2023-04-30-accounts

ANNUAL REPORT

AND

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended 30 April 2024

Prepared under the Receipts and Payments Basis

HALESWORTH DEMENTIA CARERS’ FUND Year ended 30 April 2024

CONTENTS	Page
Trustees’ Report	1-3
Receipts and Payments Account	4
Notes to the Receipts and Payments Account	5
Independent Examiner’s Report	6

HALESWORTH DEMENTIA CARERS’ FUND REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES For the year ended 30 April 2024

The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 30 April 2024. The trustees have adopted the provision of 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 Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019).

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

Objectives and aims

The objects of the charity are to preserve and protect the health of people living with dementia, their families in Halesworth, Suffolk and the surrounding area by:

1. Providing or ensuring the provision of information, support and services to those living with dementia and their family carers.

2. Raising awareness of dementia amongst the people of Halesworth and the surrounding area and promoting the development of a dementia friendly community.

3. Working with other charities and organisations to manage projects and activities which benefit people with dementia and their carers.

4. Co-operating with and supporting other organisations and charities with similar or complementary purposes.

ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE

During the year we delivered 2214 hours of respite care. In total 38 of our families received our Respite Care Service. In addition the charity ran 5 activity groups for carers and people with dementia: Seated Movement, Memory Café, Singing with Friends, Seated Tap Dancing and a Carers Support Group. These groups provide 6 hours a week of activities to our families. In total Halesworth dementia Carers’ Fund has provided support to over 60 families living with dementia.

FINANCIAL REVIEW

Financial position

The receipts and payments of the charity are set out in the accounts on pages 4 and 5.

Reserves policy

The charity holds reserves:

1. To provide financial stability and sustainability for the organisation.

2. To protect against unforeseen financial challenges, such as sudden loss of funding, unexpected increases in expenses, or emergency situations.

3. To ensure continued support for carers and individuals affected by dementia, even during times of financial uncertainty.

The charity aims to maintain reserves equivalent to 12 months of operating expenditure. This level is reviewed annually and adjusted as necessary to reflect the current financial landscape and organisational needs.

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HALESWORTH DEMENTIA CARERS’ FUND REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES (continued) For the year ended 30 April 2024

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Governing document

The charity is established as a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO) registered 30 November 2016 as amended on 16 January 2021 and 10 June 2024.

Recruitment and appointment of new trustees

New trustees are recruited and appointed by the trustee board from the local community. Potential trustees are asked to attend a minimum of 3 meetings before they are nominated. They are made aware of the legal responsibilities, and asked to identify what they can bring to serve the interests of the charity. Where a specific role becomes vacant a detailed job description will be drafted. Since the year end 2 trustees have resigned, Mrs Alison Catherine Cackett and Mr Geoffrey Philip Henry Cackett, and 3 new trustees have been appointed, Mrs Pippa Ann Evans, Mrs Julie Watson and Mrs Irene Veronica Morris.

Risk management

The trustees have a duty to identify and review the risks to which the charity is exposed and to ensure appropriate controls are in place to provide reasonable assurance against fraud and error.

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS

Registered Charity number 1170477 The charity uses HDCF as its working name

Principal address

The Old Rectory London Road Halesworth Suffolk IP19 8LR

Trustees holding office during the year

Mrs Nicola Jane Sawkins (Chair) Mrs Teresa Fyfe (ex Chair) – resigned 12.07.23 Mrs Iris Kathleen Smith (Treasurer) Mrs Alison Catherine Cackett (Secretary) Mr Geoffrey Philip Henry Cackett Mr James Fyfe – resigned 12.07.23 Mrs Nicola Jill Kelly Mrs Anna Constance Mickleburgh Mrs Jacqueline Anne Richardson Mr John Frederick Lawrence Wood

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HALESWORTH DEMENTIA CARERS’ FUND REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES (continued) For the year ended 30 April 2024

Independent Examiner

P N van Dijk FMAAT Van Dijk Accountants Limited Georgian House 34 Thoroughfare Halesworth Suffolk IP19 8AP

Bankers Lloyds Bank PLC HSBC UK Bank PLC

Approved by order the board of trustees on 4 July 2024 and signed on its behalf by:

Mrs Nikki Sawkins (Chair)

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HALESWORTH DEMENTIA CARERS’ FUND Receipts and Payments Account For the year ended 30 April 2024

Note Receipts Grants 1 Voluntary Donations Fundraising Trading Income Total Receipts Payments Charitable Purposes 2 Fundraising costs Administration Publicity Total Payments Surplus of Receipts over Payments Cash Funds brought forward Cash Funds carried forward 3 Represented by: General Fund Designated Reserve	2024 2023 £ £ 45500 28590 28267 34638 7870 5042 1734 1247
	83371 69517
	54511 44236 2575 2125 1725 2026 855 564
	59666 48951
	23705 20566 85454 64888
	109159 85454
	49159 35454 60000 50000
	109159 85454

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HALESWORTH DEMENTIA CARERS’ FUND Notes to the Receipts and Payments Account For the year ended 30 April 2024

1. Grants Heveningham Hall Trust Suffolk Community Foundation Halesworth Town Council Communities Together Suffolk Council 2. Payments for Charitable Purposes Halesworth Dementia Project 3. Cash Funds carried forward Cash at bank - Lloyds account Cash at bank - Lloyds account (Friends) Cash at bank - HSBC account	2024 2023 £ £ 20000 20000 20000 0 5000 5000 500 0 0 3590
	45500 28590
	54511 44236
	83408 44470 12312 11364 13439 29620
	109159 85454

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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF HALESWORTH DEMENTIA CARERS’ FUND

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts for the Halesworth Carers’ Dementia Fund (the Trust) for the year ended 30 April 2024.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner’s statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or

2. the accounts do not accord with those records.

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

P N van Dijk FMAAT Van Dijk Accountants Limited Georgian House 34 Thoroughfare Halesworth Suffolk IP19 8AP

4 July 2024

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