**Charity registration number: 1167631** **LITTLE HEROES ASD SUPPORT TRUSTEES' REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2022** ## **LITTLE HEROES ASD SUPPORT** ## **CONTENTS** ||Page| |---|---| |**Trustees' report**|1 - 7| |**Independent Examiner's report**|8 - 9| |**Receipts and payments accounts**|10| |**Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|11| ## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From: Period start date 01.11.2021** **To: Period end date 31.10.2022** **Charity name: Little Heroes ASD Support** ## **Charity registration number: 1167631** ## **Objectives and Activities** |**Objectives and Activities**||| |---|---|---| ||SORP reference|| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document.|Para 1.17|The relief of children affected by autistic
spectrum disorder and their families in
Southend-on-Sea, Essex and the surrounding
areas, by provision of support, information,
opportunities for respite, social activities and
networking.| |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|We hold a number of different weekly support
sessions (ie: adult, preschool, girls, dads, youth,
big heroes) to offer face to face support.
Between sessions we offer remote support on
a one to one basis. During holiday periods we
arrange heavily subsidised activities for the
whole family. We offer wellbeing sessions to
the parents and carers to ensure they can
continue their caring roles to the best of their
ability.| |Statement confirming whether
the trustees have had regard
to the guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on public
benefit.|Para 1.18|The Trustees receive regular guidance from our
local voluntary advisory services (SAVS), this
ensures that they fully understand and are
compliant with this information.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making.|Para 1.38|The organisation does not provide grants to
individuals, funds are spent on providing
support to the whole group community.| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|| 1 |Contribution made by
volunteers.|Para 1.38|We heavily operate on the basis of volunteers.
Little Heroes ASD Support Group is a parent led
grass roots organisation that takes on board
the feedback of our families to enhance and
develop what the community needs.| |---|---|---| |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|* Ever increasing numbers at regular weekly
sessions.
* Continued development of positive
networking with other local organisations.
* Our organisation continues to receive praise
from professional bodies and has achieved a
number of nominations for a range of awards.
* Parents/carers have the ability to access the
information and knowledge they need to help
their children and families develop.
* Siblings are included and actively participate.
* Whole family units increase their
relationships_/_friendships with other likewise
families.
* Our organisation is highly praised and the
presence of such a group helps to increase
positive autism awareness within the local
community.
* New and evolving sessions and activities
being reactive to the needs of the families that
are supported.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Achievements against Para 1.41 objectives set Performance of fundraising Para 1.41 activities against objectives set Investment performance Para 1.41 against objectives Other 2 ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end of
the period|Para 1.21|Funds are to be used to benefit the support
group on a whole. Any unused funds will
contribute to the funds needed to adapt, set
up and run the support hub. Due to covid and
now the cost of living increases, fundraising has
been very challenging and we will carry unused
funds to ensure the organisation can continue.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Reserves are held to ensure the group can
continue to work and support families, even in
times that financially may be challenging.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£132,687| |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|The organisation applies for grants
where possible. This is to cover core costs and
to ensure the group can function on a rolling
basis. Where possible regular fundraising
continues in a variety of ways by the
organisation and the families that benefit.| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any social
investment policy adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| 3 ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document|Para 1.25|CIO Constitution| |How is the charity constituted?|Para 1.25|CIO| |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|Chair, Treasurer, Secretary and Trustees are
voted in at our annual AGM. Everyone is given
the opportunity to apply and an open invite is
sent to all via numerous methods of
communication. We welcome discussions.
