SAMARrrANS CTrEster arKI Dlstrlct Chester & District Samaritans CIO Registered charity number; 1170862 REPORTS AND FINANaAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st Mar¢h 2022 Reglstered office: 36 Upper Northgate Street CHESTER. CHI 4EF
Chester a District Samaritans CIO REPORTS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the year ended . 31st March 2022 CONTENTS PAGE Trus*ees' annual report Independent examiner's report Reserves Policy Balance sheet Statement of f inancial activities Notes to the f inancial statements The following pa9¢s do not forni part of the financial statements Dctallcd statcment of f irKincial activities io,iia12
Th¢ trLOte¢s present their repwt and he uroudited fiMn¢ial statemer¢t$ of the dwrity for th¢ year eIed 31st Ilrnch 2022. LEGAL sfATUS ChutEr ond District Samaritons CIO 1$ re9iSter¢d with the Clwity Commtsslon. The WsterÉd Number is 1170862. Th¢ chorlty 1$ governed by its kults. which are in force srnce th¢ clwity was registered on 20 December 2016. It cam¢ Into operation on l April 2017 when it took over thE aPErotions. ossets ond liabilities of the fortner charity Somaritans of Ch¢ster a District (Reg. . 2564601. Thi$ ¢han9e took plae¢ at th¢ behest of the Sanwitans Central Chority to improve the operation of th¢ swwi¢& Ch¢stw a Distrirt SamOrit¢ is on off iliated brnnch of sornorita Central Ckwity. OBJECW OF CHEsfEk & tsISTRIcf SAMARrrANS Samarltan% 4xlst to wlde e•nfldontlal siwt to 9olw IhrW •4$1$ omd tn dow of ta thelr I1 to bfrlvd h¢ lon. di3tr•sged and d•spalrln9. 365 doys a year. Th¢ Trust¢u tr¢ r¢quir¢d to k¢¢p o g¢nvol nk occount ard any othv accounts for $pecifl¢ Purp), All money Mt required for current expenses sholl Ix invtsted. Th¢ r¢servu policy Is d¢s£rib¢d on pag¢ 4. It has a curr¢nt acc¢>unt with HSBC Bank pk far branch gernral n$¢5 A second a¢count used by Frierds for fund.raising actlvities closed HSBC $tarted +Jpptyln9 ch¢w9es to each current account. Thve li al$0 a savings t)¢¢ount with Vtrgin Momy. Chester a District Somarit¢uts a branch leadership team consisting of Truste and Deputy Directors. The Trustees elected by the branch membership and ore responsible for rnaintoinin9 the branch premi$es and all the facilities necessary for the continued safe ond $ec4we operation of the listenln9 servlce. There are usually six Truste¢s: The Director, Tr¢asLThr, S¢tr¢try and thre¢ oth¢rs who tak¢ r¢sponsibi1sty for fund- ryising, Heolth a Safety ond buildiry moint¢rKYK& The Deputy Dir¢¢tors appointed by he Director to look after specific Jreos of branch optrations. The full leadership te4m me¢ts ot least fw timu p¢r yew bu th¢ frustees and f>lre¢tor$ also me¢t s¢parat£ty as and when requir¢d. THE TRUSTees Th¢ trustees who t¢bw¢d th¢ ¢h¢rity durSng th¢ p¢riod w¢r¢ os hliow$: tjirector / c1 frwurer Secretary Seon John kavenscroft Mil Smith Nrcol 6rimshaw Mrs Michael Beverty Bermrd Trustee Trustee Mr$
RESULTS The fivKncial results for the year, and the cTrwyity's fironcial position ot the end of the year are shown rn the attached f inoncial statements. ACHIEVEMwrs Ch¢ster aTh4 r)istrict Sanwitons are awiloble to provide confidentiol emotional support for ptople who dre ¢xperiencirs feelirgs of distress or deswr including those which may lead to suicid& This s¢Nice 1$ provided by an overage of 100 listenir#J volunteers bocked by 12 support volunteers whose primary aim 1$ fund-raisiryj. The branch would normally be open to visitors from 10:CLI until 18.'1)J everyty of the yeor. Unfortunaety. owin9 to Covid-19 restrictions, it has not been possible to meet face-tovface callers this year. Durir9 this period 11880 t¢l¢Pho ¢¢)ntaets hdv¢ b¢¢n r¢e¢iv¢d ond 1750 4-mails resp)nded to. The bron¢h has olso wtlclpoted In the trlal of the on-lin¢ chat servic¢ and bttn mannlr9 4 shlfts per week far thls service dealiw with 793 contacts. Outreach- We have started to get back out within our comrnunities to develop conloctj. show who we are, and show our $upport to ¢ommunity events. Th¢ Outreo¢h ond Publi¢ity t¢¢vns