## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1 April 2021 Period start date To 31 MARCH 2022 Period end date** ## **Charity name: SPARCS** ## **Charity registration number: 1193049** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|Provide a wide range of accessible and
affordable activities for autistic people and
those with related conditions and their families
within the local community.| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|In April we held our annual.Messtival. This
event was celebrating autism in line with
Autism acceptance month
We have linked up with local authority to
access HAF funding. With this funding we
have been able to provide a timetable of fun,
healthy activities over each school holiday,
supporting autistic people and their families in
the local community.
We have established two successful youth
clubs running which run weekly. Both of these
sessions are very well attended.
We have worked with another local charity to
provide food parcels for our families.
We have secured our own permanent space
and will be expanding our time table over the
next few months.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|We have had regard to the Charity
Commission guidance on public benefit.| **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|We have provided a wide range of accessible
and affordable activities for autistic people and
those with related conditions and their families
within the local community.| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The charity has a balance of £3538 in**
**the bank.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The charity does not have a reserves**
**policy.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£3538**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**Not applicable**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**Not applicable**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**Not applicable**| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|
Para 1.25|| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled|Para 1.25|Trustees are all volunteers.| to appoint one or more trustees ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|SPARCS| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1193049| |Charity’s principal address|Whitley Bay Big Local
158 Whitley Road
WHITLEY BAY
Tyne And Wear
NE26 2LY| ||| **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Louise Holohan|||| ||Patricia
McGuinness|||| ||Michael Caul|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details **Not applicable** ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** Patrica Karen McGuiness **Position (eg Secretary,** Trustee **Chair, etc) Date** 28 Jan 2023 ## **SPARCS** **No (if any) 1193049** ## **Receipts and payments accounts** ## **CC16a** **For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 01-Apr-21 31-Mar-22 ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Restricted funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Restricted funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**
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**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Last year**
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Grants|**4,800**||**14,251**||**-**||**19,051**||**-**| |Donations|**4,742**||**-**||**-**||**4,742**||**2,550**| ||**-**||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**9,542**||**14,251**||**-**||**23,793**||**2,550**| ||||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
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**A3 Payments**|||||||||| ||||||||||**2,550**| ||||||||||| |
Activites withyoung people|**11,945**||**9,681**||**-**||**21,626**||**1,714**| |Room Hire|||**4,570**||**-**||**4,570**||**-**| |Administrative Expenses|**1,428**||**-**||**-**||**1,428**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**13,373**||**14,251**||**-**||**27,624**||**1,714**| ||||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
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**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||||| ||||||||||**1,714**| ||||||||||| ||**- 3,831**||||||||**836**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**7,369**||||||||**-**| ||**3,538**||||||||**836**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))|**Unrestricted**
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**B5 Liabilities**
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