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2021-09-30-accounts

REPORT FOR THE TRUSTEES - YEAR ENDED 30TH SEPTEMBER 2021

Contents:

Constitution Principal Activities Review of Activities and Events Heswall Camp 2021 Summary Charity Structure Fundraising Development of our Charity

The Trustees present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 30th September 2021

Constitution

Our Charity is governed by a written constitution, approved by The Charity Commission. The charity was established in 1962 and our previous constitution was dated 15 July 2004; as part of our development the Trustees updated our governing document on 23rd March 2018. The trustees hope that this change will support the long-term objectives of the charity which are discussed more fully later in this report. The charity has an Executive Committee and Officers are elected at the Annual General meeting.

Principal Activities

The objects of our charity are ‘the support and relief of disabled children and young people through the provision of holidays, respite care and day activities’. During the period covered by this report we had planned a summer camp at Barnstondale Centre in Heswall, a camp in the South west at Barton and also an over 16’s camp. Due to difficulties in finding volunteers and an uncertain future in 2021 about which direction Covid would go, a carefully considered decision to scale back our goals was made. An over 16’s camp was considered to be beyond our capability in 2021. A great shame, but absolutely the right and responsible decision to make. Camps at Barnstondale and Barton went ahead as planned and therefore our first camp outside of the North-west has taken place. This has been a long time in the planning and is a welcome addition to our provision. It certainly appears a welcome addition in the South west, not only to our volunteers, many of whom live in that area and have supported us for many years. But also, a welcome input to the local community in the Sommerset, Bristol Bath region too.

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Review of Activities and Events

The Charity enjoyed its 60th Annual Summer Camp in the Heswall area from August 7[th] - 14th And our 1[st] Barton Camp from 20[th] to 27[th] August.

Heswall Camp

Due to covid and a cautious approach to maintaining a Covid secure group, we had only one day out of camp, to an activity centre called The Hive in Birkenhead.

As part of new procedures to reduce the chances of Covid infections prior to camp, our training was delayed until the 1[st] day of camp, this in turn does reduce the number of days in camp to 6, but vastly improved the chances of avoiding covid prior to camp.

Arrival for families was staggered and each family was given a check-in time, check-in was held outdoors to keep the family interaction a well-ventilated meeting area, as per government guidelines.

As families began to arrive, we organised Contracting exercises for the children, keeping them entertained and also sharing their elected code of conduct to achieve a fun safe week for all the children, Yellowhouse providing the Welcoming exercises.

As the afternoon progressed and all the children safely checked in, Potting shed provided a large array of pottery items to paint. Potting shed have now been providing pottery for the children at Heswall, for 5 years and is a sure-fire winner for both children and volunteers alike. It is important that our activities engage with both volunteers and Children, this ensures that everyone enjoys a great time, the behaviour of the volunteers naturally rubs off on the children too. Day one ending with cocoa and a camp fire before bedtime and diaries too. Day 2 , It’s Monday and we’re off to the Hive. The Hive is a fantastic activity centre in

Birkenhead, one of their managers, Dougie Oliver is originally one of our campers, many years ago and this provides us a fantastic link to ensure we are an inclusive charity and it also ensures that the Hive remains the same too.

Their trainers and instructors were able to provide art, drama, fitness in their gym, shadow boxing in the ring, dance therapy, sensory room, music therapy and sheer run

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around fun on the football pitch. A fantastic day which seemed a long way away from the covid world we were handling outside the doors of The Hive. The staff at The Hive were so welcoming and we look forward to a long relationship with them.

An in-camp cinema evening was cut short by many tired faces and an early bedtime with Diaries of course, began in earnest.

Tuesday: day 3 in camp was all about Liverpool Football club Foundation, their staff and volunteers, many of whom have disabilities shared their inclusive football games and many other activities that fostered inclusion of as many

children as we possibly could, other art and sensory activities are always laid on to ensure we can cater for all needs.

Tuesday evening an in-camp cinema to finish of the film from Monday ends another busy day.

Wednesday 11[th] and our theme for 2021 comes to life. Each year we have a camp theme and this year’s theme is Superheroes.

Yellowhouse return and our campers are encouraged to make stories of their inner superhero, we certainly have an imaginative group of campers and their stories have everyone entertained. A second group of campers were with Gillian Seale, a children’s book writer herself was running a session on story telling, Gillian’s stories and voice kept the campers enthralled and hooked. After lunch Yellowhouse continued their support of our programme with Art and drama sessions with the campers, dressing up as their favourite superheroes and allowing themselves to gain in confidence, to speak up and tell their own superhero stories to their friends.

After dinner camp fire and campfire songs were to be supported by a local group of Ukulele players, we were promised about 7-8 players were keen to play at a camp fire. 27 players arrived and the air was filled with fantastic music from the Ukulele group, an amazing sound and an amazing sight. Some of our helpers have been learning to play and joined in with the group. What a superb evening and a great surprise, about an hour into the music heavy rain stopped play and we were greatly thankful that we were under the canopy of a parachute. Hopefully we will see the Ukulele group again in the future.

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Thursday 12[th] and our week is beginning to accelerate, we welcome back Liverpool Football Club Foundation and also for the first time make full use of Barnstondale’s varied activities, Woodland tractor rides, Archery, Air rifle target shooting and climbing.

