**Charity number 1173216** ## **’ Chairperson s Report 2024-25** ## **Services** - We have had a total of 37 children accessing our nursery provision over the past year and there are currently 9 children on the waiting list. - We continue to receive multiple referrals per week from health visitors, the paediatric neurodevelopmental team, support workers, RCTCBC parenting team, resilient family team and from schools requesting advice and support for some challenging pupils. - Our parent/child group continues to run every Wednesday morning in the community centre. Our family support Manager supports also offers individual appointments to families and children giving support and advice. This include schooling, referrals and behaviour support. - We have been successful in our grant application to Children in Need. They will continue to fund our autistic after school provision until July 2027. - Funding for our charity development officer has been awarded for an additional year until the end of March 26. - The asset transfer for Perthcelyn community centre completed in January 2025. ASD Rainbows will lease the building until January 2046. - The food pantry continues to run every Friday morning in the community centre and a warm hub was provided during the colder months funded by RCTCBC. - Works were completed in the small room in the community centre. A suspended ceiling was constructed, and new LED lighting was installed to reduce our energy consumption. ## **Fundraising** We have had various fundraising activities over the past year. This includes concerts, marathons, raffles, medium evenings, singers/bands, fayres and bonus ball raffle. ## **Total of £20,363.15** ## **Donations received through the year** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Donation buckets £ 247.40
C Evans £ 50.85
Helen Butts £ 450.00
Bryn Celynnog School £ 225.00
In Memory of £ 267.65
Hallie May Parsons £ 226.00
Roxanne Johnson £ 50.69
Phillip Williams £ 1,080.50
s. head £ 80.00
Osian on Funday £ 50.00
Mandarin Stone £ 5,000.00
Laura Stickler £ 60.28
Hannah Trigg £ 50.00
Gemma Fry £ 100.00
Archie Gill's Family £ 150.00
Mountain Ash Rugby Football Club £ 540.00
GE £ 4,008.69
Bedlinog Community Council £ 100.00
J Phillips (Santa) £ 927.50
Abiodun Idowu £ 2.50
Walking Bowls £ 3,000.00
Carmel Chapel £ 1,000.00
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**Total - £17,667.06** **Grants** |**Core Funding**|| |---|---| |Children In Need|£16,000.00| |Community Foundation Wales
Disability Fund|£ 10,000.00| |RCTCBC SPf|£ 28,597.00| |Gwendoline &Margaret Davies|£ 5,000.00| |Souter Charitable Trust|£ 2,000.00| |CFW- Nourish the Nation|£ 10,000.00| |Trusthouse|£ 33,000.00| |Postcode Lottery|£ 25,000.00| |The Archer Trust|£ 3,000.00| |Tesco Groundworks|£ 2,119.75| |TK Max/Homesense|£ 500.00| |Michael Sobell|£ 850.00| |RCTCBC|£ 300.00| |SkiptonCommunityFund|£ 4,746.00| |Chidcare CapitalGrant|£ 10,000.00| |Childcare Emerging Needs Grant|£ 500.00| ||| |**Community Centre**|| |RCTCBC Food Fund|£ 1,000.00| |Arnold Clark CommunityFund|£ 1,500.00| |Neighbourhood Network Fund|£ 1,000.00| |Interlink Small Grants|£ 1,000.00| |SPF CommunityAsset Transfer Grant|£ 14,999.00| |RCTCBC|£ 300.00| |RCTCBC Winter HardshipFund|£ 2,000.00| |Trivallis|£ 1,000.00| |NisaLocal|£ 1,000.00| |**Total Grants Received**|**£175,411.75**| |**Total Received Core Funding**|**£151,612.75**| |**Total Received Community Centre**|**£ 23,799.00**| Lisa Toghill Chairperson ## **ASD Rainbows 2024-25** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Starting date 01/04/2024 Apr-24
