# SPECTRUM GAMING ANNUAL REPORT 2023/24 **“I made my first ever friends there”** **5** **8** **10 12** ## **TABLE OF CONTENTS** - **3 Who we are & What we do** **4 Annual Overview** **Highlights from the Year** **7** - **Our Impact** - **Online Services** **9** - **Face to Face Services** - **Advocacy** - **Training** **13** - **Supporters** **14** - **Financial Review** - **17 Statement of Financial Activities** - **18 Notes on Financial Statements 22 Reference and Administrative Details** - **Reference and Administrative Details** 2 ## **WHO WE ARE** ## **WHAT WE DO** Spectrum Gaming is an autistic-led UK based charity that supports autistic young people. We aim to create a world where every autistic child knows that who they are is ok and they can be themselves, whilst still developing meaningful relationships and achieving their personal goals. Spectrum Gaming doesn't just focus on enabling friendships and connection, but on advocacy, and ensuring autistic young people are heard. We do this by providing spaces where they feel safe and accepted, amongst others with similar shared lived experiences, and opportunities to explore who they are. We want all autistic young people to have the strength and confidence to find their place in the world that works for them. In many cases this means influencing wider strategic changes to create an environment that is more understanding and equitable. ## **Online Services** We provide a safe space online supervised by trusted adults where young people can explore, connect and grow with others. We strive to always be... **CHILD CENTRED REFLECTIVE** **ATTENTIVE** **Face-to-Face Services** We offer opportunities for young people to meet with others and undertake positive activities together. **Advocacy -** We work with our young people, parents and partners to identify the priorities of young people creating resources that address these priorities. **Training -** We offer training and guidance to those who need it most, and build a community who share our passion and vision to create change. 3 ## **ANNUAL OVERVIEW** The financial year 2023/2024 saw another significant period of growth for Spectrum Gaming (SG). Our staff team grew to 15, putting us in a stronger position both in supporting the young people in our community, and the wellbeing of the staff team with the addition of key support roles. By December 2023, 172,022 people were waiting for an autism assessment in England, an increase of 47% in just one year (www.autism.org.uk). The long waiting times (over 13 weeks for 86% of those on the referral list) adds to the distress of young people whose struggles often go unheard or misunderstood for years. The stress this causes leds to struggles with mental health, isolation from others, suicidal thoughts and autistic burnout. We know that families are desperate to access meaningful support for their young people, as we receive emails on a daily basis, asking if their child can join SG. With broader research showing that “rates of loneliness are up to four times higher in Autistic individuals than their peers” as well as the recognition from the 2023 Government Suicide Prevention Scheme that autistic people have a higher risk of death by suicide, autistic young people need access to spaces where they can belong, feel safe and have fun with others who have shared lived experiences, without having to worry about whether their needs will be met. This is key in helping them to better understand themselves, giving them optimism for the future. Knowing all this keeps us ambitious and driven in working towards our aim of creating a world where autistic young people can be themselves. We are striving to continue providing immediate practical support to autistic young people and their families, the majority of whom are being failed by a system which makes them wait, sometimes years, for a diagnosis and then offers little or no help. 4 ## **HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE YEAR** ## Staffing To meet growing demand for our services, we welcomed 8 new staff members, with 5 of these directly increasing our capacity to work with young people, and the rest to grow our organisational capacity. Roles hired included: 2 admin support, a clinical psychologist, 4 youth workers and a funding and development officer. The expansion of our staff team enabled us to host a greater number of online and in person events for the young people in our community, and alleviated pressure on the existing small staff team, who were often working long hours to meet the ever-increasing demand for our services. ## Autism Understood website launch In July 2023, we launched Autism Understood, a website designed to address the lack of resources available to newly diagnosed autistic young people. The site is filled with information written by people with lived experience, alongside Spectrum Gaming’s young members. In its launch week in July 2023, we had 12,000 visitors to the website and since then it has had almost **500,000** views! (https://autismunderstood.co.uk/) ## Changing our membership model In 2023, we saw an exponential increase in the numbers of applications from parents and professionals seeking our services and support. This demand resulted in us closing to new members in April 2023, as we wanted to ensure we were still providing high-quality support to the young people in the community. During our closure it was apparent that we had to take a new approach to our membership offer to prevent an endless cycle of opening and then quickly closing again as we reached capacity. We used this time to increase the staff team and improve support infractures for both staff and young people, and in November 2023, we re-opened for new members who were residents of Greater Manchester. With Manchester being the home of Spectrum Gaming, and where a large proportion of funding is generated from, it seemed appropriate and justifiable to allow local autistic young people access to our services. 