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The Benwell Christian Shop Project Trading as Cornerstone Benwell

Annual Report and Accounts for the year ending 31st March 2023

Benwell Christian Shop Project

Registered in England & Wales No. 02349218 Registered Charity No. 701263

Serving the Community of Benwell since 1987

Trustees and Directors at 31st March 2023 David Kirkwood (Chair) Peter Michell (Secretary) Carol Davison Shirley Irving Tim Woolley Claire Lewis Rachel Turner

The Trustees confirm that they have complied with the duty in Section 4 of the Charities Act 2006 to have due regard to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit.

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Welcome to this Annual Report which summarises the achievements of Cornerstone during the financial year leading up to March 2023.

Also included is a summary of the 2022-23 Annual Accounts.

Cornerstone has a long-term commitment to serve the people of Benwell by working to:

• Include the excluded

• Empower the disempowered

• Encourage the discouraged

• Celebrate all that is good

Registered Office: 62 Armstrong Road Benwell Newcastle Upon Tyne NE4 7TU

T: 0191 226 0941 E: [e-mail]

www.cornerstonebenwell.com

Www.facebook.com/cornerstonebenwell

Bankers TSB PLC 104 West Road Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 9QA

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On behalf of all the Team at Cornerstone Benwell we would like to dedicate this AGM to the memory of Edith Hutchinson.

Edith was a dedicated trustee and volunteer at Cornerstone for many years. Sadly, we lost Edith in March 2023 following a long illness.

She remains a huge miss.

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Report from Operations Manager Amy Proud

Just as the community was finally recovering from the upheaval brought about by the Covid pandemic we unfortunately moved straight into a year of severe pressure due to the Cost of Living crisis.

Cornerstone however was on hand to offer valuable support to our community, quickly adapting to the needs of our customers.

Our biggest change this year was turning our centre into a warm hub for the winter months. Creating a full wrap around wellbeing package including free hot food and drinks, laundrette service (the Benwell Bubble) and wellbeing counselling service. This was hugely successful, and we even featured on ITV National News as we did such a great job!!

Our themed meals continued too including a VE Day celebration and a fantastic Jubilee celebration for our late Queen.

A huge thank you to to Lesley for another year of amazing lunches. She is still making something out of nothing it just so happens that the something is always outstanding!

We would also like to welcome and thank Maureen for all her hard work this year. Maureen runs the Benwell Bubble and also supports the Welcome Project every Monday.

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Our two popular projects, The Welcome Project and The Kindful Project continued this year. The Welcome Project enjoyed many new activities including cookery, LUSH Bath Bomb making, bonnet making and decollage, they also enjoyed themed nights, a summer BBQ and a VIP ASDA tour!

Our Kindful Project delivered across 5 schools was a huge success with children in Key Stage One learning valuable new cookery skills, mindful techniques and trying new foods!

I would like to take the opportunity to thank Katy for all her work with the Welcome Project and the Kindful project.

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Other projects that started this year include our Memory Cafe. Our collaboration with SEARCH ensures that customers with memory problems have a safe space to meet, socialise and enjoy a lunch together. We even got the opportunity to visit Beamish together and had a great sing song!

We also started our baby and toddler club “Kindful Kids” which saw the little ones enjoying free play, snacks and yet more singing! Our work with children ended for the year during February Half Term with a week-long kids club culminating with a fantastic soft play bus!!

With so many more visitors this year I would like to take the opportunity to thank Michael for keeping the place looking absolutely gorgeous and generally putting up with our crazy demands!

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We also could not do without our amazing trustees and volunteers! A special mention to Michael 2, Wendy and Carol who have dedicated so much of their time and effort.

Also thanks to Chris and Richard for once again completing our accounts!

We look forward to the next year with hope and gratitude and can’t wait to show you all we have to offer!

Amy x

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Major Contributors in the Last Year

Lottery Community Fund

Kickstart - Department of Work and Pensions Newcastle Building Society B&Q The Vegan Society Proctor and Gamble Cruach Trust Jaspar Foundation Cash for Kids Waitrose Tesco Asda John Lewis Wesley House Orphan Trust COOP Local Giving Newcastle City Council

Hadrian Trust Aldi Magic Little Grants Feeding Families Amazon UK Nathans Wastesavers Heddon Church Ponteland Methodist Church Milburn Methodist Church All Saints Gosforth Venerable Bede St James’ St Margaret St John’s Riding Mill Church Wylam St Oswin’s

In addition, we have received a number of significant individual donations. To all of these we send our huge thanks.

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The following page shows a summary financial report for year ending 31st March 2023. A full version of the accounts is available by request.

The accounts were prepared in accordance with the Charity Commission Statement of Recommended Practice (Revised 2000) with reference to the exemptions provided for small charities in paragraphs 344-358, paragraphs 353 & 354.

