IPSWICH MENCAP CIO TRUSTEES. REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024 The Irusiees present thwr annija report and financial stalem8nts for the y&ar ended 31 AvgLPSt 2024. The financial s18lÈments have been prepared in acc(Kdance with the accounting pol'eies sel oul n note 1 to the finanGU41 slalements and Comply with the rharity'ts trust deed. the Charities Act 2011 and"Attounling and Reporting by Charthes." Slalement of RecommÈnded Practicfy appliGable to Charl￿e$ preparing their awounis in accordance with Ihe Fifianci* Reporting Slandard applitable in the UK and RÈpvblic of Ireland IFRS 1021" leffectW8 1 January 20191. Ob￿C￿¥t& and a¢tlvitie$ The object of the charity 1$ lo raise ful￿S arKJ aP￿Y them for the wÈlfar8 of children and aduNs with leamlng dk%abililBs. The chanty owns propertias. Bur9ess House. Felixslowe Road. Ipswch and The BungalDW al Edmonlon close. Kesgrave. These are leased lo suffo￿ County Council ISCCI. who then maintain them for the benerrt ol thosè with learning drfficull*s. Keeping in contact wilb our members is a vital part of our wotk and vle £chiÈve this a monlhty newsletter which wmmunicales news and de18115 of future events lo ils rnÈmbers. WÈ a￿0 prwdt a &oJal dub and otherad hoc eLtivthes. WÈ have fijly adopled the Nat￿￿81 Mencap lfision. Mlsskjn and Values. Mencap's wsjon is 3 world where peoplÈ with a leatning disebilty are valued equally. lislened to and induded. WÈ want evpryone lo have the opportunity lo achieve the things Iheywant out of life. Mencap's rnI5$￿n Is to.. listen lo pÈople véith a learning disability fight forthe changès that people wiu) a lÈarnin9 dlsabilily. and Iheirf8milies and SUPPDrters, want need SUPPDrt all people liwTrg wrth a learning disability in ￿1 parts of their lives give extrlleni Inft>rmalion and advice work Wllh people and gioups Ihai want Ihe same Ihlng$we do Mencap's values are.. being people cenlored empowering. in￿UdIng and respèGting all people challtrnging wmng ways of thinking about learnlng diSa￿lity transfonMin9 lives being brave and devek)ping new ideas The trustees have paKI due regard lo public benefft guidance Is$ued by the Ch&rily C0￿MISsion in d8￿dIng what a¢1￿1￿$ the charlty Should undertaka. Fundraising All fundraisjng is Carried Dul by volunteers superyised by al 18851 one trustee. The prDlect￿n of vulnerab people Is central to Ipswich Mencap 8nd the charrfy 1$ Iherefore ahvays vwjilanl lo need lo exercise care in this re8PeCI when carrying out fundraising activilYdS. A*$pts Qurgess House, Felwslowe Road. Ipswich is an B bed detached propkn leased to SCC on a full repairing lease al no rent sub.kn lo Leading Lives who promde planned short Stay accommodation for people with leamlng The Bungalow. 11 Edmonton Close, Kesgrav8, is 8 4bed detached bungalow aho leased lo SCC on a fvll repalring basi& and no rent. The propety h88 recently been used to provide Ljrgpnl short Slay accommodation for people with leaTniDg disabilities bul has been empty ￿Th¢e July. We under$l&nd that SCC is negotiating 8 new sub-kase ￿th a ew lo the prop8rty being used to asslsl di58Ned younu peO￿t •g6d 18.25 make the adu8tmenl from $chool lo aduN independent living. Neither pmperty has been vahjed in the past few years 85 the thanly