Charity Number 116(X)54
THE DOROTHY PAMELA SMITH CIO
TRUSTEES, REPORT AND ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2025

THE DOROTHY PAMELA SMITH CIO
CONTENTS
Page
Reference and administrative details of the CIO, its Trustees and advisers
Trustees, report
Independent examinerfs report on the financial statements
Statement of financial activities
Balance sheet
Notes to the financial statements
8-17

THE DOROTHY PAMELA SMITH CIO
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DEfAILS OF THE CHARITABLE INCORPORATED
ORGANISATION, ITSTRUSTEES AND ADVISERS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5- APRIL 2025
TRUSTEES
Rosemary Hyde (Chair)
Helen Munro
Harriet Parker
Rebecca Parker.
CHARITY REGISTERED NUMBER
116(K)54
PRINCIPAL OFFICE
4 Clopton Court
Clopton Road
StratFord upon Avon
CV37 6TP.
BANKERS
Barclays plc
I Churchill Place
London
E14 5HP
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER
Julia Lucas
Baracot
Pimlico Lane
Alve5ton
Stratford upon Avon
CV37 71U

THE DOROTHY PAMELA SMITH CIO
Charity Number I16￿54
TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR TO 5th April 2025
The Dorothy Pamela Smith CIO is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation governed under a trust
deed and registered with the Charity Commission, number 1161x154.
Objertives and activities of the CIO
The objects of CIO are for the relief of mental disorder or mental impairment, including research into
antenatal causes and the cure, treatment and care of infants, children and young persons suffering
from mental disorder or impairment. The CIO was funded by the legacy of the late Dorothy Pamela
Smith and does not actively fundraise.
The CIO provides grants to charities who support chtldren with severe learning disabilities. The
Trustees have decided as a matter of policy that grants should be restricted to beneficiaries who are
children aged 16 and under. A body seeking fvnding must therefore satisfy the Trustees that any
grant will be applied forthe benefit of children in that category. Where a grant IS sought for
purposes which would benefit children with physical disabilitles as well as those with mental
disabilities, at least 75% of the proposed beneficiaries must be children suffering from mental
disorder or impaimient. The Trustees also generally prefer to make grants for identified items of
equipment, or specified material projerts, rather than to contribute to general running expenses.
Grants are usually between £500 and £3,tMX), but during 2024-2025. following a major strategic
review, (see below under Achievements and perforniance). a decision was taken to make a grant of
£IOO,000 to Newlife.
The trustees, in making decisions about grants and the strategic direction of the charity, have had
due regard to the commission's public benefit guidance. A total of 16 grants to charities were made
for projects which met with the trustees. approval. all within the trustees, policy as stated above.
This compares to 13 grants awarded in 2023/24. Our grants included funding for specialist
equipment, outdoor play. sensory play equipment. craft materials, performing arts visits and days
out.
Achlevements and perfornwn¢e
This has been a year of change for the CIO. We welcomed Harriet Parker as a new Trustee in April
2024. Harriet brings to the CIO design skills which have helped us re-brand the charity, as well as
bringing new energy and enthusiasm.
We have been on a strategic journey, searching to find a partner we could work with us to ensure
that the legaoi of Dorothy Pamela SmFth would continue into the future. We have been working
with Newlife, the charity for disabled chIld￿n to develop a new servtce to support community
groups working with children with autism and learning difficulties to create great play environments.
With a £IOO,(JJO grant from the t)orothy Pamela Smith CIO Newlife have rolled out a pilot project
involving 10 specialist community group5 across the West Midlands. It has been a privilege to work
with Newlife and see the positive effect the specialist sensory play equipment can bring to these
children and groups, and we will jointly evaluate the feedback from the programme to determine
our long-tem path.

