## **Trustees’ annual report (including Directors’ report) for the period** **From: 1/4/2022 To: 31/3/2023** ## **Charity name: The Pulse** ## **Charity registration number: 1182149** ## **Objectives and activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To further or benefit the residents of**
**Skelmersdale and surrounding area,**
**without distinction of sex, 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 of social welfare**
**for recreation and leisure time**
**occupation with the objective of**
**improving the conditions of life for the**
**residents.**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**The Pulse continues to provide a**
**welcoming environment for any resident**
**of Skelmersdale (and beyond) and**
**endeavours to assist people at point-of-**
**access or to refer onward as appropriate.**
**The Pulse now occupies two units (137**
**and139) both of which continue to be**
**well-attended. New groups include Retro**
**Yoga and a very successful T’ai Chi**
**group. Existing groups continue to**
**provide support, activities and friendship.**
**The Pulse continues to provide support**
**for mental health and domestic violence**
**and all round advice, for example, iCan**
**providing benefits and other advice.**
**The Pulse aims to always provide a safe**
**space during these uncertain times,**
**where many in the community are**
**struggling.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance|Para 1.18|**All Trustees have a copy of the guidance,**
**which is regularly reviewed, and**
**undertake training with the setting to**| issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit **enable them to be aware of their responsibilities and the legislations and guidance that cover the role.** **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**N/A**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**N/A**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**All volunteers contribute as much or as**
**little time to the running of the setting as**
**possible, and where they have a specific**
**qualification in an area of**
**professionalism that is reflective to the**
**nature of the Charity.**| |Other||**Our setting is at the heart of the**
**community and is recognised within our**
**local community for our high standards**
**of care and delivery and in particular**
**effectiveness.**| ## **Achievements and performance** |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**The Pulse has grown significantly in this**
**period.**
**The move to our unit is now complete**
**and The Pulse has been able to provide**
**most of the existing services it did in Unit**
**73. The use of Unit 139 has enabled a**
**greater variety and size of group activity**
**to take place.**
**The Pulse continues to provide a safe,**
**welcoming environment providing space**
**for statutory services and community**
**groups and will aim to assist anyone who**
**comes to The Pulse for help.**| |---|---|---| **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**N/A**| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**The Pulse has never aimed to be a**
**wealthy charity, with large reserves,**
**instead preferring to use all non-reserved**
**funds to fulfil our objectives. All Trustees**
**and staff are purely volunteers. Funding**
**has also been provided by a Statutory**
**body**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**N/A**| |Other||**N/A**| ## **Financial review** |**Financial review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The Pulse is in an excellent financial**
**position. The philanthropic approach**
**taken by the Concourse has enabled us**
**to maintain a secure financial position**
**ensuring the future security of The**
**Pulse’s position and services.**
**Applications for funding are ongoing, but**
**we are careful to ensure that The Pulse**
**retains it’s independence.**
**All financial policies and procedures are**
**strictly adhered to.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Reserves are held in a TSB Bank**
**Account. All financial decisions are**
**subject to multiple checks and are**
**decided at Board level.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£ 18,000**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**Trustees work hard to mitigate any risk to**
**The Charity. Finances and project**
**progress are reviewed bi-weekly with an**
**ongoing emphasis on growing The Pulse**
**in an ethical and sustainable way.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**The Charity’s principal source of funds**
**throughout the period detailed on this**
**report has been through grants, both**
**statutory and applied for.**| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**N/A**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**The main risk to The Charity is being**
**overwhelmed by demand from the**
**community. The Trustees and Manager**
**aim to utilise what funds we have to**
**maximise our contribution to the well-**
**being of the local area.**| |Other||| ## **Structure, governance and management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document:
for example,trust deed,
memorandum and articles of
association etc|Para 1.25|**Memorandum and articles of association**| |How is the charity
constituted?
for example, limited
company, unincorporated
association, CIO|Para 1.25|**CIO**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.,
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Voted on via the board of trustees with a**
**view to diversity and a wide range of**
**experience to enable effective**
**Governance.**| |||| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|**All trustees are made aware of the aims**
**and objectives of the Charity and must**
**confirm they have read the Charity**
**Commission’s guidance on**
**Safeguarding, Trustees are briefed on**
**their obligations, in addition to the Nolan**
**principles. All Trustees review each**
**policy and procedure used, and must be**
**aware of the Charity’s procedures in all**
**areas.**| |---|---|---| |||**Trustees maintain an up-to-date**
**awareness of the Charity Comission’s**
**guidance for the responsibilities of**
**Trustees.**| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**The charity has built up a wider network**
**of other settings within the community,**
**working with other charities, local and**
**national businesses (e.g., Asda) in**
**addition to statutory bodies and services.**| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|**We maintain an excellent working**
**partnership with the local authority, ICB**
**and many support networks that our**
**clients and the wider community can**
**access.**| |Other||| ## **Reference and administrative details** |Charity name|**The Pulse**| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|**1182149**| |Charity’s principal address|**Unit 137**
**The Concourse**
**Skelmersdale**
**WN86HD**| ||| **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Cameron Latham|Chair||| ||JoyDyson|Manager||| ||Christine Barker|Treasurer||| ||David Latham|Trustee||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved ## **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** **Names and addresses of advisers (optional information)** |**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**| |---|---|---| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (optional information)**||| |||| ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The company has taken advantage of the small companies’ exemption in preparing the report above.** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report (including directors’ report) above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees/directors** ## **Signature(s)** **Full name(s)** Cameron Latham **Position (for example** Chair **Secretary, Chair, etc)** **Date** 5/03/2024 ## The Pulse ## Financial Activities April 2022 - March 2023 ||TOTAL| |---|---| |Income|| |Discounts/Refunds Given|672.20| |Donations|1,000.00| |Non-Profit Income|1,000.00| |Sales|1,744.51| |Total Income|£4,416.71| |Cost of Sales|| |Cost of Sales|997.36| |Equipment rental - COS|303.97| |Total Cost of Sales|£1,301.33| |TOTAL|£3,115.38| |Expenditures|| |Insurance|317.17| |Janitorial Expense|1,917.22| |Legal and professional fees|649.63| |Office/General Administrative Expenses|2,626.25| |Supplies|267.22| |Telephone|1,657.59| |Utilities|2,502.87| |Total Expenditures|£9,937.95| |NET OPERATING INCOME|£ -6,822.57| |NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)|£ -6,822.57| **,:,** **!"# $!"%" &'()!*+ ,- ./012!1* -3-4 ,354, !6 7&8933533**