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2021-03-31-accounts

“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much”

Slough Council for Voluntary Service Annual Report and Accounts 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021

Charity No: 1069086 Company Number: 03523907

27 Church Street, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 1PL Tel: 01753 524176 E-mail: enquiries@sloughcvs.org.uk

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1 Report of the Directors

Slough Council for Voluntary Service Annual Report 2020 – 2021

In 2020, the UK experienced the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Slough groups started to adapt and change their delivery of services to meet the needs of residents. Slough CVS developed the #OneSlough partnership with Slough Borough Council, Public Health, NHS and local community and faith groups, to produce a wider response to COVID-19. The following report outlines the impact of our vital work during a very challenging year, focusing on keeping Slough residents safe and protected.

Report of the directors for the year ended 31[st ] March 2021

The directors are pleased to present their annual directors’ report and accounts for the year ended 31[st] March 2021. The financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Companies Act 2006, the Memorandum and Articles of Association, 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 Ireland (FRS102) effective 1[st] January 2021.

Chairman’s Report

In the last Chair’s report, I briefly spoke of Slough CVS and our community’s response to COVID-19.

We were at the start of the pandemic, on the advice of our CEO Ramesh and partners, we had just formed the #OneSlough brand which gave everyone ownership of Slough’s community response and united the local authority, voluntary sector and businesses to collaboratively work together to fight against COVID-19. Now a year further into the pandemic, I will be discussing more on the amazing resilience of the voluntary sector, our town and its people’s generosity.

Slough CVS adapted its services to support people digitally as did many other charities and organisations, we also supported some groups with technology support and equipment and enabled them to engage with their clients through the pandemic.

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OneSlough helped to engage with our frontline volunteers to ensure our most vulnerable were supported through the pandemic. Charities, the local authority, and NHS partners worked together closer than ever before. It is a year to reflect on the power of the voluntary sector, a year to celebrate our achievements, a year like no other, where the local authority made financial cuts within themselves but not to the voluntary sector.

Charities and community groups adapted to help their clients and residents. Council officers were working directly alongside voluntary sector partners in the buildings of voluntary organisations and vice versa.

In the initial stages of COVID-19 we quickly realised we would need a call centre to field the queries and needs of vulnerable residents; Slough CVS advised on how to do this to council officers and representatives. The call centre would field calls that asked for support, directing responses to the correct organisations. If a resident required shopping, a volunteer or community organisation would be matched with the task e.g., Slough Community Transport would collect and distribute to those in need, many of whom were their actual clients during normal times. This is just a small example of the true partnership working that has happened and is continuing within #OneSlough. Joint working has led to the voluntary sector no longer working independently but working to provide a co-ordinated community response within Slough.

Slough Outreach in normal times feed their homeless friends and they continued to do so during the pandemic. In addition, they delivered hot meals to those who were in need in the evenings. Many people with Covid became unable to cook for themselves and their families, the call centre would receive a task and Slough Outreach would deliver the support. They worked in partnership with furloughed chefs who were cooking amazing food, that had been generously donated to them, for the most vulnerable residents impacted by Covid in the catering kitchens that Langley college had generously loaned.

There are too many pandemic tales to tell, but our town, its charities and residents have been outstanding. The #OneSlough model has been held up by government as an exemplar during 2020 and despite the pandemic, we have been able to celebrate our local partnerships and the impact made by the voluntary sector.

We have held a regular weekly #OneSlough call, in which the voluntary sector has been able to get information directly related to Covid through our trusted partners. The feedback from these meetings have been integral to combating COVID-19 and the groups on the call have been amazing in the way they have engaged with their communities to share key safety messages.

As we started to see a glimmer of hope with the vaccine coming, #OneSlough were asked to provide volunteers at the Slough vaccination centres. A call out to residents in January saw 1,000 people sign up to volunteer, as well as charities stepping up to provide a shift full of their own volunteers.

The Salt Hill Vaccination mass site not only serves Slough residents but others from Berkshire and Bucks.

The #OneSlough model has been recognised at the highest levels of being an excellent way of community engagement and partnership and will continue beyond the pandemic.

It was my utmost pleasure to hear that Slough CVS has won the NAVCA Partnerships award this year, and I would like to take a moment to thank all the Slough CVS Staff and the board

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members for their hard work and of course all the partners - without your contribution and engagement, it would not have been possible.

The partnerships that developed through the SPACE project are valued and appreciated and a testimony to the SPACE model that Slough Borough Council, whilst confronting financial challenges, has made a commitment to our Slough voluntary sector. This is reflected in the zero cut to the SPACE budget and extending voluntary sector services to 30[th] June 2022, despite Slough Borough Council facing such difficult times.

During this unique pandemic period it has been humbling to see all the hard work and effort that our community groups have put in. It has been a joy to see our residents coming together and the new digital engagement that we have with our volunteers supporting vaccination centres, our primary care networks, and other partners.

This new model of digital volunteering we are implementing is the start of a very exciting change in volunteer engagement and I look forward to seeing the advances made in the voluntary sector across Slough.

Jamie Green. Chairman Slough CVS

Slough CVS’s Impact April 2020-March 2021

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Funds raised from outside of Slough £1,161,914
Food parcels delivered 15,207
Shopping delivered 1,084
Prescriptions delivered 10,052
Hot meals delivered to vulnerable and key 14,955
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Residents supported 13,892
Volunteer hours 5,165 (excluding vaccination centre
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Volunteers 663 (excluding vaccination centre
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Vaccination centre volunteer hours 25,381
Vaccination centre volunteers 1,227
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Our purpose

The Memorandum of Association of Slough CVS defines our aims as promoting charitable purposes in the areas of health, education and the relief of poverty, distress and sickness. It goes on to require us to seek to challenge all forms of oppression and inequality and to give priority to people whose full participation in society is limited by economic, political and social disadvantage. And finally, it directs us to promote these aims by bringing together, supporting and working with statutory and voluntary organisations in our local areas.

