The DisAblemenl A55Otiillon of
]lar￿ng a￿d DAgeiihai
Repoi'l #nd Ftng0¢1#l Sigitmeiits
(oi. the yeai. eiidtd 31 March 2021
CoiiipAny No= 2800290 IEiJglHnil & Wales
C.Ibarl*y INn: 11123730 {fJl ILglaiid & WalE51

The Di%ablenienl Associatloii of
Bxi'ldng alld Da%ellbanJ
CONTENTS
Page
t£g#l & Adminislraliv¢ Informauon
Chair's Report
CEO'S Repoil
4.16
rM]siees' Report
SLqienieni of Trustees Respot)sibiliii¢s
18-20 Audiior's Report
22
23
Stalenieiil of C8sli floiY$
24.33 Notes to the Financial StaleniEnt5

Tlie Disablement A8SOClation ol
$i.klttg aiid DaAenlLam
Legxl iiid AdmliJistr4tivt Informgilon
Regl$lered INgDIt
Disablemeiii Association ofBarkin8 and D28enliai
IWoi*inB naili¢ DABDI
Regl%teYed ClIAI'ity N￿l￿ber
1023730
Gove1'ni￿% DotumeiiiAtirJn
The Assnci&lion is esiablishcd as a company liiniied by ￿nd is IEgisiei'ed a$ a charily ivilli Il)e Charily
Cornmission. Tlie Aff8iTS of Ilie Association ale gov¢iTred hy lig Inei))01311duiM and articlc5 of2ssoLialioii, datcd 16
Mar¢h 1993 laiiiended 15 Maiili 19961-
Cbarlly Ti'u51ees Ofnee Bearer5
Eiiinia Adam8
Keitli Moltsmm Ir¢sigii¢d l August 20201
Raksha Paiel ITIEJSISIEI'I
Nolaii Bi2teiiiian Iiesign¥d 15 Dee￿i)beL 20201
l£s*r Loh Iappoinied 4 Deceiiiber 20201
Chief orficer$lComp*ny Se¢ret&ry
Elaille James
lelliod of 2PPOI￿time￿¢ lele¢rloiJ
Trustees are Rppoiiiied it th¢ Annual General Meeting
Comp$iiy
28002
Rogi8tertd Office
Centr31 Office- I)AFJD
Peliibl￿ke Gal￿en&
Dagenliani
Esscx. RMIO 7YP
Ba]kkers
N'atwesi
27 Hi811 Road
t)a8ciiliam
Romford. RM6 6QD
Audltni.
Mooiy Kiiigstoii Smitli LLP
OFbiial House
20 F.#steni Road
Rnillford
'ssex. IIMI 3PJ
Senloj. illaiiagettieiil Tea
Elaine J•ines
Finamcc Offi¢er
HR Lead
Mobiliiy Lead
Welfare Beiiefils & Fiiian¢iNI Iiid¢peiideiice Lead
Ci)Ipor8ie SeiW1ee8 Leild
Businc55 Drv¢ltspiiienl Lcad
Personal Siii)port Servi¢¢s Le&d
Ikl?ordh Jacks
Maui'¢¢n Claticy
Juhii Faga
Holly Exall
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The DlsAblement A&51Kiation (kl
BArkliig xiid D8genhRIii
ChAir's Report
Like imany oilier Cltsiities DABD had a ¢halleh8iiig ytaT whicli iv¢ have Inaithged well aiid. wlieirvu. possible,
Contiiiued to PTovide ongoillg $uppoit to rnany of oui. ¢lieiiis 10 live Iheii. l&fe to ILS fullesi poiential. Our slaff and
volw)ieeis haie, wherever possible, continued to pivvide cgir. advice, tducation,.%kills, emi)loyintnt and
ITanspori. The5c seiwi¢c% h&vc beeii eveii more iiiipvrtanl iii addressiii8 th¢ addiiional ¢hallen¥es i)05ed by lh¢
Covid pandernics yei soine have b¢eii cutsiled by public safety I￿triCtl011% on our iiornial aclivily. This rq)ort
record% liow ¥vc havc bllili on oui'10118 history of ineeljiig elialleijges and addTessing new i￿¢￿8 10 get througli
Iliese dI￿lCult limes arjd cteaie a SLioiig bRse for the fiiture.
I lillve worked with felloiv TrL]sl¢es to suppori opeiation&l rnaiiag¢iiienl Ihroiigh these c11311eii8iiig tiines, and we
Continue lo work to ¢reai¢ liglilei- fiiiaiicial Inanageiii¢ni and ertsllre we reiiiait) coinpliani willi Chdiitabl¢ and
Company IEgulaiions. A cliallenging ycar foi. all busine%ses, comiiiercial or charilal)le, either break£ you or il
I￿akc% yfju stronger. The Truslces aiid Operatiunal Le#(l¢isliip Teani have woiked closely io¥eiher 10 rnake Sure
DABD i8 a Slroiiger oi'ganisation going foiivard. We liav¢ sui'vived Covid by ivnrkiiig willi sialT10 siippoit Ihein
Ilirougli furlough whcie we ivere no long¢i' 4llowed ie supply services and suppoi1 Iheni in clianging thc sci'viee$
Iliey provided wli¢re fvnders l)ave ¢hogtii lo I'edeploy thtm Into neiv rolcs of supi)oi'liiigtr viiliieiible clients Ihi'ough
lockdown. Tl11￿UghOLiI these challcnges we have wurked with the 8enioT leadersliip teani lo suppori sthff iii
iiiainlaining qu8liiy aiid siandoTd%. Tlic crisis lias created liuge challen8&% for all oui. staff aiid Inanagers, and ihey
liave i'esix)rtded I1￿8111r1¢¢tt1IY 10 11108e cballeii4es.
On bchalf of die Bo&rd, I would like to Ihank all DABD slarrand vulunleers for their liaixl work and tlexibility
Ilrough thi8 difficult period. W¢ will eoiitinut lo wol'k with Iliun in impioving our finaiicial manag¢iiieni,
seai'cliing oui iiew artas Of seiNice delivery. tnaking sure Ilie coiilracls ai'¢ sustainable and ensuring our
goveiiiaiice dLKllinents are up lo dale and approprTale lo %uppoil our ¢liciiis.
I hope this report demOnStra￿S wc have addTe*%ed the challeiigts in a difficult yeai. and einergtd tougher aiid filler
lo Invvc forwaid and beller abl¢ lo help all eliBible clients acliieve die1r￿)Ient1lll.
Pelej. Snell IChHir of Ti'u$teesl
Pa8e 2

