2022-03-31-annual-report

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building community together

Trustees Report 2021 2022

Reference and Administration 03

Administration Details

Trustees Report 04

Objects of the Charity Activities of the Charity Achievements, Performance and Public Benefit Financial Review

Structure, Governance and Management Going Concern Governing Document Recruitment and Appointment of Trustees Organisational Structure Compliance with Public Benefit Statement of Trustees Responsibilities

Independent Examiners Report to the Trustees	09
Receipts and Payments Account	10
Statement of Assets and Liabilities	11
Notes to the Financial Statements	12

Reference and Administration Details

Name

Regenerate

Charity Number 104928 Trustees Keith Scott Chairperson John Stevenson Secretary David Vennard Treasurer Graeme Stevenson Keith Thompson Stephen Thornbury Keith Symington Trevor Hall Che McNally Alan Hynes Claire Reaney Gareth Chambers

Principal Address 1b Ardress Park Portadown BT62 3TP

Independent Examiners ABC Community Network Magharee House 82 Thomas Street Portadown BT62 3NU

Principal Bankers Santander UK plc 2 Triton Square Regent’s Place London NW1 3AN

Trustees Report

The Trustees present the Annual Report and Statements of the Receipts and Payments and Assets and Liabilities for Regenerate for the year ended 31 March 2022.

Objectives Of the Charity

The Charitable purposes of Regenerate are:

The advancement and citizenship or Community Development –

Providing support and opportunities to individuals and communities; promoting active citizenship and developing their capacity and skills, in such a way that they are better able to identify and help meet their needs and enable them to participate more fully in society as responsible citizens through participation in decision making processes in any matters which may affect the area.
Create a collective voice for the community and voluntary sector and work in partnership with statutory agencies and authorities.

The advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation or the promotion of religious or racial harmony or equality and diversity –

Promote social cohesion, religious and racial harmony and equality and diversity.

The advancement of education –

Assisting and supporting projects which seek to address low educational attainment.
Acting as a resource for young people by providing advice and assistance organising programmes of educational and other activities.

As a result of activity in the pursuit of the above charitable purposes Regenerate have engaged with people and communities regardless of background and supported them to build a stronger, safer and more connected community.

Activities of the Charity

Regenerate continues to build on engagement from our community space opened in March 2016. During the reporting period we engaged with approx. 7,500 people across Portadown, Lurgan and Banbridge.

Activities of the charity include practical and strategic support to individuals and community groups. Some examples of this include monthly focus forums, which give voice to community and help drive and deliver improvements for them. Regenerate liaises with statutory and voluntary partners, host a weekly Community Café, aiming to reduce social isolation and act as a platform to deliver craft sessions, a Christmas programme and community Health & Safety events.

Other activities include youth summer schemes, the launch of a Christmas Toy Appeal and projects around bonfires and interfaces, Irish History Talks and highlighting various support groups. The charity also partners with Southern Regional College and Bakers Food and Allied Workers Union to deliver training in Essential Skills in ICT.

Previous Projects: Covid Response, Flags and Bonfires Protocol Agreement. Keep me Safe, Child Protection, Y Zone Youth Hut. First Aid, Basic Food Hygiene.

Achievements, Performance & Public Benefit

Regenerate have built a strong operational base and excellent working partnerships with community, other voluntary and statutory partners. A number of strong projects have been developed and maintained both in our community space and also in communities across Portadown and key links with groups in Lurgan and Banbridge.

The community hub and outreach initiative recorded an annual footfall of approx. 7,500 people and deliver the following activities:

• Community Café

The project meets weekly and aims to reduce social isolation and serve as a platform to deliver key community messages and initiatives. The café has worked with conservation volunteers, Armagh Banbridge and Craigavon Council, PSNI, and PCSP and NIHE. The Community Café also focus on positive mental health wellbeing.

• Support to other groups

The charity has supported a number of other community groups to develop action plans, build capacity and successfully lobby for change and improvement in their areas of operation.

