Annual Report by Alan Taylor – Chair of Trustees
1[st] April 2022-31[st] March 2023
The Ladybarn Community Hub continued to develop following the Covid-19 pandemic with new groups, building improvements and governance. The following gives a flavour of what we’re up to.
Buildings - We improved the facilities of the community hub by installing a new soundsystem and projector in the main hall and a new play area in the garden. We had significant clear outs of equipment and stored furniture no longer in use improving the look and feel of the hub. We also did a new colourful mural on a few outside areas.
Events - We had two huge community events in the summer. A funday and the Jubilee event with over 300 attending each one representing the great diversity of the community. Many neighbours and community groups were brought together.
Community groups - There were a great mix of groups and events the Hub hosted over the year including churches, birthday parties, singing groups, flower making, older age groups, climate activists and many more. We had numerous community listening exercises to help us better to identify how we can work with the community.
Governance and finances - We developed our governance structure with new groups looking at our business development, remuneration and operations. We applied for numerous grants including one from the council and increased usage of the building with room hires to help cover costs and focus on our community offer to families, older people, students from many social and ethnic backgrounds.
Alan Taylor (Chair of Ladybarn Community Hub)
Annual Report by Alan Taylor – Chair of Trustees
1[st] April 2021-31[st] March 2022
From April 1st 2021 the Hub had a new manager and co-ordinator role in post though the Hub was extremely restricted in its activities due to the pandemic and lockdown restrictions. Much time was given to making the Hub Covid compliant and keeping it open. We were proud to keep it open at a time people really needed connection.
In the second half of the year, the Hub was very limited in its ability to do its normal activities with youth and old people. However, the playgroup, religious groups, a dance group and groups for vulnerable people did continue during this time. The older people groups were delivered packs at home to support them during the most difficult time. We increased our room hire revenue with a new business using our facilities on regularly basis.
We had some notable building improvements. We commissioned an artist to do a mural on the walls of our building and had a new sound system and projector put into the main hall.
We also had 2 new trustees with a finance and business background to fill the treasury role and business development. We developed our HR capacity and strengthened our governance structure.
Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees |
1 |
|---|---|
Income & Expenditure Account |
3 |
Balance Sheet |
4 |
Notes to the Financial Statements |
5 |
Income & Expenditure Account |
2022 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year Ended 31 March 2023 |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
||||
Income |
||||||||||
MCC Core Funding Grants |
39000 |
39000 |
||||||||
Direct Expenses |
0 |
|||||||||
39000 |
39000 |
|||||||||
Room Hires |
47993 |
34660 |
||||||||
Sundry Donations |
179.06 |
613.51 |
