Bluebells Pregnancy Choices
Registered Charity No. 1201306
Annual Report and Accounts For the Year ended 31 December 2024
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Bluebells Pregnancy Choices Registered Charity No. 1201306
Annual Report and Accounts For the Year ended 31 December 2024
Charity Information
Trustees Angela Davis (Chair) Rachel Fowkes Josephine Kasujja Josie Triffit Allison Hill Debra George Okpanachi Address 1 Bedford Villa Church Road Smeeth Ashford Kent TN25 6RX Bankers Metro Bank Ltd 95 High Street Ashford Kent TN24 8SA Date of Registration 12[th] December 2022
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Bluebells Pregnancy Choices Registered Charity No. 1201306
TRUSTEES REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 December 2024
Objectives and Activities
Bluebells Pregnancy Choices was established with the following objectives, as recorded in its governing document:
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The preservation and protection of women’s health by the provision of supportive counselling, signposting and assistance to women, their partners and families, who are suffering from any physical or mental illness, distress or poverty during or as a result of unplanned pregnancy or following an abortion or miscarriage.
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The advancement of education in the subject of pregnancy and the termination of pregnancy and into the effects thereof upon women and their partners, whether physical, medical or psychological.
Achievements and Performance
The charity was publicly launched in February 2024 by holding an event with invited guests and stakeholders. In March 2024, we undertook a marketing campaign, involving the distribution of flyers to local medical centres, Well Women clinics and GP surgeries.
We secured the use of the Beacon Centre in Ashford to provide space for the provision of face to face counselling. This was subsequently refurbished in March 2024. We also set up our web site, phone line, bank account and insurances.
In June 2024, we set up a baby bank, which provides free baby equipment, nappies and other supplies, as help to those experiencing poverty.
We held regular coffee mornings for parents and pre-school children, in partnership with Bright City Church Ashford, where counselling and our baby bank services were made available. This was launched in September 2024, along with a further marketing campaign and production of 2000 flyers for distribution.
During the year we continued to provide counselling and telephone support services to referred clients.
Financial Review
During the year we received income from donations amounting to £2,750 (2023: £910), and our expenditure in the same period was £1,943 (2023: £327) on refurbishment and general administrative costs. Counselling services in the year were provided by volunteers, so incurred no charge. Our carried forward balance was £1,391 (2023: £ 584) in unrestricted funds.
Going Concern
The trustees have considered the financial resources and commitments of the charity and acknowledge that these are dependent on donations and fundraising activities.
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After making appropriate enquiries, trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue its operation for the foreseeable future. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the charity’s financial statements.
Structure, governance and management
Bluebells Pregnancy Choices is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), which is charity registered as a body corporate under Part 11 of the Charities Act 2011. Its governing document is its constitution, and it was registered with the Charities Commission on the 12 December 2022. It is governed by its Board of Trustees, and day to day management is carried out by Rachel Fowkes, who is a trustee and founder of the charity.
As the charity turnover is below £25,000, it is exempt from independent examination or audit.
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Bluebells Pregnancy Choices Registered Charity No. 1201306
TRUSTEES REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 December 2024 (continued)
Statement of trustees’ responsibilities
The trustees are responsible for preparing the trustees annual report and financial statements in accordance with applicable law and the charity’s Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP).
The trustees are required to prepare financial statements for each year, which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity, incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, for that period.
In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are required to:
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select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently;
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observe the methods and principles in the charities SORP;
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make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
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state whether applicable UK accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
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prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business.
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence taking reasonable steps for the prevention and direction of fraud and other irregularities. The trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the charitable company’s website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.
