2022-12-31-accounts - The Woodfield Project

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The Woodfield Project, Annual Report, 2022.

Registered Charity Number: 1158644The Woodfield Project

Annual Report 2022

1. The Charity and the Trustees

1.1 The Woodfield Project (TWP) is a registered charity, number 1158644. It is constituted as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) by a governing Constitution dated 17[th] September 2014. Centred on the Woodfield Pavilion, its charitable purposes are notably (i) to ‘provide for the public benefit, facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation in the interests of social welfare’ and (ii) ‘to promote for the benefit of the public the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment’.
1.2 Its address is The Woodfield Pavilion, 16ª Abbotswood Road, Streatham, London, SW16 1AP.

Other means of contact are: Email: thewoodfieldproject@gmail.com Website: www.thewoodfeld.org On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WoodfeldPavilion/ or @WoodfieldPavilion On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/woodfeldpavilion/ or @WoodfieldPavilion Twitter: @WoodfieldPav YouTube: The Woodfield Pavilion https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNiv4LvXCYHiW_umQnn96gg

1.3 TWP’s banker is CAF Bank Ltd, 25 Kings Hill Avenue, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent, ME19 4JQ
1.4 The trustees in the calendar year of 2022 (appointed on limited terms until retirement according to the constitution) were:

Priti Dorn : Appointed May 2020 Rosanna McNamara : Secretary; appointed May 2020 Elizabeth Steer : Treasurer Ludwik Smolski : Vice-Chair (Acting Chair 5[th] October 2021-26 July 2022) and Manager’s Line Manager Mark Bery: Nominated by TCMAC (Tooting Common Management Advisory Committee 28[th] January 2021

Cllr Rosemary Birchill: nominated by the London Borough of Wandsworth 2021 14[th] June 2021 resigned 16 June 2022 Lee Hallman: Appointed 5[th] October 2021 Peter Ward: Appointed 5[th] October 2021 Clare Lawlor : Appointed 3[rd] May 2022 Paul Miner : Chair, appointed 26 July 2022 Penny Froggatt : Appointed 26 July 2022 Cllr Norman Marshall: nominated by the London Borough of Wandsworth 2021 26 July 2022

The Board of Trustees met at four Quarterly meetings and 1 ad hoc meeting. The 2022 AGM of TWP was held at The Woodfield Pavilion on Tuesday 3[rd] May 2022.

The trustees here present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2022.

2. The Woodfield Pavilion

2.1 After eight years of preparation by themselves and others which began before the Charity was constituted, the trustees of TWP are currently responsible for a refurbished sports pavilion that sits in the north western corner of what was once called the Woodfield Recreation Ground, 2.1 hectares of open space abutting on and joined with the north-eastern boundary of Tooting Bec Common. This pavilion, now named the Woodfield Pavilion, was built in 1933 and refurbished from September 2018 to June 2019. It is held by the trustees on a 25-year peppercorn lease from the London Borough of Wandsworth, its owner, and the manager of the Tooting Commons. Situated, however, within the London Borough of Lambeth, it is subject to Lambeth planning policy.
2.2 The pavilion has a moderately large (56m2), flexible, meeting-cum-exhibition space on the ground floor. During 2022 the functionality of the space was considerably improved as a result of investment in new acoustic ceiling panelling. This is flanked to the north and south by a kitchen and two lobbies that open to toilets, to a stairway, and to a locker room. The wall to the east has doors that open directly to the outside but are sheltered by a veranda. An upper floor, opened up by the stairway, provides considerable storage space and a modest administrative office-cum-meeting room.
2.3 The veranda provides additional usable external space. The whole of the external space within the premises is paved with a porous material and provides bicycle stands, water butts and lockable rubbish shed. Two permanent benches on the western side of the pavilion face Tooting Bec Common, which is effectively connected to the Woodfield Ground.

3. Objectives and activities for the public benefit

3.1 . The trustees here confirm that they refer to the Charity Commission’s guidance on the public benefit when reviewing the TWP’s aims and objectives and in updating their Business Plan.

