## _**SPELTHORNE MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION**_
_Registered Charity no 1176226_
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the year 2021**
The charity’s address is Beresford House Fordbridge Park 325 Kingston Road Ashford Middx TW15 3SJ.
The charity trustees are
Mr Roger Marsden Chairman Ms Ann Cottis Mrs Anne Damerell Treasurer Miss Natalie Hyams Mr Barry Bartleman
Spelthorne Mental Health Association is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation governed by a constitution. Trustees are appointed from the membership by the Management Committee.
The objects of the charity as stated in the constitution are the preservation of mental health and relief of those suffering from mental illness in the borough of Spelthorne.
Summary of activities: we run a day centre with therapeutic classes and activities, e.g. art, crafts, dressmaking, woodwork, keep-fit, relaxation, literacy, plus outings and social interaction. This is funded by a charity shop.
We have had regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit, and note that
1) our clients say that the service helps them to stay well and reduces social isolation
2) the service is open to any Spelthorne resident age 18-65 referred by a health or social care professional, provided we can meet their needs. We keep existing clients after 65, and we provide transport to ensure that all clients can access the day centre. We do not charge for the service, other than 50p per session to cover tea or coffee.
Achievements: We had to close the day centre and the shop in 2020 because of Covid, but the administrator and the trustees kept in touch with vulnerable clients by phone. The shop reopened in April 2021 and the day centre in July, with suitable precautions against infection. We welcomed back old clients and several new ones, as the strain of Covid has not been good for people’s mental health. During the closure the day centre, a substantial Victorian building, was re-roofed at a cost of £37K. The keepfit class closed down but we began to make plans for a computer class to start in 2022.
SMHA normally has no statutory funding or grants. It is funded by the income from the charity shop and the flat, plus a small amount of other fundraising. However 2021 was again not a normal year. The charity shop closed during the lockdown period and takings were reduced by about a quarter, but a business support grant from the borough council and furlough grants for employees compensated for the shortfall. We were chosen by the airtechnology company Ametek and by the local branch of BUPA as their charity of the year, receiving £8521 from Ametek and £2450 from BUPA. Because of this good fortune we were able to pay for the roof and still finish the year with a surplus.
Signed by Anne Damerell, treasurer, on behalf of all the trustees, on 31 August 2022..
## _**SPELTHORNE MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION**_
_Registered Charity no 1176226_
## **Accounts for the year 2021**
|Receipts
2021
Shop takings
46,426
Flat rent
12,000
Flat deposit
Spelthorne BC grant
19,357
Furlough grants
7,539
Day centre takings
106
Bus hire
120
Donations
11,354
Bank interest
8
96,910
Payments
Salaries
27,693
Rent
8,000
Transport
4,514
Rates & water
538
Insurance
1,574
Electricity
863
Telephone & IT
687
Craft equipment
18
Beresford House
38,409
Day centre sundries
493
Shop maintenance
1,067
Covid protection
Flat maintenance
727
Flat deposit
Rubbish collection
2,080
Shop dinner
500
Shop sundries
630
87,793
Surplus/(deficit)
9,117
Cash funds at 1 Jan 2021
90,303
Cash funds at 31 Dec 2021
99,420||_2020_
_40,153_
_8,957_
_1,000_
_25,000_
_9,658_
_63_
_598_
_9,156_
_44_
_94,629_
_27,658_
_8,000_
_1,634_
_121_
_1,367_
_863_
_957_
_367_
_2,675_
_9,577_
_408_
_7,476_
_1,000_
_2,582_
_526_
_65,211_
_29,418_
_60,885_
_90,303_|
|---|---|---|
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## **Statement of Assets & Liabilities at 31 December 2021**
|Cash funds
Shop & flat
Vehicles, after depreciation of 1,988
Debtors: prepaid insurance
Total assets
Net assets 1 Jan 2021
Increase in 2021|99,420
230,000
5,964
2,431
337,815
329,791
8,024|
|---|---|
111151£