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2020-12-31-accounts

The Community@NE66 Charitable Trust

Charity No. 1171202

Trustees' Report and Unaudited Accounts

31 December 2020

The Community@NE66 Charitable Trust Contents

Pages
Trustees' Annual Report 2 to 8
Independent Examiner's Report 9
Statement of Financial Activities 10
Balance Sheet 11
Notes to the Accounts 12 to 19
Detailed Statement of Financial Activities 20 to 21

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The Community@NE66 Charitable Trust Trustees Annual Report

The Community@NE66 Charitable Trust

The Trustees present their report with the unaudited financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 December 2020.

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS

Charity No. 1171202

Principal Office

Alnwick Community Centre Howling Lane Alnwick Northumberland NE66 1DN

Trustees

The following Trustees served during the year:

L.A. Bosanquet C.B. Friend C. Jagger M.A. Nichol

Accountants

Accounting for Good CIC 10a Front Street Winlaton Tyne and Wear NE21 6DD

Statement of trustees' responsibilities in relation to the financial statements

The charity trustees are responsible for preparing a trustees' annual report and financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the applicable Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations, and the provisions of the Trust deed. The Trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees

L.A. Bosanquet Trustee 01 October 2021

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Community@NE66 2020 Annual Report

Chairs Report:

The Community @NE66 had a turbulent year as described in the report. The trustees have done everything possible during that time to support the centre in its work with the families in the area who have never been under such stress due to the Covid epidemic.

We have recruited a new trustee Martin Swinbank to replace Anthea Mountney who resigned and we have successfully raised money from private donors to try and build up our reserve funds to give us some additional support to survive the pandemic. We were especially pleased to receive a substantial grant from Children in Need and donations from many other charities who all recognise the value of the work being carried out.

We would like to pay tribute to the staff at the centre who have worked tirelessly often without pay to provide support where needed. We would like to thank them all. 2020 was an extraordinary year, bringing what, at times, felt like relentless challenges, hardship and suffering, which was, however, met with extraordinary community support, kindness from individuals and local businesses dedicated to supporting the community, as well as the hard work and consistent professionalism of our team members. I would like to take this space to thank all of you!

At first glance we could say Covid-19 brought a shift in the paradigm of our project’s outcomes, and the community needs that presented. Nevertheless, this year’s restrictions gave us so much more time and opportunity to engage with those seldom heard, and adult members, of our community, showing it was not a shift but more of an unveiling of the level of disadvantage our small rural community faces. As the need erupted, we adapted and diversified. There was a general sense pre-Covid, that, with the support available, and on the whole, our community was just about managing to keep their heads just above water. Unfortunately, Covid weighed people down and brought about financial, physical and mental suffering, isolation and anxiety. Throughout this time our young people have shown their participation and engagement with their project and workers. Community members have shown the project enormous support and collaboration, really fulfilling our tagline working with the community for the community.

To give a clear representation how the need, and our response, evolved, this report will present outcomes over the period 1st January - 14th March 2020 as “Pre-Covid” and then 15th March - 31st December 2020 as “Covid response work”.

Pre-Covid

Community@NE66 delivered universal youth work funded by BBC Children in Need in the form of Girls Group, Junior Girls Group, Lads Group, Detached and Junior Youth Club.

The Junior Lads Group, funded by the Percy Fund, consisted of weekly youth work sessions with a focus on early intervention, resilience and diversionary activities, and was attended by 27 young people.

Community@NE66 continued to develop its youth work in formal education to promote healthy relationships and sex positive and inclusive sex education. In total we delivered 42 workshops to Year 8 and 9 pupils at the Duchess Community High School (DCHS), amounting to around 570 children and young people.

C-Card sessions were delivered twice a week at DCHS in partnership with Northumberland Youth Service, totalling 7 sessions that were attended by 52 young people. Community@NE66 ensured that all the young people took part in safeguarding assessment, support and received appropriate support and risk reduction information.

Community@NE66’s under 9s provision thrived with the under 5s play and stay working with 24 families, and our mindful play sessions having an uptake of 32 in these few months.

The food surplus project allowed us to team up with Lidl, Aldi and Marks & Spencers to reduce food waste and support those in food poverty, with 11 families accessing this service. In this time period we distributed 7 emergency food parcels on behalf of Alnwick District Food Bank.

