Cheshire Halton + Warrington Race and Equality Centre Charity Accounts
Cheshire Halton + Warrington Race and Equality Centre Charity Accounts
COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER:
03883721
CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER:
1088019
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Company Limited by Guarantee |
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Financial Statements |
Year ended 31 March 2023
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Trustees' annual report (incorporating the director's report) |
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Independent examiner's report to the trustees |
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Statement of financial activities (including income and expenditure account) |
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Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report) |
Year ended 31 March 2023
The trustees, who are also the directors for the purposes of company law, present their report and the unaudited financial statements of the charity for the year ended
31 March 2023
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Reference and administrative details
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Dee Hills Park |
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Structure, governance and management
The company is limited by guarantee, and registered as a charity. It is administered by the trustees, who are also directors of the company.
The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of working towards the elimination of discrimination.
Objectives and activities
Objectives
The company exists to eliminate discrimination, particularly race discrimination and promote equality and good relations between persons of different groups. In setting these objectives, the directors have given due consideration to guidance published by the Charity Commission on public benefit.
Activities
To achieve its objectives the company operates core services of discrimination casework, policy development, community development and public awareness. It also operates a number of specialist projects that are consistent with the aims of the company.
Achievements and performance
General
The REC is based at the Unity Centre in Chester but its area of benefit remains that of 'old Cheshire' which includes Halton and Warrington unitary authority areas.
In order to progress the work, the charity employed a total of 14 members of staff in this year under review - a chief of staff (director), two part time immigration caseworkers, two part time information officers, one bi lingual teaching assistant, two bi lingual support workers, a full time ESOL lead, one full time community engagement worker, a part time community engagement worker, a part time health inequalities worker and two part time Hong Kong BNO project officers. It also engaged the services of a number of ESOL tutors and a wide range of volunteers to support its services.
Legal Casework
Discrimination casework
As reported previously there have been significant problems maintaining the discrimination casework service, with low numbers of cases and not sufficient funding being generated. The Board made the difficult decision to close the service in September 2022. This was a disappointing end to what had been a widely respected and needed service.
A case that well illustrates some of the difficulties we faced was the win we secured in the Gannapureeddy v Icestone Gelato case, a pregnancy discrimination and unfair dismissal case which was heard in March 2022. Although we had a positive outcomes and the tribunal awarded the client £38,000 in compensation we are still yet to receive the money despite having paid for High Court bailiffs to enforce the judgment. This obviously leaves the client without the remedy she is entitled to, but also leaves us without our share - we put in significant amounts of charity resources to the case which it is unlikely we will now get back.
Immigration advice
The immigration service on the other hand continues to grow at pace. Karen and Kelda are working flat out on the service with a combined 38hrs between them.
The service currently has 113 open cases, dealing with all sorts of different types of applications - from
applications for ILR to domestic abuse cases. The development of the immigration service is a key priority for the organisation; we know there is a gap in terms of good quality, free immigration support in the area. It cannot underestimated the importance of being able to support individuals to regularise their immigration status and help them to have a future in the UK.
We are looking into the possibility of securing a legal aid contract in order to make the service more sustainable.
The Unity Centre
CHAWREC continued to manage the Unity Centre as a focal point for BME communities. This involves the day to day running of the Centre as well as ensuring legal compliance and maintenance of the building.
ESOL
The Unity Centre has become synonymous with ESOL provision and this year we have seen a bigger than ever increase in demand. The combination of Hong Kongers arriving in the area, with the Homes for Ukraine scheme and the Afghan bridging hotel have placed real pressure on the organisation to respond.
We are lucky that we have a committed team of staff, tutors and volunteers to support ESOL as this year we were funded to run a wide range of outreach classes across the area. We took on additional staff to support the Ukrainian classes in the shape of two support workers Yuliia Hololobova and Kateryna Shyianova, who not only support the teaching staff and students but are a trusted source of general advice and guidance to those new to the area. We also welcomed a number of new tutors, who have risen to the challenge and become key cogs in our team. We are now running over 20 classes a week from a variety of venues across West Cheshire as well as continued classes to support asylum seekers at the Daresbury. Ruth Lane, who was taken on to do an admin role became the main lead on anything ESOL in a bid to respond to the huge demands placed on the organisation.
We continued to deliver our wide range of classes - from drop in at Beginners and Intermediary to qualification classes up to Level 2.