This year was one of the most challenging years in the history of Slough CVS. Slough CVS has gone beyond meeting their purpose, by working together with voluntary and statutory partners to co-ordinate an emergency response in supporting vulnerable residents and providing practical and emotional support to keep Slough safe and protected. Together we have united to make a phenomenal contribution to supporting local people through this pandemic.

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Our activities during 2020-2021

Slough Council for Voluntary Service (Slough CVS) has been the provider of support to the community sector in building capacity - volunteer recruitment; training & coaching; identifying funding opportunities and supporting groups in obtaining grants.

During mid-March 2020, as COVID-19 started to impact the UK, Slough CVS and the voluntary sector began to adapt and focus on delivering services to our most vulnerable residents in Slough.

Slough CVS partnered with Slough Borough Council (SBC) to lead the #OneSlough Community Response, which saw the development of partnerships and community cohesion. This included over thirty voluntary organisations, SBC, the NHS and CCG partners, initiated from the SPACE consortium. A weekly #OneSlough meeting was set up and continues to be run by Slough CVS. ‘#OneSlough’, is now recognised as a nationally exemplified body of best practice.

As part of the #OneSlough Community Response, Slough CVS developed and coordinated an operational work plan to ensure all residents were safe and supported during the initial phase of COVID-19. To achieve this, we provided and coordinated support in four main areas: Volunteer Support, Community Group Support, Residents Wellbeing and Communication.

Slough CVS provided the following services and activities during the crisis:

Volunteer Support

During the first lockdown, Slough CVS recruited and matched 419 volunteers to provide support to vulnerable residents across Slough. We worked with our community groups and charities to ensure volunteers were safe, and residents safeguarded; Slough CVS adapted its screening process for volunteers. Roles included but were not limited to providing support with emergency food supplies, hot meals, shopping and prescription collections, dog walks, help with hospital appointments, befriending and domestic abuse support on the telephone. In 2020, our volunteers and community groups provided over 30,000 hot meals and food parcels and supported over 13,500 residents with shopping and prescription collections.

OneSlough worked in partnership with many faith and community organisations to reach out to vulnerable residents in need and provide emergency food and support to hundreds of residents each day. Communities united, to reach out to those most in need, regardless of ethnicity, culture or religion. A faith community whose remit was to serve their own community, was now reaching out to the wider town.

Community Champion Volunteers

The #OneSlough Community Champions network was set up in September 2020 to help empower Slough residents to remain up to date with the latest advice about COVID-19. The #OneSlough team keeps residents informed of the latest advice and guidance direct from Public Health Slough so they can help families, friends and other community members to comprehend the latest facts on the Coronavirus. The total number of Community Champions that have come forward to provide support with this is now 591 volunteers.

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Vaccination Site Volunteers

Slough CVS was a key partner in ensuring the development of new NHS COVID-19 testing sites and one of the first community-based mass vaccination sites in the UK was set up at Salt Hill Leisure Activity Centre. #OneSlough volunteers were recruited from the community, in partnership with the council. In just one month the #OneSlough partnership registered over 1,000 volunteers, to help provide support to the NHS vaccination hubs and lateral flow test centres across the town. A new content management database was set up by Slough CVS to manage volunteer rotas.

Capacity expanded from January to include Langley Health Centre, PCN, Mosque Pop Up and a mobile Slough Outreach vehicle, as additional vaccination sites across Slough, with continued #OneSlough volunteer support.

The Slough CVS trained teams of volunteers both at the vaccination and test centres provided support to approximately 500-1,000 vulnerable people each day. For many, it was the first time they had been out of their houses since March 2020, and they were extremely grateful and positive about receiving the vaccine. The contribution of the volunteers has significantly helped to protect and save the lives of Slough residents.

Community Group Support

Slough CVS applied for and received funding to provide practical, emotional and financial support to vulnerable residents during the crisis. Funding was received from Berkshire Community Foundation, National Lottery Community Fund, Berkshire Community Foundation, UK Community Foundation and local businesses such as Segro and RB.

Slough CVS worked together and distributed grants to local community projects, to help provide emergency food and medication support to their communities. Groups supported included: Pakistani Welfare Association, St Kitts and Nevis Association Slough, Future Foundation, SEWA Day, Colnbrook Carers, Slough Modest Sisters, Covid United Slough and Building Futures Together. The funding also provided immediate support during the crisis with the support of teams of volunteers. #OneSlough, enabled our community groups and organisations to become the first point of contact for a vulnerable resident, together helping to improve access to food, shopping and emergency medication/prescriptions and keep a check on the vulnerable person’s health and wellbeing.

The total value of grants brought into Slough, to help with the COVID-19 relief effort, was £1,161,914. In addition, the Slough CVS funding webpage was continually updated with the latest sources of funding available for groups for COVID-19 response.

Residents Wellbeing

During 2020, the Wellbeing Prescribing and Carers Support Service provided support to over 750 residents, connecting them with activities and support locally, to improve health and wellbeing and reduce isolation.

Slough CVS’s Social Prescribing Team worked with #OneSlough partners to provide a 7-days a week customer helpline and developed an online form to coordinate a community response to the crisis and support vulnerable and shielded residents. Within the first week, the team received 267 requests for help. There have been over 40,514 COVID-19 response to help calls from residents. The call centre has remained active for those residents needing emergency support throughout the year.

