Registered Charity Number: 1171814 Special Families Maesteg Trustees Report and Unaudited Financial Statements Year Ended 31 December 2024 **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** ||Period start date|Period start date|||Period end date|Period end date|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||01|01|2024||31|12|2024| |**From**||||**To**|||| ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** Special Families Maesteg **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1171814 **Charity's principal address** The Fairfield Centre St Davids Place Maesteg **Postcode CF34 9LR** ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Claire Edmunds|Chairperson||| ||Sharon Thomas|Treasurer||| ||Ann Morgan|Secretary||| ||Sara Brown|SafeguardingOfficer|Resigned 10 June 2025|| ||Kate Perry|SafeguardingOfficer|Appointed 10 June 2025|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** March **2012** **TAR** 1 ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of adviser**
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**Address**||| |Independent examiner|Robert Cole & Co|Office 2 Llynfi Enterprise Centre, Maesteg, CF34 0BQ| |||| |||| |||| ## **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 (dated 21 September 2016). Type of governing document - (eg. trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted Charitable Incorporated Organisation - (eg. trust, association, company) In selecting individuals for appointment as charity trustees, the charity Trustee selection methods trustees must have regard to the skills, knowledge and experience needed (eg. appointed by, elected by) for the effective administration of the CIO. ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: - 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** **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** To relieve the charitable needs of children, young people and their families who are in need by reason of ill-health or disability and who reside in South Wales. March **2012** **TAR** 2 **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** Special Families Maesteg are here for people touched by additional needs and isolation. Whether children, adults or elderly. An inclusive welcoming space for all. Offering exclusive sessions, trips, activities, peer-to-peer support, informational workshops, befriending and volunteering opportunities for all, giving more accessibility to the local community. Originally setup in 2014 as a simple coffee morning meeting for parent carers to talk about life living with or caring for someone with additional needs, the charity has grown into a safe haven for all those with additional needs, their families and now the wider community. With the addition of our premises and the impact of Covid-19 we have now opened our doors to the public, local organisations and everyone that might be struggling in anyway with a new focus to create a safe space for everyone. We want to be that link between friendship and organised services aimed at giving back individuals access to the wider community that for one reason or another they might have lost, we are linked in with all major local authorities and organisations to give everyone we see the best level of support they can get. We want everyone to know they can turn to us for any reason or need and that we can help them to feel listened to, never judged, safe and like they belong or are part of something special. The Trustees have had regard to the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit in managing the activities of the charity. ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** We are continuing our preloved special sales project which is supporting us and the community. Our community donates unwanted items, and we sort and clean and sell them for minimal cost to the community, supporting us as a charity and helping the people in our community have items at very low cost to help with living costs. You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; We are also continuing our SEN Volunteer project enabling volunteers with additional needs, be that physical or learning, to have a role at our centre and be part of the team. Providing them with a safe, friendly, supported environment. Gaining confidence, social skills and practical learning in a workplace setting. We link in with local councils and residential living centres, as well as schools and community. - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. March **2012** **TAR** 3 Section D Achievements and performance We are now 11+ years in from starting our project and are now **Summary of the main** sustainable without any funding from outside agencies. We will continue **achievements of the charity** to apply for small pockets of funding for special sessions and activities as **during the year** we come across them. We continue to run all our initial support and sessions while also carrying forward the local support that was set up from Covid. We are extremely fortunate to have amazing volunteers, members of the community with passion to help others no matter what their circumstances. Hopefully we will continue for many years to come. March **2012** **TAR** 4 ## **Section E Financial review** As an organisation we aspire to hold at least three-months operating **Brief statement of the** costs in reserves. These will ensure that the overheads can continue to **charity’s policy on reserves** be met for several months even if there is a substantial drop in donations. Restricted reserves are maintained for expenditure, at the discretion of the Trustees, on such projects that further the objectives and activities of the charity. **Details of any funds materially in deficit** None. ## **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. ## **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)** Sharon Thomas **Full name(s)** Claire Edmunds **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chairperson Treasurer **etc) Date** 24 October 2025 March **2012** **TAR** 5 ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** ## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the trustees/** Charity Name **members of** Special Families Maesteg **On accounts for the year** 31 December 2024 **ended Set out on pages** 1 to 9 **Charity no** 1171814 **(if any)** (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended **31 / 12 / 2024** . - **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation **basis of report** 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 the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. **Independent** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or - the accounts do not accord with the accounting records I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached (other than that disclosed below *). * _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._ **Signed: Date:** 24 October 2025 ~~PO |~~ **Name:** Robert Roger Cole ~~Ps~~ **Relevant professional** Association of Chartered Certified Accountants **qualification(s) or body (if any):** **Address:** Office 2 Llynfi Enterprise Centre Heol Ty Gwyn Industrial Estate Maesteg, CF34 0BQ 6 **October 2018** **IER** **Section B Disclosure** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). **Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . 7 **October 2018** **IER** **Special Families Maesteg** **1171814** ## **Receipts and payments accountspts and payments accountsts and payments accountspayments accountsayments accountsyments accountsments accounts** **Receipts and payments accountspts and payments accountsts and payments accountspayments accountsayments accountsyments accountsments accounts CC16a For the period** 01/01/2024 31/12/2024 **To from** ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**| ||**A1 Receipts**|||||||||| ||Donations|**13,569**||**-**||**-**||**13,569**||**20,302**| ||Fundraising|**15,310**||**-**||**-**||**15,310**||**6,689**| ||Sundry|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**7,971**| ||Membership|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**1,140**| ||Activties & sales|**31,707**||**-**||**-**||**31,707**||**21,557**| ||COVID ShoppingService|**6,033**||**-**||**-**||**6,033**||**6,209**| ||Grant - National LotteryCommunityFund|**-**||**10,388**||**-**||**10,388**||**-**| ||Grant - Groundwork|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**1,125**| ||Grant - BAVO|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**1,000**| ||Grant - BCBC|**-**||**5,000**||**-**||**5,000**||**2,150**| ||Grant - True Colours Fund|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**3,793**| ||Grant - CAF|**-**||**5,623**||**-**||**5,623**||**-**| ||Grant - Misc,less than £1,000 each|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**66,619**||**21,011**||**-**||**87,630**||**71,936**| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
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~~——————~~||||||||||| ||**A3 Payments**|||||||||| ||Activitycosts & sales|**20,765**||**-**||**-**||**20,765**||**22,382**| ||Printing, postage & stationery|**1,260**||**-**||**-**||**1,260**||**898**| ||Repairs,maintenance,health & safety|**5,825**||**-**||**-**||**5,825**||**4,277**| ||Equipment expensed|**3,107**||**-**||**-**||**3,107**||**3,368**| ||Staff costs|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||COVID ShoppingService|**9,499**||**-**||**-**||**9,499**||**13,539**| ||Professional fees|**1,125**||**-**||**-**||**1,125**||**1,301**| ||Telephone|**1,050**||**-**||**-**||**1,050**||**550**| ||Volunteers expenses|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**318**| ||Rent|**-**||**15,766**||**-**||**15,766**||**14,601**| ||Sundry|**1,237**||**-**||**-**||**1,237**||**1,967**| |||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| _**Sub total**_ **43,868 15,766 - 59,634 63,201** |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**
Mobile changingtable
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Laptops
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Sensoryroom
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CommunityHub(Maesteg)Ltd
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**_Sub total_ -**
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**_Total payments_**
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**purchases, (see table)**
Mobile changingtable
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~~SS=~~| |---|---| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
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**A5 Transfers between funds**
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**A6 Cash funds last year end**
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~~————————~~|| |CCXX R1 accounts (SS)|22/10/2025
8| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) ## **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**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
Community Hub (Maesteg) Ltd
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
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Bank current account
**Details**
**Details**
Olivetti Photocopier
Oki Printer
5 x Chromebooks
4 x iPads
Stage lighting setup
Shed
Mobile changing table
Laptops
Sensory room
**Details**
Signature|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
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**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**29,005**
**7,000**
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Print Name
Claire Edmunds
Sharon Thomas|**Endowment**
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**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of approval| |||Claire Edmunds|24-Oct-25| |||Sharon Thomas|24-Oct-25| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 22/10/2025 9