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| Trustees' Annual Report | Trustees' Annual Report | Trustees' Annual Report | Trustees' Annual Report | Trustees' Annual Report | for theperiod | for theperiod | for theperiod | |
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Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name Butterflies Bereavement Support
Other names charity is known by
Registered charity number (if any) 1181599
Charity's principal address 19 Pirelli Way Eastleigh Hampshire Postcode SO50 5GE
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole year |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany) |
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| Julie Lamont | Chair | |||
| Neil Butcher | ||||
| Jane Goold-Davies | ||||
| Judith Hopkins | ||||
Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name Dates acted if not for whole year
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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
| Type of adviser | Name Address |
Name Address |
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| Honorary Treasurer | Colin Shaw | 30 Torque Close, Bursledon, Hampshire 0 SO19 6RN |
| Honorary Minute Secretary |
Ali Shaw | 30 Torque Close, Bursledon, Hampshire SO19 6RN |
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Elected by Board Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by)
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:
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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
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the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
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relationship with any related parties;
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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
To relieve the mental, spiritual and physical distress of the suffering of bereavement or loss, in particular but not exclusively, by providing free bereavement counselling and support in the community.
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Activities to achieve the Objectives are:
Counselling Service providing face-to-face, telephone or online counselling to adults, 18+, struggling with bereavement irrespective of the time gap since said bereavement.
Bereavement Groups providing social interaction with others who have or continue to struggle with bereavement.
Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)
Friendship Service with Buddies providing a weekly telephone call to people who are lonely and/or isolated for any reason, not necessarily bereavement.
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
Butterflies Bereavement Support is a voluntary organisation with a single part-time (12 hours) employee. All our counsellors, group facilitators and Buddies are volunteers.
Without our volunteers there would be no charity.
You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:
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policy on grantmaking;
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policy programme related investment;
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contribution made by volunteers.
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Section D Achievements and performance
Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year
By the end of the reporting year we had 20 counsellors, the qualified counsellors seeing at least one client a week and our 8 placement qualifying counsellors, provided 614 sessions of counselling. The equivalent of one third of sessions were provided free.
Our waiting list reduced from 6 months at the beginning of the year to 4 months by the end.
We increased the number of bereavement groups from 2 to 5, including an evening group. We have over 40 regular visitors to our groups.
The Friendship Service underwent a reorganisation at the end of the year..
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Section E Financial review
Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves
To maintain a level of reserves to keep the charity funded for 6 months at any one time.
Details of any funds materially in deficit
Further financial review details (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:
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the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
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how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
Principal funding is via grants, fundraising and donations.
The current financial situation has severely affected grant funding, we have not been successful in our last three applications.
Fundraising and donations have also suffered significantly due to the cost of living crisis. One third of our counselling clients are currently not paying for their sessions. Our suggested donation is £15 (£7 concession).
- 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) Full name(s) Julie Lamont Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chairman etc) Date 20/05/2024
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Charity Name Butterflies Bereavement Support
Charity Name No (if any) Butterflies Bereavement Support 1181599 Receipts and payments accounts For the period Period start date Period end date To from 1/1/2023 12/31/2023
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Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment funds funds funds
Total funds Last year
| Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds |
Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds |
Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds |
Restricted funds |
Restricted funds |
Endowment funds |
Total funds | Last year |
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| A1 Receipts National LotteryMain Grant 8,000 Eastleigh Borough Council 1,000 Persimmon Ltd 1,000 Just Giving (Marathon Runner) 1,205 Just Giving (Marathon Runner) 795 HendyFoundation - 1,000 Mccarthy& Stone Foundation CounsellingReceipts 6,163 Interest Individual Donations 7,734 24,897 - - Sub total - Total receipts 24,897 A3 Payments Administation 342 Computing 166 DBS 24 Fundraising 266 HonoraryFee Insurance 304 Office 8,450 PettyCash 20 Postage 70 Professional Fees 900 Promotions 550 Rates 582 Staff 10,792 Stationery 136 Subsistence 75 Sundries Supervision 4,020 Telephone 939 Utilities 1,333 Venue Fee 262 Volunteer Expenses Volunteer Training Sub total 29,231 - - Sub total - Total payments 29,231 Net of receipts/(payments) - 4,334 A5 Transfers between funds - to the nearest £ Sub total(Gross income for AR) A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - |
to the nearest £ 8,000 1,000 1,000 1,205 795 - 1,000 6,163 7,734 24,897 - - - 24,897 342 166 24 266 304 8,450 20 70 900 550 582 10,792 136 75 4,020 939 1,333 262 29,231 - - - 29,231 - 4,334 - |
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| 24,897 | 9,641 | ||||||
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342 | 770 | |||||
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| 8,450 | 10,399 | ||||||
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| - 4,334 | - | - | - 4,334 | - 15,554 | |||
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| A6 Cash funds last year end **Cash funds this year end ** |
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| - 4,334 | - | - | - 4,334 | - 15,554 |
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Categories B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B3 Investment assets B5 Liabilities B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |
Details General Counselling Reserve Details Details Details Details Signature #VALUE! Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) |
to nearest £ to nearest £ 1,605 - 1,101 - 6,645 - 9,351 - Agreement Error OK to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Print Name Julie Lamont Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) |
to nearest £ Endowment funds |
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| Date of approval |
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| #VALUE! | Julie Lamont | 5/21/2024 | |