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In addition to supporting the #OneSlough response, the team have been supporting vulnerable clients on their caseload. They prioritised supporting the elderly, carers and the socially isolated and ensured these residents had access to food and supplies via community support and Zoom sessions and activities.

Wellbeing Friends

Slough CVS set up a Wellbeing Befriending Service in April 2020 called ‘Wellbeing Friends’. This service continues to provide regular welfare checks, calling clients to ensure that they have some regular contact, support, and advice on how to stay physically and mentally well during and post pandemic. The project is currently being supported through our pool of volunteers, trained up to be 'Wellbeing Friends’ and make these calls when requested by the client. At its peak, there were 35 Wellbeing Friends, contacting 152 residents weekly. We now have 40 Wellbeing Friends making approximately 90 wellbeing/befriending calls per week to our most vulnerable. Some Wellbeing Friends have also started Zoom sessions with their clients. Our team are working closely together to set up Peer Support/Befriending Training/Supervision groups for our wellbeing volunteers.

The service worked together with community groups such as Building Futures Together, to provide wellbeing services, including telephone befriending calls. This activity supported vulnerable and elderly people experiencing anxiety, depression, mental health issues, debt, form filling, visually impaired, carer stresses or those just feeling very lonely and isolated due to having no contact with anyone. Groups being able to provide domestic abuse helplines and guidance have been another important strand of our work, particularly in the BAME community where there has been a lot of hidden abuse uncovered. As a result, more isolated people are being engaged through telephone support.

Slough Carers Support Service

The Slough Carers Support Service has been established through Slough CVS as a support group set up to assess the needs of carers and refer them to Adult Social Care for a full assessment and care plan. To date, there are over 600 registered carers.

Slough CVS Wellbeing Prescribing Staff support the carers support groups who provide frontline support and participate in regular strategic Carers Partnership Board meetings. During 2020, the service provided training sessions to carers to inform them of their legal rights, as well as social activities and support awareness sessions in English, Punjabi and Urdu. The team quickly identified that access to computer devices was needed for carers to access online support during the pandemic. Over 20 carers have now received digital devices (with training). Carers were also referred to existing carer groups to reduce isolation and meet other carers who had a shared understanding of their role. We have had 609 people access our Slough Carers Support website for information to support and training.

Communication

During the first lockdown, Slough CVS developed a COVID-19 Communications Strategy, to keep connected with residents, groups and volunteers. The aim was to ensure all Slough CVS COVID-19 messages took priority and group activities and changes to services were publicised widely.

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A key focus was the daily news alert for the voluntary sector covering #OneSlough and government updates, funding information, a regularly updated #OneSlough Directory and feature stories shared further on Slough CVS Facebook and Twitter channels and a new Instagram feed to increase the reach of the COVID-19 safety messages for residents. The Slough CVS website’s news page began to be updated regularly with press releases and COVID-19 news updates.

Working together with local key voluntary sector groups, Slough Borough Council and the NHS, the team continue to communicate to make an impact and promote public health key safety messages to our diverse BAME community, promotion of vaccination centres and overcoming myths and sharing the valuable work of our community groups, volunteers and partners.

The communications team work with the Slough CVS internal teams to publicise new projects, activities and events to a variety of audiences.

Windsor, Ascot and Maidenhead Get Involved

Slough CVS provided support to over 1,500 vulnerable residents impacted by the pandemic across Windsor, Ascot and Maidenhead (WAM) and recruited over 700 volunteers to provide support to voluntary and community organisations, co-ordinating support with emergency food, shopping, medication, dog walking and much more in the community. WAM Get Involved help to set up support strategies to co-ordinate help from neighbours and residents and link this support to affiliated charities such as Windsor Lions. The team worked closely with Maidenhead Mosque, to work together with charities across WAM, to help provide emergency food support to vulnerable residents. WAM Get Involved set up an online help support service with RBWM and operated the call centre with a team of volunteers.

RBWM ended their contract with Slough CVS in June 2020, due to local funding cuts to the voluntary sector. However, Slough CVS managed to obtain additional funds from the National Lottery, Radian, Windsor and Maidenhead Churches Together, Baylis Trust, Ascot Fire Brigade Trust, The Prince Philip Trust, Tesco’s and the UK Community Foundations totaling £56,249.

Through these funds, Slough CVS has continued to deliver the WAM Get Involved services, providing a range of support and advice activities to voluntary and community groups. We continue to deliver training and workshops online for the groups, network forums, news alerts with funding information and volunteering support through the Volunteer Passport training. A new range of digital and wellbeing workshops for residents and groups to support them during the challenges of the pandemic were developed and delivered.

Slough CVS and WAMGI Online Training

Slough CVS have provided over 83 online training sessions and forums for volunteers, carers and community groups, to access skills and information to government guidance, through online training and resources, to help their organisations and their community navigate change and uncertainty, reduce stress and anxiety and confidently meet the needs of the community during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Training sessions are open to both Slough and WAM residents to increase participation and engagement and make ensure training is as cost effective as possible. This has provided an opportunity for more groups with common services to share best practice and helped to encourage dialogue across the areas.

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Slough CVS has set up online WAM and Slough Voluntary Forums and Networks to have interactive group discussions on topics concerning the voluntary sector. Seven forums ran between July 2020 and March 2021, with approximately 30-60 people attending each of them. The forums have provided a platform to funders such as Berkshire Community Foundation, BBC Children in Need and The National Lottery Community Fund, to share their guidance and advice on applying to funds for activities during the pandemic.

