Charity registration number: 1184440
DOOR OF HOPE
Annual Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 June 2021
Contents
| Contents | |
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| Reference and Administrative Details | 1 |
| Trustees' Report | 2 to 8 |
| Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities | 9 |
| Independent Examiner's Report | 10 |
| Statement of Financial Activities | 11 |
| Balance Sheet | 12 |
| Notes to the Financial Statements | 13 to 16 |
Reference and Administrative Details
Trustees
Pauline Amy Goubert Rev Anthony Lawrence Kelton Rev Brian Cooper Richardson
Senior Management Team
Rev Philip Streeter, British Director Mr Simon Streeter, General Manager
Principal Office
Door of Hope,
Links House, Ferring Street, Ferring, West Sussex, BN12 5JP
Charity Registration Number
1184440
Bankers
Barclays Bank Romford and Barking Group Barking Essex IG11 8AT
Independent Examiner
Kolade Andrew Alli ACMA KARE Financial Management Consultants Ltd 10 Gatcombe Gardens West End, Hampshire SO18 3NA
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Trustees' Report
The trustees present the annual report together with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 30 June 2021.
Objectives and activities
Public benefit
The trustees confirm that they have complied with the requirements of section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission for England and Wales.
Objectives of the Charity
Door of Hope’s primary objective is to bring physical, educational, spiritual and economic aid to individuals and groups in distress through no direct fault of their own. Our primary emphasis is on children who are victims of political, social and economic pressures, as well as those whose lives are endangered by natural disasters.
Door of Hope’s primary objective is to bring physical, educational, spiritual and economic aid to individuals and groups in distress through no direct fault of their own. Our primary emphasis is on children who are victims of political, social and economic pressures, as well as those whose lives are endangered by natural disasters.
Door of Hope is an interdenominational group of Christians as well as other individuals of various beliefs. These people work together to help people of any religious or non-religious persuasion to assist them in their needs.
Principal activities of the Charity
Door of Hope’s principal activities are to provide long term, sustained aid to distressed regions in Bulgaria and the Ukraine. Our principle aid programme consists of food, clothing, medical and dental care, and education. Door of Hope has also given in unexpected world disasters, e.g, the Tsunami catastrophe and local geographical catastrophes in the countries that it supports. In the past, aid has been given in legal representation for persecuted minorities.
Door of Hope’s principal activities are to provide long term, sustained aid to distressed regions in Bulgaria and the Ukraine. Our principle aid programme consists of food, clothing, medical and dental care, and education. Door of Hope has also given in unexpected world disasters, e.g, the Tsunami catastrophe and local geographical catastrophes in the countries that it supports. In the past, aid has been given in legal representation for persecuted minorities.
Door of Hope provides continuing assistance to the following areas of need in the Ukraine. The feeding of street children, support of Orphanages, financial assistance in a child’s Criminal Detention Centre, the support of children with cerebral needs and assistance in the setting up of a school among marginalised gypsy children.
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Trustees' Report
In Bulgaria, Door of Hope provides financial help for the feeding of street children in Turkish gypsy communities. In one of these, schoolrooms have been created and an entire education system has been set up. Teacher training seminars have also been instituted where many of the children, for various reasons, have failed to become a part of state education. Our projects in this area have also included a well with pumped water, hygienic washing facilities, and agricultural training. Door of Hope has also provided dental treatment for the children, visits by a trained nurse for health inspections and the provision of vitamins (operated under professional guidance) for children who are under nourished. Practical guidance, training and direction is given to teenagers who are requiring first-time employment in a ninety percent high unemployment area.
In the past, Door of Hope has provided practical help and incentive for the inmates of three major prisons and seven in the Ukraine. This consists of mattresses for cells, reading materials, bee hives for the production of honey and professional guidance for prisoners who are about to be released.
Co-operation with other groups
Door of Hope continues to recognise that it is a small Charity and cannot resolve all of the world’s problems and needs. In the past it has worked with other religious groups such as the Salvation Army, World Emergency Relief, Ukraine Christian Mission and is now closely tied to Worthing based (West Sussex) Link to Hope in order to fulfil its humanitarian directives.
