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Incorporating the Annual Report for the Angouleme Company Ltd. Co. number 3737329
Mosses Centre
MOSSES COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LTD. Reg. Charity 1108162. | Company No. 5158368 | Registered Office THE MOSSES CENTRE: Cecil Street, Bury, BL9 0SB 0161 761 2079 | Info@mossescentre.co.uk | www.mossescentre.co.uk
CONTENTS
Misson Statement Chairmans Introduction What We Are The Year: Introduction Thank You Regular Groups & Activities
Lead Projects: Family Support Supporting User Groups, The Crche and Community Courses Junior Club and Youth Club User Groups: Senior Sports, Advanced Motorists and The Bridge Club The Red Rose Blues and Greys Line Dancing Civil Service Retirement Fellowship and The Hard of Hearing Group Solidarity Th Eagle Wing Womens Aid Bury Gateway Drop In, Meaningful Short Breaks, Juniors and Contact Details Scrap Book Mosses Community Association Ltd Accounts Summary Angouleme Comapny Ltd Accounts Summary The Work of The Association Mosses Personnel
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Many things have been achieved in the last twelve months, all due to the hard work of members, staff and volunteers. To me the highlights have been the celebrations of the award of outstanding from the OFSTED inspection for the Mosses Pre-school gained at the end of the previous year, the success of the boiler replacement due to the fundraising efforts of our community members and most importantly the way in which members, groups and staff have cooperated to look to the future developments of the Centre and its further vision. Last year I referred to our difficult economic climate and our aims to operate within strict financial constraints, yet looking to continue to improve the environment and facilities for the whole of the Mosses community. In terms of our financial position, we have managed this exceptionally well and our position at the end of the financial year is better than I have ever known it. With regard to the building, we have consulted widely and taking on all your comments and suggestions, once we receive the final consultation report we will be looking for funding to improve the building and its facilities. These are demanding and exciting times! I am reminded of when visitors come to the Mosses Centre how amazed and impressed
they are at the enormous diversity of our groups and what takes place within the confines of the building. The welcoming atmosphere from both members and staff has been referred to many times. This is something we can all be proud of. During this year we have seen an increase in the number of Trustees and also from new interested people willing to be considered as Trustees. We truly are living in exciting and challenging times. Finally I wish to thank you all for your support, members, staff and volunteers, for your efforts and understanding. When we act together nothing is impossible. Jeff Barker- Chair.
FRIENDLY
ENJOYABLE
ENJOYABLE The Mosses Centre is a recreational home for many members. We provide a meeting place for over forty clubs and groups every week. Our members range from young budding Karate champions, right to way through to The Red Rose (60 Years Plus). We have rooms for hire including our large Main Hall with a bar and dance floor for weddings, parties, quiz nights and large gatherings. Our gym is suitable for sports and exercise classes or even for hosting
birthday parties. We also have smaller rooms for meeting or training purposes. EDUCATIONAL A large portion of the centres work revolves around educationg members. This can take place in weekly groups & activities, free courses, or pre-school. We believe all members deserve the right to education.
EDUCATIONAL
THE YEAR
The year 2011/2012 will probably be remembered for our Boiler Appeal, when many Mosses user groups surpassed themselves in raising over 5,000 in just a few months. This, and a grant from the Awards For All National Lottery fund, means that the risk of relying on a boiler that is over 35 years old has now gone. The year saw us continuing to provide a community hub for the many and varied groups and services that happen weekly in the Centre (See the lists on page 6 and 7) and providing our own projects to benefit the Community. The year also could be described as regrouping and looking to the future in terms of our staff and trustees. The staff have been expanding their roles and working as a team to give an efficient and welcoming service to our users and user groups, while the trustees having added to their number have been looking at the strategic vision to take the Mosses into the future. All involved with the Mosses are grateful to those organisations that have funded the Mosses over the year. These are listed on the following page. The picture shows the Writers Group at the Mosses. One of the groups that held an event for the Boiler Appeal.
THANK YOU
GRANTS TOWARDS OUR CORE WORK
Bury Council The Tudor Trust Comic Relief The Lloyds TSB Foundation The John Grant Davies Trust Big Lottery Fund - Awards For All: Boiler Bassac: Staff training Business and enterprise group: staff training
MOSSES GROUPS
The groups that held fund raising events for the Mosses Boiler appeal and individuals that supported those events.
SUPPORT
From individuals that volunteer their time and from organisations that support the Mosses, especially B3SDA, GMCVO and Forever Manchester. Finally, a massive thank you toall those that have supported the Mosses with their time and encouragement.
