Independent Exarnlner's Report to the Trustees of the
COGS PREPARES 4 LIFE CIO
I report on the accounts for Iheyear ended 30th S8ptsmbgT 2023 whlch ar8 sel out on in th16
doGument
Rospèctlvo respon81bllitses of trt￿88 and èxaminer
Thg Group'slDi8tric¥s trustees aTe r8sponslblo for the prep8ralion of lh8 accounts. Thay ¢on81d8r
that an audi( is not requlred for this year (under Section 4312) of the Ch8¥ltses Act 1993 {Ihe 1993
Act) and that an independent examination i8 needed.
It is nty rè¥)onsibllity to..
E¥amine the accwnts (under Sectlon 43 (3) (a) of the 1993 Acll,.,
•To folk)w th8 procedures lald down In the Gonerdl Direction8 gfven by thè Chadty
Commission8rs (under Sectlon 43 (n (bl of the 1993 Act>., and
OTO st8la whether partioular mattafs have (x)m8 to my altontion.
Baslg of Indepondent èxamlnaf8 r8port
My èxgmlnBdonw&& c8ffiwJ wl In a(*ordan￿ th9 General D￿eCAl0n8 g￿n by the Char
Comml$8loner8. An wmlnalon Inc4LBJa¥ a revlew ofth8 accounung ro(JJrdg kept and a compAr180n ofth8
accounts preaented tho8e r8cordB. It also includ88 con8ldttratksn of any ￿UsUal Items Or dlsclosures In
tha énd see￿Ing eypJanalcM)8 frorn you as tsuslte8 corKemlrvJ any 8uGh mattors. Thts pl￿dure8
underfaken rk) not pro￿de lh8 ev¥Jence that WDLdd b8 rgqulTed In on audffj gThJ cx)n8eqw￿y l (b not
expre88 an &udttotsnlon on Ihe by the acmunts.
Ind8pendbnt Examln8tr8 8tatèm6nt
In conneollon with my exomlnation thero 15 no matter Ihet h&4 come to my 8tt8ntion:
1. whlch gN88 rne raagonab19 causa to balieve thatln any materlal r89pect the
requlrements
lo keep accountlTrg rec#)rd8 In apThrdance ￿th S8ctlon 4101 thè 1993 A¢t', and
lo preparg accounts whlch accord wlth thg accountlng wordB and (>Jmply wtth the
accounung reqUir￿ntS of the 1993 Act havè not been meL or
2. to whl¢h, In my oplnlon, atten1￿￿ should ba drgwn In otder to enabS8 8 PToper understandlng
of th8 ar£ounts to be reached.
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MAS A¥g0¢iales Ltd
Charteréd CertIf￿d Accountant8
Spear House
Cobbett Road
Burntwood
Slayfordshire
WS7 3GR

COGS Prepares 4 Life CIO
Bumtwood Memorial Community Centre
Rugeley Road
Bum￿00d
Staffordshire
WS7 9BE
TEL.. 01543 676443
After Hours: 07961 005 286
re
aresforlife
mail.com
re
ares41ife
io.co.ukJ
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Charty No.. 1154296
COGS PREPARES 4 LIFE CIO
Trustoes Annual Report For Year End: Sopt 23
Charity Number: 1154296
Charity's Principal Address:
Burntwood Momorlal Communlty As$ociation
Rugeley Road
Burntwood
Staffordshlre
WS7 98E
Trustee8
Tracy Blakey
Rebe¢ca Flynn
William Griffiths
Chainnan
Treasur8rlSecr8tary
Trustee
Trustee
Trustee
Vivienne Smart
Sean Johnson
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COGS PREPARES 4 LIFE CIO
TRUSTEES. ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE PERIOD
st
From: 1 October 2022
To= 30 September 2023
The Twstees presents iys report and ffinanejal Statements for the year ending 30th September 2023.
