2021-10-31-accounts - Oxford Winter Night Shelter

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	Names ofthe chari	ty trustees wh	o ma	nage the charity
	Trustee name	Office (ifany)		Dates acted ifnot for whole ear	Name ofperson (or body) entitled toa oint trustee ifan
	Revd Mary Gurr	Chair
	April Hall	Secretary
	Marion Fiddes	Treasurer
	The Hon Mary-Ann	Safeguarding	Officer
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5	Jane Mitchell	Fund raiser
6	Paul Thompson
7	Zachary Jackman
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Names and addresses ofadvisers	Names and addresses ofadvisers	Names and addresses ofadvisers	(Optional	(Optional	information)	information)	information)	information)
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Description ofthe charity's trusts
	Type ofgoverning document	Constitution
	How the charity is constituted	Incorporated
	Trustee selection methods	Personal		knowledge			based		on skills and experience
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		Working with Christian churches and other organisations to provide
		support for homeless people in Oxfordshire by relieving need and
Summary ofthe objects charity set out in its governing document	ofthe	providing skills for self-sufficiency, as well as providing practical and spiritual support. Informing and educating the general public, both individuals and communities on the needs ofthe homeless.
		Uncertainty surrounding Govid restrictions meant that OWNS had to
		prepare for the provision ofa winter night shelter, while not knowing if if
		we would be allowed to go ahead. We extended the employment of our
		project manager in order to set up contingency plan and to have
		someone to manage the project should it be needed. These plans were
		inevitably subject to change, and involved communication with local
		authority, Public Heath, Environmental Health as well as potential venues
		and our volunteers. In the event we received advice that such provision
		was unsuitable due to the danger oftransmission of the virus in dormitory
		accommodation.
Summary ofthe main activities undertaken for	the	Meanwhile we had the opportunity totake over a former bookshop and have fitted it out and now run it as a small day service, The Living Room,
public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have		which opened on 27~ September 2021. Initially it ran for 3days a week. It has proved a welcome sanctuary for both rough sleepers and people who are vulnerably housed, and we have seen some ofour guests move into employment and independent housing.
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit)
Additional details ofobjectives		and activities (Optional information)
		Volunteers are the backbone of our organisation. In 2020 there were 330
		active volunteers who worked 1451 shifts, equally 5452 hours and
		including shift leaders, this amounted to 7289 hours. Estimated at
You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:		minimum wage with no allowance for nights, week ends etc, this would have been a salary bill off63,600for the 2020 season. As we were not allowed to set up a night shelter for the 2021 season because of Covid, these were not required in the 20/21 financial year.
~ policy on grantmaking; N/A ~ policy programme related investment; N/A		The Living Room opened 27~ September 2021 and up to the end of November 21 a total of28 volunteers were employed covering 280 hours ofvolunteer shifts. As the Living Room gathered momentum, by
~ contribution made by		December we were up to 400 hours.
volunteers.

O CHARITY COMMISSION FOR EN6LAND ANO WALES	O CHARITY COMMISSION FOR EN6LAND ANO WALES	O CHARITY COMMISSION FOR EN6LAND ANO WALES	O CHARITY COMMISSION FOR EN6LAND ANO WALES			Receipts and payments	Receipts and payments	Receipts and payments	Receipts and payments	accounts		Cc~ea
					For the period from			01/11/2020	To	31/1 0/2021
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					Unrestricted funds			Restricted funds	Endowment funds	Total	funds	Last year
					to	the nearest E		tothe nearest E	tothe nearest E	to the nearest E		to the nearest E
A1 Receipts
Grants							41,900				41,900	7,300
Donations							32,462				32,462	64,576
Interest												697
Sub total (Gmss		income for AR)					74,889				74,899	72,673
A2 Asset and	investment sales,
(see table).
			Sub total
	Total receipts						74,898				74,899	72,573
A3 Pa ments
Project Manager	&Assistant		costs				14,594				14,694	38,325
Project running costs							4,109				4,108	2,950
Living Room set-up costs							29,969				28,869
Fund-raising &publicity costs							470				470	300
ITand rota system costs							2,690					1,613
Insurance												476
Grants in lieu of	service provision											6,077
CNice and room	space						13				13	3,480
Phones &accessories											247	1,683
			Sub total				52,934				62,934	54,352
A4 Asset and	investment
urchases, (see table
			Sub total
	Total	payments					52,934				52,934	54,352
Net ofreceiptsl(payments)							21,965				21,965	18,221
A5 Transfers	between		funds
A6 Cash funds last year end							138,754				138,754	120,533
Cash funds this			year end				160,719				160,719	138,754

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								Unrestricted			Restricted				Endowment
	Mc'te&ivI IBo							funds				funds				funds
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B1Cash	funds		Shawbrook	deposit account						80,000
			Bare)ays Bank		deposit		account			72,121
			Bardays Bank		current		account			8,598
						Total cash funds			160,719
			(agree	balances with			receipts and payments
							account(s))
								Unrestricted			Restricted				Endowment
								funds				funds				funds
			Details					to nearest f			to	nearest f			to	nearest		F.
B2Other	monetary assets		Gift aid due							1,400
			Rotadoud	refund		due
			Lease deposit							1,500
			Details					Fund asset	to which belon s		Cost		(optional)		Current value o tional
B3Investment		assets
			Details					Fund asset	to which belon		Cost		(optional)		Current value o 'onal
B4Assets retained for the
charity's	own	use
								Fund	to	which	Amount due				When due
			Details					liabil'		relates		o	onal		o		onal
B5Liabilities			Building works					Unrestricted					1,515
			Laptops					Unrestricted					2,367
			Rates					Unrestricted						187
			HMRC &pension					Unrestricted
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf ofall the trustees					Signature					Print	Name				Date of a roval
										Marion	Fiddes