## **Taking Part** **An Independent Service for People with Health & Social Care Needs** Louise House, Roman Road, Meole Brace, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY3 9JN Telephone: 01743 363399 takingpart@takingpart.co.uk ## **Changing Times, Changing Lives** 17[th] January 2023 Taking Part has, again, survived another challenging year – each year now seems to present us with challenges, Increased demand for our services with reducing financial income. We are now using some of our reserves to keep Taking Part going but we are financially sound. Taking Part is not alone in this situation as many charities who we work along side are in the same position. Our commissioned contracts do not get inflartionaly increases which is putting a strain on the organisation and making us consider only viable contracts going forward. The people that Taking Part support are present with multiple issues, many of them challenging and they are taking longer to resolve or obtain an outcome. This is due to the increased demand on statutory health and social care services and we do understand their position. We find ourselves helping clients to ‘wait well’ whilst working with statutory services for resolution. We are encouraging people to ‘self help’ as much as possible and look at community solutions. During 2022/2023 our dedicated staff team supported 3310 people with their health and social care issues with 8112 interventions. This is a significant increase on our figures last year.Taking Part is an organisation of 8 part time and we are very proud of the numbers of people we support and a range of interventions. We remain a reliable and trusted organisation who has a track record for delivery and providing value for money in public spending. Advocacy Information Advice Guidance > Registered Charity No: 1092033 Company Registration No: 4362948 1 Our 40 Citizen Advocates provided 2344 volunteers hours which equates to £32,112 of paid staff time. We are very lucky and honoured to have been able to retain a large number of our volunteers since the pandemic and beyond as we know that some charities have depleted numbers of volunteers. Our Board of Trustees have been supportive to all paid staff and volunteers during another year of change and challenge. We strive to keep up to date with all the changes that is happening in the world of health and social care and having 2 board members of have nearly 20 years service as trustees for Taking Part helps us all keep grounded and confident that we are providing a service which is run like a business; reflecting our organisations value base and Business Plan, true to our articles of association. During this financial year of 2022/2023, Taking Part has been able to continue to obtain additional income from staturoy services to continue our work with health inequalities particularly for people with learning difficulties. We have also become a preferred supplier in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin to provide parental advocacy to clients who have substantial difficulties in understanding statutory services where their are under child protection or are children in need. Continued work with our local Integrated Care System along with other voluntary sector colleagues is challenging and time consuming. Our CEO is still involved in many workshops and meetings to see how the voluntary sector is being included and seen as equal partners but without funding. Within Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin (STW) there is much work being undertaken strategically by voluntary sector leads to ensure that charities and their work is being recognised as vital services in the preventation agenda in the world of health and social care. Taking Part is very much linked into this work encouraging community solutions and promoting self help where possible. This work is also looking at resilience and sustainability of the sector across STW and assessing our impact locally based on outcomes and outputs and social value. Taking Part remains resilitant and confident that we can continue to deliver our services for the next year. In 2024 we are celebrating 30 years of service delivery and we have come a long way in that time. 2 Our Taking Part team consists of: ## Four volunteer trustees - Jean Harris (chair) - John Godfrey - Sue Godfrey - Paul Hume-Miller ## C.E.O Julie Mellor, day to day management of the charity plus strategic representation, networking, maintaining our ongoing business plans and maintaining all required returns and outcome reports. Six further contracted staff – 4 Shropshire based, 2 Telford based Four sessional workers. Ten Experts by experience. Forty volunteer citizen advocates. Two professional advisors. Finances for the year 2022/23 Funding from local authorities, health, private funded commissions and other projects are reported on a quarterly basis and our monitoring and reporting mechanism reflect outputs, outcomes and funding spend. We hold reserves to cover running costs for 18mths in compliance with our reserves policy. We also continue to hold ring fenced redundancy funds for staff and liable costs in the event of charity closure. Accounts available on Charity Commission website. Independently audited by; Phillips Ltd. Chartered Accountants 4 Pearson Road, Central Park Telford, ShropshireTF2 9TX Jean Harris Chair of Trustees 3 Taking Part Regi51ered Chaity number 1092033 Company Limited by guarantee number 04362948 Unaudited Income and Expenditure Account for the Year Ended 31 March 2023 off￿e$ Taking Part Louise House Roman Road Meole Brace Shrewsbury Shropshire SY3 9JN Accountants Phillips Ltd Chartered Acmuntants 4 Pearson Road Central Park Telford TF2 9TX Takin Pa Com an No 04362948 Charit No 1092 Contents of the Financial Statements for the nod 1stA ril 2022 to 31 March 2023 Contents 1. Report of the Directors 2. Independent Ex8minerf$ Re￿)rt 3. Statement of Financial ActNities 4. Balance Sheet 5. Notes lo accounts Thg Dtrecth WO8¢hl I￿1r reportwlth the thwdal $14toM￿￿OIthO pe￿ l¥tAprlt 2022 k*J1* Mar¢h 2023. Tho pTrnclp814cknvRyol the c4Mpaw th ihg ￿l[￿j urthrroKknwa8 U)81 c4th9 prèvention or rel$fofpoveFty énd prtsvlslon oiinforns4*)npth, tAlthJ for trThocNènts Ytho have he81th end a¢xW Va￿ ne￿8. Th6 diTec4tsf8 whr) hav? hetd olts• durlno tha frcrft 18tW2022 of th1$ rapM are 8$ foltr￿,. r John ¢tsafi8y MT$ SUS￿ M G(¢fFey MrGarry S Ktrl&Y {app￿ftt¢d 151 Awt20221 Mrn Joan H&rrt$ Mr Paul R Hume4MJbr All Ihe dtrecioiswhoaye el￿1t￿& offè¢ih8mseW kff ai fimlhcunkng Annual 13s*ral MaelThi9. Thiè r&port ha? been prepared In eccotdance ¥Ain tho s[￿1 prDvilon8olpart 15 of th8 Cgmpanles Ace20Qfj rèlallng lo sm&1 cunpan ON BEHALF OF THE SOARD i4r¥ Jea Herds rJ£a. aoja P4fr1 Inde endenl Examiner's Re rt on the Ac¢¢unls to the truslees of faki On the Accounts for nod 1st A ill 2022 to 31st March 2023. xaminerfs re slees of Tthn Pa I report 10 the trustees on my examinalion of Ihe accounts oFTaking Part for Ihe year ended 