2023-03-31-accounts - Dovecote Voluntary Parent Committee

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Dovecote Voluntary Parent Committee Annual Report 2022 – 2023 Registered Charity No: 1172048

Why Dovecote Children & Families Project is Important

There are very few initiatives engaging with families in Greater Leys. The Dovecote centre is based in the centre of the estate is the only provider of out of school play facilities for young children and children with disabilities aged 4 to 14 years old, along with being the only provider

of these schemes for children aged 4 to 8 across the Leys estate with an estimated population of 1153 within this age range.

As a community owned and run project, we have been fortunate to have the ability to flex in order to meet the needs of the Leys community. We provide holistic services that meet the multiple-needs of local residents, build trusting relationships, provide low-cost services and attract people that are highly committed to making their community a better place to live.

Good quality play experiences, supporting children and young people to achieve good physical and mental health.
Inclusive, safe play opportunities where children and young people develop selfconfidence and life skills preparing them for a creative and positive adulthood.
Families, young children and children with disabilities are supported to overcome social exclusions and isolation
Training and assistance for volunteers to support current provision, and initiate and develop new projects
User involvement in design, delivery and management of services to meet locally identified need rather than externally perceived needs.
Skilling up and local capacity building, sign posting local families to access training, support and resources to learn new skills, gain self-esteem and confidence and increase wellbeing.

Achievements to Date

The guiding principle underlying all our work is consultation with, and involvement of children, young people and families. A key aim is to maximise the use of the Dovecote a valuable community resource. For Dovecote to be vibrant, fun, local community resource owned by the community in which it seeks to serve – whose lives it enhances.

Focus of our project is providing children including children with disabilities, young people and families with access to affordable good quality, safe, secure play and social opportunities and experiences not normally accessible to them. When the first phase of the new estate was established in 1996, consultation took place with local residents. The need for stay and play sessions and out of school play facilities was identified along with family social and parenting support groups. The outcome of the consultation was the creation of the Dovecote Voluntary Parent Management Committee made up of local parents who come together to create the Dovecote Children & Families project, led and managed by the Dovecote Voluntary Parent Committee a constituted group. Their commitment and dedication have enabled the project to thrive, creating many new and exciting opportunities for children and families to enjoy for the past 27 years. Our project has worked with and supported in excess of 3000 families.

We have achieved the following project developments over the past 27 years we have been operating, thanks to the dedication of the committee, staff and volunteers:

An afterschool club three sessions per week, 16 children per session, including children with disabilities aged 4 to 12 years old
Easter and summer playschemes for up to 40 children including children with disabilities per session
Half term playschemes (subject to funding) for up to 16 children
Twice weekly Stay & Play sessions for young mums and dads with young children
Purpose built sensory room for children with disabilities and their families
Strong partnership work with a wide range of voluntary and statutory organisations supporting vulnerable children and families
Strong partnership work with Aiming High Short Breaks for Disabled Children to support young children with disabilities experiencing exclusion to accessing local services to participate in our afterschool club and schemes.
Setting up Leys News a free community newsletter distributed to every household in Blackbird Leys. Today the Leys news is an independent community newspaper reach 5000 household every month
Development of Dovecote Afloat – narrow boat project bringing the magic of canals and nature to young people from the Leys (Sadly due to funding this project came to an end in August 2016) Sadly due to funding this project is no longer running
Purpose built sensory garden
Provide support, training and volunteering opportunities
Extension of centre garden providing a larger outside play area
Awarded Outstanding Grade by Ofsted 2009
Finalist Groundwork Community Award – Best Community Project on a Social Housing Estate 2018
Finalist Children & Young People’s Award 2016
Secured two large key funding awards from the Lottery

Volunteers play a vital part role in the running of our project. Without their help and commitment there would not be a Dovecote Children & Families project. All activities are offered to families at below cost to ensure accessibility and affordability to all young children and families living in the Leys. It is encouraging to see young children develop; many have gone on to become volunteers helping in our project. Several have been supported to access training to become qualified play workers working in our schemes before pursuing a career in child care. Our current board of trustees consists of two young men, former users of the Dovecote from the age of 4 years old along with helping deliver services on a volunteer basis for several years.

