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

**From  21.03.2023    To 20.03.2024** 

## **Charity name: The Family Support Group** 

## **Charity registration number: 1198308** 

## **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 advance in life and relieve the needs of<br>young people, whatever their background,<br>throughout the UK by:<br>(a) providing support, advice and activities<br>which develop their skills, capacities and<br>capabilities to enable them to participate in<br>society as mature and responsible<br>individuals.<br>(b) by providing mentoring and support<br>services to parents and carers of young<br>people.|
|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|Provision of support services and advice to<br>kinship carers.|
|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 have had regard to the<br>guidance issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public benefit|



**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 



Contribution made by Para 1.38 volunteers Other 

## **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|Provision of support services and advice to<br>kinship carers.<br>We hold monthly support meetings<br>attended mostly by kinship carers, creating<br>an environment where attendees can meet<br>others in similar circumstances, share<br>experiences and get peer support and<br>advice.<br>We have become members the Kinship<br>Care Alliance (KCA), which gives us<br>access to policy makers and influencers,<br>including DfE; we were invited to the All<br>Party Parliamentary Group on Kinship Care<br>in November 2023.|



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

|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41||
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|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|At 20/3/23 the charity had £561.97 on<br>deposit.|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|We hold minimal reserves for working<br>capital purposes; £500 of our reserves<br>comes from a Councillor grant and this<br>amount is set-aside for an event yet to take<br>place.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£561.97|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|N/A|
|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|None|



|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements|**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||
|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|CIO Foundation|
|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|Apart from the first charity trustees, every<br>trustee must be appointed for a term of four<br>years by a resolution passed at a properly<br>convened meeting of the charity trustees.<br>In selecting individuals for appointment as<br>charity trustees, the charity trustees must<br>have regard to the skills, knowledge and<br>experience needed for the effective<br>administration of the CIO.|



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

|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and 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** 

|Charity name|The Family Support Group|
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|Other name the charity uses|None|
|Registered charitynumber|1198308|





|Charity’s principal address|41 Bramble Bank<br>Frimley Green<br>Camberley<br>GU16 6PN|
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**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<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|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Stuart Black|N/A|N/A|N/A|
||Inta Romane|N/A|N/A|N/A|
||Cheryl Kimber|N/A|N/A|N/A|
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## – 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)** 

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

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

|**Signed** **on behalf of the**|**charity’s trustees**||
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|**Signature(s)**<br>**Full name(s)**<br>**Position (eg Secretary,**<br>**Chair, etc)**<br>**Date**|||
||Stuart Robert Black|Inta Romane|
||<br>Trustee|Trustee|
||17/09/2024<br>17/09/2024||
||17/09/2024||





**The Family Support Group** 


**1198308** 

## **Receipts and payments accounts** 

## **CC16a** 

**For the period** 21/03/2023 20/03/2024 **To from** 

## **Section A Receipts and payments** 

|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest      £**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest      £**|**Restricted funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Restricted funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
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|<br>Donation from Applied Neuroscience<br>Solutions Ltd|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**500**|
|Interest|**1**||**-**||**-**||**1**||**-**|
|Grant from Cllr Robin Perry- SHBC|**-**||**500**||**-**||**500**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**1**||**500**||**-**||**501**||**500**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**||||||||||
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|**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**||||||||||
||||||||||**500**|
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|<br>Insurance|**140**||**-**||**-**||**140**||**135**|
|Bank fees|**60**||**-**||**-**||**60**||**56**|
|Refreshments|**50**||**-**||**-**||**50**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
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||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**249**||**-**||**-**||**249**||**191**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||
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|**_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_**||||||||||
||||||||||**191**|
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|CCXX R1 accounts (SS)<br>**Categories**<br>**B1 Cash funds**|1<br>Current Account<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**62**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**62**|**Restricted funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**500**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**500**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
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|||**62**|**500**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|||**62**|**500**|17/09/2024<br>**-**|



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|Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<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>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))<br>**Details**|OK<br>OK<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which asset**<br>**belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which asset**<br>**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>STUART BLACK|OK|
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||||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
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||||Date of approval|
|||STUART BLACK|17/09/2024|
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