## Queensbury Support Centre
## Charity number 1172579
## Annual Report and Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 March 2023
## Queensbury Support Centre
Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2023
|**Contents**|**Page**|
|---|---|
|Trustees' report|2 to 3|
|Examiner's report|4|
|Receipts and payments account|5|
|Statement of assets and liabilities|6|
|Notes to the accounts|7 to 8|
## **Prepared by West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO**
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## Queensbury Support Centre
## Trustees' report for the year ended 31 March 2023
## **Reference and administrative details of the charity, its trustees and advisors**
The trustees during the financial year and up to and including the date the report was approved were: **Name Position Dates**
Patrick Sherry Chair Robert Frost Treasurer Joan Shepherd Secretary Barbara Holmes Madeline Canavan Wendy Clegg Robert Hargreaves Colette Jagger
Appointed 27 April 2022 Appointed 27 April 2022 Appointed 27 April 2022 Appointed 27 April 2022 Resigned 7 July 2023
## **Charity number**
1172579
Registered in England and Wales
## **Registered and principal address**
## **Bankers**
Queensbury Support Centre Virgin Money 199 Albert Road 7 Waterhouse Street Queensbury Halifax Bradford HX1 1XZ BD13 1QB
## **Independent examiner**
Rhys North ACA
## **West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO**
Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW
## **Structure, governance and management**
The charity is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (foundation) formed on 13 April 2017 and is governed by a constitution.
## **Method of recruitment and appointment of trustees**
The trustees of the charity are appointed by a general resolution at a properly constituted meeting of the trustees.
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## Queensbury Support Centre
## Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2023
## **Objectives and activities**
## **The charity's objects**
The relief of elderly people living in Queensbury, Bradford and the surrounding area through the provision of day care facilities for those who have need by reason of their age or infirmity for the care, recreation and physical and mental well-being of such persons.
## **The charity's main activities**
Running a day centre from Tuesday to Thursday for elderly people in Queensbury and surrounding areas.
## **Public benefit statement**
In setting our objectives and planning our activities our Trustees have given serious consideration to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit.
## **Achievements and performance**
This year has been a year of rebuilding the charity, following the devastation that was COVID-19 where the number of elderly clients was reduced significantly. We are just coming up to our first anniversary in our new premises which have proven to be a great success as they are much more suited to our purpose. After 28 years in operation the proof that we are still needed in the community perhaps even more than ever is evident; we have had numerous referrals from doctors, social workers, social prescribers, friends and family etc. We have recovered to 70% attendance and hope to continue this recovery in numbers. Funding as ever is an issue but we have had some success and feel confident for the future.
## **Financial review**
The net payments for the year were £7,809 all relating to unrestricted funds.
## **Reserves policy**
The charity's free reserves, at the year end were £38,128.
The charity does not have a reserves policy.
Approved by the board of trustees on Robert Hargreaves
22/1/2024 (Trustee)
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## Queensbury Support Centre
## Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Queensbury Support Centre
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the CIO for the year ended 31 March 2023, which are set out on pages 5 to 8.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity trustees of the CIO 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 CIO's accounts as carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act. 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 charity as required by section 130 of the Charities Act; 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.
Rhys North ACA
24/1/2024
## **West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO**
Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW
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## Queensbury Support Centre Receipts and payments account for the year ended 31 March 2023
|Notes
2023
Unrestricted
funds
£
**Receipts**
Grants and donations
(2)
5,601
Client contributions
36,515
Raffle (amenity)
1,265
Shop (amenity)
2,232
Fundraising
1,517
**Total receipts**
47,130
**Payments**
Salaries and NI
34,605
Payroll fees
380
Food
6,070
Rent
6,330
Minibus costs
2,461
Insurance
363
Equipment, stationery and postage
1,009
Telephone
371
Fundraising costs
21
Independent examination
480
Gifts and donations
20
Raffle (amenity)
43
Shop (amenity)
1,658
Other (amenity)
1,100
Bingo (amenity)
174
Other expenses
54
**Total payments**
55,139
**Net receipts / (payments)**
(8,009)
**Transfers between funds**
200
**Net movement in funds**
(7,809)
**Fund balances brought forward**
45,937
**Fund balances carried forward**
(3)
38,128|2023
Restricted
funds
£
250
-
-
-
-
250
-
-
50
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
50
200
(200)
-
2,100
2,100|2023
Total
funds
£
5,851
36,515
1,265
2,232
1,517
47,380
34,605
380
6,120
6,330
2,461
363
1,009
371
21
480
20
43
1,658
1,100
174
54
55,189
(7,809)
-
(7,809)
48,037
40,228|2022
Total
funds
£
34,291
15,785
869
1,109
1,415
53,469
33,304
478
4,580
4,320
1,457
363
386
457
470
564
27
48
1,000
165
192
317
48,128
5,341
-
5,341
42,696
48,037|
|---|---|---|---|
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## Queensbury Support Centre Statement of assets and liabilities
|as at 31 March 2023
2023
Unrestricted
£
**Cash funds**
Cash at bank
37,715
Cash in hand
413
**Total cash funds**
38,128
**Debtors and prepayments**
Prepayments - Insurance
**Assets retained for the charity's own use**
Minibus - at cost (purchased March 2019)
**Liabilities**
Accruals - Independent Examination fee
Taxation and social security|2023
Restricted
£
2,100
-
2,100|2023
Total
£
39,815
413
40,228
2023
£
121
121
£
12,000
12,000
2023
£
594
396
990|2022
Total
£
47,718
319
48,037|
|---|---|---|---|
The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on Robert Hargreaves
22/1/2024 (Trustee)
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## Queensbury Support Centre
## Notes to the accounts
for the year ended 31 March 2023
## **1 Accounting policies**
## **Basis of accounting**
The trustees have taken advantage of section 133 of the Charities Act 2011 and have prepared the accounts on a receipts and payments basis.
There has been no change to the accounting policies since last year.
No changes have been made to the accounts for previous years.
## **Taxation**
As a charity the organisation benefits from rates relief and is generally exempt from income tax and capital gains tax but not from VAT. Irrecoverable VAT is included in the cost of those items to which it relates.
## **Fund accounting**
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity.
Designated funds are unrestricted funds earmarked by the trustees for particular purposes.
Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure imposed by the donor or through the terms of an appeal.
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the accounts.
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## Queensbury Support Centre
## Notes to the accounts continued
## for the year ended 31 March 2023
|**2 Grants and donations**
Bradford Metropolitan District Council (BDMC)
The Gannett Foundation
HMRC Job Retention Scheme (JRS)
Northern Rail
Donations
**3 Restricted funds**
Balance b/f
£
BMDC - Covid Support
500
BMDC - Fundraising
1,600
BDMC - Jubilee Party
-
2,100|2023
Unrestricted
funds
£
3,000
643
-
-
1,958
5,601
Incoming
£
-
-
250
250|2023
Restricted
funds
£
250
-
-
-
-
250
Outgoing
£
-
-
50
50|2023
Total
funds
£
3,250
643
-
-
1,958
5,851
Transfers
£
-
-
(200)
(200)|2022
Total
funds
£
-
-
7,156
25,000
2,135
34,291
Balance c/f
£
500
1,600
-
2,100|
|---|---|---|---|---|
## **Fund name**
## **Purpose of restriction**
BMDC - Covid Support To provide support towards pandemic costs in Queensbury. BMDC - Fundraising To enable the charity to investigate alternative sources of funding. BDMC - Jubilee Party To contribute to the running of a Jubilee Party. The transfer was for a contribution towards usual client lunch payments.
|**4 Designated funds**
Amenity Fund
**Fund name**
Amenity Fund|Balance b/f
Incoming
Outgoing
£
£
£
4,821
-
2,975
4,821
-
2,975
**Reason for designation**
The fund is for activity costs including trips.|Transfers
£
3,497
3,497|Balance c/f
£
5,343
5,343|
|---|---|---|---|
## **5 Related party transactions**
## **Donations from trustees and related parties**
The total aggregate value of unconditional donations to the charity from the trustees or related parties was £nil (2021: £nil).
## **Trustee expenses**
No trustee received any expenses during this year or the previous year.
## **Trustee remuneration and benefits**
No trustee received any remuneration or benefit during this or the previous year.
**Other transactions with trustees or related parties**
|**Other transactions with trustees or related parties**
Pauline Sherry
Wife of trustee
Salary as cook for the day
**Name of trustee**
**or related party**
**Relationship to**
**charity**
**Description of transaction**|2023
£
7,430
7,430|2022
£
6,969
6,969|
|---|---|---|
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