
## **Trustees’ Annual  Report  2020-21** 

**Period from: 01 April 2020 to 31 March 2021** 

**Charity name: Havering Shopmobility Association** 

**Charity registration number: 1051614** 

|**Objectives   and  Activities**|**Objectives   and  Activities**||
|---|---|---|
||SORP<br>reference||
|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|To relieve people with mobility problems within the London<br>Borough of Havering and other areas, by the provision of<br>mobility related equipment for use whilst shopping or visiting<br>Romford Town Centre, and its environs;<br>To facilitate mobility and travel for longer periods of use as<br>required at, or away from home, and to use on short breaks and<br>holidays worldwide.|
|Summary<br>of<br>the<br>main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities,<br>projects<br>or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17<br>and 1.19|The main activities of the charity are the provision of electric<br>scooters, electric wheelchairs, manual wheelchairs and walkers<br>for people who have limited mobility for use when visiting<br>Romford Town Centre.<br>We provide equipment for short term or longer use for people<br>with temporary or permanent mobility needs and for use on<br>holiday.<br>We also sell some disability and mobility aids.|
|Statement<br>confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued<br>by<br>the<br>Charity<br>Commission<br>on<br>public<br>benefit.|Para 1.18|The trustees have complied with their duty to have due regard<br>to the guidance on public benefit published by the Charity<br>Commission.|



|**Additional information (optional)**|**Additional information (optional)**||
|---|---|---|
||SORP<br>reference||
|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|Havering Shopmobility does not give financial grants.|
|Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment|Para 1.38|Havering Shopmobility does not make financial investments.|
|Contribution<br>made<br>by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38|Havering Shopmobility is reliant on our team of dedicated<br>volunteers who deliver our services. Without them, we simply<br>could not operate.  In 2020-21 many of our 35 volunteers<br>continued to support our service delivery despite the challenges<br>of Covid-related closures of our two shops.|



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## **Achievements  and  Performance** 

|**Achievements  and  Performance**|**Achievements  and  Performance**|**Achievements  and  Performance**|
|---|---|---|
||SORP<br>reference||
|Summary<br>of<br>the<br>main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|We give our users independence to use and enjoy all the<br>shopping, leisure and health facilities within Romford and further<br>afield. They benefit from their retained independence and<br>reduced isolation, whilst the local economy also benefits from<br>their spending power, which would otherwise be lost.|



|**Additional information (optional)**|**Additional information (optional)**||
|---|---|---|
|Achievements<br>against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41|Our services were significantly affected by the Covid-related<br>closures but re-opened in a Covid safe way at the earliest<br>opportunity following each closure.  Achievements this year<br>relates more to survival than statistics.<br>In the last year our equipment - electric scooters, electric<br>wheelchairs and manual wheelchairs - was used on a total of<br>7966 times.<br>A programme of replacing our older equipment was suspended<br>due to the need to constrain expenditure.|
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41|Trustees’ financial strategy is to raise sufficient funds to ensure<br>the continued viability of the charity.  As such Trustees have not<br>set objectives or fundraising targets. There has been little fund<br>raising in the last year due to Covid restrictions and that the<br>charity’s services were closed for most of the year. In the last<br>year £810 was raised net of costs.|
|Investment<br>performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41|Havering Shopmobility does not make financial investments.|



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|**Financial  Review**|||
|---|---|---|
||SORP<br>reference||
|Review<br>of<br>the<br>charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|From a financial point of view, we have weathered the problems<br>of closedown very well.  This is mainly due to the financial<br>support provided through government schemes.  Without this<br>the charity would have had to draw on reserves to a significant<br>degree.  The bank balance at the end of the year was £118,013.<br>Total Income was £110,780, and our Expenditure was £51,007.<br>Our reserves exceed the Trustee’s Policy on Reserves which is<br>to maintain one year’s operating costs.|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The Trustee’s policy is to transfer funds not required for short<br>term use to an interest-bearing account with Metro Bank.<br>The Trustee’s policy on reserves is to maintain a sum equal to<br>one year’s operating costs, as a reserve.  This is to ensure the<br>longer term financial stability of the charity in the current<br>economic uncertainties.  This will need careful monitoring as<br>income will be significantly reduced until user numbers recover.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£109,787 (greater than one year’s operating costs)|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|Havering Shopmobility holds reserves.|
|Details of funds materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|No funds are in deficit.|
|Explanation<br>of<br>any<br>uncertainties<br>about<br>the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|Covid restrictions has significantly reduced the routine hire of<br>our equipment during closedown periods and has been slow to<br>recover since lockdown restrictions have eased.  This has had<br>a consequent impact on income.  The charity has sufficient<br>reserves that this will not affect the financial viability of the<br>charity in the short term but will need to be monitored for the<br>future, and strategies developed accordingly.|



