**Annual Report and accounts Little Village**
**2021**
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**Contents**
|**Welcome**|**4**|
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|**About Little Village**|**6**|
|**Achievements of the year**|**12**|
|**Financial review**|**18**|
|**Structure, governance and**|**22**|
|**management**||
|**Thank you**|**26**|
|**Statement of Trustees’**|**29**|
|**responsibilities**||
|**Financial statements**|**32**|
|**Reference and administrative**|**58**|
|**information**||
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## **Welcome**
## **Welcome from our Chair**
I’m very proud to present the Little Village annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2021.
2021 marked a significant transition for Little Village, with the departure in February of our much-loved and inspirational founder, Sophia Parker. The highly experienced Sophie Livingstone took over as CEO and it has given me great pleasure to see how she has been able to take the organisation from strength to strength.
The external context in 2021 has again been very challenging, for us as a charity, but most importantly, for the families we
support. The amazing Little Village team has responded with commitment, passion and innovation. During the year, we opened a major new site in Brent,
“The amazing Little Village team has responded with commitment, passion and innovation.”
a new satellite in Roehampton and a warehouse space in Watford – enabling us to trial new ways of reaching families. We continued to develop our family liaison programme, providing more support and guidance to families. And we have worked hard to raise the profile of the enormous challenges faced by low-income families, with the highlight being the launch of our ‘It Takes a Village’ report with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
None of this would have been possible without the support of all the different members of the Little Village family – our generous funders, our committed staff and volunteers, the families who we have worked with and all those who have kindly donated their kit, their time and their expertise.
Thank you all.
## Olivia Gillan-Bower
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## **Welcome from our CEO**
Looking back on 2021, we have seen another year of growth for Little Village as we have responded to increasing need from families. As ever, individual families turn to us for a variety of reasons, but for many the impact of the pandemic continues to loom large, compounded more recently by the increased cost of living and cuts to Universal Credit.
Our response has been to redouble our efforts, expand our work, and give families a platform to talk about their experiences of being trapped in poverty.
We’ve only been able do that through growing our ‘village’ of families, volunteers, donors, supporters and staff. We’re so
grateful to them all for standing up to the continued growth of child poverty.
“...we have responded to increasing need from families.”
I’m particularly proud of the way in which our whole team responded to the arrival of Afghan refugees at the end of the summer. On top of our ongoing work, we helped support 800 children in the space of three weeks and played a leading role in the panLondon response to support families with children under five.
We know that the challenge is even greater in 2022 and we hope that many more of you will join us as we tackle it head on.
## Sophie Livingstone MBE
**The Trustees present their annual report and the audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2021. Included within the Trustees’ report is the directors’ report as required by company law.**
**Reference and administrative information set out on page 59 forms part of this report. The financial statements comply with current statutory requirements, the memorandum and articles of association and the Statement of Recommended Practice - Accounting and Reporting by Charities: SORP applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with FRS 102 (‘Charities SORP’).**
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About
Little Village
**About Little Village**
## **Who we are**
## **Our vision**
Our vision is of thriving communities where families share their pre-loved kit and every child under five has the start in life they deserve.
## **Our mission**
We have three:
1. To ensure families on low incomes with children under five have the support and essentials they need;
2. To work together with parents to fix the systems that trap families in poverty;
3. To inspire families to choose and share pre-loved children’s clothes and kit.
## **What we do**
We’re a village of support and solidarity for families with children under five in London. We offer preloved kids’ clothes, baby essentials and links to key services to families in challenging circumstances such as homelessness, unemployment, low wages or domestic abuse. And we campaign alongside parents to change the systems that create those challenges.
We operate out of four main centres in London (in the boroughs of Wandsworth, Camden, Brent and Southwark), as well as a warehouse situated in Watford. We are powered by an incredible group of over 600 committed volunteers. We’ve grown to be one of the largest ‘baby banks’ in the UK, supporting over 17,000 children between our
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## **About Little Village**
launch in 2016 and the end of 2021, including over 6,400 children in 2021 alone.
The families who come to Little Village are referred to us by a network of nearly 2,000 professionals from more than 500 organisations, such as midwives, health visitors, social workers and children’s centres.
Families can receive items from us either by having them delivered to their homes, or by coming into one of our centres. When clothing and kit are being delivered, our family liaison team will first speak to families over the phone to understand their needs – from what kind of toys their kids like to play with, to what type of buggy might work best for them. Volunteers in our centres use this information to carefully pack delivery boxes with clean and pressed clothes and personally selected items.
When families come into one of our centres, they are welcomed with love and kindness and treated with dignity. Volunteers help them choose the items they need from our extensive stock of high-quality donated clothes, toys, buggies, beds and more. Families can receive new items every three months, as their needs evolve, and are encouraged to donate back to Little Village any items that they have finished using.
Although we call ourselves a ‘baby bank’, we provide so much more than just highquality kit to families – at the core of what we do is a desire to build connections across communities and to create opportunities for people to thrive.
We have always argued that our work should not only serve to support families who are struggling, but should also act as a force for change when it comes to the existence of child poverty. We are committed to playing our part in ending child poverty and we believe that every child deserves the best possible start in life.
## **How we work**
We believe in the power of **solidarity** , bringing people together to support each other. We create spaces where everyone can **thrive** – families and their children, our volunteers, our team. We have a passion for **sustainability** and at the heart of everything is the belief that **love** is a force for change in a world where so many of us have to fight for the basics.
## **The need we respond to**
As the cost-of-living crisis hits in the UK, more families than ever before are struggling to make ends meet. Our research in 2021 supported by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and updated this year showed how 1.3m of the 4.2m children living in poverty in the UK are under five. Half of all children living in poverty have a child under five in the household reflecting the additional costs and constraints young children place on family budgets. This is a situation that is set to get worse: the Resolution Foundation predicts that by 2023/2024, 5.2 million children – an additional 1.1 million – will be living in poverty.
The impact of poverty on the early years is well documented, creating adverse
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## **About Little Village**
impacts on physical and mental health, family relationships and attachment, and educational attainment. These impacts have life-long consequences. For the parents of young children, poverty is time consuming, and parents tell us of the complex decisions they have to make to pay essential bills or purchase necessities. Mental health is adversely affected, and vital time that should be spent bonding and supporting young children is stolen by the demands of balancing budgets. Worry about meeting basic needs is often coupled with feelings of isolation and loneliness.
Our work meets three key needs. The kit we provide meets fundamental physiological needs – a safe place to sleep; clothes to keep children warm and dry; hygienic means to feed. It enables both parents and children
to thrive by providing stimulus (through toys and books) and through access (a buggy enables a child to access a nursery or children’s centre, or enables a parent to get out to meet others and share experiences). And finally, the solidarity, dignity and respect that sit at the heart of how we deliver our services help parents feel that they are not alone, and that they can face some of the challenges of living on a low income.
It is the important combination of not just what we provide, but how we provide it that makes Little Village’s service unique in how it supports families.
Everyone has times in life when they need help, and times in life when they’re able to offer help. That’s what Little Village is there for.
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## **About Little Village**
## **Our strategic objectives**
## **Helping more children**
We want to help more children living in poverty by opening more centres (either major hubs or smaller satellites) so that we can serve families right across London.
## **Offering families**
## **broader support**
We want to ensure that Little Village offers families more than just ‘kit’ by also providing emotional support and, if necessary, referrals to other organisations.
## **Building our volunteer programme**
Volunteers are at the heart of Little Village and our volunteer programme offers people from all backgrounds the opportunity to grow and thrive. We have an explicit focus on developing skills and helping people back into the labour market when this is what they want.
## **Being a force for change**
We believe that every child deserves the best possible start in life. Our focus is on changing unhelpful and damaging attitudes and beliefs towards child poverty as well as campaigning for policy change.
## **Building a resilient organisation**
It is critical that our strategic objectives are supported by a strong and resilient organisation, with sustainable funding, a forward-thinking approach to people management and development, and robust financial and operational systems.
