Company registration number: 05562231
Charity registration number: 1118732
Camden People First
(A company limited by guarantee)
Annual Report and Financial Statements
For the Year Ended 31 March 2024
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Contents
| Reference and Administrative Details | 3 |
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| Chair's Report | 4 |
| Trustees' Report | 7 to 15 |
| Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities | 16 |
| Independent Examiner's Report | 17 |
| Statement of Financial Activities | 18 |
| Balance Sheet | 19 |
| Notes to the Financial Statements | 20 to 28 |
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Camden People First
Reference and Administrative Details
Chairman Mr Jide Akinbiyi Trustees Alice Etherington Sanjay Ramphal Christine Mannion Paul Edward Tomlinson Raymond Reid Shelim Miah Michaela Mamara Frances Mostafa Angela Davies Gillian Arnold Secretary Frances Mostafa
Mr Jide Akinbiyi
Principal Office 215 Eversholt Street Amthill Square Eversholt Street London NW1 1DE
Registered Office 215 Eversholt Street Amthill Square Eversholt Street London NW1 1DE
The charity is incorporated in United Kingdom.
Company Registration Number 05562231 Charity Registration Number 1118732 Independent Examiner Morlai Kargbo, FCCA Manging Director Moracle Limited Chartered Certified Accountants & Registered Auditors 960 Capability Green Luton, England, LU1 3PE United Kingdom
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Chairs’ Report
It has been a very busy year for Camden People first. We have used this year to come back fully to the office and we have been able to start most of our meetings including trustees meeting as well as members meeting.
Our dedicated and very supportive staff and volunteers has made sure most of our good projects like the advocacy and welfare benefit project are available (3) days a week to support people who needs support with either advocacy or welfare benefit support.
We have to say a big thank you to our Development Manager, who volunteer this entire period and has worked so hard to make sure we get funding to run our project. We also receive great support from her supporting trustees with making sure they are doing what they say they will do to make Camden People First stronger.
We have made sure what we said we will do last year has been done. We have had the office open (4) days a week from 9.30am till 4.30pm for either drop-in for a chat or meet with peers to socialise as well supporting people with support they need.
This year, we were able to take 32 people with a learning disability to Margate and this happened from the funding we receive from Sommers Town Big Local (STBL). We are also happy to announce the generous funding we received from Julia and Hans Rausing Trust- this funding made a huge impact on the work of our welfare project as well as our advocacy project. We also want to thank Camden Council for their funding support with our welfare benefit project and other support we have been getting from them such as funding advice and way forward for Camden People First. We also want to say thank you to Moracle Accounting Firm for their full support with helping us to manage our money and given us advice as to how we can remain in a good position financial wise. A big thank you to lesoftware man for all IT support making sure we are fully able to carry out our day to day computing and all IT works especially out meetings on zoom.
Though we had some good news we also have some sad news, as the funding we make to National lottery was not successful this time round, though we have had good amount of funding from them in the past few years. We also lost one of our good members who would not miss any of the event or meetings we organised, Rest in Peace Jean M and you will be missed.
To end my report, I promise you all that we will make sure Camden People First stay stronger and bigger and we will be working in partnership with Sommers town Big Local for support on this and to make sure this happens.
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Trustees' Report
ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE
What We Have Achieved
Welfare Benefits project
At Camden People First (CPF) we provide free Welfare Benefit support for those in the local community, with the majority of our service users registered with the local council’s ‘Camden Learning Disability Service’, (CLDS).
As we are a part of the Camden Advice Network (CAN) most of our referrals are from their database. It has been a busy year at Camden People First (CPF) as we have successfully r aised £83,010.28 in welfare benefits for the local community, covering a 5-year period. This includes Council Tax, Person Independent Payments (PIP) Care Allowance, Disability Living Allowance (DLA) Employment Support Allowance (ESA) and Housing Benefit, Rent arrears as well as Cost of living claims.
The local council’s online platform Plinth, formerly known as Time to Spare, continues to provide a valuable supply of referrals from the local council and other subsidiary charitable agencies, as well as providing an accessible database, for keeping CPF SU’s files and report notes confidential .