Project Management

We the Dovecote Voluntary Parent Trustees receive regular reports and updates from the Children & Families Services Manager Carol Richards. We hold up to six business meeting per year along with training and informal meetings taking place when required. Trustees are elected at our Annual General Meeting. Annual accounts are prepared by a qualified accountant and signed off at our AGM. Day to day activities of the project is managed and developed in consultation with the committee by the Children & Families Services Manager Children and young people play a lead role in the planning and development of Dovecote Children & Families project. We also employ two part-time afterschool club play workers and have a good bank of regular seasonal play staff. Stay and play sessions are delivered by our wonderful volunteer Alison Logan, supported by Carol. We also have a very good network of parents/carers and supporters who are always willing to help when they can.

Vision, Mission and Values

OUR VISION – A world where all children and young people are equal

OUR MISSION – provide services, support and opportunities that support the Improvement of the descending spiral of deprivation and inequality, setting a path for lasting growth

OUR VALUES – We pride ourselves in giving a safe and welcoming environment in order to give our users the ability to development themselves and break the cycle of undesirable peer pressure.

We support children and young people in their personal development and to build positive relationships. Together we enable children and young people to reach their full potential and realise their ambitions. We are ambitious for the lives of the children and young people we work with. The services we provide to families and children aspire to better lives. We have built trusting relationships within the community over many years. We have maintained this trust by being dependable and consistent in our delivery of services and support.

Our Contact Details

Dovecote Voluntary Parent Committee, Registered Charity number 1172048, Dovecote Centre, Nightingale Avenue, Blackbird Leys, Oxford, OX4 7BU Tel: 01865 712299 Mobile: 07974234661

E-mail: leysdvpc@hotmail.com Website; www.dovecoteproject.com facebook:leysdvpc

Office Hours

Current office hours vary

Trustees

Rachel Partlett – Chairperson; Amie Prior – Secretary; Jacob Brain, Tara Collier, Craig Logan, Hilary Miles and Dwayne John

Dovecote Team

Carol Richards: Children & Families Services Co-ordinator Sharon Bishop Play Assistant Alison Logan Play Assistant Delvise Saunders Play Assistant Along with a range of seasonal staff throughout the year

Volunteers

Alison Logan, Amanda Jones

Mr Peter J Stevenson, MA FCA, has independently examined our accounts

Chairs Report

Welcome everyone and thank you for attending this year’s AGM

I am pleased to present our annual report for 2022-23 The past twelve months have been much better than the previous twelve months. Thanks to the vaccine slowly but surely the past year has saw Covid having less of an impact on daily life. Services our project provide are now pretty much back to fully pre covid familiarity; i.e., stay and play and afterschool club sessions. At each Trustee meeting CR has reported that our stay and play sessions are very popular. The Wednesday session more often than not is having to turn families away as it is full to capacity and more!

The Dovecote Children & Families project puts the voices and needs of disadvantage young people, families and children at the centre of everything we do, drawing on their stories and the experiences of our partners to develop services for change.

I would like to say a huge thank you to all Trustees who continue to serve, support and scrutinise the Charity’s work. Without their dedication and commitment which is very much valued and appreciated, there would not be a Dovecote Children & Families project.

A major important aspect of this year was being awarded three-year funding from the Lottery Reaching Communities fund. We learnt the good news 24[th] October 2022. The support of the Lottery is very much welcomed to say the least. It will provide us with much needed resources; recruitment of a Play Leader (something we have been without for just over 18 months) along with much needed recruitment of a Community Outreach Worker to enable us to take Dovecote Children & Families Project out into the community.

Having this resource will support us to connect and reconnect with children, families and local organisations in the Leys. This is something we feel has been a hugely negatively impacted by Covid 19.

On behalf of everyone at Dovecote Children & Families project, I would like to big thank you to all our supporters and partners for their support over the past year.

Treasurers Report

2022/23 financial accounts have been prepared by our long-standing accountant Peter J Stevenson MA FCA

Throughout the reporting period the focus has continued to explore how best to find and fund the inspiring ideas that change the lives of children, young people and families. This has been impacted considerably by the global pandemic and Covid-19. It’s clear that all the UK’s children and young people and disadvantaged families have been challenged by the pandemic but for those already experiencing disadvantage the past few years have been an even more challenging year.

Securing the support of Reaching Communities for the next three years will enable Dovecote Children & Families project to focus on supporting more families, reconnecting and strengthening of current partnership work whilst establishing new partnership work. Having the resource of an outreach worker will enable us to take Dovecote Children & Families project out into the community. The funding will support us to develop current services to better meet the needs of Leys children and families along with having the ability to provide a wider variety of activities and opportunities to disadvantage children and families in the Leys and surrounding areas

We are fortunate as a small charity to have had enough reserves that permitted us to match fund some of the lottery funding over the next three years. We believe having this resource

strengthened our Reaching communities funding bid. “It's a fact, more people are likely to donate to charity and give more money if they know their donation will be match-funded”.

