Charity Registration Ilo. 1004354 Conyny Re9iStr*tion No. 02567517 (England and Wales) THE UPPER ROOM 1ST SAVIOUR'S) ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 "AC60YHCQ' PANIES PIOUSE THE UPPER ROOM (ST SAVIOUR'S) CONTENTS Pw Trusto¢s' report lTraap8n￿nI exaTh¥neffs rewl 17 Slat•meni ol financial ac1v￿$ 18-19 Bala￿e sheet 20 Notes lo the account5 THE UPPER ROOM (ST SAVIOUR'S) LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Trustees S Tuke Ichairl P Mawds* (Treasu￿[) K Barbjur M Dudek J H￿rnan M Morgan (Ytychair) Psd) Rsh B Slevenson Se¢uet•ry P M•*dsley Charity Cornpary nurnber 02567517 R•gi5teTrd offic• St sa￿ourvI￿Thlel P** Church Cobl)obJ Road Lonojn W12 9LN IndePendent•xan￿ner Begtrfe5 CharternJAcoyJntsrts g Bonhill Street L¢)nd EC2A40J BanlEer¥ Nat￿￿ PLC London W12 7GE CCLA One ￿￿ge4 L* London EC4R 3AB THE UPPER ROOM (ST SAVIOUR'S) TRUSTEES. REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS. REPORT) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 tru$t¢e$ present tsr report and rn)unt$ tr the year entsj 31 IAarth 2023. The finanoal slatements have been prepared in ac¥xJrdarKe with the accwnting p(￿￿ set out in ThJt8 110 the financial statements and Mih Ihe charitys Memorandwn and ofAssoiiation, Ihe Companie5 Act 2006 and .AcaX*unt￿g and Reporting by Charities.. Statemenl of RecornmenLleil Practpce applicable to charities eparing their &￿[Ints in accordance with the Fw)ancial Rep￿tsn9 StsThJard ap￿￿able in Ihe UK and Rtputth"c of Ireland IFRS 1021"18ffWive 1 January 20191. Our ￿$10￿ and Mi55ion The Uppef Room's ￿510n 15 to sUp￿rt and wnwove the lives of WInerab￿ pwle in ¢)ur cornwnunrty to rnake them more re&lient, and to help them make pjsth lrfe choKès. Our mis￿On is to work with sociamy disadvant48d lor wlnerable> aduts lo". allaviate poverty prowde personalised advKe & supr increase conffidence & seifosteem . enaNe people to be active members ofthe commu improve physical & Ment￿ wellbeKig • improve empbyats"ts"ty duce Ohe risk ofj re4ffleThYing Why our work h important believe in the lundamental prow>silion that every human being has ￿ten￿al wl)ith, if held caplNe ty SOCL81 exdu&on. can t* unlocked by our supFrf)rt and Our work ha5 a F￿siti"Ve, 1rf￿nhan￿ng irnpact on our benefiuaries. It benefits people by imprwrvj ￿lT se1￿$te￿n ￿ healh, and enablry them to become •conomicalty independeni. Athjitionally, we are that ow benefioari•s Oft￿ help wovitje and hope tor olhers. Our main hub is in L￿dOn, but we now ha¥e a sat•llrt• office in Croydon. aThJ rn￿e tKoa¢Jy are a Londo wide 0r9anisatl￿. Our w(*k touches ￿ lives of people every y&ar. StrU¢￿Te. Governan¢e and M*na9en*nt The Upper Roc#n is a registered tharity wilh ts Charity Cwmissim, * 4 ctynpany ￿mrted by guarantee, governed by a Memorandum and ArtKaes ofAssooakn da￿4 11 t)ecwnber 1990. Trustees are seleded freffi a broad of bac*grc¥JThJs. Mth oxt*deratKJn given to speufic areas tsf re5pon$ibilty they can tak8 on Ihe dwrity. Tw5tee5 are elected for thre&year temis. Tru51ees retiro rotation at the end of their lerm. and can stand for re*knb"on by the Membefs at the AGM, 5LFbjecl to a maximurn term ol office of nine yew& A induclÈw tra￿Ing pa& 1$ k¥0￿ded lo au Iruslees. Al tnth$ under9) annual safegvarding training. Th¢ Chief Exeeubve is empowwed to make oFeralthal tleo"sions. Mth Ihe chaffman of trustees and the CEO meeting at least monthty. The charity's finarKwl contffjls ￿lcY def￿8$ ihe level of authorisation required for expend4ture with approvals. ranging from Ch￿1 ExeoJbv8 to thJl board approydl. stsalegic dèci5w)ns are made at board kvel. SFeofic board sutp￿rnm￿e5 provth ovetsum of area5 of fsXUS, such as Fina￿e. Risk and Audtt. Th¢ rharity has no subs￿l*le$ and d(es not uyrenty operate any jcmnt ¥EnbJres wth otrw charities or organisat*Jns. Our UR4Meals wojed does fv)sl sèrvices prowded by other Charities and oruanisatiCffj5, indudiNJ Glass Doc¥. Citizens Ad￿ and the NHS. alo￿ng cfients ol the rneals ￿[VI￿ lo aw5$ these servKes undèr one roofwhen they ¥i￿t Tr Upper Rojm. THE UPPER ROOM (ST SAVIOUR'S) TRUSTEES. REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS. REPORTI (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 Pay for empbyees, mduding key man•Jemenl personnel. is reviewed annualty and derjded at board thl. The trustee responsible for HR conduds a benchrnarkn"n9 exercise for more senior poglions by referenun9 P3y surveys and pay le¥els in simikir ¢*aritaNe organisaltons. and thi5 is a key inplrt to the board level salary review. We we a Lon¢JJn Lmrg I￿ge empk)yer. and pay the London Ltrwng Wage as defined by Ihe Livin9 Wage Foundal¥)n. lo ouf mare juntor $taff membets. CHAIRMAN'S REPORT A5 the pandemic receded, it wa5 a great reliefto life returring to somelhirwj apwoaEhing nomalty. th Ihe economic challenges tacang scK#ety. however. ¢)ur at*'lty once m¢xe to oifer our full range of 5eNces was time￿ indeed. The struggles that peopk- espeualty the rTh)st vulnerable- are e¥JerienL?ng have been well documented, at The Uw)er Rty)m we a￿ in Ihe f(*efrMt of pwding much needed support. To give just one example. in earty 21f23 we ha¥E regulaty found oursefves swbing rn0￿ lh￿ 150 meals a day, which is 3n unprecedented number. As always, you wiw find tleta.jed repthts on our Wdrp)us propds later in this I$)￿Men1. The year brouyht Ihe very sad news Ihal Father Jthn ltheeler had passed away. Jjhn and his wrfe Brenda were the key pJay8rs in foundir*J The Upper Room rnore than 30 years a￿. when he was VKar of St Saviour's. From smal beginning5 handmig ryjt san(h¥¢thes in their kilthn. v ins1￿11￿j a trestle tth in th•r gwe. the charity has grown lo the ￿gn￿l¢ant 0￿raI￿on it is loday_ It was vtty good to see so many ￿ friends frorn The Upper R(Thi and St sam￿￿￿.s gatherng al John's fvneral to show their enornous respect and aflection for a rwnarkat4e man. Our discussions St Sawur5 and Ihe ol￿se a n¢w b)ntrtum *ase c*J)t*vJe. 14Ve ￿)pe lo have this a9reed s(x)n. During the year the Re¥d Dr Graham Tomlin rebred as Bshop of Kensinglon. arrfl lhe￿lOre stepped d¢￿Th a$ a Patrcm of The Uppef Rcoyn. )A* are extre￿￿ty grate￿ kn 8L8h¢4) for hs sUp￿rt during hi5 tenn of offi￿, and Msh him all Ihe best for the tthu￿. This yeai we said farewdf to ¢xtr Chief Exec￿tive Chris Frartis. Chris stepped up to the lo￿ of Chief Exewbve wilh great aplomb. was &ked respected by *aff. voluntee￿. tW5tee5 a￿j lh8 wwjer comrnunity. e and his wife clai￿ and baby daughter Pearl are makj.ng a new lrfe lor themset¥es on an i00lic isbnd off th west ￿ast of Ireland. Muth though we'd have b)ved to pewsu* hin to slay. rfs hard to La)mpele wilh the Atlant￿ beaches. lain Co¢)per stèpped in lnrti￿ty as Inierim Chief Exegjlhve. l*rt er￿Y aThJ enlhusiasrn 50 impressed bolh ihe slaff and truslee5 that we Offe￿ hirn the Job on a pennanent bays. aThl were ddighted thal he accepled. We are always heartened and e￿x￿aged by the worKlerfiJl supwi wè from a diverse Tar￿ of diwiduals and organisabons. It has been great to be able to fwdraisng evenls rThi that Covid restsicti¢ns have eased. Our volunteers a￿ of course crucial to the se￿ti we prowde. A ggnthnt number ol them been supporting u$ for many years, and we reaffjf coukln't fUnd￿n wthout tr*m. Our Ifustees Continue to wowde ￿se and rOt￿$t leadership for ihe thwity, ensurwMJ that Wg tak¢ thg riyht decisions in often knng ciroJmStsn￿$. Finally, I wouhj like to pay In"bule lo cyjr wonderfvl stsff. They a￿ in the frorrt fme day in. day ¢)vt. providing ¢are. support and iough love to ￿￿1$ who can be ehallenging and Yulnernbk. I never cease to be ￿ed over by their unwaverin9 dedicatv)n ￿ comnmtrnent. SIMC￿ Tuke Chair of Trustees THE UPPER ROOM (ST SAVIOUR'S) TRUSTEES, REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS. REPORT) {CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 OUR PROJECTS UR4Meals Our chefJana left in Awd aThJ was retAaced by Jude Thomps￿. Ntyjrish Hub woNided us with three eknefs". Fadw3. Sophie and Christina- who have 0￿$tanding whilst thrirwJ Jude'5 recovery from a broken l•g 5U5tained in a qding ar£*JenL The nurnber of rjwty quesls inuea5ed progressh*, with a peak in D￿rnber 2022 when Ihe avwa9e was 92 per day. As a1￿Y$. wr dining guesls ￿esent Io u5 8 wrfle variety of issues. and I can kyoudty say Ihat. with the help ofal our raselsupport workers I￿a$S Door. CitiZ￿sAd￿ce. Tuming Point. London Equality Centre. Ealing Law Centre and others). we have supp(*ted and helped idenbfy an equalty w*Je wariety ol solutions. WorkiryJ in colL4borniKM a number of NHS seTrices have offered our guests Ilu and cO￿d vaccltmt￿$, TB and hepatilis checks. Podiaty. Oral Healh awarenes*￿, Dental rÈferr•ls. as well as addition arKI mental heafth support plans_ Our CMstmas dinner was a Very special e¥enl 9uest& wih rring presents (h)nated by kndo's {onc• again} and Sotsal Brte, supported by wr t4olwtws. Pupjts from Gowin & Latymer also prov4ed stumirg handmade Christffla5 ￿r￿S fvr each guest. K•y Ou¢oirtS.' 