## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date 31 10 2020 31 10 2021 **From To**
Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name** Brighter Living **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1180378 **Charity's principal address** 335 Hook rise south, Surbiton, Surrey,
**Postcode KT6 7LW Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled Trustee name Office (if any) year to appoint trustee (if any)** 1 Peter Parker Chair/Safeguarding 2 Janet Atkins Treasury 3 Jenny Hewlett Secretary 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) Name Dates acted if not for whole year Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Type of governing document Constitution
How the charity is constituted Charitable Incorporated Organisation
Trustee selection methods Appointed by the trustees
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
- You **may choose** to include We have kept up a great relationship with Kingston Voluntary Action, who additional information, where have been helping and advising the charity on a varied amount of subject. relevant, about: We have been running online classes and have adhered to any restrictions policies and procedures the community centres we have worked at, with no incidences or problems. adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
- relationship with any related parties;
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
For the public benefit to relieve the needs of elderly people residing in Surrey and the surrounding area in such ways and by such means deemed charitable within the laws of England and Wales, and in particular but not exclusively by providing therapies, activities, advice and information designed to promote better physical and mental health and well being.
**Brighter Living** has adhered to the Charity Commissions guidelines on how we should deliver our services. **Brighter Living** charity was set up by people concerned about the health of the elderly, and by Ki Gong professionals who, having seen the benefits of running sessions for the elderly in a local community centre, decided to open the project to a wider community. Our aim is to empower people over 60 to look after their health and well being in an innovative and practical manner. The activities we are running are Ki Gong sessions which include gentle movement, stretching, breathing exercises, mindfulness and meditation. Brain exercises are also incorporated from Ilchi Lee's Brain Education System which is recognised by the UN. So the services offered stimulate the body and the brain in a fun and informative way.
We have provided Ki Gong, Amrchair Yoga, meditation and breathing exercise classes to our beneficiaries. A big thank you to all the trustees, who without their contributions and commitment to delivering these services to our beneficiaries, none of this would have happened. **Thank you** to Magic Little Grants, run by Local Giving, who are in partnership with the Postcode Community trust for their £500 grant. **Thank you** to Kingston Charitable Foundation for their £500 grant. Also, a big thank you to all the small donation received from our supporters. This has really helped our cause. Thank you for all your help and the patience shown at all the community centres and homes we have been working with while we have been setting up Brighter Living for the beneficiaries. These include MILAAP, The Longmead centre in Epsom, and those we haven’t mentioned here. A big thank you to Kingston Voluntary Action and in particular, Sanja,Alison and Moynaa who have all taken time and effort to help us move safely and confidently through unchartered waters. Your patience has been amazing.. A big **thank you** to all the volunteers who came to the community centres and helped our service providers with such passion and commitment to the beneficiaries. And lastly a big thank you to our beneficiaries for attending the sessions and making this commitment to our local communities so worthwhile. This is good for everyone.
## **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year**
Brighter Living’s objectives for this year were to deliver the services offered by the charity to more elderly beneficiaries in Surrey and Surrounding areas. Our objectives are to help more older people in Surrey and surrounding areas achieve better body flexibility and agility. More older people in Surrey and surrounding areas achieve a more positive mindset. More older people in Surrey and surrounding areas feel less isolated and will have formed more friendships. More older people in Surrey and surrounding areas achieve more independence.
We did not manage to achieve these objectives because of the restrictions of lock down. With a special thanks to grants coming from Magic Little Grants and Kingston Charitable Foundation, we will see the end of the year as an open opportunity to do more and better our performance. With weekly Ki Gong, Armchair yoga and meditation sessions happening in MILAAP, Chessington, The Longmead Centre and, we have maintaining from the growth of last year and our humble beginnings into helping over 60 beneficiaries with their health and well being.
**Brighter Living** is continually reporting back to organisations we are working with in the local communities are we are receiving good recognition for our achievements. We are now starting to liaise with local organisations and local councils and are looking at ways to extend our services further because of the needs highlighted by the local councils of the areas we are covering. Here is a brief synopsis of one of the reports.
**Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves**
No reserve policy
**Details of any funds materially** None **in deficit**
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include **Brighter Living** have finished the financial year with **£750.** This money is additional information, where to deliver services, and we will be going back to the community centres relevant about: when the restrictions have been lifted. Brighter Living has already been the charity’s principal sources applying for funding to extend these services for the rest of 2022. There of funds (including any are no funds being held as a custodian trustee by Brighter Living. fundraising);
- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
## **Section F Other optional information**
## **Section G Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees Signature(s)** Peter Parker Janet Atkins **Full name(s)** Peter Parker Janet Atkins **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chair **etc) Date** 26/01/2022
|**Brighter Living**|||**1180378**||
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|**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||**CC16a**|
|**For the period**|01/11/2020|**To**|31/10/2021||
|**from**|||||
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**47**
**500**
**500**
**149**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,196**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,196**
**250**
**200**
**200**
**200**
**96**
**200**
**450**
**200**
**150**
**1,946**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,946**
**- 750**
**-**
**-**
**- 750**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**47**
**500**
**500**
**149**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,196**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,196**
**250**
**200**
**200**
**200**
**96**
**200**
**450**
**200**
**150**
**1,946**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,946**
**- 750**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**47**
**500**
**500**
**149**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,196**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,196**
**250**
**200**
**200**
**200**
**96**
**200**
**450**
**200**
**150**
**1,946**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,946**
**- 750**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
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|Local giving donation|**-**|||||**974**|
|Kingston Charitable Foundation|**-**|||||**-**|
|Localgivingdonation|**-**|||||**-**|
|Donation|**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**-**|||||**974**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||
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|**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||
|||||||**974**|
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|Invoice 14 / Services and expenses|**-**|||||**-**|
|Invoice 15 / Services and expenses|**-**|||||**-**|
|Invoice 16 / Services and expenses|**-**|||||**-**|
|Invoice 17 / Services and expenses|**-**|||||**-**|
|Local Giving|**-**|||||**-**|
|Invoice 18 / Services and expenses|**-**|||||**-**|
|Invoice 19 / Services and expenses|**-**|||||**-**|
|Invoice 20 / Services and expenses|**-**|||||**-**|
|Invoice 21 / Services and expenses|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||
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|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||
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||**-**|**- 750**|**-**|**- 750**||**974**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**-**|**- 750**|**-**|**- 750**||**974**|
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## **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
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
OK
Agreement Error
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Peter Parker|**Endowment**
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