## **THE MATTHEW TRUST**
**ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED**
**31 MARCH 2021**
**Charity Commission registration 294966 Company Registration 1833275**
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## **THE MATTHEW TRUST**
## **LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION**
## **Trustees**
**Chairman**
**Board of Management**
## **Director**
**Charity Number**
**Company Number**
## **Registered Office**
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## **THE MATTHEW TRUST**
## **STATREMENT OF TRUSTEES' RESPONSIBILITIES**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021**
The trustees who are also the directors of The Matthew Trust for the purpose of com are responsible for preparing the Trustees Report and the financial statements in ac applicable law United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Ac Accounting Practice)
Company Law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financi give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming res application of resources, including the income and expenditure of the charitable com that year.
In preparing these financial statements , the trustees are required to :
select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently
observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP
make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent: and
prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropr presume that the charity will continue in operation.
The trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that disclose reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable the that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also re for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
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## **THE MATTHEW TRUST**
## **Trustees report (including Directors' Report) for the year ended 31**
The Matthew Trust was founded on 8th January 1976.
a) For the promotion of the spritual, mental, educational and material well-being of who are in need by reason of being
i. socially maladjusted or mentally distressed, in particular, but not exclusively, pati discharged patients of Special Hospitals or
ii. The victims of aggression
b) in bringing to the notice of the relevant authorities and the public in general, the such persons.
The Matthew Trust provides holistic help and support for:
- people of all ages and condition in our society, who have a mental health problem victims of domestic violence - mainly women
the mentally distressed in special hospitals and prisons and former patients now l community
## **Summary of Activities 2020/21**
Resources for the work of the trust came from other charities, donations and a lega resources were used to support people of all ages with mental health problems and of domestic violence and their immediate family members.
The director runs the trust from an office in her house with the help of a Client Care is a service user.
There are six trustees who with the Director comprise the Council of Management. from voluntary agencies, who have worked with the trust for over 35 years, continu us and bring clients to our notice.
Our grateful thanks go to all who support us in their different ways.
The Board of Management continues to review the major risks to which the charity Systems have been established and are regularly reviewed to mitigate these risks. Management have regard to the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit.
The Trustees report was aproved by the Board of Trustees
………………………………………………………………………………
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Reverend Gary Piper Chairman
Date ………………………………..
## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES THE MATTHEW TRUST**
I report on the accounts of The Matthew Tust for the year ended 31 March 2021 w the following pages.
## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner**
As the charity's trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. audit requirement of Section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 does not apply and Examination is needed. It is my responsibility to examine the Accounts under Se Act and to state, on the basis of procedures specified in the General Directions gi Commissioners under Section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act, whether particular matte attention.
## **Basis of examiner's report**
My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kep comparison of the accounts presented with these records. It also includes consid items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as truste such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that w audit and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the
## **Independent examiner's statement**
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
- 1 which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect t • to keep accounting records in accordance with Section 130 of the 2
- to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and • to comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act have
- 2 to which in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a pro of the accounts to be reached, or
- 3 which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect t rules of The Matthew Trust's constitution have not been met.
M R Henderson Chartered Accountant London September 2021
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## **THE MATTHEW TRUST**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES for the 12 months ended 31 March 2021**
|**Income from:**
Grants and donations
Legacy
Interest receivable
**Resources expended**
Charitable expenditure
Governance Costs
**Total expenditure**
Net income/(expenditure)
Funds brought forward
Transfers
**Funds carried forward**
**Total income for charitable**
**application**|**2021**
2020
**Unrestricted Restricted**
**Total**
Unrestricted
**Funds**
**Funds**
Funds
**£**
**£**
**£**
£
11,244
9,319
20,563
8,300
17,500
17,500
159
2,273
2,432
175|
|---|---|
||28,903
11,592
40,495
8,475|
||27,689
7,856
35,545
30,604
6,420
6,420
8,076|
||**34,109**
**7,856**
**41,965**
**38,680**|
||(5,206)
3,736
(1,470)
(30,205)
(21,131)
158,981
137,850
9,074|
||33,000
(33,000)
**6,663**
**129,717**
**136,380**
**(21,131)**|
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## **THE MATTHEW TRUST**
## **BALANCE SHEET at 31 March 2021**
|**2021**
Note
**£**
**Fixed Assets**
Tangible Assets
7
**Current Assets**
Cash at bank
Less: Creditors
Amount falling due within one yea
6
Net Current Assets
**Total Funds**
**Represented by:**
Unrestricted Funds:
Restricted Funds
4
TOTAL FUNDS|
**£**
0
138,599
2,219|
|---|---|
||136,380
**136,380**|
||6,663
129,717|
||**136,380**|
For the year ending 31 March 2021 the company was entitled to exemption from audit unde 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
## Directors' responsibilities:
The members have not requested the company to obtain an audit of its accounts in accorda section 476 and
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The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
These accounts have been prepard in accordance with the provisions applicable to compani to the small companies regime,
Approved by …………………………………………….. on behalf of the Board of Management Reverend Gary Piper - Chairman
Date..............................................
## **THE MATTHEW TRUST**
## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS for the 12 months ended 31 March 2021**
## **1. Accounting Policies**
The accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance w applicable accounting standards and also comply with the Statements of Recommended Pra Accounting and reporting by Charities.
Depreciation Policy: Tangible fixed assets are at cost less depreciation to write them off over expected useful life. All assets are now fully depreciated.
## **2. Trustees**
No remuneration was paid to any trustee.
## **3. Staff Costs**
The charity has two part time staff.
## **4. Restricted Funds:**
|**4. Restricted Funds:**
Client Care Fund
Other Funds
**5.Resources Expended**
Direct Expenditure
Staf Costs
Ofce Costs (Governance)
Depreciation (Governance)
Accountancy (Governance)|**Brought**
**Receipts**
**Forward**
**£**
**£**
46,598
9,319
112,383
2,273|**Payments/**
**Transfers**
**£**
7,856
33,000|
|---|---|---|
||**158,981**
**11,592**|
**40,856**|
||**2021**
7,855
27,690
5,790
30
600
**41,965**
**2021**|**2020**
8,840
29,524
6,575
10
1,500|
|||**46,449**|
|||**2020**|
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## **6. Creditors**
|**6. Creditors**|||
|---|---|---|
|Sundry creditors and accuals
**7.Tangible Fixed Assets**
Furniture and Equipment
Cost
Depreciation
Net|**£**
2,219
**2,219**
17,114
17,114
**0**|**£**
2,833|
|||**2,833**|
|||17,114|
|||17,084|
|||**30**|
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Reverend Gary Piper
Patricia Still Susan Pearson Richard Wormell Tania Butler Priscilla Ladha
Annabel Thompson
294966
1833275
PO Box 604 60 Beltran Road London SW6 3AJ
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|Restricted|Total|
|---|---|
|Funds||
|£|£|
|8,367|16,667|
|2,980|3,155|
|11,347|19,822|
|7,769|38,373|
|---|---|
||8,076|
|**7,769**|**46,449**|
|3,578|(26,627)|
|155,403|164,477|
|**158,981**|**137,850**|
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## **2020**
## **£**
30 140,653
140,653
2,833
137,820
**137,850**
(21,131)
158,981
## **137,850**
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**Carried Forward £** 48,061 81,656 **129,717**
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