hov¢ b¢¢n on the ball this yeor with 9¢tting us out to som¢ k¢y community ¢v¢nts dnd we need to push this further to help our local ¢ommunitles with support for th08e in emotional need. Prison T¢¢un - Our &moriton troined List¢n¢r t¢oms have continued to offer vital sirpp)rt to men who are stru991iry to cope with their tim¢ in prison. Th¢ covfD pttndemic made occ¢ss to Listeners probl¢matic ot times but it 1$ now r¢turniry to normal, althou9h Covtts ha8rft 9on¢ tjway. Off l¢ers have worked wlth our Ll$teMrJ to ensure. where possible. tlwt when a prisoner osks for a Listener. he is oble to see on¢. Statistics that the risk of dyirg by suicide Is signif icantly higher In UK prisons than In the general populotion Our vision. both Listeners and Samaritans is that fewer p¢opl¢ di¢ by $ui¢ide Fundlng was provided from a variety of sources. We benef Ited from d0Th3tlons by W¢stminstr¢r Foundation ond Timpsons others. fn September 2019. the branch was chosen by stoff on the Eaton Estote. Frt of the 6rosvenor Estotg, to b¢ thelr Adtspted Chgrity for two ye¢rs. Owing to Covid and the105s of some f und-rai$ing opportunlti¢s. thls perlod was extended unt51 D¢¢. 2021. W¢rkln9 wSth the Friend$ 9r(iup. thi$ conne¢tion continued to rolse substontlal funds for the branch even In thue dlff Icult tlrnes, A more detailed description of our activitiu con be found in th¢ Ann1 Report submitted to our 2022 A61& INDEP&40ENf EXAhlINEk Dovid Whrtehead wos confirmed as the Independent Ex(ttniw at the 2021 A61A SW•d by •f th• TAt••1 Honorory S¢¢retory
INDEPENf)Ebif EXAMINER'S UNQUALIFIED REPORT TO THE TrUSTEES OF CHESTEk AND bIsTrIcr SAMARrrANS ao CHARrry NUMBER: 1170862 I report on the accounts of Chester & Distri¢t sonritn$ cro (the Chtsrity) for the year ended 31st Morch 2022. The Cknrity pr¢kKires receipts payments accounts and an income less than £250,(JJ) in the relevont fiTrinciol yeor, AEsK#+IBIL1TIES AND BASIS OF RWRT As the trustees of the CFwity, you are rEsponsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requir¢Thw¢ts of the Charities Act 2011 (the Act). I report rn rupect of ry exaMIMtion of the Charity's accounts corritd out L*kl¢r seetion 145 of the 2011 A¢t ard in carrying ry examirffjtion I Fwve follow¢d all the ttpplicable Directions given by the Chority Commission thjer se¢tron 145{5)(b) of the Act. INf)>ENtsENf EXAMINER'S STATEMwr Z have completed ry examimtion. I confirm that no thterIal tter5 have come to ry att¢ntion in connection with tht examlnation 9ivln9 me Cause to beli¢ve in any ntherial respect tlh3t: l. accothtting records were not kept in respect of the Charity as required by s¢¢tion 130 of the Act: or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records. I have no concerns and knve ¢ome across no other tterS in connection wlth the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understandin9 of th¢ tcounts to be reached. David Whiteh F.¢.C.A. 21 Hi9hkinder Rottd ighton Chester CH3 6DH Pa9e 3.
Chest¢r a Dlstri¢t Samaritans CIO RESERVES POLICY The brnnch ¢urrently holds cash reserves of £150.037 These reserves are deemed necessary for 3 purposes: Support for on*oing operations. The branch is helivily reliant on fund-raising for income and this can be voriable depending on the success of particular fund-raising initiatives. It is. therefore, deemed sensible to maintain reserves equivalent to opproximotely 18 months expenses dt minimum operating Costs (£50,CM)O) to protect the operations of the branch agallt Significant fluctuations In income. A small fund that can be used to for urtexpected outlays on maintenance of existing premises. Thi$ has been set at £10,000. 3 Our income has again been above expectation, mainly due to the support from Eaton Estates. whilst expenditure hos been within budget with little spent on capitol projects leading to o rise in the level of our reserves. 2022-23 will be a much more difficult fund- raising challwse whilst costs will rise so it is antscipated that the level of reserves will fall over the coming year.
