## **The Russ Devereux Headlight Project** 

Report of the Trustees and Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 April 2023 

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**ANDERSON BARROWCLIFF LLP Chartered Accountants** 



Rewf oftheTnrnes
Statement of IIna￿la1 x¢MUes
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M*nb•rs olth• Coundl of
Alls¢)n Twner
Emma Lslmkths
Charknre Nkho&. Apwknted 18 O¢tcber 2022
Pwl Nar19)n .hwilnted 18 cTh)ber2022
Ch•rfty NUnI￿r.
1189J99
Prlndpal Addres
Lth￿Q
Unrt 24
5unees Bustne5s Park
Stockton ￿ Tees
TS18 3HR
Ind•p•nd•nt Ex•mln•r
J Date FCCI
3 IQWsher Court
Bfftsftekl Park
Stockton on fees
TS18 3EX
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of Th•C¢)undl of
The Trust&s presentthelrretKKt tcgetherwkn fknandal St*eM￿[￿the 10¢ Mty 3J22to 3¢P hpMI
Reportlng by Charfde5' In ￿epar￿the annLwI reportaThJ financlal Statern￿ ofthe tharty.
finar￿￿1 #atements haNt been prepa￿j In aCc￿￿r￿e wlth theats0￿ P0￿d*S Set ￿{n notesto the
accounts and compty4th the chartvsg0verylngdoc￿Trrt the (￿r￿leS Art 201 l and A£(￿JnUng arbd
eporttrE ty Charitle* Statement of Re£￿•M￿ded PraaiceappFlcableto thaT￿e5 prepèrlng thelr accounts In
accordan￿ the Ananclal Rep￿ Siandard applkable Inthe UK and RePU￿1C of Ireland wbllshed In
October 2019.
OBJECTIVES AND AcnvmES
The Charty se&s to preserbt wotertmental heath ond ￿Nbe1r1 5pedfic alm ofrethxlng the
numter of deaths tysuklde In the Tees Valltyarea. The tharltyath1*4eS tNsttYOU￿ the provtslt)n olon&t
one couwllln& trauma therattyond pkytheraw, provlded ty sulrattyquallfied <cwnselkJr5 and theraplsts, f
both adults and children vkno been bereaved tyS￿ddl The CW thlfver5 Wofkshops and pyesentstions
In schools colleg4 wWace4 Jnd the local communtyto false awaren￿ aboLrt gJlcld4 and
mentsl health.
The demand for ourcoun5elllng servke corrtlnued to be and accounts for the largest part of the s￿ce
provSded. We del￿ered 1441 Indmdual thexaFry Se551¢￿ duhn8 theytar. We atso ran4 of ow frweek group
bereaverr*nt hubs and la￿ched a monthty dr(Wn ￿ts. for thosewtp)1ove completed the prwamme
for on8olng support.A w￿ate FaCeb￿)k 8rnup ha5 been (Teated ¢0 offer fijther support and connectlon
foll￿￿n8 completfon of the hubs. The Projert has become reco8nlsed localty as a seNl¢e for those bereaved
sulclde,
l>JrlnB the perfod a robLUt IrNoldng poNcywa5 kn)plemthd. aNJ a case number5y5tem for dara colectlon.
Thls wlll enable us to prO￿de rn￿h more ddalkd #aUsU(s ofthe Se￿ and people 9JPPOrt Mo￿Trg
forward.
The North East re*on had the hl8hestsuldde ratsfor21f21, arhJ has been for6 ryJr ofthe past 10years. Wh115¢
the therapy led thces are preventath* In themsefve5. theTrust eoard akn foajsed on awa￿￿S& and
Pro￿dIr￿ wÈventath educadon aThl ¢rnIn￿t0 theTÈesVallw comrThirdty.
