2021-03-31-accounts

(formerly known as The Ely Diocesan Association For Deaf People)

Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31st March 2021

Registered office:

8 Romsey Terrace, Cambridge, CB1 3NH Company registration number: 0 3353070 Charity registration number: 1062578

Contents

Trustees Annual Report	3
Message from the Chair	3
Message from the Chief Executive	3
Objectives, strategy and vision	4
Performance achievements	6
Financial performance highlights	16
Structure, management and responsibilities	18
Annual Accounts	20
Independent Auditors’ Report	20
Statement of Financial Activities	24
Balance Sheet	25
Notes to Accounts	27

Independent Auditor

Trustees

Dr Janie Anderson - Chair Mr Godfrey Palmer - Vice-Chair Mr Brendan Casey Mr Angus McGuiness Ms Alison Gelder Mr Fil Kamps Mr Andrew Mell Ms Chalky Wan Ms Alisha-Mary Abbott Ms Tor Docherty Appointed on 14th April 2020

UHY Hacker Young PO Box 501 The Nexus Building Broadway Letchworth Garden City Herts SG6 9BL

Bankers

CAF Bank 25 Kings Hill Avenue Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4JQ

Chief Executive Officer Mr Andrew Palmer

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Trustee Annual Report

Message from the Chair

Welcome to Cambridgeshire Deaf Association Annual Report for 2021.

The highlight of the year for the trustees was to be awarded an Outstanding for our services that we provide for our Deaf clients. This was a fantastic achievement for the whole team. We are a unique organisation and we are proud to be trustees. It has been a difficult year working in a pandemic but we have been keeping our community connected and keeping everyone safe and everyone is looking forward to the time when we are able to meet face to face again.

I hope you enjoy reading more about the services we have been providing and how we have been working with and for the community. On behalf of the trustees I ‘d like to say a big thank you to all of our staff and volunteers who work so hard. We are proud that everyone shares our values which are worth putting here again.

Our values are that we take notice of the world around us; be active and get things done; learn how we could do things better; give to the whole community, encourage voluntary service and connect with as many people or organisations as we can to improve the lives of deaf people.

Message from the Chief Executive

In this most challenging year, I am so proud of the team at CDA for rising to the challenge of the pandemic.

In each area of the charity the staff and volunteers gave their all to ensure the deaf community still received the services we offer despite the risks and restrictions.

From the unbelievable online community activity, to the first class care we provided; to being there to support with volunteers and continuing and providing advocacy and casework whenever people needed it with record referrals. We were there when the deaf community needed us.

The charity continued to grow providing more support than ever before with a larger team of staff and volunteers while at the same time increasing the sustainability of the organisation with improved reserves and assets.

Thank you to all the staff, volunteers, members and trustees for your support this year and to the generosity of donors and funders who have helped make all the work in this report possible.

Objectives, strategy and vision

Aims and Objectives

Vision

We have a vision of a world where deaf people experience improved health, wellbeing and equality.

Mission

Our mission is to achieve our vision of the world by informing, encouraging, supporting, caring and campaigning. While we carry out our mission, we want to stay true to our values too.

Values

Our values are that we take notice of the world around us; be active and get things done; learn how we could do things better; give to the whole community, encourage voluntary service and connect with as many people or organisations as we can to improve the lives of deaf people.

The Trustees have had regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit and gave met this guidance by facilitating activities as outlined and explained in this report.

Strategy

Our values combined with our vision and mission helped us define our strategy which is to: Put feedback at the heart of everything we do. If we do that, we can provide relevant services based on the needs of the community.

We want to build a stronger local deaf community while increasing the sustainability of our organisation so we’re fit for the future. And finally, we’re going to keep campaigning for better local public services.

Plans for the future

We’re planning to further develop our services for the deaf community based on local needs while further developing sustainability. In particular our plans for the coming years involve more hyperlocal small community gatherings, development of our domestic violence service, offering some of our specialist advocacy services out-of-county on a non-contract basis and expanding our personal care services to include supported living.

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Performance Achievements

Advocacy and Casework

We continued to provide Casework services under our contract with Cambridgeshire County Council and a small grant from Peterborough City Council.

The Pandemic led to a vast increase in requests for support in March and April 2020 which led to a record year for referrals into the service. 872 requests for support were made and the main support needs were:

Accessing Services Physical Health Benefits Financial Housing Correspondence Equipment Emotional Support Mental Health Legal Employment Education Family Social Issues

Advocacy

We are funded to provide advocacy via our Partnership with Voiceability in a contract commissioned by Cambridgeshire and Peterborough County Council

We received 265 requests for advocacy support across a range of specialisms as well as generic advocacy. We have two trained advocates in post with specialisms in Care Act, Mental capacity, youth advocacy and we also have the use of a trained IMHA in-house.

Feedback from both Casework and Advocacy services has been overwhelmingly positive during the year. We also continued to monitor the quality of our work via SQA system which monitors staff case notes to for key markers of quality on a regular basis.

Because of restrictions arising from the pandemic, much of our work was done remotely with only essential or unavoidable home visits being made, for example to those without technology.

