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Report of the Trustees and |
Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31st December 2023 |
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fly2help |
REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: |
REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: |
Report of the Trustees and |
Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31st December 2023 |
for |
fly2help |
fly2help |
Contents of the Financial Statements |
for the Year Ended 31st December 2023 |
Page |
Report of the Trustees | 1 | to | 6 |
Independent Examiner's Report | 7 |
Statement of Financial Activities | 8 |
Balance Sheet | 9 |
Notes to the Financial Statements | 10 | to | 15 |
fly2help (Registered number: 05801407) |
Report of the Trustees |
for the Year Ended 31st December 2023 |
The trustees who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31st December 2023. The trustees have adopted the provisions of 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). |
OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES |
Objectives and aims |
Principal Activities |
The main objectives of fly2help are: |
(a) the provision of relief to children and adults in need, by reason of learning or physical disability, life-limiting or severe illness, social isolation, bereavement or other distress, by facilitating experiences of flight and aviation that lift their spirits and promote well-being |
(b) the advancement of education in aviation. |
During the year under review, fly2help was able to open up access to its charitable programmes despite the on-going impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic. We were able to offer more physical activities and continued to develop projects and activities that could still achieve our charitable objectives. |
Significant activities |
Our vision is for everyone to be able to access the positive benefits of aviation; changing lives one flight at a time. We do this by working with pilots, aircraft owners and operators, airfields and aviation companies, as well as many volunteers and supporters, to run Air Smiles Days and the Aim High & Travelling Airport educational & careers programme. |
Air Smiles Days are experience days that improve the long term well-being and self-esteem of children and adults living in difficult personal situations. |
Aim High & the Travelling Airport outreach resource encourages and helps to inspire and motivate children and young people in their future careers, particularly within the aviation and aerospace sectors. |
fly2help (Registered number: 05801407) |
Report of the Trustees |
for the Year Ended 31st December 2023 |
ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE |
Charitable activities |
In 2023, we were able to deliver Air Smiles Days to over 265 beneficiaries and has seen us return to levels achieved pre-2020, including events at Gloucestershire Airport, Bournemouth Airport and Retford Gamston Airport. |
In 2023, we continued a full Aim High programme including our Aim High weeks for students aged between 14 and 18 years of age, careers events at scholls and delivering our Travelling Airport programmes to mainstream schools and SEND schools. Our aviation education, careers and guidance programme for mainstream schools and young people interested in a career in the aviation industry were funded mainly through our association with The Air Charter Association and our SEND school activities were run in partnership with Barnwood Trust and The ISTAT Foundation as a result of grant funding in 2022. |
Our outreach resource, the Travelling Airport, is growing in scope and impact giving young people aged 5 to 18 the opportunity to take part in engaging and inspirational activities based around life at a busy airport. The activity is particularly aimed at younger mainstream primary pupils and SEND School pupils and encourages all pupils to take their first steps in thinking about future careers and what the world of work might look like for them. |
We bring our Travelling Airport into school and use various activity stations for children to look and understand who and what it takes to get an aircraft off the ground. The activities are fun, practical and highly sensory, engaging pupils from the highest achieving to those who require more support. |
Students have fun with role play, understanding who and what does it take to get an aircraft off the ground, with unique activities such as aircraft marshalling, checking in passengers, security, cabin crew demonstrations and much more. |
For many students it may be their first experience of this type of environment and is particularly valuable for young people with specific disabilities or personal challenges which means they have been excluded from wider world experiences that others may take for granted, such as visiting an airport. |
The real life roleplay is important in helping students overcome anxiety whilst challenging their own preconceptions and physical boundaries by participating in a real life work experience but from within their own safe and supportive environment. |
It is also incredibly valuable in highlighting the range of accessible and achievable jobs and careers within the aviation industry, expanding personal horizons and encouraging awareness and conversations around achievable future career goals. |
