## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 04/04/23 Period end date 04/04/24** ## **Charity name: MOORLAND STAR** ## **Charity registration number: 1169760** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To provide a two-course hot cooked**
**lunch for those over 50+ years in our**
**local community & surrounding areas of**
**Cardiff.**
**To reduce isolation & loneliness &**
**promote a stimulating & safe**
**environment for all users of the centre.**
**Provide activities such as Bingo,**
**Complementary therapies, Toenail**
**cutting service, Keep fit sessions, day**
**trips, reorientation programme &**
**themed evenings throughout the year.**
**Support our members & Signpost to**
**other appropriate agencies.**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**We provide a freshly cooked 2 course**
**subsidised hot lunch three times a**
**week. This is an opportunity for**
**users to socialise over a nutritious**
**meal’ and help with food poverty.**
**We are now open extra hours**
**offering a free coffee venue, were**
**our users can come from 10am so**
**saving on fuel bills throughout the**
**winter months.**
**•We have an ongoing calendar of**
**events, trips out, themed evenings.**
**We Provide Holistic therapies, to**
**enhance physical & emotional**
**wellbeing.**
**• Offer a nail cutting service to help**
**with good foot hygiene & alert to**
**foot problems.**
**Exercise & stretching & movement**
**sessions, to help strengthen &**
**maintain good posture & mobility.**
**• Regular reorientation programme,**
**consisting of discussions using,**
**various proven methods, flash**
**cards, pictures, quizzes**
**We work with various agencies to**| |||**encourage social interaction such as**
**local nursery visits, the Royal college of**
**music performances at the centre**
**We signpost users to other agencies**
**where appropriate**| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The board is kept informed of all**
**activities & new ideas; these are**
**discussed regularly with all members.**
**The board takes guidance from the**
**charity commission regular updates.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||
SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**We have gained skills and successfully**
**secured funding & undertaken advice &**
**guidance on grant applications for**
**future**
**bids from local volunteer charities & the**
**National lottery team.**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Contributions made by volunteers is**
**unmeasurable, the centre would not be**
**able to run effectively without the time &**
**effort given by our team. We have a**
**strong volunteer team who are**
**dedicated to the roles they play within**
**the organisation.**| |Other||**The building we currently occupy is due**
**for redevelopment in the next 24**
**months. The local authority has given**
**us written**
**assurance that we will be temporarily**
**relocated whilst our building is rebuilt &**
**we will be returning to our original site**| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**We have made efforts to**
**increase numbers by going out &**
**talking to our local community housing**
**teams, community housing**
**associations.**
**We are pleased to say that**
**numbers have increased.**
**We also conducted a user new survey**
**that shows the continued need for our**
**services.**
**The community was reassured that**
**Moorland Star provided & continues to**
**provide a vital provision in the area.**
**We were able to secure funding from**
**various charities, that have continued to**
**support us.**
**We maintained our longer opening**
**times this has proved immensely**
**popular as the continuing rises in the**
**cost of**
**living hits our community, with many**
**living in fuel & food poverty. The ‘free**
**coffee & chat’ provision allows our**
**users to keep warm, save fuel use in**
**their homes & socialise with their**
**friends.**
**We continue to use the Neighbourly**
**scheme picking up surplus & waste**
**food from local supermarkets, utilising**
**this in our meals & passing on to our**
**users thus helping with their food bills.**
**We are proud that we were able to**
**continue to maintain our core aims &**
**objectives through continuing difficult**
**times.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|
**We reviewed our SWOT analysis in 2024**
**analysing our strengths & looking to**
**improve areas that can be strengthened.**| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**The challenges that we face with the**
**current economic crisis is apparent and**
**we have gained more knowledge of**
**fundraising, making** **successful grant**
**applications**
**We have put in grant application this**
**financial year; we are pleased to say**
**that all have been successful again.**
**This will puts us in a good**| |||**financial position for the next financial**
**year position due to the success of**
**funding applications over the last**
**financial period**| |---|---|---| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**We hold reserves as a contingency in**
**view**
**of lessons learned from pandemic & the**
**rising costs of living**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£59,857**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**We are fortunate to have some reserves**
**but need to continue to fund raise to**
**ease concerns about future hikes in**
**cost of living**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47|| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**The continued rises in the cost of living**| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Association**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Selection of new trustees, is by**
**application to the Board**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|
Para 1.51|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|MOORLAND STAR| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1169760| |Charity’s principal address|MOORLAND ROAD