Fund Raising
Door of Hope raises funds through a long established address list with bi-monthly mailings to donors as well as requests to other organisations and legacy requests. The letters include information on project needs, local geographical and educational information, current humanitarian issues and request for donation support. Door of Hope also endeavours to solicit grants from other societies, fund raising agencies and individual fund raising projects. Whenever possible, it seeks to raise public awareness through other media activities.
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Trustees' Report
Protection of Charitable Assets
Door of Hope is aware of its responsibility to protect its Charitable assets in national economic trends and with care management. It is also aware that accountability infrastructures are essential to good stewardship.
Door of Hope requires reports and wherever possible, receipts from the areas of need that it supports. In the Ukraine and Bulgaria there are carefully chosen, part-time appointed Directors. Both Directors direct and facilitate Door of Hope’s humanitarian operations, thus insuring strictest honesty.
Review of the year
The year ending 30th June, 2021 saw a satisfactory continuation of financial income. In spite of difficult times, for all Charities, Door of Hope has seen only short falls to the level of its income. Mailing regular donors has continued to receive response at an acceptable level. The trustees remain pleased, Door of Hope’s main project programmes have remained funded and there are no outstanding debts. It is anticipated that financial adjustments may have to be made in the coming financial year. Door of Hope earnestly wishes to maintain its major, long-term goals of feeding, educating and giving medical treatment to deprived children in the areas where it operates.
Door of Hope’s website continues to provide bi-monthly news and helpful information to the general public.
During the past year projected emphasis, practical assistance and moral development has been projected into the following areas of need ...
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Trustees' Report
*** July/August. 2020. _“Thank God for many mercies.”**_
A summer special Door of Hope outlining all Door of Hope projects in Ukraine and Bulgaria. Amid the horrors of drug/alcohol abuse, shattered families, unaffordable medication, no pension prospects, homeless children and abused mothers trying to survive in week national economies, a blanket appeal is made rather than reference to a singular need.
* September/October. 2020. “Elderly and Sorrowful.”
Door of Hope has been assisting the elderly for many years. Most recently we entered the Sudovishnyansky boarding home in Ukraine giving accommodation to 135 disabled elderly people. As well as clothes and gifts, summer shoes were given to each elderly person. Twenty-four workers succumbed to Covid 19 as well as deaths among the residents. The monthly pension paid to these elderly people is £45.00.
*** November/December 2020 (Christmas Appeal) _“Wrapped in Swaddlin**_
Clothes.”
Door of Hope’s yearly Christmas Shoe Box project together with an appeal to donors for families living near Ukraine’s war zone. In a ghetto areas of constant risk and danger, Christmas gift Shoe boxes are delivered to deprived families and the elderly
This letter provided information on Door of Hope’s projects among some of the poorest, marginalised people in Eastern Europe. Many of them existing in abysmal accommodation conditions.
Each year, Door of Hope (with the generous assistance of Link to Hope charity) endeavours to bring a measure of Christmas cheer to poor families – particularly the young and elderly. Around five thousand boxes are delivered to Bulgaria and the Ukraine. Each shoe box contains presents for child, mother and grandparent.
Parcels will also be delivered to Bulgaria’s main Prison (for families of prisoners) and also three ghetto villages.
* January/February. 2021 “The Heavenly Artist”
Door of Hope’s second appeal focusing on an young Orphanage woman abandoned on a doorstep at birth. A half-blind disabled girl who without any training, has become a gifted artist in depicting written Bible images. Having a bare pittance of money, Door of Hope presented the need for her and other Orphanage occupants.
An appeal on behalf of many children and young people in Ukraine who were not registered as Ukrainian citizens at birth. On many occasions the mother herself was not a registered occupant of the country. Having no certificate the children cannot be enrolled in school. They cannot procure a passport or be registered with a doctor. DOH was wanting to raise £5000.00 to help purchase documentation for many children thus helping them receive the benefits of Ukrainian society
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* May/June. 2021. “A Tragic Sense of the Inevitable.”
