## 1st April 2021 - 31st March 2022
Centre re-opened September 2021
Between April 2021 and and September 2021, the community centre was closed due to lockdowns and Lancashire County Council’s decision to keep some of its buildings closed to the public. During this time, the charity continued to adapt its delivery methods to fulfil its objectives:
1. The charity continued to use the community centre as a community hub, reaching out to local people to offer support through food shopping, letter writing, prescription collecting and dog walking. It also enlisted the help of 100 volunteers.
2. The charity established a food collection twice weekly from May 2020 for people to bring food for the Morecambe Bay Foodbank. A collection point was set up at the back door of the centre and
staffed by volunteers who collected and sorted the food.
3. The charity provided vital support to isolated members of the community through regular phone calls and letters. The telephone lines were kept open and the centre became an information hub for people in need of support or just general information.
4. The charity set up a soup delivery service in January 2021 and volunteers produced and distributed home-made soup to people in need.
5. Where possible, groups which had had to close, were kept in contact through regular phone calls. For example, the charity continued to employ staff to call vulnerable community members such as members of the coffee group and dementia group so they were kept connected.
6. Gardening projects and general building improvement projects were set up and made available to people who just needed to connect with others within the COVID guidelines to help re-balance their mental health.
In September 2021, Lancashire County Council authorised the re-opening of Barton Road Centre for public use. The Trustees developed a framework for user groups to return safely to the centre. The top priority was to ensure that all user groups adhered to policies which would respect the need to keep everyone as safe as possible. Given that the Charity had operated so effectively from the back door for the pervious 18 months, Trustees focused on bringing best practices from the outside in.
7. The community cafe was brought into the centre. The trustees wanted to help people to congregate and share the company of others in a safe space. The COVID period had increased isolation and loneliness, so Trustees established a cafe space three days a week.
This cafe was staffed by a team of volunteers who had been recruited during lockdown. These volunteers have shown huge commitment to their community cafe. They have also supported each other and cafe clients.
8. The Trustees wanted to make access to sessions simple and so many of the existing groups were adapted. For example, the previous Babies and Toddlers Group had been closely facilitated by a small committee of childminders with a weekly entrance fee. From September 2021, the Trustees were more concerned with getting people who may have been socially isolated to come to the Centre, so the Wednesday Babies and Toddlers Group was disbanded and replaced by a Wednesday Play Cafe. The Play Cafe is free to attend with the hope that users will invest in cake to cover the cost of the hall. This model was used for many other sessions. The trustees provided a safe space with reasonably priced, community baked cake and tea for people to make of their time at the centre whatever they wanted. This involved Tuesday Crafternoons - an informal afternoon where users could get together and craft.
9. The Trustees were keen for the Centre foodbank collection to continue. Volunteers attend to take food donations from the public, and organise and arrange for collection by the Morecambe Bay Foodbank.
10. To begin with, after opening, the Trustees did not rush the process of groups returning - everyone needed to feel comfortable in the space. In the six months between September 2021 - March 2022, user numbers increased steadily from 250 users to 500 users per week.
