## Batley Community Outreach Centre
Charity number 1160587
## Annual Report and Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 January 2023
## Batley Community Outreach Centre
## Annual Report and Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 January 2023
|**Contents**|**Page**|
|---|---|
|Trustees' report|2 to 3|
|Examiner's report|4|
|Receipts and payments account|5|
|Statement of assets and liabilities|6|
|Notes to the accounts|7 to 9|
**Prepared by West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO**
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## Batley Community Outreach Centre
## Trustees' report for the year ended 31 January 2023
## **Reference and administrative details of the charity, its trustees and advisors**
|The trustees during the financial year and up to and including the date the report was approved were:|The trustees during the financial year and up to and including the date the report was approved were:|The trustees during the financial year and up to and including the date the report was approved were:|
|---|---|---|
|**Name**|**Position**||
|Hazel Wrigley|Chair||
|Denise Fotherby|Treasurer||
|Andrew Dalton|||
|Debbie White|||
|**Charity number**|1160587|Registered in England and Wales|
|**Registered and principal address**|||
|88 Wellington Street|||
|Batley|||
|WF17 5QL|||
|**Bankers**|||
|Virgin Money|||
|46 Market Place|||
|Dewsbury|||
|WF13 1DN|||
|**Independent examiner**|||
|Stephen Procter|||
|**West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO**|||
|Stringer House|||
|34 Lupton Street|||
|Leeds|||
|LS10 2QW|||
## **Structure, governance and management**
The charity is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) foundation formed on 23 February 2015 and is governed by a constitution.
## **Method of recruitment and appointment of trustees**
The trustees of the charity are appointed by the trustees at a duly convened meeting.
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## Batley Community Outreach Centre
## Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 January 2023
## **Objectives and activities**
## **The charity's objects**
The object of the CIO is the relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other social or economic disadvantage living in Batley, West Yorkshire, in particular but not exclusively by running a drop-in service providing hot food, signposting to other services and basic counselling.
## **The charity's main activities**
We want to engage with our community, meet local needs and care for those who are lonely and isolated. Through our drop in sessions we welcome people each week with a freshly prepared hot meal and opportunities to make friends and learn new skills.
## **Public benefit statement**
In setting our objectives and planning our activities our Trustees have given serious consideration to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit and in particular the prevention or relief of poverty.
## **Achievements and performance**
BCOC responded to the effects that the cost-of-living crisis has had on our community to provide the following.
Warm Space – a place where people can gather for free, warm, safe, welcomed and enjoy a hot drink and some company.
Hot nutritious meal served twice a week with take away meals provided – 70 to 80 meals per week.
Emergency food parcels handed out – 800 parcels.
Hygiene / Care packages – containing toiletries and every day essentials – socks and gloves in poor weather to keep warm.
One to one emotional support to avoid social isolation providing a listening ear from someone who cares. Through this contact we could also signpost beneficiaries to other agencies, partners and support groups.
Christmas Lunch & Parties with each person being given gift of a care package which included a thick fleece blanket.
Summer Day Trips creating memories and fun.
Over 55’s Wellbeing Social Club has continued to grow and thrive with participants saying they experience the feeling of being close and connected to others.
The demand for support is as high now, sometimes higher, than at any point since our inception. Our community has come to appreciate us as an integral part of their lives. Batley Community Outreach Centre was proud to serve our community in this way enabling us to alleviate loneliness so people could grow in hope and confidence creating social connections to others.
## **Financial review**
The net receipts for the year was £8,717, including net receipts of £7,746 on unrestricted funds and net receipts of £971 on restricted funds after transfers.
## **Reserves policy**
The charity's free reserves, at the year end were £18,166.
The Trustees understand the need for a reserve policy and aim to maintain the equivalent of 3 months’ expenditure costs.
Approved by the board of trustees on 06/04/2023
Denise Fotherby (Trustee)
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## Batley Community Outreach Centre
## Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Batley Community Outreach Centre
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the CIO for the year ended 31 January 2023, which are set out on pages 5 to 9.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity trustees of the CIO you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act').
