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2024-12-31-accounts

REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1196162

Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

for

The Bodie Hodges Foundation

The Rowleys Partnership Ltd Chartered Accountants Charnwood House Harcourt Way Meridian Business Park Leicester Leicestershire LE19 1WP

The Bodie Hodges Foundation

Contents of the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

Page
Report of the Trustees 1 to 11
Independent Examiner's Report 12
Statement of Financial Activities 13
Balance Sheet 14
Cash Flow Statement 15
Notes to the Cash Flow Statement 16
Notes to the Financial Statements 17 to 28
Detailed Statement of Financial Activities 29 to 30

The Bodie Hodges Foundation

Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

Chair of Trustees’ Executive Summary for the Annual Report 2024

As Chair of Trustees for The Bodie Hodges Foundation, it is my privilege to reflect on our year of impact and to share our continuous mission of supporting families who are bereaved of a child across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

This year marked a significant milestone for our charity. We officially closed our original charity, 1151053, and merged with our officially registered CIO, 1196162, streamlining our operations and increasing our capacity to achieve our vision. Our work continues to expand, guided by the needs of the families we serve, and underpinned by the lived experiences of our founders, Donna and Nick Hodges.

In 2024, we provided over 1,000 one-on-one bereavement counselling sessions and saw an impressive increase in participation in our peer support groups, which include creative arts sessions for mothers, ‘Chips and a Chat’ meetups for fathers, and age-specific grief activities for young people. Our ‘Together Project’ has flourished, offering bereaved children and teens the space to connect with others who understand their grief. Growth of these peer sessions continue with our ‘Together Juniors’ initiative due to begin in early 2025, designed to support younger children, aged 6-10.

The continued success of our Bodie’s Treasured Memory Bags, which were distributed to 160 families in the last year is an important service that we offer nationwide. These bags offer essential tools for children and young people to help process their grief in their own way, creating a legacy of love and remembrance for the sibling who has died.

Fundraising and financial stability remain key to our growth. With the support of businesses, individuals, and organisations, we raised vital funds that allowed us to extend our services to more families with more services. Despite challenges in the competitive grant environment, we are grateful for the ongoing commitment of our supporters, sponsors and partners and the funders who have invested in us this year.

We achieved a major milestone in September 2024, by winning the Enterprising Women Team of the Year award. This organisation is an extension of the East Midlands Chamber of Commerce and is a testament to the hard work and dedication of our staff and volunteers.

Financially, we ended the year in a positive position, with 80% of our income coming from community support and fundraising events. We will continue to prioritise sustainability by maintaining a reserves policy that ensures we are well-prepared for the future. Our aim is to hold £87,000 in reserves by mid-2025, alongside a £10,000 emergency fund.

Looking forward, we will continue to grow, adapting to the needs of the families we serve and seeking new ways to ensure no family grieves alone. In 2025, our plans include to recruit student counsellors, expand our services for young people, and evolve our children’s grief support offer. Our overall financial goal is to raise £440,000 to sustain and expand these services.

I extend my heartfelt thanks to everyone who has supported our work this year. Together, we are making a difference to grieving families, offering them hope, support, and a sense of community in their darkest moments.

G Orton

signed on 19/05/2025, 09:40:16 BST

Gemma Orton Chair of Trustees The Bodie Hodges Foundation

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The Bodie Hodges Foundation

Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

Trustee’s Report

The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 December 2024. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019).

Register of Merged charities

This year we have officially closed our original charity 1151053 and have entered this on the register for merged charities with 1196162.

Our Vision and Aims

Vision

To give hope to families bereaved of a child by providing a range of services that support grieving families and encourage them to rebuild and remember.

Mission Statement

To provide family and child centred services to support those affected by the death of a child. To raise awareness of the facts about organ donation and encourage families to share their decision by ‘starting the conversation’.

Purpose

To ensure that every family in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland who experience the death of a child has access to early therapeutic support services.

We achieve our aims by:

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The Bodie Hodges Foundation

Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

Our History

The Bodie Hodges Foundation 1151053 was set up by Nick and Donna Hodges following the death of their son Bodie in 2012. Their lived experience is that being a bereaved parent is isolating, and that the support available following the sudden or unexpected death of a child was minimal. The charity has continuously developed, and now provides a range of services that support the whole family.

In the beginning the focus was on raising funds to buy a holiday home and in 2016 the purchase of Bodie’s Boathouse on Tallington Lakes was completed. A one-week stay was offered to families who lived in the East Midlands and within 3 years of the death of their child of any age. The impact that this stay gave families highlighted the need to Donna and Nick to implement more services and to work on more projects to support families bereaved of a child.