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|**Additional information (optional)**|**Additional information (optional)**||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|The<br>charity’s<br>principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47|The charity’s principal sources of funding and the sums<br>generated in the last year are :<br>•<br>User Subscriptions               £   1,908<br>•<br>Hire charges                         £   5,672<br>•<br>Sales & commissions          £       627 (net of costs)<br>•<br>Donations and fund raising  £      327 (net of costs)<br>These are very significantly lower than the previous year.|||
|Investment<br>policy<br>and<br>objectives<br>including<br>any<br>social<br>investment<br>policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46|Havering Shopmobility does not make financial investments.|||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|Risk Item|Minor Event|Major Event|
|||Loss of Equipment|Non return/theft|Fire/theft/<br>destruction|
|||Loss of Finances|Theft/Pilfering/Error|Theft/Fraud<br>Bank collapse|
|||Loss of Premises|Partial damage or<br>destruction|Damage or<br>destruction<br>Withdrawal of use|
|||Loss of Staff|Illness, absence,<br>vacancy|Extended<br>absence.<br>Loss of all staff at<br>the same time|
|||Loss of Volunteers|Availability<br>Gradual decline|Extended<br>absence.<br>Loss of all staff at<br>the same time|
|||Loss of Trustees|Availability<br>Gradual decline||
|||Loss of Information|System failure<br>Accidental loss  or<br>erasure<br>Intentional|System loss<br>Accidental loss  or<br>erasure<br>Intentional|
|||Reputational<br>Damage|Bad publicity<br>Scandal||



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|**Structure, Governance  and Management**|**Structure, Governance  and Management**|**Structure, Governance  and Management**|
|---|---|---|
|Description of charity’s trusts:|SORP<br>reference||
|Type of governing document|Para 1.25|Constitution adopted on 5th December 1995, as amended on<br>25th March 1998, 2nd July 2009, 30thJune 2014, 15 July 2019<br>and 20 October 2020.|
|How<br>is<br>the<br>charity<br>constituted?|Para 1.25|An unincorporated Association|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including<br>details<br>of<br>any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled to<br>appoint one or more trustees|Para 1.25|Trustees are appointed from members by the AGM of<br>members or a meeting of trustees on the recommendation of<br>an Appointments Panel of Trustees. Officers are elected from<br>trustees at the AGM.|
||||
|**Additional information (optional)**|||
|Policies<br>and<br>procedures<br>adopted for the induction and<br>training of trustees|Para 1.51|Newly appointed trustees are provided with a portfolio of<br>information on the organisation, the role of a trustee, key policies<br>and procedures and key information.<br>Trustees have adopted a Medium Term Plan following a review<br>of objectives, the skills needed to deliver these and an audit of<br>current and required skills and commitment.  Portfolios of<br>responsibility have been agreed to use to recruit new trustees<br>and new trustees have been appointed.|
|The charity’s organisational<br>structure<br>and<br>any<br>wider<br>network with which the charity<br>works|Para 1.51|Trustees meet on a quarterly basis and receive formal reports<br>on policy, resources, finance, reports of sub committees and<br>operational performance.<br>Trustees established three sub committees to do the work –<br>Performance and Development to deal with how services are<br>delivered and future direction; Membership and Staffing to look<br>after the appointment of trustees, staff and volunteers; and<br>Fund Raising to oversee the raising of monies essential to<br>maintain our services.<br>A Mission Statement and Values were agreed by trustees on<br>19 January 2015.<br>The charity’s day-to-day operations are led by a full time<br>manager supported by a part-time assistant manager with<br>additional management support as the need arises.  Services<br>are largely delivered by our volunteers who work as a team in<br>shift patterns.<br>Services delivery is co-ordinated by a management team<br>comprising the Chairman, Deputy Chairman/Treasurer and<br>Manager meeting bi-monthly.<br>The charity maintains networking relationships with similar<br>organisations in the voluntary and statutory sectors, and with<br>local trading and community organisations.|
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51|Havering Shopmobility is not related to any other party.|



