
**ANNUAL REPORT YEAR END 31MARCH2022** 


**An established innovative community hub providing vital support for Northampton communities.** 

**Based in the heart of the Northampton Enterprise Zone, a Centre for Business and Enterprise where all profits are dedicated to the social benefit of disadvantaged and vulnerable people.** 


## **Multi-Award-Winning Organisation** 

_‘Queens Award for Voluntary Service 2020’ MBE for Volunteer Groups ‘Freedom of the Borough Award 2021’ Northampton Borough Council ‘Heritage Award for Special Project 2021’ Northamptonshire Heritage Forum ‘Rose of Northamptonshire Award 2021’ Northamptonshire County Council 'Lifetime Achievement Award 2016' Northamptonshire Community Foundation ‘Multiple Arts Awards 2010, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018’ Northampton Carnival & Cultural Arts_ 1 _‘Quality Assurance: ‘Silver Charter Mark’ & 'Bronze NRCSE'_ 



## **SCCYC IMPACT REPORT** 

_SCCYC started to relaunch regular services from September 2021, after pandemic restrictions eased and the Waterside Connect Centre neared completed._ 


_**1000 People were indirectly supported by SCCYC Services**_ 

_**3 SCCYC Service Recognition Awards 2 Volunteer Recognition Awards**_ 

_**300 People were directly supported by SCCYC Welfare Service**_ 


_**300 accessed venue hire - new Social Enterprise Hub**_ 

_**70 people Volunteered in SCCYC Services, £30,000 value of volunteering hours**_ 



_**55 People directly supported by SCCYC Health & Well-being Services**_ 

_**5,000+ People indirectly supported by SCCYC awareness services, events  and digital communication**_ 

_**70 People supported by SCCYC Education & Training Services**_ 



_**500 People directly supported by SCCYC Food Aid Service and healthy food**_ 


_**30 Supporters & Partnerships**_ 


_**700 visited the Sikh Museum Northampton**_ 

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**SCCYC RECOGNITION AWARDS** 

**SCCYC was honoured to gain 3 prestigious awards this year, what a wonderful way to celebrate SCCYC’s 25[th] Birthday!** 

## **‘Queens Award for Voluntary Service – MBE for Voluntary Groups’ - Recognised for substantial contribution to the Town!** 

Sikh Community Centre & Youth Club (SCCYC) were honoured to be presented with the ‘Queens Award for Voluntary Service’ on September 26th, which was secured in June 2020. The presentation was made by James Watson Saunders, the Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire at SCCYC’s 25[th] Anniversary celebrations. 

## **The Freedom of the Borough Award – Highest Honour Bestowed by a Town Council!** 


The Freedom of the Borough is the highest honour that a Council can bestow, and the tradition is maintained as a means whereby public recognition may be given to the recipients as an expression of the highest esteem in which they are held by the Council and people of the Borough. 


The  recognition was for long standing, eminent and diverse services to the people of the Town, services such as welfare, food aid, wellbeing, education, social and heritage services and projects. 


## **Heritage Award for Special Project –** 

## **A legacy devolved in the midst of the pandemic!** 

SCCYC’s Sikh Museum Northampton won the heritage award for successfully completing a Museum capital project and numerous exhibitions during the pandemic! It is a valuable educational and enjoyable resource, a legacy for the whole town and for future generations. 


**HRH The Princess  Royal officially opened the Waterside Centre –** 

Her Royal Highness officially opened the newly built Centre, and learned about the diverse poverty services, discussed the new Sikh Museum plans and spoke to the management boards, volunteers, and staff about the good work entailed. 

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**SCCYC BACKGROUND** 

## **Background** 


The Sikh Community Centre & Youth Club (SCCYC) was formed in 1996 to provide services that other organisations were unable to provide to Sikhs living in Northamptonshire. SCCYC is now recognised as an innovative and strong forefront organisation that provides quality services to the Sikh, local and wider communities of Northamptonshire. 

## **The Vision** 

SCCYC exists to meet the support, social, educational, health and cultural needs of the community by involving community members in shaping their own lives. 

## **Mission** 

To develop a multi agency and cross sector resource centre in Northampton that provides a one-stop solution to: 

- REDUCE social deprivation & exclusion, low levels of skills, social isolation; 

- RAISE educational standards; 

- IMPROVE health, employment opportunities, household incomes and; 

- SUPPORT SME business regeneration and diversification pathways leading to vibrant community regeneration and strengthening of the local neighbourhood. 

## **Aims & Objectives** 

To improve the quality of life of all inhabitants of Northamptonshire through the structured provision of support services and development activities to diverse backgrounds in a safe environment.  Specific aims are to: 

- Enhance the lives of those who live, work and learn in the local area 

- Provide facilities that are affordable and accessible to the local community 

- Be a centre of excellence and a role model for organisations in Northamptonshire 

- Make SCCYC appealing to businesses, local people and clubs as a venue for meetings, events and activities 

- Achieve community cohesion by supporting activities that allow individuals of different backgrounds to share experiences 

- Preserve Sikh-Punjabi heritage, leaving a legacy for future genertions to learn and enjoy. 

