## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year 1 April 2020 **To** 31[st] March 2021
**From**
**To**
## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name** Active Independence **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1148975 **Charity's principal address** C/o Unit 37, Moorgate Crofts Business Centre
South Grove Rotherham **Postcode S60 2DH**
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled
Trustee name Office (if any)
year to appoint trustee (if any)
1 Jo Ritson
2 David Turner Smith Treasurer
3 Barbara Booton Secretary
4 Kerrie Evans
5 Naveen Judah Chair
6 Brian Nelson
7 Jacqueline Clayton 1/1/20
Mohammed 1/1/20
8
Ramzan
9 Eleanor Dabell 1/1/20
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12
13
14
15
16
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18
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**Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**
**Name Dates acted if not for whole year**
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## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Type of governing document
Memoranda and Articles
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
Registered charity and company limited by guarantee How the charity is constituted
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Trustee selection methods
Elected by members
(eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about:
- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
- relationship with any related parties;
The day to day running of the charity is managed by the trustees. During the pandemic they have not been able to meet in person but governed the charity by email and virtual meetings .
he wider membership are kept regularly informed of plans, relevant information and services by a monthly e-bulletins, the charities Facebook and Twitter accounts and through the website.
In July 2020 all policies were reviewed and updated and adopted by trustees.
- New electronic handbooks were written for trustees, staff, freelance Workers and any potential volunteers
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
1. To provide information, advice, advocacy, training and support to enable Disabled people to have choice and control, and to live independent lives.
2. To raise aspirations and confidence amongst Disabled people, families and carers to facilitate choice, control and independent living.
3. To campaign for the right for Disabled people to have choice and control, in order to live independently and with dignity.
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Trustees have had regard to the guidance on public benefit and carried out the following activities:
1. delivery of all services continued without a break despite the challenges of the pandemic. Staff are familiar with homeworking to take on additional capacity.
**Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)**
2. Delivery of ‘Active Advocacy’ providing peer advocacy to Disabled people and their families . Support is provided in people’s own homes with trained advocates. During periods of lockdown and Covid measures, support to clients continued remotely/socially distanced when possible
3. development of the new service “Active solutions” in partnership with age UK and Crossroads Care Rotherham continued – in fact work through the pandemic provided increased evidence of proof of concept
4. concern for individual Disabled people’s well being prompted us to develop craft packs which could be posted to people’s homes for them to complete on their own or with support via video or phone call
5. We have continued to provide support information and advice to those who employ their own carers support staff and to the PAs who provided. Demand for this service was very intense at the beginning of the pandemic and during the rollout of the vaccinations
6. We have promoted the right to an independent life with choice and control through working in partnership with service providers to transform their service delivery. We have also supported individuals to utilise appropriate complaints and resolution procedures when necessary.
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
All active independence services and activities are considerably enhanced by the contribution of volunteers. Some of these are disabled people and carers who have been helped by active independence and since become active volunteers themselves.
Other volunteers are nondisabled professionals and workers contributing their expertise and knowledge on an unpaid basis, particularly around finances and information technology.
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
## Section D Achievements and performance
**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year**
**1. Governance**
- continue to stabilise the governance of the charity with our New chair. The remaining trustees ensure continuity.
**2. Activities**
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Section D Achievements and performance In carrying out the objectives of our organisation we undertook a range of activities: **Events and promotional activities** It is important we keep in touch with our wider membership and we have done this through: (events being all cancelled) ◦ Regular E bulletins ◦ communicating through our website as well as our Twitter (@active_ind) and Facebook accounts **Projects** ◦ Development of RMBC pre-front door service “Active Solutions” ◦ Art of Well-Being – a programme of radical craft sessions for disabled people, their carers and families – no delivered remotely with packs sent through the post **Services** Our primary service is "Active Advocacy". This is funded through a 12 months through the VAR Social Prescribing Service – we also secured a 2[nd] grant funding from the HBJ trust fund for clients not covered by social prescribing. Also received 2 emergency Covid-19 grants ◦ Secured **£380,000** in welfare entitlements ◦ Supported service users on a range of issues related to independent living including: welfare benefits; Personal health Budgets; CHC assessments; housing; employment issues; community care assessment; stroke support; equipment; recruitment and retention issues ◦ supported over 300 PAs through the vaccine process PA Support Service – Continued contract with DMBC to deliver this innovative and ground-breaking service. It offers confidential 1-1 support and guidance for PAs and monthly newsletters. Direct payments support service PA recruitment – utilising the re-built website to promote PAs to register their profile and employers to advertise vacancies.
