## **St.  Michael’s  &  Lark  Lane  Community  Association (SMLLCA** `)` 

## **Centre: The Old Police Station** 

**80 Lark Lane Liverpool    L17 8UU Tel: 0151 728 7884 e-mail: grahamhale@btconnect.com** 

**Website:  www.larklanecommunitycentre.org** 

**A Company limited by guarantee and not having a share capital. Company No. 1692937 A Registered Charity No. 513803.** 

## **ANNUAL  REPORT  OF  THE  EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE  TO  THE ANNUAL  GENERAL  MEETING  HELD ON  SEPTEMBER  23RD  2021** 

Following the cancellation of last year’s Annual General Meeting, due to the national lockdown, the Accounts and Annual Report were considered and accepted by the named Trustees. Mindful of the need to remain cautious, the accounts this year have again been signed off by the trustees but we are holding a scaled down Annual General Meeting which should allow for social distancing and other precautions. 

## **STATEMENT OF AIMS AND OBJECTIVES** 

SMLLCA was founded in May 1976, when two recently formed community groups merged, to tackle a variety of local problems, and in particular the serious lack of community facilities and activities. 

SMLLCA exists to provide a wide range of services, and to meet other needs, for the residents of our catchment area, in a friendly and welcoming environment. 

The Association's work covers the whole age range, with a strong emphasis on work with disadvantaged people, but always responsive to the changing needs of the Community. 

A Policy of Equality of Opportunity is actively pursued throughout the operation and activities of the Association, relating both to staff and users. 

## **HOW  THE  CHARITY  IS  ORGANISED** 

The Executive Committee is composed of volunteers from the local community with an interest in, and a commitment to, the running of SMLLCA. Anyone who is, or who has agreed to be, a member of the Association can apply to become a member of the Executive Committee, either by election at the Annual General Meeting, or by co-option at any other time. 

During the year the role of the Executive Committee is to make plans, and oversee their implementation, for the running of the Community Centre and the Association's other interests, including events occurring elsewhere in the Community. 

Responsibility for the detailed administration of the Association's business may be delegated to sub committees which include members of the Executive Committee, relevant members of staff and other 



interested persons. Sub committees may meet on a regular basis, or be convened as required. Although we receive a great deal of help and support from both our Ward Councillors and officers of the City Council, we do not receive any core funding from public sources. Instead we rely financially on rental income from the building (including user groups), project funding, and our own fund raising activities undertaken throughout the year.  Numerous fund raising initiatives are regularly undertaken, and most of our activities and services rely on these fundraising activities. The balance of our core costs is normally met by donations, without which our services would suffer significantly. Our activities and services rely heavily on the input of volunteers, without whom we would not have such a thriving and active Community Centre. We are always looking for new volunteers for a variety of roles. 

**Membership** of the Association is open to all who live or work in the area of benefit, and is by application to the Executive Committee. All signed up members are eligible to vote at the Annual General Meeting. Affiliated groups are entitled to 2 votes each. There are now no membership fees following a decision by the Executive Committee on September 30th 2019. 

**Reserves Policy.** SMLLCA believes it is desirable to hold “free reserves” as a contingency against the insecurity of its funding, and potential redundancy commitments. These should be not less than six months of core running costs, although in the current climate we realise that the optimum level may not always be achievable. This is in line with the recommendations of the Charity Commission. 

## **DEVELOPMENTS,  ACTIVITIES  AND  ACHIEVEMENTS  DURING THE PAST  YEAR** 

## **HOW  THE  PANDEMIC  HAS  EFFECTED  OUR  ACTIVITIES  AND  SERVICES** 

Inevitably the past year has seen a greatly reduced level of activity in the Community Centre. Statutory lockdowns initially dictated what we could and could not do. 

As restrictions eased and between lockdowns several activities have been able to restart. Activities now running include the Pre School Centre, the Parent/Carer and Toddlers Group, the Larkettes Majorettes training sessions, Pilates and Keep Fit Classes, Exercise Classes for the Over 50’s and certain disability groups, Pottery Workshops, Junior Drama Classes, Middle Eastern Dance Classes, Circus Skills Workshops, Music Lessons, Art Classes, Yoga Classes, Qi Jong, Meditation Classes, Home Education Classes, Stained Glass Workshops, Massage, Reiki, Alexander Technique and other therapies. 

Due to the limited size of our meeting rooms, meetings are just beginning to resume, with restrictions on numbers and other precautions. The Housing Co-op and Councillors Surgeries have recently started back and the Cocaine Anonymous Group is planning to resume their sessions soon. Other groups have not yet come back such as the Homer’s Odyssey discussion group and Narcotics Anonymous. 

Of the regular weekday activities only the Senior Citizens Lunch Club and the Drumming Workshops have not yet restarted. 

On the other hand there are very few weekend events at present. We are still not generally taking bookings for Children’s Parties or Sunday Fairs and Markets. Because our premises are not very well ventilated we are still reluctant to host events involving large numbers of people. 

Paranormal Investigations have been held regularly and we again hosted the Polling Station at the local Council Elections back in May. 



**Tenants** of the Association, housed in the Community Centre, are currently Sefton Park Day Centre including the Stained Glass Workshops, The Photographic Workshops, South Liverpool Epilepsy Self Help Group, Liverpool Lantern Company, The Calm Collective, Weekend Furniture Shop, Numerous Therapists, Phil’s Picture Palace, and several offices and workshops occupied by local Community Enterprises. 

The following **Representative Members** are groups affiliated to the Community Association, with whom we generally have close links: Friends of  Tramway Road Playing Fields, Lark Lane Housing Co-Op, Lark Lane Pottery Group, Sefton Park Palm House Preservation Trust,  Senior Citizens Group, South Liverpool Epilepsy Self Help Group, Waverley Nursing Home, Eco-Therapy Group, Hesketh Street Housing Co-Op, Pelham Grove Nursing Home, Mersey Bowmen Tennis Club, the Calm Centre Collective, Liverpool Lantern Company, Sunflowers Cancer Support and Windbourne Residents Community. 

## **KEY  SERVICES  AND  ACTIVITIES** 

## **The Pre School Centre** 

Our Pre School Nursery, providing all day education and care for 2 – 4 year olds is currently rated “excellent” by OFSTED. Open during school term times, the Nursery has managed to run continuously since last September. The staff have had a very demanding year. As well as implementing a wide range of “Covid Safety Measures” they have had to cope with intermittent staff shortages caused by social isolation demands. Despite the consequent pressure, the staff have, as always, coped magnificently and continued to provide a first rate service. 

A full programme of activities has been maintained including the ever popular Forest School group held in our Polytunnel. 

As soon as we were able to, we also re-opened the Baby and Toddler group. This continues to run two mornings a week and is an important part of our Pre School service. Still run entirely by volunteers, the sessions provide a great opportunity for babies and toddlers to interact as well as their parents and carers. 

We have a very wide range of play and craft equipment which is constantly being updated. Our thanks to North West Housing Services for their recent donation towards new toys. 

## **Activities for Young People and Children** 

These have also been severely restricted by Covid but most have been able to resume at least since Easter. 

