## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
## **From Period start date To 05.04.2024 06.04.2023 Period end date Charity name: Cariad Angel Gowns (For stillborn and Neonatal loss)**
## **Charity registration number: 1172431**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of|Para 1.17|For the relief of mental distress of parents and|
|the charity as set out in its||families coping with the loss of a baby/babies|
|governing document||due to gestational or neonatal loss by:-|
|||(1) the provision of handcrafted Angel Gowns|
|||for final photographs and funeral services;|
|||(2) Promoting the use of a 'cold cuddle cot' for|
|||stillbirth and early infant deaths at Hospitals|
|||and Funeral Directors in Wales and England;|
|||(3) promoting and bringing awareness to|
|||Funeral Directors of the use of a 'cold cuddle|
|||cot' to aid the relief of parents and families|
|||coping with the loss of a baby/babies whilst|
|||funeral arrangements are made;|
|||(4) Supply (by the means of fund raising) 'cold|
|||cuddle cots' to Hospitals and Funeral Directors|
|||throughout Wales and England for use by the|
|||parents and families coping with the death of a|
|||baby/babies until a funeral takes place.|
|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|**Promoting the charity and its work**
Contact via letter, email, telephone or arranged
appointments are regularly made with hospitals
providing maternity services, Hospices and
funeral directors with the aim of promoting the
use of cuddle cots for stillborn and early infant
death and providing outfits for final
photographs and funerals.
Awareness presentations continue to be given
to members of the public at groups and
fundraising events. For example: W.I. meetings,
craft groups, coffee mornings etc.
Printed Leaflets detailing the charity’s work are
displayed in hospitals, funeral directors, shops
and other appropriate venues.
The online support group for those affected by
stillborn, neonatal or gestational baby is
regularly visited by those needing support.
Memorial events continue to be held to
remember baby’s who have died throughout the
year.|
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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|In accordance with the guidance on public
benefit issued by the charity commission, the
trustees considered the guidance at our
meetings when planning our activities for the
year and undertaking the charity’s work.|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38||
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38||
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Our group of Volunteers who regularly**
**knit and sew for us, has further declined**
**during this year, as well as others who**
**knit on an as needed basis. As the cost**
**of living has dramatically reduced the**
**amount people can afford, many of our**
**volunteers have now left us.**|
**The charity’s hope for providing memorial** Other **spaces throughout the country for those who have no burial place to visit will no longer be going ahead. The decline in support, mainly due to the cost of living crisis, means that the funds needed are no longer available.**
## **Achievements and Performance**
SORP reference **100 Funeral outfits and 120 memory packs were made and sent out to families requesting them, and a further** Summary of the main **60 funeral outfits and 80 memory packs** Para 1.20 achievements of the charity, **sent out to hospitals and funeral** identifying the difference the **directors.** charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole.
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Achievements against Para 1.41 objectives set Performance of fundraising activities against objectives Para 1.41 set Investment performance Para 1.41 against objectives
Other
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The charity’s finances have significantly**
**declined during this accounting period,**
**and we are now seriously considering**
**closing the charity.**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Whilst the charity is still reIatively new**
**and just starting to grow, is not felt at**
**this time that a reserve needs to be held.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**None**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**All accounts are paid either at the time**
**of purchase or within 1 month of the**
**invoice being received. We do not**
**envisage at this time needing to hold a**
**reserve.**|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**There are no funds in deficit currently.**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**We have some concerns about the**
**charity continuing especially in view of**
**our current financial situation. A**
**decision on whether to close the**
**charity will be discussed and made at**
**the end of February 2025**|
## **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|**The principle source of funding is from**
**public donations, and fundraising**
**events held throughout the year.**|
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|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|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|**CIO**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**|
|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|**Trustees are selected by the existing**
**trustees.**
**Selection is determined by the**
**suitability of the person suggested and**
**their ability to enhance the work of the**
**charity.**|
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|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|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||
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Cariad Angel Gowns (For stillborn and Neonatal loss)|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1172431|
|Charity’s principal address|3 Heol-y-Mynydd
Beulah
Newcastle Emlyn
Ceredigion
SA38 9QF|
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**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
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||Pauline Elizabeth
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||Angela Claire
Sacco||||
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Wolfe||||
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets held in this capacity
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects
Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of Name Address adviser**
**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
> **Signature(s)** Pauline E Harris _A Sacco_ Angela Claire Sacco **Full name(s)** Pauline Elizabeth Harris **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date** 4.2..2024
|||**CARIAD ANGEL GOWNS (for still born & neonatal loss)**|**CARIAD ANGEL GOWNS (for still born & neonatal loss)**|**CARIAD ANGEL GOWNS (for still born & neonatal loss)**|**CARIAD ANGEL GOWNS (for still born & neonatal loss)**|**CARIAD ANGEL GOWNS (for still born & neonatal loss)**|**1172431**|**1172431**|||
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|||**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||||||**CC16a**|
|||**APRIL 6TH 2023**
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
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|**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||**126**||**-**||**-**||**126**||**973**|
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|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|_(Gross income for AR)_|**126**
_(Gross income for AR)_||**-**||**-**||**126**||**973**|
|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total receipts_ 126**
**-**
**-**
**126**
**973**
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
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|**A3 Payments**|||||||||||
|FundraisingEvents||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**97**|
|POSTAGE,PRINTING.STATIONARY,|||||||||||
|COMPUTER SUPPLIES||**156**||**-**||**-**||**156**||**285**|
|INSURANCE||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**460**|
|MEMORY PACK ITEMS||**127**||**-**||**-**||**127**||**616**|
|MISC||**41**||**-**||**-**||**41**||**-**|
|HOSPITALITY||**15**||**-**||**-**||**15**||**-**|
|TRAVEL||**126**||**-**||**-**||**126**||**-**|
|STORAGE||||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **||**465**||**-**||**-**||**465**||**1,458**|
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**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total payments_ 465**
**-**
**-**
**465**
**1,458**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**
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|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ **
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_ **|
|**- 339**
**-**
**-**
**- 339**
**- 485**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**- 339**
**-**
**-**
**- 339**
**485**
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## **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**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|**Details**
BAMK
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
CUDDLE COT
ENGRAVING MACHINE
**Details**
Signature
**Pauline E Harris**
A Sacco
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**339**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**339**
**-**
Agreement Error
OK
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
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**Cost (optional)**
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**Cost (optional)**
RESTRICTED
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UNRESTRICTED
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**-**
**-**
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**-**
**-**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Pauline E Harris
Angela Sacco
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**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|
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||||Date of
approval|
||**Pauline E Harris**|Pauline E Harris|4.2.25|
||A Sacco|Angela Sacco|4.2.25|