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2023-05-31-accounts

Charity Name No (if any)
Emmett's Genies CIO
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period
from		 01/06/2022
Period start date		 31/05/2023
Period end date
To
Section A Receipts and payments Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts Unrestricted
funds
to the nearest £
20,740
1,083
2,502
123
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-

24,448
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-
24,448
144
96
103
395
216
594
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-
1,548
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-
1,548
22,900
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-
22,900		 Restricted
funds
to the nearest £
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-		 Endowment
funds
to the nearest £		 Total funds
to the nearest £
20,740
1,083
2,502
123
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-
24,448
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-
24,448
144
96
103
395
216
594
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1,548
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1,548
22,900		 Last year
to the nearest £
Individual Donations 20,740 -
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-		 5,168
Organisation Donations 1,083 99
Event Fundraising (Net of Event Costs) 2,502 3,912
Bank Interest 123 1
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- -
- -
- -
Sub total(Gross income for
AR)
24,448		 9,180
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- -
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-
- -
Sub total - -
Total receipts
A3 Payments
- 9,180

IT charges		 144 -
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-		 545
Insurance 96 67
Bank Charges 103 26
General Expenses 395 12
FundraisingCosts 216 108
Purchases for Beneficiaries 594 353
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- -
**Sub total ** 1,548 1,111
A4 Asset and investment
purchases (see table)
, - -
-
-
-
**Sub total ** - -
Total payments
Net of receipts/(payments)
A5 Transfers between funds
A6 Cash funds last year end
Cash funds this year end
- 1,111
22,900
-		 8,069
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-		 -
-		 -
- -
22,900
-		 22,900 8,069

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

31/03/2024

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

Categories
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
B1 Cash funds
B2 Other monetary assets
B4 Assets retained for the
charity’s own use
B5 Liabilities
B3 Investment assets		 Signature
Details
Details
Bank Current Account
Bank Deposit Account
Details
Details
Total cash funds
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Details		 Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
to nearest £
to nearest £
6,924
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27,234
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-
34,158
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Agreement Error
OK
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
to nearest £
to nearest £
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Fund to which
asset belongs
Cost (optional)
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Fund to which
asset belongs
Cost (optional)
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Fund to which
liability relates
Amount due
(optional)
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Print Name
Graham Pettit		 Endowment
funds
to nearest £
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OK
Endowment
funds
to nearest £
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Current value
(optional)
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Current value
(optional)
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When due
(optional)
Date of
approval
Graham Pettit 28/03/2024

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

31/03/2024

2

Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From 1 June 2022 To 31 May 2023

Charity name: Emmett’s Genies CIO

Charity registration number: 1192340

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 children and
families affected by potentially life-limiting
or terminal conditions through the provision
of bespoke and innovative services,
activities, accommodation and unique
experiences
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		 Our Charity continues to be run entirely by
volunteers. During this year we have
significantly increased our fundraising and
charity awareness activities. This enabled
us to increase our financial and volunteer
resources so that we were able to devise,
announce and plan for our first free of
charge ‘Year in a Day’ beneficiary event.
We will use the Guttmann Sports Centre at
Stoke Mandeville for the activities and
meals and the nearby Olympic Lodge to
accommodate beneficiary families
overnight.
The event aims to provide more than 20
beneficiary families who have children with
life limiting, life threatening and terminal
conditions with a “bonus year”. This will
provide a condensed version of the
experience we hope to offer once our Wish
Village is up and running. The YIAD event
will include the year's major celebrations in
24 hours. Starting with an arrival
Valentine’s lunch, Easter, Summer,
Halloween and Christmas themed activities
and meals, to give our families some
quality time together.
The Emmett’s Genies team will take the
opportunity to try out VR headset using a
variety of apps. These VR headsets allow
children and young people aged 3 – 17 to
escape the boredom of hospital treatment,
isolation at home or distract them from
uncomfortable treatments. This trial will be
evaluated and decisions regarding
appropriate software choices facilitated. In
addition, we continued to provide and
enhance our boredom-busting packs.
Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit		 Para 1.18 Yes

Additional information (optional)

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:

