**To**
## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date 02 March 2024 01 March 2025
**From**
## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name**
Freedom For Wheels
**Other names charity is known by**
|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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|1 Luisa Pearce|Chair|Wholeyear||
|3 Kristian Pearce||Whole Year||
|4 Richard Kendall|Treasurer|Wholeyear||
|5 HayleyPearce|Secretary|Wholeyear||
|6 Nicholas Schuller||Wholeyear||
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser Name Address**
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Type of governing document
(eg. trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted
Constitution
CIO
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Trustees are Elected and appointed at AGM Trustee selection methods
(eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
All Trustees are given an induction pack, which includes the constitution. You **may choose** to include They spend time with current trustees to lean how the charity works and additional information, where the work that is needed from each to fulfil their role within the charity relevant, about: • policies and procedures Trustees are informed about GDPR and upholding confidentiality. All are adopted for the induction and advised about a conflict of interest which must be reported training of trustees;
The charity is appointed at a year AGM and then positions are put forwarded and seconded. The charity is lead by the main Chair and other offices as in the governing document all trustees have a vote at meetings and all major decisions and fundraising ideas are voted on and passed before implemented. We work with other disability charities and also the wheelchair service run by the NHS to support service users.
- 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 Hospitals, doctors , OTs and Physio’s refer people to our service as well and procedures to manage as the website and the Facebook page and the CCG and Wheelchair them. Service.
Some members sit on other boards where advice and advocacy work is undertaken
All Trustees are trained on have relevant DBS checks if they are working with vulnerable clients Trustees are all DBS checked if they are in a role of working with vulnerable people
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## **Section C Objectives and activities**
To relieve the needs of disabled people in Kent by funding and purchasing specialised wheelchairs and other needed equipment for their benefit and by funding needed specialist services and rehabilitation **Summary of the objects of the** services in order to assist them regain their independence and to improve **charity set out in its** their quality of life **governing document**
||**Objectives and activities**|
|---|---|
||To relieve the needs of disabled people in Kent by funding and
purchasing specialised wheelchairs and other needed equipment for their
benefit and by funding needed specialist services and rehabilitation
services in order to assist them regain their independence and to improve
their quality of life|
|**Summary of the main**
**activities undertaken for the**
**public benefit in relation to**
**these objects (include within**
**this section the statutory**
**declaration that trustees have**
**had regard to the guidance**
**issued by the Charity**
**Commission on public**
**benefit)**|Freedom for Wheels was formed in February 2016 and we have grown in
helping individual’s year on year until this year where things have been
increasingly difficult . The charity operates under a constitution of a CIO
whose only voting members are its trustees.
The governing document is the Freedom For Wheels CIO Constitution
adopted on 1stMarch 2016 and revised on the 28thApril 2016. This
provides detailed rules for the powers, appointments of trustees,
membership of the CIO and liability of trustees
When events and fundraising is planned the trustees keep in mind the
Charity Commission guidance on public benefit and all trustees have and
are briefed on the role of a trustee and supplied with a copy of the
constitution and a trustee pack. They are also directed to the Charity
Commission website relating to becoming a trustee and the guidance on
public benefit.
The trustees hold regular meeting and an annual AGM. All meetings are
minutes and these are signed and checked at the following meeting.
The focus of our activities remains in helping disabled individuals achieve
a better quality of life through the services we offer. All that contact the
charity are spoken with directly and met and all that meet the criteria are
helped if we are able to fulfil what they have requested We work with
other charity’s and are able to signpost individuals to those if they do not
meet our criteria and we also do advocacy work to help individuals whom
are struggling with paperwork and benefits.
One of our trustees also now works with the police to help support
disabled individuals free of charge as a volunteer with regards disability
hate crime. We also work with other local charities and support networks
including Healthwatch to ensure a full rounded service|
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
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We this last year have had no volunteers as this has been harder to maintain with cost of living crisis
trustees give up their own time for free in order to keep the functioning of the charity running they do this with no financial gain for themselves.