Community Café
The Community Café remains closed for the time being, although it is used internally for a variety of events and services including the Craft and Chat group, the asylum hub and as a break time area for our many ESOL classes.
One of the continuing problems is water leaking into the café and kitchen area, due to problems with the roof and guttering. This is something we are working on with Cheshire West & Chester Council to resolve.
We will continue to review the situation to see whether we can get the café up and running again in 2023/24.
Work with Asylum Seekers
We have continued to run a weekly asylum hub from the Unity Centre. It remains funded by donations, although we were lucky to receive some funding through the Mental Health Alliance towards it as we know how it supports the mental health of users. The drop in includes free refreshments and food, an ESOL class and an opportunity to raise any issues they have with someone who speaks the language. We also received funding through the Household Support Fund, which enabled us to give out food vouchers for asylum seekers, which was a huge help for them as they receive very little benefits and are not allowed to work.
We also continued our project funded through CWP 'Getting Creative about Mental Health'. This allowed us to run art therapy sessions, where we could identify those who required further intensive trauma focused counselling. We partnered with an organisation, Yaran, who specialises in trauma focused therapy in a wide range of languages to deliver this project.
Policy and Partnerships
Partnerships have always played a key role in the organisation; being conscious of the limited resources we have working with others enables us to gain a wider reach. Given that the Director is now the only member of staff with this remit, we have to choose our involvement carefully to give maximum value. We no longer receive funding for involvement in any partnerships, so they must contribute to our wider aims and objectives.
The pandemic has had a lasting impact on the way that we work. Most of our staff continue to work hybrid, with part home working and part in the office and this is also true of those that we work with. Most of our partnerships have remained on line, with very few reverting to in person meetings. This has its advantages as it works out much cheaper - less travel expenses and less time travelling, but it does compromise building relationships. It seems likely that in the future we will see partnerships also following suite with hybrid - some online and some face to face meetings.
During this year we have been involved in -
Cheshire Gypsy Traveller Strategic Partnership - this looks at issues around Gypsies and Travellers. We, along with other partners get updates on issues around Gypsies and Travellers such as planning applications, unauthorised encampments etc and make representations to ensure fair treatment
Halton MAF for Asylum Seekers and Refugees- this group looks at the refugee programmes and asylum seekers coming into Halton area. We continue to play an active role, sharing information and advice around our experiences with refugee communities.
Cheshire West Strategic Group on Asylum Seekers and Refugees - this group looks at issues affecting the asylum seeker and refugee communities in Cheshire West and enables us to work together to tackle any problems/issues.
The Director is also on the Trustee Board at Cheshire West Voluntary Action.
Community Development
Our community development work is now primarily delivered through our work at the Unity Centre. We no longer have staff to undertake specific work with groups, although we do try to assist them as much as possible; for example providing support with key events like Diwali.
All BME community organisations can utilise the Centre's rooms at a reduced rate (or free), they canhave a post box, their own copier code (again at subsidised rates) and we assist with social media, publicity and administration as far as possible.
We also continue to facilitate the BME Consultation Panel - which gives community members an opportunity to have a say in policy and practice. Unfortunately, the panel is less used than in previous years, primarily we think because of the reductions in budgets around consultation. However we continue
to maintain the panel and each year we run at least one consultation.
Public awareness and campaigns
We try to raise awareness of both our organisation and of key issues around race equality through as many avenues as we can. All of our staff have promotional materials, which they use at community events to raise awareness of their work. We undertake ad hoc training for organisations around race equality and more recently around refugee and asylum seekers as this has become a very topical subject with the increase in numbers in our area and the lack of knowledge of many agencies.
Like many other charities we lack specific funds or resources for this area of work and so we do what we can with what we have, but are aware that we could certainly do better. We use our website, and also our facebook and twitter pages to best advantage, as well as increasingly whats app to access groups of people such as our learners and get messages out quickly.
Transforming Community Engagement with BAME Communities
We started a new health related project in November 2021 which is all about tackling health inequalities in Cheshire East. The project is funded by NHS Charities Together and is a partnership between ourselves, Irish Community Care and Pathways looking at how we can tackle health inequalities for BAME communities targeting those most in need.
