## **LEARNING LIBRARY ANNUAL REPORT** 

**Presented to Management Group On 18[th] November 2022** 

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**LEARNING LIBRARY ANNUAL REPORT** 


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## **Reporting Period 1[st] April, 2021 to 31[st] March, 2022** 

## **1. MANAGEMENT GROUP** 

Management Group continue to provide the Learning Library with their support. 

## **2. EVENTS** 

Obviously  up until March this year organisations were still cautious over Covid-19. We have therefore attended only one event. 

Little Treasures Information Event at Burnhope : Kirsten 

## **3. STAFF** 

One long term member of staff retired in May and a new outreach worker has now been appointed and will commence her employment shortly. 

## **5. FEEDBACK FROM MEMBERS** 

We  are have now resumed our service fully with outreach workers interacting with the member and their family inside the home.  The feedback from members/families has been really positive and they are happy that we are now operating a complete service.  Used items are still thoroughly cleaned at our Unit in Tudhoe before being brought into the Library Premises to ensure no trace of any virus can be passed on. 

## **6. INCOME APRIL 2021 – MARCH 2022** 

## 6.1 **Grants** 

Specific grant details for this year are as follows:- 

||£|
|---|---|
|Albert Hunt|1,000|
|Baily Thomas Trust|2,000|
|County Durham Community Foundation|4,940|
|BBC Children in Need|26,898.55|



Durham AAP 

11,400 

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|Durham County Council|8,000|
|---|---|
|Job Retention|6,772.69|
|Joseph Strong Frazer Trust|1,000|
|Sir James Knott Trust|5,000|
|Skipton Building Society|2,921.72|
|Spennymoor AAP|17,000|
|TOTAL|£86,932.96|



|6.3<br>6.2|Other income(credits, interest and refund)<br>266.75<br>**Own Fundraising**<br>Bucket Collection<br>355.00<br>Gala<br>45.00<br>Learning Library Money Boxes<br>200.00<br>Tombola<br>91.30<br>Toy Sale<br>260.00|
|---|---|
||TOTAL<br>£961.30|



## 6.3 **Subscriptions** 

Income from Subscriptions  was £2,790 

## 6.4 **Other Income** 

Other income such as bank interest, refunds/credits brought in £266.75 

## 6.5 **Donations** 

Donations to the Learning Library from individuals and organisations brought in £335.00 

## 6.6 **Totals** 

The total funds into the Learning Library was £91,264.10 

## **7. EXPENDITURE APRIL 2021 – MARCH 2022** 

## 7.1 **Vehicle Costs** 

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The vehicle costs for this financial year to include, fuel, insurance and maintenance etc was £4,756.37. 

## 7.2 **Staf Costs** 

Christmas gifts for staff were £125.00 

## 7.3 **Running Costs** 

This cost includes accountancy, repairs, stationery, postage, telephone, HR charges etc.  The costs were £5,397.69. 

## 7.4 **Premises Costs** 

This cost includes building maintenance, heating and lighting, buildings insurance etc.  The total cost for this was £5,689.66 

## 7.5 **Equipment** 

The cost this year equipment was £23,516.23 

## 7.6 **Wages** 

Wages for financial year 2021-2022 were £60,663.37 

## 7.6 **Totals** 

Total running costs for the year came to £100,126.41 

## **9. YEAR ON YEAR COMPARISON** 

Financial year 2020-21 was difficult due to Covid-19.  However, our service managed to carry on and we maintained financial stability. The Learning Library received some additional grants which unable us to continue to operate a service during the pandemic. 

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Learning Library Costs 1/4/2020 – 31/4/2021 


## **10. COMMUNITY AND NETWORKING** 

- 10.1 We have maintained close links with the Portage Service, special and mainstream schools, the occupational therapy service as well as many other organisations which support people with learning disabilities and additional  needs.  We  continue  to  support  Endeavour  Woodcrafts whenever  possible.   We  are  looking  forward  to  reaching  out  and networking with other organisations and services once again now that social distancing for Covid-19 is no longer in place. 