The res￿￿ of a Strate8k rkni of the clwW5 olreaion was a dear ntssk)n #atemttio reduce number of
deaths sulclde In the tees Valleyaw. throu8h theraFty of those bereaved bysLdcSde and prevental￿e
educa￿0￿ and tralnlnr. A SLKcessftJJ ret*and folloAtd and an updated webslte wa5 laurthd In January.
We re5earchedthe suldde preverKtM tralnlngavaifable and trove d￿eloped a three-step approach for
Indmduals aged 16+. It ￿e￿n5 wlth our ￿re1)esS Fresentadm Shlne a Llght on SU￿de & SuSclde PrLw)Uon".
followed byAlertness tralnln8 (SafeTALKJ and Irrtervertlon 1*51￿) Trahlrg We del￿d the awareness
presentsuon to 120 people durin8 ￿ yearand theAerts)esstralnkn8 prOgran￿ Ls rea¢tyto laUr￿h In June
20
Ourse£oThJ a￿drenesS campal8n In JarK4ry2023 k*)nday Brbtrrt)v•as Impacthj and reached thcyJsands of
peop¢e In the local area. wlth a numberof 5choots and worwacès taklrY6 pan In the promoted actly1t￿5 for
good mentsi heoth aThJ wellbwngat %%+wtcan be a dlfflailt thne rfJ*arfrf many.
PRINCIPAL FUNDING SOURCES
The majorty of Income contlnuesto ccrfne from Srthdual fiJnthatser& A number of Ir￿Al bus1r￿e5 made
donations and we wve In recelpt oftwo small ￿antsfroM Teesskk Faffllty Fotsndadon and NFU Mutual.
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Th• Rufs
otTh•
The Trust eoard have looked dos**the kncome rrw)del and Itcan be made SLtstsknaWe. There Is 7
annual ctrk4rtyevents whlch generatea stable irKome arKJ our Sth vi￿1 Partner &Supporter fv08rarnme was
Plen￿&￿ In marth￿￿h VAII re8ular1rK￿ *reamaThJ *￿ch gruly frcwn new
members sknlng upto be 5uPF￿er&
FINANCIAL RtVlEW
The chadty had a defKtt 0f£4Wdu￿￿ye￿t￿￿thv￿S tyrestyv& The unr¢styi(ted funds atthe
year￿r￿ stood at £55.819.
WÈ have detalled managemert a((￿jn￿ 1rtht1￿ a caShIk￿ f￿e￿￿kn1th goes Out fora yearand ts
1¢X￿rg robust
The charltyalms to fflaInt￿nfree res￿￿ ata mNm(*n of6 montrs expendltweto:.
prtmde a ofworklF¥ captsl that wote(ts the cOntIr￿of0Ur core
prI￿de a It•￿1 offijndlng for wperted opP)rtl￿de
provlde cw for rtsks s￿h as untsre5een eyperxlture ryurondcwted loss of kncom
The chartyhas nYJrnhtye4Jwthfft QIappr￿￿£ZQl￿￿ and tr* ojrrent free reserves amountto£63A79.
The RLtsS Dwereux Heathlts ￿￿￿t￿a$ IrKwFWted on 174h112020. The ao 5tsrtgJ ro operate on the same
date and the 8mmln8 doojnerrt È tts constltutlon dated 17NJ%l 2020.
Follovrtn8 the strtw methg In NrJM)ber2022a mana8ement #nxtwe In pjace to oNvseethe day
to dayoperatlon$ of t￿ tharlty. an OFeradons MarAgerand Project Lead. Re8ular management meeungs are
held meedngs and the organlsatlonal swtems ￿￿esseS, and polkles haw been 5treamllned a5a resu￿ An
Events & Volunteer Ccwrdlnator completes the ￿ntral team emplwd bythe ￿lty.
