Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date Period end date Day 01 Month 04 Year 2022 Day 31 Month 03 Year 2023
From To
Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name
Wishing Foundation
Other names charity is known by
None
Registered charity number (if any) 1171966
Charity's principal address The Grange
Somersby
Spilsby, Lincolnshire
Postcode PE23 4NR
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole year |
Name of person (or body) entitled **to appoint trustee(if any) ** |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penelope Calvert | Chair | |||
| Georgina PerryWarnes |
None | |||
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Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
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Name Dates acted if not for whole year
Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser Name Address
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
- Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution)
How the charity is constituted
Constitution
CIO
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Trustee selection methods
Appointed
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
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;
There have been no new policies during the course of this year and existing policies have been followed.
Trustees have considered their robust Financial processes and are happy that these are fit for purpose
-
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.
March 2012
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Section C Objectives and activities
1) The relief of poverty, financial hardship and sickness and the preservation and protection of good health, wellbeing and personal development of children, in particularly but not exclusively, orphans, Summary of the objects of the street children and underprivileged children and their families worldwide; charity set out in its 2) The prevention or relief of childhood poverty worldwide by providing governing document grants, items and services to individuals in need and/or charities or other Summary of the main activities organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty; undertaken for the public 3) To provide care in such ways as the charity trustees see fit to children benefit in relation to these worldwide who have been displaced, are deprived, poor or homeless; objects (include within this section the statutory Trustees have started working with an adviser to plan out what declaration that trustees have developments they felt would be appropriate and achievable however, had regard to the guidance due to family reasons, this work is just beginning issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit) The objects of the charity have always been paramount to the trustees and it has been very difficult and disappointing for the Chair especially to have had to put the charity on hold for these last few years.
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
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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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Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year
The charity had to hold back their developments due to family reasons and are now reviewing and reflecting upon their work for the future
Section E Financial review
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5
Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves
Wishing Foundation needs reserves in order to ensure there are sufficient cash reserves in the current account to cover day to day running costs
Details of any funds materially in deficit
- Funds are low but not in deficit – funds are only used if fundraising has been successful
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
The charity trustees had to hold the developments due to family reasons and are now reviewing how they are going to pick up on their exciting work.
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) Penelope Calvert Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Chair Date 30 May 2024
March 2012
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Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date Period end date Day 01 Month 04 Year 2022 Day 31 Month 03 Year 2023
From To
Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name
Wishing Foundation
Other names charity is known by
None
Registered charity number (if any) 1171966
Charity's principal address The Grange
Somersby
Spilsby, Lincolnshire
Postcode PE23 4NR
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 |
Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole year |
Name of person (or body) entitled **to appoint trustee(if any) ** |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penelope Calvert | Chair | |||
| Georgina PerryWarnes |
None | |||
-
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)
March 2012
TAR
1
Name Dates acted if not for whole year
Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser Name Address
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
- Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution)
How the charity is constituted
Constitution
CIO
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Trustee selection methods
Appointed
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
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;
There have been no new policies during the course of this year and existing policies have been followed.
Trustees have considered their robust Financial processes and are happy that these are fit for purpose
-
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.
March 2012
TAR
2
Section C Objectives and activities
1) The relief of poverty, financial hardship and sickness and the preservation and protection of good health, wellbeing and personal development of children, in particularly but not exclusively, orphans, Summary of the objects of the street children and underprivileged children and their families worldwide; charity set out in its 2) The prevention or relief of childhood poverty worldwide by providing governing document grants, items and services to individuals in need and/or charities or other Summary of the main activities organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty; undertaken for the public 3) To provide care in such ways as the charity trustees see fit to children benefit in relation to these worldwide who have been displaced, are deprived, poor or homeless; objects (include within this section the statutory Trustees have started working with an adviser to plan out what declaration that trustees have developments they felt would be appropriate and achievable however, had regard to the guidance due to family reasons, this work is just beginning issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit) The objects of the charity have always been paramount to the trustees and it has been very difficult and disappointing for the Chair especially to have had to put the charity on hold for these last few years.
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
March 2012
TAR
3
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
March 2012
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4
Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year
The charity had to hold back their developments due to family reasons and are now reviewing and reflecting upon their work for the future
Section E Financial review
March 2012
TAR
5
Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves
Wishing Foundation needs reserves in order to ensure there are sufficient cash reserves in the current account to cover day to day running costs
Details of any funds materially in deficit
- Funds are low but not in deficit – funds are only used if fundraising has been successful
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
The charity trustees had to hold the developments due to family reasons and are now reviewing how they are going to pick up on their exciting work.
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) Penelope Calvert Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Chair Date 30 May 2024
March 2012
TAR
6