Charlty nurnb8r: 1188796 HONITON SS + CIO ANNUAL REPORT AND RECEIPT AND PAYMENT ACCOUNTS YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 &LGriffin thArl•r•O HONITON 55+CIO CONTENrs Page Reference and gdmlnlstrative details Trusl8es' report Independent examin&rf$ report Receipt and payments Statement of assets and Ilabilillès HONITON 56 + CIO REFERENCE AND ADMINISTrAYIVE DEfAILS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 Trusts•s T Darranl18Cting Chairl C A Gllson N Hurlock J McNally lappolnted 11 May 20231 reBlgned 20 June 20241 J Rlchardson lappoifttod 02 Jun• 20231 O Smith J Zarczyn6kl (Chalrl Iresyned 20 Juno 20241 H Penwafden laFsJQSnl￿ 12 August 20241 Ch•rlty r•g18tsrod number 1188798 Prfncl￿l offi¢• Honllon Day¢ar¢ Cantre St. Michaols Orehard Way Honilon EX14 1HU Accountants Grfffin Chartered A￿u￿tantS Court8nay Hou Pynes Hlll E%6tèr EX2 5A2 Page 1 HONITON 65 + CIO TRUSTEES. REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 The trustees present their annual r8port togethgr wllh 8¢c¢unts ol Honiton 58+ CIO for th8 year8ndèd 31 March 2024, STRUCTURE. GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Congtltution Honltvn 65+15 a Ch8rltablg Inco￿)rated OrGaniBalion regi¥l?red and daltrd 30th Mar¢h 2020. IAethod of appolntment orel•ctlon of n•w Tru8te•s New Truste&6 lo bg appointéd for an Inltlal perlod of 4 year6 by appltC8tion. The 8uil8bility of 8 proposèd Trustee 8hall be conyidered at the flr6t Meetin9 01 Tru¥leg8 to be hgld alièr th• proposed appllcatlon and the proposal must be supported by th9¥9 pr85ènl provlded that the 8UPPOrters ¢on8titute a malorlty gf all the Trust•e8. SecUon8 10, 11 and 12 01 th8 GovèrnAnc& Document shall apply. OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES Th• provlslon of day raw ¢•ntr•faellltl88 to elderly people, Includlng hol mgal$ and gènèral and general Sodal benefft lo the eld¢rly of Honllon and 8urroundlng %Ylstrl¢ts. Th• Charhy hold8 a Llcgnce to occupy a day centre at St. Mi¢h$tls C•ntr¢, Honiton for 3 days perweek namèly Monday8, Thyr8day$ and Frldays and provides respSte care for up lo 21 cllènts as well as a me&lJ on h8016 saNlco on those day8 lor about 20 r8clpient6 who re¢glvgd a 2 cours8 cooked ma&1 for a mode81 prlco. Th9 89rvlce18 pfDvld6d by S tralnad care 0s81s18nl$, Includlng the Centre Manager and her Deputy, a cook and etcaslonal voluntears who can be callèd en wh•n nee¢Jed or to help wlth th? provlÈlon of ontortalnment. In addltion, tho fru8t now employs a8 dgrk as$lstant to daal wllh the admlnl$tr8tlve slde of thg buslne$8 under the di￿¢t￿oN C+1 tha Cantre Manager and Traa$ur•r. The past finan¢ial yèar has 8hown a hugè Improv8m8nt thanks to the leBsenlng ol problèms coused by the Improvem8nt in the Covld 19 ¥ltuatl¢n. Staff have ¢ontlnued to be lested 18yularly, all are va¢cln¥led, and Ih•r• hav& been some srnall ocoslon• where we have had ts apply our covid Pollcy but no 8erlou$ outburst8. Wo hav?, thtr•fore, been ab18 to providÈ, as wall as Ca￿ and m¢81$ v$rious function8, In house such a8 mu8lcal enterta￿nM$nt, provided by prtslèssional musiclans, end spea¥1 $¥ason81 luncllon8. In aédllign w8, In partnorship with Trip Community Tran$port AssocSatlon havg b88n abla ID provide an outing to th• Worfd ol Country Llf• at Exmouth which our clignts •nloyed. They havè 8$ktd us to do a slmllar outin9 this yèar, W• W8r8 a150 able to provldè outlngs at the ￿queSt of 8om8 of our cllènts to th¥ ten pin bowling cenlro al Exeter. We apply rigorous $af¢guordlng care for our otaff and dients. W• ansure that all staff on appoinlm•nl att•nd course in car8 and handling ol dient$ pnd Subsequent retresher coursas on an annual ba813. Due lo our tia w5th Devon Ccunty Counul we makg sure that we have th8 necessary documentation tg ￿gulat¢ our buslneB8 and make checlts. On8 01 Dur Tru$t8es holds a mèetlng wlth the o1ients. where thè staff are excluded, and th•y are invited to make any comments t￿Y wish as to the ¥grvicg provided lor thom. In every ca59 they have expr8ssed their approval of the kindness and c8r¢ received from the staff, and theSr appreGiation ol tho maolB provided. Pag$ 2 HONITON 56 + CIO TRUSTEES, REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES Icontlnued) Our long semng Man8gef Jean Rlchardson, and her Deputy M8n8g6r Caroline Miles, who had bepn with the organlsallon since ils inception both retired on the 2nd June 2023. having be¢n largely responsible for