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2023-03-31-accounts

Charity Registration Number

292526

The Berin Centre

Annual Report and Unaudited Financial Statements For the Year Ended 31 March 2023

The Berin Centre Legal and Administrative Information

Trustees John Taylor Jacqueline Logan Richard Pullen Robin Bennett Tina Elder Resigned 11[th] July 2023 Cathryn Neesam Daniel Scate Charity number: 292526

Principal Address: Wimblestraw Road Berinsfield Wallingford OX10 7LZ

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CONTENTS

Page
Legal and Administrative Information 2
Trustees' report 4-8
Statement of Trustees' responsibilities 9
Independent examiner's report 10
Statement of financial activities 11
Balance sheet 12
Notes to the accounts 13-20

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Trustees Report

The Berin Centre is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation. The governing document is the Constitution of the charity adopted at the AGM on 21st January 2020.

Appointment of charity trustees

  1. Apart from the first charity trustees, every trustee must be appointed for a term of three years by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the charity trustees.

  2. In selecting individuals for appointment as charity trustees, the charity trustees must have regard to the skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective administration of the CIO.

Number of charity trustees

a) There must be at least three charity trustees. If the number falls below this minimum, the remaining trustee or trustees may act only to call a meeting of the charity trustees, or appoint a new charity trustee.

b) The maximum number of charity trustees is 12. The charity trustees may not appoint any charity trustee if as a result the number of charity trustees would exceed the maximum

All Trustees give their time voluntarily and do not receive personal benefit from the charity.

Objects and activities

The objects of the Charity are set out in its Constitution as being:

The objects of the CIO are to promote any charitable purpose for the benefit of the inhabitants of Berinsfield and the surrounding area without distinction of political, religious or other opinion with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants.

Its mission is:

The Charity has identified its strategic priorities as:

Public benefit

For these reasons the Trustees consider that the Charity meets the public benefit requirement.

In setting the Charity’s goals and in its planning activities the Trustees have given due consideration to the published Charity Commission guidance on the operation of the public benefit requirement of the Charities Act 2011.

Progress and Plans

Activities and achievements

2022-23 has seen us really driving the organisation forward and entering a substantial period of growth. We’ve spent time expanding and securing our staff capacity, invested in our premises to make them more suitable and welcoming, and have been able to broaden our offer: bringing new services to the village and developing the quality of our more long-standing

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offers. Importantly, in the latter part of this year we’ve also dedicated energy to forging deeper relationships in our local community, building stronger connections and developing our understanding of the needs and strengths of residents.

Family Services

On average we are now providing between 8-10 groups for children under 5 and their parents each week, and these have continued to grow in attendance. In particular, the Bumps & Babies session for expectant parents and those with nonwalking children has surged, and our new addition of a monthly Saturdads group for fathers and male carers has proved popular. We continue to provide intensive 1-1 support to families, providing guidance on a range of issues, and are still working closely with the Health Visitor team to host drop ins, clinics and their Early Days programme at the centre.

In addition we’ve added new services to our offer. This includes our monthly Chill and Chat group which provides a child-free space in the evening for parents to mix and gain invaluable peer support - parents have found this to be a useful space for ‘grown up conversations’ and spend time developing their own informal support networks. We’ve launched a termly Bedtime Stories session, which sees children and parents attend the centre in their pyjamas, have stories read to them by guest readers, and then be able to ‘buy’ a book of their choice (using a Berin Centre Book Token!) for them to take home and keep. We’re also hosting some new services here at the centre - from monthly SEND Workshops for parents and carers delivered by the school’s SENCO, to the wonderful OXPIP (Oxford Parent Infant Project) who now use the centre every Monday to see clients to focus on developing stronger attachments between parents and young children.

The Growing Minds project continues to grow and embed, and we now have 133 families registered in Berinsfield alone. All of these families receive a high quality story book delivered to their home each month for free, and have access to our Peep Learning Together school readiness groups and 1-1 family support. The strategic partnership forged last year between Peeple, Home-Start Oxford and ourselves is continuing to work well, and we recently appointed a Project Manager to oversee the day-to-day running of the project across both locations. We’ve also been working with local researcher, Fiona Gell, to conduct an independent evaluation of the project against its objectives and to help us to identify any particular barriers to participation, and we’re expecting the final report in May 2023.

