2021-12-31-accounts - Transforming Communities Together

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Transforming Communities Together

(a charitable company limited by guarantee and registered in England)

Report and Financial Statements For Year ending 31[st] December 2021

Charity number 1157772 Company number 9010580

Transforming Communities Together Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2021

CONTENTS	Page
Independent auditors’ report	2
Trustees’ report	5
Statement of financial activities	11
Balance sheet	12
Notes to the financial statements	13

Transforming Communities Together Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2021

Auditors’ report

Independent auditor’s report to the members of Transforming Communities Together

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Transforming Communities Together for the year ended 31 December 2021 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities, the Balance Sheet and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion, the financial statements:

give a true and fair view of the state of the charitable company’s affairs as at 31 December 2021 and of the charitable company’s net movement in funds, including the income and expenditure, for the year then ended;
have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charity in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees’ use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charitable company’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information

The trustees are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the Trustees’ Annual Report. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements, or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. If, based on the work

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we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:

the information given in the Trustees’ Annual Report (which includes the directors’ report prepared for the purposes of company law) for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
the directors’ report included within the Trustees’ Annual Report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the charitable company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Trustees’ Annual Report (which incorporates the directors’ report).

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies

Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

adequate accounting records have not been kept by the charitable company; or
the charitable company financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
certain disclosures of trustees’ remuneration specified by law are not made; or
we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit; or
the trustees were not entitled to prepare the financial statements in accordance with the small companies’ regime and take advantage of the small companies’ exemptions in preparing the trustees’ report and from the requirement to prepare a strategic report.

Responsibilities of trustees for the financial statements

As explained more fully in the trustees’ responsibilities statement set out on page 9, the trustees (who are also the directors of the charitable company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the charitable company’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidate the charitable company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

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Based on our understanding of the charitable company and the environment in which it operates, we identified that the principal risks of non-compliance with laws and regulations related to the regulatory requirements of the Charity Commission, and we considered the extent to which non-compliance might have a material effect on the financial statements. We also considered those laws and regulations that have a direct impact on the preparation of the financial statements such as the Companies Act 2006 and the Charities Act 2011 and considered other factors such as payroll tax.

We evaluated management’s incentives and opportunities for fraudulent manipulation of the financial statements (including the risk of override of controls) and determined that the principal risks were related to posting inappropriate journal entries and management bias in certain accounting estimates and judgements such as the income recognition policy. Audit procedures performed by the engagement team included:

Tailored narrative here but consider the following

Inspecting correspondence with regulators and tax authorities;
Discussions with management including consideration of known or suspected instances of non-compliance with laws and regulation and fraud;
Evaluating management’s controls designed to prevent and detect irregularities;
Identifying and testing journals, in particular journal entries posted with unusual account combinations, postings by unusual users or with unusual descriptions; and
Challenging assumptions and judgements made by management in their critical accounting estimates.

Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. This risk increases the more that compliance with a law or regulation is removed from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, as we will be less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance. The risk is also greater regarding irregularities occurring due to fraud rather than error, as fraud involves intentional concealment, forgery, collusion, omission or misrepresentation.

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor’s report.

Use of our report

This report is made solely to the charitable company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charitable company's members those matters we are required to state to them in an Auditor's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charitable company and the charitable company's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Steven Harper (Senior Statutory Auditor) For and on behalf of Haysmacintyre LLP, Statutory Auditors

10 Queen Street Place London EC4R 1AG

Date: 28 September 2022

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Reference and Administration Details

Charity Name: Transforming Communities Together Charity Number: 1157772 Company Number: 09010580 Registered Office: St Mary’s House, The Close, Lichfield, WS13 7LD Bankers Lloyds Bank, 22 Conduit Street, Lichfield WS13 7LD Auditors Haysmacintyre LLP,10 Queen Street Place, London, EC4R 1AG Insurers PIB Insurance Brokers, Poppleton Grange, Low Poppleton Lane, York. YO26 6GZ Chief Officer Adam Edwards (until 31[st] March 2022) Company Secretary: Jonathan Hill Treasurer Jessamine Dace Clerk to Trustees: Emma Smith

