Little treasures 1178397
Report and financial statements
Income and expenditure 31/12/2022-31/12/2023
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Contents
Legal and administrative information Report of the management committee Income and expenditure sheet Independent examiners report
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Legal and administrative information
The board of trustees
Michelle Abbs Clair black John Scullion Claire Dinsley Tara Mitchell Laura Younger- Resigned- April/2023 Jean Forster- Resigned – June/2023
Registered address
Independent examiner
39 Derwent Road Ferryhill Co. Durham Dl178hf Lyndsay Agar 21 Curlew way Ferryhill Co. Durham DL178BU
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Trustee annual report
The trustees present their report and the financial statements of the charity Little Treasures for the year ending 31 December 2023.
Structure, Governance and Management
Little Treasures is a registered charity with the charity commissions England and Wales since 18 May 2018, registered charity number 1178397. Little Treasures is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO).
Objectives and activities
The objective of the CIO is for public benefit:
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Relieve the needs of children and young autistic people and their parents, carers and siblings by providing facilities for play and recreation in the interests of social welfare, in a safe secure environment and by providing support and practical advice to parents and carers.
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The promotion of social inclusion among parents and carers of autistic children who are socially excluded from society, or parts of society, as a result of their child’s condition by providing advice, guidance and general support and recreational facilities in the interest of social welfare with the objective of improving their conditions of life.
Public benefit statement
The Trustees have complied with their duty to have due regard to the guidance on public benefit as published by the Charity Commission for England and Wales. In setting our objectives and planning activities, our Trustees have given consideration to the public benefit and in particular to the relief of the needs of young autistic people and their families.
The team
All volunteers and trustees also live and work in the areas that we provide support. Little treasures are made up of dedicated parents and carers, who are all passionate trustees and volunteers.
All trustees and volunteers are either autistic themselves, parents of autistic people or extended family of autistic people. All trustees and volunteers have first hand lived experience of raising a young person who is autistic or living as an autistic person themselves.
Mission
Our mission is to provide a safe, non-judgmental environment, that’s inclusive and accessible for families of autistic children. In the hope that this allows them opportunities that they may not have had and allows them to enjoy family time together without judgment. We also support whole families, parents, carers and any extended family members by providing family friendly activities that are inclusive to everyone.
How we achieve this:
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Conducting online surveys to our families and speaking to them in person to find out what they would like to do.
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Providing a wide range of groups and activities that can cater for all ages and abilities.
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Offering activities and groups that are at a subsided rate or free.
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Signpost families to other safe and supportive organisations so they can receive additional support.
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Minimise our criteria restrictions, removing age and postcode barriers, where funding is specific for areas, we will utilise other funding making sure that families who aren’t in the bracket can still attend and get support.
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Continue to offer peer support groups for all ages and abilities.
Achievements and performance
Little Treasures is a charity supporting autistic adults, children and their families across the North East. We have been providing safe non-judgmental environments all through the year with our peer support groups. We understand the challenges that families face accessing mainstream activities and support groups in the community. We currently hold eight sensory sessions, five parent support groups, three pre-teen groups, two cookery sessions, one bouncy castle session, one youth group, one chess club and two groups for autistic adults aged eighteen plus on a monthly basis called AUTIE MATES. Throughout the year we hold activities within the groups, this year we’ve done train master, donkey therapy, animal petting, Mother’s Day afternoon tea where our youth group made a buffet for their parent/carers, slime workshops, crazy creatures, mini science, animal creatures, pottery painting, magic shows, sand art therapy, pizza and film nights, and the bubble man. Our adult group AUTIE MATES have done stone painting, Halloween arts and crafts, Lego build competition, sand art therapy and sea glass collecting.
We also hold inclusive Christmas parties for groups, we offer an inclusive visit with Santa, a special gift for all children, a buffett and an activity. This year we had a Christmas disco, circus, arts and crafts. For our adult support group AUTIE MATES, we took a group of 15 to Bowburn hall for a 4-course meal and Christmas party.
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We also hold social inclusion activities, as parents/carers ourselves we understand the challenges of accessing mainstream activities. This year we’ve supported just short of 2,000 people with our social activities alone. We’ve had pool parties, gone to the northern lights Newcastle, robin hood pantomime, beauty and the beast pantomime, sleeping beauty pantomime, took a coach to York Christmas market, took a coach to stockeld park, took our youth group to the Halloween night at beamish, canoeing with a BBQ, paddle boarding, bowling, quad biking, Holmside park, Whitley Bay, rifle shooting, axe throwing, Tweddle farm twice, milkshake, breakfast with Santa and donkey petting. Our adult group also went to a comic con.
We have also held three fundays throughout the year, organised a fundraising night, done a sponsored walk to Roseberry topping, fed thirty-three families with food hampers,
We have also just got the go a head to set up another two groups in Chester le street and Ushaw moor which will be pre-teen groups for young people aged 8-13
Little treasures 1178397
| INCOME | £ | EXPENDATURE | £ |
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| Restricted funding | £38,592.00 | Cost of all activities | £22,180.66 |
| Cashpayments | £21,584.87 | All equipment | £8,856.18 |
| Unrestricted funding | £4,580.00 | All room hire | £6,248.50 |
| PayPal | £2,612.48 | All expenses | £5,525.65 |
| Facebook donations | £826.20 | Familysupport fund | £301 |
| Amazon smile | £550.48 | All refunds | £183.00 |
| Justgiving | £19.22 | ||
| TOTAL | £68,765.25 | £43,294.99 |
| OPENING BALANCE BROUGHT FORWARD FROM31/12/2022. + INCOME FROM 01/01/2023 – 31/12/2023 |
£4,212.72 + £68,765.25 = £72,977.97 |
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| INCOME FROM 01/01/2023 – 31/12/2023 - EXPENDATURE FROM 01/01/2023 – 31/12/2023 |
£72,977.97 - £43,294.26 = £29,683.71 |
| BALANCE CARRIED FORWARD TO 01/01/2024 |
£29,683.71 |
The charity is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) and the liability of trustees is limited. Accounting Policies
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Basis of Preparation
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with 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) and the Charities Act 2011. These financial statements are prepared in Sterling which is the functional currency of the charity. Monetary amounts are rounded to the nearest £1.
Fund accounting – Unrestricted and restricted funds
Unrestricted funds are donations and other income received or generated for the objects of the charity without further specified purpose and are available as general funds. Restricted funds are given for a specific and further details are provided in the notes below. Cash payments are unrestricted funds which are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance proof the general objectives of the charity.
I Lyndsay Agar have reviewed and verified the accounts for the charity Little Treasures 1178397 for the year ending 31/12/2022- 31/12/2023.
I can verify to the best of my ability that no material matters have come to my attention and the accounts are all correct and complete.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn.
Lyndsay agar 21 Curlew way Ferryhill Co. Durham DL178BU Tel; 07707912644 Dated: 14/01/2024
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