VOLUNTARY HELP CENTRE
Stella Peskett Millennium Hall, Mights Road, Southwold, Suffolk. IP18 6BE
Registered Charity No. 1164155 hello@southwoldvhc.com. www.southwoldvhc.com
Trustees Annual Report March 2025
Over the last twelve months our volunteer drivers have again been very busy. The Voluntary Help Centre has continued to provide transport to appointments at hospital or medical centres for those people, mainly the more senior members of the local community, who have no other means of transport. As we recruit new drivers we also lose some, who then sometimes become users of the service. We have, on occasion, been unable to meet all requests, which is disappointing both for us and the user. The drivers use their own vehicles and are remunerated by the passenger at 45p per mile, the maximum allowed by the Government. This figure has remained the same since 2011.
We continue to try to recruit cooks for the lunch club as well as additional volunteer drivers but this is proving to be quite difficult despite there being a large number of young retired people in the area. We continue advertise with all available methods.
The fortnightly lunch club continues, with numbers varying but generally showing a slight increase during the past year. During the summer we arranged an afternoon tea on Southwold sea front for lunch club regulars The trustees really do appreciate the continued commitment of all our volunteers for getting local residents to their destinations at a variety of locations and helping with providing lunches.
New laptops have made our car service booking system much easier and more efficient to use.
Our reserves remain healthy for the moment but we continue to run with an annual loss. This is partly due to the difficulty in meeting terms for grants and also reduced donations reflecting the current financial situation.
Our thanks go to our Coordinator Flic, and Car Service Administrator Jane, and the two volunteers Carol and Carole who help out in the office, ensuring the service runs smoothly.
Graham Scriven
Chair of Trustees
| Charity Name Voluntary Help Centre |
Charity Name Voluntary Help Centre |
Charity Name Voluntary Help Centre |
Charity Name Voluntary Help Centre |
Charity Name Voluntary Help Centre |
No (if any) 1164155 |
No (if any) 1164155 |
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| For the period from |
Period start date 01.04.24 |
To | Period end date 31.03.25 |
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| Section A Receipts and payments | ||||||||
| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 12,058 8,278 475 4,282 298 1,602 - - 14,324 - 41,317 15,000 - 15,000 56,317 26,951 2,930 4,101 7,105 1,108 24 398 3,549 1,145 - 74 47,385 - - - 47,385 |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - 1,000 - - - - - - 1,000 - - - 1,000 - - - - - - - 818 - - - 818 - - - 818 |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Total funds to the nearest £ 12,058 8,278 475 5,282 298 1,602 - - 14,324 - 42,317 15,000 - 15,000 57,317 26,951 2,930 4,101 7,105 1,108 24 398 4,367 1,145 - 74 48,203 - - - 48,203 9,114 - 2,020 11,134 |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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| Donations | 12,058 | 7,418 | ||||||
| Car service receipts | 8,278 | 8,778 | ||||||
| Fundraising | 475 | 723 | ||||||
| Lunches | 4,282 | 3,668 | ||||||
| Sale of Christmas cards | 298 | 507 | ||||||
| 100 Club subscriptions | 1,602 | 1,656 | ||||||
| Christmas | - | 50 | ||||||
| Sundryincome | - | 3,362 | ||||||
| Interest received | 14,324 | 9,563 | ||||||
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| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
41,317 | 35,725 | ||||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| Income units | 15,000 | 12,000 | ||||||
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| Sub total | 15,000 | 12,000 | ||||||
| Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| 47,725 | ||||||||
Salaries |
26,951 | 25,826 | ||||||
| Rent and rates | 2,930 | 3,054 | ||||||
| Office expenses | 4,101 | 4,106 | ||||||
| Car service expenses | 7,105 | 11,477 | ||||||
| Advertising | 1,108 | 1,133 | ||||||
| PrintingChristmas cards | 24 | - | ||||||
| Accountancy | 398 | - | ||||||
| Lunch Club expenses | 3,549 | 2,889 | ||||||
| 100 Clubprizes | 1,145 | 1,070 | ||||||
| Sundryexpenses | - | 1,179 | ||||||
| Fundraising | 74 | 120 | ||||||
| **Sub total ** | 47,385 | 50,854 | ||||||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases (see table) |
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| Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
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| 50,854 | ||||||||
| 8,932 | 182 | - | 9,114 |
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| 302 | (302) | - | - |
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| 1,897 | 123 | - | 2,020 |
5,149 | ||||
| 11,131 | 3 | - | 11,134 |
2,020 |
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
07/05/2025
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| Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | |
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| Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B1 Cash funds |
Details Income units Income units Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Current accounts Deposit accounts Petty cash Details Details Details Signature |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 915 3 9,981 - 235 - 11,131 3 OK OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) 162,131 54,869 - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - - - - Print Name Graham Scriven Patricia Hendrickson |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| Current value (optional) |
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| Date of approval |
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| Graham Scriven | 17/7/2025 | ||
| Patricia Hendrickson | 17/7/2025 |
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
07/05/2025
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Indepandont examiners report to the trustees ol the Voluntary Help Centrn ('The Charity,) Charlty Numbor 1164155 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (The Trust) for the year ended 31 March 2025 R•spon•lbllitlo$ and bas18 of rnport As the charity's trustees you are responsible for the preparalion of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charrti8s Act 2011 ('the Acl.). I report in respect of my examination of your tharity's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and 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. Ind•pond•nt ¢xamln•f• Statoment I have completed my examination. l Confimi that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any malerial respect: 1. th8 accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of The Charities Act., or 2. the a¢¢ounts did not accord with the accounting records.. or 3. the ac¢ounts did not comply with the applicable requirements canMing the form and contenl of accounts Set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other Ihan any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fairf view which 18 not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concems 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. Mrs R H Carter F.C.C.A. 37 Southwold Road Wrentham Beccles Suffolk NR34 7JE Dato 9 July 2025