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1st Floor, 8 Castle Square,
Wind Street Swansea,
SA1 1DW
Tel : 01792 485151
Email : info@kincymru.org.uk
Annual Report
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**April 6 2021-April 5 2022** ## **Overview of the year** 2021-22 was a more productive year. Although Covid- 19 still cast something of a shadow, we were able to help clients via the telephone, as well as holding distanced face to face sessions in the office and on occasions in client’s homes. With Helen (part time coordinator) and Steve (DLA Specialist) plus the law student volunteers, we had a reasonably productive summer and autumn. We were able to assist greater numbers of people, maintaining a steady steam of successful outcomes with DLA applications and appeals. The volunteers unfortunately moved on quite quickly after they had been trained. This is always a factor when recruiting undergraduate and recent law graduates. We felt however, that the volunteers learnt from their experience with us and thus we fulfilled our other mission which is one of education, in respect of poverty and welfare rights. We feel that we have contributed to the education of some of the lawyers of the future in this respect. In October we were offered the chance to run a telephone advice pilot by the Local Authority. The offer was for them to fund an advice line covering all benefits, but only as a pilot from November to the end of March 21. The offer came very close to the required start date and was for a very short term project. We struggled to find suitable personnel to run the advice line. In the end our chair of Trustees had to take on one day of the advice line and our coordinator the other day . However the pilot was reasonably successful with the number of people coming to us increasing over time.. The advice line ran twice a week and after a slow start it began picking up 2-3 enquiries a session. Sadly it ended at the end of March, (frustratingly just as we felt we were getting known). However the Local Authority have indicated to us that they may try this project again and we learnt some valuable lessons about advertising and outreach. Overall we helped about 50 extra people during the project and also continued with the DLA project along side. Registered Charity in England and Wales (1150035), Registered office- 2[nd] , Floor 3, 8 Castle Square,Wind Street. Swansea, SA1 1DW We continued to enjoy a 100% success rate for the DLA cases that concluded. We also continued building links with other advice agencies in the area . In January we realised that we needed some expert input into the running our office computers, printers, telephony, IT and data storage, to ensure our systems were safe, secure and as efficient as possible. Rather than contract this out to a large firm, we recruited a (very) part time IT assistant Rob Lane. Rob began in February and has been monitoring and tweaking our IT/telephony/electronic infrastructure, ensuring that our data is held securely all our systems function effectively and efficiently as possible. ## **Finances** We received a grant from the Waterloo foundation and two grants from the Moon dance foundation to facilitate our continued work . In addition, in December, we had a generous donation from one of the directors of Badwolf studio’s in Cardiff. The Local Authority advice pilot also brought in some helpful finance, as did some individual payments for representation with adult appeals. At the end of year 21/22 we had £1584.16 in the bank, however we will be receiving 3 further payments from the Local Authority and these will be very helpful in the coming year. A copy of the draft accounts is attached **.** ## **Conclusion** Overall we have had a successful year. We helped a lot more people and formed useful links with other organisations and volunteers. We have had good feedback from our clients and those who refer clients to us. To quote just one _“I very impressed with your service and tell all that I work with how amazing your project is”._ Clearly this kind of feed back is very heartening. We know that our clients will be struggling financially this year. Whilst the local and national support services are back to near normal, inflation and fuel costs are going to cause more hardship in the coming months. It is more important than ever that we continue assisting families to access extra vital income. **Kin Cymru 1150035 Receipts and payments accounts For the period** 6/4/2021 5/4/2022 **To from** **CC16a** ## **Section A Receipts and payments** **Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Total funds Last year funds funds funds to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £** ## **A1 Receipts** |Donations - J.Tranter badwolf|**10,000**||**-**||**-**||**10,000**||**633**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Grant -Moondance|**10,123**||**-**||**-**||**10,123**||**10,000**| |Grant -Moondance 2nd|**2,895**||||||**2,895**||| |Grant -Waterloo|**5,000**||**-**||**-**||**5,000**||**-**| |Receipts - advice & Rep|**14,872**|**# **|||||**14,872**||995| |Refunds|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**36**| |LotteryGrant|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**9,961**| |VEF Grant|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**9,945**| |Furlough HMRC|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**4,092**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**42,890**||**-**||**-**||**42,890**||**35,662**| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**|||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**(see table).**|||||||||| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total _**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||||||||| |**_Total receipts_**|**42,890**||**-**||**-**||**42,890**||**35,662**| ## **A3 Payments** |Rent|**6,490**||**-**||**-**||**6,490**||**7,320**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Wages &pension|**26,398**||**-**||**-**||**26,398**||**12,844**| |Tax & NI Contributions|**5,989**||**-**||**-**||**5,989**||**2,872**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 26/01/2023 1 |External fees|**3,800**||**-**||**-**||**3,800**||**-**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Uilitiesgas /Electric /water|**2,433**||**-**||**-**||**2,433**||**2,711**| |Pettycash/consumerables|**472**||**-**||**-**||**472**||**419**| |Telephone/intenet|**1,434**||**-**||**-**||**1,434**||**1,867**| |Insurance|**992**||**-**||**-**||**992**||**793**| |Library/subscriptions /books|**1,006**||**-**||**-**||**1,006**||**677**| |**_Sub total_ **|**49,014**||**-**||**-**||**49,014**||**29,503**| |**A4 Asset and investment**||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||| ||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**||| ||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**||**-**| |||||||||||| |**_Total payments_**|**49,014**||**-**|||**-**||**49,014**||**29,503**| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ **|**- 6,124**||**-**|||**-**||**- 6,124**||**6,159**| |**A5 Transfers between funds**|**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**A6 Cash funds last year end**|**7,709**||**-**||**-**|||**7,709**||**1,550**| |**_Cash funds this year end_**|**1584**||**-**|||**-**||**1,584**||**7,709**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** ## **Categories** **B1 Cash funds** |Bank Balance at Year End