Our Majorettes were able to resume their training sessions after Easter, having had to take a 12 month break, but they have endured a second consecutive summer without competition. 

Likewise the “Theatre on Foot” Company, after a very stop start beginning to the year has only been able to resume acting classes for the young people and children full time since Easter. They have now embarked on a busy Autumn programme of rehearsals and performances. 

The Sefton Park Day Centre, an independent social enterprise company, has occupied, for the past 10 years the area of the Community Centre which was formerly occupied by the Sefton Grove Day Centre for the Mentally Ill. In the past year they have been very busy and have run a major “Youth Inclusion Project” which has been generously funded by the Steve Morgan Foundation and also received funding from the Merseyside Sports Partnership. 



Building on the success of their early work with VR (Virtual Reality 3D Computer Simulation), Sefton Park Day Centre has accumulated state of the art computer equipment and a variety of software. This has applications for educational and health related issues. The latter include help with various addictions. Steve Morgan Foundation has been financing this project to work with disadvantaged young people and the results have been impressive. Children and young people with learning disabilities have in particular greatly benefitted from the project. 

The scope of the project has been extended to include other activities such as gardening and craft classes. 

Although the Day Centre plans and runs this project, the Community Association controls the finances including budgeting and financial control. 

## **The Advice Centre** 

Our Advice Centre (Lark Lane Welfare Rights and Counselling Centre – LLAWRACC) has again had a very busy year with some issues such as debt leading to increased workloads as a result of the pandemic. 

Almost all cases had to be conducted by phone although now more and more face to face is available because not all clients are able to access our service otherwise. 

The Steve Morgan Foundation has financed some of our advice work with young people and we are as ever very grateful to the Ward Councillors of the St. Michael’s and Kensington and Fairfield Wards for their continued financial support, without which it would be very difficult to maintain our advice service at its present level. 

## **Senior Citizens Group** 

The Covid Pandemic has impacted more on this group than any other of our activities. We have not been running the twice weekly lunch club at all in the past year. We are keen to re-start and are keeping the issue under review. Obviously we are working with an extremely vulnerable group of people, most of whom require transport in our minibus and then sit very close together having their meals. We consider that such close contact is still very risky at present. 

We have in the meantime been able to update most of our kitchen and tableware equipment thanks to the generosity of our Ward Councillors and Co-op Foods. 

Healthiness have resumed their classes for the elderly, covering gentle exercise, chair exercise and relaxation sessions. 

## **OTHER NEWS** 

## **Adult Learning Service** 

During the summer of 2020, the City Council Adult Learning Service approached us looking for space to host some of their courses. We were unable to help much due to the number of regular activities already running. We referred them to the Sefton Park Day Centre, in our building, who converted part of their premises into an adult education centre. 

Working in partnership with the City Council they now run a large number of courses, including Modern Languages (French, German, Italian), Stained Glass Workshops, Computing, Basic Literacy and many more. 

They have also run regular Horticultural Training Classes in our Polytunnel which has been very well used this year. 

The Day Centre has been very busy marketing all the various course, including holding open days, and has made the project extremely successful. 



## **Kickstart** 

Since early April we have been employing two members of staff on the Kickstart Scheme which provides six months part time employment for eligible young people, with the aim of providing additional training and work experience to enhance their employment prospects. Our two participants have been seconded to the Sefton Park Day Centre where they work in a wide variety of roles. The scheme is run by the DWP and administered for us by the Rotunda organisation. 

## **Composting** 

The land we rent from Network Rail opposite St Michael’s Station now houses three large compost bins as part of a project run by “Compost Works” who have established a community composting project. 

## **FINANCIAL IMPACT OF COVID** 

Although the pandemic has severely effected our services to the local community, and in some cases continues to do so, our finances have ironically been boosted for a number of reasons. 

Decisions made by the Government to soften the impact have benefitted us. The Business Support Grant and Job Retention Scheme, that we were entitled to, became our biggest source of income for the year. Also the decision to give everyone liable to business rates, a rates holiday for 15 months has saved us a lot. On the other hand income from rents and fundraising events, principally the fleamarket, have dropped dramatically and continue to stay lower in the current financial year. 

On the expenditure side significant savings have been made especially with all our utility bills but also with our events budget, only partially offset by the money we have spent on covid safety equipment. 

Once it became clear last year that we were running a surplus we spent on a number of capital items, including a new carpet in the youth club, new computers and new heating in the front office. We also commissioned a brand new website: larklanecommunitycentre.org which we are extremely pleased with. 

We were also hoping to fund a number of major maintenance jobs on the building but have found ourselves caught up in the current problems of the building industry: labour shortages and disrupted supply of materials. We are still hoping to tackle these jobs when we are able. 

This still leaves us with a surplus for the year and the Executive Committee will soon be considering new spending priorities. A priority will almost certainly be replacing our ageing minibus. We will also be looking at the feasibility of installing solar panels, both to reduce our carbon footprint, and hopefully save us money! 

## **Representation** 

SMLLCA continues to be involved with numerous other organisations both within the local neighbourhood and city wide, and is represented on the committees of several other groups. These include Citizens Advocacy, Liverpool Mental Health Consortium, Carers Association, Sefton Park Forum and Mersey Regional Epilepsy Association 

Our affiliations include LCVS, Advice UK, Community Transport UK, Early Years Partnership and South Central Community Transport. 



## **Financial Policy and Donors** 

The Independently Examined and Prepared Accounts detail the income and expenditure of all financial transactions under the direct control of the Executive Committee. The full accounts are available on request from the Community Centre Office. 

Due to the fact that we receive very little “unrestricted” funding in these days of local authority austerity, our aim is always to break even financially, while providing the best services we can afford. We continue to succeed in this aim although this means that capital and maintenance budgets are at a much lower level than they really need to be. 

We continue to maintain reserves at around the level recommended by the Charity Commission, in line with our reserves policy. Although we have generated a healthy surplus in the past year, the policy remains the same as we do not expect such exceptional items of income in the future. 

We are extremely grateful to the following, who have provided either financial assistance or donations in kind during the past year: 

St Michael’s Ward Councillors’ (towards Advice Centre Costs and new kitchen equipment for the Senior Citizens Lunches) Kensington and Fairfield Ward Councillors (Advice Centre) Steve Morgan Foundation Co-op Food DWP Kickstart Scheme B & Q Bruce Wake Charity Merseyside Sports Partnership Department for Transport (Bus Service Operators’ Grant) Lark Lane Housing Co-Op Hesketh Street Housing Co-Op Sefton Park Allotments Society Lark Lane Family Pre School Granby Toxteth Trust Amorous Cat D. Collett Sefton Park Day Centre Liverpool City Council Pam Robinson Keith Johnson Calm Collective D. Bradley Several Anonymous Donors Plus many other members of our local community whose donations in cash and in kind help greatly to keep our services going. 

**The Executive Committee** is always eager to welcome new members, who are prepared to commit time and energy to furthering the aims of the Association. Our meetings are friendly and relaxed. It is important for us to be as representative of the local community as possible and new ideas are always needed to keep us moving forward. Please let us know if you are interested. 