3.2. TWP aims to engage with the diversity of its local communities and natural environment, promoting health and sustainability in everything it does. It is devoted to using the Woodfield Pavilion and the surrounding open land in ways that appeal to, and benefit, a wide range of users. It aims to develop the pavilion as a 'go-to hub' for people to share in culture, festivities, ideas, learning and well-being. Its specified aims include those of:

a. Providing a safe space for training, learning, recreation and leisure;
b. Promoting the appreciation of the natural environment;
c. Protecting and enhancing the natural environment of the Woodfield Ground and Tooting Bec Common;
d. Becoming financially sustainable;

e. Increasing the Charity’s membership;
f. Establishing a Management Team that optimises the use of volunteers;
g. Attracting capable trustees from as wide a range of people as possible;
h. Actively engaging with local people, groups and institutions; and
i. Actively extending the benefits of Woodfield to vulnerable and socially excluded people.

4. Achievements and performance in 2022

4.1 2022 has been the Woodfield’s first full year of operation. The financial performance has shown that all the years of hard work that have gone into the establishment of the Woodfield are now truly beginning to pay off. We ended the year with a surplus of £10,405 – just over a month’s operating costs – thanks mainly to an overall doubling in income over 2021 which comfortably exceeded a 50% increase in expenditure.
4.2 The National Lottery Heritage Fund grant, awarded previously, continued to be utilised to help pay for the Centre Manager for the first few months of 2022. A further grant was received from their Together Our Planet fund of £9,856 for a series of Green Days. We are also particularly grateful to Wandsworth Borough Council for its grant of £4,161 to cover the installation of the acoustic ceiling panels.
4.3 Our Centre Manager Janet Baker has provided continuity of experience built up over the previous two years, when the Woodfield had to develop its offer as a new venue and in the face of the particular challenge of Covid-related restrictions on social activity. Thanks to Janet, moreover, we have considerably developed both our own programme of activities and events as well as Venue Hire both Business and Private Venue Hire bookings.
4.4 Private venue hires have averaged 4 or 5 per month. These included the staging of a wedding reception for the first time in the summer as well as a memorial service. The Woodfield has also managed this year to offer our own Programme of activities for the Community. These have covered Activities in different areas of interest, Environmental, Arts and Crafts, and Community Activities.
4.5 Art in the Pavilion has always been a success. We started our first Art Classes and this year we have had over 12 exhibitions with the works of almost 100 artists showing on the walls of the Pavilion. There has been a constant stream of beautiful pieces by the wealth of local talent that are also members of TWP. And that means we have many more visitors to the centre. We have an active Craftivists group, and we will continue to be part of Streatham and Wandsworth festivals. Exhibitions for 2023 are already booking up.
4.6 We started our Green Days – a series of mixed events to educate, enlighten and enjoy many ways of thinking and living with sustainability in mind. Clothes Swaps, Films, Workshops, Walks and Talks – all have been interesting, and we thank all those who volunteered or came to partake. Open House London takes place in September and this year The Woodfield Pavilion joined for the first time

to be part of the city-wide festival, showcasing the role of a small community centre and the possibilities that it brings.

4.7 We have had our first Words at the Woodfield – spoken word evening – on a beautiful evening in August – we had another in October, and they are definitely here to stay. We’ve had two performance evenings that have come from the Spoken Word event, and there will be more to come.
4.8 The first Urban Retreat was held in January. 2023 looks like we’re going to be home to many more Wellbeing Workshops, as they play to the particular strengths of the building and the location within which it sits. We have a wide range of sessions (from Yoga to Tai Chi, Counselling to Qi Gong) that now regularly happen in the Pavilion. We also introduced Friday Community Lunches at the Pavilion – cooked by the community for the community, using food donated by Healthy Living Platform.
4.9 We played host to the Festival of the Dead – an amazing series of workshops and art projects that ended here with a wonderful parade and party. It was a magical musical festival in an evening – and we hope it won’t be the last. We’ve built new working partnerships with refugee groups, with queer artists, with children with autism and project work for students of The Engineering and Design Institute.

These activities had a total attendance of over 2,000 locals from the community, including our Members, Volunteers and the Trustees.

