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2022-03-31-accounts

Registered number: 03692018 Charity number:1076896

MURRAY HALL COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED (A Company Limited by Guarantee)

TRUSTEES' REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022

MURRAY HALL COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED

(A Company Limited by Guarantee)

CONTENTS

Page
Reference and Administrative Details of the Charity, its Trustees and Advisers 1
Trustees' Report 2 - 13
Independent Auditors' Report on the Financial Statements 14 - 17
Statement of Financial Activities 18
Balance Sheet 19 - 20
Statement of Cash Flows 21
Notes to the Financial Statements 22 - 38

MURRAY HALL COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED (A Company Limited by Guarantee)

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS OF THE CHARITY, ITS TRUSTEES AND ADVISERS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022

Trustees Trustees
John Blewitt
Christine Harrison (appointed 14 October 2021)
David Hill
John Miller
Christopher Patterson
Victoria Powell (resigned 25 April 2022)
Company registered
number
03692018
Charity registered
number
1076896
Registered office
The Bridge
St Marks Road
Tipton
West Midlands
DY4 0SL
Company secretary
Manjula Patel
Independent auditors
Cooper Parry Group Limited
Chartered Accountants
Statutory Auditor
Office 401
4th Floor
Two Chamberlain Square
Birmingham
West Midlands
B3 3AX
Bankers
Unity Trust Bank Plc
Nine Brindleyplace
60 Broad Street
Birmingham
B1 2HB
Solicitors
Anthony Collins
134 Edmund Street
Birmingham
B3 2ES

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MURRAY HALL COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED (A Company Limited by Guarantee)

TRUSTEES' REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022

The Trustees present their annual report together with the audited financial statements of the Charity for the year 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022. The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in note 1 to the accounts and comply with the Charity’s constitution, the Charities Act 2011 and the Statement of Recommended Practice, “Accounting and Reporting by Charities, Statement of Recommended Practice FRS 102 (effective January 2019).

Since the Charity qualifies as small under section 382 of the Companies Act 2006, the Strategic Report required of medium and large companies under the Companies Act 2006 (Strategic Report and Directors' Report) Regulations 2013 has been omitted.

Objectives and activities

a. Charity Objects

The Charity is established for the benefit of the residents of the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell and surrounding local areas within Birmingham and Black Country without; distinction of age, sex, sexual orientation, nationality, ethnic or national origins, race, colour, marital status, disability, political or religious beliefs.

b. Aims of the Charity

Our aims are to make a positive impact with the challenges of inequality, to promote and support people in their health and wellbeing from early years to end of life. Main objectives are:

c. Public Benefit

The Trustees have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the Charity’s objectives and in planning for future activities. In particular, the Trustees have considered how planned activities will contribute to the aims and objectives set.

Historically we were set up to support the social, welfare, educational and recreational interest of people in Tipton, Sandwell that impacts their health and wellbeing. Whilst we continue to provide this support we further extend our support to provide health and wellbeing more holistically by offering a diverse range of services. Although based in Sandwell and offering services in this area, we also now work across the Midlands as a whole.

d. Grant-making policies

The Charity, at the current time, has no provision for making grants to individual sub-groups or other organisations. However, we do make small donations/provide support in kind to small volunteer-led community groups.

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TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022

Objectives and activities (continued)

e. Volunteers

Volunteers continue to be valued members of our teams across the organisation. The Covid-19 pandemic restriction continued into 2021, which limited face to face contacts in many of the volunteering activities but not all. As the restrictions were lifted in 2022, many of the volunteers returned to their volunteering roles. In particular, we have increased the number of volunteers in some of our programmes, most notably in the Food Pantry and the Charity Shop. During the last finance year, we had 35 active volunteers, we would not be able to provide these amenities without the support of our dedicated volunteers and we are continuing to recruit new volunteers in all the different areas of the organisation.

f. Programme Related Investment

The Charity, at this time, has no specific programme related investments.

Achievements and performance

a. Main achievements of the Charity

During the last financial year within all of our services and projects combined we directly engaged and supported approximately 7,273 individuals, this includes children, young people and adults, plus 88 wellbeing / play activity sessions, produced 12 videos, delivered over 51 activity packs to children, provided 45 families with food parcels, delivered 108 virtual support sessions and Children Centre’s Facebook virtual session reach 90,768 people.

The previous strategic priorities were established prior to the Covid-19 pandemic and therefore, in light of the recent turbulent years, the last 3 years strategic priorities have been reviewed a year earlier. The revised strategic priorities have been developed in full consultation with the Board together with the Executive Team at a dedicated away day during the autumn in 2021 and, with the whole of the organisation staff group at numerous roadshows at the beginning of 2022. The following Strategic priorities below are for the next 3 years from April 2022 to March 2025:

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TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022

Achievements and performance (continued)

b. Factors Outside of the Charity's Control Affecting our Charitable Objectives

Just as we are coming through to the tail end of the Covid-19 pandemic, we are now heading into another turbulent period with: the Climate Change agenda; difficulties surrounding Brexit; the war in Ukraine; and rising fuel/energy costs. Unbelievable as it may seem, the challenges are even greater as we are now entering a period that will be worse than the Covid-19 pandemic with global geo-political and geo-economic crisis. These global issues are impacting every aspect of daily life, with inflation and cost of living increasing. The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has impoverished many community members exacerbated and widened the inequality gap. The cost of living is predicted to be the highest on record. The latest forecast by the Bank of England forecasts inflation to peak towards the end of the year and expects it to remain high for the next few years.

As well as the global issues, there have been major structures changes within the NHS. The Government's Health and Care Act enshrines Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) as statutory bodies, with statutory status from 1st July 2022, which will mean the Clinical Commissioning Groups being abolished. Under the Act two new bodies – the ICB (Integrated Care Board) and the ICP (Integrated Care Partnership) will collectively make up the ICS. The ICB will be responsible for NHS services and funding, whereas the ICP will cover broader issues such as public health and social care. Under this structure, the ICB element of the ICS will now take on legal responsibility for NHS resources and strategic planning and commissioning of services for their area. The full extent of how these changes will impact the organisation is not completely realised as yet but the existing NHS contracts are being transferred to lead NHS providers within this new structure.

c. Fundraising activities and income generation

In the last year fundraising activities have raised donations of £2,086 (2021: £3,387).

d. Investment policy and performance

The Charity has no significant investments, other than interest received on its Bank current and deposit accounts.

e. Activities Review

Family, Children and Young People

Tipton and Rowley Cluster Children Centre Family Offer Service - entered into the fifth and final year of the contract. Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic Murray Hall had carried out a review of the service and as a consequence changed the structure and delivery model where our staff team members moved to a dual role. Within the last year as we returned to some normality, the outcome of this new way of working meant we built in flexibility and capacity within the team. As a result we were able to provide support to parents and families promptly with case allocation and avoided creating a waiting list, which was a pattern of the previous default model. The impact of providing timely support has been of great benefit to parents and families in getting the right support to them for dealing with the challenges they faced, avoiding safeguarding issues escalating and building confidence with the wider professional stakeholders, whom we worked closely with.

