2021-10-31-accounts

Chairman's Report. October 2021

Despite the rather slow recovery from COVID restrictions I am delighted to report that our roll-out into West Sussex has an established momentum with financial support from VAs in the county namely MSVA, VAAC, and Crawley. That endorsement of our aims is a great encouragement and I and my Trustees are extremely grateful.

Currently we have 23 mentors drawn from the wider community each with their own skills and experience that allows our coordinator to match the need of the mentee to the appropriate mentor. Because of the continued uncertainty of COVID transmission most if not all this engagement is by Zoom or Microsoft Teams, but we remain keen for at least the first meeting to be in person if that is possible.

To assist in Charity Mentors Sussex continued expansion we have outsourced our social media coverage, being an important means of spreading the word into the voluntary sector and allowing our coordinator time to recruit more mentors and monitor the progress of existing activity.

Fund-raising is a critical aspect going forward as our expenses though currently modest will rise with the coordinator's hours increasing to match the needs of the two counties of Sussex. Our Funding committee under the leadership of Sally-Anne Murray has been pivotal in attracting funds from several generous donors although going forward the Trustees have come to realise that professional help will be needed in the future, so on a trial basis we have out-sourced this responsibility and will monitor the success of such a strategy in the coming months. Again, this is a further cost for which we must budget.

I would like to thank Tim Hancock our treasurer for keeping a tight rein on the charity's finances, so critical as we continue to grow, and to all our mentors who provide an invaluable service with no charge to the mentee and give their time so generously. Ian Noble our coordinator deserves much praise for his efforts to increase our mentor numbers and attract new mentees thereby raising CMS's profile throughout Sussex. His responsibilities continue to grow along with our ambitions. Lastly but by no means least I am very much indebted to my board of Trustees: Martin Richards, Ken Walker, Rebecca Newby, Mark Spofforth and Tim Hancock for their collective wisdom and advice.

Chris Gebbie Chairman: Charity Mentors Sussex

Charity Mentors Sussex No (if any)

Receipts and payments accounts For the period 1-Nov-20 To from

1-Nov-20 31-Oct-21

Section A Receipts and payments

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Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds
funds funds funds
to the nearest
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
£
A1 Receipts
National Lottery 4,500 - - 4,500
Sussex Community Foundation 6,000 - - 6,000
Mid-Sussex VA 750 - - 750
Arun & Chichester VA 750 - - 750
Sponsorship & donations 195 - - 195
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total (Gross income for AR) 12,195 - - 12,195
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - -
Total receipts 12,195 - - 12,195
A3 Payments
Insurance 128 - - 128
Website & e-mail 647 - - 647
Social media 756 - - 756
Coordinator 7,119 - - 7,119
Printing 108 - - 108
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total 8,758 - - 8,758
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total - - - -
Total payments 8,758 - - 8,758
Net of receipts/(payments) 3,437 - - 3,437
A5 Transfers between funds - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 7,885 - - 7,885
Cash funds this year end 11,322 - - 11,322
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

			Unrestricted		Restricted
Categories	Details		funds		funds
B1 Cash funds		Total cash funds	to nearest £ 11,322 - - 11,322		to nearest £ - - - -
	(agree	balances with receipts and payments account(s))	OK	OK
			Unrestricted		Restricted
			funds		funds
B2 Other monetary assets	Details		to nearest £ - - - - - -		to nearest £ - - - - - -
B3 Investment assets	Details		Fund to which asset belongs	Cost (optional) - - - - -
B4 Assets retained for the	Details		Fund to which asset belongs	Cost (optional) -
charity’s own use					- - - - - - - -
			Fund to which		Amount due
B5 Liabilities	Details		liability relates		- - - - - (optional)
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees		Signature	Print	Name

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CC16a
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Last year

to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - 12,003

12,003

4,118

4,118 7,885 - - 7,885

Endowment funds

to nearest £

-

OK

Endowment funds to nearest £

-

Current value (optional)

-

Current value (optional)

When due (optional)

Date of approval