COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 08441190 CHARrrY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1181812 The Lymm Sanctuary Hub Limited Company Limited by Guarantee Unaudited Financial Statements 31 December 2022 The Lymm Sanctuary Hub Limited C¢xnpany Limited by Guarantee Financial Statements Year ended 31 December 2022 Page Trustees, annual report (incorporab"ng the d1￿CtorS report) Statement of financial activrties (including income and expenditure account} ststement of financial position Notes to the financial statements Independent Examinerfs Report 16 Trusto09' Annual Report (incorporating Directors. Report) 2022 1. Objactivos and A¢tl¥ltlos Lymm Sanctuary Hub ILSHI, based ifi the Lymm LitrAary Annexe. provides a range of communty services to local people, in¢JudirYJ those vnth r￿d5, the yoL￿g, elderty and vulnerable. Our ¢harilable objecls are lo promote any chartsble purFK•se for the benefft of the community as the trustees see fft in parb¢ular Ixrt not exclusN* by the following means: To proviije infomiatson aThJ advi￿ to people in need. especi*ty the eklerly, through a drop-in centre and workshops. de*gned to cover au areas of need that they may fa￿. To provide an affordable tx)unselling seNice for those wrth mental health and relational issues and support to those wrth dementsa. To provide a mentorfng arKI tuth.on serv*e for youNJ people and adult8. To provide a support nehwoth and se￿￿ for y(MJng famllie8. patt"cularfy those new to Ihe village arKI those vAthout l(xal lamlty supprt and to those who find themselve8 isolate(l after breakdown In famlly relationships. To prowde financial courrfel¥)g and advice serv￿8 to those Strugglkng wth thelr finances and those in debt. LSH has Iwo operats'ng 8ubs6di8rth.. Lymm ￿91￿$$ Centre Ltd {Reg. No. 11480852} prowde5 affordable office ¥pa¢8 and hot.de$knng, evenVm&b"n9 room spae• and busintss 8UPWt semces from ils base on first floor of the Lymm kn"brary Annexe. Sanctuary Café Lymm CIC (Reg. No. 118614821 ts an ecumenKal. Communty-based inify'abve, 8UPWted by the ¢hurches in the LynTh a￿a. whKh prowdes hlah quality fotsd, drinks and cakes at le8￿nable and also selk.ng books. cards and gffts. It is basgd in Ihe Lymm Unlted Reforn￿d Chuw* Hall adiaeent to tho Lymm Library. 2. Achlw•m•nts and prlomi*nc• In 2022 Our priorities during 2022 were to Con801￿#te and further improve existing communrty projeclg whilst working on Ihe fulufe tjevdopment of (wr acb"vib"e$ aimed at building a Stronger. more re8ili8nt community which empowers people to ¢)vercome thelr problems and INe tjetter lives. In May, we appointed Joyce Murdoch as Communty Projects cWdinat￿ lo Ihi$ work fvnded by the Awards for ￿1 gvanl. She W0￿ed the leaders of all ow community projects to understond their a¢tNrttes and lo provide guidance ￿ their future developrrtht and fvndiNJ opportunth'es. She also led our engagement wth the communty Mi Lymm and the surrounding area to raise awareness of the Hub's actNrtie8 to Idenbfy new communty projects which meet our objectNes. This included production of our rI￿￿etter or9ani$8tK>n of a serie8 of community engagement sesS￿nS in the Hub and Library In terms of our exi￿Ing prciects. the Mem¢xy Café c£ntinued to Iyernte successfulty in the United Relormed Church wth 11$ ￿gUlar fortnighty Sessio￿ and has introduced 'Singing for the 8r8in' sessions on attemala weeks whth have proved very popular. A grant of£600 was sKured from Barchester Chariknes to continue these se$$￿$ fc* next months. Th& IT4AI project was renamed the'Digrt* Café, and opthated every Thursday aftemoon in Lymm Library with support from our team of volunleers. Comprehensive records of dienl feedback a￿ kept and this has been very [￿￿1¥*. A mress report to the funder. Cheshire Communty Fou￿¥bOn, was submitted in June vthich C(￿fim7ed