244 sessions 16,159 atteThJartts over 244 sessions 32,550 meals, tak8avrdy5 and parcels 3.114 ttyleln'es di51ribvted 4,206 ilems ofdothuw distrtsuted 146 skepNIg bags gNen lo rough theper5 366 indmdual Iravel support (Oyster cards aNI twps) $45 TFL Saver b"c*ets 92 sim cards & phwe towps 31 mobile phones 9sven 189 health4daled a¢lws . 79 unique vojunteefswho wrtriblrfed 2,928 how5 Qtltw tsne Glass Door We are èxtrè￿￿ty grateftrf ta ovr ￿8$$ ath"sor. Andrew, Twho attended one day a week. refer￿ 157 guests lo hirn. c1)rnpa￿ wilh 75 in the previovs 12 Fnonlhs. The rnaJ(*ty of Ihese were ￿n￿eX cases requillng in-depth support over a numtw ol sessKXI$. . 10 guests reeeived benefrts 4 guests 5erJJred ernF4oyrnent 17 guests had finanrAal as5isia*e 2 guests opened bank ac£ounts S guests recewed heatth ￿l￿TrI5 23 guests were housed 8 guests receNed ID . 2 guests recwved an Tmmpjralth referral 2 guests received [￿d 5UPPOrt . 19uest rerzNed material for nx)wwyJ wrto Ixyjwrg (*thit¢ goods, ¢tel THE UPPER ROOM (ST SAVIOUR'S) TRUSTEES. REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS. REPORT) {CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR EhlDED 31 MARCH 2023 ens Wg $eoJred additional fvnding kn a CA8 athrysor to att￿￿ one day a week, and during this time Atsson and Nick provKled invaluable suP￿rt lo our gve5ts. Thty helped 50 rth"duaEs with dela1￿ easewot*. and a lurther 74 with simple queries. These were Ihe prevalent issues". No of Ckents Housng Benefrts & Tax CTedit5 UnNersal C￿011 ImmigratM)n &Asylum Debt adwte Heatth & Communty care Legal adwce Employment 19 15 10 57 29 Researth 23 third-year Sociology and CThninoW sbJdents frC￿ Roehampton Universty Carr￿ oul resear(* duriThJ VR4Meals sesslons behween Odober and December 21)22. In a gJAey of77 guest* 56% wwe Brib"$h 35% were Poh"5h 49% haj a local eNffieth"on ¥¥rth Hammer%mrth & Ftham 22% had a local Come￿ wth Eali19 84% were male 16% We￿ fernale Most respondenls190%} had heard atout The UH)•r Room through word of mtyjth and informal netsI￿rk$- I best tests.mony to the Charity's Importanc* to people irt West LoThJon expèriènong housing exdusion aTrJ poverty. It is a150 Very dear Ihat infr¥mal referr* is whal allra#s The Upper Room's numerous m￿rants from Eastem and Central Europe. Housing stslus." 01 the 12 women. fi¥e were in shekerlemergerq at£oMmLYJai￿), thiee We￿ in council temporary ac£ommodabM. in social h(wsir9. one sof&5urfing and one IA Wivate rented accomnw)dation. 01 the 65 men, 23 were sleepin9 rou9h. 12 were in DJunoL+lemporary accommodation. eiw sof*wthTha, 8igM private ienled, seven in social htyJsirrfJ and sty in shefterlemer9enGy aCC￿M￿latiDn. Respondents indicaled Ihal the'most-yalued. ser￿3 (after dolhin9 and tolètritsl w•rè'. 24% empkjyment 5uppc¥1 24% health and wellbeing 17% housing and accomrnLhYab"on 13% rnentsl heamh and coping mechantsms Testimonials and Case Stori John- Gues¢ Case stt Jrthn fwnd out about us trom people in a hostd- The Danny Hotel. He was drinknng daly and had been S¢￿et horneless. Being in temporary acr4)mmc#Jation. and ￿th no rn￿eY ts food, he rame to The Upper Room. After eatillg his first hOmtrC￿ked meal in monlhs. he was 9Nen MUd￿eeded tryktr*s and dothing. As the weeks went on, h• conb.nued to Visrt us daity. and he str2*ty started opening up abovt his srtuati0rvprob￿ms. It was dear he had to tjo something aboui his thinknn9. and he was signp05bJ to Alctholics Anonymous s*wvi¢es' sts)n he was rewW attending meebngs. Wth continued support from us. he has been ats￿ to stay dean. and he is now startiw to ￿b￿￿j his lrfe. During this lirnè John has also fouThJ emWoyment and has moved into his own Aat. We are very PrC￿ of l#m, and we cJJntinue to see hirn wth•n h• is not workjng. as h• pop5 in lo update u5 on his Pro￿￿55. Tayo- Volunleer. Testimonial 'The guests are very appreciative of the ser¥Ke we provvje. whth is very satr5￿n9 3nd enrxjurages me to keep Coming back The Upper Roorn ha5 a wonderful 3bm0Sphe￿ aThJ is often more akin to a very friendty swal dL than a soup ￿tChen. I have mel pe￿Ie ¥*th suth ¥wl Krterestw bar*rwnds. and feel that Ihe whole experience has rnrjeed been very enrichirg for me.. Cec￿la Seres UR4M•als Propd Manager THE UPPER ROOM (ST SAVIOUR'S) TRUSTEES. REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS. REPORT) (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 UR4DrhTlng We have re￿I￿dd f￿1$ from 36 diN•rent agenL?es. Thfee of OLK sbjdents We￿ refwed to UR4Job5 further training and ernployrnent. al of whom retsNed training, and ts¥o of whom secured ernpltyrnent. Eigm of our studenls volunteered with The Upper RoJm- threè wth UR4￿1ving and wrth UR4Meal5. Ethnicity Age%, PrpfeF4l¢Ji.toaav 45p" Whits." Bril￿h MvAed 1&35 j 81acWack15ntish i&25 AstanlA5ianBnissh x. ttYA 21X 3£YA 4LVA sl￿ 6(es Key OuW(rts." Theory tests taken- 72 Theory passes-46 Practical tests taken-41 Dn"ving ￿ten￿S-20 . Theory worksh¢)p$- 457 Totsl attendees- 147 Lesson hours- 1,298 Number of dMrrfJ Instructors- 14 Driving tests and inslnjdors". There is no doubt that continues to te a very tha1￿ngIng %tua¢ion for Ihe Dwwer and Vehicle SlandardsAgency (DVSA)- Ihew prediction Ihat'eVe￿hIrv3 shouhj be bar* to nrmal byAprif is lar from btmig fvffiiied. r•¢ént reports ￿ thè wess estfftHte the oltests to have owted a yearfs de￿y. We ran book a pradi(al test vhw a person passes 17v'r theory- we are tkn)king tests for lest dates in October. We have altered the demaThl on the dient in wder to fdl Ihe time effe¢*vely- so Stage l is airned at f¢tsJ5sing al effort on the theory test. and getting this passed as soon as ￿$sIble so we can book the practical; we then have a date to work lo. Slage 2 is cr￿Fle￿"n9 ¥olunleeMg and see￿"n9 job and trainiThJ int8iventions. whilst stsrting the le%8on5 to coin¢kJe wilh Ihe fmal practical te51 date. The prot4em of delays has also been c(MnpovThJed by one ollhe ccvwquencÈs of CtivKJ, ww 15 people leBirirvJ th￿r rolps as examiners to relire earty. This is equafty Im& of instwctors. and Ihere has been a rnassve re(xuitment drivè to test centre5. Ouf instnJcicYs feed badt lu us that the new examwets have a much higher tendency to fail a 51udent on seernirwJty srnall fault5, resutting in knver pa5S-r3tes. And with lai15 and retests being up lo fve rnonths apart, the ￿￿ern is exaL*rtwted. There is a suambte for tests as new date5 ale ietea5ed at 68rn every Monday, aThl Ihe website frequenty uashe5. but we a￿ seujring some tests, and ar• ab lo prioiiknse those WIM) are rrwe likety to pass, as tyJr sludent5 progrèss at drfefing fates. Sorne changes to Ihe booking and cancelation prcress are due to te rolled S￿rner 2023. wlith 5hwld make il