2021-04-01-accounts

Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From 02.04.2020 Period start date To 01.04.2021 Period end date

Charity name: Little Willow’s Wish

Charity registration number: 1181150

Objectives and Activities

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SORP reference
Summary of the purposes Para 1.17 To provide items, goods and finical
of the charity as set out support to ease the suffering or assist
in its governing in the treatment and recovery of
document critically ill children from across the
South West of England.
Summary of the main Para 1.17 and The trustees within our organisation
1.19
activities in relation to create and deliver supply boxes for
those purposes for the families staying away from home while
public benefit, in their child receives care in hospital.
particular, the activities, These boxes are packed full of
projects or services everyday essentials like food, toiletries,
identified in the washing powder and much more.
accounts. These are items many families don't
have time to source themselves
because they are needed at their
child's bedside or simply can't afford
them. We also offer additional financial
support for those families who require
help with food or fuel expenses
through our personal referral system.
Statement confirming Para 1.18 Trustees within our organisation have
whether the trustees been advised when representing and
have had regard to the running our charity they must carry out
guidance issued by the our charity’s purposes for the public
Charity Commission on benefit and have regard to the charity
public benefit commissioners public benefit guide
when planning events during trustee
meetings.
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SORP reference

		SORP reference
	Policy on grant making	Para 1.38	Grants are made in accordance with charity law, our constitution and the wishes of donors. When making grants, we ask for relevant information and direct funds towards areas they tell us are most in need. During the year 2019/20, we issued £150 worth of

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grants to a total of three families.
None
Para 1.38
Policy on social
investment including
program related
investment
All our trustee’s are volunteers within
Para 1.38 our organisation. Duties of which
Contribution made by include optional volunteering at
volunteers fundraising events. All volunteering is
unpaid and of their own free will. Any
financial contributions are treated as a
donation with no gain to the individual
making the donation.
None
Other
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Achievements and Performance

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SORP reference
During the period of this report our
charity has successfully fundraised and
secured funding to meet the targets
Summary of the main Para 1.20 first outlined at the beginning of the
achievements of the period making our operations viable.
charity, identifying the However, during this period we have
difference the charity’s been faced with the Corona virus
work has made to the pandemic in which has greatly
circumstances of its impacted our operations and the ways
beneficiaries and any in we have had to fundraise. Despite
wider benefits to society the implications of the pandemic we
as a whole. have been able to improve on last
years targets and achievements,
although, due to the vulnerability of
the families we help, we had to pause
some of our operations due to the
national lock down and essential item
caps.
We consider it a great achievement
that we have been able to remain
stable through such an unprecedented
time.
Our charity has successfully created
and delivered 21 supply boxes (each of
which provides enough every day
essentials to last over the period of
one week) to families of critically ill
children. We have also provided
financial support to a further 3 families
through our personal referral system.
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Our main objective for the year was to
successfully secure premises to allow
Achievements against Para 1.41 our purposes to reach a further market
objectives set and expand to reach more families of
critically ill children. However, this
became unrealistic very quickly into
the operational period due to the
Corona virus pandemic. Instead our
team decided to focus on our attention
on adjusting our fundraising efforts so
that as and when the situation arises
to review the intentions of securing
premises, that it won’t vastly impact
our main purposes.
Due to the Corona virus pandemic, we
had to cancel most of our public, face
Performance of to face fundraising events. Instead, our
fundraising activities Para 1.41 trustees restructured our fundraising to
against objectives set become purely virtual in keeping with
the national lock down and social
distancing. Our efforts had to
significantly increase in order to still
achieve our target outlined at the
beginning of the operational period.
However we were still able to
successfully achieved this target.
None
Investment performance Para 1.41
against objectives
None
Other
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Financial Review

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Review of the charity’s Para 1.21 Remains in a strong financial position.
financial position at the
end of the period
Statement explaining the Para 1.22 The reserves our charity hold is
policy for holding invested into additional fundraising
reserves stating why they activities if needed or allocated
are held towards additional operational costs.
Our reserves are allocated towards our
personal referral system for financial
aid as referrals are unrestricted and
can fluctuate in demand.
Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 £500
Reasons for holding zero Para 1.22 Reserves are held.
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reserves
Details of fund materially Para 1.24 None
in deficit
Explanation of any Para 1.23 The Corona virus pandemic is a
uncertainties about the growing concern for our charity as it
charity continuing as a affects the funding and operations
going concern vastly. The impact of the pandemic has
threatened every area of our
operations, from restrictions on the
essential items we supply in our boxes,
to national lock down restricting us
from delivering our supply boxes and
not putting vulnerable families at risk
as their child is critically ill. Not to
mention the financial implications in
ways of fundraising events and
disposable income of potential donor’s.
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Our main source of funding is through
face to face fundraising events and
The charity’s principal individuals obtaining sponsorships in
sources of funds Para 1.47 way donations. However, due to the
(including any Corona virus pandemic, our main
fundraising) source of fundraising has come in ways
of virtual fundraising and donations
mainly through our social media
platforms.
None
Investment policy and
objectives including any Para 1.46
social investment policy
adopted
One of the risks facing the charity
would be not being able to fundraise
A description of the Para 1.46 enough to generate the funds to
principal risks facing the operate sufficiently and continue
charity sustainably. Covid-19 has had a huge
impact on fundraising events and as
this is our main source of income we
have been faced with finding
alternative ways to generate funds.
None
Other
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Structure, Governance and Management

