2021-09-30-accounts

Registered charity number: 1175291

Annual Report of the Charity’s activities and accounts

For the year 1[st] October 2020 to 30[th] September 2021

Donnington Partnership Charity No. 1175291

Charity activities for the year ending 30[th] September 2021

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1. Reference and administration details 1 - 2
2. Chair of the Trustees report 3
3. Treasurer’s report 4
4. Independent examiners report 5
5. Receipts and payments 6-9
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Donnington Partnership Charitable Trust Charity No. 1175291

Charity name: Donnington Partnership CIO Registered charity number: 1175291 Charity’s principal address: Donnington Community Hub, St Matthews Road, Donnington Wood, Telford TF2 7PR

Names of the trustees:

Jean Gulliver, Trustee Chair Rose Gregory, Trustee Vice-chair Liz Rees, Trustee Jane Hassall, Trustee Heather Cooper Trustee Alan Watkins, Trustee Sharon Watkins, Trustee Deb Wilding Trustee Mas Sowak Trustee

Structure, governance and management

Donnington Partnership is a registered charity with 9 trustees who have overall responsibility for the Partnership’s business. Trustees are elected each year at the Donnington Partnership Annual General Meeting.

The organisation was established in 1997, became a registered charity on 28[th] February 2011, changed to a CIO in 2017 and is governed by a constitution dated 2017.

Charity objectives and activities:

The Charity’s objects are to promote such charitable purposes for the benefit of the inhabitants of Donnington Telford and Wrekin as the trustees shall determine, including the advancement of education, relief of poverty and the preservation and protection of good health.

The charity works closely with a locally organisations who meet with the trustees to help address local issues and help to meet the charity’s objects through the following ways:

1. The Charity runs a community centre which provides social, learning and training opportunities to the general public and local residents.

2. The charity provides a volunteer managed community café; a successful community café with a team of volunteers, three employed positions. The cafe provides affordable healthy meals in the community hub on a daily basis and a meal delivery service to vulnerable individuals and older people’s clubs in the local area. The café volunteers receive valuable skills and confidence-building training along with work based experience and it has supported many people back into employment through this route. The café also provides a meal delivery service, a buffet catering service and

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hosts food taster promotion events for the local community to try different types of food.

3. The charity provides a volunteer-led tool lending library; a small team of 2 volunteers look after a range of garden tools at the local community centre which can be hired by local residents for a small charge. The library is wellused throughout spring and summer by local residents. The Charity also looks after the local community Orchard with 3 volunteers.

4. Organises other ad-hoc provision/ facilities as and when need arises, which is directed by the needs of local groups.

5. Throughout the year the Donnington Partnership also host a number of meetings and or events that are aimed to encourage and stimulate community engagement and involvement; a community engagement meeting is organised every 6 months, which is an open public meetings for all residents and people working in and around Donnington to attend.

6. The Charity has now started a fortnightly youth club run by volunteers, and all try to encourage other members of the community to take part.

7. The charity seeks and applies to external funding bodies, where appropriate, to support its charitable aims. It has a strong history of being very successful in obtaining grant funding and working with partner agencies to deliver projects and activities that have helped to address issues, provided improvements to services and facilities in the community and strengthened local community engagement.

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Donnington Partnership Annual General Meeting Chair of the Trustees report 2020-2021

Chairs Report 2021

Well another trying year, unable to open fully until July but still with the risk of being shut down again. Some staff were furloughed until September and some came back part time. Thanks to all the staff for their continued support.

The centre reopened for the summer holidays and we were able to continue our children’s activities’ this included days out at Cosford air museum, Telford Town Park and Exotic Zoo, all children received a hot meal or a packed lunch. The children enjoy all the sports and craft session that we put on, when we were unable meet face to face we did activity packs and zoom quizzes with June from Asda.

We also provided free breakfast packs with the help from a grant from Telford & Wrekin Council.

Some groups started to ask about returning but not all have come yet. We held a coming out of lockdown street party and car boot, which was very well supported.

The youth club started back with a disco and nearly all the children in Donnington came.

The children were taken to Telford football match. The youth club now meet fortnightly and have had a grant to buy some equipment.

The café has had a change of Staff Sharon retried in March and Lisa started in February to learn the ropes. The meals on wheels are now picking up, and some lunch clubs have started again.

Donnington cycle project started in June to encourage people to get fit and active and opportunity to travel to work with a free bike.

The repair café have had 2 sessions at the hub and hopefully will return next year.

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DONNINGTON PARTNERSHIP CHARITABLE TRUST AGM 16/03/21 Treasurers Report for Financial Year Ending 30[th] September 2021

The financial statements for this year show an operating surplus This was because we had several grants to support families in need due to the covid crisis.

Receipts

Overall receipts for the year were £133,789.00

a) The partnership received several grants during this financial year.

b) The Community Café received income of £19,721 during this financial year.

Payments

Total payments for the year were £96.424

a) Grants Covid support £28,000 Kids club/breakfast packs £10,505 Mini bus grants £8.500 Energise £10.000 Supporting People £6,750

b) Café expenditure totalled £7,497. The café did make profit this year of. This was due to grants and furlough staff costs.

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Cash Reserves

As at 30[th] September 2021 the balance of the current account stood at £85,753.64. In addition to this there is a further £48,035.56 held in an instant savings account.

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Rose Gregory Acting Treasurer

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Charity Name No (if any) Donnington Partnership CIO 1175291 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period Period start date Period end date To from 10/1/2020 9/30/2021

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Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Café Income 12,236 12,236 16,364
hunger kids 11,483 11,483 11,754
Interest 4 4 18
bright ideas 15,000
supporting people grant 6,750 6,750
covid support 47,449 47,449 56,191
energize 10,000 10,000
mini bus grant 8,500 8,500
couch to 5k 820 820
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fundraising/grant 5,636 - 5,636 388
Musical Movers Income 2,000 - 2,000 300
Community Hub 12,809 - 12,809 42,886
C & YP 2,182 2,182 2,500
Veolia Env Grant 2,650 2,650 1,000
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12,809 109,710 - 122,519 146,401
Sub total (Gross income for AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). - - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total
12,809 109,710 - 122,519 146,401
Total receipts
A3 Payments
hunger kids 16,107 16,107 3,605
fund raising 35 35 383
telford & wrekin 3,885 3,885
Café Expenditure 7,497 7,497 14,269
couch to 5k 890 890 588
supporting people 1,837 1,837
Musical Movers 1,515 1,515 189
covid 44,831 44,831
bright ideas 8,809 - 8,809
C & YP 807 - 807 2,209
Community Hub 12,179 12,179 34,436
Veolia Env Grant - 1,004 - 1,004 1,105
12,179 87,217 - 99,396 56,784
Sub total
A4 Asset and investment
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purchases, (see table) - - - -
- - - -
- - - - -
Sub total
12,179 87,217 - 99,396 56,784
Total payments
630 22,493 - 23,123 89,617
Net of receipts/(payments)
- # - - - -
A5 Transfers between funds - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 630 22,493 - 23,123 89,617
Cash funds this year end
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Section B Statement	o Details	o Details			Unrestricted	Unrestricted	Restricted	Restricted	Endowment	Endowment
Categories					to nearest funds	£	to	nearest £ funds	to nearest £ funds
		Current Account			2,835			85,753		-
B1 Cash funds		Business Account		Total cash funds	2,835			48,035 133,788		- - -
		(agree balances		with receipts and payments account(s))	Agreement Error		Agreement Error		OK
					Unrestricted		Restricted		Endowment
					funds			funds	funds
		Details			to nearest	£	to	nearest £	to nearest £
B2 Other monetary assets						-		- -		- -
		Details			Fund to which asset belongs		Cost (optional)		Current value (optional)
B3 Investment assets								- -		- -
		Details			Fund to which asset belongs		Cost (optional)		Current value (optional)
B4 Assets retained for the		Cooking Range S/N			Restricted					-
charity’s own use		Dishwasher 25005561		S/N BD1068271211	Restricted
		Wall Bench		900x650	Restricted
		Refridgerator		S/N 10076467	Restricted
		Upright Freezer		S/N 10080821	Restricted
		large selection of			Restricted
		kitchen equipment and
		3 x Lawn Mowers kitchen units			Restricted
		2 x Strimmers			Restricted
		3 x hedge cuters			Restricted
		Large selection of			Restricted
		handheld tools and
		accessories .
					Fund to which		Amount due		When due
		Details			liability relates		(optional)		(optional)
B5 Liabilities								- -
								-
								- -
Signed by one or two trustees on			Signature			Print	Name		Date of approval
behalf of all the trustees

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent ExaminÈr's Report Report to the trusteesl mèmbers of fAQTTrJEASHif cHrtftiT AeLi T&usT On accounts fr>r th• year •nded ChJrity no Irf any) Set out on pag•s I report to the tnjstees on my examination ofthe a￿urrtS of the above Chanty Ilhe Twsfi for the year ended Responsibilrti•s and As the charity trustees of the Tntsl. Y￿ are reSp￿S11)le for the preparation basis of report of the a(XXMJnts in accordance ¥Ah tt)e wuirements of Ihe Charities Act 2011 Tr Acr). I rewrt in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under secb.on 145 of the 2011 Act and in cal￿￿j out my examin￿.0n, I have followed the aptknble t)irections grven by the Charity Commission ur&r sethn 145(5)(b) of tr￿ Act. I have cOM￿ed my examination. I corrfimi that no material matters have come to my attention {other than that disdiised ttlow") in connection vrith the examination whith gives me cause to ￿l￿ve that in, any material Independent examinerfs statement aco)unliThJ rec(rds were not kept in &cwlance with section 130 of the Act or I have no con￿M$ and have come a￿O$S no other matter5 in connection wrth the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a propw uTrJerstanding of accounts to be reached. . Please delete Ihe wc¥ds ￿ the br8ckets rfthey (lo not apply. Signed: Date: 12. A Y ￿)￿ AYLO Relevant professlonal qualification(s) or body (rf any): Address: IER October 2018

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