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ANNUAL REPORT Year Ending 31st December 2022
Charity Registration Number - 1199155 St Cuthberts Hall, Newnham Street, Bedford, MK40 3JR
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| Income Statement & Profit 9 |
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ORGANISATION PROFILE
Organisation History
Living It Up was originally founded in 2009 as a Community Group. We became a CIC (Community Interest Company) in 2016 and gained Charitable Status (CIO) 31st May 2022. A CIO is a legal structure regulated by the Charity Commission that was introduced to help simplify the process for setting up a charity.
Trustees
Our Trustees are: Michael Collett - Chair Rachael Cavanagh - Treasurer Vicki Airs Gareth Wright Oliver Monks Sarah Neyland Sarah Fletcher Sue Reed - stood down February 2023
Living It Up began fully operating as a charity on 1st January 2023.
About our Trustees
For this financial year Mike, Sue and Gareth came over from the CIC. When we became a CIO Fizz Heseltine and Claire CrawfordSmith (previous directors of the CIC) became co-CEO.
All trustees give their time voluntarily and receive no benefits from the charity. They can however recover expenses incurred directly as a result of their role. There has to be a minimum if 4 serving trustees.
Trustees are recruited to ensure a diversity of relevant skills and expertise needed for effective governance of the charity. They must complete a skills audit and attend a meeting as an observer. We will always have at least 1 serving trustee who uses our services.
TRUSTEE INDUCTION AND TRAINING
Training
Induction
Training is routinely and regularly offered to all trustees, both new and existing.
All trustees must complete an organisational induction. This includes, but is not limited to: Confirming reading of conflict of interest policy Signed declaration of interests
Structure Chart
Please see the following page for our structure chart.
ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE
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Mike Collett
Chair of Trustees
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Gareth Wright Vicki Airs Sarah Fletcher Sarah Neyland Oli Monks Rachael Cavanagh
Trustee Trustee Trustee Trustee Trustee Trustee /Treasurer
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Claire Crawford-Smith
Co-CEO
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Fizz Heseltine
Co-CEO
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Carly Morris Operations Manager
PAC Staff and Volunteers
Gig Buddies Staff Gr8 Mates Staff and Volunteers and Volunteers
Events Staff and Hall Staff Volunteers
WHAT WE DO
Living It Up provides social and educational opportunities for adults with learning disabilities and autism in and around Bedfordshire.
OUR CHARITABLE OBJECTS
The objects of Living It Up CIO are:
The promotion of social inclusion for the public benefit among vulnerable adults and children, with a physical or learning disability or autism who are socially excluded on the grounds of their disability, by providing:
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Opportunities to learn new skills, education and training that are designed to assist them to integrate into society;
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Social and recreational facilities and events involving the local community.
ACTIVITIES AND OBJECTIVES IN THE YEAR
For the upcoming year we hope to achieve the following:
Performing Arts Centre
Recruit additional experts to increase range of opportunities Hire out the Radio/Music room to the community
If funds allow, hiring a shop space in the town centre
Gig Buddies
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Recruit and train more volunteers
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Respond to need in other Local Authority Areas
Gr8 Mates
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Establish LGBTQ+ element of this service Recruit and train more volunteers
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Find funding for increased staffing hours
Events
Find and recruit more volunteers Hold regular bi-monthly events
St Cuthberts Hall
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Market as a community hall/community
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centre
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Establish as an independent venue
IMPACT ON BENEFICIARIES
Since achieving CIO status we have noted the following impact on the people that we work with:
Performing Arts Centre
Gig Buddies put on a gig as part of the Carousel UK tour and Delta Sonic, one of our bands had the opportunity to play here and share their music with a wider audience
Gig Buddies
We applied and were successful in being selected to host a gig as part of the Carousel UK tour = we had 3 bands/artists with learning disabilities and/or autism playing, and a local band The Pride headlining. This meant that followers of The Pride had the opportunity to listen to artists that they wouldn't ordinarily listen too
Gr8 Mates
Supporting a number of budding relationships to develop
Events
We held our first post COVID event in December 2022
St Cuthberts Hall
We were successful in getting funding to enable us to begin the work needed to launch the hall as an Independent Music Venue
INCOME STATEMENT Final CIC Accounts
| Revenue | Total | £"228,407 |
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| Expenses | Repairs & Maintenance Wages Rent Audit & Accountancy Travel Bank Fees Cleaning Consulting Corporation Tax Employers NI General Expenses IT Software and Consumables Light, Power & Heating Health Insurance Postage Printing and Stationary Refreshments Staff Training Subscriptions Phone & Internet Total Expenses |
£7455 £143898 £19320 £5173 £1684 £2000 £557 £1033 £5727 £33709 £810 £280 £5598 £165 £119 £291 £2798 £701 £528 £1432 £233278 |
| Donations and Grants |
Donations Grants Totals |
£6487 £43609 £50096 |
| Net Income | (Revenue + Gains) - (Expenses + Losses) |
£45225 |