TRUSTEES, ANNUAL REPORT For the yearended March 312025 H05pice at Honie Volunteers Dunstable - Registered Charity Number 294259 l. Reference and Administrdtive Details Charity Name.. Hospice at Home Dunstable Registered Charity Number- 294259 Principal Address: 84-88 High Street South . Dunstable. Beds LU6 3HD Trustees during the year.. Elizabeth lones Chair Nicola Abubacker Treasurer - Lynda Walmsley Secretary Christine Whatman (Appointed july 2 2024) Roger Kelly (Appointed September 26 2024) Cynthia Gresharn - Talib Abubacker 2. Structure, Governance and Management Governing Document: The charity is governed by a constitution dated April 15 1986 and amended on July 17 1996. Trustees are appointed in accordance with the governing document. Trustees: The charity is managed by a board of trustees who meet at least quarterly. New trustees are recruited through nornination by members or approaches to the charity by a potential trustee. Appointment is subject to approval by the existing trustees after an open recruitment process and skills assessment. All new trustees receive an induction covering their responsibilities and the charity's activities. No trustees received any remuneration or benefits. The trustees confim) that they have complied with their duty to have regard to the Charity Commission's Public Benefit guidance. All acrivities are provided free to the clients. Management: The trustees have delegated day-to-day management to the manager of the volunteers under trustee supervision. The charity employs 2 part-time staff members. 3. Objectives and Artlvities CharStable Objectives: The charitys objertive is to "relieve sickness by assisting in the provision ofhospice type community care, principally by means ofa volunteer home cure service in co-operation with the district health authority." Main Activities Undertaken During the Year to Further These Objectives.. Matching clients with volunteers to receive support from the charity Regular volunteer 5UPPOrt meetings - Training opportunities including dementia awareness. safeguarding and manual handling for both new and existing volunteers Fundraising activities Attendance at events to promote the charity in the local community Regular engagement with partner organisations to ensure awareness ofour service, referral process and case studies are shared to promote our work 4. Achievements and Performance We have had a very successful year of ￿ndraisIng since our last AGM. with successful grant applications in the summer of2025, and the supportofmany local businesses and organisations. Through these opportunities we have built on our growing reputation by taking the opportunity to market ourselves through increased advertising, attendance at community events and through sponsorship oflocal In Bloom competitions. We are now a regular feature in The Vine magazine. explaining our services, our background and need to raise funds to continue ourwork. We have invested in new marketing Tnaterial which has in turn identified a number of new volunteers. Our friends at Caddington Grove Care Home allowed us to display our advertlSiDg banner on their railings for six weeks and this generated a lot of interest too. Between April 2024 and the end ofmarch 2025. we have received notable donations / grants from Dunstable Town Council. Annette White at Osprey, Albert HuntTrust Grant. Rotary Club ofDunstable and Dunstable Downs, Inner-wheel donation, Dunstable Croquet Club and Last of the Sumtner Ukelele Group. Our fundraising events during the year have varied. including ABBA Night, Ploughman's Supper. Santa Float. Tesco bucket collection. Choral Nova Concert. We have a lot of support from across the community. As we approach 2026. we approach our 40th anniversaryand we plan to celebrate this Tnilestone throughout 2026 with events for all volunteers. trustees. past and present. and key supporters. 