The key elements of the work are:
" Mapping of BME communities; we had already identified two communities that we knew needed further support - Gypsy Roma Traveller communities and Eastern European communities, but we weren't convinced that we knew about other emerging communities in the area and so this was a key part in determining what was needed. So the first 6 months mapped communities themselves to determine what services were out there already and where the gaps were so that we could target our resources effectively." Support for BME individuals; a key part of the project is about connecting people with NHS services and making sure communities know who to go to in the first place. The idea is to ensure that people get key messages at the earliest points and that we tackle health inequalities within specific communities eg diabetes in South Asian communities. " Support for NHS/Voluntary Sector; we felt that to tackle health inequalities we needed to also support the NHS in how they deliver services, and this is also true of the voluntary sector who provide many early interventions for key diseases. So part of the project will be to support NHS, including cultural awareness sessions. We also want to develop a sustainable business model of a translation and interpreting social enterprise to support the NHS and other organisations in the area by upskilling BME individuals in qualifications around translation and interpreting.
Unfortunately, we have experienced some problems on this project, as we lost our full time lead on this in February 2023 and ICC struggled to recruit a worker for the Gypsy Traveller element of the bid. Fortunately, we have been granted an extension to engage another worker to replace Derice Richards and we at the end of March managed to secure a part time Community Engagement Worker to work with the Gypsy Traveller community, which will help us to start moving forward.
Bridging the Gap
We also secured some health related funding in Cheshire West, allowing us to take on a part time member of staff to look at health inequalities in BAME communities, helping people to access appropriate healthcare and raising awareness of diseases and health problems that affect BAME communities
primarily. This has been extended to September 2023.
Hong Kong BNO Project
Our Hong Kong BNO project was continued until the end of March, at which point we bid for further funding to extend the project to the next year. RSMP agreed to provide bridging funding while we awaited a decision, allowing us to keep hold of the staff over that period, which was extremely important to us. Our two project workers Lionel and Lydia have done an awful lot of work to support Hong Kongers in the area, setting up a new Conversational English group in Warrington, organising events on issues pertinent to Hong Kongers such as employability, education, health and immigration, providing opportunities for socialising and one to one support.
Financial review
With the number of projects and the expansion of the ESOL work, the financial situation is good. However, we are very reliant on unstable funding at the moment and we need to work towards multi year agreements for core costs. The immigration service is currently unfunded, so moving towards a legal aid contract may go someway to securing the future of that very much needed service.
Charitable Reserves
Our policy is to have charitable reserves at the level of 25% of unrestricted income and these are currently comfortably in excess of this policy.
Plans for future periods
We plan to continue to deliver our existing services, as well as seeking additional funding, particularly in order to support our work around immigration and refugees/asylum seekers.
Small company provisions
The trustees' annual report was approved on
8 December 2023
and signed on behalf of the board of trustees by:
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Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of
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Year ended 31 March 2023
I report to the trustees on my examination of the financial statements of
Cheshire Halton + Warrington Race and Equality Centre
('the charity') for the year ended 31 March 2023.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the trustees of the company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 ('the 2006 Act’).
Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.
Independent examiner's statement
Since the charity’s gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the 2011 Act. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), which is one of the listed bodies.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe:
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accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or
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the financial statements do not accord with those records; or
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the financial statements do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair' view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
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the financial statements have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).
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 accounts to be reached.
Cholmondeley House
Dee Hills Park
Chester
Cheshire
UK
CH3 5AR
8 December 2023
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Company Limited by Guarantee |
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Statement of Financial Activities |
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(including income and expenditure account) |
Year ended 31 March 2023
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Total funds |
Total funds |
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Income and endowments
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Donations and legacies |
5 |
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Charitable activities |
6 |
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Other trading activities |
7 |
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Investment income |
8 |
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Expenditure
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Expenditure on charitable activities |
9,10 |
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Reconciliation of funds
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Total funds brought forward |
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Total funds carried forward |
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The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year.
All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.
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Current assets
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Debtors |
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Creditors: amounts falling due within one year |
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Funds of the charity
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Total charity funds |
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Directors' responsibilities:
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The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year in question in accordance with section 476
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The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of financial statements
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These financial statements were approved by the
board of trustees
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8 December 2023
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Notes to the Financial Statements |
Year ended 31 March 2023
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General information
The charity is a public benefit entity and a private company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales and a registered charity in England and Wales. The address of the registered office is 17 Cuppin Street, Chester, CH1 2BN.
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Statement of compliance
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Accounting policies
Basis of preparation
Going concern
The level of free reserves are well below the amount the trustees believe are required and efforts will be made to build up the reserves to the required level in accordance with the policy.
