2024-03-31-accounts - G-Force

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G-Force Annual Report – Charity No 1110767 - Period April 2023 to March 2024

By Mark Ashcroft – Chair of the Board of Trustees, and Paul Huxley – CEO

Overview

This year was touched by great sadness as Tina Huxley, one of the founder members of G-Force, passed away in August 2023. In many ways Tina was the beating heart of the charity and the impact she had on G-Force, and all who met her, was immense.

Over 350 people attended Tinas funeral, and the family asked that donations in memory of Tina be gifted to G- Force. We are proud to say that we received nearly £7k.

This loss, along with other illnesses and deaths both within the Management team, their close families and friends, and the Board of Trustees, meant that G-Force’s capacity was much reduced during this period.

Because of this we decided that we should focus our

diminished resources on the projects that had the most impact. The report below evidence’s that work and the resulting outcomes.

Community Cafe on Broomwood

The café has become a mainstay within the Broomwood Community as well as being the flagship for G-Force. It continues to be as popular as ever and is professionally managed by Lydia and the team. The café has a reputation for serving delicious food and has the highest food hygiene rating from the Foods Standards Agency.

The cafe is also used for the Broomwood Community Grocery and is a distribution point for Food Bank Vouchers.

One threat hanging over the café is that it has been skirting very close the VAT threshold for some time. So the challenge we faced was to either stay below the

threshold (which actually meant managing the cafes decline) or face the challenge head on. We decided on the latter and put together a plan to increase the turnover to a point where we could both register for VAT and afford to pay it as well. These plans include refitting the café, renewing and extending the drinks and food menu and increasing the opening hours. We have managed to secure the necessary funding to do this and hope to start the upgrade in April/May 2024.

The G-Force Centre

There are currently no activities being delivered at the Centre.

The final steps needed to complete the new commercial kitchen are also still on hold.

South Trafford Food Bank (who use 50% of the Centre) are still tenants and we continue to have a great working relationship with them.

We will be reviewing our use of the Centre and its future potential in the coming year.

Our Partnerships and strategic work

Paul continues to Chair and administer the Oldfield Brow Partnership. It is the lead agency in Oldfield Brow and actively promotes connections with the local community, statutory agencies, voluntary groups and local Councillors.

Issues discussed during this period include:-

development of the Cowfield
Development of the old Allotment site
Accessibility issues in Oldfield Brow
Community engagement and promoting the voice of the community
Accessing external funding
Councillor updates
How to promote use of the Church on the Brow by the wider community

The ‘Love Oldfield Brow’ WhatsApp group continues to be a very fruitful way for members to promote ideas, interest and debate.

Making hot meals for the homeless in Manchester

This project is on hold at the moment due to a lack of resources.

Free school holiday meals for children & Young People

We continued to offer free lunches from the café with over 3800 meals having been distributed. Our thanks go the South Trafford Food Bank for supporting this project.

The Community Groceries in Oldfield Brow & Broomwood

Each community grocery has gone from strength to strength with over 100 attendees each week. Each week we sell over £4.5k worth of groceries for about £800. Our thanks go to the many organisations supporting this initiative. This included Tesco, Sainsburys, Marks & Spencer, Cook, Fareshare, Nisa and many others organisations and private individuals too. The income raised is used to purchase extra produce not normally donated, so that we can offer a great range of wholesome, heathy, and fresh food.

This project is supported by a number of volunteers who come along each week and help set up the groceries, serve customers and then pack everything away. Our thanks go to them for their dedication.

Mission Christmas

This year we distributed free toys to over 40 families to help towards their Christmas. Our thanks go to Key103, whose ‘Mission Christmas’ project provide the toys to make this project happen.

The Christmas Giant Gingerbread creations

This year over 1200 gingerbread creations were sent into three schools: Oldfield Brow, Broomwood and Broadheath. Our thanks go to all the volunteers who helped put the packs together, we just couldn’t have done it without you.

This is one activity that creates lovely memories and is a G-Force tradition dating back over 20 years. Many adults, who did this as children, still talk about and look back on it with affection.

Coffee mornings and the Over 50’s Christmas Party

The coffee mornings, organised by local volunteer Joan Lloyd, raised over £600 towards the cost for the Christmas party. The Conservative Club in Altrincham again hosted this year’s party and over 80 people attended. It was a very successful event.

Free trip to Altrincham Garrick Panto

Our thanks go to the Garrick Theatre for donating nearly 60 tickets this year. We distributed them to local families and the reports we had were that they all had a truly magical night. We used some of our funds to buy each attendee an ice cream tub at the intermission.

Volunteering in G-Force

This year we had over 60 volunteers at G-Force and between them they did over 1800 volunteer hours. We are in debt to each and every one and we say to them that G- Force wouldn’t have been able to deliver what we did this year without their help. Our heartfelt thanks go to every single person involved.

Our supporters this year include:-

Seamons Moss Community Association, Sale Mayoral Fund, Quarry Bank Pub in Timperley, Farrat Isolevel Ltd, Oglesby Charitable Trust, The Church in the Brow, Fairshare, Cook in Wilmslow, Aldi in Broadheath, Nisa in Oldfield Brow, South Trafford Food Bank, Marks & Spencer in Altrincham, Sainsburys in Timperley and Altrincham, Trafford Council, Truck Care, Tesco at Altrincham, Baguley and Broomwood, Heyes Lane School and Oldfield Brow School for the Harvest festival donation.

Our thanks also go to all those individuals who made donations (large and small) to help our work. We appreciate and value your support.

The Trustees during this period were as follows:

Mark Peter Ashcroft (appointed 11-1-21), Jacqueline Ann Marsh (appointed 11-1-21), Barbara Taylor (appointed 11-1-21) and Wendy Ashcroft (appointed 11-1-21).

We confirm that all the work done during this period was in line the aims and objectives detailed in our constitution adopted on 19th June 2005, and that G-Force is an unincorporated Association.

There are currently no formal policies and procedures for the induction and training of Trustees.

Registered Office

65 Briarfield Road, Broomwood, Timperley, Altrincham, Cheshire WA15 7DD

REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 REGISTERED CHARITY: 1110767

INDEX TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 Page ACCOUNTANTS REPORT STATEMENT OF THE FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES 2to4 BALANCE SHEET NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS

.1.14 INDEPENDENT EXTERNAL EXAMINERS REPORT FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 The accounts (fin8ncial statements) have been propared in accordance wllh the Sla18m8nt of Recommended Pracllce.. Accounting and Reporting by Charllies preparing their accounls In accordance with the Financial Reparting Standard applicable in the UK and Republlc of Iraland (FRS 102) Issued in October 2019 and the Financial Reporting Stand8rd applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland IFRS 102) and the Charit188 Act 2011 and UK Generally Acc8Pled Practlc8 as It appli85 from 1 January 2019. The accounts (flnanclal stat8m8nls) hav8 been pr8P8red to give a 'true and f81rf view and have departed from the Charltl8s (Accounts and Reports) Regulallons 2008 only to the extent required to provid8 a 'tru8 and falr view,. Thls departure has Involvad followlng A¢countlng and R8POrtlng by Charille$.' Slalement of Recommended Pracllc8 appllcable lo charllies preparing their accounts in accordanc6 wllh the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK encl R8publl¢ of Iland {FRS 102) issued in October 2019 rather than the Accounting and R8POrting by Chari118s.' Slalement of Recommanded Pracllce 6ffecllve from 1 Aprll 2005 whlch ha8 $lnc8 b88n wllhdrawn, In accordanc8 wlth the request of G-Force Charity- to examlne ils R8POrt8 and Accounts (without the undertaking of an Audit) for th8 year 8nded 3181 March 2024 Based In the Information glven, Involces & receipts provlded, overvlews of projects and explanations r8celv8d I have pleasure In recommendlng the Reports & Accounts setting out th8 de81ings of G-Force R8gisler8d Charily.. 1110767, as true and accurate record Signed Hllton Jones Llmited Chartered Certlfied Account8nl8 Holllnwood Businass Centre Albert Street Oldham Lancashlre OL8 3QL

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 Year ended Year ended 31 March 2024 31 March 2023 Income and Expendlturo Incomlng Resources Asda Awards for All BCA Broadhe8th Comm Assoc 8ro8dheath school Income Broomwood school Income Cafe Tradlng Income Cash for Kids Grant Communlty grocery Donations & Misc Income Food bank Rent Friday Art Club Fun days Income Groundwork IVH Grant Just giving income for mlnlbus L&Q grant lor relit Morrison grant kllchen at Newstead Oglesby Trust Packed lunches income Sal8 mayoral fund S81e of Mlnlbus SMCA THT Social Investment Fund TMBC Zochonls Trust - grant for new roof 445 9,990 750 1,260 2,196 1,880 87,225 900 6,934 7,625 7,000 130 1,272 2,364 1,660 84,464 25,734 14,557 7,000 1,000 1,500 280 4,000 18,600 35,000 24,854 1,200 2,500 27,950 4,916 3,500 65,000 5.000 12,473 1,000 22,042 Total Incomlng Resources 181,294 312,906

RCE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 Year ended 31 March 2024 Year ended 31 March 2023 Resources Expended Aceounlancy Bouncy castle inspection C8fe food & drink C8fé Repairs Cafe Telephone and broadband Cafe Ulilily Bills Café bins Café Sundry Christmas Gifts Food Project Liabllty Insurance Mlnibus fuel MinSbus Snsur8nce Mlnlbus Road Tax & Repairs Newstead centre - Utllly bllls Newstead centre - refurbishment Newstead centr8 - phone and Internet N8wslead centr8 - Rèpalr P8nsion payments P051age, printlng & slal5onary Prolecl costs Subscription & Membershlp Fees Telephone, moblle & Ipads Travel Trailer services Wages & Nat Ins Website, computer & Internet- comm grocery Volunt86rs Exp8ns8S D8pr8claUon 852 236 25,904 4,480 877 11,511 1,050 313 180 792 261 25,411 1,348 691 18,026 683 440 225 4,299 2,137 734 1,893 1,855 2,281 12,930 690 65,614 3,149 425 10,731 138 1,763 456 723 140,527 1,756 158 241 2,258 1,415 499 691 3,540 1,237 1,130 331 3,989 309 17,694 417 1,285 102,711 56 181 Total of Resources Expended 183,146 300,377

RCE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES - contlnued FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 Year ended 31 March 2024 Year ended 31 March 2023 Total Resources brought forward from 1st Aprll 214,054 201,525 Net movement in Resources for the year 1,852 12,529 Net movement an Assets Funds at 31 March 212 202 214054 All activities are classed as continuing. Movements on reserves and all recognised gains and losses are shown above.

BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 MARCH 2024 31 March 2024 Total 31 March 2023 Total Flxed Assets Blfvid book value of Tangible assets Addltions 200,543 200,724 200,543 200,724 Current Assets Cash at bank at year end 13,330 13,330 11,659 Credltor8 Amounts fallin due within one ea Café income banked after 1 st April 2024 Net Assets 212,202 214,054 Funds Unrestricted funds Restricted funds 210,753 1,449 211,778 2,276 Total funds 212,202 214054 Approved by the trustees on Trustee Treasurer Date

NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS AS AT 31 MARCH 2024 FIXED ASSETS IXTURES & FITTINGS BUILDING MOTOR TOTAL COST At 1 April 2023 8,801 200,000 28,297 37,098 Additions Disposals At 31 March 2024 8 801 200,000 28,297 237 098 DEPRECIATION At 1 April 2023 8,636 27,738 36,133 D8pn this year 41 140 181 At 31 March 2024 36,555 NET BOOK VALUE At 31 March 2023 165 200 000 559 200 724 At 31 March 2024 124 200 000 419 200,543

REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 REGISTERED CHARITY: 1110767

INDEX TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 Page ACCOUNTANTS REPORT STATEMENT OF THE FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES 2to4 BALANCE SHEET NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS