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2024-12-31-accounts

REGISTERED CHARITY NO. 221220

THE SWANSEA CENTRE FOR DEAF PEOPLE

REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

THE SWANSEA CENTRE FOR DEAF PEOPLE

CONTENTS

PAGE
Officers and Professional Advisers 1
Report of the Trustees 2-8
Independent Examiners Report 9
Summary Receipts and Payments 10
Schedule to Receipts and Payments Account 11
Statement of Assets and Liabilities 12-13

THE SWANSEA CENTRE FOR DEAF PEOPLE

OFFICERS AND PROFESSIONAL ADVISERS

CHARITY NUMBER 221220 PRINCIPAL OFFICE Ground Floor, Cardigan House Castle Court Swansea Enterprise Park Swansea SA7 9LA TRUSTEES Timothy N Douglas-Jones Sara Jenkins Julia Terry Kate Galloway John Aylward Paul Lewis June Talbot

INDEPENDENT Bevan Buckland LLP EXAMINER Chartered Accountants Ground Floor, Cardigan House Castle Court Swansea Enterprise Park Swansea SA7 9LA

APPOINTMENT OF TRUSTEES

The Swansea Centre for Deaf People is constituted by Trust Deed.

New trustees are appointed by the Board of Management and ratified at Annual General Meeting.

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THE SWANSEA CENTRE FOR DEAF PEOPLE

REPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

The trustees have pleasure in presenting their annual report together with financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024.

The financial statements have been prepared on a receipts and payments basis and in accordance with the charity’s governing document, applicable law and the requirements of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1[st] January 2019).

REGISTERED NAME

The name of the charity registered at the Charities Commission is The Swansea Centre for Deaf People.

PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY

The aim of the charity is to provide a welfare, social and religious centre for deaf people.

ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE

The charity is managed by a management committee that meets on an approximately six weekly basis and the day-to-day management has been carried out by a part time Building Development and Project Manager. The social structure is managed by the deaf members.

CHAIRMAN’S FOREWORD

On behalf of the very loyal, devoted and hard-working Board of Trustees I begin this report with some very sad news. John D Jeremy died this autumn. John was a very well respected and very able chartered accountant, having been a partner in a large local firm until his retirement from private practice around the Millenium. By then he had already had a very long involvement with SCfD as our honorary auditor, which involved many hours of professional work.

Immediately upon his retirement he was then inducted onto the Board of Management where he became our very capable and assiduous treasurer. I worked with John for more than thirty years and at all times considered him to be a wise and reliable mainstay both as our auditor and as treasurer of our Board.

We were very sorry to see him retiring a few years ago, at a time when he was already in his eighties and we wished to mark this event and his involvement with the Charity. John, being an extremely modest man, wanted to leave us without fanfare. So, it was unanimously voted that one of the new classrooms in the wonderful extension, which was built during his stewardship, should be named after him. I hope that those making use of our teaching facilities will think on that modest brass plate and reflect on one of our giants. We shall miss him.

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THE SWANSEA CENTRE FOR DEAF PEOPLE

REPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 – CONTINUED

REVIEW OF ACTIVITIES

Swansea Deaf Sports and Social Club

Plans ahead:

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THE SWANSEA CENTRE FOR DEAF PEOPLE

REPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 – CONTINUED

South Wales Deaf Club Consortium

Kickstarter Project

We have launched into new Kickstarter Project funded by the National Lottery Community Fund which has been up and running for more than nineteen months. The primary focus is to benefit members of the deaf community, but we also welcome all ages and people of all abilities.

In order for this project to be effective we recruited 3 new staff members:

Each staff member started employment on 1st April and are paid on a monthly basis. All staff have been given basic induction training at the start of the contract and were also subject to DBS checks. More specialist training has included Food Hygiene (to Level 2), Health and safety training, and we are organising First aid Training in November.

Freelance Staff

Freelance staff operate the British Sign Language (BSL) programme offering a series of 10-week courses in BSL to level 1 (1.01 Course). So far, we have run four courses for 60 people. Courses are particularly offered to families.

We run courses, Healthy Living/Mixed Craft Sessions, run by external specialist sessions. Each session generally ends in a lunch club so that participants can stay on and have a cooked meal. Courses so far organised include:

Sessions have attracted up to 10 people for each activity, but numbers have steadily increased over the last 18 months, and we are hoping to encourage more to join in.

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THE SWANSEA CENTRE FOR DEAF PEOPLE

REPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 – CONTINUED

Training the Trainers Programme has enabled the Centre to train or retrain our volunteers, staff and other freelancers to better engage with our deaf community by attending:

New Groups to the Centre, have increased our income:

Mary Twill Lane

As we all know, we have a campsite at the west end of Langland Bay. The field was donated to two charities (NCH and ourselves) many years ago in the will of the late Admiral Glyn Vivian. The field was divided in the 1990s giving us our own exclusive half which included the pavilion and semipermanent luxury portakabin.

