Trustee Report About our year and our money
This is an easy read version of our Trustees Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ending 31st March 2021
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What is in each section Page number
Who is who at Herts People First 3
Trustees Report
Trustees Duties 4-5
How Herts People First is run 6
Public Benefit 7
Our Aims and Impact 8 –13
Coronavirus and Herts People First 14
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Some highlights of our year
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About our Money
Future Plans 22
Independent Examiner’s Report 23
Statement of Financial Activities 24—25
Notes to the Financial Statements 26—32
Thank You’s 33
31 [st] March
This report is what we have done
at Herts People First between
1st April 2020 to 31st March 2021.
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Our report is in easy read as much as possible. This is to make it easier for our members to understand.
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Who is who at Herts People First
Trustee Board members
Carol Lee MBE John Simmons Marie Clare Chair Treasurer Secretary
Our staff
Independent Consultant Jane Dellow
Alex Morris
Main Office
Charity number - 1091095
Leyden House Leyden Road Stevenage SG1 2BP
Community Accountant
Independent examiner
Josephine Merry 75 Roman Way Godmanchester Huntingdon PE29 2RW
Jane Seymour 2b Regent Street Stotfold SG5 4ED
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Trustee Annual Report
Our Trustees have checked this Annual Report.
They agree it covers everything the law says they need to report on.
Some bits of this report are written in hard words.
These have to be there to meet the rules and laws about Trustee Reports. These are in the grey box like this one below.
The Trustees present their report with the financial statements of the Charity for the year ended 31[st] March 2021.
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Herts People First (HPF) has a set of rules called a Constitution. The Constitution was agreed at a special meeting on the 24th November 2001. The Constitution says what work we can do and how we are run. Herts People First is registered with the Charity Commission. This organisation checks charities are being run well and safely. Risks Our Board of Trustees is legally in charge of our Charity. They check Herts People First is run safely and manage risks to the Charity. Trustees are elected every 2 years at the Annual General Meeting. Trustees give their time for free to Herts People First as volunteers. The Charity is an unincorporated association and governed by a constitution dated 24th November 2001.
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How Herts People First is run
Herts People First is a user - led Being user-led organisation. A user - led organisation is one that is run and controlled by people who use support services. For Herts People First this means all Trustees are people with learning disabilities.
The Trustees are elected by members of Herts People First who have full membership rights and are people with learning disabilities who live in Hertfordshire. Trustees must be over 18 years of age.
Herts People First activities take place in Hertfordshire and the Eastern Region.
The Management Committee (Trustees) and Honorary Officers are elected or appointed from the full members living in the Hertfordshire area to the Management Committee by the full members. The members of the Management Committee resign on a bi-annual basis at the Annual General Meeting held in September or as soon as practicable, but may be re-elected or re-appointed. No Management Committee member may be under the age of 18. Further Trustees may be appointed at the discretion of the trustees in accordance with the Charity constitution.
All trustees give their time as volunteers and receive no remuneration or other benefits.
Full membership is open to adults with a learning disability living in Hertfordshire.
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Public Benefit
Charities have to stick to rules about something called Public Benefit. This means charities have to say how their work is :
- Public - the charity must do work that make things better for the public
• Benefit - charities must make sure their work makes things better for people Charities can say which groups of people they support. Our Trustees understand the Charity Commission guidance about Public Benefit and make sure the work of Herts People First fits within these rules.
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Our aims
Every charity has aims.
These are what the charity is trying to do. HPF has 2 main aims which are in our Constitution.
1. To make sure people with learning disabilities in Hertfordshire know about and get their rights
2. To provide training and education for people with learning disabilities in Hertfordshire so people learn new skills and gain in confidence to help them take part in their community.
To train people who do not have a learning disability so they understand the rights and needs of people with learning disabilities.
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Working to achieve our aims
1. To make sure people with learning disabilities in Hertfordshire know about and get their rights
Herts People First is a rights organisation. We make sure people know about their rights and support them to speak up if they do not get their rights.
