# **St Luke's Neighbourhood Trust Registered Charity No. 1088726**
**Trustees' Report and Financial Statement for the year ended 31 March 2022**
## **St Luke's Neighbourhood Trust**
## **St Luke's Neighbourhood Trust**
Name: **St Luke's Neighbourhood Trust** Charity no: 1088726 Structure: Unincorporated association governed by a constitution. Trustees: Kimberley Storey Chair Heather Wallace Secretary Kris Maltas Treasurer Richard Downey Trustee Joan Wallace Trustee Sheila Woodhams Trustee Ian Pallace Trustee Valarie Pallace Trustee
Trustees are elected by the membership at each Annual General Meeting. Address: St Lukes Neighbourhood Centre Merle Terrace Sunderland SR4 6SF Bankers: Barclays Independent Mark Thompson MAAT Examiner: VODA Spirit of North Tyneside Wing 2nd Floor Wallsend Customer First Centre 16 The Forum Wallsend NE28 8JR
## **St Luke's Neighbourhood Trust**
## **Chairpersons remarks 2021 - 2022**
A big thank you to all who have helped through the year and have continued to serve on the management committee.
I would like to offer my thanks to all those who serve as officers of the trust. This AGM is later than usual but I would still like to register my thanks:
Lian has continued as our new center manager and moved from strength to strength. Our secretary Dorothy has suffered from ill and unfortunately handed in her resignation. She will be sadly missed but we wish her well for the future.
We finally managed to secure a treasurer in the form of Kris who is working closely with Lian to monitor our finances and keep us in line. Hopefully we will be able to secure future funding that will allow us to help more people in the community we serve.
Our current classes are returning after the long closure and we hope they will continue to move from strength to strength.
Apple Blossom Nursery has reopened and we hope will continue to grow and bring us some stability. We are currently reviewing the rent and costs in line with the current changes in energy costs.
We have strengthened our links with the community by our continued partnership with the Pallion Traders association who have done so much to help with the grounds.
The lunch clubs are back up and running and we have introduced some new clubs and initiatives to reach all parts of the community.
Our Facebook page is helping us to reach a wider audience with the groups we have running along with a new logo to raise our profile.
We are still be blessed on the trust committee by the attendance of 2 councilors Martin and George will continue to direct us towards funding for our initiatives.
As the emergence from the lockdowns and restrictions is reduced we are hoping that new opportunities will arise. The choir has returned and many of our other groups have reappeared along with new groups and users. All are looking forward to renewing their links with the Trust.
We have supported groups where necessary and also wider community whilst staying safe and socially distanced. The large hall in particular has been ideal due its size and we have seen a return to some normality and socially distanced gatherings
As the world opens up further and normality returns, we will need to be careful but we hope that we can regroup and renew our efforts to support the community and try to introduce initiatives and groups that will further develop the surrounding area.
We hope we can be energized and hopeful that the Trust can get back to its fundamental principles of health and well-being.
We are still looking for new members onto the committee from the Church and from the groups using the Hall that will bring a fresh outlook and ideas for the future.
## **Risks, reserves and investments**
The Trustees aim to maintain free reserves in unrestricted funds at a level equivalent to six months expenditure. This level would allow the charity to continue its activities for a reasonable period in the event of a sudden curtailment of funding. This would allow enough time for the charity to either obtain new funding sources or restructure its activities
## **Trustees' responsibilities in relation to the financial statements**
Charity Law requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which comply with the regulations set out in the Charities Act 1993. The Trustees have elected to take advantage of the provisions that apply to small charities and have prepared a Receipts and Payments Account and Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
Signed: ………………………..Chair, on behalf of the Trustees, date: ……………..
## **Independent Examiners Report**
## **Report to the trustees of St Luke's Neighbourhood Trust**
## **On accounts for 31 March 2022 Charity no 1088726 the year ended**
**Respective** The trustees of the organisation are responsible for the preparation of **responsibilities of** accounts; they consider that an audit is not required for this year under **trustees and** section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 and that an Independent **examiner** Examination is needed. It is my responsibility to
- examine the accounts (under section 145 of the 2011 Act),
- follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the
- Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Act), and
- state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
**Basis of** My examination was carried out in accordance with General Directions **independent** given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review **examiner’s** of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the **statement** accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the accounts.