Barnstondale has invested well in building an Archery target range, an Air rifle target range and have cleared areas of the woodland behind their land to create

access to all the land.

Our campers enjoyed a tractor and trailer ride, that allowed all children to access the fields and see the pigs. The trailer is designed to carry and safely latch wheelchairs, ensuring that this activity was fully inclusive.

The archery, shooting and Climbing were a big hit and the Barnstondale Trained activity

instructors showed great knowledge Skill and empathy. Many of the children will have never imagined being allowed to hold a bow and arrow, or a rifle or climb a wall, but the instructors gave clear safety instructions, ensured everyone wore the correct equipment and gave clear easily followed instructions on how to complete the tasks.

These activities really brought the campers out of their comfort zones, we all smiled, laughed, encouraged, shared new experiences and everyone had a great time achieving goals that they had never imagined.

One of our campers, we were informed before camp, was a quiet and introverted young lady, not very good at socialising and didn’t have many friends. Was it the archery, the shooting, the climbing, or all of them put together? Not sure what the trigger was, but her smile during these

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activities is a great memory of camp and in post camp feedback from the family, it is obvious that this effect has continued. She wanted to go horse riding, never done it before and her mother observed socialising that she had never seen before. A new person, with new levels of confidence to talk and socialise, try new activities. One happy family, an excellent result, thank you Barnstondale. Thursday is traditionally our themed dinner and the campers are encouraged to dress up, we also dress up the dining hall with all manner of superhero comic images, followed by an evening watching superhero cartoon films, bed and diaries.

The diaries are an important part of the day, it offers a time of reflection for the campers to remember what they have achieved, for us to learn what they enjoyed, or maybe didn’t enjoy. It acts as a record for the families and allows us to discuss the next day’s activities too. Many children with Autism, ADD and ADHD need to know what a day’s programme is, they need consistency and that time spent talking about the programme offers time to share the programme and find out what they are looking forward to doing.

In a year where we may visit a zoo or safari park, there are too many animals for a large group to see all in one day, time taken to communicate with all the children, verbal and non-verbal to find out their favourite animal allows us to ensure the zoo visit is successful for all.

Friday is here and we have Flat pack music, a yearly favourite, Heather is a music therapist and Joseph is training to be a music therapist, both are opera singers. The combination of bells on ankles, floor pianos and many other instruments allowed Heather and Joseph to get the groups making their own music, followed by an operatic rendition to wow the campers. Powerful stuff, looking forward to a continuation of our relationship with Flat Pack Music Thank you Heather and Joseph for a fabulous music and cultural day.

Due to Covid we had made plans to run the Barnstondale activities again and the chance to practice the skills learned the day before, or to try an activity that they had shied away from the

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previous day, certainly gave the campers a second chance to climb the wall and other activities, further allowing the campers to test their limits.

Often our August based camp week can be a warm week, often a wet one, Wirral does seem to have its own climate and no weather app can predict that. Friday was a perfect day, perfect for cooling off with a water event. Hundreds of water balloons, buckets and water pistols all filled at the ready. Eager helpers and campers alike, all chomping at the bit to get each other wet, the flag drops

and the event begins, the campers delight in getting us all soaking and soaking their new found friends. We have taken time to protect wheelchairs, panic not; batteries and water don’t mix well.

Time to dry off and get our campers ready for the BBQ and disco, music, dancing and lighting allows the campers to let loose as the camp is drawing to a close.

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The Hive joined us and provided our DJ, face painting and lots of laughs at the disco. A huge thank you once again to Heswall Round table for their support of the BBQ and as in many previous years a very generous donation to our Charity.

As the final song ends, campers make their way to bed and some of us begin the clearing up. Saturday is fast approaching and time to send our campers home.

It has been a challenging camp, new covid procedures, new activities, mainly in-camp activities all put a strain on our volunteers and we thank everyone for their time, empathy and for the sleepless nights they have willingly shared, a privilege to volunteer with such an amazing bunch of human beings.

Saturday and Campers now gone, it is suddenly very quiet, lots of clearing up, a post camp wash up meeting for all of us to learn from camp is essential despite how tired we all are. Meeting over and a fresh pad full of notes to learn from and we all head out for a well-earned lunch, time to start planning 2022 has already begun in my head, ideas swirling and keen to get on with next year’s plans, bring on camp 2022.

2021 Ofsted were unable, due to Covid 19, to assess Heswall Disabled Children’s Holiday Fund, we continue to share our work with Ofsted.

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Heswall Disabled Children’s Holiday Fund – South West Camp 2021

The inaugural South West camp took place at Barton Camp between the 20[th] and 27[th] of August and was a huge success due to the massive efforts of the South West Camp Committee and volunteering team. Many months (and a couple of years in fact) of meeting, finding a venue, sourcing caterers and activity providers all came together in a fun-packed week for 21 children and 22 volunteers. We were incredibly pleased to begin a partnership with the Bristol Children’s Help Society (BCHS) as well, who through a donation allowed us to be able to use their residential Centre, in Barton, North Somerset free of charge. The BCHS were formed in 1884 with the purpose of supporting children in need to experience outdoor adventure and enrichment. The centre, which is purpose built for groups of young people provides accommodation for up to 101 people and uses activity rooms, a sports hall, a large amount of outdoor space and also an on-site swimming pool. We were particularly keen to be able to use the swimming pool as and when we needed it. We were also very keen to work with staff from the Bush Residential Centre in Bristol from whom two campers were coming with their care team members.

