## Halton Speak Out Annual
The future of every community lies in capturing the passion, imagination and resources of its people
## Report 2022
1
Contents Welcome and running order Page 2 A word from our chairperson - Ged Upham Page 3 Adult project Page 4 & 5 Bright Sparks Page 6 Allsorts Project Page 7 Brookvale Community Centre Page 8
Hello and welcome everyone to Halton Speak Out’s 20[th] AGM.
My name is Ged Upham and I am the chair person of Halton Speak Out
As in previous years, funding conDnues to be high on the group’s priority, Through the hard work, tenacity and dedicaDon, the staff and volunteers we have conDnued in supporDng young people and adults with a learning disability here in Halton. We recently amended our charitable status to enable us to provide support to all vulnerable groups within our community. The focus of this work is around Brookvale Community Centre and increasing the amount of people accessing the centre and acDviDes we provide. We endeavour to be a safe haven for all.
Halton Borough Council children and young people’s services and adult’s services awarded the group funding to conDnue their work unDl March 2022. Sadly however in September 2021 our contract ended with children’ services.
Our vision for the future of Brookvale Community Centre is sDll one of our main prioriDes. Visitors to the centre will see and experience a very different centre to the one we took over in 2019. We have transferred the centre into a brighter, safer place for all secDons of the community to visit. We closed our cafe for a short period of Dme to enable us relocate and refurbish. We where supported by the Steve Morgan FoundaDon in the refurbishment of a new kitchen and we grateful for this vital funding that enabled us to do this. Our cafe plays a pivotal role in linking all the organisaDons using the centre and the wider community on Brookvale. People comment on how warm, bright and welcoming the cafe is. This posiDve feedback fills us with great sense of pride as that is what we were aiming for
We are now in a strong posiDon to consolidate and grow partnerships with other
organisaDons and with the conDnued support of the staff, volunteers and family members, Halton Speak Out will conDnue to be the place where people will want to be. A place where they can learn and grow.
We now have a centre that we can be proud of and the community can be proud of but in true Halton Speak Out style our journey has only just begun.
As my final comment I would like to thank all our partners over the last 12 months to the children/young people and adults we have supported for allowing us to be part of their lives, to the volunteers who give their Dme to support our work, to our partners for funding and believing in the work we do Last but not least to all the staff at Halton Speak Out for the dedicaDon, hard work.
If people can gain the
## Adult Project **Peoples Cabinet and Ignite and Transform**
Over the past year our self-advocates have been geVng back to ‘normal' post COVID.
We reflect back on a world were things changed so much for us all. The lockdowns, the isolaDon and the fear that many sDll have when they hear the word COVID.
_Times change ….and we need to change as well_
Working in partnership with Halton Borough Council in 2021/22 we looked at what the role of Halton Speak Out would be in supporDng people with a learning disability. We need to ensure our much needed service was targeted in the right area’s. Using the data and informaDon we had gathered we were able to provide our commissioner with informaDon that enabled them to redesign our service. So what did we evaluate?
Person Centre Planning……In 2020/21 we had conDnued to work with adults with a learning disability by gathering informaDon on what was important to them and the type of support or services they may require. This informaDon was then used within the review process and the planning required for individuals to lead a fulfilling life. Over the years we had worked with many individuals, families, support providers and other professionals to develop a person centred culture in Halton.
Self Advocacy…..The most powerful tool a person can have is a voice. A voice that others will listen to. But this is a tool that many people with a learning disability find hard to use. Our role is to listen to the person and to help them make those choices and informed decisions. To know their rights and to use these rights to support a good quality of life. Someone described this as ‘Halton Speak Out’s bread and bu^er work’ . We conDnue to see people grow, gain skills and find their own way of moving forward and its something we will continue to do.