The Committee Members are currently:   Mr. A. Catterall,  Mr. J. Cullen,  Mr. D. Fraser Ms. N. Hennessey,  Rev K. Hitchman, Mr. A. Moore, Mr P. Mulhall Mr. J. Peers,  Ms. E. Quantrell  and  Ms. J. Swanson 



Company registration number: 01692937 Charity registration number: 513803 

## St Michael's & Lark Lane Community Association 

(A company limited by guarantee) Annual Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 January 2021 

Kingham Accountants Ltd 161 College Street St Helens Merseyside WA10 1TY 



## **St Michael's & Lark Lane Community Association** 

## **Contents** 

|Reference and Administrative Details|1|
|---|---|
|Trustees' Report|2|
|Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities|3|
|Independent Examiner's Report|4|
|Statement of Financial Activities|5 to 6|
|Balance Sheet|7|
|Notes to the Financial Statements|8 to 12|





## **St Michael's & Lark Lane Community Association** 

## **Reference and Administrative Details** 

**Trustees** Ms E Quantrell Mr J Peers Mr A Catterall Mr A A Moore **Secretary** Mr G Hale **Principal Office** The Old Police Station 80 Lark Lane Liverpool L17 8UU The charity is incorporated in England. **Company Registration Number** 01692937 **Charity Registration Number** 513803 **Independent Examiner** Kingham Accountants Ltd 161 College Street St Helens Merseyside WA10 1TY **Accountants** Kingham Accountants Ltd 161 College Street St Helens Merseyside WA10 1TY 

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## **St Michael's & Lark Lane Community Association** 

## **Trustees' Report** 

The trustees, who are directors for the purposes of company law, present the annual report together with the financial statements of the charitable company for the year ended 31 January 2021. 

## **Objectives and activities** 

## _**Public benefit**_ 

A detailed review of the Charity's activities for the year and developments planned for the future is submitted as a separate document annually to the Charities Commission. Copies can be downloaded from the Charities Commission website or obtained from the Charity's office. 

The trustees confirm that they have complied with the requirements of section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission for England and Wales. 

The annual report was approved by the trustees of the charity on .................... and signed on its behalf by: 

......................................... Mr G Hale Company Secretary 

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## **St Michael's & Lark Lane Community Association** 

## **Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities** 

The trustees (who are also the directors of St Michael's & Lark Lane Community Association for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the trustees' report and the financial statements in accordance with the United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice) and applicable law and regulations. 

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 its incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to: 

- select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently; 

- observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP; 

- make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; 

- state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and 

- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charitable company will continue in business. 

The trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the charitable company's transactions and 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. 

Approved by the trustees of the charity on .................... and signed on its behalf by: 

......................................... Mr G Hale Company Secretary 

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## **St Michael's & Lark Lane Community Association** 

## **Independent Examiner's Report to the trustees of St Michael's & Lark Lane Community Association** 

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 January 2021 which are set out on pages 5 to 12. 

## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner** 

As the charity’s trustees of St Michael's & Lark Lane Community Association (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (‘the 2006 Act’). 

Having satisfied myself that the accounts of St Michael's & Lark Lane Community Association are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act. 

## **Independent examiner’s statement** 

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe: 

1. accounting records were not kept in respect of St Michael's & Lark Lane Community Association as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or 

2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or 

3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view' which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or 

4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities [applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)]. 

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. 

...................................... Paul Kingham FCA 161 College Street St Helens Merseyside WA10 1TY 

Date:............................. 

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## **St Michael's & Lark Lane Community Association** 

## **Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 January 2021 (Including Income and Expenditure Account and Statement of Total Recognised Gains and Losses)** 

|**Note**<br>**Income and Endowments from:**<br>Donations and legacies<br>3<br>Other trading activities<br>4<br>Investment income<br>5<br>Total Income<br>**Expenditure on:**<br>Charitable activities<br>6<br>Other expenditure<br>7<br>Total Expenditure<br>Net income/(expenditure)<br>Transfers between funds<br>Net movement in funds<br>**Reconciliation of funds**<br>Total funds brought forward<br>Total funds carried forward<br>15<br>**Note**<br>**Income and Endowments from:**<br>Donations and legacies<br>3<br>Other trading activities<br>4<br>Investment income<br>5<br>Total Income<br>**Expenditure on:**<br>Charitable activities<br>6<br>Other expenditure<br>7<br>Total Expenditure<br>Net expenditure<br>Transfers between funds<br>Net movement in funds|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**General**<br>**£**<br>104,261<br>25,450<br>128<br>129,839<br>(44,471)<br>(1,401)<br>(45,872)<br>83,967<br>470<br>84,437<br>44,530<br>128,967<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**General**<br>**£**<br>2,092<br>49,206<br>129<br>51,427<br>(53,973)<br>(739)<br>(54,712)<br>(3,285)<br>2,981<br>(304)|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**£**<br>89,336<br>4,904<br>-<br>94,240<br>(105,967)<br>(11,265)<br>(117,232)<br>(22,992)<br>(470)<br>(23,462)<br>188,171<br>164,709<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**£**<br>98,537<br>4,665<br>-<br>103,202<br>(100,696)<br>(11,740)<br>(112,436)<br>(9,234)<br>(2,981)<br>(12,215)|**Total**<br>**2021**<br>**£**<br>193,597<br>30,354<br>128|
|---|---|---|---|
||||224,079|
||||(150,438)<br>(12,666)|
||||(163,104)|
||||60,975<br>-|
||||60,975<br>232,701|
||||293,676|
||||**Total**<br>**2020**<br>**£**<br>100,629<br>53,871<br>129|
||||154,629|
||||(154,669)<br>(12,479)|
||||(167,148)|
||||(12,519)<br>-|
||||(12,519)|



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## **St Michael's & Lark Lane Community Association** 

## **Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 January 2021 (Including Income and Expenditure Account and Statement of Total Recognised Gains and Losses)** 

|**Note**<br>**Reconciliation of funds**<br>Total funds brought forward<br>Total funds carried forward<br>15|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**General**<br>**£**<br>44,834<br>44,530|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**£**<br>200,387<br>188,172|**Total**<br>**2020**<br>**£**<br>245,221|
|---|---|---|---|
||||232,702|



All of the charity's activities derive from continuing operations during the above two periods. The funds breakdown for 2020 is shown in note 15. 

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## **St Michael's & Lark Lane Community Association** 

## **(Registration number: 01692937) Balance Sheet as at 31 January 2021** 

|**Note**<br>**Fixed assets**<br>Tangible assets<br>12<br>**Current assets**<br>Debtors<br>13<br>Cash at bank and in hand<br>**Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year**<br>14<br>**Net current assets**<br>**Net assets**<br>**Funds of the charity:**<br>**Restricted funds**<br>**Unrestricted income funds**<br>Unrestricted funds<br>**Total funds**<br>15|**2021**<br>**£**<br>118,532<br>2,300<br>173,844<br>176,144<br>(1,000)<br>175,144<br>293,676<br>164,709<br>128,967<br>293,676|**2020**<br>**£**<br>127,810<br>2,300<br>111,279|
|---|---|---|
|||113,579<br>(8,687)|
|||104,892|
|||232,702|
|||188,172<br>44,530|
|||232,702|



For the financial year ending 31 January 2021 the charity was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies. 

