Footsteps Walking With You (Registered charity number 1176569) End of Year Financial Statements Year ended 31 August 2023 (Prepared under the receipts and payments accountlng basls)
The trustees present their annual rep)rt for the year erKJ&J 31 AugLBt 2023. Footsteps Walking With You is a Charitable Incorporated Organisab'on. The trustees who acted during the year are:. Mrs Joanne Ashton Mrs Timandra Howell Dr Lynne James (Secretary) Mr Shikhant Morris Revd Christine Pinder Mr John Swinney {Chair of Trustees) Mr Andrew Taylor (Treasurer) Ob'ectives and activili The relief of mental arKI emotional distress of thildren and young people resident in Suffolk, and their frdmilies, in parttcular by the provision of counselling and supporL This year our work has conlinued to grow numerically. We are seeing more dients and holding more counselling sessions. This includes our Walk and Talk. Face to Face and online servIs. The most significant development of the last year has been the development of a serwce for 8-11 year olds. We had been asked several times if we could offer help for this age group as there is so little help for them. All our ¢ounsellors trained to work wtth younger children and at Ihe beginning of 2023 we opened a fa to face service for this age group. l our counsellors continue to train through continuing professional development courses. We continue to host fundraising events and to engage with networking events across the community. In planning our activities for the year we kept in mind the Charity Commission's guidan on public benefit at our trustee meetings. Financial review and reserves The trustees have agreed a reserves policy for the unrestricted fvnds of four months current annual expenditure. At the end ofAugust 2023 this required free reserves of £7,388 and significanty more than that has been maintained for the reasons outlined below. Totsl income for the year was £23,724 aTrJ, athough grant inc(xne was £9,574 less than the previous year, the income from Walk and Talk contracts wrth local educational establishments amounted to £13,105. The grants r1Ved were as follows:_ Newsquest Media Group - £1.026 Suffolk Community Foundation (through Suffolk Giving Fund) - £2,000 John Lewis Foundation - £600 Fat Face Foundation - £750 Totsl expenditure for the year was £25.189. Treasurer Trustee 17 20LF 1?/3/2i32W Pthpp. I
Receipts and Payments Account Total Prw)r ytar hnds total funds fuds funds funds Drn&lws arby 9.010 14.erks 19.972 2,210 t4.WS 21724 22.t•2 Exp•ndltsJr• t". 107 Tol•l•xp•ndlkn o 163 28.189 19,439 Nrtlncom•l{•AFknI 2,742 Tw•lw• 2,742 N•t In luthdtt 11 2,742 19231 1¢ Tol•lfwvh foThwfd 17,ni 17.ns 17,716 19.261 statement of aswts and Ilabllftle• ttd Re#r1e EndoTm¢fti Thkn C&¢rr•nt #••t•- Cesh In hJnd- ••h f7.(A)O LW¥ B•r. 17 785 17.n6 19.201 Page 2
Analysls of receipts and payments Tot¥1 INCOME AND ENDOWMEiirs Donation¥ and legacle• Donations- Gift Ah gonar. CAhw GiftAh1 t&x rècovery Grsnts FundraBing 1.781 1,781 1.369 541 4.376 941 9,010 2,603 2,058 541 3.026 13.950 926 19.972 Total Ineomo Ivom chaTltabl• Client ¢tnlO% 2.210 13.105 14.605 13.105 14.605 Tda 2.210 Invesbnents Interest 109 23.724 114C(XE TOTAL EXPENDITURE Ral8lng funds FuNlraising exper 107 107 Tdal coun8elr lee8 Supervi5KJn fees Affiliatth fe¢s Roorn Hire EqU1wnI Stationery Insuran£ Tdephor WebsitelSpfra TraittuYJ Sundry 19.338 220 187 12.SC6 150 187 1.2C In 177 2,217 121 10 431 132 49 121 10 431 132 121 437 3.697 EXPEIIDITURETOTAL GRAND TOTAL 1.465 1.465 Page 3