its 8uceèss. As reported last year Joan was immediatety appointed 88 a Truste*. Jean was replaced as Manager by Leanne Passmorè,{ then Leann& Gavlnl and Sally Maybury was appointed S@nior Care Assistant bul promoted lo Deputy M8n8ger1gwards the end of the financial y&ar. Four TrL5Stees John zarczYns￿. Derek Smlth, Nell Hurlock and Terry D8rr8ntwere 0￿1ged to retire on 30th March 2024 under the provlsions of the governing document, but havlng offered Ihemsglve$ for re-ele¢lion were duly elected to Serve fer a knrther period of 4 yearg. Throughoutthe financial yèarw& were Snvolved with di5CUS8Ic*n8 wlth Devon County Council regardlng the future ol Sl Mthael's Centr8, wlh a vlew to boing able lo acqulre the bulldlng and gxpand its use into Tesldential respbtè caro in conluncllon with HospS18l dl8¢harge programmès and allowlng for nomlnaUonB from Devon County Council. The TnJglee8 have reali38d that Ihls wlll involve a ¢onslderable up9r8d8 In OUT admlni81ralion arrangementB, and In th1$ connecilon we upgraded our accountancy system by acqulrlng Xaro accounting, and algo asking Mr Phlllp Carringlon a qualifted accountsn¢y expert to as5151 our cleikjbookkeeper Jam$$ Bodycombe, lo Iraln on tha sy518rn. Unfortunatdy, Jam08 wa$ unablo to Wofk the 8yslem efflclenlly, and wo had to dlspensè servlce6. We also hod some dlffi¢ulUgs In our rel*onstrlp wSth TRIP, In so far as the Iran&port provlded lor d8llvery tsf thg Meals UBing 8 professional drlver and 8 minibus was proving too expensive. We therefore agreed to aequlre a Renault vehicle from them whlch we are able to u6? for the d8lweries, an belng drlv$n by a staff member. Wg ar8 81so lookbrtg to acquire a 8e¢lion 19 Transport Pemiit so that we c8n transport dients to thg Centre In eertaln ca88S. Page 3 HONITON 55 + CIO TRUSTEES, REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 20 ACHEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE Wg h8ve managed to m8lntaln the servlcv on a sound footing which is well appreuated. and 88 wen a5 fundlng various treats and outings for our clients, we have managed to repay our staff for their loyalty and exp¢rfse with regular revlew8 to off8et the rtslng cost of I￿Ing. We havo also managed lo Improve our financl818lluation as appear5 from the financlal wlew. FINANCIAL REVIEW Durlng the year, the Charfty rec&ivèiJ total Sncorfie 01 £136.280 8nd had total Gosts of £128,979 glving a surplus of £7,301. As al 31st March 2024 the bank balance was £131,579 of whi¢h 8 8urn of £25,000 18 8et aside for r88eNe8. PLANS FOR FUTURE PERIODS We b81ievg Ihal whll8 continuing lo run our exl8llng bu81r￿ss, our maln ¢orKerns will be negollattng wlth Devon County Council regarding the future of Sl. Mi¢ha&ls Cenlré. After careful con8ideralion the propo881 to r$-open a resldfjnlial Resp'le Care Centre has bean deemed impracllcal but w& would Ilke to expond the servlces operating from the Centre and saf¥guard il for Communlly U$¢. We are well aware that IhSs wlll involve rai81ng substantial fund$, putting In place a robust S￿OUntan0Y ond managemonl $y8tem includlng a¢qulrlng Bultable prol¢68ional advicè, 8nd we are tsklng Inbllal st8ps In Ihls ¢Jireotion. We are a￿telY aware that nothlng we do musl preludlcg th& oxlsllng bus1￿6$. The report was a by,, roved wgs approved by Ihe Trustees c and Signed on Ihelr behalf Tr P8ge 4 HONrroN 55 + CIO INDEPENDEKf EXAMINER'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF HONITON 65+ CIO. I re￿)rt to th6 charily trustees on my examination of the accounts of the th8rity for thè year ended 31 March 2024 whi¢h are sel out on pages 6 and 7. R&8PONSIBIUTIES AND BASIS OF REPORT As the charity'$ tru$Èees, you are responsible for th8 preparation of the accounts in accordanco wilh tho requirements ol thg CharlY9s Act 2011 I'the Act'l. I report in respect ol my examination of the charEty8 accounts carried oul under 8ection 145 01 the Act and In carrylng out my ex8mlnatlon, I have lollowed all th9 8pplicable Oirectic￿5 given by the Charity Commls81on under sedon 145151(bl of the Acl, INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S STATEMENT I hav8 Corn￿8t8d my e%amIna￿0n. I conffirm that no malerlal mattets have comts to my attentl¢n In connoctlon ￿th the examinallcn gfvlng me cause lo bellwg that In ony material rnBpect'. l. accounllng rewrds were not kept In respect of thp tharlty as requlred by 68Ctlon 130 of tho Aol,. or 2. the accounts do not a¢¢or