Bodie’s Boathouse was sold in 2023 and funds from this property were used to purchase Bodie’s House. Although this was a difficult decision as trustees, we felt that supporting a family for up to 2 years has a significant impact and that the charity witnesses the growing need to support families with early therapeutic bereavement counselling. Our focus will now remain on offering 1-1 and peer support to families bereaved of a child aged 18 and under within 2 years of the death. Bodie’s House is an 11-room building where we have offices and counselling rooms. It is a safe place where families can share their children, talk about their grief and where groups can meet.

In 2018 the charity designed and produced Bodie’s Treasured Memory Bags, based on their experience of how their daughter grieved, and with professional endorsement these are now provided nationally free of charge to siblings.

With another focus on fundraising, we then moved to support families in the first year to 18 months with face to face early emotional therapeutic bereavement support and in October 2019 Bodie’s Bereavement Service was launched. This service now supports families during the first 2 years after the death of a child with 1-1 specialist bereavement counselling for parents and their siblings, which can be accessed by anyone bereaved of a child under the age of 18. We also offer a number of peer support groups which can be accessed by families bereaved of a child of any age.

Our services grow organically with the needs that are identified by the families that we work with and from our founders own lived experience. Each year we have grown our income in line with our services and will listen to our bereaved families and support them as they learn to live and to grieve.

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The Bodie Hodges Foundation

Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

Bodie’s Bereavement Service

Bodie’s Bereavement Service provides early emotional and therapeutic support to families bereaved of child up to the age of 18 when the child died. Our support is offered during the first 2 years after the death and is for the whole family. This provides support for parents and siblings, to families bereaved of their only child and to blended families. The aim of the service is to meet families where they are in their grief and provide support that gives hope and builds resilience. Each member of the family is given 1-1 bereavement counselling with their own counsellor.

We receive a large number of our referrals via The Child Death Overview Panel team, as well as bereavement midwives within our local hospitals. Families can also refer into our service at any point during the first 2 years, via our website.

Our sessions for parents take place at Bodie’s House and our children and young people counselling sessions take place in school. Where school is not a safe place we offer sessions here at Bodie’s House.

In 2024 we provided over 1000 1-1 bereavement counselling sessions to adults, children and young people. We supported 109 individuals with 1-1 support and continued to grow the number of families supported and sessions attended.

Alison, a bereaved parent accessing 1-1 bereavement counselling

“If it wasn’t for Nicola I might not be here. Losing a child takes you to the darkest of places.

I did just sit and cry and ask why for the first few weeks. I was never judged; I was just listened to. And I know Nicola hasn’t lost a child but she just gets it. She gets me.

Grief doesn’t come with a handbook, but The Bodie Hodges Foundation has given me the tools to deal with it.

I have dark days, I have down days, but I’ve learned that’s ok and I’ve also learned that I need to know my own limits. I’d beat myself up about the bad days before, but now I know that’s all part of it and I allow myself to have them.”

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The Bodie Hodges Foundation

Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

Peer Support Groups

Meeting others who have been bereaved is powerful and offers support to our families that is different to counselling. Each group is facilitated by a member of the team and are designed to be relaxed. We find that being able to take part in activities helps conversations but also gives a focus to those who may wish to be quiet. We have continued to increase the number of parents, children and young people who attend our groups throughout 2024.

We currently have 43 adults, children and young people registered to attend our groups:

Feedback from a bereaved Mum, Tracey who attends Creative Grief for Mums

“My overarching feeling when attending these sessions is, it’s a safe place, to be in a room with other mums, that each have their own unique story, but all have experienced the indescribable pain of losing a child”

Together Project

The success of the Together project continued in 2024 with a new cohort of 6 young people aged 11-16 meeting for a 10-week programme of activities to build self-esteem, develop friendships, create conversations around death and their grief for their sibling. Our young people can choose to carry on meeting on a monthly basis. We currently have 12 young people who meet monthly. This project has been funded by The Big Give during this year and this funding will continue in 2025. We will also be starting Together Juniors for ages 6-10.

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The Bodie Hodges Foundation

Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

Bodie’s Treasured Memory Bags

Bodie’s Treasured Memory Bags are filled with grief resources to encourage conversations around death, help children to remember their sibling and process the feelings associated with grief. They are designed to give families different tools to support their surviving children at a difficult time. Children cope best when they feel supported to share how they feel and the resources within the bag give children and young people permission to talk about their sibling.

Bodie’s Treasured Memory Bags were sent to support siblings who had experienced the death of a sibling or to those born after the death. The bags continue to be sent out nationally, free of charge with a maximum of two per family and they support children aged 3-10 and 11-16 years.

We have continued to support bereaved siblings with SEND to grieve in their own way sending out Bodie’s Special Treasured Memory Bags for ages 3-25 years.

In 2024 we have sent out 136 bags to families all across the UK. We continue to offer this service free of charge to any bereaved sibling and to those born after the death of a sibling.

