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2025-03-31-accounts

Purple Elephant Family Support CIO - Trustees’ Annual Report for the period 1[st] April 2024 to 31[st] March 2025

Charity registration number: 1200243

Objectives and Activities

Our charitable objectives are:

To relieve the needs of children and their families in Frome and the surrounding rural area arising from their additional needs, disability or social and economic disadvantage primarily through providing:

c) recreational and leisure time activities provided in the interest of social welfare, designed to improve their conditions of life.

Main Activities

Purple Elephant runs services for families local to Frome who need support, through activities, events, weekly support groups, 1:1 work, befriending and signposting. Our main services are early years - Small Steps and the Toy Library (lending service and stay and play), family activities during school holidays, child befriending service, the Key Club (youth work) and the Children’s Festival project. The families we support face challenges including low income, additional needs and disabilities, poor mental and physical health, substance and domestic abuse, and may be displaced, have behavioural challenges or need parenting support.

The trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit when planning and delivering our services.

Contribution made by volunteers

We are lucky to be supported by a number of loyal volunteers, notably in the befriending service, holiday activities and the Toy Library. The Children’s Festival is supported by several helpers. We couldn’t run our services without them and we are grateful for their contribution.

Achievements and Performance

One major achievement over the period was starting a youth club for 8 to 13 year olds, which launched in October 2024. We carried out extensive consultation work with young people and liaised with other organisations who have relevant experience. We partnered with Young Somerset to get the youth club off the ground and it has been very successful, supporting a number of local young people to develop their skills and confidence.

We also delivered our 10[th] Children’s Festival and had a record number of people attend, with lots of joyful activities for families to mark our special event. We included activities from the first ever Children's Festival and supported families with additional needs to attend the event.

We continued to build our support for vulnerable families before and on the day with support workers available to enable families to access the event.

We have also continued to deliver our core services together with ad hoc projects as appropriate. At the end of the period we:

Trustees and staff met in January 2025 to set our Service Plan for the next 3 years which included the following 4 priorities:

  1. Fundraising - with a focus on community fundraising events and collections, securing monthly donations, increasing corporate support and sponsorship, and developing partnerships with local businesses.

  2. Consolidation - embedding our services and structural changes to ensure resilience and sustainability.

  3. Fair Frome - continue and embed our partnership with Fair Frome including use of their premises.

  4. Toy Library lending service - reach more families within the limitations of existing capacity.

Financial Review

While our focus over the period was on consolidation, we also secured a good level of income and had a healthy balance at the end of the reporting period of £136,269.

Our principal source of funds was from grants from various sources including several from Government or local authority sources and a large grant from the National Lottery Community Fund under their Reaching Communities program and a smaller grant from Awards For All. We also received grants from Somerset Community Foundation, Fairfield Charitable Trust, Albert Hunt Foundation and Joyce Fletcher Charitable Trust. We also received an increased amount from community fundraising and local donations. Trustees agreed a Fundraising Strategy which focusses on diversifying our income streams.

Our unrestricted income during the period was £35,014 and restricted/designated funds were £122,567. We opened a fixed term bond of £11,000 to help build our reserves and comply with our reserves policy.

Structure, Governance and Management

Purple Elephant Family Support is a CIO governed by a Foundation Model Constitution.

During the period we had 5 trustees (increased to 6 in February 2025) who met 6 times. The Service Manager and the Office and Finance Coordinator attend the meetings.

Purple Elephant runs some of its services in partnership with other organisations, notably the family activities during school holidays, which are run together with Fair Frome, and the youth club, which is run together with Young Somerset.

We adopted a new Business Continuity Plan and Risk Register, and started work on our Impact Assessment Framework.

Reference and Administrative details

Charityname Purple Elephant FamilySupport CIO
Registered charitynumber 1200243
Charity’s principal address Cheese and Grain, Justice Lane, Frome, Somerset BA11 2HU

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity during the period:

Rachel Griffin (chair), Helen Fielden, Robert Ashford, Karen Stewart, Cath Puddick (Secretary), John Clarke, Jonathan Amis.

There were no corporate trustees and no trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity.

Declarations

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

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Full name(s) Rachel Griffin Position (eg Secretary, Chair Chair, etc)

Robert Ashford Trustee

Date 2/1/26

Registered Charity number 1200243

Purple Elephant Family Support (Charity)

Unaudited Report and Accounts

31 March 2025

Purple Elephant Family Support (Charity) Report and accounts Contents

Page
Charity information 1
Trustees' report 2
Profit and loss account 5
Balance sheet 6
Notes to the accounts 7

Purple Elephant Family Support (Charity) Charity Information

Trustees

R Griffin H Fielden R Ashford J Clarke C Puddick K Stewart J Amiss

Accountants

Delphi Accounting Ltd 3 The Office Village, Roman Way Bath Business Park Peasedown St John Somerset BA2 8SG

Registered office

Cheese & Grain Market Yard, Justice Lane Frome Somerset BA11 1BE

Registered charity number

1200243

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Purple Elephant Family Support (Charity) Registered charity number: 1200243 Trustees' Report

The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2025.

