
**Charity Name No (if any) DS ACHIEVE Receipts and payments accounts** 

**No (if any) 1176873** Period end date 

Period start date Period end date **For the period from 01 / 01 / 2024 To 31 / 12 / 2024** 

**CC16a** 

## **Section A Receipts and payments** 

|**Charity Name**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**CC16a**<br>**DS ACHIEVE**<br>**1176873**<br>**Receipts and payments accounts**<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>Period start date<br>**To**<br>Period end date<br>**01 / 01 / 2024**<br>**31 / 12 / 2024**<br>**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Charity Name**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**CC16a**<br>**DS ACHIEVE**<br>**1176873**<br>**Receipts and payments accounts**<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>Period start date<br>**To**<br>Period end date<br>**01 / 01 / 2024**<br>**31 / 12 / 2024**<br>**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Charity Name**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**CC16a**<br>**DS ACHIEVE**<br>**1176873**<br>**Receipts and payments accounts**<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>Period start date<br>**To**<br>Period end date<br>**01 / 01 / 2024**<br>**31 / 12 / 2024**<br>**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Charity Name**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**CC16a**<br>**DS ACHIEVE**<br>**1176873**<br>**Receipts and payments accounts**<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>Period start date<br>**To**<br>Period end date<br>**01 / 01 / 2024**<br>**31 / 12 / 2024**<br>**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Charity Name**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**CC16a**<br>**DS ACHIEVE**<br>**1176873**<br>**Receipts and payments accounts**<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>Period start date<br>**To**<br>Period end date<br>**01 / 01 / 2024**<br>**31 / 12 / 2024**<br>**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Charity Name**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**CC16a**<br>**DS ACHIEVE**<br>**1176873**<br>**Receipts and payments accounts**<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>Period start date<br>**To**<br>Period end date<br>**01 / 01 / 2024**<br>**31 / 12 / 2024**<br>**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Charity Name**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**CC16a**<br>**DS ACHIEVE**<br>**1176873**<br>**Receipts and payments accounts**<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>Period start date<br>**To**<br>Period end date<br>**01 / 01 / 2024**<br>**31 / 12 / 2024**<br>**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Charity Name**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**CC16a**<br>**DS ACHIEVE**<br>**1176873**<br>**Receipts and payments accounts**<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>Period start date<br>**To**<br>Period end date<br>**01 / 01 / 2024**<br>**31 / 12 / 2024**<br>**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Charity Name**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**CC16a**<br>**DS ACHIEVE**<br>**1176873**<br>**Receipts and payments accounts**<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>Period start date<br>**To**<br>Period end date<br>**01 / 01 / 2024**<br>**31 / 12 / 2024**<br>**Section A Receipts and payments**|**CC16a**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**A1 Receipts**|||**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**||**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**||**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|Donations|20,096||0||0||**20,096**||**23,264**|
|Event Income|5,610||0||0||**5,610**||**5,401**|
|Hertfordshire Libraries|3,288||0||0||**3,288**||**5,533**|
|The National Lottery Community Fund<br>(RC London and South East Region)|0||9,165||0||**9,165**||**17,891**|
|Grant from BBC Children In Need|0||0||0||**0**||**9,955**|
|Grant from The Baily Thomas Charitable<br>Fund|0||0||0||**0**||**5,000**|
|Grant from Tesco Community Grants|0||0||0||**0**||**1,000**|
|Hertfordshire Community Foundation|0||10,000||0||**10,000**||**0**|
|Shanly Group|0||3,000||0||**3,000**||**0**|
|The Hobson Charity|0||4,699||0||**4,699**||**0**|
|Albert Hunt|0||2,000||0||**2,000**||**0**|
|MCF|0||4,316||0||**4,316**||**0**|
|Postcode Places|0||19,000||0||**19,000**||**0**|
|Interest Received|978||0||0||**978**||**421**|
|**_Sub total_**|**29,972**||**52,180**||**0**||**82,152**||**68,465**|
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||0||0||0||**0**||**0**|
||0||0||0||**0**||**0**|
|**_Sub total_**<br>**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**|**0**||**0**||**0**||**0**||**0**|
|||||||||||
||**29,972**||**52,180**||**0**||**82,152**||**68,465**|
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|Event costs|1,654||1,304||0||**2,958**||**2,872**|
|Little Achievers Classes|0||18,058||0||**18,058**||**18,230**|
|Young Achievers Sessions|1,618||9,500||0||**11,118**||**11,930**|
|Resources into Schools|4,347||3,052||0||**7,399**||**5,541**|
|EHCP Support Service|||0||0||**0**||**5,010**|
|My Voice - Hertfordshire Library Project|3,582||0||0||**3,582**||**4,142**|
|Resources into Homes|34||236||0||**270**||**764**|
|Wesite and IT costs|90||1,235||0||**1,325**||**1,156**|
|Insurance costs|0||573||0||**573**||**573**|
|Subscriptions|110||218||0||**328**||**508**|
|Marketing|0||0||0||**0**||**425**|
|Sundry Expenses|233||1,376||0||**1,609**||**300**|
|Salaries and Staff costs|9,079||12,223||0||**21,302**||**19,591**|
||||||||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**<br>**20,821**<br>**A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)**|**20,821**||**47,775**||**0**||**68,522**||**71,042**|
|||||||||||
|Office/Other Equipment|74||0||0||**74**||**0**|
|||||||||||
|**_Sub total_**<br>**_Total payments_**|**74**||**0**||**0**||**74**||**0**|
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||**20,895**||**47,775**||**0**||**68,596**||**71,042**|