In response to the changing nature of how we worked in the year, we established a new ‘contact line’ service which allows people to easily book time with our staff online. Contact line can be used to book for face-to-face meetings, online meetings and for domestic violence support. We created a new animated video to advertise the service and it has been utilised with growing numbers using this method to easily access support.

We received 265 requests for advocacy support across a range of specialisms as well as generic advocacy

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Performance Achievements (continued)

Domestic Violence

We continue to deliver the Freedom programme to deaf women at risk of or victims of domestic abuse. The course continued to run during the pandemic with support from The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Domestic Violence Partnership who donated technology to enable women to continue to access the course.

We have also been successful in securing funding for the role of IDVA (independent domestic violence advisor) which will be taken up inside the existing team. We have recently invested in the training of two staff in domestic and sexual violence advocacy.

Thank you to Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Police and Crime Commissioner for their financial assistance with delivery of 1:1 sessions for domestic violence victims and vulnerable clients.

Thank you to The National Lottery Community Fund for financial support with staffing needs during periods of increased demand.

Thank you to Awards for All, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Police and Crime Commissioner and Cambridgeshire Community Foundation for financial assistance with equipment and software for both CDA staff and clients to enable remote contact during lockdown.

Thank you to The Tudor Trust for directly supporting the deaf community with an emergency grant in the midst of the pandemic.

Please see Fundraising section for full details of grants received

been overwhelmingly positive during the year. We also continued to monitor the quality of our work via SQA system which monitors staff case notes to for key markers of quality on a regular basis.

Life

Our successful personal care and support social enterprise continued growing in the year. The number of hours delivered increased for the fourth successive year with income growing from £377,000 to £608,000.

We provided services to around 20 deaf people with additional needs with a predominantly deaf staff team.

Our staff are skilled in adapting their language to suit various clients’ needs as well as knowledgeable and safe in working with people with a range of cognitive and physical variations.

We have created a bespoke in-house auditing system to monitor compliance with plans in place to introduce a coaching and quality assessment introduced in the coming year. The service has yet to receive its first inspection but was praised by CQC for our response during the pandemic.

Coronavirus presented significant challenges to the care industry. During that time, we recruited 5 new staff and new clients. We have complied with all requirements with respect to testing and infection control. In December and January, we suppressed an outbreak effectively minimising spread amongst clients and staff.

Performance Achievements (continued)

Community

Coronavirus has dominated the year putting a stop to most of our face to face community activities. This rendered many people very isolated but we responded with consistent range of online activities. Throughout the year we held 3 weekly online events with a range of interesting activities, exercise and talks that were attended thousands of times providing a vital social lifeline for deaf people.

During the summer, we managed to restart some events outdoors which were attended to the rule of 6 and complied with all regulations. The second lockdown saw us resume the online activities. Throughout the year there were over 1600 attendances to community events either online or in person. While this number is a decreased result from the previous year where all events were face-to-face, we’re pleased that so many people found our service something they wanted to turn to.

Thank you to Cambridgeshire Community Foundation, Leathersellers and Sobell Foundation for their financial assistance with staffing costs which enabled undisrupted service to our Community.

Please see Fundraising section for full details of grants received

Membership

CDA is a membership organisation with members having a say on our trustees, voting in our AGM and taking part in regular feedback meetings. During the year we held one online feedback meeting with members with actions being followed up. We also expanded the number of places that people can get a discount because of being a member but the number of members reduced due to there being no group activities for people to join in.

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Befriending

Our befriending project provided vital support for people during the pandemic through online chats, friendship to socially distanced and delivering food shopping during the height of the pandemic to people who were shielding and could not get out. The befriending team of volunteers grew to 30 volunteers supporting a range of people with varying communication styles. Further to this, we supported people who are normally disconnected from technology with iPads so that they could keep in touch with their befrienders or virtually visit regular community events.

We regularly monitored the impact of the service on the people’s lives showing a consistent improvement in people’s feelings of independence and wellbeing.

We also consistently liaised with local voluntary organisations to improve our service and share best practice and created regular community news updates in British Sign Language with overwhelming positive feedback.

Thank you to Awards for All, Barnabas Trust, Cambridgeshire Community Foundation, Huntingdon Freemen’s Trust, The National Lottery Community Fund, Peterborough Council for Voluntary Services and Strangward Trust for their respective contributions to the project that enabled effective staffing and coordination.

Please see Fundraising section for full details of grants received

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SLA Despite the pandemic the results were good with a 76% pass rate fro m 21 students

CDA TV 50 hours of content in place of 6 originally planned and funded

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Performance Achievements (continued)

Sign Language Academy

We ceased all our sign language classes at the beginning of the pandemic until restrictions allowed classes to resume in August.

We used this time to complete the unfinished classes. Given the uncertainty of the time, we decided not to launch new classes in September, a decision justified by the tightening of regulations soon after. Our tutors followed all regulations and risk assessed their classes in the summer to ensure the safety of tutors and students.

Despite the pandemic, the results were good with a 76% pass rate from 21 students.

CDA Media & CDA TV

Social Media and PR

Our base in Cambridge has facilities to provide high quality video BSL to English translation services and during the year we continued to support local organisations and some others to translate their information.

