## **SIKH RECOVERY NETWORK** 

Charitable Incorporated Organisation 

Charity Number: 1184884 

## ANNUAL REPORT 

## AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 

Period of accounts 

Start Date: 1st January 2021 End Date: 31st December 2021 



## **SIKH RECOVERY NETWORK Contents for the year ending 31 December 2021** 

||**Page**|
|---|---|
|Trustees' Report|2|
|Independent Examiner's Report|6|
|Statement of Financial Activities|7|
|Balance Sheet|8|
|Notes to the Accounts|9|



Prepared by: 


**Sunder & Thandi Accountants** Chartered Certified Accountants 

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## Section A 

## Reference and administration details 

**Charity name** Sikh Recovery Network 

**Other names charity is known by** SRN 

**Registered charity number (if any)** 1184884 

**Charity's principal address** 7 Squires Way Littleover Derby **Postcode** DE23 3XB 

## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5|**Trustee name**|**Office**<br>**(if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body)**<br>**entitled to appoint trustee**<br>**(if any)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||SARBJIT BITTER||||
||PARAMJIT SIDHU||||
||JASVINDER RAI||Up to 20thDecember 2021||
||SUKNINDER KAUR POONIA||From 20thDecember 2021||
||||||



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

**Name Dates acted if not for whole year** 

## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members** 

MR JASVINDER RAI 

## **Section B** 

## **Structure, governance and management** 

## **Description of the charity’s trusts** 

Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) 

How the charity is constituted 

Constitution 

Association 

- (eg. trust, association, company) 

Appointed by A Resolution Passed at A Meeting of Charity Trustees Trustee selection methods 

(eg. appointed by, elected by) 

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## **Section C** 

## **Objectives and activities** 

|**Summary of the objects of the**<br>**charity set out in its**<br>**governing document**<br>**Summary of the main**<br>**activities undertaken for the**<br>**public benefit in relation to**<br>**these objects (include within**<br>**this section the statutory**<br>**declaration that trustees have**<br>**had regard to the guidance**<br>**issued by the Charity**<br>**Commission on public**<br>**benefit)**|The relief of people in need by reason of addiction to drugs or alcohol<br>and associated psychological difficulties, including support for their<br>families and co-dependents, in particular, but not exclusively by, the<br>provision of advice, information and guidance.|
|---|---|
||The Sikh Recovery Network (SRN), provides support and recovery<br>solutions to addicts and their families, helping them to rehabilitate back<br>into their families and into society.<br>In planning our activities over the year, during trustee meetings we kept<br>in mind the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit and<br>ensured that it is the driving force behind all activities.|



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Achievements and performance 

## Section D 

**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** 

In addition to directly supporting people in recovery from alcohol and drug addictions, the Sikh Recovery Network (SRN) continued to deliver talks and presentations up and down the country with great responses from the community. 

Weekly meetings now take place in Coventry and Leamington Spa where the original planned commencement of these meetings was delayed in 2020 due to Covid-19. Weekly meetings are also taking place in Leicester, Birmingham, Southall, and Derby which were established before Covid-19. Despite the challenges of Covid-19, SRN was able to reach out and provide much needed direct support to addicts and their families. Zoom was a very successful alternative to face-to-face meetings, allowing us to continue to provide support to individuals through two meetings a week via Zoom. Existing partnerships with Turning Point, CGL, NHS Trusts, Local Authorities and various Police forces continued to be strong during the year. Healthy working relationship were maintained with all our partners. New partnerships have been formed with charities such as National Association of Children of Alcoholics (NACOA) as well as other NHS trusts. TV work with the Sikh Channel has continued to be a success where our founder and CEO, Jaz Rai, hosts his show ‘Alcohol and Beyond’, giving the charity valuable exposure and helps reach out to those who need our support. The ‘Under The Influence’ Podcast was launched in November 2021 and has proved to be a great success; this is something SRN will continue to engage in which gives us another opportunity to connect with people who may need help. In the Queens Birthday Honours for June 2021, our founder and CEO, Jaz Rai was awarded an OBE for the charity’s services to the Sikh Community during Covid-19. This was a huge honour for the Charity and Jaz who was also awarded the Points of Light Award by the Prime Minister the year before. SRN plan to launch a survey in the new year to engage with the Sikh Community specifically around their relationship with alcohol and substance misuse. This will provide vital information, allowing the charity to better focus its services. Although 2021 bought its own challenges with Covid-19, SRN believe we made valuable progress in the year. We are committed to building on this and looking towards funding streams to employ a dedicated team to deliver recovery solutions which will consist of full time and part time staff. 

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**Section E Financial Review** The Charity does not have a reserves policy. **Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** However, trustees actively use a Designated Funds strategy to restrict and manage funds for certain projects. The total value of designated funds is displayed in the ‘Funds of the Charity’ section of the balance sheet. **Details of any funds materially** No funds in deficit **in deficit** 

## **Section G Declaration** 

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

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

|**Signature(s)**<br>**Full name(s)**<br>**Position**<br>**Date**|||
|---|---|---|
||<br>Sukninder Poonia|Sarbjit Bitter|
||Trustee|Trustee|
||31/10/2022||
||31/10/2022||



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## **SIKH Recovery Network** 

## **Independent Examiners Report to the trustees of Sikh Recovery Network** 

I report on the accounts of the Charitable Incorporated Organisation, Sikh Recovery Network (Charity Number 1184884) for the year ended 31 December 2021, which are set out on pages 7-10 

## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner** 

The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed. 