My rights
Herts People First agreed this aim and rights would be the focus for Herts People First for this year :
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Transport
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Learning
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Health
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Hate Crime and Keep Safe
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Easy read and easy to find information
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Equalities
We talked about these rights at:
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Self advocacy groups
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North Herts & Stevenage Local Forum
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Healthwatch Hertfordshire
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Adult Care Services:
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Learning Disability Co-production Board
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Community Support Team
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Learning Disability Planning and Partnership Group
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Working to achieve
1. To make sure people with learning disabilities
in Hertfordshire know about and get their rights
We worked with partners to choose the questions to ask people with learning disabilities, then supported people with their replies on these surveys :
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Healthwatch Annual Health Checks
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The Learning Disability Survey
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Learning Disability Co-production Board survey
We supported people to reply to the Intalink Plan to make buses better in Hertfordshire.
We went to these events:
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Talking about Equalities run by Hertfordshire Equality Council and Herts County Council
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2 COMPACT meetings
The COMPACT is a written agreement between Voluntary Groups, like Herts People First, and Statutory Groups like Herts County Council. The Compact lists rules for everyone to follow to work together in the best way, and what to do if you are not happy.
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Working to achieve our aims
2. To provide training and education for people with learning disabilities in Hertfordshire so people learn new skills and gain in confidence to help them take part in their community.
Working together to Keep Safe in Hertfordshire
We talked with Hertfordshire Police and Hertfordshire County Council about working in partnership.
Keep Safe teams were set up to take care of Keep Safe in local towns :
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Hemel Hempstead
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Hoddesdon
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Bishops Stortford
People with learning disabilities worked with local police.
Keep Safe teams gave training to places joining Keep Safe.
They told their local community about Keep Safe at events, by making a local leaflet, in their local paper and on social media.
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Working to achieve our aims
2. To train people who do not have a learning disability so they understand the rights and needs of people with learning disabilities.
: We train people in different ways
Carol Lee took part in table discussions for the Hertfordshire Adult Care Services Connected Lives developing leaders programme.
Police, paid and unpaid support workers and people working at places joining the Keep Safe scheme received training.
Herts People First advise on and show Good Practice on involving people with learning disabilities in:
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Meetings
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Training
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Easy Read information
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Ways to consult
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Easy ways to access things
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Working to achieve our aims
Working on things that are important to people with learning disabilities to make life better.
We updated the Easy Read Orange Wallet flyer with Herts County Council.
We advised Healthwatch on their Easy Read Annual Health Check survey
At the beginning of the Coronavirus crisis we made the Easy Read booklet by Opening Doors called 'My Plan for being Safe and Staying in ’ useful for people in Hertfordshire.
We made a ’Who Can Help’ sheet which we printed and posted to Herts People First members. We shared these by e-mail for everyone with a learning disability in Hertfordshire to use.
We worked with people who live by themselves to have an easy to see list of their I n C ase of an E mergency (ICE) phone numbers. This was in case they were taken to hospital with Covid -19.
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Coronavirus and Herts People First
The Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown meant Herts People First had to change what we did and how we did it very quickly. Most of our work with people was face-to-face in groups or at meetings. All face to face meetings stopped for Herts People First on the 13th March 2020 and we had to set up other ways to continue the work of the Charity.
Our funders continued to pay our grants and allowed us to work differently to help people to be safe. Most of our work has been to make sure people understood the lockdown rules and information coming from the Government to keep safe. This work continues. Trustees met weekly by phone to begin with to plan.
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Our highlights - speaking up:
Volunteers
5 Hemel Campaigners volunteered to take care of Keep Safe in Hemel Hempstead
12 people volunteered to take care of Keep Safe in Hoddesdon
Herts People First support a further 6 people to represent other people with Learning Disabilities at meetings.
Partnership Board
Herts People First made the Learning Disability Partnership Board report 2014 — 2019 Easy Read
Co-production Board
Herts People First agreed to be one of the organisations on the new Learning Disability Co-production Board.
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About our money
How we fund our work
We mainly raise money through grants and bids.
Managing risk
This is when you look at what could go wrong, make a plan just in case and say how to put things right. For Herts People First risks are things that make it hard to run the Charity well, or could mean it has to close.
At Herts People First the Trustees have the responsibility for looking at risks.
Risks
They work together on a risk list where they work out what steps to take to make things safer for Herts People First.
Staff training, good policies and safe ways of working are some of the ways we manage risks at Herts People First.