31 March 2023. s onsibililies and basis of re ort As th& charity trustees ol the Tnjst you afe responsti)le lor Ihè p￿paratI[￿l of the accounts in accordance with tho requirements of the Charit￿9 A¢1 2011 Cthe A¢t). I report in resp￿1 of my examinalion of Ihe Tru5fs ￿nts cariie(l out under 5ecliDn 145 of the 2011 Acl and in ¢arfying out rny examinat￿￿ I have followed 21 the appkatAe Direclions oiven by Ihe Charity Commi8s+on under secbon 145(5)Ib) ol the AGL Ind8 èndènl examinels I have Complet￿ my examination. I C￿rIMI that rw) material maliers hav6 cc¥ne lo Iny allenlion in conneclicx) with th8 examinatK)n gNing mè causo ks beh"8ve that in any material respect.. 1. accounting rec￿dS thEre not kepl in respecl of Ihe Twst as required by Section 130 ol the act- or 2. the accounts do not accord with those [￿0[￿5,. or 3. the 8ccounls do not Coffi￿y with the applicable requirement5 cOn￿mIng the form and conlenls of 3ccounts sel out in the Charities IAcLounts and Reports) Regulalions 2008 oiher than any re(wKemenl U￿1 the acc(MJnls give a'lrue and fair view which Is not a mÉiièr ¢onsidered as parl of an independenl exarDinalion. I have no Cc￿cernS and have come across no oiher malters in o)nnection the examnation to which attention shoukl be drawn in Ihis report in order to enab￿ a pr(yer u￿£r$I8ndIng of the accounts lo b8 reached. Neil Phillips FCA Phillips Ltd Chartered Accountants 4 Pearson Road Central Park Telford TF2 9TX Dale Page 2 Takin Part statement of Finanoial Activities for the riod 1st ri12022 10 31 March 2023 ijnrestrictod Restrlcted nds funds 2023 2022 Incomlng resources from charltable activitla$ Grants and conlracls 188,316 331 188,647 282.002 Total incoming resoui¢e$ 188.316 331 188,647 282.002 ResourGe3 expended Charltablé activltl¢s 240.463 240.463 210.122 Total resour¢es expended 240.463 240.463 210 122 Not Incomlngl{outgoing) resources 52,147) 331 51,816 71,880 Page 3 2023 Unieètrtaled R•8irtttt•d fund$ 2023 2022 Curiontas*ot¥ Debtorz Cash at bank and In hand Tot41 ourrontaY8*ts 38,236 44,719 353 958 151611 151611 CrgdltOf8 2*7 9S7 Not ctsrrèntass•ls 191.eA J51,611 343,217 395,033 N•tUget8 Funds of tho Chorlty Uhmtrloted R•S￿O￿a fundy fund& 2b23 2022 Op8ning Fundg t Incoming resour￿5 Total funds 243.763 151,280 331 151611 396,033 323,153 19 343 217 39S 02 Forth&ye*rtnd¢Q 31st Marth 2023 tha wnpgnyYrd$ pntiw lo pxemptson W￿￿59¢110n 477 of Ihè Companle5 Aot rd8Ung lo small Companies. No momb&r8 have required Iho ¢ompanyto ¢blaln gn ol Ik8 a￿x￿t$ f¢r thawin qu8st¢011 in arKoTdon¢g with s￿on 476 of the CompAnte8 Ac12(yJ6. Th&¢JEr￿10￿$ ttc*nowledgt Ihalr responsibilfty for comptying with lh* requuwY*nts of tha A¢t wlth 1è8P8Cttts a¢¢ouniing rdeorfs aTrJ for t.48 pr8par*w of accoun19. These accovnls have been prepared h a¢¢ordance vAth fhe pfovlslons appThGableto Gomponles subjecito the smaH ccrfnpanles res¥mè and In accordan￿ Mlh FRS102 SORP. Tha fln¢n¢lal Ètal￿ments Wore approved by the Board ofDlrertDrg on..L%.￿.5)kC￿VR ￿ QÉ)¥ arKI wgro Sign￿ on11s bef￿11 bv: Mr6 ￿an H8rri8 Page 4 Takin Part Notes to the financial stalem nts for the eriod 1stA ri1202210 31 March 2023 1 Accounting policies Basls of preparatlon The financial slalemenls have been prepared under the hisloriG81 cost convention wlh items recognised al cost or transaclion value unless olhetwise staled in the relevant nolelsl to these accounts. The accounts have been prepared in accordance ￿[h thg Stalement of Recommended Praciice.. Accounliro and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with