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

## **From 1st April 2024 Period start date To 31st March 2025  Period end date** 

**Charity name: Angels and Rainbows** 

**Charity registration number:** _**1198146**_ 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|**To relieve the suffering and emotional**<br>**distress amongst anyone affected by**<br>**miscarriage or baby loss in Norfolk and**<br>**Suffolk by the provision of group**<br>**meetings, funding for counselling**<br>**services and an online community to**<br>**connect with others facing the same**<br>**hardships**|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or services<br>identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|**Main activities are regular meetings for**<br>**members of the group to come and have**<br>**a chat amongst each other and the other**<br>**volunteers and trustees. Organising**<br>**UnicornFest an annual music charity**<br>**fundraising event. Annual baby loss**<br>**church service for bereaved families to**<br>**come along to remember their little ones**<br>**on baby loss awareness week. Providing**<br>**counselling services for bereaved**<br>**families.**|
|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|**The Trustees confirm that they have had**<br>**regard to the Charity Commission’s**<br>**public benefit guidance where relevant.**<br>**The charity welcomes bereaved families**<br>**from the Norfolk and Suffolk area. Its**<br>**trustees are unpaid.**|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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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|**Achievements and Performance**|**Achievements and Performance**|**Achievements and Performance**|
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|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|**that we helped 17 people through our**<br>**funded counselling sessions.**<br>**We continue to provide a private**<br>**community via a Facebook group which**<br>**has over 200 members.**<br>**We continue to raise awareness of our**<br>**group via social media channels, our**<br>**website and regular fundraising events.**<br>**We have a permanent plot at a local**<br>**memorial garden. We have a tree for**<br>**bereaved families to visit whenever they**<br>**want to. We also hold an annual church**<br>**service for baby loss awareness week.**|



**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41||
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21||
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22||
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**The charity does not hold reserves**|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|**The charity depends on donations to**<br>**fund its activities. Only funded projects**<br>**are executed.**|
|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|**No uncertainties at present**|




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|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47||
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|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25||
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**A Charitable Trust**|
|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|**Appointed by trustees**|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction and<br>training of trustees|Para 1.51||
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|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||



## **Reference and Administrative details** 


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Charity name Angels and Rainbows<br>Other name the charity uses<br>Registered charity number 1198146<br>Charity’s principal address  117 Westwood Avenue<br>Lowestoft<br>NR33 9RS<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>




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


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Name of<br>person (or<br>body)<br>Dates acted if not for<br>Trustee name  Office (if any)  entitled to<br>whole year<br>appoint<br>trustee (if<br>any)<br>1 Justine Maher<br>2 Natasha Newman<br>3 Lisa Oakley<br>Amanda Jane<br>4<br>Taylor<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


– 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 

**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** 



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

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

## **Additional information (optional)** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 


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Type of  Name  Address<br>adviser<br>Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

## **Other optional information** 



## **Declarations** 

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


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              Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees<br>Signature(s) Justine Maher<br>Full name(s) Justine Maher<br>    Position (eg Chair<br>Secretary, Chair, etc)<br>Date<br>07/02/2026<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>





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ANGELS AND RAINBOWS No. 1198146<br>Receipts and payments accounts CC16a<br>For the period  01/04/2024 31/03/2025<br>To<br>from<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>Fundraising                        7,806                               -                                 -                           7,806                             -<br>                               -                               -                                 -                                 -                               -<br>                               -                               -                                 -                                 -                               -<br>                               -                               -                                 -                                 -                               -<br>                               -                               -                                 -                                 -                               -<br>                               -                               -                                 -                                 -                               -<br>                               -                               -                                 -                                 -                               -<br>Sub total  (Gross income for<br>                       7,806                               -                                 -                           7,806                             -<br>AR)<br>A2 Asset and investment sales,<br>(see table).<br>                               -                                 -                                 -                               -<br>                               -                                 -                                 -                               -                                 -<br>Sub total                                 -                                 -                                 -                               -                                 -<br>Total receipts                    7,806                             -                             -                         7,806                           -<br>A3 Payments<br>Fundraising expenses                           288                               -                                 -                              288                             -<br>Donations out                                -                               -                                 -                                 -                               -<br>Administration & running costs                        6,645                               -                                 -                           6,645                             -<br>                               -                               -                                 -                                 -                               -<br>                               -                               -                                 -                                 -                               -<br>                               -                               -                                 -                                 -                               -<br>                               -                               -                                 -                                 -                               -<br>                               -                               -                                 -                                 -                               -<br>                               -                               -                                 -                                 -                               -<br>Sub total [                       6,933 ]                              -                                 -                           6,933                             -<br>A4 Asset and investment<br>purchases, (see table)<br>                               -                                 -                                 -                               -<br>                               -                                 -                                 -                               -<br>Sub total [                               - ]                                -                                 -                               -                                 -<br>Total payments                    6,933                             -                             -                         6,933                           -<br>Net of receipts/(payments)                       873                           -                             -                         873                        -<br>A5 Transfers between funds                           -                          -                           -                                 -                          -<br>A6 Cash funds last year end                     7,104                           -                            -                       7,104                        -<br>Cash funds this year end                    7,977                           -                             -                      7,977                        -<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

07/02/2026 

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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**the end of the period**||
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|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>CASH AT BANK<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Signature<br>Justine Maher|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**7,977**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**7,977**<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>**-**<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>JUSTINE MAHER|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|
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||||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Current value**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Current value**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**When due**<br>**(optional)**<br>Date of<br>approval<br>07/02/2026|



CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 

07/02/2026 

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