Feedback from a family who received Bodie’s Treasured Memory Bags

“Watching my children come together on their own to talk and share their feelings with one another really helped their relationship deepen and provide a support network which I don’t think they ever really used until the loss of our baby. The bags gave them that time. You can’t put a value on that and we are eternally grateful what you provided our family. Thank you.”

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The Bodie Hodges Foundation

Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

Organ Donation

We continue to raise awareness of Organ Donation and encourage everyone to have open discussions with families about their wishes. We will continue to promote the benefits of Organ Donation to both donor and recipient families. At each event where there are opportunities to speak we share the importance of starting a conversation with loved ones.

Events and Fundraising

The above events remain key to our fundraising efforts, as they not only help us raise essential funds.

The Bodie Hodges Foundation is registered with the Fundraising Regulator and is compliant with the standards set by the Regulator in its ‘Code of Fundraising Practice’. This ensures that donors and supporters have confidence in our fundraising practices.

All fundraising events are organised by our Fundraising and Communications Manager, Corporate and Community Fundraiser with support from the wider team and volunteers. We do not engage with telephone, doorstep or lottery fundraising.

We are incredibly grateful to local and national funders for their financial support this year.

As a small local charity, we feel extremely lucky to be becoming more widely known among corporates and businesses that want to support our work. Additionally, we are fortunate to have such a loyal base of #TeamBodie supporters who continue to turn up to attend our events and support our campaigns.

The increase in demand for grant funding has made it more challenging to achieve success, as many funders are now oversubscribed. Despite these difficulties, we remain committed to exploring every opportunity to support our vision of ensuring no family is left to grieve alone.

Charity of Choice

This year our charity of Choice partnerships have helped to raise over £18,000. We love to work with businesses to share the work that we are doing and see the creative ways that businesses choose to fundraise for us.

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The Bodie Hodges Foundation

Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

Achievements

This year has seen us achieve more areas of our business plan and we have recruited a full time Team Administrator and a part-time Bereavement Counsellor with responsibility for groups. We have increased the hours of each of our bereavement counsellors to allow more specific project time to ensure our service continue to develop.

We have put in place lots of ways to gather feedback from our families to listen to what bereaved families need and ensure that our services meet these needs.

We will be moving on to Xero for our 2025 accounting year and have been developing a dashboard to be able to keep track of all areas of the charity.

We won Enterprising Women Team of Year award in September 2024 which was a proud moment. We work hard as a team to ensure the best services for our families.

Future Plans

Financial position

The financial statements show a surplus of £33,981 (2023: £596,769 surplus). The 2023 surplus included exceptional income of £512,674 relating to the transfer of assets from the old charitable trust to the new charitable incorporated organisation.

As a charity we have worked hard to ensure that the financial position is safe, and we monitor our income and expenditure in line with our budgets and targets. We end the year in a good financial position. In 2024 20% of our income for core services and projects was achieved through grants and we will continue to aim to increase this income to allow us to grow our services. Achieving grants has become increasingly competitive.

80% of our income comes from voluntary efforts from the community and business support, as well as through our events. The Trustees are grateful to our many supporters of the charity who have given their loyalty and commitment.

Reserves Policy

In 2024 our reserves policy was to hold £66,000 to cover three months of expenditure, alongside a £10,000 emergency fund.

As the charity grows we need to ensure stability of the charity and so in 2025 we have revised our reserves policy in line with the increase in costs to £87,000 for three months of expenditure and we will continue with the emergency fund of £10,000.

Free reserves of £167,989 (2023: £144,470) were held at the year end, including the emergency fund of £10,000 (2023: £30,000) and other designated funds totalling £78,717 (2023: £12,864). Free reserves are the total unrestricted funds less tangible fixed assets. Reserves of £101,989 held over and above the minimum free reserves figure of £66,000 are at the disposal of the trustees to meet their longer term strategic objectives.

Restricted funds of £16,040 (2023: £17,497) were also held at the year end.

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The Bodie Hodges Foundation

Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

With Thanks to our Funders

This year we have received funding from the following Organisations and would like to say thank you for supporting our work.

The Big Give

Precision FM

Leicestershire and Rutland Community Foundation

Coop Local

Hinckley and Rugby BS

Centrica

British Gas

Structure, Governance and Management

Structure, Governance and Management
Type of governing document Constitution adopted 14th October 2021 – transfer
of assets 1st October 2023.
How the charity is constituted Charity Incorporated Organisation
Trustee selection methods Trustees are appointed or reappointed by existing
Trustees following application and interview
Charity Name The Bodie Hodges Foundation
Charity Number 1196162
Registered office 254 Braunstone Lane
Leicester
LE3 3AS
Chair of Trustees Gemma Orton
Trustees Emma Frain
Andrew Stubbs
James Blacklaws (resigned February 2024)
Helen Whitby
Lindsay Langford (appointed January 2024 and
resigned September 2024)
Independent examiner The Rowleys Partnership Ltd
Charnwood House
Harcourt Way
Meridian Business Park
Leicester
LE19 1WP

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The Bodie Hodges Foundation

Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

Public benefit

The Trustees confirm that they have considered the Charity Commissioner’s guidance on public benefit.

