Lighthouse Pedagogy Trust (CIO) Registered Charity Number: 1190570
Trustees’ Report and Annual Accounts
For The Year Ended
31 August 2023
Lighthouse Pedagogy Trust (CIO) Trustees’ Report and Annual Accounts For The Year Ended 31 August 2023
Contents
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| Trustees’ Report | 4 |
| Statement of trustees' responsibilities | 10 |
| Summary of Receipts and Payments | 12 |
| Statement of Assets & Liabilities | 13 |
| Notes to the accounts | 14 |
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Lighthouse Pedagogy Trust (CIO) Trustees’ Report and Annual Accounts For The Year Ended 31 August 2023
Charity Information
Trustees
Jacob Curtis (Chair) Naomi Hulston Eva Sprecher Edward Davison
Registered office
Lighthouse Pedagogy Trust (CIO) 27 Pear Tree Street London EC1V 3AG
Registered charity number
1190570
Bankers Natwest Bank PLC
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Lighthouse Pedagogy Trust (CIO) Trustees’ Report and Annual Accounts For The Year Ended 31 August 2023
Report of the trustees from the year ended 31st August 2023
Introduction
The trustees present their annual report and accounts for the year ended 31st August 2023.
The Board of Trustees are satisfied with the performance of the charity during the year and the position at 31st August 2023 and consider that the charity is in a strong position to continue its activities during the coming year, and that the charity's assets are adequate to fulfil its obligations.
Name, registered office and constitution of the charity
The legal registration details are:
Date of formation 27/07/2020 The Principal Office is 27 Pear Tree Street, London EC1V 3AG Charity Registration Number 1190570 The telephone number is -
Objectives and activities of the charity
Vision
For children in care to have the same opportunities as everyone else – at home, school and in their communities.
Objectives
To relieve the needs of children who are in or leaving the care system by providing support to charities, or other organisations working to relieve the needs of such children.
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Values
Empowerment - We develop empowering relationships enabling everyone to realise their potential. We are courageous and honest in our approach, committed to children’s rights and participation.
Curiosity - We are curious and questioning, we believe continuous learning and growth are fundamental to our wellbeing. We use theory and evidence to continuously inform and improve how we do things. We listen deeply and reflect together on our practice so we can make changes that enable everyone to thrive.
Commitment - We are committed to doing the best for children in care, for ourselves and for others. Our sense of responsibility guides our decisions and actions, and we always strive to find a positive way forwards.
Compassion - We are compassionate with others and ourselves, through empathy we aim to be understanding. We treat people with dignity and respect.
Play - We play and have fun, we are generous and welcoming of people who want to join in, collaborate and share with us. We use creative methods and shared activities to connect and explore.
Difference - We respect every individual human being and value the differences between us as strengths, giving us a richer understanding of the world and one another. Our approach is rooted in a commitment to equality and human rights, we believe it’s good to be different and being different is what we have in common.
Public benefit provided by the charity
We confirm that the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit, in deciding on the activities of the CIO.
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Lighthouse Pedagogy Trust (CIO) Trustees’ Report and Annual Accounts For The Year Ended 31 August 2023
Achievements and performance of the charity
Review of charitable activities undertaken by the charity
The Lighthouse Pedagogy Trust CIO monitors and supports, in accordance with a collaboration agreement between it and Catch22 Charity Limited, the progress and operations of a children’s residential care home project. That project is housed within Catch22’s corporate structure and by agreement uses the Lighthouse Pedagogy Trust name.
The CIO earnt £9,914 in income from grants and donations in the reporting year. The CIO used these funds to cover the administrative costs of the CIO.
Summary of main achievements of the charity during the year
The main area of support provided by LPT CIO is to the Lighthouse Pedagogy Trust project as part of Catch22, which runs a children’s home in Sutton, Southwest London. The children’s home opened with the support of funds raised by LPT CIO in the previous reporting year. This marked a significant milestone in the mission of LPT CIO to be able to change the lives of children in care, in terms of the children who directly benefit from the home, but also the indirect benefit to organisations who are using the learnings from this home to inform future children’s home projects (including for the Lighthouse Pedagogy Trust project itself).
