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2022-03-31-accounts

Company registration number: 08144361 Charity registration number: 1152227

Haringey Migrant Support Centre (A company limited by guarantee) for the Year Ended 31 March 2022

Haringey Migrant Support Centre

(Co No - 08144361)

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Contents
Directors' Report 1
Independent Examiner's Report 12
Statement of Financial Activities 13
Balance Sheet 14
Notes to the Financial Statements 15- 21

Haringey Migrant Support Centre

Directors’ Report for the year ended 31st March 2022

The trustees, who are directors for the purposes of company law, are pleased to submit their report and independently examined financial statements for the year ended 31st March 2022.

Reference and Administrative Information

HMSC is a registered charity (number 1152227) and is constituted as a company limited by guarantee (number 08144361). Its objects, powers and other constitutional matters are set out in its Memorandum and Articles of Association. These financial statements comply with current statutory Memorandum and Articles of Association and the Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2015) – Charities SORP (FRS 102), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006.

Registered office: 386 West Green Road, London, N15 3QL

Directors

The directors of the company are its trustees for the purpose of charity law but throughout this report are collectively referred to as the directors. The directors serving during the year and since the year end were as follows:

Grace Brown Grace Brown
Lisa Crivello
(Appointed		 as
trustee		 on 12
June		 2021)
David Michael Rayns
Brian Dikoff
(appointed		 as trustee on
16		 December 2021)
Violeta Butcovan
Claudia Claros-Saavedra (resigned 22 January 2022)
Elizabeth Charles (resigned 14 July 2021)
Isabella D'Emilio (resigned 12 August 2021)
Kristina Glenn (resigned 14 July 2021)
Navjyot Kaur
Johal		 (resigned 31 July 2021)
Alec James
Turner		 (resigned 09 August 2021)

Bankers

Unity Trust Bank, Four Brindley Place, Birmingham, B1 2JB

Independent Examiner

Additude Ltd, 9 Rhapsody Court, Wakeman Road, London NW10 5DF

Objects, Aims and Principal Activities

The organisation is a charitable company limited by guarantee, incorporated 16 July 2012 and registered as a charity 31 May 2013. The Charity’s operation is governed by its Memorandum and Articles of Association dated 16 July 2012 (amended 14 May 2013).

The Charity's purposes, as set out in the Charity’s memorandum of association, are:

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those residing in Haringey and other London boroughs; this will be achieved by providing support and specialist advice, particularly on immigration, housing and welfare issues;

HMSC welcomes all migrants, regardless of their immigration status, unless they are naturalised British citizens and therefore entitled to mainstream advice and support.

Principal charitable activities

The principal charitable activity of Haringey Migrant Support Centre is in seeking to meet the above aims. We deliver our services through weekly triage sessions and appointments with specialist advisers.

Public Benefit

Haringey Migrant Support Centre carries out a wide range of activities as detailed in pursuance of its charitable aims. In setting our work programme each year the Directors have regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit and ensure activities we undertake are in line with our charitable objectives and aims.

The Trustees are satisfied that the Company’s activities throughout the year provided public benefit because:

Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic

Due to the ongoing impact of the pandemic, the Monday drop-in and social space in St John Vianney Church Hall remained closed for the reporting period. The triage and advice service continued in the streamlined remote format which had been established in March 2021.

However, the lockdown also provided an opportunity to pause and reflect on our service delivery. The new remote systems showed us there were different ways to provide our services to visitors, and although we recognised the need to return to face-to-face support, we also came to appreciate the necessity of robust boundaries to prevent the workload from becoming overwhelming for staff.

A wide consultation with staff commenced in the summer of 2021 to discuss any remaining safety concerns relating to covid-19, to protect both staff and visitors to the centre. A risk profile was completed by a chartered Health and Safety professional who made a number of recommendations to address before any re-opening of the centre to the public.

By March 2022, the team had successfully implemented the phased reopening of the office premises in Terront Road for face-to-face appointments. The review work is ongoing in the face of almost perpetual change in the environmental landscape.