As part of our Trustee’s induction, they are asked to read and sign PB1, 2 and 3 of the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit.

Risk Factors

The Trustees have continued to assess the major risks to which the charity is exposed to, and we are satisfied that systems are in place to mitigate where possible exposure to the major risks.

Funding – Opportunities for grant-based income are competitive and it remains our aim to increase the amount of income via grants. We work hard to ensure that we have a number of income streams to ensure that the charity does not become vulnerable due to a loss of funding. We currently do not have any multi year funding which would offer us a level of security and will target applications to achieve this.

Demand on service – We constantly monitor the number of referrals that we receive and work hard to be able to offer our services within the first 3 months following the death of a child. We have increased our bereavement team with another part time counsellor but we are still facing increased demands on our services.

Loss of Income from donations - We continue to grow our donations that we receive from the general public and from our corporate partners. We have increased our running events offer to add a larger income stream. 

19/05/2025

Approved by order of the board of trustees on ............................................. and signed on its behalf by:

G Orton

signed on 19/05/2025, 09:40:16 BST

........................................................................ Mrs Gemma Orton Chair of Trustees

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Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of The Bodie Hodges Foundation

Independent examiner's report to the trustees of The Bodie Hodges Foundation

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of The Bodie Hodges Foundation (the Trust) for the year ended 31 December 2024.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act').

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under Section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under Section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner's statement

Since your charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a listed body. I can confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, which is one of the listed bodies.

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

  1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by Section 130 of the Act; or

  2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or

  3. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

signed on 19/05/2025, 09:50:10 BST

L G Parkes FCA FCCA

The Rowleys Partnership Ltd Chartered Accountants Charnwood House Harcourt Way Meridian Business Park Leicester Leicestershire LE19 1WP 19/05/2025

Date: .............................................

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The Bodie Hodges Foundation

Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

Unrestricted
funds
Notes
£
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM
Donations and legacies
3
106,182
Charitable activities
6
Bereavement Service
56,832
Other trading activities
4
183,094
Investment income
5
13,882
Other income
7
-
Total
359,990
EXPENDITURE ON
Raising funds
8
70,278
Charitable activities
9
Bereavement Service
234,620
Treasured Memory Bags
-
Bodie's House
18,517
Total
323,415
NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)
36,575
Transfers between funds
19
(1,137)
Net movement in funds
35,438
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total funds brought forward
579,272
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD
614,710		 Restricted
funds
£
22,126
-
-
-
-
22,126
1,418
14,090
9,212
-
24,720
(2,594)
1,137
(1,457)
17,497
16,040		 2024
Total
funds
£
128,308
56,832
183,094
13,882
-
382,116
71,696
248,710
9,212
18,517
348,135
33,981
-
33,981
596,769
630,750		 2023
Total
funds
£
101,614
32,760
11,929
2,666
512,674
661,643
6,787
56,954
358
775
64,874
596,769
-
596,769
-
596,769

The notes form part of these financial statements

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The Bodie Hodges Foundation

Balance Sheet 31 December 2024

Notes
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible assets
15
CURRENT ASSETS
Stocks
16
Debtors
17
Cash at bank
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year
18
NET CURRENT ASSETS
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES
NET ASSETS
FUNDS
19
Unrestricted funds
Restricted funds
TOTAL FUNDS		 Unrestricted
funds
£
446,721
2,438
17,929
165,941
186,308
(18,319)
167,989
614,710
614,710		 Restricted
funds
£
-
3,059
1,250
11,731
16,040
-
16,040
16,040
16,040		 2024
Total
funds
£
446,721
5,497
19,179
177,672
202,348
(18,319)
184,029
630,750
630,750
614,710
16,040
630,750		 2023
Total
funds
£
434,802
4,201
88,517
80,870
173,588
(11,621)
161,967
596,769
596,769
579,272
17,497
596,769

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on ............................................. and were signed on its behalf by: 19/05/2025

G Orton

............................................. signed on 19/05/2025, 09:40:16 BST G L Orton - Trustee

The notes form part of these financial statements

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The Bodie Hodges Foundation

Cash Flow Statement for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

Notes
Cash flows from operating activities
Cash generated from operations
1
Net cash provided by operating activities
Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of tangible fixed assets
Sale of tangible fixed assets
Interest received
Net cash used in investing activities
Change in cash and cash equivalents in
the reporting period
Cash and cash equivalents at the
beginning of the reporting period
Cash and cash equivalents at the end
of the reporting period		 2024
2023
£
£
119,206
516,236
119,206
516,236
(25,271)
(435,779)
599
-
2,268
413
(22,404)
(435,366)
96,802
80,870
80,870
-
177,672
80,870

