
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

## **From  20 September 2023                  To  04 April 2024** 

## **Charity name: Thriving Through Recreation** 

## **Charity registration number: 1204822** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|The provision of funds for and support to<br>access, learning or training in recreational<br>pursuits<br>or<br>leisure-time<br>educational<br>activities, for children and young people<br>aged 0-18 years (0-24 years if they are<br>registered with an Education, Health and<br>Care Plan) in the United Kingdom, in the<br>interests of social and emotional welfare<br>with the object of improving the conditions of<br>life.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities about those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|We<br>focussed<br>on<br>establishing<br>charity<br>operations<br>between<br>establishing<br>in<br>September 2023 and the reporting end date<br>in April 2024.<br>Activities included the following:<br>•<br>Drawing up policies<br>•<br>Agreeing<br>vision,<br>mission<br>and<br>strategy<br>•<br>Opening a bank account<br>•<br>Securing initial funds<br>•<br>Creation of website<br>•<br>Recruiting additional trustee|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|All trustees have regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity Commission on public<br>benefit.|






## **Achievements and Performance** 

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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|During the period between establishment in<br>September 2023 and April 2024, operational<br>capacity was created.<br>With the infrastructure, funds, people, and<br>policies in place, we now have the capacity<br>to benefit individuals and society in the<br>future.|





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|£5,057.40|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|N/A|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|N/A|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|N/A|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|None|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|None|





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Foundation Model Constitution|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|Our constitution states:<br>“In selecting individuals for appointment as<br>charity trustees, the charity trustees must<br>have regard to the skills, knowledge and<br>experience<br>needed<br>for<br>the<br>effective<br>administration of the CIO.”<br>Trustees are selected and elected by a<br>quorate vote by board members, and no<br>individual person or body is entitled to<br>appoint trustees.|



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Thriving Through Recreation|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1204822|
|Charity’s principal address|Badgeworth Manor,<br>Cheltenham<br>GL51 4UL|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee(if any)**|
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||Imogen Loxam||FoundingMember||
||Richard Carter||FoundingMember||
||Elizabeth Riley||FoundingMember||
||JennyMcGoldrick||FoundingMember||
||Jane Spencer||Elected in January2024||
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name N/A** 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the None charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

**N/A** 



## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

|**Signature(s)**<br>**Full name(s)**<br>**Position (eg Secretary,**<br>**Chair, etc)**<br>**Date**|||
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||<br>Imogen Loxam||
||<br>Trustee||
||<br>13.1.25||
||<br>13.1.25||





## **Statement of Financial Activities** 

## Thriving Through Recreation 

## For the period 20th September 2023 to 5 April 2024 

|**Account**|**13 Sep 2023-5 Apr 2024**|
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|**Income and endowments from:**||
|Donations|5,150.00|
|**Total**|**5,150.00**|
|**Expenditure on:**||
|IT Software and Consumables|18.00|
|Legal Expenses|74.60|
|**Total**|**92.60**|
|**Total Income/Loss**|**5,057.40**|
|**Reconciliation of funds:**||
|Total funds brought forward|0.00|
|**Total funds carried forward**|**5,057.40**|