The Truxees hold quarterty eoard Meedvy7*twe W <*lslons ar￿ are made and rectrde(L
PLANS FOR THE ILrruRE
We alm for the 5eNt(e to be accewble to arylndmdual (adutt or thiid) who has been berea￿d tysulclde In the
Tees Valleyand to have a team of ther3pL#s7Ath 5pedallsttralnlrq In bereavemerrt tysulchle. We have enllsted
the 5ervkes ola dlrrical ccM)sultsrrtto del￿r bespoke tralnlng for theteam aTrJ a(Mseon dlnlcal pollcy.
A Wem togather feedbackfrom th(tse hwe acce55ed tyJrsw¥lces tsalso In plac
We have developed onllne SLFPOrt restyjrces cor&stlrgof a sedes of guodan￿￿thOS IGuklln8 U8ht serles) on
the m05t common areas ofttjncem ￿ recthfrtyn de￿ 1￿L￿￿81rql￿$ts. sulclJe berea• In chlldren
and to support chSkken wlth grlef.
A parenucarer support for thost 5UPPOrtlng chlldren berea*d 1ry5uklde." Uttle TrLKk belng
developed alorytyde a grief resource book for thildrwL TrTW LttdefnKks.
We alm to our proBrarnme irfpre￿rtthedUcathn and aWRren¢ssirnlnlng acr055 the Tees Valley In
schools, colleges buslnesses comrnunty8r¢w and for Indmduats. A F4lot workshop scheme has been
del￿ered to th)usands of Sttjdents durbng October aThJ No￿ntr*rata local ftJrtheredLtition college can be
rolled out In other educatlonal setting
We wlll be looklng at appropriate grant fLKxllrg OPPLNtur4des I￿eT tenn fvndl
TRusfES TRAININ6 &AppoipmAEKF
The Trustee5 reCeh￿ yfeguardlng refreshertrainlngarKI g0vemarKetral￿ng In Wl 2023.
Trustee are appolnted In accordance wtth the governln8 d¢)cument term of 3 yeats. In 5eletting rndwlthja
forawlntmert as cl¥rty tnJsree& the charttytru*ees Fnust have r4Trrdto the sknlls. krTh￿edge and
expederKe needed forthe effeclve admlnlstrakn 0fthetharItab￿ Irtorp)rated orgarthtknrl
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Comrnlsyon guidance on Nknllc ￿efiL
Trustee
Pa8e 4

To&il F￿dS Funds
I￿oM*
DOna￿On5 & legacles
Income from thartIa￿e actmdes
149
134864
50361
Totsl Incom•
174612
187225
Exp•ndl¢ur•
Charltsble actmues
(￿.119)
(1702rn
T¢)tsl F4•ndlturn
(220.119)
11702771
N•t Mov•m•ntln Fwmls I
Nrt IExp•ndltsw•)Ilneomefur th•y••r
1&948
Funds broLqht forylard at 1 May3)22
8537B
Fund b•l•nc• urrt4d lotward 1023
11
55J19
101326
The accompanyngnc¢e5 fonn part ofthe5e finandal statements
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TangiWe assets
1078
Detrtors
Cash at bank•TrJ In hand
13.513
109.935
123508
Cr•dltorw. Amourtstslllng due wlthln
oneyear
10
U7A251
(24260)
N•t C￿￿tA$s•￿
51A20
93248
55.819
101326
Funds
Unrestrf(ted
101326
Total Funds
5S819
102326
Trustee
Tnstee
/L31 Ill
The accounts ￿re aFproved tytheTrugees on_.- .....
