who are receiving support and need some additional help during the school holidays, especially at Christmas which can be a financial and emotional strain on families. Supermarket vouchers are provided to help with food and household items over the Christmas period. All children 0-18 years are given gifts/gift voucher, selection box, stationery items and families are given the wrapping paper and sticky tape for the gifts. In 2024 we helped 331 children in 130 households. Practical Help Working with a local Church and their iniative engaging volunteers with pracatical help. This may be decorating a room, clearing and tidying a garden or some DIY items. This is through a referral basis and we look forward to this continued support within our community. Enrichment We were able to provide families with funding for much needed enrichment activities over the school summer holidays with the help of a grant. During the summer we provided: Cinema vouchers to 10 families Gravity Trampolining vouchers to 2 families Tickets for Sandalone Farm to 2 families Shepreth Park to 3 families Theme Park to 2 families Outdoor Adventiure Park to 1 famiy Meals out and icecream vouchers for over 20 families. Teddy Bear Concert We are very grateful to a local church who gave us free tickets for families to see the Teddy Concert in December 2022. Held at Hitchin Town Hall, a Kings Chamber Orchestra daytime concert for children and young Pantomime Tickets Going to the Pantomime near Christmas is a special and memorable event for both children and their parent/carers. A local Church kindly provided us with some funding. This enable the team to arrange tickets for families they were supporting to see the Pantomime at The Gordon

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Section D Achievements and erformance p

Craig Theatre, Stevenage. This gave 6 families the opportunity to go. The families were very grateful and enjoyed the experience.

Coffee Mornings We attended parent coffee mornings at some schools to offer guidance and signposting.

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the

charity’s policy on reserves

The charity does not believe in holding high reserves that have been raised to support the welfare of the families we support.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

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);

The charity’s principal source of funding is provided from the CIO members (schools) commitment to pooling their Local Authority School Family Worker Funding to enable the primary function and therefore meet the aims of the charity’s objectives.

• how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;

• 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)

Full name(s) Angharad Patterson Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair etc) Date

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CHAR5TY COMMISSIO FOR ENGLAND AND WALE HITCHIN PARTNERSHIP CIO 1158637 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the perlod from 01.Apr.24 31-Mar-25 To Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds Total funds Last year to the nearest to the nearest£ to the neargst £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ A1 Receipts Accomodation Giant Donations l Other Income DSPL Income Hardshi HCC Income Schools Income 624 10.555 2.908 38,996 41,969 624 10,555 2.908 38.996 41.969 2,250 11,152 2,769 41,453 50,812 Sub total{Gross income for AR) 95,052 95.052 108.436 A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). Sub total Total receipts 95,052 9S.052 108,436 A3 Payments Accomodation Rental Accountancy App Levy Bank Charges Bank SchDoI Christmas Appeal FSW Support Costs Hardship Support Office Costs Payroll Servies Phone Salaries Supervision & Training Website & IT 5.000 600 135 65 600 236 55 763 500 5.936 2.887 220 600 236 55 763 500 5.936 I8B7 220 2,250 2,429 2,974 195 148 1,044 97,373 428 746 1.193 98,421 220 1.193 98.421 220 Sub total 111,031 111.031 113.387 A4 Asset and investment purchases. (see table) Sub total Total payments 111.031 111.031 113,387 Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end 15,979 15,979 4,951 12,958 3,021 12.958 3.021 17.909 12,958 CCXX R1 accounts ISSI 2910512025

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds C.41egories Details to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ B1 Cash funds Cash At Bank 16,054 Creditors Income received in Advance 19.075 Total cash funds 3.021 lay￿e balances with reGeipls and payfflents acc￿nI(sI) Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds to nearest £ to nearest £ to n8are5t £ Fund to which asset belon Cost loptlonall Current value tional B3 Investment assets Fund to whlch asset belon Detail Cost loptionall Current value lional B4 Assets retained for the charity's own use Fund to whlch relates Amount due tloThal When due tlonal Del.ii1s B5 Liabilitiès Signed by one or hvo trustees on behalf of all the trustees Signature Print Name Date of roval 03 CCXX R2 accounts ISSI 2910512025

Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ Charity Name HITCHIN PARTNERSHIP CIO members of On accounts for the year Charity no ended 31 MARCH 2025 (if any) 1158637 Set out on pages

ONE TO TWO

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31 March 2023.

• Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

• accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or

• the accounts do not accord with the accounting records

I have no concerns and 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. * Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.

Signed: C D Maylin Date: 3 February 2026 ~~PT |~~ Name: C D Maylin ~~Cs~~ Relevant professional FCA qualification(s) or body (if any):

Address: 11 The Ridgeway, Hitchin, Herts, SG5 2BT

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Section B Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (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 .

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