## Thornton Lodge Action Group
## Report and Accounts
for the year ended 31 March 2022
## **Thornton Lodge Action Group Report and accounts Contents**
||**Page**|
|---|---|
|Information Sheet|1|
|Trustees report|2|
|Independent Examiner’s Report|4|
|Receipts and payment account|5|
|Statement of assets and liabilities|6|
|Notes to the accounts|7|
## **Thornton Lodge Action Group Information Sheet**
## **Trustees**
Ibrar Hussain Shahana Ali Naeem Jamil Waqas Bajwa
## **Accountants**
Yorkshire Accountants Park House Wilmington Street Leeds West Yorkshire LS7 2BP
## **Bankers**
HSBC 2 Cloth Hall Street Huddersfield West Yorkshire HD1 2ES
## **Principle address**
125 Saint John's Road, Huddersfield West Yorkshire HD1 5EY
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**Thornton Lodge Action Group Trustees Report**
## **Trustees**
The members of the Management Committee during the year were:
|**Name**|**Position**|**Dates**|
|---|---|---|
|Ibrar Hussain|Chair|Elected 24 September 2018|
|Shahana Ali|Secretary|Elected 24 September 2018|
|Naeem Jamil|Treasurer|Elected 23 September 2019|
|Waqas Bajwa|Member|Elected 23 September 2020|
## **Method of appointment**
Committee members are elected by the members at the AGM.
## **Structure, governance and management**
The charity is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO) and was formed on 21st April 2015 and was entered on the Charity Commission register on 13th May 2015 (CIO No: 1161661). It is governed by a constitution of Charitable Incorporated Organisation. There is no liability of the trustee in the event of the charity being wound up.
## **Objects of the organisation**
The charity's objects are:
1) to help young people, especially but not exclusively through leisure time activities, so as to develop their capabilities that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and members of society;
2) To preserve and protect the environment;
3) To relieve sickness and to preserve and protect good health;
4) To advance education; and
5) To promote for the benefit of the inhabitants in Thornton Lodge and surrounding areas of Huddersfield without distinction of sex, sexual orientation, race or of political, religious or other opinions, by associating together the said inhabitants and the local authorities, voluntary and other organisations in a common effort to advance education and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and other leisure time occupations with the objects of improving the conditions of life of the said inhabitants and in furtherance of this to establish or secure the establishment of a community centre (hereinafter called 'the centre') and to maintain and manage the same (whether alone or in co-operation with any local authority or person or body) in furtherance of these objects."
## **Change of structure**
The Association changed it legal structure by resolution on 21st April 2015 from an association to a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). on this date the Association assets comprising of a laptops, sewing machines and sport equipment were transferred.
## **Financial review**
The net receipts for the year were £222,335.00 including net receipts of £32,807.00 on unrestricted funds and net receipts of £189,528.00 on restricted funds.
## **Reserves policy**
The charity's free cash reserves at the year end were £45,660.00
The trustees have adopted a formal reserves policy of 6 months running costs
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**Thornton Lodge Action Group Trustees Report**
## **Chairperson Report - 2021-2022**
We have all continued to move through unprecedented times, when face masks became the norm and words such as lockdown and social distancing fell into common use. When putting this report together, it gave me time to reflect on what we as a community achieved, it was tremendous, so much goodwill and practical help was offered to those most needing it, well done Thornton Lodge!
Amid all the challenges, the charity continued its work for the community making sure the most vulnerable were being supported with several focused projects.
• Community Champions (COVID) - a team of 6 Community Champions worked hard to tackle the high COVID infections in the BAME community. Champions were deployed in the community to raise the positive message of taking the vaccine and the benefits it has in keeping the community safe. Trained Champions were at hand to support any concerns the community had.
• Community Champions (Health) - Just after the recovery of Covid we were blighted with a tough winter with NHS services stretched and seasonal sickness levels at an all-time high. Community Champions were once again deployed in the heart of the community to educate, raise profile, and divert away small-scale symptoms reports from emergency services 999 to the 111 service. Social media campaigns, classroom sessions, coffee morning and visits to places of worship were some of the methods used to increase awareness.
