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HAVE YOU VISITED OUR WEBSITE YET? There you can find: Details of the services we offer Current news How to volunteer Upcoming fundraising activities The Sawtry Eye magazine Ways you can support us Our historyand background How to make a donation Past & present annual reports Contact details WWW.CARESCO.ORG.UK Our thanks to Webshepherd for all his help in maintaining our website CARESCOAnnual Report2021-22

Welcome to our ANNUAL REPORT 1st April 202 7 to 3 1st March 2022 For information on anything in this Annual Report, please contact: The CARESCO Office Green End Road, Sawtry Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28 SUX Monday- Fridayi 9am- 72 noon On 07487832705 Email: office@caresco.org.uk Or visit our website at WWW.CARESCO.ORG.UK CARESCOAnnual Report2021-22

CONTENTS PAGE Introduction Chairman's Report Treasurer's Report Managerfs Report CARESCO Volunteers Community Support AlconburyThursday Club Green End Day Club 10 Sawtry Eye Charity Shop Sawtry Man Cave Chatterbox 14 15 Coffee Shop Sawtry Car Scheme Sounds Good 16 Christmas Day Party Sawtry Foodbank The CARESCO Centre 18 19 21 Fundraising 22 The Story So Far . 23 Management Committee 23 Published by CARESCO Printed by Clanpress, Kings Lynn October2022 CARESCOAnnual Report2021-22

INTRODUCTION Objects: CARESCO'S objectives are: "To advance any charitable purposes for the benefit of the community of Sawtry and satellite villages, in the county of Cambridgeshire, and in particular the reliefofpersons in need withln the area of benefit. To identify welfare needs of individuals and groups in 5awtry and its satellife villages, devising means to meet those needs, with the help of volunteers, and to enlist the backing and co-operation of the statutory services, existing voluntary organisations and any other medium." Taken from CARESCO'S Articles of Association SocialAims: To improve the lives of local people, in particular focusing on early intervention by providing a range of social activities and encouraging participation. CARESCO also aims to encourage social cohesion through supporting local people in a time of crisis and facilitating communication, while offering others an opportunity to concentrate their energy and effort into the community in a positive manner by volunteering. Activities: Following the lockdown over Christmas 2020, as Covid-19 infection rates dropped, government restrictions were eased in the spring / summer of 2021 and gratefully our activities slowly reopened. Allowances were made for those who still felt uncomfortable with socialising, with hand hygiene and face coverings encouraged, however it Was clear that the risks of infection by meeting in-person were lower than the risks to the mental health and wellbeing for many. A lot of our service users and volunteers alike had found the lockdowns particularly challenging. The Covid Response service, set up in 2020 to support local people isolating from the pandem ic has morphed into a more permanent team. Now known as the CARESCO Community Suppor¢ and co-ordinated by a volunteer, the team continue to offer prescription deliveries and small local shopping trips. Demand for support from the food bank service eased off, though the Summer and Christmas schemes remained busy. The team continued to deliver parcels and moved their referral process online for external agencies. The social groups and Christmas Day team were grateful to be back in-person, though some guests still had their Christmas lunch delivered due to ill health. Being together is a vital part of the experience and food more enjoyable with good company. The car scheme has struggled to balance volunteer numbers against demand, made worse by the significant rise in the cost of fuel compared to the legal limit to the mileage rate that can be claimed from passengers to cover expenses. Our workshop-based activity finally saw the completion of the refurbishment in their space which allowed them to r&open fully and enjoy their new facilities, including toilets and kitchenette. With the easing of restrictions also came the welcomed reopening of our income-generating activities including the charity shop, weekly café and fundraising events, coinciding helpfully with the reduction in pandemic-related grants. After 37 years our Alconbury Thursday Club finally closed its doors in June 2021 to make way for a new more locally run independent club in the same venue. The manager was able to move across to the day care provision held in Sawtry as a long standing team member retired. All our activities are co-ordinated by a small team of paid part-time staff, supported by a large number of volunteers. We aim to ensure thal the sole qualification for volunteer recruitment shall be the suitability to perform the required task We welcome service users from within our geographical area regardless of background, gender, or faith. The only reslriction being our ability to meet their care needs. Most of our activities charge a modest fee for allendance to help with running costs while aiming to ensure no one is excluded by price. CARESCOAnnual Report2021-22

Public Benefit: Throughout the year the CARESCO trustees have continued to have regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit when reviewing aims and objectives and in planning future activities. CARESCO works to bring local residents together through a wide range of activities and interests. By encouraging people to engage and socialise, friendships are formed, people find a productive use of their time and our community grows stronger. Many individuals, by being involved as service users or volunteers, maintain their independence for longer than would otherwise be the case and thereby prevent or delay a need for more intensive levels of care. In addition, CARESCO also runs trading activities: a weekly cafe and a charity shop, which while also providing a service are social enterprises with any profit reinvested back into the organisation. The impact of being involved on people's well being and mental health is immeasurable, especially during the uncertainty brought on by the pandemic. CARESCO has worked to include everyone in the community who has expressed an interest in being part of the charity, or using one or more of the activities.. For example, this can be a volunteer having a chat on the doorstep while dropping off a prescription to baking a cake for family carers to enjoy while attending their support group. To improve accountability and governance, the trustees have embarked on a full review of all policies on file to ensure the necessary guidance are in place and up to date. CHAIRMAN, S REPORT A much-improved year compared to last year! Although we are still taking precautions against Covid, life at CARESCO has pretty much returned to normal. Thank goodness. CARESCO still has the community within Sawtry and the surrounding villages firmly in our hearts. We strive to do our very best for all concerned. This includes our volunteers, our service users and of course, our staff. One minor step for us can make a big positive difference to somebody's life. Whether it's a chat at the Charity Shop, cake at the Coffee Shop, fun at the Green End Day Club, banter at the Cave, support at Chatterbox or much needed help from the Foodbank; we are there for YOU. CARESCO continues to develop with you all in mind. A huge amount of hard work goes on behind the scenes. If you think you could help us by being a volunteer, please come and see usl There are volunteering opportunities for all. Hard work at times,. yes, but very rewarding. I would like to take this opportunity to say a massive thank you to our superb team of volunteers,, those who give up their time happily to help others. Of course, these sincere thanks also extend to our great team of staff. We are all be proud to be part ofCARESCO. As Sawtry continues to grow, we must spread the word about what we can do for people, and what they can do for us. We can post on social media, advertise in the Sawtry Eye and get the local papers involved but, in my experience, the best advert for CARESCO comes from us,. word of mouth. The more we spread the word, the grearer our coverage will be. So, if something is making you happy at CARESCO, then please share it with your friends and family and anyone else who will listenl In a world where there are so many dark places, CARESCO is always there to hold the torch. We need to continue to shine and do our best to make a difference. Thankyou again. Be happy and keep safe. Tirla Campbell CARESCOAnnual Report2021-22

TREASURER, S REPORT Following on from what was possibly the most challenging year since CARESCO began, this financial year has been a time of recovery and restructuring, as well as planning for the future. Our income from Club attendance fees, Charity Shop and Man Cave sales and fundraising events has gradually increased over the last 12 months, but generally figures are still lower than average compared to pre-pandemic times. With the cost of living predicted to continue rising, we are always looking into alternative sources of funding to help bolster our income as purse strings are inevitably tightened. Having been very fortunate in securing significant amounts of grant funding during the pandemic, we have learned that this is a very valuable resource to help with our ongoing costs, and it is becoming more of a focus in our fundraising efforts. We are also continuing to explore the arena of corporate fundraising and building relationships with local businesses. My thanks to the members of the Finance Committee, as well as the many CARESCO staff and volunteers who have helped to keep things running smoothly throughout the year. I would also like to say how incredibly grateful we are to the generous members of our community who have continued to support us. Whether by attending our fundraising events, making donations of items or money, volunteering your valuable time, or the many other ways that help to keep CARESCO ticking along, we simply couldn't do it without you. Heather Bohonis FINANCIAL STATEMENT The examined financial statement for the year April 2021 to March 2022 is published as a separate document and is available on request. Our thanks to our Independent Examiner, Lisa Watson and also to our Accounts team, Manager Marina Joyce and her Deputy Donna Green, for all their hard work day-to-day to ensure that the financial records are kept up to date. FINANCIAL RESERVES Reserves are that part of a charity's unrestricted funds that are freely available to spend on any of the charitys purposes. This excludes restricted income funds and tangible fixed assets held for the charitys use and amounts designated for essential spending. Having considered all the facts and information available in 2022 according to the current economic climate and the predictions of a worldwide recession, the Trustees concluded that the charity should hold a level of reserves sufficieni io fund the organisation in a period of unforeseen difficulties for six months. They believed that this was a suitable length of time for them to consider the options and to find a solution to the difficuliies. In addition to the above, the current building from which CARESCO conducts its main actlvlties has been assessed as having a limited lifespan. There is an expectation of a future need for either repairs to the existing building or the purchase or construction of a new building. Therefore, a Building Fund Reserve is being accumulaled toward this goal in preparation for this eventuality. CARESCOAnnual Report2021-22

GENERAL MANAGER. S REPORT Since Spring/Summer 2021 we have seen a lot of change for CARESCO. We had to navigate our way out of more government guidelines and restrictions, coming back from closures and have now reopened each one of our services and activities. That has put us back to 12 d ifferent activities. We have seen some changes in our staffing team. Hugh Spencer has left his role as Man Cave Supervisor and Terry Clifton-Attfield joined the team. Unfortunately, Terry decided to move onto a new challenge in the Autumn of 2021 so in November we welcomed Shaun Pollock to the staff team as our Man Cave Supervisor. Shaun has slotted in to the workshop environment extremely well and is full of ideas and enthusiasm for all things workshop related. We have also increased the staffing levels of the GEDC team on a Monday to bring the day in line with the rest of the week. Finally, since August we have temporarily increased the cleaning provision at the CARESCO Centre to accommodate all the extra cleaning that is still necessary as a result of the pandemic. Our cleaner Sandra Morgan agreed to take on these additional hours. Our close connections with our local Community Voluntary Service, Hunts Forum and how we were represented as one of their Recognised Organisations throughout the pandemic have provided extra strength and stability to CARESCO. Something I was keen to develop further. In September we began the application process for their 'Good To Go, Mark, This is their new accreditation scheme which will supersede the current one and following the submission of our forms, policies and procedures and an interview with an appointed panel, this Good Practice accreditation was awarded to us in March 2022. This mark ensures that organisations are well run with a good level of internal governance, financial control, management and data protection. The CARESCO Newsletterfs first issue was sent out in October. Not only do we share this with all our volunteers and service users now, but we decided to cascade this on a wider platform to people in our local community who may benefit from a regular CARESCO update. These include Parish Councillors, Hunts Forum, representatives from the local Churches, the head teachers at the local schools and Wellside Surgery as well as many of our contacts at Huntingdonshire District Council IHDCI. The feedback from these representatives has been extremely posltive. Networking has remained a prominent focus over the last 12 months. l firmly believe in the importance of not only getting our message across to influencers but also listening and learning as to what is happening around us. An example of the importance of building relationships came in August when the trustees, myself and representatives from Sawtry Parish Council ISPCI had a meeting at the CARESCO Centre to inform the Councillors of the impact the pandemic has had on our charity, the work we are doing at the moment and also our goals for the future. In March, I met with Claudia Deeth and Oliver Morley from HDC. We have been extended an invitation to their fortnightly meetings with some of the other charitable organisations in the area. These Community Co-ordinator meetings will be a great platform to not only hear what is happening i n the District as a whole but will allow us the opportunity to feed directly into HDC our thoughts, concerns and ideas. Both Claudia and Oliver recognise that CARESCO is a key hub for our caichment proving that our work has been recogn ised at a higher level. Both guests were singing our praises ofthe work we do and are keen to keep our voices heard in much bigger clrcles. In December, we were fortunate 10 receive a visit from Mr lain Forsythe Deputy Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire, following an application that was submitted for CARESCO to be nominated for the Queen's Award for Vol untary Service. The visit allowed time for Mr Forsythe to get a real sense of what CARESCO is all about, and after a lengthy interview with myself and four of our Trustees, we were able to do a tour of all the CARESCO facilities. He was particularly impressed with the CARESCOAnnual Report2021-22

