Disability Partnership Calderdale Charity number 1155007 Annual Report and Flnancial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2025 Disability Partnership Calderdale WYCAS OhlblUN*IY ACC•V•IIING WEST
Disability Partnership Calderdale Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2025 Contents Page Trustees, report 2to5 Examinerfs report Receipts and payments account Statement of assets and liabilities Notes to the accounts 9t010 Prepared by West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO
Disability Partnership Calderdale Trustees. report for the year ended 31 March 2025 Reference and administrative details of the charity, its trustees and advtsors The trustees during the financial year and up to and including the date the report was approved were.. Name Position Dates Alison Schofield George Brian Sutcliffe David Ashton Donna Turner Georgina King Geraldine Rushton Malcolm lfjelty MBE Marion Spruce Appointed 10 October 2024 Treasurer Secretary Chair Charity number 1155007 Registered in England and Wales Registered and principal address Resource Centre Hall Street Halifax HX7 SAY Bankers The Co-operative Bank PLC 1 Balloon Street Manchester M60 4EP Independent examiner Sarah Coates MAAT West yorkshi Community Accountancy SeNice CIO Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW Structure, govemance and management The charity is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) formed on 13 December 2013 and is governed by a constituts'on. This was amended on 26 July 2022. Method of recruitment and appointment of tNstees The trustees of the charity are appointed by the members at the AGM.
Disability Partnership Calderdale Trustees. report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2025 Objectives and activities The charity's objects The charity's objects are to relieve the needs of disabled people, for the public benefit, in Calderdale to enable them to live as independently as possible by:_ a) Working in partnership with commissioners and service providers to raise awareness of issues of concern to disabled people, so that commissioners and service providers can make improvements to maximise access to mainstream and specialist services for people with physical and sensory impairments. b) Raising the profile of disabled people in Calderdale,. c) Developing the CIO as an independent user led organisation (ULO) of adults who are interested in working together to support change for disabled people who live andlor work in Calderdale and have physical andlor sensory impairments., d) Delivering services and organising and facilitating events involving disabled people, to make the long term future of the CIO more secure., e) Holding regular meetings which look at issues in detail, where the membership works together in partnership with numerous commissioners and service providers to idents'fy barriers faced by disabled people and improve service design and delivery so that disabled people have better access, experiences, improved wellbeing and quality of life, Q Ensuring that disabled people are fully informed about policy changes that may affect their lives,. g) Empowering disabled people to take control of their lives and have greater confidence, choice, control and louder voice over the way their needs are met so they can influence service improvement., h) Ensuring that disabled people have greater access to housing, health, education, employment, leisure, and transport opportunities and can participate in family and Community life. The charity's main activities We are an organisation for disabled people, led by disabled people. Our members are disabled people, mosly with physical andlor sensory impairments. Nine of our ten Trustees are disabled people. Our Trustees meet monthly and they are very involved, committed and fully informed. We operate at the heart of a partnership of Disabled Peoples, organisations in Calderdale. We are at the 'hub' of a Disability Partnership, and act as a key conduit between service providers and commissioners, and the people living with disabilities who use those services. We provide information, signposting, engagement and consultation as a 0-WaY process between both the statutory, voluntary and private sectors and disabled people, and knowthat we are best placed to deliver our work. By involving disabled people in this way, we aim to achieve the removal of barriers to access, and improvements to services for the benefit of disabled people. Public benefit statement In setting our objectives and planning our activities our Trustees have given serious consideration to the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit and in particular to enable disabled people in Calderdale to live as independently as possible by working in partnership with service providers and commissioners to raise awareness of issues of concern to disabled people and to maximise access to mainstream and specialist services.
Disability Partnership Calderdale Trustees. report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2025 Achievements and perfomiance DPC were su¢cessful in their application for grant funding from National Lottery Reaching Communities Fund for three years 2024 - 2027 thich will allow us to continue our work with the disabled communities in Calderdale and wider West Yorkshire Region. DPC has continued to deliver a service to a wide range of service users across Calderdale and the wder West Yorkshire region via in person meetings and over several social media platforms. We have successfully delivered a "New, Podcast service entitled "Lets Talk. this was supported by a generous grant from Community Foundation for Calderdale who also grant funded a "Summer Messaging. project. Our reach: weekly avera8e152 Weeks) Platform Website Newsletter Social media Podcast En8a8ements 40125 43147 189145 6319 772 830 3637 122 278736 5360 In additson, we received Funding from National Lottery Awards For All to deliver°Juke Box Memories" radlo podcast wth our Partners Phoenix Radio Interviews Date Of Broadcast Derek lan John Harr Lee Mount and Halifax memories Ton Andrew Carol and Jim 23rd December. 2024 20th Januaw2025 24th Februa , 2025 24th March, 2025 28th A ril, 2025 28TH Ma , 2025 TBA TBA During the financial year we have Held 8 open meetings, including a summer garden party and a Christmas lunch attracting over 400 members and a wde range of guest speakers, all of our meets'ngs are supported by British Sign Language signers to assist our deaf and hearing impaired members. DPC Received a grant of £25,000 from Postcode neighbourhood Trust to allow us to develop and grow our service in 202415 and 202516 financial years. As with all organisations we are faced wÉth cost increases from suppliers but with good financial management and the support of our funding partners we have been able to maintain the level of delivery to our members.
