EL/eLy VL'S 4bft | fittte acts of CittJness .&.J.C r'c. Trustees, Annual Report for the period from 23rd October 2023 to 22nd October 2024 Charity name: Evelyn's Gift CIO Charity registration number: 1165015 Evelyn's Gift was registered as a CIO In January 2016. Our work is in memory of 7-year-old Evelyn Mary Smith, who died suddenly and unexpertedly In 2013. We carry out a diverse ran8e of projects and provide individual acts of .kindness for people in need. We promote CPR life Saving skills training in the community provided by Warwickshire Hearts. Objectives and Activities We have two objectives.. 111 To preserve and protect good health by the provislon of emergency Ilfe support trainln8 through schools and councils in Warwickshire. 121 Such charitable purposes for the publlc benefit as are exclusively charitable accordin8 to the laws of England and Wales as the trustees may from time to time determine. The public benefits from purpose111 are evidenced by research from the Resuscitation Council that show5 that training in the community improves survival rates from community cardiac arrests. Training sessions for CPRI AED have been delivered by the charity Warwickshire Hearts, with a Small number organised by Evelyn's Gift. Evelyn's Glft organised Warrf4ickshire Hearts training sessions for the public at a restaurant and. as part of Restart a Heart Day. a school. Since the project began, more than ten thousand people have been trained in South Warwickshire. This work did not require any financial support from Evelyn's Gift. The majority of our work during this period has been in the area of arts of kindness for people in need for a variety of reasons. including bereavement, serious health problems, poverty, addiction, abuse or homelessness This work applies to objective12), and the majority of this work has been across Warwickshire, with a small number of cases in other counties in the Midlands of England. We have received requests for support from sources that include Warwickshire County Council Children's Services and Care Leaver teams. charities supporting families with children with serious illness, community nursing teams, hospices. community centres and schools. We fund a bereavement group for parents when their child has died, run by Wanvickshire Therapy, a5 a mutual support network. We provide bereavement support resource packs for familie5 and schools, aimed at primary-aged children. For individuals we are providing a direct benefit through objective {21 by enhancing quality of life and physical and mental wellbeing. Many of the items we provide are essential for a reasonable standard of livin8. We receive regular feedback from health. social care and education professionals about the direct impact on children. young people and adults. The Parents. Bereavement Group and bereavement support packs have facilitated support for bereaved people and feedback from parents, schools and other organisations shows that these projects improving outcomes for bereaved people. Objective121 provides the public benefrt of enhancing the community by facilitating community support for local people that are in crisis or vulnerable. Decision Making Pollcy Regular projects. such as bereavement support packs and toiletries for vulnerable people, do not require trustee approval. Projerts using restricted funds are reported to the trustees to ensure that the fund is bein8 used as intended. New projects and requests for individual support over £ICM) are shared electronically with the trustees if they are considered to meet our objertives. The trustees also have access to the accounts and financial statU5. A minimum of three trustees, In addition to the proposer, are requlred before the request can be approved and actioned. All decisions are made by the trustees with consideration of the public benefit and the charitV5 objectives. Structure, Governance and Management Evelyn's Gift is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation ICIOI governed by constitution. There are twelve trustees, which is the maximum number. Four of the trustees are related to one another because the charity is in memory of Evelyn Smith. The remaining trustees have a variety of skills in other areas and were all appointed by proposal and approval by existin8 trustees. Trustee Name Helen M C Smith Olficè Ilf anv) Chair Addltlonal Informatlon Also trustee of Lapworth Group Riding for the Disabled Incorporatin8 Carria8e Drivin8 ICIOI Husband of Chair Son of Chair Sister of Chalr Trevor Smilh Edward Smith Kate M Pelling APKin Jan Grewal Tracy Kewley Treasurer Secretary A150 trustee of Barford St Peterfs School Trust Additional bank account holder- unrelated to Treasurer and chair Donna Mari8 Amold-Kell Elizabeth N Jackson Aan Coope Caroline J Beresford-Ruck Kathryn Pepper EveLy VL'S .15D 47T 351 182 6,413 4T1 3s1 142 Putlic cc*cbtsk* SC￿ Sub tot•1(GrO￿ income lor AR) A2 A•••t and Inv•¥tm•nt ••1• ¥•e tabl• Sub total Total r•c•lp¢$ JDM A3P• m•nts ti olKindw35 ch￿ren'* Palenb. èw••￿￿0￿¢> 14n 441) 39 ChBr 3,417 2.4J7 1$9 EW FWIT￿￿ px 3.671 1.833 Sub total A4 A88el and 5nv•stm•nt urrha808 $•• table Sub total 35.910 Net of r•ceiptg(payments) . A5 Tran8f•rs ￿tween fund A6 cash fund$ last year ¢nd Cash funds thisy••r end 1QO33 28,416 1.499 ¥747 34.7eo io Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period UnrgstrKl•d fibndl Réstiictsd fund* loM•r•#£ Endowmonl fund6 C*0gor￿I B1 Cash lund8 245•4 t.12T Totsi cash funds 1.127 Unr••¢vl¢tsd nd• ¥**tÉ R•*trlct•d lund End¢)wrn•nt funds ton•w••tÉ CthY•nt¥4h Dpt?Ilg B3 In¥￿t￿•ThI ••••t• colt10￿￿ 81 *4••t• r•t•ln•d lor th• harlty's u r•lw•• B5 Llabllltl•s Print N 26 11-&L li CHARITY COMMISSION j FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Rèport to the trustees Evelyn's Grfl On accounts for the year onded 2211012024 Charity no (rfany 1165015 Set out on pages 10-11 I report to the trustees on my examination of the a¢¢ounts of the above chanty nhe Trust") for the year ended 2211012024 Responsibilities and bas18 of report As the Gharity's trustees. you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 {'the Act.). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 1495)(b) of the Act. Independent I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have •xamln•r's statement come to my attention in connection wrth the examination which gives me cause to believe that in. any material respect.. the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charrties Act; or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records,. or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements ¢on¢erning the form and content of accounts set out in the Chanties {Ac¢ounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 olher than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair, view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concems arKI 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 accounts to be reached. Slgned: Date: Name: Relevant professional qualification(s) or body Irf any): 200 IER Oct 2018 Address: 3L Section B Disclosure Only complete Il the examiner needs to highlight matenal matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts.. diredions and guidance for examiners). Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to di8cIo8e. IER Oct 2018