**Charity number: 1143401 Company number: 7324346** 

## **Life Connections** 

**(A company limited by guarantee)** 

**Trustees' report and financial statements** 

**for the year ended 31 December 2021** 



## **Life Connections** 

## **(A company limited by guarantee)** 

## **Contents** 

||**Page**|
|---|---|
|Legal and administrative information|**1**|
|Trustees' report|**2 - 4**|
|Independent examiners' report|**5**|
|Statement of financial activities|**6**|
|Balance sheet|**7 - 8**|
|Notes to the financial statements|**9 - 15**|





## **Life Connections (A company limited by guarantee)** 

## **Legal and administrative information** 

||1143401|
|---|---|
|**Charity number**||
|**Company registration number**|7324346|
|**Business address**|Bridge Community Church|
||Rider Street|
||Leeds|
||LS9 7BQ|
|**Registered office**|Bridge Community Church|
||Rider Street|
||Leeds|
||LS9 7BQ|
|**Trustees**|Gillian Hazel Simpson – Resigned 12.12.2021|
||Ann Nicholl|
||Patience Harrison|
||Mabel Ekpo|
||Onene Osoroller|
||Oluwakemi Akingbehin – Appointed 06.02.2022|
|**Accountants**|D P Bohorun FCCA FCMI|
||Bohorun & Co Ltd|
||6 Howley Park Business Village|
||Pullan Way|
||Leeds|
||LS27 0BZ|
|**Bankers**|Reliance Bank Limited|
||Faith House|
||23-24 Lovat Lane|
||London|
||EC3R 8EB|
|**Solicitors**|Lupton Fawcett LLP|
||Yorkshire House|
||East Parade|
||Leeds|
||LS1 5BD|
||**Page 1**|





## **Life Connections** 

## **(A company limited by guarantee)** 

## **Report of the trustees (incorporating the directors' report) for the year ended 31 December 2021** 

The trustees present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2021. The trustees, who are also directors of Life Connections for the purposes of company law and who served during the year and up to the date of this report are set out on page 1. 

## **Structure, governance and management** 

## _Reference and administration information_ 

Life Connections is a company limited by guarantee under number 7324346 and is also registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales under number 1143401. The trustees' name, principal place of business and professional advisors of the charity are given on page 1. 

## _Organisational structure_ 

Life Connections is governed by its constitution documents filed with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. The company is also governed by the memorandum and articles of association filed with the Registrar of Companies from its inception. 

By constitution, Life Connections must have a minimum of 3 trustees. The company has strict guidelines and procedures in the recruitment process of its trustees. Special consideration is given to skills, knowledge, experience or representation. 

## _Governance and management_ 

Policy and strategic decisions are referred to and made by the board of trustees. Decisions are taken according to a majority of votes. In the case of an equality of votes, the chairperson has a second or casting vote. Day to day operational decisions are made by the management team. 

## _Risk management_ 

The trustees have identified the major strategic risks to which Life Connections is exposed and established controls and actions to mitigate them. Risk assessments are carried out annually and it is a company policy to monitor the risk assessment and its process. 

The trustees take all reasonable steps to moderate and manage the inevitable operational risks along with business and financial risks. 

## **Objectives and activities** 

## _Activities_ 

The relief of sickness and protection of good health; The advancement of education and good parenting; The prevention or relief of poverty; The promotion of social inclusion; To develop the capacity and skills of the members of the socially and economically deprived communities in Leeds city and West Yorkshire. 

## _Charitable Objects_ 

To promote for the public benefit in Leeds such charitable purposes in such manner as the trustees shall from time to time determine as a practical expression of faith and a demonstration of the teachings of Jesus Christ including, but not limited to: 

*The relief of sickness and preservation and protection of good health including raising awareness of health issues and particularly the provision of advice and education with respect to the dangers of drug, alcohol and other substance addiction and abuse; 

*The advancement of education including the provision of after school clubs and children and toddler groups and advice on childcare and parenting issues and the provision of education, advice, training and talking therapies in the life skills necessary better to empower self management; 

*The prevention or relief of poverty including advice relating to debt and financial management, welfare benefits, accommodation and homelessness; 

**Page 2** 



## **Life Connections (A company limited by guarantee)** 

## **Report of the trustees (incorporating the directors' report) for the year ended 31 December 2021** 

*To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing people from becoming socially excluded, relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into society. 

