Trustees’ Annual Report for the period
From: Period start date: 20-10-2020 Charity name: Raise Your Voice Charity registration number:1191932
To: Period end date: 30-10-2021
Objectives and Activities
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| Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document |
Para 1.17 | For the public beneft specifcally to provide support and relief, through regular singing sessions, for people living with dementia in the Sussex area and their carers. |
| Summary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the public beneft, in particular, the activities, projects or services identifed in the accounts. |
Para 1.17 and 1.19 |
Raise Your Voice (RYV) provides fve fortnightly creative / singing sessions four times per year. The average participation is sixteen people with dementia and their carer. There is no charge to participants. The sessions are each led by two professional musicians with expertise in working with people who have dementia. |
| Statement confrming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public beneft |
Para 1.18 | Yes, the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public beneft. |
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| Policy on grant making | Para 1.38 | N/A |
| Policy on social investment including program related investment |
Para 1.38 | N/A |
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| Contribution made by volunteers |
Para 1.38 | RYV volunteers are an essential part of the singing sessions. They provide a warm welcome for people with dementia and their carers, helping to build confdence and encourage mutual support. |
| Other |
Achievements and Performance
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| Summary of the main achievements of the charity, identifying the diference the charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its benefciaries and any wider benefts to society as a whole. |
Para 1.20 | RYV sessions meet many needs. They help to: • Reduce isolation for both people with dementia and their carers • Stimulate active participation in creative and singing activities • Enable carers to engage in a joyful activity with their person with dementia on a regular basis ◊Helps maintain good relationships by providing a focus and structure ◊Provides respite in which both parties are active participants • Enable carers to meet one another and share experience / build supportive relationships • Sustain caring relationships which might otherwise require professional health / social care support |
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| Achievements against objectives set |
Para 1.41 | This is the frst full year in which Raise Your Voice has operated as a charity and without the organisational support of Glyndebourne (Glyndebourne was instrumental in establishing RYV # years ago). During this year RYV has successfully delivered a full programme of activities for participants and carers. In addition RYV has developed a training package for care home staf which was piloted in a Lewes Care Home. The evaluation was very positive and resulted in the adoption of new approaches to engagement by staf. |
| Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set |
Para 1.41 | The ‘Raise Your Voice in Care’ project received a £9,000 grant for development of the Care Homes training package described above. Successful applications for grants to support the main (singing groups) programme were made to the Chalk Clif Trust and the Sussex Community Foundation (each for £5,000). |
| Investment performance against objectives |
Para 1.41 | Grant funding has been sufcient to cover annual costs but RYV has no investment funds. The charity received a restricted donation at its inception for the development of care home training. |
| Other | ||
| Financial Review | ||
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| Review of the charity’s fnancial position at the end of the period |
Para 1.21 | At the end of the period RYV had an excess of income over expenditure of £20,395. £15,000 of this is in restricted funds whilst the balance is committed to the ongoing provision of services. |
| Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held |
Para 1.22 | Interest rates were so low during 2020 to 2021 that no investment account was established. RYV is at an early stage of development and the current objective is to build up sufcient reserves to protect delivery of the programme for 12 months ahead. |
| Amount of reserves held | Para 1.22 | £15,000 (restricted funds) |
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| Reasons for holding zero reserves |
Para 1.22 | N/A |
| Details of fund materially in defcit |
Para 1.24 | N/A |
| Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern |
Para 1.23 | N/A |
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| The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising) |
Para 1.47 | |
| 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
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| Description of charity’s trusts: | ||
| Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter) |
Para 1.25 | CIO constitution (Foundation Model) |
| How is the charity constituted? (e.g unincorporated association, CIO) |
Para 1.25 | CIO |
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| 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 approached on an individual basis by the existing Trustees of the Charity in consultation with the volunteer body. |
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| Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees |
Para 1.51 | |
| The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works |
Para 1.51 | |
| Relationship with any related parties |
Para 1.51 | |
| Other |
Reference and Administrative details
| Charity name | Raise Your Voice |
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| Other name the charity uses | N/A |
| Registered charity number | 1191932 |
| Charity’s principal address | 1 ROUSSILLON COTTAGES CINDER HILL NORTH CHAILEY LEWES BN8 4HP |
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Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Trustee name | Ofce (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole year |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any) |
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| Lesley Dunford | Chair | N/A | ||
| Richard Moore | Treasurer | N/A | ||
| Charlotte Wallis | N/A | |||
| Andrew Symonds | N/A |
Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved
Director name N/A
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year
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Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others
| Description of the assets held in this capacity |
None |
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| Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects |
N/A |
| Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets |
N/A |
Additional information (optional)
Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser Name Address
Exemptions from disclosure
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
None
Other optional information
Declarations
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
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Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature(s): Full name(s): Position (e.g. Chair etc.)
