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2021-03-31-accounts

Company number: 5277257 Charity Number: 1110373

The Manchester Deaf Centre Limited

Report and financial statements For the year ended 31[st] March 2021

The Manchester Deaf Centre Limited

Reference and administrative information

for the year ended 31[st] March 2021

Company number 5277257 Charity number 1110373 Registered office & operational address Crawford House, Booth Street East, Manchester, M13 9GH Trustees Trustees, who are also directors under company law, who served during the year and up to the date of this report were as follows: Allan Sharp Chair (resigned 28[th] December 2020) Alistair Wright Treasurer (Acting Chair from 28[th] December 2020) Pauline Roberts Brian Kokoruwe Margaret Livesey Shelley Lanchbury Christine Wright Claire Baldwin (appointed 28[th] December 2020) Arbab Hussein (appointed 28[th] December 2020) Sara Tallis (appointed 28[th] December 2020) Wednesday Jones (resigned 13[th] September 2020) Derek Wrighthouse (resigned 28[th] December 2020) Secretary John Hesketh Key management John Hesketh Centre Manager personnel

Bankers Co-operative Bank PO Box 250 Delf House Southway Skelmersdale WN8 6WT Independent Catherine Hall FCCA DChA Examiner Slade & Cooper Limited Beehive Mill, Jersey St, Manchester M4 6JG

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Chairman’s Annual Report, 2020-2021

Manchester Deaf Centre has shown its resilience during one of the toughest years the world has experienced in our lifetimes, with staff and volunteers demonstrating their capacity to work within Covid-19 guidelines and sustain crucial support service delivery to some of the most vulnerable hard of hearing, Deaf and deafened citizens of Manchester and the surrounding areas – through remote online engagement in provision of information, advice and advocacy support for example; in the maintenance of wellbeing and skeleton employment, enterprise and youth services in Covid-safe small groups; and through carefully risk-managed home visits and community outreach work compliant with key worker guidelines.

I am proud of the many achievements that this report goes on to reference and explain across each of our different services:

  1. Wellbeing, Advocacy, IAG, Training, Enterprise and Employment (WAITE)

  2. Salford and Trafford Advocacy Services, and Self Care Workshops

  3. Children and Young People

  4. Our Courses and Interpreter Services

  5. all delivered in British Sign Language or with the assistance of qualified, experienced and NRCPD-registered Interpreters and communication professionals according to service-user communication needs and preferences, online or face to face.

However, I also recognise the financial impact of repeated lockdowns over this last 12 months – our losing out on valuable, unrestricted income that would otherwise have been earned through room hire, more numerous interpreter bookings, accredited and continuing professional development fees, and community fundraising activities. Losses across these different income streams have sadly cost our organisation dear and, as we re-build on emerging from the public health pandemic, they will present challenges and necessitate difficult decisions – possibly around staffing, our salary costs having increased significantly over the last year. Further challenges have been identified this year in the form of funds owed to Greater Manchester Pension Fund and work is underway to address these too.

There are reasons to be encouraged, not least the exceptionally generous legacy gift of £150,000 we received, the growing interest in our increasing variety of continuing professional development courses – now including Interpreter Awareness, Deaf Inclusive Employment and Access to Work for instance, and the BSL Level 3 and 4 courses also due to come on stream. Among staff, there are ideas for fundraising next year too – Covid restrictions permitting, but core, unrestricted funds will need to sourced through grant application and continuing business development wherever possible to help make-up as much of next year’s anticipated shortfall as possible.

As will be true in other small to medium-sized VCSE organisations across our city, there will be difficulties ahead for MDC but in collaboration with and independently of them, we will find a way to keep pushing forward always mindful of the ever more pressing and varied needs evident in the hard of hearing, Deaf and deafened communities we serve –comprising 85,000 people in Greater Manchester alone. Through on-going service evolution responsive to need; education and training of public, private and third sector service providers active across our city; and continuing input at policy fora and strategy groups, we will continue doing our best to improve life experiences, enhance life chances and redress systemic inequalities as we enter our 175th anniversary year.

Alistair Wright, Acting Chair of Trustees, The Manchester Deaf Centre

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The trustees present their report and the unaudited financial statements for the year ended 31[st] March 2021. Included within the trustees’ report is the directors’ report as required by company law.

Reference and administrative information set out on page 1 forms part of this report. The financial statements comply with current statutory requirements, the memorandum and articles of association and the Statement of Recommended Practice - Accounting and Reporting by Charities: SORP applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with FRS 102.

Our History

The Manchester Deaf Institute was established in 1846, becoming the Manchester Deaf Centre in 1990. MDC is the leading provider of services for deaf, deafened, hard of hearing and partial hearing people in Manchester and for those visiting Manchester to access hospitals and other services. MDC also has long established connections with other deaf centres and providers throughout the region.

Manchester City Council’s Sensory Team is based in our premises alongside our own services for deaf people which include: an employment service, youth service, community bar & cafe, volunteering scheme, over 50s group, tinnitus group, ‘sign and play’ pre-school group, mental health & well-being group and interpreting service. We have fully trained and qualified staff, along with established systems and procedures for the management of funded services.

We have a long history and understanding of meeting the needs of deaf people through a variety of tailored services and methodologies. We are well placed for the provision of professional communication support services incorporating BSL, Deaf- blind interpreters, Lip-speakers, Electronic Note-takers and SSTRs.

MDC Services

Manchester Deaf Centre is at the heart of Greater Manchester’s D/deaf and hard of hearing community. We are a hub for inclusion, advocacy, accessibility, support, training and information. At MDC, we are proud to provide a range of services that support and empower the community of which we’re part.

We have four main service offerings:

  1. Wellbeing, Advocacy, IAG, Training, Enterprise and Employment (WAITE)

  2. Salford and Trafford Advocacy Services and Self Care Workshops

  3. Children and Young People

  4. Our Courses and Interpreter Services

We are also proud to provide qualified and NRCPD-registered BSL/English Interpreters as means of breaking access barriers down, and enabling D/deaf citizens of our city region to access presently exclusive organisations spanning the public, private and not-for-profit sectors – enjoy amenities and benefit from services on an equitable basis.

1. Wellbeing, Advocacy, IAG, Training, Enterprise and Employment (WAITE)

In year 1 of our new Wellbeing, Advocacy, IAG, Training, Enterprise and Employment Programme, we covered a lot of ground in spite of Covid, and in the lines that follow we share a few insights and set-out some highlights:

Wellbeing –

We offered 1:1 wellbeing support to D/deaf and hard of hearing people through lockdown, as well as providing online presentations and activities to reduce isolation. All activities were designed to improve

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knowledge, increase confidence, improve overall wellbeing and motivate our communities – and these activities included:

Our Wellbeing staff worked very closely with best in class organisations and services to ensure their adaptations (changes to telephone and online service delivery) through the pandemic were accessible to the D/deaf community wherever possible. A few examples of these connections and inputs are noted here:

Other organisations we worked with included:

Advocacy –

During Covid, our advocacy and support team were extremely busy. We were contacted daily by the people we support – all needing extra help. For example, we had a phone call from a Deaf resident’s

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sister. The sister was concerned as her brother lived alone, was isolated and vulnerable to internet scammers. The deaf man could not communicate with his sister effectively as she does not sign. Our advisers contacted the individual and provided advice linked to current scams/internet safety and gave him details of accessible social groups. The advisers continue to ‘check in’ with our most vulnerable service users.