*To develop the capacity and skills of the members of the socially and economically disadvantaged community of Leeds city and the West Yorkshire region in such a way that they are better able to identify, and help meet, their needs and to participate more fully in society. 

## **Achievements and performance** 

**Spear Leeds** – this programme for young unemployed people has always been delivered face-to-face so when the national lockdown came in March 2020 the second programme of 2020 was underway which had to be curtailed and the staff placed on furlough. Resurgo, the organization we partner with, then developed an online version of the programme which was piloted in Leeds in July and was then run successfully twice in the autumn. While the staff were on furlough the ongoing 12 month support for the young people who had already completed the programme was provided by Resurgo. The pilot programme in July enrolled 12 and completed 9 young people. We are still in touch with all of them and all of them are in work, education or training. The average 12 month statistic across Spear Leeds at the end of the 12 months support we provide is 95% were still in touch with us and 69% of the young people were in work, education, or training. 

To provide some context of the young people we are working with - on average 20% have lived in care, 43% received free school meals, 60% have less than 5 GCSEs, 46% have had parents who claim benefits, and over 70% have had mental health issues. 57% of the young people have at least 3 of these barriers to employment. 

We want to acknowledge the support of the Love Your Neighbour scheme that allowed us to access government funding and to the Bramall Foundation who supported us to access this funding. We are also grateful to the individuals and local companies have also supported us financially during the year. 

Numerous volunteers have provided support to the young people in various ways, especially with conducting mock interviews and we would like to express our thanks for their time and energy. 

**Out of School Club** – At the beginning of 2020, children were collected from five primary schools in the area to attend the OOSC from 3 – 6pm on a daily basis, Monday to Friday. The Club closed when the schools closed in March and the staff were placed on furlough. The Club reopened in September 2020 for one school only and then to a second in October, limited by government guidelines as to keeping children in school bubbles and using the minibus safely. We endeavoured to do the majority of activities outside, weather permitting and indoor activities, took place in well ventilated rooms. Staff viewed Serves Tennis programme training on line, which showed lots of fun activities that would enhance the children’s tennis skills. (Many of the children had never played tennis before, and were encouraged by the nice equipment and a tennis net.) The children live in an inner city area, with limited places for them to play and the OOSC provided them with a safe field and multi-use games area for them to enjoy.  Sessions were held by British Cycling organisation, which the children loved. Three children learnt to ride bikes,that had never been on a bike before. 

We are grateful for a grant from Leeds Community Foundation Resilience Fund which enabled us to keep operating during the second half of 2020. 

**Play scheme** – the Playscheme ran during February half term only during 2020 

**Café** - this has been closed since March 2020 due to government guidelines 

**Welcome Shop** – this has been closed since March 2020 due to government guidelines 

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## **Life Connections** 

## **(A company limited by guarantee)** 

## **Report of the trustees (incorporating the directors' report) for the year ended 31 December 2021** 

## **Financial review** 

## _Accounts_ 

The charity reported a surplus of £67,382 (unrestricted funds surplus of £392 and restricted funds surplus of £66,990) for the year ended 31st December 2021 (2020: unrestricted funds surplus of £15,149 and restricted funds surplus of £75,944). 

## **Statement of trustees' responsibilities** 

The trustees (who are also directors of Life Connections for the purpose of company law) are responsible for preparing the Trustees' Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice. 

Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to: 

- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; 

- observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP; 

- make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; 

- state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and 

- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charitable company will continue in operation. 

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and which enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. 

## **Small company provisions** 

This report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions for small companies under Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006. 

On behalf of the board 

## **Patience Harrison** 

## **Director** 

**Page 4** 



## **Life Connections** 

## **(A company limited by guarantee)** 

## **Independent examiner’s report to the trustees on the unaudited financial statements of Life Connections.** 

I report on the accounts of Life Connections for the year ended 31 December 2021 set out on pages 2 to 15. 

## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and independent examiner** 

The charity's trustees (who are also the directors of the company for purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with requirements of the Companies Act 2006 ("the 2006 Act"). The trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under part 16 of the 2006 Act and under section 145(1) of the Charities Act 2011 ("the 2011 Act") and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to examine the financial statements under section 145 of the 2011 Act, to follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. 

