Charity registration number: 1148061
## Hounslow Seniors Trust Association
Annual Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 January 2020
## **Hounslow Seniors Trust Association**
## **Contents**
|Reference and Administrative Details|1|
|---|---|
|Trustees' Report|2 to 4|
|Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities|5|
|Independent Examiner's Report|6|
|Statement of Financial Activities|7|
|Balance Sheet|8|
|Notes to the Financial Statements|9 to 11|
**Hounslow Seniors Trust Association**
## **Reference and Administrative Details**
**Trustees** Satish Dutt Doreen Archer Rhobena West Michael Brennan Felix Noronha Lalani Weerasinghe Paul Franklin **Principal Office** 53a Church Path Chiswick London W4 5BL **Charity Registration Number** 1148061 **Independent Examiner** Bissell & Brown Birmingham Ltd 12 Portman Rd Kings Heath Birmingham B13 0SL
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## **Hounslow Seniors Trust Association**
## **Trustees' Report**
The trustees present the annual report together with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 January 2020.
## **Objectives and activities**
## _**Objects and aims**_
## Charitable objects
To promote for the benefit of older people resident in Greater London ( hereinafter referred to " as the area of benefit" ) without distinction of gender, sexual orientation, race, disability or political, religious or other opinions by associating together the said people and the local authorities, voluntary and other organisations in a common effort to advance education and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare and leisure time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life for said people.
## _**Public benefit**_
## Activities undertaken to further public benefit
The trustees confirm that they have complied with the requirements of section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission for England and Wales.
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## **Hounslow Seniors Trust Association**
## **Trustees' Report**
## **Achievements and performance**
Hounslow Seniors Trust Mayor of Hounslow’s Charity 2019.
The Trust was delighted and honoured to be chosen by the Mayor of Hounslow as one of his two Charities for 2019. Three Trustees attend the Mayor’s inauguration event and presented a video detailing the work of the Charity to the Mayor and Councillors present. The Mayor attended many of Hounslow Seniors Trust’s events and activities during the year.
## Hounslow Older People’s Festival 2019
2019 was the 26th Annual Festival to take place in Hounslow Borough. The Festival has been providing older people in the Borough with activities, events, the opportunity to learn new things, meet new people and make new friends, for 26 years. We launched the Festival 2019 with a trip on a Jazz Boat from Kew Pier to Westminster. The Mayor of Hounslow attended the launch of the Festival. This was a great start to a fun-packed July for older people in Hounslow.
As always the Festival provided opportunities for older people to get together and do new things. In 2019 we provided guided visits to places of interest across London, and trips to The Gurkha Museum in Winchester, Waterperry Gardens and Brighton. There were afternoons of music and dancing, arts and crafts workshops in sheltered housing units, walks with the Hounslow Heritage Guides, events and talks in Hounslow libraries and much more. Ruth Cadbury MP for Brentford and Isleworth organised a tour of the Houses of Parliament
## HOUNSLOW COMMUNITY GRANT
In 2019 Hounslow Seniors Trust was funded by LB Hounslow to engage Hounslow Seniors Trust members and residents of all ages living on the Meadows Estate in a project to create a mosaic to be displayed on the estate. Art on the Meadows Estate aimed to create a community focus and build social connections that break down barriers. Working together to create the artwork developed a new understanding and respect between residents of all ages from diverse cultural backgrounds living on the Estate and enabled them to make a valuable contribution to their community The mosaic the community created is displayed in the playground of Beavers Community Primary School, it celebrates the life of a Deputy Head Teacher. The people who took part in the project, members of Hounslow Seniors Trust, the school staff and volunteers organised a celebration to launch the mural. The Mayor of Hounslow attended the celebration.
## HEATHROW COMMUNITIES TOGETHER
During 2019 Hounslow Seniors Trust received funding from Heathrow Communities Together to tackle issues relating to older people including:
• Isolation, loneliness and disengagement from our communities.
• Lack of activities that empower older people, teach us new skills and build our capacity enabling us to become more active citizens.
• The lack of activities for older people that promote physical and mental well-being.
- The lack of activities that enable us to contribute to the debate on environmental matters.