“A Great Match” is the first-ever in-depth research carried out into match-funding in the UK, analysing data from 138,000 charitable donations. “The research shows that match funding is a fantastic incentivise to donors”

Secretary

Despite the challenges posed by Covid-19 pandemic Dovecote Children & Families project has continued to work hard to transform the lives of disadvantage, children, including those with disabilities, young people and families living in nationally recognised area of disadvantage. This report tells the story of how our team at Dovecote and Trustees have been creative and innovative in making sure we continued to be here for children, young people and families who need us

What makes Dovecote Voluntary Children & Families project such a special organisation is that we take learning from local residents and inspired stories and voices of young people. We then work to prevent other families and young people from experiencing these challenges

I think everyone will agree when I say the past two years have been some of the most demanding for Dovecote Children & Families Project, but I could not be prouder of this very special organisation. As we look ahead, we recognise the scale of the challenge before us – we have an ambitious goal, an ambitious strategy, and a gifted, talented team. We are up for the challenge and hope you will continue to stand with us as we work to truly build a society for all children, young people and families.

Afterschool Club

Numbers attending afterschool club over the past year have varied. We feel this has been mainly down to the cost-of-living crisis which continues to hit the most vulnerable families, children and young people in the UK. It has also been a year of unwelcome records: the highest inflation in 40 years, the sharpest fall in pay for more than two decades…………….

Children attending the club had access to a variety of activities and opportunities;
team games - communication and leadership skills, cooperation, friendship
Art and crafts –creativity, imagination, fine motor skills
Outdoor risky play, (many of the children reside in flats)
Offsite trips – develop both mentally and physically, social awareness, keep healthy
Science activities, sensory play, baking, and much more - nurture curiosity, increase confidence to try new things, learn new skills purpose-built sensory room and garden provides therapeutic play

Although academic performance is a crucial part of a child’s journey through school, building on their social skills and self-confidence is just as important. After school clubs enable students to interact with new people, develop interpersonal skills and learn from each other. They also help to discourage children from engaging in anti-social behaviours by keeping them busy.

There is a large body of research showing that extracurricular activities play a positive role with significantly improving soft skills for those who regularly attend - these include; independence, fitting in with peers, teamwork, communication and problem solving skills. Extracurricular activities allow students to apply lessons and skills acquired in class to a realworld context, particularly the use of soft skills. For example, students who take part in sports teams like football are given the opportunity to develop and improve their discipline, teamwork and communication, and students who take part in after school maths class will be able to implement skills such as problem solving and critical thinking - proving to work in both an academic and social environment.

Researchers continue to find data to support the statement that after school clubs are highly effective and beneficial in developing soft skills, boosting academic performance and overall helping young people.

Extracurricular activities bring physical and mental health benefits for children

Stay & Play

Our stay and play sessions continue to be extremely busy. Wednesday sessions can be a bit manic at times as this is the busiest sessions. On several occasions we have sadly had to turn people away due to reaching full capacity for inside of 15 children and 14 adults. One Wednesday session we had 21 children and adults!!! To say it was a bit manic is an understatement but fun and fulfilling seeing children having a good time. Now the weather is getting nicer we will be able to start using the outside garden more this will enable more to families attend.

We continue to support new mums, dads and parents of babies born during lockdown to socialise, learn new skills, access new opportunities, be less afraid of trying new things and meeting new people, overcome the feeling of loneliness, isolation and much more. Along with support parents suffering with anxiety and depression. Our Little Doves messenger group is a very good source of support for those parents. Many grandmothers who attend the sessions are very good at encouraging and supporting younger mums and dads.

Our stay & play sessions offer the following;

Group leaders ensure a smooth-running of our sessions where children are able to explore and play safely.
Children learn from having fun. Our sessions offer a wide-range of play activities and educational toys to assist children’s developmental needs.
We offer a variety of activities
Sessions offer fun outdoor play experience and exploring outside is keenly encouraged
Sessions include free-play, messy play, arts and crafts sensory play in our sensory room. Opportunities and experiences help children by; encouraging speech and language, encouraging sharing and turn-taking and exploring new and exciting activities.

Working in partnership with parents is central to the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) and it is widely acknowledged that developing successful relationships between parents and providers can have long-lasting and beneficial effects on children’s learning and wellbeing

Research has found that 'Stay and Play' sessions where parents and their children play and learned songs, are linked to small but significant reductions in parenting stress, improvements in mothers' health, and better learning environments in the children's own homes.

– Aim of Stay and Play sessions Update

Be Healthy- Much of our play is physically active helping develop physical health. Additionally, there is a very strong ethos of promoting healthy eating, with snack time consisting of only fruit, which develops a healthy lifestyle and encourages the parents to support the children to follow a healthy lifestyle. Through playing, learning and developing in a supportive environment, where parents are helped to promote these activities, children are nurtured and remain mentally and emotionally healthy.

Stay Safe - Through playing with their children and enjoying time with other parents, parents’ bond better with their children and develop support networks to help them cope with parenthood and learn new skills, which will reduce the occurrences of maltreatment, neglect and violence.

Enjoy & Achieve - Through both structured and unstructured, children become more socially independent and socially able making them ready to engage fully in school when they are old enough. Through these same process’s children are able to develop personally and socially while enjoying recreation.

Make a Positive Contribution - Stay and Plays are social environments where children are encouraged to develop positive relationships with other children and behave appropriately in play. Through play children are encouraged to be more independent which helps them develop self-confidence.

Partnership Work

The focus this year is to reconnect and strengthen our work with our current partners i.e., Blackbird Leys Adventure Playground, local schools, Family Solutions, CDI………….. Sadly, partnership and networking has been severely impacted by Covid 19. Since restrictions have been lifted most originations time and effort has been on reconnecting with users, restarting services needed to help address the impact of the pandemic on disadvantage children, young people and families.

We are pleased to say we are now working in partnership with Together with Migrant Children; They provide support migrant and refugee children, young people and families across the UK. Their aim is to empower and support individuals, families and communities through advocacy, specialist assessment, family assessment, family, youth work and social work. The forge close

working links with other organisations to ensure everyone one they work with is well supported. Central to their work is rights-based and democratic practice.”

This group is now based the Peep reschool room at Dovecote. Together we will be explore ways in which we can work together to provide services needed to support Asylum seekers and refugees with young children living in Blackbird Leys. We will work together to source and submit joint funding bids to enable Dovecote Children and Families project and Together with Migrant Children to develop service needed to support vulnerable families.

Parent Power (Oxford Hub); “Parent Power brings parents together to support each other, enabling families to lead their best lives and achieve their goals.

Additional new partnership work also took place with Parent Power is an ambitious initiative that works directly with families who are keen to lead changes in their own lives – helping themselves, their children and their communities to thrive. Drawing on the experience of other projects in the UK and the US. Parent Power supports families. to set their goals, access opportunities in the community and shape services around them. We are working together to set up new parent lead initiatives, recruit and support volunteers and put together joint family fun events

We have also had the opportunity to reconnect with existing partners; BLAP, CDI, local Schools……….

Working in partnership with people and communities creates a better chance of creating services that meet people's needs, it improves their experience and outcomes. Local residents, children and young people have the knowledge, skills, experiences and connections services need to understand in order to support their physical and mental health

Partnership working coordinates better action between organisations and allows us opportunities to exchange views, support innovation and provide additional momentum to get things done.

Future Developments

Families project - Parents and families have identified that existing resources at the Dovecote are under-utilised. Develop new parenting support groups, baby massage, new parent sessions, workshops with parents setting agenda.....
Development of existing specialist facilities (purpose built sensory room) to reach those, young children with impairments experiencing social exclusion and facing multiple barriers to engagement with services, to support their education and wellbeing.
Work with Social Services to facilitate Dovecote becoming a contact centre for families with children in care.
Development of more play & stay sessions to include a SEND (Special Educational Needs or Disabilities) session
Raise necessary funds to employ an Outreach worker to take Dovecote services out to the community, i.e., offer support and advice on parenting, local activities and services through home visiting and groups, offering a listening ear

Funding

See attached 2022/2023 financial report prepared by Peter Stevens, MA FCA

Equal Opportunities

We are fully committed to caring for children in a multi-cultural/racial community. We give the following undertaking and declare that:

We will treat the children in our care with equal concern and without prejudice to their religious persuasion, racial origin, cultural background, gender, disability or special needs.

The Dovecote Voluntary Parent Committee is committed to taking positive and proactive steps to ensure that we provide a safe and caring environment, free from discrimination for everyone in our community; we provide facilities that promote and reflect cultural and social diversity and are equally accessible to all.

