Trustees Hazel Davies (Chair) Keith Maynard Peter Neale Linda McLoughlin Cara Japon
Independent Examiner - Angela Winfield FIAB,FIAAP 40, Coniston, Eastwood, Southend on Sea, Essex, SS2 6SN
Manager - Carol Westerman Assistant Manager and Bookkeeper - Christine Evans
The Olive Tree Centre seeks to serve the community by providing low-cost personal therapy to individuals from all walks of life. Our counsellors are all practicing Christians, but the faith that sustains them will only be shared with their clients at the client’s request. Our fees are modest and means-tested and no client is ever turned away because they cannot afford to pay; during the last year we are grateful to have secured funding that has enabled us to offer free counselling to any affected by the pandemic for whom payment presents a challenge.
During the lockdowns we continued to deliver services remotely to all who requested it, using the Zoom platform and the telephone. This departure has in the long term proved a great success, enabling us to reach clients living at a distance from our two bases (at Eastwood Road Baptist Church near Rayleigh and Clarence Road Baptist Church in Southend-on-Sea) that would prevent them from making the journey in person, as also clients who are unable to leave their homes due to disability or psychological infirmity that makes travelling difficult. We are currently working with a higher number of clients, living in vastly differing circumstances and over a wider area, than ever before. We are of course now once again able to offer clients face to face counselling but many continue to opt for remote therapy for a variety of reasons and we intend to continue delivering our service by both routes in order to try and meet the needs of all the individuals who come to us.
In line with our development into remote service delivery we have replaced the office computer, upgrading the software, and issued our staff members with personal laptops, providing them with I.T. support to facilitate home working where appropriate. Our Management Committee is in the process of updating all our policies and procedures and we have introduced a new Remote Working Policy. We have finally succeeded in releasing an archived bank account and have now amalgamated all our finances in one account (please see our latest updated Accounts). Thanks to the unwearying efforts of our fundraiser Debbie Gadd on behalf of the Olive Tree Centre we have managed to secure additional funding in the last year, which has enabled us to offer free counselling to those unable to pay, covered our counsellors’ supervision costs for the next twelvemonth, and has also made possible the technical improvements listed above.
We have had some changes on the trustee board. Three longstanding members have chosen to step down for personal reasons and although we have welcomed two new members to the board, they are still familiarising themselves with the role. For this reason the trustees, the Management Committee and our two staff members endeavour to work closely together as a team and to share responsibilities equally; we believe the quality of the service we offer our clients depends on mutual respect for all
colleagues and our current priority is to maintain good working relationships and open communication. The organisation’s efficient running will reflect our common values and we all need each other to achieve this objective.
We are indebted to our trustees for their conscientiousness and their availability; all our operations depend on their prudent decision-making. We are indebted also to our two members of staff, Carol and Christine, who work tirelessly on behalf of the organisation and whose commitment can never be called into question. Thanks to the increase in our income over the last year, we have been able to extend their hours and to offer them both a small wage increment, richly deserved. But most of all, we are indebted to our team of volunteer counsellors, without whose services the Olive Tree Centre could not exist, who provide their time and skills free of charge out of concern for their clients and passion for counselling. You are the beating heart of this organisation.
I am very proud to be a part of the Olive Tree Centre and to serve it in any way that I can. We are looking to the Lord for another good year, during which we will continue to serve the community of Eastwood, Southend-on-Sea and indeed far beyond, seeking to bring hope and healing into the lives of as many individuals as we are able to touch.
