WINGS4DOVES
Registered Charity (CIO) No. 1192650
27 leconfield house champion hill London Se58ay]
Date: 12/05/2026
The Charity Commission for England and Wales
PO Box 211
Bootle
L20 7YX
Re: Trustees’ Annual Report and Accounts for the financial year 5 August 2024 – 4 August 2025
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am writing in my capacity as Chair of the Trustees of Wings4Doves (Registered Charity Number 1192650) to submit the Trustees’ Annual Report and the Receipts and Payments accounts for the financial year ending 4 August 2025.
Wings4Doves remains an active Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) and continues to operate in pursuit of its charitable objects. During this reporting period the charity received total income of £150.00 and incurred total expenditure of £100.00. The income arose from a creative commission, in which the charity produced a written poem for a museum in furtherance of its objects to advance arts, culture and cultural heritage. The expenditure related to the annual renewal of the charity’s website (wings4doves.org), which supports communication with beneficiaries and supporters. Trustees have continued to carry out additional charitable activities on a wholly voluntary basis throughout the year.
Reference and Administrative Information
Charity name: Wings4Doves
Charity registration number: 1192650
Type of charity: Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) — registered 4 December 2020
Reporting period: 5 August 2024 to 4 August 2025
Area of operation: Southwark
Trustees during the reporting period:
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Jean Thompson — Chair (appointed 7 August 2020)
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Crystal McLeod — Trustee (appointed 6 February 2021)
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Rochelle Natasha Johnson — Trustee (appointed 31 August 2025)
Charitable Objects and Purposes
As registered with the Charity Commission, the charity is established for general charitable purposes for the benefit of the public, including the advancement of arts, crafts, film and cultural awareness, and the preservation of cultural heritage. The charity also works to advance education and training, relieve poverty, support people with disabilities, promote
equality and diversity, and provide recreational opportunities, principally for children and young people, people with disabilities, people of a particular ethnic or racial origin, and the general public.
Activities and Achievements During the Year
During the reporting period the trustees delivered charitable activity on a voluntary basis in furtherance of the charity’s objects. Activities undertaken during the year include:
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Producing a written poem on commission for a museum, contributing to the public’s engagement with arts and cultural heritage. This generated £150 of charitable trading income for the charity.
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Maintaining the charity’s online presence through the renewal of the wings4doves.org website (£100), enabling the charity to communicate its work and reach beneficiaries.
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[ working in Southwark schools on workshops in arts and crafts]
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[families and parents . signposting for counselling health and support and information sessions for beneficiaries in Southwark]
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Tik tok content and instagram YouTube promoting cultural awareness and heritage]
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. planning meetings, with schools partnership outreach, volunteer recruitment]
All activity has been delivered by the trustees on a volunteer basis. No staff have been employed and no contractors engaged.
Public Benefit Statement
The trustees confirm that they have had due regard to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the charity’s aims and planning its activities. The charity’s work this year, including the commissioned creative writing for a museum and ongoing volunteer-delivered activity, has provided public benefit aligned with its registered objects in arts, culture and cultural heritage.
Financial Review
The charity received total income of £150.00 during the financial year 5 August 2024 to 4 August 2025. This income came from a single creative commission — producing a written poem for a museum — and is treated as charitable trading income, as it directly furthers the charity’s objects relating to arts, culture and cultural heritage. No donations, grants or other fundraised income were received in the period. The charity’s total expenditure for the year was £100.00, being the annual renewal of the charity’s website (wings4doves.org). The charity has no outstanding liabilities. The closing cash balance at 4 August 2025 was £50.00.
For full transparency, the museum issued payment for the commission to the Chair personally; the Chair transferred £50.00 to the charity bank account and paid the £100.00 website renewal directly from her personal account on the charity’s behalf. The full £150.00 is reported here as charity income and the £100.00 as charity expenditure. The trustees will arrange for future income to be received directly into the charity’s bank account where possible. This is explained further in the notes to the accounts.
Because the charity’s gross income is below £250,000 and it is not required to prepare accruals accounts, the trustees have prepared simple Receipts and Payments accounts in accordance with section 133 of the Charities Act 2011. These accounts accompany this report.
Reserves Policy
At the end of the reporting period the charity held £50.00 in unrestricted reserves. The trustees consider this proportionate given the current scale of activity, and will keep the reserves position under review as income grows. The trustees intend to develop a formal written reserves policy once income generation becomes more regular.