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## **Our values**
## **Solidarity**
We bring people together across economic and social divides, united in a shared belief that every parent deserves to give their kids the best possible start in life.
## **Sustainability**
We achieve our mission whilst treading lightly on the planet, joining forces with other parts of the circular economy to reduce waste and promote re-use.
## **Love**
We see love as an action – an act of donating precious baby kit, of volunteering valuable time and of offering solidarity during tough times.
## **Thriving**
This means having a sense of agency, belonging, and hope. And these are the qualities we focus on in how we work as well as what we do.
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## **Achievements of the year**
## **Helping more children**
We supported 6,463 children in 2021, responding to a total of 4,862 requests for support from 4,042 families. In 2020, as part of our response to Covid, we introduced a hygiene pack offer to support families who were struggling to source such items themselves: we provided 2,151 such packs, representing over one third of the requests we handled in 2020, with the remainder being our traditional ‘kit and clothing’ fulfilments. In 2021, we have reduced our provision of hygiene packs (1,040 in total) but have fulfilled a larger number of full ‘kit and clothing’ requests (3,834 in 2021 by comparison with 3,619 in 2020). This work was achieved by operating out of existing centres in Kings Cross (Camden), Battersea, Balham and Southwark. We opened our first satellite site in Roehampton, co-locating with a children’s centre, and we launched a new centre in Wembley, the first baby bank in the borough of Brent.
We were also gifted a temporary warehouse space in Watford, something that has long been on our wish list, and which has enabled us to remove ‘big kit’ such as buggies and cots from our other locations, freeing up much-needed space, as well as to receive large donations of items such as nappies from corporate donors.
In addition to our core work we also responded to the arrival of 16,000 Afghan refugees in August and September under the ARAP programme. We worked as part of the Voluntary and Communities
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## **Achievements of the year**
Sector Emergency Partnership (VCSEP) with organisations such as Red Cross and RE:ACT to co-ordinate London’s response. During a three-week period we supplied items for 800 children, including clothes, nappies, toiletries, activity packs, travel cots and buggies. This required a seven day a week operation from our sites and complex liaison with local councils and other support charities across London to ensure families in hotels across the capital were adequately supported. There was a huge community reaction meaning we had a high level of stock donated and were able to run a short-term fundraising campaign to cover additional financial expenditure such as transport and staff overtime. We were subsequently asked to become a permanent partner member of VCSEP and our involvement has helped us build our
capacity and learnings for responding to crisis events in future.
## **Offering families broader support**
Over 5,000 calls were made to families in 2021. These calls enable us to ensure the support requested is exactly what the family needs and offer a moment of personal connection and solidarity. It is during these calls that we identify additional needs and signpost on to further resources where needed. We made 274 external referrals to other family support organisations, the Citizen’s Advice Bureau, and food banks. Thanks to funding from the Mayor of London, we were able to launch a Signposting and Advice Service in November 2021, putting in place more bespoke support for families as part of our offer.
**Above** Shelley, a member of our signposting and guidance team.
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**Achievements of the year**
We have also begun to welcome families into our Roehampton satellite and our new Wembley Hub (which has been fitted out as a retail space, thanks to support from Selfridges staff, provided pro bono).
## **Building our volunteer programme**
What we have achieved this year wouldn’t have been possible without our incredible volunteers. During the year, 629 volunteers donated over 16,000 hours of their time, a significant increase on 2020, despite challenges such as the end of the furlough scheme leading to the loss of some of our regular volunteers.
We were also really pleased to be able to open a creche at our Kings Cross site on
Fridays during the autumn of 2021, enabling people with young children to volunteer with us. We are hoping to expand this to other sites in 2022.
## **Being a force for change**
Alongside our operational work, we’ve done a lot to raise the profile of the challenges faced by low-income families.
The Duchess of Cambridge took part in a Zoom call with two of our families to mark our fifth anniversary which was featured in a wide range of publications from The Express to Hello magazine.
Our ‘It Takes a Village’ report, published in February 2021 with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, was covered as the lead item on Newsnight and the report’s findings were
**Above** Staff member and supported mum Vicky talks to the Duchess of Cambridge about our work.
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## **Achievements of the year**
raised by SNP leader Ian Blackford at Prime Minister’s Questions the following day.
Our emergency support for newly arrived Afghan refugees in September was featured in The Times, The One Show on BBC 1 and BBC London News and radio.
## **Building a resilient organisation**
## **People**
We have strengthened our central staff team, appointing Heads of Fundraising and Advocacy and Communications. We reviewed our operational model in order to reflect on the lessons learned from the Covid operations and the need for a more permanent operational structure. As a result, we restructured our operations staff team at the end of 2021.
## **Fundraising**
Our new Chief Executive and Head of Fundraising led our fundraising work in 2021, supported by a new Fundraising Manager who joined in June. This increased capacity enabled us to build varied and stable funding streams, capitalise on the amazing opportunities we are presented with, and to create and deliver a long term fundraising plan. We ran two successful online giving campaigns using the Big Give platform, helping us to build our individual supporter base, with donations from 864 individuals. Our specific fundraising objectives for 2021 centred on securing new donations from a
mixture of trusts and foundations, corporate donors, and high-net-worth individuals, with a focus on multi-year gifts so that we can better forecast our income, build organisational stability and enable the network to further plan ahead.
We are enormously grateful to all those who have supported us in 2021.
## **Processes and technology**
We continue to work hard to ensure our management processes (for example, project planning, objective setting and review meetings) have kept pace with our organisational growth. We were grateful for the pro-bono support of Bain Consulting during the summer of 2021 to help us review our operating model in the light of both what we learned through Covid and our continued growth. We have continued our technology project which is focused on ensuring that our use of the Salesforce system makes our operations as smooth and efficient as possible.
## **Governance**
We embarked on a journey to diversify our board, launching a process of wider recruitment for new trustees and reviewing our culture and behaviours as a team. We will be continuing the process with more trustee recruitment during 2022 to further diversify and add to our skills base.
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* This represents the ‘as new’ value of the donated items gifted to families as well as the value of new items bought such as mattresses and hygiene products. This shows what it would have cost families to buy this kit new. The financial statements show the second-hand value of donated goods in line with the Charities SORP.
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**Financial review**
## **Review of the year**
## **Income and expenditure**
The charity’s income during 2021 in the form of grants and monetary donations was £2.2m (2020: £1.6m). The single largest source of grant income in 2021 was The National Lottery Community Fund, from whom Little Village received £493k. This grant funds core salary costs in our main sites to deliver our baby bank operations. The majority of the remaining income was received from other grant-making organisations (including trusts and foundations), statutory bodies, corporate donors and individuals.
Total expenditure for the year was £1.3m (2020: £914k), excluding the value of donated goods which were passed on to our beneficiary families. Staff costs continued to be our most significant expense at £666k (2020: £437k) and these increased as we added to our staff count (with an increase from 12 to 18 on an FTE basis) as our operations expanded. Other costs associated with our growth included an increase in accommodation expenses which stood at £159k (2020: £62k) and IT consultancy at £53k which funded further work on our Salesforce
the value of donated goods given out during the year is also included in these accounts. Specifically, they are recognised in both income and expenditure, at the same amount, when they are distributed to beneficiary families rather than when they are received by Little Village. No balance sheet value is assigned to any second-hand donated items that are held at the year-end. Where goods have been donated to Little Village as brand new, items held at the year-end are reflected as stock on the balance sheet to the extent that the value is material.
database to aid operational logistics (2020: nil).
The four-year trend shown below summarises total income and expenditure, including restricted and unrestricted funds. The value of donated goods that Little Village has passed to families is excluded (refer to ‘Donations in kind’ below for further information). The value of donated services is also excluded.
## **Donations in kind**
In line with best practice according to the Charities SORP,
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2021 Monetary income
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|**£’000**|**2018**|**2019**|**2020**|**2021**|
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|**Income (excluding donated goods/services)**|340|394|1,636|2,181|
|**Expenditure (excluding donated goods)**|(212)|(398)|(914)|(1,311)|
|**Surplus/(defcit)**|128|(4)|722|967|
|**Total reserves (unrestricted and restricted)**|188|184|906|1,873|
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## **Financial review**
At 31 December 2021, brand new donated items amounting to £24,100 were included in stock on the balance sheet (refer to note 16 to the accounts).
