Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date Period end date 30 September 2019 29 September 2020
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=Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name Chiltern Toy Bank Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1175510 Charity's principal address 19 Brandon Mead Chesham Postcode HP5 2FQ
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole **year ** |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany) |
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| Frances Van Ijzendoorn |
Chair | |||
| Elizabeth Jane Wilson |
Secretary | |||
| Jennifer Ann Rees | Treasurer | |||
Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name Dates acted if not for whole year
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| Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address |
Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address |
Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address |
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Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) CIO How the charity is constituted
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Appointed by a resolution Trustee selection methods
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Additional governance issues (Optional information)
Available on request You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:
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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
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the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
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relationship with any related parties;
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trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
Section C Objectives and activities
Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document
For the public benefit, the relief for parents and guardians for reasons of youth, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage in the Chiltern area of the UK, affected by financial hardship before Christmas, by providing free Christmas presents for their children.
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The charity collects new and used toys from members of the public, checks, sorts and cleans these toys, the charity uses financial donations to purchase additional items such as footballs, shower gel, toothpaste and toothbrushes, confectionary, sticky tape, labels, wrapping paper and new batteries for the toys. When cleaned and checked a bag of toys is made up for each child and these are distributed to families hit by financial hardship before Christmas.
Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
Our volunteers assist in collection of, cleaning, sorting and distributing toys. We also have a volunteer who looks after our website.
You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:
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policy on grantmaking;
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policy programme related investment;
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contribution made by volunteers.
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Section D Achievements and performance
Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year
Chiltern Toy Bank provided Christmas gift packs comprising soft toys, age-appropriate toys, games, books, jigsaws, stocking fillers, including necessary items such as shower gel and toothpaste and toothbrushes to over 160 families in the Chiltern area. This equated to over 350 children. We were also able to donate some items that were too large for one family to local playgroups and nurseries. During the corona-virus lockdown in March 2020 the charity liaised with other local charities such as Restore Hope and the Chiltern Food Bank to assist struggling families by signposting them to where they could get assistance.
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Section E Financial review
Chiltern Toy Bank do not hold reserves, all donations received are used Brief statement of the for running costs such as insurance, stationery, heat and light and any charity’s policy on reserves rental costs and for purchasing toys, stocking fillers and gift wrap for the following Christmas.
Details of any funds materially in deficit
Further financial review details (Optional information)
During 2020 due to the Coronavirus Pandemic the Charity was unable to You may choose to include run some of the normal fundraisers – such as stalls at local fetes and additional information, where carnivals. relevant about:
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the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
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how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
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investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
Section F Other optional information
Section G Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
| Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date |
Jennifer Rees | Elizabeth Wilson |
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| Jennifer Ann Rees | Elizabeth Jane Wilson | |
Treasurer |
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| 9thJanuary 2021 | ||
| 9thJanuary 2021 |
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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLANO AND WALE Receipts and payments accounts CC16a Forthe period from To Section A Receipts and payments Unrèstricted funds to th? rarest Endowment funds Total funds Restricted funds Last year to lh2 M3resl £ tod rnare51 £ toth £ tots n•argst £ A1 Recei ts tktnation5 and rants 1706 2,706 880 1,038 2,124 Sub total(Gross income forAR) 15B6 3.5B6 3,162 A2 Ast and investment 5ale5. see tablg Sub total 3.586 3.SB6 3,162 A3Pa ments Insurance 223 223 96 Printirbg ar Stationery Cost of Fund Raisng Lvjhting and healing Telephonelweb HoslinglPostage Toys, gill 5sr¥p afjd Battefjes eaning @ Safety eqUipnt SubsistenceNolunteer refreShntS 251 16 155 1,713 155 1.713 761 65 35 Sub total 1224 2,224 1.478 A4 Asset and investment Puha58S, IseB table) Sub total Totalpayments 2.224 2.224 1.478 Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end 1.362 1.382 1.684 3.918 3.918 5.280 2,740 4.424 5.280 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricted fund5 to arSt £ Restricted funds Endowment funds to nÈar•st £ Categories Details to rnarest £ B1 Cash funds Roai 4276 Totalcash funds 5.280 CCXX Rl a(nts ISSI 0210212021
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