## **REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS AND**
**UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
**FOR**
**NORTH TYNESIDE DISABILITY FORUM LTD**
**NORTH TYNESIDE DISABILITY FORUM LTD**
## **CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
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|**Report of the Trustees**|1 to 8|
|**Independent Examiner's Report**|9|
|**Statement of Financial Activities**|10|
|**Balance Sheet**|11 to 12|
|**Notes to the Financial Statements**|13 to 30|
|**Detailed Statement of Financial Activities**|31 to 33|
**NORTH TYNESIDE DISABILITY FORUM LTD**
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
The trustees who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2025. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019).
## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES**
## **Objectives and aims**
The charity's objects ('Objects') are specifically restricted to the following: "The North Tyneside Disability Forum Ltd (NTDF) is established for the public benefit to relieve the needs of people with disabilities within North Tyneside and surrounding areas and their families and carers who are affected by their disability and elderly people in need due to their age or infirmity by providing advice and practical support, activities and services designed to advance their education and by providing facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation in the interests of social welfare and with the object of improving their conditions of life."
## **The basic objectives of the organisation are:**
To enable and encourage partnership working practices between disabled, non-disabled, lay and professional people, service users and service providers, carers, families and representatives.
To empower them individually and collectively towards improving and enhancing the range and accessibility of opportunity/resources and services afforded through ongoing consultation and involvement in local and regional initiatives.
To enhance communication between all related groups through representation, encouraging ongoing mechanisms and new channels for involvement in consultation, planning, implementation and monitoring and by working co-operatively locally towards identification of priorities for future and ongoing undertakings.
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**NORTH TYNESIDE DISABILITY FORUM LTD**
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES**
## **Beyond the COVID 19 year and the impact of a cost of living crisis**
**Physical Situation:** At March 2024, our Mission Possible COVID 19 Response Project was still tackling the impact of covid fallout: financial, cultural, social, physical and emotional. On top of this, came a cost of living crisis which is still at March 2025, mounting. Already vulnerable and disadvantaged people continue to need help with food and fuel poverty, anxiety and post COVID/debt distress which is being exacerbated by the challenges of a new cost of living crisis. People of all ages, babies to nonagenarians who pre covid 19 used our portfolio of services Mondays to Sunday every week, and folk new to us, referred during and post lockdown were in the throes of dealing with physical, emotional and financial difficulty when the new challenges hit them. Food costs especially, hygiene products and day to day resources. All of this compounded by digitalisations which is barring access and posting obstacles to the massive numbers of people who don't have phones or equipment to cope with scanning QR codes or digital communications - Many local people, fall through the local safety net of food banks and advice services - people of all ages are additionally anxious, frightened, food challenged and financially challenged - job losses, redundancies, increased emotional and physical disability increased across the year with folk trying to adapt, cope and recover from ongoing and mounting poverty, food insecurity and emotional fragility and new anxieties impacting negatively on their ability to carry out day to day life tasks - many of these rooted in increased digitalisation.
**Finance:** At March 2025, NTDF are seeing increased numbers of people needing support and access to our services. We have larger numbers, coming in smaller group sessions to an increased number of sessions. This costly in terms of staffing and room usage and last years - 23-24 Cost of Living Crisis monies did help us begin to look at sustainability into the future. We are however not just tackling a backlog of poverty issues - but a daily increasing load of new problems.
Whilst we are still looking to rebuild finances to the pre covid19 position (Feb 2020) where we had achieved a mixed receipt of income circa 68% grant support and 32% self-generated monies from shop, café and events - this is hampered by the need to simply cover costs and support local need - food, debt, warmth, clothing.
New this past year is our Community Supermarket - open every day - where for £1 membership, a family can purchase up to £15 of foods and products for £5. Stock to this comes from local donations, fareshare purchases, supermarket surplus food donations and shopper donations - Fareshare support also works to stock our community café that works in tangent with our supermarket which currently supports 200 local families.
Our café is open 5 days a week and our community shop is open 6 days a week now, offering free warm space sessions of a hot meal and snacks and 3 days of heavily subsidised foods - the shop takes donations of quality goods from the local community and enables local families to purchase all manner of things at fair prices.
Without Food Poverty support from charitable trusts and partners via help in kind, our café couldn't survive as it simply wouldn't be able to pay its way and support local need. Our centre continues to rebuild its portfolio of service provision slowly keeping folk safe and helping to rebuild lost relationships and social confidence. Currently we are working to manage higher staff and overheads costs, raised service charges and meet the challenges of cost of living and covid legacy difficulties alongside increased need. 21-22-23 'Recovery' monies have helped us in the past but the challenges of higher costs to service delivery and materials is yet to be wholly felt as funding pots shrink and self generated income is reduced by offering subsidised support to the local community who are struggling.
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**NORTH TYNESIDE DISABILITY FORUM LTD**
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES**
**Taking Action:** Across the 24- 25 year we have sustained a level of outreach, remote, telephone, facebook, facechat, zoom, teams, text and newsletter support. Whilst we have cut back on food delivery support, we offer in house food poverty support - foods, meals - supermarket purchases as numbers of folk using the centre has increased and face to face work builds daily as does on site activities and services.
Sessions to younger and older people- am., pm, eve., weekend have built this past year with our café catering to our groups in house as well as to local people. Open 9 till 2 to provide quality meals at fair prices to mitigate the impact of reducing our food to folk work, the café this year has costs too much in terms of staff.
Our aim is to rebuild and increase our vocational work with young and not so young learners and enable increased volunteer led value services to the local community - work experience in the café and the shop is invaluable to both learner and service. The Community Social Supermarket, funded for 3 months by NTC and in the past year by charitable trusts, donations and Awards for All heavily must continue - and we hope to increase staff and volunteer energy to this area of work.
