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OXFORDSHIRE BREASTFEEDING SUPPORT Annual Report 2022/23

Introduction from the Board of Trustees............................................................................................3 Achievements and Performance.............................................................................................................5 In-person Sessions........................................................................................................................................6 Virtual 1:1 Consultations...........................................................................................................................8 OBS Zoom Group..........................................................................................................................................8 Antenatal Breastfeeding Education Sessions....................................................................................9 Facebook....................................................................................................................................................... 10 OBS Volunteers...........................................................................................................................................11 Supporting Students, Health Professionals and Research........................................................12 Collaborations and Partnerships......................................................................................................... 13 Widening Access and Family Nurse Partnership.......................................................................... 15 Fundraising................................................................................................................................................... 16 About our Service Users..........................................................................................................................17 Financial Report..........................................................................................................................................19 Donors............................................................................................................................................................20 Risk Management...................................................................................................................................... 21 Looking Towards 2023/24......................................................................................................................21

OBS Annual Report 2022-23

Administrative Information

Registered Name Oxfordshire Breastfeeding Support

Registered Address

2 Wytham Street, Oxford OX1 4SU

Email: team@oxbreastfeedingsupport.org Registered charity no . 1176948

Trustees

Louise Ellis ACA - Treasurer Laura Prentice - Deputy Chair Dr Ashvina Segaran - Secretary and Safeguarding Dr Juliet Rayment - Strategy Hannah Marshall - Fundraising Zoe Townsend - Team Liaison Dr Rain Irshad - Equality Diversity and Inclusion Khatsha Ali - External Communications Anna Hodges (resigned April 2022) Danielle Beaumont-Orr (resigned May 2022) Sev Gunes-Lasnet (resigned August 2022) Dr Ilana Levene (resigned November 2022)

Non-clinical Staff

Karin Chandler – Charity Director (joined December 2022) Hannah Torrence – Clinical Director (joined April 2023) Catriana McKie - Systems and Safeguarding Lead Hannah Dingwall-Jones - Administration

Clinical Facilitators

Lisa Mansour (also EDI Lead) Charlotte Gilman Julie Gallegos Cathy Berry Ruth Viella

Non-clinical Contractors (management and administration)

Jayne Joyce (Project Lead; resigned April 2022)

– Kawther Alfasi (Operations Lead, and Interim Project Lead April 2022 November 2022; resigned November 2022)

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Introduction from the Board of Trustees

This year marked significant changes at OBS, in both the staff and trustee team. Kawther Alfasi served as the Interim Project Lead from March to December 2022 and played a vital role in securing more grant funding for the charity. Her efforts left a lasting legacy.

Subsequently, we welcomed Karin Chandler as our first-ever Director in December 2022. Karin brings a range of experience in public sector and charity management, alongside prior roles as a breastfeeding counsellor and doula.

This year we also welcomed Laura Prentice, Ashvina Segaran, Hannah Marshall and Zoe Townsend as trustees and bid farewell to four others, Anna Hodges, Danielle Beaumont-Orr, Sev Gunes-Lasnet, and Ilana Levene. Ilana was our out-going Chair of Trustees and has been involved in OBS and Baby Cafe before it, for the last seven years and we thank her for all her valuable contributions over this period. Needless to say these are big losses, but the change has brought new ideas and energy to the charity which we look forward to developing in 2023/2024.

We have been working hard towards the creation of new systems and structures which will help provide stability to OBS. We have started to work towards employing staff, rather than solely relying on contractor relationships, and are focussing on new avenues for funding and fundraising to prepare for the end of our National Lottery Community Fund grant, which ends in March 2024. Over the next year we are also planning a transition to a social, drop in model of delivery at our in-person sessions. We're eagerly looking forward to witnessing how it all unfolds over time!

Juliet Rayment, on behalf of the Board of Trustees

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Aims and Objectives

At OBS we believe that breastfeeding, and breastmilk, are deeply important. Our mission is to increase breastfeeding, provision of breastmilk and responsive feeding for babies in Oxfordshire by:

Educating and empowering Oxfordshire families to define and achieve their feeding goals.
Taking a lead role in developing an integrated network of breastfeeding support throughout Oxfordshire, so that all parents can access skilled, timely, local breastfeeding help.

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Achievements and Performance

OBS in 2022

809 first visits, 828 return visits
900 in-person visits
506 online consultations
147 Zoom group attendances
79 families seen at antenatal sessions
50% of first visitors from outside Oxford city (classed as OX1, OX2, OX3 and OX4)

“If you do live near Oxfordshire and want any help or support with breastfeeding, relactating, inducing lactation or anything similar at any stage of your journey, Oxfordshire Breastfeeding Support (group) and its page Oxfordshire Breastfeeding Support offer a wealth of information, trained lactation specialists, and literally thousands of supportive mothers who have collectively tried every combination of pumping, breastfeeding, bottle feeding combination and formula feeding, the staff WON'T make you feel guilty for bottle feeding or weaning or anything of the sort (I - combination fed my firstborn breast and formula as do hundreds of thousands of women, they were massively supportive) - they will give you the unbiased information and support you need to make decisions YOU want to make.”

Bex, Service User

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In-person Sessions

In-person weekly support sessions in Barton, Donnington, Didcot and Kidlington, continued to be well-attended throughout 2022/23. We are pleased to continue our partnership at Barton Neighbourhood Centre and with Donnington Doorstep Family Centre.

Our partnership with Didcot Baby Monday ended and we entered into a new partnership with Didcot Community Partnership (DCP), changing our venue to the Soha housing building near Didcot train station.

In Kidlington we work in partnership with Kidlington Community Hub (KCH) to provide co-ordinated support for families. KCH say of the partnership with OBS:

“The KCH provides a variety of family-focused support groups for the local community, and as a part of our programme we have had the privilege to work closely with OBS. Over the past year our partnership has enabled us to frequently signpost between the two charities, reaching more families and increasing our capacity to support those in need. Not only have we been able to work together effectively but we have also developed a good relationship with the local Health Visiting team, who have worked alongside us at sessions to deliver a more comprehensive level of support. Overall we are seeing less isolation, more positive breastfeeding outcomes, and improved maternal mental health.”

Our Donnington session has been piloting a collaboration with the Enhanced Health Visiting (EHV) Service. This has enabled swift OBS referrals for reasons such as faltering growth, tongue-tie, severe mental health issues and safeguarding concerns, and return EHV referrals for additional feeding and social support. Following a post-Covid risk assessment we started to turn Donnington into a more social space for families - putting out baby mats and toys, bringing in additional volunteers to facilitate social interaction between families, and encouraging service users who no longer need extensive feeding support to return the following week(s) without having to book in again. This cautious return to a social space informed our plans to return to a social drop-in model for in-person sessions which we expect to realise in the 2023/24 year.

Our in-person sessions have also generated new fundraising income. In November tablets and card readers were delivered to each facilitator to take to in-person sessions to collect donations. Each tablet is named for a local breastfeeding support legend: Chloe Fisher, Sally Inch and Julie Osbourne. At the first outing at the Kidlington session £25 was immediately donated and volunteer Rachel Rea reported that “the parents were loving the machine at the Kidlington session yesterday!”

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“I just wanted to say a huge thank you to the OBS team. I visited a Didcot session back when my little one was a few weeks old as I was having awful problems feeding, was in horrendous pain and at a real low point. I saw a lady called Lisa who couldn’t have been more supportive. She made me feel so at ease, showed me such patience and kindness and, in the end, just let me have a big cry while she shared some really supportive words of advice. She was also the person who identified that my son was tongue tied and that this was the cause of the feeding problems I’d been having. If I hadn’t gone to the session, I think I’d have given up trying to feed and I can’t thank her and the general support from the OBS teams enough. I feel very grateful that such things are available to people as I certainly hadn’t anticipated how difficult and emotive breastfeeding could be. Thank you!”

Anonymous Service User

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Virtual 1:1 Consultations

We continued to offer virtual zoom sessions for 1:1 support and for parent’s unable to attend an in-person session. In May we launched the use of Cliniko, a telehealth platform for virtual 1:1 consultations. The aim is to improve accessibility for families and streamline services. Initial feedback from families and facilitators is positive. The number of attendees at virtual 1:1 consultations has decreased from the 2021 high as in-person attendance grows.

“The online 1:1 session I had on day 3 with my newborn was invaluable. I was being provided with expert advice and reassurance at my convenience, in my own home. The social interaction of groups is so important but the online 1:1s can offer so much in reaching the very vulnerable in the early stages of motherhood and recovery.”

Cordie, Service User

OBS Zoom Group

Our monthly zoom group has continued to run offering two parallel learning and discussion groups on “hot topics” related to breastfeeding, such as normal infant sleep, returning to work and starting complementary foods. Each session is co-led by a Facilitator and a Volunteer.

In September a leaflet titled How to help your baby's sleep (age 6 months or older) written by volunteer health visitor Vanessa and edited/formatted by OBS was distributed to attendees of our online OBS Zoom group and added to the Resources for Parents section of our website.

