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2024-09-30-accounts

Company registration number: CE008728 Charity registration number: 1169064

Toucan For Children CIO

(A company limited by guarantee)

Annual Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 September 2024

Toucan For Children CIO

Contents

Reference and Administrative Details 1
Trustees' Report 2 to 10
Accountants' Report 12
Independent Examiner's Report 13 to 14
Statement of Financial Activities 15 to 16
Balance Sheet 17 to 18
Notes to the Financial Statements 19 to 28

Toucan For Children CIO

Reference and Administrative Details

Chairman

Miss Marie Watkins

Charity Registration Number 1169064

Company Registration Number CE008728

Registered Office

Accountants

The charity is incorporated in England. Unit 6/6E The Mews Mitcheldean Gloucester GL17 0SL Forest Phoenix Accountancy Ltd 23-25 Foxes Bridge Road Forest Vale Industrial Estate Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2PQ

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Toucan For Children CIO

Trustees' Report

Trustees and officers

The trustees and officers serving during the year and since the year end were as follows:

Trustees: Mrs S Coombs Miss Marie Watkins Mrs J Watkins Mrs A Beard Kate Swordy Claire Murphy (appointed 27 October 2023) Chairman: Miss Marie Watkins Secretary: Mrs Y Taylor (resigned 2 October 2023)

Statement of trustees' responsibilities

The trustees (who are also the directors of Toucan For Children CIO for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the trustees' report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice), including FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland". The report and accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions in the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under company law the trustees must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that can disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

The trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the charitable company's website. Legislation governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

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Trustees' Report

Small companies provision statement

This report has been prepared in accordance with the small companies regime under the Companies Act 2006.

TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS’ REPORT) for the year to: 30th September 2024

Charity registration number: 1169064 Company registration number: CE008728

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES:

The objects of the CIO are:

Toucan for Children is a charity which provides a play therapy service for children aged between 4 yrs and 13 yrs who live in rural and urban areas of Gloucestershire and surrounding areas. We work with children and young people who have suffered a wide range of trauma which has impacted on their mental health e.g. parental separation, bereavement, bullying, the impact of the pandemic, through to more entrenched developmental trauma associated with a history of abuse and neglect.

Trauma refers to the way that some events, and experiences, are so extreme that they overwhelm a child’s ability to cope. The impact can have lasting consequences for the child or young person’s development, including psychological, behavioural and emotional.

We have a commitment to developing awareness of early intervention to mitigate the risk of children reaching mental health crisis. By working with children’s emotional problems at an early age we aim to prevent mental health crises in adolescence and, crucially, to improve family and wider community relationships.

There is a paucity of funding available for children’s therapy and what little funding is available does not reach the forgotten group of children who are displaying early signs of emotional disturbance. We believe that no child should be refused the help they need because of financial constraints, to this end we are committed to raising funds to grow a therapy fund so that we can offer subsidised/free therapy.

We are proud to have a built a reputation of being an effective, professional and responsive service for children suffering emotional disturbance, CAMHS, GP’s and paediatricians regularly suggest referral to us. We also receive referrals from parents who are concerned about their child’s emotional wellbeing.

When a child is allocated to a therapist the consistency, security and trust within the therapeutic relationship is essential. Each session is 45 minutes, the child will see the same therapist in the same room at the same time each week. Progress is reviewed at regular intervals with parents/carers, child and school where appropriate. We aim to continue therapy commensurate with the individual child’s needs to ensure optimum conditions for sustainable change. We have found that the average number of sessions a child requires is 18, however many require significantly more than this. This is where our therapy fund is also needed as all too often what funding can be accessed is not commensurate with the child’s needs.

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Toucan For Children CIO

Trustees' Report

To embed positive change for the long term in families we also provide Emotional Logic. This is a short-term piece of work that gives families the tools to improve communication and understanding of feelings and deal with any new issues effectively, improving family resilience.

Our main centre is in Mitcheldean, we also have an outreach service in the centre of Gloucester City. We have a team of qualified and student therapists as well as access to a pool of self-employed therapists, enabling our provision to flex in relation to available funding and demand.

We have a strong record of supporting the training of play therapist through our clinical placements and are currently proud that many of the play therapists currently working in Gloucestershire are “Toucan Babies” having undertaken their clinical hours with us.

We achieve our purpose through:

Toucan for Children improves children’s mental health and wellbeing thus giving them the opportunity to:

Beneficiaries of the service include:

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Trustees' Report

All our trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit .

ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE

This has been another good year for us as we continue to grow and develop. Despite the difficult economic climate, with careful financial management and grant funding we have been able to maintain financial stability. Our Charity Manager has now been in post for nearly 18 months and has continued to facilitate the move to retirement for our founders, Janice and Angie. Our Finance Officer, Bethan Screen, who was appointed at the end of the last reporting period has streamlined our finance system which strengthened our financial management to meet the demands of growth and development. Working alongside Rachel and Bethan, is our skilled administrator, Sacha Merrett, as a team they have developed our organizational systems to meet our growing needs.

We have continued to use the Strength Report commissioned during the previous reporting period to inform our forward planning and development with a concentration on the reported areas for improvement. We intend to arrange a review of this report in the next reporting period to assess our progress in the areas in need of development.

This year we have continued to update and refurbish our therapy rooms in both Mitcheldean and Gloucester with the help of fundraising and grant applications. We have also been able to take on another room in Gloucester, which has provided us with a much-needed storeroom and parent/carer waiting room. We have generally remained working to capacity throughout this period seeing on average 80 children a week for therapy across both sites.

We have continued to offer clinical placements to students enabling us to continue to be able to offer lower price therapy. All students are regularly supervised and clinically monitored to ensure we maintain our high standard of clinical work.

As always we remain committed to doing all we can to ensure that no child is denied the help they need because of financial constraints. The crisis in children’s mental health is well documented, reports and latest figures giving evidence to the continuing rise in the number of children experiencing emotional difficulties. Despite the crisis in children’s mental health being well documented the funding for therapy remains limited and difficult to access, alongside which, given the current economic climate an increasing number of families have been negatively affected. As a consequence, the demand on our Therapy Fund continues to increase.

This year we have increased our cost of therapy slightly; this alongside securing grant funding has enabled us to have a more readily available Therapy Fund enabling us to reach more children in need of mental health support. Thus, moving us nearer to our goal of ensuring that financial constraints do not prevent ayn child/young person accessing the therapeutic help they need.

We understand that by improving family relationships we are optimising the chance of sustained positive change in mental health. Alongside offering support and advice for parents/carers we continue to offer Emotional Logic work and within our development plan we are hoping to develop some longer-term family interventions, starting with CPRT (Child, Parent, Relationship Training).

Our board of Trustees has changed this year. Neil Brayshaw resigned this year and we have welcomed Clare Murphy as a trustee

Have we achieved/met the aims and objectives set by the charity for the reporting period.

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Toucan For Children CIO

Trustees' Report

Our overall aims and objectives fundamentally remain the same each year, to develop our service to best meet the emotional needs of children and young people to prevent longer term mental health problems. To support this aim we do all we can to ensure that no child is denied the help they need because of financial constraints.

Specifically, this year our aims have centred on increasing our therapy fund and developing our financial, administration and case management systems.

We updated and introduced new organisational systems and now have more efficient business systems in place which consolidate our compliance with GDPR.

With regard to our therapy fund, through increased capacity and successful grant applications this year we now have the capacity to offer subsidised therapy at the point of enquiry if financial difficulties are reported. This has resulted in an increased number of enquiries resulting in referrals. We have also seen an increase in referrals as our ability to subsidise therapy has become more widely known.

FINANCIAL REVIEW

Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period

It is our policy to maintain sufficient reserves to ensure the continuation of our therapeutic work with children, and ensure that children who have limited access to funds are not excluded.

As at the year end, the amount of unrestricted funds was 53.2% of total funds and 43.2% of liquid resources. The restricted funds of 46.8% are of total funds and are to be spent on therapeutic work with children with limited funds, the liquid funds availble to be spent helping children in need was 56.8%.

Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held

Since Covid it is the policy of the trustees to have unrestricted reserves on hand of not less than three months working expenditure. The average expenditure was £16.5k per month (£198k/12), and unrestricted liquid funds were £82.6k at the year end. This means that unrestricted funds were the equivalent of five months’ expenditure, exceeding the trustees’ policy.

FUNDING

Our main source of funding comes from payment for our therapeutic service, i.e. through the statutory sector (e.g. pupil premium, Social Services) and from privately funded referrals. However, such funding is becoming more difficult to access and more families are finding themselves unable to privately fund therapy. We are becoming increasingly reliant on grant funding to maintain our service and the level of staff we require to ensure we remain efficient and professional.

