Trustees’ Annual Report for the period
From 01/06/2022 To 31/08/2023
Charity name: Dorset Parent Infant Partnership
Charity registration number: 1175876
Objectives and Activities
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| Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document |
Para 1.17 | The purpose of the charity is to preserve and protect the health and wellbeing of parents and carers and their babies and young children in Dorset and surrounding areas, for the public benefit of those who may be experiencing stress or facing problems by: a) Providing services to parents, carers and their young children b) Promoting training and research into the importance of early **childhood development. ** |
| 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 |
• Working together with families, community, statutory and third sector services to promote and achieve optimal mental health and wellbeing for babies and families. • To help parents and primary carers form a more secure attachment with their baby through psychotherapeutic intervention, infant massage classes and parent support groups • To promote the importance of attachment and investment in very early relationships, to improve life outcomes for children. DorPIP will raise awareness amongst professionals, commissioners, investors and policy makers • To educate other professionals in supporting secure attachments between infants and their primary carers, through the identification of attachment difficulties and the skills used to facilitate better attachments • To routinely monitor the outcomes of our services with clients, ensuring the best quality |
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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 | The trustees have received, read and understood the guidance as issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit in the form of the May 2018 Trustee Welcome Pack, as published by the Charity Commission |
Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
SORP reference NA Para 1.38 Policy on grant making NA Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment NA Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers NA 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 | According to the Office for National Statistics, a total of 5,947 babies were born in Bournemouth, Christchurch, Poole, and Dorset in 2022. 34% of the general population have an insecure attachment style. This demographic data indicates that a significant number of infants in our region are potentially at risk of insecure attachment each year. The NSPCC emphasizes the significance of attachment theory, underscoring the crucial emotional bond between a child and their primary caregivers. Any disruption or loss of this bond can lead to lasting emotional and psychological effects into adulthood, influencing various aspects of their life, including health, well-being, academic and economic achievements, and future relationships. Recognising the weight carried by many parents due to unresolved trauma from their own past or societal challenges passed down through generations, we approach our work with profound empathy. Understanding that most parents aspire to provide the best for their children, our therapeutic services focus on the emerging relationship between a child and their caregiver. In addition to our existing services: • One-to-One Parent-Infant Psychotherapy sessions • Attachment-Focused Infant Massage Classes • Facilitated Peer Support Groups, we introduced two new services in 2023: • The Dorpip Dads Group • Peapods. These additions ensure comprehensive support for the caregivers of the child. Furthermore, we have developed initiated a professional course open to all members of the early years' workforce. This course is designed to equip professionals with the knowledge, skills, and confidence required for sensitive conversations, preventing harm, and promoting parent-infant relationships, attachment, infant mental health, and well-being. Supported by the government, the course is scheduled to commence in 2024. Beneficiaries |
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Our services have directly benefited 217 families in the past year, involving a total of 2,140 sessions across various programs to offer comprehensive support. Outcomes include significant improvements in:- parents’ relationships with their infants, their ability & confidence to be a parent and their mental health. Parents report infant’s improved social and emotional development. We were recently described as ‘a safe pair of hands’ by an NHS referrer Other achievements We won the Charity Excellence award in 2023 and Cyber security award. Summary Childhood and adolescent mental health problems in the UK cost between £11,030 and £59,130 per child annually. The broader economic impact of mental ill health in England is estimated at £105 billion each year, with mental health service expenses, including healthcare, social care, and informal care, adding to the economic burden of childhood mental health issues. Evidence-based, targeted investment in our babies’ optimum brain development brings social and economic benefits. The short-term costs are more than offset by the immediate and long-term benefits. To value and invest in babies’ emotional wellbeing and development in the first 1001 days, gives every child a strong foundation in the earliest years of life.
