CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGIANO AND WALES Livlng It Up 1199155 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For th• p•rlod 31sl M8y 2022 3181 December 2022 Section A Receipts and payments Unf•Strlcl•d fund• Endowm•nl lund• R••trlcl•d fund• Total lund8 Last y•ar lo It•• n••r••t to th• nur••l £ to th• nMr••t t t• th• nMr••t £ to th• n••M¥t £ A1 Recoi Sub total{Gross income fv AR) A2 A•••t and Inv•*tm•nl Ml••. Sub tot•1 rot•l r•¢•lpts A3 Paym•nt• CCXX R1 •¢e•>Jnts ISS) 3011tyaro3 Sub total A4 Ass•t and Inv•stm•nl purchases, {s•e tablel Sub total Net ol rec•lpW{p•ym•nts) AS Transtsrs betw••n lurKIs A6 Cash funds last y••r •nd Cash funds this y••r •nd Section B Statement of assets and Ilabilities at the end of the period Unr••trl¢l•d nd• R••trlct•d lund8 Endowment lund• t4 nMr••t £ O•t•il• lo n••rn•t £ B1 Ca•h lund• Total e••h lund• CCXX R2 •c(wn￿ Iss) Unr•gtrl¢t•d lund• to n••r••t £ R•slrl¢t•d lund• Endowm•nt fund• to nMY••t £ Detalls l• n•*v•*t £ lund lo whlch ••••l Curr•nt ￿lu• lopllon411 D•t•ih Ca•t lopt10n￿l 83 Inv•stm•nt ass•ts C••1 lo￿n￿) Curr•nt v•lu• (Wlonal) 84 AJ•ot8 r•tall￿d lor th• charlty'• own u•• CCXX R3 (SS) Fund to whlch Amoynt du• Iopiio Wh•n du• lopt10n￿l Dtrta41 85 Liablllties Signed by ono or trwl••s ￿ b•h*l of all the trustees Print Name Date of approval ICHrtcL Co ULE S o/iu/23 CCXX A4 ISSI ## **ANNUAL REPORT** Year Ending 31st December 2022 Charity Registration Number - 1199155 St Cuthberts Hall, Newnham Street, Bedford, MK40 3JR ## **Table of Contents** ||**Table of Contents**
**_2_**|| |---|---|---| ||**Organisation Profile**
**_3_**|| ||**Trustee Induction and Training**
**_4_**|| ||**Organisational Structure**
**_5_**|| ||**What We Do**
**_6_**|| ||**Activities & Objectives in the Year**
**_7_**|| ||**Impact on Beneficiaries**
**_8_**|| ||**Income Statement & Profit**
**_9_**|| |||| ## **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** **----- Start of picture text -----**
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: 1. Opportunities to learn new skills, education and training that are designed to assist them to integrate into society; 2. 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 - Recruit and train more volunteers - Respond to need in other Local Authority Areas ## Gr8 Mates - Establish LGBTQ+ element of this service Recruit and train more volunteers - Find funding for increased staffing hours ## Events Find and recruit more volunteers Hold regular bi-monthly events ## St Cuthberts Hall - Market as a community hall/community - centre - 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| |---|---|---| |**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|