## Annual Accounts
## 31 March 2021
Charity Number: 1134405
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DISABILITY CROYDON ANNUAL REPORT YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021 CHARITY DETAILS
|**TRUSTEES**|Fatima Sanneh|
|---|---|
||Caite Ni Ceileachair|
||Sedley Wilson|
||Drew Daughtrey|
|**PRINCIPLE OFFICE**|Stafford House|
||19 Stafford Road|
||Croydon|
||CR0 4NG|
|**COMPANY NUMBER**|7079932|
|**CHARITY NUMBER**|1134405|
|**BANKERS**|NatWest Bank Plc|
||209 Lower Addiscombe Road|
||Croydon|
||CR9 6RB|
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DISABILITY CROYDON ANNUAL REPORT TRUSTEES’ REVIEW YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021
## **TRUSTEES’ REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[st] MARCH 2021**
The trustees present their report along with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31[st ] March 2021. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out on pages 9-11 and comply with the charity’s trust deed and applicable law.
## **TRUSTEES**
The trustee’s names on page 2 have served throughout the year. Appointment of trustees is governed by the Trust Deed of the charity. The Board of Trustees is authorised to appoint new trustees to fill vacancies arising through resignation or death of an existing trustee.
## **AIMS AND OBJECTS**
Disability Croydon exists to:
- Eliminate barriers and empower individuals with disabilities to take part fully in society within the social model of disability.
- Promote the realities of self-representation and independence for people with disabilities.
- Advise organisations on effective consultation methods and active involvement of people with disabilities in services and decision-making processes which affect their lives.
- Increase awareness of disability issues among non-disabled people and organisations.
In setting objectives, developing strategies, and undertaking activities, the trustees have given careful consideration to the Charity Commissions general guidance on public benefit.
## **ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE**
The past year has been an unforgettable year of crisis as all of us tried to cope with the pandemic and the successive lockdowns. The dis -proportionate effects of the pandemic on people with disabilities has been well chronicled and was evidenced by Disability Croydon in the calls to our organisation
Previously calls for support to Disability Croydon focused on issues related to physical disabilities, with queries around welfare payments, housing, employment, and access to services to the fore.
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DISABILITY CROYDON ANNUAL REPORT TRUSTEE’S REVIEW YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021
As lockdowns continued through- out the year, the calls for support were largely about isolation and loneliness. In response Disability Croydon set up a telephone help line and modified exiting services to provide where possible at arms -length support and advice
This loose consortium – Advice Services Croydon – through which we receive majority of our funding, continued once again to reach the targets set by the funders. However, the uncertainty surrounding the pandemic was compounded by news of our funder’s, Croydon Council’s financial predicament and the news that grants to the voluntary sector would be under review. This uncertainty continues into the new financial year
Disability Croydon continues to be grateful for the dedicated hard work of the advocate, Michelle Kearns, and our volunteers
Despite Covid, Disability Croydon continued to assist London Trams staff with disability awareness training.
We continue to provide assistance to disabled people in gaining employment and with benefit entitlements and related appeals
## **FINANCIAL REVIEW**
For the year ended 31[st] March 2021 the trustees consider the financial position of the charity to be in line with expectations.
## **RESERVES POLICY**
The Trustees have considered the level of reserves they wish to retain appropriate to the charity’s needs. This is based on the charity’s size and the level of commitments
held. The Trustees aim to ensure the charity will be able to continue to fulfil their charitable objectives.
## **RISK REVIEW**
The trustees conduct periodic reviews of the major risks to which the charity is exposed and systems and procedures to manage those risks identified are implemented so as to minimise any potential impact on the charity should any of those risks materialise.
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DISABILITY CROYDON ANNUAL REPORT TRUSTEES’ REVIEW YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021
## **STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES’ RESPONSIBILITIES**
Law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the charity’s financial activities during the year and of its financial position at the end of the year. In preparing those financial statements, the trustees are required to:
- a) select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently;
- b) make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- c) state whether applicable accounting standards and statements of recommended practice have been followed, subject to any departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
- d) 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 accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 1993. 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.