## **11. MEMBERSHIP** 

Our membership continues to increase with the majority of our new members being in the Durham area. 

## **12. STOCK-TAKE** 

The yearly stock-take will commence after the Christmas break and all members of staff will take part. 

## **13. COMMUNICATION** 

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- 13.1 Our website address remains _www.learninglibrary.org.uk_ . 

- 13.2 Our email address remains at info@learninglibrary.org.uk. 

- 13.3 Our Facebook continues to be regularly used by members parents/carers to request items or to contact our Outreach Workers. 

## **14. CONCLUSION** 

The  onset  of  the  Covid  pandemic  had  made  providing  our  current service extremely  challenging. However, we continue to maintain a positive attitude and are determined to carry on, albeit in a socially distanced way.  The need for our service continues to grow and does our resolve to help and support those with additional needs throughout the County. 

The  support  of  funders,  both  large  and  small,  has  enabled  us  to continue to meet the needs of the children and adults with learning disabilities and additional needs who are members.  We also offer our support to their parents and carers. We maintain excellent relationships  with  our  members  and  continue  to  receive  positive feedback  from  them  and  other  organisations  with  whom  we  are involved. 

Finally, thank you to all staff, volunteers, Management Group members, member’s parents/carers, funders and supporters who help us support the children and adults who need our service. 

Presented by Marion Nelthorpe, Learning Library Manager to Board of Trustees at the Annual General Meeting on Friday 10[th] December, 2021. 

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|Report to the trustees/||||
|---|---|---|---|
|members of|Leaming Library|||
|On accounts for the year<br>ended|31  March 2022|Charity no(ifany)|1000589|
|Set out on pages||||
||I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above|||
||charity ("the Trust") for the year ended 31/03/2021|||
|Responsibilities and|As the chan.ty's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the|||
|basis Of report|accounts in accordance|with the requirements Of the Charities Act 201 1||
||("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 canying out my examination, I|
||have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission|
||under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.|
|Independent|I have completed my examination.  I confirm that no material matters have|
|examiner's statement|come to my attention in connection wl.th the examination (other than that|
||disclosed below *) which gives me cause to believe that in, any material|
||respect:|



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|Donations|||
|---|---|---|
|Asda|200.00||
|Individuals|25.00||
|V Watson|110.00|335.00|
|Grants|||
|Durham County Council|8,000.00||
|rrmc TRs|6,J72.cO||
|Children in Need|26,898.55||
|Sir James Knott Trust|5,000.00||
|Albert Hunt|1,000.00||
|Skipton Building Society|2,921.72||
|Joseph Strong Frazer Tmst|1,000.00||
|Bailly Thomas Trust|2,000.00||
|Spennymoor AAP|17,000.00||
|Durham AAP|11,400.00||
|CDCF|4,940.00|86,932.96|
|Other Income|||
|Bank Interest|43.58||
|inazon Credit|201.26|244.84|
|Own Fundraising|||
|Gala|45.00||
|Toy sale|270.00||
|Tombola|91.30||
|Buc,ket c,ollec,tion|355.00||
|Money boxes|200.00|961.30|
|Subscriptions|||
|Nursery|280.00||
|Schools|2,160.00||
|Day Care|280.00||
|Framwellgate Moor Primary|70.00|2,790.00|
|||91,264.10|
|Bank Balance as at lst April, 2021|||
|Current Account Balance as at 31 st March 2021|62,734.20||
|Deposit Account Balance as at 31 st March 2021|32,817.15||
|Opening Cash in Hand|130.95|95,682.30|
|||186,946.40|





