Trustees’ Annual Report for the period
From 01-04-2024 Period start date To Period end date
31-03-2025
Charity name: Sign Along With Us Foundation
Charity registration number: 1200591
Objectives and Activities
For the public benefit, the relief and assistance of people with complex medical needs who are registered disabled throughout England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland by providing them with respite accommodation which is inclusive and accessible.
There are 250,000+ people in the UK with complex medical needs who require specialist equipment such as hoists and profiling beds. Along with 1.9% of the UK population who will use a wheelchair at some point in their lives, there are at least 1.5 million people in the UK who would benefit from our charity.
At the Sign Along With Us Foundation we provide free holidays for children and families with complex medical needs in our fully adapted accessible caravan complete with Wet room, Profiling Bed, Mobile hoist and lowered kitchen, which is situated on the Haven Cala Gran Holiday Park in Fleetwood, United Kingdom.
We are able to grant up to two stays a week Monday to Friday and Friday to Monday between the months of March and October each year.
We the trustees have regard for the Charity Commissions guidance on public benefit
Achievements and Performance
Within this reporting period we managed to offer places to 69 families and were able to successful place 41 families with the dates we had available throughout the year and owing to their circumstances, some families had to cancel at short notice given medical reasons.
We noted there was significant demand for term time holidays of which we are very limited to the weeks those are available, and the trustees have started to look at how we can begin fundraising for a second adapted caravan to support the high demand we have for those periods.
Each of the trustees and volunteers are responsible for our own areas and this has continued to give consistency in the level of service we can provide to the families who use our service.
We have always receive some amazing feedback and here are a couple of highlights from this years guests.
First Review
Thank You Everyone at the Foundation
My daughter with complex needs had a fabulous time, loving the evening shows, she's such a party girl.
Unfortunately, the stay didn't go to plan due to a family bereavement. I'm so grateful we had the equipment available in the caravan as I was left caring for my daughter on my own for a period of time which would have been impossible without the hoist.
Second Review
The Best Time Ever
Thank you for you email, we had a lovely time. The weather was beautiful too so it made the caravan holiday even more enjoyable as you can never predict our lovely uk weather these days!
We had a lovely holiday we visited the local ymca leisure centre which our daughter had a brilliant time in their pool, it had outdoor sprinkle park too which was great. I thought you could include details in your booklet for future guests, they have a time table online for their fun swims etc. We thoroughly enjoyed the farm over the road, we spent full afternoon here, the little museum was added bonus, we were lucky to feed the lambs and experience the small animals and have a guided tour.
We ate here also for breakfast each morning, their food was delicious. We also visited Blackpool Zoo another fantastic day out, highly recommend.
The caravan was perfect for our daughters needs. The profiling bed was perfect our daughter felt as though she was in a home from home .
Financial Review
Our financial position is healthy however we are conscious that our current grant provider is due for review in 2026 and as such we are looking at the viability of the a second caravan to ensure the charity can keep providing its services over the coming years.
We continue to work with Haven, to see if we can secure reduced fees for our charitable endeavours or have them provide play passes free of charge to enhance the offering of our stays with them.
We have worked hard to travel the local area and create a page on our website and on all communications to the guests on the accessible activities that are available around our caravan. We have partnered with Fleetwood Beach Wheelchairs to offer each others services on both of our websites as an example.
The charity closed the financial period with a cash balance of £44,371
Of that cash balance we hold £27,000 in reserve which is to ensure we always have two years’ worth of running costs based within our accounts. The surplus funds are being held in contingency for future running costs given we are due to renew out main grant partners agreement in 2026.
We currently have no going concern that we are materially worried about.
We have 1 year left of our Charity Partnership with the JD Foundation which will see ourselves the beneficiary of an annual grant of £20,000 in 2026 on the current agreement.
Structure, Governance and Management
The Sign Along With Us Foundation is constituted as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) using the foundation model with 3 Trustees.
We have 4 Founding Coordinators who volunteer in all aspects of the Charity and we also have two Founding Ambassadors with specialisations in Health and Accessibility.
We believe that the skills and experience we have within the Charity enables us to serve our community and drive further value out of what we can offer.
Reference and Administrative details
Charity Name: Sign Along With Us Foundation Alternative Charity Name: SAWU Foundation Registered Charity Number: 1200591 Charity’s Principal Address: 11 Pinfold Avenue, Blackley, Manchester, M9 7DW
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
Daniel McGrath
Diana Kilduff
Jade Kilduff
Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others
We do not hold any funds as custodian trustees on behalf of others.
Declarations
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature(s) Daniel McGrath
Full name(s) Daniel McGrath
Position (eg Secretary, Trustee Chair, etc)
Date 25/1/2026
| Sign Along With Us Foundation | Sign Along With Us Foundation | Sign Along With Us Foundation | 1200591 | 1200591 | 1200591 | CC16a | |
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| For the period from |
01/04/2024 | To | 31/03/2025 | ||||
| Section A Receipts and payments | |||||||
| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 20,000 516 3,890 17 - - - - 24,423 - - - 24,423 1,319 - 9,410 565 462 314 1,222 - 195 102 13,589 - - 13,589 10,834 - 33,539 44,373 |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Total funds to the nearest £ 20,000 516 3,890 17 - - - - 24,423 - - - 24,423 1,319 - 9,410 565 462 314 1,222 - 195 102 13,589 - - - 13,589 10,834 |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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| Grants | 20,000 | 30,803 | |||||
| Donations | 516 | 2,983 | |||||
| FundraisingEvents | 3,890 | 2,698 | |||||
| Fees for Charitable Service | 17 | - | |||||
| - | - | ||||||
| - | - | ||||||
| - | - | ||||||
| - | - | ||||||
| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
24,423 | 36,484 | |||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| - | |||||||
| - | - | ||||||
| Sub total | - | - | |||||
| Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| 36,484 | |||||||
| Cost of FundraisingEvents | 1,319 | 617 | |||||
| Room Hire | - | 75 | |||||
| Repairs and Maintenance | 9,410 | 15,460 | |||||
| Light and Heating | 565 | 544 | |||||
| Water and Sewage | 462 | 873 | |||||
| Insurance | 314 | 305 | |||||
| Telephone,Internet and Postage | 1,222 | 1,544 | |||||
| Printing Postage, Stationery and Computer Supplies |
- | - | |||||
| Costs of Charitable Activities | 195 | 3,619 | |||||
| Bank Internet and Charges | 102 | 60 | |||||
| **Sub total ** | 13,589 | 23,097 | |||||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
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| Accessible Caravan | |||||||
| - | |||||||
| **Sub total ** | - | - | |||||
| Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
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| 23,097 | |||||||
| 10,834 | - | - | 10,834 |
13,387 | |||
| - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 33,539 | - | - | 33,539 | - | |||
| 44,373 | - | - | 44,373 | 13,387 |
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
25/01/2026
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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 B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B1 Cash funds |
Details Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Bank Account Details Details Accessible Caravan Details Signature Daniel McGrath |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 44,372 - - - - - 44,372 - Agreement Error OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) Other Assets 34,000 - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - - - - Print Name Daniel McGrath |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| OK | |||
| Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| Current value (optional) |
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| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| Current value (optional) |
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| 22,000 | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| When due (optional) |
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| Date of approval |
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| Daniel McGrath | Daniel McGrath | 25/01/2026 | |
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
25/01/2026
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