For older pupils, we continue to engage with Taster Days at local airports, looking a specific careers such as pilots or engineering and also attending careers events within schools to promote these events. |
Overall, we were able to support over 5000 young people through a variety of Aim High and Travelling Airport programmes and events. |
While fly2help's founders are the first to say that establishing the charity has been a team effort, the Trustees and staff would like to pay tribute to their vision, which has now made a positive difference to so many beneficiaries. |
Air Smiles Days |
Air Smiles Days are bespoke experience days for children and adults living with profound disability, life-limiting conditions, severe illness, bereavement and isolation. Built around a flight in a light aircraft, the days include a variety of different activities that enables our beneficiaries to leave their worries on the ground and enjoy a memorable day with their loved ones. |
Our Air Smiles Days programme offers beneficiaries a day of respite from everyday difficulties and isolation in a supportive environment and the impact of this experience continues to build well-being, confidence and courage whilst strengthening the bonds between those taking part, creating lasting memories of happiness to brighten the darkest of days. |
We have delivered our Air Smiles Days to individuals, families and larger groups through collaboration with other charities, including Heart Heroes, Gloucestershire Carers and Veteran Carers. |
fly2help (Registered number: 05801407) |
Report of the Trustees |
for the Year Ended 31st December 2023 |
We have also developed a partnership with national car clubs, notably Porsche Club GB and Sporting Bears Dream Rides who have joined us on our Air Smiles Days and provide supercar experiences for families alongside the flights and other activities offered during the events. This additional activity has become very popular with our beneficiaries as the whole group can take part in an additional exciting activity together, and we are very grateful to the Porsche Club GB and Sporting Bears, and their volunteer drivers, who have joined us for our events. |
We continue to assess both the need and benefit of our Air Smiles Days Programme using our robust impact reporting structure which evaluates the immediate and long term impact and benefits for our beneficiaries. |
Aim High & Travelling Airport |
In 2023, we were delighted to be able to return to our full programme of Aim High activities, including our Aim High week targeting young people who were interested in careers in the aerospace and aviation industries. |
We continued to visit primary schools and particularly SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) schools and found that the activities we were able to offer were having a profound impact on the participants. We also hosted events at local airports for youth groups such as cubs and beavers, offering younger children an opportunity to see behind the scenes at a working airport and providing inspiration and support to early career ambitions. |
The fly2help Aim High Travelling Airport activities continue to align with the vision of Air Smiles, using aviation for the provision of relief to children in need, by reason of learning or physical disability, life-limiting or severe illness, social isolation, bereavement or other distress, by facilitating experiences of flight and aviation that lift their spirits and promote well-being. We see that larger groups of younger beneficiaries are able to benefit as much from the Travelling Airport visiting them in their schools, as they might have benefitted from visiting the airport. Our resource allowed them to 'play' whilst learning about the incredible benefits of aviation and we are proud of the unique and very special impact of this exciting outreach resource. |
We also remain committed to supporting and inspiring our older children through out Aim High Career Weeks and we support the belief that the aviation sector still needs passionate and inspirational young people entering the aviation sector. We will continue to offer more targeted events at young people, through taster events and other job specific advice. We use our programmes to continue to inspire young people about new career pathways in aviation and also to open up discussions around emerging technologies and the future sustainability of the industry, through engagement with pioneering organisations who can provide talks and visits to our students. |
Ultimately, fly2help is committed to ensuring that our Aim High and Travelling Airport Programmes opens up access to the aviation industry for all young people, and our programmes reflect the aims of the industry being more accessible, inclusive and diverse. |
fly2help (Registered number: 05801407) |
Report of the Trustees |
for the Year Ended 31st December 2023 |
FINANCIAL REVIEW |
Principal funding sources |
fly2help has also received donations from individuals, companies, groups and associations and professional organisations which have provided funding to deliver the Aim High Travelling Airport to SEND Pupils in 2023. |
