- - - – – Ref: AR25 REM CIO 3e 1204777 E
Charity Name: Elyon Therapeutic Family Services CIO
Charity Number: 1204777
Registered Address:
- C/O Renewal Church Whitfield Whitfield Village Hall Manley Close Whitfield Kent CT16
Trustee Names:
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James Lee [Chair]
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• Lauren Dyer • Tracy Perrow • Kaye Johsnon
Organisation Management:
- Ruth Lee
Bank:
- The Cooperative Bank – Business Business Customer Services PO BOX 250 Skelmersdale WN8 6WT
Organisation history:
Elyon Therapeutic Family Services converted from a Community Interest Company to Charitable Incorporated Organisation on 19[th] September 2023.
Elyon Therapeutic Family Services have only had a bank account which reflects CIO status since 30[th] April 2025. Prior to this, the account reflected CIC status and fundraising was paused.
Elyon Therapeutic Family Services CIO has been inactive since August 2024.
Organisational Aims and Objectives:
The aims and objectives of the charity are to deliver services to women and children in the Dover District wo have experienced adversity and trauma, which continues to impact on their day to day lives and relationships. The intention of the charity is to deliver a therapeutic service and interventions to inform and develop resilience, empowering women and their children to make choices that will have improved outcomes:
Our constitution states that our organisational aims and objectives are to: preserve and protect the health and to relieve the mental sickness of women and children residing permanently or temporarily in Dover, Kent and such other parts of the United Kingdom by the provision of therapeutic services and such other financial or practical support as required and decided by the Charity Trustees.
The charity is a Christian organisation, and we consider a holistic approach in the service(s) delivered to promote growth in mind, body and spirit. Whilst women and children are not obligated to acknowledge the Christian element of the service, our aim is to advance the Christian faith, in particular but without limitation, by providing pastoral support to vulnerable groups and communities so that the love of Christ is shared by word and practical means.
Currently, Elyon Therapeutic Family Services CIO consists of the founding member and a team of 3 trustees, with the flexible access to advice and guidance from 1-2 Therapists.
How do our activities deliver public benefit:
No activities have been completed out since August 2024
Financial Review:
Elyon Therapeutic Family Services CIO balance as at 01/09/2024:
| Date: | Opening Balance from year ending 31/08/202 4 from former CIC account |
Income 2024/2025 | Expenditure 2024/2025 |
Remaining Balance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Former account CIC |
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| 01/09/2024 | £971.08 | £971.08 | ||
| 07/10/2024 | HMRC penalty £100 |
£871.08 | ||
| 16/10/2024 | DD – Thirty One Eight DBS service £75 |
£796.08 | ||
| 15/11/2024 | DD – ICO £35.00 |
£761.08 | ||
| 28/11/2024 | SO – Charity Insurance £366.95 |
£394.13 | ||
| 17/04/2025 | DD Thirty One Eight DBS |
£381.05 |
| Service £13.08 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIC account Balance as at end of period 01/09/2024 – 31/08/2025 |
£334.05 | |||
| NEW Account CIO [07/05/2025] |
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| 07/05/2025 | Donation from Renewal Church Whitfield [Made into CIO account] £3000 |
£3000 | ||
| CIO account Balance as at end of period 01/09/2024 – 31/08/2025 |
£3000 | |||
| Overall Balance for both accounts for period 01/09/2024 - 31/08/2025: |
£3334.05 |
Formal accounts are not completed as at 01/06/2026. Accounts for Financial period 01/09/2024-31/08/2025 are currently being processed.
Principal Funding Source:
The principal funding source has been by means of inherited funds transferred from Elyon Therapeutic Family Services CIC
Additionally, Elyon Therapeutic Family Services CIO have received a financial donation from Renewal Church, Whitfield.
Reserves Policy:
Due to the small financial figure held in the charity account and without pursuit of additional funding through grants and fundraising, the charity has not developed a reserves policy. A policy will be reviewed as funding resources are accessed and as the charity becomes more established.
Governance:
Responsibility for policies and operational decisions rests with the trustees, who meet quarterly to review the charity activities.
Elyon Therapeutic Family Services CIO create their policies in accordance with the requirement for services intended to be delivered.
Current policies include:
- Safeguarding Policy – inc. safer recruitment policy.
New trustee appointments are managed as per the constitution stipulations:
“Apart from the first Charity Trustees, unless the Charity Trustees decide otherwise every Charity Trustee must be appointed by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the Charity Trustees.
In selecting individuals for appointment as Charity Trustees, the Charity Trustees must have regard to the skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective administration of the CIO.
All Charity Trustees must subscribe and adhere to, in belief and lifestyle, the Statement of Faith.”
Conclusion:
Funding permitting - as Elyon Therapeutic Family Service evolves, the founder and the trustees will work together to create and deliver services and support for women and children outlined in the constitution.