The Plinth Advice Network service is a lso, useful for providing quarterly monitoring reports for the local council, and annual reports for other funders.
See below table for breakdown of claims:
Personal Independence Payments (PIP)
12 claimants 34 Attendances
6 Were Female
6 Were Male
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9 Had a learning disability
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5 Were Bengali
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2 Had Mental Health
Disability Living Allowance DLA
5 claimants
13 Attendances
7 Drop-ins
2 Were Female
3 Was Male
2 Had a learning disability
- 1 cared for a disabled child
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Trustees' Report (continued)
Learning Disability and Disabled Attendances
2023-24
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Learning disability 85
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ADHD 8
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Physically Disabled 17
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Bi-Polar 12
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Mental Health 16
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Known Council Tenants 11
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Known Non-Council Tenants 2
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Housing Association/social housing 2
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Sheltered Housing 1
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Hotel 6
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Psychosis 1
With an increase in funding from the Julia and Hans Rausing Trust who contacted CPF with their generous offer we have been able to broaden our remit to include those with learning disabilities combined with Dyslexia and/or Autism and Mental Health .
We have also increased our volunteer numbers, alongside with our voluntary Bengali translator we have had two volunteer receptionists. One with a learning disability and the other from the Bengali community, who was quite helpful in taking details from our Bengali Drop-ins inquiring about our services.
The high levels of the local Bengali community needing CPF support for claiming Disability Living Allowance (DLA) continues and we are expecting an increase in numbers of Service Users (SU’s) of all the learning disability demography to need assistance during the migration of all benefits claimants onto Universal Credit in the coming months.
The Cost-of-living Crisis has created a deluge of Plinth referrals received by CPF, struggling with debt which have to be signposted or referred onto other agencies/charities that provide support with managing debt.
Fortunately, there has been no problems for our beneficiaries when claiming the financial support, they need. With strong supporting letters and step-by-step guidance many successful benefit Awards have been granted for those with learning disabilities including their carers or parents .
Telephone Information and Drop-ins
CPF telephone Welfare support line is open Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 10am to 12pm. During these times CPF is available by staff mobile or the office landline to take enquires about Benefit claims, Cost of Living applications, housing repairs, and rent arrears .
After the initial appointment for completing consent forms and establishing the beneficiaries needs CPF are then ready to book more appointments to begin form filling and dealing with any issues that may arise, such as contacting GP’s, Social services, DWP and schools if the application is by a parent for a child.
We also aim to achieve remedy by signposting and information sharing if we are unable to assist when beneficiaries need support outside our remit.
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Trustees' Report (continued)
CPF Appointments are booked for Wednesdays 2 – 4pm. We envisage to change the appointment booking times to a whole day, depending on the beneficiaries’ needs.
For this financial year (62) Booked appointments was provided with pre-existing beneficiaries of 12 and 11 new clients
Easy Read and Communication project
This report will highlight what Camden People First’s (CPF) Easy Read group have been doing in the period of April 2023 to March 2024. In our last Easy Read report, we mentioned we would like to continue to put ourselves out there in search for more Easy Read opportunities. We were able to achieve this by taking part in zoom meetings and helping out with Easy Read documents where we can. We have also achieved this by our continuous monthly newsletter uploads, in which we talk about worldwide news and important updates on what is going on around us, mentioning activities and fun day’s out that people with learning difficulties can take part in and be informed about. Further to this, we were able to take part in a photoshoot with Photo symbols, which will go on their website for everyone to use and help people with learning difficulties to better understand documents more. We have also been working hard to perfect the CPF website, ensuring it is in the greatest form of Easy Read with no jargon. We have created separate sections of referral to make it easier for people with learning difficulties to refer themselves for help and have ensured the “Recite Me” function is in use to help those who are not able to read. Additionally, we have been uploading our monthly newsletters to our website, ensuring accessibility for those who may not have access to the other social media platforms we post them on.
