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2025-06-30-accounts

Annual Report

1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025

Michelle Tucker, Founder and CEO

Annual Report 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025

1.0 Reference and Administrative Information

1.1 Charity Information

Charity Name Families Thriving Together
Charity Registration Number 1199406
Registered Office 23 Crescent Road,Shepperton, TW16
Bank name and address CAF Bank
25 Kings Hill Avenue, Kings Hill, West Malling
ME19 4JQ
Solicitors used to set up the Charity Wrigleys Solicitors,www.wrigleys.co.uk

Table 1: Charity Members

Table 1: Charity Members
Term
Roles of Office
*		 Start
Date		 Renewal
Date
Michelle Tucker
Founder and CEO N/A 22.06.2021 N/A
Alison Benincasa
Trustee and Chair 4 years 21.02.2022 Not due
Donna Brazier
Trustee and Vice Chair Administrator 3 Years 30.12.2022 9.07.2025
Safeguarding
James Egan
Trustee and Finance (authorised signatory) 3 Years 01.10.2023 Not due
John Haagensen
Trustee and Events Planner 01.12.2024 Not due
Carey Harrison
Trustee 3 Years 03.01.2022 9.07.2025
Will Keen
Trustee 3 Years 06.01.2022 9.07.2025
Thelma Lewis
Trustee and Education Coordinator 3 Years 04.12.2023 Not due

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2.0 Report of the Trustees

2.1 Context

In line with Charity guidelines the Trustees are required to provide an annual report detailing the activities, governance and financial position of Families Thriving Together (The Charity).

This is the third annual Trustees report for The Charity covering the reporting period 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025.

2.2 Background

The Charity was founded on 22 June 2022 by Michelle Tucker in response to 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 £7,854.60. The Trustees have agreed to repay this legacy debt as soon as practically possible with the funds available and have set an ambition to clear the legacy debt in the next reporting period.

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.

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2.3 Our Aims

The Charity aims to:

2.4 Our Services and activities

The services and 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 individual capacity of the Founder and CEO, additional support for service provision is commissioned at the cost of the Founder and CEO.

The Charity services and activities comprise:

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programme is tailored to the needs of the family. It is based on the above programmes and can be delivered in ways that suit the needs of the family.

2.5 How our services and activities deliver public benefit

The Charity services are provided free of charge, as equal access to our services is one of the five aims of the Charity as set out in section 2.3.

The Charity monitors access to the services by gender, disability and sexual orientation.

In 2023 a baseline study was undertaken by one of our young volunteers to identify the ethnicity profiles of local boroughs. We continue to actively promote our services to these local boroughs to ensure that Black and Minority Ethnic communities are encouraged and supported in accessing our services and activities.

In the reporting period the Charity has provided the services and 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.

2.5.1 Funders

The Charity was successful in raising funds from 11 bids to the following parties:

We are very grateful to our funders; without their generous support we would not be able to deliver our services.

2.5.2 Our supporters and partners

We are very lucky to have a wide range of supporters and partners who have helped us to shape our services. They have also provided support and guidance to extend our reach and be fit for the future, for which we are very grateful.

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Organisation / Business Brief summary of support / guidance
The Royal Holloway University Surrey Volunteer Hub helps secure volunteers.
This directly supports us with a range of
activities (for example social media) but
also supports the volunteers with their
university placements.
The Centre for Emotional Health Provides research, training and up to
date resources that accompany the
programmes we deliver to ensure they
remain evidence based and up to date.
Third Sector Safeguarding Network Provides Safeguarding updates and
news to ensure our practice keeps
safeguarding in mind at all times.
Surrey County Council Partners who value and use our services
for their service users.
Spelthorne Borough Council Funding, Mayors Charity and networking.
Elmbridge Borough Council Funding and networking.
Surrey Adolescent Services Partners who value and use our services
for their service users.
Surrey Family Centres Partners who value and use our services
for their service users.
Spurgeons Charity Partners who value and use our services
for their service users
Voluntary Support North Surrey Networking, training and general charity
compliance guidance.
Central Surrey Voluntary Support Networking, training and general charity
compliance guidance.
Ellis-Gray Productions Gifted us a full day of videography to
promote our services via our website.
Total Project Integration Donated to us, social media support and
fundraising opportunities.
Elmbridge CAN Partners who value and use our services
for their service users.
Mayor of Spelthorne Selected to be 1 of 4 Mayoral Charities
for 2025-26.
Brave Starts Platform to showcase our services and
activities and gain skilled volunteers.
4 Thurlstone Restaurant Provided venue and subsidised dining for
a fund-raising event.
Squared Up Provision of 1 laptop and 2 screens and
qualified accountant to sign off accounts.

