Deaf Awareness: NE
Trustees Report and Financial Statements For The Year Ended 31 March 2024
Charity No. 1178549
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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 Ann Craven Julie Storey Rosemary Muffitt 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 2023-24
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 2023 the organisation was delivering weekly sessions mainly in-person with some option to participate online. These sessions included regular sports and health based sessions, arts and craft based sessions, a tinnitus support group, a deaf and sign social group, sign language and signed singing.
As the year progressed we established social outings and access visits that looked at the positive and not so positive experiences for deaf and hard of hearing people in community settings such as theatres and museums.
We continued the process of looking at access issues via the delivery of deaf awareness training to businesses, corporations, and some of the venues that we had previously attended for access visits.
At September 2023 we were delighted to start a National Lottery Reaching Communities programme entitled Together: Better Access, a two year project that is looking at access to services and how these might be improved for deaf and hard of hearing people.
With the start of this project we were able to secure the positions of one full time worker and two part-time workers for a two year period. The project also allowed us to connect with many more venues and organisations for collaborative work, and to include additional sessions such as healthy cookery, carpet bowls, and special events.
Under the banner of the North of Tyne Combined Authority, we successfully crowdfunded for a project to take BSL Fingerspelling into First and Primary schools across North Tyneside, Northumberland and Newcastle, concluding this with some filmed footage of the children showing their signing skills.
We are immensely grateful also to Sir James Knott Trust, Magic Little Grants, and the Co-op Local Community Fund for their financial support during this period.
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 and Instagram pages.
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 2024 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: 24 July 2024 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 2024
| Receipts Grants 2 Member Donations & Subscriptions Fundraising Access to Work 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 2023 Funds at 31 March 2024 |
Unrestricted Restricted Total Total Funds Funds Funds Funds 2024 2024 2024 2023 £ 84892 84892 37113 3200 3200 2251 692 692 595 5614 5614 0 1600 1600 3850 |
|---|---|
| 11106 84892 95998 43809 |
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| 1694 39671 41365 29084 263 5456 5719 4457 6213 6213 1754 5642 10071 15713 2145 22 671 693 1016 0 1000 6 1275 1281 418 481 676 1157 660 4230 4230 2672 0 246 915 915 762 350 1905 2255 1489 207 207 243 54 363 417 143 |
|
| 8512 71653 80165 46089 |
|
| 2594 13239 15833 -2280 2231 19475 21706 23986 |
|
| 4825 32714 37539 21706 |
Deaf Awareness: NE
Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2024
| Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2024 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | ||
| £ | £ | ||
| Notes | |||
| Current Assets | |||
| Cash at Bank & in Hand | 32765 | 21706 | |
| Debtors | 4 | 4774 | |
| Total Cash Balances | 37539 | 21706 | |
| Current Liabilities | 0 | 0 | |
| For the year ended 31 March 2024 | 37539 | 21706 | |
| Represented By: | |||
| Restricted Funds | 5 | 32714 | 19475 |
| Unrestricted Funds | 4825 | 2231 | |
| 37539 | 21706 |
Signed …………….……………………… Position ……………………. Signed …………….……………………… Position …………………….
Date ……………………………………….
Deaf Awareness: NE
Notes to the accounts, 2024
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:
Restricted
| Coop Local Communty Fund | 1223 |
|---|---|
| Crowd Fund North of Tyne | 4469 |
| Enterprise Development Fund | 5000 |
| Peter Harrison Foundation | 2500 |
| RW Mann Trust | 500 |
| Magic Little Grants (Arts & Creativity Project) | 500 |
| Reaching Communities North East and Cumbria | 65700 |
| Sir James Knott Trust | 5000 |
| 84892 | |
| Trustees and Staff | |
| Total Staff Costs for the year: | 41365 |
3. Trustees and Staff
4. Access to Work (Debtor)
Access to Work funding was received from the DWP.
This is funded in arrears: £4,774.50 was received after the year end but is accounted for within these financial statements.
5. Costs of financial services
The cost for the Independent Examination for the financial period will be £350.
6 Restricted Funds balance at 31 March 2024
| Restricted Funds balance at 31 March 2024 | Balance at | Balance at | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2023 | Income | Expend | March 2024 | |
| Magic Little Grants (Arts & Creativity Project) | 0 | 500 | 500 | 0 |
| Coop Local Communty Fund | 346 | 1223 | 833 | 736 |
| North Tyneside Health Inequalities Fund | 10833 | 10833 | 0 | |
| Badminton England | 250 | 250 | ||
| Barbour Foundation (Support Groups) | 1739 | 1739 | 0 | |
| Better Together Fund (Racket Sports) | 1747 | 1747 | 0 | |
| Community Foundation (Daisy Marr Fund) | 4560 | 4560 | 0 | |
| Crowd Fund North of Tyne | 4469 | 3890 | 579 | |
| Enterprise Development Fund | 5000 | 5000 | 0 | |
| Peter Harrison Foundation | 2500 | 1151 | 1349 | |
| RW Mann Trust | 500 | 0 | 500 | |
| Reaching Communities North East and Cumbria | 65700 | 36400 | 29300 | |
| Sir James Knott Trust | 5000 | 5000 | 0 | |
| 19475 | 84892 | 71653 | 32714 |