## ## |||Page| |---|---|---| |Members ofthe Board and professional|advisers|| |Trustees Annual
Report||Insert| |Independent
Examination||| |Receipts and Payments
Accounts||| |Statement ofAssets and Liabilities||| |Notes to the financial statements||6-7| ## ## |Registered|Charity Name|Primrose Bank Community|Primrose Bank Community|Association| |---|---|---|---|---| |Charity Number||1181125||| |Registered|Office|9Magnolia Gardens||| |||Oldham||| |||OL8 1HX||| |Trustees||Ryan Smith (Chair)||| |||Janette Wade (Secretary)||| |||Carol Taylor||| |||Syed Maruf Ali (Assistant||Treasurer)| |||Shamin Miah||| |||Shoab Akhtar||| |||Javerya Naz||| |||Moyrum
Bibi||| |Accountants||Community
Accounting|Lancashire C.LC.|| |||Foxfields||| |||9Norley Close||| |||Chadderton||| |||Oldham||| |||OL1 2RA||| |Bankers||Yorkshire Bank (Virgin|Money)|| |||47 Market Place||| |||Oldham||| |||OL1 3AB||| ## ## ## |Objecti|ves||and Activ|ities||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||SQRp||| |||||reference||| |||||Para 1.17|Primrose
Community
Association
Constitution|| |Summary|ofthe purposes||||To further or benefit the residents
ofWerneth
and Medlock|| |ofthe charity||as set out in|||Vale wards and the neighbourhood
without
distinction
ofsex,|| |its governing||document|||sexual orientation,
race, or of political,
religious or other|| ||||||opinions
by associating
together the said residents
and the|| ||||||Local Authorities,
voluntary
and other organisations
in a|| ||||||common
effort to advance education
and to provide facilities|| ||||||in the interests
ofsocial welfare for recreation
and leisure|| ||||||time occupation,
with the objective of improving
the|| ||||||conditions
of life for the residents.|| ||||||In furtherance
ofthese objects but not otherwise,
the trustees|| ||||||shall have power to establish
or secure the establishment|of| ||||||a community
centre and to maintain
or manage
or co-operate|| ||||||with any statutory
authority
in the maintenance
and|| ||||||management
ofsuch a centre for activities promoted
by the|| ||||||charity
in furtherance
ofthe above objects.
Nothing
in this|| ||||||constitution
shall authorise
an application
of the property of|| ||||||the CIO for the purposes
which are not charitable.|| |Summary|of the main|||Para 1.17and
1.19|The trustees use the Primrose
Community
Centre for board
meetings
and to run activities.
Due to COVID restrictions
and|| |activities|in relation to||||lockdown
during 2020/2021 the Primrose Centre remained|| |those purposes|||for the||closed for the year and meetings
took place online.|| |public benefit,|||in particular,|||| |the activities,||projects or|||Oldham
MBC used the centre as a base on a number of|| |services|identified
in the||||occasions to door-knock
and give out information
on COVID|| |accounts.|||||around
myth-busting,
restrictions,
testing and to encourage|| ||||||take-up ofthe vaccination
programme.|| ||||||The centre was also used as a polling station.|| ||||||Education|| ||||||ESOL —the classes stopped
meeting
in person and|| ||||||continued
twice per week online.|| ||||||Job Search - Great Places Housing Association
continued|to| ||||||support people online with job search or further training|| ||||||instead offace-to-face at the Primrose Centre.|| |||||||Maths and English
tuition
provided
by Rising Stars each|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||Sunday was put on hold.|| |||||||Health and wellbelng|| |||||||The Oldham
branch ofParkinson's
UK cancelled
all meetings|| |||||||during
this year.|| |||||||Private bookings were cancelled, deposits refunded
and no|| |||||||bookings were taken during
this time.|| |||||||The Oldham
network ofchildminders
stopped
using the|| |||||||centre during
April 2020 —March 2021.|| |||||||The Community
Fridge was put on hold due to staff working|| |||||||from home, but the centre was used to sort out and bag up|| |||||||food that supermarkets
were disposing
off, which was then|| |||||||delivered
to people
in need and organisations
working
with|| |||||||homeless
people and families suffering
hardship.|| |||||||The Oldham
FoodCycle Hub which provided free vegetarian|| |||||||meals on a weekly basis closed during this year.|| |||||||Before the COVID pandemic f1,000funding was awarded|to| |||||||the Primrose
Bank Community
Association
from Oldham|| |||||||Council to provide non-perishable
food for people
in need.|| |||||||As the money hadn't been spent, food was bought during|| |||||||April 2020 and given to local families suffering
hardship.|| |||||||14weekly online sessions of healthy
cooking on a budget|| |||||||were delivered
by WiFi Northwest.
