The Welbeloved Club for the year ended 31 October 2022 Page Contents Annual report Annual accounts Statement of assets & liabilities Notes to the accounts
The Welbeloved Club The Welbeloved Club (The Club) is a Registered Charty in England & Wales (no. 1190165) Annual report for the year ended 31st October 2022 Main addre&q 26 Ellenborough Close, Bishops Stortford. CM23 4HS Trust88• Name Phili Tenn ears Date of a ointrnent 29 Janua 2020 29 Janua 2020 29 Janua 2020 29 Janua 2020 29 Janua 2020 Deeks Chair Treasurer ears Kat Pulford Jean Palfreman" Charlotte Richardson ears ears 'The Trustees have agreed to extend Jean Pamreman's temi as a trustee Bankers Metro Bank, One Southampton Row, London. WC1 B SHA The Club'8 structure, govemanc• and management The Club was established as a charity in August 2017 and registered with the Charity Commission in January 2020. The Club is constituted as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation {ClO). The Club is overseen by its trustees for the benefrt of its members. A new trustee must have the ne$Sary skills. knoWge. and experience and be appointed by a resoluts'on passed at a Trustees, meeting. The Trustees meet between 4 and 6 times a year. Week-on-week the Club is managed by Jo Sydes (nee Gill), who set up the Club Around the end of the period a management team was set up to deal with increasing demands of various aspects of management. including volunteer recruitment and administration. Activltie8 and objective3 The Club arranges a full Sunday lunch once a month for its members - elderly people who are lonely and l or socially isolated. About a hundred people come to Sawbridgeworth Memorial Hall. Herts (or are driven there and back as necessary) where the lunch is cooked. served and cleared away by volunteers. This facilitates social interaction in a comforting environment.
Summary of the main achievoments and porfomianca during the pgrlod The prior year 2020-2021 was a difficult year for Club. and one that saw us face many challenges. The global COV-19 pandemic had a huge impact on the work we do and saw us close our doors betr0en April 2020 - August 2021. This was a sustained period of closure and fOrd us to adapt how we deliver our se1$ to members, and how the Club was funded. We were very grateful for the support of small 'digital' grants on offer. and kind donations from the local community. These allowed us to pay for mobile phones arKI tsblets so members could stay connected with family and friends", to deliver weekly Sunday tskeaway meals to our most vulnerable members" and to put together and deliver meals and small gifts on Christmas Day. Thanks to an appeal from our local newspaper. we also received over 500 'shoebox Christmas gffts,, which we delivered to all of our members, other local community groups addressing loneliness and local care homes. Thi5 year, the Club has made a good COVery from closure. The Club took proactive, sensible steps to reopen, taking into account the health and safety of both members and volunteers. Since reopening, the Club has grown in numbers, with many more members signing up. The Club has now taken steps to incorporate a waiting list. which is monitored closely, so members are not discouraged from joining. Paperwork. records and administrative tasks have improved significantly, with the installation of a volunteer management team taking care of these aspects. This has resulted in better process and compliance (mainly compliance in GDPR). Policies are reviewed and updated annually, and regular management meetings meetings are held. Management have introduced birthday cards for members and thank you cards for volunteers. and sympalhy cards to families if a member has passed away. All of these changes have resulted in positive feedback from both members and volunteers! Financial review The Club recovered well from the Covid pandemic. Monthly lunch membership was a little slow lo pick up after we were able to open the doors to paying guests once again. However, as confidence 9W so did our membership and attendance. The Club is forging some very productive relationships with local businesses. As a result. we have been rewarded with some very generous donations this year. Examples include a local secondary school raising money for u5 through their charity week. a local estate agents used their sponsorship of an event to raise funds for us too. Many local people and businesses have recognised the WOTk the Club is doing to relieve social isolation and loneliness especially after Covid lockdowns and have chosen to support us in their fundraising or grft giving. A full list of donors can be found on page 6.
Our financial situatFon remains strong and we are exploring potential opportunitie5 to support our members further. The Club has no debts and does not hold any funds as custodian trustee. Signed on behalf of the trustees: Date 09 Chair Philip Deeks
The Welbeloved Club Annual Accounts for the year ended 3181 October 2022 (prepared on a receipts and payments basis) 2022 2021 Receipts Grants Donalions Lunch ripts East Herts Lottery Bank Interest Other reip1S Total receipts 200 13511 9701 320 15 349 24096 6000 1797 3214 369 413 11793 Payments Cost to put on lunches lincl. hall & bus) 8798 pps 741 Hire Charges Advertising & Marketing Equipment Training Insurance Admin expenses Christmas Cards Bank Charges Subscriptions Miscellaneous Total Payments 3802 708 60 181 1289 148 255 1277 1394 40 698 47 42 288 712 320 230 11876 407 9561 Net receiptsl{payments) 12220 2232 Capitsl Equipment (Asset) 622 Net receipts 11598 Bank and cash at the start of the period 7384 Bank and cash at the end of the period 18982 5152 7384
The Welbeloved Club Statement of assets and liabilities at 31st October 2022 2022 2021 Cash as80ts Curnenf account Deposit account Pelty cash Total Gash as8•ts 1217 17736 29 18982 1153 6199 32 7384 Othèr a88•ts Catering equipment at purchase price. Not depreciated annu811y. Total cost of other assets Liabilities None expected outside those already rBceived. These financial statetrEnts are accepted on behalf of the organisation by.. Signed...... Treasurer Gillian Gill
The Welbeloved Club Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31st October 2022 1. Recelpts & payments accounts Receipts and payments a¢Unts are ststements that summarise the movement of $h into and out of the organisation during the financial year. In this context 'cash' includes cash equivalents. for example, bank accounts where cash Can be readily withdrawn to pay for debts as they become due. 2. Grants & Donation8 Grants East Herts District Coun1 Jubi188 Party Grant Total 200 Donations MARS Autos Phillips Bishops Stortforf In(*pendent Reade Herris Tobias Hayter Ravenscroft Foulser St. Michael's SCIM1 Breathe Networf( Smith The Leventhoryje School Talking Newspaper Bishops Stortford Football Club Russell Pmperty Metro C8bs CAF Donations Winstone O her Don Total 175 20 496 500 300 500 100 242 58 75 7777 100 500 122 50 900 96 13511 tions Note- Other donations include Just Giwng, Amazon Smile, Paypal giving & Giving Machine Total grants and donatlons £13711 3. Trustse remuneration The Club has no employees. Currently all work for the Club is undertaken on a voluntary basis for no payment. No payments were made to any trustees during the period.