ANNUAL REPORT 2023
Chipping Barnet Seniors Day Centre (CBSDC) - (Charity Reg No: 272847)
Preventing loneliness and social isolation of vulnerable older people in Chipping Barnet.
ROLE AND AIMS
Our main aims are:
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Prevention of loneliness and Social Isolation
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Health, Wellbeing and Social Care
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Advise and Information
CBSDC is held twice-weekly on Mondays and Fridays in the Open Door Centre, St Albans Road, High Barnet, EN5 4LA and currently welcomes 25 members. It is open from 9.30am to 3.00pm.
OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
Our objective is to provide a club like atmosphere where elderly housebound people can enjoy a day out in a safe, friendly, relaxed and cheerful environment where they can meet and make friends, be entertained and provided with a hot two course lunch and refreshments throughout the day.
Additionally, the centre provides respite for those who daily commit their lives to the care of aged loved ones.
MANAGEMENT OF THE DAY CENTRE
The Day Centre opens to it members for two days a week (Mondays & Fridays) between the hours of 9.30am and 3.00pm. The centre has 21 members with capacity for 20 each day, currently there are 4 vacancies for Mondays and 2 for Fridays. It is anticipated that full membership of 20 each day will be in place by early 2024.
The Centre is run by one paid organiser and 29 volunteers. The volunteers undertake various roles from general daily help to transport/escort and kitchen duties.
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Activities held are as below -
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Escorted Transport is provided where necessary(limited numbers)
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Exercise classes each session
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Refreshments provided in the morning and afternoon
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A two course hot meal at lunchtime
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Board games and Bingo played in the afternoons
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Information and advice is available and regularly given
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Musical entertainment is enjoyed
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Intergenerational activities are to be recommenced with a local pre school group, when it is considered appropriate to do so safely post the Pandemic.
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Annual outings are arranged to a local Garden Centre and also the Seaside.
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• Tea Parties.
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A Christmas and Summer Event are held with entertainment.
No outings took place in the year to March 2023, due to the frailty of most of the members however a special event was held for the Queens Jubilee in May 2022 together with a Tea party celebrating Silver Week in October 2022.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND STAFF
| David Williams | Chair |
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| Mick Printemps | Vice Chair/Transport Representative |
| Susan Francis | Honorary Treasurer |
| Amanda Skitt | Honorary Secretary |
| Gillian van Blankenstein | Organiser/Trustee |
| Bridget Sawyer | Trustee |
| Steven Hart | Trustee |
| Linda Lanham | Trustee |
| Brigid Horgan | Trustee |
| Angela Dickinson | Trustee (Resigned Sept 2022) |
| Susan Stemson | Trustee |
| Ursula Daee | Trustee (Appointed May 2023) |
| Gwen Childs | Member Representative |
MANAGEMENT MEETINGS
These are held 3 times a year. The AGM was held on the 24th July 2023, and updates with regards to changes in name and officers/Trustees were provided to the Charity Commission in a timely manner.
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Minutes of the 2022 AGM held on the 14th July 2022 were approved and Audited accounts for the year to March 2023 were presented and also approved.
FINANCIAL REPORT (YEAR ENDING MARCH 2023)
The audited accounts together with the Independent Examiner’s report follow. The headline figures are:-
Receipts - £47,570 Payments - £51,836 Deficit for year - £4,266
Signed
Amanda Skitt (Honorary Secretary)
Date 16[th] November 2023
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| RECEIPTSAND PAYMENTSFOR THEYEAR ENDING 31ST MARCFI2023 |
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| ear to 0322] |
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| RECEIPTS | ||
| 0 2,136 15,518 |
Activities Transfer fromFriends Clients' Contributions |
795 33,088 |
| 6,000 2,821 |
GrantsreceivedJesusCharitY GrantsHMRCFurloughPaYments |
0 |
| 4,828 | AgeUK | |
| 5,000 1,737 |
Donation-SatterforBus Donations |
489 |
| 2.260 | Fund Raising | |
| 420 | ThomasWatsonuseofMinibus | 1 |
| 263 | lRGift AidTaxRefund | 0 |
| 0 | ProfiU(toss)onSaleofMinibus | |
| 85 30 |
Depositlnterest Sundrtes |
0 |
| 4t | Total lncoming Resources | 47 |
| PAYMENTS | ||
| 13,288 | Staff&Volunteercosts | 14,991 |
| Jubilee etc buffets | ||
| 5,887 | Meals/Refreshments | 9,683 |
| 300 | Exercise ClassCosts | |
| 826 5,917 |
Sundries RentofPremises |
941 ,{,133 |
| 2,807 2,358 |
lnsurance/licences TransportMaintenanceCosts |
4,102 |
| ctJ | TransportDiesel | |
| 678 | OfficeExpenses/Telephone/Cleaning | |
| 29 | Bank Charges | |
| 75 | Activities/entertainment | |
| 313 | Equipment Purchases | 1,222 |
| 350 | Payrollcosts Depreciation of Assets |
5,781 |
| 341 | TotalResources exPended | 51 |
| 7,757 | SURPLUS/(DEFICIT)fortheYear | |
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| BALANCESHEETAS | AT3{StMARC | 2A?3 | ||||
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| as at | ||||||
| at | ||||||
| .3.22 | ASSETS | 31.3.23 | ||||
| 1,200 | Charity'sMinibus- residualvalue (Note1) | 21 | ||||
| 421 | Daycentrefurniture | |||||
| ;621 2,500 |
Depositfornew minibus | |||||
| 4,121 | ||||||
| 81,612 | DepositAccounts | 63, | ||||
| 2,402 9J52 |
Friends BankAccount currentAccount {includingbalance |
transferredfrom | Friends account) | 10,719 | ||
| 4A | Petty Cash | |||||
| Less:Accruals | ||||||
| Note1-theminibus is being depreciated over5years | ||||||
| FUNDS | MinbusReserves | Total | ||||
| 81,691 | Capital Reservesal1"4.2022: Reservesforgeneraluse AddTransfer fromGeneralFund |
52,500 6,000 |
29,191 448 |
81,691 6,448 |
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| Less BalancePaidforMinibus toGeneralA/c(24,300) Less:AdjustmenttoGeneraFund -34.200 |
(24,300) 63,759 (80i(qgl 29,55963,759 |
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| 6,091 | ||||||
| 15,636 | GeneralFundat1.4.2422 AddBalancepaidforMinibus |
trfdfromGeneralA/c' | 15,636 24,300 |
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| Lesstransfer toReserves | (6,448) | |||||
| Add: AdiustmentfromCapital | Reserves | 80 | ||||
| AddSurplus/(Deficit)for the year | (4,266) |