2024-04-05-accounts

Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From 06/04/2023 To 05/04/2024

Charity name: Time Away

Charity registration number: 1197577

Objectives and Activities

Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document	To relieve those in need by reason of ill health, disability or financial hardship in England and Wales
Summary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the activities, projects or services identified in the accounts.	Provision of time in holiday accommodation.

Additional information (optional)

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:

Policy on grant making	N/A
Policy on social investment including program related investment	N/A
Contribution made by volunteers	Time Away was supported by volunteers across a range of specialities to assists with it’s creation and ongoing development. There is no day to day reliance on volunteers to continue it’s operation.

Achievements and Performance

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.

In the second year of operation Time Away has continued to maintain strong relationships with donor organisations including Sykes Holidays and Forest Holidays. We have been pledged time in over 100 holiday properties which has in turn have been provided to the families we support. Time Away has also worked on building new relationships with additional donor organisations. During this reporting period we awarded 87 respite breaks to families. At the time of writing this report we have since awarded over 238 breaks. Having surveyed these families after their Time Away we established the following:

• 100% felt that family relationships had improved and they had time to bond and do activities together.

• 77% reported their child seeming happier.

• • 89% reported an improvement in their mental health.
• • 92% felt that their wellbeing had improved following the break.

Over 1000 people have directly benefitted from Time Away breaks.

The impact on society as a whole is hard to determine but Time Away families who have a break often explain how they come back rested and ‘ready to start again’. Caring for a child with serious medical needs is exhausting and we passionately believe that society needs to provide them with a holistic support package. By looking after a struggling family when they need it most we provide a sense of being cared for, not being left alone to ‘get on with it’. Time Away aim to make the opportunity to have a break feel enjoyable and similar to any families experience of finding and booking a holiday. We provide a choice of properties rather than just one option in one location.

By enabling a family time spent together we help create stronger familial bonds and strengthen the family unit. In time this gives the family resilience which, in the long run, enables them, not health and social services, to provide the care their child needs long into the future.

Financial Review

Financial Review
Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period	We are tremendously grateful for the support the charity has received both from fundraising activities and from charitable trusts. The charity’s funds are stable, comfortably meeting our obligations. We have put in place a new programme to increase funds raised to enable us to develop our offering.
Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held	The trustees policy is to maintain free reserves in unrestricted funds to a minimum of £4000 in order to ensure that the governances costs are covered and that sufficient funds are available to continue the charities current activities.
Amount of reserves held	£7314.45 is of unrestricted reserves is presently held.
Reasons for holding zero reserves	N/A
Details of fund materially in deficit	N/A
Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern	N/A

Structure, Governance and Management

Description of charity’s trusts:
Type of governing document	Constitution
How is the charity constituted?	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	Trustees will be selected according to the skills, knowledge and experience required to carry out the purposes of the charity. Every trustee must be appointed by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the charity trustees.

Reference and Administrative details

Charity name	Time Away
Other name the charity uses
Registered charity number	1197577
Charity’s principal address	Berith Brewery Lane Farndon Chester CH3 6QT

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole **year **	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
	Dominic Leeson	Chair	16/12/2022 - Present
	Alex Taylor	Treasurer	16/12/2022 - Present
	Damaris Darby	Trustee	16/12/2022 - Present

– 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 held in this capacity	N/A
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects	N/A
Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets	N/A

from the charity’s own assets

Additional information (optional)

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Alex Braun

Exemptions from disclosure

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details N/A

Other optional information

N/A

Declarations

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date	Dominic Leeson	Alex Taylor
	Dominic Leeson	Alex Taylor
	Chair	Treasurer
	03/02/2025
	03/02/2025

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