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

## **From Period start date     1.01.2024     To Period end date 1.01.2025** 

## **Charity name: Square Peg Activities Holmfirth** 

**Charity registration number:** 118652 

## **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|The promotion of social inclusion among<br>people resident in Holmfirth and the<br>surrounding area who are socially excluded<br>from society, or parts of society, as a result<br>of old age and/or physical/learning disability<br>by preventing such people from becoming<br>socially excluded, relieving their needs and<br>assisting them to integrate into society, in<br>particular but not exclusively by:<br>a) providing a group which enables such<br>people to develop confidence, learn new<br>skills and supports them to maximise their<br>potential;<br>b) providing recreational facilities and<br>opportunities for such people.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|Square Peg Activities continued to hold<br>weekly drop-in sessions. Members<br>continued to have the opportunity to meet<br>each week, to socialise and to take part in<br>a range of activities – these included<br>quizzes and other verbal games, craft<br>sessions, physical games and exercises<br>and music sessions, as well as the usual<br>coffee and chat.|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|The Trustees have had regard to the<br>Charity Commission guidance on public<br>benefit.|



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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38||
|Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment|Para 1.38||
|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38|The group is supported by a number of<br>volunteers who take charge of providing<br>refreshments and of organizing the weekly<br>activities and who engage socially with<br>members during the sessions.|
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|**Achievements and Performance**|||
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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 key achievement of the charity during<br>the year is that we have continued to<br>provide social support and inclusion to our<br>members/ The core membership of the<br>group has remained stable during this<br>period – indicating that said members view<br>the group positively and feel they gain<br>something from it. In addition, new<br>members have joined, having heard about<br>the group through word of mouth or having<br>been encouraged to attend by local<br>community workers.||
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Achievements against<br>objectives set Para 1.41<br>Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set Para 1.41<br>Investment performance<br>against objectives Para 1.41<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>




Other

|**Square Pegs**|||||||
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|**Accounts**|||||||
|**Year ended 31 December 2024**|||||||
|||**Current Year**|||**Previous Year**||
|**Income**||**2024**|||456.25<br>£<br>914.98<br>£<br>993.63<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>199.38<br>£<br>181.57<br>£<br>1,006.74<br>£<br>327.42<br>£<br>228.96<br>£<br>103.32<br>£<br>**2023**||
|Donatons||20.00<br>£|||||
|Subs||987.00<br>£|||||
|Grants|Friends of HV Hospital|2,000.00<br>£|||||
|**Expenditure**|||||||
|Hall Hire|||2,080.00<br>£||||
|Travel & transport|||-<br>£||||
|Refreshments|||152.70<br>£||||
|Actvites|||975.99<br>£||||
|Payments out of grants|||125.87<br>£||||
|Insurance|||129.27<br>£||||
|Sundry|||166.65<br>£||||
|||3,007.00<br>£|3,630.48<br>£||2,364.86<br>£<br>2,047.39<br>£<br>317.47<br>£||
|**Surplus /defcit**|||623.48<br>-£||||
|||3,007.00<br>£|3,007.00<br>£||2,364.86<br>£<br>2,364.86<br>£||
||||||7,699.61<br>£<br>317.47<br>£<br>8,017.08<br>£<br>372.13<br>£<br>7,644.95<br>£<br>8,017.08<br>£||
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|**Balance brought forward 1 January 2024**||8,017.08<br>£|||||
|Surplus/defcit||623.48<br>-£|||||
|||7,393.60<br>£|||||
|**Balances at 31 December 2024**|||||||
|Cash in hand||200.42<br>£|||||
|Bank balance||7,193.18<br>£|||||
|||7,393.60<br>£|||||
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