REWRITE Helping people rewrite mental health Trustees Annual Re ortforthe ear ended 30June 2024 for Rewrite Your Sto Charit number 1181494 Limited- Trustees A Heyes l Elphick R Cousins Structure ovemance and mana ement Type of goveming document- Company articles and memorandum How the charty is constituted- Limited company Trustee selection methods-Trustees are peer reviewed each year Ob ective5 activitles and ublic benefit Objertives of the tharty: To preserve and protect the good mental health of children and young people who are suffering with eating disorders land other mentsl health issues) in the SoutheasL and Southwest in particular but not exclusively by: The provision of tsrgeted Support and 5eNices to child￿n and young people to aid recovery and build resilien Peer support groups for parents and carers to enable understandlng of the key themes of eating and other disorders, bulld resilience and lessen the adverse impact these disorders have on families Developing and providing awareness training for schools, professlonals and families round these disorders and other mental health issues Page 2 May 8. 2025 Achievements and Performance12024) In 2024, Rewrite Your Story continued to expand its reach and deepen its impact across Kent, Dorset, and beyond, providing essential support for the mental health and well- being of childien. young people, and families. We remained focused on addressing anxiety, self-harm, eating disorders, and neurodiversity, while introducing Innovative and inclusive approaches to early intervention and recovery. Despite contlnued challenges in the funding landscape, we made significant progress through collaboratlon, creative programmlng, and the generosity of our supporters. Key Highlights: l. Targeted Support Ser¥ices We continued to deliver tailored one-to-one and group interventions for children and teenagers experiencing body image issues, anxiety, and disordered eating. These service5 have directly supported over 84 young people, helping them to build resilience, develop healthier coping strategies, and feel less alone in their recovery journey. 2. Community Engagement and Awareness We delivered a series of school workshops and assemblies across Kent and Dorset, focusing on emotional well-bein& selF-esteem, and peer support. These se55ions saw strong engagement from students, teachers. and families, playing a crucial role in reducing stigma and promoting open conversations about mental health. 3. Ambassadors Project We successfully introduced our Amba55adors Project, empowering young people with lived experience to become peer advocates. This initiative has flourished through partnerships with MtdKent College and Invicta Grammar School, where student ambassadors have co-led awareness campaigns, contributed to service design, and created safe peer-to-peer support spaces. This model has become a cornerstone of our youth-led strategv. 4. Expansion of LEGO• Therapy Thanks to funding from Ventls,, we started our LEGO• Therapy programme. De518ned for children aged 5-9, these structured sessions foster social communication, teamwork, and motor skills. With trained practitioners Julie and Rachel leading delivery roll out 5. Workshops for Parents and Carers We delivered practical, expert-led workshops for families, equipping them with tools to identify early signs of distress and provide compassionate support at Pag8 3 May 8, 2025 home. Topics included understanding eating di50rders, managing anxiety in children, and 5UPPOrting neurodivergent young people. The overwhelminglv positive feedback reinforced the value of family edutrdtion in long-term recovery. 6. Partnershlps and Professional Training We strengthened collaborations with schools, colleges, and healthcare providers, offering training to professionals working on the front lines. Our work with CAMHS, primary care teams, and school staff has helped promote early identification, cross-sector collaboration. and consistent pathways to support. 