Between 12 —15ladies|| |||||||attended
the weekly Zoom sessions which were well-|| |||||||received.
Ingredients
for the weekly sessions were delivered|| |||||||to each house so the ladies could cook while watching
and|| |||||||taking
instruction
from Anna from WiFi Northwest.
The meals|| |||||||were quick and easy to prepare/cook
and provided
a family|| |||||||meal each week.|| |||||||5x 2-hour weekly paper craft sessions were delivered
online|| |||||||by Lifelong Learning
using Zoom. 8 people attended
the|| |||||||Zoom craft sessions.|| ||||||Para 1.18|The trustees have received guidance
issued
by the Charity|| |Statement||confirming||||Commission
on public benefit.
The objects for which the|| |whether|the trustees|||have||charity is established
for the public benefit are:|| |had regard to the|||||||| |guidance||issued|by the|||To continue to provide activities that increase skills, improve|| |Charity Commission||||on||health and wellbeing,
reduce social isolation and support|| |public benefit||||||people to improve their quality of life. Grants are available|to| |||||||groups and organisations
aiming to provide services for the|| |||||||public benefit
in accordance
with our constitution.|| |Additional|Additional|Additional|information|information|information|information|(optional)|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |You ma||choose to include further statements
where relevant about:||||||||| ||||||||SORP|||| ||||||||reference|||| ||||||||Para 1.38|Groups that have been successful
in obtaining
Primrose||| |Policy on||grant|||making|||Community
Funding
are:||| |||||||||~
Child Safety Media —f500to co-ordinate
child safety||| |||||||||events to children
and young people covering||| |||||||||personal
safety, fire and home safety, first aid, crime,||| |||||||||drugs,
bullying
and anti-social
behaviour.
Due to||| |||||||||lockdown,
all chid safety events were cancelled.|All|| |||||||||year 6/7 children were given a Junior Life Skills e-||| |||||||||handbook,
digital lesson plans and worksheets.||| |||||||||~
WiFi Northwest —awarded f500 funding
towards|the|| |||||||||online healthy
cooking sessions.||| ||||||||Para 1.38|||| |Policy on||social||||||The Charity had planned
to develop a social investment||| |investment|||including|||||policy in 2021, but due to COVID, this has not progressed.||| |program||related||||||||| |investment||||||||||| ||||||||Para 1.38|Our volunteering
programme
was put on hold during
April||| |Contribution|||made by|||||2020 —March 2021, as the community
centre was closed.||A| |volunteers||||||||number
ofvolunteers
joined the online sessions and kept||in| |||||||||contact with each other via their Whatsapp
group.||| |||||||||Lynne Anderson,
an employee
ofGreat Places supports|the|| |||||||||CIO with office administration,
reception work and has taken||| |||||||||on the role oftreasurer||| |||||||||Paul Maybury
continued
to ensure the community
centre|was|| |||||||||secure and clean on the few occasions
it was used.||| |||||||||The COVID-19 pandemic
has impacted
on all activities||| |Other||||||||organised
at the Primrose Centre, with no income from March
2020 until April 2020. The Centre closed on 17'"March 2020||| |||||||||and remained
closed through
the period ofthis report.
A||| |||||||||COVID risk assessment
and control measures
remained|in|| |||||||||place to ensure the community
centre was kept COVID-safe.||| |Achievements||||||and Performance||||| ||||||||SORP reference|||| ||||||||Para 1.20|In January 2021 the Community
Association
purchased||six| |Summary|||of the main|||||laptops at a cost of R2,328, which were donated to two|local|| |achievements||||ofthe||||primary schools (3per school).
They were used during||| |charity,|identifying
the|||||||lockdown for online schooling
by large families who didn'||t| |difference|||the|charity's||||have enough
laptops and families that couldn't
afford a||| |work has made
circumstances|||||to the
of its|||laptop.
