S¥irolkC•￿II￿YFty Charlty ttuwber. 101117 for thèyt4rffld￿3l March 2 Sttffolk Commvnlty Forum Conlen¢s PAge Management commiltee report Auditors. report Ststement of Financial A¢tivities Balance she io Notes to the financial statements 11-18 f•r Ikeyttr tAded31 M•ril l•lJ Mar£h 2023. R¢NYTrn8Stsndatdwlic*k m thBUKgod KyblK oflrt1￿dpb1i*d in(ktkn201V. c&aTityN￿ suff0lkc￿rI￿￿lty Fotu ChatityRewtsoDnuthtr. HMRC." XR4457dlCCNL. IWII7 B￿￿SA￿Ss.. 124 St¢vrntytm Ro•* BTII 9BQ T(¥rylWy{CThur) cil Dwg*(frraR4¢rl BxlKiM¢DwJl J&tyJo SF¢rte AtsdlloT FJt5tTn*BJpK 35 Vthtrv5thySu#Bdfa#BTF IND f•r i&¢ Yo*r￿ded JJ MArtk 202J atsdPt0jq￿ Ptoth atE WthxwJ￿y0f5trff. voluD*ets. theDteds ofthe cbty. Patt 2 Suffolk Communlty Fornm M•D*gement Commllttt Report for the ye4r endtd 31 MArth 2023 Objectlves and Attivltles The Suffolk Community Forum will work towards ¢teating a stsbl¢ S￿￿re, confideni community in Suffolk. The objective of th¢ Group shall b¢ to promot¢ the benefit of the inhabitants of the Suffolk estate and its Deighbourhood by associating logether with said inhabttants and the local authorities. voluntary and oth¢r organi5ations in a common cffort lo provide 01 se¢ut¢ the provision of social seryices. ¢ducational and r￿￿tiOnal facilities for all sections of the community ie. youth. elderly,people with special necds or who are disabled women. meD. children. the unemployed and other dis)dvantag¢d groups within the area in the interest of social welfate. Achievements and Perfonnanee The group believes it ¥hieved its goals of promoting gI￿d community relations throughout th¢ Suffolk area. FIDancial Review The fornm had a successful year. The results ate s¢t out in full in the audited a¢￿u￿ts. Prittefipal Funding Sources The principle source of funding was the DFC. BCC and SRRP. Investmellt poli¢y Any sutplus fijnds are transfer￿1 into short savings accounts for invesiment. Reserves Policy The committee retaiTh fuDds u) the charity in oidcr to provide sufficient WOTking ¢apital to facilitate the ongoin8 activitia5. The target for UDr¢stricted fjjlld res¢ryes is six months support costs. Volunteers The charity is appreciativ¢ of the effots of its volunteers who a￿ involved sn service provisioD. P•E¢ J f•r ¢heyeAt¢wdtd JI March l•ZJ Wt¢Onfirnith￿". and fairvi•¥ of￿*￿te0[ affallsofthew ex￿￿'1￿￿oIthc wp fwthE Suffolk Communlty Fornm Indepelldtnt *udltors' report to the trllstees of Suffolk Communlty Forrym We have auditcd the financial statements of Suffolk Community Forum for the y￿r ended JI March 2023 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities, the Summary Income and Expendi￿re AccounL the Balance Sheet and the related not¢s.The financial repDrting framework that h8s been applted in their prq)aration is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards. including Finaftcial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Reporting Stsndard applicablc in the UK and Rcpublic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Ac¢ept¢d Aceounling PrBcliee). In our opinion. the accounts: - give a trne and fair view of the state of the Charitys aff81rs as at 31 March 2023 and of its incoming resources and application of resources. foT the Year then end￿. - have be¢n properly p￿pared in accordance with United Kingdorn Genetally Awted Accouotsng PTactic¢. Basis for opinion We ¢ODdu¢ted our audit in accordance with tnternational Stsndard5 on Auditing (UK) {ESAs (UK)) and appli¢abl¢ law. Our responsibilitie5 under those 5taodards are furth¢r described in the Auditorfs responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements s¢¢tion of our re￿rt. We are independ¢nt of the charity in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to out audit of the fwaocial statements tn the UK, including the FRC'S Ethical standar￿ and we have ￿lfilled our other ethical responsibilities in xwrdance with these