2024-10-31-accounts - Visit From The Stork

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Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From 1[st] November 2023 Period start date To Period end date 31[st] October 2024

Charity name: Visit from the Stork

Charity registration number: 1205513

1. Objectives and Activities

Visit from the Stork converted from a CIC to a CIO in November 2023, after working in the communities of Salford, Bury and Manchester for 9 years.

We provide consistent, empowering and engaging support to families in need across the cities of Salford and Manchester. Our mission is to ensure every family in Greater Manchester have the tools and resources they need to give their children a better quality of life. Our organisation is a safe space for parents to come to when they need help with anything; providing both practical and emotional support for families at every step of their journey to help them feel informed and supported about the choices they are making. Our range of services aim to both prevent and lift families out of poverty, improve health and wellbeing and increase friendships, positive social connections and development of parents and children.

A) Stork Support

Stork Support is our core service, providing free and low-cost baby essentials such as nappies, wipes, toiletries and milk for families in crisis. This service is often the first point of contact for our clients, who are referred in through statutory and charitable partner organisations for free baby essentials. In our first year as a charity, we started working closely with Sure Start Centres and the new Family Hubs across both Manchester and Salford to change our operational model from a volunteer-led delivery service, to a collaborative wraparound service where clients collect their items from their nearest ‘hub’. Thanks to Cost of Living funding from the National Lottery and the Government as well as several smaller funders, we were able to launch two of these hubs across the year, and stock them with 6 months+ worth of baby essentials. We also started to change our model of providing formula milk to be more in line with UNICEF requirements and instead having a voucher system. We provided subsidised baby essentials at a cost of £2.50 throughout the year through a partnership with a local food pantry; this saves parents over 50% of what their normal outgoings would be on baby essentials and ensures they feel like they are ‘shopping’ still. We use our funding for this service and aim to make 50% back from our spend.

B) BOOBS

BOOBS (Be open on Breastfeeding Support) is our longest running project; supporting families through their breastfeeding journey from pregnancy and beyond. We support parents to have a happy, healthy and comfortable breastfeeding journey and help them to achieve their breastfeeding goals, whether it is to breastfeed for 1 week, 6 months or 1 year and beyond. We provide antenatal education, a volunteer-led peer support service and social sessions such as pram walks and breastfeeding cafes. Throughout the year we were again funded by the NHS Integrated care partnership in Salford (Salford ICP), as well as Salford CVS and The National Lottery Community Fund.

C) Stork Boost

Stork Boost was a brand-new project for 2024, funded by a grant from Greater Manchester Combined Authority and administered by WEA (Workers Education Association) in May 2024. Stork Boost is a 5-week Work Skills programme, aimed at long-term unemployed families who have struggled to access work, formal education or training because of systemic barriers such as childcare costs, low paid or unstable work, untransferable qualifications from other countries, and lack of confidence and self-esteem. Our 5-week course and personalised 1:1 support gives parents confidence in themselves and their skills to be able to seek work, manage and understand how to claim benefits and childcare funding support.

D) Stork Store

Stork Store is our community shop; selling pre-loved and new toys, games, books, children’s clothing and equipment. We were primarily selling via our hub at Emmanuel Centre in Salford during 2024, but we did sell items online through Vinted, our website, Facebook marketplace and Etsy. We take in donations for Stork Store regularly and sell items for as little as 50p upwards. We also have a ‘free’ section with school uniforms, children’s clothing and some toys which otherwise might be thrown away. We encourage parents to donate equipment in great condition to us, so we can reuse by selling and raising funds or by gifting through Stork Support. As this was our first year as a charity, we got set up mid-year for Gift Aid but have yet to collect details from donors of items to the shop; this is a target for 2025.

E) Stay and Play / Family Holiday Club

We host weekly sessions within our hub at the Emmanuel centre, on the same days our Stork Store shop is open. Throughout the year we hosted 48 Stay and Play sessions, plus had 13 weeks of school holidays where we hosted special sessions on a Thursday such as a Christmas Fair, Family arts and Crafts sessions, Pancake day and half term badgemaking, a ‘beach day’ in the summer and a Halloween party to end the year in October. Our Stay and Play sessions are funded by Salford CVS through ‘seed’ funding from the Family Hubs Fund, which is local authority led.

F) Stork Connections

Stork Connections is our weekly Peer support group hosted in Longsight, Manchester and in 2024 celebrated it’s 3[rd] birthday, having been started during the third lockdown in 2021. The group is aimed at mums and their children in the local area and encompasses gentle exercise, activities for both parents and children, connections with local groups such as Afrocats, Literacy Trust, the Health Visiting team. The April 2024 funding from One Manchester and We Luv MCR was the final year of funding for this project, as we are hoping to encourage the mums to form a committee of their own and be able to apply for seed funding for rent and their own volunteer / staff costs if needed.

We also received commissioned funding from Manchester University Foundation Trust and MLCO to run a Stork Connections group in Harpurhey for 12 weeks at the start of 2024, specifically for families living in temporary accommodation in the area. We ran this group as planned, and still had budget left over after the project finished, so it was agreed we could carry this over to 2024/25 to help the families with Christmas presents and a festive event to bring them together.

2. Trustee public benefit statement:

We can confirm that we have abided by the ‘public benefit’ guidance set out in the Charity Commission. Details of how we have met the public benefit requirements are detailed in this report.

