
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

## **Period start date: 24/11/21                              Period end date: 18/02/23** 

## **Charity name: Flower Power Book** 

## **Charity registration number: 1196754** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|1. For the public benefit, to advance<br>the education of primary school<br>pupils in the UK by providing<br>educational materials which<br>promote mental health.<br>2. To advance the education of the<br>public in the subject of mental<br>health.<br>3. To advance such charitable<br>purposes (according to the law of<br>England & Wales) as the trustees<br>see fit from time to time but not<br>limited to advancing the education<br>of children and young people for the<br>public benefit by making donations<br>to charities which support these<br>aims.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|1. Retail of books and resources to<br>primary schools, libraries and the<br>general public.<br>2. Workshops & talks in primary<br>schools to children, and in libraries<br>for the general public.<br>3. Participation in community events<br>which promote mental health and<br>wellbeing for the benefit of the<br>public.<br>4. Provision of free resources from our<br>website for the benefit of the public.|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|Flower Power Book confirms that its<br>trustees have had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity Commission on<br>public benefit.|





## **Achievements and Performance** 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|This first reporting period of our charity has<br>been largely taken up by preparing,<br>developing and fine tuning the delivery of<br>our products and services; however, a good<br>start has been made, and we can confirm<br>the following achievements where our<br>resources have been taken up by schools<br>and libraries:<br>1. The mental, and, particularly, the<br>emotional health of children in<br>primary schools who have engaged<br>with our resources has been<br>positively enhanced.<br>2. The mental health and wellbeing of<br>teachers in school has likewise<br>been supported by working with our<br>resources.<br>3. Feedback from our workshops<br>confirms that the mental health of<br>children and the public who took<br>part has overwhelmingly been<br>nurtured and improved.<br>**4.**Children and adults who have<br>engaged with our book and<br>resources are empowered to report<br>and share what they have learnt<br>within their families and<br>communities; in this way, our work<br>benefits wider society as a whole.|





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|At the beginning of the financial period<br>covered this this annual report, the charity<br>was a new start-up.  At the end of the period,<br>the charity’s financial status showed a cash<br>balance of£843.|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The charity does not have a policy on<br>reserves.|
|Amount of reservesheld|Para 1.22|Zero|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|The charity is small, and all finance is in the<br>form of cash in a single current account.  At<br>the end of this reporting period, a basic<br>reserve level will be set to ensure that<br>annual running costs such as insurance are<br>covered.|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|None|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|N/A|



|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit<br>Para 1.24<br>None<br>Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern<br>Para 1.23<br>N/A|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit<br>Para 1.24<br>None<br>Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern<br>Para 1.23<br>N/A|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit<br>Para 1.24<br>None<br>Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern<br>Para 1.23<br>N/A|
|---|---|---|
|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|||
|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47|During the period covered by this report, the<br>charity was effectively in a start-up phase.<br>The key sources of funds during the year<br>were donations, and sales of a book<br>(“Flower Power Book”) and associated<br>teaching/learning resources.<br>Expenditure during the year covered the<br>printing costs of books, and basis expenses<br>to provide insurance and web-site related<br>costs.|
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46|The charity has no investment policy.|





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:||N/A|
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Charity Commission ‘Foundation’ model<br>Constitution|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|At present there are three first charity<br>trustees who are appointed for life. Since<br>we are a small charity, we have no plans to<br>appoint additional trustees.  Any<br>subsequent trustees would be appointed<br>for a term of three years by a resolution<br>passed at a properly convened meeting of<br>the current charity trustees. The selection<br>of individuals for appointment as charity<br>trustees would have regard to the skills,<br>knowledge and experience needed for the<br>effective administration of our CIO;<br>applicants would need to provide a detailed<br>CV, and attend an interview, after which a<br>unanimous decision from the first three<br>charity trustees would be required before<br>any appointment can be made.|



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charityname|Flower Power Book|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|N/A|
|Registered charity number|1196754|
|Charity’s principal address|12 Narrow Lane,<br>Denstone,<br>Uttoxeter,<br>Staffordshire,<br>ST14 5DR|



**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Caroline Ann<br>Hodges|Founder/Chair|||
||TimothyHodges|Secretary|||
||WendyJane Leiter||||



– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

**Director name N/A** 



Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

|**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**||
|---|---|---|
|**N/A**|||



## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A 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**<br>**adviser**<br>**Name**<br>**Address**|**Type of**<br>**adviser**<br>**Name**<br>**Address**|**Type of**<br>**adviser**<br>**Name**<br>**Address**|
|---|---|---|
|**N/A**|||
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## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details N/A, all information disclosed 

## **Other optional information** 



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||**Flower Power Book**|**Flower Power Book**|**Flower Power Book**|**1196754**|**1196754**|**1196754**|**CC16a**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**For the period**<br>**from**|24/11/2021|**To**||18/02/2023|||
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest      £**<br>**2,108**<br>**255**<br>**-**<br>**20**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**2,383**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**2,383**<br>**1,429**<br>**96**<br>**5**<br>**10**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **1,540**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**1,540**<br>**843**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**843**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**||**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**2,108**<br>**255**<br>**-**<br>**20**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**2,383**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**2,383**<br>**1,429**<br>**96**<br>**5**<br>**10**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**1,540**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**1,540**<br>**843**||**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|Donations|**2,108**||||||**-**|
|Book & resource sales|**255**||||||**-**|
|FundraisingActivites|**-**||||||**-**|
|Workshop payments|**20**||||||**-**|
||**-**||||||**-**|
||**-**||||||**-**|
||**-**||||||**-**|
||**-**||||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|**2,383**||||||**-**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**||||||||
||**-**|||||||
||**-**||||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**||||||||
||||||||**-**|
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|Bookproduction costs|**1,429**||||||**-**|
|Insurance|**96**||||||**-**|
|Website costs|**5**||||||**-**|
|Other operational costs|**10**||||||**-**|
||**-**||||||**-**|
||**-**||||||**-**|
||**-**||||||**-**|
||**-**||||||**-**|
||**-**||||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**1,540**||||||**-**|
|||||||||
|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**||||||||
||**-**|||||||
||**-**|||||||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||||
||||||||**-**|
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||**843**|**-**|**-**||**843**||**-**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**843**|**-**|**-**||**843**||**-**|



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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>Bank Account<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Books|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**843**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**843**<br>**-**<br>OK<br>OK<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>Unrestricted<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<br>Caroline Ann Hodges<br>TimothyHodges|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
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||||OK|
||||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
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||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
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||||**-**|
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||||Date of<br>approval|
|||Caroline Ann Hodges|26/10/2023|
|||TimothyHodges|26/10/2023|



Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees 

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