Date:
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Charity Commission Annual Return 2021
RAISE YOUR VOICE
Charity registration number: 1191932
Most of the information you give in this form will become publicly available on the Register of Charities. Any field that the Charity Commission will not display will be clearly marked.
This document is a record of the information provided in the Annual Return 2021.
PART A - Charity information
Financial period
Financial period start date 21/10/2020
Financial period end date
31/10/2021
Income and spending
Income £
£ 37,929
Spending £
£ 17,534
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Serious Incidents
For the period of this return, were there any serious incidents in your charity that have not been reported to the Charity Commission?
No
Fundraising - professional fundraiser
Did your charity raise funds from the public?
Yes
Did the charity work with any professional fundraisers?
No
Fundraising - commercial participator
Did your charity work with any commercial participators?
No
Government contracts
During the financial period for this annual return, did the charity receive income from contracts (other than grant agreements) with central government or local authorities?
No
Government grants
During the financial period for this annual return, did the charity receive income from grants from central government or local authorities?
Yes
How many grants did your charity receive from central government or local authorities?
1
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What was the total value of these grants?
£ 9,000
Income from outside the UK
Did your charity receive income from outside the UK ?
No
Spending outside England & Wales
Did your charity operate outside England and Wales?
No
Total Spending outside England & Wales
£
Trading subsidiaries
Did the charity have any subsidiaries?
No
Trustee payments
Did any of the trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity other than refunds of legitimate trustee expenses?
No
Did any of the trustees resign and then take up employment with the charity?
No
Employees' salaries
Did any of your charity's staff receive total employee benefits of £60,000 or more? Select No if your charity does not have any staff or does not pay any staff.
No
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For your highest paid member of staff only, what was the total value of their employee benefits?
(For example if your highest paid member of staff received £35,000 enter 35000). If you do not have any staff or did not pay any staff, enter 0 (zero)
£ 0
Volunteers
How many UK volunteers, excluding trustees, did the charity have during the financial period?
2
Financial controls
Did your charity review its internal financial controls?
Yes
Safeguarding
Has the charity obtained a standard, enhanced or enhanced with barred lists DBS check on all trustees, employees and volunteers who are in roles that are eligible for these checks?
Select Yes if there are no trustees, employees or volunteers in roles that are eligible for these types of DBS checks.
Yes
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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORTON THE ACCOUNTS OF RAISE YOUR VOICE, CHARITY NUMBER 1191932 FOR THE PERIOD 21 00BER 2020 TO 31 OCTOBER 2021 SETOUT ON PAGES I report to the trustees on my examination of the account5 of the above charity, Raise Your Voice, for the initial period 21 October 2020 to 31 October 2021. RESPONSIBILITIES AND BASIS OF REPORT As the charItS trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011. I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 14515llbl of the Act. INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S STATEMENT I have completed my examlnation. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which 8ives me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. The accountin8 records We not kept in accordance with Section 130 of the Charities Act,. or The account5 did not accord with the accounting records: or The accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Re8ulations 2CQ8 other than av requlrement that the accounts give a "true and fairf vlew which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examinatlon. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a propert understanding of the accounts to be reached. RHCLOW 30 ..L MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS IN ÉNGLAND ANO WALES Wannock, Church Lane, Henfield. West Sussex 8N5 9NY