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2021-03-31-accounts

2021

Wythenshawe Community Initiative Ltd

REPORT AND UNAUDITED ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021

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Contents

Contents 1
Trustees’ Report and Financial Statements for the period to 31 March 2021 2
Trustees’ Report 3
Donations in kind and volunteers 13
Financial Review 15
Independent Examiner’s Report 18
Accounts for the year ending 31 March 2021 19

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Trustees’ Report and Financial Statements for the period to 31 March 2021

Registered Charity Number 1112990

Company number 05564192

Principal Office:

Woodhouse Park Family Centre 7 Stoneacre Road Wythenshawe Manchester M22 1BP

Trustees at the date this report was approved Christine Greenhalgh (Chair) Fiona Hatch (Treasurer) Eula Mesquita Sarah Lynch

Bankers National Westminster Bank plc Barclays Bank plc

Independent Examiner S Weighell FCA 3 Wellgreen Close Hale Altrincham WA15 8PT

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Trustees’ Report

The Trustees, two of whom are also directors for the purposes of company law, present their annual report together with the unaudited financial statements of the Charity for the year ended 31 March 2021 which are also prepared to meet the requirements of a Directors’ Report and Accounts for Companies Act purposes.

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in note 1 to the accounts and comply with the Memorandum and Articles of Association, the Charities Act 2011, the Companies Act 2006 and Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS102) (effective 1 January 2015).

Trustees

The Trustees who served throughout the year and at the date of this report are listed on page 2.

Structure Governance and Management

The Charity is a company limited by guarantee. The members of the Company are the directors named on page 1. In the event of the Company being wound up, the liability in respect of the guarantee is limited to £1 per member of the Company. The Charity’s governance arrangements and structure are set out in the Memorandum and Articles of Association. The Trustees are the Management Committee, which comprises the Chairperson, the Treasurer and the other trustees as listed on page 1. New Trustees are recruited from a range of groups including user groups and other interested members of the local community including professional people who come into contact with us, employees, ex-employees and representatives of the United Reformed Church, from which organisation we lease our premises.

The major risks to which the Charity is exposed, as identified by the Trustees, have been reviewed and systems, procedures and initiatives to manage those risks have been established, or are presently being considered, by the Trustees.

Objectives and Activities

The principal objectives of the Charity are:

1) Alleviating the hardship and distress of children resident in the area of benefit, caused by the break-up of marriage and family and to preserve and protect their good mental and physical health by providing and maintaining a centre and facilities.

2) Advancing the education of the public and providing facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life of those persons.

3) Relieving poverty, in particular by the provision of advice, information and support.

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The Charity operates in Woodhouse Park in particular and the district of Wythenshawe in general.

We have had due regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission in compliance with its duties under section 4 of the Charities Act 2006. The guidance sets out two key principles:

The organisation must have an identifiable benefit.

The benefit must be to the public or section of the public.

We confirm that we meet these requirements.

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Principal Activities

Nothing could have prepared us for the year that was 2021. Little could we have imagined when starting the financial year in lockdown that we would finish it in a similar position.

As difficult as the past twelve months have been, it has also been a year that has brought out the best in small charities like us. Our ability to respond quickly, agilely and flexibly to an ever-changing landscape meant we were able to continue to deliver some sort of support and service provision for the majority of the year. Initially though of course everything was put on hold as we all began to adjust to the huge impact this new virus, COVID-19, had on every aspect of our lives. Our attention immediately turned to two things – how to manage the potentially devastating impact the lockdown could have on our charity’s future due to lost income and how best to support our staff and service users through a massively difficult period. We put together and delivered weekly packs for children and families, and these regular visits were a lifeline for many parents, isolated from their usual support networks. We also sent out weekly emails containing links to online resources, advice and activities that we thought would be useful, as well as setting up a private Facebook group for parents to share their thoughts, struggles and experiences during lockdown. We spent the summer transforming our upstairs space from a tired looking office and meeting room into a spacious, airy group space, ideal for our intended use as a warm and welcoming room for families attending workshops and group sessions as soon as we were able to get our new family support project up and running.

This year has given us huge challenges...

However, with these have also come great opportunities…

Response to COVID 19

Our immediate response to the lockdown and pandemic was to see how best we could support families who were suddenly stuck at home, some trying to juggle home schooling children and working from home. This support included:

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Weekly activity packs and “check-in” texts/calls to our Early Years children and their families

“A loves getting her packs off you guys. I think it’s a lovely thing you are doing for the children. A feels special when she gets her as her older siblings get stuff to do from school. Her words are “my school” when looking inside”

“They’ve been a source of sanity to those of us hunkered down with 1+ kid/s!”

“He really enjoyed the spider making activity.”

“She loves it and she was so excited she had a pack on door step”

Setting up a ‘virtual’ After school club - working with local partner organisations to offer activity ideas, resource packs and online provision

Care packages for vulnerable families – thanks to some amazing donations from our friends at Inspire, we have been able to provide essential items to local families and the families who use our crèche provision at Willowbank and Oak Lodge homeless refuges

General support via phone/email for any families struggling - Families have talked to us about all sorts of worries and concerns that they are facing, including:

• Loneliness- not seeing close family/friends especially for parents on their own

“You’re the first adult conversation I’ve had in days”

“We just feel so alone”

“I’m struggling to find resources….and I don’t have a computer or printer”

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Our services

Bright Futures

Our main priority for this year was to get our new family support project up and running. In June, after seeing first-hand the massive impact isolation was already having on families and with no ‘end point’ in sight, we decided to start the recruitment process and set up some interviews. We had a strong field of candidates and carried put initial interviews over WhatsApp - a new experience for all involved. We whittled the contenders down to four and after a further face to face interview process, we finally recruited our new Family Support Coordinator

In September of this year, we were finally able to get our new project off the ground. Bright Futures has been offering weekly drop-in support sessions to parents. This provides parents with a safe space for peer support but also to speak to the family support worker should they need any support/advice about something.

Bright Futures offers a private Facebook group specifically for the families involved in the project where they can discuss and share ideas, offer each other support but this also provides the service a platform to advertise what’s going on in the local area and within the service.

We have been planning, preparing and doing some 1-1 work with the children and families involved in the project showing them around the family centre and giving them an opportunity to meet staff ready to start weekly play sessions in the New Year. These sessions will be delivered by the family support coordinator and the play coordinator. These sessions will run weekly and focus on supporting children to build self-esteem, confidence, resilience, emotional intelligence and will help improve their mental wellbeing. These sessions are done through play and structured activities.

Bright Futures partnered up with ‘Outboards’ in November as we have a cohort of parents who are all presenting with a need of support around managing behaviour of children who struggle with anxiety and varies levels of SEN. Bright Futures recognised this need for support and so partnered up to deliver a workshop where parents would be given coping mechanism and ways of supporting children who struggle with their anxiety and emotions. Parents who participated all received a free visual story board for each of their children. We received some really positive feedback from this course and have a review workshop booked in for January. This was delivered at Benchill community centre, highlighting that 3 services partnered up to jointly deliver this course for parents. All services involved benefited and the parents attending found it really useful.

Bright Futures is currently advertising mindfulness walks and family walks which will start in the New Year. We have had lots of feedback that parents would love to get involved in this type of activity as it will help improve their mental and physical wellbeing but also help families feel less isolated.

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We also have a family mental wellbeing course which will be delivered by Manchester adult education specifically for Bright Future families. This will be delivered weekly for 1 hour over 6 weeks and gives parents resources and ideas around understanding and supporting their own mental health but also their child’s. This course also covers healthy lifestyles and the importance of play with children. We already have most of the families involved in the project signed up to start the course.

The family coordinator has been networking and building some really good working relationships with partner agencies such as local schools, early help hub, parent partnership service, Wood Street Mission, Ourboards, Manchester Adult Education, Thrive, Buzz, Motiv8, Wythenshawe Real Food, local foodbanks, the library and local community centres. We have been raising awareness of the project but also getting to know other services so that partner work can take place within all local services. We also want to ensure we are not duplicating work and show that we are working with a multi-agency approach to ensure all services are providing the fullest support but also that families are supported in a streamlined way.

The project has been spending time doing some foundational work getting to know families and understanding what their needs are. We have also been allowing families time to get to know us and really build strong relationships to ensure the success of the work, project and outcomes for local families we work with. The family coordinator has been doing work with the families, early help assessments have taken place and liaising with school to ensure all services involved understand the support the family needs which gives services an opportunity to provide a clear understanding of what their role will be within the support/care plan. Each family has a care plan tailored to their individual situation and needs. Care plans are built by the families themselves and the family coordinator pulls all the services together by tasking services/work to be done. Families are then given review meetings with all services so we can begin to build a picture of what’s working, what support is required and what has been successfully completed on the action plan. From this process, as a service, we can begin to build information of positive outcomes for local families.

We are now working with 20 families. We offer open access support to any family presenting. There is a criterion a family needs to meet to be allocated a family support worker and this can be accessed by self-referral and referral from other agencies. All local agencies have been made aware of the project and referral process, this has been achieved by the family coordinator requesting involvement in local networking events and team meetings within local services.

We are a service which recognises and embraces difference and diversity. We have been offering families support who do not speak English and therefore using a translation service to ensure support is given to the family. We have a range of children all with different learning needs and we ensure we meet these by understanding them and incorporating provisions in our courses and play session

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which best support different needs and learning styles. We have also worked with families where there is a disability and so we will offer alternative ways to support the family and carry out work to ensure any family presenting can access our service.

Stepping Stones Playgroup

As an Early Years service, our pre-school playgroup was the first project to get back up and running after lockdown. Around half the children on the roll came back into the setting when we reopened our doors in June. Understandably there was reluctance from some families to begin with, however for others it was much needed

“Evie was so excited to come back and is a lot better at home now she’s back at nursery. Thank you, she loves you all so much!”

“You are fantastic, and I know my child is very happy coming here, I think she would stay here if she could”

“I think (You) have been fabulous since being back and Elsie is going miss you so much”

Luckily, we were able to continue to run throughout the different stages of restrictions in line with Government guidance and this has been a lifeline for many parents, particularly during the most recent lockdown when families were struggling with the demands of home learning for their older children, especially those with no support networks.

The team have worked hard to ensure all children attending playgroup are making progress and enjoying lots of different opportunities to learn and develop. For example they slowly encouraged one of the children to participate in creative activities (which he never has done before). On his last week he helped create a junk model pig and took real pride in his achievement of this. They have been especially successful in supporting our children with SEND and also those with English as an additional language.

“My child loves the Playgroup, and cannot wait to come in each day.”

“My child has come on so much with their speech since being at this nursery.”

“Thank you so much. I can’t believe how much progress he has made in such a short time”

Wythenshawe Child Contact Centre

Unfortunately, the contact centre has been a casualty of the pandemic. With national guidance to keep the centre closed until October 2020 we are currently exploring options and funding to get the Centre back up and running. We recognise the

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Contact Centre is a vital service as we continue to receive a high volume of interest in the service.

Playing Out in Wythenshawe

This year has seen the start of our delivery as part of a Wythenshawe wide play and youth partnership, lead by Wythenshawe Community Housing Group. Obviously, we needed to adapt our original plans very quicky and we started the year offering a ‘virtual afterschool club’ a regular email containing links to interesting websites and ideas for activities. By the summer restrictions had eased enough to be able to offer a limited playscheme, which was a much-needed respite for parents but also important for the children, as for many of them this was the first bit of normality they had had in months as many of them hadn’t been back to school for various reasons, such as their year group hadn’t gone back or parents were worried to send them back.

Playscheme had a major impact on our children as they got to see their friends and interact with other children, they got to play outdoors and do lots of fun activities that they wouldn’t have been able to do at home due to parents not having time or the resources to do them. One child said their favourite thing about playscheme was “how many people I got to meet and old friends I see”. This is something that we knew children would have struggled with at home, as many families have not left the house or socialised with other people, which can have a massive effect on children’s mental health.

Here is some of the feedback we received from the children during our four week playscheme.

“I think you should recommend it to anyone as there is something for anyone”

“Every time I come here, I have the best time”

“it’s the best time even though its coronavirus”

“It’s not as bad as I thought it would be with the social distancing”

“I have had the best time; is there somewhere we can evaluate it or something” (said after their first ever session!)

It was nice to see some of our children who have grown up with us and are now attending as young volunteers step up and take some responsibility. One young volunteer said to one of our children who was showing challenging behaviour “You’re one of the older children, the younger ones look up to you so you need to behave, look that little boy has just booted the football because he’s copying you”

One parent said, “Gave me a welcome 2-hour kid free shopping trip.” Many of the parents agreed with this as a lot of them had been with their children since the end of March with no breaks from them. Another parent said “I worked so it was a needed distraction for us all. The kids were sometime stuck in the house all day and got

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frustrated with them as I was never away from them” which is completely understandable, parents need a break as much as their children do.

We restarted our afterschool club in September, running in bubbles of 15 children and managed to continue to deliver some sort or service for the remainder of the year. Our play service is the one which has had to make the most changes to continue to run, with adaptations including one-to-one sessions for our most vulnerable children. We also created a short play support programme to help those children who were struggling the most to cope with the lockdown.

Our sensory bottles were a highlight as all the children enjoyed making them. We also had one child say how much he loved the idea and that he takes it to school with him and it helps him stay calm in difficult situations.

Due to the second lock down we had to change our groups to support groups and we had specific things we would focus on that week to help the children deal with the second lockdown. Some of the activities we did went down really well and we have now started to incorporate them into our daily afterschool clubs, like our animal yoga and emotions game.

“Here is a pick of fayth with her rainbow activity thanks for the time you spent with her. X”

“Thanks for the parcel she loves them thanks for her bottle she’s using it as her bike bottle. Were going to colour the pictures in and put them in the windows and walls in our flat complex so everyone can enjoy and help them to feel good when down.”

Planet Child’s Play Mobile Crèche

The mobile crèche hasn’t been able to run over the last year due to the pandemic. This has obviously had a big impact on our finances as we have lost a significant amount of unrestricted income which thankfully, we have mostly been able to recoup through various emergency COVID relief funding pots. However, there are hopefully signs that bookings will be restarting sooner rather than later. Luckily thanks to the government’s CJRS we have been able to retain our staff over this period and so we’ll be ready to restart as soon as bookings come in again.

Willowbank Homeless Refuge Crèche

The team at Willowbank have worked hard to maintain a creche service as much as possible during the pandemic. The team continued to provide as a wide a variety of activities as possible under the restrictions in place. These have included; playing games with the Parachute, going on an autumn walk to find some leaves for the new

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display board, decorating for Halloween and doing spooky pictures, puzzles, arts and crafts, maths and English games, we got a new play kitchen that the children love to make us food in, we have also used the space well in the crèche room the children love to explore and play with all different things and even using the bikes outside, also we have done lots more messy play this month such as spaghetti, play dough, painting.

This service has been even more invaluable for the children and families using it this year as they are already living in very difficult circumstances without the additional restriction, challenges and worries of the pandemic.

General Support

Across all our services, we have helped families by:

Training and Employment

We were very pleased that we managed to protect all our jobs during the year, being able to take advantage of the Government’s CJRS scheme made a huge difference. While some of our staff were furloughed, they took the opportunity to work on their personal development, undertaking a wide variety of training courses including:

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Donations in kind and volunteers

This year more than ever, with the loss of income from our mobile crèche and rent, financial support from partners has been absolutely crucial to our survival. We are indebted to the following organisations, businesses and individuals who have enabled us to continue to be sustainable this year.

Corporate supporters

St Modwen https://twitter.com/stmodwen

Jordan Fishwick https://www.facebook.com/JordanFishwickMacclesfield https://twitter.com/jordanfishwick

Howdens Wythenshawe https://www.facebook.com/howdensofficial/

Grant Funders

Lee Bakirgian Family Trust

The National Lottery Community Fund – Reaching Communities and COVID Relief Fund

Young Manchester

Manchester City Council – NIF

CAF Resilience Fund

Individual Fundraisers

The Shatarsky family

Sarah Lynch

Adam McBride

Victoria Fletcher

‘In Kind’ Donations of time, products or services

Manchester Libraries

Wythenshawe Community Housing Group

Inspire/Gunner Cooke

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City in the Community

Adam’s Garden Maintenance Service

Simon Christopher Electricals

Craftmaisia

Ella Bella Boutique

Also thanks to the following businesses for offering discount on our purchases

B&M Bargains Wythenshawe

The Works Wythenshawe

We would also like to thank Sue Weighell of Delta Solutions for providing her accountancy services.

In addition, we are indebted to the United Reformed Church (North West) Trust for granting us the continued use of our premises without charge.

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Financial Review

The Trustees review the financial position of the charity as part of the regular Trustee meetings and are satisfied that the income of the fund is sufficient to meet annual operating expenditure.

Results for the year

Incoming resources were £194,494 and total expenditure was £176,211. There was a increase in funds of £18,283

Where do our funds come from?

Income of £194,494….

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Donations and legacies Income from charitable activities
Other trading activities Income from investments
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How do we spend our money? Expenditure of £176,211…..

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Staff costs Premises costs Office costs Finance costs
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Reserves Policy

As required by the Charity Commission the Trustees have adopted the following reserves policy:

  1. We will maintain the sum of £15,000, or such amount as is determined from time to time by the Management Committee, as a contingency fund (designated reserve) for the sole purpose of bridging a gap in the receipt of funding income.

  2. In addition to the above sum we will recognise as a restricted reserve at the end of our financial year any income, received by us for the purpose of funding a specific post, activity or expense, to the extent that the income has not been used for that purpose during the year.

  3. Subject to meeting the ongoing expenditure needs of the organisation we will aim to maintain our unrestricted funds at a level equivalent to six months' worth of current running costs.

Finally, for the avoidance of doubt the Trustees confirm that at the year end:

  1. no restricted funds are in deficit

  2. no funds were held by the Trustees as Custodian Trustees.

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Statement of Trustees, responsibilities In the attached accounts set out on pages 19 to 26, the Trustees hav8 prepared financial statements for the period up to 31 March 2021. In preparing such statements the Trustees are required to.. select suttable acGounting policiès and apply th8m consistently: make Judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent., state whether applicable accounting standards and statements of recommended practice hav8 beén followed. subject lo any depariures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and prepare the financial ststements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume the Foundation will continue in its operational existence. Th8 Trustees are responslble for keeping proper a¢￿UntIng records vthich disdose with reasonable accuracy at the tlme the financial position of the Foundation and to enable them to ensure that the financial statemènts comply with the Charities Act 2011. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Foundation and hen￿ for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and det8Ction of fraud and other irregularities. The report was approvéd by the trustees on behalf by: Ilk O£L4 SVLbLr 2LIi and signed on tts . /. CIJ frIL Page 18

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Independent Examiner's Report

Report to the trustees/members of
On accounts for the year ended
Set out on pages		 Wythenshawe Community Initiative Ltd Wythenshawe Community Initiative Ltd Wythenshawe Community Initiative Ltd
31 March 2021 Charity No 1121682
19to 26
Respective responsibilities of
trustees and examiner		 - examine the accounts under section 15 of the Charities Act,
- to state whetherparticular matters have come to myattention
The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The
charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under
section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an
independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
- to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the
Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and particular
Basis of independent examiner’s
statement		 My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by
the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting
records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with
those records. It 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 no opinion is
given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is
limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
Independent examiner's statement - to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with
the accounting requirements of the Charities Act
have not been met; or
- to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities
Act; and
- to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper
understandingof the accounts to be reached.
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention which
gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect, the
requirements:
Signed:
Name:
Relevant professional qualification:
Address:		 Date:
Susan Weighell FCA
17/12/2021
Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & W ales
3 Wellgreen Close, Hale, Altrincham, WA15 8PT

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Accounts for the year ending 31 March 2021

2020 2019

Statement of Financial Activites for the year ended 31 March 2021

Notes Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Designated
funds
Total funds
Prior Period
Total funds
2020
£
£
£
£
£
Income and endowments from:
Income from charitable activities
2
Donations and legacies
4
Other trading activities
5
Income from investments
3
Total income
Expenditure on:
Charitable activities
6
Total expenditure
Net income/(expenditure)
Transfers between funds
Net movement in funds
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward		 77,443
112,092
0
189,535
77,038
4,959
0
0
4,959
798
0
0
0
0
4,179
0
0
0
0
0
82,402
112,092
0
194,494
82,015
62,356
113,855
0
176,211
107,750
62,356
113,855
0
176,211
107,750
20,046
(1,763)
0
18,283
(25,735)
(4,959)
1,638
3,321
0
0
15,087
(125)
3,321
18,283
(25,735)
0
125
8,679
8,804
34,540
15,087
0
12,000
27,087
8,805

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Notes to the accounts for the year ending 31 March 2021

1) Accounting policies

The charity is a company limited by guarantee. The members of the Company are the directors named on page 1. 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 principal accounting policies adopted, judgements 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) (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.

The Charity meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy notes.

The financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis. There are no material uncertainties in respect of the charity’s ability to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future, based on latest strategic plans and financial budgets.

b) Income Recognition

Income from grants and donations is recognised once the Charity has entitlement to the income, 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 creche facilities is recognised as earned as the related services are provided.

Interest receivable 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.

c) 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.

Irrecoverable VAT is charged as a cost against the activity for which the expenditure was incurred.

Governance costs include those incurred in the governance of the charity and its assets and are primarily associated with constitutional and statutory requirements, including the independent examiner’s fees and legal costs. d) Depreciation Tangible fixed assets are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is charged so as ro write down the value of the assets over their expected useful lives at the following rates: Computer equipment - 20% per annum straight line Office equipment - 20% per annum straight line e) Debtors Debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid. f) Cash at bank and in hand Cash at bank and cash in hand and deposits with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or the date of opening the deposit or similar account. g) 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 amounts after allowing for any trade discounts due.

h) Fund Accounting

Funds held by the Charity can be one of:

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i) Unrestricted general funds – which can be used in accordance with the Foundation’s objects at the discretion of the Trustees;

ii) Designated funds- which are funds set aside by the Trustees out of unrestricted general funds for specific future purposes or projects; or

iii) Restricted funds – which are funds that can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the Foundation. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.

Further details of each fund are shown in notes 11,14 and 16.

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Wythenshawe Community Initiative Ltd: Report and Accounts 2020-2021

Notes to the accounts for the year ending 31 March 2021

2) Income from charitable activities

Notes Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Designated
funds
Total funds
Prior Period
Total funds
2020
£
£
£
£
£
CAF Resilience Fund
Referral fees
Contact fees
Toddler Group Voluntary contributions
Playscheme fees
PL Playscheme
EY Stepping Stones
Play Group fees
Grants
PL ASC
Mobile Creche
TNL Bright Sparks
TNL Community fund
NIF Equipment
Total		 15,000
15,000
0
0
0
1,230
0
0
1,749
34
34
454
7,037
7,037
2,900
0
0
10,000
0
35,752
35,752
28,029
340
340
1,543
46,556
46,556
5,000
0
9,920
23,477
23,477
0
47,840
47,840
16,213
8,500
8,500
0
5,000
5,000
0
77,443
112,092
0
189,535
77,038

3) Investment income

Notes Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Designated
funds
Total funds
Prior Period
Total funds
2020
£
£
£
£
£
None received
Total		 0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

4) Donations

Notes Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Designated
funds
Total funds
Prior Period
Total funds
2020
£
£
£
£
£
Donations
Total
5) Other trading activities		 4,959
0
4,959
798
4,959
0
0
4,959
798
Notes Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Designated
funds
Total funds
Prior Period
Total funds
2020
£
£
£
£
£
Rent received
Total		 0
0
4,179
0
0
0
0
4,179

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6) Expenditure on from charitable activities