results and project ex[￿j￿ t￿date and explained htm the rest of the funding was gtyng to be Spent. The Counselling Service delIve￿d 171 C￿nse[lIng ￿siOnS to 31 dients over the year. The te8m con$isted of an average of 4 volunteer counsellors at any one tine. an assessor. a supervisor and line manager. OUT line manager, Deb Inst(￿. left in o￿ober and was repLac&J by another eX￿rIenCed ¢ounselkY. Jeanette Baff from LyrrTh Baptist Church. ￿ are very grat￿ul to Deb for seth'n*up the SeThi¢¢ and wnning it so $￿CeSs￿lty over the past few years. During the year. LSH has prowded administrab"on. n¥rketing and financial support lo the Lymm Environmental Adion Forum (LEAF). an umfAella ￿gan￿1￿)n represenb'ThJ a wide range of local ronmental groups. whth wovth5 inf(miati(x) at>J athe to resthnts to help them to reduce thw Carbon footprints. A series of events were delNered covering energy. wastelrecycling, fc*)d aN1 transport and an orienteeriThJ event was held in cokboration with Friends of Spud w￿d. A Green Chnstsnas Fair in collaboration with the Wamngton Unrtwj Refomied Church IURC) Pastorate wa$ held ¢)n No¥embw at Lymm URC. Lymrn Parish Councd has kv¥Jty FKovkJgJ a gr*rt of £l.000 towards the costs of delNeriNJ these everrts. We conb.nued to deltver frozen meals from the Santhary Café lo a small number of Lymm resKlents who are tn need and are appreciative ofthe seryice and the WLs1¥ contsct. LSH supported the inrtwbve in Lymm to help Ukrafft￿n Refugees have been placed wth l¢xal families and in the PYOViSM)n ol huManit￿.an ah1. This has Induded SettIn￿Up Just Gfvlng pages to collect donats'ons arKI managing the distr*Jrsement of funds. English language lessms were delNered the Hub and fuThJs have bew) used for book8 and materlals. The communty eTrJagement id8ntsfi8d some wijrity areas for fuiure develoF4nenl Including 8ethn*up'. a Befriending Scheme to Supwrt membern of our comnwnty WI￿ are partlcularty vulnerable and isolated by offerng weekty contsct and spottiTr3 areas of concem before they develop lo sis point. The need for this has arisen from our wlyk to support the Leave No One Behind in Lymm Meals Scheme during the pandemic whkh Invofved regular contact wilh yuch people; a support group for parents and ￿rerS of thildren & ywtvj poop￿ with SpecL41 Edu>lonal Needs. Towards the end ofthe year. we worked ￿ a proposal to desyn, land8cape and malntsln th¢ unu88d garden area beside Lymm Library lo create a wnmunty garden wth a mem￿181, ¥en$ory and edUcat￿n01 remrt. This Thluded the Inslalk¢*Jn of the Lymm Tree- a sc4ar-prywergd lit up tree compri￿n9 wire trame and a $￿e of rAcKhet squares madè ty ￿ communty. Funding for th• project ha¥ been raised from a variety of sources including a Pansh Council grnnt and Just Giving donats"on8. The Tree arKI a Chrtslmas-themed skngve w*rè COMp￿d In time for an offtial opening earty in December 2022. During the latter of the year. we thvthped a mw fimdin9 ap￿1¢alion to the Blg Lottery's Reaching coMr￿nit￿ Fund with help from waning￿ Voluntsry ActK)n. This covered core and prolgct fvnding for our ¢)Jmmunrty work over a >year perirAI and was SLtbmJtted earty in DKember folithving a successful in￿"al Submission earlw in the year. 3. Flnanclal Rv4l•w The total income for the year wa8 £56.027 whith was comprised 01 £35.954 in ￿nated time by volunteers and provKlers of prOfe￿Onal wvices. £15.626 grnnts & donatb)ns and £4,447 from the coun¥elling service. sundry income and wofft fri>m sub8•Jiaries. Totsl expenditure was £74.756 Y4tKh conyised £35.952 in donated time from volunteers and provhleTS of wolessional seNces. £23,714 in (*roct prr4e¢ls c¢)sts. £9,870 in admiristratvjn wages and £5,220 in other expendrture. The overall 1088 for the year was £18,729 was antK*ed 8rte the two major roceived durlng the previous year were belng $FWtt- £9,984 