Herts People First Trustees have read and acknowledge the Charity Commission fundraising guidelines for Trustees. Herts People First do not at present raise funds from the general public.
Herts People First recognise the risks of operating as a Charity within a social care and health environment. With significant uncertainty regarding the charity’s sources of income it is committed to establish policies and procedures that manage the risks associated with its business.
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About our money
Reserves Policy
Charities have reserves which is a word for emergency savings.
Reserves money is used if a charity has to close. It is used to pay off any money it owes. At Herts People First our Trustee Board decides how much money to have as emergency savings. This is called the Reserves Policy. Trustees look at this every year.
Our Trustees decided Herts People First should have enough money to pay its costs for 3 months. This year Trustees looked carefully at all the money and are happy this is a safe amount of reserves for Herts People First at the moment.
Reserves policy
The Management Committee of Herts People First has given consideration to the need for a reserves policy in relation to the organisation’s accounts. The funding for the charity is viewed uncertain in the current economic climate and the Management Committee are mindful of this in their entire . decision making
The Management Committee regard the minimum level of reserves to be the equivalent of three months salaries for staff employed by the organisation plus redundancy. For the year ended 31[st ] March 2020, this would represent approximately £15,000. The unrestricted free reserves held at this date total £80,819. The Management Committee monitor this situation regularly and review the policy on at least an annual basis.
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Some money Herts People First is given is to run special projects. We can only spend that money on running those projects.
This is called restricted money .
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We have to be able to show what we on. are spending any restricted money We keep good records to show how we are spending restricted money on the right things.
Closed
Restricted Reserves
If Herts People First closed we could be asked to pay back some of the restricted money for any work we have not done.
The amount we could have to pay back is called restricted reserves.
Herts People First has £15,693 of
restricted reserves at the end of March £15,693 2020.
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Herts People First also has things we own. This could be equipment, computers and furniture we have bought.
We only count things we will own for more than 1 year. These things we own are called fixed assets . 1 year
We add up how much money these things are worth. We have to remember that if we sold them we would get less money than we paid for them.
If we add up all our money and take fixed assets and our restricted away our reserves we can see how much is left. This money is called free reserves.
Herts People First has £80,819 of free reserves at the end of March 2020.
£80,819
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About our money 2019- 2020 Herts People First Herts People First Money Income Expense Balance {Money Coming Inl (Money Going Out) (What is left) 2>SS £51,953 £50,167 £1,786 Money In Bank March 2019 £95,679 Balance Money In Bank March 2020 (What is left) £1,786 £97,465 Charity Number 1091095 Page 21
Our future plans
Funding
To look at all our money.
To get money for what people with Learning Disabilities have said is most important
Partnerships
To look at who we would like to work with.
How we work and what we do
We will review this to help us decide what we want to do and how we do this in the future — we will put this in a new Herts People First plan
Approved by the Trustees and signed on their behalf by:
Carol Lee MBE John Simmons Chair Treasurer
Date: 2 5 /01/2021
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Herts People First
INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2020
I report on the accounts for the year ended 31[st ] March 2020, which are set out on pages 24— 32.
Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner
The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Charities Act”) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
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examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act,
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to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and
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to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basis of independent examiner’s report
My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
Independent examiner’s statement
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention
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which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect, the requirements:
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to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; and
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to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act
have not been met; or
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Josephine Merry 75 Roman Way Godmanchester, Huntingdon PE29 2RW
Date: 25 / 01/ 2021
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Statement of Financial Activities
For the Year ended 31st March 2020
| Notes | 2020 | 2019 | ||
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| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total | Total | |
| Funds | Funds | Funds | Funds | |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| Incoming resources | ||||
| Grants and donations 2 |
47,736 | - | 47,736 | 35,099 |
| Charitable activities 3 |
2,717 | 1,500 | 4,217 | 23,298 |
| Total income Resources expended: |
50,453 | 1,500 | 51,953 | 58,397 |
| Charitable activities 4 |
42,994 | 7,173 | 50,167 | 42,681 |
| Total expenditure | 42,994 | 7,173 | 50,167 | 42,681 |
| Net movement in funds Reconciliation of funds: Total Funds brought forward Total funds carried forward 10 |
7,459 74,313 81,772 |
(5,673) 21,366 15,693 |
1,786 95,679 97,465 |
15,716 79,963 95,679 |
The notes on pages 26 to 32 form part of these financial statements.