Due to the nature of our organisation we find
that the majority of interest is from family
members of people with autism, this helps as
they can empathise with families.| ## **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|The organisation works closely with the local
voluntary sector advisory service (SAVS),
ensuring compliance.| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the charity
works|Para 1.51|The organisation works with a wide range of
local voluntary organisations, ensuring that
families can access as many services and
opportunities as possible.| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| 4 ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charityname|Little Heroes ASD Support Group| |---|---| |Other name the charityuses|Little Heroes| |Registered charitynumber|1167631| |Charity’s principal address|Little Heroes ASD Support Hub
409 London Road
Westcliff
Essex
SS0 7HU| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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8
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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)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Sherriden Baker|Trustee||| ||Natalie Chlopas|Trustee||| ||Carmen Woods|Trustee||| ||Chelsea Short|Chair||| ||Kay Howell|Trustee||| ||Emma Jiao-Knuckey|Trustee|Appointed 1st November
2021|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved **----- Start of picture text -----**
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## Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** 5 ## **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 adviser Name Address Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 6 ## **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** |**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**|
Emma Jiao-Knuckey (Jul 25, 2023 11:56 GMT+1)|Chelsea Short(Jul 25,2023 11:00 GMT+1)| |---|---|---| ||Emma Jiao-Knuckey|Chelsea Short| ||

Trustee|Chair| ||Jul 25,2023|| ||Jul 25,2023|| 7 **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** |**Section A**
**Independent Examiner’s Report**|**Section A**
**Independent Examiner’s Report**|**Section A**
**Independent Examiner’s Report**|**Section A**
**Independent Examiner’s Report**|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Report to the**
**trustees/directors/**
**members of**
**On accounts for the year**
**ended**
**Set out on pages**
**Responsibilities and**
**basis of report**||||||| |||Charity Name
Little Heroes ASD Support||||| |||||||| |||31 October 2022||||| |||||||| |||**Charity no.:**|1167631|Company no.:||CE007508| |||||||| |||8 to 9|(remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)|||| |||||||| Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited for this year under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (“the 2011 Act”). In carrying out my examination, I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act. |**Independent**
**examiner's statement**
**Signed:**
**Name:**|I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have
come to my attention which gives me cause to believe that:
• accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 386 of the
Companies Act 2006; or
• the accounts do not accord with such records; or
• the accounts do not comply with relevant accounting requirements under
section 396 of the Companies Act 2006 other than any requirement that
the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as
part of an independent examination; or
•the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the Charities
SORP (FRS102).
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 accounts to be reached.
**Date:**
Martin Beales(Jul 28,2023 14:33 GMT+1)
Jul 28,2023|I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have
come to my attention which gives me cause to believe that:
• accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 386 of the
Companies Act 2006; or
• the accounts do not accord with such records; or
• the accounts do not comply with relevant accounting requirements under
section 396 of the Companies Act 2006 other than any requirement that
the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as
part of an independent examination; or
•the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the Charities
SORP (FRS102).
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 accounts to be reached.
**Date:**
Martin Beales(Jul 28,2023 14:33 GMT+1)
Jul 28,2023| |---|---|---| |||Jul 28,2023| |||| ||Martin Beales|| **October 2018** **IER** **Relevant professional** Association of Accounting Technicians **qualification(s) or body (if any):** **Address:** Practical Bookkeeping, Accounting & Taxation Services, 34 Clarence St, Southend-on-Sea SS1 1BD **Section B Disclosure Give here brief details of** There are no material matters that require disclosure. **any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . **October 2018** **IER** |**Charity Name**
**LITTLE HEROES ASD SUPPORT**|**Charity Name**
**LITTLE HEROES ASD SUPPORT**|**Charity Name**
**LITTLE HEROES ASD SUPPORT**|**No (if any)**
**1167631**| |---|---|---|---| |**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||| |**For the period**
**from**|Period start date
01/11/2021|**To**|Period end date
31/10/2022| **CC16a** |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**5,340**