It is my responsibility to: 

- examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act, 

- to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and 

- to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. 

## **Basis of independent examiner’s statement** 

My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the Charity Commission.  An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records.  It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters.  The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. 

## **Independent examiner's statement** 

In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention 

1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect, the requirements: 

   - to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; and 

   - to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act 

   - have not been met; or 

2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. 

## Name: **Mr Rajinder Kumar (Director)** 

Signed: ________________________ Date:  31 October 2022 

## **Sunder & Thandi Accountants Limited** 

Association of Chartered Certified Accountants 

Union House, 111 New Union Street, Coventry, CV1 3NT 

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## **SIKH RECOVERY NETWORK Statement of Financial Activities for the year ending 31 December 2021** 

||||**Restricted**|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Note|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**|**income**<br>**funds**|**Total**<br>**2021**|**Total**<br>**2020**|
|||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|**Incoming resources**||||||
|Donations||1,234||1,234|3,122|
|Fundraising Events||-||-|511|
|Grant Funding||2,000|9,956|11,956|18,700|
|**_Total incoming resources_**||**3,234**|**9,956**|**13,190**|**22,333**|
|**_Resources expended_**||||||
|_Wages, Salaries, Pensions and NI_|5|-|710|710|-|
|_Travel, Accomodation & Subsistence_||549|3,111|3,660|3,464|
|Professional, Admin & Consulting Fees||107|605|712|622|
|_Telephone_||58|331|389|-|
|Postage & Stationery||65|371|436|2,042|
|Design, Print & Media||542|2,341|2,883|-|
|Insurance||-|176|176|-|
|Software||285|1,616|1,901|-|
|IT Consumables||69|387|455|780|
|Depreciation||1,265||1,265|-|
|Other Expenditure||213||213|1,657|
|**_Total resources expended_**|4|**3,154**|**9,647**|**12,801**|**8,565**|
|||||||
|**_Transfers between funds_**||-|-|-|-|
|||||||
|**_Net incoming/(outgoing) resources_**||**80**|**309**|**389**|**13,768**|
|Reconciliation of Funds||||||
|**Net movement in funds**||80|309|389|13,768|
|**Total funds brought forward**||3,599|10,190|13,789|21|
|**Total funds carried forward**||**3,679**|**10,499**|**14,178**|**13,789**|



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## **SIKH RECOVERY NETWORK Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2021** 

||Note|**Total**<br>**2021**||**Total**<br>**2020**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**£**||**£**||
|**Fixed Assets**||||||
|Tangible Assets|2||1,265||-|
|**_Total Fixed Assets_**|||**1,265**||**-**|
|**Current Assets**||||||
|Cash at bank and in hand|||12,912||13,789|
|**_Total Current Assets_**|||**12,912**||**13,789**|
|**Liabilities**||||||
|Creditors: Amounts falling due||||||
|within one year|3||-||-|
|**_Net current assets/(liabilities)_**|||12,912||13,789|
|||||||
|**_Total assets less current_**||||||
|**_liabilities_**|||14,178||13,789|
|||||||
|**_Net Assets_**|||**14,178**||**13,789**|
|**Funds of the Charity**||||||
|_Designated funds_|||-||-|
|_Undesignated funds_|||3,679||3,599|
|Total Unrestricted funds|||3,679||3,599|
|Total Restricted income funds|||10,499||10,190|
|**_Total Funds_**|||**14,178**||**13,789**|



The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the Trustees on: 31st October 2022 

Sign ______________________________ 

Print ______________________________Sukninder Poonia Sign ______________________________ Print ______________________________Sarbjit Bitter 

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**SIKH RECOVERY NETWORK Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ending 31 December 2021** 

## **1. Accounting Policies** 

## **Basis for preparing financial statements** 

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standards for Smaller Entities (effective April 2008) and in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP), "Accounting and Reporting by Charities" published in 2005. 

## **Incoming Resources** 

These are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SoFA) when: 

- the charity becomes entitled to the resources; 

- the trustees are virtually certain they will receive the resources; and 

- the monetary value can be measured with sufficient reliability. 

## **Resources Expended and Liabilities** 

Expenditure is recognised on an accrual basis as a liability is incurred. Liabilities are recognised as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to pay out the resources. 

## **Tangible Fixed Assets** 

Tangible fixed assets are capitalised if they can be used for more than one year, and cost at least £500. Depreciation is provided as follows: 

Computer Equipment: over 2 years 

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## **2. Tangible Fixed Assets** 

||||||Computer<br>Equipment<br>**£**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Cost**|||||
||At 31 December 2020||||-|
||Additions||||2,530|
||Disposals||||-|
||At 31 December 2021||||**2,531**|
|||||||
|||||||
||**Depreciation**|||||
||At 31 December 2020||||-|
||Charge for the year||||1,265|
||Disposals||||-|
||At 31 December 2021||||**1,265**|
|||||||
|||||||
||**Net Book Value**|||||
||At 31 December 2020||||**-**|
|||||||
||At 31 December 2021||||**1,265**|



## **3. Creditors due within one year** 

Other Creditors & Accruals **-** 

## **4. Trustees’ Expenses** 

No trustees received any expenses during the period. 

## **5. Staff Wages & Salaries** 

||2021<br>**£**|2020<br>**£**|
|---|---|---|
||||
|Wages & Salaries|710|-|



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