Chester a District Samarttans CIO BALANCE SHEET 2022 2021 FfxED ASSETS 204,805 219.866 CURRENT AssEfs Bank 150,037 134.356 CREDITORS NET CURRENT ASSETS 150.037 134,356 NET ASSETS 354,842 354,222 REPRESENTED BY.. TOTAL FLNDS 354.84Z 354.222 The f inanciol stdlements set out On pag¢s 6 to 9 were approv¢d by the Trwt¢es on 30 Au9USt 2022 ond were signed on their behalf by: Sean Reav¢ns¢roft Diretlor John Milnes Treasurer
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Chester a District Samaritans CIO Y¢ap ¢nd¢d 31¥t Mqr¢h 2022 The fiTrJnciol statements hove been prepared under the historical cost cohv¢ntion on a fte¢eipts a Payments basis. 9tnernlty as s¢t our in Charity Commiss¢gn 9uidanre CCI6. The tnwle¢s lrn tokn IVant09e of th¢ ¢xemptlon ih Fimncidl R¢F•rtin9 5tandord No l (r¢vis¢d) from In¢1119 a c flow statement In the tinanctal stot¢ments •n the grounds that th¢ charity is smoll. Depreciation is calojktted so os to write off the cost of on asset. l¢ts tts estlmated residwl value, ov¢r the useful ¢(onomic lif¢ ¢f that asset beapin9 in mind that h¢ office ¢quipment 1$ in us¢ 24 hows per day. An osset list been set up to a5d cdculatioTr ot th¢ deprecialon for each It¢m. Freehold Fyoperty Office Equipment Pi¥tur¢s & flttlfigs S¢¢ below 25% lox In June 2015. the FYop¢rty subjected to a revaItton ty a eharttred surv¢yor. The outeome of thls th2t the turrent volut of the prop¢rty, if Sold on the open nwket. w&$ £165.C¥JO. Th¢r¢fore. this is th¢ wlue which is Thxv displayed in th¢s¢ accounts. further revoltthion I$ been corried out in 202U22. ToTal Fund$ 2022 Totol Funds 2021 Voluntory donotigm Covid-19 6rants Friends of the Sowwitons HMPPS prison te¢im grant Gift Aid Tox Contribution Other income 27.460 28.010 17.135 26.085 2x18 4.407 274 44207 15.517 4.331 3J05 355 50,769 2022 2021 Bank int¢resF recelvttbl¢ 113 419
SUPPORT COSTS rotal Funds Totd Funds 2022 2021 Cleaning contract Off ice costs Head Office Funding Direct Costs 1.536 29,213 6,328 11.023 48,10) 2,448 30,748 4.017 12.286 49.499 TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENbED Cleanin9 contract Other Total Funds Total Funds 2022 2021 Depreciatlon Fundraisirvj Publicity Support Costs 1.550 612 1.550 612 658 5.410 1.536 1,536 15,784 15,784 30.780 32,942 48,ICrf) 50.262 49.499 55.567 Particulars of employees: The avernge Nmber of staff employed by the charity duriNJ the f irla[ year amounted to.. 2022 2021 Number of support staff P(KJe 8.
TANSW FIXED ASSErs Freehold property Office Ewipment Fixtures a fittin9S Total OST At 31sF Morch 2021 Assets disposed of Additlons At 31st March 2022 165.000 25.811 IH.241 335.052 723 26.534 723 335,775 165,0(Xi 144,241 DEPRECIATION At 31st March 2021 Assets dlsposed of Chorge for the year At 31st Murch 2022 19,613 95,573 115.186 2,699 22.311 13,085 108.658 15.784 130,970 NET BOOK VALUE At 3tst March 2021 At 31st Ilarch 2022 165,000 165.CQO 6,198 4,222 48.668 35,583 219.866 204.805 CREDrroRS: Anmths falliry wlthln on¢ year 2022 2021 Creditors ANALYSIS OF NEf ASSErs Taryjible fixed ass¢ts Other n¢t ossets Total UnrLstricted Restricted Desi9nated Total fd$ 204,805 150,037 354,842 Pfyje 9.