Report of the Trustees and Unaudited Financial Statement for the Year Ended 31st March 2021 For Tees Valley Durham and North Yorkshire Neurological Alliance
Registered Charity 1119043
LYONS & CO LTD
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS
STOCKTON-ON-TEES
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Tees Valley Durham and North Yorkshire Neurological Alliance
Contents of the Financial Statement For the Year Ended 31st March 2021
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| Reference and administration | 2 |
| Report of the Trustees | 3 |
| Accountants Report | 4 |
| Balance Sheet | 5 |
| Detailed statement of financial activities | 6 |
| Notes to the accounts | 7 |
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Tees Valley Durham and North Yorkshire Neurological Alliance Report of the Trustees For the year ended 31st March 2021
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Registered Charity number
1119043
Principal Address
Acklam Green Centre Stainsby Road Middlesbrough TS5 4JS
Trustees
Verona Butler Eric Charlton Vice Chair Christine Harling Giles Hudson Stephanie Kilinç Andrew Lewis David Mudd Chairman Diane Williams Gordon Williams
Vice Chair
STRUCTURE GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Governing Document
The Charity is governed by its governing document, a deed of Trust and constitutes an unincorporated charity.
RISK MANAGEMENT
The Trustees have a duty to identify and assess the risks to which the charity is exposed and to ensure appropriate controls are in place to provide reasonable assurance against fraud and error.
OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
Aims of the Charity are;
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To create and sustain an environment where no one will face a neurological condition alone
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To create and sustain an environment where people with neurological conditions can engage as equal partners and make their views known
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To be a leading creditable channel of communication, influence and support between people with neurological conditions, commissioners and service providers
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To be a collaborative partnership to improve local services for people affected by neurological conditions
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Tees Valley Durham and North Yorkshire Neurological Alliance Report of the Trustees For the year ended 31st March 2021
OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
To sustain a comprehensive blend of income sources from fees, donations, grants and sponsorship to deliver information, advocacy, education programme and peer support.
ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE
We have doubled income on 2019-20 and improved the Head of Operations salary to ensure the survival of our beneficiaries during the Covid-19 pandemic. We have been recognised as a Disabled Persons Organisation (DPO) through a grant, but regular donations from collection boxes, events and fees from the education programme at Teesside University have been dramatically impacted by the lockdown. We have sustained our obligation to the support needs of our beneficiaries with regular bulletins, problem-solving through ‘guarantee of disability’ letters for external agencies and hidden disability visors and lanyards and moved peer support on-line. We were exceptionally pleased to receive a thank you for our incredible support and service during the early months of the pandemic from her Majesty’s County Durham Lord Lieutenant, Mrs Sue Snowdon.
From lobbying about strategic inclusion of the neurological client group in the formation of the Integrated Care Systems (ICS), we are now collaborating on the mental health needs of the client group and our Open Door series of resources is recognised and included on the new ICS website. We contributed to the Youth Justice System consultation on neuro-diversity and continue to advocate for the neuro-diverse client group, particularly Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. Demand for our advocacy service continues to rise, particularly for support during Personal Independence Payment application, review or appeal processes.
We had good representation at Durham, Teesside and Sunderland Universities for our lived experience sessions to over 450 students prior to the pandemic, but have delivered an on-line programme during lockdown.
We are indebted to our volunteers who have engaged with on-line training to improve delivery of peer support and achieve our objectives in the past challenging 12 months.
Thank you to all our stakeholders who have supported this very determined Charity.
On behalf of the Trustee Board;
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Mr D Mudd - Chair of Trustees
24 February 2022
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INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES ON THE UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF Tees Valley Durham and North Yorkshire Neurological Alliance FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021
We report on the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 set out on pages four to seven.
Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner
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(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is required.
Having satisfied ourselves that the charity is not subject to audit under company law and is eligible for independent examination, it is our responsibility to:
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examine the accounts under Section 145 of the 2011 Act
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to follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission (under Section 145 (5)(b) of the 2011 Act): and
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to state whether particular matters have come to our attention.
Basis of the independent examiner's report
Our examination was carried out in accordance with the 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 you as 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
In connection with our examination, no material matters have come to our attention which gives us cause to believe that in, any material respect:
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the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
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the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
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the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 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.
We 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.
Lyons & Co Ltd 23 Yarm Road Stockton-on-Tees TS18 3NJ
24 February 2022
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Tees Valley Durham and North Yorkshire Neurological Alliance
BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 MARCH 2021
| Notes Current assets Cash and bank Creditors:amounts falling due within one year Net assets Funds Balance brought forward Surplus for year 6 Total funds |
2021 £ Unrestricted 12,272 12,272 (780) 11,492 1,529 9,963 11,492 |
2020 £ Unrestricted 1,529 1,529 - 1,529 - 1,529 1,529 |
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The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees on 24 February 2022 and were signed on its behalf by:
Mr D Mudd Chair of Trustees
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Tees Valley Durham and North Yorkshire Neurological Alliance Detailed statement of Financial Activities For the year ended 31st March 2021
| Incoming Resources Voluntary Income Contributions Hmrc grant Membership subscriptions Fees Total incoming resources Resources Expended Wages Administration costs (Volunteer and Work from home allowance) Other resources expended Travelling expenses Office consumables, IT, telephone, DBS Publications Membership fees (digital fundraising) Room hire Website costs Insurance Accountancy Total resources expended Surplus Funds |
Restricted £ - 14,750 - - - 14,750 13,785 - 13,785 - 365 - - 600 - - - 965 14,750 - |
Unrestricted £ 11,181 500 9,400 300 380 21,761 8,837 674 9,511 68 200 849 - 260 130 - 780 2,287 11,798 9,963 |
2021 £ 11,181 15,250 9,400 300 380 36,511 22,622 674 23,296 68 565 849 - 860 130 - 780 3,252 26,548 9,963 |
2020 £ 3,717 11,103 - 430 1,080 16,330 10,950 1,789 12,739 1,126 494 780 72 350 450 319 - 3,591 16,330 - |
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Tees Valley Durham and North Yorkshire Neurological Alliance Notes to the accounts For the year ended 31st March 2021
2021 £
| Grants received Hmrc grant County Durham community foundation Ground work UK Albert Hunt SP Middlebrough council Disability action |
9,400 5,000 500 1,000 5,000 3,750 24,650 |
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Grant finders recognised the problems and restrictions created by the pandemic and were happy to extend any deadlines previously imposed. All commitments to the reporting process were completed on time.