The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses in the year.
All income and expenditure derives from continuing activities.
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Balance Sheet
As at 31st March 2020
| Herts People First Balance Sheet As at 31st March 2020 |
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| Notes | 2020 £ |
2019 |
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| Fixed Assets | ||
| Tangible assets 5 |
1,277 | 827 |
| Current Assets | 1,178 | |
| Debtors & prepayments 6 |
1,513 | |
| Bank and cash balances | 112,802 | 102,804 |
| Total Current Assets | 113,980 | 104,317 |
| Creditors: Amounts falling due within 7 |
(17,792) | (9,465) |
| one year | ||
| Net Current Assets | 96,188 | 94,852 |
| Net Assets | 97,465 | 95,679 |
| Funds of the charity | ||
| Unrestricted income funds 10 |
81,772 | 74,313 |
| Restricted income funds 10 |
15,693 | 21,366 |
| Total charity funds | 97,465 | 95,679 |
The financial statements were approved by the trustees on 25th January 2021 and signed on their behalf by:
…………………………………… …………………………………. Carol Lee MBE John Simmons Chair Treasurer
The notes on pages 26 - 32 form part of these accounts
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Notes to the Accounts
ACCOUNTING POLICIES
1.0 Basis of preparation
These accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant note(s) to these accounts.
The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued on 16 July 2014 and with the Charities Act 2011.
The charity constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102.
The accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis and represent a true and fair view of the position of the charity as at the end of the accounting period.
Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy notes.
1.1 Accounting convention
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention
1.2 Tangible fixed assets and depreciation
Tangible fixed assets are stated at cost less depreciation and are depreciated over the estimated useful economic lives. The depreciation rate currently in use for all fixed assets held for use by the charity is 20% on the reducing balance.
1.3 Pension costs
The charity operates a defined contribution scheme for the benefit of its employees. Contributions payable are charged as an expense in the year they are payable. Contributions are allocated between restricted and unrestricted funds based on hours worked.
1.4 Resources Expended
Resources expended are included in the Statement of Financial Activities on an accruals basis, inclusive of any VAT which cannot be recovered. Resources expended have been analysed and have been allocated 100% to the relevant fund.
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Notes to the Accounts
1.5 Incoming Resources
The charity derives its income from donations, legacies and other voluntary income and grants that provide core funding.
Items of income are recognised and included in the accounts when all of the following criteria are met:
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The charity has entitlement to the funds;
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Any performance conditions attached to the item (s) of income have been met or are fully within the control of the charity or its subsidiary;
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There is sufficient certainty that the receipt of the income is considered probably; and
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The amount can be measured reliably.
Donation income is included within the Statements of Financial Activities as it is received. Legacies are recognised when the above criteria are met. Grants are recognised in the period to which they relate.
1.6 Governance costs
Governance costs are those costs associated with maintaining the governance of the charity as opposed to the management of the charity’s activities
1.7 Fund Accounting
Funds held by the charity are either:
Unrestricted general funds
These are funds which can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.
Designated funds
These are funds set aside by the trustees out of unrestricted general funds for specific future purposes or projects. No funds have currently been designated.
Restricted funds
These are funds that can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.
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Notes to the Accounts
| 2 Grants and donations Herts CC – Joint Finance Joint Commissioning Team Herts CC – Herts SAN North Herts and Stevenage Local Forum HMRC Employment Allow. PCC Keep Safe Herts Community Foundation |
Unres £ 9,702 17,000 17,500 1,430 2,104 - - 47,736 |
Res. £ - - - - - - - - |
2020 £ 9,702 17,000 17,500 1,430 2,104 - - 47,736 |
2019 £ 9,702 17,000 - - 3,000 4,977 420 |
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| 35,099 |
In 2019, £4,977 for PCC Keep Safe Herts and £420 Community Foundation were the only restricted funds under grants and donations.