Chris Carr Cornerstone Treasurer

December 2023

I agree that this is a true and fair reflection of the Cornerstone accounts Richard McAllister December 2023

Reserves Policy

The policy is to have between 6 and 12 months running costs in reserve.

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ai IMCOUE l1￿0mE￿E1IERbL Cale sales Ini•r•st Qhef Income Rent ffjoms Fnènds rl Comowsion• Donations unostnct 589 23 951600 745 62 892230 3556 2 3T6 IYJ 2. 187 NJ 2931.13 21 140 21 24 838 08 6U23.27 118300 175700 475305 16 059 00 15 728 00 48.526.30 ICONIE - REs￿TED Totsl Inc¢xn• STAFF COSTS Salanes TLtsI Ssafi co 51.920 85 51.920.•5 28.861 13 2a.861.1J MAIIAGEUEIIT & RUMNING COSTS Cl83ning & d8cof¥ts'n9 Heat and light Secunty and Ios5•5 MANAGEMENf COSTS Calo surfjAIo5 Sundry expensès Postage Contents Office tele￿One$ Siionery&office swNi T(*al Il•nbg•meftt & rwnlng coims 878 19 3.474 00 232461 30S 00 140652 879 22 8661 230951 lo￿00 650 70 1J.J94J6 357578 31011 1 10528 6C6 52 250726 710 8T 9768 214066 983 00 826 90 15.854.97 GROSS SURPLUS IDEFICITJ 3JI0.20 USER COSTS Group ActMtEes Gtoup SuFf4ies Tothl Usgr costs 21YJ39 362 24 756 2A 1.118.48 2.150.39 DEPRECWTK)N Fumrture firtings oquiwnoril 157 14 209 52 157.14 TOTAL OPERATIMG COSTS 28.IXI XET SURPLUS (l￿FIcI￿ J299.47 14•L 18E Account Bl Fwd I&E ACCOUNT 72.611 54 70 129 JI 12 611.54 10

Benwell Christian Shop Project (A Lompany Limiid By Guarantee and noi having share capiial I Annual Accounts For Ihe Year Ending 31 March 20?3 Company Number 2349?18 Reblislercd Charity Number 701 ?63

Benmell Chrislian Shop Project .Ilanagenient C'.ouncil Ddi Id kirki¥iM)d i L"haimian) PL'tLT MiLhLII (SLYfLYary) CiWC)l D(i%'ison Tini IA ()iTrllL'y Shirlej Iri'ing CIIiiTC L￿.19 Rach¢l Turner l-resurer Mr C IM Carr SecretAr)' PL'l¢r MiLhcll Rek>lsl¢r¢d Offiee CorneThlone Am)sifi)nbp Road Benwell ew"castle Uwn Tyne rs E4 7TU Bankers TSB l (H ￿'Ll Ro lili'ain c&sile Uwn Tyne NF.4 9QA

Independeni Examiners Rewrt: TO THE TRUSTEES OF BEN'WELL CHRISTIAN SHOP PROJECT I rewrt on Ihc accounts for the year ended 31° March ?023. RESPECYIVE RLSPONSIBILITIES OF TRUSTEES AND EXAMIN'ER A% Ihl Lharit! s InL%iL'es yi)u are reswnsiblL tor IhL prLyaraiiun of the acLI)uni.%- yc)u c()n%ideT that IhL audil requiremcnt of sLYlii)n 4.I1_) ol. th¢ Ch(irilie5 aLI 1991 {Ihc act) d{)¢￿ not appl>'. It is my rL￿ponsIbIlItY lo slatc. i)n Ihc ba515 of Procedurcs spccifid in thL g¢n¢ral direclions given by Ihe Charily Commis5ioncrs under scctioii 43171Ib) of'thc ULX. wheih¥Y particular mailers have come to my atteniion. BASIS OF THE EXAMif44F.RS REPORT Nl). exiiininalion carriLMI oul in ULU)rdanc¢ M'iih the Oencral DircLlions givai by IhL C'lidril). C'oinmission¥r%. An examinalii)n includc5 a r￿'lL￿. l)f the aLLounlin¥ rL'L()rd.% kept b%, the Lhariiy and ciimparis()n of lh¢ accounls prcscnlLxl ii'iih ihiise reLords. It a15l) inLludL4 c4)n*i(lerdlion of any unusual ilems or disclosures in Ihe aLLounls. and sceking expldnulii)n% from i'i)u a4 Iruslccs conLLYning any SULh maltCTS. The Procedur( uiidLTiak¢n dii niii pni¥idc all thc ci'idenLL that ￿'OUld he required in an audil, and c()n%equ¢ntly I di? not express an audil c)pinion c)n th¢ i'icu. bJji'L'ii b), Ihc acuiunts. INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS STATEMENT In u)nneLli()n with my cxaminalion. no malter has come io my alt¢nlioD: whi¢h btrll'L￿ me reasonllble Laus¢ lo believe that in any maierial resrrti the requir￿nentS.. li? k'L'LP aCLounttng records in aLLX)rdanc¢ with seclion 41 of ihe Act. and lo prLI)ar¥ nLcoun15 w'hich occord wilh Ihe acL(iunlin¥ reLI)rds and lo comply 'iih Ihe aLLI)unling• r¥yuirements of the AL%. These arc also in line with slandurds sel by I,-RS I O? H41i'e n<)1 been m¢t: or ? lo which. in my opinion. attention should he drawn in order lo enable a proper undLryStanding vl. Ihe accounis to bv ￿chl￿1. NÉim¢: Mr Richard McAllisler Relcvant P￿rL￿10nal Ix)dy: Chartered Inslituie Accountants England & Wales Address.. 109 Greal North Road N¢￿CaStle LlpK)n Tyne

Ilenmell Christian Shop Project STATEMENT BY THE MEMBF.RS OF THF. COUNQ IL UNDER THE PROVISIOI44S OF THE COMPANIES Arr 21 The company entiiled to exemption under the Cc)mpanies Act ?lJ)6 froin thc r¢quircniLiiI to hai'e its accounts for the year ended ."• l MarLh 202.1 auditLyI. No notice htL8 b¥¥ii dLpostid undcr Ihal ALI rLyuiring an audil in rLlaiii)i) lo the Lompany's acLuunls for that linancial y¢ar. "ll)L membeTri vf the council acknowled¥¢ Ihthr responsibililie8 for Lmsurin¥ that the Lornpany keeps accounling reu)rds which comply wilh the C'ompanies ALI ?IMX), and prlpiiring ac¢ounis ￿,hICh byive a Iruc ￿ld fdir N'iew lif Ihc slalc of atTairs (If Ihe ¥iinipany as al Ihc end uf th¢ financial year and of ils surplus or deli¥li for ihe fiiianLiAI ycar in accordan¢L with Ihe rLNuirements of that Act. and which oiherwise cuinply with the requircmenls of that Ath Tclaling to th¢ acwunts. as far as appliLabl¢ lo Ihc company. ThL%¢ aca)unts were approvcd by th¢ Manasemeni Council on Friday 15, tkcembcr and signed on its behalf by.. Davtd Kirkw(KKI (Chdi Mr C M ca￿ (Treasurer) P￿eT Michel (Si*retary)

Benii'ell Christian .Shop Project Notes to the Accounts for Trear ended 31 Nlarch 2Q2.1. Accounting Policies: The following acc￿UntIng p)li¢ies have been used consislcnily in dealing with items ,hich arL consid¢r¢xl T)iaiLYial in relaiion io the Loinpanw s 4￿nUal aLii)unLs:_ Aceountlng con'ention Th¢￿¢ Accounis hnve bccn prcparcd undcr ihc hislori¥aJ c05t convention. Wc have appliLxl the new prin¢ipals sd Oui in FRS102. Tanxlblc Tr'ixed Assels ind D¢pre¢lAtioD FIX￿ Asseis arc stat￿1 al wst less accumulaicd depT￿latIOn Depre¥iation is Provid￿ al ?5112• annually Re%'enue Grant5 Income by way of charitsble grants is account￿ for on a cash rLYeipts basis. C.'Apill Grants MalLYial C.apilal Grdnls rett1v￿ are shown &8 income in adi'ancc and taken lo inc41me ¢iiid expendilure over the ¢xpcclcd life of tlie &%sei. Gifls & Donations Gift% & d()nali()ns are included in th¢ incomc & expe￿Illure a¢Younl in th¢ year which th¢y are Teccii'al. 2. TAN'GIIII.F. fr"IXEI) A5SE"I"S (see Assei D¢preclalion page) 3. DTr:B'foRS & CR&:Dl"foRS Debtors: We expeLI lo r￿cIv¢ £201J) from Inland Revthu¢ r¢lating to Gift Aid donalii)n for 202? & 2023