We also used our media facilities as part of a project with Cambridgeshire Community Foundation to create a series of online ‘podcasts’ in BSL. The grant from CCF paid for some improvements to our cameras and equipment and we also invested some revenue generated from Media projects to reach the desired standard as well as utilising our existing capacity, skills and experiences. The project was designed in such a way as to make the content easily repeatable. This led to ultimate creation of 50 hours of content in place of 6 originally planned and funded. This included phone-ins on a range of topics as well as a regular football, quiz, cooking and news programmes. Over half-a-million minutes of content was watched in the period from November to March providing the only regular source of BSL TV content in the UK.

CDA utilised Social Media during the pandemic to provide information to the deaf community in an entertaining and interesting way. We created over 200 videos covering different topics but focused our attention on providing information to keep people informed over the pandemic as sign language information was at a premium compared to the mainstream media.

We grew our Facebook followers from 4k to 6.5k and the numbers of views on our videos exploded.

We focused on improving our presence in local media and achieved 20 articles in local press or radio interviews and made an appearance on TV twice as well as national radio too. This all contributes to improving awareness of the deaf community and our work.

Performance Achievements (continued)

Campaigning

The focus of our campaigning pre-pandemic was improving access to the Police and through our volunteers Christopher and Tracey Clelland, we liaised with Cambridgeshire Police over the establishment of a ‘PLOD’ unit which is a funded team with the force to improve relations and accessibility with the deaf community. We have been successful with funding agreed for the establishment of a PLOD unit in Cambridgeshire.

We also led campaigns for flexibility of enforcement of facemasks during the pandemic. We made several media appearances including on TV and distributed thousands of badges and cards, indicating that masks may be a problem, to people across the entire country.

Fincham House

Our building in Cambridge was not utilised for its normal purposes due to covid restrictions. However, we still were able to generate useful income through our tenants who all have remained in place. We offered out tenant’s discounts on their rent for lockdown periods.

Fundraising

We are very fortunate to be able to work with different partners who believe in our mission and provide on-going support.

We continued to invest in Trust fundraising and were successful with vital bids across our projects:

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Organisation Fund awarded for FY2020-21 activities
Awards for All £6,648 was awarded to support Befriending project’s
coordination as well as equipment, supplies and software
for remote access needs during the pandemic
Barnabas Trust £1,100 supported the work of our Befriending team
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough £12,511 helped provide 1:1 on-going support to domestic
Police and Crime Commissioner violence victims as well as equipment, supplies and software
to enable effective remote access
Cambridgeshire Community A total of £29,456 was secured and invested in projects such
Foundation as Befriending, Community and CDA TV
Huntingdon Freemen’s Trust On-going partnership secured £8,750 for Befriending
Coordinator’s role this financial year.
Leathersellers £835 of a larger £2,000 grant secured in 2019 helped deliver
drop-in sessions for the deaf community
Peterborough Council for Voluntary £1,250 was awarded to provide localised covid response for
Services Peterborough
Sobell Foundation £5,000 was secured for our Community Coordinator role for
the second year
Strangward Trust A repeat fund helped deliver our Befriending project - £2,000
was received during the year
The National Lottery Community Fund £29,839 secured delivery across our Advocacy and Befriending
project and supported our Life team during early days of the
pandemic
Tudor Trust £2,000 was received for direct emergency support to our
Community
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We also secured additional funding to help with our core costs and reserves build-up. With many thanks to all grant providers and the public for their on-going support:

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BGL Group £3,300
Frank Litchfield Trust £1,000
Garfield Weston £6,664
The National Lottery Community Fund £62,431 (see Reserves Policy section)
Public donations and legacies £3,849
Sir Jules Thorn Trust £1,000
The Pye Foundation £2,250
Trinity College £110
Tudor Trust £25,000
Woodroffe Benton Foundation £500
Tudor Trust £2,000 was received for direct emergency support to our
Community
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CDA’s total revenue in 2020-21 was £1,093,836, an increase of 45% on the previous year’s result

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Financial performance highlights

Income and expenditure highlights

CDA’s total revenue in 2020-21 was £1,093,836, an increase of 45% on the previous year’s result. Our total expenditure in 2020-21 was £985,237, an increase of 36% on the previous year’s figure.

Where our income came from in 2020-21:

61% of our total income came from CDA’s own activities for generating funds. The vast majority of this total derives from CDA Life domiciliary specialised care that has grown and developed substantially since June 2019. Other activities include Sign Language Academy and newly developed CDA Media services. We are very proud to grow our own activities in a bid for longterm sustainability.

34% of our total income came from Local Authority contracts (12%) and grants (22%). The unrestricted grants figure achieved in the year includes a one-off and exceptional reserves donation from The National Lottery Community Fund. At £62,431, this donation stands at 61% of all unrestricted grants received during the year.

The biggest financial success for the charity during the financial year has been the ability to deliver against the charity’s free reserves re-build plan set out in financial year 2019-20. Alongside the reserves donation at £62,431, the remaining difference between our unrestricted income and expenditure of £53,726 was put aside for the same purpose. The Board of Trustees agrees that these funds must be grown further until desired level is reached to ensure financial sustainability and to maximise our impact on provision of vital services for our deaf community.