## **Basis of independent examiner's statement** 

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 charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair view' and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. 

## **Independent examiner's statement** 

In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention: 

- (i) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements: 

   - to keep proper accounting records in accordance with section 386 of the Companies Act 2006; and 

   - to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records, comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the Companies Act 2006 and with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities 

have not been met; or 

- (ii) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. 

........................................................... 

## **D P Bohorun FCCA FCMI** 

Chartered Certified Accountant 

## **Independent examiner** 

6 Howley Park Business Village Pullan Way Leeds LS27 0BZ 

**Page 5** 



## **Life Connections (A company limited by guarantee)** 

## **Statement of financial activities (incorporating the income and expenditure account)** 

## **For the year ended 31 December 2021** 

|**For the year ended 31 December 2021**||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Note**|Unrestricted<br>funds|Restricted<br>funds|**Total funds**<br>**y.e 31 Dec**<br>**2021**|Unrestricted<br>Funds|Restricted<br>funds|**Total funds**<br>**y/e 31 Dec**<br>**2020**|
|||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|**Incoming Resources**||||||||
|Incoming resources from generating funds:<br>Activities for generating funds<br>Other incomingresources|**2**<br>**3**|23,030<br>2,021|133,675<br>-|**156,705**<br>**2,021**|68,699<br>5,529|98,090<br>-|**166,789**<br>**5,529**|
|**Total incoming Resources**||25,051|133,675|**158,726**|74,228|98,090|**172,318**|
|||||||||
|**Resources expended**||||||||
|Costs of generating funds:<br>Costs of generating voluntary income<br>Charitable activities<br>Governance costs|**4**<br>**5**<br>**7**|31,994<br>7,379<br>435|76,611<br>65,583<br>435|**108,605**<br>**72,962**<br>**870**|70,647<br>7,248<br>375|89,013<br>67,035<br>375|**159,660**<br>**74,283**<br>**750**|
|**Total resources expended**||39,808|142,629|**182,437 **|78,270|156,423|**234,693**|
|||||||||
|**Net movement in funds**<br>**Net incoming/(outgoing) resources for the year/**<br>**Net income/(expenditure) for the year**||**(14,757)**<br>**(14,757)**|**(8,954)**<br>**(8,954)**|**(23,711)**<br>**(23,711)**|**(4,042)**<br>**(4,042)**|**(58,333)**<br>**(58,333)**|**(62,375)**<br>**(62,375)**|
|Total funds brought forward||**15,149**|**75,944**|**91,093**|**19,191 **|**134,277**|**153,468**|
|**Total funds carried forward**||**392 **|**66,990**|**67,382 **|**15,149**|**75,944**|**91,093**|



The Statement of Financial Activities includes all gains and losses in the year and therefore a statement of total recognised gains and losses has not been prepared. All of the above amounts relate to continuing activities. 

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## **Life Connections (A company limited by guarantee)** 

## **Balance sheet** 

## **as at 31 December 2021** 

|**Notes**<br>**Fixed assets**<br>Tangible assets<br>**13**<br>**Current assets**<br>Cash at bank and in hand<br>Accrued Income<br>**Creditors: amounts falling**<br>**due within one year**<br>**14**<br>**Net current assets**<br>**Net assets**<br>**Funds**<br>**15**<br>Restricted income funds<br>Unrestricted income funds<br>**Total funds**|**£**<br>60,433<br>2,021|**2021**<br>**£**<br>1<br>5,708<br>1<br>1<br>1<br>1<br>1<br>1<br>61,674<br>1<br>67,382<br>1<br>1<br>66,990<br>1<br>392<br>1<br>67,382<br>1|**£**<br> <br> <br>84,203<br> <br>-|**2020**<br>**£**<br>7,610<br>83,483|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||62,454<br>(780)||84,203<br> <br> <br>(720)||
||||<br> <br> <br> <br>||
|||||91,093|
||||||
|||||75,944<br>15,149|
|||||91,093|



The Balance Sheet continues on the following page. 

**Page 7** 



## **Life Connections (A company limited by guarantee)** 

## **Balance sheet (continued)** 

## **Trustees statements required by the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 31 December 2021** 

In approving these financial statements as trustees of the company we hereby confirm: 

(a) that for the year stated above the company was entitled to the exemption conferred by section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 ; 

(b) that no notice has been deposited at the registered office of the company pursuant to section 476 of the Companies Act 2006 requesting that an audit be conducted for the year ended 31 December 2021. 