Food Services

This year we have not only continued to run our busy Community Larder, but have also grown our food services in the latter part of the year. The Community Larder continues to supply local people with food surplus that would otherwise be destined for landfill. We’ve continued to experience significant disruption to supply, but members are clearly still finding value in the offer as our membership rests at around 90 members at any one time. We noticed a surge in larder use as the cost of living crisis came into effect and continue to see a mix of members who are wanting to make sustainable food shopping choices, and those who are struggling to afford basics. Over the course of the year we saw 3650 engagements in the Community Larder, and had an average of 85% attendance each week. We also saved an incredible 25.5 tonnes of food from being wasted. We’ve used the larder to promote a range of other services and opportunities, including providing high quality warm clothing during the Winter for free or for a voluntary donation. Our larder volunteers are showing ongoing support and commitment, with all three of them celebrating three years of regular volunteering with us in March - an incredible achievement!

In December, local partner organisation BIVC closed its doors unexpectedly, leaving a significant gap in the Berinsfield service landscape. One of BIVC’s key roles was administering the Wallingford Food Bank, and in December, with just 2 weeks notice, we took over this task. Since then, we’ve seen 78 people seeking emergency food parcels. Food poverty and the cost of living crisis are still having a significant impact on the local community, and we expect this to be a core strand of our work for some time to come.

Community Services

Whilst we’d delivered a limited range of community services in previous years, we recognised that we needed to increase our staff capacity in order to more genuinely meet need and provide consistent and reliable opportunities. We therefore appointed Sarah Dodd to a new role of Community Outreach Worker in January with a broad remit of engaging with the wider cross-section of the local community, identifying gaps, needs, challenges and ideas, and implementing new services or activities in response. Since January, we’ve had around 200 engagements in community outreach activities. This has included developing a craft session for older people, launching a computer drop in, and developing links with the PCSOs.

We delivered on our intention to develop a Community Kitchen Garden in Spring of 2022, with the local Youth Club working with us to plan and create the initial garden design. Since then we’ve introduced additional plant bed, grown strawberries,

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tomatoes, herbs and squash (which local people picked and ate!), and engaged some new volunteers to help us to tend the garden. We held a Community Action Day in the Summer, invited people to come and work on the garden and to litter pick, and early in 2023 we invited ACE Training (woodwork apprentices) to come and create some new plant beds and a produce hut for us to share surplus fruit and vegetables. We added a Seed Shack, and this is now used to swap seeds and seedlings between community members.

As mentioned previously, local charity BIVC closed in December 2022. We subsequently have picked up a huge swell in demand for tailored 1-1 support on a range of topics, including housing, debt, benefits, mental health, physical health and safeguarding. We’ve strengthened our professional network in response, provided improved signposting and access to a range of support services and opportunities both within the village and further afield.

We also began working with a group of volunteers to revitalise and relaunch the village newsletter, the Village Voice. The group are just preparing to print their first edition of the newsletter and to circulate it around the village, providing a vital communication channel for those without computer access, informing them about local opportunities, events and services.

Premises Improvements

The planned works to re-insulate and reclad the exterior of the building were carried out in Spring and Summer of 2022, and the building now looks much fresher and also achieved an improved EPC rating as a result. We were therefore able to purchase the building for the nominal fee of £1 from the County Council, drastically reducing our monthly rental costs as we now only need to pay ground rent and utilities. This project has been long-awaited, and has been a fantastic step forward in securing our future in the village!

Following the completion of this work, we’ve carried out a number of further improvements: installing new signage, redecorating our Sensory Room using funds from the council, reinvigorating our Play Garden with support from Soha, and installing a new CCTV and alarm system. The improvements to the building’s security has enabled us to plan to remove the high metal fences surrounding the premises, and to landscape part of the garden, and we’ve now secured funds to do this work in 2023-24.