Both schools were very grateful
and have put the
laptops to good use.||| |beneficiaries||||and any||||||| |wider benefits||||to society||||A donation
ofF2,500was given to Action Together towards||| |as a whole.||||||||a hardship
fund for people and families struggling
financially||| |||||||||from the impact of the COVID pandemic.||| |Additional||information|information|(optional)|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |You ma|choose to include further statements
where relevant about||||||||| |||||Para 1.41|Between December 2019and February 2020 a community||||| |Achievements|||against||needs survey was carried out, with 232 respondents.||||| |objectives||set|||Shortly after the survey was completed
the COVID-19 crisis||||| ||||||hit.
It's likely that many ofthe concerns and needs||are,||as a| ||||||consequence,
under-represented
and that demand||for||| ||||||increased
provision
will be much greater.||||| ||||||The main priorities
highlighted
were:||||| ||||||~
Employment
and training||||| ||||||~
Fear ofcrime||||| ||||||~
Mental
health||||| ||||||~
Advice, information
8 guidance||||| ||||||~
Physical
health||||| ||||||Employment
&Training:
Through|lockdown,
the|||| ||||||community
association was able to support people||looking||| ||||||for employment
by signposting
them|to partners
and||also|| ||||||through
the online ESOLclasses.||||| ||||||INental Health:
One ofour partners,|Peaceful Minds|||| ||||||provided
online support to residents|suffering
from|mental||| ||||||health issues.
Residents were also|encouraged
to|join||| ||||||online craft sessions where they could meet other people||||| ||||||via Zoom.||||| ||||||Advice, information
and guidance|continued
to be|||| ||||||provided
via telephone,
social media|and other ways.|||| ||||||Physical Health:
Online cooking sessions encouraged||||| ||||||residents
to cook quick and easy nutritious
meals on|||a|| ||||||budget
One lady who had spent time in hospital
with||||| ||||||COVID was suffering
with her mental|health and lost||her|| ||||||confidence.
Her anxiety was so bad|that she wouldn't|||leave| ||||||her house when she was discharged|from hospital.||She|| ||||||received support
from some ofthe ladies attending||the||| ||||||online cooking sessions, which has boosted her confidence||||| ||||||as well as make new friends.||||| |||||Para 1.41|||||| |Performance|||of||||||| |fundraising||activities|||||||| |against objectives set|||||||||| |||||Para 1.41|||||| |Investment||performance|||||||| |against objectives|||||||||| |Other|||||||||| ## |Review|Review|ofthe|ofthe|charity's|charity's|charity's|Para 1.21|We had a surplus
of2715 in this financial
period, that
covered a full 12 month
from the 1"ofApril 2020 to the 31"|We had a surplus
of2715 in this financial
period, that
covered a full 12 month
from the 1"ofApril 2020 to the 31"|We had a surplus
of2715 in this financial
period, that
covered a full 12 month
from the 1"ofApril 2020 to the 31"|We had a surplus
of2715 in this financial
period, that
covered a full 12 month
from the 1"ofApril 2020 to the 31"| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |financial||position|||at|the||of March 2021.|||| |end ofthe|||period|||||The total funds held as at the 31"of March 2021 were|||| |||||||||F68,003, being ANIL restricted funds and F68,003|||| |||||||||unrestricted
funds (free reserves).|||| ||||||||Para 1.22|The CIO has adopted the following
policy regarding|||| |Statement|||explaining|||the||reserves:|||| |policy|for holding||||reserves||||||| |stating||why they|||are|held||The trustees have examined
the major strategic, business|||| |||||||||and operational
risks which the charity faces and confirm|||| |||||||||that systems
have been established
to enable regular|||| |||||||||reports to be produced so that the necessary steps can be|||| |||||||||taken to lessen these risks.|||| |||||||||The trustees
aim to build free reserves
in unrestricted||funds|| |||||||||at a level which equates to between three and six months|||of| |||||||||charitable
expenditure.
The charity's
main source of|income||| |||||||||is grants,
room hire charges and donations.|||| |||||||||A
roved at board meetin
on 14~ Janua
2021|||| ||||||||Para 1.22|R2,000 reserves
will cover 3months'
running
costs for||the|| |Amount||of|reserves|||held||Primrose Centre.