**Independent** In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention: **examiner's** 1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material **statement** respect, the trustees have not met the requirements to ensure that:
- proper accounting records are kept (in accordance with section 130 of
- the Act); and
- accounts are prepared which agree with the accounting records and
- comply with the accounting requirements of the Act; or
2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
**Signed: 17 October 2022 Name:** Mark Thompson MAAT **Address:** VODA Spirit of North Tyneside Wing 2nd Floor Wallsend Customer First Centre 16 The Forum Wallsend NE28 8JR
## **Statement of Financial Activities**
for the year ended 31 March 2022
|**Receipts**
Grants
2
Donations
Room Hire
Bank interest
**Total Receipts**
**Payments**
Utilities
Salaries
Office Supplies
Insurance
Rent
Session Workers
Governance
Repairs & Services
Training
Other Charitable Activities
**Total Payments**
**Surplus / deficit for the year**
Transfer between Funds
**Funds at 1 April 2021**
**Funds at 31 March 2022**|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Total**
**Total**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**2022**
**2022**
**2022**
**2021**
2321
21842
24163
19550
575
575
110
21013
21013
14528
1
1
3|
|---|---|
||**23910**
**21842**
**45752**
**34191**|
||7242
7242
4417
6283
8985
15268
14901
169
169
1492
2172
2172
2107
818
818
990
5614
5614
79
432
432
196
1084
2149
3233
1351
0
0
1336
1336
1130|
||**18200**
**18084**
**36284**
**26663**|
||5710
3758
9468
7528
**0**
**0**
**27146**
**1167**
**28313**
**20785**|
||**32856**
**4925**
**37781**
**28313**|
## **St Lukie's Neighbourhood Trust Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2022**
|**Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2022**
**St Lukie's Neighbourhood Trust**|||
|---|---|---|
|**Current Assets**
Cash at Bank
**Total Cash Balances**
**Current Liabilities**
**For The Year Ended 31 March 2022**
**Represented By:**
Restricted Funds
Unrestricted Funds|**2022**
**£**
37781
**37781**
**0**
**37781**
4925
32856
**37781**|**2021**
**£**
28313|
|||**28313**|
|||**0**|
|||**28313**|
|||1167
27146|
|||**28313**|
Signed …………….……………………… Position ………………………………….. Signed …………….……………………… Position …………………………………..
Date ……………………………………….
## **ST Luke's Neighbourhood Trust Notes to the accounts, 2022**
## **1. Accounting Policies**
- **a** The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2015) – Charities SORP (FRS 102), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006
St Luke's Neighbourhood Trust meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy note(s).
- **b** Grants received are accounted for on a received basis and credited to income.
- **c** Voluntary income is received by way of donations and gifts and is included in full in the Receipts and Payments Account when received.
- **d** Freehold property is stated at value, depreciation only listed when applicable. Fixtures & Fittings are depreciated at 15% reducing balance.
## **2. Grants receivable**
|**Unrestricted**||
|---|---|
|HMRC Furlough Scheme|2321|
|**Total Unrestricted Funding**|**2321**|
|**Restricted Funds**||
|Youth Almighty Pro (Covid Champions Phase 1)|3012|
|Lotto Sound Healing|9950|
|Sunderland City Council - Falling On Your Feet|3850|
|Sunderland City Council - Community Chest Wellbeing|4525|
|Youth Almighty Pro (Covid Champions Phase 2)|505|
||**21842**|
## **3. Trustees, staff and related party transactions**
The organisation employed 1 member of staff during the period of the accounts. No payments were made to trustees’ towards salary costs for the year £15268
## **4. Costs of financial services**
During the year £250 was paid for the independent examination of the 2021 accounts. No other amounts were paid for financial services.
## **5. Restricted Funds balance at 31 March 2022**
|**Restricted Funds balance at 31 March 2022**||
|---|---|
|National Lottery Community Fund
Sunderland City Council
Youth Almighty Pro (Covid Champions Phase 1)
Lotto Sound Healing
Sunderland City Council - Falling On Your Feet
Sunderland City Council - Community Chest Wellbeing
Youth Almighty Pro (Covid Champions Phase 2)
**Total**|**Open Bal**
**Income**
**Expend**
**End Bal**
01/04/2021
31/03/2022
268
268
0
899
899
0
0
3012
3012
0
0
9950
9950
0
0
3850
0
3850
0
4525
3955
570
0
505
0
505|
||1167
21842
18084
4925|