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This annual report is from 1 JAN 2023 - 31 DEC 2023

The trustees who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006 present their report with the financial statements for the charity for the year ended 31 December 2023.

ContentsPage

ContentsPage
• Executive Summary 3
• Impact Report 5
• Social, Creative and Wellbeing Activities 8
• Community Engagement 14
• Advocacy and Advice 18
• Focus on Fundraising 22
• Highlighting Health 25
• Capital Projects 27
• Events Gallery 31
•Annual Accounts 39
•In Memoriam 49

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

This year’s Annual Report and Accounts provide a comprehensive overview of Pennine Mencap’s activities and financial performance during the year 2023.

Eleven years into our journey, Pennine Mencap remains driven by a commitment to create meaningful opportunities for individuals with learning disabilities, autism and other complex needs in our local community. We invite you to gain a better perspective on the charity’s achievements, challenges and aspirations as we continue to empower and advocate for our service users, their family members and support networks.

Building on the positive reception for last year’s Annual Report, we have sought to again present our story in a varied, magazine-style format. Throughout this report we are proud to showcase the dedication and passion of our staff, volunteers and trustees in creating positive change, empowering some of the most vulnerable individuals in our community to live healthy, safe and fulfilling lives - and to help them do so as independently as possible.

This report also presents a transparent and detailed account of our financial stewardship, demonstrating how we continually aim to raise funds and utilise resources effectively to achieve our charitable objectives. This year we have included a detailed breakdown of our funding sources and the exact purposes for which all restricted funds were used. We are committed to accountability and transparency, especially to help illustrate the complex financial challenges the charity has faced throughout the year.

As part of that commitment we have also worked extensively on improving our governance throughout the year. The addition of a fifth trustee has further strengthened our board. This marks the next step in an 11 year personal journey for Shaun Fletcher, who joined the charity as a student volunteer in 2012 and has remained deeply rooted in our work ever since.

We are also pleased to have finalised plans to embed a formal service user representation body into our practice. While everything Pennine Mencap does has always been driven collaboratively by the views and needs of our beneficiaries, we are implementing the Pennine Mencap Advisory Board to create an independent, accessible platform for our service users to directly influence the charity’s direction. We look forward to fostering even greater participation from our service users in the charity’s operations from here onwards.

We encourage you to explore the report and learn more through facts, figures, articles and images about Pennine Mencap's impact throughout 2023.

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Pennine Mencap’s volunteers andstaff made over 191 surplus foodcollections from local branches ofLidl, Aldi and Sainsbury's, helping tofeed our service users for a full year

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The Rhodes Bank Choir performed15 live shows for the public in 2023, from care homes and family fundays to the Saddleworth Show and Oldham Pride

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We hosted 11 themed events in Tameside, including Mencap Festlive music festival, summer fayre,sports nights and big parties for Halloween and Christmas

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Over the course of the year, wedirectly engaged 182 disabled adultsin group and individual activities atour centre and at other communityvenues around Oldham and Tameside

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We held 470 group activity sessions throughout the year, including choir, performing arts, health awareness,social clubs, cookery, dancercise,music therapy and walking group

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Our staff handled over 1,800 phone calls with service users, their carers and family members, providing advice, information and support on a huge range of topics

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Our social media presence grew exponentially, with Pennine Mencap’sposts, pictures and videos reaching over 145,000 individual Facebook user profiles in 2023

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We were supported by 62 local businesses throughout the year, contributing goods, services orvolunteer time to help us achieve our charitable objectives

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Our Cookalong sessions prepared46 different recipes with more than 30 service users each week - that’s over 1,380 fresh meals made by our Cookalong chefs over 12 months

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The inaugural Pennine Mencap Celebration Ball was our biggest ever event, raising an amazing £7,516 from ticket sales, auction bids, a grand raffle and donations

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In 2023, Pennine Mencap was awarded £173,774 in grant funding thanks to fantastic support from the National Lottery, Action Together, Neighbourly and more

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We provided placements for 19 students from local sixth forms, colleges and universities, supporting courses ranging from performing arts to health and social care

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Our inclusive Walk or Wheel group traversed Greater Manchester and beyond, exploring 39 separate destinations on group health walks as far a field as Southport

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We calculate that a total of more than 2,100 hours of volunteer time was given to help deliver our frontline activities, public events, fundraising and governance in 2023

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Pennine Mencap has always prided itself on facilitating creative outlets for adults with learning disabilities, learning difficulties and autism, through the arts. 2023 was a very diverse year of activities, events and performances that provided varied mediums for our service users to express themselves.

HEALTH & WELLBEING ACTIVITIES

Health and wellbeing have become central to our 2023 activity programme at Pennine Mencap: this was also a product of the Covid-19 lockdown, where our activity programme was shaped to include as much health-focused content as possible. Mondays became a full day focussed on health and wellbeing: the mornings became information-sharing sessions with the aim of providing accessible information and guidance on health - this came in several different forms, from nutrition and cooking sessions to exercise focus and mental health wellbeing. The afternoons saw the birth of WOW Club (Walk Or Wheel), where we took our service users around different sites of local interest across Oldham, Tameside, Greater Manchester and even further afield. From local beauty spots like Alexandra Park all the way through to trips to Southport, we have been keen to instil some physical activity amongst our service users.

Through our 12-year-long relationship with some of these individuals, we have become acutely aware of their physical health. Many are overweight, some suffer from diabetes and others are reluctant when it comes to physical activity. By making our WOW sessions both accessible and interesting, we aim to increase our Service Users’ confidence when travelling across the city (mainly through education and support with public transport) and reduce their reluctance to get out and about. Our Activity Co-ordination staff are key in making these trips fun: from activity sheets through to planned sightseeing, WOW Club is never a dull way to spend a Monday.

CREATIVITY CLUB

Every Tuesday morning, we host our Creativity Club. This activity is a structed arts and crafts session, centred around expressing our creativity through different mediums. Sessions are structured around a different key activity and theme each week. We usually aim to relate sessions to themed days which appear on the calendar, for example Valentines, World Mental Health day, World Gardening Day etc. This gives a rhythm to the sessions through the year.