## **Section E Financial review**
We have a reserves policy in which we have established the level **Brief statement of the** of reserves that is prudent for **Active Independence** to have.. **charity’s policy on reserves** To date we have managed to considerably increase our reserves due to the introduction of QuickBooks enabling us to identify and close several funding streams **Details of any funds materially in deficit**
**Further financial review details (Optional information)**
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You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about:
- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
Our main source of funding is grant funding and small contracts to deliver projects such as that from Voluntary Action Rotherham; DMBC and grant funding from the HBJ trust. We are beginning to attract small donations which contribute to our general funds. This financial year we have the additional benefit of 2X emergency Covid related grants
- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
## **Section F Other optional information**
## **Section G Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s) Full name(s)** Barbara Booton **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Secretary **etc) Date** 24/1/22
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Company registration number: 07942039 Charity registration number: 1148975
## Active Independence
(A company limited by guarantee) Annual Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2021
Campbell & Stenton Accountancy The Old Barn Anchorage Lane Sprotbrough Doncaster DN5 8DT
## **Active Independence**
## **Contents**
|Reference and Administrative Details|1|
|---|---|
|Independent examiner's report|2|
|Statement of financial activities|3|
|Balance Sheet|4|
|Notes to the financial statements|5 to 9|
|The following pages do not form part of the statutory financial statements:||
|---|---|
|Statement of financial activities per fund|10 to 11|
## **Active Independence**
## **Reference and Administrative Details**
|**Charity name**|Active Independence|
|---|---|
|**Charity registration number**|1148975|
|**Company registration number**|7942039|
|**Principal office**|20 Wintersett Drive|
||Doncaster|
||South Yorkshire|
||DN4 5PT|
|**Registered office**|The Old Barn, Anchorage Lane|
||Sprotbrough|
||Doncaster|
||DN5 8DT|
|**Secretary**|Barbara Booton (Appointed 19 October 2016)|
|**Trustees**|David Alan Turner-Smith (Appointed 14 March 2017)|
||Jo Ritson (Appointed 19 October 2016)|
||Kerrie Evans (Appointed 14 March 2017)|
||Naveen Judah (Appointed 21 March 2018)|
|**Accountant**|Campbell & Stenton Accountancy|
||The Old Barn|
||Anchorage Lane|
||Sprotbrough|
||Doncaster|
||DN5 8DT|
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## **Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of**
## **Active Independence**
I report on the accounts of the company for the year ended 31 March 2021, which are set out on pages 3 to 9.
## **Respective responsibillities of trustees and examiner**
The trustees (who are also the directors of the company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) 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 ;
- follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission under
- - section 145 (5) (b) of the 2011 Act ; and
- state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of independent examiner's 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 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:
- (1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements: - to keep 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
- to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the
- (2) accoutns to be reached.