5. Financial Review Overview: Total receipts for the year were £33,819. and total payments were £25.285, resulting ID a et movement of£8,534. Reserves Policy: At the year end unTestrirted reserves stood at £50.713. The trustees have reviewed the charity's financial comtnitments and risk profile and agreed that Hospice at Home should aim to maintain a minimum of unrestrirted reserves equivalent to 1500/0 of the average olthe previous three years expenses. This level is considered sufficient to.. Provide stability in case of delays in funding or unexpected costs Allow time to plan and implement cost-saving or ￿ndraIsing Tneasures if required The target range will be reviewed annually to ensure it remaiDS appropriate to the chariWs size, structure, and financial risks. Going Concern Statement: The trustees consider the charity financially stable and able to continue operations for the foreseeable future. Approved by the Trustees on December4 2025 and signed on their behalf by- Nicola Abubacker Trustee HOSPICEATHOMEVOLUNTEERS UNSTABLÈ, HOUG4TON REGISS DISTRICY Regi5teiedCb3rrty294259 InCl￿•1nd Expend￿￿reA￿¢￿￿D1IOrthR￿ore￿￿e1 March312025 vearertho Match312D25 Yeaiwm Maich312024 INCOME Grants MOuniveinDnCancer Netvioik Dunstable Town C￿nCil H Rews1o4￿COun¢Il 3.OCN) Jio 5.310 8.1S9 DDnatlon5 Volunieei donaiions AmaEO OtheT donations si 4J97 19.wl 19.OS2 Backd?tEdVATon IEnt 917 GItL￿oClalrn 112 Total Income 33.819 19.051 EXPENDtTURE vtsIuMeeri*rnployEecOSts 17.7n 1.740 18.126 Expell￿s 19.517 18.988 757 SS2 5S2 377 Telephone PTiniingan¢ Postage Sundiles Event expenses BannerslsignsiaiNwr* G3zeOD Room Hire 270 142 135 119 Bad Dunstable In BlocrfnspDnsoiship WFealh 100 25 4J73 TDtalExpEndttuie 2528S 24.515 ISA981 Accumulatèdlund bllwd Awil 12Q24 Accumutaiedfun¢ Maicfi 31 2025 42.ln $0.713 47.6n 42.179 . Thisyaniwas rÈstriCtediotr3nner5and ￿allele$pen￿￿llle.￿lWaS SWrftyrftheerrfJ ￿tres￿al HOSPICE ATHOMEVOLUNTEERS DUNSTABLE. HOUGHTON REGIS& DISTRICT Registered Charity 294259 Statement of Financial posttion as at March 312025 March 312025 March 312024 FIXED ASSETS Office equipment Cost Acc depreciation 883 18821 883 18821 Other equipment Cost Acc depreciation 653 16521 653 16521 Computerequipment Cost Acc depfeciation 777 17761 17761 CURRENT ASSETS Bank and Cash Current account Deposit account 5,654 48,326 53.980 3.607 38,593 42.200 Sundry debtors 53 198 CURRENT LIABILITIES Sundry creditors 13,3231 12221 Net current assets 50.710 42,176 50.713 42,179 Accumulated funds blfwd April 12024 42.179 47,677 Profitlldeficitl tor year 8.534 15,4981 Accumulated funds ¢l￿d March 312025 50.713 42,179 AQGOUNTANTS CERTIFICATE The above Statemeni of Financial Position and attached Income and Expenditure Account are in agreement wilh the underlying records. 30th May2025 Date John D Kingham (Chartered Accountant) 338 Old Bedford Road. Luton LU2 7EJ HOSPICEATHOMEVOLUNTEERS UNSTABLÈ, HOUG4TON REGISS DISTRICY Regi5teiedCb3rrty294259 InCl￿•1nd Expend￿￿reA￿¢￿￿D1IOrthR￿ore￿￿e1 March312025 vearertho Match312D25 Yeaiwm Maich312024 INCOME Grants MOuniveinDnCancer Netvioik Dunstable Town C￿nCil H Rews1o4￿COun¢Il 3.OCN) Jio 5.310 8.1S9 DDnatlon5 Volunieei donaiions AmaEO OtheT donations si 4J97 19.wl 19.OS2 Backd?tEdVATon IEnt 917 GItL￿oClalrn 112 Total Income 33.819 19.051 EXPENDtTURE vtsIuMeeri*rnployEecOSts 17.7n 1.740 18.126 Expell￿s 19.517 18.988 757 SS2 5S2 377 Telephone PTiniingan¢ Postage Sundiles Event expenses BannerslsignsiaiNwr* G3zeOD Room Hire 270 142 135 119 Bad Dunstable In BlocrfnspDnsoiship WFealh 100 25 4J73 TDtalExpEndttuie 2528S 24.515 ISA981 Accumulatèdlund bllwd Awil 12Q24 Accumutaiedfun¢ Maicfi 31 2025 42.ln $0.713 47.6n 42.179 . Thisyaniwas rÈstriCtediotr3nner5and ￿allele$pen￿￿llle.￿lWaS SWrftyrftheerrfJ ￿tres￿al HOSPICE ATHOMEVOLUNTEERS DUNSTABLE. HOUGHTON REGIS& DISTRICT Registered Charity 294259 Statement of Financial posttion as at March 312025 March 312025 March 312024 FIXED ASSETS Office equipment Cost Acc depreciation 883 18821 883 18821 Other equipment Cost Acc depreciation 653 16521 653 16521 Computerequipment Cost Acc depfeciation 777 17761 17761 CURRENT ASSETS Bank and Cash Current account Deposit account 5,654 48,326 53.980 3.607 38,593 42.200 Sundry debtors 53 198 CURRENT LIABILITIES Sundry creditors 13,3231 12221 Net current assets 50.710 42,176 50.713 42,179 Accumulated funds blfwd April 12024 42.179 47,677 Profitlldeficitl tor year 8.534 15,4981 Accumulated funds ¢l￿d March 312025 50.713 42,179 AQGOUNTANTS CERTIFICATE The above Statemeni of Financial Position and attached Income and Expenditure Account are in agreement wilh the underlying records. 30th May2025 Date John D Kingham (Chartered Accountant) 338 Old Bedford Road. Luton LU2 7EJ