**25,826**
**-**
**40**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**31,206**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**31,206**
**1,216**
**1,208**
**275**
**2,508**
**64**
**-**
**5,775**
**1,834**
**970**
**-**
**205**
**540**
**1,144**
**6,208**
**21,947**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**21,947**
**9,259**
**-**
**60,947**
**70,206**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**75,643**
**8,443**
**240**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**84,326**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**84,326**
**51,057**
**-**
**250**
**11,090**
**395**
**-**
**4,125**
**96**
**1,105**
**-**
**920**
**1,850**
**-**
**4,981**
**75,869**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**75,869**
**8,456**
**-**
**54,025**
**62,481**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**80,983**
**34,269**
**240**
**40**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**115,531**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**115,531**
**52,273**
**1,208**
**525**
**13,598**
**459**
**-**
**9,900**
**1,930**
**2,075**
**-**
**1,125**
**2,390**
**1,144**
**11,189**
**97,816**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**97,816**
**17,715**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Grants|**5,340**||||||**86,134**| |Donations|**25,826**||||||**28,091**| |Other income|**-**||||||**-**| |Bank Interest Receivable|**40**||||||**5**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**31,206**||||||**114,230**| ||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||| ||**-**||||||| ||**-**||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||| ||||||||**114,230**| ||||||||| |Salaries|**1,216**||||||**42,773**| |Accountancy|**1,208**||||||**1,169**| |Volunteers Expenses|**275**||||||**470**| |Activities|**2,508**||||||**14,734**| |Training|**64**||||||**289**| |Tel,Internet,Fax|**-**||||||**101**| |Rent|**5,775**||||||**10,725**| |Light/heat/utilities|**1,834**||||||**1,378**| |Snacks - catering|**970**||||||**975**| |Photocopying|**-**||||||**-**| |Publicity|**205**||||||**2,733**| |Venue hire|**540**||||||**200**| |Insurance|**1,144**||||||**-**| |Office supplies|**6,208**||||||**7,090**| |**_Sub total_**|**21,947**||||||**82,637**| ||||||||| |**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_**|||||||| ||||||||**82,637**| ||||||||| ||**9,259**|**8,456**|**-**||**17,715**||**31,593**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**60,947**|**54,025**|**-**||**114,972**||**83,379**| ||**70,206**|**62,481**|**-**||**132,687**||**114,972**| Page 10 ## **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**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B1 Cash funds**|Signature
Taxes and other social securities
**Details**
**Details**
Fixed Assets
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
-
Current Bank Account
Savings Bank Account - 9884
Savings Bank Account - 9876
Paypal Account
Petty Cash
**Details**
Chelsea Short(Jul 25,2023 11:00 GMT+1)
Emma Jiao-Knuckey (Jul 25, 2023 11:56 GMT+1)|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**40,662**
**37,461**
**21,238**
**-**
**4,069**
**25,000**
**449**
**-**
**-**
**20**
**66,418**
**62,481**
Agreement Error
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
Unrestricted
**8,524**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
Unrestricted
**-**
**138**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Emma Jiao-Knuckey
Chelsea Short|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK
**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**3,926**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| ||Emma Jiao-Knuckey (Jul 25, 2023 11:56 GMT+1)|Emma Jiao-Knuckey|Jul 25, 2023| ||Chelsea Short(Jul 25,2023 11:00 GMT+1)|Chelsea Short|Jul 25, 2023| Page 11 ## Little Heroes ASD Support YE 31.10.22 Final Accounts Final Audit Report 2023-07-28 Created: 2023-07-24 By: Martin Beales (martin@pbats.co.uk) Status: Signed Transaction ID: CBJCHBCAABAAx8K-Bj3WCka1ulrVGXhVI6VDxEyIxYCL ## "Little Heroes ASD Support YE 31.10.22 Final Accounts" History Document created by Martin Beales (martin@pbats.co.uk) 2023-07-24 - 11:58:14 AM GMT- IP address: 31.121.231.195 Document emailed to chelsealittleheroes.asd@gmail.com for signature 2023-07-24 - 12:00:05 PM GMT Email viewed by chelsealittleheroes.asd@gmail.com 2023-07-24 - 2:47:00 PM GMT- IP address: 66.249.93.67 - Signer chelsealittleheroes.asd@gmail.com entered name at signing as Chelsea Short 2023-07-25 - 10:00:34 AM GMT- IP address: 78.141.47.78 - Document e-signed by Chelsea Short (chelsealittleheroes.asd@gmail.com) Signature Date: 2023-07-25 - 10:00:36 AM GMT - Time Source: server- IP address: 78.141.47.78 Document emailed to emmalittleheroes.asd@gmail.com for signature 2023-07-25 - 10:00:37 AM GMT Email viewed by emmalittleheroes.asd@gmail.com 2023-07-25 - 10:52:32 AM GMT- IP address: 66.249.93.68 - Signer emmalittleheroes.asd@gmail.com entered name at signing as Emma Jiao-Knuckey 2023-07-25 - 10:56:00 AM GMT- IP address: 213.107.85.180 Document e-signed by Emma Jiao-Knuckey (emmalittleheroes.asd@gmail.com) Signature Date: 2023-07-25 - 10:56:02 AM GMT - Time Source: server- IP address: 213.107.85.180 Document emailed to Martin Beales (martin@pbats.co.uk) for signature 2023-07-25 - 10:56:04 AM GMT Email viewed by Martin Beales (martin@pbats.co.uk) 2023-07-25 - 10:56:43 AM GMT- IP address: 66.249.93.68 Document e-signed by Martin Beales (martin@pbats.co.uk) Signature Date: 2023-07-28 - 1:33:02 PM GMT - Time Source: server- IP address: 92.237.143.136 Agreement completed. 2023-07-28 - 1:33:02 PM GMT