
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 

## Contents 


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Page<br>1.  Reference and administration details 1 - 2<br>2. Chair of the Trustees report 3<br>3.  Treasurer’s report 4<br>4.  Independent examiners report 5<br>5.  Receipts and payments 6-9<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>




**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<br>Unrestricted  Restricted  Endowment<br>Total funds Last year<br>funds funds funds<br> to the nearest      £  to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £<br>A1 Receipts<br>Café Income                   12,236                   12,236                  16,364<br>hunger kids                   11,483                   11,483                  11,754<br>Interest                            4                            4                         18<br>bright ideas                 15,000<br>supporting people  grant                     6,750                     6,750<br>covid support                   47,449                   47,449                  56,191<br>energize                   10,000                   10,000<br>mini bus grant                     8,500                     8,500<br>couch to 5k                        820                        820<br>                         -<br>fundraising/grant                     5,636                           -                       5,636                       388<br>Musical Movers Income                     2,000                           -                       2,000                       300<br>Community Hub                      12,809                           -                     12,809                  42,886<br>C & YP                      2,182                     2,182                    2,500<br>Veolia Env Grant                     2,650                     2,650                    1,000<br>                               -                           -<br>                     12,809                  109,710                           -                   122,519                146,401<br>Sub total (Gross income for AR)<br>A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).                                -                              -                             -                           -                              -<br>                               -                              -                             -                           -                              -<br>                               -                              -                             -                           -                              -<br>Sub total<br>                  12,809               109,710                           -               122,519             146,401<br>Total receipts<br>A3 Payments<br>hunger kids                   16,107                   16,107                    3,605<br>fund raising                          35                          35                       383<br>telford & wrekin                     3,885                     3,885<br>Café Expenditure                     7,497                     7,497                  14,269<br>couch to 5k                        890                        890                       588<br>supporting people                     1,837                     1,837<br>Musical Movers                     1,515                     1,515                       189<br>covid                   44,831                   44,831<br>bright ideas                     8,809                           -                       8,809<br>C & YP                         807                           -                          807                    2,209<br>Community Hub                      12,179                   12,179                  34,436<br>Veolia Env Grant                                -                      1,004                           -                       1,004                    1,105<br>                     12,179                    87,217                           -                     99,396                  56,784<br>Sub total<br>A4 Asset and investment<br>                          -<br>purchases, (see table)                                -                              -                             -                           -<br>                               -                              -                             -                           -<br>                               -                              -                             -                           -                              -<br>Sub total<br>                  12,179                 87,217                           -                 99,396               56,784<br>Total payments<br>                       630                 22,493                         -                   23,123               89,617<br>Net of receipts/(payments)<br>                            - #                        -                           -                             -                         -<br>A5 Transfers between funds                        -                           -<br>A6 Cash funds last year end                         630                 22,493                         -                   23,123               89,617<br>Cash funds this year end<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>




|**Section B Statement**|**o Details**|**o Details**|||**Unrestricted**|**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**Restricted**|**Endowment**|**Endowment**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Categories**|||||**to nearest**<br>**funds**|**£**|**to**|**nearest £**<br>**funds**|**to nearest £**<br>**funds**||
|||Current Account|||**2,835**|||**85,753**||**-**|
|**B1 Cash funds**||Business Account||**_Total cash funds_**|**2,835**||<br>|**48,035**<br>**133,788**|<br> <br>|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|
|||(agree balances||with receipts and payments<br>account(s))|Agreement Error||Agreement Error||OK||
||||||**Unrestricted**||**Restricted**||**Endowment**||
||||||**funds**|||**funds**|**funds**||
|||**Details**|||**to nearest**|**£**|**to**|**nearest £**|**to nearest £**||
|**B2 Other monetary assets**||||||**-**|<br>|**-**<br>**-**|<br>|**-**<br>**-**|
|||**Details**|||**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**||**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**||
|**B3 Investment assets**|||||||<br>|**-**<br>**-**|<br>|**-**<br>**-**|
|||**Details**|||**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**||**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**||
|**B4 Assets retained for the**||Cooking Range S/N|||Restricted|||||**-**|
|**charity’s own use**||Dishwasher<br>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<br>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**|||||||<br>|**-**<br>**-**|||
|||||||||**-**|||
||||||||<br>|**-**<br>**-**|||
|Signed by one or two trustees on|||Signature|||Print|Name||Date of<br>approval||
|behalf of all the trustees|||||||||||





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