THE MOSSES COMMUNIT Y ASSOCIATION PROJECTS THE MOSSES FAMMILY SUPPORT PROJECT
INCLUDING THE MOSSES PRESCHOOL How time flies, just over a year ago we had been inspected by Ofsted and gained recognition for our dedication to providing Quality Childcare in our Mosses PreSchool. We were awarded Outstanding in all 17 areas of our work. This was an excellent start to the year with staff morale at its highest. Bury Early Years team have on many occasions, brought staff members from other similar provisions to ours, to see what can be achieved within a multipurpose room/put away provision and a limited budget. This is again recognition of the good work by The Mosses excellent dedicated staff team of professional early years practitioners. This year we can celebrate the fact that Karen completed her Foundation Degree in Early Years Practice. Although this has been extremely hard work for Karen to balance her home life with 3 children, work and study she is now doing her top up BA Honours. Sarah and Donna enrolled in September via Holy Cross College to follow in Karens footsteps and study for The Foundation Degree in Early Years Practice. Michelle having completed a taster course in Sign Language here at the Mosses, enrolled at Adult Learning for an intensive course which she will complete in a year. This will be very useful as the recommended guide lines is that it is good practice for childcare practitioners, to teach Sign Language to all children as a communication tool. This, of course, as research tells us supports children with language delay and those who have English as their second language. We continue to provide good quality childcare and serve our local community. Our children appear happy, stimulated and develop an interest in learning. We have an excellent reputation for being a really good provider of Early Years Education. Our prediction based on our waiting list, together with our parents requesting that their children remain with us next year, is that we will be full at the start of the new school year in September. STAY AND PLAY PROJECT Our continuing contract with Little Oaks Childrens Centre means that we continue to provide a weekly Stay and Play session. Local parents bring their young children to have fun and interact with other families and make new friends. We also provide a toy library so children and parents can do an activity together at home; this has proven to be very popular. Two staff are on hand to support and advise parents with related childcare issues. OUTREACH SERVICE Also in partnership with Little Oaks we have an Outreach Service where we support families in their own homes as well as in the community. The referrals for these families come from other professionals such as health visitors. Together we assess the concerns and plan a piece of work to support the family.
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YOUTH CLUB
In liaison with Bury Council Youth Service a Youth Club for the over 12s met weekly. Members of the Junior Club where able to attend this club when they reached the appropriate age. Unfortunately from April 2011 the Club was a victim of Bury Councils Youth Service cuts . The Association is looking to find the resources to continue youth and Junior work in area. As we move into the new financial year a one-off grant from Bury Councils Youth Review Fund will allow us to employ a part time Youth Development Worker to work with 13 - 19 year olds. Which could be a launch pad for further work.
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ADVANCED MOTORISTS
The Bury Group of Advanced Motorists have continued to improve the standard of driving in the Bury area. New members are always welcome. We meet every Sunday morning at the Mosses Centre at 9.45 a.m. Pat Miller
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Absences due to ill-health restricted our activities at the beginning of the year, but we continued to meet each week and maintained our visiting commitments to those
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BURY COMMITTEE IN SOLIDARITY WITH ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES OUR AIM: To offer a regular social event in which anyone seeking refuge will feel befriended and welcomed by local people. We have held 99 monthly events since we began in 2003. In the past 12 months we have been funded by a combination of money from Bury MBC via the Manchester Community Foundation and the cosmetic firm Lush. We regularly have 20 volunteers, with new members joining us to help with the work of running the Socials. Over the past 12 months we have welcomed at least 100 members to each social. These have been some guests who have been coming for the past 8 years, happy to make a date to meet friends and enjoy the happy atmosphere, but also newcomers who are welcomed and encouraged to make friends and get support from the well established community of refugees we now support. The benefit of offering a predictable, regular event each month is clear. Members come from many different cultures, countries and religions but all enjoy the chance to celebrate and relax with their friends. All find a welcome at the Mosses Centre and may become weekly members as a result of the kindness from staff and volunteers. At each social we have a room with second hand clothes, toys and household goods which are always appreciated. 3 Babies have been born to members this year and 2 more are expected soon. In addition many members, who have been terrified that they will be deported, have been granted the right to stay. We are so relieved for them and celebrate their courage. The members who received the good news some years ago are now applying for British Citizenship. This costs a lot and needs great determination, but has been granted to all who have applied so far. As a result many members have British Passports and are able to travel with their children to meet their extended family, to make contact at last with the friends they left when they fled, or are simply free to go on holiday.
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The Womens Aid Group was formed in March 2008 as a result of the ending of Bury Womens Aid. We are a group of women who meet every Monday morning at the Mosses centre to befriend each other and offer support and help to any woman who joins us. We are all ages and ethnic origins, and enjoy finding out about our differences and similarities. We pay for our children to attend the Mosses Pre school care so our members and the women who attend the English Class, get a break. The group is very warm and caring of its members and welcomes new women all the time. During this year two of our members have been made homeless and we have been able to support them with cash each week so that they can live with friends and be able to pay for some of their needs. The Womens Aid Group not only meets regularly but also organises several events and social activities for members and their families throughout the year. We also takes part in trips and events organised by other groups at the Mosses Centre.
