## **Trustees Report and audited annual accounts 1st Sept - st 2020 31 August 2021** ## **Trustees Retiring : Zak Mohamad** ## **Trustees : Charlie Stevens; Hazel Allister; Steve Cooke ( chair ) Coral McDonnal** ## **Management group; Steve Cooke, Julie James .** ## **Our objectives** _1. The relief and assistance of refugees and those seeking asylum in any part of the world who are the victims of war or natural disaster, trouble, or catastrophe in particular by the supply of aid to such persons through providing: grants, items and services to charities and other organisations with similar objectives._ ## **How has this objective been achieved?** ## **Aid trips to Refugee camps** 3 trips to Calais either to Collective Aid or C4C ## **Donations to Refugee support groups** - DRS gave £9,374 to other charities during the year including Care4Calais, Muslims in Need, Medical Aid, Sea Watch Rescue, RNLI, & Pallet Aid ## **Moses baskets project** - Last few Moses baskets have been distributed to TOGS the Derby childrens clothing bank ## **Fundraising** - An amazing achievement to receive £29k in a world that was struggling with Covid and lockdowns. - DRS secured funding from the National Lottery of £7,000 that was spent on new IT and English resources for DRS attendees. - A further £1,250 in Covid grants and £404 from cycling UK. Donations: £2,400 from anonymous donor towards the bikes fund, £656 from Just Giving plus 35 more of varying values, totalling £7k for the year. - £100 a month from one generous regular donor. Dent the Rent has surpassed the rent cost by 143%, ensuring general premises costs are also covered without eating into other donations. - In August, 37 individuals contributed to this cause. Gift aid of £1k from donations was also included this year. - Warehouse sales: £5,391 was taken in warehouse and event sales – impressive to say the least given most of the year was spent in lockdown. - Weigh-in sales were also on a par with the previous year, netting £2,254 income. _2. The relief and assistance of asylum seekers and refugees and their dependents living (temporarily or permanently) in Derby and Derbyshire by providing items, services and practical support._ ## **How has this objective been achieved?** ## **Activities in Derbyshire** - Massive collection clothes for Afhgan refugees - Regular distribution of clothes to various hotels used by HO as Initial dispersal centres - Shining Cliffs trip with 15 volunteers - Bikes: Another superb initiative is the bike scheme- supplying refurbished cycles to local refugees along with essential safety equipment. £4,534 was spent this year after receiving £3,804 in donations towards this particular cause. National Refugee Week activities - Virtual Run with Refugees - Open day with sales , raffle , tombola etc - 10 miles sponsored run - You tube film Sue Allanson and music by Ray _4_ . _To empower refugees and asylum seekers in Derby by offering English conversation and/or grammar sessions, thereby increasing confidence, integration and employability_ . ## **How has this objective been achieved?** - Twice weekly English lessons continue - Increased team of tutors. The numbers vary but 6 – 10 tutors usually available - Classroom still used in in garden - Continued Investment in resources and teaching aids, eg mobile whiteboard, mini whiteboards - Portfolios to store work, certificates etc and to promote pride in achievements - Regular games sessions including bingo to support English Learning and mental health - To support local refugees with their education, DRS invested the £7k lottery grant on IT and English - equipment, a total of £8,210 spent. This equipment will be used for years to come and will enhance the lives of many that visit DRS. **Finally and most importantly a massive THANK YOU to all our volunteers through the year without whom this long list of achievements would not have been possible** ## **DRS CASH FLOW 01/09/2020 - 31/08/2021** |**DRS CASH FLOW**
|| |---|---| |**01/09/2020 - 31/08/2021**
