CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1197036
The Mentoring Centre Unaudited Financial Statements 31 December 2024
HAFFNER HOFF LTD
Accountants 2nd Floor - Parkgates Bury New Road Prestwich Manchester M25 0TL
The Mentoring Centre
Financial Statements
Year ended 31 December 2024
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| Trustees' annual report | 1 |
| Statement of financial activities | 6 |
| Statement of financial position | 7 |
| Notes to the financial statements | 8 |
The Mentoring Centre
Trustees' Annual Report
Year ended 31 December 2024
The trustees present their report and the unaudited financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 December 2024.
Reference and administrative details
| Registered charity name | The Mentoring Centre |
|---|---|
| Charity registration number | 1197036 |
| Principal office | 77 Windsor Road |
| Prestwich | |
| Manchester | |
| M25 0DB | |
| The trustees | A Heilpern |
| C S Liefman | |
| M Glejser | |
| Accountants | Haffner Hoff Ltd |
| Accountants | |
| 2nd Floor - Parkgates | |
| Bury New Road | |
| Prestwich | |
| Manchester | |
| M25 0TL |
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The Mentoring Centre
Trustees' Annual Report (continued)
Year ended 31 December 2024
Structure, governance and management
The Mentoring Centre is constituted by a constitution and is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO). It was registered as a charity on 09 Dec 21 with a charity number 1197036.
There is no chief executive officer. The day to day affairs are undertaken by the trustees. All major decisions are taken collectively by the trustees and all the trustees give of their time freely. The trustees are unpaid and details of any related party transactions are disclosed as applicable in the notes to the accounts. The arrangements for setting the pay of the charity’s employees are the sole domain of the trustees.
There are no policies for the induction or training of new trustees.
Risk review
The Trustees have assessed the major risks to which the charity is exposed, in particular those related to the operations and finances of the Trust, and are satisfied that systems are in place to manage our exposure to the major risks.
The risks faced by the trust are principally operational risks from ineffective grant making. These risks are managed by the trustees researching potential beneficiaries before granting donations.
Report back and review procedures strengthen these safeguards to ensure public benefit is achieved from all grants.
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The Mentoring Centre
Trustees' Annual Report (continued)
Year ended 31 December 2024
Objectives and activities
The objects of the charity are: To act as a resource for young people up to the age of 24 living in Manchester by providing advice and assistance including mentoring and organising programmes of physical, educational and other activities as a means of (i) Advancing in life and helping young people by developing their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as independent, mature and responsible individuals. (ii) Advancing education. (iii) Relieving unemployment. (iv) Providing recreational and leisure time activity in the interests of social welfare for people living in Manchester who have need by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disability, poverty or social and economic circumstances with a view to improving the conditions of life of such persons.
Public benefit
The trustees confirm that they have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit and in particular to its supplementary public benefit guidance on advancing education when reviewing the charity's aims and objectives and in planning future activities and setting grant making policy for the year.
Grant making policy
The charity gives out grants in line with the above objects.
There were no individual or institutional grants made during the year.
The application of the funds by way of grants to either institutions or individuals and is almost always to institutions.
The trustees consider they have met the public benefit test and outline these achievements below.
The trustees measure the success of achieving the stated aims by the amount of grants paid out.
The trustees consider the shorter term aims to be similar to the longer term aims and assess the achievement of the charity in the same way.
Risk review
The Trustees have assessed the major risks to which the charity is exposed, in particular those related to the operations and finances of the Trust, and are satisfied that systems are in place to manage our exposure to the major risks.
The risks faced by the trust are principally operational risks from ineffective running of the charity. These risks are managed by the trustees ensuring the right staff are utilised and the right policies are implemented.
Report back and review procedures strengthen these safeguards to ensure public benefit is achieved from all aspects of the charity management.
Risk Management
The process of examining the risks to which the charity is exposed is ongoing and the trustees are planning to further develop systems to monitor and control these risks in order to lessen their potential impact on the charity.
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The Mentoring Centre
Trustees' Annual Report (continued)
Year ended 31 December 2024
Achievements and performance
The charity received £19,960 (2023: £4,881) in donations and grants during the year and £20,351 (2023: £26,669) was paid out by way of direct charitable activity and support costs.
This expenditure was made in line with the stated objects of the charity and was mainly for donating household goods to poor families. The charity also paid out for music therapy as detailed in the notes to the accounts.
The trustees wish to thank all their benefactors for their generosity without which the charity simply would not have been able to provide its vital services.
The charity has low governance costs comprising professional fees.
There were no material fundraising costs during the year.
There were no related party transactions in the reporting period.