The principal risk to our service would be a reduction in referrals. Research and statistics clearly show the escalating need for therapeutic work for children, highlighting the growing problems and increasing incidents of children with mental health problems. The reduction in referrals would be caused by children’s statutory funding being reduced and parents/carers not being able to fund therapy.

Next year, once again, to mitigate any risk to our service and to meet the growing need for subsidised therapy ,we will commit to fundraising and seeking charitable grants to support our core costs

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

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Toucan For Children CIO

Trustees' Report

Governing document used is the Model Constitution for a CIO – Foundation model

How is the charity constituted – CIO

All our trustees are expected to acquaint themselves with the responsibilities and duties of trustees as set out in the Charity Commissions ‘The Essential Trustee’ as well as our constitution. Also included in the induction for trustees is training on our policies and procedures (Safeguarding, Data Protection, Health and Safety, Equality and Diversity, Volunteer and Complaints).

Trustees are also offered guidance on the need for therapeutic work with children in order to have an understanding of the importance of our work and the fundamental values of Toucan for Children.

Subject to conditions set out in the constitution being met, two of the trustees, Mrs Watkins and Mrs Beard receive £500 per month in return for the supply of clinical supervision they will be providing over and above their normal trustee duties. The services which Mrs Watkins and Mrs Beard will be providing in return for this payment are necessary for the organisation to achieve its purpose.

NAMES OF THE CHARITY TRUSTEES WHO MANAGE THE CHARITY

  1. Janice Watkins

  2. Angela Mary Beard

  3. Marie Watkins

  4. Susan Coombs

  5. Kate Swordy

  6. Clare Murphy

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS

Charity name Toucan for Children CIO
Other name the charity uses N/A
Registered charity number 1169064
Charity’s principal address Unit 6/6E The Mews
Vantage Point Business Village
Mitcheldean
Glos
GL17 0SL

CORPORATE TRUSTEES – NAMES OF THE DIRECTORS AT THE DATE THE REPORT WAS APPROVED

N/A

NAME OF TRUSTEES HOLDING TITLE TO PROPERTY BELONGING TO THE CHARITY

N/A

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FUNDS HELD AS CUSTODIAN TRUSTEES ON BEHALF OF OTHERS

N/A

NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF ADVISERS

Type of advisor

Financial - Forest Phoenix Accountancy Ltd Address - 23-25 Foxes Bridge Road, Forest Vale Industrial Estate, Gloucester, GL14 2PQ

Exemptions from disclosure

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details

N/A

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Trustees' Report

Other optional information

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Trustees' Report

DECLARATIONS

The company has taken advantage of the small companies’ exemption in preparing the report above.

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report (including directors’ report) above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees/directors

Signature(s) - Janice Watkins - Angela Beard Full name(s) - Janice Watkins - Angela Mary Beard

Position held - Trustee - Trustee

(for eample Secretary, Chair, etc)

Date 23rd May 2025

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The annual report was approved by the trustees of the charity on 23 May 2025 and signed on its behalf by:

......................................... Miss Marie Watkins Chairman and trustee

......................................... Mrs J Watkins Trustee

......................................... Mrs A Beard Trustee

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Accountants' Report to the Trustees on the Preparation of the Unaudited Statutory Accounts of Toucan For Children CIO for the Year Ended 30 September 2024

In accordance with instructions given to us, under our letter of engagement, we have prepared, without audit, the financial statements of Toucan For Children CIO for the year ended 30 September 2024 as set out on pages 15 to 28. The financial statements of the company comprise the Statement of Financial Activities, the Balance Sheet, and the related notes to the financial statements.

The financial statements have been prepared from the company's accounting records and from information and explanations presented to us. The financial reporting framework which has been applied in their preparation is described in the accounting policies note.

As a practising member firm of of Insitute of Financial Accountants we are subject to its ethical requirements, including principles of integrity, objectivity, professional competence, and due care.

This report is made solely to the board of directors of Toucan For Children CIO, as a body, in accordance with the terms of our engagement letter. Our work has been undertaken solely to compile for your approval the financial statements of Toucan For Children CIO and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the board of directors of Toucan For Children CIO, as a body, in this report, and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than Toucan For Children CIO and its board of directors as a body for our work or for this report.

