THE WOR HOOSE COMMUNITY PROJECT ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the year ended 31 March 2022 Registered Charity Number 1128032
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The Wor Hoose Community Project Annual Report and Financial Statements YE 2022 Charity No. 1128032
THE WOR HOOSE COMMUNITY PROJECT ANNUAL REPOHT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 31 March 2022
| Contents | Page |
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| Trustee’s annual report | 4 - 7 |
| Independent examiners report | 8 |
| Receipts and payments | 9-10 |
| Notes to the financial statements | 11 |
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| The Wor Hoose Community Project | Annual Report and Financial Statements YE 2022 Charity No. 1128032 |
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| Registered Charity Name | The Wor Hoose Community Project |
| Charity Number | 1128032 |
| Registered office | 31 – 33 Hexham Avenue |
| Walker | |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | |
| NE6 3AG | |
| Trustees | Linda Hellens – Chair |
| Zoey Blackburn – Treasurer | |
| Linda Williams – Secretary | |
| Sallyann Blaney – Executive Member | |
| Patricia Mitchell – Executive Member | |
| Charlene Paterson – Executive Member | |
| Independent Examiner | Julie Maxwell |
| 11 Edith Street | |
| Jarrow | |
| Tyne and Wear | |
| NE32 5HS | |
| Bankers | Barclays Bank |
| 49/51 Northumberland Street | |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | |
| NE1 7AF |
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The Wor Hoose Community Project Annual Report and Financial Statements YE 2022 Charity No. 1128032
The trustees present their report and the unaudited financial statements of the company for the year ended 31st March 2022
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS
Reference and administrative details are shown in the schedule of members of the board and professional advisers on page 3 and 4 of the financial statements.
THE TRUSTEES
The trustees who served the company during the period were as follows:
Lynda Hellens – Chair Zoey Blackburn – Treasurer Linda Williams – Secretary Sallyann Blaney – Executive Member Patricia Mitchell – Executive Member Charlene Paterson – Executive Member
Elections of our Trustees were held within our Annual General Meeting on 8th December 2022 with Linda Hellens re-appointed as our Chairperson, Zoey Blackburn re-appointed as our Treasurer and Linda Williams re-appointed as our secretary. Patricia Mitchell was elected a trustee executive member.
STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
The Wor Hoose Community Project is a registered charity, number 1128032. The charity is governed by its Constitution dated 27[th] November 2008.
Trustees and Officers (Chair, Secretary and Treasurer) are elected at the Annual General Meeting.
The Trustees work closely with project staff to deliver an achievable Business Plan to govern the Charity.
The paid staff team undertake the operational management of the organisation.
The trustees have examined the major risks, which the charity faces in relation to external factors, governance and management, internal operations and business. The trustees have considered the likelihood and the impact of risks, and continually review the systems in place to reduce those risks. The systems are being designed to provide reasonable assurance against material loss.
OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
The stated charitable objects of Wor Hoose Community Project according to its Constitution are to promote:
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The benefit of the inhabitants by providing or securing the provision of a neighbourhood centre where easy access to health information, general advice sessions, community recreational and social activities, informal education, and the like are available for the benefit of everyone living in Walker and especially those living in the Hexham Avenue Housing Estate.
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In addition, to promote such other purposes of public benefit as the trustees may from time
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to time to determine subject to the prior written consent of the charity commissioners for England and Wales.
Vision
The Wor Hoose Community Project aims to combat the challenges arising from deprivation and social exclusion in the local community through a range of high quality social, healthy living, educational, and recreational programmes. In all we do, we aim to break down barriers and reduce isolation, enabling access to learning, training and opportunities, empowering people to reach their goals.
Values
Wor Hoose’s community development and community learning practices are guided by the underlying principles and value of partnership work, needs led approach, joined-up thinking, volunteering, selfhelp, equality, community, and individual empowerment. This approach recognises the skills, assets, and the diversity of all our residents.
