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|Members ofthe Board and professional|advisers||
|Trustees Annual<br>Report||Insert|
|Independent<br>Exainination|||
|Receipts and Payments<br>Accounts|||
|Statement ofAssets and Liabilities|||
|Notes to the financial<br>statements||6-7|





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|Registered|Charity Name|Crossley Community|Crossley Community|Association|Association|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Charity Number||1182129||||
|Registered|Office|323 Denton Lane||||
|||Chadderton||||
|||Oldham||||
|||OL9 9GA||||
|Trustees||Ryan Smith (Chair)||||
|||Colin McLaren||||
|||Caron Withnell||||
|||Sonja Costello||||
|||Adul Zakariya||||
|||Mary Moulton||||
|||Joan Moran||||
|Members||Naseem Ahmed|(acting||Secretary)|
|||Sonya Khawaja||||
|||Hasna Begum||||
|||Karan Kaushal||||
|||Amina Stihl||||
|||Amanda<br>Mallitt||||
|||Shima Das||||
|Accountants||Community<br>Accounting|||Lancashire C.LC.|
|||Foxfields||||
|||9Norley Close||||
|||Chadderton||||
|||Oldham||||
|||OL1 2RA||||
|Bankers||Yorkshire Bank|(Virgin||Money)|
|||5-7 Chadderton|Precinct|||
|||Chadderton||||
|||Oldham||||
|||OL9 OLJ||||





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|||||reference|||
|Summary|of the purposes|||Para 1.17|To further or benefit the residents<br>ofCrossley,<br>Freehold and||
|ofthe charity||as set out in|||Chadderton<br>wards and the surrounding<br>neighbourhood<br>without||
|its governing||document|||distinction<br>ofsex, sexual orientation,<br>race, or of political,<br>religious<br>or other opinions<br>by associating<br>together the said residents<br>and the||
||||||Local Authorities,<br>voluntary<br>and other organisations<br>in a common||
||||||effort to advance education<br>and to provide facilities<br>in the interests||
||||||ofsocial welfare for recreation<br>and leisure time occupation,<br>with the||
||||||objective of improving<br>the conditions<br>of life for the residents.||
||||||In furtherance<br>ofthese objects but not otherwise,<br>the trustees<br>shall||
||||||have power to establish<br>or secure the establishment<br>ofa||
||||||community<br>centre and to maintain<br>or manage or co-operate<br>with||
||||||any statutory<br>authority<br>in the maintenance<br>and management<br>of<br>such a centre for activities promoted<br>by the charity<br>in furtherance|of|
||||||the above objects.<br>Nothing<br>in this constitution<br>shall authorise<br>an||
||||||application<br>ofthe property<br>of the CIO for the purposes<br>which are||
||||||not charitable.||
|Summary|of the main|||Para 1.17|The following<br>activities were running<br>at the centre prior to||
|activities|in relation to|||and 1.19|lockdown.||
|those purposes|||for the||||
|public benefit,<br>in particular,<br>the activities, projects or<br>services identified<br>in the<br>accounts.|||||Food Poverty<br>REEL CIC ran a weekly drop-in<br>providing<br>bags ofgroceries<br>supplied<br>by local supermarkets<br>to help eliminate<br>food poverty.<br>They have a large number<br>ofmembers<br>who attended<br>the sessions||
||||||and paid a small weekly subscription.||
||||||Health and wellbeing||
||||||PHAB- PHAB inspires<br>and supports<br>disabled<br>and non-disabled||
||||||children,<br>young people and adults to make more of life together.||
||||||Elections||
||||||Centre used for voting for local elections and hired by Oldham||
||||||Council.||