| To value and invest in babies’ emotional wellbeing and development in the first 1001 days, gives every child a strong foundation in the earliest years of life. |
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| Additional information (optional) | |||
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| Achievements against | Para 1.41 | ||
| objectives set | |||
| Following DorPIP's match funding | |||
| agreement with the National Lottery | |||
| Community Fund, the target number of | |||
| Para 1.41 | families was set at 156. Surpassing this |
| Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set |
goal, we reached a total of 217 families, exceeding the target by 61. Furthermore, the match funding, initially set at £50,000, was surpassed, amounting to a total of £70,750, exceeding the National Lottery target by £29,750 |
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| Investment performance against objectives |
Para 1.41 | NA |
| Other | NA |
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 board have reviewed the accounts, and the financial position is considered satisfactory, with sufficient funds held or in the pipeline to see us through the next 12 months where continued fundraising, and the development of paid for professional training courses is especially key ensuring our sustainability and to support our growth. |
| Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held |
Para 1.22 | As a non-profit making charity, we need to ensure that we can continue to operate during period of lower income and to ensure money is reserved for unexpected events, redundancies or any emergencies. The Board are fully aware of the charity’s obligations and the need to operate in a sustainable way. The focus remains on securing further grant income and ideally matching this through community fundraising activities with the public as well as business community, sponsorships and donations to meet the ongoing costs of providing our services. We aimed to hold 4 months of operational costs as reserves to protect against unexpected emergencies including; the completion of therapy for existing clients, replacement and maintenance of any equipment or unexpected drop in expenditure. |
| Amount of reserves held | Para 1.22 | Our unrestricted reserves balance, all of which are cash funds, at the end of 22/23 were £25,137. Whilst our total cash balance at the end of August 2023 was £118,028, this includes restricted funds of £92,891 which are set aside to meet future specific operating costs and for ongoing core service projects as agreed by the funders. Our Reserves policy was to maintain cash of 4 months operating costs of (currently) £16k per month, however after review, the reserves policy is altering for the 23/24 FY to 3 months operating costs which is considered sufficient for our purpose of free reserves. |
| Reasons for holding zero reserves |
Para 1.22 | NA |
| Details of fund materially in deficit |
Para 1.24 | NA |
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| Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern |
Para 1.23 | NA |
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 | Grant applications and Community fundraising: Comic Relief Community Fund £10,500 National Lottery Reaching Communities £53,500 Albert Hunt £5,000 Woodward Charitable Trust £1,250 Christchurch Charitable Trust £5,000 Alice Ellen Cooper-Dean CT £5,000 Souter Charitable Trust £2,000 Mazars Charitable Trust £15,000 Magic Little Grants £500 Awards for All £10,000 Trusthouse Charitable Fund £33,303 Postcode Local Trust £22,353 The Elmgrant Trust £1,500 Garfield Weston £15,000 BCP Council £23,000 Varney Trust £5,000 Valentine Trust £5,000 Various Community fundraising £10,000 |
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| Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted |
Para 1.46 | NA |
| A description of the principal risks facing the charity |
Para 1.46 | NA |
| Other | NA |
Structure, Governance and Management
| Description of charity’s trusts: |
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| Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter) |
Para 1.25 |
Constitution |
| How is the charity constituted? (e.g unincorporated association, CIO) |
Para 1.25 | Charitable Incorporated Institution |
| Trustee selection methods including details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any personorbody entitled |
Para 1.25 | Elected by board of Trustees |
to appoint one or more trustees
Additional information (optional)
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| Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees |
Para 1.51 | NA |
| The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works |
Para 1.51 | Our organisation structure comprises • 1 CEO • 5 trustees • 4 nonclinical staff • 8 clinical staff |
| Relationship with any related parties |
Para 1.51 | NA |
| Other | NA |
Reference and Administrative details
| Charity name | Dorset Parent Infant Partnership |
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| Other name the charity uses | DorPIP |
| Registered charitynumber | 1175876 |
| Charity’s principal address | c/o Morris Lane Accountants 31 Commercial Road Poole BH14 0HU |
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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| Jacki O’Shea | Chair | |||
| Malcolm Baker | Treasurer | |||
| Dr. Andrew Mayers | ||||
| David Doyle | ||||
| Liz Clough |
Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved
Director name Nil
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
| Trustee name | **Dates acted if not for whole year ** | |
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| Nil | ||
Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others
Description of the assets NA held in this capacity Name and objects of the NA charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for NA 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
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Signature(s)
Full name(s) Jacki O’Shea
Position (eg Chair of Trustees
Secretary, Chair, etc)
Date 20/2/2023
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'I,Ll¥ Recei ts and ments accounts CC16a For the period To Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted fvnd$ t•th• tt••r•41 £ to thD n•arn•t E Restricted funds Endowment fvnd$ Total funds La$t year to Iho n•iru¢£ ¢• n••r••lÉ to th• nD4r•bt£ A1 Rocol ts DonAiion$ 8n& rwts 12.Sg1 139.406 222.402 79.883 ross ncome ARJ •2,596 1J•. 222,402 .863 nv•• •n $08 table In¢orost Earnod B93 893 Total recelpts 22J,296 Pa Costs 01 Yo1Lnlery rerthpl¥ Costs 01cta)le aclivilv gn 11,S 71,337 17,273 B1.J(11 J3.869 192,630 31,848 56,013 Sub tolal B7.93J 98,574 186,507 87,6e2 A4 Asset and Inv•$tm•nt Offic& E Loan to 8rn m&nl 1.300 2,365 staff traini 2,365 Sub lotal 3,74$ J.T45 91,678 98,574 190,252 87.662 Net of r¢e¢ipt51{payments) AS Transfr$ bv¢w••n lund$ A6 Cash funds last year end Cash lunds thi5 year end 8.188 41,232 33.044 7.799 33.325 21137 92,78 84.984 92.891 118.028 CCXX R18c¢x)UAts ISSI 0910112024
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestrlcted funds to th•Xr•$t £ Restrf¢ted fund5 10 n••r•¥l £ Endowment funds to noar¢sl £ Categorips 81 Cash funds Bonk¢r& 2x137 4Z.OeO 50,011 Total cash funds 2S,137 92.B91 Unrestrlcted fund$ Restrlcted funds to n•r¢£ Endowment funds to n•w••l £ Deta115 Fund to wNch Curr•nt v•lu• ilon•l Detalls Colt lopllonar) Futhd to whleh Curr•nl v•lu• D¢tall$ T4bWs x 2 INJ ¢•¥ •it lapN•nn 399 84 Assets r•taln•d for th• ¢h¥rlty'• own u Unr85trKigd Asus z000 Unrnstrkged suo Inknt 14as•w 52 (wntdu• Yth•n du• Details PAYE NI B5 Llabllltles Unrtsknct Pen8 271 2.4•9 Signed by one or tr40 Irusl8es on behalf of all the truslee5 Swnalure Prini Narn Oat8 of roval M4LLoL 1.1.302 CCXX R2 accounts ISSI c112024
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl m8mbers of Dorpip On accounts for the year ended 31.08.23 Charity no lif any) 1175876 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (Ihe Trust.) for the year ended 31108123. Regponsibllitles and basis of report As the charty's trusle8s, 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 applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5}{b) of the Act. Independent examlner's statement 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 lo believe that in, any material respect.. the a¢¢ounling 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 fom and content of accounts set out in Ihe Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair, view which is not a matt8r considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concems and have come across no other matters in Connèction with the examination to whi¢h attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounls to be reached. Please delete the words in the brackets rf they do not apply. Signed: Date: 2810112024 Name: Marianne White Relevant professional quallfication(s) or body (if anyl: FMAAT IER Oct 2018
Address: 53 Wroxham Road Poole BH12 1NL Seclioii B DisclosLire Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matt8rs of concem (see CC32. Independent exaMinatn of charty accounts: direc*ion8 and guidance for examlners). Glve horn tsrt dotall• of any ltsms that tho •xamlner wlshos to dl8cIoM. Oct 2018 IER