During the year we supported 1,087 children and their families in Rowley and Tipton via family support. This included supporting 145 children with special education needs; we provided 1,500 children with Play, Talk, Read (PTR) sessions and; through our Facebook virtual sessions we reached 90,768 people. As expected, the contract was put out to tender at the end of the summer. The frontline team together with the senior managers and executive team member all work together on submitting bids for 2 clusters (the existing cluster and one other). The outcome of the tender was made know at the beginning of 2022 and we discovered Barnardo’s the national charity from outside the Borough had submitted competitively priced bids and won all of the Children

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(A Company Limited by Guarantee)

TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022

Achievements and performance (continued)

Centre contracts in Sandwell. Barnardo’s now manage over 200 Children Centre contracts with Local Authorities in the country, which is difficult for a smaller local organisation like Murray Hall to compete against. After 20 years of providing Children Centres locally in Sandwell it was a sad outcome but we ensured we had a smooth transfer of the service including all the staff team.

Go Play - continues to provide play activities for children after school hours in Rowley and Oldbury areas. During the first quarter with the Covid-19 pandemic restrictions, the team created 12 videos, delivered over 50 activity packs and provided 44 on-line sessions. During the rest of the year once the restrictions had been relaxed, the team delivered 84 play sessions and throughout the year a total of 606 children interacted with Go Play.

Transition Support Group - the ITI support group continues to be facilitated by a youth worker each week either via Zoom or in-person depending on the circumstances of the 6 group members.

Maternity Voice Partnership (MVP) - is led by Gateway Family Services (Lead) and we have partnered with them to deliver MVP in Sandwell. This programme was un-paused from the previous year as the Covid-19 pandemic restrictions were lifted. As part of our role, we engaged with expectant mothers and those with young children and encouraged them to attend the quarterly MVP meetings.

Starting Well - is a new partnership scheme with 8 organisations and MHCT is the lead partner. During the first quarter the central team were recruited and the scheme was mobilised. The Starting Well scheme supports expectant mothers and their children from 0 to 2 ½ years within the high deprived local areas and black and ethnic minority communities (including refugees and migrant population). Each of the partners host a part-time Maternity Navigators within their community organisations, who support parents and their children from pregnancy to post birth to have the best start in life, ensuring they access appropriate maternity services, early years provisions and Children Centre activities. The scheme supported 154 expectant women and their children throughout the year.

Creative Therapy Services (CTS)

Looking Forward - supports children and young people aged between 5-18 years who have experienced any form of domestic violence, abuse, loss and separation, as well as children who are within care. During the year, we supported 128 children and young people. Also, continuation funding for the second time was secured with Big lottery, this has enabled this valuable service to continue for another two years.

Breaking Silence – this was the last year of a bespoke personalised counselling and creative therapeutic support to children, young people aged, and their families affected by self-harm in Sandwell. During the year we worked with 126 individuals providing one to one support and awareness sessions.

Black Country Impact (BCI) - covers the Black Country areas of; Sandwell, Walsall, Dudley and Wolverhampton. We provided counselling and therapeutic support to young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) between the ages of 15-29 years to improve their wellbeing to re-engage with education or employment. During the year 31 young people were supported through this programme.

Breaking Barriers – as a social enterprise, the programme provides counselling and therapeutic support, working mostly with schools to support their student emotional wellbeing. The programme is tailored for individual school/client requirements. The programme was re-started as the school re-opened back up and, in total we supported 305 clients (school students) over the past year.

Transform – supports children and young people aged 7-18yrs, through the use of science, creative arts, grab bags and online group support throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. We were able to support 212 beneficiaries through this finance year.

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TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022

Achievements and performance (continued)

Itrust – provides emotional wellbeing and mentoring support for those at an increased risk of criminal exploitation. During the last 12 months we supported 21 children and young people at risk.

Youth Music (Beats not Blades) – young people are engaged through lyrics/ song writing / rapping and music. The launch for this service was delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic but during the year 10 young people have been supported through this programme.

Strong Minds Brave Hearts (SMBH) – this was temporary support for children and young people who had been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, which continued post April 2021 and 21 beneficiaries were supported before this programme ended.

Jubilee Centre – this with temporary Covid-19 emergency funding we worked with Bangladesh Womens Association to support people from the ethnic minority communities affected by anxiety due to the Covid-19 pandemic, The community members preferred groups sessions instead of individual one-to-one counselling and in total 25 individuals were supported through group resilience sessions.

Stress-less – this was another time-limited emergency Covid-19 pandemic support project for adult in the local Princes End areas of Tipton. A total of 54 people benefited from one-to-one interventions and group-based mindfulness sessions.

Axios – was a time-limited programme to support children and young people living in or at risk of temporary accommodations with the Edgbaston area of Birmingham. We worked with other stakeholders to deliver sessions at the accommodation hotel during last summer. In total 155 children and young people benefited from the support we provided.

Adults Services

Bridges Support Service - supports people living at home towards the end of their lives in Birmingham and Solihull (BSOL) CCG areas. The Covid-19 pandemic restrictions had created a pent-up demand for support and once the restrictions were lifted, the service saw 28% increase in demand. Throughout the year we had 147 new referrals and in total supported 228 people, plus 107 carers.

The SPARC Service – supported people over the age of 65 years experiencing isolation and loneliness. The service was provided in partnership with Agewell CIC. This was the last year of the grant funded service and in total 532 people were supported, who were provided with relevant support for different needs, before they were reviewed and either discharged or referred onto other suitable support- services.

Community Offer covering Tipton and Rowley – The service supports people with different needs in the community. This includes diverse needs ranging from: poverty, debt, digital exclusion, housing, homelessness, unemployment, isolation, anxiety and mental health challenges. During the year, the team supported 350 people in Tipton and 226 people in Rowley throughout the year and delivered 45 parcels while the Covid-19 pandemic restriction were still in place.

The Midlands Transition Action Group - has a membership of more than 20 members from across different professions meeting once a quarter to share updates and good practice and raise awareness of the young people with life limiting illnesses and their needs. Last year we organised a virtual workshop, and the meetings continue to be virtual on-line as the most accessible for most of the members.

