## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 01/01/2022 Period start date To 31/12/2022 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Oasis Counselling Services** ## **Charity registration number: 1192873** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The Objects of the CIO are, for the
public benefit, the protection of
health and the relief of sickness and
distress in particular by the provision
of accessible counselling services| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|We provided a safe and welcoming space
for people through counselling. Provided a
confidential service within the community to
those affected by marriage breakdown,
trauma, mental well-being, domestic
violence, abuse or at risk of becoming or
recovering from the misuse of alcohol and
drugs.
We have increased our clients through our
website.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|All trustees have been provided with the
guidance document for public benefit from
the Charity Commission. Any decisions
made by the Chairty take this guidance into
consideration.| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |||n/a| ||Para 1.38|| |Policy on grant making||| |||n/a| ||Para 1.38|| |Policy on social investment||| |including program related||| |investment||| |||n/a| ||Para 1.38|| |Contribution made by||| |volunteers||| Other ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|Oasis provides rapid access to counselling
services to meet the needs of the local
community. Services are priced
appropriately to ensure all budgets and
scenarios are catered for via Bursary and
Scaling pricing.
Our user-friendly website enabled the
community to access our services a
lot quicker.
We continue to assist the local community
by providing, and continually improving,
access to mental health services.| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|
n/a| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|n/a| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|n/a| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|£35173| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|A reserve of approximately 3 months income
for expenditures is kept| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£10000| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|n/a| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|n/a| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|n/a| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
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You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Donations from counselling services| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|n/a| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|Customers being unable to afford
counselling services. This is mitigated by
providing Bursary and Scaling pricing| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||n/a| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Trust Deed| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|
Trustee must be a natural
person

No individual is appointed as a
Charity Trustee of the CIO: if he or she is
under the age of 18 years; or if he or she
would automatically cease to hold office.

No one is entitled to act as a
Charity Trustee whether on appointment or
on any reappointment until he or she has
expressly acknowledged, in whatever way
the Charity Trustees decide, his or her
acceptance of the office of Charity Trustee| |**Additional information (optional)**
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You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|Trustees are provided with online
safeguarding training courses and have read
and agreed the Charities safeguarding
policy. All Trustees undertake DBS checks.| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|This is a relatively flat structure with a
manager and a number of counsellors| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|n/a| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Oasis Counselling Services| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|n/a| |Registered charity number|1192873| |Charity’s principal address|Concord House
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||James Hurrell|Chairperson||| ||Dr Taiwo Ayodele