## **APPROVAL**
This report was approved by the trustees on 30 March 2022 and signed on their behalf.
**Sedley Wilson – Trustee**
**Fatima Sanneh - Trustee**
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DISABILITY CROYDON ANNUAL REPORT EXAMINERS REPORT YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021
## **Independent Examiners Report**
I report on the accounts of the Trust for the period ended 31[st] March 2021 which are set out on pages 8 to 11.
## **Responsibility of Examiner**
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 needed. It is my responsibility to:
- examine the accounts under section 43(3)a of the 1993 Act;
- to follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 43(7)(b) of the 1993Act; and
- state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of independent examiner's report**
My 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 company 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 I do not express an audit opinion on the accounts.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the trustees have not met the requirements to ensure that:
- a. proper accounting records are kept; and
- b. accounts are prepared which agree with the accounting records. Or
2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed …………………………………………… Date: …31.03.2022………………
Joanna Goodridge, MICB JG & Associates Marco Polo House 3-5 Lansdowne Road Croydon, Surrey CR0 2BX
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DISABILITY CROYDON ANNUAL REPORT INCOME AND EXPENDITURE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021**
|**Unrestricted**
**INCOMING RESOURCES**
**Funds**
Donations
1,633
Grants
-
Investment Income
-
Other
-
**Total incoming resources £**
**1,633**
**RESOURCES EXPENDED**
Cost of raising funds
550
Expenditure on Charitable Activities
5,774
Other expenditure
-
**Total resources Expended £**
6,324
**Net resources surplus (deficit) for the year £**
**(4,691)**
Transfer between reserves
0
Total funds brought forward
(1,218)
**Total funds carried forward £**
**(5,909)**|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
1,633
-
-
-|**Restricted**
**Funds**
-
47,374
1
-|**£**
**2021**
**1,633**
**47,374**
**1**
**0**|**£**
**2020**
**1,633**
**48,300**
**1**
**2,099**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**1,633**|**47,375**|**49,008**|**52,033**|
||550
5,774
-|-
46,067
0|**550**
**51,841**
**0**|**550**
**54,062**
**0**|
||6,324|46,067|**52,391**|**54,612**|
||**(4,691)**
0
(1,218)|**1,308**
0
(1,361)|**(3,383)**
**0**
**(2,579)**|**(2,579)**
**0**
**(1,361)**|
|||**(53)**|**(5,962)**|**(3,940)**|
The notes form part of these financial statements.
**Statement of total recognised gains and losses.**
The Charity does not have any gains and losses other than the income and Expenditure for the period to report.
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DISABILITY CROYDON ANNUAL REPORT BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 MARCH 2021
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021**
|||**Notes**||**2021**|**2021**|**2020**|**2020**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||**£**|**£**||**£**||
|**ASSETS**|||||||||
|Tangible assets||1.6|||530||690||
||||||||||
|**CURRENT ASSETS**|||||||||
|Debtors||||-||-|||
|Cash at bank and in hand||||(240)||313|||
|||||(240)||313|||
|**Creditors: amounts falling due**|||||||||
|**within oneyear**||||(9,313)||(6,643)|||
||||||||||
||||||||||
|**Net current assets or current liabilities £**|||||(9,553)||(6,329)||
||||||||||
|**Total assets less total liabilities £**|||||**(9,023)**||**(5,639)**||
||||||||||
|**Funds of the charity**|||||||||
|Funds brought forward|||||(5,639)||(3,060)||
|Restricted funds|||||1,308||||
|Unrestricted funds|||||(4,692)||(2,579)||
||||||||||
||**Total charity funds £**||||**(9,023)**||**(5,639)**||
||||||||||
- For the year ending 31 March 2021 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477(2) of the Companies Act 2006.
- • The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Act.
- The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
- The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions in Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 applicable to companies’ subject to the small companies regime.