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This year we chose to adapt the name from Arts and Crafts to Creativity Club, because we wanted the session title to really express what the session was made up of. In 2023 we have run sessions based around, card making, modelling, painting, origami, sketching, self-expression, portraiture and much more.Service users always comment on how much they enjoy their time at Creativity Club, because they find the sessions have a very visible end product.

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For Pride month we created pride-based artwork and then displayed them around the centre during the period. We aimed to use sessions like this as a way of educating our service users and these seem to be very effective way of indirectly opening the eyes of our service users. Another major project we ran last year was the start of our garden upcycle. As part of our centre, the roof terrace gets used daily and we wanted to upgrade it. Service users planted up pots, cleaned, painted and decorated elements of the space. The space is looking brilliant, and we can’t wait for next year so we can do even more to the terrace!

Creativity Club played an instrumental part in the creation of props for Hilarious Histories, our Stage Right Performing Arts Group 2023 show. Our Tuesday session created weapon instruments, Viking beards and helmets as well as Votes for Women banners. These were all major props for the show. Service users loved creating things for themselves to use during the show. Towards the end of the year, one of our staff members was getting married and wanted the service users to play a role in her wedding day. Emily asked the group to create floral displays in pumpkins, that would be used to decorate the aisle of the wedding. The service users did a wonderful job, decorating several large pumpkins with autumnal floral displays. They really added a personal touch to the day.

Our final big project for Creativity Club was the creation of our table centrepieces for the Celebration Ball. Our amazing group of service users created giant martini glass floral displays. They looked incredible! Several guests commented on how wonderful the displays looked and how impressed they were that the service users had made them. Overall Creativity Club is one hour a week that the service users can physically expresses themselves through arts and crafts. They can learn new skills, be creative and have fun creating things along the way!

RHODES BANK CHOIR

2023 has been a brilliant year for our choir, this year we have upped the number of performances we have attended, amongst them some really high-profile organised events. During the summer we performed at the Saddleworth Show and created some great links from organisations from across Oldham, such as MAHDLO. They were really encouraging of our service users and the work the charity is doing.

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Always a highlight of the choir’s year, Oldham Pride 2023, was another great performance and outreach opportunity. The choir performed live on the main stage of the event, and we can’t for next year which promises to be bigger and better! Our third performance in the summer alone, was at the Mencap Summer Fayre. The choir performed at 30-minute set in front of lots of guests and visitors. There were several comments from people who saw the performance saying how the choir had lifted the mood of the event and brightened everyone’s day!

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We also performed at several charitable events, raising money for ourselves and other charitable organisations. Events such as Shaw & Crompton Parish Council cheque giving ceremony as well as A Little Sweet Lady Event hosted in Ashton-under-Lyne. A highlight for the year has to be the Rhodes Bank Choir performance at the Pennine Mencap Celebration Ball. Our wonderful service users had the privilege of opening the ball for the evening. It really set the mood for the event and shows how amazing our service users are!

To finish the year, we gave back to the community by doing a care home tour of three care homes across Oldham and Middleton. It was great to perform for the residents of The Coppice, Middleton Hall and Parkside care homes, delivering a lively Christmassy set that lifted the mood of the residents. Overall, 2023 has been a brilliant year for the choir, they have learned so many new skills, including vocal techniques, performance skills, a new repertoire. They are going from strength to strength and can’t wait for what’s coming in the year ahead!

WEDNESDAY SOCIAL

Our most relaxed weekly session, Wednesday Social, continued to be busy with old and new faces throughout the year. We have promoted this group to the community as an ideal way to meet new people, become familiar with the centre, staff and volunteers and gain confidence, before committing to a more structured activity.

STAGE RIGHT PERFORMING ARTS

Throughout 2023, Stage Rights Performing Arts performed three shows in front of a live audience. On January 28th, Stage Right took to the stage of Hurst Community Centre to perform Sweeney Todd, a show that had been in the works for 9 months and was a continuation of our Arts Council-funded Libretto project. This was the second time Stage Right had tackled Sweeney Todd, however the generous grant and growing cast allowed us to increase the scope and ambition of this production. We worked extremely hard to ensure that this very challenging premise was accessible, yet still appealing to a broad audience.

To ensure accessibility we involved our music therapist Alan to create a piece of music with our service user, a young lady with cerebral palsy, using an iPad to mimic the sound of a cello. This was played live at the beginning and end of the show to add both atmosphere and drama to the production. The lead role of Sweeney Todd was performed by service user CF, a young autistic gentleman with a passion for drama. CF executed this role remarkably, and even managed it without script in hand. The whole cast enjoyed recreating this well-known opera and performing a full-scale musical, with big dance numbers, songs and lots of props. Alongside rehearsing for Sweeney Todd,

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one half of Stage Right Performing Arts were putting together a cabaret version of the well known stage show, Chicago. This accessible piece of theatre combined big dance numbers, along with narration, to tell the story of Chicago, without the need for script work. This was performed on February 11th, at Hurst Community Centre, and although it was so close to our previous performance, we still had an audience supporting our actors who were as enthusiastic as the first time we saw them.

Our third show of the year, took place on September 29th. Our actors had asked to do a comedy as their next show and were keen to explore what brought them joy throughout their younger years. Our Activities Co-ordinator, Tom, wrote a full script as an homage to the popular series, Horrible Histories. For copyright purposes we cautiously renamed it Hilarious Histories! This was a walk through the ages, from dinosaurs to the future, including spoken word, movement pieces and dance numbers. This was a 6-month project, which enhanced our actors’ skills in different disciplines of theatre.

MUSIC THERAPY

In 2023, Pennine Mencap has continued to build upon our established relationship with Alan Wells from Nordoff & Robbins. Alan is a trained Music Therapist and takes pride working closely with our service users: over the two years we have worked with Alan, he has worked hard to establish lasting relationships with our base of service users, culminating in a series of performances and in-house bands. Alan holds extensive 1:1 sessions with several of our service users. He operates from our black box studio, where Alan delves into his 1:1’s musical tastes and curates sessions around their passions.