Training sessions have been run on wellbeing, safeguarding, volunteer management, communication, conflict resolution, first aid, fundraising and writing successful bids and much more training for volunteers and community groups to help them adapt their services during and after a crisis period. In addition to this, we have facilitated Zoom training and improved digital access across the sector. Over 1,229 people registered on the Slough CVS/WAM training programmes, with an average of 15-20 people attending each session.

We have further supported the voluntary sector both in Slough and WAM to apply for funding and provide online funding training, information and advice to enable community organisations and local charities during such challenging times. A funding page is updated weekly on the Slough CVS website to support this.

HOME Slough

Without public access to HOME on the High Street due to COVID-19, most of the activities offered to Slough residents, and indeed to people farther afield, have of necessity been produced and delivered online. These have ranged from workshops and masterclasses, to events such as Poetry in the Pandemic, a Young Artists’ competition and the popular Global Cooking Theatre, plus activities in response to Black History Month and also the Black Lives Matter movement, that came to dominate the summer. For those not able to access online activities, there have also been Care Home Concerts in the gardens of residential homes for residents to enjoy and the Black History Month vinyl panel display in the windows of HOME on the High Street.

A range of new communities and new community gatekeepers have become involved with HOME Slough during this period. Various activities have offered some unusual opportunities to inspire and occupy people in the community during lockdowns and COVID restrictions, all designed to be as accessible as possible to appropriate communities of interest. The Slough community was engaged and proportionally well-represented.

Community groups were encouraged to use the HOME Slough Zoom account to keep their creative activities going throughout lockdown. Between April 2020 and March 2021, 375 sessions were facilitated in this way, adding up to 1,007 hours of engagement, with 1,392 participants and 128,703 audience members taking part in HOME Slough activities.

Property

Slough CVS currently provides office space to the voluntary sector at a reduced rate in the two premises at Church Street. The Resource Centre at 29 Church Street up until March 2020 was used by over 20 small, medium and large groups and a wide range of stakeholders as a meeting space. Activities included: health and wellbeing sessions, training courses and arts and culture activities for all ages. The space will re-open when it is safe to do so.

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Fundraising Statement

The most significant income came from grants and contracts from the local authority, NHS and trusts and foundations. SCVS is subject to their criteria and monitoring arrangements.

During the year. a substantial commercial doner was Reckitt Benckiser. Their donation was granted to SCVS via a community trust, Berkshire Community Foundation. SCVS is subject to their criteria and monitoring of the grant.

We also have insignificant amounts of donations, using Local Giving, a nationally recognised platform. Fundraising promotions are conducted by SCVS and not by third parties.

In summary, SCVS's funding sources during the year were:

Our fundraising effort involves encouraging donations through Local Giving. SCVS's communications team helps with fundraising. We do not engage professional fundraisers to help us deliver fundraising initiatives. This year, we ran a covid response campaign and raised about £3k.

We do not use third-party suppliers to help us raise funds. We do not use volunteers to raise funds.

Our website outlines our complaints policy for the public and clearly explains how an individual can complain. We received no complaints during the financial year.

Financial Review

Our contract with Slough Borough Council, for Adult Care Services, remains to be the largest contributor to our operating results. In addition, this year we have raised additional funds of £114,037 from other national and local funders supporting additional activities during a very challenging year.

During the year we received rental income from our two properties at 27 and 29 Church Street, although the contribution to operating results from these offices has been further reduced this year. During this year we also operated the HOME Slough project, which is funded by The Arts Council and Slough Borough Council. This contract supplies a meaningful but not substantial contribution to our operations.

The operating results for this year were lower than recent years, due to the need to apply for additional resources and activities during the pandemic to help keep Slough safe and protected. Higher expenses on restricted funds were largely due to a higher level of activity during a pandemic year.

Slough CVS have generated £45,042 on its unrestricted funds in the year. These results also include the latest pension valuation of the Local Government Pension Scheme, £124,000 has been released to the Pension Reserve – (Refer to note 14 to the Accounts.)

At the end of the year total funds amounted to £935,214.

Further details of the various funds we operate are set out in the section ‘Reserve policy’.

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Investment powers and policy

Slough CVS operates three bank accounts – a current account, an instant access deposit account and a term deposit account. There are no overdraft facilities. It is the policy of the Charity to keep sufficient money in the current account and instant access deposit accounts to cover operating cash flow requirements and to place surplus funds in the term deposit account. During the year the typical interest rate achieved on the term deposit account was 0.3% per annum.

Reserve policy

Slough CVS has two unrestricted funds:

The General Fund covers our day to day operations and relates to our ongoing operational charitable activities. These can be summarised as project management activities for Slough Borough Council and the management of our premises in Church Street Slough. The project management tasks relate to the organisation and support of local voluntary groups in the care sector. Our premises are partly occupied by Slough CVS but are largely offices let to various local voluntary groups at subsidised rents.

The Pension Reserve Fund represents the Slough CVS share of the Local Government Pension Scheme deficit.

Slough CVS has four restricted funds:

The Youth Participation Fund supports youth activities in Slough. The Capital Fund is the amount on hand for future capital projects. The Home Slough Fund increases opportunities and awareness of all the arts in Slough.

The OneSlough (Covid19) Fund supports Covid19 activities in keeping Slough safe.

Report of the Directors year ended 31st March 2021

Slough CVS has three designated funds (which relate to our properties):

The Leasehold Property Fund relates to the acquisition of a 99 year lease on 27 & 29 Church Street in 2012.

