HARMOMY YOUTH PROJECT ANNUAL REPORT FOR YEAR 2020 ## CHARITY NUMBER 1129290 COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER 6054333 ## TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT YEAR ENDED 30[th] JUNE 2020 The trustees, who are also Directors for the purposes of the Companies Act, have pleasure in presenting their report and the unaudited financial statements of the charity for the year ended 30[th] June 2020. LEGAL STATUS: Harmony Youth Project is a registered charity (number 1129290) incorporated under The Companies Act 2006 as a charity limited by guarantee and not having a share capital. OBJECTIVES OF HARMONY YOUTH PROJECT: To assist young people, especially those who are disadvantaged in the borough of Bolton and the surrounding areas in realising their true potential through the medium of creative of arts and sports. ORGANISATION: The Management Board comprises of six elected members. A copy of the full report can be obtained from the Company Secretary at the registered office. TRUSTEE'S RESPONSIBILITIES: Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity at the end of the year and of the incoming and outgoing recourses for the year then ended. In preparing those financial statements, the trustees are required to select suitable accounting policies and them consistently, making judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent. The trustees must also prepare financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue its activities. The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. The trustees 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. The trustees who served the charity during the period were as follows: John Hynes Brett Pemberton Saleem Atcha Leah Elcock Ian Read Rachel Crowe ## Chairman’s Report 21/03/2021 Our year at Harmony has been a good year, which has helped us to achieve our aims and improve our financial income in comparison to our previous year. Our previous year was quite a challenge financially and this year has proved that obtaining funding has become more achievable, even though feedback from funders indicates that funding has never been sought after so much and the amount of applications are overwhelming to funding organisations equating to funding organisations dedicating themselves to the very best of projects, or sharing a lesser amount usually to particular regions. This of course means that Harmony has proven itself by acquiring funding throughout the year from numerous organisations based on our excellent projects and giving value for money. Our volunteering staff are professional and competent in many roles including Youth Counsellor, photographer, videographer, sports coach, music producer and artist, along with handling day to day tasks including administration, financial and project management. We are very proud that we are at the heart of our community and have been since 2001, we are also proud to be part of a substantial support network including Bolton Council, Bolton CVS, Bolton Youth Offenders Team, Bolton Jobcentre and Bolton constabulary, Clarion Futures along with many local business’s. Harmony has extended its outreach within the community and now delivers basic needs food parcels and clothing to those that are in need. We offer educational projects to numerous primary schools within Bolton with an excellent record, we are currently in operation of projects funded by Bolton Council, Clarion Housing, JD Foundation, each project serving the young people our area and the community at large. In house we continue to welcome young people particularly those with issues ranging from anxiety to drug or alcohol miss use, we differ from the standard youth club centre where our visitors are invariably those who lack trust in the system, those who would not normally attend mainstream institutions and have a stained past or bad record in society. We at Harmony have a non judgmental attitude and provide a pathway for insight to personal issues by offering interests to suit a wide range of tastes, one of which are our three music recording studios, sport, dance and filmmaking Within our very busy weeks, we still manage to acquire volunteers and come up with exciting project ideas to approach funders with, since the time of writing the Government has lifted the social lockdown rule due to COVID-19 virus which has meant that all our funding requests have been restarted therefore we are slowly regaining normal service. The projects that where currently paused have been resumed, along with new and exciting projects both inhouse and in the community, we still have our centre which is fully manned and there to assist those in need in relation to guidance after the lockdown, assisting with benefits, food and lodging. While many charities and community groups having to close their doors permanently, I am confident that Harmony can continue to provide excellence in its support of the community built on its years of experience with young people and its validity amongst the organisations, business’s and the people of Bolton. We will continue to provide quality service, secure our reputation and remain a hub in serving our community. Mr John Hynes (Chairman of Harmony youth project). ## **20 years of Harmony Youth Project** Harmony Youth Project was established in 2001 and was the vision of one man, Mr Charlie Barrett. 