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2023-03-31-accounts

Helping Hands Community Trust Annual Report & Accounts 1[st] April 2022 to 31[st] March 2023

Charity No.: 1093415 Company No.: 04343050

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The Trustees are pleased to present their annual directors’ report together with the consolidated financial statements of the charity for the year ending 31[st] March 2023 which are also prepared to meet the requirement for a directors’ report and accounts for the Companies Act 2006, the Memorandum and Articles of Association, and 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 & Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2015)

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Contents
Information about Helping Hands Community Trust 3-6
Helping Hands Team 6-8
Chair’s Report 9-10
CEO’s Report 11-12
Service Delivery Manager’s Report 13-14
Core Data 15-16
Case Studies 17-18
Information on Engagement, Strategy & Governance 19-26
Statement of Financial Activities (including Income & Expenditure accounts) 27-end
Notes to Accounts
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Overview of the Charity

Background

The Helping Hands Community Trust is a charitable company, limited by guarantee, and was established in 1997 as a Strategic Partnership response to an identified need for easy access to free independent advice, care and support to impoverished and vulnerable people, living within the Borough of Oadby and Wigston, neighbouring villages and rural communities.

To date, the Trust has helped over 120,000 clients and dealt with more than 250,000 advice enquiries. Our paid advisors and volunteers support people face to face to identify and prioritise their needs in relation to specialist advice on welfare benefits and rights, representing clients at appeals and tribunals, debt management and housing and we advocate on behalf of the client, with their consent, with debtors to help reduce their debt. We also have access to free legal advice in relation to employment law, family law – divorce, separation and child contact, personal injury and clinical negligence. Our services are easily accessed and free at the point of delivery.

We also work with other organisations and professional partners such as Primary Care Networks (PCNs) in relation to social prescribing. We consult with stakeholders, partners, service users, local councils and government agencies. This has enabled the Trust to become an agency for change and social renewal. The Trust responds to need, adapting our services to diversify to plug the gap and deliver effective and appropriate services to provide for changing and increasing local needs. We collaborate with HMRC, DWP, local PCNs, Foodbanks and Borough Council officers.

Having implemented AdvicePRO, a client information database, the Trust produces reports and statistical analysis of local needs, issues and trends that affect residents.

Services are delivered through a ‘One Stop’ Advice Centre in South Wigston and our weekly drop-in services at Oadby and Wigston Magna. Regular sessions are held at the various Leicester South Foodbank hubs, Oadby Foodbank, The Hub Club (The Kings’ Centre, Wigston) and The Well at Kibworth. Advice is also given by telephone, via our website and other social media channels.

Our advisers are trained as ‘active listeners’ and are highly regarded as being ‘people centred’ professionals, who are considerate, compassionate and inclusive when responding to the needs of clients.

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All our services conform to a set of standards, are audited, and accredited by the Advice Quality Standard (AQS). This accreditation is audited every two years (next due in 2024).

The Trust is proud to work in the community, having been set up by the community, for the community. It is active in ensuring everyone is aware of the services it provides and that the services are accessible to all.

Mission

Our Vision

“The Trust will engage with residents, partners and stake holders in a social enterprise, where we harness public, commercial, private, faith, charitable and voluntary sector resources, locally and regionally, to advise, empower and protect the interests of vulnerable residents who are socially disadvantaged or excluded by poverty, deprivation, age, unemployment, being homeless, incapacity, poor health, crime, domestic abuse or lack of educational opportunity.”

Our Mission Statement

“The mission of the Helping Hands Community Trust is to serve, empower, enable, advise and assist people in resolving social problems and meeting needs arising from deprivation and poverty”.

Aims and Objectives

The aims of the Trust are:

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Service Users

Although operating from a base in Oadby & Wigston, the Trust is seeing a widening spread of clients coming to us. This is due to a number of reasons:

Staff and Volunteers

The Trust is managed by a Board of Trustees (volunteers). This reflects the needs of the Trust in relation to the governance being both a registered charity and a limited company.

The paid staff are made up of a mixture of part-time and full-time employees along with a group of dedicated and experienced volunteers. We recruit part-time advisors as the role is demanding and draining in terms of emotional resilience. We have the welfare of our staff, volunteers and clients at the heart of everything we do.

Funding is a mix of restricted and unrestricted grants, and we work closely with Trussell Trust and the Leicester South Foodbank, Oadby and Wigston Borough Council and our grant makers such as the National Lottery.

Those funded via the unrestricted funds will tend to be generalist advisors and will operate from one of the weekly drop-in services held in Oadby & Wigston.

Volunteers are critical to the Trust who in return, will also gain new skills and knowledge. Tasks for volunteers range from ‘meet & greet’, administration, form filling, mental health support, and to tribunal case management. They bring a wide range of experience to the Trust and provide additional support to the paid team. Some of our volunteers have ‘lived experience’ so know how needed the service is and the impact the charity can have on the local community.

Operations

The core activity of the Trust is based around drop-in sessions 10am to 1pm Monday to Friday. These take place at the South Wigston office (Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays), Oadby Trinity Church (Tuesdays) and Wigston URC (Thursdays).

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In addition to the drop-in services, appointments are made for more complex cases and form filling (PIP, Attendance Allowance etc).

Clients come to us through a variety of ways, with many attending as a result of a recommendation from one of their friends or family who have also been helped by HHCT. People also hear about the services provided on social media and through its partnerships. The Trust also makes use of its website to provide information (www.helpinghandsadvice.co.uk )

The Trust also employs a number of support workers – welfare benefit and debt advisors working with the foodbanks, and a numeracy specialist (working on the Multiply project). It also employs a Mental Health Recovery Worker who works alongside those clients who are struggling to play a full part in society.

We receive referrals from several partners – such as the foodbanks, Oadby & Wigston PCN, The Hub Club, the local Council - for whom we will provide data management reports to demonstrate the actions taken and the benefits achieved.

