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~| |Charity|name||||||Space4U Cardiff| |Other names|||charity||is known|by|None| |Registered||charity||number|||1158327| |Charity's|principal|||address|||Trinity Centre| ||||||||Four Elms Road| ||||||||Cardiff| ||||||||CF24 1LE| |Names ofthe charity|trustees who mana|ge the charity||| |---|---|---|---|---| |Trustee name|Office|Dates acted ifnot for
whole year|Body entitled to appoint
trustees|| |Sam Parker|Chair||Appointed|by Trustees| |Sian Best||To 10th July 2021|Appointed|by Trustees| |Sister Ruth O' Neill|||Appointed|by Trustees| |Jenny McDowell||From 10th July 2021|Appointed|by Trustees| |Lynne Thomas|||Appointed|by Trustees| |~|a|||~ ~|~
~||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Description||ofthe|charity's trusts||||| |Type ofgoverning|||document||Constitution||| |How the|charity is constituted||||Charitable
Incorporated
Organisation||| |Trustee selection|||method||Trustees are appointed
by the current trustees||| |Additional||governance||issues|Da -to-da
rovision||| ||||||The day-to-day
management
ofthe|organisation|is carried| ||||||out by a small group of Lead Volunteers,
which||includes| ||||||two ofthe trustees. The day-to-day|provision ofservices is|| ||||||carried out by a wider team ofvolunteers.||| ||||||Relationshi
s with related
arties||| ||||||In agreement
with Space4U Cardiff,|one ofour|sessions is| ||||||run by volunteers
from Student Action for Refugees {STAR)||| ||||||which is a society affiliated to STAR|National,
a|registered| ||||||charity {no.1079042)and is a company
limited||by| ||||||guarantee.||| |~ ~|| |---|---| |Summary ofthe objects ofthe|Summa
ofob'ects| |charity set out in its governing
document|1.The relief of problems
caused by financial
hardship
amongst those seeking asylum
and those granted
refugee| ||status and their dependants
living {temporarily or| ||permanently)
in Cardiff and the surrounding
area.| ||2.To preserve and protect the physical and mental
health of| ||those seeking asylum
and those granted
refugee status and| ||their dependants.| ||3.To advance the education
and training ofthose seeking| ||asylum
and those granted
refugee status and their| ||dependants
in need thereof so as to advance them
in life| ||and to assist them to adapt within a new community.| ||4.To advance the education ofthe public in general about| ||the issues relating to refugees and those seeking asylum.| ||5.The provision offacilities for recreation or other leisure| ||time occupation
with the object of improving
the conditions| ||of life ofthose persons who have need ofsuch facilities by| ||reason oftheir youth, age, infirmity or disablement,| ||financial
hardship
or social and economic circumstances,| ||primarily
those seeking asylum
and those granted
refugee| ||status.| |Summary ofthe main activities|Summary ofthe main activities|Summa
of main activities| |---|---|---| |undertaken|forthe public benefit in|| |relation to|these objects|1.
Space4U Cardiff provides
a drop-in service for people| |||who are seeking asylum or who are refugees offering:| |||Recreational
activities and occasional outings| |||~
Refreshments
and hot meals| |||~
Provision offood, clothes, essential
items and baby| |||equipment| |||~
English classes for those unable to access government| |||funded classes in English yet, and for those wishing to| |||supplement
their learning.| |||~
Information
and signposting,
especially for legal advice.| |||~
Help with letters and forms.| |||~
One-to-one support,
including
accompanying
to| |||appointments.| |||2. The Trustees ensure that Space4U Cardiff is open on a| |||frequent
and regular basis.| |||3. The Trustees ensure that an appropriate
number of| |||responsible
persons facilitate sessions.| |||The Space4U Cardiff Trustees have had regard to the| |||guidance
issued by the Charity Commission
on public| |||benefit.| |Additional|details ofobjectives and|Space4U is a volunteer-run
organisation.
During 2021/22,| |activities||there were 21active volunteers
running the drop-in| |||sessions and providing
services to those in need.| |~
I||~|~|~| |---|---|---|---|---| |Summary of|the main|||With the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions
in 2021,our| |achievements|ofthe charity|||activities gradually
resumed,
increasing
in scale and scope as| |during the year||||the risks associated with COVID transmission
ebbed.| |||||Our Hei
S.Information
service continued
through
phone| |||||contact and face-to-face appointments.
Our experienced| |||||volunteers
have provided
help with issues and challenges| |||||such as: issues ofhomelessness
or poor accommodation;| |||||understanding
solicitors' letters and official correspondence| |||||to do with the asylum process; help accessing healthcare| |||||and understanding
related correspondence;
referrals for| |||||food and clothing support;
help with one-off essential
living| |||||costs when no other funds were available;
and help with| |||||managing
stress, anxiety and isolation.| |||||Our team of Food Store volunteers
have established| |||||relationships
with many local organisations,
foodbanks
and| |||||individuals
who have provided
generous
donations offood| |||||and household
supplies.