The Lighthouse Pedagogy Trust project publishes an annual report of its activities and progress. Highlights from this reporting year include:
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In September and October 2022, more children moved into the home, bringing the total to 4. As of the time of writing (June 2024), all 4 children are still living in the home (as well as a fifth child) – a notable achievement considering national averages in duration of children’s residential care placements are between 4 and 7 months.
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The home recruited more social pedagogy practitioners to support the increase in children living in the home, and established its own bank team to enable greater flexibility in staffing.
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The team ran an online learning series, sharing lessons learned so far in the process of opening a children’s home with a diverse audience – feedback from
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attendees was overwhelmingly positive, and Lighthouse Pedagogy Trust intend to run more such events in future.
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The team started working in collaboration with Kingston University on developing a first-of-its-kind Level 6 qualification for residential care staff.
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The home won the Regional Award from the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) for Southwest London, among other awards this year – this is testament to the thoughtful design, which will be continued in future Lighthouse Pedagogy Trust homes.
Feedback from key beneficiaries of Lighthouse Pedagogy Trust’s work includes:
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“I like the way people treat me here. When things go wrong or I do something I know I shouldn’t, the adults help me. I’m not punished. They help me to learn.” Child living at Lighthouse Pedagogy Trust’s home.
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“I only have good things to say about Treehouse, they are amazing. All the staff are so caring and my sons like living there. I have a good relationship with them all and its great working together in the best interests of the boys.” Mum of child living at Lighthouse Pedagogy Trust’s home.
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“Child A tells me that they are very happy at the home… Child A says the keyworker has their back and genuinely cares about them.” Regulation 44 inspection report.
Looking ahead, LPT CIO and the Lighthouse Pedagogy Trust project have begun developing our framework for impact evaluation, which will allow us to learn from the elements of our work and practice that are most effective, and to give our voice greater credibility in the wider sector in terms of how the Lighthouse Pedagogy Trust model can and should be implemented more broadly.
Furthermore, LPT CIO is supporting the Lighthouse Pedagogy Trust project to open two more children’s homes over the next three years, which will be in London and the Southeast, areas of great need in the country. This will be alongside the development of a degree-level qualification for practitioners working in children’s homes, to ensure training for teams working in these homes is delivered to the highest standards possible.
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Fundraising
LPT CIO is able to support the work of the Lighthouse Pedagogy Trust project by providing a platform through which we can fundraise to support the project’s activities.
LPT CIO organised a group to participate in the 55-mile bike ride from London to Brighton to raise money to support the children's home. The bike ride took place in September 2023, and raised over £10,000 in donations.
As the Lighthouse Pedagogy Trust project prepares to open a second children’s home in order to support more children, LPT CIO is encouraged by the continuing positive response to our fundraising that helps make such growth possible. Our sincere thanks to all those who supported our fundraising activity throughout the year.
Monitoring and advisory
The CIO provided regular monitoring and advisory support for the development and opening of the first children’s home, and continues to provide operational and strategic support.
Structure, governance and management
Nature of the governing document and constitution of the charity
The Charity is incorporated and governed by its own Foundation constitution. The trustees have overall control and responsibility for policy and major decision making.
The methods adopted for the recruitment and appointment of new trustees
Other than the trustees and those persons connected with them there are no individuals who are related parties.
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Lighthouse Pedagogy Trust (CIO) Trustees’ Report and Annual Accounts For The Year Ended 31 August 2023
Details of transactions with related parties are shown in the notes to the accounts. This includes remuneration and expenses paid to trustees.
Apart from the first charity trustees, every trustee appointment must be by resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the charity trustees. In selecting individuals for appointment as appointed charity trustees, the charity trustees must have regard to the skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective administration of Lighthouse Pedagogy Trust (CIO).
No third party has a right to appoint a trustee.
Financial review
Policies on reserves
The trustees have resolved to establish reserves to provide for future activities, and to provide funding for the expected expenditure for six months ahead in the sum of £17,520.
