A 


## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** 

Period start date Period end date 1 April 2022 31 March 2023 **To** 

**From** 

## Section A                        Reference and administration details 

**Charity name** Amelia’s Rainbow 

**Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1192079 

**Charity's principal address** 21 Daws Avenue 

Bournemouth Dorset **Postcode BH11 8SB** 

## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Darren Shore|Chair|||
||Maureen Cox|Treasurer|||
||Carl Bunter||||
||Chantel Cox||||
||||||
||||||
||||||
||||||
||||||
||||||
||||||
||||||
||||||
||||||
||||||
||||||
||||||
||||||
||||||
||||||



## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** 

**Name Dates acted if not for whole year** 

**TAR** 

March **2012** 

1 



|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**<br>**Type of adviser**<br>**Name**<br>**Address**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**<br>**Type of adviser**<br>**Name**<br>**Address**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**<br>**Type of adviser**<br>**Name**<br>**Address**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**<br>**Type of adviser**<br>**Name**<br>**Address**|
|---|---|---|---|
|||||
|||||
|||||
|||||
|**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||||
|||||
|||||
|**Section B              Structure, governance and management**||||
|**Description of the charity’s trusts**<br>Type of governing document<br>(eg. trust deed, constitution)<br>Charitable Incorporated Organisation Foundation Constitution<br>How the charity is constituted<br>(eg. trust, association, company)<br>The CIO is a registered charity (number 1192079) and is constituted under<br>its Foundation Constitution.  The CIO was established in Oct 2020 and on<br>1 April 2021 began operation, taking over all assets, liabilities, staff,<br>trustees and policies from The Amelia Grace Rainbow Fund (1146031)<br>which was an unincorporated charity.  The original trust was established<br>following the death of Amelia-Grace Cooper who died, aged 8, in 2010<br>from Neuroblastoma (a childhood cancer).  The initial funds to set up the<br>trust were raised for Amelia during her life time and donated towards<br>setting up the fund by her parents after her death.  Her parents<br>subsequently became the founding trustees of the original charity.<br>Trustee selection methods<br>(eg. appointed by, elected by)<br>Trustees currently serve for a minimum one year period and new trustees<br>are nominated and appointed by existing trustees.  The Constitution<br>provides for a minimum of 3 trustees in any one period.  In selecting<br>individuals for appointment as trustees, the trustees have regard to the<br>skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective administration of<br>the charity.  The trustees make available to each new trustee on his/her<br>first appointment: a copy of the Constitution and any amendments made<br>to it and a copy of the charity’s latest report and statement of accounts<br>and policies relevant to the charity.<br>The trustees give their time freely and no remuneration is paid for their<br>time, although they are entitled to claim expenses such as travel and<br>subsistence.  Volunteers at charity events are also able to claim expenses<br>for travel and subsistence where appropriate.||||
|||Charitable Incorporated Organisation Foundation Constitution||
|||The CIO is a registered charity (number 1192079) and is constituted under<br>its Foundation Constitution.  The CIO was established in Oct 2020 and on<br>1 April 2021 began operation, taking over all assets, liabilities, staff,<br>trustees and policies from The Amelia Grace Rainbow Fund (1146031)<br>which was an unincorporated charity.  The original trust was established<br>following the death of Amelia-Grace Cooper who died, aged 8, in 2010<br>from Neuroblastoma (a childhood cancer).  The initial funds to set up the<br>trust were raised for Amelia during her life time and donated towards<br>setting up the fund by her parents after her death.  Her parents<br>subsequently became the founding trustees of the original charity.||
|||Trustees currently serve for a minimum one year period and new trustees<br>are nominated and appointed by existing trustees.  The Constitution<br>provides for a minimum of 3 trustees in any one period.  In selecting<br>individuals for appointment as trustees, the trustees have regard to the<br>skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective administration of<br>the charity.  The trustees make available to each new trustee on his/her<br>first appointment: a copy of the Constitution and any amendments made<br>to it and a copy of the charity’s latest report and statement of accounts<br>and policies relevant to the charity.<br>The trustees give their time freely and no remuneration is paid for their<br>time, although they are entitled to claim expenses such as travel and<br>subsistence.  Volunteers at charity events are also able to claim expenses<br>for travel and subsistence where appropriate.||



## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** 

**TAR** 

March **2012** 

2 



You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: 

- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; 

A number of new policies were adopted in 2019 for good practice.  These are available on request 

Trustee training is undertaken through ICAN a local umbrella organisation 

The charity is governed by Trustees 

- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; 

- relationship with any related parties; 

- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. 