|Statement||confirming|confirming|confirming|||Para 1.18|The trustees have received guidance<br>issued<br>by the Charity|||
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|whether the trustees|||||have|||Commission<br>on public benefit.<br>The objects for which the charity||is|
|had regard||to|the|||||established<br>for the public benefit are:|||
|guidance|issued|||by|the||||||
|Charity Commission|||||on|||To continue<br>provide activities to increase skills, improve<br>health|and||
|public benefit||||||||wellbeing,<br>reduce social isolation and support people to improve|||
|||||||||their quality of life. Grants are available to groups and|||
|||||||||organisations<br>aiming to provide services for the public benefit|in||
|||||||||accordance<br>with our constitution.|||
|Additional||information||||(optional)|||||
|You ma|choose|||to|include||further statements<br>where relevant<br>about:||||
||||||||SORP||||
||||||||reference||||
|||||||||The Crossley Centre Community<br>Fund was established<br>to give up|||
|Policy on|grant making||||||Para 1.38|to F500financial<br>support to organisations<br>or groups who want <br>run activities or for individuals<br>who need help with accessing|to||
|||||||||employment<br>or education.<br>10%of the Crossley Centre surplus|||
|||||||||income is ring-fenced<br>for Community<br>Fund applicants,|||
|||||||||administered<br>by the trustees.<br>Once an application<br>form is received|||
|||||||||trustees either approve or disprove the application<br>and whether||it|
|||||||||should be funded.|||
|||||||||A number<br>ofthe groups that have been successful<br>in obtaining|||
|||||||||funding<br>include:|||
|||||||||~<br>Full Circle Youth Club —garnes and equipment<br>for youth club|||
|||||||||~<br>Crossley Sewing Group —materials<br>and equipment|||
|||||||||~<br>SAWN Furniture<br>Project|||
|||||||||~<br>Lansdowne<br>Communal<br>Group|||
|||||||||~<br>South Chadderton<br>Youth Group|||
|||||||||A number<br>of individuals<br>have been successful too.|||
|Policy on social<br>investment<br>including|||||||Para 1.38|The Charity<br>is developing<br>its social investment<br>policy in 2022, this<br>is due to the impact ofthe pandemic<br>which has had an adverse|||
|program|related|||||||effect on timescales|||
|investment|||||||||||
|||||||||Volunteers<br>are an invaluable<br>resource<br>in the day-to-day<br>running||of|
|Contribution<br>volunteers|||made by||||Para 1.38|the Crossley Community<br>Centre and are involved<br>in most ofthe<br>community<br>activities organised<br>by the board oftrustees<br>and Great<br>Places staff. Volunteers<br>also help with opening<br>and closing for|||
|||||||||private functions.|||
|||||||||Lynne Anderson,<br>a volunteer,<br>is offering support<br>with keeping|the||
|||||||||finances<br>up to date until a trustee is appointed<br>as Treasurer.|||
|||||||||The COVID-19 pandemic<br>has had an impact on the activities|||
|Other||||||||organised<br>by the trustees,<br>with no income since March 2020. <br>Crossley Centre closed on 17'"March 2020 and to date has|The||
|||||||||remained<br>closed.<br>A risk assessment<br>was drafted and approved||by|
|||||||||trustees,<br>but the centre and has remain closed.|||





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||||||SORP|||
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||||||reference|||
|Summary||ofthe main||||||
|achievements|||of|the||Volunteering||
|charity,|identifying|||the||The Association<br>and community<br>centre rely on volunteers||
|difference||the|charity's|||and these volunteers<br>have been vital in the running<br>ofthe||
|work has||made to the||||community<br>centre and on volunteers<br>as committee||
|circumstances|||of its||Para 1.20|members<br>when the centre first opened<br>its doors.<br>A||
|beneficiaries|||and|any||volunteer<br>coordinator was appointed<br>in 2017for a 12-month||
|wider benefits|||to|society.||role and coordinated<br>volunteers<br>in a variety ofroles||
|||||||including<br>office administration<br>and receptionist,<br>community||
|||||||consultation,<br>fundraising,<br>pop-up cafe, brunch<br>club, opening||
|||||||and closing centre for private functions. The next stage in||
|||||||the volunteers'<br>programme<br>will be to place volunteers<br>with||
|||||||employers<br>across Oldham<br>to give them work experience||
|||||||ESOLclasses (English for speakers ofother languages)||
|||||||English classes have been very popular<br>with the centre||
|||||||establishing<br>a relationship<br>with Lifelong Learning<br>(an||
|||||||educational<br>arm ofOldham<br>Council) and have given||
|||||||Internship<br>Programme<br>with Oldham<br>College||
|||||||The Association<br>gave opportunities<br>to students<br>with special||
|||||||needs to volunteer<br>at the community<br>centre. This||
|||||||programme<br>has built a strong relationship<br>with the||
|||||||Association<br>and discussions<br>have been taking place around||
|||||||future collaborations<br>on a variety of projects.||
|||||||Brunch Club||
|||||||The Brunch club has been a successful<br>activity that has||
|||||||engaged<br>parents<br>and children<br>since its inception<br>in 2017||
|||||||with a trustee<br>leading on the activity. Its focus is to promote||
|||||||healthy<br>and eating and exercise. It was initially set up to||
|||||||tackle holiday<br>hunger and has grown<br>into an activity that|is|
|||||||supported<br>by local school and businesses.||
|||||||Youth Club||
|||||||A youth club has been running<br>at the centre for three years||
|||||||and has engaged<br>with over seventy<br>children.<br>Through||
|||||||feedback from attendees<br>and the Peer Research Report||
|||||||future activities<br>will be centred around<br>self-development|and|
|||||||environmental<br>projects||





