## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
## **From 6[th] April 2021 to 5[th] April 2022**
## **Charity name: Springboard – Oldham Dementia Carers Group**
## **Charity registration number: 1156480**
## **Objectives and Activities**
|Summary of the
purposes of the
charity as set out
in its governing
document|To relieve the needs of people and their families, friends and carers within the
boundaries of the metropolitan borough of Oldham and its surrounding areas
(the area of benefit), suffering from all types of dementia and its effects by the
provision of emotional and practical support, advice, education and practical
support, advice, education and by raising public awareness of the said
conditions. To provide or assist in the provision of facilities and social activities
for recreation and leisure time occupation of people suffering from all types of
dementia and their families, friends and carers in the interests of social welfare
with the object of improving their conditions of life.|
|---|---|
|Summary of the
main activities in
relation to those
purposes for the
public benefit, in
particular, the
activities, projects
or services
identified in the
accounts.|Springboard is an Oldham-based charity, set up for and by people with dementia
and their carers. Members tend to be Oldham residents, although we do have
attendees who travel from other areas.
Over eight years ago, it was recognised that there was no opportunity for both
carers and people with dementia to meet. The group was originally set up as a
constituted group and then developed into a charity on 1st April 2014. The
group was initially set up with six members, but in April 2012, in response to
local demand, the doors opened at Downey House and Springboard was
regularly full with 60 to 90 members attending weekly. This well illustrates that a
support group for people living with dementia and their carers was and is hugely
needed.
Sadly, due to the unprecedented events of the Covid19 pandemic the group was
unable to hold any face to face meetings until it was safe to do so in September
2021. This is due to the majority of members being aged 65+ and many
experience co-morbidities.
The group welcomes all ages, but the majority of its members are aged 65+.
Springboard used to meet face to face at two locations but during this year all
our meetings have been held virtually, utilising Zoom, which is a secure online
virtual videoconferencing software program.
Springboard has continued to maintain a 7 day helpline which offers a general
query line and gives advice and support.
The charity provides a fundamental and vital service within the Oldham
community. Springboard is inclusive of all and encourages everyone never to
forget the person behind the diagnosis – forgetfulness may be one associated
symptom of dementia, but singing, dancing, walking and all areas of individual
interests are endorsed, encouraged and supported. Springboard embodies the
values of choice, dignity and respect and offers an environment where people
feel safe. This enables people living with dementia to live well - to continue to
engage in a lifestyle which promotes positive health and well-being and to retain
or develop new skills and stay more independent for longer.|
||The group usually charges an annual membership fee of £5 per member and an
admission fee of £1 per visit and also relies on weekly donations for tea, coffee
and cakes and a weekly raffle. As we paused our face to face meetings due to
Covid19 risks, for this year we have not charged any membership fee and only
the admission fee from September 2021 onwards. Our usual fund-raising is
done internally with members and this also ceased during the first part of this
financial year. No-one involved in the running of the group receives payment for
their time and all volunteers give their time freely.
Springboard has continued to provide, advice, peer support, recreational,
educational and leisure activities for people with dementia, their families and
carers, starting the year delivering this on a virtual basis and returning to face to
face meetings on September 2021. The environment is made welcoming
through the kind hearted, approachable volunteers on hand. Throughout the
pandemic, our Committee members and Trustees have continued to make
weekly contact by telephone to all our members to provide the peer support. We
have also used our printer to enable us to produce a regular printed newsletter
which we have posted to all members prior to resuming face to face meetings.|
|---|---|
|Statement
confirming
trustees have had
regard to the
guidance issued
by the Charity
Commission on
public benefit|All Trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission
on public benefit and have taken this guidance into account when making any
decision it is relevant to.|
## **Additional information**
|Policy on grant
making|Springboard does not make grants to any other individual, organisation or
charity.|
|---|---|
|Policy on social
investment
including program
related investment|Springboard currently holds no investments and holds the funds it has as
reserves in a cash account. Springboard keeps these funds in reserve as a
contingency fund to allow it to continue to operate in the event that income stops
or support we receive from other charities ceases. These funds could then be
used to cover the cost of replacing this support for a period of time.|
|Contribution made
by volunteers|Springboard is completely reliant on our volunteers. Without them, the group
would not exist. We have no employees and all aspects of the running of the
charity are covered by volunteers. During this financial year, our usual 4
volunteers who provided refreshments to members or sold raffle tickets at group
meetings have been unable to do this until we recommenced face to face
meetings in September 2021. In addition to these 4 volunteers all Trustees and
Committee members provide peer support and assist in the running of the
Group. No individual has received any payment for any of their time.|
## **Achievements and Performance**
||Summary of the
main
achievements of
the charity,
identifying the
difference the
charity’s work has
made to the
circumstances of
its beneficiaries
and any wider
benefits to society
as a whole.|Key highlights during the year 6th April 2021 to 5th April 2022 were:
Regular events;
We continued to hold weekly meetings via our online videoconference group
until we were able to recommence face to face meetings again in September
2021.
