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2024-03-31-accounts

Company number: 02119687

PETERBOROUGH COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE

(A company limited by guarantee)

CHARITY COMMISSION REGISTERED NO. 299823

ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 March 2024

PETERBOROUGH COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE

Annual Report and Financial Statements

for the year ended 31 March 2024

Contents

Company information 1
Report of the Board of Trustees 2 - 18
Independent Auditors Report 19 - 22
Statement of Financial Activities 23
Statement of Financial Position 24
Statement of Cash Flows 25
Notes to the Financial Statements 26 - 40

PETERBOROUGH COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE

Company number: 02119687 Charity number: 299823

Charity information

Board of Trustees / Company Directors

J Jelley M Thompson R Joshi S Walsh S Keogh A Blake K Sheraton E Woods - appointed 13 July 2023 R Nicholls - appointed 27 September 2023 H Lakhanpaul - resigned 27 November 2023

Chief Executive

K McVeigh - appointed 7 August 2024 J Jelley - acting interim - appointed 28 January 2024 to 7 August 2024 C Alexander - resigned 28 January 2024

Company Secretary

K McVeigh - appointed 1 August 2024

Registered office

Allia Future Business Centre London Road Peterborough PE2 8AN

Auditors

Fisher & Co Accountancy Limited Office 5B Block 2 Barrowby Barns

Northgate West Pinchbeck Lincolnshire PE11 3TB

Bankers

RBS Cathedral Square Peterborough Cambridgeshire PE1 1XH COIF Charities Deposit Fund 80 Cheapside London EC2V 6DZ

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About Peterborough CVS

Peterborough Council for Voluntary Service (PCVS) is the Local Infrastructure Organisation (LIO) for Peterborough. It was registered as a charity and company limited by guarantee in June 1980, its governing document being the Memorandum and Articles of Association. (Charity Number 299823; Company Number 02119687).

PCVS as an LIO aims to deliver against four key pillars of infrastructure as identified by NAVCA, one of our national bodies, as follows:

  1. Leadership and advocacy

  2. Partnerships and collaboration

  3. Capacity building

  4. Volunteering

We have recently updated our strategy with the aim of a renewed focus on our objectives as an infrastructure organisation. We aim to:

  1. Provide specialist expertise, information and support, develop the skills local people need to run successful organisations and help groups find and make effective use of resources

  2. Strengthen our relationships, building knowledge and understanding within the VCSE and beyond (statutory sector and businesses) through jointly developing a new partnership model to enhance focus on delivering collectively to meet need

  3. Tackle health inequalities by brokering financial support and empowering VCSE organisations to deliver on the health agenda

  4. Raise the profile and presence of volunteering in Peterborough providing information, training and guidance to organisations with volunteers and raise awareness of the benefits of volunteering and opportunities to the wider public

  5. Be a voice for the VCSE/CVS in Peterborough elevating status as an equal partner through publicising more widely how it is meeting identified needs and collate and measure more broadly across the sector to demonstrate impact

  6. Provide direct services (brokerage) to meet identified needs where there is no local VCSE organisation to do so

Public Benefit

The Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector plays an important role within Peterborough, fulfilling a wide range of needs and wants for its diverse communities. The benefits that emerge from a vibrant sector lifts Peterborough into a better place to live and work, generating positives for the city by providing services and assistance to those in need, developing a strong volunteering culture, a way for people to become involved in their communities or simply leisure opportunities.

PCVS has a pivotal role to play in the development and sustainability of the sector and the shaping of opportunities as the public service delivery landscape goes through the seismic change now underway coupled with the challenges of the cost of living crisis and recovery from the Covid pandemic.

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In carrying out their duties the Trustees have regard to the public benefit guidance by the Charity Commission. The Trustees note that the charitable activities focus on the development of community groups and organisations and volunteering. The work that the charity undertakes plays an important role in creating more sustainable, resilient communities. Reviews are carried out during the financial year and how our activities deliver public benefit can be seen on pages 5 to 18.

PCVS believes that active change can only occur through a combination of raising awareness, enhancing knowledge and encouraging people to take action with a particular emphasis on involving those who are seldom heard and excluded from positive participation in their communities. This commitment is demonstrated through the delivery of our projects and services, which all work for the benefit of Peterborough’s communities.

Structure, Governance and Management

The PCVS Trustee Board oversees the activities, policies and legal requirements of the organisation but devolves operational management to the Chief Executive Officer. In addition, the charity has a number of key personnel responsible for project management and specific skills such as finance, equal opportunities and child and vulnerable adult protection.

Appointment of Trustees

As set out in the Articles of Association the majority of the Trustees shall always be members or representatives of PCVS.

Nominations for Trustees from the membership of PCVS are made in writing and should be in the hands of the Company Secretary (role currently held by CEO) at least fourteen days before the Annual General Meeting. Should nominations exceed vacancies, election will be by ballot. Trustees will be appointed from a diverse section of the affiliated membership of PCVS and the wider community.

The Trustee Board includes a Chairperson and one or two Vice Chairpersons. There will be a minimum of three with no maximum number of Trustee Board members at any one time. Trustee Board members will be nominated and accepted onto the Board at the Annual General Meeting.

Trustees’ Induction and Training

All Trustees receive induction training which covers the legal obligations of the charity and its Trustees, alongside an overview of the work of the organisation and its projects. In addition, the induction period will address Board and committee structures, financial performance and strategic planning. Regular updates of the project work and developments of the charity are available at every meeting through the Chief Executive Officer or invited project staff.

Organisation

The Trustees meet quarterly either in person at the registered office address or online in accordance with Board members availability. The Chief Executive Officer is appointed by the Trustees to manage the day to day operations of the charity. To facilitate effective operations, the Chief Executive Officer has delegated authority, within terms of delegation approved by the Trustees, for operational matters including finance, employment and project development.

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Related parties

The charity works closely with many member organisations to provide and receive specialist advice and guidance by providing a comprehensive infrastructure support package. Other partnership working includes many statutory organisations including Peterborough City Council, Peterborough & Cambridgeshire Integrated Care Board (ICB), local colleges and universities as well as a wide range of other civic, corporate and charitable stakeholders.

Members

The power of admitting member groups to the PCVS network shall be vested in the Trustees. The powers shall be exercised by the Trustees in accordance with any regulations or directions issued and subject to any restrictions or conditions imposed as regards any particular class or section of a class of members or otherwise by PCVS in the General Meeting.

Once a group has been accepted by the Trustees as a member of PCVS they will be adopted as an official member at the next Annual General Meeting. Any challenge to a group being adopted as a member will be noted and investigated as appropriate, with the Trustees’ decision being final.

Groups or persons eligible for membership of PCVS are voluntary and community organisations with options for affiliated memberships for statutory and corporate bodies operating in the area of public benefit, pursuing any of the said purposes and/or committed to supporting Peterborough communities.

Risk Management

The Trustees regularly review risks by:

This work has identified the key risks to the organisation and it has resulted in improved strategies and contingency plans to reduce the risks and has given the impetus for better planning. A key element in the management of financial risks is the setting of a reserves policy and its regular review by Trustees – see below.

Reserves Policy

Reserves are that part of PCVS’s unrestricted funds that is freely available to spend on any of the charity’s purposes. This excludes restricted income funds and endowment funds. Reserves will also normally exclude tangible fixed assets such as land, buildings and other assets held for the charity’s use. It also excludes amounts designated for essential future spending.

