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2024-06-30-accounts

Trustees’ annual report (including Directors’ report) for the period

From: 01 July 2023

To: 30th June 2024

Charity name: Orinoco – The Oxfordshire Scrapstore

Charity registration number: 1195735

Company number:

Objectives and activities

SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document		 Para 1.17 The provision of facilites for recreaton and
other leisure tme occupaton for children, young
people and adults with special needs being
facilites:
a) of which such children have need by reason
of their age or social and economic
circumstances
b) which will improve conditons of life for
such children and adults by promotng their
educatonal, physical, mental, or spiritual
wellbeing
To promote the use of waste things as
playthings.
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		 Our principal actvites are:
running a ‘scrapstore’ (ofen known as a
children’s scrapstore or art scrapstore) where
unwanted items from businesses and
householders are sold at negligible cost to
facilitate artstc endeavour and creatve play.
running a garden and workshop tool re-use
project.
providing actvity sessions at our headquarters
and in the community, utlizing our van, “The
Amazing Scrapmobile”.
providing leaders to run creatve play events in
the community.
running workshops and training sessions for
students,teachers, playworkers and others.
Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit		 Para 1.18 Yes

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SORP reference
Policy on grantmaking Para 1.38 Orinoco does not have a formal grant making
policy. Orinoco uses the money raised through
our two scrapstores to provide free support to
teachers, parents, and art workers in the
community. Orinoco’s contributon is in kind
(scraps to use and staf’s tme). Orinoco does not
have an investment programme. O our turnover
is small, and all available funds are used to fund
the organisaton’s work.
Policy on social investment
including program related
investment		 Para 1.38 Orinoco’s policy in social investment is
fundamentally focused on social capital.
Orinoco focusses on engaging the community in
actvites using discarded materials and through
these actvites partcipants relate to each other.
Contribution made by
volunteers		 Para 1.38 Volunteers are vital to Orinoco’s work. Orinoco
have volunteers at all levels: collectng goods
destned to landflls, serving in the scrapstores,
running outreach actvites, running the café and
workshops. Training events and working on the
management commitee is another way
volunteers contribute to the work of the charity.
During the fnancial year (1JUL23-30JUN24), the
team and the charity were the recipients of
11,336 hours of volunteers’ work. Volunteer
hours increased by15% duringthisperiod.
Other Central to Orinoco’s work is its contributon to
the minimisaton of discarded goods and
materials going to landfll. This year Orinoco
have been consistently recording the amount (in
weight – kilograms) of goods and materials
gathered to be reused by the charity and the
public via the scrapstore and workshops.
Orinoco collected and reused 21,974 kgs that
were destned to go to a landfll. The charity
managed to increase percentage of weight
reused by12.7%.
Achievements and performance
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 Orinoco scrapstore is operatng, currently, out
of two sites: one in Oxford City and the second
in Banbury, Oxfordshire
Orinoco Banbury throughout last year has
contnued to be engaged in community
actvites. Orinoco is recognised by town
residents. The current locaton helps the
organisaton being the frst place to visit when
it comes to handcraf and used gardening
materials.
Orinoco Banburyhas contnued developinga
network of relatonships with the council and
other organisatons.
The revenues generated by the two Orinoco
sites have been signifcant. These funds have
allowed the charity the provision of part-tme
employment to 8 in Banbury and Oxford.
In additon, these revenues permit the
organisaton to rent space to house the
Banbury store.
Orinoco’s volunteers come from all walks of
life.
This year has been challenging. The more well-
known the charity becomes, the more we are
asked by residents, other local charites, and
local authority representatves to increase our
work in the community.
However, the charity is not able to expand
substantally. Such a step will require a
signifcant increase of its revenues.
Orinoco in Oxford atended the annual green
fair in city hall, green meetngs organised by
other local charites, and the annual fair at
Swann School to raise awareness of recycling,
reuse and reduce, as well as Orinoco’s work in
this area.
Orinoco increased hours volunteered by
almost 11.5 thousand person-hour.
Also, the amount of discarded material going
to landfll and collected by Orinoco tripled.

Children's art packs created and given to local
food bank to distribute to food bank users.

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Achievements against
objectives set
Para 1.41
Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set		 Para 1.41 Team held several workshops including junk
journaling, overlocker introducton, jewellery
making and a second session for original sewing
machine group.
The team in Banbury provided support to home
schooled children on a regular basis, one session
per week.
Investment performance
against objectives		 Para 1.41
Other The new premises in Banbury came with space

to set up a café which is another opportunity to raise the charity’s profile, raise funds and diversify income stream and to have a space to carry out meetings with different groups.