Community Cafe

As per our strategic priorities for this year, we’ve dedicated time to exploring the feasibility and local desire for a Community Cafe on the village. This involved firstly a feasibility report compiled by two interns, which indicated the unsuitability of a commercial venture, but the potential viability of a community-based initiative. We then circulated a survey to local residents, which received over 100 responses, the majority of which not only supported the idea of having a new cafe to serve the village, but also having it be based at The Berin Centre. Due to the interest indicated in the survey, we then formed a Focus Group of local residents of Berinsfield and the surrounding villages, local partner organisations, and people with experience in the hospitality and catering industries. This Focus Group convened three times to explore the possibility of a Community Cafe at The Berin Centre in more detail, and generated a proposal outlining what they felt would be important, and what the Community Cafe might achieve.

Due to the support garnered from the local community, we’re continuing to explore the Community Cafe project, and are currently preparing an application for planning permission.

Summary

During this year we’ve supported more than 360 adults, and more than 150 children, with around 8,000 interactions taking place. Many of these engagements have taken place in the centre itself, with further visitors attending to access some of our hosted services such as Riverside and OXPIP not being included in these figures. We’ve had further engagements at village events such as the Fete and the OPA Play Day. Overall this is a significant increase in reach compared to last year, and a trajectory that we very much expect to continue!

“I just want to reinforce how lost we'd be without The Berin Centre, that it makes up a massive part of our lives now, and I don't think anything else would quite so effectively fill that gap. So yeah, we're really grateful that it's here and really grateful to the staff for looking after us! There's always a smile and I kind of feel like whatever's going on we could just drop in and there'd be someone to help and make it better. It's just been so valuable to us.”

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Plans

Looking ahead to 2023-24, we don’t see our rate of development slowing down! There continue to be high levels of challenge and adversity facing the people of Berinsfield, and support is needed in response. In addition to this, there also continues to be a fantastic sense of local pride and enthusiasm which we’re keen to tap into and maximise the potential of.

Our forward plans reflect this - responding to need, and creating new opportunities for joy and growth in the community:

From April 2023 we plan to make a small increase to our Family Service team’s hours, and later in the year to introduce a new role of Early Years Assistant - these two changes will increase our capacity, enabling us to continue to run our full programme of groups and activities, but to also respond to the high level of need for more tailored 1-1 support. We will also be bringing some new services online, including an Outdoor Explorers group, an Antenatal programme, and a school readiness intensive for families accessing the Growing Minds project.

We’re in close talks with Citizens Advice, with an aim to bring their services directly to the village in the form of a weekly drop in at the centre. This should alleviate some of the pressure on our staff for 1-1 support for individuals and also build residents’ service support networks further.

With our Community Outreach Worker still being relatively new in post, she’ll be continuing to increase her own and the centre’s profile in the village and developing relationships, before sifting the challenges and opportunities she’s seeing in the area in order to identify the areas where we can add the greatest value and have the greatest potential impact. We aim to increasingly develop the independence of some of the adult groups we run, and provide support to enable them to transition to being self-run in future: empowering participants, whilst also freeing up some of the Outreach Worker’s time to pursue new initiatives.

We aim to continue to play an active role in the Berinsfield Garden Village development plans (a long-term plan to bring a large-scale housing development project to the village, with implications for local infrastructure and services), helping to ensure the survival and growth of community assets and facilities and to champion the cohesion of the village as a whole across the ‘old’ and ‘new’ site.

We’re soon to submit our planning application for the new Community Cafe building, and the remainder of the year will therefore focus on fundraising and carrying out further in-depth community consultation before building work begins.

Lastly, our improvements to our existing premises will continue, beginning with an accessibility survey, landscaping of the garden and removal of the high metal fences currently surrounding the site.

Whilst we’re clearly in a period of growth which brings excitement and stretch to the organisation, we very much also recognise the importance of ensuring our core team of staff, space and quality of service remain consistent and robust. We therefore want to recognise the dedication and passion of our small team in ensuring that local residents continue to receive the best services we’re able to provide, reliably and responsively, whenever they need them.