||||||||
Grants |
Direct |
Carried |
Grants |
Direct |
Carried |
|||||
Restricted Funding & Grants |
9/fwd |
Expenses |
Grants |
Forward |
B/fwd |
Expenses |
Surplus |
Forward |
||
Barchester Health Grant |
16.61 |
16.61 |
0.00 |
1000 |
983.39 |
16.61 |
||||
Co op Comnwjnity Fund |
379.90 |
-1840.01 |
1462.00 |
1634.3 |
1632.41 |
1.89 |
||||
WG Edwards Heating Grant |
275.00 |
275.00 |
275 |
0 |
275.00 |
|||||
Manchester Airport Grant |
347 |
3.47 |
0.00 |
500 |
496.53 |
3.47 |
||||
NIF Mural Grant |
2987.00 |
2850.x |
137.00 |
4787 |
18X |
2987.x |
||||
Covid Recovery Fund |
1211.53 |
1211.53 |
0.x |
8548 |
1474.78 |
5861.69 |
1211.53 |
|||
NIF Decorating Grant |
177.42 |
177.42 |
O.X |
767.7 |
5X.28 |
177.42 |
||||
NIF Bid Writing Grant |
0.00 |
O.X |
200 |
200 |
O.X |
|||||
NIF Alarm System Grant |
412.59 |
27.85 |
384.74 |
412.59 |
0 |
412.59 |
||||
Manchester Uni Construction Fund |
311.50 |
311.50 |
O.X |
1640 |
1328.5 |
311.50 |
||||
Co op Gardening Project Grant |
357.00 |
217.85 |
139.15 |
458.79 |
101.79 |
357.x |
||||
We Love MCR Community Grant |
1386.67 |
823.50 |
563.17 |
1386.67 |
0 |
1386.67 |
||||
Beautiful South Grant |
7.30 |
7.30 |
O.X |
111.08 |
103.78 |
7.30 |
||||
MCC Food Poverty Grant |
24.00 |
24.x |
O.X |
945.31 |
921.31 |
24.x |
||||
National Lottery Awards for all |
4837.00 |
4837.00 |
0.00 |
2503.31 |
3528 |
-5861.69 |
4837.00 |
|||
OPeNs Grant |
2793.94 |
4558.45 |
-2745.x |
9X.49 |
6X0 |
32X.06 |
2793.94 |
|||
Ambition for Ageing Grant |
58.11 |
58.11 |
0.00 |
2000 |
1941.89 |
58.11 |
||||
GMPARIS Grant |
IXO.X |
1000.00 |
0.00 |
1X0 |
0 |
1X0.00 |
||||
Southway Housing Winter Warm |
-647.70 |
102.30 |
-750.x |
0.00 |
642 |
1289.7 |
-647.70 |
|||
NHS Covid Community Engagement |
3350.x |
3220.00 |
130.00 |
3350 |
0 |
3350.00 |
||||
Southway Housing Comm Christmas Event |
181.98 |
181.98 |
0.x |
500 |
318.02 |
181.98 |
||||
NKS Buzz Health & Wellbeing |
639.20 |
639.20 |
0.x |
750 |
110.8 |
639.20 |
||||
NIF Building Improvements Grant |
2125.50 |
2125.50 |
0.00 |
7500 |
5374.5 |
2125.50 |
||||
NIF Play Equloment Grant |
12594.00 |
12594.00 |
0.00 |
12594 |
0 |
12594.x |
||||
NIF Speedwatch Equipment Grant |
●27.85 |
-27.85 |
0.00 |
700 |
727.85 |
-27.85 |
||||
GMMH Wellbeing - Gardening |
2058.09 |
1396.75 |
661.34 |
3000 |
941.91 |
2058.x |
||||
Lunch Group Fees Collected |
●169.09 |
5955.34 |
-7447.24 |
1321.81 |
9X.X |
●169.x |
||||
NIF Fencing Replacement Grant |
X70.95 |
M70.95 |
0.00 |
X70.95 |
0 |
X70.95 |
||||
44036.11 |
50763.66 |
-12782.25 |
6054.7 |
72076.7 |
28040.59 |
0 |
44036.11 |
|||
Funding & Grants in die Year |
||||||||||
BeautihjI South Ne^hbourilness Grant |
2S64.X |
2564.x |
0.00 |
|||||||
MA^Volunteer Expenses Grant |
920.x |
640.05 |
279.9S |
|||||||
Beautiful South Grant - fun day |
2500.x |
25X.00 |
0.00 |
|||||||
GMMHW Grant |
1779.80 |
1783.92 |
-4.12 |
|||||||
Awards for all Grant |
lOXO.X |
2823.x |
7177.00 |
|||||||
We Love MCR - Flower arranging course |
1333.x |
1228.90 |
104.10 |
|||||||
BUZZ NHS - KIngswood Park Grant |
393.x |
87.00 |
||||||||
M&S NeighbouriyOiristmas Grant |
1051.x |
105LX |
O.X |
|||||||
NIF ●Legionella Renedial Works |
2850.x |
2850.x |
O.X |
|||||||
NIF - Litter Pick Equipment |
460.62 |
457.35 |
3.27 |
|||||||
O.X |
||||||||||
67974.53 |
67054.88 |
-12782.25 |
13701.X |
|||||||
Net Income for the year |
87172.06 |