The freehold was acquired in or about 24th January 1997 which involved a financial clawback. Should this property be sold in the forty years following the acquisition of the freehold, 30% of the proceeds must be paid to the freeholders, the Glyn Vivian Estate. It is therefore every much in our interests not to dispose of this valuable land until 26th January 2037 at the earliest.

In the last fifteen years we have been able to generate substantial funds and benefits by letting the plot firstly to Redrow in 2012-2015 and more latterly for two or three summers to two dentists who were involved in a major house renovation further down Mary Twill Lane. This prolonged occupation made camping impossible for the duration, but this has now occurred for the first time in three years.

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THE SWANSEA CENTRE FOR DEAF PEOPLE

REPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 – CONTINUED

We must not lose sight of the need to generate funds as sadly all the above services cost money and we need to cover them all as well as building maintenance and the improvement/updating of facilities.

You will learn from our Treasurer’s report (many thanks of course to our new honorary treasurer John Aylward) that unfortunately we are continuing to run at an overall deficit and more funding is much needed.

Valete :

It is a great loss to us all that for family reasons Prof Julia Terry is moving to live in the Home Counties. In the all too brief time that she has been with us, she has proved to be a wonderful asset to the Board. It is particularly sad from my point of view, as I immediately identified her as the perfect successor to the chairmanship post which, for reasons of anno domini, will in due course become vacant.

No report is complete without mentioning our wonderful and loyal staff as well as the devoted board members who continue down the years to give of their time to make the whole SCfDP set up function.

Helen continues to be our central rock and none of what has been achieved over the last ten or fifteen years could possibly have happened without her inspired leadership.

RISK MANAGEMENT

The trustees consider risk management on a regular basis and consider the need for:

FINANCIAL REVIEW

The total receipts of £102,750 (2023: £111,588), were spent on direct charitable expenditure totalling £95,591 (2023: £81,060), fund raising expenses £4,046 (2023: £3,605), publicity expenses £4,046 (2023: £3,605), support and administration £7,324 (2023: £6,818) and the purchase of fixed assets of £2,519 (2023: £nil).

This resulted in a net excess of payments over receipts of £10,776 compared to an excess of receipts over payments of £16,501 in 2023.

The general fund covers the receipts and payments of the charity in carrying out its role in respect of its objects.

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THE SWANSEA CENTRE FOR DEAF PEOPLE

REPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 – CONTINUED

Restricted funds represent the Kickstarter Project funded by the National Lottery Community Fund. Of the total grant received during the year, £3,120 was a capital grant for the purpose of acquiring fixed assets, and £32,133 was a revenue grant to enable the charity to benefit members of the deaf community. At the end of the year a total of £17,861 of the grant remained unspent.

All assets are held to achieve the objectives of the charity.

RESERVES POLICY

The trustees consider it prudent to maintain the reserves of the charity at a minimum of three months normal expenditure to ensure that unforeseen events will not prevent the charity continuing its activities. At the end of 2024 the charity’s reserves represented by its monetary assets were substantially in excess of this objective.

PUBLIC BENEFIT

The charity provides a religious, welfare and social center for deaf people.

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THE SWANSEA CENTRE FOR DEAF PEOPLE

REPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 – CONTINUED

TRUSTEES

The Trustees who held office during the year were as follows:

Timothy N Douglas Jones (Chair) Paul Lewis June Talbot Kate Galloway Julia Terry Sara Jenkins (appointed 14/11/2024) John Aylward

No trustee has any financial interest in the charity.

The charity is governed by its charitable rules and is restricted to carrying out activities within its charitable objectives.

By order of the Board:

DATE

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INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS' REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF

THE SWANSEA CENTRE FOR DEAF PEOPLE

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

I report on the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2024 set out on pages ten to thirteen.

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 that an independent examination is required.

It is my responsibility to:

Basis of the independent examiner's report

My examination was carried out in accordance with the 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 concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that 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 statements below.

