Trustees’ Annual Report for the period
From 01/04/2023 Period start date To 31/03/2024 Period end date
Charity name: The Cariad Blanket Project
Charity registration number: 1196923
Objectives and Activities
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| Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document |
Para 1.17 | The objects of the CIO are: For the advancement of education for the public, primarily women within the United Kingdom by providing free to attend virtual and in person workshops teaching art, craft and creative skills that can be used to further a women’s skillset and provide a creative therapeutic outlet that can be used in daily life. Relief of need of babies in the United Kingdom who; are ill, have a mother who has a physical or mental illness. And for the advancement of health for by providing notes of encouragement to mothers in the United Kingdom who are suffering from mental or physical illness, disability, bereavement, poverty or isolation or any other hardship. |
| Summary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the activities, projects or services |
Para 1.17 and 1.19 | The Cariad Blanket Project ran several workshops this year that were open to members of the public, so that people of any age or gender could learn creative skills that could be used to further their |
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skillset and provide a creative therapeutic outlet. The Cariad Blanket Project sent out 85 Cariad Blanket Boxes (care packages) to mothers in need of extra support, including mothers who are suffering from physical or mental illness, financial hardship, isolation or whose child is facing physical illness. |
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| Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit |
Para 1.18 | The trustees have regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit, and believe the work of The Cariad Blanket Project to be within public benefit. |
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SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other
Achievements and Performance
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| Summary of the main achievements of the charity, identifying the difference the charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole. |
Para 1.20 | The Cariad Blanket Project ran 7 in person workshops during this period. All 7 of these were in South Wales. 3 were macrame workshops, 1 for a university for their staff as part of their wellbeing week, 1 was for a community craft group, and 1 was as part of a community fun day run by a community café in Cathays. The other 4 were run as seasonal craft workshops and taught a variety of crafts and creative mediums to attendees to then be able to use for positive wellbeing in their daily lives. They were open to anyone to attend and provided all the materials free of charge. The project also sent out 85 Cariad Blanket Boxes (care packages) in this period across the UK, providing signposting to support for mothers, blankets and hats for babies and notes of encouragement for wellbeingof mothers. |
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Achievements against Para 1.41 objectives set Performance of fundraising activities Para 1.41 against objectives set Investment performance Para 1.41 against objectives Other
Financial Review
| Financial Review | ||
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| Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period |
Para 1.21 | The charity ended the year with £783 in its bank account. This money will be spent to provide creative workshops in the next financial period, and continue to send Cariad Blanket Boxes to mums across the UK. |
| Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held |
Para 1.22 | The charity does not have a policy for holding reserves, however the amount of money in the bank account is something that the trustees monitor closely. This next financial year the trustees will create a reserves policy, particularly in line with the increasing costs for the charity in terms of craft material inflation and postage inflation. |
| Amount of reserves held | Para 1.22 | Please see above. |
| Reasons for holding zero reserves |
Para 1.22 | Please see above. |
| Details of fund materially in deficit |
Para 1.24 | None |
| Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a goingconcern |
Para 1.23 | N/A |
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The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising) Para 1.47 Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted Para 1.46 A description of the principal risks facing the charity Para 1.46 Other
Structure, Governance and Management
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The Cariad Blanket Project is a CIO. | |
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| Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter) |
Para 1.25 | Constitution Document |
| How is the charity constituted? (e.g unincorporated association,CIO) |
Para 1.25 | CIO |
| Trustee selection methods including details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entitled to appoint one or more trustees |
Para 1.25 | Apart from the first charity trustees, every trustee must be appointed [for a minimum term of two years] by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the charity trustees. In selecting individuals for appointment as charity trustees, the charity trustees must have regard to the skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective administration of the CIO. Any new charity trustees must not be related by blood or by law to any current charity trustees. |
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Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees Para 1.51 The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity Para 1.51 works Relationship with any related parties Para 1.51 Other
Reference and Administrative details
| Charityname | The Cariad Blanket Project |
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| Other name the charity uses |
N/A |
| Registered charity number |
1196923 |
| Charity’s principal address |
97 Gwernrhuddi Road Cardiff CF23 6PS |
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole year |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any) |
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| Hannah Lowe | ||||
| Anna Deane | ||||
| Helen Rowland | ||||
| Rebecca Alder | ||||
Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved
Director name
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
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Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others
Description of the assets None 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 N/A for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of Name Address adviser None
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
None
Exemptions from disclosure
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
N/A
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Declarations
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature(s) Anna Deane, Helen Rowland, Full name(s) Hannah Lowe Rebecca Alder Trustees Position (eg Chair of Trustees Secretar, etc) Date[28/01/2025 ]
Charity Name No (if any) The Cariad Blanket Project 1196923 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period Period start date Period end date To from 01/04/2023 31/04/2024
| Section A Receipts and payments | Section A Receipts and payments | |||||
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| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 1,012 - - - - - - - 1,012 - - - 1,012 412 111 302 96 - - - - - 921 - - - 921 91 - 692 783 |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Total funds to the nearest £ 1,012 - - - - - - - 1,012 - - - 1,012 412 111 302 96 - - - - - 921 - - - 921 91 |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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| Donations | 1,012 | - | ||||
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| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
1,012 | - | ||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| Total receipts A3 Payments |
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Cariad Blanket Box Costs |
412 | - | ||||
| WorkshopCosts | 111 | - | ||||
| Website & Email Costs | 302 | - | ||||
| Insurance & Legal Costs | 96 | - | ||||
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| **Sub total ** | 921 | - | ||||
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| Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
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| 91 | - | - | 91 | - | ||
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| 692 | - | - | 692 | - | ||
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets |
Signature Details Details Money in bank account to be used by the ~~charity for the upcoming financial year(s).~~ Details Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 783 - - - - - 783 - OK OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - - - - Print Name HANNAH LOWE |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| Date of approval |
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| HANNAH LOWE | 28/01/2025 | ||
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
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