## **SCCYC Waterside Connect** 

**SCCYC’s Community Hub, the ‘Waterside-Connect Centre’ on St James Mill Road is complete. The Centre is centrally located in the Waterside Enterprise Zone and  serves residents from inner Town Centre, St James Ward, Castle Ward, as well as the Sikh Community and wider BAME communities of Northamptonshire.** 

**Our diverse beneficiaries reside in the lowest 1%-10% indices for multiple deprivation: severe poverty, mental and physical health inequality and face isolation and migration challenges.** 

**Our stakeholders have requested the expansion and tailoring of existing services for an all-round approach under one roof.** 

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## **SCCYC MANAGEMENT** 

## **Trustees and Management Board** 

SCCYC Structure includes executive trustees that are responsible for the overall assets of SCCYC. Harinder Singh, Nirmal Chandi and Sean Sidhu-Brar are local multi-business people, Amarjit Atwal, a director at Chamber of Commerce and logistics and Charanjit Grewal, a retired social worker. 

SCCYC’s Management Board is a strong, long standing and successful combination of people with professional backgrounds, experiences and diverse skills. They continually strive to provide robust governance, strong leadership, and structured systems and policies towards achieving a professional organisation. The team welcomes innovation and creativity to achieve its goals of a flourishing charity that benefits all communities. 

|Chair|Harjinder Kooner|Managing Director, HSBC Bank plc|
|---|---|---|
|Secretary|Kuljit Bhangra|Actuary - Associate Director|
|Treasurer|Jagjit Shairi|Management Accountant|
|Vice Treasurer|Tarndeep Minhas|Clinical Representative|
|Fundraising|Amarit Sandhu|Chartered Accountant|
|IT Systems|Rupinder Thind|Senior Architect|
|Elders Services|Charanjit Grewal|Retired Social Worker|
|Youth Service|Harpreet Jawanda|University Student|
|Children’s Services|Manjinder Atwal|Primary School Teaching Assistant|



## **Our Volunteer Leaders** 

SCCYC is a volunteer led organisation with an average of 70 regular committed volunteers from diverse communities and age ranges. The volunteers are provided with inductions, certified training, leadership opportunities, expenses, appreciation events and achievement awards. We also provide references, opportunity to enhance CVS’s and goals coaching. The volunteers are key in the planning, implementation and evaluation of services. SCCYC’s Volunteering Scheme contains robust structures and a volunteer recruitment pack to equip volunteers to lead services. 

## **Our Management Staff** 

Our Development Manager, has 19 years' experience of successfully devising strategy and securing funding towards services, organisational development and managing SCCYC operations. She has completed a Specialist Degree in ‘Managing Voluntary & Community Organisations’ in order to implement our continued growth and sustainability plans. 

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**SCCYC PARTNERSHIPS** 

SCCYC would like to thank its local, regional and national partners. SCCYC volunteers and staff dedicate a substantial amount of time and effort to build strong partnerships with all sectors: funding bodies, voluntary, public and private sectors. This is vital to SCCYC’s strength and to fulfilling its aims and values, as follows: 

- ➢ Support disadvantage and vulnerable communities 

- ➢ Provide specialist cultural support to BAME communities 

- ➢ To promote community cohesion 

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_**“….Positive impact of their work and activities which include direct support services for all communities in addressing poverty”.**_ 

Rachel McGrath, Deputy CEO Northamptonshire Community Foundation 


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## **A HEART FELT THANK YOU!** 

**To our vast and diverse** 

**Partners I Funders I Volunteers I Businesses I Organisations I Clients I Staff** 

**For helping us a make a difference to peoples lives and the town.** 

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**SCCYC STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK** 


SCCYC conduct annual stakeholder surveys and continual feedback from service users to ensure needs led services are delivered. 

## **Service Needs:** 

- ➢ All rounded, tailored, personalised support for effective and long term impacting in addressing multiple complex issues 

- ➢ Food/resource bank and healthy meals to meet critical poverty needs 

- ➢ Heritage workshops to teach core values, promote community cohesion and educational use 

- ➢ Elderly interaction programmes to combat isolation and improve wellbeing 

- ➢ Youth social action projects and youth room to support young people in a safe place 

- ➢ Womens services to address multiple issues and provide connection and social events for enjoyment 

- ➢ Volunteering, education and training to build employment skills toward independent living 

- ➢ Physical and mental wellbeing activities to improve health and wellbeing 

- ➢ Organic food growing & cookery skills towards sustainable healthy living 

- ➢ Transport to pick up elderly and physically and emotionally disadvantaged people to access services 

_“I just wanted to extend a big thank you for your help and support, you have kept me sane, put food on the table and helped by providing me learning and courses to improve employability. Thank you for all that you do. Lots of love”._ 

V.L. XX 

_**“Your hard work in the community and the way that you work with your volunteers is exemplary.  The impact on the community is immense and as goes with this kind of work, beyond what you can measure.**_ 

_**Peoples lives are saved and changed and reactions to your news is an example of your reputation built up over years of hard work.  Service driven by your faith is evident in all you do.  It is a special and precious gift from you to the town**_ 

_**– Thank you!”**_ 

**Rachel Mallows MBE, Vice Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire** 

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## **Connecting Critical Communities 3 Year Programme** 


_**Annual Feedback over 10 years showed a gap in local globalised service provision. There has been an urgent need for personalised support for vulnerable people, particularly BAME communities that have language barriers and cultural empathy needs to progress from start to finish.**_ 