3. Contributions made by volunteers

Our two main services – Stork Support and BOOBS – both have significant contributions by volunteers to enable us to support our families.

Although we are part-way through changing our model for Stork Support to be collections rather than deliveries, throughout the year we still had 8 active volunteer drivers who helped us distribute baby essentials to the families in need. They did this by receiving a list of items from us, going to the shops, purchasing what was needed for each family and taking it to the doors of families, and then getting reimbursed for the items that have been bought and any expenses such as mileage. This model saves significant amounts of time in staff costs, but is no longer sustainable for the volunteers or clients, who are reliant on volunteers having time to get the items they need. Now the project is running fully post-pandemic, we aim to get families back out of their houses and accessing wraparound community and statutory support.

For BOOBS, we train our volunteers in Level 2 Breastfeeding Peer Support using an external provider and the volunteers support mums who are referred to the service by visiting homes or our partner ‘breastfeeding friendly’ venues and giving information, encouragement and practical support around breastfeeding challenges. The peer support service is completely volunteer led in that we do not have a dedicated paid member of staff supporting mums with breastfeeding challenges. Throughout the year, we had around 15 active volunteers who each spent between 1 and 3 hours per week volunteering with us, which is a significant saving of staff time and costs. Many of our volunteer peer supporters are previous clients who were supported on their own breastfeeding journey. One of our volunteers is now a member of staff (see below on BOOBS section).

We also introduced our successful Pram Walks programme, and throughout the year we had a volunteer walk Leader (a previous client) be trained to take over from the initial funded part of the programme; this was successful with her leading walks in Prestwich which often saw over 20 participants attending.

General volunteers

Throughout the year we have also had support from corporate volunteers who have helped us at the Christmas event in December 2023 and to support our Holiday club sessions. We also have the support of volunteers from Emmanuel church each week at Stay and Play; they make refreshments, help greet clients and join in with activities.

4. Achievements and Performance

We started the year as a new CIO having come through a rocky financial period in the last few months of being a CIC – having to pause our core service Stork Support for three months and reduce staff hours due to a major funder rejecting a request for repeat funding at the end of a contract.

However, between November 2023 and January 2024 we received a significant amount of funding from several funders, including a multi-year grant from Trusthouse Foundation and a Cost of Living grant from the UK Government/National Lottery.

This enabled us to invest in our core project Stork Support, re-employ staff on increased hours and raise awareness of our services to new referral partners. We set the goal of receiving around 50 unique referrals per month into our Stork Support service and launching at least two collection ‘hubs’ with our partner agencies to provide wraparound support.

We initially had mixed success with this mission; because this service had been closed for some time prior to Winter 2023, it took a while to promote our services and build referrals and relationships with referral partners back up. However, we received 631 referrals for Stork Support across the year, with an average of 34-38 unique referrals per month, and the rest repeat requests for support, meaning we supported over 1,000 individuals (Parents and children) with baby essentials.

We launched our first hub in Moston in February 2024 in partnership with Sure Start and they have seen great outcomes; with parents walking through the Sure Start centre doors who would normally not attend at all. As a result of us launching the hub, the outreach team have seen over 50 families who were not previously registered with Sure Start; enabling the families to start accessing other services which are run in the centre and have wraparound support such as help with Healthy Start applications, food support and attending Stay and Play sessions.

In Salford, we decided to launch our own ‘hub’, using our base at the Emmanuel Centre on one of the days our Stork Store shop is open to provide a ‘drop-in/coffee morning’ session for Salford families who were referred to us for baby essentials. As part of this, we worked with the Infant Feeding team in Salford to change our provision of First Stage Infant Formula to a supermarket voucher scheme, following the UNICEF and BFI (Breastfeeding Friendly Initiative) standards. This allows for greater freedom of choice for our clients who need formula milk, plus makes sure we offer infant feeding support (either through BOOBS internally or external sources) when relevant. Our Salford hub supported 30 families between April and October with baby essentials – but with these families we were able to support them for over 12 weeks at a time when needed, as well as provide advocacy, emergency food support and signposting to other services.

Our third hub launched in Harpurhey (M9 postcode) on the 1[st] November following discussions with partners in North Manchester.

Throughout the year we received funding towards this project from The Postcode Trust, The Salford Household Support Fund, The Charity Service, as well as several small funders.

Our BOOBS (Be Open on Breastfeeding Support) project has seen both successes and challenges in the last 12 months. Our main challenge has been the lack of funding for a Project Manager with enough hours; this has meant other members of the team stepping up and taking on parts of the role to keep the essential parts of the service running between February 2024 and September 2024. This was eventually solved through some funding via Salford CVS and Salford ICP in August and we employed our former volunteer Betty-Ann as Project Manager. This meant for the final two months of the year, we have started to make changes to BOOBS processes and make plans for improvements and set goals for the 2024-2025 year (Nov 24-Oct 25).

We have also struggled throughout the year with the recruitment of new volunteers and retaining our current ones – this has been both a capacity and funding issue. Our training provider increased their prices above our funded amounts, so we had to reduce the number of volunteers we could train. In addition, we were looking to increase the diversity of our volunteers using specific funding from the ‘Impact fund’, but the training provider we used were unable to match our requirements – the volunteers had specific issues around language barriers they needed to overcome. We have therefore spent most of the year looking for a new training provider as it is one of our strategic priorities to increase the diversity and inclusivity of our team and our service as a whole. The training of new volunteers will continue to be a priority for the 2024-2025 year. As we have not had a Project Manager in place for most of 2024, retaining our current volunteers was also hard, as many of them had volunteered for us in 2023 and were reaching the limit of their capacity, and we were not able to offer as much supervision and support as some of them needed. This meant our ‘active volunteer’ count reduced from 15 down to 4 by the end of the year.

