## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 01.04.2024 Period start date To 31.03.2025 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 other
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.| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||
SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|The Trustees will meet with relevant
Headteachers of relevant 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 was delighted
to fund an outdoor canopy for Reynalds
Cross Satellite Centre at Green Lane,
enabling the children in the EYFS –
Nursery and Reception Class to play
outside in all weathers| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|The only volunteers now involved in the
Charity are the Trustees themselves who
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 continues to discuss projects
with the Headteachers of Reynalds Cross
School in Solihull and Brays School,
another special education school in
Birmingham.
No specific requests for funds were
received from Brays School in this financial
year.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
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 an
appropriate reduction in its 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 Green Lane Nursery, now the Reynalds
Cross School Satellite Centre, 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|£145784| |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|| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Sources of funds have included donations
through regular standing orders. The
Trustees continue to contact 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|Para 1.46|| |social investment policy
adopted||| |---|---|---| |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.| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
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
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**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 ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **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 ## **Other optional information** ## **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** 21/01/2026 **Charity Name No (if any) Solihull Childrens Special Needs Association Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **from** 01. 03. 2024 31. 03. 2025 |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Subscriptions & Donations|**115**||**-**||**-**||**115**||**615**| |SundryIncome - interest|**1,431**||**-**||**-**||**1,431**||**141**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**1,546**||**-**||**-**||**1,546**||**756**| ||||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| ||**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||||| ||||||||||**756**| ||||||||||| |Grants to Schools|**11,600**||||||||**5,402**| |Grants to Individual|**-**||||||||**252**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**11,600**||||||||**5,654**| ||||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||||| ||||||||||**5,654**| ||||||||||| ||**- 10,054**||||||||**- 4,898**| ||**-**||||||||| ||**155,837**||||||||**160,735**| ||**145,784**||||||||**155,837**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 1/21/2026 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Barclays Bank
Nationwide
**Details**|**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Barclays Bank
Nationwide
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**113,121**
**32,663**
**-**
**145,784**
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**113,121**
**32,663**
**-**
**145,784**
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
OK
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**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
OK
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||OK| ||||||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**||**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||**Details**||**Fund to which**
**liability relates**||**Amount due**
**(optional)**||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||||**-**||| ||||||**-**||| ||||||**-**||| ||||||**-**||| ||||||**-**||| ||Helen Ellis
Signature
Joanne Brown||Print Name
Joanne Brown
Helen Ellis||||| ||||||||Date of
approval| ||Joanne Brown||Joanne Brown||||1/21/2026| ||Helen Ellis||Helen Ellis||||1/21/2026| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 1/21/2026 2