Ye _**To address this long standing gap, and to address the even more critical issues caused by the pandemic - SCCYC took action to delivery a needs led, personalised 3 year ‘Connecting Critical Programme’, £340,026 funded by National Lottery Reaching Communities fund.**_ 

Programme Aims: 

- ➢ A programme to transition disadvantaged and vulnerable people from critical issues towards resilience 

- ➢ Full cost recovery of programme running costs to enable personalised support to meet all needs 

- ➢ Sustainability planning through capacity building strategies and social enterprises 

Six months programme delivery outcomes £69,000 (October 2022-March 2023) include: 

- ➢ Robust programme planning, monitoring, evaluation and reporting systems in place for year 1 

- ➢ Recruitment and training for contractors and volunteers to deliver needs led responsive activities 

- ➢ Six months of successful delivery of the critical services which include Food Aid, Welfare service, vital wellbeing activities. 

- ➢ Set up of a Social Enterprise Hub to work towards sustaining services and sustaining the organisation. 

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**SCCYC POVERTY SERVICE** 


had a detrimental impact to many people’s lives financially, health wise, social isolation impacting wellbeing and the unfortunate  loss of lives. 

Two years later, the Food Aid and welfare service is still a large-scale operation with the support of diverse volunteers, communities, supportive partnerships and dedicated support staff.  SCCYC Food Aid works in a multi-agency approach providing: weekly food parcels, hot food, vital resources and equipment. As a result of joining the Food Aid Alliance, we have secured County Council funding to expand and improve the service. 


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## **SCCYC Poverty Campaigns:** 

- ➢ **Warmer Winter Appeal:** clothing and sleeping bags for the rough sleepers.  Woollies for families. 

- ➢ **Christmas Gifts Appeal:** Toys, toiletries and chocolates to bring seasonal smiles to beneficiaries. 

- ➢ **Oxygen Fundraiser** for communities which continued to suffer from the pandemic in India. 

- ➢ **Advocating for Food Aid Funding** for all Food Banks on Anglia TV and wider press, to address a shortage of public sector funding for Food aid services 

## **SCCYC Food Growing Project:** 

Volunteers have started groundworks to grow organic vegetables, fruit and herbs so that all communities can access fresh healthy hot food from the community kitchen. 


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**SCCYC WELFARE SERVICE** 

_**50**_ poverty disadvantaged and vulnerable people have been directly supported with referrals, sign posting and be-friending this year.  Issues range from benefits issues, financial difficulty, addictions, housing, mental and physical health, domestic violence, interpersonal abuse and BAME women have been provided with culture specific support. 

_**350**_ people accessed Sunday Support Surgeries which raise awareness of issues and support available 

## **Issues faced by service users:** 

- ➢ lack of language and cultural and issues empathy 

- ➢ Welfare guidance support not available 

- ➢ Lack of addictions support 

- ➢ Lack of mental heath support 


- ➢ Lack of council and rented housing support 

- ➢ Debt advice: consolidation of loans 

- ➢ Overall Lack of support from Social Services, particularly for abuse victims 

## **CASE STUDY –** 

In order to help this beneficiary a detailed support plan was compiled and regularly reviewed. **SCCYC Welfare service assisted a vulnerable woman who desperately needed from multiple complex issues. She was from an abusive relationship, she was self harming and suffered from anxiety, depression, OCD.** 

**We listened to her and befriended her, built trust which made her feel comfortable. We provided her with a SIM card for mobile credit to communicate with us; resolved her benefits issues by working with DWP, We  referred her to Adult Social Care, mental health team and we sign posted her to counselling services, self-help apps, free skills courses, and a crisis café.** 

**The woman has gained confidence, received benefits, learned skills and working towards independent living.** 

_**“I would not have been able to turn my life around if it weren’t for your welfare support.**_ 

_**Thank you!”**_ 

## **SCCYC Education & Training** 

_**11**_ unemployed people including vulnerable volunteers gained confidence and soft skills in a supportive environment. Certified training in 1[ST] Aid, Food Safety, Manual Handling and Safeguarding has been provided for free towards skills development and to enhance CV’s to source employment. 


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## **SCCYC HEALTH & WELLBEING SERVICE** 


_**16**_ BAME Women accessed **Indian Yoga** gaining flexibility, physical and emotional health benefits. They learned about benefits to their health and glad for the social interaction after the covid-19 isolations. 

_**6**_ Women attended regular meditation and coaching sessions to help them relax, share experiences and focus on their personal and professional goals. 

_**24**_ BAME Women accessed **Punjabi Step Exercises** to keep flexible, fit, connect with others and trained in step movement to volunteer to assist new participants. 

_**1**_ new community **Gym and changing facilities** are nearly complete to help improve physical wellbeing and will have tailored timings to accommodate varying age and gender groups. 

## **SCCYC Youth Social Action** 

_**9**_ young people supported through youth social action. Young people that have left care were provided with weekly food parcels and resources to improve their wellbeing. Young people helped to volunteer in food aid and held fundraising initiatives. The project assisted them to gain references for employment and volunteering awards such as the Duke of Edinburgh Award to enhance CV’s and connection to improve wellbeing after the pandemic. 


_**32**_ Children and Young people learned about inspirational women in the Sikh Museum Northampton. The session inspired equality and empowerment through story telling and creative arts activities. 

Staff and volunteers attended high profile International Women’s Day events to promote women's empowerment and services. 

