## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
## **From 1.11.21 (Period start date) To 31.10. 22 (Period end date)**
## **Charity name: OSCARS WISH FOUNDATION**
## **Charity registration number:1169892**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|"To relieve the sufering and emotional
distress amongst parents and families who
have experienced the loss of a baby
through Miscarriage, Stillbirth or neonatal
death, in particular but not exclusively by,
supporting newly bereaved parents by the
provision of bereavement packs, support,
raising awareness and providing a support
network".|
|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|•
Provide support through
Bereavement Packs given to
families at the hospital or received
through the post
•
Raise awareness and Break the
silence associated with this
experience
•
To help relieve the sufering and
distress experienced by parents,
families and siblings who have lost
their baby through miscarriage,
stillbirth, multiple loss, neonatal
death
•
Provision of online support through
information and a message board
on social media
•
By organising and holding
community and fundraising events
to support and raise
funds/awareness
•
To reduce the feeling of loneliness,
depression, anxiety and isolation
felt by grieving through support
workshops
•
The development of a support
Network for parents by increasing
contact with other families who
have experienced a similar loss
•
Support for parents, families and
siblings who have experienced a
pregnancy or birth loss with the
donation of our "Love-a-Bear"
program|
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|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|Our trustees have referred to the charity
commissions PB1 Document as and when
has been needed.||
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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SORP reference||
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|We are continuing to work on a grant
making policy in 2023 to enable us to
access grants and do more fundraising. We
feel accessing grants to further develop
the charity will help support our families
better especially as we are facing the cost
of living crisis.|
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|Not applicable|
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|At OWF we value greatly, our volunteers
and the valuable support that they provide.
Our volunteers are imperative to our
charity and help maintain some of our
small projects that support our local
hospitals with stock and resources to
support families after the precious loss of a
baby orbabies.|
|Other||Not applicable|
## **Achievements and Performance**
||SORP reference||
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|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|Throughout the pandemic we maintained
our projects and now face the tough reality
of the cost of living crisis whereby people
are making less donations and fundraising
has become much harder.
The feedback that we continuously receive
has been positive and really supported our
aims and objectives- which we are
meeting.|
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|Feedback informs that we are meeting our
set objectives for this year.|
|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**We are fundraising but funds have been**
**slow and much more challenging.**|
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|Not applicable|
|Other||Not applicable|
## **Financial Review**
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Our financial position for 2021-2022 is**
**healthy and has allowed us to maintain**
**the projects that we run. These are run**
**well and efficiently.**
**We have received some fantastic**
**fundraising from local parents and these**
**have supported our bereaved counselling**
**for parents and smaller local projects.**
**This year counselling has cost less than**
**in previous years and although we are**
**still supporting the same offer we have**
**found that less referrals are coming**
**through.**|
|---|---|---|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Our reserves are held at £10,000 this is to**
**ensure we have a buffer amount available**
**in our account for any significant unseen**
**costs or legal fees.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£10,000**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**N/A**|
## **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|**Fundraising and donations have been**
**slow this financial year due to the cost of**
**living crisis.**|
|---|---|---|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**N/A**|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**If the risk of low fundraising becomes a**
**concern then we will adjust and adapt our**
**services to reflect this. Currently we are**
**meeting our charities objectives.**|
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:||||
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|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25||**Constitution**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g. unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25||**Registered Charity 1169892 with a**
**constitution**|
|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||**AGM-**
Once a year we will hold an Annual
General Meeting.
The treasurer will produce a report based
on the information received from our
Accountant and book keeper.
Trustees can stand down and maybe re-
elected.
**Election of Trustees-**
**Meetings-**
Meetings will be held every
month. We will meet as a team 4 times a
year to discuss a planning meeting.
Meetings will contain minutes that will be
stored on fle and signed at each meeting.
Decisions will be made when the majority
of trustees make the decision collectively.
These need to be seconded to be
confrmed. Each Trustee has one vote
each.