The accompanying tyxes fomi partofthese ftnanoal statemert&
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dl
for th•Year
AccoupifiN6 pouaES
lal
The ththty ts a rWstered charlty In E*nd. The address ofthe prkndpal offte ts 81￿ In the
d)aty Inforrnaii(M on page 1. rw￿reofthechartysa£trl￿eS 6 shwi In the Report ofthe
Tnigee*
The charlty ¢￿St1￿￿& a W￿NC benefft as deftned FR5 IOZ The fjnandal sratements
have been prepared In acwrdarKe Accoun￿r￿ and Reportlng ty charIt￿ Statement of
Recommended Prartke applkabk to chartues PrePartr￿ thebr ac￿jrtts In accordan￿ wlth the
Hnandal ReFthrE Stsndard apFlka￿e In the UK and Rewbllc of Ireland IFRS 1021 Issued In
oaober 2019. the Rnark*l Re[￿1ft8 5trr￿rd 3p￿￿¢3b1e In the vn￿ed iangdom and Republlc
of1rda￿l IFRS 102K theCharlde5Aa 2011 and UKG*)¥*kneNed Pracike as * apF4lesfrom
l January 2015.
The ftnanclal ststemer)ts teen preparaj to 8fve a true and falf v1ew and have departed
from the 0￿￿tIeS thounts and Reports) RewatIc￿% 2cfJ8 onty to the extent requlred to
prrMde a trueand fatr￿/.ThLSdeparn￿e Irm}h￿ follo*lrstheAccwnllngand Reportlng
ty Chartdeg Statement of Recommended Practke appltsble to thartries weparln8 thetr
accounts In accordance wth the Hnandal RepJrtln8StaTrJard aFyficable In the UK aTrJ Republlc
ot IrdaThl (FPS 1021 publthd In 2019) rather than the accc4Jnttng and Rewrtln8 ty
Chartttes: statern￿t ofRe¢ommended Pradke effeth frcffj 1 Ayl12C#J5 ￿thkh has slnce been
v*fthdra%w).
The blnandèl ststements are prepared i>n a cortern basts under the hlstorkal cost
corNentlon. Thecharitycwrenty has suffldent reSly￿ to conunue In operat6on. The Tru*ees
theref￿e betlele tst It ts approprtate to rAepare the flnandal MemerL% on a 8oln8 concem
ba4$.
The )I￿a￿ts1 s¢atemeTts are prepared In stedlrqwthkh Is the fvnctbonal currencyof the tharty,
rounded to the Marest£
Th* $18nlncaffj XCoL￿jn8 Fdkles applkd In the weparntlon of thtse flnanclal statements are
set out bekny. These pc41Jes hwe been conYst•)tty applkd to all years presènted unless
(bi
Income Is reco8ntsed and IndLthd In the accwntswfien al ￿ foNg￿n8 crfterfa ¥e met-
The charltyhas enrftiemenito the fun(ts:
Ary perfOrr￿n￿ condlU0￿ attac￿ to the tenrfsl of hKome lyve been met or are
ltywlthjn the control ofthe thartty.
There Is sufficlent certalntythat recelpt ofthe Inc(xne bcor6ldered wobable., and
The amotjnt (an be measured rellaw.
Donatlw&arecreditedtolr*omeasihty¥ereceW. Grdrtsrecelvedarerecognjsedas Incfflie
for peflodvthich thtyrelate t
There ts no nettlr6 off vthin the ac£ourt&
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l expendttwe Is accounted ts on an ac(rp&415 basfjs aTrJ 15 recogn15&J cw there Is a legal or
construth oL4*fjon to make a pryment to a thlrd party. it b wobablethatsettlement wlll be
requlred and the amounron be measur&J rellabty. IrrectrMableVATls 1r￿uded4n e￿ndI￿re
a8alnstthe relevartcostforvthkhthee¥rthdtwrewa5 IrKwred EypèThYlbJrels da5sMed under
the head1￿.
Charltsble eXP￿dItUre comwlse5 those costs InoJrred bythe chaity In the delNtryof
thltte5. It Indudesbcrth cogsthkhcan be dlrKttyalk*ated toacimtles and th)se costs
of an IrKlirert nature.