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Appointed by
Sarah Bullock	Chair		Mercian Trust
Julian Francis			Mercian Trust
Robert Higham	Vice-Chair		Church Urban Fund
Dave Cope			Church Urban Fund
Jonathan Miles		Resigned 1stDecember 2021	Church Urban Fund
Amanda Mallen			Church Urban Fund
Jassica Castillo- Burley			Church Urban Fund
Daphne Francis		Appointed 3rdMarch 2021	Mercian Trust

Structure, governance and management

The Board of Trustees of Transforming Communities Together have been appointed by the Mercian Community Trust on behalf of the Diocese of Lichfield, and the Church Urban Fund. Prior to new articles in December 2020, the Church Urban Fund appointed five of the Charity’s nine trustees, and the Mercian Community Trust appointed four of the Charity’s nine trustees. As part of disaggregation from the Church Urban Fund, both Members agreed a Written Resolution dated 5[th] December adopting new Articles of Association which have been registered with Companies House and the Charity Commission. Both Members now appoint three trustees, and the Board co-opts a further three trustees.

The Trustees have considered their responsibilities, the diversity of their membership, and their collective skills and experience. During this year, new trustees have been recruited, with lived

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experience of the issues with which the Charity is engaged and direct connection with local black and minority ethnic communities. With assistance from the Church Urban Fund, Transforming Communities Together developed a five-year Business Plan which was adopted at the beginning of the year. It was subsequently revised at the end of the year in the light of the impact of Covid19, and of the Charity’s new arrangements with the Diocese of Lichfield and with the Church Urban Fund.

The key management of the charity is considered to be the trustees and the staff members. Staff remuneration is set with reference to similar roles in comparably sized charities. During 2020, the Board established an effective pattern of working with its new officers, and successfully managed the retirement of its founder CEO and the recruitment of a replacement. There were no other key management issues in the year.

Connected Charities

Transforming Communities Together is directly connected to its two Members, the Church Urban Fund (registered charity 297483) and the Mercian Community Trust ( registered charity 1090596).

Transforming Communities Together Trust has no direct connection with other charities, although by the involvement of the projects and work undertaken by the Charity, there is a working relationship, with no financial obligation, with the Lichfield Diocesan Board of Finance. The Chief Officer is employed by the Lichfield Diocesan Board of Finance. From 1[st] January 2021, the Chief Officer was seconded full-time to serve the Charity.

Pension Scheme

Following Pension Auto Enrolment in September 2017, the Transforming Communities Together operates Pension Scheme through NEST (National Earnings Savings Trust).

Risk Management

Transforming Communities Together maintain a risk register on the basis of which there is regular reporting to the Board. The principal risks and uncertainties relevant to Transforming Communities Together are partnership withdrawal, loss of key staff, reputational damage, and disruption in funding. The Board is developing strategies to address these issues; and in the current climate alternative income streams or closure of certain areas of work.

Transforming Communities Together’s senior management developed contingency arrangements for the impact of Covid-19 on the ability of staff to deliver on commitments, liaising with funders as appropriate. A cashflow chart has been prepared to the end of 2022.

Reserves policy

The Charity’s reserves policy is to retain net unrestricted reserves equivalent to three months of core costs, in line with current good practice in the charity sector. The Charity also retains sufficient reserves to provide continuity in service delivery should confirmation of funding be subject to minor delay. Expenditure for most projects or areas of work is based on grants awarded for the work to be carried out. In the autumn of each year the trustees consider a budget for the forthcoming financial year, based on secured grant funding and anticipated expenditure. The Trustees build in termination and redundancy costs into the financial planning where applicable. The Trustees agreed to use unrestricted reserves to meet the anticipated deficit for core costs during 2022. As at 31 December 2021, there were net unrestricted reserves, after underwriting negative restricted fund reserves, of £23,150 (2020: £17,922); with monthly core costs averaging £5,000; three months representing £15,000. Each project has a

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review or termination date on commencement; the reserves per project are shown in Note 9 on page 17; and therefore, the Trustees are satisfied with the current guaranteed funding streams being sufficient to cover the forthcoming overall charity expenditure in 2022.

Auditors

Haysmacintyre LLP has expressed its willingness to continue as auditors to the Charity.

Objectives and Achievements

Transforming Communities Together (TCT) is the Diocese of Lichfield’s joint venture with the Church Urban Fund. We encourage and support the ministry of churches and local organisations in communities which are vulnerable to or experiencing aspects of poverty across the Diocese of Lichfield and extending to include the whole of the Black Country, parts of which are in the Dioceses of Worcester and Birmingham.

