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2022-04-20-accounts

Charity Registration No.1190534

14, All Saints Place, Bury.

Lancashire BL8 1ND

07397089141 contact@wonderfullifeacademy.com www.wonderfullifeacademy.com

Trustee Annual Report 23[rd] July 2021- 22[nd] July 2022

Contents

Executive Summary...........................................................3 Legal and Charitable Status...............................................5 Objects and Area of Benefit...............................................5 Mission Statement ...........................................................5 Statement of Values..........................................................6 Summary of Achievements to Date.....................................7 Vision of Success...............................................................7 Aims.................................................................................8 Equality Statement............................................................9 Governance......................................................................9 Situation Analysis ...........................................................10 Business Strategy...........................................................12 Funding Strategy.............................................................13 Service Plan....................................................................14 Internal Policies and Procedures......................................17 Staffing...........................................................................18 Volunteers......................................................................19 Insurance........................................................................20 Budget & Strategic Risk Assessment................................21

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Executive Summary

Wonderful Life Academy is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation registered with the Charity Commission and recognised as charitable by HMRC. The Objects as set out in Wonderful Life Academy’s governing document are:

To preserve and protect the health and wellbeing of, in particular but not exclusively, frontline workers in the United Kingdom by providing workshops and coaching sessions with Well-Being Coaches and providing access to on-line content designed to promote healthy lifestyle and well-being.

Our mission is " To help as many people as possible improve their lives through focussing on well-being. We provide coaching to help them to look after their Physical, Mental, Emotional and Spiritual well being and in doing so create their own Wonderful Life."

Since its foundation in 2020, Wonderful Life Academy has helped Frontline workers in the Fire Brigrade, the Greater Manchester Police, the NHS, Morrisons Supermarkets, Nationwide Building society, Social Workers and Nurseries to improve the WellBeing of their staff.

In 2022, Wonderful Life Academy operated throughout the United Kingdom with a team of 9 Well-Being coaches. We offered our service free to everyone, running wellbeing workshops in schools, community centers and social clubs. We continued to prioritise Key workers including care workers, teachers and postal workers.

Wonderful Life Academy's governance structure consists of three Trustees:Timothy Laycock, Rachael Taylor and Lucy Gale and its Chief Executive Officer Neil Gowing. Full Board meetings are held annualy. Trustee meetings are held quarterly with a minimum of two trustees in attendance.

The Charity has a number of key strengths. All our fully qualified Coaches are accredited by the largest coaching organisation in the world. All of our coaching content belongs to the Charity and is licence free. The CEO has over 30 years Leadership and business experience.

The Trustees have a plethora of experience inluding NHS, Mental Health First Aid, Management and Leadership, Logistics,Business Directors, Training and Development, Human Resources and CIPD.

The need for Well-Being coaching is highlighted in the department of Health's recent paper on well-Being as being at an all

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time high thus creating a significant opportunity for our charity to flourish and benefit the maximum number of people.

Wonderful Life Academy has a two-stage business strategy,

  1. Build membership of both Frontline and non-frontline workers including online and face to face group sessions and training.

  2. Seek opportuities to work collaboratively with organisations to provide our service to and to recieve funding/fundraising support from.

The Charity's funding strategy follows three main workstreams; local fundraising, funding grants and our online and ‘pop-up’ Charity shops.

We have a clear set of objectives geared towards achievment of our business plan with reviews of all strategy, activiites and procedures planned within the financial year.

All Strategic risks have been asessed and measures put in place to mitigate those risks.

The business plan has been assessed and agreed by our Board of Trustees to ensure compliance with our obligations under our Charity Constitution.

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Legal and Charitable Status

Wonderful Life Academy is:

Objects and Area of Benefit

The Objects as set out in Wonderful Life Academy’s governing document are:

To preserve and protect the health and wellbeing of, in particular but not exclusively, frontline workers in the United Kingdom by providing workshops and coaching sessions with Well-Being Coaches and providing access to on-line content designed to promote healthy lifestyle and well-being.

The Area of Benefit as set out in Wonderful Life Academy’s governing document and registered with the Charity Commission are:

To improve the health and Well-Being of Frontline workers n the united Kingdom. These workers are the key individuals who keep the country operational in times of crisis or public emergency. By improving the health and Well-Being of these workers they will in turn provide an improved service to the general public on a daily basis and also be more resilient in times of crisis thus maintaining a higher level of attendance and service in such times .

Mission Statement

Our mission is to help as many people as possible improve their lives through focussing on well-being. We provide coaching to help them to look after their Physical, Mental, Emotional and Spiritual well being and in doing so create their own Wonderful Life.

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Statement of Values

Wonderful Life Academy believes strongly in:

The right of everyone to enjoy a life of their own.

