1.REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES The Trust8es hav8 the pleasure in presenting their annual report and the financial statements for this financial year 2021r2022. The financial statemerrts comply v￿th the Charits'es Act 2011, the Companies Act 20￿. the Memordndum and Arts'cles of Associ*'M and Accounting and Reporting by Charities.. Statement of Recommended Pracb'ce applicable to charits'es preparing their accounts in accordan￿ with the Finanaal Reports'ng Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS102) Trustees (see page 2 annual ￿pOrt) The d1￿ctOrS of the Charity are its Trustees for the purposes of chaiity law and through¢xrt this report ar8 collethvely refèrred to as the Trustees. 2.OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES see page 2 {Ch8rities Objects) To promote sustainable development for the benefit of Disadvantaged in the Communrty. To continue to adhere to Covid-19 safety for all staff arKI seNice users. This is regularfy reviewed alongside govemment ￿$In'￿.0ns and guidelines. 3. ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE See pages 2 & 3 01 Annual Report- Graths 4.FINANCIAL REVIEW Outcomé for the year, the transadions of the tharity are summaris8d on page 4 of the financial statements. Th8 charity had total incoming reSi￿reeS for the year 2021r22 off £158,025. Of this amount £144.808 was restncted arKI £11,219 un￿stricted. Total expenditure in the year amoLsnted to £95,021. This resulted in an overall surplus for the year of £61,005 {2020121surplus £49,719) surplus reflective of longer runnng projects. The tharity has totsl ￿ServeS at end of2022 of £50,0 (see reserves policy). Reserves Pollcy The level of free reserves held seeks to slrike a balan￿ bet￿n managing risk and providiTrJ ongoing running costs of betsyeen 3 to 9 months. this is in Ihe case of a possible foldiro event and maintaining the level of resources necessary to safeguard the continuity of the chanty (including vulnerable seNice users) for the immediate period follo￿￿ng. Followng on, it is also calculated that £18,QK)O of the total sum would cover redundancy (at current staffing level and calculated around service duralion, age and rate of pay) the remainder VKJuld cover any Costs incurred in dosing existing ¢ontra¢#s in full. Finally, we may access this resetve in the event of action needed rf in￿rne falls below expedations or rf there are unexpeded or unforeseen operational costs. The Trustees consider that a target level of free reserves in the order of £50,t)J) is currently aFpropriate for the chanty. The total of free reserves remains at finanoal accounbng 21r2022 5. FUTURE PLANS We will continue to deliver our eduotional projects, ¢offts8lliThJ services, advocacy, postal holding, (See - charits'es Objects) to service users vthile k)oking toyrdrds any diverSffic￿Ons within these ar8as so that VR can further develop our working model. This will aid us in continuing to offer b8St value and wider access at the same time. Imth direct help from funders, y￿ are happy to be lo)king fOr￿drd to being able to provide MO￿ indusive facilities for our service users. aim to renovate our Ihc area wrthin the centre. with agr88ment of our landlord and we will most defnitely be able to offer a gr(wing service to a morE diverse demographic across the Ioc21 populatK)n. 6. RESPONSIBIUTES OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES For the purposes of chanty law, trustees are required to prepare financyal statements for eath financial year which give a true and fair view of the situation of the charity and of ts surplus or deficit for the year. In preparirwj those financial statements. the Trustees are required to.. (a) select appropnate accounb'ro p)licies and then apply them consistently (b) obseNe the methods and prinaples in the Charib'es SORP (c) make judgements and estsmates that are reasonable arKI prudent. (d) state whether applicable UK accwnting skndards hav8 been followed. and explain vthère they have not been followed, and (e) p￿pare the financial statements on the gong concxn basis unI8SS rt is inappropriate to presume