Reserves Policy

The trustees have established a policy whereby the unrestricted funds not committed or invested in tangible fixed assets (‘the free reserves’) held by the charity should be 6 months of the charitable resources expanded which equates to £198,379 for the year to March 2021. At this level, the trustees feel that they would be able to continue the current charitable activities in the event of a significant drop in funding. In the event of such an occurrence, it would obviously be necessary to consider how the funding would be replaced or activities changed.

As at end of financial year 2020-21, free reserves amount to £128,371. This constitutes 65% of the required amount. The Trustees feel confident that with careful and on-going financial and operational management, this can improve further to satisfy fully their commitment.

TRUSTEE 14/10/2021

Structure, Management and Responsibilities

Structure and Management

The organisation is governed by a board of trustees who set the strategy for CDA and approve annual plans and budgets. They meet quarterly to review progress and assess risks to the organisation and provide strategic governance and oversight. The board is comprised of 11 people with a range of expertise, including 6 deaf people.

The Chief Executive reports to the board on a quarterly basis and in regular communication with board members via our internal messaging system.

The chief executive chairs a weekly Senior Management meeting (SMT) with the deputy CEO and Finance officer to discuss a range of topics and ensure the organisation is operating within its strategic objectives.

On a monthly basis the Operational Leadership team, comprising SMT and the heads of other departments, meets to review progress against our annual plan and budget.

The CEO holds an operational meeting at least monthly with each department head. Each department also holds its own team meetings. All staff performance is reviewed on a monthly basis.

Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities

The trustees, who are also the directors of Cambridgeshire Deaf Association Ltd for the purpose of company law, 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).

Company Law 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 charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company 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 UK 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 charitable company will continue in operation.

The trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable

them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Independent Auditor’s Report to the Trustees of Cambridgeshire Deaf Association

Annual Accounts

Independent Auditor’s Report to the Trustees of Cambridgeshire Deaf Association Ltd

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Cambridgeshire Deaf Association Ltd (the ‘charitable company’) for the year ended 31 March 2021 which comprise the statement of financial activities, the balance sheet, the statement of cash flows and the notes to the financial statements, including significant accounting policies.

The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including FRS 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion, the financial statements:

• give a true and fair view of the state of the charitable company’s affairs as at 31 March 2021 and of its incoming resources and application of resources, for the year then ended;

• have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and

• have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charitable company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees’ use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charitable company’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information

The other information comprises the information included in the annual report other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. The trustees are responsible for the other information contained within the annual report.

Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the course of the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.

We have nothing to report in this regard.

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 require us to report to you if, in our opinion:

• the information given in the financial statements is inconsistent in any material respect with the trustees’ report; or

• sufficient accounting records have not been kept; or

• the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records; or

• we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.

Responsibilities of trustees

As explained more fully in the statement of trustees’ responsibilities, the trustees, who are also the directors of the charitable company for the purpose of company law, are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the charitable company’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidate the charitable company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Independent Auditor’s Report to the Trustees of Cambridgeshire Deaf Association Ltd (continued)

Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

We have been appointed as auditor under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 and report in accordance with the Act and relevant regulations made or having effect thereunder.

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

Based on our understanding of the charity and the way in which it operates, we identified that the principal risks of non-compliance with laws and regulations related to the acts by the charity, which were contrary to applicable laws and regulations including fraud, and we considered the extent to which non-compliance might have a material effect on the financial statements. We evaluated opportunities for fraudulent manipulation of the financial statements, and determined that the principal risks were related to manipulation of expenditure and management override of controls.

Audit procedures performed included: review of the financial statement disclosures to underlying supporting documentation, reviewing authorisation of expenditure, enquiries of management, and testing of journals and evaluating whether there was evidence of bias that represented a risk of material misstatement due to fraud.

There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures described above and the further removed non-compliance with laws and regulations is from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, the less likely we would become aware of it. Also, the risk of not detecting a material misstatement due to fraud is higher than the risk of not detecting one resulting from error, as fraud may involve deliberate concealment by, for example, forgery or intentional misrepresentations, or through collusion.

A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: https://www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities . This description forms part of our auditor’s report.

Other matters which we are required to address

The financial statements of Cambridgeshire Deaf Association Limited for the year ended 31 March 2020 were not audited, and thus the corresponding figures disclosed in these financial statements are unaudited.

Use of our report

This report is made solely to the charity’s trustees, as a body, in accordance with part 4 of the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charity’s trustees those matters we are required to state to them in an auditors’ report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charity and the charity’s trustees as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Shona Munday FCA (Senior Statutory Auditor) for and on behalf of UHY Hacker Young (East) Limited

Chartered Accountants Statutory Auditor

21 December 2021

Date: ………………………..........