Description of charity’s

Relief of those in need (age, disability,

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trusts: ill-health, financial or other
disadvantage) The prevention or relief
of poverty
Type of governing Para 1.25 Constitution of a Charitable
document Incorporated Organisation who’s only
(trust deed, royal voting members are its charity
charter) trustees.
How is the charity Para 1.25 Constitution of a charitable
constituted? incorporated organisation
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)
Trustee selection Para 1.25 Trustees are elected by existing voting
methods including details charity trustees.
of any constitutional Any trustee with a conflict of interest
provisions e.g. election to will be unable to vote on any matters
post or name of any which rely upon trustees majority
person or body entitled decision or unanimous decision.
to appoint one or more
trustees
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All our trustee’s are volunteers within
our organisation. Duties of which
Policies and procedures include optional volunteering at
adopted for the induction Para 1.51 fundraising events. All training for
and training of trustees events is given prior to each individual
event depending on its type and the
expected activities of the volunteer.
Each trustee is given a copy of our
governing documents prior to
becoming a trustee, which outlines
his/her powers as well as procedures
and compliances.
None
The charity’s
organisational structure Para 1.51
and any wider network
with which the charity
works
Within our group of trustees, some of
which are related to each other. In
Relationship with any Para 1.51 circumstances where this may become
related parties a conflict of interest, affected parties
will be unable to vote on any matters
which rely upon trustees majority
decision or unanimous decision and be
exempt from disclosure to enable
unbiased opinions and outcomes.
Other None
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Reference and Administrative details

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Charity name Little Willow’s Wish
Other name the charity
uses
Registered charity 1181150
number
Charity’s principal 5 Velator Close
address Braunton
North Devon
EX332DT
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Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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Name of person (or body)
Dates acted if not for
Trustee name Office (if any) entitled to appoint trustee
whole year
(if any)
Tyler James Founding member
1
Maddock
2 Sophie Whiting Managing director Founding member
Abigail Jennifer Founding member
3
Vickery
Lauren Elizabeth Founding member
4
Johnston
5 Danny whiting Founding member
Nicola Marie 22.12.2020-present All trustees
6
Dunn
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
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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 None held in this capacity Name and objects of the None charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements None for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of	Name	Address
adviser

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Exemptions from disclosure

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details

None

Other optional information

One of the main aims for the future of our charity is to obtain premises in which our organisation can operate from. This will allow our charity to expand greatly and reach more families then previously. We are currently restricted on the size of storage we have for our supply boxes and the packing aspect of these boxes is extremely slow and inefficient. Our long term goal is to continuously increase the amount of families we help each year which can be achieved with additional fundraising and a more efficient work space.

Declarations

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

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Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature(s)
Lauren Elizabeth Johnston
Full name(s) Sophie Whiting
Position (eg Managing director Trustee
Secretary, Chair, etc)
Date 23.07.2021
23.07.2021
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Charity Name No (if any) Little Willow's Wish 1181150

Receipts and payments accounts For the period Period start date Period end date To from 01.04.2020 4/1/2021

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Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds
funds funds funds
to the nearest
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
£
A1 Receipts
Donations 3,609 - - 3,609
Fundraising / Events 1,722 - - 1,722
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
5,331 - - 5,331
Sub total (Gross income for AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total - - - -
Total receipts 5,331 - - 5,331
A3 Payments
Fundraising / Events 88 - - 88
Hire - - - -
Supplies 107 - - 107
Financial Aid 150 - - 150
Fees and services 60 - - 60
The main purpose of the charity (Supply
Boxes) - - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ 405 ] - - 405
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - -
Total payments 405 - - 405
Net of receipts/(payments) 4,926 - - 4,926
A5 Transfers between funds - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end - - - -
Cash funds this year end 4,926 - - 4,926
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Section B Statement	of assets and liabilities	at the end of the period	at the end of the period
		Unrestricted	Restricted
Categories	Details	funds	funds
B1 Cash funds	Total cash funds	to nearest £ - - - -	to nearest £ - - - -
	(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))	Agreement Error	OK
		Unrestricted	Restricted
		funds	funds
B2 Other monetary assets	Details	to nearest £ - - - - - -	to nearest £ - - - - - -
B3 Investment assets	Details	Fund to which asset belongs	Cost (optional) - - - - -
B4 Assets retained for the	Details	Fund to which asset belongs	Cost (optional) -
charity’s own use			- - - - - - - -
		Fund to which	Amount due
B5 Liabilities	Details	liability relates	- - - - - (optional)
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees	Signature	Print	Name
		Sophie Whiting
		Tyler James Maddock

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CC16a
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Last year

to the nearest £

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-

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Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - -

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OK
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Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - -

Current value (optional)

-

Current value (optional)

When due (optional)

Date of approval 05.06.2021 05.06.2021