Financial Review

The trustees have engaged a qualified financial volunteer to assist the Director with the yearly accounts. They meet prior to all Board meetings or more frequently if required. Together with the Treasurer, they have produced an annual budget adopted by the full board.

Fundraising

The Charity’s income from donations is shown in the financial statements, which also describes the restricted purposes where applicable. The Trustees are extremely grateful to the donors who have shown such confidence in the Charity’s work. Their generosity continues to drive the Charity's work forward.

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The Berin Centre Year Ended 31 Illarch 2023 Reserve poll¢y The Trustees regularty review the Charitys financial posity)n, cash flow arKI spen(ling against the background of its budget and review it at our biwmonthty meets"ngs. The Charitys reserves policy is revithpd annually. The reserve poll(y ensures that the Charty has sufficient fuThJs to meet its commirments to staff and dients for 6 months ahead. Approved by the Board ofTrustees on 1 5th Decembw 2023 and 5igMJ on its behalfby. John Ta￿or-chaIr

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STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES' RESPONSIBILITIES

The trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). The law applicable to charities in England and Wales, the Charities Act 2011, Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008, require the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the charity’s financial activities during the year and its financial position at the end of the year.

In preparing those financial statements, the trustees are required to:

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with applicable law. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

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Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of the Berin Centre For the Year Ended 31 March 2023

I report to the Charity Trustees on my examination of the financial statements of The Berin Centre (the charity) for the year ended 31March 2023, which are set out on pages 11-20.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the trustees of the charity, you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the 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 matters have come to my attention which gives me cause to believe that in any material respect:

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 financial statements to be reached.

Date: 15[th] December 2023

Alison Pierazzini ACA White Rose Accountancy 10, Hatford Faringdon Oxfordshire SN7 8JF

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The Berin Centre Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 March 2023

Note
Income
Income and from:
Donations and legacies
2
Other
2
Total Income
Expenditure
Raising funds
3
Charitable activities
3
Other
3
Total Expenditure
Net (Expenditure)/Income
Transfer between funds
Net movement in funds
Reconciliation of
funds:
Total funds brought forward
10-11
Total funds carried forward
10-11		 Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Total
funds
Prior
year
funds
£
£
£
£
56,756
75,957
132,713
98,945
3,961
-
3,961
2,168
60,717
75,957
136,674
101,113
-
-
-
301
45,497
76,457
121,954
83,767
18,900
-
18,900
34,000
64,397
76,457
140,854
118,068
(3,680)
(500)
(4,180)
(16,955)
-
-
-
-
(3,680)
(500)
(4,180)
(16,955)
131,900
500
132,400
149,355
128,220
-
128,220
132,400

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The Berin Contre Notes to the Finan¢ial statéments for the Year Ended 31 March 2023 Unrestricted Restricted Totsl th18 Total la8t lunds funds year year Notes Fixed assets Tangibla assets Curr•nt assets Debtors Cash at bank and in hand Total current assets Creditors: amounts falling duo within one year 22,125 111,734 133,859 22,125 111,734 133,859 1,347 168,092 169,439 5,639 5,639 37,039 Net current assets 128.220 128,220 132,400 Total Net Assets Funds of the Charfty Restricted income funds Unrestricted funds Total funds 128.220 132,400 11 10 128220 128220 500 131,900 132 400 128,220 128 220 The financial ststements were approved arKI authorised for issue by the Board of Trustees on 15th December 2023. Signed on behalf of the board of Trustees by John Taylor Chair ot Trustees 12

The Berin Centre Notes to the Financial statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2023

1. Accounting policies

1.1 Charity information

The Berin Centre is a registered charity in the United Kingdom. It is structured as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation and in the event of the charity being dissolved the guarantee is limited to £1 per member of the charity. The principal address of the Charity is Wimblestraw Road, Berinsfield, Wallingford OX10 7LZ.

