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|||SORP|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||reference|||
|Summary<br>ofthe<br>purposes<br>ofthe<br>charity as set out <br>its governing<br>document|in|Para<br>1.17||To act as a resource for young people up to the age of19 living<br>in<br>Cambridgeshire<br>and the surrounding<br>areas by providing<br>advice and<br>assistance<br>and organising<br>programmes<br>of physical,<br>educational<br>and other<br>activities as a means of:<br>1 .Advancing<br>in life and helping<br>young people by developing<br>their skills,<br>capacities and capabilities<br>to enable them to participate<br>in society as|
|||||independent<br>mature and responsible<br>individuals;|
|||||2. Advancing<br>education;|
|||||3. Providing<br>recreational<br>and leisure time activity<br>in the interests ofsocial|
|||||welfare for people living<br>in the area of benefit who have need by reason of|
|||||their youth, age, infirmity or disability,<br>poverty or social and economic|
|||||circumstances<br>with a view to improving<br>the conditions<br>of life for such|
|||||ersons.|
|Summary<br>ofthe<br>main activities<br>in<br>relation tothose<br>purposes<br>for the<br>public benefit,<br>in<br>particular,<br>the<br>activities, projects<br>or services||Para<br>1.17and<br>1.1a||The Connections<br>Bus Project is a registered<br>charity based<br>in Histon near<br>Cambridge,<br>which runs open access youth clubs in buildings<br>and from<br>it's<br>mobile youth facilities.<br>The charity aims to enable young people to fulfil their potential<br>through the<br>provision<br>of free recreational,<br>educational<br>and personal<br>development<br>opportunities.<br>We work<br>in communities<br>which do not have their own youth<br>clubs by providing<br>a place where young people can meet and relax in an<br>informal<br>setting and experience a range of positive and challenging<br>activities.<br>Activites include,<br>computers,<br>games consoles, outdoor sports, crafts,|
|identified<br>in the||||puzzles, games, music videos and a quizzes. Social opportunities<br>include a|
|accounts.||||safe place to meet and specially designed areas to sit and chat with friends|
|||||and youth workers.<br>Youth workers support<br>young people with information|
|||||and advice on subjects such as drugs, sexual health, education<br>and|
|||||employment.|
|||||The charity runs courses<br>in babysitting,<br>first aid, yoga and intergenerational|
|||||opportunities.|
|||||The facilities are open to any young person aged between<br>11 and 19years.|
|||||On avera e 15 oun<br>eo le attend each session, both male and female.|
|Statement<br>confirming<br>whether||Para<br>1.18||In planning<br>our activities for the year we kept in mind the Charity<br>Commission<br>guidance<br>on public benefit.|
|the trustees<br>have|||||
|had regard to the|||||
|guidance<br>issued|by||||
|the Charity|||||
|Commission<br>on|||||
|ublic benefit|||||
|Additional<br>information|||(optional)||
|You ma<br>choose||to include||further statements<br>where relevant about:|
|||||SORP reference|
|Policy on grant||making||Para 1.38|
|Polic<br>on social||investment||includin<br>ro ram related<br>investment<br>Para 1.33|





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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||reference||||||||||||
|Summary<br>ofthe|||||This|year has seen a gradual<br>increase|||||in the|number ofsessions we|||
|main|||||were able to offer as COVID-19 restrictions were||||||||lifted and|replacement|
|achievements|of||||staff|were recruited.|||||||||
|the charity,<br>identifying<br>the|||Para<br>1.20||During the 12 months there were||328|||youth work|||sessions including:||
|difference the||||||Outdoor youth clubs|||||||||
|charity's<br>work||||||Building based youth clubs|||||||||
|has made to the||||||Detached<br>youth work|||||||||
|circumstances||||||Youth Bus sessions|||||||||
|ofits||||||Babysitting courses|||||||||
|beneficiaries|||||||||||||||
|and any wider|||||This|resulted<br>in over 3750 interactions||||with young|||people.||
