rt and C(we SPACE I TIuv4h tsifiicufv fi Trustee5 Annual Report for the period l April 2021 to 31 March 2022 for Space (Aylesbury) Charity number: 1177979 Trustees Anne White Hafeezah Ameen Kate Lawton Malcolm Abbott (Chair} Mark Bateman Pam Russell Paul Couling Robert Taylor Structure & governance In response to our growth and to make our structure more robust. Space. became registered with the Charity Commission on 17 April 2018, registered as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation. Our Trustees are listed above. Our constitution is in line with Charity Commission guidelines. Objectlves and aLtivities Our objectives are: To promote and protect good physical and mental health of people in Buckinghamshire who are experiencing relationship breakdowns, loneliness. bereavement, homelessness. unemployment, ill health, isolation or other mental or emotional stress in particular but not exclusively by: Providing weekly drop in groups offering a listening Service Providing a safe place and opportunityto meet with others going through difficulties Providin8 an affordable one to one counselling service Providing signposting to other relevant organisations for specialist support. We mainly achieved these objectives through this weekly schedule of activities: SPA￿, St Mary's Church, St. Mary's Square, Aylesbury, Bucks. HP20 2JJ Tel:01296 432769 e-mail: project-coorditHtor@spaceaylesbury.org Charity Registration: 1177979 Monday- short walks, starting 11am Tuesdays- drop-in & food distribution at St. Marrfs, 10.30to 12 noon Wednesday- Mindful Colouring at Queens Park Arts Centre, 2 to 3.30pm Thursday-southcourt drop-in, 10.30am to 12 noon Fridays- drop-in & food distribution at St. Marfs, 10.30am to 12 noon Saturdays- monthly self help webinars 22 hours of affordable one to one counselling- in-person & virtually Staffing an office for 30 hours a week to manage & administerthe above During 2021122 we have also provided the following: Monday Art Group. St. Marfs Wellbeing walks with alpacas, run by Animal Antiks Park meet ups in Vale Park All our services and activities are planned to be for public benefrt. Additlonal details of objertlves and activities We continue to be grateful to all those who help to fund our activities with grants. including the following: Buckinghamshire Council Heart of Bucks Aylesbury Town Council Rothschild Foundation Tesco Community Fund Shanly Foundation Local8iving {Magic Little Grants, Peoples, POstC¢￿e Lottery) Barratt & David Wilson Community Fund We are also grateful to all those kind individuals that donate generously, regularly & on an ad hoc basis towards the ongoing cost of our sepiices. Additionally, we were pleased to benefit from some community fundraising Aylesbury Old Town Residents Association. We are very thankful to St. Marfs Church. Holy Trinity Church, Church of the Good Shepherd & Queens Park Arts Centre for the continued use of their spaces at preferential or no cost. Thank you for allowing our groups & sometimes chaos into your buildings. We have worked hard to increase our internal income by contributions from service users at drop-ins and counselling and with our own internal fundraisin& assisted by the fundraising committee. This year we have benefited from the return of ourfundraising walks, table top craft sales & a volunteerfs personal challenge. We have been cautious to return to larger fundraising events due to public health issues, but now have a programme of events planned. We have continued to engage with online income generation platforms such as Li)calgivin& Give as You Live & Amazon Smile. Our project has 2 part time employees. 