We performed this compilation engagement in accordance with International Standard on Related Services 4410 (Revised), Compilation Engagements. We have applied our expertise in accounting and financial reporting to assist the trustees in the preparation and presentation of these financial statements on the basis of accounting policies described in note 2 to the financial statements. These financial statements and the accuracy and completeness of the information used to compile them is the responsibility of the trustees as set out in the Statement of trustees' responsibilities on page 2. It is your duty to ensure that Toucan For Children CIO has kept adequate accounting records and to prepare statutory accounts that give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and of Toucan For Children CIO, and to decide on an annual basis, whether the charitable company is entitled to avail of the audit exemption in accordance with section 477 of the Companies Act 2006. You consider that Toucan For Children CIO is exempt from the statutory audit requirement for the year.

We have not been instructed to carry out an audit or a review of the accounts of Toucan For Children CIO. For this reason, we have not verified the accuracy or completeness of the accounting records or information and explanations you have given to us and we do not, therefore, express any opinion on the statutory accounts.

......................................

Forest Phoenix Accountancy Ltd 23-25 Foxes Bridge Road Forest Vale Industrial Estate Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2PQ 23 May 2025

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Independent Examiner's Report to the trustees of Toucan For Children CIO ('the Company')

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 30 September 2024.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity’s trustees of the Company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (‘the 2006 Act’).

Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited 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

Since the Company's gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the 2011 Act. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of Institute of Financial Accountants, which is one of the listed bodies.

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe:

  1. accounting records were not kept in respect of Toucan For Children CIO as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or

  2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or

  3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act 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

  4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities [applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)].

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.

...................................... Patrick Field Institute of Financial Accountants

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Independent Examiner's Report to the trustees of Toucan For Children CIO ('the Company')

23 May 2025

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Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 30 September 2024 (Including Income and Expenditure Account and Statement of Total Recognised Gains and Losses)

Note
Income and Endowments from:
Charitable activities
3
Theraputic Services: ASF Statutory Funded
Total income
Expenditure on:
Raising funds
5
Total expenditure
Net income
Net movement in funds
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward
14
Note
Income and Endowments from:
Charitable activities
3
Other trading activities
Other income
4
Total Income
Expenditure on:
Raising funds
5
Total Expenditure
Net income
Net movement in funds
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward
14		 Unrestricted
£
-
108,083
108,083
(95,545)
(95,545)
12,538
12,538
47,419
59,957
Unrestricted
funds
General
£
-
122,427
4,765
127,192
(79,565)
(79,565)
47,627
47,627
59,957
107,584		 Restricted
£
88,761
-
88,761
(72,875)
(72,875)
15,886
15,886
61,702
77,588
Restricted
funds
£
135,827
-
-
135,827
(118,781)
(118,781)
17,046
17,046
77,588
94,634		 Total
2023
£
88,761
108,083
196,844
(168,420)
(168,420)
28,424
28,424
109,121
137,545
Total
2024
£
135,827
122,427
4,765
263,019
(198,346)
(198,346)
64,673
64,673
137,545
202,218

The notes on pages 19 to 28 form an integral part of these financial statements. Page 15

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Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 30 September 2024 (Including Income and Expenditure Account and Statement of Total Recognised Gains and Losses)

All of the charity's activities derive from continuing operations during the above two periods. The funds breakdown for 2023 is shown in note 14.

The notes on pages 19 to 28 form an integral part of these financial statements. Page 16

Toucan For Children CIO

(Registration number: CE008728) Balance Sheet as at 30 September 2024

Note
Current assets
Debtors
10
Cash at bank and in hand
11
Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year
12
Net assets
Funds of the charity:
Restricted income funds
Restricted funds
Unrestricted income funds
Unrestricted funds
Total funds
14		 2024
£
15,221
190,981
206,202
(3,984)
202,218
94,634
107,584
202,218		 2023
£
14,701
128,615
143,316
(5,771)
137,545
77,588
59,957
137,545

For the financial year ending 30 September 2024 the charity was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

Directors' responsibilities:

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions relating to companies subject to the small companies regime within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006.

The notes on pages 19 to 28 form an integral part of these financial statements. Page 17

Toucan For Children CIO

(Registration number: CE008728) Balance Sheet as at 30 September 2024

The financial statements on pages 15 to 28 were approved by the trustees, and authorised for issue on 23 May 2025 and signed on their behalf by:

......................................... Miss Marie Watkins Chairman and trustee

......................................... Mrs J Watkins Trustee

......................................... Mrs A Beard Trustee

The notes on pages 19 to 28 form an integral part of these financial statements. Page 18

Toucan For Children CIO

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 September 2024

1 Charity status

The charity is limited by guarantee, incorporated in England, and consequently does not have share capital. Each of the trustees is liable to contribute an amount not exceeding £1 towards the assets of the charity in the event of liquidation.