|Additional<br>information|(optional)||||
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|You ma<br>choose to include further statements||where relevant|about||
||The Centre was closed for the duration|||ofthe reports time|
||period due to the||Covid-19 pandemic.||
|Achievements<br>against|||||
|objectives set|Para 1.41||||
|Performance<br>of|||||
|fundraising<br>activities|||||
|against objectives set|Para 1.41||||
|Investment<br>performance|||||
|against objectives|Para 1.41||||
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|Review <br>financial|ofthe charity's<br>position at the|ofthe charity's<br>position at the|ofthe charity's<br>position at the|ofthe charity's<br>position at the|Para 1.21|We had a surplus<br>ofF10,663 in this financial<br>period, that<br>covered a full 12 month<br>from the 1"ofApril 2020 to the 31"|We had a surplus<br>ofF10,663 in this financial<br>period, that<br>covered a full 12 month<br>from the 1"ofApril 2020 to the 31"|
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|end ofthe||period||||of March 2021.<br>The total funds held as at the 31"of March 2021 were||
|||||||f66,533, being R1,000 restricted funds and f65,533||
|||||||unrestricted<br>funds (free reserves).||
|Statement<br>explaining<br>the<br>policy for holding<br>reserves<br>stating<br>why they are held|||||Para 1.22|The trustees<br>aim to build free reserves<br>in unrestricted<br>funds<br>at a level which equates to between three and six months<br>of<br>charitable<br>expenditure.<br>The charity's<br>main source of income||
|||||||is grants and donations.||
|Amount|of reserves|||held|Para 1.22|The CIO has adopted the following<br>policy regarding||
|||||||reserves:||
|||||||The trustees<br>have examined<br>the major strategic, business||
|||||||and operational<br>risks which the charity faces and confirm||
|||||||that systems<br>have been established<br>to enable regular||
|||||||reports to be produced so that the necessary steps can be||
|||||||taken to lessen these risks.||
|||||||A breakdown<br>of the calculation<br>for 3months essential||
|||||||expenditure<br>is: E1,690.00.||





|Reasons for holding zero|Para 1.22|N/A|||
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|reserves|||||
|Details offund materially|Para 1.24|N/A|||
|in deficit|||||
|Explanation<br>of any|Para 1.23|There are no uncertainties|for the charity continuing|as a|
|uncertainties<br>about the||going concern.|||
|charity continuing<br>as a|||||
|oin<br>concern|||||