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Review of Achievements and Performance

The Service

Following the implementation of a well-developed and secure IT system in February 2021, all processes involved in the service were converted to a remote paperless system. In March 2021 HMSC set up two new virtual phone numbers to manage a regular system of communications for new queries as well as existing casework. The ‘New Enquiries’ line is in place for new visitors or those returning with a completely new issue and is operated by the Casework Coordinator. The Catch-Up Line enables existing visitors with open cases to reach us and is managed by a volunteer. Both lines have received a high amount of traffic.

Calls received through these lines are triaged by a team of regular volunteers who were recruited in March 2021. The Development Coordinator and Casework Coordinator held an online information session in March 2021, then carried out interviews and selected volunteers for each role. Training sessions took place online once volunteers were recruited, covering the basics of immigration, housing and welfare and HMSC policies. The first remote triage took place on Monday 29[th] March 2021. Volunteers worked completely remotely from April 2021 to March 2022, calling visitors to triage them and creating new files in our online case management system. Volunteers communicated with staff and with one another through Microsoft Teams for support with an online debrief at the end of each triage session for volunteers to feedback to the Casework Coordinator.

By April 2021 the remote triage system was fully embedded, and steps were being taken to incorporate elements of face-to-face work within this. The office was reopened for pre-booked face-to-face appointments from Monday 28th March 2022. The phonelines continue to operate and, during the initial call with the Casework Coordinator on a Thursday, visitors are asked if they prefer to come to the office or to be triaged over the phone. It is the same for the advice sessions on Tuesdays.

The staff team undertook considerable preparation to prepare the site for face-to-face work, ensuring that face masks, hand sanitiser and COVID tests were readily available in the office so appointments could take place safely for all visitors, volunteers and staff.

Financial support

HMSC continued to provide short-term financial support to alleviate the immediate financial hardship of visitors while also working on resolving longer-term causes of destitution. During this financial year funds still remained in the Coronavirus Hardship Fund which had been crowdfunded. This was used to pay small discretionary grants or advances on large grants to visitors who had been flagged up as vulnerable by staff and volunteers.

Visitors’ circumstances were used to establish how much should be awarded in the form of grants. Factors taken into account included whether they had No Recourse to Public Funds, were street homeless, or had children and would therefore need extra financial support. HMSC’s Grants Volunteer would then contact the relevant visitors and further assess their needs. Whenever possible, the volunteer would then apply for a grant to external funders. Funds raised in this way were used to reimburse the HMSC Coronavirus Hardship Fund for advances paid to visitors.

In October 2021, the Grants Volunteer stepped away from the hardship grants process to focus on supporting visitors in other ways, such as collecting and distributing donations.

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Responsibility for destitution support was handed over to someone who had been volunteering at HMSC since March 2021 and therefore had an excellent understanding of HMSC’s services and visitor profile.

In terms of hardship support for destitute visitors, from 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022, HMSC provided:

N.B: This income is not recognised in the accounts as we do not have entitlement to it; we accept it on behalf of our visitors and pass it on to them. HMSC wishes to thank the following funders for their support: Mary Strand Charitable Trust, The Heinz, Anna and Carol Kroch Foundation, Glasspool, Caritas, Westminster Almshouses Foundation, The Middle Eastern Women & Society Organisation and Nawaal Benevolence Fund.

Advice and casework

HMSC supported 564 different individuals this year, with 315 individuals triaged through an initial assessment with a trained volunteer on a Monday. 226 individuals received immigration advice from an immigration specialist (either HMSC’s in-house Adviser or from a solicitor at Islington Law Centre) and 134 individuals received housing and welfare advice from our inhouse advisers.

The HMSC team recorded 7353 advice sessions in total in total during this period. 51.9% of these were for immigration issues, including: regularising adults (21.4%), extending existing leave to remain (5.3%) and human trafficking (3.4%). 37.5% were for accommodation and income issues, including: homelessness and accommodation (16.3%) and destitution and welfare (6.9%). 10.6% were for other issues, including: health (4.5%) and domestic violence & safeguarding (1.8%).

Additionally, there were 184 calls from 113 existing visitors with open cases to the Catch-Up Line, who were then given updates or signposted by the Catch-Up Volunteer.

