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CHARITYCOMMISSION
FORENGLANDANDWALES
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## `Trustees' Annual Report for the period` 

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From06/04/2024 Periodstart dateTO05/04/2025Period enddate
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```
Charityname:Candles-NorthEssexDownSyndromeSupport Group
```

```
Charityregistrationnumber:1198215
```

## `Objectives and Activities` 

|||||`SORP reference`|`SORP reference`||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|`Summary`|`of the purposes of`|||`Para`|`1.17`|`To Provide the`<br>`relief`<br>`of the needs of`|||||
|`the charity as set out `||`in`|`its`|||`children`|`with down syndrome and their`||||
|`governing`|`document`|||||`families `|`living in `|`Colchesterand `|`the`||
|||||||`surroundingareas, by provision`|||`of`||
|||||||`facilities,`|`services and opportunities`|||`that`|
|||||||`will maximise their participation`|||`in`||
|||||||`society, `|`and any `|`other`<br>`charitable`|||
|||||||`purposes connected with Down`|||||
|||||||`Syndrome.`|||||
|`Summary `|`of the main`|||`Para`<br>`1.19`|`1.17 and`|`Swimming,Tennis, Soft Play, Dance,`|||||
|`activities`<br>`in`<br>`relation`<br>`to those`||||||`Cooking, Multi-sports, Sensory Activities,`|||||
|`purposes `|`for the public`|||||`Biking, `|`Football.`||||
|`benefit, in`|`particular,`|`the`|||||||||
|`activities,`|`projects or`||||||||||
|`services`<br>`identified`<br>`in `||`the`|||||||||
|`accounts.`|||||||||||
|`Statementconfirming`||||`Para`|`1.18`|`Yes,all `|`trustees`|`have had regard`|`to the`||
|`whether the trustees `||`have`||||`guidance.`|||||
|`had regard`<br>`to the guidance`|||||||||||
|`issued by `|`the Charity`||||||||||
|`Commission on public`|||||||||||
|`benefit`|||||||||||





## `Achievementsand Performance` 

|||||`SORP reference`|`SORP reference`||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||`|Achievementsinclude`<br>`seeing the`|
|||||||`children`<br>`gaining more and more`|
|||||||`confidenceyear on year. Making really`|
|`Summary of the main`||||`Para`|`1.20`|`greatfriendships`<br>`with other children`|
|`achievementsof the`|||`charity,`|||`just like them and also their siblings`<br>`too.`|
|`identifying`|`the difference the`|||||`Giving`<br>`them equal opportunities`<br>`to`|
|`charity's work has made to`||||||`thrive in like everytypical child and join`|
|`the circumstances`||`of `|`its`|||`in out of school activities where the`|
|`beneficiaries and `||`any wider`||||`whole family`<br>`is included`<br>`and make`<br>`it`|
|`benefits to society asa`||||||`really special. Parentshave been given`|
|`whole.`||||||`respite and supportwhenever they need`|
|||||||`it, and they can enjoy seeingtheir`|
|||||||`children`<br>`having fun where`<br>`it is suitable`|
|||||||`and safefor them. Parents relationships`|
|||||||`continueto flourish and there really are`|
|||||||`"family' friendships`<br>`forming,where they`|
|||||||`would otherwisefeel alone. We are so`|
|||||||`excited`<br>`that our Name`<br>`is around the`|
|||||||`Colchesterareamore now so we get`|
|||||||`hospital referrals and health`<br>`visitors`|
|||||||`calling us with information`<br>`on new`|
|||||||`parents who need support,etc. So this`|
|||||||`is a really amazing achievement where`|
|||||||`we can make a difference`<br>`to people's`|
|||||||`lives.`|



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|||||`There has been nothing that has been`||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||`againstour objectives`<br>`only that`||
|`Achievementsagainst`||`Para`|`1.41`|`sometimes where we cannot find the`||
|`objectives set`||||`right services for our children`<br>`due to`||
|||||`availability at the time, or weather, so`||
|||||`there can be a delay`<br>`in getting some`||
|||||`activities we want booked`<br>`in.`||
|||||`Our fundraising`<br>`this year has been`||
|||||`better than the last, aswe arefinding`|`it`|
|`Performanceof fundraising`||||`increasingly`<br>`difficult`<br>`each year to get`||
|`activities`|`against objectives`|`Para`|`1.41`|`fundingas we do not provide`<br>`any`||
|`set`||||`services to gain income due to the`||
|||||`nature`<br>`of our charity. We area small`||
|||||`charity that organiseactivities forthe`||
|||||`children`<br>`and families, we do not set out`||
|||||`to make money from anythingwe do.`||





## `Financial Review` 

|`Review`|`of the charity's`|`of the charity's`|`of the charity's`|`1.21`<br>`Para`|`1.21`<br>`Para`|`SeeAccounts below`|`SeeAccounts below`|`SeeAccounts below`|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|`financial`|`position`|`at `|`the end`||||||
|`of the period`|||||||||
|`Statementexplaining the`||||`Para`|`1.22`|`We have reserves`||`from donations`|
|`policy for `|`holding`|`reserves`||||`received`<br>`forwhich we areorganising`|||
|`stating`<br>`why they `||`are held`||||`sessions.We `|`like `|`to ensurewe always`|
|||||||`have enough`|`in reserves for the next`||
|||||||`yearso we can plan our yearly activities.`<br>`We continuously`<br>`use our reserves for`|||
|||||||`upcoming events, `||`we do not pay any`|
|||||||`employees -all the funds go to the`|||
|||||||`activities and `|`expenses to pay for those`||
|||||||`activities.`|||
|`Amount `|`of reserves`||`held`|`|Para `|`1.22`|`£5000`|||
|`Reasons `|`for holding zero`|||`Para`|`1.22`|`NIA`|||
|`reserves`|||||||||
|`Details of fund materially in`||||`Para`|`1.24`|`NIA`|||
|`deficit`|||||||||
|`Explanation`<br>`of any`||||`Para`|`1.23`|`NIA`|||
|`uncertainties about`|||`the`||||||
|`charity continuing `||`asa going`|||||||
|`Concern`|||||||||





## `Structure, Governance and Management` 

|`Structure, Governance`|`an`|`d Man`|`agement`|
|---|---|---|---|
|`Description of charity's`|||`CIO`|
|`trusts:`||||
|`Type of governing`<br>`document`|`Para`|`1.25`|`CIO Document`|
|`(trust`<br>`deed,`<br>`royal`<br>`charter)`||||
|`How`<br>`is the charity`|`Para`|`1.25`|`CIO- Foundation`|
|`constituted?`||||
|`(e.g unincorporated`||||
|`association, CIO)`||||
|`Trustee`<br>`selection methods`|`Para`|`1.25`|`All Trustees agreeon any changes that`|
|`including details of any`|||`are made or arise`|
|`constitutional`<br>`provisions e.g.`||||
|`election to post or name of`||||
|`any person`<br>`or body entitled`||||
|`to appoint one or more`||||
|`trustees`||||



## `Additional information (optional)` 

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|`Policies and `|`procedures`|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||`Para`|`1.51`|||
|`adopted`<br>`for the induction`||||||
|`and training`|`of trustees`|||||
|`The charity's`|`organisational`|||||
|`structure and any wider`||`Para`|`1.51`|||
|`network`<br>`with `|`which`<br>`the`|||||
|`charity`<br>`works`||||||
|||||`Affiliated with the Down Syndrome`||
|||||`Association`|`and insurancesare held`|
|`Relationship `|`with any`|`Para`|`1.51`|`with them`||
|`related parties`||||||
|`Other`||||||



## `Reference and Administrative details` 

|`Charity`<br>`name`|`Candles`|`Down Syndrome Support`|`Group`|
|---|---|---|---|
|`Other name the charity uses`|`Candles`|||
|`Registered`<br>`charity number`|`1198215`|||
|`Charity's principal`<br>`address`|`38 Rowhedge Road,Colchester, Essex, CO28EL`|||





## `Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity` 

|||||||`Nam`|
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|||||||`e of`|
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|||||||`on`|
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|||||||`y)`|
||`Trustee name`||`Office`|`(if any)`|`Dates acted if not for whole`<br>`year`|`entit`<br>`led`|
|||||||`to`|
|||||||`app`|
|||||||`oint`|
|||||||`trust`|
|||||||`eE`|
|||||||`(if`|
|||||||`any)`|
||`Charlotte Larcom`|||||`Yes`|
|`2`|`Bethany`|||||`Yes`|
||`Bedingfield`||||||
||`Kerrie Chadwick`|||||`Yes`|
||`Helen Mendel`||||||
||`Gonzales`||||||
|`5`|`Clare`|`Ranson`|||||
|`6`|`Teresa`|`Coscoran`|||||
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|`20`|||||||



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|Directorname
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Nameof trusteesholdingtitletopropertybelongingto thecharity
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```
TrusteenameIDatesactedifnot forwholeyear
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## `Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others` 

|`Description of the assets`|`None`|
|---|---|
|`held`<br>`in this capacity`||
|`Name and objects of the`|`None`|
|`charity on whose behalf the`||
|`assets areheld and how this`||
|`falls`<br>`within`<br>`the custodian`||
|`charity's`<br>`objects`||
|`Details of arrangementsfor`|`None`|
|`safe custody and`||
|`segregation`<br>`of such assets`||
|`from the charity's own assets`||



## `Additional information (optional)` 

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Namesandaddressesof advisers(Optionalinformation)
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|`Type of`|`Name`|`Address`||
|---|---|---|---|
|`adviser`||||
|`Name of `|`chief executive`|`or names of seniorstaff members (Optional`|`information)`|



## `Exemptions from disclosure` 

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Reasonfornon-disclosureofkeypersonneldetails
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None
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## `Other optional information` 