## People’s Health Trust
Early in 2019 we received two year funding from The People’s Health Trust to address the isolation and loneliness felt by some residents of the Meadows Estate in Hounslow by providing activities that enable them to make new friends and acquaintances. Our arts project is designed to welcome all estate residents, enable people of different ages and from diverse cultural backgrounds to meet their neighbours and get to know each other better. During 2019 by bringing people together the project created a community focus, built social connections, broke down barriers and create social cohesion. During 2019 we worked with participants from the Under 5's Drop-In Group who created an art installation that is displayed in the HUB. We also provided a Saturday Art Group for the whole community that took place in the HUB. During the year we started worked on a Tree Dressing project with students from Beavers Community Primary School, their parents and carers, older estate residents and members of Hounslow Seniors Trust.
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## **Hounslow Seniors Trust Association**
## **Trustees' Report**
## **Financial review**
## Plans for future periods
In March 2020 most of Hounslow Senior’s Trust projects and activities came to a halt due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The People’s Health Trust project we were working on with older people and students of Beavers Community Primary School was paused. The school was closed and the older participants were considered to be at ‘high risk’. In October 2020 we started working with the school to find a Covid-19 safe way to restart delivery of this project.
During lockdown the Trust continued to provide dance classes online and is planning to organise more online activities in the coming months. In the near future we will be organising Walk and Talk sessions for older people.
In January 2021 the Trust will review the situation regarding Hounslow Older People’s Festival. We plan to organise some events during July 2021, even if we cannot provide a full month of activities.
## **Structure, governance and management**
## _**Nature of governing document**_
The charity was registered 11 July 2012 using a constitution adopted 20 Sept 2010 as amended on 20 Feb 2012.
## _**Organisational structure**_
## Volunteers
During the course of the year 21 older volunteers worked on all aspects of our project delivery including Health & Safety, catering, publicity and promotion, organising events and activities.
The annual report was approved by the trustees of the charity on .................... and signed on its behalf by:
.........................................
Satish Dutt Trustee
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## **Hounslow Seniors Trust Association**
## **Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities**
The trustees are responsible for preparing the trustees' report and the financial statements in accordance with the United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice) and applicable law and regulations.
The law applicable to charities 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 charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the charity 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 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 charity will continue in business.
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the applicable Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations, and the provisions of the constitution. The trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
Approved by the trustees of the charity on .................... and signed on its behalf by:
......................................... Satish Dutt Trustee
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## **Hounslow Seniors Trust Association**
## **Independent Examiner's Report to the trustees of Hounslow Seniors Trust Association**
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 January 2020 which are set out on pages 7 to 11.
## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner**
As the charity’s trustees of Hounslow Seniors Trust Association you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).
I report in respect of my examination of the Hounslow Seniors Trust Association's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner’s statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of Hounslow Seniors Trust Association as required by section 130 of the Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view' which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
...................................... B Matthews FCA Bissell & Brown Birmingham Ltd, Chartered Accountants
12 Portman Rd Kings Heath Birmingham B13 0SL
Date:.............................
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## **Hounslow Seniors Trust Association**
## **Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 January 2020**
|**Note**
**Income and Endowments from:**
Donations and legacies
Charitable activities
Total Income
**Expenditure on:**
Charitable activities
Total Expenditure
Net movement in funds
**Reconciliation of funds**
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward
10|**Unrestricted**
**£**
754
7,949
8,703
(3,797)
(3,797)
4,906
1,192
6,098|**Restricted**
**£**
-
17,214
17,214
(22,746)
(22,746)
(5,532)
8,602
3,070|**Total**
**2020**
**£**
754
25,163
25,917
(26,543)
(26,543)
(626)
9,794
9,168|**Total**
**2019**
**£**
-
25,499|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||25,499|
|||||(16,877)|
|||||(16,877)|
|||||8,622
1,173|
|||||9,795|
All of the charity's activities derive from continuing operations during the above two periods.
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## **Hounslow Seniors Trust Association**
## **(Registration number: 1148061) Balance Sheet as at 31 January 2020**
|**Note**
**Current assets**
Debtors
7
Cash at bank and in hand
8
**Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year**
9
**Net assets**
**Funds of the charity:**
**Restricted income funds**
Restricted funds
**Unrestricted income funds**
Unrestricted funds
**Total funds**
10|**2020**
**£**
1,819
7,849
9,668
(500)
9,168
3,070
6,098
9,168|**2019**
**£**
-
10,294|
|---|---|---|
|||10,294
(499)|
|||9,795|
|||8,602
1,193|
|||9,795|
The financial statements on pages 7 to 11 were approved by the trustees, and authorised for issue on .................... and signed on their behalf by:
......................................... Satish Dutt Trustee
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**Hounslow Seniors Trust Association**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 January 2020**
## **1 Accounting policies**
## **Statement of compliance**
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2015) - (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Charities Act 2011.
