## **Trustees’ annual report (including Directors’ report) for the period** **From: 16/1/2024 To: 31/3/2025** **Charity name: Vital Beats CIO** **Company number: 1206569** ## **Objectives and activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To relieve the needs of women, in particular
but not exclusively women held in prisons in
England who have experienced physical,
sexual or mental abuse, or those who have
otherwise suffered trauma or who are at risk,
through the provision of support, education
and practical advice.
For the public benefit to advance education (including social
and physical training) in particular but not
exclusively for women held in prisons in
England in such ways as the charity trustees
think fit, including by providing their
education (including the study of music or
other arts) to prepare for entry to any
occupation, trade or profession on leaving
the establishment, and by developing their
mental, physical and moral capabilities
through leisure time activities.| |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|The charity’s employees and consultants attend
prisons (in particular women’s prisons), institutions
and half-way houses to provide therapy sessions as
defined by professionals. The sessions include arts,
music, and discussion groups. The target audiences
are particularly women who have been acknowledged
by the professionals as having suffered trauma which
has led to behavioural issues.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|Confirmed| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference No grants are made by the charity Para 1.38 Policy on grant making |||| |---|---|---| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|The charity provides programmes of support
for traumatised women (and sometimes
men) to assist them into society, to the
benefit of the beneficiaries and of all of
society.| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|So far, only the Trustees are volunteers| |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|Since Vital Beats was approved as a charity
in January 2024, it has worked with some
600 people. It also launched a training
program for new facilitators and re-
established performance groups.
Funded by ACE, NHS and other partners,
Vital Beats is established as a key stake
holder in social prescription modelling for
women in the Criminal Justice System
(CJS).
Through therapy sessions, alongside
sessions run by professionals, the
beneficiaries are assisted in moving on from
their past traumas and finding their place in
society. This is believed to reduce re-
offending rates.| |---|---|---| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|The charity has met its main objectives for
the provision of services and for growth.| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|The charity has been very successful in
achieving grants and negotiating contracts
for its charitable purposes, with the result
that it is growing and so offering such
services to additional groups.| Not applicable Para 1.41 Investment performance against objectives Other ## **Financial review** |**Financial review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The charity spends its grant income on the
provision of services for its beneficiaries.
The costs matched the income for the
period.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The charity has a policy of holding reserves
of 10% of its annual income, to provide a
degree of security against any potential
temporary issues in the flow of income.
However, in its first year it has not yet
enjoyed a surplus and so does not yet have
reserves.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|Nil| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|The charity spends all of its income on
providing charitable services and has not yet
created surpluses to hold reserves.
Fundraising efforts are increasing to improve
this situation.| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|Not applicable| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|The charity’s income and expenditure are
balanced, so the Trustees do not anticipate
a going-concern issue.| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Para 1.47 The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising) Not applicable Para 1.46 Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted Para 1.46 A description of the principal risks facing the charity 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|Constitution of a Charitable Incorporated
Organisation whose only voting members
are its charity trustees| |How is the charity
constituted?
for example limited company,
unincorporated association,
CIO|Para 1.25|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|The charity selects Trustees to cover the
skill-base needed to support its charitable
aims. In addition to a qualified professional
accountant and solicitor, it benefits from a
number of Trustees who have qualifications
and experience in the provision of support to
its client base.| |||| ## **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|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|The charity works with the NHS, the Prison
Service and with charities such as Nelson
Trust.| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|None| |Other||| ## **Reference and administrative details** |Charity name|**Vital Beats CIO**| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charitynumber|**1206569**| |Charity’s principal address|7 Durham Road,Bristol BS2 9QZ| **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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19|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Andrew Baker|||| ||Daniel Redstone|||| ||Ruth Pitter|||| ||Florence Headlam|||| ||Deborah Pringle|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| 20 ## – 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|| |Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own assets|| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (optional information)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (optional information)**||| |Paula Kirby, Chloe Laing||| ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **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) Full name(s)** Andrew Baker **Position (for example** Trustee **Secretary, Chair, etc) Date** 28/01/2026 **Charity Name No (if any) Vital Beats CIO 1206569 Receipts and payments accounts For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 16-Jan-24 31-Mar-25 |**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 £**
**60,556**
**22,182**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**82,738**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**82,738**
**7,867**
**60,318**
**12,854**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**81,039**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**81,039**
**1,699**
**-**
**-**
**1,699**| |
Grant Income|**-**||**60,556**||**-**||**60,556**| |Sales Income|**22,182**||**-**||**-**||**22,182**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**22,182**||**60,556**||**-**||**82,738**| ||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||| ||**-**||||||| ||**-**||||||| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||| |
Direct Costs|**2,109**||**5,758**||**-**||**7,867**| |Fees for charitable services|**16,171**||**44,147**||**-**||**60,318**| |Travel and overheads|**3,446**||**9,408**||**-**||**12,854**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**21,726**||**59,313**||**-**||**81,039**| ||||||||| |**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_**|||||||| ||**456**||||||**1,699**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**456**||||||**1,699**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 27/01/2026 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))
Bank account
**Details**
**Details**
Fixed Assets: computers, instruments
**Details**
Accruals|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**26,847**
**-**
**-**
**26,847**
Agreement Error
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**
**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**
Restricteed
Unrestricted
Total
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
Restricteed
Unrestricted
Total|**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**73,293**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**73,293**| ||||Agreement Error| ||||**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Cost (optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Cost (optional)**| ||||**1,771**| ||||**649**| ||||**2,420**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Amount due**
**(optional)**| ||Accruals|Restricteed|**73,307**| |||Unrestricted|**26,853**| |||Total|**100,160**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ## **Capital and Reserves** ||Restricteed||**1,243**| |---|---|---|---| ||Unrestricted||**455**| ||Total||1,698| |Signature||Print Name|| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 27/01/2026 ~~2~~ And￿W 8aker CCXX R3 a￿￿unt8 ISSI 2710112026 **----- Start of picture text -----**
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## **Last year** **to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - -** **-** **-** **-** CCXX R4 accounts (SS) 27/01/2026 4 **Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - -** OK **Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - -** **Current value (optional) - - - - -** **Current value (optional)** **1,257 461 1,718 - - - - - -** **When due (optional)** Date of approval CCXX R5 accounts (SS) 27/01/2026 5 23-Jan-26 CCXX R6 a￿￿unt8 ISSI 2710112026 ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** ## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the trustees/** Vital Beats CIO **members of** **On accounts for the year** 31 March 2025 **Charity no 1206569 ended (if any)** ## **Set out on pages** (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Charity”) for the period ended 31 March 2025. - **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Charity, you are responsible for the preparation **basis of report** of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). I report in respect of my examination of the Charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. ## **Independent examiner's statement** 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: - accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or - the accounts do not accord with the accounting records I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. **Date:** 24 Jan 2026 **Signed: Name:** David N Saunders **Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any):** **Address:** 41 Berlington Court Redcliff Mead Lane Bristol BS1 6FB 1 **October 2018** **IER** **Section B Disclosure** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight 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** . 2 **October 2018** **IER**