## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
## **From 1 September 2023 To 31 August 2024**
## **Charity name: SCAMPPS in Surrey**
## **Charity registration number: 1181248**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes
of the charity as set out in
its governing document|Para 1.17|**SCAMPPS supports children with**
**complex and special needsin**
**Surrey.**
**Its objectives are to:**
**To support children living in**
**Surrey who have additional needs**
**To support the parents, carers**
**and their families**
**To provide or assist in the**
**provision of facilities, support**
**services and equipment not**
**normally provided by the**
**Statutory Authorities**
**To organise social events for the**
**children and their families**
**To provide information and**
**advice**
**To link with other local charities**
**and networks**|
|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 main activities undertaken for the**
**public benefit are:**
**1) The provision of specialist**
**equipment to support the needs**
**of special needs children. To**
**receive this support, families are**
**asked to complete a written**
**application, which must include**
**the support of a health**
**professional. Each application is**
**considered by the Board sub-**
**committee which includes**
**relevant professional expertise.**|
|||**The Charity does not finance**
**equipment which is available**
**from the statutory authorities,**
**and the criteria are explained in**
**more detail on our website at**
**www.scampps.org.uk**
**where the**
**application form can also be**
**found.**
**2) The arrangement of events for**
**children and their families**
**including entertainment events,**
**activity events such as a cycling**
**course, trike riding, soft play**
**sessions, and social events.**
**3) The provision of information to**
**members including details of**
**possible sources of further**
**support and details of activities**
**arranged by other organisations**
**which may be of special interest.**|
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|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees have had regard to the**
**guidance issued by the Charity**
**Commission on public benefit**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
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|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**The charity is heavily dependent on the**
**efforts of volunteers, including the**
**trustees, and in particular the following**
**committee members:**
**Sharon Gosling, who continues to give**
**her support, time and expertise to the**
**Finance subcommittee.**
**Hannah Coleman who effectively and**
**efficiently researches potential social**
**events for SCAMPPS members.**|
|Other||**The Administrator Louise Beattie, has**
**once again supported the Finance**
**Committee to run the bid process for**
**deciding funding for equipment. She is**
**the Treasurer, with support from Trustee**
**Jeremy Thomas, and they keep the**
**accounts in order throughout the year,**
**and prepare the accounts and reports at**
**end of year. Louise also runs the**
**various events that we hold for our**
**families which continue to be very**
**popular.**|
## **Achievements and Performance**
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|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||**Funding for equipment**
**:**
**The Charity received 14 bids for**
**specialist equipment and funded a total**
**of 13 (2023:30) that met out criteria**
**including 4 Tomcat/RMS special needs**
**trikes, 3 Delichon all terrain buggies, 1**
**Cosy toes and raincover bundlebean, 1**
**swifty buggy accessories, 1 vitamix**
**blender, a GO-TO postural seat, and a**
**Dyson Fan**
**In addition, the Charity was able to fund**
**12 applications (2023:5) – all under £250**
**- for less specialist equipment for**
**families in financial need from specific**
**funding provided by Three Oaks Trust.**
**Items such as a light panel, wedge**
**cushion, safety car seat straps, buggy**
**equipment, ipad, 2 car seats, TV screen**
**protectors, bunk beds, sensory toys**
**Events**
**:**
**We held 4 coffee mornings at Bocketts**
**Farm Cafe, had 2 stay and play sessions**
**at the Yorda Playhouse, introduced a**
**new session which was an interactive,**
**sensory drama session, 2 sessions**
**riding trikes at Surrey Wheels for All**
**cycling, a trip to the Miniature Trains**
**and to the Thames Valley Adventure**
**Park which was funded by Magic Little**
**Grants. We also ran our very successful**
**and popular Christmas event by Singing**
**Hands.**|
## **Financial Review**
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**During the year the charity received a**
