## **Deaf Awareness: NE**
Trustees Report and Financial Statements For The Year Ended 31 March 2023
Charity No. 1178549
## **Legal and Administrative Information**
Name:
## **Deaf Awareness: NE**
Reg'd Charity No: 1178549 Trustees: Karen Skipper (Chair) Helen Ganson (Treasurer) Barbara Office Ann Dewar Anna Marie Beresford Maureen Smith-Price William Peters Address: The Linskill Centre Linskill Terrace North Shields NE30 2AY Independent Examiner: Mark Thompson MAAT VODA Spirit of North Tyneside Wing 2nd Floor, Wallsend Customer First Centre 16 The Forum Wallsend NE28 8JR
## **Trustees' Annual Report 2022-23**
**deaf awareness: NE** was established to raise deaf awareness amongst people and communities and bring together deaf and hearing people with areas of common interest.
As of April 2022 the organisation was delivering weekly sessions both in-person and online. These sessions included regular sports and health based sessions, tinnitus support, a deaf chat group, sign language and signed singing.
Following the success of these sessions we were able to launch a Health Inequalities Funded Project called DASH (deaf access to sport and health), and a project based on Racket sports via Better Together funding.
Later in the year we added an Arts & Creativity regular session to our programme and two part-time workers were enlisted to help deliver the full weekly programme.
Alongside the weekly programme we continued to develop our deaf awareness training delivery and we set up a series of deaf access visits to various venues within the local area. A promotional video was made to help advertise our deaf awareness training programme and all money raised from deaf awareness training was reinvested into our delivery of weekly sessions and activities.
Our organisation was once more accepted into the Co-op Local Community Fund and this offered opportunities for additional fundraising activity.
Along with such fundraising activity, membership subscriptions and donations have again been extremely valuable in helping us to maintain the diversity and quality in service delivery that we take pride in offering.
Our social media platforms play a big part in helping to keep our members informed and connected, with regular updates on our website and positive posts appearing across our Facebook page.
Our members, volunteers and Board of Trustees remain key to the success of our organisation and we, once again, thank each and every person for their attendance, contribution and support throughout this financial year.
## **Trustees’ Responsibilities in relation to Financial Statements**
Charity Law requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which comply with the regulations set out in the Charities Act 1993.
Signed: ………….………...……Chair, on behalf of Trustees
Date
## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT**
## **Report to the Deaf Awareness: NE trustees of**
|**On accounts for**
**the year ended**|**31 March 2023**
**Charity no**
**1178549**|
|---|---|
|**Respective**|The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year|
|**responsibilities of**|(under section 43(2) of the Charities Act 1993 (the Act)) and that an|
|**trustees and**|independent examination is needed.|
|**examiner**|It is my responsibility to|
||• examine the accounts (under section 43 of the Act),|
||• follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the|
||Charity Commission (under section 43(7)(b) of the Act), and|
||• state whether particular matters have come to my attention.|
|**Basis of**|My examination was carried out in accordance with General Directions|
|**independent**|given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review|
|**examiner’s**|of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the|
|**statement**|accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of|
||any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking|
||explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The|
||procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be|
||required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion|
||on the accounts.|
|**Independent**|In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention:|
|**examiner's**|1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material|
|**statement**|respect, the trustees have not met the requirements to ensure that:|
