Registered charity number 1200042
Comfort Centre Leicester
Report and Accounts
31 July 2025
Comfort Centre Leicester Company Information
Trustees
Cleveland Deroche Michael Borland Pastor Michael Baker
Independent examiner
Smartfield Limited 81 London Road First Floor Leicester LE2 0PF
Registered charity number 1200042
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Comfort Centre Leicester Registered charity number: 1200042 Trustees' Report
The trustees present their report and accounts for the year ended 31 July 2025.
Principal activities
The trust's principal activity during the year continued to be provision of help and assistance to people suffering from Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia.
Trustees
The following persons served as trustees during the year:
Cleveland Deroche Michael Borland Pastor Michael Baker
Recruitment and Appointment of Trustees
The charity is governed by a board of trustees drawn from the local community. This is to ensure that the board has the skills and experience required to oversee the management of the charity and its operations.
Trustee Induction and Training
All new trustees receive a planned induction programme before taking up their place on the board. This includes an explanation of their roles and responsibilities, an introduction to other trustees, an overview of recent business and an explanation of board format and process.
Reserves policy
The trustees aim to ensure that sufficient funds are maintained to enable the trust to carry out its activities.
Risk management
The trustees have examined the major strategic, business and operational risks which the trust faces and confirm that systems have been established to enable regular reports to be produced so that the necessary steps can be taken to lessen these risks.
Public Benefit Statement
The trustees have considered the general guidance on public benefit issued by the Charities Commission and have taken due regard of that guidance. The trustees consider that they are satisfied that the charity's activities do provide a public benefit.
Results for the year
The charity had a surplus of £4,393 for the year. The detailed results are set out in the attached financial statements.
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Comfort Centre Leicester Registered charity number: 1200042 Trustees' Report
Statement of trustees responsibilities
The trustees are responsible for preparing the Report of the Trustees and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice.
The law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable trust and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure,of the charitable trust for that period. In preparing those financial statements, the trustees are required to:
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select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
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observe the methods and principles in the Charity SORP;
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make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
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prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume
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that the charitable trust will continue in business.
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable trust and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the law. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable trust and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
This report was approved by the board on 24 January 2026 and signed on its behalf.
Cleveland Deroche Trustee
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Comfort Centre Leicester Independent Examiner's Report
Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Comfort Centre Leicester
I report on the accounts of Comfort Centre Leicester for the year ended 31 July 2025, which are set out on pages 5 to 9
Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner
The Charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The Charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to: examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act; to follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission under Section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act; and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basis of independent examiner's report
My examination was carried out in accordance with General Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a "true and fair view" and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
Independent examiner's statement
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
i) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements: to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act; and to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act, have not been met; or
ii) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Zeeshan Bawany
Z Bawany Smartfield Limited
81 London Road First Floor Leicester LE2 0PF
24 January 2026
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Comfort Centre Leicester Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 July 2025
| Notes Incoming resources Income from charitable activities and generated funds Resources expended Direct charitable expenses Gross surplus Administrative expenses Operating surplus/(deficit) 2 Surplus/(deficit) on ordinary activities Surplus/(deficit) for the financial year |
2025 £ 30,739 (35) 30,704 (26,311) 4,393 4,393 4,393 |
2024 £ 7,014 (694) 6,320 (10,378) (4,058) (4,058) (4,058) |
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Comfort Centre Leicester Balance Sheet as at 31 July 2025
| Notes Fixed assets Tangible assets 3 Current assets Cash at bank and in hand Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 4 Net current assets/(liabilities) Net assets/(liabilities) Reserves Accumulated reserves (unrestricted) 5 Net funds |
2025 £ 285 3,996 (1,605) 2,391 2,676 2,676 2,676 |
2024 £ 571 206 (2,494) (2,288) (1,717) (1,717) (1,717) |
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The trustees are satisfied that the trust is entitled to exemption from the requirement to obtain an audit.
The members have not required the trust to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Act.
The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Charity Commission with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions in Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
Cleveland Deroche Trustee
Approved by the board on 24 January 2026
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Comfort Centre Leicester Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 July 2025
1 Accounting policies
Basis of preparation
The accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities.
The accounts have also been drawn up in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) - "Accounting and Reporting by Charites" issued by the Charity Commissioners in England and Wales.
Income
Income is accounted for on a receipts basis.
Resources expended
Resources expended are accounted for as the liability is incurred. Expenditure includes irrecoverable VAT which is reported as part of the expenditure to which it relates.
Depreciation
Depreciation has been provided at the following rates in order to write off the assets over their estimated useful lives.
Plant and machinery 33% straight line Motor vehicles 25% straight line
Stocks
Stock is valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value.
| 2 Operating profit This is stated after charging: Depreciation of owned fixed assets |
2025 £ 286 |
2024 £ 286 |
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Comfort Centre Leicester Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 July 2025
3 Tangible fixed assets
| Cost At 1 August 2024 At 31 July 2025 Depreciation At 1 August 2024 Charge for the year At 31 July 2025 Net book value At 31 July 2025 At 31 July 2024 4 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year Trade creditors Other creditors 5 Reserves At 1 August 2024 Surplus for the year At 31 July 2025 |
2025 £ 1,525 80 1,605 2025 £ (1,717) 4,393 2,676 |
Plant and machinery etc £ 857 857 286 286 572 285 571 2024 £ 1,450 1,044 2,494 |
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6 Ultimate controlling party
In the opinion of the trustees, given the structure of the trust, there is no ultimate controlling party.
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Comfort Centre Leicester Detailed profit and loss account for the year ended 31 July 2025
| Incoming resources Direct charitable expenses Gross surplus Administrative expenses Operating surplus/(deficit) Surplus/(deficit) for the year |
2025 £ 30,739 (35) 30,704 (26,311) 4,393 4,393 |
2024 £ 7,014 (694) 6,320 (10,378) (4,058) (4,058) |
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Comfort Centre Leicester Detailed profit and loss account for the year ended 31 July 2025
| Incoming resources Income Resources expended Direct charitable expenses Administrative expenses Employee costs: Wages and salaries Staff training and welfare Travel and subsistence Motor expenses Premises costs: Rent General administrative expenses: Telephone and fax Postage Stationery and printing Subscriptions Bank charges Insurance Software Repairs and maintenance Depreciation Legal and professional costs: Accountancy fees Advertising and PR Other legal and professional |
2025 £ 30,739 35 7,643 3,213 2,657 342 13,855 2,400 2,400 382 45 796 180 39 94 526 594 286 2,942 775 6,137 202 7,114 26,311 |
2024 £ 7,014 694 3,680 - - - 3,680 1,000 1,000 1,042 - 1,499 349 - 179 - - 286 3,355 350 1,993 - 2,343 10,378 |
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