2021-12-31-accounts - Dundee Autism Support Hub

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Dundee Autism Support Hub

SCIO Scottish Charity No – SC047379

Annual Report and Financial Statements For the year ended 31st May 2021

Contents: Report of the Trustees Statement of Receipts and Payments Statement of Balances Notes to the Financial Statements	Page
	2-4 5 6 7

Dundee Autism Support Hub (Registered Scottish Charity SC047379) Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31st May 2021

Trustees Annual Report

For the year ended 31st May 2021

The trustees have pleasure in presenting their report together with the financial statements for the period from 1st June 2020 to 31st May 2021.

Reference and Administrative Information

Charity Name Dundee Autism Support Hub

Charity Number

SC047379

Principal Address

12 Rockfield Crescent Dundee, DD2 1JE

Premises Address

c/o Spectrum Craig Halls 4 Claverhouse Road Dundee, DD4 9DL

Trustees

From 1st June 2020 – 31st May 2021

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appointed 5th May 2017 - present appointed - 5th February 2020- present

appointed 31st January 2019- present

Changes in Trustees subsequent to 31st May 2020

There were no changes to Trustees subsequent to 31st May 2020.

Dundee Autism Support Hub (Registered Scottish Charity SC047379) Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31st May 2021

Structure, Governance and Management

Constitution

The charity is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO). It was registered at the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) on 5 May 2017. It has a single tier structure and as such the Trustees are members of the charity.

Appointment of Trustees

The board composed entirely of charity trustees has the power to appoint new charity trustees. At each annual general meeting one third of the trustees retire by rotation and are eligible for reappointment. Appointment of trustees made at a board meeting have their appointment reconfirmed at the subsequent annual general meeting. There must be a minimum of three and a maximum of eight trustees.

Objectives and Activities

Charitable purposes

The organisation’s purposes are:

 To provide support and empower any individual within Dundee who has a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder and those who care and support them to access quality activities and services to promote physical and mental well-being, health equality and diversity.

 To provide a safe environment / facility for service users of DASH to have the opportunity to socialise and have fun by bringing individuals together who can share common interests, capabilities and offering opportunities to explore interest and transition from child to adulthood.

 To provide a One Stop Shop Hub for anyone affected by autism to access appropriate up-todate information, advice and signposting to relevant organisations.

 To support, raise awareness, tolerance and acceptance of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Dundee.

Activities

The main activities of the organisation are:

 Provision of a “One stop shop” information hub

 Provision of workshops and training

Delivery of support groups

Achievements and review of activities during the year

DASH is proud to be a grass roots organisation, which works directly with adults and children who have had a diagnosis of autism. As with all charities, the impact of the COVID pandemic greatly affected the work of DASH and the adult group was closed when lockdown started did not restart. DASH received a grant of £2,000 from STV at the start of 2020, which we have continued to use to provide support to families who were struggling to help children cope with isolation. We made 4 further awards during the 12 months to May 2021.

Dundee Autism Support Hub (Registered Scottish Charity SC047379) Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31st May 2021

Financial Review

Income and expenditure for the year end 31st May 2021 are provided in a Statement of Receipts and Payments on page 7. The statement shows a net outflow of funds/surplus for the year of £2,304.

During the year we received no additional grant awards. Due to the COVID pandemic we were unable to hold any fund raising events.

Reserves Policy

As a charity which receives most of its funding from time limited grants, the organisation constantly strives to maintain resources to support future activities. The trustees’ policy is that we will only agree to fund projects where funding is secured.

Closure of the Charity

The Charity was aware of the need to attract additional Trustees and volunteers to provide support to the wider Autism community in Dundee. The DASH adult group has not formally restarted since the national lockdown in March 2020. The impact of the COVID Pandemic has been to prevent DASH from carrying out its objectives. Restrictions have prevented DASH from offering support through meetings and workshops.

As a result at a meeting on 24[th] May 2021 the trustees of DASH took the decision to formally close the charity with immediate effect. An application to wind up the charity has been submitted to OSCR. Any remaining funding has either been returned to the funder in the case of STV, or will be passed to a local Dundee charity which has similar aims and objectives to DASH.

We would like to thank all those who have supported DASH in the past and wish you all the best for the future.

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Chair 11[th] June 2021

Dundee Autism Support Hub (Registered Scottish Charity SC047379) Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31st May 2021

Statement of Receipts and Payments Period from 1[st] June 2020 to 31[st] May 2021

Unrestricted Funds 0 0 0	Restricted Funds 0 0 0	Year End 31/5/2020 824 6,000 433

0	0	6,000
0	0	7,257
0 0 0 0 0 0 300 120 0	0 286 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,300	870 372 130 2,356 115 579 300 135 0
420	1,586	4,857
(420) 578	(1,586) 1,726	2,400
158	140

Dundee Autism Support Hub (Registered Scottish Charity SC047379) Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31st May 2021

Cash Funds

Balance at start of the year Receipts in the year Cash payments made in the year Repayment of grant received from STV Closing balance of Cash		Cash £ 2,304 0 (706) (1,300)
		298

Statement of balances at 31[st] May 2021

Unrestricted Funds £ Restricted Funds £ TOTAL £ 578 1,726 2,304 (420) 0 (286) (1,300) (706) (1,300) 158 140 298 Unrestricted Funds £ Restricted Funds £ TOTAL £ 158 140 298	Year End 31/5/2020 £ (96) 2,700 0	Year End 31/5/2020 £ (96) 2,700 0

158 140		2,304
Unrestricted Funds £ Restricted Funds £ 158 140	Year End 31/5/2020 £ 2,304

Signed:

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(Chair)

11[th] June 2021

Dundee Autism Support Hub (Registered Scottish Charity SC047379) Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31st May 2021

Notes to the financial statements – for the year ended 31 May 2021

1) Basis of accounting

These financial statements have been prepared on the Receipts and Payments basis in accordance with the Charities & Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended)

2) Nature and purpose of funds

Unrestricted funds are those funds that may be used at the discretion of the Trustees in furtherance of the objects of the charity. The Trustees maintain a single unrestricted fund for the day-to-day running of the charity. Restricted funds may only be used for specific purposes. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for specific purposes.

3) Remuneration and transactions with Trustees

No remuneration or expenses were paid to the Trustees during the year ending 31 May 2021.

4) Grants

There were no grants received during the year ending 31 May 2021.