Covid response work

Working with Children in Need we adapted our Universal Youth Work to offer:

Staff advocated for children and young people at:

Children in Need’s main grant funding allowed us to apply for hardship funds, enabling us to fund and supply:

In addition to the Children in Need funded youth work, the Percy Family Fund funded Junior lads provision which was adapted to providing 1:1 supporting for young men taking part in risk taking behaviour - 19 young men accessed these sessions. Seven group work sessions took place when restrictions allowed, working with 32 young men.

Community Mental Wellbeing Project (Jan- September)

This project, funded by the Sir James Knott Trust and Northumberland Children’s Trust, offered 1-1 counselling or psychotherapy to 67 young people plus 5 parent/carers tailored to need. Solution focussed work was shorter term, with attachment based work being offered where there were more complex needs and young people or parent/carers required longer term resolution of their problems. There was high uptake from disadvantaged young people with some working for the full academic year with counsellors.

Of the 67 young people, 29 presented with complex, long-term and enduring mental health issues where significant vulnerabilities were present around disadvantage, LAC or post-LAC, early domestic violence and/or abuse and, in most cases, prior or present other agency involvement. Part of the psychotherapist’s role was to liaise with GPs, Early Help, Children’s services and CYPS where needed, as well as to appropriately inform and work with parents.

Following lockdown, work moved online using google meet or google hangouts and, in some cases, walk and talk in school. During the period March – September, no trainees were able to work with us to support the needs of our children and young people, however community@NE66 was able to maintain ongoing contact with young people throughout lockdown. Parents also continued to be supported throughout this period.

The most common presenting problem was complex anxiety causing significant distress. This was frequently accompanied by panic and/or obsessive compulsive behaviours and thoughts, low mood, sleep difficulties and unhelpful strategies such as avoidance, distraction or self-harm. Work focussed on addressing the causes of anxiety whilst providing solution-focussed approaches for the symptoms. Typically children and young people were presenting with distress symptoms in the range of 7-9/10 (10 being high) and ending their counselling on 2-5. The presence of self-harm, suicidal ideation, chronic low mood and sleep disturbance increased significantly over the period of lockdown and into the following academic year. Further

presenting problems included bereavement, grief and loss, post-traumatic stress (PTS) following adverse childhood experiences (domestic violence, parent with significant mental health difficulties, parent addiction, neglect), support for young carers and complex home difficulties.

October 2020 Children in Need granted additional DCMS funding to help us meet the rapidly growing demand for mental health support in children and young people.

This funding enabled 51 children and young people with poor mental health, exacerbated by Covid-19, to access mental well-being services: 109 Youth Work 1:1 sessions, 49 counselling sessions, 139 psychotherapy sessions, and 34 urgent responses by our Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist.

We were able to respond to significant decline in children and young people’s mental health. We learnt from our Universal Youth Work, funded by the Main grant, of an 11% increase in mental health issues amongst our existing clients. Our work with Children Services, Early Help, and School Nurse Team also demonstrated an increased need amongst non-service users.

The funding allowed us to respond quickly to the rapidly increasing mental health needs of children and young people. The allocation of the grant to running costs, when the funding landscape focussed on projects relating to food poverty and when we were unable to secure our usual self-generated income, enabled us to retain staff and volunteers who have preexisting positive attachments with young people at a time when many attachments are strained. With this funding we could not only support and advocate for the increased number of children and young people with mental health issues, but also the complexity of issues faced: anxiety and panic experienced by 42%, suicidal ideation, suicidality and self-harm experienced by 27%, and sexual harm experienced by 12%.

We could address the greater need caused by the loss of peer friendships during lockdowns, essential for the neurological and social development of children and young people, and most significantly prevalent in young people who live in rural poverty. Many young people were home alone for long periods of time whilst key worker parents/carers were at work.

A significant number of children and young people accessed face-face services. However those who were unable to attend, or not safe to access in-person services, engaged in online contact with their workers/therapist and were able to use Googlemeet/Whatsapp check-ins. Even if not communicating they could see that an adult to whom they have an attachment was available and ‘there for them’.

The organisation allowed young people to self-refer. Of the significant number of SEND young people accessing the service, 30% had fallen through ‘the net’ of school assessment. This particular client group has an increased risk of suicidality, their undiagnosed behaviours leading

them to believe that they are bad and everyone hates them. The advocacy of our team to secure formal diagnosis has allowed them to reframe who they, and how others see them.

37% of those we worked with are aged 16-18 years, the age group that are at a greater risk of completing suicide due to their increased autonomy and ability to act out intrusive thoughts. Unfortunately this group are the least likely to be accepted by statutory services as they are transitioning from child to adult services. This is why the funding was such a vital part of keeping these young people safe.

