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2024-06-30-accounts

Trustees Annual Report

1 June 2023 to 30 June 2024

Michelle Tucker, Founder and CEO

Families Thriving Together Trustees Annual Report June 2023 to June 2024

1.0 Reference and Administrative Information

1.1 Charity name: Families Thriving Together

1.2 Charity registration number: 1199406

1.4 Charity Members

In the reporting period there were eight people who worked together to manage the Charity. The names of these people together with their role, term of office (where applicable) and date their involvement commenced with the Charity are set out in Table 1 below.

Table 1: Charity Members

Name Role Additional
Responsibility/
Lead Role		 Term of office as
set out in the
Constitution		 Date
involvement
commenced
Michelle
Tucker		 Founder and
CEO		 N/A 22.06.2021
Alison
Benincasa		 Trustee •Chair 4 years 21.02.2022
Donna
Brazier		 Trustee •Vice Chair
•Administrator
•Safeguarding		 3 Years 30.12.2022
James
Egan		 Trustee •Finance
(authorised
signatory)		 3 Years 01.10.2023
John
Haagensen		 Trustee •Events Planner 01.12.2024
Carey
Harrison		 Trustee 3 Years 03.01.2022
Will Keen Trustee 3 Years 06.01.2022
Thelma
Lewis		 Trustee •Education
Coordinator		 3 Years 04.12.2023

1.5 Trustee resignations

The following Trustees have resigned from their Terms of Office within the reporting period. The Trustees would like to sincerely thank them all for their support this year:

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1.7 Solicitors utilised for setting up the Charity: Wrigleys Solicitors, www.wrigleys.co.uk

2.0 Report of the Trustees

2.1 Context

In line with Charity guidelines the Trustees are required to provide an annual report detailing its activities, governance and financial balance.

This is the second annual Trustees report for Families Thriving Together (The Charity) for the reporting period 1 June 2023 to 30 June 2024.

2.2 Background

The Charity was founded on 22 June 2022 by Michelle Tucker in response a reduction of support to families following the closure of Surestart Children's Centres.

Michelle Tucker personally funded all legal fees and set-up costs to the value of £7854.60. The Trustees have agreed to repay this legacy debt as soon as practically possible with the funds available.

The work of the Charity is underpinned by The Centre for Emotional Health The Nurturing Programme (The Parenting Puzzle) which provides adults and children with the understanding, skills and ability to lead emotionally healthy lives, build resilience, empathy, self-esteem and support positive relationships.

The Nurturing Programme was developed by the American child psychologist Dr Stephen J. Bavolek Assessing Parenting - Dr. Stephen J. Bavolek and uses the following four constructs as the building blocks for emotionally healthy relationships:

Although the four constructs were originally developed within the context of parenting, they are the recognised building blocks for ALL emotionally healthy relationships including those between the parent and child, the teacher and pupil, and the manager and employee.

2.3 Our Aims

The Charity aims to:

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2.4 Our Services/ activities

The services/ activities outlined below are provided under contract by the Founder and CEO. The contract sets out the terms of engagement including payment. Where the demand for services exceeds the capacity of the Founder and CEO, additional support for service provision is commissioned at the cost of the Founder and CEO.

The Charity services/ activities comprise:

2.5 How our services/ activities deliver public benefit

All Charity services are provided free of charge, as equal access to our services is one of the main aims of the Charity.

We monitor access to our services by gender, disability and sexual orientation and from a baseline study undertaken in 2023 by one of our young volunteers, we are aware of local boroughs that we can continue to target to ensure that Black and Minority Ethnic communities are encouraged and supported in accessing our services/ activities.

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In the reporting period the Charity has provided the services/ activities outlined in section 2.2 as dictated by the source of charitable funding, for example to those families and people resident in the boroughs of Runnymede, Spelthorne and Elmbridge. And as demonstrated in Table 2 below, the Charity has provided services/ activities to a total of 201 individual parents/ carers. (This compared with 274 families in the previous reporting period).

Note: Welcome to the World programme for parents and One to one or whole family parenting and family mediation were not provided within the reporting period.

Table 2: Total attendees per service

Service/ activity Total
numbers
attending		 Borough/ Location
Nurturing Programme
(10-weeks)		 21 Elmbridge: online
8 Elmbridge: face to face
7 Runnymede Family Centre: on line
Talking Teens
(4-weeks)		 160 Elmbridge: on line
Keeping Your Child in Mind
(4-weeks)		 5 Elmbridge: face to face
TOTAL 201

2.6 Our Plans for 2023/2024 and how did we do

In December 2022 we set the following objectives

Objective Progress
1. Develop and implement a logo and branding We did achieve this
2. Use logo in all letterheads and bids for funding We did achieve this
3. Develop posters and establish an effective advertising
campaign		 We did achieve this
4. Create and provide opportunities for people to provide
voluntary support to the Charity		 We did achieve this
5. Recruit Trustees to replace those Trustees who resigned
during the reporting period.		 We did achieve this
6. Develop official signposting and/ or referral pathways from
primary care, local police force and other appropriate
public sector services		 We did achieve this
7. Achieve successful funding bids to deliver 50% more
services/ activities when compared with the previous
operating year		 We did not achieve this

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2.7 Our plans for 2024/25

In December 2023 we set the following objectives, which will be evaluated and reported on in the third annual Trustees Report:

3.0 Financial Review

3.1 Principal Funding Sources – See Financial Report

The principal funding sources for the Charity were funding from charitable bodies. This funding was supplemented by individual and company donations.