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Beginning Apr-24 May-24 Jun-24 Jul-24 Aug-24 Sep-24 Oct-24 Nov-24 Dec-24 Jan-25 Feb-25 Mar-25 Total
TOTAL CASH (Beginning of Month) £ 60,230.25 £ 60,230.25 £ 62,692.37 £ 63,065.83 £ 69,430.11 £ 126,144.62 £ 123,430.81 £ 113,605.08 £ 120,907.09 £ 112,611.47 £ 110,283.83 £ 108,665.12 £ 108,665.12
MONIES PAID IN
Nursery/Core Services
Grants £ 15,000.00 £ 2,000.00 £ 14,766.00 £ 63,383.00 £ 1,119.75 £ 4,766.00 £ 2,383.00 £ 4,733.00 £ 6,691.69 £ 11,000.00 £ 125,842.44
Fundraising £ 1,044.03 £ 314.37 £ 710.45 £ 2,278.03 £ 6,248.21 £ 722.38 £ 1,876.51 £ 2,214.85 £ 1,751.25 £ 1,724.75 £ 18,884.83
Donations £ 692.65 £ 1,366.31 £ 83.70 £ 50.69 £ 1,140.50 £ 10.00 £ 72.20 £ 36.00 £ 5,920.78 £ 1,037.50 £ 10,410.33
RCTCBC - Enhanced Capacity Funding RCTCBC - Nursery Payments £ 7,715.71 £ 3,900.45 £ 3,105.77 £ 181.77 £ 4,156.08 £ 3,124.15 £ 227.21 £ £ 22,411.14-
Childcare Offer for Wales - Digital £ 1,212.50 £ 1,975.00 £ 350.00 £ 2,100.00 £ 1,587.50 £ 1,600.00 £ 425.00 £ 675.00 £ 332.50 £ 10,257.50
Childcare offer for Wales - NPTCBC Additional Support Payment £ 250.00 £ 205.65 £ 274.60 £ 274.60 £ 343.25 £ 68.65 £ 1,416.75
Family Payments Nursery £ 2,880.00 £ 3,880.00 £ 3,320.00 £ 2,780.00 £ 2,390.00 £ 2,520.00 £ 4,913.00 £ 6,103.50 £ 4,218.50 £ 4,640.00 £ 37,645.00
Family Payments (Tax free Childcare/National savings & Investments) £ 424.25 £ 50.00 £ 40.00 £ 100.00 £ 100.00 £ 714.25
Parent & Toddler Group £ 25.00 £ 5.00 £ 5.00 £ 30.00 £ 20.00 £ 25.00 £ 110.00
Client Payments After school club £ 340.00 £ 385.00 £ 215.00 £ 355.00 £ 85.00 £ 310.00 £ 220.00 £ 310.00 £ 235.00 £ 235.00 £ 2,690.00
Client Payments Social Emotional group £ 195.00 £ 110.00 £ 90.00 £ 185.00 £ 20.00 £ 70.00 £ 85.00 £ 155.00 £ 30.00 £ 50.00 £ 990.00
Snack donation £ 10.00 £ 20.00 £ 2.00 £ 12.00 £ 10.00 £ 54.00
Access to Work Payments support £ 380.80 £ 380.80 £ 380.00 £ 761.60 £ 612.00 £ 612.00 £ 3,127.20
Refunds from retailers £ 24.95 £ 16.00 £ 100.14
Refund Homebase £ 86.40
Trip Money £ 60.00 £ 25.00 £ 15.00 £ 515.00
Welsh Water Compensation £ 500.00
Children in need collection £ 59.50
Community Centre
Grants £ 1,000.00 £ 1,500.00 £ 1,000.00 £ 1,000.00 £ 14,999.00 £ 2,300.00 £ 2,000.00 £ 23,799.00
Room Hire (Community Centre) £ 365.00 £ 420.00 £ 435.00 £ 480.00 £ 360.00 £ 390.00 £ 330.00 £ 570.00 £ 420.00 £ 3,770.00
Room Hire (Community Centre) Polling Station £ 387.50 £ 387.50
Food Pantry £ 198.50 £ 171.50 £ 325.50 £ 130.00 £ 5.00 £ 253.50 £ 102.50 £ 85.00 £ 260.00 £ 65.00 £ 1,596.50
Food Pantry Online Shopping Refunds £ 12.00 £ 18.72