To value second-hand donated goods for the purposes of the income and expenditure disclosures, we take a secondhand market value estimate of each type of item. Baby clothing is valued on the basis of bundles, reflecting both how they would typically be sold second hand, and the way in which we distribute bundled clothing to families. Brand new items donated to Little Village are reflected in income and expenditure based on the ‘as new’ value.
Donated services are recognised in our accounts as income and expenditure where they are services we would have needed to procure anyway. Where donated services are of a higher quality (and therefore higher value) than we would have ordinarily paid for, we have accounted for them at the value we would have been willing to pay. Services such as the consultancy support we received from Bain Consulting (mentioned below) are not reflected in the accounts because we would have been unable to pay for an equivalent service unless it had been given pro-bono.
**Significant events affecting financial performance and financial position during the year**
The Covid 19 pandemic and restrictions continued to influence Little Village’s operations during
2021, with our delivery-based model continuing for the year in most of our sites. This has meant costs such as delivery and essential toiletries have continued in 2021. Delivery costs made up £47k of our expenditure (2020: £39k) and toiletries £88k (2020: £158k). However, with restrictions easing during the second half of the year, we were able to take advantage of support from Bain Consulting to reflect on the lessons learned from this temporary operating model, as well as surveying families to ascertain what support model they would prefer from Little Village (i.e. delivery or in-person choice of items). The response was a mixture of the two, and so our strategy and operating model have been adapted in response to this feedback.
## **Reserves**
The Trustees continually monitor the charity’s financial position and specifically review its required level of reserves each year. This review takes into account the types of income and the risks and uncertainties associated with each; the level of fixed costs including salaries and property rent; variable costs associated with providing our services; the needs of the families whom we support; the funds required to achieve our strategic goals; and any oneoff expenditure planned in the foreseeable future.
At the end of 2020, the Trustees agreed to designate a portion (£150k) of the charity’s unrestricted reserves towards the costs of upgrading our premises
and IT infrastructure. However, our expenditure on premises and systems during 2021 was met without needing to access this designated fund, and the Trustees have agreed that it should be retained at the end of 2021 to support our continuing requirements in these areas.
The Trustees have also decided to designate a further portion of the charity’s unrestricted reserves at the end of 2021 for the purpose of meeting staff costs for the roles that are critical to our provision of front-line services. As noted elsewhere in this report, Little Village has strengthened its staff team through recruitment, and payroll costs have increased by more than 50% year-onyear. We are mindful that the fundraising environment is likely to become increasingly challenging at a time when more families look to us for help. The Trustees therefore believe that allocating £500k as a new designated fund to support staff costs is an appropriate way to help safeguard Little Village’s services.
The Trustees have agreed that the minimum level of general unrestricted reserves should be sufficient to cover our fixed and variable costs for a period of between three and six months (amounting to between £483k and £967k). As at 31 December 2021, general unrestricted reserves, excluding the designated funds, stood at £1,172k. Held within this figure is the target minimum balance described above. The Trustees are comfortable with holding reserves above our minimum level in the context of
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**Financial review**
a challenging economic and fundraising environment. It is our intention that the surplus amount will enable us to invest in our capacity to support more families over the coming years.
Movements on unrestricted and restricted reserves for the financial year are summarised below. Further analyses can be found in notes 21 to 23 of the financial statements.
## **Going concern**
The social and economic repercussions of the Covid-19 pandemic will continue to be felt for some time to come, meaning that Little Village is operating in a generally uncertain environment. The principal risk that Little Village faces is our ability to sustain the level of income needed to support the ever-increasing number of families who seek our help. Taking these factors into account, the Trustees have reviewed the level of reserves currently held, along with the budgeted income and
expenditure, and have concluded that the charity’s funds will be sufficient to sustain its activities for a period of at least twelve months from the date of finalising these accounts. Accordingly, the accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis.
A broader discussion on the risks and uncertainties that Little Village faces, and the management of those risks, is set out below in the next section ‘Structure, governance and management’.
## **Investment policy**
In addition to the balance held in the charity’s current accounts, cash is placed in short and medium term interest-bearing deposits with UK incorporated banks, in order to maximise the charity’s interest income while at the same time diversifying its exposure to individual institutions. The maturity of deposits is determined having regard to the charity’s predicted level and timing of outgoings. The
Trustees currently do not consider other forms of investment to be appropriate.
|**£’000**|**Unrestricted**|**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**Total**|
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||**funds**||**funds**||
||General|Designated|||
|**Brought forward 1 January 2021**|688|150|68|906|
|**Net income/(expenditure) for the year**|944|-|23|967|
|**Transfer between funds (see note 21)**|40||(40)||
|**Transfer to Designated Fund**|(500)|500|||
|**Carried forward 31 December 2021**|1,172|650|51|1,873|
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**Structure, governance and management**
## **Governance**
The organisation is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO), registered as a charity on 18 October 2016.
The charity was established under a Memorandum of Association which established the objects and powers of the charitable company and is governed under its Articles of Association.
In the event of winding-up, members of the charity have no liability to contribute to its assets and no personal responsibility for settling its debts and liabilities. The Trustees are members of the charity but this entitles them only to voting rights. The Trustees have no beneficial interest in the charity.
## **Appointment and induction of Trustees**
Roles are openly advertised and Trustees are recruited through an interview process led by nominated members of the Board. New Trustees receive an induction programme which includes meetings with key members of the management team, a briefing pack and a site visit. All Trustees commit to volunteering with Little Village at least once a quarter so that they have a good understanding of the work that the charity does.
In 2020, the Board decided there was a need to recruit new Trustees with more diverse backgrounds and with lived experience of childhood poverty. A Trustee recruitment
process was launched in the first quarter of 2021 and three new trustees were appointed in June, bringing a range of skills as well as lived experience to the Board. The Trustee induction process was reviewed along with other aspects of the charity’s general governance arrangements, making it more comprehensive and suitable for Trustees who have no prior Board experience. Trustees took part in two board culture sessions focused on building an inclusive board culture.
All Board members participate in an annual review and objective setting process, led by the Chair of Trustees. Trustees are appointed for a three-year term with the option to renew for one further three-year term.
## **Organisational structure and decision making**
The Board of Trustees has collective responsibility for everything that the charity does, including the legal responsibility to ensure it is controlled and properly managed. The Board delegates responsibility for operational management to the Chief Executive. The Chief Executive leads the senior management team to develop plans, policies and processes following the Board’s advice and approval. As at 31 December 2021, the rest of the senior management team comprised a Head of Programmes, a Head of Operations, a Head of People, a Head of Finance, a Head of Fundraising and a Head of Advocacy and Communications.
The Board of Trustees is responsible for the strategic direction of the charity and meets quarterly together with the Chief Executive and senior management team to review progress and to ensure the charity is on track to meet its objectives. The Board has two sub-committees: Finance and Fundraising and a Remuneration committee (these meet quarterly and annually, respectively).
## **Remuneration policy**
All Trustees give their time voluntarily and receive no benefits from the charity. Any expenses reclaimed from the charity are set out in note 12 to the accounts.
In setting salaries, Little Village strives to pay at a competitive level within the sector and considers changes in the cost of living/inflation and changes to roles and responsibilities. The charity also takes into account the need to remain prudent so that salary costs are sustainable both at the current time and in the future. All employees are paid at least the London living wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.
The Board of Trustees reviews and agrees the annual remuneration of the Chief Executive and agrees the remuneration level of senior staff, in conjunction with the Chief Executive.
Little Village is committed to creating roles that enable people to balance purpose-driven work with other priorities in life.
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## **Equity, diversity and inclusion**
We are working towards a goal where our staff team, volunteers and Trustees fully reflect and are representative of the diversity and difference in the lived experiences of the families we support and where individual differences and contributions are truly recognised and valued.
