2021-03-31-accounts - The Saved To Serve Trust

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REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER : 516903

SAVE TO SERVE TRUST

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Year ended 31 March 2021

Andrew M. Girling & Co. Chartered Certified Accountants

11 High Street, Ruddington, Notts., NG11 6DT

Tel. : 0115 921 4035 / Fax : 0115 921 4037

SAVE TO SERVE TRUST FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Year ended 31 March 2021

Contents

Description	Page
Charity Particulars	2
Trustees Report	3 - 4
Treasurers Report	5
Independent Examiners Report	6
Income and Expenditure Account	7
Balance Sheet	8
Notes to the Accounts	9 - 11

SAVE TO SERVE TRUST FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Year ended 31 March 2021

CHARITY PARTICULARS

Registered Charity No : 516903 Independent Examiners : 3 Church Street Ruddington Nottinghamshire NG11 6HA Independent Examiners : Andrew M. Girling & Co. Chartered Certified Accountants 11 High Street Ruddington Nottinghamshire NG11 6DT Bankers : Barclays Bank Tudor Square West Bridgford Nottinghamshire NG2 6BT

SAVE TO SERVE TRUST FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Year ended 31 March 2021

TRUSTEES REPORT

Introduction

The Saved to Serve Trust, is a registered charity and as such in accordance with current legislation, has a responsibility to its members to show that the aims of the trust are met. The trust registration number is 516903.

Aims of Trust

Summarised, these are for the relief of need, hardship and distress in both local and international areas.

Trustees

The trustees during the year and at the year end were:

Valma Morley Kirsten Bairstow Robb (Treasurer) Chris Parton (Chairman) Zoë Parton (Shop Manager) Jo Kythreotis Audrey Prior Julian Eve

The Trustees always open meetings with scripture and prayer as we are about The Lords work, equally and for the same reason shop helpers are encouraged to start their session with a time of prayer.

Financial Reports and Affairs

Attached are the income and expenditure accounts for the year along with the Treasurers' report. In addition to the financial giving the Trust continues to be involved both locally and worldwide. For understandable reasons many of our gifts need to be kept confidential, further details of our giving is shown in the Treasurer's report.

The Honeycomb Shop

The Honeycomb is in an ideal position for us to outreach to Ruddington. The Honeycomb shop also carries a responsibility to be a good Christian witness and to this end also stocks Christian literature and cards. The Honeycomb continues to be a very busy place with many people involved in both, serving at the counter but also behind the scenes, sorting and sifting all the many donations we receive and then displaying in the shop for sale.

Continued…

SAVE TO SERVE TRUST FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Year ended 31 March 2021

TRUSTEES REPORT (Continued...)

Continued…

It continues to be a joy and privilege when we can help those in need both abroad, nationally and locally.

The beginning of the financial year we continued to prioritised local request giving first while still being able to give some funding to national and international works. This financial year no one would have predicted the national Lock down in March because of a global Pandemic of Corona Virus- we were in fact only open for three months ( August , September, October) and three weeks in December. This obviously limited our capacity to raise funds through the business over the year. Actions were also needed to be taken to prepare the business to re-open between lockdowns according to Covid legislation from the government. Safety screens were built for staff protection and a traffic flow through the shop was established besides the numerous notices for social distancing and sanitizer use for customers. Extra room was made to store donated items for three days before handling due to Corona Virus contamination. Cleaning rotas for staff as well as provision for hand washing, staff clothing storage was also established.

Some of our international giving was suspended because the regular projects that we have supported by annual gifts were themselves cancelled because of the epidemic. A gift was made however to a Sri-lankan pastor towards providing food for the members of his congregation during the Covid crisis. We have had personal links with the international organisations and people doing the work abroad: for example: Romania summer camp, Teso working in Uganda and Love the One, working with children and families in India and to Raquel and Max Candida who support the underprivileged in Peru and we hope this will continue in the future .

We still however have been able to release some monies to various people and projects locally and in the surrounding area.

In addition unsold items go to help various charities and organisations such the Friary Drop In .

We are always about the Lord's work to provide encouragement, or a listening ear, or offer prayer to bring the message of God's Love to the village and our visitors to Honeycomb.

