Little Orchids Company Llmited by Guarantee Trustees. Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report) Year ended 31 March 2023 The trustees, who are also the directors for the pur￿lSeS of company law, present their report and the unaudited financial statements ol the charity for the year ended 31 March 2023. Reference and administrative detalls Regislered charliy name Little Orchids Charity registrallon number 100096-0 Company registratlon number Nl 071926 Prlnclpal office and reglstered Woodlea House offlce Gransha Park L. Derry BT47 6TF N ireland The trustees Paula Mcconway Gregory Sloane Deborah Sheehan Sarah McGill Anne Marie Kavanagh (Appointed 10 February 2023) (Appointed 10 February 2023) Independent examlner Keith McElhinney 42A Clooney Terrace Walerside Londondery BT47 6AP Stru¢ture9 governance and management The Charity is managed by an Executive Committee which consisis of all the appointed trustees, and the selection of any new Trustees is dealt with by that Committee. Little Orchids Company Llmlted by Guarantee Trustees, Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report) (eonilnued) Year ended 31 March 2023 Objectlves and actlvllies We provide therapeutic intervention and suwort for children 2-4 years with special needs and those who may require additional support. We cater for children who have a wide variety of specific needs. All staff are highly experienced and committed to ongoing training to provide the besi outcomes for children and thelr families. We are located at Gransha Park. L'Derry and have no specific catchment area. Referrals are usually made by professionals involved with Ihe child. Parents can also self refer. We We run 2 sessions per day and have a high adult child ratio. Observations are used to assess each child's individual needs, strengths, interests and abilities and to plan experiences that will encourage further learning. Throughout the daily routine we promote each child's social skills, communication skills, self help skills, play skills and independence. We liaise closely with Health and Education Professionals involved with each child to share information to achieve common goals for the benefit of the child. Little Orchids Company Llmlted by Guarantee Trustees. Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report) (continuod) Year ended 31 March 2023 Achlevemenis and performance In the Year 2022123 we ran morning and afternoon sessions from September 2022 until June 2023. AII the children were offored 2 days due to the high numbers of referrals. 32 children finished with us in June. All children who attended were in their pre preschool year Some reasons for referrals were:_ Early Developmental impairment ' Speech and Language delay Behavioural challenges Sleep issues Hyperactivity Poor communication and social skills ' Concems about possible ASD and ADHD Poor play skills ' Downs Syndrome Feeding difficulties Sensory processing difficulties Repetitive behaviours Attention and concentration difficulties and difficult to engage Very self-directed Poor inconsistent response to name Inconsistent eye contact Delayed self-help skills Doesn't understand simple commands Finds transitions very diflicult when leaving place or activity ' Non mobile Visual impaimient We have used different ways to monitor and measure the impact of our seNice these include observation records, behaviour monitoring forms. task analysis, and critical communication list. We continue to have 3 monlhly reviews to meet with parents to discuss each child's progress and monitoring forms are completed. We use infomiation from parents gathered before the child begins as a baseline. Other information gathered is from planning, evaluation, action plans and feedback from other professionals. We We review all our work annually by seeking the views of Parents via a questionnaire. Feedback from June 2023 was extremely positive with all Parenls strongly agreeing with all questions including that their child is gaining confidence and independence as a resutt ol hislher experience at Little Orchids. Comments from Parents included:_ 'Fantastic support giving advice, helping basics, lending books, and giving support" 'Amazingl Always willing to help and could not have been more supportive" he support my child and I had was brilliant, they met his needs 100 % and was very supportive towards myself. 'Reassurance regarding my anxieties and how my child was getting on/ coping. Receiwng the reassurance and updates about my child helped to ease my anxieties and made me realise she was in excellent care. 'Advice, signposting. to other groups, written information, books, leaflets" "couldn't have asked for anymore. Any help I needed about anything was dealt wilh and given" "So much help and support in different areas of her development that we were struggling with. Little Orchids Company Limited by Guarantee Trustees. Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report) (conllnued) Year ended 31 March 2023 "The staff are so supportive always willing to listen and give us advice and strategies to use at home" "I was kept up to date regularly and gained insight into the care and strategies my son was receiving each day" 'Lovely and friendly groLJP of ladies" 'Ongoing and realistic goals set" "Any time have asked or inquired support is given lo￿/., "The support of Little Orchids is amazing the girls do brilliant work am so pleased with the support we were given. 'There's not enough space to put in writing how amazing the staff is so easy to talk to, go above and beyond for the Parents and children. he support is amazing. The team are unb8lievable and everyone is simply inspiring. Thank you all for everything" "I couldn't ask for more support everyone really showed so much love and care for him and helped us with new things to try at home" 'When the staff are asked questions or for supp)rt they have gone above and beyond to help. Achievements this year ' Over the past year we secured funding from the Public Health Agency for a sixth year to run a Making Mums and Dads lives better Project. This project ran for 1.25 hours per week for 4 weeks in December/January and an additional 2 weeks in March. The feedback was extremely positive. We have also secured funding to run the project again. We secured funding from the Pathway fund to contribute towards the Playroom staff salaries from April 2023 until March 2024. We secured one to one funding from HSCB Fair Play Regional Small Grants Scheme to support those children referred with very high complex needs who required one to one support. We secured funding from National Lottery Awards for all towards our running costs and this has also been secured for the incoming year.. We held 2 Charity nights throughout the year which were well supported by Parents and the local community. Concerns We are dependent on fundraising to contribute to the running costs. The high number ol children who are referred to the Centre and we are unable to offer places to all children. Ditticulty In recruiting childcare statt. How we will overcome this We will encourage parents to support any fundraising events. We continue to source funding to allow additional one to one support staff which means we can continue to offer 8 additional places in the incoming year. We will advertise all vacant posts online. including social media. Flnancial review The Charity incurred a deficit for the year to 31 March 2023 of £19,889 (2022.. surplus £5,617), and at 31 March 2023 had net assets of £109,50912022". £129,398) Little Orchids Company Lirnited by Guarantee Trustees. Annual Report (Incorporatlng the Director's Report) fcontlnued) Year ended 31 March 2023 Small company provlslons This report has begn prepared In accordance with the provisions applicable to companies entitled to the small companies exempiion. The trustees, annual report was approved on 14 November 2028 and signed on behalf of the board of trustees by: q KJC Paula Mcconway Trustee