When recruiting for a new staff role, we continue to follow two commitments, namely to disclose the salary and not to require a university degree. We are committed to removing bias within the recruitment process and we continue to trial new approaches in pursuit of this objective.
We remain committed to flexible working and a majority of our staff work part time. In 2021 we experimented with advertising roles as either part- or full-time in order to maximise the appeal of working at Little Village to the broadest possible range of candidates, which has led to the appointment of some full-time staff members to our team.
Building on our work with the Board, during 2022 we will review our current EDI practices and create a vision and action plan for the future.
## **Volunteers**
The Trustees are grateful for the enormous contribution made by Little Village volunteers across a variety of roles (typically collecting donations, sorting and packing them, making deliveries, liaising with families). The charity is truly powered by its incredible
volunteers and they are one of Little Village’s most critical and valuable assets. There were 629 active volunteers during 2021.
## **Fundraising**
Fundraising was led by the Head of Fundraising with significant involvement from the Chief Executive. We did not receive any complaints about our fundraising. We keep up to date with changing regulation and ensure we comply with it by changing processes if needed. We are a member of the Fundraising Regulator and our Head of Fundraising has reviewed our fundraising policy, with a new Ethical Fundraising Policy being approved by the Board in December 2021. We understand our duty to protect vulnerable people and people’s privacy and do not engage in any intrusive methods of raising funds.
## **Principal risks and uncertainties**
The charity has a risk register in place which sets out key risks (covering governance, financial, operational, external and reputational, legal and compliance risk) and how they are managed. The risk register is formally reviewed annually by the Board but noted on a quarterly basis at each Board meeting.
The Trustees and Chief Executive have identified the following as key risks facing Little Village:
- A breach of the charity’s safeguarding policy. This is mitigated by ensuring that all staff, volunteers
and Trustees receive safeguarding training and that a safeguarding briefing is given at the beginning of volunteering sessions;
- A shortfall in income. This risk is managed by having forward planning around fundraising and diversifying fundraising streams. In addition, there is regular monitoring of financial performance throughout the year so that mitigating measures can be put in place, if needed;
• Loss of key staff or Trustees. This is mitigated by having a clear business continuity plan for each key area to include deputies for key roles/ areas and by developing a People Strategy which includes performance management and development. A Trustee review programme is also in place;
- The impact of any adverse external events which would have an impact on the ability to deliver the service;
- The loss of one of the key sites that Little Village operates from. This is mitigated by ensuring that the charity has sufficient capacity and flexibility at other sites to provide temporary cover if needed.
## **Policies**
Policies for all relevant areas are maintained, including safeguarding (adult and child), health and safety, data protection, conflicts of interest,
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finance and fraud. Policies are reviewed annually and approved by the board.
## **Public benefit**
The Trustees have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the charity’s aims and objectives and in planning its future activities. In particular, the Trustees consider how planned activities will contribute to the aims and objectives that have been set.
## **Related parties**
We work in partnership with a wide range of organisations, such as Citizen’s Advice, Home-Start and statutory services such as midwifery teams, health visitors and local authorities. We have no related parties or related party transactions.
## **Our plans for the future**
It is clear that the need for Little Village’s work is not going to diminish during 2022. Families have told us that due to the rising cost of living, together with the removal of the Universal Credit uplift in autumn 2021 and continued high housing and childcare costs, 2022 is looking even more challenging.
Following feedback from families we’ve supported, we will retain direct deliveries to people unable to travel to us due to distance or circumstances, but we are also keen to start welcoming families back into our hubs more regularly, enabling them to receive the warm Little Village interaction that so many have appreciated over the past five years, along with the ability to choose items for their children themselves.
During 2022 we will open a new Little Village hub in Tooting, South London, replacing our temporary Battersea operation, and a new operation in Hackney, in partnership with Guinness Partnership, the Boiler House Spaces community organisation, and Sal’s Shoes.
We will also continue to draw attention, alongside families affected, to the challenges faced when living in poverty with young children, particularly in the context of a growing cost of living crisis. This will include gathering evidence from baby banks across the UK, enabling us collectively to tell a national story about the impact of child poverty and the needs that baby banks are meeting. We will also explore baby banks’ interest in creating a more formal national network.
**Above** Stock in our Battersea hub, ready to be packed for families.
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**Thank you**
## **It takes a village**
It really does take a village to make our work happen – families, volunteers, referral partners, donors of baby kit, financial supporters and our incredible staff team – all working together to ensure children and their families have what they need to thrive.
We are so grateful to everyone who has helped us make an incredibly challenging year one of our most impactful to date. That has only been possible through an extraordinary collective effort. We look forward to growing our village in 2022 and beyond.
**We would be lost without the 629 volunteers who kindly gave us 17,135 hours of their time in 2021. Powered by this amazing team, they sort, pack, bundle, deliver and call and help us with all manner of challenges.**
**Thank you to our 1,977 referral partners who work tirelessly to make sure families get the support they need and take the time to complete our referral form. Although not in our hubs, there are many consultants and companies who volunteer their expertise pro bono or at a very friendly charity rate. This year we would like to thank Ark, Bain Consulting, BYM Capital, Big Yellow Storage, BusinessPAYE, Herbert Smith Freehills, Savills, and Selfridges.**
**Above** Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, and Tooting MP Dr Rosena Allin Khan visit our Balham hub.
**We would also like to thank those companies that have supported with donations from their own profits or**
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## **Thank you**
**donated and/or gifted us beautiful stock so incredibly generously this year, including Pampers and Milton, and many other small businesses who pass on special items for us to gift on. If you have ever visited one of our hubs, you will understand why we are so grateful to our lovely landlords, building managers and cleaners. Thank you, Somers Town Community Associations, BYM Capital, Eastwood Children’s Centre in Roehampton, Realstar, Uncle, and St Marks United Reform Church.**
**Thank you to all the existing and new trust, foundations and statutory partnerships who have supported us with core and project funding and made introductions to new organisations. As a group you bring long term stability to the organisation. Special thanks to AKO Foundation, Ajaz.com, Ark, Belvedere Trust, Christopher A. Holder, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport’s Community Match Challenge, Edward Gosling Foundation, Greater London Authority, Haringey Council, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Mr. Wissam Al Mana, Peter Stebbings Memorial Charity, Regents Place Community Fund and The National Lottery Community Fund. We were particularly proud to have been awarded funding by a community panel of residents with experience of Camden’s inequality through Camden Giving’s participatory funding model.**
**From start-ups to established powerhouses, all shapes and sizes of companies have supported Little Village this year. Some**
**have donated a percentage of their profit, others donated some of their incredible stock, volunteered, ran donation drives, chose us as their charity of the year and rallied behind our appeals. Special thanks to Brotherton Real Estate, Raise Your Hands and Sam Knows.**
**Every year the children and their parents at the schools that support us always astound us with a new brilliant fundraising event and we are bowled over by their energy and enthusiasm. This year we were also the very lucky beneficiaries of a charity partnership at Thomas’s and Rocket productions who have kept up the fundraising momentum and many have also come to our hubs and volunteered – thank you.**
**Thank you to those people and organisations who have helped us share the story of the families we’ve supported with respect and care. Special thanks to Bounty and our friends at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation including Grace Hetherington, Carla Cebula and Joseph Elliott. And then finally, an enormous thank you to the huge number of individuals that made donations ranging from £10 to £200k or raised funds through a hardcore personal challenge. We heavily rely on your regular and one-off donations and we know that often you are also someone who has volunteered or donated kit as well. Although we aren’t able to name you all here, you know who you are and so do we and every single one of you has made a difference this year.**
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## **Statement of Trustees’ responsibilities**
The Trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ annual report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
Charity law requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charity for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the Trustees are required to:
- Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently
- Observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP
- Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent
- State whether applicable UK Accounting Standards and statements of recommended practice have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements
- Prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in operation
The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable group and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
In so far as the Trustees are aware:
- There is no relevant audit information of which the charity’s auditors are unaware
- The Trustees have taken all steps that they ought to have taken to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the auditors are aware of that information
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The Trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the charity’s website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.
