**REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1150871** 

## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND** 

## **UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** 

**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2021** 

## **FOR** 

**PARENTS OPENING DOORS (PODS)** 

D E Ball & Co Limited Chartered Accountants 15 Bridge Road Wellington Telford Shropshire TF1 1EB 



**PARENTS OPENING DOORS (PODS)** 

## **CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the Year Ended 31st March 2021** 

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|**Report of the Trustees**|1|to|6|
|**Independent Examiner's Report**||7||
|**Statement of Financial Activities**||8||
|**Balance Sheet**||9||
|**Notes to the Financial Statements**|10|to|15|
|**Detailed Statement of Financial Activities**||16||





**PARENTS OPENING DOORS (PODS)** 

## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES for the Year Ended 31st March 2021** 

The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31st March 2021. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019). 

## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES** 

## **Objectives and aims** 

The objectives of the Charity are to relieve the needs of children and young people, including their parents, carers and wider family, who have disabilities and/or special educational needs in the Telford and Wrekin area, to improve their quality of life, promote their inclusion in their local communities and to help and support them to reach their full potential. 

The Trustees confirm that they have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the Charity's aims and objectives and in planning future activities. 

The Charity carries out these objectives by running family groups, offering opportunities for participation and involvement, training and development, information and communication, the Befriending emotional support service and Inclusive events and session and ongoing support in numerous other ways, including social media, telephone and emails. 

## **ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE** 

## **Charitable activities** 

The objectives of the Charity are to relieve the needs of children and young people, including their parents, carers and wider family, who have disabilities and/or special educational needs in the Telford and Wrekin area, to improve their quality of life, promote their inclusion in their local communities and to help and support them to reach their full potential. 

The Trustees confirm that they have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the Charity's aims and objectives and in planning future activities. 

The Charity carries out these objectives by running family groups, offering opportunities for participation and involvement, training and development, information and communication, the Befriending emotional support service and Inclusive events and session and ongoing support in numerous other ways, including social media, telephone and emails. 

## **Achievements and Performance in the year** 

Our outcomes for this past year have all been met with support of our Trustees, Committee, partners, volunteers and of course our wider parent carer network across Telford & Wrekin: 

- Families will be given opportunities to access emotional, practical and social support. 

- Families will feel less isolated and increase their sense of wellbeing. 

- Befriender, Parent Rep and Fundraising recruitment to support the charity. 

- Families given opportunity to participate in joint decision making. 

- Participation of families and involvement in strategic planning across all SEND work. 

- Increased confidence in service provision. 

- Increased knowledge, empowerment and understanding of SEND legislation. 

- Harder to reach and working families will increase knowledge and access our charity. 

- Children/young people given the opportunity to engage with their peers. 

- Sessions to enable children/young people to access appropriate activities. 

## **Update** 

As many national surveys and reports highlight children/young people who have a disability or additional need, have been disproportionately disadvantaged and affected by the Covid pandemic. Here in Telford is no exception, we have witnessed this first-hand the devastating impact on the local community. 

There have always been gaps in services, however Covid seems to have highlighted them more than ever, many services have stopped or reduced in the last 16 months. Most of these services are either not resuming at this current time or returning back, with massively reduced capacity, this is deepening the impact and creating a long-lasting effect on the mental health and well-being of our community. 

Our services have been vital to keeping these families going through such a difficult time, many of the local services/businesses that served our community have closed or ceased to operate during the pandemic, however we carried on. This has meant that the number of families that we support has increased along with the amount of support required. 

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## **PARENTS OPENING DOORS (PODS)** 

## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES for the Year Ended 31st March 2021** 

In response we have increased the amount of trained volunteer befrienders and staff have also been trained to give more advanced 'key worker' style support, we feel that as Covid continues to rumble on the demand for our befriending scheme and other areas of support will continue to grow. 

During the pandemic we have conducted 2 surveys to allow us to monitor the situation and compare how things have changed during the course of 12 months. These have highlighted that during the last year, since the arrival of Covid and the first lockdown, many families in our community are still feeling isolated, with some scared to leave their homes. The vaccination program is certainly helping the situation, however as it is yet to become available to all children, many parents/carers are concerned about their extremely vulnerable children mixing in the community or at school. 