At March 2025, our website www.ntdf.co.uk is up and running again and has been overhauled and our facebook pages are well used and link to the website. We don't have the luxury of a Social Media worker and staff and volunteers populate the sites. These folk know the service and know the messages we want to get across.
The future plan is to continue to build face to face services whilst retaining some remote options. We are looking to future proof our charity and safeguard our service users. There are still 5% of pre covid participants, reluctant to re-engage socially - loss of confidence, self-esteem and increased anxiety has left people of all ages, additionally vulnerable and isolated. We also have new referrals and waiting lists to some activities. This is because of the demise of so many local mainstream services. The numbers of new participants, arriving into this current cost of living crisis period, masks the 5% fallout rate - which we are still tackling by peer support and volunteer led befriending.
## **Our NTDF Objectives and Activities into the future remain:**
So what do we actually do?
We provide a range of opportunities to people of all ages to be involved in events and activities around health and social care, education and training, health and wellbeing, sports and arts, younger peoples work, older peoples work, disability issues, heritage and culture, advice information and guidance, deaf and hard of hearing issues, complementary health, personal development and vocational training, music and song, consultation and research.
We provide a Monday to Sunday programme of activity, advised by ongoing user led consultation. Everyone is always welcome but post covid - places need to be booked - and we already have a waiting list. BSL/English interpreters, lip speakers, hearing loop and ramped access, large visual display, and large print format information are all provided and other requirements on request can in most cases be easily met.
Within our Centre grounds we operate our Community Café which looks to reduce food poverty in our Borough and complements our services to support the vocational training of people of all ages to enhance their employability.
Our eco friendly Community Garden enjoys an embryonic orchard, raised vegetable beds and a greenhouse to support local people growing their own veg and fruit and enabling outdoors activity. Our Cook from Scratch work provides horticultural therapy support to all ages.
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**NORTH TYNESIDE DISABILITY FORUM LTD**
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES**
Our Community Shop in the local town serves to enable local people to get quality goods at fair prices and serves also to enable vulnerable people to volunteer and engage with the local community safely.
## **Training**
NTDF work with NOCN, UCQ and a range of other training providers to ensure disabled people of all ages have equal access to evidencing skills and gaining accreditations.
## **Networks and Partnerships**
In order to ensure disabled people are represented Locally, Regionally and Nationally, Trustees, management, staff, volunteers and members work hard to ensure viable networks and partnerships are established and maintained. We believe this is the best way to ensure a mechanism for communication and involvement. It serves to inform us and enables us to inform others and each other. Conferences, training days, local and regional area forums, information days, consultation days and presentations are all events where we try to ensure our presence and input.
## **Public benefit**
We encourage people to find a voice and to make that voice heard. We encourage people to come together and share their ideas and opinions and we use this information to set up projects and schemes that address the issues that people want addressed. We don't beat a drum but we believe that by working together with partners, with respect for diversity and difference and each other's aims and objectives that we can and do make a difference. This is the best way we know to make sure disabled people and their representatives are part of the decision making processes.
## **Volunteers**
We are grateful to the number of volunteers, who help with a range of tasks across all areas of Forum provision including photocopying, setting up rooms, refreshments to meetings, note taking and minute taking, tutoring, shop support, IT support, ironing, fundraising, raffle ticket sellers, tombola and gift donors, tombola and coffee morning support. Without volunteers we could not operate and again special thanks to those volunteers who have enabled NTDF to afford specialist assistance to other organisations e.g. with hearing loops, formatting, BSL etc.
Professional volunteer support has been afforded via a range of local businesses and their staff - public and private sector enabling broader involvement and support to local disabled people and their families.
We are grateful to the range of professionals who have given us their time and expertise an estimate of the potential cost of this for our organisation is shown in our accounts. Also the ongoing support from a range of commercial and corporate sponsorships makes a huge difference to our ability to provide appropriate services. Time and gifts in kind to all areas of our work are enormously important.
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**NORTH TYNESIDE DISABILITY FORUM LTD**
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
## **ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE**
## **Charitable activities - to be booked in advance to keep numbers safe**
Friday Baby and Toddlers Together session for parent and carers and their charges.
Children's project Monday, Wednesday Thur and Saturday incorporating music and drama dance and fitness 7 to 18 years and 18 to 25 years.
Thursday tea club - all ages - older groups cook for younger groups and 'meet and eat' tackles food insecurity. Thursday Cook from Scratch - young adults. Tuesday and Wednesday PC club for all ages in partnership with Park View Project Adult choir - advanced - ability to read music needed Employability project for over 18s Training and learning project -all ages and variety of accreditation and learning areas Future Lives Support to Over 16 to 25s and 25s and over Community Supermarket Dance and Drama for all ages Arts, crafts and music projects for all ages Mental health support work - specific groups to specific needs Nurture through Nature horticultural wellbeing project Music and Movement - all ages - Fit and Fun Health and Wellbeing project Tai Chi, Relaxation, Beauty Guitar classes, ukulele and piano - musicality and skills build Community shop life skills and retail training project Community café catering training Accessible information project /webdesign and IT support 'e' quality for all and putting I in IT partnership with Park View Project Steel pans Boccia for all Kurling for all Lawn tennis skills Basketball skills Arts group and mental health support Information sessions - speaker meetings Clog dancing and dancercise
## **FINANCIAL REVIEW**
## **Principal funding sources**
Lloyds Foundation, Ballinger Trust, Children in Need, R W Mann Trust, Awards For All, The Joicey Trust, Morrisons Foundation, Hadrian Trust, Sir James Knott Trust, Thomas Wall Trust, Garfield Weston, Hays Travel, Edward Gostling Foundation, Community Foundation Tyne and Wear, Shears Foundation, Smallwood Trust, Global Make Some Noise, NoTCA, NTC HAF, Bernicia Foundation, Northumbria Police, Barbour Trust, Awards for All, Sports England, Hospital of God at Greatham, Peoples Postcode.