|benefits to|||||||||||||||
|society as a|||||Conversation<br>topics with these young|||||people||included: school,|||
|whole.|||||relationships,<br>social media,<br>bullying,||||respect for others, exams, family||||||
||||||issues, self-harm,<br>anxiety, finding|||work,|||dangers ofvaping,|||drug misuse|
||||||and|much more.|||||||||
|Additional||information|||(optional)||||||||||
|You ma<br>choose to include further statements<br>where relevant|||||||||about:||||||
|Achievements|||a ainst ob'ectives set|||||||||Para|1.41||
|Performance|||offundraising|||activities against objectives set||||||Para|1.41||
|Investment||performance|||against objectives|||||||Para|1.41||
|Other|||||||||||||||
|Financial||Review|||||||||||||
|Review ofthe||||Para|1.21|The trustees chose to use|some||||reserves<br>in order to|||ensure that|
|charity's<br>financial||||||services could be provided||while|||some COVID-19 restrictions||||
|position at the|end||of|||were in place. This meant|expenditure|||||was|greater than income,||
|the period||||||but that some reserves<br>still||remained.|||||||
|||||||Income: F95,108|||||||||
|||||||Ex enditure: rt10,140|||||||||
|Statement<br>explaining||||Para|1.22|The charity<br>will aim to maintain||||a minimum|||reserves|level of|
|the policy for holding||||||approximately<br>six months|normal||||running costs.||||
|reserves stating||why||||This is needed because we||don't|||invoice our fees for bus visits||||
|they are held||||||until the end ofeach term.|||||||||
|||||||This means that our available|||cash dips quite deeply|||||during|
|||||||each term,<br>until we have invoiced and||||||been paid the||fees for that|
|||||||term.|||||||||
|Amount<br>of reserves||||Para|1.22|F62,298|||||||||
|held|||||||||||||||
|Reasons for holding||||Para|1.22||||||||||
|zero reserves|||||||||||||||
|Details offund||||Para|1.24||||||||||
|mateitall<br>in deficit|||||||||||||||
|Explanation<br>of||any||Para|1.23||||||||||
|uncertainties<br>about|||||||||||||||
|the charity continuing|||||||||||||||
|as a<br>oin<br>concern|||||||||||||||





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|Andrew<br>Smith||||||
|Mark Stanyer|Treasurer|||||
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||||||||||||1166343|||
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|||||||Annual||accounts|for the|period||CC~7a||
|||||||||||Period end||||
||Period|||start|date||01/04/2021|||date|31/03/2022|||
|~<br>4||||||||||||||
||||||||||Restricted|||||
|Recommended|||Details||ofown||Unrestdicted||income|Endowment|Total this|Total last||
|categories<br>by activity||||analysis||z||funds|funds|funds|year|year||
|||||||||E|E|E|E|E||
|incoming<br>resources (Note|||3)|||||F01|F02|F03|F04|F05||
|Incoming resources from||||||||||||||
|generated<br>funds||||||||||||||
|Voluntartr<br>income||||||801||23,086|||23,086|59,044||
|Activaes for generating<br>funds||||||302|||||||243|
|Investment<br>income||||||803||39|||39||116|
|Incoming<br>meourcee from||||||||||||||
|charitable<br>activities||||||S04||71,983|||71,983|24,438||
|Other incoming<br>resources||||||S05||||||||
|Total|incoming resources|||||soe||95,108|||95,108|83,841||
|Resources expended|(Notes|||4-8)||||||||||
|Costs ofGenerating<br>Funds||||||||||||||
|Costs of generating<br>voluntary||||||||||||||
|income||||||807||||||||
|Fundraising<br>trading costs||||||808||||||||
|Investment<br>management<br>costs||||||Sog||||||||
|Charitable<br>activities||||||810||110,140|||110,140|78,664||
|Governance costs||||||811||||||||
|Other resources expended||||||812||||||||
|Total resources expended||||||813||110,140|||110,140|78,664||
|Net incomingl(outgoing)||resources before<br>transfers||||S14|-|15,032|||15,032|5,177||
|Gross transfers<br>between||funds||||815||||||||
|Net incoming/(outgoingj||resources before||||||||||||
|other recognised||||gainslgossesj||ste|-|15,032|||15,032|5,177||
|Other recognised<br>gains/(losses)||||||||||||||
|Gains and losses on revaluation|||offixed assets|||||||||||
|for the charity's<br>own use||||||817||||||||
|Gains and losses on investment|||assets|||818||||||||