Our volunteers
received and| |||||sorted these donations
and organised
weekly distributions| |||||offood and essential
items for those with little or no other| |||||means ofsupport.
Through
managing
referrals and regular| |||||contact, our food store volunteers
have often provided| |||||wider support to those in need, reducing
isolation
and| |||||signposting
towards sources of help.| |||||Our~Clothin
volunteers
received and sorted a large volume| |||||ofclothing, baby equipment,
bedding
and household
items| |||||generously
donated
by members ofthe public.
Our| |||||volunteers
provided
a weekly clothing service for individuals| |||||and families
in need, including
managing
referrals from| |||||other organisations
as Space4U was the only local| |||||organisation
providing these essential
items for asylum| |||||seekers in Cardiff.| |||||Our ESOLclasses resumed
in 2021,at first once a week and| |||||expanding to classes held twice a week for beginners
and| |||||intermediate
level. We also welcomed the return ofthe| |||||STAR group (Student Action for Refugees) who provided
a| |||||friendly and popular weekly
English conversation
class.| |||||Numbers
attending
our ESOLclasses have grown, especially| |||||with the arrival ofrefugees from Ukraine.| |||||Our Coffee Bar and Recreational
Activities re-opened| |||||towards the end of2021. Numbers ofpeople attending| |||||were low at first but have slowly increased, with some of| |||||our long-term
service users returning
as well as those new| |||||to the community
in Cardiff.
Pool, table tennis and table| |||||football continue to be popular,
supporting
contact and| |||||friendships
amongst our user community.| |Briefstatement|ofthe charity's||For 2021/22, Space4U aimed to hold as a reserve|For 2021/22, Space4U aimed to hold as a reserve|monies|monies|monies| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |policy on reserves|||amounting
to 10%ofbudgeted
annual|expenditure.|||| ||||The policy was revised for 2022/23 to|set a reserve||of|25%| ||||(orthree months) of budgeted
annual|expenditure||in|light of| ||||uncertainty
regarding
a likely change ofpremises||and||higher| ||||rent charges
in 2023.||||| |Details ofany funds materially||in|None||||| |deficit|||||||| |Further financial|details||Information
on the sources of income|and expenditure|||are| ||||shown
in the statement
ofreceipts and payments|||attached|| ||||to this annual
report.||||| ||||Space4U Cardiff is funded
mainly
by grants and by|||donations|| ||||from individuals
and local organisations|for which||we|are| ||||most grateful.||||| ||||There were no new grants
in 2021/22.||||| |Signature|| |---|---| |Full name|Lynne Thomas| |Position|Trustee| |Date|| |Receipts and Payments|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |Year End 31IVlay 2022|||||| |||Unrestricted|Restricted|TOTAL|2020/21| |Receipts|||||| |Donations||f7,975|E665|E8,640|f.7,623| |Grants||f0|f0|EO|E5,690| |Income||E166|EO|f166|f660| |Reimbursements
from other organisations||f600|EO|E600|E20| |Gift Aid||f294|fO|f294|E1,007| |Interest||EO|fO|f0|EO| |TOTAL||f9,035|f665|f9,700|f15,000| |Payments|||||| |Support for needy - Meals &coffee bar||E44|f61|E104|f83| |Support for needy - Food store||E7|E621|E628|E566| |Support for needy - Clothing store||f740|fO|f740|f240| |Support for needy - Destitution|fund|f570|E223|f793|f1,161| |Recreational
activities||E57|EO|E57|f0| |English classes||f0|f38|f38|fO| |Trips and outings||EO|f0|EO|f0| |Volunteer expenses||EO|f23|f23|f420| |Premises care||f158|E21|f178|f258| |Rent||f5,165|f3,345|E8,510|E4,965| |ITaccess||E202|EO|f202|f311| |Stationery||f35|f0|f35|fO| |Training||EO|EO|EO|EO| |Insurance||E366|EO|E366|f366| |Accounts examination||E50|fO|f50|f50| |Miscellaneous||E95|f0|E95|E88| |TOTAL||E7,489|f4,332|f11,820|E8,507| |Balance Brought Forward||f13,664|E3,980|f17,644|E11,152| |Transfer between funds||EO|fO|f0|EO| |Movement
in Year||E1,546|-E3,667|-E2,121|E6,493| |Balance atyear-end||f15,210|f314|f15,524|f17,644| |Cash at Bank at31May 2022||||E12,890|| |Cash held in PayPal account at31May 2022||||f2,466|| |Petty Cash at31May 2022||||f168|| |Total Funds Available at31May 2022||||E15,524|| ## ## |Address:|1 Porth Cottages|1 Porth Cottages||| |---|---|---|---|---| ||St Brides|super Ely||| ||CF56HE|||| |~|~|||| |Only|complete|ifthe examiner needs to highlight|material|problems.| |Give here brief details of||||| |any items that the||||| |examiner wishes to||||| |disclose.|||||