At various times during 2021, twelve individuals were employed by TCT, averaging the equivalent of up to 7 full time equivalent (2020: 7). In accordance with our Business Plan, these were deployed across four themes. In Community Cohesion and Integration, we ran Near Neighbours, Places of Welcomes and Bringing People Together, whilst developing Shared Silence. In Social and Financial Inclusion, we ran Just Finance, with its Covid Cash course, Preventing Shocking Debt, and a Modern Slavery Campaign, as well as developing a Modern Slavery Partnership. In Health and Wellbeing, we ran Dementia Friendly Church. In Developing Work, we developed out GDPR-compliant data-base and engaged with Food Poverty, Homelessness, and Mental Health. Further information can be obtained from www.tctogether.org.uk

Public Benefit Statement

The Trustees of Transforming Communities Together are aware of the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit in the ‘ The Advancement of Religion for the Public Benefit’ and have had regard to it in their administration of the Trust.

The Board of Transforming Communities Together believes that, by promoting the work of the Church of England in the Diocese of Lichfield and surrounding areas, it helps promote the whole mission of the Church (pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical) more effectively, both in the diocese as a whole and in its individual parishes and associated projects, and that in doing so it provides a benefit to the public by its objectives: -

to promote the efficiency and effectiveness of Christian based charities in the furtherance of their objects or any one of them, mainly but not exclusively, by the provision of information, advice, support and infrastructure provision; and
the relief of financial hardship, either generally or individually, through the provision of grants, goods or services.

Financial Review

In the financial year to 31 December 2021, the charitable income totalled £181,328 (2020:£273,678); expenditure of £252,972 (2020:£286,330). This resulted in a deficit of £71,644 (2020:Deficit £12,652); and overall reserves decreased to £86,151 (2020:£157,795). The reserves were represented by Unrestricted Reserves of £65,932 (2020:£61,612) and restricted reserves of £20,219 (2020:£96,183).

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Financial Reporting

The Finance Department of Diocese of Lichfield handled the Charity’s finances during 2021 producing management accounts, reports for Board meetings and regular meetings with TCT’s Chief Officer, along with ensuring the returns for all grants are completed. Employment responsibilities for James Henderson, Su Parker, Lesley Bovington, Shaz Akhtar, Carrie Blount, Gurj Shergill, Cassius Francis, Jon Miles, Debbie Huxton, Rachel Moore and Rue Green have been with Transforming Communities Together, with The Diocese of Lichfield’s Finance Department providing payroll services for the Charity as well as administering pension contributions. Adam Edwards, Emma Smith, Sarah Thorpe, Zoe Heming and Zoe Corney are all employed by LDBF and seconded to TCT.

Annual Report

Covid-19 continued to have a significant impact on the charitable sector, with further lockdowns imposed at the start of the year. Transforming Communities Together’s existing funders continued to show flexibility in the adjustment of delivery targets to address the constantly changing situation. Two members of staff (employed by LDBF and seconded to TCT) were on furlough from January – May. Looking ahead, there will remain challenges in the charitable sector going forwards. This will particularly be the case in seeking funding, as many funders gave significant funding to support charities during 2020, but this has depleted their grant giving capacity for the next 2-3 years. The impact of the pandemic will also be felt by communities for several years to come. This is exacerbated by the cost-of-living increases and rising fuel costs that have been seen in the latter part of 2021 and early 2022. However, throughout 2021, TCT has worked to strengthen existing partnerships and build new, strategic, relationships so that the charity can better understand the needs of communities and how it can seek to address these going forwards, particularly with regards to social isolation and financial wellbeing.

The core costs of the organisation were sustained through a grant from ‘Awards for All’ as well as management costs recharges from other grants. In late 2021 a grant of £30,000 was received from Porticus to support core costs in 2022. One of the significant costs for TCT was the rent on the offices in Small Street, Walsall. In June, the TCT Board took the decision to relinquish the use of these offices due to new patterns of working that have emerged during the pandemic. This will save the charity approximately £12,000 per annum going forwards.