5. Management

5.1 The overall management of TWP continued to be in the hands of the trustees.
5.2 The Building Management Team, established at the end of 2020, continued to meet regularly in 2022. The team consisted of a Convenor (Trustee), The Manager, and members with relevant experience/skills to help the specific team. The Activities Management team did not continue in 2022 due to lack of resources, however Trustees have identified that support for the Manager on the events programme needs to continue, and we will work to look with our network of volunteers to arrange a means of providing this.
5.3 Although the professional manager provides an essential basis to TWP’s operations, TWP most of all depends on voluntary work by the trustees, the management team, and the groups and our members and individuals from the local community who organise or join in the events and activities in the pavilion and on the ground . The trustees cannot express their thanks enough to everybody who continues to help expand the operations of the project.
5.4 It has continued to be the charity’s aim to engage more of its supporters in the running of charity’s activities. To enable the charity to improve this engagement we used the Membership system Membermojo, since June 2021. This has both simplified the management of our membership and grown it significantly. It also enables us to more easily contact those who support as volunteers or for specific group activities. Trustees now plan to build on these

foundations by developing a network of volunteers to help support and realise new events. We held a successful members evening in October which began this process, and a skills audit has also taken place to help us decide how best to use the abilities of current board members and identify where further skills may be needed.

5.5 Members are uniquely important for TWP. They elect the trustees each year and are the ultimate source of their authority. Membership has continued to grow at a healthy rate, standing at 286 at the end of 2022 compared to 202 at the end of 2021. Their numbers assure observers and funders of the charity’s viability.
5.6 Supporters are not only potential users of our services but potential volunteers. They also spread word of our activities. During 2022 TWP’s hinterland of supporters continued to grow. Its well-established mailing list numbered 453 at the end of 2020 and is currently 475.
5.7 Additionally social media following continued to increase. In December 2022 there were 2,052 followers on Instagram; Facebook had 794 followers and Twitter 949 followers. This compares to the December 2021 figures of 1744 on Instagram, 587 Facebook and 875 Twitter.
5.8 The charity continues to work very closely with Wandsworth Council and its agents who manage Woodfield and the surrounding open land. It has begun to develop a closer relationship with the Lambeth Council within the boundaries of which the pavilion lies.

6. Financial Statements

In accepting the Financial Statements presented by the Treasurer, the trustees note that:

6.1 They are responsible for preparing a trustees’ annual report and financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
6.2 The accounts (Financial Statements) could have been prepared under the law and guidance for small charities. However, the trustees have chosen to follow those for larger charities (accruals accounting): the accounts are prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) and are independently examined.
6.3 The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the applicable Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations and the provisions of TWP’s constitution. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

6.4 They are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the charity and financial information included on the charity’s website in accordance with legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements.

The prospects for 2023

The accounts show that TWP has reserves of £79,714 at 31 December 2022: a 15% increase from the previous year and liquid assets at £83,669 which is an increase of £10,894 over the 2021 year end. The trustees monitor their Reserves Policy and are therefore confident that the charity will be able to remain a going concern into 2023, and illustrates that with continued growth in use, that the Charity can operate successfully for the community.

Income must be generated, and the trustees will vigorously pursue policies designed to retain a paid manager and meet the challenges which will otherwise materialise in 2023.

Annual Report approved by the trustees on 10 April 2023 and signed on their behalf by :

Mr Paul Miner Chair of the Trustees

The Woodfield Project, Financial Statements, 2022. (to be read in conjunction with the Annual Report)

The Woodfield Project

Registered Charity Number: 1158644

Financial Statement 2022

Part 1: Financial Statements

1. Statement of Financial Activities (including income and expenditure account) for the year ended 31 December 2022

Note Income and endowments from: Donations and legacies 5 Charitable activities 5 Other trading activities 5 Investments 5 Total Income Expenditure on: Raising Funds 6 Charitable activities 6 Other 6 Total Expenditure Net income/(expenditure) Transfers between funds Net income/(expenditure) and net movement in funds for the year Reconcilation of funds Total funds brought forward at 1 Jan 2022 Total funds carried forward at 31 Dec 2022	Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Total 2022 2022 2022 £ £ £ 18,821 9,011 27,832 36,336 - 36,336 14,775 - 14,775 295 - 295	Total 2021 £ 14,667 18,493 4,616 7
	70,227 9,011 79,238	37,783
	14,671 375 15,046 41,790 8,978 50,768 3,019 - 3,019	3,944 37,616 2,050
	59,480 9,353 68,833	43,610