Disability Partnership Calderdale Trustees. report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2025 Financial review The net receipts for the year were £48.181, including net payments of £234 on unrestricted funds and net receipts of £48,415 on restricted funds after transfers. ReseNes policy The charitys free reserves, at the year end were £10,395. Disabilty Partnership Calderdale will look to ensure a minimum of reserves to cover 2 months average operab'ng costs (£5,000) to allow an orderly wnding up should the Charity need to close. Approved by the trustees on Signed.. (Trustee) Name..
Disabllity Partnership Calderdale Independent examlnefs report to the trustees of Disabllity Partnership Calderdale I report to the charty trnstees on my examlnation of the accounts of the CIO for the year ended 31 March 2025, which are set out on pages 7 to 10. Responsibilities and basis of report As the charity trustees of the CIO you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (Yhe ACY). I report in respect of my examlnation of the CIO'S accounts as carrled out under secllon 145 of the 2011 Act. In carrying out my examination I hav8 follow8d all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. Indopendent examlngrf8 Statement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my att8ntion in connection with the examination giving me cause to b81ieve that in any materi81 respect: 1 accoUnng records were not kept In respect of the charity as r8quired by seclon 130 of the Charities Act; 2 the accounts do not accord with those records. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the 8xamination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed: Name: Sarah Coates MAAT 2910912025 West Yorkshlro Communlty Accountancy Sarvlco CIO Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW
Disability Partnership Calderdale Receipts and payments account for the year ended 31 March 2025 Notes 2025 Unrestricted funds 2025 Restricted funds 2025 Total funds 2024 Totsl funds Receipts Grants and donations Fee income Total receipts {21 589 486 1.075 123,379 123,968 486 124.454 73.579 450 74,029 123,379 Payments Venue hire 8SL interpreting service Administration Transport Catering Independent examination Website Insurance Development workers Administration workers Worker expenses Equipment Donations Productions costs Phone costs Total payments Net receipts l (payments) Fund balances brought forward Fund balances carried forward 377 1,347 697 562 3,053 732 10,064 393 32,168 20,405 59 192 377 1,472 710 572 3,053 732 10,064 393 32,417 20,405 59 1,019 858 1,998 4,693 509 3,322 1,056 5,584 393 32,911 18,267 82 230 550 125 13 10 249 827 4,875 40 74,964 48.415 4,875 125 76,273 48,181 85 1,309 (234) 198 70,651 3,378 20,492 68,673 17,114 20,492 131 10,395 58,278
Disability Partnershlp Calderdale Statement of assets and liabllities as at 31 March 2025 2025 Unrestricted 2025 Restricted 2025 2024 Total Totsl Cash funds Cash at bank Cash in hand Total rAsh funds 10,258 137 10,395 58,278 68,536 137 68.673 20,378 114 20,492 58,278 Debtors and prepayments 2025 Prepayments 360 360 Assets retained for the charity's own use Cupboard Four printers Two digital voice recorders One roller case Four laptops Diary and penfriend pens and labels One conversor pro and bNo headsets Three tsblets Liabilities 2025 Accruals 792 792 The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on ..A.s19.1Ls- Signed.. (rrustee) Name..
Disability Partnership Calderdale Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025 1 Accounting policies Basis of accounting The trustees have taken advantage of section 133 of the Charities Act 2011 and have prepared the accounts on a receipts and payments basis. There has been no change to the accounting policies since last year. No changes have been made to the accounts for previous years. Taxation As a charity the organisation benefits from rates relief and is generally exempt from income tax and capital gains tax but not from VAT. Irrecoverable VAT is included in the cost of those items to which it relates. Fund accounting Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discrets'on of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure imposed by the donor or through the terms of an appeal. Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the accounts.
Disability Partnership Calderdale Notes to the accounts continued for the year ended 31 March 2025 2 Grants and donations 2025 Unrestricted funds 2025 Restricted nds 2025 Total funds 2024 Totsl funds National Lottery Community Fund (NLCF) Postcode Lottery National Lottery Awards for Al Comm. Foundats'on Calderdale Sir George Martin Trust Donations 75,500 25,000 16,549 6,330 75,500 25,000 16,549 6,330 70,000 1,850 1,729 73,579 589 589 589 123,968 123,379 3 Restricted funds Balance blf Incoming Outgoing Transfers Balance clf NLCF 22-24 Awards 4 All Postcode Lottery Comm. Foundation Calderdale Sir George Martin Trust NLCF 24-27 9,753 9,753 4,875 4,767 5,300 110 50,159 74,964 16,549 25,000 6,330 11,674 20,233 1,030 110 75,500 123,379 25,341 58,278 9,863 Fund name NLCF 22-24 Purpose of restriction To increase visibility, profile and influence of DPC across Calderdale and Kirklees's VCS, Public and Private Sectors on behalf of the disabled communty. Towards a bespoke project delivering a series of "memories Jukebox" podcast reminiscence sessions. To support the expansion of our online presence to provide a greater Service to a greater number of people. Comm. Foundats"on Calderdale To support a series of Podcasts to help us reach our community in new and innovative ways. To help produce a bi-monthly hardcopy bulleting titled 'Enabled'. To help towards growing and expanding the comprehensive service we provide to meet the increasing demand. Awards 4 All Postcode Lottery Sir George Martin Trust NLCF 24-27 4 Related party transactions Donations from tNstees and related parties Trustee expenses No trustee received any expenses during this year or the previous year. Trustee expenses During the year 3 trustees were paid a total of £294 in respect of travel, meeting expenses & equipment (previous year-. 1 trustee and £44). Trnstee muneratIon and benefrts No trustee received any remuneration or benefit during this or the previous year. 10
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