Immigration

During this period the largest group of people supported by the team were overstayers (30%). As HMSC is open to all migrants, regardless of status, we saw people in a range of immigration situations, with 29.8% of visitors holding Limited Leave to Remain or Discretionary Leave to Remain. Other statuses of visitors were Indefinite Leave to Remain, Refugee status (5 Year Leave), people seeking asylum – including those who had been refused asylum or were awaiting a decision - people on visitor, student or spouse visas, and EEA nationals and their dependants.

In terms of outcomes during this period:

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During this period, the team had to contend with several barriers in supporting our visitors to access further immigration support and representation. There has been an acute shortage of suitably qualified immigration advisers as well as good quality legal aid solicitors to whom cases can be referred. To alleviate some of this pressure, HMSC applied for funding for an inhouse Immigration Caseworker who could undertake discrete casework tasks, support with creating referral pathways and relationship building and develop sessions to help visitors understand their legal rights and take control of their cases. Funding for this was awarded by Trust for London in February 2022.

To tackle the problem of a lack of Legal Aid representation available, the Casework Coordinator has worked on building new partnerships with specialist organisations. Referral pathways are now in place with the Refugee Law Clinic at the University of London - who specialize in fresh asylum claims - and Cardinal Hume Centre, who take 3 cases per month focussing on families, such as extension applications of visitors on the 10-year parent route. HMSC’s partnership with Islington Law Centre for outreach advice is also ongoing, although they do not have the capacity to take on cases for representation.

In terms of in-house immigration work, Eva Doerr held the post of Senior Immigration Adviser at HMSC for the entirety of this reporting period. She delivered one-to-one immigration advice sessions to visitors each week. She also led on HMSC’s work around a judgement made regarding the EU Settlement Scheme in June 2021, which stated that Zambrano carers did not lose their EU law right to reside just because they have leave to remain granted under a route other than Appendix EU of the Immigration Rules. As a result of this judgement, the team established that some of our visitors might be eligible to make an application under the EU Settlement Scheme. Along with a colleague from Garden Court Chambers, Eva held a virtual information session about the ruling for around 50 visitors on Monday 21st June 2021, explaining the ruling, who is eligible to make an application and the pros and cons of making a Zambrano Settlement Scheme application at this stage.

HMSC also joined together with other London-based organisations - including Hackney Migrant Centre, Praxis, Here for Good and Islington Law Centre – to offer a legal clinic with the firm DLA Piper to support visitors who need to make an application to the EU Settlement Scheme under the Zambrano ruling. The clinic was held on Saturday 25[th] September 2021.

Exceptional Case Funding

Applications for Exceptional Case Funding (ECF) have also continued to be a key part of HMSC’s model. In November 2021 we appointed a part-time Assistant Caseworker. The role supports the Casework Coordinator in the administration of immigration casework, including the coordination of Exceptional Case Funding applications.

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Throughout the year, a small team of Legal Support volunteers continued to work on these applications for those whose cases fell outside the normal scope of legal aid. Many of these volunteers were law students, with four of them joining us as part of placements from UCL and SOAS.

Applications for ECF require an initial assessment of the merits of the visitor’s case. Where the relevant advisers identify a need for full legal representation with potential eligibility for ECF, they are able to use an HMSC template letter which ensures the advice conforms to a consistent format. The Legal Support Volunteers then use these letters as the basis for applications to the Legal Aid Agency. Following a grant of legal aid, HMSC send referrals to trusted solicitors’ firms specialising in immigration legal aid work.

This service underpins the wider way in which HMSC works, as there is a significant group of people who cannot access legal aid but have complex immigration cases and face extreme hardship. Without this type of casework, there would be nowhere for them to go and no route to resolve their issues.

Housing, welfare & destitution

HMSC's Destitution Coordinator continues to support families and single adults who are homeless or facing homelessness and/or financial destitution, with a focus on advocating with the local authorities’ Social Services and Housing departments. Many of our visitors are not allowed to claim welfare benefits due to their No Recourse to Public Funds status, even when they have no other source of income because of, e.g., childcare or health issues. Others are not allowed to work as they lack lawful immigration status, or their status is not clear. The Destitution Coordinator works together with HMSC’s Caseworker to provide housing and welfare advice and support.

