Accountancy Solutions
COMMUNITY MATTERS (YORKSHIRE)
Financial statements for the year ended 31st October 2021
Charity number: 1177705
Charitable Incorporated Organisation Registered England and Wales
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**COMMUNITY MATTERS (YORKSHIRE) Contents of the financial statements for the period ended 31st October 2021**
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|Administrative Details|1|
|Trustees Report|2 - 3|
|Independent Examiners Report|4|
|Income and Expenditure Account|5|
|Balance Sheet|6|
|Notes to the accounts|7 - 9|
**COMMUNITY MATTERS (YORKSHIRE) Administrative details for the period ended 31st October 2021**
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## **Registered Charity number Trustees and Management Committee**
## **Administrative address**
## **Bankers**
## **Independent Examiner**
1177705 Elizabeth Alison Sunderland Linda Northfield Sue Hutchinson Clayton Business Centre, Midland Rd, Leeds LS10 2RJ CAF Bank 25 Kings Hill Ave, Kings Hill, West Malling ME19 4JQ Unity Bank 4 Brindley Pl, Birmingham B1 2JB Heera Singh FMAAT HSL Accountancy Solutions Ltd Enterprise House 61a Carr House Doncaster DN1 2BY
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**COMMUNITY MATTERS (YORKSHIRE) The trustees present their annual report for the period ended 31st October 2021**
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## **Governing document**
The organisation is operated under the rules of its constitution which was adopted 26[th] September 2017.
## **Recruitment and appointment of new trustees**
The charity aims to ensure that its trustees are able to bring a range of different skills to the board. It also looks to recruit trustees who have worked with offenders and ex-offenders with learning difficulties, which contributes towards the achievement of the charity’s objective.
## **Induction and training of new trustees**
All new trustees are provided with details of their responsibilities by way of relevant Charity Commission leaflets. Further training is available to any trustee who wish to receive it.
## **Organisational structure and management**
The day to day running and management of the charity is undertake by the trustees. They are responsible for identifying and appointing staff members, to whom some aspects of the charitable work is delegated.
## **Risk management**
The trustees have a duty to identify and review the risks to which the charity is exposed and to ensure appropriate controls are in place to provide reasonable assurance against fraud and error.
## **The Charity’s objectives**
To develop the capacity and skills of the members of disadvantaged communities in Yorkshire in such a way that they are better able to identify and help meet their needs and participate more fully in society. To help young people, especially but not exclusively through leisure time activities so as to develop their capabilities that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and members of society.
## **The charity's main activities**
The organisation offers support and advice to voluntary and social enterprise organsiations through its specific newsletters and events. Additionally it offers specialist support in the area of attracting external funds from charitable sources.
The organisation provides activities for children and young people both physical and artistic. It provides training and support and information to other organisations who work with children and young people. It supports and runs family peer support groups. It delivers training for family members Provides community volunteering opportunities Carries out community consultations
## **Achievements and performance**
2020-21 has seen a continuation of both the issues and the positive developments brought about by the COVID 19 pandemic. With the support of The National Lottery Community Fund we have completed the organisational development work to ensure we are clear about what the organisation delivers and how.
CMY has always had two distinct strands of work; direct engagement with communities in West Yorkshire, and then organisational support for other community groups.
## **Direct Community Work**
This has proved difficult due to various lockdowns and the continued closure of community spaces. However, the team have still managed to keep a good level of engagement with the communities that they had been working with, and also build bridges to new communities in North East Leeds. This engagement in Wetherby and Boston Spa will form the foundations of further applications for funding over the coming year.
During the year we continued to deliver ESF-funded work to support those furthest from the work-place to become more work-ready, offering accredited qualifications and training in key compliance areas such as food safety and Health and Safety. In addition, a number of people have undertaken the Wellbeing Champions training which is gaining a steady reputation for supporting community health volunteers in Leeds.