|Net movement|||||in funds|st8|-|15,032|||15,032|5,177||
|Total funds brought forward||||||820||77,330|||77,330|72,153||
|Total funds||carried|||forward|821||62 298|||62,298|77,330||





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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||||Unrestricted|income|Endowment|Total this|Total last||
||||||||funds|funds|funds|year||year|
||||||||6|||6||6|
|Fixed assets|||||||F01|F02|F03|F04||F05|
|Tangible assets||||(Note 9)||801|10,575|||10,575|||
|||||||802|||||||
|||||(Note 10)||803|||||||
|||||Total|fixed assets|804|10,575|||10,575|||
|Current assets|||||||||||||
|Stock and work in||progress||||805|||||||
|Debtors||||(Note 11)||BOS|15,173|||15,173||4,332|
|(Shortterm)investments||||||807|||||||
|Cash at bank and||in|hand|||808|38,360|||38,360||77,117|
||||Total current assets|||809|53,533|||53,533||81,450|
|Creditors:|amounts||falling||due within||||||||
|one year|(Note|||12)||810|1,809|||1,809||4,119|
|Net current||||assets/(liabilities)||8«|51,723|||51,723||77,331|
|Total assets||less||current liabilities||812||||||77,331|
|Creditors:|amounts||falling||due after||||||||
|one year||(Note 12)||||813|||||||
|Provisions|for liabilities<br>and||||charges|814|||||||
||||||Net assets|815|62,298|||62,298||77,331|
|Funds ofthe Charity|||||||||||||
|Unrestricted|funds|||||810|62,298|||62,298||77,331|
|||||||817|||||||
|Restricted|income|funds (Note 13)||||819|||||||
|Endowment|funds|(Note 13)||||819|||||||
||||||Total funds|820|62,298|||62,298||77,331|
|Signed by one or Nro <br>the trustees||trustees<br>on behalf of all|||||Signature||Print Name||Date of<br>a<br>roval||
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|Note 2|||Accounting<br>policies|Accounting<br>policies||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|This standard<br>fist of|accountfng|||policies has been applied by the charity except forthose deleted.<br>Where edifferent or||
|additional<br>policy has|been||adopted then this is detailed in the box below.|||
|INCOMING RESOURCES||||||
|Recognition ofincoming||||These are included<br>in the Statement<br>of Financial Activities (SoFA) when:||
|resources||||~<br>the charity becomes entified to the resources;||
|||||~<br>the trustees are virtually<br>certain they will receive the resources; and||
|||||~<br>the monetary<br>value can be measured<br>with sufficient<br>reliability.||
|Incoming resources|with|||Where incoming<br>resources have related expenditure<br>(as with fundraising<br>or contract income) the||
|related expenditure||||incoming<br>resources and related expenditure<br>are reported gross in the SoFA.||
|Grants and donations||||Grants and donations<br>are only included<br>in the SoFA when the charity has unconditional|enfifiement|
|||||to the resources.||
|Tax reclaims on donations||||Incoming resources from tax redaims are included<br>in the SoFA at the same time as the gifi to||
|and gifts||||which they relate.||
|Contractual<br>income and||||This is only included<br>in the SoFA once the related goods or senrices have been delivered.||
|performance<br>related|grants|||||
|||||Gifts in kind are accounted<br>for at a reasonable<br>estimate<br>oftheir value to the charity orthe amount||
|Gifis in kind||||actually realised.||
|||||Gifts in kind for sale or distribution<br>are included<br>in the accounts as gifts only when sold|or|
|||||distributed<br>by the charity.||
|||||Gifts in kind for use by the charity are included<br>in the SoFA as incoming resources when||
|||||receivable.||
|Donated services and||||These are only included<br>in incoming<br>resources<br>(with an equivalent<br>amount<br>in resources|expended)|
|facilpdes||||where the benefit to the charity is reasonably<br>quantifiable,<br>measurable<br>and material<br>The value<br>placed on these resources is the estimated<br>value to the charity ofthe service or facility received.||
|Volunteer<br>help||||The value of any voluntary<br>help received is not included<br>in the accounts but is described<br>trustees'<br>annual<br>report.|in the|
|Investment<br>income||||This is included<br>in the accounts when receivable.||
