Bodmin & District Horizons
Bodmin & District Horizons
Providing Fun, Choice & Independence for Adults with a Learning Disability in Cornwall
Enquiries to: AS TOLD BY JUNE PETERS Karen Balsdon-Johnson, Team Lead at hello@horizonclub.org.uk
For further information & our Newsletter: Go to: www.horizonclub.org.uk & Follow us on Facebook at: bodminanddistricthorizonclub
Registered Charity No 1048300
Report & Financial Statements Financial Year 2024/25
Bodmin & District Horizons
Bodmin & District Horizons About Us For over 30 years, we’ve been providing: ⧫ Fun ◆ Leisure ◆ Recreation ◆ Social Opportunities with adults with learning disabilities In This Report & we promote: ⧫ personal development ⧫ choice ⧫ independence About Us/What we provide 1 ⧫ full participation in our Clubs ⧫ community integration Bodmin & District Horizons Club 2 ⧫ broadening all our horizons Wadebridge & District Horizons Club 3 The Clubs & What Club Members have to say 4 With Our Team Lead & Team of Volunteers Additional Activities 6 We run: ⧫ A weekly club night in Bodmin OUR OFFER In the Community 7 ⧫ A monthly club night in Wadebridge ⧫ Additional Activities & Community Events Our Volunteers & Supporters 8 throughout the year Families, Parents & Carers - what they have to say 9 We support: Families & Carers & other clubs Future Plans & Thanks to all our Funders 10 for adults with learning diasabilities We’re working More opportunities & facilities, more Our Governance, Finance & Funding 11 towards: days of the week & eventually a day centre Independent Examiner’s Statement 12 Accounts for the Year Ending 31st March 2025 13 Registered Charity No 1048300 Cc - 1 -
Wadebridge & District Horizon Club
CLUB NIGHT CLUB NIGHT CLUB NIGHT CLUB NIGHT WHEN WHEN: : Thursday nights - 50 weeks/year WHEN WHEN: : Last Wednesday of the Month Last Wednesday of the Month ( only closed for bad weather & Xmas) - 6.30pm 8.30pm - 6.30pm 6.30pm -8.30pm 8.30pm 6.30pm -8.30pm WHERE : HFT Resource Centre, Trevanson Street WHERE WHERE: : Bell Hall, Bodmin College Lostwithiel Road Ball Halt Bocmnie Collada | wuie) Road WHERE: HFT Resource Centre, Trevanson Street ell Hall, : min College Lostwithiel Roac Wadebridge PL27 7AP Wadebridge PL27 7AP Bodmin. PL31 1DD Bodmin. PL31 1DD WHAT’S ON: ⚫ DJ Mike’s Disco w. Karaoke WHAT’S ON WHATSON: : ⚫ Music system Musicsystem ⚫ Live music Livemusic ⚫ Entertainer Entertainer WHAT'S ON: DJ Mike's Di .K I 7 ⚫ Entertainer , SEEN ⚫ Fun & Games AINS ⚫ Raffle 6 ⚫ Bingo Bingo ⚫ Arts & Crafts Arts & Crafts ⚫ Workshops Workshops Entertainer Fun & Games Raffle ⚫ Tuck Shop ⚫ Pool table Pool table ⚫ Raffle Raffle ⚫ Tuck Shop Tuck Shop ; Tuck; Shop ⚫ Lots more in our varied monthly programme ⚫ Lots more in our varied weekly programme Lots more in: our varied: weekly programme Lots more in our varied monthly: programme chosen by our members’ user forum chosen by our members’ ; user forum chosen by our members’ user forum chosen by our members’ user forum MEMBERSHIP REQUIREME MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS: NTS: AGE AGE: : 16 & over (if under 18 to be accompanied by an adult) 16 & over (if under 18 to be accompanied by an adult) ABILITY: ABILITY: All abilities & age groups over 16 welcome All abilities & age groups over 16 welcome FEES: FEES: ⚫ £10 Annual membership, including the club’s own merchandise £10 Annual membership, including the club’s own merchandise ⚫ £ 2 Weekly subscription £2 Weekly subscription FURTHER INFORMATION & FURTHER INFORMATION & APPLICATION TO: APPLICATION TO: hello@horizonclub.org.uk hello@horizonclub.org.uk
ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR: THE YEAR: ⚫ Skittles at St Breward ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES ⚫ Free Funday THROUGHOUT ⚫ Walking Groups ⚫ Local Trips Other yearly activities chosen through our members’ user forum
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Our Clubs - Annual Update
What Club Members Have to Say
Bodmin & District Horizon Club
How Old is the Club?