The address of its registered office is: Unit 6/6E The Mews Mitcheldean Gloucester GL17 0SL

These financial statements were authorised for issue by the trustees on 23 May 2025.

2 Accounting policies

Summary of significant accounting policies and key accounting estimates

The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated.

Statement of compliance

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice (applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)) (issued in October 2019) - (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006.

Basis of preparation

Toucan For Children CIO meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy notes.

Income and endowments

Expenditure

All expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to that expenditure, it is probable settlement is required and the amount can be measured reliably. All costs are allocated to the applicable expenditure heading that aggregate similar costs to that category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated on a basis consistent with the use of resources, with central staff costs allocated on the basis of time spent, and depreciation charges allocated on the portion of the asset’s use. Other support costs are allocated based on the spread of staff costs.

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Toucan For Children CIO

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 September 2024

Raising funds

These are costs incurred in attracting voluntary income, the management of investments and those incurred in trading activities that raise funds.

Support costs

Support costs include central functions and have been allocated to activity cost categories on a basis consistent with the use of resources, for example, allocating property costs by floor areas, or per capita, staff costs by the time spent and other costs by their usage.

Taxation

The charity is considered to pass the tests set out in Paragraph 1 Schedule 6 of the Finance Act 2010 and therefore it meets the definition of a charitable company for UK corporation tax purposes. Accordingly, the charity is potentially exempt from taxation in respect of income or capital gains received within categories covered by Chapter 3 Part 11 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 or Section 256 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992, to the extent that such income or gains are applied exclusively to charitable purposes.

Trade debtors

Trade debtors are amounts due from customers for merchandise sold or services performed in the ordinary course of business.

Trade debtors are recognised initially at the transaction price. They are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less provision for impairment. A provision for the impairment of trade debtors is established when there is objective evidence that the charity will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the original terms of the receivables.

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.

Trade creditors

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Accounts payable are classified as current liabilities if the charity does not have an unconditional right, at the end of the reporting period, to defer settlement of the creditor for at least twelve months after the reporting date. If there is an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least twelve months after the reporting date, they are presented as non-current liabilities.

Trade creditors are recognised initially at the transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

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Toucan For Children CIO

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 September 2024

Fund structure

Unrestricted income funds are general funds that are available for use at the trustees discretion in furtherance of the objectives of the charity.

Restricted income funds are those donated for use in a particular area or for specific purposes, the use of which is restricted to that area or purpose.

Pensions and other post retirement obligations

The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme which is a pension plan under which fixed contributions are paid into a pension fund and the charity has no legal or constructive obligation to pay further contributions even if the fund does not hold sufficient assets to pay all employees the benefits relating to employee service in the current and prior periods.

Contributions to defined contribution plans are recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities when they are due. If contribution payments exceed the contribution due for service, the excess is recognised as a prepayment.

Financial instruments

Classification

Financial assets and financial liabilities are recognised when the charity becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the charity after deducting all of its liabilities.

Recognition and measurement

All financial assets and liabilities are initially measured at transaction price (including transaction costs), except for those financial assets classified as at fair value through profit or loss, which are initially measured at fair value (which is normally the transaction price excluding transaction costs), unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction. If an arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, the financial asset or financial liability is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument.

Financial assets and liabilities are only offset in the statement of financial position when, and only when there exists a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and the charity intends either to settle on a net basis, or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.

Financial assets are derecognised when and only when a) the contractual rights to the cash flows from the financial asset expire or are settled, b) the charity transfers to another party substantially all of the risks and rewards of ownership of the financial asset, or c) the charity, despite having retained some, but not all, significant risks and rewards of ownership, has transferred control of the asset to another party.

Financial liabilities are derecognised only when the obligation specified in the contract is discharged, cancelled or expires.

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Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 September 2024

Fair value measurement

The best evidence of fair value is a quoted price for an identical asset in an active market. When quoted prices are unavailable, the price of a recent transaction for an identical asset provides evidence of fair value as long as there has not been a significant change in economic circumstances or a significant lapse of time since the transaction took place. If the market is not active and recent transactions of an identical asset on their own are not a good estimate of fair value, the fair value is estimated by using a valuation technique.