This year we have been lucky to be invited to join a Trip to Blackpool Sandcastle Water Park, Southport in the summer and to the Pantomime in Bolton in January 2012. In the February school holidays we enjoyed a trip to Boomerang Play centre and to the Leisure centre where we had fun dancing Zumba. We also celebrated International Womens Day with the Asian Womens Group at the Polish Centre.
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3,000 69,954 7,868 39,252 382 141 1,000 52,275 2,500 10,000 33,526 2,790 720 1,316 109 206 14,561 15,000 11,047 3,811 8,600 278,058
2,522 90,488 541 196 373 56,646 1,107 6,350 3,000 2,150 52,275 30,000 2,669 327 1,000 13,348 276 1,204 5,000 5,000 274,472 274,472
278,058
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Mosses Community Association Ltd Detailed Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31st March 2012 31/03/12 RESOURCES EXPANDED (goods sold & other costs) 44 GOVERNANCE COSTS Accountancy Payroll Fees Legal Fees Consultancy Fees Book Keeping Costs 1,200 1,498 4,048 2,171 8,917 OTHER RESOURCES EXPENDED Wages Pensions Other Operating Losses Caretaking & Cleaning Costs Repairs to Property Repairs & Renewels 140,136 6,881 1,487 50,080 5,253 6,543 210,580 SUPPORT COSTS MANAGEMENT Rates & Water Insurance Light & Heat Telephone Postage & Stationary Training Travel & Subsistence Direct Project & Cost Licence & Insurance Family Support NLDC Project Playweeks IT Maintenance Volunteer Expenses Fixtures & Fittings Computer Equipment FINANCE Sundries Bank Charges Credit Charges 98 1,440 4,717 15 411 1,235 7,818 156,715 8,799 1,913 52,101 2,480 2,100 224,108 31/03/11
2,829 6,716 10,879 1,085 2,454 4,746 312 12,997 1,111 2,824 1,567 680 420
2,312 6,134 10,578 1,174 2,374 2,455 330 686 947 2,106 3,652 1,486 906 560
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Mosses Community Association Ltd Balance Sheet At 31st March 2012 31/03/12 Total Funds 3,299
Restricted Funds -
FIXED ASSETS Tangible Assets CURRENT ASSETS Debtors Cash at Bank & in Hand
6,826 6,826
CREDITORS Amounts Falling due within one Year NET CURRENT ASSETS (LIABILITIES) TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES NET ASSETS
(14,433)
(14,433)
1,171
6,826
7,997
4,470 4,470
6,826 6,826
11,296 11,296
8 4,470 6,826
TOTAL FUNDS
11,296
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36,758 1,343 14,372 294 16,009 (800) 15,209 GROSS PROFIT EXPENDITURE Wages Employers NI Licences & Insurence Repairs & Renewals Management Charge Accountancy Stocktaking Fees Legal Fees Depreciation of Tangible Assets 21,549 814 17,200 561 18,575 (1,343)
39,230
Closing Stock
17,232 21,998
19,769 486 339 85 196 330 326 288 21,819 179 258 (79)
(77) 49 (126)
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Angoulme Company Ltd Balance Sheet 31st March 2012 NOTES FIXED ASSETS Tangiable Assets CURRENT ASSETS Stocks Debtors Cash at Bank and in Hand 4
31/03/12 647
31/03/11 863
CREDITORS Amounts falling due within one year NET CURRENT ASSETS
2,333
2,890 TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITTIES CAPITAL AND RESERVES Called Up Share Capital Profit & Loss Account SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS 3,537 3,537 3,537
2,800 3,663
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2 3,535
2 3,661
3,663 3,663
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CHAIRPERSON & DIRECTOR Mr J. Barker DEPUTY CHAIRPERSON & DIRECTOR Ms S. K. Arnall COMPANY SECRETARY Mr E. G. Hubert DIRECTORS Mrs M. Barker Mr P Curphey Councillor T. Holt Mr T. Mohammad Mr J Lee from 16/4/12 COMPANY MEMBERS One from each Mosses user group
ANGOULEME COMPANY
COMPANY SECRETARY Mr J. Barker DIRECTORS Mr E. G. Hubert STAFF CATERER Patricia Margrave CATERING ASSISTANT Justin Booth RELIEF CATERER Rita Anderson BAR SUPERVISOR Sheila Warren BAR WORKERS David Street Melvin Anderson
STAFF
CHIEF OFFICER Peter D. Firth MOSSES FAMILY SUPPORT PROJECT: Project Manager Katrina Mitchell Deputy Manager Sarah Ramsay SENIOR CHILDCARE PRACTITIONER Karen West CHILDCARE PRACTITIONERS Donna Byrne Michelle Dickson Sabrina Gago CRCHE PROJECT WORKER Lindita Hope ADMINISTRATORS Sue McAnulty Sheila Warren Book Keeper Jacqueline Stansfield
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