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2.5.3 Services provided by the Charity by Borough and Location

As demonstrated in Table 2 below, in this reporting period the Charity has provided services and activities to 120 individual parents and carers. This compares with 274 in 2022/23 and 201 in 2023/24.

Table 2: Total attendees per service

Service / activity Total
number
attending		 Borough: Location
Nurturing Programme
(10- weeks)		 41 Elmbridge: online
Keeping Your Child in Mind
(4-weeks)		 10 Elmbridge: face to
face
Talking Teens
(4-weeks)		 53 Elmbridge: online
Talking Teens
(4-weeks)		 16 Elmbridge: online
TOTAL 120

2.6 Our Plans for 2024 / 2025 and how did we do

This reporting period we delivered objective 1 and partially delivered objective 2 as set out below.

With reference to objective 2 we continued to engage with community partners, but formal referral pathways and/or signposting have not been established. On reflection, we recognise that given the Charity is a relatively young and small charity, this objective is too ambitious at this time and will be revisited again at a future point.

  1. Achieve successful funding bids to deliver more services and activities when compared with the previous reporting period

  2. Continue the work commenced in 2023 to develop official signposting and/or referral pathways from primary care, local police force and other appropriate public sector services

2.6.1 Our activities and successes

Focus Group: In October 2024 we held our first focus group with parents and carers with lived experience. This session helped us to gather invaluable insight and feedback from our services users.

Charity for the year: We are exceptionally proud to have been selected as the Charity for

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the year for the following, where all funds raised through planned events will be donated to us:

London Marathon: We have secured 4 places in the London Marathon for 2026. This arrangement could extend up to and including 2030. There is an annual cost to the charity of £2,000 (£500 per place) with the expectation that each runner raises a minimum of £2,500 for the Charity. Therefore, for a £2,000 investment the Charity will receive a return of £8,000. In February 2025, we celebrated this success at a fundraising ‘Runners Reveal Event’ hosted by 4-Thurlstone where Trustees and supporters had the opportunity to meet our marathon fundraisers, Rachel, Mark, Beth and John.

Facilitators Training Day: In February 2025 we also provided a Facilitators Training Day led by our Founder and CEO.

Promotional Videography: In May 2025 we partnered with Ellis Gray Productions for Videography. Participants on the day included the Founder and CEO, our Trustees and parents and carers who had participated in our services. The outputs will be available in the next reporting period to raise awareness of the Charity on social media and for promotional use on the Charity website.

Partnering with Barnardo’s: We have partnered with Barnardo’s for the provision of 3 programmes for 2025. We anticipate this exciting partnership developing further in 202526.

2.7 Our plans for 2025/26

We are aware that we need to continue to focus our attention on achieving successful bids for funding. We have therefore set the following objectives which will be reported on in the fourth Annual Report:

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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 £6,089 in the bank on 30 June 2025.

The Charity spent £37,606 in the year to 30 June 2025. This includes £1,360 repayment of legacy debt and £31,455 paid to the service providers for the delivery of programme activities.

The remaining amount of legacy debt owed as of 30 June 2025 was £5,358.

The accounts have been independently verified by Kirstie Walker, Finance Director from Squared Up who has donated her valuable time and expertise, for which we are very grateful.

3.2 Financial Plan for Future Periods

The Charity plans to continue the programme activities outlined in section 2.4 above in the forthcoming years subject to satisfactory funding arrangements. The annual objectives set out in section 2.7 describe the financial plan for 2025/26.

