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2022-04-30-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year From 01 05 2021 To 30 04 2022

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Lincs Digital Other names charity is known by N/A Registered charity number (if any) 1183424 Charity's principal address 6 Harrison Close Horncastle Lincolnshire Postcode LN9 5ER

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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20		 Trustee name Office (if any) Dates acted if not for whole
**year **		 Name of person (or body) entitled
to appoint trustee (ifany)
StanleyAvison Chairman
Anne Aley Volunteer Support
AnthonyFincham Tutor Support
Ann Avison Treasurer/secretary

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser
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Address		 Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser
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Address		 Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser
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Address
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document

Constitution adopted May 2019

How the charity is constituted

CIO

Trustees are appointed or reappointed annually at the Annual General Trustee selection methods Meeting held in May

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

Trustees oversee the day to day running of the Charity. They seek views of project managers, volunteers, and learners to decide on funding projects to apply for. CRB checks are carried out for all people associated with the Charity. Procedures and policies are in place for: Finance, Conflict of Interest, Constitution, Data Protection, environmental, Safeguarding, Vulnerable Adults protection, equality and diversity, Health & Safety, and Volunteering. All policies are updated as per current legislation. Lincs Digital are registered with the ICO for Data Protection. Insured by Hiscox Insurance.

Risks are minimised by using a project manager for each contract and keeping reporting information separate which makes sure all targets are met and, in most cases, over-achieved. Regular meetings and monitoring keep track of all contract requirements.

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Section C Objectives and activities

To advance the education of the public in Digital Literacy and Skills by Summary of the objects of the providing classes, hands on training, workshops, and drop-in sessions charity set out in its governing document

In planning our activities for the year, we kept in mind the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit and the requirements of individual funding bids at our trustee meetings. The main activities this year have been:

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the These activities benefit all age groups by developing their self-confidence and social skills, their practical IT skills, and life skills. General well-being public benefit in relation to and mental health of individuals and introducing them to a digital support these objects (include within system for the future. this section the statutory declaration that trustees have Setup and introduced virtual learning sessions this year as a result of the had regard to the guidance Covid pandemic and to be able to support the local residents. issued by the Charity Commission on public We have also developed opportunities for individuals to volunteer and benefit) support their local community. This makes the project sustainable beyond the funding and once we have completed the projects. Unless specified by a project funder all sessions are available to anyone over 16, regardless of personal background, faith, gender or personal circumstances. Please note the TED project was restricted to over 50’s living in East Lindsey.

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Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

We are grateful for the many hours volunteers have supported learners at community venues, via phone and online. This year we have supported volunteers to develop virtual support and provided equipment and zoom access to enable this.

Without this valuable contribution we wouldn’t have been able to achieve so much and reach out to so many learners.

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

All projects have been achieved or are on target to achieve where funding overlaps the year end.

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

During this year much of the work had to move online due to covid restrictions. We purchased improved cameras, microphone, and monitors for this purpose. We developed an online support package which we delivered successfully to community groups, individuals, and organisations.

We also continued promotion and increased our recognition with partners, community groups and individuals locally and around the country. Thanks to recognition of work done by one of our project managers we won more contracts which allowed us to develop further this year. For the purpose of this report, it will be easier to breakdown the contracts:

TED project.

To deliver community-based workshop sessions. These consisted of 2 Tutors delivering 11 sessions to a group. Planned venues included, Horncastle, Mablethorpe, Alford, Louth, Manby, Woodhall Spa and Great Carlton but these had to be moved online and catered for the residents virtually. We also produced guides which were available online or in printed format which was posted to individuals.

Sessions covered safety, NHS website, GP Services, Zoom, online searching, online banking, online shopping, keeping in touch, media and family history online. We also received an additional fund to purchase and setup tablets for vulnerable residents.

These were restricted to over 50’s in East Lindsey.

Good Things Foundation Lloyds Grant:

This grant was a non-delivery focus with the main aim to support the business through the covid pandemic. This was to make changes to how the business usually worked and become sustainable through the coming months.

We were able to purchase equipment to allow us to deliver virtual sessions including software licences, microphones, and webcams. We also attended training sessions delivered by Microsoft to look at digital crm systems and how they could work for the charity.