The members of the Board of Trustees of the Charity during the year ended 31st August 2023 were:
Jacob Curtis Naomi Hulston Eva Sprecher Edward Davison
The members of the Board of Trustees of the Charity at the date the report and accounts were approved were:
Jacob Curtis Naomi Hulston Eva Sprecher Edward Davison
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Lighthouse Pedagogy Trust (CIO) Trustees’ Report and Annual Accounts For The Year Ended 31 August 2023
Statement of trustees' responsibilities
The Charities Act and the Companies Act require the Board of Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity as at the end of the financial year and of the surplus or deficit of the charity. In preparing those financial statements the Board is required to:-
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select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
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make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and
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prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business.
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state whether applicable accounting standards and statements of recommended practice have been followed , subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
The trustees are also responsible for maintaining adequate accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and which are sufficient to show and explain the charity's transactions and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006 and comply with regulations made under the Charities Act. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The trustees are also responsible for the contents of the trustees’ report; the responsibility of the independent examiner in relation to the trustees’ report is limited to examining the report and ensuring that, on the face of the report, there are no inconsistencies with the figures disclosed in the financial statements.
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This report was approved by the Board of Trustees on 26 June 2024.
Jacob Curtis Chair of Trustees
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Lighthouse Pedagogy Trust (CIO)
Lighthouse Pedagogy Trust (CIO) 1190570 Receipts and payments accounts For the period 1-Sep-22 To 31-Aug-23 from
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Section A Receipts and payments
| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 6,164 - - - - - - - 6,164 - - - 6,164 1,311 1,320 - - - - - - - 2,631 - - - 2,631 3,533 - 4,010 7,543 |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ 3,750 - - - - - - - 3,750 - - - 3,750 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3,750 - 6,227 9,977 |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Total funds to the nearest £ 9,914 - - - - - - - 9,914 - - - 9,914 1,311 1,320 - - - - - - - 2,631 - - - 2,631 7,283 |
Total funds to the nearest £ 9,914 - - - - - - - 9,914 - - - 9,914 1,311 1,320 - - - - - - - 2,631 - - - 2,631 7,283 |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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| Donations | 6,164 | 76,198 | ||||
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| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
6,164 | 76,198 | ||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| Sub total | - | - | ||||
| Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| 76,198 | ||||||
| Insurance | 1,311 | - | ||||
| AccountancyFees | 1,320 | - | ||||
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| **Sub total ** | 2,631 | 66,171 | ||||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
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| **Sub total ** | - | - | ||||
| Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
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| 66,171 | ||||||
| 3,533 | 3,750 | - | 7,283 |
10,027 | ||
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| 4,010 | 6,227 | - | 10,237 | - | ||
| 7,543 | 9,977 | - | 17,520 | 10,027 |
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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| Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | |
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| Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B2 Other monetary assets B1 Cash funds |
Details Details Details Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details Cash Signature |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 7,543 9,977 - - 7,543 9,977 OK OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - - - - Print Name Jacob Curtis |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| OK | |||
| Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| Current value (optional) |
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| Date of approval |
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| Jacob Curtis | 26/06/2024 | ||
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
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Section C Notes
Note 1
Nature and purpose of each fund
The funds have been separated in accordance to the projects carried out by Lighthouse Pedagogy Trust (CIO).
LandAid Charitable Trust has awarded a grant of £75,000 to Lighthouse Pedagogy Trust (CIO) for the final piece of funding needed for the refurbishment of the Children's home which is in restricted funds. The final tranche of this grant was paid in this financial year.
Note 2
Material prior year errors
In prior year accounts an error occurred leading to the omission of opening cash funds of the value of £200 and a receipt of £10 for Unrestricted funds.
In these accounts, £210 has been added to A6, Cash funds last year end, in Unrestricted funds.
Prior year accounts should show:
On Statement of Receipts and Payments
£4,958 in Receipts of Unrestricted funds (£10 additional receipt) A1 £3,810 in Net Receipts and Net Surplus of Unrestricted funds
On Statement of Assets and Liabilities
£200 in Cash and bank balances at start of year of Unrestricted funds £3,810 in Surplus on Receipts and Payments Account of Unrestricted funds £4,010 in Cash and bank balances at the end of the year of Unrestricted funds B1 £10,237 Cash and bank balances at the end of the year of Total funds B1
Restricted funds remain unchanged.
CCXX R3 accounts (SS)
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