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As we transition back to a social drop-in in-person model for breastfeeding support we have begun conversations about the continuation of the online group and the purpose it serves. In early 2023 we took the decision to discontinue the monthly group.

Antenatal Breastfeeding Education Sessions

We have continued to offer monthly antenatal education sessions on Zoom. Attendance figures are higher than pre-pandemic levels: sessions take place in the daytime, and we frequently see people attending from their workplaces, including partners and other supporters. We also offer bespoke antenatal consultations for mothers for service users with previous feeding trauma and/or risk factors for complex feeding problems. Antenatal service users are invited to join our private Facebook group, and are also welcome to attend our in-person sessions to chat with facilitators, volunteers and other families.

In January 2023 we refreshed and renewed our teaching resources for the antenatal education session ensuring they fully represent current practice and offer the best guidance to pregnant women and their families.

“It was also useful to get to know the people delivering the session so that when I had to come back for support immediately after having the baby I felt much more confident to speak to the facilitators even though I was stressed and exhausted.”

Anonymous Service User

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Facebook

Our private, closely-moderated Facebook group is a supportive, friendly environment in which mothers can seek feeding support, from other parents, OBS peer supporters and our specialist facilitator team. We are continuing to experiment with its format, channelling it as an avenue for social connectedness between families as well as for providing evidence-based information.

“The Facebook group bolstered my mental health as a sometimes pretty scared first time mum. Just being able to scroll through other peoples’ posts and replies made me aware, at anytime of day or night, that I was not alone. Once I’d plucked up the courage to post, the solidarity I found from facilitators, volunteers and other group members gave me so much strength, validating my decision to feed responsively and always reminding me that my adored, sleep-resisting baby is ‘normal’ and that I’m not doing things totally wrong!”

Jozie Shirreen, Facebook Service User

Other social media platforms have helped us to stay engaged with our service users and supporters.

Regular social media posting on Facebook and Twitter.
Increased presence on Instagram and LinkedIn
Sharing video clips of ‘what to expect’ at our sessions
Emails to our list

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OBS Volunteers

We have continued to encourage growth in the skillsets of our existing volunteers, and to successfully train new volunteer peer supporters via the ABM Peer Supporter course. In 2022/23 we fully revised our volunteering policy and recruitment policy bringing greater clarity for this vital role for OBS. Volunteers are integral to our work at every level: they are a friendly, welcoming face at our sessions, providing support and reassurance, and normalising infant behaviour.

Given the importance of volunteers to OBS we have begun exploring the possibility of bringing training back ‘in-house’ as was the case pre-pandemic. This would bring benefits of providing bespoke training designed to meet the OBS service while also ensuring consistency of knowledge and approach. Discussions and preparations for this will continue throughout 2023/24.

We are incredibly proud of our OBS volunteers and thrilled that two of our long-standing, committed volunteers received external recognition. In May 2022 Sam Shiell won the OCVA (Oxfordshire Community & Voluntary Action) volunteer of the year award. Sam collected her award at a ceremony on 1st of June attended by Sam and OBS Interim Project Lead Kawther Alfasi.

We were also delighted to welcome our second FNP mother to join us as a volunteer this year.

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Supporting Students, Health Professionals and Research

We have continued to offer observations for students and healthcare professionals at our in-person sessions, enabling them to increase their breastfeeding knowledge and competences. We also offered observations of our online Zoom groups, antenatal sessions and online 1:1 consultations.

2022 Observations
observers registered	123
one-to-ones	10
Antenatal	2
Group	3
Didcot	1
Barton	14
Kidlington	9
Donnington	12
Total in-person	36
Total observations	51
Number who did 1 observation	32
Number who did 2 observations	3
Number who did 3 observations	2
Number who did 4 observations	2
Unique observers	39
Return observers (=>2)	7
Sessions booked but DNA	5

In October Facilitator Charlotte Gilmour, attended the ‘System Changers Lunch’ organised by the Oxford Hub, seeking to understand the needs and concerns of the Blackbird Leys community, and how they can best be served. Important insights gleaned into the process of embedding services into communities instead of top-down imposition. This work will help drive our ambitions to widen the availability of OBS support throughout Oxfordshire.

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Collaborations and Partnerships

We have continued to participate in the Countywide Breastfeeding Strategy Group, which revised the Oxfordshire guidelines on faltering growth. Sharing best practices is critical to continuous improvement, both of our own services and those with which we collaborate.

In September we continued our partnership work with Motherkind Cafe with a session on breastfeeding grief and trauma, led by Facilitator Lisa Mansour.

“The breastfeeding grief and trauma Motherkind session we ran in September felt like important work. There were 8 attendees including a pregnant mother. Most came with complex feelings about breastfeeding/m and lactation, all left feeling heard and a little lighter. We talked about what went (or might go) wrong, what might have helped, shared information about how lactation works and listened without judgement to everyone’s feelings about their own experiences. We were able to offer follow up online 1:1 support to those who could benefit and made recommendations for other services for some.

Although it can be tough to talk about feelings of loss and perceived failure to breastfeed it is a very important part of what we do at OBS: to meet mothers and other parents where they are, really listen and help them understand that they did not fail, but rather that they were failed by a chronic lack of appropriate infant feeding support in our society.

We hope to offer this session again soon.”

Lisa, OBS Facilitator

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Other collaborations for the development of breastfeeding support skills and family support have included:

meeting with OX4 Early Years Alliance attended by Lisa Mansour and Kawther Alfasi
OCF webinar on cost of living crisis in Oxford attended by Charlotte Gilmour
Discussions with Good Food Oxfordshire about participating in a focus group on Healthy Start Vouchers.
Bicester New Mums network event
Signal sessions/focus groups at Donnington Doorstep. This was a fantastic opportunity to speak to current OX4 service users informally in the context of understanding their needs and the needs of local families in the area.

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Widening Access and Family Nurse Partnership

Our work with Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) continues to evolve and expand offering joint virtual antenatal conversations and flexible postnatal feeding support to teenage mothers via text, WhatsApp, and virtual consultations.

“OBS has made me more confident about feeding my baby”

FNP Client

Our Black Breastfeeding Week campaign in August focused on amplifying voices and raising awareness of health inequalities for Black and Black-mixed women and birthing people.

We also published an inspiring case study by service user Lucy Dixon, who spoke about the complex way in which her African background shaped her attitudes towards motherhood and breastfeeding.

We continue to focus on issues of accessibility and privacy for sessions and practical measures have included rearranging furniture and purchasing an additional screen at Kidlington

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Fundraising

In December we launched our first Big Give fundraising campaign and successfully raised £5,095 from the OBS community. The event climaxed with a Winter Party in December at Donnington Doorstep, bringing together staff, volunteers, service users, trustees, health care professionals and other supporters.

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About our Service Users

Service User Profle 2022

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Age of first visitors to OBS over time (2019 - 2022) compared against the average for the local NHS hospital trust in 2022. Below shows how we stack up against the local community over the last few years. The development of the FNP programmes continues to engage younger mothers with OBS.

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Financial Report

This year saw OBS once again with a small deficit in funding as the organisation navigated its way out of funding targeted at meeting the needs of the pandemic and back to a more stable grant and donation income position.

Our Lottery grant entered the fourth year of funding and reduced to £21k (2021/22 £29k), and this was used primarily to fund Didcot and online sessions. The planned expenditure on a new location, Banbury, continued to be reallocated to providing ongoing 1:1 virtual and group support as we transitioned our way out of the pandemic response. It is envisaged that during 23/24 new drop in sessions will open with a corresponding drop in 1:1 online support, which will become targeted towards vulnerable families.

In the next financial year the element of our income provided by the Lottery grant will reduce further, with this funding source due to end on 31[st] March 2024. We are looking to build other sources of grant funding to supplement the significant level of donor income that we are fortunate to receive.

Find the full 2022/23 accounts here.

During 2022/23 a deficit of £1,474 was recorded (2021/22 deficit £642) with income and expenditure incurred being very similar for the prior year. We had budgeted for a higher deficit, but expenditure was lower than expected as the full employment model was delayed due to negotiations over contract terms. By the end of 2024, all work for OBS will be undertaken by employees of the organisation rather than being contracted to self employed freelancers.

Income for the year was £77,851 (2021/22 £74,429).

Included in this figure is £21k of Lottery grant funding and £37k of donation income. The donation income was unrestricted and we were able to use this funding to meet the running costs of our core face to face sessions and to contribute towards the management overheads of running the organisation.

Expenses during the year were £79,325 (2021/22 £75,071).

The costs of running the organisation remained broadly comparable from the prior year, with some increases in project management costs and fees and expenses. These arose from the change in using employees in the project management and

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administration roles as opposed to freelance contractors. In 2023/24 all session facilitators are expected to become employees.

A reserves policy has been agreed by the Trustees and is reviewed annually to ensure that the appropriate levels of reserves are maintained and OBS is able to continue to fund its activities without unnecessary disruption.

