
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From    1 July 2023                  Period start date To 30 June 2024                Period end date** 

**Charity name: Community Scrapstore North Somerset** 

## **Charity registration number: 1191943** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|<br>Para 1.17|**1. To protect and preserve the**<br>**environment for the public benefit in**<br>**particular but not exclusively by: (a)**<br>**advancing the education of adults**<br>**and children about the reuse and**<br>**recycling of scrap, waste and**<br>**surplus materials; and by**<br>**(b) promoting reuse and recycling of**<br>**surplus, waste and scrap materials**<br>**within the community**<br>**2. To advance arts and crafts in**<br>**particular but not exclusively by: (a)**<br>**Facilitating the provision and use of**<br>**recycled, scrap and surplus materials to**<br>**adults and children as a creative**<br>**resource with the aim of improving their**<br>**social welfare and conditions of life;**<br>**and mental health and wellbeing; and**<br>**by (b) inspiring group and individual**<br>**creativity for the public benefit and for**<br>**the benefit of the environment**<br>|





|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or services<br>identified in the accounts.|<br>Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|**Collection of surplus and waste**<br>**resources from local businesses and**<br>**industries; sorting and displaying**<br>**resources in our Warehouse for**<br>**members to choose and collect in return**<br>**for a donation.**<br>**Running events and activities both in the**<br>**Scrapstore and in the wider community**<br>**to facilitate creativity and play, and**<br>**emphasise ways to reuse and recycle**<br>**existing resources.**<br>**Working with other community groups**<br>**and charities to support reuse via**<br>**creative play. **|
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|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees have had regard to the**<br>**guidance issues by the Charity**<br>**Commission on public benefit.**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

||SORP reference||
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|<br> <br>Policy on grant making<br> <br>|<br> <br>Para 1.38|**N/A**|
|<br> <br>Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment<br>|<br> <br>Para 1.38|**N/A**|
|<br> <br>Contribution made by<br>volunteers<br> <br>|<br> <br>Para 1.38|**The Community Scrapstore depends**<br>**extensively on its volunteers, and is**<br>**very grateful to those who willingly**<br>**and regularly offer their time to carry**<br>**out a wide range of activities,**<br>**including: - collecting resources from**<br>**donor premises**<br>**-**<br>**sorting and stocking the**<br>**Scrapstore - serving and advising**<br>**members on the resources they can**<br>**use for their projects - helping plan**<br>**and run events and activities in the**<br>**community**<br>**-**<br>**carrying out administrative**<br>**tasks - promoting the Scrapstore in**<br>**the community**|
|<br>Other<br> <br>||**N/A**<br> <br> <br>|





## **Achievements and Performance** 

||<br> <br> <br> <br> <br>Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|SORP reference<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br>Para 1.20|We provided affordable resources to over<br>100 local schools, nurseries and community<br>groups, as well as over 600 families and 77<br>local groups.<br>We continue to attract valuable suppliers,<br>such as Bristol’s Cameron Balloons and<br>during this period we secured a regular<br>supply of materials from Ikea Bristol, which<br>have proved immensely popular with<br>members. Swaps with Scrapstores in<br>Bristol, Glastonbury, Plymouth and Cardiff<br>also ensured a varied stock during the<br>period.<br>Community Scrapstore North Somerset has<br>continued to supply local creative<br>organisations, such as From the Mud<br>Theatre Group, Weston Artspace and<br>Super Culture and has also hosted creative<br>workshops in its building. Visibility at<br>Weston’s second Climate Carnival boosted<br>the number of local members at the end of<br>the summer.<br>The Scrapstore started to open for one<br>extra day per week.|
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## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|<br> <br>Achievements against<br>objectives set<br> <br>|<br> <br> <br>Para 1.41<br> <br> <br>|**N/A**|
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|<br> <br>Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set<br> <br>|<br> <br> <br> <br>Para 1.41|**N/A**|
|<br> <br>Investment performance<br>against objectives<br> <br>|<br> <br> <br>Para 1.41|**N/A**|





||<br>Other<br> <br>||**N/A**|
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## **Financial Review** 