The right of Frontline and Key workers to expect effective support in their valued role.

The importance of a safe environment where people can share personal experiences with honesty and acceptance.

Wonderful Life Academy sees itself as:

Caring and respecting people’s individuality.

Promoting the importance of well-being to overall health.

Enabling and empowering people to take action. Maintaining people’s confidentiality (subject to safeguarding issues). Valuing Frontline and Key workers and their contribution to society. Non-condemnatory, judging situations not people. Independent of statutory services.

Seeking and gaining the respect of professional colleagues. Working consultatively and collaboratively. Open and communicative.

Knowledgeable, with a “can-do” approach to improving well-being.

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Summary of Achievements to Date

Since its foundation in 2020, Wonderful Life Academy has already:

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Vision of Success

In 2021/22 Wonderful Life Academy:

Aims

The strategic aims of Wonderful life academy are:

To enable Frontline and Key Workers to manage their role more easily and more effectively.

To enable Frontline and Key Workers to manage their well-being and own lives more easily and more effectively, and to pursue their own goals and aspirations.

To enable Frontline and Key workers to identify with and support each other.

To empower all members of our communities to take control of their own wellbeing and mental health.

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Equality Statement

Wonderful Life Academy is committed to equal opportunities principles in:

This commitment is set out in full in our Equal Opportunities Policy.

Governance

Wonderful Life Academy's governance structure is as follows:

3 Trustees -

Timothy Laycock - Director at Smiths of Bury Specialist Haulier.

Rachael Taylor - Senior Manager at NHS Ombudsnman. Lucy Gale- Crime Recording officer -Greater Manchester Police..

Chief Executive Officer- Neil Gowing

Full Board meetings are held annually. Trustee meetings are held quarterly with a minimum of two trustees in attendance.

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Situation Analysis

Strengths:

Led by fully qualified Coaches accredited by The largest Coaching Organisation in the world.

All content belongs to the Charity and is licence free.

Website is functioning and fit for purpose.

Network of qualified coaches already in place.

CEO has 30 years Leadership and business experience.

Trustees bring a plethora of experience inluding NHS, Mental Health First Aid, Management and Leadership, Logistics,Bbusiness Directors, Training and Development, Human Resources and CIPD.

Well-Being is topical in the current climate.

Frontline and key workers are front of mind in the public eye in the current climate.

Content and format are tried and tested with excellent reviews and feedback.

No other Charity or Coaching organisation has the same content.

We are able to operate both online and in person allowing us to be flexible in the current environment.

Weaknesses:

More than half of our fully trained Well-Being Coaches are based in the North West of England thus limiting our reach.

The website has limitations due to lack of expert knowledge within the Charity.

The adminsitration and day to day function of the charity is reliant soley on the CEO at present.

Our Brand awareness is low outside of home towns.

Opportunities

We are eligible to apply for funding from National Lottery, People's Postcode lottery and numerous other funding bodies.

Partnership with Nationwide Building society can bring publicity, credibility and fundraising opportunities.

Partnership with Morrisons Supermarket can bring publicity, credibility and fundraising opportunities.

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Partnership with Greater Manchester Police can bring publicity, credibility and fundraising opportunities.

Tap into Retail contacts including Team members as source of volunteers and fundraisers.

Development of website to create a more accessible online coaching service.

Grow online membership and online sessions.

Threats

The Current climate has made funding and fundraising more difficult with many charities finding it difficult to survive.

People don't see the value of coaching so not seen as essential.

Loss of coaches due to other commitments

Not able to pay CEO and coaches.

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Business Strategy

Wonderful Life Academy has a two-stage business strategy.

Key priority areas are:

Expansion of the online service

Expand our reach to more Beneficeries

Team Development and knowledge

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Funding Strategy

The Charity's funding strategy follows three main workstreams.

1. local fundraising.

2. Funding grants.

3. Providing 'Paid for' coaching/speaking .

4, Online and ‘pop-up’ Charity shops.

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Service Plan

The main services offered by Wonderful Life Academy will be as follows:

  1. Face to face group Well-Being Coaching.

  2. Online group Well-Being Coaching.

  3. Online Academy with resources to help improve Well-Being.

1.Face to face group Well-Being Coaching

Activities

Outcomes

Resources

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2. Online group Well-Being Coaching

Activities

Outcomes

Resources

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  1. Online Academy with resources to help improve Well-Being Activities

  2. Provide online portal to all members.

  3. Provide workplace specific online portal to each workplace.

  4. Provide Well-Being activities for download or use online.

  5. Provide group activities for download or use online

  6. Produce and distribute a regular newsletter with additional tools and activities to improve Well-Being.

Outcomes

Resources

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Internal Policies and Procedures

