Sale West Community Urban Trust Sale West Community Urban Trust Annual Report and Financial Statements of the Sale West Community Urban Trust for the year ended 31 December 2024 Charity No: 1137438 Chair: Revd. Stephen Rankin 44 Moss Lane Sale M33 6GD Bank: Nat West Bank School Road Sale Cheshire M33 7ZA
Sale West Community Urban Trust
Sale West Community Urban Trust
Annual Report for the Year Ended 31 December 2024
1. OBJECT & PUBLIC BENEFIT STATEMENT
The object of the Trust is to relieve the needs of children, their families and carers in such ways as the trustees think fit with a view to developing their physical, mental, emotional, economic, spiritual and intellectual capabilities, and that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and members of society, and that their conditions of life may be improved.
2. REVIEW OF THE YEAR
This 14[th] full year of the Sale West Community Urban Trust has seen Carol Dodgson take on the dual role of Families and Children’s worker and Community Engagement Officer. Becca Kerfoot works parttime to support Carol in her role.
2.1 DEVELOPMENTS IN THE COMMUNITY
ROC Mentoring
Carol has seen one family engage with ROC Mentoring, and they have been allocated mentors. The formal ROC mentoring programme is being wound up as other initiatives are reaching a wider audience.
Keep Calm and Craft and The Oddballs
Keep Calm and Craft and The Oddballs crochet group are going well. Both groups are aimed at the vulnerable and socially isolated and seek to provide a community of people to help people.
All the mentors that Carol has recruited are Sale and Sale West residents who are experienced and wellconnected.
Carol has started an additional new craft group meeting weekly at Sale West Community Centre.
Firs School
Carol and Becca run a weekly pre-school group for children who struggle to settle in school. It has been well received by the school and it is hoped that the relationship will develop further and allow the start of a Transforming Life Together (TLG) programme with the school.
Men’s Group
Carol has recruited Joel White, a trained counsellor, to head up a men’s group that can meet to play board games, do garden projects, support one another and build social skills.
Healing Hearts Project
Healing Hearts is a bereavement group that continues to meet once a month. It is a partnership project between the social prescribers, St Mary’s church, St Martin’s church and SWCUT. The project is well established and valued by the folk who come along.
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2.2 CHURCH WORK WITH CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Junior Church
Junior Church has begun to thrive again – there are on average 15 children each Sunday.
Houseparty
In May there was a weekend away for children, young people and their families, many of whom would not have a holiday in the course of a year. There were 22 adults and 14 children present, most of whom were contacts from the weekly Sale West craft group.
3. PARTNERSHIPS
We work alongside a number of local partners: the Sale Health Visitor team, Silk Elephant, Trafford’s Place Based Integration Service, Firs Primary School, Sale West Community Church, Butterflies Preschool Group, the Foodbank, Social Services, Trafford Parent and Young People Partnership, Trafford Social Care, St Martin’s church and Delamere School. Local doctors & social partners refer people to the Keep Calm & Craft group. We continue to have strong links with Transforming Lives Together in Chester Diocese.
4. INDUCTION AND TRAINING
Carol and Becca are both up to date with safeguarding training.
5. GRANTS RECEIVED
We gratefully acknowledge grants from the National Lottery Community Fund RC North West Region programme, the Belfrey Seed Grant and St Mary Magdalene Church Ashton on Mersey which have supported our work this year. Restricted income is held in restricted funds and has enabled our work in the community listed in section 2.1. Unrestricted income funds most of our church work plus some salary costs for our work in the community.
6. RESERVES
We hold net assets of £4,354 of which £66 relates to unrestricted funds and £4,288 relates to restricted funds.
SWCUT seeks to maintain 6 months of regular expenditure in our reserves, which we use for working capital to balance our income and expenditure streams. At the end of 2024 we held reserves of 1.3 months. This is significantly less than our target so we are actively seeking additional grants in 2025 and have already received two.
We expect further grant payments from the National Lottery Community Fund (£20,000 a year for 3 years starting in September 2023) and St Mary Magdalene church (£9,500 a year), and continually seek new grants to finance our work. We only spend resources according to the grants received, and have been able to successfully obtain grants since our formation in 2011.
This is the fourteenth year of operation and the trustees are confident that there are sufficient reserves to support ongoing commitments for the next twelve months.
