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2022-03-31-accounts

ALIVE ACTIVITIES LIMITED ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022

Charity No. 1132708 Company No. 06989308

Contents

Trustees’ Annual Report 1 - 9
Independent Examiners Report 10
Statement of Financial Activities 11
Balance Sheet 12
Statement of Cash Flows 13
Notes to the Financial Statements 14 - 24

Alive Activities Ltd

Trustees’ Annual Report and Accounts For the Year Ended 31 March 2022

The Trustees are pleased to present their annual report together with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2022 which are also prepared to meet the requirements for a directors’ report and accounts for Companies Act purposes.

The financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Companies Act 2006, the Memorandum and Articles of Association, and 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 2019).

Aims and Objectives

Alive works to prioritise health and wellbeing into later life. We do this in four ways, by:

Thank you….

Alive depends on charitable donations to deliver its work - thank you to the many trusts and foundations, individuals and corporate supporters who enabled us to enrich the lives of so many older people this year. We are dependent on your support and without it our work simply would not be possible.

Staff and Volunteers - the Trustees recognise the huge and ongoing contribution made by Alive staff to the lives of older people in care and to their carers. We extend our gratitude to them all and acknowledge their energetic commitment to Alive’s mission, values, and work. This year, we want to acknowledge they have gone above and beyond to keep Alive going and to support older people when they needed it the most. Thank you.

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Vision and Values

Our vision

A world where older people live lives full of value, meaning and connection.

Our mission

To prioritise health and wellbeing into later life.

Our values

Our impact

Alive’s work has a positive impact on older people’s wellbeing and increases social interaction for isolated older people and supports their carers. This, in turn, enriches their lives, improves relationships between older people, care staff and carers, and creates a greater sense of community.

Full details of Alive’s activities and achievements in 2021 - 22 are set out in the annual Impact Report, available on the Alive Activities website www.aliveactivities.org

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Overview

This has again been a challenging year for Alive. We opened up our activities to face-to-face delivery postlockdown, but delivery was once more impacted with the rise in COVID cases in the Autumn-Winter of 2021 and early Spring of 2022.

Ongoing COVID concerns and continued care home closures as a result restricted our face-to-face delivery and negatively impacted on our earned income. However, we continued to provide crucial support to improve the wellbeing of older people through Alive’s activity sessions, our community gardening projects, our training, and community engagement projects.

We have been broadening our services and adapting our service delivery to provide a deeper level of support to older people, over longer periods of time, to better support their health and wellbeing. Attendees at our dementia-friendly allotment, for example, come along every week and are really seeing the benefits in terms of improved quality of life.

We continued to work in dynamic partnerships with organisations in the voluntary, public, private, and academic sectors, who share our passionate commitment to improving the quality of life for older people.

Achievements and Performance

During 2021-22, we faced the challenges of a pandemic; we continued to support the wellbeing of older people through the development and scope of Alive’s activity sessions, training, and community engagement projects.

We measure the effectiveness of our work using an evaluation framework, developed in 2015 in consultation with Willis Newson, the UK's leading arts and health consultancy, and the University of the West of England. The framework utilises a number of tools including Arts Observational Scale surveys and in-depth interviews of carers and care home staff, enabling us to evidence the impact of our work for older people. The framework provides us with the tools to measure progress on the following outcomes:

Face To Face Activity Sessions

We were able to return to delivering our face-to-face engaging activity sessions in Care Homes during 2021-22, however the emergence of new COVID variants, resulting in ongoing incidences of cases in care homes, and associated closures to external visitors, continued to affect our ability to deliver throughout the year. We delivered a total of 174 sessions, including 16 Dancing Through the Ages sessions, and supported 825 older people. We delivered a mix of guided reminiscence, music, poetry, history, creative art and digital storytelling, gentle movement and dance, gardening, and intergenerational activities.

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Community Teleconference Support

We continued to support four community Memory Café groups over the year, maintaining social support for older people too anxious to attend face-to-face activities after the pandemic. Using existing teleconference software, older people were able to access group sessions and benefit from a mixture of chat, reminiscence, storytelling and general laughter and support. In total we ran forty-eight sessions, supported 1,248 attendances, and enabled twenty-four older people to stay connected on a weekly basis. We also ran one-toone teleconference sessions for older people living alone in the community.

Tech to Connect

We continued to deliver our popular technology training sessions for older people in North Somerset, helping them to get online and use technology to stay connected, to access community services and take part in supporting activities. We delivered 70 IT training sessions during the year, reaching 200 older people.

Elders Groups

From October 2021 we supported a total of 150 older people largely from the Bristol Afro-Caribbean Community through our BME Health & Wellbeing project with three elders’ groups: Malcolm X, The Golden Agers, and the Evergreens. The project supported 95 sessions and 5,700 individual attendances over six months.

