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Abbey Wood Community Centre, 4, Knee Hill, Abbey Wood, London SE2 0YS . 020 8311 7005 email: awcgoffice @gmail.com Registered Charity No: 289843
Chair’s Report 2021
Welcome, everyone, to our first in-person Annual General Meeting since September 2019; our AGM, scheduled for 29[th] September 2020, having to be cancelled due to the Covid-19 restrictions.
In the past 20 months since the first lockdown in March 2020 the Community Centre has faced considerable challenges and my sincere thanks go to the Staff, Committee, Volunteers and all our users and supporters who have contributed to keeping us going as well as to the Royal Borough of Greenwich who continue to provide vital funding support.
Having had to experience several closures since that first lockdown, as well as continuing restrictions on numbers allowed to gather inside once we were allowed to reopen, we were unable to hire out the venue at full capacity until July 2021 and, consequently, lost a lot of potential income from private hire on Saturdays. Currently, we have a 75% return of our regular groups and we expect the remaining 25% to be returning in January but we have obviously had a loss of weekly revenue as well due to the reduction in groups using the Community Centre; we have, though, had a Saturday hire on every weekend since August 2021, with several already booked for 2022.
Following our several enforced closures, we furloughed three of our four staff (the Manager remained working to deal with day-to-day operations, enquiries, zoom meetings and building checks) and so were able to claim the Government’s Job Retention scheme grant for them as well as being able to claim the Business Rates Grant administered by Royal Greenwich; both helped enormously in covering the shortfall in our Income over the closure periods which lasted until 19[th] May 2021. Waste disposal was put on hold during the closures and Utility costs were greatly reduced due to the building being empty. Despite enforced closure, all of our Fire Safety Equipment, Fires, Boiler, Alarm and
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Automatic Door still had their annual service. Having waited for a year to receive a decision from our Insurers over our Business Interruption claim, we were finally paid out for this (after much negotiation) in March 2021.
In August 2021, as a thank you to our regular users and to cheer people up after a miserable year, we arranged a Coach Trip to Hastings which we funded, only asking for £1 a ticket to pay for the Driver’s tip; a coachload of 53 arrived in Hastings to a wonderful sunny day and everyone had a great time.
In September 2021, we finally managed to arrange the repainting of the outside of the building (a project which we had been planning and budgeted for since 2019) and the resulting look makes the building much more noticeable and attractive.
We held our annual free Seniors and friends Entertainment in October 2021, ‘Around the World in 60 Minutes’, performed by Tickled Pink to over 50 attendees with food, drink, singing and dancing, a good time was had by all.
Our annual free Children’s Pantomime, Cinderella, will be on Saturday 11[th] December 2021, tickets are available from the Office; we also have a Christmas Raffle available at £1 a strip with many Christmassy prizes.
We have partnered with GCDA to provide two free five-week Cookery courses for Greenwich residents in September/October 2021 and November/December 2021 and hope to be able to welcome them back in the New Year.
We have also partnered with Greenwich Dance/This Girl Can to offer a new Dance Exercise class for over 16s until July 2022 and are also planning on partnering with Greenwich Dance in the New Year to deliver further projects.
As Crossrail is finally anticipated to be up and running in the New Year, we will wait to see what impact this has on us and if changes and challenges arise. We are also still waiting for information from the purchaser of the old Post Office as to when they expect to start with the replacement five-storey building that they have been given planning permission for; the building will abut the Community Centre and will impact on the light reaching the back of our building and we also expect considerable noise and nuisance from the building works.
Thank you all for attending, I hope that 2022 will prove to be better for us all and hope that we do not have to endure further restrictions due to Covid-19. Please stay and enjoy a drink and nibbles after we complete the election of Committee Members and finish the meeting.
