## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1[st] January 2025 To 31[st] December 2025** ## **Charity name: Breathe Easy Darlington** ## **Charity registration number: 1204360** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The objects of the CIO are for the public**
**benefit to preserve and protect good**
**health and relieve the needs of people**
**who are suffering from respiratory**
**diseases, and their families and carers, in**
**Darlington and surrounding areas, in**
**particular providing support groups**
**which provide information, advice and**
**organised activities which promote a**
**healthier lifestyle.**| |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|**The main activities undertaken for the**
**public benefit of those suffering from**
**respiratory conditions take the form of**
**exercise classes which aid pulmonary re-**
**habilitation, with a particular focus on**
**breathing control, improving muscle**
**strength and balance co-ordination which**
**help to reduce symptoms of**
**breathlessness and fatigue.**
**Social activities are also provided to**
**promote positive mental health in a**
**supportive environment to prevent**
**isolation and loneliness which can often**
**affect those who are chronically ill.**
**The charity’s aim is to encourage and**
**enable the opportunity to live well with**
**respiratory ill health so that the public**
**involved can join in a membership**
**community dedicated to achieving a**
**healthier lifestyle and better quality of**
**life.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**Trustees have taken guidance on public**
**benefit and ensure through written**
**communication in the form of leaflets and**
**on the Breathe Easy Darlington website:**
**https://www.breatheeasydarlington.org**
**that the public are aware of the benefit.**| ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |
Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Breathe Easy Darlington is run by**
**volunteers, who in the main, have lived**
**experience of respiratory disease, so that**
**they understand and can connect well**
**with their members’ needs.**
**Volunteers help to organise and promote**
**social events for members, fundraise for**
**classes, write newsletters and keep their**
**social media channels up to date, and**
**organise relevant speakers for monthly**
**meetings. They also attend regular**
**committee meetings to feedback on any**
**issues and discuss new developments.**
**Volunteers make a vital contribution to**
**the charity, and have been nominated for**
**the Kings Award for Voluntary Service**
**2026.**| |Other||| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |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|**The receipt of charitable grants have**
**enabled the charity to continue to grow**
**its membership and offer more equitable**
**access to its weekly exercise classes,**
**benefitting more of the public suffering**
**from respiratory ill health .**
**New classes have been delivered for Tai**
**Chi ,and a bowling group formed ,offering**
**social interaction which promotes**
**positive mental health.**
**Working with Teesside University as a**
**focus group for breathlessness and**
**balance research , members’**
**contributions enhances understanding**
**and education about respiratory disease**
**management for the future.**
**Similarly, working with a medical**
**equipment manufacturer on prototypes**
**for home use will save future NHS costs**
**and benefit respiratory patients with**| **control of their symptom management In recognition of their work, Breathe Easy Darlington was a finalist at the Darlington Borough Council Community Awards in November 2025, out of a total of 400 nominations.** ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**Fundraising activities have been very**
**successful, with full cost recovery for all**
**regular activities.**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**At the end of the period, Breathe Easy**
**Darlington is in a very strong financial**
**position with healthy reserves and bank**
**balance .**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Reserves are held against any**
**unforeseeable rise in costs , emergency**
**costa ,and to protect the charity should**
**grants dwindle in the future.**
**Six months reserves are held as a**
**minimum**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£ 10,000**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**Not applicable**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**Not applicable**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**Not applicable**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**The principal sources of funds are :**
**Charitable grants**
**Donations – public and corporate**
**Fundraising activities eg raffles**| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**Not applicable**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**The principal riska are:**
**Less grant availability**
**Rising operational costs**
**Capacity to meet increased demand**
**without increasing costa substantially**| |Other||**Recruitment of suitable volunteers with**
**lived experience.**| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Charitable Incorporated Organisation**| |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|**Elected by Trustees**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**The organisational structure of Breathe**
**Easy Darlington includes a**
**Management Committee of four members**
**Joint Chair / Joint Treasurer**
**Joint Chair**
**Secretary / Joint Treasurer**
**Membership Secretary**
**More widely , the charity is affiliated to**
**Asthma+ Lung UK .**| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|**Affiliated with Asthma+Lung UK**| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Breathe Easy Darlington| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1204360| |Charity’s principal address|9 Carmel Court, Nunnery Lane, Darlington DL3 9RB| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Gill Thomson|Joint Chair/ Joint
Treasurer||| ||Louise Roberts|Joint Chair||| ||Ann Boyd|Secretary/ Joint
Treasurer||| |||||| ||Malcolm Dunstone|||| ||Margaret Dodds|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – 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 held in this capacity 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)** A.Boyd **Full name(s)** Ann Boyd **Position (eg Secretary,** Secretary **Chair, etc) Date** 10th June 2026 |**Breathe Easy Darlington**||**1204360**||| |---|---|---|---|---| |**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||**CC16a**| |1st January 2025
**For the period**
**from**|**To**|31st December||| ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**12,500**
**-**
**1,255**
**484**
**82**
**712**
**8**
**-**
**15,041**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**15,041**
**6,913**
**3,570**
**130**
**132**
**1,259**
**-**
**15**
**-**
**12,019**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**12,019**
**3,022**
**-**
**-**
**3,022**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**12,500**
**-**
**1,255**
**484**
**82**
**712**
**8**
**-**
**15,041**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**15,041**
**6,913**
**3,570**
**130**
**132**
**1,259**
**-**
**15**
**-**
**-**
**12,019**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**12,019**

**3,022**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**12,500**
**-**
**1,255**
**484**
**82**
**712**
**8**
**-**
**15,041**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**15,041**
**6,913**
**3,570**
**130**
**132**
**1,259**
**-**
**15**
**-**
**-**
**12,019**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**12,019**

**3,022**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Grant Income|**12,500**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**12,500**||**6,000**| |Grantprotected|**-**|||**-**||**7,017**| |Donations|**1,255**|||**1,255**||**4,296**| |Ticket sales and raffles|**484**|||**484**||**701**| |Bank interest|**82**|||**82**||**17**| |subscriptions for teas,coffees|**712**|||**712**||**302**| |Gift Aid|**8**|||**8**||**80**| |Transfer from Credit Union|**-**|||**-**||**16,841**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**15,041**|||**15,041**||**35,254**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| ||**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**||| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||| ||||**-**|**15,041**||**35,254**| |||||||| |Class Instructor fees|**6,913**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**6,913**||**7,970**| |Premises hire|**3,570**|||**3,570**||**5,320**| |Charitable donations(speakers)|**130**|||**130**||**305**| |Administration inc website hosting|**132**|||**132**||**823**| |Transport and travel|**1,259**|||**1,259**||**1,065**| |Consultancyfees|**-**|||**-**||**420**| |Miscellaneous|**15**|||**15**||**1,039**| |Training|**-**|||**-**||**210**| |||||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**12,019**|||**12,019**||**17,152**| |||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||| ||**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**||| ||**-**|||**-**||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||| ||||**-**|**12,019**||**17,152**| |||||||| ||**3,022**|**-**|**-**|
**3,022**||**18,102**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**3,022**|**-**|**-**|**3,022**||**18,102**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 10/06/2026 1 |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**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))
Current account
Savings account ( reserves)
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature
A,Boyd|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**11,025**
**-**
**10,099**
**-**
**-**
**21,124**
**-**
Agreement Error
OK
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**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
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**-**
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**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
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Print Name
Ann Boyd|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
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approval| ||A,Boyd|Ann Boyd|10/06/2026| ||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 10/06/2026 2