We would like to thank all our funders, sponsors and fundraisers for their support.
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**NORTH TYNESIDE DISABILITY FORUM LTD**
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
## **FINANCIAL REVIEW**
## **Reserves policy**
The Statement of Financial Activities shows a surplus for the year of £25,634 (2024 - £54,218). This was made up of a surplus of £12,781 (2024 - surplus £24,559) of Restricted Funds and a surplus of £12,853 (2024 - surplus £29,659) of Unrestricted Funds.
Total reserves at 31 March 2025 amounted to £717,040 (2024 - £691,406) of which £281,790 (2024 - £268,937) are in Unrestricted Funds.
In accordance with the Charity Commission guidelines and North Tyneside Disability Forum Ltd's Constitution, the Trustees must consider the setting aside of funds for necessary and appropriate expenditure. Provisions for staff and ensuring that sufficient attention is paid to the financial requirements of the charity are considered in determining this policy.
In order to implement this policy and because of the significant number of projects the North Tyneside Disability Forum Ltd is operating, the Trustees consider it prudent for the 25-26 year, to see sufficient reserves for four months running costs. This is in line with the Charity Commission's recommendations and considers the COVID 19 impact.
The unrestricted funds at 31 March 2025 amounted to £281,790 (2024 - £268,937). After deduction of the contingencies set out in note 22 to the accounts the balance remaining amounts to £178,841. The anticipated expenditure for 25-26 year is estimated at £445,000 however NTDF have several ongoing projects for which funding is already in place and this funding of £67,853 will cover a part of the total expenditure reducing the level of unrestricted running costs to £377,147 four months of which would be £125,716 leaving unrestricted free reserves of £53,125.
This reserves policy will be reviewed annually at the end of each financial year.
## **FUTURE PLANS**
As a self enterprising charity, NTDF Ltd as Registered Charity 1182346 will continue to work hard to move away from 100 % grant dependence and look to achieving a mixed receipt of grants and self generated, income to be reinvested back into our charitable activities. We recognise the challenges involved in this during a financially challenging period.
We will continue to build our infrastructure strength and stake holding capacity and look to our sustainability into the future.
The activities and assets of the previous charitable trust registered number 1072475 were transferred into the new charitable company 1182346 in 2018
In looking to generate income to support charitable work NTDF look to maximise their community shop project, supermarket and further develop their community café initiative.
Ongoing Organisational Review has been undertaken to look to better refining our 5 year Business Plan in consideration of local context, need, culture and economy and drawing together the strands of the NTDF Ltd portfolio of provision.
## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT**
## **Governing document**
The charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust, and constitutes a limited company, limited by guarantee, as defined by the Companies Act 2006.
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**NORTH TYNESIDE DISABILITY FORUM LTD**
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
North Tyneside Disability Forum Ltd is a registered charity working with and for disabled and able bodied people and their groups in North Tyneside
The North Tyneside District Disability Forum Trust was formed in 1987 and became a registered charity 1072475 in November 1998.
In 2018, NTDF became a Company Ltd by Guarantee with a company number 11308068 and on 6 March 2019 the Ltd company achieved charitable status with Charity Registration Number 1182346.
The charity is governed by a Memorandum and Articles of Association adopted on the 13th April 2018.
## **Recruitment and appointment of new trustees**
Appointment of the Trustees and Committee is governed by the constitution of the charity. The Committee is authorised to appoint new members to fill vacancies arising through resignation or death of an existing member.
## **Organisational structure**
The Charity has 7 Director/Trustees who are supported by a management committee which is drawn annually from general membership. Representatives from the Board of Trustees and management committee and from general membership make up specialist sub groups who support, direct, monitor and evaluate specialist areas of the charity's work.
Trustees and management committee meet bi monthly and Steering/Sub Committees every 6 weeks.
## **Induction and training of new trustees**
All Forum staff, management and membership are offered free training, and dbs check and have access to training courses across the range of areas relevant and appropriate to their needs and to the needs of the organisation. This ensures that we build firm foundations and strengthen our own infrastructure and the infrastructure of the voluntary and community sector.
## **Related parties**
North Tyneside Disability Forum Ltd takes a community development approach to service provision. Our ethos is participation on equal terms underpinned by partnership and collaborative working practices. We are represented on a range of the Local Networks across North Tyneside which provides a range of collaborative opportunities
Our range of partners include Local Authority and Health Authority departments and functions with whom we enjoy good relationships but from whom we are completely independent.
We offer support to and receive support from a range of organisations, agencies and community groups and charities. North Tyneside Disability Forum Ltd work with people of all ages and our working relationships across play, youth, generalist, disability and older peoples agencies and organisations is extensive.
We are grateful for the support we receive from our partners and from our range of funders, charitable trusts and donors.
## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS**
## **Registered Company number**
11308068 (England and Wales)
## **Registered Charity number**
1182346
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**NORTH TYNESIDE DISABILITY FORUM LTD**
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
## **Registered office**
The NTDF Centre Earsdon Road Shiremoor Tyne and Wear NE27 0HJ
## **Trustees**
Ms J Byrne R L Dennis J F Nunn Ms A Reynolds Mrs A Craven Ms K Oxnard (resigned 30/7/2024) G Talbot (appointed 30/7/2024) Dr H Driver (appointed 30/7/2024)
## **Company Secretary**
S Adams
## **Independent Examiner**
Read, Milburn & Co 71 Howard Street North Shields Tyne and Wear NE30 1AF
## **Key personnel**
Sue Adams Chief officer Approved by order of the board of trustees on 20 May 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
R L Dennis - Trustee
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## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF NORTH TYNESIDE DISABILITY FORUM LTD**
## **Independent examiner's report to the trustees of North Tyneside Disability Forum Ltd ('the Company')**
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 March 2025.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity's trustees of the Company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 ('the 2006 Act').
Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity's accounts as carried out under Section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 ('the 2011 Act'). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under Section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
Since your charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a listed body. I can confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, which is one of the listed bodies.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by Section 386 of the 2006 Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of Section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities (applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)).
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Nicholas J Liley, FCA
Read, Milburn & Co 71 Howard Street North Shields Tyne and Wear NE30 1AF
26 May 2025
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**NORTH TYNESIDE DISABILITY FORUM LTD**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
|Unrestricted
funds
Notes
£
**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM**
Donations and legacies
2
13,612
**Charitable activities**
5
Grant income
-
Other trading activities
3
61,144
Investment income
4
9,296
Other income
5,338
**Total**
89,390
**EXPENDITURE ON**
Raising funds
6
24,245
**Charitable activities**
7
Staff costs
43,874
Training
-
Activities
3,646
Premises
8,216
**Total**
79,981
**NET INCOME**
9,409
**Transfers between funds**
20
3,444
**Net movement in funds**
12,853
**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**
Total funds brought forward
268,937
**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**
281,790|Restricted
funds
£
17,667
343,540
18,745
-
1,495
381,447
17,231
241,144
3,642
44,169
59,036
365,222
16,225
(3,444)
12,781
422,469
435,250|2025
Total
funds
£
31,279
343,540
79,889
9,296
6,833
470,837
41,476
285,018
3,642
47,815
67,252
445,203
25,634
-
25,634
691,406
717,040|2024
Total
funds
£
32,002
386,673
65,128
7,171
7,672
498,646
47,490
256,088
1,810
42,991
96,049
444,428
54,218
-
54,218
637,188
691,406|
|---|---|---|---|
The notes form part of these financial statements
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## **NORTH TYNESIDE DISABILITY FORUM LTD**
## **BALANCE SHEET 31 MARCH 2025**
|Notes
**FIXED ASSETS**
Tangible assets
15
**CURRENT ASSETS**
Debtors
16
Cash at bank and in hand
**CREDITORS**
Amounts falling due within one year
17
**NET CURRENT ASSETS**
**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT**
**LIABILITIES**
**NET ASSETS**
**FUNDS**
20
Unrestricted funds
Restricted funds
**TOTAL FUNDS**|2025
£
50,580
20,545
661,757
682,302
(15,842)
666,460
717,040
717,040
281,790
435,250
717,040|2024
£
53,408
3,184
664,084
667,268
(29,270)
637,998
691,406
691,406
268,937
422,469
691,406|
|---|---|---|
The charitable company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 31 March 2025.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for
- (a) ensuring that the charitable company keeps accounting records that comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and
- (b) preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company as at the end of each financial year and of its surplus or deficit for each financial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the charitable company.
The notes form part of these financial statements
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**NORTH TYNESIDE DISABILITY FORUM LTD**
## **BALANCE SHEET - continued 31 MARCH 2025**
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to charitable companies subject to the small companies regime.
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on 20 May 2025 and were signed on its behalf by:
R L Dennis - Trustee
J Byrne - Trustee
The notes form part of these financial statements
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**NORTH TYNESIDE DISABILITY FORUM LTD**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES**
## **Basis of preparing the financial statements**
The financial statements of the charitable company, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.
The presentation currency of the financial statements is the Pound Sterling, rounded to the nearest Pound (£).
## **Going concern**
At the date of approval of these financial statements, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue for the foreseeable future and as such the financial statements are prepared on the going concern basis.
## **Income**
All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.
## **Expenditure**
Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.
## **Tangible fixed assets**
Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.
|Improvements to property|- in accordance with the property|
|---|---|
|Plant and machinery|- 20% on reducing balance|
|Fixtures and fittings|- 20% on reducing balance|
|Computer equipment|- 33% on cost|
## **Taxation**
The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities.
## **Fund accounting**
Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.
Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.
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**NORTH TYNESIDE DISABILITY FORUM LTD**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued**
## **Fund accounting**
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.
## **Hire purchase and leasing commitments**
Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities on a straight line basis over the period of the lease.
## **Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits**
The charitable company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the charitable company's pension scheme are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities in the period to which they relate.