4 sessional workers and over 40 unpaid volunteers. It is the volunteers that make our project tick. staffin8 our groups, giving counselling sessions, helping in the office, accountancy, bookkeepin& designing websites, fundraisin& making endless hot drinks, giving a warm welcome and much more. Huge thanks to them all. Between them these volunteers give 210 hours of theirfree time per month to the project. This is a powerful resource. Main athlevements and slgnlflcant events during the last 12 months During 202112022 we had 8881 interactions with 417 beneficiaries, 288 of these unique. This level of interactions is similar to 2020/21, number of beneficiaries has increased by 16% & the number of new service-users by 27%. Our interactions doubled between 2019/2020 & 202012021; this yearthis has been maintained. Our monitoring forthe first 9 months of 2022/23 indicates we are sustaining our growth from pr￿pandeMiC levels. This remains a huge increase in demand for us to meet. We are particularly pleased to see a continued increase in the number of different faces we are supporting & also the rise in new service-users. We have continued to consolidate our services. Attendance at some groups has grown significantly, & our counselling service has been in demand. We have returned to mostly in- person groups & counselling but have 2 counsellors working remotely & retain monthly webinars on Saturday mornings. Our current programme includes sessions run for us by other agencies- Wellbeing walks with alpacas thanks to Animal Antiks & art sessions at Discover Bucks Museum as part of their Bucks Heroes Project. The redistribution of surplus food at our Tuesdays & Friday drop-ins remains a popular addttion to our schedule & we are looking at ways to develop this. Our greatest challenge is to effectively address the issues arising from the pandemic & the cost of livin8 crisis, both of which particularly affect our regular service-users. Flnancial review We were fortunate to secure several Brants from pandemic recovery funds. We are encouraged that opportunities for internal fundraising have opened up. We currently have financial resources to keep our project running for 7 months at current levels of activity. However, our grant income continues to be uncertain. We have been fortunate with grant funding in the past, but the economic situation makes us cautious about future funding. Conclusion There is a clear demand for our services and we have responded well on the whole to a period of global instability. Let's celebrate this & move forward to new challenges. We need to keep on keeping on & work to secure more resources to continue to provide support and care forthose in our community who are finding life difficult. Kate Lawton Project Manager January 2023 Space IAyle5buryl 1177979 eriod Annual accounts for the CC17a Period start date PoTh)d end date 01-Apr-21 31-Mar-22 Section A Statement of financial activities R•strictgd Unrestricted incom? Endowment Totsl thi8 funds nd¥ funds ar Recomm•nd•d Dgtalls of own analysis Total last Incorning resources (Nots 31 Incomlng resources from 99neratsd funds V0￿￿tary InGorr F01 F02 F03 F04 F05 37,321 vth5 ￿0￿erat￿l fuThJs 2,072 1,963 Investment In¢omlng rtsourceB frryn charitablg actlvltl•s othor incomlng rgsour¢¢s Total Incoming resources Resources expended {Notes 44 c￿ts of Ge￿ratIng Funds in¢w FurKJrnMro tradiro c( Chafltabl• acllTthI•s S10 51,620 S12 Total resources expended s13 Net Incomin￿(QUtyoIngj rnsourres beforn ansfers $14 - 12,867 S15 52 262 12,867 Gn)ss transfers between fvnds Nètinwminty(outgoing) resouYc•s bèlore other recognis•d gaIn￿(lOSSeS} s16 Othgr rgcognlsed gainsl{Ios8es Gains and losses on ￿valUatiOn of f￿1 assets for the chartty's use Gains and losses on investmènt assets S17 S18 Net movement In funds s19 Total fund8 brought foThvanl Total funds canled lorvard s21 12,867 20,462 12,867 20,462 5,103 15,359 CC17a (Excell 30101r2023 Section B Balance sheet Unre5triclgd income Endowment Totsl thls funds funds Total last year Fixed assets Tangible assets F01 F02 F03 F04 F05 (Note 9 Investmènts (Note 10) rotal fixed assets Current assets Stock and work in progress Debtors {Note 11 (Short terni) investments Cash at bank and in hand Total current assets 1,115 7,595 7.595 22,040 23,156 7.595 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year (Note 12) B10 2.694 Net current aSse￿(lIabIlItiesj B11 20,462 Total assets less Cu￿nt Ilabllities B12 20,462 Creditors: amounts falling du• after one year (Note 12) B13 Provislons for liabilities and charges B14 Alet assots 815 7,595 7,595 20,462 Funds of the Charity Unrestricted funds B16 7,595 7.595 16,392 B17 Restricted Income funds (Note 131 Endowment funds (Nots 131 B18 4,070 B10 Total funds 7.595 7.595 20,462 Signed by one or trustees on behaw of the trustees Date of roval Signature Print Name PH.ikvssCLL MkÉe CC17a (Excel) 3010112023 ## ## ##