Is not in a POÈthon to disFx)se of ￿ther of them. The n&xt optional trK8ak cLHu5e for SCC is in 202S. IPSWICH MENCAP CIO TRUSTEES. REPORT {CONTINUEDI FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024 Athlevemonts and perf0m￿nee Fdlowing the Slruggbs of 20221231 can seriously say 2023124 ha$ not been much bÈtter. l am not quite sure whal Is going on butthe lack ot support is very ewdenl and life curreTrt￿ seems lo be one huge strugylfr. The Support we received In the past has very ￿uch gone and l affl not quite Sufe why, mayb& ils berause peo￿& re older or Ihe fad there is more 5UPPOrt &vailable. l am Constsnly telling Myse￿ and the rest of the trustees that it 15 just a blip an¢ things will irnpro¥e bul Ihen l ask who l arn kidding. Life is r8ally lough fore¥eryon8 but l am deiermlned lo fightfor as lon9 as my health alh)w5. ¢ondolan¢88 During the lastyearwe have lost Several friendslmembers. whith is a￿ayS very sad Brian CoDk has been a member of Ipswch MenG3P for many years. He passed away aftera short I1￿$$ but he wll always be remembered for tri5 chee￿neSS and wonderful views en life. Brian is now reunited wlh hk4 friend JOYCE. We trEn tteard of tt)e passing of Huyh DurraDI. Hugh was the life and soul of any party. He attended school with my Ihr8B and ore of the Ihlnys which make mo smile is Hugh proposed lo my dau9hler and her disgust al Ihis. Ugh was quickty followed by stev￿ Mann. Stevè's parents were part of the Ongin￿ Ip5%vich Mencap committee and will be sor6￿ missed. E¥rfy in Ihe year we heard of the sudden death of a dear friend, Chrfs Hawes Chds worked for our ￿$ter group Orwdl Kfjenr2p Genesis aT￿ was devoted lo the work he did In helping others ath￿ve th￿r besl. Chris IÈ definitely mlssed by the tsam he worted %vith and his colleagues. Recenuy we heard ofthe paswng of Ghum)el Sing. A ￿vely young mon with a beaming smile Ghumiet had been ill for SLvnetime bul is really Missed by 811 his friends. Our thoughts, prayers and love are with all thdr famil￿$ and of Cou￿9 those whom we have fa￿ed lo mention. May they all rest in eternal peace. Burye8s House and tht Bungalow Leading Liv8s and Suffolk County cou￿1 have askod us to obi*n a ftrasibility study for Burgess House. After obtaining a coup￿ of quotes we have agreed to go 8head wrth this end hopè that there 15 sume way Ihe Ikling can be r&-jigged so it is used to its fLIJ potential, somglhing that wt would prefer lo happan. The contracts for Burgess Hous8 until 2034 and rfth8y were going lo p￿1 out then notice would have been given in September 2024. This was never received so we assume they are going to continue to Ihe end of the contract period. Part of the Pwikling has been re4ecoT*ed and there have been some repairs (kjne bul rt is ￿rtaIrtty not being used to its lull potential. After Some considerable objections from LÈadlng Lives and Suffolk County Counc51 we did rnanage lo hslall ¥ defibrillatorand bbed kil at Burgt$$ House. Although quite txpensNe we all fell this to be s necessity and onty one we8k after being installed it was used by East SuffolkAmbulance Trust 50 rfwe have saved just one life then il is worth èvery penny sp8nl. Wilh reyards lo The Bungalow we 8re no further fornard on this. The buildiny remains empty and in a