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2022-12-31-accounts

240project.org.uk CIO 1180267

Annual Report 2022

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Vision

Our core work is to find ways to improve the quality of life and wellbeing of our members, who suffer from exclusion, isolation, and are vulnerable to addictions and mental health issues. Our members have spent time homeless, and are usually currently housed in hostels, supported housing, or in precarious living conditions.

Our mission is to create an environment where people with complex issues CAN develop healthy habits and routines, and come together to practise organised creative activities in a spirit of mutual support, sociability and encouragement. We do this through the provision of an arts and wellness activity centre where members are encouraged to explore their

creativity in a variety of artistic media, producing works of art that will be for sale at our annual arts fair.

240Project has been running for almost 25 years (previously as Notting Hill Churches Homeless Concern). We now have considerable experience in the kind of interventions that are possible, realistic, and can potentially produce lasting improvements in our members’ quality of life.

We have tried many approaches over these years, and some work better than others. There are however a few essential aspects of our approach. The first and most important one is ‘caring’. This is worth unpacking a little because it goes to the heart of our mission.. 240Project is structured to put the members’ needs and desires front and centre of what we do. If there is a choice between doing things that will help the organisation but which are at odds with the members’ experience, we will always opt for the members. For instance, we don’t ask for members' names or addresses. We hope they will provide these in time, but it is not a requirement for participating. Anonymity is allowed. This has very significant consequences to us as an organisation, but it means we do not require anything that a member might experience as a violation of privacy.

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Report on the Year

240Project coped well with the complex set of challenges created by the aftermath of the Covid crisis. In fact, both staff and members share the belief that the project has emerged from the pandemic even stronger than it was before. The key change has been to the physical layout of the space in which the members engage in artistic and wellness activities; prior to the epidemic, the space was divided into a number of different tables (a large art group table, a socialising area, a groups area). During Covid, for safety reasons we assigned each member a socially distanced table that acts as their own mini studio, arranged in a large

rectangle around the large room– an arrangement that strengthened the members’ sense of purpose and autonomy. When restrictions were lifted, we were able to increase capacity by having two members at one table, so we can now have up to 46 people each with their own ‘mini-studio’ which they can have all day. Most of the art materials are now on a trolley in the middle of the room. In addition to these in-house improvements, we have also been able to increase our away days, taking our members on weekly excursions to Kew Gardens or special viewings at museums, galleries, trips to the theatre and other activities.

Monitoring and Outcomes

Our members’ lives are complex, and many face multiple challenges on a daily basis. Often these are chronic stresses due to mental health issues, addictions or complex behavioural problems. 240Project creates a community which is safe, secure, harmonious, respectful and kind. This is our most important work and perhaps the hardest to capture in numbers. For those burdened with chronic health issues, precarious housing conditions, or extreme isolation, having stability, a safe place, and a warm supportive community where they come together and are valued for who they are can be life saving.

Over the years, we have come to recognise the importance of supporting project members where they are, not where we or others would like them to be. Often our members' mental or physical state will be deteriorating, sometimes terminally, and it is during this period that we sometimes manage to do our most important work. Our achievements reflect this reality.

Outcomes and Impact

ActivityGroups Individual hours Health sessions Individual sessions
Art group total hours 17,250 Acupuncture sessions 220

Mosaic making		 1,404 Counselling sessions 88
Clay sculpting 161 Sacro-cranial massage 315
Portrait drawing 1,248 Refexologysessions 212
Music group 208 Wellbeing day attendances 450

Creative writing		 260
Art Shows
Reading Group 355 Number of members
exhibiting		 44
Art trips individuals
attending		 450 Number of works shown 78
Meals 8,650 Number of works sold 37

Outcomes: The impact of these activities included:

Financial

2022 was a relatively successful year from a financial point of view. We were able to raise roughly what we spent, though this was largely due to an exceptional grant by one of our major grant givers, who was able to step in and turn a very difficult year around. We also were not able to process one grant of £10,000 in time, so on our accounts we appear to have a shortfall that in fact is not the case.

Trustees

During the course of the year, our last founding trustees Ken Bartlet and Mary Ardant resigned and became patrons of the charity. Ken and Mary were the primary inspiration in creating Notting Hill Churches Homeless Concern back in 1995, and it is through their guidance and vision that we have been able to grow and succeed as a charity. Needless to say their departure is a great loss, but as Patrons we are grateful that they will be able to help as we go forward.

The board of trustees welcomed Rupert Christiansen and Cornelia Grassi as new trustees.

Statutory matters

2022 was the fourth year of 240Project since the Charity Commission registered 240Project as a charity. This report therefore contains the information required of charities under the regulations of the Charities Act 1993. The Trustees of the charity in periods of the year were: Mary Ardant, Ken Bartlett, Geoffrey Murray, Fernanda Eberstadt, Rupert Christiansen, Cornelia Grassi and Catrin Treadwell.

The governing instrument of the society is: A Charity Commission scheme constitution dated January 2019. The address of the society is: 116 Bramley Road, London W10 6SU

The aims of the society are: to help vulnerable and excluded people in North Kensington and West London by raising public awareness of their situation and by initiating projects to address problems experienced by homeless people. The society seeks to provide a safe and welcoming place where vulnerable and excluded people in north Kensington and West London can come together and engage in creative arts and wellness activities.