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_**#NationalLotteryHertiageFund #ThanksToYou**_ 


## **Heritage Award for Special Project - A legacy devolved in the midst of the pandemic!** 

The Northamptonshire Heritage Forum awarded SCCYC’s Sikh Museum Northampton the Heritage Award for successfully developing the Museum capital project and numerous high quality exhibitions and digital educational resources in the midst of the pandemic! 

_**“It is a great achievement to have developed a full museum and in the midst of a pandemic.  It is a valuable educational and enjoyable resource, a legacy for the whole town and for future generations”. NHF**_ 


Capital funding from Heritage Fund made it possible to produce a high quality finished Museum, storage room and Lift which was vital for access to the first floor educational centre. The support has made a substantial difference allowing us to complete the project to a high standard within the set deadline. 


**16** Volunteers worked on the 'Sikhs of Northampton - Celebrating 60 Years!’ heritage project in the midst of the pandemic. The project is now complete. Bookings for 6 group visits from scouts, schools and community organisations have been made for May 2022. 

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**SCCYC SUPPLEMENTARY EDUCATION** 

- ➢ **Developed high quality learning areas in the new Centre by securing capital funds** 

- ➢ **Purchased the latest digital technology to aid learning** 

- ➢ **Devised operational plans and sourced funds for learning resources and tutor salaries** 

- ➢ **Created a new website to promote services and planned digital booking and payment systems** ➢ **Developed a library and exhibitions to enhance Punjabi and Sikh education** 

## **The Northampton Punjabi School** 

_**56**_ Children enrolled into the school this year. 

- ✓ 100% GCSE pass track record;  Average GCSE pass grade ‘A’; 

- ✓ Awarded for Quality Support Study Marks ‘NRCSE’ & ‘QiSS’; Accredited with ‘Association of Supplementary Schools’ (ASSN); 


- ✓ Sikh Museum education learning resources and play learning; 

- ✓ Latest digital interactive learning technology; 

- ✓ Teachers trained in first aid, safeguarding, and DBS checked; 

- ✓ Newly furnished classrooms; 

- ✓ Sikhi class, Punjabi school awards, children’s fun days, events 



## **Punjabi Performing Arts** 

_**10**_ students learning dhol drumming. so that young people can learn artistic skills, gain confidence and gain enjoyable experiences. 

Bookings are being taken for dhol performances at events such as Northampton Carnival to work towards performing arts. 

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## **SCCYC ENTERPRISE HUB** 

**SCCYC has been setting up a Social Enterprise Hub to sustain poverty services and to generate unrestricted income towards non funded expenditure and organisational sustainability.** 

- _**7**_ Businesses have accessed Venue Hire to date.  There is vast interest from organisation and businesses,  as a result of developing the Waterside Connect Centre and hire packages in consultation to meet our external stakeholders needs. 

- ➢ State of the art venue hire facilities for conferencing, events, meetings, exhibitions, team building and office hire. 

- ➢ Latest digital technology and high speed wifi. 

- ➢ Onsite free parking for 150 cars, walking distance from the train station and bus routes. 

- ➢ Inhouse Multi-Award-Winning delicacies from **Punjabi Fusion CIC** , SCCYC’s catering trading arm which fills a gap in local, healthy Punjabi and English fused delicacies for inhouse hospitality for venue hire, takeaway and events catering. We have secured funding from Northamptonshire Community Foundation to launch and pilot the venture, which we aim to deliver in due course. 

## **Giving Back to the Community** 

The greatest thing about supporting SCCYC Enterprises is that all profits are dedicated towards supporting Food Aid which currently supports over 300 poverty disadvantaged and vulnerable people in the Town. 


## **Other Trading Ventures** 

The Sikh Heritage Shop has been relaunched with plans for expansion to generate income towards museum maintenance. Equipment hire of tables, chairs and musical instruments has also continued to bring in a steady income, which is also used towards sustainability. 

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**SCCYC FINANCIAL REVIEW** 

## **Accounts Year End 31[st] March 2022** 


|**ITEM**|**AMOUNT £**|
|---|---|
|**Income:**Grants, Donations, Enterprises|**£167,069**|
|**Expenditure**: Services, Projects, Running Costs, Capital Completion|**£134, 969**|
|**Restricted Grant Funds**: Services, Projects, Building Completion|**£91,332**|
|**Running Costs**<br>Restricted Grants<br>Contingency|**£52,424**<br>**£30,000**|



## **Financial Summary** 

SCCYC’s income for the year was £167k revenue which allowed us to relaunch many of the services that were halted due to the pandemic. This is down on prior year (£324k) as broadly half of last year’s income related to capital for our new Waterside Connect building which is now successfully complete. The key driver for lower expenditure is less building capital work and lower professional fees. 

We are grateful for the financial support provided by the following who enable us to continue to benefit the community (National Lottery Reaching Community Fund £69,912; West Northamptonshire Council £25,330; Heritage Fund, £14,900; Sport England £9,800; Awards for All £9,952; Defra Fund ££5,000; Northamptonshire Community Foundation £2,000; Northampton South West £1,500; Neighbourly Sainsbury £1,000; Arnold Clark £1,000) as well as our partners, donors, staff and dedicated volunteer base. 