The DIs4bleEneni A5soelatl&n of
Barklng and Dagenham
CF.O'$ Report
This year has b¢¢2) cliallenging foi. DA]4D. In 2020, DABD liad to liv¢ our vision Lnd valiies likc nevei tuTning a
year of illiPTecedtnttd challengc5 into & ytST of collaboralioii, buildiiig li￿$1 and Caring. Our custoiner8 Ii'usled
Ilial we would be Ihei'e to deliver mucli needed suN)orl in a coitsisi¢iil and ¢f#i¢ient maiiner. aiid we did just thai.
We PiDved that we wert the go-10 pai'ln¢i' foT emeygeiiey suppoi't atth thai pi"oieciing our and suppoiting
op1¢ ID ourcotnjjiuniiy wer¢ oui oiily piioriiy I liav¢ clioseii to i'ccord some pcr%onal ¢xFiicn¢¢s which bave
affected Ilic ¢liarity.
We walcli¢d as faiiiilies wer¢ affected by the Pdndeini¢. and our DABD family were no ¢xceptioii. I'wo of our
DABD Lodgc Avcnu¢ fainilyy Neil Bccktii, and Derek Cl3rke. died during the pandemic.
Oiher personal Ii'agedy included Ihe Ios8 ofpai Gilniaii aftei- 26 year% ofseivice lo DABfJ aiid Ihe wider
¢oiniiiiiiiity and driver Malcoliii Parqolls, Ivhose ieair deS¢i'ii￿d hiin as ali exeepiion21 aiid Laring Qani leader. I
m relieved to repoi'l Uial, due 10 Ilie hard work and exceplionAI diligence of our %laff througl?oul the nrgalli5ation.
and Ihe prevenlalive actioii laktn, Ili¢ outhrcak has been S1￿Cessfi)llY mAnaged to date.
We werc fac¢d wiib Ilie unpiYced¢nied ¢hallcng¢ of opcraiing in a pciy¢tually uneertaitt environiiienl iii 2020.
The sp¢¢d at whicli oiir siaff Iiznsiiioiied lo remoie woyking was LlialleiigiiiB at fii'si, liow¢ver DABD'S leadership
leani clialliielled Ihc spiril of resilience, eiislli-lng Iliat our Clients were supporrcd and kept Sdfe.
Wc %uspended soine fa¢¢.10.fgc¢ %elvices￿ giviiigus timc to complete a full review of our liistorical organisatioiial
cuIIuTe and operating model wtsich I iEfei'red LO iii last year's repoj'i as Ihe'lrojan horse ijaixdox"
Wc Yeviewed
and modified oui. servicc oft¢i'. Claillfied 50111e Opcialional ioles aiid continued 10 iniprove iiil¢i-_deparimental
rclaiionships, whilst *lso creating a tnoie slreanilined 8ovem3Jice sltuciur¢.
Uprooting systemic operatingpracliff s i& ongoing these changes will not happen overnight. l am ciicouraged thDt
we have made significaiil inFoad$ and Ihal lh¢ oiEaiiisalion is beucr posltioned to be sustainable in the future
In the year 81iead we iiiiisi bt i&sponsive lo ciisiomeis. necds a8 tliey cmergt, incrcas¢ collaboiaiive workiiigy
continue 10 sIr￿lEthe17 oui- IT thfrasiructure.
and
We are cag¢r 10 welcomc bark staff fronj service areas that we¥e suspended, diese include our travel trainers. kids
pakh workeis, Ivho weie furlou¥lied.
My personal thanks go out 10 all stsft'for all tlieir hal￿ work and s¢lf4acrifi¢c. Worthy of Speeial noie are die car¢
le61Th9 woi"kin8 in the ¢ominunity and ai Lodge Avenue., our cleaiier8,' our He3ltJi aiid Safety Officer whos¢ tireless
efforfs kepi us safe.
I'd like 10 fil￿11Y olY¢r Ilie thanks lo Ilir Board and to all ow'staff. voluntecrs. and SUPPOTiers who enable us to
d¢livcr life cliangiiig.%eiviccs to all our custolmers.
Willi our ￿v¢ntIl anniveisttry on Ihe horizon, DABD is coinmiii¢d la enabling indep¢ndence aiid iiiclusion for all.
r.1gine Jxmts IChSef Executivo Oflltei'l
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The Dls#blemenl A5soclallon of
Rarking DagonlJ8ni
Truslecs, R¢p4Tr
lor the year endwj 31 March 2021
The Tn￿leeS preyent their rewrt whith incorporaies the strategic reportsel out in ¢(Mxpaiiy laiv iiicluded the audited
rinaiicial sralem¢nts foi the yeAI' ended Maicli 2021. The rerrf)ri pi-ovid¢s an Org￿l&s￿lI0￿2l5UinnI￿ry, highlighiiiig
Ilie ebarilies pwyost Ihe key challenges and risks whicli hav¢ hindered the acliieveJi)eiit of Qui. k¢y objectives as
well as ilie actual pcrtoiinaiice olllic Cliai'ily over the pasl year.
DAHD is Ilie local Charily that enables inclusioii and independellc¢.
Welfllre Ben¢fil8 & Fiiiancial Iiidependence
Einergency Suppoil Fundiiig fnr Families in Crisis
Tesi and Trace payinenls
Fotin Ftlling
Employmeni ard Debi Advice
Universal Credit suDpon
Bettei off calculalioiis
Income maxiiniz&tion
Personal Care and Support
Exli? c.are Ifloaiing support)
Community Care
Befriending
Mobility ITYanspoYil
Multi Q¢¢upancy TrBnsp)rt
Exslway Car¢
Coiiimuniiy'l'iznsport
Schoul Traiispori
NHS Tralls￿rt
Reducing Isolalioii Iliold¢n Years)
Life clioicts fi)r oldej people
Communiiy Collaborations
Sknll8 & Educalioll
NEF.T Einploynient
Children & Young Pcoplc ScTvice% {Kids i)ai¢li & Ti'avel Traiiiitl81
Saiiirday Cliibs IBarkin8 & Da￿enha1￿ and Haveringl
Creclie's
Indeptrtdcnl Travel TIEining {HarkiIig & Dag¢iiham. HKvei'iiig, WBiiliam Forest and Bdiiiet
Th¢ yegl. in revleiv
Tlie services w¢ deliver enljdnce lh¢ lives of disabled ￿ld eAclud¢d individuals aiid groups. piDvidillg Ilicm access
Ihc support they need to live indeptiidenily,
Thc cliarity has faced sigiiificanl cli&llcngc% associated will) paiideillie. Tliis ijjcluded the cotiiplet¢ closiire of
our cliildren's activiiy clubs. Ilie suspeiis10n of our CUSloiner socials for our gocial c&ir and i.%olaltd oldcr iJeople'%
groups. Oui. Bencfil.s aT]d Finai)cio1 Indepciideiice Teaiii also suspeiided lioine visiiiiig services, Iliese closures
afftiied oiir beiiefils and fiiiaiicial indepeiideiiee team.
Tliig ljad a.%iBiiifi¢aiil illlpdcton Ui¢ fainilies we siipport and aftecied the cli&rily's Incoiiie.
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The DIs2bletnent AsstsilallTrii of
Bgyking and DggeJihA
Tj'uslees, Report
for the yeRr ended Jl Mgrch 2011
Tbe Covld 19- PaJJdeJnit
Th¢ Covid 19 Pandeini¢ s￿rIed iii MaTeh 2020 and in￿￿ediatelY iiiipacled ihe cbarity.
'I'lic Senior L.cad¢isliip team b¢can)e tlie etnergency plsDtIlDg group for th¢ eliarily. The ieam In¢1 daily basis lo
review the advice issued by Ihe gove1￿1￿C￿l and 10 foi'mulate guidancc for s&ft servic¢ delivery
Our corpornte serviLes lead worked closely wilh our healili and safety officei. to ensure thal regular Covid updates
weir %etil lo all staff aiid that risk assessin¢nls foT hoitte worktng weir eJi-ried oui.
Tlie pandeniic accelerated Ilie iesiin8 ol'our busines% ¢oiitinyily plans and th¢ aiid agility of Ui¢ business irt
r¢spondin8 lo a imove ￿ liome working.
Tlie eni¢¢¥ency planning groiip look the folk)wing action5'.
By 22 Maych w¢ piioritiied siaff tor shielding 8nd furlough in line with public health reeoinniendalions
By 22 Marcli 5UPP(krted liviiig scrviccs adopted and impleineThied new pDlocols arouiid visiting
By 30 M&i'¢h OtYice.365 wB$ fully iiiipleinenl¢d ets8blittg stsff lo work froin honie
By 24 April business contiiiuity plans were iiiiplemented iii 911 seivi¢e areas
Frotn May we impl¢menl¢d weekly SLT bricfings lo review alld respond 10 Changes iii government
guidartee
By Jiinc OUT SLT establi8h¢d 3 rots sysiem for our drivels 10 support our e￿[c Icam minimize ihe spread
of the virus
By Jiily a pragi'4nime of wcllbeing cheeks was implerncnted gcioss the orggnisaliun for all sthft'iiicliiding
oui ¢olleagu¢s on furlougli
In Sepieinber the govemance r¢vi¢w WAS carried out by Digi- Board
In Dctenjber we adapted or se￿￿¢¢$ lo respoiid 10 new ¢Usloiner deniands
In January we we1coin￿ new trusiees
We siarlcd welcoming colleagues baLk 10 the office
We mowed into audii planning
In 2020 Qui- objectiv¢ was lo focus ort..
Trust board ¢xpan5ion
A siov¢i'iiance Audil
Th¢ crcatioii of a rlvc-y¢￿ strategic plan
The revicw of DABD'S govcrntllg docuiiieiit
Dui'iJ)g Ihe Covid-19 paiideittic salety b¢¢aine OUT priiiiaiy fwus. We uscd oui. re￿UrteS io..
To keep fi'oni litie staff safe bulk oi'ders of PI>E wcre plaecd aiid access to JJctwoi*s for free supplies w￿e fully
Mie COlPOTHlc wrviccs team ittanaged the iDsleriiig ofslafyensuring Iliat oui. ¢ustoiiiers coiild re&¢li 115 in IlieiT
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The DlsAbleiJJÈnt A$50clalloTr ol
Barkljjg DAgenba
Tru51et5' Report
for ihe year ended 31 Mareh 2011
We devoted resoui'ces 10 ensuriiig 111gt siaff received wellbeing support by implemcnting an cttiployec assistsncc
prograinme. This gav¢ DA13D %tatYac¢e&% 10 a ixnge of supiiorl includiiig eounsellinEI f￿nancial adviee, and lips
Since Marcli 2020 thity front line woikers have been fvsTlouglied. Th¢ iinpact of Ilie pandemic on th¢ Charity has
been modcraie. Howevei., w¢ anlicipaic that olhei. uiiinleii¢lecl consequences will becoiiie appaiEnt in the shori 10
Inediuin leiin.
Overvleiy of Pei'(oi'mAttee li]E2n¢lal posltlo
Tlie result for the yeai. is a deficit of £91 K,. Ilie Ivrnovtr foi- die year iva5 reduL£d by 120/. becallse of the cloS￿e of
several services (Juring Ihe pandemic.
Opei'aliog Losts incredsed by 15Yfj due io iiivesimenl in Business Developillenl and PAIGovErnance supporl.
We coniiiiue lo stTiV¢ 10 exiend oui seivice5 to more comiT]unit1¢5 and boroughs in north east Londott. We are
keen lo lake advantage of opportuiiiiies 10 Collaborate ivith oiliei% on a wide iiiclusiou agenda te effe¢tively
support Londoii's most vulnerable.
The c[￿ritY bas close workirtg relationships a¢ress NE London and coli8bor8te% on initiatives that increHse dj¢
¢lJoices of individua15 leading to grcalei i1idepej￿enCe.
Tl?is ycaT we have bccn reac¢rediled l?y"I'he Fleel Operator Reco8niiioii Sclieme IFORSI, The Advice Quality
Stsiidard IAQSI, Ihe Disability Coiifideni eihployer s¢h¢me aiid Matt-ix.
RL%'li Management
Pi'iticipal risks lo ivhicli ihe cliai'ily is ex￿Sed as ideJ)tifi¢d by Ihe Iruslees liave been I'eviewed and syst¢nis have
and updated by iisk ownei'8 and is IEviewed collectively by the leadei'ship team. All ai-eas of significant i-isk are
brouglit 10 Ilic attention of Ili¢ boai'd ofirlislees.
In i¢spons¢ 10 covid addiliongl irisk I'evieivs weiE oui, art additional focus ivas ott measuTes to mitigaie the
decliiie in income, dut 10 the sugpension of key scrviees. We invcsted in a biisirtcs￿ developiijeiit POSI 10 Support
the ¢hai'Jty in applying for ¢ovid 5￿CifiC fundiJJg aiid to ilJCiEage the charities wni thconi¢.
'rhc tralisit￿Oi7 lo reinoie ivorking crealed 3 ll¢ed 10 sireiigtheji th¢ IT security. CybeT Secu17ty ivas included and
prioriliied in our risk ]llaiiRgem¢nL plan.
During 2020121 Iliere was one aiiempi ai ingndale fi?Iid. wherc an invoice was rqjlicalcd, and an alleiiipl niadc 10
solicit tiinds from onc of oui-coniillissionei's.
Twlioology 1% In place lo iiiiiiiiii1/￿ itifori)lalion secui'iiy risks lor ¢ybei-allacks; altempied daia theft a5 WCII as
denidl-uf- service attscks. We hÈve refreshed our secui ily policies aiid sci lip J pro¥raTnin¢ ofuiigoing
penciralion Icsliiig. We have I'esli'icled iiccess lo all DABD dala sources al￿ iiiandated thai all Slaff and Iruslees
Use DABD email addresses. Access to DABD IT SySl¢Tll% requir¢s tyvo fa¢ior auiheiilicalioii.
Covorn&nce
Overall 51ralcgy aiid policy for th¢ elkaiiiy ail agieed by Ilje Board of ttvst¢¢s advised by the chief ex¢culive and
other membe15 of ihe L£adeTship T¢an) who aiiend trustee iiicctings.
Our Tiusle¢s and CEO regularly revi¢iY lloiv wc opeiale %0 wc can besl support Ilie iiiclu%ion and iiidepelldence
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Tbe Dlsabltmenl A%$45elallon of
Bgi'king and DA%enham
'rrustees' Repoi'l
for Ihe year e#dtd JI March 2021
We are woiking hard to create a fvlly inclu*ive culmre. The ienii div¢rslty Ilie nine protected chaTaCterislics of
the Equalily Aet 2010 as well as tlie differenl backgi*unds, life experienccs car£¢i' i)ailis and div¢i'sity of thought.
We ar¢ developing Equality alld Diversity Sirar¢8y to adiJre$g Ilie recomtTrJ¢ndaiioDS of tile Cjiatiiy Gov¢1￿￿¢¢
Code. Our ambiiiOJJ is 10 be recognized as anii-racisi 0¥83ni%alion.
TIu8iees are fully eointnilled to Ihe Code of gove1Tr3nces' seven prirtcipl¢s'.
Organi8aiion81 Puipose
lÈ8dersliip
In￿grilY
t)eci%ion Inakiiig, risk aiid control
B0￿d Effeciivene5S
Equalily, Diversity, Inclugien
Openness and atcouniability
The board of twste¢s uses the Lharity code of goverjiaiice as a refeiEnee point for a iDllill8 Itview of goveniaiic¢,
lo eiisure slandaids always rcinain liigh
Thc Digi-Board 8oveinance review highlighi¢d the need 10 rtvise the ch8riti¢s gov¢ming documeni covered in the
Chgir's introduciiort.
Thc thcmes froirt Ilie govemance review have been capiuird in our strategy 2021- 2026.
There is still an UiEent need io iiicrease Ilie llurnber ur1￿81ee8.
Our board of Irusiets Iihc board) is eurrtnily made up of four meinbers and iwo shadow iiieinbers. Tlie boalrf has
coll¢clive respoiisibilily foi'everyihitig we do. tncluding tlie legal r¢spon%ihilily to ensure Ilie charity is pl￿perlY
controlled and iiianaged.
In discliargiiig Iheir ¢ollectiv¢ responsibilities ouy Irusiees..
Exercise their poweis in liiie willi good goveriiaiice principles
Act iii tiie best inieiEsiolilie org￿lisatIOi1
Maintsin fjjiaiicial probity and eiisiire iyoper fiiiDncial maiiagemcnt
Th¢ boaid delegaies r¢8ponsibility for O￿l71]O￿al inana8em¢iit lo th¢ chief extculive. wlio leads, Senior
Lcadcrsliip Teain ISLTI. The SL'f devtlop niosl of tli¢ orgBnisaiiort's plans polici¢s processes ss
respoiisible for Iheir iiiiplein¢ttiaiiot] following Ihc board's advice and api)IDval.
Tli¢ board have wide. rangin¥ skill$ and experieiice. Tiustees seive an illit1￿1 term of Iliree years. wilh the
patential to slaiid for ie-¢l¢¢tion.
Following Ilie Digiboard review ilie board &￿ed 10 adopt besi practice as uuilined iii Ihe cliariiy governaiiee
OVer￿lICec0dt.￿L
1115.6oard.etleclivciic&%.
Tivslees ale dprK)Ini¢d fur 211 a¥reed leiigili of lime, Subject 10 311y applicablc coii8titulional or %latulory provisio¢k
relating 10 ¢leclion &iid Ir-elctlion. If a INsi¢c has served foi- niore than iiine ye31s, IlieiT reappoiiiiniei)t is..
subjecl to a parucularly rigorous review and takes into accoiiiil Ilie iieed for pix>girssive refreshing of the
boai'd
eKpI￿lled iii Ili¢ trustees, anjiual iepori.
li is our policy 10 seek 10 r¢iruii a diverse Inix of triigtees. Our Iivslees give tlieir iiinc on a voluiilary basig: Iliey
TCCCiVC no Yemiin¢rgliDn nr any oihcr ben¢fiis.
All li'uslees are reciiiilcd a8ilTn%i skills. iiceds and art appoiiii¢d folloiving tt comprehensive reeiuiln)elll
iiidiiLlioii pro¢esg. aiid un accasion by iecoi))iiiendaliuii, based On.￿kill &nd ¢xp¢rience.
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The DisAblemeni Ass&elallort •f
Bfirking alld lJ&genliam
I'ru$leey' Rcpuvt
foy Ihe ytai. ended 31 Mareh 2021
Tlie boATd Secretary caiTies oui a skills audit artd the ¢nhanc¢d dis¢losuiE and barring check.
Tli¢ C112Er int¢rviews prospective tTllSte￿ before Ihey are iiivii¢d lo 8eJwe as 8 $118dow IIu5t¢¢ to 8Ain a b¢trei'
undci%landing of tlicir respniisihililies. Followii)g a pcriod of shadowing, a I'eview nieeiiiig is held., the Trustee
appoinlni¢ni is ihen approved Èt the n¢xt full board meeting.
On appoiniinenl, our tn]sl¢es r¢c¢ivc a handbook, govtinance docuinenlalion ard loi'inal In(Iiiciion with the
8enioi' T.¢ader.%liip Te%ill. Truslees Dre offei-ed Iraining and d¢Ve5opJne￿i oppurlunilies Lhroughout their iiiiie in
office.
We place p3rliculai' eiiipha818 on eii8iiring that we have Llie appropnai¢ balancc of skills and exiierience ive n¢ed
aiid will list morc lar8eled i-eci'uilinei)I starches whtre necessaiy 10 keep under revi¢w Ihe geiider and diveiEily
balgnce of liuste¢s.
There are ¢urrently two rnale tsuEtc¢s and two f¢male trustees.
Board Meetlngs
Our boaid Jn¢eis six iitt)e5 a year,. we dlso hold anjiual board away day, tvliith eiiables trust¢¢s ￿ld the
executive io focus on key straicgic issues in iiiorc dcpth.
We liave fi setsion &E trustee Incctings 10 provide Irustccs willi D fI￿t-ll￿nd delail¢d understanding of the charities
serviee ai'eas aiid opei21ing Inodels.
Mattel's Rtseyved foi. Board
Tlici'c grc w'iaiii niaiicrg whicli Ilie boai'd res¢ivcs to ilseifiiirough a writteii ￿hedl11e. These include approval or
Ilie annual plan aiid budgei, aThl overall slrdlegic direction. During 2020121 Ihe board itviewed a llumb¢i' of
corporal¢ risks Ihtse ivcrc..
Covtd 19
safe8uai.ding
inantial Contro15
Health and Safely
Staff pensioiis
In tniiigaiiiig some of these risks, decisioiis wei'e laken its end soitte histoi'ical relatsonsknip ￿ll¢re persisiertl etsots
Ilirutened the cliari11¢5 coinpliantc with regulaloiy bodies.
Matt¢TS llot r¢scrved for decision by the full hollrd air delegaled lo ¢omiiiillee5 of the board who reporl back lo Ilie
board OT 10 Ilie cliief execulive on a re8ul?I r basis.
A fiaiiieivoi'k foi. levels of de¢ision-makin¥ (including financial authority levels) is 8180 in place for all our stsff.
Tliis is I'egularly reviewed and upda1¢41, as ne¢e$saiy.
111 2021 DABD Coniinueg tu fHce cliallen8es willi funding opporniiiiiies iii &n unc¢rtgin eiiviroiimciii. There lias
bten & irduction ill tlie nilm￿r of fuiidsiig streanL% available to 01.8aiiisalioiis wilh a focus oil vulneixbilily and
Resei've$ Pollcy
'The cliarity opeiales within a i¢scrvcs policy wliicli is i-cvicwed annually as i)ai* of Ili¢ cliai'ily's biidgel and
plaiinin& processe8. Tlie li￿siee$ dTin lo grow Ilie value of t1￿ free I'eseTves 10 sllppori aiid fulfil th¢ oi'gatiisaiion's
objeclivcs. The Trnslee8 arc in Ilie pl￿¢t&S of dcvcloi)5ng a IEserves policy.
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Tlle Diiiblemenl As5QCIAtiort of
B41'WrLg aiid Dagenhim
Trustees, Repoi't
for ihe year ended 31 Iq*rth 2021
Future l)ovtslopment
We ale rebuilding Ihe charity post Covid as irsliiction% ease, and there are siill liigh levels of unceitainty
we arc excitcd a￿ut tile fuiure.
After a ycor riddled with uncertainty li would be ThatU￿1 10 tske a slep back and slow down. We liavc a full
acliviiy PlX)grainrne planned.
We priinarily wani to apply Ihe leaining for expei'icncts ai Ilic height ofilie pandemi¢ lo mllke 8ignific8til servite
ItilPTovenients.
Wc are coiiiinitled ia..
provide flexible working and inliN)duce stsff ivellbcing suppori
Dcvelop our people 10 bc Ili¢i1' ￿$t self
Funh¢r iiiipmve our use of digi131 teclinologies
Iniprove social cai'c Chaices
Enliance leadeiship capabilities
ImpTove board ¢tfc¢liveness
SupwM)riiiig the kicks1￿1 pi"ogramiii¢
Providing 01)ptsrlunill¢8 to intern5 wiilj special edllcalionll Jjeeds
Provide placern¢Dls lo sludeIiis on early years and social care programme
We will coniiiiue to review our services lo ensuir Iliey are ￿tUrC proof. We ￿[e con$¢ious however Iliat the
full iinpacl of Ihc p8ndeillic is yci 10 bc rcalised. Fuiure proofiiig will ￿ based on iiisiglils aiid Icsied l¢ai'iiing in
collaboraiion with uui. servic¥ users.
We are appix)aching our 70111 year and lookin8 at g loial rtbrand aiid refiE%h uf ili¢ ¢harily with a focus on
iiidcptiideiice aiid iiiclusion. Wc have built rt#v irlatiollships fthd connected wilh new donors, iiiaking us
confideiil Jboui Ui¢ ¢liarity'5 fulure.
A8 2021122 opens we have acliieved oui. good CQC ialiii& our quality audit htts ciied ar¢as of good and eKccll¢nt
work iii ielaiion io ourcaiE delivcry.
In addilioli, we waiit to en*ure Iliat DABD 1$ a giE&i plac¢ io work.
Dep2Ytnien*al Rtpoi'15
Ind¢
endent TTavcl Tiiiiiin
Having Ilie confidence and skills to iravel independently make sucli a posilivc diffei'eiice to young people's
DABD'8 Travel Training i)mgrainme lielps young pcople ivith disabilities. speeilll £du¢aiional t)eeds ISENI oi.
addiiional D¢eds develop copings stralEgies aiid r03d and persoiial safely skills so Iliai Ilicy ¢all iiiakc Ihe joui)Icy to
Iheii- place of educalioii independciilly. Tliis could bc by walking or using Ilie bus. U'ain oi- lube or * coiiibinalioii
of scveral Ii'anspoil modes.
I)UT Travcl Ti?ining progyamme is desi8iied 10 ¢iEaie l0118-terni positive e17ecls which tail support young people
Ihrou81i Ilieii. Iraiisilioii inio adultliood. This include% improved..
self-¢si¢cm
InaiiAgeiiicntof fears and anxicties
road SRfely aivaiYne%s
eopiTlgP blraleBies
coinmurtie41ion Skills
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Thc DlsahlemeTr¢ A550elallon o(
Barklng 4rtd DAEcnlJAm
'rruslees' Reporl
for the year ended JI IM#rrh 2021
Kids Palcli Club
t&ds Patch is ourofsied registered wetkcnd club foi. Qliilthrn and youiig people aged 5 + with disabilities or
Tlie club offeis a friendly, fun, social and inclusivc enviromnent for three age 8TOUP$15- 8, 9- 13 and 14. 181
with specialist equipment and facilities and IrBiii¢d siaff.
Children and young ￿Ople can enjoy craft.4 and Iheiiied Oclivi(ies proinoling confidence, pos11ive relationships
and of course, fuftl
l)ery01181 Car¢
Foiour custom¢￿ who wani 10 live indopendent life in your oivn hoine bul feel they need exts'a lielp and
supi?orl, our care suppoi'l service can support you lo live n independelll life,
A5 an or8aiiisalion ihat has care ai ils li¢art, DABD always pu15 Ihe needs of our ¢li¢nls first, and we piide
oviselves on offering high-quality seivice.
Our 8eJviee is desigiied to suit your nceds. We ivill ask you what you fe¢1 you need regai￿1￿8 suppoit and you will
be able lo make deeisitsns about your care.
Welfare Benefiis Service
Maiiy people 81¢ unsure or unaware nf whs¢li btncfils and tax ci'ediis Ih¢y ¢ould be claiilling.
We are herc lo make sure that you undei'.%taiid ivhat hell) you Inay be tiiiiiled 10 ￿)d how 10 go aboui il.
Our Benefits advice 4ervicc to help yoii understand yoiii. cnliileineiils and give you advice and supwi1.
In¢omc maxiniisation
We will look ai youi. financial siludlion. We can help you get to B placc ivlieit youlyour fainily lias the brst
financial oppoitllnities pos%ible and maxiiiiise th¢ ainouNI that you are receiving.
BeJJefiis chetk
OUT dedicated team ivill assess your sin]2tion iii all its #SPe¢ts an4J find out which beiiefits you could bt clairnin8.
There could bc bcncfils t1￿1 you haven't tliouglii lo look iiilo oi siiiiply liavc noi heaid aboul.
Filling iii foiitts can be canfusillg. someiimts foniis use complicttted teTminology and can be diffieuli lo fill out
'Beiier-orr calculations
Going back to woik can k a scary liin¢ foi- snine. Tlie Ilioiiglii of liaviiig yO￿r financial Silucllioii change
diaslically isii't sonieiliing Iliai you should fear, howevei-. With Qui Bet￿l-_of￿ calculglioii s¢rvic¢. we can exp131D
10 you the benefits of iiiowing Inlo woi-k, and Iiow liiiich bciier offyou would bty given youi situalion.
Chtsllengiiig decisions ivilli Irgard.% to your 6eiiefiis
Soinetiiiies de¢i8ioiis cali be Inad¢ with Ihe beiiefits that you do iiol aEIEc witli. It cali hapi)en to anyoiie al anyiline
We'i'e lier¢ 10 lJ¢lp you. We c￿1 give you 8UPPOlt xnd advice oil how best lo cliallenge a deeisioii aiid lielp 8¢t
Iliings sortcd.
ln addition lo nureoi'c scrvices during Ihe pand¢ini¢ we suppoi'led faiiiilies iii crisis and ydrniiiistered sup5)0rt
r.In¢rgcncy Sui)i)Drl
Winler Fuel Payiiienls
'lesi and Tracc
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Tlje Disabl¢iDenl Aswelalinn
Bar]dD¥ 4lld D&geDJJam
Trustees, Repoi'l
for the year ended 31 March 2021
Trans
ort ovcrview
DABD Mobilily Seivi¢es work willi partncrs and conimissioiieis wlio all waiii the very besi for tlieij. coiiiniullilies
and see accessiblc atJd inclusive transport as parl of a solution to a hosi of challeiiges fxced by dio%e willi inipaired
mobility ID Qui socicty. We opei?le 3 irliablc aiid frjcndly dooi'_to-door Iran8PQrt service ai a fair. yei eoinpelitive
cost for people of 811 ag¢8 with limited mobiltry.
Aloiig ivilh the Divisional Ltad. Ili¢ S¢ivice Coordiiialor, two Teain Leadei's and an gdininislraloi-Idr¢ver, we have
35 paid full-lirtie diivers, 10 pllid PaTI-limt driver£ and one volurtieer driver operllling 35 fully ae¢¢s5ible
pa8sciig¢r-lift vehicle%, including onc v¢lii¢l¢ equipped wid) sirelclier aiid oxygeii facilities. All oui- di'ivers are
MIDAS (Minibus Diiver Alvareness Scheme) Ii'ained otid, Ive cali also %upi)ly PAT8 IPassengci' Assislanl
I'raining S¢h¢incl Irgined PBsstnger Assistants.
A% well Ds providing individual journcys 10 tlic pcople of the comJ)iuniiy, our vehicles art available foi. Conti￿¢1
hire. Current coinmissioiis we undertake include ITanspoi'l for Ilie NHS, Retin31 ScYe¢niiig Sc￿let 311d the Acute
Frailty Scrvice at King George Hospital, seveTal local Londoii Borough8, Educaiioii Dep3rtmertis, day ceiilre
transport, iJidepend¢nt travel by direct paym¢nts aiJd'l'13nsport fo¥ Londoii door-to-door Dial-a~Ride seivices.
Our vehicles sre also available on losn Iwiih or %vi¢liout g driver) for iiidividual oi. gyoup comiiiunity aclfvlties.
DABD Equipment and Wlieelchair seivices offers a wide l'ange of daily living equiprnent for purcliase from
manual aiid clcctrJ¢ wli¢elchDirs aiid eleciric scooteis through lo walking ￿ld$, ddapied liouseliold iteins and
pei¥onal cal'e producls Such as bathing aids and coinino(les.
We lillve beeii supporliii¥ people 10 cliLK)se Ilie cuiieci iiidepeiideiil living equipmciii suitable foi. Ilieir nee(is foi.
20 ycars and are also abl¢ lo giv¢ indcpendent advicc and it)formatiort. piDduct care Advice alld demoiisiiations ir
requircd.
20201
Social Val
Dui'iiig 2020r21, 111¢ Mobility Division ceiilinu¢d to focus on o collaboipiive sliaiegy willi Comiiiiinily Trwispori
London members ￿￿urtd the advantages coiiuiiuiiily Iranspoit pl&ys in dd¢li'cssing a rRiig¢ of social issues. not just
loiieline55 aiid isolalioii, bul also the posiliV¢ cftecl it tan have in ar¢35 sucli 8s employmtn¢ critne pyevejiiioii and
vittim suppoil.
Commullily irnnsporl lias also beert showt) 10 help bijild localised social capilal and assist the Mayor of London io
Coniracls aiid
l￿w1h
OLJr tr￿£twOlthiTregs and dep¢ndability a li'aijspoi'l providei- iiieans Iliat we are lield in IiiBli regai'd by niir
cuiniiiisbioiierb aiid i)eei's alike. This lias led lo coiilracl ¢xiensioii opi)ortunilies for lh¢ Division and 18 a les￿l￿ellI
Ea51way Car¢ Ltd- Tliis is a cair piDvid¢r ollei iiig respil¢ aiid d3y seivices foi. ¢lieiils in iiuiih easl
London. DABD Mobility Division piovides 22 buses foi. Ilie Iran5porl r¢quireiiienls of Ilic5c ¢li¢nls.
Tliere was boiiie ￿1)wIll in our Dial-a-Rid¢ MOA'f (Mulii Occiip8n¢y Accessible Ti'aiispoitl conlrdul
tomiiiis8ion¢d by Transport foy Loiidoii. As a MOAT sigk¢lioldei', we aiE IIOW l)I'ovidin8 49 Dial-i-Ride
shifts over a sevcti-day pei'iod Tliis in¢lude% four shifts oil weekends on an Ad-lioc basis.
Havtiiiig Lcarning Disability Society are a local cliariry 1113t liave coiiunisstoiicd 11% lo iJYovid¢ three
vehicles lo Iraiispoi'l inenib¢is to activitics h¢ld al Ilieir Monday Club gnd a bus for their swiinmiiig group
on Saturdays.
Barkiiiu aiid Dagenhain, l-lavering & Rcdbrtdgc Clinical Commissioiiing Gi'oup require us 10 pi'ovide
Irallsyort foi. paiienls to aiiend reiiiial screeniiig appoii)Iinents ai Porlers avciiiie Cliiiic aiid Ilomcrfon
Hospiial. TIIIS is Eili ad-lio¢ %eiwice di-ivtn by deinand froin Ihc CCG.
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The Ili¥ahleinenl A%$oci&tlDn of
Ba)'kln8 ond D4gellham
Ti'u51ees' Repoj'l
for tho year en(led 31 March 2011
BHR CCGINELFT Acute Frailty Servic¢ consists ¢f a two-pei'son creiv transporting dis¢h2rged paticnis.
homt from either Qucen8 or King tieoTge Hospitals. Iiiilially comniissiojied lo.qpttd knp llic PTocess uf
discliar81118 PAlieiils, this sei'vice lias ¢I￿nged (ban￿tiCallY since 118 iiicepiion. It is priiiiarily now used 10
support eldei-ly or frail Covid-19 patiellls wlicn di%chargcd froim liospi131 aftei. I'ecoveiy and i5 a uiiique
IranspoLt option (oi. Ilie medic81 teams to use.
Al'ea% of concern
DABD own Ilirec minibusts thativere all regi81ercd in 2012.'fiiese v¢liicl¢s ar¢ Euro Vl coinpliant and are
%ubjecl froin Ihe 25 Ociob¢r 2021 ￿ the daily Uliia Low Einission8 Zone IULEZI charge. li would be pn]dent to
eOll5id¢i' a plan lo fIn&nce ITplaeeni¢rtt of Ihcsc vchicles over Ilie nexi Iwo ycars. slaTIi118 Wltli Fiai Ducaio
LJ62JHO as the fiiEt to k (Jken outof servic
Rcjiefils of Cvniiiiunil Trans
LTril Services
Voluntsry org3ni%3lion.8 and social eiiterpri5e% Principally exist 10 provide social iinproveiiieni. To itteei llie
cliall¢iigts of subsianlially reducing loctsl aiiihority budgets and voluiiiaiy sectoi gTanls, th¢ rcstrLl¢tuiittg of liealth
and social tare along ivilh Ilic giY>ivtli in th¢ a8¢ing wpulaiion, increases the need for iticlusion and added Val￿ iii
all stY3tegi¢ decisions.
W¢ Ihcrtfore aiin lo enable individuals 10 design the21. own grouftd-up tran5POrt solutions, placing IhciT 8c¢¢ss
Incl￿410￿ n¢cd8 at Ihe forcfront of our s¢rvi¢e delivciy. 'fhe llalui'e of coinmiinity li-anspoil optrators drivers
means Iliat the direct social benefjt from using ¢onimunity livnsport s¢heme5. 45 opposed to oilier modcs of
ITBnSPOlt, is far greaicr.
Some olihe beiiefils lo seivice iiscis are..
Providing a¢¢ess tu social oppoi'tuniiie8
Giviiig a cliance io socialise ivitli Ihe driveT and other p￿seng¢1'S
Iniproving ll¢ces$ 10 GPS and liealtlicare facililits li-csiiliing in edrly diagnosis aiid Ireaim¥nL which ill
lui'n leads 10 redllLed mortality rates, improved health out¢onies. reduccd health incqualities and lowei.
heallh¢ai'¢ cos18)
Allowing people to live independently for longcr Ireducing dethaiid oll exp¢nsive iiursing attd i-esidenlial
Replacing expensiire doniicile health visits by niore h'equcni visits 10 the relevant licallli facility
Rcdiicing iioii-attend311¢¢ foi. hcalih seiryices by ensuriii8 tiiose wilb transport difficulties do noi Jniss
their schedul¢d appoinirnenls
Eijabling pcople to di%¢hargcd earlier fron] liospilal% by piDvidirtg a sululioll lo gel people home. and
ensuring they liave aeee55 lo the services Ih¢y need while they I'ecover al homt
Rcdiicing demand on ¢xi)cn8ive ljalielll Ti?n%iJoi'l S¢rvic¢g by offeriyi8 8 411iiable aliernaiivt
Drivers aiid possenger dSSiSEantS ¢3n ideniify eai-ly }V￿l-ll1￿g signals of problcin5, due lo Iheir Irgular
contact willi an olli¢iivi%¢ isoliE led person, aiid so alleinpi Iv miligcile fuliire problcnis. llliig can diiecily
benefit Ihe irtdividual and reduw Ilie poieiiiial indirect costs to wciely.)
PasS¢Ii
Diii'iiig 2020n I, tli¢ Mobilily Divi5ioiI deliveird oiily 42,886 passenger trips.
Due to C'.ovid lockdowiis and travel restriclioiis, seiNites and pa5sen8¢r iiumbei'g were severely r¢du¢ed. Dial-a-
Ride and Eastway Care ¢ot)tinued 10 piovide tra115wn foi. Iliase Ilial weTt considercd vulttcrablc aiid ive coiiliiiiied
clinic appoiniinenls, n]us¢ums and llieattes where posstblc.
To protsci ¢lieiJis Ht Tlie Lodge, Mobility also provided Iraiisport forourtai-c slaff during both lockdowns so that
boi'ou811.
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rkne DisRbleilleTht A$$ociation of
Bal'king and Dag¢iilk9111
I'rustecs, Rtport
for tht ytir ended 31 March 2021
We also provided li?nsport foi O￿l. Gold¢ii Years coordinator5 to colltct shopping And niedication for those
slii¢lding at home in our Conununiucs.
Ovei'all environmeiiial Im
Mobility Division vehicles travelled 317,157 mtle$1510,576 kilom¢lrc%l u8ing 16.361 smpeFIO1 gallons174,379
lilies) vf fuel. This equalc$ 10 an RverDge v¢hi¢l¢ fuel consuinpiion of 19.40 Inpg
16.90 kmlll, eiuiing 293.70 tunnes of Co2 aiid 435.96 kilagraffis of NOX and PM'S.
It is Mobility's iiiieniion to invesligaie the r¢plAceineiil of Ili¢ Curi'ent fleet willi hybiid or alicniative fuel powered
veljicles. CTuci*lly, w¢ would rtced 10 source a depotiliat would allow the infrasiru¢lui'e lo be piit irt pla¢c to
recharge or irfuel thege vehicles.
uinniei-lwinicr ex¢ursiuns
All excuisioiis ivere uiiforttinalely suspcnded duc io the Covid pandemit. We aim to reinsiaie Ilie5e once
Govei'ninent restticiions allow us.
All drivers either coinpleled or renewed Ilieir MiDAS c¢rlifitaie8 as iiccessary thi￿￿￿kIloUI 2020121. AIoii8 with
Iliis, a compr¢liellsive programni¢ of e-leamin8 look place and included all drivers. To bc I'.le¢i Op¢rAtor
Reco￿1110￿ Sclieme (FOR8) compliaiii, ¢very driver had lo compltic clcveii modules of e-le8rniAg, based 3Tound
driving ￿r¢tY slld econoiny, Ivhile Dial-d-Rid¢ coniplian¢e required all diivcrs to ¢omplcie Icn e-leaiiiing
Imodules based ai-ouii¢l Ilriving 5afcly, ¢¢onoiny and ¢usiom¢r service. FurtheiTriore, dTivers were offeTed Iraining
in fii%l Rid, manual handling and oxygetdslieicher use.
Coronavirlls
Tlie COVID paiideniic i5 having an unprecedcnled iinpaet acro&s Ihe UK, and th￿E has b¢en a significanl drop in
dcniand foi. E17ditional coinniunity Ii'ansp011 seivices such as Dial.a-Ridc tranS￿rt. scliool contracts, and
eomjnunily bus serviLes sincc il b¢gan.
Geii¢i'ally¥ wliilsi demand has fallen overall for esscntial seivites sucli a8 ho8pitsI and health related Iranspoi'l,
Iliese seiNi¢c% hav¢ been lea81 affected, thereby demonsiraiing the vit81 role DAIID Mobility plays in Providing
essenii31 Journeys.
Tlje iisual f￿dIng Streams foi. eonuniinity IiYn%port havc heavily reduced since loek-dowii began. DABD
Mol)ility are coiifidcnl that we will r¢lain incuine from ￿lS11n&T tonir¥¢ts and local authority fundiiig. bul fare and
¢XCUl8ion illcome along ¥vil11 dojjalions liavc been Ihe hardestliit.
As willi other Divisions, Mobilily services Iiavc had.g1gff aiid irolutii¢ci's who liave bccn uiiable 10 woik due lu
sclf-isolalioll ai. Eliiclding. Ilowever. we liave iiol iised Ihe Coroiidviriis Job Releiilioii Sclieiiie, a.s comiiiissioiiers
coniinued 10 pay us for seiviccs Ihi'ouglioiit Ili¢ pandunic. Thcrefore, only Iliree siaff liave been fiwloughed, and
Ilirec hayc ¢liosen 10 5clf-isolai¢.
Mobility Iva5 dl%0 affectcd by the iialion81 PPE shortage al Ihe b¢¥iiiiiill8 of Ilie lockdown, and we slriiggled to
obiain ilie iiiosl esseniiJl ilttiiis sucli a$ lace iiiask%. hand saiiitiser, disptrsabl¢ gloves et¢, liowever we never oiice
could not providc Ili&%c lo staff.
Dtspile Iliese clialleng¢% the Mobility Divisioii ha8 been sleppiiig lip aiid ad3pliiig its services, undei1akiiig iicw
afjlivilies sucli as liornt dclivery of food aii(I Inedicines, paitti¢fiii8 Iviih l(*al foodl)8Dks. providiii8 ii'ansport foi.
ai¢ slaff Al Tlit l.edgc As well as inci'casing phone cDnla¢t aiid siipkmin fo). the 111051 viil¢i¢i?ble, socittlly Isolated
P3ssengers and our sliieldingself_isolalinB Staff.
More reeenily Ihougli, the posilive iinpacl of i)rovidiiiE lixiisport foi. i)asstngers Iliat wis11 10 teceive their
CoroiiDvin15 vacciiiaiions bceii noicd glld fed ba¢k anecdotally Ilirough Qui. slaff. giving vs all soiiietliing to
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The Disablenjenl AssotiAtion of
Barking and D*geiih#
'ru$lees Report
for the ye$r trtdtd 31 MArch 2L12L
I believe Ihat this pandemic has already given rise 10 tlie spirit of charity and coniiiiuiiily that biinas people
108eiher. Mobility Slaff ar¢ at the forefiDnt of Ihis, ajjd Iliey l)8ve Confi￿nIed head-on any cliallengc Iliey I￿ve
faced. I cannot pui into words lioiv proiid l ain of Iheii. I'esilience aiid peI3ev¢r￿l¢e dw-IAg 501ne of th¢ most
uncertain iijneg iliey liave pi'obably expeTienced, and Ihey aT¢ a testanieni lo our tliai'ity 3iid their eommilmeiit lo
Ilie eommuniti¢s Iliat Ihty 8ervc.
Bknsiiiess Devclf>pment & Commerclal
Overview
Tlie I'ole of Business Developtnelll & Commerci81 IBD&CI Lead hecn esiablished tliis year (Mairli 2020110
support the chaiiry with in¢omc generation lo enable Ilie delivery of 811eeessful OULcoines around uur financial,
5lrale4ie 81'(Jivili and developiiiellt objectives. Ltgding 10 iiew bu%ine5s d¢veloprnciit oppoituniti&% (principally via
ncw oi. cxlended ¢onii'ac15 or bidlgr31il fundiii¥l aiid working willi Ihe oiliei divisional leads 10 support tli¢ cliaiity
lo tiElfil its Sliaiegic plai) aiid meeig it budgciary objectives.
On a day-to-day level, this maiiifesls itself iiiio four maiii ai'eas of activity..
Rcstairh, plep8￿ aiid subniii fundiiig ai)pli¢aiions 10 5UPPOrt organisaiioittl stability & fu￿￿ ￿Owth
Workiiig wilh Ilie divisional Icads 10 extelld oi. secure iitw business coiitra¢is foi. the Cl1￿.ilY.
Ciratingb devcloping. and actively p3rii¢ipaiittg in parln¢rship8 and collaborations wiih tsTganisations Iliat
mirror ihe vision & values of Uje chority
Ideiiiify and dclivei. ¢osi savin8s or etJliaiic¢menis lo ili¢ chai'ity's supplier chain and serviee network
Th¢ Busine￿ Devclopinettl Lcad role ￿ s new appoinlTheni for Ilie cliaiily and coincided wilh Ihe start of Ihc
Elobal Covid-19 pandeinic.
arch herdlded tlie first of Ihree national lockdowns wliich affeclcd thc inipael of Ilit role in 2020nl.
Since April 2021 Ihe result8 can be evidenced in ilie lolloiving key air&s.'
Futtdin
In Apiil 2021. new fiindiiig loialling £55,00011gs seciiiEd Irotn sevei?l organis81iolls including. The Edward
Gosiling Fowid2tion, Tesco, WaiiroE¢, Sniart Energy L4GINaiional Energy Action INFAI aiid the Ki¢ksi&t
Sclieinc.
W¢ liavc lll.40 creBl¢d a healthy pipel￿ne of submitied & pending applicaiions tolalling c.£263.000. By thc naiure
of the applicaiion method and th¢ ficrce cotnpetitioll from oihei- worthy chariiies scckiTJg fiiian¢ial 8UPPOrt, against
Ili¢ backdroi) of Ilie i)aiid¢mic, we knoiv Iliai nvl all of Iliese bids will be sllccessful. Howcvei-. the pipelin¢ aiid
process ￿￿re now well established and will cotiliiiiie 10 gr(>w iiilo Ihe new financial year.
Conirucis
AcioEs Ilie past Iwelv¢ inonili& we liave fo¢ussed heavily ou iEiaining and developing tjew conlrn¢lual incom¢
Oiir ivoi'kiiig relalioiiships witli all Ilie local knroii¥lis have slitngthen signtficanily across the last twelve Illoiiihs,
as ive have se¢iired iiew contwls willi LB of Barkiii8 & L)agcnhain IL14BDI, of Havei-ing aiid iiiosi receiiily
wilh th¢ l.B of Bai'ii¢l,
A ncw mobility conli'acl w¢ll) Ooinpli Wellness lias algo beeli swured, in addition 10 exciting ¢0118bor&tioii witli
a lottg-leini pannei 10 DABD. Ili¢ Barking Elite￿rISe Ccnlre IL4LCI.
i)s & Collaboiaiions
As willi conlracl8, al lot of liai'd woik has beeli put iiito idenlifyiiig. developing & iiiDintaiiiit)g iiew and exi%ling
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The Dl8Ahle￿ellt A$80elAllon of
Barklng And Da8tnhg111
Tvwsltos, Rcport
for Ilje yt#r ended 31 ￿larch 2021
Audltors
"riic auditor4 Moor¢ Kingston Sniiih LLP, art deemed to b¢ reappointed uiider s¢¢tioll 487121 of the Companic$
Aci 21YJ6.
Approved by oidtr of Ill
boaid of trustees o
ond signed on ils I￿alf by:
Peter Snell. Cli*li' of trustees
Page 16

