2025-05-31-accounts - Bereaved Children Support York

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date Month Year Day Month Year From 1st June 2024 To 31st May 2025 Section A Reference and administration details Charity name Bereaved Children Support York Other names charity is known by BCSY Registered charity number (if any) 1171422 Charity's principal address 1 Dealtry Avenue Wigginton York Postcode YO32 2FJ ~~——~~ Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled Trustee name Office (if any) year to appoint trustee (if any) 1 Joanne Cole Chair Board of Trustees 2 Lisa Curtis Treasurer Board of Trustees 3 Yvonne Methley Board of Trustees 4 Angela White Board of Trustees 5 Janet Bennett 13/03/25 – present Board of Trustees 6 Kathryn Hardaker 13/03/25 – present Board of Trustees 7 Lucy South 13/03/25 – present Board of Trustees 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ~~=~~ Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) Name Dates acted if not for whole year

Section A Reference and administration details

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

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Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Constitution (31/01/2017)

Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted

(eg. trust, association, company) Appointed by existing trustees Trustee selection methods

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

We were delighted to appoint 3 additional trustees to our board in March 2025. They bring a wealth of experience and skills to the role and are a valuable addition.

policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

To preserve and protect the physical and mental health of children, young people and their families living in the York area, who have experienced bereavement or loss by the provision of counselling and Summary of the objects of the support and recreation and leisure time activities provided in the interest charity set out in its of social welfare designed to improve their conditions of life governing document To advance the education of the public in the subject of the affects of bereavement and loss on children and young people.

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Run a monthly peer support drop-in group This enables bereaved children, young people and families living in the York area to come together and explore their feelings through play, creativity and peer support by meeting others who have had a similar experience, with the aim of improving their emotional well-being. Individual therapeutic support One-to-one therapeutic support is provided by bereavement practitioners to those children and young people who need additional specialised and individual help to better cope with the impact of grief on their lives. Recreational activities The organisation of recreational activities offers the opportunity for bereaved children, young people and families to meet in an even more relaxed and informal way than the drop-in sessions. This is often a good introduction to the charity and the services we provide. Summary of the main These have previously included activities such as trampolining, theatre activities undertaken for the trips, music concerts, football sessions and circus skills workshops. public benefit in relation to these objects (include within Parents fortnightly coffee this section the statutory declaration that trustees have This provides an opportunity for the parents and carers of bereaved had regard to the guidance children and young people to meet each other without their children being issued by the Charity present to seek, offer and gain mutual support about the issues faced by Commission on public their children and them as parents. benefit) The trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the charity commission to ensure that all activities are provided for the public benefit.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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We are delighted to continue to receive the design expertise of local businessman Richard Playford on a voluntary basis in relation to the creation and maintenance of the charity's website and publicity material. We have continue to prepare content for a new updated website which we hope to have up and running next year.

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

Section D Achievements and performance

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main Monthly peer support drop-in sessions achievements of the charity during the year These sessions continued to be in-person with crafts and activities for the children to do individually and in groups. We continue to run these sessions in Oaken Grove Community Centre. 52 children have attended at least one session in the past 12 months Individual therapeutic support The one-to-one therapeutic support is for those children and young people who need more specialist support to help them be better able to cope with the impact of grief on their lives. The sessions continued to be face-to face, with children and young people mostly being seen at school. We appointed 2 further part-time sessional bereavement practitioners due to increased demand and a growing waiting list. We now have 7 parttime, sessional bereavement practitioners. 68 children have been referred in the past 12 months Parents/carers fortnightly coffee This group continues to be well attended and very much valued by participants. It enables good conversations to be had and relationships built allowing for emotional support to be shared. There is no cost to the charity for these sessions. Recreacnal Activities The children, young people and families have enjoyed several recreational activities including pottery painting, trampolining and a trip to see a local production of Sister Act. Website and publicity The website continues to be maintained and publicity materials produced on a voluntary basis by supporter Richard Playford, although some printed resources, books and leaflets are purchased. We are beginning to write content in preparation for a new website. We hope to have this up and running next year. Other collaborations and donations We were fortunate enough to be chosen as the Charity of the Year for Barratt David Wilson Homes Yorkshire East and this started in July 2024. They organised some amazing fundraising events including a fishing match, golf day and the Red Ball. They entered a team in the local Dragon Boat Race and 2 young adults that have benefited from our services took part. Their fundraising team worked tirelessly and some of our trustees were lucky enough to attend the Red Ball. The total raised was an astounding £58,175. We continue to benefit from the fundraising of others. We have had supporters raising money for us holding raffles, selling treats and cakes. One of the parents who has used our services, Jenny, ran a halfmarathon and raised £2275.

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Section D Achievements and performance

The local branch of the Co-op continued have us as a beneficiary of the Community Fund until October 2024 and we received a final payment of £1833.67.

The staff and customers at the local David Lloyd Leisure Centre collected and donated chocolate Easter eggs to the children in April.