We were able to continue to produce and distribute via Royal Mail a newsletter
to all members using the printer purchased last year.
We continued to use our extremely popular Whatsapp group where we
exchange local information on Covid19 and also use as a powerful way of
maintaining our peer support and moral support by messaging members – this
was a very popular means of communicating and really continued to being our
members together.
Some of the other regular activities each week were facilitated via Zoom by staff
from Making Space – who are a national charity providing health and social care
services for adults with mental health conditions, learning disabilities, dementia
and their carers. We are grateful for their continued support.
In the 2015/16 financial year, the group was fortunate to receive £5,000 via
Oldham Council and Oldham Dementia Partnership. These monies have been
classed as a restricted fund with these funds only to be spent on the setting up
of new and additional support groups. These monies continued to be held for
these purposes and the balance at the end of the 2020-21 financial year remains
the same as last year, at £3,246 as we were unable to spend any of these funds
due to the Covid19 pandemic.||
|---|---|---|---|
## **Additional information (optional)**
|Achievements
against objectives
set|The Group has continued to provide a range of supporting activities for those
diagnosed with a memory problem and their carers on a regular basis. During
the first half of this year we continued delivering this using virtual ways of
delivering these. Our support was well received by members during this difficult
time, especially during periods of “lockdown.”|
|---|---|
|Performance of
fundraising
activities against
objectives set|For the first half of the year, Springboard was unable to raise funds via an
annual membership fee or an entrance fee each time a member attends due to
the cancellation of face to face meetings. Despite our main sources of income
ceasing, we continued to benefit from donations from members and also from
the generosity of external donors, who recognised the valuable support we were
able to offer. It is intended the annual membership fee will recommence in the
next financial year and entrance fees were re-introduced in September 2021
when we started meeting face to face again.|
|Investment
performance
against objectives|Springboard – Oldham Dementia Carers Group does not intend to raise monies
for investment and currently holds no investments.|
## **Financial Review**
|Review of the
charity’s financial
position at the end
of the period|The charity’s financial position has improved from last year, despite the loss of
our usual face to face fundraising via members and overall, our cash funds
increased by £8,150.
Our expenditure was below pre-Covid levels but increased on the previous year|
|---|---|
||due to us being able to recommence face to face meetings. The associated
costs of these meetings such as rent and refreshments returned to pre-Covid
levels during the second half of the financial year.|
|---|---|
|Statement
explaining the
policy for holding
reserves stating
why they are held|Springboard currently holds no investments and holds the funds it has as
reserves in a cash bank account. Springboard keeps these funds in reserve as
a contingency fund to allow it to continue to operate in the event that income
stops or support we receive from other charities ceases. These funds could then
be used to cover the cost of replacing this support for a period of time.|
|Amount of
reserves held|We carry over reserves of £46,609.15 to the next financial year, with £3,246 of
the reserves being restricted for use in the setting up and running of new groups
in addition to the group running at Downey House in Royton.|
|Reasons for
holding zero
reserves|Not applicable|
|Details of funds
materially in deficit|There are no funds materially in deficit.|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties
about the charity
continuing as a
going concern|At the time of producing this report, we have resumed our usual weekly face to
face group meetings at Downey House in Royton and welcoming new members
– predominantly referred to us from Pennine Care’s Memory Service.
We will continue to follow Government and local guidelines in taking precautions
to ensure the safety of our members and volunteers.