|Investment<br>gains and losses||||This includes<br>any gain or loss on the sale ofinvestments<br>and any gain or loss resugng|from|
|||||revaluing<br>investments<br>to market value at the end of the year.||
|EXPENDITURE AND LIABILITIES||||||
|Liability recognition||||Liabilities are recognised as soon as there is a legal or constructive<br>obligation<br>commkfing<br>the||
|||||charity to pay out resources.||
|Governance<br>costs||||include costs ofthe preparation<br>and examination<br>of statutory<br>accounts, the costs oftrustee||
|||||meetings<br>and cost of any legal advice to trustees on governance<br>or constitutional<br>matters.||
|Grants with performance<br>conditions||||Where the charity gives a grant with conditions for its payment<br>being s specific level of service or<br>output to be provided, such grants are only recognised<br>in the SoFA once the recipient ofthe grant||
|||||has provided<br>the specified service or output.||
|Grants payable without<br>performance<br>conditions||||These are only recognised<br>in the accounts when a commitment<br>has been made and there are no<br>conditions to be met relating to the grant which remain<br>in the control ofthe charity.||
|Support Costs||||Support costs include central functions<br>and have been afiocsted to activity cost categoriies on a||
|||||basis consistent<br>with the use ofresources, eg allocating<br>property costs by floor areas, or per||
|||||capita, staff costs by the time spent and other costs by their usage.||
|ASSETS<br>Tangible fixed assets for use||||These are capitalised<br>ifthey can be used for more than one year, and cost at leastf500. They||
|by charity||||are valued at cost or a reasonable<br>value on receipt.||
|investments||||Investments<br>quoted on a recognised stock exchange are valued at market value at the|year end.|
|||||Other investment<br>assets are included at trustees'<br>best estimate of market value.||
|Stocks and work in progress||||These are valued at the lower ofcost or market value.||
|POLICIES ADOPTED||||||
|ADDITIONAL||TO|OR|||
|DIFFERENT FROM||THOSE||||
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|incoming|resources me|y be fu|rther analys|edif|this would help the|reader ofthe a|ccounts.||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||||This year|Last year|
||||||Analysis||||
|Voluntary|income||Donations|and|ifts||1,246|3450|
||||Gift Aid||||279|476|
||||Grants||||21 322|55,119|
|||||||Total|22,847|59,045|
|Activities|for generating|funds|Sale oftuck||||755|71|
||||Other||||||
||||Fundraisin|activities|||239|172|
|||||||Total|994|243|
|Investment|income||Interest Income||||40|116|
|||||||Total|40|116|
|Incoming|resources from||Fees from|Parish|Councils||70,378|23608|
|charitable|activities||Educational|Subs|||850|830|
|||||||Total|71228|24438|





|Resources||expended|may be furt|her analysed|ifthis would|help the read|er ofthe|accounts.||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||||This year|Last year|
||||||Analysis|||E|E|
|Costs ofgenerating||||||||||
|voluntary|income|||||||||
||||||||Total|||
|Fundraising||trading||||||||
|costs||||||||||
||||||||Total|||
|Investment||||||||||
|management||costs||||||||
||||||||Total|||
|Charitable|activities||Staff costs|||||69,531|68,080|
||||Bus costs|(Fuel,repairs,|maintenance,|insurance)||16,992|3,892|
||||Purchase|ofvehicle||||3,525||
||||Activities|||||2,810|281|
||||Equi<br>ment|||||4,806|926|
||||Office costs|||||4,188|4,139|
||||Purchase|oftuck||||1,292||
||||Travel ex|enses||||1,880|216|
||||Education|||||3,748|341|
||||Bank Charges|||||143|89|
||||Trainin|||||1,224|700|
||||||||Total|110,139|78,664|
|Governance||costs||||||||
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|Supportcost|e|Fundraising<br>6|activity|Charitable|Activity|Governance<br>6|Actrvrty|Total Cost<br>6|
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||||||||This year|Last year|
|Gross wages, salaries||and benefits||in kind|||65,708|65,238|
|Employer's<br>National|Insurance||costs||||||
|Pension costs|||||||3,084|2,842|
||||||Total staff costs||68,792|68,080|