This appeal letter presented the dire need of an extremely impoverished Roma community who are striving to survive in ghetto conditions during the present Covid19 epidemic. With no electrical facilities, sanitary standards or employment opportunities, our representative and workers are providing the village inhabitants with sanitary items and also practical instruction on clean living standards. Our appeal letter was for money to provide toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap, towels, etc, for these people.
News Information
In its bi-monthly newsletters, as well as its financial appeal, whenever possible, Door of Hope endeavours to inform and educate its readers re: the geographical, social, economic and religious conditions in the areas where it is asking for donor support.
Door of Hope remains sensitive to the people who give financial support. They are NEVER pressurised by telephone calls or barraged with extra literature of an extravagant nature. The Charity has NEVER received a complaint in regards to coercion.
Appointment of Business Manager
In June 2018, Mr Simon Streeter was recruited as General Manager of Door of Hope on a freelance basis. His main duties include working on new annual and one-off fundraising initiatives and achieving their income targets; developing and maintaining key relationships, particularly amongst supporters and within organisations and schools; developing and managing ad hoc fundraising initiatives as well as sponsorships. Also assisting in the administration tasks of the Charity as well as website and social media development in order to recruit new supporters and develop new income streams.
Practical aid for the Ukraine and Bulgaria
Large deliveries of warm clothing and whenever possible, items of hygiene, are taken into these countries twice a year by staff on project visits. Clothing and other general items are often transported in bulk to these countries via Link to Hope UK.
Each Christmas, working side by side with Link to Hope, Door of Hope anticipates delivering at least 2,500 shoe boxes to Bulgaria and 3000 to the Ukraine. Each shoebox contains practical and educational items for all family members.
Plans for the future
This coming Christmas, Door of Hope anticipates repeating its festive Shoe Box for families in the Ukraine and Bulgaria. It is expected that an Orphanage, three remote ghetto villages, one centre for Cerebral children, two prisons in the Ukraine, will receive these gift boxes. We are grateful for such an opportunity.
In the coming year, Door of Hope will continue to support its on-going projects of humanitarian assistance and education. Emphasis will be focused on the school for the education and training of youth.
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Trustees' Report
In communities of extremely high unemployment, efforts are being made to encourage both old and young in further education: to assist whenever possible in job-finding and their individual training for practical employment in areas where they live.
Door of Hope’s long term plans are to work closer together with Link to Hope Charity from which it receives annual financial grants.
The Covid19 situation.
Due to present virus conditions, Door of Hope conducted its last Trustees meeting on line via Zoom. Minutes of this meeting are available for inspection.
Door of Hope plans on continuing its projects in …
Ukraine (Lviv )
Via our qualified and reliable Ukrainian Director and workers, money will be provided for the support of feeding centres, orphanages, youth camps, single parent families and assistance to young people who are serving sentences in a Youth Detention Prison and also criminal offenders in a main Security Prison. Help will include clothes, shoes, dental and sanitary items.
Door of Hope will continue to help disadvantaged mothers and children in an area that at the present time is at the bottom of the social scale.
Ukraine (Kiev)
Door of Hopes plans on continuing its financial help for poor and single parent families possessing children inflicted with debilitating forms of Cerebral palsy. Our financial input enables the staff to arrange practical, therapeutic events for the children, plus educational aids.
Ukraine (Odessa and Karkov region )
Giving assistance to two small schools for gypsy children in ghetto areas where child education receives no encouragement from families.
Ukraine (Zaporozhie)
Door of Hope supports Haven of Hope, a social centre and church assisting the homeless and deprived who have had to escape from the Russian military zone. People are assisted in finding homes, food and items of hygiene are provided, also medicine when available.
Ukraine (Kramatovsk/near war zone border)
Door of Hope provides assistance to Angel of Light, a centre for teaching and feeding children living near to the war zone border.
Ukraine (Lviv)
Projects continue in ghetto villages among the Roma people.
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Trustees' Report
Bulgaria
Due to Corvid19 virus conditions and restrictions, the school remains under temporary closure.
There is no change to our projects that continue to operate in Ukraine.