FDI:

This had been the main source of funding from Good Things Foundation, but this is the final year of the contract with government funding no longer allocated to GTF for this project. We have a small rollover to complete existing learners into next financial year and then the contract will finish, we are applying for other sources of funding to replace this to allow us to continue the support to learners.

Make It Click:

Short term contract to support learners virtually through the more advanced courses supplied by Google. Useful for people in a work situation looking to improve their skills or those people looking for work. Excellent selection of office and business-related support courses.

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Response Fund:

A one-off grant to support the business through the pandemic period and allow us to continue adjusting work requirements. This allowed us to contribute to some of the charity over heads and to support some nondigital issues for residents such as delivering shopping and prescriptions to rural areas.

Lincolnshire Community Foundation

The following funds are managed by the LCF with funding from other organisations.

Covid Fund:

This fund is to replace the GTF funding mentioned above. We are looking to replace a £20,000 contract for the coming 12 months. LCC agreed to fund 50% with a grant of £10,000. This will allow us to deliver through to March in conjunction with some other funding from other sources mentioned below.

Coastal Communities:

This is a combined grant from Mablethorpe Community Challenge Committee and Lincolnshire County Council Covid Fund. A total grant of £10,000 to be used through to next year:

CCC: £5,000 to source and supply Tablets, Mobile Broadband, and setup devices to residents of LN12 area who are not online at present or having financial problems to purchase equipment.

LCC: £5,000 to support residents of LN12 area with use of devices and online services to help them become less isolated during the pandemic. Support is via a variety of methods including phone, email, virtual video sessions and some face to face. This will be done in 1:1 or small groups as required.

Anglian Water Fund:

Funding received last year for delivery of group and 1:1 support across Lincolnshire. Aimed at the rural communities to help as required.

LCC Covid Response:

This fund allowed us to deliver virtual sessions to the remote communities we would normally visit in person. This also enabled us to replace 25% of the GFT contract that finished with a £5,000 grant received.

Connect Up Fund:

Assisting small groups to get online and develop essential digital skills.

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Carers First

This was a project based on quote to deliver support to carers across Lincolnshire. We setup tablets, delivered support sessions to carers and zoom training sessions to staff. We also trained some young carers to become digital champions.

Voluntary Centre Services

Move Project:

This project supports those in long term unemployment. We supply support with digital learning and production of cv along with job applications as required. This is an invoiced project for work done.

Reach Project:

This project was restricted to young women who were looking to return to work and needed digital skills. They received a tablet with support for internet, spreadsheets, word and email.

Hogsthorpe Good Neighbour Scheme

We supported the Hogsthorpe GNS to apply for funding to support residents with digital equipment, mobile broadband, and support to use their devices.

WLDC Covid Response

This grant was offered to help us replace the GTF funding. 25% of the requirement was offered with a grant of £5,000. This will allow us to deliver support through the coming year with funds being reserved until our next financial year. The restrictions of funding are for residents of West Lindsey.

Magna Vitae

Magna Vitae have purchased some Amazon Fire tablets to support their clients. For this project we setup the devices, source and setup mobile broadband and deliver to Magna Vitae for distribution.

We also support Magna Vitae at some of their events with Digital Health Sessions. This is a voluntary role to support them.

Barclays Support Fund

Grants to purchase equipment for vulnerable residents.

Lincolnshire County Council Wellbeing Project

Funds received after a delay from LCC which impacted the start date of the project. This will now be used during the next year.

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Section E Financial review

The Charity decided to try and keep the initial donation as a reserve Brief statement of the amount. If possible, this will be increased future years if funds allow. Due charity’s policy on reserves to the covid situation the reserves may need to be used to continue the support to residents but will look to replace if this is the case. Details of any funds materially N/A in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

Our main source of funds this year has been from grants. Each of these comes with a specific target and guidance for expenditure as per the bid submitted.

A breakdown can be seen in the receipts and payments section below.

Section F Other optional information

Future Plans

The coming year looks like being a challenge with more virtual support required. We will look to deliver some community-based sessions to meet local need.

We will look for additional funding to develop our support sessions and cover a wider area.

Main focus of work will be to deliver the LCC contract which had been delayed.

