CHAIRMANS REPORT FOR 2021 Having survived another year of covid restrictions and lockdowns we have entered 2022 in rude health and in a good position to continue our work of helping needy children/families. Over 2021 we have built on the positives that came out of the first covid year, such as the card reader, "Mike's" storage cupboard, better processes in the shop and sense of camaraderie. We have also raised our prices to reflect the actions of other charity shops. l am pleased to note that the majority of our customers still regard our offer as the most reasonable and affordable in the area. Consequently, despite the shut down in early 2021, our sales income has shown a strong recovery as Mike will report on in a minute. Our finances are also strong helped by the sales and another grant of £7￿0 from the government. However, above all, our strong performance in 2021 and our current healthy position is due to the dedication and hard work of all our volunteer5 and I would sincerely like to thank you all for your commitment. It is probably fortuitous that we are in a strong position as there are a number of current major problems Ukraine. cost of living and the increase in child mental health issues- which could result in a significant increase in requests. So keep up the good work . Finally, I would like to thank the executive committee members for all their hard work especially Chris and Mike for their work as Secretary and Treasurer/Maintenance Manager. I would also like to welcome Dawn as our latest Committee member. Thank you all, committee members and volunteers, again for everything you did in 2021. Andrew |**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**|**accounts (£s) year**|**ending December 2021**|**ending December 2021**|**ending December 2021**|**ending December 2021**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |_figures fory/e dec 2015 in italics_|||||||||||| |||**2021**||||% change||**2020**|||| ||cleared||Opening|Closing|hence|relative to|cleared||Opening|Closing|hence| ||amounts||||truepicture|lastyear|amounts||||truepicture| |Sales|42366||||42366|40|30228||||30228| |Interest received|||||0||||||0| |Donations & membership|9372||||9372|-20|11736||||11736| |_(includes Council Covid-19 grant)_|||||||||||| ||||||||||||| |Total receipts|51738||||51738|23|41964||||41964| ||||||||||||| |Rent and service charge|9950||||9950|5|9502||||9502| |Waste Disposal charges|1775||||1775|38|1282||||1282| |rates|204||||204|292|52||||52| |telephone|423||||423|9|388||||388| |electricity|735||||735|-25|978||||978| |Other runningcosts|1512||||1512|-13|1738||||1738| ||||||||||||| ||||uncl'd chqs:|uncl'd chqs:|||||uncl'd chqs:|uncl'd chqs:|| |Donations to children|23401||2371|2870|**23900**|42|21061||6620|2371|**16812**| ||||||||||||| |Total outgoings|38000||||38499|25|35001||||30752| ||||||||||||| |surplus for theyear|||||13239|18|||||11212| ||||||||||||| |cash in hand|||||33562|69|||||19824| |apportioned thus:|||||||||||| |uncleared cheques|||||2870|21|||||2371| |reserves & accrued debts|||||5195|0|||||5213| |available to donate|||||25497|108|||||12239| |(pettycash deficit)|||||50||||||50| |signed on behalf of trustees:|||||||||||| Independeot Examintr'j Report to the Trntees of CbIldl￿lp- Ha￿0¢￿8 I report on the •¢¢owits of the Trust for the ye4r ended 31 December 2021. Respeelive rejpongibililits of trujttes and examintr As the ch8rity's trustees you are responsibl¢ for the prwmti(ffl of the accounts: you consider that an autht is not rwirol for this year under section 144(2) of the c7￿ltieS Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and t1￿ an Indq)Cnd￿t ¢X8minatiOD is need&i It is my rwsibility to.. examme the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 A¢ follow the procedwes laid down Und￿ section 145(5Xb) of the 2011 Act" and Baw ofindependeD¢ examiner's report My examinalion was carr&oJ out in ￿)rdance with the C*neral Diredions giv￿ try the Cknity Commissioners. An examination includes a Teview of the &Kounling re£ord5 kept by the clwity and a mpanwn of the awunts presented with those records. It also includes consider*ion of unusual items or th'sclosur¢s in th¢ w)unt& and seeking explanations from you &$ trustees concerning any suth matt¢rs. The procedures undertaken do not provi