|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**9,151**||**4,405**||**0**||**13,630**||**(3,001)**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A5 Transfers between funds**|||||||||||
|**A6 Cash funds last year end**|**40,447**||**15,192**||||**55,639**||**58,640**||
|**_Cash funds this year end_**|**49,598**||**19,597**||**0**||**69,269**||**55,639**||
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|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**|<br>**9,151**||**4,405**||**0**||**13,630**||**(3,001)**|
|||||||||||
||**40,447**||**15,192**||||**55,639**||**58,640**|
||<br>**49,598**||**19,597**||**0**||**69,269**||**55,639**|
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|**Section B Statement**|**of assets and liabilities at the end of**||||||**the period**|||
|**Categories**<br>**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**<br>Bank Account<br>Savings accounts||||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**15,699**<br>**33,899**||**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**19,597**||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
||||||**15,699**||**19,597**||**0**|
||||||**33,899**||||**0**|
|||||||||||
|**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on|**_Total cash funds_ 0**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>**Details**<br>Gift aid due<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Childrens Play Equipment<br>Childrens Play Equipment<br>Office/Other Equipment<br>Office/Other Equipment<br>**Details**<br>Payroll taxes<br>Pension costs<br>Payrol services<br>Little Achievers Teacher costs -<br>Restricted<br>Young Achievers - Hall Hire<br>Little Achievers Therapist Costs<br>RiS Advisory Teacher Visit<br>b<br>Signature|||**0**|<br>**49,598**||**19,597**||**0**|
||||||OK||OK||OK|
||||||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>Restricted<br>**-**<br>**3,349-**<br>Unrestricted<br>**-**<br>**--**<br>Restricted<br>**-**<br>**--**<br>Unrestricted<br>**-**<br>**753-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>Restricted<br>**902**<br>Restricted<br>**114**<br>Unrestricted<br>**92**<br>Restricted<br>**600**<br>Unrestricted<br>**176**<br>Restricted<br>**300**<br>Unrestricted<br>**147**<br>Print Name||||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
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||||||||||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
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||||||||||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
||||||||||**-**<br>**1,884-**|
||||||||||**-**<br>**--**|
||||||||||**-**<br>**--**|
||||||||||**-**<br>**438-**|
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||2024 represented the sixth full yearofoperational activity forOSAchieve|
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||having officially launched to the publicon2ndSeptember 2018 following|
||registration with the Charity Commission on 29thJanuary 2018.|
||In order to plan and execute suitable activities which meet the charity's|
||objectives, the Trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the|
||Charity Commissiononpublic benefit.Tohelpusreviewourprogress and|
|**Summaryofthe main activities**<br>**undertaken for the public**<br>**benefit in relation to these**<br>**objects (include within this**|plan forournext steps,weheld a trustee and employeeAwayDay in<br>November 2023. We used this as an opportunity to gather views and<br>perspectives from the team to help us look forward to the next steps. We<br>set a new strategy for the period 2024-2026.|