	10,747 (342) 10,405	(5,827)
	4,467 (4,467)
	15,214 (4,809) 10,405	(5,827)
	62,457 6,852 69,309	75,136
	77,671 2,043 79,714	69,309

2. Balance sheet as at 31 December 2022

2. Balance sheet as at 31	December 2022
Fixed Assets Current Assets Debtors Cash at Bank in hand Liabilties Creditors falling due within on The Funds of the Charity	Note 8 9 Total Current Assets e year 10 Net Current Assets Total Assets Restricted Funds Unrestricted Funds Total Charity Funds	Unrestricted funds Restricted 2022 £ 6,220 115 81,626		funds 2022 £ 0 - 2,043	Total 2022 £ 6,220 115 83,669	Total 2021 £ 1,464 78 72,775
			81,741 10,290 71,451	2,043 - 2,043	83,784 10,290 73,494	72,853 5,008 67,845
	e
			77,671	2,043	79,714	69,309
			- 77,671	2,043 -	2,043 77,671	6,852 62,457
			77,671	2,043	79,714	69,309

Notes to the Accounts

3. Accounting Policies

3.1 Basis of preparation and assessment of going concern

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant notes to these accounts. They have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2015) and the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and The Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Charities Act 2011. The Woodfield Project constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102. UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2015) and the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and The Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Charities Act 2011. The Woodfield Project constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102. The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charity’s ability to continue as a going concern however have taken the steps of adjusting the reserves policy (see 3.10) and will continue to closely monitor expenditure regularly during 2023.

3.2 Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds are available to spend on activities that further any of the purposes of the charity. Designated funds are unrestricted funds of the charity which the trustees have decided at their discretion to set aside to use for a specific purpose. Restricted funds are donations which the donor has specified are to be solely used for particular areas of the charity’s work or for specific projects being undertaken by the charity.

The charity currently has one unrestricted fund and one restricted fund. The Restricted Fund is used to ring fence funds that have been made available for a specific purpose. Income received as Grants during 2022 was added to the restricted funds, and was used for project expenditure. During the year £4,467 was released from the restricted to the unrestricted funds for Fixed Assets (comprising £4,161 Acoustic Panels and £306 Composter, which will be used for general purposes). At the end of 2022 the balance in the restricted fund is funds remaining from the National Lottery Together our Planet project for our Green day projects, which will continue to be run into 2023.

3.3 Income recognition

Income is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the income have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.

3.4 . Donated goods, services and facilities

Donated goods, facilities or professional services are recognised as income when the charity has control of the item, any conditions associated with the donated item have been met, the receipt of economic benefit from the use by the charity of the item is probable and that economic benefit can be measured reliably. On receipt, donated professional services and donated facilities are recognised on the basis of the value of the gift to the charity which is the amount the charity would have been willing to pay to obtain services or facilities of equivalent economic benefit on the open market; a corresponding amount is then recognised in expenditure in the period of receipt.

The charity benefits from the involvement and enthusiastic support of its trustees, members and supporters. In accordance with FRS 102 and the charities SORP (FRS 102), the economic contribution of general volunteers is not recognised in the accounts.

3.5 Expenditure recognition

Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis.

3.6 Fixed assets

Individual fixed assets costing £100 or more are capitalised at cost and are depreciated over their estimated useful economic lives on a straight-line basis as follows:

Asset category	Annual rate
Computers	20%
Plant & equipment	20-50%
Fixtures & Fittings	10%

3.7 Debtors

Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due less provision for amounts that may prove uncollectable. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any discounts due.

3.8 Cash at bank and in hand

Cash at bank and in hand is cash held on deposit at the bank and petty cash balances.

3.9 Creditors

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.

3.10 Reserves Policy

The Trustees continually monitor the level of reserves that The Woodfield Project should hold. Reserves are needed for periods when our income does not cover our expenditure, for example to cover (1) for any unplanned repairs or expenditure, or (2) for unexpectedly low levels of income that may occur due to the economic instability and increased inflation that was experienced in 2022, and which are expected to continue into 2023.