As last year’s report was from April 2022 – March 2023, some of the projects we mentioned in our last report have overlapped as we worked on the Victoria Stuart project in to May 2023. The members enjoyed this greatly as the team from Kingston University visited our office and played interactive games with our members. They spoke about the importance of people with learning difficulties having a say in their own end-of-life care planning, which was a touchy subject for the members, but was an important discussion as it allowed members to understand they too are able to make their own decisions on this matter. We have also continued to work closely with University College London Hospital (UCLH), providing them with our videography and photogenic expertise.
Further to this, CPF Easy Read team have been working hard with someone from Cambridge University on Easy Read projects, reviewing documents together via zoom and informing them of any jargon or misunderstood images in the documents provided. The documents worked on were all medical issues, including gallstones, heavy periods and varicose veins. Members were awarded vouchers at the end of the sessions and it is clear they enjoyed the zoom meetings as they constantly asked whether a new topic we can all work on may arise. With members and trustee meetings also recommencing, the Easy Read team have been putting together invitations, agenda’s and minutes from previous meetings into Easy Read. Lastly, this year members also worked hard on CPF’s internal policies, creating Easy Read versions of them as requested in the QPM award for CPF advocacy project. Once passed the online stage, a site visit took place in which members were interviewed to see whether CPF would get the qualification or not. Members were excited to express all the work they have done for CPF and why we deserve the award.
For the next year, we plan to continue to promote and create Easy Read documents in hope that we will accumulate more funding for Camden People First.
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Trustees' Report (continued)
Advice and Advocacy
Our free Advocacy Support at Camden People First (CPF) has branched out as a separate project for our provision for people with a learning disability
With additional financial support from a new benefactor Julia and Hanns Raus CPF has been able to separate our welfare benefit support from our Free independent advocacy service. This has enabled CPF to be more specific with the support we provide for people with learning disabilities.
Most of our Service Users have a global learning disability with CPF’s remit for advocacy support depending on the local council’s definition of a learning disability. This is defined as those usually with an IQ below 70, slow development in speech and understanding with the onset from childhood leading to a lasting effect on development.
CPF’s Advocacy support is independent of any connection to any governing bodies, such as the council, schools and other practises, though we do interact on a professional basis with many agencies, we are free from becoming embroiled in conflicts of interest.
To summarise this Introduction CPF with the support of funding from Julia Hans and Raus has made a great impact on our advocacy project
e.g. We have increased our office opening int times from 2 days to 3 days a week, which enable us to provide more support for individuals in need.
We have also increased our volunteer numbers, alongside with our voluntary Bengali translator we have included two volunteer receptionists. One with a learning disability and the other from the Bengali community. The latter has been quite helpful in taking details from our Bengali Drop-ins enquiring about our Advocacy service.
For this financial year:
CPF have provided Independent Advocacy Support 169 times to 49 of individuals with a learning disability during the financial year 2023 to 2024.
CPF Advocacy support includes, drop-ins, telephone support, outreach support, information sharing, signposting and referral internally and externally. With the support from Camden council CPF has had the opportunity to invest in a database named Plinth (formerly known as Time to Spare) which is a pathway for most of our referral cases as well as our website. CPF advocacy support is case note focussed which adhere to the Advocacy Charter of National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTI)
The Table below indicates the breakdown of the demography and types of Advocacy support provided
34 were Female with 74 Attendances and 19 were Male with 95 Attendances
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Trustees' Report (continued)
25 Drop-ins – which include queries on legal advice, housing and rent information, updates on health conditions, concerns community projects, emotional support. With CPF telephone support line, the issues are quite similar to the queries from the Drop-in enquires. The majority of the times the first telephone call is to gather initial information which then follows onto an appointment for more in-depth support.