Disclosure exemptions
The charity has applied Update Bulletin 1 as published on 2 February 2016 and does not include a cash flow statement on the grounds that it is applying FRS 102 Section 1A
Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
The preparation of the financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported. These estimates and judgements are continually reviewed and are based on experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances.
Fund accounting
Incoming resources
All incoming resources are included in the statement of financial activities when entitlement has passed to the charity; it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the charity and the amount can be reliably measured. The following specific policies are applied to particular categories of income: - income from donations or grants is recognised when there is evidence of entitlement to the gift, receipt is probable and its amount can be measured reliably. - legacy income is recognised when receipt is probable and entitlement is established. - income from donated goods is measured at the fair value of the goods unless this is impractical to measure reliably, in which case the value is derived from the cost to the donor or the estimated resale value. Donated facilities and services are recognised in the accounts when received if the value can be reliably measured. No amounts are included for the contribution of general volunteers. - income from contracts for the supply of services is recognised with the delivery of the contracted service. This is classified as unrestricted funds unless there is a contractual requirement for it to be spent on a particular purpose and returned if unspent, in which case it may be regarded as restricted.
Resources expended
Tangible assets
Depreciation
Depreciation is calculated so as to write off the cost or valuation of an asset, less its residual value, over the useful economic life of that asset as follows:
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Impairment of fixed assets
A review for indicators of impairment is carried out at each reporting date, with the recoverable amount being estimated where such indicators exist. Where the carrying value exceeds the recoverable amount, the asset is impaired accordingly. Prior impairments are also reviewed for possible reversal at each reporting date. For the purposes of impairment testing, when it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, an estimate is made of the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs. The cash-generating unit is the smallest identifiable group of assets that includes the asset and generates cash inflows that largely independent of the cash inflows from other assets or groups of assets. For impairment testing of goodwill, the goodwill acquired in a business combination is, from the acquisition date, allocated to each of the cash-generating units that are expected to benefit from the synergies of the combination, irrespective of whether other assets or liabilities of the charity are assigned to those units.
Financial instruments
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Limited by guarantee
Cheshire Halton & Warrington Race & Equality Centre is a company limited by guarantee and accordingly does not have a share capital.
Every member of the company undertakes to contribute such amount as may be required not exceeding £1 to the assets of the charitable company in the event of its being wound up while he or she is a member, or within one year after she ceases to be a member.
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Donations and legacies
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Unrestricted Funds |
Restricted Funds |
Total Funds 2023 |
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Donations
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Donations General |
2,980 |
2,238 |
5,217 |
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Donations Asylum Drop in |
2,107 |
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2,107 |
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Grants
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Grants receivable General fund |
2,024 |
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2,024 |
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Grants receivable Barrow Cadbury |
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Grants receivable Hong Kong BNO Project |
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44,775 |
44,775 |
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Grants receivable - Afghan Support |
37,770 |
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37,770 |
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Grants receivable Ukranian Clases |
27,688 |
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27,688 |
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Grants receivable - bridging the gap |
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400 |
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Grants receivable Household Support Fund |
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100,000 |
100,000 |
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Grants receivable refugee Week Event |
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Other donations and legacies
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Other voluntary income Consultation Panel |
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Unrestricted Funds |
Restricted Funds |
Total Funds 2022 |
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Donations
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Donations General |
5,224 |
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5,224 |
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Donations Asylum Drop in |
2,602 |
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2,602 |
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Grants
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Grants receivable General fund |
35,417 |
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35,417 |
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Grants receivable Barrow Cadbury |
