Bush
rt Annual
202>2024
Type of Govemln8 Documtht
Charity Deed
How the Charltyls Constltuted
Charstable Trust
Trustm Selectlon Methods
Trustees are selected for their Yak*s throwdb thelf Ilnks to Bustrry i£a& Children and Familles
Centre and the Alton communlty,. they are nominated by members of the Board of Trustees.
Addltlonal Gov•rnance Iws
Bushy Leaze Famlly SupFrfXt exists to maintsln arKI address the gaps In famlly supp)rt servlces
and earEy-years interientlcm In Alton <Hampshlrel and Its Surr￿AdI￿ area. 2023-2024 was the
second fina￿la1 year operatlng as a CIO (SKceedI￿ (w Tn￿- B(th LeaTr Famlly Suwort
18LCSFI Registered Charity Nurn￿r 11956591.
There were no cLYKerns gthwnarKe I￿5 relatEd ID the charity (kniTrx the par. One trustee
Luath Grant-Fergusion Stood d￿￿n. to later ￿ formally rec(¥nlsed as a Patron of our charlty.
The Charity is governed ty a board of Trustees SUPFX)rted IN relevant stakehdders from the
local community. The Ix)ard meets a fflinirnum of f￿r times ￿ar or mtye often If
necessary. It recelves refM)rts from local family sUPPOrt services and reviews thei r work
provldlng funding and supwrL fundin8 and (Nerseein8 the Famlly Sup&KYt Team at Bushy Leaze
Chlldren and Families Centre achle%* (wr alm5 and ot*ec￿ BiFS Myks to rnanage and
Ilmit risk. It revie￿5 its practices against the Charity Commission's "Internal Financial Controls
for Charities. thKument regulafly. All payTnents rewlre signature& All rece1￿5 are banked
promptlv.
Oblects and Actl¥ltles
The objects of the Charlty are=
To enhance the develc4xnent aTrJ education d Childre￿ primarity under the age of five,
by enC￿ra¥1￿ parerts to uTrJerrtat¥J and Fw4ide fo¥ the ￿ed$ of tt*ir children
through community 8roup5
The preservation and prrtertion of health ￿the of 8(￿ (pklity chlldcare, a
resource and advice centre and the educatii)n of the wbltc in Parenti￿ ski115

The provision of facilities for recreation and other leiswetime activibes for familie5 With
ywng children ift the iFrtere5ts crf ￿la1 7A*lfaTe. *7th a VFewto irnwcwire Co￿liti0￿ of
Ilfe
Summry ol actlvates undertaken In rdatlon to th&* obJect&'
The Charity continued to to ensurlng vulnerable and at-rlsk families have access to the
support they need in our area of 0￿ratiOn. occupying a gap in family suF¥xirt and early-years
service pr(Vbrysion in East Ham￿hire. We have pr￿cti%￿lY rai*d furth to
contlnuation and development of Family SUF￿￿ service5 to best achleve Objects.
Durlr8 financlal year 2023.2d24 the Charity meet Its alms and fuffilled Its object& The cost-
of-living crisi5 and financial climate afferted IM*h the fundraising of the Charity and the needs
of its beneficiaries, resulting in the use of some unrestricted re5erve5 a5 covered kelow.
However, Charity received significant corrtrftrtrtiots frcth grant ￿1r8 bLMlies and a decreased
level of sUp￿rt from tyjr communlty. We ￿nt on t(x
Fully fund a Famlly Supp)rt Team vtho pr￿Ided one-ttrme and grOup￿Sed
Inter¥pntlon to o*r 4IM) farnilies With children V￿ler the age of five facing slgnlficant
barrlefs to parentlng
Fund several farn1￿ sup￿￿ wcwamme% enhancln8 development and educatjon of
famllles wlth children under the age of five. These are expertty *ffed aNI
tQ8ether local families to provlde a netvAxk of supwlrt
The BLFS Trustees have regard to the guldance155ued by the Charlty Commlsslon on wblic
benefft. We belle%t the funded artivltles to be of O￿lMa1 i*nefft tofamllle5 In need of sup
In Alton and wider East Hampshire.
Brlef Statement on the Ch•rltlos Re*rves
The Charity aimed to hold in reserve grfficient morEy in ￿r general funds to contlnuation of
our Family ￿p￿)rt Team to deliver a prLvaramme of family supwrt for the community. We alm
to hold and equivalent to slx-moth of Famity Team ex￿￿lture to mitigate rt5k A
decrease in incorne frorn a number of sources required the Charty to spend £22,291. to
maintsin service wovision at a slightly redU￿d le￿1 to the preViC￿ year. whilst ￿nefICiary
needs remain extremely high. Resen*ès were ￿ld at l&el £16393 ￿thIch reFYe5ents just over
three months of future Family ￿P￿rt Team runni￿ costs. The decision to spend reserves was
made with the aSsUra￿e oft*ti new furKlI￿ xwces in the 24125 finaKial year with a
reduced future ynd on service delivery.
Summary of the maln athle4en*ntsof the tharlty durkng the ye
2023-2024 was a difficult year for the Charity and its beneficiar*s. Increaslng costs and
decreasing income, at a time our Services were m05t needed, led to a reduction in family