poor stale of repair. It is two years now *nee il w85 trashed and we are Iruty disgusted a5 are the nei9hbour5. IPSWICH MENCAP CIO TRUSTEES. REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024 Suffok County Council Id(1 us they dK% not have 8ny USÈ for il in Ils ¢￿tren1 slate and asked if WÈ would be prepared to stll, howeverwe could onty accepl the'red book, valua14on which is oon¥Jderabty less than Ihe Iruo value. We the commrttee are oirt of our depth on thi5 SD we have instrucied a sdicitor to * on our behalf. This is not to be theap by any means but needs nust in the wrrenl situation. If we do evenlualty sdl then the tnoney coukl b6 put lo ellher new or rnore Ilkdy to be used for Burgess House. ow6ver no one knows ai th￿ p￿￿t in Ilme whieh waythin9È will go. Events and Fundrai$lng The paretW¢arer group is continuin9 to run although not a$ wèll as we would have hoped. We all know IherÈ is a need bLrt peopltr are just not comjng forward and despite Caz's besi efforts In organlsing eventsia¢livities the support is not increasing. Those who do come find tt easy lo CINII and chat lor a Coup￿ of hours so we know d is worth it and we wll plod on tegardless. We have ju51 reached lh• end of the garage saleg for thi8 year 2024 and boy has it been 5bw. The unpredictable weather h3s not helped the situation eiltter, rt's BO truslraling when you pul everything OLrt and then11 rains you have to dose, bul on the olher hand if il iains people don'l tum out. Needaam Raft Race w¥s a huge agaln thi8 year des￿le the very cold wealhw. We rec*ved awport Irom Ihe T17reÈ Tuns and the Sawn pubs ai N8edharn MathEt. We had our usual stall but itwas and wewere ¥¥ glad lo get home and warm afteTward. Lark in the Path had lo ba Gancel￿d due to travelkgrs selting up on the slle. No new datÈ was sèt for Il to be rearr4nged. We are all loo￿￿9 foward to Ihe Chrp&irnas Fayre9 this yBar and hopgfulty we Can make a few pounds as well gÈ1 rid of som8 oflhe $luff ac(￿mU￿ted over the year. Dart8 League There have been 50me changes ￿thIn thts league during the last year. Wendy Andrews LthDse to slep down ¥s chair due to ill heallh however did agreB to ¢ontinu6. With Iho help of her daughter Karen, until someone look ovgr. Mall Plurnb agreed to lake on the ro￿. We eXI￿delI the league with 7 rlew teams and a ￿U￿￿e rnore ￿)wWaitIn9. Phil Maslets (who play5 for Kesgrave Warnorsl has managed lo get the league tab￿S done on a weekty basi8 by Siw Vlhalapp and thi5 keeps everyone happy. Fingers crossed so far so good bul Ihe proof wll be when il comes 1¢ sorting the ￿ague and flxttsres for ne￿ season. Only IhÈn will vle be able to tsll rfany mistakes have been made. Thanks l offer my 5in¢ere Ihanks to av thB Ituslaes and volunteers for Ihelr wntinued support not onty lo me but al&0 to the charity i15df. Sue Prentlce infOr￿d the Iru8tees 81 the AGM last year that she would be $18pping down Irom her rote as treasurer. Sue has continued until the dose of accounts on 1yI September 2024 and prepared the accounts for tr final audit. We would all like lo Ihank Sue for e¥ewhing $h& has dorFe for Ihe ¢hatity. she will definitety btr missed bLrt We all understarFd hèr reasons. Spedal Ihanks corne from me, Sue has yone abovè and beyond and I would not