Financial review

Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period		 Para 1.21 During this year, the remarkable work done by
Orinoco’s part-tme staf, trustees and
volunteers allowed the charity to be able to
almost break even. Thus, reserved funds have
not been touched. The foreseeable future will be
challenging, due to the high levels of infaton
and energy costs. Everybody at the charity is
willing to operate within our means and grow as
the revenues allow it.
Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held		 Para 1.22 The charity does not have a wide-ranging policy
on reserves. This fnancial year, the charity
decided to put on reserve the equivalent to
approximately3 months’ operaton costs.
Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 Unrestricted funds £77,642 and Restricted funds
£11,641 – The trustees approved to keep in a
savings account £32,000 to be used in case of
charityfolding.
Reasons for holding zero
reserves		 Para 1.22
Details of fund materially in
deficit		 Para 1.24 N/A
Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern		 Para 1.23 The charity has contnued to face uncertainty
regarding the retenton of trustees. Orinoco has
the minimum 3 trustees; however, the amount
of work is becoming untenable for 3 trustees
who are so on a part-tme basis. At tmes the
responses needed are not as swif as they are
required.
The challenge for the coming year is the
recruitment of other trustees who can share the
burden of the charity’s tasks.

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The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)
Para 1.47
The charity’s main source of sales income, as
stated above, is the scrap stores in Banbury and
Oxford.
Investment policy and
objectives including any		 Para 1.46 N/A
social investment policy
adopted
A description of the principal
risks facing the charity		 Para 1.46 The cost-of-living crisis has impacted footall and
sales during this fnancial year. This reality
meant that Orinoco had less revenues than the
previous. Currently, Orinoco has employment
obligatons and y may not be able to secure
premises in a tmely fashion.
If scrap store is not open, the charity does not
have any revenues.
The locaton of the new, larger, shop may not be
ideal which may impact on the store’s footall
and sales.
The store is Banbury is facing vandalism during
the nights and weekends.
Both stores, in Banbury and Oxford, have
experience increasing shoplifing and store
managers and assistant managers face verbal
abuse.
Other

Structure, governance, and management

Description of charity’s
trusts:
Type of governing document:
for example,trust deed,
memorandum and articles of
association etc		 Para 1.25 Consttuton
How is the charity
constituted?
for example limited company,
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
to appoint one or more
trustees		 Para 1.25 Trustees are approached and invited to be
trustees.
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Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees		 Para 1.51
Para 1.51 The charity is managed by a commitee made up
of the trustees and ordinary commitee
The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works		 members.
Day to day running of the charity’s actvites is
managed by the management commitee, two
part-tme employed store managers, and fve
part-tme assistant store managers and an
outreach person, plus volunteers.
Orinoco maintains strong links with District, City
and County councils in Oxfordshire.
Orinoco is a small charity with limited turnover
and no borrowing or investment requirements.
Orinoco is fully insured. We have procedures in
place to counter fraud, to safeguard vulnerable
adults and children, to look afer health and
safetywhile at the charity’spremises.
Relationship with any related
parties		 Para 1.51
Other The CIO Charity, this one, was ‘born’ when
trustees changed category of charity. Orinoco,
the Oxfordshire Scrapstore was founded in 1994
as a foundaton charity. As of 2020s, this type of
charity did not ft the charity’s work purposes.
Trustees applied to the Charites Commission to
change the charity from a foundaton charity to
a CIO. This was granted on 7thSeptember 2021.
Afer opening a new premises in Banbury,
Oxfordshire the charity began operatons in
December 2021.

Reference and administrative details

Charityname Orinoco - The Oxfordshire Scrapstore
Other name the charityuses ORINOCO
Registered charitynumber 1195735
Charity’s principal address Bullingdon Community Centre Peat Moors Headington, Oxford,
Oxfordshire Postcode OX3 7HS

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1
2
3		 Trustee name Office (if any) Dates acted if not for whole
year		 Name of person (or body)
entitled to appoint trustee (if any)
Marlen I Llanes ---------------- ---------- ---------
Zohra Jenkinson --------- --------- ---------
Victor Lal --------- --------- ---------

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved Director name

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity

Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others

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

Additional information (optional)

Names and addresses of advisers (optional information)

Type of Name Address adviser

Accountant Sheila Parry SPX Oxford Ltd, Accountng and bookkeeping services for the
not-for-proft sector, Peace House, 19 Paradise Street, Oxford,
OX1 1LD

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

Exemptions from disclosure

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details

Other optional information

Declarations

The company has taken advantage of the small companies’ exemption in preparing the report above.

