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2020-12-31-accounts

LIKKLI SWIMMERS LIKKLE SWIMMERS ANNUAL REPORT

Contents

Contents Contents
CHARITY INFORMATION
03
• Additional Governance 03
• Objective 04
TRUSTEE STATEMENT 04
FINANCIAL REVIEW 06
• Expenditure 07
• Income 08
• Statement of Assets & Liabilities 08
CEO FUTURE VISION 09
APPENDICES 11
• Independent Examiners Report 12
• Charity Commission Annual Return 14

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Registered Charity: 1170956 in England and Wales

Charity Information

Likkle Swimmers was created for the public benefit of a rural community on the south coast of Jamaica called Treasure Beach. Its purpose is to provide free swimming lessons to children aged 4+, and recently adults. Likkle Swimmers successfully completed its first 3 month programme in June 2017- September 2017 teaching a total of 87 children to swim. In 2018, Likkle Swimmers was open and available to children for 6 months and within that time a 183 children were taught which included children from the local nursery and secondary school. In 2019, 150 children and adults were taught over a 2 month period. We truly hope that hope in 2021 we can continue to build our programme and increase these numbers even more.

Charity Name : Likkle Swimmers

Structure : Charitable Incorporated Organisation (Foundation model constitution)

Registration Number : 1170956 (England & Wales)

Date of Registration : 3rd January 2017

Charity’s Principal Address :

Vale Cottage, Lidwells Lane, Goudhurst, Kent, TN17 1EJ, UK

Trustees

Appointed Trustees are elected for a minimum term of 2 years at the Annual General Meeting, the next being scheduled for January 2021:

All trustees give their time voluntarily and received no remuneration or other benefits.

Co-Founders:

The co-founders form the management committee and give their time voluntarily and receive no remuneration or other benefits.

Bankers

Lloyds Bank, Tonbridge Branch (309863), PO Box 1000, BX1 1LT

ADDITIONAL GOVERNANCE

The following policies are in place and DBS checks are carried out on the volunteers running the swimming programmes:

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Registered Charity: 1170956 in England and Wales

Likkle Swimmers Objective

Likkle Swimmers has been created for the public benefit of a rural community on the south coast of Jamaica, Treasure Beach who provide free swimming lessons to all children.

The purpose of Likkle Swimmers is to provide access to a local swimming pool for children where they will be taught from a programme designed specifically for their age group. The children will not only learn a skill that will save lives, but in doing so they will also improve their self-confidence and independence, thereby benefiting the whole community.

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Trustee Statement

The Covid pandemic had a big impact on us, just as it did with any charity that operates overseas. We were unable to travel, and swimming lessons were simply not possible for a long period of time.

We decided to make the best of this unwelcome situation, and took the opportunity to invest in the long term future of Likkle Swimmers by commissioning a new building which would encompass changing rooms as well as a storage on the site of the teaching pool.

There were many benefits to this. Firstly, by investing in a permanent structure, we were making a statement to the community we serve; we were telling the children and their parents that, despite the temporary setback of the pandemic, our commitment to Treasure Beach remains strong. This message won’t have been missed by our excellent team of Jamaican swimming teachers, their commitment to Likkle Swimmers is really important to us.

Secondly, we were taking advantage of the lock down to carry out work that desperately needed doing, but was more practical to execute when the pool wasn’t being used.

Finally, we were spending money in Jamaica and making a contribution to the local economy, which largely depends on tourism, which suffered greatly when the flow of tourists dried up.

We believe this investment will pay dividends when swimming lessons properly resume. The pool area is far more attractive and the changing facilities are far more appropriate, particularly for the girls. There is also now a space where parents can comfortably watch their children while they learn, and the teachers will have a better working environment too.

Although we may have been prevented from teaching the children to swim, we have invested in our facilities so that more children will be able to be taught in the future, in a far more attractive and welcoming environment. We are certainly looking forward to making full use of our new facilities!

