REGISTERED CHARrrY NUMBER.. 1205940 REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND UNAUDrrED FINANCIAL STATEMEpirs FOR THE PERIOD 28 NOVEMBER 2023 TO 28 FEBRUARY 2025 FOR STRIDE FORWARD Gibs(x) Whitter ar¥J Chartered Tax Aoknse ParklarKt5 8ugress P Hanpshire P07 6XP STRIDE FORWARD CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENrs FOR THE PERIOD 28 NOVEMBER 2023 TO 28 FEBRUARY 2025 R•port ofthe Trust••s 1 to 3 Balance Sh••t Note¥ to th• Finan¢ial Statem 7 10 11 STRIDE FORWARD REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE PERIOD 28 NOVEMBER 2023 TO 28 FEBRUARY 2025 The trustees present ther repcKI v￿th the fmanci81 slatements of Ihe c*arity kv the p8md 28 Novembef 2023 to 28 F8tKuary 2025. Tho Irustees have athpt*J lh8 of AccountiThJ and Reporting by Charitias.. Stat8mgnt of Recommer*Jed Praclice a￿Kab￿ to c*aritses preparThJ their accwnts in accvrfance th the Financial Re￿ts"n9 StarKlaryJ appli(>b￿ in the UK Republic of Ireland IFRS 102) leffethe 1 J8nuary 2019). 08JECTNES AND ACTMTIES ObJ•thv•s and airns Our charity's puw. as sèt tyjt M) the CW c1)nt&￿ li the thanty's constthth)n. is to.. meet their personal, xKaal aThJ vcKaliwl needs. To 5UPFQrt them to engage in meaningful daity 8JYJvrtw. be an a(11￿, ￿E￿)Sel￿1 n￿ber of SOLaety aThY achieve th8ir lull potential. Raise greater awareness of the needs of those have suffered from a lifechanging injury amongst re￿vant n￿￿81, c8se man￿Men( IwJal aThJ other appropriate prof8ssh)naks. Our tharity aims lo improve the q￿lty of lrfe of those who wffer li1￿8n9￿rYj injuries and to enab￿ them lo have a lrfe ffi1￿ ¥￿thi0Y pwwse. f￿ty purFKEes that ts charity was set up to furt￿r. Ensuling OurWO￿ Doll￿rS Our Alms We rew8w our aims. objectives aThJ actNI1￿ ypar. This reNie* kJ)ks at Vlhal we athieved and the cmjtcomes of our work in the preV￿)uS 12 fft)nths. The review Icoks at the success of e&h key adivity and thè i￿9fits they have trN(￿ght to thc60 grcw of pg09 we ao so1 up to help. The review also hdps us ensure our awn, obj'ethes and a(*Mlies remain focused on tKJr stated purposes. We have referred lo the gUid￿ce a)ntsing(l in the Chanty C(M))mlssK￿'s wefal guidance on publ￿ bonafit whgn reM8wng OLW aims and o*'ectives and in ￿annIng our ftrture actmbes. In partiojlar. the trustee5 n5ider how planned achvrtie5 wll ¢ontrknts to the awn5 aTrJ 014"e(*ves they have set. The F¢xu$ of Our Work Our main objethes f(Y the yoar have been to Ixmkl a nthY)rk of volw)teer aryos$ a varigty of strategies we used to meet these obJecti¥e5.' 88gun worknng wth a varidy ol irmlusty specialists ojnmunitss to attrad volunteer mentors. De1￿9r8d trauma4nfomwJ trainiNJ to ment￿S ar*J Wov￿ due di￿J8r￿￿ in assuring mantors ar8 Suitab￿ lo I￿rk ￿ wjlnerabla adults. Created systems [￿CeSseS to rnan&Je the Iwge administralNe burden ar¥J matching DelNgfgd ongoir4J SUPF(Wt to vduntggr ft￿nttys. from c4)aching aThJ m8ntoring advL9 and dinical psych)Ic¥Jy. InvestrJated r(xrtes lo ath1ress some of the bmrs to those sufferirwJ lif8d)anging In1￿8S engaging in Frfrylamm￿ ￿ as diffi￿NY managing lifv administration and finar￿es. Began lo ￿10t career gilld8n￿ for th)se yourvJ peop￿ whJ have suffereil a lilethaNaing injury and not know what direth￿ they wtsh to tske. IdentifyW￿ inleresls to then fmd volunteer mentor in the fi￿J[e. Explored community programme5 to offer safe enwronThnts for th)se suffering from lrfe-¢hangirvJ injur*s to develop (￿r￿￿ence. sew-gstegm nèw skdL8. Evenis We￿ htr3hty S￿￿essful tyjt Carnew￿l a heavy athministrative burden. Agreed fLrture focaJs ￿11 be on mentee aThJ mentor community events io trust and ￿￿ts¥8 relationships. Pagg 1 STRIDE FORWARD REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE PEKY)D 28 NOVEMBER 2023 TO 28 FEBRUARY 2025 ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE A¢hl•v•m•nts The Chariiy made 20 vc4unleer ffwttY.rrwrtee ftKgtd￿ in tr* peiicKI from April 2024 to February 2025.. 2 Mentor5 we be￿g wc(e5sed. eilher8w8ithJ trainw￿ ty DBS c£￿(¥t￿)n. 15 Mentor Pr(¥Jrammes are a(*v 3 Mentor.Menleos are Wa￿n9 for an inlrc*knkn ￿ to life for Ir￿nte8s 3 Mentees a￿ re￿i￿ng career gupjar 5 Mentees wa￿"ng for a mat(* V￿th a v(Auntsw m￿ltC FINANCIAL REVEW Financial position The Charty in its first year has ath￿Ved a sol•J financial F*)Sit*￿ sufficEnl to sustain Tt5 seo)nd year ol adivty. The aim is to bwkl on f(KJndation oblain sustsinaUe fvThJing streams with FundiThJ streams have inclLthd grants that have ntrt required estatAished ac(x)unting eviden￿ and support nffiv charities such as the Nali(Mwl Lottery Grants Al. StKmscYship from logal firnis wc¥knrwJ in par$w￿l injury and medul n&31￿￿enCe have provided a pr0F(wti￿ of the fvndlng arxl restrlcted frJnds specifully for Our fuknre plans for finanoal susla1na￿1ty inthda buildiry a w¥Jer base of Inte￿sted companies that can prowde volunteer mentors aThJ fuThJiThJ as part of their key perfCffl￿nce 1TrJicato￿ for corporate S￿la1 responsibility. Wrth a fir51 periDJ of can appty kn a greater number of grant schemes. Totsl inccmw inc(Mne the re[Krf1r￿ perKMJ was £41.301. is reasonabkn wilh the firs¢ rgporling perKyJ ol the tharity. Total experKliture £43.915. hol•￿r. thi5 W￿lUd￿j iiwbal sel ￿ of the charity of aroLnd È13.000. Owall, the charity mafle 8 deficat of £2,614. Reserves polivi Thg charity aimed to eSta1￿1$h general reser¥es of £2.(KX) th? 202&25 finanoal year. H(Mever. due to som8 funding being received in thance aThJ theref￿9 defofrwj irrto fijture pwic*Js and the initial s8t up cosls of the charity thss has not been ath￿ved. The charity continLW its futhiwg effryl aThJ man•Jgs its hianc4s cargfijly to ensure ffinancial st8bilty in the frjlure. Going concem The tharity has net Ikitillie5 at the balan￿ sheet date. Thi% i8 pinopalty due to amounts owwJ to a trust80 01 £15,5C(I, has agreed not to seek repayn*rt until th8 charity ￿ sufficient cashflows to do $0. On this the I￿SteeS have prepar&l the finanual statements on the wing o)rKem basis. Page 2 STRIDE FORWARD REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE PERIOD 28 NOVEPIBER 2023 TO 28 FEBRUARY 2025 