## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 01st APRIL 2024 Period start date To Period end date 31st MARCH 2025** ## **Charity name:THRIVE NORTHOX/THRIVE OX7** ## **Charity registration number:1175353** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**For the relief of children who are in need**
**by reason of youth, ill health, disability,**
**financial hardship, or other**
**disadvantage in such ways a trustees in**
**their absolute discretion from time –to-**
**time think fit.**| |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|**The charity raises funds so that it may**
**purchase essential good quality new**
**items of clothing, furniture and**
**household essentials and school**
**essentials to enhance the lives of**
**children living in poverty in the**
**postcode OX7.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees have had regards to the**
**guidance on public benefit and are**
**aware of any updates.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**The charity has continued to provide**
**vital support to children and families**
**within the local community and is**
**continuing to focus its principal efforts**
**on the OX7 area. Recognising the**
**significant levels of child poverty within**
**this region, the trustees have chosen to**
**direct resources where the need is**
**greatest. The new working name and**
**logo has centralised funds to this area.**
**We maintain a straightforward referral**
**system that operates through a trusted**
**network of professionals working**
**directly with children. In addition, we**
**collaborate with other local charities to**
**ensure a joined-up approach to tackling**
**issues such as educational**
**disadvantage, food and hygiene**
**poverty, mental health challenges, and**
**early childhood development.**
**The majority of our expenditure**
**continues to be directed towards food**
**vouchers, school uniforms, and mental**
**health support for teenagers.**
**There is increasing knowledge**
**of,understanding and goodwill felt**
**towards the charity.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| Other ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The charity remains in a healthy**
**financial position. One member of the**
**team has achieved strong results in**
**securing grant funding, which has**
**contributed significantly to our income.**
**We also receive a modest but steady**
**level of support through standing orders**
**from the public, and increased visibility**
**via social media has helped to raise**
**awareness and generate a noticeable**
**uplift in donations.**
**Several fundraising events have helped**
**raise funds throughout the year.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**A reserve is held in case of an urgent**
**request for a child in great need.**
**Specifically for a family fleeing a**
**domestic abuse situation**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£1000**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**The charity is in a strong position with a**
**cohesive team of determined members.**| ## **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|| |---|---|---| |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:||**Trust deed**| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Trust deed**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Trust**| |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|**Appointed by trustees**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
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|THRIVE NORTHOX| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|THRIVE OX7| |Registered charity number|1175353| |Charity’s principal address|22 ANSELL WAY, MILTON UNDER WYCHWOOD,
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||ANDREA
RATCLIFFE|TRUSTEE||| ||MELANIE
BUTTERWORTH|TRUSTEE||| ||CERI FENTON|TRUSTEE||| ||JOANNE HAWLEY|TRUSTEE||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – 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**|**Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**| |---|---| |Description of the assets
held in this capacity|£23777.78| |Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|Thrive Northox/OX7 hold their assets on behalf of
vulnerable children in OX7, assets are used solely for the
benefit of children in the area experiencing hardship. The
assets are released when a need is seen by at least two
trustees in response to a request made to the charity by a
professional or responsible person e.g. Family nurse,
social worker, or health professional.| |Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own
assets|All assets are held in a separate bank account exclusively