Financial review and rlsk management
The charitys total income for the year was £24,097 (£22,698 in 2023124) and its expenditure was
£122,549 (£27.242 in 2023124), of which £121,610 (£25,909 in 2023124) was donated in grants and
the balance of expenditure of £939 (£1,333) wa5 for administrative expenses. During the year, a
strategic decision was made to distribute capital as well as income in grants. This decision led to a
reappraisal of our investment risks, and the Trustees agreed to divest our funds held in investments
and managed by Barclays Wealth. Following the divestment in January 2025, a £IOO,(KJO grant was
made to Newlife, the charity ft>r disabled children. and our residual funds were placed in fixed term
deposits with financial institutions. using an investment platftirm managed by Flagstone Group
Limited. Our investment funds now stand at £675.(XK) (£776.171 in 2024). alongside a bank balance
of £28,712 {£6,204), which will be used for our regulargrants programme in 2025. The reserves of
the CIO total £703.712 {£782.375 in 2024) and will continue to be used to fund future grant giving.
The Trustees are responsible for the management of the CIO'S investments. During the year thev
held discussions with their advisers from Barclays Wealth on the stste of the investment portfolio
and the level of investment risk acceptable. Following a strategic decision on the long-term future of
the Trust, a decision was made in January 2025 to divest from the investment portfolio and place our
funds in fixed-term deposits with financial institutions, so reducin8 the investment risk. Our key risks
to our income a￿ now interest rate risk, and credit risk. Credit rate risk is minimised by spreading
our deposits over a number of financial institutions. The Trustees ￿C0sn15e that in a falling interest
rate environment income will ￿dUCe, and the maturity profile of the deposits will need to be closely
monitored.
Future plans
We intend to continue our"standard" grant making in 2025. Each application for a grant is
considered by the charit￿$ administrator. If it does not fall within the charity's objettives it is
rejected. Those applications which are eligible for a grant are considered at one of the meetings of
the trustees, which take place twice a year, usualty in June and December. The trustees decide
which applications best comply with their policy and make grants accordingly.
The Trustees will evaluate the outcome of the pilot project with Newlife and make a decision on the
longer-temi partnership and future opportunities.
ststement of Trustees, responslbilities
The Trustees are responsible for preparing the trusteeg ￿port and the financial statements in
accordance with general applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards {United Kingdom
Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
The law applicable to charities in England and Wales ￿qUireS the Trustees to prepare financial
statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity
and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the charity for that period. In
preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:
select suitable accounting policies and then applythem consistently."
• observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP,.

make judgments and estimates that are ￿asonable and prudent;
• state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material
departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements:
prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume
that the charity will continue in business.
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable
accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the
financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011. the Charities {Accounts and Reports)
Regulations 2015 and the provisions of the trust deed. They are also responsible for safekeepin8 the
assets of the charity and hence fortaking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud
and other irregularities.
Approved by the trustees on 2. June 2025 and signed on their behalf by:
Rosemary Hyde
Chair

INDEPENDENT @(AMJNER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Dorothy Pamela Smith CIO for the
year ended 5 April 2025 which are set out on pages 6 to 17.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the CIO'S trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the
requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (the Act).
I report in respect of my examination of the charity's accounts carried out under section 145 of the
Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Direttions given by the
Charity Commission under section 145(5)(bl of the ACL
Independent Examinerfs Statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in
connection with the examination giving me cause to believe in any material respect:
l. accounting records We￿ not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of
the Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and
content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports} Regulations 2008 other than any
requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fairview, which is not a matter considered as part of
an independent examination.
I have no concems 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.
Signed..
Julia Lucas, ACA
2. June 2025

CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Doroth Pamela Smith CIO
Annual accounts for the
1160054
eriod
Period start dats
04￿024
date
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Section A
Statement of financial activities
Restricted
Unrestrictod income Endowmant
funds
Prior y•ar
funds
Totsl funds
Incoming resources (Nots 3)
F01
F02
F03
F04
Income and endowments5 from:
Donations and legacA&s
ChaFitable actNlties
Other trading activities
Investments
Soparale malerial rtern ol llicome
(Xher
Total
Resources expended (Note 4)
Expenditure on:
Raising funds
Chaiitabl8 adivibes
Separate malerfal Item of 8xpen8e
Other
Total
F05
24,097
22,698
121.610
121,610
25,909
939
939
1.333
Net Incomel(expendlture) before invesknent
gainsl(losses)
98.452
19,789
78,663
Nel gainsl{losses) on Inv88tmonis
Net incomel(expenditure)
Extraordinary items
Transfers between funds
Other recognised gainsl(lossos):
98,452
19,789
78,663
48,097
43,553
Gains and losse8 on rsvaluation of a88ets for thè dwitys tr•m use
Other gainslllossesl
Net movement In funds
78
,553
Raeoncillation of funds."
Total funds brought forward
782.375
Total funds carrfed forward
782.375
703,712
738,822