74273.51 |
||||||||
Expenditure |
||||||||||
Sta^Wage costs |
54396.25 |
48905.02 |
||||||||
Employers Pension |
258L65 |
|||||||||
Payroll Processing Fees |
129.95 |
|||||||||
4Cr Running Costs |
X72.64 |
|||||||||
Sundry Expenses |
192.55 |
728.44 |
||||||||
Staff & VoiunteerTraining |
444.92 |
|||||||||
Staff & Volunteer DSS Checks |
201 |
|||||||||
Staff & Volunteer Expenses |
1.5 |
114.8 |
||||||||
Premises Costs (Water & Rates} |
3371.79 |
1224.32 |
||||||||
Advertising & Marketing Promotion Costs |
3X.63 |
|||||||||
Business Insurance |
2664.13 |
2506.68 |
||||||||
Ught&Heat |
5738.31 |
2274.86 |
||||||||
Waste Collection |
1073.66 |
763.13 |
||||||||
PPM Contracts (Security & Alarms) |
2475.76 |
3731.94 |
||||||||
Printing |
340.78 |
1317.92 |
||||||||
Stationery & Postage |
236.62 |
102.1 |
||||||||
Office Sundry {Furniture & Tables) |
1X.6 |
1358.76 |
||||||||
Telephone |
1250.15 |
1622.92 |
||||||||
Computer Software |
187.2 |
192.94 |
||||||||
IT Support & Backup |
2276.07 |
2X1.12 |
||||||||
Property Repairs |
290Z68 |
885.58 |
||||||||
Cleaning Wages & Materials |
4679.59 |
1358.97 |
||||||||
Accountancy Fees |
3X |
3S0 |
||||||||
Defibrillator & Battery |
553.9 |
|||||||||
Subscriptions |
1047.76 |
221.2 |
||||||||
Depreciation |
30 |
35.79 |
||||||||
Total Operating Costs |
8X72 |
74328.58 |
||||||||
Surplus of Income over Expenditure for the Year |
11X.06 |
●55.07 |
Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees |
1 |
|---|---|
Income & Expenditure Account |
3 |
Balance Sheet |
4 |
Notes to the Financial Statements |
5 |
Income & Expenditure Account |
2022 |
|||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year Ended 31 March 2023 |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
||||
Income |
||||||||||
MCC Core Funding Grants |
39000 |
39000 |
||||||||
Direct Expenses |
0 |
|||||||||
39000 |
39000 |
|||||||||
Room Hires |
47993 |
34660 |
||||||||
Sundry Donations |
179.06 |
613.51 |
||||||||
Grants |
Direct |
Carried |
Grants |
Direct |
Carried |
|||||
Restricted Funding & Grants |
9/fwd |
Expenses |
Grants |
Forward |
B/fwd |
Expenses |
Surplus |
Forward |
||
Barchester Health Grant |
16.61 |
16.61 |
0.00 |
1000 |
983.39 |
16.61 |
||||
Co op Comnwjnity Fund |
379.90 |
-1840.01 |
1462.00 |
1634.3 |
1632.41 |
1.89 |
||||
WG Edwards Heating Grant |
275.00 |
275.00 |
275 |
0 |
275.00 |
|||||
Manchester Airport Grant |
347 |
3.47 |
0.00 |
500 |
496.53 |
3.47 |
||||
NIF Mural Grant |
2987.00 |
2850.x |
137.00 |
4787 |
18X |
2987.x |
||||
Covid Recovery Fund |
1211.53 |
1211.53 |
0.x |
8548 |
1474.78 |
5861.69 |
1211.53 |
|||
NIF Decorating Grant |
177.42 |
177.42 |
O.X |
767.7 |
5X.28 |
177.42 |
||||
NIF Bid Writing Grant |
0.00 |
O.X |
200 |
200 |
O.X |
|||||
NIF Alarm System Grant |
412.59 |
27.85 |
384.74 |
412.59 |
0 |
412.59 |
||||
Manchester Uni Construction Fund |
311.50 |
311.50 |
O.X |
1640 |
1328.5 |
311.50 |
||||
Co op Gardening Project Grant |
357.00 |
217.85 |
139.15 |
458.79 |
101.79 |
357.x |
||||
We Love MCR Community Grant |
1386.67 |
823.50 |
563.17 |
1386.67 |
0 |
1386.67 |
||||
Beautiful South Grant |
7.30 |
7.30 |
O.X |
111.08 |
103.78 |
7.30 |
||||
MCC Food Poverty Grant |
24.00 |
24.x |
O.X |
945.31 |
921.31 |
24.x |
||||
National Lottery Awards for all |
4837.00 |
4837.00 |
0.00 |
2503.31 |
3528 |
-5861.69 |
4837.00 |
|||
OPeNs Grant |
2793.94 |