tequirements. W¢ beli￿ that the audit evidence we have obtsined is suffici¢nt and appropriat¢ to provide a b&8is for our opinion. Condusions relatlng to going ¢ODcern The trnstees, have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Charity or to cease their operations. They have also concluded that there are no material Uncert￿n￿"¢5 that could have cast significant doubt over thcir ability to continue as a going concern for at least a year from the date of approval of the financial statements Clhe going con¢ern periodl. ltt our evaluation of the In￿¢¢$, conclusions. we consid¢ted the inlkerent risks to the ChaTity's business model and analysed bow those tisks might affect the Clwity's financial re50ur¢¢s or ability to continue operations over the going concern period. tn audititig tbe fmancial statements, we have concluded that the ttwtees, use of the going con¢thi basis of aC￿u￿tirtg in the preparation of th¢ financtal stst¢meDts is appropriAt¢. Based on the Work we bave performed we have not id¢ntified any material uncertaintie5 relating to events or conditio￿$ tha¢ indivldually or colle¢tively. may wt significant doubt on the Charity's ability to continue &5 a going concern for a peTiod of at least twelve tnonths from the date when the fmancial statements ar¢ authorised for issue. However, &5 we cannot pred&cl all future events or conditions and as sub5equcnl events may Tesuli ID outcomes that are inconsistent with judgements that weT¢ Tea50nable at the time they were tnade, the absence of r¢feren¢¢ to a material uncertainty in this auditor's report is not a guardntce that the Charity will continu¢ in operntion. Ow responsibilities and th¢ responsibilities of the In￿leets, with respec¢ lo going ¢on¢ern ar¢ d¢5crib¢d in the relevant sections of this t¢potL Page 5 Jndrp¢nthlllaudlim' rtpurttt*thE1rnl￿•r￿￿4kC•M•u1ty F•rn• Otherl•ltstW*lloTh thewJditorothe[Wi*4vt￿ ￿be Ifve b*Dtifyyxh matthal Tryo¢ or As explainednh)re fijlly in the Ststr4Wt•firUSte￿Rc4￿￿thI￿ti¢thBtn￿*U￿￿*wNe forthe rati￿ ofthe XCQUDtsaraforiwstti$fJ￿ theY￿Ve¥ tn* ￿ f4iT view. and forw¢b in￿?1 ahtimauv¢butto&)so. A¥dltor's r*vD￿lI1tlts for the ¥wditof thefill•Naa15tstyv￿ts C¢error*ndareQ￿#￿<1d if. in thtA8WÈtr, thryL%wldft&**thtyb¢¢Kpefftdlo P*tr6 arities. Suftolk including 18 de￿.led belDw. edures in IitiE With our responsibilitlE5J Outlined abDv4 tr> dattt material Inis8ialerntsts im tEspe£tof irre8ularjties. including fraud. exieTht lo which our pro¢edurtt C4AblE of dE￿¢11Th& irtetylatities. lTre8ularitiesb includin8 fraud. are instances of knmpliawwith laws and w14tioDS. W¢ dth" prD¢edures in line With out responsibilities. tsilllined above. ty detect materhal mi including fraud is detailed below. irreEulaYities. in¢luding frdud. The ex*ttt to whi¢h OUT procedures ait ¢apabl¢ of dtttttihg iTft&ulaTilies. We gained an understanding of the le8al amd th¢ ￿K￿lI10ry framework *siic4bl¢ to the whpany and Ihe Industry in which it operates and ¢onsidw the risk ofacts by the ¢ompanywhith coniwy tD applitabk laws and re8ulati(Jns. including frnud. These included butwere not limiied to t4mplhaThee wilh Cmpani¢s Act Our tests included but were not limited to: We focused on laws and reg￿3￿0￿& that ¢ould we n* to Materi￿ misstateynent w th¢ fin￿111 *ateYDEllts. Euquiries (jf managemellL Review of roinutQs of board meetings throughout the pttio4' and regulatious. Considerin8 the efftctiveness of the cootrol en￿1 atsd mo4ittriQ8 ¢onw)ian¢¢ with law5 and We also communicated relevant identified knws and regulati0th5 aod rXjtenti￿ fftud riskto eThga8Ementteayn thToughout the audiL members and rErnahntd alert to any indi¢ati045 of fraud or tson-compliance with laws and regul￿10 There are inher¢ttt limitatiQDS in the audii proceduRs des¢n"btd above and th¢ fil￿tr re¥novfJl non-compliance With law5 regulations is from events and iefletted the fiuancial