The notes form part of these financial statements

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The Bodie Hodges Foundation

Notes to the Cash Flow Statement for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

1.
RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME TO NET CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
2024
£
Net income for the reporting period (as per the Statement of
Financial Activities)
33,981
Adjustments for:
Depreciation charges
12,180
Loss on disposal of fixed assets
573
Interest received
(2,268)
Increase in stocks
(1,296)
Decrease/(increase) in debtors
69,338
Increase in creditors
6,698
Net cash provided by operations
119,206
2.
ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET FUNDS
At 1.1.24
Cash flow
£
£
Net cash
Cash at bank
80,870
96,802
80,870
96,802
Total
80,870
96,802		 1.
RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME TO NET CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
2024
£
Net income for the reporting period (as per the Statement of
Financial Activities)
33,981
Adjustments for:
Depreciation charges
12,180
Loss on disposal of fixed assets
573
Interest received
(2,268)
Increase in stocks
(1,296)
Decrease/(increase) in debtors
69,338
Increase in creditors
6,698
Net cash provided by operations
119,206
2.
ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET FUNDS
At 1.1.24
Cash flow
£
£
Net cash
Cash at bank
80,870
96,802
80,870
96,802
Total
80,870
96,802		 1.
RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME TO NET CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
2024
£
Net income for the reporting period (as per the Statement of
Financial Activities)
33,981
Adjustments for:
Depreciation charges
12,180
Loss on disposal of fixed assets
573
Interest received
(2,268)
Increase in stocks
(1,296)
Decrease/(increase) in debtors
69,338
Increase in creditors
6,698
Net cash provided by operations
119,206
2.
ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET FUNDS
At 1.1.24
Cash flow
£
£
Net cash
Cash at bank
80,870
96,802
80,870
96,802
Total
80,870
96,802		 1.
RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME TO NET CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
2024
£
Net income for the reporting period (as per the Statement of
Financial Activities)
33,981
Adjustments for:
Depreciation charges
12,180
Loss on disposal of fixed assets
573
Interest received
(2,268)
Increase in stocks
(1,296)
Decrease/(increase) in debtors
69,338
Increase in creditors
6,698
Net cash provided by operations
119,206
2.
ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET FUNDS
At 1.1.24
Cash flow
£
£
Net cash
Cash at bank
80,870
96,802
80,870
96,802
Total
80,870
96,802		 1.
RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME TO NET CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
2024
£
Net income for the reporting period (as per the Statement of
Financial Activities)
33,981
Adjustments for:
Depreciation charges
12,180
Loss on disposal of fixed assets
573
Interest received
(2,268)
Increase in stocks
(1,296)
Decrease/(increase) in debtors
69,338
Increase in creditors
6,698
Net cash provided by operations
119,206
2.
ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET FUNDS
At 1.1.24
Cash flow
£
£
Net cash
Cash at bank
80,870
96,802
80,870
96,802
Total
80,870
96,802		 1.
RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME TO NET CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
2024
£
Net income for the reporting period (as per the Statement of
Financial Activities)
33,981
Adjustments for:
Depreciation charges
12,180
Loss on disposal of fixed assets
573
Interest received
(2,268)
Increase in stocks
(1,296)
Decrease/(increase) in debtors
69,338
Increase in creditors
6,698
Net cash provided by operations
119,206
2.
ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET FUNDS
At 1.1.24
Cash flow
£
£
Net cash
Cash at bank
80,870
96,802
80,870
96,802
Total
80,870
96,802		 2023
£
596,769
977
-
(413)
(4,201)
(88,517)
11,621
516,236
31.12.24
£
177,672
177,672
177,672
At
80,870 96,802

The notes form part of these financial statements

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The Bodie Hodges Foundation

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

1. CHARITY INFORMATION

The Bodie Hodges Foundation is a charitable incorporated organisation registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (registered no. 1196162). The registered office address is 254 Braunstone Lane, Leicester LE3 3AS.

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparing the financial statements

The financial statements of the charity, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Charities Act 2011. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

Income

All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.

Expenditure

Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Expenditure is classified under the following activity headings.

Irrecoverable VAT is charged as an expense against the activity for which expenditure arose.

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The Bodie Hodges Foundation

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Tangible fixed assets

Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.

Freehold property - 2% on cost - Fixtures and fittings 25% reducing balance - Computer equipment Straight line over 3 years

Stocks

Bodie’s Treasured Memory Bags and other stocks are stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost includes all costs of purchase, costs of conversion and other costs incurred in bringing stock to its present location and condition. Cost is calculated using the firstin, first-out formula. Provision is made for damaged, obsolete and slow-moving stock where appropriate.