We also provided support around GP and hospital accessibility; Covid-19 concerns; letter translation; benefits; housing; understanding of the furlough scheme; housing support; translation; referrals to mental health services; internet issues; the passport application process; housing support; audiology services and so on.

Training –

2020/21 saw the introduction of several new courses:

WEA (Preparation for Maths)

We partnered with the Workers’ Educational Association to offer a bespoke course to Deaf clients who were eager to improve their maths skills, with the aim of increasing their general confidence and improving future job prospects. We advertised the course online, and on all of our social platforms, in both BSL presented videos and a visual poster. As a result, we had 8 clients attending the course. Our employment adviser was in contact with each participant from their first expression of interest. This allowed us to support the WEA in planning for the course, incorporating each person’s requirements in terms of communications and accessibility.

WEA (Maths course)

After the successful ‘Preparation for Maths’ course, 9 service users commenced the 10-week City and Guilds-accredited Maths training course, achieving good outcomes.

Breakthrough training course

We partnered with Breakthrough UK to deliver a 10 week, ‘Pathways to Work’ course.

The course was originally due to be delivered at Manchester Deaf Centre, but again plans had to be quickly changed due to the lockdown announcement. MDC supported new service users to use the technology needed to access the training online and in January service users were able to successfully commence the course remotely. It was great to see participants become more and more confident in using this technology. Interpreters were provided for accessibility and the course content included Mindset, Teamwork, Identifying Own Strengths and Procrastinating. 10 clients attended the course.

Employment –

Our Specialist Employment Advisers provided a variety of support this year:

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Through 1:1 employability support meetings online over the course of the pandemic, they identified the need for the following workshops, duly created and delivered them:

Our staff also nominated two of our service users to receive a free laptop from Manchester Council (work and skills team) and supported them with an application. Both were delighted to find out they had been successful and duly received their laptops. MDC staff trained both service users on how to use the internet and their laptops, and the team were delighted to report that both quickly got job searching independently in addition to attending appointments with their advisers.

2. Salford and Trafford Advocacy Services and Self Care Workshops

Salford Deaf Advocacy Service

2020/21 was a busy year for the Salford Deaf Advocacy Service. Two new Advocates joined the team and all three members of staff completed iBSL qualifications in Deafblind Awareness to help improve support services’ accessibility, a part-time office was opened at Langworthy Cornerstone Community Association – again to grow visibility and Covid-safe accessibility, a new YouTube channel was launched to maximise the accessibility of public health information and advice, MDC’s new management information and customer relationship management system was adopted and the service secured an extension on funding to the end of October 2021.

18 unique clients engaged with the service. 12 Deaf Awareness training courses were delivered to health professionals in Salford to help them improve their practice, and the health outcomes of hard of hearing, Deaf and deafened people across the city. 21 videos were created and uploaded to ‘Salford Signed’ YouTube channel, each receiving 89 view on average, almost 1,900 in total.

We made a big contribution to improving the lives of Deaf citizens in Salford this year, and numerous case studies reflective of this are on file now, suffice to say we helped with:

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Looking ahead to 2021/22 of course, we are hopeful that we can really extend our reach and accelerate progress with health professionals’ training and service improvement on the one hand, and grow our direct service-user numbers on the other, reaching further and impacting more widely as Covid restrictions begin to ease.

Trafford Deaf Advocacy and Wellbeing Service

Our Trafford Deaf Advocacy and Wellbeing Service struggled to grow awareness of its service offer during the early part of lockdown due to the cancellation of Trafford Deaf Partnership meetings, the temporary discontinuation of Trafford Deaf Community Network activities, the digital divide (many hard of hearing, Deaf and deafened adults being without digital devices, the skills and confidence needed to access our services remotely) and restrictions on the movement of key workers. However, during the temporary easing of restrictions, we did manage to:

We look forward with hope that we will be able to grow our presently limited capacity to help the hard of hearing, Deaf and deafened capacity of people in Trafford in the way they want to be helped with access to adult services, housing, health services and so on.

  1. Children and Young People

The service development and transition work that started in 2019/20 with our children and young people’s services unfortunately carried over into 2020/21, momentum being slowed by the Covid-19 public health pandemic and consequent periods of lockdown. There were a number of positives nevertheless and we should acknowledge these here.

Our Youth Group for hard of hearing, Deaf and deafened 6-13 year olds, their siblings and CODAs, primarily concerned with using the arts, to grow age-appropriate social and cultural awareness, got up and running again under the leadership of new Deaf Youth Workers – and to its programming they brought a range of new ideas:

The group also got involved in planning their Spring programme as the year drew to a close, articulating keen interest in getting outdoors as soon as Covid restrictions allowed – ecological awareness, flora and fauna identification, shelter-building, navigation by natural means, water sourcing and so on being among

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the various possibilities they discussed by way of broadening horizons, growing appreciation for the environment and starting to learn informally about sustainable lifestyle choices against the climate change backdrop. The natural world theme got the group on to talking about farms, animals, fish and sea creatures too, so visits to rural settings and possibly a Sea Life Centre might be in order for the new financial year as well – provided funding allows of course.

The children and young people we support often struggle in school due to the inadequacy of communications and study support they receive. Underachievement impacts their mental health, employment prospects and life chances. Through our work at MDC therefore, we take every opportunity to build general knowledge, life skills, a confident sense of identity and place using service-users’ preferred means of communication, be that British Sign Language, Sign Supported English, spoken English, or Lip speaking in order that equality of opportunity is ensured. We work hard to compensate for limited access learning at school and the lesser number of incidental learning opportunities they will encounter in their formative years, and take great professional pride in seeing the impact this has.

Our Deaf Active Volunteering Experience (DAVE) Project for hard of hearing, Deaf and deafened 14-25 year olds, their siblings and CODAs, enjoyed some success in reinvigorating their social awareness, skills for life and work, and social action programme. Over the course of the year, they worked with 26 separate young people – and enjoyed:

They had also planned to connect this year with the Hide Out Youth Zone in Gorton, for whose staff and volunteers Manchester Deaf Centre provided Deaf Awareness and Basic British Sign Language training, to help open-up their performing arts, sports and physical activity, enterprise and employment programmes to hard of hearing, Deaf and deafened young people across Manchester – offering those with which MDC work additional recreational outlets and options in the course of their socialising and friendship-making, self-care and informal learning. Staff changes at Hide Out and Covid restrictions unfortunately combined to put a stop to this mutually enriching collaboration.

Through the latter part of the year, we were successful in securing funding from the Prince’s Trust to start a new programme for hard of hearing, Deaf and deafened young people who are aged 16-24, resident in Manchester, Bolton, Salford, Stockport or Trafford, and Not in Education, Employment or Training. Once underway, Get On will encompass motivational and social activities, one to one mentoring, job and career guidance, practical workshops like help with CVs, how to prepare for an interview and work placements. It will also grow the Deaf awareness and readiness of employers for inclusive practice when it comes to engaging, inducting and supporting hard of hearing, Deaf and deafened employees on an equitable basis in line with their duties under the Equality Act.