In 2023 we were once again chosen as Charity of the Year by ACA (the Air Charter Association) and were the recipients of donations from their fundraising events throughout the year for which we remain extremely grateful. |
We are also extremely grateful to all those organisations that continued to support and raise money for fly2help, especially in such difficult times. |
We were able to deliver fundraising events in 2023 notably very successful Skydive and WingWalk's, the fly2help Gala Dinner in September 2023 and the Gloucestershire Winter Ball in December 2023. |
fly2help has continued to work with many aviation companies which support our Air Smiles Days or Aim High programmes and this year we are particularly grateful to Gloucestershire Airport, Skyborne Airline Academy, RGV Engineering, Aeros Flight Training and many more. We thank them all for their support. |
fly2help traditionally receives considerable gifts in kind support of donated flights, volunteer pilots and other volunteers who give their professional skills free of charge, we remain deeply grateful to all our supporters and look forward to working with them more in 2023. |
Reserves policy |
fly2help maintains sufficient unrestricted reserves to operate the charity without income for at least three months. |
At year end, fly2help had positive reserves of £85,078 carried forward. |
FUTURE RISK |
The return to a full programme of charitable activities has been a major boost for fly2help and we are seeing an increased demand from individuals, other charities and educational establishments for access to our programmes. However, this brings increasing challenges around funding for fly2help, and we have seen the difficulties in the fundraising landscape across the board, with increased demand for access to trusts and grants and reduced funding available due to the ongoing cost of living crisis. |
fly2help has sought to mitigate the financial risk by implementing a series of strategies to address our overhead costs and allocate more resources directly to our charitable programmes, and this has included: |
- utilizing volunteers for roles within the charity that don't require specialized skills |
- outsourcing non-core functions such as IT support |
- exploration of digital fundraising |
- seeking in kind donations and sponsorship to minimize costs of event fundraising |
We believe our goals are achievable as the charity continues to demonstrate the high social capital value of all its charitable activities, the close alignment between Air Smiles and Aim High and the incredible impact they have upon our beneficiaries. |
fly2help (Registered number: 05801407) |
Report of the Trustees |
for the Year Ended 31st December 2023 |
FUTURE PLANS |
The Strategic Plan Interim Review of 2022 has formed the basis upon which fly2help planned a return to full charitable activities in 2023, including the refocus of our activities and the subsequent development and increased accessibility of our activities which has led to an enhanced engagement with both beneficiaries and our supporters and donors. |
- we continue to deliver a wider Air Smiles Programme which also included ground based activities, to allow us to continue supporting communities using the power of aviation. Our enhanced use of social media platforms to reach into our communities has continued to raise awareness and imbed fly2help in the hearts and minds of the different communities in which we operate. |
- the refocusing of Aim High has allowed us to offer our programmes to many more young people across the UK, we continue to increase the number of young people who can access our courses and have widened the range of ages we support taking part in Aim High. We will continue to offer more focused educational activities and career specific taster days, visits and work experience opportunities and the on-going reach of our Travelling Airport into primary and SEND schools. |
- our PR & Marketing Strategy has helped us develop a strategic social media policy. We have used all platforms available to us to reach out across the UK and open up opportunities for all young people who have a passion and interest in aviation. Our powerful and engaging reinforcement of the aviation industry as a force for positive change will continue to support all aspects of the aviation community. |
STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT |
Governing document |
The charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust, and constitutes a limited company, limited by guarantee, as defined by the Companies Act 2006. |
Charity constitution |
fly2help is a registered charity (number 1119846) and its governing document was adopted on 29 April 2006 and amended by written resolution on 14 June 2008 and 5 February 2014. It is also a company limited by guarantee. |
The Trustees are appointed by the Board and serve for an initial term of three years, which can be renewed for one further term of three years. All new Trustees meet the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer to discuss their appointment and are provided with a detailed written briefing on the role of the charity and the responsibilities of charity Trustees. They also receive copies of the Articles of Association, the Annual Accounts of previous years and the Strategic Plan. All Trustees are asked to declare any possible conflicts of interests resulting from their involvement in fly2help or other organisation and a register of these interests is maintained at the charity's office. |
