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Whispers of Comfort

Annual Report and Financial Statement For the year ended 31 March 2022

Whispers of Comfort Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2022 ____________

Contents

Report of the Trustees

Receipts and Payments Accounts Statements of Assets and Liabilities Notes to the Financial Statements

WHISPERS OF COMFORT

Annual Report and Financial Statement For the year ended 31 March 2022

Trustees of the organisation present their report with the financial statements of the organisation for the year ended 31 March 2022.

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS

Registered Office Whispers of Comfort 3 Tunstall Road Harrogate HG2 7RG North Yorkshire

Registered Office Whispers of Comfort 3 Tunstall Road Harrogate HG2 7RG North Yorkshire
Trustees	Date Appointed
Tina Norbury (Chair)	9//05/2014
Luisa De Sacadura-Wox (Secretary)	9//05/2014
Clifford Chigaru (Treasurer)	17//8/2019
Dingani Masuku	9//05/2014
Patience Mudzimirwa-Chinengo	9//05/2014
Charles Peter Norbury (Patron)	9/05/2014

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Governing Document

The organisation is controlled by its governing document, a constitution.

Induction and training of new trustees

The organisation organises induction of trustees and arranges training programmes.

Organisational Structure

The trustees have a virtual (WhatsApp/Skype/Zoom) or face to face meeting every 3months to review the strategy of the organisation. This Financial year we have conducted all our meetings via Zoom due to Covid 19 restrictions and some of our Trustees shielding

Risk Management

The trustees have a duty to identify and review the risks to which the organisation is exposed and to ensure appropriate controls are in place to provide reasonable assurance against fraud and error.

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITES

Aims and Objectives

The prevention or relief of poverty of people living in the United Kingdom, South Africa, and Zimbabwe, by providing or assisting in the provision of education, training, healthcare projects and all the necessary support designed to enable individuals to generate a sustainable income and be self-sufficient.

What we do

(a) General Charitable purposes
(b) The advancement of health or saving of lives
(c) Disability
(d) The prevention or relief of poverty

Who

The General Public/ mankind

How

(a)Provide Services

(b) Provide Advocacy/Advice/Information

Constitution

The Organisation was set up in 2014 as a Charity, Not for Profit Organisation. It was officially registered as a Charitable Trust Organisation in Zimbabwe in 2015 a Not for Profit Company in South Africa in 2016 and Charitable Incorporated Organisation in United Kingdom in February 2020.

Significant activities

Since the establishment of the organisation, it has been running raising awareness workshops and professional Training events in South Africa, United Kingdom and Zimbabwe, established parent support groups sessions with parents and other professionals (Clinical Psychologist, Educational Psychologist, Occupational therapist, Behaviour Specialist, Special Needs Parenting Consultant and Special Education Teachers) also yearly World Autism Month Events. Established a technology centre with 15 computers with specialised software for people on the Autistic Spectrum in Zimbabwe. Facilitated online programs for parents of children who are on the Autistic Spectrum based across the UK, Money management training, supported start up Healthcare businesses (Domiciliary Care agencies, recruitment agencies, supported living services) to enable these parent to be able to work around their children who most of times need more help especially during the pandemic where they could not access some of the services, they were able to access pre-covid. We run advocacy workshops for the parents and their children.

Volunteers

During the period ended 31 March 2022 the organisation relied a great deal on volunteers to perform a variety of tasks accounting, events, administration and managements.

ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE

Charitable activities

A summary of results for the year is shown on page 4 of the accounts. The trustees consider that the performance of the organisation has been progressive and satisfactory. Total income for the year was £2002.59. This is money donated by Arnold Clark for wellbeing activities for Parents and their family members with silent disabilities. We also prepared and send food humpers to families with people with silent disabilities. 10 parents were trained on how to start a business and also offered mentoring and coaching services facilitated by a business mentor and a business coach. This was a deemed necessary for the parents of people who have silent disabilities as following covid most of them could not manage to stay in their jobs. We got 3 more laptops to be used by volunteers. We had to rely on Zoom services a lot for activities hence the reason we got a zoom pro account to be able to accommodate more activities. A few individuals who donated via our website, some did cake bakes to support the charity and also donations towards general purposes we found fit for our organisation.

Total expenditure was £6768

Internal and external factors

The trustees are very grateful to Arnold Clark Donation, Thembi Dlodlo, Clifford Chigaru and Jillian La Rocque for their kind financial support.

FINANCIAL REVIEW

Reserves policy

The Trustees have deemed it prudent to have a policy of having unrestricted funds held by the organisation of at least six months of resources. They will be making efforts to achieve this.

WHISPERS OF COMFORT Statements of Assets and Liabilities at 31 March 2022

Fixed Asserts	NOTE S 2022 Value

		£
		Optional
Tangible Fixed Assets (optional)	1a
Office Equipment:
Current Asserts
Office Laptops	-	3099.00
Debtors/Receivables
Cash in hand
Cash at bank		1030.28.
Current Liabilities
Creditors
Amounts failing due within One	-
year
Net current Assets
Amounts failing due after more		-
than one year
TOTAL NET ASSET
Represented by;
General Funds
Restricted funds		1000
Total Funds		2002.59

The accounts was approved by Trustees on 31 March 2022

Tina Norbury Chair of Board

WHISPERS OF COMFORT Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2021

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1.ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of Preparation

The accounts have been prepared in accordance with applicable accounting standards and the Organisation Regulation using the Receipts & Payments basis.

Fixed Asserts

Fixed assets retained for use by the organisation are office equipment (computers, laptops and printers) and are listed in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

Incoming Resources

Donations and grants are accounted for when receivable gifts and services in kind are included at reasonable estimate of their gross value to the Organisation or Organisation. Intangible income (such as rent-free accommodation) is included in the statement of Financial Activities where a third party is bearing the cost of supplying the resources and the resources can be valued.

Resources Expended

Costs comprise direct expenditure including staff costs attributed to the activity and where cost cannot be directly attributed to activities on a basis consistent with the time spent on the various departments.

Expenditure is allocated to one of five functional categories that reflect the specific activities of the organisation.

a) Cost of Generating Funds - the cost incurred both direct and indirect in generating income for the organisation.
b) Cost of Activities for Charitable Objectives - cost directly to charitable objectives.
c) Support Cost - These are mainly expenses paid to various volunteers who help in the office.
d) Management and Administration - include costs attributed to management of the organisation’s asserts, administration of the organisation and compliance with statutory requirement along with costs of managing charitable projects.

Accumulated Funds

Restricted funds are subject to specific conditions by donor as to how they may be used. The purposes and use of the restricted funds are set out in the nots to accounts. Designated funds, which have been set- aside at the discretion of the trustees for specific purposes.

WHISPERS OF COMFORT Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2022