There was an overall net expenditure of resources and net movement in funds for the year amounting to £391 (2023: £21,788) which includes an income of £8,170 in the restricted fund, and an expenditure of £8,561 in the unrestricted fund.
In Conclusion
The Trustees are pleased with the success the charity has achieved this year.
Financial review
The trustees are delighted to have made many valuable contributions to the community and hope to be able to do so for many years to come.
Reserves policy
The unrestricted fund represents the unrestricted funds arising from past operating results.
The trustees are satisfied that the balance of the fund is an acceptable level of reserves given the nature of revenue receipts against grants payable.
The free reserves, being the net current assets of the charity stand at £12,861 (2023: £13,252) of which £1,430 relates to the unrestricted fund, and £11,431 to the restricted fund.
Total funds held by the charity at the year-end were £12,861 (2023: £13,252). Of these £11,431 was restricted and £1,430 unrestricted.
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The Mentoring Centre
Trustees' Annual Report (continued)
Year ended 31 December 2024
The trustees' annual report was approved on 30 October 2025 and signed on behalf of the board of trustees by:
A Heilpern Trustee
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The Mentoring Centre
Statement of Financial Activities
Year ended 31 December 2024
| 2024 | 2023 | ||||
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| Unrestricted | Restricted | ||||
| funds | funds | Total funds | Total funds | ||
| Note | £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| Income and endowments | |||||
| Donations and legacies | 4 | – | 19,960 | 19,960 | 4,881 |
| -------------- | ---------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ----------------------- | ||
| Total income | – | 19,960 | 19,960 | 4,881 | |
| ============== | ============================ | ============================ | ======================= | ||
| Expenditure | |||||
| Expenditure on charitable activities | 5,6 | 8,561 | 11,790 | 20,351 | 26,669 |
| ----------------------- | ---------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ||
| Total expenditure | 8,561 | 11,790 | 20,351 | 26,669 | |
| ======================= | ============================ | ============================ | ============================ | ||
| ----------------------- | ---------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ||
| Net expenditure and net movement | in | ||||
| funds | (8,561) | 8,170 | (391) | (21,788) | |
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| Reconciliation of funds | |||||
| Total funds brought forward | 9,991 | 3,261 | 13,252 | 35,040 | |
| ----------------------- | ---------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ||
| Total funds carried forward | 1,430 | 11,431 | 12,861 | 13,252 | |
| ======================= | ============================ | ============================ | ============================ |
The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.
The notes on pages 8 to 14 form part of these financial statements.
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The Mentoring Centre
Statement of Financial Position
31 December 2024
| 2024 | 2023 | ||
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| Note | £ | £ | |
| Current assets | |||
| Debtors | 11 | 10,000 | – |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 3,461 | 13,852 | |
| ---------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ||
| 13,461 | 13,852 | ||
| Creditors: amounts falling due within one year | 12 | 600 | 600 |
| ---------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ||
| Net current assets | 12,861 | 13,252 | |
| ---------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ||
| Total assets less current liabilities | 12,861 | 13,252 | |
| ---------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ||
| Net assets | 12,861 | 13,252 | |
| ============================ | ============================ | ||
| Funds of the charity | |||
| Restricted funds | 11,431 | 3,261 | |
| Unrestricted funds | 1,430 | 9,991 | |
| ---------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ||
| Total charity funds | 13 | 12,861 ============================ |
13,252 ============================ |
These financial statements were approved by the board of trustees and authorised for issue on 30 October 2025, and are signed on behalf of the board by:
A Heilpern Trustee
The notes on pages 8 to 14 form part of these financial statements.
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The Mentoring Centre
Notes to the Financial Statements
Year ended 31 December 2024
1. General information
The charity is a public benefit entity and a registered charity in England and Wales and is unincorporated. The address of the principal office is 77 Windsor Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0DB.
2. Statement of compliance
These financial statements have been prepared in compliance with FRS 102, 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland', the 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) (Charities SORP (FRS 102)) and the Charities Act 2011.
3. Accounting policies
Basis of preparation
The financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis, as modified by the revaluation of certain financial assets and liabilities and investment properties measured at fair value through income or expenditure.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the entity.
Going concern
There are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue.
Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
The preparation of the financial statements did not require management to make judgements, estimates or assumptions that affect the amount reported.
Fund accounting
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees to further any of the charity's purposes.
Designated funds are unrestricted funds earmarked by the trustees for particular future project or commitment.
Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure declared by the donor or through the terms of an appeal and fall into one of two sub-classes: restricted income funds or endowment funds.
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The Mentoring Centre
Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)
Year ended 31 December 2024
3. Accounting policies (continued)
Incoming resources
All incoming resources are included in the statement of financial activities when entitlement has passed to the charity; it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the charity and the amount can be reliably measured. The following specific policies are applied to particular categories of income:
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income from donations or grants is recognised when there is evidence of entitlement to the gift, receipt is probable, and its amount can be measured reliably.
