Trustees Annual Report Sept 2021 to Aug 2022
It was a relief when Young Carers restarted after the summer break in 2021 that all of the Covid restrictions had been lifted and through this year we have been able to run our normal group sessions. We have also been supported at some of the group sessions by Stevenage Football Club. As well as the fortnightly (during term time) sessions we have been able to run trips to Gravity Air-Space in Stevenage (November ’21 and March ‘22) and Wicksteed Park (July ’22), and run a couple of sessions with Fit Kidz.
The number of children attending the sessions has varied through the year. In September ’21 we had 25 children on our register however many of these weren’t attending the sessions. So throughout the year Jo has taken children off the register who aren’t interested in the group and assessed / accepted new children into the group. The current register is 15 children.
Significant funds (£2,900) have been raised this year from personal donations so I would like to thank those individuals and organisations which have supported us in this way. Most of these donations have been anonymous either directly to the charity or via the Just Giving page. However ASDA have donated £500 so many thanks to them.
However as with 2020/21 the charity has run at a loss again this year mainly due to a lack of successful grant applications compared to previous (pre-covid) years. This will be a focus for the trustees over the next few months with our new trustee (Peter Hopkins) taking the lead. It takes around £10,000 per year to run the charity and we are down to £5,500 reserves so need to make sure funds are raised over the next 6 months to keep the charity going.
Over the summer we ran a stall in Hitchin Market Square then again at the Walsworth festival for fundraising. Between them the two stalls raised £166. We have also re-established the Just Giving page which raised £290 up to 31st August 2022.
Many thanks to Jo - our group leader - as well as all of our volunteers both current - Kalpna, Gill, Jane, Nevine and Faith - and Tamia who has had to stop volunteering due to college commitments. I’d like to say particular thanks to Peter Butterfield for all of his help with the sessions. Peter sadly died in late July and is greatly missed. We continue to look for new volunteers to help with the group sessions.
| YOUNG CARERS CREW | YOUNG CARERS CREW | YOUNG CARERS CREW | |||||
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| REVENUE ACCOUNT | |||||||
| for the year ending 31st August 2022 | |||||||
| 2021-22 | 2020-21 | ||||||
| Income (general) | |||||||
| Subs | £57.30 | - | |||||
| Grants | £250.00 | 3,030.00 | |||||
| Fundraising | £1,099.77 | 1,152.43 | |||||
| Dona=ons | £2,908.50 | 1,391.80 | |||||
| £4,315.57 | 5,574.23 | ||||||
| Outgo (general) | |||||||
| Taxis | £2,183.70 | 828.72 | |||||
| Consummables | £0.00 | 271.64 | |||||
| Equipment | £0.00 | - | |||||
| Safeguarding | £36.00 | - | |||||
| Insurance Premium | £630.10 | 603.66 | |||||
| Staf costs | £4,486.15 | 3,685.00 | |||||
| Admin | £65.00 | 65.00 | |||||
| Training | £35.40 | 441.60 | |||||
| Volunteer/staf expenses | £535.37 | 268.06 | |||||
| Hire of buildings | £355.00 | 47.00 | |||||
| emergency Covid support | £252.00 | 3,310.00 | |||||
| Trips | £988.70 | 620.21 | |||||
| GiT cards for Ycs: birthdays, treats, prizes etc | 264.99 | ||||||
| £9,567.42 | 10,405.88 | ||||||
| Surplus /defcit on trips (see Schedules to the Revenue Account) | |||||||
| OVERALL (DEFICIT)/SURPLUS FOR YEAR | -£5,251.85 | - 4,831.65 | |||||
| CHANGE IN NET ASSETS | |||||||
| Net assets at 1st September 2021 | £10,909.14 | ||||||
| Surplus for year | -£5,251.85 | ||||||
| Net assets at 31st August 2022 (Bank Balance plus pe]y cash balance) | £5,657.29 | ||||||
| Jo Ward | |||||||
| Treasurer | |||||||
| Young Carers' Crew |
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