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|**Reference  and Administrative details**|**Reference  and Administrative details**|
|---|---|
|Charity name|Havering Shopmobility Association|
|Other name the charity uses|Havering Shopmobility|
|Registered charity number|1051614|
|Charity’s principal address|Havering Shopmobility<br>1 The Brewery, Waterloo Road,<br>Romford,  RM1 1AU|



|**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**|**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**|**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**|**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**|**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Trustee name**||**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**<br>**whole year**|**Name of person        (or**<br>**body) entitled to**<br>**appoint trustee (if any)**|
|1|Michael JOYCE||Chairman|Re-elected 15 July 2019|The  AGM or the<br>Trustees|
|2|Jackie TOKLEY||Deputy Chairman<br>& Treasurer|Re-elected 15 July 2019|The  AGM or the<br>Trustees|
|3|Brian SAUNDERS|||Re-elected 15 July 2019|The  AGM or the<br>Trustees|
|4|Christine FOLAN|||Re-elected 15 July 2019|The  AGM or the<br>Trustees|
|5|Gillian COLVIN|||Re-elected 15 July 2019|The  AGM or the<br>Trustees|
|6|Elaine GREEN|||Re-elected 15 July 2019|The  AGM or the<br>Trustees|
|6|Michael MITCHELL|||Re-elected 15 July 2019|The  AGM or the<br>Trustees|
|8|Jacky DANILOVIC|||Elected 15 July 2019;<br>deceased 28 March 2021|The  AGM or the<br>Trustees|
|9|Adrian SHERIDAN|||Appointed 18 January 2021|The  AGM or the<br>Trustees|
|10|Jack WEBB|||Appointed 18 January 2021|The  AGM or the<br>Trustees|
|11|Peter MILLWARD|||Appointed 18 January 2021|The  AGM or the<br>Trustees|
|12|Vacant|||||
|||||||
|**Corporate trustees – names **|||**of the directors at the date the report was approved**|||
|Director name||||||
|None||||||
|||||||
|**Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity**||||||
|Trustee name||Dates acted if not for whole year||||
|None||||||



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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity 

Description of the assets held in this capacity None Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how None this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from None the charity’s own assets 

## **Additional information (optional)** 

|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**<br>**Type of adviser**<br>**Name**<br>**Address**<br>Independent Financial Examiner<br>Mr John Percy<br>c/o Havering Shopmobility|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**<br>**Type of adviser**<br>**Name**<br>**Address**<br>Independent Financial Examiner<br>Mr John Percy<br>c/o Havering Shopmobility|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**<br>**Type of adviser**<br>**Name**<br>**Address**<br>Independent Financial Examiner<br>Mr John Percy<br>c/o Havering Shopmobility|
|---|---|---|
||**Name**|**Address**|
||Mr John Percy|c/o Havering Shopmobility|
||||



## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

Ms Mandy Bunn, Manager 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details None 

## **Other optional information** 

Intentionally blank 

## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

|**Declarations**|**Declarations**|**Declarations**|
|---|---|---|
|**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**<br>**Signed** **on behalf of the charity’s trustees**|||
|**Signature**|||
|**Full name**|Michael JOYCE|Jacqueline TOKLEY|
|**Position**|Chairman|Deputy Chairman & Treasurer|
|**Date**|18thOctober 2021|18th October 2021|



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## **Charity Name HAVERING SHOPMOBILITY ASSOCIATION** 