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 CEO and Founder of the Charity requested the named Trustees to become a Trustee of the Charity. 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, project management, financial management, governance and compliance. The Trustees give their time voluntarily.

The Trustees meet four times a year. The Trustee 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 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 and is dated 22 June 2022.

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

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

Our current policies in place cover:

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 and community support to the Charity

The Charity received additional voluntary support this reporting period as follows:

Name Source Voluntary support provided
Adrian Tucker Word of mouth Registration with HMRC for tax
purposes. Accountancy, book- keeping
and tax return filing.
Molly Bowness Voluntary Support Marketing and Social Media until May
2025
Ruby Sharkie Royal Holloway Marketing and Social Media
Anisha Vinayak Voluntary Support Marketing and Social Media
Elenoah
Saqanavere		 Royal Holloway Funding (Placement hours April 2025)

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Telemen Batbayer Royal Holloway Funding (Placement hours April 2025)
Lyndsey Haymen Parenting
Programme		 Funding
Caz Frankin Word of mouth Administration

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 Annual Report

Signed on behalf of the Charity and Trustees

Name: Michelle Tucker Founder and CEO Signature

Michelle Tucker 2 November 2025

Name: Alison Benincasa Chair of Trustees Signature

Alison Benincasa 2 November 2025

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Families Thriving Together 1199406
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period 01/07/2024 30/06/2025
To
from
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Endowment
Restricted funds Total funds Last year
funds funds
to the nearest
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
£
A1 Receipts
Charitable activities - 4,100 - 4,100 8,852
Donations 7,545 19,638 - 27,184 35,532
Fundraising events 1,259 - - 1,259 -
Gift Aid 1,651 - - 1,651 -
Other Income 18 - - 18 -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total (Gross income for AR) 10,473 23,738 - 34,212 44,384
A2 Asset and investment sales, (see
table).
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 10,473 23,738 - 34,212 44,384
A3 Payments
Charitable Activities 1,986 29,459 - 31,445 39,812
Insurance 773 - - 773 782
Training 375 - - 375
London Marathon 1,920 - - 1,920
Fundraising events 870 - - 870 -
Cost of raising Funds 243 - - 243 -
Other costs 620 - - 620 957
Legacy debt - set up costs 960 400 - 1,360 475
- - - - -
Sub total 7,747 29,859 - 37,606 42,027
A4 Asset and investment purchases,
(see table)
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total payments 7,747 29,859 - 37,606 42,027
Net of receipts/(payments) 2,726 - 6,121 - - 3,394 2,357
A5 Transfers between funds 902 - 902 - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 311 9,173 - 9,483 7,127
Cash funds this year end 3,939 2,150 - 6,089 9,483
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Categories
B1 Cash funds
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)		 Bank account
Details
1		 Unrestricted
funds
to nearest £
3,939
-
-		 Restricted funds
to nearest £
2,150
-
-		 Endowment
funds
to nearest £
-
-
-
22/10/2025
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of
all the trustees
B5 Liabilities
B4 Assets retained for the
charity’s own use
B3 Investment assets
B2 Other monetary assets		 Signature
Legacy debt - Set up costs
Creditors
Creditors
Details
Details
Details
Details
Debtors
Total cash funds
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))		 3,939
2,150
OK
OK
Unrestricted funds
Restricted funds
to nearest £
to nearest £
-
640
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Fund to which
asset belongs
Cost (optional)
-
-
-
-
-
Fund to which
asset belongs
Cost (optional)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Fund to which
liability relates
Amount due
(optional)
Unrestricted
5,358
Restricted
2,740
Unrestricted
227
-
-
Print Name
Alison Benincasa		 -
OK
Endowment funds
to nearest £
-
-
-
-
-
-
Current value
(optional)
-
-
-
-
-
Current value
(optional)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
When due
(optional)
Date of approval
22/10/2025

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

22/10/2025

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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 2025 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 2023.
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 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:

 27th October 2025
Kirstie Walker
Global Management Accountant
7 Litton Gardens
Oakley
RG23 7JS