The Leasehold Additions Funds relates to subsequent additions to the offices at 29 Church Street.

The Sinking Fund contains amounts set aside for major refurbishment work that may be required on both properties at some unknown time during the unexpired portion of the lease.

The amounts held on Reserves and further information e.g. movements on Reserves, are set out in Note 12 to the Accounts.

It is the intent of the Directors to maintain an amount on the General Fund at least equal to 6 months operating expenses, excluding property servicing expenses, which are covered by rental income. This sum would enable the current activities of the Charitable Company to be continued, in the event of a significant drop in funding, until such time as the income and expenditure could be brought into balance. The amount on the

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General Fund, not including the pension deficit, during the financial year and at 31st March 2021 exceeded the 6 month target.

It is also the objective of the Directors to add to the Sinking Fund, where possible, against unknown future major property repairs. The Directors are satisfied with the current level of this fund. And there are no immediate plans for any substantial utilisation of the Capital Fund.

Plans for future periods

Slough Borough Council, who are our major clients, has in summer of 2021 formally notified the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) of the Section 114 Notice and will be seeking financial support from the Ministry. This will affect our operations as Slough Borough Council has announced it will be pausing non-essential spending, in response to a report by the Director of Finance into the state of the council’s finances. And while the charity has adequate levels of reserves, the Directors are alive to the implications of the current spending environment and will plan and act accordingly.

There are no plans for any major capital spending.

Reference and administrative details

Charity number: 1069086 Company number: 03523907 Registered Office: 27 Church Street, Slough, Berkshire SL1 1PL

Our advisers

Auditors: Cansdales Audit LLP, Bourbon Court, Nightingales Corner, Little Chalfont, Bucks HP7

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Bankers: Bank of Scotland, Third Floor, 8 Lochside Avenue, Edinburgh EH2 9DJ Solicitors: Aston Bond, Windsor Crown House, 7 Windsor Rd, Slough SL1 2DX Insurances: Lark (Group) Limited, Colman House, King Street, Maidstone, ME14 1DN

Directors

Erduana Catovic (Treasurer) Janine Edwards Jamie Green (Chairman) Gautam Saraogi Ambily Banerjee

Key management personnel

Chief Executive Officer: Ramesh Kukar

Structure governance and management

Slough Council for Voluntary Service, Registered Charity Number 1069086, is a company limited by guarantee and has no share capital. The company was incorporated under the Companies Act 1985, Registered Number 03523907. There are 166 members each of whom has guaranteed to pay £1 in the event of the winding up of the company.

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Appointment of directors

The members elect a Board (which for historic reasons are referred to as the Council of Management) every two years to oversee the affairs of the charitable company.

Director induction and training

Potential Directors undergo induction with the CEO and Chair. The induction comprises structure and function of SCVS, organisational roles and responsibilities and legal roles and responsibilities. Potential Directors are then introduced to staff and other board members. They are encouraged to spend time getting to know staff and members and are encouraged to attend a programme of both internal and external Governance training.

Organisation

The day to day management of SCVS is undertaken by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) who reports to the Chairman and Board. The CEO has written delegated authority approved by the Board sufficient to manage day to day operations. The Board meets approximately 6 times a year to consider major strategic and operational matters, including management accounts, the annual budget and the statutory accounts. There is also a sub group of the Board (The Finance and General Purpose Committee) that meets on an ad hoc and more frequent basis when circumstances require. Volunteers have contributed greatly to effectiveness of SCVS. Their expertise in the fields of financial and general administration has been particularly helpful.

Related parties

No Director receives a salary or any other benefit from their work with the Charity. Some Directors are employees of charities or voluntary organisations that may have directly or indirectly an interest in Slough CVS projects, and as such would be considered a related party. These circumstances occur rarely and would be disclosed in the register of Directors Interests. Where appropriate the Director would absent him or herself from appropriate decision or meetings.

Pay policy for senior staff

The Directors consider the board and the senior management team comprise the key management personnel responsible for controlling and operating the Charity. All the Directors give their time freely and are unpaid.

All staff salaries are reviewed annually although not necessarily increased annually. Salary increases are dependent upon market rates for similar positions in the voluntary sector and the financial position of the charity at the time.

Risk management

A review of the risks to which the charity is exposed was completed in April 2019. The review looked at risks affecting the administration and staff of the charity. The risks identified were various e.g. operational, strategic and financial. Each identified risk was prioritised by allocating a judgement score on the level of the risk and the likelihood of each risk item. Actions as necessary were then identified and allocated to various staff or board members to mitigate those risks. Also, the charity has a series of robust policies and procedures in place to identify clearly the appropriate work practices.

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One risk the directors have considered in particular is the risk associated with our membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme (the Scheme) which is a defined benefit scheme. On current and forecast contribution rates the directors consider the Scheme is affordable and, after due consideration of other relevant factors, intend to continue membership of the Scheme for the foreseeable future. Please see note 14 to the Accounts for more information.

Responsibilities of the directors

The Directors of Slough Council for Voluntary Service are responsible for preparing the Report of the Directors and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). Company law required the Directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the Directors have elected to prepare financial statements in accordance with the United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). Under company law the Directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company at the end of the year and of the surplus or deficiency for the year ended. In preparing those financial statements the Directors are required to:

The Directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records which are sufficient to show and explain the charitable company’s transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements could comply with the Companies Act 2006.

The Directors 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.