## **Section C                    Objectives and activities** 

**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** 

The objectives of the charity are to enhance the health and wellbeing of children in Dorset and to prevent and relieve poverty of sick and disabled children.  The charity does this by providing non-means tested gifts to children with serious, chronic, life-limiting and terminal conditions.  The grants are focused on paying for activities that enhance the life of the child, and their family, such as trips and overnight stays at special places of interest, day trips, IT items, attendance at clubs and activities, toys and games including indoor and outdoor items, lessons for leisure activities. Trustees will give consideration to all applications to ensure they meet the criteria and aims of the CIO 

**TAR** 

March **2012** 

3 



In planning the charities activities for the year the trustees keep in mind the charities commission guidance on public benefit.  The charity’s funds are generated through fundraising activities, sponsored events, personal donations and support from local companies.  Some of the fundraising activities include, but are not limited to, the Three Peeks/Tough Mudder Challenges, Tombolas and Raffles, a Fun Day, Afternoon teas, Plane Pull, Football tournaments, Marathons, fun runs, Car Rally, Crazy Golf competition and attendance at Fayres and Fetes. 

These fundraising activities generate the income needed to support the objectives of the charity.  The primary activities undertaken for the benefit of the public is providing non-means tested grants to children with serious, chronic, life-limiting and terminal conditions.  The trustees accept referrals from health professionals and direct from families.  All must be supported and authorised by a health professional. 

**Summary of the main activities undertaken for the** serious, chronic, life-limiting and terminal conditions.  The trustees accept **public benefit in relation to** referrals from health professionals and direct from families.  All must be **these objects (include within** supported and authorised by a health professional. **this section the statutory declaration that trustees have** The charity also collects and delivers Christmas Presents to families (with **had regard to the guidance** their prior consent) **issued by the Charity Commission on public** The charity has also purchased a holiday home from a business **benefit)** fundraising donation in 2015, and hires a beach hut, both of which are 

The charity has also purchased a holiday home from a business fundraising donation in 2015, and hires a beach hut, both of which are available free of charge to families meeting the charity’s criteria, and also to families who have lost a child.  . 

## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** 

The charity is supported by a number of volunteers who give their time free of charge, which is so greatly appreciated. 

You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: 

- policy on grantmaking; 

- policy programme related investment; 

- contribution made by volunteers. 

**TAR** 

March **2012** 

4 



Section D                      Achievements and performance 

**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** 

The holiday home has been fully booked from Easter to October and used at Christmas, a further increase on previous years.  The need for another holiday home with better disabled facilities, has been identified as we were unable to meet the requests of all families. 

We organised a Christmas gift collection which were sorted, wrapped and delivered to 180 children and their siblings in over 80 homes all over Dorset. 

We have networked with a number of local companies and businesses to promote fundraising activities, others have supported us as their Charity of the Year. 

There have also been a few donations in memory of loved ones who have passed away. 

**TAR** 

March **2012** 

5 



## **Section E                    Financial review** 

**Brief statement of the** The charity reviews its reserves at least annually and were set at £75k for **charity’s policy on reserves** the year. 

**Details of any funds materially in deficit** 

## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** 

You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: 

- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); 

- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; 

- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. 

## **Section F                     Other optional information** 

The charity is currently fundraising to purchase and maintain another holiday home.  With bigger events planned for summer 2023, inc golf day and firewalk. 

A holiday home site has been identified. 

## **Section G                    Declaration** 

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

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

**Signature(s)** Darren Shore **Full name(s)** Darren Shore **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chair **etc) Date** 7/12/23 

**TAR** 

March **2012** 

6 



||**AMELIA'S RAINBOW**<br>**Charity Name**|**AMELIA'S RAINBOW**<br>**Charity Name**|**AMELIA'S RAINBOW**<br>**Charity Name**|**1192079**|**1192079**|**1192079**|**CC16a**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**For the period**<br>**from**|01/04/2022<br>Period start date|**To**||31/03/2023<br>Period end date|||
|||||||||
|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest      £**<br>**61,146**<br>**-**<br>**499**<br>**640**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> <br> **62,285**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**62,285**<br>**15,030**<br>**1,191**<br>**46,271**<br>**34**<br>**10,340**<br>**29**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **72,895**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**72,895**<br>**-                10,610**<br>**-**<br>**102,831**<br>**92,221**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**8,700**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**8,700**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**8,700**<br>**2,700**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**5,000**<br>**1,000**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**8,700**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**8,700**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**||**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**69,846**<br>**-**<br>**499**<br>**640**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**70,985**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**70,985**<br>**17,730**<br>**1,191**<br>**46,271**<br>**5,034**<br>**11,340**<br>**29**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**81,595**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**81,595**<br>**-                10,610**||**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|Donations,fundraisingand other income|**61,146**||||||**37,404**|
|Legacies|**-**||||||**250**|
|Bank interest|**499**||||||**13**|
|Deposits|**640**||||||**-**|
||**-**||||||**-**|
||**-**||||||**-**|
||**-**||||||**-**|
||**-**||||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|<br> **62,285**||||||**37,667**|
|||||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**||||||||
||**-**|||||||
||**-**||||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**||||||||
||||||||**37,667**|
|||||||||
|<br>Direct costs|**15,030**||||||**26,575**|
|Promotional costs|**1,191**||||||**222**|
|Administrative overheads|**46,271**||||||**35,285**|
|Beach hut costs|**34**||||||**68**|
|Holidayhome costs|**10,340**||||||**9,121**|
|Governance|**29**||||||**218**|
||**-**||||||**-**|
||**-**||||||**-**|
||**-**||||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**72,895**||||||**71,489**|
|||||||||
|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**||||||||
||**-**|||||||
||**-**|||||||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||||
||||||||**71,489**|
|||||||||
||**-                10,610**|**-**|**-**||**-                10,610**||**-              33,822**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**136,653**|
||**102,831**|**-**|**-**||**102,831**||**-**|
||**92,221**|**-**|**-**||**92,221**||**102,831**|



CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

10/11/2023 

1 



## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>CCXX R2 accounts (SS)|Petty cash<br>PayPal<br>Signature<br>**Details**<br>Cash at bank<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Holiday home<br>Computer equipment<br>2|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**92,131**<br>**-**<br>**71**<br>**19**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**92,221**<br>**-**<br>OK<br>OK<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>Restricted<br>**-**<br>Unrestricted<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**-**|
|||||
|||||
|||||
|||||
|||||
|||||
|||||
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||OK|
||||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**When due**<br>**(optional)**|
|||||
|||||
|||||
|||||
|||||
||||Date of<br>approval<br>10/11/2023|





CCXX R3 aeeounts ISSI
1011112023

ALL TAX L7D
Vrii'aic. &. Confidenti*l
Tlie I I'iJ.4iees
Ainel¢a % RaiTIixi
21 Daws A¥l￿tse
PjEF(WtKThr￿rfr1
IXir5CI
BHII 8%B
24 Augusi 2013
Dcar Sirs.
Indcpelldeni F.xamincr's Rcwbrt lo the Trn51oe5 of Amelia's Rainbow (1192079)
l T¢wrf ifF*i¢'lnrsl1'¢4 (m TYIFEMIN ifj mrndrr￿l NTrryirfr)t7w IYneTTu*'J
for lh¢ >¢ar ¢iid¢
l March ?O?-
Responsibil•lics Basil of Rrport
A.% IhL Lhkwii), InisiLX% ol. IhL I'rusl Joii dfL rc.spi)n%iblL IOT IIIL pfL'paraiion of ihL' aL'Loynis in
acLy)rdaiiLc witli die r¢quiiriii¢nt$ of ili< Lliarities ACE ?01 I I'ihe Ail. l.
I rL'wri in or m> examinaiion ofthL Tntst's acC￿Ul}[S carriLd out undLf SLL1ion 145 ()r
IL IILI Hiib In L-dmll?LJ Dtn nij ri&irriinJri()n,i'ii:i￿t. tidhvwLa :Ili *iL &ip#ttrLJrI&<'L'￿rQ¢ljOT
8iven b). Ihc L hdrilTr L'ommission undLr %e&iil)n 144ISMbl ofihL' ALI.
Independent Ex#thiner's Stktetheot
I I?AVL tY)miildL￿ MN LThamiiiiitii)i? I cnnfirivTr IhHI nn I￿￿1cl.1￿1 In￿1]Lr4 h%vL Lt)iiiL In mv
restLYt.'
. accouiiting records were nol kept in restKa of the'frusl a5 requird by section 130
t6'lriL kLY. tli
? IhK alll)Ul)i% (k) ni)1 JLLMTrrd iviih Ihi)x riii>rds- or
i. Ihc accouni_% do nol compl! with the &pplicabl¢ i¢quir¢m¢nts concerning the lorm
and conieni ol-dCLL)unis sei oui in the ('hdritie5 (Accounts dnd Reports) RL%TLilaiions
2D(bX niher Ilknin rwirenwu JbJJ llv.￿(￿￿&¥iYpO '1￿￿￿￿1 f&ir ¥iew
01 a In4Yllif Lxiii%id¢r¢d as pan afaiTr iiidep¢nd¢ni ¢xaminali(Fii.
I havc no con￿n8 and haN¢ ￿rne ecross no other matters in cOnn￿lon *iih ihe exwninaiion
to which atlLllliOn should IK drawn in thi5 rcwFrt in order to Lnable a prO￿r undLJSiandins? or
IhL' accounts to ￿ rLYth<yJ.
Signed..
Namw. Jamc5 Shutler
All-lux l.ld
Re¥i5&t¥d oiTice. 17 Eload. (lOUrne￿W￿L Bl18 91tP
Re8isK'ttd NuMb¢r. 1128770 VAT Nurnk'r. 1167276 93
Cio