## **Annual Report by Alan Taylor – Chair of Trustees** 

## **1[st] April 2023-31[st] March 2024** 

The Ladybarn Community Hub continued to develop new groups, building improvements and new staff during the year. It’s been a very good year of trying new activities, community groups and expanding the diversity of those using the Hub. 

The following gives a flavour of what we’re up to. 

**Building** - We have grant money to use in the forthcoming year to redecorate the hub including the hall, replace the kitchen window and improve the lighting in the hall. 

**Community groups** - There were a great mix of groups and events the Hub hosted over the year including Sourth Asian community lunches, Bollyfit, churches, birthday parties, singing groups, Eid celebrations, older age groups, climate activists, Surestart, LGBTQ+ group and a Carers group among many others. 

**Ladybarn community garden -** The gardening group developed to the next stage with a community garden in the planning with over 12 in the core group. 

**Community links -** We had a community forum drawing voices from the community to plan how to improve the area. There are networks developing with BAM, the university, council and other local community and neighbourhood groups. 

**Communication -** We started a new instagram channel, proposed changes to the website and started a new newsletter. 

**Staffing and Governance -** We had new staff during the year including Meena Shah as our new manager, Cal Lavelle overseeing our older age groups, Hannah Jewel came on as our Volunteer Manager overseeing and developing our volunteer base and a new caretaker. We had three trustees move on during the year with plans for new trustees in the months ahead. 

**Finances -** Our finances showed a shift in income from very small groups using the hub long-term to more one off hires resulting in many more in the community using the Hub. There were grants received to start the community garden and fund the volunteer community manager role as well fund building improvements and new community groups. 

Alan Taylor (Chair of Ladybarn Community Hub) 



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|`Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees`|`1`|
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|`Income & Expenditure Account`|`3`|
|`Balance Sheet`|`4`|
|`Notes to the Financial Statements`|`5`|





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|`On `|`accounts for the year`||`31 March 2024`|`Charity no`|`1179426`|
|||`ended`||`(if any)`||
||`Set `|`out on pages`|`3 to 5`|||
||||`report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above`|||
||||`charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31 / 03 / 2024.`|||



