Carers Trust Report and Financial Statements Year Ended 31 March
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Carers Trust Report and Consolidated Financial Statements Year Ended 31 March 2017 Registered Number 07 697 17 0 Contents Page 1 Trustees' Report, including Strategic Report 18 Report of the Auditors 20 Consolidated Statement of Financial Activities 22 Consolidated Balance Sheet 23 Consolidated Cash Flow Statement 24 Charity Statement of Financial Activities 25 Charity Balance Sheet 26 Notes to the FinancialStatements Garers Trust Report and consolidated financial statements for the year ended 3i March 20lZ TRUSTEES'REPORT The Trustees present their annual report, including their Strategic Report, and the consolidated audited financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2017. REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Registered Number of Company: 07697170 Registered Charity Number (England and Wales): 1145181 Registered Charity Number (Scotland): sc042870 Principal address: 32-36 Loman Street London, SE1 OEH Carers Trust was formed on 1st April 2012 by the merger of The Princess Royal Trust for Carers (Company No - SC125046, Charity No - SC015975) and Crossroads Association (Company No - 1544708, Charìty Ño - 282102L Both legacy names continue to be used, but neither traded during the year ended 31 March 2-017. Carers Trust operates a wholly-owned subsidiary company, Carers Enterprises Limited: company number 03244605. The subsidiary's financial performance is reflected in the consolidated accounts. Directors and Trustees The directors of the charitable company are its Trustees for the purpose of charity law. The directors of the company who served during the year ended 31 March 201T are listed as follows: Stuart Taylor (Chair) Mark Currie (Treasurer) Patrick Healy (Vice-chair) Gareth Howells " (appointed 17 June 2016) William McCormick * Tim Poole * Lynne Powrie * Veronica Stonor * Philip White. (appointed 15 November 2016, resigned 20 June 2017) Dr Edward Wojakovski 'These Trustees are also Trustees of Network Partner organisations and these accounts contain transactions w¡th those bodies President Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal Vice Presidents Andrew Robertson, OBE, LLB Hilary Devey CBE Dr John Lowrie Morrison OBE Maureen Lowrie Morrison Trevor Hemmings, CVO The Rt. Hon. Lord Mackay of Clashfern, KT, pC, eC Dame Gillian Wagner DBE Andrew Cozens CBE 1 Carers Trust Report and consolidated financial statements for the year ended 3l March 2017 REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETATLS (continued) Gommittee membership Finance and General Purposes Network Mark Currie (Chair) Patrick Healy (Chair) William McCormick Lynne Powrie Stuart Taylor Audit Appointments and Nominations Sohail Rasul(Chair). Patrick Healy (Chair) Patrick Healy Lynne Powrie Stuart Taylor Stuart Taylor Dr Edward Wojakovski Wales Scotland*** Gareth Howells (Chair)** PhilWhite*^ (Chair) Patrick Healy Hilary Benson* Alison Jones* Patricia Brown* Chris Koehli* Linda Jackson* Steven Stokes* Barbara McAuley* Eileen McCrory* Mark Mulhern* ' Willie Rae* *non-Trustee -.appointed ***membership external professionals; as Trustee l7 June 2016; fully renewed 2016 ^appointed as Trustee '15 November 2016, resigned 2O June2O'17 Members of senior management also regularly attend meetings of the above Committees Senior Management Team Giles Meyer lnterim Chief Executive, from May 2017, Director of Fundraising, from February to May 2017 Gail Scott-Spicer Chief Executive, resigned May 2017 Laura Bennett Head of Policy, from June 2017 Rachel Billsberry-Grass lnterim Director of Fundraising, from August 2017 Jacqueline Finn Head of Network Support, from January 2017 Simon Hatch Director for Wales Judith Wilson lnterim Director of Finance, from May 2017 Meg Wright Director for Scotland and Northern lreland, appointed February 2O1T Jim Aird lnterim Director for Scotland, from May 20i6 to February 20lZ Dean Anderson Director of Fundraising, resigned September 2016 Shaun Brady Director of Resources, resigned October 2016 Joe Gannon Director of Policy and Research, from April to November 2016 Pete Richardson Director of UK Network Support and Development, resigned July 2016 Lydie Saint-Marc" lnterim Director of Fundraising, October 2016 to January 2017, and May to August 2017 Lindsay Sartori lnterim Director of Finance and Resources, November 2016 to April 2017 Luen Thompson Director of Marketing and Communications, resigned March 2017 *permanent staff member on maternity leave Registered Office 32-36 Loman Street, London, SE1 OEH Auditors BDO LLP, Two Snowhill, Birmingham, 84 6GA Bankers Barclays Bank PLC, P O Box 1500, Dominus Way, Meridan Business park, Leicester, LE19 1RP Solicitors Slaughter and May LLP, I Bunhill Row, London, EClY 8yy 2 Garers Trust Report and consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2017 STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Carers Trust, a company limited by guarantee, is a registered charity governed by its Articles of Association adopted on 1 April 2012, and amended by Special Resolution of the Trustees on B May 2012. The Board of Trustees is collectively responsible for setting the organisation's objectives and business plans, providing effective leadership, setting an effective framework of prudent controls to enable risk within the business to be managed, and reviewing on an ongoing basis the performance of the organisation. The Board reserves the making of certain decisions to itself and in other cases delegates the power to Committees and senior management. The Board meets quarterly, and its main responsibilities are listed below: corporate governance approval of strategy approval of the budget and business plan approval of major capital expenditure contracts approval of accounting policies, particularly on reserves and investments approving the senior management establishment levels authority to amend the salary scale approval of other employment terms and conditions authority to terminate contracts of employment for the Chief Executive and senior management approval of the annual accounts managing risk With regards to the setting of staff remuneration levels the Board has considered the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) guidance on this subject. The Committees report to the Board on their activities on a regular basis and put forward recommendations for action. ln addition to attending the Board and Committee meetings, the Trustees also make themselves available between the scheduled Board meetings to attend other meetings and to provide guidance and advice as appropriate in relation to the business activities of Carers Trust. The contribution of individual Trustees should not therefore be assessed solely by reference to the number of Board meetings attended. When Trustees were unable to attend meetings because of business or personal commitments they had the opportunity to review the papers beforehand and raise issues or questions with the Chair or Committee Chair as appropriate. Trustee appointments are made in accordance with the Articles. Trustees representing the Network are elected by the Network Partner organisations. Other Trustee appointments are made following the Board's careful consideration of the collective skills required for effective governance. New Trustees meet with the Chair and senior management as part of their inítial induction as a Trustee, as a result of which further training and induction needs are individually identified. Board members were fully involved with the development of the organisation's new Strategic Framework, which was approved by the Board in June 2016. This included a number of Board and senior management consultation days during late 20lSlearly 2016. All Trustees of Carers Trust give their time voluntarily and received no benefits from the charity. Expenses for reasonable travel expenses reclaimed from the charity are set out in note 8 to the accounts. The main Board Sub-Committees are listed below: Audit Committee . meets as required with the Charity's external auditors and relevant senior management . takes delegated responsibility for ensuring there is a framework of accountability for examining and reviewing all systems and methods of control, both financial and otherwise, including risk analysis and risk management 3 Carers Trust Report and consolidated financial statements for the year ended 3l March 2017 STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT (continued) ensures Carers Trust is complying with all aspects of the law, relevant regulations and good practice in its financial dealings a advises the Board on best practice for risk management and practices Finance and General Purposes Committee . meets quarterly in advance of Board meetings . recommends the annual budget for Carers Trust and changes to it . monitors all aspects of financial performance and makes appropriate recommendations to the Board . agrees procedures for financial controls . recommends staff remuneration levels and benefits o develops and maintains sound people management and employment policies Network o reviews membership criteria and conditions of Network Partners . regularly reviews the Member Scheme Agreement and Principles of Partnership for approval by the Board and the Partnership Forum o nìârìâgês and mediates competition between Network Partners o nìârìâgês issues concerning Network Partner areas of benefit and names Appointments and Nominations o reviews various aspects of size, structure and composition of the Board, plus any recruitment thereto . oversees the recruitment and remuneration of senior members of the management team. Wales o develops and leads the implementation of the