In the first part of the year, the charity received additional income through Near Neighbours to deliver the Government’s ‘Surge’ programme about disseminating information on Covid-19 and vaccinations to different communities. This was a concentrated piece of work but was very successful in increasing TCT’s reach amongst a range of faith groups as well as brokering new relationship with NHS Black Country and consolidating TCT’s reputation as a trusted partner amongst Local Authorities. A new programme of Near Neighbours funding was commissioned by MHCLG from April 2021 – March 2022. This programme is delivered in conjunction with Church Urban Fund nationally.

The funding for the financial inclusion work came to an end in August, with Cassius Francis being made redundant. This was a good opportunity to review this work and its successes and look at how TCT may develop this work going forwards to meet the needs of communities as they emerge from the pandemic, and face new challenges with the cost-of-living increase. New partnerships have been formed with local authorities and other key providers of financial advice and support to allow TCT to develop a more strategic approach in 2022.

Social isolation has been a key issue in the pandemic, and restrictions meant that all Places of Welcome venues needed to close. Throughout the early part of 2021 the Places of Welcome team worked to maintain contact with all venue co-ordinators and offered a range of training programmes to help them meet the needs of their communities when they were allowed to open;

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these included mental health awareness, financial wellbeing, grief and loss and dementia awareness. As restrictions were eased, intensive support was given to allow venues to open safely. Throughout the year, there was a great deal of interest from new places wanting to open a Place of Welcome as well as existing ones wanting to re-open. At the end of the year, there were 80 Places of Welcome across Staffordshire and Shropshire and 50 across the Black Country. During the first stages of the pandemic, TCT developed the Bringing People Together project to connect people via online and telephone platforms. The funding for this ended in June 2021, however, this work will be continued and maintained through the Places of Welcome work.

In 2020 funding was secured from the Allchurches ‘Hope Beyond’ programme for a Mental Health Development Worker to raise awareness of mental health in churches and remove some of the stigmas attached to this issue. This role was recruited to in March and throughout 2021 new initiatives were piloted to see how churches could respond to this issue as well as raising awareness of good mental wellbeing for all.

The Enabling Church team was seconded to TCT from January and returned from furlough in May. This led to a rethinking of how TCT could support the disability awareness work of the Diocese and led to a rebranding of the work to Enabling All, but also a refocus the work on awareness raising of people with various impairments that might include neurodivergence, hearing and sight loss and to show the impact that churches can make with simple and inexpensive interventions.

Dementia Friendly Church continued to support this important work of raising the profile of those living with dementia and their carers and was widened to provide training for community groups in dementia awareness.

The Modern Slavery Campaign, in conjunction with Lichfield Diocese Mothers’ Union, continued its very successful training and awareness sessions. Throughout the 2 years of work on this, 3,000 people have been on these courses and the training has received national recognition.

Throughout the year there were a number of staff changes due to the short-term contract nature of TCT’s funding. At the end of 2020 The Rev’d David Primrose retired as TCT’s Director, and a new role of Chief Officer was created and The Rev’d Adam Edwards took up post in January 2021. Adam is due to leave TCT in March 2022 to take up a new role at the Church Urban Fund. A new Chief Officer has been appointed, Mrs Jane Bamber, who is due to start on 27[th] June 2022. In December 2021 James Henderson, Senior Development Worker, left TCT after 7 years to take up a role with Church Action on Poverty. His role was advertised and a new Senior Development Worker, Jon Miles, took up post in January 2022.

Trustees’ responsibilities statement

The trustees (who are also directors of Transforming Communities Together for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ 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 and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:

select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
• observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;
make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to

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any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charitable company will continue in operation.

The Trustees are responsible for keeping 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.

Provision of information to auditors

Each of the persons who are members of the Board of Trustees at the time when this Trustee's Annual report is approved has confirmed that:

so far as that member of the Board of Trustees is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the charitable company's auditors are unaware, and
that the Board of Trustees has taken all the steps that ought to have been taken as a board in order to be aware of any information needed by the charitable company's auditors in connection with preparing their report and to establish that the charitable company's auditors are aware of that information

The Trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. The Trustees have taken the exemption available to small companies and have not prepared a Strategic Report.