Plans for the Coming Year
The trustees remain committed to advancing the objects of the charity. In the next reporting period, the trustees plan to contact the national lottery to. apply for small grants, recommence fundraising activities which we are now in talks to do, expand community workshops, refresh the charity’s online presence and partnerships in Lambeth and Southwark].
Structure, Governance and Management
Wings4Doves is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation governed by its constitution dated on registration with the Charity Commission on 4 December 2020. Trustees are appointed in accordance with the constitution. The trustees met during the year to review activities, governance and plans for future income generation.
Trustees’ Declaration
The trustees confirm that this report and the accompanying Receipts and Payments accounts have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 and the charity’s constitution. The trustees confirm to the best of their knowledge that the information given is true and accurate.
Signed on behalf of the trustees:
_____ Jean Thompson Chair of Trustees, Wings4Doves Date: 12/05/2026____
Yours faithfully, The Trustees of Wings4Doves
WINGS4DOVES
Registered Charity (CIO) No. 1192650
Receipts and Payments Accounts
For the financial year 5 August 2024 to 4 August 2025
Receipts
| Receipts | Amount (£) |
|---|---|
| Donations and gifts | 0.00 |
| Grants received | 0.00 |
| Fundraising income | 0.00 |
| Charitable trading income (museum poem commission) | 150.00 |
| Bank interest | 0.00 |
| Other income | 0.00 |
| Total receipts | 150.00 |
Payments
| Payments | Amount (£) |
|---|---|
| Charitable activity costs | 0.00 |
| Fundraising costs | 0.00 |
| Governance costs (e.g. bank charges, filing fees) | 0.00 |
| Website hosting and domain (wings4doves.org annual renewal) |
100.00 |
| Other expenditure | 0.00 |
| Total payments | 100.00 |
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
| Statement of Assets and Liabilities at 4 August 2025 | Amount (£) |
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| Cash at bank and in hand (opening balance, 5 August 2024) |
0.00 |
| Add: Total receipts | 150.00 |
| Less: Total payments | 100.00 |
| Cash at bank and in hand (closing balance, 4 August 2025) |
50.00 |
| Other monetary assets | 0.00 |
| Investment assets | 0.00 |
| Assets retained for the charity’s own use | 0.00 |
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| Liabilities | 0.00 |
Notes to the Accounts
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Basis of preparation. These accounts have been prepared on a Receipts and Payments basis in accordance with section 133 of the Charities Act 2011. The charity is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) with gross income below £250,000 and is therefore eligible to prepare Receipts and Payments accounts rather than accruals accounts.
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Activity during the year. The charity received total income of £150.00 from a single creative commission — the production of a written poem for a museum — in furtherance of the charity’s objects relating to arts, culture and cultural heritage. This is treated as charitable trading income. The charity’s only expenditure during the year was £100.00 for the annual renewal of its website (wings4doves.org), which the trustees consider an essential running cost to enable the charity to communicate its work, reach beneficiaries and remain visible to potential supporters. Trustees continued to carry out additional charitable activity on a voluntary basis. No staff were employed and no contractors engaged.
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Funds held on behalf of the charity. The £150.00 commission was initially received into the Chair’s personal account, as the museum issued payment to her personally for the commissioned work. Of this, £50.00 was transferred to the charity bank account, and the remaining £100.00 was paid directly from the personal account to the charity’s website provider in settlement of the charity’s annual website renewal. The trustees treat the full £150.00 as charity income and the £100.00 website payment as charity expenditure paid on the charity’s behalf. The closing charity bank balance of £50.00 therefore reconciles with the bank statement. In future, the trustees will endeavour to route all charitable income directly into the charity bank account to maintain a clearer audit trail.
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Trustee remuneration and expenses. No trustee received any remuneration, benefit or reimbursement of expenses from the charity during the year. The £100.00 website payment made by the Chair from her personal account was a payment of a charity expense, not a personal reimbursement, and no further sum is owed to the Chair by the charity.
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Related party transactions. Other than the arrangement described in note 3 above, there were no related party transactions during the year.
Approval
These accounts were approved by the trustees of Wings4Doves on 15/1/2026] and are signed on their behalf by:
_____ Jean Thompson Chair of Trustees Date: 12/5/2026____