## **Auditors**
Third Sector Accountancy Limited were re-appointed as the charity’s auditors during the year and have expressed their willingness to continue in that capacity.
The Trustees’ annual report has been approved by the Trustees and signed on their behalf by
## **Olivia Gillan-Bower, Chair**
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## **Financial statements**
**Year ended 31 December 2021 Little Village Charity number 1169735**
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**Independent auditor’s report**
## **Independent auditor’s report to the Trustees of Little Village**
## **Opinion**
We have audited the financial statements of Little Village (the ‘charity’) for the year ended 31 December 2021 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities, the Balance Sheet, the Statement of Cash Flows and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
In our opinion, the financial statements:
- give a true and fair view of the state of the charity’s affairs as at 31 December 2021 and of its incoming resources and application of resources for the year then ended;
- have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
- have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011.
## **Basis for opinion**
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charity in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
## **Conclusions relating to going concern**
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Trustees’ use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.
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## **Independent auditor’s report**
Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charity’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the Trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.
## **Other information**
The other information comprises the information included in the Trustees’ Annual Report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. The Trustees are responsible for the other information. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.
We have nothing to report in this regard.
## **Matters on which we are required to report by exception**
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:
- the information given in the financial statements is inconsistent in any material respect with the Trustees’ report; or
- the charity has not kept adequate accounting records; or
- the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
- we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.
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**Independent auditor’s report**
## **Responsibilities of Trustees**
As explained more fully in the Trustees’ responsibilities statement set out on page 29, the Trustees are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the Trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, the Trustees are responsible for assessing the charity’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the Trustees either intend to liquidate the charity or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.
**Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements**
We have been appointed as auditor under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 and report in accordance with regulations made under Section 154 of that Act.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below.
## **Capability of the audit in detecting irregularities, including fraud**
Based on our understanding of the group and environment in which it operates, we identified the principal risks of non-compliance with laws and regulations related to pension legislation, tax legislation, employment legislation, health and safety legislation, and other legislation specific to the area in which the charity operates, and we
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## **Independent auditor’s report**
considered the extent to which non-compliance might have a material effect on the financial statements. We also considered those laws and regulations that have a direct impact on the preparation of the financial statements such as the reporting requirements under the Charities SORP and FRS102, and the Charities Act 2011.
We evaluated management’s incentives and opportunities for fraudulent manipulation of the financial statements (including the risk of override of controls), and determined that the principal risks were related to the pressure on management to achieve particular results. Audit procedures performed by the engagement team included:
- Review of policies and training records;
- Discussions with management including consideration of known or suspected instances of non-compliance;
- Evaluating management’s controls designed to prevent and detect irregularities;
- Identifying and testing journal entries; and
- Challenging assumptions and judgments made by management.
There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures described above and the further removed non-compliance with laws and regulations is from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, the less likely we would become aware of it. Also, the risk of not detecting a material misstatement due to fraud is higher than the risk of not detecting one resulting from error, as fraud may involve deliberate concealment by, for example, forgery or intentional misrepresentations, or through collusion.
A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at www.frc.org.uk/ auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor’s report.
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**Independent auditor’s report**
## **Use of the audit report**
This report is made solely to the charity’s Trustees, as a body, in accordance with Part 4 of the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charity’s Trustees those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor’s report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charity and the charity’s Trustees as a body for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
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Third Sector Accountancy Limited, Statutory Auditor Holyoake House Hanover Street Manchester M60 0AS
Third Sector Accountancy Limited is eligible to act as an auditor in terms of section 1212 of the Companies Act 2006.
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## **Statement of financial activities**
**Statement of Financial Activities (including Income and Expenditure account) for the year ended 31 December 2021**
|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Note**
**£**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Note**
**£**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**|**Total funds**
**2021**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
**£**|**Total funds**
**2021**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
**£**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**|**Total funds**
**2020**
**£**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Income from:**
Donations and
legacies
3
Donated goods
for benefciaries
3
Donated
services
3
Charitable
activities
4
Other trading
activities
5
Investments
6
**Total income**
**Expenditure on:**
Raising funds
7
Charitable
activities
8
**Total expenditure**
**Net income/**
**(expenditure) for**
**the year**
10
**Transfer between**
**funds**
21
**Net movement in**
**funds for the year**
**Reconciliation of**
**funds**
Total funds brought
forward
**Total funds carried**
**forward**|1,044,002
574,319
72,423
-
1,283
2,303
1,694,330
20,850
730,071
750,921
943,409
40,192
983,601
838,426
1,822,027|1,065,881
-
-
67,847
-
-
1,133,728
81,921
1,028,357
1,110,278
23,450
(40,192)
(16,724)
68,044
51,302|2,109,883
574,319
72,423
67,847
1,283
2,303
2,828,058
102,771
1,758,428
1,861,199
966,859
-
966,859
906,470
1,873,329|755,608
514,476
-
-
282
1,086
1,271,452
8,799
581,616
590,415
681,037
-
681,037
157,389
838,426|815,612
-
-
63,904
-
-
879,516
57,524
780,552
838,076
41,440
-
41,440
26,604
68,044|1,571,220
514,476
-
63,904
282
1,086
2,150,968
66,323
1,362,168
1,428,491
722,477
-
722,477
183,993
906,470|
The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.
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**Balance sheet**
## **Balance sheet as at 31 December 2021**
|**Note**|**2021**
**£**|**2021**
**£**|**2020**
**£**|**2020**
**£**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Fixed assets**
Tangible assets
15
**Total fxed assets**
**Current assets**
Stock
16
Debtors
17
Cash at bank and in hand
18
**Total current assets**
**Liabilities**
Creditors: amounts falling due in less than one year
19
**Net current assets**
**Total assets less current liabilities**
**Net assets**
**The funds of the charity:**
Restricted income funds
21
Unrestricted income funds
22
**Total charity funds**|41,295
65,888
1,761,853|50,165|-
36,065
1,001,785|720
720
905,750
906,470
906,470
68,044
838,426
906,470|
|||50,165
1,823,164|||
||1,869,036
(45,872)||1,037,850
(132,100)||
||||||
|||1,873,329|||
|||1,873,329|||
|||51,302
1,822,027|||
|||1,873,329|||
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The notes on pages 41 to 57 form part of these accounts.
Approved by the Trustees and signed on their behalf by:
## **Olivia Gillan-Bower (Chair)**
## **Geraldine Wright (Treasurer)**
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## **Statement of cash flows**
## **Statement of Cash Flows for the year ending 31 December 2021**
|**Note**|**2021**
**£**|**2020**
**£**|
|---|---|---|
|**Cash provided by/(used in) operating activities**
25
Cash flows from investing activities:
Dividends, interest, and rents from investments
Purchase of tangible fxed assets
**Cash provided by/(used in) investing activities**
Increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents in the year
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year
**Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year**|811,922
2,303
(54,157)
(51,854)
760,068
1,001,785
1,761,853|811,295
1,086
-
1,086
812,381
189,404
1,001,785|
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**Notes to the accounts**
## **Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2021**
## **1. Accounting policies**
The principal accounting policies adopted, judgments and key sources of estimation uncertainty in the preparation of the financial statements are as follows:
## **a. Basis of preparation**
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued in October 2019 (“Charities SORP (FRS 102)”), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006.
Little Village meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy note.
The financial statements are presented in sterling which is the functional currency of the charity and rounded to the nearest £ sterling.
## **b. Judgments and estimates**
The Trustees have made no key judgments which have a significant effect on the accounts.
The Trustees do not consider that there are any sources of estimation uncertainty at the reporting date that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amount of assets and liabilities within the next reporting period.
## **c. Preparation of the accounts on a going concern basis**
The Trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charitable company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
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## **Notes to the accounts**
The Trustees have considered the level of funds held and the expected level of income and expenditure for 12 months from authorising these financial statements. Having successfully adapted the operation to incorporate Covid restrictions the charity is able to continue to support and serve the needs of its beneficiaries at an even enhanced level. The budgeted income and expenditure is sufficient with the level of reserves of the charity to be able to continue as a going concern. Please refer to further comments in the trustees’ annual report.