Signed on their behalf, on 27 September 2022

Rt Revd Sarah Bullock, Chair

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Statement of Financial Activities (including Income and Expenditure Account) For the year ending 31 December 2021

		Unrestricted	Restricted	Total	Total
		Funds	Funds	2021	2020
	Note	£	£	£	£
Income from:
Grants and Donations	2	10,370	,169,869	180,239	272,192
Charitable activities	3	3	1,086	1,089	1,486
		--------------	----------------	----------------	----------------
Total income		10,373	170,955	181,328	273,678
		--------------	----------------	----------------	----------------
Expenditure on:
Charitable Activities	4	6,053	246,919	252,972	286,330
		--------------	----------------	----------------	----------------
Total expenditure		6,053	246,919	252,972	286,330
		--------------	----------------	----------------	----------------
Net Income/Expenditure		4,320	(75,964)	(71,644)	(12,652)
		--------------	--------------	--------------	--------------
Transfer between funds		-	-	-	-
		--------------	--------------	--------------	--------------
Net movement in funds		4,320	(75,964)	(71,644)	(12,652)
Total funds brought forward		61,612	96,183	157,795	170,447
		--------------	----------------	----------------	----------------
Total funds carried forward		65,932	20,219	86,151	157,795
		=======	=======	========	========

The Statement of Financial Activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities. The notes on pages 13 to 19 form part of these financial statements.

A full comparative Statement of Financial Activities is included at note 12.

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Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2021 Company number: 09010580

		Total	Total
		2021	2020
	Note	£	£
Current assets
Deposit and bank balances		138,074	154,812
Debtors and accrued income	5	9,755	5,863
		----------------	----------------
		147,829	160,675
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year	6	(61,678)	(2,880)
		----------------	----------------
Net assets		86,151	157,795
		========	========
Capital and reserves
Unrestricted reserves		65,932	61,612
Restricted reserves	9	20,219	96,183
		----------------	----------------
		86,151	157,795
		========	========

The Financial Statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf on 27 September 2022

Rt Revd Sarah Bullock, Chair

The notes on pages 13 to 19 form part of these financial statements.

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1. Accounting Policies

(a) Accounting Convention

The financial statements have been prepared 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 (FRS 102) (Second Edition) - (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006

Transforming Communities Together meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy.

(b) Cash flow

The Charity has taken advantage of the exemption available to smaller charities and has not prepared a cash flow statement.

(c) Going concern

After making appropriate enquiries, including reviewing its cash flow forecasts, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future (which is considered to be a period of at least twelve months from the date of approving these financial statements). Staff linked to specific projects and funding have contracts that are in line with the expected funding period; if further funding is awarded then contracts are extended. Longer term projects funds are set aside for potential redundancies. Additionally, the Core posts and work of the charity has the security of the Lichfield Diocesan Board of Finance to assist with funding the key elements of the work in fulfilling the work of the Diocese under the instruction from the Diocesan Bishop on Social Responsibility. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements. The trustees are satisfied that there are no material uncertainties.

(d) Fund Accounting

Restricted funds are subject to the specific terms of any grants or donations made to Transforming Communities Together in the course of the year, declared by the donor(s) or with their authority, but still within the objects of the charity. Restricted funds may be restricted income funds, which are expendable at the discretion of the Trustees in furtherance of some particular aspect(s) of the objects of the charity. Or they may be capital funds, where the assets are required to be invested, or retained for actual use, or expended in strict concurrence with the terms of the grant/donor.

(e) Income

All income is included in the Statement of Financial Activities when the charity is legally entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy and there is a probability of receipt.

(f) Recognition of liabilities

Expenditure is included on the accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all costs related to the SOFA category. Grants payable are charged in

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the year when the offer is conditional on the recipient satisfying performance or other discretionary requirements to the satisfaction of the Trust.

Grants offered subject to such conditions, which have not been met at the year end, would be noted as a commitment, but not accrued as expenditure.

Unrestricted funds are those funds which are available for use at the discretion of the Trustees in furtherance of the objectives of the charity.

(g)

Expenditure

Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to make a payment to a third party, it is probable that settlement will be required, and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is classified under the following activity headings:

Expenditure on charitable activities includes the costs of resourcing ministry and mission, governance costs and associated support costs.
Other expenditure represents those items not falling into any other heading.

(h)

Debtors

Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount after any trade discounts offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount repaid net of any trade discounts due.

(i) Cash at bank and in hand

Cash at bank and in hand includes cash and short term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar account.

(j) Creditors and provisions

Creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due.