|**section the statutory**|We decided to continue to run our**Little Achievers**(0-5 year olds) and|
|**declaration that trustees have**|**Young Achievers**(5-18 year olds) programmes. These programmes are|
|**had regard to the guidance**|proving to have a positive impactonthe children and young people and are|
|**issued by the Charity**|valued by their families. We also continued with our**Resources into**|
|**Commission on· public benefit)**|**Schools**service to ensure that local schools have access to the specialist|
||advice they need to enable them to successfully include children and young|
||people with Down Syndromeintheir classrooms. These three programmes|
||are our core, highest priority services.|
||Our**Resources into Homes**project began at the endof2023 targeting|
||childreninthe early years providing practical training for their parent carers|
||on specialist evidence based programmes that support their child's|
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|||**Unrestricted**||**Restricted**|**Endowment**|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**funds**||**funds**|**funds**|**Total funds**|**Last year**|
|||**to the nearest**£||**to the nearest**£|**to the nearest**£|**to the nearest**£|**to the nearest**£|
|**A1Receipts**||||||||
|Donations||20,096||0|0|**20,096**|**23,264**|
|Event Income||5,610||0|0|**5,610**|**5,401**|
|Hertfordshire Libraries||3,288||0|0|**3,288**|**5,533**|
|The National Lottery Community Fund||0||9,165|0|**9,165**|**17,891**|
|(RC London and South East Reaionl||||||||
|Grant from BBC Children In Need||0||0|0|**0**|**9,955**|
|Grant from The Baily Thomas||0||0|0|**0**|**5,000**|
|Charitable Fund||||||||
|Grant from Tesco|Community Grants|0||0|0|**0**|**1,000**|
|Hertfordshire Community Foundation||0||10,000|0|**10,000**|**0**|
|Shanlv Grouo||0||3,000|0|**3,000**|**0**|
|The Hobson Charitv||0||4,699|0|**4,699**|**0**|
|AlbertHunt||0||2,000|0|**2,000**|**0**|
|MCF||0||4,316|0|**4,316**|**0**|
|Postcode Places||0||19,000|0|**19,000**|**0**|
|Interest Received||978||0|0|**978**|**421**|
||**_Sub total_**|**29,972**||**52,180**|**0**|**82,152**|**68,465**|
|**A2 Asset and**|**investment sales, (see table).**|||||||
|||0||||||
|||0||||||
||**_Sub total_**|**0**||||||
||**_Total receipts_**I|<br>29,972I|I|<br>52,1801|1|82,15211.....__<br>s_8-'--,4_65_.I||
|**A3Payments**||||||||
|Event costs||1,654||1,304|0|**2,958**|**2,872**|
|Little Achievers Classes||0||18,058|0|**18,058**|**18,230**|
|Young Achievers Sessions||1,618||9,500|0|**11,118**|**11,930**|
|Resources into Schools||4,347||3,052|0|**7,399**|**5,541**|
|EHCP Support Service||0||0|0|**0**|**5,010**|
|**My**Voice • Hertfordshire Library Project||3,582||0|0|**3,582**|**4,142**|
|Resources into Homes||34||236|0|**270**|**764**|
|Wesite and IT costs||90||1,235|0|**1,325**|**1,156**|
|Insurance costs||0||573|0|**573**|**573**|
|Subscriptions||110||218|0|**328**|**508**|
|Marketing||0||0|0|**0**|**425**|
|Sundry Expenses||233||1,376|0|**1,609**|**300**|
|Salaries and Staff|costs|9,079||12,223|0|**21,302**|**19,591**|
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||**_Sub total_**|**20,821**||**47,775**|**0**|**68,522**|71,042|
|**A4 Assetandinvestment purchases, (see table**)~<br>Office/Other Equipment<br>74|||||~|<br>~|<br>~|
||**_Sub total_**|**74**|~||<br>~|<br>~|<br>~|
||_Total payments_I|<br>20,895I|I|<br>47,77511||68,596 I|._I__<br>11..:.,.,0_4_.21|





