Footsteps Walking With You (Registered charity number 1176569)
## Annual Report and Statement of Accounts
## Year ended 31 August 2025
(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 2025.
## **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: 20[th] November 2025
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## **Annual Report**
The trustees present their annual report for the year ended 31 August 2025. 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) Mr Ivan Fearn (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.
The year has been one of growth, over doubling the number of sessions we hold within each week. We have developed our systemic counselling, facilitating change within a family as a unit. We have a placement counsellor in her final years now as one of our team and have increased our counsellors to 7. We have also opened a third day, as well as continuing at other times in the week online. We are in the process of going back into schools as finance is always an issue.
To enhance sustainability, we have been developing our links with the corporate side of things. This has led to fundraisers and talks hosted by businesses. We have also held our own fundraising and information stalls and events, including a live concert, a quiz and attending local fetes and regattas. We continue to work with young children, young adults and families. The need for our service continues to grow and we are adapting in accordance with needs.
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, schools and the NHS.
In planning our activities for the year, we kept in mind the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit at our trustee meetings. We intend to run Mental Health First Aid courses for different groups (16+) as there is a great need for this understanding within the wider community, along with information workshops on neurodiversity.
## **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 2025 this required free reserves of £16,498. At 31 August 2024 unrestricted funds amounted to £36,442, so significantly above the minimum reserve level.
Total income for the year was £66,158, a 27.3% increase on the previous year, this was primarily due to an increase in National Lottery funding and a significant grant from the Simon Gibson Charitable Trust. Grants received were as follows:-
- The Asda Foundation - £990
- National Lottery Community Fund – £27,475
- The Albert Hunt Trust - £5,000
- The Simon Gibson Charitable Trust - £10,000
Total expenditure for the year was £49,494 an increase of 33% on the previous year. This was mainly due to the full year payment of salaries, which commenced at the end of 2023/24.
**Treasurer: Date:** 16.10.25
**Trustee: Date:** 16.10.25
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## **Receipts and Payments Account for the year to 31 August 2025**
|**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:**
**Unrectricted**
General fund
**Restricted**
Asda Foundation
Grant Administration
National Lottery Community Fund
Simon Gibson Charitable Trust|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Endowment**
**Total**
**Prior year**
**funds**
**funds**
**funds**
**funds**
**total funds**|
|---|---|
||**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
21,810
37,965
-
59,775
34,410
6,069
-
-
6,069
17,438
314
-
-
314
112|
||**28,193**
**37,965**
**-**
**66,158**
**51,960**|
||93
165
-
258
1,060
22,345
26,851
-
49,196
36,164
-
-
-
-
-|
||**22,438**
**27,016**
**-**
**49,454**
**37,224**|
||**5,755**
**10,949**
-
**16,704**
**14,736**
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-|
||**5,755**
**10,949**
**-**
**16,704**
**14,736**
**30,667**
**1,854**
**-**
**32,522**
**17,786**|
||**36,422**
**12,803**
-
**49,226**
**32,522**|
||36,422
-
-
36,422
30,667
-
990
-
990
-
-
1,500
-
1,500
1,500
-
313
-
313
354
-
10,000
-
10,000
-|
||**36,422**
**12,803**
**-**
**49,225**
**32,521**|
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## **Balance Sheet**
||**As at**
**As at**
**31.8.25**
**31.8.24**|
|---|---|
|Unrestricted - General Funds
Restricted - Grant Administration
Restricted - National Lottery Community Fund
Restricted - Asda Foundation
Restricted - Simon Gibson Charitable Trust
**Fund Totals**
**Designated**
**Restricted**
**Net current assets less current liabilities**
**Total assets less current liabilities**
**Long term liabilities:**
**Total net assets less liabilities**
**Represented by**
**Unrestricted**
Cash at bank and In hand
**Current liabilities:**
**Current assets:**|49,225
32,522|
||49,225
32,522|
||-
-|
||**-**
**-**|
||49,225
32,522|
||49,225
32,522|
||**-**
**-**|
||**49,225**
**32,522**|
||36,422
30,668
-
-
1,500
1,500
313
354
990
-
10,000
-|
||**49,225**
**32,522**|
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## **Analysis of income and expenditure for the year ended 31 August 2025**
|**Analysis of income and expenditure for the year ended 31 August 2025**|**Analysis of income and expenditure for the year ended 31 August 2025**|
|---|---|
|**Total**
**Total**
**Unrestricted**
**Designated**
**Restricted**
**Endowment**
**31.8.25**
**31.8.24**||
|**Income and endowments from:**
**Donations and legacies:**
0200 - Donations - Gift Aid
0210 - Donations - Other
0300 - Gift Aid tax recovery
0400 - Grants
0500 - Fundraising
**Income from charitable activities:**
0100 - Client contributions
0110 - Contract income
**Investments:**
0600 – Interest
**Total Income**
**Expenditure on:**
**Raising funds:**
1150 - Grant administration fees
1400 - Fundraising expenses
**Expenditure on charitable activities:**
1000 - Counsellor fees
1050 - Salaries
1100 - Supervision fees
1200 - Affiliation fees
1250 - Room Hire
1300 - Equipment
1350 - Stationery
1360 - Travel expenses
1400 - Fundraising expenses
1500 - Insurance
1600 - Telephone
1700 - Website/Software
1800 - Training
1900 - Sundry
**Total Expenditure**|3,206
-
-
-
3,206
4,067
11,555
-
-
-
11,555
4,870
592
-
-
-
592
939
5,500
-
37,965
-
43,465
20,097
957
-
-
-
957
4,437|
||**21,810**
**-**
**37,965**
**-**
**59,775**
**34,410**|
||4,914
-
-
-
4,914
5,038
1,155
-
-
-
1,155
12,400|
||**6,069**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**6,069**
**17,438**|
||314
-
-
-
314
112|
||**314**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**314**
**112**|
|||
||**28,193**
**-**
**37,965**
**-**
**66,158**
**51,960**|
||-
-
-
-
0
1,020
40
-
-
-
40
40|
||**40**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**40**
**1060**|
||17,159
-
10,995
-
28,154
30,170
2,539
-
13,342
-
15,881
2,151
-
-
-
-
-
-
125
-
90
-
215
265
360
-
1440
-
1,800
1,680
555
-
248
-
803
519
8
-
273
-
281
-
36
-
101
-
137
-
93
-
165
-
258
-
214
-
120
-
334
165
-
-
116
-
116
52
1,098
-
35
-
1,133
742
-
-
-
-
-
356
250
-
92
-
342
64|
||**22,437**
**-**
**27,017**
**-**
**49,454**
**36,164**|
|||
||**22,477**
**-**
**27,017**
**-**
**49,494**
**37,224**|
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