## **Trustees’ annual report (including Directors’ report) for the period** **From: 10.10.2023 Period start date To: 31. 03.2025 Period end date Charity name: Women Stepping Out** ## **Charity registration number: 1205138** ## **Company number:** ## **Objectives and activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the
purposes of the charity
as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The relief of physical and mental
distress by providing emotional and
practical support to women by a
multicultural and interfaith listening
and learning space for the public
benefit of all women.| |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|Our main activities have included:
• A six-month project with
funding from Warwick District
Council to offer informal peer
support to women through the
Cost-of-Living crisis by craft
activity and supportive
conversation.
• Attending two well publicised
local public events to boost
awareness of the charity.
• Hosting Spring and Autumn
moonwalks to support and
engage with local women
informally.
• Attending Church services at
the invitation of local civic
dignitaries for charity
awareness purposes.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees
have had regard to the|Para 1.18|The Charity trustees have had regard
to the Charity Commission’s Public
Benefitguidance when making| relevant decisions and with future planning. guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit ## Additional information (optional) ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||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|All Volunteers have supported the
charity’s activities either financially or
actually by attending events and
activities and by giving their time,
experience and expertise to their
roles.| |Other||| Achievements and performance |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|Main achievements have been:
• Receiving a Highly Commended
award for the team in October
2023 from Warwickshire CAVA.
• Intentionally and successfully
building a multicultural and
multifaith team of women to
reflect and support our diverse
community.
• Securing Charity Status.
• Building a website offering
support to women via 1:1
email and relevant signposting.
• Three social media platforms
offering inspiration,
information and support to
women.
• Securing funding from Warwick
District Council from their Cost-
of-Living Fund to host women’s
support sessions for six months
in a local Community Centre.
• Eight women regularly
attended and set up a
WhatsApp site to keep in touch
after the project had ended.
Feedback from the group was
positive:
• Increased confidence,
• Feeling uplifted by the sessions,
• Enjoyed the nurturing
environment,
• Enjoyed learning new skills.
• The sense of friendship and
belonging.
• Helpful information was
received towards ongoing
studies.
• Compassion given following a
historical, unexpected and
unexplained personal
bereavement.
• Sessions helped to alleviate
personal challenges by| |---|---|---| focussing the mind through craft activities. Listening and befriending training was delivered to relevant volunteers. ## Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|The object of the sessions was to
relieve emotional stress made worse
by the cost-of-living restrictions.
Achievements:
• A volunteer and Trauma
Therapist led the sessions.
Skilled in mindful conversation
she generated positive
engagement.
• Based on the project learning
outcomes, further sessions
were planned for 2025 during
which the ladies will be
encouraged to become, self-
supporting within the trusted
relationship group.
• The diverse friendship group
will continue and one other is
planned for 2025 to run on a
similar line.| |---|---|---| |Performance of
fundraising activities
against objectives set|Para 1.41|The object of our fundraising was to
secure funds for the running costs of
2025.
• A team members 5K challenge
was generously donated to.| |||• An August two-day event
fundraiser was very popular
eliciting generous donations.
• A Christmas Fayre event was
also profitable meaning our
target was achieved.
• Gift Aid status was achieved
and is administered by People’s
Fundraising and for cash
donations,bythe charity.| |---|---|---| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## Financial review |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the
end of theperiod|Para 1.21|Currently the charity’s financial
position is sound and exceeds our
expected runningcosts for 2025.| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding
reserves stating why
theyare held|Para 1.22|We have begun creating a small
reserves fund to cover unexpected
expenditure and annual governance
which we will increase annually.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£200| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|N/A| |Details of fund
materially in deficit|Para 1.24|N/A| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a
goingconcern|Para 1.23|N/A| ## 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|We have no principal source of
funding in place but fully expect to
attend at least one large local summer
event, to continue with our own
fundraising efforts twice yearly and to
recruit a fundraiser for the charity.| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the
principal risks facing the
charity|Para 1.46|Volunteer recruitment and retention
is a potential risk as the charity is still
small in volunteer numbers. A
Volunteer Coordinator is being
recruited.
Warwickshire CAVA continue to
maintain helpful oversight and
introduced us to a Performance Coach
in January 2025 to boost our
management skills.| |Other||| ## Structure, governance and management |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing
document: for example,
trust deed,
memorandum and
articles of association
etc|Para 1.25|Foundation Model Constitution| |How is the charity
constituted?
for example limited
company,|Para 1.25|A CIO| |unincorporated
association,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|Being a CIO, all members are also
trustees but there is provision for
Associate Members, those who do not
yet wish to be trustees.