PO Box 501 The Nexus Building Broadway Letchworth Garden City Herts SG6 9BL

Annual Accounts

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES

			2021	2021		2020
		Unrestricted	Restricted	Endowment	Total	Total
		Funds	Funds	Fund	Funds	Funds
	Notes	£	£	£	£	£
INCOME
Incoming resources from
generated funds:
Voluntary income	2	3,849	0	0	3,849	2,310
Investment income	3	49,675	0	0	49,675	43,333
Incoming resources from					As restated - see
charitable activities:					Accounting Polcies (m)
Grants	4	101,755	272,659	0	374,414	273,512
Activities for Generating Funds	5	665,898	0	0	665,898	433,147
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TOTAL INCOME		821,177	272,659	0	1,093,836	752,302
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EXPENDITURE
Charitable activities		705,020	280,217	0	985,237	726,020
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TOTAL EXPENDITURE	6	705,020	280,217	0	985,237	726,020
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NET (EXPENDITURE)/ INCOME		116,157	-7,558	0	108,599	26,282
TRANSFERS		0	0	0	0	0
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NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE) AND NET
MOVEMENT IN FUNDS BEFORE GAINS
AND LOSSES ON INVESTMENTS		116,157	-7,558	0	108,599	26,282
Unrealised (losses)/gains on investments	13	0	0	0	0	637,374
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NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS		116,157	-7,558	0	108,599	663,656
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
TOTAL FUNDS BROUGHT FORWARD		950,901	50,814	6,815	1,008,530	344,874
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TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD		1,067,058	43,256	6,815	1,117,128	1,008,530
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STATEMENT OF TOTAL RECOGNISED GAINS AND LOSSES

There were no recognised gains or losses for 2021 or 2020 other than those included in the Statement of Financial Activities.

BALANCE SHEETAT 31 MARCH

BALANCE SHEETAT 31 MARCH
			2021		2020
	Notes	£	£	£	£
NON-CURRENT ASSETS
Tangible assets	8		407,248		423,390
Investment property	8		531,440		542,360
Investments - other	9		6,815		6,815
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TOTAL FIXED ASSETS			945,503		972,565
CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors	10	47,856		132,492
Cash at bank and in hand	11	218,505		42,174
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TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS		266,362		174,666
CREDITORS: amounts falling due
within one year	12	94,737		138,701
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NET CURRENT ASSETS			171,625		35,965
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				As restated - see
				Accounting Policies (m)
Non-current liabilities	13		0		0
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NET ASSETS			1,117,128		1,008,530
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THE FUNDS OF THE CHARITY
Unrestricted Funds	15		1,067,058		950,901
Restricted Funds			43,256		50,814
Endowment Funds	16		6,815		6,815
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TOTAL CHARITY FUNDS			1,117,128		1,008,530
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For the year ended 31 March 2021 the charity has appointed UHY Hacker Young Chartered Accountants to conduct the Statutory Audit. The resolution was passed during the Board meeting held on 25 February 2021. The trustees acknowledge their responsibilites for ensuring that the charity keeps accounting records which comply with section 386 of Companies Act 2006 and preparing accounts which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity as at the year end and of its deficit for the year in accordance with the requirements of sections 393 and 394 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006, so far as applicable to the charity.

The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act 2006 applicable to charities and were approved by the trustees on 14 October 2021 and signed on their behalf

Janie Anderson Chair of CDA

Company registration number: 03353070 Charity registration number: 1062578

CASH FLOW STATEMENT

		2021				2020
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:		£	£		£	£
Net	(Expenditure)/ Income and Net Movement in Funds		108,599			26,282
	Cash flows from operating activities:
	Depreciation charge	38,903			27,591
	Increase/ decrease in trade receivables	84,636			-101,603
	Increase/ decrease in trade payables	19,811			22,877
	Increase/ decrease in deferred revenue	-63,776			84,806
	Asset disposal	293				0
		-----------			-----------
		79,867			33,672
	Cash flows from investing activities:
	Capital investment	0			-43,027
	Purchase of tangible fixed assets	-12,134			-5,717
		-----------			-----------
		-12,134			-48,744
Change in Cash and Cash Equivalents			176,332			11,209
Cash and Cash Equivalents at the Beginning of the Year			42,174			30,965
			-----------			-----------
Cash and Cash Equivalents at the End of the Year			218,506			42,174
(i)	ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET DEBT	At 1 Apr 2020		Cash flow		At 31 Mar 2021
		£		£		£
	Cash and cash equivalent:
	Cash	36,816		176,332		213,148
	Cash equivalent	5,358		0		5,358
		-----------		-----------		-----------
		42,174		176,332		218,506
	Debt due after one year	0		0		0
		-----------		-----------		-----------
	TOTAL	42,174		176,332		218,506

NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS

1 ACCOUNTING POLICIES

(a) BASIS OF PREPARATION OF ACCOUNTS

The accounts have been prepared in accordance with 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 2015) - (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the financial reporting standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006.

The Ely Diocesan Association for Deaf People incorporated in England and Wales with registered address at 8 Romsey Terrace, Cambridge, CB1 3NH, meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in relevant accounting policy note(s).

(b) INCOME

Incoming resources are recognised in the year in which the charity is entitled to the receipt, and the amount can be measured with reasonable certainty. Income is only deferred when the charity has to fulfil conditions before becoming entitled to it or where the donor has specified that the income is to be expended in a future year.

(c) EXPENDITURE

Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis as a liability is incurred. Expenditure includes any VAT which cannot be fully recovered, and is reported as part of the expenditure to which it relates.

