**Charity Registration No. 1069672**
# **THE GREAT BRIDGE COMMUNITY FORUM TRUSTEES' REPORT AND UNAUDITED ACCOUNTS**
**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022**
## **THE GREAT BRIDGE COMMUNITY FORUM**
## **LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION**
## **Trustees**
B Patel M Whatmore L Paskin A Whitehouse J Dawson L Whitehouse M Turner M Whitehouse
**Charity number** 1069672 **Independent examiner** AGS Accountants & Business Advisors Limited Unit 1 Castle Court 2 Castlegate Way Dudley DY1 4RH
## **THE GREAT BRIDGE COMMUNITY FORUM**
## **CONTENTS**
||**Page**|
|---|---|
|Trustees' report|1 - 2|
|Independent examiner's report|3|
|Statement of financial activities|4|
|Balance sheet|5|
|Notes to the accounts|6 - 9|
## **THE GREAT BRIDGE COMMUNITY FORUM**
## **TRUSTEES' REPORT** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022**_
The trustees present their report and accounts for the year ended 31 March 2022.
## **Structure, governance and management**
The trustees who served during the year were:
B Patel
M Whatmore
L Paskin A Whitehouse J Dawson L Whitehouse M Turner M Whitehouse
## Trustees
The structure of our board of trustees remains like that of previous years. We continue to work with associate members e.g., from the Sons of Rest, and St Peters Church Committee & Farley Community Allotment who deliver projects with our children from our Play Scheme.
## **Objectives and activities**
Our basic aims remain what they have always been i.e., to welcome all members of the community with information, expertise and contact with partner organisations where necessary and to provide a safer and friendly environment for all young people.
We reopened our centre in July 2021 and it has been challenging. We have lost some groups but the surviving ones, particularly the children’s have gone beyond our expectations.
The main projects of the Forum i.e., the holiday play scheme and after school club reopened in August 2021 and we were delighted with the uptake seeing old and new service users. We had 2 new volunteers work with us during the holidays giving them experience and input for their C.V’s.
Training for our employees has taken place, where possible, online, and where applicable we were still able to offer places to other bodies or individuals who would benefit from that training. We continue to be flexible and open to new ideas and ways in which we can serve our community.
Healthy eating and exercise continue to be at the centre of some of our provision. Staff have been trained and are knowledgeable on other issues impacting our community such as information on local food banks and how to access them. Our aim is to continue to educate ourselves on local services that our community need the most.
We continue to look for funding to provide lunches for children during the school holidays. This was a hot topic for government, and we hope that it will be considered for future school holidays.
The welfare and safety of the vulnerable clients at two of our partner organisations, Ryders Green Day Centre, and Sandwell Community Care Trust, following the pandemic, is paramount. This has meant that some of our activities have been put on hold. We continue to communicate and liaise with them to see if our organisation can support them in any way and look forward to working with them again in the very near future.
It is important to us to continue to serve as much of our community as possible with new ideas and new opportunities. Many thanks to our supporters and funders who help us to provide these services to our community and enable us to employ local people and thus contribute to our local economy.
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## **THE GREAT BRIDGE COMMUNITY FORUM**
## **TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022**_
On behalf of the board of trustees
## **M Whitehouse**
Trustee Dated: 27 January 2023
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## **THE GREAT BRIDGE COMMUNITY FORUM**
## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE GREAT BRIDGE COMMUNITY FORUM**
I report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2022, which are set out on pages 4 to 9.
## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner**
The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
- (i) examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act;
- (ii) to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act; and
- (iii) to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of independent examiner's report**
My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair view’ and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
- (a) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:
- (i) to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act; and
- (ii) to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act;
have not been met; or
- (b) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
AGS Accountants & Business Advisors Limited
Unit 1 Castle Court 2 Castlegate Way Dudley DY1 4RH
Dated: 27 January 2023
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## **THE GREAT BRIDGE COMMUNITY FORUM**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022**_
|**Unrestricted Restricted**
**funds**
**funds**
**Notes**
**£**
**£**
**Incoming resources from generated funds**
Funding
**2**
**27,193**
**-**
Incoming resources from charitable activities
**3**
**-**
**60,511**
**Total incoming resources**
**27,193**
**60,511**
**Resources expended**
**4**
**Charitable activities**
Depreciation
**-**
**627**
After school and other direct costs
**-**
**4,214**
Activities, events and trips
**-**
**3,787**
**Total charitable expenditure**
**-**
**8,628**
Governance costs
**1,080**
**65,792**
**Total resources expended**
**1,080**
**74,420**
**Net income/(expenditure) for the year/**
**Net movement in funds**
**26,113**
**(13,909)**
Fund balances at 1 April 2021
**44,088**
**34,355**
**Fund balances at 31 March 2022**
**70,201**
**20,446**|**Total**
**2022**
**£**
**27,193**
**60,511**
**87,704**
**627**
**4,214**
**3,787**
**8,628**
**66,872**
**75,500**
**12,204**
**78,443**
**90,647**|Total
2021
£
9,900
80,766|
|---|---|---|
|||90,666|
|||634
2,185
90|
|||2,909|
|||60,935|
|||63,844|
|||26,822
51,621|
|||78,443|
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## **THE GREAT BRIDGE COMMUNITY FORUM**
## **BALANCE SHEET**
## _**AS AT 31 MARCH 2022**_
|**Notes**
**Fixed assets**
Tangible assets
**8**
**Current assets**
Cash at bank and in hand
**Creditors: amounts falling due within**
**one year**
**9**
**Net current assets**
**Total assets less current liabilities**
**Income funds**
Restricted funds
Unrestricted funds|**2022**
**£**
**88,827**
**(1,288)**|**£**
**3,108**
**87,539**
**90,647**
**20,446**
**70,201**
**90,647**|2021
£
76,714
(806)|£
2,535
75,908
78,443
34,355
44,088
78,443|
|---|---|---|---|---|
The accounts were approved by the Trustees on 27 January 2023
M Whitehouse **Trustee**
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## **THE GREAT BRIDGE COMMUNITY FORUM**
## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022**_
## **1 Accounting policies**
## **1.1 Basis of preparation**
The accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention.
The accounts have been prepared in accordance with applicable accounting standards, the Statement of Recommended Practice, "Accounting and Reporting by Charities", issued in March 2005 and the Charities Act 2011.
## **1.2 Tangible fixed assets and depreciation**
Tangible fixed assets are stated at cost less depreciation. Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write off the cost less estimated residual value of each asset over its expected useful life, as follows:
Plant and machinery 33% PA Fixtures, fittings & equipment 20% PA
## **2 Funding**
|Donations and gifts
**3**
**Incoming resources from charitable activities**
Performance related grants
Ancillary trading income
Charitable rental income|**2022**
**£**
**27,193**
**2022**
**£**
**23,087**
**21,415**
**16,009**
**60,511**|2021
£
9,900
2021
£
19,234
14,160
47,372
80,766|
|---|---|---|
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## **THE GREAT BRIDGE COMMUNITY FORUM**
## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022**_
|**4**
**5**|**Total resources expended**
**Charitable activities**
Depreciation
Support costs
After school and other direct costs
Activities undertaken directly
Activities, events and trips
Activities undertaken directly
**Governance costs**
**Support costs**
Depreciation|**Staff**
**costs**
**£**
-
-
-
**-**
**52,422**
**52,422**|**Other**
**costs**
**£**
627
4,214
3,787
**8,628**
**14,450**
**23,078**|**Total**
**2022**
**£**
627
4,214
3,787
**8,628**
**66,872**
**75,500**
**2022**
£
**627**
**627**|Total
2021
£
634
2,185
90
2,909
60,935
63,844
2021
£
634
634|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
## **6 Trustees**
The trustees do not draw any emoluments from the charity.
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## **THE GREAT BRIDGE COMMUNITY FORUM**
## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022**_
## **7 Employees**
## **Number of employees**
The average monthly number of employees during the year was:
||**2022**|2021|
|---|---|---|
||**Number**|Number|
|Employees|**6**|6|
|**Employment costs**|**2022**|2021|
||**£**|£|
|Wages and salaries|**52,422**|51,729|
There were no employees whose annual remuneration was £60,000 or more.
## **8 Tangible fixed assets**
|**Plant and**
**machinery**
**Fixtures,**
**fittings &**
**equipment**
**£**
**£**
**Cost**
**At 1 April 2021 and at 31 March 2022**
**22,963**
**31,395**
**Depreciation**
**At 1 April 2021 and at 31 March 2022**
**22,963**
**28,287**
**Net book value**
**At 31 March 2022**
**-**
**3,108**
At 31 March 2021
-
2,535
**9**
**Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
**2022**
**£**
Other creditors
**-**
Accruals
**1,288**
**1,288**|**Total**
**£**
**54,358**
**51,250**
**3,108**
2,535
2021
£
(220)
1,026
806|
|---|---|
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## **THE GREAT BRIDGE COMMUNITY FORUM**
## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022**_
|**10**
**Analysis of net assets between funds**
**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**£**
**£**
Fund balances at 31 March 2022 are represented by:
Tangible fixed assets
3,108
-
Current assets
68,381
20,446
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
(1,288)
-
70,201
20,446|**Total**
**£**
**3,108**
**88,827**
**(1,288)**
**90,647**|
|---|---|
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