Food Pantry – membership has grown to 252 members as food poverty has increased. During the year the building work was completed for the dedicated Food Pantry shop and storage room and the Food Pantry was moved to its permanent home. The opening hours of the Food Pantry have been increased to accommodate

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MURRAY HALL COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED

(A Company Limited by Guarantee)

TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022

Achievements and performance (continued)

the increased membership and provide 1,673 slots within the year. The Food Pantry has a dedicated team of volunteers who manage the Food Pantry together with a staff member and during the year new volunteers have been recruited.

EPIC Compassionate Communities is a partnership project with Sandwell Advocacy. During the year as community members started to meet again, we have attended different groups with staff groups, volunteers and members of the public to raise awareness of death, dying and loss. In particular how individuals can support those they know who are living towards the end of their lives and their carers pre and post bereavement.

f. Funding bids and tenders

In total 26 funding bids and,1 framework bid were submitted, 16 were successful, 10 were unsuccessful and 1 pending outcome.

g. Transfer of unincorporated charity to incorporated charity

One of the strategic priorities over previous years has been to transfer the Charity from an Unincorporated entity to an Incorporated entity. Despite, the fact that the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak changed ours and our stakeholders’ priorities, we re-focused again throughout 2021 to transfer the charity's activities, assets and liabilities to the Murray Hall Community Trust Limited a charitable company registered at Companies House under company number 03692018 and the Charities Commission under charity number 1076896. It is pleasing to report that the transfer was achieved and completed at the end of the finance year. We express our thanks to all of the stakeholders who helped us to achieve this. As of April 2021, we are now operating within the Incorporated charity at which date all activities, assets and liabilities were transferred to the Incorporated charity.

Financial review

a. Going concern

Following the transfer of the activities, assets and liabilities of the Unincorporated charity to the new Incorporated charity from 1 April 2021, the charity’s activities have continued in the new Incorporated charity which is considered a going concern. During the past year the Unincorporated charity has been dormant. There is currently, one outstanding issue to be resolved and, once this is completed it is the Board’s intention to close the Unincorporated charity.

The risks associated to the Covid-19 pandemic has reduced however, it has not gone away and the threat of higher cases of Covid-19 in the winter months remain a possibility. Therefore, we continue to remain agile ready to respond to the changing operating environment with our Covid-19 Recovery Business Continuity Plans in place to manage the impact of business disruption on the charity’s operations, income, expenditure for the coming year 2022-2023.

The loss of the Children Centre contract has had a considerable impact in our income for 2022-2023. The Board and the Executive Team have established a robust plan, this includes ensuring we have the correct capacity at the appropriate levels. This will provide the capacity within the charity to work towards generating income to provide appropriate services and support for the needs in within the community. We also plan to centralise some programme budget expenditure for efficiencies and adapt to the changing operating environment.

Our cashflow has maintained stable throughout the year with regular schedule income and expenditure timetables. There remains some services with funds to be carried forward funds and to be expended in the current year.

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MURRAY HALL COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED

(A Company Limited by Guarantee)

TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022

We have re-established an income stream from our social enterprises: The Bridge and #BB and, the charity shop. We have ambitions to develop each of the different areas of income generation and are working to implement these plans. We are prioritising different funding opportunities aligned to our strategic priorities and business plan.

b. Reserves policy

The Charity aims to maintain reserves at a level that is equivalent to 4 months of the current annual income. The reserves required at the end of the year were £755,934. The Charity's free reserves at 31 March 2022 which exclude fixed assets and the pension deficit amounted to £1,304,137.

c. Risk Factors

The Trustees continually review the major strategic and operational risks to which the Charity is exposed and are satisfied that management reporting systems are in place to minimise the effects of any such risks as may exist. Within our risk framework, we also have a Risk Register for the organisation to identify and put in measures to eliminate or minimise major risks, this is reviewed at each EMT meeting and overseen by the Trustees Audit/Finance Sub-Group as appointed by the Trustee Board. We have a Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity Policy to ensure in the event of a disaster or crisis we are able to restore order and continuity of business, this was tested during the COVID-19 lockdown of 2020. From this event we were able to assess the effectiveness of the risk assurance measures and further enhance and embed new ways of working across the organisation in particular through the use of Technology and enhance the existing operational and technical measures in particular security around data protection. We also have Trustee leads for Children’s Safeguarding and Vulnerable Adults Protection Sub-Group. In addition, we carry out periodic risk assessment reviews with our insurers.

We continue to hold to the ISO27001 Standard, carrying out internal audits and risk assessments in respect of Information Security Management and we achieved a pass with no Observations or Non-Conformances in July 2021.

d. Funding Sources and how Expenditure met Objectives

The majority of our funding sources are via service level agreements with Local Authority bodies and NHS, while other funding comes from grant funding bodies. Social enterprise trading income includes; space hire at the Bridge and Brickhouse, the charity shop and #Breaking Barriers direct work with schools and others. All our funded activities are delivered and monitored internally through monthly reports to the senior management team and externally through contract management review meetings on a regular basis every 3 or 6 monthly basis with funders and commissioners. Budgets are set out at the beginning of the financial year and are closely monitored with a review taking place following the September out-turn.

Stringent financial management is one of our key management tools to ensure our expenditure meets our objectives. This has been validated by commissioners and contract manager’s feedback.

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TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022

e. Financial overview

Incoming resources for the year before taking into account donated assets from the unincorporated charity were £2,269,890. Total assets transferred on incorporation amounted to (£610,445) made up of the transfer of the unrestricted funds amounting to (£1,122,441) which included a pension deficit of £2,419,000 and the transfer of the restricted funds of £511,976.

Resources expended for the year were £2,285,599.

The net deficit for the year after pension scheme adjustments was £20,154.

The Trustees wish to thank all funding bodies and partners who have supported the Charity through the year to continue with our activities and to ensure we remain stable.

Fixed Assets shown on the Balance Sheet at a written down value of £118,935 are used only for charitable purposes and include office equipment, fixture & fittings and general equipment.

The challenges of the financial environment in which the Charity operates since the post pandemic remain high. With the unstable political arena it is unclear which policies and strategies the government will re-prioritise in the coming months. The new landscape of largescale contracts now requires organisations to collaborate more in order to bid for significantly sized contracts. During the year we joined another Partner Collaborative as a delivery partner on a Sandwell Dementia Service contract.

During the year there was approval for capital investment into a replacement roof at our Community Hub base (The Bridge). For a number of years we have been investing in repeated repairs to the roof and sustained a small leak which previously caused an office to be unoccupied for a period of time, thus creating some disruption to the staff and services.

Our trading activities re-started again including: the charity shop, community space hire and activity within schools during most of the finance year, except that the #Breaking Barrier resumed in a few schools once they opened back up last summer.

We were able to access a few small Covid related grants during the year which has helped us invest further.