One example of these 1:1s the sessions Alan does with service user SF: SF has cerebral palsy and is limited in her physical movements, so Alan has gone above and beyond to curate an accessible musical experience. He has restrung a lyre, to make it useable and accessible for SF’s needs, and incorporated an iPad into their sessions, where SF can use the touchscreen to create a series of different sounds. Alan will then join in vocally or on piano to give SF a full and meaningful musical experience.

The work Alan does has brought about a series of separate ‘bands’ made up of different service user lineups. We have had girl groups, rock-based groups and the Pennine Mencap Sunshine Band, who wrote an entirely original song (with Alan’s input) and performed it infrom of charity friends and partners at our 2023 Celebration Ball.

COOKALONG

Now coming up to its fourth year, Cookalong continued to be a key pillar of our activity program throughout 2023. Every week throughout the year we selected different recipes, often themed around national culinary celebrations or cultural days of significance, to upskill our service users and teach culinary

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independence. Throughout this year there was also a real emphasis on seasonal ingredients and helping service users to understand how to safely store and make the most of the ingredients they have to hand. This is a simple model of sustainability that is designed to be as accessible as possible. But it also had to be exciting!

Over our twelve years of working closely with service users, we have established a real understanding of their preferences, interests and individual needs. This is helpful when selecting appropriate recipes, but it has also brought to light how heavily our service users depend on takeaways and ultra-processed food. This dependence is an inevitable product of economic circumstances, low self-confidence and the understandable appeal of convenient options for many of our service users. Hence it continues to be an ongoing challenge to help reduce that dependence.

Cookalong continued to not only empower our service users as independent chefs but also reduce their reliance on unhealthy alternatives. Throughout 2023, our Cookalong project remained as an online activity: each week we would source, pack and distribute carefully measured single-portion meal kits to an average number of thirty service users at their homes, before going ‘live’ on Facebook. As a step towards reintegrating service users back into the kitchen at Rhodes Bank Chambers we were also finally able to bring in individuals as our weekly ‘guest chef’ for the live Cookalong broadcast, adding an extra dimension of interaction to the established format.

During Cookalong’s online-only presence in 2023, we did not require payment for the activity: borne out of the Covid-19 lockdown, the project was also designed to deliver food parcels in a time of significant need and upheaval. The only ‘payment’ we required for Cookalong was a picture of whatever we cooked that week. The beauty of social media meant that service users could interact with us as we cooked, then instantly send images of their completed recipes. In 2023, we also had our kitchen facilities totally revamped, which you can read about in more detail in the Capital Projects section of this report. This meant that, as we wound down Cookalong for 2023, we were finally in a suitable position to re-establish this as an in-person activity in early 2024.

FRIDAY NIGHT CLUB

Friday Night Club maintained its popularity amongst individuals from both Tameside and Oldham, with service users consistently attending the monthly get-together at Hurst Community Centre, and positively engaging with the activities on offer.

Friday Night Club has also played host to themed events such as the first Mencap Fest - a festival-feel party night including live entertainment - and the annual Halloween and Christmas parties. We have put extra effort into the promotion of these groups through Social Media and Mailshots to encourage members to make a positive step in regaining social confidence and re-estabilishing routine.

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Engagement with external organisations across the Northwest has continued to be an important element of our charitable organisation. Continuing to further our relationships with previous organisations as well as new ones has been integral in the growth of the charity over the past year.

ACTION TOGETHER & FOREVER MANCHESTER

2023 has seen Pennine Mencap continue to develop our relationship with Action Together. We have attended several events hosted by the organisation, namely their Volunteer Fayre. As a charity we have used events, such as this, as a springboard for developing a volunteer base that we can use for our own community-based events. Likewise, our connection with Forever Manchester, has been a vital affiliation in which we have found a raft of connections and opportunities for the charity and our service users.

OLDHAM PRIDE

Oldham Pride, once again, has been a highlight within our events and outreach calendar. This year has seen our second performance on the main stage of the event, for our choir. As well as giving us the opportunity to have a stall and advertise the services we provide to the Oldham Community. Oldham Pride continues to be a highlight for both service users and staff each year and we find that the event often acts as a catalyst for further engagement opportunities across the borough.

KEYRING & OPAL ADVOCACY

We find that relationship development with other learning disability organisations from across Oldham and Greater Manchester is a great source of support for us as a charity and this is why we have continued to engage with both KeyRing and OPAL Advocacy. This year we took part in a large-scale little pick with the other two organisations in Oldham town centre. For our service users this was a brilliant way of displaying community service but also let them engage and connect with their friends who use the other services for their support.

SHAW AND CROMPTON PARISH COUNCIL

In 2023, as an organisation, we have been thoroughly supported by the efforts of Shaw and Crompton Parish Council. Their fundraising has allowed the charity to host several events throughout the year. As a staff body, we attended their gala dinner and thanked them for their continued support of the work of the charity.

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Likewise, we hosted their charitable cheque giving ceremony at our centre at Rhodes Bank. As a result of this relationship, we engaged with Dr Kershaw’s Hospice and our choir has now had the opportunity to perform there on a number of occasions. This connection was a clear example of the engagement and outreach we have been trying to develop and harbour during this year.

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EDUCATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS

Throughout 2023 we have continued to enjoy our preestablished relationships with a number of local colleges, sixth forms and universities. Continuously, during the year we have had student placements from Ashton Sixth Form College, Oldham College, Oldham Sixth Form, Hopwood Hall as well as Salford University.

This has proved to be a great source of support for the growth of the charity over the year and has also proved a brilliant way of us developing a larger volunteer base. This year we have welcomed Hair and Beauty and Barbering Students from Oldham College, who came and pampered our service users on several occasions. This has led to building a great relationship with the college.