## **Basis of preparation**
Hounslow Seniors Trust Association meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy notes.
## **Exemption from preparing a cash flow statement**
The charity opted to early adopt Bulletin 1 published on 2 February 2016 and have therefore not included a cash flow statement in these financial statements.
## **Going concern**
The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.
## **Income and endowments**
Voluntary income including donations, gifts, legacies and grants that provide core funding or are of a general nature is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the income, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured with sufficient reliability.
## _**Donations and legacies**_
Donations and legacies are recognised on a receivable basis when receipt is probable and the amount can be reliably measured.
## **Expenditure**
All expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to that expenditure, it is probable settlement is required and the amount can be measured reliably. All costs are allocated to the applicable expenditure heading that aggregate similar costs to that category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated on a basis consistent with the use of resources, with central staff costs allocated on the basis of time spent, and depreciation charges allocated on the portion of the asset’s use. Other support costs are allocated based on the spread of staff costs.
## _**Charitable activities**_
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.
## **Taxation**
The charity is considered to pass the tests set out in Paragraph 1 Schedule 6 of the Finance Act 2010 and therefore it meets the definition of a charitable company for UK corporation tax purposes. Accordingly, the charity is potentially exempt from taxation in respect of income or capital gains received within categories covered by Chapter 3 Part 11 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 or Section 256 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992, to the extent that such income or gains are applied exclusively to charitable purposes.
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## **Hounslow Seniors Trust Association**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 January 2020**
## **Fund structure**
Unrestricted income funds are general funds that are available for use at the trustees's discretion in furtherance of the objectives of the charity.
Restricted income funds are those donated for use in a particular area or for specific purposes, the use of which is restricted to that area or purpose.
## **2 Income from donations and legacies**
|Donations and legacies;
Donations from individuals|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**General**
**£**
754
754|**Total**
**2020**
**£**
754|
|---|---|---|
|||754|
## **3 Income from charitable activities**
|Appeals and donations
London Borough of Hounslow
Heathrow Communities
National Lottery
People's Health Trust
Musical Museum|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**General**
**£**
754
-
2,130
-
-
5,819
8,703|**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
-
2,150
-
-
15,064
-
17,214|**Total**
**2020**
**£**
754
2,150
2,130
-
15,064
5,819
25,917|**Total**
**2019**
**£**
-
2,150
1,020
9,930
9,038
3,361|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||25,499|
## **4 Expenditure on charitable activities**
|Project costs
Events - other costs
Artist fees
Print & design
Management fees
Insurance
Accountancy
Travel costs|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**General**
**£**
-
-
-
-
3,160
315
322
-
3,797|**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
10,801
2,832
200
947
5,765
272
178
1,750
22,745|**Total**
**2020**
**£**
10,801
2,832
200
947
8,925
587
500
1,750
26,542|**Total**
**2019**
**£**
1,720
1,356
3,955
2,207
4,924
565
500
1,650|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||16,877|
## **5 Trustees remuneration and expenses**
No trustees, nor any persons connected with them, have received any remuneration from the charity during the year.
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## **Hounslow Seniors Trust Association**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 January 2020**
## **6 Taxation**
The charity is a registered charity and is therefore exempt from taxation.
## **7 Debtors**
|Other debtors
**8**
**Cash and cash equivalents**
Cash at bank
**9**
**Creditors: amounts falling due within on**
Other creditors
Accruals
**10 Funds**
**Unrestricted funds**
**_General_**
General funds
**Restricted funds**
London Borough of Hounslow
National Lottery
People's Health Trust
**Total restricted funds**
**Total funds**|**e year**
**Balance at 1**
**February 2019**
**£**
1,192
550
1,123
6,929
8,602
9,794|**Incoming**
**resources**
**£**
8,703
2,150
-
15,064
17,214
25,917||**2020**
**£**
7,849
**2020**
**£**
-
500
500
**Resources**
**expended**
**£**
(3,797)
(2,700)
(1,123)
(18,923)
(22,746)
(26,543)|**2020**
**£**
1,819|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||**2019**
**£**
10,294|
||||||**2019**
**£**
(1)
500|
||||||499|
||||||**Balance at 31**
**January 2020**
**£**
6,098
-
-
3,070|
||||||3,070|
||||||9,168|
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