This includes
utility
bills, cleaning|and||| |||||||||maintenance.|||| ||||||||Para 1.22|N/A|||| |Reasons for holding||||||zero|||||| |reserves|||||||||||| ||||||||Para 1.24|N/A|||| |Details||offund materially|||||||||| |in deficit|||||||||||| ||||||||Para 1.23|There are no uncertainties
for the charity continuing|as a||| |Explanation
of any
uncertainties
about||||||the||going concern.|||| |charity||continuing|||as a||||||| |oin|concern||||||||||| ## |You ma
choose to include|You ma
choose to include|You ma
choose to include|further state|ments
where|relevant|abo|ut:|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |The charity's
principal
sources offunds (including|||Para 1.47|||||| |an
fundraisin||||||||| |Investment
policy and
objectives including
any|||Para 1.46|||||| |social investment
policy||||||||| |ado ted||||||||| |||||The trustees
have||assessed the risks the charity faces and||| |A description|ofthe|||have taken measures|||to manage them.|The risks are| |principal
risks|facing|the|Para 1.46|reviewed|regularly|at|board meetings
and trustees are|| |charity||||satisfied|that systems||are in place to manage the risks that|| |||||have been identified.|||Finances are kept|under regular| |||||review,|insurance|cover is in place, and||policies are| |||||reviewed|annuall|.||| |Other||||||||| ## |Description
ofcharity's|Description
ofcharity's||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |trusts|||||||||||| |||Para 1.25|The governing|document|||is a constitution.||||| |Type of governing|||||||||||| |document|||||||||||| |||Para 1.25|The charity is|constituted|||as a charitable||incorporated||| |How is the charity|||organisation.||||||||| |constituted?|||||||||||| |||Para 1.25|The existing trustees|||are|responsible|for|the recruitment||of| |Trustee selection|||new trustees|through||an|election process,|||in line with the|| |methods
including|details||process outlined||within the governing|||document.|||| |of any constitutional|||||||||||| |provisions e.g. election|||||||||||| |to post or name of|any||||||||||| |person or body entitled|||||||||||| |to appoint one or more|||||||||||| |trustees|||||||||||| |Additional|Additional|information|(optional)|| |---|---|---|---|---| |You ma||choose to include further||statements
where relevant
about| ||||Para 1.51|Following
appointment
to the board, trustees
are given a| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction||||copy ofthe constitution,
trustee job description,
skills matrix
and
publications
from
the
Charity
Commission.
This| |and training|oftrustees|||ensures
that new trustees
are aware of the scope of their| |||||responsibilities
under the Charities Act.| ||||Para 1.51|The charity is managed
by a board oftrustees.| |The charity's||||Volunteers
assist with organising
and running
activities.| |organisational||structure||Great Places has assisted
with governance
ofthe CIO and| |and any wider||network||has handed
over management
ofthe community
centre to| |with which the||charity||the board of trustees.
The Charity
are also a member
of| |works||||Oldham
Community
Centre network
coordinated
by Action| |||||Together.| ||||Para 1.51|The
Primrose
Community
Association
oversees
the| |Relationship|with any|||Oldham
Council owned Primrose Community
Centre, which| |related parties||||is managed
by Great Places Housing Association
by way of| |||||a PFI contract.
Great Places commit resources to support| |||||the Charity with governance
as well as take the lead role in| |||||monitoring
the
Primrose
Centres
building
safety| |||||compliance.
