IN CHARLEYS MEMORY
Report of the Trustees For the year March 2020 to February 2021
The Trustees have pleasure in presenting their report and financial statement for the year ending 29[th] February 2021.
Structure
The trust is governed by a constitution and by Trustees who serve a threeyear term and are eligible for re-election. They are assisted by full and part time staff and volunteers.
Trustees
The following held office during the period covered by this report:
Doug Plume Pauline West Joanne Clement Harry Marks Martyn Ellis Bernard Barden Roger West Ray Stewart (Chair) Tess Munt
Objectives
In Charley’s Memory is a local charity that is dedicated to promoting, protecting, and preserving young people’s mental health.
Public Beneft
The charitable purpose of the trust is mental health, primarily to reduce the risk of suicide, pursued by education. Benefits are improved life chances for both beneficiaries and their families. By pursuing this activity there is no evident drawbacks. Direct beneficiaries are predominantly young people while indirect benefits are their family, education providers and the general public. Benefits are not restricted by price, grants and donations enable us to provide the service.
Review of Trust Activities & Plans
At the start of the year, we were seeing more young people per week than previous years, In Charley’s Memory had begun other projects such as providing a counsellor in a local school on a permanent basis and working with a housing charity that provided counselling to the young people who had previously been homeless. As well as running our drop in programs with local schools and awareness assemblies.
Like many organizations we were significantly impacted by covid 19. Following Government guidelines we had to close our counselling services. At the time we were seeing 65 young people a week as well as the projects we were running.
Due to additional funding received we were able to reopen in June, and continue with our face to face counselling, by the end of September enquires for counselling had doubled on our pre lockdown figures. However we were unable to commence existing external projects.
Review of Financial Results
The accompanying financial statement shows that income for the year was just over £102,081. This was predominantly made up of grants awarded during the covid pandemic.
Expenses such as staffing, rent and insurance were again the principal costs. With all staff being paid furlough during the first lockdown.
Due to covid all our fundraising events planned by us and others had been cancelled with an estimated loss of £30,000.00
Despite the difficulties faced this year, the trustees are of the opinion that these results are excellent with a healthy year-end balance of just under £40,000.00.
2021/2022 looks again to be a busy year for In Charley’s Memory with expansion planned as a result of the increase in demand to our services. With fundraising events restarting and many be carried over the trustees are positive this will again be a successful year.
All Trustees are local and were not paid any expenses during the year. The trustees continue to abide by the code.
Reserves
Trustees have taken the view that the chief requirements is the provision for redundancy payments should a financial crisis occur, due to covid it has been problematic opening a bank account to hold the charities reserves. This is something that the board will continue to work on.
Risk Statement
All steps have been taken by the board of trustees to mitigate any risk the charity may be exposed to. Persons Exercising Control
In Charley’s memory is governed solely .by its board of trustees and no other institutions exercise control
Signed on behalf of the trustees
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In Charle8 Memory Re¢•ipts and Paym•nts Summaryfor thr Year ¢nd•d 28 F•bru•ry 2021 2021 2020 Incomlng R•$our¢•s.' Donatsons Events & Sal85 28.723 1.054 120 72,184 39,537 9.813 Grants 21,137 Total incoml 102.081 70,567 Resourc•s Exp•nded.. Programme delNery Cost of generalirg fiJnd5 Governance 8 Administraik)n 38.032 4.715 33,145 32.168 10,145 34,568 Totsi ou¢golry 75.892 76.881 Nel Incomlng louwoln91 28.189 16.3141 8al•n¢• of lund• 39.036 12.847 St•t•m•ni of Ai•l & Llabllltl•s Fixed A88ets Current A$sels Cash at b8nk & in 39.036 12.847 Not uJrrent as58t5 12,847 Toial gsset8 12,847 Creditors Ou• %ilhln ¢)ne yèBf Assets le$$ cuff•ni liabilili Creditor5 Dua after one year Net ass•ts 39.036 12.847 Ex•Min•1 R•port R•sponslbllMh• of Tiust••• & E¥•mln•r The iru51ees of the ch8rSty ar• •CL>)untse lor ryepara th armjnts L¥xsk1w audlt requir8rnents do Th)t awy Uer th8 Charities Aci 20C4. The iThYep8Trlent eyarniner ts re$ponsits8 for examlniw Ihe accounts and rewibry kn the tru$tg9s. tyoc•Jure& yertaken do Th)1 provk1e all the evidence iequired In an aL4it8ThJ Ihe rep is Ilmlted to Ih05e mattws set ¢xrt ow. Ex4rnlnerfs St•t•m•nt Examinats"on carried out in accordance %¥fjth the ge11 05ven by lh8 Charity Comrni5sioners. In cfJnnectK>n ilh Ihal emina)n matter has to my 8ttentx)ft thHt gT¥e5 me reasonable cause lo bdieve th81 In any maierwl respect the wuerrts to keep proper accounting records and lo prepare accjn thai accord ith )$8 reoyds have ml been mot. 15 there anything to in my opinHJn att shouhfj be dran in crfder to enatAe a woper undwslandirw of the b) be rea PIFgel Kgmp FCCA IFell)wl 28 September 3021
In the meantime. I have enclosed my fee note for settlement. A5 advised to Pauline West. l am happy to assist in keeping costs to a minrmum and so have only charged a % of our normal rates to assist you as far as possible. whilst still retaininB our independence. Should you have any queries regarding the enclosed, please do not hesitate to contact me. Finally, the accounting records for both YE 2020 and YE 2021 are available for collection at your earliest convenience. With best wishes Yours sincerety Nl8el Ke p FCCA ATh (Fdlow)