Travellerspace Annual Report 2020-21 COMMUNITY FUND aThd the Scth West Travellerspace
Report from Chalt Looklng at the Annual Report for the Ic3st year. Tt seems mlraculous that Travellerspace, despite lockdo%•m. and tt)e fear of Covld 19. has carrled on and adapted to changes In such a posttlve and creatlve way. Used to worklng In large groups of mostly mothers and chlldren. and teenage yout groups. by re-structurlng the Workload Into famlly groups have we been able to carry on. Imaglnatlve thlnklng has made St posslble for our Gypsy and Traveller project users to have access at all tlmes through the Intemet, through famlly sesslons, and advlce drop-ln appolntrnents. The amount of people uslng our servlce keeps growlng, and our reputallon and successful outcomes are becoming a model for other organlsations who work wlth groups slmllar to ours. The staff dedScatSon In helplng and advlslng our project users can be seen In the comments from the famllles who use our seNlce. They trust the staff Impllcmy, and thls trust has b8en bullt up over many years of hard work, The confldence they have In us Is due to the empathy and professlonallsm and suppo glven by our staff and I cannot pralse them enough for thls. We have all had to leam new skHls during thls year and these wlll be carried forward to be used in the future. when hopefully life wlll settle down and become easler for us all. A huge thanks to everyone concemed In our organlsatSon. we are very special Team. Best wlshes Helen Burgess l&ThJ 6urtf&SS Chalr l/fuLII 2 021
Charity Registration Number: 1150075
Company Registration Number: 8283049
Trustees : Helen Burgess, Emma Joyce; Stephanie James; Deborah Fox; Jenifer McFadden; Kayleigh Fleming; Sally Bowers, Derek Burgess, Katie Wise
Chief Executive Officer : Caroline Dann
Registered Office : Room 401, Fourth Floor, PZ360, St Marys Terrace, Penzance, Cornwall TR18 4DZ
Independent Examiner : Dick Maule
Bankers : Reliance Bank Ltd, Faith House, 23-24 Lovat Lane, London EC3R 8EB
Our Aims and Objectives
Our charity’s purposes as set out in the objects contained in the constitution are:
To promote health, advance education and relieve the needs of the Gypsy and Traveller communities, primarily in the South West of England, in particular but not exclusively by:
a) Providing information, advocacy, advice and support to Gypsies and Travellers Working with statutory and non-statutory agencies or bodies to help provide better services that are needed by Gypsies and Travellers
The promotion of equality of treatment and diversity particularly in relation to Gypsies and Travellers for the public benefit by:
a) informing and educating the public about the Traveller way of life and the needs of Gypsies and Travellers; and
b) promoting activities that foster good relations between Gypsies and Travellers and the communities in which they live
Ensuring our work delivers our aims
We review our aims, objectives and activities each year. This review looks at what we achieved and the outcomes of our work in the previous 12 months. The review
looks at the success of each key activity and the benefits they have brought to Gypsy & Traveller communities.
The review also helps us to ensure our aim, objectives and activities remained focused on our stated purposes. We refer to the Charity Commissions general guidance on public benefit when reviewing our aim and objectives and in planning our future activities. In particular the trustees consider how planned activities will contribute to the aims and objectives they have set.
Reserves Policy
The trustees continuously review their policy on free reserves, taking advice from the auditor and consulting Charity Commission guidance, and the Company continues to aim to build up its free reserves to three months’ normal operating costs, circa £50,000. As a result of Covid we have built up £96,086 [2020: £36,758] unrestricted funds, which we intend to use to employ an extra staff member and for future unfunded core costs.
Financial Review
TravellerSpace’s activities were funded by 29[th] May 1961, The Big Lottery, Children In Need, Henry Smith, Family Partnership, Moving for Change, People’s Health Trust and Tudor Trust.
Note 2 provides a breakdown of the expenditure on charitable activities from all sources. It will be noted that 74% of the funding is on staff costs. All of the funding detailed in Notes 2 and 3 supports delivery of TravellerSpace’s priorities.
The principal financial management policies in force during the year include: Financial records are kept so that TravellerSpace can:
Meet its legal and other obligations, e.g. Charities Act 2011, Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs and common law.