Training and support for carers

During 2021-22 Alive:

Community engagement, intergenerational, and partnership projects

Despite the challenges of the pandemic, our intergenerational work has continued to link the old and younger generations, to mutual benefit. Our #OneGoodTurn project reached and connected a total of 484 older people living in care homes with 384 young people from local schools, youth groups and families. The project delivered over fifteen different intergenerational activities, focusing on meaningful interaction and the development of friendships.

Our fortnightly intergenerational gardening sessions at our dementia-friendly allotment connected homeschooled children with older people in the local community, supporting a total of 115 people to improve their wellbeing, make new friends, and reduce social isolation whilst sharing gardening skills and growing their own fruit, vegetables and flowers at the Alive allotment.

We continued to deliver our Community Gardening Group in Lawrence Weston, connecting older people at Blaise Weston Court with their local community. We also launched a new Community Gardening Group, in partnership with the Wellspring Settlement. Based in Barton Hill the project brought people from across the community together, including old, young, refugees, and local care home residents.

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North Somerset Dementia Meeting Centre

After two years of planning, we launched our first dementia Meeting Centre in North Somerset in March, providing accessible support on a local level to help older people living with dementia, and their carers. We also secured funding to open two further Meeting Centres in Bristol and South Gloucestershire.

Alive on Demand

We continued to develop our innovative Alive on Demand streaming service, providing dementia-friendly videos to entertain, educate and engage older people and their carers and benefiting over 1,000 older people to date.

Speaking up for older people in care

We continue to take every opportunity to advocate for older people, particularly those living with dementia, whether living in care or in the community. We aim to bring about a step change in the culture of care that recognises the importance of meaningful activity, choice, and interaction for older people and prioritises those things alongside their physical care needs. We do this by:

We continued our partnerships with the Bristol Support Hub, the University of Bristol, the Wallace Collection (London), and Bristol and Weston Museums. We also continued to work in partnership with Bristol Dementia Action Alliance and the dementia research charity BRACE, as part of the Bristol Dementia Charities Network.

Our Chief Executive, Isobel Jones, is now Co-Director of the Bristol Dementia Health Integration Team (HIT) looking at the remodeling of Dementia Care within Bristol, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire. She has also presented at numerous national and regional conferences and events over the year, including the 2021 Online UK Dementia Congress, Bristol Older People’s Support Hub on Technology and Older People, National Meeting Centre Network on technology and older people and the development of Meeting Centres. Alive was also a regular contributor to Radio Bristol programming, and frequently asked to comment on older people’s issues, particularly dementia.

We worked with Bristol University on the Connecting Through Culture As We Age research project, exploring how to increase social connectivity and participation in culture for older people, in particular for disabled, Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) and socioeconomically deprived older people.

We won twice at the 2022 Markel 3[rd] Sector Care Awards in both the Dementia Care category and the Technology category with our Dementia-friendly allotment and our innovative Alive on Demand video streaming service.

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Alive Activities Ltd

Future Plans

Given the challenges of the current climate and the change of focus for Alive to support older people living in the community as well as in care homes, for the next few years we intend to focus on developing our services to reach more older people living in the community, consolidating our digital services, and developing new and diverse earned income streams to help secure the longer-term sustainability of the charity .

We plan to reach and support at least 4,800 isolated older people in 2022-23, enriching their lives and improving their health and wellbeing by engaging them in meaningful activities, connecting them to their local communities and training and supporting their carers. We plan to:

Financial Review

Alive’s total income amounted to £812,000, an increase of £254,000 over 2021; however, £224,658 of Ageing Well – Bristol, North Somerset & South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) funding was received from the NHS just days before the year-end for programmes and activities during 2022-23 so if this is excluded, total income rose by £29,400 over the previous seventeen-month period.

Total expenditure for the year rose slightly compared to the previous period, by £21,300 to £521,600. Average monthly expenditure amounted to £40,000, compared to an average of just under £30,000 in the previous period, following increases in the staff team and increased project expenditure.

There was an overall deficit of £5,600 in Unrestricted funds, a surplus of £91,500 in Other Restricted Funds, and £204,100 of Ageing Well funding was carried forward, producing an overall increase in funds of £290,000. When added to balances brought forward of £209,500 the closing balance sheet total amounted to £499,500, almost all represented by funds at our bankers. A further £116,200 of Ageing Well funding was received in the year for a project commencing in April 2022, which is carried forward as Deferred Income at 31 March.

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Reserves

The Trustees’ policy is to maintain unrestricted reserves at a level equal to three months of expected unrestricted expenditure. Unrestricted funds at 31 March 2022 amount to £115,600, and budgeted unrestricted expenditure for 2022/23 amounts to £248,000 (after internal recharges to Restricted projects) so the current level of reserves equals almost six months of expenditure, but in view of uncertainties around future funding, the Trustees are satisfied that this level of reserves is appropriate. The Trustees and Senior Management Team monitor performance against budget and key metrics monthly. Business plans for the next three years are directed at achieving modest surpluses to build free reserves, allowing for future expansion.