SORP reference
Policy on grant making Para 1.38 We do not make financial grants to
qualifying beneficiaries.
Boredom Busting Packs are provided to
achieve an element of escapism and allow
our beneficiaries to participate in the design
and creation of our long-term goal of the
wish village.
We provided unique experiences via free
entry to our events. These allowed
beneficiaries and their families some quality
time together and to provide them with
some relief and time away from the medical
environment.
These are some of the examples of how
our activities have helped us achieve our
aims and objective.
The Boredom Busting Packs are
delivered via our partnered NHS and other
specialist professionals to eligible children.
Policy on social investment
including program related
investment		 Para 1.38 We did not make any specific social
investment. However, our services provide
immeasurable social value to beneficiaries,
volunteers and other stakeholders.
Contribution made by
volunteers		 Para 1.38 During the period, the Charity continued to
have no paid staff and was managed by a
Board of independent trustees who
volunteered extensive time to fulfil our
charitable responsibilities and tasks.
Our sub-committee headed by
two trustees with a group of volunteers is
very proactive in organising outreach and
fundraising events and working with
potential sponsors and donors. Trustees
remained responsible for health and safety,
as well as event oversight.
During this period, we managed to recruit
another trustee, Joe Purnell, who brings
website, social media and technology
expertise to the Board. We also increased
our number of adult Ambassadors to 5.
We continued our teaming up with West
Hertfordshire Community Paediatric
Services and Helen & Douglas House.
Other Technology remains an important part of
achieving the aims of our Charity.

Alongside the benefits of leveraging digital technologies – website and social media – to increase the reach and profile of the Charity, we see technology as a bridge from where we are now, towards the Charity’s end goal of a physical venue. We envisage using technology to facilitate designing and updating the structure and contents of a virtual village, thus fulfilling our stated aims of providing respite to children with life-limiting or terminal conditions and their families. We plan to gradually create a Virtual (‘on-line’) Wish Village, built and changed over time from the varied imagination, skills and input of our beneficiary children, their families and friends aligned with that of our volunteers, empathetic organisations and other contributors of all types. As a starting point we are trying to purchase Virtual Reality headsets with appropriate apps that bring to our beneficiary children both ‘escapism’ and ways of experiencing the world and activities that might seem impossible to them given their medical prognosis.

Achievements and Performance

SORP reference
Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.		 Para 1.20 By offering participation and imagination-
based opportunities to our beneficiary
children, many of whom spend much time
undergoing medical treatment and staying
in medical facilities, we have already
started to deliver benefits to recipients of
our charitable services. Feedback from our
different stakeholders indicates that our
services (events and experiences) can help
in :
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creating pleasure, confidence and
hope
•
relieving boredom, reducing anxiety
and boosting mood
•
unearthing the power of positive
thinking, having a sense of purpose and
making a valued contribution. This was
further shown by two of our initial
beneficiaries (one having very sadly now
deceased) undertaking personal
fundraising for our Charity.
Likewise we have facilitated an increase in
volunteering with all its related benefits to
both volunteers and society as a whole.

We have been successful in engaging with a wide cross section of the community including becoming one of two designated charities of the year for Aylesbury’s Town Mayor, the chosen charity partner for Chartwell Manor Care Home, and for the Pantomime season at Aylesbury Waterside Theatre. We have also engaged with local and village communities and Elmhurst School. Our Teddy Tombola activities have been well received and helped with reuse/recycling of children’s unwanted soft toys.

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Achievements against
objectives set		 Para 1.41 In general, we have met or exceeded our
start up (first 3 years) phase objectives in
terms of fundraising, reach, stakeholder
engagement and the delivery of meaningful
services.
Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set		 Para 1.41 We have met our initial challenging aim of
raising £25,000 over the first three years.
This has now enabled us to commit to the
significant outlay for our first ‘Year in a Day’
event for beneficiaries and their families in
September 2023.
Investment performance
against objectives		 Para 1.41 Not applicable. We place most of our
financial donations into an interest bearing
bank account
Other The following provides an overview of the
variety of efforts undertaken to increase
public and beneficiary awareness and
gather funds to support our short, medium
and long term charitable objectives:
- Jubilee virtual balloon race
- our first town council event with Teddy
tombola & lucky dip at the Mayors soapbox
Derby
- Aylesbury on Sea (Mayoral event) Teddy
Tombola & lucky dip
- collected hundreds of donated teddies
from Elmhurst school
- sign language group Hand Talking
- Live in the Park & Proms in the Park
(Mayoral event). Teddy tombola and
refreshments tent
- Clive Dell auctioned historic plans of
Kieth's Garages