**RECEIPTS**
One of donation
**RECEIPTS**
Dent the rent donation
**RECEIPTS**
Regular donation
**RECEIPTS**
Warehouse sales
**RECEIPTS**
Event sales / donations
**RECEIPTS**
Grants
**RECEIPTS**
Merchandise sales
**RECEIPTS**
Weigh in sales
**RECEIPTS**
Gift Aid
**RECEIPTS**
Petty cash banked
**RECEIPTS**
Paypal banked
**EXPENSES**
Bike scheme
**EXPENSES**
Rent
**EXPENSES**
Premises expenses
**EXPENSES**
Event expenses
**EXPENSES**
Advertising
**EXPENSES**
Bank Charges
**EXPENSES**
Donations to other charities
**EXPENSES**
Activity supplies
**EXPENSES**
Entertainment
**EXPENSES**
Merchandise expenses
**EXPENSES**
Travel expenses
**EXPENSES**
Misc - to categorise
**EXPENSES**
Items for donation
**EXPENSES**
Paypal Charges
**TOTAL CASH IN / OUT**|9 2020
**09/20**| ||£437
£262
£100
£342
£0
£0
£0
£0
£0
£0
£0| ||**£1,141**| ||| ||£250
£0
£206
£0
£0
£2
£0
£114
£0
£0
£49
£0
£0
£15| ||**£637**| ||| ||**£504**| ## **TOTAL CASH IN / OUT** |10 2020|11 2020|12 2020|1 2021|2 2021|3 2021|4 2021|5 2021| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**10/20**|**11/20**|**12/20**|**01/21**|**02/21**|**03/21**|**04/21**|**05/21**| |£98|£1,391|£900|£30|£612|£255|£270|£197| |£270|£277|£262|£267|£237|£297|£227|£277| |£100|£200|£100|£100|£100|£100|£100|£100| |£326|£205|£549|£91|£0|£127|£437|£408| |£64|£118|£0|£89|£0|£0|£0|£0| |£0|£0|£7,000|£0|£0|£1,250|£0|£404| |£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0| |£73|£237|£368|£162|£218|£276|£0|£329| |£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0| |£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0| |£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0| |**£930**|**£2,428**|**£9,179**|**£739**|**£1,167**|**£2,305**|**£1,034**|**£1,714**| |£225|£235|£482|£10|£0|£510|£200|£292| |£0|£600|£200|£200|£200|£200|£200|£200| |£53|£0|£8|£25|£12|£223|£819|£91| |£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0| |£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0| |£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0| |£0|£1,400|£1,710|£2,000|£0|£202|£800|£0| |£277|£223|£3,337|£1,118|£522|£235|£696|£875| |£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0| |£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0| |£247|£150|£0|£420|£0|£0|£0|£200| |£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0| |£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0| |£10|£35|£6|£7|£7|£6|£6|£6| |**£812**|**£2,643**|**£5,743**|**£3,780**|**£741**|**£1,376**|**£2,721**|**£1,664**| ||||||||| |**£119**|**-£215**|**£3,436**|**-£3,041**|**£426**|**£929**|**-£1,687**|**£50**| |6 2021
7 2021
8 2021
**06/21**
**07/21**
**08/21**
£124
£3,131
£233
£267
£267
£279
£100
£100
£100
£440
£706
£524
£71
£455
£0
£0
£0
£0
£0
£0
£0
£0
£273
£319
£1,121
£0
£0
£0
£0
£0
£0
£0
£0
**£2,123**
**£4,932**
**£1,454**
£558
£421
£1,350
£200
£200
£200
£519
£65
£653
£0
£0
£0
£0
£0
£0
£0
£0
£6
£0
£1,000
£2,263
£36
£338
£440
£0
£8
£14
£0
£0
£0
£40
£220
£58
£0
£0
£0
£0
£0
£261
£6
£6
£9
**£1,359**
**£2,258**
**£5,254**
**£764**
**£2,674**
**-£3,801**|TOTAL
**2020/21**| |---|---| ||| ||£7,676
£3,189
£1,300
£4,154
£797| ||£8,654| ||£0
£2,254
£1,121
£0
£0| ||**£29,146**| ||| ||£4,534
£2,400
£2,676
£0
£0
£8
£9,374
£8,210
£22
£0
£1,383
£0
£261
£120| ||**£28,989**| ||| ||**£157**| ## ## ## ## ##