In so far as the Directors are aware:

Approved by the Board on 13 December 2021 and signed on its behalf by

Jamie Green

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Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Slough Council for Voluntary Service (the ‘charitable company’) for the year ended 31 March 2021 which comprise of the Statement of Financial Activities, the Balance Sheet, the Cashflow Statement and the related notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 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:

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

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the ISAs (UK) require us to report to you where:

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twelve months from the date when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

Other information

The trustees are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the trustees’ annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, 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 audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. 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.

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In the light of our knowledge and understanding of the charitable company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the directors’ report.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH 2021

Responsibilities of trustees

As explained more fully in the trustees’ responsibilities statement set out on page 13, the trustees (who are also the directors of the charitable company for the purposes 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.

Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

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.

As part of an audit in accordance with ISAs (UK), we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional scepticism throughout the audit. We also:

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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH 2021

of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the charitable company’s internal control.

We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.

This report is made solely to the charitable company’s members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charitable company’s members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor’s 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 charitable company and the charitable company’s members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Mr James Foskett Senior Statutory Auditor For and on behalf of Cansdales Audit LLP Bourbon Court Nightingales Corner Little Chalfont, Bucks HP7 9QS

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SLOUGH COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES (INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH 2021

Note
Income
From charitable activities
Grants
2
Other income
3
Investment income
4
Total income
Expenditure
On charitable activities
5
Total expenditure
Net Income / (Expenditure)
Transfer between funds
Movement on Pension Reserve
5
Net Movement on funds
Total funds brought forward
12
Total funds carried forward
12		 Unrestricted
Restricted
Designated
Unrestricted
Restricted
Designated
funds
funds
funds
Total 2021
funds
funds
funds
Total 2020

£
£
£
£
£
£
£
£
361,174
526,058
-
887,232
447,673
300,000
-
747,673
197,601
-
-
197,601
184,339
6,815
-
191,154
558,775
526,058
-
1,084,833
632,012
306,815
-
938,827
751
-
-
751
7,122
-
-
7,122
559,526
526,058
-
1,085,584
639,134
306,815
-
945,949
514,484
382,634
5,280
902,398
581,945
321,015
5,280
908,240
514,484
382,634
5,280
902,398
581,945
321,015
5,280
908,240
45,042
143,424
(5,280)
183,186
57,189
(14,200)
(5,280)
37,709
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(124,000)
-
-
(124,000)
197,000
-
-
197,000
(78,958)
143,424
(5,280)
59,186
254,189
(14,200)
(5,280)
234,709
76,510
377,027
422,493
876,029
(177,679)
391,227
427,773
641,321
(2,449)
520,451
417,212
935,214
76,510
377,027
422,493
876,030

This 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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The notes numbered 1 to 19 form part of these financial statements

SLOUGH COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE

BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31st MARCH 2021

Fixed assets
Note
Tangible assets
8
Current assets
Debtors
9
Cash at bank
Creditors: due within one year
Net current assets
10
Provisions for liabilities
11
Total assets less liabilities
Unrestricted funds
12
Designated funds
12
Restricted funds
12
Total funds		 75,000
1,360,118		 2021
£
267,213
1,139,002
(471,001)
935,214
(2,449)
417,212
520,451
935,214		 21,983
1,166,930		 2020
£
272,493
950,537
(347,000)
876,030
76,510
422,493
377,027
876,030
1,435,118
(296,116)		 1,188,913
(238,376)

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions for small companies under Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006.

Approved by the Board on 13 December 2021 and signed on their behalf by:

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SLOUGH COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE

CASH FLOW AS AT 31st MARCH 2021

Net movement in funds
Adjustments for:
Depreciation
Investment income
Decrease/(increase) in trade and other receivables
Increase/(decrease) in trade and other payables
Increase/(decrease) in provisions
Net cash from operating activities
Investing activities
Investment income
Cash flow from investing activities
Net change in cash and cash equivalents
Cash at start of year
Cash at the end of the year		 2021
£
59,184
5,280
(751)
(53,017)
57,740
124,000
192,436

751

751
193,188
1,166,930
1,360,118		 2020
£
234,709
5,280
(7,122)
79,417
(60,666)
(197,000)
54,618

7,122

7,122
61,740
1,105,190
1,166,930

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The notes numbered 1 to 19 form part of these financial statements

SLOUGH COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE Notes to the Financial Statements

For the year ended 31st March 2021

The financial statements 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 1st January 2019) - (Charities SORP (FRS102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006.

The Slough Council for Voluntary Service (Slough CVS - the Charity) 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 the relevant accounting policy note(s). The financial statements are presented in sterling which is the functional currency of the charity and rounded to the nearest £1.

b. Income and Expenditure Income is recognised on an accruals basis and allocated either to the General Fund, where the funds received are for the general purposes of the Charity, to a Designated Fund, for a purpose as decided by the directors, or to a Restricted Fund, where the donor requires the funds to be used for a specific purpose. All resources expended are accounted for on an accruals basis for all funds, inclusive of irrecoverable VAT. Where expenditure is directly attributable to specific activities it is allocated to those activities. In other cases costs may be attributable to more than one activity, in these cases the costs have been apportioned to the individual activities within charitable expenditure and governance costs in accordance with the Basis of Accounting described in detail above. Governance costs comprise all costs relating to the public accountability of Slough CVS and its compliance with regulation and good practice. These costs include costs relating to the statutory audit.

c. Tangible Fixed Assets and Depreciation

Assets are capitalised if their cost exceeds £1500.