Many of our trustees have an expertise relevant to the role or the purpose of the charity and are therefore trained personal as well as professionally in order to give the best they can to enable the charity to be successful
We do not at this time have any grants or ever applied for any grants
We work with charities like Health watch and Kent Wide Disability Forum to ensure that we are all working to make improvements together
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 performance The charity has continued to have difficulty fundraising this year due to **Summary of the main** the covid pandemic still impacting the cost of living crisis and the **achievements of the charity** increase in energy bills we have received zero funds into the charity. We **during the year** have lost many of our chances of fundraising now due to the pandemic and also those struggling that have lost employment due to the pandemic the charity is struggling as our those we help as access to NHS and medical support is now much harder with longer waiting times and increased numbers waiting we continued to loose the chance of fundraising we have lost nearly all our income streams and the regular fundraising we did have has become smaller and smaller to zero If this continues as it is we have made the decision to close the chaorty after this financial year Our fundraising this last year and fallen to the lowest level we have ever had as a charity with the cost of living crisis and most of our fundraising again coming from vulnerable people they have not been able to support the charity Our chairperson was chosen due to her knowledge and her work through the charity with disabled individuals to sit on panels that are involved in decision-making during the pandemic for vulnerable individuals both nationally and locally. One of our trustees now works with vulnerable children and young adults supporting them in their education and helping with additional services in his private capacity. We also do a lot of work support disabled individials to help them complete their PIP forms on a voluntary advocacy basis We continue to receive requests for support but cannot do as much due to lack of funds . and we continue to do our best to help as many as we can that meet our criteria. We work with the Police, CCG, GPs Physio’s, OT, All our funds have been raised in the past through our supporters attending events and fundraising. We support those applying for Pip as this is becoming more and more complicated with many getting rejected first time around and other government grants through the application process with guidance and help in completing applications as well as advising on other services available. Working with the disabled communities has shown us that more information needs to be made more easily accessible and more funding needs to be made available fore charities to continue to offer this service The continue lack of support nationally means the charity still has a need and a purpose if not more than when we first started we cannot continue if we are not financially viable. Its been a very difficult year for all and we know from APPG meetings and local meetings that we are needed more so now than ever but funding means this is not possible
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## **Section E Financial review**
**Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves**
All reserves we hold at the charity are used for the purpose of helping others we do not hold on to huge amounts anyway and should the charity ever cease to operate the reserves would be passed to a charity that is involved within the same or similar are` of practise.
The bank account requires two signatures in order to comply and ensure safety of the release of funds
## **Details of any funds materially in deficit**
We have no deficit
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about:
- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
All funds we receive into the charity are through fundraising and donations which can also be gift aided we also this year were in receipt of a grant from the Lottery fund
Our expenditure is for the purpose of helping disabled individuals achieve and gain a more beneficial outcome and improve quality of life this we do with all the funds we have available and no funds are used to pay any trustees or go on personal expenses Minimal funds are used to cover insurances, promotional and marketing materials and the upkeep of the website
- investment policy and We are a small charity and all monies we hold in reserve and kept in the objectives including any bank as we have too little at this stage to invest elsewhere ethical investment policy adopted.
## **Section F Other optional information**
This coming year we will continue to be looking at the possibility of getting grants but if unsuccessful we will make the decision at the AGM to close the charity and inform the charity commission we cannot continue to support without funding so many charities are now needing support there is little to go a long way.