Enable the trustees to fulfil responsibilities and governance role
Enable TravellerSpace to meet the contractual obligations and requirements of funders.
The financial year will end on the 31[st] March each year.
Accounts will be drawn up within 3 months of the end of each financial year.
Prior to the start of each financial year, the trustees will approve a budgeted income and expenditure account for the following year.
A report comparing actual income and expenditure with the budget is presented to the trustees at each board meeting (at least 4 times a year).
The AGM will appoint an appropriately qualified auditor/examiner to audit/examine the accounts for presentation to the next AGM.
The trustees will identify a treasurer in line with Charity Commission guidance.
Structure, Governance and Management
The Trustees present their report and accounts for the year ended 31st March 2021, which also comprises the Directors’ Report [Trustees report] required by the Companies Act 2006
Reference and administrative information set out on page 2 forms part of this report.
The charity is also constituted as a company limited by guarantee, registered under the Companies Act and its governing document is a Memorandum and Articles of Association under company legislation.
By operation of law all trustees are directors under the Companies Act 2006 and all directors are trustees under Charities legislation and have responsibilities, as such, under both company and charity legislation. All trustee appointments are confirmed by a majority vote of the Board.
Public benefit statement
In shaping the objectives for the year and planning activities, the trustees have considered the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit, including the guidance ‘public benefit: running a charity (PB2)’
To meet the legal requirement of ‘benefit’
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a charity’s purpose must be beneficial
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any detriment or harm that results from the purpose must not outweigh the benefit
To satisfy the ‘public’ aspect of ‘public benefit’ the charity’s purpose must: benefit the public in general, or a sufficient section of the public, and must not give rise to more than incidental personal benefit
Based on the activities and details of TravellerSpace’s achievements in 2019/20 that follow, the Trustees consider that both requirements have been fully met
TravellerSpace Trustees and Staff, April 2021
Trustees
| Helen Burgess Chair |
Emma Joyce Vice Chair |
Sally Bowers |
Jeni McFadden |
Steph James Treasurer |
Kayleigh Fleming |
Deborah Fox Secretary |
Derek Burgess |
Katie Wise |
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Staff
| Caroline Dann Managing Director |
Karen Walton Operations Manager |
Vanessa Boase Senior Worker |
Hazel Dann Centre Manager |
Matt Smith Support Worker |
Sophie Belcher Family Support Worker |
Lorna Pierce Youth Support Worker |
Colette Colburn Session worker |
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TravellerSpace are also greatly assisted by a number of volunteers and students on placements and by the involvement of the Trustees in the day to day activities of the charity; their support is invaluable to us.
Our Activities This Year
This report is for the year from April 2020 to March 2021. During this period we calculate activities and services offered by TravellerSpace have been accessed times by 1613 different people. Of these, 219 were from a Gypsy or Traveller communities and 285 were from a non-travelling background. 86 Gypsies & Travellers have been regular attendees of activities offered by the project.
We also ran 4 workshops for colleges, universities and other agencies, working with 139 attendees, and trained 25 Gypsy & Traveller project users in using tablets & Mifi boxes.
We responded to 482 direct requests for assistance.
These were for a wide range of issues – this year noticeably, the majority of our calls were from people in crisis, and many from Gypsies & Travellers who had not previously accessed our service, or only occasionally, who now needed Food Bank vouchers, who had no gas or fuel, needed help with applying for Universal Credit where they had previously always been self-employed or easily found employment.
Many of the people we worked with were distressed at needing help, as they had prided themselves on being self-sufficient.
We also assisted with issues involving education, liaising with social services, signposting to other agencies, help with planning issues, help filling in forms & help with accessing online services.
We prepared & distributed 181 bespoke craft packs to families during the last year, designed with the ages and interests of each child in mind.
We have carried out 471 activities, including 14 site visits, 51 face-to-face family sessions, 211 virtual support sessions, 74 1-1 support sessions & 33 cookery livestreams on our Facebook group. We have distributed crisis funding to 65 individuals
A year ago, we were using the Teyluva Centre to run groups such as the extremely popular Gypsy & Traveller Women’s Group, our Literacy group, youth group, cookery sessions and Safe Space drop in.
