2023-03-31-accounts

Section A

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year From 01 04 2022 To 31 03 2023

Reference and administration details

Charity name Ava Marie Foundation Other names charity is known by "The" Ava Marie Foundation 1183998 Charity's principal address 13-15 Market Street NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS, MERSEYSIDE Postcode WA12 9BQ

Other names charity is known by

Registered charity number (if any) 1183998

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee(if any)
	Daniel THOMPSON	Chair
	Shannon HILL	Secretary
	Georgina WILL	Trustee
	Leslie Thompson	Trustee
	Juliet Cain	Trustee
	Matthew Lockett	Trustee
	Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
	Name		Dates acted if not for whole year
	N/A

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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)

Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted

• (eg. trust, association, company)

Appointed by Governing Committee Trustee selection methods

• (eg. appointed by, elected by)

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.

Section C

Objectives and activities

TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROVIDING MEMORY BOX TO PARENTS AND FAMILIES Summary of the objects of the WHO HAVE WHO HAVE LOST A CHILD WHETHER THROUGH charity set out in its NEONATAL DEATH, STILLBIRTH, MISCARRIAGE OR MEDICAL governing document TERMINATION OR WHO ARE PREGNANT WITH A CHILD WITH A LIFE LIMITING CONDITION AND BY RAISING AWARENESS OF THE NEURO TUBE DEFECT, ANENCEPHALY.

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FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE TRUSTEES MAY:

• A) RAISE FUNDS ON AN ONGOING BASIS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE MEMORY BOXES FREE OF CHARGE THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM INCLUDING ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND FOR THE UPKEEP OF THE CHILD BEREAVEMENT HUB LOCATED IN THE TOWN OF NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS.

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)

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

• policy on grantmaking;

• policy programme related investment;

• contribution made by volunteers.

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Section D

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

Achievements and erformance p

• 1) We provided 941 Memory boxes throughout the UK to Bereaved Parents and families

• 2) Phase 3 of the Child Bereavement Hub commenced, building works commenced internally so that we can take care of deceased children. works will further commence into Q1 of 2024

• 3) We provided over 90 funeral gowns to funeral directors and individuals in the local area.

• 4) We continued to raise funds from the public to allow us to continue our charitable activities, we have raised exposure of the Charity through social media and corporate campaigns.

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Section E

Financial review

Our strategy is that we retain sufficient reserves to be able to continue Brief statement of the to provide a provision within our Bereavement Hub and provide our charity’s policy on reserves memory boxes for a further 6months even if we generated no additional income.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

N/A

Further financial review details (Optional information)

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.

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

Signature(s)

Full name(s) Daniel John Thompson

Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chairman etc)

Date 10th January 2024

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Phone [phone] Email: [e-mail] Website: www.avamariefoundation.org.uk Facebook: @AvaMarieFoundation

10th January 2024

STATEMENT OF INCOME AND EXPENDITURE 01st APRIL 2022 TO 31ST MARCH 2023

Income

Grants and other income: £41,042.29

Expenditure

Activities, donations and grants: £39,643.91

Excess of income over expenditure : £1,398.38

Opening Bank Balance as of 01.04.2022 £2,395.43 Excess of income over expenditure: £ + 1,398.38 Closing Bank Balance as of 31/03/2022: £3,793.81 =

Daniel Thompson Chairman

10/01/2024

Ava Marie Foundation Bereavement Hub 13-15 Market Street, Newton le Willows, Merseyside, WA12 9BQ Registered Charity, Registered in England & Wales. Registration Number: 1183998