|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|**Expenditure exceeded income this year,**<br>**reducing funds held at the year end to**<br>**£3,574, although rent and energy costs**<br>**for the next quarter were paid in**<br>**advance. This marginally breached our**<br>**policy on reserves, and arrangements**<br>**were made to apply for further grant**<br>**funding.  At the same time, negotiations**<br>**were commenced with our landlord’s**<br>**agents, with a view to securing early**<br>**release of the lease deposit we had paid**<br>**at the commencement of our tenancy in**<br>**July 2021.**<br>|
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|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The Charity’s policy on reserves is to**<br>**hold at least 3 months’ essential running**<br>**costs in unrestricted reserves at any**<br>**time.  Such reserves would give the**<br>**Charity time to seek external funding**<br>**should the level be close to being**<br>**breached.   We anticipate receiving**<br>**further grant funding during the 2024/25**<br>**financial year, which will remedy the**<br>**current policy breach.**<br>|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£3,574**|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|**N/A**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

||<br> <br>The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)<br>|<br> <br> <br> <br>Para 1.47|**Principal sources of funds:**<br>**- grants**<br>**- project funding**<br>**- membership fees**<br>**- donations for scrap resources**|
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|<br> <br>Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted<br>|<br> <br> <br> <br>Para 1.46|**N/A**|
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|<br> <br>A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity<br> <br>|<br> <br> <br>Para 1.46|**N/A**|
|<br>Other<br>||**N/A**|



## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed,royal charter)|<br>Para 1.25<br>|**Constitution**|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?(e.g<br>unincorporated<br>association,CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled to<br>appoint one or more trustees|<br>Para 1.25|**Potential trustees are invited to attend**<br>**three trustee meetings as observers, with**<br>**the right to speak, but not vote on any**<br>**issues.  After the third meeting, the**<br>**existing trustees will vote on whether to**<br>**offer a trusteeship to the applicant.  No**<br>**person or body has the right to appoint**<br>**trustees to the management board. **|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

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||<br> <br>Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees<br>|<br> <br> <br> <br>Para 1.51||
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|<br> <br>The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works<br> <br>|<br> <br> <br> <br>Para 1.51||
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|<br> <br>Relationship with any related<br>parties<br> <br>|<br> <br> <br>Para 1.51||
|<br>Other<br> <br>|||



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charityname|CommunityScrapstore North Somerset|
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|Registered charitynumber|1191943|
|Charity’s principal address|66 Gazelle Road<br>Weston-super-Mare<br>BS24 9ES|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee(if any) **|
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|Rebecca Condron|Chair|||
|Barbara Roche|Treasurer|||
|Gail Alder|Trustee|||
|Wendy Williams|Trustee|||
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

|Description of the assets<br>held in this capacity<br>|N/A|
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|Name and objects of the<br>charity on whose behalf the<br>assets are held and how this<br>falls within the custodian<br>charity’s objects<br>||
|Details of arrangements for<br>safe custody and<br>segregation of such assets<br>from the charity’s own assets<br> <br>||



## **Additional information (optional)           Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of Name  Address adviser** 

**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

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## **Declarations** 

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees report above. 

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees 

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|**Signature**|||
|**Full Name**|Rebecca Condron||
|**Position**|Chair of Trustees||



Date: 19 April 2025 



**Community Scrapstore North Somerset** Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees For the Year Ended 30 June 2024 


## **Independent examiners report to the Trustees of Community Scrapstore North Somerset** 

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts for Community Scrapstore North Somerset (“the charity”) for the year ended 30 June 2024. 

## **Responsibilities and basis of report** 

As the charity trustees of the charity you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the 2011 Act”). 

I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 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 2011 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 2011 Act; or 2. the accounts do not comply with these 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. 