Donors

Unrestricted income has been generously donated by:

Two anonymous, long standing, individual donors
Matched payroll giving scheme
Regular giving by supporters through LocalGiving , Paypal and at in-person sessions

Restricted donations have been received from:

Lottery funding: £21,000
Local Giving Magic Little Grants £500
Doris Field Charitable Trust £500
OCF Cost of Living Grant £2,370
OCF Contain Grant £8,438

and all our other generous donors and supporters

Louise Ellis, ACA, OBS Treasurer

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Risk Management

The major risk to OBS, as with many other small charities, is financial. The ending of our current National Lottery funding in March 2024 provides a particular challenge. To address this, we recruited a trustee with experience in charity fundraising in 2022 and a Director.

As highlighted in the last annual report the capacity of our volunteers remains a risk to OBS, particularly as demand for the service grows. We have strengthened our volunteering policy, code of conduct and volunteer recruitment processes in an effort to mitigate some of this risk. There has been a significant turnover of trustees within the last year which also highlights the risk of lack of volunteering capacity. Our trustees are predominantly women with young children who also work professionally and it can be difficult to manage competing demands on time. Before the end of 2023 we plan to recruit for three additional trustees to help manage workloads and provide further continuity.

Safeguarding risks remain uppermost in our minds and we have updated and reviewed our safeguarding policy and procedures. These have been further strengthened by the appointment of our new Designated Safeguarding Lead, Catriana McKie and Safeguarding Trustee Dr Ashvina Segaran.

Looking Towards 2023/24

We look forward with enthusiasm to the upcoming year and the planned return to a drop-in social model to our in-person sessions. We will also finalise the move of our facilitators from contractors to employees recognising fully the vital and irreplaceable role they play in OBS.

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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner s Report Report to the Irustees Oxfordshire Breastfeeding Support 31" Marth 2023 On accounts for the year ended Charity no (If any) 1176948 Set out on pag 1to34 I reFM)rt to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above chanty (Ihe Trusf) for the y&r ended 31. March 2023 Resp¢)nslbllltlos and ba818 of roport As the thanvs trustees, yw are respmslble tr the preparation of the accwnts In aOrdan w5th the requlrements of the Charitles Act 2011 Acr). I report In respect of my examlnation of the T1,8 accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in rarrying out my examination. I have followed all the applicable DireCti¢S given by the Charity Commission under 8eclicff1145(5)(b) of th8 Act. Independent I have cixnpleted my examlnation. l (ffin that no materfal matters have oxamlnerfs statement come to my attention In CcneCtIon with the examinallon which gives me cause to believe thal in. any material respect: the accounting re¢dS were not kept in accordance with sectb)n 130 of the Charities Act: or the accounts did rK)t a(xxxd with the accjnting records; or the a¢counts did not comtAy th the applicable requirements con¢eming the ftym and ¢tent of accounts set out In the Charities {Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 Dther than any requlremont that the aC)unts give a 'true and fair, view which is not a matter considered as part of an indeFendent examinatDn. I have no ¢(cernS and have come across no other matters In connection wrth the examination to whith attentirm should be drawn in this report in order to enatde a woper understandlng of the accounts to be reached. Slgnod: Relovant professional qualfflcation($) or body (Ir any): iCfiELJ Address:

Oxfordshir8 Breastf88ding Supwt Charity No Irf an 1176948 Annual accounts for the 01.04.2022 To P8rtid slat dat• Pemd gnd dats 31.032023 Sectlon A ststement of flnanclal actlvltles Unr•strlct•d funds Prlor y•ar funth R•cornrn•nd•d ct•qorl•• by xtk¥lty funds lunds Tatsl lund• Incomlng r•¢)ur¢• INol• 31 F01 F02 F03 F04 F05 42.332 635 2.038 32.808 75,140 635 2.038 71,036 1,19S 2,198 h•r Tolal R•ourcM •xp•nd•d (Not• 6 45.043 32.808 77.851 74,429 lunde 2.993 38.092 2,993 68,062 3,200 65,789 29,970 S10 $11 5,732 46.817 2,538 32.508 8.270 79.325 6,082 75,071 Tolal S12 Net Incomellexpendttur•l b•for• Snv•slm•nt galnsllloss•s) S13 1.774 1.474 Nèt 9&in(Ss&I on Inveskn8nts S14 N•t Incom•ll•xp•ndltur•} ExtraordSnary Stems Trnnshrs bet0n fvnds Other recognSsed galnslll¢>ss•sl: $1S 1.714 1.474 642 S16 S17 S18 c1 N•t mov•m•nt th funds S1• 1.774 1.474 642 R•conclllallon olfumts.. Totsi fundk fLwa S21 45.025 43.251 1,041 1.341 46,708 46,066 Tolal funds lotw•of 44,592 OBS Accounts 2022-23 SOFA 13 Oct 2023

Section B Balance sheet

Guidance Notes Fixed assets	Guidance Notes Fixed assets	Unrestricted funds £ F01	Restricted income funds £ F02	Endowment funds £ F03	Total this year £ F04	Total last year £ F05
Intangible assets (Note 15) Tangible assets (Note 14) Heritage assets (Note 16) Investments (Note 17)	B01 B02 B03 B04	-	-	-	-	-
		-	-	-	-	-
		-	-	-	-	-
		-	-	-	-	-
Current assets Funds of the Charity Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees Stocks (Note 18) Debtors (Note 19) Investments (Note 17.4) Cash at bank and in hand (Note 24) amounts falling due within one year (Note 20) amounts falling due after one year (Note 20) Provisions for liabilities Endowment funds (Note 27) Restricted income funds Unrestricted funds Revaluation reserve *Total fixed assets* *Total current assets* *Net current assets/(liabilities)* *Total assets less current liabilities* *Total net assets or liabilities* *Total funds* Creditors: Creditors: (Note 27)	B05 B06 B07 B08 B09 B10 B11 B12 B13 B14 B15 B16 B17 B18 B19 B20 B21	-	-	-	-	-

		-	-	-	-	-
		863	-	-	863	1,235
		-	-	-	-	-
		50,466	6,781	-	57,247	62,410
		51,329	6,781	-	58,110	63,645

		8,077	5,440	-	13,517	17,579

		43,252	1,341	-	44,593	46,066

		43,252	1,341	-	44,593	46,066

		-	-	-	-	-
		-	-	-	-	-

		43,252	1,341	-	44,593	46,066

		- -	-	-	- 1,341 43,251 -	-
			1,341	- - -		1,041
		43,251	- -			45,025
		-
		43,251	1,341	-	44,592	46,066

		Signature		Print	Name	Date of approval dd/mm/yyyy
				Juliet Rayment		17/7/2023
				Louise Ellis		17/7/2023

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B Sheet

Section C Notes to the accounts

Note 1 Basis of preparation

This section should be completed by all charities

.

1.1 Basis of accounting

These accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant note(s) to these accounts.

The accounts have been prepared in accordance with:


ü	the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued on 16 July 2014 the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)
ü

and with the Charities Act 2011.

The charity constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102.*

-Tick as appropriate

1.2 Going concern

If there are material uncertainties related to events or conditions that cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, please provide the following details or state "Not applicable", if appropriate:

An explanation as to those factors that support the conclusion that the charity is a going concern;

Disclosure of any uncertainties that make the going concern assumption doubtful;

Where accounts are not prepared on a going concern basis, please disclose this fact together with the basis on which the trustees prepared the accounts and the reason why the charity is not regarded as a going concern.

The charity is holding around 7 months of expenditure in reserves, which is line with the stated reserves policy, and has grant funding and donations agreed until 23/24 so the Trustess consider the charity to be a going concern

Not applicable

1.3 Change of accounting policy

The accounts present a true and fair view and the accounting policies adopted are those outlined in note { }.

Yes ü*
No -Tick as appropriate ü
*Please disclose:*
*(i) the nature of the change in accounting policy;*
*(ii) the reasons why applying the new accounting policy*
*provides more reliable and more relevant information; and*

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(iii) the amount of the adjustment for each line affected in the current period, each prior period presented and the aggregate amount of the adjustment relating to periods before those presented, 3.44 FRS 102 SORP.

1.4 Changes to accounting estimates

No changes to accounting estimates have occurred in the reporting period (3.46 FRS 102 SORP).

Yes ü * -Tick as appropriate No ü

Please disclose:

(i) the nature of any changes; (ii) the effect of the change on income and expense or assets and liabilities for the current period; and (iii) where practicable, the effect of the change in one or more future periods.

1.5 Material prior year errors

No material prior year error have been identified in the reporting period (3.47 FRS 102 SORP).

Yes ü * -Tick as appropriate No ü Please disclose: (i) the nature of the prior period error; (ii) for each prior period presented in the accounts, the amount of the correction for each account line item affected; and (iii) the amount of the correction at the beginning of the earliest prior period presented in the accounts.

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Section C Notes to the accounts

Note 2 Accounting policies

Please complete this note when first reporting under FRS2102. Section 35 of FRS102, requires 3 reconciliations to be presented, if all are applicable.

