Treasurers/Trustee Report 2021
Give Us a Break started 2021 with a bank balance of £11782.34 plus cash in the tin of £90.00. The charities accounts appear annually on the charity commission website available for anyone to view. We previously have had our accounts and cash handling systems audited successfully and these procedures have remained the same. Since covid and booking procedure changes very little cash handling now takes place as nearly all income and expenditure goes through paypal and online banking systems.
Income
During the year we had donations in of £8886.48, these come in from various sources. Most of the donations come in from our members themselves when they attend events. The charity also received some regular monthly donations from supporters.
Grants for 2021 came in at an amount of £5907.00. These grants came from Happy Days and WVSC thriving communities project. The grants from happy days we use to run our bigger trips which are popular and the other grants were used to run some of the activities costs.
Fundraising came to £3532.47 this year. This included income from people shopping on amazon, a kind donation from the rotary club, money that came from the lovely shopping event that Paula Timmins and the cricket club organised plus a large donation from one of our families companies who wishes to remain anonymous. A special thankyou to Jennys parents Gemma and Simon who did a go fund me go sober for two months. We would like to say a massive thankyou to everyone who fundraised or sent donations. The charity is currently wanting to purchase a portable interactive projector and this £3532.47 will go towards this.
Total income for 2021 was £18325.95
Expenditure
We spent a total of £14067.69 on venue hire and the running costs of activities. This is always our biggest outgoing expense. This figure includes hire of venues, hire of suppliers such as big top music, bubble lady, animal experiences, costs of hiring coaches, tickets purchased, swimming pools and snoezelon. It also includes purchase of items for activities like craft supplies, sensory items and gifts from santa.
Other expenditure came to £3092.34, this includes our liability insurance, stationery, printing, storage costs, laptop security software and postage. We also purchased the mobile hoist. A changing bed was also purchased to be installed in Busy Buildings. We thank Busy buildings for all your support and help with the use of the building and the cost, hard work and time taken to create the new sensory room.
Total Expenditure for 2021 was £17160.03. The closing bank balance was £12948.26 with £90.00 cash in the tin.
The charity continues to run with all volunteers and no staffing costs, no building of its own, therefore the committee is very proud that all of our income is spent on our families and
members. Our income and expenditure has gone up which reflects the rise in member numbers and also the fact we are providing more activities focusing on accessibility which often comes at a premium. As Treasurer I also am pleased to see that during 2021 we spent £17160.03 and income was £18325.95, this shows that we are planning and costing correctly and also our prices charged to members are appropriate. This plus the amount we keep in the bank to safely secure the charities future means that as a growing charity we have a financially stable future.
(as required at an agm the full accounts are here and available for families to view)
Thankyou
Give Us A Break Accounts 2021
| Bank Account | Cash | Total asper bank 2021 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opening Bank Balance | £11,782.34 | |||
| Cash In Tin start 2021 | £90.00 | |||
| Income | ||||
| Donations | £8,886.48 | |||
| Grants | £5,907.00 | |||
| Fundraising | £3,532.47 | |||
| TOTAL Income for 2021 | £18,325.95 | |||
| Expenditure | ||||
| Venue Hire/Activity Costs | £14,067.69 | |||
| Other Expenditure (refreshments,admin etc) |
£3,092.34 | |||
| Total Expenditure for 2021 | £17,160.03 | |||
| Closing Bank Balance | £12,948.26 | |||
| Cash In Tin as at 31/12/21 | £90.00 | |||