2024-04-30-accounts - Lincs Digital

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year From 01 05 2023 To 30 04 2024

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

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 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 Name Address	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name 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

(eg. trust deed, constitution)

How the charity is constituted

CIO

(eg. trust, association, company)

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

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

Trustees oversee the day to day running of the Charity. They seek views You may choose to include of project managers, volunteers, and learners to decide on funding additional information, where projects to apply for. relevant, about: • CRB checks are carried out for all people associated with the Charity. policies and procedures adopted for the induction and Procedures and policies are in place for: Finance, Conflict of Interest, Constitution, Data Protection, environmental, training of trustees; Safeguarding, Vulnerable Adults protection, equality and diversity, Health • the charity’s organisational & Safety, and Volunteering. All policies are updated as per current structure and any wider legislation. network with which the charity works; Lincs Digital are registered with the ICO for Data Protection. • relationship with any related Insured by Hiscox Insurance.

relationship with any related parties;
Lincs Digital have some excellent working relationships with other local organisations and signpost to each other. Currently we have formal contracted relationships with VCS and Carers First. Individual contracts with Lincolnshire County Council, East Lindsey District Council, South Holland District Council, Good Things Foundation for grant projects. Now we are becoming more established and have built a good reputation for our work which resulted in additional LCC and ELDC contracts.
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

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: • Community Based learning sessions • Online learning Support • Virtual Learning Sessions • Targeted project for over 50’s in East Lindsey • Targeted project for isolated rural communities • Development of website Summary of the main • Community based drop-in sessions offering Digital Support activities undertaken for the • Support for online Health, Housing and Financial needs public benefit in relation to these objects (include within These activities benefit all age groups by developing their self-confidence this section the statutory and social skills, their practical IT skills, and life skills. General well-being declaration that trustees have and mental health of individuals and introducing them to a digital support had regard to the guidance system for the future. issued by the Charity Commission on public Setup and introduced virtual learning sessions last year as a result of the benefit) Covid pandemic and to be able to support the local residents.

We have also developed opportunities for individuals to volunteer and 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 Wellbeing project is restricted to referrals directly from them and not an open project. This is also the same for the Carers First project.

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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.

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main During this year we continued to deliver and develop virtual learning achievements of the charity sessions including some sessions for Carers First in Medway. We also during the year increased the return to community venues after the covid restrictions. 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: East Lindsey District Council Community Hubs. To deliver community-based drop-in sessions. These consisted of 2 Tutors delivering sessions to at community venues. Planned venues included, Horncastle, Mablethorpe, Alford, Louth, Wragby and East Barkwith. Sessions covered safety, NHS website, GP Services, Zoom, online searching, online banking, online shopping, keeping in touch, media and family history online. We also helped people access online services including ELDC, LCC and .GOV websites. There were also some people who required assisted digital help because they didn’t want to be online but needed to complete forms etc online. Lincolnshire County council Wellbeing Lincs Service This service started last year and due to the success and increased need it received additional funding to continue. The project involves receiving a referral from the Wellbeing service and we then contact the client to arrange the support requested. This includes virtual support in some cases but most instances we visit the home of individuals with 1:1 support. The service can supply a Tablet, Mobile Broadband/MiFi and support to use the devices or do something online. We are working with vulnerable people therefore the support is very confidential and sensitive to their needs. This project ended this year and we await the wellbeing service review to explore future funding opportunities with them. Digital Health Project We were approached last year by Rose Regeneration to deliver a Digital Health project in conjunction with them and The Institute for Rural Health (Lincoln University). Funded by Health Education England and funding managed by ELDC. This project involved support sessions at Mablethorpe with volunteers and surgery staff receiving support to become Digital Health Champions. The University produced a report on the project

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Section D Achievements and performance

Good Things Foundation

Ambassador Project:

The Network Ambassador Programme will see Good Things Foundation working with four existing community partners on a variety of pieces of work. Areas of focus include strategic partner stewardship, advocacy, network recruitment, network training and communications, as well as other tasks that don’t fit into these five categories.

We are one of the four centres and have supported with development projects and delivered training sessions for other centres. This project will continue into next year.

Capability Grant:

This grant allowed us to develop systems and equipment for the charity to improve their services. This was an unreserved grant with flexibility to develop the Charity needs.

Carers First

This was a project based on a 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. This was mainly completed during the last financial year with a final balance completed this year.

Voluntary Centre Services

Multiply:

This project is to improve numeracy skills using IT. We are using Excel to do budget sessions and online banking and shopping sessions. These are community-based sessions using local venues.

South Holland District Council

To deliver community-based drop-in sessions. These consisted of 2 Tutors delivering sessions at SHDC Social Housing Residents Venues. Planned venues included, Pinchbeck, Holbeach, Crowland, Sutton Bridge, Spalding and Fleet Hargate. These were closed sessions for residents only.

Sessions covered safety, NHS website, GP Services, Zoom, online searching, online banking, online shopping, keeping in touch, media and family history online. We also helped people access online services including SHDC, LCC and .GOV websites. There were also some people who required assisted digital help because they didn’t want to be online but needed to complete forms etc online.

