Community Awareness Income less Expendture for the year ended 31st December 2023 Income Yearto December 2023 Year to December 2022 Donatlons from fimis,charltles North Cotswolds Rotary Mid Counties Co-op Gloucester Freemasons Gloucester5hlre CC Covld 19 response Cotswold DC Susanne Peake CT Edward Peake cr Notgrove Trust Bourton Old Peoples, Club A. Caplin C H K Foundatlon Other 2,088 1,062 957 1,067 1,250 500 1,000 10,000 1,550 250 16,200 7,524 Standin8 orders Other personal donatlons 7,065 370 4,690 6,678 7,435 11,368 Glft ald 4,326 Oress sale 25,255 School events Village events 2,174 500 Donations for Nuture Hub Pfojert 7,500 10,0 33,709 11255 gift aid to be claimed) 58,973 Communlty AwareDe55 Income less Expenditurefor the yearended 3tst December 20Z3 Oecember 2023 December 2022 Christmas ' 12.221 18.411 Furniture 3.078 2.554 Educational support. 22.939 3,746 Clothing 1,434 House clearance Debt rellef Family Food Support 9.746 2.673 Charity admlnistration 360 49,418 30,092 Income surplu5/ldefidt)over expenth Cash at stsrt of year -15,709 42.463 28.881 13.582 Cash at end of year 26.754 42.463 Christmas 2023 costs adjusted for January carry overs £ 11.42012022 £14,449) 2023 includes £17.5(Kl for Longborough Nurture Hub CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examinerfs Report Report to the trusteesl members of On accounts for the yèar ended Charity no (rf any Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the abovè charty ("the Trusf) for the year ended Responslbillties and As the tharity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basls of report of the accounts in accordance wrth the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 {'the Act"). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts Garried out under section 145 of Ihe 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145{5)(b) of the Ad. I have Completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention (other than that disclosed below ') in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. accounting records were not kept in accordan￿ with section 130 of the Aci or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records Independ•nt examinerfs statement I hav8 no concems and have come across no other matters in connection wrth the examination to whith attention should be drawn in Ofder to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. ' Please delete the ￿ in the brnckets if they do not 8ppIy. Slgned: Date: -LV_ Name: Relevant professional qualificationls) or body (if any): Address: IER October 2018 Section B Disclosure Only complete rf the examiner needs to highlight matters of concem (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accourts: directions and guidan¢8 for examiners). Glve here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclosa. IER October 2018 North Cotswold Community Awareness- Annual Report of the Chair of Trustees For the year ended December 2023 Our key focus this year has been work to build on the work being done by education and health professionals around the post pandemic recovery of children and families in the area. It Is clear that the scars of isolation. economic uncertainty and the consequential strains on family life are still running deep. Our two Nurture Hub5 in Ebrington and Longborough are now running at full capacity and are having a strong positive impact on the communities that they Se￿e. Every single child that has gone through the programmes offered has returned to main stream schooling with improved behaviours as well as stronger academic achievement5. It is particularly encouraging that we now have strong data to support our on-the-8round belief that these Hubs make a huge difference. 2023 saw a major increase in expenditure on Educational Support from a typical £5k pa to nearly £23k. This wa5 almost entirely due to our support of the Longborough Nurture Hub. We are now in discussion with another group of primary schools in Warwickshire who have seen the benefrts that the Hubs bring. They will be calling on us to help fit out their Nurture Hub when it comes on line- probably in13te 2024. Additional interest has also come from Moreton in Marsh where St Davld's primary school will be further augmentin8 the wonderful work that they do around Special Educational Needs support. We have committed to providin8 play and Sensory equipment for their facility. Meanwhile the constant need for clothin& food support. therapeutic intervention, 53fetv equipment and furniture continues. Thanks to our supporters we have, again, not had to turn anyone away and we are hugety 8rateful for those who are always there to help fund our work. Our food programme of supermarket vouchers has been well used again this year 1£9.7k versus £2.6k in 20221 and remains a solid way to augment household budgets for a finite period of time. enabling families to get back on their feet at a point when budgets are tight due to ill health, employment issues or Simply spiralling energy Costs during last winter. We reviewed our Christmas programme with our agencies to ensure that we were targeting the families that really needed support and gave them gifts. food and toiletries appropriate to their needs. This resulted in a decrease in costs from £14.4k in 2022 to £11.2k in 2023. As ever the Trustees and I send our heartfelt thanks to our donors without whom we would not be able to function. Huge thanks goes to the educators, health workers, social care professionals and fellow charity workers who identify the need 50 that we can give support where it is most needed.