Due to Covid-19, we were unable to do any of these things.
Instead we provided a largely online & telephone service except for 1-1 meetings with other professionals such as midwives, for which we opened the back room of the Centre as it could be accessed through the garden
In the Spring we designed and had built an outdoor shelter, and were able to welcome participants back to the Centre to our outdoor space. In order to keep staff & participants virus safe, we changed our delivery to family groups having a regular weekly slot.
During their allocated slot, all activities that we had previously run in separate groups were available, including craft, cookery, literacy & short courses; these activities were adapted so they could take place outdoors. Cookery for example was a whole family preparation activity; staff then took the items indoors to cook them and brought them back out to be eaten or taken home.
In bad weather we rigged up extra tarpaulins to keep the space dry. Staff wore masks & face shields when deemed necessary; we encouraged children to social distance by spray painting coloured circles on the ground for them to jump into, instead of getting too close. This worked well, as it seemed like a game (and also gave an opportunity to learn colours)
In discussion with our Steering Group, we ran outdoor sessions until October half term, and then moved inside, keeping the same family groups, as this seemed to work well for everyone. We did extensive preparations for the move inside, including the purchase of a medical grade air purifier, the re arranging of the entire
Centre to make everything needed accessible in the main room whilst being optimised for regular deep cleaning.
Instead of our usual big Christmas party, we had parties in family groups with a virtual Santa - all the staff recorded video for individualised Christmas messages for each family using a green screen
Unfortunately we have now had to close until April 12th due to the lockdown & the new virulent strain of Covid. We have gone back to online communication and 1-1 appointments only at the Centre.
We distributed more craft packs for home use, as well as a tablet for each family with a MIFI box providing 6 months unlimited data (courtesy of the Good Things Foundation ). This will give the project participants more opportunity to access the services they need, join in online activities and take courses if they wish to (We preloaded Learn My Way courses & other learning activities onto the tablet, such as BBC Bitesize, the Natural History Museum Online & DK Learning)
The Teyluva Steering group
The Steering group is made up entirely from community members.
It used to meet monthly to share ideas, decide on which activities we run, how they are run and to feedback on any issues that need discussing. We now talk to everyone online or through voice messages when we are unable to meet in person.
A community volunteer is in regular contact with all the project users to make sure their voices are heard in all the discussions about the running of the Centre. We also discuss new & potential funding, visits from funders, fundraising ideas & choosing new equipment needed
The skills learnt as part of the steering group help project users gain confidence in negotiating their relationship with the world outside their immediate community and in taking part in activities in the wider community.
St. Day Gypsy & Traveller Women’s Group
Since 2004 TravellerSpace has organised a Gypsy and Traveller Women’s Group in St. Day. This lively and greatly valued drop-in group is held at Teyluva Children’s Centre and is open to any women who want to come along, mostly being attended by residents of the nearby Wheal Jewel site and their pre-school children. A wide variety of activities are on offer, including healthy cooking, art and craft, access to the internet, driving theory practice, and the opportunity to gain ASDAN Awards and Educare qualifications.
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The group provides a space for the women to get off site, socialise, to learn new skills and gives the young children play and learning opportunities. Other agencies including the Health Visitor, education services, Cornwall Housing’s Site Manager and staff from a range of other agencies come along to meet the women in an informal setting.
It is unlikely that we can return to running such a large group indoors for the time being; our community volunteer will be discussing several options with the Steering Group to find the best way forward; we could meet outside in the good weather, stay in family groups, or come up with a different plan entirely; we want to proceed in a way that everyone feels happy & safe with.
Teyluva Safe Space
In response to the need for community members to have a safe place to go to talk to trained workers in private, our Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG) trained staff operate a Safe Space online, and if needed, at the Centre.
In addition, staff from other agencies such as Pentreath and CRUSE use the Safe Space to deliver counselling sessions to project users who require it.
‘Thinking Differently’ site planning meetings
Caroline has been involved in regular discussions this year with Cornwall Housing over the managing and upgrading of the Wheal Jewel site, looking at all the options including redesigning the site. Our role is to ensure that the needs and wishes of the residents are included at every stage of this process.