2.1 RECONCILIATION WITH PREVIOUS GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRACTICE

Please provide a description of the nature of each change in Not applicable , no changes to accounting policies accounting policy

Reconcilation of funds per previous GAAP to funds determined under FRS 102

End of Start of period period £ £

Fund balances as previously stated Adjustments:

Fund balance as restated

Reconcilation of net income/(net expenditure) per previous GAAP to net income/(net expenditure) under FRS 102

End of £ Net income/(expenditure) as previously stated Adjustments:

Previous period net income/(expenditure) as restated

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 2 Accounting policies

2.2 INCOME

Note 2 Accounting policies 2.2 INCOME
This standard list of accounting policies has been applied by the charity except for those ticked "No" or "N/a". Where a different or additional policy has been adopted then this is detailed in the box below.	No N/a Yes
Recognition of income Offsetting Grants and donations Legacies Government grants Tax reclaims on donations and gifts Contractual income and performance related grants Donated goods Donated services and facilities Support costs Volunteer help These are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SoFA) when: the charity becomes entitled to the resources; · it is more likely than not that the trustees will receive the resources; and the monetary value can be measured with sufficient reliability. There has been no offsetting of assets and liabilities, or income and expenses, unless required or permitted by the FRS 102 SORP or FRS 102. Grants and donations are only included in the SoFA when the general income recognition criteria are met (5.10 to 5.12 FRS102 SORP). In the case of performance related grants, income must only be recognised to the extent that the charity has provided the specified goods or services as entitlement to the grant only occurs when the performance related conditions are met (5.16 FRS 102 SORP). Legacies are included in the SOFA when receipt is probable, that is, when there has been grant of probate, the executors have established that there are sufficient assets in the estate and any conditions attached to the legacy are either within the control of the charity or have been met. The charity has received government grants in the reporting period Gift Aid receivable is included in income when there is a valid declaration from the donor. Any Gift Aid amount recovered on a donation is considered to be part of that gift and is treated as an addition to the same fund as the initial donation unless the donor or the terms of the appeal have specified otherwise. This is only included in the SoFA once the charity has provided the related goods or services or met the performance related conditions. Donated goods are measured at fair value (the amount for which the asset could be exchanged) unless impractical to do so. The cost of any stock of goods donated for distribution to beneficiaries is deemed to be the fair value of those gifts at the time of their receipt and they are recognised on receipt. In the reporting period in which the stocks are distributed, they are recognised as an expense at the carrying amount of the stocks at distribution. Donated goods for resale are measured at fair value on initial recognition, which is the expected proceeds from sale less the expected costs of sale, and recognised in 'Income from other trading activities' with the corresponding stock recognised in the balance sheet. On its sale the value of stock is charged against 'Income from other trading activities' and the proceeds from sale are also recognised as 'Income from other trading activities'. Goods donated for on-going use by the charity are recognised as tangible fixed assets and included in the SoFA as incoming resources when receivable. Gifts in kind for use by the charity are included in the SoFA as income from donations when receivable. Donated services and facilities are included in the SOFA when received at the value of the gift to the charity provided the value of the gift can be measured reliably. Donated services and facilities that are consumed immediately are recognised as income with an equivalent amount recognised as an expense under the appropriate heading in the SOFA. The charity has incurred expenditure on support costs. The value of any voluntary help received is not included in the accounts but is described in the trustees’ annual report. · ·
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Section C	Notes to the accounts (cont)	Notes to the accounts (cont)	Notes to the accounts (cont)	Notes to the accounts (cont)	Notes to the accounts (cont)	Notes to the accounts (cont)
Note 3 Donations and legacies:	Analysis of income Analysis £ £ Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds Total funds Prior year
	Donations and gifts	37,332	1,000	-	38,332	36,946
	Gift Aid		-	-	-	500
	Legacies	-	-	-	-	-
	General grants provided by government/other charities	5,000	31,808	-	36,808	33,590
	Membership subscriptions and sponsorships which are in substance donations	-	-	-	-	-
	Donated goods, facilities and services	-	-	-	-	-
	Other	-	-	-	-	-
	Total	42,332	32,808	-	75,140	71,036

Charitable activities: Other trading activities: Income from investments: Separate material item of income: Other: TOTAL INCOM Other informatio		-	-	-	-	-
	Breast pump hire	635	-	-	635	1,195
		-	-	-	-	-
	Other	-	-	-	-	-
	Total	635	-	-	635	1,195

	Fundraising	2,038	-	-	2,038	1,890
	Teaching income	-	-	-	-	308
		-	-	-	-	-
	Other	-	-	-	-	-
	Total	2,038	-	-	2,038	2,198

	Interest income	38	-	-	38	-
	Dividend income	-	-	-	-	-
	Rental and leasing income	-	-	-	-	-
	Other	-	-	-	-	-
	Total	38	-	-	38	-

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	Total	-	-	-	-	-

	Conversion of endowment funds into income	-	-	-	-	-
	Gain on disposal of a tangible fixed asset held for charity's own use	-	-	-	-	-
	Gain on disposal of a programme related investment	-	-	-	-	-
	Royalties from the exploitation of intellectual property rights	-	-	-	-	-
	Other	-	-	-	-	-
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		45,043	32,808	-	77,851	74,429

All income in th provide descrip	e prior year was unrestricted except for: (please tion and amounts)	National Lottery grant £21,000 OCF Contain grant £8,438, Cost of Living Grant £2,370 , Doris Field Charitable Trust £500, Localgiving Magic Little Grants £500
	wment fund is converted into income in the , please give the reason for the conversion. me items above the following items are material: the nature, amount and any prior year amounts) N/A Anonomous donations from 2 different anonomous donors totalling £17,000
		Anonomous donations from 2 different anonomous donors totalling £17,000

Where any endowment fund is converted into income in the reporting period, please give the reason for the conversion.

N/A

Within the income items above the following items are material: (please disclose the nature, amount and any prior year amounts)

Anonomous donations from 2 different anonomous donors totalling £17,000

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 4 Analysis of receipts of government grants

Government grant 1 Government grant 2 Government grant 3 Other	Description This year Last year £ £	Description This year Last year £ £	Description This year Last year £ £
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*Please provide details of any unfulfilled* *conditions and other contingencies* *attaching to grants that have been* *recognised in income.* *Please give details of other forms of* *government assistance from which the* *charity has directly benefited.*	Total	-	-

	Not applicable

	Not applicable

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Section C Notes to the accounts	Section C Notes to the accounts	(cont)	(cont)
Note 5 Donated goods, facilities and services Seconded staff Use of property Other		This year Last year £ £
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Please provide details of the accounting policy for the recognition and valuation of donated goods, facilities and services.	Not applicable
Please provide details of any unfulfilled conditions and other contingencies attaching to resources from donated goods and services not recognised in income. Please give details of other forms of other donated goods and services not recognised in the accounts, eg contribution of unpaid volunteers.
	Not applicable

	Peer support is provided at drop in sessions by volunteers. As well as assisting in talking to families about the normal course of breastfeeding, referring to facilitators where complex issues arise , peer supporters help with ensuring appropiate session record keeping is maintained, setting up and tidying the room and making refreshments. Volunteers also orgainse fundraising events, help fill in grant applications, help attract donors and run the breast pump hire scheme. During the year some sessions were delivered virtually via Zoom and peer supporters attended group sessions to help with welcome and discussion; lead break out rooms on specific topics; and helped with support given on Facebook groups

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Note 6 Expenditure on raising funds:	Analysis of expenditure Analysis	£ £ Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds Total funds Prior year	£ £ Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds Total funds Prior year	£ £ Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds Total funds Prior year	£ £ Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds Total funds Prior year	£ £ Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds Total funds Prior year
	Incurred seeking donations	833	-	-	833	1,600
	Incurred seeking legacies	-	-	-	-	-
	Incurred seeking grants	2,160	-	-	2,160	1,600
	Operating membership schemes and social lotteries	-	-	-	-	-
	Staging fundraising events	-	-	-	-	-
	Fudraising agents	-	-	-	-	-
	Operating charity shops	-	-	-	-	-
	Operating a trading company undertaking non-charitable trading activity	-	-	-	-	-
	Advertising, marketing, direct mail and publicity	-	-	-	-	-
	Start up costs incurred in generating new source of future income	-	-	-	-	-
	Database development costs	-	-	-	-	-
	Other trading activities	-	-	-	-	-
	Investment management costs:	-	-	-	-	-
	Portfolio management costs	-	-	-	-	-
	Cost of obtaining investment advice	-	-	-	-	-
	Investment administration costs	-	-	-	-	-
	Intellectual property licencing costs	-	-	-	-	-
	Rent collection, property repairs and maintenance charges	-	-	-	-	-
Expenditure on charitable activities Separate material item of expense		-	-	-	-	-
	Total expenditure on raising funds	2,993	-	-	2,993	3,200

	Facilitator session fees	21,268	17,677	-	38,945	37,263
	Facilitator project running costs	15,294	12,293	-	27,587	26,718
	Antenatal and peer support sessions	1,530	-	-	1,530	1,808
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	Total expenditure on charitable activities	38,092	29,970	-	68,062	65,789

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Other

Insurance	102	156	-	258	258
Equipment	-	-	-	-	30
Administration	5,599	2,349	-	7,948	5,794
Volunteer expenses	-	-	-	-	-
Trustee expenses	31	33	-	64	-
Total other expenditure	5,732	2,538	-	8,270	6,082

RE	46,817	32,508	-	79,325	75,071

TOTAL EXPENDITURE

Other information:

Analysis of expenditure on charitable activities

Activity or programme	Activities undertaken directly	Grant funding of activities	Support Costs	Total this year	*Total prior* *year*
	£	£	£	£	£
Sessions	Drop ins and online support	66702	7856	74558	69761
Training	Antenatal sessions and peer support training	1360	414	1774	2110
Other
Total		68062	8270	76332	71871

Prior year expenditure on charitable activities can be analysed as follows:

Charitable activites last year were split between grant funding £65,789 and support costs £6,082

Within the expenditure items above the following items are material: (please disclose the nature, amount and any prior year amounts)

Material items of expenditure are facilitator direct session costs and project management costs £66,533 (2021/22 £63,981)

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 7 Extraordinary items

Please explain the nature of each extraordinary item occurring in the period.