3 Income from charitable activities

Play Therapy
Restricted income
Services Provided
Play Therapy
Restricted income
Services Provided
Total for 2024
Total for 2023
4
Other income
Miscellaneous income
Total for 2024		 Unrestricted
funds
General
£
112,637
-
9,790
122,427		 Restricted
funds
£
-
135,827
-
135,827
Unrestricted
funds
General
£
112,637
-
9,790
122,427
108,083		 Total
2024
£
112,637
135,827
9,790
258,254
Restricted
funds
£
-
135,827
-
135,827
88,761
Unrestricted
funds
General
£
4,765
4,765		 Total
2023
£
108,083
88,761
-
196,844
Total
funds
£
112,637
135,827
9,790
258,254
196,844
Total
funds
£
4,765
4,765

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Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 September 2024

5 Expenditure on raising funds

a) Costs of generating donations and legacies

Other direct costs of generating voluntary income
Total for 2024
b) Costs of trading activities
Note
Costs of services provided
Other direct costs of activities for generating
funds
Allocated support costs
6
Total for 2024
Total for 2023
Costs of generating donations and legacies
Costs of trading activities
Total for 2024
Total for 2023		 Note
Unrestricted
funds
General
£
53,988
10,294
14,534
78,816
83,545
Direct costs
£
-
65,550
65,550
53,888		 Unrestricted
funds
General
£
749
749
Restricted
funds
£
-
-
34,397
34,397
15,515
Allocated
support
costs
£
749
47,663
48,412
45,172		 Total
funds
£
749
749
Total
funds
£
53,988
10,294
48,931
113,213
99,060
Total
costs
£
749
113,213
113,962
99,060

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6 Analysis of support costs

Raising funds expenditure Costs of trading activities

SE Travel Costs; Onsite
Supervision of TFC Team
Leaving presents
Rent
Light, heat and power
Insurance
Repairs and renewals
Telephone and fax
Computer software and
maintenance
Printing, postage and stationery
Cleaning
Advertising
Accountancy fees
Legal and professional fees
Family support
Bad debts written off
Bank charges
Total for 2024
Total for 2023		 Unrestricted
funds
General
£
115
1,032
13
-
-
1,275
1,879
381
3,775
899
384
921
2,021
325
-
1,327
187
14,534
50,764		 Restricted
funds
£
-
-
-
28,499
4,347
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1,551
-
-
34,397
-		 Total
2024
£
115
1,032
13
28,499
4,347
1,275
1,879
381
3,775
899
384
921
2,021
325
1,551
1,327
187
48,931
50,764

7 Trustees remuneration and expenses

During the year the charity made the following transactions with trustees:

Mrs J Watkins

Mrs J Watkins received remuneration of £6,000 (2023: £6,000) during the year.

Mrs A Beard

Mrs A Beard received remuneration of £6,000 (2023: £6,000) during the year.

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Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 September 2024

8 Staff costs

The aggregate payroll costs were as follows:

The aggregate payroll costs were as follows:
Staff costs during the year were:
Wages and salaries
Pension costs
Other staff costs		 2024
£
82,072
984
1,328
84,384		 2023
£
68,038
1,322
-
69,360

The monthly average number of persons (including senior management / leadership team) employed by the charity during the year expressed as full time equivalents was as follows:

2024 2023
No No
Trustee 2 2

2 (2023 - 2) of the above employees participated in the Defined Contribution Pension Schemes.

No employee received emoluments of more than £60,000 during the year.

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9 Taxation

The charity is a registered charity and is therefore exempt from taxation.

10 Debtors

Trade debtors
11 Cash and cash equivalents
Cash on hand
Cash at bank
12 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Trade creditors
Pension contributions unpaid		 2024
£
15,221
2024
£
26
190,955
190,981
2024
£
3,780
204
3,984		 2023
£
14,701
2023
£
-
128,615
128,615
2023
£
5,771
-
5,771

13 Pension and other schemes

Defined contribution pension scheme

The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme. The pension cost charge for the year represents contributions payable by the charity to the scheme and amounted to £983 (2023 - £1,322).