We are 100% certain that the charity is able to continue as a going concern due
to our reserves policy, low overheads and prudent spending.|
## **Additional information (optional)**
|The charity’s
principal sources
of funds (including
any fundraising)|The Charity does not use external professional fundraisers and does not contact
the public for fundraising. Any funds generated are donated by current or former
members and their carers and occasionally by members of the public who wish
to fund raise for us – e.g. sponsored walks etc.|
|---|---|
|Investment policy
and objectives
including any
social investment
policy adopted|Springboard currently holds no investments and holds the funds it has as
reserves in a cash account. Springboard keeps these funds in reserve as a
contingency fund to allow it to continue to operate in the event that income stops
or support we receive from other charities and groups in providing activities
ceases. These funds could then be used to cover the cost of replacing this
support for a period of time. The Trustees and Committee will continue to review
this stance but continue to take a very cautious view around investing donors
funds during this period of low interest rates and volatile investment returns.|
|A description of
the principal risks
facing the charity|The principal risks facing the charity are;
a) the return of lockdowns due to the Covid-19 pandemic. We have mitigated
this by having the facility to resume operations virtually and by recommencing
our printed newsletter and weekly contact with members by telephone.
b) loss of committee members and Trustees. We are very fortunate to have
such dedicated volunteers and Trustees and we hope we can continue to rely on
their loyalty. We do not have many natural successors to these positions so,
where necessary, we would have to look to use the excellent local support
provided by Action Together Oldham to recruit to these positions.
c) loss of premises. Again, we are very fortunate that our landlords - St. Paul’s
Parish Centre – Downey House. in Royton, where our main group meets,
continue to be very flexible and supportive and maintain the premises to enable
us to continue to use this venue as our base.|
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Type of governing
document|Association Model Constitution|
|---|---|
|How is the charity
constituted?|Charitable Incorporated Organisation|
|Trustee selection
methods including
details of
constitutional
provisions e.g.
election to post or
name of any
person or body
entitled to appoint
one or more
trustees|There must be a minimum of three and maximum of twelve Trustees.
At every annual general meeting, one-third of the charity trustees retire from
office. If the number of charity trustees is not three or a multiple of three, then
the number nearest to one-third retire from office.
The charity trustees retire by rotation - those who have been longest in office
since their last appointment or reappointment retire first.
The vacancies are filled by the voting decision of the members at the annual
general meeting.|
## **Additional information**
|Policies and
procedures
adopted for the
induction and
training of trustees|All Trustees are sent annually and on appointment a copy of the Charity
Commission document cc3 – The essential trustee – what you need to know and
they confirm they have read and understand this document.
Trustees have considered the following risks and have reviewed existing policies
around them; Risk Management, Investment / Banking / Financial Controls,
Vulnerable Beneficiaries, Conflict of Interest, Volunteer Management,
Complaints Handling, First Aid, Food Hygiene & Safety, Register of members
and attendees, Disability requirements, Fire & Emergency, Accommodation
suitability. These risks are reviewed at least annually.
The Charity's processes around safeguarding incorporate joint working with the
local council and health organisations.|
|---|---|
|The charity’s
organisational
structure and any
wider network with
which the charity
works|Springboard – Oldham Dementia Carers Group Governance Structure is
comprised of 4 Trustees. Underneath the Trustees is an Operational Committee
which includes the Trustees and also members of the Group.
Representatives from Springboard – Oldham Dementia Carers Group sit on the
Oldham Dementia Partnership and also The Oldham Dementia Action Alliance.
The Group is also a member of DEEP – the National Dementia Engagement and
Empowerment Project and attends their meetings.|
|Relationship with
any related parties|Springboard has no formal relationships with any related parties. We remain
very grateful for the support we receive from Making Space, Pennine Care NHS
Foundation Trust, Oldham Libraries, Action Together, DEEP, Oldham Council
and Oldham Clinical Commissioning Group, Housing 21, Age UK (Oldham) and
St Paul’s Parish Church.|
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Springboard – Oldham Dementia Carers Group|
|---|---|
|Other name the
charity uses|Springboard|
|Registered charity
number|1156480|
|Charity’s principal|c/o 25 Chiltern Drive|
|---|---|
|address|Royton|
||OLDHAM|
||OL2 5TD|
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
|1
2
3
4|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (if any)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Paul Smithies|Chair||Elected by members of
Springboard – Oldham
Dementia Carers Group|
||John Charles
Starkey|Treasurer||Elected by members of
Springboard – Oldham
Dementia Carers Group|
||Frank Kenyon|||Elected by members of
Springboard – Oldham
Dementia Carers Group|
||Jean Hutson
Molineux|||Elected by members of
Springboard – Oldham
Dementia Carers Group|
– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
|**Director name**|||
|---|---|---|
|**n/a**|**n/a**|**n/a**|
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
|**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for wholeyear**|||
|---|---|---|---|
|**n/a**|**n/a**|**n/a**||
|**Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**||||
|Description of the assets held in this capacity|||**n/a**