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Registered Charity: 1170956 in England and Wales

Financial Review

1st January 2020 to 31st December 2020

Opening cash balance

The opening cash balances as at 1st January 2020 stood at £73,442.92. At the end of the financial year 2020 Likkle Swimmers held surplus cash of £42,343.61 spread across 3 separate Lloyds Bank accounts split as follows:

These funds were carried forward into the next reporting period and will form the basis for funding the 2021 Swim Campaign.

We aim to hold a minimum of £500.00 in INSTANT access accounts with any surplus funds to be held on interest bearing deposit with our current bankers.

Income

Our main sources of income were dramatically reduced in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic which significantly reduced our corporate funding as well as other fund raising activities. Smaller personal donations were the main contributor and we were fortunate to be buffered by previous years donations. This enabled us to undertake the initial financing of the Changing Room facilities at the Sports Park in Treasure Beach alongside the public swimming pool that Likkle Swimmers utilises.

The breakdown of the major income components can be seen below although total income equaled £3,961.71 of which £3.499.03 is attributed to refunds:

Expenditure

Our expenditure was considerably more than 2019 despite no swim programme being delivered as a result of Covid-19 in 2020. Consequently, we took the opportunity to re-line and perform necessary maintenance on the swimming pool costing £3,700.00.

As mentioned above we started the build on the changing room facilities which will provide a safe place for students to change in going forward and is estimated to cost in the region of £28,000 although £20,322.21 has been spent in the 2020 financial year.

The other major expenditure was on items for the aborted 2020 swim programme which were shipped prior to the pandemic in anticipation of the programme going ahead. This also resulted in extra broker fees in order to clear customs as travel was restricted. There are various other items such as postponed flights, accommodation and public liability insurance that have been refunded or credited back.

In summary the charity remains in good financial health but further funding opportunities need to be considered in coming years to remain stable and able to deliver the life skill of swimming.

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Registered Charity: 1170956 in England and Wales

Expenditure
Accommodation £458.52
Flights £1,729.38
Pool Maintenance £3,700.00
Car Rental (incl Ins) £0.00
Fuel £0.00
Freight Shipping Fees £1,454.97
Bank Charges £120.00
Just Giving Fees £216.00
Public Liability Insurance £1,327.01
Fund Raising Expenses £0.00
Offce (IT) £1,638.70
Mobile Charges & Fees - Jamaica £0.00
Teacher & Life Guard Wages £450.02
STA Membership Fees & Training £387.40
Subsistence £0.00
Staff Entertainment £29.00
Website Fees £130.56
Postage £3.00
Miscellaneous £80.99
Printing & Stationary £2,051.30
Swim Programme £961.65
Changing Rooms £20,322.52
TOTAL EXPENDITURE £35,061.02

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AccommodationPool MaintenanceFlights Car Rental Fuel Freight Bank ChargesJust Giving FeesFund Raising ExpensesPL Insurance Office (IT)Mobile ChargesSTA Fees & TrainingWages SubsistenceStaff EntertainmentWebsite FeesPostageMiscellaneousPrinting & StationarySwim Programme Changing Rooms
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Registered Charity: 1170956 in England and Wales

Income
Donations £421.67
Gift Aid £14.24
Golf Day £0.00
Quiz Night £0.00
Silent Auction £0.00
Swimathon £0.00
Corporate Donations £0.00
Sponsored Events £0.00
Interest £26.77
REFUNDS £3,499.03
TOTAL INCOME £3,961.71

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Donations Gift Aid Golf Day Quiz Night Silent Auction Swimathon Corporate Donations Sponsored Events Interest
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Statement of Assets & Liabilities In 2020 we had a net expenditure versus income of £31,099.31

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Registered Charity: 1170956 in England and Wales

CEO Vision

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Charlotte Holt
CEO Likkle Swimmers
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Dear Friends,

After our successful 2019 swim programme where we took part in the local triathlon in April in the village, and then ran a long summer programme, we hoped that 2020 would be even bigger and better...

The changing rooms will contain both a boys and girls separate changing facility together with a family changing facility, plus a store room.