Jane Hall - AWCG Chair - December 2021
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Abbey Wood Community Group Income 8alance of Account at 31103f2020 72.995 50 Wages lincl. PAYE, N l. & Pensions) Gas including servicinRePaIr 2,009 00 Ebectricty 740.00 Water O 00 Telephone & Broadband Insuran 30,000 00 Stationery 12 50 Cleaning and matenals 25.40 Veolia Rubbish Col*lion 580.00 FI Extinguishers seNicing & replacement 20,850 64 Michael Adamson Accountants 202012021 21.584.72 VarM)us small Maintenance 15,637.90 Various small Items of equipment Alam System SeNte Websrtes yeaty fees Offte 365 Annual Subscription Refunded Hire Fees - due Covid closLtres Miscellaneous 3 Access Ramps Engraved Pens 49,158.35 682.97 471.21 879.84 547.20 928.02 33.98 48.84 656.13 70.20 264.00 568.00 475.37 126,00 109.52 57.60 1.685.00 166.90 296.04 124.19 Weekly and Monthly Hire Weekend Hire Photocopies, Pnntsn9 and LamInatnS Royal Borough of Greonwth- Community Buikling Funding Agw••m•nt Amazon Smile Donab"ons Fundraising Uncashed Cheque from July 2020 HMRC Job Retention Grants R8G 8usiness Grants Insurance Claim for Loss of Revenue I hovfr c•rrlod out an Indopgndefit Examlnatlon ol th• accounts under sectlon 145 of th• Charltl Act and lollow•d proCur•I lald down under sectlon 14515llbl of tho Ch•rltlo8 A¢t, l •m fully satl•fl•d that th• accounts compty wlth tho ACL Slgn•d . Nlm Bhad•r• Dated 2021 Balance as at 31103f2021 106,886.30 TOTAL 164 235.66 TOTAL 164 235.66 Doris Grimsley AWCG T8$Ur 13th May 2021 Reserves for 2021r2022 Antscipaled cost of Planned Projects Thi$ Is the document rna0d "p8qe 3" 45,0.00 5,000.00 Rwrt on the Accounts.
Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examinerfs Report Report to the trusteesl members of i Abbey Wood Community Group On accounts for thg ygar . 31 $1 March 2021 ended Charity no {if any) 289843 Set out on pages 1.2&3 Respectlve The charity's trLtstees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. ro8ponsibililies of The charity's trustees consider that an audil is not required for this yèar trustees and examlner under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charilies Act) and that an independent examination is needed. 11 is my responsibility to: examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities AGI, lo follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 14515llbl of the Charities Act, and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. Baslg of Independenl My examination was carried oul in accordance wilh general Directions given examiner's statement 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 CordS. It also Includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosufes in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any SUGh matters. The procedures undertaken do nol provide all the èvidence ihat would be required In an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a Irue and fair, view and the report Is limited to those matters set out In the statement lOw. Independent In connection with my examination, no fflatter has come to my attention oxaminor's statomont lolher than that disclosed below") 1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any mat8rial respect, the requirements. lo keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act.. and to prepare accounts which accord wlth th8 accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act have not been met,. or 2. lo which. in my opinion. attention should be drawn in order lo enable proper underslanding of the accounts lo te reached. Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. Date: 131111 z(i Signed: Name: Relevant professlonal qualificationlsl or body lif any): I IU- L4Tr IER March 2012
Address: IS krf 5*2 9Krf Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matersal problems. IER March 2012
Abbey Wood Community Group Inco ndlture Balance of Account at 31103r2020 72,995 50 Wages lincl. PAYE. N.1 & Pensions) Gas including servIngIRepair 2,CK)9.(hJ EWricity 740.00 Water 0.00 Telephone & Broadband Insurance 30,000 00 Stslionery 12.50 Cleaning and malerp 25.40 Ve01 Rubbish Collection 580.00 Fire Exts'nguishers servicing & replacement 20,650.64 Michael AdaMn AGGountants 202012021 21.584.72 Various small Maintenance 15,637.90 Variou5 small items of equipment Alam System SeNice Websrtes yeaty fees Office 365 Annu81 subptIOn Refvnded Hire Fees - due Covid dosures milIaneOuS 3 Access Ramp Engraved Pens 49.158.35 682.97 47121 879 84 547.20 928.02 33.98 48.84 656.13 70.20 264.00 568.00 475.37 126.00 109.52 57.60 1,685.00 18690 296 04 124.19 Weekly and Monthly Hire Weekend Hire Photocopies, Printing and Laminations Royal Borough ol Greenwich - Community Building FundirvJ Agreeent Amazon Smile Donal¥)ns Fundraising Uncashed Cheque from July 2020 HMRC Job Retention Grants RBG Business Grants Insurance Claim for Loss of Revenue I h•vo c•rrled out an Ind•p•ndenl Exarnln•tlon of the accounts under •octSon 145 of th• Ch•rltl•• Aet and followed pro¢gdum lald down und•r w¢tlon 145151{b) of thi Charttle8 Act, l am fully 8atl•fl•d that th8 a¢¢ounts comply with th• ACL Slgn•d . Nlm Bhadarn Dat•d 2021 Balance as al 31103r2021 106.886.30 TAL 164 235.66 TOTA 164 235.66 Doris Gnmsley AWCG Treasurer 13th May 2021 ReseNes for 2021r2022 Anticipated cost of Planned Projects Is Is fh• documom mathod-paqe 3" rnferTvd to in the "Indep•nd•nt Examlnw¥ Rw>rt on the A¢¢ounts- 45,000. 5,000.