CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trustees Buckland Support On accounts for the year ended 315t DerRmber 2023 Charity no (rf any) 1183456 Sat out on pages 34 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity {Ihe Trust.) for the year ended As the charity's trustees, you are responsibl8 for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (Ihe A). 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 all the apICable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5}(b) of the Act. Responsibillties and basis of report Ind&pendent examlner's ststement I have completed my examination. I confinn that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below.) which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or the accounts did not Gomply with the applicable requirements conceming the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports} Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a Irue and fair, view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concems 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 propèr understanding of the accounts to be reached. . Please delete the ¥Yord5 in the brackets rf they do not appty. Date: 21 Signed: Name: LvciNJ Relavant profossional qualificatlon(s) or body IER Oct 2018
(If any): Address: Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of COnr (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). Givo here brief dotall$ ot any Items that the èxaminerwishes to dis¢loso. ER Oct 2018
Buckland Support Recei For the prlod from tsand ments accounts CC16a To 0110112023 3111212023 Section A Receipts and payments Unrestrlcted nds to the noar8St Restrlcted fund$ totho ngarest£ Endowmont fvnd$ Total fvnds Lst totho IièaY8•t£ trthe n•arest£ totho n•arest£ A1 Recel National Lottery Devon County CoLmral Donalion3 ¥209 2,400 4.833 X20&37 1,900 500.00 483&00 ross Income ARJ 4333 3&109 41.44137 an Inve sa Total recolpts mon Salaries Payroll costs Travel exp8n89S Room hire Acttwty C0818 Insurance Phone Bills Other 31176 402 1,&47 32.176 402 1,647 75 1203 335 362 335 22$ 225 Sub total 811.3$ 41.427.98 A4 Asset and Investsnont Sub totsl 6,617 34,811 41.428 Net of receipt{Ymonts) A6 Transfers bgtween funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year ond 4,752 A,7S2 ,45 0,8Q5 20,B19.31 20,819.31
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricted Restrl¢ted funds funds to n8ar08t£ to neaTe5t£ 20,819 Endowment funds to noaro8t£ Categorles Details B1 Cash funds General Fund8 Total ¢ash funds 20,819 I8g tsaknc85 rewpts ar pay1¥ aryunl{S}I Unrestrlctgd fund$ Restrlcted funds to ne•T•8t£ Endowment funds tts n8arnst£ Details to ne¥r•&t£ FLmd to wht¢h a558ibglon CuYYentvalu• onal Details Cost loOrtalI B3 InvestffleTrt assets Fund towhi¢h a*Èot bobon urr8nt¥aluè tlonal Details 4)¥tloptlon•ll B4 Assets retsined for the ¢harity's own uso Fund lo which Amounlduo Whon duo onal Details BS Liabiliti Slgrwd by on8 ortwo trustees on b8half of a15 thè trust8e9 Print Name Date of rova Sigrthre ROSEMARY WHITBREAD
Annual General Meetin -Buckland Su ortl 24 Chairfs Re ort Firstly. I would like to apologise for the delay in having our AGM due to illness and other circumstances. We welcome you here today to share in the elertion of Trustees, reviewing the past year of our Hub project as well as other work undertaken by our charity. We have seen another year where people are still recovering from the effects of Covid in tems of loneliness, ill health neglect because of pressure on the NHS and other statutory se$, increases in utility bills and other threats to recovery. However, we have also seen an improvement in our work alongside other services, I believe due to our persistence and the presence of some wonderful co-workers where we have achieved some life changing effect5 together. I would particularty mention our CAB colleague and the Teign Housing Officer for our area who see people every week who drop in. They have saved people from eviction, improved their living conditions and helped people get help to which they are entitled. Other agencies have regularly attended The Hub. offering a range of seices, including One Small Step, our two South Devon Alliance Teignbridge Councillors for our area, the Fire SeNice and the Police Liaison Officers. We have also been able to accept referrals from certain Social Services soclal workers and demonstrated the effectiveness of working in a non-statutory way alongside them. We have attended MASH meetings frequently and taken a role a5 key worker in some cases. We have worked alongside schools in monitorlng vulnerable children We have had the benefit of the continued presence of our Coordinator, Yvonne Cogavin Icongratulations on her recent re-marriage) who has developed a wealth of re-sources and