1.2 Accounting convention

The accounts (financial statements) have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value, and in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS102), Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities (Revised 2019) applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with FRS102 (‘Charities SORP (FRS102)’), and the Charities Act 2011.

The Charity meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the charity. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.

The charity has taken advantage of the exemption in Financial Reporting Standards from the requirement to prepare a cash flow statement on the grounds that it is a small charity.

The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.

1.3 Going concern

At the time of approving the financial statements, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, the trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.

1.4 Charitable funds

Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of their charitable objectives unless the funds have been designated for other purposes.

Restricted funds are subject to specific conditions by donors as to how they may be used.

1.5 Incoming resources

Income is recognised when the charity is legally entitled to it after any performance conditions have been met, the amounts can be measured reliably, and it is probable that income will be received.

Donations and grants are recognised once the charity has been notified of the donation unless performance conditions require deferral of the amount. Income tax recoverable in relation to donations received under Gift Aid or deeds of covenant is recognised at the time of the donation.

1.6 Resources Expended

Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis as a liability is incurred. Expenditure includes any VAT which cannot be recovered and is reported as part of the expenditure to which it relates.

Charitable expenditure comprises those costs incurred by the charity in the delivery of its activities and services to beneficiaries. It includes both costs that can be allocated directly to such activities and those costs of an indirect nature necessary to support them.

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1. Accounting policies(Continued)

1.7 Pension Costs

The Charity operates a defined contribution scheme for its employees. Contributions are expensed as they become payable .

1.8 Volunteers

The value of services provided by volunteers is not incorporated in these financial statements.

Further details of their contribution is set out in note 6 to these financial statements.

1.9 Taxation

The charity is an exempt charity within the meaning of schedule 3 of the Charities 2011 and therefore meets the criteria to be defined as a charity for corporation tax purposes.

1.10 Tangible fixed assets

Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.

Depreciation is provided on all tangible fixed assets at rates which are calculated to write off the cost, less estimated residual value (which is the expected amount that would currently be obtained from disposal of an asset) over its expected useful life as follows:

Fixtures, fittings and equipment 4 years straight line Plant and machinery 4 years straight line

1.11 Debtors

Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due. Accrued income and tax recoverable is included at the best estimate of the amounts receivable at the balance sheet date.

1.12 Cash and cash equivalent

Cash at bank and cash in hand includes cash and short term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar accou nt.

1.13 Creditors

Creditors are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due.

1.14 Financial instruments

The charity has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.

Financial instruments are recognised in the charity's balance sheet when the charity becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.

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Basic financial assets

Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.

Basic financial liabilities

Basic financial liabilities, including creditors are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of operations from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

1.15 Critical accounting estimates and judgements

Estimates and judgements are continually evaluated and are based on historical experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. The Charity makes estimates and assumptions concerning the future. The resulting accounting estimates and assumptions will, by definition, seldom equal the related actual results.

No judgements (apart from those involving estimates) have been made in the process of applying the above accounting policies.

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

2. Income

Donations and Legacies

Unrestricted Restricted Total Prior year
Income income Income Total
Unrestricted
£ £ £ £
Grants 56,756 75,957 132,713 98,945

Government Grants

Included in the above grant revenue are the following government grants:

South Oxfordshire District Council
Support for the upkeep of building and
garden
South Oxfordshire District Council
Community Outreach Worker
Oxfordshire County Council
For community garden		 This Year
Prior Year
Restricted
Total
£
£
15,242
1,000
13,555
-
1,000
500
29,797
1,500

Other Income

Other Income
Room rental income
Total		 Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
income
funds
Total
funds
Prior year
Unrestricted
£
£
£
£
3,961
-
3,961
2,168
3,961
-
3,961
2,168

3. Expenditure

Expenditure on raising funds
Expenditure on raising funds
This year
Last year
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Total
funds
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Total
funds
£
£
£
£
£
£

-
-
301
-
301

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

Expenditure on charitable activities

Salaries
Other costs		 Family Services
Community Projects
Total
Total
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
2023
2022
£
£
£
£
25,293
39,607
6,323
13,525
84,749
65,873
11,838
19,893
2,042
3432
37,205
17,894