14 Funds

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Unrestricted funds
General
Restricted funds
Total funds
Unrestricted funds
General
Restricted funds
Total funds		 Balance at 1
October 2023
£
59,957
77,588
137,545
Balance at 1
October 2022
£
47,419
61,702
109,121		 Incoming
resources
£
127,192
135,827
263,019
Incoming
resources
£
108,083
88,761
196,844		 Resources
expended
£
(79,565)
(118,781)
(198,346)
Resources
expended
£
(95,545)
(72,875)
(168,420)		 Balance at 30
September
2024
£
107,584
94,634
202,218
Balance at 30
September
2023
£
59,957
77,588
137,545

15 Analysis of net assets between funds

Current assets
Current liabilities
Total net assets
Current assets
Current liabilities
Total net assets		 Unrestricted
funds
General
£
15,247
(3,984)
11,263
Unrestricted
funds
General
£
14,701
(5,771)
8,930		 Restricted
funds
£
108,379
-
108,379
Restricted
funds
£
128,615
-
128,615		 Total funds
at 30
September
2024
£
123,626
(3,984)
119,642
Total funds
at 30
September
2023
£
143,316
(5,771)
137,545

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16 Analysis of net funds

16 Analysis of net funds
Cash at bank and in hand
Net debt
Cash at bank and in hand
Net debt		 At 1 October
2023
£
128,615
128,615
At 1 October
2022
£
109,121
109,121		 At 30
September
2024
£
128,615
128,615
At 30
September
2023
£
109,121
109,121

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Statement of Financial Activities by fund for the Year Ended 30 September 2024

Restricted

Restricted
Income and Endowments from:
Charitable activities
Total income
Expenditure on:
Raising funds
Total expenditure
Net income
Net movement in funds
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward		 Total
Restricted
2024
£
135,827
135,827
(118,781)
(118,781)
17,046
17,046
77,588
94,634		 Restricted
2023
£
88,761
88,761
(72,875)
(72,875)
15,886
15,886
61,702
77,588

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Detailed Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 30 September 2024

Income and Endowments from:
Charitable activities (analysed below)
Other trading activities (analysed below)
Other income (analysed below)
Total income
Expenditure on:
Raising funds (analysed below)
Total expenditure
Net income
Net movement in funds
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward		 Total
2024
£
135,827
122,427
4,765
263,019
(198,346)
(198,346)
64,673
64,673
137,545
202,218		 Total
2023
£
88,761
108,083
-
196,844
(168,420)
(168,420)
28,424
28,424
109,121
137,545

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Detailed Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 30 September 2024

Charitable activities
(R) Ringfenced/Restricted Funds; Spent
Other trading activities
Theraputic Services: ASF Statutory Funded
Services provided
Other income
Other income
Raising funds
(R) Fundraising costs
Fundraising costs
Equipment for Playrooms (Onsite)
Craft Supplies
Emotional Logic
(R) Wages and salaries
(R) Staff pensions (Defined contribution)
(R) Contracted Play Therapy; Onsite
Subcontract cost
Contracted Play Therapy; Outreach
SE Travel Costs
Storage Containers
(R) Staff training
Trade subscriptions
SE Travel Cost; Onsite
SE Travel Costs; Outreach
(R) Trustees remuneration
Trustees remuneration
Supervision of TFC Team
Leaving Presents
(R) Rent
Rent
(R) Light, heat and power		 Total
2024
£
135,827
135,827
112,637
9,790
122,427
4,765
4,765
-
(749)
-
(2,794)
-
(70,072)
(984)
-
(53,988)
-
(6,057)
-
(1,328)
(1,443)
(115)
-
(12,000)
-
(1,032)
(13)
(28,499)
-
(4,347)		 Total
2023
£
88,761
88,761
108,083
-
108,083
-
-
(4,935)
-
(663)
(1,885)
(273)
(56,038)
(1,322)
(10,580)
-
(28,553)
-
(301)
-
(1,106)
(3,200)
(2,862)
-
(12,000)
(600)
(36)
-
(27,250)
-

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Light, heat and power
Insurance
Repairs and renewals
Telephone and fax
Computer software and maintenance costs
Printing, postage and stationery
Sundry expenses
Cleaning
Advertising
Accountancy fees
Legal and professional fees
(R) Family Support
Bad debts written off
Bank charges		 Total
2024
£
-
(1,275)
(1,879)
(381)
(3,775)
(899)
-
(384)
(921)
(2,021)
(325)
(1,551)
(1,327)
(187)
(198,346)		 Total
2023
£
(6,353)
(815)
(327)
(723)
(1,710)
(875)
(504)
(477)
(2,637)
(2,334)
-
-
-
(61)
(168,420)

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