– Helping Hands Community Trust Team (Apr 2022 Mar 2023)

Paid Employees

Beverley Radcliffe Chief Executive Officer (CEO) – started 9[th] Jan 2023 Amanda Murgatroyd Service Delivery Manager Jenni Neal Advice Centre Manager – left May 2022 Stacey Major Mental Health Recovery Coach Amirah Ali Receptionist Emma Hall Administrator – started 1st March 2023 Nilesh Kotecha General Advisor Halimah Rehman General Advisor Rosie Martin Welfare Benefits Advisor Richard Bray Debt Advisor – started 18[th] July 2022 Rupert Ward Foodbank Team Navigator – started 3[rd] Oct 2022 Karen Tonge Community Coach & Energy Champion – left 8[th] Feb 2023 Ketna Mistry-Chauhan Outreach Worker – Multiply Project – started 16[th] Jan 2023

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South Wigston Centre (Volunteers)

Tony Watson Receptionist/Trustee Penny Barratt Disability Benefit Specialist John Fernandes Receptionist - left Feb 2023 Jane Jackson Mental Health Recovery Worker support – started Nov 2022 Nick Sumner Receptionist/Trustee Ray Green Money Advisor/Trustee Kathy Oliveira Appeals & Tribunal Specialist Les Gill Counselling/Trustee (Vice Chair)

Oadby: Trinity Methodist Church Surgery (Volunteers) - Tuesdays Lesley Thornton General Advisor/Trustee Nigel Swan Admin Support/Trustee Peter Howgate Disability Benefit Specialist Francis Cullen Volunteer Receptionist Wing Li Volunteer Advisor – started May 2022 Krupa Vadher-Dasani Volunteer Advisor – started Oct 2022

Wigston Magna: Wigston Magna URC Surgery (Volunteers) - Thursdays Ray Green Money Advisor/Trustee Sue Nice General Advisor Melanie Cockerill Volunteer Receptionist – left Feb 2023 Jane Christie Disability Benefit Specialist Sophie Clarke Volunteer Receptionist – started Feb 2023

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Chair’s Report

It’s been a busy year for the Trust, which has undergone some significant organisational changes throughout the year.

We were successful in receiving funding from The National Lottery Community Fund to implement a new structure which will not only provide a secure foundation upon which to grow but will also equip our team to be more effective in the fantastic work they do.

The funding, over 3 years, has allowed us to bring in our first Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Beverley Radcliffe, as well as an Office Manager and Administrator. These roles will provide support to the Trustee Board (who has previously had to be too ‘hands on’) and our team of advisors and volunteers.

Beverley has considerable experience in the voluntary sector, having previously been Director for The Coroners’ Court Support Service (CCSS).

Her appointment allows us to build upon the foundations of serving the community for over 25 years, and to look ahead to secure our future and to grow to meet the ever-increasing needs within our communities.

During the year, as we came out of COVID, we had to ensure that we were organised as needed. Looking at what that means for us, when our priority is getting alongside our clients, building trust and confidence, allowing us to understand their increasingly complex needs. The Trust firmly believes in providing face to face opportunities for our clients.

Working in partnership too is vital. We have strong partnerships established with the likes of Oadby & Wigston Borough Council, Leicester South Foodbank and Oadby & Wigston Primary Care Network (PCN). These partnerships provide us with great opportunities to improve access to our services. We are present at the weekly the Hub Club at The King’s Centre (Wigston) and The Well in Kibworth alongside Social Prescribers and Local Area Co-ordinators.

We are also have commenced supporting client numeracy knowledge through simple budgeting skills as part of the national Multiply project.

There is no doubt that the current cost of living crisis is drawing more and more people to need the services we provide, not only through the provision of the

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advice services we provide, but through the support our Mental Health Recovery Worker can offer. Covid has had a massive impact on people’s mental health, as does the financial pressures which have hit us in the last year.

We have adapted to the changing needs of our community through ensuring that we are visible and available – whether through our surgeries, our working at local foodbanks and our strong relationship with the local GP surgeries through their Social Prescribers.

However, funding is critically important to us. One of the key objectives of our CEO is to secure sustainable funding for us going forward. We are grateful for the funding we receive (see details later in the report) and we are constantly amazed at the support we receive from local organisations, faith groups and individuals who can see the difference we are making.

But we need to provide our team with the resources and certainty going forward. Recruitment is particularly hard at the moment (both for paid and volunteer staff), and one factor continues to be the uncertainty of ongoing funding.

Increasingly the community is reaching out to the voluntary sector for help. Local authorities and institutions are no longer providing the levels of support needed, and our sector provides professional, value for money services that need to be supported. Without organisations such as ours many would not be able to cope.

My concern is that this is not fully appreciated by those in positions of power and small, local charities are really struggling to survive.

My aim is to ensure that the Trust has a strong foundation that will enable it still to be around in 25 years’ time, but we won’t be able to do this without the necessary support.

I hope you find this report informative and useful. As ever if you wish to contact me with suggestions, proposal or indeed offers of financial support please do not hesitate in contacting me.

Nigel Swan

Chair of Trustee Board nswan@helpinghandscentre.co.uk

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CEO Report

Having started in my role in January 2023 I’m not sure I am in a position to contribute to this annual report. However, what I can contribute to is my reflections on what I have observed so far.

Working in the voluntary sector most of my working life with a brief stint in the private sector (I quickly saw the error of my ways) I have always been passionate about addressing injustice and discrimination. Helping Hands Community Trust clearly have the same passion and drive to support some of the most vulnerable people in our society today. The cost-of-living crisis continues to decimate a large proportion of members of our society and within our own communities. Our staff and volunteers work tirelessly to help people overcome the barriers to ensure they have access to the benefits they are entitled to and to help them manage debts they may have accumulated – debts that prior to the support of one of our advisors may have seemed too overwhelming to manage.

The last year has been tough in many ways – coming out of a global pandemic still reeling from what had just happened and immediately being plunged into a cost-ofliving crisis. What can you say about people who want to make such a difference, indeed feel it is their duty to make a difference, other than a huge thank you for their dedication and passion, their unswerving determination to help and their neverending patience with people who are facing the worst time of their lives. Please keep doing what you are doing!

21.32% of the population of Oadby and Wigston are 65 and over which is higher than the average for England (18.41%. The projected increase of 23% by 2040 and between 2020 and 2040 people with a limiting long-term illness will increase by 30.9%. Wigston Town and South Wigston have the lowest life expectancy for both males and females in Leicestershire. Oadby and Wigston have the highest percentage of winter deaths in comparison to the other districts in Leicestershire as well as for England with South Wigston being one of the most income deprived areas and Wigston has significantly higher numbers of older people living in poverty when compared with Leicestershire and England.