20 years later it has a rich history of supporting young people of all ages to improve their quality of life and becoming a valuable member of our community and society. Harmony started at Hibbert St. community centre but it soon became apparent that the place was too small for the amount of young people wanting to attend Harmony, Charlie responded to the demand by renting the top floor of an old mill in Wordsworth Street Halliwell and opened it as a media centre where the young people could have a safe and secure place to go, this would become the home of Harmony Youth Project for the next twenty years. Harmony, a registered charity and state-of-the-art Youth Centre in the heart of Bolton for 8 to 19 year olds, is open 7 days a week, 52 weeks of the year, offering an exciting range a of targeted and universal provisions including music production, film making, photography, sports, arts, mentoring and community outreach work, all our activities and opportunities are available to all young people across Bolton and Greater Manchester. Here’s to another twenty years! ## **Keep Harmony In Bolton** In May 2021 it will be Harmony Youth Projects 20 year anniversary. We are very proud of the work and positive influences and changes we have made in Bolton. We have always worked with the most deprived and disadvantaged people while doing positive projects and initiatives, engaging with a wide range of diverse groups of people which represent the Bolton community. We have achieved many successes in our 20 year journey and we believe we have helped change the face of youth and community work not just in Bolton but in the North West. We have strived to build bridges and strong community links in some of the most deprived wards in the Bolton area. Using music and other art mediums we have embraced the many multicultural differences and helped people to see the true positives of living in a diverse community. We like so many businesses, charities and organisations, have struggled financially over the duration of the pandemic. We now have genuine fears and concerns for our charities survival as since March 2020 we have lost all contracts with schools and other youth provisions as they have had to close. This represents our main source of income and we believe that our charity is a very special one, providing services like no other in this town. Therefore, we are asking anyone has been involved with Harmony to help us through this crisis enabling the charity to continue to serve the community of Bolton. If you are one of the many thousands of people who have been positively affected by the charity over the last 20 years please help in any way you can. ## **Harmony In The Community** This is a new initiative to help vulnerable families who are suffering due to the current climate, working in close proximity with our partners and their generosity, we are able to supply these families with food hampers with enough food in them to last them a week and ensure they have something to eat. Over 250 families have benefited from this ongoing project through the Bolton area. Harmony in the community also acts as a hub which offers, help, support and advice by signposting to other agencies so that we can broaden the level of support and make clients more aware of the help that is available within Bolton. We also offer a one to one counselling service free of charge and strictly confidential for anyone who is in need of help. ## **After School Club** Children are now able to come to our after school club as soon as possible each day. Children can freely play and take advantage of the centres facilities including dance floor craft and chillout areas. A snack bag is available supplied by Homeless Aid UK for each child who attends the after school club on a rolling snack basis so children can decide when to eat. Healthy Eating Guidelines are followed and each bag includes wraps or sandwiches with cheese or meat, vegetables, fruit, fresh orange juice and yoghurt. ## **Harmonize Youth Club** Harmonize is our exciting new modernised youth group at Harmony youth centre and is aimed at eight to fifteen year olds, and runs every Friday 6pm till 9pm. We use Music, Dance and Crafts as a tool to directly engage with young people giving them a platform to express themselves. We are holding fortnightly dance themed events at our centre in Halliwell where we provide a safe and secure space with music DJ’s, MC’s open mic, food, tuckshop lighting effects, pool, free WIFI, X- Box chill out area, all supervised by trained staff. ## **New Partner JD Sports Foundation** After the BBC and ITV news reports, I was contacted by JD Sport representative, who offered us a 2-year partnership to support us with funding and donations of equipment to help create a positive relationship with our youngsters. True to their word, they supplied us with a number of JD goody bags, which contained Nike and Adidas backpacks and baseball caps to hand out to our young people. ## **Bolton at Home** We have secured funding from Bolton at