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|`Sundry Donations`|||||`4970.90`|||||`179.06`|
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||`Grants`|`Direct`||`Carried`||`Grants`|`Direct`||`Carried`||
|`Restricted Funding & Grants`|`B/fwd`|`Expenses`|`Grants`|`Forward`||`B/fwd`|`Expenses`|`Grants`|`Forward`||
|`Barchester Health Grant`|`0.00`|||`0.00`||`16.61`|`16.61`||`0.00`||
|`Co op Community Fund`|`1462.00`|`1462.00`||`0.00`||`1.89`|`379.90`|`-1840.01`|`1462.00`||
|`WG Edwards Heating Grant`|`275.00`|`275.00`||`0.00`||`275.00`|||`275.00`||
|`Manchester Airport Grant`|`0.00`|||`0.00`||`3.47`|`3.47`||`0.00`||
|`NIF Mural Grant`|`137.00`|`137.00`||`0.00`||`2987.00`|`2850.00`||`137.00`||
|`Covid Recovery Fund`|`0.00`|||`0.00`||`1211.53`|`1211.53`||`0.00`||
|`NIF Decorating Grant`|`0.00`|||`0.00`||`177.42`|`177.42`||`0.00`||
|`NIF Bid Writing Grant`|`0.00`|||`0.00`||`0.00`|||`0.00`||
|`NIF Alarm System Grant`|`384.74`|`384.74`||`0.00`||`412.59`|`27.85`||`384.74`||
|`Manchester Uni Construction Fund`|`0.00`|||`0.00`||`311.50`|`311.50`||`0.00`||
|`Co op Gardening Project Grant`|`139.15`|`139.15`||`0.00`||`357.00`|`217.85`||`139.15`||
|`We Love MCR Community Grant`|`563.17`|`563.17`||`0.00`||`1386.67`|`823.50`||`563.17`||
|`Beautiful South Grant`|`0.00`|||`0.00`||`7.30`|`7.30`||`0.00`||
|`MCC Food Poverty Grant`|`0.00`|||`0.00`||`24.00`|`24.00`||`0.00`||
|`National Lottery Awards for all`|`0.00`|||`0.00`||`4837.00`|`4837.00`||`0.00`||
|`OPeNs Grant`|`980.49`|`980.49`||`0.00`||`2793.94`|`4558.45`|`-2745.00`|`980.49`||
|`Ambition for Ageing Grant`|`0.00`|||`0.00`||`58.11`|`58.11`||`0.00`||
|`GMPARIS Grant`|`0.00`|||`0.00`||`1000.00`|`1000.00`||`0.00`||
|`Southway Housing Winter Warm`|`0.00`|||`0.00`||`-647.70`|`102.30`|`-750.00`|`0.00`||
|`NHS Covid Community Engagement`|`130.00`|`130.00`||`0.00`||`3350.00`|`3220.00`||`130.00`||
|`Southway Housing Comm Christmas Event`|`0.00`|||`0.00`||`181.98`|`181.98`||`0.00`||
|`NHS Buzz Health & Wellbeing`|`0.00`|||`0.00`||`639.20`|`639.20`||`0.00`||
|`NIF Building Improvements Grant`|`0.00`|||`0.00`||`2125.50`|`2125.50`||`0.00`||
|`NIF Play Equioment Grant`|`0.00`|||`0.00`||`12594.00`|`12594.00`||`0.00`||
|`NIF Speedwatch Equipment Grant`|`0.00`|||`0.00`||`-27.85`|`-27.85`||`0.00`||
|`GMMH Wellbeing - Gardening`|`661.34`|`661.34`||`0.00`||`2058.09`|`1396.75`||`661.34`||
|`Lunch Group Fees Collected`|`1321.81`|`10.00`||`1311.81`||`-169.09`|`5956.34`|`-7447.24`|`1321.81`||
|`NIF Fencing Replacement Grant`|`0.00`|||`0.00`||`8070.95`|`8070.95`||`0.00`||
|`Beautiful South Neighbourliness Grant`|`0.00`|||`0.00`||`2564.00`|`2564.00`||`0.00`||
|`MACC Volunteer Expenses Grant`|`279.95`|`279.95`||`0.00`||`920.00`|`640.05`||`279.95`||
|`Beautiful South Grant - fun day`|`0.00`|||`0.00`||`2500.00`|`2500.00`||`0.00`||
|`GMMHW Grant`|`-4.12`|`-4.12`||`0.00`||`1779.80`|`1783.92`||`-4.12`||
