## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 1 April 2022 Period start date To 31 March 2023 Period end date Charity name: Autism Parents Together (Tees Valley) Charity registration number: 1183492** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The promotion of social inclusion among
children aged 0 - 18 in Tees Valley who are
socially excluded from society, or parts of
society, as a result of autism and assisting
them to integrate into society, in particular
but not exclusively by: a) providing
education, information and opportunities
designed to support and enable autistic
children to maximise their potential; b)
raising public awareness of the issues
affecting autistic children, both generally and
in relation to their social exclusion; c)
providing support groups, forums, advice,
advocacy and general support for autistic
children and their families/carers. d)
providing recreational and leisure time
activities for autistic children and their
families/carers provided in the interest of
social welfare with the object of improving
their conditions of life and developing their
skills, capacities and capabilities.| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|Raising funds; heavily subsidising activities,
provide training and general support; paying
the costs of carrying out the charity’s work.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|In setting our objectives and planning our
activities our Trustees have given careful
consideration to the Charity Commission’s
public benefit guidance.| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements||where relevant about:| ||SORP reference|| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|| Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|The charity were successful applying for and
received two grants exceeding £4,500,
which were used to contribute towards our
Christmas activities. The trustees have also
committed again to funding entries for Total
Warrior, the Great North Run and the Great
North Swim in 2023.
This year charity managed to organise and
subsidise 131 different activities which
included trampolining, gaming and
swimming. For these subsidised sessions
we sold c3,700 tickets and received £26,000
in fees.
Membership of the Facebook group is
presently in excess of 3,400 members, so it
has grown by nearly 1,000 since the
previous year.
We have also looked to re-structure to bring
in some new Trustees to better prepare us to
increase our scope and longevity. The aim
will be to have new Trustees with varied
experience in the new year. As part of the
restructure two Trustees have resigned.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |||| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The charity reported a deficit of payments
over receipts of £5,153 all of which related to
unrestricted funds. At the end of the period,
the charity held £26,197 of unrestricted
funds and no restricted funds.| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|This year £5,000 was held in reserve for
unforeseen events. This was established
over the year once we understood the level
of fund we could raise.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£5,000| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**-**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**-**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**-**| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Apart from the first charity trustees, every
trustee must be appointed for a term of three
years by a resolution passed at a properly
convened meeting of the charity trustees.
In selecting individuals for appointment as
charity trustees, the charity trustees must
have regard to the skills, knowledge and
experience needed for the effective
administration of the CIO.| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements||where relevant about:| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Autism Parents Together (Tees Valley)| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|Autism Parents Together| |Registered charity number|1183492| |Charity’s principal address|129 Stockton Business Centre, 70-74 Albion Street,
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Karen Clayton|Secretary|20/05/19|| ||Ben McBean|Treasurer|20/05/19|| ||Andrew Clayton||20/05/19|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** **-** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |**-**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**|**Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**| |---|---| |Description of the assets
held in this capacity|**-**| |Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|**-**| |Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own assets|**-**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of**
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**Date**|**e charitys trustees**|| |||| ||Nicola McBean|Ben McBean| ||
CEO|Treasurer| ||31/01/2024|| ||31/01/2024|| **Autism Parents Together (Tees Valley) 1183492 Receipts and payments accounts For the period** 01/04/2022 31/03/2023 **To from** ## **CC16a** |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**65,076**
**7,775**
**4,666**
**1,319**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**78,836**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**78,836**
**1,133**
**621**
**535**
**2,185**
**60,682**
**-**
**-**
**955**
**9,116**
**403**
**8,359**
**-**
**-**
**83,989**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**83,989**
**- 5,153**
**-**
**31,350**
**26,197**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**
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**-**
**-**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**65,076**
**7,775**
**4,666**
**1,319**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**78,836**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**78,836**
**1,133**
**621**
**535**
**2,185**
**60,682**
**-**
**-**
**955**
**9,116**
**403**
**8,359**
**-**
**-**
**83,989**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**83,989**

**- 5,153**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Charitable Activities|**65,076**|||||**40,818**| |Donations and Legacies|**7,775**|||||**10,733**| |Grant Income|**4,666**|||||**10,000**| |Gift aid|**1,319**|||||**-**| |||||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**78,836**|||||**61,551**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**
|||||**-**| |~~**_Sub total_**~~|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_ **
**A3 Payments**||||||| |||||||**61,551**| |||||||| |Advertising|**1,133**|||||**378**| |Computer Costs|**621**|||||**678**| |Insurances|**535**|||||**461**| |Office/General Administrative Expenses|**2,185**|||||**2,043**| |Other Professional Services|**60,682**|||||**47,343**| |Phone Costs|**-**|||||**112**| |Printing,Postage & Stationery|**-**|||||**91**| |Bank Fees|**955**|||||**442**| |RaisingFunds|**9,116**|||||**1,793**| |Travel and Accommodation|**403**|||||**256**| |Wages|**8,359**|||||**6,689**| |Other Expenses|**-**|||||**73**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**83,989**|||||**60,359**| |||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**|||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total payments_ **
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||| |||||||**60,359**| |||||||| ||**- 5,153**|**-**|**-**|
**- 5,153**||**1,192**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**31,350**|**-**|**-**|**31,350**||**30,158**| ||**26,197**|**-**|**-**|**26,197**||**31,350**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 31/01/2024 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
Computer
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
Current Account
Stripe Account
**Details**
Signature|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
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**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**26,197**
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**26,197**
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OK
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Nicola McBean
Ben McBean|**Endowment**
**funds**
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**funds**
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approval| |||Nicola McBean|31/01/2024| |||Ben McBean|31/01/2024| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 31/01/2024 2 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examinefs Report Report to tho trust8esI members of Autism Parents Togthr (Tees Valley) On accounts for thg year ended 31 Marth 2023 Charrty no {If any) 1183492 Set out on pages R￿ipts and Payments Dwjment I report to the trustees on my examination of the acwunts of the above charrty {Ihe Trust") for the year ended 31 Mar¢h 2023. Responsibilities and As Ihe ¢harity tr￿lee$ of Tn￿1. you are responsible for the preparation basls of report of the accounts in acojrdance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 1.the Acr}. l ￿pOrt in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Aci arxl in ￿rryIng out my examination. I have followed the applicab￿ Directions g￿rt by the Charity Commis8ion under section 145(5Xbl of the I have comp￿ted my examination. l u)nfirm thal no material matters have ¢ome lo my attention in connection wilh th$ examination which gives mg cause to beltve that in, any material respect= accounting were not k¥pl in accordance with soction 130 of theAdor the acCo￿ts do not with the aw)unling r￿)rdS Independent examlner's sLitemfrnt I have no ¢M¢srr6 and have ctyne across no olher matters in connection with the examinatK)n lo which 8ttenlKsn should be d￿wn in order lo enablg 8 proper Und￿stat￿jin9 of the accounts lo be ￿aChed. Signod: 3110112024 Name: Beverley Goodall Relevant profas$ional qualifi￿tiOn(sI or body lif any): Institute of Chartered Accotsntsnls in Engla[￿ and Wales Address: Level Q offi￿S. Surtees Business Park Stockton-on-Tee5 TS18 3HR Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of con￿MIsee CC32. IndepeThJent examinalion of charity accounts.. directions and guidancg for examiners}. IER October 2018 Glv• hore brief detai18 of any items that the •xamin•r wi5h¢s to disclos¢. IER October 2018