
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

## **From Period start date 01/04/2023 To 01/04/2024 Period end date** 

**Charity name:** The Woody And Winter Foundation 

**Charity registration number:** 1185243 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|FOR THE ADVANCING OF HEALTH<br>AND THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND<br>SUFFERING OF THOSE IN, OR USERS<br>OF, A HEALTHCARE<br>ESTABLISHMENT, WHO ARE<br>CRITICALLY ILL BABIES AND<br>CHILDREN, THEIR GUARDIANS AND<br>SIBLINGS BY: (I) AT THE<br>HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS<br>DISCRETION, PROVISION OF FREE<br>SOFT TOY COMPANIONS TO<br>ACCOMPANY VERY SICK BABIES<br>AND CHILDREN. (II) AT THE<br>HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS<br>DISCRETION, THE PROVISION OF<br>FREE RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS,<br>COMFORTS AND OTHER<br>INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES FOR USE<br>BY VERY SICK BABIES AND<br>CHILDREN, THEIR GUARDIANS AND<br>SIBLINGS. (III) WORKING IN<br>CONJUNCTION WITH HEALTHCARE<br>PROVIDERS AND THE PUBLIC TO<br>IMPROVE CRITICAL, TERMINAL AND<br>BEREAVEMENT CARE SERVICES<br>THROUGH RESEARCH AND<br>INNOVATION|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|AT THE HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS<br>DISCRETION, PROVISION OF FREE|





|benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.||SOFT TOY COMPANIONS TO<br>ACCOMPANY VERY SICK BABIES<br>AND CHILDREN.<br>Through our successful ‘Send a<br>Friend’ campaign we have sold a<br>range of sof toys which have<br>funded further sof toys which have<br>been distributed to many sick<br>babies, children and their siblings<br>free of charge.<br>AT THE HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS<br>DISCRETION, THE PROVISION OF<br>FREE RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS,<br>COMFORTS AND OTHER<br>INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES FOR USE<br>BY VERY SICK BABIES AND<br>CHILDREN, THEIR GUARDIANS AND<br>SIBLINGS.<br>Fundraising has provided funds to<br>support trips and other<br>entertainments for sick children<br>and their families.<br>WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH<br>HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AND THE<br>PUBLIC TO IMPROVE CRITICAL,<br>TERMINAL AND BEREAVEMENT<br>CARE SERVICES THROUGH<br>RESEARCH AND INNOVATION.<br>We contnue to provide two free<br>bereavement peer support groups<br>which has also led to a link between<br>members of these groups and our<br>‘Send a Friend campaign’. The ‘Send<br>a Friend’ campaign provides and<br>innovatve way to support parents<br>and families in remembering and<br>honouring their child. We have<br>made a substantalgrant to the|
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Birmingham Children’s Hospital Parents Accommodation department to develop a bespoke relaxation room for service users families. Statement confirming Para 1.18 whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit 

## **Additional information (optional)** 

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

SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other 

## **Achievements and Performance** 

||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|The ‘Send a Friend’ campaign contnues to<br>fund small sof toys which are provided<br>partner hospitals and services in the UK to<br>distribute at their discreton to very sick<br>children and their families. Families can<br>also approach or be selected by the charity<br>directly to receive free gifs from the<br>scheme.<br>Fundraising has provided:<br>Funds to support trips and other<br>entertainments for very sick children and<br>their families.|





Funds towards guardians caring for very sick children and/or who have experienced baby/infant/child loss who have been affected by the cost of living crisis. Funds to continue local peer support bereavement groups. Funds to hold an annual Babyloss Remembrance service with memorial gifts for attendees. 

## **Additional information (optional)** 

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

|<br>Achievements against<br>objectives set|<br>Para 1.41||
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|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|The charity is in a stable position financially|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|No reserve policy currently but this remains<br>in development as the charity grows|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22||
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23||



## **Additional information (optional)** 

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

|<br>The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|<br>Para 1.47||
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|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25||
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO - FOUNDATION|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|Elected by trustees|



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|<br>Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|<br>Para 1.51||
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|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

Charity name Other name the charity uses Registered charity number Charity’s principal address 



## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Carla Newby||||
||Mathew Meredith-<br>Storer||||
||Rev Sheridan Louise<br>Gidney||Inception of CIO to<br>20.03.2024||
||June Storer||||
||Julia Louise Wilson||||
||Amy Meredith-<br>Storer||||
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## – 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** 