Temporary government legislation led to our adult community learning provision to be delivered remotely until 6 May 2021 with many participants joining us on Zoom to complete their learning. Again, this was a learning experience and a challenge. We underestimated the sheer volume of residents who lack digital skills and financial means to pay for monthly internet/broadband costs. This area of work has been set as a priority for 2022-2023.
June 2021 saw the return of face-to-face services, activities and learning provision with a back log of contracts and grants to fulfil in the limited community centre space which was in demand by many other providers and services.
As an Action Group we focused ahead on the recovery phase and by late summer this resulted in some positive news. The charity was successful in a four-year grant supported by the Big Lottery to address the skills deficit including IT and digital skills, the growing financial worries and debt our community is facing and the under representation of women playing their part in community life.
This funding will offer the Charity some stability and an opportunity to draw down additional inward investment into the community.
This post-pandemic year has been especially busy. Many people have worked closely with us to restore community life to its former glory, not that the spirit of the Community was diminished! We have seen a gradual return to social interaction, and it has been fantastic to welcome many residents back into the community centre.
Our community depends on a great team of staff and volunteers who run the organisation. A huge thank you to our Management Team and Operational Staff Team who work so hard to ensure the Action Group is responding to community needs. The Operational Staff Team have worked their socks off to provide a programme of events, activities, and courses for the local community to enjoy. This group of people are amazing to work with and often go far beyond than what their role entails.
I also want to thank all our funders and supporters who have helped us through this difficult year.
Ibrar Hussain on behalf of the Management Committee
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**Thornton Lodge Action Group Independent Examiner’s Report**
I report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31[st] March 2022.
## **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 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 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 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 statement**
In the course of 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 44(1) (a) of the 2005 Act and Regulation 4 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations
• to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with Regulation 9 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations 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.
Furqan Ahmed (AFA) HCA Accountants
Park House Wilmington Street Leeds West Yorkshire LS7 2BP
2 November 2022
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## **Thornton Lodge Action Group Receipts and payments account for the year ended 31 March 2022**
|**Notes**
**2022**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
**Receipts**
Grants and donations
2
32,807
**Payments**
Venue/ Office hire
-
Marketing-Producing Information
-
Postage & Photocopier
-
Stationery
-
Telephone and fax
-
Insurance
-
Sundry expenses
-
IT Hardware & Software
-
Office Equipment
-
Payroll
-
Professional Fees
-
Project Equipment
-
Food/Refreshments
-
Subscriptions & Fees
-
Other Capital Expenses
-
**Salaries & NI**
HMRC
IAG
Outreach Worker
Pension
PAYE
-
Benefits and Welfare Advice
-
Project Manager
-
Skills and Training Officer
-
Childcare Creche
-
Freelance Facilitator-Champions
-
Freelance Tutors
-
Training
-
Travel and subsistence
-
Volunteer Expenses
**Total Payments**
-
**Net Receipts / (Payments)**
32,807
**Cash fund balances brought forward**
59,328
**Funds transfers**
-
**Cash fund balances carried forward**
92,135|**2022**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
189,528
15,089
1,429
386
691
814
263
41
729
1,493
534
6,481
8,543
6,595
72
3,246
4,967
8,978
16,507
1,365
-
18,197
11,297
2,880
15,829
29,356
17,708
246
485
195
174,416
15,112
210,827
-
225,939|**2022**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
222,335
15,089
1,429
386
691
814
263
41
729
1,493
534
6,481
8,543
6,595
72
3,246
4,967
8,978
16,507
1,365
-
18,197
11,297
2,880
15,829
29,356
17,708
246
485
195
174,416
47,919|**2021**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
239,229|
|---|---|---|---|
||||9,512
2,811
175
848
612
546
478
-
2,581
690
8,026
6,396
13,783
184
858
4,796
6,552
17,031
1,585
876
16,754
12,266
1,190
2,660
22,986
10,705
1,444
941
-|
||||147,286|
||||91,943|
|||||
|||270,155|178,212|
|||-
318,074|-|
||||270,155|
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## **Thornton Lodge Action Group Statement of assets and liabilities as at 31 March 2022**
|**Thornton Lodge Action Group**
**Statement of assets and liabilities**
**as at 31 March 2022**||||
|---|---|---|---|
|**2022**
**Notes Unrestricted**
**£**
**Fixed assets**
Tangible assets
4
**Current assets**
Cash at bank and in hand
3
92,135
92,135
**Liabilities: amounts falling due**
**within one year**
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**Net current assets**|**2022**
**Restricted**
**£**
225,939
225,939|**2022**
**Total**
**£**
1,146
318,074
318,074
(18,606)
299,468|**2021**
**Total**
**£**
1,432
270,155|
||||270,155
(15,793)|
||||254,362|
I have prepared these accounts in accordance with the books, records, information and explanations supplied to me by Thornton Lodge Action Group. I have not carried out an audit or independent examination on these accounts.