After many virtual meetings and site visits with new activity providers, the team met in person for the first time on Saturday to get to know each other and prepare for the week ahead. Introductions and training began and a full briefing of the upcoming activities followed and the helpers began to organise the dormitories with bedding and equipment. The site comprises two main dormitories the Harvey and Hardwick Centres. Children with more care needs were to be placed in the Harvey Centre which allowed supervision at night from the staff from the Bush Centre.

We had opted for the whole of the week in camp due to Covid restrictions still being in place and had a fun-packed and full time-table of activities to keep us busy and provide exciting and enjoyable activities for the children. As with Heswall our theme for the week was super heroes.

Day one

The children and families arrived in pre-arranged slots so that we could welcome the children in a phased way and maintain social distancing and complete pre-camp medicine check-ins. Once all of the children had arrived and found their dormitories we completed ‘getting to know each other’ activities and a walk around Barton Camp – we also completed contracting activities so the campers could find out as much as they could about the helpers and teams that they were going to spend the week with. After a tasty dinner the children settled in to Bingo with 'Ray Bonanza’ who provided lively entertainment with jokes and prizes galore!

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After Bingo, our first night on camp with the children who all settled well into bed, the night-shift were all set and it was time to get some rest for day two!

Day two

After a very uneventful night, we began our day with our first breakfast on camp – this year we were to provide all breakfasts on camp with our in-house catering team getting started. We told the children of our plan for the day which involved getting into the swimming pool for the first time and welcoming Adele from Launch-Pad who was going to work with us to create SuperHero costumes for the day. The children and helpers were divided into four teams and half would be making costumes and half swimming -we would swap over at break time.

After a tasty lunch provided by Kate’s kitchen, we began

our afternoon session. We had invited the University of

Bristol Chemistry outreach team who sent a scientist

to demonstrate a huge range of experiments showing us how gases and liquids behaved. We were delighted some with huge bubbles, big bangs and huge amounts of scientific knowledge.

In the evening we headed down to the barbeque area for a camp fire evening with songs, jokes and hot chocolate.

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Day three

We were very happy to welcome Adele back from launch pad to choose and paint mugs with the children for the morning. We were also visited by the Somerset Orchard Garden who brought some of their apples to press and to arrange flowers. This was mixed with more group swimming sessions to make the most of the pool and the good weather. Ray Bonanza also makes an extra visit and the children got to join in with some of their own Bingo moustaches!

Day four

We were at our half-way point of the first South West Camp and everything had run really well so far. Day four promised a day full of things to do. In the morning we welcomed Emma who ran Yoga sessions for the children alongside Adele from Launch-Pad and Sarah Wardle who helped the children to create banners, capes and comic art for the super-hero themed disco on Friday.

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After lunch we welcomed a drama group ‘Acting Out’ who ran sessions to enable the campers to fulfil all of their super hero action ideas!

In the evening, we had a calm and relaxing time watching ‘The Incredibles’, we had been very busy and needed a quiet evening with pop-corn and hot chocolate before a well-earned rest in bed.

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Day Five

Day five was set to be a very sporting themed day with an arrival scheduled from the Bristol Bears Rugby Sports Disability Team, we had met Ian earlier in the year to learn about the activities that they could provide which were based around sports therapy, games and wheelchair rugby.

Our other scheduled providers, the Bristol Blades Fencing team were unable to attend as their team had contracted Covid and we were very grateful to Ian and his team who were able to run a laser archery session for us in the afternoon as well.

We of course managed to get into the pool as well and make great use of the slide!

In the evening we settled in for a camp fire with singing songs in rounds. We were all very ready for some rest after an incredibly busy day.

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Day six

We started our last full day rearing to go. Our first activity for the day was with Bristol Beacon who were providing music workshops with the children. The children used instruments, digital synthesizers and singing to explore music and sounds related to super heroes.

After lunch we prepared our equipment, water bombs and pistols for a water themed obstacle course. This was our penultimate activity before the end of week disco!

Much water was sprayed and splashed and helpers and children got fully drenched!

The final camp activity was the disco and party, The campers and helpers donned their glad rags and dancing gear and we partied to the music from DJ LUKE!

A huge thank you

goes out to the volunteers, activity providers and committee for putting on the first South West Camp which was thoroughly enjoyed by all involved. We can wait for 2022!

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Post camp news, Heswall camp 2022, theme will be

‘Heswall camp goes wild’ and camp dates set.

Heswall camp 13[th] to 20[th ] August, South West Barton Camp 19[th] to 26[th] August 2022 Our long-standing committee member Mike Elkerton steps back, Mike will be missed and we wish he and Carol all the best, look forward to seeing you around at the BBQ.