I report in respect of my examination of the CIO's accounts as carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act. In carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1 accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Charities Act; 2 the accounts do not accord with those records.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Stephen Procter
09/05/2023
## **West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO**
Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW
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## Batley Community Outreach Centre
## Receipts and payments account for the year ended 31 January 2023
|Notes
2023
Unrestricted
funds
£
**Receipts**
Grants and donations
(2)
668
Sales and fees
7,078
**Total receipts**
7,746
**Payments**
Materials and resources
-
Activity expenses
-
Volunteer expenses
-
Rent
-
Sessional staff
-
Meals
-
Project development and administration
-
Independent examination
-
Insurance
-
IT support and equipment
-
Essentials shop
-
Building expenses and waste collection
-
**Total payments**
-
**Net receipts**
7,746
**Fund balances brought forward**
10,420
**Fund balances carried forward**
(3)
18,166|2023
Restricted
funds
£
44,301
-
44,301
1,883
3,475
3,375
7,700
11,524
4,520
4,913
396
378
1,177
2,584
1,405
43,330
971
31,591
32,562|2023
Total
funds
£
44,969
7,078
52,047
1,883
3,475
3,375
7,700
11,524
4,520
4,913
396
378
1,177
2,584
1,405
43,330
8,717
42,011
50,728|2022
Total
funds
£
40,450
1,507
41,957
2,294
728
671
7,200
8,916
2,568
5,866
396
378
649
527
4,727
34,920
7,037
34,974
42,011|
|---|---|---|---|
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## Batley Community Outreach Centre
## Statement of assets and liabilities
|as at 31 January 2023
2023
Unrestricted
£
**Cash funds**
Cash at bank
18,166
**Total cash funds**
18,166|2023
Restricted
£
32,562
32,562|2023
Total
£
50,728
50,728|2022
Total
£
42,011
42,011|
|---|---|---|---|
## **Assets retained for the charity's own use**
2 x laptops and various items of kitchen equipment and utensils.
|**Liabilities**
Independent examination|2023
£
396
396|
|---|---|
The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on 06/04/2023
Denise Fotherby (Trustee)
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## Batley Community Outreach Centre
## Notes to the accounts
for the year ended 31 January 2023
## **1 Accounting policies**
## **Basis of accounting**
The trustees have taken advantage of section 133 of the Charities Act 2011 and have prepared the accounts on a receipts and payments basis.
There has been no change to the accounting policies since last year.
No changes have been made to the accounts for previous years.
## **Taxation**
As a charity the organisation benefits from rates relief and is generally exempt from income tax and capital gains tax but not from VAT. Irrecoverable VAT is included in the cost of those items to which it relates.
## **Fund accounting**
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity.
Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure imposed by the donor or through the terms of an appeal.
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the accounts.
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## Batley Community Outreach Centre
## Notes to the accounts continued
## for the year ended 31 January 2023
|**2 Grants and donations**
Charles & Elsie Sykes
George A Moore Trust
Henry Smith
Peoples Health Trust
Scurrah Wainwright
Sir George Martin
Sovereign Health Charity
National Lottery Community Fund
Other donations
**3 Restricted funds**
Balance b/f
£
Lottery Community Fund
1,822
Henry Smith
19,810
More in Common
597
People's Health Trust
9,362
Sovereign Health Charity
-
Sir George Martin
-
George A Moore Trust
-
Charles & Elsie Sykes
-
Scurrah Wainwright
-
31,591|2023
Unrestricted
funds
£
-
-
-
-
-
1,500
-
-
668
2,168
Incoming
£
-
20,000
-
7,801
5,000
3,000
1,500
3,000
4,000
44,301|2023
Restricted
funds
£
3,000
1,500
20,000
7,801
4,000
1,500
5,000
-
-
42,801
Outgoing
£
1,822
25,452
597
14,929
-
530
-
-
-
43,330|2023
Total
funds
£
3,000
1,500
20,000
7,801
4,000
3,000
5,000
-
668
44,969
Transfers
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-|2022
Total
funds
£
-
-
20,000
9,362
-
-
-
11,068
20
40,450
Balance c/f
£
-
14,358
-
2,234
5,000
2,470
1,500
3,000
4,000
32,562|
|---|---|---|---|---|
## **Fund name**
Lottery Community Fund Henry Smith More in Common People's Health Trust Sovereign Health Charity Sir George Martin George A Moore Trust Charles & Elsie Sykes Scurrah Wainwright
## **Purpose of restriction**
Session costs for children's work and administration costs. Towards general running costs. Towards the cost of purchase of a freezer. All costs for Wellspring Over 55’s Community Social Club. Towards general running costs. Towards general running costs. Towards general running costs. Towards general running costs. Towards general running costs.
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## Batley Community Outreach Centre
## Notes to the accounts continued
## for the year ended 31 January 2023
## **4 Related party transactions**
## **Trustee expenses**
During the year 1 trustee was paid a total of £76 in respect of travel (previous year: 2 trustees and £374).
## **Trustee remuneration and benefits**
|**Details of remuneration and benefits**
Denise Fotherby
Gross pay
Hazel Wrigley
Gross pay
**Reason for remuneration**
The trustee was employed in the role of Sessional cook.|2023
£
2,812
-
2,812|2022
£
6,008
135
6,143|
|---|---|---|
## **Legal authority for the payment**
The legal authority for the payment is via a provision within the charity's governing document.
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