## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1[st] August 2020 to 31[st] December 2020** **Charity name: Children’s Chronic Arthritis Association Charity registration number: 1185378** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**CCAA provides support and information**
**to families of children diagnosed with**
**Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA).**
**This is achieved through the website,**
**social media, literature, a network of**
**CCAA Local Area Family Groups, and by**
**hosting Annual Family Support**
**Weekends that offer opportunities to**
**improve their understanding of the**
**disease and treatment.**| |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|**The Coronavirus restrictions limited the**
**activities that the charity could offer**
**during the year.**| |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 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|| |---|---|---| |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|**Updating website and social media.**
**Updating information concerning covid.**
**Keeping contacts with hospitals.**
**Continuing local groups support through**
**Facebook.**
**Proposal to run award badges scheme.**
**local channel island group set up**
**liaising with author bringing out a book on**
**Jia.**
**Distributing Jia book to local groups.**
**Talking to teapot trust to run online art**
**sessions.**
**Newly diagnosed page for parents and**
**children on website.**
**Having to cancel September family weekend**
**due to covid.**
**Continuing to keep donations coming in.**
**Changing to a CIO**
**Trademarking logo and Percy penguin.**| ## **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** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**At this moment we are in a strong**
**financial position due to on-going**
**fundraising, and the cancellation of**
**family weekends**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Reserves are held to enable the charity**
**to continue to offer “Weekends” to**
**families. Due to Coronavirus preventing**
**such activities the reserves have**
**increased to levels higher than**
**anticipated.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£12,181**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**N/A**| ## **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|**Donations from the public and grants**
**from trusts.**| |---|---|---| |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|**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|**Trustees are elected into the position at**
**AGM. References are taken.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Policies and procedures adopted for the induction Para 1.51 and training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Children’s Chronic Arthritis Association| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|CCAA| |Registered charity number|1185378| |Charity’s principal address|P.O Box 6679
Nuneaton
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Mr C J Wescott|Chair||| ||Mrs G Dalton|Vice Chair||| ||Mrs M Marcetic|Treasurer||| ||Mrs S Wescott|Secretary||| ||Miss N Marcetic|||| ||Mr D Madge|||| ||Mr C Cox|||| ||Mr R Piper|||| ||Mrs E Earle|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – 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)**
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**Chair, etc)**
**Date**||| |---|---|---| ||C Wescott|| ||
Chair|| ||25/10/2021|| ||25/10/2021||