Bags for Education.
A project which provides a satchel full of educational materials for children commencing school in the poor areas where they reside. This project runs yearly from February - June and shipped to the designated communities in Easter Europe before term time. Individuals, Schools, Churches and Organisations get involved to create these bags and make financial donations towards the project.
Door of Hope continues its long-term objective to unlock the potential within these children, to create a safe learning centre and a moral framework for their lives. Also to develop a sense of personal worth within deprived conditions that will be of vital importance for their future, and the future of the community from where they come.
When necessary, there will be renewed training of teachers and kindergarten staff together with the preparation of reliable materials and application resources.
Reserve Policy
The assets of the Charity are set out in the balance sheet. The trustees approve this figure as a reserve; a part-reserve becoming available for use in any humanitarian crisis.
General
In spite of income being limited, the trustees are pleased with the function, running and development of Door of Hope. Once again, they see the coming year (in spite of economic and virus restrictions), as one of cautious expansion in a Charity environment that has sensed financial constraint. Every month, we endeavour to operate the Charity with economic wisdom. As in other years, project funding, accounting and reporting will remain under careful scrutiny.
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Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities
The trustees are responsible for preparing the trustees' report and the financial statements in accordance with the United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice) and applicable law and regulations.
The law applicable to charities requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the charity for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:
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select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
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observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;
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make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
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state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and
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prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business.
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the applicable Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations, and the provisions of the constitution. The trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
Approved by the trustees of the charity on 6 August 2021 and signed on its behalf by:
......................................... Rev Brian Cooper Richardson Trustee
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Independent Examiner's Report to the trustees of DOOR OF HOPE
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 30 June 2021 which are set out on pages 11 to 16.
Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner
As the charity’s trustees of DOOR OF HOPE you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).
I report in respect of my examination of the DOOR OF HOPE's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent examiner’s statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
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accounting records were not kept in respect of DOOR OF HOPE as required by section 130 of the Act; or
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the accounts do not accord with those records; or
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the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements concerning 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 ‘true and fair view' which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
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.
...................................... Kolade Andrew Alli ACMA Chartered Institute of Management Accountants UK
KARE Financial Management Consultants Ltd 10 Gatcombe Gardens West End, Hampshire SO18 3NA
- 6 August 2021
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Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 30 June 2021
| Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 30 June 2021 | Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 30 June 2021 |
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| Unrestricted funds Total 2021 |
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| Note £ £ |
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| Income and Endowments from: | |
| Charitable activities | 56,508 56,508 |
| Expenditure on: | |
| Charitable activities | (43,329) (43,329) |
| Total expenditure | |
| (43,329) (43,329) |
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| Net income | |
| 13,179 13,179 |
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| Gross transfers between funds | 3,799 3,799 |
| Net movement in funds | |
| 16,978 16,978 |
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| Reconciliation of funds | |
| Total funds brought forward | |
| 64,779 64,779 |
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| Total funds carried forward 7 |
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| 81,757 81,757 |
All of the charity's activities derive from continuing operations during the above two periods.
The funds breakdown for 2020 is shown in note 7.
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(Registration number: 1184440) Balance Sheet as at 30 June 2021
| (Registration number: 1184440) Balance Sheet as at 30 June 2021 |
(Registration number: 1184440) Balance Sheet as at 30 June 2021 |
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| 2021 2020 |
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| Note £ £ |
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| Current assets | |
| Cash at bank and in hand 5 |
82,657 65,649 |
| Creditors: Amounts falling due within oneyear 6 |
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| (900) (870) |
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| Netassets | |
| 81,757 64,779 |
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| Funds of the charity: | |
| Unrestricted income funds | |
| Unrestricted funds | 81,757 64,779 |
| Total funds 7 |
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| 81,757 64,779 |
The financial statements on pages 11 to 16 were approved by the trustees, and authorised for issue on 6 August 2021 and signed on their behalf by:
......................................... Rev Brian Cooper Richardson Trustee
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Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 June 2021
1 Accounting policies
Statement of compliance
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with 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 2015) - (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Charities Act 2011.