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6. STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
The governing document is the constitution adopted by the Committee of five Trustees at the inaugural meeting held at 44 Moss Lane, Sale, Cheshire M33 6GD on 25 July 2010. The charity was registered on 11 August 2010. The Charity did not become active until 1 January 2011.
Trustees are appointed or reappointed annually at the Annual General Meeting held in June. All trustees give their time voluntarily and received no remuneration or other benefits.
7 . TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS
The following are Trustees: Revd Stephen Rankin, Chair Revd Anees Gill, Secretary Kathryn Kirby Brian Macfaden, Treasurer Sue Mullock Bella Okpalugo
8. STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES RESPONSIBILITIES IN RESPECT OF THE TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT AND THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Under charity law, the trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees Annual Report and the financial statements for each financial year which properly present the state of affairs of the charity and of the excess of income over expenditure for that period.
In preparing these financial statements, generally accepted accounting practice entails that the trustees:
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select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
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make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
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state whether the financial statements comply with the trust deed, 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 its activities.
The trustees are required to act in accordance with the trust deed of the charity, within the framework of trust law. They are responsible for keeping proper accounting records, sufficient to disclose at any time, with reasonable accuracy, the financial position of the charity at that time, and to enable the trustees to ensure that, where any statements of accounts are prepared by them under section 132(1) of the Charities Act 2011, as amended by the Charities Act 2022, those statements of accounts comply with the requirements of regulations under that provision. They have general responsibility for taking such steps as are reasonably open to them to safeguard the assets of the charity and to prevent and detect fraud and other irregularities.
On behalf of the Trust
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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF SALE WEST COMMUNITY URBAN TRUST
YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 December 2024 set out on pages 6 to 11.
RESPONSIBILITIES AND BASIS OF REPORT.
As the charity’s trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S STATEMENT
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in any material respect:
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the accounting records were not kept in accordance with Section 130 of the Charities Act: or
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the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
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the accounts did not comply with applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 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.
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.
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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES For the year ended 31 December 2024
| Note INCOMING RESOURCES 2 Voluntary income (direct giving) Other voluntary income Fund raising events Income from charitable activities Other income TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES RESOURCES USED 3 Cost of generating funds Charitable activities Other resources used TOTAL RESOURCES USED Net incoming resources NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS Balances brought forward at 1 January Balances carried forward at 31 December |
Unrestricted Funds 2024 £ Restricted Funds 2024 £ TOTAL 2024 £ TOTAL 2023 £ - 269 269 722 10,600 21,700 32,300 30,367 309 - 309 824 - 630 630 920 - - - - |
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| £10,909 £22,599 £33,508 £32,833 |
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| - - - - 13,320 25,140 38,460 30,489 811 1,209 2,020 1,918 |
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| £14,131 £26,349 £40,480 £32,407 |
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| -3,222 -3,750 -6,972 426 |
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| -3,222 -3,750 -6,972 426 3,288 8,038 11,326 10,900 |
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| £66 £4,288 £4,354 £11,326 |
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BALANCE SHEET AT 31 DECEMBER 2024
| 2024 | 2023 | |||
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| Note | £ | £ | ||
| CURRENT ASSETS | ||||
| Debtors | 6 | 2,061 | - | |
| Short term deposits at bank | 1,877 | 11,099 | ||
| Cash in hand | 416 | 227 | ||
| £4,354 | £11,326 | |||
| LIABILITIES | ||||
| Amounts falling due within | ||||
| one year | 7 | - | - | |
| NET ASSETS | 5 | £4,354 | £11,326 | |
| FUNDS | ||||
| Unrestricted | 8 | 66 | 3,288 | |
| Restricted | 9 | 4,288 | 8,038 | |
| £4,354 | £11,326 |
Approved by the Trustees on 3rd March 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
The notes on pages 8 to 11 form part of these accounts.
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SALE WEST COMMUNITY URBAN TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the year ended 31 December 2024
NOTE 1 - ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP(FRS102).
The charity first became active from 1 January 2011.
Funds
Unrestricted funds represent the funds of the Sale West Community Urban Trust (SWCUT) that are not subject to any restrictions regarding their use and are available for application on the general purposes of the SWCUT. These include funds designated for a particular purpose by the SWCUT.
For restricted funds incoming resources which are received in an accounting period prior to the time in which the expenditure can take place are accounted for as deferred income and recognised as a liability until the accounting period in which the expenditure takes place.
The purpose of any restricted funds is noted in the accounts. Those funds are only spent in accordance with the terms and conditions of each one.