The Wheal Jewel site & the local community
There is substantial animosity towards the site residents from the local housed community, ramped up in particular by certain parish & county councillors. Cornwall Housing appear to be responding to the pressure and will be reducing the size of the Wheal Jewel site.
We continue to challenge the views of local councillors at strategic forums, but due to Covid we have been unable to host any community events or any other initiatives which bring the community together.
One of our priorities as soon as it is feasible is to lead on other new initiatives which promote community cohesion.
Training Sessions and Workshops
Within the wider community is often much misunderstanding, misinformation and wildly inaccurate ideas about who Gypsies and Travellers are, their customs, history and the issues faced. To help counter this TravellerSpace has a programme of awareness training for schools, colleges and voluntary and statutory organisations.
The training can be tailored for the particular interests of the group it is for and covers history, ‘myth-busting’, barriers faced by Gypsies and Travellers to participating in wider society, challenging racism and practical suggestions for those encountering Gypsies and Travellers in their work etc.
This year the training has been delivered via webinars, Teams meetings and a recorded Powerpoint.
All who received training in the previous year have reported increased understanding of the issues affecting Gypsies & Travellers, and we have had many messages left at the end of workshops to tell us how valuable they found the training; in some cases completely changed their views on the Gypsy & Traveller community, with the benefit of the deeper insight afforded by the training.
On-line
This year so much of our work has taken place online.
TravellerSpace has made daily use of our Facebook group to check in with project users, post livestreamed cookery sessions & storytelling recorded by staff members. We have used social media to disseminate information via video & easy read format, particularly regarding Covid safe practice.
We monitor media sources on a daily basis for relevant stories, providing a news feed for the nearly six thousand members of the Gypsy, Roma & Traveller Facebook group. This group is accessed by most of the Gypsy & Traveller activists in the UK and Ireland and we are acknowledged as providing an essential service.
Our social media profile has lead to our being contacted by Gypsies and Travellers in the wider UK, with requests for information & support. Where appropriate we sign post these enquiries to other more local services; during lockdown we have supported many Gypsies & Travellers in Devon, and as a result of this we are looking at expanding our service to have more of a presence there.
Our role regarding Covid 19
We have liaised extensively with Public Health England over the appropriate dissemination of information to the Gypsy & Traveller community regarding both keeping safe & the vaccination programme for Covid-19.
Our Facebook group, voice messaging & video calling has proved a useful format for much-needed myth-busting about the vaccinations, as scare mongering was rife. Rumours and false information about the vaccination meant that initially noone on the Wheal Jewel was prepared to be vaccinated. We were able to share the excellent resources made by the Traveller Movement and others to help allay fears. We spoke to everyone individually about their concerns, with the result that vaccine uptake is now around 90%.
We initially offered the Teyluva Centre for a vaccination venue for site residents, but it now seems that this will not be necessary.
However, we have offered to contact roadside Travellers if Public Health deem it necessary, & offer the use of the Centre for a vaccination programme for those who may not be registered with a GP
Networking and Partnerships
We have had formal and informal partnerships more than 30 agencies during the past year, including
BF Adventure Friends, Families and Travellers Truro Food Bank Camborne Food Bank The Good Things Foundation Community Law Partnership Diversity Network For Cornwall Hedgucation Cornwall Council Equality & Diversity Voluntary Sector Forum Plymouth University Cornwall College Ruston Planning Sunny Days Nursery St Day & Caharrack Primary School Cornwall Health Visiting Team The People's Health Trust Embrace Dance Fitness
Headstart Kernow Cornwall Family Support West Cornwall Diversity Action Network Cornwall Education Welfare Service Cornwall Housing Devon & Cornwall Police Bodmin Women’s Centre Your Way Cornwall Council Planning department Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust Cornwall Health Visitors Cornwall Council Social Care The Book Trust CN4C Public Health England The Voluntary Sector Forum
Forums
TravellerSpace is represented at the following forums and committees.
Cornwall Gypsy & Traveller Keyworker meeting Cornwall Gypsy &Traveller Forum Gypsy & Traveller Health Task & Finish Group Cornwall Housing ‘Thinking Differently’ group Teyluva Centre Steering Group West Cornwall Diversity Action Group
Our involvement with these networks has enabled us to reach a wide range of organisations, allowing us to ensure Gypsy and Traveller issues are kept in sight and taken account of.