Developing the skill sets of the service users has been a thread throughout the charity’s growth. Particularly this year we have taken an active lead in organising Lifelong Learning, as well as Hate Crime Training for our service users. This has proven to be a great way of establishing links with beneficial associations from across the Oldham borough.

COMMON WORD POETRY

Towards the end of the year, we welcomed Common Word Poetry to come and lead a drama workshop for our performing arts group. This was a great source of fun as well as fruitful in its creation of some amazing poetry. From this session our service users submitted their poems to a competition ran by Common Word and won! Several of our poems were added to an Anthology created by the organisation. This is a great example of ourselves and external organisations establishing links, which a hugely beneficial for both of us.

NORDOFF AND ROBBINS

Like 2022, our relationship with Nordoff And Robbins has continued to be a flourishing connection from we have seen a huge development in our service user’s skill sets. Alan, the music therapist, has ran sessions with the Pennine Mencap Sunshine Band, as well as one to one sessions throughout the year. Our service users have performed on several occasions to each other as well as at public charity events. This has been a springboard for a number of new connections that we have established throughout the year with external associations who were impressed by the musical talents displayed by our service users.

NEIGHBOURLY

Our association with Neighbourly has also been a clear example of engagement during 2022. Our weekly collections to Sainsburys, Lidl and Aldi Ashton-under-Lyne as well as Aldi Hyde and Aldi Chadderton have long established a great working relationship with the supermarkets.

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of, and we are working towards more collections, hopefully to help us reach even further establish new links with other supermarkets within the area.

HURST COMMUNITY CENTRE

Hurst Community Centre and the Centre Players have long been supporters of the charity, and we regard Hurst Cross Community Centre as our second home. Throughout 2023 we have used Hurst Cross for our larger scale events, such as our Summer Fayre, Mencap Fest and our monthly Friday Night Club. The Committee at Hurst Cross have been very supportive of the charities efforts and have on several occasions given us reduced rents or even waved their fees, to allow the charity to raise much needed funds. We are very thankful for this relationship and the outreach it continues to allow us to do.

The highlight of our event calendar this year has to be our Celebration Ball, hosted at Chadderton Town Hall. This event was aimed at celebrating the successes of the charity and the contributions the charity has made to our service users’ lives. In the build up to the ball we worked to connect with over 60 independent businesses from across the Northwest to help us raise vital funds. The ball was a clear example of engagement. The relationships built with businesses and organisations from across Greater Manchester and beyond was a great success!

TAKEAWAY SUPPLIES

An excellent example of a supporter relationship which has developed over the years is our fantastic partnership with Takeaway Supplies Ltd (also known as TAS Group). A thriving local business based in Dukinfield, TAS Group began supporting our Cookalong project in 2020 when we needed packaging to help us deliver food parcels to our service users during lockdown. TAS director Jonny Susca took an interest in our work and offered an initial donation of cardboard takeaway boxes and microwaveable plastic food tubs to help us safely transport healthy ingredients around Oldham and Tameside.

This relationship has adapted as time has gone on, with TAS Group donating an increasingly broad range of supplies to assist the charity. In 2023 we collected items ranging from insulated drinks cups to dessert bowls for our work in the community, as well as an inventive range of packing materials for Cookalong ingredients kits - such as sealable pots for liquid ingredients and freezer blocks to keep fresh items cool in transit.

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A highlight of our fundraising efforts at the Pennine Mencap summer fayre was the provision of an entire freezer full of lollies and ice creams. We sold over 80 of these as part of the day's fundraising efforts. Even the freezer itself was provided by TAS, delivered and picked up again at no cost to help keep our event costs down. This is a tremendous example of genuinely altruistic support from the local business community.

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“If you find it difficult to understand your care and support or find it hard to speak up, there are people who can act as a spokesperson for you. They make sure you're heard and are called advocates. For example, they can help you understand the care and support process.”

NHS, 2022

Whilst we do not advertise a formal advocacy service, our dedicated staff and volunteers are always willing to help our service users the best they can. Service users who attend regularly often come to place their trust in our small team. This means when problems arise in other areas of their lives, they feel comfortable enough to reach out for our support.

This can be anything from journey planning, to arranging appointments, to managing debt. The significant amount of advice and gentle advocacy we are now providing is organically evolving into a service worthy of recognition.

TRAVEL PASSES

The majority of our service users are eligible for concessionary travel passes for use on buses, trains and trams around Greater Manchester. This is an invaluable service provided by TFGM, which makes a huge difference to the lives of those we work with. Many of our service users struggle to manage their finances and would be at risk of becoming significantly isolated without the means to travel.

To attain a concessionary travel pass, one must complete an application form and provide evidence of their disability. This can be discouraging for individuals who lack confidence, struggle with comprehension, or have poor literacy skills.

We have maintained a positive relationship with TFGM for several years and with their help, have continued to support our service users with both new applications and renewal applications as needed throughout 2023. We also collaborated with TFGM to gather valuable feedback from our service users on the accessibility of their services.

PIP APPLICATIONS AND APPEALS

Another laborious process is that of applying for Personal Independence Payment benefits. This entails completing a lengthy form in great detail, attending an interview and being scored against a point system. It can be an overwhelming process for anyone, and our service users often find it particularly challenging.

2023 highlighted a significant need for more support in this area due to the number of individuals who requested our help to appeal to their rejected application. We were able to provide letters of support which in most cases led to decisions being

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letters of support which in most cases led to decisions being reversed.

GP AND DENTIST APPOINTMENTS

Another task our service users often seek help with is arranging appointments. The past year has seen an increase in the privatisation of dentist surgeries, and a shift to online appointment services.

This year, we have seen a high number of individuals suffering with their oral health and unable to access the right care without our intervention. Each case has involved a series of phone calls, vague questioning and has resulted in a costly bill. We support individuals to contact the right services, repeat questions in a way that is easy to understand and help them to understand the advice given. Once these barriers were broken, each person was able to attend the appointment independently and receive treatment.