The financial performance shown at the end of the year was healthy and sufficient to meet its ongoing items of expenditure, service activities not yet completed and future commitments and obligations. However, like many other Employers who participate in the Local Government Pension Scheme we too have seen significant movements in our 2021 Actuarial Accounting Disclosures. The main causes for this volatile movement are changes in the Actuarial assumptions used together with the higher returns on investments leading to a positive return on Assets, overall this reports a significant reduction in Net Pension liability at 31 March 2022.

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MURRAY HALL COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED (A Company Limited by Guarantee)

TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022

Structure, governance and management

a. Governance and Management

The Murray Hall Community Trust Limited is registered as a charitable company limited by guarantee and was set up by a Trust deed. The Charitable company was established by Memorandum of Association on 5th January 1999 and subsequently amended on: 13th July 2011; and then amended by Special Resolution to Articles of Association on 15th April 2019. Murray Hall Community Trust Limited is administered and managed in accordance with these Articles by the members of the Executive Team; Manjula Patel (CEO), Tracey Medlyn (Operational Executive), Lisa-Jane Garfield (Finance Executive) and Michael Bolton (Business & Fundraising Executive) from January 2021 to December 2021.

The Trustees who served during the year were:

Voting John Blewitt - Chairperson Vicky Powell John Miller David Hill Christopher Patterson Christine Harrison

Non-Voting Manjula Patel - Chief Executive Lesley Ralph - Clerk of the Trustees Trustee Sub Groups Audit/Finance – Vicky Powell & John Blewitt Organisational Development & Human Resources - John Miller Clinical Governance – David Hill Business & Fundraising – Christopher Patterson & Christine Harrison Strategic Partnerships – John Blewitt Remuneration – John Blewitt HR Appeals – John Blewitt Children & Adult Safeguarding – Vicky Powell & David Hill

All Resolutions of Sub Groups are approved at the full General Board Meetings.

b. Recruitment and Appointment of Trustees

The management of the Charity is the responsibility of the Trustees who are elected and co-opted under the terms of the Trust deed. The Charity recruits and appoints its Trustees to meet the requirements of the governing documents. We have a Trustees Recruitment Pack, which includes background to the charity, and information about; specific expertise required, roles and responsibilities, together with details of the recruitment process and an application form. The Trustees’ Pack ensures that prospective Trustees have the information to understand their obligations, including the Charity Commission requirements of being a Trustee. We advertise for new Trustees locally and due to the nature of the work of Murray Hall, all Trustees undertake a full enhanced disclosure check, together with a pre-appointment disqualification check and eligibility declaration.

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Structure, governance and management (continued)

c. Organisational structure

The Charity is run by a Board of Trustees where a number of powers are delegated to eight sub-committees (5 active and 3 as and when required) including an Executive Managers’ Team (EMT) consisting of Operational Executive, Finance Executive and Business and Fundraising Executive overseen by the Chief Executive.

d. Trustees and Development

Trustees undertake a formal induction managed by the Chairperson of the Trustees and the CEO which ensure they are aware of their powers, duties and liabilities. Training needs assessments are undertaken and specific training is provided as required. Throughout the year other workshops and away-days are arranged and these are used specifically for working through certain strategic issues and allows the Trustees to formulate policy and strategy in a more considered manner.

The Clerk of the Trustees ensures we are aware of regular updates on new legislation and guidance from the Charity Commission. This information is then cascaded to Board members to ensure that all the Trustees are fully aware of changes and updates to guidance and legislations relating to charities. During the year the Board in principle adopted the new Charity Governance Code. To date we have carried out a self-assessment and RAG rated it to provide a priority list for incremental improvements.

e. Relationships with Wider Network

The Charity has relationships with a number of stakeholders in its area of benefit. These include commissioning bodies such as the Clinical Commissioning Groups, the Local Authority and wider Voluntary Sector networks where we work collaboratively with a number of small, medium and large voluntary organisations.

These links have been developed through work within community development and contribute to shared objectives aimed at reducing health inequalities.

As an addition to the wider network, the Charity also represented on a number of strategic groups in Sandwell, including; Sandwell Council of Voluntary Organisation (SCVO), Children and Young People Group, SCVO Health and Social Care Group and, SCVO Executive Leaders Group. The Charity is a member of Locality, since November 2021 Murray Hall Community Trusts CEO is now a Locality Trustee.

f. Restrictions in the way we can operate

The Charity is required to operate within its constitution, its set objectives and stated powers.

g. Special Investment Powers

The Trustees do not operate any special investment powers and the Charity only receives interest on bank accounts. There are no specific investment powers set out in the constitution.

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Structure, governance and management (continued)

h. Relationships with related parties

Whilst the Charity has many relationships and partnerships with similar charities and organisations in the locality, it is not considered that Murray Hall Community Trust is ‘connected’ to any other Charity by way of common control or unity of administration. Murray Hall Community Trust does however have a number of strategic alliances and partnerships which are as follows:

Plans for future periods

Going forward the charity will operate within the incorporated entity of Murray Hall Community Trust Limited now that the business has successfully been transferred over.

Funds held as custodian

There are no funds held as custodian trustee on behalf of others.

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TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022

Statement of Trustees' responsibilities

The Trustees (who are also the directors of the Charity for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Trustees' Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

Company law requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under company law, the Trustees 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 Charity and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the Trustees are required to:

The Trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the Charity's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Disclosure of information to auditors

Each of the persons who are Trustees at the time when this Trustees' Report is approved has confirmed that:

Auditors

The auditors, Cooper Parry Group Limited, have indicated their willingness to continue in office. The designated Trustees will propose a motion reappointing the auditors at a meeting of the Trustees.

Approved by order of the members of the board of Trustees on 24 October 2022 and signed on their behalf by:

John Blewitt (Chair of Trustees)

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MURRAY HALL COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED (A Company Limited by Guarantee)

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF MURRAY HALL COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Murray Hall Community Trust Limited (the 'charitable company') for the year ended 31 March 2022 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities, the Balance Sheet, the Statement of Cash Flows and the related notes, 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 Auditors' 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 United Kingdom, including the Financial Reporting Council'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

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the Trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF MURRAY HALL COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED (CONTINUED)

Other information

The other information comprises the information included in the Annual Report other than the financial statements and our Auditors' Report thereon. The Trustees are responsible for the other information contained within the Annual Report. 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. 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 course of 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 this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. 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.

Opinion 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 Trustees' Report.

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

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MURRAY HALL COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED

(A Company Limited by Guarantee)

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF MURRAY HALL COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED (CONTINUED)

Responsibilities of trustees

As explained more fully in the Trustees' Responsibilities Statement, 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.

Auditors' 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 Auditors' 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.

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

Our assessment focused on key laws and regulations the company has to comply with and areas of the financial statements we assessed as being more susceptible to misstatement. These key laws and regulations included but were not limited to compliance with the Companies Act 2006, Charities Act 2011, taxation legislation, data protection, anti-bribery and employment legislation.