(k) Financial instruments

The charity only has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value.

(l) Company status

The company is a company limited by guarantee. The members of the company are the Trustees named on page 5. In the event of the company being wound up, the liability in respect of the guarantee is limited to £1 per member of the company.

The address of the registered office is given in the reference and administration details of these financial statements. The nature of the charity's operations and principal activities are detailed in the trustees’ report.

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2.	Income from Grants and Donations	2021	2020
		£	£
	Grants
	Church Urban Fund	67,035	79,742
	National Lottery	19,958	20,680
	Worcester DBF	10,000	-
	Lichfield District Council	13,250	-
	Porticus	-	8,000
	Walter Stanley	10,000	10,000
	All Churches Trust	-	20,000
	Eveson Trust	30,548	28,401
	Heart of England	-	17,000
	William Cadbury Trust	3,000	-
	Other Grants	26,003	79,176
		-----------------	-----------------
		179,794	270,572
	Donations	445	1,620
		-----------------	-----------------
		180,239	272,192
		=======	=======
3.	Income from charitable activities	2021	2020
		£	£
	Other Income	1,089	1,486
		-----------------	-----------------
		1,089	1,486
		=======	=======
4.	Expenditure on charitable activities	2021	2020
		£	£
	Programme costs
	Advertising/promotional	2,879	5,048
	costs
	Wages and salaries	194,527	210,884
	Conference fees and expenses	3,087	10,760
	Grants	4,360	-
	Sundry costs	16,928	30,547
		-----------------	-----------------
		221,781	252,939
	Support costs
	Rent paid	7,227	6,764
	Other operating costs	21,024	20,417
	Governance costs	2,940	6,210
		-----------------	-----------------
		31,191	33,391
		-----------------	-----------------
		252,972	286,330
		=======	=======

Transforming Communities Together Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2021

5.	Debtors and accrued	2021	2020
	income
		£	£
	Sundry debtors	6,243	5,863
	Prepayments	3,512	-
	Accrued income	-	-
		-----------------	-----------------
		9,755	5,863
		=======	=======
6.	Creditors	2021	2020
		£	£
	Amounts due falling within one year
	Sundry creditors	58,798	-
	Accruals	2,880	2,880
		-----------------	-----------------
		61,678	2,880
		=======	=======
7.	Net income for the year	2021	2020
		£	£
	This is stated after charging:
	Auditors’ remuneration	2,880	2,880
		=======	=======
8.	Employees	2021	2020
		No.	No.
	The average number of persons employed by the trust during
	the year was:
	Management and administration	7	7
		=======	=======
		£	£
	Wages and salaries	175,399	153,852
	Social security	13,591	11,997
	Pension	5,537	8,298
		-----------------	-----------------
		194,527	174,147
		=======	========
	No employee had emoluments in excess of £60,000 (2020: nil).

In 2021 there were nil trustees employed. In 2020 one trustee (Jon Miles) was employed as an individual deemed to be the best person by the trustees for a specific role (Near Neighbours Surge) in accordance with the Memorandum and Articles of Association clause 5.3.9 The cost of remuneration in the year was £8,473.

Except as disclosed above, there were no other related party transactions in the current or preceding financial year. The aggregate of key management remuneration was £nil (2020: £nil).

Transforming Communities Together Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2021