We as a charity are very much part of the community ourselves and are working extremely hard to address the issues and put strategies in place to combat the lasting impact. As we look to the road of recovery from the pandemic, we are increasing the activities we carry out and moving away from online events where appropriate and into actual physical meetings, these have been most welcomed by our community who are really enjoying getting out and meeting with others in a Covid safe manner. 

As a charity we are looking to continue to support our community get back to as normal pre covid life as possible and are there to support them through every bump in the road. We have listened to how we can help and responded accordingly and will continue to do so way in to the future. 

## **Some highlights and achievements from the past 12 months** 

- Delivered 1000's 0f well-being calls and emails to our members, at a time of national crisis to ensure no one was left feeling completely alone and isolated. 

- Developed an 'Out and about' card in conjunction with the LA to enable disabled children and their families to access outside space during the national lockdown. 

- Provided sensory bags and well-being packs to our members to help them through the tough, lonely and isolating times when they 

- are cut off from family and friends. 

- Provided educational online interactive sessions during the lockdowns, to assist in engaging the children helping them feel 

- included and part of the community, to reduce their isolation. 

- Created a PODS Cookbook containing recipes from members and their families. 

- Worked in conjunction with a local supermarket to provide food parcels for struggling families. 

- Arranged for Santa's Elf's to deliver presents to the doorstep of over 100 children. 

- Dean Beadle - National speaker joined us for an online workshop event focussing on Transitions, returning to school and sensory 

- issues. 

- Continued to work on the VOICES project despite the interruption of Covid, we have been successful in driving this forward and have the early signs of a charter being formed for local services and providers to sign up to. 

- Received 2 awards - Carer Friendly Employer and The Mayor & Leader Recognition Award. 

- We have moved offices into a newer more accessible space, increasing the amount of services and support we can deliver. 

## **Participation Activity** 

As an introduction to the Strategic Co-ordinator Role. The role is to ensure that the wider parent carer voice is heard across services - that's education, health, social care and our voluntary partners. We recognise that a parent carer and wider family takes on many forms and it's important to us to reach out to as many as possible. 

As an introduction to parent carer participation: "Parent carers can often pinpoint problems frequently experienced by families with disabled children. This knowledge is useful to professionals as they plan services to meet disabled children's needs. Parent carer participation is when parents and professionals work together, recognising each other's expert knowledge, to design, develop and improve services for disabled children in the local area" Extract from Contact, National Charity. 

A piece of work we have started during this past 12 months and has just been released for wider consultation is around the  VOICES Project. Bringing the parent carer voice and building on the four cornerstones to embed co-production. A summary of the workshops that were run with parent carers, with families, health, social care, education and voluntary sector partners is given here and all these elements have fed into the development of a Charter which is currently out for consultation. Please check out our website www.podstelford.org or the Telford SEND Local Offer. 

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## **PARENTS OPENING DOORS (PODS)** 

## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES for the Year Ended 31st March 2021** 

Ongoing communication with our membership has continued to be important to gather the wider parent carer voice and we've 're able to keep in touch with you through email, phone, text, mobile phone, social media (Facebook). These communications are regularly fed back to LA/Health partners and are used as part of the information upload onto the Local Offer with the 'You Said/We Did'. 

A wider conversation has been happening with partners and local families regarding 'Short Breaks' and this has been fed in to the COVID discussions, ensuring that families concern, and questions are answered and that ongoing communication between services has been maintained. 

We were not able to utilise our office fully due to COVID unfortunately, or our drop-in centre at Stepping Stones in Malinslee. 

We have moved the majority of our sessions, workshops and groups online - hosting specific focus groups where requested and arranging 'just a chat' options. 

Positive Behaviour Support has been a key discussion - from parent carers sharing their experiences and through the ongoing work of the strategic work through the Learning Disability and Autism workstream. We have had an opportunity to offer places to parent carers for the Bild Peer Support training and these were taken up by 2 staff members and a parent carer. 

The impact of COVID on our families cannot be ignored, and we used an opportunity to share a survey with families last year. This report is available on our website. 