11. By March 2022, the Centre was hosting new groups such as St Bernadette’s Brownies.
## **Independent examiner's report to the trustees of**
## **Barton Road Centre Ltd**
## **Company No. Charity No. 1182276**
I report on the accounts for the year
1[st] April 2021 – 31st March 2022
## **Respective responsibilities of Committee and Examiner**
The committee are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The committee consider that an audit is not required for this year and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
- examine the accounts and
- to state whether particular matters have come to my attention
## **Basis of independent examiner's report**
My examination has included a review of the accounting records kept by the organisation and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as committee concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair view' and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
In connection with my examination, **no matter** has come to my attention:
Which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect:
- that the proper accounting records required have not been maintained and
- that the requirement to prepare the accounts based on said records have not been met; or
To which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Shweta Pankhadiwala
Lancaster District CVS The Cornerstone Sulyard Street Lancaster LA1 1PX 19[th] May 2022
## **BARTON ROAD CENTRE LTD DETAILED INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT 1[ST] APRIL 2021 TO 31[ST] MARCH 2022**
|**Profit & Loss Account**
**INCOME**
**Transfer B/w Funds**
Grants
Room hire/Rent
Kitchens
Centre Groups
Events
Equipment
Fees/Subscriptions
Petty Cash
Stationery & Consumables
Donations
Managed Group Funds
Bank Interest
**Total Income**
**Cost of Services**
**Transfer B/w Funds**
Wages
Room hire/Rent
Kitchens
Centre Groups
Events
Equipment
Fees/Subscriptions
Travel
Stationery & Consumables
Donations
Pension
Tax
Mobile Phones
Bank Charges
Printing & Postage
Petty Cash out
**Total Expenses**
**Profit /(Loss) for the year**|**Profit & Loss Account**
**INCOME**
**Transfer B/w Funds**
Grants
Room hire/Rent
Kitchens
Centre Groups
Events
Equipment
Fees/Subscriptions
Petty Cash
Stationery & Consumables
Donations
Managed Group Funds
Bank Interest
**Total Income**
**Cost of Services**
**Transfer B/w Funds**
Wages
Room hire/Rent
Kitchens
Centre Groups
Events
Equipment
Fees/Subscriptions
Travel
Stationery & Consumables
Donations
Pension
Tax
Mobile Phones
Bank Charges
Printing & Postage
Petty Cash out
**Total Expenses**
**Profit /(Loss) for the year**|**Profit & Loss Account**
**INCOME**
**Transfer B/w Funds**
Grants
Room hire/Rent
Kitchens
Centre Groups
Events
Equipment
Fees/Subscriptions
Petty Cash
Stationery & Consumables
Donations
Managed Group Funds
Bank Interest
**Total Income**
**Cost of Services**
**Transfer B/w Funds**
Wages
Room hire/Rent
Kitchens
Centre Groups
Events
Equipment
Fees/Subscriptions
Travel
Stationery & Consumables
Donations
Pension
Tax
Mobile Phones
Bank Charges
Printing & Postage
Petty Cash out
**Total Expenses**
**Profit /(Loss) for the year**|**2021-22**
**£**
1,930
6,127
5,322
178
0
281
260
140
0
4,458
6
57
**18,759**
12,930
1,363
80
100
714
394
307
1,074
1,537
225
82
8
41
**18,854**
**-95**
-95
88,582
88,488
**88,488**|**2020-21**
**£**
12,000
2,722
544
210
87
273
0
0
0
3,431
0
83|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||**19,349**|
|||||0
12,518
0
186
0
553
265
4,213
0
1,487
396
953
1,773
220
82
145
0|
|||||**22,791**|
||||||
|||||**-3,443**|
||||||
|Profit Loss on theyear(All Funds)|||-95||
|Balance at start of theperiod|||88,582||
|Balance at end of theperiod|||88,488||
||||||
|Carried Forward||**£ **|**88,488**||
## **BARTON ROAD CENTRE LTD DETAILED INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT 1[ST] APRIL 2021 TO 31[ST] MARCH 2022**
|Note
1
**Unrestricted Funds**
2
**Restricted Funds**
Memory Makers
Choir
4th Plinth
Cows Shed to Community
Friday Women
Good Soup & Games
Recipes Remembered
Committed
Wind Turbine
Choir online from Lottery Funding
Table Tennis Rental
Project screen from Lottery Funding
3
**Funds**
Cash on hand
Cash
Working Account
Bank
Savings Account
Bank
4
**Movement in Funds**|**2021-22**
**2020-21**
**£**
**£**
**66,140**
**68,216**
1,387
1,387
2,184
2,184
291
291
6,099
6,099
341
273
2,030
2,030
925
942
7,200
7,200
-38
-38
810
0
990
0
130
0|
|---|---|
||**22,348**
**20,366**|
||130
77
14,606
46,333
73,752
42,173|
||**88,488**
**88,582**|
||**-95**|