## Directors' responsibilities: 

- The members have not required the charity to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476; and 

- The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts. 

These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. 

The financial statements on pages 5 to 12 were approved by the trustees, and authorised for issue on .................... and signed on their behalf by: 

......................................... Mr J Peers Trustee 

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## **St Michael's & Lark Lane Community Association** 

## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 January 2021** 

## **1 Charity status** 

The charity is limited by guarantee, incorporated in England, and consequently does not have share capital. Each of the trustees is liable to contribute an amount not exceeding £1 towards the assets of the charity in the event of liquidation. 

The address of its registered office is: The Old Police Station 80 Lark Lane Liverpool L17 8UU 

Authorised for issue date 

## **2 Accounting policies** 

## **Summary of significant accounting policies and key accounting estimates** 

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

## **Statement of compliance** 

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 (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2015) - (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102). They also comply with the Companies Act 2006 and Charities Act 2011. 

## **Basis of preparation** 

St Michael's & Lark Lane Community Association meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy notes. 

## **Going concern** 

The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern nor any significant areas of uncertainty that affect the carrying value of assets held by the charity. 

## **Income and endowments** 

All income is recognised once the charity has entitlement to the income, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount of the income receivable can be measured reliably. 

## **3 Income from donations and legacies** 

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## **St Michael's & Lark Lane Community Association** 

## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 January 2021** 

|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**General**<br>**£**<br>Donations and legacies;<br>Donations from individuals<br>1,634<br>Grants, including capital grants;<br>Government grants<br>78,712<br>Grants from other charities<br>23,915<br>104,261<br>**4**<br>**Income from other trading activities**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**General**<br>**£**<br>Trading income;<br>Other trading income<br>-<br>Events income;<br>Other events income<br>1,358<br>Property rental income<br>23,394<br>Other income from other trading<br>activities<br>698<br>25,450<br>**5**<br>**Investment income**<br>Interest receivable and similar income;<br>Interest receivable on bank deposits<br>**6**<br>**Expenditure on charitable activities**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Note**<br>**General**<br>**£**<br>Governance costs<br>8<br>44,471|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**£**<br>-<br>71,877<br>17,459<br>89,336<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**£**<br>7,904<br>-<br>(3,000)<br>-<br>4,904<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**General**<br>**£**<br>128<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**£**<br>105,967|**Total**<br>**2021**<br>**£**<br>1,634<br>150,589<br>41,374<br>193,597<br>**Total**<br>**2021**<br>**£**<br>7,904<br>1,358<br>20,394<br>698<br>30,354<br>**Total**<br>**2021**<br>**£**<br>128<br>**Total**<br>**2021**<br>**£**<br>150,438|**Total**<br>**2020**<br>**£**<br>1,947<br>82,047<br>16,635|
|---|---|---|---|
||||100,629|
||||**Total**<br>**2020**<br>**£**<br>7,565<br>11,893<br>33,752<br>661|
||||53,871|
||||**Total**<br>**2020**<br>**£**<br>129|
||||**Total**<br>**2020**<br>**£**<br>154,669|



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## **St Michael's & Lark Lane Community Association** 

## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 January 2021** 

## **7 Other expenditure** 

|**Note**<br>Depreciation, amortisation and<br>other similar costs|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**General**<br>**£**<br>1,401<br>1,401|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**£**<br>11,265<br>11,265|**Total**<br>**2021**<br>**£**<br>12,666<br>12,666|**Total**<br>**2020**<br>**£**<br>12,479|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||12,479|



## **8 Analysis of governance and support costs** 

## **Governance costs** 

|Staff costs<br>Wages and salaries<br>Other staff costs<br>Audit fees<br>Other fees paid to auditors<br>Other governance costs|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**General**<br>**£**<br>9,382<br>2,025<br>2,160<br>30,904<br>44,471|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**£**<br>97,459<br>478<br>-<br>8,030<br>105,967|**Total**<br>**2021**<br>**£**<br>106,841<br>2,503<br>2,160<br>38,934<br>150,438|**Total**<br>**2020**<br>**£**<br>95,093<br>2,255<br>2,340<br>54,962|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||154,650|



## **9 Trustees remuneration and expenses** 

No trustees, nor any persons connected with them, have received any remuneration from the charity during the year. 

## **10 Staff costs** 

The aggregate payroll costs were as follows: 

|**Staff costs during the year were:**<br>Wages and salaries<br>Other staff costs|**2021**<br>**£**<br>106,841<br>2,503<br>109,344|**2020**<br>**£**<br>95,093<br>2,255|
|---|---|---|
|||97,348|



No employee received emoluments of more than £60,000 during the year. 

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## **St Michael's & Lark Lane Community Association** 

## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 January 2021** 

## **11 Taxation** 

The charity is a registered charity and is therefore exempt from taxation. 

## **12 Tangible fixed assets** 

|**Cost**<br>At 1 February 2020<br>Additions<br>At 31 January 2021<br>**Depreciation**<br>At 1 February 2020<br>Charge for the year<br>At 31 January 2021<br>**Net book value**<br>At 31 January 2021<br>At 31 January 2020<br>**13 Debtors**<br>Other debtors<br>**14 Creditors: amounts falling due within**<br>Other creditors<br>Accruals<br>**15 Funds**|**Land and**<br>**buildings**<br>**£**<br>335,928<br>-<br>335,928<br>216,036<br>9,840<br>225,876<br>110,052<br>119,892<br>**one year**|**Furniture and**<br>**equipment**<br>**£**<br>68,425<br>3,388<br>71,813<br>61,383<br>2,607<br>63,990<br>7,823<br>7,042|**Furniture and**<br>**equipment**<br>**£**<br>68,425<br>3,388<br>71,813<br>61,383<br>2,607<br>63,990<br>7,823<br>7,042|**Motor**<br>**vehicles**<br>**£**<br>6,563<br>-||**Total**<br>**£**<br>410,916<br>3,388<br>414,304<br>283,106<br>12,666<br>295,772<br>118,532<br>127,810<br>**2020**<br>**£**<br>2,300|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||71,813||6,563|||
|||61,383<br>2,607||5,687<br>219|||
|||63,990||5,906|||
|||7,823||657|||
|||7,042||876|||
|||||**2021**<br>**£**<br>2,300<br>**2021**<br>**£**<br>-<br>1,000<br>1,000|||
|||||||**2020**<br>**£**<br>(2)<br>8,689|
|||||||8,687|
||||||||



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## **St Michael's & Lark Lane Community Association** 

## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 January 2021** 

|**Unrestricted funds**<br>General<br>**Restricted funds**<br>**Total funds**<br>**Unrestricted funds**<br>**Unrestricted funds**<br>General<br>**Restricted funds**<br>**Total funds**|**Balance at 1**<br>**February**<br>**2020**<br>**£**<br>(44,530)<br>(188,171)<br>(232,701)<br>**Balance at 1**<br>**February**<br>**2019**<br>**£**<br>(44,834)<br>(200,387)<br>(245,221)|**Incoming**<br>**resources**<br>**£**<br>(129,839)<br>(94,240)<br>(224,079)<br>**Incoming**<br>**resources**<br>**£**<br>(51,427)<br>(103,202)<br>(154,629)|**Resources**<br>**expended**<br>**£**<br>45,872<br>117,232<br>163,104<br>**Resources**<br>**expended**<br>**£**<br>54,712<br>112,436<br>167,148|**Transfers**<br>**£**<br>(470)<br>470<br>-<br>**Transfers**<br>**£**<br>(2,981)<br>2,981<br>-|**Balance at**<br>**31 January**<br>**2021**<br>**£**<br>(128,967)<br>(164,709)|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||(293,676)|
||||||**Balance at**<br>**31 January**<br>**2020**<br>**£**<br>(44,530)<br>(188,172)|
||||||(232,702)|



## **16 Analysis of net assets between funds** 

|Tangible fixed assets<br>Current assets<br>Current liabilities<br>Total net assets|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**General**<br>**£**<br>4,204<br>125,763<br>(1,000)<br>128,967|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**£**<br>114,328<br>50,381<br>-<br>164,709|**Total funds**<br>**£**<br>118,532<br>176,144<br>(1,000)|
|---|---|---|---|
||||293,676|



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## **St Michael's & Lark Lane Community Association** 

## **Detailed Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 January 2021** 

|**_Donations and legacies_**<br>Appeals and donations<br>Liverpool City Council grants -<br>Pre-School<br>UK Government grants<br>Grants - other agencies - Pre-School<br>Grants - other agencies - Councillors'<br>Fund<br>Grants - other agencies - LLAWRAC<br>Grants - other agencies|**2021**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**General**<br>**£**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**£**<br>1,634<br>-<br>-<br>71,877<br>78,712<br>-<br>-<br>459<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>17,000<br>23,915<br>-<br>104,261<br>89,336|**2021**<br>**Total**<br>**£**<br>1,634<br>71,877<br>78,712<br>459<br>-<br>17,000<br>23,915<br>193,597|**Total**<br>**2020**<br>**£**<br>1,947<br>82,047<br>-<br>490<br>3,000<br>13,000<br>145|
|---|---|---|---|
||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**General**<br>**£**<br>1,634<br>-<br>78,712<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>23,915<br>104,261|||
||||100,629|



|**_Other trading activities_**<br>Jumble sales<br>Fees and supplies - Pre-School<br>Rental income contra - Pre School<br>Rental income<br>Other income - Pre-School<br>Other income<br>**_Investment income_**<br>Interest on cash deposits||**2021**|**Total**<br>**£**<br>1,358<br>7,904<br>(3,000)<br>23,394<br>-<br>698<br>30,354<br>**2021**<br>**Total**<br>**£**<br>128<br>128|**Total**<br>**2020**<br>**£**<br>11,893<br>7,286<br>(2,900)<br>36,652<br>279<br>661|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**General**<br>**£**<br>1,358<br>-<br>-<br>23,394<br>-<br>698<br>25,450|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**£**<br>-<br>7,904<br>(3,000)<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>4,904<br>**2021**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**General**<br>**£**<br>128<br>128|||
|||||53,871|
|||||**Total**<br>**2020**<br>**£**<br>129|
|||||129|



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## **St Michael's & Lark Lane Community Association** 

## **Detailed Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 January 2021** 

|**_Charitable activities_**<br>Wages and salaries - Pre-School<br>Wages and salaries - LLAWRAC<br>Wages and salaries<br>Staff training - Pre-School<br>Travelling<br>Rent and rates<br>Light, heat and power<br>Insurance<br>Charitable activities - Pre-School<br>Charitable activities - LLAWRAC<br>Charitable activities<br>Repairs and maintenance - Pre-School<br>Repairs and maintenance<br>Telephone and fax<br>Office expenses<br>IT costs - Pre-School<br>IT costs - LLAWRAC<br>Subscriptions - Pre-School<br>Subscriptions - LLAWRAC<br>Hire of other assets (Operating leases)<br>Sundry expenses - Pre-School<br>Cleaning - Pre-School<br>Cleaning<br>Accountancy fees<br>Professional fees - Pre-School|**2021**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**General**<br>**£**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**£**<br>-<br>(83,059)<br>-<br>(14,400)<br>(9,382)<br>-<br>-<br>(478)<br>(2,025)<br>-<br>(4,275)<br>-<br>(6,387)<br>-<br>(3,283)<br>-<br>-<br>(1,835)<br>-<br>-<br>(9,785)<br>-<br>-<br>(341)<br>(1,334)<br>-<br>(1,212)<br>-<br>(436)<br>-<br>-<br>(738)<br>-<br>(59)<br>-<br>(1,220)<br>-<br>(353)<br>(551)<br>-<br>-<br>(2,218)<br>-<br>(1,266)<br>(3,641)<br>-<br>(2,160)<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>(44,471)<br>(105,967)|**2021**<br>**Total**<br>**£**<br>(83,059)<br>(14,400)<br>(9,382)<br>(478)<br>(2,025)<br>(4,275)<br>(6,387)<br>(3,283)<br>(1,835)<br>-<br>(9,785)<br>(341)<br>(1,334)<br>(1,212)<br>(436)<br>(738)<br>(59)<br>(1,220)<br>(353)<br>(551)<br>(2,218)<br>(1,266)<br>(3,641)<br>(2,160)<br>-<br>(150,438)|**Total**<br>**2020**<br>**£**<br>(72,526)<br>(12,700)<br>(9,867)<br>(195)<br>(2,060)<br>(8,888)<br>(11,971)<br>(3,201)<br>(4,101)<br>(19)<br>(7,651)<br>(1,502)<br>(952)<br>(1,115)<br>(493)<br>(1,365)<br>(59)<br>(847)<br>(224)<br>(575)<br>(6,086)<br>(1,033)<br>(4,860)<br>(2,340)<br>(39)|
|---|---|---|---|
||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**General**<br>**£**<br>-<br>-<br>(9,382)<br>-<br>(2,025)<br>(4,275)<br>(6,387)<br>(3,283)<br>-<br>-<br>(9,785)<br>-<br>(1,334)<br>(1,212)<br>(436)<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>(551)<br>-<br>-<br>(3,641)<br>(2,160)<br>-<br>(44,471)|||
||||(154,669)|



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## **St Michael's & Lark Lane Community Association** 

## **Detailed Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 January 2021** 

|**_Other expenditure_**<br>Depreciation - Building Fund<br>Depreciation of motor vehicles<br>Depreciation - Pre-School<br>Depreciation of office equipment|**2021**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**General**<br>**£**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**£**<br>-<br>(9,839)<br>(219)<br>-<br>-<br>(1,426)<br>(1,182)<br>-<br>(1,401)<br>(11,265)|**2021**<br>**Total**<br>**£**<br>(9,839)<br>(219)<br>(1,426)<br>(1,182)<br>(12,666)|**Total**<br>**2020**<br>**£**<br>(9,840)<br>(292)<br>(1,900)<br>(447)|
|---|---|---|---|
||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**General**<br>**£**<br>-<br>(219)<br>-<br>(1,182)<br>(1,401)|||
||||(12,479)|



