**CHRISTIAN CARE ASSOCIATION** 

## **CHRISTIAN CARE ASSOCATION** 

## **FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022** 

**Ian Cloke 38 Melbury Gardens London SW20 0DJ** 



## **CHRISTIAN CARE ASSOCATION** 

## **FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022** 

|**INDEX**|**PAGE**||
|---|---|---|
|Charity Information||1|
|Report from the Board of Trustees||2-3|
|Responsibility of the Board of Trustees for Financial Statements||4|
|Report of the Independent Examiner to the Board of Trustees||5|
|Statement of Financial Activities||6|
|Balance Sheet||7|
|Notes to the Financial Statements||8-10|





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## **CHRISTIAN CARE ASSOCATION** 

## **CHARITY INFORMATION** 

## **REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER:** 

1044099 

**CHAIR:** 

**HONORARY TREASURER: HONORARY SECRETARY:** 

Jane Savill Ann Thimont Pat Spencer 

**BOARD OF TRUSTEES** : 

Jane Savill Pat Spencer Ann Thimont Dr Ann Phillips Tom Kavanagh Julian Burling David Marsden 

## **BANKERS:** 

HSBC Bank plc 5 Wimbledon Hill Road Wimbledon London SW19 7NF 

## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER:** 

Ian Cloke 38 Melbury Gardens London SW20 0DJ 

## **REGISTERED OFFICE:** 

7 Melbury Gardens Wimbledon London SW20 0DH 



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## **CHRISTIAN CARE ASSOCATION** 

## **REPORT FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022** 

Throughout the year every attempt was made to open up as much as possible although the continuation of Covid variants and increased infection made progress very stop-start. However we were relieved that it was possible to hold an in-person AGM at Martin Way Methodist Church on 3 November where the keynote speech was given by Councillor Michael Brunt, the Mayor of Merton. He spoke about his strong conviction that caring has a very important part to play in the community, citing the work of Christian CARE and Marie Curie, the two charities he had chosen to raise money for during his mayoral year. We were extremely grateful to be the recipient of money from the Mayor’s charity once again and look forward to receiving our share in 2022. Meanwhile, Christian CARE Association was particularly grateful for £5,000 given by the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Mary and £5,000 by Keswick Enterprises Holdings Charitable Trust during the last year. Continued support from many individuals and churches made it possible to cover most of the year’s expenditure (total £29,373) from income (£28,483), with the remainder being taken from reserves. There is now a giving button on our website making it easier for individuals to make one-off donations. 

Throughout most of the year the office has been used in a different way with the office team continuing to work remotely most of the time and the space being booked by individual volunteers for interviews and planning meetings but most notably by Rehana Edun-Noys, the new Family Support Coordinator, and her deputy, Mary Kelly, to make up and send out food deliveries. In the summer Mary was able to take on the role she volunteered for in 2019, organising youngsters going to the camps run by CPAS, so disrupted by Covid-19. In the end there was a Fun Day for youngsters aged between 8- 11 and two 2-day camps for youngsters aged 12-17. It is hoped relaxation of restrictions will make it possible for more camps to be held in 2022. Despite restrictions it was possible for a family to enjoy a week at Butlins in July, postponed from 2020. 

Altogether 101 families were helped in some way in 2021-22 by CCA compared with 103 the previous year. Just over 50% of these families were new referrals; of these 50% came from Children’s and Adult Social Care, and most of the others were self-referrals or resulted from our continued close collaboration with The Wimbledon Guild. A number of these new families have been very challenging and have added to the number of children with multiple health and educational needs coming within our remit. For this reason, the CARE Committee took the decision in the summer to focus attention on the support of these children, and more generally to consider enrichment activities for all the youngsters who had suffered further deprivation due to the pandemic. Very sadly our Coordinator for Children’s Activities, Sue Boyd, had to step down in the winter for health reasons and at the time of writing this report we are actively advertising for a replacement. Fortunately, the four volunteers in her team are experienced and able to carry on the various activities under the direct supervision of Gillian Thick, the CARE Coordinator. Children’s activities were still curtailed by restrictions in 2021, with no outings or parties. It was possible to hold two special workshops organised by the Polka Theatre giving youngsters the opportunity to create portraits to hang in the newly refurbished theatre. 



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## **CHRISTIAN CARE ASSOCATION** 

Very sadly in August we learned of the death of John Golden just a few months after he had stepped down as a Trustee as mentioned in our previous annual report and in April 2022 we heard of the death of Tony Somerton, longtime furniture van driver, befriender and organiser of teenage activities. Looking to the future we are also advertising for volunteers in several categories including the new role of Deputy CARE Coordinator and hope this recruitment drive will increase CCA’s ability to help those in need in Merton. 