Fundraising disclosures

Our fundraising philosophy is consciously respectful, the approach being to communicate when permitted but never to pursue. We believe that this respects the feelings of people generally and protects vulnerable people against feeling under pressure to give. It is the right thing to do. Alive has registered with the Fundraising Regulator. We do not use third party fundraising businesses, preferring to rely on our own staff. We received no complaints during the year and are not aware of any failures to comply with fundraising regulations or our own standards.

Structure, Governance and Management

Patrons

Rev Richard Pendlebury MBE Sir Tony Robinson Professor Dawn Brooker PhD C Psychol Clin

Trustees
Philip May (Chair) Philip Hughes MBE
Catherine Smith Suzy Webster
Andrew Wood (Finance Trustee) Dr Michael Cohen
Richard Crocker Patricia Barlow

Philip May and Andrew Wood serve on the Finance Committee.

Senior Management Isobel Jones - Chief Executive Registered office and Principal Office address The Create Centre, Smeaton Road, Bristol BS1 6XN Bankers Triodos Bank, Deanery Road, Bristol, BS1 5AS Independent Examiner Joshua Kington BSc ACA, of Burton Sweet Limited The Clock Tower, Farleigh Court, Old Weston Road, Flax Bourton, Bristol BS48 1UR

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Structure, Governance and Management (continued)

Governing Document

The Charity is a company limited by guarantee incorporated on 12 August 2009 under the provisions of the Companies Act 2006 (registered number 06989308) and registered as a charity on 16 November 2009 (number 1132708). An amended Memorandum and Articles of Association were adopted in December 2020.

Appointment of Trustees

The Trustees, who are also the Company Directors, are appointed by resolution of the board; a number have previous experience of acting as trustees and directors. They are provided with access to the Charity Commission's publication entitled "The essential trustee: what you need to know, what you need to do (CC3)" and receive guidance and support from the Chair of Trustees, an experienced solicitor.

Organisational Structure

Alive is governed by a Board of Trustees who bring with them a broad range of skills, knowledge and professional experience in law, medicine, health and safety, occupational therapy, accountancy, human resources, care home management and dementia care. All the Trustees give their time and skills voluntarily and share a passionate commitment to improving the quality of life of older people in care. The Trustees meet quarterly and receive advance written activity and finance reports detailing the Charity's work.

The Chief Executive is responsible for the day-to-day activities of the Charity and for overseeing the management of employed staff, sessional workers, and volunteers. The Chief Executive is subject to the supervision of the Trustees, attending all Trustees' meetings, providing detailed written reports in advance of meetings and meeting regularly with the Chair of Trustees for ongoing supervision and support.

Risk Management

Annually, the Board of Trustees conducts an annual review of the major risks to which the charity is exposed, and this is logged in the risk management register. Where appropriate, systems or procedures are set up to mitigate the risks the charity faces. Significant external risks to funding have led to the development of fundraising and unrestricted income generation strategies which will allow for the diversification of funding and activities. Internal control risks are minimised by the implementation of procedures for authorisation of all transactions and projects. Procedures are in place to ensure compliance with Health and Safety by staff, volunteers, and clients. These procedures are periodically reviewed to ensure that they continue to meet the needs of the charity.

Public Benefit

The Trustees are mindful of their duties under the Charities Act 2011 to have regard for the public benefit guidance issued by the Charity Commission. All our charitable activities focus on improving the quality of life of older people and are undertaken to further our charitable purposes for public benefit.

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Structure, Governance and Management (continued)

Senior Management Remuneration

The remuneration package of the Chief Executive is reviewed annually, being benchmarked against that position in charities of comparable size, location, and field of work.

Related Parties

Alive Trading Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Charity. It was set up for the purpose of supporting the Charity in connection with any trading activities which the Charity itself could not lawfully undertake. There have been no such activities and this company remains dormant.

Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities

The Trustees (who are also directors of Alive Activities Limited for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Trustees' Report (incorporating the strategic report and directors’ report) and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102: The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Accepted Accounting Practice).

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 charitable company and of the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that year. In preparing these financial statements, the Trustees are required to:

The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that 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.

In so far as the trustees are aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the charitable company’s independent examiner is unaware; and the trustees have taken all steps that they ought to make themselves aware of that information.

Philip May Chair of Trustees

8 December 2022

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Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of Alive Activities Limited (‘the Company’)

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 March 2022.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity’s trustees (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 the Company 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

Since the Company’s gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the 2011 Act. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, which is one of the listed bodies.

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:

  1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or

  2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or

  3. 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

  4. 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.