## **2. DONATIONS AND LEGACIES**
|Donations
Gift aid
**3.**
**OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES**
Fundraising income
Shop takings
Café takings
Hairdressing Takings
**4.**
**INVESTMENT INCOME**
Interest received|2025
£
22,729
8,550
31,279
2025
£
17,530
32,301
25,266
4,792
79,889
2025
£
9,296|2024
£
26,209
5,793
32,002
2024
£
11,374
30,415
18,761
4,578
65,128
2024
£
7,171|
|---|---|---|
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**NORTH TYNESIDE DISABILITY FORUM LTD**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
|**5.**
**INCOME FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES**
Activity
Grants
Grant income
Grants received, included in the above, are as follows:
Children in Need
Heritage Lottery Fund
R W Mann Trust
Community Foundation
North Tyneside Council
National Foundation of Music
Lloyds Foundation
Henry Smith Foundation
Groundworks UK
The Shears Foundation
Northumbria Police
Ballinger Charitable Trust
Boshier Hinton Foundation
Hadrian Trust
Hospital of God Greatham
Garfield Weston Foundation
DWF Foundation
D'Oyly Carte Charitable Trust
The Joicey Trust
The Morrisons Foundation
The Finn Family Foundation
Hays Travel Foundation
Awards For All
Sport England
Neighbourly Foundation
Bernicia Foundation
The National Lottery Community Fund
Charities Trust
Sir James Knott Trust
Skipton Building Society
Smallwood Charitable Trust
Asda Foundation
Barbour Foundation
Wellbank Foundation
North of Tyne Combined Authority
The Warburtons Foundation
Global Charities Ltd
Peoples Postcode
Bauer Radio - Cash for Kids
Carried forward||2025
£
343,540
2025
£
14,888
5,250
3,000
58,892
10,895
-
25,000
770
950
5,000
-
20,000
-
1,000
3,500
20,000
-
-
2,000
6,300
500
-
19,986
-
-
-
-
2,000
3,000
2,716
29,259
2,500
5,000
16,481
29,054
-
30,191
-
5,670
323,802||2024
£
386,673
2024
£
14,972
-
1,000
57,168
25,453
4,748
25,000
950
2,250
-
5,000
20,000
528
1,000
-
10,000
1,800
3,000
-
-
-
988
10,000
12,960
3,800
9,992
68,203
-
3,000
-
10,953
600
-
-
7,183
400
35,225
50,000
500
386,673|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||
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## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
|**5.**
**INCOME FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES - continued**
Brought forward
The Catherine Cookson Charitable Trust
Feeding Britain
The Hargreaves Foundation
The Hubbub Foundation
The Arnold Clark Community Fund
The Grocer's Charity
St James's Place Charitable Foundation
**6.**
**RAISING FUNDS**
**Charity shop expenditure**
Rental and services
Casual workers
Light and heat
Telephone
Materials and equipment
Fundraising costs
Bank charges
Repairs and equipment
**Community café**
Purchases
Casual workers
Materials and equipment
Insurance|2025
£
323,802
1,000
5,400
2,718
5,000
1,000
2,820
1,800
343,540
2025
£
20,044
2,220
2,014
-
28
375
531
-
25,212
2025
£
3,902
11,009
1,008
-
15,919|2024
£
386,673
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
386,673
2024
£
21,745
4,006
2,738
141
753
281
390
714
30,768
2024
£
4,969
10,040
607
51
15,667|
|---|---|---|
||||
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## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
## **6. RAISING FUNDS - continued**
## **Hairdressing salon**
|**Hairdressing salon**||||
|---|---|---|---|
|Casual labour
Materials and equipment
Aggregate amounts|2025
£
-
345
345
41,476|2024
£
660
395
1,055
47,490|2024
£
660
395|
||||1,055|
## **7. CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES COSTS**
|Staff costs
Training
Activities
Premises
**8.**
**DIRECT COSTS OF CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES**
Staff costs
Van leasing charges
Casual workers
Sessional workers
Staff travel
Members expenses
Volunteers expenses
Training
Materials and equipment
Events and activities
Publicity
Catering and refreshments
Members support
Transport costs
Recruitment costs|Direct
Costs (see
note 8)
£
285,018
3,642
47,815
-
336,475|Support
costs (see
note 9)
£
-
-
-
67,252
67,252
2025
£
237,174
9,350
23,710
20,524
3,453
392
1,816
3,642
8,838
6,546
1,079
16,786
-
3,008
157
336,475|Totals
£
285,018
3,642
47,815
67,252|
|---|---|---|---|
||||403,727|
||||2024
£
214,814
2,640
18,827
19,072
3,375
583
2,551
1,810
8,267
9,542
1,208
14,529
700
2,971
-|
||||300,889|
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## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
## **9. SUPPORT COSTS**
|Governance
Management
costs
£
£
Premises
65,914
1,338
Support costs, included in the above, are as follows:
2025
Premises
£
Trustees' remuneration etc
215
Rent and services
25,646
Insurance
1,751
Telephone
7,452
Printing, post and stationery
2,439
Subscriptions and publications
675
Computer and IT costs
7,175
Repairs and maintenance
4,307
Bank charges
790
Bookkeeping and payroll costs
7,903
Professional fees
13
Cleaning
193
Storage charges
1,685
Depreciation of tangible and heritage
assets
5,670
Accountancy charges
1,338
67,252
**10.**
**NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)**
Net income/(expenditure) is stated after charging/(crediting):
2025
£
Accountancy fees
1,338
Depreciation - owned assets
5,670
Rental and services
29,394|Totals
£
67,252
2024
Total
activities
£
176
25,646
1,719
8,415
2,057
763
7,322
32,932
841
7,767
172
271
545
6,121
1,302
96,049
2024
£
1,302
6,121
24,385|
|---|---|
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## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
## **11. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS**
There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 March 2025 nor for the year ended 31 March 2024.
## **Trustees' expenses**
|Trustees' expenses
**12.**
**STAFF COSTS**
Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Other pension costs|2025
£
215
2025
£
202,006
12,031
23,137
237,174|2024
£
176
2024
£
182,298
10,289
22,227
214,814|
|---|---|---|
The charity's key management personnel comprise the Trustees and the Chief Executive Officer. The total employee benefits of the key management personnel were £46,383 (2024 - £51,879).
The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows:
|2025
Projects
13
Administration
1
14
No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000.
