2020-12-31-accounts - Beyond Bea Charity

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Objectives and Activities

Beyond Bea is a charity focusing on raising awareness about baby loss and educating healthcare professionals in order to improve bereavement care. We are based in Stockport but offer training across the UK. Our founder and CEO is a midwife who always had a specialist interest in Bereavement Care and was aware that this was an area her generic training didn’t adequately cover. Beyond Bea was created just 67 days after the loss of Bea, Steph’s daughter at 23 weeks and 4 days gestation. Since then we have been developing free, accessible and high quality baby loss awareness training not only to midwives but other healthcare professionals, such as doctors, therapists, neonatal nurses and paramedics.

Our vision is to create a world where every bereaved parent whose baby has died receives the same high standard care from all health professionals and we seek to do this by making high quality bereavement care training available to as many health professionals as possible and to raise awareness of the importance of bereavement care and support to families who have had babies that have died.

Our main activities are the provision of accessible training to healthcare professionals to ensure that every family receives adequate bereavement care when their baby dies but we also raise awareness around baby loss. We are keen to develop our aftercare offer, supporting bereaved parents in their recovery.

Public Benefit

All of the charity’s purposes and activities are for the public benefit. The trustees confirm that they have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit when reviewing Beyond Bea’s aims and objectives and planning future activities.

Achievements and performance

Beyond Bea has continued to grow and build on our previous success; initially we were unsure how we would be able to continue to deliver effective training when the pandemic first hit but this has actually proved to be a great opportunity for growth and has allowed us to go from strength to strength and have a much bigger reach. We have taken the next step in our growth and our Founder has recently started a Fixed Term Contract as our Chief Executive Officer/ Clinical Services Manager, working 25 hours per week.

Beyond Bea has delivered 70 online training sessions in the past 12 month period, with over 2500 health care professionals and students attending our sessions. We have continued to build our excellent reputation with 98% of those who have attended a study session saying they would recommend us. We have successfully launched our ‘Alternative Birth Bag’ appeal, which is a resource families can use to support them to navigate the birth of a baby when it has died. We have sent out over 2500 copies of the resource to 73 hospitals across the country.

We continue to promote baby loss awareness across different communities and we are constantly exploring how we can do this. We currently run weekly Instagram live sessions, focusing on a range of topics around baby loss, averaging around 800 views for each session. We also run a parent speaker programme, giving bereaved parents the opportunity to talk about their child and what effective bereavement care means to them.

Our online shop has continued to grow with more lines being added each month, helping us build our brand and ensure our long-term financial sustainability. Due to our growth we have had to move to bigger premises twice in the past year and now have somewhere that gives us the flexibility to develop our current service offer further.

Financial Review

During the period, income was £81,195 (2019: £47,281) and expenditure was £65,610 (2019: £48,633), leaving a £15,484 (2019: -£1,352) surplus to carry forward to future periods.

Reserves at the period end were £15,484 which is unrestricted and undesignated. The reserves policy is to maintain unrestricted and undesignated reserves sufficient to cover 3 months of overhead costs.

Structure, Governance and Management

Beyond Bea is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation and operates under a constitution dated 4[th] March 2019. It became a registered charity in England and Wales on 3[rd] January 2019.

The strategy and areas of activity of the charity are determined by the Trustees at board meetings, held at least quarterly. We have recently recruited to the post of Chief Executive Officer, following consultation with the Charity Commission; the CEO is responsible for the day to day management and administration of the charity.

The charity seeks to maintain on the Board of Trustees a balance of skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective administration. The first charity trustees are appointed indefinitely. New trustees are appointed by the existing trustees and are also appointed indefinitely. The charity must have a minimum of 3 trustees and a maximum of 12 trustees. All trustees give their time freely and no trustee remuneration was paid in the period.

The members of the CIO are solely the trustees and all trustees are members.