Joshua Kingston BSc ACA Burton Sweet Limited, Chartered Accountants The Clock Tower, 5 Farleigh Court Old Weston Road, Flax Bourton Bristol BS48 1UR

8 December 2022

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Alive Activities Ltd

Statement of Financial Activities

(Incorporating an Income and Expenditure Account)

Notes
Income from:
Donations and fundraising
2
Charitable activities
3
Investments: Bank interest
Other income
Total income
Expenditure
Cost of raising funds
4
Costs of charitable activities
4
Total Expenditure
4
Net income/(expenditure)
Transfers between funds
12/13
Net movement in funds
5
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward
12/13
Total funds carried forward
12/13
Unrestricted Total 2022
Ageing Well
Others
Funds (12 months)
£
£
£
£
39,517
235,913
128,307
403,737
224,658
157,434
24,097
406,189
-
-
1,467
1,467
-
-
290
290
Restricted Funds:
Total 2021
(17 months)
£
444,455
111,978
1,192
-
264,175
393,347
154,161
811,683
557,625
-
-
63,787
63,787
60,042
301,829
95,983
457,854
76,256
424,104
60,042
301,829
159,770
521,641
500,360
204,133
91,518
(5,609)
290,042
-
-
-
-
57,265
-
204,133
91,518
(5,609)
290,042
-
88,243
121,207
209,450
57,265
152,185
204,133
179,761
115,598
499,492
209,450

All the above results are derived from continuing activities.

There were no other recognised gains or losses other than those stated above

The prior year fund comparatives have been disclosed in note 19 of the accounts.

The notes on pages 14 to 24 form part of these financial statements.

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Alive Activities Ltd

Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2022

Company number: 06989308

Notes
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
9
Current assets
Debtors
10
Cash at bank and in hand
Total Current Assets
Creditors falling due within one year
11
Net current assets
Net assets
Funds
Restricted income funds
12
Unrestricted income funds
13
Total charity funds
Unrestricted
Total
Ageing Well
Others
Funds
2022
£
£
£
£
-
-
-
-
-
11,894
10,726
22,620
320,318
176,263
116,407
612,988
Restricted Funds:
Total
2021
£
-
11,908
211,498
320,318
188,157
127,133
635,608
(116,185)
(8,396)
(11,535)
(136,116)
223,406
(13,956)
204,133
179,761
115,598
499,492
204,133
179,761
115,598
499,492
209,450
209,450
204,133
179,761
-
383,894
-

-
115,598
115,598
88,243
121,207
204,133
179,761
115,598
499,492
209,450

For the year ended 31 March 2022, the charitable company was entitled to exemption from audit under sec.477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies. The members have not required the charitable company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with sec.476 of the Act.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.

The accounts are prepared in accordance with section 398 of the Companies Act 2006, section 138 of the Charities Act 2011, and with the special provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act relating to small companies. They constitute the annual accounts required by the Companies Act 2006 and are for circulation to members of the company.

Approved and authorised for issue by the Board of Trustees on 8 December 2022 and signed on their behalf.

Philip May – Chair of Trustees

The prior year fund comparatives have been disclosed in note 19 of the accounts.

The notes on pages 14 to 24 form part of these financial statements.

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Alive Activities Ltd

Statement of Cash Flows

Cash flows from operating activities
Net movement in funds
Less: Investment income received
(Increase) / Decrease in debtors
Increase / (Decrease) in creditors - deferred income
Increase / (Decrease) in creditors - other creditors
Net cash provided by operating activities
Cash flows from investing activities
Investment income – interest received
Net cash provided by investing activities
Increase in cash and cash equivalents in the period
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period
Total cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period
Analysis of cash and cash equivalents
Cash at bank and in hand
Cash on short term fixed deposit
Total cash and cash equivalents
Total 2022
(12 months)
£
290,042
(1,467)
(10,712)
116,185
5,975
Total 2021
(17 months)
£
57,265
(1,192)
11,565
-
(25,878)
400,023 41,760
1,467 1,192
1,467 1,192
401,490
211,498
42,952
168,546
612,988 211,498
31-Mar-22
£
52,988
560,000
31-Mar-21
£
16,498
195,000
612,988 211,498

Cashflow restrictions

Charity law prohibits the use of net cash inflows on any endowed or other restricted fund to offset net cash outflows on any funds outside of its own objects, except on special authority. In practice, this restriction has not had any effect on cash flows for the year.

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Notes to the Financial Statements

1. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparation: The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued in October 2019 and the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) or Companies Act 2006 and UK Generally Accepted Practice as it applies from 1 January 2019.

Alive Activities Ltd meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value in accordance with applicable accounting standards unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy note(s).

After making enquiries, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate reserves to continue its activities for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements as outlined in the Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities on page 9.

The Trustees have decided that there are no material uncertainties over the charitable company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

Company information: The charity is a company limited by guarantee (company no 06989308) and a registered charity in England and Wales (charity no 1132708), which is incorporated and domiciled in the UK. The address of the principal and registered office is The Create Centre, Smeaton Road, Bristol BS1 6XN.

