## Friends - Play for Disabled Children
Charity number 1167995
## Annual Report and Financial Statements
for the year ending 30 June 2021
Friends - Play for Disabled Children
## Annual Report and Financial Statements
for the year ending 30 June 2021
|**Contents**|**Page**|
|---|---|
|Trustees' report|2 to 4|
|Examiner's report|5|
|Receipts and payments account|6|
|Statement of assets and liabilities|7|
|Notes to the accounts|8, 9|
## **Prepared by the Greater Merseyside Community Accountancy Service**
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## Friends - Play for Disabled Children
## Trustees' report
The Trustees during the year were: **Name Position** Melanie Battye Paula Jones Sue Rimmer
## **Dates**
## **Method of appointment**
Election annually by AGM, or interim appointment by trustees until next AGM.
## _**Principal address**_
4 Gorsefield St Helens Merseyside WA9 5PH
## **Bankers**
HSBC 11 Bridge Street Warrington Cheshire WA1 2EY
## **Governing document**
CiO Registered 1st July 2016
## **Objects of the organisation**
To relieve the needs of disabled children and young adults up to the age of 25 and their families within the St Helens area by organising and arranging activities including safe play which are accessible to them, encouraging siblings to support each other and to help them realise that they are not alone, and providing informal support for parents and carers of disabled children.
## **Independent examiner**
on behalf of:
## **Greater Merseyside Community Accountancy Service**
Beacon Building College Street St Helens WA10 1TF
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## Friends - Play for Disabled Children
## Trustees' report continued
Covid-19 pandemic has continued to dominate again this year. We diversified our activities by providing packs at home – sensory, cooking, science, Halloween, Christmas, Easter & Parent care packs.
As restrictions changed & we were allowed to do activities we did slowly start to bring families back together mainly through outside activities like Fairy Forest & Trips to Chester Zoo.
We worked with St Helens Council to deliver a joint project in offering a SEND Education grants to families living in St Helens LA.
We continued to have new members join the Facebook pages & our email list from the following sources -
## Carer’s Centre
Children with Disability Services Team
Word of Mouth from other families whom use the charity.
Website & social media searches.
The charity continues to operate on a combination of grants, donations & self generated income.
We have continued to offer a variety of free, subsidised & self funded events throughout the year.
## **Future Plans for 2022 & onwards**
We are hoping to continue to build links with St Helens Council & continue to work closely with St Helens Carers Centre
Priority for 2022 is to take on more volunteers to be able to offer a wider variety of activities to cater for our wide age range & needs.
Many families will have been financially impacted & we need to be mindful of this when planning future events. As life returns to normal & restrictions are lifted we will re start our fundraising activities.
Our online informal support through social media will still be available.
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## Friends - Play for Disabled Children
## Independent examiner's report on the accounts of
## Friends - Play for Disabled Children for the year ending 30 June 2021
I report on the accounts of the charity set out on pages 5 to 8
## **Respective responsibilities of the Management Committee and the examiner**
As the charity's trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts; you consider that the audit requirement of section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) does not apply and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
q examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act;
q to follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioner under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act: and
q to 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 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 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:
q to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Act; and
- q to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and to comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities 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.
Jane Williams MAAT **Greater Merseyside Community Accountancy Service** Beacon Building College Street St Helens WA10 1TF
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## Friends - Play for Disabled Children Statement of Financial Activities for the year ending 30 June 2021
|Notes
2021
Unrestricted
funds
£
**Receipts**
Grants and donations
(2)
12,496
Other Income
3,000
**Total receipts**
15,496
**Payments**
Events & Trips
9,841
Sundry costs
1,074
Refunds
434
**Governance Costs**
Independent Examination
180
**Total payments**
11,529
**Net receipts / (payments)**
3,967
**Cash fund balances brought forward**
1,394
**Cash fund balances carried forward**
(2a)
5,361|2021
Restricted
funds
£
44,814
-
44,814
50,318
-
-
-
50,318
(5,504)
11,690
6,186|2021
Total
funds
£
57,310
3,000
60,310
60,159
1,074
434
180
61,847
(1,537)
13,084
11,547|2020
Total
funds
£
76,509
1,341|
|---|---|---|---|
||||77,850|
||||62,927
1,238
1,810
-|
||||65,975|
||||11,875
1,209|
||||13,084|
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## Friends - Play for Disabled Children
## Balance sheet
## as at 30 June 2021
|Friends - Play for Disabled Children
Balance sheet
as at 30 June 2021||||
|---|---|---|---|
|2021
Unrestricted
**Current Assets**
£
Debtors and prepayments
-
Cash at bank and in hand
5,361
**Total current assets**
5,361
**Current liabilities:**
**amounts falling due within one year**
Creditors and accruals
-
**Total current liabilities**
-
**Net current assets / (liabilities)**
5,361
**Funds**
Restricted Funds
-
Unrestricted funds
5,361
**Total Funds**
5,361|2021
Restricted
£
-
6,186
6,186
-
-
6,186
6,186
-
6,186|2021
Total
£
-
11,547
11,547
-
-
11,547
6,186
5,361
11,547|2020
Total
£
-
13,084|
||||13,084|
||||-|
||||-|
|||||
||||13,084|
||||11,690
1,394|
||||13,084|
The financial statements were approved at a meeting of the trustees held on and signed on its behalf by:
Paula Jones Treasurer
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## Friends - Play for Disabled Children
## Notes to the accounts for the year ending 30 June 2021
## **1 Accounting Policies**
## **a Basis of accounting**
The Trustees have taken advantage of section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 and have prepared the accounts on a receipts and payments basis.
## **b Taxation**
As a registered 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.
## **c Fund accounting**
Funds held by the charity are either:
## **Unrestricted general funds**
These are funds which can be used in accordance with the charitable objects at the discretion of the trustees.
## **Restricted funds**
These are funds that can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.
## **Designated funds**
These are funds set aside by the trustees 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.
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## Friends - Play for Disabled Children
## Notes to the accounts continued
## for the year ending 30 June 2021
|**2 Grants and Donations**
Restricted funds
Donations
Family Contributions
**3 Restricted funds summary**
Halton & St Helens VCA
St Helens MBC:SEND Grant
PH Holt
TMF Sports Grant
Thomas Cook Charity
Medicash
Greggs
Main Grants Lottery
Radio City
Jacks|Balance b/f
£
-
-
-
-
198
2,950
654
6,510
878
500
11,690|2021
Unrestricted
funds
£
2,875
1,560
8,061
12,496
Incoming
£
28,125
5,000
9,720
1,969
-
-
-
-
-
-
44,814|2021
Restricted
funds
£
44,814
-
-
44,814
Outgoing
£
28,125
5,000
4,188
1,969
198
2,950
-
6,510
878
500
50,318|2021
Total
funds
£
47,689
1,560
8,061
57,310
Transfers
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-|2020
Total
funds
£
21,484
2,887
52,138|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||76,509|
||||||Balance c/f
£
-
-
5,532
-
-
-
654
-
-
-|
||||||6,186|
## **4 Related party transactions**
There were no related party transactions to report during the accounting period.
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