||• proper accounting records are kept (in accordance with section 41 of|
||the Act); and|
||• accounts are prepared which agree with the accounting records and|
||comply with the accounting requirements of the Act; or|
||2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a|
||proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.|
**Signed: Date: 29 June 2023 Name:** Mark Thompson MAAT **Address:** VODA Spirit of North Tyneside Wing 2nd Floor, Wallsend Customer First Centre 16 The Forum Wallsend NE28 8JR
## **Deaf Awareness: NE**
## **Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 March 2023**
|**Receipts**
Grants
**2**
Member Donations & Subscriptions
Fundraising
Legacies
Training
**Total Receipts**
**Payments**
Salaries
**3**
Room Hire
Training Costs
Communication Support
Resources & Refreshments
Advertising & Promotion
Travel
Activities
Rent
Admin Fees
Accountancy & Payroll fees
Supplies
Insurance
Miscellaneous Service Costs
**Total Payments**
Surplus / deficit for the year
Funds as at 1 April 2022
**Funds at 31 March 2023**|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Total**
**Total**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**2023**
**2023**
**2023**
**2022**
**£**
37113
37113
22269
2251
2251
3090
595
595
396
0
0
3850
3850
51|
|---|---|
||**6696**
**37113**
**43809**
**25806**|
||4538
24546
29084
28692
1267
3190
4457
1856
195
1559
1754
2080
1045
1100
2145
2561
768
248
1016
108
1000
1000
0
320
98
418
6
660
660
0
81
2591
2672
2736
180
66
246
415
638
124
762
692
1172
317
1489
1455
243
243
259
143
143|
||**11590**
**34499**
**46089**
**40860**|
||-4894
2614
-2280
-15054
7125
16861
23986
39040|
||**2231**
**19475**
**21706**
**23986**|
## **Deaf Awareness: NE**
## **Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2023**
|**Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2023**||||
|---|---|---|---|
|||**2023**|**2022**|
|||**£**|**£**|
||**Notes**|||
|**Current Assets**||||
|Cash at Bank & in Hand||21706|23986|
|**Total Cash Balances**||**21706**|**23986**|
|**Current Liabilities**||**0**|**0**|
|**For the year ended 31 March 2023**||**21706**|**23986**|
|**Represented By:**||||
|Restricted Funds|**5**|19475|16861|
|Unrestricted Funds||2231|7125|
|||**21706**|**23986**|
Signed …………….……………………… Position ……………………. Signed …………….……………………… Position …………………….
Date ……………………………………….
**Deaf Awareness: NE**
## **Notes to the accounts, 2023**
## **1. Basis of accounts**
The financial have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2015) – Charities SORP (FRS 102), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006
Deaf Awareness: NE meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy note(s).
## **2. Grants Received:**
|**Grants Received:**
Magic Little Grants (Arts & Creativity Project)
Whitley Bay Big Local (Deaf & Social Sign)
Community Foundation (Daisy Marr Fund)
Community Foundation (Lets Create)
North Tyneside Health Inequalities Fund
Better Together Fund (Racket Sports)
North Tyneside Badminton Partnership Group
(Badminton)
Badminton England (Badminton)
Barbour Foundation (Support Groups)
National Survivor
**Trustees and Staff**
Total Staff Costs for the year:|**Restricted**
**Unrestrict**
**Total**
500
500
1200
1200
5000
5000
3000
3000
19000
19000
5893
5893
200
200
250
250
2000
2000
70
70|
|---|---|
||**37113**
**0**
**37113**|
||**29084**|
## **3. Trustees and Staff**
Total Staff Costs for the year:
## **4. Costs of financial services**
The cost for the Independent Examination for the financial period will be £350.
|**5**
**Restricted Funds balance at 31 March 2023**
Magic Little Grants (Arts & Creativity Project)
Coop Local Communty Fund
Whitley Bay Big Local (Deaf & Social Sign)
Community Partnership Fund
North Tyneside Health Inequalities Fund
Community Foundation - Awards For All
Badminton England
National Lottery
Enterprise Development Fund
Barbour Foundation (Support Groups)
Better Together Fund (Racket Sports)
Community Foundation (Daisy Marr Fund)
Community Foundation (Lets Create)
North Tyneside Badminton Partnership Group
(Badminton)
National Survivor
**Restricted Funds c/fwd to 2022-23**|**Balance at**
**Balance at**
**April 2022**
**Income**
**Expend**
**March 2023**
0
500
500
0
1019
673
346
0
1200
1200
0
2122
2122
0
0
19000
8167
10833
911
911
0
0
250
0
250
234
234
0
12575
12575
0
2000
261
1739
5893
4146
1747
5000
440
4560
3000
3000
0
200
200
0
70
70
0|
|---|---|
||16861
37113
34499
19475|