We are not responsible for preventing irregularities. Our approach to detecting irregularities included, but was not limited to, the following:

Whilst considering how our audit work addressed the detection of irregularities, we also consider the likelihood of detection based on our approach. Irregularities arising from fraud are inherently more difficult to detect than those arising from error.

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MURRAY HALL COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED

(A Company Limited by Guarantee)

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF MURRAY HALL COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED (CONTINUED)

Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. This risk increases the more that compliance with a law or regulation is removed from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, as we will be less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance. The risk is also greater regarding irregularities occurring due to fraud rather than error, as fraud involves intentional concealment, forgery, collusion, omission or misrepresentation.

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Auditors' Report.

Use of our report

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 Auditors' 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 its members, as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Glen Bott FCA (Senior Statutory Auditor)

for and on behalf of

Cooper Parry Group Limited Chartered Accountants Statutory Auditor Office 401 4th Floor Two Chamberlain Square Birmingham West Midlands B3 3AX

24 October 2022

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MURRAY HALL COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED

(A Company Limited by Guarantee)

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES (INCORPORATING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022

Note
Income from:
Donations and legacies
3
Charitable activities
4
Investments
5
Other income
6
Total income
Expenditure on:
Charitable activities
7
Total expenditure
Net (expenditure)/income
Transfers between funds
13
Net movement in funds before other recognised
gains
Other recognised gains:
Actuarial gains on defined benefit pension schemes
18
Net movement in funds
Reconciliation of funds:
Net movement in funds
Total funds carried forward
13		 Unrestricted
funds
2022
£
(1,120,334)
15,100
505
168,229
(936,500)
449,206
449,206
(1,385,706)
314,778
(1,070,928)
606,000
(464,928)
(464,928)
(464,928)		 Restricted
funds
2022
£
511,976
2,078,164
-
5,805
2,595,945
1,836,393
1,836,393
759,552
(314,778)
444,774
-
444,774
444,774
444,774		 Total
funds
2022
£
(608,358)
2,093,264
505
174,034
1,659,445
2,285,599
2,285,599
(626,154)
-
(626,154)
606,000
(20,154)
(20,154)
(20,154)

The Statement of Financial Activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year.

The notes on pages 22 to 38 form part of these financial statements.

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MURRAY HALL COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED (A Company Limited by Guarantee) REGISTERED NUMBER: 03692018

BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 MARCH 2022

Note
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
10
Current assets
Debtors
11
Cash at bank and in hand
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
12
Net current assets
Total assets less current liabilities
Net assets excluding pension liability
Defined benefit pension scheme liability
18
Total net assets
Charity funds
Restricted funds
13
Unrestricted funds
Unrestricted funds excluding pension asset
13
Pension reserve
13
Total unrestricted funds
13
Total funds		 237,562
1,857,919
2,095,481
(346,570)
1,423,072
(1,888,000)		 2022
£
118,935
118,935
1,748,911
1,867,846
1,867,846
(1,888,000)
(20,154)
444,774
(464,928)
(20,154)

The Trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and preparation of financial statements.

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to entities subject to the small companies regime.

The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the Trustees on 24 October 2022 and signed on their behalf by:

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MURRAY HALL COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED

(A Company Limited by Guarantee) REGISTERED NUMBER: 03692018

BALANCE SHEET (CONTINUED) AS AT 31 MARCH 2022

John Blewitt

(Chair of Trustees)

The notes on pages 22 to 38 form part of these financial statements.

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MURRAY HALL COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED

(A Company Limited by Guarantee)

STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022

Cash flows from operating activities
Net cash used in operating activities
Cash flows from investing activities
Dividends, interests and rents from investments
Purchase of tangible assets
Cash and cash equivalents transferred on incorporation
Net cash provided by investing activities
Cash flows from financing activities
Net cash provided by financing activities
Change in cash and cash equivalents in the year
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year
The notes on pages 22 to 38 form part of these financial statements		 2022
£
181,745
505
(139,177)
1,814,846
1,676,174
-
1,857,919
-
1,857,919

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MURRAY HALL COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED (A Company Limited by Guarantee)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022

1. General information

Murray Hall Community Trust Limited (the charity) is a registered incorporated charity in the United Kingdon. The address of the registered office is given on the charity information page of these financial statements. The nature of the charity's operations and principal activities are to promote health and wellbeing and continue to serve in the Black Country and Birmingham areas as well as in the wider West Midlands.

2. Accounting policies

2.1 Basis of preparation of financial statements

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) - 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 1 January 2019), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2011.

Murray Hall Community Trust Limited 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.

2.2 Going concern

The charity’s unrestricted funds are arrived at after deducting £1.888m in respect of the calculated liability relating to the Defined Benefit Pension Fund (Note 18). Where, under FRS 102 section 28, a charity discloses a significant pension fund deficit, this does not mean that an immediate liability for this amount crystallises. In particular, the disclosure of a pension liability does not mean that the equivalent amount is already committed and is no longer available to the trustees to further the charity’s objectives.

The trustees are confident that the charity can meet its pension contributions from projected future income without significant impact on its planned levels of charitable activity and so consider the charity will continue to operate as a going concern.

2.3 Income

All incoming resources are included in the Statement of Financial Activities when the charity is entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy. The following specific policies are applied to particular categories of income:

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MURRAY HALL COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED

(A Company Limited by Guarantee)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022

2. Accounting policies (continued)

2.3 Income (continued)

Grants are included in the statement of financial activities on a receivable basis. The balance of income received for specific purposes but not expended during the period is shown in the relevant funds on the balance sheet. Where income is received in advance of entitlement of receipt, its recognition is deferred and included in creditors as deferred income. Where entitlement occurs before income is received, the income is accrued.

2.4 Expenditure

Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis as a liability is incurred.

Charitable expenditure comprises those costs incurred by the charity in the delivery of its activities and services for its beneficiaries.

Governance costs include those costs associated with meeting the constitutional and statutory requirements of the charity and include audit fees and costs linked to the strategic management of the charity.

All costs are allocated between the expenditure categories of the Statement of Financial Activities on a basis designed to reflect the use of the resource. Costs relating to a particular activity comprise both costs that can be allocated directly to such activities and those costs of an indirect nature necessary to support them.

Expenditure on raising funds includes all expenditure incurred by the Charity to raise funds for its charitable purposes and includes costs of all fundraising activities events and non-charitable trading.

2.5 Government grants

Government grants are credited to the statement of financial activities as the related expenditure is incurred.

2.6 Taxation

The charity meets the definition of a charity within the meaning of Schedule 3 of the Charities Act 2011 and is considered to pass the tests set out in paragraph 1 Schedule 6 Finance Act 2010 and therefore it meets the definition of a charity for UK corporation tax purposes.

