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|| |||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| |||**36,214**| |||907
0| |||**907**| |||| |||**66,317**| |||8,901
530
560| |||**9,991**| |||44,507
488
3,475
2,426
5,704
1,673| |||**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| ||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| ||2,994
7,970| ||0
157
0
1,050| ||0
1,207| ||1,536
1,344
2,073
1,173
799
1,003
702
632
1,782
1,552| ||6,892
5,704| ||5,250
4,398
41,528
40,109| ||46,778
44,507| ||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$ re￿t on ts w)unts of the Frb8ThJs of the Halley Day Centre Cthe ¢harty') for th8 year gnded 31*t 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 eXaMinat￿n 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 w￿dureS 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¢