The challenges around mental health and access to diagnosis pathways have remained a challenge and this is something we  continue to work on. A service was commissioned earlier this year to see families who had the longest waits, and we know that some of  these families have been seen. 

This is a snapshot of the information and involvement from parent carers and more information is available via weekly ebulletin updates that can be found on our website. 

## **Parent Reps** 

We have continued to support our team of Parent Reps, using models based on local experiences and also taking on board national led project and ideas. All elements of PODS workstreams and projects feed into the collective parent carer voice. 

Strengthening our core team (Participation Steering Group) has been a key factor, in bringing together a stronger team and joint working. This has strengthened the core message of a participation led organisation and demonstrated how the links are made between parent carer experiences and how they are fed into the strategic meetings. 

Key pieces of formal consultation work this year have been around Transport, SEN support, Post 16, NHS Long Term Plan, Early Help Strategy - alongside ongoing workstreams indicated in the table above. 

Feedback from our families demonstrates that they value the parent carer forum and that their voices are being heard and considered in development of services, and acknowledgement from council that this is to be strengthened is welcomed. It is important for us as a forum to ensure that we are sharing appropriate and relevant links to information and we do this with due care and consideration and an understanding of the local picture. 

We work with wider third sector and voluntary partners to extend the sharing of knowledge and information between ourselves. 

## **Befriender Scheme** 

The Befriending Scheme has continued to provide vital support for families throughout the past year including through the pandemic. We have had to adapt the way we deliver our support due to the various lockdowns and only being able to offer telephone support rather than in person. However, it has meant we have still been able to support our families at a time when it was needed the most. We have also recently appointed a new Member Support Co-ordinator who oversees the Befriending Scheme. 

The PODS Befriending Scheme is a network of trained parent volunteers who support other parents of children with additional needs at the time of diagnosis or during challenging times related to their child's disability. Every Befriender is someone whose own child has additional needs, so they know from their own personal experiences what it is like to cope with a new diagnosis and the challenges that come with it.?All our Befrienders are matched carefully to a family, to ensure they have the relevant knowledge, lived experience and skills to enable them to support a family to the best of their ability. 

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## **PARENTS OPENING DOORS (PODS)** 

## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES for the Year Ended 31st March 2021** 

The peer support is intended to be a short term, early intervention to aid the wellbeing of families at times of need or crisis. If it is found that families require more specialist support our trained and knowledgeable team will be able to signpost or in some cases refer into those services. 

The support and empowerment that can be gained from talking and listening to someone who has been in your shoes who understands your situation is priceless. Many families find this invaluable around times of diagnosis, transition into schools or adult services as well as at other challenging times they may face. All our team are friendly, welcoming, supportive, discreet and most importantly non-judgemental. 

We have a team of active Befrienders currently supporting families, whether that is through Telephone Befriending or at our new monthly Befriending Scheme family group, we welcome new families to come along to our family group and meet the team and find out more about the Scheme. Our team of Befrienders are understanding, non-judgemental, friendly, welcoming, and ready to listen. 

We do still have a waiting list of families that would like to access our Befriending Scheme and although we have been fortunate enough to be able to recruit and train new Telephone Befrienders, we would welcome more to join the growing team. 

If you would like to know more about the Befriending Scheme and how to access it, please contact us either by email: kerrie@podstelford.org or call 07309 753044. 

## **Family Groups** 

In this year of pandemic and uncertainty, PODS Family Groups have continued to serve as a lifeline for parent/carers to access support and learn about services available for their children. 

In Aug 2020 we successfully conducted outdoor Family Groups for children in the Telford Town Park all in line with the Government guidelines. Following these, we were able to hold a few Family Groups for parents in the Telford Town Park and Blists Hill before we had to move back to online groups in November 2020. All of the in-person groups were welcomed by our members and very well attended. 

The online groups for parents, as always, were aimed for the families to feel connected and less isolated in these trying times. To keep the festive spirit alive, we arranged online sessions for parents to make Christmas wreaths and candle jars and a Christmas Quiz. Families also joined us for online Christmas carol singalong sessions. In the run up to Christmas, we also held online events to make Christmas crafts with the children. The children created some fascinating Christmas wreaths using pom-poms and handprint Christmas trees. 