Staff and Volunteer Development
TravellerSpace’s greatest strength is in having truly dedicated and caring team of staff and volunteers. TravellerSpace staff need to be responsive, flexible and reflective of their own practice to best support the project’s users (and must have a good sense of humour!).
Each session is followed by a debrief, giving staff and volunteers space to discuss any issues arising, plan for future sessions and to consider what went well and what maybe didn’t. More in depth meetings are held monthly and all staff and volunteers have access to regular supervision.
Alongside mandatory training in areas such as Safeguarding and Health and Safety TravellerSpace is committed to supporting the ongoing professional development of our staff and volunteers, encouraging the uptake of training and learning opportunities when they become available.
Progress
We are delighted with the success of the Steering Group, which gives community members the opportunity to have a role in running the Centre, deciding which activities we offer and how they are delivered. The popularity of the adult steering group has led to the formation of a young people’s steering group.
Both play an essential role in building confidence and self esteem in our project users, as well as giving the opportunity to learn important skills in communicating ideas to others and planning how projects can be realised.
We are very pleased with the level of engagement with activities we have offered. The feedback we have gained through our community volunteer indicates how much our service is valued by community members.
Plans for 2021 – 22
The Teyluva Centre
We are revamping the outdoor area with the help of community volunteers and applying for funding to give the kitchen a much-needed makeover, including installing a much larger cooker with 2 ovens.
Our funding from the Big Lottery has enabled us to create the long-awaited post of Centre Manager, which is split between Hazel Dann & Karen Walton, who have perfect skill sets between them for this post.
When we are reopen we plan to open 5 days per week, so that community members can drop in at times when we are not running groups to get support from our IAG trained staff, access another service or get help with an issues that is affecting them.
Now that we are established at the Teyluva Centre and have a full time presence in St Day, we are ideally placed to explore creative ways to break down the barriers between the local housed and Traveller community who live on our doorstep. The project seeks to address the animosity, provide activities that bring people together so that they can get to know and understand each other, thus creating community cohesion and reducing discrimination and racism.
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Capacity building - TravellerSpace will build on the success of our work in offering young people the opportunity to increase their skills and work towards a qualification.
We will continue to offer a wider range of Educare, ASDAN and other awards to Gypsies & Travellers not in education or training and to support and encourage other agencies to engage with our project users, so that they can access a range of opportunities in the wider community
Training
TravellerSpace continues to offer training for service providers, schools and the wider community. It is essential to raise awareness of issues affecting Travelling people to counter prejudice & discrimination, and to improve the way that essential services are delivered.
Volunteering
We recognise that TravellerSpace relies heavily on volunteers to enable us to offer the much-needed one to one support to the children and young people we work with.
We offer training and expenses to our highly valued volunteers, so that their hard work is rewarded with opportunities for personal development, training and experience, increasing both their value to TravellerSpace and their employability.