Martin Crossley Evans, volunteered with our charity for

40years+, he was Camp leader for 20 years and as Warden of Manor Hall University of Bristol, Martin was uniquely placed to observe students at the university and carefully recruited many of our volunteers, many who still volunteer with us now.

Martin’s knowledge of the charity and support of the charity was unswerving and it was with great sadness that we said goodbye to Martin after he passed away on 18[th] October 2021.

Simon Rushworth, Simon was a member of Heswall Round table and 41 Club, great supporters of all things local community to Heswall, raising monies for the community, running the Santa sleigh for the Round table and as chairman of the Table for a number of years was ever present at Heswall camp BBQ and on many occasions handing over their generous cheques. It was a great honour for us to be invited to his memorial and it was an honour to witness and be humbled by the fantastic stories of Simon’s grit and determination, his kindness and empathy. Thank you to Liz and Heswall Round Table.

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Charity Structure

For nearly 60 years our committee has been supported by people from a wide range of backgrounds making a considerable contribution because they are from throughout the UK. Many of our trustees are also volunteers during the camp week itself, an additional role which is vital to the charity. While this may be slightly unusual to charities, we believe this provides an insight during the planning process and many people within our group are incredibly willing to help as much as they can.

Our charity structure changed on 23rd March 2018 with the constitution. Previously all committee members were also trustees, with a legal responsibility for the charity and its policies. There were also a large number of members, volunteers who qualified by having attended three or more camps. This created some difficulties in managing such a large group, reflecting the views or our members and meeting our responsibilities to have quorate meetings and manage a complex organisation. This year we have seven trustees with a maximum of twelve and we are bedding in a process of meeting quarterly to assess our policies and set the direction of the charity.

Long-term proposals reported in our 2019 Trustee Report will have highlighted an ambitious but carefully thought out 5-year plan of increasing the number of camps and helping more families. Our reports to the Trustees and committee alike carefully analysed the potential to expand using the current structure of 100% volunteer support or to consider an employee.

Charlie Bough voted in as Chairman of the Trustees and is supported by Andrew Powell as Vice Chair, Graham Baldock as Honorary Treasurer, Grant Wray Charity Secretary, Toby Maddocks Director of Safeguarding, James Phillpotts and Bernard Larkin.

While many of our trustees are also volunteers on camp and support planning our work, we are working to separate these functions at our meetings. Members do not need to be trustees to influence our work and there are many people who are members because they wish to support us through fundraising, planning our projects and researching ways to help more children in the future. These are all important contributions and being a member means they have a vote during our AGM to decide how we will work and who will benefit. When we updated our constitution, we removed the requirement to attend three camps so that now we are open to all individuals and groups who can positively influence our charity. It is hoped that parents and carers, members of the communities from which the children are invited and adults who previously attended the camp may want to support our work throughout the year. All of these will have valid contributions to make based on their life experiences and contacts and will hopefully make us a more open organisation. While the charity appreciates the diversity of our volunteers, we also recognise a great deal of fundraising and local knowledge comes from people in Wirral, Bristol and Heswall in particular. We hope that in the long term these changes

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will encourage more people to support us and develop an expanding community around the charity.

We will be contacting all volunteers and interested parties requesting if they wish to become members.

Post AGM 2021, James Phillpotts has elected to stand down as a Trustee, but remains a committed member of the charity as a committee member and volunteer at Barton camp in the South west.

A new Trustee, Veronica Clarke, recently retired as Solicitor and Secretary to the Trustees of the Archdiocese of Liverpool, has now been elected to the Board of Trustees and we continue to look for new role specific members to strengthen our board for the future.

Fundraising .

Although the Trustees continue to manage our budgets responsibly, striking a balance between value and quality wherever possible, fundraising remains challenging due to the costs of key parts of our work. Our costs for 2021 are largely back to normal, after a greatly reduced cost in 2020.

Barton camp in the South west potentially could have caused a vast increase in our costs, however the cost of Barton camp itself is supported by a Bristol charity and Barton are very keen to see a Disabled Children’s camp attend their activity centre. We have also received large donations and funding from Thatcher’s foundation. South West camp has caused quite the stir and it appears we are one of only a few providing our mix of activities and care on a week-long camp for Disabled Children, this has attracted a lot of interest from families and donors alike. Our challenge for 2022 will be volunteers.

We remain in close ties with Heswall Round Table, who continue to be a great partner and resource in our local community.

A full breakdown of our fundraising and outgoings will be clearer to see in the Treasurers Report but meeting these aims has again been made possible through an annual coffee morning in Heswall, Heswall Round Table, Halton Rocks (which has now become Rec’d), The Manor Hall Association, Tesco Bag Packing, sponsored Football events and numerous activities carried out by our volunteers and supporters such as the Wirral coastal walk.

Development of our Charity

Local support remains the bedrock of fundraising and has improved each year. The Trustees hope to encourage more Wirral and South-west based volunteers to ensure our long-term future and work within the community, but also now engaging with new volunteers and committee

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members in the South West. To that end, we have continued to engage with local media and visit schools, universities and businesses whenever the opportunity arises.

The charity continued its links with the University of Bristol and in particular the students, staff and alumni of Manor Hall. A significant number of volunteers continue to be recruited via the University with generous donations from students.