Ihe Financial Rewting Slandard applicable in the UK aNI Rewblic of t￿land (FRS 102) issued on 16 July 2014 arKI vthh the Charities AGt 2011. Incoming resources All incomlng resources are included on the Slatemenl of Financial ActNities when Ihe charity is legally enlilled to the income and the amount ¢an be quantthed with reasonable ac¢ura¢y. Resourees expended Expenditure is re¢ogni$ed on an accruals basis as a liability is in(xJrred. Charitable expenditure comprises those ¢05ts incurted by the charity in the delivery of ils aclivilies and services for its benefI￿aries. 11 includes both cosls that Can be alltseated directly to such activities and those ¢osls of an indirect nature necessary lo support them. 2 Incoming resources from charltable activities 2023 2022 Grants Other Income 9.892 178.424 188,316 13,970 268.032 282,002 3 Total resources expended Charltsbl& Activitles 2023 Charitable Activities 2022 Wages Expenses Telephone Poslage & Stalionery Cofflputei Expenses staff trainin9 Sundry expenses A¢oountancy and professional tharyes Travelling Rent and premises costs Insurance Bank Charges 187.141 12.205 2.e18 5.088 9.356 1.573 13,198 763 4.232 2,404 1,580 105 168.801 10,639 2,767 10.585 5,249 818 2,188 782 3,150 2,404 2,648 91 Page 5 Takin h Financial Slatements for the eri￿ 1stA ri12022 to 31 March 2023 4 Debtors: amounts falllng due within one year 2023 2022 Trade Debtors 38,236 44.719 38,236 44,719 5 Credltors: amounts falling dug wlthin one year 2023 2022 Trade creditors Other Cre(￿lOrS and accruals 2,967 3.644 2.967 3.644 6 Taxatlon statu5 The company is a registered charity aThJ. under seGlions 478 and 479 of the CorpoTation Tax Act 2010 is exempl from corporation lax on its charilabie aCti￿lIes. 7 Reserves policy General funds are unrestricted funds whl(h are available for the use at the di5credon of the Trustees in furtherance of the general objettives of the charity and which have not been designation for other purp)ses. Deslgnated funds comwse restricted funds that have been set agde by Try￿teeS for particular purpose& Resetves will be used to continue ivilh the nJnnin9 of the service unbl other funds are obtained in the case of future lost income from ststutory sources. Funds in reserves will have to tske into consideration payments required for staff redundancies and expenditurc associated bmth the c105ure of the seNice if further funding Is not forthcoming in the future. This expendi￿re will all be overseen by the board of Trustees. The charity Is a company Ilmited by guarantee and has no share capitsl. In the event of the charfty belng wound up, the liability in respett of the guardntee is limited. PaJ& 6 Taking Part Regi51ered Chaity number 1092033 Company Limited by guarantee number 04362948 Unaudited Income and Expenditure Account for the Year Ended 31 March 2023 off￿e$ Taking Part Louise House Roman Road Meole Brace Shrewsbury Shropshire SY3 9JN Accountants Phillips Ltd Chartered Acmuntants 4 Pearson Road Central Park Telford TF2 9TX Takin Pa Com an No 04362948 Charit No 1092 Contents of the Financial Statements for the nod 1stA ril 2022 to 31 March 2023 Contents 1. Report of the Directors 2. Independent Ex8minerf$ Re￿)rt 3. Statement of Financial ActNities 4. Balance Sheet 5. Notes lo accounts Thg Dtrecth WO8¢hl I￿1r reportwlth the thwdal $14toM￿￿OIthO pe￿ l¥tAprlt 2022 k*J1* Mar¢h 2023. Tho pTrnclp814cknvRyol the c4Mpaw th ihg ￿l[￿j urthrroKknwa8 U)81 c4th9 prèvention or rel$fofpoveFty énd