Extraordinary item 1 Extraordinary item 2 Extraordinary item 3 Extraordinary item 4	Description	This year Last year £ £	This year Last year £ £
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Total extrordinary items		-	-

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Section C Notes to the accounts

Note 8 Funds received as agent

8.1 Please complete this note if the charity has agreed to administer the funds of another entity as its agent. Note: If a charity is acting as an agent, it should not recognise the income in the Statement of Financial Activities or the Balance Sheet.

		Amount received	Amount received	Amount paid out	Amount paid out	Balance held at period end	Balance held at period end
Description/name of party	Related party
	(Yes or No)	This year	Last year	This year	Last year	This year	Last year
		£	£	£	£	£	£
Not applicable
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8.2 Where a consortia or similar arrangement exists whereby 2 or more charities co-operate to achieve economies in the purchase of goods or services, please discose details of any balances outstanding between any participating members.

	Balance held at period end	Balance held at period end
	This year	Last year
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Note 9 Support Costs Please complete this note if the charity has analysed its expenses using activity categories and has support costs.

*and has support costs.*
Support cost (examples)	£ Raising funds	£ Drop in sessions/online support	£ Peer support/Antenatal	£	£ Grand total	Basis of allocation
						(Describe method)
Governance	-	-		-	-
Insurance	-	245	13	-	258	Time spent
Website and other fees	-	6,982	367	-	7,349	Time spent
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Other	-	629	34	-	663	Time spent
Total	-	7,856	414	-	8,270
*Please provide details of the accounting policy adopted* *for the apportionment of costs between activities and* *any estimation techniques used to calculate their* *apportionment.* The organisation has identified its support costs and allocated them between the 2 main activities undertaken based on an estimate of time allocated per month to the different activitiy sessions. Governance costs at present relate to time spent by Trustees on charity management. No costs are incurred for this.
			The organisation has identified its support costs and allocated them between the 2 main activities undertaken based on an estimate of time allocated per month to the different activitiy sessions. Governance costs at present relate to time spent by Trustees on charity management. No costs are incurred for this.

Please provide details of the accounting policy adopted for the apportionment of costs between activities and any estimation techniques used to calculate their apportionment.

The organisation has identified its support costs and allocated them between the 2 main activities undertaken based on an estimate of time allocated per month to the different activitiy sessions. Governance costs at present relate to time spent by Trustees on charity management. No costs are incurred for this.

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Note 10 Details of certain items of expenditure

10.1 Fees for examination of the accounts

Please provide details of the amount paid for any statutory external scrutiny of accounts and other services provided by your independent examiner. If nothing was paid please enter '0' in the appropriate box(es).

*Please provide details of the amount paid for any statutory external scrutiny of accounts* *and other services provided by your independent examiner. If nothing was paid please* *enter '0' in the appropriate box(es).*
Independent examiner’s fees Assurance services other than audit or independent examination Tax advisory fees Other fees (for example: financial advice, consultancy, accountancy services) paid to the independent examiner	This year £	Last year £
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	0	0

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Note 11 Paid employees

Please complete this note if the charity has any employees.

11.1 Staff Costs

11.1 Staff Costs
		This year		Last year
		£		£
Salaries and wages			8,303		-
Social security costs			-		-
Pension costs (defined contribution scheme)			112		-
Other employee benefits			-		-
	Total staff costs		8,415		-

Please provide details of expenditure on staff working for the charity whose contracts are with and are paid by a related party

None noted

Please give details of the number of employees whose total employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) fell within each band of £10,000 from £60,000 upwards. If there are no such transactions, please enter 'true' in the box provided.

No employees received employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) for the reporting period of more than £60,000

TRUE

Band	Number of employees
£60,000 to £69,999	None
£70,000 to £79,999	None
£80,000 to £89,999	None
£90,000 to £99,999	None
£100,000 to £109,999	None




Please provide the total amount paid to key	Total amount paid to senior management for services to charity during the
management personnel (includes trustees	year was £4,600 (2021/22 £nil)
and senior management) for their services
to the charity

11.2 Average head count in the year
The parts of the charity in which the	Fundraising		-		-
employees work	Charitable Activities			3	-
	Governance		-		-
	Other		-		-
		Total		3	-

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11.3 Ex-gratia payments to employees and others (excluding trustees) Please complete if an ex-gratia payment is made.

Please explain the nature of the payment Please state the legal authority or reason for making the payment Please state the amount of the payment (or value of any waiver of a right to an asset) 11.4 Redundancy payments Total amount of payment The nature of the payment (cash, asset etc.) The extent of redundancy funding at the balance sheet date Please state the accounting policy for any redundancy or termination payments *Please complete if any redundancy or termi*	None

	n/a

	n/a
	*nation payment is made in the period.*
	None

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 12 Defined contribution pension scheme or defined benefit scheme accounted for as a defined contribution scheme.

12.1 Please complete this note if a defined contribution pension scheme is operated.

Amount of contributions recognised in the not applicable SOFA as an expense Please explain the basis for allocating the liability and expense of defined contribution pension scheme between activities and between restricted and unrestricted funds.

12.2 Please complete this section where the charity participates in a defined benefit pension plan but is unable to ascertain its share of the underlying assets and liabilities.

Please confirm that altough the scheme is accounted for as a defined contribution plan, it is a defined benefit plan.

Please provide such information as is available about the plan's surplus or deficit and the implications, if any, for the reporting charity

12.3 Please complete this section where the charity participates in a multi-employer defined benefit pension plan that is accounted for as a defined contribution plan.

Describe the extent to which the charity can be liable to the plan for other entities' obligations under the terms and conditions of the multi-employer plan

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 13 Grantmaking

Please complete this note if the charity made any grants or donations which in aggregate form a material part of the charitable activities undertaken.

Not applicable

not applicable

13.1 Analysis of grants paid (included in cost of charitable activities)

				Grants to
		Analysis	Grants to institutions	individuals		Support costs	Total
Activity	or	project 1				£	£
Activity	or	project 2				-		-
Activity	or	project 3				-		-
Activity	or	project 4				-		-
		*Total*	-		-	-		-

Please enter “Nil” if the charity does not identify and/or allocate support costs.

13.2 Grants made to institutions

Analysis	Grants to institutions	Grants to individuals	Support costs	Total
Activity or project 1			£	£
Activity or project 2			-	-
Activity or project 3			-	-
Activity or project 4			-	-
*Total*	-	-	-	-
*Please enter “Nil” if the charity does not identify and/or allocate support costs.* 13.2 Grants made to institutions
*My charity has made grants to particular institutions that are material in the* *context of its grantmaking. Details of the institution supported, purpose of the* *grant and total paid to each institution is available on the charity's web site.*			*Yes*	*Please provide* *details of charity's* *URL.*
			No	*Provide details* *below*

Names of institution		Purpose		Total amount of grants paid £
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*Total grants to institutions in reporting period* *Other unanalysed grants* *TOTAL GRANTS PAID*				-
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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 14 Tangible fixed assets

Please complete this note if the charity has any tangible fixed assets n/a

14.1 Cost or valuation

14.1 Cost or valuation
	£ Freehold land & buildings	£ Other land & buildings	£ Plant, machinery and motor vehicles	£ Fixtures, fittings and equipment	Total £
At the beginning of the year Additions Revaluations Disposals Transfers *	-	-	-	-	-
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*Please provide a description of the events and* *circumstances that led to the recognition or reversal* *of an impairment loss.* 14.2 Depreciation and impairments *Basis* Rate 14.3 Net book value 14.4 Impairment At end of the year - - SL or RB SL or RB At beginning of the year - - Disposals - - Depreciation - - Impairment - - Transfers* - - At end of the year - - Net book value at the beginning of the year - - Net book value at the end of the year - -	-	-	-	-	-
	impairments
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14.5 Revaluation

If an accounting policy of revaluation is adopted, please provide:

the effective date of the revaluation

the name of independent valuer, if applicable

the methods applied and significant assumptions

the carrying amount that would have been recognised had the assets been carried under the cost model.