Although just statistical data, it relates to real people whose lives are impacted every day – such an unfair and unjust system that allows people to live in poverty or with long term illness without fair and equal access to welfare benefits cannot be right. Helping Hands Community Trust, its trustees, staff and volunteers fight this injustice every day.

We have an exciting and challenging time ahead with a newly created structure to help us have a renewed focus and energy to take us into the next stage of the

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organisation’s growth and of course, we need funding to go alongside this growth. We are extremely fortunate to have the support of various funders with the main ones being Oadby and Wigston Borough Council, Trussell Trust, National Lottery Community Fund and Leicester South Food Bank.

If you know of any funders or businesses that may be able to support us, please do let me know (please do not assume we already know about them!).

I have seen first-hand the difference made when people come to us for help and support. It may be an organisation with a small team of paid staff and volunteers, but it really has a significant impact on the lives of those it helps. People who may have previously felt like there was no way out of the financial situation they found themselves in, now being able to pay their bills and put food on the table – who wouldn’t want to be part of something that does such great work.

I have a strong sense of community and I can see everyone at Helping Hands has the same passion to help. Our volunteers are the best (I know every charity must think that) but we do have some magnificent volunteers who support our dedicated team of paid staff – it is a real team effort and I am truly grateful to you all – thank you.

I would like local and central government to hear about the great work you all do and will make it my job to promote this as far and wide as possible – we should be shouting it from the roof tops as I really don’t think others realise the impact you all have on the lives of people in the communities we serve.

Thank you to everyone who has made me feel welcomed, the Trustees for their very generous time they have given me and to Nigel, the Chair, who introduced me to so many people!

Beverley Radcliffe CEO – Helping Hands Community Trust bradcliffe@helpinghandscentre.co.uk

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Service Delivery Manager’s Report

From April 2022, we continued to operate an appointment only service at South Wigston, coming out of the Covid-19 global pandemic. We witnessed a rise in demand for PIP form application assistance. A possible explanation for this increase could have been due to other organisations within Leicester and surrounding areas not returning to a full face-to-face service. Our drop-in sessions at the United Reformed Church, Wigston Magna and at Trinity Methodist Church in Oadby were also becoming very busy.

During Autumn 2022 we were then hit with a ‘Cost of Living Crisis’ across the country, and this again caused a huge demand on our two debt advisors, helping not only our most vulnerable clients but those also working and struggling to meet the cost of their utility bills due to the significant price rise. Contracts, subscriptions, food and fuel were also heavily increased, and all became too much for some of our clients, causing mental health to decline and an increase in suicidal ideations.

DWP were still struggling to manage due to the huge Covid-19 backlog, causing delays in tribunal hearings, work capability assessments and backdated payments, which unfortunately did not help the critical situation. Thankfully, we were able to assist clients to negotiate payments and arrange reduced payment plans with their utility companies, as well as offering assistance to apply for the Household Support Fund administered by Leicestershire County and Leicester City Councils.

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We were extremely fortunate in securing a further 12-month funding from Trussell Trust Foodbank to continue our partnership working, offering specialist welfare benefits and debt advice to those attending their foodbank hubs within the Leicester South area. Secured a second-year funding from Oadby & Wigston Primary Care Network, assisting Social Prescribers working within GP surgeries across Oadby & Wigston, by referring their patients who were in need of advice and form filling, and finally receiving funding for a new ‘Multiply’ project, offering numeracy courses to our clients. Due to the above funded projects, we were financially able to employ four additional paid members of staff and recruit four additional volunteers of which we are extremely grateful.

Towards the end of the financial year, we were still seeing a huge increase in clients presenting with multiple issues, and even though a cap was forced upon the utility companies and fuel prices reduced slightly, people were still struggling.

We have had a very busy year. Have seen people with very complex needs and have undergone various additional training sessions enabling us to adapt our services to meet the need. I am very proud of our staff and volunteers who have coped well under the pressure, and will continue to advise, assist and offer solutions to all our clients, however complex, whilst helping our most vulnerable clients suffering with mental health conditions along their recovery journey.

Amanda Murgatroyd Service Delivery Manager amurgatroyd@helpinghandscentre.co.uk

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– - Core Data April 2022 March 2023

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Areas Clients
Blaby 141 8%
Charnwood 81 5%
Harborough 99 6%
Hinckley & Bosworth 25 1%
Leicester City 344 20%
Melton 1 0%
NW Leicestershire 14 1%
Oadby & Wigston 947 56%
Out of Leicestershire 30 2%
Total 1682 100%
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Case Matters Case Matters Case Matters LY
Community Care 27 1% 21
Debt 519 14% 213
Domestic Violence 4 0% 4
Education 8 0% 10
Employment 44 1% 106
Family 76 2% 52
Foodbank 180 5% 121
General 218 6% 201
Housing 204 6% 209
Immigration 2 0% 3
Land & Environment 4 0% 3
Legal Advice 36 1% 0
Mental Health 110 3% 94
Tax 19 1% 7
Welfare Benefits 13 0% 31
Welfare Rights 2145 59% 1171
Total 3609 2246

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Financial Outcomes

Financial Outcomes
Appeals £142,369.60
Benefit Applications £1,031,717.73
Council Tax £8,057.58
Debt £25,382.92
Grants £4,478.00
Utilities £21,727.92
Unknown £4,845.80
Total £1,238,579.55

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0-16 13 1%
17-24 47 3%
25-34 116 7%
35-49 288 17%
50-64 388 23%
65+ 367 22%
Not Specified 463 28%
Total 1682
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African 12 1%
Asian 66 4%
Asian British 106 6%
Caribbean 4 0%
Black British 19 1%
Mixed 16 1%
WhiteBritish 742 44%
White Other 38 2%
East European 5 0%
Other 13 1%
Not Specified 661 39%
Total 1682

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Case Studies

Profile of Client :

Single mother with a newborn and a 7-year-old. Lives in a rented flat with no friends or family locally for support.

Summary of issues:

Client struggling to get through the month financially at the moment . Client recently had a new born baby and also struggling to clothe the baby.