|`Awards for all Grant`|`7177.00`|`7177.00`||`0.00`||`10000.00`|`2823.00`||`7177.00`||
|`We Love MCR`<br>`- Flower arranging course`|`104.10`|`104.10`||`0.00`||`1333.00`|`1228.90`||`104.10`||
|`BUZZ NHS`<br>`- Kingswood Park Grant`|`87.00`|`30.00`||`57.00`||`480.00`|`393.00`||`87.00`||
|`M & S Neighbourly Christmas Grant`|`0.00`|||`0.00`||`1051.00`|`1051.00`||`0.00`||
|`NiF`<br>`- Legionella Renedial Works`|`0.00`|||`0.00`||`2850.00`|`2850.00`||`0.00`||
|`NIF`<br>`- Litter Pick Equipment`|`3.27`|`16.00`||`-12.73`||`460.62`|`457.35`||`3.27`||
||`13701.90`|`12345.82`|`0.00`|`1356.08`||`67974.53`|`67054.88`|`-12782.25`|`13701.90`||
|`Funding 8t Grants in the Year`|||||||||||
|`Boliyfit`||`720.00`|`-1000.00`|`280.00`|||||`0.00`||
|`Soundup choir grant`||`960.00`|`-1200.00`|`240.00`|||||`0.00`||
|`Nif LGBTQ grant`|||`-1020.00`|`1020.00`|||||`0.00`||
|`Internation women's day grant`||`526.27`|`-500.00`|`-26.27`|||||`0.00`||
|`Morrisons decorating grant`||`267.90`|`-5550.00`|`5282.10`|||||`0.00`||
||`13701.90`|`14819.99`|`-9270.00`|`8151.91`||`67974.53`|`67054.88`|`-12782.25`|`13701.90`||
|`Net Income for the year`|||||`87118.68`|||||`87172.06`|
|`Expenditure`|||||||||||
|`Staff Wage costs`|||`41860.60`|||||`54396.25`|||
|`Employers Pension`|||`1806.47`|||||`2581.65`|||
|`Employee Settlement & Legal Fees`|||`3020.00`||||||||
|`Payroll Processing Fees`|||`286.75`|||||`129.95`|||
|`Sundry Expenses`|||`48.71`|||||`192.55`|||
|`Refreshments & Lunches`|||`220.40`||||||||
|`Older Peoples Expenses (Food/cook/prizes/trips etc) less donations`|||`2164.54`||||||||
|`South Asian Lunches less donations`|||`288.50`||||||||
|`Ladybarn Choir`|||`640.00`||||||||
|`Staff & Volunteer DBS Checks`|||`142.00`||||||||
|`Staff & Volunteer Expenses`|||`602.53`|||||`1.50`|||
|`Premises Costs (Water & Rates)`|||`1719.91`|||||`3371.79`|||
|`Advertising & Marketing Promotion Costs`|||`587.89`||||||||
|`Business Insurance`|||`2453.12`|||||`2664.13`|||
|`Light & Heat`|||`4348.53`|||||`5738.31`|||
|`Waste Collection`|||`1334.79`|||||`1073.66`|||
|`PPM Contracts (Security & Alarms)`|||`1775.72`|||||`2475.76`|||
|`PAT Testing & Fire Extinguisher Services`|||`550.66`||||||||
|`Printing`|||`720.04`|||||`340.78`|||
|`Stationery & Postage`|||`190.45`|||||`236.62`|||
|`Office Sundry`<br>`Furniture & Tables)`||||||||`165.60`|||
|`Telephone`|||`1467.51`|||||`1250.15`|||
|`Computer Software`|||`317.99`|||||`187.20`|||
|`IT Support & Backup`|||`3207.82`|||||`2276.07`|||
|`Property Repairs`|||`2848.98`|||||`2902.68`|||
|`Cleaning Wages & Materials`|||`7205.78`|||||`4679.59`|||
|`Accountancy Fees`|||`557.00`|||||`330.00`|||
|`Expired Grants`|||`-9946.59`||||||||
|`Building Survey & Consultancy Report`|||`3660.00`||||||||
|`Subscriptions`|||`1546.34`|||||`1047.76`|||
|`Depreciation`|||`49.00`|||||`30.00`|||
|`Total Operating Costs`|||||`75675.44`|||||`86072.00`|
|`Surplus of Income over Expenditure for the Year`|||||`11443.24`|||||`1100.06`|