The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS102) (effective 1 January 2019).

We've continued to run our core services to support children and families with their challenges, including the Toy Library (stay and play sessions and lending services), Small Steps parenting support (twice weekly support group and 1:1 work), child befriending, family activities during each school holiday period, and the Children's Festival which is codesigned with young people. We started a new youth club service for 8 to 13 year olds in partnership with Young Somerset. We have continued our partnership with Fair Frome and support a number of their services. We had around 170 families regularly accessing our services.

We have taken on two new staff, to coordinate our youth club and lead on community fundraising. Our board of trustees increased by one, up to seven in total, during this period. We continue to be supported by regular volunteers and helpers, who support service provision and fundraising events.

Registered charity number

1200243

Trustees

The following persons served as trustees during the year:

R Griffin H Fielden R Ashford J Clarke C Puddick K Stewart J Amiss

This report was approved by the board on ........1st December 2025.... and signed on its behalf.

R Griffin Trustee

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Purple Elephant Family Support (Charity) Registered charity number: 1200243 Independent Examiner's Report

Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Purple Elephant Family Support (Charity)

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of Purple Elephant Family Support (Charity) for the year ended 31 March 2025.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity's trustees, 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 all the applicable Directions given by the Charity.

Independent examiner's statement

Since your charity's gross income did not exceed £250,000, there is no requirement for your examiner to be a member of a listed body. I can confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination. Also I am a registered member of CIMA (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants) which is a listed body on the Charity Commission panel.

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

  1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or

  2. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independant examination.

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

Delphi Accounting Ltd Chartered Tax Advisers 3 The Office Village, Roman Way Bath Business Park Peasedown St John Somerset BA2 8SG

….............................................. Simon Williams FCMA CTA

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Purple Elephant Family Support (Charity) Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 March 2025

Income and Endowments
Charitable expenses
Net income
Movement for the financial year
2025
£
157,581
(114,237)
43,344
43,344
2024
£
239,368
(183,773)
55,595
55,595

4

Purple Elephant Family Support (Charity) Registered number: 1200243 Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2025

Notes
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
2
Investments
3
Current assets
Cash at bank and in hand
Net current assets
Net assets
Funds
Unrestricted Funds
Restricted Funds
7
Total funds
136,269 2025
£
4,203
11,000
15,203
136,269
151,472
71,568
79,904
151,472
102,655 2024
£
5,473
-
5,473
102,655
108,128
42,828
65,300
108,128

The financial statements were approved by the members of the committee and authorised for

issue on ………………………………9th December 2025………… and are signed on their behalf by;

R Griffin Trustee Approved by the board on …..............................................

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Purple Elephant Family Support (Charity) Movement in Funds

for the year ended 31 March 2025

Donations
Grant Income
Other income
Restricted funds
Total Income
Resources Expended
Charitable Activities
Charitable expenses
Total Resources Expended
Net Income for the year
Reconciliation of Funds
Total Fund B/F at 1st Apr 2024
Total Fund C/F at 31st Mar 2025
Unrestricted
Funds
2025
£
20,088
11,289
3,637
-
35,014
35,014
(6,274)
(6,274)
28,740
42,828
71,568
Restricted
Funds
2025
£
-
-
-
122,567
122,567
122,567
(107,963)
(107,963)
14,604
65,300
79,904
Total
2025
£
20,088
11,289
3,637
122,567
157,581
157,581
(114,237)
(114,237)
43,344
108,128
151,472

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Purple Elephant Family Support (Charity) Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025

1 Accounting policies

Basis of preparation

The financial statements of the charity, which is a public benefit entity under FRS102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standars applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS102) (effective 1 January 2019)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Charities Act 2011. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

Income

All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.

Expenditure

Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on a cash basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.

Grants offered subject to conditions which have not been met at year end date are noted as a commitment but not accrued as expenditure.

Tangible fixed assets

Tangible fixed assets are measured at cost less accumulative depreciation and any accumulative impairment losses. Depreciation is provided on all tangible fixed assets, other than freehold land, at rates calculated to write off the cost, less estimated residual value, of each asset evenly over its expected useful life, as follows:

Fixtures, fittings, tools and equipment

25% straight line basis

Trustees Remuneration

There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the period ended 31 March 2025.

There were no trustees' expenses paid for the period ended 31 March 2025.