support delivery whllst malntalnlng our (Mtyrts and ￿tcomeS to ensure sustainability.
However. through a combination of d(M¥ti{￿ from our cL¥nmuTrity and grart*iving bcKltes we
raised an appropriate le￿1 fvnd5 to maintsin a￿1 deli%er family supwt prcNisions prowded at
Bushy Leaze Children and Families Certre. families in Alton and its sUrr(xu￿lng area. 8LFS
vrnked with Bu4ry Leaze Children and Families Certre to er￿e the contirmthtton of a hi8h-
quallty famlly 5UPFQrt provision.
Meetings were held by tl* trustees to estsblish w(Ke(bJres a55e551￿ tl* effeCtI￿nesS of
these prcNisions and the oFrtimal use of ttF lThftcLirie& All Charity spend
vrns on key activities and administration to supKKrt our objects and en5Ufed the service can
contlnue to offer its (Artstsnding rated services for familie& The u* of reserves and reductlon
In spend has successfiAly Ixtht a kighter future fty tl* ckrfty iyxKI 2023124 %*Tth
subsequent donatlon5 Wrttin8 the Cliarity in a 5tsble F*)Sition for the Trext five years. This wlll
allow the Charlty to on giowlng family services atNI relwildln8 {￿r resen*s.
The Charlty raised £95,580 dur1￿ the ￿ar and Is grateful for the supp(xt of Its grant funder
lrtludln8 G(Kxlall FOundatt0￿ East Hampshire District C<xmcil &wpxtin8 Communitles, Alton
Town Councll, Chlldren In Need and The National Lottery Community FuThl among others.
Dawn Murphy
Chalr of Trustees
8uthy Lea2e Famlly support


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Bushy Leaze Family Support No (if any)<br>Receipts and payments accounts CC16a<br>For the period  Period start date Period end date<br>To<br>from 01/04/2023 31/03/2024<br>Section A Receipts and payments<br>Unrestricted  Restricted  Endowment<br>Total funds Last year<br>funds funds funds<br>to the nearest      £  to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £<br>A1 Receipts<br>Transfer from BLCSF 88,000<br>National Lottery Community Fund                                -                       41,569                               -                         41,569                     57,819<br>Grants                      22,000                         5,990                               -                         27,990                     18,376<br>Community                         1,100                               -                                 -                           1,100                          250<br>Donations                        1,166                               -                                 -                           1,166                       1,340<br>Closure BLCSF                           569                               -                                 -                              569                     13,700<br>                             -                                 -                                 -                               -<br>                               -                               -                                 -                               -<br>                               -                               -                                 -                                 -                               -<br>Sub total  (Gross income for<br>                     24,835                       47,559                               -                         72,394                   179,485<br>AR)<br>A2 Asset and investment sales,<br>(see table).<br>                               -                                 -                                 -                               -<br>                               -                                 -                                 -                               -                                 -<br>Sub total                                 -                                 -                                 -                               -                                 -<br>Total receipts                  24,835                   47,559                             -                       72,394                179,485<br>A3 Payments<br>Core Projects                                -                     110,000                               -                       110,000                   107,100<br>Admin & Fundraising                        7,648                               -                                 -                           7,648                     10,468<br>Bank Charges                             63                               -                                 -                                63                            47<br>Web Hosting                           160                               -                                 -                              160                             -<br>                               -                               -                                 -                                 -                               -<br>                               -                               -                                 -                                 -                               -<br>                               -                               -                                 -                                 -                               -<br>                               -                               -                                 -                                 -                               -<br>                               -                               -                                 -                                 -                               -<br>Sub total [                       7,871 ]                    110,000                               -                       117,871                   117,615<br>A4 Asset and investment<br>purchases, (see table)<br>                               -                                 -                                 -                               -<br>                               -                                 -                                 -                               -<br>Sub total [                               - ]                                -                                 -                               -                                 -<br>Total payments                    7,871                 110,000                             -                 117,871                117,615<br>Net of receipts/(payments)                  16,964  -                62,441                           -   -                45,477                 61,870<br>A5 Transfers between funds                           -                          -                           -                                 -                          -<br>A6 Cash funds last year end                   38,684                   23,186                           -                     61,870<br>Cash funds this year end                  55,648  -                39,255                           -                    16,393                 61,870<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

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## **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**|Signature<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>HSBC<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>**Details**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**16,393**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**16,393**<br>**-**<br>Agreement Error<br>Agreement Error<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>**-**<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 £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 

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