Rectory Community Action Group (RCAG) – meet every month.

The Corcrain Redmanville Community Partnership (CRCP) - meets fortnightly and aims to promote good relations and deliver projects within the area to benefit residents.

BOATA Men’s Shed – Weekly use of facilities in connection with the Veterans.

War Graves - The project research and maintains the historical stories of the veterans who served and died during the world wars. The project has published a number of reference books and hosted tours of the local areas of interest.

Veterans Group - A support group to Veterans offering social activities such as Breakfasts & BBQs, Model Making, Residentials, weekend trips and providing information or signposting to other services.

• Education

Regenerate partners with Southern Regional College and other providers to educate people in First Aid, Basic Food Hygiene, ICT and Fire Safety.

Irish History - Talks and field trips provided by Dr Eamon Phoenix.

• School Uniforms Support

Regenerate provides donated school uniform for children across the Portadown and Lurgan area free of charge.

• Cost of Living Crisis and Christmas Toy Appeal

By working in partnership with local groups and food providers, Regenerate collected new and used toys and accepted referrals for delivery of both toys and food hampers over the Christmas period.

• Flags & Bonfires

Regenerate continues to facilitate a flags protocol in Portadown and are working with a number of bonfires to facilitate improvements.

The activities outlined above demonstrate how Regenerate continues to implement its charitable purposes of:

The advancement of citizenship or community development
The advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation or the promotion of religious or racial harmony or equality and diversity
The advancement of education

and meets the Public Benefit requirements.

Benefit to members include:

Increased opportunity and capacity to play an active role in Community
Safer, better connected and welcoming communities
Increased capacity by individuals to make positive impact on their community
• Improved educational opportunity and employment prospects

We expect the out workings of our activities to develop stronger, safer, united communities, where people matter to each other and life is valued and enjoyed.

Regenerate has mitigated any potential harm from the activities through employer, public liability, trustee indemnity insurance, developing relevant policies and training and observance of good practice.

Regenerate has given careful consideration to the Charity Commission of Northern Ireland’s guidance on public benefit (PBR1) to ensure that the activities entered into during the year have helped to achieve Regenerate’s objectives and activities, as well as providing public benefit.

Financial Review

The principal source of income of Regenerate continues to be from Donations and Grants

The principal expense of Regenerate is in respect of payments regarding community activities and transport.

Regenerate had an excess of receipts over payments before other gains of £11,419.12 for the year ended 31 March 2022

Regenerate continues to be in a healthy financial state as of 31 March 2022 with a total cash funds of £15,666.72.

Regenerate aims to retain sufficient reserves to meet its unexpected future expenditure requirements as well as potential future capital projects.

Structure, Governance and Management

Going Concern

The Trustees have reviewed its planned expenditure for the year ahead and are satisfied that here are adequate funds in place to ensure that the Chairity can continue its activities and the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2022 can be signed off as a going concern.

Governing Document

The Charity is regulated by the Charities Act 2008 and the Constitution and Rules of the Charity adopted on 22[nd] September 2014.

Recruitment and Appointment of Trustees

Membership of Regenerate is open to individuals aged 18 or over, who live or work in, or have some other established connection with the area of benefit and are interested in furthering the work of the Charity. Or any corporate body or unincorporated association that is based or operates within the area of benefit and is interested in furthering the Charity’s work.

The Charity in general meeting shall elect the Trustees for a period of one year. The election of a Trustee will require at least three-quarters majority of those voting to vote in favour. The Officers shall be elected annually by and from the members of the Committee at their first meeting following the AGM. The Trustees may appoint any person who is willing to act as a Trustee. Such a resolution to appoint a Trustee shall require the approval of at least three-quarters of those voting. A retiring Trustee shall be eligible for re-election.

Organisational Structure

The Management Committee is the governing body of Regenerate and consists of all the appointed Trustees of the Charity. Under the rules of the Charity, the Trustees must number at least six. The majority of the Trustees offer themselves up for re-election each year at the Annual General Meeting under the terms of the Constitution of the association. At the Annual General Meeting on 22[nd] August 2022 all existing Trustees stood for election and were elected unopposed. John Bryars stood down from Committee and Darryl McShane joined the Committee.