## **d. Income**
Income is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the item(s) of income have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.
Income from government and other grants, whether ‘capital’ grants or ‘revenue’ grants, is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the grants have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably and is not deferred.
Income received in advance of a provision of a specified service is deferred until the criteria for income recognition are met.
## **e. Donated services, facilities, and goods**
Donated professional services and donated facilities are recognised as income when the charity has control over the item, any conditions associated with the donated item have been met, the receipt of economic benefit from the use by the charity of the item is probable and that economic benefit can be measured reliably. In accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102), general volunteer time is not recognised; refer to the Trustees’ Annual Report for more information about their contribution.
On receipt, donated professional services and donated facilities are recognised on the basis of the value of the gift to the charity which is the amount the charity would have been willing to pay to obtain services or facilities of equivalent economic benefit on the open market; a corresponding amount is then recognised in expenditure in the period of receipt.
The charity received a wide range of donations from the general public of second hand baby and children’s clothing, cots, buggies and various other types of goods needed for babies and young children. All these donations are passed on to families in need free of charge. These donations were valued at an estimated second hand value recorded
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**Notes to the accounts**
both as income (£574,319) and expenditure (£550,219) in the accounts. The second hand value of these gifts is recognised in the accounts when they are distributed to the beneficiary. The stock of second hand goods is not recognised in the accounts because it would be impractical to record this information, and the costs of attempting to do so would outweigh any benefit to the users of the accounts or the charity.
## **f. Interest receivable**
Interest on funds held on deposit is included when receivable and the amount can be measured reliably by the charity; this is normally upon notification of the interest paid or payable by the bank.
## **g. Fund accounting**
Unrestricted funds are available to spend on activities that further any of the purposes of charity.
Designated funds are unrestricted funds of the charity which the Trustees have decided at their discretion to set aside to use for a specific purpose.
Restricted funds are donations which the donor has specified are to be solely used for particular areas of the charity’s work or for specific projects being undertaken by the charity.
## **h. Expenditure and irrecoverable VAT**
Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to make a payment to a third party, it is probable that settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is classified under the following activity headings:
- Costs of raising funds comprise the costs of a fundraiser, fundraising events, marketing, merchandise and website costs, and their associated support costs.
- Expenditure on charitable activities includes the costs of operating baby and young children’s clothing banks undertaken to further the purposes of the charity and their associated support costs.
- Other expenditure represents those items not falling into any other heading.
Irrecoverable VAT is charged as a cost against the activity for which the expenditure was incurred.
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**Notes to the accounts**
## **i. Allocation of support costs**
Support costs are those functions that assist the work of the charity but do not directly undertake charitable activities. Support costs include back office costs, finance, personnel, payroll and governance costs which support the charity’s programmes and activities. These costs have been allocated between cost of raising funds and expenditure on charitable activities. The bases on which support costs have been allocated are set out in note 9.
## **j. Operating leases**
Operating leases are leases in which the title to the assets, and the risks and rewards of ownership, remain with the lessor. Rental charges are charged on a straight line basis over the term of the lease.
## **k. Tangible fixed assets**
Individual fixed assets costing £1,000 or more are capitalised at cost and are depreciated over their estimated useful economic lives on a straight line basis as follows:
|ows:||
|---|---|
|Leasehold improvements
|over 10 years|
|Furniture, fxtures and fttings|20% – 33%|
|Computer equipment|33%|
## **l. Stock**
Stock is included at cost. In general, cost is determined on a first in, first out basis. Provision is made where necessary for obsolete, slow moving, and defective stocks. Donated items of stock are recognised at fair value which is the amount the charity would have been willing to pay for the items on the open market.
## **m. Debtors**
Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.
## **n. Cash at bank and in hand**
Cash at bank and cash in hand includes cash and short term highly liquid investments with a range of fixed term deposits up to 12 months only.
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## **o. Creditors and provisions**
Creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due.
## **p. Financial instruments**
The charity only has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value with the exception of bank loans which are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
## **q. Pensions**
Employees of the charity are entitled to join a defined contribution ‘money purchase’ scheme. The charity’s contribution is restricted to the contributions disclosed in note 11. Outstanding contributions at the year end were £7,017 which were paid in full by 7th February 2022. The costs of the defined contribution scheme are included within support and governance costs and allocated to the funds of the charity using the methodology set out in note 9.
## **2. Legal status of the charity**
The charity is a charitable incorporated organisation registered with the Charity Commission and has no share capital. The registered office address is disclosed on page 59.
## **3. Income from donations and legacies**
||**Unrestricted**
**£**|**Restricted**
**£**|**Total 2021**
**£**|**Unrestricted**
**£**|**Restricted**
**£**|**Total 2020**
**£**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Donations and grants
Donated goods for benefciaries
Donated services
**Total**|1,044,002
574,319
72,423|1,065,881
-
-|2,109,883
574,319
72,423|755,608
514,476
-|815,612
-
-|1,571,220
514,476
-
2,085,696|
||1,690,744|1,065,881|2,756,625|1,270,084|815,612||
||||||||
Please see the Trustees Annual Report for detail on the donated services.
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## **4. Income from charitable activities**
||**Unrestricted**
**£**|**Restricted**
**£**|**Total 2021**
**£**|**Unrestricted**
**£**|**Restricted**
**£**|**Total 2020**
**£**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Ark / Department for Digital,
Culture, Media and Sport
Camden Giving Covid-19
Emergency Fund
The Hampstead Wells &
Campden Trust
**Total**|-
-
-|67,847
-
-|67,847
-
-|-
-
-|57,154
6,000
750|57,154
6,000
750
63,904|
||-|67,847|67,847|-|63,904||
||||||||
## **5. Income from other trading activities**
||**Unrestricted**
**£**|**Restricted**
**£**|**Total 2021**
**£**|**Unrestricted**
**£**|**Restricted**
**£**|**Total 2020**
**£**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Clothes recycling
**Total**|1,283|-|1,283|282|-|282
282|
||1,283|-|1,283|282|-||
||||||||
## **6. Investment income**
||**Unrestricted**
**£**|**Restricted**
**£**|**Total 2021**
**£**|**Unrestricted**
**£**|**Restricted**
**£**|**Total 2020**
**£**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Income from bank deposits|2,303|-|2,303|1,086|-|1,086
1,086|
||2,303|-|2,303|1,086|-||
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## **7. Cost of raising funds**
||**Unrestricted**
**£**|**Restricted**
**£**|**Total 2021**
**£**|**Unrestricted**
**£**|**Restricted**
**£**|**Total 2020**
**£**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Staff costs
Fundraiser's fees
Donation/online fees
Sponsored event costs
Marketing
Website costs
Investment management costs
Governance costs (see note 9)
Support costs (see note 9)|-
2,100
5,432
3,018
5,385
2,567
1,001
595
752|61,303
11,375
-
-
1,281
720
-
1,156
6,086|61,303
13,475
5,432
3,018
6,666
3,287
1,001
1,751
6,838|-
-
4,967
1,727
897
721
350
-
137|14,599
29,433
627
-
56
10,848
-
488
1,473|14,599
29,433
5,594
1,727
953
11,569
350
488
1,610
66,323|
||20,850|81,921|102,771|8,799|57,524||
||||||||
## **8. Analysis of expenditure on charitable activities**
||**Total 2021**
**£**|**Total 2020**
**£**|
|---|---|---|
|Staff costs
Other staff costs
Volunteer costs
Accommodation
Donated goods for benefciaries
Bought goods for benefciaries
Consumables
Consulting and freelance
Insurance
Legal expenses
IT Consultancy
Delivery and collection costs
Travel
Depreciation
Sundry costs
Governance costs (see note 9)
Support costs (see note 9)
Restricted expenditure
Unrestricted expenditure|536,587
14,639
442
158,716
550,219
185,850
17,096
52,383
2,306
13,423
52,911
46,761
687
4,712
46,513
15,330
59,853|383,298
6,133
790
61,594
514,476
247,379
16,719
17,226
2,009
-
-
39,230
377
1,237
16,619
12,821
42,260
1,362,168
780,552
581,616
1,362,168|
||1,758,428||
||1,028,357
730,071||
||1,758,428||
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## **Notes to the accounts**
## **9. Analysis of governance and support costs**
||**Basis of**|**Support**|**Governance**|**Total 2021**|**Support**|**Governance**|**Total 2020**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**apportionment**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|Staff costs|Staff costs|55,597|12,281|67,878|31,660|7,050|38,710|
|Subscriptions|Staff costs|6,113|-|6,113|2,038|-|2,038|
|Consulting/Freelance|Staff costs|-|-|-|5,836|1,459|7,295|
|Database expense|Staff costs|4,981|-|4,981|4,096|-|4,096|
|Audit fees|Staff costs|-|3,600|3,600|-|3,600|3,600|
|Accountancy services|Staff costs|-|1,200|1,200|240|1,200|1,440|
|||66,691|17,081|83,772|43,870|13,309|57,179|
Support and governance costs are allocated to Cost of Raising Funds and Charitable Activities in proportion to the staff time spent on those activities.