Basis of preparation
DOOR OF HOPE meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy notes.
Exemption from preparing a cash flow statement
The charity opted to early adopt Bulletin 1 published on 2 February 2016 and have therefore not included a cash flow statement in these financial statements.
Going concern
The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.
Income and endowments
Expenditure
All expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to that expenditure, it is probable settlement is required and the amount can be measured reliably. All costs are allocated to the applicable expenditure heading that aggregate similar costs to that category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated on a basis consistent with the use of resources, with central staff costs allocated on the basis of time spent, and depreciation charges allocated on the portion of the asset’s use. Other support costs are allocated based on the spread of staff costs.
Charitable activities
Charitable expenditure comprises those costs incurred by the charity in the delivery of its activities and services for its beneficiaries. It includes both costs that can be allocated directly to such activities and those costs of an indirect nature necessary to support them.
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Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 June 2021
Taxation
The charity is considered to pass the tests set out in Paragraph 1 Schedule 6 of the Finance Act 2010 and therefore it meets the definition of a charitable company for UK corporation tax purposes. Accordingly, the charity is potentially exempt from taxation in respect of income or capital gains received within categories covered by Chapter 3 Part 11 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 or Section 256 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992, to the extent that such income or gains are applied exclusively to charitable purposes.
Fund structure
Unrestricted income funds are general funds that are available for use at the trustees’ discretion in furtherance of the objectives of the charity.
2 Income from charitable activities
| 2 Income from charitable activities |
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| Unrestricted | |
| funds Total Total |
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| General 2021 2020 |
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| £ £ £ |
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| Donations for specified projects | 42,030 42,030 45,245 |
| Bag of Education | 3,722 3,722 - |
| Gift Aid tax reclaimed | 6,756 6,756 - |
| Chalk Cliff Trust | 4,000 4,000 - |
| Bank interest receivable | - - 75 |
| 56,508 56,508 45,320 |
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Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 June 2021
3 Expenditure on charitable activities
| 3 Expenditure on charitable activities |
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| Unrestricted | |
| funds Total Total |
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| General 2021 2020 |
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| Note | £ £ £ |
| Expenditure on Ukraine Project | |
| Leader | 14,017 14,017 5,934 |
| Wages and salaries | 18,200 18,200 18,558 |
| Staff training | 48 48 - |
| Expenditure on Bulgaria Project | |
| Leader | 1,993 1,993 1,031 |
| Expenditure on resources and | |
| gifts | 350 350 57 |
| Sundry expenses | 575 575 - |
| Expenditure on Bags of | |
| Education | 1,883 1,883 - |
| Ministry costs and support | 1,255 1,255 6,451 |
| Insurance | 329 329 - |
| Expenditure grants on Bulgaria | |
| and Ukraine | - - 14,994 |
| Telephone and fax | - - 337 |
| Office expenses | - - 161 |
| Printing, postage and stationery | 1,605 1,605 1,329 |
| Cost of trustee meetings | - - 119 |
| Travel and subsistence | 751 751 603 |
| Independent examiner's fee | 900 900 870 |
| Consultancy fees | - - 1,088 |
| Legal and professional fees | 638 638 97 |
| Bank charges | 32 32 210 |
| Web Hosting & Internet | 266 266 230 |
| Advertising and promotion | 348 348 1,133 |
| Allocated support costs | 139 139 - |
| 43,329 43,329 53,202 |
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Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 June 2021
4 Taxation
The charity is a registered charity and is therefore exempt from taxation.
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5 Cash and cash equivalents
2021 2020
£ £
Cash at bank 82,657 65,649
6 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2021 2020
£ £
Accruals 900 870
7 Funds
Balance at
Balance at Incoming Resources 30 June
1 July 2020 resources expended Transfers 2021
£ £ £ £ £
Unrestricted funds
General 64,779 56,508 (43,329) 3,799 81,757
Balance at 1 Incoming Resources Balance at 30
July 2019 resources expended June 2020
£ £ £ £
Unrestricted funds
General 72,661 45,320 (53,202) 64,779
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