| Trustees' Annual |
Trustees' Annual |
Report | Report | for the period | ||
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| Period start date | Period end date | |||||
| From | Day Month 1 April |
Year [2020 |
TO | Day ~Month Year 31 ~March +2021 |
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| Charity name | Y | Cwmni Siarad /The Talking Company |
| Names ofthe chari | ty trustees who man | age the chari | ty | |||
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| Trustee name | Offlce iif any) | Dates acted ar |
ifnct for whole | Name tc a |
cfperson (or body) entitled oint trustee if an |
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| Janet Dewes | Chair | Appointed | 15/02/2019 | |||
| Julie Dykes | Deputy Chair | Appointed | 15/02/2019 | |||
| John Evans | Resigned | 25/02/2021 | ||||
| Ffion Roberts | Appointed | 02/05/2019 | ||||
| Liam Gilgar | Secretary | Resigned | 19/08/2021 | |||
| Charlotte Simpson |
Chair of Business | Appointed | 22/08/2019 | |||
| and finance sub- | ||||||
| gl'oup | ||||||
| Ynyr Merfyn | Finance Director | Appointed | 27/02/2020 | |||
| Andrew Canham |
Resigned | 01/10/2020 | ||||
| David Bayliss | Resigned | 20/10/2020 |
| YCS exists to provide a low-cost counselling service to |
people who | people who | ||||
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| Summary ofthe |
main | cannot otherwise afford toaccess counselling. It is our |
intention | to | ||
| activities undertaken for the |
provide and tell people about our affordable service. We offer low-cost | |||||
| public benefit | in | relation to | counselling online as well as face to face. |
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| these objects | (include within | |||||
| this section the statutory | The trustees confirm that they had had due regard to the Charity |
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| declaration that |
trustees | have | Commission's guidance on public benefit when planning |
the activities of | ||
| had regard to | the guidance | the charity. | ||||
| issued by the |
Charity | |||||
| Commission on |
public | During 2020 our offices have been closed for much ofthe year and we | ||||
| benefit) | changed our service to offer online counselling for people who could |
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| access our online provision. | ||||||
| Additional details ofobjectives |
and activities (Optional information) |
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| further statements, | where | |||||
| relevant, about: |
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| ~ policy on grantmaking; |
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| Summary ofthe main achievements ofthe charity during the year |
In 2019,YCS moved to larger premises with the aim ofexpanding our low-cost services to more people. We have some grant funding and took this opportunity to expand and give ourselves time to introduce other counselling services that would generate income so we could work |
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| towards financial sustainability. However, 2020 has had |
a huge | impact on | ||||
| our vision for these changes | ||||||
| During 2020, YCS has found a need to react to an unprecedented | ||||||
| pandemic. Our offices, and hence our services, closed |
in March | 2020. | ||||
| We chose to offer our service online with counsellors that were qualified |
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| enough to provide this service. | ||||||
| With the chance to reopen our offices, we invested in systems to ensure |
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| our offices are safe to practice and have developed and |
follow a | robust | ||||
| COIVD risk assessment. We successfully opened the office for the |
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| autumn of2020 but, unfortunately, closed our offices again Christmas |
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| 2020 until April 2021.We are now open once a week forface to | face | |||||
| counselling. |
| Year End | ed 31 March | 2021 | |||||
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| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total | Total | ||||
| Funds | Funds | 2021 | 2020 | ||||
| INCOME | |||||||
| Grant income | 99,713 | 99,713 | 44,013 | ||||
| Client fees | 13,055 | 13,055 | 10,770 | ||||
| Room rental | 1,110 | 1,110 | 552 | ||||
| Donations | 148 | 148 | |||||
| Funds transferred | from predecessorcompany | 10,385 | 10,385 | 63,456 | |||
| 24,698 | 99,713 | 124,410 | 118,791 | ||||
| EXPENDITURE | |||||||
| StaffCosts | 10,468 | 37,043 | 47,512 | 26,064 | |||
| Volunteer/Clinical | Supervision | 2,835 | 2,835 | 3,250 | |||
| .Rent | 16,000 | 16,000 | 10,314 | ||||
| Rates | 1,295 | 1,295 | 925 | ||||
| LightS Heat | 452 | 462 | 374 | ||||
| Ins erance | 2,268 | 2,268 | 384 | ||||
| Phone/Broadband | 1,153 | 1,153 | 775 | ||||
| IT,website and other related expenditure | 5,309 | 2,183 | 7,491 | ||||
| Repairs, maintenance & |
cleaning | 1,059 | 317 | 1,376 | 353 | ||
| Admin, printing, postage |
&stationery | 213 | 257 | 1,656 | |||
| Travel | 155 | ||||||
| Training | 585 | 685 | 110 | ||||
| Legal &Professional | 1,102 | 1,102 | 2,572 | ||||
| Furniture | 120 | 700 | 820 | ||||
| Charges on clientfees |
24 | ||||||
| Governance | 40 | 278 | 318 | 267 | |||
| Covid related | expenditure | -PPEetc | 3,319 | 3,319 | |||
| Office fit out costs | 7,877 | ||||||
| Client Management | System | 2,592 | 2,6$2 | 2,592 | |||
| 23,478 | 65,996 | 89,474 | 57,692 | ||||
| Transfers between |
funds | 10 | (10) | ||||
| NET MOVEMENT IN |
FUNDS | 11231 | 33,706 | 34,937 | 61,099 | ||
| CASH FUNDS BROUGHT | FORWARD | 28,094 | 33,005 | 61,0$9 | |||
| CASH FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD | 29,314 | 66,722 | 96,036 | 61,099 |
| FUND BALANCES | |||||||
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| Balance at | Balance at | ||||||
| 1April2020 | Income | Expenditure | Transfers | 31 fifiar 2021 | |||
| 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||
| Unrestricted Funds |
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| General Fund |
28,094 | 24,698 | (23,478) | 10 | 29,324 | ||
| 28,094 | 24,598 | ' (23,478) | 10 | 29,324 | |||
| Restricted Funds | |||||||
| Big Lottery Community | Fund | 40,587 | 48,213 | (54,231) | 34,669 | ||
| Big LotteryAdditional | Grant | 21,000 | (8,285) | 12,714 | |||
| The Clothworker's | Foundation | (7,582) | 8,500 | 818 | |||
| Community Foundation |
Wales | 21,000 | (2,490) | 18,510 | |||
| BAVO Covid Grant | 1,000 | (990) | (10) | ||||
| 33,005 | 99,713 | (65,995) | (10) | 66,'711 | |||
| 61,099 | 124,410 | (89,474) | 96,036 |