|**_Netofreceipts/(payments)_**|<br>**9,151**<br>t----------1|**4,405**|**13,630**|**{3,001)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**ASTransfers between funds**|||||
|**A6 Cash funds last year end**|**40,447**|**15,192**|**55,639**|**58,640**|
|**_Cash funds thisyearend_**|<br>**49,598**<br>..____---__.|**19,597**|**69,269**|**55,639**|




|||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**Restricted**|**Restricted**|**Endowment**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Categories|Details|**funds**|**funds**|||**funds**|
|||**tonearest£**|**to nearest£**|||**tonearest£**|
|**81Cash funds**|Bank Account<br>Savings accounts<br>**_Total cash funds_lo**|<br>**15,699**<br>**33,899**<br>**49,598**|<br> <br>**19,597**<br>**19,597**|||~|
||(agree balanceswithreceiptsandpayments||||||
||account( s))||||||
|||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|||**Endowment**|
|||**funds**|**funds**|||**funds**|
||Details|**tonearest£**|**to nearest£**|||**to nearest£**|
|**82Other monetary assets**|Gift aid due||||||
|||Fundtowhich||||Current value|
||Details|asset belongs|Cost (optional)|||loDtionall|
|**83Investment assets**|||||||
|||**Fund to which**||||**Current value**|
||**Details**|**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**|||**lootionall**|
|**84Assets retained for the**|Childrens Play Equipment|Restricted|**3,349**|||**1,884**|
|**charity's own use**|Childrens Play Equipment|Unrestricted|||-|-|
||Office/Other Equipment|Restricted|||-|-|
||Office/Other Equipment|Unrestricted||**753**||**438**|
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|||**Fund to which**|**Amount due**|||**When due**|
||**Details**|**liabllltv relates**|**{optional)**|||**(optional)**|
|**85Liabilities**|Payroll taxes|Restricted|||**902**|**Jan 25**|
||Pension costs|Restricted|||**114**|**Jan 25**|
||Payrol services|Unrestricted|||**92**|**Jan 25**|
||Little Achievers Teacher costs -|Restricted|||**600**|**Jan25**|
||Restricted||||||
||Young Achievers - Hall Hire|Unrestricted|||**176**|**Jan 25**|
||Little Achievers Therapist Costs|Restricted|||**300**|**Jan25**|
||RiS Advisory Teacher Visit|Unrestricted|||**147**|**Jan 25**|
|Signedbyone or two trustees|||||||
|onbehalf ofallthe trustees||Print|Name|||Date of approval|
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CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examinerfs
report on the accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner s Report
Report to the trustoesl
members of
DSAchieve
On accounts for th• year
ended
31° December 2024
Charity no
(If any)
1176873
S•1 out on pages
I rewt to the trustees rm my examination of the accounts of th8 above
charity (Iha Trusf) for the yèar ended 31112r2024.
Responslbll1ll￿ and As the charity trust￿ of the TrusL you are responsible f¢X the preparation
bas1$ ol rnport of the accounts In accordan￿ wlth the requlrements of the Charltles Act
2011 ("the Acfl.
I report in respect of my examination of the Twst's accwnts Carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying oul my exarnlnalion. I
have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commlssion
uri(ier $6clrm 144r 5Xbj of the Act.
I hav6 1XJmpleted my &xamlnallon. I conflm that no material matters have
come lo rny attention (other than that disclosed below ') in conn8Ctlon wlth
the examination which gives me cause to believe that In, any materlal
respect:
accounting records Y￿re not kept in ac(*rtlance wltt) sectlon 130 of
the Act or
the acccvnls do not accxKd with the arLY￿ntIng records
Independent
examlnerf8 8tat•m•nt
I have no concems and have come acnjss no other matters In connecllon
with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a
proper understanding of the accx)unts to be reached.
' Please delele Ihe words in the brackets rfthey do not apply.
Slgnod:
Date:
2510912025
Narn:
Kate Ingrams
Rolevant profes8lonal
quallflcatlon(s) or body
{if any):
ACA (retired)
Addms:
89 Oakw(N)J Drive
St Albans
AL4 OUL
IER
October 2018

Section B
Disclosure
Only c¢xnplet8 rf the examiner needs to highlight matters of (Xsncem (see CC32,
ItKiependent examinauon OT criariry accwnts: dlrecu"t)ns ana guiaance tor
examiners).
Give hore briof detalls of
any items that the
examlner wlshes to
disclose.
IER
October 2018