that the charrtabl8 company will contlnL* in operation. REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND DIRECTORS The Trustees are also responsible for k8epirrfJ proper ￿)Unting records, which disclose wlth reasonable accuracy at any time the financial posth'on of the charity, and to enable them to ensure that the financi81 statements comply with the Charities Act 20118nd tha Companies Act 20c￿. The Trustees are responsible for ensurirYJ that the charity maintains an adequate system of intemal control, designed to provide reasonable assurance that asset$ are safeguarded against material loss or unauthorised use and to prevent and delect fraud arKI other irregulanties. This report has boen prepared in accordance with tho Statement of Recommended Practice, ACC￿nting and reporting by Charitiès, and in accordance with the spea'al provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act relab'ng to small entities. Approved by the Board of Trustees 2022 Signed on their behalf by lan VKèrdrop- Chair ## **First Stop Centre Mid Essex Branch 1st April 2021 - 31 March 2022** |**Income**
**Restricted**
**Funding**
**Unrestricted**
**Funding**
ECC / Essex Learning Partnership Fund
31,669
0
Essex Community
25,000
0
Community 360
8,600
0
Other Funding
0
0
Braintree District Council
31,326
0
Landsec
17,000
0
Phoenix Futures
0
0
Neighbourly
400
0
Interact
0
560
WEA
0
4,760
FSJ Charities
0
0
Other Donations
0
1,949
Essex Association
23,000
0
Charities Aid Foundation (CAF
0
0
Census
980
0
Fundraising Events
0
0
Gift Aid
0
0
Counselling Income
0
3,826
Canteen Income
0
0
Pool Table Takings
0
0
Miscellaneous Income
0
74
HMRC JRS GRANT
6,832
0
Covid-19 Response Grant
0
0
Supplier Refund of Overpayment
0
45
Bank Interest
0
5
**144,806**
**11,219**
**Total Income**
**156,025**
**Expenditure**
Payroll
63,404
Maintenance
1,455
Copier
0
New Equipment
6,420
Travel
347
Supervision & Training
538
Insurance
950
Utilities
1,977
IT Costs
2,113
Office expenses
471
Cleaning
4,110
Food collections & deliveries
890
Sundry Expenses
323
Shopping Vouchers
10,000
Xmas Hampers
422
Accounts Audit
60
Census
1,080
Covid19 expenses
204
Printing/Stationery
256
**Total Expenditure**
**95,021**
**(Deficit)/Surplus**
**61,005**
Fund B/F
152,714
**Fund C/F**
**213,719**
**2021/2022**||**2020/2021**
25,410
7,500
4,200
0
17,286
15,000
0
0
280
2,800
0
6,777
5,000
2,200
5,568
0
0
1,850
0
0
0
6,665
21,906
490
14
**122,946**
51,720
482
144
1,686
311
228
950
2,584
1,371
266
44
0
60
13,300
79
**73,227**
**49,719**
102,995
**152,714**||**2019/2020**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||26,922
0
1,458
5,000
0
10,777
600
0
560
11,265
1,000
12,914
0
0
0
2,015
1,281
3,415
1,494
193
48
0
0
62
30| |||||**79,033**| |||||46,449
926
288
0
476
507
950
2,015
768
435
445
500
50
0
136| |||||**53,947**| |||||| |||||**25,087**| |||||77,908| |||**152,714**||**102,995**| **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** |**Section A**
**Independent Examiner’s Report**|**Section A**
**Independent Examiner’s Report**| |---|---| |**Report to the trustees/**
**members of**
**On accounts for the year**
**ended**
**Set out on pages**
**Responsibilities and**
**basis of report**|FIRST STOP CENTRE MID-ESSEX BRANCH
31stMarch 2022
**Charity no**
**(if any)**
803170
1-12
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/03/2022.
As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the
accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011
(“the Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I
have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.| **Independent** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or - the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or - the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 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. 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. |**Signed:**
**Name:**
**Relevant professional**
**qualification(s) or body**
**(if any):**
**Address:**|Lisa Brown|10/10/2022| |---|---|---| |||| ||Lisa Brown|| |||| ||ICB Level 1 Manual Bookkeeping
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