# **Headway Wearside (a company limited by guarantee)** # **Company Registration no 07504702 Charity Registration no 1140910** ## **Financial Statements** **For the period ended** **31 January 2021** Headway Wearside St Mary and St Peters Community Project Springwell Road Sunderland SR3 4DY **Headway Wearside** (a company limited by guarantee) ## **Legal and Administrative Information** **Name:** Headway Wearside **Company No:** 07504702 **Charity No:** 1140910 ## **Directors/Trustees:** Paul M Brown – Chair Person Jemma Morland – Treasurer Claire Blackbourne – Secretary Andrew Patterson – Regional Manager at JS Parker Andrew Elkington – Carer Anthony Lambelle – Brain Injury Survivor Neil Kemp – Brain Injury Survivor James Dowell – Brain Injury Survivor Gloria Finnigan – Carer Ian Brown – Finance Co Ordinator **Registered Address:** St Mary and St Peters Community Project Springwell Road Sunderland SR3 4DY **Bankers:** Lloyds TSB Grey Street Branch PO Box 1000 BX1 1XT **Structure:** Headway Wearside is a Company limited by guarantee registered on 25[th] January 2011 and a registered Charity from 29[th] March 2011. **Independent Examiner:** R J Whitelaw CA 12 West Meadows Road Sunderland SR6 7TX Company No: 07504702 Charity No: 1140910 Page 2 **Headway Wearside** (a company limited by guarantee) ## **Contents** |1.|Director’s/Trustees Report|Pages 4-7| |---|---|---| |2.|Independent Examiner’s Report|Page 7| |3.|Statement of Financial Activities|Page 8| |4.|Balance Sheet|Page 8| |5.|Notes to the Accounts|Pages 9-11| Company No: 07504702 Charity No: 1140910 Page 3 **Headway Wearside** (a company limited by guarantee) Director’s/Trustees Report ## **Objectives and Activities** Headway Wearside is established to promote understanding of all aspects of Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) and to provide information, support and services to survivors of brain injury, their families and carers. - As an organisation Headway Wearside strives: - To increase awareness of brain injury and its consequences - To initiate activities and campaigns which will reduce the incidence of brain injury - To provide information and support for people with acquired brain injuries, their relatives and carers and concerned professional people - To promote improved approaches to brain injury screening, acute care, assessment, rehabilitation and social re-integration - To assist people with acquired brain injuries to return to community living, including access to appropriate accommodation, social outlets, and productive activity ## Achievements and performance Headway Wearside is run by a Volunteer Management Committee that is service user led. We hold bi monthly management meetings to ensure legal and charitable responsibilities are met. We are affiliated to Headway UK and follow Headway UK Standards. This includes organisations purpose, management of the project, involving service users, working together, equal opportunities and fairness, reviewing the project and financial management. ## **Activity Time** This year has seen the biggest ever changes to our activity programme due to Covid 19. There have been 3 full lockdowns and local restrictions regarding when people should meet. and how services could be delivered. This year also meant social isolation for some of our members as they self isolated for their own health needs and to safeguard their families. Some members were also instructed under government rules to shield at home and not go out to work, shop or socialise. Staff were also governed by these rules meaning a work from home rule was established to enable the work to continue. ## **The impact of Covid** Initial contacts with funders assured us that funding would still be in place and could be delegated to other areas of support. New services including telephone ring around support, weekly Zoom interactive activity sessions, Social media activity groups have been developed. Door step drop of support and arts and crafts packs delivered to homes were also part the main focus this year. Additional time was allocated to support members, ensuing they had all the necessities they required such as food, shopping, access to medication and to wellbeing services, Company No: 07504702 Charity No: 1140910 Page 4 **Headway Wearside** (a company limited by guarantee) This year at a glance. 36 Zoom Activity sessions have been held 150 arts and craft packs have been delivered [each pack for two people x 3 activities] 475 phone calls from the Ring around support service 2 Emergency food parcel have been delivered 1 Fresh food parcel delivered 133 hot meals have been delivered [cooked by Mickeys place ] 25 Afternoon teas were provided 25 winter warm packs given 12 Door step support/chat 25 people per day access our social media activity group We were nominated via VCAS- Voluntary community Action Sunderland in two awards, Sports award and community Award. Individuals were then asked to vote for the organisation they thought best delivered against that category. We were runner up in the Sports award . With funding from Sunderland council, we were able to make it a Christmas to remember, an afternoon tea, games, puzzles, zoom session with a music group singing, Working with Mickeys place we are able to deliver food parcels and hot meals to members, during the lockdowns and for those shielding. Christmas lunch this year was socially distanced for a small group of members who had been attending the lunch club prior to lockdown. ## **Beach Access North East** This is a new development within Sunderland , we set up a steering group with Sunderland Parent carer forum, and individuals and liaised with the local Authority to discuss feasibility of the initial project, working alongside Beach Access North East a successful Bid was written to provide a storage container at Roker with accessible beach access chairs. [to open late summer 2021] The Activity and Therapy Centre is a base where planned activities and learning opportunities can take place. During 20/21 the room has not been accessed as it was intended. WE have held only a handful of face to face activites due to the size of the room ## **Financial Review** Headway Wearside has secured additional funding towards the salary of a Business and Community Development Worker for 2019 - 2021 from the Health Trust.for a 17 month programme The aim of which will be to continue to build the membership, increase volunteer opportunities, continue to develop activities and support the Committee in securing additional funding. Headway Wearside secured funding for another year for the Headway CABIS role within the Community Acquired Brain Injury Service [ CABIS ] Sunderland. Funding for the post comes from the Sunderland Clinical Commissioning Group via Cumbria Northumberland Tyne and Wear Trust who are the lead agent. This role is primarily based at Monk Wearmouth Hospital and involves supporting adults with an acquired brain injury and their families. This Service now interlocks with our core development services. Company No: 07504702 Charity No: 1140910 Page 5 **Headway Wearside** (a company limited by guarantee) ## **Funders** Headway Wearside would like to thank Sunderland Clinical commissioning group for its financial assistance and their support during 2020/21 Funding has also been received from a number of sources for specific activities and projects for service users and their families. ## **Risk Management** The Directors have examined the major risks, which the company faces in relation to external factors, governance and management, internal operations and business. An Assessing Risk Contingency Planning document has been developed and is included in their Business Plan. They have considered the likelihood and the impact of risks and have reviewed what systems should be in place to control and reduce those risks. The systems are being designed to provide reasonable, but not absolute, assurance against material loss or misstatement of loss. ## **Reserves Policy** It is the policy of the company to try to build up unrestricted funds, which are free reserves of the company, to a level that equates to approximately 3 months unrestricted expenditure. This will provide sufficient funds to cover management and administration support costs and any emergencies that may arise from time to time. The Directors/Trustees are responsible for keeping accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy the financial position of the charity and which enable them to ascertain the financial position of the company and which enable them to comply with applicable law. The Directors/Trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. ## **Plans for the Future** Headway Wearside shall continue to relieve persons who are resident in Wearside who have suffered a brain injury, their families, carers and other related professionals by the provision of information, service and facilities and advance the education of the public in all aspects relating to brain injury and its prevention. The Directors/Trustees have considered the guidance produced by the Charity Commission on the provision of public benefit and they confirm that public benefit has been provided by the range of activities as described above. ## **Directors’/Trustees’ Responsibilities:** For the year ending 31[st] January 2021 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies. The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476. The directors/trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies’ regime. **Approved by the members and signed on their behalf:** _Name:……Jemma Morland …Signature:……_ _Name:……Paul Brown …Signature:……_ _Date 14/6/21 ._ Company No: 07504702 Charity No: 1140910 Page 6 Headway Wearslde la company limited by guaranteel H•adway W￿rnIde la company limited by guarantee) Independent Examiners Report Report lo the tru8teeslMembe￿ of Headway Wearside on Accounts for the year ended 319t January 2021. Respective r8spon$ibilitios of the Trustees and ExamTner The charty's Iruslees {who are also the directors of the company for the purposes of company lawl are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144121 of the Charities Act 2011 {the 2011 Act), and that an Independent Examination is needed. Having satisfied myself that the charity is not subject to audit under company law and is eligible for independent examination, it is my responsibility to.. examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act., to follow the procedures laid down in the Gener81 Directions given by the Charity Commission (ur￿er section 145151{b) of the 2011 Act}, and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. Basis of Independent Examinerfs Report My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charty and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes nsideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from the trustees COn￿rning any such mattets. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whethef the accounts present a 'lrue and fair view, and the report is limited to those rnatte￿ set OLrt in the statement below. Independent Examinerfs Staternent In connection with my examination no matter has come to my attention". (11 which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect t requirements.. to keep accounting records in ac￿rdanCe with section 386 of the Companies Act 201￿, and to prepare accounts which agree with the accounting fecords and comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the Companies Act 2006 and the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice.. Accounting and Reporting by Charities., OT 121 to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to 8nable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Name R J Vvhitelaw C A Signed Date 7 June 2021 Company No.. 07504702 Charity No". 1140910 Page 7 Company No.. 07504702 Charity No.. 1140910 Page 7 ## **Headway Wearside** ## (a company limited by guarantee) |||2020-2021|2020-2021||2019-2020| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Note|Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total| |**Incoming Resources**|||||| |Incoming resources from|||||| |generated funds|||||| |Voluntary income||0|0|0|0| |Activities for generating funds|4|5,923|68,941|74,864|41,380| |Investment income|3|
0|0|0|0| |Incoming resources from|||||| |charitable activities||0|0|0|0| |**Total incoming resources**||**5,923**|**68,941**|**74,864**|**41,380**| |**Resources Expended**|||||| |Cost of generating funds||0|0|0|0| |Cost of generating voluntary|||||| |income||0|0|0|0| |Fundraising Trading Costs||0|0|0|0| |Investment Management Costs||0|0|0|0| |Charitable activities|4|
1,509|47,603|49,112|56,417| |Governance Costs||0|0|0|0| |**Total resources expended**||**1,509**|**47,603**|**49,112**|**56,417**| |Net incoming/outgoing|||||| |resources||4,414|21,337|25,752|-15,037| |Total funds brought forward||5,899|14,214|20,113|35,150| |**Total funds carried forward**||**10,313**|**35,551**|**45,864**|**20,113**| |**Statement**|**of Financial Activities 2020-21**||||| |**Balance**|**sheet**|**as at 31st January 2021**|||| |||2020-2021|||2019-2020| ||Note|Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total| |**Fixed Assets**|||||| |Debtors|5|
0|0|0|0| |Cash at bank and in hand||10,313|35,551|45,864|20,113| |**Total Current Assets**||**10,313**|**35,551**|**45,864**|**20,113**| |Creditors falling due within one|||||| |year|6|
0|0|0|0| |Net Current Assets||10,313|35,551|45,864|20,113| |Total assets less current|||||| |liabilities||10,313|35,551|45,864|20,113| |**Net Assets**||**10,313**|**35,551**|**45,864**|**20,113**| |**Funds of the charity**|||||| |Unrestricted funds||10,313||10,313|5,899| |Restricted income funds|||35,551|35,551|14,214| |**Total Funds**||**10,313**|**35,551**|**45,864**|**20,113**| Company No: 07504702 Charity No: 1140910 Page 8 **Headway Wearside** (a company limited by guarantee) For the year ending 31 January 2021 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the companies act 2006 relating to small companies. The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476. The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts. These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. **Approved by the members and signed on their behalf** **Name Jemma Morland Signature** ## **Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 31 January 2021** 1 Accounting Policies **Basis of Preparation** These Financial Statements have been prepared on the basis of historic cost in accordance with: - (c.27); - The Financial Reporting Standard for Small Entities (effective from January 2007) of the Companies Act 2006; - Accounting and Reporting by Charities – Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP 2005); - Accounting Standards; and with the Charities Act 2011 The Directors/Trustees have taken advantage of the exemption in financial reporting standard no 1 (revised) from including a cash flow statement in the financial statements on the grounds that the company is small. ## **Incoming Resources** These are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) when: - the charity becomes entitled to the resources; - the trustees are virtually certain they will receive the resources; and - the monetary value can be measured with sufficient reliability Donations are only included in the SOFA when the charity has unconditional entitlement to the resources. ## **Resources Expended and Liabilities** Resources expended have been analysed using a natural classification. Liabilities are recognised as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to pay out resources Governance costs include the cost of trustee travel expenses and telephone calls and any costs relating to the governance of the charity. Support costs include central functions and have been allocated to activity cost categories on a basis consistent with the use of resources. Company No: 07504702 Charity No: 1140910 Page 9 **Headway Wearside** (a company limited by guarantee) ## **2 Funds** The Charity has 2 funds, an unrestricted general fund and a restricted fund used for purchasing items of a specific nature funded by one funder: hence all movements on each fund are disclosed. There are no designated funds at this time. |**Restricted Funds**|**Bal. BF**|**Income**|**Expenditure**|**Balance**| |---|---|---|---|---| |Tesco Groundwork|0|500|500|0| |WDTC salary|0|1,000|225|775| |CABIS|6,235|26,544|22,231|10,548| |Winter Covid [Christmas]|0|850|781|69| |Community Fund|1,043|0|1,043|0| |Wash Big|4,557|0|2,494|2,064| |Co op|0|3,402|401|3,001| |Covid Sunderland Council|0|2,000|2,000|0| |Peoples Health Trust|0|13,040|12,479|561| |NHS CCG 18-20|2,379|0|2,379|0| |NHS CCG 2020-21|0|21,604|3,070|18,533| ||**14,214**|**68,941**|**47,603**|**35,551**| ## **3 Investment Income** There is no investment income at this time |**4 Income & Expenditure 2020-21**|**4 Income & Expenditure 2020-21**||**2021**
**Total**|**2020**
**Total**| |---|---|---|---|---| |**Income**|**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**||| |Tesco Groundwork||500|500|| |WDTC Salary||1,000|1,000|| |CABIS||26,544|26,544|24,500| |Winter Covid||850|850|| |Donations-General|5,923||5,923|6,368| |NHS CCG 20-21||21,604|21,604|| |Covid Sunderland Council||2,000|2,000|| |Co-op||3,402|3,402|0| |Community Fund||0|0|1,600| |Peoples Health Trust||13,040|13,040|4,222| |NHS CCH 18-20||0|0|0| |Wash Big||0|0|4,690| |**Total Income**|**5,923**|**68,941**|**74,864**|**41,380**| |||||| |**Expenditure**||||| |Tesco Groundwork||500|500|| |WDTC Salary||225|225|| |CABIS||22,231|22,231|27,003| |Winter Covid [christmas]||781|781|| |Covid Sunderland Council||2,000|2,000|| |Peoples Heath Trust||12,479|12,479|12,440| |NHS CCG 18-20||2,379|2,379|12,015| |Community Fund||1,043|1,043|557| |Washington Big Group - Area
funding||2,494|2,494|133| |Co-op||401|401|0| Company No: 07504702 Charity No: 1140910 Page 10 **Headway Wearside** (a company limited by guarantee) |NHS CCG 20-21||3,070|3,070|| |---|---|---|---|---| |Operational/Business/Community|1,509||1,509|4,269| |Independent Examination of
accounts|0|0|0|0| |**Total Expenditure**|**1,509**|**47,603**|**49,112**|**56,417**| |||||| |**Income Less Expenditure**|,4,414|21,338|25,752|-15,037| |||||| |**Balance Brought Forward**|5,899|14,214|20,113|35,150| |||||| |**Balance Carried forward**|**10,313**|**35,551**|**45,864**|**20,113**| ## **5 Debtors** There are no debtors ## **6 Creditors: due within 1 year** Independent Examination fee of £0.00 ## **Approved by the members and signed on their behalf:** Jemma Morland Name ………………………………………… Signature ………………………………………. Paul Brown Name ………………………………………… Signature ………………………………………. Company No: 07504702 Charity No: 1140910 Page 11