The fin8n¢ial statements have been prepared in aceordanee wrth the charity's constitution, the
Charibes Act 2011 and "Accounting and ReF)Ortt'ng by Charities". Ststement of Recommended Practice
applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reportt'ng Stsndard
applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland IFRS 1021.
structure Governance and Mana
ement
The charity 1$ a Charitable Incorporated organisat￿n ICIOI whth is govemed by irs consts"tukn'on
registered wilh the Chanty Commission on 21st October. 2013
The CIO advertises for new trustees through Support Staffordshire, facebook and on 115 website. The
role of trustee is open to everyone over the age of 16 years old who has the purpose to bring
enthusiasm and expertise lo the board and would be most likely to fvrther the purposes of the CIO. At
each Annual General Meeting the trustees are ￿qui￿ lo stsnd aown from their role and can be re-
appointed by memtership vote if they wish to stsnd for another temi.
New charity trustees receive a copy of Ihe conslitutKJn and any amendments made to it 81ong with a
copy of the charity's lalesl trustee's annual report and statement of a¢xounts.
The board of ITuslees, which shall be a minimum of three with a maximum of ￿e1Ve, administers the
CIO whilst the members have voting rights on decisions that arise through the board. Membership of
the CIO is open lo anyone who Is interested in furthering ivs purposes.
All wll¢ie$ are reviewed on a regukar basis, and new ones drawn up rf necessary.
Ob'ectiv88 and Activities
The object of the CIO is lo develop the capacity and skills of the members of the socially and
economically disadvantaged community of Staffordshire, and in part￿u￿ar Lichfield, 8urNvood and
Canno¢k in such a way that they are better able to Klents"fy and help meet their needs and lo
participate more fully in 8ocK8ty. We specfficalty take on ajults wth18aming disabilrtie$.
Th8 main activities that take place are learning gardening skills. woodwork $kill$, ma¢hine
maintenance skills and independent INing skills, which incorporates cooking skills. Some of these
activities then benefit the wider public by offering a local venue to purchase plants, vegelables, and
handmade wo¢)dwork products al a low price Service users also benefit from having access lo a
purpose built classroom to leam Maths, English and IT skills by a specialist tutor provided by Cherry
Orchard Garden Se￿￿$ CIC.
The trustees have paid regard to the guidance issued ty the Chanty Commission on public benefit
and what activrties the charty should undertake.
All the support members at COGS Prepares 4 Life CIO are permanent volunteers that are seconded
trom Chery Orchard Garden Services CIC and work tirelessly with the service users lo ensure
activities are varied, educational and help forward their needs. We also have three teryorary
volunteers who have adapted very well lo the environment and have helped bolster the support we
Can give to the Se￿iCe users. All volunteers have contributed tremendously towards fund raising by
promoting the producls the charty sells lo the general public.
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Achievements and Perfomiance
This has been another exciting year for the charity with generous funding being awarded to us to
purehaae essential rtem¥ that enabFe the 8eryice usern to continue to leam and build on their skills.
We also re￿iVed some grants that have helFed us through the current cost of INing cnsis as costs ol
running Ihe charity soared this year. This included a new small greenhouse due to our old one being
totally inefficient, a grant towards gas bottles to heal the greenhouses. and 2 solar FM)wer stations to
run small appliances in the greenhouses without having to use electricty.
We continued to run our Grow-Cook-Eal programm. with the additK)n of a fvnded new cooker and
have put a slant on it this year where the public can benefit from seasonal growing 88 well by
en¢ouraging healthy eabng, and fom)ulaling a healthy eab'ng pack. compfele with vegetables and
recipe cards with ideas for the seasonal goods, wh￿h will be implernenled over the coming winter
season.
The Woodwork activib.es were enhanced by funding for new tools, and the Arts & Crafts activrties that
we introduced al the end of the last year has been slowly building itself up throughout the year,
encouraging the service users to use fine motor skills on intncale designs and wild imaginations.
Funding lo continue gardening acbvities included donations towards comFQSt and manure,
g￿enhouSe appliances and tools as well as fixtures and fittjngs.
We also welcomad new service users this year who are already showing improvements in th8ir
skills and have settled In to the routine like they were destined lo come to us, and who we look
fomard lo watch flounsh and thrive in their everyday endevour8.
All the service users have continued lo refresh Iheif skills throughout the yoar to ensure they can
continue to use these transferable S￿.11$ outside of the charity.