Our vital service for this year has been the Food Aid service which remains pivotal to the work we do, providing disadvantaged members of the Northampton community with dry, fresh, hot food and resources on a regular basis as well as welfare services. 

Our main programme of services for the next 3 years, £340,026 funded by National Lottery Fund will continue the Covid-19 critical Response services which include Poverty and Welfare support; Recovery activities which include health, wellbeing, and social activities; Resilience development activities which include volunteering, training and employment skills to transition the disadvantaged into further education, earning and independent living. 

Following the needs analysis, we have identified a need for authentic food services. We plan to deliver this as part of a Social Enterprise Hub which will offer delicious in house catering available for both take away and in conjunction with hiring out of our meeting room facilities. Any profits generated will go back into SCCYC to provide financial support for our services. We see this is a key source of future income to become more financially self sustainable. 

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## **Sustainability** 

Waterside-Connect Centre. The plans are reviewed regularly to ensure feasibility. future for the _ The SCCYC management have developed robust strategies towards an effective and sustainable 


and the economic environment. 3-year strategic plan are currently being revised to keep in line with the constant changing beneficiaries need 

- **Strategic Plan** 


- **3 year Business Plan** 

- **3 year Finance and Fundraising Plan** 

- **Marketing and Promotion Plan** 

- **Operational and Capacity Building Plan** 

- **Social Enterprise Plan** 

## Signed on behalf of the Management Board 


**Harjinder Kooner Chair** 

## **Date: 22nd January 2023** 





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**Sikh Community Centre & Youth Club (SCCYC) Registered Charity No: 1056764** 

**Address: 35-37 St James Mill Road I NN5 5JW Telephone: 01604 475802 Email: info@sccyc.co.uk Website: https://sccyc.co.uk/ Social Media: @SCCYCWATERSIDECONNECT Donations: SCCYC FOOD AID | Localgiving** 

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**Charity registration number 1056764** 

**SIKH COMMUNITY CENTRE & YOUTH CLUB SCCYC ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022** 



## **SIKH COMMUNITY CENTRE & YOUTH CLUB SCCYC** 

## **LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION** 

|**Trustees**|H S Kooner|
|---|---|
||T Minhas|
||J Shairi|
||K Bhangra|
|**Charity number**|1056764|
|**Principal address**|SCCYC Waterside Connect|
||35-37 St James Mill Road|
||Northampton|
||NN5 5JW|
|**Independent examiner**|Jervis & Partners|
||30 Harborough Road|
||Kingsthorpe|
||Northampton|
||NN2 7AZ|





**SIKH COMMUNITY CENTRE & YOUTH CLUB SCCYC** 

## **CONTENTS** 

||**Page**|
|---|---|
|Trustees' report|1|
|Statement of trustees' responsibilities|2|
|Independent examiner's report|3|
|Statement of financial activities|4|
|Balance sheet|5|
|Notes to the financial statements|6 - 12|





SIKH COMMUNITY CENTRE & YOUTH CLUB SCCYC
TRUSTEES. REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022
The trustees present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2022.
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in note 1 to the
financial statements and comply with the charity's governing document, the Charities Act 2011 and "Accounting
and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts
in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)"
(effective 1 January 2019).
Financial review
The trustees have assessed the major risks to which the charity is exposed, and are satisfied that systems are in
place to mitigate exposure to the major risks.
Structure, governance and management
The charity is controlled by it's goveming document, a deed of trust and constitutes an unincorporated charity.
The trustees who served during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were:
H S Kooner
T Minhas
J Shairi
K Bhangra
The trustees, report was approved by the Board of Trustees.
ooner
Trustee
Dated: 22 January 2023

## **SIKH COMMUNITY CENTRE & YOUTH CLUB SCCYC** 

## **STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES' RESPONSIBILITIES** 

## _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022**_ 

The trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees' Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). 

The law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the charity for that year. 

In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to: 

- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; 

- observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP; 

- make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; 

- state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and 

- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in operation. 

The trustees are responsible for keeping sufficient accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the provisions of the trust deed. They are 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. 