7. Innovation and Digital Access As part of our strategic development, we began scoping an online 5UPPOrt platform and app to provide young people and families with 24/7 access to mentsl health tools, resources, and counselling options. This work will continue into 2025 as we priorltise accesslbility and digital inclusion in our service mod Lookin Ahead Looking Forward to 2024-2025: Ambassadors Projert and LEGOO Therapy Expansion As we enter the new financial year, Rewrite Your Story is excited to continue growing our Ambassadors Project, which empowers young people with lived experience of mental health challenge5 to become peer leaders and advocates in their schoo15 and communities. We plan to build on the SUC￿SS of this initiative, with further development across Kent and Dorset. Our partnerships with MidKent College and Invirta Grammar School will deepen, enabling us to co-create more youth-led campaign5, workshops. and peer 5UPPOrt networks. We would like to thank our funders for their ongolng support Ventis, Yorkshire Building Society. Cobtree Charlty Trust, Colyer-Fergusson Charitable Trust. and the Kent Community Foundation. Our Gratitude We thank our donors, volunteers, and community partners for their unwaverlng support. Without you, our work would not be possible. We look forward to continuing our joumey together, making a lasting impact on the lives of young people. For detailed stories and to see how you can contribute to our cause, please visf( our website: RewriteYourStory.org.uk Page 4 May 8. 2025 Financial rewew Pollcy on reserves-To utilise the reseNes to maintain and improve the seNices and faciltties forthe good of all children and young people with mentsl health issues Funds in deficit- None Declaration The Trustees declare that they have approved the trustees, report above. Slgned on behalf of the chariws trustees. l Elphick 8th May 2025 Inde endent examlnerfs re ort to the trustees of Rewrlte Your Sto Llmlted tharl number 11 1494 I report on the accounts of the Charity for the year ended 30 June 2024, whleh are attached. Respect5ve re5ponslbllltles of truttètrs and examlner The chariws trustees ale responsible for the pieparatlon of the accounts. The charitys trustees consider that an audit is not required for thls year under sertion 144 of the Charlties Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It 15 my responsibility to: examlne the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act: - to follow the procedu￿$ laid down In the general Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 14515llbl of the Act; and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. Basls of Sndependent examlnerfs report My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the CharSty Commission. An examinatlon includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparSson of the accounts prepared with those record5. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from the trustees ncernlng any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and on5equently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair, view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. Independent examlnerfs statement In connectSon with my examination, no matter has come to my attention.. 111 which givè5 me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements: to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act.. and to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply wtth the accounting requirements of the Charities Act have not been met. or 121 to which, in our opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Mlchael Thompson FCCA The Corner House 2 High Street Aylesford ME20 7BG Date: Rewrite Your Story Limited Annual Report and Unaudited Financlal Statements for the Year Ended 30 lune 2024 THOMPSON ELPHICK Rewrite Your Story Llmlted Contents Company Informatlon Directors, Report Accountants, Report Profit and Loss Account Balance Sheet 5t06 ststement of Change5 in Equity Note5 tothe Financial Statements 8t911 Detsiled Profit and Loss Account 12 Rewrlte Your Story Llmlted Company Inforniation Dlrertors Mr A R Heyes Mr IR Elphick Ms R J Cousins Reglstered offlce The Corner House 2 Hlgh Street Aylesford Kent ME20 7BG Accountants Thomp50n Elphick Limited Chartered Certlfied Accountants The Corner FIou5e 2 High Street Aylesford Kent ME2078G Page I Rewrite Your Story Limited Dlrectors, Report for the Year Ended 30 June 2024 The dlrectors present thelr report and the financlal statements for the year ended 30 lune 2024. Dlrertors otthe cornpany The directors who held office durlng the yearwere as follows: MrA R Heyes Mr IR Elphick Ms R I Cousin5 Prfnclpal acilvlty The prlncipal artivity of the company is that of providing therapy servlces on a charitable basls. Small ¢ompanles provlsjon statement This report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions relatin8 to companies subject to the small companies regi 't&'kn&Eb&pfthe Companies Act 2006. 