The Happiness Cafes
Annual Report and Unaudited Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 May 2025
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The Happiness Cafes
CONTENTS
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| References and administrative information | 3 | ||
| 4 - 6 | |||
| report to the Trustees | 7 | ||
| Receipts and Payments account | 8 | ||
| Notes to the Financial Statements | 9 |
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The Happiness Cafes REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATION INFORMATION
| CEO | |||
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| Trustees Danny Doran (Chair) |
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| Karen Brown (Secretary) | |||
| Terri McQuaid (Treasurer) | |||
| Chairperson Danny Doran |
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| Charity Registration NumberNIC108720 | |||
| Principal Addressc/o The Nautilus Centre | |||
| Rooney Road | |||
| Kilkeel | |||
| Co Down | |||
| BT34 4AG | |||
| Independent Examiner Connor Sweeney FCA |
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| Chartered Accountant | |||
| 12 Moygannon Road | |||
| Warrenpoint | |||
| Co Down | |||
| BT34 3QJ | |||
| Bankers | |||
| 1 | Legg Street | ||
| Chelmsford | |||
| Essex | |||
| CM1 1JS |
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The Happiness Cafes
for the period ended 31 May 2025.
The trustees present their Report and the unaudited financial statements for the year ended 31 May 2025.
Objectives and Activities
Compliance with Public Benefit
guidance to ensure that activities entered into during the year have helped to achieve the s aims and objectives as well as providing public benefit.
The purposes of the charity are:
To offer programmes and services that improve the quality of life for persons living with dementia as well as their family care partners and friends and any purpose for the benefit of people living with dementia in Northern Ireland. The Group promotes social inclusion for people with dementia, their families and their carers by preventing them from becoming isolated. The group provides facilities in which people with dementia, their families and carers have the opportunity to meet regularly with others in the same situation to speak openly about their problems, share their feelings and experiences and support each other. The group encourages peer support, provides practical information and signposts access to advice from health and social care professionals and others and raise awareness of dementia.
To offer a positive, non-judgemental environment. Caregivers & the Person With Dementia (PWD) socialise together and connect with/support/guide others in the same position.
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an extended close-knit network with emotional support & peer advice in or out of the sessions - a free to attend service for 2 hours fortnightly with refreshments, fun stimulating entertainment, socialising, signposting of support services and making sure everyone is okay
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the only essential service in our rural area that provides ground level support to carers and PWD
The main activities undertaken by the Cafes are:
-Music - Provides comfort and can both soothe and stimulate people and elicit powerful emotional responses and reconnects them with memories. (singalongs, playing instruments, live singers). Our Dementia choir provides a range of inclusion and belonging.
-Reminiscence - - stimulating activities that leaves our People With Dementia and their carers in high spirits, providing freedom from concern that in turn lessens the effects of depression, anxiety and irritability. Recalling childhood memories and happier times is hugely advantageous.
-Painting, Crafting, Clay Model Making - Helps people create significance and give an insight to their thoughts in a non-verbal way. We encourage intergenerational participation as this brings out the nurturing/parental side of our attendees.
-Mindfulness - improves health & well-being reflexology, massage, deep breathing.
-Poetry Stimulates creativity and happiness, reminiscence nursery rhymes, limericks.
-Chair / Gentle Exercises Improves self-sufficiency, self-confidence and cognition, builds or maintains muscle, strength and balance, helping our PWD maintain their independence for longer. Also, it can help regulate their sleep and prevent restlessness and sleeplessness in the evening.
Pets - help to relieve stress, depression and anxiety whilst also providing a sensory experience. Pet therapy helps lower blood pressure and heart rate, reduces the stress hormone cortisol, and boosts serotonin (happiness).
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Structure, Governance and Management
Governing Document
The principal document regarding governance of the charity is the constitution. The committee members are the Charity Trustees. The Cafe is an unincorporated organisation.
Organisational Structure
The committee is responsible for the day to day running of the Cafes. The committee is made up of at least three volunteers elected each year at an annual general meeting. The committee stands down at the Annual General Meeting each year and a new committee is appointed in line with the constitution.
All committee members and trustees are volunteers. No-one receives payment for services.
Achievements and Performance
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46 weekly sessions with hot meals provided
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Average of 42 attendees each week
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3864 hours of support and entertainment provided during sessions
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869 hours of external respite care provide to unpaid family carers so they could have a break
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Additional daily support offered via WhatsApp and telephone
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Mentored others so they could open a new Memories Cafes
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Health sessions with podiatrists, RNID etc
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Carers session with Dementia Admiral Nurse
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Fundraising activities supported concert, supermarket collections, 3[rd] party events
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Intergenerational sessions
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Referral processes established with surgeries and Memories Clinic
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Self sufficiency has greatly increased with the introduction of our Community Kitchen and work with partners
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Increased fundraising activities to reduce the reliance on grant funding
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Increased the number of volunteers
Financial Review
During the financial year the Cafes continued to raise funds via grant assistance, donations and via sponsored events.
