Wrose Adventurers CIO
Charity number 1178041
Annual Report and Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 March 2023
Wrose Adventurers CIO
Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2023
| Contents | Page |
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| Trustees' report | 2 to 3 |
| Receipts and payments account | 4 |
| Statement of assets and liabilities | 5 |
| Notes to the accounts | 6 to 7 |
Prepared by West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO
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Wrose Adventurers CIO
Trustees' report for the year ended 31 March 2023
Reference and administrative details of the charity, its trustees and advisors
The trustees during the financial year and up to and including the date the report was approved were: Name Position Dates
Jackie Halliday Chair Cath Brazendale Deputy-chair George Lambourne Treasurer Resigned 5 April 2022 Nichola Grogan Treasurer James Ellis Secretary Marie Feaviour Resigned 22 March 2023 Collette Fisher
Charity number
1178041
Registered in England and Wales
Registered and principal address
Bankers
c/o Highcroft Youth Centre HSBC Bank plc Snowden Road 1 Well Croft Wrose Shipley Shipley BD18 3QH BD18 4SN
Accountants West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO
Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW
Structure, governance and management
The charity is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) association formed on 23 April 2018 and is governed by a constitution.
Method of recruitment and appointment of trustees
The trustees of the charity are appointed by the members at the AGM.
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Wrose Adventurers CIO
Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2023
Objectives and activities
The charity's objects
To relieve the needs of young people aged 11 - 25, who live in the Bradford district and have an autistic spectrum condition or are in the process of having an assessment of their condition without a formal diagnosis, their families and carers, in particular but not exclusively by the provision of social opportunities, the continued development of their individual capabilities, competencies, skills and understanding to promote independence and well-being.
The charity's main activities
Wrose Adventurers exists to relieve stress and advance the education, social and mental wellbeing of young people with autism (and related conditions) and their families and carers.
The group's aims are twofold:
To provide a safe, friendly setting that young people with high functioning autism living in the Bradford Metropolitan District can attend, outside of their home, in order to make friends and take part in activities that they would not normally have access to.
To provide short breaks from caring, for the parents and carers of young people with autism living in the Bradford District.
Public benefit statement
In setting our objectives and planning our activities our Trustees have given serious consideration to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit and in particular to relieve the needs of young people aged 11 to 25, who live in the Bradford district and surrounding areas and have an autistic spectrum condition.
Achievements and performance
Wrose Adventurers currently have 20 regular members on the register and an average of 14 members attending each week. We also have a waiting list of approximately 8-10. The group runs well and has a planned programme of activities. These activities have included a martial arts evening, Easter crispy bun making, doughnut soap and bath bomb making, fish and chip night, quiz nights, bun decorating, waffles and toppings night, BBQ night, arts and crafts, archery night, fire pit/toasting marshmallows, dot mugs, key rings, bonfire theme night, archery night, Christmas pudding truffles and Christmas card making, meal out and social nights.
Financial review
The net payments for the year were £5,523, including net payments of £5,468 on unrestricted funds and net payments of £55 on restricted funds.
Reserves policy
The charity's free reserves, at the year end were £10,323.
The charity have agreed that the reserves should equate to a minimum of 3 months and maximum of 3 years running costs based on the previous year's expenditure.
The policy is to be reviewed every 3 years. The actual level of reserves is to be reviewed each year by the trustees at the time of the AGM to ensure it is on target
Approved by the board of trustees on 20/11/2023
Nichola Grogan (Trustee)
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Wrose Adventurers CIO
Receipts and payments account for the year ended 31 March 2023
| Notes 2023 Unrestricted funds £ Receipts Grants and donations (2) 655 Activity contributions and members subscriptions 3,677 Bank interest 16 Other income - Total receipts 4,348 Payments Salaries and NI 5,685 Payroll charges 241 Insurance 553 Rent 495 Refreshments 1,773 Stationery and postage 137 Activities and events 586 Accounts preparation 240 Sundries 24 Bank charges 82 Equipment - Total payments 9,816 Net receipts / (payments) (5,468) Fund balances brought forward 15,791 Fund balances carried forward (3) 10,323 |
2023 Restricted funds £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 55 55 (55) 193 138 |
2023 Total funds £ 655 3,677 16 - 4,348 5,685 241 553 495 1,773 137 586 240 24 82 55 9,871 (5,523) 15,984 10,461 |
2022 Total funds £ 1,182 1,830 - 337 3,349 4,706 554 547 360 562 139 373 240 219 - - 7,700 (4,351) 20,335 15,984 |
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Wrose Adventurers CIO
Statement of assets and liabilities
| as at 31 March 2023 2023 Unrestricted £ Cash funds Cash at bank 9,902 Cash in hand 421 Total cash funds 10,323 |
2023 Restricted £ 138 - 138 |
2023 Total £ 10,040 421 10,461 |
2022 Total £ 14,687 1,297 15,984 |
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Assets retained for the charity's own use
The Wrose Adventurers have a number of items of furniture, cameras, computers, office equipment and games held for the use of its members. A full register of assets is retained by the group.
| Liabilities Accruals |
2023 £ 330 330 |
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The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on 20/11/2023
Nichola Grogan (Trustee)
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Wrose Adventurers CIO
Notes to the accounts
for the year ended 31 March 2023
1 Accounting policies
Basis of accounting
The trustees have taken advantage of section 133 of the Charities Act 2011 and have prepared the accounts on a receipts and payments basis.
There has been no change to the accounting policies since last year.
No changes have been made to the accounts for previous years.
Taxation
As a charity the organisation benefits from rates relief and is generally exempt from income tax and capital gains tax but not from VAT. Irrecoverable VAT is included in the cost of those items to which it relates.
Fund accounting
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity.
Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure imposed by the donor or through the terms of an appeal.
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the accounts.
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Wrose Adventurers CIO
Notes to the accounts continued
for the year ended 31 March 2023
| 2 Grants and donations HMRC Job Retention Scheme Other donations 3 Restricted funds Lord Mayor's Fund Fund name Lord Mayor's Fund |
2023 2023 Unrestricted Restricted funds funds £ £ - - 655 - 655 - Balance b/f Incoming Outgoing £ £ £ 193 - 55 193 - 55 Purpose of restriction Towards the costs of computer equipment. |
2023 Total funds £ - 655 655 Transfers £ - - |
2022 Total funds £ 1,182 - 1,182 Balance c/f £ 138 138 |
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4 Related party transactions
Trustee expenses
No trustee received any expenses during this year or the previous year.
Trustee remuneration and benefits
No trustee received any remuneration or benefit during this or the previous year.
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