Syed Fahad Hashmi Accountant
## **Approval of the accounts**
The annual report and accounts were approved at a meeting of the Management Committee held on:
Date: 02-Nov-22
Ibrar Hussain on behalf of the Management Committee
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## **Thornton Lodge Action Group Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2022**
- **1 Accounting policies**
- a _**Basis of preparation**_
- The Management Committee have opted to prepare these accounts on a receipt and payments basis.
- b _**Funds accounting**_ Funds held by the organisation are either:
## _**Unrestricted general funds**_
These are funds which can be used in accordance with the organisation's objects at the discretion of the Management Committee.
## _**Restricted funds**_
These are funds that can only be used for a particular restricted purpose within the objects of the organisation. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.
## _**Reserve Funds**_
These are funds set aside by the Management Committee out of unrestricted general funds for specific future purposes or projects.
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the accounts.
## _**Depreciation**_
Depreciation has been provided at the following rates in order to write off the assets over their estimated useful lives.
Plant and machinery 20% straight line
- **2 Grants and donations**
|**2022**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
Miscellaneous
-
KMC
-
Return2Learn
-
Big Lottery
-
One Community Foundation
-
Awards for All
-
Third Sector Leaders (TSL)
-
Census 2021
-
Children In Need
-
KMC -School Out
-
Comic Relief
-
Area Committee
-
Capital (Lottery)
-
Local Giving
-
Groundwork Tesco
-
Brelms Trust
-
Charities Aid Fondation
-
Good Things Foundation
-
Community Learning Works
-
Thomas Wall Trust
-
Paddock Community Trust
-
Halifax Opp Trust
-
Active Communities (Mix & Fit)
-
Misc Grants
-
Peoples Postcode
-
Sports England
-
Community Foundation -E-Click
-
ESF Groundworks
-
Halifax Opp Trust
-
HMRC
128
Clothworkers Foundation
-
Swimming Session Fees
9,051
West Yorkshire Police
-
Venue Income
23,628
32,807|**2022**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
-
31,196
-
45,445
-
-
17,412
2,450
15,796
5,322
2,000
-
3,000
-
-
-
-
-
1,260
-
5,057
-
-
2,534
-
-
-
39,994
6,683
11,379
-
-
-
-
189,528|**2022**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
-
31,196
-
45,445
-
-
17,412
2,450
15,796
5,322
2,000
-
3,000
-
-
-
-
-
1,260
-
5,057
-
-
2,534
-
-
-
39,994
6,683
11,507
-
9,051
-
23,628
222,335|**2021**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
2,654
39,203
1,059
45,095
7,445
10,000
-
3,366
2,900
-
2,000
-
-
2,000
500
3,321
20,828
2,500
3,610
4,997
9,388
6,285
1,931
-
13,214
9,982
6,835
27,999
-
-
1,980
237
4,800
5,100|
|---|---|---|---|
||||239,229|
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**Thornton Lodge Action Group Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2022**
## **3 Restricted funds summary**
|Miscellaneous
KMC
Return2Learn
Big Lottery
One Community Foundation
Awards for All