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100 |
100 |
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Grants receivable Hong Kong BNO Project |
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39,734 |
39,734 |
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Grants receivable - Afghan Support |
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– |
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Grants receivable Ukranian Clases |
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Grants receivable - bridging the gap |
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– |
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Grants receivable Household Support Fund |
– |
80,600 |
80,600 |
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Grants receivable refugee Week Event |
1,300 |
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1,300 |
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Other donations and legacies
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Other voluntary income Consultation Panel |
1,265 |
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1,265 |
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Charitable activities
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Unrestricted Funds |
Total Funds 2023 |
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Total Funds 2022 |
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Other income from charitable activities General fund |
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Other trading activities
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Total Funds 2023 |
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Other activities for generating funds - General fund |
18,331 |
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18,331 |
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Other activities for generating funds - Unity Centre |
16,553 |
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16,553 |
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Other income from other trading - CWAC funding |
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Other income from other trading - Contracts |
146,078 |
170,219 |
316,297 |
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Other income from other trading - Adult Learning |
74,082 |
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74,082 |
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Unrestricted Funds |
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Total Funds 2022 |
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Other activities for generating funds - General fund |
11,998 |
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11,998 |
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Other activities for generating funds - Unity Centre |
14,182 |
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14,182 |
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Other income from other trading - CWAC funding |
10,230 |
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10,230 |
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Other income from other trading - Contracts |
35,044 |
147,794 |
182,838 |
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Other income from other trading - Adult Learning |
46,000 |
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46,000 |
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Investment income
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Expenditure on charitable activities by fund type
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Unrestricted Funds |
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Total Funds 2023 |
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General Fund |
165,858 |
10,740 |
176,598 |
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Unity Centre |
12,080 |
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12,080 |
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Consultation Panel |
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Adult Learning |
42,183 |
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42,183 |
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Bridging the Gap |
– |
16,641 |
16,641 |
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CWAC E&D Grant |
– |
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– |
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CWP Asylum Project |
– |
24,863 |
24,863 |
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Hong Kong BNO Project |
– |
64,266 |
64,266 |
|
|
BSBT Funding |
– |
112,530 |
112,530 |
|
|
Public Health Project |
– |
– |
– |
|
|
Transforming BAME Comm Engagement Transforming BAMEComm Engagement |
– |
69,717 |
69,717 |
|
|
Activity type 24 |
80,230 |
– |
80,230 |
|
|
Co-oP Fund |
– |
– |
– |
|
|
Activity type 26 |
– |
4,901 |
4,901 |
|
|
Respond and adapt |
– |
– |
– |
|
|
Activity type 29 |
– |
9,905 |
9,904 |
|
|
Activity type 30 |
21,128 |
– |
21,128 |
|
|
Support costs |
5,179 |
– |
5,179 |
|
|
---------- |
---------- |
---------- |
||
|
|
|
|
||
|
---------- |
---------- |
---------- |
||
|
Unrestricted Funds |
Restricted Funds |
Total Funds 2022 |
||
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
||
|
General Fund |
131,148 |
– |
131,148 |
|
|
Unity Centre |
11,451 |
– |
11,451 |
|
|
Consultation Panel |
324 |
– |
324 |
|
|
Adult Learning |
26,572 |
– |
26,572 |
|
|
Bridging the Gap |
– |
3,424 |
3,424 |
|
|
CWAC E&D Grant |
– |
5,558 |
5,558 |
|
|
CWP Asylum Project |
– |
2,950 |
2,950 |
|
|
Hong Kong BNO Project |
– |
10,362 |
10,362 |
|
|
BSBT Funding |
– |
66,343 |
66,343 |
|
|
Public Health Project |
– |
48,163 |
48,163 |
|
|
Transforming BAME Comm Engagement Transforming BAMEComm Engagement |
– |
18,263 |
18,263 |
|
|
Activity type 24 |
– |
– |
– |
|
|
Co-oP Fund |
(380) |
– |
(380) |
|
|
Activity type 26 |
– |
– |
– |
|
|
Respond and adapt |
– |
16,325 |
16,326 |
|
|
Activity type 29 |
– |
– |
– |
|
|
Activity type 30 |
– |
– |
– |
|
|
Support costs |
2,103 |
– |
2,102 |
|
|
---------- |
---------- |
---------- |
||
|
|
|
|
||
|
---------- |
---------- |
---------- |
||
10.