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s)

Full name(s) Stanley Avison Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chairman etc)

Date 16/02/2023

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Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ Charity Name members of Lincs Digital On accounts for the year 30[th] April 2022 Charity no 1183424 ended (if any) Set out on pages 1 to 2 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 30/04/2022

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Date: 15/02/2023 Signed: Name: R P Ellis Relevant professional Chartered Accountant qualification(s) or body A practising member of the ICAEW (if any):

Address: 414 Newark Road Lincoln LN6 8RX

Section B Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).

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Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .

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Charity Name No (if any) Lincs Digital 1183424 3 Receipts and payments accounts

Period start date Period end date For the period To from 01/05/2021 30/04/2022

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Section A Receipts and payments

A1 Receipts Unrestricted
funds
to the nearest
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funds
to the nearest £
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20,750
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2,699
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7,825		 Endowment
funds
to the nearest £
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to the nearest £
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191
2,185
2,699
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7,825		 Last year
to the nearest
£
Opening Balance - - - - 15,318
Ted Project - 20,750 - 20,750 24,743
LCCWellbeing - 20,000 - 20,000 -
Good Things Foundation Lloyds - 500 - 500 4,500
Good Things Foundation FDI - 191 - 191 6,000
GoodThingsFoundation MakeIt Click - 2,185 - 2,185 1,250
Good Thingsd Foundation response 3,000
Good Things Foundation Connect Up 2,699 2,699
LCFCovidFund - 10,000
LCF CCC - 10,000
LCF Covid Response 5,000
LCF AWA - - - - 7,700
TNLC Covid 18,000
Get Connected 600
VCSMove 7,825 7,825 2,330

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VCSReach 1,732 1,732
Carers First - 9,914
Barclays Hardship Fund 488 488
Hogsthorpe GNS 4,088 4,088 362
WLDC Covid Response - 5,000
Magna Vitae - 6,100
PCF - 2,400
Mimmis Mission 500
Activew Humber 3,875
Amazon Refunds - 423 - 423 2,261
Sub total(Gross income for
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A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).

(see table).
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Total receipts - 60,881 - 60,881 138,853

A3 Payments

A3 Payments
TED Project Delivery - 16,280 - 16,280 21,700
TED Project Equipment for distribution 6,002 6,002 3,167
TED Admin - 861 - 861 1,860
TED Resources - 1,092 - 1,092 308
TED Broadband - 131 - 131 660

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TED Office - 294 - 294 294
GTF Lloyds Delivery - 1,000 - 1,000 5,000
GTF FDI Resources - 510 - 510 8,900
GTF Make It Click - 2,810 - 2,810 1,875
GTF Connect Up Resources 627 627
GTF Response 3,000
GTF Connect Up Sessions 2,072 2,072
LCF Covid Fund Resources and Devices 1,200 1,200 8,800
LCF CCC Equipment 4,895 4,895 1,609
LCF CCC Sessions 3,496 3,496
LCF Covid response 5,000
LCF AWA Support Sessions 7,700 7,700
VCS Move admin and support 8,486 8,486 1,668
VCS Reach support 1,732 1,732
Carers First Resources 414 414 3,500
Barclays Hardship Fund 488 488
Get connected 600
TNLC 18,000
WLDC Support 5,000 5,000
Hogsthorpe devices and support 4,088 4,088 362
Magna Vitae device support 4,015 4,015 1,224
Active Humber 3,875
PCF - 2,400
Mimmi Mission 500

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Amazon - 423 - 423 2,172
Sub total - 73,616 - 73,616 96,472

A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) Large Monitors and ipads

A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
Large Monitors and ipads - - - - 3,417
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Sub total
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Total payments - 73,616 - 73,616 96,472
Net of receipts/(payments) - - 12,735 - -
12,735		 42,381
A5 Transfers between funds
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A6 Cash funds last year end
- 42,380 - 42,380 -
Cash funds this year end - 29,645 - 29,645 42,381

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Categories
B1 Cash funds		 Details
Total cash funds
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))		 Unrestricted
funds
to nearest £
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OK		 Restricted
funds
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29,645
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29,645
OK		 Endowment
funds
to nearest £
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OK

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B2 Other monetary assets

B3 Investment assets

B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use

Details
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B5 Liabilities

Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees

Fund to which Amount due When due Details liability relates (optional) (optional) - - - - -

Date of Print Name Signature approval Stan Avison 11/02/2023 Anne Aley 12/02/2023

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