Regular Committee meetings were held between April 2021 and March 2022. Further informal meetings were held during the year to deal with routine business as necessary.

The Committee reviewed financial matters at each full committee meeting. The Treasurer presented a financial forecast for the members of the year to the Trustees at each of those meetings and its implications were considered and discussed. Budget forecasts are made on a conservative estimate of potential funding and costs to ensure financial viability.

The accounts are presented annually to the membership for discussion and approval, following independent inspection.

Compliance with Public Benefit

The Charity has given careful consideration to the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland’s guidance on public benefit to ensure that the activities entered into during the year have helped to achieve the Charity’s objectives as well as providing public benefit.

Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities

The Trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Report and the Statement of Receipts and Payments and Statement of Assets and Liabilities in accordance with applicable law and regulations.

The law applicable to charities in Northern Ireland with income of less than £250,000 requires the Trustees to prepare a Statement of Receipts and Payments and a Statement of Assets and Liabilities for each Financial Year.

The Trustees are responsible for keeping accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the Charity’s transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the assets and liabilities of the Charity. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Signed on Behalf of the Trustees

Trustee 1 ______

Trustee 2 ______

19[th] June 2023

Date

Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of NIC 104928 Regenerate

Receipts and Payments Account for year ended 31 March 2022

	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total Funds	Total Funds
	2021/2022	2021/2022	2021/2022	2020/2021
RECEIPTS
Donations and Grants received	Donations and Grants received -	£91,302.51	£91,302.51	£75,140.02
Bank Interest	£3.91	££16.34	£20.25	£17.14
Other Income	£8,072.25	-	£8,072.25	£3,050.94
Sub Total	£8,076.16	£91,318.85	£99,395.01	£78,208.10
PAYMENTS
Equipment	£941.60	£4,392.61	£5,334.21	£3,407.56
Light & Heat	-	£1,603.69	££1,603.69	£1,925.71
Printing, Postage, Stationery	£9.50	£2,375.36	£2,384.86	£2,541.60
Bank Fees	£13.65	£52.25	£65.90	£28.51
Insurance	-	£339.29	£339.29	£609.29
Telephone	£143.88	£915.12	£1,059.00	£1,722.20
Activities	£4,620.00	£22,866.74	£27,486.74	£17,846.38
Travel	-	£442.20	£442.20	£399.05
Wages	-	£47,296.96	£47,296.96	£44,853.54
Hospitality / Food	-	£1,053.48	£1,053.48	£4,660.20
Accountancy	£50.00	-	£50.00	£150.00
Miscellaneous	£377.50	£482.06	£859.56	£7,783.87
Sub Total	£6,156.13	£81,819.76	£87,975.89	£85,927.91
Excess of receipts over	£1,920.03	£9,449.09	£11,419.12	-£7,719.81
payments before transfer
Transfers
Gross transfers between funds	-	-	-	-
in
Gross transfers between funds	-	-	-	-
out
Excess of receipts over	£1,920.03	£9,449.09	£11,419.12	-£7,719.81
payments before other
gains

On behalf of the Trustees

Trustee 1 Trustee 2

Statement of Assets and Liabilities as at 31 March 2022

	Unrestricted	Designated	Restricted	Total Funds	Total Funds
	2021/2022	2021/2022	2021/2022	2021/2022	2020/2021
Cash Funds
General Account	£928.58	-	£14,738.14	£15,666.72	£4,247.60
Total Cash Funds	£928.58	-	£14,738.14	£15,666.72	£4,247.60
Assets retained for the
Charity’s Own Use
Fixtures and Fittings
Total Assets retained
for the Charity’s own	£3,835.39	-	-	£3,835.39	£4,794.24
use
Total	£4,763.97		£14,738.14	£19,502.11	£9,041.84
Liabilities	-	-	-	-	-