```
Declarations
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```
The trusteesdeclarethattheyhaveapproved thetrustees'reportabove.
```

```
Signed onbehalfofthecharity'strustees
Signature(s',
Fullname(s)CharlotteLarcom
Position(eg Secretary,Chairperson
Chair,[etc)]
Dat�03/02/2026
```



```
CandlesDownSyndromeSupportGroup
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```
FinancialAccounts06/04/2023-05/04/2024
```

|`Candles`<br>`-`<br>`Annual`|`Candles`<br>`-`<br>`Annual`|`Accounts`|`Accounts`|`April `|`2024- April 2025`||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|`Income`|||||||
|`Donations`<br>`from`|`Council/Government`||||||
|`community grants`|||||||
|`Donations`<br>`from `|`Local`||`Businesses`||`- Donations`||
|`Family`<br>`bookings`||`Donations`|||||
|`Donations`<br>`for 2024`|||`Trading`||||
|`Bank`<br>`Interest`|||||||
|||||||`22,930.18`|
|`Expenses`|||||||
|`Admin`<br>`- Hall Hire`|||||||
|`Admin`<br>`- Expenses`|||||||
|`Admin`<br>`- Session`|`payments`||||||
|||||||`-17.581,66`|
|`Total`<br>`Loss (Cashin Bank)`||||||`5,348.52`|