eas*r to book cancellations. THE UPPER ROOM (ST SAVIOUR'S) TRUSTEES, REPORT {INCLUDING DIRECTORS. REPORT) (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 Croydon.. We havè now had our first year al Croydon. and followirKJ ￿ase￿nd at our fitst srte Icroydon V￿un13ry Aclwnl we opened one day per week at a site (Carer Supkvi Centre} in G¢o¥ge Street. This 1$ still a ￿ntral bcab'on and we have use of ¢kan and rn0d￿n ￿r work in Croydon has 50 ts prodLKed 15 theory and four practical passes. Since the end ofthis finaraal year we had 12 practical tests booked for AprdrnAay 2023 and w• hav• *eady had eight passes. with another Ihree to gol Of the 25 peopk who have cornpb2ted the programme. not on8 has re- offended las far as we kncwl. Thi5 15 lheir￿r[enl staknts". . just rA)mpleted Constr￿￿On Wls Certjftskn Scheme. for work raiTrway worker pILrmberf$ 8pprentice counsellor lstudent & W0￿1ng) disabled l¢oThtinued to w)￿Trteer ￿1h Felix} . disabled & actor {o)nb"nued to vduntew WithAlcol￿Arn￿ry￿ d￿libe$) student Irashion t¥anding} cleaner Ipart-tirne} receptionist in a private ￿niC . youlh worker . eurnenlly exemp￿1 r8co¥•ry $ILtden¢ {Islami¢ stud￿-wants lo be a prison knam) . ¢onstryc4ion worker . currenty kJokiThJ lor woth, ha5 thildea￿ re¥)onsi￿￿tles . some ad Mc conslruction agerKy work, reaty to wNk working part.ts'me al QPR (ajrn￿ siaffj onslruclwjn & aboul to start apwent1￿Sh￿ . is Job searching. has a roa(1 Jckn kned up summer . eledrical eng￿eerIn9 t￿)urSe at BnJnel Unlversrty & part-time fcKxl de[W￿ {cydel part-time coffeè shop (aimiThJ for eslate 39ent once tsken test) . cumènty exempifin recovery- plans fof LVBtruc*LWptumts"ThJ agency CA)nslruction work home support worker . t￿l&jIr￿j mainlenancpJ¢asual lthur Cllent lestlmonlal- Sonla. obtalnedherfKeftce in Ortober2022 .1 was deported trom the US afttf 5erwNJ 12 years in prison Ihem. I f•lt I had kjsl eve￿ing ihat was important to me- famity. tn'end$ and lile in general. I was here in L￿dtsn in the middle ot Cowd, liieralty leav4)g one ￿11 and enlering anolher. I wa5 fedirs lrythf. k)nely and al I kepl thirth'ryJ was that l just wish I could W my drMn9 Iwnce and get a Job. My supp)rt worker finab¥ ￿rne to me wrth Ihe infomath.on about UR4Driwng after me naggir¥J her all Ihe time about my needing to dri￿. Wtten I tell you ihal was one of the best days ol my lrfe when l ￿e8￿ed that infornialTh, I canl even expfain. I fed like I have a piece ol my sel￿eSteeM b￿k that I h*1 lost so long ago. I feel my famity kKJks at a5 a vrinner and I no b￿ger feel 11(e a loser. The drferen achieviThJ my licence has made lo me is that l al￿adY fed MO￿ ¢(￿ffident and independent. I ap￿Y for beller positions. and I can b8 an ath.ve P￿￿der in my fam￿ instead ol hav￿￿ to bè a bwden. It just leels so d￿lent lo ha￿ the freedom tri drNe. I liked Ihe way I was encouraged by every(Kp at The Upper R(wi to be Ihe best that I can be. The lath.es here have the best spirits and I've ne¥er o)rne aryoss a tharrty where so much support is shown at all times to everyone. I had Ihe most won(Jerful expenence here and they still support me. Ever￿1￿9 is as rt should be ar just what I needed to aCCLNnph"sh my goals." Since joining the programme san￿ has 9ained part4ime emptynenl and is nryAt a ie¢eptionisl fw a hearth &"n and in pernanenl acc¢)mm0dal￿n. El*ne Reeve UR40riwng Project Manager THE UPPER ROOM 1ST SAVIOUR'S) TRUSTEES, REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS. REPORT) {CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 UR￿0b5 We ha¥e just comFleted the ffirst year of our thfee-year partnership wrfh Carrta5 to train their volunteers aNI employees to best a5SiSt their guests who Wa￿ thwugh th*'r doors. Srrt remote ernployment support IrainiNJ sessons werè dtlivered In lotsl plus two peer support sesS￿ns. Three ￿￿51 speakèr5 were invited to womtste arKJ speak about their swvices (Onty a Pavernent Away. 8eam and Soo* Bite). These sessions were open to the whole Caritas netsvoth. PeopJ& ha￿ b••n trained and guided on hth¥ to supprAt gu•sis, inchJding an assessment of their wim needs. Empknymènt 1nlomiatm￿ was {Jelfve￿ inLYudiNJ CV preparatK)n. interview s￿ill$. o)Vef letter and disdosLKe letter. Our partnershps The Dorsett Hotd in Shepherrfs Bush and Thames V*¥ter have strengther*d. They have been welcoming, non-judg•rnental awKI hugety consiwctivtr in Ihwr wjrk with us, not just in their supw)rt of some ol our Communtys most vulneratle peoF4e. but going al the way Ihrou9h to emph)yiThJ our ￿'ellts- one ofwhom has been promoted by The Dorsell and wa$ an.EmpbYee"of￿ auwter. award. Key Oufputs.. . 47 unique beneft1￿$ . 209 one-tfyone ernploymertt support dthered . 49 I￿) 5earche5 carried (NJI 31 jcl) applicalions cornp￿ed 40 job referralslplacements 17 Cvs Com￿￿ or updated . 13 aitended Construclbon SkblLs Certif*akn ScJ*ne ￿nIr 2 couege ￿ferra1$ M I￿) had spent several years in prison. He joined UR4Dri¥ing hoping Io gel his fvl UK driving licence. During his training he enquired about eM￿0y￿￿nl supporl. He was referred to Gla55 Doof and CrtrLens Atjvice for housing advice. ￿ amended hi5 CV and covw letter and applied loi several jobs as a warehouse f(*klift driver Ihe already had thal qualificalionl. He managed to secute four intemews. plus on-srte training. In the meantime. w? ￿ferred him to The London CoThstrndion Academy lor the complimentary teTrday cOu￿e where he was abre lo obtain hks ConStrud￿n s￿"1$¥ Certfficabon Stherne Green Card, Hearth and Safety Training. Sile Arye55 Traffic Marshal Training. Fire Marshall TraiThng and Fitsl A*J_ He caryied out vcluntary work at St Bamabas Cl￿reh in Kensirukni, and is sb.ll thng so as he enjoys gmng somelhiro back to the comrnunty. He is now lulty èmployed. but Is sthl attending 4Yriwng lessons Ihrough UR4DriMng. He is a perfecl example of someone who has used all The Upper Rc￿rn Se￿￿5. His ￿ha￿litatiOn into the (a)mrnunity has been smoolh and I￿ear. lain Cooper Chref ExecutNè Officer UR4CounsellSn9 In the last yearwe have ￿modeled the UR4CourrseThng offermg wrth Ihe.c￿att0n of a Clinical Manager Tole both to lake on the dh8llt5 wth morè se￿)US i￿ueS and lo prowde dinical SU￿￿$10Th for th& coun5elling team. Fwstratsngly. we had a tslse stsrt ￿1h lh8 new Manay wrthdr•ry friyn Ihe role immethately after starting. A team of lotal. freelartt counseluw pro¥iders was reeruited to urkdertake the dinical requwen)ents Imo serious ca5e51 and dinical 5upetwsion fot the team. Thi5 enhan￿ Ihe service on offei lo our ¢kenls, and we nished thè year%wth a team of one employed. three freeLartt and three ¥dunteer ￿unselk￿5. THE UPPER ROOM (ST SAVIOUR'S) TRUSTEES, REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS. REPORT) (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 The servr* wntinues to be t￿&"n9Val. offerffjg o)unsdth"ry in l>olh Ensdth and Poh'sh ¢eth¥e￿ thr￿g￿ a L4end ol remote and face-l￿far£ sessions. Theré were 38 beneficiaries. t2 017A*vn were Ihynekss. ￿ ses5iMs were booked of whth 162 were attended. These were the most prevalent IS%￿.. Low rnoJd- 71% Gw*ral anxiety- 50% Lack ol¢oping slrateg*s-36% Disability- 25% Low sew4$tee￿S￿ati0n- 18% Financial diwltjes & Po¥erty- 14% Dornests'c ￿Oler￿- 9% . Ad¢Jicti'onlSexualAbu5eTrost Traumathc Stress DIsC￿r- 4% We rrthl gratefvl to ouf three btrfunteers." Oeirdffj. Emma aThJ Paul. lain Coorer Chief Execubve Offi HARVEST APPEAL De5￿t? the Inryea￿ng squeeze on di5￿￿/ble incornts. Ham5t (k)na￿n$ as h￿h as ever in 2022. and all our storage spaces were once again packed with tanrned f¢c#J, pasla. lice. biscuits, crfee and tea. cooking oils and more. Around 35 schorAs ar￿ thurches on I￿( b•1￿11- nol just from our bo¢al *ea. but as lar ar￿Id a5 Bel￿e Park, TwK*enham and Swss Cottage. Ni5rted 16 s¢*o(4s and thurches to lalk about our and help ehilthen gain a