excitement and enthusiasm that everyone involved has and following his visit, was tasked with writing 400 words to sum CARESCO up and capture a snapshot of our achievements to complement our application. Following an email in early January, he confirmed our application has officially been submitted. Thank you to everyone that was involved in this visit, on a personal note, I was extremely proud of how it went and we definitely showed the very best of what we do. Many of our volunteers and service users, in conversation, told their story of why they are part of CARESCO which added a real personal and real-life element to the day. We will not hear the outcome until early Summer 2022. As we approach the end of the financial year, March is always a month of reflection for the staff and l. Looking back on what was achieved in the last 12 months, as well as forward planning for the next. Recognising the collective effort of our entire CARESCO community which have helped us to not only develop and grow the services we provide, but also to firm up the foundations too. 202112022 has been a hugely successful year. Emma Flanz CARESCO VOLUNTEERS We celebrated Volunteer Week at the beginning of June. This year we marked this national celebration slightly differently, however I hope it had just as much impact as in previous years. The staff and I put a lot of groundwork in to details and were able to pull together a centrefold in the June/July 2021 issue of the Sawtry Eye ded icated to our vo1 unteers. This included messages of thanks from various team members, an interview from one of our longest serving volunteers and lots of facts and figures scattered throughout the four pages. We used a multi-marketing platform to mirror our messages of thanks on our website and social media too. Each volunteer also personally received a handwritten card of thanks. Later in June, I took part in the Hunts Forum Connection Communities webinars. The three-day conference explored the big questions of volunteer management in a post-lockdown world. The first was entitled Redesign ing Recruitment, then Reviewing Retention and the final webinar was titled Re-examining Volunteering. I have no doubt that the information provided in these webinars will be something we can draw upon to help us grow the way we work with our volunteers for many years to come. Each year it is important to highlight gaps in our volunteering provision and develop strategies to bring in new roles. An example of this is a new team of volunteer bakers who are keen to provide regular cakes and bakes for our groups like Chatterbox, Sounds Good and also our weekly Coffee Shop. This was established in September. Focussing on Ihe cc ordinaior roles, particularly for Sounds Good and the Covid Response provision was also a priority this year. Both of these key projecis have benefitted and been strengthened by their new volunteer ciiordinators. At the end of December 2021, our total number of active volunteers across the whole organisation was 141. The table shows the growth in new volunteers joining CARESCO over the last four calendar years. A 'New Year, New Challenge, challenge was launched in early January. Year Numberof new volunteers 2018 10 2019 16 2020 27 2021 CARESCOAnnual Report2021-22

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Month Prescription Shopping Post Office
Deliveries Trips Trips
April 2021 118 10 3
May 2021 141 17 1
June 2021 105 11 1
July 2021 72 11 2
August 2021 86 11 0
September 2021 56 10 0
October 2021 66 5 1
November 2021 82 14 0
December 2021 28 5 0
January 2022 63 8 0
February 2022 81 2 0
March 2022 69 5 0
Total 967 109 8
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without their shopping or prescriptions, which worked well and the requests coming in remained minimal allowing the volunteers a much-needed break Emma Flanz ALCONBURY THURSDAY CLUB CARESCO'S Thursday Club based in Alconbury was opened on I st March 1984 in the then new Sports Pavilion on the edge of Alconbury (Alconbury Sports and Social Clubl. Originally established in response to interest from a number of local residents already attending the Wednesday Day Centre (later known as Green End Day Clubl in Sawtry, Club members came to enjoy friendship, conversation, a freshly cooked hot meal, games, entertainment, gentle exercises and the occasional outing. A recently retired lady Joyce Freeman, who had previous experience running a day centre for elderly and disabled people in Coventry, had conveniently just moved to the area and was recruited to manage the new Club. Joyce quickly built up a strong team of volunteers including drivers and a cook who together provided a day out for local elderly residents from the Alconburys and surrounding villages, Although the Thursday Club did not meet in the CARESCO Centre, they were still very much part of CARESCO and received their support through the main organisation as d id the other activities. For 37 years the Thursday Club served residents from the Alconburys and surrounding villages, and was staffed by people from those villages. Following discussions with the existing team of volunteers, in June 2021 CARESCO'S Alconbury Thursday Club was formally closed making way for a new independent club called the Alconbury cum Weston Thursday Club which is run by an Alconbury-based team. The remaining ATC ring-fenced funds were transferred to the new committee and any outstanding grant from CCC was repaid to the County Council. Liz Coates GREEN END DAY CLUB Mdndger&' Deputy.. Cook.. Pat Ayres, Vicki Currington Suzanne Millman Helen Trebes Venue.. CARESCO Centre i+Vhen.' Monday to Thursday, 10.00am - 2.00pm Alms.. To bring togeihermembers ofour community for a regular day of friendship, food & fun We finally reopened our club doors in April 2021 after the lockdown and as national restrictions were eased, we were also able to lift our restrictions within the Club. Our mefflbers were very slow and steady on returning to begin with, but soon many of them decided to add extra days and now most attend more than one day a week CARESCOAnnual Report2021-22

We have had 20 new members join our Club since we reopened and we have lost six due to different circumstances. Our membership is 36 and we average I S members a day as of March 2022. We are once again able to take our members out for meals which is something we have all greatly missed. We had a lovely meal out at Christmas and have already been out once in 2022 too. We have also had Twink back with us to make crafts with our members. They all made some beautiful decorations for our Christmas tree for the All Saints, Tree Festival. Jane from Love To Move is now back with us once a fortnight and the members are enjoying doing the exercises agai n and having a sing-a-long. We took the decision to cease the meal deliveries we had started during lockdown as most of our members had returned to the Club so the need was no longer there. We do, however, still offer the service to any of our members should they be unable to come to the Club for any reason and this has been gratefully received. Due to ongoing issues with the CARESCO minibus, the trustees agreed to replace it with a new one. A JustGiving appeal page was set up and the initial target of £ l 0,000 was reached so quickly that we can only thank everyone who has donated and fundraised for us. We will continue fundraising and now we are able to host our popular quiz suppers again we are able to fundraise for both the new minibus and the Club's social fund. The trustees are now in the process of leasing a new accessible minibus for CARESCO and we are very much looking forward to being able to use it to pick up ou r members, We are extremely grateful to local taxi firm Sawtry Cars for helping out in the interim and to our own volunteer drivers. We have three new volunteers that have joined our team. They have fitted in well and we are very grateful for all of our volunteers and their continued support and help. Our club would not be what it is without them. Pat Ayres, Vicki Currington, Suzanne Millman & Helen Trebes SAWTRY EYE Edltors: Liz Coates & Marina Joyce Deslgner. Donna Green 81-monthly. February, April, June, August, October & December Dlstrlbutlotr. Conington, the Giddings, Glatton. Holme, Sawtry, Upton and Winwick Alms.. To edit, produce and distribute a community magazlne funded by advertising The Sawtry Eye has been published throughout the year and we have welcomed the return of many of our regular contributors as their groups and activities have slowly restarted. Sadly some groups have not survived the pandefflic and we were sorry in particular to see the demise of one of Sawtry's longest existing clubs, the Sawtry Winemakers. With the ongoing housing developments off Gidding Road in Sawtry, our circulatlon numbers continue to grow. The third new eslate, Judith Gardens, wil l eventually total around 295 properties though it has only reached around 30 by end of March 2022. The costs of covering these extra copies will need io be met in future and the team are continuously looking for additional commercial advertisers in a competitive market. Local businesses are invited to support this service CARESCOAnnual Report2021-22 12

valued particularly for those who do not have access to the internet for whatever reason. My thanks as always to my fellow editor, Marina and volunteer graphic designer Donna for their unfailing support and partnership throughout the year. We are grateful to our distribution team who get the copies delivered whatever the weather. Our thanks also to the team at Clanpress who convert our artworkto printed matter. Liz Coates CHARITY SHOP Manager. Supervlsor.. Venue: Sharon Dougherty Tina Drage 7 Greenways, Sawtry, PE28 SUR, Monday- Friday: 9am- 4.30pm Saturday: 9am- 4pm Sunday.. Closed E- shop@caresco.org.uk; T- 01487 208026 When: Contact.. Alms,. To provide a local low<ost recycling Service for the community while raising funds to enable the wider activities of the charity, The Charity Shop opened its doors once again in early April after what felt like a very long 3 months of another lockdown. It was good to see volunteers and customers in the shop once again. We have kept some of the Covid-related precautions in place namely the automatic hand sanitiser dispenser and the Perspex screen around the till. Although face coverings were no longer mandatory during April 2021 and March 2022 we were still encouraging customers to wear them and our volunteers continued to wear theirs. In November and December, we said goodbye to two of our volunteers who were also Cover Supervisors, due to them moving away from Sawtry. Janet Spencer and Angela Buckley are a great loss to our Shop team but we wish them all the best for the future. Our social media page continues to be a good addition where we sell certain items and promote what is happening in the Shop and also elsewhere in CARESCO. We are no longer offering plastic carrier bags but are selling long life bags for 50p. Some of our volunteers are also being very generous with their skills by making tote bags which we are selling for £1. These are made out of donated bed linen that has fai led to sell on the shop floor and are very popular. The shop also now has a volunteer who is qualified to carry out PAT testing which means we are able to take in small electrical donations. Throughout the year we have taken on average 440 bags and boxes of donations each month. We have refined the system so that donations are raising funds for CARESCO within three days of being donated. The booking system also means we are continuing to register new people willing to gift aid the proceeds from selling their donations, which has almost trebled our claim. From April 2021 through to March 2022 we have registered 139 new gift aid donors and managed to update the details of another 77 pr&existing donors. 13 CARESCOAnnual Report2021-22