37,131
59,500
8,365
16,956
121,954
**83,767 **

Included in the expenditure on charitable activities are:

Fees payable to the Independent Examiner

For examination of the accounts
Total		 This
year
Last
year
£
£
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000

Expenditure on other costs

Expenditure on other costs
Building refurbishment This Year
Last Year
£
£
18,900
34,000
18,900
34,000

Expenditure on other costs is unrestricted

4. Staff costs

Wages and salaries
Social Security costs
Employer’s contribution to defined
contribution pension scheme
Total		 This
year
Last
year
£
£
75,619
63,268
7,338
1,412
1,791
1,193
84,748
65,873

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

Staff Numbers

The average number of staff employed during the year was

Administration and service provision This Year
Last Year
Number
Number
3
3

No employee received total benefits (excluding employer pension contributions) of more than £60,000 during the year.

5.Trustees and Key Management Personnel

None of the trustees (or any persons connected with them) received any remuneration, benefits, or expenses from the charity during the year (2022: £Nil).

The key management personnel of the Charity comprise the trustees and the managing director. The total of employee benefits (including employer pension contributions) was £38,583 (2022 £34,275 )

6.Volunteers

The charity has 3volunteers who support the running of the community larder.

7. Tangible Fixed Assets

Cost or valuation


Cost
At the beginning of the year
At end of the year
Depreciation
At beginning of the year
At end of the year
Net book value at the beginning
of the year
Net book value at the end of
the year		 Plant and
Machinery
Fixtures, fittings
and equipment
Total
£
£
£
2,240
11,247
13,487
2,240
11,247
13,487
2,240
11,247
13,487
2,240
11,247
13,487
-
-
-
-
-
-

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

8. Debtors and Prepayments
Trade debtors
Other Debtors
Total		 This year
Last year
£
£
21,795
943
330
404
22,125
1,347

All current and prior year debtors were unrestricted.

9. Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

Trade Creditors
Accruals and deferred income
Other Tax and Social Security Costs
Total		 This year
Last year
£
£
1,686
-
2,087
35,434
1,866
1,605
5,639
37,039

All current and prior year creditors were unrestricted.

10. Unrestricted Funds

This year

General Fund
Designated Building Fund
Designated Growth Fund		 Balance at
1 April 2022
Income
Expenditure
Transfers
Balance at
31 March 2023
£
£
£
£
£
55,900
60,717
(45,497)
-
54,208
26,000
(18,900)
7,100
50,000
-
50,000
131,900
60,717
(64,397)
-
128,220

Last Year

General Fund
Designated Building Fund
Designated Growth Fund		 At1 April
2021
Income
Expenditure
Transfer
At 31 March
2022
£
£
£
£
£
89,355
74,927
(58,382)
(50,000)
55,900
60,000
-
(34,000)
-
26,000
-
-
-
50,000
50,000
149,355
74,927
(92,382)
-
131,900

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THE BERIN CENTRE

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

11. Restricted Funds

This year

his year
Oxon Community Foundation
Other restricted Funds		 Balance at
1 April 2022
Income
Expenditure
Transfers
Balance at
31 March 2023
£
£
£
£
£
-
33,142
(33,142)
-
-
500
43,315
(43,815)
-
500
76,457
(76,957)
-
-

Last Year

ast Year
Oxon Community Foundation
Other restricted Funds		 Balance at
1 April 2021
Income
Expenditure
Transfers
Balance at
31 March 2022
£
£
£
£
£
-
12,225
(12,225)
-
-
-
11,101
(10,601)
500
-
23,326
(22,826)
-
500

12.Analysis of Net Assets between Funds

Tangible Fixed Assets
Current Assets
Current Liabilities		 This Year
Last Year
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
£
£
£
£
£
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
133,859
-
133,859
168,939
500
169,439
(5,639)
-
(5,639)
(37,039)
-
(37,039)
128,220
-
128,220
131,900
500
132,400

13. Related party transactions

There were no disclosable related party transactions during the year (2022 - £NIL)

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