STRUCTURE. GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Governing d0￿m￿t The charity is contrO￿￿j by its docwienl arvj s a Chatitsble Irwrpyatgd Trganisat#Jn ICIOI r8gist8r8d on 28 November 2023. As part of establishing the c*arity in ts ffirst year. contracknts wwe used inthlty in settiThJ up the tharity and prwding mentoring F¥ogrammo management. suslainabilty. thg tharity has empk)yed a Part￿rne progfammè and business devd0[￿ent manapr. fime aThJ resou￿S have been used to sel up a CRM pLattorm to improve Ihe managerrEnt ar¥J wnnir¥J of the rnent￿J prDJrammes aThJ to redLKe the 8¢Jfflinistrative tMJrden as the number of mentoritwj pffYyaMn￿ gro￿. The management team iTKILNks a vclLnteer CEO aTrJ a pwt4ime p￿￿rne tKtsiness devdopnent manager. The plan is lo fund a part4i))e CEO I￿8. Polkies have been ￿itten and to coversrx Inain rns: Govemance and Lgodershp Operational EmploY￿￿￿t and HR Fundraising Finaroal Man•3em Projrammes and Partiupant IT and Communicath)n5. REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS R•gisl•r•d Charity number 1205940 Prfnclpal ad(tr￿S Summathay Venn Ottery Road Newton PopF4efo Sidmouth Devon EX10 OBU Trust Hdly Margar8t lQng lappoint8d 28.11.23) Anna Wiseman (appointed 28.11.23) Ad8m Charfes Marthant-Win(#)tt laFvJinted 28.11.231 William Latjrence Latimer-sayer {apFointgJ 28.11.231 Annabol Mary Tayknr41oss (appoin￿￿ 28.11.ZJl IResKJned 26 03 26) Independent Examlner Gibson Whitief Chartered Acc￿ntants arKI Chartered Tax AthseF5 Larth House Parklands Busingss P Denmead Hampshir8 P07 6XP 31 March 2026 Approvad by ordgrof thè tr￿Ard oflrnsta8s on ............................................. &gnad on its b8haif by.. Holty Margaret lting- Trustee Ptye3 INDEPENDE1￿ EXAIAINER'S REPORT TO THE TrUSTEES OF STRIDE FORWARD Independent examinerfs report to the tru$te•s of Strid• Fwward I rewt to the tharity trustee5 on my eXamina￿n of the ac￿￿nts of StrKIg Fcwrd Itho Tru$ll for thg Pgr 28 Novembor 2023 to 28 February 2025. Respons1bllltl￿ and basls of r•port As the charity trustees of the Trusl you are resFonsbb the ple￿at￿￿ of the accxjunts in accordance v the raquiroments of the Chanties Aci 2011 fthe AL*I. l TeF(fft in resp&# of my ex8mwwlKX) of Trusfs aoxwnts oul uThJgr SeLlion 145 of the Act and in carrying oui my examIna￿n I have fcAl¢Thved al appI￿ab￿ DiTec*ions gNen by the Charity Commission urKler Sèction 145151(bl ofthe Ind•p•ndgnt examinerfs statement I have completed my examination. l l￿fi￿n that rn Mth1￿ matters have to my att￿tiOn in connection with the examinati￿ gmng me cause to boliove that ￿ any material iesp8cL accountir4J recC￿S V*Bre Th)t kept in res[￿￿ olthe Tnjst as requir•J by Sod¥)n 130 of the A￿. or the arKa)unts do not acoJrf wth those recrKds,' ty the accounts do compty with the reqLMTements ojnceming the fr)￿1 aThJ Djnlent of accounts set out in the Charitss (AcC￿Jnts aThJ Rep￿ts) Rwulalions 2008 other than any roquiremont that the acojunts give a true arwj fair wew is a matter tJ)nsidergd as W of an indopendenl examinalK)n. attenti￿ sh￿Id be drawn in Ihis