Registered number 058349 WIRRAL 3LS Report and Accounts 31 July 2022 *A8ISR19E* 1311212022 COMPANIES HOUSE #277 RRAL 3LS Gillian Bo lan Fiiel Carol Hart. Treasw- ap￿Anted 31 Marth 2022 John Lee. restgned 26 May 21r22 Tffn Parrott Rulh Stim So￿¢*ary Jan Friel 15B Brogtrdy Higher Be￿￿9tr*I Wirral CH63 5ND Bankerg GrourKI Fkw. Unit A1. Othknds ¢)lkn Hijoton Roa(1 Hooton. thsh CH66 7NZ Ro9ist•r•d 0lft¢• Civic Way 88ts.ngm CH63 7PN R•glstor•d nurnbw comp￿￿. l)5834940 Charfty. 1115170 YIIRRAL 3LS TRUSTEES ANNI￿ REporir FOR ThE YE￿4 &IDED 31 JULY 2W22 The t￿￿e5 are ￿Sed to preserttheir arffiual remlortheyear ended 31srJuly 2022. The principal aims and objectives ofthe charityare: l. To affvancethe education of rn￿Vre persons on tr* bffirral Perrnla ITht Wirral) particularlythc￿e who ha¥e attair*edthe age of 50 years. IT¢ provide or a$4st In the prtr4ts10rn in the irterest5 of s¢tsal welfare. of opport￿lt*sfof reueation or other leisu￿time ¢c¢iWionforthe people who have need of swh opportwNties Tmth the aim otimsYo¥irytt* coNliiionsof life of yJth pe￿Or Publlc Benefft When planni￿ and w0gramm1ngacbv￿eS forthe kxal residents ofthe vfirral. the Trustees of Wirral 3Ls are mindfijl of the Charitycommbssionsguidelines on Public Benefft. Followingthe impact ofthe Co¥i&19 parthw on Wirral 3￿ which forcedtt* dwrityto cease courses bekn¥een March 2020toJuty 2021. ¥R are pknsed to rtportthatts)utse5 recommenc￿ ith Autymn 2021. The impact on the Charity. frtynthe closure. wasswhficart both financialty arnl in terms of numbers ofmembersand leamrs rettwnin8tothe tharity. When we ourdorj In October2021. we had to limit the Kwmbers in classroomsin orderto meet Covid seujre measures set by ￿￿TraI Bor¢u8h u￿lerIo¥errnIe￿t￿fjda￿e. These &mitspre¥ailed f(*the whole ofthe year. The annual member5hipfor Z022 was 628 T*htth was rnuth TedLFced from thefigure of 1,273 held overfrom 2020. We ran 142 courses in t￿ ojrrent yearwith 1289 learneth12021. tour5es O. learner50. 2020: courses 81. learner5 1.3401 We are still holdiry o¥eT 50rnecredit notes 202001£9.65112021 £11259).TheTntstees have agreed that these can be held over forthreeyears, on an ex¢epti As at the yearend 31°July 2022 the Free Reserves st¢)od at £69.51212021: £8L2971 whith is 4uivalentto 123 mc#ths operallr¥tosty so Is In Ilne T*lth ourtaw ￿12 fftorth512021: 15 mor*th51. Re5er¥T5 h•ve been d95ely monitored and breake¥en analysi5 on an COU￿ in the vear. thegoal bein£ to stop any fvrther reduction in reser¥es. The Trustees have the powertoarrary fur in%*stmerts or otherwopertyofthe Char￿ytobe held in the name ol a nominee coryany acti￿8 ￿der the control oftheTrustees or ofa finanual expert aciin8 ￿dertheir ins1ru￿ and lo pay any reasonable fee requlred. VOLUNTEERS Wirral 3Ls onlyemploys two paid office staff arttl is hea¥ly depe¥tht on volunteer staff to handle the da*ttrday adrfdnistrnbon ofthe organisation. Thesearth fty new¥olunteer5*7th the TequSred ci>mputerskillsto ease theworkload WMI contlnue. We are also in searth of a lunteerwith Social MedTra SI•￿ We l￿d I5vol￿tter$ in theyear who made a ¥ery¥a1ual￿e tontribution tothe charity. In addltlon, recrultment to various Ctymiitteesand ultimaielytothe Board of Trustees 11 continue to be actively pursued. Three Committee membeF5were appointed as fvll Truxees durI￿the vearwhi1￿ l￿StandI￿Tn￿tee5 retited albeit they h￿e rem•med 18CCI and Vicioria Ham. Higher Bebington. We are following revlsed Covid safe policiesset by WBConthe numbers of people allowed in each room in BCL In ordèrto ensure that WÈ covef all the costs incurred in holdir¥the crganis•tion. whlth is a reeistered charity and company limited byguarnntee. was in¢orporated on lsijune 21K16. The 8overni￿ document 15 thecomparfs memoran¢*JrTr aThl artide5 