As our Charity begins to expand, a location of our training weekend and also the timing of any such events, will need to be carefully managed to ensure both venues, Heswall and South West are working in synergy.

The Trustees maintain close links with the Charity Commission, Ofsted and Wirral Safeguarding Board and Bristol council, in particular to ensure we meet our legal responsibilities. Section 4 of the Charities Act 2006 determines that we must have due regard to the Public Benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission. In recent years we have been in close contact with the Charity Commission and charity support groups and this area of our work is regularly being developed and improved upon.

Ofsted remains the main source of feedback following their inspection. We were accredited as Outstanding again in 2019 so the report is very positive but as always, we have a process and responsibility to update our Standard Operating Procedures and always seek to improve. Our volunteers and the children at camp are invited to provide their views and that information is always given consideration by the trustees and those tasked with planning camp.

The trustees believe we are ensuring the safe operation and financial support of our charity.

Taken from 2018 Trustees report ,

(Development of our charity. While the committee and trustees are many and varied, the amount of work now involved in organising a camp means that the committee are at the limit of their ability to complete the work required. The level of work required by Ofsted and the management of greater budgets in accordance with Charity Commission standards is much higher than a small local charity arranging a single week each year. In order to produce the camp, we have there are many hours of work recruiting volunteers, talking to the children, their parents/carers, arranging the programme and marketing and fundraising. In recent years we have talked to the membership about becoming a CIO and our constitution has been ratified which we hope allows us to work more efficiently and achieve greater goals. Since our last AGM a subcommittee has been formed to investigate what expansion looks like and how it can be achieved. Their main questions were:

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The trustees have developed and approved a 5-year plan which included the opinions of our committee and members. This is a living document to guide us and show funders and other external supporters what we hope to achieve and to an extent how, although a living document appreciates that resources may influence our decisions in the future.

The subcommittee took care to evaluate benefits and risks for each model of expansion. In due course, a report was prepared and both committee members and trustees voted to accept the recommendation that if we are to expand then we would need an employee. Since that agreement we have continued to fund raise and plan for our 2020 Heswall Camp as normal. We want to expand and help more children and families but not at the expense and risk of our original and core camp.)

A summary of 2021

2021 has been a challenging, but incredibly rewarding year, planning always kept an eye on Government guidelines and what schools were doing about Covid 19 testing and isolating. A great deal of Trustee time and Committee planning was taken to ensure we had a safe and deliverable camp, ‘what if’ scenarios discussed and new procedures put in place to ensure Covid safety. Many volunteers were still isolating and as responsible Trustees we needed to see all volunteers were vaccinated to protect ourselves and the vulnerable Children we care for. Many volunteers have found new jobs during covid and struggle to take leave, we continue to work hard to find new sources of volunteers and welcome back volunteers who are able to continue to support us year on year.

We want all our volunteers to be proud of what we currently achieve, but also of what we all could achieve in the future. Our original 5-year plan, as a live document has already been updated and of course delayed by one year. We have also begun a process of having a reserve policy, to ensure sound fundraising and funding of future projects, plus our responsibility to our new employee.

In retrospect taking on a new employee as a pandemic rolled in could have appeared to be a danger, warning signs flashing. But this was a long-term plan, something we had planned for, for a number of years and we took the responsibility very seriously. So, we had mitigated for the concerns raised and looking back we may not have survived without an employee who was able to keep our charity in the spotlight, keep fundraising, organise activities, maintain social media, talk to families and much more. Many charities have closed doors or struggle to come out of their dormant state post covid 19; however, it is fantastic as Chairman of Heswall Disabled to write this report in the knowledge that not only are we financially sound, but we are expanding, making reasoned decisions about our future and looking for new Trustees to build our future.

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Thank you to everyone and welcome to all our new campers and volunteers at our South west camp at Barton.

A copy of the new document will be attached On behalf of the Trustees Capt. Charlie Bough Chairman

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Total funds brought forward
Net movement in funds
Net incoming/(outgoing) resources before
transfers
Gains and losses on investment assets
Gains and losses on revaluation of fixed assets
for the charity’s own use
Other recognised gains/(losses)
Net incoming/(outgoing) resources before
other recognised gains/(losses)
Gross transfers between funds
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
income
funds
Endowment
funds
Total this
year
Total last
year
£
£
£
£
£
F01
F02
F03
F04
F05
- - - - -
43,375 - - 43,375 48,184
3,212 - - 3,212 371
10 - - 10 135
10,790 - - 10,790 9,214
- - - - -
57,387 - - 57,387 57,904
- - - - -
- - - - 1,038
1,333 - - 1,333 320
- - - - -
45,994 - - 45,994 6,628
344 - - 344 326
25,806 - - 25,806 14,727
73,477 - - 73,477 23,039
16,090
-
- - 16,090
-
34,865
20,229 (20,229) - - -
4,139 (20,229) - 16,090
-
34,865
- - - - -
- - - - -
4,139 (20,229) - (16,090) 34,865
- - - 143,675 108,810
4,139 (20,229) - 127,585 143,675