(c) that we acknowledge our responsibilities for: 

(1) ensuring that the company keeps proper accounting records which comply with section 386 of the Companies Act 2006, and 

(2) preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company as at the end of the financial year and of its profit or loss for the year then ended in accordance with the requirements of sections 394 and 395, and which otherwise comply with the provisions of the Companies Act relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the company. 

These financial statements are prepared in accordance with the special provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies and in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities (effective April 2008). 

The financial statements were approved by the board on and signed on its behalf by 

## **Patience Harrison** 

## **Director** 

**Page 8** 



## **Life Connections (A company limited by guarantee)** 

## **Notes to financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2021** 

## **1. Accounting policies** 

The principal accounting policies are summarised below. The accounting policies have been applied consistently throughout the year and the preceding year. 

## **Basis of accounting** 

The financial statements are prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities (effective April 2008), the Statement of Recommended Practice 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities' issued in March 2005 (SORP 2005) and the Companies Act 2006. 

## **Incoming resources** 

All incoming resources are included in the statement of financial activities when the charity is entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy. 

## **Resources expended** 

Expenditure is recognised on an accrual basis as a liability is incurred. Expenditure includes any VAT which cannot be fully recovered, and is reported as part of the expenditure to which it relates. 

Costs of generating funds comprise the costs associated with attracting voluntary income and the costs of trading for fundraising purposes including the charity's shop. 

Charitable expenditure comprises those costs incurred by the charity in the delivery of its activities and services for its beneficiaries. It includes both costs that can be allocated directly to such activities and those costs of an indirect nature necessary to support them. 

Support costs are those costs incurred directly in support of expenditure on the objects of the charity and include project management. 

## **Tangible fixed assets and depreciation** 

Tangible fixed assets are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write off the cost less residual value of each asset over its expected useful life, as follows: 

Fixtures, fittings and equipment - 25% reducing balance 

## **Defined contribution pension schemes** 

The pension costs charged in the financial statements represent the contribution payable by the charity during the year. 

**Page 9** 



## **Life Connections** 

## **(A company limited by guarantee)** 

## **Notes to financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2021** 

|**2.**<br>**Activities for generating funds**<br>Cafe income<br>Lincoln Green Income<br>OOSC Fees<br>OOSC ATM<br>OOSC Play Scheme<br>OOSC Grants<br>OOSC CJRS Grant income<br>OOSC Other income<br>Spear Grant<br>Spear CJRS Grant income<br>Spear Fund Raising<br>Spear Donations<br>**3.**<br>**Other incoming resources**<br>Management income<br> <br>Accrued income – Leeds CC<br>**4.**<br>**Cost of generating voluntary income**<br>Cafe<br>Out Of School Club<br>Spear|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**£**<br>-<br>3,000<br>(1,398)<br>3,654<br>-<br>2,750<br>12,500<br>2,524<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>23,030<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**£**<br>-<br>2,021<br>2,021<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**£**<br>-<br>31,994<br>-<br>31,994|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**£**<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>105,571<br>10,000<br>215<br>17,889<br>133,675<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**£**<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>**Restricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**£**<br>-<br>-<br>76,611<br>75,898|<br>|<br>|**2021**<br>**Total**<br>**£**<br>-<br>3,000<br>(1,398)<br>3,654<br>-<br>2,750<br>12,500<br>2,524<br>105,571<br>10,000<br>215<br>17,889<br>156,705<br>**2021**<br>**Total**<br>**£**<br>-<br>2,021<br>2,021<br>**2021**<br>**Total**<br>**£**<br>- <br>31,994 <br>76,611 <br>108,605||**2020**<br>**Total**<br>**£**<br>7,925<br>3,000<br>9,609<br>11,590<br>1,639<br>10,237<br>24,699<br>-<br>62,607<br>19,571<br>1,115<br>14,797<br>166,789<br>**2020**<br>**Total**<br>**£**<br> <br>5,529|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||||
|||||||||
||||||||5,529|
||||||||**2020**<br>**Total**<br>**£**<br> <br>8,855<br> <br>61,792<br> <br>89,013|
||||||||159,660|