We are proud of our record of success in including children with various specific physical intellectual or behavioural needs in our activities and we are fortunate to have a very good partnership with the Parasol Project. Parasol is based on the belief that children with disabilities are children first. With the help of enablers provided by Parasol, we are able to better meet the needs of children with disabilities in our playschemes.

Acknowledgements:

We would like to take this opportunity to express our thanks to all the people, groups and organisations who have contributed to the continued success of the Dovecote Children & Families projects over the past year. Without your help and support the Dovecote Voluntary Parent Committee would not have succeeded in continuing to deliver good quality, low-cost play experiences and opportunities for the children, including children with disabilities, young people and families living in one of Europe’s largest social housing estates Blackbird Leys.

Finally

A huge thanks to all our staff for the great job they do providing a fun, happy, friendly, welcoming, secure, challenging and stimulating environment for the children, young people and families of the Leys!

ALSO BIG THANKS TO:

Trustees and all our wonderful volunteers who help make Dovecote Children & Families project happen

Catalyst Housing Group Reaching Communities Lottery Community Fund Oxford Food Hub

Pye Settlement Charity Christ Church Blackbird Leys Parish Council St John’s College Merton College Robert & Margert Moss Charitable Trust National Lottery Reaching Communities Small Grants Oxfordshire Community Development Foundation Oxford City Council Community Impact Fund

All our funders for their valuable support Peter Stevenson for examining the accounts All parents and carers of our users and children and young people who make it all worthwhile!!!!!

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DOVECOTE VOLUNTARY PARENT C(k¥MirrEE CIO TRiISTEES' REpoKf AND FINANCIAL STATEIIENTS FOR The YEAR ENDED 31 IIARCH 2023 The TruAt•es pro8th1 the report financial sPatemwts for th¢ year entsd 31 March 2023 Ch•rrtabl• 8t•ty• Dovecote Voluntary Parent Committe• 18 a Incwated OTg8n11n {CIO) re9istsred in England, numbeT 1172048. TfUSt••• The TfUJt8e who have hdd officè at •ny ptynt period ended 31 March 2023 and to Ihe d•te of thig report we as fdlow4'. Rachel Partjett (chrI Jo¢ob Br8tn HilAry Mile8 Dwayne John AMN Prior ISe¢retaryl Tara C1 Cravj Lcw 8tN¢tur•. fjov•m•nu and IA•n•g•m• The COMM was originalty tabhOd under 8 CMstrtution adopieil in 2Crt17. Th• Chanty fofm•d in 2017 uired Ihe a88ets and habilrtM of th• fornwr unincorktyaled tody Ad¢ilional trustéés nK8y appiftt•J by tM CmMt••, oll rw tru8kn6s arn offorod •pproprlat• tralning in order to fuffil thelr role. Obl•clhM and actfvlll The 048d of lh• charity 18 to pm¥id• fi¢ilrtw the daity 1•, recloabon and ¢ducatr of ehlldron during out ol schocA hourn and xhfnl holhl8ys. The cnanry alKS atms lo a¢lvanc• th• •JixatMJn and trainiry of pwsons in the lIon of iueh ear•. ond recreatkjnal fKililla8. A¢hl•v•m•nt• •nd p•rfornwn¢• The charty has been able to more normal thls of xbvty, and to make pbns for broadening hs appe81 and rebevance kvthin comrnLmty In the past year Il has attrathd £77.489 grants and donat$ for its Core work. Inc111ng fundirwj ov8r 3 years from Nat"onal Lottsry lotallry £48.020 undgr tho Rwhing Communities progr•rnm•. of which £15.886 had b••n at the ballre Itteel date. The lottery year runs from January., in subs•qu•nl p•rths the charity Till b• r•qund to fund a er prrwtm of tho total yoject Cts. Full d6kn1s ol achievements grKI fLrtur• pn8 rnay be fcxjnd on the webslte. Publk The Trustees of thé chanty have had regard both b the obJthe8 of Ihe chartty, a$ set out above, and al to tho gutdance on public benefft publrsh8d by Iha Charity Commission, in exerc1n9 thesr powws and duts'es. Al acDvtM arn Under[an In lunherance of Ine cnanty's obiKts, Is outtined above. Rl8k m•Mg•m•nl The principal risks the thrity May fac arn rwGeJ¥ed lo bè deQU fulLre luThJlNJ and Fos$ibilty of safeguarding issues arisirq in the chiklren'8 8¢tiviti'es. To mitsgate hese nsks. rne than sufficnt futtjre funding has been secUd iTk the term, aTrd appn)pr sguarding MSure5 ha put in place.