In 2020, we had planned to head out in April to complete the registration and set up before running our 6-week summer programme teaching lots of children and adults to swim, whilst making good use of the outdoor pool.

They will also have two outdoor showers available to use. There will be pictures to decorate the changing rooms that show past students and Likkle Swimmers lessons so as to encourage the children to join.

When Covid hit, we postponed our April trip which unfortunately had a knock-on effect, meaning the summer trip was also cancelled.

Essentially travel restrictions meant flights from the UK being stopped, and when combined with children in Jamaica not going to school, it didn’t feel it was right or even possible to be teaching swimming.

We plan to teach another 6-week programme in 2021, and to be able to use the changing rooms for the first time.

We hope that we will be able to train a local Jamaican girl to be part of the team, as well as training up another teacher and therefore providing further employment opportunities within the community in 2021.

We wanted to make sure we were still doing positive things in the community, and keeping in touch whilst the pandemic continued, so we decided to build some changing rooms next to the pool.

It was a disappointing and tough year but we are totally committed to being back again soon as we are able and helping save lives by teaching this valuable skill in order to prevent further drowning incidents.

These changing rooms mean that children and their families can change and shower in private, and have space to store their belongings out of the rain whilst swimming. They are so needed in the community and will help to make our swim programme a better one.

* At the time of writing, Covid-19 has again disrupted our 2021 plans and will therefore result in a restricted swim programme.

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Registered Charity: 1170956 in England and Wales

Our staff

We are so grateful to all our staff who devote their time and show a great passion for teaching the children to this life saving skill whilst having fun at the same time.

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JAVIN RICHIE SWIMMING TEACHER

FREDDY STEWART SWIMMING TEACHER

I love what the Likkle Swimmers programme is all about because it helps our younger generation so that they will be able to help themselves and others if they find themselves in that position.

In today’s life, most little kids are afraid or the water to swim, that’s why I truly admire what the Likkle Swimmers Club is doing, they help kids conquer fear whilst having fun at the same time.

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JANOI ELLIOTT SWIMMING TEACHER

SHADANE GORDON

SWIMMING TEACHER

I have a passion for helping kids and the Likkle Swimmers has been assisting me with my love for kids. They have been fulfilling my passion.

It’s an honor to teach kids to swim and I enjoy being around them because they are fun to be around so I am grateful to be on the team.

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Registered Charity: 1170956 in England and Wales

Appendices

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Registered Charity: 1170956 in England and Wales

Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ Charity Name LIKKLE SWIMMERS members of

On accounts for the year 31[st] December 2020 Charity no 1170956 ended (if any)

Set out on pages

(remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/ 12 / 2020 .

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 the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

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

Signed: Date: 21/09/2021

Name: ROBERT J SANCTO Relevant professional CIPFA qualification(s) or body (if any):

Address: Springfield Oast Goudhurst Road Marden Tonbridge Kent TN12 9LT

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October 2018

IER

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Registered Charity: 1170956 in England and Wales

Section B Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).

Give here brief details of
any items that the
examiner wishes to
disclose.		 1) It is acknowledged that in the Jamaican environment that cash
payments are made to Life Guards and local Swim Teachers. Financial
records are maintained regarding these cash payments and are
translated into equivalent sterling at the prevailing exchange rate
2) The international Covid-19 pandemic has significantly impacted the
activities of the Charity in the financial year. Its main activity of swim
teaching has been significantly curtailed and this has resulted in much
lower Teacher and Life Guard wages of £450 in financial year 2020
(compared to £5,058 financial year 2019). It has also resulted in £3,499
of refunds mainly regarding flights cancelled and not used
3) The Charity decided to spend some of its funds on building a purpose
built Changing Rooms with shower facilities on the site adjacent to the
swimming pool. This financial year £20,322 has been spent with a
further £8,000 budgeted in financial year 2021 to complete – a total cost
of circa £28,000. Given the long term nature of the investment this
expenditure has been classified in the Accounts Submission as “B4
Assets retained for the charities own use” (see Section B: Statement of
assets and liabilities at the end of the period).
4) An issue has been raised with the Trustees regarding the ‘ownership’ of
the Changing Room asset regarding for example: security of on-going
use by the Charity, responsibility for insurance of the asset and
responsibility for on-going maintenance. The ‘ownership’ issue has
been raised by the Trustees with the Treasure Beach Foundation
BREDS who own the site on which the Changing Rooms have been
built. At the time of the submission of these accounts discussions are
continuing.