Despite these challenges, BOOBS has had a huge impact on both Salford and Bury communities; supporting 503 women and their babies to breastfeed throughout the year through 1:1 Peer support, antenatal classes, our social events and our pram walks.

Overall, breastfeeding rates for Salford have increased thanks to us being able to provide consistent peer support since April 2019 and raising awareness of Breastfeeding in public through our BOOBS

Approved scheme. Salford had 57% of mums still exclusively breastfeeding at 6-8 weeks in 2023-24 compared to 53% the year before (Salford public health, 2024).

In May 2024, a new peer support service was commissioned by Salford Public Health through the Family Hubs funding from the government. This is being implemented and ran by Homestart Salford, Trafford and Wigan and we have been working with them to make sure our strategies align and we can provide consistent support to parents in Salford through our different offers. We have also been able to benefit from their volunteer training, which was commissioned through the NCT, with 2 volunteers and 2 staff members attending the training throughout the year. This knowledge will be used to enhance our service offer throughout 2025.

The main success of 2024 was creating and implementing our new Pram Walk project throughout Bury borough, which ran over 13 initial ‘funded’ weeks and reached 48 individual walkers, and then was carried on over the rest of the year by a volunteer. The project was funded by 10GM through their ‘GM Walking and Wheeling’ fund. The walks increased awareness of BOOBS in three boroughs of Bury, including a very rural area which previously had no presence or support for breastfeeding mums. The walks have been ‘feeders’ into our other free support provision activities such as our Breastfeeding Cafes, and for our BOOBS lifetime membership scheme. In addition, the walks increased the number of BOOBS Approved venues available in the Bury borough, which meant more mums benefited from having safe spaces to breastfeed.

We have increased the number of BOOBS Approved venues in both Salford and Bury boroughs, with a focus on trying to reach ‘cultural’ venues which are BAME led to increase awareness of BOOBS within African and Asian communities in Salford.

This has included venues such as community centres and churches who host groups from various countries, as well as independent venues such as Portuguese restaurants. We have been able to further support these communities through the provision of translated literature in Arabic, Portuguese, Urdu and Tigrinya.

Another big achievement throughout the year was our first GMCA / Manchester City Council funded project – Stork Boost.

This project was conceived after noticing that a lot of our Stork Support clients were long-term unemployed and facing systemic barriers such as childcare costs, low-paid work and non-flexible hours from employers.

Our five-week work skills programme was funded by GMCA through their Work and Skills funding (previously from ERDF). We delivered the course for one cohort of learners before 31[st] October due to initial funding delays, but this cohort saw great outcomes; with 6 out of 7 of the learners being previous Stork Support clients and over 50% of the learners moving on to employment or further training. This has meant our programme is a sustainable way for vulnerable families to move on and improve their finances when they are out of ‘crisis’ mode.

Our aim for 2025 is to get the service funded again or even commissioned going forward.

5. Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set

In March 2024 we celebrated our 10[th] anniversary as an organisation and held a celebration event in Manchester, inviting key stakeholders to celebrate with us. We launched our first ever fundraising campaign as part of this celebration – ’10 for 10’ which was an aim to raise £10,000 in donations between April 2024 and March 2025. This was so we could start to raise money for reserves to cover unexpected core costs, as well as be able to pay for unfunded costs that clients, staff or the organisation might need. We signed up to the Fundraising Regulator to ensure we stuck to the recommended guidelines.

Between April and September, we had ‘staff’ challenges to raise money such as 5K and 10k races, a swimming challenge and Yoga retreats and we invited people to raise money for us on Justgiving. We also ran our own fundraising day at the Emmanuel centre in August 2024. In total over the year we raised £6,526 through donations, and we had just over £1,000 in the reserves account on the 31[st] October.

6. Financial Review

Overall the charity was in a good position at the end of the year compared to the start, with £47,422 in the bank, although most of this was restricted reserves being carried over to the new year (£42,804). This however means that we start the year in a much better position and the prediction and hope is for growth for the charity in 2024-2025. We have had a huge variety of funders both big and small throughout the year, including some successful multi-year applications and had a total income over the year of £212,858. This is an increase on our last year as a CIC where our income was £189,000. We have chosen to do the accruals method of accounting so we are ready for our second year as a charity, where we are predicting a higher income amount of up to £300,000.

We are concentrating on further diversifying our funding portfolio with a mix of trusts and foundations and multi-year funders, which will now be open to us in our second year as a charity. In addition, we are continuing to work to increase our fundraising efforts with the public, by asking for donations and continuing to promote efforts to raise money through sports events. We are also hoping to engage with corporates who may want to fundraise for us.

7. Reserves policy

The Trustees have considered the level of reserves they wish to retain, appropriate to the CIO's needs. This is based on the CIO's size and the level of financial commitments held. The Trustees aim to ensure the CIO will be able to continue to fulfil its charitable objectives even if there is a temporary shortfall in income or unexpected expenditure. The Trustees will endeavour not to set aside funds unnecessarily. The level of reserves we will aim for is at least three months’ running costs (staff salaries, rent etc) so that we can continue to operate and keep our organisational security during potential funding shortages.