**n/a**
**n/a**|
|Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how
this falls within the custodian charity’s objects||||
|Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from
the charity’s own assets||||
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|
|---|---|---|
|**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|||
|**n/a**|**n/a**|**n/a**|
|**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**|||
**n/a**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **n/a**
**Other optional information**
**n/a**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
|**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**|P S�i���e�|J St�����|
|---|---|---|
||||
||Paul Smithies|John Charles Starkey|
||||
||Chair|Treasurer|
||4thDecember 2022||
||4thDecember 2022||
||**Springboard – Oldham Dementia Carers Group**
|**Springboard – Oldham Dementia Carers Group**
|**Springboard – Oldham Dementia Carers Group**
|**Springboard – Oldham Dementia Carers Group**
|**CC16a**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**For the period**
**from**|Period start date
**06/04/2021**|**To**|||
|||||||
|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||
|**A1 Receipts**
Opening Balance
**35,212**
Donations
**9,831**
Deposits
**1,396**
Grants
**400**
Raffle
**1,108**
Membership fees
**-**
Entrance fees
**634**
Refund of overpayment
**-**
Tea Money
**471**
Fundraising events
**381**
**49,434**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 49,434**
**A3 Payments**
Rent
**1,561**
Member entertainment
**861**
Refreshments
**2,567**
Coach hire
**425**
Equipment & Stationery
**524**
Prizes
**86**
Flowers
**46**
**_Sub total_ 6,071**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total payments_ 6,071**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ 43,363**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**-**
**_Cash funds this year end_ 43,363**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||**to the nearest £**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|||**3,246**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**3,246**|**-**|**38,458**
**9,831**
**1,396**
**400**
**1,108**
**-**
**634**
**-**
**471**
**381**
**52,680**|**35,195**|
||||**-**||**3,588**|
||||**-**|||
||||**-**||**1,000**|
||||**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**39,782**|
|||||||
|||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|
||||**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**|
|||||||
|||**3,246**|**-**|**52,680**|**39,782**|
|||||||
|||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|**1,561**
**861**
**2,567**
**425**
**524**
**86**
**46**
**6,071**|**-**|
||||**-**||**595**|
||||**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**703**|
||||**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**25**|
||||**-**||**1,323**|
|||||||
|||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|
||||**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**|
|||||||
|||**-**|**-**|**6,071**|**1,323**|
|||||||
|||**3,246**
**-**
**-**
**3,246**|**-**|**46,609**
**-**
**-**
**46,609**|**38,459**|
||||**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**38,459**|
## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|**Details**
Cash at Bank
Cash held as float
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
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**Details**
Signature
**J St�����**
**P S�i���e�**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**Unrestricted**
**funds**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**|
|---|---|---|---|
|||**43,266**|**3,246**|
|||**98**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|
|||**43,363**|**3,246**|
|||OK||
|||**to nearest £**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**||
|||**-**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|
|||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**||
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
|||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**||
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
|||**Fund to which**
**liability relates**||
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||**J St�����**|John Charles Starkey||
||**P S�i���e�**|Paul Smithies||
CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's
report on the accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trusteesl
members of
Ll){Iiilv Na'ne
Springboard- Oldham Dementia Carers Group
On accounts for the year
ended
0510412022
Charity no
(if any)
1156480
Set out on pages
ien)emb&i to Include the Dage numbers 0,, 3cSdilional sliL>C.I%i
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity (Yhe Trust.) for the year ended 0510412022.
Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation
basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act
2011 (Yhe Acf).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I
have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145{5)(b) of the Act.
I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have
come to my attention (other than that disclosed below ') in connection with
the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material
respect:
accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of
the Act or
the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
Independent
examiner's statement
I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection
with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a
proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Please delete the words in the brackets rf they do not apply.
Signed:
Date:
ia laa
Name:
Jennifer O'callaghan
Relevant professional
qualification(s) or body
(if any):
FCA (member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and
Wales)
Address:
6, Kirkdale Drive, Royton, Oldham. OL2 5TG
IER
October 2018
Sectlon B
Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner need5 to highlight matters of Goncern (see
CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts.. directions and guidance
for examiners).
Give hère brièf detslls
of any items that the
examlner wishes to
dSsclose.
IER
October 2018