prtsvlslon oiinforns4*)npth, tAlthJ for trThocNènts Ytho have he81th end a¢xW Va￿ ne￿8. Th6 diTec4tsf8 whr) hav? hetd olts• durlno tha frcrft 18tW2022 of th1$ rapM are 8$ foltr￿,. r John ¢tsafi8y MT$ SUS￿ M G(¢fFey MrGarry S Ktrl&Y {app￿ftt¢d 151 Awt20221 Mrn Joan H&rrt$ Mr Paul R Hume4MJbr All Ihe dtrecioiswhoaye el￿1t￿& offè¢ih8mseW kff ai fimlhcunkng Annual 13s*ral MaelThi9. Thiè r&port ha? been prepared In eccotdance ¥Ain tho s[￿1 prDvilon8olpart 15 of th8 Cgmpanles Ace20Qfj rèlallng lo sm&1 cunpan ON BEHALF OF THE SOARD i4r¥ Jea Herds rJ£a. aoja P4fr1 Inde endenl Examiner's Re rt on the Ac¢¢unls to the truslees of faki On the Accounts for nod 1st A ill 2022 to 31st March 2023. xaminerfs re slees of Tthn Pa I report 10 the trustees on my examinalion of Ihe accounts oFTaking Part for Ihe year ended 31 March 2023. s onsibililies and basis of re ort As th& charity trustees ol the Tnjst you afe responsti)le lor Ihè p￿paratI[￿l of the accounts in accordance with tho requirements of the Charit￿9 A¢1 2011 Cthe A¢t). I report in resp￿1 of my examinalion of Ihe Tru5fs ￿nts cariie(l out under 5ecliDn 145 of the 2011 Acl and in ¢arfying out rny examinat￿￿ I have followed 21 the appkatAe Direclions oiven by Ihe Charity Commi8s+on under secbon 145(5)Ib) ol the AGL Ind8 èndènl examinels I have Complet￿ my examination. I C￿rIMI that rw) material maliers hav6 cc¥ne lo Iny allenlion in conneclicx) with th8 examinatK)n gNing mè causo ks beh"8ve that in any material respect.. 1. accounting rec￿dS thEre not kepl in respecl of Ihe Twst as required by Section 130 ol the act- or 2. the accounts do not accord with those [￿0[￿5,. or 3. the 8ccounls do not Coffi￿y with the applicable requirement5 cOn￿mIng the form and conlenls of 3ccounts sel out in the Charities IAcLounts and Reports) Regulalions 2008 oiher than any re(wKemenl U￿1 the acc(MJnls give a'lrue and fair view which Is not a mÉiièr ¢onsidered as parl of an independenl exarDinalion. I have no Cc￿cernS and have come across no oiher malters in o)nnection the examnation to which attention shoukl be drawn in Ihis report in order to enab￿ a pr(yer u￿£r$I8ndIng of the accounts lo b8 reached. Neil Phillips FCA Phillips Ltd Chartered Accountants 4 Pearson Road Central Park Telford TF2 9TX Dale Page 2 Takin Part statement of Finanoial Activities for the riod 1st ri12022 10 31 March 2023 ijnrestrictod Restrlcted nds funds 2023 2022 Incomlng resources from charltable activitla$ Grants and conlracls 188,316 331 188,647 282.002 Total incoming resoui¢e$ 188.316 331 188,647 282.002 ResourGe3 expended Charltablé activltl¢s 240.463 240.463 210.122 Total resour¢es expended 240.463 240.463 210 122 Not Incomlngl{outgoing) resources 52,147) 331 51,816 71,880 Page 3 2023 Unieètrtaled R•8irtttt•d fund$ 2023 2022 Curiontas*ot¥ Debtorz Cash at bank and In hand Tot41 ourrontaY8*ts 38,236 44,719 353 958 151611 151611 CrgdltOf8 2*7 9S7 Not ctsrrèntass•ls 191.eA J51,611 343,217 395,033 N•tUget8 Funds of tho Chorlty Uhmtrloted R•S￿O￿a fundy fund& 2b23 2022 Op8ning Fundg t Incoming resour￿5 Total funds 243.763 151,280 331 151611 396,033 323,153 19 343 217 39S 02 Forth&ye*rtnd¢Q 31st Marth 2023 tha wnpgnyYrd$ pntiw lo pxemptson W￿￿59¢110n 477 of Ihè Companle5 Aot rd8Ung lo small Companies. No momb&r8 have required Iho ¢ompanyto ¢blaln gn ol Ik8 a￿x￿t$ f¢r thawin qu8st¢011 in arKoTdon¢g with s￿on 476 of the CompAnte8 Ac12(yJ6. Th&¢JEr￿10￿$ ttc*nowledgt Ihalr responsibilfty for comptying with lh* requuwY*nts of tha A¢t wlth 1è8P8Cttts a¢¢ouniing rdeorfs aTrJ for t.48 pr8par*w of accoun19. These accovnls have been prepared h a¢¢ordance vAth fhe pfovlslons appThGableto Gomponles subjecito the smaH ccrfnpanles res¥mè and In accordan￿ Mlh FRS102 SORP. Tha fln¢n¢lal Ètal￿ments Wore approved by the Board ofDlrertDrg on..L%.