Independent examiners report to the trustees of Beyond Bea Charity Independent examinerfs report to the trustees of the Beyond Bea Charity I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Beyond Bea Charity for the year ending 31" December 2020. Responsibilities and basis of report As the charity trustees of the trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirement 5 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Act) I report in respect of my examination of the Trusys accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Art and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5} Ib) of the Act. Independent examinerfs statement I have completed my examination. I confirni that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect. l. Accounting records were kept in respett of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act I have no concems and have come across no other matters in tonnection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reathed. sighed Name: Qualification AA-r 1311 IJOZI. Date

BEYOND BEA CHARrrY INCOME AND EXPENDrruRE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2020 vent or tIVIty 2020 In8 Donations Fundraising Crowd Funding Grft Aid Stripe Online Donations Merchandise sales Grants 9213.28 17047.51 3269.71 996.82 38675.34 11892.1)0 PayPal Payments 81,094.66 ExpwKliture Training Expenses Stationery Office EqUient Postsge & Packi Events Merchandise Marketing Subscriptions Pdnliig Renl Insurance Fees and Charges 9499.55 6208.40 2668.96 4749.64 1585.55 32213.12 1488.30 730.48 4288.47 414.00 1695.Tl 65,610.16 DgflGIt for the year 15.484.50 MOVEMENT IN BANK BALANCES onIng balanee a8 at 1 January 2020 Surplus for the year Closing balanee a8 at 31 D•c•mb•r 2020 461.51 15484.50 14946.01 Represented by: Current Bank AcnI 3111212020 Less.. unpresenled cheoues Add: uncredited irrne 14726.96 16.5T 1235.62 15,946.01

Cash P£count 73.56 AUDITORS STATEMENT I hav• oxamlned the Incom¢ and Expenditure Account for the financial year to 31 Decembor 2020 I certify that these accounts are in accordance wlth tho books and records and with the Infomiatlon and oxplanallons given to me. Haok•tt MAAT 1519 }1021.

STATEMENTOF ASSEfs AND UABILITIES 2020 2019 Cash Funds Beyond Bea Bank account Euros 73.56 14726.96 183 67.48 1262.91 Other monetsry assets Investrnenls assets Assets retained for Charity's own use IT equipment Merchandise 279S 11,633 1321 14.268 Liabllitles Totsl assets and liabilities 29,228.52 16.919.39

BEYOND BEA CHARITY INCOME AND EXPENDrruRE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2020 Event or pthvlty 2020 Income Donations Fundraising Crowd Funding Grfi Aid Stripe Online Donations Merchandlse sales Grants 921328 17047.51 3269.71 12,099.74 9.684.05 5,027.86 20,373.32 38675.34 11892.00 Pafal Payments 41 47,281.38 81,094.66 Exp•ndltur• Training Exp8nses Stslionery OffKe Equipment Postage & PackirvJ Events MercharvJi$e Marketing Subscriptions Printing Rent Insurance Fees and Charges 9499.55 6208.40 67.92 2668.96 4749.64 1585.55 32213.12 6.S17.$9 5,732.84 922.97 2.359.49 946.29 11,921.60 11016.08 497.55 1,358.79 30824 1,484.71 1488.30 730.48 4288.47 414.00 1695.77 567.38 65.610.16 48,633.53 Deficlt for the year 15.484.50 -1.352.15 MOVEMENT IN BANK BALANCES 2020-- 2019 Oponlng balan as at 1 January 2020 Surplus for the year Closlng balance as at 31 Dec¢mber 2020 461.51 15484.50 15,946.01 1,813.66 -1,352,15 461.51 R•prnsented by: Cuffenl Bank Account 3111212020 Less: unpresenled cheques Add.. uncredited income 14796 16.57 1235.62 1,262.91 901.40 100.00

15.946.01 461.51 Cash Account 73.56 AUDITORS STATEMENT I have examlned the Income and Expenditure Account for the flnanclal year to 31 December 2020 I c8rtlfy that these accounts we In accordanGe wlth the books and records and wlth th• Infomiatlon and oxplanatlons given to me. Hackott MAAT Date: i&IqIXLI .