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)** 

**Type of Name Address adviser** 

## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

## **Other optional information** 



## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

**Signature(s) Full name(s)** Carla Newby 

**Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc) Date** 19.01.2025 



||**Charity Name**<br> <br>**THE WOODY AND WINTER FOUNDATION**<br>|**Charity Name**<br> <br>**THE WOODY AND WINTER FOUNDATION**<br>|**Charity Name**<br> <br>**THE WOODY AND WINTER FOUNDATION**<br>|**No (if any)**<br>**1185243**|
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||**For the period**<br>**from**|Period start date<br>04/01/23|**To**|Period end date<br>03/31/24|



## **Section A Receipts and payments** 

|||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**||**Restricted**<br>**funds**||**Endowment**<br>**funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**||
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|||**to the nearest      £**|||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||
|**A1 Receipts**|||||||||||||
|Sales|||**3,724**||**3,379**||**-00**||**7,103**||**7,209**||
|Donations/Fundraising|||**6,203**||**-00**||**-00**||**6,203**||**5,735**||
|Fundraising|||**-**||**-00**||**-00**||**-00**||**1,098**||
||||||||**-00**||**-00**||**-00**||
||||**-**||**-00**||**-00**||**-00**||**-00**||
||||**-**||**-00**||**-00**||**-00**||**-00**||
||||**-**||**-00**||**-00**||**-00**||**-00**||
||||**-**||**-00**||**-00**||**-00**||**-00**||
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_||<br>|**9,927**||**3,379**||**-00**||**13,306**||**14,042**||
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**|||||||||||||
|**(see table).**|||||||||||||
||||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-00**||||
||||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-00**||**-**||
|**_Sub total_**|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-00**||**-**||
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|**_Total receipts_ **||**9,927**|||**3,379**||**-**||**13,306**||**14,042**||
|**A3 Payments**|||||||||||||
|Toys to Sell|||**4,165**||**-00**||**-00**||**4,165**||**4,243**||
|Toys to Donate|||**-**||**-00**||**-00**||**-00**||**651**||
|Postage|||**189**||**-00**||**-00**||**189**||**463**||
|Fees & Subs|||**510**||**-00**||**-00**||**510**||**456**||
|Items Purchased to Donate|||**3,403**||**-00**||**-00**||**3,403**||**3,702**||
|Insurance|||**101**||**-00**||**-00**||**101**||**101**||
|Admin/Fundraising Expenses|||**1,609**||**-00**||**-00**||**1,609**||**874**||
|Bereavement Group Expenses|||**366**||**-00**||**-00**||**366**||**654**||
|Hall Hire|||**36**||**-00**||**-00**||**36**||**559**||
|**_Sub total_ **||**10,379**|||**-00**||**-00**||**10,379**||**11,703**||
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|**A4 Asset and investment**|||||||||||||
|**purchases, (see table)**|||||||||||||
||||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-00**||||
||||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-00**||||
|**_Sub total_ **|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-00**||**-**||
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|**_Total payments_ **||**10,379**|||**-**||**-**||**10,379**||**11,703**||
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|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ **||**-**|**452**||**3,379**||**-00**||**2,927**||**2,339**||
|**A5 Transfers between funds**|||**-**||**-00**||**-00**||**-00**||**-00**||
|**A6 Cash funds last year end**||**6,217**|||**5,616**||**-00**||**11,833**||**9,494**||
|**_Cash funds this year end_ **||**5,765**|||**8,995**||**-00**||**14,760**||**11,833**||





## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**Categories**<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**|**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))|**to nearest £**<br>**5,765**<br>**-00**<br>**-00**<br>**5,765**<br>OK<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-00**<br>**-00**<br>**-00**<br>**-00**<br>**-00**<br>**-00**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**|**to nearest £**<br>**8,995**<br>**-00**<br>**-00**<br>**8,995**<br>OK<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-00**<br>**-00**<br>**-00**<br>**-00**<br>**-00**<br>**-00**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-00**<br>**-00**<br>**-00**<br>**-00**<br>**-00**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-00**<br>**-00**<br>**-00**<br>**-00**<br>**-00**<br>**-00**<br>**-00**<br>**-00**<br>**-00**<br>**-00**<br>**-00**<br>**-00**<br>**-00**<br>**-00**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**|**to nearest £**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**|
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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees 

Signature 

Date of Print Name approval 