better understsnding of homekssness and the way their generous ¢*JnaI￿nS directly benefft those in need. always en(¥mously imwesseLI by the rnatwity o)mpassKm e¥pn quite young chiklren demonstrate whwr d15CUSStng this dwlengiog gjbjecl. KEEN TO BE GREEN The Upper Room ￿ntinueS to strive in its ellorts to malrrt8￿ stfOThJ wncaples and values related lo 8nvironmelltal sus1irtra￿"1lty. and gtsr aim is to become a5 green a5 we can possibty be. We have been putbn9 the 3R prinuples- Reduce. R&use. ReCyC￿- into practice. We a￿ a150 knkin9 at". Raising awareThes$'. mn sustaiThability workshop5, wowde online gu￿a￿e. resource5 and exarnp185 of 5u5talna￿.Itr In practice (through our webste. Facetrfjok page elcl Continue to source reDèwablè supplies ol ele Inslakng bKyde irtrasln*£lure and en£oura9ing k¢al staff afftl ¥oJuntews lo cyde or walk.. findin9 iefurtsÈshed bicyclès to be donated to ¢yJrguesis Using a cornrneroal-5iZE IX)rnPOSt bin in our krtchen EVENTSAND FUNDRAIS114G The Friends &j￿ComMItte•S purpose to i￿reaSo localty. aTrJ kn raise ffl￿ey. The nwnbw ol regular donors has 9￿alty inueased", we rth¥ have 114 s¥Jned-up Fnenos. whth pmwdes a regul¥ inc4)me of £26,002 per annum. l am &leased to rep&t that ow Friend5 have maintained iheir supwrt. aThJ we in¢xea5ed Ihe membetslip by anotherffifteen dlwyng Ihe year. The highlight Df the year wa5 (wjr AnnNet5ary paty ai Girdlets. Hall, whth was generousty h05ted by Th8 GI￿lers. Compary. Gues15 We￿ treated to lour5 01 the beautrful buildm9. drinks and ranapes were availab18 thrwghout the evening, and there was even a magrtsan to keep foV6 entertained before the main event- the Iwe auction. Adrian BiddeH di¢J a sterfing pb in loasenjng wallets on ow behaff. Ouf Chef, J￿Je Thompson, gave a moving Speech on the nKJht about hi5 ple and raised nearly £6.000. Thank you to our Master. Jarnie Cola, our sponsc¥s Horton & Garton, and lo Latymer FOunda￿n for hosting ￿ The Chiswck Clwe Market gtr*ou* provided al ts fme L*eeses and palé for free. and Simon Kimbk provided all the wine. Roehampton UnNwsty w a Homeless AwdfWeSS Week in Marth. tythjed ¥ar￿u$ events. eulrninating in a sleepwi at ¥hhitetands Col* whKh raised £704. We also M￿aged io soueeze in a Bn(h3e Afterno￿ and h¥0 Tenrri5 T¢)umarwrt5. Mary thanks lo Hartswood Tenni5 Club and Christian Galan of LOVETenri5. Our 2023 Wnter Lecture Series We￿ a great success. Mlh er￿￿1￿)Us thanks lo t)affe Shela HawKrKk. Jetemy Vir*. Torin Douglas and Makny Horrill- CuratC¢ Dlthe MoThi$ SoLiety. Our ojrrent Friénds S￿￿c￿M￿e compnses Ihr8e Trustees - &idget Stevenson. Phil sch￿ and Julian Hillm￿- as well as our Ch￿1 ExecJJlNe lain Cooper. Cafolinè Needham (VolL￿teerI &)d Fiona Cook our Futvjraiser. I would parb"culwty ￿ to Ihank 8r*el for her Iremendous energy and the houts ofwort $he puts Mi. If Y1￿ faci￿.1* a fundrasiryj evenl, ho*e¥*r rrt¥lesl. as part of your support The Upper Room, please ijo get in trMJch. Fiona Cook FundraisiThJ Manag VOLUNTEERS now have a'regular ¢¢ynnwlied grw of ¥o￿nteerS suppO￿n9 the delr¥Wy of semces. as wel as thos hdping adMinistra￿'ve #nd lundraisin9 and e¥ents a(*Mb"es. We recorded a tot￿ of 117 bYJlunleets **K• conlrtjuted a total of 3.521 hour5. whx* is the equN3lent of two time staff. THE UPPER ROOM (ST SAVIOUR'S) TRUSTEES. REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS. REPORT) (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 RISK WINAGEMEIIT The Trustees have re¢x)gnised that there a￿ risks lo whith the chaHty. the staff anL1 Ihe volunteers a￿ exposeil. A Risk and Audrt Commrttee meels quèrtety, and a risk wister is in place which ts regulaty reviewed. This Commitlee assesses all risks and en$￿￿$ compliance. Good governan￿ 15 in pla￿. and Policies are reviewed annualty by the Board. These indude Finanual Controls. HR. Safeguardir*g. GDPR and a Volunteer Policy. Disdosure and 8arring SeNce {D8SI checks are roub.ndy applied for frorn the Board kyel on down. lo enswe our owanisats.on observes the necessary safeguaits for users of our serv￿*$. The Chairty uses Pentns¢Jla lo ensure effective management of recruitment and equal opwrlunilies. We also have a health and safety pow. food hygiene pc4Ky, and risk assessments cariied on a ￿gUlar basis. ha¥e a 2ero-tO*rar￿E policy againsi abus8, for the sècurity atyy weubeing ol our staff and vdunteers. FINANCE REPORT The ijpper Rc*)m reo)rde(l a defthx of £36.805 the finarKial yw ending 31*1 Mwch 2ff23. a smaller than had been anticipated in Ihe bu¢JJet sel at the start ol tr* year. In(we I￿￿8$e￿ tt*mpared to the prior year. 8rNr the ¢harity ended the year wrth a heathy tash ￿$t{ye. pThKji￿ some wOtecti￿ for an tmcertain tyndin9 landseape in the yèar al*ad. The reported defot seen Ihis ffinancial yew is subslanliaty the resurt of the lundirwJ arrar9ernents fr*the 5atellrte UR4D¥1¥￿g projed Iwjnthed in South East L(mdowk al the stsrt of 2022. As in the pri￿ f￿angal ye￿, fuTrJing for this projèct was prowded from a desvJnated rÈsefft whth was established vthen the tharity recwved sub$tanDal legacy in Ihe 202[￿2021 ffinan¢Yal year. A tcrtal 01 £43,011 was spent on the satdlrte project in the 2022-2023 finanual year. for whKh Ihe ¢We￿￿￿'ng Income was recorfed in the 202&2021 financral year. Withoyl this e¥pendilure I￿￿ed Irom resew, the charity have seen a small suiplus of E8.206 for the year. IrKome rose to £533.361 ￿ 2022-2023 frcffi £480.464 in th? weNiDUS y￿, an increase of 11%. However. a signiftant part of this in¢yease was due to a larger vakje attributed to the donated food the charty re￿Ned, which is induded in our st*utory Jxxunts. This fdlue inrxe35ed by £28,167 to a ¥alLte of £34,204. Donation inc(xme lell slightly to £101.058 from £107.571 in the previws year. but grant wKome increased to £318.486 from £295.659. Wth CoW￿￿￿ed restricbons IDled Llwing the year, fundraksing evènt acbwty was able to retum to pr&pandemK levels. with ebpnt income grrthin9 to £63,620 in 2(￿-2023fr0rn £22,402 in 2021-2022. As interest rates rose during the year Ihe hist￿1¢8￿ kthT I￿LS 5etn over the last decade. wè saw for the first time in many yeats a $Kj￿rf￿nI retum1£7.8851 t)n ovr reserves. which a￿ held in a thDrt-dal money rnarket lund rnanzged by CCLA (Churches, Chanbes and Aultthes In¥esthenl Management). The lund Saw no1055es related to re￿nI bank delauft5 in the United Stales. Expendi￿re dropFed frcxn £644.51% in 2021-2022 to £570.166 in 2022-2tr23. HOWe￿r. the 2021-2022 figu induded a dewpciats.on charge of £176,155 result￿9 from the subslantial pmject Cornp￿ted in 2019. ReMO￿n9 this ex1ra￿dinary rtem. re9uL8r exFenses for the year inLYeased by £101,815 compared to the previou5 year. This inuea5e was diiven rnwnty by staff costs, hwjher spendiTrJ orh drI￿r￿j lessons in Ihe UR40riving projeca as acb¥ty retumgj lo re￿. and thè c*>rresponding nobonal èxpèThJiture attributed to the value of donaled food. Our yewthend batarKe sh8et shtrws a tsallhy oJr8Frt a55•1 of £367.821. Of Ihis figur•, un￿SIr1Cted rash reserves make up £289,7a6. pFan to Teduce this figure ￿1ghty in Ihe ahead as delaled in Reserves Poly seth'on below. My job as Treasuw is made immeasurably eas*r by Ihe dedicalirm professionaSsm of all stalT at The Upper Room, bul in particular our Financè Officer VeroThca Tuke and Fvndraiyng Managei FKJna Cook. who I tha￿ for all Ihe hew thgy hav8 given rlle durirtsj the yw. 10- THE UPPER ROOM (ST SAVIOUR'S) TRUSTEES, REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS, REPORT) (CONTINUED) FOR ThIE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 RESERVES POLICY The re5eTves policy of The Upper RO￿ is lo mainlain a cash re5erye is at least equ4 to the Ca￿Ulated C05101 an ordeity ￿nd4lown ol Ihe organisa1￿ over a Ihretrrnc￿ period should it ever be￿Ir* unviabk. We indude in this LX)St three months ol staff costs. plus statulcry redundancy payments. as well as olher 0)ntr￿Ual comrnitrnent5 that fall du•. We aso aim ts lirnrt tsjr r•serv•s to approximai•ty six mcnths of (yJr budgeted expenses. On thys basis. minimum lèse￿ al 31X Marth 2023 is £86,274, and our iargeled rnwmum is £330.911. Our general. unrestricted reserve f￿d$. i.e. those whKh have not l)een designated for a speoal pwpose. staTrJ at £289.776 as zt 3151 2￿. so within this larget rarge. AS Lwr unrestri(aed reserves are towards the upper of the poI￿Y limts. th8 board has agreed to target small Teduelion w) reserves to a k¥el of £250.