|Additional<br>information|(optional)|(optional)||
|---|---|---|---|
|You ma<br>choose to include||further statements|where relevant about:|
|The charity's<br>principal||||
|sources offunds<br>(including||||
|any fundraising)||Para 1.47||
|Investment<br>policy and||||
|objectives<br>including<br>any||||
|social investment<br>policy||Para 1.46||
|adopted||||
|A description<br>of the||||
|principal<br>risks facing the||Para 1.46||
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|Structure, Governance<br>a|nd IIanagemen|t||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Description<br>of charity's||||||||
|trusts:||||||||
|Type ofgoverning|Para 1.25|Constitution||||||
|document||||||||
|ti Us( dBBd<br>I Qva', ch'-'. I'tBI )||||||||
|How is the charity|Para 1.25|CIO||||||
|constituted?||||||||
|I~ Q LIQIt'&C~& QQr iBJ||||||||
|assQc!BtIQIi, ~~!Ol<br>Trustee selection|Para 1.25|The existing||trustees are responsible|for the|recruitment|of|
|methods<br>including<br>details||new trustees||in line with the process|outlined|within the||
|of any constitutional||governing|document.|||||
|provisions e.g. election||||||||
|to post or name ofany||||||||
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|You ma||choose to|include further|statements<br>where relevant about|
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|||||Following<br>appointment<br>to the board, trustees<br>are given a|
|||||copy ofthe constitution,<br>trustee job description,<br>skills matrix|
|Policies and|procedures|||and<br>publications<br>from<br>the<br>Charity<br>Commission.<br>This|
|adopted for the induction||||ensures<br>that new trustees<br>are aware of the scope of their|
|and training|oftrustees||Para 1.51|responsibilities<br>under the Charities Act.|
|||||The charity is managed<br>by a board oftrustees.|
|||||Volunteers<br>assist with organising<br>and running<br>activities.|
|The charity's||||Great Places has assisted<br>with governance<br>ofthe CIO and|
|organisational||structure||has handed<br>over management<br>ofthe community<br>centre to|
|and any wider||network|Para 1.51|the board of trustees.<br>The Charity<br>are also a member<br>of|
|with which the||charity||Oldham<br>Community<br>Centre network<br>coordinated<br>by Action|
|works||||Together.|
|||||The<br>Crossley<br>Community<br>Association<br>run<br>the<br>Oldham|
|Relationship<br>with any<br>related parties|||Para 1.51|Council<br>owned<br>Crossley<br>Community<br>Centre,<br>which<br>is<br>managed<br>by Great Places Housing Association<br>by way of a|
|||||PFI contract.<br>Great Places commit resources to support the|
|||||Charity<br>with governance<br>as well as take the lead role<br>in|
|||||monitoring<br>the<br>Crossley<br>Centres<br>building<br>safety|
|||||compliance.<br>Two<br>members<br>of Great<br>Places<br>staff<br>are|
|||||members<br>of the board oftrustees.|
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|Referen|ce and A|dmin|istrative|details|||
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|Charit|name|||Crossle|Communit|Association|
|Other name the charit|||uses|None|||
|Re istered charit||number|||||
|Charity's|principal|address||323 Denton Lane|||
|||||Chadderton|||
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|Nam|es ofthe charity tr|es ofthe charity tr|ustees who manage th|e charity|||||
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||Trustee name||Office (ifany)|Dates acted ifnot for||Name ofperson||(or|
|||||whole year||body) entitled||to|
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|1|R an Smith||Chair||||||
|2|Naseem<br>Ahmad||Acting Secretary|Feb 2019—present|||||
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|3|Colin McLaren||Trustee|Feb2019- resent|||||
|4|Carol Withnell||Trustee|Feb 2019 — resent|||||
|5|Son'a Costello||Trustee|Feb 2019— resent|||||
|6|Son a Khwaa||Member|Feb 2019— resent|||||
|7|Abdul Zakari|a|Trustee|Feb 2019— resent|||||
|8|Ma<br>Moulton||Trustee|Feb 2019— resent|||||
|9|Joan Moran||Trustee|Feb 2019 — resent|||||
|10|Karan Kaushal||Member|Feb 2019 — resent|||||
|11|Hasna Be um||Member|Feb 2019 — resent|||||
|12|Amina<br>Stihi||Member|Feb 2019 — resent|||||
|13|Amanda<br>Mallitt||Member|Feb 2019 — resent|||||
|14|Shima Das||Member|Feb 2019— resent|||||