BBC Children in Need and the Youth Futures Foundation kindly granted Manchester Deaf Centre funding as well for work with pre-NEET young people from right across Greater Manchester, this I Can programme focused on early intervention and prevention work through three phases:

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These two new additions to our service offer promise to connect us with additional young people and new cohorts in the new financial year, and we look forward to recruiting the new staff needed to push them forward.

With lockdown, the children and young people have really enjoyed the online engagement – and this needs to continue post lockdown, with group activity happening in school holidays: Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. The one challenge we need to address if more things move online is ensuring that confidential, face to face 1 to 1s can still take place.

4. Our Courses and Interpreter Services

British Sign Language Interpreter Services

Through 2020/21, Manchester Deaf Centre proudly fulfilled 912 interpreter bookings from private D/deaf individuals attending education-related, health and legal services appointments for example; employees and employers; Stockport Council and Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, contracts with both having been won.

Courses for Public Benefit

For 41 public students, we delivered British Sign Language Level 1 outcomes between April 2020 and March 2021, and 20 students achieved Level 2 qualifications with the Manchester Deaf Centre and our new accreditation partner, Signature, to whom we transitioned from IBSL this year.

In January 2021, we enrolled 14 students to Level 3 BSL courses, and they will complete their programmes of study in June 2022. Offering Level 3 was a new venture for us.

Planning for the launch of Pre-Level 3 courses commenced this year as well, and going forward we are hopeful that we will be able attract and retain students in greater numbers, possibly even introducing Level 4 and 6 courses subject to sufficient demand and our tutors’ achievement of the necessary continuing professional development outcomes.

Continuing Professional Development Programmes

Through the year, we delivered:

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We also delivered 2 Inclusive Employment workshops online through The Growth Company’s business webinar series, reaching more than 70 Greater Manchester businesses with our Deaf Awareness and advice inputs.

The trustees review the aims, objectives and activities of the charity each year. This report looks at what the charity has achieved and the outcomes of its work in the reporting period. The trustees report the success of each key activity and the benefits the charity has brought to those groups of people that it is set up to help. The review also helps the trustees ensure the charity's aims, objectives and activities remained focused on its stated purposes.

The trustees have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the charity's aims and objectives and in planning its future activities. In particular, the trustees consider how planned activities will contribute to the aims and objectives that have been set.

Governance, People and Operations

Governing document

Manchester Deaf Centre was established in 1846 as ‘Adult Deaf and Dumb Institute’. The original constitution was adopted in 1866. It changed its name in 1990 to Manchester Deaf Centre. The Deaf Centre moved from Grosvenor Street in 1975 to its present premises in Crawford House, Booth Street East. The Deaf Centre became an incorporated charity on 3 October 2005, having previously been an unincorporated charity no. 221247. The Deaf Centre is governed by Memorandum and Articles of Association.

Company status

The company is limited by guarantee and all members have agreed to contribute a sum not exceeding £1 in the event of a winding-up.

Governance

Our organisation is proudly governed by a Board of Trustees who are predominantly Deaf, bringing senior professional experience from the fields of education, health and social care, higher education, joinery, law, the media and equalities work to their leadership roles at MDC. Allied with the skills of the 8 members of deaf staff with which we work, their experiences of work and life make for authentic, grounded direction respectful of and responsive to need across the hard of hearing, D/deaf and deaf blind communities of Manchester and the wider city region. Theirs is a shared job of leading organisational and service development within the bounds set by our charitable objectives, and in 2019 our organisation received the Service-User Involving Organisation of the Year Award at the Spirit of Manchester Awards organised by Manchester Community Central in commendation for its effective and impactful work.

Trustees

Manchester Deaf Centre continues to be led by a Board of Trustees who are mainly Deaf. The Trustees bring invaluable lived experience to their work and help with strategic direction-setting, service and operational oversight, financial management and the assurance of legal compliance. Around the table,

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we have expertise from the fields of banking, children and young people’s services, community fundraising, education, health and social care, higher education, and equalities work, but we are set on a skills assessment, training and recruitment exercise to help galvanise the Board for the future challenges and opportunities to which the organisation must respond as the groups of interest and social identity we serve – right across Greater Manchester’s hard of hearing, Deaf and deafened community – begin to emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic, try to find their footing afresh and plot a forward path to brighter futures.

Along with the 8 Deaf and 2 CODA[1] staff we have, the Board help root the organisation’s on-going work to further our charitable objectives in strong understanding of changing need – and represent its merits and capacity to add value elsewhere through a number of different channels, more than 20 strategy and policy groups across the city region in fact centred variously on children’s wellbeing, adult employment and health, the built environment, transport, equalities and inequalities across the board. Quite apart from ensuring that our every continuous improvement plan is grounded in need, they also help ensure that Manchester Deaf Centre plays its part in representing the hard of hearing, Deaf and deafened community – numbering 85,000 across GM – when it comes to discussion and action around system change and levelling-up in order that life chances can be optimised beyond the doors of our building; independence, wellbeing and fulfilment can be sustained in education, employment, enterprise, leisure, social action or whatever aspect of life it might be.

Working with the Centre Manager, the organisation started this year on re-setting its strategy and service delivery arrangements in reflection on lessons learned through successive lockdowns necessitated by the pandemic. An independent organisation, The Connectives, are bringing different perspectives on our position and experiences from very many other VCSE organisations with which they have worked on development and change assignments. With the help of the National Lottery Community Fund’s Leaders with Lived Experience grants programme, we will be continuing to work with The Connectives in 2021/22 to establish a Youth Board and pursue both Trusted Charity Mark and Hear by Right kitemark accreditation in the course of works to ensure effective leadership and impactful activity for the benefit of hard of hearing, Deaf and deafened people across Greater Manchester and the wider North of England. Such is the paucity of specialist service provision in other regions indeed, we find service-users from Lancashire, West Yorkshire and even North Wales getting involved and realising benefits nowadays.

Staffing

Manchester Deaf Centre employed 24 staff this year – our BSL/CPD provision, specialist advocacy teams in Salford and Trafford, and Children & Young People’s Service teams seeing particular growth.

Over the course of the year we enjoyed a number of successes in grant application as reflected elsewhere in these accounts, their enabling:

Bolstering our staff team also enabled our pursuit of new contracts to diversify the income streams with which Manchester Deaf Centre works.

The pandemic resulted in our losing income as:

1 Children of Deaf Adults.

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It really put the pressure on our core operating budget.

Monthly staff meetings moved to Zoom online, but still provided the Chair of Trustees and Centre Manager with opportunity of learning exchange, professional and personal support as we transitioned to new, mainly detached and Covid-safe or online ways of working in sustaining essential Deaf advocacy and wellbeing services. Most staff switched to full-time home working. Smaller team meetings by Zoom were also encouraged to help maintain a shared understanding of progress with different work streams and uplift those struggling to sustain their spirits in isolation from colleagues.

Volunteers

26 different volunteers and student placements from Herriot Watt University in Edinburgh contributed to the work of our organisation in 2020/21 – helping out with office administration, our Wellbeing Group, our Youth Group and DAVE (Deaf Active Volunteering Experience) Project, also with the prolonged redecoration and refresh of our bar as Covid regulations allowed. Volunteers supported the creation of social media content and provisional planning for a return to post-Covid fundraising. Some managed to complete First Aid, Mental Health First and Policies & Procedures training, but the breadth of and valueadded through volunteer activity this last twelve months was limited greatly by Covid-19 regulations.