DOVECOTE VOLUNTARY PARENT C TRUSTEES, REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEIIEKrs FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 IIARCN 202J Flnanclal Revlthv Income lor the yew total £84,751121)22 £50,982) and expeTrJrtwe £S3,328 {2022 £51,450). Thg wl 5umlus of £31,42312022 defrt cf £4881 has téen •Sded to. ordeducied from, the fu baLqnce8. rètsults'ng in reservès carried forward of £157,053 of Ylhich £32.214 {2Q22 £NIL) wwe rtnctèd lunds and £55,CW12022 £45,000) re fJnd$ deswnated for redundancy cwts in the the chanty be¥¥J wMd up. After m&king ¥propriate 8nquir$. the trustogs have a reasonab exp•cln that th• charbty tt88 •Jequ•t? resoLITC8S tts Continuo in ¢Ferab"on fc at &1 12 rTh)nth8 from the date of $4ning thia reFOrt. and hve thareltye conlirnjed to adopt the gohJ concem basts In prepn9 Ihè financk?18tatem8nt& Pln• lor Fu¢ur• P•rfod• With the Reaching Communlix5 Suprt. th• pkn to dav•knp further its pthrtnerBhlp and outrga¢h work, and to provid• more offsite facilib.es tr 1 famTrbos. 11 VAII ttevelop and oxpand th holiday ptayscheme and its spKiali8t f8cllitre$, whilst maith.ning rts Core seTrKS. a8 de0 on tho chartty's w•bsrt•. S¢•tem•nt of Tru•tsM' R••pM•lbl¥tt The Trust•e• ar• r••F¢n•ibkn tr preparirffj Ihe Rewt Tni8te8s gfKI fln#nci41 •tatomts In accordanc• with appli¢•ble regulatn8. Chanty r•quir•$ th• Twst•u to pry• fin•1•1 8tements for ••ch lknaneLql year. Und•r that low tho Trustees hav• elected Ic prepare tho financlal ststements in accordance wilh Untt•d Klngtjom General Ac¢ept•d Accounting Practtè {Unite(l Klrydom N£¢ounling Standard8 and appI•b lawl Ur#Ser charity lèw the Truste•$ must •ppr¢Nè the financ1 slments unkss they we sai1 that tmy gi¥8 a tNe and lalr view of Ihe stste of affirs of Ih ¢hwity and of the iwing rewurRs and appliCan of f8•ourtes of thè carty ts Ih•l In pr•wiing those fmnGial staterrntS, Ihe TTUStee$ •r• r•quired lo 10¢1 8Ltltsbl• count'ng pokies and then arply them ¢M$i$tenVy'. m•k• jud9eAn•nts and •Stim8ts8 that are reasonable é prudent,. and prep•ro the fmancial statements Cffl g(xng Lml8s• rt l# wi•pproprf•l• to we8um• Ihit the charity will conb'nuo in business. Th• Trustw ar• row)nsbl8 for kPIng pry)p•r a¢Untry rwds T•tMch disclose with reason8bkn aceura¢y at any timo the fin•n¢ial powtion of the charity They are alw for 8af•guarding the 8s8•ts of th• charity and horK• IDr Lgking r•Inab •leps for ts prev•ntlon and d•t•etA)n of fr•utJ and Other Iff•gul•rity'•$. So far 8$ Ihè TnJst48s gre 8warn, Ihgr• is no relevant t?natiOn (inlrym8tI r8&•0 by indep•t•t exarnIrr in connecli)n pr•panr•J his rnrrf} of whth tho ¢W'8 èxnin8r w urAWAfé. arKI uch TTUSte• has tsken all the steps that he ought to takon in order to make him60ff are ol wy rel•¥8rrt inlorm¥tlon and to utsbli•h that Il examinw i• ware ot IW 4nfDmthn. Ind•p•nd•nt Ex•nth•r Pet•r J.Sleven8on FCA h• Ini his wi*ngness lo Continue in olTra and • r•Bolutk•n to pin1 hlm 8$ •xarniner wlll be propo••a at theforth¢Miing annual genw•l nwetry. .Approved by the Trustses on 18 May 2023 And signed by of TnJ5tees by Amle Prn)r Trustee and Secretary