from Awards for Ml for our Communrty Proj'ects c￿ordinal0r costs and £9.998 Imm Cheshire ComnwThty F$>JrK1atK￿ for Digrtal Café proj 4. Curr•Trt ActlvSttgs We were delighted lo kam at the start of the year that we were 8U¢LX$8ful wrfh our Reaching Communrtie5 ftjnding applicab'on for our communty ac*vths. This provides a grant of£53,578 for 2023 towards the costs of employir¥J r*w stsff {see bel(ywl, srte expenses and project (>)st$. Further grant nding will be provided for the folirnw.ng Iwo years. Our Communrty Projects Manager has introduced a system to record prqect informatKJn to enabk us to report on acb.vtrs ￿￿dIng the numbers of beneficiaries and vdunteeryJ. aitPLrts and beneffts athieved. Our projects. which have been running tr a years. continue to ￿ well.. Memory Café.. Cathy Wamer. a recentty retired stale mental health nu￿. has taken over from Alison Summersfield to C(￿rdInate the group. The C* was awarded fvnding by Vlarrington Borough Council and Grappenhall Parish CwfKil to hokl a Coronabon Tea Paty in May. Over 40 people guests and carers attended alongside Truslees and extemal stskeholders induding the Dementia Nets¥ork. Other MenK)ry Café themes have indu¢Jed Austral￿ Day, Valentines Day, Holidays, Pets and Memories. Singing tsthe Brain's leader. Elk)IL is ncm running the sessicM)s ¢)n altemate Thursday aftemoons in the Sanctuary Café rather than the Church and this is working weil atthough the impact on regular Café ¢ustomeTS needs to be C￿lUIty monitored. The group received funding recentty from the Barchestercharrtable FourKla1￿) and has used the moneyto buy instruments Counselling.. Jeannette Barr has been d￿n9 a huge #mount of work behind the scene8 10 streamline pcAic*s an¢J Pr¢￿edUreS and to make everything acctsyible to counsellors. The Counselling seThice also has a new venue. Ilw are r￿1 working in the vesty in the Unrted Refomed Churth which L8 much more oppropnate than the COMr￿nIty Events Room in the Hub. On-line counselling seswons continue to be delNered. The Digrtal Café ¢cotinu8s to meet weekty in tr* Lilxary. ￿￿ts vffjrt 8ach ￿￿th along vnth a number of people who make retum visrts. The Café is very well established 8n¢J 5￿cessfUl. Vdunteern are now wnniry n￿￿thty bjtorial sessions alongside the regular dro*in 5UPPOrt service. Toptcs have ￿dUded usng comparison price websrtes. I￿tening lo muslc and Using m8P8. Lymm Envwonm•ntsl Action Fc*um {LEAF)'. Events this year have covered I0￿c8 on energy, re¢yclng and food. LEAF had a slall at the Eu) Event at St Mary's Church hall ¢)n 16 Juty along wrth other Stall holders including Fairtrade, U3A. Cwp Soft plasb"c recycling and St Mary's crafts. An event on elhscal finance is planned for laler this year. LEAF hos applled for further funding from the Parish CouncAI to train volunteers to carry (yjt th)mests'c engrgy effrAency audlts and lo raise awareneBS of its acbvitses. Our project8 have been la￿Khed dwing th• year. LYn￿Pac {Lymm Parents and Cww¥l'. ThL8 group wa8 establish￿ in r8spon8e to an aFproath by a mgmber of our communty to h* families who have children with special educational needs. It receNed a lot of support at our Communty Matters engagement events in September 2022. A working paty was fomled, porents of children at primary Schools were consultèd and we worked with SENCOS in kKal vA)o gave athiu and agreed to signpost parents of hiklrèn on SEN to us. The gYOUP Lawched in March 2023. Feedback from participantg has be8n very encouragw. wrth one pernon tdling U$ that the grrAJP ha8 given her tr* confidence to approach her chihj's school to query the provtsion they have made as she feels tt 18 inappropriate. The Lymm Cc*npani￿$ (fLCI.' This wry'ect wo8e from Leave No One Behind in Lymm. whiGh w#$ f(fft)ed a$ a response to the pandenx kn 2020r21. to iupport Vulnerab￿ ond isolated restdents. We agreed to Nn a small pik)t projeca lastsng 8- 12 woeks initkilly so that we could bjentfy need. work with familiar and expmnced wsunleers and devew polkies and prc¢edures. We have receNed from the Gc(#J Newhbjurn Scheme in Warrington and the Rea¢h Fomity Projed in Bolton. The w.lot prLyect was delayed bec8use of a drfficuNy in recwthng experienced voluntews frrmn Leave No or￿ Behind in Lymm but eventualty started in May 2023. Anna Leaver hasagreed to be the projed lealwith Kirsty James and Joyce Murdoch providing support. Lymm Communty Garden.. The Lynvn Tree sleeve ha5 been changed trj commemorate Easter and then the Coron8tK)n with a Rememtfance Day wppy sleeve due lo be added soofi. Large vrt>oden rnised planters have been ¢onsIn￿. lined. filled with composl and planleil with shrub$ and fflcwers to create dispkys In tlme for the CoronatKJn and thmwJhout thè summer. A in water collec11￿ system has been In￿￿ted to F￿￿de water M site. A patso has been constructed 8nd a btyder diway has been planted. More work indude a comer planter. which wil have an environmental theme, grnvel and small pknters aknng the front wall of the library to go wth tench seab.ng and irrfixrnati￿ plaques on the front of planters covering top'cs such as recydiry. edible p1anW9rtr￿g and the mem￿121 dL8play. On the stsffing front. Sanah Bulhari. our Office AdmiThstrator. left us al the end of August to pursue her academic interests. Sanah has been a gr&* asset to the BUS￿esS Centre and to our communty projects where She has been an enthU￿th.¢ and frwylty contributor. Two new community project posts have been •Jvertised and Tecruited. 80th roles are part bme and both succe5$ful candidates live in the village. Ceri Chamberlain is our rtw Volunteer ctr0rdir￿tOf and started work with us in June and Sally Mbouwa. our Admini8trntK*n Assistsnt, started in Juty. Ceri and Sally will support the regular project sessions in the Hub, the Church and the Café. Both posts are nded by the Rexhng Commur4t*s grant and w￿1 be rFwrtag&J by the Communrty Projects Manager, Joyce Murd¢xh. We are pleased to announce thatwe ha¥e a new athJitiM Ol￿r Board ofTNstee8. The appointrnent of Cathy Wamer, our Memory Café cc￿OrdInat0r, was aprAoved al our Board meeting on June 19. Cathy brings a weatth of expenen¢e of workn.ng wrth wellbeing and heatth 5eThices in Warriwn and In the developxnenl of polic￿5 and procedu￿$. We have devgksped a rnarkeling plan for ￿ C¢Jmmmty Prc4'e¢ts to ensure that Hub wojects are re¢ognisable to the community and each has rts own lI￿r that ffts Into the overall format. We are using the new fom)at ftx all marketiry in local press, on v￿lage nots.ce boards and online. We are also in the proce8s of buildirvj o new web8rte for th& Hub. The Lymm Sanctuary Hub Limited Company Limited by Guarants8 Ststsment of Financial Activities (including income and expendliure account) Year ended 31 December 2022 Un[￿In"L#e￿ Re$￿e& 2022 2021 funds fttnds Tolal fund• Totsl fund8 Donations and granls 18.120 3.750 697 33.460 51.580 3.750 697 56.272 1,650 Charitable acbvities Other trading activibes Total Income 22.567 33.460 56.027 58,806 Ex￿ndit￿￿ Expendtture on charitsble ac*vth'es Other expendrture Total •xp•ndlturn (9 10 {19.662) 115.090) 134.7521 (38,966) {1,038) 140.0041 {58,6281 {16,7281 (74.7561 {45,9631 (8.141} 154,1041 N•t Incom• {12,185) {6.$441 118.729} 4.702 Not movem•nt In funds 112.1851 (6.5441 {18.729) 4,702 Roconclllatlon of fvnd8 T¢Y4 funds broughl fopward Total funth urrl•d foThMrd 29,699 17.514 20.917 14.373 50,616 31,887 4,702 The statement of financ￿1 acovlb'es ir￿￿leS 811 gains and lo#se8 recogni$ed in the yew. All income and expenditure denve from C￿lInUing ac15vilies. Th• nots% on pago• 7 to 15 fr)nn p•rt of11￿ financial •latsments. The Lymm Sanctuary Hub Limited Company Limited by Guardntse Slatement of Financial Position 31 December 2022 2022 2021 Flxod assets Tangible fixed assets Investrnents 13 8.127 8.127 Curr8nl assets Cash al bank and In hand 4,146 28.354 Debtors Amunts owed by group (>Jmpanles 39,BS2 5fy) 20,102 500 Crndltor•: amounts f•lllTrg du• ￿￿thIn on• y•ar A¢¢ruals Anw)unts owed to group companies PAYE 19.900 1.671 47T N•t ¢urY•nt ass￿￿ 22,927 31.887 22,387 50,616 Total 4•80ts l••s curr•nt Ilabillti8• Funds of tho charlty Restricted funds Unrestricted fvnds 14,373 17,514 20.917 29.699 Totsl charlty fvnd• 14 31.887 50,616 For the year ending 31 December 2022 chanty was entilled to exempoon from audit under 8ectH 477 of the Companles Act 20C6 relob'ng to smam companles. Directorg, respon8ibilibes'. The members have not required the cc¥npary to obl*n an audbt of rts fin￿1 slatements for the year in question in accc*dan¢e wrth 476". The directors a&*TryMedge th¥ir respcThibilrtM for comptyingwith the requirements ofthe Acl w￿h ie8pe¢t lo accounting rewds arKI the preparalion of finanual 8tatemenl8. These financial Statements have been prep*ed w) with the provisions appltcable to companies subpct to the small companw, regime. These financial statements were approved by Ihe boarwj of trustees and ou#¥)ri¥ed for i$8ue on 20 Seplember 2022, and.* on behalfofthe board by: Tnjstee The Lymm Sanctuary Hub Limited Company Limited by Guarants8 Notss to the Financial Statements Year ended 31 December 2022 G8noral Infomiation The charity ts a Fxtblic b&nefft entty an¢J a private comp￿ Imited ty guarantge, registered in England and Wales and a reglstered tharty in England and wa￿5. The address ol the registered office is Office 16. Hamilton Da¥￿ House.117 Road. M44 58G. St•t•m•nl of compll4n¢• These financial statements have been wepared in c(rfnpIlan￿ FRS 102. The Fin￿¢￿*1 Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Re￿bI￿ of Ireland., the Statement of Recommended Practw applicable to tharbtios woparing thwr accounts in accordance wrth the Financial Re￿￿n9 Stsndard appl￿ble in the UK and Republ￿ of Ireland IFRS 1021 (Charities SORP IFRS 102)) and Ihe c￿pan￿ Act 2006. Accountlng pollcl•B 8a•l• ol prop•ratlon Thè financial Statem￿ have b8en prepared on the hISt￿lCa1 ¢)Jst basis, as modffied by the revaluation of certain finanual asyets and •rKI investment propert*s meayured at fair value through income or eXpen￿rtU￿. The )Inon¢ial Ststem￿S are prepwed in stsrlTrJ. wthich is the fvnciwal currency ofthe enlty. Golng c¢)K•m There are no materiol Y￿rtaintI￿ aboLrt Ihe ¢hty's abihty to c(rtinw. Fund •ccounllng Unre$lrict•d fijnds are avail•t4e for use at the discrebon of the trLAtee8 to furtlw any of th¢ chanty's purposes. Designated fimds are unrestrkted funds e•M￿rked by Ihe tr￿tte$ for pathlar ftrtur• FXOJ•Ct or comMitr￿nt. Restricted funds are wbjected lo restr￿*￿￿ ontheirexpendrtwe declared by the dc4)or orthrough the terms ofan appeal. and fall into one oflwo su￿la￿.. restr¢ted inwme funds or endowment funds. The Lymm Sanctuary Hub Limited Company Limited by Guardntse Notss to the Financial Statements Year ended 31 December 2022 Incomlng w•sour All incoming resourc9¥ are induded fft the statsment of finawal activibes when enbuemenl ha$ passed lo the chanty; rt 15 probable that the econom￿ benefits assc¢iated with the transactk)n will flow to the charty and the ar￿ljnt can be rel￿bty measured. The follw'ng specffic policies are appl￿d to part1￿Mar categoiies of in¢(￿e.. irwme from donats'ons or grants is recognised when there is evthrKe of entrtlement to the grFt. receipt i8 wobabbe and its amoLmt can be Ir￿Sured rella￿y. legxy income is fecognised T*hen re¢eipt is probable and ertltlement is ￿tablIShed. income from (knated is measured at the fair value of th& goods unl6ss this is impractical to measure reliabty, in which case the value is derrie