2.7 Tangible fixed assets and depreciation

Tangible fixed assets costing £1,000 or more are capitalised and recognised when future economic benefits are probable and the cost or value of the asset can be measured reliably.

Tangible fixed assets are initially recognised at cost. After recognition, under the cost model, tangible fixed assets are measured at cost less accumulated depreciation and any accumulated impairment losses. All costs incurred to bring a tangible fixed asset into its intended working condition should be included in the measurement of cost.

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MURRAY HALL COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED (A Company Limited by Guarantee)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022

2. Accounting policies (continued)

2.7 Tangible fixed assets and depreciation (continued)

Depreciation is charged so as to allocate the cost of tangible fixed assets less their residual value over their estimated useful lives.

Depreciation is provided on the following basis:

Fixtures and fittings - 25% per annum on cost Office equipment - 25% per annum on cost Other fixed assets - 25% per annum on cost

2.8 Debtors

Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.

2.9 Cash at bank and in hand

Cash at bank and in hand includes cash and short-term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar account.

2.10 Liabilities

Liabilities and provisions are recognised when an onbligation arises to transfer economic benefits as a result of past transactions or events.

2.11 Operating leases

Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

2.12 Pensions

The pension costs charged in the accounts represent the contributions payable during the period in accordance with FRS 102 section 28.

Retirement benefits to employees of the charity are provided by the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS). These are defined benefit schemes, are contracted out of the State EarningsRelated Pension Scheme (“SERPS”), and the assets are held separately from those of the charity.y

The LGPS is a funded scheme and the assets are held separately from those of the charity in separate trustee administered funds. Pension scheme assets are measured at fair value and liabilities are measured on an actuarial basis using the projected unit method and discounted at a rate equivalent to the current rate of return on a high quality corporate bond of equivalent term and currency to the liabilities. The actuarial valuations are obtained at least triennially and are updated at each Balance Sheet date. The amounts charged to operating surplus are the current service costs and gains or losses on settlements and curtailments. They are included as part of staff costs. Past service costs are recognised immediately in the Statement of Financial Activities if the benefits have vested. If the benefits have not vested immediately, the costs are recognised over the period until vesting occurs. The expected return on assets and the interest costs are shown as a net finance amount of other finance costs or credits adjacent to interest. Actuarial gains and losses are

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MURRAY HALL COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED (A Company Limited by Guarantee)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022

2. Accounting policies (continued)

2.12 Pensions (continued)

recognised immediately in other gains and losses.

2.13 Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds represent funds that are expendable at the discretion of the Board in the furtherance of the objects of the charity. Such funds may be held in order to finance both working capital and capital investment. Designated funds are those funds which are unrestricted in nature but which have been designated by the Board to be used in a particular manner.

Restricted funds represent grants and donations which are subject to restrictions on their expenditure imposed by the donor through the terms of an appeal.

3. Income from donations and legacies

Donations
Donation from Murray Hall Community Trust (Charity no.
1040170) (Note 21)
Total 2022		 Unrestricted
funds
2022
£
2,087
(1,122,421)
(1,120,334)		 Restricted
funds
2022
£
-
511,976
511,976		 Total
funds
2022
£
2,087
(610,445)
(608,358)

4. Income from charitable activities

Unrestricted Restricted Total
funds funds funds
2022 2022 2022
£ £ £
Income from charitable activities 15,100 2,078,164 2,093,264

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MURRAY HALL COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED

(A Company Limited by Guarantee)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022

5. Investment income

Unrestricted Total
funds funds
2022 2022
£ £
Investment income 505 505

6. Other incoming resources

Unrestricted Restricted Total
funds funds funds
2022 2022 2022
£ £ £
Programme & fundraising income 168,229 5,805 174,034

7. Analysis of expenditure by activities

Staff costs
Depreciation
Staff and volunteer travel
Recruitment and other staff costs
IT, printing and stationery
LGPS finance costs
Legal, professional and bank charges
Sessional and subcontracting costs
Service charge and security costs
Repairs and maintenance
Training and subscriptions
Programme expenditure
Total 2022		 Activities
undertaken
directly
2022
£
1,424,272
64,850
10,795
24,116
56,942
75,000
66,233
173,360
105,170
48,465
27,209
209,187
2,285,599		 Total
funds
2022
£
1,424,272
64,850
10,795
24,116
56,942
75,000
66,233
173,360
105,170
48,465
27,209
209,187
2,285,599

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MURRAY HALL COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED (A Company Limited by Guarantee)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022

7. Analysis of expenditure by activities (continued)

Expenditure on charitable activities was £2,339,329 of which £449,206 was attributable to unrestricted funds and £1,538,857 was attributable to restricted funds.

8. Staff costs

Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Pension cost		 2022
£
1,273,119
92,378
58,775
1,424,272

The average number of persons employed by the Charity during the year was as follows:

Direct charitable activities
Management and administration		 2022
No.
59
4
63

No employee received remuneration amounting to more than £60,000 in either year.

The total amount of employee benefits received by key management personnel is £172,191. The trust considers its key management personnel comprise of 4 individuals being the Chief Executive Officer, Business Development Executive, Operational Executive and the Finance Executive.

9. Trustees' remuneration and expenses

During the year, no Trustees received any remuneration or other benefits.

Manjula Patel is the current Chief Executive of the charity and is a full time employee who is paid an annual salary. She sits on the committee but is not entitled to vote. She also served on all the sub groups. This arrangement was formally approved by the Charity Commission on 12 October 1999.

The charity has not at any time entered into any material transactions, contracts or other arrangements with its trustees, employees or any other persons, businesses or charities connected with them. The charity has paid a premium of £345 in the year for Trustees professional indemnity insurance.

During the year ended 31 March 2022, no Trustee expenses have been incurred.

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MURRAY HALL COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED

(A Company Limited by Guarantee)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022

10. Tangible fixed assets

Cost or valuation
Additions
Disposals
Transfer in from Murray Hall Community
Trust
At 31 March 2022
Depreciation
Charge for the year
On disposals
At 31 March 2022
Net book value
At 31 March 2022		 Fixtures and
fittings
£
123,199
(55,832)
27,647
95,014
35,289
(55,832)
(20,543)
115,557		 Office
equipment
£
2,209
(16,992)
5,063
(9,720)
4,770
(16,992)
(12,222)
2,502		 Other fixed
assets
£
13,769
(28,835)
11,898
(3,168)
24,791
(28,835)
(4,044)
876		 Total
£
139,177
(101,659)
44,608
82,126
64,850
(101,659)
(36,809)
118,935

Included within the tangible fixed asset note is transfer of the net book value of fixed assets from the unincorporated charity Murray Hall Community Trust (Charity number 1040170) as at 1 April 2021.