Total Cash Nursery/Core ServicesTotal Cash Community CentreTOTAL CASH RECEIPTS £ £ £ 22,054.9322,618.43563.50 £ £ £ 18,332.8419,323.84991.00 £ £ £ 24,159.4525,919.951,760.50 £ £ £ 75,163.4977,199.712,036.22 £ £ £ 13,495.9814,980.981,485.00 £ £ £ 13,436.7115,050.211,613.50 £ £ £ 14,356.8615,491.5029,848.36 £ £ £ 14,221.9914,636.99415.00 £ £ £ 20,774.2223,904.223,130.00 £ £ £ 19,958.9622,443.962,485.00 £ £ £ --- £ £ £ --- £ £ £ 235,955.43265,926.6529,971.22
MONIES PAID OUT
Nursery/Core Services
Nursery Service Charge (RCTCBC) £ 229.84 £ 229.84 £ 229.84 £ 229.84 £ 229.84 £ 229.84 £ 229.84 £ 229.84 £ 229.84 £ 229.84 £ 2,298.40
Insurance £ 3,025.79 £ 3,025.79
DBS £ 100.00 £ 50.00 £ 150.00
Equipment - Revenue £ 177.35 £ 94.49 £ 367.94 £ 144.34 £ 176.46 £ 193.59 £ 556.65 £ 110.73 £ 800.37 £ 121.43 £ 2,743.35
Equipment - Capital £ 236.00 £ 804.00 £ 1,040.00
Snack £ 51.72 £ 57.64 £ 35.21 £ 47.06 £ 9.90 £ 85.13 £ 67.26 £ 57.84 £ 71.86 £ 31.83 £ 515.45
Cleaning supplies £ 17.83 £ 52.72 £ 19.82 £ 5.75 £ 9.45 £ 38.85 £ 144.42
Hygiene products £ 27.39 £ 63.15 £ 31.50 £ 71.84 £ 95.59 £ 45.13 £ 334.60
Digital Systems - Photocopier £ 185.56 £ 231.01 £ 285.83 £ 702.40
Stationary/office supplies £ 35.71 £ 33.56 £ 6.60 £ 75.87
Telephone/Internet £ 135.46 £ 136.49 £ 145.67 £ 141.12 £ 139.60 £ 141.92 £ 142.86 £ 144.11 £ 146.24 £ 139.28 £ 1,412.75
Wellcomm AssesmmentMembership (GI ASSESSMENTS)PAT Testing £ 61.20 £ £ 61.20-
Repairs/maintenance £ 52.74
Training £ 536.00 £ 1,314.00 £ 328.50 £ 2,178.50
Apple Invoice (Apps & storage) £ 120.98 £ 0.99 £ 0.99 £ 122.96
Electricity Nursery £ 481.93 £ 713.23 £ 237.46 £ 215.15 £ 108.20 £ 360.49 £ 311.80 £ 458.27 £ 390.61 £ 3,277.14
Payroll (EPS) £ 54.00 £ 54.00 £ 54.00 £ 54.00 £ 54.00 £ 54.00 £ 54.00 £ 54.00 £ 54.00 £ 54.00
Wages Gross £ 15,274.54 £ 15,639.87 £ 15,559.83 £ 15,759.99 £ 15,691.35 £ 17,293.24 £ 16,201.88 £ 16,144.38 £ 16,386.22 £ 17,215.41
Wages Net. £ 12,824.61 £ 13,066.49 £ 12,978.89 £ 13,228.21 £ 13,192.17 £ 14,306.69 £ 13,335.98 £ 13,539.04 £ 14,060.76 £ 14,425.15
HMRC Total £ 3,181.30 £ 1,885.06 £ 2,176.13 £ 2,055.69 £ 2,134.53 £ 2,932.45 £ 3,329.39 £ 3,071.70 £ 3,177.85 £ 3,140.88
PAYE £ 1,346.80 £ 1,345.80 £ 1,584.60 £ 1,477.60 £ 1,543.00 £ 1,510.40 £ 1,596.12 £ 1,374.20 £ 1,436.20 £ 1,333.00
Employee NIC £ 674.08 £ 539.26 £ 591.53 £ 578.09 £ 591.53 £ 591.53 £ 582.54 £ 530.13 £ 546.33 £ 568.33
Employer NIC £ 1,160.42 £ 1,148.83 £ 1,173.32 £ 1,161.73 £ 1,173.32 £ 1,173.32 £ 1,150.73 £ 1,167.37 £ 1,195.32 £ 1,239.55
Employment NIC Allowance -£ 1,148.83 -£ 1,173.32 -£ 1,161.73 -£ 1,173.32 -£ 342.80 -£ 5,000.00
Nest pension Total £ 694.45 £ 694.54 £ 695.20 £ 695.20 £ 695.20 £ 695.20 £ 727.82 £ 608.12 £ 657.40 £ 742.24
NEST Employer Pension Contributions From Previous Month £ 297.62 £ 297.67 £ 297.95 £ 297.95 £ 297.95 £ 297.95 £ 311.93 £ 271.85 £ 281.75 £ 318.11 £ 2,970.73
NEST Employee Pension Contributions From Previous Month £ 396.83 £ 396.87 £ 397.25 £ 397.25 £ 397.25 £ 397.25 £ 415.89 £ 366.27 £ 375.65 £ 424.13
After School Staff - Self Employed £ 733.20 £ 1,000.58 £ 944.72 £ 726.08
Self Employed Staff £ 362.64 £ 385.52 £ 45.76 £ 661.60 £ 392.00 £ 644.00 £ 194.64 £ 294.00