Taxation

The charity is exempt from tax on its charitable activities.

Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.

Fund accounting

Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.

Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.

Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits

The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the charity's pension scheme are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities in the period to which they relate.

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents includes cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts.

Basic financial assets

Basic financial assets, which includes debtors and cash and bank balances are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.

Basic financial liabilities

Basic financial liabilities, including creditors and bank loans are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.

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The Bodie Hodges Foundation

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Going concern

The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis as the trustees believe that no material uncertainties exist. The trustees have considered the level of funds held and the expected level of income and expenditure for 12 months from the date of approving these financial statements. The budgeted income and expenditure is sufficient with the level of reserves, for the charity to be able to continue as a going concern.

3. DONATIONS AND LEGACIES

Donations
4.
OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES
Supper club

Golf day
Sports dinner
Challenge events
Freddie’s festive fun run
Other fundraising events
Auction income
5.
INVESTMENT INCOME
Rents received
Deposit account interest
6.
INCOME FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES
Activity
Grants
Bereavement Service
7.
OTHER INCOME
Exceptional items		 2024
£
128,308		 2024
£
128,308		 2023
£
101,614
2023
£
1,700
-
(4,670)
9,003
4,601
-
1,295
11,929
2023
£
2,253
413
2,666
2023
£
32,760
2023
£
512,674
2024
£
14,900
38,557
46,056
56,547
11,726
8,096
7,212
183,094
2024
£
11,614
2,268
13,882
2024
£
56,832
2024
£
-
2024
£
56,832
2024
£
-

The exceptional item in 2023 related to the transfer of assets from the old charitable trust to the new charitable incorporated organisation. The transaction was approved by the Charity Commission and reflected a change in structure of the charity.

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The Bodie Hodges Foundation

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

8. RAISING FUNDS

Raising donations and legacies
Fundraising events
Other trading activities
Opening stock
Purchases
Closing stock
Aggregate amounts
9.
CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES COSTS
Bereavement Service
Treasured Memory Bags
Bodie's House		 Direct
Costs
£
169,615
9,212
12,836
191,663		 2024
£
72,499
2024
£
4,201
493
(5,497)
(803)
71,696
Support
costs (see
note 10)
£
78,727
-
6,049
84,776		 2023
£
7,472
2023
£
3,516
-
(4,201)
(685)
6,787
Totals
£
248,342
9,212
18,885
276,439

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The Bodie Hodges Foundation

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

10. SUPPORT COSTS

SUPPORT COSTS
Information
Management Finance technology
£ £ £
Bereavement Service 54,623 3,294 4,460
Bodie's House 6,049 - -
60,672 3,294 4,460
Governance
Other costs Totals
£ £ £
Bereavement Service 12,330 4,020 78,727
Bodie's House - - 6,049
12,330 4,020 84,776

11. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS

There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 December 2024 nor for the year ended 31 December 2023.

Trustees' expenses

There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 31 December 2024 nor for the year ended 31 December 2023.

12. STAFF COSTS

Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Other pension costs		 2024
£
176,089
8,866
3,854
188,809		 2023
£
35,662
-
789
36,451

Included in staff costs are direct costs for the provision of our Bereavement Counsellors. These costs are summarised below:

Bereavement Counsellor costs

Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Other pension costs		 2024
£
66,500
2,572
1,328
70,400		 2023
£
14,498
-
295
14,793

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The Bodie Hodges Foundation

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

12. STAFF COSTS - continued

The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows:

Staff
No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000.		 2024
7		 2023
6

Remuneration of key management personnel

The key management personnel of the charity are the CEO and the Fundraising and Communications Manager. The total employee benefits of the key management personnel of the charity amounted to £88,811 (2023: £19,673).

Our CEO works across all aspects of the charity, both at a strategic and operational level; providing peer support for other bereaved families, facilitating groups, supporting our team of bereavement counsellors as well as managing fundraising events and writing grant applications. The wages of the CEO are split 50/50 between charitable activities and management support costs.

13. COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

Unrestricted
funds
£
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM
Donations and legacies
23,836
Charitable activities
Bereavement Service
22,760
Other trading activities
11,929
Investment income
2,666
Other income
343,111
Total
404,302
EXPENDITURE ON
Raising funds
4,403
Charitable activities
Bereavement Service
52,459
Treasured Memory Bags
-
Bodie's House
775
Total
57,637
NET INCOME
346,665
Transfers between funds
232,607
Net movement in funds
579,272
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD
579,272		 Restricted
funds
£
77,778
10,000
-
-
169,563
257,341
2,384
4,495
358
-
7,237
250,104
(232,607)
17,497
17,497		 Total
funds
£
101,614
32,760
11,929
2,666
512,674
661,643
6,787
56,954
358
775
64,874
596,769
-
596,769
596,769

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The Bodie Hodges Foundation

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

14. INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REMUNERATION

The amount payable to the independent examiner was £3,900 (2023: £1,500) for the independent examination.

15. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS

Freehold
property
£
COST
At 1 January 2024
432,000
Additions
-
Disposals
-
At 31 December 2024
432,000
DEPRECIATION
At 1 January 2024
720
Charge for year
8,640
Eliminated on disposal
-
At 31 December 2024
9,360
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 December 2024
422,640
At 31 December 2023
431,280
16.
STOCKS
Stocks
17.
DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
Trade debtors
Prepayments and accrued income		 Fixtures
and
Computer
fittings
equipment
£
£
874
2,905
23,854
1,417
(546)
(679)
24,182
3,643
55
202
2,482
1,058
(34)
(19)
2,503
1,241
21,679
2,402
819
2,703
2024
£
5,497
2024
£
1,355
17,824
19,179		 Totals
£
435,779
25,271
(1,225)
459,825
977
12,180
(53)
13,104
446,721
434,802
2023
£
4,201
2023
£
1,272
87,245
88,517

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The Bodie Hodges Foundation

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

18. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR

Trade creditors
Accruals and deferred income
MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
Unrestricted funds
General fund
Fundraising Events
Emergency Fund
Maintenance Fund
Bereavement Service Fund
Restricted funds
Treasured Memory Bags
I Will Project
Precision FM
LRCF Louisa Fund
Organ Donation Education
The Big Give 2023
Co-op Local Community - Chips and
Chat Dads Group
LRCF Creative Grief
The Big Give 2024
TOTAL FUNDS		 At 1.1.24
£
536,408
12,864
30,000
-
-
579,272
2,401
3,501
660
1,950
4,863
4,122
-
-
-
17,497
596,769		 Net
movement
in funds
£
62,965
(12,864)
-
-
(13,526)
36,575
(5,342)
(892)
-
(1,950)
-
304
515
382
4,389
(2,594)
33,981		 2024
£
1,380
16,939
18,319
Transfers
between
funds
£
(73,380)
-
(20,000)
7,380
84,863
(1,137)
6,000
(2,609)
-
-
(4,863)
2,609
-
-
-
1,137
-		 2023
£
2,994
8,627
11,621
At
31.12.24
£
525,993
-
10,000
7,380
71,337
614,710
3,059
-
660
-
-
7,035
515
382
4,389
16,040
630,750

19. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS

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The Bodie Hodges Foundation

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

19. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued

Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:

Unrestricted funds
General fund
Fundraising Events
Bereavement Service Fund
Restricted funds
Treasured Memory Bags
I Will Project
LRCF Louisa Fund
The Big Give 2023
Barber Charvet Trust
Co-op Local Community - Chips and
Chat Dads Group
LRCF Creative Grief
The Big Give 2024
TOTAL FUNDS		 Incoming
Resources
Movement
resources
expended
in funds
£
£
£
359,990
(297,025)
62,965
-
(12,864)
(12,864)
-
(13,526)
(13,526)
359,990
(323,415)
36,575
2,090
(7,432)
(5,342)
-
(892)
(892)
-
(1,950)
(1,950)
2,348
(2,044)
304
10,000
(10,000)
-
777
(262)
515
2,522
(2,140)
382
4,389
-
4,389
22,126
(24,720)
(2,594)
382,116
(348,135)
33,981

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The Bodie Hodges Foundation

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

19. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued

Comparatives for movement in funds

Net
movement
in funds
£
Unrestricted funds
General fund
137,173
Capital Appeal
209,492
346,665
Restricted funds
Treasured Memory Bags
1,519
Capital Appeal
233,489
I Will Project
3,501
Precision FM
660
LRCF Louisa Fund
1,950
Organ Donation Education
4,863
The Big Give
4,122
250,104
TOTAL FUNDS
596,769
Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
Incoming
resources
£
Unrestricted funds
General fund
194,810
Capital Appeal
209,492
404,302
Restricted funds
Treasured Memory Bags
2,624
Capital Appeal
233,489
I Will Project
6,007
Precision FM
751
LRCF Louisa Fund
2,475
Organ Donation Education
4,863
The Big Give
4,122
Barber Charvet Trust
3,010
257,341
TOTAL FUNDS
661,643		 Transfers
between
At
funds
31.12.23
£
£
442,099
579,272
(209,492)
-
232,607
579,272
882
2,401
(233,489)
-
-
3,501
-
660
-
1,950
-
4,863
-
4,122
(232,607)
17,497
-
596,769
Resources
Movement
expended
in funds
£
£
(57,637)
137,173
-
209,492
(57,637)
346,665
(1,105)
1,519
-
233,489
(2,506)
3,501
(91)
660
(525)
1,950
-
4,863
-
4,122
(3,010)
-
(7,237)
250,104
(64,874)
596,769

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The Bodie Hodges Foundation

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

19. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued

Restricted Funds

Treasured Memory Bags

Various donations have been made to the charity for the provision of treasured memory bags.