5 Towards the end of 2023, we decided to create a commissioning offer for local authorities in the UK, giving young autistic people in those areas access to our services. As a result, we will begin the 2024-25 year with at least two other local authorities funding places for their area, and a number of other areas in discussions with Spectrum Gaming about possible offers. We are excited and hopeful that this funding model will make the future of our organisation stronger and more sustainable, whilst being able to help more and more autistic young people. **“He has attended all the meet ups which is amazing and we travel wherever we have to, that's how important these meet ups are for us.”** ## Community Centre In February 2024, we secured our own community centre, which we’re extremely excited about! Our hope is to create a shining example of what a fully inclusive space can look like for neurodivergent people with sensory differences. Some of the services we’re looking to offer from the centre include: - a drop-in centre for autistic young people - regular youth club sessions, coding workshops, and arts and crafts sessions a hub for our learning community focusing on Self Directed Education - a space for young people to meet and work on advocacy projects and delivering training sessions for parents/carers, as well as a hub for SG staff and lots, lots more! **“I like how people don't judge things about me and people even sometimes do the same "weird" things I thought I was alone in.”** 6 ## **OUR IMPACT** Our achievements would hold little meaning if they weren’t having a positive impact on our young members. In the past year we’ve seen: ## Young people becoming advocates We are starting to see a ripple effect where autistic young people in our community (who were previously ashamed of being autistic) become confident enough to become strong advocates for themselves and on behalf of the next generation of autistic people. In June 2023, 3 young people from our community worked together to write autism training from scratch and delivered a 3 hour training session! We believe this is the first time ever in the UK that autistic young people have led on core, in-depth autism training. ## Connection and joy What we are most proud of is the amount of positivity we have been able to add to the lives of autistic young people. Some parents have told us they have heard their children laugh for the first time in a long time. Some young people report making their first ever meaningful friendships, and others tell us that because of our community, they now have hope for the future and that they believe their dreams will come true. Looking ahead to the future, we intend to build on these successes and our reputation to maximise the impact we can have in improving the lives of autistic young people throughout the UK. “My youngest went from having no friends and not being able to talk, to having online friends because of Spectrum Gaming. For my child SG was the first sociable space they'd been in where they felt safe, without fear of being laughed at, picked on or bullied. They're welcoming, inclusive, and often help to make new people feel welcome.” 7 ## **ONLINE** What began as a community to connect with like minded peers through gaming, has evolved to accommodate other wide-ranging interests of our members. Both communities continue to thrive thanks to the dedicated efforts of our staff team who continue to support young people, resolve disputes and actively engage in conversations and activities with them. ## Regular online events include: Film Nights, Chess clubs, Cooking, Trivia, Coding and Friday Night Natter, as well as group events playing their favourite games, including: Fortnite, Roblox, Among us and Minecraft. ## Gaming helps support young people to: - Socialise and learn key life skills - Develop positive connections and find community - Unwind and destress from managing the daily hurdles of life - Experience a sense of achievement whilst recovering from previous negative experiences ## Minecraft: Our private Minecraft server provides a space where members have fun in a virtual world and safely practise and develop life skills. As well as collaborating on large scale community building projects, members build on individual plots of land, sourcing materials through mining, trading and making deals with “neighbours” to make efficient use of resources. ## Discord: We have two active servers, one for U13s with parent controlled accounts, and one for teenagers aged 13 and over. Young people use the servers to build connections with others, attend online events hosted by SG staff members, showcase their artwork and find others to play games with. **over 