Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year From 01 04 2024 To 31 03 2025
Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1182548 Charity's principal address 36 Strathmore Road
Jordan's Weeones
Hinckley Postcode LE10 0LR
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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| Susan Crofts | Susan Crofts | |||
| Wayne Berridge | Wayne Berridge | |||
| Laura Crofts | Laura Crofts | |||
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 |
Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address |
Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address |
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Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
Type of governing document
Constitution
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
CIO (Foundation Model) How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Agreement of Susan Crofts, Wayne Berridge and Laura Crofts. Trustee selection methods
(eg. appointed by, elected by)
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:
Susan Crofts – Co Founder - Co-ordinator, Treasurer, Grants officer Wayne Berridge – Co Founder – Level 3 Counsellor, Author/Blogger Communications Officer Laura Crofts – Social Media and Marketing Officer.
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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
The object of the CIO is to offer financial assistance, where appropriate, to families who have children and /or young adults diagnosed with cancer or life-threatening illnesses. This is limited to children/young adults in the Summary of the objects of the UK. charity set out in its governing document
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We raise money for families by organising events (psychic nights) tickets at £10 through online platform ticket source. Raffle prizes at the event. Craft Fairs, Plant Sales, Events and support from local organisations.
Also funds raised by our Patrons Yvonne Fielding and Jane Steward.
Plus donations from our supporters helped us through the year.
The money raised goes to support the families in need who have a Summary of the main child/young person diagnosed with cancer. Families apply through their activities undertaken for the hospital representative. This year we have issued 118 grants to families public benefit in relation to in need. 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)
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
Our policy on grant making is referral from hospitals, i.e. the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital in Birmingham, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Nottingham University Hospital, Leicester Royal Infirmary. Teenage Cancer Trust Representative, Young Lives Vs Cancer Representatives and Children's Social Workers can make referrals.
You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:
Families can be nominated by the hospital representative to Jordan's Weeones, either by post or email. No financial information of family circumstances is requested on the application as we accept that any nominated family is already deemed in need of assistance by the hospital representative.
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policy on grantmaking;
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policy programme related investment;
Grants are issues by cheque and sent by post unless a parent specifically requests a bank transfer usually due to being at the hospital with their child.
- contribution made by volunteers.
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Section D Achievements and performance
Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year
The main achievement of our charity this year is that we have been able to support 118 families. Total grants issued to families this year is £17,700, this is £2,550 more than we issued in the previous financial year. This was a great achievement given the current financial situation and charitable giving being less than usual.
We have had some really good feedback and testimonials which we post with permission on our web page.
We continue to cover Birmingham hospitals, Nottingham University Hospital, Leicester Royal Infirmary and Addenbrooks, we cover the East and West Midlands, and parts of East Anglia. Although the families can reside anywhere in the country, a lot travel a long way to reach these specialist hospitals which strains family finances so we are happy to be able to assist the families that need support.
We have also increased our social media followers again and Laura Crofts continues to work hard to engage our followers on all platforms.
Wayne Berridge has completed his level 4 in counselling and is currently working to complete 100hrs clinical practice. Fundraising achievements We were very grateful to receive support from the Masonic Associations, Lodge of Welcome, Royal Sussex and Victoria donated a total of £1250 to be made available in the form of grants to families being treated at specialist hospitals.
We also benefited from the Tarro Lounge charity drive where they fundraised for the whole month of June in aid of Jordan’s Weeones. This year we have started to use Charity Collection Tins at our venues and have several establishments holding Tins on their counter.
Both Patron's have continued in tireless support of the charity and we are continuing to grow and looking forward to the coming year and we already have many more events planned.
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Section E Financial review
Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves
Our available funds stay in the account until a grant request come in, we advise our hospital representatives of the funds available to keep grants coming in. We want to avoid a large build-up of reserves so only hold a reserve of £500 for payment of operational costs.
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;
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investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
Fundraising
We were very grateful to receive support from the Masons for grants totalling £1250 to be made available in the form of grants to families being treated at our partner hospitals.
The Brigstock bring and buy stall run by Patron Jane Steward has continued to be a huge help to us. Along with the plant sales from her produce.
- Our Psychic Night raffles run by Patron Yvonne Fielding continues to be a great fundraiser and funds from raffles are much appreciated. Craft Fairs are attended when invited or where possible. Bingham Spiritualist Church have supported us with a monthly donation for the year which has been a big boost. We also have a regular donor and hope to encourage more regular givers in the coming year. Tarro Lounge ran events through June in aid of Jordan’s Weeones raising a total of just over £1500.
Expenditure
Expenditure is kept to a minimum to ensure maximum funds available for grants. The expenditure on web domains enables us to utilise social media platforms and just giving campaigns on our web site. We can also keep supporters up to date with how the money we raise is used. We can inform on the support we offer and also raise awareness of childrens cancer issues for families. We also share posts of other charities to promote giving to good causes.
Section F Other optional information
We are a small Charity hoping to grow over the next few years so we can help more families in need. And offer larger grants. Through our own experience we are aware of the strains and financial pressures of having a child/young person in long term hospital care, and the impact this has on the whole family. We aim to help as many families as we can.
Section G Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
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Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
| Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date |
Susan Crofts | Wayne Berridge |
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| SUSAN CROFTS | WAYNE BERRIDGE | |
Co-Founder, Co-ordinator, Treasurer, Grants Officer |
Co Founder – Level 4 Student Counsellor, Author/Blogger Communications Officer |
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| 28/05/2025 | ||
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Charity Name No (if any) Jordan's Weeones Charity 1182548 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period Period start date Period end date To from 01/04/2024 31/03/2025
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Total funds Last year funds funds funds to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
| Income Generation | 13,133 | - | - | 13,133 | 16,228 | ||||||
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| VoluntaryIncome | 3,803 | - | - | 3,803 | 4,445 | ||||||
| Other | 983 | - | - | 983 | - | ||||||
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| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
17,919 | - | - | 17,919 | 20,673 | ||||||
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| **Total receipts ** | 17,919 | - | - | 17,919 | 20,673 | ||||||
| A3 Payments | |||||||||||
| Charitable Activities(Grants Issued) | 17,700 | - | - | 17,700 | 15,150 | ||||||
| Expenses(Marketingand Operational) | 642 | - | - | 642 | 351 | ||||||
| GeneratingFunds | 435 | - | - | 435 | - | ||||||
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| **Sub total ** | 18,777 | - | - | 18,777 | 15,501 | ||||||
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| Total payments | 18,777 | - | - | 18,777 | 15,501 | ||||||
| Net of receipts/(payments) | - 858 | - | - | - 858 | 5,173 | ||||||
| A5 Transfers between funds | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| A6 Cash funds last year end | 5,561 | - | - | 5,561 | - | ||||||
| Cash funds this year end | 4,703 | - | - | 4,703 | 5,173 | ||||||
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Categories B5 Liabilities B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B3 Investment assets B2 Other monetary assets B1 Cash funds |
Details Details Details Details Balance EOY Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details |
Unrestricted funds to nearest £ 4,703 - - 4,703 OK Unrestricted funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which liability relates |
Restricted funds to nearest £ - - - - OK Restricted funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Amount due (optional) - - - - - |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
Signature
Print Name
Date of approval 28.05.2025 ~~13/10/2025~~
S Crofts ~~2~~
SUSAN CROFTS
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
W Berridge WAYNE BERRIDGE 28.05.2025
CCXX R3 accounts (SS)
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