2023-03-31-accounts - North West Hazards Trust

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Charity Number: 1194500

North West Hazards Trust

Report and financial statements For the year ended 31st March 2023

North West Hazards Trust

Reference and administrative information

for the year ended 31st March 2023

Charity number 1194500 Registered office and operational address

Windrush Millennium Centre 70 Alexandra Road Moss Side Manchester M16 7WD

Trustees

Trustees who served during the year and up to the date of this report were as follows:

Ms Caroline Bedale Ms Sarah Clarke Dr Richard Charles Clutterbuck Mr Kevin Duffy (died 6[th] May 2022) Mr Paul Holleran Mr Graham Petersen Ms Catherine Roberts Mr Douglas Russell Mr Stirling Smith

Key management

Personnel

NWHT does not employ staff directly but GMHC will be reimbursed for staff time for assistance with running the organisation.

Bankers

Unity Trust Bank Four Brindleyplace Birmingham B1 2HB

Independent Examiner

Jennifer Daniel FCCA DChA Slade & Cooper Limited Beehive Mill Jersey Street Manchester M4 6JG

North West Hazards Trust

Trustees’ annual report

for the year ended 31st March 2023

The trustees present their report and the unaudited financial statements for the year ended 31st March 2023.

Reference and administrative information set out on page 1 forms part of this report. The financial statements comply with current statutory requirements, the charity’s trust constitution and the Statement of Recommended Practice - Accounting and Reporting by Charities: SORP applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with FRS 102.

Objectives and activities

NWHT’s purpose is to promote health, safety, welfare and wellbeing of working people by facilitating networking, sharing learning and the adoption of good practice and continuous improvement. NWHT will work with other organisations and campaign groups on health and safety at work and in the environment to provide support, advice and assistance; to educate workers and their representatives; to assist individuals and groups experiencing ill health, poverty or lack of information; and to support research into these issues.

The trustees have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the charity's aims and objectives and in planning its future activities. In particular, the trustees consider how planned activities will contribute to the aims and objectives that have been set.

Achievements and performance

The charity's main activities and who it tries to help are described below. During the year 2022/23, the charity paid the second half of a grant to Greater Manchester Hazards Centre Ltd, and received a significant individual donation which it is intended to use to further support for development of good practice in relation to mental health at work.

Financial review

From the start it has been the intention of NWHT to apply for funding from charitable funding organisations and then to award grants, to commission work or research, in order to further the charitable purposes. NWHT does not intend to employ staff or undertake large scale work itself. It will use any funding it receives to award grants and commission work from other organisations. The Trustees use their extensive experience and knowledge of this area of work and of organisations and campaign groups working in this field in order to ensure that funding is appropriately awarded and that positive outcomes are achieved.

The Trustees of NWHT aim to apply as little as practically possible of the finances received to the actual running of NWHT, so that maximum impact and benefit can be achieved by the awarding of funding to other organisations. NWHT aims to keep at most about 10% of any income from grants to cover its running costs and to establish a small surplus / contingency fund to provide stability on a rolling basis. The rest of any income will be paid to other organisations in the form of grants or commissioned work.

The Trustees of NWHT have already developed policies to ensure that any awards of funding are done properly and without risk to the charity or to workers who may ultimately benefit from the work carried out.

North West Hazards Trust

Trustees’ annual report

for the year ended 31st March 2023

In the year ended 31st March 2023 NWHT received £22,000 in individual donations, to which was added £5,628 in Gift Aid, which included £128 from the previous year. NWHT applied to some charitable grant making bodies but was not successful in gaining any other funding. The second half of a grant received from the Alex Ferry Foundation in 2021/22, that is, £5,000, was paid to GMHC during the financial year. The only other expenditure was £72 on bank charges.

Structure, governance and management

The organisation is an unincorporated charity. North West Hazards Trust (NWHT) was registered by the Charity Commission as a charity in May 2021. number 1194500, in England and Wales.

The trustees are members of the charity but this entitles them only to voting rights. The trustees have no beneficial interest in the charity.

All trustees give their time voluntarily and receive no benefits from the charity. Any expenses reclaimed from the charity are set out in note 1 to the accounts.

North West Hazards Trust

Trustees’ annual report

for the year ended 31st March 2023

Statement of responsibilities of the trustees

Law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the charity's financial activities during the period and of its financial position at the end of the period. In preparing financial statements giving a true and fair view, the trustees should follow best practice and:

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 UK Accounting Standards and statements of recommended practice have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements
Prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in operation

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity 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 charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

The trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the charity's website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

The Trustees’ annual report has been approved by the trustees on and signed on their behalf by

Name Caroline Bedale

Title Treasurer

Independent examiner’s report

to the members of

North West Hazards Trust

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31[st] March 2023 which are set out on pages 6 to 7.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity’s 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 matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or
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.

Jennifer Daniel FCCA DChA Slade & Cooper Limited, Chartered Certified Accountants Beehive Mill, Jersey Street Manchester, M4 6JG

Date

North West Hazards Trust

Receipts and Payments Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023

Unrestricted Note £ Receipts Donations 22,000 Gift aid 5,628 Total receipts 27,628 Payments Charitable expenditure Bank charges 72 Grant to GMHC 5,000 Total payments 5,072 Net receipts for the year 22,556 Net movement in funds 22,556 Bank and cash balances at start of year 5,406 Bank and cash balances at end of the year £ 27,962	Restricted £ - - - - - - - - - £ -	2023 £ 22,000 5,628 27,628 72 5,000 5,072 22,556 22,556 5,406 £ 27,962	2022 £ - -
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North West Hazards Trust

Statement of Assets and Liabilities as at 31 March 2023

Note 2023 2022 £ £ Bank and cash balances 27,962 5,406 Liabilities Creditors due within one year 360 - Caroline Bedale (Treasurer) Date

Notes

1 Trustee Expenses Reimbursed: No (2022: Nil) Trustee claimed expenses reimbursed from the Charity during the year (2022: £Nil).