(d) OPERATING LEASES

Rentals applicable to operating leases where substantially all of the benefits and risks of ownership remain with the lessor, are charged against income as incurred.

(e) TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS

Depreciation is provided on all tangible fixed assets at rates calculated to write off the cost less estimated residual value of each asset over its expected useful life as follows:

Freehold land and buildings 2% straight line basis Building improvements 20% straight line basis Equipment 33 1/3% straight line basis Software 33 1/3% straight line basis

The charity has a policy to write off any sotware items which cost less than £500 and any items of equipment which cost less than £200.

(f) INVESTMENTS

Investments held for the long term to generate income or capital growth are carried at market value as fixed assets.

(g) DEBTORS

Trade debtors and other debtors are recognised at their settlement amount due after any discounts. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discount due.

(h) CREDITORS AND PROVISIONS

Creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due.

(i) GOING CONCERN

The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern.

The trustees do not consider that there are any sources of estimation uncertainty at the reporting date that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next reporting period.

(j)

FUND ACCOUNTING

Restricted funds are to be used for the specified purposes laid down by the donor. Expenditure for those purposes is charged to the fund, together with a fair allocation of overhead and support costs.

Designated funds are unrestricted funds, which have been designated for special purposes by the Trustees. Unrestricted funds are donations and other incoming resources received or generated for expenditure on the general objects of the charity.

(k) PENSIONS

The charity contributes to money purchase, defined contribution schemes, on behalf of its employees. No liability exists in respect of pensions other than monthly contributions due which is included within creditors.

(l) LIABILITY OF THE MEMBERS

The charity is limited by guarantee. In the event of the charity being wound up, the liability of the members is limited to £1.

(m) PRIOR YEAR ADJUSTMENTS

Past deferral of grant income for capital assets was reversed in full which resulted in adjustement to figures presented in this report covering period to 31 March 2020. £50,814 was debited to deferred capital balance at year end (notes 13-14), £28,800 was credited to grants income (SOFA) and £22,014 was credited to SOFA Total funds brought forward.

(n) CHANGES AFFECTING POST YEAR END PERIOD

During the Board of Trustees quaterly meeting on 28 May 2020, a resolution was passed to change chairty's legal name from The Ely Diocesan Associaition for Deaf People to Cambridgeshire Deaf Association. The change was authorised by Companies House with effective date as at 19 April 2021.

