## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 1st April 2024 Period start date To 31[st] March 2025 Period end date**
## **Charity name: Ready Steady Go Hello Charity**
## **Charity registration number: 1203528**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To advance in life and help children and**
**young people living with a long-term**
**condition and/or disability and their**
**families, primarily but not exclusively**
**through:**
**The provision of recreational and**
**leisure-time activities, in the**
**interests of social welfare,**
**designed to improve their**
**conditions of life, including**
**improvement in health and**
**wellbeing; and**
**Providing support, resources and**
**activities which develop skills,**
**capacities and capabilities to**
**improve health and wellbeing,**
**enabling participation in society**
**as independent, mature and**
**responsible individuals.**|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**During the reporting period, Ready**
**Steady Go Hello Charity supported**
**children and young people living with**
**long-term conditions and/or disabilities,**
**and their families, to build confidence,**
**resilience, independence and wellbeing.**
**The charity delivered empowerment,**
**education and support activity through**
**the Ready Steady Go Hello framework,**
**using structured resources and co-**
**produced approaches to support**
**understanding, shared decision-making**
**and participation in everyday life.**
**The charity also provided youth group**
**activity for young people, alongside**
**sessions delivered jointly with patients**
**and parents, supporting peer**
**connection, family understanding and**
**mutual support. Activity initially focused**
**on kidney services and has begun to**|
|||**extend to other long-term conditions, in**
**line with the charity’s objects and in**
**response to need.**
**All activities were carried out for the**
**public benefit and in furtherance of the**
**charity’s charitable purposes.**|
|---|---|---|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees have had due regard to the**
**Charity Commission’s guidance on**
**public benefit when reviewing the**
**charity’s aims and activities, and are**
**satisfied that the charity’s activities**
**during the year have been carried out**
**for the public benefit in accordance with**
**its charitable objects.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other
## **Achievements and Performance**
||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**During the reporting period, Ready**
**Steady Go Hello Charity strengthened**
**its delivery of empowerment, education**
**and support for children and young**
**people living with long-term conditions**
**and/or disabilities, and their families.**
**The charity supported beneficiaries to**
**feel more confident, informed and**
**involved in decisions affecting their**
**health and lives. Youth group activity**
**and joint patient-parent sessions helped**
**reduce isolation, build peer connection,**
**and improve family understanding and**
**communication.**|
**The charity also delivered national study days and education activity for healthcare professionals across multiple specialties, supporting the delivery of the charity’s aims by promoting person-centred, developmentally appropriate practice. Feedback from these events was positive and indicated increased confidence and understanding among professionals, contributing to changes in practice aligned with the charity’s charitable purposes. Through this work, the charity contributed to wider societal benefit by supporting more consistent, inclusive and empowering approaches to care for people living with long-term conditions.**
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41||
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|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**At the end of the reporting period, the**
**charity was in a stable financial position**
**and able to meet its obligations as they**
**fell due.**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The charity does not currently operate a**
**formal reserves policy. The trustees aim**
**to hold minimal reserves, reflecting the**
**charity’s size and delivery model, and**
**review the financial position regularly to**
**ensure the charity can meet its short-**|
|||**term commitments and continue to**
**operate effectively.**|
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|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**At the end of the reporting period, the**
**charity did not hold any formal reserves.**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**The charity holds no formal reserves, as**
**funds are applied directly to charitable**
**activities and the trustees review the**
**financial position regularly.**|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**The charity did not have any funds**
**materially in deficit during the reporting**
**period**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**The trustees have no material**
**uncertainties about the charity’s ability**
**to continue as a going concern. The**
**trustees believe the charity is well**
**placed to continue delivering its**
**charitable activities for the foreseeable**
**future.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47|
**At the end of the reporting period,**
**Ready Steady Go Hello Charity was in a**
**stable financial position and able to**
**meet its financial obligations as they fell**
**due. The charity managed its income**
**and expenditure carefully throughout**
**the year, ensuring that funds were**
**applied in line with its charitable**
**objects.**
**The trustees consider the charity’s**
**financial position at the period end to be**
**appropriate for the charity’s size, level**
**of activity and delivery model.**|
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|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**The charity does not operate an**
**investment policy and does not hold**
**investments. The trustees have not**
**adopted a social investment policy.**
**Funds are held in cash and applied**
**directly to further the charity’s**
**charitable objects.**|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**The trustees have considered the**
**principal risks facing the charity,**
**including reliance on fundraising and**
**grant income, capacity to deliver activity**
**in line with available resources, and**
**ongoing governance and regulatory**
**compliance. These risks are managed**
**through active trustee oversight, careful**
**financial monitoring and proportionate**
**governance arrangements.**|
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:||**The charity does not operate through**
**any separate trusts. Ready Steady Go**
**Hello Charity is a Charitable**
**Incorporated Organisation (CIO) and**
**holds its assets and undertakes its**
**activities directly in furtherance of its**
**charitable objects.**|
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|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution (Charitable Incorporated**
**Organisation– Foundation model).**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Charitable Incorporated Organisation**
**(CIO).**|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Apart from the first charity trustees**
**named in the constitution, trustees are**
**appointed by resolution of the existing**
**trustees at a properly convened**
**meeting. In making appointments, the**
**trustees have regard to the skills,**
**knowledge and experience required for**
**the effective administration of the**
**charity.**
**There is no external body or individual**
**entitled to appoint trustees.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Policies and procedures adopted for the induction Para 1.51 and training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other
## **Reference and Administrative details**
Charity name Ready Steady Go Hello Charity Other name the charity uses
|Registered charity number|1203528|
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|Charity’s principal address|125 Bouverie Avenue South
Salisbury
SP2 8EA|
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Arvind Nagra|Chairperson|13.6.23- current||
||Ross Fraser||17.5.24- current||
||AislingMcMahon||11.12.23- current||
||Martin Gossling||11.12.23- current||
||KayTyerman||11.12.23- current||
||Alun Williams||11.12.23- current||
||Ben Reynolds||11.12.23- current||
||Dean Wallace||11.12.23- current||
||James Edelman||11.12.23- current||
||Yincent Tse||11.12.23- current||
||Neeta Patel||13.6.23- current||
||Victoria Curtis|resigned|13.6.23 – October 2025||
||PhilipHudson|resigned|11.12.23- October 2025||
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
## **Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets The charity does **not hold any funds as custodian** held in this capacity **trustee on behalf of others** .
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects
Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of Name Address adviser**
**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
**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)** Arvind Nagra **Position (eg Secretary,** Chairperson **Chair, etc)**
**Date**
28/1/26