## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From: 1 NOVEMBER 2023 Period start date TO: 31 OCTOBER 2024 Period end date** ## **Charity name: MY JOURNEY** ## **Charity registration number:1207192** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The aim of the charity is to provide**
**support to the biological children of**
**families who have looked after children.**
**This was to be provided via an**
**interactive web platform and the**
**development of this platform was to**
**begin once initial funding was obtained.**| |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|**In July 2024 we applied to the national**
**lottery grant scheme for initial funding**
**and this was rejected with the reason**
**being that there wasn’t sufficient**
**evidence that the charity would be**
**beneficial to a large enough group of**
**people.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees are aware of the guidance**
**on public benefit, due to the lack of**
**operation these are not considered**
**relevant at this time.**| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |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|**Due to a change in personal**
**circumstances the founding members of**
**the charity have not been able to**
**progress with further funding**
**applications to enable the charity to**
**commence operations. The lottery grant**
**committee considered that there wasn’t**
**enough evidence to support an**
**application for funding at this time and**
**therefore the charity was not able to**
**start operating. Other options to source**
**the initial funding required are ongoing**
**although little progress has been made**
**so far.**| ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The charity has maintained its bank**
**account with effectively a zero balance,**
**there are no operating costs at this time**
**as the charity is effectively dormant**
**until grant funding can be obtained.**| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**No reserves are currently held by the**
**charity.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**NIL**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**The charity is not currently operating.**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**NIL**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**In order to begin operations, the charity**
**needs to obtain a reasonably large sum**
**of initial funding to build the web based**
**services platform and begin operation.**| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||**N/A**| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**N/A**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|| |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|**N/A**| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|MY JOURNEY| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|N/A| |Registered charity number|1207192| |Charity’s principal address|TRIMBLE HOUSE
9 BOLD STREET
WARRINGTON
WA1 1DN| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
2
3
4
5
6|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||EMMA RIDGWAY|CHAIR TRUSTEE||| ||JUSTIN SNELL|||| ||FENELLA
BASKERVILLE|||| ||KATHY THOMAS|||| ||JO STRACHAN-
O’DONNELL|||| ||HANNAH
EDMUNDS|||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** |Description of the assets
held in this capacity|N/A| |---|---| |Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|N/A| |Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own
assets|N/A| ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** |**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**|
EMMA PIA RIDGWAY|| |---|---|---| |||| ||
CHAIR TRUSTEE|| ||27/08/2025|| ||27/08/2025|| ||**MY JOURNEY**
**Charity Name**|**MY JOURNEY**
**Charity Name**|**MY JOURNEY**
**Charity Name**|**1207192**
**No (if any)**|**1207192**
**No (if any)**|**1207192**
**No (if any)**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**|01/11/2023
Period start date|**To**||31/08/2024
Period end date||| ||||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**

**NIL**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**NIL**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**NIL**
**-**
**-**
**NIL**
**NIL**
**NIL**
**-**
**-**
**NIL**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**NIL**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**NIL**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**NIL**
**-**
**-**
**NIL**
**NIL**
**NIL**
**-**
**-**
**NIL**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**NIL**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**NIL**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**NIL**
**-**
**-**
**NIL**
**NIL**
**NIL**
**-**
**-**
**NIL**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**NIL**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**NIL**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**NIL**
**-**
**-**
**NIL**
**NIL**
**NIL**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|
**NIL**||||||**NIL**| ||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||| ||**-**||||||| ||**-**||||||**-**| |~~**_Sub total_**~~|**-**||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||| ||||||||**NIL**| ||||||||| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**NIL**||||||**NIL**| ||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||| ||**-**||||||| ||**-**||||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**NIL**||||||**NIL**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||| ||||||||**NIL**| ||||||||| ||**NIL**|**NIL**|**NIL**||**NIL**||**NIL**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**NIL**|**NIL**|**NIL**||**NIL**||**NIL**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 30/08/2025 1 |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|| |---|---|---|---| |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**h**
**it ’**
**B5 Liabilities**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|Signature
N/A
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
N/A
N/A
**Details**
**Details**
N/A|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**NIL**
**NIL**
NIL
NIL
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**NIL**
**NIL**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**NIL**
**NIL**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
NIL
**NIL**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
NIL
**NIL**
Print Name
EMMA RIDGWAY|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**NIL**| ||||NIL| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**NIL**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**NIL**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**NIL**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||**NIL**| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| |||EMMA RIDGWAY|27/08/2025| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 30/08/2025 2