These financial statements were approved and signed by the trustees onthe 30[th] March 2022:
Sedley Wilson Fatima Sanneh
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DISABILITY CROYDON ANNUAL REPORT NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021
## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES**
The principal accounting policies adopted in the preparation of the financial statements are as follow:
## 1.1 Basis of accounting
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice, Accounting and Reporting by Charities (SORP 2005) issued in March 2005.
## 1.2 Incoming resources
Donations and similar incoming resources are accounted for on receipt by the charity, any pledges of income also gift aid refunds are accrued in the accounting period that they arise.
## 1.3 Investment income
Investment income consists of interest received from saving and deposit accounts at the bank.
## 1.4 Resources expended
Resources expended are included in the Statement of Financial Activities on an accruals basis, inclusive of any VAT that cannot be recovered.
## 1.5 Fund accounting
Funds held by the charity are:
- Restricted - these are funds which can only be used in accordance with the charitable specific purpose;
- Unrestricted (general funds) - these are funds which can be used in accordance with the charitable objects at the discretion of the trustees.
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DISABILITY CROYDON ANNUAL REPORT NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021
## 1.6 Depreciation Tangible Assets
Individual fixed assets costing £1,000 or more are capitalised at cost. Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates on assets in order to write off their cost less any residual value over their estimated useful. The rates of depreciation are as follow:
- Fixtures & Fittings …. …. …. .... 20%
- • Motor Vehicle …. …. …. …. 25% • Computer Equipment …. …. …. 20% reducing balance • Plant and Machinery …. …. …. 33.33% reducing balance
Note: A correction of £286 was posted above to bring the depreciation up to date. Below shows what the figures should be.
|**2021**
**£**
**Cost**
Cost at 1 April
3,331
Additions
-
Total at 31 March
3,331
**Depreciation**
Total at charged at 1 April
3,165
Charge for the year
138
On disposals
-
At 31 March
3,303
**Net book values**
For the year ended 31 March
28
**Total £**
**28**|**2021**
**£**
**Cost**
Cost at 1 April
3,331
Additions
-
Total at 31 March
3,331
**Depreciation**
Total at charged at 1 April
3,165
Charge for the year
138
On disposals
-
At 31 March
3,303
**Net book values**
For the year ended 31 March
28
**Total £**
**28**|**2020**
**£**
3,331
-
3,331
3,005
160
-
3,165
166
**166**|
|---|---|---|
|1.7 Staff costs and trustees' remuneration|||
|**Trustees**
Renumeration
Value of contributions to trustees pension
**Total £**
**Employees**
Wages & Salaries
Social security costs
Pensions
**Total £**|**2021**
**£**
0
0
**0**
18,025
0
0
**18,025**|**2020**
**£**
0
0
**0**
21,727
0
0
**21,727**|
||||
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DISABILITY CROYDON ANNUAL REPORT NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021
## 1.8 Resources Expended
|||||**2020**
**£**
1,381
550
19,142
1,200
2,585
3,950
0
2,100
179
401
243
5
250
7,104
0
37,160
23,517
**62,608**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**2021**||**2020**|
||**Cost of generating income**|**£**||**£**|
||Research, Training & Development|1,381||1,381|
||||||
||Radar Keys|550||550|
||||||
||**Managing & administering the charity**||||
||Wages & Salaries|18,025||19,142|
||Accounting Fees|2,500||1,200|
||Legal & Professional|1,735||2,585|
||Rent|3,950||3,950|
||Maintenance|1,850||0|
||Cleaning|1,950||2,100|
||Bank Charges|170||179|
||Depreciation|160||401|
||Insurance|243||243|
||Interest Payable|5||5|
||Travel & Subsistence|250||250|
||General administrative Expenses|3,523||7,104|
||Sundry|0||0|
|||34,360||37,160|
||**Governance Costs**||||
||Management Fee|16,100||23,517|
||||||
||**Total £**|**52,391**||**62,608**|
## **2. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS**
The charity was under the control of the Trustee throughout the current year. No transactions with related parties were undertaken such as that required disclosure.
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