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legacy income is recognised when receipt is probable and entitlement is established.
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income from donated goods is measured at the fair value of the goods unless this is impractical to measure reliably, in which case the value is derived from the cost to the donor or the estimated resale value. Donated facilities and services are recognised in the accounts when received if the value can be reliably measured. No amounts are included for the contribution of general volunteers.
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income from contracts for the supply of services is recognised with the delivery of the contracted service. This is classified as unrestricted funds unless there is a contractual requirement for it to be spent on a particular purpose and returned if unspent, in which case it may be regarded as restricted.
Resources expended
Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis as a liability is incurred. Expenditure includes any VAT which cannot be fully recovered, and is classified under headings of the statement of financial activities to which it relates:
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expenditure on raising funds includes the costs of all fundraising activities, events, non-charitable trading activities, and the sale of donated goods.
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expenditure on charitable activities includes all costs incurred by a charity in undertaking activities that further its charitable aims for the benefit of its beneficiaries, including those support costs and costs relating to the governance of the charity apportioned to charitable activities.
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other expenditure includes all expenditure that is neither related to raising funds for the charity nor part of its expenditure on charitable activities.
All costs are allocated to expenditure categories reflecting the use of the resource. Direct costs attributable to a single activity are allocated directly to that activity. Shared costs are apportioned between the activities they contribute to on a reasonable, justifiable and consistent basis.
Financial instruments
A financial asset or a financial liability is recognised only when the charity becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at the amount receivable or payable including any related transaction costs.
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The Mentoring Centre
Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)
Year ended 31 December 2024
3. Accounting policies (continued)
Financial instruments (continued)
Current assets and current liabilities are subsequently measured at the cash or other consideration expected to be paid or received and not discounted.
Debt instruments are subsequently measured at amortised cost.
Where investments in shares are publicly traded or their fair value can otherwise be measured reliably, the investment is subsequently measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognised in income and expenditure. All other such investments are subsequently measured at cost less impairment.
Other financial instruments, including derivatives, are initially recognised at fair value, unless payment for an asset is deferred beyond normal business terms or financed at a rate of interest that is not a market rate, in which case the asset is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument.
Other financial instruments are subsequently measured at fair value, with any changes recognised in the statement of financial activities, with the exception of hedging instruments in a designated hedging relationship.
Financial assets that are measured at cost or amortised cost are reviewed for objective evidence of impairment at the end of each reporting date. If there is objective evidence of impairment, an impairment loss is recognised under the appropriate heading in the statement of financial activities in which the initial gain was recognised.
For all equity instruments regardless of significance, and other financial assets that are individually significant, these are assessed individually for impairment. Other financial assets are either assessed individually or grouped on the basis of similar credit risk characteristics.
Any reversals of impairment are recognised immediately, to the extent that the reversal does not result in a carrying amount of the financial asset that exceeds what the carrying amount would have been had the impairment not previously been recognised.
4. Donations and legacies
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total Funds | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Funds | Funds | 2024 | |
| £ | £ | £ | |
| Donations | |||
| Donations | – | – | – |
| Grants | |||
| Grants receivable | – | 19,960 | 19,960 |
| -------------- | ---------------------------- | ---------------------------- | |
| – | 19,960 | 19,960 | |
| ============== | ============================ | ============================ | |
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total Funds | |
| Funds | Funds | 2023 | |
| £ | £ | £ | |
| Donations | |||
| Donations | 4,881 | – | 4,881 |
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The Mentoring Centre
Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)
Year ended 31 December 2024
4. Donations and legacies (continued)
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total Funds | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Funds | Funds | 2023 | |
| £ | £ | £ | |
| Grants | |||
| Grants receivable | – | – | – |
| ----------------------- | -------------- | ----------------------- | |
| 4,881 | – | 4,881 | |
| ======================= | ============== | ======================= | |
| Expenditure on charitable activities by fund type | |||
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total Funds | |
| Funds | Funds | 2024 | |
| £ | £ | £ | |
| Charitable activities | 6,054 | 10,198 | 16,252 |
| Music therapy | (902) | – | (902) |
| Support costs | 3,409 | 1,592 | 5,001 |