For volunteers sticking by and continuing to support our organisation when many faced very challenging situations of their own, uncertainty over employment, anxiety caused by restrictions on caring for family members and so on, we were and remain hugely grateful. This gave the Deaf Centre’s Board and management team great encouragement, and provided reason for great pride. Here again we would like to reiterate our thanks.

A further positive that presented before the year was out was Manchester City Council’s generous extension of OMVCS funding, duly enabling us to start exploring the possibility of engaging a new parttime colleague to give dedicated time to volunteer recruitment, induction, support, supervision and coaching; the organisation of training and work plans; the administration of recognition and reward schemes; and the mapping-out of progression opportunities whenever the time to move on or need of moving on comes. As the year ended, we were hopeful of being able to engage a volunteer coordinator to quality assure experiences, increase MDC’s volunteer retention rates and the return realised on our investment of time and money in supervision and training. Next year, we hope to have some good data to share on value added by volunteers, Volunteer Investment and Value Audit results, and some good stories to tell of personal goals achieved and lives changed through the act of volunteering and support extended to vulnerable service users in the course of voluntary works.

Partnership working

Though the public heath pandemic curtailed much of our work in previous years, still we sought to connect and collaborate in the interests of doing all that we could to support hard of hearing, Deaf and deafened people in acute need:

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Through the year, we also took opportunity of representing hard of hearing, Deaf and deafened citizens of the city and surrounding areas on a number of public service and policy groups, hopeful of influencing and informing change so as to level things up for a cohort too often cut-out or forgotten hence the disproportionately poor outcomes too often realised across the board, education, employment, health, housing etc:

Ensuring that hard of hearing, Deaf and deafened people have a voice in decision-making around the city is very important of course if we are to play our part in ensuring that they can move freely in and out of services and systems, enjoy good healthcare and leisure opportunities, access and interact with the public realm and local amenities on an equitable basis, but landscape-shaping to the detriment of organisational wellbeing and core service impact is a risk we have continued to guard against. A mini cost benefit analysis on outcomes enabled is one activity we have committed to for next year.

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Financial review

At the end of the year, total reserves were £955,205, and of this £313,361 were restricted funds, £180,772 was the revaluation reserve and £461,072 were unrestricted funds – including £278,505 for the Refurbishment Fund, £79,228 as the net book value for the lease, and £103,339 free reserves.

Pensions

Through the course of 2020/21, Manchester Deaf Centre worked with Greater Manchester Pension Fund (as our Local Government Pension Scheme Guarantors), Manchester City Council and Ward Hadaway Solicitors towards agreement around clearing the membership cessation charge triggered on the previous Executive Director’s departure from the organisation in Autumn 2019, and an affordable plan to cover on-going liabilities to the Pension Fund and previous employees of our organisation. At the year end, these remained works in progress but we are confident of viable solutions being found to take away these prospective financial threats to Manchester Deaf Centre and our service portfolio in present forms.

MDC continues to apply for grant funding and to pursue additional contracts, but as the country emerges from the pandemic we do recognise that we will have a challenge on our hands. As for many other not for profit organisations,

the future looks uncertain and through enterprise diversification with staff capacity constraints, volunteer fundraisers’ training and mobilisation, corporate and private donor engagement we will need to do our utmost to establish and embed sustainable income streams that will help cover core costs which income lost through building and wider society’s closure for long periods of the year can no longer cover. Much thought will need to be given to our ‘business model’, but the Board and staff are as one on the importance of sustaining our service provision and forging ahead. Some Deaf support service providers have already closed in recent years of course, and our beacon of hope, support and life means a great deal to so many. We are hopeful indeed that hard of hearing, Deaf and deafened people can work with us to shape and execute our plans. Facilitating this input and progressing organisational and service development plans that emerge will be one of our foremost priorities in 2021/22. In some ways, Covid recovery will present a test of scale that we have not tackled in many a year, but there is much heart to be taken from our rich, 175 year history of finding a way, battling through and bettering lives such is the importance of this mission.

Reserves policy

The Board of Trustees have established a policy whereby they seek to hold sufficient reserves to continue the current activities in the event of a drop in funding and earned income for 6 months (approximately £200,000 covering staff and general running costs). Work towards this target is on-going.

Risk management

The charity trustees have given consideration to the major risks to which the charity is exposed and satisfied themselves that systems or procedures are established in order to manage those risks.

In summary

This has been another challenging year for Manchester Deaf Centre, but through the challenges of the pandemic we found ways of doing differently and assisting in people’s hour of need; we sustained service provision to as full an extent as possible and did our utmost by those we are here to serve. The pandemic will take its financial toll with income lost through the drop in course take-up, the loss of interpreter bookings, room hire and social bar revenues as noted, but as the country emerges from the public health crisis, the hard of hearing, Deaf and deafened communities we serve will need our organisation’s support more than ever to recover lost ground, find their feet and positive traction again as the wider economy and bigger picture society strive to put their pieces together again. We must ensure that we are wellplaced to help working age adults recover mental and physical health, financial stability, career and/or

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enterprise planning. We must ensure that to those no longer feeling safe to access services at MDC, we reach out creatively and with compassion, need our starting point for every encounter and intervention no matter whether we’re speaking with children and young people long distanced from their friends or older people isolated, afraid and in poor health. We must adapt and innovate within the financial constraints that we will work as we enter our 175[th] year, remember and take inspiration from all that have gone before us and worked so hard to develop a responsive organisation impacting so positively on the lives of so many. And we will.

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Statement of responsibilities of the trustees

The trustees (who are also directors of The Manchester Deaf Centre Limited for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the trustees’ annual report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They 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.

This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies’ regime of the Companies Act 2006.

The trustees’ annual report has been approved by the trustees on 9[th] December 2021 and signed on their behalf by

Alistair Wright

Treasurer

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Independent examiner’s report

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The Manchester Deaf Centre Limited

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the company for the year ended 31[st] March 2021 which are set out on pages 18 to 42.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity trustees of the company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (‘the 2006 Act’).

Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your company’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.

Independent examiner's statement

Since the company’s gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the 2011 Act. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, which is one of the listed bodies.

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

  1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or

  2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or

  3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view’ which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or

  4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).

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.

Catherine Hall FCCA DChA

Slade & Cooper Limited Beehive Mill, Jersey Street Manchester, M4 6JG

Date 21 December 2021

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The Manchester Deaf Centre Limited

Statement of Financial Activities

(including Income and Expenditure account) for the year ended 31 March 2021

Unrestricted
funds
Note
£
Income from:
Donations and legacies
3
154,654
Charitable activities
4
222,972
5
41,840
Investments
6
248
Total income
419,714
Expenditure on:
Raising funds
7
5,624
Charitable activities
8
344,694
Total expenditure
350,318
69,396
15,133
10
84,529
Transfer between funds
7,325
Net movement in funds for the year
91,854
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward
549,990
Total funds carried forward
641,844
Other trading activities
Net income/(expenditure) before
net gains/(losses) on investments
Unrealised gains/(losses) on investments
Net income/(expenditure) for the
year		 Restricted
funds
£
-
473,984
-
-
473,984
-
246,662
246,662
227,322
-
227,322
(7,325)
219,997
93,364
313,361		 Total funds
2021
£
154,654
696,956
41,840
248
893,698
5,624
591,356
596,980
296,718
15,133
311,851
-
311,851
643,354
955,205		 Total funds
2020
£
5,175
404,430
48,041
1,643
459,289
3,305
459,980
463,285
(3,996)
(13,354)
(17,350)
-
(17,350)
660,704
643,354

The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.