Types of Disability
Types of Support
22 Had a learning Disability
10 were Physically disabled
6 had mental health
2 had ADHD
2 Bi-polar
4 no learning disability
10 Needed supports around housing
7 needed information
4 were signposted
3 for Council Tax
- 3 Freedom Pass
11 Phone calls to Job Centre
2 – psychosis
2 Accompanying to the Job Centre
10 needed form filling support
12 benefit Phone calls
Ethnicity
8 - Asian/Bangladeshi
Age Group
5 - African
3 - were White
2 - Arab
1 - Afghan
1 - Black British
1 - Somali
2 - Age 16-24
2 - Age 25-29
6 - Age 30-39
3 - Age 40-49
6 - Age 50-59
1 – Ukraine
27 – Other
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4 - Age 60-69
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2 - Age 70-79
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Trustees' Report (continued)
Feedbacks (Welfare Benefits project)
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“Thank you for the £500 pounds”
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“Thank you for getting my benefits. Now I can pay my bills”
“Thanks, I really appreciate this. I was not expecting to get all this backdated”
- “£6,000 paid to me from my PIP”
Feedbacks(Easy Read and Communication project)
Feedback from easy tread editors (service users)
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- “I think it has been pretty well – I enjoy being part of the project and I want to do Easy Read more. I enjoy the projects that we do and I was part of the hate and mate crime. I like helping Angela and Raymond and I like choosing pictures to match the words. I think Easy Read is going well so there is nothing to change, except from having more outreach so we can have more deals. Easy Read has been not as busy as the start of the year but we talk about what is going on in the news and look at photos. It was good when we worked with Leila and we had to see if the pictures matched the words to help her project. We learnt about veins and varicose veins which is when your veins get big in the leg. I think that is good we learnt about it in Easy Read because when people look at the pictures they can understand it better because it is jargon.”
AD
- “Easy Read is doing really good. I like Sanjay and Raymond and Miriam helping me. I like that we made Easy Read invitations about the members meeting and the agenda. In the members meeting I like that the police came and spoke to us about not being alone in the dark if you are outside and how to keep safe. I liked making the invitation for the members meeting and the trustees meeting in Easy Read because we did not have one for a long time. It made me excited because no one could go to the office because of covid but we are allowed to come in now and see everyone. I think all the staff have done really good in Easy Read especially Miriam. She has been really good and if we didn’t have Miriam we would not have the project”.
RR
- “The Easy Read is good and it is always good when Angela, Sanjay and Jide helps. We learn about putting the pictures to match the words and that is very good. I like making the newsletters because they are lovely and it tells you about a lot of things about what is going on in the world and the different activities Camden has. We have been working on the website and it is good because we learn how to use it. It is important because we can check on the website and see what is happening. The website is in Easy Read which is good because we make it easier for people to understand”.
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Trustees' Report (continued)
Feedbacks(Advice and Advocacy)
“I wish your office is opened every day because you do very good job and you helping a lot of people” – Service user
“I really do not know what we would do without you. Thank you so much” – Service user
“I really miss coming to the office to do my job. I like when I’m helping out to do the shredding of important papers” – Service user
“I miss the disco. I wish you could start the disco again” – Service user
“I’ve only known you for 2 days, but you have done so much for me” – Service user
“Wow, this is good. You don’t usually get phone calls from people wanting to help you” – Service user
“I wish I’d known the advocate all this time. She is very helpful and she listened to my problem and supported me and my son to make sure our gas and electric bill was sorted” – Service user
“I am so grateful that you found an art class for my daughter. I’ve been asking social services to find something for my daughter to involved in – Service user’s mum
“Thank you, you are a very good organisation” – Service user
“Thank you for your information. I feel I can go ahead and do what I need to do now” – Service user
“Your advocate should be paid more” – stake
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Trustees' Report (continued)
Financial review
The Charity’s income was £ 71,451in the year ended 31 March 2024 compared to £55,689 in the year ended 31 March 2023. The total expenditure was £70,026 in the year to 31 March 2024 compared to £70,141 in the year ended 31 March 2023. The fund balance carried forward at 31 March 2024 was £ 25,371 on General Funds, £ 4,702 on Designated Funds and £4,450 on restricted funds. The full Statement of Financial Activities is set out on page 18 of these accounts.
Policy on reserves
The Board of Trustees aim to develop and maintain a level of unrestricted reserves which ensures that there are adequate funds to meet current and known future liabilities.
