## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From June 2022 Period start date To May 2023 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Mountain Movers** ## **Charity registration number: 1176708** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**For the public benefit to advance**
**education for children who are being**
**educated otherwise than at school, in**
**particular but not exclusively, those**
**children with disabilities. Through co-**
**operative learning opportunities,**
**enrichment arts and sporting activities.**
**Enabling children to participate as fully**
**as possible in society with a positive**
**sense of community and belonging. To**
**reduce social isolation of both the**
**children and their families by providing a**
**regular safe and confidential setting to**
**allow the development of social skills as**
**well as providing support, advice and**
**signposting to additional services. To**
**improve the skills and knowledge of**
**parents/carers who have taken legal**
**responsibility for the education of their**
**child(ren) through the providing of**
**access to training, advice and support so**
**they are better equipped to educate their**
**child(ren) in a rounded and informed**
**manner. To reduce poverty and ease the**
**financial burden faced by families who**
**take legal responsibility for educating**
**their child(ren) through the facilitation of**
**educational opportunities and training as**
**well as the sharing of educational**
**resources. To promote greater**
**understanding of elective home**
**education with the aim to reduce hostility**
**and the associated isolation for this**
**minority group.**| |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|**Education – Prince’s Trust and ASDAN’s.**
**Social meetings – regular weekly group**
**meetings.**| |Statement confirming|Para 1.18|**The Trustees have received and read**| whether the trustees have **guidance available by the Charity** had regard to the guidance **Commission on public benefit.** issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||
SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Our Volunteers are incredibly valuable to**
**Mountain Movers success, we quite**
**honestly could not operate without the**
**selfless dedication shown by so many of**
**our wonderful parent volunteers, tutors**
**and workshops. Thank you so much!**| |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|**The charity continues it’s work with**
**Prince’s Trust Cymru as the only Home**
**Education Group delivering it’s GCSE**
**recognised qualification in Wales.**
**The charity has also joined the Prince’s**
**Trust Advisory Panel to help design the**
**qualification for the future and advise on**
**it’s delivery within the home education**
**community.**
**ASDAN qualifications will be reinstated in**
**late 2023 (it’s delivery was paused until**
**tutors had received full training from**
**ASDAN). These courses offer a valuable**
**vocational educational opportunity to**
**home educated children with additional**
**needs in the UK.**
**Our Friday Social Group now has a focus**
**on providing home educated children and**
**their families – the majority with a**
**disability – with a regular, safe meeting**
**space which caters for the additional**| **needs of our amazing families. The Charity also continues it’s support to members through supporting statements.** **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The Charity Trustees recognise that 2022-**
**2023 overall has reduced our financial**
**reserves.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The trustees have set a level equivalent**
**to 6 months of operating costs for the**
**charity as a desired level of reserve. This**
**fund is a contingency in the event of a**
**sudden reduction in income, in order to**
**protect the future operation of the charity**
**from the effects of any unforeseen**
**variations in its income and expenditure.**
**It also provides a cash flow for ongoing**
**projects such as Princes Trust, ASDAN**
**and other educational expenditure paid in**
**arrears. The reserves policy and the**
**levels of reserves required are reviewed**
**annually as part of the annual budget**
**process.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**218**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|| |**Additional information (optional)**
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You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**Mountain Movers is funded primarily by**
**membership fees, and supplemented by**
**fundraising bids such as Tesco and**
**ASDA community funds, and Comic**
**Relief Community Funds**| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |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|**CIO**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**There must be at least two charity**
**trustees. The maximum number of**
**trustees is 7. In accordance with the**
**Constitution, every trustee must be**
**appointed by a resolution passed at a**
**properly convened meeting of the charity**
**trustees.. In appointing Trustees due**
**consideration is given to ensuring that**
**the Trustees have, between them, the**
**skills and experience necessary to**
**manage the charity effectively and in**
**accordance with charity law.**| |**Additional information (optional)**
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You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|**First Aid Training. Safeguarding Level 2**
**and 3 Training. Voluntary Enhanced DBS**
**Checks. Fire Warden Training. Food**
**Hygiene Training. LGBTQIA+ training.**| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Mountain Movers| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1176708| Charity’s principal address 5, Pisgah Street, Kenfig Hill, Bridgend. CF33 6BY ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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