ConsultaDon…..In November our Adult group Ignite & Transform were approached by the Council to meet with the Peer reviewers from NW ADASS (Directors Adult Social Services),Our self-advocates decided that it would be good to use a Person to share their thoughts. centred tool called P.A.T.H ( **P** lanning **A** lternaDve **T** omorrow with **H** ope) to help us look at how we saw Halton now and what provision we would like to see Halton providing for people with learning disabiliDes over the next few years. IniDally we were able to share this work at a Zoom meeDng with the
Our partnership with Halton Borough Council….We have conDnued to a^end partnership board meeDngs , working alongside professionals from the council, and all area’s of Social Care.
We have conDnued to represent Halton at the Pathways Confirm & Challenge meeDngs around Transforming Care, when we have regularly met with other self-advocates from the North West to help to co-produce and plan services at a regional level
## Moving Forward
If you can’t fly then you run……if you can run then you walk……if you can’t walk then you crawl but what ever you do You keep moving forward
Halton Speak Out with the support of Halton Borough Council will conDnue to work adults to have a voice. To learn the power of self advocacy and to be listened to. Halton Speak Out have been commissioned to provide self advocacy support.
SupporDng people to feel confident in what they're learning and doing. Selfadvocacy also creates independence. And it empowers people to find soluDons to problems that others might not be aware of.
Working together to change peoples lives here in Halton. Tackling peoples rights to have an ordinary life.
The ‘Stay Up Late campaign has been running for a number of years, encouraging and promoDng the rights for people with a learning disability to be able to ‘Stay up Late’
Working with Halton Borough Council and other partners we will
In the autumn of 2022 we will be holding the first of our new “ConsultaDon Forum ‘ meeDngs
.
We have been working with representaDves and self-advocates from all the support agencies in Halton.
Working together we aim to strengthen the voices of people in the commissioning of new services here Halton.
## Bright Sparks and Planning for Life
Sadly, in September 2022 our contract with Halton Borough Council ended, Halton Speak Out have worked with young people since 2006 aged 11-18 years of age. During that Dme, we have met and supported many young people to have their voices heard in decisions being made about their day to day lives and their future. We have worked closely with Halton Borough Council in improving services and ameniDes within the borough
Through the creaDve approach in which the team at Halton Speak Out have worked we have encouraged and supported young people to dream and to have high aspiraDons for the future.
The ‘Bright Sparks’ element to the project was all about working with young people to help them think about the service’s local ameniDes and venues they and their friends accessed.
The project was all about involving young people in the development of new services. Young people felt appreciated and listened to and they
Through the project the young people and staff worked hard to challenge discriminaDon and to work towards an inclusive society, Seeing the young people gain confidence and self-esteem as they began to take a greater control promoted such a sense of achievement for all staff involved in the project.
Young people went onto work with many partner agencies and other young people both locally, regionally and on a naDonal level. Many families have expressed their thanks for the opportuniDes this project had offered their child. One family member said ‘ _I would never in my wildest dreams have ever thought my child would be able to do the things he is doing now. He has friends, he has tried new things. We are not so scared of the future now”_
But any project is only as good as the staff who have worked on it and over the years we have had some amazing staff work on this project, and we thank them all for their hard work and dedicaDon to their role They all believed young people with a learning disability deserved the same opportuniDes and life chances as any other and they did their very best to make where possible this happen. So, thank you all
But we must say a special thank you to John Hunt who worked on the project for many years and who lej Halton Speak Out in September 2021. Thank you, John, from all the young people you worked with, and who you help dream and plan.
## Allsorts Project
Allsorts project was a project that we were able to undertake created with generous support from the Steve Morgan FoundaDon that was matched with government COVID-19 emergency funding. This is a 2-year project that started in December 2020 The aim the project is to engage and make contact with the senior member of our
The last 12 months has seen an increase in the number of older people accessing the centre. There is evidence however that for some older people the fear of Covid is sDll a factor.
Through working with older people, we have really listened to what they want and the type of acDviDes that would appeal to them. We have hosted ajernoon tea dances with live entertainment. This then led onto weekly tea dances. It was a real joy to see people enjoying themselves with friends and making new friends
So, what next, it had to be line dancing. Pam who is a regular at the centre and who had previously a^ended line dancing at another centre said she was happy to start a group up and this she did. They numbers kept increasing and increasing Dll we now have on average 30-50 people a^ending in week.