The Dls4blem¢rJl Assocl•tlon or
HAI'kirtg and DAg¢nlJam
Trustees, R¢por*
for the year ended 31 I¥IHrcb 2021
Clearly} Ilie iiiipttci of the three nauonsl Iwkdowns in Ilie past year. havc Cvrtailed Ilie Qf element of IhTrs work.
However, this lias jLsl acceletzte(I Iht developn]enl of OUL. IEmote communicatiort skills and ¢iicoui'a(red us 10
beeot)ie more prgficient wilh di2it21 nieans such as Ihe'feBins & £ooni meeliiig plaifornis. Iii fact, this has not
been a bai'i'i¢r al all and liJ5 really lielped Ibe th31.lty eJJhance our ¢xi51ing & tiew pgrinei3hips with Ilie below
01?anisaiiuJis.
We have also corninilted lo diiicily support nur local bortsuglis aiid ii¢ighl)vuring 3uihorilieg on a Inore pei'soiial,
proaclivc, ond participaioiy basis. This lias led 10 Inetnbers of Ilie DABD Seiiior Leadet8liip TeDm taking aciivt
roles on projeci btsArds and 8teeiill8 giDui)4 siich as thc T.BBD Coniinunity Bankiiig Projeci and Ihe LBBD
Tliis l¢v¢l of eomihitinent alld payoiial irtveslineni deinonsiraks Ihal DABD really ivant lo tak¢ a responsible and
active iule in the successful futsiE of the Erf)rough and olliei. local auiliorilies wlio woi'k willi us.
Fiiially, onlo the last woi*siream that has been (he fotus of BD&C activity OVCT tli¢ pasi year.
The key driver lieie is lo ideiilify aiid deliver cost savings oi. e]thaucements to Ilie charity's %ui?i)1i￿. Cliain aiid
s¢rvi¢e network. The principal objeelivc r¢niains lo Itduce expendilure wiiliout comproinisuig the service levels
we receive And where wssible, enhattce functionality oJ'pToduct off¢ring from the supplier.
We liave %eeii soine signifJ¢ant successes liere, sucli as our Tecent rnove to a tttw lelecoininunieaiiom8 PTOVtder,
changing from stali¢ phones lo D digital, cloud-based offeriiig.
The new sysiem not only provides mucli greater luiiclionalily and accessibility for UUT cusIoTnei% and 8￿ff
is nioir & Inoie frcquenl io lockdowiil hllt in addllioii, delivei'ing a sigiiifieani c￿t savin8 of ¢.£1 Sk in year one
willi subsequeiit &aving8 ofc.£IOk pa Iliereafter.
Nleiv supplicr ¢oJiiraeis hav¢ also been iJegoiial¢d within the inobility division on fleet liire and iijsurance, ¢Tealin8
a cosi saving% nt'¢.18k linsuixncel and ¢.£9k (fleet liii'el without aiiy loss of covei. oi. specifjcaiion on both deals.
AgiEemetti$ weT¢ glso negoii8led witli a i)¢w HR Advice partn¢i deliveiing cost saviiigs.
Su¢cc.£sful funding since Api'il 21, in tlie backdrop ofilie pandeniic tli¢ resultsni negBtiv¢ iiiipaci on incoin¢
sireains, is eviden¢¢ of sound judg¢)nent ILI intri)ducillg th¢ role al Iliis lime.
Age UK. Ab Pliab, Advice Plus Barkiii8 & Dagenhain. Advice UK, BD Colle¥e, BD Colleolive, BaTking &
Dagenliaiii CVS. BEC, Bieezie, Carers of Bal-king & Dagcnliaiii, Cliri4lians Agaiiisi Poveily, C.ilizeii% Advice
Biireaii IB&I)l. Comiiiiinily Tiansiioit Associalion, Coiiiinunily Fridkye, Coniinuiiily M¢iilal Healili Team, C.QC,
Da¥eiiliaiii & Redbridge FC, Dial A Ride, Depaiiiii¢nl of Work & Pension8, r￿SI￿aY Care, Ed%v4rd Gosilillg
Troundalion, Fanitly Mosaic, Fii%l Slop Healthcare, Ford Briiaiii Ti-usi, GLM)d Tliings Foundtlion. Fguiidaiions.
Ha115 of Ivy, HdverinLT Lcai'ning & Disability Socieiy IHLDSI, Hfi."1', 14oiiic Iiiipioveiiieiil Ti-11s1, HUBB,
Inclu8ion Londoii, 11.A. IiidependeiiC¢ A¥e, Jub Cenli'e Plus, Ki¢ksldrt, Kingsley Cliuirli Hall & C.C. London
Borouglis ofBai'ncl, Barking &. Dag¢nliain, Haveiing, Ncivhaii?, Ilcdbridge al￿ Ivaliliain Foiesl, Loiidoii
Rebuilditi￿ So¢icty, Moi'i'i%on foiiiidalion,Naliollal Loiiei'y, NHS, Ofsied. Ooiiipli Wellness. Outlook Care,
Mencap, Mijid iii Havcriiig & B&D, Parii¢ipatoiy City, Progi'c%q ljrojccl, IIAMFEL. Refiigc UK, Recoiiiiections,
Iledbridge L VS, Scopc* SÈnBI'l Energy GB, Sparko, Si#y Safe East, SycaiiioiE Ttusi Ifoi"merly PAC'fi, Tesco, Tfl..
Tirtiops (Roiiifoiri) Ltd, UK Youth. Voicc ability, Volunte¢r B8rking & Dagenhaiii, Waiirose.
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The l)Is*blement As50tiation of
Bxrkiijg aiid Dageiiliaill
Stateillent of Ti'u¥tee Responslbllltits
for Ilie year ended 31 M#rrli 1021
The tru%iecs Iwlits al't alw the direcl(yÉ of The Disablement Asso¢io1ion of B81*iKg DagLxihaiii for Ihe purposeg of
compaNy laivl al-e iyspoiisible for preparing tlic Rcpt)I'l ofllie Ti-uslcc% and ilic linallcial slalcments iii aecordallce wilh
applicabl¢ law and Uniied Killgdom Accouniiiig Siandards Iuillted KIiiBdoni G¢nei2lly Accepled Ac¢ouiiljil8 Piaelicel.
Coiniiany law requiirs Ilie Irust¢c8 to prepllre linan¢i*l siaiemen15 foi- each firtaneial year which ¥iy¢ a ifue and fair
view of the slJle of affairs of Ihe cliariiabl¢ ci)nipany At]d of the incoming I.esour￿S and applieation of Tesouites,
iii¢luding the inconie and ¢xpenditure. of th¢ cliai'iiable company foL' Iljai peri(xl. Lil prrpaiin8 those fiiiDn¢ial
slalemenls. Ilie irnstees are r¢qiiji'd to..
gelecl suitable ac¢oui)ling policies and tlicn upply thern coiisistenily:
obs¢i've the melbod5 Jnd piirtciples in the Charily SORP.,
niakc juOg¢inenl.s aiid cs1iinai¢s iliAi are reosonable and prudeJJt.'
slaic wlietlier applic8ble UK at¢tsuiitirt8 slaiidards liavc bccn followed, subjccl 10 any nialcri&l dcparlurcs
disclosed and explaincd in tlie finaAci81 siaicin¢nts', and
that th¢ charitable Company will continue in bvsiiiess.
Tlie Irusiees #i'c responsible for k¢tping adequate a¢tounting records whi¢h digclose ivilh I'easonablt accuracy at
¢omiJly with the Companies Act 2006. Tliey al'e also respotisible foi. safegiiardin8 the asgetq of thc chariiablc
iiiiiatty aiid lience foi. iakinÈ I'ea.8onable stCP5 for th¢ prcvention and detection of fraud and oiliei. iryegularilieg.
In so far as th¢ li￿stee% are aivaTC.'
tliere is no i-¢lcvant aiid11 illforimation of which Ilie chaTiiable company's aiiditurs are unaware,. and
Ilie tivstees have iakeii all steps Ih&il they aughi to have lakcn 10 mikt theinselvcs aware of aiiy relevant
Page 17

