## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date 8 Feb 2024 31 March 2025
**From**
**To**
## Section A Reference and administration details
|**Charity name**
**Other names charity is known by**
**Registered charity number (if any)**
**Charity's principal address**|Leicestershire Send Hub CIO|
|---|---|
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||1206948|
||13 Holyrood Drive|
||Countesthorpe|
||Leicester|
||**Postcode**
**LE8 5TQ**|
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled
Trustee name Office (if any)
year to appoint trustee (if any)
1 Balvinder Dhoofer From 4 December 2024
Debra Hampton- From 4 December 2024
2
Riddington
Sarah Catherine Chair From 7 March 2024
3
Cobbold
4 Paula Mary Aldred
Hugh Clayden From 7 March 2024 to 9
5
February 2025
Ian Sharpe From 7 March 2024 to 2
6
October 2024
Sue Jordan From 7 March 2024 to 2
7
October 2024
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
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**Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**
**Name Dates acted if not for whole year**
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**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address**
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Trustees are elected by the members Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about:
- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
- relationship with any related parties;
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
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To relieve the needs of young people aged 0-25 in Leicestershire who have special educational needs and/or disabilities and their families by improving access to statutory services, education, health, and social care **Summary of the objects of the** provision, and by providing training, advice, advocacy, and peer support **charity set out in its** within the SEND community. **governing document**
Meeting and liaising with the Local Authority, NHS Integrated Care Board (ICB) and other agencies to represent views of parent carers and ensure services are delivered as set out in legislation and guidance. Engaging with parent carers to gather voice on local services and other issues effecting children and young people with SEND. We work alongside the local authority, education, health and other services to ensure the services they plan, commission and deliver meet the needs of children with SEND and their families.
**Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)**
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
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You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
## Section D Achievements and performance
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Section D Achievements and performance
The past twelve months have brought meaningful change, growth and renewed purpose for the Leicestershire SEND Hub. Since becoming a registered charity we have continued to develop as a representative body for parent carers, ensuring the lived experiences of our families are heard, valued and used to shape local services.
## **Membership Growth and Community Engagement**
We are proud to report a remarkable increase in parent carer engagement over the past year. Our membership has now exceeded 3,000 active facebook members – a testament to the trust placed in us and the importance of the work we do.
A major contributor to this growth has been our involvement in the PINS project and our presence at the local offer roadshow, where we have had the privilege of meeting many parents face to face. These interactions have been powerful opportunities to listen, connect and advocate- and they have significantly enriched our understanding of the issues facing families in Leicestershire.
To new members: Welcome. To all our members: Thank You. Your involvement empowers us to represent your voices in a transparent, authentic and impactful way.
## **Local Area Developments and Strategic Partnership**
The Local Area Partnership has seen many structural changes this year, with new staff across Local Authority, health and social care sectors. We have worked hard to build relationships with these new stakeholders, and it is encouraging to see stronger collaboration taking root.
Leicestershire remains under an Accelerated Progress Plan with the Department for Education and continues to await an Ofsted inspection. We thank all of you who contributed in the Ofsted surveys- your insights are essential in shaping the future of Send services locally.
This year also marked an important evolution in our collaborative work. Under the governments Change Programme, the LLR Alliance, a partnership across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland has launched and created a co-production charter, strengthening the collective voice of health, education, social care and parent carer forums across the region. Through this alliance our connection with Leicestershire and Rutland forums have deepened, allowing for stronger, united advocacy and voice. Additionally we have continued to work closely with SENDIAS to reflect the voices of our families and to support their efforts to bid to expand their capacity and better serve families.
## **Ongoing Challenges**
Despite progress there are still serious challenges that impact families across our community:
- Insufficient funding across education, health and social care.
- A lack of suitable school placements.
- Long waiting times for assessments and interventions in health.
- National reforms that continue to place pressure on vulnerable families, including reductions in financial support and potential changes to SEND laws and the EHCP system.
We regularly hear from parent carers who feel exhausted and unheard. Our commitment to amplify these voices and lived experiences into spaces where real change can occur.
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Section D Achievements and performance
## **A Seat at the Table**
It is worth noting how much the landscape has shifted in recent years. There was a time when parent carers were not welcomed into decision making spaces. Today, we are not only included but actively invited to contribute.
We now hold regular and respectful meetings with all three local area partners – education, health and social care. These meetings are helping to drive real initiatives such as:
- Improvements in EHCP timeliness and communication.
- Development of a more supportive short breaks service through social care.
- Efforts to support families on long waiting lists via ‘waiting well’ strategies in health.
There is still much to improve – and much still to feel on the ground- but there is a genuine commitment to doing better, together.
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## **Section E Financial review**
The trustees have set a target reserve level of 6 months operating costs.
**Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves**
**Details of any funds materially in deficit**
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about:
- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
## **Section F Other optional information**
## **Section G Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)** P. Aldred
**Full name(s)** Paula Aldred
**Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Trustee **etc)**
**Date** 31/1/2026
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Charity Name No (if any)
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period Period start date Period end date
To
from 01/04/2024 31/03/2025
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Grant income 10,000 58,696 - 68,696 -
Bank interest 301 - - 301 -
Donations 50 - - 50 -
- - - - -
Transfer on incorporation 17,323 2,208 - 19,531 -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total (Gross income for
AR) [ 27,674 ] 60,904 - 88,578 -
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 27,674 60,904 - 88,578 -
A3 Payments
Subscriptions 206 - 206 -
Training 125 - 125 -
Travel expenses - 1,549 - 1,549 -
Merchandise 4,304 4,304
IT costs including licences 3,842 3,842
Stationery 1,223 1,223
Subsistence 311 311
Parent participation 52 17,355 17,407
Meeting costs 15 880 895
Meeting room hire 57 57
Parent engagement room hire 313 313
Admin wages 13,768 13,768
Team Welfare 243 - 243 -
Postage 15 - 15 -
Child care - 70 - 70 -
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- - - -
- - - - -
Sub total [ 67 ] 44,261 - 44,328 -
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - - -
Total payments 67 44,261 - 44,328 -
Net of receipts/(payments) 27,607 16,643 - 44,250 -
A5 Transfers between funds - 4,770 4,770 - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end - - - - -
Cash funds this year end 22,837 21,413 - 44,250 -
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
31/01/2026
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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**the end of the period**||
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|**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**|Signature
P Aldred
**Details**
**Details**
Bank accounts
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**22,837**
**21,413**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**22,837**
**21,413**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
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**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
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**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
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**-**
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Print Name
Paula Aldred|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
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**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
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**-**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
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**Current value**
**(optional)**
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**When due**
**(optional)**
Date of
approval
31/01/2026|
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
31/01/2026
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## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
**Report to the trustees/** Charity Name Leicestershire Send Hub CIO **members of On accounts for the year** 31 March 2025 **ended Set out on pages**
**Charity no** 1206948 **(if any)** (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 Trust”) for the year ended **31 March 2025** .
- **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, 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 Trust’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.
* _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._
**Signed:** K. Linnett **Date:** 31/1/2026 **Name:** Karen Linnett
**Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any):**
**Address:**
## **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).
1
**October 2018**
**IER**
**Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** .
2
**October 2018**
**IER**