## **Connors Toy Libraries** 


Registered Charity No. 1129353 Company Number 6872236 

## **Annual Report And Accounts** 

**2020-2021** 



Tru5tee5 Annual Report 202￿21
This was a ver), dilricult )"ear due to the Covid pandemic Th'ith the rlosurH •MJ yafery rEqufftA
restricling our service. reducing income and leading to uncenainlj. alxmrt our service in the fuwre Th¢
Trusiees would like to thank Ihe staff for their commitment and contin￿￿ wiKk this
period.
We have continued io provide a service for families in Portsmouth w'ith 73 adults and 85 chif&en
the few groups we were able to pui on briefl), and 129 adul￿ and 172 children rece¥hing ourrtsKh Jwrt
with an additional 100 individual families receiving earl!. intervention. We contin￿￿ to thr
refuge and hostels supporting a further 21 children ￿'1th ioys & resources fof play. The Child C•Er5 Toy
Store was used by 107 members. benefitting 1196 children of which 302 have &&litionaJ needs.
Due io Covid we have had 10 put in a trdck and trace s)'stem and ensure we cornplied with s*y
regulations e.g. staff trainin& temperaiure checks. hand sanilisers. m&sk& qo(rfl h!giax ayj s￿1*1
disthncing Measures. Because we have had these measures in place we have at limes i%en the su¥Ke
allowed 10 operaie in certain venues across the cil!¥'.
We continued to deliver our service and Mere often the onl), people seeing vulnerabk familie5 btr•nt
Ihe eyes and ears for man!, oiher support services involved wilh these families.
We registered for gifi aid and received our firsi £2371.35 pal'meni in March 2021. W'e are in our thKd *e4r
of funding from the Big Lolter%' Communit!. Fund and have applied for continuaiion t"undtng from rtK•m
a funher three years. This has been successful. we are looking al ii'aN's of becomin£ sustainable in the tiirure.
We are developing a fund raising committee and will be advertising for a fund raiser ioioin the team.
We have received funding from. BBC Children in Need. Garfield Wesion. HIWCF. co￿p. M'arbtrtm.
Wave 105. Edward Gosling, Sir Jules Thom. Aviva crO￿.d Funder. Skiplon Buildink? KKiet!'. Th¢ Hiie
Hardship Fund. 'fhe Highbury Players and the Leathersellers.
We look forward to getting back to our nornial range of aciivities.
Objective and Ac¢iviti¢s
The Connors Toy Libraries were set up to:
a) A55isI in the provision of facilities and equipmeni for the ￿￿allOnaI. educaiional. Ih¢rwYuti&
leisu￿ time o¢cupaiion of .
l. Children.
2. Child and adult carers of persons who are disabled. long iemi sick or eldirl!.
3. Disabled. lon8 iern) sick and elderly persons in receipt of care.
In the interests of social welfare with the obje¢1 of improving their coiidilion% ol. lili.
b) to promote better care and upbringing of children.
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l•dependeni Fi*miner'$ Report lo ihe Tru.stees of
The Conn()rs Librarie.q
I r¢p>rt on the of the COn￿V.￿ Ti)!. Librnrie8 fi)r Ihe )'ear ended .1 l March 2021 which arc sct oul
R¢spe<tive rtspp&sibiliti¢s of irnstees tiamiTher
the tsitV"s rnisie¢5 are responsible t.or Ihe preparnlion of the accounts; you considcr Ihal the audit
rwu1￿mtht ot section 4 Il:) vl" the ch￿114￿ .411 1991 (The Acl) d()es noi apply. It is my responsibility to
smte. L)n the b4b"i> ot- P(ULYdurY> SP¢Lilied in Ihe ¥eneral direliions given ihe Charity commissioners under
4i17) ot the ACL ￿ts￿h<r pJrti¢ular matters have Lome to my allention.
B•si% of i•&penthi eJamiDer's ￿port
¥ tyamtnation carried oth in accordance i•¥iih the general direction given by the charity
commissioners. .4n e.xamination inLludei a ￿%.]¢￿ of the accounting records kepi by the Charity and
CLYnpgrtsiM of the acc(xtnts presenied ￿7th ihose records. li a150 includes consideration of any unusual ilems
dibLlosures in the account& and seeking explanations from vou as Irustees concerning any such matters.
The proLedurts und¢rtsk"en do nol proi'ide all Ihe evidence thai would be required in an audit, and
Consequentlv I do not ¢XFress an audil opinion on ihe vieii. given by the accounts.
l*JeodeJt exxmftD¢r's stxtemenl
tn eonnectiffl v4.ith MT• &xamination. no matter has come to my attention:
ich giites me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirement
To keep &¢ounting records in accordance w'ith seciion 41 of the Act.. and
To pre￿￿ accounts wthi¢h accord with the accounting records and to comply with accounting requirements
ofthe A
Hav¢ rKrt becn met:
(k to **thich. in mv opinion. attenlion should be drdwn in order to enable a proper understanding of ihe
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