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Company registration number: 01692937 Charity registration number: 513803 

## St Michael's & Lark Lane Community Association 

(A company limited by guarantee) Annual Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 January 2021 

Kingham Accountants Ltd 161 College Street St Helens Merseyside WA10 1TY 



## **St Michael's & Lark Lane Community Association** 

## **Contents** 

|Reference and Administrative Details|1|
|---|---|
|Trustees' Report|2|
|Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities|3|
|Independent Examiner's Report|4|
|Statement of Financial Activities|5 to 6|
|Balance Sheet|7|
|Notes to the Financial Statements|8 to 12|





## **St Michael's & Lark Lane Community Association** 

## **Reference and Administrative Details** 

**Trustees** Ms E Quantrell Mr J Peers Mr A Catterall Mr A A Moore **Secretary** Mr G Hale **Principal Office** The Old Police Station 80 Lark Lane Liverpool L17 8UU The charity is incorporated in England. **Company Registration Number** 01692937 **Charity Registration Number** 513803 **Independent Examiner** Kingham Accountants Ltd 161 College Street St Helens Merseyside WA10 1TY **Accountants** Kingham Accountants Ltd 161 College Street St Helens Merseyside WA10 1TY 

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## **St Michael's & Lark Lane Community Association** 

## **Trustees' Report** 

The trustees, who are directors for the purposes of company law, present the annual report together with the financial statements of the charitable company for the year ended 31 January 2021. 

## **Objectives and activities** 

## _**Public benefit**_ 

A detailed review of the Charity's activities for the year and developments planned for the future is submitted as a separate document annually to the Charities Commission. Copies can be downloaded from the Charities Commission website or obtained from the Charity's office. 

The trustees confirm that they have complied with the requirements of section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission for England and Wales. 

The annual report was approved by the trustees of the charity on .................... and signed on its behalf by: 

......................................... Mr G Hale Company Secretary 

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## **St Michael's & Lark Lane Community Association** 

## **Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities** 

The trustees (who are also the directors of St Michael's & Lark Lane Community Association for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the trustees' report and the financial statements in accordance with the United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice) and applicable law and regulations. 

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 its incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to: 

- select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently; 

- observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP; 

- make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; 

- state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and 

- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charitable company will continue in business. 

The trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the charitable company's transactions and 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. 

Approved by the trustees of the charity on .................... and signed on its behalf by: 

......................................... Mr G Hale Company Secretary 

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## **St Michael's & Lark Lane Community Association** 

## **Independent Examiner's Report to the trustees of St Michael's & Lark Lane Community Association** 

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 January 2021 which are set out on pages 5 to 12. 

## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner** 

As the charity’s trustees of St Michael's & Lark Lane Community Association (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (‘the 2006 Act’). 

Having satisfied myself that the accounts of St Michael's & Lark Lane Community Association are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act. 

## **Independent examiner’s statement** 

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe: 

1. accounting records were not kept in respect of St Michael's & Lark Lane Community Association as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or 

2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or 

3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view' which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or 

4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities [applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)]. 

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. 

...................................... Paul Kingham FCA 161 College Street St Helens Merseyside WA10 1TY 

Date:............................. 

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## **St Michael's & Lark Lane Community Association** 

## **Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 January 2021 (Including Income and Expenditure Account and Statement of Total Recognised Gains and Losses)** 

|**Note**<br>**Income and Endowments from:**<br>Donations and legacies<br>3<br>Other trading activities<br>4<br>Investment income<br>5<br>Total Income<br>**Expenditure on:**<br>Charitable activities<br>6<br>Other expenditure<br>7<br>Total Expenditure<br>Net income/(expenditure)<br>Transfers between funds<br>Net movement in funds<br>**Reconciliation of funds**<br>Total funds brought forward<br>Total funds carried forward<br>15<br>**Note**<br>**Income and Endowments from:**<br>Donations and legacies<br>3<br>Other trading activities<br>4<br>Investment income<br>5<br>Total Income<br>**Expenditure on:**<br>Charitable activities<br>6<br>Other expenditure<br>7<br>Total Expenditure<br>Net expenditure<br>Transfers between funds<br>Net movement in funds|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**General**<br>**£**<br>104,261<br>25,450<br>128<br>129,839<br>(44,471)<br>(1,401)<br>(45,872)<br>83,967<br>470<br>84,437<br>44,530<br>128,967<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**General**<br>**£**<br>2,092<br>49,206<br>129<br>51,427<br>(53,973)<br>(739)<br>(54,712)<br>(3,285)<br>2,981<br>(304)|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**£**<br>89,336<br>4,904<br>-<br>94,240<br>(105,967)<br>(11,265)<br>(117,232)<br>(22,992)<br>(470)<br>(23,462)<br>188,171<br>164,709<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**£**<br>98,537<br>4,665<br>-<br>103,202<br>(100,696)<br>(11,740)<br>(112,436)<br>(9,234)<br>(2,981)<br>(12,215)|**Total**<br>**2021**<br>**£**<br>193,597<br>30,354<br>128|
|---|---|---|---|
||||224,079|
||||(150,438)<br>(12,666)|
||||(163,104)|
||||60,975<br>-|
||||60,975<br>232,701|
||||293,676|
||||**Total**<br>**2020**<br>**£**<br>100,629<br>53,871<br>129|
||||154,629|
||||(154,669)<br>(12,479)|
||||(167,148)|
||||(12,519)<br>-|
||||(12,519)|



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## **St Michael's & Lark Lane Community Association** 

## **Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 January 2021 (Including Income and Expenditure Account and Statement of Total Recognised Gains and Losses)** 

|**Note**<br>**Reconciliation of funds**<br>Total funds brought forward<br>Total funds carried forward<br>15|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**General**<br>**£**<br>44,834<br>44,530|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**£**<br>200,387<br>188,172|**Total**<br>**2020**<br>**£**<br>245,221|
|---|---|---|---|
||||232,702|



All of the charity's activities derive from continuing operations during the above two periods. The funds breakdown for 2020 is shown in note 15. 

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## **St Michael's & Lark Lane Community Association** 

## **(Registration number: 01692937) Balance Sheet as at 31 January 2021** 

|**Note**<br>**Fixed assets**<br>Tangible assets<br>12<br>**Current assets**<br>Debtors<br>13<br>Cash at bank and in hand<br>**Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year**<br>14<br>**Net current assets**<br>**Net assets**<br>**Funds of the charity:**<br>**Restricted funds**<br>**Unrestricted income funds**<br>Unrestricted funds<br>**Total funds**<br>15|**2021**<br>**£**<br>118,532<br>2,300<br>173,844<br>176,144<br>(1,000)<br>175,144<br>293,676<br>164,709<br>128,967<br>293,676|**2020**<br>**£**<br>127,810<br>2,300<br>111,279|
|---|---|---|
|||113,579<br>(8,687)|
|||104,892|
|||232,702|
|||188,172<br>44,530|
|||232,702|



For the financial year ending 31 January 2021 the charity was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies. 