(KKJ at the end of ts nexl fmanc#al year. The board has approved expens¢ and in¢x*me tyjdgets lor the 202>2024 financi￿ year act￿rd1th. PLANS FOR THE FUTURE Th8 charity (&)es not inlwKI to m*e ￿Y significant charyes to the offer5 to beneffia.arws d[￿n9 Ihe year ahead. o)ntinuirvJ to operate its four e￿Sting SeThi￿ of.UR4Meals. UR4Driv￿g, UR4Jobs and UR4Counselling. Hthwevef, an expe￿ed 9rowth ￿ the wwner population. h(Mnele$5 nurnbers, and the high infiationary enwronment causing an ￿￿ease tn the cost of Irmg, we expect the demand on o service5 lo w￿reaSe. We have bJentsThed where excess capè* exists ￿thin lh8 L¥yanisation. alh)wing u5 to herp more dientswrfhout incre￿ng frrted o)sts. Ihro￿Jh upskilling and reorganisab"on. We are also workn'ng to develop athjrfiona (￿dIng sireams Ihat tan suw)knent the income we r￿1Ve traditsonal sources of personal ¢Jon2lions. fundrang events grants Irom tharrtabJÈ bod￿$. ()Jr initial fe￿$ IS to grow the numberofcorporate donors SUPForting thè ch•. DONORS Our gratefvl lha￿ go to al those i￿li￿V￿al$. 5dKds, crynrnw*ty •¥ents, and fath groups. organBation$ and grant*ivthig trusts who C￿lI￿re to our work are contin[￿ty humL4ed by the support of local people who voluntoei al The Upper Room. gi¥in9 their time and erer9y to the proje¢#. Th5 exlends ta th• g•nerou5 giving at Harvèst of nthpewish*e foL*I Ihat suppIeff￿ts ourfood stores Imth. PUBLK 8ENeHT Thè Trustees o)ngder Ihal the tharitable company has c¥)mtAiBd with tl* to ha￿ due fegard to publ benefft as det*d in gumlance published by ts Chwity Conwniss#)ft. are provided to our benefv"ariÈs free of any char￿. GRANTS AND DONATIONS FROM GRANT￿mmG TRUSTS. CIIARITABLE FOUIIDATIONS ANO OTHER INSTITUTIONS Church Donations The Church ofthe Innocwrts. HammeT5rrMlh St Columba, KnKJhtsbThJge St Jame5 Hampton Hill Sl John's thtting H￿1 Sl Peterf5 Chwch. Hammer5mith Sl Sawour IhÈndell Pwk Sl Mitha81 and All I￿. B&Jfc¥d Pwk 11 THE UPPER ROOM (ST SAVIOUR'SI TRUSTEES, REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS. REPORT) {CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 Granls Ajma Je¥ Henry Chart*Jk Tru Anowrymous Anton Jurgens Charilat4e Tnjst Amolj Comrnvnrfy Furnj Cants5 Westminst CHK Foundats"on Cw L¢)cal Cornmunty F￿d Garfield Weslon Ftyjndatson Ham￿￿[sMIth UrHted Clwrt London Catatyst Mer￿15, Charrtable Fwndalion Peter Cn*Jda5 Fwndation Polish Reliel Sooety Port￿U$ UK Pret F0uThjat￿n Trust Rathbone Investrnent Managen￿l Re*d FoundatK "I hutz Er4d Smam Tap Big C Slreets of London The 29th May 1961 Chaiitable Tftot The Ajbert HuniTn The ASDA FoUTraa￿ The B¢9 GNe chr￿tIn35 ChalarKJe 2022 The 8uzzacott Stuart De￿$ Memorial Fund The Char￿5 Hward FtyJndatKSTh The Cty and Metropokn ￿art Ch The Cty Bridge TThs1 The Daisy Twst The Drape￿, Cornpany The ttyer5' Company Chantabk fntst The February F¢)undab"(w) The French Huguenot ClvJrr* of L￿d(￿ Charil*Jle Twsl The &rdler5' Compwry Ch*tsble T(usl The Hedky FourthlK)n The Holick Foundathon The J E Posnansky Charilablg TnNI The Lwgh Trust The OINe T￿e Trust The speedorn￿ FtyJThJaiK The Sw"re Chantable Twst The ￿en AnnNeFsary Tnjst The ￿lY$hipfLI Company oflnsurws 12- THE UPPER ROOM (ST SAVIOUR'S) TRUSTEES, REPORT {INCLUDING DIRECTORS. REPORT) (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 Harvest Dono All Saints C.E. Primary All Saints. Church, Putftty Belmont Primary Braekenbury Primary Cavendish Primary Chisw& & Bedford Park Prep Ealing Fidds Hvjh Sch¢ Grove Park Po'mary Healhfield Junior School Hill House School John Betts Primary Kew Green Church Kew Green P￿p Latymei Prep Orchard House (Parents. Assou"ationl St Columba's Ponl Str•el St Dunslan's EastActon St Eth's Fuham Fulh Pulney Chiswi(* Hammersrnith Chig** Chiswidt Ealing ChI5W￿k ChiS￿Ck Knighlsbrtdge Hammer5mith Kvw Green K•¥ Green Hamrrersmih ChiswKk Kntghts￿idge Sc￿￿1 Church Chuffj Chur Church Fuknam kii St George's Campden H St James Hamplon H¥ll St John's North End Road st John's Notting Hill St Jcknn's Wood Chlrth St Mary AbttyJts St Mary's Primary St Michael and Al An9e15 Sl NichoL8s Primary Sl Pete￿$ Church St Philips and St Bwnabas Sthc(4 St Philip's W8 Strènd on Ihe Green Infant & ￿r9ery Tara House Nursery The Church ofThe Hdy Inno￿nts The Hall School The Wlliam Hogarth SL*oor I￿ndelI Park Primay Nottirjg Hil Hampton Fvlharn Nottirg Hill St Johns Kenwngton Iskn¥orth Chiswick Shepperton Hamrnersmllh Earf's Ce￿1 Earfs C￿1 Chw Church Church Churth Church Church Churth Church Ch4rrth hurth Ham￿*TSM￿h Hammersmrfh Betsize Park Chwck Shepheid's Bush Church Sth( sch￿)1 Scho 13- THE UPPER ROOM (ST SAVIOUR'S) TRUSTEES, REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS. REPORTI ICONTINUED} FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 In-kwid Dwors na Antonkni Young ASDA Park Ro Artisls at Hon Base Poza Give Christrnas Chaknge 2022 BBC stUd￿s eridgel Stevens( Bush H￿1 Bush Theatre Calé Connectp)n caroli￿ Matsnilkn Caroline Needham Chiswith Cl￿se Market Ch1sw￿ c1￿ma Clmswick FFTher PAaTket CIMswKk Hou58 & lfjtchen Gathi Christian Gakn's LOVEtennis Cty Hawvest Cllr Rowan Ree Darne Sheila HaTh)JdE DavKI Lbyd. Adon Pawk Deirdre Shaw Emma Blid1e￿eIn Emma Bost¢xk Felix Proied Flarre & Fire Re*aw•rt Fuoer's Brewery Ga"fs Bakery Gavin Graharn Gi￿la.$ ReStaur￿L W12 Glass Door Greenshool Hamish Pn"ngle HartsY4ood Tennis Ltd Headhners Comedy Ch Honest Burgers Horton ar¥J Gwlon Jamie C Jan Hilknan Jenny and Pettr Smart Jeremy Wme Kalhryn Oavey Latyrrer Foundation Lyric Hammersmith Malory Horr• Marrnalade J8wdlery Mthael Pown Mthal Haran Milty Fwest M￿e Munthies Nandos PaLA Taylor Ph￿1p Mthael Martin. artist Prop Up Prop Queens Park Rangets FC Renn￿ Pikj 14_ THE UPPER ROOM (ST SAVIOUR'S) TRUSTEES, REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS. REPORT) (CONTINUED FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 Rcehamptrm Uixvèrsity Salome Galan Sarah H¢Jloway Houston Savls. Chiswir Sa¥dls Wesl London Shoots and Leaves. Simon Communty Simon lQmble Sipsmrfh Distikry Social Bite Steph Cvrbs-R81eyh St Saviour Wer*Jell Park The Addison &ryers' Ch￿be1 Choir The Eagle. W12 The Girdlers. C¢ynpw The Hogarth Cl¢Jb The Oueen Moth￿$ Ckthing Guikl The RiN*r Cafe T￿Th DwJ&s VK*)ria Daskal Vlne ventu￿ PhOt￿Jr8phY #oria Wakeman. Bullerand L¥*Aor Zoe Young Other Oono 39 Steps Enlertainrnenl Ltd Amazon Sm 8enevty Chi8Mo* Bwoque ChiswK* Cheese Mtht Cook Ch•itslJle Twsl Ctr*&Co EaSylundrai￿u.Org. Finlay Braver Hamilton Hodel Ltd Horton GartL Melro Bonk PayPal Gmng Fund RVJ Cadbury CT The Won Chari1*4e Tnjst Trtan's golf group UK ol￿ne Sthool Donabons Hill Sc*oJl The Hal &AThl Chaiilablè Twst 15- THE UPPER ROOM (ST SAVIOUR'S) TRUSTEES. REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS. REPORT) (CONTINUED FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 IAARCH 2023 statèmotst ol t￿tee￿. responsibilities The trustees. who ar• èlso the directots ofThe Upper Room (St Sa¥thfs) for the purpose ol company I￿, are re5pon5ible for wepanng Ihe Tw5tees' Report antl lh8 finanrial stslemenis in acLY)rdance with applicable law and Unrted Kingdom Acu)wiD'ng Standards Iunited ￿ngdorn GeneraltyAc£eptedAr>x)unts"r9 Pracbcel. Company Law requires the trustee5 10 prepare financial ststefflents for eath fina[￿la1 year which give a true and