to enab￿ a proper understaThJing of Ihe accounts to be rea¢hed. Ga￿n Whitt6r Gibson Whitter Chart8r8d ACC￿Jntants and Chartered Tax Advi5er5 Lar(* House Par*lands Buwness Park Denmead Hampshire P07 6XP Paje 4 STRIDE FORWARD STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTlVtllES FOR THE PERIOD 28 NOVEMBER 2023 TO 28 FEBRUARY 202S UmslriC￿ Restricted fuThd fU￿ts Totsl Js Notes INCOME AND ENDoWA1EP￿ FROM Dona￿nS arKI lega(xes 10,936 10.C(O 20,936 Charitable •ctlvilhs Supp)rt for indivhduaLs vrt￿ have suffered IrfthNJing injury 15.365 20.365 Total 15.936 25.365 41,301 EXPENDITURE ON Charftabl• actlvltl•s SupFxJrt f￿ individuats th) have suffuejj lifg-thanging injury 23.825 20,090 43,915 NET INCOMEIIEXPENDMJRE) 17.889} 5,275 2.6141 TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 17.889) 5.275 12.6141 P&3e 5 STRIDE FORWARD BALANCE SHEET 28 FEBRUARY 202S Unrestrthj Restricl¢d fund tunds Totsl funds cuRRETr￿ ASSETS Cash at bank 10.311 11.672 21.983 CREDITORS Arnounts f811ing due thin Th)e yaar 118200) 16.3971 124.5971 NEf CURRENT ASSEryLIA8ILmESI 17.889) 5.275 {2.614) TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIA81LmES 17.889) 5,275 (2.614) NEf ASSETS (7.889) 5,275 12.614 FUNDS Unrestricted funds Restn"clwJ fu￿lS 11 {7.889} 5.275 TOTAL FUNDS {2.614) Th8 fin￿GaI statemen15 were appThed aLthOrI￿ for issu8 by BO8￿ of Trustees aThJ aLrthorised for issueon......11.Mar£h.21)26.......... Holty Maryaret K¥ig- Tr Adam Charte$ Marthant-Wwicott- TNste8 The rb)les fomi part (rfthese r￿Ual Stalen￿nts STRIDE FORWARD NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE PERIOD 28 NOVEMBER 2023 TO 28 FEBRUARY 2025 ACCOUNllNG POUCIES Basls of preparlng the financlal st*t•m The finan(ial statemenls of tho d*rity. a publ￿ bwefft enbty ￿￿1￿r FRS 102, have twl prepared in accordance with the Chariliès SORP {FRS 1021 knnbThJ and R8POrting by Charitiès: Statement of ReLcfflmended Pr￿ applicabk to tharitbes preparing th￿r accounts in accordance with the Finan(¥al Reporting Starwjalll appl￿ble in the UK a￿1 Reput￿￿ of Ireland IFRS 102 1offe¢¢we 1 January 20191,, Finarwl ReFthing Stsndard 102 The Financial Rewmting Stsndard applicabk in the UK aThJ Reput4K of Ireland. and the Charttss Act 2011. The finanual statements hov t￿n prepared under Ihe historical cost convention. The tharity has net li8bilitss at the sheet dat&. This is priNipally to amounts owed to a trustee of £15.5￿. ¥￿) has agr88d Th)t to seek rnpayment until the charity has sufficignt cashllows to do so. ￿ this basis thg trustses have prepar•J tho fina￿la1 slatem8nts on the gom concem b85i5. In¢oTh Voluntary income I￿￿dIng dC￿al#)ns. gffts and Wci8s and grants that [￿v￿1& 0)re fundiThJ or are of g￿￿ra1 nature are recc*Jnised where there is entiuement, recept is wobable arKI the a￿￿Unt can be asured wth suffi￿1 relabilty. Suth fKome 15 onty doferr&l when.. . the dorw sffis that Ihe grant or dc¥th rrNJst onty be in fubjre acwuntiThJ per•)d5: or . Ihe don￿ has ImpK￿ (xxKfjIMTh nwsl be tr￿rg the tharity has w￿{￿ditional entitlement. Income from chaiitstye