2024-03-31-accounts - Krazee Krafters

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Krazee Krafters CIO Registered number 1202102 Annual Report and Accounts forthe period 18tApril 2023 to 31 March 2024 st Prlnclpal op8ratlng address: 59 Elsdon Avenue Seaton Delaval Tyne and Wear NE250HY Trustees: Shirley Barrass HeatherKemp Angela Cox ipaLoblectlvo& For the public benefit, to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation orother leisure time occupation of children and young people living in Northumberland who 8r8 socially or economically disadvantaged, with the object of improving their conditions of life. by means of but not exclusively. the provision of arts and crafts activities. The main activities of the Krazee Krafters are described below8nd are undertaken to further ourcharitable purposesforthe public benefit. In planning these activities, the trustees have given due regard to the Chartty Commission's public benefit guidance. The charity is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation. registered charity number is 1202102. The charity's goveming document is its Foundation Constitution which was approved bythe Trustees and last amended 20" February 2023. The charity has no paid staff and trusle8s are volunteers. TheTrustees are elected bythe existinggroup of trustees. None of the trustees has received payment or reimbursement of expenses for theirworkas trustees. Trustees are elected and co-opted in accordance with the terms set oirt in the constitution. The trustees have overall control and responsibility for decision making. Trustees seek to ensure that the users needs are reflected through the diversity of the

Board. They are encouraged to attend training and involved in decision making processes and future plans. Ourfinancial position is satisfactory. Our incomewas mostlythrough subs. own fundraising and charitable grants. This provides stabiLityto our income. Our operating costs are low due time given free from volunteers who deliver our activities. Our main costs are paymgnt8 for room hire. refreshments, equipment 8nd facilitators. There is no formal reserves policy in place. The tTVStee5 are consideringthis 8s part of our review ofthe finances of the charity. Unrestricted funds held by the charityare kept at the equivalent of 3 months runningcosts. Atthis level, the Truste8sfe8lthat they would be able to continue the current activities of the charity in the event of a significant drop in income. Ifthis happens, itwould then be necessaryto consider howthe funding would be replaced. or actmties changed. We have assessed the major risks in particular those related to our operations and finances. No major risks have been identified. The levelof free reserves held bythe charity are sufficient to sustain our activities and provide financial flexibilityfor futur8 challenges. Krazee Krafters has 3 trustees who manage the dayto day running of the org8nisation. We have 8 volunteers who help plan our sessions and enable us to deliverourwell attended groups and activities. We continue to offer access to relevant training enabling us to deliversafe and effective sessions. Duringthe period April 2023 March 2024 Justjenny s to continueto facilitate craft sessions, after a discussion with the committee Jenny apologises for puttingthe fee upto £100 a session forthetwo monthly sessions due to travelingcosts from the 1st ofApri12024 but agrees to keep fee at £80 per session forthe weekly sessions fortwo qualified facilitators, Jenny Earle from Just Jenny's Workshops gave an updateto the service she provideB. ie children s craft Parties, workshops for adults and craft demonstrations. craft workshops around mental health. Jenny aLso talked about the projects for 2024. Crafts from the past/ Easterl Health and Wellbeing i positive self-lmagel looking after the enNllronmenV and to be involved with Seghill annual Gala by participating inthe parddewith a theme of Out ofspace voted on bythe children, also to involve the children in arrangingcraft activities of their cholce I Halloween I Christmas etc

