2023-03-31-accounts - The Omega Course

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								SORP reference
Summary the charity			ofthe purposes as set out in its				of		To advance education for the public benefit about issues relating to death
governing			document						and dying and related subjects in such
									ways as the trustees may from time to
									time determine.
Summary activities		ofthe main in relation to those						Para 1.17and 1.19	We undertook 7 Death cafes in Hospital, Library, local theatre, and other
purposes		for the			public				premises across the County and held a
benefit,	in		particular,			the			Dying Matters Stall in the local Town
activities,		projects or							Square.
services		identified			in	the			The Director gave a talk in a Series on
accounts.									taboos entitled 'Not in polite Society'—
									her topic was Death.
									We engaged with the Coventry and
									Warwickshire VSCE event. And various
									training for managing the charity.
									We held an OmegaPro course for
									professionals at the regional acute
									Hospital Trust and 2 courses for healthy
									people in the community.
									We have joined with the Compassionate
									City bid coordinated from University
									Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire.
									There were 5training sessions and
									ongoing collaborative discussion.
									We undertook a Lent talk for churches
									together to share our work and
									disseminated our results at The
									Palliative Care Congress in March 2023.
									We write regularly for a local free
									magazine to disseminate our work and
									ideas about u skillin the communi
Statement			confirming					Para 1.18	Yes
whether	the			trustees		have
had regard			to the		guidance
issued	by	the Charity
Commission				on public
benefit

You ma	choose to	choose to	include	further	statements	where relevant	where relevant	about:
				SORP reference
				Para	1 38
Policy on	grant making
				Para	1.38
Policy on	social investment
including	program		related
investment
						All members		ofthe	Omega Course
				Para	1.38	Board and all staff (8 in				number)	are
Contribution volunteers		made	by			working in a voluntary capacity. Course authorship, administration,
						delivery,	and	marketing		have been
						voluntary	with grant aided expenses
						covered	in full.
Other

Achieve	formance
	SORP reference
		We maintain our partnership with
		University Hospital Coventry and
		Warwickshire Communities outreach
Summary ofthe main achievements ofthe charity,	Para 1.20	team. The bespoke training for Compassionate City accreditation was
identifying the difference the charity's work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider		time consuming and challenging. and to support their problems with sick leave and low personnel numbers we have run a lot ofdeath cafes that are
benefits to society as a whole.		direct contact with the public. We did an interim evaluation of
		OmegaPro and ran another course at
		the large Acute Trust.
		Our research evaluation was published
		in an International Medical Journal. This
		not only disseminated the findings of
		efficacy and acceptability ofour course,
		but also demonstrate our rigor in basing
		our activities in research in the field.
		Our director continues to attend clinical
		and psychological CPD to maintain
		skills for teaching and dissemination of
		Public Health Palliative Care practice
		and rinci les.

You ma	choose to include	choose to include	choose to include	further statements	where relevant about	where relevant about
					It is ofnote that our quantitative		and
					qualitative	course feedback remains
Achievements objectives set			against	Para 1.41	very good. People say they have managed to talk about and prepare for
					death in a	positive way without	being
					distressed	by the course content.
					We bid for 2 grants to cover costs with
					success.
Performance			offundraising
activities	against objectives			Para 1.41
set
Investment		performance		Para 1.41
against	objectives
Other

Financial Review	Financial Review
Review ofthe charity's financial position at the end ofthe eriod		Para 1.21	The charity concluded the year in a positive financial position.
Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held		Para 1.22	Specific reserves are due to the charity not financial commitments.				not held currently having ongoing This will be
			reviewed	in	due time.
Amount ofreserves held		Para 1.22	KO
Reasons for holding zero		Para 1.22	The charity		does	not have ongoing
reserves			financial	commitments
Details offund materially	in	Para 1.24	n/a
deficit
Explanation of any		Para 1.23	None
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern
Additional information (optional)
You ma choose to include	further statements		where relevant		about:
The charity's principal
sources offunds (including		Para 1.47
any fundraising)
Investment policy and
objectives including any		Para 1.46
social investment policy
adopted
A description ofthe principal		Para 1.46
risks facing the charity
Other

Description of charity's
trusts:
Type of governing document	Para 1.25	Governing	document
trust deed, ro al charter
How is the charity constituted?	Para 1.25	Charitable	Incorporated Organisation
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)
Trustee selection methods including details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entitled	Para 1.25	Apart from the first charity trustees, every trustee shall be appointed for a term ofthree years by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting ofthe charity trustees.
to appoint one or more
trustees

Additiona	l information (optional)	l information (optional)	l information (optional)
You ma	choose to include further statements			where relevant	about:
Policies	and	procedures
adopted	for the induction		Para 1.51
and training		oftrustees
The charity's		organisational
structure	and	any wider	Para 1.51
network	with	which the
charity works
Relationship		with any related	Para 1.51
parties
Other

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						Receipts and payments			accounts				CC16a
					For the period from		01/04/2022	To			31/03/2023
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					Unrestricted		Restricted	Endowment
						funds	funds	funds			Total	funds	Last	year
					to	the nearest
						f	to the nearest 6	to the nearest		6	to the nearest 6		to the nearest 6
A1 Recei ts
GRANiS COURSE FEES DONATIONS BANKINTEREST						372 649	2,183					2,183 372 649		405
Sub total	(Gross	income	for
			AR)			1,026	2,183					3,208
A2 Asset and	investment sales
(see table).
		Sub total
	Total receipts					1,026	2,183			-		3,208		405
A3 Pa ments
VENUE HIRE REFRESHMENTS PUBLICITY STATIONERY &POST TRAVEL EXPENSES BANK CHARGES &INSURANCE						266 69 1,049 179	504					266 89 1,563 'I79		168
														459
		Sub total				2,007						2,511		827'
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
P A KIT & MICROPHONE
COMPUTER
		Sub total				109
	Total payments					2,116	1,504					3,620	',	627
Net ofreceiptsl(payments) A5 Transfers between funds						1,091	679					412		222
A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end						2,931 1,840	1,000 1,679					3,931' 3,519	.	4,153 3,931

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Categories			Details			Unrestricted funds		Restricted funds			Endowment funds
B1Cash funds			CAF BANK ACCOUNT			to	nearest 8	to	nearest	8	to nearest 8
							1,840			1,878
				Total	cash funds		1,840		1,679
			(sores balances	wsh receipts sbd psrmebts
					eccbum(s))	('tK					OK
						Unrestricted		Restricted			Endowment
B2Other monetary assets			Details			to	funds nssrsstB	to	funds nearest	p.	funds to nearest 6
BSInvestment	assets		Details			Fund to which asset bolos s					Current value o tlonsl
B4Assets retained for		the	Details			Fund to which asset be)on s		Cost	(optional)		Current value o tionsl
charity's own use
BSLiabilities			Details			Fund Iisbili	to which relates	Amount dus o tionsl			When dus o tionsl
Signed by one or two trustees behalf of all the trustees		on	Si	ature			Print Name				Date of
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