Keep fit sessions have always proven to be a huge draw and these conDnue so much so we are now looking at other forms of keep fit to a^ract a wider audience.
A community centre would not be a community centre without BINGO. We have hosted a prize bingo session on several occasions and as a result 3 ladies have formed a bingo commi^ee and we now hope to be hosDng weekly sessions.
For many members of our community the centre has become a focus
We want to thank all the senior members of the community who have engaged with the acDviDes here at Brookvale Community Centre and who have shared their life lessons to help and guide the younger members of our community. Together we can once again spend Dme together doing the things that make us happy
## **“In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” – Abraham Lincoln**
We have conDnued to build on the acDviDes we offer here at the centre built on the values and principals of Halton Speak Out . Striving a build a community centre that meets the needs of its community. A centre that promotes inclusion. Changing and responding to the needs of the community.
A place where people are welcome and where they can:
Meet People Be part of a community Learn new skills Take on a challenge Have fun
## Brookvale Community Centre
A centre that opens its doors and provides acDviDes for children during school holidays. That enables them to try new experiences but most of all the have fun
A place where partnerships are built and maintained. All with one common aim
To support a community through the daily challenges and to place that people feel comfortable in and safe
## **Alone we can do so li@le but together we can do so much**
## Halton Speak Out CiO
Charity number 1170145
Annual Report and Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 March 2022
## Halton Speak Out CiO
## Financial Statements
## for the year ended 31 March 2022
|**Contents**|**Page**|
|---|---|
|Trustees' report|2|
|Examiner's statement|3|
|Statement of financial activities|4|
|Balance sheet|5|
|Notes to the accounts|6 to 8|
## **Prepared by the Greater Merseyside Community Accountancy Service**
1
## Halton Speak Out CiO
## Trustees' report
The trustees during the year were: **Name**
## **Dates**
Mr Gerard Upham Mrs Jackie Stringer Mrs Sheila Maloney Mrs Lynne Melarangi Mr Colin Rotherham
## **Method of appointment**
Appointment of trustees is governed by the constitution of the charity. The executive committee of trustees is authorised to appoint new trustees to fill vacancies arising through the resignation or death of an existing trustee.
## **Principal address**
Higher House Northwich Road Brookvale Runcorn WA7 6PE
## **Bankers**
CoOperative Bank PO Box 250 Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 6WT
## **Governing document**
The charity is a charitable incorporated organisation registered on 14th November 2016.
## **Objects of the organisation**
For the benefit of the public, the relief and support of children and adults with learning and other disabilities includiing persons who are vulnerable, by the provision of advocacy and like support services, training, educational and other services designed to relieve their condition, and to allow them to take their full place in society.
The provision of facilities which will enable them to take part in the dramatic and visual arts, including the provision of training, education, practical demonstrations and participative learning.