**13.**
**COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES**
Unrestricted
Restricted
funds
funds
£
£
**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM**
Donations and legacies
11,343
20,659
**Charitable activities**
Grant income
-
386,673
Other trading activities
53,754
11,374
Investment income
7,171
-
Other income
5,792
1,880
**Total**
78,060
420,586|2024
13
1
14
Total
funds
£
32,002
386,673
65,128
7,171
7,672
498,646|
|---|---|
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## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
|**13.**|**COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES - continued**|**COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES - continued**|**COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES - continued**|**COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES - continued**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|
|||funds|funds|funds|
|||£|£|£|
||**EXPENDITURE ON**||||
||Raising funds|9,671|37,819|47,490|
||**Charitable activities**||||
||Staff costs|19,433|236,655|256,088|
||Training|-|1,810|1,810|
||Activities|3,745|39,246|42,991|
||Premises|14,060|81,989|96,049|
||**Total**|46,909|397,519|444,428|
||**NET INCOME**|31,151|23,067|54,218|
||**Transfers between funds**|(1,492)|1,492|-|
||**Net movement in funds**|29,659|24,559|54,218|
||**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**||||
||Total funds brought forward|239,278|397,910|637,188|
||**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED**||||
||**FORWARD**|268,937|422,469|691,406|
## **14. GIFTS IN KIND**
NTDF are grateful for the help in kind support of Morrisons Community Champions - especially Caroline Jordan providing shopper donated resources and store gifted foods support to our Food Poverty work donating surplus foods at an average of £30 per week. We owe thanks to our Volunteers from DWP and EE, making our events a success and giving us extra pairs of capable hands to events 3 times per year saving us what would be £200+ extra staffing, staffing costs per event. Darren at Hays Travel for fundraising support and provision of Internal Verification to our Employability work courses £500, TRACED for musical accompaniment at our events £300, Professor Pete Glaves for all things media £300 and Hilary and Gillian from Gillian Quinn School of Theatre and Dance £300 and Gary Kennedy providing much needed advice and practical help around fuel costs and services saving us £400+ per annum
The charity operates from premises owned by North Tyneside Council at a reduced rent of 25% of market value currently £7,749 per year. The gift in kind is valued at £23,247 annually.
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## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
## **15. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS**
|||Improvements||Fixtures|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||to|Plant and|and|Computer||
|||property|machinery|fittings|equipment|Totals|
|||£|£|£|£|£|
||**COST**||||||
||At 1 April 2024|65,160|2,859|15,402|14,707|98,128|
||Additions|-|1,702|1,140|-|2,842|
||At 31 March 2025|65,160|4,561|16,542|14,707|100,970|
||**DEPRECIATION**||||||
||At 1 April 2024|22,968|1,822|9,150|10,780|44,720|
||Charge for year|2,344|545|1,475|1,306|5,670|
||At 31 March 2025|25,312|2,367|10,625|12,086|50,390|
||**NET BOOK VALUE**||||||
||At 31 March 2025|39,848|2,194|5,917|2,621|50,580|
||At 31 March 2024|42,192|1,037|6,252|3,927|53,408|
|**16.**|**DEBTORS: AMOUNTS**|**FALLING DUE**|**WITHIN ONE YEAR**||||
||||||2025|2024|
||||||£|£|
||Trade debtors||||20,341|2,986|
||Other debtors||||204|198|
||||||20,545|3,184|
|**17.**|**CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**||||||
||||||2025|2024|
||||||£|£|
||Accrued expenses||||11,948|14,277|
||Deferred income||||3,894|14,993|
||||||15,842|29,270|
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## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
## **17. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR - continued**
## **Deferred Income**
|Balance at 1 April 2024
Released to income from charitable activities
Amount deferred in year
Balance at 31 March 2025|£
14,993
(14,993)
3,894
3,894|
|---|---|
Income from members contributions and funders has been deferred in this year because it was received for future events and projects to be staged in 25-26. The grants were only deferred where the funding conditions allowed or permission was received from the funder.
## **18. LEASING AGREEMENTS**
Minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases fall due as follows:
|Within one year
Between one and five years
In more than five years|2025
£
36,920
82,180
18,930
138,030|2024
£
32,436
75,720
37,860|
|---|---|---|
|||146,016|
## **19. ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BETWEEN FUNDS**
|Unrestricted
funds
£
Fixed assets
50,580
Current assets
243,896
Current liabilities
(12,686)
281,790|Restricted
funds
£
-
438,406
(3,156)
435,250|2025
Total
funds
£
50,580
682,302
(15,842)
717,040|2024
Total
funds
£
53,408
667,268
(29,270)
691,406|
|---|---|---|---|
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## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
## **20. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**
|**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
Designated - Fundraising Activities
**Restricted funds**
Digital Support Fund
Food Poverty Fund
Sports For All Fund
Health and Wellbeing Fund
Music and Arts Fund
Training Fund
Play and Youth Work Fund
Older and Vulnerable People Support
Work Fund
Post Covid Recovery and Resilience
Work Fund
Social Activities Support Fund
**TOTAL FUNDS**|At 1/4/24
£
89,841
179,096
268,937
10,044
18,928
9,262
40,481
8,451
29,016
72,211
9,916
87,773
136,387
422,469
691,406|Net
movement
in funds
£
18,517
(9,108)
9,409
(1,613)
35,933
(8,878)
(15,181)
(831)
23,141
8,409
(3,971)
(894)
(19,890)
16,225
25,634|Transfers
between