A formal policy on reserves will be agreed in the next financial year by the Trustees.
Reserves will be maintained at a level which ensures that Camden People First core activity could continue during a period of unforeseen difficulties.
Camden People First aims to have reserves equivalent to a minimum of 3 months core costs.
The Charity’s free reserves (funds not tied up in fixed assets or designated) stood at £25,997 (2023: £24,115) at the year end.
Investment policy and objectives
The Memorandum & Articles of Association provides that the organisation invests monies not immediately required for its own purposes in or upon such investments, securities or property, as may be thought fit. At the present time the Trustees’ policy is to maintain all such monies on deposits earning a market rate of interest.
Structure, governance and management
Nature of governing document
The organisation is a company limited by guarantee and a charity. It is operated under the rules of its memorandum and articles of association. It has no share capital and the liability of each member in the event of winding-up is limited to £1.
Recruitment and appointment of trustees
The Directors of the Company are also Charity Trustees for the purpose of Charity Law.
Under the requirements of the memorandum of Association the members of the Trustee are elected at the annual general meeting. All of the trustees are members of the company and guarantee to contribute an amount not exceeding £1 in the event of a winding up.
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Trustees' Report (continued)
Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities
The trustees (who are also the directors of Camden People First for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the trustees' report and the financial statements in accordance with the United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice) and applicable law and regulations.
Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under company law the trustees must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:
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select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently;
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observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;
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make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
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state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and
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prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charitable company will continue in business.
The trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the charitable company's transactions and 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.
APPROVAL
Approved by the trustees of the charity on 18 December 2024 and signed on its behalf by:
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Independent Examiner's Report to the trustees of Camden People First
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2024 which are set out on pages 18 to 28
Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner
As the charity’s trustees of Camden People First (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 Camden People First 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 charity’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
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:
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accounting records were not kept in respect of Camden People First as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or
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the accounts do not accord with those records; or
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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
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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.
...................................... Morlai Kargbo, FCCA Managing Director Moracle Limited Chartered Certified Accountants & Registered Auditors 960 Capability Green Luton, England, LU1 3PE United Kingdom
18 December 2024
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Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 (Including Income and Expenditure Account and Statement of Total Recognised Gains and Losses)
| Note Income and Endowments from: Donations and legacies 2 Charitable activities 3 Other trading activities 4 Total income Expenditure on: Charitable activities 5 Total expenditure Net income/(expenditure) Net income/(expenditure) before transfers Reconciliation of funds Total funds brought forward Total funds carried forward 13 |
Unrestricted Funds £ 12,250 - 12,250 10,737 10,737 1,513 1,513 29,560 31,073 |
Restricted funds £ - 59,201 - 59,201 59,289 59,289 (88) (88) 4,538 4,450 |
Total 2024 £ 12,250 59,201 71,451 70,026 70,026 1,425 1,425 34,098 35,523 |
Total 2023 £ 13,860 41,829 - 55,689 (70,140) (70,140) (14,451) (14,451) 48,549 34,0988 |
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All of the charity's activities derive from continuing operations during the above two periods.
The notes form part of the financial statements.
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(Registration number: 05562231)
Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2024
| 2024 | 2023 | ||
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| Note | £ | £ | |
| Fixed assets | |||
| Tangible assets | 11 | 374 374 |
374 |
| Current assets | |||
| Debtors | 1,039 1,039 |
1,039 | |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 43,354 | 61,552, | |
| Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year | 12 | (9,244) | (28,867) |
| Net current assets | 35,149 | 33,724 | |
| Net assets | 35,523 | 34,098 | |
| Funds of the charity: | |||
| Restricted funds | 4,450 | 4,538 | |
| Unrestricted income funds | |||
| General funds | 26,371 | 24,489 | |
| Designated funds | 4,702 | 5,071 | |
| Total funds | 13 | 35,523 34,098 | 35,523 34,098 |
For the financial year ending 31 March 2024 the charity was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies. Directors' responsibilities:
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The members have not required the charity to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476; and
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The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
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These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
The financial statements on pages 18 to 28 were approved by the trustees, and authorised for issue on 18 December 2024 and signed on their behalf by:
The Notes form part of the financial statements
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Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
1 Accounting policies
Summary of significant accounting policies and key accounting estimates
The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below.