Reserves also exclude funds which have particular restrictions on how they can be used. PCVS’s Trustees will consider for what purpose restricted funds are held and how they are being used in order to identify those resources that are freely available to spend. The Trustees understand that the funds a charity keeps in reserve can strengthen the charity’s resilience against short term drops in income or the demands of a new project.

PCVS Trustees have agreed that the sum set aside for reserves will be based on the following:

Closure costs which are calculated on a quarterly basis; these are the minimum reserves to be retained to ensure the sustainability of the organisation. At 31 March 2024 income and expenditure levels, this equates to a value of £135,000. If reserves were to fall below this value, then an emergency Board meeting would be called.

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PCVS define the following items within closure costs:

Redundancy – Rent – Services – Utilities – Telephone – Equipment - Staff & Volunteers Expenses - Accounting Fees

Any unrestricted funds identified over and above the minimum reserves threshold would need a business case and proposal to be released for investment. The Chief Executive Officer has the authorisation of the trustees to use a maximum of £10,000 for on the ground development, all other requests need to be approved via a business case at a Trustee Board Meeting and be in line with the organisation’s objectives as detailed in the Articles of Association.

Health and Safety

Health and Safety is assessed by an external specialist to ensure PCVS is complaint with all legislation and is operating in a safe manner on a day to day basis. Health and Safety is covered during staff induction with further training as appropriate. In accordance with our Safeguarding Policy, all staff working directly with vulnerable adults and/or children and young people have an Enhanced DBS check and are recruited through safer recruitment practices.

Objectives and Activities

The objectives of the charity as set out in the Articles of Association are:

PCVS has six strategic aims as identified above.

PCVS carries these out by:

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Activites and Achievements

Our main activities and the impact of these, are outlined within the following information which provides highlights and specific examples of successful delivery achieved across 2023/24.

Our operational structure is based upon the projects and services we provide at PCVS and is reported under these headings as shown below with our communications work acting as cross cutting support throughout the organisation:

All our charitable activities are undertaken to further our charitable purposes for the public benefit.

Communications

It has been another busy year as we developed our communications work to reflect the changing approaches within wider society whilst ensuring that we act in an inclusive manner recognising digital poverty and other barriers to access.

With our Communications Lead moving onto a new opportunity we took the opportunity to review our communications work and have implemented new approaches including an upgraded monthly newsletter with an easily accessible format that is distributed to over 400 individuals representing a wide range of local community organisations that span the sector.

Our use of social media has been expanded although we are aware there are many more opportunities to further develop this area or work and have created blogs and videos to promote and celebrate the achievements of our projects.

We are currently working with designers and members to build a new interactive website that will offer so much more for all visitors and users of our services with an aim of a soft launch in the autumn of 2024.

Community Development

PCVS continues to operate in a very challenging environment with many organisations across the VCSE feeling overwhelmed by the conflicts of huge need against decreasing funding. Following on from the pandemic, the cost-of-living crisis has had an extremely negative impact on both the sector and the communities we serve. This impact manifests in many ways, with health inequalities widening and the inevitable consequential impact on vulnerable individuals and groups across the locality. In research recently undertaken, Peterborough is ranked 307th out of 307 locations for health in statistics related to the health of its population.

Much of our work focuses on mitigating the effects of poverty whilst highlighting the structural inequalities that impact on communities and individuals’ lives.

We thank the National Lottery Community Fund for funding our VCS Recovery Project which has helped us to lessen some of the ongoing joint effects of the Covid pandemic and cost of living crisis by enabling groups to build sustainability and maintain high quality professional practice whilst tackling the everyday challenges they face.

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VCS Recovery Project

The VCS Recovery project is funded by the National Lottery Community Fund and has two main strands; one working with organisations; referred to as ‘Forums’ work, and the other empowering individuals drawn together to tackle self-identified issues with civic and business partners; ‘Poverty Truth Commission’. Each strand of work coalesces around key themes that have been identified in partnership with the local communities.

The Poverty Truth Commission brings together individuals with lived experience of poverty with those in positions of power locally to collectively rethink problems and find new, creative solutions.

Forums work brings together those working in VCS on themes of disability, domestic abuse, food poverty, health and wellbeing, women, and is underpinned by work supporting organisations collective futures.

Poverty Truth Commission

The Peterborough Poverty Truth Commission (PTC) commenced in January 2023 and is now in the second year of a two-year programme. As an evidenced based project, it is rooted in a clear process which embraces a relational approach, where people’s stories of lived experience of poverty is central to the driver for change.

Year One focused on encouraging people from our communities to form a ‘Community Commission’ with the aim of enabling them to share their stories and to form a strong, cohesive group who could work together to have their voices heard to ultimately affect practical change. Alongside this, a ‘Civic Commissioning Group’ was developed, involving people working at a senior level who represented key local organisations and services that work with those in the community who are the most vulnerable to disadvantage and have the least power to have their voices heard by decision makers.

This approach has been extremely successful and we are very pleased that we now have nearly 30 actively engaged Civic Commissioners participating in the project work. Our PTC launch took place in November 2023 with a separate People’s (rehearsal) launch where over 90 people attended with an incredibly positive approach to working together to progress the projects aims.

We are now into Year Two of the project with two full Peterborough Poverty Truth Commission meetings with high attendance and excellent participation. For our Civic Commissioners, the relational approach appears to offer a welcome change from traditional long, structured meetings. Our ‘Community Empowerers’ (their chosen name), are now working together with the Civic Commissioners in an egalitarian way, building relationships and forming connections.

Together the PTC is working towards realistic and pragmatic local priorities that can be achieved within the allocated time frame. With an ‘acorn to tree’ approach, we are looking forward to understanding more about what these might be. To ensure that all stakeholders are kept involved and up to date, we produce quarterly newsletters and engage with participants on a regular basis.

“I just want to say thank you for everything you both have done for me. I have grown so much over the last year. I know a lot of this has been through my own determination, but I also know you both and the empowers had a big part to play in supporting me to where I am today.”

"Thank you for letting me tell my story after 20 years and good to tell people what pain and heartache I had keep hold of long time. You and Cheryl so kind and caring and support me. I don’t like crowds when I’m on stage as I panic. But am proud they all listen to my story."

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Forums

We facilitate forums for the VCSE in Peterborough on themes which are recognised high level challenges within the city. The overarching aims are to; foster collaboration, maximise resources and find creative solutions to common problems.

There are five current themes being addressed by the Forums which are outlined below:

Disability Forum:

This Forum has 32 members representing 29 different organisations.

The group met bi-monthly during the past year and have been very active in bringing key stakeholders together to discuss a range of issues including accessibility and hydrotherapy services. They have worked together to develop content for an exhibition with videos demonstrating what has changed over the last 50 years, including key events, changes in society and exploring how language and perceptions of disability have evolved over time.

We have also been working with local arts organisation, Peterborough Presents, to promote the need for full accessibility to VCSE organised activities and the venues they use. This aims to enrich the lives of disabled and neurodivergent people by enabling them to participate in more community activities and will be built upon across the upcoming period.

Other ongoing project work involves encouraging local people to participate in public consultations including Personal Independence Payments (PIP) reforms and the Peterborough Station quarter redevelopment to ensure that accessibility needs are taken into account and disabled people’s voices heard.

Domestic Abuse Forum:

This Forum has 36 members representing 26 different organisations.