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## **Life Connections (A company limited by guarantee)** 

## **Notes to financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2021** 

## **5. Costs of charitable activities - by fund type** 

|**Costs of charitable activities - by fund type**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Cafe<br>Out Of School Club<br>Lincoln Green<br>Spear<br>General Administrative Expenses|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**£**<br>145<br>2,762<br>2,250<br>-<br>2,222<br>7,379|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**£**<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>64,917<br>666<br>65,583|**2021**<br>**Total**<br>**£**<br>145<br>2,762<br>2,250<br>64,917<br>2,888<br>72,962|**2020**<br>**Total**<br>**£**<br>162<br>3,434<br>1,873<br>65,257<br>3,557|
|||||74,283|



**6. Costs of charitable activities - by activity** 

|Cafe<br>Out Of School Club<br>Lincoln Green<br>Spear<br>General Administrative Expenses<br>**Governance costs**<br>Accountancy fees<br>Professional Fees|**Activities**<br>**undertaken**<br>**directly**<br>**£**<br>145<br>2,762<br>2,250<br>64,917<br>-<br>70,076<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**£**<br>420<br>15<br>435|**Support**<br>**costs**<br>**£**<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>2,888<br>2,888<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**£**<br>420<br>15<br>435|**2021**<br>**Total**<br>**£**<br>145<br>2,762<br>2,250<br>64,917<br>2,888<br>72,962<br>**2021**<br>**Total**<br>**£**<br>840<br>30<br>870|**2020**<br>**Total**<br>**£**<br>162<br>3,434<br>1,873<br>65,257<br>3,557<br>74,283<br>**2020**<br>**Total**<br>**£**<br>720<br>30|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||750|



**7. Governance costs** 

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## **Life Connections** 

## **(A company limited by guarantee)** 

## **Notes to financial statements** 

**for the year ended 31 December 2021** 

## **8. Analysis of support costs** 

|Insurance<br>Other office expenses<br>Depreciation and impairment<br>**9.**<br>**Net incoming/(outgoing) resources for the year**<br>Net incoming/(outgoing) resources is stated after charging:<br>Depreciation and other amounts written off tangible fixed assets<br>**10.**<br>**Employees**<br>**Employment costs**<br>Wages and salaries<br>Social security costs<br>Pension costs<br>Other costs|**£**<br>727<br>258<br>1,903<br>2,888<br>|**2021**<br>**Total**<br>**£**<br>727<br>258<br>1,903<br>2,888<br>**2021**<br>**£**<br>1,903<br>**2021**<br>**£**<br>102,261<br>2,898<br>2,333<br>1,013<br>108,505||**2020**<br>**Total**<br>**£**<br>708<br>312<br>2,537|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||3,557|
|||||**2020**<br>**£**<br>2,537<br>**2020**<br>**£**<br>139,582<br>4,634<br>3,182<br>1,370<br>148,768|
||||||
||||||



No employee received emoluments of more than £60,000 (2020: None). 

## **Number of employees** 

The average monthly numbers of employees (including the trustees) during the year, calculated on the basis of full time equivalents, was as follows: 

|**2021**|**2020**|
|---|---|
|**Number**|**Number**|
|5|5|



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**Life Connections (A company limited by guarantee)** 

## **Notes to financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2021** 

## **11. Pension costs** 

The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme in respect of NEST. The scheme and its assets are held by independent managers. The pension charge represents contributions due from the company and was as follows: 

|follows:|||
|---|---|---|
||**2021**|**2020**|
||**£**|**£**|
|Pension charge|2,333|3,182|



## **12. Taxation** 

The charity's activities fall within the exemptions afforded by the provisions of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988. Accordingly, there is no taxation charge in these accounts. 

|**Fixtures,**<br>**13.**<br>**Tangible fixed assets**<br>**fittings and**<br>**equipment**<br>**£**<br>**Cost**<br>At 1 January 2020<br>15,125<br>Additions<br>-<br>At 31 December 2021<br>15,125<br>**Depreciation**<br>At 1 January 2020<br>7,514<br>Charge for the year<br>1,903<br>At 31 December 2021<br>9,417<br>**Net book values**<br>At 31 December 2021<br>5,708<br>At 31 December 2020<br>7,610<br>**14.**<br>**Creditors: amounts falling due**<br>**within one year**<br>**2021**<br>**£**<br>Accruals and deferred income<br>780|**Total**<br>**£**<br>15,125<br>-|
|---|---|
||15,125|
||7,514<br>1,903|
||9,417|
||5,708|
||7,610|
||**2020**<br>**£**<br>720|