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SIKH COMMUNITY CENTRE & YOUTH CLUB SCCYC
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT
TO THE TRUSTEES OF SIKH COMMUNITY CENTRE &YOUTH CLUB SCCYC
I report to the trustees on my examinats)n of the finarwl statements of Sikh Communty Centre & Youth Club
SCCYC (the charity) for the yew ended 31 March 2022.
R•sponsibiliti¢¥ and basrs of FPPOrt
As the trustees of the chanty you are reswnsibfe lor the p￿aTrtion of the finartral statements in xcorrtar￿ with
the ￿qUIrementS of the Charit￿ Act 2011 (the 2011 Act).
I report in respect of my examinatitin of the charity's ￿ancIal stst•mÈnts carrièd out undèr section 145 of the 2011
Act. In carryiryJ out my examination I have followed all the appI￿able Directions g￿en by the Charty Cornmiss%)n
under sèction 145151{bl of Ihe 2011 Aca.
Independent examinerfs statement
Your attention is drawn to the fact that the charity has PTepaTed finanaal statements in attOrdan￿ wilh Ac£oUn￿ng
and Reporbng by Charities p￿paring their a¢o)unts in accordan￿ with the Financtal Reporting Standard applicable
in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 1021 in preference to the Actounting and Reporting by Charities.. Statement
of Recommended Practice issued on l April 2(K)S whith is referred to in the extant regulations but has now been
withdrawn.
l understantt that this has been done in order for financial stslements to prow¢Je a true and fair Mew in 8ccordance
wllh GenefallyAcCepledAc￿uD1ir￿j Pra¢ice effedive for rgp)rbng peric*Js beginning on or after 1 January 2015.
I have cornpleled my exarnination. l l￿firn Ihal matters have ￿e to my atterrt*)n in conn&tion wllh the
examination giving me cause to believe that in arry material le5￿..
accoLFnting records were not kept in re8pe¢t of the charity as required by sedion 130 of the 2011 Ad; or
the finan(aal slalemenls do not accord w&th those records., or
the financial statements do rnl compty vrilh the appli¢>bl8 requirements corttmitvJ the form and ￿nt￿nt of
accounts sel in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regula￿nS 2008 other than any requirernenl that the
accounts gwe a true and fair view whth is Th)1 a mattet considered as part of an in(*pendenl examination.
I have no (x)ncefns and have ￿me ￿$$ no othef matters in connecb.on with the examination to which attenlK)ri
should be drawn in this report in order to enab￿ a proper utxlerstandirg of the financial Statements lo be reached.
Jervig & Partn•rn
30 Hartr*)rough Road
Kingsthorpe
Northampton
NN2 7AZ
Dated: 22 January 2023

## **SIKH COMMUNITY CENTRE & YOUTH CLUB SCCYC** 

## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022**_ 

|**Unrestricted**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**funds**<br>**2022**<br>**2022**<br>**Notes**<br>**£**<br>**£**|**Unrestricted**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**funds**<br>**2022**<br>**2022**<br>**Notes**<br>**£**<br>**£**|**Unrestricted**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**funds**<br>**2022**<br>**2022**<br>**Notes**<br>**£**<br>**£**|**Total**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**Restricted**|**Total**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**Restricted**|**Total**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**Restricted**|**Total**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**funds**|**funds**||**funds**|**funds**||
||**2022**|**2022**|**2022**|**2021**|**2021**|**2021**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|**Income and endowments from:**|||||||
|Donations and legacies<br>**3**|-|140,394|140,394|-|304,579|304,579|
|Other trading activities<br>**4**|26,675|-|26,675|8,355|-|8,355|
|Investments<br>**5**|7|-|7|13|-|13|
|Other income<br>**6**|4,000|-|4,000|11,395|-|11,395|
||||||||
||||||||
|**Total income**|30,682|140,394|171,076|19,763|304,579|324,342|
|**Expenditure on:**|||||||
||||||||
|Raising funds<br>**7**|134,968|-|134,968|148,409|-|148,409|
||||||||
||||||||
|**Total expenditure**|134,968|-|134,968|148,409|-|148,409|
|**Net (outgoing)/incoming**<br>**resources before transfers**<br>(104,286)<br>140,394<br>Gross transfers between<br>funds<br>124,619<br>(124,619)<br>**Net income for the year/**|||36,108<br>(128,646)<br>304,579<br>-<br>126,990<br>(126,990)<br>36,108<br>(1,656)<br>177,589||||
||||||||
|||140,394|||304,579|175,933|
||124,619<br>(124,619)|||126,990<br>(126,990)|||
||||-|||-|
||||36,108||||
||||||||
|**Net movement in funds**|20,333|15,775||(1,656)|177,589|175,933|
||||||||
|Fund balances at 1 April 2021|32,091|463,494|495,585|33,747|285,905|319,652|
|**Fund balances at 31 March**<br>**2022**|||||||
||||||||
||52,424|479,269|531,693|32,091|463,494|495,585|



The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. 

All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities. 

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SIKH COMMUNITY CENTRE & YOUTH CLUB SCCYC
BALANCE SHEET
ASAT31 MARCH 2022
2022
2021
Notes
Flxed assets
Tangible assets
11
514,368
463,494
Current assets
Cash at bank and in hand
173,756
176,553
Creditors: amounts falling due within
one year
13
(123,536)
(108,212)
Net current assets
50,220
68,341
Total assets less current liabilities
111) 564,588
531,835
Creditors: amounts falling due after
more than one year
14
(32,895)
(36,250)
Net assets
531,693
495,585
Income funds
Restricted funds
Unrestricted funds
479,269
52,424
463,494
32,091
531,693
495,585
The fina
cia
statements were approved by the Trustees on 22 January 2023
H S Kooner
Trustee

## **SIKH COMMUNITY CENTRE & YOUTH CLUB SCCYC** 

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

## **1 Accounting policies** 

## **Charity information** 

Sikh Community Centre & Youth Club SCCYC is a Registered Charity in England and Wales. 

## **1.1 Accounting convention** 

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the charity's governing document,  the Charities Act 2011, FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”) and the Charities SORP "Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)" (effective 1 January 2019). The charity is a Public Benefit Entity as defined by FRS 102. 

The charity has taken advantage of the provisions in the SORP for charities not to prepare a Statement of Cash Flows. 

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the charity. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £. 

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below. 

## **1.2 Going concern** 

At the time of approving the financial statements, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements. 

## **1.3 Charitable funds** 

Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of their charitable objectives. 

Restricted funds are subject to specific conditions by donors as to how they may be used. The purposes and uses of the restricted funds are set out in the notes to the financial statements. 