......................................... Campbell & Stenton Accountancy
25 February 2022
The Old Barn Anchorage Lane Sprotbrough Doncaster DN5 8DT
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## **Active Independence**
## **Statement of Financial Activites (including Income and Expenditure Account) for the Year Ended 31 March 2021**
||||||**Total Funds**|**Total Funds**|**Total Funds**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**Year ended**||**Period ended**|
||||**Funds**|**Funds**|**31 March**|**2021**|**31 March 2020**|
||**Note**||**£**|**£**|**£**||**£**|
|**Incoming resources**||||||||
|Incoming resources from generated||||||||
|funds||||||||
|Voluntary Income||2|-|84,585||84,585|53,487|
|Other incoming resources||4|9,090|-||9,090|9,337|
|Total incoming resources|||9,090|84,585||93,675|62,824|
|**Resources expended**||||||||
|Costs of generating funds||||||||
|Costs of generating voluntary||||||||
|income||5|-|-||-|-|
|Fundraising trading: cost of goods||||||||
|sold and other costs||5|2,580|66,800||69,380|76,204|
|Total resources expended|||2,580|66,800||69,380|76,204|
|Net movements in funds|||6,510|17,785||24,295|(13,380)|
|**Reconciliation of funds**||||||||
|Total funds brought forward|||39,066|3,409||42,475|55,855|
|Total funds carried forward|||45,576|21,194||66,770|42,475|
All incoming resources and resources expended derive from continuing activities
The notes on pages 5 to 9 form an integral part of these financial statements
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## **Active Independence (Registration number: 07942039)**
## **Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2021**
|||||**31 March 2021**|||**31 March 2020**|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Note**||**£**||**£**||**£**|**£**||
|**Fixed Assets**||||||||||
|Tangible assets||9||||1,479|||610|
|**Current assets**||||||||||
|Cash at bank and in hand||||||66,050|42,319|||
|**Creditors: Amounts falling due**||||||||||
|**within one year**||10||(759)|||(454)|||
|**Net current assets**||||||(759)|||41,865|
|**Net assets**||||||66,770|||42,475|
|**The funds of the charity:**||||||||||
|**Resticted funds**||||||21,194|||3,409|
|**Unrestricted funds**||||||||||
|Unrestricted income funds||||||45,576|||39,066|
|**Total charity funds**||||||66,770|||42,475|
For the financial year ended 31 March 2020, the charity was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
The members have not required the charity to obtain an audit of its accounts for the period 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 Board on 25 February 2022 and signed on its behalf by:
.........................................
Barbara Booton Secretary
The notes on pages 5 to 9 form an integral part of these financial statements.
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## **Active Independence**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2021**
## **1 Accounting policies**
## **Basis of preparation**
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities (SORP 2005)', issued in March 2005, applicable accounting standards and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared on a cash basis.
## **Fund accounting policy**
Unrestricted income funds are general funds that are available for use at the trustees' discretion in furtherance of the objectives of the charity.
Restricted 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.
Further details of each fund are disclosed in note 13.
## **Incoming resources**
Voluntary income including donations and grants that provide core funding or are of a general nature is recognised where there is entitlement, certainty of receipt and the amount can be measured with sufficient reliability.
## **Resources expended**
Liabilities are recognised as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to the expenditure. All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all costs related to the category.
Costs of generating funds comprise the costs associated with attracting voluntary income and the costs of trading for fundraising purposes.
## **Fixed assets**
Individual fixed assets costing £0 or more are initially recorded at cost.
## **Depreciation**
Depreciation is provided on tangible fixed assets so as to write off the cost or valuation, less any estimated residual value, over their expected useful economic life as follows:
Office equipment 33% reducing balance
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## **Active Independence**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2021**
## **2 Voluntary income**
|**Donations and Legacies**
Donations
**Grants**
Grants|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**£**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**£**
**Total Funds**
**Year ended**
**31 March**
**2021**
**£**
**Total Funds**
**Period ended**
**31 March**
**2020**
**£**
-
285
285
1,485
-
84,300
84,300
52,002|
|---|---|
||-
84,585
84,585
53,487|
## **3 Grants receivable**
|Grants
**Other incoming resources**
**Other income**
Managed services Income
Other income|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**£**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**£**