Auditors Report to tlie Trustees of
TJJ¢ Dl$ibltm¢nt A5SOCl&tlon of 13AI'king and Dagtnham
Opinioit
We have audited the financial 51atcments of The Di$ableTnenl Asso¢i*iion of Bail(in¥ and Da¥enliani for the yeBr ended 31
MaTch 2021 whicli conipiise the Staomeni of Finaiicial Activities, Ihe Illllancc Sli¢w, Iht Siateiiieiit of Casli flows aild iioles
lo thc finantial ststcn)¢nig, including 3 summary of significant SC¢Ollllling ￿lIcies. The financial itpuning fipincwoik that
has b￿1 applied ill Iheii prepw'aiion 15 Hpplicable law and Unitcd Kingdoiii Actounting Standard%, irtcluding l.'RS 102 'Thc
Finan¢i&l Reporiing Standard Api)licable In the UK and Irelaiid, (United Kingdoiii Generally Accepted Accounting PT2¢ticel.
In our opinion Ihe finaneiDI statcmcnis..
give a Irue and fair view of Ili¢ state of Ilie ehgyitable company's affairs 84 al I l Mairh 2021 and of its defieil for the
y¢ai- Ilien elided.,
liavc bcen PToperly prcpared in accordance with Uniled Kingdoiii G¢nerally Accepted Accouniing PActi¢e',
liave been prepared in accordance with the requir¢in¢nt5 of Ilie Coiiipgiites ALt 2006 aiid the Cliarities Act 201
BA&iS ufoplnlon
W¢ eonducled our Aiidit In accvidaiice willi Iiileiiiaiional Siaiidards on Auditing IUKI IISAslUK)l and applicablc laiv. Our
IEspuiisibiliiies uiider those staiidards arc tllrilier dcsciibed in the Auditor'% Responsibilities foi tlie audit of fiii£rtCldl
siatement8.%eclion of oui- i-eport. W¢ are Indep￿ident of Ihe ¢ompany lli a¢coiQanc¢ with Ihe ethical Irquiremcnts that are
IElevaiit lo our audTt of tlic fjnancial Slateiiienis In thc IJK. iiicluding Ilie FRC'S Eiliical £iaiidard, and we have fulfilled our
othcr etlii¢g1 irsponsibilities in a¢coril8n¢c Ivitli Ilies¢ r¢quii'eJnents. We b¢li¢ve that the a￿dit cvidence w¢ have obtaiiied 1%
5urricieiii appiopriate io providc a l)asis for OUT unqualitied opiiiioii.
Contlu¥loMs relatlng to golng ttsllcor
In gudiiing Ilie linancial %121¢11)citls, we have concluded Ih#t the Irustee8' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the
prepar￿t￿on of (he fiiianci21 siat¢inenls is appropriate,
Based on Ilie work ive lthve i)crfom)td, we have not id¢niilicd any malerial uiicei.￿iIllItS relalin8 lo eveiiis oi. conditions tiiai,
individually or ¢olle¢iivtly, iiiay casl $ignifi¢aiii doubt gn the chariiabletompaiiy'5 ability 10 continue as g going concern fror
period of ai least twelv¢ n￿nthS fTOlJ] wlien the financial 5talemeMls are aulhoiised foi. issue.
Our iesponsibilitie5 and t]Je respon%ibiltti¢s of Ilic Inistees with respect 10 going concerii described in tiie relcvant se¢iions
of Iliis iEport.
Oilier informa*roiL
The oilieT infoi'iiiarion coittprise* Ilie information iiicluded its Ilie aiirtual iEporl, oilier tban Ilie finaiicial stslem¢llis and our
audiloi s reporl Iliereon. The trusices ale i-esponsibl¢ for Ilie other informgrion. Our opinioii on thc fiiiantial tenienls does
not coveT the oth¢r Jnfonnaiion alld, except to Ihe tKtcnl oilierwi£¢ explicitly 51aled in our i¢pori, we do not expi'ess any foii))
f assurance conclusion Ilieirots.
ti)isstaieiiieiil of ihis olli¢i' Infornialion, we are I'¢quir¢d lo rewrt tlial lacl.
We liave notliing to IEPOIt iii this regard.
Opiniuns ojt otlier m4itei's pi'c5crib¢d by Ilie CDiiipaiiies Act 2006
Iii oui- opinioii, based oli Ili¢ werk undeitakeii iii Ibe cauige of Ili¢ Audit..
CLinsislent willi Ihe finaiitial sknletnciir8,- and
Ihe Inisi¢es' repoil lias be¢Ji prepxred iii accordaiiee iviih &pplicable l¢gal rcqiiiTe]nent%.
Past IS