## **Work with organisations**
2020-21 has seen an explosion in our work with other organisations. Highlights have been the three-day funding fair which attracted over 2000 bookings from across the UK, and our event in small charity week “Big Space – Small Charity” which attracted over 200 participants. During the year Community Matters events attracted over 2927 delegates.
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**COMMUNITY MATTERS (YORKSHIRE) The trustees present their annual report for the period ended 31st October 2021**
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## **Achievements and performance (continued)**
The organisation continued to provide its information service including The Yorkshire Hub newsletter covering the whole of the Yorkshire region and the Community Matters newsletter which specialises in supporting organisations operating community spaces. The newsletters reach over 12100 people each month. This year has also see the start of the organisation’s policy work with three well-received research reports produced during the year. Two reports looked at the effect of COVID 19 on community buildings, and the third report looked at Quality Improvement in Not for Profit organisations. The reports attracted national press coverage as well as forewords from significant contributors including Rachael Maskell the Shadow Minister for Civil Society.
Community Matters Training offer was moved mainly online, and will probably remain that way for the foreseeable future. A full training programme covering a wide range of organisational development topics was delivered, as well as a large amount of first aid training in West Yorkshire. During the year we provided training for 922 people.
Direct advice and support for organisations on a wide range of topics for health and safety to governance continued to be a key strand of work with over 200 organisations receiving direct support during the year
This year has also seen an expansion of the Improving Quality Scheme, with over 300 people attending online workshops about IQ as well as a significant increase in the number of enquiries about the scheme. During the year IQ was accepted by the carers Trust as one of their approved Quality Improvement Schemes. This year has also seen the first organisation reassessed against the standard. It is pleasing that the retention rate of organisations currently stands at 75% showing how much organisations value the process of undertaking IQ.
Overall it has been a successful year in spite of the setbacks and the organisations is in a strong position to grow in the future.
## **Financial review**
The Trustees have reviewed the finances for the year and are pleased with the performance of the Charity.
## **Reserves policy**
The Trustees have a reserves policy which covers 3 months running costs and staff redundancies. These funds have be transferred to the designated funds in the accounts.
## **Statement of trustees' responsibilities**
Charity law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity at the year end and of its incoming resources and resources expended during that year. In preparing those financial statements, the trustees are required to:
- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
- observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP; where applicable
- make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- state whether applicable accounting standards and statements of recommended practice have been followed subject to any departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and
- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business.
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011.
They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The trustees declare that they have approved the above report.
Signed on behalf of the trustees
Signed:
Name and position:
Date:
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**Independent examiners report to the trustees of COMMUNITY MATTERS (YORKSHIRE) for the period ended 31st October 2021**
I report on the accounts of the charity for the ended 31st October 2021 which are set out on pages 5 to 6.
## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner**
The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
- examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act;
- follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act; and
- state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of independent examiner's report**
My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a “true and fair view” and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
- 1 which gives me reasonable cause to believe that, in any material respect, the requirements:
- to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act; and
- to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act have not been met; or
- 2 to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Mr Heera Singh FMAAT Date: HSL Accountancy Solutions Ltd Enterprise House 61a Carr House Doncaster DN1 2BY
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## **COMMUNITY MATTERS (YORKSHIRE) Statement of Financial Activities (Incorporating the Income and expenditure account) for the period ended 31st October 2021**
|**Income**
Donations
Generated Income
Grants
**Total income**
**Expenditure**
Bank Charges
Freelance Fees
Insurance
IQ
Materials
Office Equipment
Printing
Professional Fees
Rent and Rates
Room Hire
Staff Costs
Subscriptions
Telephone
Training
Volunteer Expenses
Web Costs
**Total expenditure**
**Net income/expenditure**
Balance transferred at 1st November 2020
Transfer between funds
**Balance carried forward at 31st October 2021**|**Unrestricted**
**Designated**
**Restricted**
**Total**
**Total**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**2021**
**2020**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
729
729
25
21,390
5,965
27,355
30,538
0
2,963
41,703
44,666
93,985|
|---|---|
||22,119
2,963
47,667
72,750
124,548
175
175
137
2,080
11,195
13,275
3,500
252
251
503
469
2,625
2,625
2,601
133
26
159
356
249
357
606
150
0
56
500
500
425
4,980
4,980
4,980
0
933
685
48,936
49,621
35,291
192
192
90
717
413
1,130
720
7,150
1,000
8,150
4,140
350
213
562
1,194
1,255
0
1,255
1,719|
||18,026
0
65,708
83,733
56,761
4,094
2,963
-18,041
-10,984
67,786
26,387
18,682
123,692
168,760
100,974
2,488
0
-2,488
0
0|
||**32,968**
**21,645**
**103,163**
**157,777**
**168,760**|
The accounting policies and notes on pages 7 to 9 form part of these financial statements.
