TRUSTEES REPORT 2021-22 This has been a much more difficult year for fundraising. Demand on our service has been greater than ever with us having to close our service to new parents for the first time and a large proportion of our funding being spent on the complexity of which tribunals have become. Our most grateful thanks to our long term funders the Yapp Charitable Trust, the Paul Bassham Charitable Trust and Norfolk Freemasons with match funding from their Grand Charity. We continued to operate from our Old Catton office and selling books from outside the office. Our most grateful thanks to Danielle, Nikki, Claire and Karla for their dedication in supporting families. We took on a stand at the Norfolk Show for the first time this year to inform visitors of our work. Special thanks to our Ambassador, Claire Brooks, landlady of the Walnut Tree Shades for promoting the work of our charity and raising funds through a Music event, Quiz nights and a collecting tin. We took part in several events over the year, including for the first time one at Brundall Coop, Sprowston Fete and several Christmas Fayres. As we came to the end of this Financial Year two of our long standing Trustees resigned. Our thanks to them for their work over several years. Thank you to Chris Jay for preparing our accounts and Kim Mayfield for auditing the accounts. We celebrated our 35[th] Anniversary at the Belvedere Centre at the end of October and look forward to securing and consolidating our funding over the coming months. We face more challenges in the coming year with both Mediation meetings and Tribunals scheduled for several months ahead an schools adopting more stringent behaviour policies leading to more exclusions. We are increasing our level of fundraising to try and meet need. ## **Patricia Brickley** ____________________ Patricia Brickley Chairperson 8 th March 2023 ## NORFOLK SEN NETWORK Membership @ 31.10.22 : 65 supported members 68 free email members Ambassador: Claire Brooks of the Walnut Tree Shades Trustees: Pat Brickley (Chair) Jane Merrett (resigned October 22) Chris Jay (Treasurer) Annika Musgrave (resigned October 22) Jonathan Rackham Employees: Nichola Corcoran Development Worker Claire Cumberlidge Development Worker Karla Cooper Development Worker Danielle Cann Administrator/Helpline Bankers: Barclay’s plc, St. Stephens Branch, Norwich - Norfolk SEN Network has been supporting parents of children with special educational needs throughout Norfolk since 1987. Since the introduction of the Children & Families Act 2014, we now support young people themselves (16 to 25) who have special educational needs to find the right educational provision. - Our Committee is elected in accordance with our constitution from our Membership each year at our Annual General Meeting Our aims: are to help _all_ parents of children with special educational needs to find the education which is right for their child and to support young people 16 to 25 to find the right provision to meet their needs. CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES •+ Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Roport to the trugtee members of Norfolk SEN Network On accounts for the year ended 31 October 2022 Charity no (if any) 1044353 Set out on pago$ One to three I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity {"Ihe Trust.) for the year ended 3111012022. Responsibilitles and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basls of report of the accounts in accordance with the requir6ments of the Charilies Act 2011 (Ihe ACY). I report in respe& of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried OLrt under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act I have Completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any Tnaterial respe¢t- accounting r8cords were not kept in accordan￿ with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with th8 accountlng records Independent examinerfs statement I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Slgned: Dats: Name: Mr Kim Mayfield Relevant profe¥ional qualifiGatlon(s) or body (If any): Chartered AGGountant Address: 10 Hillside Chedgrav8 Norwich IER October 2018 NORFOLK SEN NETWOIIK Receipts and Payments Account 12 months ended 31 October 2022 Unrestrieted Restrirted Total Last Year Funds Funds Funds 2021 Note Receipts Subscriptions TribunaI fees Delegate £ees Donations Fundraising and other income Interest received 1.045 1.045 810 810 885 11,286 8,045 4,000 15,286 24,761 3,300 Total receipts 20,381 4,810 25,1 29008 Payments Wages and payroll fees Commission Professional fees 20,818 200 20,818 475 19,380 I,(K)9 275 F lj]11 1,277 2,082 1,277 2,082 354 70 1,194 1,224 36 2,629 1,027 3,750 1,609 1230 37 75 1,897 1,672 537 Fundraising costs Insuran Subscriptions & membership Books and leaflets Telephone Postage Stationery & prinling TraveI Office rent Training & food Sundry 354 70 1,194 27 1,283 146 2583 519 3A75 2,824 258 35,878 1,224 16 363 985 20 2,266 42 3,750 144 1,255 11375 1.465 75 25,500 Sub totol Asset and investment purchases Printers Mobile phone Gazebo Flags 128 128 407 260 Sub total 128 128 1375 Total payments 25500 38,003 37,253 Net receipts/(payments) Transfers between funds Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end 7078 19,084 14,304 20,690 19,084 1,919 313 I2￿11 16,223 3,411 23667 16,222 Page l of 3 NORFOLK SEN NETWORK Notes to Receipts and Payments Account 31st October 2022 u￿eStrICted Restricted Total Funds Funds l. Donations Coop Yapp Charitable Trust Norfolk Freemasons A Musgrave prize donation Masonic Charitable Trust K Quinton-Hicks Anonymous Trust Pa￿ Banham CT Collection tins Lottery and Just Giving 1376 3000 2500 250 2500 258 1376 30(X> 2500 250 2500 258 2000 2000 113 766 2(K)O 113 766 Other 524 524 11286 15286 2. Fundraising and Other Income Beer Festival Book sales Thorpe Xmas Fayre Fine City Chorus 7337 65 175 130 T337 65 175 130 Other 338 338 Pag¢ 2 of 3 NOIUIOLK SEN NEfwoRK Stalement of Assets and Liabilities as at31 (knber 2022 Unrestrithd Restricted Funds Cash Funds Bank Accounis 313 3,411 Total cath funds 3￿98 313 3AII Assets retalned for the Charitys own use At cost 1,505 329 599 260 2,693 657 2,162 329 599 260 3.350 Website Gazebo Total assets retained for own Use 657 Current A58ets Debtors Total debtor8 Liabilitieg Page3 of 3 TRUSTEES REPORT 2021-22 This has been a much more drfficult year for fundraising. Demand on our service has been greater than ever with us having to close our Servi￿ to new parents for the first time and a large proportion of our funding being spent on the complexty of which tribunals have become. Our most grateful thanks to our long temi fvnders the Yapp Charitable Trust, the Paul Bassham Charitable Trust and Norfolk Freemasons with match funding from their Grand Charity. We continued to operate from our Old Catton Offi￿ and selling books from outside the office. Our most grateful thanks to Danielle, Nikki, Claire and Karla for their dedication in supporting families. We took on a stand at the Norfolk Show for the first time this year to inform visitors of our work. Special thanks to our Ambassador, Claire Brooks, landlady of the Walnut Tree Shades for promoting the work of our charFty and raising fvnds through a Music event. Quiz nights and a collecting tin. We took part in several events over the year, including for the first time one at Brundall Coop. Sprowston Fete and several Christmas Fayres. As we came to the end of this Financial Year two of our long standing Trustees resigned. Our thanks to them for their work over several years. Thank you to Chris Jay for preparing our accounts and Kim Mayfield for auditing the accounts. We ￿lebrated our 35th AnnNersary at the Belvedere Centre at the end of October and look forward to securing and consolidating our funding over the coming months. We face more challenges in the coming year with both Mediation meetings and Tribunals scheduled ft)r several months ahead an schools adopting more stringent behaviour policies leading to more exclusions. We are increasing our level of fvndraising to try and meet need. Patricia Brickley Chairperson 8th March 2023