2023-03-31-accounts - Voluntary Action - North East Lincolnshire

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FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS	FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS
VANEL's	key objectives, in support of its mission and	key aims, are to:
1.Increase the capacity of local VCSgroups and organisations to perform				effectively.
Key activities:
	Development work with new and growing/changing voluntary		and community				groups			including			social enterpnses				and
	other newly emergmg VCS structures via	management team.
	Encouraging and celebrating volunteering,	hnking volunteers	with groups		(via		the	Volunteering					Development			Service)
	and supporting the training and development ofvolunteers.
	Promoting financial accountability withm	VCS organisations	through training				for	staff		and trustees				in managing			their
	fmances (via external support).
IV.	Providing training in preparing funding	bids and contract	applications			(via	Chief		Officer,			Contracts			Manager		and
	Development Manager).
	Promoting and supporting the achievement of quality assurance accreditation								amongst				VCS	organisations			via
	management team.
VI.	Championing group and individual engagement with information			technology			(via	Development					Manager).
VII.	Assisting local VCS groups in obtaimng,	maintaining, and	sustaining		capital			assets			(via	Chief		Officer,		Contracls
	Manager and Development Manager).
2.Provide free/affordable services relevant to local		VCS groups' needs.
Key activities:
	Developing and providmg website bulletins (Development Manager).
	Offering financial services such as payroll	and fund management		(Fmance		Manager)
	Providing access to funding sources (Chief Officer and Contracts			Manager).
IV.	Administering local grant schemes (Contracts Manager).
	Providing internet based information	service with links		to relevant			local		and		national			VCS	organisations
	(Development Manager and Chief Officer).
VI.	Providing traming facilities (via member	organisations/82 Or(msby Road,			Cleethorpes).
VII.	Identifying and developing volunteering	placements (Volunteer		Support	Worker).

3.Provide VCS representation within and for the wider community.	3.Provide VCS representation within and for the wider community.
Key activities:
	Promoting and representing local VCSinterests locally, regionagy & nationally (Chief Officer)
	Removmg barriers to VCS involvement in local, regional, national work (Chief Officer).
	Keeping the local VCS mformed about relevant local, regional, and national changes and		developments				(Chief
	Officer).
IV.	Responding to VCS needs and facilitatmg skills/information exchange between groups. (learn)
V	Promoting partnership working within the VCS and between VCS and others as needed. (Team)
Vl.	Participating in the NEL Community Safety Partnership and related workmg groups (Chief Officer)
	Being a proactive member of local community forums as appropriate (Team as needed).
VIII.	Being the Local Trusted Orgamsation (Big Local) for the national Local t rust (Chief Officer)
4.Ensure the sustainability of VANEL with appropriate staffing and adequately resourced structure.
Key activities:
	Implementing full cost recovery within VANEL funding bids (asfar as practical). (Chief Officer)
	Negotiating tailor-made charging structures with each of our members for extra support. (CO)
	Generating reserves adequate to enable us to develop new and exisbng services in response	to local VCS				needs and
	to maintain (at least) our minimum reserves policy (Chief Officer).
IV.	Encouraging VCS groups to make full use of VANEL's services, including supporting their mcome		generation			to	enable
	them to take up VANEI.'s charged services. (Team)
	Managing VANEL's mdirect costs consistent with retaming the skills needed to deliver the plan		outcomes			as	flexibly
	and cost-effectively as possible. (Finance and Contracts Manager)
S.Achieve wider recognition ofVANEL as a provider of high quality, professional services for the local VCS.
Key activities:
	Maintaining/reviewing VANEL's pohoes and procedures annually with staff/trustees. (Development			Manager)
	implementing pro-active staff member, volunteer and trustee development through a staff/trustee				development
	plan that supports the needs ofthis Business Plan. (Chief Officer)
	Maintaining our NCVO Volunteer Centre QA and other QA as deemed appropnate. (Chief Officer)
IV.	Working in partnership with other VCS orgamsations in Number area and Lincolnshire County (Chief			Officer)
	Offering Supporting Volunteers' Award (quality assurance) for member groups. (Development	Manager)
VI.	Offenng Volunteer Passport for mdividual people who choose to volunteer. (Volunteer Worker)