Section E - Financial Review
The charity has a￿ayS aimed lo hold a reserve of 3 months expenditure in unrestricted ftlnds which
would allow it lo ¢ontinue ¢urrenl a¢livitJ8s while ¢on$id8rats"on 15 given to ways in which additional
fvnds could be raised. The required level of resarv8s has boen maintsined throughout the year. The
current amount required in reserves is £1500.
The charity's principal sources of fvnds used in this financial year are..
Plant Sales
Woodwork Sale8
Art# & Craft? Sa
Public Donations IGASDS)
The HDH Vvillis 1965 Charitable Trust (New)
Pébblesrrhe Rank FoundatK)n (Newl
The Albert Hunt Trust
The David Solomons Charitable Trust
The Foyle Foundation (Newl
The Yapp Foundation
The Percy Bilton Charity {New)
The Dumbreck Charity
We Love Lichfield- The Communtty Foundation INewl
The Rowlands Trust (Newl
The Mornsons Foundation (Newl
The Wolfson Foundation
The D'oyly Carte Chanty (Newl
The Hedley Foundation (Newl
The Blakemore Foundation (New)
The expendlture of funds throughout the year have all supported the key objeclNes of the charity in
many ways.
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Section F- O tional Inforniation
Due to an unfortunate liming of one fvnders payment, our accounts $how a largo da￿lt for this
financial year, due to the large grant being paid on the last day of the last financial year, and then
spent in the first few days of this financial year. This unfortunatety shows for bleak ￿ading, when in
fact it is jltsl a circurr6tantial oddity. giving a false refle¢b"on of our handling of the chanty accounts.
Declarations
The trusto•8 declarè that they have approvod the trustees, report alx)v•.
Signed on behalf of the charity's trustses
Slgnature(sl
Full namè(8)
Position (eg Secretary,
Chalr, otc
Tracy Blakey
Chair
Rebec
Flynn
Treasurer
Date
lo,1 z
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CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND ANO WAIES
Receipts and payments accounts
CC16a
For the period
To
Section A Receipts and payments
Unr•strlct8d
fund•
Restrlcted
funds
Endowment
funds
Total funds
Last y80r
tothe Marn8tE
toth• nMr68t£
t• th? ntar••t£
A1 R•eolpts
Plant Sale8
Vloodwotk Sa￿3
Arts & Crafts Sal85
GASDS Dongb
Graveyard m8inlenarKe
HMRC Gift Aid Claim
Cooking Fund
Restricted Grants l
Servic05
Unresincied Grants & FuThll
6.016
6,016
3,269
219
234
120
260
25
17,7B4
200
632
219
2J4
120
260
28
17.794
832
Sub total(Gross incom8 for
AR)
10.950
1T
28.75P
8T,044
A2 A88•t and InV￿tMent ••le•,
18•• tabl•l.
Sub total
10.960
17.809
26,789
67,044
A3Pa
ments
Plgni Fund Expense8
Woomth Fund Expen59S
Art8 & Crafts Fu￿j Ews
Accounting Sothv4re
Adverti¥inglPromotiMal
uals Debil ¢8rd ch8(￿8
CookirKJ Inorediènis
Gr8enhou88 Dtsrkin
Greenhouse Electiul Wcrf
Gr•8nhou80 EqJbpM￿t
Craft layra Tatye Ftss
HSBC Bank Charges
Kit¢henlCookin
ment
ConrAtts Pad Forew Greenhou
New Srnall Greenhouse
OfficelGeeAdmini8ir8ty* Ew888
Prepw8llr￿ olAcwunts. 2021.2022
Ront
Unapplied Catsh BIH Paymt E¢penditwe
4926
1,073
263
3,926
1,B73
263
241
It8
735
092
736
8.092
349
7.722
7.722
6,9
108
384
3.600
20
37.495
Sub totsl
7.S98
55,463
A4 A88•t and In¥o8tm•nt
urehaso8,
800 tablé