14.6 Other disclosures

(i) Please state the amount of borrowing costs, if any, capitalised in the construction of tangible fixed assets and the capitalisation rate used.

(ii) Please provide the amount of contractual commitments for the acquisition of tangible fixed assets.

(iii) Details of the existence and carrying amounts of property, plant and equipment to which the charity has restricted title or that are pledged as security for liabilities.

The "transfers" row is for movements between fixed asset categories.
** Please indicate the method of depreciation by deleting the method not applicable (SL = straight line; RB

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 15 Intangible assets Please complete this note if the charity has any intangible assets n/a

15.1 Cost or valuation

At beginning of the year Additions Disposals Revaluations Transfers *	£ Research & development	£ Patents and trademarks	£ Other	Total £
	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-
At end of the year	-	-	-	-

15.2 Amortisation and impairments

SL or RB	SL or RB	SL or RB	SL or RB

-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-
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-	-	-	-
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15.4 Accounting policy

Please disclose the accounting policy for intangible fixed assets including: Reasons for choosing amortisation rates Policies for the recognition of any capital development 15.5 Impairment Please provide a description of the events and circumstances that led to the recognition or reversal of an impairment loss. 15.6 Revaluation If an accounting policy of revaluation is adopted, please provide: the effective date of the revaluation the name of independent valuer, if applicable the methods applied the carrying amount that would have been recognised had the assets been carried under the cost model. 15.7 Other disclosures (i) If your intangible asset was acquired by way of grant, provide value on initial recognition and carrying amount of the asset. (ii) Details of the carrying amounts of any intangible assets to which the charity has restricted title or that are pledged as security for liabilities. (iii) Please provide the amount of contractual commitments for the acquisition of intangible assets. (iv) State the amount of research and development expenditure recognised as expenditure in the year. (vi) Please detail the headings in the SOFA in which a charge for amortisation of intangible assets is included. (vii) For any material intangible assets, please provide a description, its carrying amount and any remaining amortisation period.

* The "transfers" row is for movements between fixed asset categories.

** Please indicate the method of depreciation by deleting the method not applicable (SL = straight line; RB = reducing balance). Also please indicate the rate of depreciation: for straight line, what is the anticipated life of the asset (in years); for reducing balance, what is the percentage annual deduction.

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 16 Heritage assets n/a

Please complete this note if the charity has heritage assets

16.1 General disclosures for all charities holding heritage assets

(i) Explain the nature and scale of heritage assets held. (ii) Explain the policy for the acquisition, preservation, management and disposal of heritage assets.

16.2 Cost or valuation

16.2 Cost or valuation
	£ Heritage asset 1	£ Heritage asset 2	£ Heritage asset 3	£ Heritage asset 4	Total £
At beginning of the year Additions Disposals Revaluations Transfers *	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
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16.3 Depreciation and impairments *Basis* Rate 16.4 Net book value 16.5 Impairment At end of the year At beginning of the year Disposals Depreciation Impairment Transfers* At end of year Nat book value at the beginning of the year Net book value at the end of the year	-	-	-	-	-

						Straight Line ("SL") or Reducing Balance ""

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	*s and circumstances that led* *ment loss.*

Please provide a description of the events and circumstances that led to the recognition or reversal of an impairment loss.

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16.6 Revaluation

If an accounting policy of revaluation is adopted, please provide:

the effective date of the revaluation

the name of independent valuer, if applicable

qualifications of independent valuer

the methods applied and significant assumptions any significant limitations on the valuation

16.7 Analysis of heritage assets by class or group distinguishing those at cost and those at valuation

	At valuation	At cost Group	Total
	Group A	B
	£	£	£
Carrying amount at the beginning of the	-	-		-
period
Additions	-	-		-
Disposals	-	-		-
Depreciation/impairment	-	-		-
Revaluation	-	-		-
Carrying amount at the end of period	-	-		-

16.8 Heritage assets (where heritage assets are not recoignised on the balance sheet)

(i) Explain the reason why heritage assets have not been recognised on the balance sheet. (ii) Describe the significance and nature of heritage assets. (iii) Disclose information that is helpful in assessing the value of heritage assets. (iv) Explain the reason why it is not practicable to obtain a valuation of heritage assets.

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16.9 Five year summary of heritage assets transactions

	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011
	£	£	£	£	£
Purchases Donations Total additions Charge for impairment Total charge for impairment Disposals Total disposals Group A Group B Group C Other Group A Group B Group C Other Group A Group B Group C Other Group A - carrying amount Group B - carrying amount Group C Other
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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 17 Investment assets

n/a

Please complete this note if the charity has any investment assets.

17.1 Fixed assets investments (please provide for each class of investment)

	Cash & cash equivalents	Listed investments	Investment properties	Social investments	Other	Total
Carrying (fair) value at beginning of period	-	-	-	-	-	-
additions to investments during Add:	-	-	-	-	-	-
period*
disposals at carrying value Less:	-	-	-	-	-	-
Less: impairments	-	-	-	-	-	-
Add: Reversal of impairments	-	-	-	-	-	-
transfer in/(out) in the Add/(deduct):	-	-	-	-	-	-
period
net gain/(loss) on Add/(deduct):	-	-	-	-	-	-
revaluation
Carrying (fair) value at end of year	-	-	-	-	-	-
*Please specify additions resulting from acquisitions
through business combinations, if any.

Please note that Fair Value in this context is the amount for which an asset could be exchanged between knowlegable and willing parties in an arm's length transaction. For traded securities, the fair value is the value of the security quoted on the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List or equivalent. For other assets where there is no market price on a traded market, it is the trustees' or valuers' best estimate of fair value.

17.2 Please provide a breakdown of investments shown above agreeing with the balance sheet row B04 differentiating between those held at fair value and those held at cost less impairment.

Analysis of investments
	Fair value at year end	Cost less impairment
	£	£
Cash or cash equivalents	-	-
Listed investments	-	-
Investment properties	-	-
Social investments	-	-
Other investments	-	-
Total	-	-
Grand total (Fair value at year end+Cost less impairment)

17.3 If your charity holds investment properties, please complete the following note:

(i) Explain the methods and significant assumptions in determining the fair value of investment property held by the charity (ii) Name or independent valuer, if applicable, and relevant qualifications (iii) Provide details of any restrictions on the ability to realise investment property or on the remittance of income or disposal proceeds

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(iv) Explain any contractual obligations for the purchase, construction or development of investment property or for repairs, maintenance or enhancements

17.4 Please provide a breakdown of current asset investments, if applicable, agreeing with the balance sheet.

Cash or cash equivalents Listed investments Investment properties Social investments Analysis of current asset investments	This year	Last year
	£	£
	-	-
	-	-
	-	-
	-	-
	-	-
Other investments Total	-	-

17.5 Guarantees

Please provide details and amount of any guarantee made to or on behalf of a third party

Name of the entity or entities benefitting from those guarantees

Please explain how the guarantee furthers the charity's aims

17.6 Concessionary loans

*Description*	This year £	Last year £




*Total*

*Description*	This year £	Last year £



*Total*

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17.7 Additional information

Please provide information about the significance of investments to the charity's financial position or performance eg. terms and conditions of loans or the use of hedging to manage financial risk. For all investments measured at fair value, the basis for determining the value, including any assumptions applied when using a valuation technique. Where a charity has provided financial assets as a form of security, the carrying amount of the financial asset pledged as security and the terms and conditions relating to its pledge.

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 18 Stocks

n/a

Please complete this note if the charity holds any stock items

18.1 Please state the carrying amount of stock and work in progress analysed between activities.

Charitable activities: Other trading activities: Other: *Opening* *Added in period* *Expensed in period* *Impaired* *Closing* *Opening* *Added in period* *Expensed in period* *Impaired* *Closing* *Opening* *Added in period* *Expensed in period* *Impaired* *Closing*	Stock	Stock	Donated goods	Donated goods	Work in progress
	For distribution	For resale	For distribution	For resale
	£	£	£	£	£

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*Total previous year* Total this year	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
	unt of any es

18.2 Please specify the carrying amount of any stocks pledged as security for liabilities

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 19 Debtors and prepayments

Please complete this note if the charity has any debtors or prepayments.

Note 19 Debtors and prepayments *Please complete this note if the charity has any debtors* *or prepayments.*
19.1 Analysis of debtors Trade debtors Prepayments and accrued income Other debtors	This year £	Last year £
	-	-
	702.0	735.0
	161.0	500.0
Total	863.0	1,235.0

Please complete 19.2 where a material debtor is recoverable more than a year after the reporting date.

19.2 Analysis of debtors recoverable in more than 1 year (included in debtors above)

19.2 Analysis of debtors recoverable in more than 1 year (included in debtors above)
Trade debtors Prepayments and accrued income Other debtors Total	This year £	Last year £
	-	-
	-	-
	-	-
	-	-
	-	-

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 20 Creditors and accruals

Please complete this note if the charity has any creditors or accruals.