Youth Cafe

Since receiving our Children in Need Small Grant on 14th October 2020 we have delivered 9 young cafe steering and menu testers workshops, working in partnership with Marks and Spencers food share and Neighbourly, and supporting young people to develop budgeting, planning, and product development skills. The project also gave young people a place to be, as well as focused project work, this is something they had significantly missed during lockdown.

Mindful wellbeing packs

Thanks to the Community Foundation agreeing the adaption of our play work funding, this allowed us to continue to develop a mindful and resilience approach with children and young people. Community@NE66 created and delivered weekly activity packs and posted accompanying videos to give instructions and support positive attachments with team members whilst isolating. 256 child packs were delivered with most packs being shared by siblings due to high demand.

The packs were so popular we used community donations to fund equivalent adult packs, with 83 packs being requested. These were relatively simple materials and activities but working together with our mental health workers we were able to make very effective activities. Community feedback strongly stated that they bought a sense of care, combatted isolating and promoted calm.

Summer and autumn school holiday provision

Funding from the REEDS family fund and the John D Trust enabled us to deliver 16 summer sessions, 24 family learning and creativity, and outreach sessions attended by 73 people of whom 64 were aged 2-14. During October half term we facilitated activities for 9 families in a Covid secure setting.

Food Surplus Project

Funded by National Lottery, DCMS, Co-Op, Greggs, Neighbourly, and with donations from local businesses we expanded on 15th March when food shortages started. Our community was already struggling with food poverty with the ‘switch’ to Universal Credits. On 15th March we distributed 16 food parcels to our regular Alnwick District Food Bank hub clients. Demand peeked

during the first wave at 48 parcels per week. From mid March to the end of the calendar year Community@NE66 distributed and delivered 868 food parcels to 236 people, including a Christmas Eve donation day distributing food to 37 families, with toys donated by Morrison’s, DCHS staff team, and Barndale House School to 52 children.

The Community@NE66 Charitable Trust Independent Examiners Report

Independent Examiner's Report to the trustees of The Community@NE66 Charitable Trust

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of The Community@NE66 Charitable Trust for the year ended 31 December 2020 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities, the Balance Sheet, the Statement of Cash Flows and the related notes.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity's trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011('the Act'). The trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under the Charities Act 2011, s.144(2) (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed.

I report in respect of my examination of the charity'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 can 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:

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.

Kay Wightman FFA, FTA Accounting for Good CIC 10a Front Street Winlaton Tyne and Wear

NE21 6DD 01 October 2021

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The Community@NE66 Charitable Trust Statement of Financial Activities

for the year ended 31 December 2020

Notes
Income and endowments
from:
Donations and legacies
3
Charitable activities
4
Other trading activities
5
Total
Expenditure on:
Charitable activities
6
Other
7
Total
Net gains on investments
Net income
8
Transfers between funds
Net income before other
gains/(losses)
Other gains and losses
Net movement in funds
Reconciliation of funds:
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward		 Unrestricte
d funds
2020
£
14,309
10,016
353		 Restricted
funds
2020
£
-
138,399
-		 Total funds
2020
£
14,309
148,415
353		 Total funds
2019
£
-
90,892
9,278
24,678
33,329
415		 138,399
61,653
-		 163,077
94,982
415		 100,170
63,090
92
33,744
-		 61,653
-		 95,397
-		 63,182
-
(9,066)
8,383		 76,746
(8,383)		 67,680
-		 36,988
-
(683) 68,363 67,680 36,988
(683)
9,712		 68,363
31,156		 67,680
40,868		 36,988
3,880
9,029 99,519 108,548 40,868

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The Community@NE66 Charitable Trust Balance Sheet

at 31 December 2020

Charity No. 1171202
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
10
Current assets
Debtors
11
Cash at bank and in hand
Creditors:Amount falling due within one year
12
Net current assets
Total assets less current liabilities
Provisions for liabilities
13
Net assets excluding pension asset or liability
Total net assets
The funds of the charity
Restricted funds
14
Restricted income funds
Unrestricted funds
14
General funds
Reserves
14
Total funds		 2020
£
10,262
10,262
-
98,586
98,586
(300)
98,286
108,548
-
108,548
108,548
99,519
99,519
9,029
9,029
108,548		 2019
£
184
184
4,248
37,408
41,656
(300)
41,356
41,540
(672)
40,868
40,868
31,156
31,156
9,712
9,712
40,868

Approved by the trustees on 01 October 2021

And signed on their behalf by:

L.A. Bosanquet Trustee 01 October 2021

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The Community@NE66 Charitable Trust Notes to the Accounts

for the year ended 31 December 2020

Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic if Ireland (FRS 102) issued on 16 July 2014 and the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Charities Act 2011.