Meeting quarterly, the forum brought together organisations who provide direct support for survivors of domestic abuse helping them to navigate the challenges of their situation in the manner most appropriate for them. Awareness raising and educative prevention activities alongside peer support and collaborative working aims to maximise opportunities for training, shared learning and best practice, and seeks to find solutions that will aid DA survivors, notably those who have no recourse to public funds.

Food Poverty Forum:

This Forum has 41 members representing 31 different organisations.

Meeting on a bi-monthly basis the group completed a mapping exercise to identify and collate information about the food providers in and around the city. This has been particularly helpful for referral agencies who are now able to quickly source appropriate emergency support for those in need. The forum members also participated in a food exhibition at the city museum and continue to raise food poverty awareness with local stakeholders.

The group has delivered training for frontline staff and volunteers focusing on managing conflict and the challenging situations which have been increasing at many of the emergency food providers venues. It is recognised that this is partly due to mental health issues exacerbated by increased numbers of people living in poverty contrasted by the decreased sources and donations of food to supply the demand. The forum members have agreed to support the city’s ‘Sustainable Food Places’ application.

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Activity to sustain the work and impact of the forum is ongoing with discussions focusing on bringing groups and organisations together to explore how income streams can be diversified in order to gain alternative funding should the Household Support Fund be discontinued.

Health and Wellbeing Forum:

This Forum has 36 members representing 32 different organisations.

Meeting quarterly during the year the group worked to build a shared understanding of the Integrated Care System (ICS), it’s strategies, structures and functions.

The Forum was well placed to publicise and encourage applications from the VCSE to various health and wellbeing funds associated with the ICS including 2 rounds of Healthier Futures funding, and a Community Wellness Fund administered by PCVS’ health team. The raised profile of health as a driver in the VCSE sector has enabled the amplification of Health and Wellbeing Forum agendas to the wider sector most notably through our Future Forum.

Future Forum:

This Forum brings together all member organisations to discuss cross cutting issues that are impacting negatively across our communities. There are 83 different local organisations represented.

A common theme dominating discussions has been the challenges that are faced by the VCSE in Peterborough in the current social and economic climate, therefore the focus included support for organisations to be more analytical in how they present their work using available inequalities data when business planning and applying for service funding.

Attendances by the Director for Adult Services at Peterborough City Council and other partners have aided forum members understanding of the health inequalities agenda and how their organisations can work collaboratively to unlock associated funding.

During the reporting period the project:

Health & Wellbeing Projects

‘Joy App’ – Health Integration Project:

The Joy App commenced in November 2023 and is funded by the Integrated Care Board (ICB) via Peterborough City Council. The platform acts as an NHS referral and signposting tool that enables health and social care professionals to link clients to local services and demonstrate outcomes whilst also being accessible to those independently seeking local support services.

The project aims to raise awareness amongst VCSE organisations and make JOY a well-known brand within organisations and communities, specifically seeking to increase access, visibility and uptake of use of the app. This work includes delivering digital literacy training sessions to ensure that it can be easily accessed by all.

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Excellent progress has been made in mapping exercises, community engagement and training with very positive feedback from all involved. Outreach has included numerous community events and training sessions reaching over 200 people.

Evelyn Trust:

This work piloted a combined funding and training concept aimed at developing small organisations and projects to build robust systems of planning and evaluation alongside a supportive network which can encourage and build micro-investment. The project concluded at the end of the financial year having successfully supported a wide range of community organisations by offering up to £4000 each to 16 groups over the preceding two years. This project was very positively received and has involved huge amounts of shared learning which will be built on in the upcoming period through other complementary delivery work with the local VCSE.

Community Wellness Fund:

ICB funding to Peterborough City Council enabled a partnership approach between PCVS and the council to develop a Community Wellness Fund.

The investment was particularly targeted at Peterborough’s most vulnerable and deprived communities, both geographically and interest based. The activities and events delivered through the project funding were very well received by all stakeholders involved which helped to maximise participation, improve people’s physical activity levels, decrease mental ill health and reduce loneliness and isolation.

This fund provided approximately £130,000 worth of funding to 15 community organisations investing in community based initiatives to support preventative health and wellbeing activity.

REND:

The REND project is a health research project funded by the ICB as part of a wider national NHS England research strategy to make research more inclusive for all.

Two mapping exercises for Phase 1 of the REND project focused on identifying and collating organisations under the VCFSE umbrella throughout Peterborough as well as the health inequalities research initiatives already happening in and around the city. These built a picture that VCFSE organisations could collaborate with the ICB and NIHR on research engagement and the promotion of health research. The second mapping exercise was undertaken to prevent duplication of health research work and to push for innovative research into areas that had not yet been researched or were under-researched.

The creation of the Inequalities Research Network (IRN) bringing together GPs working in highly deprived areas, researchers, and medical professionals from hospitals, councils and other bodies (e.g. Healthwatch) was an exciting move and the facilitation role undertaken by PCVS’ has helped to minimise the challenges and embed the VCSE as a key broker in building relationships between communities and health.

The IRN provided good opportunities to develop community engagement events around certain health/disease issues and identify barriers to access for healthcare services whilst acting as a vehicle to reduce the barriers for communities to engage in research that could have defined actions and outcomes. A successful example of this approach was seen at a health research engagement event focusing on language and literacy barriers for specific communities when accessing healthcare services.

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Across the period there was much shared learning between partners with increased understanding of both the different research methodologies that can be employed and the power that this can have to impact real change for communities.

Research Ready ‘Community Champions’ were offered support to develop their skills and knowledge and were ready to go from September 2023. These roles were inspired by work already completed by the NIHR to make communities ‘research ready’ since 2021 via the Research Ready Communities programme.

The Community Health Research Champions received wide spread recognition for their participation and achievements. Learning was shared with community representatives and the members of the ICB with relationships and networks continuing to be built throughout the upcoming period with much potential for practical research delivery.

Feedback comments from those involved included:

“I valued evidenced based care and treatment and this is only possible by research. The Nepalese community is underrepresented within health research, therefore participation is important to get a tailored approach to services”

“The Chinese community are seldom seen or heard and they need to take part in research as our bodies are likely to be different form different ethnicity backgrounds due to our genes or diet.”

“I got involved in becoming a Community Research Champion as I’ve grown to realise there is a lack in the health and social living of people with colour. I am aware of the gross misrepresentation and understanding of their health and social issues”

Social Prescribing Project

Our Social Prescribing project focusses on population health management and high intensity users in collaboration with new GP trainees at the Thistlemoor Practice. Over the last year our Social Prescriber, Gina, achieved the following:

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Projects that were led by Gina achieved the following awards in recognition of her significant achievements:

Volunteer Centre

Volunteering comes in many shapes and forms ranging from long term relationships to micro or one-off voluntary activities. For those individuals involved, it can be an expression of a personal passion for a cause, a desire to fill a gap in services that people are experiencing and/or as a way of living the change you want to see in the world. In addition, volunteering can be a route to job readiness providing a taster of possible careers, as well as building skills and experience to enhance CV's, gaining references and establishing new support networks.

PCVS runs ‘Peterborough's Volunteer Centre’ which this year has been enhanced by our adoption of the online volunteering portal ‘Go-VIP’ which was launched in October 2023. Funding for this platform was secured by close partnership working with colleagues at neighbouring infrastructure organisations in Cambridge and Huntingdon, and was underpinned by our principles of equalising opportunities for all to volunteer in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

Development work has taken place on our website and Facebook page to ensure that there are easy routes to apply for volunteering opportunities.