funds
£
3,444
-
3,444
-
(1,888)
80
(2,684)
286
7,279
(7,898)
1,178
203
-
(3,444)
-|At
31/3/25
£
111,802
169,988
281,790
8,431
52,973
464
22,616
7,906
59,436
72,722
7,123
87,082
116,497
435,250
717,040|
|---|---|---|---|---|
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## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
## **20. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued**
Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
|**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
Designated - Fundraising Activities
**Restricted funds**
Digital Support Fund
Food Poverty Fund
Sports For All Fund
Health and Wellbeing Fund
Music and Arts Fund
Training Fund
Play and Youth Work Fund
Older and Vulnerable People Support
Work Fund
Post Covid Recovery and Resilience
Work Fund
Social Activities Support Fund
**TOTAL FUNDS**|Incoming
resources
£
28,105
61,285
89,390
1,495
78,693
-
41,225
9,620
93,634
46,059
20,619
23,000
67,102
381,447
470,837|Resources
Movement
expended
in funds
£
£
(9,588)
18,517
(70,393)
(9,108)
(79,981)
9,409
(3,108)
(1,613)
(42,760)
35,933
(8,878)
(8,878)
(56,406)
(15,181)
(10,451)
(831)
(70,493)
23,141
(37,650)
8,409
(24,590)
(3,971)
(23,894)
(894)
(86,992)
(19,890)
(365,222)
16,225
(445,203)
25,634|
|---|---|---|
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## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
## **20. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued**
## **Comparatives for movement in funds**
|**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
Designated - Fundraising Activities
**Restricted funds**
Digital Support Fund
Food Poverty Fund
Sports For All Fund
Health and Wellbeing Fund
Music and Arts Fund
Training Fund
Play and Youth Work Fund
Older and Vulnerable People Support
Work Fund
Post Covid Recovery and Resilience
Work Fund
Social Activities Support Fund
**TOTAL FUNDS**|At 1/4/23
£
96,533
142,745
239,278
15,663
24,287
640
25,889
46,717
30,947
74,682
6,265
119,555
53,265
397,910
637,188|Net
movement
in funds
£
(5,200)
36,351
31,151
(5,266)
(2,602)
8,622
12,860
(37,436)
(2,886)
(4,216)
4,186
(33,444)
83,249
23,067
54,218|Transfers
between
funds
£
(1,492)
-
(1,492)
(353)
(2,757)
-
1,732
(830)
955
1,745
(535)
1,662
(127)
1,492
-|At
31/3/24
£
89,841
179,096
268,937
10,044
18,928
9,262
40,481
8,451
29,016
72,211
9,916
87,773
136,387
422,469
691,406|
|---|---|---|---|---|
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## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
## **20. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued**
Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
|**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
Designated - Fundraising Activities
**Restricted funds**
Digital Support Fund
Food Poverty Fund
Sports For All Fund
Health and Wellbeing Fund
Music and Arts Fund
Training Fund
Play and Youth Work Fund
Older and Vulnerable People Support
Work Fund
Post Covid Recovery and Resilience
Work Fund
Social Activities Support Fund
**TOTAL FUNDS**|Incoming
resources
£
24,306
53,754
78,060
1,880
23,195
12,960
120,791
6,748
11,997
93,088
20,619
13,000
116,308
420,586
498,646|Resources
Movement
expended
in funds
£
£
(29,506)
(5,200)
(17,403)
36,351
(46,909)
31,151
(7,146)
(5,266)
(25,797)
(2,602)
(4,338)
8,622
(107,931)
12,860
(44,184)
(37,436)
(14,883)
(2,886)
(97,304)
(4,216)
(16,433)
4,186
(46,444)
(33,444)
(33,059)
83,249
(397,519)
23,067
(444,428)
54,218|
|---|---|---|
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## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
## **20. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued**
A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined position is as follows:
|**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
Designated - Fundraising Activities
**Restricted funds**
Digital Support Fund
Food Poverty Fund
Sports For All Fund
Health and Wellbeing Fund
Music and Arts Fund
Training Fund
Play and Youth Work Fund
Older and Vulnerable People Support
Work Fund
Post Covid Recovery and Resilience
Work Fund
Social Activities Support Fund
**TOTAL FUNDS**|At 1/4/23
£
96,533
142,745
239,278
15,663
24,287
640
25,889
46,717
30,947
74,682
6,265
119,555
53,265
397,910
637,188|Net
movement
in funds
£
13,317
27,243
40,560
(6,879)
33,331
(256)
(2,321)
(38,267)
20,255
4,193
215
(34,338)
63,359
39,292
79,852|Transfers
between
funds
£
1,952
-
1,952
(353)
(4,645)
80
(952)
(544)
8,234
(6,153)
643
1,865
(127)
(1,952)
-|At
31/3/25
£
111,802
169,988
281,790
8,431
52,973
464
22,616
7,906
59,436
72,722
7,123
87,082
116,497
435,250
717,040|
|---|---|---|---|---|
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## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
## **20. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued**
A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
|**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
Designated - Fundraising Activities
**Restricted funds**
Digital Support Fund
Food Poverty Fund
Sports For All Fund
Health and Wellbeing Fund
Music and Arts Fund
Training Fund
Play and Youth Work Fund
Older and Vulnerable People Support
Work Fund
Post Covid Recovery and Resilience
Work Fund
Social Activities Support Fund
**TOTAL FUNDS**|Incoming
resources
£
52,411
115,039
167,450
3,375
101,888
12,960
162,016
16,368
105,631
139,147
41,238
36,000
183,410
802,033
969,483|Resources
Movement
expended
in funds
£
£
(39,094)
13,317
(87,796)
27,243
(126,890)
40,560
(10,254)
(6,879)
(68,557)
33,331
(13,216)
(256)
(164,337)
(2,321)
(54,635)
(38,267)
(85,376)
20,255
(134,954)
4,193
(41,023)
215
(70,338)
(34,338)
(120,051)
63,359
(762,741)
39,292
(889,631)
79,852|
|---|---|---|
## **Funds**
Charitable funds and contributions from members, with related purposes, have been combined together into projects as follows-
## **Project 2 - Fundraising activities fund**
This designated fund contains the trading monies from the charity shop, café and hairdressing activities.