Change in basis of accounting or to previous accounts

There has been no change to the accounting policies (valuation rules and method of accounting) since last year and no changes have been made to accounts for previous years.

Fund accounting

Income

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The Community@NE66 Charitable Trust Notes to the Accounts

Expenditure

Recognition of Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis. Expenditure includes any VAT expenditure which cannot be fully recovered, and is reported as part of the expenditure to which it relates.

Taxation

The charity is exempt from tax on its charitable activities.

Tangible fixed assets and depreciation

Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life:

Plant & Machinery 33% Straight Line Fixtures & Fittings 20% Straight Line

Freehold investment property

Investment properties are measured initially at cost and subsequently at fair value at each balance sheet date and are not depreciated. All gains or losses are taken to the Statement of Financial Activities as they arise.

Stocks

Stock is included at the lower of cost or net realisable value. Donated items of stock are recognised at fair value which is the amount the charity would have been willing to pay for the items on the open market.

Trade and other debtors

Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash at bank and on hand, demand deposits with banks and other short-term highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less and bank overdrafts. In the statement of financial position, bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings or current liabilities. In the Statement of Cash Flows, cash and cash equivalents are shown net of bank overdrafts that are repayable on demand and form an integral part of the company's cash management.

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The Community@NE66 Charitable Trust Notes to the Accounts

Trade and other creditors

Short term creditors are measured at the transaction price. Other creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due.

Research and development

Expenditure on research and development is written off in the year in which it is incurred.

Foreign currencies

Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than the functional currency of the charity are translated at the rates of exchange prevailing at the end of the reporting period. Transactions in currencies other than the functional currency of the charity are recorded at the rate of exchange on the date that the transaction occurred.

All exchange differences are are taken into account in arriving at net income/expenditure.

Leased assets

Where the charity enters into a lease which entails taking substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership of an asset, the lease is treated as a finance lease.

Leases which do not transfer substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to charity are classified as operating leases.

Assets held under finance leases are initially recognised as assets of the charity at their fair value at the inception of the lease or, if lower, at the present value of the minimum lease payments. The corresponding liability to the lessor is included in the balance sheet date as a finance lease obligation. Lease payments are apportioned between finance expenses and reduction of the lease obligation so as to achieve a constant rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability. Finance expenses are recognised immediately, unless they are directly attributable to qualifying assets, in which case they are capitalised in accordance with the charity's policy on borrowing costs. Assets held under finance leases are depreciated in the same way as owned assets.

Operating lease payments are recognised as an expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term. In the event that lease incentives are received to enter into operating leases, such incentives are recognised as a liability. The aggregate benefit of incentives is recognised as a reduction of rental expense on a straight-line basis.

Pension costs

The charity operates a defined contribution plan for its employees. A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which the charity pays fixed contributions into a separate entity. Once the contributions have been paid the charity has no further payments obligations. The contributions are recognised as expenses when they fall due. Amounts not paid are shown in accruals in the balance sheet. The assets of the plan are held separately from the charity in independently administered funds.

Receipt of donated goods, facilities and services

All donated goods, facilities and services received are recognised within incoming resources and expenditure at an estimate of the value to the charity.

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The Community@NE66 Charitable Trust Notes to the Accounts

Income and endowments from:
Charitable activities
Other trading activities
Total
Expenditure on:
Charitable activities
Total
Net income
Net income before other
gains/(losses)
Other gains and losses:
Net movement in funds
Reconciliation of funds:
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward
3
Income from donations and legacies
Donations
4
Income from charitable activities
Grants
5
Income from other trading activities
Room Hire		 Unrestricted
£
10,016
10,016		 Unrestricted
funds
2019
£
2,999
9,278
12,277
6,148
6,148
6,129
6,129
6,129
3,583
9,712
Unrestricted
£
14,309
14,309
Restricted
£
138,399
138,399
Unrestricted
£
353
353		 Restricted
funds
2019
£
87,893
-
87,893
57,033
57,033
30,860
30,860
30,860
296
31,156
Total
2020
£
14,309
14,309
Total
2020
£
148,415
148,415
Total
2020
£
353
353		 Total
funds
2019
£
90,892
9,278
100,170
63,181
63,181
36,989
36,989
36,989
3,879
40,868
Total
2019
£
-
-
Total
2019
£
90,892
90,892
Total
2019
£
9,278
9,278

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The Community@NE66 Charitable Trust Notes to the Accounts

6 Expenditure on charitable activities

Expenditure on charitable
activities
Grants
Governance costs
7
Other expenditure
Amortisation, depreciation,
impairment, profit/loss on
disposal of fixed assets
8
Net income before transfers
This is stated after charging:
Depreciation of owned fixed assets
Independent Examiner's fee
9
Staff costs
No employee received emoluments in excess
10 Tangible fixed assets
Cost or revaluation
At 1 January 2020
Additions
At 31 December 2020
Depreciation and
impairment
At 1 January 2020
Depreciation charge for the
year
At 31 December 2020
Net book values
At 31 December 2020
At 31 December 2019		 Unrestricted
£
33,329
33,329
of £60,000.		 Restricted
£
61,653
61,653
Unrestricted
£
415
415
2020
£
415
974		 Total
2020
£
94,982
94,982
Total
2020
£
415
415
Fixtures &
Fittings
£
-
7,199
7,199
-
262
262
6,937
-		 Total
2019
£
63,090
63,090
Total
2019
£
92
92
2019
£
92
672
Total
£
459
10,493
Plant &
Machinery
£
459
3,294
3,753
275
153
428
3,325
184
10,952
275
415
690
10,262
184

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The Community@NE66 Charitable Trust Notes to the Accounts

11 Debtors

11 Debtors
Trade debtors
12 Creditors:
amounts falling due within one year
Trade creditors		 2020
£
-
-
2020
£
300
300		 2019
£
4,248
4,248
2019
£
300
300
13 Provisions
At 1 January 2020
Movement for the year		 Other
provisions
£
672
(672)		 Total
£
672
(672)

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The Community@NE66 Charitable Trust Notes to the Accounts

14 Movement in funds

Resources
expended
£		 Gross
transfers
£
-
-
-
-
(6,534)
(1,849)
-
-
(8,383)
8,383
-		 At 31
December
2020
£
43,330
14,213
10,569
7,006
2,853
3,120
2,000
16,428
(25,018)
(11,304)
(10,896)
(1,367)
(1,127)
(31)
-
(11,910)
(61,653)
(33,744)
(95,397)
99,519
9,029
108,548
Restricted funds:
Children in Need
Northumberland Childrens
Trust
Sir James Knott Fund
National Lottery
Coalfields Trust
Community Chest
Northumberland Estates
Other Restricted Funds

15 Analysis of net assets between funds

Fixed assets
Net current assets		 Unrestrict
ed funds
£
10,262
98,286
108,548		 Total
£
10,262
98,286
108,548

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The Community@NE66 Charitable Trust Notes to the Accounts

16 Reconciliation of net debt

Reconciliation of net debt
Cash and cash equivalents
Net debt		 At 1 January
2020
£		 Cash flows
£		 At 31
December
2020
£
37,408 61,178 98,586
37,408
37,408		 61,178
61,178		 98,586
98,586

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The Community@NE66 Charitable Trust Detailed Statement of Financial Activities

for the year ended 31 December 2020

Income and endowments from:
Donations and legacies
Donations
Charitable activities
Grants
Other trading activities
Room Hire
Total income and endowments
Expenditure on:
Charitable activities
Grants
Total of expenditure on
charitable activities
General administrative costs,
including depreciation and
amortisation
Depreciation of Plant &
Machinery
Depreciation of Fixtures &
Fittings
Depreciation of
Total of expenditure of other
costs
Total expenditure
Net gains on investments
Net income
Transfers between funds
Net income before other
gains/(losses)
Other Gains
Net movement in funds		 Unrestricted
funds
2020
£
14,309
14,309
10,016
10,016
353
353
24,678
33,329
33,329
33,329
153
-
262
415
415
33,744
-
(9,066)
8,383
(683)
-
(683)		 Restricted
funds
2020
£
-
-
138,399
138,399
-
-
138,399
61,653
61,653
61,653
-
-
-
-
-
61,653
-
76,746
(8,383)
68,363
-
68,363		 Total funds
2020
£
14,309
14,309
148,415
148,415
353
353
163,077
94,982
94,982
94,982
153
-
262
415
415
95,397
-
67,680
-
67,680
-
67,680		 Total funds
2019
£
-
-
90,892
90,892
9,278
9,278
100,170
63,090
63,090
63,090
92
-
-
92
92
63,182
-
36,988
-
36,988
-
36,988

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The Community@NE66 Charitable Trust Detailed Statement of Financial Activities

Reconciliation of funds:
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward		 9,712
9,029		 31,156
99,519		 40,868
108,548		 3,880
40,868

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