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

The Charity decided to try and keep the initial donation as a reserve amount. If possible, this will be increased future years if funds allow.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

N/A

Further financial review details (Optional information)

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

the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;

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.

This information was included with all the relevant bid documents at the time of application and approval by the committee.

All expenditure has been relevant to the project and manged by individual project managers specific to the funding.

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

investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

Future Plans

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

We are exploring options to offer our sessions across Boston Borough and South Holland District Council areas.

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 30/01/2025

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Charity Name No (if any) Lincs Digital 1183424 5 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a Period start date Period end date For the period To from 01/05/2023 30/04/2024

Section A Receipts and payments

A1 Receipts	Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - 916 3,600 4,516	Restricted funds to the nearest £ - 55,000 11,250 - 26,763 128 10,908 - 8,400 112,449	Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Total funds to the nearest £ - 55,000 - 11,250 - 26,763 128 10,908 - 916 3,600 8,400 116,965	Last year to the nearest £
Opening Balance	-	-	-	-	29,314
LCC Wellbeing	-	55,000	-	55,000	25,000
GoodThingsFoundationConnect Up	-		-	-	5,580
Good Things Foundation Ambassador	-	11,250	-	11,250	11,250
VCS Move	-	-	-	-	6,233
VCSMultiply	-	26,763	-	26,763	4,387
Carers First	-	128	-	128	15,342
East Lindsey District Council	-	10,908	-	10,908	5,760
Digital Health Project	-		-	-	23,169
Office Working Fund	916	-	-	916	6,457
Good Things Foundation Capability Grant	3,600		-	3,600
South Holland District Council		8,400	-	8,400
*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	4,516	112,449	-	116,965	132,492

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A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).

table).
	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
*Sub total*	-	-	-	-	-

*Total receipts*	4,516	112,449	-	116,965	132,492

A3 Payments

A3 Payments
GTF Connect Up Resources	-	-	-	-	1,393
GTF Connect Up Sessions	-	-	-	-	686
GTF Connect Up Equipment	-	-	-	-	2,830
GTF Connect Up Office	-	-	-	-	672
VCS Move admin and support	-	-	-	-	6,233
Carers First Equipment Distributed	-	-	-	-	12,055
Carers First Sessions	-	128	-	128	96
Carers First Support	-	-	-	-	7,748
Carers First Resources	-	-	-	-	1,443
Magna Vitae device support	-	-	-	-	862
East Lindsey District Council Sessions	-	8,445	-	8,445	4,350
ELDC Admin		2,408	-	2,408	400
ELDC Resources		450	-	450	310
LCC Wellbeing Equipment for distrtibution	-	20,406	-	20,406	18,891
LCC Wellbeing Support	-	21,853	-	21,853	22,376
LCC Wellbeing Admin	-	2,748	-	2,748	1,955
LCC Wellbeing Resources	-	9,993	-	9,993	1,778

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Digital Health Equipment	-	472	-	472	685
Digital Health Sessions	-	15,797	-	15,797	2,249
Digital Health Resources	-	3,396	-	3,396	568
GTF Ambassador Equipment		1,621	-	1,621	203
GTF Ambassador Support	-	4,114	-	4,114	6,542
GTF Ambassador Admin	-	2,687	-	2,687	3,649
GTF Ambassador Resources	-	328	-	328	856
VCS Multiply Sessions	-	22,400	-	22,400	4,000
VCS Multiply Admin	-	4,363	-	4,363	387
Office Support	1,191	-	-	1,191	293
South Holland District Council Support	-	8,400	-	8,400
GTF Capability Grant	1,100		-	1,100	-
*Sub total*	2,291	130,009	-	132,300	103,510

A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)

	-	-		-		-
*Sub total*
	-	-		-		-	-
*Total payments*	2,291		130,009	-	132,300		103,510
*Net of receipts/(payments)*	2,225	-	17,560	-	-	15,335	28,982
A5 Transfers between funds	-		-	-		-	-
A6 Cash funds last year end	6,164		23,149	-		29,313	-
*Cash funds this year end*	8,389		5,589	-		13,978	28,982

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

Categories Details

B1 Cash funds

Total cash funds

(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details Details

B2 Other monetary assets

B3 Investment assets

Details

B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use

Details

B5 Liabilities

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

Signature

Unrestricted funds to nearest £ 8,389 - 8,389 OK Unrestricted funds to nearest £ -	Restricted funds to nearest £ 5,589 - 5,589 OK Restricted funds to nearest £ -	Endowment funds to nearest £
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		OK
		Endowment funds to nearest £
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Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - Print Name Stan Avison	Current value (optional)
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	Current value (optional)
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	When due (optional)


	Date of approval
Stan Avison	29/01/2025

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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 2024 Charity no 1183424 ended (if any) Set out on pages One to Three (remember too 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 30/04/2023.

Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).

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:

accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
the accounts do not accord with the accounting records

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.

Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.

Signed: Name: R P Ellis Relevant professional Chartered Accountant qualification(s) or body A practising member of the ICA&W (if any):

Date: 30/01/2025

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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