Akndltors Report to tlie Tru5tee5 of
The Dls&bletDentA55Dclg¢lon of BAYktJL2 Da¥eiJliam l¢olltlnuedl
Matters OIL which ive &Ye requlred to repoi't by exteptlo]J
Ilie light olilje knowlcdgc and uiid¢rsldndiftg of ihe coiiipany and its. envii'otsmeni obtained in tlie £out8e of the audit, w¢
havc rtvl idciiiified Inalerial misslalcmtAlS in th¢ Tiusle&s' ficport.
Wc havc nothiiig to report iii respect of the following illaticr8 ivhcre Ihe Companies A¢t 2006 requires us lo irport iu you ir.
in oui. optni(m'.
adequat¢ a¢¢ounling i¢eoYds have not bcen kept by the clillritllble coinp8ny. or returns adequats for our audil Ivdve
noi bccn re¢cived froTn br3nclies nol vi$iied by us; or
lh¢ financial SLaieinenis al'e not in a8ieeiiienl with the a¢counliiJg records and returns- or
CerIaTr￿ disclo$ures ofiiw%lees' reiiiuneTalion sp￿lfIed by lllw Drc ntri Inad¢', or
we liavc not received all the information and ¢xplÈnali0rt8 we requir¢d for oui'audit.
As explained more fiilly in Ihe INsiee5' respoiisibilities 51aiemciit sel out on page l?. the liusiees areT¢spoiisible for Ihe
preparalioii of the fii?ancig1 statement% and for being satisfied that they give a Ime aiid faiT view, and for such tntcrnal coiilrol
as the Elugtees deieriniiie is n¢cessaiy to eiiable ilje i)repAIElioii of fiiiaiicial 81ai¢nienl% 1113t free fTom malcrial
missiai¢inenl, whcth¢r due lo fr8ud oi. cttor.
In prcpaying Ilie financial &l&temcnts, the Irusiccs ar¢ Irspongible for as8essing the ¢liai'itable eompany'ts 8bility lo continue as
a goiiig concein, di&elosirtg, as applicable, niallers relaird 10 going concern and using Ilie going eoneerTh hasis of accouiiiing
unle&s Ilie Irusite% eiihei. Inl¢nd tn liquidate Ilie cliariiable conipsny or 10 Cease opcralions, or have no I'ealislic alleriialive bul
to do so.
Alldltor's responsibllitie5 for Ihe audll of the financial 51Xteiiients
Oui. obj¢clive£ air lo obtain rexsonable a&%iirance about wheiliti. thc financial 5121¢nietti8 as a wliole are free from material
niisstateiiieni, wheiher du¢ to fraud or eiiur, and 10 i55Je ali Audilor's rewit Ili¥l irtcliides our opinion. R¢asonabl¢ 8ssurance
is a liigli level of assurance, bul is not a ¥uaranl¢e that zdi tudil condu¢icd in accordanee wilh ESAS IUKI will alwdyg delect
Inatei'igl misslaiement wlieii it exists. Misslalemenis cali arise liY)Jn fralld 01- erioT and ai¢ coiisidei'ed inalerial if, individuglly
or iii aggitgaie. they Could reasoiiably bt expccied to influencc the eeonomic decisioiis of users ￿kell on Ilie basis of Iliege
rJnanci81 statements.
ITrtgulariti¢& including fiÉud, aiE in8fances of non401nplianc¢ with lalvs and Tegulalions. We design proceduic% in line wiiI1
our respoiisibililies, oulliiied abov¢, lo delcct maltrial Jni85t&lemeiits in respe£t of iiicgularities, illtluding fraud. Tli¢ ¢xtelll to
whi¢h our p1￿cedureS Are tApable of dele¢ling irreguldrilies, ITiclu(Iing fi'aud is delailed bcloiv.
ExplAnation *s to ivhai extent the audlt was cot)sldered capRblÈ of deieciliig Irregularities, including f1'a￿d
The nhjeclives of oitr aiidit in r¢spect of fraud, aiE,' to identify and assess Ilie i-isks ofiiialerial iiiis%lal£ineni ol'ilie financial
due to fi'aud, thi-ough designiiig atid ii1iplenienlin¥ Hppropi'iat¢ iesponses lu Iliose ass£￿ed I'isks,. aiid lo re%poiid appix>pi'ialely
lo insldnces or rixild Oi. %ii£pecled fraud idciiiifi¢d diiriiig the audit. However, th¢ primai'y respoiisibilily for Ilie prevention
xnd del￿1101) of fraud rests with both nianag¢nieni and those ¢liarged ivith governAii¢e of tli¢ charitsble conip4711y.
Our approacl) was as follows..
We ol?iain¢d ali uiidcrstRnding of ilic legal and irgulalory requirements ai)pli¢able to the Lhariiable coiiipaiiy and
Wc obtsiiied an undergiattdinA of lioiv tlie chariiable ¢oi)Jpa¢iy ¢oniplies willi Ihese requiiyiiiuils by discu55ioiis wilh
n]aiiagciiiciii and Ilio%e ¢liai'ged iviih goveLMall¢e.
We inqiiii'ed of liiab)a8¢rneiit End Iho%t cliai'gcd ivitli goventsnte 88 10 any known inst￿l¢eS of non-coiiiplisnee or
guspected non-CQDTrplidiiee with laivs re2ulatioJis.
R￿ed on Iliis uiideisiaiidiiig, we desigiied si)ccific #ppiopi'ial¢ 8iidil pi'occduits 10 id￿l11fy illslaiices of noJi-
govei'113nce alld ubiciiiiing a(Iilii¢onal coi'iNiboralivc cvidciice a% Irqiiired.
P2g¢ 19