**record amount of donations which,**
**together with brought forward reserves**
**enabled it to meet its objectives by**
**holding events and funding all**
**equipment requests that met our**
**criteria. At the year end, our**
**unrestricted funds were close to the**
**minimum required under our reserves**
**policy which has meant the charity has**
**taken the difficult decision that future**
**funding of equipment will have to be**
**dependent on the amount of donations**
**received in the future.**||
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|||**Over the period, we have been fortunate**
**to receive a total of £34,212 (2023:**
**£32,421) in donations and specific**
**funding for trikes/bikes/buggies and**
**accessories, and from the Three Oaks**
**Trust who fund small items. Through a**
**lot of targeted appeals by our**
**administrator, we have gained a**
**substantial increase on the previous**
**year. The rest of the donations were**
**received from a variety of Charitable**
**Trusts and Foundations, including**
**through the efforts of our professional**
**fundraiser.**
**Total income for this period was £34,660**
**(2023: £32,887)**
**Total expenditure for the period was**
**£32,175 (2023: £31,740)**
**Key areas of expenditure were as**
**follows:**
**-**
**purchase of specialist and other**
**essential equipment £17,871**
**(2023: £20,601).**
**-**
**The remaining funds were spent**
**on:**
`o`
**SCAMPPS events £1,531**
**(2023: £2,305). We have**
**found some ways to keep**
**our costs down this year**
`o`
**Cycling courses, including**
**bikes for the participants,**
**£5,108, (2023:£495) paid**
**for out of funds**
**specifically donated for**
**that purpose,**
`o`
**Fundraising and overhead**
**costs £7,666 (2023:**
**£8,339).**
**The total closing funds on 31st August**
**2024, were £17,738 (2023: £15,254)**
**which included unrestricted funds of**
**£11,574 (2023: £6,289) and restricted**
**funds of £6,164 (2023: £8,965)**
**representing donations received to fund**
**specific types of equipment and for a**
**cycling course to be held after the year**
**end.**|
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|Statement explaining the|Para 1.22|**The charity’s policy is to hold reserves**|
|policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held||**(unrestricted funds) equal to 6 months’**
**budgeted “core” expenditure. As the**
**charity has no regular income and is**
**entirely dependent on donations, the**
**trustees consider that this level of**
**reserves is required so that the charity**
**can continue despite possible**
**fluctuations in the level of income.**|
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|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**Reserves (excluding restricted funds):**
**£11,574 (2023:£6,289)**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**The charity is almost entirely dependent**
**on one-off donations, even though in**
**practice some of our donors are regular**
**givers. If the charity were to receive no**
**donations, it would not be able to**
**continue to function.**|
## **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|**None of our activities would be possible**
**without the support of our donors.**
**Some of the donations we receive come**
**through our fundraiser, others from the**
**efforts of the trustees and our**
**administrator and some are entirely**
**unsolicited.**
**The trustees are extremely grateful to all**
**those donors large and small who have**
**supported the Charity so generously,**
**and make special mention of the**
**following who each gave us £1,000 or**
**more:**
**Ringfenced sums for trikes, bikes,**
**delichons and buggy accessories:**
**The Hargreaves Foundation**
**The Toy Trust**
**Anton Jurgens Trust**
**Dorothy Pamela Smith**
**The Headly Foundation**
**Non-ring fenced sums:**
**Angela Gallagher Memorial Foundation.**
**Lennox Hannay Charitable Trust**
**Broughton Family Trust.**
**The Bruce Grant Trust**
**The 29th May 1961 Charitable Trust**
**Hamamelis Trust**
**Gledswood Charitable Trust**|
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|||**The principal risk facing the charity is**|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**that the level of donations received may**
**not be sufficient for the charity to help**
**all the beneficiaries who are eligible for**
**assistance.**||
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## **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|**The Charity is a Charitable Incorporated**
**Organisation (“CIO”)**|
|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|**Trustees are elected by members. One**