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|`On `|`accounts for the year`||`31 March 2024`|`Charity no`|`1179426`|
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|`Sundry Donations`|||||`4970.90`|||||`179.06`|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||`Grants`|`Direct`||`Carried`||`Grants`|`Direct`||`Carried`||
|`Restricted Funding & Grants`|`B/fwd`|`Expenses`|`Grants`|`Forward`||`B/fwd`|`Expenses`|`Grants`|`Forward`||
|`Barchester Health Grant`|`0.00`|||`0.00`||`16.61`|`16.61`||`0.00`||
|`Co op Community Fund`|`1462.00`|`1462.00`||`0.00`||`1.89`|`379.90`|`-1840.01`|`1462.00`||
|`WG Edwards Heating Grant`|`275.00`|`275.00`||`0.00`||`275.00`|||`275.00`||
|`Manchester Airport Grant`|`0.00`|||`0.00`||`3.47`|`3.47`||`0.00`||
|`NIF Mural Grant`|`137.00`|`137.00`||`0.00`||`2987.00`|`2850.00`||`137.00`||
|`Covid Recovery Fund`|`0.00`|||`0.00`||`1211.53`|`1211.53`||`0.00`||
|`NIF Decorating Grant`|`0.00`|||`0.00`||`177.42`|`177.42`||`0.00`||
|`NIF Bid Writing Grant`|`0.00`|||`0.00`||`0.00`|||`0.00`||
|`NIF Alarm System Grant`|`384.74`|`384.74`||`0.00`||`412.59`|`27.85`||`384.74`||
|`Manchester Uni Construction Fund`|`0.00`|||`0.00`||`311.50`|`311.50`||`0.00`||
|`Co op Gardening Project Grant`|`139.15`|`139.15`||`0.00`||`357.00`|`217.85`||`139.15`||
|`We Love MCR Community Grant`|`563.17`|`563.17`||`0.00`||`1386.67`|`823.50`||`563.17`||
|`Beautiful South Grant`|`0.00`|||`0.00`||`7.30`|`7.30`||`0.00`||
|`MCC Food Poverty Grant`|`0.00`|||`0.00`||`24.00`|`24.00`||`0.00`||
|`National Lottery Awards for all`|`0.00`|||`0.00`||`4837.00`|`4837.00`||`0.00`||
|`OPeNs Grant`|`980.49`|`980.49`||`0.00`||`2793.94`|`4558.45`|`-2745.00`|`980.49`||
|`Ambition for Ageing Grant`|`0.00`|||`0.00`||`58.11`|`58.11`||`0.00`||
|`GMPARIS Grant`|`0.00`|||`0.00`||`1000.00`|`1000.00`||`0.00`||
|`Southway Housing Winter Warm`|`0.00`|||`0.00`||`-647.70`|`102.30`|`-750.00`|`0.00`||
|`NHS Covid Community Engagement`|`130.00`|`130.00`||`0.00`||`3350.00`|`3220.00`||`130.00`||
|`Southway Housing Comm Christmas Event`|`0.00`|||`0.00`||`181.98`|`181.98`||`0.00`||
|`NHS Buzz Health & Wellbeing`|`0.00`|||`0.00`||`639.20`|`639.20`||`0.00`||
|`NIF Building Improvements Grant`|`0.00`|||`0.00`||`2125.50`|`2125.50`||`0.00`||
|`NIF Play Equioment Grant`|`0.00`|||`0.00`||`12594.00`|`12594.00`||`0.00`||
|`NIF Speedwatch Equipment Grant`|`0.00`|||`0.00`||`-27.85`|`-27.85`||`0.00`||
|`GMMH Wellbeing - Gardening`|`661.34`|`661.34`||`0.00`||`2058.09`|`1396.75`||`661.34`||
|`Lunch Group Fees Collected`|`1321.81`|`10.00`||`1311.81`||`-169.09`|`5956.34`|`-7447.24`|`1321.81`||
|`NIF Fencing Replacement Grant`|`0.00`|||`0.00`||`8070.95`|`8070.95`||`0.00`||
|`Beautiful South Neighbourliness Grant`|`0.00`|||`0.00`||`2564.00`|`2564.00`||`0.00`||
|`MACC Volunteer Expenses Grant`|`279.95`|`279.95`||`0.00`||`920.00`|`640.05`||`279.95`||
|`Beautiful South Grant - fun day`|`0.00`|||`0.00`||`2500.00`|`2500.00`||`0.00`||
|`GMMHW Grant`|`-4.12`|`-4.12`||`0.00`||`1779.80`|`1783.92`||`-4.12`||