We were delighted to be chosen as one of the good causes to benefit from the Scarecrow Festival held in Haxby and organised by the local Methodist church over the May Bank Holiday weekend. The children and volunteers created a wonderful scarecrow in the form of the BFG and it gave us the opportunity to raise the profile of the charity by having an information stall in the church over the weekend. We received £1373.

We are also thrilled to be chosen as Charity of the Year by TSYS for 2025. This is the local branch of an international company and they will be organising fundraising activities throughout the year. Two of our trustees did a presentation to the staff group to explain what we do.

Also this year we have been humbled to receive increased donations from funerals and wills with a total of £4759 in donations. We are immensely grateful for this.

Future plans for the year ahead

We are hoping to have the new website up and running as well as developing a new strategy and financial plan.

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Section E Financial review The trustees have set a level equivalent to approximately 3 months of Brief statement of the operating costs (£15,000) for the organisation as a desired level of charity’s policy on reserves reserves. This fund is a contingency in the event of a sudden reduction in income, in order to protect the future operation of the organisation from the effects of any unforeseen variations in its income and expenditure. This will be reviewed by trustees in light of increased costs, especially the therapeutic support. Details of any funds materially in deficit ~~a~~ Further financial review details (Optional information) You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about: • the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); • how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; • investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ~~tL~~ Section F Other optional information ~~__~~ Section G Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Full name(s) Joanne Cole

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Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair of Trustees etc) Date 02/02/2026

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Bereaved Children Support York 1171422 1171422

Recei ts and a ments accounts p p y

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For the period from	01/06/2024 Period start date	To	31/05/2025 Period end date

Section A Receipts and payments

Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Total funds Last year funds funds funds to the nearest to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ £

A1 Receipts

Fundraising by individuals 3,260 - - 2,444 2,444 Fundraising by groups/orgamisations 4,158 - - 4,158 9,141 Barratts 58,176 - - 58,176 Donations from businesses 1,510 - - 1,510 3,600 Donations from individuals 622 - - 622 520 Funerals/Wills 4,759 - - 4,759 Gift Aid 467 - - 467 Misc 15 - - 637 Sub total (Gross income for Cross Add Error 16,342 AR) [ 72,967] A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). - - - - - - - - - Sub total - Total receipts 72,967 - - #VALUE! 16,342 ~~————_——~~ A3 Payments Therapeutic support sessions 48,932 - - 48,932 40,780 Creative supplies 745 - - 745 571 Recreational activities/entertainment 651 - - 651 609 Venue/room hire 675 - - 675 686 Insurance 103 - - 103 83 Books and resources 30 - - 30 16 DBS check 67 - - 67 52 CCXX R1 accounts (SS)Refreshments 49 - 1 49 153 ~~=== = ===~~

Misc	131		-		-		131		81
**Sub total **	51,383		-		-		51,383		43,031

A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)		- - - - -	- - - - -	- - - 51,383 #VALUE!
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*Total payments* *Net of receipts/(payments)* A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end *Cash funds this year end*
					43,031

	21,584	-	-	#VALUE!	- 26,689
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	39,253	-	-	39,253	65,942
	60,837	-	-	#VALUE!	39,253

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Unrestricted funds to nearest £	Restricted funds to nearest £	Endowment funds to nearest £
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B3 Investment assets

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B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use CCXX R3 accounts (SS)

Details	Details	Fund to which asset belongs	Fund to which asset belongs	Cost (optional)	Cost (optional)	Current value (optional)
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- ~~====~~ Fund to which Amount due When due Details liability relates (optional) (optional) B5 Liabilities - - - - - Signed by one or two trustees on Date of behalf of all the trustees Signature Print Name approval Joanne Cole 02/02/2026 ~~aut~~ CCXX R4 accounts (SS) 4

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLANO AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts S•ctlon A Independenl Examlner's Report Report to the trustees1 members ol Bereaved Children SuFS)Ort York On aeeounts for th• y•ar •nded May 2025 Charity no lif any) 1171422 Set out on pag I port to the trustees on my examinabon of the accounts of the above chanty 1.the Trusfi for the year ended R•sponsibilities and As the chanty trustees of the Trust. you are resp¢)nsible for the preparation basis of roport of the accounts in accordance wth the requirements of the Charitses Ad 2011 (Ihe Act"). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 ofthe 2011 Act and In carrying out my examination. I have followed the applicable Directjons given by the Charity Commission under section 14515llbl of the Act. I have completed my examinatn. I confim that no matenal matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to tEIEve that In, any material respect accounting records ere not kept in accordance wth section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records Indepondant •xamin•r's stat•mont I have no COnmS and have come across no other mattefs In connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn In order to enab a proper understanding of the accounts to te reached. . Please delete the ¥M)nls fft the brackets rfthey do apply. Slgn•d: Dat•: Z&/I/L6 Name: Relevant professlonal qualification{s) or body Ilf any)". FCCA, Addr•ss: yoi9&ax IER Octob•r 2018