How Many Members? 70 +
Special Events & Entertainments : ⧫ Birthday Celebrations ⧫ Coffee Mornings ⧫ Christmas Fayre ⧫ Christmas Party ⧫ Annual Quiz ⧫ Sponsored Walk ⧫ Sing & Sign Language demonstration by a regular group of members ⧫ Member User Forums: giving members a say in activities & events they’d like throughout the year
Wadebridge & District Horizon Club
How Old is the Club? Just 1 year old How Many Members? 20 + & slowly growing. It is a quieter, more intimate venue for those finding the Bodmin Club too big or who are unable to travel to Bodmin
Special Events: ⧫ Christmas Party ⧫ Celebrating Birthdays Future Plans: ⧫ Aiming to run Thursday Club Nights every fortnight ⧫ Recruit volunteers via Volunteer Cornwall & Disability newsletters and Community Day events
I see my Favorite I like the friends place in music the world
My favorite is We do lots of the Tuck shop activities The raffle is every week! Love the talent show
Love helping
Disco night at Bodmin & District Horizon Club
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Additional Activities
We aim to:
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⧫ Empower our members with new skills & hobbies
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⧫ Provide members with volunteer opportunities
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⧫ Strengthen ties with other local organisations
This Year we:
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⚫ Ran workshops in arts & crafts, music lessons & IT
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⚫ Partnered Lanhydrock National Trust to provide work on the allotments & litter picking for our members
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⚫ Fostered strong relationships with local organizations, schools & healthcare facilities
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⚫ Provided Trips to Dingles & St Breward
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⚫ Held Quizz nights & were supported by Bodmin M.A.D Community Bingo
In the Community
We aim to:
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⧫ Get our Members Out in the Community
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⧫ Raise awareness of the Clubs & their activities
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⧫ Attract new members, volunteers & supporters
This Year with our members we:
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Attended fairs & events:
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⚫ Callywith Fayre
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⚫ St Petroc Church Community Day
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⚫ HFT garden party
Ran:
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⚫ Coffee mornings
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⚫ Awards evenings
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⚫ Had ASDA’s Community Diamond Award presented to our Co-ordinator for everything done for the community
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Families, Parents & Carers
Our Volunteers
What Our Volunteers Give
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⚫ Our Clubs & Activities rely entirely on Volunteers
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⚫ We’ve 10 dedicated volunteers contributing time & energy weekly, ensuring the smooth operation of our programmes
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⚫ So a huge thanks to them for their dedication, commitment & hard work, ensuring the Clubs remain vibrant and
supportive
What they have to say
From the surveys we’ve done: Parents & Carers have let us know:
- ⚫ They’d like information on all Club activities
Parents have let us know:
- regularly & where they’ve been affected by cuts in public transport they are now themselves transporting them
⚫ Attending Club nights is embedded in their support plans
What Our Volunteers Get “In the last year we have had a fun filled calendar at the Club, pantomime, discos, craft nights and bingo. The variety the Club offers its members & the encouragement given to them to participate gives a sense of achievement & reward for me as a volunteer. Seeing the smiles on people’s faces as they arrive and watching them as they really enjoy the evening, socializing with friends, is a huge feel-good factor.” Oo Volunteers Always Needed ⚫ Various positions are available at our Clubs ⚫ Weekly, fortnightly or monthly
Carers have let us know: They’re working their rotas around Thursday nights in Bodmin so that members can attend — |
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⚫ Making a difference for others
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⚫ Helpful for going on to work in health & social care
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⚫ More information at: www.horizonclub.org.uk where there’s a Volunteer registration form to download
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Future Plans
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⧫Continue finding funding opportunities to enable members to attend our clubs & events in the face of rising transport costs & cuts to social care packages
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⧫Help to develop & support more clubs & facilities for North Cornwall & a day centre for Bodmin
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⧫More networking & collaborating with local businesses and other providers including Brandon Trust & HFT
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⧫Extending our reach with community centres, healthcare facilities and other organizations & supporting community organisations who support Horizons
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⧫Setting up an allotment with the National Trust
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⧫Organising litter-picking groups
Thanks to all Our Funders
for making all we do possible & special thanks to:
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The National Lottery Community Fund
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Baily Thomas Charitable Fund
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Asda Foundation Trust & Community Chest Funding
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Bodmin Lions Club
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Bodmin Fireworks Committee
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Cllr Leigh Frost (Bodmin)
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David Bray Funeral Company (Wadebridge)
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Cllr Robin Moorcroft (Wadebridge)
Our Governance
During the year we:
- ⧫ Updated our Constitution & Renamed the Charity
to reflect growth & future plans, to open charity membership to individuals & organisations who can support us & to clarify our powers to: (i) raise and deposit funds (ii) engage & renumerate workers iii) buy, or lease premises iv) appoint sub-committees
⧫ Elected a new Management Committee & 7 new trustees with a range of experience, knowledge & expertise as parents & carers, in the caring professions & in finance & accountancy.