|`Awards for all Grant`|`7177.00`|`7177.00`||`0.00`||`10000.00`|`2823.00`||`7177.00`||
|`We Love MCR`<br>`- Flower arranging course`|`104.10`|`104.10`||`0.00`||`1333.00`|`1228.90`||`104.10`||
|`BUZZ NHS`<br>`- Kingswood Park Grant`|`87.00`|`30.00`||`57.00`||`480.00`|`393.00`||`87.00`||
|`M & S Neighbourly Christmas Grant`|`0.00`|||`0.00`||`1051.00`|`1051.00`||`0.00`||
|`NiF`<br>`- Legionella Renedial Works`|`0.00`|||`0.00`||`2850.00`|`2850.00`||`0.00`||
|`NIF`<br>`- Litter Pick Equipment`|`3.27`|`16.00`||`-12.73`||`460.62`|`457.35`||`3.27`||
||`13701.90`|`12345.82`|`0.00`|`1356.08`||`67974.53`|`67054.88`|`-12782.25`|`13701.90`||
|`Funding 8t Grants in the Year`|||||||||||
|`Boliyfit`||`720.00`|`-1000.00`|`280.00`|||||`0.00`||
|`Soundup choir grant`||`960.00`|`-1200.00`|`240.00`|||||`0.00`||
|`Nif LGBTQ grant`|||`-1020.00`|`1020.00`|||||`0.00`||
|`Internation women's day grant`||`526.27`|`-500.00`|`-26.27`|||||`0.00`||
|`Morrisons decorating grant`||`267.90`|`-5550.00`|`5282.10`|||||`0.00`||
||`13701.90`|`14819.99`|`-9270.00`|`8151.91`||`67974.53`|`67054.88`|`-12782.25`|`13701.90`||
|`Net Income for the year`|||||`87118.68`|||||`87172.06`|
|`Expenditure`|||||||||||
|`Staff Wage costs`|||`41860.60`|||||`54396.25`|||
|`Employers Pension`|||`1806.47`|||||`2581.65`|||
|`Employee Settlement & Legal Fees`|||`3020.00`||||||||
|`Payroll Processing Fees`|||`286.75`|||||`129.95`|||
|`Sundry Expenses`|||`48.71`|||||`192.55`|||
|`Refreshments & Lunches`|||`220.40`||||||||
|`Older Peoples Expenses (Food/cook/prizes/trips etc) less donations`|||`2164.54`||||||||
|`South Asian Lunches less donations`|||`288.50`||||||||
|`Ladybarn Choir`|||`640.00`||||||||
|`Staff & Volunteer DBS Checks`|||`142.00`||||||||
|`Staff & Volunteer Expenses`|||`602.53`|||||`1.50`|||
|`Premises Costs (Water & Rates)`|||`1719.91`|||||`3371.79`|||
|`Advertising & Marketing Promotion Costs`|||`587.89`||||||||
|`Business Insurance`|||`2453.12`|||||`2664.13`|||
|`Light & Heat`|||`4348.53`|||||`5738.31`|||
|`Waste Collection`|||`1334.79`|||||`1073.66`|||
|`PPM Contracts (Security & Alarms)`|||`1775.72`|||||`2475.76`|||
|`PAT Testing & Fire Extinguisher Services`|||`550.66`||||||||
|`Printing`|||`720.04`|||||`340.78`|||
|`Stationery & Postage`|||`190.45`|||||`236.62`|||
|`Office Sundry`<br>`Furniture & Tables)`||||||||`165.60`|||
|`Telephone`|||`1467.51`|||||`1250.15`|||
|`Computer Software`|||`317.99`|||||`187.20`|||
|`IT Support & Backup`|||`3207.82`|||||`2276.07`|||
|`Property Repairs`|||`2848.98`|||||`2902.68`|||
|`Cleaning Wages & Materials`|||`7205.78`|||||`4679.59`|||
|`Accountancy Fees`|||`557.00`|||||`330.00`|||
|`Expired Grants`|||`-9946.59`||||||||
|`Building Survey & Consultancy Report`|||`3660.00`||||||||
|`Subscriptions`|||`1546.34`|||||`1047.76`|||
|`Depreciation`|||`49.00`|||||`30.00`|||
|`Total Operating Costs`|||||`75675.44`|||||`86072.00`|
|`Surplus of Income over Expenditure for the Year`|||||`11443.24`|||||`1100.06`|








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