2	DONATIONS		2021				2020	2020
		Unrestricted	Restricted Endowment		Total	Unrestricted	Restricted	Endowment	Total
		Funds	Funds	Funds	Funds	Funds	Funds	Funds	Funds
		£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
	Individual Donations and Legacies	3,849	0	0	3,849	2,310	0	0	2,310
		-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------
		3,849	0	0	3,849	2,310	0	0	2,310
		-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------
3	INVESTMENT INCOME		2021				2020
		Unrestricted	Restricted Endowment		Total	Unrestricted	Restricted	Endowment	Total
		Funds	Funds	Funds	Funds	Funds	Funds	Funds	Funds
		£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
	Capital Investment income	49,624	0	0	49,624	42,995	0	0	42,995
	Interest Received	51	0	0	51	338	0	0	338
		-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------
		49,675	0	0	49,675	43,333	0	0	43,333
		-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------
4	GRANTS		2021				2020
		Unrestricted	Restricted Endowment		Total	Unrestricted	Restricted	Endowment	Total
		Funds	Funds	Funds	Funds	Funds	Funds	Funds	Funds
		£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
								As restated - see
								Accounting Policies (m)
	Barnabas Trust	0	1,100	0	1,100	0	0	0	0
	BGL Group	3,300	0	0	3,300	0	0	0	0
	Cambridgeshire Community Foundation	0	30,456	0	30,456	0	25,000	0	25,000
	Cambridgeshire County Council	0	83,000	0	83,000	0	83,000	0	83,000
	Childwick Trust	0	0	0	0	2,500	7,500	0	10,000
	Comic Relief	0	0	0	0	0	25,566	0	25,566
	Evelyn Trust	0	0	0	0	0	1,745	0	1,745
	Flux Trust	0	0	0	0	1,000	0	0	1,000
	Frank Litchfield	1,000	0	0	1,000	0	0	0	0
	Garfield Weston	6,664	0	0	6,664	13,336	0	0	13,336
	HMRC	0	11,034	0	11,034	0	0	0	0
	Huntingdon Freeman's Trust	0	8,750	0	8,750	0	14,000	0	14,000
	Leathersellers	0	835	0	835	0	1,165	0	1,165
	Local Authority Infection Control Fund	0	20,702	0	20,702	0	0	0	0
	Mrs Smith and Mount Trust	0	0	0	0	0	5,000	0	5,000
	The National Lottery Awards for All	0	6,648	0	6,648	0	0	0	0
	The National Lottery Community Fund	62,431	29,839	0	92,270	0	4,070	0	4,070
	Near Neighbours - Freedom	0	2,637	0	2,637	0	763	0	763
	Peterborough City Council	0	8,600	0	8,600	0	8,597	0	8,597
	Peterborough Council for Voluntary Servic	0	2,250	0	2,250	0	0	0	0
	Police & Crime Commissioner	0	12,512	0	12,512	0	0	0	0
	Pye Foundation	1,750	500	0	2,250	3,000	0	0	3,000
	Sir Jules Thorn Trust	1,000	0	0	1,000	0	0	0	0
	Sobell Foundation	0	5,000	0	5,000	0	6,695	0	6,695
	Strangward Trust	0	2,000	0	2,000	0	0	0	0
	Trinity Trust	110	0	0	110	110	0	0	110
	Tudor Trust	25,000	796	0	25,796	14,585	0	0	14,585
	Voiceability	0	46,000	0	46,000	0	46,001	0	46,001
	Woodroffe Benton Foundation	500	0	0	500	0	0	0	0
	Other	0	0	0	0	0	9,879	0	9,879
		-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------
		101,755	272,659	0	374,414	34,531	238,981	0	273,512
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ACTIVITIES FOR GENERATING FUNDS	ACTIVITIES FOR GENERATING FUNDS		2021	2021		2020
		Unrestricted	Restricted	Endowment	Total	Total
		Funds	Funds	Funds	Funds	Funds
		£	£	£	£	£
CDA Sign Language Academy		7,888	0	0	7,888	20,939
CDA Connect		1,200	0	0	1,200	8,388
CDA Life (formerly CDA Care)		641,374	0	0	641,374	377,893
CDA Media		10,157	0	0	10,157	0
CDA Community and Fundraising Events		1,493	0	0	1,493	12,259
ACT Spot purchasing		777	0	0	777	0
Feeltheforce		0	0	0	0	13,668
Merchandise		3,009	0	0	3,009	0
		-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------
		665,898	0	0	665,898	433,147
		-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------
TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED			2021			2020
	Staff	Direct	Office	Depreciation	Total	Total
	costs	service	overheads		Resources	Resources
	(note 6)	costs			Expended	Expended
	£	£	£	£	£	£
Support Services for Deaf People-	Restricted Funds
ACT	107,802	15,646	10,236	694	134,378	106,322
Befriending Project	31,462	1,479	2,491	558	35,990	36,535
BSL at home	0	0	0	0	0	868
CDA Community	18,774	11,092	1,484	1,320	32,670	17,378
CDA TV (combined Media)	7,292	11,987	1,614	1,092	21,985	0
Community Sport	0	0	0	0	0	14,092
Freedom Programme (see ACT)	0	0	0	0	0	807
Wellbeing project	0	0	0	0	0	194
Fincham House Investment Grant	0	0	0	13,840	13,840	10,255
Management Costs	41,354	0	0	0	41,354	33,985
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	206,684	40,204	15,825	17,504	280,217	220,436
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Activities for Generating Funds
Sign Language Academy	10,823	2,713	681	0	14,217	26,661
Fincham House	0	15,065	3,872	0	18,937	26,105
Fundraising	693	9,059	6,558	0	16,310	22,261
Community Fundraising	0	0	0	0	0	11,344
CDA Connect	0	0	0	0	0	5,930
Feeltheforce	0	0	0	0	0	14,484
Merchandise	0	4,330	188	0	4,518	0
CDA Life	523,742	40,231	36,304	0	600,277	362,503
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	535,258	71,398	47,603	0	654,259	469,288
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Core and management	19,966	0	0	21,399	41,365	34,911
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	19,966	0	0	21,399	41,365	34,911
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Total charitable activities	761,908	111,602	63,428	38,903	975,841	724,635
Governance costs	1,086	0	2,430	0	3,516	1,385
Auditors' costs - statutory audit	0	0	5,880	0	5,880
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	762,994	111,602	71,738	38,903	985,237	726,020
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STAFF COSTS

No remuneration was paid to any of the trustees in the year. Expenses totalling £0 (2020 - £232) were reimbursed to them. The staff costs were:

were reimbursed to them. The staff costs were:
	2021	2020
	£	£
Wages and Salaries	694,194	482,590
Social Security Costs	68,908	37,230
Employer's Pension Contributions	14,739	7,815
	-----------	-----------
	777,841	527,636
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The average weekly number of staff employed by the charity during the year was 34 (2020 - 27) No member of staff earned more than £60,000.

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NON-CURRENT ASSETS	NON-CURRENT ASSETS	Freehold	Investment	Building	Equipment	Total
		land and	Property	Improveme	and	Funds
		buildings		ments	software
		£	£	£	£	£
COST	Balance at 1 April 2020	364,000	546,000	69,203	24,928	1,004,131
	Additions	0	0	0	12,134	12,134
	Revaluation	0	0	0	-320	-320
		-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------
	Balance at 31 March 2021	364,000	546,000	69,203	36,742	1,015,945
		-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------
DEPRECIATION	Balance at 1 April 2020	2,427	3,640	15,490	16,824	38,381
	Charge for the year	7,280	10,920	13,840	6,863	38,903
	Written back on revaluation	0	0	0	0	0
	Disposals	0	0	0	27	27
		-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------
	Balance at 31 March 2021	9,707	14,560	29,330	23,660	77,257
		-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------
NET BOOK VALUE	Balance at 31 March 2021	354,293	531,440	39,873	13,082	938,688
		-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------
	Balance at 1 April 2020	361,573	542,360	53,713	8,104	965,750
		-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------

The property owed by the Associaiton at 8 Romsey Terrace, Cambrige, CB3 1NH, has undergone a revaluation on 4 November 2019. An indepndent valuer, Barker Storey Matthews with a registered address at Pound Hill House, Cambridge, CB3 0AE determinded both Market and Fair Values of the property at £910,000. Market and investment methods were adopted to valuation with no significant assumptions.