## **Michelle Ferris BSc (Hons) FCA DChA** 

Albert Goodman LLP Goodwood House Blackbrook Park Avenue Taunton Somerset TA1 2PX 

Date:  23 April 2025 



||**Charity Name**<br>**COMMUNITY SCRAPSTORE NORTH SOMERSET**|**Charity Name**<br>**COMMUNITY SCRAPSTORE NORTH SOMERSET**|**Charity Name**<br>**COMMUNITY SCRAPSTORE NORTH SOMERSET**|**Charity Name**<br>**COMMUNITY SCRAPSTORE NORTH SOMERSET**|**Charity Name**<br>**COMMUNITY SCRAPSTORE NORTH SOMERSET**|**1191943**<br>**No (if any)**|**1191943**<br>**No (if any)**|**1191943**<br>**No (if any)**|**CC16a**|
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||**For the period**<br>**from**||Period start date<br>01/07/2023||**To**||Period end date<br>30/06/2024|||
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||||
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**<br>**30,116**<br>**20,000**<br>**240**<br>**71**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> <br> <br>**50,427**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**50,427**<br>**24,023**<br>**-**<br>**26,030**<br>**192**<br>**-**<br>**682**<br>**689**<br>**1,949**<br>**826**<br>**1,110**<br>**22**<br> **55,523**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**55,523**<br>**-                 5,096**||**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**||**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**30,116**<br>**20,000**<br>**240**<br>**71**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**50,427**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**50,427**<br>**24,023**<br>**-**<br>**26,030**<br>**192**<br>**-**<br>**682**<br>**689**<br>**1,949**<br>**826**<br>**1,110**<br>**22**<br>**55,523**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**55,523**<br> <br>**-                 5,096**||**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|Scrapstore sales|**30,116**||||||||**26,857**|
|Grants|**20,000**||||||||**20,000**|
|Invoiced income|**240**||||||||**1,768**|
|Interest received|**71**||||||||**52**|
|Donations|||||||||**19**|
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|<br> <br>**50,427**||||||||**48,696**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**||||||||||
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|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**||||||||||
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|SalaryPayment|**24,023**||||||||**15,385**|
|Casual labour|**-**||||||||**200**|
|Rent + Utilities|**26,030**||||||||**33,212**|
|Website|**192**||||||||**-**|
|Scrap purchases|**-**||||||||**113**|
|Expenses|**682**||||||||**839**|
|Insurance|**689**||||||||**1,058**|
|Business rates|**1,949**||||||||**1,258**|
|Telephone & cardpayment fees|**826**||||||||**729**|
|Accountancyfees|**1,110**||||||||**1,056**|
|Sundry|**22**||||||||**39**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**55,523**||||||||**53,889**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||
|E-Cargo Bike|**-**||||||||**-**|
|Other fixed assetpurchases|**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||||||
||||||||||**53,889**|
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||**-                 5,096**||**-**||**-**||<br>**-                 5,096**||**-                5,193**|
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||**8,670**||**-**||**-**||**8,670**||**13,863**|
||**3,574**||**-**||**-**||**3,574**||**8,670**|



CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

23/04/2025 

1 



|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**the end of the period**||
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|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>Rent and Service Charge<br>Gas and Electric<br>Bank accounts<br>Cash accounts<br>Lease Deposit<br>**Details**<br>Laptop<br>Samsung Tablet<br>4 folding tables<br>Liability insurance<br>Ipad wifi 64GB<br>Accountancy and independent examination<br>Overlocker sewing machine<br>E-cargo bike<br>**Details**<br>HMRC<br>Nest Pensions<br>Signature<br>20 club chairs<br>**Details**<br>Printer<br>Till Drawer & Receipt Printer|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**3,271**<br>**-**<br>**303**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**3,574**<br>**-**<br>OK<br>OK<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**6,375**<br>**-**<br>**1,097**<br>**-**<br>**11,880**<br>**-**<br>**511**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>General<br>**99**<br>General<br>**298**<br>General<br>**273**<br>General<br>**139**<br>General<br>**432**<br>General<br>**720**<br>General<br>**319**<br>General<br>**150**<br>General<br>**3,329**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>General<br>**757**<br>General<br>**100**<br>General<br>**1,170**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name<br>Rebecca Condron|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
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|||Rebecca Condron|19-Apr-25|
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 

23/04/2025 

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