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Lauren's Forever Purple Charity Trustees’ Annual
Report for the period
Period start date Period end date
Day Month Year Day Month Year
From 1 August 2023 To 31 August 2024
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## **Reference and administration details**
> **Charity name** Lauren’s Forever Purple Charity **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number**
> **Charity’s principal address** 4 Warwick Close
||4 Warwick Close||
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||Fulwood||
||Preston||
||Lancashire|**Postcode**PR2 3JN|
**Names of the charity trustees on date of approval of Trustees’ Annual Report**
||**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if**
**not for whole year**|**Name of person**
**(or body) entitled to**
**appoint trustee (if any)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**1**
**2**
**3**
**4**
**5**|Jo Griffith|Chairman|Sep to Aug 2024||
||Michelle Clinch|Secretary|Sep to Aug 2024||
||Gill Thomson|Vice Chairman|Septo Aug2024||
||PatsyFrancis|Web administration|Septo Aug2024||
||Dianne Thomas|Treasurer|Sep to Aug 2024||
## **Names of all other charity trustees during the period, if any, (for example, those who resigned part way through the financial period)**
|**Name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|
|---|---|
|N/A||
## **Names and address of advisor (Optional Information)**
|**Type of Advisor**|**Name**|
|---|---|
|None||
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**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
Jo Griffith
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
|**Type of governing document**
**How the charity is constituted**
**Trustee selection methods**|Constitution adopted 25thJune 2018|
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||Currently trustees will be appointed or reappointed annually at the Annual
General Meeting.|
|**Structure, governance and management**|**Structure, governance and management**|
|---|---|
|**Type of governing document**
**Trustee recruitment and appointment**|Constitution of a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)|
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## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
**You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:**
- **Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees**
- **The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works**
- **Relationship with any related parties**
- **Trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them**
There are a number of policies in place as follows:
- Children’s Protection
- Disciplinary Appeals
- Disclosure or Malpractice
- Equal Opportunities
- Expenses Policy for Trustees
- Expenses Policy for Volunteers
- Finance Policy
- First Aid Policy
- Health & Safety
- Personal Grievance
- Safeguarding
- • Violence/Aggression
- Volunteer
- Zero Tolerance
DBS checks are carried out prior to commencement of employment or volunteering. These checks are carried out again every two years in line with statutory requirements.
LFPC is a member of National Council for Voluntary Small Organisations (NCVO) which provides helpful advice and opportunities for small organisations. We are also a member of the Small Charities Coalition, which provides the management of exchange mentoring services.
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All trustees give their time voluntary and received no remuneration or other benefits.
## **Objectives and activities**
## **Charitable purposes**
**Summary of the main activities in relation to these objects**
To further or benefit the residents of Lancashire, primarily but not exclusively those with learning disabilities or mental health issues (hereinafter referred to as ‘the beneficiaries’) without distinction of sex, sexual orientation, race or of political, religious or other opinions by associating together the said residents and the local authorities, voluntary and other organisations in a common effort to advance education and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation with the objective of improving the conditions of life for the beneficiaries by the establishment and maintenance of a community centre. Provide sessions in the local community with a view to establishing views from attendees of what is needed or missing in the area or indeed what works in others area and could therefore be replicated.
**You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:**
- **Policy on grantmaking**
- **Policy programme related investment**
We are grateful for the people that have volunteered to date and have spent time listening to the charity’s vision. Without this valuable contribution of time, energy, and expertise the work involved in moving the charity forward would be much harder.
- **Contribution made by Volunteers**
## **Achievements and performance**
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**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the financial period**
- In July 2019 personal circumstances forced the CEO, J Griffith to step down from the duties that she had been carrying out.
- • All the necessary attendees, working partners, stakeholders and trustees were informed of the situation.
- • As a direct result, there has been no events organised or carried out in this financial year.
- Furthermore, the onset of Covid 19 hit in March 2020 and added another reason why no events have been carried out.
- Nothing changed in the year to 31[st] August 2024, mainly as a result of the on-going personal circumstances.