havè beon ab￿ lo do il without her. Tgrry Sutton has now stepped intu ￿ Tole as treasurer 8nd with Sw's guidance l SureW￿l do a goodlob. IPSWICH MENCAP CIO TRUSTEES. REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024 Thank you lo LotrainÈ, Patr￿a, Simon and Claire forlheir help with the garage Sa￿8. Also thank you Iv Marfin and Terry tor all th￿r hard work with the recyding and for keeping the Pla￿ tidy. HugÈ thanks to Caz for runniny the pargntlcarer support group and Craig for all the extra jobs he helps with. Thank youto all those indmduals who contlnue lo have f8ilh in us a& 8 charity and for continuing lo stsnd wlh us. Finally, thankyou lo Tony for ¢utbrvJ Ihe grass arKI keèping il rna8Ona￿Y tidy, no small tssk. Let's hope 2025 is a more fruilful year and Some of our lon9 awaited ￿￿nS ean happen 61al￿n0 Seplemter 2025 our 65th year cdebr8tions HgpefultywÈwill see yots all Ihen. Financial rtvitiw veseNo8 polfjcy The activities of the tharity resLJiied in a deficit of È5.817 cAmpared to a sutpk&$ of £15.497 for Ihe previous year.At 31 Au9USt 2024 Un￿$t[leted fijnds amounted lo £374.679 and restrided funds £86.770. 1118 the polE¢y of Ihe charity that unrestricled funds have not been desvJnaled for a 6peufic use 8houk1 be mainlained al a level equivalent lo beNveen three and skx month's expendilure The Ilustees consider that rèserves al Ihls level will en$￿Te that. in the event of a $igniflcant drop In funding. they will be able ID GontinLJe thè chaiiV8 current activities while consideration is given to ways In whlch addition81 funds may be rai58d. This ￿￿e1 of re8eNe$ ha5 been maintained Ihroullh￿1 the year. Stfucture. gLwwnanco math•gwnont The charty is a Charitable Inttorpornlad Or9anisatson first regisleted with the Chartty Commission on 28 Augusl 2019. The trLJStees who 8eNed during Ihe year Bnd up lothe date of 8kJnaluro of the finanud 5tatemenl& were. Ms B Thorn Mr5 S Prentice Mr5 B Sutton Mr M Turner Mr J Slevons Mr R Daley Mrs AIAnyard Mr C Harding IRe51gned 1 Seplemb8r20231 efe a vac8ncy exis15 for 8 Truste2. th£ retnainiNJ Tru$tse8 98ek lo appoint 8n ￿d￿lIdual with s￿11¥ and experience which w115 be of benefrf lo the charity. The charity i& rnanaged by a committee compri51ng Gharity trustees who ara supported by vdunteers who also attend Ix>mmittee meelings and contribute lo Ihe direction of the tharity. Fwe peopb. lh￿e of whom are 2150 charty trustees art also registered with HM Land R￿l￿try as tiustses of the two propertie5 on beha￿ of the charity- The Iruslees. report w¥$ approved by the Board tsfTwsle6s. M8 B Thorn IPSMCH MENCAP CIO I•QTes TQ THE FINANCL4L 3TATEUENfs {¢OMTIIWEDI FDR THE YEAR ￿￿ED * AUGUST 902 X2a J￿0 12.&0 24.Yp4 by flind Iu.-94 l Jf.?24 nooi 1£.x AL.fi4i*S 1.¥47 vJwrcH ME14CAP CIO MOTES ro THE FV4AIKIAL5TATEAIENTS ICOIlTINi￿j FOR THE YEARENiJEDJI AIIGUST2024 a121 •672 11 TA*kr¥ thewe >Ji ¢s,i&J 41&-. ?7 1.7*) i.no 4t JI P￿￿)5t ZQ14 0315 51-" r,14- •1 JI A..i•iit2C24 25.&Y 41 *A¥L*.'&Y3 17>3 YJ4J13 377 IPSIMCH UENCAP CIO p4orES TO THE FINAIKiAL STATEMENTS ICONTINLEDI F(¥t THE YEAR EMOED Ji ALwsr2024 2024 IT Il•**lwl hndD 10 Jyw. howi'w r40 ke I￿. (14A)i 12YJ Sk•a 15.QC 4i 4•plthlwr rnrA*¢p¥ vAp•i 2•ll ¢3.W4 1.Sii 4&- bpj I￿G IPSWICH PJENCAPCIO NofEs ro FINANCIAL 8TATEhlENfs ICONTwueDI roR 7HE YEAR£fiLIED31 AIIGUST2024 357 Tr¥A•fw¥ *2 >1 14'*Ywlli $,i?J A,IV.I l• *th*.I l ¥1 ￿11￿ nrntloikn bèusÈd.'Il'Égè 21)13 J77.I&7 1￿c•&￿ Tvliri¥fm 2121 1•22 Itrfo VOUTr. C4Jb r2.