In November 2012 Slough CVS acquired a 99 year lease on 27 and 29 Church Street from Slough Borough Council on a peppercorn rent. The capitalised amount for Leasehold Property in these accounts represents the acquisition cost of the lease and associated fees. The total cost of the lease is being written off over the life of the lease. In the financial year ended 31st March 2014 an extension was completed at 29 Church Street. The cost of this work has been capitalised and is being written off over 20 years.

Slough CVS participates in the Local Government Pension Scheme, which is a defined benefits scheme providing pensions based on pay and length of service not contributions. Both the Charity and employees contribute to this scheme on a defined scale. The Charity stopped entry to the Scheme for new employees some years ago. New employees of Slough CVS hold personal pension plans which are defined contribution schemes. The Charity contributes to these plans and employees are free to chose their own contribution rates. Further details of both these schemes are detailed in note 14 to these accounts.

e. Unrestricted funds

Consist of donations, grants and other incoming resources receivable or generated for the objects of the charity without further specified purpose and are available as general funds.

f. Designated funds

Are amounts agreed to be set aside by the Directors for a specific purpose.

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ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

g. Restricted funds

Are to be used for specific purposes as laid down by the donor. Expenditure which meets these criteria is charged to the respective funds, together with a fair allocation of management and support costs, taking into account the budgets for each of the Restricted Funds as approved by the respective donors.

h. Taxation

The Charitable Company is a charitable institution with exemption from UK taxation under section 505 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988.

i. Preparation of the accounts on a going concern basis

The Directors consider that there are sufficient funds in place and that there are no material uncertainties about the Charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

2 GRANTS RECEIVABLE

GRANTS RECEIVABLE
SBC - Slough Adult Social Care / SPACE
SBC - Wellbeing / Neighbourhoods
SBC - re Covid 19 in Slough
The Arts Council - re Home Slough
Berkshire Community Foundation re Covid 19 in Slough
Frimley Park NHS
The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
Grants receivable (gross)
Due to other stakeholders
Net Amount Receivable		 General
fund
Other funds
Total 2021
Total 2020
£
£
£
£
342,424
273,830
616,254
626,254
18,750
-
18,750
-
-
17,000
17,000
-
-
225,000
225,000
300,000
-
261,058
261,058
-
23,000
23,000
-
-
-
-
65,250
361,174
799,888
1,161,062
921,504
-
(273,830)
(273,830)
(243,831)
361,174
526,058
887,232
747,673

£273,830 (2020: £243,831) was the amount payable to the SPACE partners in the year.

3 OTHER INCOME

Rental income
Other charitable activities
Other Income		 General
fund
Other funds
Total 2021
Total 2020
£
£
£
£
83,564
-
83,564
112,275
114,037
-
114,037
78,879
197,601
-
197,601
191,154

Rental income arises from the offices and meeting rooms at our properties at 27 & 29 Church Street, which are let to a variety of voluntary organisations at below market rents. The item "Other charitable activities" includes income from support activities supplementary to our main

contracts with Slough Borough Council and the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.

4 INVESTMENT INCOME

Investment Income 2021
2020
£
£

751
7,122

All the investment income is bank deposit account interest.

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5 TOTAL EXPENDITURE
EXPENDITURE
Staff costs
Staff recruitment
Premises
Travel and subsistence
Training
Telephone
Postage & stationery
Computer supplies
Insurance
Depreciation
Other expenditure
Governance:
Admin & Audit
Staff Costs
Total expenditure
Movement on Pension Reserve		 Unrestricted
Restricted
Designated
COVID
HOME
GEN
PENS
YP
CAP
19
SLOUGH
L'HOLD
L'HOLD
SINK'G
TOTAL
TOTAL
FUND'G
RES'VE
FUND
FUND
FUND
FUNDING
ADD'NS
FUND
2021
2020
£
£
£
£
£
£
£
£
£
£
376,441
-
-
-
-
97,358
-
-
-
473,799
549,387
275
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
275
1,197
57,160
-
-
-
-
7,301
-
-
-
64,461
113,716
120
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
120
2,135
10,340
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
10,340
4,535
8,168
-
-
-
-
104
-
-
-
8,272
10,360
10,559
-
-
-
-
2,515
-
-
-
13,074
17,464
7,364
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7,364
11,352
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1,246
-
-
-
-
-
-
2,650
2,630
-
5,280
5,280
37,155
-
-
-
193,469
80,887
-
-
-
311,511
-
182,500
4,294
-
-
-
-
1,000
-
-
-
5,294
5,288
2,608
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2,608
3,780
514,484
-
-
-
193,469
189,165
2,650
2,630
-
902,398
908,240
-
124,000
-
-
-
-
-
-
124,000
197,000

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6 EXPENDITURE FOR THE YEAR
Is stated after charging
Depreciation
Auditors' remuneration
7 STAFF COSTS AND NUMBERS
Salaries and wages
Social security costs
Pension costs		 2021
2020
£
£
5,280
5,280

5,251
5,226


2021
£
2020
£
406,858
483,939
38,997
40,417

30,551
28,811



476,407
553,167

No employee received benefits of more than £75000. No directors were paid,

neither were they reimbursed expenses in the year (2020: £nil). No directors received payment for professional or any other services supplied to the Charity (2020: £nil). The key management of the Charity (excluding the directors) comprise the Chief Executive Officer and the Head of Operations. The total employee benefits of the key management personnel were £90,569 (2020: £105,966) .