We are proud of the resourcefulness and determination with which we have managed to work our way around the recent challenges and to provide continuing classes and care to our members, and to come through the year even stronger as an organisation. This success is largely thanks to our extraordinarily dedicated staff who devised safe and successful ways of working so we could continue to provide an excellent service. We would particularly like to thank all trustees, staff, and the many volunteers who create 240Project, in particular our staff Edward Farrelly, Alexandra Brown, Simon Parker, Eloise Maland and Richard Todd.

Geoffrey Murray Chair

240 PROJECT (CIO No. 1180267)

Accounts for the year ending 31st December 2022

Principle Address:

240 Project 116 Bramley Road London W10 6SU

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CONTENTS

Page 2 Content Page 3 Statements of Financial Activities Page 4 Balance Sheet Page 5-6 Notes to the Accounts Page 7 Independent Examiners Report

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Incoming Resources
Grant Income
Donations
Interest Received
Other
Total Incoming Resources
Resources Expended
Salaries & Wages
Centre Activities
Centre Programme and Food cost
Rent
Insurance
Office Expenses
Bank Charges
Professional Fees
Total Resources used
Net (Outgoing)/Incoming Resources
Funds brought forward
Funds carried forward		 2022
2022
2022
2021
Total
Total
Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
£
£
£
£
87,171
13,500
110,671
80,710
19,456
19,456
3,100
16
16
4
-
-
-
225
106,643
13,500
120,143
84,039
81,252
4,416
85,668
80,689
-
2,813
2,813
3.372
2,842
6,271
9,113
4,551
30,741
-
30,741
6,870
436
-
436
372
3,089
-
3,089
3,615
6
-
6
8
1,900
-
1,900
1,900
120,266
13,500
133,766
101,377
(13,623)
-
(13,623)
(17,338)
63,392
-
63,392
80,730
49,769
-
49,769
63,392

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Notes
FIXED ASSETS
3
Current Assets
Bank Account
Petty Cash
Other Debtors
Liabilities
Creditors and Accruals
4
Net Current Assets
Net Assets
Reserves
Restricted funds
Unrestricted Funds
Total Reserves		 2022
2021
51,281
65,055
388
287
-
-
51,669
65,342
1,900
1,950
1,900
1,950
49,769
63,392
-
49,769
63,392
49,769
63,392

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NOTES TO ACCOUNTS

7. Grant Income

7. Grant Income
Pret Foundation Trust
Calleva Foundation
The Linbury Trust
Silver DCC
Hans and Julia Rausing Foundation
Pacificus Foundation
Anonymous
Vassiliou Trust
K & C Foundation
RBCK (Grenfell Fund)
Total		 2022
Total
£
10,000
20,000
10,000
3,500
5,000
42,171
10,000
-
-
-
100,671		 2021
Total
£
10,000
15,000
-
-
20,000
9,720
-
1,220
4,770
20,000
80,710

NOTES TO ACCOUNTS (CONTINUED)

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8. Statement of funds

Unrestricted
funds
Restricted Funds
Pret Foundation
Trust
Silver DCC
Sub total
Total Funds		 Brought
Forward
£		 Incoming
Resources
£		 Resources
Expended
£		 Transfer
In/Out
£		 Carried
Forward
£
63,392 106,643 120,266 (13,623) 49,769
-
-		 10,000
3,500		 10,000
3,500		 -
-		 -
-
- 13,500 13,500 - -
63,392 120,143 133,766 (13,623) 49,769

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D TAYLOR-MEW Bsc FMAAT 123 Park Lane Harrow Middlesex HA2 8NN TeVFax:020 8422 0994 Email:derek@,tavlor-mew.co.uk Report of the Independent Examiner to the Trustees of 240 Project (CIO No. 1180267) I report on the financial statements of the Charity for the year ended 31 December 2022. This report is made solely to the Trustees, as a body, in accordance with Section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 11 and regulations made under Section 154 of that Act. My work has been undertaken so that I might state to the To the fiillest extent pennitted bv law; I do not accept or assume responsibility to anvone other than the Tnistees as a body, t-or my work or t.or this report. Respective responsibilities of the Trustees and Independent Examiner The Trustees are responsible for the preparation of fmancial statements. The Trustees consider that an audit is not 11 required for this year under Section 144(2) of the Charities Act 201 l and that an tndependent Examination is needed. It is mv resDonsibilitv to: EX￿1]Ll]e tliose f￿anCIal siateiiieiits uiider Section 145 of tlie Cliarities Act 2011. Follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission under Section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act 2011. State whether particular matters have come to my attention. RASIS nf lridene.nde.nt F,¥Aminer's Rennrt My examination was carried out in accordance with General Directions given by the Charity Commission. That examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the Charity and a comparison of the fmancial statements prepared with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the fmancial statements and seeking explanations from you as Trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the financial statements present a true and fair view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. Independent Examiner's Statement In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention: Which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements: To keep accounting records in accordance with Section 130 of the Charities Act 201 I, and To prepare financial statements Ni'hich accord w'ith the accounting records and compl), w.ith the accounting requirements of the Charities Act 2011, have not been met. or To which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the fLnancial statements to be reached. Derek Taylor-mew Bsc FMAAT 123 Park Lane Harrow Middlesex HA2 8NN Dated 26 June 2023 display'ed at the address show'n,