800,000** Messages sent via Discord **28,800+** Hours of play time on Minecraft **25,000** Hours spent in voice calls 8 ## **FACE TO FACE** Our meetups support members in further establishing the friendships they’ve made online, developing strong and meaningful connections within our community. In 2023, we strengthened our in person meetups by building a network of staff and volunteers who attend meetups regularly, as well as ones who offer to be on standby or come along at short notice. An exciting development this year was the move to a new site to host forest schools. The open space gives more opportunities for young people to explore their environment and take the lead in setting up the equipment safely. We have increased the frequency of our meetups due to demand to once a fortnight. However, even with this increase we are still finding that sessions are often fully booked with waiting lists, suggesting that there is scope to expand these further in the next year. With the opening of our own premises in late 2024 this should allow us to offer a much higher frequency of activities. **95% 74** Scored the London Unique Meetups meetups a 4 or 5 out of 5 **557** Young people attended Manchester meetups Another exciting development in our in person provision was our first ever Meetup Weekend in London! This was established to provide opportunity for members in the South to experience our events and meet up with other young people and the SG team. Attended by 68 young people, the weekend was packed with activities including: a visit to the transport museum, cinema, Battersea Park, trip to an arcade and more! “Thank you so much to all the people who worked so hard and gave up their time! It was an amazing weekend for my son and just brilliant to watch all the young people connecting and having a blast” “My favourite part was seeing my son being himself with an amazing community of people where we know he is valued. Was so lovely to see him smile.” 9 ## **ADVOCACY** As in previous years, advocacy remained a core focus in 2023/24. We know the impact of our work is limited unless we also focus on making the world a better place for autistic young people outside of their time with Spectrum Gaming. ## Projects: ## Barriers to Education: The project, which launched in 2022 has continued into 2023 and was established as a way to find a solution to a gap Spectrum Gaming is experiencing with our work with children and families, specifically addressing the issue of persistent school absences within our community. The project aims to create a practical and aspirational toolkit that supports families, schools, and services, while acknowledging the complex demands of the education and public sectors We held webinars to gather feedback from a variety of stakeholders about their experiences. 1,000 people booked onto the webinar within 24 hours, with a further 300 places filled within the next 5 days, showing there is a huge demand for this project. https://padlet.com/spectrumgaming/barrierstoeducation ## Autism Understood Website: Autism Understood, a website about autism for autistic young people aged 10+ officially launched on 1st July: http://autismunderstood.co.uk The website has received phenomenal feedback from parents and professionals alike, as well as young people themselves. Since its launch we have had consistent traffic into the site, with up to **3,000** “new users” every week and a total of **485,000** page visits to date. ## Autism and suicide: We took the lead on creating resources around Autism and Suicide. This project came about in recognition that when autistic people are suicidal, they often avoid the services people are traditionally signposted to, and instead seek out trusted people to share how they feel. The result is a huge gap in the support for autistic people who are suicidal. We are working with Greater Manchester Autism Consortium to create resources to address that gap. We completed a first draft of these resources in June and have had feedback from the Greater Manchester Autism Consortium for finalising this. 10 ## **ADVOCACY** ## Autism Padlet Working with numerous partners, we created a Padlet of neuro affirming autism resources. We now have over 500 resources listed! https://padlet.com/spectrumgaming/Autism Resources ## Conferences: Bury Council: Bury Council’s first ever Autism Conference was held in May. SG was heavily involved in the day, working with the council to co-produce the conference, with talks created and delivered by SG community members! The aim of this day was for a wide range of professionals to learn more about topics chosen by young people. This included: - Busting Autism Myths Autism in Public Places What schools get right Mental Health - Autism & ADHD - How Schools Should View Meltdowns ## GMAC Mental Health Outdoor Conference: We also worked with the Greater Manchester Autism Consortium to facilitate an outdoor mental health conference. We hosted two workshops: Hanna, our Clinical Psychologist ran a workshop on monotropism. 3 of our young people ran a panel, answering questions about autistic experience. “I would just like to say a huge thank you to yourself and Spectrum Gaming for putting on such an informative day. All of the workshops were useful and I gained much insight/ new thinking from each one. It was particularly useful to hear the young persons’ panel as a live capture of their voices.” 