These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated.
Statement of compliance
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). They also comply with the Companies Act 2006 and Charities Act 2011.
Basis of preparation
Camden People First meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy notes.
Income and endowments
All income is recognised once the charity has entitlement to the income, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount of the income receivable can be measured reliably.
Expenditure
All expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to that expenditure, it is probable settlement is required and the amount can be measured reliably. All costs are allocated to the applicable expenditure heading that aggregate similar costs to that category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated on a basis consistent with the use of resources, with central staff costs allocated on the basis of time spent, and depreciation charges allocated on the portion of the asset’s use. Other support costs are allocated based on the spread of staff costs.
2 Income from donations and legacies
Unrestricted
| Donations and legacies: Donations from individuals |
funds General £ 12,250 12,250 |
Total 2024 £ 12,250 12,250 |
Total 2023 £ 13,860 |
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| 13,860 |
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Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
3 Income from charitable activities
| Covid 19 Support Fund /National Lottery Julia And Hans Rausing Trust - Advocacy And Welfare Benefit Project Camden Council Welfare Benefit Support Project Camden Council ODF Capacity 2023 Camden Council (LCIL346) - Easy Read Camden Council – Advice and Advocacy City Bridge Trust – London Community Somers Town Big Local (Community Chest) 4 Income from other trading activities Trading income; Other trading income |
Restricted funds - 20,000 10,000 5,000 22,486 - - 1,715 |
Total 2024 - 20,000 10,000 5,000 22,486 - - 1,715 |
Total 2023 10,000 - - - - 10,000 21,829 - |
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| 59,201 | 59,201 | 41,829 | |
| Unrestricted funds General £ - - |
Total 2024 £ - - |
Total 2023 £ - |
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Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
5 Expenditure on charitable activities
| Direct Costs Staff costs Allocated support costs 6 Analysis of support costs Support costs allocated to charitable activities Charitable Costs Governance Costs |
Governance costs £ - 1,560 1,560 |
Staff costs £ - - - |
Note 6 Office Costs £ 6,658 - 6,658 |
Unrestricted Funds £ 680 3,861 6,107 10,648 Premises costs £ 9,442 - 9,442 |
Restricted funds £ 9,572 37,849 11,868 59,289 Other support costs £ 315 - 315 |
Total 2024 £ 10,341 41,710 17,975 70,026 Total 2024 £ 16,415 1,560 17,975 |
Total 2023 £ 8,315 42,384 19,442 |
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| 70,141 | |||||||
| Total 2023 £ 17,882 1,560 |
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| 19,442 |
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Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
7 Net income/(expenditure)
Net income/(expenditure) for the year include:
| Net income/(expenditure) for the year include: | ||
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| 2024 | 2023 | |
| £ | £ | |
| Depreciation of fixed assets | - | 375 |
| Independent Examiner fees | 1,560 | 1,560 |
8 Trustees remuneration and expenses
No trustees, nor any persons connected with them, have received any remuneration from the charity during the year.
No trustees have received any other benefits from the charity during the year.
9 Staff costs
The aggregate payroll costs were as follows:
Staff costs during the year were:
Wages and salaries including pension - £41,710 (2023: £42,384).
Average number of employees – 3 (2023:4).
No employee received emoluments of more than £60,000 during the year.
10 Taxation
The charity is a registered charity and is therefore exempt from taxation on its charitable activities.
