## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 30/09/2024 Period start date To Period end date** ## **30/09/2025** ## **Charity name:The Cot Project** ## **Charity registration number:1180636** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The advancement of health through the**
**provision of practical help for members**
**of the general public within the UK that**
**are experiencing stillbirth or miscarriage**
**with the aim being to enable the best**
**outcome for their grief.**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**The provision of cooling pads in hospital**
**maternity departments and in peoples**
**homes**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**We confirm the trustees have had regard**
**to the Charity Commission’s guidance on**
**public benefit.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**We have placed cooling pads, now**
**known as Snow Blankets, into the**
**Conquest Hospital in East Sussex.**
**We are in talks with several other**
**charities to supply snow blankets and**
**freezers to them to give to hospitals on**
**their coddle cot waiting lists. We will be**
**working with other charities to promote**
**the snow blankets.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**We hold a small amount of money in the**
**bank and the charity will operate within**
**short term financial goals set project by**
**project.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The current balance is for future projects**
**and to meet immediate need of**
**individuals who experience the death or**
**miscarriage of a baby**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**2205.75**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**none**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**none**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**none**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed,royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association,CIO)|Para 1.25|**A Charitable Incorporated Organisation**
**(Foundation Structure)**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Appointed by Charlotte Diaper (Nee**
**Knight)**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charityname|The Cot Project| |---|---| |Other name the charityuses|| |Registered charitynumber|1180636| |Charity’s principal address|85 Cranbourne Drive, Otterbourne, Winchester, Hampshire,
so21 2es| ||| **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**| |---|---|---|---| ||Charlotte Diaper(Knight)||| ||Victoria Cherry- Downes||| ||Leila King (nee Buffery)||| ||Rebecca Vincent||| ||KerryBeall||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of adviser Name** ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** Charlotte Diaper (nee Knight) **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)** Trustee **Date** 30/09/25 |||Sheet1|| |---|---|---|---| |Money in Total|2461.81||existing bank balance| |Money Out Total|256||| |Balance|2205.81||| Page 1 |||Sheet2| |---|---|---| |Money In BANK||Date| |Existing balance|2192.85|| |interest|12.9|| |Total|2205.75|| Page 2 Sheet3 Money Out Bank Receipt ref Date website renewal £256.00 Total £256.00 Money Out Paypal Page 3 Sheet3 Reimbursement Page 4