Aud5tor$ Report to tlke Tru8tee8 or
The Dlsablttrjent A5SOClatloii of B#i'king D2geJiham leonilnlledl
A5 pari of xn audit in ac¢oixian¢c wilh ISAS {UKI w¢ exttcise p¥ofessiona] judgement 8nd mllinlain profcssional s¢tpticisni
Ihrougliout dje audii. We Also..
Identify aiid assess Ihe risks of iiiatei'ial missiaieinenl of Ili¢ financial staleinenl%. wli¢lli¢r du¢ its fTaud or errol..
dc5ign aiid perfoi'ni audit procediiiEs responsive lo Iliose I'isks, and obtain audil evidence Ihat is suificient and
appropi'iat¢ io provide 3 basis for our opinion. Th¢ risk of noi deiccling a iiiaterigl tnissiai¢incni resultin8 fmm Ira￿d
18 higlici. than foi. onc rc$uliing from ei'i'or, as fraud Inay involve collusion, forgeryy intentional omissions,
niisrepi'eseniaiions, or Ihe override of inithTral control.
Obtain ali un(leTStalldiii8 of iiilemal Lonirol ielevant 10 Uie audit in ordei- lo design audil pro¢eduir8 ilial arc
pproprillle in Ilic circumstance8, but Iiol for thc pulp0￿8 of expiY%%ing Jii opinion on the effeciiv¢ness of the
Evaluat¢ the appri)prialeness of accounting policies used aiid Ilie i'easonableiiess of accouniing esiimate$ and relatcd
disclosbi-es mad¢ by tlie trustees.
Coii¢lu¢l¢ on Ilie api)iopiigieIiess of the liuslees. iise of Ilie going toncern basis of accoiinting &nd, baEed on Ilie audit
evidence obwin¢d, wlicthcr a Inalei'ial iin¢¢riainty exi.81% relgied lo ev¢iils 01 conditions Iliat may casi significant
dtsubl on the cliaritsbl¢ ¢oini)aiiy's ability lo coniinue as a going concei'n. If w¢ concludc Ihal a m8tei.ial unc¢riaTiIIy
e¥l8ts, we are required lo draw aiietsiion in our Aiidiior's repoit lo Ilie related diylosures in the financial stal¢iD¢nis
01-, if sucli disclosures are inadequate, lo n)odify ouii)pinion. Our Conclusions are b￿￿ed on Ilic audtt cvidciice
obtaincd up to the dale of our Audiioi-'s repoi'l, Hoivevei., future evenls or coiidiiions ijidy tau5e the charitable
compaiiy lo ¢¢abe lo conlinue as a gotng concei￿.
Evaluatc the overall prcscntalion, slrllclure snd coni¢rti ofihe finallcial staieineois, including die disclosures, and
vlielliei. the fjnancial state1￿¢￿ts IEpreseni the UNd￿'1Y1n8 Iimnsaciions aiid events in a nianncT Ihal achieves fail.
prescntalion.
We commuiiicale willi Iliost cliarged iviili goveiiian¢e I'tgai-diiiE, diiiojig oiher rnaiiers, llie planiied scope aod liming of the
Use of oknr report
Tliis I'eporl is iiiadc solely lo the chai'ilable ¢oiiipaiiy's iiiejnbers, as a b(Mly, in accoi'dat]¢e willi Cliapier 3 of Part 16 of Ihe
Coiiipanies Act 2006. Our audit wod¢ has b¢cn underiakex for no puipos¢ other Ihaii lo d13iv lo Ilie alleniion of Ilie chxrilable
coinpaiiy's m¢inbeT% those tnall¢l￿ whicli we are reqiiired to include iii Auditor's report addi'essed lo Iheiii. To ihe fullcsi
exient pennitted by law, we do not accept oi. assuine r¢spoiisibility lo aiiy party other Ilian Ili¢ ¢hgrilable wiiipaiiy and
chAriiabl¢ company's iiiemb¢rs as a body. foi. our worK foi. Iljis IEPOTI, oi for Èlle opinions we liave foniied.
Orbital House
20 FAstein
Ronifuid
Essex
RM I .4PJ
Karen Wsrdell (Senlor St#tutory Aiidltorl
Foi. and on belialf Of Moore Klngstoij Sjjiltli LLP
Chxrtoi'od ActouTht$nt5
Dated.. 3 DÈcÈmbÈr 2021
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The Dl$Ahlement A$soel¥tlon of
BAvl<5llg Da¥enb$m
Slalement of Flnancial Atilvl¢le$
for the year ¢rtae￿ 31 Marc]J 2021
Note5
Unre511'itted
nd
furtd
2021
202Q
Donatioiig, LeEaeies & qimilArTncoine
Cliaritablc A¢iiwtiics Objects
Ollier iiicome
Investsn¢iJi Income
1,629
2.558.273
1,629
2.589.527
2,378
2,918.089
58.982
6,254
Toial Inco]ne
2,697,966
6,254
2,704,220
2,979,449
Eipendliwre
Cliarit8ble Aclivilic5- Obj¢ets
Adinini8ts71ion
2,158,858
624,856
2,170,280
624,856
2.464,552
501,504
Totxl Exptndlture
1,78J,714
1,422
1795,136
2.966.056
Net IExpendiiiirelAnconie
185,7481
190,9161
13,393
Transler beiweeii ful￿3
Totgl funds Brought Forn*rd
21J,9S4
235,376
221,9B3
Total Fund5 Cirrled Forward
138,206
6,254
144A60
235J76
ic %tsieiiieni of fiiianciil activities includ¢s 411 gains and10$8¢s in the year. All iiicoine and exper￿ltur¢ d¢rivt4 from
colllinuing aciivities.
Tlie iioles on pA8es 24.33 foiin i)art of these accounts.
Page21

