Charity registration number: 1208851
**WALKERS AND TALKERS CIO TRUSTEES' REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2025**
Chartered Certified Accountants & Registered Auditors Hillcrest Castle Cary Road West Lydford Somerset TA11 6DS
## **Walkers And Talkers CIO Contents**
||**Page**|
|---|---|
|Trustees' Report|1—2|
|Independent Examiner's Report|3|
|Statement of Financial Activities|4|
|Statement of Financial Position|5|
|Notes to the Financial Statements|6—8|
|The following pages do not form part of the statutory accounts:||
|Detailed Statement of Financial Activities|9|
## **Walkers And Talkers CIO**
## **Trustees' Report For The Year Ended 30 June 2025**
The trustees present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2025.
## **Objectives and Activities**
## **Aims and Objectives**
The charitable objectives of the charity are :
"To preserve and protect the good health of people who are experiencing poor physical and/or mental health throughout the united kingdom by providing a walking group, group forums and information and advice to help people improve their health".
## **Public Benefit**
The main activities undertaken to further the charity's purposes for the public benefit were :
- Walking meets
- Outbound visits for group members
- Motivational speakers
- Meet and chat events
The trustees confirm that they have complied with the requirements of Section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit.
## **Reference and Administrative Details**
## **Trustees**
Mr Andrew Brassington - Chair (appointed 26/06/2024) Mr Kevin Moore (appointed 16/10/2024) Mr Ross Coates (appointed 26/06/2024) Ms Jane Ramsell (appointed 26/06/2024)
## **Charity Number**
1208851
## **Independent Examiner**
Sloggetts Chartered Certified Accountants Sloggetts Chartered Certified Accountants & Registered Auditors Hillcrest Castle Cary Road West Lydford Somerset TA11 6DS
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## **Walkers And Talkers CIO Trustees' Report (continued) For The Year Ended 30 June 2025**
The trustees' report was approved by the board of trustees and signed on its behalf by:
Mr Andrew Brassington
Trustee 30 April 2026
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## **Walkers And Talkers CIO Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Walkers And Talkers CIO For The Year Ended 30 June 2025**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Walkers And Talkers CIO (the Trust) for the year ended 30 June 2025.
## **Responsibilities and Basis of Report**
As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation 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 giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and contents 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.
Sloggetts Chartered Certified Accountants
30 April 2026 Hillcrest Castle Cary Road West Lydford Somerset TA11 6DS
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## **Walkers And Talkers CIO Statement of Financial Activities For The Year Ended 30 June 2025**
|**Notes**
**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM:**
Donations and legacies
**3**
Other trading activities
**4**
**EXPENDITURE ON:**
Charitable activities:
**5**
Main activity
**NET INCOME**
**NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**
**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS:**
Total funds brought forward
**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**
**11**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
46,825
11,792|**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
3,600
-|**2025**
**Total funds**
**£**
50,425
11,792|
|---|---|---|---|
||58,617|3,600|62,217|
||(31,802)|-|(31,802)|
||26,815|3,600|30,415|
||26,815
-|3,600
-|30,415
-|
||26,815|3,600|30,415|
The notes on pages 6 to 8 form part of these financial statements.
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## **Walkers And Talkers CIO Statement of Financial Position As At 30 June 2025**
|**Notes**
**CURRENT ASSETS**
Cash at bank and in hand
**Creditors: Amounts Falling Due Within One Year**
**10**
**NET CURRENT ASSETS (LIABILITIES)**
**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES**
**NET ASSETS**
**FUNDS OF THE CHARITY**
Restricted Funds
Unrestricted Funds
**TOTAL FUNDS**
**11**
On behalf of the board|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
27,535|**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
3,600|**2025**
**Total funds**
**£**
31,135|
|---|---|---|---|
||27,535
(720)|3,600
-|31,135
(720)|
||26,815|3,600|30,415|
||26,815|3,600|30,415|
||26,815|3,600|30,415|
||||3,600
26,815|
||||30,415|
|||||
Mr Andrew Brassington
Trustee 30 April 2026
The notes on pages 6 to 8 form part of these financial statements.