In the New Year as the Home Schooling restarted, we arranged online afternoon groups for children like science experiments, Valentine's Day crafts, Chinese New Year and Mother's Day. All these groups were very well received by all our families. 

In the current scenario, these groups, though held online, have helped us to check on our members' wellbeing and touch base with them. Our members have also been able to express their views and share any concerns and get access to peer to peer support. All these interactions have been of great significance to the parent carer forum and helped in making a positive difference in the lives of our children. 

## **Funding** 

We have been extremely grateful for the continued support from the Reaching Communities grant, whom of which has provided us with additional funding during the pandemic. Our plan is to make one final application to the grant with a view to becoming self-sustaining with in the next 2 years. 

The Department of Education continues to fund our participation element, this is imperative to the continued co-production of the forum alongside the Local Authority, NHS, Social care and many other partner services. In addition, we were successful in additional funding to continue to maintain an office space, which despite the unfortunate lockdowns has proven to be a vital element to the organisation moving forward. 

We have been provided with financial support in order for us to deliver focused projects to benefit targeted areas of our community. These grants have come from a variety of sources, such as Health, Telford & Wrekin Council, Pears Foundation. These have enabled us to focus our resources on the areas of our community that require additional ongoing support. 

Aside from this we have also been successful in securing smaller funds from several organisations for specific purposes to help with the Covid fight. 

-  Dawley Hamlets Parish Council - Wellbeing Packs. 

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**PARENTS OPENING DOORS (PODS)** 

## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES** 

## **for the Year Ended 31st March 2021** 

- Energize, Sport for England - Sports equipment for family groups. 

- Community Foundation - Sensory Bags 

- Asda Foundation - Christmas gifts, Food Parcels 

- Tesco's Bags of Help - Christmas gifts 

- Community Fundraisers - Children's Activities 

- Donations from Members - On going Activities and Events. 

Our fundraising efforts continue, via an online raffle page, Twincl community lottery, Amazon smile and PayPal fund. All of us at PODS are committed to being here to support all of our members for the long term, we have several plans in the pipeline and will update when we have further information. 

Many thanks to those that have supported us this year, be it through giving up your time to volunteer for us or by way of small grants or donations, without you all we could not be the success we are. 

## **Engagement - As of 30th June 2021** 

1,266  On our database 

2,183  Facebook likes 

328  Have attended our inclusive events 

220  Families have attended our Family groups 

- 25 Individuals have volunteered to help support us 

198  Have attended our workshops 272  Children's sessions attendees 

## **General** 

We would like to thank all parent carers first and foremost for your continued support alongside our Steering group members, Trustees, Befrienders, Volunteers and our supporters and key partners across Health, Social Care, Education and the voluntary sector. 

## **Fundraising activities** 

Our main source of funding continues to be the Big Lottery (Reaching Communities Grant) alongside our Department of Education Participation grant. 

We have now started to access grants from other providers in order to become less reliant on one main source of income. 

We now have a dedicated fundraiser which is helping to secure self -generation of funds which help us strive towards sustainability. 

## **FINANCIAL REVIEW** 

## **Reserves policy** 

The Trustees aim to maintain free reserves at a level sufficient to supplement the day to day running of the Charity for a minimum of 2 months. 

The restricted funds are made up of grants and are spent according to the grant requirements which assist the Charity in meeting its objectives. Any money left over at the year-end is kept in reserves to be spent in the following year. 

## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT** 

## **Governing document** 

The charity is registered with the Charity Commission and is run in accordance with the constitution adopted on 9 July 2012 and as amended on the following dates 11 January 2013, 2 November 2015 and 17 June 2016. 

## **Recruitment and appointment of new trustees** 

The Trustees are appointed by the Committee (Steering Group). The Committee actively seek out Trustees from suitably experienced members of the wider community. They serve a period of one year and are either allowed to stand down or be voted back on board as trustees for another year. 

## **Risk management** 

Consideration of funding requirements to ensure sustainability of the forum continues to be discussed. As part of the outcomes and indicators an Organisational Strengths Review has been carried out to support the charity. 