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The Manchester Deaf Centre Limited Company number 5277257

Balance sheet as at 31 March 2021

Note
£
£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
15
633,298
Investments
16
71,398
Total fixed assets
704,696
Current assets
Stock
-
Debtors
17
115,616
Cash at bank and in hand
343,526
Total current assets
459,142
Liabilities
Creditors: amounts falling
due in less than one year
18
(79,258)
Net current assets
379,884
Total assets less current liabilities
1,084,580
Creditors: amounts falling
due after more than one year
20
(129,375)
Net assets
955,205
The funds of the charity:
Restricted income funds
21
313,361
Revaluation reserve
22
180,772
Unrestricted income funds
23
461,072
Total charity funds
955,205
2021		 £
£
616,538
56,265
672,803
400
42,115
66,671
109,186
(46,868)
62,318
735,121
(91,767)
643,354
93,364
184,248
365,742
643,354
2020		 £
£
616,538
56,265
672,803
400
42,115
66,671
109,186
(46,868)
62,318
735,121
(91,767)
643,354
93,364
184,248
365,742
643,354
2020
672,803
62,318
735,121
(91,767)
643,354
93,364
184,248
365,742
643,354

For the year in question, the company was entitled to exemption from an audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

Directors' responsibilities:

These accounts are prepared in accordance with the special provisions of part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies and constitute the annual accounts required by the Companies Act 2006 and are for circulation to members of the company.

The notes on pages 21 to 42 form part of these accounts.

Approved by the trustees on 09/12/2021 and signed on their behalf by:

Alistair Wright (Treasurer)

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The Manchester Deaf Centre Limited

Statement of Cash Flows for the year ending 31 March 2021

Note
Cash provided by/(used in) operating activities
26
Cash flows from investing activities:
Dividends, interest, and rents from investments
Purchase of tangible fixed assets
Cash provided by/(used in) investing activities
Cash flows from financing activities:
Repayment of borrowing
Cash inflows from new borrowing
Cash provided by/(used in) financing activities
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year
Increase/(decrease) in cash and cash
equivalents in the year		 2021
£
280,854
248
(42,505)
(42,257)
(11,742)
50,000
38,258
276,855
66,671
343,526		 2020
£
14,425
1,643
(27,000)
(25,357)
(19,291)
-
(19,291)
(30,223)
96,894
66,671

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The Manchester Deaf Centre Limited

Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021

1 Accounting policies

The principal accounting policies adopted, judgments and key sources of estimation uncertainty in the preparation of the financial statements are as follows:

a Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102), second edition - October 2019 (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006 and UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice.

The Manchester Deaf Centre Limited meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy note.

b Preparation of the accounts on a going concern basis

The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern.

The trustees have made no key judgments which have a significant effect on the accounts.

The trustees do not consider that there are any sources of estimation uncertainty at the reporting date that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amount of assets and liabilities within the next reporting period.

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 (continued)

c Income

Income is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the item(s) of income have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.

Income from government and other grants, whether ‘capital’ grants or ‘revenue’ grants, is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the grants have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably and is not deferred.

For legacies, entitlement is taken as the earlier of the date on which either: the charity is aware that probate has been granted, the estate has been finalised and notification has been made by the executor(s) to the charity that a distribution will be made, or when a distribution is received from the estate. Receipt of a legacy, in whole or in part, is only considered probable when the amount can be measured reliably and the charity has been notified of the executor’s intention to make a distribution. Where legacies have been notified to the charity, or the charity is aware of the granting of probate, and the criteria for income recognition have not been met, then the legacy is a treated as a contingent asset and disclosed if material.

Income received in advance of a provision of a specified service is deferred until the criteria for income recognition are met.

d Donated services and facilities

Donated professional services and donated facilities are recognised as income when the charity has control over the item, any conditions associated with the donated item have been met, the receipt of economic benefit from the use by the charity of the item is probable and that economic benefit can be measured reliably. In accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102), general volunteer time is not recognised; refer to the trustees’ annual report for more information about their contribution.

On receipt, donated professional services and donated facilities are recognised on the basis of the value of the gift to the charity which is the amount the charity would have been willing to pay to obtain services or facilities of equivalent economic benefit on the open market; a corresponding amount is then recognised in expenditure in the period of receipt.

e Interest receivable

Interest on funds held on deposit is included when receivable and the amount can be measured reliably by the charity; this is normally upon notification of the interest paid or payable by the Bank.

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 (continued)

f Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds are available to spend on activities that further any of the purposes of charity.

Designated funds are unrestricted funds of the charity which the trustees have decided at their discretion to set aside to use for a specific purpose.

Restricted funds are donations which the donor has specified are to be solely used for particular areas of the charity’s work or for specific projects being undertaken by the charity.

g Expenditure and irrecoverable VAT

Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to make a payment to a third party, it is probable that settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is classified under the following activity headings:

h Operating leases

Operating leases are leases in which the title to the assets, and the risks and rewards of ownership, remain with the lessor. Rental charges are charged on a straight line basis over the term of the lease.

i Tangible fixed assets

Individual fixed assets costing £500 or more are capitalised at cost and are depreciated over their estimated useful economic lives on a straight line basis as follows:

Asset Category Annual rate
Property lease period of lease to 24.06.2074
Office furniture & equipment 5 years
Computer equipment 3 years
Website 5 years
Property improvements period of lease to 24.06.2074

The trustees reviewed the estimated useful life of the property improvements in 2014 and were of the opinion that this should be over the period of the lease (60 years) rather than 10 years as previously estimated.

The Deaf Centre property is leased from Manchester University at an annual rent of £nil. A service charge is payable to the University. The lease on the Deaf Centre property was revalued on 5 March 2008 at £330,000 by Damian Gee BSc (Hons) DipVal MRICS of Lambert Smith Hampton at Market Value. It had been previously valued by the Trustees at £100,000, the historic cost is not known. It is due to be revalued every five years. The trustees are not aware of any material change since the last valuation.

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 (continued)

j Fixed asset investments

Investments are a form of basic financial instrument and are initially recognised at their transaction value and subsequently measured at their fair value as at the balance sheet date using the closing quoted market price. The statement of financial activities includes the net gains and losses arising on revaluation and disposals throughout the year.

The Charity does not acquire put options, derivatives or other complex financial instruments.

The main form of financial risk faced by the charity is that of volatility in equity markets and investment markets due to wider economic conditions, the attitude of investors to investment risk, and changes in sentiment concerning equities and within particular sectors or sub sectors.

k Stock

Stock is included at the lower of cost or net realisable value. In general, cost is determined on a first in, first out basis. Net realisable value is the price at which stocks can be sold in the normal course of business after allowing for the costs of realisation. Provision is made where necessary for obsolete, slow moving, and defective stocks. Donated items of stock are recognised at fair value which is the amount the charity would have been willing to pay for the items on the open market.

l Debtors

Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.

m Cash at bank and in hand

Cash at bank and cash in hand includes cash and short term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar account.

n Creditors and provisions

Creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due.

o Financial instruments

The charity only has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value with the exception of bank loans which are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 (continued)

p Pensions

Employees of the charity are entitled to join a defined contribution ‘money purchase’ scheme with NEST. The charity’s contribution to this scheme in 2021 were £3,487 (2020: £1,518). There were £nil (2020: £403) outstanding contributions at the year end.

MDC’s membership has ceased with the Greater Manchester Pension Fund and both Subsumption and Soft Commercial Agreements are presently being negotiated with Manchester City Council.

2 Legal status of the charity

The charity is a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales and has no share capital. In the event of the charity being wound up, the liability in respect of the guarantee is limited to £1 per member of the charity. The registered office address is disclosed on page 1.

3 Income from donations and legacies

Donations
Legacies
Total		 Total 2021
£
4,654
150,000
154,654		 Total 2020
£
5,175
-
5,175

All donations and legacies income is unrestricted.

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 (continued)

4 Income from charitable activities

MDC
Manchester City Council
Salford CCG
OMCVS (Equalities)
Heritage Lottery
National Lottery
Eric Wright Fund
WEA
WAITE project
BBC I Can
Princes Trust
Trafford Council
British Deaf History Society
Young Manchester
First Ark
Lankelly Chase
We Love Manchester
GM Business Support Limited
Cinderella Fund
The Conservation Volunteers
Fees & other charitable income
CCS
Fees
Total
Cooperative and Mutual
Solutions Limited
Current reporting
period		 Unrestricted
£
10,000
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
60,639
70,639
152,333
152,333
222,972		 Restricted
£
5,000
77,392
40,000
24,800
51,114
10,000
6,673
84,043
39,856
24,599
23,334
22,799
21,925
19,359
8,750
5,000
3,000
2,498
2,492
1,350
-
473,984
-
-
473,984		 Total 2021
£
15,000
77,392
40,000
24,800
51,114
10,000
6,673
84,043
39,856
24,599
23,334
22,799
21,925
19,359
8,750
5,000
3,000
2,498
2,492
1,350
60,639
544,623
152,333
152,333
696,956

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The Manchester Deaf Centre Limited

Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 (continued)

4 Income from charitable activities (cont.)

MDC
Manchester City Council
Big Lottery Fund
Salford CCG
OMCVS (Equalities)
GMYN
Heritage Lottery
Garfield Weston Trust
Age UK Trafford
WEA
NHS CCG
Henry Smith Charity
Social Investment Business
Home Manchester
Groundwork UK
Pennington Charitable Fund
Fees & other charitable income
CCS
Fees
Total
Previous reporting
period		 Unrestricted
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
10,000
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
24,699
34,699
160,895
160,895
195,594		 Restricted
£
9,500
32,947
43,597
40,000
34,576
24,800
-
8,000
4,766
3,000
2,430
1,625
1,345
1,250
1,000
208,836
-
-
208,836		 Total 2020
£
9,500
32,947
43,597
40,000
34,576
24,800
10,000
8,000
4,766
3,000
2,430
1,625
1,345
1,250
1,000
24,699
243,535
160,895
160,895
404,430

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 (continued)

5 Income from other trading activities

Total 2021
£
Room Hire
41,840
Bar and Café Sales
-
41,840
All income from other trading activities is unrestricted.
6
Investment income
2021
£
Income from bank deposits
248
Dividends received
-
248
All investment income is unrestricted.
7
Cost of raising funds
2021
£
Administration
3,724
Cost of good sold
1,900
5,624		 Total 2020
£
47,025
1,016
48,041
2020
£
-
1,643
1,643
2020
£
2,417
888
3,305

All expenditure on cost of raising funds is unrestricted.

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 (continued)

8 Analysis of expenditure on charitable activities

Staff costs
Contractors
Premises
Administration
Project costs
Depreciation
Staff costs
Contractors
Premises
Administration
Project costs
Depreciation
Restricted expenditure
Unrestricted expenditure
Current reporting
period
Bad Debts written off/(back)
Governance costs (see note 9)
Bad Debts written off/(back)
Previous reporting
period
Governance costs (see note 9)		 MDC
£
116,261
17,589
2,882
20,004
58,603
159
25,745
5,700
246,943
MDC
£
92,493
9,182
16,766
3,751
34,221
1,017
20,853
6,600
184,883		 MDC
projects
£
154,159
24,370
-
23,675
21,759
15,722
-
-
239,685
MDC
projects
£
64,830
28,548
-
29,047
10,587
15,177
-
-
148,189
2021
£
246,662
344,694
591,356		 CSS
£
1,906
102,325
-
-
497
-
-
-
104,728
CSS
£
8,794
115,747
-
-
2,360
7
-
-
126,908
2020
£
161,188
298,792
459,980		 Total 2021
£
272,326
144,284
2,882
43,679
80,859
15,881
25,745
5,700
591,356
Total 2020
£
166,117
153,477
16,766
32,798
47,168
16,201
20,853
6,600
459,980

9 Analysis of governance

Accountancy and independent examination Total 2021
£
5,700
5,700		 2020
£
6,600
6,600

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 (continued)

The Manchester Deaf Centre Limited

10 Net income/(expenditure) for the year

This is stated after charging/(crediting):
Depreciation
Operating lease rentals
Independent examiner's fee
Accountancy
Independent examination
Other
Staff costs
Staff costs during the year were as follows:
Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Pension costs		 2021
£
25,745
-
1,500
1,000
3,787
2021
£
241,583
11,038
19,705
272,326		 2020
£
20,852
808
1,500
1,000
3,942
2020
£
155,112
5,644
5,361
166,117

11 Staff costs

No employees has employee benefits in excess of £60,000 (2020: Nil).

The average number of staff employed during the period was 20 (2020: 11).

The key management personnel of the charity comprise the Trustees, Centre Manager, Operations Manager, Business Development Manager, Project Manager (Salford and Trafford) and Project Manager (WAITE). (2020: the Trustees, Executive Director and Interim Centre Manager). The total employee benefits of the key management personnel of the charity were £137,579 (2020: £35,600).

12 Trustee remuneration and expenses, and related party transactions

Neither the Board of Trustees nor any persons connected with them received any remuneration or reimbursed expenses during the year (2020: Nil).

No members of the Board of Trustees received travel and subsistence expenses during the year (2020:£ nil).

There are no donations from related parties which are outside the normal course of business and no restricted donations from related parties.

No trustee or other person related to the charity had any personal interest in any contract or transaction entered into by the charity, including guarantees, during the year (2020: nil).

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 (continued)

13 Government grants

The government grants recognised in the accounts were as follows:

Manchester City Council
Salford CCG
NHS CCG
Trafford Council		 2021
£
15,000
77,392
-
23,334
115,726		 2020
£
49,500
43,597
3,000
-
96,097

14 Corporation tax

The charity is exempt from tax on income and gains falling within Chapter 3 of Part 11 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 or Section 256 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 to the extent that these are applied to its charitable objects. No tax charges have arisen in the charity.

15 Fixed assets: tangible assets

Property &
improvements
Cost
£
908,718
Additions
15,505
924,223
Depreciation
313,781
Charge for the year
14,945
328,726
Net book value
595,497
594,937
At 31 March 2020
At 1 April 2020
At 31 March 2021
At 1 April 2020
At 31 March 2021
At 31 March 2021		 Office
equipment
£
48,537
-
48,537
48,537
-
48,537
-
-		 Fixtures
& Fittings
£
40,312
-
40,312
40,311
-
40,311
1
1		 Website
£
27,000
27,000
54,000
5,400
10,800
16,200
37,800
21,600		 £
1,024,567
42,505
Total
1,067,072
408,029
25,745
433,774
633,298
616,538

Under historical cost (previous valuation by the Board of Directors) the depreciation charge for the lease would be £1,524 giving a net book value of £79,228 (2020: £80,752).

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 (continued)

16 Investments

Add net gain/(loss) on revaluation
Investments at fair value comprised:
CIS UK Income with Growth Trust
IM CAF UK Equity Fund B Income
COIF Charities Investment Fund
Market value at the end of the year
Market value at the start of the year		 2021
£
56,265
15,133
71,398
21,770
36,954
12,674
71,398		 2020
£
69,619
(13,354)
56,265
17,813
27,928
10,524
56,265

Investments are all carried at fair value and are all traded in quoted public markets.

17 Debtors

Trade debtors
Provision for bad debts
Other debtors
Prepayments and accrued income		 2021
£
84,564
-
-
31,052
115,616		 2020
£
45,788
(6,893)
3,000
220
42,115

18 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

Loan
Futurebuilders
First Ark
Trade creditors
Other creditors and accruals
Deferred income
Taxation and social security costs		 2021
£
7,800
9,028
37,257
20,764
-
4,409
79,258		 2020
£
7,800
8,378
10,875
9,815
10,000
-
46,868

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 (continued)

19 Deferred income

Deferred income
Deferred grant brought forward
Grant received
Released to income from charitable activities
Deferred grant carried forward		 2021
£
10,000
-
(10,000)
-		 2020
£
-
10,000
-
10,000

20 Creditors: amounts falling after more than one year

Loan
Futurebuilders
First Ark
Co-op
Repayable after more than 5 years by instalments		 2021
£
60,441
18,934
50,000
129,375
17,400		 2020
£
63,805
27,962
-
91,767
20,764

The loan from Futurebuilders (Social Enterprise Investment Fund) is repayable over 15 years with interest charged at 6% for the first 3 years and no more than 5% over base for the remainder of the term. It is unsecured and does not attract early repayment penalties. The loan from First Ark Social Investment is repayable over 5 years with interest charged at 7.5% APR. It is unsecured and does not attract early repayment penalties.

The loan from Co-op is repayable over 6 years with an interest charge of 2.5% per annum. No repayments were required for the first 12 months.

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 (continued)

21 Analysis of movements in restricted funds

Balance at
1 April
2020
£
MDC
7,994
8,088
2,526
Postcode Lottery
3,280
Goundwork UK
6,667
OMCVS (Equalities)
2,954
10,200
40,007
3,955
-
-
-
-
3,159
1,909
1,625
1,000
-
-
-
-
Young Manchester
-
-
-
Lankelly Chase
-
We Love Manchester
-
-
Cinderella Fund
-
-
Total
93,364
Current reporting
period
Eric Wright Fund
Social Investment
Business
NHS CCG
Trafford Council Digital
Skills Grant
National Lottery
(Leaders with Lived
Experience)
WAITE project
European Social
Fund/WEA Grant
Scheme
BBC I Can
Get On
Cooperative and Mutual
Solutions Limited
First Ark
GM Business Support
Limited
The Conservation
Volunteers
Job Club
Manchester Alliance
Mental Health
50+
Youth Fund (Young
Manchester), Youth &
Childrens Work
Heritage Lottery
Salford Innovation
Fund
First Ark Social
Investment
Trafford
Council/Partnership
British Deaf History
Society		 Income
£
-
5,000
-
-
-
40,000
-
77,392
24,800
51,114
10,000
19,770
3,564
6,673
-
-
-
84,043
39,856
24,599
22,799
21,925
19,359
8,750
5,000
3,000
2,498
2,492
1,350
473,984		 Expenditure
£
-
(2,227)
501
-
-
(40,099)
-
(50,927)
(29,578)
-
(2,651)
(14,940)
-
(10,691)
-
(2,818)
(111)
(72,163)
-
(4,870)
-
(3,403)
(10,667)
(2,018)
-
-
-
-
-
(246,662)		 Transfers
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
(10,200)
-
823
-
-
-
-
859
-
1,193
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(7,325)		 Balance at
31 March
2021
£
7,994
10,861
3,027
3,280
6,667
2,855
-
66,472
-
51,114
7,349
4,830
3,564
-
1,909
-
889
11,880
39,856
19,729
22,799
18,522
8,692
6,732
5,000
3,000
2,498
2,492
1,350
313,361

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The Manchester Deaf Centre Limited

Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 (continued)

21 Analysis of movements in restricted funds (cont.)

MDC
Postcode Lottery
Goundwork UK
OMCVS (Equalities)
50+
Total
Previous reporting
period
Youth Fund (Young
Manchester), Youth
& Childrens Work
NHS CCG
Job Club
Henry Smith Charity
Social Investment
Manchester Alliance
Mental Health
First Ark Social
Investment
Salford Innovation
Fund
Heritage Lottery
Trafford
Council/Partnership
European Social
Fund/WEA Grant
Scheme		 Balance at
1 April
2019
£
7,994
9,126
2,618
3,280
5,417
2,965
10,200
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
41,600
 Income
£
32,947
45,421
-
-
1,250
40,000
-
43,597
24,800
8,000
4,766
3,000
2,430
1,625
1,000
208,836		 Expenditure
£
(32,947)
(46,459)
(92)
-
-
(40,011)
-
(3,590)
(20,845)
(11,740)
(1,607)
(1,091)
(2,806)
-
-
(161,188)		 Transfers
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3,740
-
-
376
-
-
4,116		 Balance at
31 March
2020
£
7,994
8,088
2,526
3,280
6,667
2,954
10,200
40,007
3,955
-
3,159
1,909
-
1,625
1,000
93,364

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The Manchester Deaf Centre Limited

Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 (continued)

21 Analysis of movements in restricted funds (cont.)

Name of restricted fund Description, nature and purposes of the fund

Job Club Funding from Lloyds TSB Foundation, the Big Lottery Fund - Reaching Communities and Manchester City Council, to provide employment advice and support. Youth Fund (Young Funding from Manchester City Council for a project to enhance life skills, Manchester), Youth Youth Club and playschemes during the Easter and summer holidays. & Childrens Work

36

The Manchester Deaf Centre Limited

Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 (continued)

21 Analysis of movements in restricted funds (cont.)

Eric Wright Fund Funding from the Eric Wright Charitable Trust has enabled staff training in safeguarding, first aid and mental health first aid; also in advocacy and volunteer management. Manchester Deaf Centre volunteers have benefitted from training in food hygiene too and, post-lockdown/Covid restrictions, we have more volunteer training planned – in inclusive community walk leadership and sports leadership; impact assessment, evaluation and improvement planning competencies. Trafford Advocacy support funding for hard of hearing and deaf residents of Council/Partnership Trafford seeking to redress injustices in the system, better their day to day experiences, broaden horizons and improve their future life chances. Trafford Council improving access to digital devices for HoH/D/deaf residents of Trafford Digital Skills Grant cut-off by the pandemic and public/private sector transition to exclusive telephone and online services European Social an employment readiness training scheme for un/underemployed Fund/WEA Grant HoH/D/deaf residents of GM Scheme NHS CCG Funding to add to the variety of the Wellbeing Group’s activity programme in promotion of wellbeing among hard of hearing, deaf, deafened and deaf blind adults from Manchester and GM more widely. Social Investment Funding to help further The Manchester Deaf Centre’s sustainability by Business developing infrastructure and process, and furthering business development work. 50+/Pennington A grant to enable the 50 Plus Group’s Committee to purchase a new Charitable Bequest Laptop computer, stationery and training in first aid, food hygiene, health & safety and safeguarding with a view to increasing the efficiency of their administrative practice and communications, extending their reach and influence on policy/amenity and service development, and continuing to ensure the safety of their near 100 beneficiaries each week.

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The Manchester Deaf Centre Limited

Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 (continued)

21 Analysis of movements in restricted funds (cont.)

Get On Given by the Future Workforce Fund, administered by the Prince’s Trust, our Get On grant is enabling Deaf Centre delivery on a targeted programme of work for NEET (and hard of hearing, Deaf or deafened) young people from Bolton, Manchester, Salford, Stockport and Trafford – building their social and cultural awareness, confidence, skills for life and work; providing employment, further education and training insights through supported placements; and encouraging education/training providers and employers alike to grow their capacity for equitable Deaf inclusion for prospective employees of the future.

British Deaf History funds to cover the salary and on-costs of their Museum Archivist and Society Curator, plus MDC’s provision of a HR function. MDC now host their Museum and this is set to open in September 2021 Young Manchester funds towards school holiday activity programmes and universal youth service providers’ capacity-building across the city with a view to openingup a range of additional opportunities for both informal and accredited learning… , indoor and outdoor recreation, community participation and social action Cooperative and funding to establish a support group for Deaf Ex-Offenders Mutual Solutions Limited Lankelly Chase helping set-up digital device libraries for HoH/D/deaf residents of Salford and Manchester We Love Manchester The Mayor’s Charity gifted Manchester Deaf Centre a grant to develop a digital devices library for hard of hearing, Deaf and deafened people in digital poverty and without means of accessing public services and amenities that transitioned their activity to internet-only access during the height of the Covid pandemic; people that were cut-off. With people benefitting from this provision, a series of Covid-safe ICT skill-building workshops were worked through. GM Business Support Our Covid-19 Recovery Grants primarily went towards (i) updating tired Limited external branding of our building, ensuring that it carried up to date information and contact details, and way-finding arrows; and (ii) getting our Bar, events programme and supporting volunteers back up and running to help start generating unrestricted funds again. Cinderella Fund The Cinderella Fund grant gifted by the Charity Service is towards a residential weekend; an outdoor education programme for young people accessing our DAVE (Deaf Active Volunteering Experience) Group. This has not yet been possible due to the Covid-19 pandemic; restrictions imposed on prospective providers of accommodation, activity, instruction and PPE; and the limited availability of young people with which we work, lacking parent and carer confidence etc. The Conservation Our work with The Conservation Volunteers is around the enrichment of Volunteers children and young people’s learning on the environment and around biodiversity more specifically through outdoor arts and crafts.

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The Manchester Deaf Centre Limited

Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 (continued)

22 Revaluation reserve

Depreciation charge on revaluation
At 1 April 2020
At 31 March 2021		 2021
£
184,248
(3,476)
180,772		 2020
£
187,724
(3,476)
184,248

23 Analysis of movement in unrestricted funds

General fund
Previous reporting
period
Refurbishment fund
Current reporting
period
General fund
Refurbishment fund		 Balance
at 1 April
2020
£
79,046
286,696
365,742
Balance
at 1 April
2019
£
136,493
294,887
431,380
 Income and
gains
£
434,847
-
434,847
Income
and gains
£
237,099
-
237,099		 Expenditure
and losses
£
(338,651)
(8,191)
(346,842)
Expenditure
and losses
£
(290,430)
(8,191)
(298,621)		 Transfers
£
7,325
-
7,325
Transfers
£
(4,116)
-
(4,116)		 As at 31
March 2021
£
182,567
278,505
461,072
As at 31
March
2020
£
79,046
286,696
365,742

Name of

unrestricted fund Description, nature and purposes of the fund

General fund The general funds are represented by:

Net book value of lease
Other general reserves		 2021
£
79,228
103,339
182,567		 2020
£
80,752
(1,706)
79,045

Refurbishment fund Fund to cover depreciation costs associated with refurbishing the building in 2010/11

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The Manchester Deaf Centre Limited

Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 (continued)

24 Analysis of net assets between funds

Total
Total
Tangible fixed assets
Fixed asset
investments
Net current
assets/(liabilities)
Creditors of more
than one year
Tangible fixed assets
Fixed asset
investments
Net current
assets/(liabilities)
Creditors of more
than one year
Previous reporting
period		 General
fund
£
174,021
71,398
66,523
(129,375)
182,567
General
fund
£
145,594
56,265
(31,046)
(91,767)
79,046
 Designated
funds
£
278,505
-
-
-
278,505
Designated
funds
£
286,696
-
-
-
286,696		 Revaluation
reserve
£
180,772
-
-
-
180,772
Revaluation
reserve
£
184,248
-
-
-
184,248		 Restricted
funds
£
-
-
313,361
-
313,361
Restricted
funds
£
-
-
93,364
-
93,364		 Total
£
633,298
71,398
379,884
(129,375)
955,205
Total
£
616,538
56,265
62,318
(91,767)
643,354

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The Manchester Deaf Centre Limited

Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 (continued)

25 Financial instruments

Financial instruments measured at amortised cost comprise the loan financing provided by the Social Enterprise Investment Fund to the charity.

Loan payable falling due within one year
Loan payable falling due after five years
Loan payable falling due in more than one year
but in less than five years		 2021
£
16,828
111,975
17,400
146,203		 2020
£
16,178
71,003
20,764
107,945

The loan from Futurebuilders (Social Enterprise Investment Fund) is repayable over 15 years with interest charged at 6% for the first 3 years and no more than 5% over base for the remainder of the term. It is unsecured and does not attract early repayment penalties. The loan from First Ark Social Investment is repayable over 5 years with interest charged at 7.5% APR. It is unsecured and does not attract early repayment penalties.

The loan from Co-op is repayable over 6 years with an interest charge of 2.5% per annum. No repayments were required for the first 12 months.

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The Manchester Deaf Centre Limited

Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 (continued)

26 Reconciliation of net movement in funds to net cash flow from operating activities

Net income/(expenditure) for the year
Adjustments for:
Depreciation charge
(Gains)/losses on investments
Dividends, interest and rents from investments
Decrease/(increase) in stock
Decrease/(increase) in debtors
Increase/(decrease) in creditors
Net cash provided by/(used in) operating		 2021
£
311,851
25,745
(15,133)
(248)
400
(73,501)
31,740
280,854		 2020
£
(17,350)
20,852
13,354
(1,643)
50
3,150
(3,988)
14,425

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