skteTnents. the less 13kely we would be¢ome awaTe of it. As in all ofow audits we adthessed the risk Dftyalla8ement override of internal controls. includin8 te51ing jour1￿15 and Evaluatitigwhetber there was evidence of bias by the director5 dLat represented a risk of material misstatemetti due to frdud. Our audit procedu￿5 were d¢signed to respond to risks of Materi￿ misstatemEtkt in the financial Statement reco8nising that the risk of not detecting a material MI￿atement due io i% hi8her thaTL the risk of detecting one resulting from eTror. &8 fraud may involve deliberate coTreealTnrntby, foT exampl4 fot8ery, misrepresentations or through collusion. Thett aR ynhemt lirnitation5 in the audit Ptocedures perfonned the further removed non-¢ompli8nc¢ with laws and regulations is from the events and trnnsactions reflecled irL the financial ststerThents. the less likely W¢ ate to become awaTe of IL A further d&scription of our responsibilities for the audii of Ihe ac¢oullts is knt¢rfA on the Financial Reporting Council's website at: htty:Ilwww.frc.org.uklauditOTStesponsibilities. This descripti¢)tt fonkns part of out auditovs report. The purpose of ollr audit work and to whom we owe OUT respon51bllltles This report is made solely to thc Clwitys InTh, as a body. Our audit WOTk Iw beeThundertgk¢n so ihltwe might stat¢ to the Charitys trnstees those matters we are required to stst¢ tr) them ITh an wdilors, Irwrt And for no other purpose. To th¢ fullest exlenl pennitted by law, we do not a¢¢ept or assume respDThsibility lo allyoThE other than the Charity and the Charitys tNstt¢s as a IM)dy. for our audit work. fot this repoiL or for th¢ opinions w¢ have fornied. Page 7 F•Th Rkha￿ Mtaay FCA{SelltsrStststory A•dlttsrl F•r*nd ￿￿11[*(meCM1YThT￿Ity•I SiDtkth** LTD l L•DyoD Qts*y BELFAsr BTI 3LC Ch*rter¢d A¢¢rtAts•ts 13ib De￿￿ to be to th¢ Obliv￿0￿ i% Trcoglli%￿ atpr¢￿￿t a WVilb)D ill meawtrd at prexoi the IA GoYernm¢ntgr4fLts Etyplo)Tr•¢costs 2023 2022 29.772 28J27 Pay 14 Svffolk Communlty Fothm . continued Notes lo the ntt*Dtl*l st•leme•ts for tht ytsr emded 31 Marth 2013 Unrtstrftted Re4￿Ckd Total 20Z3 2013 2023 TTrtAI 202Z DFC Sunthy PHA Belfast City Council Solace Wom¢n's Aid Commuttity Foundation NTHE Ctsopetation Ireland Neighbourly Community Fund Arnold ClaTk Community Fund 19JOO l9.5( 34.303 34J03 16.(XY) 29.056 792 10.772 102 1.674 10.772 102 1.674 1.246 13,600 lJ85 1.8(KJ 1.3f2 I9.5(￿] 49.197 68.697 69215 P*ee 15 SBffvlk Comm*nlty Forn for iheyur endcd 31 Mirch 2023 Tot•1 T•tAI 2022 T•t*l resoowces ￿penderf 29.772 28.327 I,TlO 2.459 519 Wages and salaries Insurance R¢nL light aod b¢81 Printing. posts8C and slXtiODgry Dtr¢¢t prtsjed costs T¢lephone Computer Book keeping Audit Bank G¢Dernl cxp¢ns¢s Charitable dollatii>ns Deprgci8tiOU 00 fixwtts &equipnwt 19.473 1.828 1.016 6.240 1.650 301 59 3.925 255 1.486 3(16 1.650 292 58 340 68.465 58.186 43520 24.945 41.245 16,941 58.186 Affjttysts by R¢strt¢ied T#x*tiQJl No li8biliry to UK ￿1100 tsx 8Ei*% M ordtts8ry djarity. Bdivitics fvr th¢ P¥ge 16 SpffolJ4 ForvnTr Nrfes l• Ibe Iltr*n¢lAI st*temciitS for thcytarendod JI Mar¢& 2023 . conlinued T*tt8tble Assets T•tsl Cost Al l April 2022 At 31 March 2023 10,466 la466 10.466 10366 Dtyreclg(ioii At l April 2022 Charge for the > Ar3J Ma￿h2o33 Net book At 31 March 2023 Al 31 March 2022 255 255 9.699 767 767 1.022 20LI 2022 Creditors". falbng dwc wAtbiD oDe ye#r 2.080 3.730 Tot•1 lot Ststem¢nt offuDds 20,473 5.445 25918 19,5(XJ 68,697 49.197 (43,520) (24.945) (68,4651 26.150 26.150 rotsl reserno •t J Aprll 2022 Total incom¢ for theyf rotsl ¢xpenditure for thc y Totxl reserves #tjl 2023 Thes￿￿81 r¢seTh¢ puryoscs. P•ge 17 Ontinued for tht ytar 31 Martb Z023 nalyth oftset •iiots bet*eEn ￿￿Tra Bai4nte% at 31 Marth 2D23 rtprtseniÈd by: Tkn8ible fixe41 CllrrEnt assets CunEni liabilities Total net Totil 767 767 27A63 (2,080) 26.150 (2.080) 26.150