**Total Funds**
**Year ended**
**31 March**
**2021**
**£**
**Total Funds**
**Period ended**
**31 March**
**2020**
**£**
-
84,300
84,300
52,002|
|---|---|
||**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**£**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**£**
**Total Funds**
**Year ended**
**31 March**
**2021**
**£**
**Total Funds**
**Period ended**
**31 March**
**2020**
**£**
-
-
-
-
9,090
-
9,090
9,337|
||9,090
0
9,090
9,337|
## **4 Other incoming resources**
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## **Active Independence**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2021**
## **5 Total resources expended**
|**Direct Costs**
Other direct costs
Employment costs
Establishment costs
Insurance
Advertising
Printing, posting and stationary
Subscriptions and donations
Sundry and other costs
Accountancy fees
Depreciation of tangible fixed assets|**Grants**
**Operating**
**activity**
**Total**
**£**
**£**
**£**
13,200
13,200
-
46,507
46,507
-
-
0
-
501
501
-
-
0
-
1,709
1,709
-
52
52
-
5,740
5,740
-
944
944
-
726
726|
|---|---|
||0
69,379
69,379|
## **6 Trustees' remuneration and expenses**
No trustees received any remuneration during the period
## **7 Net (Expenditure)/income**
Net (Expenditure)/income is stated after charging
|Depreciation of owned assets|**Year ended**
**31 March 2021**
**£**
**Period ended**
**31 March 2020**
**£**
726
302|
|---|---|
## **8 Taxation**
The company is a registered charity and is, therefore, exempt from taxation
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## **Active Independence**
## **Notes to the Financial Statement for the Year Ended 31 March 2021**
## **9 Tangible fixed assets**
|**Cost**
As at 1 April 2020
Additions
At 31 March 2021
**Depreciation**
As at 1 April 2020
Charge for the period
As at 31 March 2021
**Net book value**
As at 31 March 2021
As at 31 March 2020|**Fixtures,**
**fittings and**
**equipment**
**£**
1559
1595|
|---|---|
||3154|
||949
726|
||1675|
||1479|
||610|
## **10 Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year**
||**31**|**March**||**31**|**March**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**2021**|||**2020**||
|||**£**|||**£**||
|Accruals and deferred income|||797|||454|
## **11 Members' liability**
The charity is a private company limited by guarantee and consequently does not have share capital. Each of the members is liable to contribute an amount not exceeding £nil towards the assets of the charity in the event of liquidation.
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## **Active Independence**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2021**
## **12 Related parties**
## **Controlling entity**
The charity is controlled by the trustees who are all directors of the company
## **13 Analysis of funds**
|**General Funds**
Unrestricted income fund
**Restricted Funds**
Restricted income fund|**At 1 April 2020**
**Incoming**
**resources**
**Resources**
**expended**
**At 31 March**
**2021**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
39,066
9,090
2,580
45,576
3,409
84,585
66,800
21,194|
|---|---|
||42,475
93,675
69,380
66,770|
## **14 Net assets by fund**
|Tangible assets
Current assets
Creditors: Amounts falling due
within one year
Net assets|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Total Funds**
**31 March 2021**
**Total Funds**
**31 March 2020**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
1,479
-
1,479
610
44,856
21,194
66,050
42,319
(759)
-
(759)
(454)|
|---|---|
||45,576
21,194
66,770
42,475|
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## **Active Independence**
## **Statement of financial activities by fund Year Ended 31 March 2021**
|**Incoming resources**
Incoming resources from generated funds
Voluntary Income
Other incoming resources
Total incoming resources
**Resources expended**
Costs of generating funds
Fundraising trading: cost of goods sold and other costs
Total resources expended
Net movements in funds
**Reconciliation of funds**
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward|**Unrestricted**
**income fund**
**2021**
**Unrestricted income**
**fund**
**2020**
**£**
**£**
-
105
9,090
9,337|
|---|---|
||9,090
9,442|
||2,580
3,222|
||2,580
3,222|
||6,510
6,220
39,066
32,846|
||45,576
39,066|
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## **Active Independence**
## **Statement of financial activities by fund Year Ended 31 March 2021**
|......... continued
**Incoming resources**
Incoming resources from generated funds
Voluntary income
Other incoming resources
Total incoming resources
**Resources expended**
Costs of generating funds
Costs of generating voluntary income
Fundraising trading: costs of goods sold and other costs
Total resources expended
Net movements in funds
**Reconciliation of funds**
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward|**Restricted**
**income**
**fund**
**2021**
**Restricted**
**income**
**fund**
**2020**
**£**
**£**
84,585
53,382
-
-|
|---|---|
||84,585
53,382|
||-
-
66,800
72,982|
||66,800
72,982|
||17,785
(19,600)
3,409
23,009|
||21,194
3,409|
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## **Signed By**
## BARBARA BOOTON
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