Trustees’ Annual Report For the year ended 31-12-24 Registered charity number 1178030 ## **Objectives and Activities** The objective of the charity as set out in the governing document is the preservation and protection of good health of newborn babies in particular but not exclusively by the provision of grants to fund research and education into the causes of neonatal death. The charity was formed on 19 April 2018 following the preventable death of baby Kit Tarka when he was just 13 days old. The charity has now passed its awareness work to two larger charities and only continues to incur expenses for hosting the website and accountancy software. ## **Public benefit** All of the charity’s purposes and activities are for the public benefit. The trustees confirm that they have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the Trust’s aims and objectives and planning future activities. ## **Achievements and performance** At the end of 2022 Founder and CEO Sarah de Malplaquet stepped down for personal reasons and, as no suitable replacement CEO was found, the decision to wind down the charity was made. We are delighted that the work of the charity is now being continued by larger charities The Lullaby Trust who are concentrating on infection prevention and Bliss who are hosting an information page on neonatal herpes. During the year, the remaining stock of awareness materials and merchandise continued to be sent out. This ceased at the end of the year. ## **Financial review** Reporting is now done on a cash basis as the amounts are minimal. Comparatives here are shown on a cash basis rather than the accruals basis as reported in the 2023 accounts. During the period, income was £260 (2023: £1,928) and expenditure was £1,403 (2023: £18,892), leaving a £1,143 deficit (2023: £16,964 deficit). Cash at the period end was £3,776 (2023: £4,919). These funds will be used to allow the website to stay running. ## **Structure, Governance and Management** Kit Tarka Foundation is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation and operates under a constitution dated 19 April 2018. It became a registered charity in England and Wales on 20 April 2018. The members of the CIO are solely the trustees and all trustees are members. ## **Post balance-sheet events** The charity continued to send out awareness materials, using up existing stock, during 2024 but this ceased at the end of the year. Now the charity operates solely to host the website. ## **LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS** ## **Trustees** James de Malplaquet (Chair) Sarah de Malplaquet ## **Registered charity number** 1178030 ## **Registered office** Loxdale Centre Locks Hill Portslade Brighton BN41 2LA ## **Chief Executive** Sarah de Malplaquet ## **Bankers** Metro Bank PLC 82 North Street Brighton East Sussex BN1 1ZA **----- Start of picture text -----**
Kit Tarka Foundation 1178030
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period 01/01/2024 31/12/2024
To
from
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Corporate partnerships 60 - - 60 286
Donations received 170 - - 170 778
Merchandise sales 30 - - 30 184
Fundraising events - - - - 160
Interest income - - - - 6
Gift aid on donations - - - - 14
Sale of fixed assets - - - - 500
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Sub total (Gross income for
AR) [ 260 ] - - 260 1,928
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
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Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 260 - - 260 1,928
A3 Payments
Awareness materials - distribution 95 - - 95 97
Donation processing fees 1 - - 1 2
Sales processing fees 2 - - 2 11
Fundraising event costs - - - - 26
Grants awarded - - - - 18,000
Accountancy fees incl software 479 - - 479 403
Bank fees 125 - - 125 245
Depreciation - - - - -
Salaries - - - - - 1,204
Staff & volunteer expenses - - - - 178
IT software & consumables 701 - - 701 1,134
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Sub total [ 1,403 ] - - 1,403 18,892
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
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Sub total [ - ] - - - -
Total payments 1,403 - - 1,403 18,892
Net of receipts/(payments) - 1,143 - - - 1,143 - 16,964
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 4,919 - - 4,919 21,883
Cash funds this year end 3,776 - - 3,776 4,919
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 15/10/2025 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Cash at bank
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**3,776**
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**3,776**
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OK
OK
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**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
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**-**
**-**
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**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
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**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
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**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
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Sarah de Malplaquet|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
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**funds**
**to nearest £**
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**Current value**
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