We ensure that anyone working with disabled individuals has full DBS cleared status
Coming out of this pandemic is hard for all by harder for disabled individuals as it has been agreed that disabled community have suffered disproportionally. But disability charities are also one of the hardest hit
## **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**|R Kendall|L Pearce|
|---|---|---|
||Richard Kendall|Luisa Pearce|
||Treasurer|Chair|
||03/03/2026||
||03/03/2026||
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## **Charity Name**
## **freedom for wheels**
## **Recei ts and a ments acco p p y**
Period start date **For the period from To** 02/03/2024
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
**Unrestricte d funds to the nearest £**
**Restricted Endowmen funds t funds to the nearest to the nearest £ £**
## **A1 Receipts**
**-00 -00** fundraising **-00 -00 - -00 -00 - -00 -00 - -00 -00 - -00 -00 - -00 -00 - -00 -00** _**Sub total** (Gross income_ **-00 -00** _for AR)_ **A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). - - - - - -** _**Sub total**_ **-** _**Total receipts**_ **-** ~~= =———~~ **A3 Payments** wix subscription for website **-00 -00** new website **-00 -00** Venue Deposit **-00 -00** Promotional Materials **-00 -00** rehabilitation **-00 -00** Registration for Superhero **-00 -00** Insurance **-00 -00** wheelchairs **-00 -00** covid carfe packages **-00 -00** _**Sub total**_ **-00 -00 -00**
**A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) - - - - - -** _**Sub total**_ **-** ~~=5 SE~~
|**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||**-**|
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**-**|
|**-00**|
|**-00**|
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**-**||**-00**||**-00**|
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the p**
**Categories Details**
**B1 Cash funds**
_**Total cash funds**_ (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))
## **Details**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**Unrestricte d funds to nearest £ -00 -00 -00 Unrestricte d funds to nearest £ -00 -00 -00 -00 -00 -00**
## **Details**
**Fund to which asset belongs**
## **B3 Investment assets**
## **Details**
**Fund to which asset belongs**
**B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use**
**Fund to which liability relates**
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Signed by one or two trustees
on behalf of all the trustees Signature
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**No (if any) 1166823**
## **ounts**
## **CC16a**
Period end date 01/03/2025
## **Total funds**
## **Last year**
|**Total funds**|**Total funds**|**Last year**|
|---|---|---|
|**to the nearest**
**£**||**to the nearest**
**£**|
||
||
|**-00**||**1,601**|
|**-00**||**-00**|
|**-00**||**-00**|
|**-00**||**-00**|
|**-00**||**-00**|
|**-00**||**-00**|
|**-00**||**-00**|
|**-00**||**1,601**|
||||
|**-00**|
||
|**-00**||**-**|
|**-00**||**-**|
||||
|||**1,601**|
||||
|**393**|
|**356**|
||||
|**-00**|||
|**-00**||**-00**|
|||**864**|
|**-00**|||
|||**849**|
||||
||||
|**393**||**2,069**|
||||
|**-00**|
||
|**-00**|||
|**-00**||**-**|
|||**2,069**|
|---|---|---|
||||
|**-393**||**-468**|
|**-00**|
|**-00**|
|**-00**||**-00**|
|**-75**||**-468**|
|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Endowmen**
**t funds**
**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|
|**-00**|
|**-00**|
|**-00**||**-00**|
|**-00**||**-00**|
|**-00**||**-00**|
|||OK|
|||**Endowmen**
**t funds**
**to nearest £**|
|**-00**|
|**-00**|
|**-00**||**-00**|
|**-00**||**-00**|
|**-00**||**-00**|
|**-00**||**-00**|
|**-00**||**-00**|
|**Cost**
**(optional)**|**Cost**
**(optional)**|**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|---|---|---|
|**-00**|
|**-00**|
|**-00**||**-00**|
|**-00**||**-00**|
|**-00**||**-00**|
|**-00**||**-00**|
|**Cost**
**(optional)**|**Cost**
**(optional)**|**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|---|---|---|
|**-00**|
|**-00**|
|**-00**||**-00**|
|**-00**||**-00**|
|**-00**||**-00**|
|**-00**||**-00**|
|**-00**||**-00**|
|**-00**||**-00**|
|**-00**||**-00**|
|**-00**||**-00**|
**When due**
## **Amount due**
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Print Name Luisa Pearce
Date of approval 03/03/2026