Options Discussed; Advice Given and Action taken:

Benefit check completed . It was noted that the client was paying UC advance payment of £67.67 per month. Highlighted to client that a request can be made through her journal to freeze the advance payment whilst she is struggling. Client did not know this . This was subsequently done and granted.

Household Support Fund completed for client.

Client referred to Hope Church for help with baby items.

Outcome:

Client saving £67.67 per month which in turn is helping her with food and bills . Client received a one off payment of £49.00 from the Household Support Fund. Client gained support through Hope Church enabling her to get necessary items for her new born baby.

Client stated in an email …

‘’Thanks Rosie. All this wouldn't have happened if it wasn't with your help. Thank you so much ‘’

Profile of Client :

50 yr old lady , lives alone and unable to work due to poor health. Health conditions include spondylosis of the spine, psoriasis, sciatica, fibromyalgia, depression , partially deaf and incontinence.

Summary of issues :

Client has been living off her inheritance and has had to borrow money from a friend to get her roof fixed. Client struggling financially due to poor health.

Options Discussed; Advice Given and Action taken:

A benefit check was completed for the client .

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Limited capability for work form was completed. Household support fund application was completed.

Client was advised to speak to local council regarding help with council tax. PIP forms were ordered and completed for the client.

Outcome:

Client received £50 in Aldi vouchers from the Household support fund. She was awarded discretionary help towards her council tax which saved her £112 per month. Client was successful in her claim with PIP and was awarded standard rate care £61.85 and enhanced mobility of £64.50 per week . A back pay amount of £1,800 was also paid to the client . Furthermore, due to receiving the enhanced mobility , client was entitled to help with her vehicle tax and this gave her a saving per year of £110. Due to the Government’s announcement of the cost of living awards , the client will receive a £150 disability award . In addition, a cost of living payment split into two payments of £326 and £324 will also be paid to the client . The client will receive these one off payments due to our help in identifying her need, entitlement and success in gaining the benefit.

Our client was also able to pay off her debt using the back dated PIP award .

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Helping Hands in the Community

Helping Hands Community Trust works in partnership with Oadby and Wigston Borough Council, Oadby and Wigston PCN, Trussell Trust Foodbanks and Leicester South Food Bank. These partnerships are vitally important, helping us reach far more clients in need. The partnerships also alleviate some of the pressures on other services such as the NHS when the needs of clients are better met by HHCT. This holistic approach is truly putting the patient/client at the heart of the services being provided.

We have begun working with the Integrated Care Boards in relation to developing a Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR) Health and Wellbeing Plan. We are all too aware of the inequity among its residents.

Health equity is about removing the avoidable and unfair differences in health between different groups of people. Health equity concerns not only people’s health but the differences in care they receive and the opportunities they have to lead healthy lives.

There are stark gaps in health equity across LLR. A boy born today in our most deprived area could be expected to die up to nearly nine years earlier than a boy born in the least deprived area. Furthermore, people from less affluent areas will be spending a greater proportion of their (often shorter) lives in poor health compared to people from more affluent parts of our area. We want local people to be healthier, with everyone having a fair chance to live a long life in good health.

Wigston Town has significantly higher numbers of older people living in poverty when compared with Leicestershire and England (16.4% compared with England average at 14.2%)

The average house price is over 8.6 times the mean annual salary of Oadby & Wigston residents, and over 9.3 times the median average salary of Oadby & Wigston residents.

The most common industry worked in is wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles (19.1%), human health and social work activities (13.2%)

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and education (12.6%). The most common occupations are lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations at 19.5%.

Wigston Town has significantly higher numbers of older people living in poverty when compared with Leicestershire and England (16.4% compared with England average at 14.2%).

Oadby East MSOA (Middle Layer Super Output Areas) has the highest proportion of Pakistani people in Leicestershire (8%) of the population. This is followed by Oadby South and West (6.7%), Oadby North (6.6%) and Wigston North (4%). Oadby & Wigston has one LSOA (Lower Layer Super Output Areas) in the most deprived quintile, which is within the South Wigston ward – this ward also has two LSOAs within the second most deprived quintile. The other areas within this quintile are again focused around Wigston Fields, Oadby St Peters and the north of Wigston All Saints .

Ongoing Targets and New Plans

Our main targets for 2023 - 2025:

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Challenges for 3 or 5-year period ahead

STRATEGY

Short Term

Medium Term Strategy

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Long Term Strategy

Currently we believe that we need to provide support and advice for those in need and vulnerable in our communities. We provide an empathetic service where clients have time to tell their story and reveal the complexity of the issues they have. We want to ensure that all those who have need to access our service can do so. This means working with other organisations to allow people to know about us and use us.

We believe that our service is increasingly unique in Leicestershire and that there is a requirement for us to seriously consider having a more visible presence across the City and County.

We also want to review our capability to provide support for people who require a home visit.

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Governance

Information on Helping Hands Community Trust

The Helping Hands Community Trust is a charitable company limited by guarantee (Number: 04343050), incorporated on 19[th] December 2001 and registered as a charity on 14[th] August 2002 (Number 1093415)

The Registered Office: 66-68 Blaby Road, South Wigston, Leicestershire LE18 4SD During the year the Trust operated and co-ordinated all service provision from this main advice centre.

Helping Hands Community Trust 66-68 Blaby Road, South Wigston Leicestershire LE18 4SD 0116 278 2001

email: office@helpinghandscentre.co.uk Website: www.helpinghandsadvice.co.uk

The Trustees who are directors for the purpose of company law and Trustees for the purpose of charity law, serving during the year and the date of this report are:

Mr Nigel Swan Chair of Trustee Board Rev. Leslie Gill Vice Chair of Trustees Directors & Treasurer Mrs. Lesley Thornton Company Secretary Mr. Raymond Green Trustee Mr. Tony Watson Lived Experience Trustee Ms. Kathy Oliveira Trustee Mr Nick Sumner Lived Experience Trustee Ms Claire Flinders Trustee Ms Sheena Morgan Trustee - Finance

Trust Directors, collectively referred to as the Trustees of the charitable company guarantee to contribute an amount not exceeding £1 to the assets of the charitable company in the event of winding up. The total number of such guarantees at 31st March 2023 was 9.