## **Independent examiner**
on behalf of:
## **Greater Merseyside Community Accountancy Service**
St Maries Lugsdale Road Widnes WA8 6DB
2
## Halton Speak Out CiO
## Independent examiner's report on the accounts of Halton Speak Out CiO for the year ended 31 March 2022
I report on the accounts for the year ended 31st March 2022 set out on pages 4 to 8
## **Respective responsibilities of the Trustees and the examiner**
As the charity's trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts; you consider that the audit requirement of section 43(2) of the Charities Act 1993 does not apply. It is my responsibility to examine the accounts using procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission and to state whether matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of Independent examiner's report**
My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair view' and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statements below.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
- 1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:
q to keep accounting records in accordance with section 41 of the Act; and
q to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and to comply with the accounting requirements of the Act
have not been met; or
- 2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Jane Williams MAAT
## **Greater Merseyside Community Accountancy Service**
St Maries Lugsdale Road Widnes WA8 6DB
23rd September 2022
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## Halton Speak Out CiO Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 March 2022
|Notes
2022
Unrestricted
funds
£
**Incoming Resources**
Grants and donations
(2)
30,721
Other Income
1,256
Centre Café & Room Hires
72,058
Bank Interest Received
-
**Total incoming resources**
104,035
**Resources expended**
Salaries and NICs
(3)
60,511
Payroll fees
-
Consultancy
12,684
Sundry expenses
194
Equipment
8,242
Rent
66,336
Postage, Stationery & Telephone
1,790
Insurance
-
Website, Advertising & Publicity
-
DBS Checks
164
Volunteers
563
Training
14
Café Supplies
3,900
Information & Resources
643
Project costs
489
**Governance Costs**
Independent Examination & Accountancy
-
Professional fees
-
Administration
-
**Total resources expended**
155,530
**Net incoming / (outgoing) resources**
(51,495)
**Transfers between funds**
23,081
103,601
**Fund balances carried forward**
(4)
75,186
**Fund balances brought forward**|2022
Restricted
funds
£
131,615
-
-
-
131,615
55,893
795
-
-
4,160
14,580
968
635
-
-
-
-
-
-
23,397
300
-
-
100,728
30,887
(23,081)
96,943
104,749|2022
Total
funds
£
162,336
1,256
72,058
-
235,650
116,404
795
12,684
194
12,402
80,916
2,758
635
-
164
563
14
3,900
643
23,886
300
-
-
256,258
(20,608)
-
200,544
179,935|2021
Total
funds
£
272,068
18,073
-
-|
|---|---|---|---|
||||290,141|
||||148,690
900
2,550
341
6,511
16,522
2,709
1,802
668
264
60
-
1,943
812
19,128
300
-
-|
||||203,200|
||||86,941
-
113,603|
||||200,544|
4
## Halton Speak Out CiO
## Balance sheet
## as at 31 March 2022
|2022
Unrestricted
**Fixed Assets**
£
Tangible Assets
(5)
-
**Total fixed assets**
-
**Current Assets**
Debtors and prepayments
(6)
-
Cash at bank and in hand
(7)
75,186
**Total current assets**
75,186
**Current liabilities:**
**amounts falling due within one year**
Creditors and accruals
(8)
-
**Total current liabilities**
-
**Net current assets / (liabilities)**
75,186
**Total assets less current liabilities**
75,186
**Creditors: amounts falling due after one year**
-
**Net assets**
75,186
**Funds**
Restricted Funds
Unrestricted funds
75,186
**Total Funds**
75,186|2022
Restricted
£
-
-
-
104,749
104,749
-
-
104,749
104,749
104,749
104,749
104,749|2022
Total
£
-
-
-
179,935
179,935
-
-
179,935
179,935
179,935
104,749
75,186
179,935|2021
Total
£
-|
|---|---|---|---|
||||-|
||||-
200,544|
||||200,544|
||||-|
||||-|
|||||
||||200,544|
|||||
||||200,544|
|||||
|||||
|||||
||||200,544|
||||96,943
103,601|
||||200,544|
## **Approval of the accounts**
The annual report and accounts were approved at a meeting of the Trustees held on 23rd September 2022
Ged Upham on behalf of the Trustees
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## Halton Speak Out CiO
## Notes to the accounts
## for the year ended 31 March 2022
## **1 Accounting Policies**
## **a Basis of accounting**
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice, Accounting and Reporting by Charities (The Charities SORP).
## **b Income**
Donations and legacies are accounted for when received by the charity. Other income is accounted for on an accruals basis as far as is prudent to do so.
## **c Grants**
Revenue grants are recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities on receipt, subject to any required conditions being met or services being provided. Capital grants are recognised on receipt in the Statement of Financial Activities. This policy has been adopted to give a true and fair view as recommended by the SORP.
## **d Tangible Fixed Assets**
Tangible fixed assets are capitalised if they can be used for more than one year and cost at least £250.