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**(optional)**| CCXX R3 accounts (SS) 26/01/2023 3 ## **B5 Liabilities** Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |||||||**-**||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||**-**||| |||||||**-**||| |||||||**-**||| |||||||**-**||| ||Signature||Print|Name||||Date of
approval| ||lisa Reese||Lisa Reese|||||26/01/2023| |||||||||| CCXX R4 accounts (SS) 26/01/2023 4 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiners report on the accounts Section A Independenl Examiner's Report Report to the truslee81 members of Kin Cymru On accounts for the year ènded 0510412022 Charlty no (if any) 1150035 Sot out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ("the Trust.) for the year ended 0510412022 Responslbllltles and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation ba818 of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ("the Act"). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 14515llbl of the Act. I have comp18ted my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention (other than that disclosed below ') in connedion with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respe¢l'. accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records Independent examlnerfs Statement I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination lo which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts lo be reached. ' Pl8as8 d818te the words in the br8ckets if they do not apply. Slgned: Date: 0910112023 Name.. Jessica Rose Relevant professional quallflcatlon(s) or body lif any): ICAEW Address: 1 Woodside Close, Bishopston, Swansea, SA3 3DF IER October 2018 Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concem (see CC3g. Independent examinalion of charity accounts: directions and guidano for examiners). Glve here brief detsi18 of any items that the examiner wlshes to disclose. IER October 2018 Detailed Independent Examination Report Kin Cymru 06104121 to 05104122 Kin Cymru is a small charity with 3 trustees. The Charitable aims and objectives are the relief of poverty and education. Requlrement for Independent Examination Kin Cymru is requirad lo have an independent examination as the revenue has exceeded £25,000. The lolal revenue is £42,000 and therefo￿ is in no danger of exceeding the limit of £250,000 lo require a full audit. The charity prepares accounts on the receipts and payments basis and 15 In no danger of exceeding the limit of £250,000 lo require accruals accounts. Confll¢t of Interest The examin8r is eligible lo carry out the examination with 11 years accounts experience and qualified member of th8 ICAEW. The examiner is completely independent from the charity and is not providing any other se￿iceS to the charity. The examiner has followed the recommended checkllst for examiners as provided by the charity commission. The Inde￿ndent Examlnatlon Delai18d working papers are avail8ble for review with back up documentation. Kin Cyrnru is a small charity with 3 trus188s. The charitable aims and objectives are the relief of poverty and educats'on. Rgcelpts The income of the charity exceeded £25,000 in the p8riod to 6th April 2021 which requires an independent examination. The accounts are prepared on a receipts and payments format. The Receipts of £42,890 consist of donations and receipts from various providers. These donations have been agreed lo supporting documentation which can be found in the working papers and have been agreed to the bank slalements. A review of the bank statements has identified there are no oth8r means of income and all is recorded. No financial risk of the receipts being misstated has been identified. Payments Payments of £49,014 have been mad8 during the year in comparison to £29,503 in the prior year. This is the first year withoul Covid, therefore increases in rovenue and expenditure were expected. The additional spending lies primarily in the Wa9es. In the prior year 9 months only had one low wage employee, wh8r8as this year has seen a full year of two employees plus a T)ew IT starter in February. Helan Williams Wages doubled from November 2021 due lo inGreased hours of work lo enable the charity to cary out the advice line Pilot. Payroll reports hav& baen reviewed and agreed to bank statem8nls. This year also saw the addition of extemal advise from Lisa Re8s& for £3,500. The signed agreement between Kin Cymru and Lisa Reese has been reviewed. alongside invoices and payments. A selection of payments on the bank statement have been selected and agreed lo supporting invoices lo confirm that the purchases are wholly for the purposè of the charity, the values are correct and payment made to the correct company. The Receipts and Payments accounts have been produced directly from th8 bank slalemenls. The spreadshoèl used lo create the accounts has been cross referenc8d to the bank slalements and agreed lo the final a¢coufbls. No financial risk from the p8ym8nls has been id8ntified. Cash Funds The Cash Funds on the accounts agree lo thè bank statement at the year end. The "Cash funds this year end. plus the opening balance of £7,709 total the bank statement balance of £1,584 which has been agreed lo the actual bank statement. Assets & Liabilltles Thg trustees have confirmed ther8 ar8 no assets or liabilities to report. No assets have been identified as purchased throughout the year. The financial activity throughout the yoar does not Suggest that ther9 should be any assets or liabilities. Charlty Accounts Records The Trustees calculate the receipts and payments usirng Ex¢81 spreadsheets created from an export of the bank ststements. This spreadsheet has been check8d for accuracy and agreed to lh8 bank statements and back to the final accounts. On fi'rst review there were missing items of expenditur8 which were adjusted swiftly by the trustees. Flnal Conclu31on The charity keeps up to dale records and accurately records all transactions. The use of excel is reasonable for the current number of transactions. Should the charity grow significantly in size it is recommended a financial software lo be used for accuracy and ease of recording transactions and kooping a digital audit trail of documentation. The accounts are approved by the independent examiner and thar8 has bèèn no financial sk identified.