Page 4 Independent ExamiDer'8 Rew)rt to the Trustees of Dovecote Voluntsry Parent Committee CIO I report on the w)unts ofthe chsrity for the year ¢nded 31° Mah 2023, which are s¢¢ out on pA8e5 5 to 9. Reipeetiye Rt8ponsibllltiH of TteN aod Euminer As the ch8rity'$ trustees you are responsible for the PpAratiOn of the Accounis. You consider that the audit requiremeni of section 144 of ihe Chariti¢$ A¢1 2011 (the Act) not apply. and that an independent exAm1Tl)0n is eded. li 15 rny responsibility io $tsie on the basis of Prcwlures specified in the General Directions Biven by the Charity Commtssioners under section 145 of th¢ ACL particular mattets come to my Attenthon. Da•1• of i•dcpefjdent Ex•ml¢r'• R¢port My examination was carried in acCOrdCe with the General Dir¢c¢ioiis 8iv¢n by the Chartty Conuni5sioners. An ¢xaminwion includes A revi¢w of the &LYountin8 Te<ords k¢pi by the charity Arid 8 comparison of the accounts WeI¢d with those rds. Ir also in¢ludes consideration of any unus1 ikms or disclosures in ihe accoun14 and seekin8 explanaiion from you as truste¢s ¢oncernin8 any such matt¢rs. The w(thres UJMkrtak¢n do not pmvid¢ all the evidence that would be rwuired in an Ij1[ 8NI wnsequeTrtly I do ncrt ¢XPTess an audit opinion on the View 8iven by the accounts. Indep¢dd¢Jt ExamlDer's Slatemenl In conn¢ction with my examin&ri0 no miuer has come to rny atten¢ion.' (l) wthi¢h gtv¢s m¢ reasonable cause to lIeVe that in any Tnaterial respect the requirem¢nt5 to keep Accountin8 (tcords in e0rd¢¢ wilh section 130 of the Acr: and to prepare which I[d with the 4c¢ountin8 w[d$ and to comply wilh the a¢¢oJntin8 rcquiwm¢n of the A¢t hAve not been met. or (2)to whi¢lK in my opinion. •ttenlion ghould be drawn in order lo enable A PToper Und¢1dIng of th¢ ao¢ounty (o be reach¢4J. Pelrr J. Slt verto Ort . Peier J. Stevenson Chartered Acllnn¢ 8 HaTboThl Rojd Oxford OX2 81J Dat¢: l 8° May 2023

DQVECOTe VOLUMTARY PAREIITCOIIIWTtEE QO IRegS•t•r•d ¢hartty No. 11724481 P¥g•S 8TATEMENT OF AN1clAL ACTivinE8 FOR THE YEAn BKIED J1ST MARCH 2023 1022 Tolal• Fw Funth come Grnntsand ion¢>M 74.iM) 77.th1 35.198 Fw an¢ 7,ofd 7,073 7.921 FLvlwJh R•fvrh 7.423 124 124 TOTAL wcae iom1 .7151 EXPENDmffiE INot• 31 3.774 4.S37 Char•t •¢ St•ff ce4ts ith co•1• Prtp•rty coBJ 5,179 40,227 42.392 3.541 3,150 3,30S 731 1.168 731 476 10,662 61NfO NeT IAOVEIIENT111 FU1rf>8 32314 .781 F41 bM•t ilt Pyu 2022 125.630 128,118 Taiil funth 31•t IAwch 1023 J• 97,05J

DOVECOTE VQLU14TARY PARENT CQMIITfEE CIO (R•gt8t•r•d Ch•rlty 1172048 Paqo S 8ALANCE 3HEEf AS AT 31ST AIARCH 2023 FIXED A88Ers CURREiif AS6ET8 Do1)tors and pr•pawn•nts Bank Cath at baftk and (n hand soo 55.479 55,601 102 002 158.103 129,550 CURRENT UABILITIES Def•rr8d invJm• 920 NET CURREIIT A88Er8 125.830 NET A88ET8 £12 FUND &4LANCE8 Restnctfra fun¢9 D•swat•d lundi Other Lfft8tsieted 32,214 55,OCrfJ 45.QOO £107 OSJ 14B DO9101• fvnd$ r•pr•••)t • for roduthKy wsI• in Ihe •v•nt th th• charity being wound SIGNED.. arfett hmle Ptlor