## Directors' responsibilities: 

- The members have not required the charity to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476; and 

- The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts. 

These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. 

The financial statements on pages 5 to 12 were approved by the trustees, and authorised for issue on .................... and signed on their behalf by: 

......................................... Mr J Peers Trustee 

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## **St Michael's & Lark Lane Community Association** 

## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 January 2021** 

## **1 Charity status** 

The charity is limited by guarantee, incorporated in England, and consequently does not have share capital. Each of the trustees is liable to contribute an amount not exceeding £1 towards the assets of the charity in the event of liquidation. 

The address of its registered office is: The Old Police Station 80 Lark Lane Liverpool L17 8UU 

Authorised for issue date 

## **2 Accounting policies** 

## **Summary of significant accounting policies and key accounting estimates** 

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

## **Statement of compliance** 

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 (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2015) - (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102). They also comply with the Companies Act 2006 and Charities Act 2011. 

## **Basis of preparation** 

St Michael's & Lark Lane Community Association meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy notes. 

## **Going concern** 

The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern nor any significant areas of uncertainty that affect the carrying value of assets held by the charity. 

## **Income and endowments** 

All income is recognised once the charity has entitlement to the income, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount of the income receivable can be measured reliably. 

## **3 Income from donations and legacies** 

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## **St Michael's & Lark Lane Community Association** 

## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 January 2021** 

|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**General**<br>**£**<br>Donations and legacies;<br>Donations from individuals<br>1,634<br>Grants, including capital grants;<br>Government grants<br>78,712<br>Grants from other charities<br>23,915<br>104,261<br>**4**<br>**Income from other trading activities**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**General**<br>**£**<br>Trading income;<br>Other trading income<br>-<br>Events income;<br>Other events income<br>1,358<br>Property rental income<br>23,394<br>Other income from other trading<br>activities<br>698<br>25,450<br>**5**<br>**Investment income**<br>Interest receivable and similar income;<br>Interest receivable on bank deposits<br>**6**<br>**Expenditure on charitable activities**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Note**<br>**General**<br>**£**<br>Governance costs<br>8<br>44,471|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**£**<br>-<br>71,877<br>17,459<br>89,336<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**£**<br>7,904<br>-<br>(3,000)<br>-<br>4,904<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**General**<br>**£**<br>128<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**£**<br>105,967|**Total**<br>**2021**<br>**£**<br>1,634<br>150,589<br>41,374<br>193,597<br>**Total**<br>**2021**<br>**£**<br>7,904<br>1,358<br>20,394<br>698<br>30,354<br>**Total**<br>**2021**<br>**£**<br>128<br>**Total**<br>**2021**<br>**£**<br>150,438|**Total**<br>**2020**<br>**£**<br>1,947<br>82,047<br>16,635|
|---|---|---|---|
||||100,629|
||||**Total**<br>**2020**<br>**£**<br>7,565<br>11,893<br>33,752<br>661|
||||53,871|
||||**Total**<br>**2020**<br>**£**<br>129|
||||**Total**<br>**2020**<br>**£**<br>154,669|



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## **St Michael's & Lark Lane Community Association** 

## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 January 2021** 

## **7 Other expenditure** 

|**Note**<br>Depreciation, amortisation and<br>other similar costs|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**General**<br>**£**<br>1,401<br>1,401|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**£**<br>11,265<br>11,265|**Total**<br>**2021**<br>**£**<br>12,666<br>12,666|**Total**<br>**2020**<br>**£**<br>12,479|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||12,479|



## **8 Analysis of governance and support costs** 

## **Governance costs** 

|Staff costs<br>Wages and salaries<br>Other staff costs<br>Audit fees<br>Other fees paid to auditors<br>Other governance costs|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**General**<br>**£**<br>9,382<br>2,025<br>2,160<br>30,904<br>44,471|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**£**<br>97,459<br>478<br>-<br>8,030<br>105,967|**Total**<br>**2021**<br>**£**<br>106,841<br>2,503<br>2,160<br>38,934<br>150,438|**Total**<br>**2020**<br>**£**<br>95,093<br>2,255<br>2,340<br>54,962|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||154,650|



## **9 Trustees remuneration and expenses** 

No trustees, nor any persons connected with them, have received any remuneration from the charity during the year. 

## **10 Staff costs** 

The aggregate payroll costs were as follows: 

|**Staff costs during the year were:**<br>Wages and salaries<br>Other staff costs|**2021**<br>**£**<br>106,841<br>2,503<br>109,344|**2020**<br>**£**<br>95,093<br>2,255|
|---|---|---|
|||97,348|



No employee received emoluments of more than £60,000 during the year. 

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## **St Michael's & Lark Lane Community Association** 

## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 January 2021** 

## **11 Taxation** 

The charity is a registered charity and is therefore exempt from taxation. 

## **12 Tangible fixed assets** 

|**Cost**<br>At 1 February 2020<br>Additions<br>At 31 January 2021<br>**Depreciation**<br>At 1 February 2020<br>Charge for the year<br>At 31 January 2021<br>**Net book value**<br>At 31 January 2021<br>At 31 January 2020<br>**13 Debtors**<br>Other debtors<br>**14 Creditors: amounts falling due within**<br>Other creditors<br>Accruals<br>**15 Funds**|**Land and**<br>**buildings**<br>**£**<br>335,928<br>-<br>335,928<br>216,036<br>9,840<br>225,876<br>110,052<br>119,892<br>**one year**|**Furniture and**<br>**equipment**<br>**£**<br>68,425<br>3,388<br>71,813<br>61,383<br>2,607<br>63,990<br>7,823<br>7,042|**Furniture and**<br>**equipment**<br>**£**<br>68,425<br>3,388<br>71,813<br>61,383<br>2,607<br>63,990<br>7,823<br>7,042|**Motor**<br>**vehicles**<br>**£**<br>6,563<br>-||**Total**<br>**£**<br>410,916<br>3,388<br>414,304<br>283,106<br>12,666<br>295,772<br>118,532<br>127,810<br>**2020**<br>**£**<br>2,300|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||71,813||6,563|||
|||61,383<br>2,607||5,687<br>219|||
|||63,990||5,906|||
|||7,823||657|||
|||7,042||876|||
|||||**2021**<br>**£**<br>2,300<br>**2021**<br>**£**<br>-<br>1,000<br>1,000|||
|||||||**2020**<br>**£**<br>(2)<br>8,689|
|||||||8,687|
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## **St Michael's & Lark Lane Community Association** 

## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 January 2021** 

|**Unrestricted funds**<br>General<br>**Restricted funds**<br>**Total funds**<br>**Unrestricted funds**<br>**Unrestricted funds**<br>General<br>**Restricted funds**<br>**Total funds**|**Balance at 1**<br>**February**<br>**2020**<br>**£**<br>(44,530)<br>(188,171)<br>(232,701)<br>**Balance at 1**<br>**February**<br>**2019**<br>**£**<br>(44,834)<br>(200,387)<br>(245,221)|**Incoming**<br>**resources**<br>**£**<br>(129,839)<br>(94,240)<br>(224,079)<br>**Incoming**<br>**resources**<br>**£**<br>(51,427)<br>(103,202)<br>(154,629)|**Resources**<br>**expended**<br>**£**<br>45,872<br>117,232<br>163,104<br>**Resources**<br>**expended**<br>**£**<br>54,712<br>112,436<br>167,148|**Transfers**<br>**£**<br>(470)<br>470<br>-<br>**Transfers**<br>**£**<br>(2,981)<br>2,981<br>-|**Balance at**<br>**31 January**<br>**2021**<br>**£**<br>(128,967)<br>(164,709)|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||(293,676)|
||||||**Balance at**<br>**31 January**<br>**2020**<br>**£**<br>(44,530)<br>(188,172)|
||||||(232,702)|



## **16 Analysis of net assets between funds** 

|Tangible fixed assets<br>Current assets<br>Current liabilities<br>Total net assets|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**General**<br>**£**<br>4,204<br>125,763<br>(1,000)<br>128,967|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**£**<br>114,328<br>50,381<br>-<br>164,709|**Total funds**<br>**£**<br>118,532<br>176,144<br>(1,000)|
|---|---|---|---|
||||293,676|



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## **St Michael's & Lark Lane Community Association** 

## **Detailed Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 January 2021** 

|**_Donations and legacies_**<br>Appeals and donations<br>Liverpool City Council grants -<br>Pre-School<br>UK Government grants<br>Grants - other agencies - Pre-School<br>Grants - other agencies - Councillors'<br>Fund<br>Grants - other agencies - LLAWRAC<br>Grants - other agencies|**2021**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**General**<br>**£**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**£**<br>1,634<br>-<br>-<br>71,877<br>78,712<br>-<br>-<br>459<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>17,000<br>23,915<br>-<br>104,261<br>89,336|**2021**<br>**Total**<br>**£**<br>1,634<br>71,877<br>78,712<br>459<br>-<br>17,000<br>23,915<br>193,597|**Total**<br>**2020**<br>**£**<br>1,947<br>82,047<br>-<br>490<br>3,000<br>13,000<br>145|
|---|---|---|---|
||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**General**<br>**£**<br>1,634<br>-<br>78,712<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>23,915<br>104,261|||
||||100,629|



|**_Other trading activities_**<br>Jumble sales<br>Fees and supplies - Pre-School<br>Rental income contra - Pre School<br>Rental income<br>Other income - Pre-School<br>Other income<br>**_Investment income_**<br>Interest on cash deposits||**2021**|**Total**<br>**£**<br>1,358<br>7,904<br>(3,000)<br>23,394<br>-<br>698<br>30,354<br>**2021**<br>**Total**<br>**£**<br>128<br>128|**Total**<br>**2020**<br>**£**<br>11,893<br>7,286<br>(2,900)<br>36,652<br>279<br>661|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**General**<br>**£**<br>1,358<br>-<br>-<br>23,394<br>-<br>698<br>25,450|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**£**<br>-<br>7,904<br>(3,000)<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>4,904<br>**2021**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**General**<br>**£**<br>128<br>128|||
|||||53,871|
|||||**Total**<br>**2020**<br>**£**<br>129|
|||||129|



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## **St Michael's & Lark Lane Community Association** 

## **Detailed Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 January 2021** 

|**_Charitable activities_**<br>Wages and salaries - Pre-School<br>Wages and salaries - LLAWRAC<br>Wages and salaries<br>Staff training - Pre-School<br>Travelling<br>Rent and rates<br>Light, heat and power<br>Insurance<br>Charitable activities - Pre-School<br>Charitable activities - LLAWRAC<br>Charitable activities<br>Repairs and maintenance - Pre-School<br>Repairs and maintenance<br>Telephone and fax<br>Office expenses<br>IT costs - Pre-School<br>IT costs - LLAWRAC<br>Subscriptions - Pre-School<br>Subscriptions - LLAWRAC<br>Hire of other assets (Operating leases)<br>Sundry expenses - Pre-School<br>Cleaning - Pre-School<br>Cleaning<br>Accountancy fees<br>Professional fees - Pre-School|**2021**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**General**<br>**£**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**£**<br>-<br>(83,059)<br>-<br>(14,400)<br>(9,382)<br>-<br>-<br>(478)<br>(2,025)<br>-<br>(4,275)<br>-<br>(6,387)<br>-<br>(3,283)<br>-<br>-<br>(1,835)<br>-<br>-<br>(9,785)<br>-<br>-<br>(341)<br>(1,334)<br>-<br>(1,212)<br>-<br>(436)<br>-<br>-<br>(738)<br>-<br>(59)<br>-<br>(1,220)<br>-<br>(353)<br>(551)<br>-<br>-<br>(2,218)<br>-<br>(1,266)<br>(3,641)<br>-<br>(2,160)<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>(44,471)<br>(105,967)|**2021**<br>**Total**<br>**£**<br>(83,059)<br>(14,400)<br>(9,382)<br>(478)<br>(2,025)<br>(4,275)<br>(6,387)<br>(3,283)<br>(1,835)<br>-<br>(9,785)<br>(341)<br>(1,334)<br>(1,212)<br>(436)<br>(738)<br>(59)<br>(1,220)<br>(353)<br>(551)<br>(2,218)<br>(1,266)<br>(3,641)<br>(2,160)<br>-<br>(150,438)|**Total**<br>**2020**<br>**£**<br>(72,526)<br>(12,700)<br>(9,867)<br>(195)<br>(2,060)<br>(8,888)<br>(11,971)<br>(3,201)<br>(4,101)<br>(19)<br>(7,651)<br>(1,502)<br>(952)<br>(1,115)<br>(493)<br>(1,365)<br>(59)<br>(847)<br>(224)<br>(575)<br>(6,086)<br>(1,033)<br>(4,860)<br>(2,340)<br>(39)|
|---|---|---|---|
||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**General**<br>**£**<br>-<br>-<br>(9,382)<br>-<br>(2,025)<br>(4,275)<br>(6,387)<br>(3,283)<br>-<br>-<br>(9,785)<br>-<br>(1,334)<br>(1,212)<br>(436)<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>(551)<br>-<br>-<br>(3,641)<br>(2,160)<br>-<br>(44,471)|||
||||(154,669)|



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## **St Michael's & Lark Lane Community Association** 

## **Detailed Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 January 2021** 

|**_Other expenditure_**<br>Depreciation - Building Fund<br>Depreciation of motor vehicles<br>Depreciation - Pre-School<br>Depreciation of office equipment|**2021**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**General**<br>**£**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**£**<br>-<br>(9,839)<br>(219)<br>-<br>-<br>(1,426)<br>(1,182)<br>-<br>(1,401)<br>(11,265)|**2021**<br>**Total**<br>**£**<br>(9,839)<br>(219)<br>(1,426)<br>(1,182)<br>(12,666)|**Total**<br>**2020**<br>**£**<br>(9,840)<br>(292)<br>(1,900)<br>(447)|
|---|---|---|---|
||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**General**<br>**£**<br>-<br>(219)<br>-<br>(1,182)<br>(1,401)|||
||||(12,479)|



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