|Fundraising
Charitable activities|6,838
59,853|1,751
15,330|8,589
75,183|1,610
42,260
43,870|488
12,821|2,098
55,081|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||66,691|17,081|83,772||13,309|57,179|
## **10. Net income/(expenditure) for the year**
|**This is stated after charging/(crediting):**|**2021**
**£**|**2020**
**£**|
|---|---|---|
||||
|Depreciation
Auditor's remuneration - audit fees
Auditor's remuneration - accountancy fees|4,712
3,600
1,200|1,237
3,600
1,440|
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**Notes to the accounts**
## **11. Staff costs**
|**Staff costs during the year were as follows:**|**2021**
**£**|**2020**
**£**|
|---|---|---|
||||
|Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Pension costs
**Allocated as follows:**
Cost of raising funds
Charitable activities
Support costs
Governance costs|612,024
41,571
12,173|402,023
26,660
7,924
436,607
14,599
383,298
31,660
7,050
436,607|
||665,768||
||61,303
536,587
55,597
12,281||
||665,768||
||||
No employees received employee benefits in excess of £60,000 (2020: Nil).
The average number of staff employed during the period was 33 (2020: 24).
The average full time equivalent number of staff employed during the period was 18 (2020: 12).
The key management personnel of the charity comprise the trustees and the Chief Executive Officer, Head of Programmes, Head of Operations, Head of Finance, Head of People, Head of Fundraising and Head of Advocacy and Communications. The total employee benefits of the key management personnel of the charity were £235,204 (2020: £149,734).
## **12. Trustee remuneration and expenses, and related party transactions**
Neither the management committee nor any persons connected with them received any remuneration or reimbursed expenses during the year (2020: Nil).
Aggregate donations from related parties were £2,825 (2020: £2,500).
There are no donations from related parties which are outside the normal course of business and no restricted donations from related parties.
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## **Notes to the accounts**
No Trustee or other person related to the charity had any personal interest in any contract or transaction entered into by the charity, including guarantees, during the year (2020: nil).
## **13. Government grants**
|**The government grants recognised in the accounts**
**were as follows:**|**2021**
**£**|**2020**
**£**|
|---|---|---|
||||
|The National Lottery Community Fund
HS2 Camden fund
Southwark Borough Council - Common Purpose
Wandsworth Borough Council
Ark / Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
DWP Access To Work
Greater London Authority - Advice In Community
Haringey Council|493,125
33,333
-
4,680
67,847
2,113
13,611
5,231
9,950|493,125
33,333
1,250
4,680
57,154
9,560
-
-
-
599,102|
||629,890||
||||
There were no unfulfilled conditions and contingencies attaching to the grants.
## **14. Corporation tax**
The charity is exempt from tax on income and gains falling within Chapter 3 of Part 11 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 or Section 256 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 to the extent that these are applied to its charitable objects. No tax charges have arisen in the charity.
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## **15. Fixed assets: tangible assets**
|**Leasehold**
**improvements**|**Leasehold**
**improvements**|
**Fixtures and**
**fttings**|
**Computer**
**equipment**|**Total**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Cost**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|At 1 January 2021
Additions
At 31 December 2021
**Depreciation**
At 1 January 2021
Charge for the year
At 31 December 2021
**Net book value**
At 31 December 2021
At 31 December 2020|-
45,810|1,027
8,347|2,684
-
2,684
2,221
463
2,684
-
463|3,711
54,157
57,868
2,991
4,712
7,703
50,165
720|
||45,810|9,374|||
||-
3,436|770
813|||
||3,436|1,583|||
||42,374|7,791|||
||-|257|||
||||||
## **16. Stock**
||**2021**
**£**|**2020**
**£**|
|---|---|---|
||||
|New items donated
New items purchased|24,100
17,195
41,295|-
-
-|
Stock items comprise mattresses, toiletries and nappies.
## **17. Debtors**
||**2021**
**£**|**2020**
**£**|
|---|---|---|
||||
|Grants receivable
Other debtors
Prepayments and accrued income|-
590
65,298|21,527
126
14,412
36,065|
||65,888||
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## **18. Cash at bank and in hand**
||**2021**
**£**|**2020**
**£**|
|---|---|---|
||||
|Short term deposits
Cash at bank and in hand|405,471
1,356,382|404,909
596,876
1,001,785|
||1,761,853||
||||
## **19. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
||**2021**
**£**|**2020**
**£**|
|---|---|---|
||||
|Trade creditors
Other creditors and accruals
Deferred income
Taxation and social security costs|13,866
15,743
-
16,263|22,771
9,127
91,581
8,621
132,100|
||45,872||
||||
## **20. Deferred income**
||**2021**
**£**|**2020**
**£**|
|---|---|---|
||||
|Deferred grant brought forward
Grant received
Released to income from charitable activities
Deferred grant carried forward|91,581
-
(91,581)|-
91,581
-
91,581|
||-||
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## **21. Analysis of movements in restricted funds**
||**Balance at**
**1 January**
**2021**|**Income**|**Exenditure**|**Transfers**|**Balance at**
**31 December**
**2021**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**£**|**£**|**p**
**£**|**£**|**£**|
|||||||
|**All sites**||||||
|The National Lottery Community Fund
Ark / Department for Digital, Culture, Media
and Sport
Anonymous donor 1
Anonymous donor 2
Tides Foundation / BlackRock
Greater London Authority - Advice In Community
Global’s Make Some Noise (Global Charities)
Haringey Council
The Elba Charitable Foundation
The Hollyhock Charitable Foundation
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation
The Peter Stebbings Memorial Charity|22,317
701
5,698
5,698
5,830
-
-
-
-
-
-
-|493,125
67,847
121,500
121,500
3,671
5,230
30,000
9,950
125,000
30,000
40,000
5,000|(514,333)
(68,548)
(106,255)
(106,255)
(5,831)
(7,916)
(30,000)
(9,950)
(125,000)
(29,332)
(39,970)
(5,000)|(992)
-
(20,943)
(20,943)
-
2,686
-
-
-
-
-
-|117
-
-
-
3,670
-
-
-
-
668
30
-|
|**Donations**||||||
|Powerscourt Estate
Blevin Franks
Anonymous donor 3|-
-
-|300
1,275
30,000|(272)
(1,275)
-|-
-
-|28
-
30,000|
|**Camden Site**||||||
|HS2 Camden Fund
Two Magpies Fund
The Morris Charitable Trust
The Regents Place Community Foundation
**Southwark Site**
Southwark Borough Council - Common Purpose|16,526
8,185
-
-
1,250|33,333
-
2,240
9,077
-|(34,018)
(8,185)
(1,292)
(9,077)
(1,250)|-
-
-
-
-|15,841
-
948
-
-|
|**Wimbledon / Eastwood Site**||||||
|London Borough of Wandsworth
**Total**|1,839|4,680|(6,519)|-|-
**51,302**|
||**68,044**|**1,133,728**|**(1,110,278)**|**(40,192)**||
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## **Note concerning transfers between funds**
The transfers are mainly related to spending restricted funds on lease improvements. The costs have been capitalised and are amortised over the 10 year lease period.