Two
members
of Great
Places
staff
are| |||||members
ofthe board oftrustees.| |Other||||| ## |Charit|name|||Primrose|Bank Communit|Association| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Other name the charit|||uses|None||| |Re istered charit||number||1181125||| |Charity's|principal|address||9Magnolia Gardens||| |||||Oldham||| |||||OL8 1HX||| ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ||FO|RTHE|Y|EAR ENDED 3|1 MARCH 202|1|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total| |||||Funds|Funds|Funds|Funds| |||||01/04/20 to|01/04/20 to|01/04/20 to|11/12/18 to| |||||31/03/21|31/03/21|31/03/21|31/03/20| |||Notes|||||| |RECEIPTS|||||||| |Room Hire||||570||570|17,837| |Authority
Hours|||||||9,750| |Grants|||2|9,980||9,980|1,000| |Sundries|||||||4,222| |Other Income|||3|13634||13634|206| |TOTAL RECEIPTS||||24,184||24,164|33,015| |PAYMENTS|||||||| |Room Hire (Refunds)||||45||45|| |Skills Training|||||||272| |Insurance||||700||700|730| |Licences||||180||180|598| |Centre Maintenance||||4,297||4,297|2,904| |Fixtures &Fittings|||||||430| |Computer
Equipment|& Software|||447||447|2,020| |Laptops for Local Schools||||2,388||2,388|| |Printing
&,Stationery|||||||207| |Refreshments|||||||29| |Electricity||||1,216||1,216|2,890| |Gas||||3,649||3,649|(4,148)| |Telephone &Internet||||270||270|220| |Window Cleaning|||||||540| |Cleaning &Supplies||||382||382|2,704| |Social Media &Marketing|||||||5,372| |Accountancy
Fees||||450||450|195| |Emergency Food Supplies
Centre Funded Activities|||||||1,000
1,519| |Primrose Bank Funding (Grants)||||9,345||9,345|7,689| |Sundries||||100||100|1 536| |TOTAL PAYMENTS||||23,469||23,469|26,707| |Net ofreceipts/(payments)||||715||715|6@08| |Cash funds as at31March 2020||||67,288||67,288|60,980| |Cash funds as at31March 2021|||||||| ## ## ## ||||FORTHE YEAR ENDED 31MARCH 202|1| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||Total Funds| |||||as at31| |||||March 2021| |CASH FUNDS||||| |Bank Account||||68,003| |Petty Cash||||| |||||MJHQ| |LIABILITIES||||| |Accountancy
Fees (Independent
Additional
Accountancy
Work|||Examination —11/12/18 to 31/03/20)
(11/12/18 to 31/03/20)|625
90| |Accountancy|Fees (Independent||Examination —01/04/20 to 31/03/21)|455| ## ## ## ## ## |||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |||Funds|Funds|Funds|Funds| |||01/04/20 to|01/04/20 to|01/04/20 to|11/12/18 to| |||31/03/21|31/03/21|31/03/21|31/03/20| |National|Lottery||||| |(Older Persons Activities)||9,980||9,980|| |OMBC||~9M|||1 000
~$9| |ther Income|||||| |||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total| |||Funds|Funds|Funds|Funds| |||01/04/20 to|01/04/20 to|01/04/20 to|11/12/18 to| |||31/03/21|31/03/21|31/03/21|31/03/20| |Great Places (Residents Conference)||4,329||4/29|| |Great Places (Centre Maintenance)||3,555||3,555|| |Action|Together Covid Crisis Support|5,750||5,750|| |Refunds|Received||||| |Miscellaneous|||||206| ## ## ## ## |4.|Primrose Bank Funding|Primrose Bank Funding|(Grants Issued)
Unrestricted|(Grants Issued)
Unrestricted||Restricted|Total|Total| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||Funds||Funds|Funds|Funds| |||||01/04/20 to||01/04/20 to|01/04/20 to|11/12/18 to| |||||31/03/21||31/03/21|31/03/21|31/03/20| ||Action Together Covid Crisis Support|||7,500|||7,500|| ||Crucial Crew Community||Safety Event|500|||500|| ||Great Places (Covid|Response)||845|||845|| ||Ready Steady Cook|Project Group||500|||500|| ||Green Fingers Home|Provision||||||100| ||IfOldham
Homeless|Provision||||||1,860| ||StPeters Partnership|Creche||||||330| ||Great Places Community||Fund|||||646| ||Oldham
Athletics|||||||1,599| ||Sewing Group|||||||500| ||Sawn Furniture
Recycle|||||||500| ||UKEFF Healthy Eating|||||||1,000| ||Tudor Football Pitch|||||||171| ||Peaceful Minds|||||||500| ||Ladies Group|||||||293| ||WEA Transport
Expenses|||||||190| |5.|Fund Analysis|||||||| |||||Opening Balance||Receipts|Payments|Closing Balance| ||||||as at|||as at| ||Fund Name|||31March|2020|||31March 2021| ||Unrestricted
Funds|||67/88||24,184|(23,469)|68,003| ||Restricted Funds|||||||| ||Total Funds||||||||