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2025-03-31-accounts

Love For The Family

Annual Report and Financial Statement April 1[st] 2024 to March 31[st] 2025 Charity Number 1195015

Love For The Family April 1st 2024 to 31[st] March 2025

Trustees Report and Financial Statement

The trustees present their fourth Annual report since the formation and acceptance of the constitution of Love For The Family by the Charity Commission on June 30[th] 2021.

Objectives and Activities

The objects of Love For The Family as outlined in its Constitution are

  1. The advancement of education in the subject of pregnancy and the termination of pregnancy and into the effects thereof upon women whether physical, medical or psychological

  2. The preservation and protection of women’s health by the provision of advice, counselling and assistance to women and their partners and families who are suffering from physical or mental illness, distress or poverty during or as a result of pregnancy or following an abortion, miscarriage, cot death, still birth, loss of a child or sexual abuse.

The trustees confirm that they have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commissions general guidance on public benefit when reviewing its aims and objectives and when considering and planning future activities.

Love For The Family has developed its underpinning values (GRACE) to help support and give structure to the work of the charity. These values help to ensure the ongoing nature of its work is for the public benefit. We aim to be:

GENEROUS

Love for the Family does not charge for its services. Those that can, may make a gift for the psychological help the have received.

RELATIONAL

We all need help at times through our lives. Whilst we keep professional boundaries, we aim to prove an empathetic environment where our clients can feel understood and secure.

APPROACHABLE

We welcome enquiries from anyone in need of help or assistance, regardless of gender, marital status, disability, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion or belief/ non-belief, age and circumstances.

COMPASSIONATE

Practitioners and counsellors show compassion, kindness and unconditional positive regard to all clients, regardless of their life experiences.

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EMPOWERING

Love For The Family provides a space to enable clients the freedom to explore their present circumstances or past decisions and traumas. It aims to help those suffering mental distress due to trauma, grief, loss or abuse to begin to understand their emotions, reaction and coping mechanisms, enabling them to move forward with increased self-confidence.

Our Services

Love For The Family provides time and a safe space for women and men to consider their options regarding parenting, adoption or the ending of a pregnancy, without pressure or biased opinion. We give time for reflection on life pressures, circumstances, wants, needs, values and desires; alongside information. Clients usually have one or two sessions.

The Charity provides counselling to enable women, men or couples to recover from mental distress or illness caused as a result of the termination of a pregnancy, abuse, baby loss or the loss of a pregnancy at any stage. The courses and 1:1 support programmes help clients work through their trauma and grief, restoring their self-confidence and self-esteem.

Love Baby Essentials, run by Love For The Family, provides relief from the distress caused by poverty, by providing the physical baby items required by families for the first six months of life, such as clothes, bedding, cot, Moses baskets, high chairs and prams.

Review of Activities

In line with the key objectives set out for the year, the Charity now works with Oasis Horsham and Women’s Aid in Luton, providing counselling to clients. It has expanded its financial base through games nights and an increase in regular giving by supporters. The number of counsellors and the number of counselling hours available to clients has increased and the Charity has a new web site.

The Christmas ‘Fifty Bags of Love’ campaign was repeated in November and December 2024 and the number of practical and financial donations increased considerably.

Crisis Pregnancy, Post Abortion and Baby Loss and miscarriage recovery programmes continue to be available to Luton residents and the wider community.

The Charity has continued its work with other Community services of Luton. These groups include:

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Love For The Family partners with The Grove, Pregnancy Advice Centre in Bedford, sharing referrals as appropriate.

The Trustees are supported by the Charity ‘Pregnancy Centres Network’ in regards to good practice, training and development of staff and trustees. The Chair of Trustees attended the annual PCN conference for updates and developments within this specialist field.

The Charity now has two registered counsellors and three Pregnancy Choice trained volunteers, one of whom will finish their Counselling Diploma in the coming year.

All sessions are run on a voluntary basis and no charges are made for the services that Love For The Family offers. Clients are free to make a donation for the services that they have received. Presently, Hope Church has given space for counselling and storage.

Achievements and Performance

Between April 24 and March 31[st] 2025, there were 52 enquiries resulting in 36 clients who received 207 counselling sessions of psychological support from Love For The Family.

Clients who engaged with the psychological support programmes reported benefitting from the sessions they had received. Clients, when assessed, were found to be less anxious and depressed. Clients also reported an increase in self-awareness, knowledge of anxiety reduction exercises and an understanding of their feelings and defence mechanisms.

Key Performance Indicators

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Love Baby Essentials provided equipment to distressed mothers throughout Luton. This included:

Help By post code

Love For The Family has two fully trained counsellors, and one Level 3 trained volunteer, currently studying at Level 4. All volunteers have a good understanding the ethos, values and aims of the charity. There are three regular Baby Essential volunteers who are supporting by collecting, sorting, preparing bundles and cleaning items.

Future Plans

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Financial Review

The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the Charity Commissions Statement Of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting By Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the financial reporting standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (Second Edition 2019) (FRS 102). Love For The Family is considered a small Charity and followed these recommended guidelines. As such the accounts did not require auditing.

Love For The Family now facilitates a Games Night as part of its fund raising and relies on donations for its work. Some of the donations have come from The Baby Bottle Scheme where supporters are given a Baby Bottle to fill with change.

The unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the Trustees in order to further the aims of Love For The Family. Trustees give priority to ongoing Insurance and subscription costs that are essential for the continued work of the charity. The restricted funding grant that was given towards Level 3 training in 2023 has now been spent on training a new counsellor.