4558.45 |
-2745.x |
9X.49 |
6X0 |
32X.06 |
2793.94 |
|||
Ambition for Ageing Grant |
58.11 |
58.11 |
0.00 |
2000 |
1941.89 |
58.11 |
||||
GMPARIS Grant |
IXO.X |
1000.00 |
0.00 |
1X0 |
0 |
1X0.00 |
||||
Southway Housing Winter Warm |
-647.70 |
102.30 |
-750.x |
0.00 |
642 |
1289.7 |
-647.70 |
|||
NHS Covid Community Engagement |
3350.x |
3220.00 |
130.00 |
3350 |
0 |
3350.00 |
||||
Southway Housing Comm Christmas Event |
181.98 |
181.98 |
0.x |
500 |
318.02 |
181.98 |
||||
NKS Buzz Health & Wellbeing |
639.20 |
639.20 |
0.x |
750 |
110.8 |
639.20 |
||||
NIF Building Improvements Grant |
2125.50 |
2125.50 |
0.00 |
7500 |
5374.5 |
2125.50 |
||||
NIF Play Equloment Grant |
12594.00 |
12594.00 |
0.00 |
12594 |
0 |
12594.x |
||||
NIF Speedwatch Equipment Grant |
●27.85 |
-27.85 |
0.00 |
700 |
727.85 |
-27.85 |
||||
GMMH Wellbeing - Gardening |
2058.09 |
1396.75 |
661.34 |
3000 |
941.91 |
2058.x |
||||
Lunch Group Fees Collected |
●169.09 |
5955.34 |
-7447.24 |
1321.81 |
9X.X |
●169.x |
||||
NIF Fencing Replacement Grant |
X70.95 |
M70.95 |
0.00 |
X70.95 |
0 |
X70.95 |
||||
44036.11 |
50763.66 |
-12782.25 |
6054.7 |
72076.7 |
28040.59 |
0 |
44036.11 |
|||
Funding & Grants in die Year |
||||||||||
BeautihjI South Ne^hbourilness Grant |
2S64.X |
2564.x |
0.00 |
|||||||
MA^Volunteer Expenses Grant |
920.x |
640.05 |
279.9S |
|||||||
Beautiful South Grant - fun day |
2500.x |
25X.00 |
0.00 |
|||||||
GMMHW Grant |
1779.80 |
1783.92 |
-4.12 |
|||||||
Awards for all Grant |
lOXO.X |
2823.x |
7177.00 |
|||||||
We Love MCR - Flower arranging course |
1333.x |
1228.90 |
104.10 |
|||||||
BUZZ NHS - KIngswood Park Grant |
393.x |
87.00 |
||||||||
M&S NeighbouriyOiristmas Grant |
1051.x |
105LX |
O.X |
|||||||
NIF ●Legionella Renedial Works |
2850.x |
2850.x |
O.X |
|||||||
NIF - Litter Pick Equipment |
460.62 |
457.35 |
3.27 |
|||||||
O.X |
||||||||||
67974.53 |
67054.88 |
-12782.25 |
13701.X |
|||||||
Net Income for the year |
87172.06 |
74273.51 |
||||||||
Expenditure |
||||||||||
Sta^Wage costs |
54396.25 |
48905.02 |
||||||||
Employers Pension |
258L65 |
|||||||||
Payroll Processing Fees |
129.95 |
|||||||||
4Cr Running Costs |
X72.64 |
|||||||||
Sundry Expenses |
192.55 |
728.44 |
||||||||
Staff & VoiunteerTraining |
444.92 |
|||||||||
Staff & Volunteer DSS Checks |
201 |
|||||||||
Staff & Volunteer Expenses |
1.5 |
114.8 |
||||||||
Premises Costs (Water & Rates} |
3371.79 |
1224.32 |
||||||||
Advertising & Marketing Promotion Costs |
3X.63 |
|||||||||
Business Insurance |
2664.13 |
2506.68 |
||||||||
Ught&Heat |
5738.31 |
2274.86 |
||||||||
Waste Collection |
1073.66 |
763.13 |
||||||||
PPM Contracts (Security & Alarms) |
2475.76 |
3731.94 |
||||||||
Printing |
340.78 |
1317.92 |
||||||||
Stationery & Postage |
236.62 |
102.1 |
||||||||
Office Sundry {Furniture & Tables) |
1X.6 |
1358.76 |
||||||||
Telephone |
1250.15 |
1622.92 |
||||||||
Computer Software |
187.2 |
192.94 |
||||||||
IT Support & Backup |
2276.07 |
2X1.12 |
||||||||
Property Repairs |
290Z68 |
885.58 |
||||||||
Cleaning Wages & Materials |
4679.59 |
1358.97 |
||||||||
Accountancy Fees |
3X |
3S0 |
||||||||
Defibrillator & Battery |
553.9 |
|||||||||
Subscriptions |
1047.76 |
221.2 |
||||||||
Depreciation |
30 |
35.79 |
||||||||
Total Operating Costs |
8X72 |
74328.58 |
||||||||
Surplus of Income over Expenditure for the Year |
11X.06 |
●55.07 |