11 ## **TRAINING** Over the past year we are proud to report that we delivered training to participants, including parents, educators, and healthcare providers. As all of our training is autistic led and co produced with the young people in our community it offers impactful content that reflects lived experience, providing authentic and invaluable insights. After feedback and reflection on our training sessions we were committed to providing training that was both relevant to people’s interests and ensuring the sustainability for our staff team by diversifying the facilitators. In addition to running our hugely popular core offering ‘6 week Autism Acceptance Training’ programme 2 times per year, we now offer irregular webinars on a variety of adjacent topics. Together, our training offerings demonstrate our commitment to supporting greater understanding of the needs of autistic young people and their families. By combining foundational programs with targeted up-to-date training, we are driving greater awareness and fostering environments where autistic young people can thrive. ## Our one-off webinars included: - Unmasking Autism: My Journey delivered by Andy Smith, Creative Director - Navigating the Paradox, supporting young people who are autistic and ADHD delivered by Kirstie McStay, Under 13 Community Manager - Supporting Autistic Young People with Strong Feelings, delivered by Hanna Venton-Platz, Clinical Psychologist - Monotropism and Autistic Wellbeing, delivered by Hanna Venton-Platz, Clinical Psychologist ## **2,100** Number of people we delivered training to in 2023 **19** Number of SG webinars delivered “Excellent. I thought that since you would be describing your struggles, there would be a lot of negative stuff in there, but you have such infectious enthusiasm for improving understanding of autistic people (especially younger people) that it was in fact a really positive experience. And your philosophy about what makes a good life should be shown to everyone - parents, professionals, friends, family and most of all, children and young people. Thank you so much.” 12 ## **SUPPORTERS** We wanted to issue a HUGE thank you to all those who have supported, funded and celebrated our work. ## Donors We want to say a massive thank you to donors for their ongoing support. They helped us raise **£8,934** in our 24-hour Gaming Marathon, and played a key role in enabling us to set up the new community centre - donating **£2,000** and buying us amazing gifts from our wish list! ## Volunteers Our volunteer community has supported SG getting to where it is today. The time, effort and expertise that volunteers give to our young people and SG activities is invaluable. As of March 2024, there are 12 active volunteers who support a variety of activities across SG and five in training. We hold information sessions for new volunteers every quarter with interest gained each time. Each volunteer gives a minimum of two hours per week to support SG, however, a large part of the volunteer group gives more than two hours per week. Activities that volunteers support include in-person events, youth work, newsletter/social media and advocacy. We are currently proactively seeking in-person volunteers to support and grow our in-person offer. 13 ## **FINANCIAL REVIEW** The CIO’s results for the period show an overall surplus of income over expenditure of **£58,369** . The majority of the income received ( **£228,413** ) was restricted to fund specific activities of the charity, or to either recruit or continue the employment of staff during 2024/25. ## **Policies** Spectrum Gaming CIO has a full range of policies covering our services. Our policies are continually kept under review including the assessment of the major risks. The trustees aim to maintain the general level of reserves (unrestricted funds) to around three months of general expenditure. The trustees consider this to be an appropriate level. ## **Structure, governance and management** |**Governing document:**|Spectrum Gaming CIO is governed by its constitution dated 10th
March 2021.| |---|---| |**Trustees selection:**|Trustees are nominated and seconded by trustee members of
Spectrum Gaming CIO| |**Organisation:**|The board of trustees administers the CIO. The board normally
meets quarterly. Two Chief Officers are appointed by the trustees
to manage the day-today operations of the CIO. To facilitate
effective operations the Chief Officers have delegated authority,
within terms of delegation approved by the trustees, for
operational matters.| |**Related parties:**|None of the trustees receive remuneration or other benefit from
their work with the CIO. Any connection between a trustee or
senior manager of the charity with any contractual relationship
with a related party must be disclosed to the full board of trustees.
In the current period no such related party transactions were
reported.| |**Pay policy for senior**
**staff:**|The trustees and the Chief Officers comprise the key
management personnel of the CIO in charge of directing and
controlling, running and operating the CIO on a daily basis. All
trustees give their time freely and no trustee received
remuneration in the period. Details of trustees’ expenses and
related party transactions are disclosed in note 2 to the accounts.
