THE BARNET BEREAVEMENT SERVICE (Registered Charity number 288350)
ACCOUNTS for the year ended 31 March 2022
THE BARNET BEREAVEMENT SERVICE
Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2022
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| Trustees’ Report | 1-2 | |
| Independent Examiner’s Report | 3 | |
| Income and Expenditure Account | 4 | |
| Statement of Assets and Liabilities | 5 |
THE BARNET BEREAVEMENT SERVICE
TRUSTEES’ REPORT for the year ended 31 March 2022
The Trustees have pleasure in presenting their report with the accounts of the Service for the year ended 31 March 2022.
Charitable status
The Barnet Bereavement Service was constituted and granted the status of a registered charity by the Charity Commissioners for England and Wales in 1982. Its registered number is 288350.
Charitable objects
The objects of the Service as stated in its constitution are:
(i) the relief of bereaved people or those who have suffered loss by virtue of the disappearance of a relative or close friend in the London Borough of Barnet and in particular the furtherance of health and the relief of distress;
(ii) to advance education in the nature of bereavement for the public benefit.
The Service’s principal activity in recent years has been bereavement counselling.
Trustees and Management Committee
The Trustees who served during the year were:
Dr M Clark (Chairperson) Mrs M Greenway-Jones (Treasurer) Mr S Harris Mrs J Jenkins Dr R Tobiansky
The above Trustees were also members of the Management Committee.
Staff members who served during the year were:
Ms S Khan (Project Co-ordinator) Ms F Grandi (Administrator) Ms S Ali (Administrator)
Review of the year
During the year, the Service continued to provide the services of bereavement counsellors to residents of the London Borough of Barnet. The financial results for the year are set out on pages 4 and 5.
Statement on public benefit
In deciding what activities the Service should undertake during the year, the Trustees have paid due regard to The Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit. The Trustees consider that the objects for which the Service was registered as a charity, and the activities during the year, are for the public benefit.
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THE BARNET BEREAVEMENT SERVICE
TRUSTEES’ REPORT, continued for the year ended 31 March 2022
Responsibilities of the Trustees regarding the financial statements
Charity law requires the Trustees to prepare a receipts and payments account and a statement of assets and liabilities for each financial year. In addition, they are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which are sufficient to show and explain the Service’s transactions and to disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Service. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Service and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
On behalf of the Trustees
............................................... Dr M Clark Chairperson
Date: .....................................
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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT to the Trustees of THE BARNET BEREAVEMENT SERVICE
I report to the Trustees on my examination of the accounts of The Barnet Bereavement Service for the year ended 31 March 2022, which are set out on the following pages 4 and 5.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity Trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements 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 2011 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 the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
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(1) accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or
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(2) the accounts do not accord with those records; or
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(3) the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
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 in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
................................................. Andrew J Geary Chartered Accountant
Geary Partnership Chartered Accountants 159a Chase Side Enfield Middlesex EN2 0PW
Date: ............................................
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THE BARNET BEREAVEMENT SERVICE
INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT
for the year ended 31 March 2022
| 2022 | 2021 | |
|---|---|---|
| General | General | |
| Fund | Fund | |
| £ | £ | |
| INCOME | ||
| Grants – London Borough of Barnet | 15,480 | 15,480 |
| - National Lottery | - | 10,000 |
| Donations – The Hadley Trust | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| - Joseph Strong Frazer Trust | 10,000 | 2,000 |
| - Jesus Hospital Charity | 4,340 | 2,160 |
| - Ploughshares Trust | - | 1,000 |
| - Waitrose | 700 | 999 |
| - Co-op Local Community Fund | 1,000 | 3,278 |
| - Young Barnet Foundation | - | 800 |
| - Clients’ donations | 150 | 660 |
| - Other | 20 | 6,104 |
| Gift Aid tax rebates received | - | 1,143 |
| --------- | --------- | |
| 41,690 | 53,624 | |
| --------- | --------- | |
| EXPENDITURE | ||
| Co-ordinators’ salary | 25,221 | 17,810 |
| Administrator’s salary | 4,132 | 4,383 |
| Staff expenses | 1,540 | 153 |
| Consultants’ fees | 5,178 | 10,329 |
| Community Focus Bereavement Project | 1,008 | - |
| Printing, postage and stationery | 633 | 260 |
| IT support | 880 | - |
| Telephone and internet | 1,045 | 452 |
| Rent and room hire | 2,059 | 2,877 |
| Insurance | 1,063 | 509 |
| Bank charges | 97 | 71 |
| Miscellaneous | 795 | 418 |
| Independent examiner’s fee | 348 | 330 |
| Payroll fees | 220 | - |
| Depreciation | 413 | 412 |
| --------- | --------- | |
| 44,632 | 38,004 | |
| --------- | --------- | |
| (DEFICIT)/SURPLUS FOR THE YEAR | (2,942) | 15,620 |
| Fund balance brought forward | 24,622 | 9,002 |
| --------- | --------- | |
| Fund balance carried forward | 21,680 | 24,622 |
| --------- | --------- |
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THE BARNET BEREAVEMENT SERVICE
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES 31 March 2022
| 2022 | 2021 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| FIXED ASSETS | ||||
| Furniture, fixtures and fittings, at cost | 1,804 | 1,804 | ||
| Less: Accumulated depreciation | (1,804) | (1,804) | ||
| --------- | --------- | |||
| - | - | |||
| Office equipment, at cost | 6,285 | 6,285 | ||
| Less: Accumulated depreciation | (5,519) | (5,106) | ||
| --------- | --------- | |||
| 766 | 1,179 | |||
| --------- | --------- | |||
| 766 | 1,179 | |||
| CURRENT ASSETS | ||||
| CAF current account | 21,667 | 23,688 | ||
| Overpaid payroll taxes | - | 85 | ||
| --------- | --------- | |||
| 21,667 | 23,773 | |||
| --------- | --------- | |||
| CURRENT LIABILITIES | ||||
| Accrued expenditure | 348 | 330 | ||
| Payroll taxes | 405 | - | ||
| --------- | --------- | |||
| 753 | 330 | |||
| --------- | --------- | |||
| NET CURRENT ASSETS | 20,914 | 23,443 | ||
| ------------ | ------------ | |||
| NET ASSETS | 21,680 | 24,622 | ||
| ------------ | ------------ | |||
| ACCUMULATED FUNDS | ||||
| (refer to foot of page 4) | ||||
| General Fund | 21,680 | 24,622 | ||
| ------------ | ------------ | |||
| Surplus carried forward | 21,680 | 24,622 | ||
| ------------ | ------------ |
Approved by the Trustees on ............................................ and signed on their order by:
..................................................... Dr M Clark, Chairperson
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