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**COMMUNITY MATTERS (YORKSHIRE) Balance sheet As at 31st October 2021**
|**Fixed Assets**
**Current Assets**
Cash at bank & in hand
**Creditors - amounts due within one year**
**Net current assets/liabilities**
**Net assets**
**Fund represented by**
Unrestricted funds
Designated funds
Restricted funds
**Total**|**2021**
**2020**
**£**
**£**
0
0
158,219
168,260
-442
-500|
|---|---|
||157,777
167,760|
||**157,777**
**167,760**|
||32,968
26,387
21,645
18,682
103,163
123,692|
||**157,777**
**168,760**|
The financial statements on pages 5 and 6 were approved by the Trustees and signed on their behalf by:
Signed:
Name and position: Date:
The accounting policies and notes on pages 7 to 9 form part of these financial statements.
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**COMMUNITY MATTERS (YORKSHIRE) Notes to the financial statements for the period ended 31st October 2021**
## **1 Accounting policies**
## **1.1 Basis of preparation**
These accounts (financial statements) have been prepared under the historic cost convention, with items recognised at cost or transaction value, unless otherwise stated in the relevant note(s), in accordance with: (a) The Charities Act 2011
(b) Accounting & Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice (Charities SORP FRS102) (effective January 2015)
The charity meets the definition of a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102. The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charity’s ability to continue as a going concern.
## **1.2 Incoming resources**
These are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SoFA). Incoming resources are recognised when:
(a) The company becomes entitled to the resources
(b) The directors are virtually certain they will receive the resources; and
- (c) The monetary value can be measured with sufficient reliability
Where incoming resources have related expenditure (as with fund-raising or contract income) the incoming resources and related expenditure are reported gross in the SoFA. Grants and donations are only included in the SoFA when the company has unconditional entitlement to the resources. Contractual income is only included in the SoFA once the related goods or performance related services have been delivered. Investment income is included in the accounts when receivable.
## **1.3 Expenditure**
Expenditure is charged to the statement of financial activities on an accruals basis, inclusive of any VAT which cannot be recovered. Expenditure is classified under headings that aggregate all costs related to that category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.
Charitable expenditure comprises those costs incurred in the delivery of the charity’s activities and services for its beneficiaries, including both direct and support costs.
Governance costs include those costs associated with meeting constitutional and statutory requirements, including Accountancy fees.
## **1.4 Fund accounting**
Restricted funds are funds received from donors which are subject to restrictions on the purposes for which they may be used of which have been raised for a specific project. Unrestricted funds are those where there are no externally imposed restrictions. These include funds freely available to the charity for expenditure or appropriation to reserves for internally designated purposes.
## **1.5 Assets**
Tangible assets are capitalised if they can be used for more than one year, and cost at least £500. They are valued at cost, or, if gifted, at the value to the company on receipt. The rates applicable are; Office equipment - 20% on costs
## **1.6 Taxes**
The company is not VAT registered. As a Charity the company is exempt from taxation on income and gains falling within section 505 of the Taxes Act 1988 or s256 of the Taxation of chargeable gains Act section 505 of the Taxes Act 1988 or s256 of the Taxation of chargeable gains Act 1992 to the extent that these are applied to its charitable objects.
