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|Trustees'<br>Annual<br>Report||INSERT|
|Receipts and Payments<br>Account|||
|Statement ofAssets and Liabilities||15|
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|Registered|Charity|Name|Finding<br>Rainbows|Finding<br>Rainbows|Finding<br>Rainbows|
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|Charity Number|||1180293|||
|Registered|ONce||9Fletcher Street|||
||||Ashton<br>Under||Lyne|
||||Manchester|||
||||OL6 6BY|||
|Trustees|||Jade Baker|||
||||Lee Cook|||
||||Gareth<br>Paul|||
||||Tracy Booth|||
|Bankers|||Natwest<br>Bank|||
||||Warrington|Street||
||||Ashton<br>Under||Lyne|
||||Manchester|||
||||OL6 6JL|||





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|Object|i|ves and|Acti|viti|es|||
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||||||SORP reference|||
|Summary||ofthe purposes||of|Para 1.17|To relieve the mental,<br>spiritual,<br>and physical||
|the charity as set out|||in its|||distress ofpersons resident Summary ofthe||
|governing||document||||objects ofthe in the United<br>Kingdom<br>suffering||
|||||||from bereavement<br>or loss.||
|Summary<br>activities||ofthe main<br>in relation to those|||Para 1.17and<br>1.19|The provision ofcounselling<br>and support for<br>bereaved<br>persons. Counselling<br>sessions have||
|purposes||for the public||||been switched from remote to a mixture of||
|benefit,|in particular,||the|||remote and in person sessions depending<br>on||
|activities,||projects or|services|||circumstances.||
|identified||in the accounts.||||||
|||||||-Advancing<br>the education ofthe public on the||
|||||||subject ofbereavement<br>or loss. This includes||
|||||||becoming<br>a centre ofexpertise for child||
|||||||bereavement<br>support<br>in the local community||
|||||||and a point ofreferral for various local agencies||
|||||||(NHS, police).||
|||||||-Continued<br>the 'Tales as Old as Time' group to||
|||||||support families who have experienced<br>historical||
|||||||child loss.||
|||||||-Continued<br>the 'Over the rainbow'<br>initiative to||
|||||||provide<br>full bereavement<br>support. Working with||
|||||||Ingeus regarding<br>support<br>under this umbrella|for|
|||||||their clients.||
|||||||-To continue the 'Upon Angel Wings' project|to|
|||||||transform<br>wedding<br>dresses into unique<br>angel||
|||||||gowns for babies that are born asleep.<br>To||
|||||||develop<br>Upon Angels Wings and distribute to||
|||||||hospitals,<br>local funeral homes, and families. -||
|||||||Scope for awareness<br>and fundraising<br>events<br>in||
|||||||the local community<br>has been limited due to the||
|||||||pandemic.||
|||||||-Rainbow Baby group is back up and running||
|||||||with local events, weekly planned<br>activities, and||
|||||||future plans ofbuilding<br>and expanding<br>the||





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||||||||Expanding<br>awareness|within the local|||
||||||||community<br>ofservices|offered and awareness||of|
||||||||the charity as a whole.||||
|Statement||confirming||||Para 1.18|The trustees have had|regard tothe guidance|||
|whether the trustees||||have|||issued by the Charity Commission<br>on public||||
|had regard||to the|guidance||||benefit and have taken it into account when||||
|issued<br>by|the Charity||||||making a decision to which the guidance||is||
|Commission||on public|||||relevant.||||
|benefit|||||||||||
|Additional||information|||(optional)||||||
|You ma|choose||to include|||further statements|where relevant about:||||
|||||||SORP reference|||||
||||||||The charity takes a positive approach||to||
|||||||Para 1.38|grant-making<br>and works with different||||
|Policy on|grant making||||||companies<br>within the community.||||
|||||||Para 1.38|||||
|Policy on|social investment||||||||||
|including|program||related||||||||
|investment|||||||||||
||||||||Volunteers<br>contribute|by giving time to|||
|||||||Para 1.38|charity through||||
|Contribution||made by|||||Hours<br>in the|office to help with|||
|volunteers|||||||research,<br>admin and events||||
||||||||Supporting<br>with finding event||items||