Notes Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Designated
funds
Total funds
Prior Period
Total funds
2020
£
£
£
£
£
Staff costs
Rates
Insurance
IT software and consumables
Repairs and maintenance
Light and heat
Operating lease payments
Cleaning and gardening
Equipment
Postage and stationery
Bank charges
Audit and accountancy
Legal fees
Telephone
Subscriptions
Publicity and advertising
Training
Travel
Sundry
Refreshments
Total		 56,402
76,097
132,500
89,557
0
1,169
1,169
1,413
0
1,874
1,874
1,842
0
7,478
7,478
0
0
9,938
9,938
1,454
0
2,792
2,792
3,809
0
727
727
727
0
569
569
226
2,776
4,686
7,462
1,337
315
797
1,113
383
221
114
334
436
2,363
1,214
3,576
1,933
10
5
15
0
0
3,184
3,184
2,973
168
135
303
671
0
0
0
175
0
1,659
1,659
0
0
9
9
67
100
147
247
747
0
1,262
1,262
0
62,356
113,855
0
176,211
107,750

7) Net (expenditure)/income is stated after charging

2021
2020
£
£
Independent examination
Total		 540
540
540
540
0
0
540
540

8) Fixed Assets

Office
Computer
Total
Equipment
Equipment
£
£
£
Cost
At 1 April 2020 and 31 March 2021
Depreciation
At 1 April 2020 and 31 March 2021
Net book value
At 1 April 2020 and 31 March 2021		 691
2,194
2,885
690
2,193
2,883
1
1
2

9) Debtors: amounts falling due within one year

2021
2020
£
£
Prepayments and trade debtors
Total		 6,916
7,058
6,916
7,058

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10) Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

2021
2020
£
£
Accruals and deferred income
Pension and Paye/Nic due
Trade creditors
Total		 10,257
9,157
13,371
5,658
778
385
24,406
15,200

11) Statement of funds

Brought
forward
Incoming
resources
Resources
expended
Transfer
between funds
Carried
forward
£
£
£
£
£
Unrestricted funds
Designated funds
Restricted funds
Unrestricted funds
Total		 8,680
0
0
3,320
12,000
125
112,092
(113,855)
1,638
0
0
82,402
(62,357)
(4,958)
15,087
8,805
194,494
(176,212)
0
27,087

12) Restricted funds

NIF
Equipment
Equipment &
Activities
EY Stepping
Stones
FS BF - TNL
Covid
CAF
Resilience
FS BF - TNL
RC
PL
Playscheme
Total
£
£
£
£
£
£
£
£
Brought forward
Income
Expenditure
Transfers from other funds
Carried forward		 0
125
0
0
0
0
0
125
5,000
35,752
8,500
15,000
47,840
0
112,092
(5,165)
-125
(35,752)
(8,500)
(15,000)
(47,840)
(1,473)
(113,855)
165
0
0
0
0
0
1,473
1,638
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

13) Analysis of staff costs, trustee remuneration and expenses and cost of key management personnel

2021
2020
£
£
Wages and salaries including social security
Pension costs
Total		 129,375
85,174
3,124
4,382
132,500
89,556

No employee had employee benefits in excess of £60,000

The Charity’s Trustees were not paid or received any other benefits from the Charity or its subsidiary during the year. The trustees were not reimbursed any expenses by the Charity during the year. No trustee received payment for professional or other services supplied to the Charity.

The key management personnel of the Charity comprise the Trustees. The employee benefits of the key management personnel of the Charity were Nil.

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14) Staff numbers

2021
2020
£
£
Number of employees
Total		 12
9
12
9

15) Designated reserves

The balance on the designated reserve represents amounts set aside to cover salaries (for one month) in the event of a gap in the receipt of grants

16) Related party transactions

The Company has a wholly owned subsidiary, Planet Child’s Play Community Interest Company, which incorporated on 15 August 2013

One of the trustees (Ms C Greenhalgh) is a Director of Planet Child's Play

During the year the company received income and paid expenses on bahalf of Planet Child's Play but this has now ended

At the end of the year Planet Child's Play was owed £nil (2019:nil) by the charity

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