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## **Life Connections** 

## **(A company limited by guarantee)** 

## **Notes to financial statements** 

## **for the year ended 31 December 2021** 

|||**Unrestricted**|**Unrestricted**||**Restricted**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||**funds**||**funds**|**Total funds**|
|**15.**|**Analysis of net assets between funds**||**£**||**£**|**£**|
||Fund balances at 31 December 2021 as represented by:<br>Tangible fixed assets<br>Current assets||4,800<br>62,454|<br>|908<br>-|5,708<br>62,454|
||Current liabilities||(390)||(390)|(780)|
||||66,864||518|67,382|
||||||||
|**16.**|**Unrestricted funds**<br>|**At**||||**At**|
|||**1 January**|**Incoming**||**Outgoing     31 December**||
|||**2021**|**resources**||**resources**|**2021**|
|||**£**||**£**|**£**|**£**|
||General funds|15,149|25,051||(39,808)|392|
|**17.**|**Restricted funds**<br>|**At**||||**At**|
|||**1 January**|**Incoming**||**Outgoing    31 December**||
|||**2021**|**resources**||**resources**|**2021**|
||||**£**|||**£**|
||Spear|75,944|133,675||(142,629)|66,990|



## **18. General commitments** 

The charitable company had no future financial or capital commitments at 31 December 2021. 

## **19. Company limited by guarantee** 

Life Connections is a company limited by guarantee and accordingly does not have a share capital. 

Every member of the company undertakes to contribute such amount as may be required not exceeding £1 to the assets of the charitable company in the event of its being wound up while he or she is a member, or within one year after he or she ceases to be a member. 

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**Life Connections** 

## **(A company limited by guarantee)** 

## **Notes to financial statements** 

## **for the year ended 31 December 2021** 

## **20. Post Balance Sheet Events** 

In 2021 the Out of School Club reopened after the Easter school holiday with low numbers of children attending due to a combination of the restrictions placed on us as to the number of schools we can open to within government guidelines and changed working patterns for parents. Many parents are working from home, are on furlough or have lost or changed their job during the pandemic. 

After considering the projected number of children for September 2021, along with the scaling back of the furlough scheme, it was clear that the club was unviable for the foreseeable future. With reserves already depleted in keeping the club open between March 2020 and July 2021 the difficult decision was taken to permanently close the club from July 2021. 

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**Life Connections** 

## **(A company limited by guarantee)** 

**The following pages do not form part of the statutory accounts.** 



## **Life Connections** 

## **(A company limited by guarantee)** 

## **Detailed statement of financial activities** 

## **For the year ended 31 December 2021** 

|<br>**Incoming resources**<br>**Incoming resources from generating funds:**<br>_Activities for generating funds_<br>Cafe income<br>Lincoln Green Income<br>OOSC CJRS Grant Income<br>OOSC Fees<br>OOSC ATM<br>OOSC Play Scheme<br>OOSC Grants<br>OOSC Other income<br>Spear - Grant<br>Spear - Donations<br>Spear – Fundraising events<br>Spear – CJRS Grant Income<br>**Total incoming resources from generating funds**<br>**Other incoming resources**<br>CJRS Grant (Refunded to BCC)<br>Management income - OOSC<br>Accrued Income - OOCS<br>**Total incoming resources**<br>**Resources expended**<br>**Costs of generating funds:**<br>**_Cafe_**<br>Cafe - Purchases<br>Salaries & wages<br>Rent<br>Payroll Cost<br>**_Out Of School Club_**<br>Staff - Salaries & wages<br>Staff - Employer's NIC<br>Staff - Pension costs<br>Payroll Costs<br>Management Cost<br>Direct - OOSC Food|<br>**£**<br>**2021**<br>**£**<br>-<br>3,000<br>12,500<br>(1,398)<br>3,654<br>2,750<br>2,524<br>105,571<br>17,889<br>215<br>10,000<br>156,705<br>156,705<br>-<br>-<br>2,021<br>-<br>158,726<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>31,999<br>206<br>367<br>(678)<br>-<br>100<br>31,994|**£**<br>**2020**<br>**£**<br>7,925<br>3,000<br>24,699<br>9,609<br>11,590<br>1,639<br>10,237<br>-<br>62,607<br>14,797<br>1,115<br>19,571<br>166,789<br>166,789<br>3,313<br>2,216<br>-<br>5,529<br>172,318<br>3,986<br>4,055<br>715<br>99<br>8,855<br>46,514<br>4,634<br>3,182<br>1,640<br>5,529<br>293<br>61,792|
|---|---|---|