I Will Project

Specific donations have been made towards the project. The underspend on this fund was transferred to The Big Give fund with permission from the funder.

Precision FM

To be used to improve the IT systems of the charity.

LRCF Louisa Fund

To provide clinical supervision of the counselling team.

Organ Donation Education

Various donations have been made towards the charity's organ donation education, where they educate schools and corporate sector on the benefits of organ donation.

The Big Give 2023

Donations received towards the provision of bereavement services for children and young people.

The Big Give 2024

Donations received towards the provision of bereavement services for children and young people.

Barber Charvet Trust

Donations received towards the the provision of bereavement services.

Co-op Local Community

Donations received towards the provision of the Chips and Chat Dads Group.

LRCF Creative Grief Fund

Donations received towards the provision of the Creative Grief sessions.

Designated Funds

Emergency Fund

This fund is to be used in the event of damage/emergency to the building.

Maintenance Fund

An amount of £20,000 was designated by the trustees to replace the heating in Bodie’s House. The surplus left in the fund can be used for repairs to Bodie’s House.

Bereavement Service Fund

This fund is to be used to pay a proportion of salary costs towards Bodie's Bereavement Service. This is to provide an element of longer term protection to our core service and protect our clients.

Transfers between funds

A transfer of £6,000 was made from the general fund to the treasured memory bags fund to cover the cost of stock purchased.

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The Bodie Hodges Foundation

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

20. EMPLOYEE BENEFIT OBLIGATIONS

The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the charity in an independently administered fund. The pension cost charge represents contributions payable by the charity to the fund. Contributions payable by the charity for the year were £3,854 (2023: £789).

21. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

During the year donations were received from trustees totalling £30 (2023: £Nil).

Trustee Andrew Stubbs is also a director of WJ South Limited. During the year WJ South Limited made donations of £5,000 (2023: £Nil) to The Bodie Hodges Foundation. WJ South Limited also paid The Bodie Hodges Foundation £10,275 (2023: £Nil) for sponsorship of fundraising events and £250 (2023: £Nil) for event tickets.

Trustee Gemma Orton is also a director of EMA Training Limited. During the year EMA Training Limited sponsored the Freddie’s Festive Fun Run event, donating a total of £2,000 (2023: £Nil).

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The Bodie Hodges Foundation

Detailed Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS
Donations and legacies
Donations
Other trading activities
Supper club
Golf day
Sports dinner
Challenge events
Freddie’s festive fun run
Other fundraising events
Auction income
Investment income
Rents received
Deposit account interest
Charitable activities
Grants
Other income
Exceptional items
Total incoming resources
EXPENDITURE
Raising donations and legacies
Fundraising events
Other trading activities
Opening stock
Purchases
Closing stock
Charitable activities
Project costs
Bereavement services costs
Wages
Social security
Pensions
Depreciation - freehold property
Carried forward		 2024
£
128,308
14,900
38,557
46,056
56,547
11,726
8,096
7,212
183,094
11,614
2,268
13,882
56,832
-
382,116
72,499
4,201
493
(5,497)
(803)
9,904
86,211
78,719
3,965
1,742
8,640
189,181		 2023
£
101,614
1,700
-
(4,670)
9,003
4,601
-
1,295
11,929
2,253
413
2,666
32,760
512,674
661,643
7,472
3,516
-
(4,201)
(685)
358
14,577
16,109
-
366
720
32,130

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The Bodie Hodges Foundation

Detailed Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

Charitable activities
Brought forward
Depreciation - fixtures and fittings
Support costs
Management
Wages
Social security
Pensions
Rates, water and utilities
Insurance
Advertising
Travelling
Legal and professional
Bookkeeping
Depreciation - computer equipment
Loss on sale of tangible fixed assets
Finance
Bank charges
Information technology
Computer software and costs
Other
Telephone
Postage and stationery
Sundries
Governance costs
Accountancy and legal fees
Total resources expended
Net income		 2024
£
189,181
2,482
191,663
30,870
2,329
784
6,049
2,942
-
2,418
6,407
7,242
1,058
573
60,672
3,294
4,460
2,576
2,076
7,678
12,330
4,020
348,135
33,981		 2023
£
32,130
55
32,185
5,055
-
129
4,943
221
255
687
5,741
1,733
202
-
18,966
925
632
598
520
2,761
3,879
1,500
64,874
596,769

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