# **Skerne Park Youth & Community Centre Association Charity Registration Number 504606**
## **Financial Statements For the period ended 31 December 2021**
|**Contents**|**Page**|
|---|---|
|Legal and Administrative Information|2|
|Trustees Annual Report|3-4|
|Independent Examiners Report|5|
|Receipts and Payments|6|
|Statement of Assets and Liabilities|7|
|Notes to the Accounts|8|
## **Skerne Park Youth & Community Association**
## **Legal and Administrative Information**
Skerne Park Youth & Community Association
**Name:** Skerne Park Youth & Community Association **Charity No:** 504606 **Trustees:** Mr John Howard Monkhouse Mrs Libby Hamilton Mrs Isobel Jones Mrs Ann Falls Mr Paul Alexander Oxley Harman Ms Sue McGee Ms Libby McCollom **Address:** c/o The Core Church Row Darlington DL1 5QD **Governing Document:** The Charity is operated under its rules of association dated 27 December 1973, as amended 10 January 1977, 19 April 1984, 13 February 2008 and 31 May 2013 and is unincorporated. **Bankers:** Yorkshire Bank **Independent Examiner:** Kate Tully FMAAT FCIE 20 Ennerdale Winlaton Blaydon on Tyne NE21 6PS
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## **Skerne Park Youth & Community Association**
## **Trustees Annual Report**
## **Objects:**
- To promote the benefit of the inhabitants of Skerne Park and the neighbourhood without distinction of sex or of political, religious or other opinions by associating the local authorities, voluntary organisations and the inhabitants in a common effort to advance education and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants
- To establish or secure the establishment of a community centre and to manage the same in furtherance of the object.
## **Achievements:**
As in 2020 there was great disruption because of the Covid pandemic and the necessary curtailment of activities which might threaten the health of those taking part. Maintenance of the building and management of events took place during times of availability.
Earned income was only 40% of the level reached in 2019 due to Covid restrictions. However, groups began to run sessions when they were able to do so and party bookings and indoor soccer training resumed in the last weeks of the year.
Funding for some programmes has been secured by a grant from County Durham Community Foundation.
In 2020 Darlington Borough Council made a Covid Support grant of £10,000 and in early 2021 made a further grant of £1,334. We have used this to ensure the Centre is as safe as possible for our users.
Also in 2021 two other grants from Darlington Borough Council were given to the Centre. £12,000 was for work training and £13,000 recovery grant.
During the year we purchased an new, more efficient, boiler and an electric scrubber for cleaning the Sports Hall floor.
The programme of redecoration by volunteers continues and a number of redundant items have been sold or passed on to other non-profit organizations.
The trustees have considered the guidance produced by the Charity Commission on the provision of public benefit and they confirm that public benefit has been provided by the range of activities as described above.
## **Future Plans:**
We enter 2022 with a determination to renew and develop our service to the community. As and when Covid restrictions enable us to we shall seek to attract new sports and social activities, in order to ensure our sustainability.
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## **Skerne Park Youth & Community Association**
## **Financial Review:**
It is the policy of the charity to try to build up unrestricted funds, which are free reserves of the charity, to a level that equates to approximately 3-6 months unrestricted expenditure. This will provide sufficient funds to cover management and administration support costs and any emergencies that may arise from time to time. The current reserve is adequate to meet commitments made and to support modest new developments.
## **Trustees Responsibilities**
The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy the financial position of the charity and which enable them to ascertain the financial position of the charity and which enable them to comply with applicable law. The Trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
## **Signed on behalf of the Trustees**
_Name…………………………………………………..Position………………………………_ Signature………………………………………………Date………………………………….
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## **Skerne Park Youth & Community Association**
## **Independent Examiner’s Report on the Accounts**
## **Receipts and Payments Accounts**
Report to the trustees of Skerne Park Youth & Community Association on Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2021 set out on pages 4 and 5
## **Respective responsibilities of the Charity and the Independent Examiner**
As members of the Charity you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements; you consider that the audit requirement of Regulation 3(3) and section 144(2) of the Charities Act do not apply and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to
- Examine the financial statements under s.145 of the 2011 Act;
- Follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145 (5)(b) of the 2011 Act;and
- State whether particular matters have come to my attention
## **Basis of examiner’s statement**
My examination was carried out in accordance with General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with these records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the accounts.