We have offered several Lucky Number opportunities which has helped to raise additional funds for the charity. We are also using a company who buy our broken jewellery and badly tarnished silver plate amongst other things. This means some of our donated items are now appearing on stage across the country as props in theatresl We are continuing to'ziffiy all books, DVDS and CDS before they reach the shop floor. Boy George was our guest 'Pop Starf scarecrow for a week at the end of August. He seemed to enjoy his time here and was a popular attraction for both volunteers and customers. We had a very successful volunteers meeting in September which welcomed 22 volunteers. It was a very productive gathering with lots of points raised. Following on from the meeting it was unanimously decided a social gathering for the team was much needed. We had a fun afternoon in October where there was food provided by everyone, music, a quii mystery objects to ponder over as well as laughter and lot of chat. Our shop window continues to celebrate special moments throughout the year. It really is a great way to spread the word about CARESCO and also to give passers-by something to smile about during their day. Over Christmas the shop was very festive both in appearance and atmosphere. The theme for the window was a Christmas View and featured a cosy living room effect with a flickering fire. We also entered a tree in the All Saints Church Christmas Tree Festival. We are now the proud owners of a family of very smart, modern mannequins. These were very kindly donated by Tina Campbell and Dave Dougherty. After Christmas we decided that closing at lunchtimes for extra cleaning was no longer necessary, so returned to our normal opening hours. Sales are still not quite where they were pre-covid, but we are still here offering the best value money can buy and service with a smile. Our volunteers continue to give their time so generously and for that we are always grateful. Thank you for your much needed and continued support. Sharon Dougherty SAWTRY MAN CAVE SupeThlsor. Hugh Spencerluntil July 20221 Terry Clifton-Atfield lJuly- Sept 20221 Shaun Pollock (from December 20221 Heather Thompson Sawtry Community Centre Monday, Tuesday & Thursday. 9- 12 noon C(rdInatOr. Venue. When: Alms.. To provide a safe space to build friendships while sharing expertise and passing on knowledge This has been a year of change in and around the Cave but we continue to be busy and an integral part of both the Sawtry and CARESCO communities. In the summer of 2021, Hugh Spencer announced his iniention io resign from his position as Supervisor as he was moving out of the area. Hugh was a much-respected member of Ihe Cave, CARESCO and his efforts in his supervisory role were very much appreciated. Following on from the refurbishments last year; the lights and smoke alarm systems have been replaced. In addition, the floors have been painted with non-slip paint to comply with Health and Safety requirements and more work stations have been added. With a full redecoration too, the space looks fresh and welcoming. Having such a wide skill set amongst the Cavers, the projects being undertaken are varied. As part CARESCOAnnual Report2021-22 14

of the A14 Project, we were approached and asked to make a number of hedgehog boxes that would be placed strategically along the development in a bid to help protect this lovely creature. We also made some for local families too. As Autumn approached, we had an increase in customers asking for bug houses, bird boxes and bird tables and for the Sawtry Frost Fayre the Cavers made a large sleigh that was to be used as a photographic opportunity. Interspersed amongst all of this were regular requests for PAT testing, watch repairs, bench restorations and repair / alterations of clothing I curtains. As we moved into the Spring of 2022, requests from customers changed to the servicing of bikes, lawn mowers and strimmers. Chairs were r upholstered, rocking horses were given new leases of life, sewing machines were serviced, and furniture was restored. We also entered a scarecrow into the Sawtry ScarecrowTrail. In addition to completing project requests for members of the community, Cavers can land dol bring in their own projects that they want to spend time on in the Cave. This has included sharpening tools, repairing electrical equipment, repainting garden accessories, making cushions and r&¥upholstering chairs amongst other things. There is no obligation to undertake any physical work whilst i n the Cave,. coming along for a cuppa and a chat is perfectly acceptable too. First and foremost, the Cave aims to continue to offer the opportunity for users to socialise in a safe, relaxed environment although new members may also have skills to offer or simply have skills / knowledge that they would like to learn. As this year continues, we look foward to welcoming more new members, Regardless of your age or gender, whether you are able-bodied, have disabilities or mental health issues- you will be extremely welcome. Shaun Pollock CHATTERBOX Volunteer Ctrordlnator Venue.. When.. Alison Scott CARESCO Centre Second & Fourth Monday from 2- 4pm Alms.. To provide peer support. advice and friendship for family carers and those for whom they care. April 2021 began with the Chatterbox team continuing to meet on Zoom. It was not until early June that we were able to host the first face-to-face meeting returning to the Club Room. Although the Zoom meetings served a purpose and kept us all connected, the overall opinion was that the face-to-face get togethers were preferred. We have had two new members who have joined since we reopened making our regular total of members back up to between 13 and 16 for each session. During the Summer, Ali has joined the team as a volunteer ciiordinator and has taken over the planning and activity aspect of the sessions. A second volunteer, Helen also helps at each meet and is hands on with the housekeeping tasks. Both have slolted in well with the group, are full of ideas and reliably hosting the sessions in the Centre without much need for the staff to be there as regularly. The last 12 months, activities have included quizzes, card games as well as the much- loved chatting element. November's sessions even incorporated some crafting, and the elements made were added to the Challerbox Christmas tree for the Tree Festival at All Saints Church. During 15 CARESCOAnnual Report2021-22

one of the first sessions of 2022 we were fortunate to welcome Millie, a Pets as Therapy IPATI dog. Since the Autumn, a team of home bakers began providing donated cakes and biscuits on a rota system. This has helped reduce the cost ofthe regular expenses. The income is roughly £1 per person attending, so the benefit of not needing to purchase as many refreshments means these donations can go towards the other expenses of the service. Sensibly, the group decided to postpone the Christmas pantomime which they had tickets for and have agreed to all enjoy a show later in 2022. We ended the last Chatterbox session of 2021 with a Christmas party which all the service users enjoyed and rounded off the calendar year on a high note with 20 people attending including some faces we had not seen in a while. Following a conversation that Ali and I had with some of the members in February, who were keen to become more hands on with some of the jobs during the sessions like making the tea and doing the washing up, this was a welcomed decision and something we are keen to reintroduce. Another step forward to getting backto a pre-pandemic way of operating. Emma Flanz COFFEE SHOP Volunteer C¢Fordlnator Venue: l+Vhen: Carolyn Watts CARESCO Centre Friday, 9-11.30am ss SS Alms,. To provide a venue forpeople to meet up with old friends and to get to know new ones over a cuppa and cake. As with the rest of the country, the Coffee Shop team were still unable to reopen in April 2021 due to the latest wave of Covid infections. Thankfully, as restrictions lifted, we were finally once again able to welcome back our customers at the end of May to enjoy their weekly cuppa, bacon buttie and homemade cake. Customers were understanding about the ongoing distancing and hygiene guidelines and numbers had to be limited to begin with. As each wave ofcovid hit, some customers chose to stay away which had an impact on the income from this activity. Carolyn, our Volunteer Co-ordinator, continues to run the sessions and also organises the majority of the preparations including the cake bakers (including herselo and her small team of volunteers. She even got her Food Safety certificate during lockdown. We are grateful io Carolyn for all her hard work and also to her two maln team members, Llz and Diana, with Debbie acting as backup to cover absences. And of course final thanks to all our bakers for the steady supply of cake to keep us going on a Friday. Liz Coates CARESCOAnnual Report2021-22 16

CARESCO CAR SCHEME Volunteer Co-ordinator When: Peter Fox Daytime weekdays, depending on availability T- 07810 476979 Contart." Alms.. To provide an affordable alternative for anyone who h35 difficulty using public transport. This year the Car Scheme's volunteer drivers undertook 578 medical trips driving a total of 10,579 miles. What is more staggering over the last nine years, the Car Scheme has made S,207 trips driving a total of 95,213 miles. With the pandemic arriving in 2020 combined with a lack of volunteer drivers, last year it was decided to limit the Car Scheme to medical trips only and this has unfortunately continued to be the case. However, to say that fulfilling the requests for medical transport has been challenging would be an understatement. The Car Scheme has seen hospitals catching up with outpatient appointments by putting on extra clinics, some taking place over the weekend. We have tried to accommodate all the request for transport, but on rare occasions this has not been possible. As Volunteer Co-ordinator, I try when necessary to prioritise the journey requests. Anyone who is undergoing chemotherapy takes priority, hospital appointments come next then trips to GP surgeries and dental practices. In February the trustees agreed to changing the activitls name from Sawtry Car Scheme to CARESCO Car Scheme both to avoid any confusion with a local taxi service, and to reaffirm instead that the team was a valued part of the wider charity, would like to thank our small team of dedicated drivers for all the hours they have put in to the Scheme to help others in our community. For various reasons the number of available volunteer drivers has been reduced from nine down to four over the year. The Scheme, like other areas of CARESCO needs more volunteers. If you have a spare morning or afternoon a week and could help, please contact the CARESCO Office for further information. CARESCO Peter Fox SOUNDS GOOD Volunteer C(Fordlndtor Linda Dupée luntll May 20211 Pam Tuplin Ifrom June 2021) CARESCO Centre Venue. When: Second & Fourth Fridays, 1.30- 3pm Alms.. To provide a friendship group for those who enjoy all things musical & rhe Spoken word In the past twelve months, we have sadly said goodbye to several members, but, although the group has not grown in numbers laverage attendance 141, it has grown hugely in the range and depth of the various topics covered. We have enjoyed part-singing, playing the kazoo, line dancing, 17 CARESCOAnnual Report2021-22

learning about national anthems, professional pianists, bagpipes, classical and modern poetry, etc. We have honed our skills at choral speaking, tried our hand at mime and acting and also had a go at writing limericks. Some of these were more successful than others, the resulting 'sounds' not always 'good', but all challenging and enjoyable. Yes, we sometimes have a singalong, but these sessions all have a point, and we glean information on the way. The expertise of members within the group is much valued, several regularly leading a session, and, from time to time, we have a visiting speaker. Some members are very competent musicians, others have no experience whatsoever. Each session, 60 minutes long, is followed by tea and cake. There is no joining fee or subscription but a voluntary donation of £2 per session helps towards CARESCO'S costs. We share the responsibilities for setting up the room, serving and clearing away refreshments, washing up etc. Two or three times a year, we have been invited by village groups to put together a programme of poetry, prose, readings, jokes, songs, quizzes etc. on a particular theme, gearing the material to suit the audience, so it may be just light entertainment, or a thought provoking interpretation of a theme. These presentations give us the opportunity to use our talents to the full, practising until an acceptable standard is reached and we feel confident to perform in public. Although most who attend regularly are retired, we are still very active, alert and willing to try anything. Members do not always attend every session, one or two prefer to listen rather than take an active part, but we all come along to enjoy ourselves, take up a challenge and share a common interest. Think Sawtry U3A. Pam Tuplin CHRISTMAS DAY PARTY Volunteer C<0rdInatOr Venue.. When: Tina Campbell CARESCO Centre Annually on 25th December Alms.. To provide an opportunity for people who would otherwise be on theirown to get togetheron Christmas Day to enjoy a traditional lunch and celebration. It was so lovely to have everyone together again at the Centre on Christmas Day for our party. A lot of preparation goes into this day. From dolng the f undraising to purchasing and storing the food, choosing the presents, getting our lovely volunteers in and prepped. Christmas Eve was spent peeling veg, laying tables putting up decorations and sorting the'party bagg. We were lucky enough to borrow the minibus from Peterborough Lions. Santa donned his suit and those that could get on the bus were all picked up from their hoffles and brought into the Centre. The few guests who could not get on to the bus were picked up in cars by our other volunteers. Christmas 2022 will be different as we should have access to our own minibus by then. CARESCOAnnual Report2021-22 18

Volunteer chef, Sally had the oven gloves at the ready. Sally has the knowledge to ensu re there is minimal waste yet plenty for us all to eat and is very organised. A choice of starters, main and desserts were offered to everyone. The cheese course was sent home with the guests in the party bags so that over full bellies could be squeezed with a bit more food at home. Games were played and we even managed to tune in and catch the Queen's speech at 3pm. Some of the Sounds Good group members sang Christmas Carols and everyone joined in. Last but not least, Santa and his assistant gave out the presents to all those who had been good (even if only for that dayl}. This day is hard work but so much fun for everyone involved. I think this was my seventh year of Christmas Day volunteering and l am still as enthusiastic about it now as I was when l first volunteered. It was my first taster of volunteering and that showed me how great CARESCO can be and is. If anyone wants to join us in f uture years please let us know. A massive thank you to all involved, I sincerely hope to see you all again for Christmas Day 2022. Tina Campbell SAWTRY FOODBANK Supervlsor V¢nu•: Pat Furzeland Sawtry Community Centre Fridays, 3.00- 5.00pm E- foodbank@caresco.org.uk T- 07743 593863 (During session times only, otherwise via the office) When: Contart.. Alms.. To provide emergency food for local people in crisis by working in partnership with the congregations of the Sawtry & Glatton Churches This year has seen changes in Covid restrictions, from full lockdown to the removal of most restrictions in March. Our Foodbank team ha5 delivered food parcels every week of the year, with everyone being flexible to cope with less volunteers, due to Covid, at times. In total, we delivered 730 weekly food parcels which helped 2483 local people in food crisis. In June, we secured a grant from Sawtry Parish Council to provide fresh fruit and vegetables for the Summer scheme and the Christmas hamper scheme. The Summer scheme ran throughout the summer holidays and we worked with the local schools who nominated children who had been receiving free school meals. We had an average of 50 children a week receiving food support and gave out 133 food parcels to 348 local children in total. This was i n addition to the weekly parcels. We had extra volunteers in place to cover this high demand. Signposting clients to further help has been a big focus this year. We developed our link with the Social Prescriber based at Sawtry's Wellside Surgery, to direct clients to extra help and support. I received training on community signposting and fuel poverty awareness. I referred 36 clients on to fuel vouchers, supermarket vouchers and financial advice during the year. I have also worked with staff at Sawtry Junior Academy and Sawtry Village Academy to signpost their long-term clients to further help. 19 CARESCOAnnual Report2021-22

In November we stopped using Food For Nought, who had been suppling us with surplus fruit and vegetables from supermarkets, they wanted to charge a weekly delivery fee. I worked with our Facebook volunteer Karen to improve our weekly posts and add further facts and information. We have also advertised other CARESCO events on our page. In early December we made a Foodbank-themed Christmas tree for the display at All Saints Church. It was made entirely of tins with, of course, some tinsel too. The Christmas food hampers were given out during the week before Christmas, with teams of volunteers packing and delivering 148 bags in the week before the big day. The fresh items, 52 fresh fruit and veg boxes, 52 meat parcels and 52 loaves of bread were delivered on 23rd December. All the fresh items were supplied from local businesses. In total, 62 parcels were given out to 220 local people. 19 volunteers made up the team over Christmas. The teamwork involved to ensure that it ran smoothly was fantastic. This was also in addition to the weekly parcels. After Christmas, I worked with Tony and Emma to produce a new handbook for the Foodbank volunteers which contained the relevant CARESCO policies too. Our stock levels throughout the year have been boosted by large donations of tinned items from Princes Food. We continue to receive donations from our local community and we increased our number of donation points in the community at the end of March. Jacqui works hard to find stock for us and we now have a company, Consuma paper products, who supply us with free toilet rolls, kitchen rolls and tissues. Thank you, Jacqui for your continued help and ideas. I have had to shop for essential food items to bridge any gaps. Since the New Year, Pauline has led a team of volunteers, sorting and date checking the current stock. We want to minimise any waste. This was a huge tasl so thank you to everyone involved. There has been a reduction in the level of donations we have received from the public since February 2022, which has happened as prices rose sharply. We believe that this will continue through 2022 as the cost of living is predicted to keep on rising. We applied for four grants at the end of March to help fund the Foodbank for the coming year. This may be the way forward to help with rising costs and I will keep exploring this option. During February 2022 we developed and trialled a new online referral system with the help and expertise of Matt and Debbie Coates. The aim was to make the referral process easier, quicker and accessible online. Matt and Debbie worked hard to improve the system and in March we gave out logins to all our regular referral agencies. These referrals feed into the Foodbank spreadsheet and Debbie prepares the weekly sheets for us to use in the delivery sessions. This will need monitoring over the coming months, but it is a big step forward. Many thanks to Matt and Debbie for all their help and support. We continue to include information leaflets in our food parcels. Including regular ones from Sawtry Library and the Child and Family Centre. We were able to have face-to-face steering group meetlngs and volunteer meetlngs agaln and they generated lots of ideas. 11 was so good io be all together again. We have had a successful year and I want to thank Tony, Emma, and all the staff and trustees who have sUPPOrted the Foodbank throughout the year. The rising cost of l iving will be a new challenge for the year to come, as it will increase demand and lower donations received. Sawtry Foodbank will rise to the challenge as we have an amazing team of volunteers. Our volunteers are the reason why it works so well. they make the Foodbankwhat it is. l am proud to be a member of the team. Pat Furzeland CARESCOAnnual Report2021-22 20

THE CARESCO CENTRE After a quiet few months during another lockdown, it was lovely to be able to welcome back our various activities into our Centre. We were thankful for grant funding which covered the extra costs of additional cleaning to help minimise the risks of infection and keep everyone as safe as we could. Working patterns for some staff changed in response to the pandemic which has now evolved into new routines meaning that the offic&based team are now much more fluid in where they do their work including office and home. CARESCO Work to maintain the increasingly aging structure continues and during the year the remaining obsolete fluorescent light fittings were replaced with new more energy efficient units. Meanwhile ongoing plumbing issues continue to be a challenge. The full electrical inspection of the building was completed during the year. The endless battle for storage continues as each activity becomes busier, meaning that keeping the old collating room clear for occasional meetings is all but impossible, especially with the addition of temporary stock for the big one-off events, such as the Sawtry Carnival or Sport 4 All. With that in mind, the developing wish list for a replacement building includes the need for large amounts of dedicated storage as well as spare meeting space over and above current daily requirements. Through the year there has been an increased focus on sourcing a more permanent replacement CARESCO Centre including involvement with the Sawtry Neighbourhood Plan committee exploring possible sites for the Centre when the time comes. Any new building will need to have spare capacity beyond current requirements and multi- functional where possible to give CARESCO the option to change and adapt over the coming years. Other proposals include more garden space outside and a garage for the minibus, a permanent community café setup and fully accessible, single uni-sex toilets. Maximising the insulation and other aspects, such as solar panels, to protect CARESCO as far as possible from future energy bills and the impact of climate change must also be considered. Our thanks to everyone who has helped with maintenance tasks during the year. In particular to Brian, Dave and Matt for all their support, both practical and technical. Thank you also to Keith, Ann and Alan who have kept us looking tidy outside and have cared for our garden and planters, and of course to our lovely cleaner, Sandra for her hard work throughout the year. Liz Coates The setup Is slmple wlth four easy steps.. I Contact your bank 2 Give them our bank details 3 Give the reference 'FundingOurFuture" 4 Set your monthly donation amount If you are a UK tax payer, ask Us fora gift aid form That s It. you're allset upl Thankyou FUNDRAISING Funding our Future CAN YOU HELP TO SECURE CARESCO'S FUTURE? Would you like to help support CARESCO in our new fundraising initiative? We are looking for friends and Supporters to kindly donate £4 per month by standing order to help fund our future. SINCE IgB2 WE HAVE PROVIDED HELP AND 5LIPPORTTO OLIR LOCAL CDMMUNITY. TO ENSURE THAT WECAN IIAINTAIN DUR CIJRRENT STINDAROS, NDW MORE THAN EVER WE NEED YOUR HELP WITH FUNDRAING. 21 CARESCOAnnual Report2021-22

FUNDRAISING Another year has gone past in the CARESCO calendar and once again our village and wider community have been amazing. Our supporters have pulled together to make it a good year and help to raise funds and awareness of our unique charity. From all the little f undraisers that add up to people supporting us in many different ways. All help to make us what we are. Between us all we can achieve greatness and secure the future of CARESCO. We have at last been able to organise some larger events during 2021 22 as the pandemic has eased and have had some events organised for us with CARESCO receiving lovely donations. Hopefully we will be able to hold more events in the coming year. We have a fabulous team of volunteers who can turn their hand to anything at short notice from baking cakes, seNing refreshments, manning stalls, support and clearing up!! We are very thankful to them all and without them thisjob would be a lot harder. We still continue to promote our'Funding our Future. campaign which we launched in 2020 and we go from strength to strength and are thankful for the people who have donated so far. These are the highlights of our past yearfs fundraising efforts: Date ril 21-March 22 ril 21-March 22 21 Au ust 21 Au ust 21 Au ust 21 Au ust 21 Se tember21 October 21 November 21 November 21 November 21 December 21 December 21 December 21 Januar 22 Januar 22 Feb / March 22 March 22 March 22 Jul 21 March 22 Event Fundin our Future Green Bottles Challen 1940150s Quiz Sheet Scarecrow Trail onsored Beard Shave Sawtr Walk To Run- Breakfast CreamTea in a Box Sawt Walkto Run &Talk Pum kin Trail I rizes donated b Sawt Carl Quiz Ni ht Ifor Minibus A eall Sho ht Christmas Wreath worksho Sawt Frost Fa re Sawtr WalkTo Run- Santa Run Wooden Tree Hearts Christmas Quiz Sheet Minibus A peal- donation from BGL Cake Sales Line Dance Evenin (Belatedl New Year Dance Various Raffles Total £2773.00 £ 838.00 £ 46.00 £ 28. £1400.00 £ 184.00 £ 235.00 £ 137.00 £ 27.00 £ 827.00 £ 240.00 £ 260.00 £ 838.00 £ 391.00 £ 31.00 £ 81.00 £ 500.00 £ 80.00 £1230.00 £ 668.00 £ 432.00 As always our continued thanks goes out to everyone who have made donations to us over the year, especially under the current circumstances. We would like to thank the many individuals, companies, organisations, businesses and groups that continually support us. Our gratitude to you for thinking of CARESCO. A huge thank you also to everyone who Joins In, comes along, helps out and supports all our events. Here's to another fantastic year for CARESCO and all we can achieve-Together we can do great things. Registered with FR FUNDRAISING REGULATOR Jacqui Hedington CARESCOAnnual Report2021-22 22

THE STORY SO FAR Our Sawtry-based charity was set up in 1982 (registered number 288202) with the grand name of 'Sawtry & District Care and Resource Organisatiorf, but colloquially known as CARESCO from the start. The initial aim of the founders was to rescue two pre-exiting activities, a lunch club and a day centre, both threatened with closure. Based in the ancient modular building known as the Homecraft Centreadjacent to the Agricultural (Agl Centre behind the Old School Hall, CARESCO continued to grow in size and strength through the enthusiasm and hard workof all involved and soon tookover the Manpower Services Printshop which shared the building. Over the years a variety of additional activities have joined the originals under the CARESCO umbrella, most run by paid part-time staff and supported by teams of volunteers, working together with local authorities and other voluntary organisations to create a stronger, more caring community. Always with the aim of meeting identified needs within the local community. Funding over the years has come through grants both from local councils and trusts, attendance fees personal and organisational donations and fundraising. In 2001 CARESCO moved into a new purpose-built modular building, the CARESCO Centre, funded by the National Lottery and bringing the Sawtry-based activities together into one building. In 2011 CARESCO became an incorporated charity, CARESCO Ltdlregistered charity number 1140728; company number 75134321. CARESCO opened a charity shop in Sawtry in April 2013 where the extra income has both helped to underpin the existing activities and also to fund the ongoing development of new services to further meet needs within the local community. For more information, please visit WWwX¢7rexorqk MANAGEMENT TRUSTEES 2027 -2022 Llfe Presldent. John Garner Officers: Chairman Vic&Chairman Treasurer Tina Campbell Heather Thompson Heather Bohonis Trustees: Heather Bohonis ,' Tina Campbell; Elizabeth Coates,. Dave Dougherty (appointed 021121211; Roy Dunn (resigned 28109120211; Peter Fox,. Tony Stefanelli; Heather Thompson riot£. Trustees are recrulted from the local community and are elected at the annual general meeting by the CARESCO Members present. All trusrees give their time voluntarily and receive no remuneration or other benefits. Trustees have referred to the guidelines contained in the Charity Commi55ion's general guidance on public benefit when reviewing aims and objecfives and in planning future activities. Non-VOtlng.' CARESCO Activity Managers are welcome to attend full trustee meetings and contribute to the discussion, however sfaff are asked to leave during 5en51tive agenda items. 23 CARESCOAnnual Report2021-22

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carescolimited Company limited by guarantee

Unaudited filleted accounts

Year ended 31 March 2022 Company registration number 07513432 Charity number 1140728

CONTENTS PAGE

CONTENTS PAGE
Reference and administrative details of the charity,	Page 3
its trustees and advisors
Financial Review including Reserves Policy	Page 4
Section A Statement of Financial Activities	Page 7
Section B Balance Sheet	Page 8
	Page 10
Section C Notes to the Accounts	Page 12

Financial Statements

The Management Committee presents it unaudited financial statements for the year ending 31[st] March 2022.

References and Administrative details

Charity Name: CARESCO Ltd Charity Number: 1140728 Company Number: 7513432 Accounting period: 1[[st]] Registered Office:

1[[st]] April 2021 to 31[st] March 2022 The CARESCO Centre Green End Road, Sawtry Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE28 5UX

Management Committee Tina Campbell Heather Thompson Heather Bohonis Elizabeth Coates Dave Dougherty Roy Dunn Peter Fox Tony Stefanelli

Chairman Vice Chair Treasurer

(Co-opted 02/12/2021) (Resigned 28/09/2021)

Finance Team Heather Bohonis (trustee) Treasurer Tony Stefanelli (trustee) Emma Flanz (staff) General Manager Marina Joyce (staff) Accounts Manager Donna Green (staff) Deputy Accounts Manager Jacqueline Hedington (staff) Fundraising Manager

Independent examiner

Lisa Watson

Financial Review

Following on from what was possibly the most challenging year since CARESCO began, this financial year has been a time of recovery and restructuring, as well as planning for the future. Our income from Club attendance, Charity Shop & CARESCO Cave sales and fundraising events has gradually increased over the last 12 months, but generally figures are still lower than average compared to pre-pandemic times. With the cost of living predicted to continue rising, we are always looking into alternative sources of funding to help bolster our income as purse strings are inevitably tightened.

Having been very fortunate in securing significant amounts of grant funding during the pandemic, we have learned that this is a very valuable resource to help with our ongoing costs, and it is becoming more of a focus in our fundraising efforts. We are also continuing to explore the arena of corporate fundraising and building relationships with local businesses.

Principle Funding Sources

Historically our income has come from a mixture of sources. We have predominantly been selffunded including income from the Charity Shop, Sawtry Eye advertising, day club attendance fees, fundraising events and donations, with a small percentage of our costs funded by grants.

After an unprecedented amount of grant income having been received in the previous year, at 63% of CARESCO's income, we have seen this income stream significantly reduced, to approximately 25% of total income. In the Financial Year ending March 22, our largest grant funder was Cambridgeshire County Council, with their grant for the Green End Day Club which helped to cover approximately 43% of the Club's costs.

Our largest source of income (39%) came from Charity Shop and Man Cave sales, at more than double the previous year's figures. Donations accounted for 17%, Advertising made up 6%, Attendance Fees 8%, and income from fundraising was up from 1% the previous year to 7%.

Reserves Policy

Reserves are that part of a unrestricted funds that are freely available to spend on any of the purposes. This definition excludes restricted income funds and endowment funds, although holding such funds may influence a reserves policy. Reserves will also normally exclude tangible fixed assets held for the use and amounts designated for essential spending.

Need for a reserves policy

In accordance with guidance given by the Charities Commission for England and the legal obligations of our Trustees, this formal policy on reserves was agreed at our Board meeting on 29th August 2019 (due for review in the coming year).

At this meeting the Board set a reserves policy which requires reserves to be maintained at a level that ensures that the core activity could continue during a period of unforeseen difficulty. Furthermore, a proportion of these reserves are required to be maintained in a readily realisable form.

Our risks

Our organisation is supported by Cambridgeshire County Council in the form of grant income receivable. This grant income is greatly influential in the continuation of our organisation and as such, the potential loss of this income has been identified as one of our primary risks. Although funding for the year has been received the organisation recognises that this income is not guaranteed. The Trustees conclude that the risks associated with this income are medium. The organisation has diverse funding streams which help to lend stability to the situation and the Trustees are confident that the Charity will remain viable for the foreseeable future.

Occasional grants are secured, generally related to specific capital projects. However, because of the one-off, purpose directed nature of these grants the risks associated with their loss are low; we are confident that alternative grant sources can be found.

payments for services provided make a substantial contribution to our income. The risk to these receipts as an ongoing funding stream has currently been assessed as low.

main commercial venture is the Charity Shop. There is a financial risk associated with any commercial venture. However, a full financial risk assessment has been made and reserves made to help mitigate any adverse situation. Although this endeavour is rated as a medium risk, there are no perceived threats within its sphere of operation.

The required level of reserves

The calculation of the required level of reserves is an integral part of the planning, budget and forecast cycle. It takes into account risks associated with each stream of income and expenditure being different from that budgeted. Some of these risks have been identified above.

Having considered all the facts and information available to us at this time, the Trustees have concluded that the charity should hold a level of reserves sufficient to fund the organisation in a period of unforeseen difficulties for six months. They believe that this is a suitable length of time for them to consider their options and to find a solution to the difficulties.

In addition to the above, the current building from which CARESCO conducts its main activities has been assessed as having a limited lifespan. There is an expectation of a future need for either repairs to the existing building or the purchase or construction of a new building. The potential cost of this is estimated to be in the region of £500,000 and therefore a Building Fund Reserve is being accumulated toward this goal in preparation for the eventuality.

The Trustees recognise that the risks facing our organisation are not constant. Our view of risk will depend on how vulnerable our income streams are and how healthy our financial forecasts are. Also as an employer our financial risks will change over time. The risks and the levels of reserves required will fluctuate. Accordingly, the Trustees have committed to review the Reserves Policy on an annual basis. This review should be carried out when the figures for the previous financial year become available.

The Trustees are aware that following the COVID-19pandemic there is a need to review theassessmentofrisksandamendourpolicyforreservesaccordingly. Unfortunately, due to time constraints we have been unable to achieve this in time for thepublication ofthe year-end financial statements, however this review will be carried out at the earliest opportunity.

Annual Review of Reserves (Addendum to Reserves Policy) Financial Year Ending 31 March 2022

Current Level of Reserves as at 31st March 2022

6 months running costs £ 88,860.00 Building Fund £ 65,000.00 Total Reserves £153,860.00 Funded By (Investment Details) Cambridge & Counties Bank Account – 1 yr fixed bond £71,537.01 Cambridge & Counties Bank Account – 60 Day Notice Savings £16,124.39 Charity Bank – Ethical Fixed Rate £26,466.51 Charity Bank – Easy Access £488.42

Remainder from Co-Op Current Accounts Balance, which at 31[st] March 2021 was £55,261.96

Calculation of Available Reserves Total Charity Funds Less Restricted Funds Total Unrestricted Funds Less Fixed Assets Less Designated Funds Available Reserves *Current Shortfall*	£259,440.61 (£22,300.13) £237,140.48 (£87,617.51) (£26,168.56)
	£123,354.41 *£30,505.59*

SIX MONTH OPERATING COSTS (ESTIMATED)
2022/23
Staff Costs
(Wages, Pensions, Training)	£65,280
Administrative/Office Costs
(Postage, Stationery, Consumables, Insurances, Licences,
Software, Subscriptions Cleaning Supplies, Equipment
Leasing, Sundries, Telephone)	£5,430
Printing Services & Delivery (Sawtry Eye)	£4,260
Cost of Sales (Coffee Shop, Online Fees, Supplies & Materials)	£760
Fundraising Costs	£570
Travel/Transport	£1,530
General Overheads (Rent, Rates, Heat & Light, Maintenance,
Fire Safety, Waste Disposal, Water, New Equipment)	£8,620
Additional Costs associated with carrying out Charitable
Activities (includes Kitchen Supplies, Food for Clubs, Volunteer
Expenses)	£2,410

Charity Name CARESCO LTD	Charity Name CARESCO LTD	CharityNo	1140728	1140728
		Company No	7513432
Annualaccountsforthe period
Period start date	01.04.21	To	Period end date	31.03.22

Section A Statement of financial activities (including summary income and expenditure account)

Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds £ £ £ F01 F02 F03	Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds £ £ £ F01 F02 F03	Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds £ £ £ F01 F02 F03	Total funds Prior year funds £ £ F04 F05	Total funds Prior year funds £ £ F04 F05
67,807	28,018	-	95,825	167,363
5,021	-	-	5,021	4,080
81,444	-	-	81,444	42,496
289	-	-	289	1,706
-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-
154,561	28,018	-	182,578	215,646

72,523	-	-	72,523	58,028
83,639	26,088	-	109,727	99,192
				2,000
30,581	-	-	30,581	24,817
186,743	26,088	-	212,830	184,038

32,182 -	1,930	-	30,252 -	31,607
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32,182 -	1,930	-	30,252 -	31,607
-	-	-	-	-
32,182 -	1,930	-	30,252 -	31,607
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-	-	-	-	-

-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-
32,182 -	1,930	-	30,252 -	31,607

288,205	-	-	288,205	256,598
256,023	1,930	-	257,953	288,205

Charity Name CARESCO LTD Charity No 1140728 Company No 7513432

Section B Balance sheet

Unrestricted funds £ F01	Restricted income funds £ F02	Endowment funds Total this year £ £ F03 F04	Endowment funds Total this year £ £ F03 F04	Total last year £ F05
-	-	-	-	-
87,618	-	-	87,618	100,477
-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-
87,618	-	-	87,618	100,477

-	-	-	-	-
9,799	-	-	9,799	22,196
98,492	-	-	98,492	97,497
71,984	-	-	71,984	128,993
180,275	-	-	180,275	248,686

8,452	-	-	8,452	59,471

171,823	-	-	171,823	189,215

259,441	-	-	259,441	289,692

-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-

259,441	-	-	259,441	289,692

-			-	-
	24,378		24,378	20,757
233,575		-	233,575	267,448
			-

233,575	24,378	-	257,953	288,205

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Section C Notes to the accounts

Note 1 Basis of preparation

This section should be completed by all charities .

1.1 Basis of accounting

These accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant note(s) to these accounts.

The accounts have been prepared in accordance with:

the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities • and with ✓ preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued on 16 July 2014 the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of • and with ✓ Ireland (FRS 102)

and with the Charities Act 2011.

The charity constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102.*

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-Tick as appropriate

1.2 Going concern

If there are material uncertainties related to events or conditions that cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, please provide the following details or state "Not applicable", if appropriate:

Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable

An explanation as to those factors that support the conclusion that the charity is a going concern;

Disclosure of any uncertainties that make the going concern assumption doubtful;

Where accounts are not prepared on a going concern basis, please disclose this fact together with the basis on which the trustees prepared the accounts and the reason why the charity is not regarded as a going concern.

1.3 Change of accounting policy

The accounts present a true and fair view and no changes have been made to the accounting policies adopted in note { }.

Yes ✓ No

1.4 Changes to accounting estimates

No changes to accounting estimates have occurred in the reporting period (3.46 FRS102 SORP).

Yes ✓ No

1.5 Material prior year errors

No material prior year error have been identified in the reporting period (3.47 FRS102 SORP).

Yes ✓ No

Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Recognition of income Grants and donations are only included in the SoFA when the general income recognition criteria are met (5.10 to 5.12 FRS102 SORP). Government grants The charity has received government grants in the reporting period Legacies Tax reclaims on donations and gifts Legacies are included in the SOFA when receipt is probable, that is, when there has been grant of probate, the executors have established that there are sufficient assets in the estate and any conditions attached to the legacy are either within the control of the charity or have been met. Gift Aid receivable is included in income when there is a valid declaration from the donor. Any Gift Aid amount recovered on a donation is considered to be part of that gift and is treated as an addition to the same fund as the initial donation unless the donor or the terms of the appeal have specified otherwise. Offsetting Grants and donations Note 2 Accounting policies This is only included in the SoFA once the charity has provided the related goods or services or met the performance related conditions. The cost of any stock of goods donated for distribution to beneficiaries is deemed to be the fair value of those gifts at the time of their receipt and they are recognised on receipt. In the reporting period in which the stocks are distributed, they are recognised as an expense at the carrying amount of the stocks at distribution. Donated goods for resale are measured at fair value on initial recognition, which is the expected proceeds from sale less the expected costs of sale, and recognised in 'Income from other trading activities' with the corresponding stock recognised in the balance sheet. On its sale the value of stock is charged against 'Income from other trading activities' and the proceeds from sale are also recognised as 'Income from other trading activities'. Goods donated for on-going use by the charity are recognised as tangible fixed assets and included in the SoFA as incoming resources when receivable. Donated goods are measured at fair value (the amount for which the asset could be exchanged) unless impractical to do so. 2.2 INCOME Donated goods In the case of performance related grants, income must only be recognised to the extent that the charity has provided the specified goods or services as entitlement to the grant only occurs when the performance related conditions are met (5.16 FRS 102 SORP). Contractual income and performance related grants Gifts in kind for use by the charity are included in the SoFA as income from donations when receivable. There has been no offsetting of assets and liabilities, or income and expenses, unless required or permitted by the FRS 102 SORP or FRS 102. These are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SoFA) when: • the charity becomes entitled to the resources; • it is more likely than not that the trustees will receive the resources; • the monetary value can be measured with sufficient reliability.	Yes No N/a*	Yes No N/a*	Yes No N/a*
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Grants with performance conditions Governance and support costs Creditors Redundancy cost The charity made no redundancy payments during the reporting period. Where the charity gives a grant with conditions for its payment being a specific level of service or output to be provided, such grants are only recognised in the SoFA once the recipient of the grant has provided the specified service or output. Volunteer help The value of any voluntary help received is not included in the accounts but is described in the trustees’ annual report. Donated services and facilities Support costs Donated services and facilities are included in the SOFA when received at the value of the gift to the charity provided the value of the gift can be measured reliably. Liability recognition Liabilities are recognised where it is more likely than not that there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to pay out resources and the amount of the obligation can be measured with reasonable certainty. Grants payable without performance conditions Deferred income No material item of deferred income has been included in the accounts. Provisions for liabilities A liability is measured on recognition at its historical cost and then subsequently measured at the best estimate of the amount required to settle the obligation at the reporting date Basic financial instruments The charity accounts for basic financial instruments on initial recognition as per paragraph 10.7 FRS102 SORP. Subsequent measurement is as per paragraphs 11.17 to 11.19, FRS102 SORP. This is included in the accounts when receipt is probable and the amount receivable can be measured reliably. Insurance claims are only included in the SoFA when the general income recognition criteria are met (5.10 to 5.12 FRS102 SORP) and are included as an item of other income in the SoFA. This includes any realised or unrealised gains or losses on the sale of investments and any gain or loss resulting from revaluing investments to market value at the end of the year. Support costs include central functions and have been allocated to activity cost categories on a basis consistent with the use of resources, eg allocating property costs by floor areas, or per capita, staff costs by the time spent and other costs by their usage. Support costs have been allocated between governance costs and other support. Governance costs comprise all costs involving public accountability of the charity and its compliance with regulation and good practice. Donated services and facilities that are consumed immediately are recognised as income with an equivalent amount recognised as an expense under the appropriate heading in the SOFA. Settlement of insurance claims Income from membership subscriptions Income from interest, royalties and dividends The charity has incurred expenditure on support costs. Membership subscriptions which gives a member the right to buy services or other benefits are recognised as income earned from the provision of goods and services as income from charitable activities. Membership subscriptions received in the nature of a gift are recognised in Donations and Legacies. 2.3 EXPENDITURE AND LIABILITIES The charity has creditors which are measured at settlement amounts less any trade discounts Where there are no conditions attaching to the grant that enables the donor charity to realistically avoid the commitment, a liability for the full funding obligation must be recognised. Investment gains and losses	Yes No N/a*	Yes No N/a*	Yes No N/a*
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2.4 ASSETS Stocks held for sale as part of non-charitable trade are measured at the lower or cost or net realisable value. Goods or services provided as part of a charitable activity are measured at net realisable value based on the service potential provided by items of stock. Debtors (including trade debtors and loans receivable) are measured on initial recognition at settlement amount after any trade discounts or amount advanced by the charity. Subsequently, they are measured at the cash or other consideration expected to be received. Work in progress is valued at cost less any foreseeable loss that is likely to occur on the contract. They are valued at fair value except where they qualify as basic financial instruments. The charity has investments which it holds for resale or pending their sale and cash and cash equivalents with a maturity date less than one year. These include cash on deposit and cash equivalents with a maturity of loss than one year held for investment purposes rather than to meet short-term cash commitments as they fall due. They are valued at cost. The charity has intangible fixed assets, that is, non-monetary assets that do not have physical substance but are identifiable and are controlled by the charity through custody or legal rights. The amortisation rates and methods used are disclosed in note 15. The charity has heritage assets, that is, non-monetary assets with historic, artistic, scientific, technological, geophysical or environmental qualities that are held and maintained principally for their contribution to knowledge and culture. The depreciation rates and methods used as disclosed in note 16. They are valued at cost. Tangible fixed assets for use by charity Stocks and work in progress Debtors The depreciation rates and methods used are disclosed in note 14. Intangible fixed assets Investments held for resale or pending their sale and cash and cash equivalents with a maturity date of less than 1 year are treated as current asset investments They are valued at cost. Investments Current asset investments Heritage assets These are capitalised if they can be used for more than one year, and cost at least Fixed asset investments in quoted shares, traded bonds and similar investments are valued at initially at cost and subsequently at fair value (their market value) at the year end. The same treatment is applied to unlisted investments unless fair value cannot be measured reliably in which case it is measured at cost less impairment.
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POLICIES ADOPTED Donated Goods - Donated goods for resale are not recognised on receipt. Instead, the value of the donated ADDITIONAL TO OR goods sold is recognised as income when sold. The proceeds of sale are categorised as "Income from other DIFFERENT FROM trading activities" in the SOFA. THOSE ABOVE

Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Income Analysis of income	Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds Total funds Prior year £ £	Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds Total funds Prior year £ £	Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds Total funds Prior year £ £	Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds Total funds Prior year £ £	Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds Total funds Prior year £ £
Donations andgifts	29,947	1,732	-	31,679	26,239
Gift Aid	4,070	-	-	4,070	1,754
Legacies	-	-	-	-	-
General grants provided by government/other charities	18,667	26,286	-	44,953	135,959
Membership subscriptions and sponsorships which are in substance donations	15,124	-	-	15,124	2,861
Donatedgoods,facilities and services	-	-	-	-	550
Other	-	-	-	-
Total	67,807	28,018	-	95,825	167,363

Fundraising Events	2,256	-	-	2,256	2,892
DayClub Meal DeliveryService	1,760	-	-	1,760	1,188
Day Club Members' Contributions to Outings	980	-	-	980	-
Visitor Meals	25	-	-	25	-
Total	5,021	-	-	5,021	4,080

Sawtry Eye Advertising Sales	10,967	-	-	10,967	10,279
Charity Shop Sales incl CARESCO Cave & Online Sales	68,374	-	-	68,374	31,826
Coffee ShopIncome	1,565	-	-	1,565	354
Photocopying& Leaflet Deliveries	538			538	37
Total	81,444	-	-	81,444	42,496

Interest income	289	-	-	289	1,706
	-	-	-	-	-
Total	289	-	-	289	1,706

	154,561	28,018	-	182,578	215,646

Other information:

All income in the prior year was unrestricted except for: (please provide description and amounts)

SPORT 4 ALL	2,370
ALCONBURY THURSDAY CLUB (CCC GRANT FUNDING)	8,269
CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL INFECTIONCONTROL FUND	3,518
BGL GROUP GRANT (SAWTRY FOODBANK)	3,000
HUNTINGDONSHIRE DISTRICT COUNCIL DEFRA FUNDING (SAWTRY FOODBANK)	1,393
MORRISONS FOUNDATION GRANT (SAWTRY FOODBANK)	2,148
VILLAGE COLLECTION/DONATION (SAWTRY FOODBANK)	1,575
HUNTINGDONSHIRE DISTRICT COUNCIL WINTER SUPPORT GRANT (SAWTRY FOODBANK)	2,448
NORTHGATE INFO SOLUTIONS DONATION (MANCAVE)	421
CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL CAPITALGRANT(MANCAVE)	41,500

Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 4 Analysis of receipts of government grants

Description	This year Last year £ £	This year Last year £ £
Cambridgeshire County Council Block Contract Day Care Grant (Alconbury Thursday Club)	2,062	8,269
Cambridgeshire County Council Block Contract Day Care Grant (Green End Day Club)	16,869	16,538
Cambridgeshire County Council Infecton Control Fund (Green EndDay Club)	4,399	-
Huntingdonshire District Council Restart Grant (CARESCO Centre)	8,000	-
Huntingdonshire District Council Restart Grant (CharityShop)	2,667	-
Huntingdonshire District Council Winter Support Grant (SawtryFoodbank)	272	2,448
Sawtry Parish Council Summer Scheme Grant (SawtryFoodbank)	993	-
Total	35,262	27,255

Please provide details of any unfulfilled conditions and other contingencies attaching to grants that have been recognised in income.

The Block Contract Day Care Grant for Alconbury Thursday Club awarded by Cambridgeshire County Council in the amount of £2,062.00 was received shortly before the club was closed and so the funding was not able to be spent in the intended manner. This funding was therefore repaid to the Council on 12.04.22. 2. The Infection Control Fund awarded to Green End Day Club by Cambridgeshire County Council in the amount of £4,399.00 was not able to be spent in its entirety because the conditions could not be met, therefore the unspent balance of £3,526.04 was repaid to the Council on 07.05.22, along with £3,222.22 brought forward from the previous financial year.

Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 5 Donated goods, facilities and services

Use of property Other Seconded staff		This year Last year £ £	This year Last year £ £
		-	-
		-	-
		-	550
		-	550

Please provide details of the accounting policy for the recognition and valuation of donated goods, facilities and services.	Goods donated for ongoing use by the charity are recognised as tangible fixed assets and included in the SOFA as incoming resources when receivable.
Please give details of other forms of other donated goods and services not recognised in the accounts, eg contribution of unpaid volunteers.
	The contribution of unpaid volunteers has not been recognised in the accounts.

Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 6 Expenditure

Analysis of expenditure	Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds Total funds Prior year £ £	Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds Total funds Prior year £ £	Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds Total funds Prior year £ £	Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds Total funds Prior year £ £	Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds Total funds Prior year £ £
Incurred seeking donations	18,483	-	-	18,483	12,368
Staging fundraising events	607	-	-	607	-
Operating charity shops	36,764	-	-	36,764	31,497
Advertising, marketing, direct mail and publicity	-	-	-	-	770
Other trading activities	16,669	-	-	16,669	13,394
	-	-	-	-	-
Total expenditure on raising funds	72,523	-	-	72,523	58,028

AlconburyThursday Club	5,711	-	-	5,711	6,693
CarScheme	543	-	-	543	426
Chatterbox	952	-	-	952	529
ChristmasDay	420	-	-	420	669
Community Support (formerly "COVID- 19Response Group")	4,704	-	-	4,704	17,200
Green EndDay Club	36,474	17,742	-	54,216	42,198
CARESCO Cave (formerly "Man Cave")	13,060	-	-	13,060	11,826
Minibus	2,834	-	-	2,834	2,083
SawtryFoodbank	17,689	4,863	-	22,552	17,046
Sounds Good	921	-	-	921	522
Sport4 All	-	3,814	-	3,814	-
Total expenditure on charitable activities	83,309	26,418	-	109,727	99,192

Contribution towards Legal and Surveyor Fees in connection with negotiations of premises lease	-	-	-	-	2,000
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
Total	-	-	-	-	2,000

Overheads including Wages & Salaries for Administrative Staff not apportioned to specific activities	20,122	-	-	20,122	15,416
DepreciationofGeneral Assets	8,529	-	-	8,529	9,213
Governance/Management Costs	1,929	-	-	1,929	189
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	-	-	-	-	-
Total other expenditure	30,581	-	-	30,581	24,818

	186,412	26,418	-	212,830	184,039

Other information:

Analysis of expenditure on charitable activities

Activity or programme	Activities undertaken directly	Grant funding of activities	Support Costs	Total this year	*Total prior* *year*
	£	£	£	£	£
AlconburyThursday Club	199	5,512	-	5,711	6,693
CarScheme	60	-	483	543	426
Chatterbox	320	-	632	952	529
ChristmasDay	341	-	79	420	669
Community Support (formerly "COVID- 19Response Group")	598	-	4,106	4,704	17,200
Green EndDay Club	39,213	-	15,003	54,216	42,198
ManCave	8,060	-	5,000	13,060	11,826
Minibus	2,834	-	-	2,834	2,083
SawtryFoodbank	14,218	-	8,334	22,552	17,046
Sounds Good	290	-	632	921	522
Sport 4 All	3,814	-	-	3,814	-
Total	69,947	5,512	34,268	109,727	99,192

Section C Notes to the accounts

Note 9 Support Costs

Please complete this note if the charity has analysed its expenses using activity categories and has support costs.

Support cost (examples)	Raising funds £	Charitable Activities £	Management/ Governance £	Overheads £	Grand total £	Basis of allocation
						(Describe method)
Governance	-	-	1,929	-	1,929	Actual costs
Admin Staff Costs	12,436	30,419	-	5,406	48,262	Cost as percentage of total based on number of hours activity is in session.
Centre Premises Costs	3,131	3,849	-	14,716	21,696
Total	15,567	34,268	1,929	20,122	71,886

Please provide details of the accounting policy adopted for the apportionment of costs between activities and any estimation techniques used to calculate their apportionment.

Support Costs include Admin Staff and Centre Premises Costs. Total Admin Staff costs for the year are apportioned to relevant activities based on percentages calculated by dividing the number of hours each activity is in session by the total number of Admin STaff hours. Total Centre Premises Costs for the year are apportioned based on percentages derived by dividing the number of hours each activity is in session by the total number of hours in the year.

Any remaining costs that are not included in the apportonment are included as Overhead Costs.

Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 11 Paid employees

Please complete this note if the charity has any employees (transactions with Trustees dealt with in Note 28)

11.1 Staff Costs

11.1 Staff Costs
Salaries and wages Social security costs Other employee benefits Total staff costs Pension costs (defined contribution pension plan)	This year £	Last year £
	128,661	113,296
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	1,144	1,012
	899	166
	130,703	114,474

Please give details of the number of employees whose total employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) fell within each band of £10,000 from £60,000 upwards. If there are no such transactions, please enter 'true' in the box provided.

ts (excluding employer f more than £60,000	TRUE	TRUE

	This year Number	Last year Number
Fundraising	4	5
Charitable Activities	6	6
Governance	1	2
Other	5	4
Total	16	17

No employees received employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) for the reporting period of more than £60,000

11.2 Average head count in the year The parts of the charity in which the employees work

Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 12 Defined contribution pension scheme or defined benefit scheme accounted for as a defined contribution scheme.

12.1 Please complete this note if a defined contribution pension scheme is operated.

Amount of contributions recognised in the SOFA as an expense

Please explain the basis for allocating the liability and expense of defined contribution pension scheme between activities and between restricted and unrestricted funds.

£1,143.69 Contributions to defined contribution pension plans are expensed in the period to which they relate.

Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 13 Grantmaking

Please complete this note if the charity made any grants or donations which in aggregate form a material part of the charitable activities undertaken.

13.1 Analysis of grants paid (included in cost of charitable activities)

Analysis	Grants to institutions	Grants to individuals	Support costs	Total
Alconburycum Weston ThursdayClub	5512	0	Nil	5512
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			-	-
			-	-
*Total*	5,512	-	-	5,512

13.2 Grants made to institutions

My charity has made grants to particular institutions that are material in the context of its grantmaking. Details of the institution supported, purpose of the grant and total paid to each institution is available on the charity's web site.

*My charity has made grants to particular institutions that are material in* *the context of its grantmaking. Details of the institution supported,*	*My charity has made grants to particular institutions that are material in* *the context of its grantmaking. Details of the institution supported,*
*purpose of the grant and total paid to each institution is available on the* *charity's web site.*		No	*Provide details* *below*

Names of institution	Purpose		Total amount of grantspaid £
Alconbury cum Weston Thursday Club	To provide a day centre for elderly and disabled residents of the Alconburys and the surrounding villages, including friendship, conversation, a freshly cooked hot meal, games, entertainment, gentle exercises and the occasional outing.		5,512
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*TOTAL GRANTS PAID* *Other unanalysed grants* *Total grants to institutions in reporting period*			5,512
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			5,512

Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 14 Tangible fixed assets Please complete this note if the charity has any tangible fixed assets 14.1 Cost or valuation

Freehold land & buildings £	Other land & buildings £	Plant, machinery and motor vehicles £	Fixtures, fittings and equipment £	Total £
118,615	46,350	2,500	59,212	226,677
-	-	-	1,046	1,046
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-	-	-	- 498	- 498
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118,615	46,350	2,500	59,760	227,225

14.2 Depreciation and impairments

SL	SL	SL	SL	Straight Line ("SL")
4%	4%	25%	10%

79,979	1,948	1,250	43,024	126,200
-	-	-	- 299	- 299
4,745	1,854	625	6,482	13,706
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84,724	3,802	1,875	49,206	139,607

38,636	44,402	1,250	16,188	100,477
33,891	42,548	625	10,553	87,618

Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 17 Investment assets

Please complete this note if the charity has any investment assets.

17.4 Please provide a breakdown of current asset investments, if applicable, agreeing with the balance sheet.

Analysis of current asset investments

Cash or cash equivalents Listed investments Investment properties Social investments Other investments Total

This year	Last year
£	£
-	-
98,492	97,497
-	-
-	-
-	-
98,492	97,497

Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 19 Debtors and prepayments

Please complete this note if the charity has any debtors or prepayments.

19.1 Analysis of debtors

19.1 Analysis of debtors
Total Trade debtors Prepayments and accrued income Other debtors	This year £	Last year £
	2,027.20	2,760.80
	7,408.61	10,730.68
	363.13	8,704.37
	9,798.94	22,195.85

Section C Notes to the accounts (con

Note 20 Creditors and accruals

Please complete this note if the charity has any creditors or accruals.

20.1 Analysis of creditors

Amounts falling due within oneyear	Amounts falling due within oneyear	Amounts falling due after more than oneyear	Amounts falling due after more than oneyear
This year £	Last year £	This year £	Last year £
-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-
2,286	52,842	-	-
-	-	-	-
6,185	6,533	-	-
- 19	95	-	-
-	-	-	-
8,452	59,471	-	-

20.2 Deferred income

Please complete this note if the charity has deferred income.

Please explain the reasons why income is deferred.

Deferred income represents amounts paid for advertisements booked up to a year in advance for inclusion in bi-monthly publication. (Discount is offered to customers for bulk bookings).

*Movement in deferred income account* Amounts added in current period Amounts released to income from previous periods Balance at the end of the reporting period Balance at the start of the reporting period	This year £	Last year £
	6,080	5,316
	10,563	11,510
	- 11,137	- 10,746
	5,506	6,080

Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Other Short term deposits Cash at bank and on hand Total Note 24 Cash at bank and in hand Short term cash investments (less than 3 months maturity date)
	This year £	Last year £
	-	-
	16,124	15,984
	55,860	113,009
	-	-
	71,984	128,993

Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 27 Charity funds

27.1 Details of material funds held and movements during the CURRENT reporting period

Please give details of the movements of material individual funds in the reporting period together with a balancing figure for 'Other funds' (which should include revaluation reserve and fair value reserve, if applicable). The 'Total funds' figure below should reconcile to 'Total funds' in the balance sheet.

* Key: PE - permanent endowment funds; EE - expendable endowment funds; R - restricted income funds, including special trusts, of the charity; and U - unrestricted funds

*funds*
Fund names	Type PE, EE R or UR *	Purpose and Restrictions	Fund balances brought forward £	Income £	Expenditure £	Transfers £	Gains and losses £	Fund balances carried forward £
DESIGNATED FUNDS INCLUDINGRESERVES	UR	Funds designated for use in carrying out Charitable Activities, including Reserve of 6 months Running Costs and Building Fundfor futurenewpremises.	231,315	42,245	- 47,661	- 2,834	-	223,065
SPORT 4 ALL	R	Funds held as part of group of 4 local organisations (including Sawtry Youth Project, Sawtry Walk to Run Club and Sawtry Village Academy) working together to host a community Sports Day event	6,295	5,960	-3,814	-	-	8,441
ALCONBURY THURSDAY CLUB(CCC GRANT FUNDING)	R	Grant funding received from local County Council towards costs related to carrying outDay Club activity	4,259	2,062	- 4,259	-	-	2,062
GREEN END DAY CLUB (CCC GRANT FUNDING)	R	Grant funding received from local County Council towards costs related to carrying out Day Club activity	-	16,869	-16,869	-	-	-
CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL INFECTION CONTROL FUND	R	Funding received to be put towards costs in connection with staff members needing toisolate due to Coronavirus.	3,222	4,399	-873		-	6,748
BGL GROUP GRANT (SAWTRY FOODBANK)	R	Funding received for purchasing food for includingin Foodbankparcels.	1,831	-	- 1,831	-	-	-
HUNTINGDONSHIRE DISTRICT COUNCIL DEFRA FUNDING (SAWTRY FOODBANK)	R	Funding received to be put towards costs associated with the provision of the Foodbank service.	1,393	-	-492	-	-	901
MORRISONS FOUNDATION GRANT (SAWTRY FOODBANK)	R	Grant funding received for the purchase of new storage shelving to be used in the Foodbank warehouse.	348	-	- 73	-	-	275
SAWTRY BUSINESSES DONATION (SAWTRY FOODBANK)	R	Donations received from local businesses to support the Foodbank in providing food parcels tolocal residentsin need.	950	-	-	-	-	950
VILLAGE COLLECTION/DONATION (SAWTRY FOODBANK)	R	Donation received from local village residents to support the Foodbank in providing food parcels to local school childrenduring school halfterm.	611	-	-611	-	-	-
HUNTINGDONSHIRE DISTRICT COUNCIL WINTER SUPPORT GRANT (SAWTRY FOODBANK)	R	Funding received for direct costs associated with recipients of Foodbank parcels.	1,635	272	- 116	-	-	1,792
NORTHGATE INFO SOLUTIONS DONATION (MAN CAVE)	R	Donation received for costs in connection with renovations and improvements to the premised where the Man Cave activity is carried out.	421	-	-	-	-	421
CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL CAPITAL GRANT (MANCAVE)	R	Grant funding received to carry out renovation works to the leasehold building where the Man Cave activity is carried out.	740	-	-	-	-	740
*Other funds (balancing* *figure)*	N/a	N/a	35,185	110,772	- 136,233	2,834	-	12,558
Total Funds as per balance sheet			288,205	182,578	- 212,830	-	-	257,953
Fund balances carried forward include assets and liabilities denominated in a foreign currenc			y	Yes No ✓ ✓
				✓	✓

Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 27 Charity funds

27.2 Details of material funds held and movements during the PREVIOUS reporting period

* Key: PE - permanent endowment funds; EE - expendable endowment funds; R - restricted income funds, including special trusts, of the charity; and U - unrestricted funds

*funds*
Fund names	Type PE, EE R or UR *	Purpose and Restrictions	Fund balances brought forward £	Income £	Expenditure £	Transfers £	Gains and losses £	Fund balances carried forward £
DESIGNATED FUNDS INCLUDINGRESERVES	UR	Funds designated for use in carrying out Charitable Activities, including Reserve of 6 months Running Costs and Building Fundfor futurenewpremises.	188,018	16,831	- 22,203	48,669	-	231,315
SPORT 4 ALL	R	Funds held as part of group of 4 local organisations (including Sawtry Youth Project, Sawtry Walk to Run Club and Sawtry Village Academy) working together to host a community Sports Day event	3,925	2,370	-	-	-	6,295
ALCONBURY THURSDAY CLUB(CCC GRANT FUNDING)	R	Grant funding received from local County Council towards costs related to carrying outDay Club activity	-	8,269	- 4,010	-	-	4,259
CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL INFECTION CONTROL FUND	R	Funding received to be put towards costs in connection with staff members needing to isolate due to Coronavirus.	-	3,518	- 296	-	-	3,222
BGL GROUP GRANT (SAWTRY FOODBANK)	R	Funding received for purchasing food for including in Foodbank parcels.	-	3,000	-1,169	-	-	1,831
HUNTINGDONSHIRE DISTRICT COUNCIL DEFRA FUNDING (SAWTRY FOODBANK)	R	Funding received to be put towards costs associated with the provision of the Foodbankservice.	-	1,393	-	-	-	1,393
MORRISONS FOUNDATION GRANT (SAWTRY FOODBANK)	R	Grant funding received for the purchase of new storage shelving to be used in the Foodbank warehouse.	-	2,148	-	-1,800	-	348
VILLAGE COLLECTION/DONATION (SAWTRY FOODBANK)	R	Donation received from local village residents to support the Foodbank in providing food parcels to local school childrenduring school halfterm.	-	1,575	-964	-	-	611
HUNTINGDONSHIRE DISTRICT COUNCIL WINTER SUPPORT GRANT (SAWTRY FOODBANK)	R	Funding received for direct costs associated with recipients of Foodbank parcels.	-	2,448	-813	-	-	1,635
NORTHGATE INFO SOLUTIONS DONATION (MAN CAVE)	R	Donation received for costs in connection with renovations and improvements to the premised where the Man Cave activity is carried out.	-	421	-	-	-	421
CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL CAPITAL GRANT (MANCAVE)	R	Grant funding received to carry out renovation works to the leasehold building where the Man Cave activity is carried out.	-	41,500	-	- 40,760	-	740
*Other funds (balancing* *figure)*	N/a	N/a	64,655	132,173	- 154,583	- 6,109	-	36,136
Total Funds as per balance sheet			256,598	215,646	- 184,038	- 0	-	288,205
Fund balances carried forward include assets and liabilities denominated in a foreign currenc			y	Yes No ✓ ✓
				✓	✓

Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 27 Charity funds (cont)

27.3 Transfers between funds

	Reason for transfer and where endowment is converted to income, legalpower for its conversion	Amount
Between Unrestricted Funds	To redesignate the intended spending purpose of the funding	18186.19

27.4 Designated funds

27.4 Designated funds
Planned use	Purpose of the designation	Amount
DEPRECIATION FUND FOR CARESCO CAVE LEASEHOLD IMPROVEMENTS ASSET	Funds transferred from Restricted Income Funds granted for the purpose of carrying out repairs/improvements to a leasehold building, which upon expenditure is considered an unrestricted asset. Funds are designated to coverthe depreciationoverthelifetime ofthe asset.	37499.14
MAN CAVE CAPITAL/BUILDINGFUND	Funds designated for capital costs associated with repairs/improvements to the Community Centrefrom whichthe activityis carried out	3206.67
MAN CAVE	Funds designated for costs associated with carryingout the activity	2813.43
CHATTERBOX	Funds designated for costs associated with carryingout the activity	271.34
CHRISTMAS DAY	Funds designated for costs associated with carryingout the activity	1232.95
GREEN END DAY CLUB	Funds designated for costs associated with carryingout the activity	3432.50
SAWTRY FOODBANK	Funds designated for costs associated with carryingout the activity	3258.12
SOUNDS GOOD	Funds designated for costs associated with carryingout the activity	674.29
MINIBUS APPEAL	Funds designated for costs associated with the purchase or lease of a new minibus	9486.76
BUILDING FUND (RESERVES)	Funds set aside for anticipated future costs associated with the purchase or constructionofanewbuildingfor housing themainCARESCO Centre at such	65000.00
6 MONTHS RUNNING COSTS (RESERVES)	Equivalent of estimated 3 months running costs/overheads set aside in case income streams areimpacted.	88860.00

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