Most GP surgeries still allow individuals to make appointments via the telephone where they are unable to access the internet. However, the heavy promotion of online appointment services is proving to be discouraging to our service users who seem to show a reluctance to even attempt to make GP appointments, frequently vocalising how they feel it is impossible. Sometimes misunderstanding that they there is more than one way to make an appointment. Without our support, individuals might ignore symptoms of ill health, further exacerbating the health inequalities for adults with learning disabilities. This is something we have been working hard to address throughout 2023 and will continue to be one of our key focus areas in the coming years.

POLICE MATTERS AND PROBATION

Pennine Mencap is a third party Hate Crime Reporting Centre, offering victims and witnesses a way to report Hate Crime in a supportive, low-stress environment. We believe it is important to highlight our role in tackling Hate Crime since we work with a protected group, who unfortunately are at risk of being victims of Hate Crime. It is important that our service users know and understand that they can come to us for support with such matters. It is also important that our service users feel empowered to recognise when a Hate Crime has taken place and report it.

In 2023, the senior Community Officer, Virbai Kara from Oldham council visited us as part of The Hate Crime Plan for Greater Manchester. Virbai delivered a Hate Crime training and awareness session to both staff and service users.

As well as supporting our service users as potential victims of crime, this year we have supported individuals who have found themselves in trouble with the police. We have worked collaboratively with the police to support individuals to understand the processes they have been involved with; including

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understanding the rules and restrictions of community orders, what it means to receive a ‘caution’, and planning to prevent future offenses.

HOUSING AND TENANCIES

A large proportion of our service users live independently. Unfortunately, most of those who do live independently have little or no support network. Whilst they are capable of living alone, they do require assistance with some of the challenges of adult life, such as maintaining a tenancy. For example, unexpected rent increases or energy bills, understanding tenancy agreements, and what to do if they are served notice. These are all examples of issues our staff have helped resolve for some of our service users this year.

ADULT SERVICES

This year we have developed our relationship with the local authorities in Tameside and Oldham. We invited senior management from Adult Services of both boroughs to visit our service and familiarise themselves with the work we do. This has helped us to better support our service users, particularly where intervention from adult services has been required.

This partnership is proving to have a positive impact on people’s attitude towards adult services. Our service users have described having fears or losing their independence or being separated from their loved ones. Some of our service users have been reluctant to engage because they do not feel comfortable allowing others into their home. We have successfully facilitated meetings at our premises to overcome these barriers. Service users can choose to have a member of staff sit in with them to provide moral support and assist with communication. This approach has led to essential provision of care being established both at our service and at home where needed.

LIFE CHANGING TRANSITIONS

We are often the first point of contact and an ongoing sounding board for our service users when they are going through life-changing experiences. Many of these are not unique to adults with learning disabilities or other complex needs – loss of a parent, breakdown of a relationship, moving to a new area. However, these challenges are perceived and processed differently by each of our service users.

Further to this, there are many transitions which are specific to the disability community. Steps towards independence are very different to those taken by most adults - for example, taking responsibility for finances is often a complex, gradual process that is testing for learning disabled and neurodiverse individuals. This can potentially involve social workers, parents, appointees or the Court of Protection.

To help with these challenges, we have continued to offer support including calculating household budgets, providing simple explanations of overwhelming letters and forms, provision of food parcels and access to our community fridge, as well as signposting to other services where appropriate. We are grateful for the support offered by the Money Saving Expert Charity in terms of both learning resources and financial assistance to help us make this element of our service as effective as possible.

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fundraising

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Charitable fundraising is a difficult art that, like many skills, requires constant refinement and reappraisal. This section of our report aims to celebrate the spirit of giving that fuels our work, acknowledging the challenges affecting our fundraising efforts and giving insight into how we manage this key function of the charity.

With growing numbers of service users, projects, activities, members of staff, volunteers and properties to maintain, Pennine Mencap’s growth has brought many new responsibilities. To ensure the sustainability of the charity’s important work, this year we have taken significant steps to diversify income.

This diversification is guided by a new Fundraising Strategy, which highlights five key streams of revenue that we are aiming to develop and maintain:

Each of these types of income carries its own risks and benefits, while the financial landscape which governs them all is constantly changing. For the charity to be sustainable we have to continually adapt and respond to factors beyond our control, both on local and national levels.

For this reason we aim to balance and review how we divide our attention between different sources of funding. Each demands time from specific members of the Pennine Mencap team; many require huge strategic input from trustees and some require extensive front-line efforts from volunteers, while others depend on the agility of staff to shape and communicate our work to potential funders in hope of gaining their support.

GRANTS FROM ORGANISATIONS

The first key income stream is grant fundraising from organisations. This has been the cornerstone of the charity’s funding for over a decade, primarily with support from Trusts and Foundations.

2022 represented a peak in grant revenue, with much of the £352,004 received last year coming from the National Lottery Community Fund grant, most of which was restricted for capital work on our lift. 2023 saw an inevitable drop, with grant income reducing to £173,774. This is largely because of the major phases of the lift construction project coming to an end, with associated grant income reducing accordingly.

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2023 was also the last full year in which three of our key staff roles were funded by the National Lottery-backed Branching Out project grant. This grant has provided a major springboard for the charity, giving us real stability and confidence – but will end in 2024. We have always been mindful to not develop a dependence on this vital grant, but its impending end will create a significant financial gap.

We have made a commitment to retaining the three members of staff funded by the grant, as well as our second Activity Coordinator, who was recruited to provide maternity cover. We have developed a unique body of staff with complementary talents and a fantastic connection to our service users; we

recognise the importance of maintaining this strong team.

There is little realistic prospect of generating grant income to fully match the National Lottery’s recent contributions. Our grant strategy for the year ahead is primarily to focus on smaller, short-term project funding. We are also urgently laying the groundwork to develop other income streams to help fill the impending funding gap.