Section B
Balance sheet
Vnrestrictod incom• Endowment Total thls
funds
funds
funds
year
Totsl last
year
Fixed assets
Intangible assets
Tangible assets
Heritsge assets
Investments
F01
F02
F03
F04
F05
(Note 7.1)
Total r￿ed assets
776.171
Current assets
Stocks
Debtors
Investments
(Note 7.2)
Cash at bank and in hand (Nots 8)
Total cunpnt assets
675,000
675,000
6,204
Creditors: amounts falling due wlthin
one year
Net cu￿ent assets/(liatslibes)
Total a&sets less cuffent Ilabilities
Creditors: amounts falling due after
one year
Provisions for liabilities
Total net a&sets or liabilities
703,712
703,712
782,375
Funds of the Charity
Endowment funds
Restricted income funds
Unrestricted funds
Revaluation reserve
703,712
703,712
782,375
Total funds
Approved by the Trustees and signed
on their behalf by Rosemary Hyde
Dats: 2nd June 2025
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Section C
Notes to the accounts
Note 1 Basis of preparation
1.1 Basis of accounting
These accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or
transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant note(s) to these accounts.
The accounts have been p￿pared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and
Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Stsndard applicable in
the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and with the Charities Act 2011.
The charity constitutes a public benefft entity as defined by FRS 102.
1.2 Going concern
The Trustees consider that there are no material Un￿rtaIntieS related to events or conditions that cast significant
doubt on the charity's abilty to continue as a going concem, and the accounts have b*n prepared on a going
concem basis.
1.3 Change of accounting policy
The accounts present a true and fair view and the accounting policies adopted are those outlined in note 2. The
Trustees have changed the accounting policies from a receipts and payments basis to an accruals basis, reporting
under FRS102. This is to provide a fairer view of the overall financial position of the charrty, and of the financial
transactions taking place during the year.
1.4 Changes to accountlng estlmates
No changes to accounting estimates have occurred in the reporting period (3.46 FRS 102 SORP).
1.6 Material prior year errors
No material prior year errors have b￿n identified in the reporting period.
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Note8 tn tl)e accoiiiTrts
Nots2
2.1 RECONCILIATION WITH PREVIOUS GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRACTICE
Accounting policie8
lalty rnfis¢t Its aGll¥ldM duty
28.712
675,000
703712
776.171
Fund balan￿ as Ye8tat•d
Adlustmonts..
19.789
795.960
675.CiYJ
48.097
I￿oM￿l•Xp¢IxII￿reKrl$l1i•dl
78,863
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Notes to tlie 3LCOlllIts
Nots2
2.2 INCOME
Accounling policle8
tytMFRS 1W2S0RP￿FftS
2.3 EXPENDITURE AND UABIUTIES
Gov•rnarK• ar￿ •upport
cTrnpris& alt ¢xsts UNO￿lTra w)wkt*lityofthg c*awityaTrJ gyrolan￿ wth regulats.on and gotsj
ctsnditims
tr* pro¥¥J&J. grants are th rwni5ed SOFA the ￿j[l￿￿ of1he grani has pnthded the
•k fln•n¢lal
In•trurn•nls
SORP. subs￿￿￿ as per wagraphs 11.17 ttl 11.19, FRS102 SORP.
2.4 ASSETS
valwd at kitiatyat c£¢t and allairvalue (thirmarketvak*) *th8 ￿)r

