## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From** 1/8/2020 **Period start date To Period end date** **31/7/2021** **Charity name:** Blue Bear Family Foundation **Charity registration number:** 1191975 ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To relieve the needs of orphaned children
with special education needs and/or
disability by providing financial support to
individuals and families who are adopting
children with SEND from countries that are
signatories to the Hague Convention on
Adoption| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|By providing financial assistance in later
stage of their adoption process, they are
able to meet the onerous travel and legal
fees.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The Trustees have taken advice to ensure
all activities meet the constitution and are
deemed charitable activities| ## **Achievements and Performance** SORP reference In this financial period, the charity successfully incorporated and raised funds to assist our grant giving, and were able to Summary of the main distribute our first US$1,500 to a family Para 1.20 achievements of the charity, adopting a little girl with Down syndrome identifying the difference the from an orphanage. charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole. ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|We finished the year with £4076.41 in our
main bank account and £196 in PayPal
account| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|We hold £1000 in case of unexpected fees| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£1000| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Our principal source of funds is from
connected businesses to the Chair (Kate
Griffiths), Minimum World ltd and Blue Bear
Ventures ltd. 90% of our funds have been
raised through these vehicles, and 10% has
come from charitable fundraising through
school fêtés| |---|---|---| |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|Our largest risk was that international
adoption during the period was Covid-19
shutting borders making international
adoption not feasible| |Other||| **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s

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Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO| |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|All trustees must be over 18 and natural
persons, and can serve for a minimum of 3
years before election| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|All trustees keep updated on changes to the
charity commission guidance| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|The charity is run by 3 trustees, with a
volunteer supporting on the administration
of grants.| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Blue Bear Family Foundation| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1191975| |Charity’s principal address|Station Yard Ind. Estate
Corwen
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20|Kate Griffiths|||| ||Sarah Burton|||| ||Melissa Green|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved ## **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Dates acted if not for whole year** **Trustee name** **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser** **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional** ~~**information)**~~ ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** Kate Griffiths **Position (eg** Chair **Secretary, Chair, etc)** **Date** 23/3/22 ||**Blue Bear Family Foundation**|**Blue Bear Family Foundation**|**Blue Bear Family Foundation**|**Blue Bear Family Foundation**|**Blue Bear Family Foundation**|**No(if any)**|**No(if any)**||**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||||| ||**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||||||| ||**For the period**
**from**||1/8/20||**To**||31/07/2021||| ||||||||||| ||||||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||||| ||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**| ||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**| |**A1 Receipts**|||||||||| |Tombola|**420**||**-**||**-**||**420**||**-**| |Book Sales donation|**178**||**-**||**-**||**178**||**-**| |Minimum World|**3,600**||**-**||**-**||**3,600**||**-**| |Initial deposit|**1,000**||**-**||**-**||**1,000**||**-**| |Application fees|**288**||**-**||**-**||**288**||**-**| ||**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR) _|
**5,486**||**-**||**-**||**5,486**||**-**| ||||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||||| ||**- 0**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**-**||| ||**- 0**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**-**||**- 0**| |**_Sub total_**|
**- 0**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**-**||**- 0**| ||||||||||| |**_Total receipts_ **|
**5,486**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**5,486**||**- 0**| ||||||||||| |**A3 Payments**|||||||||| |Grant payment|**1,082**||**-**||**-**||**1,082**||**-**| |Bank charges|**40**||**-**||**-**||**40**||**-**| ||**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|
**1,122**||**-**||**-**||**1,122**||**-**| ||||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases,(see table)**|||||||||| ||**- 0**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**-**||| ||**- 0**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**-**||| |**_Sub total_ **|
**- 0**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**-**||**- 0**| ||||||||||| |**_Totalpayments_ **|
**1,122**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**1,122**||**- 0**| ||||||||||| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ **|
**4,364**||**-**||**-**||**4,364**||**-**| |**A5 Transfers between funds**|**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**A6 Cash funds lastyear end**|**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Cash funds thisyear end_ **|
**4,364**||**-**||**-**||**4,364**||**-**| ||||||||||| ||||||||||| |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|||||||||| |**Categories**|**Details**||||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**| ||||||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**| |**B1 Cash funds**|||||**4,364**||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**_Total cash funds_**||||**4,364**||**-**||**-**| ||(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))||||OK||||OK| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 24/03/2022 1 ||||||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**Details**||||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**| |**B2 Other monetary assets**|||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||||||||| ||**Details**||||**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**||**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |**B3 Investment assets**|||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||||| ||**Details**||||**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**||**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||||| ||**Details**||||**Fund to which**
**liability relates**||**Amount due**
**(optional)**||**When due**
**(optional)**| |**B5 Liabilities**|||||||**-**||| ||||||||**-**||| ||||||||**-**||| ||||||||**-**||| ||||||||**-**||| ||||||||||| |Signed by one or two trustees on behalf
of all the trustees|Signature||||Print Name||||Date of approval| ||||||Kate Griffiths||||23/3/22| ||||||||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 24/03/2022 2