## **1.4 Income** 

Income is recognised when the charity is legally entitled to it after any performance conditions have been met, the amounts can be measured reliably, and it is probable that income will be received. 

Cash donations are recognised on receipt. Other donations are recognised once the charity has been notified of the donation, unless performance conditions require deferral of the amount. Income tax recoverable in relation to donations received under Gift Aid or deeds of covenant is recognised at the time of the donation. 

## **1.5 Tangible fixed assets** 

Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses. 

Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases: 

Freehold land and buildings 

NIL 

The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is recognised in the statement of financial activities. 

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## **SIKH COMMUNITY CENTRE & YOUTH CLUB SCCYC** 

## **NOTES TO THE  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022**_ 

## **1 Accounting policies** 

## **(Continued)** 

## **1.6 Impairment of fixed assets** 

At each reporting end date, the charity reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible assets to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss (if any). 

## **1.7 Cash and cash equivalents** 

Cash and cash equivalents include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities. 

## _**Basic financial assets**_ 

Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised. 

## _**Basic financial liabilities**_ 

Basic financial liabilities, including creditors and bank loans are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised. 

Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method. 

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of operations from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method. 

## _**Derecognition of financial liabilities**_ 

Financial liabilities are derecognised when the charity’s contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled. 

## **1.8 Retirement benefits** 

Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due. 

## **2 Critical accounting estimates and judgements** 

In the application of the charity’s accounting policies, the trustees are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates. 

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods. 

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## **SIKH COMMUNITY CENTRE & YOUTH CLUB SCCYC** 

## **NOTES TO THE  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** 

## _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022**_ 

|**3**<br>**Donations and legacies**|**3**<br>**Donations and legacies**|**3**<br>**Donations and legacies**|
|---|---|---|
|**Restricted**<br>Restricted<br>**funds**<br>funds<br>**2022**<br>2021<br>**£**<br>£<br>Grants<br>140,394<br>304,579<br>**Grants receivable for core activities**<br>Heritage fund<br>14,900<br>140,840<br>Sport England<br>9,800<br>-<br>Defra Fund<br>5,000<br>23,550<br>Awards for All<br>9,952<br>10,000<br>Neighbourly Sainsbury<br>1,000<br>-<br>Northamptonshire Community Foundation<br>2,000<br>5,964<br>West Northamptonshire Council<br>25,330<br>-<br>Northampton South West<br>1,500<br>-<br>National Lottery Reaching Community Fund<br>69,912<br>-<br>Arnold Clark<br>1,000<br>-<br>Other<br>-<br>124,225<br>140,394<br>304,579|||
||**funds**|funds|
||||
||**2022**|2021|
||**£**|£|
||||
||140,394|304,579|
||||
||||
||14,900|140,840|
||9,800|-|
||5,000|23,550|
||9,952|10,000|
||1,000|-|
||2,000|5,964|
||25,330|-|
||1,500|-|
||69,912|-|
||1,000|-|
||-|124,225|
||||
||||
||140,394|304,579|
||||
||||
|**4**<br>**Other trading activities**|||
|**Unrestricted**<br>Unrestricted<br>**funds**<br>funds<br>**2022**<br>2021<br>**£**<br>£<br>Fundraising activities<br>2,686<br>4,701<br>Other donations<br>23,989<br>3,654<br>Other trading activities<br>26,675<br>8,355|||
||**funds**|funds|
||||
||**2022**|2021|
||**£**|£|
||||
||2,686|4,701|
||23,989|3,654|
||||
||||
||26,675|8,355|



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## **SIKH COMMUNITY CENTRE & YOUTH CLUB SCCYC** 

## **NOTES TO THE  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** 

## _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022**_ 

**5 Investments** 

|**Unrestricted**<br>Unrestricted<br>**funds**<br>funds<br>**2022**<br>2021<br>**£**<br>£<br>Interest receivable<br>7<br>13|**Unrestricted**<br>Unrestricted<br>**funds**<br>funds<br>**2022**<br>2021<br>**£**<br>£<br>Interest receivable<br>7<br>13|**Unrestricted**<br>Unrestricted<br>**funds**<br>funds<br>**2022**<br>2021<br>**£**<br>£<br>Interest receivable<br>7<br>13|
|---|---|---|
||**funds**|funds|
||||
||**2022**|2021|
||**£**|£|
||||
||7|13|
||||
||||
|**6**<br>**Other income**|||
|**Unrestricted**<br>Unrestricted<br>**funds**<br>funds<br>**2022**<br>2021<br>**£**<br>£<br>Employment allowance<br>4,000<br>11,395|||



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## **SIKH COMMUNITY CENTRE & YOUTH CLUB SCCYC** 

