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ONE STOP ADVICE & TRAINING CENTRE

REPORT AND ACCOUNTS

30-Sep-21

Charity Number:1158242

ONE STOP ADVICE & TRAINING CENTRE For year ended 30 September 2021 Contents

Page
Charity Information 3
Report of the Trustees 4-6
Report of the Accountant 7
Statement of Financial Activities 8
Balance sheet 9
NotestotheFinancialStatements 10to11

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ONE STOP ADVICE & TRAINING CENTRE For the year ended 30 September 2021 Charity Information

Trustees: Saima Akhtar Chair Rashida Begum Vice Chair Salma Ishaq Treasurer Zareen Durrani Secretary Zahra Naeem Trustee

Charity Number: 1158242 Principal Office: Quantrill House (2nd Floor) 2 Dunstable Road Luton LU1 1DX Website www.onestopadvicecentre.org.uk Accountant: Vertex Accountants McKenzie House (Top Floor) 110-112 Leagrave Road Luton Bedfordshire United Kingdom LU4 8HX

Bank: HSBC
63 George Street
Luton
Bedfordshire
LU12AR

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ONE STOP ADVICE & TRAINING CENTRE TRUSTEES REPORT For year ended 30 September 2021

The trustees are pleased to present their report together with the financial statements of the charity for the year ending 30 September 2021.

The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in note 1 to the accounts and comply with the Charity’s Constitution, applicable law and the requirements of the Statement of Recommended Practice, “Accounting and Reporting by Charities" issued in March 2005.

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES:

"To act as a resource for young people in particular, but not exclusively those living in Luton and surrounding areas by providing advice and assistance and organising programmes of physical, educational and other activities as a means of:

(a) improving the quality of life and supporting individual overcoming personal, social and other barriers;

(b) advancing in life and helping, especially under represented communities by developing their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as

independent, mature and responsible individuals;

(c) advancing education for children, young people and their families;

(d) providing training and other activities in the interests of capacity building and social welfare for people living in the area of benefit who have need because of their youth, age, infirmity or disability, language and cultural barriers, poverty or social and economic circumstances with a view to improving the conditions of life of such persons.

Trustees and/or principal officers:

The following officers of the charity have held office for the whole of the year.

Saima Akhtar Chair Rashida Begum Vice Chair Salma Ishaq Treasurer Zareen Durrani Secretary Zahra Naeem Trustee

The trustees are eligible, in committee, to appoint additional trustees under the terms of the constitution.

OSAC Staff: Azra Jan — Centre Manager/Advisor/Project Officer/ |AG advisor

Teyba Seyed — Project Coordinator/ Senior Benefits Advisor Zahida Khan — Mentor Support Khansa Ameer — Housing Advisor

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ONE STOP ADVICE & TRAINING CENTRE TRUSTEES REPORT For year ended 30 September 2021

Imaniya Salam — Debt Advisor

OSAC Volunteers:

Maleeha Kiani, Zahra Khan, Imran Khan.

OSAC Current Services:

Our current activities and service include the following weekly sessions and are open to

anyone living in the area of benefit.

Job Club/ Online facilities: Helping clients to create CV, creating email accounts, register

with universal Job-match or on to My work search, Basic help and support on how to use

online search engines and how to applyfor[jobs.]

Befriending Telephone Service: During the pandemic we noticed how people were lonely and feeling isolated, so we started our befriending telephone line for anyone wanting to call us. Offering this service 5 days a week 9-7pm.

Running a parenting programme, helping support parents build resilience with their children, setting boundaries and building a better relationship with their loved ones.

Started a mentoring programme support young males overcome their worries and help them towards their chosen goals, support with further education, training courses and apprenticeships.

Running free sessions for males, boxing grappling and MMA weekly to help them with discipline, learn self-defence and be in a safe environment.

Healthy Living Project: Ladies only fitness classes which includes, circuit training, combat HIIT training, self-defence, legs bum tums, Zumba, kettlecize and boxing.