We had £42,804 restricted funds left at the end of the year, which includes the value of restricted grants as well as designated assets (supermarket vouchers for clients). There was £4,287 unrestricted reserves, of which £2,522 were designated for core costs and charitable activities as set out in the Trustees report and £1,764.82 was free reserves.

At the moment we have very little available as free reserves because we are a new charity – this is something we are aiming to build upon in 2025 in order to manage risks for the charity.

After the year end in October, we had some more fundraising events and this enabled us to build some more free reserves for the start of the 2025 calendar year.

8. Going concern

Preparation of the accounts is on a going concern basis. The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the Charity’s ability to continue as a going concern.

9. Principal risks

The Trustees actively review the major risks which the charity faces on a regular basis and believe that maintaining the free reserves stated, combined with the annual review of the controls over key

financial systems carried out on an annual basis will provide sufficient resources in the event of adverse conditions. The Trustees have also examined other operational and business risks which they face and confirm that they have established systems to mitigate the significant risks. The main risks the Trustees have identified for 2024/2025 is the increase in National Insurance contributions required by employers from April 2025; but future funding applications will include this cost. In addition, the Chief Executive Officer is going on maternity leave in May 2025, which presents an operational risk to the charity, as the CEO is also the founder. However, this risk is mitigated through plans of changes in staff roles and organisational structure from April 2025, ensuring the organisation will still have a CEO.

10. Structure, Governance and Management

Type of governing document: Constitution
The charity is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation
The founding Trustees were elected in August 2023 before dissolution of the previous CIC. There was a new Trustee elected mid-year (February 2024) by the board of Trustees following an application process. New Trustees will be elected at the first AGM in May 2025.

Payments to Trustees

During the reporting period Trustee Kerry Purle received Charity Commission authorised remuneration of £10,758.69 including Employers Pension and NI Contributions as an employee of the charity in her role as Peer Supporter and Events Facilitator.

No other Trustee received remuneration or other benefits during the reporting period.

Salary and benefits of Key Personnel

The total salary and employee benefits of the Chief Executive Officer Kimberly Preston-Bond (highest paid member of staff) was £43,296.78 including employers pension and NI contributions.

11. Reference and Administrative details

Charity name	Visit from the Stork
Other name the charity uses
Registered charity number	1205513
Charity’s principal address	Emmanuel Church and Centre 174 Langworthy Road Salford M6 5PN

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year
Jake Rowland	Chairperson
KerryPurle
Debbie Fallon
Abigail Mistry	Vice-Chairperson
Anne Ryan
Dave Fraser		Resigned January2024
Bayan Masri		Resigned December 2023

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information) CEO: Kimberly Preston-Bond

Declarations

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

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Jake Rowland (May 13, 2025, 6:31pm)Jake Rowland Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair of Trustees Chair, etc) Date 13 May 2025

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VISIT FROM THE STORK	VISIT FROM THE STORK	CharityNo	1205513	1205513

Annualaccountsforthe period
Period start date	01-Nov-23	To	Period end date	31-Oct-24

Section A Statement of financial activities (including summary income and expenditure account)

Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds £ £ £	Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds £ £ £	Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds £ £ £	Total funds Prior Year £ £	Total funds Prior Year £ £
8,526	-	-	8,526	-
31,425	166,044	-	197,469	-
6,110	-	-	6,110	-
-	-	-	-	-
753	-	-	753	-
-	-	-	-	-
46,814	166,044	-	212,858	-

3,267	800	-	4,067	-
24,247	106,483	-	130,730	-
12,116	15,957		28,073
-	-	-	-	-
39,630	123,240	-	162,870	-

7,184	42,804	-	49,988	-
-	-	-	-	-
7,184	42,804	-	49,988	-
-	-	-	-	-
7,184	42,804	-	49,988	-
-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-

-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-
7,184	42,804	-	49,988	-

2,897 -	-	-	2,897 -	-
4,287	42,804	-	47,091	-

Section B Balance sheet

Unrestricted funds £	Restricted income funds Endowment funds Total this year £ £ £	Restricted income funds Endowment funds Total this year £ £ £	Restricted income funds Endowment funds Total this year £ £ £	Total last year £
	3,748	-	3,748	-
-	3,748	-	3,748	-

104	3,101	-	3,205	-
642	-	-	642	-
242	47,180	-	47,422	-
988	50,281	-	51,269	-

7,926		-	7,926	-

- 6,938	50,281	-	43,343	-

- 6,938	54,029	-	47,091	-

-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-

- 6,938	54,029	-	47,091	-

	42,804		42,804 4,287 -	-
4,287				-


4,287	42,804	-	47,091	-

"These accounts have been prepared on the basis of an independent examination as required under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011. The charity’s gross income did not exceed the audit threshold for the year."

The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to charities subject to an independent examination under the Charities Act 2011.

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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees

Signature of trustee authenticating accounts being sent to Charity Commission

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Section C Notes to the accounts

Note 1 Basis of preparation

This section should be completed by all charities .

1.1 Basis of accounting

These accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant note(s) to these accounts.

The accounts have been prepared in accordance with:

the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued on 16 July 2014
the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)
and with the Charities Act 2011.