Ajayi|||| ||Mr Adedapo
Ibironke|||| ||Mrs Veronica Hope|||| ||Mrs Grace Labode|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets n/a held in this capacity Name and objects of the n/a charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for n/a safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser** **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** James Peter Hurrell ~~ee~~ **Position (eg Secretary,** Chairperson **Chair, etc)** ~~ee~~ **Date** 04/08/2023 ~~pO~~ ## **THE CHARITY OF JOHN AND JOSEPH CARD** Aka DRAYCOTT CHARITY 203827 **ANNUAL ACCOUNTS** for the year ending 31 October 2022 V S Kennedy Clerk and Treasurer to the Trustees Micawbers New Road Draycott Cheddar Somerset BS27 3SG Dated the 31[st ] day of October 2022 ## **CHARITY OF JOHN AND JOSEPH CARD. BANK ACCOUNTS From 01 11 2021 to 31 10 2022** |2021||**RECEIPTS**||||2022| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |£|P|||||£| |||||||P| |||Lloyds Treasurers Account||||| ||£|opening balance at 01 11 2021||||£| |19,268.42||||||17,951.25| |||**Rent collected**||||| |||R.E. Carnell||25 03||| |||half year to||2022||| |£||paid in arrears||||£| |780.00||||||780.00| |£||||01 10||£| |780.00||half year to||2022||780.00| |||P. Carnell||||| |£||Whelfeld in advance|half|10 04|Yr 3|£| |1,560.00||year from||2022||1,560.00| |£|||@|01 10|Yr|£| |1,560.00||£120 per acre||2022|3|1,560.00| |||**Dividends**||||| |£||Alliance Trust||dividend||£| |579.24||||s||938.66| |£||Baillie Giford Strategic Bond||sold||£| |478.77||||||15,531.00| |£||Personal Assets Trust||dividend||£| |197.35||||s||255.10| |£||Scottish Mortgage Investment||sold||£| |97.57||Trust||||10,069.72| |£||Witan Investment Trust||dividend||£| |754.12||||s||763.80| |£||Worldwide Healthcare Trust||dividend||£| |58.94||||s||20.97| ||N/A|Munro Smart||dividend||£| |||||s||149.12| ||N/A|Canlife Diversifed||dividend||£| |||||s||281.79| ||N/A|Hargreaves Lansdown*||||£| |||||||523.65| |||**Wayleaves**||||| |£||Western Power wayleaves||pole||£| |65.17||||||30.99| |£||||oversail||£| |30.69||||||N/A| £ Total income 6,941.85 £ 33,244.80 **£ £ 26,210.2 51,196.05 7** *difference between bank statement and contract note of sale of Baillie Gifford and Scottish Mortgage which included any other available balance. 2 ## **CHARITY OF JOHN AND JOSEPH CARD BANK ACCOUNTS FROM 01 11 2021 TO 31 10 2022** |2021|2021|**PAYMENTS**||2022| |---|---|---|---|---| |£|P|||£| |||||P| |||**Expenses**||| |£||Zurich Insurance public|Ins.|£| |86.52||liability||86.52| |£||V Kennedy Clerk’s honorarium|Honorarium|£| |300.00||||300.00| |£||out of pocket expenses||£| |N/A||||29.90| |£||Mr. M. Earing honorarium|Honorarium|£| |150.00||||N/A| |£||London Stock Exchange|LEI Fee 2022|£| |78.00||||78.00| ||£|Mr. M. Kennedy Computer|Computer|£| ||345.00|||N/A| ||N/A|Berry Redmond Gordon &|Legal Fees|£| |||Penney||420.00| |||**Grants listed overleaf:-**||| |£|||Pensions and hardship|£| |2,952.00||||3,028.00| |£|||Individual|£| |2,700.00||||3,342.00| |£|School|£| |---|---|---| |1,147.50||1,791.00| |£|Religious|| |N/A||N/A| |£|Cobley Field|£| |500.00||1,000.00| |(£8,259,0|Total expenditure|£| |2)||10,075.42| |£|Closing balance Lloyds Treasurers Account|£| |17,951.2||41,120.63| |5||| 3 |**GRANTS**|From|2021-2022|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Necessitous**|||||| |**grants:-**|||||| |**Pensions**|Brueford Mr. L||52 weeks @ £8.00||£416.00| ||Churches Mrs. P.||52 weeks @ £8.00||£416.00| ||Evans Mrs. M||52 weeks @£8.00||£416.00| ||Holford Mr/s. P. &|H.|52 weeks @ £5.00||£260.00| ||Maidment Mrs. D.||52 weeks @ £5.00||£260.00| ||Manning Mrs J||52 weeks @ £5.00||£260.00| ||Parkes Miss M||52 weeks @ £5.00||£260.00| ||Pavey Mrs. A (d. Aug 2022)||44 weeks @ £5.00||£220.00| ||Reed Mrs K||52 weeks @ £5.00||£260.00| ||Sheldon Mr. R.||52 weeks @ £5.00||£260.00| |||||sub|**£3,028.00**| |**Individual**|Archibald B.||Higher Ed.||£350.00| ||Binning M.||Higher Ed||£350.00| ||Lukins H.||Higher Ed||£80.00| ||Meldon R.||Higher Ed||£350.00| |||Sindrey A.||Higher Ed||£350.00| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||Sweeting G||Higher Ed||£350.00| ||||||sub|**£1,830.00**| |||Bright Mrs P for Beatrix||General Ed.||£150.00| |||Driscoll Mrs I for Issac||General Ed.||£25.00| |||Haskins Mrs E for Daniel & Olly||General Ed.