For outcomes in this area in 2021-22:

A key milestone this year in terms of housing advocacy was the renewed partnership with Lawstop Solicitors. This was formalised following their offer to resume weekly housing and community care clinics, as they had done during the face-to-face drop-in (until it closed during the pandemic). Since the end of September 2021, HMSC has worked closely with Lawstop to plan and improve the referral mechanism. Lawstop have successfully pursued challenges and Judicial Review cases, resulting in a significant number of positive outcomes for visitors (including families, single Asylum Seekers and other single people in need of assistance – some of whom face multiple disadvantages). Outcomes have included provision of accommodation for the first time; securing improved/more suitable accommodation for people

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with entitlements to housing and ensuring that social care packages meet visitors’ assessed needs. Progress on ongoing cases is reviewed by the Destitution Coordinator, Caseworker and the lawyer at Lawstop, on a timetabled fortnightly basis.

The team have also continued to work with visitors on issues regarding health, noting an increase in cases where visitors present with mental health problems. These cases tend to require long-term, intensive support as individuals face difficulties in proving their complex mental health needs, obtaining evidence and persuading agencies that they require support. The team have also utilised partnership working in these cases, making 3 referrals to the Jesuit Refugee Service, referring 6 visitors to Migrants Organise and one visitor to a Community Counselling service for support with managing their mental health. Also, in terms of health, we have supported in cases regarding health charging, particularly in one case where the Destitution Coordinator advocated with an NHS Trust to arrange a repayment plan. This was vital in this case as the debt had a direct impact on the Home Office’s decisionmaking on the individual’s immigration application.

During this period, our Destitution Coordinator has been a member of the Migrants Organise Mental Capacity Advocacy Project, involving a number of partner organisations, and to which we provided up to 5 case studies per month to share learning and best practice.

A profile of HMSC Visitors

In 2021-22, HMSC welcomed 564 visitors in total. Dates of arrival in the UK ranged from January 1966 to March 2022. The visitors arrived in the UK from 71 different countries; the most common countries of origin were Ghana, Nigeria, Jamaica, Eritrea and Afghanistan.

Around 65% of visitors were women and 35% men. 56% of visitors (320) had a dependent child or children in the UK. During 2021-22, 30% of visitors were either homeless or in precarious accommodation, and 32% were destitute (i.e., without adequate accommodation and/or unable to meet their other essential needs). 132 visitors supported were subject to the No Recourse to Public Funds condition (23%).

Our records show that, of 564 visitors, 344 (44.1%) learned about HMSC through word of mouth.

Awareness-raising

HMSC has continued to campaign this year on issues affecting migrants. This has often been in collaboration with other organisations to raise awareness both locally and at a national level of migrants’ social and economic circumstances and specific concerns.

This year, the team has:

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Financial Review

The charity made a surplus on its General Funds of £20,601 in the year. Free reserves (funds which are neither restricted nor designated) decreased from £80,169 to £59,568 at 31 March 2022. Total income during the period was £204,737 (2021 - £268,685).

Restricted grants and donations totalling £117,465 (2021 - £212,400) were received during the year. Not all of the restricted income was spent in the year and £54,601 was carried forward.

Structure, Governance and Management

HMSC is a company limited by guarantee and a registered charity.

Appointment of Directors/Trustees

The Directors of the Charity are the Trustees for the purpose of charity law. The minimum number of Trustees is three; there is no maximum number. As set out in the Articles of Association, at each annual general meeting one third of the Trustees must retire from office.

The Trustees have no beneficial interest in the Charity other than as members and all guarantee to contribute up to ten pounds in the event of winding up.

Trustee Induction and Training

New Trustees are provided with copies of the Memorandum and Articles of Association, together with the most recent Directors’ and Trustee Report.

All Trustees continue to maintain a good working knowledge of Charity and Company Law and best practice by studying Charity Commission newsletters, together with attendance at appropriate external courses.