Rates of depreciation: Fixtures and fittings: 25% reducing balance Equipment: 25% reducing balance
## **e Pensions**
Contributions are charged when they become due in accordance with the scheme rules.
## **f Fund accounting**
Funds held by the charity are either:
## **Unrestricted general funds**
These are funds which can be used in accordance with the charitable objects at the discretion of the trustees.
## **Restricted funds**
These are funds that can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.
## **Designated funds**
These are funds set aside by the trustees out of unrestricted general funds for specific future purposes or projects.
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the accounts.
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## Halton Speak Out CiO
## Notes to the accounts continued
## for the year ended 31 March 2022
|**2 Grants and Donations**
**Grants**
Halton Borough Council:
Adult Project
Children & Young People Project
Carers Breaks
Area Forum
Community Development
Youth Engagement
Government COVID Grants
Police Emergency Fund
SEND Careers Forum
PCC
The Steve Morgan Foundation
HMRC: CJRS
Assura
POCA
Youth Led Community Adult
CoOp Community Fund
The Community Foundation
Donations
**3 Staff costs and numbers**
Gross salaries
Other Wages
Social security costs
Employer pension|2022
Unrestricted
funds
£
-
-
-
-
-
10,000
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5,537
-
15,184
30,721|2022
Restricted
funds
£
55,079
33,750
2,544
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
30,009
979
-
-
-
-
1,485
7,769
131,615|2022
Total
funds
£
55,079
33,750
2,544
-
-
10,000
-
-
-
-
30,009
979
-
-
-
5,537
1,485
22,953
162,336
2022
£
88,533
23,735
3,930
206
116,404|2021
Total
funds
£
110,159
33,750
2,544
3,110
400
-
39,143
1,000
15,080
541
20,050
2,936
3,560
5,040
6,375
5,836
-
22,544|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||272,068|
|||||2021
£
113,837
30,054
4,351
449|
|||||148,690|
The average number of employees during the year was 4.8 FTE (2021:4.8)
|**4 Restricted funds summary**
Adult Project
Children & Young Peoples Prog
Carers Breaks
Area Forum
The Steve Morgan Foundation
Steve Morgan: Kops & Kids
Steve Morgan: Kitchen
Brindley
Police & Crime Commissioner
Main Grants
SEND Careers forum
HMRC: CJRS
The Community Foundation
Lord Mayors fund|Balance b/f
£
31,580
(10,109)
116
3,110
50
-
-
48,627
5,541
8,078
3,824
-
-
6,126
96,943|Incoming
£
55,079
33,750
2,544
-
10,025
9,984
10,000
7,769
-
-
-
979
1,485
-
131,615|Outgoing
£
42,992
26,365
1,980
-
6,926
9,320
7,610
228
541
832
1,704
979
1,251
-
100,728|Transfers
£
-
-
-
(3,110)
-
-
-
-
(4,479)
(7,246)
(2,120)
-
-
(6,126)
(23,081)|Balance c/f
£
43,667
(2,724)
680
-
3,149
664
2,390
56,168
521
-
-
-
234
-|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||104,749|
Transfer of funds relate to expenditure in previous year unaccounted for and include contributions towards rent building & running costs.
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## Halton Speak Out CiO
## Notes to the accounts continued
## for the year ended 31 March 2022
|**5 **
**6 **
**7 **
**8 **|**Tangible assets**
**Cost**
At 1 April 2021
Additions
At 31 March 2022
**Depreciation**
At 1 April 2021
Charge for year
At 31 March 2022
**Net book value**
At 31 March 2022
At 31 March 2021
**Debtors and prepayments**
Debtors
Prepayments
**Cash at bank and in hand**
Bank Current a/c
**Creditors and accruals**
Accruals
Other Creditors|Fixtures &
Computers &
Fittings
Equipment
£
£
2,769
5,592
-
-
2,769
5,592
2,769
5,592
-
-
2,769
5,592
-
-
-
-
2022
£
-
-
-
2022
£
179,935
179,935
2022
£
-
-
-|Total
£
8,361
-|
|---|---|---|---|
||||8,361|
||||8,361
-|
||||8,361|
|||||
||||-|
|||||
||||-|
||||2021
£
-
-|
||||-|
||||2021
£
200,544|
||||200,544|
||||2021
£
-
-|
||||-|
## **9 Trustee remuneration and expenses**
No trustees received any remuneration or expenses during the accounting period to 31st March 2022.