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Unres | Res. | 2020 | 2019 £ 1,430 17,500 3,236 |
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| North Herts and Stevenage Local Forum Herts CC – Herts SAN Support and Travel Other Fees |
- - 2,157 560 2,717 |
- - 1,500 - 1,500 |
- - 3,657 560 4,217 |
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| 1,132 | ||||
| 23,298 |
In 2019, the only restricted funds were £826 for support and travel. North Herts and Stevenage Local Forum and Herts CC - Herts SAN income has come through as grants and donations for 2020 onwards.
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| 4 | Expenditure | Unres | Res. | 2020 | 2019 |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | ||
| Salaries | 26,122 | 249 | 26,371 | 26,487 | |
| Depreciation | 318 | - | 318 | 205 | |
| Governance | 616 | 8 | 624 | 967 |
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| Other costs | 15,938 | 6,916 | 22,854 | 15,022 |
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| 42,994 | 7,173 | 50,167 | 42,681 |
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Notes to the Accounts
For comparative purposes below is the split of charitable expenditure for 2019
| Charitable activities | Unres | Res. | 2019 | ||
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| Expenditure | 2018 | ||||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | ||
| Salaries | 26,223 | 264 | 26,487 | 28,082 | |
| Depreciation | 205 | - | 205 | 257 | |
| Governance | 959 | 8 | 967 | 1,171 | |
| Other costs | 14,324 | 698 | 15,022 | 55,201 | |
| 41,711 | 970 | 42,681 | 84,711 | ||
| Other Costs | Unres | Res. | 2020 | 2019 | |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | ||
| Support | 8,105 | 2,337 | 10,442 | 187 | |
| Travelling Expenses | 3,012 | 278 | 3,290 | 4,609 | |
| General Running Costs | 2,072 | 115 | 2,187 | 2,235 | |
| Producing Information | 36 | 79 | 115 | 33 | |
| Administration | - | 602 | 602 | 50 | |
| Consultation & Advice | - | - | - | 5,350 | |
| Preparation | 33 | - | 33 | - | |
| Conf, meetings & Rm Hire | 472 | 205 | 677 | 536 | |
| Bookkeeping Fees | 1,200 | - | 1,200 | 1,200 | |
| Telephone | 828 | - | 828 | 783 | |
| Training and prof. fees | 70 | 3,300 | 3,370 | - | |
| Equipment | 32 | - | 32 | - | |
| Website Costs | 78 | - | 78 | 39 | |
| 15,938 | 6,916 | 22,854 | 15,022 | ||
| Unres | Res. | 2020 | |||
| Governance Costs | 2019 | ||||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | ||
| Examination Fees/ Accounts | |||||
| preparation | 600 | - | 600 | 600 | |
| AGM & Meeting costs | 16 | 8 | 24 | 367 | |
| 616 | 8 | 624 | 967 | ||
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Notes to the Accounts
| 5 Fixed assets Cost At 1 April 2019 Additions At 31 March 2020 Depreciation At 1 April 2019 Charge for theyear At 31 March 2020 Net book values At 31 March 2019 At 31 March 2020 |
5 Fixed assets Cost At 1 April 2019 Additions At 31 March 2020 Depreciation At 1 April 2019 Charge for theyear At 31 March 2020 Net book values At 31 March 2019 At 31 March 2020 |
5 Fixed assets Cost At 1 April 2019 Additions At 31 March 2020 Depreciation At 1 April 2019 Charge for theyear At 31 March 2020 Net book values At 31 March 2019 At 31 March 2020 |
5 Fixed assets Cost At 1 April 2019 Additions At 31 March 2020 Depreciation At 1 April 2019 Charge for theyear At 31 March 2020 Net book values At 31 March 2019 At 31 March 2020 |
5 Fixed assets Cost At 1 April 2019 Additions At 31 March 2020 Depreciation At 1 April 2019 Charge for theyear At 31 March 2020 Net book values At 31 March 2019 At 31 March 2020 |
5 Fixed assets Cost At 1 April 2019 Additions At 31 March 2020 Depreciation At 1 April 2019 Charge for theyear At 31 March 2020 Net book values At 31 March 2019 At 31 March 2020 |
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| Cost | £ £ |
£ | |||
| At 1 April 2019 | 17,706 777 |
995 | |||
| Additions | 768 - |
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| At 31 March 2020 | 18,474 777 |
995 | |||
| Depreciation | |||||
| At 1 April 2019 | 17,283 507 |
861 | |||
| Charge for theyear | 238 53 |
27 | |||
| At 31 March 2020 | 17,521 560 |
888 | |||
| Net book values | |||||
| At 31 March 2019 | 423 270 |
134 | |||
| At 31 March 2020 | 953 217 |
107 | |||
| 6 | Debtors & Prepayments | 2020 | |||
| £ | |||||
| Debtors | 1,052 | ||||
| Prepayments and accrued income | 126 | ||||
| 1,178 | |||||
| 7 | Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year | 2020 | |||
| Trade and other Creditors | £ | ||||
| 16,060 | |||||
| Accruals | 95 | ||||
| Tax Liabilities | 1,637 17,792 |
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8 Trustees' Remuneration and Expenses
No remuneration has been directly or indirectly paid or payable for the year out of the funds of the charity to any trustee or to any person or person connected with any of them for their work as a trustee, but they were reimbursed their travel and other expenses incurred.