INDIVIDUAL GIVING AND COMMUNITY FUNDRAISING

Community fundraising has also reduced in 2023, down to £45,883 from the 2022 total of £61,311. The actual number of individual donations has, however, increased; similar to the pattern of our grant income, in 2022 we were fortunate to receive a smaller number of larger-scale donations, including a £6,000 legacy. This provided a welcome boost that was, however, somewhat anomalous, unpredictable and difficult to replicate.

For this reason, in 2023 we have built a better platform to encourage individual giving on a broader scale. The Community Engagement section of this report gives insight into our efforts to increase our local presence, at events of our own making and at those hosted by other organisations. In 2024 we will aim to make the most of those opportunities to boost donations from individual supporters.

ROOM HIRE REVENUE

This year we have been able to foster an increase in room hire revenue, which is up to £25,557 from last year’s total of £21,840.

Going forwards we are planning to shift our focus, ending two long-term hires of storage space which could be better utilised by the charity. The long-term goal is to free up and refurbish these spaces to increase in-house resources for the charity’s group activities, which will help us to continue to accommodate a growing number of service users at the centre. The spaces we use for these activities are also more

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the charity’s group activities, which will help us to continue to accommodate a growing number of service users at the centre. The spaces we use for these activities are also more appropriate for sessional hire ‘out of hours’ by other community groups, which is the type of hire we will aim to most develop in 2024.

DAY SERVICE FEES

We are also pleased to report an increase in day service fees received, up in 2023 to £17,459 from 2022’s total of £9,416. This area of funding has always been a difficult one for us to navigate.

The charity is committed to its core offering being for individuals who lack natural support and have no pre-existing personal budget or local authority funding. These are often our most isolated and vulnerable service users, who are therefore a priority. The challenge this presents is that our main demographic, regardless of underlying entitlement, do not receive any funding towards their care and support.

In terms of increasing our revenue, our goal is develop more funded day service spaces within the charity in order to become more financially stable. This improved stability will have a wider positive impact, enabling us to continue to direct help and resources towards the more disenfranchised and disadvantaged members of the community we are here to support.

SUPPORTED HOUSING RENTAL INCOME

The final strand of funding which we are aiming to develop is rental income from supported housing. This is the most long-term element of our Fundraising Strategy, given that it requires initial financial investment, organisational structuring, capital works, local authority approval and, ultimately, successful placements in order to raise funds for the charity.

In 2023 there has been no income from this newly emerging area of the charity’s work. This may also remain the case for most of 2024, but we are confident it is a fundamentally safe long-term element of our plan for Pennine Mencap to achieve financial stability alongside our charitable objectives.

We feel compelled because of our first hand experiences over more than a decade of supporting service users experiencing housing instability. The shortage of supported living options is an endemic problem that local authorities are reluctant to acknowledge. While it presents a huge learning curve and monetary challenge for the charity, we wish to be a real part of the solution at a grassroots level.

There is more information about the initial work on our supported housing premises in the Capital Projects section of this report.

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Highlighting Health

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This year saw the introduction of our Health Club Project. Following on from the work we did during and after the Covid-19 pandemic, we recognised the positive impact of accessible information sharing and sought to continue this work throughout 2023.

The 2022 Learning Disabilities Mortality Review (LeDeR) found the median age at death was 63 for adults with a learning disability. This is significantly less than the median age of death of 82 for men and 86 for women in the general population.

Mencap, 2024

Health Club was a 12-month project with the aim of promoting healthy living among our service users. As part of this project, we facilitated weekly activities which encouraged healthy habits and delivered information workshops about a range of health conditions including but not limited to diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, cancers, depression, measles. The aim of the workshops was to improve knowledge of symptoms, when to see a GP, and how to prevent illness.

As well as information sharing, we focused heavily on diet and exercise as a way of improving overall general health and ultimately decrease people’s chances of developing life-threatening health issues. We made health a focus in all aspects of our services including offering nutritious, homemade meals at lunch time. We also introduced a breakfast club, offering fresh fruit, natural yoghurt, low-sugar and high fibre cereals such as porridge.

In addition to this, we embedded exercise into our existing timetable of activities as a way of getting people to be more active. This included dance classes, weekly yoga sessions and our ‘Walk or Wheel’ outdoors group. These activities were each designed to improve both physical and mental health.

In 2023, several of our service users were diagnosed with Type II Diabetes. Our Health Club project supported these individuals to navigate their illness and make essential lifestyle changes. We created easy-read resources and easy swap pictographs of supermarket products to guide them at home.

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capital projects

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This year saw a progress with a significant number of major capital projects, several of which successfully reached their conclusion.

ROOF WORKS

This year contractors completed a programme of works to refurbish four sections of roof at Rhodes Bank Chambers. This project was taken as far as funding allowed. It was also logistically complex, given a requirement to work with Transport for Greater Manchester to coordinate overnight shutdowns of the adjacent Metrolink line to enable the safe erection and dismantling of scaffolding.

The works concluded with over half of the roof materials being successfully replaced, including waterproof membranes, battens, slates, verges, flat roof materials and sections of brickwork. Further work will inevitably be required in time, but at this point we are delighted that all leaks causing water ingress into the centre have been resolved for the first time since we took stewardship of the building in 2015.

SOLAR POWER

Taking advantage of the access provided by a full-height scaffold, we also engaged solar specialist Airis Energy Solutions to install 14 solar panels in two large arrays on the highest sections of roof at Rhodes Bank Chambers. The installation of the panels was fast and efficient, leaving them ready to connect to the grid upon completion of a connection upgrade by Electricity Northwest.

Projected figures indicate that up to 39% of the centre’s future electricity supply can be generated from the solar panels. This will help to reduce our operating costs, with an estimated net saving of £30,640 over the 25 year lifespan of the system. This project will also reduce our environmental impact, saving up to one ton of CO2 emissions per year.

THE TERRACE

A wonderful offshoot of our roof repair project has been to transform a previously problematic flat roof at the rear of the centre into a terrace garden. With new joists and boards giving the roof load-bearing strength, this created an opportunity to fully reimagine this

as a safe, communal outdoor space for our service users.