## **10 Related party transactions**
Owing to the nature of the charity's activities and the composition of the board of trustees (being drawn from local statutory and voluntary organisations) it is inevitable that transactions will take place with organisations in which a trustee may have an interest. All transactions in which a trustee may have an interest are conducted at arm's length and in accordance with the charity's financial regulations and expenditure procedures.
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## Halton Speak Out CiO
Charity number 1170145
Annual Report and Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 March 2022
## Halton Speak Out CiO
## Financial Statements
## for the year ended 31 March 2022
|**Contents**|**Page**|
|---|---|
|Trustees' report|2|
|Examiner's statement|3|
|Statement of financial activities|4|
|Balance sheet|5|
|Notes to the accounts|6 to 8|
## **Prepared by the Greater Merseyside Community Accountancy Service**
1
## Halton Speak Out CiO
## Trustees' report
The trustees during the year were: **Name**
## **Dates**
Mr Gerard Upham Mrs Jackie Stringer Mrs Sheila Maloney Mrs Lynne Melarangi Mr Colin Rotherham
## **Method of appointment**
Appointment of trustees is governed by the constitution of the charity. The executive committee of trustees is authorised to appoint new trustees to fill vacancies arising through the resignation or death of an existing trustee.
## **Principal address**
Higher House Northwich Road Brookvale Runcorn WA7 6PE
## **Bankers**
CoOperative Bank PO Box 250 Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 6WT
## **Governing document**
The charity is a charitable incorporated organisation registered on 14th November 2016.
## **Objects of the organisation**
For the benefit of the public, the relief and support of children and adults with learning and other disabilities includiing persons who are vulnerable, by the provision of advocacy and like support services, training, educational and other services designed to relieve their condition, and to allow them to take their full place in society.
The provision of facilities which will enable them to take part in the dramatic and visual arts, including the provision of training, education, practical demonstrations and participative learning.
## **Independent examiner**
on behalf of:
## **Greater Merseyside Community Accountancy Service**
St Maries Lugsdale Road Widnes WA8 6DB
2
## Halton Speak Out CiO
## Independent examiner's report on the accounts of Halton Speak Out CiO for the year ended 31 March 2022
I report on the accounts for the year ended 31st March 2022 set out on pages 4 to 8
## **Respective responsibilities of the Trustees and the examiner**
As the charity's trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts; you consider that the audit requirement of section 43(2) of the Charities Act 1993 does not apply. It is my responsibility to examine the accounts using procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission and to state whether matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of Independent examiner's report**
My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair view' and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statements below.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
- 1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:
q to keep accounting records in accordance with section 41 of the Act; and
q to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and to comply with the accounting requirements of the Act
have not been met; or
- 2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Jane Williams MAAT
## **Greater Merseyside Community Accountancy Service**
St Maries Lugsdale Road Widnes WA8 6DB
23rd September 2022
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## Halton Speak Out CiO Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 March 2022
|Notes
2022
Unrestricted
funds
£
**Incoming Resources**
Grants and donations
(2)
30,721
Other Income
1,256
Centre Café & Room Hires
72,058
Bank Interest Received
-
