ELDER VOICE
SCOTTISH CHARITY NO. SC048553
ANNUAL REPORT & FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For The
YEAR ENDED 31[ST] MARCH 2022
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Elder Voice
Annual Report & Statement of Account For the year ended 31[st] March 2022
| For the year ended 31st March 2022 | For the year ended 31st March 2022 |
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| Front Cover | 1 |
| Contents | 2 |
| Trustees Annual Report | 3-5 |
| Statement of Financial Activities | 6 |
| Independent Examiner’s Report | 7 |
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Trustees Annual Report For The Year to 31[st] March 2022
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Elder Voice
SC048553
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Bank of Scotland
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Elder Voice Trustees Annual Report For the year ended 31[st] March 2022
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Structure Governance & Management
Elder Voice was established in July 2018 as a Scottish Charity and governed by its constitution.
During the course of the current financial period Elder Voice applied for SCIO status which has been awarded and following the submission of the current financial year accounts will proceed with the process of winding up the existing charity and transferring its assets.
The management/organisation structure introduced in March 2020 together with staffing improvements demonstrated its capacity for growth and development of its services and expansion to Strathmore & The Glens widening the services available for older people in Eastern Perthshire. The charity has good governance, supported by experienced staff with good vision on the needs of the elderly has made excellent progress.
Objectives & Activities
The charity’s main objectives are to address the inequalities and barriers older people face in relation to services to match their needs in connectedness. The charity is community led by older people and is driven by feedback from its large client base to address solutions to their every day living in rural Perthshire.
The activities are planned, developed and implemented around isolation and loneliness and mental health inequalities and help older people live as independently as long as possible in their own homes.
During the year to March 2022 was a tumultuous time with COVID still playing a part and restricting face to face services but Elder Voice adapted its services and continued to provide the essential services such as Patient Transport (for hospital appointments), shopping service, supplying boost boxes (Malnutrition) and Befriending with a large membership benefiting from these services across the outreach areas and small villages situated in Strathmore. Two large socialising events were a huge success identifying that older people wanted socialising after the long COVID restrictions. The charity worked in collaboration with PKAVS, NHS, Social Care Partnership, Doctors Surgeries, Stronger Communities (P&K), Age Scotland, Community Transport Association, Perth & Kinross Transport, Sheltered Housing and Mental Health Team. Older People are consulted in our services and we undertake surveys due to age related issue such as mobility and lack of social media by our large client base.
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Independent Examlnor's Report to the Trustees of Elder Volce I report on Ihe accoun15 of the chanty for Ihe ye8r erKJed 3151 March 2022. Respectlve respon8ibilitie8 of trustees and eLvnln•i The charity's trustees are responsible fof the pr8paralion of the aceounis In accordance wilh Ihe tems of Ihe Charities and Trustee Investrnenl Isccillandl Act 2005 8nd the CharitEs Aco)unls {Scollandl Regulations 2006 las amended). The chaiity trustees consider thal IhÈ audit requirement ot Regtslal¥)n 10111 Id) ol the 2006 Accounts Regulations do&8 nol apply 1115 rny responsibility Iv examine the accounts as required LThJer sethon 4411 > IG) of the Act and to slate whether partscular matters have come lo my attentK>n. B4818 of independent exaffliner's statem•nt My examinthon is Carried Out in aCrdanCe with Regulation 11 of the 2K6 Accounts RoguLglion8. An examinabon includes a review of thè accounting records kept by Ihe charity and compan50n of the accounls pre8&nled wth Ihose record5 It also indudes con&deration ol any nusual items dk8cIosuFes in the accounts and seeks explanation8 frc4n the Iruslees onrnIng any yJch matters. The proea)Yur6s und8rt8ken do not prr)vide all the eVen that would be required in 8n audil, and consequently I do not ewess an alit opnlon on the v gkven by the aGcounts. Independent •xamln•r'$ 8latem•nt In Ihe course of my examnalicn. malter has come lu my attents'on 1. which give5 me reasonable cause to belie¥* that in any material respect thé requirem8nls to keep aLuunts'ng records in accordance with S8¢tir>n 44{11 (al of the 2005 Act aTrJ Regulation 4 of the 2006 Accounts Regu05 to prepare accounts which accord wiifb the 8ccounbng reco)rds and compty with Regulalicfft 9 01 the 2006 Awwits Regulabon5 have b88n mel. or 2. to whth. in my opinion, attention should be drawn in ordLY ta enable a proper Undeandia of the acc<MJnts to be reached.