## **Project 3 - Digital support fund**
Charitable funds include monies from the Park View Project for digital support.
## **Project 4 - Food poverty fund**
This project includes monies for warm zone café funds, food poverty and friends share social supermarket with funding from North Tyneside Council and the Hadrian Trust..
## **Project 5 - Sports for all fund**
Sport England funded a dance project.
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## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
## **20. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued**
## **Project 6 - Health and wellbeing fund**
This project promotes health and wellbeing through relaxation, safety and health and wellbeing classes funded by Community Foundation, Warburton Foundation, DWF Foundation, Awards For All, D'Oyly Carte Charitable Trust, Smallwood Trust, Bernicia Foundation, Groundworks UK, R W Mann and National Lottery Community Fund.
## **Project 7 - Music and arts fund**
There are several ongoing activities in this project with funding from The National Foundation of Music's 'Youth Music' project, Clog dancing has been funded by Community Foundation..
## **Project 8 - Training fund**
Training and youth training work has been funded by Community Foundation.
## **Project 9 - Play and youth work fund**
The charity has run summer and other holiday programmes with funding from North Tyneside Council and Community Foundation, Children in Need have funded a children and young peoples project and Global Charities Ltd 'Make Some Noise' funded a positive future lives project. Other projects included a safe space area funded by The Neighbourly Foundation and North of Tyne Combined Authority youth employability..
## **Project 10 - Older and vulnerable people support work fund**
Funding for this work in this year has come from Community Foundation Kellet Fund.
## **Project 11 - Post covid recovery and resilience work fund**
This year the charity has continued to build a safe environment for its members to enjoy activities with support through funding from Garfield Weston Foundation and Sir James Knott Trust.
## **Project 12 Social support fund**
Included in this fund are monies which have been raised and donated for special purposes and the future use of these will be at the discretion of the Trustees. Funds were provided for core costs, centre safety and charity development work by Ballinger Charitable Trust, Northumbria Police, Lloyds Bank Foundation and the Peoples Postcode.
## **Transfers between funds**
The fund transfers represent the transfer of restricted funds to unrestricted funds where a portion of the grant funding has been used to purchase fixed assets. Other transfers represent the completion of a project with the transfer of the remaining funds to unrestricted.
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## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
## **21. CONTINGENT LIABILITIES**
The unrestricted reserves includes designated funds from fundraising activities amounting to £169,988.
The unrestricted reserves of £281,790 may be required to pay redundancy payments of £39,290, leases to which the charity is contracted for the main premises rent and services of £12,823, shop rent and services of £18,930 and van lease of £11,627. Also the employer's pension contributions not funded in project work of £20,279.
If all of the above funds result in settlements being made at their anticipated amounts, this will leave a surplus on the general unrestricted fund of £178,841.
## **22. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES**
There were no related party transactions for the year ended 31 March 2025.
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## **DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
|**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS**
**Donations and legacies**
Donations
Gift aid
**Other trading activities**
Fundraising income
Shop takings
Café takings
Hairdressing Takings
**Investment income**
Interest received
**Charitable activities**
Grants
**Other income**
DWP income
PVP income
Miscellaneous income
**Total incoming resources**
**EXPENDITURE**
**Charity shop expenditure**
Rental and services
Casual workers
Light and heat
Telephone
Materials and equipment
Fundraising costs
Bank charges
Repairs and equipment|2025
£
22,729
8,550
31,279
17,530
32,301
25,266
4,792
79,889
9,296
343,540
338
1,495
5,000
6,833
470,837
20,044
2,220
2,014
-
28
375
531
-
25,212|2024
£
26,209
5,793
32,002
11,374
30,415
18,761
4,578
65,128
7,171
386,673
438
1,880
5,354
7,672
498,646
21,745
4,006
2,738
141
753
281
390
714
30,768|
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## **DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
|**Charity shop expenditure**
**Community café**
Supplies
Casual workers
Materials and equipment
Insurance
**Hairdressing salon**
Casual labour
Materials and equipment
**Charitable activities**
Wages
Social security
Pensions
Van leasing charges
Casual workers
Sessional workers
Staff travel
Members expenses
Volunteers expenses
Training
Materials and equipment
Events and activities
Publicity
Catering and refreshments
Members support
Transport costs
Recruitment costs
**Support costs**
**Management**
Trustees' expenses
Rent and services
Insurance
Telephone
Printing, post and stationery
Subscriptions and publications
Carried forward|2025
£
3,902
11,009
1,008
-
15,919
-
345
345
202,006
12,031
23,137
9,350
23,710
20,524
3,453
392
1,816
3,642
8,838
6,546
1,079
16,786
-
3,008
157
336,475
215
25,646
1,751
7,452
2,439
675
38,178|2024
£
4,969
10,040
607
51
15,667
660
395
1,055
182,298
10,289
22,227
2,640
18,827
19,072
3,375
583
2,551
1,810
8,267
9,542
1,208
14,529
700
2,971
-
300,889
176
25,646
1,719
8,415
2,057
763
38,776|
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## **DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
|**Management**
Brought forward
Computer and IT costs
Repairs and maintenance
Bank charges
Bookkeeping and payroll costs
Professional fees
Cleaning
Storage charges
Improvements to property
Plant and machinery
Fixtures and fittings
Computer equipment
**Governance costs**
Accountancy charges
Total resources expended
**Net income**|2025
£
38,178
7,175
4,307
790
7,903
13
193
1,685
2,344
545
1,475
1,306
65,914
1,338
445,203
25,634|2024
£
38,776
7,322
32,932
841
7,767
172
271
545
2,344
255
1,562
1,960
94,747
1,302
444,428
54,218|
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