1. NE"I' LOSS TrOR"riiTr: YL,4R Primarily r¢lat¢s 10 timin&• in r￿Cipl of ￿an1 funding i'ersus the tt)niinued wntrolled approaL"h io managin8 centre and gr()UP running ￿?515. S. C.4&iH FLOW STATENIF.NT See atiachal Lash Ilow documenl.
2. Tr.1¥IPI.OI'EES The av¢ra¥e number of persons cmployol during rhe year. 21I2212Q2.1 2021122 Th¢ m¢mb¢rs of the management council receivLxI no rcmuneraiion in th¥ year
3. B.4LANCE SIILET The acLounts 8r¢ pr¢par¢d in accordance with the specittl Pro￿.2S1onS of Part Vll ()f Ihe Compani13 Act 1985 relating io smallimedium compani￿. Audli F.xeniptlon Stalemenl For the year ending 3110312023 the Lompany w'as enliiled ii) ex¢m￿lon frorn 4udil under seclion 477 of the Companies Acl 2(XK) relating to small Cornpani￿. Directors. rcswnsibllitics: lh¥ Inenihvr5 hai'e ncil required Ihc iompany io i)bi(iin an audit of its awounts Iiir Ihe >eiW in queslion in alcord￿Le with ￿tIOn 476, the dir¢ilc)rs a¢k'ni)￿.1¢dg¢ Ihcir resp()nsibililies f()r iiimplying w'ith th¢ requir¢m¢nts of ￿lL ALI w'ith rLspeLI to accounting r¢cords and ilic preparation ot"aLcounls thL￿c aLLounLs have been prepared in accordance with the proT¥ision5 appliLJble to a)mpanies subJeLI lo thti small Lompani¢s' r¢gime. . RESERI'ES POLICI, The policy is lo have bdm'een 6 and l ? Tnonths costs in rthm'v.

Cafe I￿•S defèst Oth•r incorn• 951600 745 62 1.922 30 3556 6839 1 18300 1.757 00 475305 16 059 00 15 728 00 2376 2187( 2931 13 21 140 ?1 24 838 08 64J2U7 0008tion8 W•￿•d STAFF COSTS Salan•s 51.920 85 51.920AS 21.861 13 Xl.•61.13 ANAGEMEMT & RIMMI￿ COSfS 878 19 3474th1 232461 305 ¢NJ 14rfi52 179 22 8661 2X)951 1 lJ80 00 650 70 13.3x36 357578 3.30100 1 10528 52 S•cuirty loia•s Calè suF•J Sunthy •xpttM Pty$iagfr C¢rt•nts Offico t•l•thn st￿ery1￿￿• 2507 710 87 9T6B 2.140 60 983 00 126 90 15m4Jl GROSS SURPLUS j.moao USER COSTS Gffjup ActMtw$ 215039 362 24 756 24 1,11& 2.150JJ DEPREC￿1￿ FumrtuT• ￿1￿J• 157 14 209 52 157.14 209 TOTAL OPERAT￿￿ COSTS IT SIIRPLIIS (r JJ99A7 18E Accourt & F E ACCOUMT 72611 54 IQ 129 11.51

A• ￿ End Al At End ol M•rJ2 ASSETS Flx•d A• 4T1A3 621.51 2.fth IXI 66￿066 68N066 69J11•9 2 iY•J 69 982 99 71982 99 TL611.56 TOTIL ASSETS LIA8iimES Fun 69 312 07 72611 $1 FiIPKIS EIfftOYEO .J11m 72.611.56 TOTAL LIABILITES .312.OJ 12.611.56 Autht £x•mptl¢)fi 5tst•m•rt For iht yearendlry 31.3.2023 The company was entjtled to t￿m￿tIOn frorn the wdlt undersecilon 477 of the C(mpanles Act 2(K16 felatlng to small ¢tyiwnles. DO￿¢t￿$. fe¥>tyuibllrtles: Ihe members have not rqulred ihe company to otraln •) autht ol ￿ a(rwnts lty the ￿r In queSllon In •¢cordance T•th seth¢)n 476. Ihe dlrertor3 acknowledÉe their re5ponslbllltles ftx mplylng wlth tht rewlr¢ments of the Act with re¥)ect to accounth8 re¢ord5 and the prepwatlon ol accounts. these xcount5 have been prepared in COrdan￿ wlth the prtr41sbons appllcable to companles subject to th¢ ynl c(MIN>•nfies' r*me. b. MICHELL C•Mp-J S£¢Attr

CASH ROW STATEMENT Y•w 3141¥.33 YM 314l•r.22 -329947 248220 SEfv from P&L J41 for th• fohw4 non<•sh rierns Fixed Asset Oew•ciK 15114 J.U2.JJ -3,142.3J I￿.￿ ASSET DEpwaATION Co 8a14nc• ForwO 37.346 70 37 W 70 Errfl d PwKJ 31316 70 37 346.711 36 718 13 36 Tl0 13 8￿￿•8￿F0￿ 36 718 13 % 718 13 628.57 628 57 R• ol D•W•c￿t￿l {%) Chwp lor P•ry 157 14 157 14 Bth• * Ernl 36 875 2T 36.875 27 N•i Book V•1¥￿. Start d P•th)d End of P•nod 628 57 628 57

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