In early 2022 the trustees received training from Brian Seaton at Small Charities Support and obtained pro-bono support and guidance from the Worshipful Company of Management Consultants.

Organisation

The Trustees are responsible for the overall vision and strategic management of the Charity, whilst the day-to-day operation is delivered by a small team of staff supported by sessional workers on short term contracts, and volunteers. In April 2022 our Centre Manager, Karolina, left HMSC after ten years of managing service delivery at HMCS. A lengthy recruitment process was commenced in February, with an interim appointment being made in June.

The Staff Team

General Manager (recruitment for the role ongoing at the end of this reporting period)

Casework Coordinator
Development Coordinator
Destitution Coordinator
Immigration Adviser (freelance)
Caseworker
Assistant Caseworker
Bookkeeper (freelance)

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Volunteers

Volunteers continue to be central to the running of the charity, supporting staff in various areas of work: from carrying out initial needs assessment, completing ECF applications and casework, to running errands and distributing grants and vouchers.

At the end of this reporting period, the volunteer team comprised: Triage Volunteers, Legal Support Volunteers, a Catch-Up Line Volunteer and a Grants Volunteer, alongside a small team of long-term volunteers who supported visitors around specific issues such as advocacy with social services, or health services on a case-by-case basis.

Premises

HMSC has continued to rent office space from the Salvation Army at 2 Terront Road, initially under a two-year lease, this was extended in February 2020 for five more years.

The Trustees

As in previous years, HMSC Trustees met as a full Board every 6 weeks throughout the year and held its online AGM in December 2021, which was attended by staff and volunteers.

Following the resignation of a number of trustees over the last 2 years, the current board undertook an organisational review in order to build a more sustainable model going forward. HMSC was founded in 2013 by a small group of people dedicated to supporting migrants in Haringey. The original board of trustees were extremely ‘hands-on’ and able to commit an incredible amount of time and effort into shaping the original charity. Over the years, those people have naturally moved on, and new people have come onto the board, which at times has presented its own challenges.

HMSC quickly realised that we needed to address some fundamental questions about the organisation’s structure, roles and responsibilities of both staff and trustees. We, therefore, decided to pause active trustee recruitment until the completion of a strategic review.

The trustees appointed an interim chair (Lisa Crivello) and sought professional training and support from qualified facilitator Nancy Radford. Consultation with staff and trustees continued in Autumn 2021/Jan 2022.

The trustees then turned their attention to the recruitment process for a new general manager. We currently have 4 highly qualified trustees and the relationship between trustees, management and staff is effective. The trustees will seek to expand the board in the upcoming period, but realise that it is essential for HMSC's future that the board is representative of the area that we work in, and of the experiences of our visitors. For this reason, the board intends to take a considered approach to recruitment of new trustees in the upcoming year.

Throughout this time, and as per previous years, the Board of Trustees met regularly at 6- week intervals, with a number of additional interim meetings as and when necessary. The AGM was held online in December 2021, and attended by Trustees, staff and volunteers.

Principal Risks and Uncertainties

The Company undertakes periodic reviews for different areas of risk including, insurance cover; health and safety practices; working with vulnerable people and young children; financial affairs; personnel practices; ICT technology.

In relation to these matters, and apart from matters completely outside the Company’s control, the Directors consider that the risks to which the Company is subject have been mitigated to a satisfactory level.

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Reserves policy

Reserves are that part of a charity’s unrestricted funds that is freely available to spend on any of the charity’s purposes. HMSC maintains free unrestricted reserves:

The board of trustees will review the above criteria with reference to HMSC’s strategy and business plans and determine the target level of free reserves to meet these.

The Board of Trustees will at times designate funds from free reserves for significant project costs or replacement of major assets.

In line with guidance issued by the Charity Commission, trustees regularly review the reserves of the Charity and have adopted the following policy:

We aim to maintain unrestricted reserves sufficient to meet any redundancy payments and to maintain activity for 3 months

Plan for future periods

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Statement as to Disclosure of Information to the Independent Examiner

Each of the persons who are directors at the time when this report is approved confirms that:

Independent Examiners

A resolution to re-appoint Additude Ltd as the company’s Independent Examiner will be put forward to the forthcoming Annual General Meeting.