## **1.7. Creditors**
Creditors are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors are normally recognised at their settlement amount, usually the invoice amount. Accrued charges are normally valued at their settlement amount.
## **1.8. Debtors**
Debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid.
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**COMMUNITY MATTERS (YORKSHIRE) Notes to the financial statements for the period ended 31st October 2021**
|**2**|**Grants**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Unrestricted**|
**Designated**|**Restricted**|**Total**|**Total**|
||**Funds**|
**Funds**|**Funds**|**2021**|**2020**|
||**£**|
**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
||Big Lottery - Reaching communities|||0|41,633|
||Big Lottery - Awards for all|||0|9,306|
||Big Lottery - Covid response|||0|5700|
||HMRC|2,963|11,570|14,533|0|
||Co-op||945|945|298|
||Groundworks - ESF||20,000|20,000|18,418|
||Groundworks - Comic relief|||0|3600|
||Community Development Fund|||0|10000|
||LCF - Power of community||4730|4,730|4730|
||IQ||1,482|1,482|0|
||General grants||2,976|2,976|7,506|
||**0**|
**2,963**|**41,703**|**44,666**|**101,191**|
|**3**|**Tangible fixed assets**|||||
||There were no fixed assets during the period of these accounts.|||||
|**4**|**Debtors and creditors**|||||
|||||**2021**|**2020**|
|||||**£**|**£**|
||Trade debtors|||0|0|
|||||0|0|
||**Creditors - due within one year**|||||
||Trade creditors|||-500|-500|
|**5**|**Trustees remuneration, benefits and expenses**|||||
||There were no trustees' remuneration in the period of these|accounts.||||
|**6**|**Staff costs**|||||
|||||**2021**|**2020**|
|||||**£**|**£**|
||Salaries and wages|||49,621|35,291|
No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000.
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**COMMUNITY MATTERS (YORKSHIRE) Notes to the financial statements for the period ended 31st October 2021**
## **7 Movement of funds**
|**Unrestricted funds**
General funds
**Designated funds**
Reserves
**Restricted funds**
Community development fund
Big Lottery - Reaching communities
Big Lottery - Awards for all
Groundworks - ESF
Groundworks - Comic relief
Co-op
LCF - Power of community
Quality insurance works
**Total funds**|**Opening**
**Incoming**
**Expended**
**Closing**
**Balance**
**Resources**
**Resources**
**Transfers**
**Balance**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
26,387
22,119
-18,026
2,488
32,968
18,681
2,963
0
0
21,645
52,589
14,546
0
12
67,147
40,383
0
-35,959
0
4,424
9,876
0
-7,388
-2,488
0
3,430
20,000
-4,848
0
18,582
6,572
0
-6,560
-12
0
12
945
-957
0
0
4,730
4,730
-5,500
0
3,960
6,100
7,446
-4,496
0
9,051|
|---|---|
||**100,974**
**72,750**
**-83,733**
**0**
**157,777**|
## **Movement of funds (continued)**
## **Designated funds**
The designated funds are unrestricted in nature, these fund have been earmarked by the Trustees in line with the Charity's Reserves Policy. The Charity's reserves consist of 3 months operating costs, staff redundancy and other closure costs.
## **Restricted funds**
Big lottery Reaching Communities –development Grant – to develop new RC project and deliver organisational change
Awards 4 All –Staffing to support Community Buildings Work
ESF-community grant delivering training to unemployed and economically inactive
Quality insurance works -restricted fund for quality assurance
CDF -general community development work -Johns magic Bucket
LCF – Grant to deliver Community Wellbeing Champion Training
Covid response – specifically working with children remotely during COVID
Comic Relief – continuation of Jimbos project
Co-Op this is to develop project above in Wetherby
The previous periods figure are provided, where available, for comparison purposes only.
**8 Previous periods figure**
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