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Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
| 11 Tangible fixed assets Cost At 1 April 2023 At 31 March 2024 Depreciation At 1 April 2023 Depreciation At 31 March 2024 Net book value At 31 March 2024 At 31 March 2023 12 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year Trade creditors |
Computer equipment £ 4,473 4,473 4,099 - 4,099 374 374 2024 £ 2,164 2,164 |
Computer equipment £ 4,473 4,473 4,099 - 4,099 374 374 2024 £ 2,164 2,164 |
Total £ 4,473 4,473 4,099 - 4,099 374 374 2023 £ 24,768 |
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| 24,768 |
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Camden People First
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
| 13 Fund summary – Current Year General Project -Easy Read CPF Social Enterprise Total Unrestricted Funds Restricted funds Julia And Hans Rausing Trust - Advocacy And Welfare Benefit Project Camden Council Resilience Fund National Lottery Reaching Community (Disability Hate & Mate Crime) (Restricted) Camden Council (LCIL346) - Easy Read Camden Council ODF Capacity 2023 Camden Council Welfare Benefit Support Project Somers Town Big Local (Community Chest) Total restricted funds Designated funds Easy Read project Total Designated funds Total funds |
Balance at 1 April 2023 £ 29,560 29,560 - 603 3,935 - - - - 4,538 5,071 5,071 34,098 |
Incoming resources £ 12,250 12,250 20,000 - - 22,486 5,000 10,000 1,715 59,201 - |
Resources expended £ (10,368) (369) (10,737) (20,000) (320) (608) (21,646) (5,000) (10,000) (1,715) (59,289) (369) (369) 70,026 |
Resources expended £ (10,368) (369) (10,737) (20,000) (320) (608) (21,646) (5,000) (10,000) (1,715) (59,289) (369) (369) 70,026 |
Transfers Balance at 31 Between funds March 2024 £ £ 1,882 29,191 - 31,073 - - - 283 - 3,327 - 840 - - - - - - - 4,450 4,702 4,702 - 35,523 |
Transfers Balance at 31 Between funds March 2024 £ £ 1,882 29,191 - 31,073 - - - 283 - 3,327 - 840 - - - - - - - 4,450 4,702 4,702 - 35,523 |
Transfers Balance at 31 Between funds March 2024 £ £ 1,882 29,191 - 31,073 - - - 283 - 3,327 - 840 - - - - - - - 4,450 4,702 4,702 - 35,523 |
Transfers Balance at 31 Between funds March 2024 £ £ 1,882 29,191 - 31,073 - - - 283 - 3,327 - 840 - - - - - - - 4,450 4,702 4,702 - 35,523 |
Transfers Balance at 31 Between funds March 2024 £ £ 1,882 29,191 - 31,073 - - - 283 - 3,327 - 840 - - - - - - - 4,450 4,702 4,702 - 35,523 |
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| - | 31,073 | ||||||||||
| - - - - - - - - |
- 283 3,327 840 - - - 4,450 4,702 4,702 35,523 |
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| - | (369) 70,026 |
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| 71,451 | - |
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Camden People First
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
| 13.1 Fund summary – Prior Year General CPF Social Enterprise Restricted funds National Lottery Fund - Disability Hate & Mate Crime Camden Council Advice and Advocacy City Bridge Trust Camden Council(OMD) Camden Council Resilience Fund Camden Council LCIL 346 Big Lottery -Award for All National Lottery Covid 19 Support Fund Total restricted funds Designated Funds Easy Read Project Total Designated Funds Total funds |
Balance at 1 April 2022 £ 36,369 9,116 564 2,500 - - - - 12,180 7,047 7,047 48,549 |
Incoming resources £ 13,860 - 10,000 - - 10,000 21,829 - - 41,829 - - 55,689 |
Resources expended £ 20,670 (5,181) (10,000) (564) (2500) (9,397) (21,829) - - (49,471) 1,977 1,977 70,141 |
Balance at 31 March 2023 £ 29,559 3,935 - - - 603 - - - |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,538 5,071 5,071 |
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34,098 |
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Camden People First
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
14 Analysis of net assets between funds
| Tangible fixed assets Current assets Current liabilities Total net assets |
Unrestricted funds £ - 31,073 - 31,073 |
Restricted funds £ 374 13,320 (9,244) 4,450 |
Total funds £ 374 44,393 (9,244) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 35,523 |
15 Related party transactions
There were no related party transactions in the current and previous year.
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