We have continued to experience growth in volunteering as we recover from the pandemic and associated demographic changes to those who are available to volunteer. We are extremely pleased to see a significant increase in volunteering enquiries and with a new Volunteer Manager in post supported by our own wonderful PCVS volunteer, Jackie, we anticipate this upwards trend to continue.

Potential volunteers now have the opportunity to meet with the Volunteer Manager or the Project Volunteer to receive individualised support in finding and applying for appropriate opportunities.

By end of the reporting period:

Other activities included:

Feedback from both organisations and individuals was very positive with comments including:

“What would I do without you? I had a page of a pad full of people that could help us that I got from the internet and you are the only person that got back to us. Thank you so much”

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“It was our pleasure supporting Sacrewell Farm. We all had a fantastic 2 days digging and building, really worthwhile work. Thank you for supporting us”

“We have added some of our roles to Go-ViP and recruited some new volunteers through it. We really like the way the platform looks!”

Infrastructure Support and Training

PCVS acts as a key partner in infrastructure support for the VCSE sector and takes the lead on the development and delivery of this work across Peterborough. Funded through a combination of income streams this support is even more vital in the current climate for both member organisations and those seeking to join the PCVS family, helping them to grow and become sustainable – to thrive and not simply survive.

Individual one-to-one training, coaching and support has been provided across themes including:

Guest speakers from partnership organisations have provided bite side training sessions on diversification of income, bookkeeping and making successful funding applications. Monthly networking and training events began January 2024 and have been well attended with much positive feedback from participants. Evaluation exercises with those who’ve received this support from PCVS has indicated that the combination of 1-2-1 and group sessions works well and it is intended to continue this complementary approach.

Wider project work has involved working with those wishing to start or further develop social enterprises across Peterborough with an aim to promote entrepreneurship and build business skills that will ultimately benefit local communities.

During the reporting period there were:

Thanks to collaboration with our neighbouring infrastructure organisations, we were pleased to secure additional investment to support infrastructure training and development for the sector in Peterborough including promoting the Cambridgeshire-wide Voluntary Sector Network (formerly called the Health Alliance). This additional capacity is welcomed within PCVS and our partners and will support further growth in our infrastructure support throughout 2024-25.

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Building Better Opportunities - eMploY-ABILITY

PCVS are proud to have been the eMploY-ABILITY Programme Lead on behalf of Communities East (the working name for Peterborough Plus and grant holder for Building Better Opportunities), which after seven years concluded in this period. BBO is a project tackling poverty and promoting social inclusion in Peterborough, Kings Lynn, West Norfolk and Fenland. It is funded by The National Lottery Community Fund and the European Social Fund.

Working with Communities East members and delivery partners; CP Learning Trust, Ferry Project, YMCA Trinity and Peterborough Regional College, we built great working partnerships and together delivered fantastic results. The programme focused on support for those furthest from the labour market on a journey to employment, training, education or active job seeking.

Direct Payment Support Service (Personalised Care Support Service)

The service is currently supporting 711 clients across Greater Peterborough:

Direct Payments cover all age groups and all disabilities as can be viewed in the following breakdowns:

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The support service covers Peterborough City Council Direct Payments, NHS Personal Health Budgets, individuals who are funding their own care we also support 1 client who lives in Peterborough, yet funded by Nottingham Council.

Managed Services and Direct Payment Payroll

Adults who PCVS receive funding from Peterborough Council to pay for their care packages: 512 Parents of disabled children who PCVS receive funding from Peterborough Children’s Services: 61 Adults with complex needs who PCVS receive funding from the NHS for a Personal Health Budget: 27

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On average, per month the Managed Service team process over 850 payments on behalf of service users as follows:

Individual PAYE employee payments: 295 Invoices from providers and Self-employed PA’s: 521 NEST payments for workplace pensions: 61

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They also process over 900 individual amounts of income from various streams. Care Package funding from Peterborough City Council: 474 Care Package funding from Personal Health Budgets: 27 Care Package funding from Peterborough Children’s Services: 46 Contributions from Service Users: 355

Direct Payment Payroll – current number 204 clients for who PCVS process monthly wages

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PA Register

Our PA (Personal Assistant) Register lead is actively recruiting to the register. There are currently have over 93 active PA’s on the register. We provide support to PA’s, this includes:

There are currently have over 93 active Personal Assistants on the register.

Feedback comments from Service Users

“Gill, firstly we would like to thank you from the bottom of our hearts because if it wasn’t for your helpful advice then the financial assessment team would never have made (clients name) contribution to zero”

“Just wanted to say thanks again to you and all PCVS team for all your support in the last few years. Linda, you have been amazing and I don’t know how Dad and myself would have managed without your continuous support. Please pass my thanks to everyone”

“I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your great help you are giving us, and I hope that you will keep helping us in the future from the bottom of our hearts we need people like you, god bless you all at PCVS”

“Thank you and everyone at PCVS for all your support. You have been amazing. I don't know what I would have done without you.”

“Although the service user’s family have decided to remain with the current provider l would like to commend and applaud the great team at PCVS. It is people like Chris and Shabana that go above and beyond. They showed great empathy and understanding of the situation and were willing to help and advise. My experience with the PCVS has made me feel like there are people available to support and act promptly. I cannot express in words the gratitude that l have. Keep up the good work and once again thank you. “

Looking Ahead

During 2023/24 Peterborough Council for Voluntary Service (PCVS) saw many changes with a number of key team members moving onto other opportunities and several successful projects coming to an end of grant funding. We thank all those colleagues who have been valued members of the team, whether their stay with PCVS was short or long term, all their contributions are recognised and appreciated.

Similarly to many of our colleagues across the local VCSE, PCVS has found it challenging to operate effectively within the current economic and social climate, where the needs of our communities are outstripping the funding available to ourselves and those community member organisations we support. Our delivery work as outlined above, has helped us to deepen our understanding of the needs of our communities and we have been pleased to share this learning with partners enabling a greater collaborative approach to problem solving and strategic planning across Peterborough.

With a new strategy and recruitment of a new CEO in position, PCVS is looking forward to developing a longterm plan and clear direction of travel by working closely with stakeholders to ensure there is a focus on what support our membership organisations need most in the current climate. Partnership working across the voluntary, public and private sectors, both with those within Peterborough and those from the wider county/region, is key to any future success and we look forward to developing deeper and more sustainable relationships with our stakeholders.

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PETERBOROUGH COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE

Report of the Board of Trustees

for the year ended 31 March 2024

By bringing the core functions of infrastructure support; Leadership & Advocacy, Partnerships and Collaborations, Capacity Building and Volunteering, to the forefront of our Membership Offer, we will aim to ensure that the voice and contributions of the Peterborough’s VCSE are heard and valued across the sector and beyond. Together with our partners and stakeholders, PCVS will work hard to provide the support that is vitally needed by our members, helping them to build long term resilience and thrive today and in the future.

Statement of Trustees Responsibilities

The trustees (who are also directors of Peterborough Council for Voluntary Services for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under company law the trustees must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:

The trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

The trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the charitable company’s website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of the financial statements and other information included in annual reports may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

Disclosure of information to the auditors

We, the trustees of the company who held office at the date of approval of these Financial Statements as set out above each confirm, so far as we are aware, that:

On behalf of the Board

................................................................ Mr J Jelley (Chair) Date: 14 November 2024

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Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of

PETERBOROUGH COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE

for the year ended 31 March 2024

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Peterborough Council for Voluntary Service (the 'charitable company') for the year ended 31 March 2024 which comprise of the Statement of Financial Activities, the Statement of Financial Position, the Statement of Cash Flows and notes to the financial statements, including significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion the financial statements:

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the auditor responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charitable company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees’ use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information

The other information comprises the information included in the Report of the Board of Trustees, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. The trustees are responsible for the other information contained within the Report of the Board of Trustees. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the course of the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.

