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BETTER DAYS
Financial Statements
For The Year Ended 31 March 2022
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Our Lives, Our Leisure
Registered Charity No. 1097343
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Better Days Members of the Management Committee and Professional Advisors For the year ended 31 March 2022
The Management Committee have pleasure in presenting their report and the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2022
Reference and Administrative Detalls
Charity No 1097343
Principal Office Better Days 4 Glendale Terrace Byker Newcastle upon Tyne NE6 1PB
Accountant Mark Thompson MAAT 42 Lesbury Road Heaton Newcastle upon Tyne NE6 5LB
Bankers
Lloyds Bank Osborne Road Newcastle Branch
Management Committee
Stephen Watson - Chairperson Gordon Duncan - Deputy Chairman Tricia Lynn - Health & Safety Billy Richardson - Treasurer Anne Tulip - Secretary Graham Newton - Deputy Secretary Janine Tumbull Pam Richold Elaine Parker
Better Days
Trustees Report for the Year ending 31° March 2022
Achievements and performance of the Charity
After the Covid pandemic and all the insecurity that followed, we were very excited to be awarded the 3 years funding from the National Lottery. Activities were limited if they were in our office building, so we endeavoured to provide activities outside. Our members were very pleased to see each other and get out of the house. From early March 2021 in partnership with a local music cooperative we were providing weekly music sessions in the grounds of 3 local parks. From early June we were back in our building where we resumed our music sessions plus for eight weeks, we had an arts and craft course. At the end of this we had an art exhibition and concert. From early May we resumed our regular cycling group on a Wednesday and our adapted cycling group on a Friday. While the attendance at our regular cycling has been steady, our adapted cycling sessions really benefitted from our appearance on local BBC news programme Look North telling viewers of our success with the National Lottery. While the cycling has continued all through the year, the music sessions resumed at the beginning of October and culminated in the They have ai! subsequently received a copy of the CD, and it is also now on Spotify. In August we were finally allowed to resume our volunteer gardening in the local Exhibition Park. We have been assisting the park rangers for several! years in tidying and pruning. Everyone was delighted to get back to this. After two years, in September, we were eventually abie have our Annual General Meeting. It was great to see everyone who would not normally come to our activities. Around this time, we had two morning sessions with Northumbria Police discussing cybercrime and how to stay safe online. From early December until the end of January 2022 we were restricted in having any meetings inside our building because of an upsurge in Covid cases although our cycling and gardening continued. On 31st January we started another 8-week music course which resulted in two live performances at a local pub in February and April. Both performances showcased how everyone had progressed and were very confident in front of an audience. We are very appreciative of our relationships with Unlock Music, The Cycle Hub, Urban Green, and Northumbria Police. We are very lucky to be able to work in partnership with such amazing people and provide activities that foster cooperation, excitement, and fun. Signed: A. Lh lelye Chair, on behalf of the Trustees, date: elelane
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT
Report to the trustees of Better Days
On accounts for 34 March 2022 Charityno 1097343 the year ended
Respective The trustees of the organisation are responsible for the preparation of responsibilities of accounts; they consider that an audit is not required for this year under trustees and _ section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 and that an Independent examiner Examination is needed. It is my responsibility to * examine the accounts (under section 145 of the 2011 Act), * follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5){b) of the Act), and « state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basis of | My examination was carried out in accordance with Genera! Directions independent _ given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review of examiner’s _ the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the statement accounts presented with those records. {t 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 | do not express an audit opinion on the accounts.