The pay of the Chief Officers is reviewed annually.| |**Risk management:**|The board of trustees have identified the major risks to which the
charity is exposed. These are reviewed continually, as are the
systems established to mitigate those risks.| 14 ## Responsibilities of the trustees The trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Report and the financial statements with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). The law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial period which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the CIO and of the incoming resources and application of resources for that period. In preparing those accounts the trustees are required to:- - select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP; make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the accounts; and - prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the CIO will continue its activities. The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the CIO and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. ## Declaration This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies entitled to the small companies regime. Approved by the Board of Trustees and signed on its behalf by: **Danny van Deurzen-Smith** Chair of Trustees _31st January 2025_ **Samantha Friedman** Trustee _31st January 2025_ 15 ## Independent Examiner’s Report I report on the accounts of Spectrum Gaming CIO for the period ended 31 March 2024 which are set out on pages fourteen to twenty-one. ## Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner The charitable incorporated organisation’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charitable incorporated organisation’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this period under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed. The charitable incorporated organisation’s gross income exceeded £150,000 and I am qualified to undertake the examination by being a qualified member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. It is my responsibility to: - examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act; to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act; and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. ## Basis independent examiner’s statement My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charitable incorporated organisation and comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair view’ and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. Independent examiner’s statement In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention: 1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements: - to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act; and to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act have not been met; or 2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. **Ashton Roberts Accountancy Limited** 21 Kingston Avenue Blackpool Lancashire FY4 2QB 31st January 2025 16 ## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Unrestricted Restricted 2024 Total
Funds Funds Funds
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS
Notes £ £ £
FROM:
Donations & Legacies 32,389 32,389
Contracts & Services 39,830 50,535 90,365
Grants & Trusts - 177,878 177,878
TOTAL INCOME 2 72,218 228,413 300,631
EXPENDITURE ON:
Charitable Activities 9,285 232,977 242,362
TOTAL EXPENDITURE 3 9,285 232,977 242,262
Net Movement in funds 62,933 (4,564) 58,369
Total funds at 31st March 2023 21,388 88,130 109,518
Total funds at 31st March 2024 84,321 83,566 167,887
CURRENT ASSETS Notes 2023 Total £ 2024 Total £
Cash at bank and in hand 109,518 167,887
Total Assets less current liabilities 109,518 167,887
REPRESENTED BY 2023 Total £ 2024 Total £
Restricted 88,130 83,566
Unrestricted 21,388 84,321
TOTAL FUNDS 4 109,518 167,887
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17 ## **NOTES ON FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** ## Accounting Policies ## Charity information Spectrum Gaming CIO is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) registered in England and Wales. The principal address is Bartle House, Oxford Court, Manchester, M2 3WQ ## Accounting convention These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with governing document of the CIO, the Charities Act 2011 and Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (as amended for accounting periods commencing from 1 January 2016). The CIO has taken advantage of the provisions in the SORP for charities applying FRS 102 Update Bulletin 1 not to prepare a Statement of Cash Flows. The accounts are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the CIO. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant note(s) to these accounts. ## Incoming Resources All income is recognised once the CIO has entitlement to the income, there is sufficient certainty or receipt and so it is probable that the income will be received, and the amount of income receivable can be measured reliably. ## Resources expended Resources expended are recognised in the period in which they are incurred and are allocated to the particular activity to which the cost relates. Governance costs include costs of the preparation and examination of the statutory accounts, the costs of trustee meetings and cost of any legal advice trustees on governance or constitutional matters. ## Unrestricted funds Unrestricted funds are donations and other incoming resources receivable or generated for the objects of the CIO without further specified purpose and are available as general funds. ## Designated funds Designated funds are unrestricted funds earmarked by the CIO for particular purposes. ## Restricted funds Restricted funds are to be used for a specific purpose as laid down by the donor. Expenditure which meets these criteria is charged to the fund, together with a fair allocation of management and support costs. 