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**PARENTS OPENING DOORS (PODS)** 

## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES for the Year Ended 31st March 2021** 

## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Registered Charity number** 1150871 

## **Principal address** 

Suite 14 Hazeldine House Central Square Telford Shropshire TF3 4JL 

## **Trustees** 

P Guillum Treasurer L Morris J Mills D Harris 

## **Independent Examiner** 

D E Ball & Co Limited Chartered Accountants 15 Bridge Road Wellington Telford Shropshire TF1 1EB 

Approved by order of the board of trustees on 10th January 2022 and signed on its behalf by: 

P Guillum - Trustee 

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## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF PARENTS OPENING DOORS (PODS)** 

## **Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Parents Opening Doors (PODS)** 

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of Parents Opening Doors (PODS) (the Trust) for the year ended 31st March 2021. 

## **Responsibilities and basis of report** 

As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act'). 

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. 

## **Independent examiner's statement** 

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: 

1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or 

2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or 

3. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. 

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. 

Russell Ball FCA D E Ball & Co Limited Chartered Accountants 15 Bridge Road Wellington Telford Shropshire TF1 1EB 

10th January 2022 

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## **PARENTS OPENING DOORS (PODS)** 

## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES** 

## **for the Year Ended 31st March 2021** 

|Unrestricted<br>funds<br>Notes<br>£<br>**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM**<br>Donations and legacies<br>1,277<br>Other trading activities<br>2<br>8,585<br>Investment income<br>3<br>4<br>**Total**<br>9,866<br>**EXPENDITURE ON**<br>Raising funds<br>1,161<br>**Charitable activities**<br>Involving and supporting families who have a child or<br>young person with a disability or additional needs <br>172<br>**Total**<br>1,333<br>**NET INCOME**<br>8,533<br>**Transfers between funds**<br>9<br>(62)<br>**Net movement in funds**<br>8,471<br>**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**<br>**Total funds brought forward**<br>8,527<br>**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**<br>16,998|Restricted<br>funds<br>£<br>124,311<br>16,550<br>-<br>140,861<br>6,221<br>106,204<br>112,425<br>28,436<br>62<br>28,498<br>17,431<br>45,929|31.3.21<br>31.3.20<br>Total<br>Total<br>funds<br>funds<br>£<br>£<br>125,588<br>133,456<br>25,135<br>5,279<br>4<br>-<br>150,727<br>138,735<br>7,382<br>3,818<br>106,376<br>125,056<br>113,758<br>128,874<br>36,969<br>9,861<br>-<br>-<br>36,969<br>9,861<br>25,958<br>16,097<br>62,927<br>25,958|31.3.21<br>31.3.20<br>Total<br>Total<br>funds<br>funds<br>£<br>£<br>125,588<br>133,456<br>25,135<br>5,279<br>4<br>-<br>150,727<br>138,735<br>7,382<br>3,818<br>106,376<br>125,056<br>113,758<br>128,874<br>36,969<br>9,861<br>-<br>-<br>36,969<br>9,861<br>25,958<br>16,097<br>62,927<br>25,958|
|---|---|---|---|
||||138,735<br>3,818<br>125,056|
||||128,874|
||||9,861<br>-|
||||9,861<br>16,097|
||||25,958|



The notes form part of these financial statements 

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## **PARENTS OPENING DOORS (PODS)** 

## **BALANCE SHEET** 

## **31st March 2021** 

|||||31.3.21|31.3.20|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total|
|||funds|funds|funds|funds|
||Notes|£|£|£|£|
|**FIXED ASSETS**||||||
|Tangible assets|7|688|-|688|860|
|**CURRENT ASSETS**||||||
|Cash at bank and in hand||16,397|47,573|63,970|28,997|
|**CREDITORS**||||||
|Amounts falling due within one year|8|(87)|(1,644)|(1,731)|(3,899)|
|**NET CURRENT ASSETS**||16,310|45,929|62,239|25,098|
|**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT**|**LIABILITIES**|16,998|45,929|62,927|25,958|
|**NET ASSETS**||16,998|45,929|62,927|25,958|
|**FUNDS**|9|||||
|Unrestricted funds||||16,998|8,527|
|Restricted funds||||45,929|17,431|
|**TOTAL FUNDS**||||62,927|25,958|



The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on 10th January 2022 and were signed on its behalf by: 

P Guillum - Trustee 

The notes form part of these financial statements 

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**PARENTS OPENING DOORS (PODS)** 

## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the Year Ended 31st March 2021** 

## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES** 

## **Basis of preparing the financial statements** 

The financial statements of the charity, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Charities Act 2011. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. 