Taxi costs of £24 (2019: £168.20) were paid in order to facilitate trustees with support requirements to attend meetings to manage the charity.
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Notes to the Accounts
9 Employees' Remuneration Number of employees
The average monthly number of employees during the period was:
| 2020 | 2019 | |
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| Number | Number | |
| Direct Charitable Expendi- | 1 | 1 |
| Employment costs | 2020 | 2019 |
| £ | £ | |
| Gross salary | 23,073 | 20,888 |
| Employers N.I. | 2,104 | 3,801 |
| Employers Pension costs | 1,194 | 1,798 |
| 26,371 | 26,487 | |
| The total amount paid to key management personnel is £23,073. |
There were no employees whose annual emoluments were £50,000 or more. There is only one member of staff, who is responsible for running the charity
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| 10 | Fund Analysis | eral Herts Safe Board Training ship C/Fd |
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| Incoming Resources | 50,453 - 1,500 - - 51,953 |
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| Resources Expended | 42,994 4,946 2,227 - - 50,167 |
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| Net incoming | 7,459 (4,946) (727) - - 1,786 |
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resources before |
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| Transfer between | - - - - - - |
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| Net movement in | 7,459 (4,946) (727) - - 1.786 |
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| Total Funds B/fwd | 74,313 4,946 727 3,523 12,170 95,679 |
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| Total Funds C/Fwd | 81,772 - - 3,523 12,170 97,465 |
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| Fixed Assets | ||
| 1,277 - - - - 1,277 |
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| Bank | 97,109 - - 3,523 12,170 112,802 |
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| Other Current Assets | 1,178 - - - - 1,178 |
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| Current Liabilities | (17,792) - - - - (17,792 ) |
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| 81,772 - - 3,523 12,170 97,465 |
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Notes to the Accounts
Herts Community Foundation Police and Crime Commissioner Action Fund: ‘Working together to Keep Safe in Hertfordshire’ is a supported volunteering project to support 20 people with learning disabilities as volunteers to set up 4 Keep Safe teams to take care of Keep Safe in local towns.
Co-production Board. This fund is for support, travel and involvement costs for the self-advocate representative to the Learning Disability Partnership Board to represent the LDPB at the Adult Care Services Co-production Board.
Herts People First development and training money is for the development of self advocacy leaders and their supporters and a strengthened Hertfordshire based self advocacy user led organisation. This was in response to the recommendation from the review of self advocacy by the NDTi in 2012.
Star Partnership is a new restricted fund from monies transferred from the old Fulfilling Lives funds held for others pot. Currently proposals are being considered by the Charity Trustees for how this money will be spent.
11 Independent Examiner's Remuneration
Fees of £600 have been accrued for the 2020 examination and preparation
| 2020 | 2019 | |
|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | |
| Examination Fee | 300 | 300 |
| Preparation of Accounts | 300 | 300 |
| 600 | 600 |
12 Commitments under operating leases
At 31 March 2020 the charity had no annual commitments under non-cancellable operating leases.
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And a to Big Thank You
Herts People First volunteers
Our funders:
Herts County Council
Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner with Hertfordshire Community Foundation
Leyden House Day Service For the use of one of their rooms for our office
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