Fund accounting: The charity maintains two main types of fund as follows:

Restricted funds which are to be used for specific purposes as laid down by the donor. Expenditure which meets these criteria is charged to the fund.

Unrestricted funds being income that is expendable at the discretion of the trustees in the furtherance of the objects of the charity.

The fund comparatives are shown in note 19 to the financial statements

Income recognition:

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Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

1. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)

Expenditure and basis of allocation of costs : Expenditure is recognised in the year in which it is incurred and includes attributable VAT which cannot be recovered. Expenditure is analysed into the following activities:

Resources expended are allocated to a particular activity where the cost relates directly to that activity. In addition, support costs are incurred which are necessary to facilitate the above activities. These are backoffice costs, including the costs of budgetary and financial control, information technology, human resources, and payroll, and are apportioned to activities based on the proportion of staff time spent on each activity as follows: Raising Funds 20%, Charitable activities 80%

Tangible fixed assets and depreciation: Depreciation is calculated to write off the cost of tangible fixed assets by equal annual instalments over their estimated useful lives at the following rate:

Office Furniture & Equipment: 33[1] /3 %

Items of equipment are capitalised where the purchase price exceeds £2,500. Depreciation costs are allocated to activities on a basis which is an estimate, based on staff time, of the amount attributable to each activity. Assets are reviewed for impairment if circumstances indicate their carrying value may exceed their net realisable value and value in use.

Debtors: Debtors are stated at the lower of cost and net realisable value.

Cash at bank and in hand : this comprises bank deposits with notice less than 3 months, and petty cash balances held.

Creditors: Creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably.

Pensions : The charity offers a defined contribution pension scheme to employees. The assets of the scheme are held in independently administered funds. Pension costs charged in the Statement of Financial Activities represent the contributions payable by the charity during the year.

Leases: Rentals payable under operating leases, where substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership remain with the lessor, are charged to the statement of financial activities in the year in which they fall due.

Financial Instruments : The charity only has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments, these being debtors, cash at bank, short term investments and creditors). Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value.

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Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

s to the Financial Statements (continued)
Donations and Fundraising
Charitable Trusts and Foundations
Corporate
Individuals
Community Groups
Total
Unrestricted Total 2022
Ageing Well
Others
Funds (12 months)
£
£
£
£
39,517
232,700
103,400
375,617
-
1,060
20,000
21,060
-
1,101
4,566
5,667
-
1,052
341
1,393
Restricted Funds
Total 2021
(17 months)
£
404,024
21,772
12,113
6,546
39,517
235,913
128,307
403,737
444,455

2. Donations and Fundraising

Alive would like to acknowledge the following significant (more than £10,000) grants and donations from Charitable Trusts and Foundations, and all our other generous donors, some of whom have wished to remain anonymous:

Shaw Foundation
Quartet Community Foundation
Garfield Weston Foundation
Dunhill Medical Trust
Rayne Foundation
Anchor Society
Medlock Charitable Trust
Headley Trust
Donations of less than £10,000
-
143,045
-
39,517
-
-
-
-
35,000
-
20,481
-
-
-
20,000
-
10,500
-
-
10,000
-
-
-
10,000
-
48,674
38,400
39,517
232,700
103,400

The prior year fund comparatives have been disclosed in note 19 of the accounts.

Charitable activities - income
Unrestricted Total 2022
Total 2021
Ageing Well
Others
Funds (12 months)
(17 months)
£
£
£
£
£
Contracts and Service Level Agreements
224,658
157,114
-
381,772
56,850
Activity sessions and other fee income
-
320
15,216
15,536
45,113
Training, coaching and consultancy
-
-
8,881
8,881
10,015
Total
224,658
157,434
24,097
406,189
111,978
NHS Ageing Well: Meeting Centres
224,658
-
Bristol City Council: BME Elders projects
-
77,071
Wesport: Wellspring Garden
-
20,896
University of Bristol: Connect thro Culture
-
13,920
Bristol Health Partners:Dementia HIT
-
12,134
Bristol Dementia Wellbeing Service
-
8,800
West of England Rural Network
-
7,870
Sovereign Housing Association
-
7,150
Other Contracts & Service Level Agreement
-
9,273
224,658
157,114
Restricted Funds
Unrestricted Total 2022
Ageing Well
Others
Funds (12 months)
£
£
£
£
224,658
157,114
-
381,772
-
320
15,216
15,536
-
-
8,881
8,881
Restricted Funds
Total 2021
(17 months)
£
56,850
45,113
10,015
224,658
157,434
24,097
406,189
111,978

3. Charitable activities - income

The prior year fund comparatives have been disclosed in note 19 of the accounts.

