Trustees' Annual Report for the period
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Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name Wivey Cares Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1183575 Charity's principal address 18 West Street Wiveliscombe Taunton TA4 2JP
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for wholeyear |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee(if any) |
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| David Patterson | HonoraryChair | |||
| Christopher Howe | Chair | |||
| BeverlyShaw | Treasurer | |||
| Valeria Coots | Trustee | |||
| Margaret Browning | Trustee | |||
| Mark Blaker | Trustee | |||
| Paul Harrison | Trustee | November 2025 | ||
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 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)
How the charity is constituted
CIO
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Trustee selection methods
Elected by resolution of trustees
- (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;
New trustees are given an induction from the Chair and Co-ordinator to look at the constitution to become confident in the running of the charity. Existing trustees pass on information about their area of responsibility at the monthly meetings and everyone is involved with evaluating the success of Wivey Cares.
The charity works with the doctor’s surgery, village agents, local schools and hospitals to identify anyone in need of extra care.
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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
To actively promote the physical, emotional, mental & social wellbeing of the inhabitants of Wiveliscombe and the surrounding 10 parishes.
Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document
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| 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) |
1) Through the Wivey Cares Co-ordinator, we facilitate introductions of those requiring care with self-employed Micro-Providers. We support the Micro-Providers with appropriate training and introductions. 2) The Co-ordinator manages the network of volunteers who provide befriending activities. 3) The Co-ordinator provides guidance and support in claiming Attendance Allowance. 4) The Co-ordinator supports the local Memory Activity Group which meets every week and supports people with memory difficulties. 5) The Co-ordinator runs a lunch club every Friday, providing a warm meal, social space and an activity or talk. 6) One of our trustees has established a Wednesday weekly health walks group. With short, easy guided walks followed by tea and biscuits. As Trustees, we have had regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit and maintain a close regard to our charitable objectives. |
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Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
Volunteers play a very important part in the running of the Memory Activity Group, the Hub & Grub Group (approximately 4 volunteers per You may choose to include group) and at fundraising events. further statements, where relevant, about: • policy on grantmaking;
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policy programme related investment;
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• contribution made by volunteers.
Section D Achievements and performance
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Section D Achievements and performance Over the past year, Wivey Cares has continued to grow its network of Summary of the main volunteers and register of Micro-Providers. Respectively these figures achievements of the charity now stand at 13 (12 last year) and 62 (59 last year). Our Micro-Providers during the year respond to diverse requests for help and assistance from our community and the surrounding parishes. We continue to help secure the higher and lower rate Attendance Allowance (and Blue Badges) for some of our clients, making a major difference in their ability to secure the care they need. The number of people receiving care has also risen and currently stands at 132 from 100 at the same time last year. Our database shows that this number continues to grow month on month. With the increase in Micro-Providers, we are now able to facilitate earlier hospital discharges, with a knock-on cost saving to the NHS from ‘bed blocking’. The Memory Activity Group continues to be a great success with a good number of regulars attending each week. We have also established our new Friday lunch club ‘Hub & Grub’. It has only been running for a month or so, but so far it has been very well received. Once again, it is only possible to provide such a group with the input of our dedicated volunteers. Over the past 12 months we are slowly moving towards becoming selfsustaining and less reliant on grants. We have set up a ‘Friends of Wivey Cares’ scheme, plus we ask clients to make a small monthly contribution towards the care they receive, and we ask Micro-Providers to make a small annual donation towards the training and support they receive. To initiate this move to self-reliance, we secured a grant to take on a temporary fundraising co-ordinator.
Section E Financial review
We are looking to sustain a 3-month reserve to cover our running costs of Brief statement of the approximately £10,000. charity’s policy on reserves Details of any funds materially None in deficit
Further financial review details (Optional information)
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The principal source of funds comes from grant applications, notably. You may choose to include additional information, where Accelerated Reform Fund (ARF) relevant about: Brendon Energy • the charity’s principal Co-operative Community Fund sources of funds (including Fairfield Trust any fundraising); Foyle Foundation • how expenditure has Raynors Foundation Somerset Community Foundation (SCF) supported the key objectives Wiveliscombe Town Council of the charity; Wessex Water • investment policy and Wiveliscombe Consolidated Charities objectives including any ethical investment policy The Big Give and other Local fundraising events 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
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Signature(s)
Beverly Shaw
Full name(s) Christopher Howe
Position (eg Secretary, Chair Treasurer
Chair, etc)
Date
03/06/2026
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Wivey Cares
1183575
Receipts and payments accounts
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Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Endowment Restricted funds Total funds Last year funds funds to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
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| Donation, grants, legacies | - | 57,078- | - | -- | - | 57,078- | - | 23,300- | ||||||||||||
| MAG Income | - | 3,160- | - | -- | - | -- | - | 3,160- | - | -- | ||||||||||
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| Sub total(Gross income for AR) | - | 60,238- | - | -- | - | -- | - | 60,238- | - | 23,300- |
| Sub total(Gross income for AR) | Sub total(Gross income for AR) | - | 60,238- | - | -- | - | -- | - | 60,238- | - | 23,300- | |||||||||||
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| **Total receipts ** | - | 60,238- | - | -- | - | -- | - | 60,238- | - | 23,300- |
| A3 Payments | |||||||||||||||
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| Memory Activity Group | - | 5,955- | - | -- | - | -- | - | 5,955- | - | 5,588- | |||||
| Insurance | - | 375- | - | -- | - | -- | - | 375- | - | 606- | |||||
| Minutes secreatary | - | 150- | - | -- | - | -- | - | 150- | - | 300- | |||||
| Wages | - | 28,999- | - | -- | - | -- | - | 28,999- | - | 20,992- | |||||
| Training | - | 329- | - | -- | - | -- | - | 329- | - | 65- |
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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| Admin & advertising | - | 2,702- | - | -- | - | -- | - | 2,702- | - | 2,183- | |||||||||||
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| Other | - | 2,310- | - | -- | - | -- | - | 2,310- | - | 7,133- | |||||||||||
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| **Sub total ** | - | 40,820- | - | -- | - | -- | - | 40,820- | - | 36,867- |
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| **Total payments ** | - | 40,820- | - | -- | - | -- | - | 40,820- | - | 36,867- | |||||||||||
| **Net of receipts/(payments) ** | - | 19,418- | - | -- | - | -- | - | 19,418- | - | 13,567- | |||||||||||
| A5 Transfers between funds | - | 662- | - | -- | - | -- | - | 662- | - | -- | |||||||||||
| A6 Cash funds last year end | - | 6,649- | - | -- | - | -- | - | 6,649- | - | -- | |||||||||||
| **Cash funds this year end ** | - | 25,405- | - | -- | - | -- | - | 25,405- | - | 6,649- | |||||||||||
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
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| B1 | Cash funds | Wivey Cares | - | 25,405- | - | -- | - | -- | |||||||
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| Total cash funds | - | 25,405- | - | -- | - | -- | |||||||||
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CCXX R4 accounts (SS)
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Independent examiner's report on the accounts
Section A Independent Examiner’s Report
| Report to the trustees/ members of On accounts for the year ended Set out on pages |
Charity Name Wivey Cares |
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| 31/08/2025 | Charity no (if any) |
1183575 | |
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I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/08/2025 . Responsibilities and As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the basis of report accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
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the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
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the accounts did not accord with the accounting records
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
| Signed: Name: Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: |
13/04/2026 | |
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| Jake Sharland CGMA | ||
| The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants | ||
| Saddlebacks, Holcombe Rogus, Wellington, TA21 0PN | ||
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Section B Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .
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