Financial Review

Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period		 Para 1.21 The Charity’s financial position continued to
improve significantly during the period due
primarily to £20,740 of individual
donations and a net £2,502 from event
fundraising. Our other outgoings mainly
related to purchases for beneficiaries
including providing our free of charge
boredom busting packs.
Our reserves and liquidity are considered
healthy given that we have no staff or
premises costs.
However we remain conscious that costs of
IT support, Insurance, future Storage and
our bank charges will increase.
Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held		 Para 1.22 Our accumulated cash funds which equate
to our reserves reached
£ 34,158 at 31/5/23 in readiness for very
significant outlays towards beneficiaries
including our free of charge ‘Year in a Day’
event and related technology-based
services.
We have also provisionally earmarked
£10,000 of our retained earnings as
‘unrestricted’ reserves to cover the future
planning and investment costs into
provision of both the virtual and physical
wish villages in the medium to longer term.
Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 £27,234 of our total cash fund (reserves)
were held in an interest-bearing bank
account as they are not expected to be
used within 90 days.
Reasons for holding zero
reserves		 Para 1.22 Not Applicable
Details of fund materially in
deficit		 Para 1.24 None
Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern		 Para 1.23 The Charity has moved beyond its initial 3
year start-up phase and is receiving
increased interest from potential
beneficiaries and supporters. Accordingly,
apart from the possible impact on
fundraising and costs from the uncertainties
of the UK economy, the Trustees do not
have material concerns in the short term
about the Charity continuing as a going
concern.

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 Individual donations are the primary source
of funds. The Charity has started to
diversify funding by approaching more
organisations for sponsorship of events,
beneficiary gifts and donations.
Applications have been made to a couple
of grant making bodies but we are not
considering any borrowings.
Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted		 Para 1.46 The Investment Policy is to place funds
only with banks authorised by the PRA and
protected by the FSCS.
A description of the principal
risks facing the charity		 Para 1.46 In the short term, the Charity is not
envisaging having to face any significant
financial risks. However, the
principal financial risk is the potential
magnitude of future costs in providing the
virtual and physical wish villages and other
experiences for beneficiaries such as the
‘Year in a Day’ event versus our
fundraising capabilities. We also rely
heavily on individual donations and those
from community benevolent organisations,
whose resources may become stretched by
the UK Economy. There is also the human
risk that we will not have adequate
trustees, volunteers and other supporters to
enable us to deliver the envisaged services
and maintain the Charity without incurring
significant operating costs.
Other

Structure, Governance and Management

Description of charity’s
trusts:
Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)		 Para 1.25 The Charity is primarily governed according
to its founding constitution and the
Trustees refer to Governance guidance
issued by the Charity Commission
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 It is intended that the Trustee selection
method and process will follow our
Constitution and general guidance
issued by the Charity Commission

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 An outline has been produced but is
undergoing enhancements as the scope of
activities and plans of our Charity grow.
The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works		 Para 1.51 The Charity is organised and overseen by a
Board of Trustees. There are no paid
managers or staff. Volunteers are involved
via a sub-committee headed by two
Trustees, primarily focussed on events and
fundraising. Two Trustees are designated
and authorised concerning management of
the Charity’s bank accounts and payments.
The Charity is actively building a network of
‘partner’ organisations and individuals in
order to provide reach to its ultimate
beneficiaries and the wider public
community
Relationship with any
related parties		 Para 1.51 The Charity does not have any
relationships with any related parties. At the
moment there are no contracts with any
other organisations or suppliers other than
those that will be required for us to deliver
the‘Year in a Day’event.
Other Trustees all have DBS certificates and
signed up to the training programme for
NSPCC Charity trustees entitled ‘your
duties to Safeguard and protect’.

Reference and Administrative details

Charity name Emmett’s Genies CIO
Other name the charity uses (None)
Registered charity number 1192340

Charity’s principal address 56 Isis Close, Aylesbury HP21 9LY

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**year **		 Name of person (or body) entitled
to appoint trustee (ifany)
AmyScullard Chair
Graham Pettit
David Chang
Zoe Scullard CharitySecretary
Joe Purnell From September 2022

– 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

Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others

Description of the assets Not Applicable 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)

None

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)
Position (eg Secretary,
Chair, etc)
Date
Graham Martin Pettit

Trustee
28/03/2024
28/03/2024