The charity constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102.*

1.1 Going Concern

The Trustees have considered the appropriateness of preparing the financial statements on a going concern basis. Following the recent conversion from a Community Interest Company (CIC) to a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), the Charity has encountered a temporary reduction in its unrestricted reserves. This is primarily due to the transitional period as the Charity re-establishes itself in its new charitable form.

The Trustees recognise that the current financial position may raise concerns; however, they are confident that this situation is temporary. Since the conversion, there has been clear evidence of improving financial stability, with new funding opportunities emerging and secured income streams demonstrating positive future prospects. The Charity has actively engaged with donors, grant funders, and partners to rebuild its financial base and ensure long-term sustainability.

The Trustees have prepared detailed cash flow forecasts and budget projections that demonstrate the Charity’s ability to meet its obligations as they fall due. These projections are based on reasonable assumptions about future income, including anticipated grant awards, donations, and fundraising activities. The Trustees are satisfied that sufficient resources will be available to continue operating for the foreseeable future.

On this basis, the Trustees believe that the preparation of the financial statements on a going concern basis is appropriate.

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Section C	Notes to the accounts (cont)
Note 2	Accounting policies
2.1 INCOME
Recognition of income	These are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SoFA) when:
	• the charity becomes entitled to the resources;
	• it is more likely than not that the trustees will receive the resources;
	• the monetary value can be measured with sufficient reliability.
Offsetting	There has been no offsetting of assets and liabilities, or income and expenses, unless required or permitted by the FRS 102 SORP or FRS 102.
Grants and donations	Grants and donations are only included in the SoFA when the general income recognition criteria are met (5.10 to 5.12 FRS102 SORP).
	In the case of performance related grants, income must only be recognised to the extent that the
	charity has provided the specified goods or services as entitlement to the grant only occurs when the
	performance related conditions are met (5.16 FRS 102 SORP).
Support costs	The charity has incurred expenditure on support costs.
Volunteer help	The value of any voluntary help received is not included in the accounts but is described in the trustees’ annual report.
Income from interest,	This is included in the accounts when receipt is probable and the amount receivable can be measured
royalties and dividends	reliably.
Income from membership subscriptions	Membership subscriptions which gives a member the right to buy services or other benefits are Membership subscriptions received in the nature of a gift are recognised in Donations and Legacies.
	recognised as income earned from the provision of goods and services as income from charitable
	activities.
	Liabilities are recognised where it is more likely than not that there is a legal or constructive obligation
Liability recognition	committing the charity to pay out resources and the amount of the obligation can be measured with
	reasonable certainty.
Governance and support costs	Support costs have been allocated between governance costs and other support. Governance costs comprise all costs involving public accountability of the charity and its compliance with regulation and good practice.
	Support costs include central functions and have been allocated to activity cost categories on a basis
	consistent with the use of resources, eg allocating property costs by floor areas, or per capita, staff
	costs by the time spent and other costs by their usage.
Redundancy cost	The charity made no redundancy payments during the reporting period.
Deferred income	No material item of deferred income has been included in the accounts.
Creditors	The charity has creditors which are measured at settlement amounts less any trade discounts
Provisions for	A liability is measured on recognition at its historical cost and then subsequently measured at the best
liabilities	estimate of the amount required to settle the obligation at the reporting date
2.2 ASSETS
Tangible fixed assets	These are capitalised if they can be used for more than one year
for use by charity
	They are valued at cost.
	The depreciation rates and methods used are disclosed in note 9.
Stocks and work in	Stocks held for sale as part of non-charitable trade are measured at the lower
progress	or cost or net realisable value.
	Goods or services provided as part of a charitable activity are measured at net
	realisable value based on the service potential provided by items of stock.
	Debtors (including trade debtors and loans receivable) are measured on initial recognition at
Debtors	settlement amount after any trade discounts or amount advanced by the charity. Subsequently, they
	are measured at the cash or other consideration expected to be received.

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 4 Expenditure

Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds Total funds Prior year £ £ Analysis of income	Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds Total funds Prior year £ £ Analysis of income	Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds Total funds Prior year £ £ Analysis of income	Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds Total funds Prior year £ £ Analysis of income	Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds Total funds Prior year £ £ Analysis of income	Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds Total funds Prior year £ £ Analysis of income
Donations and gifts	6,526	-	-	6,526	-
JD Foundation-10th Birthday	1,500			1,500
Neighbourly	500			500
Other	-	-	-	-
Total	8,526	-	-	8,526	-

10GM Walking & Wheeling	-	3,000	-	3,000	-
Albert Hunt Trust	-	2,000	-	2,000	-
Awards for All-BOOBs project	-	8,087	-	8,087	-
Cost of Living National Lottery	-	68,590	-	68,590	-
Feed UK	-	250	-	250	-
Household Support Fund	-	5,603	-	5,603	-
Manchester Relief In Need	-	3,470	-	3,470	-
Manchester University	-	6,921	-	6,921	-
Manchester Active	-	1,500	-	1,500	-
MSV Housing	-	730	-	730	-
One Manchester	-	7,675	-	7,675	-
Salford CVS-Family Hub Fund	-	4,972	-	4,972	-
Salford CVS-Wellbeing Fund	-	5,000	-	5,000	-
Salford cvs-Impact Fund	-	12,570	-	12,570	-
Save The Children	-	1,200	-	1,200	-
The Charity Service	-	3,000	-	3,000	-
Trusthouse	-	16,527	-	16,527	-
We Luv Mcr	-	3,585	-	3,585	-
WEA Job Coach	-	11,364	-	11,364	-
UNRESTRICTED:
JD Foundation-10th Birthday	-	-	-	-	-
Landsec	2,000	-	-	2,000	-
Neighbourly	-	-	-	-	-
NHS Manchester	216	-	-	216	-
Postcode Neighbourhood	25,000	-	-	25,000	-
Salford Responsive	1,769	-	-	1,769	-
Other	2,440	-	-	2,440	-
Total	31,425	166,044	-	197,469	-