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report (including directors’ report) above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees/directors

Signature(s) Marlen Llanes Victor Lal Full name(s) Marlen Ivette Llanes Rajesh Victor Lal Position (for example Trustee Trustee Secretary, Chair, etc) Date 14.04.2025

Charity Name THE OXFORDSHIRE SCRAPSTORE

No (if any) 1195735

CC16a

Receipts and payments accounts

For the period Period start date Period end date To from 7/1/2023 6/30/2024

Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts
Sales
148,624
Donations
-
Events
610
Transfer fromprevious charity
-
Grants
-
Interest
355
Other
1
-
149,590
Restrictedgrant
-
-
Sub total -
Total receipts 149,590
A3 Payments
Administration
1,588
Grant expenditure
-
Van Expenses
516
Van Insurance
499
Event
31
Buildingand LiabilityInsurance
1,433
Phone
309
Van Diesel
-
Rent
29,000
Staff Salary
107,648
Transportation for volunteer
10
Volunteer subsistence
931
Business Rates
4,389
Utilities
5,865
Café expenses
1,497
Outreach expenses
48
Staff travel and subsistence
331
Small equipment
2,974
Payroll / accountingfees
1,135
Electrical repairsproject
-
Raisingfunds
66
Trustee expenses
390
Sub total 158,663
-
-
Sub total -
Total payments 158,663
Net of receipts/(payments) - 9,073
A5 Transfers between funds
-
A6 Cash funds last year end
86,715
Cash funds this year end 77,642
Unrestricted
funds
to the nearest £
Sub total(Gross income for AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)		 to the nearest £
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1,247
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1,247
-
-
-
1,247
- 1,247
-
12,888
11,641
Restricted
funds		 to the nearest £
Endowment
funds		 Total funds
to the nearest £
148,624
-
610
-
-
355
1
-
149,590
-
-
-
149,590
1,588
1,247
516
499
31
1,433
309
-
29,000
107,648
10
931
4,389
5,865
1,497
48
331
2,974
1,135
-
66
390
159,910
-
-
-
159,910
- 10,320
-
99,603
89,283		 Last year
to the nearest £
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 148,624 145,904
- 300
610 900
- -
- -
355 106
1 868
- -
149,590 148,078
-
-
-		 -
- -
- -
- 149,590 148,078
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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-
-
-		 1,588 1,546
1,247 3,184
516 1,066
499 397
31 4,056
1,433 1,016
309 153
- 30
29,000 12,818
107,648 78,736
10 206
931 2,820
4,389 6,451
5,865 6,529
1,497 2,177
48 689
331 401
2,974 1,650
1,135 1,013
- 8
66 -
390 307
159,910 125,253
-
-
-		 -
-
- -
- 159,910 125,253
- 1,247 -
-
-
-		 - 10,320 22,825
- - -
12,888 99,603 -
11,641 89,283 22,825

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Categories
B1 Cash funds
B2 Other monetary assets
B3 Investment assets
B5 Liabilities
B4 Assets retained for the
charity’s own use
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees		 Details
Savings Account
Business Account
Co-op account
Details
Details
Details
Details
Signature
Marlen Llanes
Victor Lal
Total cash funds
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))		 to nearest £
to nearest £
26,276
-
50,765
11,641
600
-
77,642
11,641
OK
OK
to nearest £
to nearest £
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Cost (optional)
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Cost (optional)
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Print Name
Marlen Ivette Llanes
Rajesh Victor Lala
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Fund to which
asset belongs
Fund to which
asset belongs
Fund to which
liability relates
Amount due
(optional)		 to nearest £
Endowment
funds
-
-
-
-
OK
to nearest £
Endowment
funds
-
-
-
-
-
-
Current value
(optional)
-
-
-
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-
Current value
(optional)
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When due
(optional)
Date of
approval
Marlen Llanes Marlen Ivette Llanes 14.04.2025
Victor Lal Rajesh Victor Lala 14.04.2025

Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ Charity Name ORINOCO - THE OXFORDSHIRE SCRAPSTORE members of On accounts for the 30/06/2024 Charity no 1195735 period ended (if any) Set out on pages 3-4 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 30/06/2019

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Date: 15/04/2025 Signed: Name: Sheila Parry Relevant professional FCCA qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: SPX Oxford Ltd, Peace House 19 Paradise Street OX1 1LD

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Section B Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).

Give here brief details of None any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .

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