Other programmes

Workshops on:

Advice Centre Support:

Welfare Benefits - New benefits claims, entitlement to benefit check, income maximisation, disputes, reconsiderations and appeals.

Debt & Housing Advice —Disrepair, Mortgage or Rent Arrears, Evictions,

Arrangement to pay with creditors, Negotiating with third parties.

Our service is accessible for anyone from the Luton, Bedfordshire area, we are a multilingual team and are happy to help and support any individual requiring the current Services we provide.

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ONE STOP ADVICE & TRAINING CENTRE TRUSTEES REPORT For year ended 30 September 2021

Employability Projects, to help people to get closer to the job market by breaking down any cultural and religious barriers.

Review of Transactions and Financial Position:

The financial position of the charity is very secure with net fund of £1,29,790.00 as at 30 September 2021.

Reserves Policy: One Stop Advice & Training Centre requires a level of free reserves to safeguard the organisation, protect options for future development and to achieve the following:

Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities:

Under the Charities Act 2011, the trustees are required to prepare a statement of accounts for each financial year, which givesa true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity at the end of the financial year and of the incoming recourses in the year. In preparing the statement.

The trustees are required to:

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity at that time and to enable the trustees to ensure that any statement of account prepared by them complies with the regulations under section 130 of the Charities Act 2011.They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the trust and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Approved by the Trustees on 08 December 2021 and signed on their behalf G2. Saima Akhtar

Chair

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Report to the trustees on the preparation of the unaudited accounts of ONE STOP ADVICE & TRAINING CENTRE For year ended 30 September 2018 Charity No:1158242

| have examined the accounts on page 7 to 11, which have been prepared based on accounting policies set out on page 10.

Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner

The Charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under Section 44 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed.

It is my responsibility to: - examine the accounts under Section 145 of the Charities Act. - to follow the procedures laid down in the general directions given by the charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act) and - to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.

Basis of independent examiner's statement

My examination was carried out in accordance with general directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.

Independent examiner's statements

In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention which gives me any reasonable cause to believe that, in any material respect, the requirements have not been met: - to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act; and - to prepare accounts which accord to the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act

Vertex Accountants Chaucer House (Top Floor) 134 Biscot Road Luton Bedfordshire United Kingdom LU3 1AX

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ONE STOP ADVICE & TRAINING CENTRE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES For year ended 30 September 2021

Notes Unrestricted
Funds		 Restricted
Funds		 2021 2020
£ £ e
Incoming Resources 2
Grants - 204,434 204,434 166,850
Donations
Service Level Agreement - -
- 204,434 204,434 166,850
Resources Expended
Charitable activities 3 - 176,539 107,354 107,354
Governance Costs 5 600 600 600
Total Resources Expended 600 176,539 177,139 107,954
Net Incoming / (Outgoing Resources) (600) 27,895 27,295 58,896
Reconciliation of Funds:
Totalfunds, broughtforward 8,667 93,829 102,496 43,600
Totalfunds,carriedforward 8,067 121,724 129,791 102,496

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ONE STOP ADVICE & TRAINING CENTRE Balance Sheet For year ended 30 September 2021

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Notes 2021 2020
£ £ £ £
Fixed assets
Tangible assets a 2258 2822
Current Assets
Cash in hand and at Bank 126,861 100,366
Debtors-Prepayments 1,200 1,200
Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year 5 - 529 - 1,893
Net Current Assets
Net Assets 129,790 102,496
Total Funds of the Charity
Unrestricted funds - 600 - 1,246
Restricted funds 27,895 60,142
Total funds, brought forward 102,495 43,600
——129,790_ — 102,496_
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These Accounts were approved by the Trustees on 8 December 2021.

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Saima Akhtar Chair of the Management Committee
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Salma Ishaq Treasurer

The notes on pages 10 to 11 form part of these accounts

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ONE STOP ADVICE & TRAINING CENTRE Notes to the Accounts For year ended 30 September 2021

1. Accounting Policies

The following accounting policies have been used consistently in dealing with items which are considered material in relation to the financial statements.