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Alive Activities Ltd

For the Year Ended 31 March 2022

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

4. Expenditure
Delivery
Direct staff
SupportTotal 2022
Total 2021
Costs
Costs
Costs(12 months)
(17 months)
£
£
£
£
£
Raising Funds:
Supporter fundraising
4,101
39,192
20,494
63,787
76,256
Charitable activities:
Activities, training & coaching
118,732
251,201
81,974
451,907
418,079
Business Development & Marketing
5,947
-
-
5,947
6,025
124,679
251,201
81,974
457,854
424,104
Total Expenditure
128,780
290,393
102,468
521,641
500,360
Split betweeen:
Restricted Funds
361,871
268,191
Unrestricted Funds
159,770
232,169
521,641
500,360
The main components of support costs are:
Total 2022
Total 2021
(12 months)
(17 months)
£
£
Administration and support salaries
61,930
76,212
Office costs
37,597
44,769
Governance costs
2,941
2,480
Total
102,468
123,461
Split
Raising Funds
20%
20,494
24,692
Charitable activities
80%
81,974
98,769
Delivery
Direct staff
SupportTotal 2022
Costs
Costs
Costs(12 months)
£
£
£
£
4,101
39,192
20,494
63,787
Delivery
Direct staff
SupportTotal 2022
Costs
Costs
Costs(12 months)
£
£
£
£
4,101
39,192
20,494
63,787
Total 2021
(17 months)
£
76,256
118,732
251,201
81,974
5,947
-
-
451,907
5,947
418,079
6,025
124,679
251,201
81,974
457,854 424,104
128,780
290,393
102,468
521,641 500,360
ted Funds
ricted Funds
361,871
159,770
268,191
232,169
521,641 500,360
Total 2022
Total 2021
(12 months)
(17 months)
£
£
61,930
76,212
37,597
44,769
2,941
2,480
Total 2022
(12 months)
£
61,930
37,597
2,941
102,468 123,461
20,494
81,974
24,692
98,769

The prior year fund comparatives have been disclosed in note 19 of the accounts.

5. Net Movement in Funds

This is stated after charging:


Total 2022
(12 months)
Independent Examiner's fee:
Independent examination
2,640
Operating lease rentals - Property
13,533
Total 2021
(17 months)
2,480
18,940

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Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

6. Employee and staff costs

The monthly head count rose from 13 at the start of the year to 21 at the end, following growth in the services offered by Alive as we came out of lockdown. The cost of employing these staff was:

Salaries and wages
Social security costs
Pension costs
Total
Direct staff costs
Fundraising staff costs
Administration and support salaries
Total 2022
(12 months)
£
322,502
21,248
8,573
Total 2021
(17 months)
£
384,034
22,522
10,535
352,323 417,091
251,201
39,192
61,930
295,321
45,558
76,212
352,323 417,091

No employees were paid in excess of £60,000 in the year or the prior period. Included within salaries and wages are payments for redundancy and termination of contracts totalling £nil (2021:£9,847).

7. Key management personnel

The key management personnel of the charity comprise the Trustees and the Chief Executive. The total employee benefits of the key management personnel were £42,452 for the year (2021: £48,067 for seventeen months)

8. Trustee remuneration, expenses and donations

The trustees were not paid or received any other benefits from employment with the charity in the period (2021: £nil) or received payment for professional or other services supplied to the charity (2021: £nil). There were no directly incurred trustee expenses borne by the charity in the period (2021: Nil). The total amount of donations received from trustees without conditions was £nil (2021: nil).

9. Tangible fixed assets - Fixtures and Fittings

Fixtures and Fittings purchased in previous periods at a cost of £13,771 have all been fully depreciated in those previous periods. There were no fixed asset additions or disposals during the year (2021: nil).

10. Debtors

Trade debtors
Prepayments & accrued income
Restricted Unrestricted
Total
Funds
Funds
2022
£
£
£
11,894
7,190
19,084
-
3,536
3,536
Total
2021
£
8,633
3,275
11,894
10,726
22,620
11,908

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For the Year Ended 31 March 2022