Independent __ In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention: examiner's 1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material statement —_ respect, the trustees have not met the requirements to ensure that: e proper accounting records are kept (in accordance with section 130 of the Act); and * accounts are prepared which agree with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Act; or
- to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached,
Signed: Nao / (a Name: Mark Thompson MAAT Address: 42 Lesbury Road Newcastle NE6 5LB
Date: 12 July 2022
Better Days
Statement Of Financial Activities
For the year ended 31 March 2022
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|Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total|
|Funds|Funds|Funds|Funds|
|2022|2021|
|Incoming|Resources|Notes|
|Grant|income|2|65532|65532|20448|
|Donated|Income|75|75|130|
|Reimbursements|0|0|
|Generated|Income|&|Donations|0|0|
|Total|Incoming|Resources|75|65532|65607|20578|
|Resources|Expended|
|Direct|Charitable|Expenditure|
|Salary|Costs|3|27888|27888|27974|
|Premises|2519|2519|1479|
|Room|Hire|456|456|8)|
|Supplies|&|Resources|5024|5024|3810|
|Activities|&|Workshops|0|8)|
|Staff|Training|0|0|
|Travel|Costs|0|0|
|Volunteer|Expenses|925|925|20|
|Communications|0|59|
|Administration|
|Management|&|Administration|4535|1535|1228|
|Fundraising|Costs|0|0|
|Accountancy|420|420|567|
|Insurance|217|217|217|
|Total|Resources|Expended|0|38984|38984|35354|
|Net income|(expenditure)|for the|year|75|26548|26623|-14776|
|Net|Movement|Between|Funds|0|0|0|0|
|Total|Funds|as|at|1|April|2021|8487|9655|18142|32918|
|Total|Funds as|at 31|March 2022|8562|36203|44765|18142|
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Better Days
Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2022
| 2022 | 2021 | ||||
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| Notes | £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| Currents Assets | |||||
| Cash at bank and in hand | 44765 | 18142 | |||
| 44765 | 18142 | ||||
| Current Liabilities | |||||
| Net CurrentAssets | 44765 | 18142 | |||
| NetAssets | 44765 | 18142 | |||
| Funds | 4 | ||||
| Restricted Funds | 36203 | 9655 | |||
| Designated Funds | 7000 | 7000 | |||
| General Funds | 1562 | 1531 | |||
| 44765 | 18186 |
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Better Days
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2022
- Accounting Policies
1.1 Basis of preparation of accounts
- Financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2015) — Charities SORP (FRS 102), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006
Better Days meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy note(s).
1.2 Grant receivable and local authority fees
Grants received are accounted for on a receivable basis and credited to income. Any grants restricted to future accounting periods are deferred and recognised in those accounting periods.
- 1.3 Funds
Restricted funds comprise funds subject to specific restrictions imposed by donors and funders. Designated funds are set aside by the Management Committee as described below (see note 4) Unrestricted funds comprise funds which can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the Management Committee.
- 1.4 Expenditure
Ail is included on the accruals basis and is recognised when there is a legal or constructive obligation to pay for expenditure. All costs have been directly attributed to one if the functional categories of resources expended in the SOFA. The charity is not registered for VAT and accordingly expenditure is shown gross of irrecoverable VAT.
- 1.5 Opening Balance
Note - historic transactions that have never cleared from the bank account, have been removed. This has increased the opening balance by £44 (Unrestricted Funds).
2 Grants Received Community Foundation FR Bykes 6000 National Lottery (Main Grant) 32330 National Lottery (Training Grant) 10000 Rothiey Trust 1000 The Giving Network Fund 3202 Willan Charitable Trust 10000 Yapp Charitable Trust 3000
Total Restricted Grants Received
65532
3 Employees Staff are employed through Skills For People. Total salaries for the year were 27888 The average no. of staff employed was 1.
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4 Analysis of Funds
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| Restricted Funds | Balance | Balance | ||
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| Apr-21 | Income | Exp | Mar-22 | |
| Yapp Charitable Trust | 0 | 3000 | 3000 | |
| National Lottery (Main Grant) | 32330 | 28790 | 3540 | |
| National Lottery (Training Grant) | 10000 | 10000 | ||
| RothleyTrust | 0 | 4000 | 1000 | 0 |
| Community Foundation FR Bykes | 0 | 6000 | 6000 | |
| The Giving Network Fund | 0 | 3202 | 3202 | |
| The Joicey Trust | 2500 | 2500 | ||
| RW Mann Trust | 1000 | 255 | 745 | |
| Willan Charitable Trust | 0 | 40000 | 8276 | 1724 |
| Greggs Foundation | 943 | 943 | ||
| Postcode CommunityTrust | 4550 | 4550 | ||
| Squires Foundation | 662 | 662 | 0 | |
| Total | 9655 | 65532 | 38983 | 36204 |
Designated Funds
Legal Liability Fund 7000
As good financial management, this money has been set aside by the organisation for emergencies e.g. winding up costs: redundancies and any other legal and contractual fees.
Unrestricted Funds
1562