Had it been held at historic cost, the value of the property would be £369.802: £147,921 to Freehold land and buildings and £221,881 to Investment.

9	INVESTMENTS		2021	2020
	CBF Investment Fund		£	£
	Cost		1,606	1,606
			-----------	-----------
	Market value brought forward		6,815	6,815
	Net (loss)/gain on revaluation at year end		0	0
			-----------	-----------
	Market value carried forward		6,815	6,815
			-----------	-----------
10	DEBTORS		2021	2020
			£	£
	Prepayments		6,453	5,710
	Trade debtors		41,403	126,782
			-----------	-----------
			47,856	132,492
			-----------	-----------
11	CASH AT BANK AND	IN HAND	2021	2020
			£	£
	CAF Cash account		15,214	13,100
	CAF Gold account		193,000	22,393
	CCLA		5,358	5,358
	Paypal		4,890	835
	Petty cash		43	487
			-----------	-----------
			218,505	42,174
			-----------	-----------
12	CREDITORS: Due within one year		2021	2020
			£	£
	Deferred income	revenue (see note 14)	33,283	97,059
	Other creditors		13,000	13,000
	Social security and other taxes		10,068	11,516
	Trade creditors		9,483	17,126
	Accruals		28,903	0
			-----------	-----------
			94,737	138,701
			-----------	-----------
13	LONG TERM LIABILITIES: Investment value		2021	2020
			£	£
			As restated - see
			Accounting	Policies (m)
	Deferred income	capital (see note 14)	0	0
			-----------	-----------
			0	0
			-----------	-----------

Deferred income

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		2021	2020
		£	£
revenue	Big Lottery Fund	2700	0
	Cambridgeshire County Council	0	49500
	Freeman's Trust	6,250	0
	Garfield Weston	0	6664
	Leathersellers	0	835
	Near Neighbours	0	2636.95
	Peterborough Council for Voluntary Service	2,250	0
	Peterborough County Council	0	2149
	Pye Foundation	1250	0
	Sobell Foundation	2,085	2085
	Sign Language Academy	3,090	11274
	Tudor Trust	13,619	10415
	Voiceability	0	11500
	Other	2040	0
		-----------	-----------
		33,283	97,059
		-----------	-----------

		Voiceability Other				0 11500 2040 0 ----------- ----------- 33,283 97,059 ----------- -----------	0 11500 2040 0 ----------- ----------- 33,283 97,059 ----------- -----------
						As restated - see
						Accounting	Policies (m)
	capital	All Church's	Trust			0	0
		Bailey Thomas Charitable Fund				0	0
		Bernard Sunley				0	0
		Comic Relief				0	0
		Evelyn Trust				0	0
		Gregg's Foundation				0	0
		Percy Bilton				0	0
		Persimmon Charitable		Foundation		0	0
		Rank Foundation				0	0
		Sobell Foundation				0	0
		Groundwork	UK			0	0
						-----------	-----------
						0	0
						-----------	-----------
UNRESTRICTED	FUNDS					2021	2020
						£	£
		Non-
	Tangible	Current	General	Designated Funds		Total Unrestricted Funds
	Assets	Liabilities	Funds
				Building	Operational
				Repairs &	Contingency
				Development	Fund
		As restated - see Accounting Policies			(m)
Brought forward	965,750	0	-14,849	0	0	950,901	316,045
Movement in year	-27,063	0	143,220	0	0	116,157	634,856
Transfers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Carried forward	938,687	0	128,371	0	0	1,067,058	950,901
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15 UNRESTRICTED FUNDS

The balances brought forward and carried forward on the General and Designated Funds are represented by Net Current Assets on the Balance Sheet.

ENDOWMENT FUND

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The fund comprises £1,606 which was bequeathed to the charity by a Mr Garner in 1978, the capital to be permanently invested to provide income to benefit deaf children under the care of the Association. The current value of the fund is shown in note 9 to these accounts.

17 FINCHAM HOUSE - LESSOR DISCLOSURES

As at 31 March 2021, there are three operating lease agreements in place. The following are future minimum lease payments under the non-cancellable parts of the leases' terms as combined:

	2021	2020
	£	£
Within one year	43,500	51,500
Between one and five years	15,208	58,708
After five year	-	-

The Association has two operating leases with a term of 5 years each which will expire in May 2024 and August 2024. Break Date on the leases is the last day of the third year of the Contractual Term. The Association has one operating lease with a term of 3 years which will expire in September 2022. Break Date on the lease is the last day of the second year of the Contractual Term.

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

There were no related party transactions during the year.

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