The directors have prepared this report in accordance with the special provisions relating to small companies within part 15 of the Companies Act 2006.

Approved by the Board and signed on its behalf by:

.........................................

David Rayns

Interim Treasurer

Date:28[th] December 2022

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_____________ Statement of Trustees’ responsibilities

The Trustees (who are also the Directors of HMSC for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Directors’ Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

Company law requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income or expenditure, of the charitable company for that period.

In preparing these accounts, the Trustees are required to:

The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper and adequate accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

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Independent Examiner’s Report to the Directors of Haringey Migrant Support Centre for the year ended 31st March 2022

____________

We report on the accounts of the company for the year ended 31 March 2022, which are set out on pages 13 to 21.

Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner

The trustees (who are also the directors of the company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Charities Act”) and that an independent examination is needed. I am qualified to undertake the examination by being a qualified member of CIPFA.

It is my responsibility to:

Basis of independent examiner’s report

My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the Trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair view’ and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.

Independent examiner’s statement

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

(1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect, the requirements:

(2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Andi Dollia, CPFA ADDITUDE LTD 9 Rhapsody Court Wakeman Road London NW10 5DF

Date: 06 DEC 2022

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Statement of financial activities for the year ended 31st March 2022 (incorporating an income and expenditure account)

___
Income from:
Note
Donations and
legacies
3
Charitable
activities
4
Other income
Total income
Expenditure on:
5
Raising funds
Charitable
activities
Total
expenditure
Net income
(expenditure)
Transfers
between funds
Net movement
in funds
Reconciliation of funds:
Total funds
brought forward
Total funds
carried forward		 ____
Restricted
£
177,465
-
-
177,465
-
199,861
199,861
(22,396)
-
(22,396)
76,997
54,601		 ____
Unrestricte
d
£
27,272
-
-
27,272
17,161
30,712
47,873
(20,601)
-
(20,601)
80,169
59,568		 ____
2022
Total
£
204,737
-
-
204,737
17,161
230,573
247,734
(42,997)
-
(42,997)
157,166
114,169		 ____
Restricted
£
212,400
-
-
212,400
9,656
188,231
197,887
14,513
-
14,513
62,484
76,997		 _____
Unrestricte
d
£
56,285
-
-
56,285
4,277
-
4,277
52,008
-
52,008
28,161
80,169		 ______
2021
Total
£
268,685
-
-
268,685
13,933
188,231
202,164
66,521
-
66,521
90,645
157,166

The notes on pages 15 to 21 form part of these financial statements.

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Balance Sheet as at 31st March 2022

_________
Note
Fixed Assets
Tangible fixed assets
9
Current assets
Debtors 10
Cash at bank
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year11
Net current assets
Net assets12
Funds
13
Restricted
Unrestricted
Total funds		 _____
2022
£
383
400
121,039		 ___
2021
£
2,342

8,055

170,269

178,324

(23,500)

154,824

157,166

76,997

80,169
121,439
(7,653)
113,786
114,169
54,601
59,568
114,169

157,166

For the year ended 31 March 2022 the company was entitled to exemption under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006; and no notice has been deposited under section 476. No members have required the company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question. The directors acknowledge responsibility for: i) Ensuring the company keeps accounting records which comply with section 386; and ii) Preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company as at the year-end in accordance with requirements of section 394 and 395, and which otherwise comply with requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far applicable to the company. These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

Approved by the Directors on and signed on their behalf by:

Lisa Crivello

Interim Chair, Director

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Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ending 31st March 2022

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1. Accounting policies

a. General information

Haringey Migrant Support Centre is a public benefit entity and a company limited by guarantee, company number 08144361, registered in England and Wales. Haringey Migrant Support Centre is also a charity, registered with the Charity Commission (charity registration number 1152227). The registered office and its principal place of business is 386 West Green Road, London, N15 3QL.

b. Going concern

The trustees confirm that at the time of approving the financial statements, there are no material uncertainties regarding the Charity’s ability to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. In arriving at this conclusion, the Trustees have taken account of current and anticipated financial performance in the current economic conditions, its business plan and its reserves position. For this reason, the going concern basis continues to be adopted in the preparation of the Charity’s financial statements.

c. Basis for preparation

The financial statements have been prepared under the historic cost convention unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy notes and in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities; Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS102) (effective 1st January 2015) – (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006. The principal accounting policies that have been applied to all years presented in these financial statements are set out below.