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Purple Elephant Family Support (Charity) Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025

2 Tangible fixed assets

Cost
At 1 April 2024
Additions
At 31 March 2025
Depreciation
At 1 April 2024
Charge for the year
At 31 March 2025
Net book value
At 31 March 2025
At 31 March 2024
3
Investments
Cost
Additions
At 31 March 2025
Plant and
machinery
etc
£
7,445
789
8,234
1,972
2,059
4,031
4,203
5,473
Other
investments
£
11,000
11,000

8

Purple Elephant Family Support (Charity) Notes to the Accounts

for the year ended 31 March 2025

4 Other information

Purple Elephant Family Support (Charity) is a charity registered with the charity commission in England and Wales. Its registered office address is: Cheese and Grain

Market Yard, Justice Lane Frome

Somerset BA11 1BE

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Purple Elephant Family Support (Charity) Detailed statement of financial activities for the year ended 31 March 2025

This schedule does not form part of the statutory accounts

Income and Endowments
Charitable expenses
Operating surplus
Net Income/(Expenditure)
2025
£
157,581
(114,237)
43,344
43,344
2024
£
239,368
(183,773)
55,595
55,595

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Purple Elephant Family Support (Charity) Detailed statement of financial activities for the year ended 31 March 2025

This schedule does not form part of the statutory accounts

Income and Endowments
Grant income
Donations and gift aid
Other income
Restricted funds
Administrative expenses
Employee costs:
Wages and salaries
Staff training and welfare
General administrative expenses:
Project costs
Sub-contractor / Activity providers
Equipment and resources
Subscriptions
Insurance
Depreciation
Sundry expenses
Legal and professional costs:
Accountancy fees
Advertising and PR
2025
£
11,289
20,088
3,637
122,567
157,581
69,100
158
69,258
5,594
26,116
1,255
808
802
2,059
4,220
40,854
718
3,407
4,125
114,237
2024
£
2,000
25,139
2,243
209,986
239,368
69,517
234
69,751
5,944
82,250
14,023
284
1,064
1,861
5,194
110,620
-
3,402
3,402
183,773

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Registered Charity number 1200243

Purple Elephant Family Support (Charity)

Unaudited Report and Accounts

31 March 2025

Purple Elephant Family Support (Charity) Report and accounts Contents

Page
Charity information 1
Trustees' report 2
Profit and loss account 5
Balance sheet 6
Notes to the accounts 7

Purple Elephant Family Support (Charity) Charity Information

Trustees

R Griffin H Fielden R Ashford J Clarke C Puddick K Stewart J Amiss

Accountants

Delphi Accounting Ltd 3 The Office Village, Roman Way Bath Business Park Peasedown St John Somerset BA2 8SG

Registered office

Cheese & Grain Market Yard, Justice Lane Frome Somerset BA11 1BE

Registered charity number

1200243

1

Purple Elephant Family Support (Charity) Registered charity number: 1200243 Trustees' Report

The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2025.

The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS102) (effective 1 January 2019).

We've continued to run our core services to support children and families with their challenges, including the Toy Library (stay and play sessions and lending services), Small Steps parenting support (twice weekly support group and 1:1 work), child befriending, family activities during each school holiday period, and the Children's Festival which is codesigned with young people. We started a new youth club service for 8 to 13 year olds in partnership with Young Somerset. We have continued our partnership with Fair Frome and support a number of their services. We had around 170 families regularly accessing our services.

We have taken on two new staff, to coordinate our youth club and lead on community fundraising. Our board of trustees increased by one, up to seven in total, during this period. We continue to be supported by regular volunteers and helpers, who support service provision and fundraising events.

Registered charity number

1200243

Trustees

The following persons served as trustees during the year:

R Griffin H Fielden R Ashford J Clarke C Puddick K Stewart J Amiss

This report was approved by the board on ........1st December 2025.... and signed on its behalf.

R Griffin Trustee

2

Purple Elephant Family Support (Charity) Registered charity number: 1200243 Independent Examiner's Report

Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Purple Elephant Family Support (Charity)

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of Purple Elephant Family Support (Charity) for the year ended 31 March 2025.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity's trustees, 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 all the applicable Directions given by the Charity.

Independent examiner's statement

Since your charity's gross income did not exceed £250,000, there is no requirement for your examiner to be a member of a listed body. I can confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination. Also I am a registered member of CIMA (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants) which is a listed body on the Charity Commission panel.

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

  1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or

  2. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independant examination.