SPLOTT
CARDIFF
CF24 2LG| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||GLYN PERRYMAN|CHAIR|WHOLE YEAR|| ||LILY HOLLAND|SECRETARY|WHOLE YEAR|| ||SAM SPELLER|TREASURER|WHOLE YEAR|| ||FATHER DEAN
ATKINS||WHOLE YEAR|| ||ELIZABETH
NORMAN||WHOLE YEAR|| ||REBECCA
BRYANT||WHOLE YEAR|| ||PATRICIA
SOUTER||WHOLE YEAR|| ||HUW THOMAS||WHOLE YEAR|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved ## **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets 0 held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser** **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** **Full name(s)** GLYN PERRYMAN **Position (eg Secretary,** CHAIR **Chair, etc)** **Date** 29/01/2025 ## **MOORLAND STAR** INCOME & EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE PERIOD 1 APRIL 2023 TO 31 MARCH 2024 ## **MOORLAND STAR** ## INCOME & EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE PERIOD 1 APRIL 2023 TO 31 MARCH 2024 |**INCOME**
**Notes**
GRANTS AND DONATIONS
1
BANK INTEREST
ACTIVITIES AND FEES
**EXPENDITURE**
INSURANCE
ACTIVITIES COSTS
TRAINING
ESTABLISHMENT COSTS
WAGES & SALARIES
Surplus / (Shortfall) of Income over Expenditure
Accumulated surplus b/fwd
Total funds
Represented by
Bank balance|**2024**
**£**
106,357.98
0.00
12,787.00
119,144.98
860.32
13,940.06
21.60
22,710.73
53,598.96
91,131.67
**28,013.31**
59,857.92
87,871.23
87,871.23
**87,871.23**|**2023**
**£**
48,473.09
0.00
12,282.22| |---|---|---| |||60,755.31| |||806.90
10,622.82
84.00
16,346.58
50,365.45| |||78,225.75| |||**(17,470.44)**
77,328.36| |||59,857.92| |||59,857.92| ||**87,871.23**|**59,857.92**| The accounts have been prepared from the books and records of the Centre, and are a true and fair statement of the financial position as at 31 March 2024. ………………………………………. Chairman Dated …………………….. I confirm that these accounts have been verified as true and fair _**STEPHEN WADE**_ **02-Dec-24** ………………………………………. Accountant / Independent Examiner Dated …………………….. ## **MOORLAND STAR** INCOME & EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE PERIOD 1 APRIL 2023 TO 31 MARCH 2024 ## **Notes** **1 Grants and donations** The following amounts were received or held during the period for restricted or specific purposes ||Held at start
of period|Received in
period|Used in
period|Remaining
at end of
period|Purpose| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||£|£|£|£|| |MOONDANCE FOUNDATION|2,367.69|-|2,367.69|-|COVID-19 Assistance| |THE WATERLOO FOUNDATION|6,101.82|-|6,101.82|-|COVID-19 Assistance| |CARDIFF THIRD SECTOR COUNCIL|32.61|-|32.61|-|Community activities| |NATIONAL GRID ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION|314.12|-|314.12|-|Community activities| |COMMUNITY FOUNDATION WALES|-|5,000.00|1,200.00|3,800.00|Community activities| |NATIONAL LOTTERY COMMUNITY FUND|-|72,139.00|52,037.89|20,101.11|Community activities| |FITNESS & FLEX|-|500.00|485.98|14.02|Wellbeing activites| |CARDIFF COUNTY COUNCIL FOOD POVERTY GRANT - CAPITAL|-|3,003.76|2,696.48|307.28|Food related capital expenditure| |CARDIFF COUNTY COUNCIL FOOD POVERTY GRANT - REVENUE|-|3,951.38|3,865.99|85.39|Food related revenue expenditure| The following amounts were received during the period for unrestricted purposes ||£| |---|---| |CARDIFF COUNTY COUNCIL|20,047.84| |G HOPKINS|366.00| |G EDWARDS|1,000.00| |J LAWRENCE|200.00| |C JONES|150.00| ## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 04/04/23 Period end date 04/04/24** ## **Charity name: MOORLAND STAR** ## **Charity registration number: 1169760** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To provide a two-course hot cooked**
**lunch for those over 50+ years in our**
**local community & surrounding areas of**
**Cardiff.**
**To reduce isolation & loneliness &**
**promote a stimulating & safe**
**environment for all users of the centre.**
**Provide activities such as Bingo,**
**Complementary therapies, Toenail**
**cutting service, Keep fit sessions, day**
**trips, reorientation programme &**
**themed evenings throughout the year.**
**Support our members & Signpost to**
**other appropriate agencies.**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**We provide a freshly cooked 2 course**
**subsidised hot lunch three times a**
**week. This is an opportunity for**
**users to socialise over a nutritious**
**meal’ and help with food poverty.**
**We are now open extra hours**
**offering a free coffee venue, were**
**our users can come from 10am so**
**saving on fuel bills throughout the**
**winter months.**
**•We have an ongoing calendar of**
**events, trips out, themed evenings.**
**We Provide Holistic therapies, to**
**enhance physical & emotional**
**wellbeing.**
**• Offer a nail cutting service to help**
**with good foot hygiene & alert to**
**foot problems.