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|Cash in Hand|Elm|
|---|---|
|Bank Current Account|53,646|
|Bank Deposit Account|32.861|
|Total Cash Funds|86,820|



|General Account|||
|---|---|---|
||B fivd              B ought             S o ld|Dep n                   Cfivd|
|Office Furniture and Equipment|1,298|260                      1,038|
|Fixtures, Fittings and Equipment - Cost|90,328               24,582|11,491                      78,837|
|Motor vehicle - Cost|12.634|2,527                  34,689|
||104`260               24,582|14,278                   114,564|





|||||CC16a|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A**I  Rece.  t<br>I  Kece.ptsDonations|Unrestricted<br>funds<br>to the nearest f|Restricted              Endowment<br>funds                       funds<br>to the nearest f           to the nearest £<br>**'**`'`'`'1'```'`'11'`**'**'`'`'```**'**'1|Total funds<br>to the nearest £|Last year<br>to the nearest £|
||335||||
|Grants|86,933||||
|Other Income|245||||
|Own Fundraising|691||||
|Subscriptions|2,790||||
|Sub total<br>90,994<br>:t2c.Assetand|nvestmentsa|es,EEEEE<br>Total receipts<br>-EiE<br>A3 Payments<br>Miscellaneous<br>IIINIIIm**l**IIIm**lll**<br>IIEEIEEIIIIIIIEIEEIII|||||
|New Branch Set up Costs|||||
|Premises Costs|||||
||5,690||||
|Running Costs|5,031||||
|Staff Costs|||||
||125||||
|Vehicle Costs|||||
||5,017||||
|Wages & ON Costs|60,663||||
|Volunteer Costs|||||
|Subscription<br>Creditors Adjustment<br>Sub total<br>A4 Asset and investment<br>purchases, etc.|982<br>75,545|EE|||
|Total payments|100,126||||
|Nat of receipts/(payments)<br>A5 Transfers between funds<br>A6 Cash funds last year end<br>Cash funds this year end||EE|||





|||Unrestricted|Restricted|Endowment|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||funds|funds|funds|
|||to nearest f|to nearest f|to nearest £|
|81 Cash funds|Bank & Cash Accounts||||
||Total cash funds||EEE=||
||(agree balances with receipts and payments||||
||account(s))||||
|||Unrestricted|Restricted|Endowment|
|||funds|funds|fu nds|
||De!:ails|to nearest f|to nearest i|to nearest £|
|82 Other monetary assets|||||
||rJ.3,[a;is;`,||Cost (optional)|Current value<br>(Optional)|
|83 Investment assets|||||
|84 Assets retained for the<br>charity's own use|De`cai!s<br>Office Furniture & Equipment<br>Fixtures, Fittings & Equipment|=<br>Fund to which<br>111111111|Cost (optional)<br>111111111|Current value<br>11111111|
||Motor Vehicle||||
|||Fund to which|Amount due|When due|
||Details||(Optional)||
|85 Liabilities|Creditors||||
|||||E|
|Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees|Signature|Print|Name||
|||u\c,vl^ ts<br>J|||





CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's report on the
accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trusteesl
members of
Learning Library
On accounts for the year
ended
31 March 2022
Charity no
{if any)
1000589
Set out on pages
1to2
I report to Ihe trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity ("the Trust.) for the year ended 3110312021
Responsibililles and
basis of report
As the charitls trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the
accounts in accordan￿ with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011
("the Act.).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried OLrt
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I
have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145(5){b) of the Act.
Independent I have completed my examination. I confimi that no materTal matters have
examinerfs statement come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that
disclosed below ') which gives me Cause to believe that in, any material
respect:
the a¢¢ounting records wer& not kept in accordance with section 130
of the Charities Act.. or
the accounts did not accord with the accounting reGords,' or
the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements
conceming the form and content of acxounts set out in the Charities
(Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement
that the a¢counts give a 'true and fairf view which is not a matter
considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concems 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.
Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.
Signed:
Date:
1111112022
Name:
Mr Alan Dixon
Relevant professlonal
quallficatlonls) or body
Ilf any):
ICPA
IER
Oct 2018

Address:
Church View, High Etherley
Bishop Auckland
County Durham DL14 OHS
Section B
Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highSight material matters of concern
(see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and
guidance for examiners).
Give here brief details of
any items thattho
examiner wishes to
dlsclose.
IER
Oct 2018