THE HAILEY CENTRE REPORT FOR THE YEAR 2023124 Objects and Powers Tho Tru8t18 88tsbUshed for the boneflt ot older peopl• In the Par18h of S8wbrldg8worth wlth the object ot Improvlng tholr quallty ol Ilfe. This past year has seen slight fluctuations regarding attendance at Certain events mostly due to heafth issues for some of our clients and sadty also deaths and changes by way of some going into long stay accommodation. However, the programme of events is gradually retuming to the previous schedule. The following numbers are for the whole year. The stsff served a total of 3,830 delicious, nutritlous and tasty meals during the year pleasingly slightly up on last year. In additlon to the Monday, Wednesday and Friday formal lunches thls year we introduced the Thursday café style meal which is proving very popular with our visitors. Unfortunately, we had to increase the cost of meals due to external pressures, but we are pleased to say that all recipients felt it was good value for money and continued to attend. The Saturday morning service had to be reduced to the first Saturday in th8 month due to staff availability. Weekly activities included Chair based Yoga, Pilates, Yoga, Blngo, Whist, and Hertswlse, (the dementia group), Tea mornings Monday and Fridays. Monthty activities include Shopping Bus trip to Brookfield in December. The STC mlnibus has not been used since December due to maintenance work and the price InGrease. The Cinema facillty is only used between March and September, The Quiz on the last Wednesday in the month continues to be well supported. The Chiropodist holds 2 sessions per month and is fully booked for every session. The Hearing Aid volunteer attends once a month and provides a much-appreciated servlce. service for our vlsitors. Extemal users indude Slimming World, Pilates, Sawbridgeworth History Society, Town Twinning. a Bereavement café, a Scrabble Club, a Ladies group, technology support and U3A Gardening groups am and pm and U3A Singing Group. In the late summer of last year, the Trustees decid8d to enlarge the building and were granted planning perniission to do so in November. However, on reflection, they made the unanimous decision to refurbish and upgrade the Centre instead. Intemally it was looking tired and uninviting to our users and in need of an urgent refresh. Our p18ns include completely upgrading the tighting and heatlng 3y8tems, pl88terlng the walls and redecorating them - they are currer)tly exposed brise block and p8lntsd magnolla. The carpets wlll be repleced with parquet effect floorin& the windows will be given 8 more modem look with one new large window In the main hall. The tollets are belng redesigned to accommodate those users with wheelchalrs and the kitchen cupboard8 replaced and reorgani8ed as appropriate. The counter are8 fronting the hall will be remodelled to provlde a more attractive and pr8CtiC8L space for vi8itOf8. The two cupboards In th8 maln hell will be removed and one rebuilt externally but wlth the access from the hau. The main entrance will be cleared wlth a glass partition to give a more open and welcoming 8PP88r8nce. All the furniture. tables and chairs wlll be Teplaced with more approprfate fumiture. The rear patio area will be grassed with attractlve plant pots and the rear fence replaced with railings to complement the rear of the adjacent Council office8.