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## **Walkers And Talkers CIO Notes to the Financial Statements For The Year Ended 30 June 2025**
## 1. **General Information**
Walkers And Talkers CIO is a charitable incorporated organisation registered with the Charity Commission, registered charity number 1208851. The principal address is .
## 2. **Accounting Policies**
## 2.1. **Basis of Preparation of Financial Statements**
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) "Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)", Financial Reporting Standard 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" and the Charities Act 2011.
The charity is a Public Benefit Entity as defined by FRS 102.
## 2.2. **Incoming Resources**
Income is recognised when banked.
## 2.3. **Cash and Cash Equivalents**
Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand and deposits held at call with banks, other short-term highly liquid investments that mature in no more than three months from the date of acquisition and are readily convertible to a known amount of cash with insignificant risk of change in value, and bank overdrafts.
## 3. **Income from Donations and Legacies**
|.
**Income from Donations and Legacies**||||
|---|---|---|---|
|Donations and gifts
Grants|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
27,825
19,000|**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
3,600
-|**2025**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
31,425
19,000|
||46,825|3,600|50,425|
## 4. **Income from Other Trading Activities**
|.
**Income from Other Trading Activities**||
|---|---|
||**2025**|
||**Unrestricted**|
||**funds**|
||**£**|
|Fundraising events|11,792|
## 5. **Analysis of Expenditure**
|.
**Analysis of Expenditure**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||**2025**|
||**Activities**|**Grant funding**|||
||**undertaken**|**of activities**|**Support costs**||
||**directly**|(see note 6)|(see note 7)|**Total**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|Main activity|25,255|500|6,047|31,802|
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**Walkers And Talkers CIO Notes to the Financial Statements (continued) For The Year Ended 30 June 2025**
## 6. **Grants Payable**
|6.
**Grants Payable**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Main activity
7.
**Support Costs**
General administration
Governance costs
8.
**Independent Examiner's Remuneration**
Independent examination of the financial statements
9.
**Average Number of Employees**
Average number of employees during the year was: NIL
10.
**Creditors: Amounts Falling Due Within One Year**
Accruals and deferred income
11.
**Movement in Funds**
**Unrestricted funds**
General:
General unrestricted fund
**Restricted funds**
Restricted
**Total funds**|**As at 26 June**
**2024**
**£**
-
-|**Grants to**
**Institutions**
**£**
500|**Support costs**
**£**
500|**2025**
**Total**
**£**
1,000|
|||**Income**
**£**
58,617
3,600|**Expenditure**
**£**
(31,802)
-|**2025**
**Main activity**
**£**
4,727
1,320|
|||||6,047|
|||||**2025**
**£**
720|
|||||**2025**
**£**
720|
|||||**As at 30 June**
**2025**
**£**
26,815
3,600|
||-|62,217|(31,802)|30,415|
## 12. **Transactions with Trustees**
During the year the expenses reimbursed to the trustees or paid directly to third parties were as follows:
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## **Walkers And Talkers CIO Notes to the Financial Statements (continued) For The Year Ended 30 June 2025**
**2025 £**
13. **Related Party Disclosures**
## **Ms. E Brassington**
Daughter of the chair of trustees
Payments totalling £3,500 have been paid to Ms Brassington in the period for acting as the charities administrator.
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## **Walkers And Talkers CIO Detailed Statement of Financial Activities For The Year Ended 30 June 2025**
|**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM:**
**Donations and legacies**
Donations from individuals
Donations from organisations
Grants
**Other trading activities**
Fundraising events
**EXPENDITURE ON:**
**Charitable Activities:**
**Main activity**
Speakers for meetings
Defib purchases
Cost of events
Meeting venue hire
Equipment hire and small items purchased
Travelling and subsistence
Branded clothing
Tea, coffee and biscuits
Grants to institutions
Computer software costs
Printing, postage and stationery
Website costs
Bank charges
Administrators charges
Independent examiner's fees
FCA compliance fee
**NET INCOME**|**2025**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
11,456
19,969
19,000|
|---|---|
||50,425
11,792|
||11,792|
||62,217
(9,435)
(4,982)
(1,500)
(2,660)
(458)
(3,136)
(622)
(2,462)
(500)
(550)
(20)
(500)
(157)
(3,500)
(720)
(600)|
||(31,802)|
||(31,802)|
||30,415|
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