Expenditure on charitable activities by activity type
|
Activities undertaken directly |
Grant funding of activities |
Support costs |
Total funds 2023 |
Total fund 2022 |
||
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
||
|
General Fund |
169,840 |
6,758 |
– |
176,598 |
131,148 |
|
|
Unity Centre |
12,080 |
– |
– |
12,080 |
11,451 |
|
|
Consultation Panel |
– |
– |
– |
– |
324 |
|
|
Adult Learning |
42,183 |
– |
– |
42,183 |
26,572 |
|
|
Bridging the Gap |
16,641 |
– |
– |
16,641 |
3,424 |
|
|
CWAC E&D Grant |
– |
– |
– |
– |
5,558 |
|
|
CWP Asylum Project |
24,863 |
– |
– |
24,863 |
2,950 |
|
|
Hong Kong BNO Project |
64,266 |
– |
– |
64,266 |
10,362 |
|
|
BSBT Funding |
112,530 |
– |
– |
112,530 |
66,343 |
|
|
Public Health Project |
– |
– |
– |
– |
48,163 |
|
|
Transforming BAME Comm Engagement Transforming BAMEComm Engagement |
69,717 |
– |
– |
69,717 |
18,263 |
|
|
Activity type 24 |
80,230 |
– |
– |
80,230 |
– |
|
|
Co-oP Fund |
– |
– |
– |
– |
(380) |
|
|
Activity type 26 |
4,801 |
100 |
– |
4,901 |
– |
|
|
Respond and adapt |
– |
– |
– |
– |
16,326 |
|
|
Activity type 29 |
9,904 |
– |
– |
9,904 |
– |
|
|
Activity type 30 |
21,128 |
– |
– |
21,128 |
– |
|
|
Governance costs |
– |
– |
5,179 |
5,179 |
2,102 |
|
|
---------- |
------- |
------- |
---------- |
---------- |
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
---------- |
------- |
------- |
---------- |
---------- |
||
11.
Analysis of grants
|
2023 |
2022 |
|
|
£ |
£ |
|
Grants to individuals
|
Grants to individuals type 1 |
6,758 |
– |
|
------- |
---- |
|
|
Total grants |
6,758 |
– |
|
------- |
---- |
|
12.
Independent examination fees
|
2023 |
2022 |
|
|
£ |
£ |
|
Fees payable to the independent examiner for:
|
Independent examination of the financial statements |
2,942 |
1,750 |
|
------- |
------- |
|
13.
Staff costs
The total staff costs and employee benefits for the reporting period are analysed as follows:
|
2023 |
2022 |
|
|
£ |
£ |
|
|
Wages and salaries |
|
|
|
Other employee benefits |
(12,157) |
– |
|
---------- |
---------- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
---------- |
---------- |
|
The average head count of employees during the year was
9
(2022:
5
). The average number of full-time equivalent employees during the year is analysed as follows:
|
2023 |
2022 |
|
|
No. |
No. |
|
|
Number of staff - Admin |
2 |
2 |
|
Number of other staff - Supporting charitable activities |
7 |
3 |
|
---- |
---- |
|
|
9 |
5 |
|
|
---- |
---- |
|
No employee received employee benefits of more than £60,000 during the year (2022: Nil).
14.
Trustee remuneration and expenses
No remuneration or other benefits from employment with the charity or a related entity were received by the trustees;
15.
Tangible fixed assets
|
Fixtures and fittings |
Equipment |
Total |
|
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
|
|
Cost |
|||
|
At 1 April 2022 and 31 March 2023 |
|
|
|
|
------- |
------- |
--------- |
|
|
Depreciation |
|||
|
At 1 April 2022 and 31 March 2023 |
|
|
|
|
------- |
------- |
--------- |
|
|
Carrying amount |
|||
|
At 31 March 2023 |
– |
– |
– |
|
------- |
------- |
--------- |
|
|
At 31 March 2022 |
– |
– |
– |
|
------- |
------- |
--------- |
|
16.
Debtors
|
2023 |
2022 |
|
|
£ |
£ |
|
|
Trade debtors |
|
|
|
Prepayments and accrued income |
|
|
|
--------- |
--------- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
--------- |
--------- |
|
17.
Creditors:
amounts falling due within one year
|
2023 |
2022 |
|
|
£ |
£ |
|
|
Trade creditors |
|
|
|
Accruals and deferred income |
|
|
|
Social security and other taxes |
|
|
|
Pension creditor |
|
|
|
--------- |
--------- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
--------- |
--------- |
|
18.
Analysis of charitable funds
Unrestricted funds
|
At 1 April 2022 |
Income |
Expenditure |
At 31 March 2023 |
|
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
|
|
General Fund |
85,448 |
368,915 |
(326,658) |
127,705 |
|
Co-oP Fund |
4,783 |
– |
– |
4,783 |
|
--------- |
---------- |
---------- |
---------- |
|
|
90,231 |
368,915 |
(326,658) |
132,488 |
|
|
--------- |
---------- |
---------- |
---------- |
|
|
At 1 April 2021 |
Income |
Expenditure |
At 31 March 2022 |
|
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
|
|
General Fund |
82,395 |
174,271 |
(171,218) |
85,448 |
|
Co-oP Fund |
4,783 |
– |
– |
4,783 |
|
--------- |
---------- |
---------- |
--------- |
|
|
87,178 |
174,271 |
(171,218) |
90,231 |
|
|
--------- |
---------- |
---------- |
--------- |
|
General Fund - Core funding retained for costs not covered by other funders. It covers primarily rent, utilities, and the proportion of staff costs not already covered through project monies.