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Section B Balance sheet Section B Balance sheet Section B Balance sheet
Fixed assets
Tangible assets (Note 9)
Investments (Note 10)
Total fixed assets
Current assets
Stock and work in progress
Debtors (Note 11)
(Short term) investments
Cash at bank and in hand
Total current assets
Creditors: amounts falling due within
one year (Note 12)
Net current assets/(liabilities)
Total assets less current liabilities
Creditors: amounts falling due after
one year (Note 12)
Provisions for liabilities and charges
Net assets
Funds of the Charity
Unrestricted funds
Restricted income funds (Note 13)
Endowment funds(Note 13)
Total funds
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all
the trustees
Note
B01
B02
B03
B04
B05
B06
B07
B08
B09
B10
B11
B12
B13
B14
B15
B16
B17
B18
B19
B20
Unrestricted
funds
£
F01

Restricted
income
funds
£
F02
Endowment
funds
£
F03
Total this
year
Total last
year
£
£
F04
F05
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
350 - - 350 1,466
8,829 - - 8,829 8,666
- - - - -
119,436 - - 119,436 134,258
128,615 - - 128,615 144,390
- - - - 1,515
128,615 - - 128,615 142,875
128,615 - - 128,615 142,875
- - - - -
- - - - -
128,615 - - 128,615 142,875
128,915 128,915 122,646
- - -
- - 20,229
- - -
128,915 - - 128,915 142,875
Signature Date of
approval
Print Name
CH Bough 27.07.22
C G Baldock 27.07.22

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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 on the basis of historic cost (except that investments are shown at market value) in accordance with:

or Financial Reporting Standards for Smaller Enterprises (FRSSE);

Give details in this box if a different standard has been followed.

** - If no departures from the chosen standards have been made then delete these words; otherwise give details of any changes in the boxes.

1.2 Change in basis of accounting

There has been no change to the accounting policies (valuation rules and methods of accounting) since last year.

Give details in this box of any material changes that have been made.

1.3 Changes to previous accounts

No changes have been made to accounts for previous years (§§ except for the following).

Restricted Funds of £9,933 transferred to Unresticted Funds as entered incorrectly in year ended 30 September 2020

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 2 Accounting policies

This standard list of accounting policies has been applied by the charity except for those deleted. Where a different or additional policy has been adopted then this is detailed in the box below. INCOMING RESOURCES

Recognition of incoming These are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SoFA) when:
resources • the charity becomes entitled to the resources;
• the trustees are virtually certain they will receive the resources; and
• the monetary value can be measured with sufficient reliability.
Incoming resources with Where incoming resources have related expenditure (as with fundraising or contract income)
related expenditure the incoming resources and related expenditure are reported gross in the SoFA.
Grants and donations Grants and donations are only included in the SoFA when the charity has unconditional
entitlement to the resources.
Tax reclaims on donations Incoming resources from tax reclaims are included in the SoFA at the same time as the gift to
and gifts which they relate.
Contractual income and This is only included in the SoFA once the related goods or services have been delivered.
performance related grants
Gifts in kind Gifts in kind are accounted for at a reasonable estimate of their value to the charity or the
amount actually realised.
Gifts in kind for sale or distribution are included in the accounts as gifts only when sold or
distributed by the charity.
Gifts in kind for use by the charity are included in the SoFA as incoming resources when
receivable.
Donated services and These are only included in incoming resources (with an equivalent amount in resources
facilities expended) where the benefit to the charity is reasonably quantifiable, measurable and
material_._The value placed on these resources is the estimated value to the charity of the
service or facility received.
Volunteer help The value of any voluntary help received is not included in the accounts but is described in the
trustees’ annual report.
Investment income This is included in the accounts when receivable.
Investment gains and losses This includes any gain or loss on the sale of investments and any gain or loss resulting from
revaluing investments to market value at the end of the year.

EXPENDITURE AND LIABILITIES Liability recognition Liabilities are recognised as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to pay out resources. Governance costs Include costs of the preparation and examination of statutory accounts, the costs of trustee meetings and cost of any legal advice to trustees on governance or constitutional matters. Grants with performance Where the charity gives a grant with conditions for its payment being a specific level of service conditions or output to be provided, such grants are only recognised in the SoFA once the recipient of the grant has provided the specified service or output. Grants payable without These are only recognised in the accounts when a commitment has been made and there are performance conditions no conditions to be met relating to the grant which remain in the control of the charity. Support Costs Support costs include central functions and have been allocated to activity cost categories on a basis consistent with the use of resources, eg allocating property costs by floor areas, or per capita, staff costs by the time spent and other costs by their usage.

ASSETS

Tangible fixed assets for use These are capitalised if they can be used for more than one year, and cost at least £500. by charity They are valued at cost or a reasonable value on receipt. Investments Investments quoted on a recognised stock exchange are valued at market value at the year end. Other investment assets are included at trustees' best estimate of market value. Stocks and work in progress These are valued at the lower of cost or market value.

POLICIES ADOPTED ADDITIONAL TO OR DIFFERENT FROM THOSE ABOVE

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 3 Analysis of incoming resources

Incoming resources may be further analysed if this would help the reader of the accounts.