## **Income** 

All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is  probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably. 

## **Expenditure** 

Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources. 

## **Tangible fixed assets** 

Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life. 

Fixtures and fittings - 20% on reducing balance 

## **Taxation** 

The charity is exempt from tax on its charitable activities. 

## **Fund accounting** 

Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees. 

Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes. 

Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements. 

## **2.** 

## **3.** 

## **OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES** 

|**OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES**|||
|---|---|---|
||31.3.21|31.3.20|
||£|£|
|Fundraising events|25,135|5,279|
|**INVESTMENT INCOME**|||
||31.3.21|31.3.20|
||£|£|
|Deposit account interest|4|-|



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**PARENTS OPENING DOORS (PODS)** 

## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued for the Year Ended 31st March 2021** 

## **4. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS** 

There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31st March 2021 nor for the year ended 31st March 2020. 

## **Trustees' expenses** 

There were no  trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 31st March 2021 nor for the year ended 31st March 2020. 

## **5. STAFF COSTS** 

The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows: 

## **6.** 

|||31.3.21|31.3.20|
|---|---|---|---|
|Charitable Activity||5|4|
|No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000.||||
|**COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL**|**ACTIVITIES**|||
||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|
||funds|funds|funds|
||£|£|£|
|**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM**||||
|Donations and legacies|2,249|131,207|133,456|
|Other trading activities|5,279|-|5,279|
|**Total**|7,528|131,207|138,735|
|**EXPENDITURE ON**||||
|Raising funds|3,818|-|3,818|
|**Charitable activities**||||
|Involving and supporting families who have a||||
|child or young person with a disability or||||
|additional needs|215|124,841|125,056|
|**Total**|4,033|124,841|128,874|
|**NET INCOME**|3,495|6,366|9,861|
|**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**||||
|**Total funds brought forward**|5,032|11,065|16,097|
|**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**|8,527|17,431|25,958|



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**PARENTS OPENING DOORS (PODS)** 

## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued for the Year Ended 31st March 2021** 

## **7. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS** 

|**TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS**||
|---|---|
||Fixtures|
||and|
||fittings|
||£|
|**COST**||
|At 1st April 2020 and 31st March 2021|1,701|
|**DEPRECIATION**||
|At 1st April 2020|841|
|Charge for year|172|
|At 31st March 2021|1,013|
|**NET BOOK VALUE**||
|At 31st March 2021|688|
|At 31st March 2020|860|



## **8.** 

## **9.** 

## **CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR** 

||||31.3.21|31.3.21|31.3.20|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||£||£|
|Trade creditors||||-|3,899|
|Other creditors|||1,731||-|
||||1,731||3,899|
|**MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**||||||
|||Net|Transfers|||
|||movement|between||At|
||At 1.4.20|in funds|funds||31.3.21|
||£|£|£||£|
|**Unrestricted funds**||||||
|General fund|2,917|(168)||(62)|2,687|
|Max Cards|(151)|85||-|(66)|
|Stepping Stones Hub|(1)|-||-|(1)|
|Capital Grant Fund|795|-||-|795|
|Fundraising|4,967|8,616||-|13,583|
||8,527|8,533||(62)|16,998|
|**Restricted funds**||||||
|Dept for Education|5|82||-|87|
|Big Lottery|17,426|11,345||-|28,771|
|Big Lottery -  Reaching Communities Grant|-|9,526||-|9,526|
|Big Lottery - Emergency Grant|-|2,099||-|2,099|
|Pears Foundation Grant|-|176||-|176|
|Energise Sport for England Grant|-|(62)||62|-|
|Dawley Hamlets Parish Grant|-|130||-|130|
|NHS Commissioned Support Work|-|5,055||-|5,055|
|Tesco / Asda Christmas Fund|-|85||-|85|
||17,431|28,436||62|45,929|
|**TOTAL FUNDS**|25,958|36,969||-|62,927|