19/03/2025 Approved by the Boar(* on.................... and s18ned on its behalf ty. aECURELY MrA R Heye5 Dlrector Page 2 Chartered Certified Accountants, Report to the Board of Dlrectors on the Preparation of the Unaudited Statutory Accounts of Rewrite Your Story Llmited for the Year Ended 30 June Z024 In order to assist you to fulfil your dutie5 under the Companie5 Act 2006, we have prepared for your approval the accounts of Rewrite Your Story Limited for the year ended 30 June 2024 as set out on page5 4 to 11 from the cornpany's accounting records and from informatign and explanatlons you have glven u5. As a pracuslng member firm of the Association of Chartered Certffied Accountants, we are subject to tts ethical and other professional requlrements which are detailed at http.'Ilwww.accaglobal.corn/gblenldiscover/publrc-valuelrulebook.html. This report is made solely to the Board of Dirertors of Rewrlte Your Story ￿rnited, as a body, In accordance wlth the terms of our engagement letter. Our work has been undertaken solely to prepare for your approval the accounts of Rewrlte Your Story Limited and state those matters that we have agreed to State to the Board of Directors of Rewrlte Your Story LiM￿ed, as a body, in this report In accordance with the requirements of the Assoclatlon Chartered Certified Accountart5 as detalled http'.Ilwww.actaglobal.conVgblenltechnical-activitieshechnlcal-re50urces-searchl20091 ortober/fact5heet-163-audlt-exernpt-companies.html. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responslbiltyto ar¢yone other than Rewrite Your Story Limiteil and its Board of Directors as a body for Our work or for thi5 report. It Is your duty to ensure that Rewrite Your Story Umited has kept adequate accounting records and to prepare Statutory accounts that 8lve a true and fair vlew of the a55ets, liabilities, financial position and profit of Rewrtte Your Story timlted. You consider that Rewrite Your Story Limited 15 exempt from the statutory audit requlrement for the year. We have not been Instructed to carry out an audit or a review of the accounts of Rewrits Your Story Limited. For this reason, we have not verlfted the accuracy or completeness of the accounting records or information and explanations you have given to us and we do not, therefore, expres5 any opinion on the statutory accounts. Thompson Elphick imited Chartered Certified Accountants The Corner House 2 Hlgh Street Aylesford Kent ME20 7BG Page 3 Rewrite Your Story Limited Profft and Loss Ac¢ount for the Year Ended 30 June 2024 Note Turnover 62,271 54.877 Cost of 5a125 17,991 34,172 Gross surplu5 44.280 20,705 Admlnlstrative expenses 25,373 30.154 Surpluslldeficltl before tsx 18,907 19,4491 Taxation 27 11091 5urpluslldeficitl for the financial year 18,934 19,5581 The above results were deffved from contlnulng operatbn5. The company has no recognised 8aSns or losses for the year otherthan the results above. The notes on pages 8 to 11 form an integral part of these financial statements. Page 4 Rewrite Your Story Limited (Reglstratlon number: 108001731 Balance Sheet as at 30 June 2024 2024 2023 Note Flxed assets TangSble assets 432 575 Current assets Debtors 14.230 16,444 1,709 10,224 Cash at bank and In hand 30,674 11,933 Credltors.. Amounts falling due within one year 7,454 7,763 Net current assets 23,220 4,170 Total assets le￿ ￿rr•Tht Ilabllltles 23,652 4,745 Provlslon$ for Ilabllitits 82 Net assets 23.570 4.636 Capltsl and reser¥es Profit and loss account 23,570 4.636 Total equlty 23,570 4,636 For the financlal year endin8 30 lune 2024 the company was entltled to exemption from audit under sectlon 477 of the Companies Act 2LM)6 relating to small companies. Dlrectors, re5ponsibilitles: The members have not requlred the company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year In quesuon in accordance wtth Section 476,. and The dlrertors acknowledge their responsÉbilities for complying with the requirements of the Act wtth respect to atcounting records and the preparation of accounts. These financlal statèments have been prepared in accordance with the special provision5 relatlng to tompanies subject to the small companie5 regime within Part IS of the Companies Act 2006. The notes on pages 8 to 11 form an integral part of these financlal statements. Pa8e 5 Rewrite Your Story Llmlted (Registration number: 108001731 Balance Sheet as at 30 June 2024 SIGNED &ECUHELY 19/0312025 19I0Y2025¥t$..U..14pMwrc Approved and authorlsed bythe Board on.................... and slgned on Its behalf bv: GN SECURELY MrA A Heyes Dlrector The r￿te$ on pa8es 8 to 11 forni an Integral part of these financlal statements. Page 6 Rewrfte Your Story Limited Statement of Change5 in Equlty for the Year Ended 30 June 2024 Profft and loss ac