**
**Exercise & stretching & movement**
**sessions, to help strengthen &**
**maintain good posture & mobility.**
**• Regular reorientation programme,**
**consisting of discussions using,**
**various proven methods, flash**
**cards, pictures, quizzes**
**We work with various agencies to**| |||**encourage social interaction such as**
**local nursery visits, the Royal college of**
**music performances at the centre**
**We signpost users to other agencies**
**where appropriate**| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The board is kept informed of all**
**activities & new ideas; these are**
**discussed regularly with all members.**
**The board takes guidance from the**
**charity commission regular updates.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||
SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**We have gained skills and successfully**
**secured funding & undertaken advice &**
**guidance on grant applications for**
**future**
**bids from local volunteer charities & the**
**National lottery team.**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Contributions made by volunteers is**
**unmeasurable, the centre would not be**
**able to run effectively without the time &**
**effort given by our team. We have a**
**strong volunteer team who are**
**dedicated to the roles they play within**
**the organisation.**| |Other||**The building we currently occupy is due**
**for redevelopment in the next 24**
**months. The local authority has given**
**us written**
**assurance that we will be temporarily**
**relocated whilst our building is rebuilt &**
**we will be returning to our original site**| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**We have made efforts to**
**increase numbers by going out &**
**talking to our local community housing**
**teams, community housing**
**associations.**
**We are pleased to say that**
**numbers have increased.**
**We also conducted a user new survey**
**that shows the continued need for our**
**services.**
**The community was reassured that**
**Moorland Star provided & continues to**
**provide a vital provision in the area.**
**We were able to secure funding from**
**various charities, that have continued to**
**support us.**
**We maintained our longer opening**
**times this has proved immensely**
**popular as the continuing rises in the**
**cost of**
**living hits our community, with many**
**living in fuel & food poverty. The ‘free**
**coffee & chat’ provision allows our**
**users to keep warm, save fuel use in**
**their homes & socialise with their**
**friends.**
**We continue to use the Neighbourly**
**scheme picking up surplus & waste**
**food from local supermarkets, utilising**
**this in our meals & passing on to our**
**users thus helping with their food bills.**
**We are proud that we were able to**
**continue to maintain our core aims &**
**objectives through continuing difficult**
**times.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|
**We reviewed our SWOT analysis in 2024**
**analysing our strengths & looking to**
**improve areas that can be strengthened.**| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**The challenges that we face with the**
**current economic crisis is apparent and**
**we have gained more knowledge of**
**fundraising, making** **successful grant**
**applications**
**We have put in grant application this**
**financial year; we are pleased to say**
**that all have been successful again.**
**This will puts us in a good**| |||**financial position for the next financial**
**year position due to the success of**
**funding applications over the last**
**financial period**| |---|---|---| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**We hold reserves as a contingency in**
**view**
**of lessons learned from pandemic & the**
**rising costs of living**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£59,857**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**We are fortunate to have some reserves**
**but need to continue to fund raise to**
**ease concerns about future hikes in**
**cost of living**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47|| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**The continued rises in the cost of living**| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Association**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Selection of new trustees, is by**
**application to the Board**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|
Para 1.51|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|MOORLAND STAR| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1169760| |Charity’s principal address|MOORLAND ROAD
SPLOTT
CARDIFF
CF24 2LG| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
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12
13
14
15
16
17
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||GLYN PERRYMAN|CHAIR|WHOLE YEAR|| ||LILY HOLLAND|SECRETARY|WHOLE YEAR|| ||SAM SPELLER|TREASURER|WHOLE YEAR|| ||FATHER DEAN
ATKINS||WHOLE YEAR|| ||ELIZABETH
NORMAN||WHOLE YEAR|| ||REBECCA
BRYANT||WHOLE YEAR|| ||PATRICIA
SOUTER||WHOLE YEAR|| ||HUW THOMAS||WHOLE YEAR|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved ## **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets 0 held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser** **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** **Full name(s)** GLYN PERRYMAN **Position (eg Secretary,** CHAIR **Chair, etc)** **Date** 29/01/2025