With reference to the financial report the Charity had £9,483.42 in the bank for the year ending 30 June 2024.

The Charity spent £42,207 in the year to 30 June 2024. This includes £475 repayment of legacy debt and £39,925 paid to the service providers, who delivered programmes.

The remaining amount of legacy debt owed as at 30 June 2024 was £6,718.

3.2 Financial Plan for Future Periods

The Charity plans to continue the activities outlined in section 2.4 above in the forthcoming years subject to satisfactory funding arrangements.

In addition, the Charity resource plan includes partial/ full repayment of the legacy debt as outlined in section 2.2 subject to available funds.

4.0 Governance

The Charity is registered with the Charity Commission as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO). A CIO is a legal structure regulated by the Charity Commission that was introduced to help simplify the process for setting up a Charity. A CIO is governed by Charity Law (not Company Law) and Trustees have limited or no liability for CIO debts or liabilities.

The Trustees of the Charity were requested to become a Trustee of the Charity by the Founder. They were requested on the basis of their skills and knowledge, which are recognised as wide-ranging and covering such elements as health and social welfare, administration and project management skills, financial management and governance and compliance. The Trustees give their time voluntarily.

The Trustees meet four times a year. The meetings are supported by terms of reference. The CEO agrees the agenda in advance of the meeting with the Chair. ‘Any other business’ is a standing item on the agenda to ensure all Trustees have a voice in the meeting. The

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agenda and supporting papers are sent via email to the Trustees at least 48 hours before the meeting.

The governing document for the Charity is called The Constitution of Families Thriving Together, dated 22 June 2022.

The Founder & CEO and the Trustees have dedicated email addresses: name@familiesthrivingtogether.org.uk

The Founder & CEO and Trustees have access to all Charity policies and all Charity documentation via a shared folder located at Google Drive. The Founder & CEO has given access to all Trustees via their FTT emails since Autumn 2022.

Our current policies are:

In addition, the Charity utilises the following Health and Safety Checklists, developed by the Health and Safety Executive in consultation with Local Government, to assist compliance with Health and Safety law:

4.0 Voluntary support to the Charity

The Charity was very lucky to receive additional voluntary support this reporting period as follows:

The Trustees would like to sincerely thank all of the above for their support this year.

5.0 Declarations

The Trustees declare that they have approved the Trustees Annual Report.

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Signed on behalf of the Charity Trustees

Name: Michelle Tucker Founder and CEO Signature

Michelle Tucker 26 April 2025

Alison Benincasa Chair of Trustees Signature

Alison Benincasa 26 April 2025

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Families Thriving Together 1199406
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period 01/07/2023 30/06/2024
To
from
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
£
A1 Receipts
Invoicing - 8,852 - 8,852 14,265
Donations 5,532 30,000 - 35,532 14,765
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total (Gross income for AR) 5,532 38,852 - 44,384 29,030
A2 Asset and investment sales, (see
table).
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 5,532 38,852 - 44,384 29,030
A3 Payments
Service providers 3,800 35,475 - 39,275 20,407
Materials 271 266 - 537 727
Insurance 782 - - 782 -
Advertising - 758 - 758 -
Accounting fees 142 - - 142 -
Legal fees 35 - - 35 -
Bank Charges 23 - - 23 53
Legacy debt - set up costs 475 - - 475 662
Internet / Systems - - - - 54
Sub total 5,528 36,499 - 42,027 21,903
A4 Asset and investment purchases,
(see table)
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total payments 5,528 36,499 - 42,027 21,903
Net of receipts/(payments) 4 2,353 - 2,357 7,127
A5 Transfers between funds 204 - 204 - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 103 7,024 - 7,127 -
Cash funds this year end 311 9,173 - 9,483 7,127
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

29/04/2025

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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period 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
B3 Investment assets
B4 Assets retained for the
charity’s own use
B5 Liabilities		 (agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Details
Bank account
Total cash funds
Details
Debtors
Details
Details
Details
Legacy debt - Set up costs
Signature		 Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
to nearest £
to nearest £
311
9,173
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-
-
-
311
9,173
OK
OK
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted funds
to nearest £
to nearest £
-
3,700
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Fund to which
asset belongs
Cost (optional)
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Fund to which
asset belongs
Cost (optional)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Fund to which
liability relates
Amount due
(optional)
Unrestricted
- 6,718
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-
-
-
Print Name		 Endowment
funds
to nearest £
-
-
-
-
OK
Endowment
funds
to nearest £
-
-
-
-
-
-
Current value
(optional)
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Current value
(optional)
-
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When due
(optional)
N/A
Date of approval

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

29/04/2025

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Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/
members of
On accounts for the year
ended
Set out on pages
Responsibilities and
basis of report		 Families Thriving Together Families Thriving Together Families Thriving Together
30 June 2024 Charity no
(if any)		 1199406
1 & 2
)
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 30 June 2024.
As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation
of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act
2011 (“the Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I
have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Signed:
Name:
Relevant professional
qualification(s) or body
(if any):
Address:

 01/05/2025
Kirstie Walker
Chartered Management accountant (ACMA)
7 Litton Gardens
Oakley, RG23 7JS