Trustees' responsibilities
The trustees (who are also directors of TravellerSpace for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (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 2015 (FRS 102);
make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
state whether appllcabl8 UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any materlal departures disclosed and explained in the finonclal statements,. prepare the financlal statements on the golng concem basis unless It Is Inapproprlate to presume Ihat the charttable company will contlnue in operation. The trustees are responsible for keeplng adequate accountlng records that dlsclose with reasonable accuracy at any tlme the financial posltlon of the chailtable company and enable them to ensure that the flnanclal statements comply wlth the Companles Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguardSng the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the preventhon and detection of fraud and other irregularities. In so far as the trustees are aware.. there is no relevant informatlon of which the charltable company's independent examiner is unaware; and the trustees have taken all steps that they ought to have taken to make themselves aware of any relevant information and to establish that the independent examiner Is aware of that informatlon. Helen Burgess Chair HtrVTr) 6uA4e-S£ April 2021 1/ 812011
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TravellerSpace
Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31st. March 2021
| Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds Funds Funds Notes 2021 2021 2021 £ £ £ Income from Investment income - - - Charitable activities Grants and contracts 94,574 225,645 320,219 Training and other earned income 261 - 261 Total 94,835 225,645 320,481 Expenditure on: [2] Charitable activities 39,131 158,029 197,159 Net income / [expenditure] 55,704 67,617 123,321 Total funds brought forward 36,758 50,942 87,700 Transfers between funds 3,624 (3,624) - Total funds carried forward 96,086 114,935 211,021 |
2020 £ - 167,374 2,381 |
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| 169,755 173,280 |
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| (3,525) 91,225 - |
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| 87,700 |
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Balance Sheet as at 3tsL Marth 2021 2021 2020 Notes Tan8lble assets 5.692 7,588 Current ¥ts Debtors and prepayments Cash at bank and In hand 4,128 201.826 2,725 78,013 Totol current ossets 205,954 80,737 Current Ilabllltles Creditors: amounts falling due wlthln 12 months (51 16251 6251 Net Current t7ssets 205.329 80,112 211,021 87,7CQ The funds of the chorlty Unrestrlrted fvnds 96,086 36.758 Restricted fvnds 114,935 50,942 Totsl ¢horlty funds 211,021 87,7(Kl For the year ended 31st March 2021- The company was entltled to the exemption frn audit under sectlon 477 of the Companies Act 2Crf)6 The members have not requested the cornpany to obtsin an audlt In accordano with section 476 of the Companies Art 2(M)6 relatln8 to small companles. The directors acknowledge their responsibility for complylng wlth the requirements of the act with respert to accounting records and for the preparation of the a¢¢ounts. The financial ststements were approved and auth0ri5ed for Issue bythe tnjstees on dated:_ and Signed on their behalf by: On behalf of the Trustees I{£L(r 60rtfj d S 20
TravellerSpace
Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31st. March 2021
(1) Principal Accounting Policies
The principal accounting policies adopted in the preparation of the financial statements are set out below and have remained unchanged from the previous year.
(a) Basis of preparation
The charity constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102. 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) 2nd edition the Charities Act 2011 and the Companies Act 2006.
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.
(b) Fund accounting
[i] Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity.
[ii]Designated funds are unrestricted funds earmarked by the Management Committee for particular purposes.
[iii] Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure imposed by the donor or through the terms of an appeal.
(c) Income
Income is included in the statement of financial activities when the charity
is entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy. The following specific policies are applied to particular categories of income.
[i] Income received by way of grants, donations and gifts and is included in full
in the Statement of Financial Activities when receivable. Grants, where entitlement is not
conditional on the delivery of a specific performance by the charity, are recognised when the charity becomes unconditionally entitled to the grant.
[ii] Donated services and facilities are included at the value to the charity where this can be quantified.
[iii]The value of services provided by volunteers has not been included in these accounts.
[iv] Investment income is included when receivable.
[v]Income from charitable trading activity are accounted for when earned.
[vi]Income from grants, where related to performance and specific deliverables,
are accounted for as the charity earns the right to consideration by its performance.
(d) Expenditure
Expenditure is recognised on an accrual basis as a liability is incurred. Expenditure includes any VAT which cannot be fully recovered
[i]Costs of generating funds comprise the costs associated with attracting voluntary income and the costs of trading for fundraising purposes.
[ii] 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 dirctly to such activities and those costs of an indirect nature necessary to support them [iii]All costs are allocated between the expenditure categories of the SoFA on a basis designed to reflect the use of the resource. Costs relating to a particular activity are allocated directly, others are apportioned on an appropriate basis.
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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31st. March 2021
(1) Principal Accounting Policies
(e) Fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets are written off over the expected useful life of the asset, at 25% per annum on a reducing balance basis.
