Childhelp Hassocks, CHAIRMAN’S REPORT FOR 2020
What a year! We survived in a relatively good financial state despite being shut down for nearly half the year due to the pandemic. This, was partly due to the generous government grant of £10000 but also to the commitment of our volunteers to reopen as soon as we were allowed.
I would like to thank all the volunteers for their help and support throughout this difficult year. Everybody accepted the difficult and restrictive conditions under which we had to work. following the initial re-opening in July.
I would also like to thank our customers who remained loyal to us throughout this time and accepted the restrictions we had to impose on them. Their words of support and the pleasure they expressed when we were able to trade was heart-warming.
Lockdown did however realise some positive benefits. The introduction of the card reading machine, Zettle, has proved very popular with the customers and has help increase our sales. The storage cupboard built by Mike to quarantine our donations for three days during lock down continues to help us manage donations. This has enabled us to keep the sorting area in the shop relatively tidy and much safer.
Although we entered 2021 in a third lockdown we felt we were in a strong position to weather this further closure and looked forward to re-opening again in the Spring.
I would like to thank everybody again for seeing the charity through this year and particularly the committee members who worked tirelessly to ensure that the charity survived and that we could continue to operate safely and serve our community.
Andrew Barrett-Miles
| Childhelp-Hassocks (registered charity # 1065008) | Childhelp-Hassocks (registered charity # 1065008) | Childhelp-Hassocks (registered charity # 1065008) | Childhelp-Hassocks (registered charity # 1065008) | Childhelp-Hassocks (registered charity # 1065008) | accounts (£s) year ending December 2020 | accounts (£s) year ending December 2020 | accounts (£s) year ending December 2020 | accounts (£s) year ending December 2020 | accounts (£s) year ending December 2020 | accounts (£s) year ending December 2020 | accounts (£s) year ending December 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| figures fory/e dec 2015 in italics | ||||||||||||
| 2020 | % change | 2019 | ||||||||||
| cleared | Opening | Closing | hence | relative to | cleared | Opening | Closing | hence | ||||
| amounts | truepicture | lastyear | amounts | truepicture | ||||||||
| Sales | 30228 | 30228 | -37 | 48079 | 48079 | |||||||
| Interest received | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Donations & membership | 11736 | 11736 | 7060 | 164 | 164 | |||||||
| (includes Council Covid-19 grant) | ||||||||||||
| Total receipts | 41964 | 41964 | -13 | 48243 | 48243 | |||||||
| Rent and service charge | 9502 | 9502 | 2 | 9300 | 9300 | |||||||
| Waste Disposal charges | 1282 | 1282 | -32 | 1890 | 1890 | |||||||
| rates | 52 | 52 | -91 | 549 | 549 | |||||||
| telephone | 388 | 388 | 27 | 306 | 306 | |||||||
| electricity | 978 | 978 | -7 | 1051 | 1051 | |||||||
| Other runningcosts | 1738 | 1738 | -7 | 1861 | ||||||||
| uncl'd chqs: | uncl'd chqs: | uncl'd chqs: | uncl'd chqs: | |||||||||
| Donations to children | 21061 | 6620 | 2371 | 16812 | -43 | 29421 | 3563 | 3382 | 29240 | |||
| Total outgoings | 35001 | 30752 | -30 | 44378 | 44197 | |||||||
| surplus for theyear | 11212 | 177 | 4046 | |||||||||
| cash in hand | 19824 | 54 | 12861 | |||||||||
| apportioned thus: | ||||||||||||
| uncleared cheques | 2371 | -30 | 3382 | |||||||||
| reserves & accrued debts | 5213 | -1 | 5254 | |||||||||
| available to donate | 12240 | 190 | 4225 | |||||||||
| (pettycash deficit) | 50 | 0 | ||||||||||
| signed on behalf of trustees: |
IDdeptndeDt Ex•mintr's Report to the Tnuttes of Childhelp- Hassocks I report on the accouots of the Tnt for the year ended 31 Detember 2020. Respective responsibilities of trusttes and examiner As the charity's trUStS you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. you rA)nsider that an audit is not required for this yr under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and 8n independent examination is neede(L It is my responsibih'ty to: ex8mine the accounts utmkr scction 145 of the 2011 Act" follow the procedures laid down under s¢ctiOD 145(5Xb) of the 2011 Act: and state whether particular matters have come to my attention. Basis of independent examiner's report My examination was camed out in accordw)ce with the General Directions gtven by the ChaTiry CoTnmissioners. An examitthon includes a review of th¢ accounting record5 kept by the chatity and companson of the accounts presented with thos¢ records. It also includes considerdtton of any unusual items or disclosures in the account& and sttkmg explanations from you as trustees conceTning an), such matters. The procedures undertaken do not proiryde all the evidence that would k required in an audi¢ and consequently no opinton is given is to whether the a(unts pr¢sent a-true and fair view" and the report is limit to those matters set out in the stat¢ment below. IndepeDdettt examiD¢r's Jtatement In wnnection with my examinati1) no matter has come to my attention: (l) which 8ives me re&wnable Ca to b¢lieve that in any mataial respect the requirements to keep acwunting records in accordanc¢ with section 130 of the 2011 A¢L and to prepare accounts which ac1 with the wxmting records and to wmpty with the acwwiting requirements of the 201 l Act have not been met" or (2) to whicl in my opillio attention should be thawn in orts to enable a proptr understanding of the accouots to be reached. J. B. Budibent F.C.A. 8 Trumpkin& High Stre¢ HIW)ittpoinL West Sussex BN6 9PA. /? Sq)tember 2021