|7.2 Average number|of|full-time|equivalent||employees|in the year|This year<br>Number|Last year<br>Number|
|The parts ofthe charity||in which the|||||||
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|---|---|---|---|
||||Total amount of|
|Names|of institutions|Purpose|grants paid 8|





||||Freehold|land|Other land|8|Plant,|Plant,||Fixtures,|Payments|on|Total|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||&buildings||buildings||machinery||and|fittings and|accountand|||
||||||||motor|vehicles||equipment|assets under|||
||||||||||||construction|||
|Balance brought||||||||||||||
|foiward||||||||||||||
|Additions||||||||10,575|||||10,575|
|Revaluations||||||||||||||
|Disposals||||||||||||||
|Transfers *||||||||||||||
|Balance camed||||||||10,575|||||10,575|
|forward||||||||||||||
|9.2Accumulated||depreciation||and|impairment|provisions||||||||
||*"Basis||SLor|RB|SLor RB||SL|or RB||SLorRB|SLor RB|||
|||Rate||||||||||||
|Balance brought||||||||||||||
|forward||||||||||||||
|Depreciation|charge|||||||||||||
|for year||||||||||||||
|Impairment|provisions|||||||||||||
|Revaluations||||||||||||||
|Disposals||||||||||||||
|Transfers*||||||||||||||
|Balance carried||||||||||||||
|forward||||||||||||||
|9.3Net book value||||||||||||||
|Brought forward||||||||||||||
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|Add: additions<br>to investments<br>at cost|
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|10.3 A breakdown<br>ofthe income|10.3 A breakdown<br>ofthe income|fro|m|investments|agreeing<br>with SOFA r|ow S03.|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Analysis of investments||||||10.2|10.3||
|||||||Market value at|income from||
|||||||yearend|investments|for|
||||||||the year||
|Investment|properties||||||||
|Investments|listed on a recognised|stock||exchange or held in common|||||
|investment|funds, open ended investment|||companies,|unit trusts or other||||
|collective investment<br>schemes|||||||||
|Investments|in subsidiary<br>or connected||undertakings||and companies||||
|Securities|not listed on a recognised|Stock Exchange|||||||
|Cash held|as part ofthe Investment|portfolio|||||||
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|Note 11|||Debtors and prepayments|Debtors and prepayments|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Please complete||this note ifthe charity has||any debtom|or n. a ments||||||
|Analysis ofdebtors|||||Amounts<br>within|falling due<br> one year||Amounts<br>more|falling due after<br> than one year||
||||||This year|Last year||This year||Last year|
||||||E||E|||E|
|Fees invoiced|for youth||work last year||14,888.0||2,160.00||||
|HMRC Furlough||Grant|||||1,696.29||||
|Gift Aid/Other|debtors||||284.5||475.65||||
|Bank Interest|||||||0.45||||
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Amounts|falling due|Amounts|falling||due after|
|||within|one year|more|than|one year||
|||This year|Last year|This year||Last year||
|||6|E|E|||E|
|Loans and overdrafts||||||||
|Wages||1,042|3,691|||||
|Expenses|||418|||||
|Bank Charges||12|10|||||
|Other creditors||756||||||
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|Fund|names||E|a|f|a||E|
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|Donations<br>and Legacies|23085|
|---|---|
|Charitable<br>Activities|46696|
|Other Actovities|25287|
|Investments|39|
|TOTAL INCOME|95107|



|Staff Costs||56448||
|---|---|---|---|
|Staff Pensions||3084||
|Tax/NIC||9260||
|Vehicle:||||
|Insurance|/Tax|2225||
|Equipment||7022||
|Repairs||6729||
|Storage||3500||
|Travel costs/Fuel||4202||
|Recruitment/DBS/Id|costs|739||
|Staff Training||1224||
|Office Equipment||384||
|Craft/Games<br>Equipment||2810||
|Course expenses/Trainer||3748||
|Tuck Supplies||1292||
|Hall Hire for AGM||57||
|Stationery/Printing||61||
|PO Boxrent||283||
|Payroll costs||1455||
|Website||24||
|Subscripions||251||
|Mobile Phone||572||
|Insurances||1076||
|Gift||25||
|Bank charges||142||
|Depreciation||3525|110138|
|NETINCOME/(EXPENDITURE)|||-15031|
|Total Funds brought fprward|||77330|
|Total Funds carried forward|||62299|





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