Despite its small size this has become an urban oasis with pots, planters and seating. The terrace provides a valuable opportunity for service users to take breaks from the hustle and bustle of busy group activities. As well as growing flowers in summer, the terrace is also used to cultivate herbs used in the centre’s kitchens.

This is an excellent example of an inclusive, beneficiary-led project. Beyond the structural works, those who use the centre were able to take the lead by creating their own environment – with service users painting outdoor

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furniture, caring for plants and independently managing the upkeep of the terrace with minimal input from staff.

NEW KITCHEN

In December 2022 we received confirmation of a grant award by Scope to help create a professional-standard kitchen at Rhodes Bank Chambers. This became a year-long project, requiring a number of challenging initial adjustments.

These included the repositioning of doorways to connect two rooms into a continuous food preparation space; a concrete staircase had to be relocated in order to create a safe walkway between the rooms; electrical fixtures including our fire alarm

control panel had to be relocated; and new ring main circuits needed fitting to take the load of new commercial-grade appliances.

New flooring was fitted through both rooms, along with new heavy-duty wall cladding and custom-fabricated stainless steel worktops and cupboards. At this point, as has often been the case at Rhodes Bank Chambers, misfortune struck; a burst water pipe two floors above the kitchen caused massive damage. This required three months of dehumidification and remedial works to get the project back on track.

Despite these setbacks, by the close of 2023 the brand-new kitchen was up and running, with the installation of new fast-cycle dishwasher, induction hobs, commercial oven, hot cupboard, salamander grill, high-power microwaves and a three-tier food warming gantry. This enabled us to prepare a three course Christmas dinner for over 30 service users with ease we’ve never previously experienced!

This fantastically upgraded facility enabled us to plan to bring Cookalong ‘in-house’ at the centre after three years as a remote activity, as well as scheduling an official opening event and applying for a formal food hygiene rating from the Food Standards Agency. This project is the embodiment of a triumph over adversity.

PASSENGER LIFT

This year saw substantial progress with the installation of our four-storey passenger lift at Rhodes Bank Chambers. By the end of 2023 all structural works were complete, with the new shaft signed off by Building Control and the lift mechanism and passenger car being physically installed in the new structure by Agility Lifts.

With this being a complex and multi-faceted project, a number of elements still remained outstanding at the end of the year. These included cosmetic works, to plaster and paint walls around the lift door openings, as well as

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levelling out and resurfacing the floors adjacent to the doors for accessibility purposes.

We also require adjustments to the power supply to the lift, as well as the installation of additional fire detection equipment within the shaft. All of these works are scheduled for completion by the end of 2024, at which point we hope Building Control will sign the lift off for active use. We will still then need to address further accessibility issues around the upper floors of the building to round off the task of making a 170 year-old building compliant with the requirements of our diverse service user group.

SUPPORTED HOUSING

2023 saw us begin work on refurbishing a 4 bedroom house and a nearby building comprised of 4 flats as our first adult supported living projects. The two properties were purchased through a trading subsidiary, Pennine Mencap Supported Housing Ltd, which is 100% owned by the charity. The two premises require substantial renovation to become safe, modern, compliant and homely, but with support from Reliance Bank and trusted local tradespeople we have made an excellent start. The target is to have at least one of the two properties completed and occupied by the end of 2024.

We have long wished to help provide secure, appropriate housing for our service users, especially those who struggle to live independently but also do not fit the mould for traditional supported living services. While it is a demanding project, it will create invaluable secure tenancies for individuals who have, throughout their lives, experienced housing instability due to the challenges presented by their conditions.

STAINED GLASS RESTORATION

Ever since we discovered them in 2015, hidden behind a plasterboard wall, we have been concerned about preserving two frames of Victorian ornamental stained glass located at Rhodes Bank Chambers. These formed a timber framed sash window at the back of what is now our main activity room. Of the 454 'quarries' (individual pieces of coloured glass) almost100 were damaged, and the frames had warped into rhombus shapes. To save these architectural antiques, we first had to remove them from the building to prevent further damage.

In late 2022 were delighted to receive a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. This grant was to help lay the groundwork for a community cafe space in Rhodes Bank, with a plan to highlight the heritage of our 170 year-old building.

Local specialist Daz Whittaker of Early Bank Stained Glass spent several months working on repairing cracked glass, realigning leadwork and sourcing period quarries to replace the pieces which could not be restored. In early 2023 the restoration of the two windows was complete.

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events

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Stage Right Performing Arts Production of Sweeney Todd January 28th

Stage Right Performing Arts Production of A Chicago Story February 11th

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Big Community Litter Pick with OPAL & Keyring June 5th

Men's Health and Wellbeing Event at Rhodes Bank Chambers June 16th

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Rhodes Bank Choir Perform at Oldham Pride July 22nd

Walk or Wheel Group Trip to Manchester Science & Industry Museum August 15th

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Pennine Mencap Summer Fayre August 19th

Stage Right Performing Arts Production of Hilarious Histories September 29th

Friday Night Club Halloween Party October 27th

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Oldham College Makeovers for Our Service Users November 17th

Pennine Mencap Celebration Ball at Chadderton Town Hall November 17th

Walk or Wheel Group Trip to Manchester Christmas Markets December 4th

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Stage Right Performing Arts Production of Sweeney Todd Christmas Dinner Social at Rhodes Bank Chambers December 21st

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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

Company Registration No. 08055950 (England and Wales) Registered Charity No. 1150285

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PENNINE MENCAP ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED ACCOUNTS CONTENTS

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Charity Information 30
Report of trustees 30
Independent examiners' report 31
Income statement 32
Statement of fnancial position 33
Notes to the accounts 34
Detailed proft and loss account 36

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CHARITY INFORMATION & REPORT OF TRUSTEES

E G Sparks (Trustee) A P Stock (Trustee) N Jotham (Trustee) J Guy (Trustee) S Fletcher (Trustee)

08055950

1150285

Rhodes Bank Chambers 184-188 Union Street Oldham OL1 1EN England

Tarpon Limited Advantage Business Centre 132-134 Great Ancoats Street Manchester Greater Manchester M4 6DE

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INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS REPORT

We report on the accounts of Pennine Mencap for the year ended 31 December 2023, which are set out on pages 6 to 10.