Restricted funds
|
At 1 April 2022 |
Income |
Expenditure |
At 31 March 2023 |
|
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
|
|
Big Lottery |
(1) |
– |
(2) |
(3) |
|
Barrow Cadbury |
– |
– |
– |
– |
|
Respond and Adapt |
– |
– |
– |
– |
|
Gypsy Traveller Research |
9,708 |
– |
– |
9,708 |
|
Bridging the gap |
1,555 |
15,338 |
(16,641) |
252 |
|
CWAC E&D Grant |
1,665 |
– |
– |
1,665 |
|
CWP Asylum Project |
1,636 |
22,930 |
(24,862) |
(296) |
|
Hong Kong BNO Project |
29,372 |
55,179 |
(64,266) |
20,285 |
|
Household Support Fund |
14,257 |
100,000 |
(112,530) |
1,727 |
|
Public Health Project |
– |
– |
– |
– |
|
Transforming BAME Comm Engagement |
64,581 |
85,642 |
(69,718) |
80,505 |
|
Daresbury Contract |
– |
15,470 |
(9,904) |
5,566 |
|
Learner Support |
– |
16,456 |
(10,740) |
5,716 |
|
Ukrainian Hardship Fund |
– |
1,817 |
(100) |
1,717 |
|
Welcome Grant |
– |
4,800 |
(4,800) |
– |
|
---------- |
---------- |
---------- |
---------- |
|
|
122,773 |
317,632 |
(313,563) |
126,842 |
|
|
---------- |
---------- |
---------- |
---------- |
|
|
At 1 April 2021 |
Income |
Expenditure |
At 31 March 2022 |
|
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
|
|
Big Lottery |
2,451 |
– |
(16,226) |
(13,775) |
|
Barrow Cadbury |
– |
100 |
(100) |
– |
|
Respond and Adapt |
13,774 |
– |
– |
13,774 |
|
Gypsy Traveller Research |
9,708 |
– |
– |
9,708 |
|
Bridging the gap |
– |
4,979 |
(3,424) |
1,555 |
|
CWAC E&D Grant |
– |
7,223 |
(5,558) |
1,665 |
|
CWP Asylum Project |
– |
4,586 |
(2,950) |
1,636 |
|
Hong Kong BNO Project |
– |
39,734 |
(10,362) |
29,372 |
|
Household Support Fund |
– |
80,600 |
(66,343) |
14,257 |
|
Public Health Project |
– |
48,162 |
(48,162) |
– |
|
Transforming BAME Comm Engagement |
– |
82,844 |
(18,263) |
64,581 |
|
Daresbury Contract |
– |
– |
– |
– |
|
Learner Support |
– |
– |
– |
– |
|
Ukrainian Hardship Fund |
– |
– |
– |
– |
|
Welcome Grant |
– |
– |
– |
– |
|
--------- |
---------- |
---------- |
---------- |
|
|
25,933 |
268,228 |
(171,388) |
122,773 |
|
|
--------- |
---------- |
---------- |
---------- |
|
19.
Analysis of net assets between funds
|
Unrestricted Funds |
Restricted Funds |
Total Funds 2023 |
||
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
||
|
Current assets |
203,321 |
96,929 |
300,250 |
|
|
Creditors less than 1 year |
(40,920) |
– |
(40,920) |
|
|
---------- |
--------- |
---------- |
||
|
Net assets |
162,401 |
96,929 |
259,330 |
|
|
---------- |
--------- |
---------- |
||
|
Unrestricted Funds |
Restricted Funds |
Total Funds 2022 |
||
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
||
|
Current assets |
123,666 |
117,982 |
241,648 |
|
|
Creditors less than 1 year |
(28,644) |
– |
(28,644) |
|
|
---------- |
---------- |
---------- |
||
|
Net assets |
95,022 |
117,982 |
213,004 |
|
|
---------- |
---------- |
---------- |
||