Activities for generating funds
Investment income
Incoming resources from
charitable activities
Voluntary income
This year
Last year
£
£
Analysis
This year
Last year
£
£
Analysis
This year
Last year
£
£
Analysis
Donations 38,213 33,787
Gift Aid 162 4,464
National Lottery Grant - 9,933

Gift in memmory
5,000 -
- -
Total 43,375 48,184
Christmas card sales 115 -
Raffle 3,097 -
Christmas card stock write down - -
- -
- -
Total 3,212 -
Bank interest 10 135
- -
- -
- -
- -
Total 10 135
Parkgate Players Panto 230 3,062
Our Lady & St John's Sale - 1,144

Other
10,560 5,008
- -
Total - -
10,790 9,214

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 4 Analysis of resources expended Resources expended may be further analysed if this would help the reader of the accounts.

Governance costs
Charitable activities
Fundraising trading
costs
Investment
management costs
Costs of generating
voluntary income
This year
Last year
£
£
Analysis
This year
Last year
£
£
Analysis
This year
Last year
£
£
Analysis
Incurred seekingGrants - 650
Promotional & printing - 388
Total - 1,038
Christmas cards 100 -
Raffle prizes and expenses 367 -

Christmas card stock write down
866 -
Total 1,333 -
- -
Total - -
Storage 474 444
Camp costs 43,626 6,168

Training costs
47 16

Book Club
1,847 -
Total 45,994 6,628
DBS fees 128 14
Subscriptions 216 312
Total 344 326

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 5 Support Costs

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

support costs.
Support cost type Fundraising activity
£
Charitable Activity
£
Governance Activity
£
Total Cost
£
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
Total - - - -

Note 6 Details of certain items of expenditure

6.1 Trustee expenses

Please provide details of the amount of any payment or reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses made to trustees or to third parties for expenses incurred by trustees. If no expenses were paid, please enter ‘None’ in the appropriate box(es).

Total amount paid
Number of trustees who were paid expenses
Nature of the expenses
This year Last year
None None
£ £

6.2 Fees for examination or audit 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 or auditor. If nothing was paid please enter NONE in the appropriate box(es).

appropriate box(es).
Independent examiner’s or auditors' fees for reporting on the
accounts

Other fees (for example: advice, consultancy, accountancy
services) paid to the independent examiner or auditor
This year
£
Last year
£
None None
None None

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 7 Paid employees Please complete this note if the charity has any employees.

7.1 Staff Costs

Fundraising
Charitable Activities
Governance
Other
Total
Gross wages, salaries and benefits in kind
The parts of the charity in which the
employees work
7.2 Average number of full-time equivalent employees in the year
Employer’s National Insurance costs
Pension costs
Total staff costs
Fundraising
Charitable Activities
Governance
Other
Total
Gross wages, salaries and benefits in kind
The parts of the charity in which the
employees work
7.2 Average number of full-time equivalent employees in the year
Employer’s National Insurance costs
Pension costs
Total staff costs
This year
£
Last year
£
24,350 14,000
- -
543 325
24,893 14,325
nt employees in the year This year
Number
Last year
Number
Fundraising - -
Charitable Activities - -
Governance - -
Other 1 1
**Total ** 1 1

7.3 Defined contribution pension scheme

Please complete if a defined contribution pension scheme is operated. Brief details of the scheme

The costs of the scheme to the charity for the year The amount of any contributions outstanding at the year end The amount of any contributions prepaid at the year end

This year Last year
£ £

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 8 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.

8.1 Total value of grants

part of the charitable activities undertaken.
8.1 Total value of grants
Purpose for which grants made Grants to
institutions
Total amount £
Grants to
individuals
Total amount £
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
Total - -

8.1 Grantmaking costs

If the charity’s accounts are prepared on the “activity basis” please give details of any support cost associated with grantmaking. Please enter “Nil” if the charity does not identify and/or allocate support costs.

Support costs of grantmaking

£

8.3 Grants made to institutions

If the charity has made grants to particular institutions that are material in the context of its grantmaking please give details of the institution supported, purpose of the grant and total paid to each institution listed. Sufficient information should be given to provide a reasonable understanding of the range of institutions supported.

institutions supported.
Names of institutions Purpose Total amount of
grants paid £
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Total grants to institutions -

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 9 Tangible fixed assets Please complete this note if the charity has any tangible fixed assets

9.1 Cost or valuation

Freehold land
& buildings
Other land &
buildings
Plant,
machinery and
motor
vehicles
Fixtures,
fittings and
equipment
Payments on
account and
assets under
construction
Total
£
£
£
£
£
£
Balance brought
forward
- - - - - -
Additions
- - - - - -
Revaluations
- - - - - -
Disposals
- - - - - -
Transfers
- - - - - -
Balance carried
forward
- - - - - -
Basis*
SL or RB
SL or RB
SL or RB
SL or RB
SL or RB
Rate
Balance brought
forward
- - - - - -
Depreciation charge
for year
- - - - - -
Impairment provisions - - - - - -
Revaluations
- - - - - -
Disposals
- - - - - -
Transfers
- - - - - -
Balance carried
forward
- - - - - -
Brought forward
- - - - - -
Carried forward
- - - - - -
9.3 Net book value
9.2 Accumulated depreciation and impairment provisions*
Freehold land
& buildings
£
Other land &
buildings
£
Plant,
machinery and
motor
vehicles
£