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## **Notes to the accounts**
## **Comparative period**
||**Balance at**
**1 January**
**2020**|**Income**|**Exenditure**|**Transfers**|**Balance at**
**31 December**
**2020**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**£**|**£**|**p**
**£**|**£**|**£**|
|||||||
|**All sites**||||||
|The National Lottery Community Fund
Ark / Department for Digital, Culture, Media
and Sport
Global’s Make Some Noise (Global Charities)
Anonymous donor 1
Anonymous donor 2
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Tides Foundation / BlackRock
Easho Wishlist
Xmas 2020 campaign|-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-|493,125
57,154
20,000
68,500
68,500
31,549
8,987
14,933
53,765|(470,808)
(56,453)
(20,000)
(62,802)
(62,802)
(31,549)
(3,157)
(14,933)
(53,765)|-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-|22,317
701
-
5,698
5,698
-
5,830
-
-|
|**Camden Site**||||||
|Camden Giving
HS2 Camden Fund
Crick Community Chest, The Francis Crick Institute
Camden Giving Covid-19 Emergency Fund
Two Magpies Fund
The Hampstead Wells & Campden Trust|3,882
16,667
1,055
-
-
-|1,989
33,334
-
6,000
15,000
750|(5,871)
(33,475)
(1,055)
(6,000)
(6,815)
(750)|-
-
-
-
-
-|-
16,526
-
-
8,185
-|
|**Southwark Site**||||||
|Southwark Borough Council - Common Purpose|-|1,250|-|-|1,250|
|**Wimbledon / Eastwood Site**||||||
|Wimbledon Foundation Community Fund
London Borough of Wandsworth
**Total**|5,000
-|-
4,680|(5,000)
(2,841)|-
-|-
1,839
**68,044**|
||**26,604**|**879,516**|**(838,076)**|**-**||
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## **Name of restricted fund**
## **Description, nature and purposes of the fund**
## **All sites**
The National Lottery Community Fund
Ark / Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Greater London Authority - Advice In Community Global’s Make Some Noise (Global Charities)
## Haringey Council
The Elba Charitable Foundation
The Hollyhock Charitable Anonymous donor 1 Anonymous donor 2 The Joseph Rowntree Foundation The Peter Stebbings Memorial Charity Tides Foundation / BlackRock Powerscourt Estate Blevin Franks Anonymous donor 3
Grant for staff costs at all sites and specific other costs at HQ. Support 2500 children - provisions needed to keep them clean, clothed and warm. Funding for signposting programme. Warehouse development, satellite sites and hubs, support core costs/overheads. Provision of hygiene essentials and kit. Providing emergency supplies and pre-loved kit for babies and young children across London. Organisational costs for supporting newborns. Operation and development of Little Village. Operation and development of Little Village. Funding for advocacy programme. Organisational costs for supporting newborns. Towards Virtual Village project. Funding for Facebook adverts. For mattresses. For the “Young Mums” project.
## **Camden Site**
HS2 Camden Fund Two Magpies Fund
The Morris Charitable Trust The Regents Place Community Foundation
Restricted to Camden, support communities during HS2 development and strengthen sense of place. Towards Volunteer Development Manager post (Camden).
For safe sleeping solutions for families in Islington. Core grant to help support the organisation to recover from the pandemic, funding restricted to Camden Little Village.
## **Southwark Site**
Southwark Borough Council - Common Purpose
Wimbledon/Eastwood Site Wandsworth Borough Council
Grant for projects which support healthier and more engaged communities. Towards costs for Eastwood Satellite operation.
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## **22. Analysis of movements in unrestricted funds**
||**Balance at**
**1 January**
**2021**|**Income**|**Exenditure**|**Transfers**|**Balance at**
**31 December**
**2021**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**£**|**£**|**p**
**£**|**£**|**£**|
|General fund
Designated fund (premises and IT)
Designated fund (staff costs)|688,426
150,000
-|1,694,330
-
-|(750,921)
-
-|(459,808)
-
500,000|1,172,027
150,000
500,000
1,822,027|
||838,426|1,694,330|(750,921)|40,192||
|||||||
Transfers comprise £40,192 transferred from restricted to unrestricted funds (please refer to note 21) and £500,000 allocated to designated funds.
## Comparative period
||**Balance at**
**1 January**
**2020**|**Income**|**Exenditure**|**Transfers**|**Balance at**
**31 December**
**2020**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**£**|**£**|**p**
**£**|**£**|**£**|
|General fund
Designated fund|157,389
-|1,301,048
-|(620,011)
-|(150,000)
150,000|688,426
150,000
838,426|
||157,389|1,301,048|(620,011)|-||
|||||||
## **Name of unrestricted fund**
## **Description, nature and purposes of the fund**
General fund
The free reserves after allowing for all designated funds
Designated fund
- To upgrade premises and IT infrastructure (£150k)
- To safeguard staff costs (£500k)
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## **23. Analysis of net assets between funds**
||**General**
**fund**
**£**|**Designated**
**funds**
**£**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**|**Total 2021**
**£**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||
|Tangible fxed assets
Net current assets/(liabilities)
Total|50,165
1,121,862|-
650,000|-
51,302|50,165
1,823,164
1,873,329|
||1,172,027|650,000|51,302||
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## Comparative period
||**General**
**fund**
**£**|**Designated**
**funds**
**£**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**|
**Total 2020**
**£**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||
|Tangible fixed assets
Net current assets/(liabilities)
Total|720
687,706|-
150,000|-
68,044|720
905,750
906,470|
||688,426|150,000|68,044||
||||||
## **24. Operating lease commitments**
During the year the charity entered into a 10 year premises lease for its Brent site. There was no premium payable and the annual rental payment is £1.
## **25. Reconciliation of net movement in funds to net cash flow from operating activities**
||**2021**
**£**|**2020**
**£**|
|---|---|---|
|**Net income/(expenditure) for the year**
**Adjustments for:**
Depreciation charge
Dividends, interest and rents from investments
Decrease/(increase) in stock
Decrease/(increase) in debtors
Increase/(decrease) in creditors
**Net cash provided by/(used in) operating activities**|966,859
4,712
(2,303)
(41,295)
(29,823)
(86,228)|722,477
1,237
(1,086)
-
(32,733)
121,400
811,295|
||811,922||
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## **Reference and administrative information**
## **Charity number**
**Registered office and operational address**
1169735
144-146 Tooting High Street, London SW17 0RT
## **Trustees**
The Trustees who served during the year and up to the date of this report were as follows:
Olivia Gillan-Bower, Chair Geraldine Wright, Treasurer Helen Murphy, Secretary Caley Eldred Marcia Holmes (appointed 21 June 2021) Nijma Khan (resigned 22 September 2021) Mary Kuhn (resigned 24 March 2021) Alan Lally Francis (appointed 21 June 2021) Jennie Lucas Katharine Sacks-Jones (appointed 21 June 2021)
## **Key management**
Sophia Parker, Chief Executive (resigned 12 February 2021) Sophie Livingstone MBE, Chief Executive (appointed 8 February 2021) Rebecca Wilson, Head of Programmes Emily Compston, Head of Operations Clare Hill, Head of People Aniq Read, Head of Finance
Nadine Adamski, Head of Fundraising (appointed 15 March 2021, resigned 12 May 2022)
Sophia Moreau, Head of Advocacy and Communications (appointed 21 June 2021)
## **Bankers**
Santander UK plc, Bridle Road, Bootle, Merseyside L30 4GB HSBC UK Bank plc, 1 Centenary Square, Birmingham B1 1HQ
**Auditors**
Third Sector Accountancy Limited, Holyoake House, Hanover Street, Manchester M60 0AS.
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