The accounts include transactions, assets and liabilities for which the SWCUT can be held responsible.
Incoming Resources
Voluntary income and capital sources
Donations are recognised when received.
Income tax recoverable on gift aid donations is recognised when claimable.
Grants to the SWCUT are released to income as soon as the terms and conditions relating to the grant have been met or as soon as the specific activity has commenced.
Funds raised by events are accounted for gross as received.
Current assets
Short-term deposits include cash held on deposit at the bank.
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NOTE 2 - INCOMING RESOURCES
| 2(a) Voluntary income (direct giving) Planned giving Donations Income tax recovered on Gift Aid 2(b) Other voluntary income - Grants St Marys PCC National Lottery Community Fund Belfrey Seed Grant Willats Trust The Charity Service Asda Local Community Grant Duchy of Lancaster Benevolent Fund Skipton Building Society The Edwards Gostling Foundation 2(c) Activities for generating funds Fund Raising Events 2(d) Receipts from charitable activities Fees for Administration Services Income from Activities TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES |
Unrestricted Funds £ Restricted Funds £ TOTAL 2024 £ TOTAL 2023 £ - - - - 269 269 722 - - - - |
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| - 269 269 722 |
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| 10,600 - 10,600 7,000 - 20,000 20,000 10,000 - 1,700 1,700 - - - - 2,667 - - - 3,000 - - - 500 - - - 700 - - - 3,000 - - - 3,500 |
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| 10,600 21,700 32,300 30,367 |
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| 309 - 309 824 |
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| - - 630 630 920 |
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| - 630 630 920 |
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| £10,909 £22,599 £33,508 £32,833 |
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NOTE 3 - RESOURCES USED
| 3(a) Cost of generating funds Advertising/Publicity 3(b) Charitable Activities Salaries Pensions Working expenses Events running costs & resources 3(c) Other Resources Used Insurance Administration Professional Fees TOTAL RESOURCES USED |
Unrestricted Funds £ Restricted Funds £ TOTAL 2024 £ TOTAL 2023 £ - - - - |
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| 11,099 19,730 30,829 20,585 190 313 503 368 - - - 126 2,031 5,097 7,128 9,410 |
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| 13,320 25,140 38,460 30,489 |
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| 386 971 1,357 1,213 425 238 663 705 - - - - |
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| 811 1,209 2,020 1,918 |
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| £14,131 £26,349 £40,480 £32,407 |
NOTE 4 - STAFF COSTS
| Salaries and National Insurance Pension contributions Total Staff Costs |
2024 £ 2023 £ 30,829 20,585 503 368 |
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| £31,332 £20,952 |
During the year the Trust paid the salaries of one full time and one part time staff, none of whom earned £60,000 p.a. or more. No trustee or related party to the trustees was paid any remuneration.
Procedures set out in our Conflict of Interest Policy have been followed in any matter involving a related party to a trustee.
NOTE 5 - ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BY FUND
| Current assets – Fund balance NOTE 6 - DEBTORS Debtors |
Unrestricted Funds £ Restricted Funds £ Total 2024 £ |
Unrestricted Funds £ Restricted Funds £ Total 2024 £ |
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| £66 £4,288 £4,354 |
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| 2024 £ 2023 £ |
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| £2,061 - |
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NOTE 7 - LIABILITIES
| ABILITIES | |
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| Accrued Income | 2024 £ 2023 £ |
| - - |
NOTE 8 - UNRESTRICTED FUNDS
| RESTRICTED FUNDS | |
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| Balance brought forward at 1 January Unrestricted Funds Surplus (Deficit) in year Balance carried forward at 31 December |
2024 £ 2023 £ 3,288 15,647 |
| 3,288 15,647 |
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| -3,222 -12,359 |
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| £66 £3,288 |
NOTE 9 - RESTRICTED FUNDS
| Balance at | Receipts | Payments | Balance at | |
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| 1/1/2024 | 31/12/2024 | |||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| ASDA Local Community Grant | 284 | - | 57 | 227 |
| Belfrey Seed Grant | - | 1,700 | 675 | 1,025 |
| Edward Gosling Foundation | 510 | - | 510 | - |
| Mentoring Programme | 77 | 899 | 976 | - |
| National Lottery Community Fund | 5,808 | 20,000 | 22,772 | 3,036 |
| Skipton Building Society | 1,359 | - | 1,359 | - |
| £8,038 | £22,599 | £26,349 | £4,288 |
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