**No. 1051614** 

## **Receipts and payments accounts** 

## **CC16a** 

**For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 1st April 2020 31st March 2021 

## **Section A Receipts and payments** 

|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest      £**<br>**5,672**<br>**1,908**<br>**136**<br>**276**<br>**143**<br>**474**<br>**199**<br> **-**<br>**1,312**<br> **-**<br>**100**<br>**80,716**<br>**19,657**<br>**187**<br>**110,780**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br>**-**<br> **110,780**<br>**258**<br>**1,381**<br>**997**<br>**1,896**<br>**4,669**<br>**-**<br>**763**<br>**37,608**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**349**<br>**110**<br>**182**<br>**638**<br>**70**<br>**320**<br>**1,318**<br>**280**<br>**169**<br> **51,007**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**51,007**<br>**59,773**<br> **59,000**<br>**6,505**<br>**125,278**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**5,672**<br>**1,908**<br>**136**<br>**276**<br>**143**<br>**474**<br>**199**<br> **-**<br>**1,312**<br> **-**<br>**100**<br>**80,716**<br>**19,657**<br>**187**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br>**110,780**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br>**-**<br>**110,780**<br>**258**<br>**1,381**<br>**997**<br>**1,896**<br>**4,669**<br>**-**<br>**763**<br>**37,608**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**349**<br>**110**<br>**182**<br>**638**<br>**70**<br>**320**<br>**1,318**<br>**280**<br>**169**<br>**51,007**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**51,007**<br>**59,773**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**5,672**<br>**1,908**<br>**136**<br>**276**<br>**143**<br>**474**<br>**199**<br> **-**<br>**1,312**<br> **-**<br>**100**<br>**80,716**<br>**19,657**<br>**187**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br>**110,780**<br> **-**<br> **-**<br>**-**<br>**110,780**<br>**258**<br>**1,381**<br>**997**<br>**1,896**<br>**4,669**<br>**-**<br>**763**<br>**37,608**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**349**<br>**110**<br>**182**<br>**638**<br>**70**<br>**320**<br>**1,318**<br>**280**<br>**169**<br>**51,007**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**51,007**<br>**59,773**|**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Equipment Hires|**5,672**|||||**30,402**|
|MembershipNew / renew|**1,908**|||||**6,692**|
|Promotions & shopsales|**136**|||||**993**|
|Collection Tins & donations|**276**|||||**554**|
|Raffles & Fundraising|**143**|||||**4,854**|
|Shopmob Sales|**474**|||||**5,000**|
|First Step|**199**|||||**1,658**|
|Angel sales|**-**|||||**2,525**|
|Insurance Refund|**1,312**|||||**1,256**|
|Acorn Commision|**-**|||||**229**|
|Sundry|**100**|||||**1,281**|
|LBH Grants(Brewery& Liberty|**80,716**|||||**-**|
|JRS Grant(Furlough)|**19,657**|||||**-**|
|Refunds|**187**|||||**-**|
|||||||**-**|
|||||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|**110,780**|||||**55,444**|
||||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**|||||||
||**-**||||||
||**-**<br>|||||**-**|
|~~**_Sub total_**~~|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_ **<br>~~**A3 Payments**~~|||||||
|||||||**55,444**|
||||||||
|<br>Equipment Maintenance|**258**|||||**3,164**|
|Office Equip Maintenance|**1,381**|||||**1,119**|
|Stationery|**997**|||||**999**|
|Phone & Internet|**1,896**|||||**1,644**|
|Insurance|**4,669**|||||**-**|
|Training / FirstAid|**-**|||||**10**|
|CCTV / Security   (Both Shops)|**763**|||||**-**|
|Salaries & HMRC Payments|**37,608**|||||**36,511**|
|New Telephone/Computers|**-**|||||**-**|
|PAT Testing|**-**|||||**120**|
|Sanitary Waste|**349**|||||**326**|
|Parkng Permits|**110**|||||**110**|
|Stock For Resale|**182**|||||**5,428**|
|Petty Cash|**638**|||||**1,136**|
|Sundry|**70**|||||**173**|
|Christmas Do / Vouchers|**320**|||||**788**|
|Covid SafetyMeasures(PPE,Screens,Gel etc.)|**1,318**|||||**-**|
|Cash Withdrawal for Reopening|**280**|||||**-**|
|Miscellaneous|**169**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**51,007**|||||**51,528**|
||||||||
|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**|||||||
||**-**|||||**5,016**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**5,016**|
|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||
|||||||**56,544**|
||||||||
||**59,773**|**-**|**-**|**59,773**||**-                1,100**|
||**59,000**|**-**|**-**|**59,000**||**4,984 **|
||**6,505**|**-**|**-**|**6,505**||**2,621**|
||**125,278**|**-**|**-**|**125,278**||**6,505**|



CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

20/10/2021 

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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**|Barclays bank account  ***046<br>Metro bank  account     ****023<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>**Details**||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**||**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
||||**7,096**||||**-**|
||||**182**||**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||||**7,278**||**-**||**-**|
||||||||OK|
||||||||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
||Metro instant access savings   *****413||**35,069**||**-**||**-**|
||Metro 90-day notice savings     *****687||**50,666**||**-**||**-**|
||Barclays instant access savings  ***849||**24,000**||**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||Signature<br>None<br>Equipment pre 2020 depreciated by 20%<br>Equipment pre 2021 depreciated by 20%<br>Shop Stock at approximate valuation<br>**Details**<br>none<br>**Details**<br>Equipment pre 2018 depreciated by 20%<br>Equipment pre 2019 depreciated by 20%<br>Office equipment<br>**Details**||**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>unrestricted<br>**-**<br>unrestricted<br>**-**<br>unrestricted<br>**-**<br>unrestricted<br>**-**<br>unrestricted<br>**-**<br>unrestricted<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name<br>Mr Michael Joyce<br>Mrs Jackie Tokley||||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
||||||||**-**|
||||||||**-**|
||||||||**-**|
||||||||**-**|
||||||||**-**|
||||||||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
||||||||**9,200**|
||||||||**3,440**|
||||||||**1,440**|
||||||||**4,012**|
||||||||**2,000**|
||||||||**500**|
||||||||**When due**<br>**(optional)**|
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||||||||Date of<br>approval|
||||Mr Michael Joyce||||18/10/2021|
||||Mrs Jackie Tokley||||18/10/2021|



CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 

20/10/2021 

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## **Havering Shopmobility 2020/21 accounts.** 

## **Independent Examiner’s Report to the Charity Commission.** 

**Charity Name & Number:** Havering Shopmobility **1051614 Accounting year:** 1st April 2020 – 31 March 2021 

## **Opening statement:** 

As the nominated Independent Examiner for Havering Shopmobility’s 2020/21 accounts I confirm that: 

- The charity is not a Company. 

- The charity’s gross income is less than £250,000 

- The charity is not VAT registered. 

- The charity’s governing document (its constitution) does not require “accrual” accounts nor professional auditing/examination. 

- The accounts have been prepared on a ”receipts & payment” basis. 

- The charity’s trustees have elected to have an Independent Examination of the accounts. 

- I, acting as the Independent Examiner, declare that I am neither a trustee nor do I have any close relationship with any trustee of the charity. 

This report should be read in conjunction with the Charity Commission’s reporting form CC16a. 

## **Report.** 

I am confident that the end of year accounts report (form CC16a) accurately reflects the accounts maintained by the charity (Havering Shopmobility) throughout the 2020/21 accounting year. 

The charity’s personnel have fully cooperated with my examination of the accounts and provided all the relevant documentation that I requested (bank statements, till receipts, cheque book etc), and it is clear that they have been diligent in maintaining the accounts in a comprehensive and transparent fashion. 

In support of my examination of the accounts, I prepared a check list of items to be inspected and/or confirmed - a copy of which I can provide should you request it. 

The Covid19 pandemic, and the government restrictions that came with it, made 2020/21 a turbulent year for Havering Shopmobility. The imposition of two “lock-downs” meant that the charity had to close its doors with a subsequent loss of income whilst the fixed overheads still had to be paid. Further, the need to provide Personal Protection Equipment along with perspex screens etc. imposed additional costs in excess of £1,300. Fortunately, the charity benefitted from Central and Local Government support grants, otherwise the charity would have recorded a deficit of around £40,000 for the 2020/21 financial year. 

Havering Shopmobility’s 2020/21 total income was £110,780 (of which £99,373 was Government support) with outgoings of £51,007 resulting in an operating surplus of £59,773. However, I have informed the charity that this is an entirely artificial number and that although it has boosted their reserves, it should be recognised that if further Covid restrictions are imposed it is unlikely that the government will provide further support, and that they may need to call upon these reserves to fund the organisation. 

It is clear that the charity’s leadership team took decisive action over the Covid crisis by postponing replacement of equipment (mobility scooters); supplying PPE to the staff; installing screening; limiting contact with others; preparing and initiating a Covid protocol etc. Further, they made plans so as to be able to resume operating ASAP following lifting of the government’s restrictions. On the financial side, as soon as “lock-down” was imposed they applied for central government and local government financial support. 

As required by the Charity Commission’s guide lines, the bank balance shown for both the start and end of the financial year has been declared as a “net” amount ie. the bank balance as shown on the bank statement less: 

- Any un-presented cheques (there are none, since the charity has adopted electronic payments) 

- Any other liabilities against the charity (eg. unpaid bills) – of which there are none. 

There have been no asset sales during this accounting period. However, the electric mobility equipment has been written down (depreciated) by approx. 20% primarily due to ageing. 

## **End of report** 

Mr J. Percy 54 Fairfield Ave Upminster Dated: 14[th] October 2021 Essex   RM14 3AY Tel: 01708 640755 