•)Oj J.-3.1*4 12,40* J7?.y47 IPSVICH MENCAP IKITES TO THE FPIAIKIAL 8TATEMENT8 ICONTMJEOI FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2014 VMe*iiiLW UweslrKW Il•iffti•d Tatsl ?4 At JIA¥9￿tIo34', 4b,JS b1L 7Je8 MENCAP C*1 IIOTÈS TO THE FWIAPICIAL sTAy¢￿MIS POR YHE YEAR ENDED Ji Avf4usr7J24 Ihify. Ji 2C?J fth*.Iw LNI. .• Cts*¥Vntb•rJ I￿.¥￿￿ ?041. I P.S fr￿.la1 RET..'Ilng S￿-0> J ¥Uk￿•ètr. I1￿ L* -P.R IC2* 411a ho ￿-￿(￿rI119 JIMJ PpivJr*y kn11￿.?1￿￿E ts. •sgIJ1L￿e li) JK 4thY !rRS W.¥. l *.-4iy kxtè. 'Iio s h•b * ttl bwik4 4hr4wm IPSWICH MENCAP CIO IIOTES TO THE FINANCIAL SVArnNT$ CCONTWED) FOR TVE YEARENDED 31 AUGusf 2024 ol Iliv ￿1￿1 ¥W*lpth asséts Itwj invludiii¥ Ind ar• Sub&è"i ••MthJ ￿ th¢ pic￿1.1 I v¥k* (A ** dlw.rlvd t.*th hf Ini•ibV -Ih•rr*l in lh•rjt￿I￿ (4 L¥npiwJ'i ¥ rl¢tr.11 liTr C￿r￿S] of J(1 Iy.i.IIy 8>k•N *wn L T￿•111￿.￿t4% AS&mMD5fil 21e ov.ed cn tstyXYL* 1) h* 14k*.￿r& ¢JtrlThii or v t* p*nco ol tc wvj 11. i* I)￿lIndA ih• bBII'. PSWICH MEWCAP CKI aALANCE S￿ET ASAT31AIJGIJST2024 277 le4fj24 IJD.2&6 16 1.È4 *¥ IT 'Lnar. JesTrJr*¢ 3.fiJ Tl•knY on......____.__ rrw•M IP8WaCH MENCAP CFO IIOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS i¢oKfiNueD) FDR THE YEAR EPIDED 31 A￿sT 2024 4USJJ Vnw¥lriE*d Vw••bxl•d 3Q34 •J ¥vJ èj Y2 24 1023 on rnldnyfwdA 24 Fur*1p*1Thg wbh'¢ I I'iil.*i*ifiiJ ¥4*11 ?261 IPSWICH MENCAP CIO INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF IPSWICH MENCAP CIO I report 10 the lyusiees on my examination of the finan￿al 5talements of Ipswich Men¢ap CIO fthe chantyl for the yeareTrded 31 August 2024. Resp(￿51b1lltl0j and basis Of repDrt As the trusl8es of thè Gharity you are responsible forthe pwpar&tion of the fina[￿31 st￿81￿entS In accord8n¢e with the requKem&nts of the ChariliesA¢t 2011. l ￿porf In respect of My 8xaminalion Df the cttarity'$ ffnancial $latemenl$ carried out under section 145 Df the Charities A¢1 2011. In ¢8trying out tny examination I have foll(wed the Directions gwen by thp Chanty CommissK> under gection 14515llbl ofthe CharibesAGt2011. Independontexaminerfs statsrnont I h8ve CoMp￿ted my examinalbn. I that no Matte￿ have com lo my allenlK)n In conne¢tKJn wdh tht oxamirotion gnnng me cause io belEv6 Ihal in any maierial respect". accounting records were kept In re5ped of the tharity as required by tsect￿n 130 of the Charitie5Acl 2011. thefinantyal stalemènts do not acwrd with th04e records". or Ihe fInaTh￿al slatemenls do nDI compty wilh the applicaNtr r2quiremenlB con¢oming tho fomi gnd Gonlenl of fi￿N￿al slaiefflenlB sel OLrt In the Charilit8 IAc¢ounls and Reports) Regul81ions 2(N)8 Other than any requirement Ihal Ihe finan¢lal stalem8nts gwe a I￿e 2nd far ￿ew. which is a mallw consKJered as part of an Independent examination. I have no con¢ems and have come acr08s no other matters in connection WI￿ the examination lo whith attention should be drawn In thi5 report in orderio enable a properunderslanding of IhB finanual statements to be raached. Hel¢n RtJm59y FCA Ensors Accountsnts LLP Connexion$ 159 Princes Slreet Ipswich IP1 1QJ Dated..