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## **Life Connections (A company limited by guarantee)** 

## **Detailed statement of financial activities** 

## **For the year ended 31 December 2021** 

|**_Spear_**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Staff - Salaries & wages|70,262||89,013||
|Staff - Employer's NIC|2,692||-||
|Staff - Pension costs|1,966||-||
|Payroll Costs|1,691||-||
|||76,611||89,013|
|**Total cost of generating voluntary income**||108,605||159,660|
|**Fundraising trading:**|||||
|**cost of goods sold and other costs**|||||
|**Total costs of generating funds**||108,605||159,660|



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## **Life Connections (A company limited by guarantee)** 

## **Detailed statement of financial activities** 

|**For the year ended 31 December 2021**<br>**Charitable activities**<br>**Cafe**<br>_Activities undertaken directly_<br>Bank Charges<br>General Expenses<br>**Cafe total expenditure**<br>**BCC Out Of School Club**<br>_Activities undertaken directly_<br>Direct - Establishment - Travelling<br>Direct - Establishment-Repair/renewals<br>Direct - Professional - Other<br>Direct- Subscriptions<br>Direct - Office expenses<br>Direct - Other costs<br>Direct – Grant expenditure<br>**Out Of School Club total expenditure**<br>**Lincoln Green**<br>_Activities undertaken directly_<br>Direct - Establishment - Rent<br>Direct – Establishment - Refund<br>**Lincoln Green total expenditure**<br>**Spear**<br>_Activities undertaken directly_<br>Direct - Staff - Other<br>Direct - Other motor & travel expenses<br>Direct - Office expenses - Other<br>Direct – Resurgo<br>Direct – BCC expenses<br>Direct - Other costs<br>**Spear total expenditure**|**2021**<br>**£**<br>-<br>145<br>145<br>145<br>915<br>-<br>-<br>113<br>149<br>835<br>750<br>2,762<br>2,762<br>2,250<br>-<br>2,250<br>2,250<br>1,397<br>1,432<br>1,278<br>54,288<br>3,480<br>3,042<br>64,917<br>64,917|**2020**<br>**£**<br>-<br>162<br>162<br>162<br>1,320<br>231<br>340<br>-<br>353<br>1,190<br>-`<br>3,434<br>3,434<br>2,250<br>(377)<br>1,873<br>1,873<br>1,370<br>881<br>3,172<br>55,000<br>4,320<br>514<br>65,257<br>65,257|**2020**<br>**£**<br>-<br>162<br>162<br>162<br>1,320<br>231<br>340<br>-<br>353<br>1,190<br>-`<br>3,434<br>3,434<br>2,250<br>(377)<br>1,873<br>1,873<br>1,370<br>881<br>3,172<br>55,000<br>4,320<br>514<br>65,257<br>65,257|
|---|---|---|---|
|||||
||||65,257|



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## **Life Connections** 

## **(A company limited by guarantee)** 

## **Detailed statement of financial activities** 

## **For the year ended 31 December 2021** 

|**General Administrative Expenses**<br>Charitable activities - Support<br>2,888<br>**General Administrative Expenses total expenditure**<br>**Total charitable activity expenditure**<br>**Governance costs**<br>_Activities undertaken directly_<br>Professional - Accountancy fees<br>780<br>Professional Fees                                                                              30<br>**Total governance costs**<br>**Net incoming/(outgoing) resources for the year**|2,888<br>2,888<br> 72,962<br>810<br> 810<br> (23,711)|3,557<br>720<br>30|3,557|
|---|---|---|---|
||||3,557<br>74,283|
||||750<br>750<br>(62,375)|



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