Agency Staff £ 159.22 £ 438.45 £ 1,697.99 £ 438.44 £ 2,609.05 £ 1,899.94 £ 7,243.09
Trips/Activities/experiences £ 60.00 £ 60.52 £ 274.84 £ 882.00 £ 1,277.36
I.C.O RegistrationIT cyberfreaksWCVA Membership £ 40.00 £ £ £ 40.00--
Uniform £ 98.00 £ 98.00
Parent Refund £ 68.50
Twinkle Membership £ 105.88
Music Therapy £ 110.00
Promotional Items £ 31.88 £ 588.01
Refuge/Recycling £ 266.55 £ 410.05
Fundraising Deposit £ 200.00
Fundraising Fee - Local Giving £ 100.00 £ 180.00
Children in Need Donation £ 59.50
Refund to RCTCBC Enhanced Capacity Funding Overpayment £ 1,334.86
Community Centre
Community centre expenditure £ 89.87 £ 119.50 £ 723.72 £ 107.45 £ 55.15 £ 53.30 £ 1,148.99
Community centre cleaning/hygiene products £ 89.00
Community Centre Gas £ 494.20 £ 430.71 £ 235.10 £ 75.00 £ 69.83 £ 49.11 £ 297.44 £ 297.44 £ 537.39 £ 2,486.22
Community Centre Electricity £ 333.35 £ 928.84 £ 560.96 £ 685.03 £ 667.16 £ 3,175.34
Community Centre WaterDBS Volunteers Community Centre £ 96.83 £ 466.64 £ £ 563.47-
Food Pantry £ 464.93 £ 356.77 £ 870.13 £ 399.89 £ 624.28 £ 73.40 £ 325.77
Legal Fees £ 680.00
Maintenance RCTCBC recharge £ 81.26
Cash Paid Out Core ServicesCash Paid out Community CentreExpenditure Total £ £ £ 19,328.7620,156.31827.55 £ £ £ 17,868.0418,950.381,082.34 £ £ £ 18,963.8019,555.67591.87 £ £ £ 18,491.7320,485.201,993.47 £ £ £ 16,971.0717,694.79723.72 £ £ £ 23,057.8124,875.941,818.13 £ £ £ 21,975.4522,546.35570.90 £ £ £ 21,325.8622,932.611,606.75 £ £ £ 25,861.0226,231.86370.84 £ £ £ 22,308.7924,062.671,753.88 £ £ £ --- £ £ £ --- £ £ £ 206,152.33217,491.7811,339.45
Starting BalanceIncome £ 60,230.25 £ £ 60,230.2522,618.43 £ £ 62,692.3719,323.84 £ £ 63,065.8325,919.95 £ £ 69,430.1177,199.71 £ £ 126,144.6214,980.98 £ £ 123,430.8115,050.21 £ £ 113,605.0829,848.36 £ £ 120,907.0914,636.99 £ £ 112,611.4723,904.22 £ £ 110,283.8322,443.96 £ £ 108,665.12- £ £ 108,665.12-
ExpenditureGrant Expenditure (see grant speadsheet) £ 20,156.31 £ 18,950.38 £ 19,555.67 £ 20,485.20 £ 17,694.79 £ 24,875.94 £ 22,546.35 £ 22,932.61 £ 26,231.86 £ 24,062.67 £ - £ 8,876.78 £ 9,221.69 £ 15,112.77 £ 10,821.35 £ 13,822.21 £ 16,060.86 £ 11,459.69 £ 11,523.15 £ 13,177.77 £ 14,481.91 £ - £ - £ -
Balance Unrestricted Funds £ 21,631.37 £ 17,970.27 £ 25,565.42 £ 31,276.47 £ 33,929.33 £ 42,917.98 £ 43,387.11 £ 44,766.81 £ 43,261.34 £ 45,119.78 £ 44,982.98 £ 44,982.98 £ 44,982.98
Balance Restricted Funds £ 38,598.88 £ 44,722.10 £ 37,500.41 £ 38,153.64 £ 92,215.29 £ 80,512.83 £ 70,217.97 £ 76,140.28 £ 69,350.13 £ 65,164.05 £ 63,682.14 £ 63,682.14 £ 63,682.14
Closing Balance £ 62,692.37 £ 63,065.83 £ 69,430.11 £ 126,144.62 £ 123,430.81 £ 113,605.08 £ 120,907.09 £ 112,611.47 £ 110,283.83 £ 108,665.12 £ 108,665.12 £ 108,665.12