Home to enable us to continue to help disadvantaged young people and also struggling families through these difficult times. What does the funding mean to Harmony; As a youth support organisation, we have a duty of care and aim to achieve our goals by reaching out to young people to give positive links to information, opportunities, that they would not otherwise have access to. We have the space at our youth centre to accommodate many different groups, and we feel by bring our community together we can share the fun thing as well as help, support and advice. We will provide young people with access to counselling, information, support, and advice enabling them to grow in confidence and reach their true potential. This service will help break down barriers through information and education give young people the opportunity to embrace the cultures and backgrounds of Bolton's multi cultural and diverse community ## **The Limelight project** We would like to introduce you to our Limelight Club. We offer this club to all the children in the Bolton and Greater Manchester area. We already work with schools in Bolton including projects developed with St Ethelbert’s. At the moment due to the covid situation we are unable to work in schools, so our project with schools have been put on hold. We will continue to run the project at our centre and offer all our young performers the opportunity to grow and learn with our professionally trained staff. The Limelight project is aimed at young people from 8-13 we hope to instil a fun and exciting way to develop musical talent, while encouraging a sense of discipline and focus. Our team have a range of experience within the music industry and skills to help develop our young people’s knowledge of music and performance skills. The skills we can offer to young people will include breathing and breath control, help to develop singing in key, harmonies, and a sense of timing and rhythm, we will work with individual or through collaboration with others. ## **Summerzone 21** Summerzone is an innovative project for children aged 5-18 that we have run for 20 years and is one of our most popular annual events. Designed to run during the school holidays, it would be ideal for children from families with low incomes from Halliwell and surrounding area. The project will be advertised across our social media platform as well as across our contacts and networks to inform children who otherwise may not have the opportunities that we offer here at Harmony, it will be also advertised in local chip shops, cafes etc. It will take place Monday – Friday (9-3pm) at our youth and media centre in Halliwell, Bolton and will provide a range of activities for young people delivered by a professional youth workers and volunteers. The day consist of a morning and afternoon session and would feature Pool/Ping Pong/Table Football competitions, Big Screen Movies & Xbox, Art's and Crafts, Indoor Games, Karaoke and DJ Workshops, Instrument tuition including Guitar, Piano drums and percussion training. Hot and cold food and drinks, Party games and activities All carried out by professional experienced fully DBS certified staff. ## **Satellite Projects** We are in the process of running bespoke projects and workshops at other centres throughout the Bolton areas that will help and encourage the positive interaction between a wide and diverse group of young people from various cultures and backgrounds. We at Harmony believes there are no greater mediums that can motivate and inspire young people than the arts, sports and recreational pursuits. There are also so many new and exciting job opportunities for young people through the social media outlet, such as marketing, design and even starting your own business in something they love to do such as makeup or gaming. With the right people providing the leadership in these fields, we believe the young people of Bolton will have much better opportunities to succeed. REGISTERED COMPAP*Y %UIIBER: 061154333 {EMgland and Il'ales) RIGISTERED CEL4￿￿, riU￿lBER. 1129290 ial StaienThts for TH Accounimg SolulioiL Suiie 7. Turner Busine&s Centre Greengaie Middldon Greater manchC￿er M?4 IRU Contents of the Financial Stsiements 2021 Page Report of th¢ Trusie¢s Sthiemeni of Financial Aciiviiies Balance Sheet Noies to the Financial Statemertts De¢ailed Sthiemeni of Financial Acliviiie5 on rt ofth Tru The who are al￿ direciors of the charity for the puw. of the Compames Aci 2(K)6. preseni their rew>rt the financial siaiements of the charity for the year ended 30 June 2021. The trnsie￿ have adopied the prokisions gf A¢¢ouniing and Rep)ning by Charities.. Stsi¢m¢ni of Recornrnended Praciice applicable io charities preparin¥ their accounLS in acc(>rdance with the Financial Rewrting Stsndard applicable in the UK and Republi¢ of Ireland IFRS 1021 (effective l January 20191. STRIICTURE. GoVERN￿NCE AND MLYAGE%IEh'T Governing d￿￿ment The charity is controlled by i¢$ goi'erning d(*umenL a deej of misl and consiiwies a limiied wmpany. limiid by guardnltt, defined by the CoTnpdnies Aci 2(M)6. RF.FERENCE ADIIINISTR4TII'E DETAILS Registered Compan). Dumber 060543J3 (England and Wales) Regl$tered Charity 1129290 Regl8tered office Unil G Wor(Lsworth Trdding Esljle Wordlwonh Slreei Boliort Greater MAnchesier BL13ND Trusiees J Hynel Tru4iee S Aicha Tru%iee L S Eltttk TNs*e Approved by Order of the t*)ard of misitts on 30 M￿h 2022 and sI￿d on its behalf by.. J H￿C5- Trustee £9J3Jb?