## **NOTES TO THE  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** 

## _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022**_ 

- **7 Raising funds** 

||||**Unrestricted**<br>Unrestricted<br>**funds**<br>funds<br>**2022**<br>2021<br>**£**<br>£|**Unrestricted**<br>Unrestricted<br>**funds**<br>funds<br>**2022**<br>2021<br>**£**<br>£|**Unrestricted**<br>Unrestricted<br>**funds**<br>funds<br>**2022**<br>2021<br>**£**<br>£|**Unrestricted**<br>Unrestricted<br>**funds**<br>funds<br>**2022**<br>2021<br>**£**<br>£|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||**funds**|funds|
||||||||
||||||**2022**|2021|
||||||**£**|£|
||||||||
|Trading costs|||||||
|Support costs|||||134,968|148,409|
||||||||
||||||||
||||||134,968|148,409|
||||||||
||||||||
|**Support costs**|||||||
||**Support**<br>**costs**<br>**Governance**<br>**costs**||**2022**<br>Support costs<br>Governance<br>costs|||2021|
||||||||
||**£**|**£**|**£**|£|£|£|
||||||||
|Staff costs|59,623|-|59,623|66,185|-|66,185|
|Sundries|947|-|947|1,199|-|1,199|
|Gas|11,767|-|11,767|3,995|-|3,995|
|Electricity|-|-|-|2,275|-|2,275|
|Telephone|1,769|-|1,769|1,410|-|1,410|
|IT consumables|1,443|-|1,443|3,810|-|3,810|
|Consulting|7,150|-|7,150|-|-|-|
|Stationery|1,006|-|1,006|1,706|-|1,706|
|Insurance|1,189|-|1,189|1,268|-|1,268|
|Advertising and<br>marketing|||||||
||1,540|-|1,540|-|-|-|
|Venue hire|360|-|360|9,502|-|9,502|
|Professional charges|3,285|-|3,285|17,049|-|17,049|
|Bank charges|869|-|869|128|-|128|
|Health & safety costs|5,119|-|5,119|2,253|-|2,253|
|Volunteering and training|4,896|-|4,896|2,442|-|2,442|
|Resources & equipment|27,604|-|27,604|35,187|-|35,187|
|Repairs|4,839|-|4,839|-|-|-|
|Subscriptions|1,562|-|1,562|-|-|-|
||||||||
||||||||
||134,968|-|134,968|148,409|-|148,409|
||||||||
||||||||
|Analysed between|||||||
|Trading|134,968|-|134,968|148,409|-|148,409|



## **8 Support costs** 

## **9 Trustees** 

None of the trustees (or any persons connected with them) received any remuneration or benefits from the charity during the year. 

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## **SIKH COMMUNITY CENTRE & YOUTH CLUB SCCYC** 

## **NOTES TO THE  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** 

## _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022**_ 

## **10 Employees** 

The average monthly number of employees during the year was: 

||**2022**|**2021**|
|---|---|---|
||**Number**|**Number**|
||||
||3|2|
||||
||||
|**Employment costs**|**2022**|**2021**|
||**£**|**£**|
||||
|Wages and salaries|53,931|61,204|
|Social security costs|4,390|4,127|
|Other pension costs|1,302|854|
||||
||||
||59,623|66,185|



There were no employees whose annual remuneration was more than £60,000. 

## **11 Tangible fixed assets** 

|**Freehold land and**|**Freehold land and**|**buildings**|
|---|---|---|
|||**£**|
|**Cost**|||
|At 1 April 2021||463,495|
|Additions||50,873|
||||
||||
|At 31 March 2022||514,368|
||||
||||
|**Carrying amount**|||
|At 31 March 2022||514,368|
||||
||||
|At 31 March 2021||463,494|
|**Loans and overdrafts**|||
||||
||**2022**|**2021**|
||**£**|**£**|
||||
|Bank loans|42,895|46,250|
||||
||||
|Payable within one year|10,000|10,000|
|Payable after one year|32,895|36,250|



## **12 Loans and overdrafts** 

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## **SIKH COMMUNITY CENTRE & YOUTH CLUB SCCYC** 

## **NOTES TO THE  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022**_ 

|**13**<br>**Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**|**13**<br>**Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**|**13**<br>**Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**|**13**<br>**Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**|**13**<br>**Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**|||**2021**<br>**£**<br>10,000<br>829<br>97,083<br>300<br>108,212<br>**2021**<br>**£**<br>36,250<br>Total<br>2021<br>£<br>463,494<br>68,341|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Notes**<br>Bank loans<br>**12**<br>Other taxation and social security<br>Other creditors<br>Accruals and deferred income<br>**14**<br>**Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year**<br>**Notes**<br>Bank loans<br>**12**|||||**2022**|||
||||||**£**|||
|||||||||
||||||10,000|||
||||||1,968|||
||||||111,268|||
||||||300|||
|||||||||
||||||123,536|||
|||||||||
|Bank loans|||||**2022**|||
||||||**£**|||
|||||||||
||||**12**||32,895|||
|||||||||
|**15**<br>**Analysis of net assets between funds**||||||||
|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**2022**<br>**2022**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>Fund balances at 31<br>March 2022 are<br>represented by:<br>Tangible assets<br>-<br>514,368<br>Current assets/(liabilities)<br>52,424<br>(2,204)<br>Long term liabilities<br>-<br>(32,895)<br>52,424<br>479,269|||**Total**<br>Unrestricted<br>funds||Restricted<br>funds|||
||**2022**|**2022**|**2022**|2021||2021||
||**£**|**£**|**£**|£||£||
|||||||||
||-|514,368|514,368|-||463,494||
||52,424<br>-|(2,204)|50,220|68,341||-||
|||(32,895)|(32,895)|(36,250)||-|(36,250)|
||||||||495,585|
||52,424|479,269|531,693|32,091||463,494||



## **16 Related party transactions** 

There were no disclosable related party transactions during the year (2021 - none). 

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