The serving Trustees are: Councillors- Mr. Eric Buckm8Ster Mr. Salvatore Pagdades ) fouryear terms until May 2026 Mr. Steve Smlth Community- Mrs. Angela Alder- Chairman ) Mr. Colin Gill- Hon. Treasurer ) three ye8rterms until 2024 Mrs. Debbie Dyball ) resigned January 2024 Mr. Ross Leary Mr. Rob Robinson Honorary Minute Secretary Ms. Nickle Hancock The Trustees were very sorry to receive the resignation of Mrs. Debbie Dyball and wish to record in this Report ourgratefulthanksfor hervery considerable contribution to the work of the Charity. The Trustees are verygratefulto the Town Councilforthe grant towards the cost of utllltles and to Hertfordshire County Council Social Services for its grant towards staff ing costs. We are pleased to report our continued good reLationship with Town CounciL Officers which ha3 enabled the Centre to utilise the Council Chamber for some fund-raising events. The Trustees gratefully acknowledge the generous donations during the year from relatives, friends and Local businesses which help to keep our running costs down and continues to keep the Centre a welcoming, attractive and vibrant place to visit for the older people of S8wbridgeworth. Trustees are very fortunate in having an excellent Honorary Treasurer who keeps a tight control on expenditure. We are blessed with an enthusiastic M8nager who has developed a well-honed and h8PPy team due to her excelLent leadership qualities. Our employees have the option to join the pension scheme if they wish 8nd Trustees are grateful for the expertise of our Hon., Tre8surer, Mr. Colln Gill, who has ensured we are legally compllant with a properly valldated Pension Scheme for Centre employees. Trustees wish to acknowledge with grateful thanks the valuable contribution of the volunteers who give so much help and support to the Centre. The Trustees would also wish to place on record thanks to the staff and especiallyto the Centre Manager who has provided a welcoming smile and a listening ear during these past few diff icult years. It is also my very real pleasure to place on record my thanks to my fellow Trustees for their support and input throughout the year. Their individual contributions are too many to itemise here but very much appreciated by staff, users and myself as Chairman. Angela Alder Chairman of the Board of Trustees March 2024
Friends of The Hailey Day Centre
Registered Charity No : 1030820
Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2024
| Note General Reserve Brought Forward Net Surplus / (Deficit) Carried Forward Represented By:- Current Assets 2 & 8 Cash at bank and in hand Barclays Current Account Barclays Reserve Barclays Savings Account United Trust 100 Day Account United Trust 40 Day Account Cheques / Cash not yet banked Petty Cash Float |
£ 92,842 -4,796 |
31 March 2024 £ |
£ 95,996 -3,154 |
31 March 2023 £ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,995 15,000 188 60,398 10,000 415 50 |
71 15,000 4 77,717 0 0 50 |
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| 88,046 | 92,842 | |||
| 88,046 | 92,842 |
Receipts & Payments Account for the 12 months to 31 March 2024
| Note Receipts Events Outings Various other activities Transport provided Fund Raising Grants and Contracts 3 Hiring out Day Centre Donations 4 Lottery Other fund raising activities Financial Interest Miscellaenous Total Receipts Payments Events Various other activities Transport provided Lottery Support Admin staff salaries 7 Staff training Repairs and Maintenance Equipment rental and supplies Utilities and insurance 6 Miscellaeneous Equipment 5 Total Payments Excess of Receipts over Payments for the period Approved by the Trustees on and signed by Chair Person |
12 Mths to 31/03/24 £ 120 31,138 0 31,258 21,850 7,573 2,994 2,007 608 35,032 2,865 0 2,865 69,155 11,172 0 1,050 12,222 46,778 110 3,349 728 6,892 3,872 61,729 0 73,951 -4,796 |
12 Mths to 31/03/23 £ 0 28,457 739 |
|---|---|---|
| 29,196 | ||
| 18,877 7,001 7,970 1,524 842 |
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| 36,214 | ||
| 907 0 |
||
| 907 | ||
| 66,317 | ||
| 8,901 530 560 |
||
| 9,991 | ||
| 44,507 488 3,475 2,426 5,704 1,673 |
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| 58,273 | ||
| 1,207 | ||
| 69,471 | ||
| -3,154 | ||
2024 2023 £ £
1 Basis of Accounting
- 1.1 The accounts are prepared on a receipts and payments basis.