The preparation of financial statements requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires Trustees to exercise their judgement in the process of applying the accounting policies. Use of available information and application of judgement are inherent in the formation of estimates. Actual outcomes in the future could differ from such estimates. The areas involving a higher degree of judgement or complexity, or areas where assumptions and estimates are significant to the financial statements are disclosed in Note 2.

d. Recognition of outstanding employee benefits

No provision for outstanding holiday pay was made under previous UK GAAP. Under FRS 102 the costs of short-term employee benefits are recognised as a liability and an expense. The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employees’ services are received.

e. Fixed assets

Individual fixed assets costing £2,000 or more are initially recorded at cost.

f. Fund accounting

The nature and purpose of each fund is explained in Note 9 to the financial statements.

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g. Financial instruments

The only financial instruments held by the company are debtors and creditors. These are categorised as ‘basic’ in accordance with Section 11 of FRS 102 and are initially recognised at transaction price. These are subsequently measured at their transaction price less any impairment.

h. Income

Income is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably. The following specific policies are applied to particular categories of income:

Donations and grants are split between restricted and unrestricted funds in accordance with the terms of the grant or donation.

Donations and gifts are recognised in the statement of financial activities when receivable. Income from government and other grants is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the grants have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably and is not deferred. Donated services and facilities are included at the value to the charity where this can be quantified.

Bank interest is recognised on an accrual basis.

i. Expenditure

Expenditure is included in the statement of financial activities on an accruals basis, inclusive of any VAT that cannot be recovered. It is recognised when there is a legal or constructive obligation to pay for it. Certain expenditure is directly attributable to specific activities and has been included in those cost categories. Certain other costs, which are attributable to more than one activity, are apportioned across cost categories on the basis of an estimate of the proportion of time spent by staff or resources used on those activities.

j. Defined contribution pension scheme

The charity operates a defined contribution scheme and the pension charge represents the amounts payable by the company to the fund in respect of the year.

k. Leases

Rentals applicable to operating leases are charged to the statement of financial activities over the period they are incurred.

l. Depreciation

Depreciation is provided on tangible fixed assets so as to write off the cost or valuation, less any estimated residual value, over their expected useful economic life as follows:

Fixtures, fittings and equipment

33.33% straight line basis

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2. Critical judgements and estimates

No critical judgements have been made by management in applying the charity’s accounting policies.

3. Donations and Legacies

City Bridge Trust
Passionist Grants Fund
Hackney Migrant Centre
London Comm Response Fund
London Comm Response Fund
(Wave 3)
The Henry Smith Charity
The National Lottery Community
Trust for London (2019-22)
Hardship Fund – Hornsey
Parochial Charities
Hardship Fund - Covid-19
Hardship Fund – Various
HMSC Friends
The Reel Fund
Refugee Action/Migration
Exchange
Other donations
Total		 Restricted
Unrestricted
2022
Total
2021
Total
£
£
£
£
16,875
-
16,875
5,625
6,000
-
6,000
-
3,572
-
3,572
21,422
-
-
-
10,833
-
-
-
11,700
60,000
-
60,000
60,000
51,225
-
51,225
49,732
35,017
-
35,017
38,253
4,000
-
4,000
4,000
776
-
776
9,150
-
-
-
1,685
-
1,355
1,355
1,360
-
10,000
10,000
10,000
-
-
-
26,000
-
15,917
15,917
18,925
177,465
27,272
204,737
268,685

There were no unfulfilled conditions or other contingencies attaching to these grants.

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4. Total Expenditure

Expenditure
Staff costs (note 7)
Staff Recruitment
and Training
Rent, insurance,
utilities
Office Overheads
Volunteer Costs
Programme
expenses
Professional fees
Independent
Examination fee
Depreciation
Add: allocation of
support costs
Total expenditure		 Raising
funds
8,773
-
-
-
-
2,018
-
-
-

10,791
6,370
17,161		 Charitable
activities
£
131,600
-
-
-
-
41,647
-
-
-
173,247
57,326
230,573		 Support
Costs
£
35,094
1,035
8,780
7,829
144
-
7,237
1,620
1,957

63,696
(63,696)
-		 2022
Total
£

175,467
1,035
8,780
7,829
144
43,665
7,237
1,620
1,957


247,734
-
247,734		 2021 Total
£
120,117
1,486
4,754
17,718
207
46,704
7,054
1,250
2,874
202,164
-
202,164
5.
Net income/(expenditure) for the year
This is stated after charging / crediting:
Depreciation
Auditor / Independent Examination fee		 2022
£
1,957
1,620		 2021
£
2,874
1,250

No expenses were reimbursed to trustees during the year.

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6. Staff Costs

Staff costs were as follows:
Salaries and wages
Social security costs
Pension contributions
 2022
£
161,481
8,750
5,236
175,467		 2021
£
114,001
3,341
2,775
120,117

The average weekly number of staff (expressed as full-time equivalents) during the year was 3.6 (2021:3.6)

7. Taxation

The charitable company is exempt from corporation tax as all its income is charitable and is applied for charitable purposes.

8. Tangible fixed assets

Cost
As at 1 April 2021
Disposals
As at 31 March 2022
Depreciation
As at 1 April 2021
Disposals
Charge for the year
As at 31 March 2022
Net Book Value
As at 31 March 2021
As at 31 March 2022		 Fixtures, fittings and
equipment
£
14,857
-		 Total
£
14,857
-
14,857 14,857
12,515
-
1,959		 12,515
-
1,959
14,474 14,474
2,342 2,342
383 383

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9. Debtors
Trade debtors
Prepayments
Accrued Income
Other debtors
10. Creditors: amounts due within 1 year
Trade creditors
Taxation and social security
Other creditors
Accruals and provisions
11. Analysis of net assets between funds
Tangible fixed assets
Net current assets
Net assets at the end of the year		 Restricted
Funds
£
-
54,601
54,601		 2022
£
-
400
-
-
400
2022
£
1,929
-
1,549
4,175
7,653
Unrestricted
funds
£
383
59,185
59,568		 2021
£
-
2,067
5,038
950
8,055
2021
£
3,374
6,572
927
12,627
23,500
Total funds
£
383
113,786
114,169

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12. Movements in Funds

2. Movements in Funds
Unrestricted funds:
General funds
Total unrestricted funds
Restricted funds:
City Bridge Trust
Hackney Migrant Centre
Passionist Grants Fund
London Comm Response Fund
(Wave3)
The Henry Smith Charity
The National Lottery Community
Trust for London (2019-22)
Hardship Fund - Covid-19
Hardship Fund - Hornsey Parochial
Charities
Hardship Fund – various
Total restricted funds
Total funds		 At the
start of
the
year
Incoming
resources
Outgoing
resources
At the
end of
the year
£
£
£
80,169
27,272
(47,873)
59,568
80,169
27,272
(47,873)
59,568
5,625
16,875
(20,625)
1,875
1,333
3,572
(4,905)
-
-
6,000
-
6,000
5,770
-
(5,770)
-
26,437
60,000
(66,437)
20,000
21,644
51,225
(53,354)
19,515
8,957
35,017
(43,974)
-
4,028
776
(847)
3,957
3,003
4,000
(3,849)
3,154
200
-
(100)
100
76,997
177,465
(199,861)
54,601
157,166
204,737
(247,734)
114,169

Purposes of funds

General funds : these are available for use at the Directors' discretion in furtherance of the objectives of the charity.

Restricted funds : these are donated for use in a particular area or for specific purposes, the use of which is restricted to that area or purpose.

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