## **Chairperson report AGM 2025 Talking Hands Deaf Children and Young People Service** 

2024-25 has been a magical year for us and all our families, reaching the Talking Hands milestone celebration. We honoured the long service of provision for Deaf families/ Deaf children and their families. 

We were privileged to share the joy of the Deaf community, having people of all ages coming together sharing their culture and identities. It was an incredible opportunity for families to meet and learn that their children will ascend into adulthood with pride in their Deafness understanding that they have the same abilities as their hearing peers. 

It was wonderful to see Deaf children meeting Deaf adults, watching them signing, having conversation; a rare opportunity, but with these moments will continue, promoting ambitions and positive wellbeing. 

Through the year, we have seen multiple families gathering to explore fun and life skills activities. This is where children learn of their Deaf hood, share experiences with their peers and develop friendships. This is a core part of our service funded by Children in Need. We are very pleased to continue and run this service, funded once again. 

During this difficult economic climate, as much as we are grateful for the continued support, it is important to recognise that it is vital to fundraise regardless of whether amounts are large, with the support of our members. We, Talking Hands wouldn’t be here today if it wasn’t for generous donations, fundraising and support from local businesses. This support allows us to remain in a position to provide a home for all members and children where they can come and socialise within their peers. This does not happen often for our members as the majority are in mainstream education. It is vital to continue to raise awareness of how important this charity is and that it can makes a lifetime difference for all families in different ways. 



I would like to take this opportunity to thank the trustees for their management and support, members for their contribution in our day-to-day services and the volunteers who are integral to keeping the charity active.  With their dedication and commitment, taking time out of their busy lives, we can continue to keep our home open for everyone to gather, united.  #wearefamilyTH 

We look forward to another year of a service, providing a home for current and new families, with the ambition to support and stand alongside them throughout their lives, through difficult, joyous or exciting journeys, building strength and wisdom through a rainbow of emotions. 

Cathie Robins- Talbot Chairperson 

Facebook: talkinghandsdeafchildrenandyoungpeopleservice Twitter: @TalkingHandsCYP Hashtag #wearefamilyth 



**Talking Hands** 


**----- Start of picture text -----**<br>
1162130<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


## **Receipts and payments accounts ts and payments accounts ayments accounts ments accounts pts and payments accounts payments accounts yments accounts** 

**Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period 01/04/2024 31/03/2025 To from** 

## **Section A Receipts and payments** 

|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest      £**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest      £**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Donations|**1,570**||**-**||**-**||**1,570**||**990**|
|Subs, tuck shop etc|**1,254**||||**-**||**1,254**||**1,803**|
|Membership|**73**||**-**||**-**||**73**|||
|Activities|**546**||**-**||**-**||**546**||**4,109**|
|Refunds|**863**||**10,000**<br>**-**<br>**10,000**||**-**||**863**|||
|Fundraising|**400**||||**-**||**400**|||
|CIN|||**10,000**||**-**||**10,000**||**10,000**|
||||**-**||**-**||**-**|||
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|**4,706**||**10,000**||**-**||**14,706**<br>29,412||**16,902**|
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **4,706**||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**10,000**||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**||<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|||
||**-**|||||||||
||**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_ **||||||||||
||**4,706**||**10,000**||**-**||**14,706**||**16,902**|



|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**(see table).**||||||||||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|||||||||||
|**_Total receipts_ **|**4,706**||**10,000**||**-**||**14,706**||**16,902**|



**A3 Payments** 



|R&R, equip, craft, hire, Tuck shop supplies<br>(Misc)|**1,029**||**-**||**-**||**1,029**||**2,504**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|BSL|**515**||||**-**||**515**|||
|Resources &printing|**740**||||||**740**||**420**|
|Subs & travelling|||||||**-**||**1645**|
|Donations|||||||**-**|||
|Insurance & Licence|**770**||||||**770**||**98**|
|CIN wages, transport, activities|**-**||**9,051**||**-**||**9,051**||**10,000**|
||**-**||||**-**||**-**|||
||**-**||||**-**||**-**|||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**3,054**||**9,051**||**-**||**12,105**||**14,667**|
||**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**3,054**<br>**1,652**||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**9,051**<br>**949**||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**12,105**<br>**2,601**|||
|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||
||**-**|||||||||
||**-**|||||||||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||||||
||||||||||**14,667**|
|||||||||||
||**1,652**||**949**||**-**||**2,601**||**2,235**|
||**-**|<br>|**-**|<br>|**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**1,652**||**949**||**-**||**2,601**||**2,235**|



## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

**Details** 

**Unrestricted Restricted Endowment funds funds funds to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £** 

**Categories** 



## **B1 Cash funds** 

## **B2 Other monetary assets** 

## **B3 Investment assets** 

|||**66,207**||**949**||**-**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**-**||||**-**|
|||**-**||||**-**|
|||**66,207**||**949**||**-**|
|||||||OK|
|||||||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
|||||||**-**|
|||**-**||||**-**|
|||**-**||||**-**|
|||**-**||||**-**|
|||**-**||||**-**|
|||**-**||||**-**|
|**Details**||**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**||**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
|||||**-**||**-**|
|||||**-**||**-**|
|||||**-**||**-**|
|||||**-**||**-**|
|||||**-**||**-**|
|**Details**||**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**||**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|





## **B4 Assets retained for the** 

## **charity’s own use** 

## **B5 Liabilities** 

|Play/sports equip, cameras, printer, laptop,<br>ipads, craft equip, food/drink stock,<br>paddleboards||general||||**-**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||**-**||**-**|
|||||**-**||**-**|
|||||**-**||**-**|
|||||**-**||**-**|
|||||**-**||**-**|
|||||**-**||**-**|
|||||**-**||**-**|
|||||**-**||**-**|
|**Details**||**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**||**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**||**When due**<br>**(optional)**|
|||||**-**|||
|||||**-**|||
|||||**-**|||
|||||**-**|||
|||||**-**|||



Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees 

|<br>Signature<br>Helen Robins-Talbot|Print Name<br>Helen Robins-Talbot|Date of<br>approval|
|---|---|---|
||Helen Robins-Talbot|9th Jan 2025|
||||