We have nothing to report in this regard.

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Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of

PETERBOROUGH COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE

for the year ended 31 March 2024

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the charitable company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Report of the Board of Trustees.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

Responsibilities of trustees

As explained more fully in the Trustees' Responsibilities Statement set out on page 18, the trustees (who are also the directors of the charitable company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view and for such internal control as the trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the charitable company’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidate the charitable company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below.

Our approach and systems to detect and assess the risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations include the following steps and procedures:

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Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of

PETERBOROUGH COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE

for the year ended 31 March 2024

We have assessed the susceptibility of the charitable company's financial statements to material misstatement from irregularities, including fraud, by:

We have addressed the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, by:

We have addressed the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with the relevant laws and regulations by performing the following procedures, but not limited to:

Because of the inherent limitations of an audit described above, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. This risk increases the more that compliance with a law or regulation is removed from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, as we will be less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance. The risk is also greater regarding irregularities occurring due to fraud rather than error, as fraud involves intentional concealment, forgery, collusion, omission or misrepresentation.

As part of an audit in accordance with ISAs (UK), we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional scepticism throughout the audit. We also:

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Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of

PETERBOROUGH COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE

for the year ended 31 March 2024

We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.

Use of our report

This report is made solely to the charitable company’s members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charitable company’s members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor’s report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charitable company and the charitable company’s members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Rebecca Decamps (Senior Statutory Auditor) For and on behalf of Fisher & Co Accountancy Limited, Statutory Auditor Office 5B Block 2 Barrowby Barns Northgate West Pinchbeck Spalding Lincolnshire PE11 3TB

Date: 24 November 2024

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PETERBOROUGH COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE

Statement of Financial Activities (Including Income and Expenditure Account)

for the year ended 31 March 2024

Notes
Income from:
Charitable activities:
Grants receivable
2
Donations
Management fees
Other trading activities
3
Investments - interest receivable
Other income
4
Total income
Expenditure on:
Charitable activities
5
Total expenditure
Net income / (expenditure)
Transfers between funds
18
Reconciliation of funds:
Fund balances brought forward
Fund balances carried forward
18		 Unrestricted
funds
£
75,210
4,180
183,787
139,535
11,465
3,023
417,200
539,194
539,194
(121,994)
93,943
434,772
406,721		 Restricted
funds
£
426,029
-
-
-
-
-
426,029
443,868
443,868
(17,839)
(93,943)
264,229
152,447
2024		 Total
£
501,239
4,180
183,787
139,535
11,465
3,023
843,229
983,062
983,062
(139,833)
-
699,001
559,168		 2023
Total
£
661,610
-
172,726
142,756
3,857
5,345
986,294
982,161
982,161
4,133
-
694,868
699,001

All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.

The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised during the year.

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PETERBOROUGH COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE

Statement of Financial Position

as at 31 March 2024

2024 2023
Notes £ £ £ £
Fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets 14 2,762 6,324
Current assets
Debtors 15 31,887 55,894
Cash at bank and in hand 538,146 647,773
570,033 703,667
Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year 16 13,626 10,990
Net current assets 556,407 692,677
Total assets less current liabilities 559,168 699,001
Income funds
Unrestricted funds 18 406,721 434,772
Restricted funds 18 152,447 264,229
559,168 699,001

The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the Board on 14 November 2024.

Signed on behalf of the Board of Trustees:

…................................................................

J Jelley Director/Trustee

….............................................................

M Thompson Director/Trustee

Company registration number 02219687

The notes on pages 26 to 40 form part of these financial statements.

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PETERBOROUGH COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE

Statement of Cash Flows

for the year ended 31 March 2024

2024 2023
£ £ £ £
Cash flows from operating activities
Surplus for the year (139,833) 4,133
Adjustments for:
Investment income recognised in SoFA (11,465) (3,857)
Depreciation of tangible fixed assets 5,338 4,746
Movements in working capital:
Decrease/(Increase) in debtors 24,007 (34,351)
(Decrease)/Increase in creditors 2,636 (5,950)
Net cash flows from operating activities (119,316) (35,279)
Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of tangible fixed assets (1,776) (4,737)
Interest received 11,465 3,857
Net cash flows from investing activities 9,689 (880)
Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents (109,627) (36,159)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year 647,773 683,932
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year 538,146 647,773

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PETERBOROUGH COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

for the year ended 31 March 2024

1. Accounting policies

Company information

Peterborough Council for Voluntary Service is a registered charity and private limited company limited by guarantee and is incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is disclosed within the charity information on page 1 of the financial statements. The nature of the charity's operations and principal activities is to act as a membership organisation for the voluntary and community sector in Peterborough. It offers members services to include support, information, advice and networking, alongside practical help such as payroll, year end independent accounts examinations, photocopying and meeting room hire. The charity's centre also hosts projects which support carers, volunteering, disability, advocacy and Direct Payments.

The charity constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland issued in October 2019, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102), the Charities Act 2011, the Companies Act 2006 and UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice.

The financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis under the historical cost convention, modified to include certain items at fair value. The financial statements are presented in sterling which is the functional currency of the charity and rounded to the nearest £1.

The significant accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all years presented unless otherwise stated.

Going Concern

The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis as the Trustees believe that no material uncertainties exist. The Trustees have considered the level of funds held and the expected level of income and expenditure for a minimum of 12 months from authorising these financial statements. The budgeted income and expenditure is sufficient with the level of reserves for the charity to be able to continue as a going concern.

Taxation

The charity is an exempt charity within the meaning of schedule 3 of the Charities Act 2011 and is considered to pass the tests set out in Paragraph 1 Schedule 6 Finance Act 2010 and therefore it meets the definition of a charitable company for UK corporation tax purposes.

Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

The preparation of the financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported. These estimates and judgements are continually reviewed and are based on experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances.

The following judgements and estimates have been made in the process of applying the above accounting policies that have had the most significant effect on amounts recognised in the financial statements:

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PETERBOROUGH COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

for the year ended 31 March 2024

1. Accounting policies (continued)

Estimation of useful life

The useful economic life used to depreciate tangible fixed assets relates to the expected future performance of the assets acquired and management's estimate of the period over which economic benefit will be derived from the asset.

Cut off only

The only estimation applied by the Trustees was in the consideration of cut-off where an estimation of the costs relating to the relevant period were applied when relating to a different period.

Details for both these items are included within the accounting policies below.

Income recognition

All income, including grant income, is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities when the charity is legally entitled to the income after any performance conditions have been met, the amounts can be measured reliably, and it is probable that the income will be received.

Grants are recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities when the legal entitlement after any performance conditions have been met.

Investment income is accounted for in the period in which the charity is entitled to receipt.

Cash donations are recognised on receipt. Other donations are recognised once the charity has been notified of the donation, unless performance conditions require deferral of the amount.

Income from trading activities includes income earned from fundraising events and trading activities to raise funds for the charity. Income is received in exchange for supplying goods and services in order to raise funds and is recognised when entitlement has occurred.