When the pavilion opened in 2019, the Trustees envisaged that it would take a further two years (to 2022) before it would be financially self-sufficient, and they accept that the impact of the Covid 19 pandemic has probably delayed this by another year at least (i.e. to 2023). 2022 was the pavilion's first full year of operation, and therefore of its income and full running costs, so the reserve levels have been set to cover shortfalls if required. In previous years, elements of the staff costs have been covered by grant funding and the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme ("furlough"). At 31 December 2022, there is £800 remaining in the restricted funds for staff costs (from the Together for Our Planet grant).

The Trustees have reviewed the level of Unrestricted and Restricted funds as at 31 December 2022 and, assuming that income and expenditure remain similar to 2022, believe that the reserves level is adequate to cover any building repairs and emergency costs in 2023, and to fund the manager role (for approximately twelve months).

4. Staff costs, trustees’ expenses, and remuneration

Staff costs in 2022, including pension costs of £1,628, were £30,226 (2021: £28,693). All but £8,600, of these costs were through unrestricted funds, this restricted element being covered by balance remaining from 2021 and the

Together for our Planet Grant funding. No employees had employee benefits in excess of £60,000 in 2022 (2021: nil). The average number of staff employed during 2022 was 1 (2021: 1). The Trustees also approved additional payments outside the scope of her employment contract to the manager for decorating services £1,375 and art sold at exhibitions £613 a total of £1,988 (2021 £nil ) which is included in note 6 within Maintenance and Art Exhibitions respectively.

The Trustees all give their time and expertise, as trustees, without any form of remuneration or other benefit in cash or kind. (2021: £nil). Expenses paid to the Trustees in the year totalled £96 with an additional £288 for waived expenses donated by the Trustees, a total therefore of £384 (2021: £96). No other paid services were received from any of the Trustees in 2022 £nil (2021: nil). There were no other related party transactions in 2022 (2021: £nil).

5. Analysis of Income & Endowments

Unrestricted funds Restricted 2022 £ Income from donations: Donations received 10,682 Sales of Donated Goods 314 Grants received 5,006 Membership fees 2,819 Sponsorship income - 18,821 Income from charitable activities: TWP Workshops 1,510 Workshops 10,432 Venue hire 8,713 Private Venue Hire 15,591 Community 5 Schools 85 36,336 Income from other trading activities: TWP Events 1,652 Refreshments 27 Art Exhibitions 13,096 14,775 Income from investments Interest 295 Other Income- none Total Income and endowments 70,227	funds 2022 £ - - 9,011 - - 9,011 - - - - - - 0 - - - 0 0 9,011	Total 2022 £ 10,682 314 14,017 2,819 - 27,832 1,510 10,432 8,713 15,591 5 85 36,336 1,652 27 13,096 14,775 295 79,238		Total 2021 £ 4,350 304 7,953 2,060 - 14,667 234 6,200 5,643 5,910 436 70 18,493 1,729 10 2,877 4,616 7 37,783

During 2022 the Charity received grants from the National Lottery, Together our Planet fund, of £9,856 and Wandsworth Borough Council of £4,161 with both grants being for specific purposes and projects.

Wandsworth Borough Council funding of £4,161 was for the purchase and installation of Acoustic Panels to improve the Pavilion for the community.

The Together for our Planet funding was for a series of Green days. Elements within this funding were to cover general Pavilion costs and in-Kind costs and are allocated to unrestricted funds. Within the Restricted funds from this Grant were Staff costs of £2,800. A balance of £2,043 remains in restricted funding from this grant that will enable further Green days in 2023.

The value of other donated goods, services, or facilities included in both the donations received and the appropriate expenditure line (excluding the Trustee expenses previously mentioned) was £1,474 (2021: £1037). Healthy Living Platform continued to support The Woodfield Project with £990 of donated food for Community Lunches. There were no donations of legal time or other professional services.