||||||||for raffles and tombola||||
||||||||Helping<br>with|social media events and|||
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||||||One to one counselling<br>has been returned to||
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||||||normal<br>with optional remote support for those||
||||||that are unable to attend<br>in person. Telephone||
|Summary<br>ofthe main<br>achievements<br>ofthe charity,<br>identifying<br>the difference the<br>charity's<br>work has made to<br>the circumstances<br>of its<br>beneficiaries<br>and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.||||Para 1.20|and social media support<br>has continued<br>unaffected<br>with an increase<br>in telephone<br>support compared to social media. Overall, our<br>package ofsupport<br>has continued to enable<br>individuals<br>and families to manage the impact of<br>bereavement<br>and lead towards better outcomes<br>ofmental<br>health and wellbeing<br>support.||
||||||Maintained<br>our position as a centre ofexpertise||
||||||in the local community<br>for child bereavement||
||||||issues, becoming<br>a point ofreferral for various||
||||||agencies both Primary and Secondary Care||
||||||services: - General Practitioners - Hospital staff||
||||||-Police Thereby reducing some ofthe pressure||
||||||on these stretched<br>public resources.||
||||||Improved<br>awareness<br>ofbereavement<br>support|in|
||||||the local area while offering peer to peer||
||||||support and counselling.<br>Fundraising<br>and||
||||||awareness<br>events were obviously<br>limited<br>by the||
||||||pandemic<br>but this has been a slow improvement||
||||||over the last year.<br>Further, donations<br>have||
||||||started to improve<br>in comparison<br>to previous||
||||||years.<br>Despite this, we continued to maintain|a|
||||||high level ofclient support (we continue to offer||
||||||up to 90support sessions per month)<br>whilst||
||||||operating<br>within the limits ofour financial||
||||||reserve policy. Continued<br>to develop the 'Over||
||||||the rainbow'<br>full bereavement<br>support<br>initiative||
||||||and the 'Tales as old as time' project, which||
||||||supports<br>families who have experienced||
||||||historical<br>child loss. Commenced<br>the 'Angel||
||||||Wings' project which transforms<br>wedding||
||||||dresses into unique angel gowns for babies that||
||||||are born asleep and donates them to grieving||
||||||families. Continued<br>our work with the Maternal||
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|objectives set|||
|Performance<br>offundraising<br>activities against objectives||Para 1.41|
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|Financial<br>Review|Financial<br>Review||||||||||
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|Review ofthe charity's|||Para 1.21||||||||
|financial<br>position at|the end||||||||||
|ofthe<br>eriod|||||||||||
|Statement<br>explaining|the||Para 1.22|The reserves|||policy isto|hold a minimum||of6|
|policy for holding<br>reserves||||months'|non-discretionary|||costs|in free|reserves|
|stating<br>why they are held||||(unrestricted|||funds) to ensure that the charity||||
|||||can withstand|||income variability||and is||
|||||sustainable||as a going concern|||||
|Amount ofreserves|held||Para 1.22||||||||
|Reasons for holding|zero||Para 1.22|Held to|help||with any financial||crisis|that may|
|reserves||||occui.|||||||
|Details offund materially||in|Para 1.24|None|||||||
|deficit|||||||||||
|Explanation<br>ofany|||Para 1.23||||||||
|uncertainties<br>about|the||||||||||
|charity continuing<br>as a going|||||||||||
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|The charity's<br>principal<br>sources offunds (including|Para 1.47|
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|any fundraising)||
|Investment<br>policy and<br>objectives<br>including<br>any|Para 1.46|
|social investment<br>policy||
|adopted||
|A descnption<br>ofthe principal|Para 1.46|
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|trusts:||||||
|Type Of gOVerning<br>dOCument|Para 1.25|Charity Commission||||
|How is the charity|Para 1.25|CIO||||
|constituted?||||||
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|Trustee selection methods|Para 1.25|No new|trustees were|appointed|in this|
|including<br>details ofany||interim.||||
|constitutional<br>provisions e.g.||||||
|election to post or name of||||||
|any person or body entitled||||||
|to appoint one or more||||||
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|You ma|choose to include further statements||||where|relevant about|||
||||||New|trustees to undertake||Trustee training|
||||||parts|1 8 2 through|Action|Together.|
|Policies|and|procedures|||||||
|adopted|forthe induction||and||||||
|training|oftrustees||||||||
|The charity's<br>structure<br>and||organisational<br> any wider||Para 1.51|||||
|network|with|which the|||||||
|charity works|||||||||
|Relationship||with any related||Para 1.51|||||
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|Charit|name|||Findin<br>Rainbows|
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|Other name the charit|||uses||
|Re istered chari||number||1180923|
|Charity's|principal|address||9Fletcher Street|
|||||Ashton<br>Under Lyne|
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|Signed|on behalf ofthe|charity's t|
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||Signature(s)|G.Paul|
||Full name(s)|Gareth Paul|
|Position|(eg Secretary,|Trustee|
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|Receipts|||||||
|Action Together Grant||||||996|
|Crowfunder<br>Ltd|||||||
|Forever Manchester||||||1,000|
|Fund Raising||||2,150|2,150|3,567|
|Greater Manchester||||36,250|36,250|42,750|
|Ingeus<br>UK Limited||||7,929|7,929|4,365|
|Justgiving||||1,774|1,774|97|
|NHS TRAFFORD CCG||||5,000|5,000||
|Quest Media Network||||||3,044|
|Total Receipts||||53,152|53,152|55,819|
|Payments|||||||
|Costs ofGenerating|Voluntary|Receipts||33,840|33,840|7,870|
|Costs of Fundraising||||33,841|33,841|7,872|
|Costs ofCharitable|Activities|||738|738|760|
|Total Payments||||68,419|68,419|16,502|
|Net ofReceipts/(Payments)||||( 15,267)|( 15,267)|39,317|
|Transfers Between Funds|||||||
|Total Funds Brought Forward at 12||October 2021||42,654|42,654|3,337|
|Total Funds Carried Forward at 11October 2022||||27,387|27,387|42,654|





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||Cash at Bank and|in Hand at 12October 2021||42,654|42,654|3,337|
||Surplus/(Deficit)|forthe Period||-15,267|-15,267|39,317|
||Cash at Bank and|In Hand at 11October 2022||27,387|27,387|42,654|



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|Cash at Bank||27,387|42,711|
|PayPal Account|||( 57)|
|Cash in Hand||||
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||||||Restricted|Unrestricted||2021||||
||||||Funds|Funds|Total|Total||||
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||Accountants||fees|||967|-967||||81|
||Advertising|and Marketing|||||||||24|
||Bank charges|||||30|-30|||||
||Consultany|Fees||||||1,500||||
||Entertainment||(100%)|||75|-75|||||
||Insurance|||||212|-212||106|||
||Office Cost|||||2,795|-2,795||||102|
||Pension|||||528|-528|||||
||Rent|||||1,613|-1,613|1,500||||
||Telephone|and Mobile||||151|-151||232|||
||Wages|||||27,470|-27,470|4,325||||
|||||||-33,840|-33,840|7,870||||
|2|Costs of Fundraising|||||||||||
||||||Restricted|Unrestricted||2021||||
||||||Funds|Funds|Total|Total||||
||||||f|f|f|f||||
||Accountants||fees|||967|-967||||81|
||Advertising|and Marketing|||||||||24|
||Bank charges|||||30|-30|||||
||Consultany|Fees||||||1,500||||
||Entertainment||(100%)|||75|-75|||||
||Insurance|||||212|-212||||106|
||Office Cost|||||2,795|-2,795||||102|
||Pension|||||528|-528|||||
||Rent|||||1,613|-1,613|1,500||||
||Telephone|and Mobile||||151|-151|||232||
||Wages|||||27,471|-27,471|4,325||||
|||||||-33,841|-33,841|7,870||||
|3|Costs ofCharitable|||Activities||||||||
||||||Restricted|Unrestricted||2021||||
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|Training Courses||||
|Support Materials||||
|Support Counselling||||
|Support Meetings||||
|Support Travel|10|10|316|
|Support Events|224|224|264|
|Charitable<br>Donations|234|234|180|
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