The charity has been supported by Hope Church Luton with use of storage and counselling rooms. There is a volunteer treasurer who works alongside the Finance trustee. Gift Aid will be collected for eligible donations.

No trustee receives any fee or expenses for any of their work. One trained Trustee volunteers as the Centre Manager and counsellor, another past trustee, pays for the mobile phone contract. Future funding for projects and the expansion of the Charity are required long term but there are sufficient funds and support to ensure ongoing insurances and subscription costs will be covered. The Charity makes yearly donations to other Charities. Last years donation was made in March 2024, prior to these accounts.

Starting Balance 1[st] April 2024 £2,876 Final Balance 31 [st] March 25 £5,587

Income April 1[st ] 2024 – March 31st 2025

Donations Charity Community Account 2 Cash donations £706 Bank Transfers £1,759 Standing orders £1,440 Oasis Horsham £280

Total Income

£4,185

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Expenditure April 1[st ] 2024 – March 31st 2025

Insurance £658
Subscriptions £163
Giving £20
Training £303
Stationary £35
Games Night £51
Love baby Essentials £4
Assets Technology £240

Total Expenditure £1,474

Structure, Governance and Management

Love For The Family is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation whose only voting members are its trustees. Its governing document is its Constitution which was approved by the Charity Commission on 30[th] June 2021. Prior to this it had been a Community organisation. All previous assets and monies have been transferred to the Charity. If wound up the Trustees, or members, have no personal responsibility for the settlement of debts and liabilities beyond the amount they are liable to contribute, which is up to £5.

Love For The Family has four trustees, three of whom who were its founding members. The minimum number of trustees by Constitution is three and the maximum seven. Trustees are appointed because of the knowledge and skills they bring to the Charity and their understanding of its ethos and aims. Love For The Family is not a political organisation and its counsellors and volunteers work without prejudice. Any trustee or individual working or volunteering for the charity is expected to understand and respect this. No trustee has received any payment for their services or expertise this year. Mrs E Argent and Mrs L Pswarayi were re-elected as trustees for a three year term.

New Trustees will be recruited following invitation; due to skills requirement, or application because of interest. All perspective trustees will be interviewed by at least two current trustees. Trustee appointments are dependent on the needs of the Charity and the skills required to ensure its continued growth. Trustees must have a full understanding of the ethos of the charity, it’s political neutrality, and an understanding of grace: unconditional positive regard, kindness, value and acceptance of clients regardless of past history, sexual orientation, faith/ religion or belief/ no belief, disability, gender identity, marital status, age, ethnicity, culture as demonstrated by Jesus Christ.

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On appointment trustees receive copies of the constitution, financial statements and copies of a year’s previous minutes of trustee meetings. Charity Commission guidance is available. Their work is supported by the other trustees. Further help and guidance is available from Pregnancy Centre Network and Thirtyone: Eight, the charities safeguarding organisation.

Trustees delegate the day to day running of the charity to Trustee and Centre Manager Mrs J Reynolds. Trustees meet to discuss and agree policies, procedures and developments of Love For The Family, including key finance decisions, as set out in the Financial Management and Accounting Policy. They review objectives a minimum of six times a year.

Risk Management

Love For The Family’s work is dependent on its reputation and ability to ensure its services are provided without prejudice or bias. The trustees are satisfied that they have suitable training and safeguards in place to ensure this continues through training and recruitment policies and procedures, ongoing supervision and training, as well as client assessment and feedback.

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Reference and Administrative Details

Charity Name Love For The Family Charity Number 1195015 Trustees Mrs Jane Reynolds Mrs Elizabeth Argent Mrs L Pswarayi Mrs R Acqua Registered Postal Address c/o 6 Alexandra Avenue Luton Bedfordshire LU3 1HG England Bank Barclays Bank 28 George Street Luton Bedfordshire LU1 2AX

Exemptions From Disclosure

There are no exemptions from disclosure in this year.

Funds Held As Custodian Trustee On Behalf Of Others

No other Funds are held.

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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricted funds to nearest £ Restricted funds to nearest £ Endowment funds to nearest E Categories Detsils CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Love For The Famlly B1 Cash funds Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period from slart dale PertrAJ end dare 3110312025 To 0110412024 Total cash funds Section A Receipts and payments (agree balances with receipts aTrJ paymenlj account(J>) .l%••rnil Unrestrlcted funds to nearest £ Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds Restrlcted funds to nearest £ Endowment funds to nearest £ Total funds Last year to the nearest to the nearest £ to the nearest £ Details to the nearest £ to the nearest £ A1 Receipts sh donaiions Bank Transters Standing Orders Oa515 B2 Other monetary assets 706 1.759 1.440 280 706 1,759 1.440 280 tota rDSS Income or AR) 4,185 4,185 Fund to which asset belon Details Cost (optlonal) Current value tional A2 Asset and investment sales, (see tsble). B3 Investment assets Total receipts 4,185 A3Pa ments Fund to whlch asset belon Currenl value tlonal Details Cost (optlonal) Insuranc Sutsscnption Gifts Games Nignt (Credit Card) Training Stabonary (Creail Card) Love Batsy Essentsals rtems {CC) 658 163 20 51 658 163 20 51 303 35 B4 Assets retained for the charity's own use 300 35 Sub total 934 300 1.234 A4 Asset and Investment urchases see table Phone Credit card 240 240 Sub total 240 240 Fund to which relates Amount dua tlonal When due tional Details Total payments 1,174 300 1,474 B5 Liabilities Net of receipts/(payrnents) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end 3,011 300 2,711 5,587 5,587 Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees Signature Date of ov Print Name U Llllf £c OLbS CCXX R1 acccMJnts (SS) 1310612025 CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 1310612025