REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1163379 More Tban Words Charity Trusteu, Aooual Report and Accounts For The Year Ended 31st Deeember 2024
More Than Words Charity Index For the yr eJJded 31st December 2024 Page No. Legal and AthniD&strative Information Tntees. Annual Rwrt Accountsnts R¢m to the TTUStees Receipts and Payments Accowit Statement of A55ets and Liabili¢i¢s Notes to the Finan¢ial Stat¢m¢nts
More Than Words Charity Legal and Administrative Inforniation For the year ended 31st Dccember 2024 Charity llatNe: More Than Words Chartty Charity Commission registered number: 1163379 Charity's principal address: 20 Staple Drive Staplehurst Tonbridge Kent TN12 OSH Trustees: Lesley Manners Paul Hughes- Chairnian Vanessa Pilcher- Secretary Ri¢hard Ebank5 Accountants and Independent EiJminers: Ronald Price FCA Beak Kemmenc Chartered Accountsnts and Registered Auditors 1- 3 Manor Road Chatham Kent ME4 6AE Bankers: National Westsnins¢¢r Bank PIC 5 The Parade High Street Staplehurst Kent TN12 OJY
More Than Words Charity Trustees, Annual Report For the year ended 31st December 2024 The ttwtees submit their r¢port together with the financi21 ents of the charity from th¢ l* January 2024 to 3 1st December2024. Structure Governanee and Mana ement The trust¢¢s during the period under review w¢r¢: Lesley Mann¢rs Paul Hughes Vanessa Pilcher Richard Ebank5 Description of Charity's Governing doeumethl Constitution adopted 9th January 2015 and amended ioth O¢tob¢r 2015. The charity i% constituted as an associationand isTnanag¢d by a committee who meet on le&8t threeoccasions during th¢ yw. Reeruitment 2nd appointment of trusttts Apart from the f]rst charity tNstees. tNstees are app)itited by the tnemb¢r5hip at the Annual Generdl Meeting (AGM). AII tNstees retire at the n¢xt AGM but may stsnd for re-election. Th¢ wmmittcc of tTUStees has the power to appoint additional trustees during the year but they will sthnd down at the AGM. The minimum number of trustees is thrce and there is no m]mum. Ob e¢tives and Activities Objects of the charity To relieve the needs of disabled children and th¢ir f8mll1 and carers in the UK in particular but not exclusiv¢ly by providing support and communication aid5 for children with communication ditTiculties. Main activities undertsken Cor the public beDefit The provisson of Makaton signing Cours free of charge to any person that w¢s for a child with communication difficultie5. Th¢ provision of a support mechanism by providing events 5PEcifically centr¢d for ¢hildren with additional needs. When planning the activities for the year. the tTUStees have complied with the dury in Sectiort 4 of the Charitie5 Act 2011 to have due regard to guidan¢e published by the Clwity Commissioty itlcluding public benefit guidance.
Acbie The athiEme of thtdwiry tsitisthe 13 tar 5essi¢>tys Two kvcl 2 ¢•ws One level 3 ¢ (kne le1 4 ofKenL The choiceof online fa¢e-tO-fxettwing We¢ a% alldcarern support ¢bildre4 th¢irPallS artd C•Ters witb w(¢lsknpL nci*l Rcvi Genettl £34,273 and pwnents to £2%.891. ThisTrth ID An excw tsf oYerpayfflen5s of £SJ82. ThE net unr¢stricted fijnds of th¢ 5tathl at Ell.712 a5 Qt 31° DE¢¢mbcr2024. Th¢¢ no reStsid AS at 31° Paul He5 DatrofAFQTov& 2Q. i 0.1025
More Than Words Cbarity Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustee5 On the Accounts for the year ended 31st December 2024 I report on the accounts for the year ended 31° 1)ecember 2024 s¢t out on pages 5 to 8 which hav¢ b¢¢n prepared under the receipts and payments basis. Respective responsibilities ofthe tTUSt¢¢5 nd exmintr The charity's trustees are resFonsible for the prepardiion of the accounts. The chaTity's trustees consider an audil is not required forthis year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an indekrndent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to: examitie the accounts undcr section 145 of the 2011 Ac to follow the procedure5 laid down in the General DiredioDs given by th¢ Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b} of the 2011 A¢t- and to state whether partiwlar matters have come to my attentithL Basis of independent