2022-03-31-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

	Period start date	Period start date			Period end date	Period end date
	01	April	2021		31st	March	2022
From				To

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Brightstars

Other names charity is known by

Registered charity number (if any) 1164295

1164295	1164295
West Stow Lodge
West Stow
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Postcode	IP28 6ET

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)
	Steven Turpie	Chair of Trustees		ExistingTrustees
	Paula Turpie	CharityAdministrator		ExistingTrustees
	Sarah Thomas			ExistingTrustees
	Abigail Proctor	Trustee for Whistleblowing		Existing Trustees

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser Name Address
Independent Accountant	Gabrielle Hammond	Highbury Ash, Burthorpe Green, Barrow, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP29 5DA

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

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

CIO Governing Document (Charity Commission Template) Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) CIO How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Appointed by Existing Trustees Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

• Brightstars has a Management Committee that reports to the Board of

• You may choose to include Trustees and is made up of the Charity Administrator (Chair), at least one

• additional information, where other Trustee and the Play Leader. This committee is responsible for the

• relevant, about: day to day running of the Brightstars Club.

• • policies and procedures Brightstars is OFSTED registered and follows a set of policies that ensure

• adopted for the induction and training of trustees; compliance with OFSTED regulations including our management of Risk.

• • the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;

• relationship with any related parties;

• • trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

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The Objective of the Charity is, for the public benefit, to relieve the needs of people with a disability in particular by the provision of help and support for them and for their families, dependants and carers by such charitable means as the charity Trustees determine, including but not Summary of the objects of the limited to: charity set out in its governing document 1/ Providing respite care 2/ Providing information and advice 3/ Providing support services to the families, dependants and carers of people with a disability. Brightstars currently runs a respite service for children and young people with a disability. This includes a Saturday Club that runs every other Saturday as follows: 9.30am to 12.30am – 5 to 11 year olds 13:30 to 16:30 12 to 19 year olds. The club operates at a ratio of one member of staff to every 2 children in addition to our play leader and volunteers. Each session provides fun activities for the children which is self-directed and includes physical play, Summary of the main arts and craft, cooking and games. activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to In planning the activities for the year the Trustees take note of the Charity these objects (include within Commission guidance on public benefit which has been reviewed this section the statutory accordingly. declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

• policy on grantmaking;

• policy programme related investment;

• contribution made by volunteers.

Section D Achievements and performance

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Section D Achievements and erformance p

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

We are very proud of our accomplishments as recognised by our Parents.

Since COVID restrictions were removed the club has returned to normal running and remains oversubscribed with a waiting list.

We have successfully recruited additional staff and volunteers this year and appointed additional new Trustees.

We continue to maintain the mandatory training requirements for OFSTED registration (First Aid, Safeguarding, Food Safety) and over the next 12 months will again be investing in Advanced Behaviour Management Training and Enhanced Risk Management.

Staff and volunteer induction has a strong focus on safety and we are designed to provide a fun but above all safe and secure group .

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the

Brightstars does not have a reserve policy.

charity’s policy on reserves

Details of any funds materially We have no funds in deficit. in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

The Charities principal source of funds comes from

You may choose to include additional information, where 1/ Local Authority Grant relevant about: 2/ Child attendance fees

• the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);

• 3/ Charitable donations

• We have been successful in securing donations that have supported us

• • how expenditure has in buying specialist equipment, paying for staff training and helping fund future training and recruitment for both staff and volunteers.

• supported the key objectives of the charity;

• investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

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

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date	Steven Turpie	Paula Turpie
	Steven Turpie	Paula Turpie
	Chair	Charity Administrator
	7th November 2022
	7th November 2022

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Charity Name			No (if any)
Brightstars			1164295
Receipts andpayments accounts					CC16a
For the period from	1st April 2021 Period start date	To	31st March 2022 Period end date

Section A Receipts and payments	Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts	Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 9,880 5,000 - - - - - 14,880 - - - 14,880 803 - - 401 177 193 1,783 3,357 - - - 3,357 11,523 - - 11,523	Restricted funds to the nearest £ 20,000 - - - - - 20,000 - - - 20,000 284 21,430 206 95 114 3,619 25,748 - - - 25,748 - 5,748 - - - 5,748	Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Total funds to the nearest £ 9,880 5,000 20,000 - - - - - 34,880 - - - 34,880 1,087 21,430 206 401 177 288 114 1,783 3,619 29,105 - - - 29,105 5,775		Last year to the nearest £
Fees for Charitable Service	9,880					635
Donations - Unrestricted	5,000					13,099
Donations - Restricted	-					22,000
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Sub total(Gross income for AR)	14,880					35,734
A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
	-
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Sub total	-					-
Total receipts A3 Payments
						35,734
Staff Training	803					330
Staff Salaries	-					13,121
DBS Checks	-					52
Insurance	401					362
Equipment	177					-
Clothingand MarketingMaterials	193					-
Admin Overheads						-
Consumable Materials	1,783					295
Room Hire						1,008
**Sub total **	3,357					15,168
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
						15,168
	11,523	- 5,748	-	5,775		20,566
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	11,523	- 5,748	-	5,775		20,566

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

Categories B1 Cash funds CCXX R1 accounts (SS)	Current Account Details ~~1~~	Unrestricted funds to nearest £ 69,528	Restricted funds to nearest £	Endowment funds to nearest £
				- ~~7/11/2022~~

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	Total cash funds		69,528		-		-
	(agree balances with receipts and payments
	account(s))		Agreement Error		Agreement Error		OK
			Unrestricted		Restricted		Endowment
			funds		funds		funds
	Details		to nearest £		to nearest £		to nearest £
B2 Other monetary assets			-				-
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	Details		Fund to which asset belongs		Cost (optional)		Current value (optional)
B3 Investment assets					-		-
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	Details		Fund to which asset belongs		Cost (optional)		Current value (optional)
B4 Assets retained for the					-		-
charity’s own use					-		-
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			Fund to which		Amount due		When due
	Details		liability relates		(optional)		(optional)
B5 Liabilities	Staff Salaries				-
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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees	Signature		Print	Name			Date of approval
	S Turpie		S Turpie				07/11/2022
	P Turpie		P Turpie				07/11/2022

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trustsesl members of Brightstars On accounts for the year ended 3151 March 2022 Charlty no lif any) 1164295 Sot out on pages I report to the trust8e8 on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ("the Trust.) for th8 year ended 31103 12022. As charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accourrts in a¢¢ordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 {'the AGt'). Responsibillties and basis of report I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 ofthe 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have foll¢Ned all the applicable Dir8Ctions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5}{b) of the Act. Independent The charity's gross income ex￿eded £25.000 and l am qualified to examinerfs statement undertake the examination by being a qualified rnember of ACCA I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination {olher than that disclosed below ') which grves me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act,. or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records., or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements Con￿rnIng the form and wntent of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that Ihe accounts give a ttrue and fair, view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concerns 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 ac¢ounts to be reached. Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not 8ppIy. "•November 2022 Signed: Name: Gabrielle Hammond Relevant prolesslonal qualification{s) or body (if any): FCCA Addres$: Highbury Ash, Burthorpe Green, Barrow, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP29 5DA

Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of con￿rn (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts.- directions and guidance for examiners). Give here brlef details of any items that the oxaminer wlshes to disc108e.