11. Debtors

Due within one year
Trade debtors
Other debtors		 2022
£
217,991
19,571
237,562

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MURRAY HALL COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED

(A Company Limited by Guarantee)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022

12. Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

Trade creditors
Other taxation and social security
Other creditors
Accruals and deferred income
Resources deferred during the year
Amounts released from previous periods		 2022
£
60,112
62,100
9,022
215,336
346,570
2022
£
149,046
-
149,046

Deferred income relates to grants received in respect of activities due to take place in 2022/2023.

13. Statement of funds

Statement of funds - current year

Unrestricted funds
General Funds
Pension reserve
Restricted funds
Family Offer - SMBC
Brickhouse Community Centre
Go Play
Starting Well
Bridges BCC
SPARCS Community Offer		 Income
£
1,482,500
(2,419,000)
(936,500)
980,994
20,438
110,218
242,160
204,593
52,758		 Expenditure
£
(374,206)
(75,000)
(449,206)
(861,603)
(9,324)
(72,052)
(207,320)
(142,717)
(44,860)		 Transfers
in/out
£
314,778
-
314,778
(119,391)
(11,114)
(6,851)
(20,768)
(18,600)
(5,923)		 Gains/
(Losses)
£
-
606,000
606,000
-
-
-
-
-
-		 Balance at
31 March
2022
£
1,423,072
(1,888,000)
(464,928)
-
-
31,315
14,072
43,276
1,975

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MURRAY HALL COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED

(A Company Limited by Guarantee)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022

13. Statement of funds (continued)

Statement of funds - current year (continued)

Community Offer
Sandwell Dementia Service -
Crossroads
Building Braver Minds EWB -
CCG
EWB - Sandwell CCG
Beats not Blades - Youth
Music
Breaking the Silence -
Children in Need
Looking Forward - Big Lottery
The National Lottery
Community Fund - RC
Midlands Region
SEIF IT Project
Wolfson
Compassionate Communities
Smaller funds
Total of funds		 Income
£
327,549
14,017
223,127
13,845
17,188
52,852
54,865
33,185
10,019
50,000
23,515
164,622
2,595,945
1,659,445		 Expenditure
£
(249,249)
(13,522)
(118,558)
-
(4,554)
(47,162)
(16,109)
(18,044)
(1,176)
-
(10,702)
(19,441)
(1,836,393)
(2,285,599)		 Transfers
in/out
£
(33,000)
(1,058)
(23,179)
-
(230)
-
(6,794)
-
-
-
(1,256)
(66,614)
(314,778)
-		 Gains/
(Losses)
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
606,000		 Balance at
31 March
2022
£
45,300
(563)
81,390
13,845
12,404
5,690
31,962
15,141
8,843
50,000
11,557
78,567
444,774
(20,154)

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MURRAY HALL COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED (A Company Limited by Guarantee)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022

13. Statement of funds (continued)

Included within income are the balances transferred from the unincorporated charity Murray Hall Community Trust (Charity Number: 1040170).

Recharges of £314,778 were made during the year between the restricted and unrestricted fund for support services provided across the organisation and the infrastructure required in order to facilitate the delivery of contracts. This includes all the governance, risk management, regulatory and legal frameworks, contract performance & quality measures, database and IT systems, finance and human resource services and strategic planning costs.

The Charity portfolio of services continues to cover a wider breath from early years to end of life care as follows:

Family Offer (Sure Start Children Centres)

Due to Covid-19 the re-tendering of the Children Centre contracts had been delayed and therefore, the contract was extended for a further year to March 2022. We continued to deliver a high-quality service that has adapted well to the pandemic which offered a blended approach.

Brickhouse Community Centre

We continue to manage this centre on behalf of Sandwell MBC and the centre sits on the site of Brickhouse Primary School. We work closely with the community to offer services and a local Nursery delivers childcare provision at the centre during the week. The centre had to close during the pandemic and the level of income from community room hire reduced, the centre has since re-opened with measures in place throughout the year.

Go Play

We successfully secured the tender for our existing work in Rowley Regis and also gained the Oldbury area. We provide a free open access to play provision in the ward areas of the two towns for children aged from 6-12 years throughout the year. In response to the pandemic, the team delivered activity packs prior to the sessions being delivered via zoom, as well as in park areas and these have been very successful with providing children the opportunity for fun play activities.

Starting Well

Murray Hall is the lead agency in partnership with 8 other organisations having secured funding from the Department of Health and Social Care for a new scheme in January 2021 for just over 2 years. The aim to is provide extra support to expectant mothers and their children from 0 to 2 ½ years within the high deprived local areas and black and ethnic minority communities (including refugees and migrant population).

Bridges Support Service – Birmingham Cross City Clinical Commissioning Group The contract for this service was extended for a further year. The service supports people with palliative care needs in the last year of their lives, and their carers to ensure they are able to maintain their quality of life at home as their preferred place of care. The service is able to offer different kinds of support depending on the needs, including information, navigation and practical support within the home, working closely with other agencies to coordinate support and care in the community.

SPARCS

This is the third and final year of the service. We provided this in partnership with Agewell CIC to support people over 65 years in Sandwell to maintain their health and wellbeing and to reduce social isolation and loneliness.

Community Offer

This service started just as the UK went into the Covid-19 pandemic and had to adapt to provide

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022

13. Statement of funds (continued)

whatever support was needed in the community during the lockdown, this included food parcels, collecting medications, doorstep visits. We provide the service across Tipton and Rowley and work closely with the commissioners and other third sector providers with a flexible and effective approach.

Sandwell Community Dementia Service (SCDS)

The SCDS is a partnership of 9 voluntary sector providers with Crossroads as the lead partner to provide a service for people in Sandwell with dementia from the early on-set of symptoms, support them gaining a diagnosis and living with dementia to end of life care. Murray Hall’s role will be to host and manage a Dementia Advisor for Tipton area.

Building Braver Minds

We secured the contract with SWB CCG for this new service to provide the Tier 2 counselling support for children and young people in Sandwell, including providing support within the Single Point of Access with CAMHS for a few days a week.

Beats not Blades

This is an arts-based programme working with young people to find ways of expressing themselves through the use of art media in particular through music. Activity was just starting as the pandemic occurred and had to be paused. This had a knock on effect to the Provision of services and we are just re-establishing the service again.

Breaking Silence

This service successfully secured continuation funding from Children in Need in February 2019, Breaking Silence is a vital service, supporting vulnerable and at risk young people aged 7 – 18 years with complex emotional wellbeing issues who are self-harming. The service continues to provide a range of bespoke services from one to one sessions, group activities and awareness raising workshops to parents, school staff and wider statutory agencies.