## **Financial review**
> **Brief statement of the charity’s policy** All of cash at bank is unrestricted funds. The funds are held in
> **on reserves** order to meet expenditure that may occur, eg room hire and stationery supplies. We have reserves this year of £9,492.98. In future active years we aim to hold at least £10k and no more than £15k in reserves at the year end. The charity’s policy on reserves is to constantly review the a/cs and the balance at bank. It is felt appropriate to have at least 3 mnths expenditure in the account, which would amount to approx £3k in an active year. Once the balance in the bank a/c falls below £4k then further fundraising activities to be organised or funding applications completed. Furthermore, fundraising activities should be constantly monitored along with funding applications, and these should both be active. Charity finance policy has been written. **Details of any deficit** No Income in the year from activities due to inactivity, and no expenses occurred.
> **Donated facilities and services (if any)** No services or centres have been used or utilised in the year.
## **Other optional information**
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||**You may choose to include**
**additional information, where**
**relevant about:**
•
**The charity’s principal sources**
**of funds (including any**
**fundraising).**
•
**How expenditure has supported**
**the key objectives of the charity.**
•
**Investment policy and objectives**
**including any ethical investment**
**policy adopted.**|There has been no fund raising this year. We rely on the local
community and our local council for their continuing support.
The only expenditure in the year has been to pay any
outstanding expenses and to pay for any administration to be
completed. There has been no charge for annual accounts
etc. in this year to 31/8/24
It is anticipated that within the next 12 months a decision will
be made by the trustees as to the future direction of the
charity. A decision needs to be made due to the current
personal circumstances of Jo Griffith, who previously ran all
activities. It is not likely that these circumstances will change
in the future.|
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## **Future Plans**
In July 2019 the CEO suffered a personal tragedy and unfortunately had to cease the sessions at the church hall and all charity events for the foreseeable future. Although the following is still the ethos of the charity and future events, it is unclear when these plans will recommence. It is planned that a decision for the future of the charity will be made within the next 12 months. In the meantime, there will be a continued emphasis on providing a social scene for those with learning differences and mental health issues but open to all. Plus, other structured activities to build and deepen the confidence and capability of our attendees through social events. We would also like to explore the idea of a mobile phone app which would attempt to provide information from three strands: Health, Finances and Social, with the possibility of a link to a help line. Research will be carried out to gauge if this is a viable and useful tool.
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s) Full name(s)** JO GRIFFITH **Position (e.g. Chair)** CHAIR **Date** Date of AGM to be inserted here **20/9/24**
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## **Disclosure Section**
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
|**Unrestricted funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Unrestricted funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Restricted**
**funds to the**
**nearest £**|**Restricted**
**funds to the**
**nearest £**|**Endowment**
**Funds**|**Endowment**
**Funds**|**Total**
**Funds**
**Last Year**
**(NA)**|
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|**A1 Receipts**
_Grants &_
_Donations_
-
_Membership_
_subscriptions_
-
_Fundraising and_
_donations_
-
Gross receipts
from other
charitable
activities
Award and Activity
entrance fees
-
_Interest_
-
_Gift aid receipts_
-
**_Sub total_**
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|_Grants &_
_Donations_|-|_-_||_-_||-|
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|_Membership_
_subscriptions_|-||||||
|_Fundraising and_
_donations_|-|_-_|
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|Gross receipts
from other
charitable
activities
Award and Activity
entrance fees|
-|_-_||_-_||-|
|_Interest_|-|_-_||_-_||-|
|_Gift aid receipts_|-|_-_||_-_||-|
|**_Sub total_**|-|_-_||_-_||-|
**A2 Assets & Sales NA**
**Total receipts**
- -
## **A3**
**Payments**
Fundraising event costs Room hire Minibus expenses Travel Exps
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|Staff
Remuneration||
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|Insurance||||
|Fundraising Aids||||
|Sundries &
Admin, Incl
Acctncy||||
|**Sub Total**||||
**A4 Asset and NA Investment purchases**
> **Total Payments** - -
|**Net of receipts/**
**Payments**|9492.98
9492.98||||
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|**A5 transfers**
**between funds**|||||
|**A6 Cash fund last**
**year end**|9492.98|||9492.98|
|**Cash fund this**
**year end**|9492.98|||9492.98|
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
## **)1 Cash funds**
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Unrestricted funds to Restricted fund to Endowment funds to
Categories Details
nearest £ nearest £ nearest £
Total Cash Cash at 9492.98
Funds Bank
(agree
balances
with receipts
and
payments
account(s))
B2 Other Monetary Assets NA
B3 Investment Assets NA
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**B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use NA**
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