The day to day management of the charity in the year under review was carried out by Sharon Walters, working with one other employee. The Board of Trustees retained responsibility for the overall strategic direction of the charity and its governance. |
Risk management |
The trustees have a duty to identify and review the risks to which the charity is exposed and to ensure appropriate controls are in place to provide reasonable assurance against fraud and error. |
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS |
Registered Company number |
Registered Charity number |
Registered office |
fly2help (Registered number: 05801407) |
Report of the Trustees |
for the Year Ended 31st December 2023 |
Trustees |
Independent Examiner |
JD Frost Accountants |
Chartered Accountants |
7 Links View |
Cirencester |
Gloucestershire |
GL7 2NF |
Approved by order of the board of trustees on |
Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of |
fly2help |
Independent examiner's report to the trustees of fly2help ('the Company') |
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31st December 2023. |
Responsibilities and basis of report |
As the charity's trustees of the Company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 ('the 2006 Act'). |
Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity's accounts as carried out under Section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 ('the 2011 Act'). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under Section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 Act. |
Independent examiner's statement |
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe: |
1. | accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by Section 386 of the 2006 Act; or |
2. | the accounts do not accord with those records; or |
3. | the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of Section 396 of the 2006 Act 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; or |
4. | the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities (applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)). |
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. |
J D Frost |
JD Frost Accountants |
Chartered Accountants |
7 Links View |
Cirencester |
Gloucestershire |
GL7 2NF |
16th September 2024 |
fly2help |
Statement of Financial Activities |
for the Year Ended 31st December 2023 |
2023 | 2022 |
Unrestricted | Restricted | Total | Total |
fund | fund | funds | funds |
Notes | £ | £ | £ | £ |
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM |
Donations and legacies |
Charitable activities |
Other trading activities | 2 |
Total |
EXPENDITURE ON |
Raising funds |
Charitable activities |
Total |
NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE) | ( |
) | ( |
) | ( |
) | ( |
) |
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS |
Total funds brought forward |
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD | 93,590 |
fly2help (Registered number: 05801407) |
Balance Sheet |
31st December 2023 |
2023 | 2022 |
Unrestricted | Restricted | Total | Total |
fund | fund | funds | funds |
Notes | £ | £ | £ | £ |
FIXED ASSETS |
Tangible assets | 7 |
CURRENT ASSETS |
Cash at bank |
CREDITORS |
Amounts falling due within one year | 8 | ( |
) | ( |
) | ( |
) |
NET CURRENT ASSETS |
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES |
NET ASSETS |
FUNDS | 9 |
Unrestricted funds | 88,683 |
Restricted funds | 4,907 |
TOTAL FUNDS | 93,590 |
The charitable company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 31st December 2023. |
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 31st December 2023 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006. |
The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for |
(a) | ensuring that the charitable company keeps accounting records that comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and |
(b) | preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company as at the end of each financial year and of its surplus or deficit for each financial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the charitable company. |
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to charitable companies subject to the small companies regime. |
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on |
fly2help |
Notes to the Financial Statements |
for the Year Ended 31st December 2023 |
1. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
Basis of preparing the financial statements |
The financial statements of the charitable company, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, 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 Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. |
Income |
All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably. |
Expenditure |
Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources. |
Tangible fixed assets |
Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life. |
Taxation |
The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities. |