Trustees can be recruited by requesting an
application form. Trustees then must
undergo a comprehensive range of checks
to ensure their suitability. All trustees will
undergo a DBS Check to enable them to
have contact with members of the public
through our events.|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
We have a policy for inducting trustees and volunteers Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and Para 1.51 training of trustees We have an organisational structure
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51||
|---|---|---|
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|**N/A**|
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charityname|Oscar’swish Foundation|
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|Other name the charity uses|OWF|
|Registered charitynumber|1169892|
|Charity’s principal address|23 Tulip Tree Road
Worthing
BN13 3FZ|
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
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||Gemma Kybert||2015-to date|Trustees collectively|
||Sarah Comley||2015- to date|Trustees collectively|
||Nick Rawlinson||2020-to date|Trustees collectively|
||Kara Carling||2020- to date|Trustees collectively|
||Emily Nisbet-
Hawkins||2020-to date|Trustees collectively|
||Jessica Webber||2020- to date|Trustees collectively|
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
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**Director name**|||
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|**Gemma Kybert**|**10.12.2022**||
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Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
|**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**||
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## Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others
|Description of the assets
held in this capacity|None held|
|---|---|
|Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|None held|
|Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own assets|None held|
## **Additional information** (optional)
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Type of**
**adviser**|**Name**
**Address**|**Name**
**Address**|
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|**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**|||
|Gemma Kybert|||
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
**N/A**
Other optional information
**N/A**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)** Gemma Kybert **Full name(s)** Gemma Kybert **Position (eg Secretary,** Founder and Chairperson **Chair, etc) Date** 10.12.22
**Oscars Wish Foundation 1169892 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** 11/1/2021 10/31/2022 **To from**
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A1 Receipts**
**38,331**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**38,331**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 38,331**
**A3 Payments**
**40,514**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ 40,514**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total payments_ 40,514**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ - 2,183**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**37,504**
**_Cash funds this year end_ 35,321**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**38,331**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**38,331**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**38,331**
**40,514**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**40,514**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**40,514**
**- 2,183**
**-**
**37,504**
**35,321**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**38,331**|**48,268**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**38,331**|**48,268**|
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**-**
**-**|**-**||
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||||**-**|**-**|
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|||**-**|**38,331**|**48,268**|
||||||
|||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**40,514**|**35,615**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
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||||**40,514**|**35,615**|
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|||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**||
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|||**-**|**40,514**|**35,615**|
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||**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**- 2,183**|**12,653**|
||**-**||**-**|**-**|
||**-**||**37,504**|**24,851**|
||**-**||**35,321**|**37,504**|
## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Cash balance b/f
**Details**
Owed paye and other
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**35,321**
**-**
**-**
**35,321**
OK
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
35736
415
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**|**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
OK
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||OK|
|||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
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|||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
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|||||**-**|
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|||||**When due**
**(optional)**|
||Owed paye and other|415|**-**||
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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
|Signature
Ms G Kybert|Print Name
Ms G Kybert- Trustee|Date of
approval|
|---|---|---|
|Ms G Kybert|Ms G Kybert- Trustee|11/20/2022|
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## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
**Report to the trustees/** Charity Name Oscars Wish Foundation **members of On accounts for the year** To 31 October 2022 **Charity no** 1169892 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** As in Section B Disclosure (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)
**Report to the trustees/ members of**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended **31 / 10 / 2022**
**Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
**Independent** [The charity’s gross income exceeded £25,000 and I am qualified to **examiner's statement** undertake the examination by being a qualified member of MAAT
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below *) which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
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.
- _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._
|**Signed:**
**Name:**
**Relevant professional**
**qualification(s) or body**
**(if any):**
**Address:**|Paul Tolhurst|18/11/2022|
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**Oct 2018**
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## **Section B Disclosure**
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
**Give here brief details of any items that the** There are no areas of concern. **examiner wishes to disclose** .
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