||£150.00| |||Knowles Mrs H for Joseph||General Ed.||£150.00| |||Olsen Miss N for Jasmine|& India|General Ed.||£125.00| |||Parsons Mrs S for Vincent|&|||| |||Poppy||General Ed.||£300.00| |||Walsh Mr R for Jasmine &|Sophia|General Ed.||£300.00| |**Group**||Strawberry Tots||Rent (DMH)||£312.00| ||||||sub|**£1,512.00**| |**Group**||||||| |School||Draycott & Rodney||||£1,791.00| |Rel Ed||Draycott & Rodney||||N/A| |Cobley|Field|||||£1,000.00| ||||||sub|**£2,791.00**| |**TOTAL**||||||**£9,161.00**| ||||4|||| ||**2021**|**ASSETS**||||**2022**| |**£**|**p**||||**£**|**p**| |468,270.00||52.03 acres @ £9000.00 per acre to include cowshed|||468,270.00|| ||30.00|Stationery etc.|||30.00|| ||345.00|Computer||||N/A| |||Hargreaves Lansdown account||||| |**£198,078.77**||**TOTALS**|||**£141,676.20**|| LIABILITIES none Signed ……………………… …….. Printed Name…………………………….. Clerk and Treasurer to the Trustees. Micawbers, New Road, Draycott, Cheddar, Somerset. BS27 3SG Dated this ……….day of …………2022 **5** **THE CHARITY OF JOHN AND JOSEPH CARD.** (aka The Draycott Charity). ## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES.** Report on the account of this Charity for the year ended 31October 2022. Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner. As the charity’s trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts; you consider that the audit requirements of section 43(2) of the Charities Act 1993, (the Act), does not apply. It is my responsibility to state, on the basis of procedures specified in the general directions given by the Charity Commissioners under section 43 (7) (b) of the Act, whether particular matters have come to my attention. Basis of independent examiner’s report. My examination was carried out in accordance with the general directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeks explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts. Independent examiner’s statement. In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention: - (1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements - to keep accounting records in accordance with Section 41 of the Act, and - to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Act. have not been met; or - (2) to which in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Name:………………………(M. Warne). Dated this………day of……………. 2022 Printed name………………………………… Relevant professional qualifications or body……………………………………… Address: The Thatched Cottage, Wells Road, Rodney Stoke. Cheddar. BS27 3XH 6 INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES. Report on the account of this Chartty for the year ended 31 October 2022. Respective responsibiltties of trustees and examiner. As the charty's trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts", you consider that the audit requirements of section 43(2) of the Charities Act 1993, (the Act), d￿S not apply. It is my responsibilty to state, on the basis of procedures specffied in the general directions given by the Chartty Commissioners under section 43 (7) (b) of the Act, whether particular matters have come to my attention. Basis of independent examinef s report. My examination was carried out in accordan￿ WFth the general directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of accounts presented wrth those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual iterns or disclosures in the accounts, and seeks explanations from you as trust￿ concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audrt, and consequenlty I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts. Independent examinerfs statement. In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention: (1) which gives me reasonab￿ cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements t(t keep accounting records in accordan￿ with Section 41 of the Act, and to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accountsng requirements of the Act. have not been met; or (2) to which in ffly opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Na -aWame). Dated this. / 7...day of. ts!".•fr2022 Printed name. •4*f*¥_7Y&.. b:.A<.!J."= Relevant professional qualffications or body........fv./A............................ Address.. The Thatched Cottage. Wells Road, Rodney Stoke. Cheddar. BS27 3XH