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Independent Examiners.

Evolve Accountants and Business Advisors Ltd

Unit 10 , Whitwick Business Centre, Phoenix Park, Stephenson Industrial Estate, Coalville, Leicestershire LE67 3HB

Bankers

Lloyds B a nk , 7 High Street , Leicester, LEI 9FS.

The Trust/Company was established 01 January 1997 under a Memorandum and Articles of Association that established the objects and powers of the charitable company and is governed under its articles of Association.

Company law requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year that give a true and fair view of the state of the affairs of the charitable company as at the balance sheet date and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including income and expenditure, for the financial year. In preparing those financial statements, the Trust Directors should follow best practice and:

The Trustees are responsible for maintaining proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. The Trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

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As set out in the Articles of Association, new Trustees can be appointed by the Trustees, who may also determine the maximum number of Trustees in General Meeting. One third of Trustees must retire at Annual General Meetings and those shall be the Trustees longest in office; all retiring Trustees are eligible for reelection. The Trustees currently elect a Chair, a Vice Chair and a Company Secretary from within the Trustee body.

New Trustees are inducted by the Chair of the Trustees as to their legal obligations under charity and company law, the content of the Memorandum and Articles of Association, the committee and decision-making processes, the business plan and the financial history of the Trust. Trustees are encouraged to make regular visits to the Advice Centre and other points of service delivery, to meet with staff, volunteers and working partners. Trustees are encouraged to attend appropriate internal and external training events.

Trustees sign both a Declarations of Interests and a Code of Conduct policy.

The Trustees administer the charity. They meet every 6 weeks to discuss all aspects of performance. The Trust employs a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) who has responsibility for the operational matters of the Trust, along with a Service Delivery Manager (with an Office Manager employed in Sept 2023). The CEO has delegated authority, within the terms of delegation approved by the Trustees, for operational matters, including HR and quality matters. The CEO at the end of the financial year, March 2023 was Beverley Radcliffe.

Financial Management and Financial Control is undertaken by the Chair of Trustees (along with the Treasurer and Finance Trustee) with assistance on the day-to-day book-keeping, payroll and accounting provided by:

Fairfax Tax and Accounts

Stoughton Road, Oadby, Leicestershire LE2 4DS

Risk Management

The Trustees have a Risk Management strategy and matrix that includes annual review of the risks the charity may face, the establishment of systems and procedures to mitigate those risks and the implementation of procedures designed to minimise any potential impact should those risks materialise.

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Internal risks are minimised by the implementation of procedures for authorisation of all transactions and projects and to ensure consistent quality of delivery for all operational aspects of the charitable company. These procedures are periodically reviewed annually to ensure that they continue to meet the needs of the charity.

Key risks currently identified as:

Service delivery:

Organisational

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Financial Review

Independent Examiners

The Trustees recommend the re-appointment of Evolve Accountants and Business Advisors Ltd as Independent Examiners and a resolution proposing this will be put to the Annual General Meeting.

Reserves

The Trustees have a Reserves Policy, a copy of which is available from the registered office. In brief, this Policy establishes the need for free reserves of at least £25,000 (this being approximately 3 months operating costs) plus a contingency fund of £5,000 to enable the Trust to take advantage of opportunities. This Policy is reviewed annually. Currently the reserves are not compliant with the policy and the Trustees need to establish the correct levels of reserves in the coming year.

Investment policy

The Trust is unable to invest at the current time.

Results

The net incoming resources for the year amounted to £195,121 of which £110,005 had specific restrictions placed upon them. The accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis on the assumption that current funding streams will continue, and that new future funding has been secured. The Trustees continue to bid for future funding and exploring partnerships and joint working that may allow Helping Hands Community Trust to continue to provide the much-needed services. One of the key responsibilities of the CEO is to identify and secure robust revenue streams. Full details of the Trust's achievements during the year can be found in the Chair's Report and the CEO’s Report.

This report has been prepared in accordance with the Statement of

Recommended Practice - Accounting and Reporting by Charities 2015 (The SORP 2015) and in accordance with the special provisions for small companies under Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006.

Approved by the Trust Directors on 10[th] November 2023 and authorised for issue on its behalf by Nigel Swan (Chair).

Nigel Swan Chair - Trustee Board of Directors 10[th] November 2023

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INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS’ REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF HELPING HANDS COMMUNITY TRUST

I report on the accounts of the Trust for the year ended 31 March 2023, which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities, Balance Sheet, Cashflow Statement and the accompanying notes.

Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner

The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner’s statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that, in any material respect:

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

MR JAMES NIXON FCCA

20 October 2023

Evolve Accountants and Business Advisors Limited Unit 10 Phoenix Park Stephenson Industrial Estate Telford Way Coalville Leicestershire LE67 3HB

Helping Hands Community Trust - Statement of Financial Activities (including the Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended 31 March 2023, as required by the Companies Act 2006)

Income & Endowments from:
Donations & Legacies
Other
Total income
A
Expenditure on:
Charitable activities
Total expenditure
B
Net (expenditure)/income for the year
Transfers between funds
C
Net income after transfers
A-B-C
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward
Net movement in funds		 Current year
Unrestricted
Funds
2023
£
80,116
5,000
85,116
134,795
134,795
(49,679)
5,205
(44,474)
(44,474)
52,163
7,689		 Current year
Restricted
Funds
2023
£
110,005
-
110,005
75,704
75,704
34,301
(5,205)
29,096
29,096
12,551
41,647		 Current year
Total Funds
2023
£
190,121
5,000
195,121
210,499
210,499
(15,378)
-
(15,378)
(15,378)
64,714
49,336		 Prior Year
Total Funds
2022
£
166,106
9,008
175,114
172,255
172,255
2,859
-
2,859
2,859
61,855
64,714

The 'SORP Ref' indicated above is the classification of income set out in the formal SORP documents. As required by paragraph 4.60 of the SORP, the brought forward and carried forward funds above have been agreed to the Balance Sheet.

A separate Statement of Total Recognised Gains and Losses is not required as this statement includes all recognised gains and losses.'

All activities derive from continuing operations

The notes attached on pages 35 to 42 form an integral part of these accounts.