The receipts and payments accounts set out on page 7 reflect the activities undertaken by the Cafes in 2025. The Cafes had income of £11.785.58 and expenditure of £36,120.56 resulting in a deficit of £24.354.98 The Cafes had unrestricted reserves at 31 May 2025 of £11,642.04
Volunteers incur fuel costs when carrying out activities for the charity. Within this financial period, six amounts were paid from restricted grants to meet these costs. The total amounted to £540 in this financial year.
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The Happiness Cafes
for the financial year ended 31 May 2025
Going Concern
The trustees are satisfied that there are adequate funds in place to ensure that the Cafe can continue its activities and that the financial statements for the year ended 31 May 2025 can be signed off as a going concern.
Approved by the Board of Trustees on _____ and signed on its behalf by
___ ______ 5A15C7AFE8BB473...tious CB357F2BC9C7432...\ Karen Brown Terri McQuaid Secretary Treasurer
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The Happiness Cafes
THE HAPPINESS CAFES
I have examined the financial statements of the organisation for the financial period ended 31 May 2025 which comprise the Receipts and Payments Account, the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and related notes.
(Northern Ireland) 2008. My work has been undertaken so that I might compile the financial statements that I have been engaged to compile, report to the Board of Trustees that I have done so and state those matters that I have agreed to state to them in this report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, I do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the organisation and its members, as a body, for my work, or for this report.
Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner
The organisation’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008. The organisation’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this financial year under the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 and that an independent examination is required.
It is my responsibility to:
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Examine the financial statements under section 65 of the Charities Act
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Follow the procedures laid down by the general Directions given by the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland under section 65 (9)(b) of the Charities Act; and
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State whether particular matters have come to my attention.
I have examined your charity financial statements as required under Section 65 of the Charities Act and my examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland under Section 65 (9)(b) of the Charities Act. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the organisation and a comparison of the financial statements presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the financial statements and seeking explanations from the 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.
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention which gives me cause to believe that in any material respect;
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1) accounting records were not kept in accordance with Section 63 of the Charities Act
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2) the financial statements do not accord with those accounting records
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3) that the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act
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4) there is further information needed for a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
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 financial statements [a to be reached. Connor Sweeney FCA Signed2C651DDF59Fby: 8426... 03-Apr-2026 12 Moygannon Road Warrenpoint BT34 3QJ
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The Happiness Cafes FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
for the period ended 31 May 2025
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total | Total | |
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| Funds | Funds | Funds | Funds | |
| 2025 | 2025 | 2025 | 2024 | |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| Receipts | ||||
| Donations & Legacies | ||||
| Donations | 6,766.58 | - | 6,766.58 | 7,617.52 |
| Grant Income | - | 4,999.00 | 4,999.00 | 97,996.00 |
| Sponsorship | - | - | ||
| Charitable Activities | ||||
| Miscellaneous Income | - | - | ||
| TOTAL INCOME | 6,766.58 | 4,999.00 | 11,765.58 | 106.613.52 |
| Payments | ||||
| Charitable Activities | ||||
| Expenditure on charitable activities | 5,764.49 | 30,356.07 | 36,120.56 | 98,011.09 |
| Net receipts (payments) for the financial year | 1,002.09 | -25,357.07 | -24,354.98 | 7,602.43 |
| Balances brought forward 1 June 2024 | 10,639.95 | 27,176.82 | 37,816.77 | 30,214.34 |
| Balances carried forward 31 May 2025 | 11,642.04 | 1,819.75 | 13,461.79 | 37,816.77 |
| Cash funds | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Bank and petty cash | 11.642.04 | 1,819.75 | 13,461.79 | 37,816.77 |
Approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on_____ and signed on its behalf by
| .............................................. ............................................. Karen Brown Terri McQuaid 5A15C7AFE8BB473... |
.............................................. ............................................. Karen Brown Terri McQuaid CB357F2BC9C7432... |
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| Secretary Treasurer | Secretary Treasurer |
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The Happiness Cafes NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
for the period ended 31 May 2025
1.RESTRICTED FUNDS
Restricted funds represent income which can only be used for particular purposes, so specified by the donors. Such purposes are within the overall objectives of the charity.
2.UNRESTRICTED FUNDS
Unrestricted funds represent amounts which are expendable at the direction of the board in furtherance of the objectives of the charity.
3.RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
No trustee received remuneration or reimbursement of expenses during the financial year.
There were no related party transactions during the year.
4.GRANT INCOME
Total
Restricted Unrestricted Total 2025 Total 2024 £ £ £ £ 4,999.00 - 4,999.00 97,996.00 4,999.00 - 4,999.00 96.99600
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