Trustees Report – Year end 31[st] Dec 2021
Grindon Church Community Project CIO, Galway Road, Grindon, Sunderland, SR4 8JZ
Charity Number 1189916
2021 was another year dominated by Covid-19, and many activities and meetings were reduced or terminated by user groups which had the effects of greatly reducing footfall, building usage and our rental income. Towards the end of the year it became possible for people to meet in public and footfall began to increase, but are still not as it was in 2019.
The membership of the Trustees Board remained unchanged throughout the year.
Improvements to our premises continued throughout the 2021, thanks to funding received from grants and donations (A1 receipts – grants), and the efforts of our volunteers and staff. These will continue over the next couple of years with the aim of completely updating the premises to current standards and the requirements of our users. Grant funding over the course of the year allowed us to do a great range of things:
Cultural Spring funding allowed us to create winter craft packs which were distributed to community members, group participants and local people in need and through workshops.
Garfield Western funding supported our Admin Staff hours (A1 receipts – restricted funds, A3 Admin restricted funds), and core costs such as utilities, insurances etc
Sir Tom Cowey funding enabled our Winter Woollies campaign which provided a set including Hat, Scarf, Gloves, Wellies for children who need them.
Comic Relief /Ground Works project funding paid for the scrap of land at the side of the building to be cleared and made into the Toddlers Garden, provided outdoor toys and equipment and toddlers’ sessions for first term
Sunderland Council funding in the Winter resilience project created craft packs, an outdoor Christmas event, provisions of re-useable nappies and sanitary products.
Food parcel support – included food bags, non-food bags and Tesco and Asda vouchers to those in need.
The building is the property of the United Reformed Church Northern Synod Trust, to whom we are grateful for the rent-free use of the premises. With their permission we rent rooms and other facilities to local small businesses including start-ups, other charities, church groups, choirs and orchestras, and other cultural, creative and artistic groups (A1 receipts – hall hire). Our community garden continues to be a popular facility used and enjoyed by our members and produces fruit and vegetables for sale and internal use. We hosted groups such as Toddlers groups, painting classes, exercise classes, amateur dramatics, amongst volunteering events and other community events as well as supporting
food bank provision and sign posting those in need to services which they needed help to access.
We take this opportunity to thank all the people who contribute their time, physical labour and donations to support GCCP – Trustees, staff, our volunteers, one of whom I want to make special mention of, Bethany, a young lady who was referred to us from a job seeking programme. She blossomed in our garden, and has recently left us to begin work in the care sector. We hope to continue helping people to gain confidence and experience as Bethany and others have.
## **Grindon Church Community Project No. 1189916**
## **Receipts and payments accounts**
Period start date Period end date **To** ### ###
**For the period from**
## **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
Grants 20,420 20,109 - 40,529
Donations 7,607 - - 7,607
Fundraising 367 - - 367
Hall Hire 3,597 - - 3,597
Investment Income 1 - - 1
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
31,992 20,109 - 52,101
Sub total (Gross income for AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total - - - -
Total receipts 31,992 20,109 - 52,101
A3 Payments
Charitable Activities 3,656 9,748 - 13,404
Utilities & Insurance 1,096 3,746 - 4,842
Repairs & Maintenance 10,366 8,590 - 18,956
Administration 7,236 4,100 - 11,336
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ 22,354 ] 26,184 - 48,538
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - -
Total payments 22,354 26,184 - 48,538
Net of receipts/(payments) 9,638 - 6,075 - 3,563
A5 Transfers between funds - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 9,138 20,025 - 29,163
Cash funds this year end 18,776 13,950 - 32,726
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted funds**|**Restricted funds**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Categories**|**Details**|**funds**|||
|**B1 Cash funds**|Treasurer's Account
Reserve Account
Community Chest/SIB
Garden
Digital Skills
SpaceHive/UFO/Art
Synod Grant Account
**_Total cash funds_**|**to nearest £**
**12,907**
**5,869**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**18,776**|
|**to nearest £**
**13,900**
**-**
**10**
**10**
**10**
**10**
**10**
**13,950**|
||(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 £**
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47,665
1,870
253
3,443
5
-
-
-
53,236
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-
-
-
53,236
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**10,197 6,429 13,682 8,609 - - - - - 38,917**
**38,917 14,319 - 14,844 29,163**
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Endowment
funds
to nearest £
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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OK
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Endowment
funds
to nearest £
-
-
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**Current value (optional)**
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-
-
-
Current value
(optional)
-
-
-
When due
(optional)
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Date of
approval
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## **Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of Grindon Church Community Project**
## **Charity No. 1189916**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Grindon Church Community Project (the Charity) for the year ended 31 December 2021.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).
I report in respect of my examination of the Charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner’s statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
## **Signed:**
**Name:** Jeff Ledger **Qualification:** Chartered Certified Accountant
**Address:** 56 Belle Vue Park West, Sunderland, SR2 7SB
Date:
21 October 2021