DOVECOTE VOLUNTARY PAR@rir CQPApArrrEE CIO P•g• 7 NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2023 Thesé financkql statements havo been Pfepared in accord wth the Finanryal Reporting Slarwjard applirabje in UK and RepublK of Ireland IFRS 102).TPKq statnts Should be read in ¢onjurct th the xcompanyiThJ Annual Report. AM the assets and liablrtw of the fom)eT unsncorporated t4)dy e tran¥fead in •t 1•t Apnl 2017. 2. Accountlnq pollcl•• (•) In¢(xn• l• includ•J in the SrrfA th•n'. tho entlty beojmes enlbtiod to thè resre, it prcb>Le thai th• irt4¥no will T¢, ond the mon4thry valua (n b• m•aÈurnd vth wffic40nt I1•b0hty. Ibl U4bllltl•• arn recollni # 8oc) as i• • legal w Constructi (knhq•iion rnrtIIn9 the ¢nt4ty to pay Tres. 3. exp•ndliur• Expenditure includ•8 Independent Examin•e8 fee £4fy)12022 £4CQI: no trustees Wre pakl or commrttee expenses roMnburn8d12022 NIL). ar¥J the(• no r•Lqted tran8a¢thW in either yèar. No employ8e¥' amokmonts exceeded £80,000 in other y•w,' the average numbef of •rnploy•w wa• 5 {2W22'. 51. 2023 PlnaNts Yi a¢fvanc•.' iAiuranc• & Cr•dttorn Dafwrnd ineorn•.' wanti HM Re¥enl & Curtams Other crodil¢y¥ 3,000 920 £3.920 8. R••trkt•d fundB The restithd fund wplu¥ r•prMents th• uMxperKl•d b•lwKe of LLtry Fund rnonies •1 yew.end. 7. I19 ¢onc•rn After making approprwte en4uiries. the Tru$l¢8$ have a reasonable expxtAtKSn that the Charity has adequale resources lo cants'nue r4)efats'ng for the foresee*b future. Und•r all 3cenarfo8 th8 thwity ha8 suffiuent to eonb'nut tyraiing as a going Conc for al lea$1 12 rrnnlhs from the date of s4ning this fewi. and nsequentty h¥s •dwted lh balis in FY•paritYJ the accOts.

DOVECOTE VOLUNTARY PARENT COPAMITTEE CK) (R•gi•t•r•d Charity No. 1172048) Page 8 STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTMTIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST AIARCH 2022 FOR COMPARATIVE PURPOSES 2022 FundA Fund• INCLYIE Grants donationfy 31.387 35,198 itiu for gen•rakng ILrnd•'. F80B and hiring8 B¢Dk •alos 7.921 320 7,921 320 Othor iftcorn• Furbuoh payments Refunds Intarest 7.423 97 7,423 97 TOTAL INCOM£ 31,387 19m3 ExpeNDITURE FLm4r•i•ing •nd puWi>ty 1,088 Charttablo Stsff costs Activity cost8 Pr¢pty cost• Office costs Profes8K)nal f••• 40.124 3,541 3,150 42.392 3,$41 3,150 380 895 895 TOTAL EXPENDrruRE 46W15 4,636 51ASO NET AIOVEMEiif IN FUNDS .15821 488. Funds at 1st Wil 2021 15,428 110.690 126,118 Totsl lund• Gll al 31•t M•rGh 2022 £125,GaQ £1Z5,630

DOVECOTE VOLUNTARY PARENT COMIAITfEE CIO Pag8 9 DETAILED INCOME & EXPENDfTURE ACCOLINT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2023 2021122 INCOME Fee$ Rental8 Book $8 Refund$ 3,703 4.893 558 97 Oxford Cty cntil Blackbird Leys Parf•h Ctyjnc Awards lor Reaching CommunrtM." LW Fund Oxlordshire Community Foundb J A Charilabkn S•tlém•)t Dor18 Fle Charitabkn Tnjsl 2.000 500 10.000 48,020 11.170 2,000 18,887 10,CQO Catalyst Ho¢Jsiry Grwp 2,5 2.n9 Furlough payments Building Management fe Bank int•rost 7,423 2,470 S SO,g62 2,470 124 84.751 EXPENDITURE Wogo9 Training, travel and 8ub8istenr serv88 co(din•t.. &•ry + Nl Fundrat5ing fe• Equiprn•nt wthshoF4 & Irs Rent Insur8nc• Rep•iTJ Accountsncy arKI tf4Jkkeep PayroN charges Insrckn and DBS check Telephone Iu1) Adv•rtlslng Mi$cellaneou$ 7,108 9.927 32.(0 1,086 3,074 2,600 550 3,774 155 400 495 187 386 531 237 475 763 255 53.328 280 S1.450 SURPLUSIIDEFICIT) FOR THE YEAR U1