fair view ofthe state of affairs ofthe tharity and of the ￿CoMIng reswrrts and appIr2t￿￿ of resources. induding t￿ ino)me and expenditure, ofth8 (tsnlabk C￿Pary torthat yeat. In preparing thèsè finantsal statem•nts, ihe tnJste8s are rewired to: . s•l•d subtaue accounting PLlici•s th8n apply th•m tr￿5151￿.. . observe Ihe meth¢)Js and winoples in the chal￿5 SORP.. . make iud9ements and th"mates that a￿ reawth wvj pn•Jent: - state whelher applicable UK AcctsJTrtr"ng sta￿Jards ha4* been fi)Ib￿j. subieca to any material ¢kparbJres isdosed and explained in the fin￿[ statements: and . preparè the financaal slattmènts ￿ the con￿rn b#sis unltss il ts N)apwcgnate k) presun￿ thal the tharity wdl continue in operaltr￿. The Irustees are resp￿sible for keeping adequate ￿CL￿m￿ng reDJrd5 that disdose ￿th r•asonabf• aC￿NcY at any tirne the finanaal posrtw of the tharity and èna1￿• them lo ensure that the ffinanoal statements CLIM￿Y wth the Companies AL# 20rx8. They are also respons*Jk for safe9uarding Ihe assets of Iht chanty and hèft￿ for laking reaSona￿e steps forthe pre￿ti￿ and of fraud and thr irrggularilies. Th• inJste•s' rnw)rtwas appm¥ed by the Board of Trus¢ee* S Tuke ICha5r) Trustee Dated.. 16- THE UPPER ROOM {ST SAVIOUR'S) INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE UPPER ROOM 1ST SAviouirs) I report to the trustees on my eXaMinat￿)n of Ihe financial statements of The Upp•r Ro¢#n {St Saviourfs) (I cha(ityl foi the year ended 31 March 2023. Responsibilities and basis ol Y•port As the trvstees of the c*arity land also ils dirnctors lor the puws of cornpany bw} you are ￿spon￿ble for the preparation of the financial ststements wilh the rewirements of the Comp￿leS Acl 2LK6 Ilha 20C6 Ad). HawrKJ satisfied myselff that the fina)cial slatemenls ofthe tharity are not ￿q￿red lo be a￿Sited Lmder Part 16 of the 2CK16 Ad and are eligknle lor independenl examinatKsn, l ￿K￿)rt in respect of my examination of the charitys fin￿(131 statements carried tyjt undw seclv)n 145 olth¢ chanb.es Ad 2011 Ilhe 2011 Art). In carrying out my examination I ha¥* followed all Ihe w￿cable DYec*bxt5 gNen by the Charity C¢)mmIssv￿ under sectson 14515llb} ofth? 2011 Ad Independent •xamin•fs stst¢m¢nt Since the charity's gross ino)rne eX￿ded £250.￿] w exawffjer must be a meth of a body listed in Section 145 of the 2011 Act. I confimi Ihat l am qualiffied to undertake the examination because l am a member ofThe Instrt4Jle ofchartwed Accountants ol ErvJknd and W*s. whKh is on8 01th8 bc#Jie5. I have cornpleied my examination. I Conffi￿ thal no rnattets have cm to my attenbon in Tr)nnec￿0n with the examination gmng me cause lo believe that in any rnatert￿ accounting record5were not kept in respect ofth& charity as rewired by 5edion 386 oflhg 2fJ)6A¢L' e* the finanual Statements do not ac(th ¥thth recwd5.' or the finanraal stalements do Th)t with the ac£tyjn￿9 requirements of section 396 of the 20C6 A other Ihan any reqU1￿ment th* the ar¥>)unl$ a Inje aTrJ law iiew whKaJ is not a rnatter ￿nSidered as part ol an independent examinalton,. or the ffinancrdl statements have not prepared in ￿CcffdanCe wrth ihe methods 5Nincipks of the Statemerrt of Recommended Practice for aCc￿unting and reporting by L*aDties appkable lo chanties prepariNJ Iheir accounts in %coMart• wth the Financial Repyt•l9 Standard applitabk in the UK and RépublK of I￿land (FRS 1￿2). I have no ￿ncernS and ho¥e cayne aryoss no other fflatters in rnnneclion wilh the examination to whKh ttention should be drawn in thi8 report in Nder to enable a proper understanding of the finanrial siaternents to bere Katherine Dee IFCAI Begbies Chartèred A(xtsJntants 9 Bonhill Str• London EC2A4DJ L> 17- THE UPPER ROOM (ST SAVIOUR'S) STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 Currnntfinanclal year funds 2023 lund* 2023 2023 2022 corne and endobwnents fro OonatlOll5 and legaoes Charitsbfe arAiwties Fundraising *iviti'es Investments- bank intere Other iwKome 138.681 315.047 3.158 27.599 453.728 3,158 63.620 7,855 5.000 416.201 37,533 22.402 327 4.CQO 36.021 7,855 Total in¢om• 187.557 345,804 533,361 480.463 $ndrfure on". Raising fvnds 45.3 45.300 44.179 Charilable aL*¥itses 167.331 357,535 524,866 fAJO.327 Ttstsl r•sour¢es expended 212.631 357,535 570.166 644,506 Net *X￿ndIt￿lI forth• yearf Not movement in lunds 125.074) {17,737} 136.805) (164.0431 Fund balarKes at 1 April 2022 gJ.293 404.S26 ￿.669 Fvnd balanw •t 31 kl¥¢h X123 329.259 367.821 404.626 The statement offmarrial Ir￿￿S aH gains k)sses recogni5ed in the year. All inc>Jffe aThJ expendrfu￿ de￿ trom (x*rt¥wiTr3 arAr¥i￿. The $taiement of financial actsvities also ¢WF4es with wuirem8nts an incom8 and *xpenditur• acttjunt under the CompaniesAct 2CXJ6. 18- THE UPPER ROOM (ST SAVIOUR'S) STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES (CONTINUED) INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 ioryear: 2021-2022 Total fvn 2022 funds 2022 2022 Incom• and endowrnents Donath)ns and legaoes Charilable a￿1vItieS FundraisirrtJ activibes Inveslrnents- bank interest Olher inciyne 157.816 2S8.385 37.533 416.201 37.533 22,402 327 4,000 22,402 327 Total income 184.545 295,918 480.463 ndrture on.. Raisn9 fvnds 44,179 44,179 Charitable athl 3LYI,695 299.632 600,327 Totsl rt$oiiree5 expènded Net oxpenditurn foT t￿ yearl Nwt movgnwrt in lund$ 344.874 299.632 644.506 (160.3291 (3.7141 1164,0431 Fund bal￿ts$ * 1 Awil 2021 514,662 $4,007 $88,669 Fund balances at 31 Mav¢h 2022 354,333 50293 404,628 The statement offiThancJal *Mt*5 irKa￿jes al gans *)d k)sses rec4Jgnised in Ihe ￿8T. Al aTrJ expenditu￿ derve from wnimuing a¢*bryt*5. The staternenl of fina￿al acb¥ibes also c(*nples with Ihe requirements for an ineomè and expendiwte ac(x)wrt under the CornpaniesAd 2¢)J6. 19- THE UPPER ROOM (ST SAVIOUR'S) BALANCE SHEET AS A T31 MARCH 2023 2023 2022 Fixed a55•ts Tangible assets Cun*nt ass•ts Debtors Cash 8t bank and in haTh 12 1.297 1,703 13 6.872 440,711 3.317 478.500 447.583 481.817 ¢￿d[tO￿. aM￿nts tsHing du• wilhln one year 14 {81.0591 (78.8941 Net cuyrent assets 363.524 402,923 Totsl asstts lèss curnnt liabiliti*s 367.821 404.626 Incom• funds Reslrided funds 17 1,293 Unreslri¢ted funds Designated lunds General unreslrKted frJnd5 39,4n 289.786 82,W*J 271,443 329.259 354.333 367.821 404,626 Thè ¢ompany is entiued to the exp￿Pti￿ a￿lit roqu￿rnon1 contafined in sectw)n 4TT ofthe cOmpa￿sACt 2C¥J6. for the year ended 31 Marth 2023. The ￿1￿CtorS thowkdge thar resp￿￿￿"[￿$ for corn￿"ng wrth the rwuwements of Ihe Companies Act 21Y)6 with respect to aLV)unting recxjrds and the prepatatK)n of finanaal statemLmts. The member5 have not required the company to Obtain ￿ ￿dit of rts finan(xal stsIur￿nts for the year in q￿S110n in accordanc8 with Sect￿ 476. These fffi**ial statwnents ha¥e been prepar•J ￿ acaKdorKe wilh the Frnrysions applKat4e io ￿1pan￿ sutied to the small r￿panIeS L I 7 The fin￿rial stalemerts We￿ ar*￿￿ed the Tnjstees on ......................... S Tuke (Chair) Trustee Company Registratlon No. 02567517 THE UPPER ROOM (ST SAVIOUR'S) STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 2023 2022 Cash flows from operating actlvlt•es Cash labscth byllgenerated from OFerations {45.64S} 159.740 Investing actmtles Intèrest rèctNÈd 7,855 327 Net cash ggneral•d from Invesdng a¢tivitie5 327 Net Idt¢m*eVin¢ftase in ¢ash and cash equivalents 137.M) 160.067 Cash and ta5h equivalents at be9￿)nIng ofyear 478.gxl 318,433 C￿h and eash ¢qw4*1•nts atend ofytar 440.711 478,SOO 21_ THE UPPER ROOM (ST SAVIOUR'S) NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 Accounting policies Charfty infonnation The Upper Room (St Savbou¢s) is a wivate caimpany limrted by guarantee incorporated in England and Wales. The feyistered office is St Sa￿0￿r WerKlell Park Churth. Cobbokj Road. London. W12 9LN. t.1 Accounting ¢onvtnllon The acujunts have been prepartd li ￿e0rdance w*h the hl8nhJMdum and Artiths ofAssoctation. Ihe Cornparties Ad 20C6 znd"Accovnting and Rep￿ling by Chaikne5.' Staiernenl of Rpcomrnendpd Pradi applicable to tharities preparing iheir ac￿unt5 in arrA)rdance wth the Finanual Reporting Slandard ap￿ICable in Ihe UK and Republlc of Ireland IFRS 102). las amended lor accounbng period5 ￿mMe￿ing from 1 janu￿ 2019). The chanty 15 a pUbr￿ Benefit Entity as defined by FRS 102. The fjnanual statements are preparéd in is ovrèney of thè ch*ty. M¢rt arnC￿nts in these financial statements are mundtd to Ihe rwrest Q The acttyJnts hthe been Fffepwed under Ihe hisknical (J)51 con¥erkn. The principa Oilies ?