Support CO*5 are those fiJrKtbn5 that ass6t of the chaty but do not dlrecdy
undertakecharltab1e￿tfvlt1eS Support c05lslnd￿eback￿C¢C0$ts Itnanc4 per50nneL
GovernarKe costs are those IrKLred In con￿10￿ wlth ¢ompllarKe consYtLrth)nal
arKI statrAoryrequlr
Id) Fts¢d As¥•ts
Flxed assets are *ated at cost knaccwnulated dewedkn costlrg lessthan £5￿ are
)t captsllse
F4xoJres and fftdn85 are dewedated w a 1￿ straw lth basts to wrtte off each asset Its
estlmated useful lffe.
lel
Trade and other detrtor5 Vrtth Th) #ated Interest rate arKI r￿efvable wltNn one year are
rKognbsed at the transacd(￿ prlce.
C•th at ￿nk
Cash atbankand cash In hand IndLthcash and shrytterm hl8hty liquld Inve5tmencS￿th a short
maturty ofthree morrths w less fr¢)m theéate of aquLslrth oroF*nlng ofthe deposlt or ￿MIlar
accounL
Credltorsand p￿￿$10n5 are rrfognlsed ¥therethe dh)rltyhas a present obllgatlM resuldng from
a past everrt that *MII probabty result In the transferof to a thtrd patyand the amount due
to settle the obllgatlon can be measufed or estlm*ed relIab￿. Cred1￿ and pro￿$10n$ are
r￿rrnaty recognlsedatthetr Settle1￿8M￿j￿L
Fund accoununs
Ger￿ra1 fvnds are unrestrlcted ftJnd5 whlch are Wdllaljelcf uso atthe d15cret5c4) of the tnJ5tees
In fvrtherance of the general objecyves of the (harlty ar￿ ¥thlch have not been deslgnated for
otherpurpos
Restrilled funds a￿ll¥KI$ll￿1th arèto be used In restrktioro Imposed
by donors or ¥¥hlth have been ratsed iy the chartytor pardojbr purTM)ses. The wst of raislng
and admlnlstwing the fijnds are charged agalnst tr* specfflc fiJnd. The aim arKI use of each
re5trKted fuThJ & set OLrt In the notesto the)Inanclal ststemen
The tharltyonty has fiThyndal assets arKlflnandal IlatAitdesofa klnd thatqualtyas basicfinancial
instrurnents. 8asK flnanctsl Irwumerrt5 are Intttalty recwised at trar6actkJn value arhy
subsequentlymeasured at￿Irsettlern￿rt value.
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rEnd
The finandal statemerts been prtpared on a Wng con￿rn ba* as the truste&s belleve
that no material uncertaintie5 extst Th* trustees con5kdered the of funds hekl arKI
the expected level of IrKt>me and.el¥￿dllUre for 12 months fn)m auth￿$1￿ these flnaThJal
statements. The tr¥Jdgeted InC￿e and eXpthdrtU￿ are suflkknt the of reserves for
the tharttyto te able to condnue asa
DONATIOKSAND LEGAaES
Donatlors
Grants
1H596
151874
39
149.036
13&864
AH thedonatkns and le8acle5f0r2o23wweufftstrk￿. In 2021 £3,991 was resirltted and E131874
INCOME FROM CHAIIITABLE ACTMTI
2022
Fundralln8 I￿orne
76
50,361
50361
AM the lrtorne from dwrkabfe aCtM￿e5 In 2023 aThJ2022was unrestrlcts
2022
Therapy costs
Fundratsln8
118,055
915
11Ofl
124.965
Supportcwu all•c•tad to •ctl¥lU
Rent
AdVertI￿n8
InsurarKe
Adfftln costs
&Jndrfe5
Post & stattonery
Repairs and renewal5
Deprecladon
Computer Costs
Tralnlng
Governance costs IrK¥te 51
11683
5.166
10.498
1.131
11119
610
16B
461
3.782
1.638
71612
45311
T¢)tsl
120.119
170276
All the &xpenditure In 2023 was unretykted In 20a £1.￿ was restritted and £166286 was
unrestrfjcted.
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GOVERNANCE COSTS
2022
Accounrar
Professlonal fees
. eyamlnatl
I￿60
$78
NoneoftheTrLtsteesreceWaryremuFRratknfromtheCharty. NoeXper￿werepaIdt0theTnmee5
durtngthe perkn
eMPLOYEE INFOAIIATION
2022
Wages arKI salartes
Cther perslon costs
203
The average number Ofempjryffts￿￿S 2P021' NII
TANGIILE FIXEDASSEIS
Total
At l May 2022
Addltlons
1566
Cart 30AwH 2023
Depr•¢l•tlon
At 1 May2022
C￿rge ts perk
At 30Aprll 2023
Nrt BookV•lu•
aoAprtl 2023
30Aprll 2022
3.078
eyTORS
2022
Trade debtors
cxher deti¢y5
127
1913
10A32
1681
13.513
Pa8e 10

10
CREDrroR&' AMOUP4fs FALUNG DUEIIITHIN ONEYEAR
2022
Trade ¢Jedltors
Accrua15 and deferred IrKcrne
4765
23260
17h25
24,2f￿]
Included In ￿CrUal$ deferred IrKome ts £7.6EQ deferred IrKryne whbjl retatesto entyfee5 for a
futurefundraj￿n8 twent
11
In¢•mlry¥ R•swrc
Bal•n¢•
Expthd•d 30Wla723
1 Mry2022
Unrestrlrted
1n612
(2è).119)
Totsl
1n612
PXl.119)
W19
12
ANALYSIS OF NEfASSEfs BETWE84 FUNDS
Fun
Tot*1
Tan8fble fixed A
CurrentAssets
Uabllmes
439)
6&845
117A25)
4.319
(17.425)
55.819
55.819
13
Durlng the year the charty pald £1.(136 to Attls Brokers In %th6ch Emma L sIm￿n5 Is a
sharehoh*r.
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I reF¥XC to the charlty truxees on my eyamljylk￿ of ￿ aCc￿￿ts of the Charityfor the pedod eTrJed 30 Apnl
2023 wNch are set out ￿ pazes 4t0 11.
R•5poTrslbllltl•sand b•th olrnpor¢
As chartys trustees are resp>)slbJe tr the of the acc￿￿ In accorthnce wlth the
requlrements ofthe cKBr￿eS kt2011 ftheP£ry
I report In resFect ￿r￿exaMInat￿Jn ofy*JwtharWs acc(wtsas carrled under se¢tton 14S oftt* A(t and In
catyn8 Out rTry examlnatlon I have foll￿￿d all ￿ appfKable dtrectlons 8l¥tn ty the Charlty comm￿ort under
sectton 1495Xbl of theA£t
I have coffoleted ry examlnaUoTh I conflrm that ￿ matter5 have ctyre to my atterfon In connectth vAth the
examlnatbn 8Mn8 mecau5e to belththat In arymtte￿ respe
coundn8 reCords￿￿e not kept In respert ofthetharftyas reg￿red bysectlon 130 ￿theA¢ or
the accounts do notaccryd tI￿e rth¥'
the accounts do not compty the aFpkable wulrements cwKernlrw the fm and content of
accounts set out In the Charlwes (knounts and Reports) fte8ylad¢)n5 rther than any requlrement
tt)af the accounr5 a *ue aN1 fatr ¥levfTAthkh Es a matter consl¢Jered as partof an IndepeTrYent
examlnat
I have noconcerrsand havecome across Th) otherm
should be drawn In th15 rekkn In orderto enable a
In (¢yMe¢tk￿ wAth the examlnaUonto%thlch attentyon
T Lmdewndlngof the accounts to be reached.
J Dale FCC4
Anders¢x) Barrowdrff LLP
Chartered Accountsnts
3 Klngfisher CoLrt
Bthvtheld Park
Stockton on Tees
T518 3EX
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