No amount is included in the financial statements for volunteer time in line with the SORP. Further detail is given in the Report of the Board of Trustees.

Gifts in kind

Where practicable, gifts in kind donated for distribution to the beneficiaries of the charity are included in stock and donations in the financial statements upon receipt. If it is impracticable to assess the fair value at receipt or if the costs to undertake such a valuation outweigh any benefits, then the fair value is recognised as a component of donations when it is distributed and an equivalent amount recognised as charitable expenditure.

Expenditure recognition

Expenditure is included in the statement of financial activities on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all costs related to the category. Expenditure is recognised where there is a legal or constructive obligation to make payments to third parties, it is probable that the settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. It is categorised under the following headings:

Charitable activities include the costs of the activities defined by the charity's aims for the benefit of the persons cited in the charity objects. 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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PETERBOROUGH COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

for the year ended 31 March 2024

1. Accounting policies (continued)

Support costs are costs incurred to facilitate an activity. Unlike direct costs, which result directly from undertaking the activity, support costs do not change directly as a result of the activity undertaken. Support costs include the central office functions, such as governance, general management, payroll administration, budgeting and accounting, information technology, human resources and finance.

Governance costs include those costs associated with meeting the constitutional and statutory requirements of the charity.

Costs directly attributable to a project have been allocated to that project.

Operating Leases

Rental costs under operating leases are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities on a straight line basis over the term of the lease.

Depreciation

Depreciation is provided on all tangible fixed assets, at rates calculated to write off the cost, less estimated residual value, of each asset on a systematic basis over its expected useful life as follows:

Fixtures and fittings - over 3 years on a straight line basis

The carrying values of tangible fixed assets are reviewed for impairment annually by the Trustees without revaluing the assets. Where the aggregate value of those assets is less than the aggregate that they are stated in the charity's accounts, a provision will be made for any material impairment.

Fixed assets

Fixed assets are included at cost, less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment losses. Cost includes costs directly attributable to making the asset capable of operating as intended.

Debtors and creditors receivable / payable within one year

Debtors and creditors with no stated interest rate and receivable or payable within one year are recorded at transaction price. Any losses arising from impairment are recognised in expenditure.

Funds

Restricted funds

Restricted funds are funds which are to be used in accordance with specific restrictions imposed by donors or which have been raised by the charity for particular purposes. The cost of raising and administering such funds are charged against the specific fund. The aim and use of each restricted fund is set out in note 18 of the financial statements.

Unrestricted funds

Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity and which have not been designated for other purposes.

Pension costs

The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme for employees. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the charity. Contributions are expensed as they become payable.

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PETERBOROUGH COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

for the year ended 31 March 2024

Employee Benefits

The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee's services are received.

Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the charity is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.

2. Grants receivable

Local Authority
Institutional / Charitable grants
Other trading activities
Sales of services
Direct Payments fees
Other income
Other income		 Unrestricted
Funds
£
40,000
35,210		 Restricted
Funds
£
187,318
238,711
2024		 Total
£
227,318
273,921
501,239
Total
£
3,432
136,103
139,535
Total
£
3,023
3,023		 2023
Total
£
209,432
452,178
75,210 426,029 661,610
Unrestricted
Funds
£
3,432
136,103		 Restricted
Funds
£
-
-
2024		 2023
Total
£
5,779
136,977
139,535 - 142,756
Unrestricted
Funds
£
3,023		 Restricted
Funds
£
-
2024		 2023
Total
£
5,345
3,023 - 5,345

3. Other trading activities

4. Other income

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PETERBOROUGH COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

for the year ended 31 March 2024

5. Charitable activities expenditure

Notes
Staff costs
11
Community development
BBO expenditure - Peterborough Plus
Direct Payments expenditure
Barrow Connect expenditure
YIF - Community Engagement expenditure
O&H Properties grant expenditure
Food Budget expenditure
Communities East lottery expenditure
Thriving Communities Wonder Woman
Vaccination - Enhanced Community Support
VCS Recovery Programme
Thistlemoor Social Prescribing
NHS REND Health Research
Peterborough Vaccine Confidence
Evelyn Trust
Young Peoples Foundation
Health Network - Public Sector Fund
UK Youth
PCC Infrastructure Health Inequalities
NHS Cambridgeshire & Petrborough ICB
Allia Social Enterprise
Other costs
Share of support costs
6
Share of governance costs
6
Conference and training expenses		 Unrestricted
funds
£
416,677
905
20,424
1,543
4,617
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
960		 Restricted
funds
£
236,723
-
-
-
-
1,715
-
1,755
-
-
-
75
21,599
240
12,572
-
23,987
-
128,230
13,300
1,126
199
2,346
-
2024		 Total
£
653,400
905
20,424
1,543
4,617
1,715
-
1,755
-
-
-
75
21,599
240
12,572
-
23,987
-
128,230
13,300
1,126
199
2,346
960
888,995
75,971
18,096
983,062		 2023
Total
£
688,116
1,735
5,595
2,655
5,073
-
65
1,021
11,647
1,670
5,320
73,927
2,993
802
-
51,505
15,612
504
-
4,000
-
-
-
1,175
445,127
75,971
18,096		 443,868
-
-		 873,415
73,299
35,447
539,194 443,868 982,161

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PETERBOROUGH COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

for the year ended 31 March 2024

6. Support and governance costs

Support and governance costs
Support costs
Telephone
Printing, postage, stationery and subscriptions
Travelling expenses
Repairs and renewals
Equipment hire
Bank charges
Sundry and cleaning expenses
Irrecoverable input VAT
Governance costs
Audit, accountancy and tax services
Legal and professional fees
Depreciation
Rent, rates and service charges
Premises costs		 Unrestricted
funds
£
5,338
22,952
4,835
719
26,078
188
1,823
3,115
4,051
3,727
3,146
75,971
2,790
15,306
18,096
94,067		 Restricted
funds
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2024		 Total
£
5,338
22,952
4,835
719
26,078
188
1,823
3,115
4,051
3,727
3,146
75,971
2,790
15,306
18,096
94,067		 2023
Total
£
4,746
18,383
5,759
1,264
19,316
517
5,911
4,018
3,850
3,999
5,536
-
-
-		 73,299
2,750
32,697
- 35,447
- 108,746

7. Analysis of expenditure between activities

Analysis of expenditure between activities
Barrow Connect expenditure
O&H Properties grant expenditure
Peterborough Vaccine Confidence
Vaccination - Enhanced Community Support
VCS Recovery Programme
Thistlemoor Social Prescribing
Young Peoples Foundation
NHS REND Health Research
Evelyn Trust
Health Network - Public Sector Fund
UK Youth
PCC Infrastructure Health Inequalities
NHS Cambridgeshire & Petrborough ICB
VCSE Healthier Futures Fund
Allia Social Enterprise		 Staff costs &
programme
expenditure
£
1,715
1,755
2,497
8,127
104,479
34,705
11,267
42,654
36,184
151,039
13,300
9,019
14,333
8,340
4,453		 Support &
governance
costs
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 Total
£
1,715
1,755
2,497
8,127
104,479
34,705
11,267
42,654
36,184
151,039
13,300
9,019
14,333
8,340
4,453
443,868 443,868

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PETERBOROUGH COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

for the year ended 31 March 2024

8. Board of Trustees remuneration

The trustees neither received nor waived any remuneration during the year (2023: £nil)

9. Board of Trustees expenses

The trustees did not have any expenses reimbursed during the year (2023: £nil).