￿pIe￿ are set out bekn¥. 12 Goin9 ¢on¢•m At the time of appfovrThJ the financ4al statements. the tTUSt•es hav• a ￿asonable ey[ects￿n th8t the etharlty has adequate resourc*s io contirMR in operab.onal existence foreseeable future. Thus tha trustees continue to adopt ihe g)irg ￿nr￿n basis ol a￿Ounting In wepaing the ffinanaal statements. 1.3 Charitsble fvnds Unrestncted funds ¥e avalal)fe for use at the th"sryeIi￿ of Ihe tntstees ffl furtherance of their char(table ot¥ectives. Designated fvnds comprise funds whith have been sel aside at the (li5crel*)n ol the INste•s for specffi pwwses. The pu￿oSe$ and uses ol the de5ythd hjrvts we set out in the notes to the ffinanual staternents. RestriL#ed fvnds are subJ'e(I lo specific fAx￿rtionS by donor5 as 10 lthy thèy may be used. The purptsse$ and U5è5 of the restri&ed l￿d5 a￿ set oui in Ihe Trjtes lo the ffinanrAal statements. 1A I￿omIng ￿0￿1¢e$ IrKomB is recognised w￿n the chwity is legaty eritthd lo il afterany p&fi)m￿ce cond￿.￿$ have been met, Ihe amounts can be measured reliably. it 1$ thal Ywrre will be re¢eW. Cash dorballo￿ ￿ recojrwsed r8(xipL Clhèr donalion5 are reowised one* Ihè charity has been nobfied of Ihe donation. unless perfofmarKe condit￿5 requwe defeffal of Ihe amount. Inc0Th￿ lax recoverab￿ re13t1￿ to donat￿￿$ ieceived under GiftAwJ or deeds 01c0ven￿t rs recw)¢sed al the bme of the donation. Leg￿leS are recoJnised on recwpl or otherwise ir the tharity has been notified of an imppndmg thstributicffi. the amount 15 known with reasonable certainty. and ro¢eipt is expected. N the amount is not kntr*m, th• le9￿Y is trealed as a wib"ngeni asset The chanty recwves dO[￿ted ff0￿1. In wrth the SORP these aTe recognised at lair value to the donly. Faif walue is the prir* at whK* the fo(JJ be soll. lthere the fG*)d would be unsaleable ty the donof FK) value Is rewgnised. Where food Ihat still be s*able ￿ receNed an esth.mate is made of Ihe value. 11 is eslimated thal 33%12022.. 15%) of the fcKJtJ re￿Ved has sale value. Any stock ol food heKI at the ba￿nce sheet date is ol nwnimal vak* a￿rdlngty not induded in the a(wunts. THE UPPER ROOM (ST SAVIOUR'S) NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 Accountlng pollclos Iconlinuod) d8ferred. Mult￿YEar grants whth have imOk?i timè apportwnent are defgrred to th¢ extent that Ihey are lor lulure time pei*)ds. Grants receN*d by the dwrity Ihal we donalA)ns tthvards 9ew* ojsls are as y￿e￿Ir1ded inrA>mg. ere Ihe donw 5peofje5 thal Ihe funds 5￿t on speak ilems or proie(Xs the grants we shown a5 restricaed inco￿. All wants re¢ei¥ed by ts c*arity we YKJJme lh8 C•5ts of Ihe tharty aTrJ arg generated as a direcl of a¢hieving speofic kve15. 01 oulput or chan'table 5eNc*s. under C￿rarI. In accordance th Ihe SORP these gfants are Sh￿ as vol￿ income rther Ihan incwe Irryn chantabk arti￿1￿. 1.5 Resources expended Liabilstie5 arise trorn *gaJ of eonstrutkn& obhgabons that r￿MI[￿l the th3rity to expenditure. Where Ihè cornmilmenl has aiisen belore the baance sheet *Jaie the exFendrture is recognMd in the accourts. Cost5 of generating fund$ arg those g)sts oirtaining thrwgh g¥Wrts. grant5, don3lion5 and olher irlcome streams. Costs of parttyating in ¢X funning fundraigrg eths are recwLsed mi the perth rn the fimd- raising e¥ent takes Wa¢e. Genera costs of raising hjnds a￿ rettsjnised as the cosl is incurred. Costs relaling to chaiitatAe ￿￿tieS we IIw)58 (y)sts in￿rred in undwt*wbJ th•itable These ry)sts are eithor direct or an a*xalKJn of sw>port and go￿nan￿ costs. Choty commi￿1(￿. GovemarKe appyDwed oNEr eath thar*atl¢ ¥ea in the sane as support o)sts. Support Costs are albjcaied in to tttantab￿ a¢￿5 in thè ratr* of 42."40".12:6 t)rivlng'. Meah.. Jobs." coun5elth.ng 12022." 40".40..11..91. $UPF￿rt Costs be•n •sb"mated to arise ￿ lh• oJrrent year or prewus yew in re5pe¢t ol lundraws. 1.6 Tangible fixed assets Tangible ffixed asset5 ar• initially measured at cosl and subsewenty M￿SU￿1 at cost or vabjation. net ol deprecAation and any wnpaim)ent105ses. Depreciation is recDJni5ed so as to wrile off the c05t w ¥th8lion of assets ￿$9 their resilual values over their useftjl lives on the fO￿g bases: Leaseholj improvèments Kitthen equitffi7errt Comp(Jter5 on￿ c(x)W. over the temi of Ihe k8s¢ 10 years 3 yèas The gain N b)ss awising on the diswjsal of an asset d•temined as Ihe drfferenc• betr￿ Iho sale proceeds and the carrying vaue ofthe a55et. and recogni5ed in the staternent offfinanThal &lM"IiES. Leasehold improvements l￿WISe the costs of Ihe c4n51r￿jKffi of a mezzanine floor. In ￿Kdance ¥￿th the aw)unting rA)iKy. the assel is dèpreciated fftr the term of the lease. The leasè expired in Mareh 2022 and ac￿rding￿ the asset was depreciated ovw a shryt wiod gf ¢￿atyr9 a Significant annual charge. The depreualion th￿t was not repkated in the (Jjffent yearaccounts as Ihe net bc#)k v￿ue is now n6J. -23- THE UPPER ROOM (ST SAVIOUR'S) NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (coMnNUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 Acc￿nting polici (Continuedl 1.7 Cash and cash equivalents Cash and cash equNalents indude cash in hand. dekwts held at 121 wilh banks, other short.lèm in¥e51ments ￿th original malunts.es olthiee nw)nlts or kss. and bank ¢)verdrafts. 8artk overdrafts shown Finan¢ial instruments The charity ha5 eleded to apFty the F¥DVIS￿5 of Sed￿rt 11 'Basic Financial In5tnEmants' and S?clion 12 'Olher Financial Instrumenls Issues. ol FRS 102 lo al olrts financra instrvment Fin￿￿al assets arKI habdth5 a￿ off¥e( with the net presented in Ihe finanaal Staiements. vlhen there is a legal￿ enforceaty￿ ii9ht to set off the recognised amounts aThJ there inteniwn to selue on nel basis or lo realise the asset and setlle the Iratxlty SKllLAl3neou5ty. Bask finanCkla￿ets Bas￿ financial assets, whth Mitjude debtors aThJ cash and bank balances. are initialty mèasured at tran5aCtM?n pricè. Finanual assets dassthttd as F•ceivable wrtlmn yw aré not amorth"sed. Basic finartial liabilitl8s Bas￿ finanaal liab￿lItes. wthjing ¢fèdrtors. wé inrtialty reLtynised al transact￿ wic8. Financial liabilib.es cl¥sified as payable With￿ one are not arnorfised. Trade 178dttors and accwab are oNiyatN)ns to pay fv g¢y)ds ¢y sthi¢e$ that have been aowired in the ordw)ary course of I)pera￿1n$ from suppliers. Amwnts payth a￿ rjasgfieil a5 currenl liabilities rf payfflent is due with¢n one year or less. 11 Trjt. tlw ￿ presented as non4Jrrent latilit** Der8cognition oifman¢i•lli•biffilxs Fgnanr•al liabilbty'es are derecwised Ihe thawitls c&Mrtraaua cknlpjatffis exw¢ or aw dittharyed r cancdled. 1.9 Ernployee benefits The o)st ol any unused ￿b"¢yay enbllement 15 recryThsed ￿ the in the employee's seThices we Tèmiination beneffls are wnised immedthly as an eXper￿e when the ¢tharty 15 d#monslw*ty ujmmitted to tem)inate th8 employrnent of an employee orlo provide terrninalM)n benefrfs. 