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**PARENTS OPENING DOORS (PODS)** 

## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued for the Year Ended 31st March 2021** 

## **9. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued** 

Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows: 

|**Unrestricted funds**<br>General fund<br>Max Cards<br>Fundraising<br>**Restricted funds**<br>Dept for Education<br>Big Lottery<br>Big Lottery -  Reaching Communities Grant<br>Big Lottery - Emergency Grant<br>Pears Foundation Grant<br>Community Foundation Grant<br>Energise Sport for England Grant<br>Dawley Hamlets Parish Grant<br>NHS Commissioned Support Work<br>Tesco / Asda Christmas Fund<br>**TOTAL FUNDS**|Incoming<br>resources<br>£<br>4<br>85<br>9,777<br>9,866<br>16,756<br>27,500<br>42,555<br>37,500<br>3,700<br>500<br>300<br>750<br>10,000<br>1,300<br>140,861<br>150,727|Resources<br>Movement<br>expended<br>in funds<br>£<br>£<br>(172)<br>(168)<br>-<br>85<br>(1,161)<br>8,616<br>(1,333)<br>8,533<br>(16,674)<br>82<br>(16,155)<br>11,345<br>(33,029)<br>9,526<br>(35,401)<br>2,099<br>(3,524)<br>176<br>(500)<br>-<br>(362)<br>(62)<br>(620)<br>130<br>(4,945)<br>5,055<br>(1,215)<br>85<br>(112,425)<br>28,436<br>(113,758)<br>36,969|
|---|---|---|



## **Comparatives for movement in funds** 

|||Net||
|---|---|---|---|
|||movement|At|
||At 1.4.19|in funds|31.3.20|
||£|£|£|
|**Unrestricted funds**||||
|General fund|2,852|65|2,917|
|Max Cards|(301)|150|(151)|
|Stepping Stones Hub|(1)|-|(1)|
|Capital Grant Fund|1,075|(280)|795|
|Fundraising|1,407|3,560|4,967|
||5,032|3,495|8,527|
|**Restricted funds**||||
|Dept for Education|-|5|5|
|Big Lottery|11,065|6,361|17,426|
||11,065|6,366|17,431|
|**TOTAL FUNDS**|16,097|9,861|25,958|



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**PARENTS OPENING DOORS (PODS)** 

## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued for the Year Ended 31st March 2021** 

## **9. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued** 

Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows: 

|**Unrestricted funds**<br>General fund<br>Max Cards<br>Capital Grant Fund<br>Fundraising<br>**Restricted funds**<br>Dept for Education<br>Big Lottery<br>**TOTAL FUNDS**|Incoming<br><br>resources<br><br>£<br>-<br>150<br>-<br>7,378<br>7,528<br>18,972<br>112,235<br><br>131,207<br><br>138,735<br>|Resources<br>Movement<br>expended<br>in funds<br>£<br>£<br>65<br>65<br>-<br>150<br>(280)<br>(280)<br>(3,818)<br>3,560<br>(4,033)<br>3,495<br>(18,967)<br>5<br>(105,874)<br>6,361<br>(124,841)<br>6,366<br>(128,874)<br>9,861|
|---|---|---|



A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined position is as follows: 

|||Net|Transfers||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||movement|between|At|
||At 1.4.19|in funds|funds|31.3.21|
||£|£|£|£|
|**Unrestricted funds**|||||
|General fund|2,852|(103)|(62)|2,687|
|Max Cards|(301)|235|-|(66)|
|Stepping Stones Hub|(1)|-|-|(1)|
|Capital Grant Fund|1,075|(280)|-|795|
|Fundraising|1,407|12,176|-|13,583|
||5,032|12,028|(62)|16,998|
|**Restricted funds**|||||
|Dept for Education|-|87|-|87|
|Big Lottery|11,065|17,706|-|28,771|
|Big Lottery -  Reaching Communities Grant|-|9,526|-|9,526|
|Big Lottery - Emergency Grant|-|2,099|-|2,099|
|Pears Foundation Grant|-|176|-|176|
|Energise Sport for England Grant|-|(62)|62|-|
|Dawley Hamlets Parish Grant|-|130|-|130|
|NHS Commissioned Support Work|-|5,055|-|5,055|
|Tesco / Asda Christmas Fund|-|85|-|85|
||11,065|34,802|62|45,929|
|**TOTAL FUNDS**|16,097|46,830|-|62,927|