10. Board of Trustees donations

The trustees did not make any donations during the year (2023: £nil).

11. Employee emoluments

Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Pension costs
Average number of monthly employees		 2024
Total
£
603,696
39,752
9,952
653,400
28		 2023
Total
£
622,653
53,370
12,093
688,116
29

There were no employees who received total employee benefits of £60,000 or more during the year, or the comparative year.

12. Auditors remuneration

Auditors remuneration
Fees payable to the charity’s auditor for the audit of the charity’s annual
financial statements		 2024
Total
£
2,750
2,750		 2023
Total
£
2,750
2,750

13. Pensions - Defined Contribution Scheme

The charitable company operated a defined contribution pension scheme for the benefit of the employees. The assets of the scheme are administered in a fund independent from those of the charitable company.

A total of £9,952 (2023 - £12,093) was contributed to the scheme during the year.

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PETERBOROUGH COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

for the year ended 31 March 2024

14. Tangible fixed assets

Cost
At 1 April 2023
Additions
Disposals
At 31 March 2024
Depreciation
At 1 April 2023
Charge for the year
Disposals
At 31 March 2024
Net book value
At 31 March 2024
At 31 March 2023
Debtors
Trade debtors
Prepayments and accrued income
Other debtors
Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year
Trade creditors
Other taxes and social security
Other creditors
Accruals and deferred income
Deferred income
At 1 April 2022
Additions during the year
Amounts released to income
At 31 March 2023		 2024
Total
£
19,323
6,565
5,999
31,887
2024
Total
£
9,168
-
1,708
2,750
13,626
2024
Total
£
-
-
-
-		 Fixtures
and fittings
£
32,301
1,776
(8,346)
25,732
25,977
5,338
(8,346)
22,970
2,762
6,324
2023
Total
£
43,943
9,476
2,475
55,894
2023
Total
£
3,759
1,650
2,831
2,750
10,990
2023
Total
£
-
-
-
-

15. Debtors

16. Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

17. Deferred income

These funds relate to projects where finance was received prior to the year end to cover a period after the year end.

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Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

for the year ended 31 March 2024

18. Funds

Unrestricted
Unrestricted funds
Restricted
Barrow Cadbury
Food Budget
O&H Properties
CVSV245 Grant
Vaccination - Enhanced Community Support
VCS Recovery Programme
Food Power
Thistlemoor Social Prescribing
Evelyn Trust
NHS REND Health Research
Young Peoples Foundation
NHS Cambridgeshire & Peterborough ICB
VCSE: Healthier Futures Fund
Vaccine Confidence & Health
UK Youth
Health Network - Public Sector Fund
Allia Social Enterprise
PCC Infrastructure Health Inequalities		 At 1 April
2023
£
434,772		 Incoming
resources
£
417,200		 Outgoing
resources
£
(539,194)		 Net
transfers
£
93,943
Net
transfers
£
-
(2,437)
20
-
(1,019)
(25,628)
-
(5,738)
(6,753)
(20,666)
1,674
(2,730)
(3,000)
-
-
(23,806)
(2,875)
(985)
(93,943)		 At 31 March
2024
£
406,721
At 1 April
2023
£
715
2,437
1,735
9,170
9,146
72,422
2,498
3,393
-
36,888
9,593
18,200
20,000
2,498
-
75,534
-
-		 Incoming
resources
£
1,000
-
-
-
-
128,909
-
40,322
42,937
66,000
-
-
-
-
13,300
105,568
12,243
15,750		 Outgoing
resources
£
(1,715)
-
(1,755)
-
(8,127)
(104,480)
-
(34,705)
(36,184)
(42,654)
(11,267)
(14,333)
(8,340)
(2,498)
(13,300)
(151,038)
(4,453)
(9,019)		 At 31 March
2024
£
-
-
-
9,170
-
71,223
2,498
3,272
-
39,568
-
1,137
8,660
-
-
6,257
4,915
5,746
264,229 426,029 (443,868) 152,447

The funds are constituted as follows:

Fixed assets
Debtors
Cash at bank and in hand
Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year		 Unrestricted
funds
£
2,762
23,142
389,198
(8,380)		 Restricted
funds
£
-
8,745
148,948
(5,246)
2024		 Total
£
2,762
31,887
538,146
(13,626)
559,168		 2023
Total
£
6,324
55,894
647,773
(10,990)
406,721 152,447 699,001

The transfers between funds relate to the allocation of overheads which form part of the original grant application.

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Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

for the year ended 31 March 2024

18. Funds (continued)

Fund descriptions and details are as follows:

Barrow Cadbury

Social Investment to help address the gaps in VCSE grant funding, whilst also delivering entrepreneurial solutions at a local level.

Food Budget

Provision of funding to local community food groups and training.

O&H Properties

Funding local Peterborough Groups for the benefit of the community, running forums.

CVSV245 Grant

Wellbeing caseworker, disability, benefits and older people.

Vaccination - Enhanced Community Support

Hosting Covid coordinators across Peterborough neighbourhoods, to improve vaccine uptake, control infection, tackle health inequalities.

VCS Recovery Programme

Provision of mental health, domestic abuse, food network and disability forums.

Food Power

Partnership with local groups to complete food research.

Thistlemoor Social Prescribing

Social prescribing role in Peterborough, having input and impact.

Evelyn Trust

Enabling small (under £30k) ethnically diverse community groups to bid for £500-£4k to deliver health/wellbeing activities with wraparound support (application, delivery, measuring impact, volunteer support), train as Health Champions developing public health knowledge and form Health and Wellbeing Forum: responding to health demands, supporting sustainability. Partners include Healthy You and CPFT.

NHS REND Health Research

Helping to develop materials and approaches to enagage VCSE and deprived communities on research priorities, on other research ideas and to understand how to better engage with deprived communities, mapping and tracking research initiatives in the deprived communities in the Peterborough and Fenland region on an ongoing basis.

Young Peoples Foundation

Hosting Covid coordinators across Peterborough neighbourhoods, to improve vaccine uptake, control infection, approaches to partnership and collaboration, including the engagement and collaboration with local partners and young people within the relevant geographical area and to support the advancement of the partnership, formally and informally, to achieve shared goals and objectives.

NHS Cambridgeshire & Peterborough ICB

This invested in community based initiatives to support preventative health and wellbeing measures, targeted at Peterborough’s more deprived communities, both geographically and interest based.

VCSE: Healthier Futures Fund

Initiatives that focus on children’s & young people’s mental health, frailty, people who use health services very frequently – also referred to as high intensity users of services, advanced illness – which means an irreversible progressive disease or medical condition that can significantly impact on quality of life, cardiovascular disease (including but not limited to smoking cessation) and discharge funding.

Supporting innovation in the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector to help deliver health and wellbeing improvements that really work for our local people and communities.

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for the year ended 31 March 2024

Vaccine Confidence & Health

To continue to support the Vaccine Confidence and Health Inequalities work within Peterborough and to support the city’s ability to respond in a timely and targeted manner to the effects of an Autumn/Winter COVID-19 surge and the cost-of-living crisis that could have an added effect on the health inequalities amongst underserved groups.

UK Youth

To support writing the bid, distributing the money and supporting through the youth sector forum.