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||||01/04/20 to|01/04/20 to|01/04/20 to|19/02/19 to|
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|RECEIPTS|||||||
|Room Hire|||3,190||3,190|18,755|
|Authority<br>Hours<br>Grants|||9,994||9,994|5,200<br>1,958|
|Sundries||||||3,226|
|Other Income|||17195||17195|1 532|
|TOTAL RECEIPTS|||30@79||30@79|30,671|
|PAYMENTS|||||||
|Room Hire (Refunds)<br>Skills Training<br>Insurance|||305<br>660||305<br>660|520<br>1,413|
|Licences||||||832|
|Centre Maintenance|||125||125|942|
|Fixtures &Fittings<br>Computer<br>Equipment &Software|||443||443|1,188<br>2,446|
|Laptops for Local Schools<br>Printing & Stationery|||2,748<br>221||2,748<br>221|154|
|Refreshments||||||53|
|Electricity<br>Gas|||1,224<br>1,820||1,224<br>1,820|1,412<br>1,863|
|Water|||1,214||1,214|2,849|
|Telephone &Internet<br>Music Licence|||360||360|(246)|
|Alarm &Security System<br>Window Cleaning<br>Cleaning &Supplies<br>Trade Waste|||910<br>622<br>464||910<br>622<br>464|432<br>72<br>2,121<br>889|
|First Aid &Cover||||||27|
|Accountancy<br>Fees<br>Brunch Club||||||195<br>597|
|Garden Project<br>Centre Funded Activities||||||958<br>2,668|
|Crossley Funding<br>Sundries|(Grants)||8,600||8,600|5,332<br>1 144|
|TOTAL PAYMENTS|||19,716||19,716|27,061|
|Net ofreceipts/(payments)|||10,663||10,663|2,810|
|Cash funds as at|31March 2020||54,870|1,000|55,870|53,060|
|Cash funds as at|31March 2021||%+33||||





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|||||Total Funds|
|||||as at 31st|
|||||March 2021|
|CASH FUNDS|||||
|Bank Account||||66,533|
|Petty Cash|||||
|LIABILITIES|||||
|Accountancy|Fees (Independent||Examination —19/02/19 to 31/03/20)|625|
|Additional<br>Accountancy||Work|(19/02/19 to 31/03/20)|90|
|Accountancy|Fees (Independent||Examination —01/04/20 to 31/03/21)|455|



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|rants Received||||||
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|||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total|
|||Funds|Funds|Funds|Funds|
|||01/04/20 to|01/04/20 to|01/04/20 to|19/02/19 to|
|||31/03/21|31/03/21|31/03/21|31/03/20|
|National<br>Lottery<br>(Young Persons Activities)<br>Green Dividend||9,994<br>~994||9,994|1 958<br>~8|
|ther Income||||||
|||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total|
|||Funds|Funds|Funds|Funds|
|||01/04/20 to|01/04/20 to|01/04/20 to|19/02/19 to|
|||31/03/21|31/03/21|31/03/21|31/03/20|
|Local Restrictions<br>Support Grant*<br>Great Places (Youth Club)||10,000<br>1,980||10,000<br>1,980||
|Action Together Covid Crisis Support<br>Refunds Received||5,000<br>215||5,000<br>215||
|Miscellaneous|||||1 532<br>~532|



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|rossley Funding (Grants Issued)|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total|
||Funds|Funds|Funds|Funds|
||01/04/20 to|01/04/20 to|01/04/20 to|19/02/19 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<br>Safety Event|500||500||
|Christmas<br>Collection BoxContribution|100||100||
|Ready Steady Cook Project Group|500||500||
|Sawn Furniture<br>Recycling||||1,000|
|Green Finger Bus Pull for Homeless||||200|
|Wood Carvers Funding||||500|
|Hollingwood<br>Rugby Club<br>Mark Wood Local Resident ItFunding||||286<br>500|
|Oldham<br>Athletics||||1,840|
|Residents Group Garden Funding||||126|
|Sewing Group||||480|
|Creative Crossley Group||||400|



|||Opening Balance|Receipts|Payments|Closing Balance|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||as at|||as at|
|Fund Name||31March 2020|||31March 2021|
|Unrestricted|Funds|54,870|30,379|(19,716)|65+33|
|Restricted Funds||||||
|Green Dividend||1000|||1000|
|||1000|||1000|
|Total Funds||||||