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Helping Hands Community Trust - Analysis of prior year total funds, as required by paragraph 4.2 of the SORP

Income & Endowments from:
Donations & Legacies
Fundraising
Other
Total income
Expenditure on:
Charitable activities
Total expenditure
Net income for the year
Reconciliation of funds:-
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward		 Prior Year
Unrestricted
Funds
2022
£
111,632
-
9,008
120,640
96,293
96,293
24,347
27,816
52,163		 Prior Year
Restricted
Funds
2022
£
54,474
-
-
54,474
75,962
75,962
(21,488)
34,039
12,551		 Prior Year
Total Funds
2022
£
166,106
-
9,008
175,114
172,255
172,255
2,859
61,855
64,714

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Helping Hands Community Trust

Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended 31 March 2023 as required by the Companies Act 2006

Income
Income from operations
Other operating income
Gross income in the year before exceptional items
Gross income in the year including exceptional items
Expenditure
Charitable expenditure, excluding depreciation and amortisation
Depreciation and amortisation
Governance costs
Realised losses on disposals of social investments which are programme related
Total expenditure in the year
Tax on surplus on ordinary activities
Retained surplus for the financial year
All activities derive from continuing operations
Net income before tax in the financial year
Investment income
Net income after tax in the financial year		 2023
£
190,121
5,000
195,121
195,121
210,013
246
240
-
210,499
(15,378)
-
(15,378)
(15,378)		 2022
£
166,106
9,008
175,114
175,114
171,770
245
240
-
172,255
2,859
-
2,859
2,859

In accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act 2006, the headings and subheadings used in the Income and Expenditure account have been adapted to reflect the special nature of the charity's activities.

The notes attached on pages 35 to 42 form an integral part of these accounts.

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Helping Hands Community Trust

Cash Flow Statement for the year ended 31 March 2023

2023 2022
£ £
Cash flows from operating activities
Net cash used in operating activities as shown below A (10,456) (3,111)
Cash flows from financing activities
Net cash provided by financing activities C - -
Overall cash used in all activities A+B+C (10,456) (3,111)
Cash movements
Change in cash and cash equivalents from activities in the (10,456) (3,111)
year ended 31 March 2023
Cash and cash equivalents at 1 April 2022 65,560 68,671
Cash at bank and in hand less overdrafts at 31 March 55,104 65,560
Helping Hands Community Trust
Reconciliation of net (expenditure)/income to net cash flow from operating activities
Net (expenditure)/income as shown in the Statement of (15,378) 2,859
Financial Activities
Adjustments for :-
Depreciation charges 246 245
Write downs of investments - -
Net losses/(gains) on investment assets - -
Decrease/(increase) in debtors 8,001 (3,660)
Decrease in creditors, excluding loans (3,325) (2,555)
Net cash used in operating activities A (10,456) (3,111)
Analysis of cash and cash equivalents
Cash in hand at for the year ended 31 March 2023 2023
£
55,104		 2022
£
65,560
Total cash and cash equivalents 55,104 65,560

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Helping Hands Community Trust

Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023

1 Accounting policies

Policies relating to the production of the accounts.

Basis of preparation and accounting convention

The accounts have been prepared on the accruals basis, under the historical cost convention, and in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard 102 (effective January 2015)) and 'The FRS102 Statement of Recommended Accounting Practice 2015', (The SORP 2015), and in accordance with all applicable law in the charity's jurisdiction of registration.

Risks and future assumptions

The accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis on the assumption that grant income from funding bodies will continue to be received. The Trust continues to bid for other funds that may be available for Information,Advice and Support Services that serve to empower, enable and assist people in resolving social problems and meet the needs arising from deprivation and poverty.

Policies relating to categories of income and income recognition.

Nature of Income and Income recognition

Income, is received by way of grants, donations and gifts, is recognised in the statement of financial activities (SOFA) on a receivable basis, when a transaction or other event results in an increase in the charity’s assets or a reduction in its liabilities and only when the charity has legal entitlement, the income is probable and can be measured reliably.

Income subject to terms and conditions which must be met before the charity is entitled to the resources is not recognised until the conditions have been met.

All income is accounted for gross, before deducting any related fees or costs.

Accounting for deferred income and income received in advance

Where time related conditions are imposed or implied by a funder, then the income is apportioned to the time periods concerned,and, where applicable, is accounted for as a liability and shown on the balance sheet as deferred income. When grants are received in advance of the expenditure on the activity funded by them, but there are no specific time related conditions, then the income is not deferred.

Any condition that allows for the recovery by the donor of any unexpended part of a grant does not prevent recognition of the income concerned, but a liability to any repayment is recognised when repayment becomes probable.

Recognition of liabilities and expenditure

A liability, and the related expenditure, is recognised when a legal or constructive obligation exists as a result of a past event, and when it is more likely than not that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement, and when the amount of the obligation can be measured or reliably estimated..

Liabilities arising from future funding commitments and constructive obligations, including performance related grants, where the timing or the amount of the future expenditure required to settle the obligation are uncertain, give rise to a provision in the accounts, which is reviewed at the accounting year end. The provision is increased to reflect any increases in liabilities, and is decreased by the utilisation of any provision within the period, and reversed if any provision is no longer required. These movements are charged or credited to the respective funds and activities to which the provision relates.

Volunteers

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Helping Hands Community Trust

Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023

In accordance with the SORP, and in recognition of the difficulties in placing a monetary value on the contribution from volunteers, the contribution of volunteers is not included within the income of the charity.

Tangible fixed assets

Tangible fixed assets are measured at their original cost value, or subsequent revaluation, or if donated, as described above. Cost value includes all costs expended in bringing the asset into its intended working condition.

Depreciation has been provided at the following rates in order to write off the assets to their anticipated residual value over their estimated useful lives.

Plant and machinery

20

% straight line

Debtors

Debtors are measured at their recoverable amounts at the balance sheet date.

Creditors and provisions

As required by SORP 10.81, describe the basis on which creditors and provisions for liabilities and charges are recognised and measured

Cash and Bank Balances

Cash held by the charity is included at the amount actually held and counted at the year end. Bank balances, whether in credit or overdrawn, are shown at the amounts properly reconciled to the bank statements.

