## ## ## |||PAGE| |---|---|---| |Charity Information||| |Report ofthe Trustees||| |Independent
Examiner's|Report to the Trustees|| |Receipts snd Payments|Accounts|| |Statement ofAssets and|Liabilities|| ## ## ## ## ## ## |To prevent
or relieve poverty amongst
asylum seekers and Ihose granted
refugee status, and their| |---| |dependents,
living (Iemporergy
or permanenUy)
In St Helens and the surrounding
area, by providing,| |but not limited to, Information,
advice, and language
skills.| |To advance the education
and training of asylum seekers and those granted
refugee status, end their| |dependents,
living (lemporargy
or permanently)
ln St Helens and Ihe surrounding
area, so es to| |advance
them
In life and assist them to adapt within s new community.| |The provision ofservices
/ facilities for recreation or other leisure Ume occupation
for asylum seekers| |and those granted
refugee status, snd their dependents,
living (temperer gy or permsnenUy)
In St Helens| |and Ihe surrounding
eras with the ob)ed ofImproving
the conditions
of life ofthose persons who have| |need ofsuch fadglles
by reason of their financial
hardship
or social snd economic circumstances.| |The advancement
of human
rights/promotion
of racial harmony
and diversity
for Ihs pubgc benefit by| |education
snd raising awareness
In equality and diversity,
end promoUng
acdvtges to foster| |understanding
between
peopfe from diverse backgrounds.| |The regef of flnanclal
hardship
or other disadvantage
amongst
asylum seekers and those granted| |refugee status, snd their dependents,
Uvlng (temporsrgy
or permanently)
in St Helens end the| |surrounding
eras, by providing
financial support end
/ or guidance.| |Governance
snd Trustees| |The Chergy is nol e company,
but registered ess Charitable
incorporated
OrgenlseUon
(CIO) and| |governed
by a model constitution
adopted
on 21st September 2017.| |The Trustees
named on page 1 form a committee
who are responsible
for the management
ofthe| |Charity snd Its activities.| |New Trustees can be appointed
by a resolution
of Ihe existing Trustees.| |Training
snd Induction
ls provided
verbally
by existing Trustees.| |Details of activities snd achievements
for the year| |Our Warm Welcome St Helens continued
to opemte from the Parish Church
hell ln Ihe tovm centre here ln| |St Helens and It must be added that the partnership
hes been benegrfal
lo ag. The premises
have been fully| |utlllssd
with the drop In caffr downstairs
and the English lessons and partner sessions upstairs.| |Numbers
have Increased
slgngicangy,
and ws now suppoA over 360asylum seekers
In houses and local| |hotels snd we have been advised
that this Ugure wgl Increase to over 600 In Ihe neer future.| |Partnership
ls the key word end whgsl sll agencies are stretched at this difficult Ume support continues| |to be offsred.
These partners
induded
ths British Rsd Cross ss well as e variety ofother partners| |Including
Housing Assoctegons,
Health Professionals,
Refugee Women Connect. Perish Nurse,| |St Marks with Tango and SNAP.| |Over Ihe year funding
has been received for operaUonsl
costs indudlng
IranspoA
and food supplies| |from Ths National
Lottery, Tesco end St Helens Councg.
We are pleased to report that we have re-opened| |Ihe Bike Shed and over 50blkes have been refurbished
end issued over the period thanks to a grant from| |ihe Big Bike Revival —Cycgng end local donations.| ## ## |The Trustees have considered
Ihs Charity Commission
guidance
regarding|pubgc benefit|pubgc benefit||| |---|---|---|---|---| |and are sagsfled that ihe acUvgles ofIhs Charity, as descdbed above, meet the necessary||||| |criteria.||||| |Risk analysis||||| |The Trustees
have Identified, es required,
Ihe maJor risks to which the Charity ls exposed.||||| |The Trustees consider that they have taken such acgon and put In place pogcles, procedures||||| |end controls which
wgl mfflgate the IdenUfled
risks end assist In maintaining|Ihs future|||| |flnendal
vlabglty
of Ihe Charity.||||| |Remuneration
ofTrustees||||| |During the year none ofthe Trustees ofthe Charily received remuneration|for the provision|||| |oftheir position as trustee to Ihe Chsrffy.||||| |Transacffons
and financial
position||||| |The results for ihe period ended 30th September 2021 are shown on the appended
pages.||||| |Accounts have been prepared
on s receipts and paymenls
basis rather than an accrusls||basis, as||| |permitted
under the Charity SORP 2015relating to smaller chargles.||||| |Statement ofTrustees'
responslbfflffss||||| |The Trustees ere required
to prepare
Financial Statements
for each financial year which||||| |give a true end fair view of the slate of affairs of the Charity end of Its results for that period(based||||on| |Receipts end Payments
In preparing
those Flnendal
Slatemenls
the Trustees sre required|||tm|| |a. Select suitable accounting
pogcles snd apply them consistently;||||| |b. Make Judgemenls
and esgmates
lhat are reasonable
and prudent'I||||| |c. Prepare the Financial Statements
on a going concern basis
unless
it Is|inappropriate|to||| |assume
that the Charity
wgl continue
in business.||||| |The Trustees are responsible
for keeping
proper sccounUng
records, which|disclose wffh|||| |reasonable
accuracy and sl any Ume, ths financial
posglon ofthe Charity.|They are also|||| |responsible
for safeguarding
ths assets of the Chergy and hence for taking|reasonable
slaps|||| |for Ihe prevention
snd detection offraud and other Irregularities.||||| |Reserves Poffcy||||| |The Chergy has completed
It's fourth year and has achieved a reserves balance of634,204|||- being|ihs| |dosing bank balances.
k17,720 of this ls for restricted
purposes,
leaving an unrestricted,||free-fund||of| |216464. This ls s reasonable
balance to help fund dsy today scUvllles es we move Into our fNh year.||||| |As acgvffles are more established
and the Chargy grows, we wgl be able to determine s regular cost base||||| |upon which we can set our target reserves
level
In order to ensure ongoing|sustalnebglty.|||| |Investment
Poffcy||||| |The Trustees are responsible
for Ihe Investment
of any surplus
funds ofthe Charity.
As||such||| |funds may be required
for immediate
use, the Trustees congnue to review|various|||| |Interest bearing,
Instant access deposit accounts
in which to place such monies.||||| |422.||||| |This repen was approved
by the Tmstees on ...........,. . ....,$..........and signed|on Its behalf by.|||| |6J Pe
Inglon||||| ## ## ## ## ||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Funds|Funds|2021|2020| |geecel ts||||| |Donations|1,987||1,987|4,062| |Grants
Total receipts|1,440
7,680
48» 080||9,120
11107|15,840
0| |~es||||| |Qbadgtbt60ttgthlt!06||||| |Room Hire/ Rent||||264| |Training Resources and Equlpmsnt|2,362|7,680|10,042|4,073| |Events||||226| |Covld tests|420||420|| |TravellMileage|2,314||2,314|| |Insurance||||303| |Bike Shed Profecl||||4,500| |Independent
Examiner Fee|450||450|450| |Bank charges|72||72|72| |Total payments||0|10|0080| |Net ofreceipts and payments|(2,191)||f2,191&|10,914| |Cash funds last year end
Cash funds this year end|18,675
40|17,720
36,395
17,04
4||25,481
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