Apart from being aware of the need for new volunteers, the Trustees continue to revise the ways of working and the policies followed. Much time had been spent in 2020 looking at Safeguarding and during 2021 attention was turned to Data Protection and Confidentiality. The Trustees are also aware that the Furniture Project van is ageing and are on the lookout for a replacement – not an easy task when there is a general shortage of second-hand vehicles. One of the garages used to store furniture which had been available rent free for many years had to be vacated after the death of the owner. It was good to see a resurgence in activity for our Furniture Project which assisted 53 families during the year compared with 35 the previous year. 

Approved by the Board of Trustees on 27 September 2022 and signed on their behalf by: 

Pat Spencer Honorary Secretary 



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## **CHRISTIAN CARE ASSOCATION** 

## **RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** 

Charity Law requires the Board of Trustees to prepare Statements of Account for each Financial Year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Charity and of its incoming resources and application of resources for that period. In preparing those Financial Statements the Board of Trustees are required to: 

⚫ select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently 

⚫ make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent 

⚫ prepare the Financial Statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Charity will continue in operation 

⚫ value the assets and liabilities in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice Accounting by Charities 

The Board of Trustees is responsible for keeping proper accounting records which are sufficient to show and explain the Charity’s transactions and to disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Association, and to enable them to ensure that any statements of account comply with the requirements of the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. It is also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. 

## **Reserves Policy** 

As the charity does not have any long-term financial commitments and does not employ any staff, being run entirely by volunteers, the Board of Trustees does not consider it necessary to hold significant reserves.  If, in a given year, reserves were to fall below the expenditure in the previous year, the Board of Trustees would at that stage notionally allocate the reserves to each client family to ensure that no new clients were to be taken on without the reserves to support their ongoing needs. 



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## **CHRISTIAN CARE ASSOCATION** 

## **REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT EXAMINER TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF** 

## **THE CHRISTIAN CARE ASSOCIATION** 

I report on the accounts of the Charity for the year ended 31 March 2022 which are set out on pages 6 to 10. 

## **Respective Responsibilities of the Board of Trustees and Examiner** 

The Board of Trustees is responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The Board considers that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed. 

It is my responsibility to: 

- examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act 

- follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act 

- state whether particular matters have come to my attention 

## **Basis of Independent Examiner’s Report** 

My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the Charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records.  It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from the Board concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a “true and fair view” and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. 

## **Independent Examiner’s Statement** 

In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention: 

- (1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements: 

   - to keep accounting records in accordance with Section 130 of the 2011 Act; and 

   - to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act 

   - have not been met, or; 

- (2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. 

Ian Cloke 38 Melbury Gardens London SM20 0DJ 

7 November 2022 



**CHRISTIAN CARE ASSOCATION** 

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## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022** 

||**Note**||**Total**||**Total**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||**2022**||**2021**|
|||**£**|**£**|**£**|<br>**£**|
|**UNRESTRICTED FUNDS**||||||
|**Income**||||||
|External Grants|2|5,000||10,650||
|Donations|3|20,152||19,211||
|Fund-Raising Appeals||6||-||
|Interest Received||1,720||881||
|Gift Aid||1,720||2,327||
|||---------||----------||
|||28,598||33,069||
|**Expenditure**||||||
|Direct Charitable||||||
|Expenditure|4|(23,895)||(21,820)||
|||-----------||-----------||
|**Net Incoming/(Outgoing)**||||||
|**Unrestricted Funds**|||4,703||11,249|
|**RESTRICTED FUNDS**||||||
|**Income**||||||
|Donations|5|470||2,602||
|||**--------**||**----------**||
|||470||2,602||
|**Expenditure**||||||
|Direct Charitable||||||
|Expenditure|5|(220)||(2,602)||
|||-------||---------||
|**Net (Outgoing)/Incoming**||||||
|**Restricted Funds**|||250||0|
|Management and||||||
|Administration|6||(5,258)||(5,218)|
||||---------||----------|
|**NET (OUTGOING)/INCOMING FUNDS**|||(305)||6,031|
|Funds brought forward|||164,560||158,529|
||||---------||---------|
|**GENERAL FUND CARRIED FORWARD**|||164,255||164,560|
||||======||======|



The Notes on pages 8 - 10 form part of these Financial Statements 



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## **CHRISTIAN CARE ASSOCATION** 

## **BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 MARCH 2022** 

||**Note**||**2022**||**2021**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|**FIXED ASSETS**||||||
|Tangible Assets|7||-||-|
|**CURRENT ASSETS**||||||
|Short Term Investments||75,725||126,715||
|Cash at Bank||86,007||36,260||
|Debtors and Prepayments||<br>2,629||2,325||
|||--------||---------||
|||164,361||165,300||
|**CURRENT LIABILITIES**||||||
|Sundry Creditors||(106)||(740)||
||||164,255||164,560|
||||----------||---------|
||||164,255||164,560|
||||=======||======|
|**FUNDS**||||||
|General Fund|8||164,255||164,560|
||||----------||---------|
||||164,255||164,560|
||||=======||======|



Approved by the Board of Trustees on 27 September 2022 and signed on their behalf by: 

Ann Thimont Honorary Treasurer 

The Notes on pages 8 to 10 form part of these Financial Statements 



**CHRISTIAN CARE ASSOCATION** 

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## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022** 

## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES** 

Basis of Accounting: The Statement of Accounts has been prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and Statements of Recommended Practice Accounting by Charities. 