- ⧫ Thanked the Outgoing Committee who oversaw the charity’s business for the first half of the year
Our Finances & Funding
Our Funding is from:
- ⚫ Charitable trusts to fund our core costs: our p/t Co-ordinator, volunteer travel costs, Club rents, website & accountancy
⚫ Small grants & donations for events and activities of the Club ⚫ Income Generation to help with Club costs - from members fees, club sales ,charity runs, bake sales & online crowdfunding Reserves policy: We aim to hold a minimum 3 months running costs to ensure (i) continuity of services (ii) sufficient cashflow to cover delays in income (iii) flexibility to cover the unexpected Risk Management Policy: Our Budget is reviewed quarterly & commitments are only made ahead where sufficient funds have been secured to ensure a positive working balance.
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FINANCIAL SUMMARY - HOW WE PERFORMED THIS YEAR
Our Treasurer this year has set up our accounts in Xero accounting software, making them easy-to-read and providing accessible profit and loss reports. Our total income for the year was £54,473 made up of restricted grants totalling £39,201 to fund our freelance Co-ordinator and the development of Bodmin & District Horizons and income of £15,272 raised from our Bodmin & Wadebridge Clubs from weekly subscriptions, memberships, club sales, raffles, small grants & donations. Our total expenditure was £46,115 with £31,217 of the restricted grants spent on our freelance Co-ordinator and £14,893 spent on Club activities. So the surplus for the year amounted to £8,358, made up of £7,984 restricted grants carrying forwards and a small profit of £374 from our Clubs.
STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES’ FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
In accordance with their responsibilities, trustees have:
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Prepared a financial account and statement for the charity’s financial year which fairly represents the receipts and payments for the period and are on a going concern basis.
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Selected suitable accounting policies and applied them consistently.
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Made judgements & accounting estimates that are reasonable & prudent.
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Ensured proper accounting records are kept and internal controls to ensure their accuracy.
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Regularly reviewed financial and operating performance.
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Made available to the charity’s Independent Examiner all the charity’s accounting records & related information necessary to carry out her work & made a full disclosure of all relevant information.
RESPECTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES OF TRUSTEES & EXAMINER
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Bodmin & District Horizons for the period ended 31 March 2025. The trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (the Act).
I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commissioners 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 material respect: • accounting records were not in accordance with section 130 of the Act; and
I have no concerns & have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
C L Muskett My Tax Hero 22 Trenant Gardens Signed Date: 10/ 9/ 2025 Wadebridge Cornwall PL27 6GG
ACCOUNTS for Year Ending 31/3/2025
INCOME 2024/25 £
| INCOME ~~L~~ |
2024/25 £/25 £25 £ ~~L~~ |
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| Restricted Grants | |
| National Lottery- Awards for All | 20,000.00 |
| National Lottery- ReachingCommunities | 14,201.00 |
| BailyThomas Chariable Fund | 5,000.00 |
| 39,201.00 | |
| Earned Income | |
| Members subscriptions | 5,557.32 |
| Club Sales | 5,181.34 |
| Small Grants & Donations | 2,904.00 |
| Fundraising,Bank Interest & Other Income | 1,629.63 |
| 15,272.29 | |
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| Total Income ~~Ld~~ |
54,473.29 ~~Ld~~ |
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| EXPENDITURE ~~L~~ |
2024/25 £ ~~L~~ |
| ~~LLo~~ | ~~LLo~~ |
| Freelance Co-ordinator ~~Lo~~ |
31,217.00 ~~Lo~~ |
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| Clubs | |
| Entertainmenmt | 2,427.23 |
| Volunteer Payments | 1,394.75 |
| Tuck ShopPurchases | 1,346.58 |
| Raffle Prizes,Seasonal Gifts,Fundraising | 4,369.40 |
| Rents | 1,431.92 |
| Office,Stationery,Insurance,Other | 3,928.53 |
| Total Clubs | 14,898.41 |
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| Total Expenditure ~~Lo~~ |
46,115.41 ~~Lo~~ |
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| Excess of Expenditure Over Income for Period ~~:~~ |
8,357.88 ~~:~~ |
| Funds Carrying Forwards at 31st March'24: ~~:~~ |
23,796.35 ~~:~~ |
| TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARDS ~~:~~ |
32,154.23 ~~:~~ |
| of which: ~~:~~ |
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| -Restricted Funds: National Lottery ~~:~~ |
12,757.80 ~~:~~ |
| -Unrestricted Funds ~~:~~ |
19,396.43 ~~:~~ |
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| REPRESENTED BY: ~~:~~ |
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| Cash at Bank at 31st March 2025 ~~:~~ |
31,950.75 ~~:~~ |
| Cash in hand at 31/3/2025 ~~:~~ |
203.48 ~~:~~ |
| ~~:~~ | 32,154.23 ~~:~~ |
INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS’S STATEMENT • accounting records were not in accordance with section 130 of the Act; and • the accounts do not accord with the accounting records. C L Muskett My Tax Hero 22 Trenant Gardens Signed 0. Heil
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