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

Delphi Accounting Ltd Chartered Tax Advisers 3 The Office Village, Roman Way Bath Business Park Peasedown St John Somerset BA2 8SG

….............................................. Simon Williams FCMA CTA

3

Purple Elephant Family Support (Charity) Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 March 2025

Income and Endowments
Charitable expenses
Net income
Movement for the financial year
2025
£
157,581
(114,237)
43,344
43,344
2024
£
239,368
(183,773)
55,595
55,595

4

Purple Elephant Family Support (Charity) Registered number: 1200243 Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2025

Notes
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
2
Investments
3
Current assets
Cash at bank and in hand
Net current assets
Net assets
Funds
Unrestricted Funds
Restricted Funds
7
Total funds
136,269 2025
£
4,203
11,000
15,203
136,269
151,472
71,568
79,904
151,472
102,655 2024
£
5,473
-
5,473
102,655
108,128
42,828
65,300
108,128

The financial statements were approved by the members of the committee and authorised for

issue on ………………………………9th December 2025………… and are signed on their behalf by;

R Griffin Trustee Approved by the board on …..............................................

5 Type text here

Purple Elephant Family Support (Charity) Movement in Funds

for the year ended 31 March 2025

Donations
Grant Income
Other income
Restricted funds
Total Income
Resources Expended
Charitable Activities
Charitable expenses
Total Resources Expended
Net Income for the year
Reconciliation of Funds
Total Fund B/F at 1st Apr 2024
Total Fund C/F at 31st Mar 2025
Unrestricted
Funds
2025
£
20,088
11,289
3,637
-
35,014
35,014
(6,274)
(6,274)
28,740
42,828
71,568
Restricted
Funds
2025
£
-
-
-
122,567
122,567
122,567
(107,963)
(107,963)
14,604
65,300
79,904
Total
2025
£
20,088
11,289
3,637
122,567
157,581
157,581
(114,237)
(114,237)
43,344
108,128
151,472

6

Purple Elephant Family Support (Charity) Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025

1 Accounting policies

Basis of preparation

The financial statements of the charity, which is a public benefit entity under FRS102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standars applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS102) (effective 1 January 2019)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Charities Act 2011. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

Income

All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.

Expenditure

Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on a cash basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.

Grants offered subject to conditions which have not been met at year end date are noted as a commitment but not accrued as expenditure.

Tangible fixed assets

Tangible fixed assets are measured at cost less accumulative depreciation and any accumulative impairment losses. Depreciation is provided on all tangible fixed assets, other than freehold land, at rates calculated to write off the cost, less estimated residual value, of each asset evenly over its expected useful life, as follows:

Fixtures, fittings, tools and equipment

25% straight line basis

Trustees Remuneration

There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the period ended 31 March 2025.

There were no trustees' expenses paid for the period ended 31 March 2025.

7

Purple Elephant Family Support (Charity) Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025

2 Tangible fixed assets

Cost
At 1 April 2024
Additions
At 31 March 2025
Depreciation
At 1 April 2024
Charge for the year
At 31 March 2025
Net book value
At 31 March 2025
At 31 March 2024
3
Investments
Cost
Additions
At 31 March 2025
Plant and
machinery
etc
£
7,445
789
8,234
1,972
2,059
4,031
4,203
5,473
Other
investments
£
11,000
11,000

8

Purple Elephant Family Support (Charity) Notes to the Accounts

for the year ended 31 March 2025

4 Other information

Purple Elephant Family Support (Charity) is a charity registered with the charity commission in England and Wales. Its registered office address is: Cheese and Grain

Market Yard, Justice Lane Frome

Somerset BA11 1BE

9

Purple Elephant Family Support (Charity) Detailed statement of financial activities for the year ended 31 March 2025

This schedule does not form part of the statutory accounts

Income and Endowments
Charitable expenses
Operating surplus
Net Income/(Expenditure)
2025
£
157,581
(114,237)
43,344
43,344
2024
£
239,368
(183,773)
55,595
55,595

10

Purple Elephant Family Support (Charity) Detailed statement of financial activities for the year ended 31 March 2025

This schedule does not form part of the statutory accounts

Income and Endowments
Grant income
Donations and gift aid
Other income
Restricted funds
Administrative expenses
Employee costs:
Wages and salaries
Staff training and welfare
General administrative expenses:
Project costs
Sub-contractor / Activity providers
Equipment and resources
Subscriptions
Insurance
Depreciation
Sundry expenses
Legal and professional costs:
Accountancy fees
Advertising and PR
2025
£
11,289
20,088
3,637
122,567
157,581
69,100
158
69,258
5,594
26,116
1,255
808
802
2,059
4,220
40,854
718
3,407
4,125
114,237
2024
£
2,000
25,139
2,243
209,986
239,368
69,517
234
69,751
5,944
82,250
14,023
284
1,064
1,861
5,194
110,620
-
3,402
3,402
183,773

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