1.1 Basis of Accounting

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with the applicable Accounting Standards, the Statement of Recommended Practice “Accounting and Reporting by Charities” published in March 2005. The principal accounting policies adopted in the preparation of the financial statements are set out below.

1.2 Incoming Resources

Voluntary income and donations are included in incoming resources when they are receivable, except when the donors specify that they must be used in future accounting periods or donors’ conditions have not been fulfilled, then the income is deferred. The income from fundraising ventures is shown gross, with the associated costs included in fundraising costs.

1.3 Resources Expended

All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been listed under headings that aggregate all the costs related to the activity, Where costs cannot be directly attributed they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of the resources.

Direct costs, including directly attributable salaries, are allocated on an actual basis to the key strategic areas of activity. Overheads and other salaries are allocated between expenses headings, based on time spent. Governance costs are those incurred in connection with the management of the One Stop Advice & Training Centre assets, organisational administration and compliance with constitutional and statutory requirements.

1.4 Tangible fixed assets and depreciation Tangible fixed assets costing more than £500 are capitalised and included at cost including any incidental costs of acquisition Depreciation is provided on furniture & equipment at the rate of 20% on cost.

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||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |2.|Grant and|Donations|Unrestricted|Restricted|2021|2020| |Funds|Funds| |£|£|£|£| |Beds|&|Luton|Community|Foundation|25,000|25,000|32,500| |Bedfordshire|Police|7,500|7,500|25,000| |ESC|Lottery|Fund|0|0|43,130| |Covid-19|Response|54,270|54,270|0| |LBC|11425|11,425|5071| |Ground|Work|UK|950|950| |Active|Luton|16551|15,551|24790| |Awards|for|All|0|0|10000| |National|Heritage|Lottery|13,840|13,840|56,300| |The|Church|Urban|3,550|3,550|0| |Other|0|0|60| |PTC-CCLORS|24,968|24,968|0| |Skill|Max|Limited|500|500| |Postcode|Neighbour|19,600|19,600|0| |UK Youth-Genera|UK Youth|27,280|27,280|0|

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ONE STOP ADVICE & TRAINING CENTRE

Notes to the Accounts

For year ended 30 September 2021

3. Costof Charitable activities Basis of
Allocation		 Training &
Development		 2,021 2020
£ £ £
Telephone andfax
Rentand Utilities
Advertising and PR
Insurance
Printing, Postage and Stationary
Membership& Affiliation Fees
Training
Events and activities
Otherlegal and prof
Volunteers Expenses
Software
Repairs and maintenance/Equipment
Sessional workers
Refreshment
Publicity& Promotion
Subscriptions
Travel and subsistence
Depreciation
Wagesand salaries		 Direct
Direct
Direct
Direct
Direct
Direct
Direct
Direct
Direct
Direct
Direct
Direct
Direct
Direct
Direct
Direct
Direct
Direct
Direct		 534
6,500
963
486
1,600
575
12,210
-
2,450
6,892
173
9,175
72,960
146
-
-
702
564
60,610
176,540		 534
6,500
963
486
1,600
575
12,210
-
2,450
6,892
173
9,175
72,960
146
-
-
702
564
60,610
176,540		 474
9,116
260
399
1,813
575
5,730
5,000
1,543
1,375
.
784
45,189
252
60
67
579
706
33,432
107,354
4. Tangible Fixed Assets Plantand Furniture Total
machinery and
Equipment
£ £ £
Cost
At 1 October 2020 4,907 1,964 6,871
Additions during the year
Asat30September2021		 -
____4907		 =
1,964		 0
6871
Depreciation
At 1 October2020		 2,860 1,189 4049
Charge forthe year
As at30September2021		 :
ee
2860		 :
1,189		 :
4049
Net Book Values
At1October2020
Asat 1 October2021		 2,047
7752822
1,638—«-__620s2258
5. Creditors:amounts falling due
Accruals		 2,021
600		 2020
600
600 a

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