Hazel E. Davies 29.10.21
Thé Olfve Troe Contre Trust (South East) Charlty Numb•r 1075617 Balanc• Shoot for the Flnanclal Year 1st August 2020 to 31st Juty 2021 31$¢ Juty 2021 31•t July 2020 Flx•d A8•0ts OOOA)O 800.00 Totsl Flxed A8•9ts 600.00 800.00 Curr•nt A•ts 10DOI G•n•rnl 1fy)02 Pgtty ¢¥$h 11x103 Ro••rv• Account 1(04 D•btor8 49,173A6 41.66 00 210.00 27,836.68 42.19 13,638.77 210.00 41,543.26 U•bllllg8 91J001 Cr•dltor• 90002 Provl•loni 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 49,831.81 0.00 N•t A•B•t 8urplu• ID•fi¢tt) Exc$1 IDo11¢Stl to dato stsrtlng Balanc•¥ 7.788,55 42.043.26 260.83 41,7B2.43 Total R•••rv•• R•prn8eni•d By Fund• Unre•trfctsd Dg•lgnatod R•strlcted Endowm•nt 47.879.23 37.14626 1,952.08 4.897.00 T*)tsl 49,831. 42,IM3.26 Pr•par•d and Chpek8d By: tyhMLdd 211,,1 ao&l Angela Wlnfiold FIAB, AIAAP AnB•la Wlnlleld Bookkg•plng S•r¥lc•8
The OIIv0 Tro• C•ntre Trust (South E•stl Charfty Numbor 1075617 Proflt & Loss AG¢ount for the Flnanclal Yoar 18t August 2020 to 3181 July 2021 General - Goneral Fund {Unrostrktodl Fund Incornlng rosources & mource8 used Recolp¢• InGoffllng Mourc88 from g•n•rnt•d fundB Voluntary Intomg Donallons. Organls•lk)n• Donatlon8- IndlvSduoli INQAI Donatlon8. 1nd1v1dI$II3Al 31$¢ Juty Xt21 318t July 2020 io.ooo.00 100.00 6SO.00 ,780.00 720. 17 Totil Voluntary Incomo Invg¥bnwnt Incomo Inv08tm8ntlncom• Bk Intornsl •ftort•x 0.00 47.47 47. oo In¢omlng r880UCo8 Irorn eharltsbla actS¥11108 Coun88lllt)g- Eastwood e4ptl$t Coun88llrw ClareThBo Ro•d Fundralslno Evtyrtts OMv• Tro0 8011 Tf•lnlng Income G•Dor•l Donthn Z6,573.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 940.00 0.00 26.613.GO 18,707.00 3.45&00 1.089.00 1.36&00 0.00 24,636.IX+ Total Incomlng rgsourc•• from charftl Oth¢r Ineomlng reu¢ Essex GrBntComrnynlty1SupeNlslonl Ess•x Communty Foundatlon IPart or Fr•¢ Fur#J8d F•tsl Lglth Town Councll (Fwmlly Room Equlpm•nti Awwdl forAII (sur¥ll10M & Part & Freo Fundln91 Fundrblslh8- ROSQ4TNst IIIBC Incomo Tox R8clalm•d GIftAld 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 so6.00 0.00 00 431.09 Totsl Olh•i In¢omlng ro8our¢ Tolal Rocolpts Paymor Co•ts of g•noratlng fvnd$ Fundt•l•lng CoBt8 VolLtntsor Tralnln9 Hospltallty Volunto8r Trnv•l Exp• Group Sup•ryll4 Supgnfl&lon 8taff Pay- Ba8lc Staff ChrfBtmas Ex IT G8n•MI IT W•b•M• IT Bwodband Oats Prot•tlon DBS Po8t•gg 8t•tkrt•ry T•l•phon08 Prfntlng 0.00 200.00 16.60 21.00 0.00 3,236.00 16,109.23 00 690.QO 63.14 33.00 3,620.00 13.976.10 2SO.00 29.40 82.00 80.42 511.01 49.46 094.98 Mi Ptty C•8h Rant. Ee¢ Rent- CRB 20183 196.87 87.12 3.400. 2.840.ty) 2AOO.110 2,640.1)0 Employors Llobllty Accountant SulJ¥crlptltsni. ACC 8ulwrlptlon•. SEELEF & EA 38&83 404.02 140.00 IIX.IK 351.83 1.036.CrfJ 133.lkl 11K+.
A•18 & mnon¢• 1.994.•4 Z7,SZZ. Exeots of In¢thmlno ov•r rn•our¢M rought BalaMc• 7.708.lJ 42,Q4J.28 260.13 41,782.43 Pr•pwr•d •nd Chgckgd By.. L dJ 1,,1&&., Angola l•Id PIAB, AIAAP An9wl• Vllnll•ld Bookknopkty S•NIM8
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGIAND ANO WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to tho trusteesl membor8 of THE OLIVE TREE TRUST ISOUTH EAST) On accounts for tha year onded 31$1 July 2021 Charfty no (If any) 1075617 Sol out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the acrnunts of the above charkty {"the Trust.) for the year ended 3110712021. Rosponsibilities and basis of réport As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requir8ments of the Charities Act 2011 ("the Act.). I report in resp8Ct of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)Ibl of the Act. Ind•pend•nt The Olive Tree Trust (South East) gross income exceeded £25,000 and I oxaminerfs ststement am qualified to undertake the examination by being a qualified member of The International Association of Bookkeepers. I have completed my examination. l ¢onfim that no material matters have come to my attention in connection wilh the examination. I have no conc8ms and have come across no other matters in connection with th8 examination lo which attention should be drawn in Ihis report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to b8 reached. Signed: Date: 2nth March 2022 Name: AN ELA WINFIELD- FIAB, FIA4P Relovant profos81onal qualifi&*ionls} or body (if any): FIAB - Fellow of The Inlemational Association of Bookkeepers FIAAP - Fellow of The Intemational Association of Accounting Professionals Address: 40 CONISTON EASTWOOD, SOUTHEND ON SEA ESSEX. SS2 6SN IER Oct 2018
Section B Disclosure Only complete rf the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concem (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). Glvo hore brlef details of any Items that tho oxamlner wlshès to dlsclos•. NIA IER Oct 2018