18 ## 1 - TRUSTEES No trustees received remuneration for services rendered or were reimbursed travel expenses. No trustee, or anyone connected with a trustee, has a material interest in any of the CIO’s transactions. Most of the trustees are parents of children and young people who have used the CIO’s services and participated in events held by the CIO. All services and events were provided on the same terms and with no priority over other member’s children. One trustee’s child was employed by the CIO as a youth worker in this financial period. The recruitment process was the same as for all other support staff and their relationship was unknown to the recruiting team. ## 2 - ANALYSIS OF INCOME **----- Start of picture text -----**
2024 2023
DONATIONS AND LEGACIES Unrestricted Restricted Total Total
Contracts 5,000 50,535 55,535
General Donations 27,389 27,389 33,608
Mentoring 15,455 15,455 2,810
Professional Services 24,375 24,375 9,085
Grant Income 177,878 177,878 88,000
TOTAL 72,218 228,413 300,631 133,503
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19 ## 3 - TOTAL EXPENDITURE **----- Start of picture text -----**
Unrestricted Restricted Total
Advertising & Marketing 102 102
Audit & Accountancy fees 1,168 1,168
Bank Fees 223 223
Computing Equipment 3,165 3,165
Consulting 367 367
Direct Expenses 894 894
General Expenses 364 11,610 11,974
HR Expense 4,046 4,046
Insurance 292 292
IT Software and Consumables 11,169 11,169
Light, Power, Heating 95 95
Operating Lease Payments 100 1,705 1,805
PAYE Payable 33,838 33,838
Pensions Payable 8,430 8,430
Printing & Stationery 935 935
Rent 7,271 7,271
Repairs & Maintenance 3,658 3,658
Staff Training 2,647 2,647
Subscriptions 556 556
Telephone & Internet 401 401
Travel - National 3,537 3,537
Wages Payable - Payroll 145,691 145,691
TOTAL EXPENDITURE 9,285 232,977 242,262
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Balance at Balance at
Incoming Resources
1st April Transfers 31st March
Resources Expended
2023 2024
Unrestricted Funds 21,388 72,218 9,285 - 84,321
Restricted Funds 88,130 228,413 232,977 - 83,566
TOTAL FUNDS 109,518 300,631 242,262 - 167,887
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## 5 - STAFF COSTS & NUMBERS **----- Start of picture text -----**
2023 2024
Salaries & Wages 100,806 179,529
Employers Pension 3,502 8,429
TOTAL COSTS 106,331 187,958
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No employees received emoluments of more than £60,000. The average number of employees during the period was 11. ## 6 - CONTINGENT LIABILITIES The charity had no contingent liabilities as at 31 March 2024 ## 7 - RESTRICTED INCOME FUNDS **----- Start of picture text -----**
Funds Held & Name Purpose & Restrictrion(s) Unrestricted Restricted
Benefact Group Face to Face - London Meet Up 5,000
Bury Council Advocacy Projects 7,500
Garfield Weston Core Staff Salaries 30,000
Great Minds Together Clinical Psychologist Salary 4,500 15,000
Provision of Manchester
NHS Greater Manchester ICB 1,500 57,815
Services
Paul Hamlyn Online Team Staff Salaries 50,000
Tudor Trust Staff Salaries 25,000
National Lottery Reaching
Staff Salaries 41,160
Communities
Greater Manchester Sports Manchester Meetups 1,937
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21 The trustees present their report and financial statements for the period ended 31 March 2023. The financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Statement of Recommended Practice for Charities and with the charity’s governing documents. Spectrum Gaming CIO is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), and was registered with the Charity Commission on 10 March 2021. It was established to take forward the work of the registered charity, Spectrum Gaming CIO (Charity Number 1193763). The trustees confirm that the CIO has complied with the duty in Section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission. This report illustrates how the CIO delivers public benefit. ## **Reference and Administrative Details** |**CIO Name:**|Spectrum Gaming CIO| |---|---| |**Registered Number:**|1193763| |**Registered Address**|Spectrum Gaming
Bartle House, Oxford Court, Manchester| ||M2 3WQ| |**Trustees:**|**Danny van Deurzen-Smith - Chair**(since October 2023)
**Alison Egerton - Trustee**(since October 2023)
**Catherine Thomson**(since October 2023)
**Gareth Howe - Trustee**(since October 2023)
**Jo Beaumont - Trustee**(since October 2023)
**Melanie Harrison - Trustee**(since October 2023)
**Dr Pia-Sophie Wool - Trustee**(since October 2023)
**Dr Samantha Friedman - Trustee**(since October 2023)| ||**Sarah-Jane Snape - Trustee**
Claire Teague - Chair (Jan 23) (resigned June 2023)
Andrew Smith - Trustee (resigned October 2023)
Caterina Radu - Trustee (resigned October 2023)
Leah Hanlon - Trustee (resigned June 2023)| |**Bankers**|**National Westminster Bank Plc**| ||438 Barlow Moor Road| ||Chorlton-Cum-Hardy
Manchester| |**Independent**
**Examiner**|**Ashton Roberts Accountancy Limited**
21 Kingston Avenue
Blackpool
Lancashire| ||FY4 2QB| 22