Deaf Hill Ward Regeneration Partnership Trustees' Annual Report and Financial Statements 1[st] April 2022 to 31st March 2023 

**Charity number: 1156860** 

## **Chairman’s Annual Report** 

I am pleased to present this year’s Annual Report for Deaf Hill Ward Regeneration Partnership. 

The Centre is still, like many Centre’s recovering from the difficulties experienced during Covid and we are yet to see users back to pre-pandemic levels. 

I would like to thank all Trustees, volunteers and staff for all their hard work, over the last year and I would like to thank members of the public for their continued support, help and donations. Thanks go to all our staff who we have managed to retain over the last year, without them we wouldn’t be able to deliver a lot of our Fun & food sessions. 

Our appreciation goes to our Partners and outside agencies and all funders and to our County Councillor’s for their support. We also appreciate the support of our MP Paul Howell, who is fully supportive of the work we do. 

Trustees continue to be concerned at the lack of services available in the community, we fear services may be lost forever, in a village which already has poor service provision. Many local people rely on the building and the services it offers, such as Food Bank, mental health support and services to the young and old which is now needed more than ever before. Our concern is people having to leave the village to access these services which will add to many unable to travel due to the financial impact it will have. 

We have recorded a deficit as predicted in this year income; mainly due to how grants come in. As we prepare for an unpredictable future the need to maintain a reserve fund to ensure we can continue to operate into the future. We will see a number of energy cost increase; this currently looks to be around 2.5 times the current contract level. 

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We are still not as fortunate as other local facilities; in as far as we have the responsibility of all the running costs associated in running a large building. As previously mentioned, we must look to continue to build a Reserve Fund to finance any unexpected events that may occur. 

Our support for Mental Health services continues to thrive and provides such a life line to many users. 



Although it will continue to be challenging year to come I feel confident that we can continue improving our Centre, the services we provide and carry out further updates to the building. 

Once again I thank everyone for their continued help and support to our Community Centre and the work we do for our village and community. 

Derek Bradley – Chair 



Deaf Hill Ward Re8enerntion Parthership 2022123
Inwme
2.146.IXI
3,2(#).
Grant
3.290.71
ric&ets
Donat￿n
Youth
linterest
Tolal Inr)Jme
12L
1.115m
4&766.(6
13
EYndI￿re
Wages
Admitlistwation
Equipment
29.392.11
11.864.$2
3361.57
7.844.41
i.(W.22
2Y40.ty)'
4581.04
1Th5urance
Exeryise
MaiTrtenJrKe
180
965.55
Y(xrth Project
Covid e
33.11832
£97,61Q.54
Furnl BalarKe * at V4122
Delicit ffoi year
FLtnd Balance a5 at 3113123
127865.24
-15281.20
£114584.iM
Bank 8alan¢es-.
OJrrent accTrunt a$ at 3113123
Depwt ￿￿£0￿nI as at 3ty3123
55566.80
S￿17.24
Add incorne io bank
Unpresenitd cheques
Re(￿led
£114,5U4.04

DEAF HILL WARD REGENERATION P￿ERSHIp
2022/2023
In examinalicfi ol ￿ aLwnls the Deaf Hill Ward Regeneration PartneT8hip was
Carr￿ (xjt ￿r￿#￿ 14 Awl 202llo 31" March 2023
12. The C￿lentS of Ihis TèP)rt have been dis￿￿*¢d and agre¢d with the ￿tre Manager ￿d
ommendalicfts are ind￿￿ed in Ihe report.
Scope of the Revlew
The examinalk)n tesled and evafuated the effioency arhj effeclNeness of the inix)me
and expendrture rec￿￿$.
The areas of financial aThJ administrative a¢tMty examined Induded".
InoJme and eXPend￿lre spreadsheet
bank slalemenls,
feceiplstinv(¥ces,
cheque t(￿. payiryJ in books
Flndings
The Centre Manager reoyds 311 Income and expenditure on a spreadsheet under various
headings A manual bcM)k keeping ledger is also kept th)wing all transa(l￿nS nK>nlhly aTrJ this is
reconci￿ lo the bank slatemenl at Ihe end of Ihe monlh. A¢hough il appears thal the rec3Jrds
are written up trom Ihe bank statement This wll nol idèntity any unpresented cheq￿S or
in￿rr￿ nol banked and %￿11 not identfy any error8 on the ledger.
Jr payments are made by cheque (Y direL* debil lutilitiesl arhj ch4ues are signwj by the Cenlre
Manager and a Trusiee. Records are taken tr) CAMnmittee for Memters to theck Most
recjyds Ihe cheque numtr￿r on b)em which gNes a gwj audit trail when checknng payTr*nts.
Ir￿ is re￿IVed mainty through grants, rocrfn hkes the bar.
Bar income is pawj using a card and is recor(bd on sum up payment sheets. Tr rnonlhty rep)rls
were examined ar¥J all Irmme coukj be con[m￿￿ in Ihe bank axounl.
3.4.
Using the sweadsheel rect)rd5 a stste￿nI ofac￿unts and lund re0￿(allaI￿n wa5 pro(kJr
detailing all the receipts and pa￿ents for Ihe peri(xl. This gave a defirit for Ihe year of
£13,281.20. and Ihe lund reo)rd 01 £114584.04 reconciled lo the cajrrent and deposf( acwjnl
bank a￿Unts as 8131°, March 2023
ConcluslonslReu>mmendatlons
The fvThJ re￿r￿S ieconole to Ihe bank stal0Th￿nts aNI all incx¥ne as¥J eXF￿￿l1￿e was
aLXX)unted lor.
The introductk)n of a manual monlhly retx)Nl ol all InLxKn8 and expenditure is used to rec))￿￿8 to
the bank slaiements eath rnnth.
Gordon Fletcher. IC.M.I,I.A.I
Fund Auditor,
Dated: 25th February 2024