## **Annual Report and Financial Statements**
**for the Year Ended 31 March 2024**
Charity registration number: 1200444
www.salfordbythesea.co.uk
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## **Salford Children’s Holiday Camp**
## **Contents**
|**Contents**||
|---|---|
|Reference and Administrative Information|3|
|Trustees Annual Report|4|
|Independent Examiner’s Report|7|
|Receipts and Payment Account, Statement of Assets and Liabilities|8-9|
|Notes to the Financial Statements|
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## **Salford Children’s Holiday Camp**
## **Reference and Administration Information**
Trustees Mr Nicholas Abbott Mr Edward Lewis Mr Paul Blain Principal Office: 86 Victoria Road Prestatyn North Wales LL19 7AG Registered Charity Number: 1200444 (previous charity 224855) Independent Examiner: Mark R Heaton FCCA FCIE DChA KM, Chartered Accountants 1[st] Floor, Block C The Wharf Manchester Road Burnley BB11 1JG Bankers: The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc 36 St Andrew Square Edinburgh EH2 2YB
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## **Salford Children’s Holiday Camp**
## **Trustees Annual Report for the year ended 31[st] March 2024**
The trustees present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31[st] March 2024 .
## **Objectives and Activities**
The objects of the charity as per its constitution dated 22[nd] September 2022 are:
The relief of those in need by reason of financial hardship by providing low cost holidays and educational breaks for children, young carers and their families that they otherwise could not afford **.**
The main purpose of the charity is to provide a seaside holiday for disadvantaged children from the City of Salford.
The main objectives of the charity are:
- Provide suitable residential accommodation for young people and their care teams.
- To provide a full meals package for all groups that are enjoyable and cost efficient.
- To raise funds to enable the Camp to continue to do this for future years.
The trustees have had to regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit in carrying out its activities.
## **Change of charity status**
The charity was registered as a Foundation Charitable Incorporated Organisation on 22[nd] September 2022. The activities of the charity were previously carried out by the previous unincorporated charity of the same name. In due course, once all assets have ben transferred, the former charity will be dissolved. Comparative amounts in the financial statements were included in the former charity accounts.
## **Contribution made by volunteers**
The trustees and management committee consists of volunteers, some of those who work strategically in fund raising, and publicising the camp, those who directly impact on the organisation, administration and management of the Camp, and together confirm the prioritisation on the funds raised in maintaining and developing the facilities and presentation of the site and buildings.
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## **Achievements and Performance**
During the period of the report, a total of 742 visitors stayed at the camp including 627 from Salford. This represents again a significant increase in both the number of young people attending the camp but also a significant increase in the percentage from within the City of Salford for 2023/2024. This was mainly due to new schools that had repeat booked from the previous year along with some schools attending multiple times. Over 90% of the visitors to camp in the period of the report are from the City of Salford. This is in keeping with our objectives of increasing the attendance at camp from those living or attending school in the City of Salford.
The camp hosted 47 disadvantaged children from outside the City of Salford, more than double on the previous year as we utilise weeks where the camp would otherwise have no bookings from Salford groups, thus continuing with our efforts on boosting sustainability.
Attendance at the camp was the highest we have seen since Covid19 restrictions and we hope to build on this moving forward. The Community café continued on Wednesdays and is still a vital asset amongst the local people and we hosted the Denbighshire council ‘warm hub’ programme again on Tuesdays, providing a safe and warm place for people to meet, providing soup along with coffee, tea and biscuits. Our commitment to providing a service for two days a week helped supporting local people within the Prestatyn community through the energy and cost of living crisis. This work supports our objective of utilising the community room to support people of all ages, particularly the elderly, where poverty or loneliness impact daily lives.
Our thoughts go out to the family of the late Harold Riley, the renowned Artist from Salford who was the Deputy Lieutenant of Greater Manchester from 1984 until his death along with being given the Freedom of the City of Salford in 2017. Harold had supported the charity previously and we thank all of his family and friends for their kind obituary donations to Salford Children’s Holiday Camp. We would also like to thank the Trustees of Oliver ’68 who upon winding up their charity were looking to distribute donations to likewise institutions and chose Salford Children’s Holiday Camp as one of their benefactors. We would also like to express our gratitude and sincere thanks to the Late Barbara Grylls who bequeathed a significant sum of money to the charity which has now been partially distributed by her solicitors following probate and can be used for improvements and investment in infrastructure at the camp.