Fixtures,
fittings and
equipment
£
Payments on
account and
assets under
construction
£
Total
£
- - - - - -
- - - - - -
- - - - - -
- - - - - -
- - - - - -
- - - - - -
- - - - - -
- - - - - -
- - - - - -
- - - - - -
- - - - - -
- - - - - -
- - - - - -
- - - - - -
- - - - - -

9.4 Revaluation If any fixed assets have been revalued please give details of the valuer and method of valuation

* 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 10 Investment assets

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

10.1 Fixed assets investments

Carrying (market) value at end of year
Add:additions to investments at cost
Less:disposals at carrying value
Add/(deduct):net gain/(loss) on revaluation
Carrying (market) value at beginning of year
£
-
-
-
-
-

Please provide below:

10.2 A breakdown of the market values of investments shown above agreeing with the balance sheet row B03.

10.3 A breakdown of the income from investments agreeing with SOFA row S03.

Other investments
Total
Investment properties
Securities not listed on a recognised Stock Exchange
Cash held as part of the investment portfolio
Investments listed on a recognised stock exchange or held in common
investment funds, open ended investment companies, unit trusts or other
collective investment schemes
Investments in subsidiary or connected undertakings and companies
Analysis of investments
10.2
Market value at
year end
£
10.3
Income from
investments for
the year
£
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -

10.4 Material investment holdings

If any single investment is material in terms of its value (for example represents more than 5 per cent of the value of the charity’s total investments) please provide details.

Investment held

Market Value

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 11 Debtors and prepayments

Analysis of debtors
Trade debtors
Amounts due from subsidiary and associated
undertakings
Other debtors
Prepayments and accrued income
Total
326 326 326 326
Amounts falling due
within oneyear
Amounts falling due after
more than oneyear
This year
£
Last year
£
This year
£
Last year
£
- - - -
- - - -
8,829
8,666
- -
- - - -
8,829
8,666
- -

Note 12 Creditors and accruals

Please complete this note if the charity has any creditors or accruals. 12.1 Analysis of creditors


Loans and overdrafts
Trade creditors
Amounts due to subsidiary and associated
undertakings
Other creditors
Accruals and deferred income
Total
Amounts falling due
within oneyear
Amounts falling due
within oneyear
Amounts falling due after
more than oneyear
Amounts falling due after
more than oneyear
This year
£
Last year
£
This year
£
Last year
£
- - - -
1,830 1,515 - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
1,830 1,515 - -

12.2 Security over assets

If any loan, overdraft or other creditor holds a charge or other security over any assets of the charity please provide details.

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 13 Endowment and restricted income funds

Please complete this section if the charity has any endowment or restricted income funds.

13.1 Funds held

Please give a brief description of any of the following type of funds held by the charity:

Fund Name
Type PE, EE
or R
Purpose and Restrictions
Fund Name
Type PE, EE
or R
Purpose and Restrictions
Fund Name
Type PE, EE
or R
Purpose and Restrictions
Heswall Camp R Residential holidays for children up to age 16 years

13.2 Movements of major funds

Please give details of the movements of the major funds summarised in the restricted and endowment columns of the Statement of Financial Activities.

Fund names Fund
balances
brought
forward
£
Incoming
resources
£
Outgoing
resources
£
Transfers
£
Gains and
losses
£
Fund
balances
carried
forward
£
Heswall Camp 20,229 - - (20,229) - -
- - - - - -
- - - - - -
- - - - - -
- - - - - -
- - - - - -
Total Funds 20,229 - - (20,229) - -

13.3 Transfers between funds

Please give details of any transfers between funds.

From Fund(Name) To Fund(Name) Reason Amount
Heswall Camp Unrestricted Funds Used to cover part of costs of 2021 Camp 20,229

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 14 Transactions with related parties

If the charity has any transactions with related parties (other than the trustee expenses explained in note 6) details of such transactions should be provided in this note. If there are no transactions to report, please enter “None” in the relevant boxes.

14.1 Remuneration and benefits

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

Name of trustee or connected party Legal authority (eg order,
governing document)
Amounts paid or benefit value Amounts paid or benefit value
This year
£
Last year
£
None None

14.2 Loans

Please give details of and amounts owing to or from the charity’s trustees or other related parties by the charity at the year end.

Due to trustees and
related parties
Due from trustees
and related parties
Name of trustee or
connected party
Legal authority Amount owing Amount owing
This year
£
Last year
£

14.3 Other transaction(s) with trustees or related parties

Please give details of any transaction undertaken by (or on behalf of) the charity in which a trustee or related party has a material interest.

Name of the trustee
or related party
Relationship to
charity
Description of the
transaction(s)
This year
£
Last year
£

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 15 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.

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Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ Charity Name HESWALL DISABLED CHILDREN’S HOLIDAY FUND members of On accounts for the year Charity no ended 30 SEPTEMBER 2021 (if any) 1177670 Set out on pages 1 - 15 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 30 / 09 /2021.

Responsibilities and As the charity trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the basis of report accounts in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner's statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention. in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect,:

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Signed: Date: Name: Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:

October 2018

1

IER

Section B Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).

Give here details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .

October 2018

2

IER