This report was approved by the Board of Trustees on 28 October 2025
and signed on their behalf by
……………………………………………………………… Angela Davis, Chair
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Bluebells Pregnancy Choices Registered Charity No. 1201306
Statement of Financial Activities, including Income and Expenditure Account for the year to 31 December 2024
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2024 2023
Restricted Unrestricted Total Total
Notes funds funds funds funds
£ £ £ £
Income resources
Incoming resources from generated funds:
Incoming resources from charitable
activities 2 - 2,750 2,750 910
Total incoming resources - 2,750 2,750 910
Resources expended
Charitable activities - - - -
Charity administration costs 4 - (1,847) (1,847) (327)
Governance costs - (96) (96) -
Total Resources expended - (1,943) (1,943) (327)
Movement in total funds for the year
- net income/(expenditure) for the
year - 807 807 584
Total funds at 1 January - 584 584 -
Total funds at 31 December 6 - 1,391 1,391 584
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The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year.
All income and expenditure derive from continuing operations.
The notes on pages 8-9 form part of these accounts.
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Bluebells Pregnancy Choices
Registered Charity No. 1201306
Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2024
| Notes | 2024 2023 |
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| Current assets Cash at hand and cash on hand 6 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year Net Assets 5 Charity Funds |
£ £ |
| 1,391 584 |
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| 1,391 584 - - |
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| 1,391 584 |
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| Restricted Funds 5 Unrestricted Funds 5 |
- - 1,391 584 |
| Total Funds | 1,391 584 |
The notes on pages 8-9 form part of these accounts.
The charity is exempt from audit or independent examination as turnover is below £25,000, and this is not required under its governing document.
28 October 2025 These financial statements were approved by the Trustees on
And signed on their behalf by
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Angela Davis, Chair
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Bluebells Pregnancy Choices
Registered Charity No. 1201306
Annual Report and Accounts For the Year ended 31 December 2024
Notes to the Accounts
Note 1
Basis of Accounting
These accounts are prepared on a receipts and payments basis, This is an account summarising all
money received and paid out by the charity during the year, and a statement giving details of its assets and liabilities at the end of the year (balance sheet).
Note 2
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Incoming resources from charitable activities
2024 2023
Restricted Unrestricted Total Total
funds funds funds funds
£ £ £ £
910
Donations income - 2,750 2,750
Charity incoming resources - 2,750 2,750 910
Note 3
Charitable Activities 2024 2023
Restricted Unrestricted Total Total
funds funds funds funds
£ £ £
- - - -
Counselling & support services
Other - - - -
Total - - - -
Note 4
Analysis of Resources expended by expenditure type
2024 2023
£ £
Web design costs (164) (123)
Governance costs (96)
Charity administration costs (1,683) (204)
Total (1,943) (327)
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Administration costs in the year included expenditure on refurbishment and fit out of the Beacon Centre.
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Bluebells Pregnancy Choices Registered Charity No. 1201306
Annual Report and Accounts For the Year ended 31 December 2024
Notes to the Accounts (continued)
Note 5
| Note 5 | Note 5 | Note 5 | Note 5 |
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| Summary of Funds as for the year ended 31 December 2024 Restricted Funds General Funds Total £ £ £ Balance brought forward at 1 January 2024 - 584 584 Incoming resources - 2,750 2,750 Resources expended - (1,943) (1,943) Balance carried forward at 31 December 2024 - 1,391 1,391 Restricted Funds General Funds Total £ £ £ Balance brought forward at 1 January 2023 - - - |
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| Restricted Funds General Funds Total £ £ £ |
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| - - - |
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| Incoming resources | 910 910 |
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| Resources expended Transfer between funds Balance carried forward at 31 December 2023 |
(327) (327) - |
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| - 584 584 |
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| Analysis of Net Assets between Funds | Restricted Funds General Funds Total |
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| £ £ £ |
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| Current assets | - | 1,391 1,391 |
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| Creditors falling due within one year Balance carried as at 31 December 2024 |
- - - |
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| - 1,391 1,391 |
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| Restricted Funds General Funds Total |
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| £ £ £ |
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| Current assets | - | (584) (584) |
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| Creditors falling due within one year Balance carried as at 31 December 2023 |
- - - |
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| - (584) (584) |
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