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**Treasurer's signature _______________________** CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examinerfs Report Report to the trustees Cliarily Naiiie ASD Rainbows On accounts for the year ended 3110312025 Charity no (If any) 1173216 Set out on pages 14 lieiT*ft)bw lo include Ilie paye i)uimb&rs ol addilioiial sheelsl I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (°the Trust.) for the year ended 3110312025. Responslbilitles and basis of report As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation 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 all the appliGable Directions given by the Charily Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. Independent The Charity's gross incorne exceeded £250,000 and l am qualified to examiner's statement undertake the examination by being a qualified member of Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any malerial respect", the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act. or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and contenl of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair, view which is not a matter considered as part of an independenl examination. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed: Date: 0810512026 Name.. Phil Bessant Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): CIMA IER Oct 2018 Address: Agincourt House, 14 Clytha Park Road Newport. NP20 4PB Section-B:_ Dlsclo8ure-"" Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts.. directions and guidance for examiners). Give here brief details of any items that the examlner wishes to disclose. IER Oct 2018 Phil Bessant imited Cl￿¥1i5￿d MawJoinonl Accounlants Chartered Mana ement Accountants. Re ort to the Trustees On the Unaudited Income and Ex endlture Statements of ASD Rainbows for Period Ended 31 March 2025: You consider that Ihe charity is exempt from audit for the year ended 31 March 2025. You have acknowledged, on the Report of the Trustees, your responsibilities for ensuring the charily keeps accounting records which comply with section 42(3) of the Charities Act 1992 and Charilies Acl 2011 section 132. In accordance with your instructions, we have reviewed the financial statements and annual return from the accounting records of the charity and on the basis of the information and explanalions you have given to us. We have not carried out an audit or any olher review, and consequently we do not express any opinion on these financial statements. Phil Bessant Limited Chartered Management Accountants Agincourt House 14 Clytha Park Road Newport South Wales. NP20 4PB Date." 23° July 2025 Phil Be￿￿1 Limiie%l. 72 Ro￿. NeMp)n. NPW 4HI I)trtxlc>f%. Phil BessJni FCIIACGNIA, Kuren B¢ssani 'Ikl 01611 ?5J177 I'JI." 0161.1259182 1-.Illiiil' Info@￿ilbe$saftl1ld.￿w.u1. Il'ili wWTh'.phill￿*$1inl1i￿.¢x).Uk C￿npanY Regis*rcd im Jtml IV4ks- Reg. No. 07925102 VAT No. GB 128 8524 92 ASD Ralnbows TATEME FINAN Xl24115 2023124 lie51dct•d i￿r￿ikt* dFvrtds edFwds É4p E•p LrfieryAwar4s AttessIov￿t￿paYrnthU*u9￿l Gra￿15 3.467 ?J,79ty 17A47 70J63 47.9J4 6J77 1467 17&412 17M7 20J6J 47.9J4 61171 23J25 69.?72 131+57 69.ln 131$7 4013 fundra1￿￿9 CtynmvniiyC•i¢i•Roaffl hWFoudwiry 011￿3(A￿DfflNl•.Sn4(k1￿¥1￿￿Ti¥1p1wrvI Chl1de*￿0I1trr•rw￿ 2,934 16.956 44X*79 17.789 17 2.934 1&956 44h79 12.11? 4.250 22.411 440 Rcroc TOTALINCOP4111 312 ￿.)1 ?) 25 19J 925 4?￿71 41*JJ 18&932 Itent &Ral*S Lrf•n¢• DBSChe)25 P•LtyC4 2JO.?S REDIT ANALY UnspMirM4rt1 *ibk R<