for the Period Ended 31 October 2025
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Directors' report period ended
The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the period ended 31 October 2025
Principal activities of the company
Additional information
This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions in Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
Directors
The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from
1 November 2024
to
31 October 2025
The director shown below has held office during the period of
1 November 2024
to
10 December 2024
The above report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions in part 15 of the Companies Act 2006
This report was approved by the board of directors on
And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name:
Status: Director
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The notes form part of these financial statements
This report was approved by the board of directors on
and signed on behalf of the board by:
Name:
Status: Director
The notes form part of these financial statements
for the Period Ended 31 October 2025
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The Autonomy Hotline has continued to provide a national central helpline for immediate support and advice for difficult cases involving professionals in health and social care. The cases that we specialise in are those where clients have felt powerless when trying to stand firm on decisions involving a loved one under the ‘Best Interests Test’. This can be in the court of protection, family law, medical decisions, and child protection. The tools we use to work with cases have developed from ethics rather than law, and therefore provide a different way of illuminating the issues and guides a way through for someone who may have felt stuck previously. Like previous years, this year was also tricky and a little more stagnant financially than was hoped for. The continuous strain on the budget placed some of our services at risk and halted developing the team and the roles as much as we had envisioned. We also had a lull in volunteers and recruitment was slow. Having said that, we continued to provide a good range of support to a number of clients and we were privileged to participate in several more court hearings as McKenzie Friends and assistants, gaining us additional insight into injustice in the UK
Our stakeholders are: Directors Volunteer Advocates Associated Groups and Networks Clients/Members Expert consultants Social Media followers Although no official consultation took place, I was in contact with many organisations and I sought to engage with opportunities to listen, understand and contribute to the wider picture of advocacy and family support across the Dorset area and beyond, in order to fully meet needs of clients and volunteers. A basic consultation happened in 2026, and this will be expanded upon in the future. The directors met most weeks, and often invited other volunteers or associates who contributed ideas and information. We followed a business growth model of ‘4DX’ which helped us meet our goals of delivering ANCHOR as well as other matters that were important to the development of the hotline’s goals and strategy.
The remuneration received by the directors in the year was as follows: N Adolphe £110 S Holdaway £790 S Steggles £665
No transfer of assets other than for full consideration
This report was approved by the board of directors on
29 July 2026
And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Nicky Adolphe
Status: Director