of a5xKiation. Every rnemberolthe tharitable cornpany undertakes to contribLrte to the assets gfthe company. in the event of bel￿% wound up whlle he orshe isa memberor wiihln one year of ceasing to be a rnembersuch amount a5 may be requlred. not exceedire £M). Membership of the charitable company is normalty open to any indrlidual or organisation interested in promoti￿ the Objects. who applies in the lonn required by the Tntstees. is approved by theT￿stee5. and signs the regtsterof membersorconsents in ¥rtiting to become a member either persor4* or lin the caseof an organisaiionl thro4h an or8anised Trustees are appointed at AGM and fflustcomw￿ a minimwn of3 m•ximum 15 individu*& One third of Trustees retire ty rotation at eachAGM. Trusttes tan offerihemselves for election for a maximum offourconsecthb¥eternisofoffi¢e. TheTru5tee5 may at anytimec opt indlviduals. up tothe maximum number. to become Tntsteesat the fftext AGM. Trustee meetlngs ¥e held a mlnimumfourtimes a year. In additionthere are a numberof sthcommitteesspecialisire in certain funrtitins suth as HR. Soti•l Events. Marketi Finance. Strat￿. At least mèmbef ofeath sulxrffimittee must bea Trusiee. The Bo¥d of Trustees continues to re¥iew the mapr risks to whkhthe*)ryaftisation is The Charity Commlssion thecwist c(Nerire Internal financial controlsfrrt tharitie< has been completed. All lega rniuirements been metand c¢MtsitsMionw¥en to ijperatib within best practice recombnendatioffj. TrVSTEES ANNIIPL AEPORT FOR ThE YE•JI ENL)EO 31 JILY 2022 Thetrustees are resptybiblefor weparin8 theTrustee5' Report and the fin￿1•• staternentsin accordance with applicable law and United Kin8thxn StandaTd5 {United Kin8dryn GeneTrlly Accepted Actounting Prxtiol. Cornpany law requiresthe IT￿e*S to prepare financial staternents for each fmancial yearTwhich gi￿ a tnje and lair ¥iewof the state of affaits of the charitable company and of the incoming rexwrcesand appliCat￿n of resources. incI￿l1rbg the income aftd expenditure. of the charTtsble ￿MpanYf0rthe year. In preparingthose Kcounts. the tfustees are fequired to: - select suitsble accourrting wlicies afftl theft apply t￿￿￿tenty. - obser¥e the methods and priMiples in the Ch#It1￿ SIAqP: . make J￿ern￿ and estimates ih•r are reasonable and prudent- - state whetherapplicable accountmig $￿jardS have been follty*ed. subiecttoary material departures dixk*sed and ewained in the a¢¢ounts: . prepare the accounts on the 801￿ ¢OAcem frjasis unle55it is lnappry)w￿tetO We5u￿that the company wdl coniinue in busW*55. Thetrustees are respty)siblefor keepin8 properaccourfin8 reco￿$ whith th5d05e with reasonable a¢¢uracy at anytime the financial position ol the companyandto enable themto ensure that the accounts cofflplywith the Charities Act. They are aLw ￿pOnsiblef0r safe8uardin8the a$5ets of the companyand he￿efort4ki￿ rea50￿ble steps for the prevention and detertion of fraud artd other VTegularitie& In sofara5 thetrustee5 are aware: . the￿ is no relevant infom￿10￿ of T*hith the dwitable conv￿$ indepeThlentexamineris Unawa￿.. and .the trustees have trken4ll step5 that tly ought to IM¥e taken to makethemselvesaware of any relevanl audit informalioThand to e#abli5h that the indewthltexamlner is al￿re0f that. The Report was approved tythe Board on 5th December 2022 Gillian Bolt Trustee INDEPENDEiif EXAMINERS REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES The Trustees. who are atso dffectots for the wp)ses ol c#)mpwry ltw. are fesprxBbk ft the weparatsn of Ihe accounts. The lJustees C4)nsvJer that an aKI¢ is not required for tt¥s under secllon 144(2) ofthe Char￿eS 2011 (the Chathies Act> and Ih81 an fKlependent examination is requwpd. eligiblo fLY indepeThJonl examinatwjn. it is my reSw)ns￿ty to: . lo fdlow