Wonderful Life Academy will keep policies updated covering the following areas:

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POLICY AREA Adopte Action / Review
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Safeguarding Sep Review Sep 2022
2020
Confidentiality Sep Review Sep 2022
2020
Conflict of interests Sep Review Sep 2022
2020
Health & Safety Sep Review Sep 2022
2020
Equal Opportunities Sep Review Sep 2023
2020
Complaints Oct Review Oct 2023
2020
Corporate Social Oct Review Oct 2023
Responsibility 2020
Recruitment Oct Review Oct2023
2020
Volunteering Oct Review Oct 2023
2020
Financial Oct Review Oct 2023
Administration 2020
Code of Conduct Sep Review Sep 2022
2020
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Staffing

The Charity currently employs the following roles: Job Title: Chief Executive Officer (unpaid) Supervised by: The Trustees Contract : Indefinate

Job Description:

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Job Title: Well-Being Coach Supervised by: The Chief Executive Officer Contract: Self Employed

Job Description:

The Charity plans to recruit the following roles within year 3 of the business plan:

Job Title: Company Secretary Supervised by: The Chief Executive Officer Contract: Indefinate

Job Description:

Volunteers

The Charity has the following volunteer roles:

Fundraisers

10 people working an average of 10 hours per month.

Social Media influencers

5 people working an average of 5 hours per month.

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Insurance

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TYPE LEVEL Renewal date
Product liability £5m 03/02/2023
Public liability £5m 03/02/2023
Professional indemnity £5m 03/02/2023
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Yearly Accounts & Strategic Risk Assessment 22

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Receipts and payments accounts CC16a To 22ffj712022 Section A Receipts and payments fu rth TJW fvn A1 Rec￿￿0 1.72 iom 10.¢ 12B Otheryrt4 ARI i 19.936 Is¢e tsNel. 19.936 P￿￿trO CoachE R•uuilmenlaM T 14 SWweryoréew¥wi 331 331 10D Sub total 141YI 11.197 A4 Aswt4Thd hases $4ètab Printers Sub total 18.197 16.197 P4etolr¥c•ipWpaymentsl A5 Trnnsf•ts b•tw4n funth A6 Cash funds ￿t)￿Ar •nd Cash fvnds this yeend 1.73 1.739 CCXX R1 amrtsl$81 23

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

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Name: Neil Gowing Signature: Neil Gowing Position: Chief Executive Officer Date: 01/08/2022

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Charity Name Wonderful Life Academy

No (if any) 1190534

Receipts and payments accounts

Period start date Period end date To 4/21/2021 4/20/2022

For the period from

Section A Receipts and payments

Unrestricted Restricted Endowment funds funds funds

Total funds

to the nearest £

to the nearest £

to the nearest £ to the nearest £

A1 Receipts

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Fundrtaising 1,384 - - 1,384
National Lottery Grant 10,000 - - 10,000
Sale of merchandise - - -
Other grants 1,984 - - 1,984
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
13,368 - - 13,368
Sub total (Gross income for AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total - - - -
Total receipts 13,368 - - 13,368
A3 Payments
Payment to Coaches 6,800 - - 6,800
Recruitment and Training 2,000 - - 2,000
Website and workshop content 1,895 - - 1,895
Stationery and equipment 502 - - 502
Insurance and fees 331 - - 331
Postage 24 - - 24
Event costs 235 - - 235
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ 11,787 ] - - 11,787
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
Printers 498 - - 498
- - - -
Sub total [ 498 ] - - 498
Total payments 12,285 - - 12,285
Net of receipts/(payments) 1,083 - - 1,083
A5 Transfers between funds - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end - - - -
Cash funds this year end 1,083 - - 1,083
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Unrestricted Restricted
Categories Details funds funds
B1 Cash funds Funds remaining at end of period
Total cash
funds to nearest £
1,083
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1,083



to nearest £
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-
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
OK OK
Unrestricted Restricted
funds funds
B2 Other monetary assets Details to nearest £
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to nearest £
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B3 Investment assets Details Fund to which
asset belongs
Cost (optional)
-
-
-
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-
B4 Assets retained for the Details
Computer equipment
Unrestricted funds
Fund to which
asset belongs
Cost (optional)
1,673
charity’s own use






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B5 Liabilities Details Fund to which
liability relates




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Amount due
(optional)
Signed by CEO on behalf of all the
trustees
Signature Print Name
N.Gowing Neil Gowing

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CC16a
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Last year

to the nearest £

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-

-

-

Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - -

OK

Endowment funds

to nearest £

-

Current value (optional) - - - - -

Current value (optional) 1,000 - - - - - - - -

When due (optional)

Date of approval

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6/22/2022
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