Sales	6,110	-	-	6,110	-
Total	6,110	-	-	6,110	-

Complaint Claim	200	-	-	200	-
Yoga Classes	440	-	-	440	-
Other minor incomes	113	-	-	113	-
	-	-	-	-	-
Total	753	-	-	753	-

	46,814	166,044	-	212,858	-

Other information:

Within the income items above the following items are material:

46,814 on: me items above the following items are material: ME	166,044
Monies deferred in CIC Awards for All Salford CVS - Impact Fund Salford Responsive	8,087 12,570 1,769
MSV Housing Household Support Fund NHS Mcr	730
	603
	216
	23,975

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Note 4 Expenditure

Note 4 Expenditure
Analysis Expenditure on raising funds:	Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds Total funds Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds Total funds £ £ Last year This year
Fun Run - Albert Hunt Trust	-	750	-	750	-	-	-	-
Fundraising Regulator - Col Nat Lottery	-	50	-	50	-	-	-	-
Fundraiser Fees	2,963	-	-	2,963	-	-	-	-
Leisure Centre	67	-	-	67	-	-	-	-
Clothing	32	-	-	32	-	-	-	-
Table Hire	8	-	-	8	-	-	-	-
Printing & Design	197	-	-	197	-	-	-	-
Total expenditure on raising funds	3,267	800	-	4,067	-	-	-	-
Expenditure on charitable activities:
10GM Walking & Wheeling	-	1,493	-	1,493	-	-	-	-
Albert Hunt Trust	-	17	-	17	-	-	-	-
Awards for All - BOOBs project	-	7,187	-	7,187	-	-	-	-
Cost of Living National Lottery	-	54,755	-	54,755	-	-	-	-
Feed UK	-	250	-	250	-	-	-	-
Household Support Fund	-	2,473	-	2,473	-	-	-	-
JD Foundation - 10th Birthday	368	-	-	368	-	-	-	-
Landsec	-	1,115	-	1,115	-	-	-	-
Manchester Relief In Need	-	529	-	529	-	-	-	-
Manchester University	-	4,368	-	4,368	-	-	-	-
Manchester Active	-	750	-	750	-	-	-	-
MSV Housing	-	731	-	731	-	-	-	-
Neighbourly	143	-	-	143	-	-	-	-
NHS Manchester	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
One Manchester	-	3,825	-	3,825	-	-	-	-
Postcode Neighbourhood	13,617	-	-	13,617	-	-	-	-
Salford CVS - Family Hub Fund	-	3,546	-	3,546	-	-	-	-
Salford CVS - Wellbeing Fund	-	705	-	705	-	-	-	-
Salford cvs - Impact Fund	-	5,675	-	5,675	-	-	-	-
Salford Responsive	1,532	-	-	1,532	-	-	-	-
Save The Children	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
The Charity Service	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trusthouse	-	9,150	-	9,150	-	-	-	-
We Luv Mcr	-	1,936	-	1,936	-	-	-	-
WEA Job Coach	-	7,978	-	7,978	-	-	-	-
Other	8,587	-	-	8,587	-	-	-	-
Total expenditure on charitable activities	24,247	106,483	-	130,730	-	-	-	-

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Note 4 Expenditure Separate material item of expense Analysis	Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds Total funds Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds Total funds Last year This year
10GM Walking& Wheeling	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Albert Hunt Trust	-	410	-	410	-	-	-	-
Awards for All - BOOBs project	-	700	-	700	-	-	-	-
Cost of LivingNational Lottery	-	7,664	-	7,664	-	-	-	-
Feed UK	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Household Support Fund	-	3,016	-	3,016	-	-	-	-
JD Foundation - 10th Birthday	17	-	-	17	-	-	-	-
Landsec	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Manchester Relief In Need	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Manchester University	-	109	-	109	-	-	-	-
Manchester Active	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MSV Housing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Neighbourly	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
NHS Manchester	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
One Manchester	-	125	-	125	-	-	-	-
Postcode Neighbourhood	4,043	-	-	4,043	-	-	-	-
Salford CVS - FamilyHub Fund	-	71	-	71	-	-	-	-
Salford CVS - WellbeingFund	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Salford cvs - Impact Fund	-	35	-	35	-	-	-	-
Salford Responsive	40	-	-	40	-	-	-	-
Save The Children	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
The CharityService	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trusthouse	-	3,456	-	3,456	-	-	-	-
We Luv Mcr	-	3	-	3	-	-	-	-
WEA Job Coach	-	368	-	368	-	-	-	-
Other	8,016	-	-	8,016	-	-	-	-
Total	12,116	15,957	-	28,073	-	-	-	-
Other
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total other expenditure TOTAL EXPENDITURE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	39,630	123,240	-	162,870	-	-	-	-

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Note 4 Expenditure

Other information:

Analysis of expenditure on charitable activities

	Thisyear	Thisyear	Thisyear	Thisyear	Lastyear	Lastyear	Lastyear	Lastyear
Activity or programme	Activities undertaken directly	Grant funding of activities	Support Costs- Staff Wages	Total this year	Activities undertaken directly	Grant funding of activities	Support Costs	Total last year
	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
10GM Walking & Wheeling	643	-	850	1,493	-	-	-	-
Albert Hunt Trust	17	-	-	17	-	-	-	-
Awards for All-BOOBs project	1,771	-	5,416	7,187	-	-	-	-
Cost of Living National Lottery	11,343	-	43,412	54,755	-	-	-	-
Feed UK	250	-	-	250	-	-	-	-
Household Support Fund	40	-	2,433	2,473	-	-	-	-
Manchester Relief In Need	120	-	409	529	-	-	-	-
Manchester University	4,368	-	-	4,368	-	-	-	-
Manchester Active	750	-	-	750	-	-	-	-
MSV Housing	731	-	-	731	-	-	-	-
One Manchester	2,674	-	1,151	3,825	-	-	-	-
Salford CVS-Family Hub Fund	-	-	3,546	3,546	-	-	-	-
Salford CVS-Wellbeing Fund	-	-	705	705	-	-	-	-
Salford cvs-Impact Fund	1,009	-	4,666	5,675	-	-	-	-
Save The Children	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
The Charity Service	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trusthouse	5,396	-	3,754	9,150	-	-	-	-
We Luv Mcr	1,936	-	-	1,936	-	-	-	-
WEA Job Coach	2,878	-	5,100	7,978	-	-	-	-
JD Foundation-10th Birthday	368	-	-	368	-	-	-	-
Landsec	1,115	-	-	1,115	-	-	-	-
Neighbourly	143	-	-	143	-	-	-	-
NHS Manchester	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Postcode Neighbourhood	1,151	-	12,466	13,617	-	-	-	-
Salford Responsive	499	-	1,033	1,532	-	-	-	-
Other	3,917	-	4,670	8,587	-	-	-	-
Total	41,119	-	89,611	130,730	-	-	-	-

Analysis of expenditure on Separate material item of expense

	Thisyear	Thisyear	Thisyear	Thisyear	Thisyear	Lastyear	Lastyear	Lastyear	Lastyear	Lastyear
Activity or programme	Governance	Other Staff Costs	Premises	Office Costs	Total this year	Governa nce	Other Staff Costs	Premises	Office Costs	Total last year
	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
10GM	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-
Albert Hull	400	10	-	-	410.00	-	-		-	-
Awards for All	-	700	-	-	700.00	-	-		-	-
CoL	1,588	134	4,957	985	7,664.00	-	-		-	-
Housing Support	750	-	2,213	53	3,016.00	-	-		-	-
Manchester RIN	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-
Manchester Univ	-	93	-	16	109.00	-	-		-	-
MSV Housing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-
One Manchester	-	-	-	125	125.00	-	-		-	-
Salford CVS - Family Hubs Fund	-	-	-	71	71.00	-	-		-	-
Salford CVS Impact Fund	-	-	-	35	35.00	-	-		-	-
Trusthouse	400	542	605	1,909	3,456.00	-	-		-	-
We Luv Mcr	-	-	-	3	3.00	-	-		-	-
WEA(Job Coach)	-	90	-	278	368.00	-	-		-	-
JD Foundation	-	-	-	17	17.00	-	-		-	-
Neighbourly	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-
Postcode Neighbourhood	580	37	2,758	668	4,043.00	-	-		-	-
Salford Responsive	-	-	-	40	40.00	-	-		-	-
Other	1,178	810	410	5,618	8,016.00	-	-		-	-
Total	4,896.00	2,416.00	10,943.00	9,818.00	28,073.00	-	-		-	-

Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 6 Details of certain types of expenditure

Note 10.1 Fees for examination of the accounts

Please provide details of the amount paid for any statutory external scrutiny of accounts and other services provided by your independent examiner. If nothing was paid please enter '0' in the appropriate box(es).

Independent examiner’s fees Bookkeeping Trustee Meetings

This year £	Last year £
1,500	-
3,098	-
298	-

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Note 7 Paid employees

Please complete this note if the charity has any employees (transactions with Trustees dealt with in Note 28)

7.1 Staff Costs

7.1 Staff Costs
Salaries and wages Social security costs Other employee benefits Total staff costs Pension costs (defined contribution scheme)	This year £	Last year £
	87,739	-
	-	-
	1,872
	-	-
	89,611	-

Please give details of the number of employees whose total employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) fell within each band of £10,000 from £60,000 upwards. If there are no such transactions, please enter 'true' in the box provided.

No employees received employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) for the reporting period of more than £60,000

7.2 Average head count in the year

The parts of the charity in which the employees work

	This year Number	Last year Number
Fundraising	-	-
Charitable Activities	3.5	-
Governance	0.5	-
Other	-	-
Total	4	-

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Note 8 Defined contribution pension scheme or defined benefit scheme accounted for as a defined contribution scheme.

8.1 Please complete this note if a defined contribution pension scheme is operated.

Amount of contributions recognised in the SOFA as an expense Please explain the basis for allocating the liability and expense of defined contribution pension scheme between activities and between restricted and unrestricted funds.	This year	Last year
	£	£
	1,872	-

	Based on number of hours staff member has worked on the related project.