**third of the trustees retire each year but**
**are eligible for re-election.**|
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|SCAMPPS in Surrey|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|SCAMPPS|
|Registered charity number|1181248|
|Charity’s principal address|Suite 262,
Reaver House,
12 East Street,
Epsom, KT17 1HX|
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
|1
2
3
4|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Brendan Brophy|Chair|||
||JeremyThomas|Secretary|||
||Selina Master||||
||Donna Kemp||||
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
> **Signature(s)** B J Brophy
Selina Master **Full name(s)** Dr Brendan Brophy
**Position (eg** Chair Trustee **Secretary, Chair, etc)**
Date
13 January 2025
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|SectionAR|ecei|and|ments||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||Unrestricted
funds|Restrictedfunds||Endowment
funds|Totalfunds|Lastyear|
||||to theneareste||to thenearestE|to thenearestf|to thenearest€|to thenearest €|
|Donations|||15,775||13,289||29,064|31,753|
|specificfunding from Three Oak
contributions||Trust|||2,448||2,4N|668|
|Cyclino course|||||2,700||2,700||
|Event contributions|||375||||375|467|
|lnkcartridqe recvclino|funds||53||||53||
|lnterest|||2A||||20||
|Subtotal(Grosslncome forAR)|||16,223|I|
rg,+sz||34,660|32,888|
|A2Asset and investment||sales,|||||||
|(seetable).|||||||||
|||Subtotal|||||||
||Total|receipts|16,223||18,437||34,660|32,888|
|ents|||||||||
|Fundingofspecialistequipment|||2,023||13.806||15,830|19,937|
|Fundingof Three Oaks|items||||2,041||2,041|664|
|Cycling course|||||5,108||5.108|4S5|
|Eventscosts|||1.249||282||1,531|2.305|
|Fundraiser commission|||3,380||||3,380|3,575|
|Administrator|||2,729||||2,729|3,065|
|Insurance|||376||||376|361|
|lT support|||648||||u8|55S|
|Other administration|||532||||532|779|
|||Subtotal|10,938||21,237||32,175|31,740|
|A4Asset andinvestment|||||||||
|purchases,(seetable)|||||||||
|||Subtotal|||||||
||Totalpayments||10,938||21,237||32,175|31,740|
|Netofreceipts/(payments)|||5,285||2,801||2,484|1,148|
|A5Transfers betweenfunds|||||||||
|AGGashfundslastyearend|||6,289||8,965||15,254|14,106|
|Cashfundsthisyearend|||11,574||6,164||17,738|15,254|
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||||Unrestricted|Restrictedfunds|Endowment|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Categories|Details|funds||funds|
||||to nearest€|toreare.st€|to nearestf|
|81|Cashfunds|Lloyds Bank current account|6,554|1,1M||
|||Lloyds Bank 32 day notice account|5,020|5,000||
||CCXXR1accounts(SS)|Totalcash funds
1|11,574|6,164||
||(agrebdarrcswithreceipts and paymentsaccomt(s))|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Unrestricted||Restrictedfunds|Endowment|
|||funds|||funds|
||ffietAiEs|to nearest|€|tonearest €|to nearest €|
|82Othermonetary assets||||||
|||Fundtowhich|asset|Cest(optional)|Current value|
|B3lnvestment assets||||||
||.:|Fundto which|asset|Co6t (optional)|Currentvalue|
|84Assetsretainedfor the||||||
|charity'sown use||||||
|||Fundto which||Amounldue|\Mren due|
|||liabilityrelates||(optional)||
|B5Liabilities||||||
|Signedbyoneor twotrusteeson
behalf ofallthe trustees|Signature||Print Name||Date ofapproval|
|||Dr|Brendan Broohv|||
|||Jeremy Thomas||||
Independent examiner's report to the trustees of SCAMPPS in Surrey
I report to the trustees on my examiDatiOD of the accounts ofthe SCAMPPS in Surrey (the
Charity) for the period I September 2023 to 31 August 2024.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the ¢harity trustees of the Charity y(yu are resw)nsible for the prwation of the wunts
in accordance with the requirernents of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act.).
I rew)rt in respect of my examination of the Charities's &counts CaTTied out under section
145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable
Directions gtven by the Charity Coryunission under s. 145(5Xb) of theAct.
Independent examiner's statement
I have completed my examination. l ¢onfirni that no material matters have come to my
attention in cA)nnection with the examination giving me caus¢ io believe that in any material
l. acwunling records were not kept io resp*t of the Tnst as Jrquired by section 130 of the
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the
exaTnination to which attention should be drdwm in this r¢FK)rt in order to enable a proper
understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed
Name: Karen Luckman
Relevant professional qualification or (if any): ACCA
Addjrss:
7 Heathdene. Brighton Road Burgh Heatt Surrey.
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