for the use of Thrive Northox/OX7 requests and referrals.| ## **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** Andrea Ratcliffe **Signature(s)** Melanie Butterworth ANDREA RATCLIFFE **Full name(s)** MELANIE BUTTERWORTH **Position (eg Secretary,** TRUSTEE FOUNDER MEMBER TRUSTEE FOUNDER MEMBER **Chair, etc) Date** 10/11/2025 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Thrlve North•¥ Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period frorn To 01-Apr-24 31-Mar-25 Section A Receipts and payrnents Unrestrlcted funds 10t1￿ nearost Restricted funds Endowm¢nt lund$ T¢)tsl fijnds Last yoar lh• nur*¥te to tht nearest£ to th• D￿rISt£ toth• noar4st e A1 Receipts Donations Fundraisina Crther 39,4311 45,296 3,418 674 4,428 1745 Z.745 Stsb total(Gro8s income lor AR) 44603 39 A2 Asset and Inv•stment sales. l$ee table). Sub total Total rec￿pts 603 49.390 A3 PayTn•nts lI￿S 35,538 6.352 610 1.751 715 3&53B 352 3S.571 585 461 376 Cash Running r05ts FUndra￿ing c05t5 1.751 715 Sub totsi 40993 A4 Assèt and investnwrt purchases. (see table} Sub total 44,966 40.993 Net of recelpts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds thts year end 1.637 1,637 8.397 1.637 1,637 8,397 CCXX R1 a¢¢ount5 ISSI 0610112026 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricted funds Restricted fw)ds to n￿reAt£ Endowrnent funds to n¢•Y•g1£ Categories Details B1 Cash lunds 23.TT8 Tolal ¢ash ftsnds 21778 A¢£¥xrf&l) funds funds funds Details FwKltst*ht¢h Dètalls Fundtot*lw¢h Details CoBtIopiknAI> B4 Assets r•tsln•d for th8 charltys own use lo whSEh TM*n du 4)tt• Details ¥1 B5 Llabllllles SpJned by one or ￿4r) Injstees beh3Wof all Ihe tnJs*es Date of oval sh￿attIre Prwrt NBme CCXX R2 arX￿￿ts ISSI 0610112026 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report R8port to the trusteesl members of Thrive Northox On accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025 Charity no (if any 1175353 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of th8 above charity ("the Trust") for the year ended Rosponsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the r8quirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Acr). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's acwunts carried OLrt 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(51(b) of the Act. I have cc¥npleted my examination. I confimi that no material matters have come to my attention (other than that disdosed below ') in connection with the examination whith gives me cause to believe that in. any material respect- accounting ￿e0rd$ were not kept in accordance with s8Ctron 130 of the Act or the ac¢ounts do not accord with the accounting records Independent examinerfs statement I have no concems 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 b8 reached. ' Please del8t8 the words in the brackets if they do not apply. Signed: Date: Name: Vince Murphy Relevant professlonal qualification(s) or body (if anyl: ACCA Address: VM Murphy & Co, Finsbury House, New Street Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire OX7 5LL IER October 2018 Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight fflatters of con￿rn (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. IER October 2018 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Thrlve North•¥ Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period frorn To 01-Apr-24 31-Mar-25 Section A Receipts and payrnents Unrestrlcted funds 10t1￿ nearost Restricted funds Endowm¢nt lund$ T¢)tsl fijnds Last yoar lh• nur*¥te to tht nearest£ to th• D￿rISt£ toth• noar4st e A1 Receipts Donations Fundraisina Crther 39,4311 45,296 3,418 674 4,428 1745 Z.745 Stsb total(Gro8s income lor AR) 44603 39 A2 Asset and Inv•stment sales. l$ee table). Sub total Total rec￿pts 603 49.390 A3 PayTn•nts lI￿S 35,538 6.352 610 1.751 715 3&53B 352 3S.571 585 461 376 Cash Running r05ts FUndra￿ing c05t5 1.751 715 Sub totsi 40993 A4 Assèt and investnwrt purchases. (see table} Sub total 44,966 40.993 Net of recelpts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds thts year end 1.637 1,637 8.397 1.637 1,637 8,397 CCXX R1 a¢¢ount5 ISSI 0610112026 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricted funds Restricted fw)ds to n￿reAt£ Endowrnent funds to n¢•Y•g1£ Categories Details B1 Cash lunds 23.TT8 Tolal ¢ash ftsnds 21778 A¢£¥xrf&l) funds funds funds Details FwKltst*ht¢h Dètalls Fundtot*lw¢h Details CoBtIopiknAI> B4 Assets r•tsln•d for th8 charltys own use lo whSEh TM*n du 4)tt• Details ¥1 B5 Llabllllles SpJned by one or ￿4r) Injstees beh3Wof all Ihe tnJs*es Date of oval sh￿attIre Prwrt NBme CCXX R2 arX￿￿ts ISSI 0610112026 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report R8port to the trusteesl members of Thrive Northox On accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025 Charity no (if any 1175353 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of th8 above charity ("the Trust") for the year ended Rosponsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the r8quirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Acr). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's acwunts carried OLrt 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(51(b) of the Act. I have cc¥npleted my examination. I confimi that no material matters have come to my attention (other than that disdosed below ') in connection with the examination whith gives me cause to believe that in. any material respect- accounting ￿e0rd$ were not kept in accordance with s8Ctron 130 of the Act or the ac¢ounts do not accord with the accounting records Independent examinerfs statement I have no concems 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 b8 reached. ' Please del8t8 the words in the brackets if they do not apply. Signed: Date: Name: Vince Murphy Relevant professlonal qualification(s) or body (if anyl: ACCA Address: VM Murphy & Co, Finsbury House, New Street Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire OX7 5LL IER October 2018 Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight fflatters of con￿rn (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. IER October 2018