We are having good feedback from Krazee Krafters Facebook page with 241 members. This Is the main source of communication which is used bythe parentgU8rdIans as they can See updates and checkforanytime orvenue changes and ciartfyevents and dateB. This isto continue and to be updated on a dailybasis byshirtey. The feedbackfrom the children aftertaking their creations into school for show and tell sessions. is that alltheirfriends and teachers sayingthey have done amazingjob. This has resulted in more children wantingto attend the sessions. We lost a lot of are older children in September as theywent to middle school. Younger children have been brought in off the waitingiist. Bank account had to be changed from a nonprofft organisation to a charitable status. This was a nightmare as one account closed before new one was opened leaving us with no access to krazee krafters funds for almost two months. It is all sorted now. and the bank gave us £400 compensation for any inconvenience caused. This moneywill be used forthisyear's party. Funding has continued coming in which means we can continuously move forward. The craft sessions 8t Seaton Deiaval and Seghill are running wellwith 2 facilrtators and 516 volunteers. We have stsyed at full capacity at Seaton Delaval but Seghill drops off and picks up. Deiav81 runningwith 35 on the registerand Seghill between 30 and 35. The waiting list has to be used and no kidsjumpingthewaitinglist. The children with special needs to be given more support andtimeto finish their activity. We discussed wh8tchanges had to be made n0wV are a registered charityand how it may affect gettingfunding as it fll8y be easier and more options are open to us with new funders we can applyto in the future. We had the children join the Seghiiigaia parade with thetheme underthe sea v4hich wasverysuc¢essfulwith most of the children taking part. AILwent well children enjoyed the excitement of dressingup and being part of a very longcommunitytradition. The sweet bags at the end of the parade where a htt with the children. We over stretched ourselves with having too many fundraising tables atthe gala and not enough volunteers to run them. We raised £600 on the day. We need more volunteers to walk with the children in the parade next year and less fundraising tables. The annual crafting in pyiam8s in Octoberwentwell with all children and volunt98rs coming in theirpyjamas and getting sponsored to do so and rising£450forthe club.

Pantomime trip was cancelled a5 we didn't have sufficient funds to go to pantomime and have a Christmas party. Itwas decided to havethe paty as allthe chlldren wlll b8nefit. Christmas partywas a hit as always with aiithe children enjoying the entertainer how did allthe games which was fab but expensbve forwhatthey did. Not gettingthem again. The food w8s supplied bythe parents. givrngthe parenta slip of paper askingthem to supply what was on the slip we feel is the way to go not a lot of food Left over. Thank you, card, sent to Lakes and Dales for donating £100 of vouchers The Trustees declare that they have approved the trustees. report above. Signed on behalf of the charitysTwstees. Signature: Name: I£L LY 4Ar)l.YS Trustee

I report to the charitytrustees on my examination of the accounts of Krazee Krafters for the yearended 314t March 2024. Responslblllties and basis of report As the charitytrustees ofthe CIO you are responsibleforthe preparation ofthe accounts in accordancewith the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 l*heAcVI. I report in respect of myexamin8tion of the CIO'S accounts carried out undersection 145 ofth8Act and in carryingoutmyexamination I hav8foliow8d all applicable Directions given bythe Charitycommission undersection 14515)Ibl oftheAct. Independent examiner's statement I have complet myexamination. I confirm thatno matl8[matterS have cometo my attention in connection withthe examination giving mecauseto believe that in any mat&ial respect: 1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by sectlon 130 ot the Act. or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or 3. the accounts do notcomplywith theappitcablerequirements concemingthe form and content of accounts set outin the Charities (Account5 2nd Reports) Regulations 2008 otherthan anyrequlrementthatthe accounts give a twe and fairviewwhich is not 8 matterconsidered as partof an independent examination. I have no concerns and havecome 8cross no other matters in connerfion with the examination towhich attention should bedrawn in this report in orderto enable a proper understanding ofth8accounts to be reached. Independent examin8r. Address: Date: 30[71LF eG- Signed:

24 AMOUNT IN £13.768.90 AMOUNT OUT BALANCE CARRIED FORWARD EVENTS GRANTS SUBS REFUNDS DONATIONS £1,658.35 £24.097 £642,80 £735 £150 TOTAL IN £41,052.05 ROOM RENT EQUIPMENT REFRESHMENTS EVENTS STATIONARY FACILITATORS FEES VOLUNTEERS £834 £5,509.73 £294.55 £4,107,55 £1,167.14 £4,970.00 £2.137.37 TOTAL OUT £19.020.34 BALANCE IN BANK £22,031.75 th The club was registered as a Charitable Incorporated Org8nisation (CIO) on 28 February 2023. Transactions for the period 28" February 2023 to 31" March 2023 were included in the accounts forthe year ended 31" March 2023 approved and signed at the AGM on 21412023 for Krazee Krafters. unincorporated unregistered charity. Under Income for Krazee Krafters CIO. funds transferred from Krazee Krafters unincorporated unregistered charity (end of year balance for accounts 31" March 2023).