Sub total
7,598
29,897
56,463
Net of r￿0{Pts/(payMeDtsJ
AS Transfern between funds
A6 Cash lunds last yèar ¢nd
Cash funds this yoar end
3.352
11088
8.736
11,581
13.073
15,681
11.581
CCXX R1 acojunts ISSI
3010112024

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Unrestri¢tsd
funds
Restricted
fund8
to rwr••t£
Endowment
funds
to n•arnst£
Cotsgorle8
Detsils
to nearpJt£
B1 Cash funds
SBCB
11989
1,999
Pety C*h
57
Petty Cash
07
Pety Ca
Petty Ca
Petty cash. Re8lrthS FuTrJ
Equal$ Tcy Up cw
Total cash funds
13.673
2.008
•})
Re•trbctod
fund•
to nMr••t £
Endowmont
fund•
lund*
to nMrn8tt
Dots11•
to n•arvat£
Fund to whlch
*•t bolon
Curr•nt valuw
Detalls
C￿t {opty'on•ll
B3 Inv••tm•nt aM•ts
Fund towhlth
b•lon
CuTfWrt v¥lu•
onal
Detall8
Cwt lopVon•ll
84 A88•t8 r•talnwd lor th•
charlty'8 own u80
Fund to whlch
ffiountd
Whe# du
lon•1
DÈtall$
85 Llabllltles
Signed by one cr kn trust￿8 on
behaff of 811 the tru8t888
SYJnaiure
Print Name
Date of
roval
L6ELcA FL
CCXX R2 accounts ISSI
3010112024

Management Report
COGS Prepares 4 Life CIO
For the period ended September 30, 2023
Prepared on
24 October 2023
For management use only

Table of Contents
Financial Activilies.........................
Balance Sheet...............

Financial Activities
INCOME
1. Plant Sales
2. Woodwork Sales
3. Arts & Crafts Sales
4. Gift Aid Small Donallon Scheme {&4SDS)
Grav8yard Malnlenance
HMRC- Glft Aid Claim
HSBC - Cooking Fund - Restricted
Restricted Grants & Funding
Setvices
Unreslrided Grants & Fundlng
Total Income
TOTAL
6,016.08
3,269.26
219.06
234.00
120.00
259.85
24.67
17,784.00
200.00
632.01
28.758.93
28.758.93
EXPENDITURES
1. Plant Fund Expènsès
2. Woodwork Fund Expenses
3. Arts & Crafts Fund Expens8S
Accounting Sofvare
Adv8rtisinglPromolional
Bank Charges - Equals Debit Card
Cooking Ingredients
Greenhouse Decking
Greenhouse Electrical Work
Greenhouse Equipment
HSBC . General Spending - Craft Fayre Table Fee
HSBC Bank Charges
Kltchenlcooklng Equlpment
Greenhouse Concrole Pad
New Small Greenhous9
Ofllc•lGenefal AdmSnisiradvè Expendltur&8
Preparation of Accounts F8e - 2021-20¥2
Rent
Unapplied Cash Bill Payment ExperKliture
Total ExperKlltur8S
NET OPERATING INCOME
NET INCOM&IEXPENDITUREI
3,925.B3
1,873.15
262.76
241.20
117.81
6.00
735.02
8,092.26
345.00
7,722.03
20.00
79.22
1,189.53
1,860.00
6,953.00
107.95
384.00
3,600.00
.20.00
37.494.76
-8,735.83
£-8.735.83
GOGS PreD8r6s 4 Lit* C10
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Balance Sheet
iC.2=.
Total
FIXED ASSET
Total FIx8d Ass
CASH AT BANK AND IN HAND
Arts & Crafts Fund - Petty Cash
Cooking Fund - R8slrict8d P8ty Cash
Equals Top Up card
General Spendlng & Donations Fund - Pety Cash
HSBC Bank Account
Plants Fund - Petty Cash
Woodwork Fund - Petty Cash
Tthal Cash at bank and In harml
NET CURRENT ASSETS
NET CURRENT ASSETS ILIABILITIESI
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURFIENT LIABILITIES
TOTAL NET ASSETS ILIABILITIESI
57.46
8.89
2.84
113.87
14.967.93
67.28
462.81
15.681.08
15.681.08
1 S.681.08
15.681.08
£15,681.08
CHARITY FUNDS
Openlng Balance Equlty
24,416.91
Relained Eamings
SurplusllD81i¢itl
Totd Charlty fund8
-8,73S.83
£15,681.08
COGS Prepares 4 Life CIO