Alive Activities Ltd

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

11. Creditors falling due within one period

Restricted
Unrestricted
Total
Total
Funds
Funds
2022
2021
Trade creditors
8,396
-
8,396
5,508
Payroll creditors
-
2,096
2,096
1,216
Tax and social security
-
6,719
6,719
4,502
Other creditors and accruals
-
2,720
2,720
2,730
Deferred Income: NHS Ageing Well Care Home support
116,185
-
116,185
-
124,581
11,535
136,116
13,956
12. Restricted funds
Opening
Income
Expenditure
Closing
Project
Lead Funder
Balance
in year
in year
Balance
01-Apr-21
31-Mar-22
A) Ageing Well projects
Meeting Centres
NHS
-
224,658 (43,015)
181,643
Meeting Centres
Quartet Comm Found.
-
39,517 (17,027)
22,490
-
264,175 (60,042)
204,133
B) Other Projects
Alive Clubs and Meeting Centres
Shaw Foundation
22,938
87,795 (62,606)
48,127
BME Elders projects
Bristol City Council
-
77,071 (17,861)
59,210
Alive on Demand
CAF
(1,722)
65,161 (63,439)
-
One Good Turn'
Sovereign HA
-
21,150 (11,358)
9,792
Brentry Allotment
Various
12,528
20,746 (20,952)
12,322
'I will'
Dunhill Medical Trust
4,806
20,541 (15,269)
10,078
Wellspring Garden
Wesport
-
19,000 (1,054)
17,946
Connect thro Culture
Uni of Bristol
-
13,920 (13,920)
-
Gardening Groups
DWS & NHS
5,273
13,608 (12,197)
6,684
Dementia HIT
Bristol Health Partners
-
11,916 (11,916)
-
N Somerset Digital
Quartet Comm Found.
14,329
10,827 (25,156)
-
Salary funding: Volunteer Manager Medlock Char. Trust
-
10,000 (6,848)
3,152
Access All Ages
NLCF
22,915 (5,935) (16,980)
-
Small Projects - funding of £5,000 or less
7,176
27,547 (22,273)
12,450
88,243
393,347(301,829)
**179,761 **
Restricted
Unrestricted
Total
Funds
Funds
2022
8,396
-
8,396
-
2,096
2,096
-
6,719
6,719
-
2,720
2,720
116,185
-
116,185
Total
2021
5,508
1,216
4,502
2,730
-
124,581
11,535
136,116
13,956
88,243
393,347(301,829)
**179,761 **

The prior year fund comparatives have been disclosed in note 19 of the accounts.

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Alive Activities Ltd

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

12. Restricted Funds (continued)

Purpose of restricted funds

Restricted funds are generated when the donor stipulates how the income may be expended. In most cases there will be a timing difference between when the income is received and when it is spent, resulting in balances being held on these funds at year-end. The purpose of the various restricted funds is:

Ageing Well Projects

Alive was awarded funding from the Dementia Health Integration Team covering Bristol, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG). £224,658 is to help fund a series of Meeting Centres from 1 March 2022, with additional funding received from Quartet Community Foundation; a further £116,185 was received to fund Care Home support projects from 1 April 2022, carried forward as deferred income.

Other Significant Projects

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Alive Activities Ltd

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

13. Unrestricted funds

General reserves Opening
Income
Expenditure
Transfers
Balance
in year
in year
01-Apr-21
£
£
£
£
121,207
154,161
(159,770)
-
Closing
Balance
31-Mar-22
£
115,598

Unrestricted funds are generated when there is no stipulation from the donor as to how the income may be spent. The prior year fund comparatives have been disclosed in note 19 of the accounts.

14. Legal status of the charity

The charity is a company limited by guarantee and has no share capital. In the event of the charity being wound up, the liability in respect of the guarantee is limited to £1 per member of the charity.

15. Related parties and related party transactions

Alive Trading Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Charity. It is a company limited by guarantee without share capital. It was set up for the purpose of supporting the Charity in connection with any trading activities which the Charity itself could not lawfully undertake. There have been no such activities and this company is dormant. There were no related party transactions during the year (2021: none).

16. Capital commitments

There were no capital commitments in the current or prior year.

17. Operating lease commitments

The charity had commitments at the year-end under operating leases, as follows: Expiring within less than one year - Land & Buildings 2022 - £13,564 (2021 £13,564).

18. Taxation

The charity is exempt from corporation tax as all its income is charitable and is applied for charitable purposes

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Alive Activities Ltd

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

19. Comparative Figures for period ended 31 March 2021

L i g h t i n g u p l a t e r l i f e
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
Income from:
Donations and legacies
Charitable activities
Investments: Bank interest
Total income
Expenditure
Cost of raising funds
Costs of charitable activities
Total Expenditure
Net income/(expenditure)
Transfers between funds
Net movement in funds
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward
BALANCE SHEET AT 31 MARCH 2021
Fixed Assets
Current assets
Debtors
Cash at bank and in hand
Total Current Assets
Creditors falling due within one period
Net current assets and Net assets
Funds
Restricted income funds
Unrestricted income funds
Total charity funds
Restricted
Funds
Unrestricted
Funds
Total 2021
(17 months)
239,651
204,804
444,455
48,530
63,448
111,978
-
1,192
1,192
288,181
269,444
557,625
-
76,256
76,256
268,191
155,913
424,104
268,191
232,169
500,360
19,990
37,275
57,265
-
-
-
19,990
37,275
57,265
68,253
83,932
152,185
88,243
121,207
209,450
Restricted
Funds
Unrestricted
Funds
Total
-
-
-
8,336
3,572
11,908
79,907
131,591
211,498
88,243
135,163
223,406
- (13,956) (13,956)
88,243
121,207
209,450
88,243
-
88,243
-
121,207
121,207
88,243
121,207
209,450
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Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