20.1 Analysis of creditors

20.1 Analysis of creditors
		Amounts falling due within		Amounts falling due after
		one	year	more than one year
		This year	Last year	This year	Last year
		£	£	£	£
Accruals for grants payable		-	-	-	-
Bank loans and overdrafts		-	-	-	-
Trade creditors		-	-	-	-
Payments received on account for contracts or
performance-related grants		-	-	-	-
Accruals and deferred income		13,517	17,579	-	-
Taxation and social security		-	-	-	-
Other creditors		-	-	-	-
	Total	13,517	17,579	-	-

20.2 Deferred income

Please complete this note if the charity has deferred income.

Please explain the reasons why income is deferred.

Donation and grant income received in March 2022 with condition that expenditure would only take place to fund activities from 2022/23 onwards was released to income during the current year

*Movement in deferred income account*		This year		Last year
		£		£
Balance at the start of the reporting period		10,000		17,513
Amounts added in current period		5,440		10,000
Amounts released to income from previous periods	-	10,000	-	17,513
Balance at the end of the reporting period		5,440		10,000

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 21 Provisions for liabilities and charges

Please complete this note if you have included in charity expenditure any provisions. A provision is made when the charity has a liability of uncertain timing or amount.

21.1 Please provide:

21.1 Please provide:
- a brief description of any obligations on the balance	*Not applicable*
sheet and the expected amount and timing of resulting
payments;
- an indication of the uncertainties about the amount or
timing of those outflows; and
- the amount of any expected reimbursement, stating the
amount of any asset that has been recognised for that
expected reimbursement.

21.2 Movements in recognised provisions and funding commitment during the period

	This year	Last year
	£	£
Balance at the start of the reporting period	-	-
Amounts added in current period	-	-
Amounts charged against the provision in the current period	-	-
Unused amounts reversed during the period	-	-
Balance at the end of the reporting period	-	-

21.3 For any funding commitment that is not recognised as a liability or provision, provide details of commitment made, the time frame of that commitment, any performance-related conditions and details of how the commitment will be funded (with contracts for capital expenditure separately identified). 21.4 Where unrestricted funds have been designated to a fund commitment, please disclose the nature of any amounts designated and the likely timing of that expenditure.

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 22 Other disclosures for debtors, creditors and other basic financial instruments

22.1 Please provide information about the significance of Not applicable financial instruments (eg. debtors, creditors, investments etc) to the charity's financial position or performance, for example, the terms and conditions of loans or the use of hedging to manage financial risk. 22.2 If the charity has provided financial assets as a form of security, the carrying amount of the financial assets pledged as security and the terms and conitions related to its pledge should be given here.

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

23.1 Contingent liabilities

Where the charity has contingent liabililities, please complete the following section unless the possibility of their existence is remote.

existence is remote.
Description of item including its legal nature. Please	Estimate of financial effect
describe any security provided in connection to the
liability.

23.2 Contingent assets

Where the charity has contingent assets, please complete the following section when their existence is probable

Description of item Estimate of financial effect

23.4 Other disclosures for contingent assets and/or liabilities Please provide the following information where practicable:

Explain any uncertainties relating to the amount or timing of settlement; and the possibilty of any reimbursement

Where it is not practical to make one or more of these disclosures, please state this fact

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 24 Cash at bank and in hand

Note 24 Cash at bank and in hand
Short term cash investments (less than 3 months maturity date) Short term deposits Cash at bank and on hand Other	This year £	Last year £
	-	-
	-	-
	57,247	62,410
	-	-
Total	57,247	62,410

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 25 Fair value of assets and liabilities n/a

25.1 Please provide details of the charity's exposure to credit risk (the risk of incurring a loss due to a debtor not paying what is owed) , liquidity risk (the risk of not being able to meet short term financial demands) and market risk (the risk that the value of an investment will fall due to changes in the market) arising from financial instruments to which the charity is exposed at the end of the reporting period and explain how the charity manages those risks.

25.2 Please give details of the amount of change in the fair value of basic financial instruments (debtors, creditors, investments (see section 11, FRS 102 SORP)) measured at fair value through the SoFA that is attributable to changes in credit risk.

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 26 Events after the end of the reporting period n/a

Please complete this note events (not requiring adjustment to the accounts) have occurred after the end of the reporting period but before the accounts are authorised which relate to conditions that arose after the end of the reporting period.

Please provide details of the nature of the event

Provide an estimate of the financial effect of the event or a statement that such an estimate cannot be made

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 27 Charity funds

27.1 Details of material funds held and movements during the CURRENT reporting period

Please give details of the movements of material individual funds in the reporting period together with a balancing figure for 'Other funds'. The 'Total funds' figure below should reconcile to 'Total funds' in the blanace sheet.

* Key: PE - permanent endowment funds; EE - expendible endowment funds; R - restricted income funds, including special trusts, of the charity; and U - unrestricted funds

27.1 Details of material funds held and movements during the CURRENT reporting period *Please give details of the movements of material individual funds in the reporting period together with a balancing figure for 'Other funds'. The 'Total funds' figure below should* *reconcile to 'Total funds' in the blanace sheet.* * Key: PE - permanent endowment funds; EE - expendible endowment funds; R - restricted income funds, including special trusts, of the charity; and U - unrestricted funds	27.1 Details of material funds held and movements during the CURRENT reporting period *Please give details of the movements of material individual funds in the reporting period together with a balancing figure for 'Other funds'. The 'Total funds' figure below should* *reconcile to 'Total funds' in the blanace sheet.* * Key: PE - permanent endowment funds; EE - expendible endowment funds; R - restricted income funds, including special trusts, of the charity; and U - unrestricted funds	27.1 Details of material funds held and movements during the CURRENT reporting period *Please give details of the movements of material individual funds in the reporting period together with a balancing figure for 'Other funds'. The 'Total funds' figure below should* *reconcile to 'Total funds' in the blanace sheet.* * Key: PE - permanent endowment funds; EE - expendible endowment funds; R - restricted income funds, including special trusts, of the charity; and U - unrestricted funds	27.1 Details of material funds held and movements during the CURRENT reporting period *Please give details of the movements of material individual funds in the reporting period together with a balancing figure for 'Other funds'. The 'Total funds' figure below should* *reconcile to 'Total funds' in the blanace sheet.* * Key: PE - permanent endowment funds; EE - expendible endowment funds; R - restricted income funds, including special trusts, of the charity; and U - unrestricted funds	27.1 Details of material funds held and movements during the CURRENT reporting period *Please give details of the movements of material individual funds in the reporting period together with a balancing figure for 'Other funds'. The 'Total funds' figure below should* *reconcile to 'Total funds' in the blanace sheet.* * Key: PE - permanent endowment funds; EE - expendible endowment funds; R - restricted income funds, including special trusts, of the charity; and U - unrestricted funds	27.1 Details of material funds held and movements during the CURRENT reporting period *Please give details of the movements of material individual funds in the reporting period together with a balancing figure for 'Other funds'. The 'Total funds' figure below should* *reconcile to 'Total funds' in the blanace sheet.* * Key: PE - permanent endowment funds; EE - expendible endowment funds; R - restricted income funds, including special trusts, of the charity; and U - unrestricted funds	27.1 Details of material funds held and movements during the CURRENT reporting period *Please give details of the movements of material individual funds in the reporting period together with a balancing figure for 'Other funds'. The 'Total funds' figure below should* *reconcile to 'Total funds' in the blanace sheet.* * Key: PE - permanent endowment funds; EE - expendible endowment funds; R - restricted income funds, including special trusts, of the charity; and U - unrestricted funds	27.1 Details of material funds held and movements during the CURRENT reporting period *Please give details of the movements of material individual funds in the reporting period together with a balancing figure for 'Other funds'. The 'Total funds' figure below should* *reconcile to 'Total funds' in the blanace sheet.* * Key: PE - permanent endowment funds; EE - expendible endowment funds; R - restricted income funds, including special trusts, of the charity; and U - unrestricted funds	27.1 Details of material funds held and movements during the CURRENT reporting period *Please give details of the movements of material individual funds in the reporting period together with a balancing figure for 'Other funds'. The 'Total funds' figure below should* *reconcile to 'Total funds' in the blanace sheet.* * Key: PE - permanent endowment funds; EE - expendible endowment funds; R - restricted income funds, including special trusts, of the charity; and U - unrestricted funds
Fund names	Type PE, EE R or UR *	Purpose and Restrictions	Fund balances brought forward £	Income £	Expenditure £	Transfers £	Gains and losses £	Fund balances carried forward £
Local Giving Magic Little Grants	R	To fund online 1:1 and group sessions	-	500	- 500	-	-	-
Lottery grant fund	R	To run extra sessions and projects as per Lottery funding bid	1,041	21,000	- 20,700	-	-	1,341
Doris Field Charitable Trust	R	To fund subscriptions	-	500	- 500	-	-	-
OCF Cost of Living Grant	R	To fund 9 months of Kidlington sessions	-	2,370	- 2,370	-	-	-
OCF Contain grant	R	To fund 6 months Donnigton sessions	-	8,438	- 8,438	-	-	-
General fund	U	unrestricted	45,025	45,043	- 46,817	-	-	43,251
			-	-	-	-	-	-
			-	-	-	-	-	-
			-	-	-	-	-	-
			-	-	-	-	-	-
*Other funds*	N/a	N/a	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total Funds			46,066	77,851	- 79,325	-	-	44,592