Trustees are selected from existing
Associate Members who now feel
able to accept a trusteeship.
Trustees also select from
Warwickshire Community and
Voluntary Action’s database and from
Reach Volunteering.
After a successful interview with two
existing trustees, those with the
necessary skills who apply to join the
team using our website form, are also
able to join the team.
No other body or person is entitled to
appoint trustees.
Existing trustees may suggest
candidates to be approved by the
Board and if approved, can serve for
up to three consecutive terms, one
term being three years. They may
stand for re-election after a period of
oneyear as a non-board member.| |||| ## 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|During induction:
• Volunteers have access to all
our policies, including
Safeguarding, Health and
Safety, Equal Opportunities
and Supervision.
• All agree to regular Supervision
meetings and have access to
training on keeping healthy
boundaries within client and
volunteer relationships.
• A Trustee Code of Practice
Form,Volunteer Agreement| |---|---|---| **----- Start of picture text -----**
Letter and Consent to personal
data being shared when
beneficial must be signed.
• Volunteers are made aware of
the charity’s comprehensive
signposting resource of local
and national charities and
agencies.
•
Safeguarding of our volunteers
is important and is specifically
itemised in the induction
process.
Training is available for:
•
Good mental health,
maintaining healthy
relationship boundaries and in
unbiased listening.
We are an independent charity not
currently affiliated to any other
The charity’s Para 1.51 organisation or network.
organisational structure
and any wider network
with which the charity
works
Relationship with any Para 1.51
related parties
Other
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Reference and administrative details Charity name Women Stepping Out |Other name the charity
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number|1205138| |Charity’s principal
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whole year|Name of person (or
body) entitled to appoint
trustee(if any)| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Margaret Hogg|Chairperson||| ||Anne Love|Secretary||| ||Nikhat Panjwani|Treasurer||| ||Hema
YellaPragada|Social Media Lead||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| 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|None.| |---|---| |Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf
the assets are held and
how this falls within the
custodian charity’s
objects|N/A| |Details of arrangements
for safe custody and
segregation of such
assets from the charity’s
own assets|N/A| ## 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 The charity has no formal premises; all volunteers fulfil their roles from their own homes. Other optional information Declarations The company has taken advantage of the small companies’ exemption in preparing the report above. The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report (including directors’ report) above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees/directors Signature(s) M.A Hogg Full name(s) Margaret Ann Hogg Position (for example Chair Secretary, Chair, etc) Date 13/ 06/ 2025 |**Women Stepping Out**|**Women Stepping Out**|**No (if any)**||| |---|---|---|---|---| |**Women Stepping Out**||**1205138**||| |**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||**CC16a**| |**For the period**
**from**|Oct-23
Period start date|Mar-25
Period end date
**To**||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**327**
**326**
**673**
**745**
**138**
**612**
**-**
**2,821**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,821**
**376**
**168**
**138**
**23**
**60**
**385**
**35**
**-**
**-**
**1,185**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,185**
**1,636**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| ||**-**||**-**|**-**||**70**| |Giftaid|**327**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**612**
**-**
**612**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**612**
**376**
**-**
**-**
**23**
**60**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**459**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**459**
**153**
**-**
**-**
**153**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**-**| |Donations via Goldengiving
BACS donations||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |Cash donations|**745**|||||**-**| |Transfer from old account|**138**|||||**-**| |WDC|**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**2,209**|||||**70**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| ||**-**|||**-**
**-**
**-**||| ||**-**|||||**-**| |~~**_Sub total_**~~|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||| |||||**-**||**70**| |||||||| |
Room hire||||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**-**| |Church rent|**168**|||||**-**| |Vistaprint|**138**|||||**-**| |Facebook||||||**-**| |SP Mind||||||**-**| |Governance|**385**|||||**-**| |Art in thepark|**35**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**726**|||||**-**| |||||||| |**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_**||||||| |||||**-**||**-**| |||||||| ||**1,483**|||**-**||**70**| ||**-**|||**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**1,483**|||**-**|**1,636**|**70**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 23/06/2025 1 **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
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|NPanjwani
Signature
MA Hogg
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**1,483**
**153**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,483**
**153**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**asset belongs**
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**liability relates**
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**(optional)**
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Print Name
M A Hogg
N Panjwani|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
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approval| ||MA Hogg|M A Hogg|| ||NPanjwani|N Panjwani|| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 23/06/2025 2