Leasing and hire purchase contracts and commitments

Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to income on a straight line basis over the lease term.

Pensions

The company is a member of NEST Pension Scheme. Contributions are charged to the profit and loss account as they become payable in accordance with the rules of the scheme.

2 Liability to taxation

As a registered charity, the organisation is exempt from income and corporation tax to the extent that its income and gains are applied towards the charitable objects of the charity and for no other purpose. Value Added Tax is not recoverable by the charity, and is therefore included in the relevant costs in the Statement of Financial Activities.

3 Winding up or dissolution of the charity

If upon winding up or dissolution of the charity there remain any assets, after the satisfaction of all debts and liabilities, the assets represented by the accumulated fund shall be transferred to some other charitable body or bodies having similar objects to the charity.

similar objects to the charity.
2023 2022
£ £
The net (deficit)/surplus before tax in the financial year is stated after charging:-
Depreciation of owned fixed assets 246 245
Pension costs 3,797 2,699

4 Staff costs and emoluments

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Helping Hands Community Trust

Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023

Salary costs
Gross Salaries excluding trustees and key management personnel
Employer's National Insurance for all staff
Trustees' Remuneration as detailed in note 0
Total salaries, wages and related costs
The average number of total staff employed in the year was
Numbers of full time employees or full time equivalents
Employer's operating costs of defined contribution pension schemes		 2023
£
144,178
9,273
3,797
-
157,248
2023
9		 2022
£
116,519
5,502
2,699
-
124,720
2022
10

Neither the trustees nor any persons connected with them have received any remuneration from the charity or any related entity, either in the current or prior year.

No employees received emoluments (excluding pension costs) in excess of £60,000 per annum.

5 Remuneration and payments to Trustees and persons connected with them

No trustees or persons connected with them received any remuneration from the charity, or any related entity.

6 Tangible fixed assets

Cost
At 1 April 2022
At 31 March 2023
Depreciation
At 1 April 2022
Charge for the year
At 31 March 2023
Net book value
At 31 March 2023
At 31 March 2022
Debtors
Trade debtors
Prepayments		 Land and
Buildings
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 Tenant's
Fixtures and
Fittings
£
24,386
24,386
24,386
-
24,386
-
-		 Office
Equipment
£
33,686
33,686
33,440
246
33,686
-
246
2023
£
-
1,921
1,921		 Total
£
58,072
58,072
57,826
246
58,072
-
246
2022
£
4,590
5,332
9,922

7 Debtors

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Helping Hands Community Trust

Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023

8
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Trade creditors
Accruals
PAYE, NIC VAT and other taxes
Other creditors
9
Creditors: amounts falling due after one year
Loan from Trustees		 2023
£
310
1,243
3,166
970
5,689
2023
£
2,000		 2022
£
5,877
1,243
1,219
675
9,014
2022
£
2,000

10 Particulars of how particular funds are represented by assets and liabilities

At 31 March 2023
Tangible Fixed Assets
Investments at valuation:-
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
Long Term Liabilities
At 1 April 2022
Tangible Fixed Assets
Investments at valuation:-
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
Long Term Liabilities		 Unrestricted
Designated
Restricted
Total
funds
funds
funds
Funds
£
£
£
£
-
-
-
15,378
-
41,647
57,025
(5,689)
-
-
(5,689)
(2,000)
-
-
(2,000)
7,689
-
41,647
49,336
Unrestricted
Designated
Restricted
Total
funds
funds
funds
Funds
£
£
£
£
-
246
246
41,443
-
34,039
75,482
(9,014)
-
-
(9,014)
(2,000)
-
-
(2,000)
30,429
-
34,285
64,714

11 Change in total funds over the year as shown in Note 10 , analysed by individual funds

Unrestricted and designated funds:-
Unrestricted revenue funds
Total unrestricted and designated funds		 See Note 12
£
£
£
£
52,163
(49,679)
5,205
7,689
52,163
(49,679)
5,205
7,689
Funds carried
forward to
2024
Funds
brought
forward from
2022
Movement in
funds in 2023
Transfers
between
funds in
2023

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Helping Hands Community Trust

Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023

Restricted funds:-

National Lottery
Leicestershire CC Communities Fund (Multiply)
LCC Energy Champion
Leicestershire Communities Fund
Food bank consultancy/Trussell Trust Fund
Oadby Village Hall Trust
Leicestershire and Rutland Communities Fund
DWP Grant
Total restricted funds
Total charity funds		 -
23,063
-
23,063
-
7,628
-
7,628
7,312
(5,590)
(1,722)
-
-
313
-
313
1,510
8,234
-
9,744
899
899
3,481
-
(3,481)
-
248
(246)
(2)
-
12,551
34,301
(5,205)
41,647
64,714
(15,378)
-
49,336

12 Analysis of movements in funds over the year as shown in Note 11

Unrestricted and designated funds:-
Unrestricted revenue funds
Restricted funds:-
National Lottery
Leicestershire CC Communities Fund (Multiply)
LCC Energy Champion
Leicestershire Communities Fund
Leicestershire and Rutland Communities Fund
Food bank consultancy/Trussell Trust Fund
Oadby Village Hall Trust
DWP Grant		 Income
2023
£
85,116
54,561
10,000
8,154
-
36,215
1,075
195,121		 Expenditure
2023
£
(134,795)
(31,498)
(2,372)
(5,590)
(7,841)
-
(27,981)
(176)
(246)
(210,499)		 Other
Gains &
Losses
2023
£
-
-
-
-
-		 Movement
in funds
2023
£
(49,679)
-
-
23,063
7,628
(5,590)
313
-
8,234
899
(246)
(15,378)

13 The purposes for which the funds as detailed in note 11 are held by the charity are:-

Unrestricted and designated funds:-

Unrestricted revenue funds

Designated revenue funds

These funds are held for the meeting the objectives of the charity, and to provide reserves for future activities, and , subject to charity legislation, are free from all restrictions on their use.

Designated funds are unrestricted funds earmarked by the Trust Directors for particular purposes.

Restricted funds:-

Restricted funds:-

Restricted funds are to be used for specific purposes as laid down by the donor. Expenditure which meets these criteria is charged to the fund,

14 Ultimate controlling party

The charity is under the control of its legal members.