rht Disableinenl A550c12tloJJ Df
B&J'klthg and DRgeiiligni
Bal4￿Ce Sljeet
for the year tnded 31 Marcli 2021
Notos
2121
2112
Vixed Asset$
TBngiblc Trixed Asseis
1,304
1,226
Curi'tnt Assets
Debtors
341,980
519228
C&sh al baiik atid in hand
135516
654
477,496
519082
Credltors.. aill¢bUlliS fglllng due iylthln ytar
1334,3401
1285,7321
Net currejjr assets
143,156
234,150
Nel Assets
144,460
235J76
Reprtsrlllcd by..
Restricted fuiids
Uiiresiiicied fijnd
6,254
118,206
22J.954
Funds ¢bf the Charlty
144,400
235,376
Th&se &ccounls are prq)ai'ed in aceordanee with the Charity SORP IFRS1021 and Ihe special provisions of Part 15 of Ilie
colnp￿lICS A¢1 2006 relating to sinall coinpaiii¢s.
Tli¢ Iruslees ackrtowledg¢ Ilieir i'esponsibililies for COLnplying ivitli the requirtineni of tlie Coiiipajiies Act with r¢8peci 10
Approved by Ilie boaiyl of Ii'iisiees on
and signed on behalt..
Peter Snell Icholr of Ii'usteesl
CompAily nn.. 2¥1MI290
The ftoles on pages 24.33 fomi p*1 of thl￿eaC￿Unts.
Page 22

The Dss*bleintnl As50clailtsn of
Bai'kln¥ And D#LiethlL¥nJ
Stiteniellt Of C&5h floivs
fov the yeav eRded 31 Maj'eh 2021
2021
2020
C&$hflfjiY Ironi opttstlng 2clivilies-
Nei cash froThllused inl operatiiig a¢iivilies
165,547
Cashtloiv fvunj Inve5tiTrg a¢tlvlllt5
Invc5tnieni iiicon
Acquisiiion of tangibl¢ fixcd asset
16491
11,6341
Cosh provlded froni Invesimeiit acilviiles
16461
Change iii casli tjr ¢ath qllivalents
Cash al 0110412020
164,901
{29,3851
145,9451
16.560
Cash $nd cash eoulvllents 2t 31A>J1202J
135,516
129,3851
Rèconciliatioll of net e&5h froni operating a¢tlv5tles
Nei lexpendilurellincom¢
190,916)
13 J93
In¢i¢a8elldecreasel iii deblays
Iiicirase in creditors
177,248
78,647
571
51.754
Net cash fi'tsmllused In) opeTAling &ctlVklie5
165,547
Tlie iiotes oil pages 24.13 foiill pari uf iliese 3CCOUIIts.
Page 23

The DissbloJneTrt As%oei&llDii of
BArklJig and DAgenli&m
Nott5 to the Flnxiicial StateJJieni$
(or the yeir ended JJ Iwlaith 202J
ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Tli¢ Disablcment Association ofBaikin8 and Dagenliwn is a priva￿ ¢oiiipBny lio?ii¢d by guarattl￿ (k)miciled and
in¢oipoialed in Eli8lai￿ And Wales. The registered otTJce is P¢iiibroke tiardens. Da8Enl)dlll, Essex RM10 7YP.
B2sls af *trOU￿tIl7g
Tlie rinDnc￿L slaiemcnls have beeii PlEPRred uttdcT the hislortc41 ¢osl coiivettiion and in accordan¢c with Ilic %t41emoil
Standard appl¢¢able in the UK aiid Republic of 5irland effective l January 2015 {Tl* FRS 102 Chatities SORPI, Ihe
CoinpBnit$ Act 2006 aiid Cliarilies Aci 2011.
'I'he finaii¢i81 slatemeiits are prepared iii sterltng, which i% the fullciional ¢urr¢ncy of the ¢Olhpa¢iy. Mone18ry ain¢)ullts
in diese financi&l staiements are rounded lo Ihe ne£r¢sl wuiid.
The TA￿¢¢¢5 confimi Iliai thc Cliarity Ihrcts Ihc dcfinilion of B public benefil entity u•der FRS 102.
Intome
Voluniaiy illconie, granii alld donaiion$ ail included irt inconie wlien tliey are receiv6bl¢. excepi when Ihc doAors'
conditlOll5 Iiave IH)i been fulfilled. And Ihen the ineoin¢ is deferr¢d.
The income frorti fundraising venwir$ is shown w8s, with the associated cosis incliided in fundixising costs.
The cliarity rcceives tlie ben¢fil of ivork carrieil out by volunteers and r¢¢eives Ilie use af fa¢ililies ak)d equipineiii ivitholli
cliarge. No vBlue 18 placed on thL%C gifts in kind within Ihe accouiiis.
Expendllui'e
ExpeDditure is accounied for on an ac¢ruals basis and has been classified under hcadings Iliai aggi'egaie all cost rel#i¢d
Ip Ilie Cdiegory. Where costs Ca￿1101 be directly attributed ia particular liegdin8s Iliey liave been allocaied io activilies on
a basis consi$i¢lli Ivilli the usc of iesoui'ces.
Taiigible fiitd #5scIs
Individual a￿5¢[$ ci)slinLI £500 or rnoie si'e tapiialised al cosi.
Depi'e¢iatioll 1% provid¢d on all thiigible fixed assets ai Uie followinÉ annual rates in ord¢[ lo wrile off ¢acli asset over
Fixlures and fillings
Moioi vehicl£
25.kn sirniglii linc
Taxatltsii
Tli¢ ckniily is exempl from coiporalioii 13x on its thkiilable aciiviiie$.
'riie Tiu%t i¢Leives SUWJil froin a wide variery of voluilt¢eT5. It is noi i)r#clical io place o vJlve oli ilie liiiie vvluiileered
The Ti'usi operaies a defined coniribiilioii s¢hcJne froi. the bcncfil ol'si)Ill¢ ol'its ¥mployees, Tl)e Losis of ilie defilled
paid.
Page 24