IER

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October 2018

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Registered Charity: 1170956 in England and Wales

LIKKII SWIMMERS Registered Charity.. 1170956 in England and Wales

Charity Name LIKKLE SWIMMERS

No (if any) 1170956

Receipts and payments accounts

For the period Period start date from 1/1/2020

Period end date 12/31/2020

To

Section A Receipts and payments

Unrestricted funds

Restricted Endowment funds funds

Total funds

to the nearest £

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£
A1 Receipts
Donations 422 - - 422
Gift Aid 14 - - 14
Interest 27 - - 27
Credits 3,499 - - 3,499
Golf Day - - - -
Corporate Donations - - - -
Sponsored Events - - - -
- - - -
3,962 - - 3,962
Sub total (Gross income for AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total - - - -
Total receipts 3,962 - - 3,962
A3 Payments
Accommodation 459 - - 459
Flights 1,729 - - 1,729
Pool Maintenance 3,700 - - 3,700
Triathlon Costs - - - -
Car Rental (incl Ins) - - - -
Fuel - - - -
Freight Shipping Fees 1,455 - - 1,455
Bank Charges 120 - - 120
Just Giving Fees 216 - - 216
Public Liability Insurance 1,327 - - 1,327
Fund Raising Expenses - - - -
Office (IT) 1,639 - - 1,639
Mobile Charges & Fees - Jamaica - - - -
Teacher & Life Guard Wages 450 - - 450
STA Membership Fees & Training 387 - - 387
Subsistence - - - -
Staff Entertainment 29 - - 29
Website Fees 131 - - 131
Postage 3 - - 3
Miscellaneous 81 - - 81
Printing & Stationary 2,051 - - 2,051
Swim Program 962 - - 962
Sub total [ 14,739 ] - - 14,739
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
Changing Rooms 20,323 - - 20,323
- - - -
Sub total [ 20,323 ] - - 20,323
Total payments 35,061 - - 35,061
Net of receipts/(payments) - 31,099 - - - 31,099
A5 Transfers between funds - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end - - - -
Cash funds this year end - 31,099 - - - 31,099
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Unrestricted Restricted
Categories Details funds funds
B1 Cash funds Lloyds Bank Treasurers Account
Lloyds Bank Instant Access Account
Lloyds Bank 32 Day Notice Account
Total cash funds		 to nearest £
1,279
2,003
39,062
42,344


to nearest £
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-
-
-
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))		 Agreement Error OK
Unrestricted Restricted
funds funds
B2 Other monetary assets Details to nearest £
-
-
-
-
-
-




to nearest £
-
-
-
-
-
-
B3 Investment assets Details Fund to which
asset belongs		 Cost (optional)
-
-
-
-
-
B4 Assets retained for the Details
Changing Rooms - Treasure Beach		 Fund to which
asset belongs		 Cost (optional)
20,323
charity’s own use






-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
B5 Liabilities Details Fund to which
liability relates



-
-
-
-
-
Amount due
(optional)
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees		 Signature Print Name

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CC16a
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Last year

to the nearest £

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1,693
59
552
434
1,690
2,000
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-
6,428
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6,428
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681 3,441 - 733 980 245 - 248 218 914 885 1,492 20 5,058 86 180 94 116 52 458 2,943 401 19,245

19,245 - 12,817 - - - 12,817

Endowment funds

to nearest £ - - - -

OK

Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Current value (optional) - - - - - Current value (optional)

When due (optional)

Date of approval