## **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 the requirements:
- to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Act; and
- to prepare accounts which agree with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act ; or
- (2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Kate Tully FMAAT FCIE
## Date
## Signed
**acie association** Kate Tully is a Fellow Member of the Association of Charity Independent Examiners and a Fellow Member of **of charity independent** the Association of Accounting Technicians **examiners**
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## **Skerne Park Youth & Community Association**
## **Receipts & Payments Account For the period ended on 31 December 2021**
|||||
|---|---|---|---|
|**Notes**
**Receipts**
Voluntary Income
Covid Grants
Other Grants
Charitable Activities
Membership Fees
Associations
Centre Hire
Kitchen Sales
Projects
Bingo Door Money
Fundraising
Fundraising Events
Bingo
Other Income
Miscellaneous
Sports
**Total Receipts**
**Payments**
Charitable Activities
Utilities
Repairs and Maintenance
Security and Alarm Costs
Telephone
Covid Costs
Licences
Events/Activities/Projects
Kitchen Purchases
Fundraising
Bingo Purchases
Other payments
Sundries
Miscellaneous
Independent Examination
Fee
**Total Payments**
**Receipts Less Payments**
**Transfers**
**Cash Funds Last Year End**
**Cash Funds This Year End**|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**£**
**£**
13,334
18000
13,090
645
1,151
389
726
75
1,740|**Total 2021**
13,334
31,090
0
0
0
645
1,151
0
389
0
0
726
0
75
1,740|**Total 2020**
**£**
11,334
0
0
0
1,765
750
0
303
0
540
0
720|
||**22,726**
**26,424**|**49,150**|**15,412**|
||2,824
1072
12,000
404
939
1,020
4,046
993
4,608
150|2,824
13,072
404
939
1,020
0
4,046
993
0
0
4,608
150|3,387
623
957
864
0
0
0
448
0
0
1,642
150|
||**12,010**
**16,046**|**28,056**|**8,071**|
||**10,716**
**10,378**|**21,094**|**7,341**|
|||**0**|**0**|
||**20,113**
**0**|**20,113**|**12,772**|
||**30,829**
**10,378**|**41,207 **|**20,113**|
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## **Skerne Park Youth & Community Association**
## **Statement of Assets and Liabilities For the period ended on 31 December 2021**
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Unrestricted Restricted Total
Notes £ £ £
Cash Funds
Current Account 30,829 10,378 41,207
Total Cash Funds 30,829 10,378 41,207
Other Monetary Assets
Sundry Debtors General Fund
0
Funds to which
Liabilities it belongs Amount Due
Independent Examination
fee General 150
Total Liabilities (150)
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## **Non-Monetary Assets and Liabilities**
Leasehold Community Centre Premises:
The Charity has a 50 year lease (from 1992) on its premises from Darlington Borough Council. During 2010 the Community Centre was allocated funds by Darlington BC from the Community Cash Back Scheme. The total released was £35,500 for security and external improvements. Various works were undertaken by Building Design Services on the Centre using this funding, including signage, entrance improvements, external lighting and CCTV.
## **Signed and approved by one or two of the Trustees on behalf of all the Trustees**
_Name…………………………………………………..Position……………………………… Name…………………………………………………..Position………………………………_ Signature………………………………………………Date………………………………….
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## **Skerne Park Youth & Community Association**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements**
## **For the Period 1 to 31 December 2020**
## **1 Accounting Policies**
These Financial Statements have been prepared on a receipts and payments basis in accordance with the Charities Act 2011, the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2000, and the Charities Statement of Recommended Practice (Charities SORP 2005).
## **2 Funds**
The charity has one unrestricted general fund and one restricted fund at this time.
There are no designated funds at this time.
|**Fund Name**
Darlington Borough Council
Covid Grant
County Durham Comm
(Active Life)
Darlington Borough Council
Training
**TOTAL**|**Incoming**
**Outgoing**
**Balances**
**b/f**
**Resources**
**Resources**
**Transfers**
**Balances**
**c/f**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
0
13,334
(12,956)
378
0
3,090
(3,090)
0
0
10,000
10,000
0
0|
|---|---|
||**0**
**26,424**
**(16,046)**
**0**
**10,378**|
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