Respective responsibilities of the Trustees and Independent Examiner

The charity’s trustees (who are also the directors for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s 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 required.

Having satisfied ourselves that the charity is not subject to audit under any company law and is eligible for independent examination, it is our responsibility to:

Basis of independent examiner’s report

Our 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 we do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts.

Independent examiner’s statement

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

  1. Which gives us reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements: - To keep accounting records in accordance with section 386 and 395 of the Companies Act 2006;

and

Tarpon Limited

132-134 Great Ancoats Street Manchester M4 6DE

2 July 2024

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INCOME STATEMENT

Voluntary income & investment income
Direct costs
Total incoming resources
Administrative expenses
Other operating income
Operating (loss)/surplus
Net surplus
Other adjustments
Total (loss)/surplus		 Restricted
funds
2023
£
Unrestricted
funds
2023
£
Total funds
2023
£
203,624
105,699
309,323
-
-
-
203,624
105,699
309,323
203,624 156,223 (359,847)
-
6,990
6,990
- (43,534) (43,534)
- (43,534) (43,534)
-
-
-
- (43,534) (43,534)		 Total funds
2022
£
444,571
(290)
444,281
(336,288)
6,496
114,489
114,489
-
114,489

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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

Notes
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
4
Current assets
Debtors
5
Cash at bank and in hand
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
6
Net current assets
Total assets less current liabilities
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
7
Net assets
Funds
Revaluation reserve
Unrestricted funds
Total funds		 2023
£
503,515
138,545
100,877
239,422
(485)
238,937
742,452
(157,000)
585,452
400,000
185,452
585,452		 2022
£
486,263
10,369
132,779
143,148
(425)
142,723
628,986
-
628,986
400,000
228,986
628,986

The charitable company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 31 December 2023. The members have not required the charitable company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2023 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for:

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small charitable companies and with the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities (effective April 2008). Approved by the Board of Trustees on 2 July 2024.

E G Sparks (Trustee)

Company Registration No. 08055950 Registered Charity No. 1150285

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PENNINE MENCAP NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

1 Restricted funds

The following grants were received during the year ended 31 December 2023 for the following purposes:

Funder
Action Together
Cheshire Freemasons
Hill Dickinson Foundation
Heritage Lottery Fund
Hubbub
Money Saving Expert Charity
National Lottery Community Fund
Neighbourly Foundation
Salford Community Foundation
Scope
Tudor Trust		 Purpose
Capital
Overheads
Project Work
Staffing
Total £
-
-
3,500
-
3,500
-
1,250
-
-
1,250
-
-
1,500
-
1,500
-
-
9,974
-
9,974
3,000
-
-
-
3,000
-
-
700
-
700
57,408
-
-
65,695
123,103
-
-
1,500
-
1,500
-
-
2,000
-
2,000
37,097
-
-
-
37,097
-
20,000
-
-
20,000

2 Statutory information

PENNINE MENCAP is a charity with the registration number 1150285. The registered office is RHODES BANK CHAMBERS, 184-188 UNION STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 1EN, ENGLAND.

3 Compliance with accounting standards

The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions of FRS 102 Section 1A Small Entities. There were no material departures from that standard.

4 Accounting policies

These financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2023 and comply with FRS 102 Section 1A Small Entities.

Basis of preparation

The accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention as modified by the revalua,

Presentation currency

The accounts are presented in £ sterling.

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PENNINE MENCAP NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

5 Tangible fixed assets
Cost or valuation
At 1 January 2023
Additions
At 31 December 2023
Depreciation
At 1 January 2023
Charge for the year
At 31 December 2023
Net book value
At 31 December 2023
At 31 December 2022
6 Debtors
Amounts falling due within one year
Amounts due from group undertakings etc
Other debtors
 Land &
buildings
£
At cost
411,661
-
411,661.
-
-
-
411,661
411,661


 Plant &
machinery
£
At cost
99,521
36,258
135,779
24,919
19,006
43,925
91,854
74,602
2023
£
109,192
29,353.
138,545		 Total
£
511,182
36,258
547,440
24,919
19,006
43,925
503,515
486,263


2022
£
-
10,369
10,369

The debtor of £109,192 represents a loan made to the related entity Pennine Mencap Supported . Housing Ltd

7 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Trade creditors
Accruals
8 Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
Bank loans		 2023
£
60
425
485
2023
£
157,000		 2022
£
-
425
425
2022
£
-

9 Average number of employees

During the year the average number of employees was 2 (2022: 2).

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PENNINE MENCAP DETAILED PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

Incoming resources
Charitable grants
Donations
Sales
Insurance claim
Rental income
Cost of sales
Other direct costs
Gross surplus
Administrative expenses
Wages and salaries
Pensions
Local projects
Staff training and welfare
Travel and subsistence
Rent
Rates
Light and heat
Cleaning
Telephone and fax
Postage
Stationery and printing
Subscriptions
Bank charges
Insurance
Software
Repairs and maintenance
Depreciation
Sundry expenses
Accountancy fees
Consultancy fees
Advertising and PR
Other legal and professional
Other operating income
Other operating income
Operating (loss)/surplus
Total (Loss)/surplus		 2023
£
173,774
45,883
17,469
46,640
25,557
309,323
-
309,323
91,953
4,094
42,761
686
1,942
4,270
473
25,148
246
3,415
64
9
590
34
10,433
8,160
133,460
19,006
1,038
575
-
94
11,396
359,847
6,990
(43,534)
(43,534)		 2022
£
352,004
61,311
9,416
-
21,840
444,571
290
444,281
92,529
3,036
33,269
1,266
1,602
1,353
646
29,453
165
992
60
359
781
26
7,302
7,376
130,944
6,733
1,325
425
1,813
82
14,751
336,288
6,496
114,489
114,489

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