I report to the trustees on my examination of the financial	statements of Voluntary	statements of Voluntary	statements of Voluntary	statements of Voluntary	Action North	Action North	East Lincolnshire	East Lincolnshire	East Lincolnshire	East Lincolnshire		(the
charity) for the year ended 31March 2023.
The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the accounting		palicies set out		in	note 1to	the accounts		and		comply
As the trustees ofthe charity (and also its directors for the purposes		ofcompany law)		you are responsible for the					preparation
ofthe finanaal statements in accordance with the requirements ofthe Campames Act 2006(the 2006Act).
Havmg satisfied myself that the financial statements ofthe charity are not			required to be audited			under Part		16of		the		2006
Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in	respect	of my	examination		ofthe chanty's financral				statements
carried out under section 145ofthe Charities Act 2011(the 2011Act) .In carrying out my examination							I have followed				ag the
applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under	section	145(5)(b)ofthe 2011Act.
Independent examiner's statement
Since the chanty's gross income exceeded 6250,000 your examiner		must be a member			of a body	listed in section 145					ofthe
2011Act. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination		because I am a		member of		ICAEW, which			is one		ofthe
listed bodies.
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 that in any material respect:
accounting records were not kept in respect ofthe charity		as required by section 386ofthe					2006 Act;		or
the financial statements do not accord with those	records; or
the financial statements 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
the financial statements have not been prepared	in accordance		with the methods and			principles ofthe Statement
of Recommended Practice for accounting and	reporting by		chanties	applicable to charities				preparing				their
accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard			appkcable	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 m order	to enable a proper understandmg of					the	financial	statements to
be reached.
Andrew Robinson BCom (Hans), FCA
A P Robinson &Co (Grimsby) LLP
Chartered Accountants
107Cleethorpe Road
Grimsby
North East Lincolnshire
DN313ER

				Unrestricted	Unrestricted	Restricted		Total		TOtal
					funds	funds
					2023	2023		2023		2022
			Notes		E	6		6		E
Income from:
Donations and	legacies				15,965	378,446		394,411		372,570
Charitable activities					164,228			164,228		200,462
Total income					180,193	378,446		558,639		573,032
Raismg funds					2,584			2,584		2,920
Charitable activities					185,788	374,216		560,005		606,503
Total resources expended					188,372	374,216		562,589		609,423
Net outgoing resources before transfers				(	8,179)	4,230	(	3,950)	(	36,391)
Gross transfers	between	funds
Net income/(expenditure)		for the year
Net movement	in funds			(	8,179)	4,230	(	3,950)	(	36391)
Fund balances	at 31March 2022				199,404	107,053		306,457		342,848
Fund balances	at 31March 2023				191,225	111,283		302,507		306,457


					Notes	5
Cash	flows from operating		activities
Cash	absorbed	by operations					(	9,208)	( 30,089)
Net	cash used	in investing	activities
Net	cash used	in financing	activities
Net	decrease	in cash and	cash equivalents				(	9,208)	( 30,089)
Cash	and cash	equivalents	at beginning	ofyear				311,445	341,534
Cash	and cash	equivalents	at end ofyear					302,237	311,445

3	Donations	Donations	and legacies	and legacies	and legacies
							Unrestricted	Restdicted	Total	7otal
							funds	funds	funds	funds
							2023	2023	2023	2022
							6	E	E	E
	Donations		and gifts				9,015		9,015	1,405
	Grants						5,475	378,446	383,921	369,170
	Membership				fees		1,475		1,475	1,995
							15,965	378,446	394,411	372,570
	Forthe	year			ended 31March 2022		17,467	355,102		372,570
	Chaditable			activities
									Grants	Grants
									2023	2022
									E	6
	Sales within			chantable		activities			164,228	200,462
	Analysis	by		fund
	Unrestricted				funds				164,228	200,462
	Restricted		funds
									164,228	200,462
5	Raising	funds
							Unrestricted	Restricted	Total	TOtal
							funds	funds
							2023	2023	2023	2022
	Other fundra				ising costs		2,584		2,584	2,920
							2,584		2,584	2,920
	For the	year			ended 31	March 2022
	Fundraising			and publicity			2,920			2,920