_ Page I Hamion inancial Acti&'ities for the Ytrdr Ended 30 J 30.6.21 Unrestricted 30.6.20 Tothl funds Notes INCOI¥IE AND ENDOw￿lENTs FRO￿1 Donations and legaeies 126,083 72.980 XPENDITURE ON Raising funds 91.504 68.826 P4ET JNCOME 34.579 4.154 RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS Total fund5 brought fonvlrd 14.316 10.162 TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 48,895 14.316 The note5 forni of r]na￿la1 wiemenLS Page 2 on Youth Pro ecl 30 JLme 2021 30.6.21 Unte5triCted 30.6.20 Total funds No FIXED ASSETS Tangible &%%ei8 22,167 7,866 CU'RREIT ASSETS Cash at bank 26.728 6.450 NET CURRENT ASSETS 26.728 6.450 TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRkNT LIABII.ITIES 48,895 14,316 NF.T ASSETS 48.895 14,316 FUNDS U1￿￿1￿(1ed fund 48.895 14,316 TOTAL FUNDS 4%.1195 14,316 The charitable company Tg eniiiled to ciempiion from audit UTth Seetion 477 of the compani￿ Act 2006 for the year ended 30 June 2021. The membeT%' have noi required the company io obtsin an audii of its ftnancial statements for the year ended 30 June ?021 in accordance with Stttion 476 of ihe Companies Act ?(Kkn. The tnLSttts acknowledge Iheir resw)tLsibiliiies for lal en%uring Ihai the Chantsble company keeps Acc￿nI]ll8 records that comply with Se¢ii¢)ns 386 and 387 of the Companie4 Act ?(K)6 and prq￿ring financial %tsiem¢ni$ which give ¥ tn￿ and fair view of the ￿al¢ of affairs of Ihe charitable company as ai ihe end of C￿h financial year and of iLs w4)Iws or defi¢ii for each financial year in accordance with th¢ requiremLY)Ib of Seciions 394 and 395 and which oil*rwi%e cornply with the requirernent% of the C¢)mpanies Act 2006 relatin8 to financial qtsiemenL%. so far a% wppli¢abl¢ io ihe ¢hariiable company. (bl The%e financial siaiements have teen prepared in aCcorda￿t with the provision5 applicable to charitable companie5 ¥ubj￿1 (o the small companies regime. The financial staleEnents were atvroved by the Board of TnL$l￿ and aud¥)rised for issue on 30 March 2022 and we igned on ILS behalf by.. J Hyne5- Trustee £918 /zo2 The noies fonn olihese r]nawi81 stsiements Page 3 Financi the Y Ended 30 June 2 ACCOUNTING POLICIES B*sl$ of preparlng ihe fmaDtial st#ternents The f￿ancial statements of the ehan'thble company, which is a public benefit entsty under FRS 102, have been pryed in accordance the ChaTilies SORP IFRS 1021 'Accounting and Rew)rting by Chariiies.. Statement tsf Recommended PTa¢iice appltcable to ¢harilie% PTepanng their accoun15 in accordance M'ith the Financial Reporting Stsndard applicable in the UK and Republic of ITeland IFRS 1021 leffeciive l January 20191,, Financwl ReFOrting Stsndard 102 The Financial RewFrting Stsndard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland, and the Companie4 Act 21Kk6. The fmancial slalemenL¥ haie been prepared under the hi¥iorical cost conventkon. Income All income is recognised in th¢ Stai¢meni of Financial Aciiviti¢S OTKe the chan'ry has enuilement io the filnds. it is probable the inwme will ￿ receii'ed and the am04mi Can be M￿SUred reliably. Expendlturt Liabiliiie% ar¢ recognised as ex￿T￿lityr¢ as scK)n as there is a legal OT coTrswuciive obligaiion commining the chariiy io thai eXp￿t￿re. li i% probable thai a tsatLsfer of economic bth*fiL% will be requlred in *ettlemeni and the amouni of ihe obligation can ￿ me&4ured reliably. ExpeTKlilure is act￿nted for on an ac£ruals b&4i4 and h& been cl&￿5]rIed under headings thai aggr¢gate all cosi relai¢d 10 the caiegory. Whcrc COSLS caDnoi be dirc¢ily aitribul¢d to pthicular he*]￿gS they have been all(￿led io aciiviiies on a t•SiS COTh4iSteni with the use of rewurces. T8nglbl¢ fixcd 85sel$ DL¥￿latiOn 1% proi'ided ai the following annual Nes in order ￿ wri* off each a￿1 over IL$ &siimated use￿] Taxatlon The eharity ].% exempt from eorwratiort tax on its eharitable aetiviti¢5. Fund accounting u]￿estn eci for Ihe Year Ended 30 June 2021 30.6.21 30.6.20 INCOME AND ENDOIVMLNTS DonatlOn5 #Thd l¢g*cies Donaiions 126.083 72.980 Total SncDmiDg resources 126.083 72.980 EXPENDITURE Suppori ¢￿t$ Management Se%sion worker Other operdtin¥ lea5ts Rate% and wat¢r In%uTance Lighi and heat Telephone Po4tage S￿lI0￿Cry Sundrie Moior expenses R¢pairs gnd rerKM•ls 47,1123 9.163 2.857 5,076 28.549 1,821 2.806 3.726 42 808 4,735 3,884 147 ,829 37 3.736 565 259 3.180 12,658 266 5.397 Fixwres aThJ fiiiings Compuier equipment 91.124 63,615 Flnanee Bank char¥¢5 380 5.211 Toial resources eXF￿￿ed 91.504 68,826 Nel in¢ome 34,579 4,154 This page d(Ks not fonn part of the ststuiory fllwKial staternents Page 8 tai f r the Yedr En(kd 30 June 20?1 ACCOLJThTLYG POLICIES Basis of preparing ihe financial yiaiemenis The fujancial siaieTneni& of the charirable company. which is a public benefit entity un(kr FRS 102, hal'e been prepared in accon1a￿e with the Chan"iie% SORP IFRS 10?) 'A¢¢twniing and Rewning by Chariiies". Slaiemeni of Recommended Pwiice applicable io cban.lies pffpanng their acC(￿nl4 in a¢c