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## **PARENTS OPENING DOORS (PODS)** 

## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued for the Year Ended 31st March 2021** 

## **9. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued** 

A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows: 

|**Unrestricted funds**<br>General fund<br>Max Cards<br>Capital Grant Fund<br>Fundraising<br>**Restricted funds**<br>Dept for Education<br>Big Lottery<br>Big Lottery -  Reaching Communities Grant<br>Big Lottery - Emergency Grant<br>Pears Foundation Grant<br>Community Foundation Grant<br>Energise Sport for England Grant<br>Dawley Hamlets Parish Grant<br>NHS Commissioned Support Work<br>Tesco / Asda Christmas Fund<br>**TOTAL FUNDS**|Incoming<br>resources<br>£<br>4<br>235<br>-<br>17,155<br>17,394<br>35,728<br>139,735<br>42,555<br>37,500<br>3,700<br>500<br>300<br>750<br>10,000<br>1,300<br>272,068<br>289,462|Resources<br>Movement<br>expended<br>in funds<br>£<br>£<br>(107)<br>(103)<br>-<br>235<br>(280)<br>(280)<br>(4,979)<br>12,176<br>(5,366)<br>12,028<br>(35,641)<br>87<br>(122,029)<br>17,706<br>(33,029)<br>9,526<br>(35,401)<br>2,099<br>(3,524)<br>176<br>(500)<br>-<br>(362)<br>(62)<br>(620)<br>130<br>(4,945)<br>5,055<br>(1,215)<br>85<br>(237,266)<br>34,802<br>(242,632)<br>46,830|
|---|---|---|



## **10. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES** 

There were no related party transactions for the year ended 31st March 2021. 

## **11. FUNDS** 

The main funds are: 

- Dept of Education, is "contract" based funding provided to give financial support to parent care forums. 

- Big Lottery, is from the Reaching Communities team and its purpose is to support disadvantaged people who are facing challenges and to help reduce isolation and integration into the wider community. 

- Fundraising, is to raise for funds for the general activities of the charity. 

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## **PARENTS OPENING DOORS (PODS)** 

## **DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES for the Year Ended 31st March 2021** 

||||31.3.21|31.3.20|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total|
||funds|funds|funds|funds|
||£|£|£|£|
|**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS**|||||
|**Donations and legacies**|||||
|Donations|1,192|-|1,192|2,099|
|Grants|-|124,311|124,311|131,207|
|Sale of cards|85|-|85|150|
||1,277|124,311|125,588|133,456|
|**Other trading activities**|||||
|Fundraising events|8,585|16,550|25,135|5,279|
|**Investment income**|||||
|Deposit account interest|4|-|4|-|
|**Total incoming resources**|9,866|140,861|150,727|138,735|
|**EXPENDITURE**|||||
|**Other trading activities**|||||
|Fundraising costs|1,161|6,221|7,382|3,818|
|**Charitable activities**|||||
|Wages and pension contribution|-|85,432|85,432|87,558|
|Sundries|-|799|799|935|
|Training|-|234|234|5,569|
|Travel & meetings|-|924|924|5,719|
|Room hire and refreshments|-|2,712|2,712|3,224|
|Events|-|425|425|4,517|
|Activities|-|1,141|1,141|575|
|Subscriptions|-|400|400|522|
|Independent examiners fee|-|1,200|1,200|1,200|
|Parent expenses|-|1,049|1,049|174|
|Utilities|-|2,991|2,991|5,113|
|Running costs|-|3,842|3,842|8,286|
|Infrastructure|-|2,893|2,893|649|
|Development info & resources|-|2,162|2,162|800|
|Depreciation of computers|172|-|172|215|
||172|106,204|106,376|125,056|
|Total resources expended|1,333|112,425|113,758|128,874|
|**Net income**|8,533|28,436|36,969|9,861|



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