Review of Activities
When we think back, this last period will be remembered as a year of challenges, change and uncertainty. During 2021/2022 we remained adaptable and flexible in our way of working due to the ongoing impacts of COVID-19 still being felt. Our work focus was to implement a slow return to project bases services, as what everyone knew them as previously but also to continue to provide more outreach and home delivery services.
Our main activities throughout this period have included:
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Information and Advice Service – delivered through partnership work with Your Homes Newcastle and St Anthony’s Health Centre which ran sessions from within our project base to help with housing issues and benefit advice. The Information and Advice Service was busy, well used and much needed, offering support through appointments and drop-in sessions, supplemented by our staff team providing follow up telephone advice, outreach and home visits. 485 residents received help with filling in forms, advice on and calculating benefits, to more complex issues.
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Access to Computers, Wi-Fi and telephone – we worked with 60 residents per week to give increased neighbourhood opportunities to residents to access online services and to receive support from staff to help develop their computer skills and confidence to realise their own potential. Attendees received 1:1 support to use job centre online services, access local government employment support schemes, deal with utility issues, or to attend weekly sessions to improve basic skills or participate in small group integration learning activities to help improve confidence.
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Older People’s Support – we supported 46 older residents with a meal on wheels service 2 times per week and delivered 52 weekly food and toiletry hardship bags to those who had worries about how to properly access food, medicine or services with aid of volunteers. Our resident volunteer group developed their own befriending service to stay regularly in touch with those who reported feeling lonely or isolated. Our project also ran a programme of activities to help as many older people feel included in community life including weekly health and wellbeing classes, a book swap and library service, a lunch club, and arts and crafts and armchair fitness activities.
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- Active Families Project – we supported 56 families each week and during school holidays to learn new skills and/or become more physically active through participating in activities together to help change their attitude, improve their mental health, wellbeing, their relationships, and behaviours and embed physical activity into their routines for the long term.
Future outcomes are:
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Continue our community café luncheon club serving low-cost healthy food and activities.
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To reduce all kinds of inequality by providing activities which are fully inclusive to all.
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Work with partners to tackle hunger and improve mental health and wellbeing for all age groups.
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Reduce discrimination and breakdown barriers to assist residents to take positive changes.
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Increase participation in all levels of decision-making, volunteering and community action
We as a project are eternally grateful for everyone’s community spirit and incredible generosity in caring for friends, neighbours and strangers. At Wor Hoose Community Project, this last year called for a deep patience and a detailed attention to safety and wellbeing. We have seen this in our staff and our volunteers, all of whom have displayed a great deal of flexibility and responsiveness to changing circumstances and community needs.
FINANCIAL REVIEW
The Wor Hoose Community Projects principle-funding source is from grants. The total income for the year was £95,422 (2021: £151,159 being an decrease of 37%. This income is allocated across respective funds on the Statement of Financial Activities in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) 2005.
The Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2022 shows total funds carried forward of £76,467 (2020: £84,946) of which there are £54,543 are restricted funds.
Reserves policy
The trustees have identified the need to hold a level of uncommitted reserves of between 3 and 6 months to the total budget. At this level, the trustees feel that they would be able to continue the current activities of the charity in the event of a significant drop in funding. The level of reserves would provide the time to review services. The trustees feel that the reserves have reached a level, currently £26,270 where they should now consider seeking to increase them as they currently represent less than 4 months of the running costs.
Pay Policy for Key Management Personnel
The Trustees, who give their time freely, no trustees received remuneration in the year.
Public Benefit Statement
The trustees have referred to the Charity Commissioners guidance on public benefit when receiving the charity objectives and planning future activities. This annual report will aim to demonstrate the link between our charitable activity and how this benefits our service users.
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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER
Julie Maxwell was appointed as independent examiner for the ensuing year.
Statement of Trustee Responsibilities
The trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees' Annual Report and the Financial Statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
The trustees are required to prepare financial statements for each financial year, which show the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure of the charity for the year.
In preparing those Financial statements, the trustees are required to:
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select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
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observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;
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make judgements that are reasonable and prudent;
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state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
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prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in operation.