Third Sector Leaders (TSL)
Census 2021
Children In Need
KMC -School Out
Comic Relief
Capital (Lottery)
Local Giving
Groundwork Tesco
INGEUS UK
Brelms Trust
Ur Weekend Ur Choice
Good Things Foundation
Community Learning Works
Thomas Wall Trust
Paddock Community Trust
Halifax Opp Trust
(KYA) Kirklees Youth Alliance
Grants - Others
Misc Grants
Peoples Postcode
Community Foundation -E-Click
Creche Fees (ESBM)
Sir George Martin Trust
ESF Groundworks
Halifax Opp Trust
HMRC
West Yorkshire Police
Youth Intervention Fund|**Balance b/f**
**£**
7,557
39,490
7,807
-
7,445
7,428
-
1,510
4,057
-
2,000
-
1,797
470
6,285
3,648
13,957
2,500
6,275
4,997
20,155
9,212
437
2,011
-
9,112
6,835
5,154
1,880
7,100
-
-
9,786
1,680
190,585|**Incoming**
**£**
-
31,196
-
45,445
-
-
17,412
2,450
15,796
5,322
2,000
3,000
-
-
-
-
-
-
1,260
-
5,057
-
-
-
2,534
-
-
-
-
39,994
6,683
11,379
-
-
189,528|**Outgoing**
**£**
7,557
20,450
36,848
7,428
6,170
3,960
9,970
1,500
650
1,797
470
1,335
2,500
2,500
2,000
3,681
437
2,534
9,112
46,058
1,209
6,250
174,416|**Balance c/f**
**£**
-
50,236
7,807
8,597
7,445
-
11,242
-
9,883
5,322
2,500
2,350
-
-
6,285
2,313
11,457
-
5,535
4,997
21,531
9,212
-
2,011
-
-
6,835
5,154
1,880
1,036
5,474
5,129
9,786
1,680|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||174,416|205,697|
## **Purpose of restricted funds**
**Awards for All** Extension of Warm meals project COVID 19 Emergency support offer with partners **Big Lottery** Crosland Moor and CUP **Children In Need** To set up a games library for the community to loan out ga **Kirklees Council** Various Commuinty Led Services **People Health Trust** Offering integeration support for new arrivals Providing communinty based provision to unempployed **ESF Community Grants** participants.
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## **Thornton Lodge Action Group Notes to the Accounts**
**for the year ended 31 March 2022**
## **4 Tangible fixed assets**
|
**Cost**
At 1 April 2021
Additions
At 31 March 2022
**Depreciation**
At 1 April 2021
Charge for the year
At 31 March 2022
**Net book value**
At 31 March 2022
At 31 March 2021
**Debtors**
**5**
**Liabilities: amounts falling due within one year**
Marketing
Sessional Workers
Venue Hire
Accountancy/ Professional Fees
Professional Fees
Salaries
Office Rent
Payroll
Tax & NI
Sundry expenses
**6**
Reserves based on 6 months running costs.
Wages
Sessional Tutors/Workers
Office Rent
Community Centre Hire
**7**
Mobile
Professional Fees|**2022**
**£**
**2022**
**£**
540
3,400
1,200
1,500
800
7,625
1,300
216
1,400
625
18,606
**£**
28,200
8,300
2,860
4,100
700
1,500
45,660|**Equipment**
**and**
**£**
30,744
-|
|---|---|---|
|||30,744|
|||29,312
286|
|||29,598|
|||1,146|
|||1,432|
|||**2021**
**£**|
|||**2021**
**£**
540
3,600
1,200
1,500
600
5,625
1,200
191
1,012
325|
|||15,793|
|||**£**
27,400
7,200
2,460
4,100
700
1,300|
|||43,160|
## **Management Committee remuneration and expenses**
**8** No management committee member received any remuneration but did receive expenses during the
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