Charitable activities
		2023	2022
		6	6
Staff costs		195,567	208,137
Establishment costs		6,604	7,537
Repairs		329	560
Pnnting, postage and	stationery	4,812	5,495
Office expenses		5,303	3,917
Volunteer expenses		528	11
Travel & subsistence		5,893	4,737
Project expenses		303,133	324,540
Sulidry		1,477	703
Professional fees		20,530	41,844
Stafftraining		52	4,052
Partiopant allowances		11,484	1,342
		555,712	602,876
Share ofgovernance	costs	4,293	3,627
		560,005	606,503
Analysis by fund
Unrestricted funds		185,788	193,100
Restricted funds		374,216	413,403
		560,005	606,503

	Number of employees	Number of employees	Number of employees
	1he average monthly			number	of employees			during the	year was: 8
										2023	2022
										Number	Number
	VA Core Development			6Volunteer		Centre
	Projects
	Employment	casts								2023	2022
										E.	6
	Wages and salaries									179,417	188,752
	Social security	costs								10,388	13,041
	Other pension	costs								5,762	6,344
										195,567	208,137
	1here were no employees whose					annual	remuneration		was 660,000or more.
	Debtors
										2023	2022
										6	6
	Amounts falling due			within one year:
	Trade debtors									4,149	540
	Other debtors										275
	Prepayments	and accrued mcome								2,388	1,975
										6,537	2,790
10	Creditors: amounts		falling due within one					year
										2023	2022
										6	E.
	Trade creditors									1,296	2,118
	Accrue la and	deferred		income						4,972	5,660
										6,268	7,779

					Movement in funds	Movement in funds
			Balance at	Incoming	Resources		Transfers	Balance at
			31March 2022	resources		expended		31March 2023
			6			E	6	6
BBO-MOVE			105	41,801		44,122)		2,217)
Big Local			51,695	145,635	(	158,675)		38,655
Green influencers			18,723	36,133	(	30,369)		24,488
Hangout Youth	Group			5,628	(	3,162)		2,467
Neighbourhood	Networking-	NLCF	11,089	37,067	(	35,678)		12,477
I-lardship Fund			6,533	8,000	(	3,831)		10,702
Urban Arts Project				5,000	(	5,000)
Summer Youth	Activities			5,000	(	5,000)
Winter Activities Programme				5,000	(	5,000)
Safer Streets	(E Marsh)			47,243	(	38,294)		8,949
Sidney Sussex Ward Projects				3,750	(	1,592)		2,158
Clee Clubs				1,789	(	476)		1,312
NAVCA Cost of	Livmg			10,000	(	10,000)
New to Nature				3,400				3,400
PCC Community	Safety Fund			8,000	(	6,139)		1,861
Safer Streets East Marsh Commumty
Champion				5,000		3,696)		1,304
East Marsh Wallet				10,000		4,274)		5,726
VANEL TV			6,063		(	6,063)
West Marsh Wallet			196		(	196)
Youth Workrng	Links		3,000		(	3,000)
Safer Streets	(W Marsh)		9,649		(	9,649)
			107,053	378,446	(	374,216)		111,282

13	Analysis ofnet asset	s betw	een funds
								Total		Total
					2023	2023		2023		2022
					6	6		6		6
	Fund balances at 31	March	2023 are represented	by:
	Current assets				302,507			302,5D7		306,457
					302,507			302,507		306,457
14	Related party transactions
	There were no disclosabie		related party transactions		during the year (2022- none).
15	Cash generated from operations							2023		2022
								6		6
	Deficit for the year							3,950)	(	36,391)
	Ivlovements in working capitah
	(Increase)/decrease	in debtors					(	3,746)		10,789
	Decrease in creditors						(	1,511)	(	4,487)
	Cash absorbed by operations						(	9,207)	(	30,089)
16	Analysis ofchanges	in net	funds
	7 he charity had no debt dunng the year.