6. Analysis of Expenditure

6. Analysis of Expenditure
Note Raising Funds TWP Events TWP Workshops Publicity & Website Refreshments Art Exhibitions Charitable activities Training Staff costs Maintenance Cleaning Utilities Telecoms & WiFi Consumables Equipment Depreciation 8 Community Other expenditure Bank fees Insurance Trustee Expenses Other Fees Total Expenditure	Unrestricted funds Restricted 2022 £ 585 901 605 - 12,580 14,671 223 21,626 4,245 2,411 7,421 627 954 2,557 773 953 41,790 81 1,305 384 1,249 3,019		funds 2022 £ 375 - - - - 375 - 8,600 - - - - - 100 - 278 8,978 - - - - 0	Total 2022 £ 960 901 605 - 12,580 15,046 223 30,226 4,245 2,411 7,421 627 954 2,657 773 1,231 50,768 81 1,305 384 1,249 3,019	Total 2021 £ 1,283 280 300 3 2,078 3,944 - 28,693 945 870 2,613 414 422 2,781 770 108 37,616 96 1,319 96 539 2,050

		59,480	9,353	68,833	43,610

7. Independent examiner

The independent examiner will be paid £nil in 2022 (2021: £nil) for his work in examining these accounts.

8. Tangible Fixed Assets
Note
Computers
Plant &
Equipment
Fixtures & Fittings
£
£
£
Cost:
As at 1st January 2022
749
2,395
Additions
224
306
5,000
As at 31st December 2022
973
2,701
5,000
Accumulated Depreciation as at 1st January 2022
403
1,277
Charge for the year
6
216
516
41
As at 31st December 2022
619
1,793
41
Net book value
As at 1st January 2022
346
1,118
Net book value
As at 31st December 2022
354
908
4,959
9. Debtors
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds
Total
2022
2022
2022
£
£
£
Debtors
115
-
115
Total Debtors
115
0
115
10. Creditors: amounts falling due
within one year
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds
Total
2022
2022
2022
£
£
£
Deferred
Income
1,530
-
1,530
Creditors
3,882
-
3,882
Accruals
4,878
-
4,878
Total
Creditors
10,290
0
10,290

Total
£
3,144
5,530
8,674
1,680
773
2,453
1,464
6,221
Total
2021
£
78
78
Total
2021
£
325
1,288
3,395
5,008

li These accounts and statements have been prepared by Elizabeth Steer. Treasurer of The Woodfield Project. th Approved by the trustees on 14 March 2023 and signed on their behalf by Elizabeth Steer Treasurer

Part 2: Report of the Independent Examiner for the year ended 31 December 2022

I report on the accounts of the charity for the period from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022, which are set out on pages 2 to 8.

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 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination, although not required, is good practice. I am qualified to undertake the examination as I am a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (ICAEW).

It is my responsibility to:

examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act;
follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act; and
state whether particular matters have come to my attention.

Basis of independent examiner's report

My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a 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 you as 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 on 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 statement

In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:

(1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:

to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act; and
to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act have not been met; or

(2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Simon Hemsley ACA

14[th] March 2023

12 Part 2: Report of the Independent Examiner for the year ended 31 December 2022 I report on the accounts of the tharity for the period from l January 2022 to 31 December 2022. which are set out on pages 2 to 8. Respective reSponbIl1es of trtee5 examln•r The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consider that an audlt Is not required for this year urKler section 144(2) of the Charrties Art 2011 (the 2011 Artl and that an independent eyamination, althou8h not required. is good pr*ice. l am qualified to undertake the examination a5 1 am a member of the Institute ofchartered Accountants in Eland & WaS (ICAEWI. It is my responsibillty to: examine the accounts under 5ertion 145 ofthe 2011 Art: follow the procedure5 laid down in the General Directions 8l¥en by tfre Charlty C<Thrnission under sectlon 14515llbl of thè 2011 Art.. and state Wther partKular matters ha¥e come to my attentlo lasb of Independent examlnerfs report My examination was carried out in attordance with the general Directions given * the Charty Commtssknn. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept ty the charity and a compari50n of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disdosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from you as trustees concernln8 any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provlde all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequentty no opinion is given on whether the accounts present a 'true and fair View, and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. Independent •x•mlner's slat•m•Tht In connectlon with my examlnation, no matter has come to my attention: 111 which gives MÈ reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements: to keep accounting records in accordance with sertion 130 of the 2011 Act; and to prepare accounts which accord wlth the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act have not been meL' or 121 to which, in my opinion. attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understandin8 of the accounts to be reached. Simon Hemslty ACA 14" Marth 2023