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Note 9 Tangible fixed assets Please complete this note if the charity has any tangible fixed assets 9.1 Cost or valuation

Computers £	Equipment £	Fixtures & fittings £	Total £
903	752	3,387	5,042
2,450	-	-	2,450
-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-
3,353	752	3,387	7,492
impairments
SL	SL	SL	SL
33.3	15	20

903	238	1,118	2,259
-	-	-	-
816	88	354	1,258
-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-
1,719	326	1,472	3,517

-	514	2,269	2,783
1,634	426	1,915	3,975

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Note 18 0 Stocks Please complete this note if the charity holds any stock items

10.1 Please state the carrying amount of stock and work in progress analysed between activities.

Stock	Stock	Last Year	Last Year
For distribution	For resale	For distribut	For resale
£	£	£	£

300	-	-	-
-	2,905	-	-
-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-
300	2,905	-	-

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Note 11 Debtors and prepayments

Please complete this note if the charity has any debtors or prepayments.

11.1 Analysis of debtors

Trade debtors Prepayments and accrued income Other debtors

Total	This year £	Last year £
	-	-
	642	-
	-	-
	642	-

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Note 12 Creditors and accruals

Please complete this note if the charity has any creditors or accruals.

12.1 Analysis of creditors

Amounts falling due within one year	Amounts falling due within one year	Amounts falling due after more than one year	Amounts falling due after more than one year
This year £	Last year £	This year £	Last year £
1,500	-	-	-
6,426	-	-	-
-	-	-	-
7,926	-	-	-

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Other Short term deposits Cash at bank and on hand Total Note 13 Cash at bank and in hand Short term cash investments (less than 3 months maturity date)	This year Last year £ £ - - - - 47,422- - - 47,422 -	This year Last year £ £ - - - - 47,422- - - 47,422 -
	This year £	Last year £
	-	-
	-	-
	47,422	-
	-	-
	47,422	-

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Note 14 Charity funds

14.1 Details of material funds held and movements during the CURRENT reporting period

Please give details of the movements of material individual funds in the reporting period together with a balancing figure for 'Other funds' (which should include revaluation reserve and fair value reserve, if applicable). The 'Total funds' figure below should reconcile to 'Total funds' in the balance sheet.

* Key: PE - permanent endowment funds; EE - expendable endowment funds; R - restricted income funds, including special trusts, of the charity; and U - unrestricted funds

*unrestricted funds*
Fund names	Type PE, EE R or UR *	Purpose and Restrictions	Transferred in from CIC deferred Income £	Income £	Expenditure £	Transfers £	Gains and losses £	Fund balances carried forward £
10GM Walking& Wheeling	R	Project BOOBs	-	3,000	- 1,493	-	-	1,507
Albert Hunt Trust	R	Unrestricted Core Costs	-	2,000	- 1,177	-	-	823
Awards for All - BOOBs project	R	Project BOOBs	8,087	-	- 7,887	-	-	200
Cost of LivingNational Lottery	R	Stork Support / Stayand Play	-	68,590	- 62,469	-	-	6,121
Feed UK	R	E-gift vouchers for formula	-	250	- 250	-	-	-
Household Support Fund	R	Stork support essentials and milk vouchers	603	5,000	- 5,489	-	-	114
Manchester Relief In Need	R	Stork Support	-	3,470	- 528	-	-	2,942
Manchester University	R	Harpurhey group	-	6,921	- 4,477	-	-	2,444
Manchester Active	R	E-gift vouchers for formula milk	-	1,500	- 750	-	-	750
MSV Housing	R	Stork Support BabyEssentials	730	-	- 731	-	-	- 1
One Manchester	R	Longsight Group	-	7,675	- 3,951	-	-	3,724
Salford CVS - FamilyHub Fund	R	Stork Support rails & Stayand Play	-	4,972	- 3,617	-	-	1,355
Salford CVS - WellbeingFund	R	Project BOOBs	-	5,000	- 705	-	-	4,295
Salford cvs - Impact Fund	R	Project BOOBs	12,570	-	- 5,710	-	-	6,860
Save The Children	R	Stork Support	-	1,200	-	-	-	1,200
The CharityService	R	Stork Support	-	3,000	-	-	-	3,000
Trusthouse	R	Core Costs	-	16,527	- 12,605	-	-	3,922
We Luv Mcr	R	Longsight Group	-	3,585	- 1,939	-	-	1,646
WEA Job Coach	R	Stork Boost	-	11,364	- 8,347	-	-	3,017
Other	UR	Unrestricted Core Costs	- 912	47,726	- 40,745	-	-	6,069
Total Funds as per balance sheet			21,078	191,780	- 162,870	-	-	49,988

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Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees VISIT FROM THE STORK On accounts for the year 31 OCTOBER 2024 Charity no 1205513 ended (if any) Set out on pages 1-17 (

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/10/2024 .

Responsibilities and As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the basis of report accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent The charity’s gross income although not exceeding £250,000 and I am examiner's statement qualified to undertake the examination by being a qualified member of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, have been asked by the trustees to undertake an Independent Examination.

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Signed: Date: 08/04/2025 Name: Moragh Hunt Relevant professional FCCA, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants qualification(s) or body Membership No. 2540623 (if any):

Oct 2018

IER

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Bury

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Section B Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).

Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .

Oct 2018

IER

Independent_Examiner_s_report

Final Audit Report

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