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 27 Charity funds (cont)

27.2 Details of material funds held and movements during the PREVIOUS reporting period

* Key: PE - permanent endowment funds; EE - expendible endowment funds; R - restricted income funds, including special trusts, of the charity; and U - unrestricted funds

Note 27 Charity funds (cont)	Note 27 Charity funds (cont)	Note 27 Charity funds (cont)	Note 27 Charity funds (cont)	Note 27 Charity funds (cont)	Note 27 Charity funds (cont)	Note 27 Charity funds (cont)	Note 27 Charity funds (cont)	Note 27 Charity funds (cont)
27.2 Details of material funds held and movements during the PREVIOUS reporting period *Please give details of the movements of material individual funds in the reporting period together with a balancing figure for 'Other funds'. The 'Total funds' figure below should* *reconcile to 'Total funds' in the blanace sheet.* * Key: PE - permanent endowment funds; EE - expendible endowment funds; R - restricted income funds, including special trusts, of the charity; and U - unrestricted funds
Fund names	Type PE, EE R or UR *	Purpose and Restrictions	Fund balances brought forward £	Income £	Expenditure £	Transfers £	Gains and losses £	Fund balances carried forward £
OCF COVID on going costs	R	Ongoing COVID expense for hybrid model	-	4,590	- 4,590	-	-	-
Lottery grant fund	R	To run extra sessions and projects as per Lottery funding bid	-	29,000	- 27,959	-	-	1,041
General fund	U	unrestricted	46,708	40,839	- 42,522	-	-	45,025
			-	-	-	-	-	-
			-	-	-	-	-	-
*Other funds*	N/a	N/a	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total Funds			46,708	74,429	- 75,071	-	-	46,066

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 27 Charity funds (cont)

Note 27 Charity funds (cont)	Note 27 Charity funds (cont)	Note 27 Charity funds (cont)
27.3 Transfers between funds not applicable
	Reason for transfer and where endowment is converted to income, legal power for its conversion	Amount
Between unrestricted and restricted funds
Between endowment and restricted funds
Between endowment and unrestricted funds

27.4 Designated funds

Planned use Purpose of the designation Amount

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 28 Transactions with trustees and related parties

If the charity has any transactions with related parties (other than the trustee expenses explained in guidance notes) details of such transactions should be provided in this note. If there are no transactions to report, please enter “True” in the box or "False" if there are transactions to report.

28.1 Trustee remuneration and benefits

None of the trustees have been paid any remuneration or received any other benefits from an employment with their charity or a related entity (True or False)

None

In the period the charity has paid trustees remuneration and benefits. Please give the amount of, and legal authority for, any remuneration or other benefits paid to a trustee by the charity or any institution or company connected with it.

			Amounts paid or benefit value	Amounts paid or benefit value	Amounts paid or benefit value
			This year			Last year
Name of trustee	Legal authority (eg order, governing document)	Remuneration	Pension contribution	Redundancy (including loss of	Other	TOTAL
				office)/ex
				gratia
		£	£		£	£





*Please give details of why remuneration or other employment*		Not applicable
*benefits were paid.*
*Where an ex gratia payment has been made to a trustee, provide*		Not applicable
*an explanation of the nature of the payment.*

28.2 Trustees' expenses

If the charity has paid trustees expenses for fulfilling their duties, details of such transactions should be provided in this note. If there are no transactions to report, please enter “True” in the box below. If there are transactions to report, please enter "False".

No trustee expenses have been incurred (True or False)

Type of expenses reimbursed		This year £	Last year £
Travel
Subsistence
Accommodation
Other (please specify): Training		63	0

	TOTAL	63	0
Please provide the number of trustees reimbursed for expenses			1
or who had expenses paid by the charity

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28.3 Transaction(s) with related parties

Please give details of any transaction undertaken by (or on behalf of) the charity in which a related party has a material interest, including where funds have been held as agent for related parties. If there are no such transactions, please enter 'true' in the box provided.

*provided.*	*provided.*	*provided.*	*provided.*	*provided.*	*provided.*
There have been no related party transactions in the reporting period (True or False)						*TRUE*

Name of the trustee or related party	Relationship to charity	Description of the transaction(s)	Amount	Balance at period end	Provision for bad debts at period end		Amounts written off during reporting period
			£	£	£		£




*In relation to the transactions above, please provide the terms* *and conditions, including any security and the nature of any* *payment (consideration) to be provided in settlement.*

For any related party, please provide details of any guarantees given or received.

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 29 Additional Disclosures

The following are significant matters which are not covered in other notes and need to be included to provide a proper understanding of the accounts. If there is insufficient room here, please add a separate sheet.

Reserves policy: OBS will review the level of reserves held, both restricted and unrestricted, at each Trustee meeting. The charity relies on donations from individuals, grants and fundraising to fund the majority of it's charitable activities. The nature of these income streams are that funds are not certain to be received and are not evenly spread throughout the year. As future income from donations is uncertain and would be affected by the wider economic conditions then holding reserves allows the charity time to plan the best way to reduce services or investigate other sources of funding. The charity has been awarded some long term grant funding, most notably £114k over 4 years from the National Lottery. This has meant that the charity feels more confident in holding a reduced level of reserves compared to the prior years and use this money to invest in the sessions that aren't funded by the grants.

The charity operates a mixture of face to face booked breastfeeding groups alongside one to one and group online support. The Trustees believe it is reasonable to hold enough reserves to enable the organisation to transition towards a larger proportion of face to face sessions compared with online operations. The charity continues to move from a self employed contractor organisation to employing staff. The Trustees believe that it is prudent to hold enough reserves to provide a buffer for any unexpected employment costs, emergency expenses and potential redundancy costs, as well as to ensure that funds are available in a timely manner to continue to maintain our level and nature of service provision.

The charity is planning on holding an increasing number of sessions a week, and in order to assist in the planning of future service levels and to enable giving notice to both service users and facilitators of any reductions in service levels because of lack of funds, the Trustees consider it reasonable to hold between 6 and 9 months of expenditure in reserve. Unrestricted reserves at the end of the year were £43k which represents about 7 months of expenditure, along with an additional £5k of deferred grant income which has been earmarked for future activities.

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OXFORDSHIRE BREASTFEEDING SUPPORT Annual Report 2022/23

Contents

Administrative Information

Registered Address

Trustees

Non-clinical Staff

Clinical Facilitators

Non-clinical Contractors (management and administration)

Introduction from the Board of Trustees

Aims and Objectives

Achievements and Performance

OBS in 2022

Bex, Service User

In-person Sessions

Anonymous Service User

Virtual 1:1 Consultations

Cordie, Service User

OBS Zoom Group

Antenatal Breastfeeding Education Sessions

Anonymous Service User

Facebook

Jozie Shirreen, Facebook Service User

OBS Volunteers

Supporting Students, Health Professionals and Research

Collaborations and Partnerships

Lisa, OBS Facilitator

Widening Access and Family Nurse Partnership

FNP Client

Fundraising

About our Service Users

Service User Profle 2022

Financial Report

Donors

Louise Ellis, ACA, OBS Treasurer

Risk Management

Looking Towards 2023/24

Section B Balance sheet

Section C Notes to the accounts

Note 1 Basis of preparation

This section should be completed by all charities

.

1.1 Basis of accounting

1.2 Going concern

1.3 Change of accounting policy

1.4 Changes to accounting estimates

Please disclose:

1.5 Material prior year errors

Note 2 Accounting policies

2.1 RECONCILIATION WITH PREVIOUS GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRACTICE

Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 2 Accounting policies

2.2 INCOME

Note 4 Analysis of receipts of government grants

Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Other

TOTAL EXPENDITURE

Other information:

Analysis of expenditure on charitable activities

Note 7 Extraordinary items

Please explain the nature of each extraordinary item occurring in the period.

Note 8 Funds received as agent

Note 9 Support Costs Please complete this note if the charity has analysed its expenses using activity categories and has support costs.

Note 10 Details of certain items of expenditure

10.1 Fees for examination of the accounts

11.1 Staff Costs

11.3 Ex-gratia payments to employees and others (excluding trustees) Please complete if an ex-gratia payment is made.

12.1 Please complete this note if a defined contribution pension scheme is operated.

Note 13 Grantmaking

Not applicable

not applicable

13.1 Analysis of grants paid (included in cost of charitable activities)

13.2 Grants made to institutions

Note 14 Tangible fixed assets

14.1 Cost or valuation

14.5 Revaluation

14.6 Other disclosures

15.1 Cost or valuation

15.2 Amortisation and impairments

15.4 Accounting policy