9. Reserves	Reserves				Reserves
	Brought	Income	Expenditure	Transfers	Carried
Analysis of charitable	Forward				Forward
funds
	£	£	£	£	£
Unrestricted reserves	61,612	10,373	(6,053)	-	65,932
	-----------------	-----------------	-----------------	-----------------	-----------------
Restricted reserves
Transforming Communities	(35,580)	12,355	(53,502)	42,982	(33,745)
Together
Near Neighbours	(3,908)	39,955	(35,939)	(6,750)	(6,642)
Walsall Women Together	871	27,080	(16,191)	(11,945)	(185)
Dementia Friendly Church	(851)	-	(455)	-	(1,305)
Places of Welcome	45,903	51,880	(52,297)	(6,750)	38,736
Bringing People Together	6,918	10,399	(10,052)	(3,417)	3,848
Just Finance	28,338	13,000	(28,009)	(4,000)	9,329
Just Finance(All Churches)	9,160	75	(4,654)	(2,000)	2,581
Overcoming Shocking Debt	16,206	-	(13,728)	-	2,478
Modern Slavery Campaign	1,129	16,211	(9,507)	(4,753)	3,080
Modern Slavery Partnership	2,997	-	(3,903)	-	(905)
Mental Health	25,000	-	(18,683)	(3,367)	2,950
	-----------------	-----------------	-----------------	-----------------	-----------------
	96,183	170,955	246,919	-	20,219
	-----------------	-----------------	-----------------	--------------	-----------------
	-----------------	-----------------	-----------------	--------------	-----------------
Total	157,795	181,328	252,972	-	86,151
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*Reserves*	*Reserves*				*Reserves*
2020 comparatives	*Brought*	*Income*	*Expenditure*	*Transfers*	*Carried*
*Analysis* of *charitable*	*Forward*				*Forward*
*funds*	£	£	£	£	£
Unrestricted reserves	42,189	12,207	(275)	7,491	61,612
	-----------------	-----------------	-----------------	--------------	-----------------
*Restricted reserves*
Transforming Communities	3,828	10,634	(67,323)	17,281	(35,580)
Together
Near Neighbours	(5,151)	44,182	(35,330)	(7,609)	(3,908)
Walsall Women Together	-	1,000	(129)	-	871
Real People Honest Talk	1,188	-	(6,184)	4,996	-
Dementia Friendly Church	12,065	620	(12,720)	(816)	(851)
Places of Welcome	9,716	72,285	(32,416)	(3,682)	45,903
Bringing People Together	-	20,680	(13,762)	-	6,918
Just Finance	13,686	43,120	(28,041)	(426)	28,338
Just Finance (All Churches	-	32,180	(23,020		9,160
Overcoming Shocking Debt	41,961	3,779	(26,334)	(3,200)	16,206
Modern Slavery Campaign	9,750	7,991	(14,165)	(2,447)	1,129
Modern Slavery Partnership	41,215	-	(26,630)	(11,588)	2,997
Mental Health	-	25,000	-	-	25,000
	-----------------	-----------------	-----------------	--------------	-----------------
	128,528	261,471	(286,055)	(7,491)	96,183
	-----------------	-----------------	-----------------	--------------	-----------------
Total	170,447	273,678	(286,330)	-	157,795
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The transfers represent project overhead charges towards the central administrative hub of the company. The Near Neighbour deficit will be cleared in the financial year to 31 December 2022; either through additional funding or a transfer from Unrestricted Funds.

Transforming Communities Together Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2021

10. 2021: Analysis of Net Assets between Funds

	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total
	Funds	Funds	Funds
	£	£	£
Current assets	72,097	75,732	147,829
Creditors due within one
Year	(6,165)	(55,513)	(61,678)
	----------------	-------------	--------------
	65,932	20,219	86,151
	========	========	=======
*Analysis of Net Assets between Funds*
*2020:Comparative*
	*Unrestricted*	*Restricted*	*Total*
	*Funds*	*Funds*	*Funds*
	£	£	£
Current assets	61,612	99,063	160,675
Creditors due within one Year	-	(2,880)	(2,880)
	----------------	-------------	--------------
	61,612	96,183	157,795
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11. Taxation

Transforming Communities Together is established for charitable purposes and is exempt from Corporation Tax and Income Tax on interest received.

Transforming Communities Together Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2021

12. Comparative Statement of Financial Activities (year ended 31 December 2020)

		Unrestricted	Restricted	Total
		Funds	Funds	2020
	Note	£	£	£
Income from:
Donations and legacies	2	10,739	261,453	272,192
Charitable activities	3	1,468	18	1,486
		--------------	----------------	----------------
Total income		12,207	261,471	273,678
		--------------	----------------	----------------
Expenditure on:
Charitable Activities	4	275	286,055	286,330
		--------------	----------------	----------------
Total expenditure		275	286,055	286,330
		--------------	----------------	----------------
Net Income/Expenditure		11,932	(24,584)	(12,652)
		--------------	--------------	--------------
Transfer between funds		7,491	(7,491)	-
		--------------	--------------	--------------
Net movement in funds		19,423	(32,075)	(12,652)
Total funds brought forward		42,189	128,258	170,447
		--------------	----------------	----------------
Total funds carried forward		61,612	96,183	157,795
		=======	=======	========