2024-03-31-accounts

Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From 01.04.2023 Period start date To 31.03.2024 Period end date

Charity name: The Solihull Childrens Special Needs Association

Charity registration number: 1164284

Objectives and Activities

	SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document	Para 1.17	To provide grants to support early years nurseries for children aged 2-5 with special needs &/or disabilities living in Solihull and Birmingham.
Summary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the activities, projects or services identified in the accounts.	Para 1.17 and 1.19	To provide additional funds for the buildings and equipment, and to the children attending the nurseries and their families, over and above those funded through the local Council or charitable Trusts.
Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit	Para 1.18	The Trustees have kept in due regard the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit when undertaking the Charity’s activities throughout the year.

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	SORP reference
Policy on grant making	Para 1.38	The Trustees meet with relevant Headteachers of the Nurseries to discuss ways in which the Charity’s funds can be used to enhance the facilities and services provided by the Nurseries which have not been funded by the local Council or charitable Trusts
Policy on social investment including program related investment	Para 1.38	During this year, the Charity funded a number of items requested by Brays School, a special education school in Birmingham attended by many children from Solihull. The items included equipment to help with communication and mobility needs as well as play skills in the outdoor learning area. The Charity was also pleased to fund horse riding lessons for a Ukrainian child with special needs to help with her wellbeing.
		The only volunteers now involved in the Charity are the Trustees themselves who

Contribution made by volunteers	Para 1.38	distribute funds held by the Charity. The Charity holds sufficient funds to pay for or contribute to any reasonable requests made by Headteachers. It is therefore not necessary to actively fund-raise at the present time although this may be needed in the future.
Other

Achievements and Performance

	SORP reference
Summary of the main achievements of the charity, identifying the difference the charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole.	Para 1.20	The Charity was able to enhance the experience of the pre-school children with additional needs who attend Brays School. On-going discussions are being held with the Headteacher regarding other future projects. No requests for funds were received from Reynalds Cross School Satellite Centre in Green Lane, Solihull this year but future projects will be considered

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Achievements against objectives set	Para 1.41
Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set	Para 1.41
Investment performance against objectives	Para 1.41
Other

Financial Review

Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period	Para 1.21	Full details of the Charity’s financial position are given in its annual accounts from which it can be seen that there was a reduction in the available funds this year although these are still significant and adequate for its purpose. This is because the Charity no longer needs to actively fund-raise following the transfer of the Reynalds Cross Nursery to Solihull MBC in September 2019 which now funds its entire operation. It is envisaged that the Charity will now ‘run-down’ its funds, making grants to relevant nursery schools over subsequent years. The Trustees would be willing to consider raising additional funds if and when needed. As such, the Charity has amended its objectives to include other relevant nurseries across Solihull and Birmingham. The change has been notified to and approved by the Charity Commission.
Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held	Para 1.22	Reserves are held for future provision, and these will be allocated in subsequent years. The use of these reserves will continue to be discussed with Headteachers and considered by the Trustees.
Amount of reserves held	Para 1.22	£155837
Reasons for holding zero reserves	Para 1.22
Details of fund materially in deficit	Para 1.24
Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern	Para 1.23

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The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising)	Para 1.47	Sources of funds have included donations, some through regular standing orders. The Trustees continue to contact any remaining regular donors to encourage them to cancel their standing orders as new funds are no longer required. Similarly, fund raising activities previously undertaken by groups, individuals and the Trustees themselves are no longer held as sufficient funds are held to cover any requests received.
Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted	Para 1.46

A description of the principal risks facing the charity	Para 1.46	The Charity no longer faces any significant risks except for any loss of funds/crises experienced by the two major UK banks with which it holds its funds.
Other

Structure, Governance and Management

Description of charity’s trusts:
Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter)	Para 1.25	Trust deed approved by the Charity Commission
How is the charity constituted? (e.g unincorporated association, CIO)	Para 1.25	The Charity is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO) with foundation status, run solely by its Trustees and without a voting membership
Trustee selection methods including details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entitled to appoint one or more trustees	Para 1.25	There were no new Trustees during this period. Any new Trustees would be known to the existing Trustees, interviewed by them and nominated and approved by all the Trustees. The Charity is not seeking new Trustees at the present time.

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Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees	Para 1.51	Each Trustee has a role within the Charity which uses her skills and experience. If any new Trustee were to be appointed, s/he would receive training to ensure that s/he is familiar with charity law and the Charity’s constitution and its aims. Any new Trustee would be checked by the DBS, as are all existing Trustees as and when required.
The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works	Para 1.51	The Charity has a Chair, Secretary and Treasurer. Minutes of all meetings are kept, This year, the Charity worked only with the Headteachers of Reynalds Cross and Brays Schools.
Relationship with any related parties	Para 1.51	As above
Other		N.A.

Reference and Administrative details

Charity name	The Solihull Childrens Special Needs Association (SCSNA)
Other name the charity uses	-
Registered charity number	1164284

Charity’s principal address	Arden Wych
	Vicarage Hill
	Tanworth-in-Arden
	Solihull B94 5EA

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
	Mrs Jo Brown	Chair
	Mrs Dawne Clayton-Wright
	Mrs Alison Elkin
	Mrs Helen Ellis	Treasurer
	Mrs Jan Mason	Secretary

– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved

Director name

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity

Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others

Description of the assets held in this capacity

Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects

Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of Name Address adviser

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

Exemptions from disclosure

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details

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Declarations

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Mrs Helen Ellis Signature(s) Mrs Jo Brown Mrs Helen Ellis Full name(s) Mrs Joanne Brown Position (eg Secretary, Chair Treasurer Chair, etc) Date 27/01/2025

	Charity Name Solihull Childrens Special Needs Association	Charity Name Solihull Childrens Special Needs Association	Charity Name Solihull Childrens Special Needs Association	No (if any)	CC16a
	For the period from	Period start date 01.04.23		Period end date 31.03.24
Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts Subscriptions & Donations 615 SundryIncome - interest 141 - - - - - - 756 - - Sub total - Total receipts 756 A3 Payments Grants to Trusts(1) 5,402 Grants to Individual 252 - - - - - - - Sub total 5,654 - - Sub total - Total payments 5,654 Net of receipts/(payments) - 4,898 A5 Transfers between funds - A6 Cash funds last year end - Cash funds this year end 155,837 Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ Sub total(Gross income for AR) A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)		to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Restricted funds	to the nearest £ Endowment funds	Total funds to the nearest £ 615 141 - - - - - - 756 - - - 756 5,402 252 - - - - - - - 5,654 - - - 5,654 - 4,898 - 160,735 155,837	Last year to the nearest £
			-	615	1,035
			-	141	132
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			-	756	1,167
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			-	756	1,167
			-	5,402	7,859
			-	252	100
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			-	5,654	7,959
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		-	-	- 4,898	- 6,792
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		-	-	160,735	167,527
		-	-	155,837	155,837

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
Categories B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B3 Investment assets B5 Liabilities B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees	Details Barclays Bank Nationwide Details Details Details Details Signature Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))	to nearest £ to nearest £ 124,606 - 31,231 - - - 155,837 - OK OK to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Print Name Joanne Brown Helen Ellis Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional)	to nearest £ Endowment funds
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			Date of approval
		Joanne Brown	1/27/2025
		Helen Ellis	1/27/2025