The charity continues to expand the board of Trustees and those with specialist skills as we look towards the future and our masterplan of creating a modern, fully accessible site for all, with the best possible management structure in place to support the charity as we progress into 2024/ 2025 with fundraising being a priority to ensure we can improve our facilities for the children of Salford.
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## **Financial Review**
Total receipts in the year amounted to £230,682 – an increase from £71,805 in 2022/23. This was due to £105,673 in legacies/memorial gifts and £40,000 from one off donations. Income from site users increased.
## **Reserves policy**
We aim to hold 3 month running costs in reserve. Surplus funds are held to develop the site further, and some progress was made in the financial year on this. Included within the reserves are funds being expensed in the following financial year.
## **Amount held in reserves**
Cash unrestricted reserves are £257,087. Surplus funds are held for the future development of the site and the charity.
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
## **Risk**
The trustees review the risks faced by the charity and put in place plans to mitigate these. Safeguarding policies are maintained with DBS checks carried out as required.
## **Governance**
The charity is governed by its constitution. A management committee is in place that supports the staff and volunteers in the work of the camp, and from this group the trustees are appointed.
Approved by the trustees and signed on their behalf by:
Nicholas Abbott (Trustee) 22nd January 2025
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## **Independent Examiners Report to the Trustees of Salford Children’s Holiday Camp**
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31st March 2024 are set out on pages 8 to 9.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity's trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirement of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).
I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with connection with examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect.
1. Accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act;
2. The accounts do not accord with those records;
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Mark R Heaton FCCA FCIE DChA
Independent Examiner
KM 1st Floor, Block C The Wharf, Burnley, BB11 1JG
22nd January 2025
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## **Salford Children's Holiday Camp**
## **Receipts and Payments Account**
|All funds are unrestricted
**Receipts**
Donations and fundraising
Fees and bookings
Investment income
Grants and other funding
Legacies and in memorium donations
Sporting Icon Dinner
Other income received
**Total receipts**
**Payments**
Gas, water and electric
Insurance
Wages, employers NIC & pension
Telephone
Food
Repairs and maintenance
General expenses
Accountancy fees
Play equipment
**Total payments**
**Net of receipts/(payments)**
**Cash funds last year end**
**Cash funds this year end**|**Year end**
**31.3.24**
**£**
**Year end**
**31.3.23**
**£**
6,244
1,429
48,370
44,960
4,449
1,435
14,856
18,222
105,763
-
-
5,759
50,000
-|**Year end**
**31.3.24**
**£**
**Year end**
**31.3.23**
**£**
6,244
1,429
48,370
44,960
4,449
1,435
14,856
18,222
105,763
-
-
5,759
50,000
-|
|---|---|---|
||**230,682**
**71,805**||
||14,429
9,372
1,929
3,521
30,352
28,499
1,363
1,402
8,057
4,547
9,962
9,451
4,748
4,691
1,650
1,888
7,775
755||
||**80,265**
**63,371**||
||**150,417**
**8,434**||
||**108,641**
**100,207**||
||**259,058**|**108,641**|
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## **Salford Children's Holiday Camp**
## **Statement of Assets and Liabilities at 31[st] March 2024**
||Unrestricted|Endowment|
|---|---|---|
||funds|fund|
||£|£|
|Cash funds|259,058||
|Freehold land & buildings|431,500||
|Fixtures, fittings and
equipment - estimate|25,000||
|Investments||16,449|
|Creditors|2,961|-|
Approved by the trustees and signed on their behalf by:
Nicholas Abbott (Trustee) 22[nd] January 2025
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## **Salford Children’s Holiday Camp Notes to the Financial Statements**
## 1. Basis of preparation
These accounts have been prepared on the Receipts and Payments basis in accordance with the Charities Act 2011.
2. Fund Accounting
- a) Unrestricted funds are those that can be expended at the discretion of the trustees in the furtherance of the objects of the charity
- b) Restricted funds are those that may only be used for specific purposes. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor.
## 3. Taxation
The charity is not liable to tax on its charitable activities.
The charity is not registered for VAT. Irrecoverable VAT is included in the expense to which it relates.
## 4. Transactions with trustees
No remuneration nor expenses were paid to trustees, or any persons connected with them during the year or previous year.
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