Section C
Notcs to the accoiiiits
Icontl
Nots3
Analysls of Income
Income from
investments:
Interest income
Dividend income
Rental and leasin
ther
24.097
24,097
22,698
ints)me
Totsl
24.097
TOTAL INCOME
All In¢omo in thè prlor y••r was UnlMtrk￿.
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Notes to tho accotjnts
Iconti
Note 4
Analysi8 of expendi￿re
Thi• yev
Last year
Analysis
endi￿re on charltabb acllvltios:
Grantmakin
Note 6
fund#
nd$
Totsl 14thd•
121,610
121,610
25.909
25,909
Total oxp•ndithre on charltabio
activiti8s
121.610
121.610
25.909
25,909
Other
Govemance
Website
939
939
645
645
Total other expenditure
TOTAL EXPENDITURE
939
122,549
122,549
27.242
27,242
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Notes to the accounts
Note 5
Details of certain item8 of eXpend￿rn
5.1 Fees fr•r examination of th• accounts
This year
Last year
Independent examlneV8 fees
Assurance seThlces other than audit or indepondont examination
Tax advlsory fees
Other fees (for example: financial advic•. corwttancy. accountancy servlces) pald
to the indopendont examiner
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Notes to the accouiits
Iconti
Note 6
Grantrnaking
This year:
6.1 Anatysis of grants pald (Included In cost of charftable acfjvlUo8)
rants to
Analysls
Grants to Individual8
rt costs
Total
N8vhife - communty playschemes
Other gr8nts {individually less than
£3,0￿)
100.000
100.000
21.610
121,610
21.610
121.610
Total
6.2 Grants made to institutions
Names of Institutson
Purpos8
Funding for sensory toys for community
playschemes for chiklren spe(aal
educational needs
Total amount of
rants
id£
100,000
Newlife
Totsl material grants to inslitullons In roporting period
Other unanal sed
rants
Indlvldual
less than £3.000
100,000
21,610
TOTAL GRANTS PAID
121,610
Last year:
6.3 Ana
isof
included In ¢ost of charitable activitws
Anatysis
Gftnts to indlviduals
Support costs
Totsl
Grants
indivtdall than £3,1LN)
rotal
25,909
25.909
Thore were no grants whl¢h w•rn Indlvldualty MatsrL￿ In context of th• grantmaklng In year •nded 6 Aprfl 2024.
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Noles to tlie iccoiint5
Noto 7
7.1 Fixod assets Inv•8tsnents (ty cla88 of hThestsMnt)
Cash & cagh
Tcalwl 20
Carrying (fair) value at begKmiFbJ of
period
Add: addlilm to In¥eslments dLKWVd
period
Less: disposa￿ at catrong vah
rn,171
776.171
728,074
795.960
795.960
La88: IM￿lM￿nts
Add: Rovornal of Impalrni•nls
Addlldgdu¢t): transfer I￿(0u￿
Period
Addl{deductl: net g81￿{￿￿s) on
valuatlon
Canylng Ifalr) Val￿ al end of
19.789
19.789
48.097
rn.171
7.2 Curront a•8ot Inve8tm•nts Iby clas8 of Invegthwnt)
Cash & ca•h
ul¥alwrt•
Tot•1 A￿1 2024
Ca￿￿ng {fak) value at ￿gIn￿ of
pertod
Add: addlttons to Investm￿ ￿￿Ing
period
L•88: als￿048 ￿ catyryJ value
Le••: Impalm￿nI*
Add: A•v•r8al of Impalmmnls
Addl(dgdud): tr•n$fer Inl(oth) in
period
Addlldoduct): net gabvlloss) (
revaluatlon
ca￿￿ing (fairl valLM at eThJ of year
675.000
675.000
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Notes to tlie dCtOllTIts
Iconti
Nots8
Cash at bank and in hand
vear
Short temi cuh Inv•8tsn•nts (Igss than 3 m¢Jnts m•lurfty dJts}
Short tsrni deposlts
Cash at bank and on hand
Totsl
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Notes to the accoiiiits
Nots9
Trdnsactions with trusleos and related parli08
9.1 Trustee romunerallon and b￿Offt9
gmploymgnt wlth the Chwlty 1prlory￿r. nono)
9.2 Tru$toe•' expon808
Typo ol exp￿8•& relmlwrnod
Lasl ygar
Trnv91
Subsl8tsnce
Ac¢ommodatlon
Oth•r {vld¢o conferonclng):
173
13
16
TOTAL
16
thg charlty
9A Trnnsadlon(s) wlth relat•d parti
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