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2021-12-31-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date 01 01 2021 31 12 2021

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Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1172898

BOOMERANG CARDIFF Boomerang

Charity's principal address UNIT 5 TEMPLAR PARC EASTMOORS RD CARDIFF Postcode CF245EW

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20		 Trustee name Office (if any) Dates acted if not for whole
year		 Name of person (or body) entitled
to appoint trustee(if any)
PAUL GWILYM FOUNDER
STACEY GWILYM CHAIR
MATTHEW
BRICKNELL		 TRUSTEE 12/10/2021
KONSA
MICHALEF		 TRUSTEE 12/10/2021
JONATHAN
ACKERMAN		 TRUSTEE
Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

PAUL GWILYM & Dave Summers

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Constitution

Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) CIO How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Appointed by paul gwilym – founder Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

Our fifth year and our charity, and although still recovering from the You may choose to include worldwide pandemic, we are still growing additional information, where relevant, about: This year we have added a fifth core charitable objective, being,  Sports/Health & Wellbeing. policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;

Section C Objectives and activities

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Boomerang Cardiff has been an ongoing project since our inception in 2017. Under the umbrella of our organisation we now have 5 key areas. Homelessness/Prevention of homelessness: Summary of the objects of the In Work Poverty: charity set out in its governing document Social Isolation/Loneliness: Community Engagement/Education: Sports/Health & Wellbeing

Homelessness/Prevention of homelessness: We support the positive move on of homeless families/individuals. When someone is given the keys to their home, most of the time it will be unfurnished, so we provide a basic essential furniture starter pack which is FREE. Each pack contains a bed for every bedroom, a sofa, wardrobe/chest of drawers a bedside table, kettle, toaster and a Boomerang starter pack that would consist of plates, cups, dishes, crockery and utensils. In Work Poverty: This can be with a piece of furniture for themselves or their children. White goods, electrical items, clothing or any other support they may need. There are certain grants and pots available to people who claim Summary of the main benefits to obtain furniture that is simply not available for anybody who is activities undertaken for the suffering the hardship of ‘In work poverty’. When something breaks it can public benefit in relation to be incredibly stressful living without that item until next payday, especially these objects (include within if there are dependants in the household. this section the statutory declaration that trustees have Social Isolation/Loneliness: had regard to the guidance We offer support and encouragement to try and get people out by inviting issued by the Charity them to coffee mornings, local groups, activity/fun days as well as the Commission on public option of volunteering. benefit) Community Engagement/Education: Supporting local schools and community groups in the Cardiff area. Children have engaged in assembly’s aimed at educating them about poverty with the strains and hardships that some people face. We run activity/fun days held in the school holidays for local disadvantaged children. We are also running a ‘Period Poverty Project’ which provides FREE sanitary products to schools and community groups Sports/Health &Wellbeing: Encouraging exercise through a range of sporting activities from football to dodgeball whilst promoting a healthy eating lifestyle. We run a range of afterschool physical activities for the local community

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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Section D Achievements and performance

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Section D Achievements and erformance p

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

Boomerang Cardiff is still growing through 2021. We are an established charity at the heart of our community and through a SLA with CCC we assist some of the most vulnerable people in our communities. Around 200 volunteering hours go into Boomerang each week.

Since our inception in 2016, we have helped over 20,000 families/individuals with essential items of furniture with people ranging from homelessness to in work poverty. Around 2500 beds have been gifted Around 2200 sofas Around 900 washing machines Around 900 UC fridges and freezers Around 450 cookers Over 350 fridge freezers

Over 4000 kitchen starter packs which consist of plates, cups, dishes and crockery.

Opened our PiF HUB ( Pay it Forward Hub )

Accepted for National Lottery Funding for a large P&P project

In 2020 we saved over 500,000kgc02e from entering the atmosphere through intercepting furniture from landfill

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Section E Financial review

Reserves policy was implemented in 2019 but still has not been met.

Brief statement of the

charity’s policy on reserves The Covid pandemic has stopped us from being able to fully comply with our reserves policy

Details of any funds materially in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s)

Full name(s) Stacey Gwilym Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Charity Chair etc) Date 16/07/2022

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REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1172898

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER 2021 FOR BOOMERANG CARDIFF

BOOMERANG CARDIFF

CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER 2021

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Report of the Trustees

Report of the Independent Examiner

Statement of Financial Activities

Balance Sheet

Notes to the Financial Statements

BOOMERANG CARDIFF

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER 2021

1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The principal accounting policies are summarised below. The accounting policies have been applied consistently throughout the period.

(a) Basis of accounting

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost conventon, in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities.

(b) Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the Trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity.

Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure imposed by the donor.

(c) Incoming resources

All incoming resources are included in the statement of financial activities when the charity is entitled to, and virtually certain to receive.The income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy.

(d) Resources expended

Expenditure is accounted for and has been classified under headings that aggrgate all cost related the category. Where costs cannot be directly atributed to a particular headings they have been allocated to activitives on a basis consistant with the use of resources.

(e) Tangible fixed assets

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

Motor vehicles - 20% reducing balance Plant & Machinery - 20% reducing balance

Items above £150 are capitalised and accounted for as a fixed asset addition.

BOOMERANG CARDIFF

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED FOR THE ENDED 31st DECEMBER 2021

2. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS

Motor Equipment Vehicles £ £ COST 1st January 2021 19,170 63,564 Additions 2,200 15,310 Disposals 2,050 0 31st December 2021 19,320 78,874 DEPRECIATION 1st January 2021 8,192 23,304 Charge for Year 2,226 11,114 31st D e cember 2021 10,418 34,418 NET BOOK VALUE At 1st January 2021 10,978 40,260 At 31st December 2021 8,902 44,456

3. TRUSTEES REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS

There were no trustees remuneration or other benefits for the period ended 31st December 2021.

4. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR

2021 £ Trade creditors 5,708 Social security 17,239

BOOMERANG CARDIFF STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED TO 31st DECEMBER 2021

INCOMING RESOURCES
Rescticted Funds
General fund
Fund Raising Activities
Sales
Total incoming resources
RESOURCES EXPENDED
Accountancy
Advertising
Bank Charges
Cleaning
Clothing
Community Hall Supplies
Computer & Software
Delivery Expenses
Depreciation
Discretional Fund
Equipment Hire
Events
Insurance
Legal & Professional
Light & Heat
Motor Running
Print , Post, Stationery
Project Costs
Purchases
Rent & Rates
Repairs & Renewals
Storage
Subscription
Subsistence
Sundry
Telephone
Volunteer Expenses
Wages
Waste Collection
Total resources expended
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD		 2021
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1,250
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46
1,181
1,896
2,077
1,490
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9,961
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1,483
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6,481		 2021
2020
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£
264,000
0
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283,180
146,527
16,328
69,154
622,297
299,508
2020
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2,394
479
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0
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14,620
12,810
270
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4,732
731
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4,485
15,947
885
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40,240
17,616
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0
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3,149
408,754
300,610
213,543
-1,102

BOOMERANG CARDIFF BALANCE SHEET AT 31st DECEMBER 2021

2021
2020
ASSETS
£
£
£
Fixed Assets
53,358
51,238
Intangible Assets
0
0
53,358
CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors
193
555
Bank Balance
212,049
5,098
Cardplus Account
18
18
Stock
32,980
25,980
245,240
TOTAL ASSETS
298,598
CURRENT LIABILITIES
CREDITORS FALLING DUE IN ONE YEAR
Creditors
5,708
3,730
PAYE
17,239
17,051
22,947
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES
22,947
NET ASSETS
275,651
FUNDS
Unrestricted funds
42,651
Restricted funds
233,000
TOTAL FUNDS
275,651
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of
Recommended Practice, Accounting and Reporting by Charities
The financil statements were approved by the Board of Trustees on and
were signed on its behalf by		 £
51,238
31,651
82,889
20,781
20,781
62,108
62,108
0
62,108

S Gwilym - Trustee

62,108.00 213,543.00 275,651.00

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examlnerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl Members of On accoun18 for the year ended Charfty no (rfany 31 Set out on pag•s 3,4,S Yh4rJ G. I report to the trustees on my exgrnination of the a¢¢ounts of the above charity (Yhe Trustl for the year ended Rg•ponslbllltles and As the charity trustees. you ar8 responsible for the preparation of the ba81s of report accounts in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 ('the ACV,). I report In re8peet of my examinatlon of the Trust's accounts catried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying oui my examination, I have followEd all the applicable Directions gpMI by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. Independent ￿he charity's gross income exceeded £250.000 aThJ l am qualffwl to examlnerfs statement undertake the examination by being a qualffied member of [insert name of applicable listed bodyJ]. Delete l ] rf not applic8ble. I have Comp￿ted my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention (other than that disclosed below'l in connection with the examinati￿ whlch gN88 me Gguse to believe that in. any matsdal respect.: the accounting records we not kem in accordance with section 130 of the Act", or the accounts dld not accord *ryth the accounting records.. C the accounts did not with the applicable requirements concerning the fom and contenl of accounts sel out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 at￿r than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair. view which is not a matter consKlered as part of an independent examinati￿. I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connedlon th the examination to which attention shoukl be drawn Sn this report in order to enable a proper understandiTrJ of the accounts to be reathed. ' Please delete the ￿nIS in the brnckets rfthey <b rn?t apply. Slgned: lo Name: 5ffi￿ 4xJ Relevant professlonal quaiificatlon(s} or body Ilf any): ccq IER October 2018

Address: ITL Section B Disclosure Only COMp￿te rf the examiner needs to h￿h1￿h* matters of con￿rn (see CC32, Independenl examination of charty accounts.. directions and guidance for examiners). Glve h8re detslls of any items that the examlngr wi$he8 to dlsclose. IER October 2018