## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024** ## **Charity name: ROC Taunton Deane** ## **Charity registration number: 1184549** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP
reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To promote any charitable purpose for the
benefit of the community within the county of
Somerset Council as the trustees see fit.| |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|Running a family mentoring scheme for
families with at least one child aged 12 or
under. That was the only activity during the
period to which this report relates.| |Statement confirming whether
the trustees have had regard
to the guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees confirm that they have had regard
to the guidance issued by the Charity
Commission on public benefit.| ## **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|During the period to which this report relates,
the trustees, with the help of a paid project co-
ordinator and a great team of volunteers,
continued the charity’s family mentoring
scheme. The charity helped a number of
families, all of whom were referred to it by
other professionals, e.g. health visitors, schools
and family intervention workers.| 1 ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end of
the period|Para 1.21|The charity received some funding from a local
church, a grant from Somerset Community
Foundation and another from a private charity
the Leonard Staite Foundation. It held a small
balance at the end of the period which was
required to fund salaries and other costs in
2022.| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
statingwhytheyare held|Para 1.22|It had reserves of £2190.60 at the end of the
reporting period. These were held to help
cover costs for 2025.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£2190.60| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|Not applicable| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|Not applicable| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the charity
continuingas agoingconcern|Para 1.23|The charity’s ability to continue as a going
concern is dependant on its ability to continue
to raise funds to cover costs| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charityname|ROC Taunton Deane| |---|---| |Other name the charityuses|None| |Registered charity number|1184549| |Charity’s principal address|12 Upper Holway Road, Taunton, Somerset TA1 2HD| **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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4|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year**|**Name of person**
**(or body)**
**entitled to**
**appoint trustee**
**(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Peter Fox|Trustee||| ||Cathrin Solanki|Trustee||| ||Roger Habgood|Trustee||| ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 2 **Signature(s) Full name(s)** Peter Richard Fox **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Trustee **etc) Date** 18 September 2025 3 **ROC Taunton Deane accounts from I January 2024 until 31 December 2024-** |**Receipts**||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||| |Date|From||Amount £s|| |Monthly payments|Gift from Taunton
Vineyard Church|||1,260.00| ||Gift aid tax receipts
(CAF)|||964.00| |08.05. 24|Grant from Leonard
Staite Foundation|||1,500.00| |30.05.24|Grant from Somerset
Community
Foundation|||5,000.00| |**Total receipts**||||8724.00| |||||| |**Balance carried**
**forward from**
**previousyear**||||3,484.95| ||||12,208.95|| |**Expenditure**||||| ||Paid to Thirty One
Eight for DBS checks|150||| ||Salary for Project Co-
ordinators|7,800.00||| ||Information
Commissioners Office
– data protection
registration|35.00||| ||Redeeming Our
Communities licence
fee for mentoring
materials|1,650.00||| ||Redeeming Our
Communities training
manuals|72.15||| ||Insurance|96.00||| ||Web hosting – Ledger
Solutions|100.00||| ||Sundry expenses –
food for mentor’s
social|115.20||| |**Total expenditure**|||10,018.35|| |**Balance remaining to**
**carry forward to 2025**|||£2,190.60|| Approved and signed Trustee 31 January 2025