**Total incoming resources**
104,035
**Resources expended**
Salaries and NICs
(3)
60,511
Payroll fees
-
Consultancy
12,684
Sundry expenses
194
Equipment
8,242
Rent
66,336
Postage, Stationery & Telephone
1,790
Insurance
-
Website, Advertising & Publicity
-
DBS Checks
164
Volunteers
563
Training
14
Café Supplies
3,900
Information & Resources
643
Project costs
489
**Governance Costs**
Independent Examination & Accountancy
-
Professional fees
-
Administration
-
**Total resources expended**
155,530
**Net incoming / (outgoing) resources**
(51,495)
**Transfers between funds**
23,081
103,601
**Fund balances carried forward**
(4)
75,186
**Fund balances brought forward**|2022
Restricted
funds
£
131,615
-
-
-
131,615
55,893
795
-
-
4,160
14,580
968
635
-
-
-
-
-
-
23,397
300
-
-
100,728
30,887
(23,081)
96,943
104,749|2022
Total
funds
£
162,336
1,256
72,058
-
235,650
116,404
795
12,684
194
12,402
80,916
2,758
635
-
164
563
14
3,900
643
23,886
300
-
-
256,258
(20,608)
-
200,544
179,935|2021
Total
funds
£
272,068
18,073
-
-|
|---|---|---|---|
||||290,141|
||||148,690
900
2,550
341
6,511
16,522
2,709
1,802
668
264
60
-
1,943
812
19,128
300
-
-|
||||203,200|
||||86,941
-
113,603|
||||200,544|
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## Halton Speak Out CiO
## Balance sheet
## as at 31 March 2022
|2022
Unrestricted
**Fixed Assets**
£
Tangible Assets
(5)
-
**Total fixed assets**
-
**Current Assets**
Debtors and prepayments
(6)
-
Cash at bank and in hand
(7)
75,186
**Total current assets**
75,186
**Current liabilities:**
**amounts falling due within one year**
Creditors and accruals
(8)
-
**Total current liabilities**
-
**Net current assets / (liabilities)**
75,186
**Total assets less current liabilities**
75,186
**Creditors: amounts falling due after one year**
-
**Net assets**
75,186
**Funds**
Restricted Funds
Unrestricted funds
75,186
**Total Funds**
75,186|2022
Restricted
£
-
-
-
104,749
104,749
-
-
104,749
104,749
104,749
104,749
104,749|2022
Total
£
-
-
-
179,935
179,935
-
-
179,935
179,935
179,935
104,749
75,186
179,935|2021
Total
£
-|
|---|---|---|---|
||||-|
||||-
200,544|
||||200,544|
||||-|
||||-|
|||||
||||200,544|
|||||
||||200,544|
|||||
|||||
|||||
||||200,544|
||||96,943
103,601|
||||200,544|
## **Approval of the accounts**
The annual report and accounts were approved at a meeting of the Trustees held on 23rd September 2022
Ged Upham on behalf of the Trustees
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## Halton Speak Out CiO
## Notes to the accounts
## for the year ended 31 March 2022
## **1 Accounting Policies**
## **a Basis of accounting**
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice, Accounting and Reporting by Charities (The Charities SORP).
## **b Income**
Donations and legacies are accounted for when received by the charity. Other income is accounted for on an accruals basis as far as is prudent to do so.
## **c Grants**
Revenue grants are recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities on receipt, subject to any required conditions being met or services being provided. Capital grants are recognised on receipt in the Statement of Financial Activities. This policy has been adopted to give a true and fair view as recommended by the SORP.
## **d Tangible Fixed Assets**
Tangible fixed assets are capitalised if they can be used for more than one year and cost at least £250.
Rates of depreciation: Fixtures and fittings: 25% reducing balance Equipment: 25% reducing balance
## **e Pensions**
Contributions are charged when they become due in accordance with the scheme rules.
## **f Fund accounting**
Funds held by the charity are either:
## **Unrestricted general funds**
These are funds which can be used in accordance with the charitable objects at the discretion of the trustees.
## **Restricted funds**
These are funds that can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.
## **Designated funds**
These are funds set aside by the trustees out of unrestricted general funds for specific future purposes or projects.
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the accounts.