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records, which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities
Signed on behalf of the trustees
Trustee Name
Signature
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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES For the year ended 31 March 2022
I report on the financial statements of The Wor Hoose Community Project for the year ended 31 March 2022, which are set out on pages 10 - 11
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 the period under section 144 of the Charities Act 201 1 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to:
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examine the accounts under section 145 of the 201 1 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 201 1 Act), and
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state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
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
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
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(1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect, the requirements:
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to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act;
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to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act have not been met
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(2) to which, in in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Julie Maxwell
Independent Examiner 11 Edith Street Jarrow Tyne and Wear NE32 5HS
20/12/2022
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Receipts and Payments
| Receipts NCC Ward Activities BLF Reach Communities Awards For all National Communities Fund Mercers Groundwork Newcastle City Council Community Foundation Northumbria Police Joseph Brough Charitable Trust The Clothworks Company Independent AGE Tudor Trust Warbutons Newcastle Brown Ale Connected Voice Peoples Health Trust Law Centre Refund HMRC other Bank Interest |
Unrestricted Restricted Total Total Funds Funds 2022 2021 £ £ £ £ |
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| 1,700 1,700 400 0 18,735 0 10,000 0 27,075 40,000 40,000 0 1,000 1,000 0 0 0 2,667 6,000 8,667 22,320 5,500 5,500 12,990 0 7,120 4,500 4,500 6,600 0 3,300 0 9,640 0 0 0 0 0 0 4,000 4,000 7,900 500 6,452 6,952 7,953 0 0 19,868 19,868 15,120 3,229 3,229 2,004 7 7 2 |
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| Total Receipts | 26,270 69,152 95,422 151,159 |
| Payments General Running Costs Payroll Core Costs Examination Fees (Accounts) Equipment Charitable Activity Activities |
0 2,302 20,630 38,536 59,166 65,595 0 17,130 12,816 12,816 0 0 1,000 29,619 29,619 0 2,300 2,300 1,159 |
| Total Payments | 20,630 83,271 103,901 87,186 |
| Net of receipts (payments) Total Funds B/F Movement of Funds |
22,605 -14,119 -8,479 63,973 16,284 68,662 84,946 20973 0 0 |
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| Total Funds to Carry Forward 38,889 54,543 76,467 84,946 |
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| Cash at Bank and in hand Bank Current Account 21,998 21,998 10,484 Business Savings Account 54,469 54,469 74,462 Total Cash at Bank and in hand 76,467 0 76,467 84,946 |
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| Total Funds as at March 2022 76,467 0 76,467 84,946 |
These financial statements were approved by the members of the committee and authorised for issue on the ……………………….and are signed on their behalf by:
Director Name
Director Signature
1. Accounting Policies
The accounts have been prepared on the receipts and payments basis. An Audit is not required by the Charities constitution and has not been requested by the trustees.
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2. Movement of Major Funds
Movements of Major Funds
| Restricted Fund BLF Reach Communities Ward Committees National Communities Fund Newcastle City Council Mercers Community Foundation Northumbria Police Joseph Brough Charitable Trust The Cloth works Company Independent AGE Connected Voice Peoples Health Trust Groundwork Totals Unrestricted Funds Totals Total Funds as At 31st March 2022 |
Fund Fund balances balances Brought Incoming Resources carried Forward Resources Expended forward £ £ £ 18,735 0 18,735 0 0 1,700 1,700 0 0 0 22,320 6,000 7,587 20,733 18,334 40,000 24,525 33,809 0 5,500 5,500 0 0 0 0 4,500 4,500 0 2,300 2,300 0 0 0 0 4,000 4,000 0 6,973 6,452 13,425 0 0 1,000 1,000 0 |
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| 68,662 69,152 83,271 54,543 |
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| 16,284 26,270 20,630 21,924 |
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| 16,284 26,270 20,630 21,924 |
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| 84,946 95,422 103,902 76,467 |
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