athitw inoljdes r8c8ived contratt or entiuement lo grant funding is subject to SP8¢ific condi1￿S is r8CC*3nised as earned las the relaled gc£*Js and sorvices aro prowdedl. Grant income induded in this ￿te9￿Y provpjes fiJThJing 10 5UPF*Nt actWTties and is recryjnised where Ihore is enlillemonL recspt is probable aTrJ tho an￿Unt can be measured with suffic*nt rBliaknlty. Such Ymxrfne is only ￿ferr&I whon.. . the dO￿r SE￿ that ts grant or ¢￿ty be uwj in fUttl￿ a(￿UnI1n9 WKMts., . tha donor has inV￿j 0)ThStb￿s nmtst b8 b8forn thg dwrity has urKon(lit1￿aI enti￿eMent. Volunt••rn and dt)nat•d ￿r¥I¢•8 The Val￿ ofseNw proviW by Vokntews is Inc£W￿ inlo these financial statements. Where goK#J5 or service5 are provwjed to the d￿rItY as a Ihat ¥•￿k1 Th)rmally be purchased from Suppl￿rS. this wtributrjn is i￿￿K18d in ￿ fmancial **n￿ts al an estimate based the value ofthe contrib(rt￿n lo the tharity. Expenditur• EX￿n￿rtUre is re(wi5&I when a liabilty is iTh>Jrred. Ccffltrddual arrangETh*nts are reco3ni5ed as gc(*Js or are $UPF￿. Raising funds expenditure are those costs InC￿rTed in attracb.ng voluntsry inccffne. CharitaNe 8t*vtb"es indude expwKlrtufy ass(Kiatsd v￿th prov%ling se￿￿$ lo the charivs benefiuaries and ind￿8 b)Ih the d￿￿t costs and SUp￿t costs relating to those activities. SupFQrt C4Jsts, Ir￿uding governance costs ar*J centra hjnclions have been allocated to activities on a basis Ix)rw5tenl vth the use of rewur¢xs. Grants offer•J SL*¥eL* to cond11K￿ vthith have not t￿n met at the ypar erNJ dale are rbjted as a Irrncoyerablè VAT I resou￿5 exFended a￿ da&gr￿d uTrJer acbvty headings that a93regate all costs related to the cal9￿ry. Irrec4)Nernbk VAT is tharged against the category of resources expended for whith it wa5 I￿￿rred. (y)nlinued... STRIDE FORWARD NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS- continued FOR THE PERK)0 28 NOVEMBER 2023 TO 28 FEBRUARY 2025 ACCOUNTING POLICIES- continued Taxatlon The charity is exoryt from lax C￿ its c*wilablg aclNibes. Fund a¢¢ountlng trustees. Restri￿￿ fijnds can orty be used for Par￿al8r rnstrKXed tKffFoses Wbthin the ot¥'ects of Ihe charity. Restridions arise vthen sp8a￿d ty Ihe or w￿n funds are rais&J for partI￿lar re5trirted purp)sas. Further expk9nation of ts nalwe arKI purFK>se of exh fu￿1 is *xludgd in th8 notes to the financral stslerner)ts. DONATIONS AND LEGACIES Donations 20.936 INCOME FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVMES SupF(fft for irKIMknls who have Grants 20.365 NaI￿al Lottery Douglas Bader Foundation 15.365 5.000 20,365 CHARITABLE ACTivmES COSTS Dirgtt SupkKrft Costs (see o)5ts (see note 51 0ts6) Totals Support for individuals wlb) haNt fferwj lif￿nging irywy 25.545 18.370 43,915 P&Je 8 )nt1nl￿d... STRIDE FORWARD NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. continued FOR THE PERIOO 28 NOVEMBER 2023 TO 28 FEBRUARY 2025 DIRECT COSTS OF CHARrrABLE ACTivmES Staff costs Subwntracl(¥s Vidgo prc*Judic 7.791 12.905 4.849 25.545 SUPPORT COSTS Govemanc managen￿nI ￿sts Totals SuppKJrt for indNidLSals who h SLrftered lrfe