the Procedure5 laKI in Ihe Generdl Directiorts ty the Charity Commissicws under secthin 145(SXb) ofthe Cknarit￿ Ax" and - to stats wltheT parlicular matters ha¥e como lo my atteTtrin. Basls of Ind•p•nd•nt •xamln•rf$ IWI￿t My examination wa5 ca￿led ¢)ut in ac￿￿￿ *ith General Oirectx)ns given by the Charity Commissxm. exarnnati￿ in(*ths a revlew of Ihe aca)unting ￿co￿lS kept by *0 indudes co￿￿1￿81#￿ ofarry tiems Lydisdosurts in the accounts. and seekw th) not pro¥M*e al Ihe trbat would be requwed in an a￿li1 aTrJ i>)￿l￿ty opinion 15 given as to ac(wits presgnt a ar¥J fair ¥W and iewt is limited to those rnatte￿ set (wJl in tho stalem￿1 ITr connection wilh my oxamination. no mattor trAs (XMTW to my att**iorn' undwstandll￿ ofthe accounts to bg re￿thed. Annp Fmnegan BA ACA 15B Bro8th H¢gher Bets WlTrdl CH63 SND WIRRAL 3LS Statement of Financial ktivitsts One4ryrating th• Incom and Exp•ndilur• Puount) for the year ended 31 Juty 2022 funds Total lunds Total fvnds 2022 X•21 Donathjns and Charitsble acb¥ilJes Investynènts Other income 1.537 101.978 1.537 101.978 173 1.909 13.842 110 5.915 6.025 Total Incomlng R•swr 104,055 5J15 109970 Expenditurn Chaiitabk actrrfitses Govemance costs 116.019 3.042 119.061 5.915 121.934 3.042 124976 51,331 910 51241 5J15 Net (•IDgVlr•comlng ve801 15.1 15.IXJ6 - 31.601 TO￿ funds brryw f(w Transfefs Total funds ￿TrI•d 86.1*5 117.686 71.079 71.079 The Statemenl of Finanaal Acbvibts indth au 9ain$ and lossess wo3nised in th8 ￿￿r. RRAL 3LS Registered number. Balance Sheet as at 31 July 2022 2021 TaThJible assets Debtrys Cash at bank ar#1 In hand 10 4.456 136237 140,693 Cr•dIt¢￿. an￿Unts fallin9 du• wilhln one year 11 (71.181) {11.619) .512 82,987 71.079 Funds UnreslrKted Fund 71.079 1,690 86.085 Tolal fvnds 71.079 The direthts are satisfied that the ccryAny rs etitilled k• eX•mKrfw￿ Ihe rn¢wiwement to *thin an audit urAler sedion 477 of the c￿par￿eS Aci 2006. The directo￿ ack1￿ ther rOs￿ns￿lIit￿ for o)mpbirtrJ *ilh Ih& rn(wirnments of thè Companies Art 2006 V•ilh reswa to accc4Jntiry tecords aThJ Ih8 pretwalmxi of a(xx)unts. been de*4ered to Iha Reg'strar ol cLyn￿les. Carol Hart Tnjstee WIRRAL 3LS forth• p•r wMl•d 31 July 2022 l Arcounllng pDIi¢i•ts Ba•ls of pr•par are sufflc*rt lunts to alky4¥ tskn to q>eratiryJ tr th8 nexl 12 mc*ths. althO￿h Covld.19 uselul life relldthty. Funds puw and a￿ a￿latIo as ￿rat fvrKts. Iheso uft•rfa aro to tho forth• •nded 31 July 2022 Tot•1 DLThtions Gift 5.062 1.537 1.537 Totsl 92243 9248 92243 9.248 487 101978 146 11 16 173 101.978 Tolal 8ank Int•rost 430 S Oth•r kncom• 2022 2021 5,915 5.91S 13042 5.915 6.￿￿5 13.842 10 WIIIRAL 3LS forth• ywr end•d 31 July 2tr22 thgrtisir¥J 14intin9 2.941 2.941 979 Sol￿1 Everfs Tutsff Fee Ro)rn Hi 48.Y21 10,LK17 24 65.047 4B.¥21 13.007 24 68,047 245 479 1.703 1915 41.194 2.735 1.375 41 J70 Offi(* rent Te￿1￿* 2.735 1,375 Stationwy Voluntè•r •y4WWS 61 16 12 16 12 737 Irwjrnr Equipment Bank cha 810 930 174 50.972 174 53.887 1915 116.019 S.915 121.934 51.331 Totsl 2.472 3.042 2.472 3.042 910 11 IIRAL 3LS for Jw•rn1￿ 31 Juty 2022 22 Wag8$ aNJ s* 41.194 41.361 609 41.970 41.194 2021 2120 Adminthalm At 1 2021 Dtsp05als At 31 Juty2022 10.343 At 1 August 2021 Charye forth• On Al 31 Juty2Q2 11825 1472 6.521 N•t book valu• At 31 July 2022 1.567 At 31 Juty2021 Trade deblors 153 mpany a ￿l￿apabl￿a inlerest 12 fortho onded 31 July 21J22 11.619 11.619 71,181 12 Mw•M•brt ih Funds B*once •11 2021 117.686 20.640 (52241) 104.055 {119.061) 5.915 (5.915) (1.￿) IIYJ.970 (124.9761 Balllnce at 31 W 2022 71.079 71. W4518¥5 I￿n wt'ap3lEd. it 15 fv TnJslees' that the wart*ill ha¥t to be r¢pwd w45 transferred b) gerv4 fvrvjs in ts ￿r. aThl wed t* help pay forthe rerf ol rr Th• Charttrrfs Tntst••s Mt paNI dwirwj ts yw. 15 Conlmllin9 E￿ty 13