experience over the many years she has led thi5 work. Yvonne works very closety with the surgery where she is also a valuéd member of their team, undertaking work for them as Care Coordinator. Alongside her, Alison has developed skills in running well-attended fun and sUPPOrtive regular groups and undertaking home visits to new client5 as well as regular drop-in where regular support is needed. We have been asked to work on a separate project with one of the GPS looking at families with multiple generational issues. We are also very fortunate to have a strong band of committed volunteers who do everything from driving to medical and social appointments, running the Hub Café every week, supporting the weekly clubs such as Exercise to Music, the amazing parent led Baby and Toddler Group, and the Friday Group all of which combine fun with support. Volunteers a150 undertake support visits to those who cannot attend our groups. Our relations with Buckland Sur8ery are eXlIent and we have regular and prompt access to discuss Issues with the GPS with the patient's permissh)n. This enables us to produce written support where needed as part of getting further resources for people both financial and practical. such as accommodation, PIP benefit, Attendance Allowance as well as acting as an advocate with statutory services. This unique relationship has been one of the foundations allowing us to be so effective.
Our model at The Hub of drawin8 in other agencies by offering them accessible and confidential accommodation, where people can get help with addiction, mental health issues. other health issues, financial dlstress and housing needs, has been taken up by other surgeries in the town where they are trying to encourage this multi-agency working and we have been more than willing to share our experience. However, the NHS provision of Sotial Prescribers falls very short of what is needed to make this necessary connection between health and social needs. We have continued to provide the regular open door ofThe Hub almost every week of the year as well as an excellent parent-led baby and toddler group where parents can access support from the group leaders as well as the hub personnel in the same building. Our exercise group for older people has grown in numbers and all enjoy the coffee and chat at the end of the weekly session. We have extended the original Friday warm group to continue meeting throughout the year since the fun and friendship have been invaluable to so many lonety and isolated people. We now have a new group run by Barbara, a new volunteer, who has set up Buckland fidy Troopers who meet to do litter Picking on Buckland followed by tea and chat. They meet once a month (weather permitting) and have done a really good job of making the estate a more pleasant and proud place to live. It has been a catslyst for people of all ages to work together to improve the environment and make new friends. Yvonne and Alison have continued to take referrals from the surgery every week encouraging people to come to the Hub or doing home visits. We are also welcoming two new agencies who are starting atThe Hub in the next month. One Is the Drug and Alcohol Team now called Together. They will be here on the first Tuesday of the month starting on February 6 to talk with anyone who would like their 5UPPOrt-they are offering bacon baps I believel The second group is from Step One who are part of the mental health team. They will be setting up a walking and chat group starting here at The Buckland Centre and ending somewhere with refreshments. They are also going to be running a HOPE programme and people are very welcome to joln this group. Leaflets are available here at The Hub. We have started to work on a project involving carers for which we are seeking further funding. This would include identifying all carers on tk* estate and at the surgery and contacting them about their eeds. This will cover all carers, including dementia carers and those supporting people with physical and other issues. including caring for adults and children with Autism. We will work with people already involved In this work as well as looking to set up our own support network. So we are looking forward to an exciting year with our old and new partners as we provide support for anyone living on Buckland or who is a patient at the surgery. We are over half way through our four yeor Lottery Funding and were able to work with our independent assessors a few months ago to produce evidence of the work we are doing and the results achieved. At the beginning of March we will be welcoming a visit to the Hub from a representative of The National Lottery who will be able to see our project in action and tslk with volunteers. the public and ourselves, the Trustees for the project.