examiner's report My exatnination wa5 carried out Én accordance with the GernI Direction5 given by the Charity Commission. An ¢xamination includes a review of the accounting reconLs kept by the charity and a wrnparisoD of the accounts preseuted with ihose records. li also includes considerntion of any unusual itelns or disclosures in the accounts, and the seeking of explanations from you as trustKs concerning any such matters. Theprocedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in un audit an(L consequently. no opinion is given &s to wheth¢r the accounts present a 'true and fair. view and the report 15 limited to those matters set out in the 5tat¢Tnent below. IndepeThdent tlamlD¢r'y ststement In connection with iny ¢xamination, no tnatw h&$ come llhy attcntioD: which gives m¢ r¢&sonable cause to believe thaL in any matrriai respec4 the requirements: to kp accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 ACL and to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting r¢quirements of the Charities Aci have not been met" or to which, in my opwion, attention should be drawn in otdtt ts) enable a pro understanding of the accounts to be reaehed. Ronald Price FCA BeaJ( Kemmenoe Chartered Accountants 1-3 Manor Road Chatham Kent ME4 6AE Dated:
More Than Words Charity Receipts and Payments Accounts for the year ended 31st December 2024 UDrestrirted fuDds Restrieted fndS Note5 TotaL$ 2024 Totsls 2023 Reeelpts Incoming resources from generat¢d funds.. Voluntary income 25.506 25,506 13.145 Legacy incom¢ Activities for generating fijnds 3.953 3.953 912 Inlerest received 74 74 61 Other incoming resources Other income- Makaton courses 4,740 4,740 10,690 Total ineomlng resource5 73 34273 24.808 PaymeDts Clwitable activities costs Costs of g¢n¢rating funds.. Costs of generating voluntary in¢om¢ 10.088 1.612 11.700 6,992 l6.891 16,891 16.632 Total resources expended 26,979 1.612 28J91 23,624 Asset purchases Purchase of f]xed a55¢ts 300 300 Eieess of payrnents over r¢¢eipts 6,994 (1,612) 5J82 1.184 Batjk accounts and brought forward 25.718 1.612 27,330 26,146 TrAnsfer between fimds Bank aceoullts and easb t*rritd forward 32.Y12 27J30 The ptaY sel oul onpage 7- 8formpori ofihese accow
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Mor¢ Than Words Charity Notes to the A¢counts ror the year end¢d 31st December 2024 Charitable activities costs Unr¢strie¢ed nds Restricted funds Totsls 2024 Tota15 2023 Makaton course expenses Childrens actiyities and resources Support costs 7.553 396 2,139 10.088 1.612 9.165 396 1.572 4.725 695 6.992 1.612 2 Costs of g¢n¢rating voluntary iDeome Unrestrieted Restricted nds Totals 2024 Ttstsls 2023 Events Other fundraising expens Support costs 3.056 35 13.81X) 16,891 3.056 35 13.800 16,891 2,501 35 12,056 14,S92 3 Support costs Unrestricted fuDds Rutricted fllnds Totsls 2024 Totsls 2023 Payroll aTLd U81 wages Audit and accountancy Printing, postage and ststionery Communication cosrs Insurance 11,865 1,200 2.407 243 224 15,939 11.865 1200 2.407 243 224 939 9,805 1.200 1.349 173 224 12,751 Support Costs which have not already been allocated to th¢ appropriate activity cosL are those which provide the organisationai infrastN¢iure enables the output producing activities to take place, and have been apportioned on an estimated b&sis &s follows: VDrestritted fun Restricted funds Tolals 21124 Tot819 2023 Cost of generating voluntsry income Charitable adiyities Costs 13.800 2.139 15,939 13.800 2.139 15.939 12,056 695 12.751 Trse n01uf0rml Of1 coW
More Than Words Charity Notes to the A¢¢ovnts for the yegr ended 3151 December 2024 4 Unr¢5tricted funds Balanee Trnsfer between BalaD¢e as #t 31 Detetnber 2024 J4nury 2024 Incoming sourees Resources expended G¢n¢rdl fid$ 25.718 34273 (27,279) 32,712 Total unrestricted fimds 27 79 S Restrietsd funds Balance as atl January 2024 Tr•Dsfer between Balance a5 at 31 December 2024 IncomiDg Ruour¢es pended Project fund 1,612 {1.612) 1,612 1.612 6 Related p8rty transactions No remuTh¢rJtion or other beuefits have F£en FAid to the tTUStees dwing the perityj ended 31st DeMb 2024. These nolafforni oftk 1cOMts