We pray that His work will continue to His Glory

C. Parton

Chairman

Date ________

SAVE TO SERVE TRUST FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Year ended 31 March 2021

TREASURERS REPORT

Financial Review for the year

This has been another challenging year not only for the Honeycomb shop but for the whole high street. The Covid 19 pandemic has had significant effect on the footfall of the high street and restrictions on space have limited the number of customers we could have in the shop at any one point in time. We are, however, grateful to God for his provision and for the generous donations that come through our door and for the faithful customers who appreciate the secondhand goods market.

Our takings were considerably down this year £11,113 compared to £37,920 in 2020, however we were assisted financially by the various COVID related support grants that were available and overall this has resulted in the year ending on a significant excess. The government furlough scheme enabled us to put our shop manager on furlough for a few months whilst the shop was shut, and this helped to sustain the Trust.

We continue to give gifts to those in need, hardship, or distress in accordance with our aims. This year however, our giving decreased. Giving in 2021 was £1,090 compared to £4,341 in 2020. On reflection we could have given more but we needed to try and balance our giving against the longterm future of the shop. The uncertainty of trading and the opening and closing of the shop in accordance with legal requirements made it difficult to forecast income. We are hoping for a more predictable coming year but the pandemic as it continues may prevent this.

As Trustees we continue to put our faith in God and trust that he will direct the future of the shop. We recognise the privilege it is to continue to have a trading shop on the high street where we can share the love of God and meet the needs of those locally and further afield.

K. Bairstow-Robb

Treasurer

Date ________

SAVE TO SERVE TRUST FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Year ended 31 March 2021

TREASURERS REPORT

We report on the accounts for the charity for the year ended 31st March 2021, which are set out on pages 7 to 11.

Respective responsibilities of Trustees and examiner

The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required under section 43(2) of the Charities Act 1993 and that an independent examination is needed.

It is my responsibility to;

examine the accounts under section 43 of the 1993 Act;

• follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners (under section 43 (7)(b) of the 1993 Act); and

State whether particular matters have come to my attention

Basis of Independent examiner's report

My examination was carried out in accordance with the 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 those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'True and Fair view' and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.

Independent examiner's statement

In connection with our examination, no matter has come to my attention;

1). Which gives us reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements

• to keep accounting records in accordance with section 41 of the 1993 Act; and

to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 1993 Act have not been met; or

2). to which in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Date: ______

Andrew M. Girling & Co.

Chartered Certified Accountants 11 High Street Ruddington Nottingham NG11 6DT

SAVE TO SERVE TRUST FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Year ended 31 March 2021

INCOME & EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT

£ 11,113 25,999	£ 37,112 1,290 2021	£	£ 37,920 -	£ 37,920 3,619 2020	£
1,290			3,619
8,181 14,966 1,800 724 - 28 89 400 49 11 738 - 582 1,090 106			9,164 15,447 1,439 791 1,370 324 229 484 601 118 756 25 720 4,341 106
	28,765			35,915
		7,057			1,614 -

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Year ended 31 March 2021

BALANCE SHEET

£ 15,710 2021	£ 15,710 26,658	£ 15,708 2020	£ 15,708 19,601

11,589 640		4,533 640



	26,658		19,601
	19,601 7,057		21,215 1,614 -
	26,658		19,601

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Notes to the Accounts

1 ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Accounting Convention

The financial statements have been prepared on a receipts and payment basis, which is consistent with previous years.

Compliance with Accounting Standards

The financial statements are prepared in accordance with applicable United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice) and have been applied consistently (except otherwise stated).

Turnover

The Income shown in the income and expenditure statement represents amounts received during the year.

Depreciation

Depreciation is calculated so as to write off the cost of an asset over the useful economic life of that asset as follows;

Fixtures & Fittings

15% Reducing Balance

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Notes to the Accounts

3 TANGIBLE FIXED ASSET REGISTER

Property Investments £ 15,109 - -	Fixtures & Fittings £ 3,131 107 -	TOTAL £ 18,240 107 -
15,109	3,238	18,347
- - -	2,531 106 -	2,531 106 -
-	2,637	2,637

15,109	601	15,710
15,109	600	15,709

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Notes to the Accounts

3 PREPAYMENTS

3 PREPAYMENTS
Rent Water Rates Subscriptions Insurance 4 ACCRUALS Accountancy Bookkeeping	2021 £ 1,250 36 77 328 1,691 2021 £ 520 120 640	2020 £ 3,500 86 130 328
		4,044 2020 £ 520 120
		640