Tlie DIsHble￿¢D1 Association of
Bai'iung Ind Y)&genham
N4btes to the FlJk*n¢lsl Statenients
f02. the ye&r 31 M$reli 2021
ACCOUNTING POLICIES ICONI'INULDI
Fulld #Ctolimtlmg
Unresliicred fvnds can be u8ed irt aewrdance willi ihe diaixiable objccliV¢S at Ilie discirlion of the tsusiees.
ResiricLed funds can oiily be used foi parii¢uIAI' reslricicd piiYJ)ose% within the objects of Ihe chai'ity.
Resirictions airist ivli¢N specified by ihe dOi￿r0[ ivlitji fUt￿S al'e raised for p¥rticiilai' resliiclrd PiiryKJ8e8.
Further explanaiion of die and purpose of eacli fund 1$ itteluded in th¢ nolts lo Ihc fiiihn¢ial Stsletnents.
Going con¢erJi
Tlie cliarity niade g li￿ dcficii of £90,91612020-. £13J93 SUTplus) duEing ihe year end¢d 31 Marcli 2021 and, al tliat dale,
Ilie Lliarily's Utiresiiicled rc5eryes liad decrcased 10 É138,20612020.. L223,9541. Tbese results foi the yeai. to 31 Maich
2021 Are a direct r¢$uli of the effe¢15 of Cuvid.19 on the cliaixiy's i)pei'aliolls. Forcca%l And budgeted results and cash
floivs foi. the iwxl 12 Inontli period are positive, ai Ilie lime of approving thes¢ fiiiaiicial slaletncni.% Ihe li￿51CeS have a
signing Iljese f￿anciAl sta*ni¢iiis.
In Apiil 2021, iiew fllndiiig IDlallins £5.5,000 lias beeii secured froin sever81 oigai)Isatioiis in¢ludiii& Tlie Edward
fjosllinb Foundatioii, Tescu, waits￿Se, Sniari Fn¢rbY BGINaiional Tr.n¢rgy Aclioii IYI #nd Ilic iQickstart S¢hcme.
The charity Iheiefort eotttiiiues lo adopl the going conccm bagis in piTparing lis financial StslemenLS.
Cash 9nd ca5b e4ulvAleJits
Ca511 al￿ ¢asli eqUival￿ts include casli liand. depogits held al call witli bAnks and oili¢r sliort-terni liquid invcstnients
Goveriiment gr&Tht5
Goveinm¢iit ¥1￿1￿ are iecv¥nised at Ilie fair valiic of Il)¢ &ssei iecciycd or ye¢eivBble when Ili¢r¢ 15 reasonable asswwice
A granl Ihai Specifies ￿1￿0]1￿4￿Ce condiiioiis is ircDstti$ed in incom¢wh¢n ihe pcrfonn*nce condilions are ttiet. Wliere
a gi'aiil dots noi specify perfomian¢e coDdilions il is leco￿liSed iii in¢oiiie wlieii Ilic pror¢rds ale reccivcd OL. r¢¢¢ivBble.
A Braill I'eceived beforc fh¢ reco￿]1110￿ crilcria are SaLisficd is r¢CO￿ls¢d as d liability.
CRITICAL ACCOUNTIIYG ftsTIMATF.S ANI) JUDC.F.MFNTS
Tr the applicalioii Oftlie ch8rithble conii>any's aecouiiling wli¢i¢s. Ihe Irusiees are requii'ed lo nioke judgiiieiils. e5timaies
nd assuniptioiis aboul ihe carryiii¥ amollni of a&5Yls oiid liabilitie5 Ihal nol readily apwrcni from other sourees. Tlie
e%liiiiaics and associBlcd a&surnplion& &re based oll historical ixp¢riwL'e uilici fa¢iors iliai air considtr¢d lo bc
relevarti. AcliiAI r&ulL% Inay dilTei' froiii these tsliinates.
revision and future yeitods if Ilie revisioii affecis knili ¢iintnt and fuliire pcriods.
Useful ecthnoinle live5 ortJll2lble fi¥ed ayst18
Mole I for die useful ecuiiomic lives for ea¢li ¢14ss ofassel.
Pagc 25

Tlit Di$Ablemenl A5soclatlDft of
Borklng And Dageiihain
foi. tlie year tndod 31 Nqai'cli 2021
DONAI'JON& LEGACIF.S AhD SIMTLAR INCOMF.
2021
2020
Dort81ions
1,029
2,378
1.629
2.378
INCOME FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES_ OBJkcrs
2021
2020
Cjoldcii Years
Trniswrt se￿iCe5
Welfare Ben¢filS
6,527
,693,539
207.627
20.636
1,538,362
210,080
92.648
40.332
897,862
Havei'iiig ESS
p¢￿0rj811s1Ii0n & Personal Carc Services
'I'iavel Trainin
48,655
574,195
14,330
44,65LI
Core and Oihei Incoine
6,953
2,589,527
2,918,089
The above in¢oiiie includes £625412020.. £40.(Xk)I whi¢li relates lo resiri¢i¢d ￿lidS.
Page 26

The Di5ableEneni As$otlAtlnn of
Barklng ¥nd D$Renli&m
for the year cThdcd 31 Imai'cli 2021
IINVESTMKNT INCOME
2021
202
Iiiterest received
EXPENDITURL ON CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES- OBJECTS
2021
Goldcn Yea
Transporl Services
Welfare Benefi18
Eniplowitiii TTaining
H#v¢i"inB Eqs
Persoiialisalion & Persoiial Care Seivices
Travel Training
57,399
1.397,369
152.547
122,677
1,478,236
180,156
2.003
509,885
627,274
88,968
2,170,280
2,464.552
The above expettditure includes£l 1.42212020.. £69.9071 whicli I'elales lo reÈiri¢*d funds.
All of Ilie above expoidiiure relateg lo direci costs of the cliolily aiid Stsff colts have been allocaled lo Ihc
Pagc 27

Tlit Dls£bltinent A55oeiation of
BarklnA #Dd DageTrJJ&
Nottg to the Financial St&ternont5
for the yeai. ended 31 Mairh 2011
CHARIT AnI,W AC.'I'IVITIE5- ADMINisfRATION
2021
2Q20
SalL8 aiid offic¢ rosls
Audil Fee
614,356
10,5(M)
491,W4
10,500
624,856
501,504
All of Ilit above expcndiiur¢ r¢lat£* 10 support e051s tor theeliariry.
I%ET INCOMkllLXPLNDITUREI
N¢1 In¢oine/lexk￿￿ditu[eI forth¢ y¢&r is srAied afte*cliatging'.
2021
202
Deprecialion
Audil fee5
Non audit fces paid lo Iliecoiiipsny's auditor
571
0,5
1,740
83,853
10,500
1,680
177,530
STAFF COSTS
No I'eiiiuticrniioii was paid lo lI￿S1C¢S in Ilie ycai.. During ilie year onc ¢mploy¢¢12019.' oiiel earned bctween £60.000
and £70.000 per annuin.
Reihuiieralion of Ilie Charity's key managemeiii personnel in the ye8rw8s £152,95212020.. £189J311.
2021
2020
Wagcs and salDries
Sociil.8ttufiiy
Pension
1,707,702
,755,506
38,41)1
43.524
1,915,608
2021
2020
No ofeiiiployees by funclioiis..
We113rc Benelils
Per.sonal Caie Seiwices & Ti'avel Tr&ini118
Edue8tion, Skills alld Eniploytneni
Coiyor&te Serviec
Mfjbilily SuvicE5
62
35
35
120
123
Page 25

The Disableillent A&%oelation of
BfirJ(illg and DaRenb&
Noie$ io Ihe FSnanci#l StattnJ£nts
for tht yeJr eiLded 31 M9r¢h 2021
io.
TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
F-4uipllient
Vehielts
Totxl
C05t
At 01104r2020
76,801
649
243,146
319,947
649
Additions
77,450
243.146
320.596
Dopi'eciallu
AI 011￿112020
75,575
243,146
Char8c in yeai.
76,146
243.146
319,292
As ai 3110312Q21
1,304
I J04
AS al 31103ll020
1,226
1226
DF.BTORS
2021
20211
Trnde Debiois
Pr¢pAynienlS artd aettued income
OiheI debloi&
194,025
125,580
22,J75
304.916
214,312
341,980
S19,228
Pag¢ 29

B**king And D4genlJam
Y•t¢5 to Ilie Fln8nclal Staiemtnls
fur the yeAr ended 31 MArch 2Q21
12.
CREDITORS.. AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WI'I'HIN ONE Y&AII
2021
2020
Trade Creditors
A¢¢llJals
146208
37,078
25,520
40,598
179,819
21,770
6,369
35,363
30,039
4,673
7,699
D¢f¢i'i'cd Grants
Oihei. tsxes and social security ¢ost8
Bank loans and ovcirfrafts
Conduit fuiidg In0￿ 141
Othei. ¢r¥diiois
66,429
18,507
334,340
285.732
13.
OPERATING LEASE COMMITMENTS
Ai Ilie ￿Poilinge11d date the clwiity had outstanding ¢otnniilmeiils foi. f￿￿r¢ [ni￿1￿1￿M lease &greemMI.$ undei non-
¢aftcellablc operatin¥ I￿SC￿, wliich fall due 2$ follows..
2021
2020
Duc iviihin l year
Duc *iwttn 2 and 5 y¢ai
Due &ft¢r 5 ycars
1.58,459
200,853
37,050
177,084
359,360
48,750
396.362
585,194
CONDUIT FUN'DS
DABD Adiniiiisirnies fvnds on belialf ofThe London Borough of Hovering and Ili1$ acliviiy 1$ ircoBiiised iii Ilie
a¢¢ounts as conduit funds.'fhe beiieficiaii¢% of Ilie fiiiids Bl'e determiiied by The tA)ndoii Borou81i of HoveriJ)g. Tlie
TY*¢k & Tlie Lojidoi)
'I'r*¢e
Doi￿llgh
C¥J'ant
Ilttvering
2021
2020
Balance b1￿￿8hi fonvai
Fundg rcccivcd
Fuiids disbursed
4,673
480,000
1434,3631
4,673
697,500
{635,7441
217,500
50,(NX)
{45.3271
BalAmce cirried foi'ward
50,310
66,429
4,673
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Thc Dl$ableiiiettt As50clailon of
BRrklng Dagenha
Notes to tlle Flnanelal StateDlClits
foi. the year ended 31 March 2021
15.
MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
2021
Income
Lxptnditure
At31.
M*i'ch
2021
Aprll
21120
223,954
11,422
2,697,966
12,78J,7141
1382lJ6
Reslricled Fuxds City Bridge
Reslriclcd Piinds- CTolden Yeats
6.2
6,254
235J76
2,704,220
2,795,136
144,460
2020
Atl"
Api'll
2Ql9
Xpe￿￿lt￿re
At31"
Marcb
2020
Unreslricled ￿Ul}d&
Resliicled Funds- Big Loiiery
Restricted Funds- City Biid8e
1811,654
17.529
23•)0
2,939.449
12,896,149)
117,5291
152,3781
223,954
40,000
11,422
221,983
2.979,449
12,966.0561
235376
Clly Bridgc
iiiaiicial Il¢aldi Iiii1131ive- Enabling l￿de￿ndencebY helpin8 Iieople iii p)v¢riy ￿ addres5 f1113nci&l i$sues.
Goldeij Ycays
The Pst Gillain 'Goldtn Yttars, Legacy. Fjiablins iiidepeiideiice by Tedu¢ing Isolati￿1.
FINknYCIAL INS'I'HUIIIENTS
2Q21
Carryiiig ailluiini of fiwdncial assets iiieasur¢d ai aiiiortised cost
261,068
480,222
Carrying amoullt of financial liabilities iiieasured ai ainoitised eo%1
268.224
244,0
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Tlje Disabletn¢ni A$50ciatioll of
Barkljig and Dagonham
Notes to the Fln#ntial Statements
the ye*r ended 31 Marcli 20ZI
ANALYSIS OF NLT ASSF.TS BETWEEh' FUNDS
Restrlcod
fuNd¥
UDrestrl¢ted
fund$
Toial
Fvibd b#laJbce5 St 31 Mar¢h 2021 lli'c repi'e$enied by..
Tanoiblc fixed as8¢ts
Debtoi
Cash al bank and in h8nd
Cieditoi3 due in ￿1¢ ycar
1,304
341,480
129,262
{334.4301
1,304
341,980
135,516
1334,4301
6.2.54
6,254
144,370
Restr5tted
fuiid$
Unreslrltted
funds
Tolgl
Fund b#l#iicc5 At 31 March ZOIO are i'¢pre8enied by..
fixed asseis
1,226
519,228
110,768)
1285,7321
Deblo
C&sh bank and in hand
Credil01s due iii one year
1,226
519,228
654
1285,7321
11.422
11,422
223,954
2J5,376
P4oe 32

BMrliln% D%%enhAm
Note5 to th¢ I'.Inan¢191 StAtcmcnts
for Ilit yellr ertd¢d 31 Martlj 2021
18.
COMPARATIVESTATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIIS
Resirlcted
(und
fuiid
20211
Income
Donatio￿, Leg8¢i¢s & Similar Income
Cliaiitable Aclivitie%- Objects
Othei Incorne
2,378
2,878,089
58,982
2,378
2,918,089
58,982
40,000
Total Inrome
2,939,449
40,000
2,979,449
Lxpenditllrt
Chaiilable Activilies- Obj¢cts
- Adminislralitin
2,394,645
501.504
69,907
2,464,552
501.504
Total Expeiidilure
2,890,149
69,907
2P66,056
Net IncomcllBKp¢ndilurel
43,IIM)
129,9071
13.393
Transfei bElween fuods
Total Fund5 Ilrouglit Forward
180,654
41 J29
211,983
Total Funds Carrled Forwii'd
223,9$4
11,422
23qJ76
Page 33