The average weekly number of employees during the year was:

Average monthly head count
Average monthly full time equivalent head count
8 FIXED ASSETS
COST
At 1st April 2020
Additions in the year
At 31st March 2021
DEPRECIATION
At 1st April 2020
Charge for the year
At 31st March 2020
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31st March 2021
At 1st April 2020
9 DEBTORS
Accrued Income
Prepayments
Other Receivables
10 CREDITORS & ACCRUALS
Holiday Pay
Deferred revenue
Payments due to partners in the SPACE consortium
Payments due to partners from Covid19 fund
Other Creditors
11 PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES
Amounts due after one year
Leasehold
Property
£
256,860
-		 2021
2020
15
19

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11
Leasehold
Additions
Total
£
£
52,593
309,453
-
-
256,860 52,593
309,453
18,550
2,650		 18,410
36,960
2,630
5,280
21,200 21,040
42,240
235,660 31,553
267,213
238,310 34,183
272,493
2021
2020
£
£
75,000
-
-
2,419

-
19,564

75,000
21,983


2021
£
2020
£
10,564
10,564
17,156
21,250
164,055
110,841
19,600
-

84,740
95,721

296,115
238,376


2021
2020
£
£

471,000
347,000

Represents the deficit allocated to Slough CVS on the Local Government Pension Scheme (see Note 14).

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12 MOVEMENT IN FUNDS

The General Fund
unrestricted
Pension Reserve Fund
unrestricted
Sub total - Unrestricted funds
Youth Participation
restricted
Capital Fund
restricted
Covid19 Slough fund
restricted
Home Slough
restricted
Sub total - Restricted funds
Leasehold Property
designated
Leasehold Additions
designated
Sinking Fund
designated
Sub total - Designated funds
Total Funds		 Balance at
1st April
2020
income
expenditure
other items
Balance at
31st March
2021
£
£
£
£
£
423,510
559,526
(514,484)
-
468,552
(347,000)
-
-
(124,000)
(471,000)
76,510
559,526
(514,484)
(124,000)
(2,449)
39,000
-
-
-
39,000
214,868
-
-
-
214,868
-
301,058
(193,469)
107,589
123,159
225,000
(189,165)
-
158,994
377,027
526,058
(382,634)
-
520,451
238,310
-
(2,650)
-
235,660
34,183
-
(2,630)
-
31,553
150,000
-
-
-
150,000
422,493
-
(5,280)
-
417,212
876,029
1,085,584
(902,398)
(124,000)
935,214

The General Fund covers our day to day operations and relates to our ongoing operational charitable activities. The Pension Reserve Fund represents the Slough CVS share of the Local Government Pension Scheme deficit. The Youth Participation Fund supports youth activities in Slough.

The Capital Fund is the amount on hand for future capital projects.

The Covid19 fund is amount for activities related to Covid 19 pandemic in Slough.

The Home Slough project promotes Art in Slough and is jointly funded by the Arts Council England and Slough Borough Council. The Leasehold Property Fund relates to the acquisition of a 99 year lease on properties at 27 & 29 Church Street. The Leasehold Additions Funds relates to subsequent additions to the offices at 29 Church Street.

The Sinking Fund contains amounts set aside for major refurbishment work that may be required on the properties.

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13 ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BETWEEN FUNDS
Current assets
Fixed assets
Current liabilities
Provisions for liabilities		 Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Designated
funds
Total funds
£
£
740,431
544,687
150,000
1,435,118
-
-
267,212
267,213
(271,880)
(24,236)
-
(296,116)

(471,000)
-
-
(471,001)



(2,449)
520,451
417,212
935,214

14 PENSIONS

Slough CVS participates in a Local Government Pension Scheme (the Scheme). The Scheme is a multi employer defined benefit scheme and is contracted out of the Second State Pension. The administering authority for the Scheme is the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead and it is administered in accordance with the Local Government Scheme Regulations 2013.

Members of the Scheme accrue an index linked pension and receive other benefits including a lump sum on retirement according to salary and length of service. The Charity contributed an amount of 20.3% of the gross salary of the member of staff in the Scheme in the year. The employee

in the Scheme contributed 8.5% of gross salary in the year. The total Slough CVS contribution to the Scheme in the year was £16,752 (2020: £16,090). The Charity's contribution will be 23.6% in the next financial year, plus a supplemental payment of £3,227, which is budgeted and considered by the directors to be of a level that will not affect the Charity's ongoing activities.

The last formal valuation of the fund was performed at 31st March 2019 by the Scheme's actuaries using the Projected Unit Method, which set the contributions for the period 1st April 2020 to 31st March 2023. The next revaluation is due at 31st March 2022. There are no minimum funding requirements in the Scheme, but contributions are generally set to target a funding level of 100% using the actuarial valuation assumptions.

The Scheme is in deficit and the Scheme's actuaries have produced an estimate of the element of that deficit attributable to the Charity at 31st March 2021, under the relevant accounting standard (FRS 102) which amounts to £471,000 (2020: £347,000).

Employees with personal pension plans (which are money purchase schemes) contract directly with the relevant insurance company. The Charity makes a contribution of 5% of gross salary to these plans. Contributions paid and expensed in the year totalled £15,459 (2020: £17,721)

15 CONNECTED CHARITIES

The Charity is affiliated to the National Association of Councils for Voluntary Service and the National Council for Voluntary Organisations

16 CAPITAL COMMITMENTS

At 31st March 2021 there were no capital commitments (2020: £Nil).

17 RELATED PARTY TRANSACTION

No related party transactions took place during the year (2020: None).

18 CONTINGENT LIABILITIES

At 31st March 2021 there were no contingent liabilities known to the directors (2020: £Nil)

19 POST BALANCE SHEET

In early July 2021 Slough Borough Council has issued a section 114 notice which effectively pauses non-essential spend for a limited period.

SCVS is in the process of assesing the impact this will have on organisation.

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