## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** **From** Period start date Period end date 01 01 2023 31 12 2023 **To** ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1166093 The Courage Foundation UK **Charity's principal address** 2 Bursledon Road Southampton **Postcode SO19 7LW** ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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10|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body)**
**entitled to appoint trustee (if**
**any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Ruth Palmer|Chair||| ||TonyPalmer|Treasurer||| ||Simon Vargeson|||| ||Ellen Vargeson|||| ||Mark Vargeson|||| ||BethanyVargeson|||| ||Matthew Long|||| ||Rebekah Long|||| ||John White|||| ||Claire White|||| ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Constitution CIO How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Trustee selection methods Appointed by trustees (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Section C Objectives and activities** **TAR** October 2023 1 The object of the CIO is for the public benefit to relieve the mental and physical sickness and distress of children and families suffering from bereavement living **Summary of the objects of the** in England by providing such support as the trustees deem appropriate for such **charity set out in its** persons in particular (but not exclusively) through the provision of family days **governing document** out at theme parks. **What** • GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES **Summary of the main** • THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH OR SAVING OF LIVES **activities undertaken for the** • RECREATION **public benefit in relation to** • OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES **these objects (include within this section the statutory Who declaration that trustees have** • CHILDREN / YOUNG PEOPLE **had regard to the guidance** • OTHER DEFINED GROUPS **issued by the Charity How Commission on public** • OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES **benefit)** ## Section D Achievements and performance This year the charity has spent considerable time seeking to explore **Summary of the main** additional revenue streams – grant applications, fund raising events and **achievements of the charity** general raising awareness of the charity with local(ish) businesses. **during the year** We have continued to support many families with annual passes and days out, clearing much of the application backlog caused by Covid. We are excited to see how things develop further in the future and being able to re-open the application process. ## **Section E Financial review** As yet the charity has not had need to put together such a policy. **Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** ## **Section F Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** TONY PALMER **Signature(s)** RUTH PALMER Tony Palmer **Full name(s)** Ruth Palmer **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chair Treasurer **etc) Date** 27/10/23 **TAR** October 2023 2 **Charity Name No (if any) The Courage Foundation UK 1166093 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 01/01/2023 31/12/2023 |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**18,806**
**4,203**
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**24**
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**23,033**
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**23,033**
**1,008**
**1,625**
**19,308**
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**66**
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**22,008**
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**22,008**
**1,026**
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**8,787**
**9,813**|**Restricted**
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**-**|**Total funds**
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**18,806**
**4,203**
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**23,033**
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**1,008**
**1,625**
**19,308**
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**66**
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**22,008**
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**22,008**

**1,026**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Donations|**18,806**|||||**12,529**| |Income from merchandise|**4,203**|||||**3,780**| |Building gifts|**-**|||||**-**| |Interest|**24**|||||**6**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**23,033**|||||**16,315**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||| |||||||**16,315**| |||||||| |Cost of fundraisingactivities|**1,008**|||||**1,229**| |Merchandise|**1,625**|||||**2,471**| |Purchasing of annual passes for families|**19,308**|||||**26,807**| |Website and media|**-**|||||**-**| |Building& office construction|**-**|||||**-**| |Bank charges|**66**|||||**93**| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**22,008**|||||**30,600**| |||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
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**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||| |||||||**30,600**| |||||||| ||**1,026**|**-**|**-**|
**1,026**||**- 14,285**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**8,787**|**-**|**-**|**8,787**||**23,072**| ||**9,813**|**-**|**-**|**9,813**||**8,787**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 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
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|RUTH PALMER
Signature
TONY PALMER
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approval| ||TONY PALMER|TONY PALMER|27/10/2024| ||RUTH PALMER|RUTH PALMER|**27/10/2024**| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 2