Independent examiner's statement

In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:

have not been met; or

Michael Jones F. C. C. A Bevan Buckland LLP Ground Floor, Cardigan House Castle Court Swansea Enterprise Park Swansea SA7 9LA

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THE SWANSEA CENTRE FOR DEAF PEOPLE

RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

GRANTS AND DONATIONS RECEIVED
Donations
Warmer Hubs and Safer Places
Kickstart
Total grants and donations
OTHER INCOME RECEIPTS
Investment Income
Deposit Account Interest
FIT receipts
Cafe Takings
Sign Language Courses
Miscellaneous
Room Hire
Rent Received
Total other income
TOTAL RECEIPTS
LESS: PAYMENTS
Fundraising Expenses
Publicity Expenses
Support and Administration Expenses
Charitable Activity Expenses
NET SURPLUS FOR THE YEAR
PURCHASE OF FIXED ASSETS
Computer equipment
Fixtures and fittings
NET CASH FLOW
Cash balances at 1 January 2024
At bank and in hand
Cash balances at 31 December 2024
At bank and in hand		 2024
£
£
£
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
1,334
-
1,334
8,333
-
8,333
300
35,253
35,553
9,967
35,253
45,220
808
-
808
814
-
814
712
-
712
6,459
-
6,459
30,970
-
30,970
-
-
-
3,767
-
3,767
14,000
-
14,000
57,530
-
57,530
67,497
35,253
102,750		 2023
£
Total
17,563
7,180
-
24,743
33,536
703
-
4,087
34,048
472
-
14,000
86,845
111,588
4,046
-
4,046
4,046
-
4,046
7,198
126
7,324
80,844
14,747
95,591
96,134
14,873
111,007
(28,637)
20,380
(8,257)
-
1,409
1,409
-
1,110
1,110
-
2,519
2,519
(28,637)
17,861
(10,776)
90,462
-
90,462
61,825
17,861
79,686		 3,605
3,605
6,818
81,060
95,088
16,501
-
-
-
16,501
73,961
90,462

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THE SWANSEA CENTRE FOR DEAF PEOPLE

SCHEDULE TO RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

FUNDRAISING EXPENSES
Staff Salaries
Travel expenses
Stationery postage and telephone
PUBLICITY EXPENSES
Staff Salaries
Travel expenses
Stationery postage and telephone
SUPPORT AND ADMINISTRATION EXPENSES
Staff Salaries
Rates
Repairs and maintenance
Light, Heat and Water
Stationery postage and telephone
Insurances
Travel expenses
Cleaning
Miscellaneous
CHARITABLE ACTIVITY EXPENSES
Staff Salaries
Rates
Repairs and maintenance
Cafe Costs
Light, Heat and Water
Stationery postage and telephone
Insurances
Signing Interpreter
Travel expenses
Sign Language Courses
Cleaning
TV licence
Professional Fees
Audit Fees
Room Hire
First Aid courses		 2024
£
3,876
33
137
4,046
3,876
33
137
4,046
3,876
120
708
1,543
137
392
32
71
445
7,324
40,049
1,082
6,406
961
13,888
1,088
3,525
659
226
21,668
637
506
2,750
900
846
400
95,591		 2023
£
3,534
3
68
3,605
3,534
3
68
3,605
3,534
328
484
1,874
69
355
4
110
60
6,818
24,737
765
4,352
1,615
16,867
478
3,200
531
20
26,448
988
159
-
900
-
-
81,060

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THE SWANSEA CENTRE FOR DEAF PEOPLE

STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2024

MONETARY ASSETS

Bank and Cash Balances
Bank Current Account – Lloyds Bank (Restricted)
Bank Current Account – Lloyds Bank (Unrestricted)
Bank Deposit Account – Lloyds Bank
Cash
Debtors and Prepayments
Insurance prepaid
Liabilities
Accruals:
Gas and electricity
Water
Training
Classes
Room Hire
Creditors:
Trade creditor
Other creditor		 2024
£
17,861
57,438
4,134
253
79,686
£
2,438
-
-
359
51
5,398
-		 2023
£
77,577
1,600
10,920
364
90,462
£
2,143
923
252
2,632
-
-
1,729
-

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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2024

NON-MONETARY ASSETS

NON-MONETARY ASSETS
Investments at Cost
Old Mutual Income Fund
2,239 units
Prudential
1,250 5p shares
Murray International
1,300 Ord 25p shares
BT Group
595 5p Ord shares		 2024
£
5,997
2,588
5,242
1,505
15,332		 2023
£
5,997
2,588
5,242
1,505
15,332

The market value of these investments at 31 December 2024 was £224,088 (31 December 2023: £258,561).

Fixed Assets

Furniture and Equipment Cost Estimated
Fixtures and Fittings Cost
Computer Equipment Cost		 2024
£
2,100
1,110
1,409
4,619		 2023
£
2,100
-
-
2,100

Land and buildings used by the charity

The Charity’s land and buildings at Hafod, Swansea were purchased in 2007 for £131,184 including associated costs. A substantial extension is being built at the rear of the main building and expenditure incurred on this up to the end of the year was £496,774 of which £219,000 has been contributed by a grant from The Big Lottery.

The charity owns a field at Mary Twill Lane, Caswell, Swansea. It is not practical to value this property.

…………………………… T N DOUGLAS-JONES - Trustee

……………………………Date

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