Footsteps Walking With You (Registered charity number 1176569)
## Annual Report and Statement of Accounts
## Year ended 31 August 2024
(Prepared under the receipts and payments accounting basis)
## **Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of Footsteps Walking with You**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Footsteps Walking with You for the year ended 31 August 2024.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity trustees 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 Charity’s accounts carried out under s. 45 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under s. 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner’s statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
(1) accounting records were not kept in respect of the Charity as required by section 130 of the Act;
(2) the accounts do not accord with those records; or
(3) the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the _Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations_ 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed
Mrs Melanie Monaco ACMA
> Date: 3 June 2025
(i)
## **Annual Report**
The trustees present their annual report for the year ended 31 August 2024. Footsteps Walking With You is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation. 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 dec’d (Treasurer)
## **Objectives and activities**
The relief of mental and emotional distress of children and young people resident in Suffolk, and their families, in particular by the provision of counselling and support.
Once again our work has continued to grow numerically. We have taken on 2 new counsellors and are therefore able to see more clients and hold more counselling sessions. This continues to include our Walk and Talk, Face to Face and online services. We have also begun work in a primary school and are in negotiations to go into a further two. There is a high need in schools and colleges. All our counsellors are trained to work with younger children as well as the older ones.
All 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, now receiving referrals from the CHRIS team (Wellbeing Crisis Team) as well as social workers, Family Support officers and GPs.
In planning our activities for the year we kept in mind the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit at our trustee meetings.
## **Financial review and reserves**
The trustees have agreed a reserves policy for unrestricted funds of four months current annual expenditure. At the end of August 2024 this required free reserves of £12,408. At 31 August 2024 unrestricted funds amounted to £29,996, so significantly above the minimum reserve level.
Total income for the year was £51,960, more than double the previous year, this was primarily due to National Lottery funding, other grant funding and a significant increase in client contributions. Grants received were as follows:-
- The Grace Trust - £750
- National Lottery Community Fund – £14,347
- The Albert Hunt Trust - £4,000
- Tesco – Groundwork UK - £1,000
Total expenditure for the year was £37,224 an increase of £10,974 on the previous year. This was mainly due to an increase in counsellor fees arising from an expansion in operations.
**Treasurer:**
**Trustee:**
**Date:** 7 April 2025
**Date:** 7 April 2025
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## **Receipts and Payments Account for the year to 31 August 2024**
||**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**Total**
**funds**
**Prior year**
**total**
**funds**
17,543
16,867
-
34,410
9,010
17,438
-
-
17,438
14,605
112
-
-
112
109
**35,093**
**16,867**
**51,960**
**23,724**
40
1,020
-
1,060
-
22,171
13,993
-
36,164
25,190
-
-
-
-
-
**22,211**
**15,013**
**-**
**37,224**
**25,190**
**12,882**
**1,854**
**14,736**
**(1,465)**
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
**12,882**
**1,854**
**-**
**14,736**
**(1,465)**
**17,786**
**-**
**-**
**17,786**
**19,251**
**30,667**
**1,854**
**-**
**32,522**
**17,786**
30,667
-
-
30,667
17,786
-
1,500
-
1,500
-
-
354
-
354
-
**30,667**
**1,854**
**-**
**32,522**
**17,786**
**-**
-|
|---|---|
|**Income and endowments from:**
Donations and legacies
Income from charitable activities
Investments
**Total income**
**Expenditure on:**
Raising funds
Expenditure on charitable activities
Other expenditure
**Total expenditure**
**Net income / (expenditure) resources before**
**transfer**
**Transfers:**
Gross transfers between funds - in
Gross transfers between funds - out
**Other recognised gains / losses:**
Gains/losses on investment assets
Gains on revaluation, fixed assets, charity's own use
**Net movement in funds**
**Total funds brought forward**
**Total funds carried forward**
**Represented by:**
**Unrestricted**
General fund
**Restricted**
Grant administration
National Lottery Community Fund
**Total funds**||
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## **Balance Sheet**
|**Balance Sheet**||
|---|---|
||**As at**
**31.8.24**
**As at**
**31.8.23**|
|**Current assets:**
Cash at bank and In hand
**Current liabilities:**
**Net current assets less current liabilities**
**Total assets less current liabilities**
**Long term liabilities:**
**Total net assets less liabilities**
**Represented by**
**Unrestricted**
Unrestricted - General Funds
**Designated**
**Restricted**
Restricted - Grant Administration
Restricted - National Lottery Community Fund
**Fund Totals**|
32,522
17,786|
||**32,522**
**17,786**|
||-
-|
||**-**
**-**|
||**32,522**
**17,786**|
||**32,522**
**17,786**
**-**
**-**|
||**32,522**
**17,786**|
||
30,667
17,786
-
-
1,500
-
354
-|
||**32,522**
**17,786**|
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## **Analysis of income and expenditure for the year ended 31 August 2024**
||||||**Total**|**Total**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Unrestricted Designated**||**Restricted**|**Endowment**|**31.8.24 **|**31.8.23**|
|**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM:**|||||||
|**Donations and legacies:**|||||||
|0200 - Donations - Gift Aid|2,051|-|2,016|-|4,067|1,781|
|0210 - Donations - Other|4,869|-|-|-|4,869|1,369|
|0300 - Gift Aid tax recovery|435|-|504|-|939|542|
|0400 - Grants|5,750|-|14,347|-|20,097|4,376|
|0500 - Fundraising|4,437|-|-|-|4,437|942|
||**17,543 - **||**16,867 **|**-**|**34,410**|**9,010**|
|**Income from charitable activities:**|||||||
|0100 - Client contributions|5,038|-|-|-|5,038|1,500|
|0110 - Contract income|12,400|-|-|-|12,400|13,105|
||**17,438**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**17,438**|**14,605**|
|**Investments:**|||||||
|0600 – Interest|112|-|-|-|112|109|
||**112**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**112**|**109**|
||||||||
|**Total Income**|**35,093**|**-**|**16,867 **|**-**|**51,960**|**23,724**|
|**EXPENDITURE ON:**|||||||
|**Raising funds:**|||||||
|1150 - Grant administration fees|-|-|1,020|-|1,020|-|
|1400 - Fundraising expenses|40|-|-|-|40|-|
||**40**|**-**|**1,020**|**-**|**1,060**|**-**|
|**Expenditure on charitable activities:**|||||||
|1000 - Counsellor fees|20,348|-|9,822|-|30,170|22,363|
|1050 - Salaries|-|-|2,151|-|2,151|-|
|1100 - Supervision fees|-|-|-|-|-|220|
|1200 - Affiliation fees|195|-|70|-|265|187|
|1250 - Room Hire|1,000|-|680|-|1,680|1,200|
|1300 - Equipment|-|-|519|-|519|177|
|1350 - Stationery|-|-|-|-|-|297|
|1360 - Travel expenses|-|-|-|-|-|-|
|1500 - Insurance|45|-|120|-|165|122|
|1600 - Telephone|52|-|-|-|52|10|
|1700 - Website/Software|468|-|274|-|742|432|
|1800 - Training|-|-|356|-|356|132|
|1900 - Sundry|63|-|-|-|63|50|
||**22,171**|**-**|**13,993**|**-**|**36,164**|**25,190**|
||||||||
|**Total Expenditure**|**22,211**|**-**|**15,013**|**-**|**37,224**|**25,190**|
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