Income: Donations and legacies are accounted for when received by the Association. Grants: Revenue grants are credited to Income for the period to which they relate. Depreciation: Depreciation of tangible fixed assets is provided at the following annual rates in order to write-off each asset over its estimated useful life. 

Motor Vehicle 20% on cost Equipment and Furniture 15% on cost 

## **2.** 

## **UNRESTRICTED GRANTS** 

|**UNRESTRICTED GRANTS**|||
|---|---|---|
||**2022**|**2021**|
||**£**|**£**|
|Keswick Enterprises Holdings Charitable Trust|5,000|-|
|Admiral Trust|-|7,650|
|Peter and Teresa Harris Charitable Trust|-|3,000|
||--------|--------|
||5,000|10,650|
||=====|=====|



|**3.**|**UNRESTRICTED DONATIONS**|||
|---|---|---|---|
||**(unless otherwise indicated)**|||
|||**2022**|**2021**|
|||**£**|**£**|
||St Mary’s Merton|1,010|1,252|
||Christ Church West Wimbledon|313|322|
||Merton Park Baptist|771|945|
||Merton Priory PCC|210|125|
||Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Mary|5,000|-|
||Orthodox Church|50|-|
||St Mary’s Wimbledon|145|-|
||St John Fisher|460|-|
||Godalming Baptist|150|-|
||Daughters of the Heart of Mary|200|-|
||Sacred Heart Wimbledon|808|-|
||Inspire Choirs|330|-|
||Welsh Church|-|150|
||Holy Trinity Wimbledon|-|1,750|
||Christ Church Colliers Wood||1,000|
||Martin Way Methodist|-|80|
||St Mark’s Wimbledon|-|90|
||General Donations|10,705|13,497|
|||--------|---------|
|||20,152|19,211|
|||======|======|





**CHRISTIAN CARE ASSOCATION** 

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## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022** 

## **4. UNRESTRICTED CHARITABLE EXPENDITURE** 

This item relates to expenditure not covered by specific (restricted) donations or grants. 

||**2022**|**2021**|
|---|---|---|
||**£**|**£**|
|Holidays and outings|1,493|114|
|Camps (to the extent not covered by specific donations)|738|10|
|Family Support (Food and Other Supplies)|15,163|14,750|
|Furniture Project|6,501|6,946|
||--------|---------|
|**Total Direct Charitable Expenditure**|23,895|21,820|
||======|======|



## **5. MOVEMENT ON RESTRICTED FUNDS** 

This item relates to moneys given for a specific purpose for which under the Rules of the Charity Commission separate records must be kept. 

||Brought|Income|Expenditure|Carried|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Forward|||Forward|
||£|£|£|£|
|Holidays|-|50|(50)|-|
|Family Support|-|420|(170)|250|
||-------|-------|---------|------|
||-|470|(220)|250|
||=====|=====|=======|====|



## **6. MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION** 

|**MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION**|||
|---|---|---|
||**2022**|**2021**|
||**£**|**£**|
|Office Rent|2,940|2,820|
|Insurance|726|702|
|Equipment|153|599|
|Expenses of Annual General Meeting|165|255|
|Secretarial Expenses|37|40|
|Communications|592|391|
|Stationery|293|129|
|Other|352|282|
||-------|-------|
||5,258|5,218|
||=====|=====|





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## **CHRISTIAN CARE ASSOCATION** 

## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022** 

|**7.**|**FIXED ASSETS**||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**Motor Van**|**Equipment &**|**Total**|
||||**Furniture**||
|||**£**|**£**|**£**|
||At Cost||||
||At 1 April 2021|10,700|-|10,700|
||Disposal during year|-|-|-|
||Addition during year|-|-|-|
|||---------|--------|--------|
||At 31 March 2022|10,700|-|10,700|
|||======|=====|======|
||Depreciation||||
||At 1 April 2021|10,700|-|10,700|
||Charge for year|-|-|-|
|||--------|--------|--------|
||At 31 March 2022|10,700|-|10,700|
|||=====|=====|=====|
||Net Book Value||||
||At 31 March 2021|0|0|0|
|||=====|===|=====|
||At 31 March 2022|0|0|0|
|||=====|===|=====|



## **8. FUNDS** 

||**£**|
|---|---|
|At 1 April 2021|164,560|
|Income for year|29,068|
|Outgoings for year|(29,373)|
||-----------|
|At 31 March 2022|164,255|
||=======|



**9.** During the year no expenses were paid or payable to Officers or Trustees of the Association.  No Officers or Trustees of the Association received any remuneration.