| (2) Expenditure | Charitable | |
|---|---|---|
| Activities | Total | |
| 2021 | 2020 | |
| £ | £ | |
| Consultancy | 7,121 | - |
| Play equipment | 175 | 824 |
| Travel | - | 10,187 |
| Publicity, printing, postage, stationery | 814 | 444 |
| Office costs | 8,545 | 6,517 |
| Rent | 7,540 | 6,895 |
| Telephone | 2,526 | 2,756 |
| Wages | 143,984 | 128,984 |
| Vehicle costs | 6,290 | 4,984 |
| Independent examiner's fees | 625 | 625 |
| Depreciation | 1,897 | 2,229 |
| Film and other projects | 3,827 | 3,457 |
| Volunteer expenses | 4,141 | 1,344 |
| Non-capitalised equipent | 4,241 | 434 |
| Bank charges | 54 | - |
| Trustees expenses | - | 210 |
| Professional fees | 133 | 355 |
| Repairs and maintenance | 5,248 | 3,034 |
| 197,159 | 173,280 |
(3) Fixed Assets
| (3) Fixed Assets | |
|---|---|
| Motor | |
| Vehicles | |
| £ | |
| Cost : balance brought forward | 61,480 |
| Depreciation | |
| balance brought forward | 53,891 |
| charge for the year | 1,897 |
| 55,788 | |
| Net book value 31st. March 2021 | 5,692 |
| Net book value 31st. March 2020 | 7,588 |
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(4) Debtors
| (4) Debtors | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2020 | |||||||
| £ | £ | |||||||
| Debtors and prepayments | 4,128 | 2,725 | ||||||
| (5) Creditors: amounts falling | due within | 12 months | ||||||
| Sundry creditors | 625 | 625 | ||||||
| 625 | 625 | |||||||
| (6) Movements in funds | ||||||||
| Balance at | Transfers | Balance at | ||||||
| 1.4.2020 | Income | Expenditure | in year | 31.3. | 2021 | |||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | ||||
| Restricted funds | ||||||||
| 29th May | - | 2,000 | - | - | 2,000 | |||
| Awards For All | - | 3,360 | (3,360) | - | - | |||
| Big Lottery | - | 79,555 | (47,997) | - | 31,558 | |||
| Children In Need | - | 38,238 | (8,484) | - | 29,754 | |||
| CCF Crisis | 202 | 1,500 | (1,659) | - | 43 | |||
| Family Partnership | - | 1,500 | - | - | 1,500 | |||
| Henry Smith | 8,642 | 35,500 | (35,500) | - | 8,642 | |||
| Moving for Change | - | 1,644 | (1,644) | - | - | |||
| Peoples Health Trust | 8,474 | 16,348 | (23,555) | - | 1,267 | |||
| Southall Trust | - | 5,000 | - | - | 5,000 | |||
| Tudor Trust Crisis | - | 2,000 | (876) | - | 1,124 | |||
| Tudor Trust Welfare | - | 2,000 | (954) | - | 1,046 | |||
| Tudor Trust | 30,000 | 30,000 | (30,000) | - | 30,000 | |||
| Winter Crisis | - | 4,000 | (4,000) | - | - | |||
| Womens Aid | - | 3,000 | - | - | 3,000 | |||
| Lush (unrestricted) | 3,624 | - | - | (3,624) | - | |||
| 50,942 | 225,645 | (158,029) | (3,624) | 114,935 | ||||
| Unrestricted funds | ||||||||
| General funds | 36,758 | 94,835 | (39,131) | 3,624 | 96,086 |
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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31st. March 2021
Movements in funds [prior year]
| Balance at 1.4.2019 £ Restricted funds Postcode Lottery 5,499 Awards for All 4,970 Children In Need - Lloyds - Cornwall Community Foundation 1,600 Crisis - Garfield Weston 3,750 Geothermal 1,300 Henry Smith - Tudor Trust 30,000 Peoples Health Trust - Tampon 6,025 I will 2,500 Lush - Together for Families - 55,644 Unrestricted funds General funds 35,581 |
Income £ - - 38,089 23,703 - 500 - - 34,500 30,000 25,692 - - 4,910 6,980 164,374 5,381 |
Transfers Balance at Expenditure in year 31.3. 2020 £ £ £ (5,499) - - (4,970) - - (38,089) - - (23,703) - - (1,600) - - (298) - 202 (3,750) - - (1,300) - - (25,858) - 8,642 (30,000) - 30,000 (17,218) - 8,474 (6,025) - - (2,500) - - (1,286) - 3,624 (6,980) - - (169,076) - 50,942 (4,204) - 36,758 |
Transfers Balance at Expenditure in year 31.3. 2020 £ £ £ (5,499) - - (4,970) - - (38,089) - - (23,703) - - (1,600) - - (298) - 202 (3,750) - - (1,300) - - (25,858) - 8,642 (30,000) - 30,000 (17,218) - 8,474 (6,025) - - (2,500) - - (1,286) - 3,624 (6,980) - - (169,076) - 50,942 (4,204) - 36,758 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50,942 | |||