Looking Forward

The Looking Forward service entered its third year, the project is a trauma based children, young people/families service which seeks to improve the emotional resilience of vulnerable families (at risk of poor mental health) who fall below the threshold of mental health statutory services. The service seeks to improve the wellbeing of children and young people who have a history of domestic violence and abuse, separation and loss.

Wolfson

We were awarded £50k being 50% of the funds required to develop an onsite Digital Creative Centre. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic the project could not be started during the year.

The Compassionate Communities Project

This is a partnership with Sandwell Advocacy, with Murray Hall as the lead. It is Esmee Fairburn funding distributed through SCVO.

The National Lottery Community Fund - RC Midlands Region

This grant funding is a new 2-year grant following on from the success of the original Looking Forward service noted above. The service model delivery has been enhanced based on the evaluation of the original activity and outcomes, the model therefore operates a more targeted approach to both the child/young person and provides the parent/carers with better understanding and strategies to support the child/young person and empowers families to build resilient relationships. .

SEIF IT Project

The figure shown as income relates to the brought forward transfer balance on the incorporation. The

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13. Statement of funds (continued)

grant was provided by Social Investment Business some years ago for an IT Project to develop Murray Hall’s data and communication infrastructure.

14. Analysis of net assets between funds

Analysis of net assets between funds - current year

Unrestricted
funds
2022
£
Tangible fixed assets
118,935
Current assets
1,650,707
Creditors due within one year
(346,570)
Provisions for liabilities and charges
(1,888,000)
Total
(464,928)		 Restricted
funds
2022
£
-
444,774
-
-
444,774		 Total
funds
2022
£
118,935
2,095,481
(346,570)
(1,888,000)
(20,154)

15. Reconciliation of net movement in funds to net cash flow from operating activities

Net income/expenditure for the year (as per Statement of Financial Activities)
Adjustments for:
Depreciation charges
Dividends, interests and rents from investments
Decrease/(increase) in debtors
Increase/(decrease) in creditors
Defined benefit pension scheme finance cost
Defined benefit pension scheme finance cost less contributions payable
Transfer of assets and liabilities from Unincorporated charity
Net cash provided by operating activities		 2022
£
(626,154)
64,850
(505)
(6,152)
64,261
50,000
25,000
610,445
181,745

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16. Analysis of cash and cash equivalents

Cash in hand
Total cash and cash equivalents		 2022
£
1,857,919
1,857,919

17. Analysis of changes in net debt

Cash at bank and in hand Cash flows
£
43,073
43,073		 Transfered
on
Incorporatio
n
£
1,814,846
1,814,846		 At 31 March
2022
£
1,857,919
1,857,919

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18. Pension commitments

The Charity operates a defined benefit pension scheme.

West Midlands Pension Fund – Family Offer

On 1 April 2018 Murray Hall Community Trust was awarded the Service Agreement for the provision of services at Rowley Regis and Tipton (Sandwell) Sure Start Childrens Centres. On this date the staff employed as part of this contract were subject to a TUPE arrangement and became employees of Murray Hall Community Trust.

The eligible staff that were transferred to the TUPE arrangement were all members of the West Midlands Metropolitan Authorities Pension Fund and as such had accrued pension liability benefits/obligations in the fund. A ‘pass through agreement’ was made between Sandwell Borough Council and Murray Hall Community Trust and none of the past benefits/liabilities were transferred to Murray Hall Community Trust, neither will Murray Hall Community Trust be liable for any future benefits/obligations on termination of the contract.

Due to a ‘pass through agreement’ being in place this fund is accounted for as a defined contribution arrangement.

As at the 31 March 2022 the Family Offer contract ended as the Contract and Pension scheme TUPE transferred to Barnardos, as such Murray Hall Community Trust's membership to this Scheme ceased.

West Midlands Pension Fund – Main Scheme

Murray Hall Community Trust Limited participates in the West Midlands Pension Fund which is administered by Wolverhampton City Council. This fund is a defined benefit arrangement.

The pension cost is assessed in accordance with the advice of an independent qualified actuary using the projected unit credit method of valuation. This scheme is subject to a triennial review with the most recent one having been at 31 March 2019.

The total contribution made for the year ended 31 March 2022 was £33,000 of which employer's contributions totalled £26,000 and employees' contributions totalled £7,000.

Principal actuarial assumptions at the Balance Sheet date (expressed as weighted averages):

At 31 March
2022
%
Discount rate 2.75
Future salary increases 4.15
Future pension increases 3.15

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18. Pension commitments (continued)

Mortality rates (in years)
- for a male aged 65 now
- at 65 for a male aged 45 now
- for a female aged 65 now
- at 65 for a female aged 45 now
The Charity's share of the assets in the scheme was:
Equities
Bonds
Property
Cash
Total fair value of assets
The actual return on scheme assets was £250,000.
The amounts recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities are as follows:
Current service cost
Interest income
Interest cost
Total amount recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities		 At 31 March
2022
Years
21.2
22.9
23.6
25.4
At 31 March
2022
£
2,046,000
672,000
214,000
122,000
3,054,000
2022
£
51,000
(58,000)
108,000
101,000

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18. Pension commitments (continued)

Movements in the present value of the defined benefit obligation were as follows:

Opening defined benefit obligation transferred from Murray Hall Community Trust
Contributions by scheme participants
Current service cost
Interest cost
Actuarial gains
Benefits paid
Closing defined benefit obligation
Movements in the fair value of the Charity's share of scheme assets were as follows:
Opening fair value of scheme assets transferred from Murray Hall Community Trust
Interest income
Actuarial gains
Contributions by employer
Contributions by scheme participants
Benefits paid
Closing fair value of scheme assets		 2022
£
5,255,000
7,000
51,000
108,000
(431,000)
(48,000)
4,942,000
2022
£
2,836,000
58,000
175,000
26,000
7,000
(48,000)
3,054,000

19. Operating lease commitments

There are no minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases. The St Mark’s Road property is occupied on a 30 year lease with Sandwell MBC on a peppercorn rent, which commenced in October 2013 under the unincorporated charity.

20. Related party transactions

During the year the charity received £350 and paid £828 to Locality UK Limited. The charity paid £1,101 to Compassionate Communities UK. These organisations are related by virtue of the fact that M Patel is a trustee in both organisations. All transactions were carried out at arms length.

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21. Transfer of assets and liabilities from Murray Hall Community Trust

All assets and liabilities of Murray Hall Community Trust were transferred to the incorporated charity on 1 April 2021.

The following is a breakdown of the assets and liabilities transferred in this transaction:

£ Tangible fixed assets 44,608 Debtors 231,410 Cash at bank and in hand 1,814,846 Creditors (282,309) Defined benefit pension scheme (2,419,000) Net assets (610,445)

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