19. Comparative Figures for period ended 31 March 2021 (continued)

Restricted
Funds
Unrestricted
Funds
Total
£
£
£
Donations and fundraising
Charitable Trusts & Foundations
232,849
171,175
404,024
Individuals
2,034
10,079
12,113
Corporate
-
21,772
21,772
Community Groups
4,768
1,778
6,546
Total
239,651
204,804
444,455
Charitable activities - income
Activity sessions
1,480
43,633
45,113
Contracts and Service Level Agreements
47,050
9,800
56,850
Training & coaching income
-
10,015
10,015
Total
48,530
63,448
111,978
Expenditure
Delivery
costs
Direct staff
costs
Support
costs
Total
£
£
£
£
Raising Funds:
Supporter fundraising
6,006
45,558
24,692
76,256
Charitable activities:
Activities, training & coaching
48,523
270,787
98,769
418,079
Business Development & Marketing
6,025
-
-
6,025
54,548
270,787
98,769
424,104
Total Expenditure
60,554
316,345
123,461
500,360
Split betweeen:
Restricted Funds
268,191
Unrestricted Funds
232,169
500,360
The main components of support costs are:
£
Administration and support salaries
76,212
Office costs
44,769
Governance costs
2,480
Total
123,461
Split
Raising Funds
20%
24,692
Charitable activities
80%
98,769
Restricted
Funds
Unrestricted
Funds
Total
£
£
£
232,849
171,175
404,024
2,034
10,079
12,113
-
21,772
21,772
4,768
1,778
6,546
239,651
204,804
444,455
1,480
43,633
45,113
47,050
9,800
56,850
-
10,015
10,015
48,530
63,448
111,978
Delivery
costs
Direct staff
costs
Support
costs
Total
£
£
£
£
6,006
45,558
24,692
76,256
Restricted
Funds
Unrestricted
Funds
Total
£
£
£
232,849
171,175
404,024
2,034
10,079
12,113
-
21,772
21,772
4,768
1,778
6,546
Restricted
Funds
Unrestricted
Funds
Total
£
£
£
232,849
171,175
404,024
2,034
10,079
12,113
-
21,772
21,772
4,768
1,778
6,546
239,651
204,804
444,455
1,480
43,633
45,113
47,050
9,800
56,850
-
10,015
10,015
48,530
63,448
111,978
48,523
270,787
98,769
6,025
-
-
418,079
6,025
54,548
270,787
98,769
424,104
60,554
316,345
123,461
500,360
268,191
232,169
500,360
£
76,212
44,769
2,480
123,461
24,692
98,769

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Trustees’ Annual Report and Accounts For the Year Ended 31 March 2022

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

19. Comparative Figures for period ended 31 March 2021 (continued)

Restricted funds

Restricted funds
Opening Income Expenditure Closing
Project Funder Balance in period in period Balance
01-Nov-19 31-Mar-21
£ £ £ £
Access All Ages NLCF 9,913 37,154 (24,152) 22,915
Alive Clubs and Meeting Centres Shaw Foundation - 65,960 (43,022) 22,938
Alive on Demand CAF - 43,230 (44,952) (1,722)
Allotment (Capital) Various - 9,134 (3,538) 5,596
Allotment (Revenue) Various - 9,500 (2,568) 6,932
CAST/Catalyst CAST/Catalyst - 9,559 (12,519) (2,960)
Dancing through the Ages WOMAD - 2,363 (2,675) (312)
Gardening Groups DWS & NHS 10,142 8,748 (13,617) 5,273
'I will' Dunhill Medical Trust - 15,481 (10,675) 4,806
Making Pals Henry Smith 48,198 - (48,198) -
Meaningful Engage. Training Quartet Comm Found. - 2,000 (2,000) -
N Somerset Digital Quartet Comm Found. - 19,999 (5,670) 14,329
Salary funding: Services Manager Newby Trust - 10,000 (10,000) -
Staff Wellbeing Tudor Trust - 2,000 (50) 1,950
Subsidised coaching Rayne Found - 15,000 (15,000) -
Telecconferencing Tudor Trust - 2,000 (2,000) -
Teleconferencing John James Bristol - 2,600 (1,064) 1,536
Teleconferencing Quartet Comm Found. - 4,899 (4,899) -
Teleconferencing Bristol CC - 8,336 (8,336) -
Virtual Hub sessions St Monica Trust - 20,218 (13,256) 6,962
68,253 288,181 (268,191) 88,243
Unrestricted funds
Opening Income Expenditure Closing
Balance in period in period Balance
01-Nov-19 31-Mar-21
£ £ £ £
General reserves 83,932 269,444 (232,169) 121,207

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