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Helping Hands Community Trust

Detailed analysis of income and expenditure for the year ended 31 March 2023 as required by the SORP 2015

This analysis is classsified by conventional nominal descriptions and not by activity.

23 Donations and Legacies

Current year
Unrestricted
Funds
2023
£
Donations and gifts from individuals
1,345
-
2,900
160
950
300
Saffron Lane URC
40
P Martin Jones
-
Ian Johnson
-
J Jarvis
-
South Wigston URC
80
Mrs KM Barston
-
Helen Palmer
Miss Elaine Morton
Wigston United Reformed Church
Other Churches Leicester
5,775
Grants for Advice, Information and Support Services
Leicestershire CC Communities
Fund (Multiply)
56,826
Oadby and Wigston Primary Care
Network
9,130
4,500
Oadby Village Hall Trust
Food bank consultancy
Gift aid donation
Carlton Hayes
Small donations individually less than £1000
Oadby Churches
St Paul's Church
Nigel Swan
Total donations and gifts from individuals
National Lottery
Oadby and Wigston Borough Council
Leicestershire Communities Fund
South Wigston Family Syndicate		 Current year
Current year
Restricted
Funds
Total Funds
2023
2023
£
£
-
1,345
-
-
-
2,900
-
160
-
950
-
300
40
-
-
-
80
-
-
-
-
-
-
5,775
54,561
54,561
10,000
10,000
8,154
8,154
36,215
36,215
56,826
9,130
4,500
1,075
1,075		 Prior Year
Total Funds
2022
£
3,867
6,265
-
870
-
300
200
115
11,617
-
-
-
12,202
52,715
2,530
6,000
2,772

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Helping Hands Community Trust

Detailed analysis of income and expenditure for the year ended 31 March 2023 as required by the SORP 2015

The Arnold Clark Community Fund
1,000
2,000
-
-
Friendly Society Grant
-
Garfield Weston
-
LCC Energy Champion
885
74,341
Total Donations and Legacies
80,116
Other income and gains
Current year
Unrestricted
Funds
2023
£
-
5,000
Total other income
5,000
Expenditure on charitable activities - Direct spending
Current year
Unrestricted
Funds
2023
£
Summary of Other income
Employment Allowance and Maternity Allowance
Apprenticeship Grants
Randall Foundation
Future Advice Skills
Total Grants for Advice, Information and Support
Other Grants below £1000
The Henry Smith Charity Foundation
Leicestershire and Rutland Communities Fund
Edith Murphy Foundation		 -
-
-
110,005
110,005
Current year
Restricted
Funds
2023
£
-
-
-
Current year
Restricted
Funds
2023
£		 1,000
2,000
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
885
184,346
190,121
Current year
Total Funds
2023
£
-
-
5,000
5,000
Current year
Total Funds
2023
£		 1,000
1,000
25,000
10,000
5,000
10,500
10,000
8,500
6,000
1,270
154,489
166,106
Prior Year
Total Funds
2022
£
782
8,226
9,008
Prior Year
Total Funds
2022
£

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Helping Hands Community Trust

Detailed analysis of income and expenditure for the year ended 31 March 2023 as required by the SORP 2015

83,665
60,513
4,689
4,584
2,064
1,734
846
176
275
1,748
-
1,850
60
-
5,309
891
422
55
48
-
2,231
-
-
180
Total direct spending
99,609
71,731
Current year
Current year
Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
2023
2023
£
£
Premises Expenses
8,695
2,300
1,560
-
2,127
-
5
-
2,076
-
476
-
Administrative overheads
126
112
2,404
-
1,708
-
2,402
254
-
-
-
201
4
24
127
589
3,528
22
317
225
Professional fees paid to advisors other than the auditor or examiner
7,200
-
2,114
-
-
-
Financial costs
Refreshments
Professional Indemnity insurance
Costs paid on behalf of beneficiaries
Employers' NI - Charitable activities
Gross wages and salaries - charitable activities
Defined contribution pension costs - charitable
Rental- South Wigston Centre
Cleaning and waste management
Property insurance
Advertising and marketing
Light heat and power- South Wigston
Legal fees
Accountancy fees other than examination
or audit fees
Telephone - Surgeries and Outreach
Telephone and Internet
Legal and Professional Fees
Postage, stationery and Printing
Software and computer expenses
Premises repairs, renewals and
maintenance
Training Inc Amounts Paid to CAB
Software and Subsriptions
Books
Travel and Subsistence - Charitable Activities
License and Subscriptions
Charges -Oadby/Wigston Magna
Support costs for charitable activities
Recruitment Costs
Sundry expenses
Equipment Rental
Staff Entertaining
Minor Equipment
Consultancy fees		 144,178
9,273
3,797
1,023
2,023
1,850
60
6,199
477
48
2,231
180
171,339
Current year
Total
Funds
2023
£
10,995
1,560
2,127
5
2,076
476
238
2,404
1,708
2,656
-
201
28
716
3,550
542
7,200
2,114
-		 116,519
5,502
2,699
309
-
289
-
6,199
1,136
38
2,136
-
134,827
Prior Year
Total
Funds
2022
£
10,125
706
1,649
59
70
2,333
248
3,681
1,424
3,615
78
640
-
1,432
4,228
-
4,600
464
1,500

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Helping Hands Community Trust

Detailed analysis of income and expenditure for the year ended 31 March 2023 as required by the SORP 2015

Depreciation & Amortisation in
total for the period
Support costs
Other Expenditure - Governance costs
Independent Examiner's fees
Total Charitable expenditure
Total direct spending
Total support costs
Total Governance costs
Total charitable expenditure
Bank charges		 77
-
34,946
Current year
Unrestricted
Funds
2023
£
240
Current year
Unrestricted
Funds
2023
£
99,609
34,946
240
134,795		 -
246
3,973
Current year
Restricted
Funds
2023
£
-
Current year
Restricted
Funds
2023
£
71,731
3,973
-
75,704		 77
91
246
245
38,919
37,188
Current year Prior Year
Total
Funds
Total
Funds
2023
2022
£
£
240
240
Current year Prior Year
Total
Funds
Total
Funds
2023
2022
£
£
171,339
134,827
38,919
37,188
240
240
210,498
172,255

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