Trustees' Annual Report for the period
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Month May |
Year 2024 |
To | Day 30 Month April |
Year 2025 |
Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name The Hardy Group Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1169563 ~~—————~~ Charity's principal address 7 Gleneagles Close Mickleover Derby Postcode DE3 9YB ~~a~~
Registered charity number (if any) 1169563
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
Dates acted if not Name of person (or body) entitled Trustee name Office (if any) for whole year to appoint trustee (if any) 1 Dr David Roberts Chair 2 Mrs Susan Atherton Secretary 3 Mr Simon Allsop Treasurer 4 Mrs Sarah Greaves Membership Secretary 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) Name Dates acted if not for whole year NONE ~~_—~~
Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address NONE ~~—————~~ Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information) ~~Ed~~
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Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
Type of governing document
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
Constitution
How the charity is constituted Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Trustee selection methods
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Appointed by majority of existing trustees
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(eg. appointed by, elected by)
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:
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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
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the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
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relationship with any related parties;
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trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
Our charity sits as one of a number of voluntary sector providers alongside the commissioned service providers supporting people living with dementia in Derby and Derbyshire.
We have a wide range of policies, notably:
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Fit and proper persons declarations and eligibility declarations for trustees
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Health and Safety
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Safeguarding
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Equal opportunities
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Data protection
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A range of policies around volunteer recruitment, working and management within our group
We have working relationships with local Dementia Support providers and Carers organisations as well as with the memory support service.
Our biggest risks to continuing our work are slowdown in funding and insufficient team members (volunteers or trustees) to safely support our activities. We have been successful with grants in the past but for some years now have been currently funded exclusively by donations.
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Section C Objectives and activities
To build a supportive inclusive community to facilitate people with dementia, carers and past carers to live well with the condition by:
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Organising social and physical activities designed to hold back
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Summary of the objects of the the symptoms of dementia. In line with expert medical opinion, charity set out in its staying mentally and physically active will help to improve their governing document wellbeing.
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Providing a platform for them to network, socialise and build selfconfidence so avoiding social isolation and loneliness with its accompanying risk of depression.
The charity provides a range of social and information activities. Regular social meetings and information is provided by guest speakers, our website and our newsletter.
We hold large, very well attended social gatherings twice a month with entertainment and activities to help motivate our members to face up to their difficulties. In addition we have regular, highly subsidised excursions Summary of the main to places of interest. These are always very popular. activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to These activities are designed to avoid social isolation and to keep our these objects (include within members physically and mentally active in order to enable the members this section the statutory to live well with dementia. declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance The trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit. Commission on public benefit)
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:
Our charity relies totally on the work of volunteers. We have a Volunteer Policy and recruitment and induction procedures. All our volunteers are DBS checked every three years and have training appropriate to their volunteer role.
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policy on grantmaking;
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policy programme related investment;
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contribution made by volunteers.
Our first aiders are required to attend refreshment training every 3 years. We have purchased a portable defibrillator to have available at all of our social meetings and which is small enough for one of our first aiders to carry when we go out on trips.
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Section D Achievements and performance
Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year
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Membership continues to grow. Members leave due to increased infirmity or escalating care needs which prevent them attending our groups. Additionally, people pass away and the carers, whilst still welcome, don't always choose to continue to take part in our activities. These losses are counterbalanced by actively promoting our group at sessions run by the local health and social care sector, care homes and other relevant community events. This, along with word of mouth and through our website, is growing the numbers of people we support.
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Our social meetings and excursions continue. We are actively building attendance numbers. Our bimonthly social meetings remain hugely popular with attendances regularly exceeding 100.
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We continue to develop the activity offering at our social meetings which now includes seated musical exercise, seated yoga and musical entertainment from professional performers. The magician at our afternoon tea in 2024 was such a success that we now have a regular slot in our social meetings. This is proving particularly mentally stimulating for our members.
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Our credibility is well established in the wider community so that we are continually approached by other service providers who wish to attend our meetings to promote what they offer, by researchers seeking support for their work from our members and by commissioners consulting on the design of new services or seeking feedback on the performance of existing ones.
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The continuing excellent feedback we get from our members, visitors and from other providers in the dementia community, has enabled us to continue to attract significant donations. Indeed, we have been the recipients of various community awards for our service, some of which have involved a significant contribution to our funds. We remain in a strong financial position and we have not had to apply for any new grants in the last year. Our current finances ensure financial stability for the next 24 months at least.
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We actively encourage other groups to build on our success by imitating what we do to a greater or lesser extent, and when possible, we will support those new groups to get established.
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Section E Financial review
We aim to hold an amount equivalent to a minimum 6 months average Brief statement of the running costs in reserve to give sufficient time to seek alternative sources charity’s policy on reserves of funds should our agreed funding plan fall short for some reason (eg.a fall off in donations and grant applications denied).
Grant applications denied).Details of any funds materially in deficit
No funds are in deficit
Further financial review details (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:
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the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
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how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
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• investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
Our principal sources of funds have been grants from such bodies as the National Lottery Awards for All Scheme.
Additionally we make representations to organisations with a view to attracting donations. This has been very successful to date.
- Thanks to our members we also get individual fundraising efforts, donations and bequests.
We also have monthly small scale fundraising activities.
Our expenditure pays for coach hire and entrance fees for our excursions as well as room hire, refreshments and entertainer’s fees for our monthly social meeting
Our only financial investment is to place a proportion of our funds in an interest paying account.
Section F Other optional information
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~~ee~~ Section G Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees Signature(s) Vi Full name(s) Dr David Roberts Mr Simon Allsop Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Chair Treasurer ~~Ea~~ Date 16/2/2026 16/2/2026 ~~— ———1~~ TAR 6 March 2012
Charity Name The Hardy Group
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Receipts and pa
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For the period from
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted funds
| Unrestricted funds | Unrestricted funds |
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| to the nearest £ A1 Receipts |
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| Donations and legacies | 3,467 |
| Charitable activiities | - |
| Fundraisingand miscellaneous income | 3922 |
| Membershipsubscriptions | 955 |
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| - | |
| Sub total_(Gross income for AR)_ | 8,344 |
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| Sub total | - |
| Total receipts - A3 Payments |
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| Charitable activities | |
| Raising funds | - |
| Other expenditure | 6634 |
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| Sub total | 6634 |
A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
Restricted funds to the nearest £ - 2,163 - - - - - - 2,163
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- Sub totalTotal payments 6634 7228
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| Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
1,710 | 5,065 | |
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| 5,065 | 5,065 | ||
| 25,348 | - | ||
21,994 |
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities
Categories Details
B1 Cash funds
Cash at bank and in hand
Total cash funds
(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))
Details
B2 Other monetary assets
Details
B3 Investment assets
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B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use
Details
B5 Liabilities
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf Signature of all the trustees
No (if any)
yments accounts
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t date Period end date To 01/05/2024 30/04/2025
Endowment funds to the nearest £
Total funds
Last year
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Total funds | Last year |
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to the nearest £ 3,467 2,163 3922 955 - - - - 10,507 |
to the nearest £ |
| - | 3,467 | 3361 |
| - | 2,163 | 2260 |
| - | 3922 | 3874 |
| - | 955 | 1030 |
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| - | 10,507 | 10525 |
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| - | 25349 | 27603 | ||
| - | 21,994 | 25349 |
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| Print Name Dr David Roberts Mr Simon Allsop |
Date of approval |
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| 26-Feb-25 | |
| 26-Feb-25 |