| 36,758 |
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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31st. March 2021
(7) Employee information
| (7) Employee information | |
|---|---|
| 2021 Number of employees Average monthly head count 5 No employee received emoluments of more than £60,000. £ Salaries and wages 130,457 Pension 3,714 Social security costs 9,813 143,984 (8) Trustees information Trustees remuneration and expenses 100 The trustees received no remuneration in the year. Expenses relate to travel costs. |
2020 4 £ 120,516 3,286 5,182 |
| 128,984 | |
| 210 | |
(9) Analysis of net assets between funds
| General | Restricted | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Funds | Funds | Total | ||
| £ | £ | £ | ||
| Tangible fixed assets | 5,692 | - | 5,692 | |
| Current assets | 91,019 | 114,935 | 205,954 | |
| Current liabilities | (625) | - | (625) | |
| Net assets at 31st March 2021 | 96,086 | 114,935 | 211,021 |
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(10) Analysis of prior year funds to comply with FRS 102 requirements
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Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31st. March 2020
| Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds Funds Funds 2020 2020 2020 £ £ £ Income from Investment income - - - Charitable activities Grants and contracts 3,000 164,374 167,374 Training and other earned income 2,381 - 2,381 Total 5,381 164,374 169,755 Expenditure on: Charitable activities 4,204 169,076 173,280 Net income / [expenditure] 1,177 (4,702) (3,525) Total funds brought forward 35,581 55,644 91,225 Transfers between funds - - - Total funds carried forward 36,758 50,942 87,700 |
2019 £ - 155,358 2,063 |
|---|---|
| 157,421 | |
| 158,836 | |
| (1,415) 92,640 - |
|
| 91,225 |
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l lY)rt to the charity trustees on the a()y)unts of lh2 company for the yw eThled 31SI Marth 2021 which are set out on pages 19 to 26. Responsibilities arld basis ol report As the cttanty trLAStges of Ihe company land $0 itsdiWorsforthe wrp)ses ofcompany lawl you are responsiLIè lor tha prepara1K)n of the accounts in ac(Yjrdate 7Mth Ihe wuirements of the Companies Act 2W6 Ilhè 2006 Ath). Having satisfied mysdf that the a¢oJJnts of Ihe o)mpany are not wuired lo be aU(kI under Part 16 of the 20( Aet and are eligitrAe lor indepeTrJerrtexarninalion. I report in • of my exarninabon of your£x>rnpany's a[OUnts as carried out Uer seetitsn 145 of the Charites Aci 2011 rthe 2011 Arf). In caryng out Y exarninati)n I have follo%d the Directions gwen by the ch c0tnnM10n tmxler section 14515llbl ol the 2011 ACL Independent examinerfs staknn8rt I have completed my examination. I confirm that mattets havè (x)me to my attenbon in connectim the xamination grwng rne Lxuse to bdieve that in any meri8t respetr. a¢counbng records were not kept in resm of the CLVry)ary as by section 386 of thè 2(M16 or the accounts do not a¢xord ihc6e rOrdS. or th accounts do not mplY the aCcYn11ng rewirements of section 3% 01 Ihe 20[ Act other th2n any requirement trot the aLLUnts gwe a Mrue aThY fa.r wèw. is Th)t a matter o)nsi(Jered as part of an iepen(Ient examinatyon.. or the acwunts have not been prEpareiJ in ac(X)lare with the wEllxxts and princitles of the Staiernent of Recomrnended practi for a(xx)unting repOTr9 by charities lappltable to charit$ pieparing trTreir accounts in aCcOrdar with the Fina1 Rewrtit¥J StarKlard in the UK arxl RepublK ol IrelaThJ IFRS 1021j- I have no concems have Ix)me across no other matters in Con¢0 with thè examination to which attentr.on should bè drnvm in this feDOrt in order to enat4e a wc¥)ar uThJ815tawxli of th8 ac£cxints to be reach&Y. DKMaule FCA Dale 18