Health Network - Public Sector Fund

To establish funding, enabling community groups to bid for small self-identified projects that aim to address local health outcomes. This would support grass root community development, through establishment and co-ordination of a 'local panel' to seed fund development of community assets/enterprise/mutual aid.

Allia Social Enterprise

The development of Social Enterprise Strategy and delivery of Social Impact Business Growth Pilot Programme.

PCC Infrastructure Health Inequalities

Access to signposting tools and agencies to control their visibility within the local system and the development of skills and improved practice

19. Related party transactions

There are no related party transactions during the year (2023: £ nil).

20. Controlling party

The charity is controlled by the Board of Trustees and no individuals can or do exert control.

21. Operating Leases and Commitments

At 31 March 2024 the charity had total future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases as set out below:

Under 1 year
Between 2 and 5 years
Over 5 years		 2024
Total
£
27,312
24,281
-
51,593		 2023
Total
£
11,034
11,593
-
22,627

22. Donations of goods, services and assets

The charity received no donations in the year of goods, services or assets.

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Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

for the year ended 31 March 2024

23. Fund comparatives

Statement of Financial Activities
Income from:
Donations and grants receivable
Management fees
Other trading activities
Investments - interest receivable
Other income
Total income
Expenditure on:
Charitable activities
Total expenditure
Net income/(expenditure)
Grants receivable
Local Authority
Institutional / Charitable grants		 Unrestricted
funds
£
172,687
172,726
142,756
3,857
5,345		 Restricted
funds
£
488,923
-
-
-
-
2023		 Total
£
661,610
172,726
142,756
3,857
5,345
497,371 488,923 986,294
606,307 375,854 982,161
606,307 375,854 982,161
(108,936) 113,069 4,133
Unrestricted
funds
£
41,000
131,687		 Restricted
funds
£
169,432
319,491
2023		 Total
£
210,432
451,178
172,687 488,923 661,610

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for the year ended 31 March 2024

23. Fund comparatives continued

Other trading activities
Sales of services
Direct Payment Fees
Other income
Other income
Charitable activities expenditure
Staff costs
Conference and training expenses
Community development
BBO expenditure - Peterborough Plus
Direct Payments expenditure
YIF - Community Engagement expenditure
O&H Properties grant expenditure
Food Budget expenditure
Communities East lottery expenditure
Thriving Communities Wonder Woman
Vaccination - Enhanced Community Support
VCS Recovery Programme
Thistlemoor Social Prescribing
Peterborough Vaccine Confidence
Evelyn Trust
Young Peoples Foundation
Health Network - Public Sector Fund
UK Youth
Other costs
Share of support costs
Share of governance costs		 Unrestricted
funds
£
5,779
136,977		 Restricted
funds
£
-
-
2023		 Total
£
5,779
136,977
142,756 - 142,756
Unrestricted
funds
£
5,345		 Restricted
funds
£
-
2023		 Total
£
5,345
5,345 - 5,345
Unrestricted
funds
£
481,328
1,735
5,595
2,655
5,073
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1,175		 Restricted
funds
£
206,788
-
-
-
-
65
1,021
11,647
1,670
5,320
73,927
2,993
802
51,505
15,612
504
-
4,000
-
2023		 Total
£
688,116
1,735
5,595
2,655
5,073
65
1,021
11,647
1,670
5,320
73,927
2,993
802
51,505
15,612
504
-
4,000
1,175
497,561
73,299
35,447		 375,854
-
-		 873,416
73,299
35,447
606,307 375,854 982,161

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Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

for the year ended 31 March 2024

23. Fund comparatives continued

Support and governance costs
Support costs
Telephone
Printing, postage, stationery and subscriptions
Travelling expenses and parking permits
Repairs and renewals
Equipment hire
Bank charges
Sundry and cleaning expenses
Irrecoverable input VAT
Governance costs
Audit fees
Legal and professional fees
Analysis of expenditure between activities
YIF - Community Engagement
O&H Properties grant
Food Budget
Communities East lottery
Thriving Communities Wonder Woman
Vaccination - Enhanced Community Support
VCS Recovery Programme
Thistlemoor Social Prescribing
Peterborough Vaccine Confidence
Evelyn Trust
Young Peoples Foundation
UK Youth
NHS REND Health Research
Reaching Communities
Barrow Connect
Depreciation
Rent, rates and service charges
Premises costs		 Unrestricted
funds
£
4,746
18,383
5,759
1,264
19,316
517
5,911
4,018
3,850
3,999
5,536
2,750
32,697
108,746
Staff costs &
programme
expenditure
£
36,175
1,021
11,647
1,670
9,840
101,441
67,703
27,330
75,680
24,259
611
4,000
1,612
10,356
2,509
375,854		 Restricted
funds
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2023		 Total
£
4,746
18,383
5,759
1,264
19,316
517
5,911
4,018
3,850
3,999
5,536
2,750
32,697
- 108,746
Support &
governance
costs
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2023		 Total
£
36,175
1,021
11,647
1,670
9,840
101,441
67,703
27,330
75,680
24,259
611
4,000
1,612
10,356
2,509
- 375,854

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for the year ended 31 March 2024

23. Fund comparatives continued

Funds
Unrestricted
Unrestricted funds
Restricted
Asset Based Community Development
Reaching Communities
Youth Investment Fund
Awards for All
Orton Longueville Parish Council
O&H Properties
YIF - Community Engagement
Covid-19 Fund
NCVO
PCVS Lottery funding expenditure
Lottery Funding - Com Dev Team
Thriving Communities Wonder Woman
Health Exchange
VCS Recovery Programme
Food Power
Thistlemoor Social Prescribing
Evelyn Trust
NHS REND Health Research
Young Peoples Foundation
NHS Cambridgeshire & Peterborough ICB
VCSE: Healthier Futures Fund
Vaccine Confidence & Health
UK Youth		 At 1 April
2022
£
402,351		 Incoming
resources
£
497,371		 Outgoing
resources
£
(606,307)		 Net
transfers
£
141,357
Net
transfers
£
(21,812)
(597)
(3,470)
-
-
(5,134)
(1,610)
-
(9,689)
295
(8,460)
(36,431)
(29,076)
-
(5,420)
(3,859)
-
-
-
-
(14,222)
-
(1,872)
(141,357)		 At 31 March
2023
£
434,772
At 1 April
2022
£
32,168
597
6,694
14,084
2,755
39,200
1,610
9,170
9,689
1,375
13,300
111,692
42,361
2,498
5,323
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 Incoming
resources
£
-
-
-
-
-
2,109
-
-
-
-
5,000
35,326
126,840
-
30,820
28,118
38,500
10,204
18,200
20,000
92,400
4,000
77,406		 Outgoing
resources
£
(10,356)
-
(2,509)
(11,647)
(1,021)
(36,175)
-
-
-
(1,670)
(9,840)
(101,441)
(67,703)
-
(27,330)
(24,259)
(1,612)
(611)
-
-
(75,680)
(4,000)
-		 At 31 March
2023
£
-
-
715
2,437
1,735
-
-
9,170
-
-
-
9,146
72,422
2,498
3,393
-
36,888
9,593
18,200
20,000
2,498
-
75,534
292,517 488,923 (375,854) 264,229

The funds are constituted as follows:

Fixed assets
Debtors
Cash at bank and in hand
Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year		 Unrestricted
funds
£
6,324
22,569
416,869
(10,990)		 Restricted
funds
£
-
33,325
230,904
-
2023		 Total
£
6,324
55,894
647,773
(10,990)
434,772 264,229 699,001

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