1.10 Retlrement bentffts Payments to personal peo9￿ sthemes we tharged as an e¥perw as tw ￿1 th as slw in note 10. -24_ THE UPPER ROOM (ST SAVIOUR'S) NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 Donatiom #nd lega¢ies 2023 2022 Donabons and gfts Legacies receNable ants receivablè Statutory fvndfftg 4ndUdK￿ CJRS lfjjdoughl Donated loc*J, maierials and profesgonal 101,058 107.571 6.458 295,659 476 6,037 318,466 34204 453.728 416.201 Donalions and gifts Gift aid Donations Irom sc*Kth, c￿￿￿he$ and withtyjuas 15.216 85.842 14.868 92.703 101.058 107.571 Grnnts reCog￿ed in thè y•ai Anton Jur9ens Charrtabfe Tnfjt Cty 8r*Jge Trust CHK F￿n￿alk)n Chwles Hayward Fo￿￿ati En￿)auS Me( Gorfield Weston Foundation Hamm*5rnrth United Chanties Mahoro chai11a￿e Twst Ports"cus UK Pret Foundab"on To￿1 Schutz Engel Str•ets ol London The Drapers, Ccmpany The Honick Foundal The knnb¢Jry Trust The Mercer5' Charitatde FouThJat The Olw Tree Twst The ￿￿rShiP￿A Company ofWea¥ws Olher £10.IK*) and anonymous 10.CrfJO 9,475 7,872 10.01)0 10.000 2S,ts)O 10,CQO 25,LX)O 15,250 10.oc 11.250 10,CQO 45,1100 10.143 31.723 15,000 15.000 . 10,000 lo.￿10 30,(￿0 15.CQO 15.000 66.287 10,000 15.¢KK) 122.125 318,466 295,659 -25- THE UPPER ROOM (ST SAVIOUR'S) NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 C￿lIt4b1e activities 2023 2022 Ptrfomwnce-r¢loted gwant. Gity BIKhJe Tnjst 3,158 37,533 Fundrnlsing a¢tfvllles Total X123 Total 2022 fvnd$ F￿￿￿1￿lng events 36.021 27,599 22,402 For the ye•rended 31 IA*r¢h 2022 22.402 22,402 Other income 2023 2022 Nl Empbyets inwiNe 4,￿0 Raising Iwids 2023 2022 Fundraisn Staging hjndraising a*nts aThJ othef Costs Fundraising agents aThJ grant monrtomg 4.493 40,807 6,439 37,740 Fundraising and 44.179 THE UPPER ROOM {ST SAVIOURSI NOTES TO THE FINANCLAL STATEME14TS ICONnMuEDI FOR THE YEAR ENOED 31 MARCH W23 To#1 2022 1022 89.6*1 1C8.4CO 34.12 15ts 6r.&57 22.019 21.327 2￿.392 cl￿nItra￿l￿. 51. .42$ 31.027 afetyi 147 2.847 3.038 1.551 2.674 3.091 4,242 631t 393 2.331 2.331 1217 17.723 1345 931 3.847 15.284 staff train￿￿ co&ts 287 J42 Om7 6,W7 151.520 1Tr.129 19.3W 392ffl5 116.132 117*7 23ASI 288,480 rthei $4.4 51N* 1&543 129J23 121832 123 27.862 3Dg.579 It••rth 81 J7 2Q4 213.047 225.r•J5 524.effi 240.871 242,706 64.533 eCQ.327 THE UPPER ROOM 1ST SAVIOUR'SI NOTES TO THE FINANc￿L STATEMENTS I¢ONnNUEOI . FOR THE YEARENDED 31 AIARCH2023 Toi•l 2022 20ZJ 202Z 97. 127240 17023 41. 9.185 18.125 IB7J31 357.535 137281 105.445 19.937 50.402 3(Q.895 299,632 170.489 147.776 211047 229.fxLS 27.311 240,871 242.7( eth,327 THE UPPER ROOM 1ST SAVIOUR'S) NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 Support tosts 2¢)22 Costs osts staff costs tlepreaation CompLrter Miscellaneous expense Office administration AdvertiSNIg. I￿U￿1r 75,976 75.976 405 2,231 9.379 79,601 179.( 8,000 8.455 2,820 79.601 179.060 2,231 9.379 8.455 2.820 182 182 6.354 23,676 1.431 Profesyonal lees Rent & ublities Staff Irainmg 29.7 1,213 29.7 1,213 23.676 1,431 Indepen¢Jent examination fees Travel 2.520 148 2.520 2.268 129.523 132.191 3Tr3,579 2288 311,847 Analysed be￿ CharitalAe 129.$23 132.191 309.579 2,268 311,847 Go￿rnar￿ o7sts ir￿￿￿Je$ payments lo lh8 1Thlep8ndwt Ewiners of £2.520 indusr¥e of VAT 12022. £2,268). None of the tnJstees lor any per￿$ w*h thern) recerled any fwntmeration or l*neffits from charity during the year except as disck)sed in nole 20. Reinbwsed tra¥el expenses lots1￿d £nil12022'. £niU. The genefal inswanc8 pohLy iickndes ojvw for the -29- THE UPPER ROOM (ST SAVIOUR'S) NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 10 Employees Numberolemployeo# The avwag• nw)nlNy nwnber of empkiys th# year was: 2023 Number 2022 Plumber 12 11 Ernployment Costs 2023 2023 Wages and salaries Socaal secunty ￿)sts EM￿0yer perr5ion cosis 286.287 23,658 14,514 256,047 11.864 324.459 287,993 During thè year M emtyoye• •am8d t60.IXKI per￿Urn. 11 Taxation The charrty 15 8xempt frr*n tax on inc•rre and gains fath"ThJ *rythin 5eclFon 505 of thè Taxes Acl 1988 or sedy)n 252 of the TaxatK)n of Chargeabk GairtsAct 1992 to the extenl that the58 are a￿￿e￿ to rts cha¥rtable obpcts. 12 Tanglble fixed ass*ts Tolal Cost At 1 Apnl 2022 442.299 18.324 12.903 473.526 At 31 Marth 2023 442.293 18.324 12.903 473,526 Oepreclation Al 1 Awil 2022 DeweL?al*Jn charged in lh• year 442.299 16.842 185 12.683 471,824 40S At 31 Marth 2023 442,299 17.027 I2.￿3 472,229 ¢*rying amount At 31 Marth 2023 1.297 1.297 At 31 March 2022 1.483 1,703 THE UPPER ROOM (ST SAVIOUR'S) NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 13 D•btors 2023 2022 Amoub)ts falling du• w4th1n on• y•ar. 8,8r2 3.317 14 Cre¢thtorn". amounts falkng due within ont y 2023 2022 Not•s D8ferred incom•. g￿ts receNed ft*firtwe Ivne wiods Trade creditors Ac£Tuals 15 68.917 237 11.9)5 S3,￿8 15,886 81,059 78,894 15 D•l•rr•d On￿>m* Z023 2022 Aiisww from grants for fvtwe twn8 yod5 68.917 63.008 2023 2022 163.0081 63,008 68,917 {36.514) 36,514 63,¢YJ8 Reco9nised in the y8 Prowded in the year 68.917 J.008 16 St•lutory fvnding The tharity recogniwd no stalutuy duriny lh8 ye* (2022." £476 of COrona¥in￿ Job Retent￿￿ Stheme). 31_ THE UPPER ROOM (ST SAVIOUR'S) NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 17 Restricted funds The In￿rne funds ol the chanty indwje reslricknj fvrKts wy1￿ing the fofthring ￿eXpended balances of donab.ons ar#J gwls hehj on trusl for specific purposes. IAgvement in fvnds 1 April 2021 •wthl l 2022 rn¥our¢g¥ •XP•r￿•d 31 ￿4￿h 2Q23 UR4Dri¥ing UR4Meals City Bridge Trust UR4C)rivirg UR4Jcès UR4 Counseth"n9 Core lunding 21.670 11,855 119.098 108.CfJ1 (108.5431 1103.746) 32.225 I62￿$ 145,304 111.1)40 1157.8561 {127.240) 19.673 37.533 20,482 23.946 137.533) 144.4281 12.633 41.680 {12.6331 {41.6801 {1.1321 {4250) 35,147 118.1261 1B.889 4,250 54.Q)7 295.918 (299.6321 ,293 345,804 (357,5351 38.$82 The iestricted knd5 repr¢sent income funds expew*tsble at ￿ di%Web.¢￿ of the twstees in furtherance ol the durity's obieta in awdance vmth the CJJn(kns wr¥)osed by Ihe doMr. The pwpose of each knd is set out below. Namè ol Restitled lund Pwse of FuThl UR4Driwng UR4MeaJs City Bf¥lge Tntst UR40n UR4Jobs UR4 Counsel￿19 CoFe funding Grants to fund Ihe UR40ri¥in9 proieci Grants to lund Ihe VR4Meals project Cty Bn"dge TrLL8t granl to fvnd the UR4Lknvw proje Giants to fvnd Ihe UR4Jobs prop Grants to fund Ihe UR4CouTrs*hg prop Grants to fund fènt and management THE UPPER ROOM {ST SAVIOUR'SI NOTES TO ThE FINANc￿LSTATEmENTs ICONTINUEDI FOR 7HE YEARENDED 31 AIARCH2023 FM•d assEts IWJ.7 1178.LE•) 12B7 3B.176 143,0111 2to.7trk 1197.sr2J 82,U (43,41n 39.473 Unr••lrkWFund utFL•vJ Fixqd 1sx¢tknd 2U2Z 1297 327•2 &%4 352.￿ 91,293 402.*3 329259 35.￿2 367.821 3Y.333 SO￿ 404.826 THE UPPER ROOM (ST SAVIOUR'S) NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AIARCH 2023 20 Operating l•as• cornmitmtnts The o¢>xpied the St Saw"¢Jrfs site a 7.yw lease. Tr lease expred ￿ 31st Marth 2022, and ot the balance sheet Ihe new lease had yel lo be agree(l aKhowh th$￿$$10￿5 are or#Joing. The satellrte local￿ fv)r the UR40rr•"rrtJ i8 Lm¢*r a rthg contrad wilh no ljn o)mmitment. 21 Rolated pwty transaction* Mts V T￿le, the vAle of ¢h*r of Iwstees, Mr Swntin Tuke. ree£ived £14.72712022". £12.0351 kn bcw)kkeepwig DuriThJ the year. the f¢cei¥Ed £5.￿212¢)22.' £1.181) in dr￿41￿S frcffi trusl8•s reki•d parties. Renwneralioth of key nAnag•ment pwsonn remuneralion of key mana9ement pers(*￿81. rension 9)ntri￿tions. empbyet natiryol insw8n￿ prKJr to aA ded￿l￿onS ￿ as fckn. 2023 2022 Aggregate compensation 59.¢AS 22 Limited ty GuaAnts• The tharilabh C￿par￿ is by guarattee. Tr guwant•• is ￿T￿ed to E1 for each m8mber. 23 Cash g*neAt•d from op•rations 2ts23 2022 D¢fi¢it fr*the yew (36.8051 1164,043) Adjustments for. Investmenl inrJ)me feco9nised in Statem￿OIffin0rnXSl acts¥￿ Depreaathon oftangiNe r￿e¢j assets (7.855) 132n 179,(*0 M¢)vementS Fn wwknng capital.. Ilnueaseydètrease in debtc IDerxeaseYin¢rease in creditors Increase in dèlerred income 13.5551 13.7441 5,909 105.195 13,361 26.494 Cash labsorw byVg•ner*d from operntions (45.645) 159.740 24 Anatysis of ¢hang•s In netfvnds The charity had no debt dktring the yew.