2 Net Assets
There are no assets other than the cash funds shown on the Receipts and Payments Account
| 3 Contracts Herts County Council Adult Care Services restricted funds Grants in partnership with Herts Community Foundation Herts County Council Coronation Grant Herts County Council Christmas Grant Herts County Council Jubilee Grant Herts County Council Defibrillator Grant Herts County Council Staff Grant Sawbridgeworth Town Council 4 Donations King William PH Donations Wright & Co Estate Agents Keith Chapman Other Masonic Lodges Ms Nina Mitchell/Fringe Barratt Developments Mrs E Griffiths - Defibrillator Other Donations - Defibrillator Mayor's Charity The Grand Charity - Masonic Lodge Sundry Donations 5 Equipment Bingo Machine Defibrillator 6 Utilities, insurance and licences Electricity Gas Water Telephone Insurance & Licences 7 Staff salaries and expenses Inland Revenue tax bill Salaries, pensions and expenses 8 Income earned carried over to following year Income earned carried over from previous year |
19,890 17,000 460 0 500 0 0 300 0 250 0 327 1,000 1,000 |
|---|---|
| 21,850 18,877 |
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| 515 570 650 0 500 0 500 0 0 769 0 1,000 0 500 0 1,383 0 1,484 0 500 829 1,764 |
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| 2,994 7,970 |
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| 0 157 0 1,050 |
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| 0 1,207 |
|
| 1,536 1,344 2,073 1,173 799 1,003 702 632 1,782 1,552 |
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| 6,892 5,704 |
|
| 5,250 4,398 41,528 40,109 |
|
| 46,778 44,507 |
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| 0 1,700 1,700 0 |
Independent Examinerfs Report to the Trustees of thè Frlènds of the Halley Day Centre (Registered Charity No 1030820) Thi$ ret on ts w)unts of the Frb8ThJs of the Halley Day Centre Cthe ¢harty') for th8 year gnded 31t Marth 2024, which Comprise the attxhed Receipts an¢ Payments Account, Balance Sheet and related notes This report is made solety to the Twstees in accordar with Secbon 145 of the Clianbes Act 2011 . My work has been tsndertakert $0 that I mwJht stste to the chanty's Trustees those mattets l arn required to state to them in an In¢ependent Examinerfs report and for no other purKX)se. To the fullest extent permitted by law. I do not accept or assume respongbility to anyone oljw than the chanty and the charity's Trustees for my ¢xaminabon work. R•¢i>•¢tlv• Y•w>oMlbllltl• of TnAtees and Examln•r As the thartys Trustees you we reswrtsible fDr the preparab.cm of the accounts: you consider that an audit is not re9o1 fo¢ this year under section 144 of the Charrtbes Act 2011 {the Chontses Art) Ihat an indeptrndent examination B needed. It 15 my responsibility to. • examine the accounts (under sect 145 of the charrt Act): • to follow the procedures laid down in the Geheral Dire¢tions given by the Charity CoMmissi(ets (under Section 1445Mb) of tho ¢han"ties Acl). and • to state whether parb'cular matters have ¢ome to my attellt. 8a8lB of Independ¢n¢ Ex•mln•¢• r•wt My exarnin8tion was carried wt m accordan¢x th Ihe General Direct*Jns gbNwI ty Ihe Chanty cornmi5sioner5, That eXaMinatn irlcludes a revwi of the UntIng records kept by the Charity and a ¢>)mparison of the accounts with those recortls. It also includes considerirvJ any unusual ilems or di5dosures in the accounts and seeking explanatbcffts from you as Trts8tees corKeming any SUGh matters, The wdureS undertaken do Thjt provide all the evidence that woukj required in an audit, and Ixjnsequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair, view and the repcrt is limited to those matters set out in th• statement below. Ind•p•nd•nt Examln8e¥ statement In Connecti with my examinatk)n. matter has eorn to my attèntion: l. whth gNes reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the wuirerrents to keep accounb.ng re¢<rtl$ in accordance wth SectM?n 130 of the Charities Act. and to prepare ac¢Jnts which a¢¢¢r(I with the accountsng records arKI (X)M WTth the ]uirerrwits of the Act have not been met: or 2. to which, in my opnicrf), attention should be draw) in Ordèr ID 8nabl8 a prc¥•er understandin9 ¢1 Ihe tOunts to be rexh8d. D L A Sheppard BA (Hons), FCA 21 Avènu• Road 818hop's Stortfofd Hertfordshore CM23 SNT 1$. July 2024