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## Notes to the accounts continued
## for the year ended 31 March 2022
|**2 Grants and Donations**
**Grants**
Halton Borough Council:
Adult Project
Children & Young People Project
Carers Breaks
Area Forum
Community Development
Youth Engagement
Government COVID Grants
Police Emergency Fund
SEND Careers Forum
PCC
The Steve Morgan Foundation
HMRC: CJRS
Assura
POCA
Youth Led Community Adult
CoOp Community Fund
The Community Foundation
Donations
**3 Staff costs and numbers**
Gross salaries
Other Wages
Social security costs
Employer pension|2022
Unrestricted
funds
£
-
-
-
-
-
10,000
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5,537
-
15,184
30,721|2022
Restricted
funds
£
55,079
33,750
2,544
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
30,009
979
-
-
-
-
1,485
7,769
131,615|2022
Total
funds
£
55,079
33,750
2,544
-
-
10,000
-
-
-
-
30,009
979
-
-
-
5,537
1,485
22,953
162,336
2022
£
88,533
23,735
3,930
206
116,404|2021
Total
funds
£
110,159
33,750
2,544
3,110
400
-
39,143
1,000
15,080
541
20,050
2,936
3,560
5,040
6,375
5,836
-
22,544|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||272,068|
|||||2021
£
113,837
30,054
4,351
449|
|||||148,690|
The average number of employees during the year was 4.8 FTE (2021:4.8)
|**4 Restricted funds summary**
Adult Project
Children & Young Peoples Prog
Carers Breaks
Area Forum
The Steve Morgan Foundation
Steve Morgan: Kops & Kids
Steve Morgan: Kitchen
Brindley
Police & Crime Commissioner
Main Grants
SEND Careers forum
HMRC: CJRS
The Community Foundation
Lord Mayors fund|Balance b/f
£
31,580
(10,109)
116
3,110
50
-
-
48,627
5,541
8,078
3,824
-
-
6,126
96,943|Incoming
£
55,079
33,750
2,544
-
10,025
9,984
10,000
7,769
-
-
-
979
1,485
-
131,615|Outgoing
£
42,992
26,365
1,980
-
6,926
9,320
7,610
228
541
832
1,704
979
1,251
-
100,728|Transfers
£
-
-
-
(3,110)
-
-
-
-
(4,479)
(7,246)
(2,120)
-
-
(6,126)
(23,081)|Balance c/f
£
43,667
(2,724)
680
-
3,149
664
2,390
56,168
521
-
-
-
234
-|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||104,749|
Transfer of funds relate to expenditure in previous year unaccounted for and include contributions towards rent building & running costs.
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## Notes to the accounts continued
## for the year ended 31 March 2022
|**5 **
**6 **
**7 **
**8 **|**Tangible assets**
**Cost**
At 1 April 2021
Additions
At 31 March 2022
**Depreciation**
At 1 April 2021
Charge for year
At 31 March 2022
**Net book value**
At 31 March 2022
At 31 March 2021
**Debtors and prepayments**
Debtors
Prepayments
**Cash at bank and in hand**
Bank Current a/c
**Creditors and accruals**
Accruals
Other Creditors|Fixtures &
Computers &
Fittings
Equipment
£
£
2,769
5,592
-
-
2,769
5,592
2,769
5,592
-
-
2,769
5,592
-
-
-
-
2022
£
-
-
-
2022
£
179,935
179,935
2022
£
-
-
-|Total
£
8,361
-|
|---|---|---|---|
||||8,361|
||||8,361
-|
||||8,361|
|||||
||||-|
|||||
||||-|
||||2021
£
-
-|
||||-|
||||2021
£
200,544|
||||200,544|
||||2021
£
-
-|
||||-|
## **9 Trustee remuneration and expenses**
No trustees received any remuneration or expenses during the accounting period to 31st March 2022.
## **10 Related party transactions**
Owing to the nature of the charity's activities and the composition of the board of trustees (being drawn from local statutory and voluntary organisations) it is inevitable that transactions will take place with organisations in which a trustee may have an interest. All transactions in which a trustee may have an interest are conducted at arm's length and in accordance with the charity's financial regulations and expenditure procedures.
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