￿.5)kC￿VR ￿ QÉ)¥ arKI wgro Sign￿ on11s bef￿11 bv: Mr6 ￿an H8rri8 Page 4 Takin Part Notes to the financial stalem nts for the eriod 1stA ri1202210 31 March 2023 1 Accounting policies Basls of preparatlon The financial slalemenls have been prepared under the hisloriG81 cost convention wlh items recognised al cost or transaclion value unless olhetwise staled in the relevant nolelsl to these accounts. The accounts have been prepared in accordance ￿[h thg Stalement of Recommended Praciice.. Accounliro and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with Ihe Financial Rewting Slandard applicable in the UK aNI Rewblic of t￿land (FRS 102) issued on 16 July 2014 arKI vthh the Charities AGt 2011. Incoming resources All incomlng resources are included on the Slatemenl of Financial ActNities when Ihe charity is legally enlilled to the income and the amount ¢an be quantthed with reasonable ac¢ura¢y. Resourees expended Expenditure is re¢ogni$ed on an accruals basis as a liability is in(xJrred. Charitable expenditure comprises those ¢05ts incurted by the charity in the delivery of ils aclivilies and services for its benefI￿aries. 11 includes both cosls that Can be alltseated directly to such activities and those ¢osls of an indirect nature necessary lo support them. 2 Incoming resources from charltable activities 2023 2022 Grants Other Income 9.892 178.424 188,316 13,970 268.032 282,002 3 Total resources expended Charltsbl& Activitles 2023 Charitable Activities 2022 Wages Expenses Telephone Poslage & Stalionery Cofflputei Expenses staff trainin9 Sundry expenses A¢oountancy and professional tharyes Travelling Rent and premises costs Insurance Bank Charges 187.141 12.205 2.e18 5.088 9.356 1.573 13,198 763 4.232 2,404 1,580 105 168.801 10,639 2,767 10.585 5,249 818 2,188 782 3,150 2,404 2,648 91 Page 5 Takin h Financial Slatements for the eri￿ 1stA ri12022 to 31 March 2023 4 Debtors: amounts falllng due within one year 2023 2022 Trade Debtors 38,236 44.719 38,236 44,719 5 Credltors: amounts falling dug wlthin one year 2023 2022 Trade creditors Other Cre(￿lOrS and accruals 2,967 3.644 2.967 3.644 6 Taxatlon statu5 The company is a registered charity aThJ. under seGlions 478 and 479 of the CorpoTation Tax Act 2010 is exempl from corporation lax on its charilabie aCti￿lIes. 7 Reserves policy General funds are unrestricted funds whl(h are available for the use at the di5credon of the Trustees in furtherance of the general objettives of the charity and which have not been designation for other purp)ses. Deslgnated funds comwse restricted funds that have been set agde by Try￿teeS for particular purpose& Resetves will be used to continue ivilh the nJnnin9 of the service unbl other funds are obtained in the case of future lost income from ststutory sources. Funds in reserves will have to tske into consideration payments required for staff redundancies and expenditurc associated bmth the c105ure of the seNice if further funding Is not forthcoming in the future. This expendi￿re will all be overseen by the board of Trustees. The charity Is a company Ilmited by guarantee and has no share capitsl. In the event of the charfty belng wound up, the liability in respett of the guardntee is limited. PaJ& 6