Fund accounting |
Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees. |
Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes. |
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements. |
Hire purchase and leasing commitments |
Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities on a straight line basis over the period of the lease. |
Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits |
The charitable company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the charitable company's pension scheme are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities in the period to which they relate. |
fly2help |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31st December 2023 |
2. | OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Fundraising events |
3. | NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE) |
Net income/(expenditure) is stated after charging/(crediting): |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Depreciation - owned assets |
Other operating leases | 5,000 | 6,000 |
4. | TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS |
There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31st December 2023 nor for the year ended 31st December 2022. |
Trustees' expenses |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Trustees' expenses |
5. | STAFF COSTS |
The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows: |
2023 | 2022 |
Office |
6. | COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES |
Unrestricted | Restricted | Total |
fund | fund | funds |
£ | £ | £ |
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM |
Donations and legacies |
Charitable activities |
Other trading activities |
Total |
EXPENDITURE ON |
Raising funds |
fly2help |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31st December 2023 |
6. | COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES - continued |
Unrestricted | Restricted | Total |
fund | fund | funds |
£ | £ | £ |
Charitable activities |
Total |
NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE) | ( |
) | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Transfers between funds | 1,778 | (1,778 | ) | - |
Net movement in funds | ( |
) | ( |
) | ( |
) |
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS |
Total funds brought forward | 123,659 | 31,466 |
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD | 88,683 | 4,907 | 93,590 |
7. | TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
Plant and |
machinery |
£ |
COST |
At 1st January 2023 and 31st December 2023 |
DEPRECIATION |
At 1st January 2023 |
Charge for year |
At 31st December 2023 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 31st December 2023 |
At 31st December 2022 |
fly2help |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31st December 2023 |
8. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Social security and other taxes | ( |
) |
Pension plan | 204 | 182 |
Accrued expenses |
9. | MOVEMENT IN FUNDS |
Net |
movement | At |
At 1/1/23 | in funds | 31/12/23 |
£ | £ | £ |
Unrestricted funds |
General fund | 88,683 | (3,605 | ) | 85,078 |
Restricted funds |
Restricted Funds | 4,907 | (4,907 | ) | - |
TOTAL FUNDS | (8,512 | ) | 85,078 |
Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows: |
Incoming | Resources | Movement |
resources | expended | in funds |
£ | £ | £ |
Unrestricted funds |
General fund | 117,914 | (121,519 | ) | (3,605 | ) |
Restricted funds |
Restricted Funds | - | (4,907 | ) | (4,907 | ) |
TOTAL FUNDS | ( |
) | (8,512 | ) |
Comparatives for movement in funds |
Net | Transfers |
movement | between | At |
At 1/1/22 | in funds | funds | 31/12/22 |
£ | £ | £ | £ |
Unrestricted funds |
General fund | 123,659 | (36,754 | ) | 1,778 | 88,683 |
Restricted funds |
Restricted Funds | 31,466 | (24,781 | ) | (1,778 | ) | 4,907 |
TOTAL FUNDS | 155,125 | (61,535 | ) | - | 93,590 |
fly2help |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31st December 2023 |
9. | MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued |
Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows: |
Incoming | Resources | Movement |
resources | expended | in funds |
£ | £ | £ |
Unrestricted funds |
General fund | 85,904 | (122,658 | ) | (36,754 | ) |
Restricted funds |
Restricted Funds | 5,007 | (29,788 | ) | (24,781 | ) |
TOTAL FUNDS | 90,911 | (152,446 | ) | (61,535 | ) |
A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined position is as follows: |
Net | Transfers |
movement | between | At |
At 1/1/22 | in funds | funds | 31/12/23 |
£ | £ | £ | £ |
Unrestricted funds |
General fund | 123,659 | (40,359 | ) | 1,778 | 85,078 |
Restricted funds |
Restricted Funds | 31,466 | (29,688 | ) | (1,778 | ) | - |
TOTAL FUNDS | 155,125 | (70,047 | ) | - | 85,078 |
A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows: |
Incoming | Resources | Movement |
resources | expended | in funds |
£ | £ | £ |
Unrestricted funds |
General fund | 203,818 | (244,177 | ) | (40,359 | ) |
Restricted funds |
Restricted Funds | 5,007 | (34,695 | ) | (29,688 | ) |
TOTAL FUNDS | 208,825 | (278,872 | ) | (70,047 | ) |
fly2help |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31st December 2023 |
10. | RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES |