## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 01/11/2022 To 31/10/2023** ## **Charity name: Just Good Friends Club** ## **Charity registration number: 1177416** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To provide social and leisure activities**
**and general support to adults with**
**learning difficulties in Nottinghamshire**
**and Derbyshire in order to encourage**
**friendships independence, taking**
**responsibility, learning skills and**
**increased self advocacy**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**Clubs operated by staff and volunteers,**
**operate in a number local areas**
**throughout North Derbyshire and**
**Nottinghamshire to provide social**
**opportunities. Evening Discos once a**
**month in Chesterfield Town Centre.**
**Plans to expand these clubs in other**
**areas beyond one day per week.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The guidance has been reviewed and**
**considered and in the absence of**
**services closed by local councils, these**
**services are essential and additional**
**support has been requested and, in part,**
**provided by the respective local**
**councils.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**We have invested solely on services to**
**provide additional support for members**
**and funds raised have help to support**
**current successful projects and events.**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**We have a number of volunteers who**
**have proved invaluable during staff**
**absences and shortages, still being**
**addressed, but have been essential in**| **the running and continuity of the service we provide. New policies to streamline recruitment in both costs and timeframes, ensuring gaps are bridged where staff levels alternate.** Other ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.||**The Charity has been active in trying to**
**expand to incorporate other local areas**
**and this expansion is ongoing, although**
**due to some staffing issues, has stalled**
**this year. The project in the process of**
**development over the last 3 years**
**following the adoption of land to include**
**additional member services within the**
**community, is now almost complete and**
**due to open this year. Further future**
**developments await funding but current**
**targets are being met and expansion**
**has been made possible by the**
**community need for such projects to be**
**developed. The additional hubs opened**
**over the last few years have been**
**developing but not, as yet, up to target,**
**although they are not far off. Over the**
**last year this has been delayed by**
**planning and local authorities funding**
**issues. Additionally, staff shortages**
**have created difficulties with the**
**likelihood of expansion to reach full**
**potential.**| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**See Above**| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| Other ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: The charity’s principal sources of funds (including Para 1.47 any fundraising) Investment policy and objectives including any Para 1.46 social investment policy adopted A description of the principal Para 1.46 risks facing the charity Other ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Just Good Friends Club| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1177416| |Charity’s principal address|Unit 10
Crossroads Business Park
10 Creswell Road
Clowne
Derbyshire
S43 3PU| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Lee Bellingham|Chair||JGFC| ||Julie Dixon|None||JGFC| ||David Goddard|None||JGFC| ||Amanda
Bellingham|None||Trustees| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| |||| ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** Lee Bellingham **Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc) Date** 15/10/24 ## **Just Good Friends Club** ## **Profit and Loss Report** _01 January, 2023 - 31 December, 2023_ |**Sales**|| |---|---| |2211 - Members Reimbursing
126.81|| |4001 - Whitwell Club - Subs
40.00
4002 - General Donations 70.00
4003 - Lotto
79,560.00
4004 - Bolsover Club - Subs
3,714.00
4005 - Chesterfield Club - Subs
3,534.00
4006 - Pinxton Club - Subs 3,995.00
4007 - Clowne Club - Subs 4,458.00
4011 - Tuckshop - Income 6,636.32
4012 - Vibe Nightclub - Ticket Sales 2,495.00
4014 - Fundraising - In
16,302.04
4015 - Daytime Groups
-51.80
4016 - Clowne Hub In
165,814.25
4017 - Ripley Day Club - In
101,536.00
4019 - Ripley Club In
398.00
4021 - Nether Langwith Day In
13,060.00
4022 - Coal Aston Hub - In 9,136.43
4044 - Aruba - Ticket Sales
2,890.00
4900 - Other income
181.78
6119 - Worksop Subs
7,002.00
6230 - Social Hub 1-2-1
1,150.00
6310 - Grants and Funding
35,618.96
**Total Sales**|| ||**£457,666.79**| 16 Oct 2024 14:26 Page 1 of 3 |**Direct Expenses**|**£455,672.36**
**£1,994.43**| |---|---| |2000 - Staff Costs
1,998.96|| |5010 - Purchase Discounts
-4.53
**Total Direct Expenses**|| |**GROSS PROFIT / LOSS**|| |**Overheads**|| |2212 - Volunteer Expenses
209.48|| |4042 - Nether Langwith Day Out
9,531.71
4043 - Coal Aston Hub - Out
7,046.95
4045 - Aruba - Out
845.52
6000 - Marketing
1,313.51
6001 - Tuckshop
5,001.78
6002 - Bolsover Club - Out
854.00
6004 - Pinxton Club - Out
835.68
6005 - Club Equipment
1,134.29
6006 - Fundraising Costs
21,927.48
6007 - Facilities
4,019.17
6009 - Clowne Club - Out
1,686.24
6011 - Chesterfield Club - Out
392.68
6015 - Whitwell Station Adoption
64.45
6116 - Dronfield Club
198.00
6117 - Clowne Hub Out
10,786.60
6118 - Ripley Day Club - Out
17,876.78
6120 - Vibe - Outgoings
820.00
6121 - Worksop Out
2,273.53
6123 - Ripley Club Out
9.34
6130 - Office Other
1,666.20
7000 - Employee Wages and Salaries
299,753.52
7001 - Youth Club - Out
192.07|| 16 Oct 2024 14:26 Page 2 of 3 |7100 - Rent
9,116.00
7120 - General Rates
144.99
7200 - Electricity
1,221.60
7210 - Gas & Oil
2,055.91
7510 - Postage and Carriage
346.48
7520 - Office Stationery
189.70
7530 - Telephone
789.20
7550 - Computer & Software
67.20
7610 - Accountancy Fees
396.00
7630 - Business Insurance
923.71
7810 - Cleaning
1,271.77
8230 - Training Costs
60.00
**Total Overheads**|| |---|---| ||**£405,021.54**| |**NET PROFIT / LOSS**|**£50,650.82**| 16 Oct 2024 14:26 Page 3 of 3 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of On accounts for the year ended 1023 Charity no (if any) Set out on pages I report lo the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity I'the Trust") for the year ended Responsibilities and As the charity Iruslees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance wtth the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 1-Ih8 Act"). I report in respect of my examination of the Tnjst's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 14515llbl of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come lo my allenlion {other than that disclosed below "l in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe th81 in, any matenal respect.. accounting records were not kept in accordan￿ with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records Independent examiner's statement I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper und standing of the accounts to be reached. ' Please d te the words in the brackets if they do not apply. Signed: Date: 27-0 )-Jt Name: 148L Relevant professional qualificatlon{s} or body {if any): Address: &/L6y Lk£&7