| ----------------------- | ---------------------------- | ---------------------------- | |
| 8,561 | 11,790 | 20,351 | |
| ======================= | ============================ | ============================ | |
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total Funds | |
| Funds | Funds | 2023 | |
| £ | £ | £ | |
| Charitable activities | 15,418 | 5,080 | 20,498 |
| Music therapy | 3,954 | – | 3,954 |
| Support costs | 1,717 | 500 | 2,217 |
| ---------------------------- | ----------------------- | ---------------------------- | |
| 21,089 | 5,580 | 26,669 | |
| ============================ | ======================= | ============================ |
5. Expenditure on charitable activities by fund type
6. Expenditure on charitable activities by activity type
Activities
| Activities | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| undertaken | Grant funding | Support | Total funds | Total fund | |
| directly | of activities | costs | 2024 | 2023 | |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| Charitable activities | 10,198 | 6,054 | 4,402 | 20,654 | 22,115 |
| Music therapy | (902) | – |
– | (902) | 3,954 |
| Governance costs | – | – | 599 | 599 | 600 |
| ---------------------------- | ----------------------- | ----------------------- | ---------------------------- | ---------------------------- | |
| 9,296 | 6,054 | 5,001 | 20,351 | 26,669 | |
| ============================ | ======================= | ======================= | ============================ | ============================ |
7. Analysis of support costs
| Analysis of | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| support costs | Total 2024 | Total 2023 | |
| £ | £ | £ | |
| General office | 4,402 | 4,402 | 1,617 |
| Governance costs | 599 | 599 | 600 |
| ----------------------- | ----------------------- | ----------------------- | |
| 5,001 | 5,001 | 2,217 | |
| ======================= | ======================= | ======================= |
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The Mentoring Centre
Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)
Year ended 31 December 2024
8. Analysis of grants
| 2024 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | |
| Grants to institutions | ||
| Chaverim UK | 1,500 | – |
| Grants under £1000 | – | 250 |
| Pathways | 1,950 | 2,000 |
| Yesoid | 1,200 | – |
| ----------------------- | ----------------------- | |
| 4,650 | 2,250 | |
| Grants to individuals | ||
| Grants to individuals | 1,404 | 13,168 |
| ----------------------- | ---------------------------- | |
| Total grants | 6,054 ======================= |
15,418 ============================ |
9. Staff costs
The average head count of employees during the year was Nil (2023: Nil).
No employee received employee benefits of more than £60,000 during the year (2023: Nil).
10. Trustee remuneration and expenses
No remuneration or other benefits from employment with the charity or a related entity were received by the trustees.
11. Debtors
| 2024 | 2023 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | ||
| Other debtors | 10,000 | – | |
| ============================ | ============== | ||
| 12. | Creditors: amounts falling due within one year | ||
| 2024 | 2023 | ||
| £ | £ | ||
| Accruals and deferred income | 600 | 600 | |
| ============== | ============== |
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The Mentoring Centre
Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)
Year ended 31 December 2024
13. Analysis of charitable funds
| Unrestricted funds | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At 01 | At 31 | ||||
| Jan 2024 | Income | Expenditure | Dec 2024 | ||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | ||
| General funds | 9,991 | – | (8,561) | 1,430 |
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| ======================= | ============== | ======================= | ======================= | ||
| At 01 | At 31 | ||||
| Jan 2023 | Income | Expenditure | Dec 2023 | ||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | ||
| General funds | 26,199 | 4,881 | (21,089) | 9,991 |
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| ============================ | ======================= | ============================ | ======================= | ||
| Restricted funds | |||||
| At 01 | At 31 | ||||
| Jan 2024 | Income | Expenditure | Dec 2024 | ||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | ||
| Restricted fund - grants receivable | 3,261 | 19,960 | (11,790) | 11,431 |
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| At 01 | At 31 | ||||
| Jan 2023 | Income | Expenditure | Dec 2023 | ||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | ||
| Restricted fund - grants receivable | 8,841 | – | (5,580) | 3,261 |
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| 14. | Analysis of net assets between funds | ||||
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total Funds | |||
| Funds | Funds | 2024 | |||
| £ | £ | £ | |||
| Current assets | 2,030 | 11,431 | 13,461 | ||
| Creditors less than 1 year | (600) | – | (600) | ||
| ----------------------- | ---------------------------- | ---------------------------- | |||
| Net assets | 1,430 | 11,431 | 12,861 | ||
| ======================= | ============================ | ============================ | |||
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total Funds | |||
| Funds | Funds | 2023 | |||
| £ | £ | £ | |||
| Current assets | 10,591 | 3,261 | 13,852 | ||
| Creditors less than 1 year | (600) | – | (600) | ||
| ---------------------------- | ----------------------- | ---------------------------- | |||
| Net assets | 9,991 | 3,261 | 13,252 | ||
| ============================ | ======================= | ============================ |
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The Mentoring Centre
Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)
Year ended 31 December 2024
15. Taxation
The Mentoring Centre is a registered charity and therefore is not liable to income tax on income derived from its charitable activities, as it falls within the various exemptions available to registered charities.
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