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2024-08-31-accounts

Registered number: 02462697 Charity number: 1000041

15billionebp (trading as Inspire) (A company limited by guarantee)

Directors’ Report and Financial Statements For the year ended 31 August 2024

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Contents

Page
Reference and administrative details of the charity, 1 - 5
its trustees and advisers
Directors’ report 6 - 18
Independent auditor’s report 19 - 23
Consolidated statement of financial activities 24
Consolidated balance sheet 25
Statement of cash flows and consolidated statement of cash flows 26
Notes to the financial statements 27 - 53

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Reference and administrative details of the charity, its trustees and advisers for the year ended 31 August 2024 Trustees/Directors Sugathan Sahadevan, Chair Jennifer Wilkins, Vice chair Charles Belcher* Robert Hales Sundeep Bhandari Simon Clinton Larisa Budaeva Kishen Gajjar James Jennings Simon Piesse Zenab Mumtaz Richard Stephens

(Trustee’s identified by * are also members of the Finance and General Purposes Committee)

Company registered number 02462697 Charity registered number 1000041 Registered office Unit MI.220 12 Marshgate Lane Stratford, London E15 2NH Company secretary Ian Porter (resigned 30/09/2024) Shereen El-Shennawy (appointed 01/10/2024)

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Reference and administrative details of the charity, its trustees and advisers for the year ended 31 August 2024

Key management personnel (in addition to the Trustees):

Senior Managers of 15billionebp:

Ian Porter Company Secretary and Group Chief Executive (Resigned 30/09/2024) Shereen El-Shennawy Company Secretary and Group Chief Executive (Appointed 01/10/2024) Rezaul Hussain Business & Partnerships Development Director

Independent auditor

LB Group (Stratford) 19th Floor, One Westfield Avenue Stratford London, E20 1HZ

Bankers

Aldermore Bank 50 St Mary Axe London EC3A 8FR

United Trust 80 Haymarket London SW1Y 4TE

Hodge Bank One Central Square Cardiff CF10 1FS

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Reference and administrative details of the charity, its trustees and advisers for the year 31 August 2024

Administrative details continued.

Lloyds Bank Plc 25 Gresham Street London EC2V 7HN

Redwood Bank Limited The Nexus Building Broadway Letchworth Garden City SG6 3TA

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Directors’ report for the year ended 31 August 2024

The charity trustees (who are also the directors of the charity for the purposes of the company law) are pleased to present their annual directors report together with the consolidated audited financial statements of the charity and its subsidiaries for the year ending 31st August 2024 which are also prepared to meet the requirements for a directors’ report and accounts for Companies Act purposes.

The financial statements comply with Charities Act 2011, the Companies Act 2006, the Memorandum and Articles of Association, and Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS102), (effective 1 January 2015). Since the company qualifies as small under section 383, the strategic report required of medium and large companies under The Companies Act 2006 (Strategic Report and Director’s Report) Regulations 2013 is not required.

Directors

The names of all directors who served in the year can be found on page 3. The governing body of the charity is the Board of Directors who work in a range of employment sectors including the growth areas within the regeneration area of East London. Directors are also encouraged to link to a specific area of responsibility i.e., Risk Management, Health & Safety, Finance, Human Resources and Safeguarding.

The Chair and Group Chief Executive, whose roles are to develop and maintain strategic links with business, education, and the wider community, identify potential recruits to the Board and ascertain their interest and commitment to the charity. Senior personnel in key organisations who can bring relevant expertise are sought. Potential directors are invited to give a short resume of their career, their reasons for involvement and their intended commitment. They then meet with the Chair and Group Chief Executive to discuss membership and are invited to attend two Board meetings as observers. At the third meeting if there is mutual agreement, a proposal is made to appoint. Following appointment, the new director is invited to meet employees of the charity and its subsidiaries to learn more about our work.

New directors receive an information pack including the Memorandum and Articles, statutory accounts, business plan, role description, and Charity Commission and other literature. Directors are required to annually declare any conflicting or potentially conflicting interests. Ongoing training is provided to directors to ensure they are kept up to date with best practice about safeguarding, charity and company law compliance.

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Directors’ report for the year ended 31 August 2024

Governance

The directors are responsible for the overall management of the charity and its subsidiaries and had due regard to guidance on public benefit published by the Charity Commission in exercising their powers and duties. During the year they met formally 5 times. The Finance and General Purposes Committee also met 4 times to which all directors as well as committee members were invited to attend.

The day to day running of the charity is delegated to the Group Chief Executive and a senior leadership team.

Risk management

All operational and financial decisions are made against a risk framework comprising a risk policy and a risk register. Identified risks are assessed against a “likelihood and impact” matrix criteria and mapped against systems and procedures designed to either transfer or mitigate the risk. The result of this process is the quantification of the level of residual risk.

Our approach to management is based on the comprehensive risk framework originally developed in partnership with skilled volunteers from the Financial Conduct Authority. During the year under review the risk register was reviewed by Trustees and senior staff as they continued to integrate the new subsidiary into the group and focus on further building stakeholder relationships. The following table summarises what were considered to be the most significant risks at 31[st] August 2024.

Risk Management Response
Safeguarding – failure to protect young people,
staff, and volunteers resulting in adverse
publicity and a loss of reputation.		 Comprehensive
policies
and
procedures
embedded
and
adequately
resourced
compliance monitoring.
Annual external review of safeguarding policies
to ensure compliance with best practice
Regular updates for all staff
Adverse publicity following a sensitive data
breach or safeguarding incident.		 Regular review and updating of data security
and GDPR compliance measures.
Annual review of safeguarding policies and
procedures
conducted
by
an
external
consultant.
Staff
undergo
training
within
induction, annually and role specifically (e.g.
DSL, Safer recruitment). Dual process review
conducted following any reported incident.
Reliance
on
key
individuals
for
crucial
processes.
E.g.
Finance,
Business
Development and HR.		 Focus
on
key
process
documentation,
contingency planning/training and technology to
provide appropriate backup as required.
Future income streams threatened by schools
budget reductions and reduction is Corporate		 Identifying alternative income streams and seek
to maintain adequate reserves to cover any

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Social Responsibility funding. income shortfall.
Continue to seek and grow alternative funding
avenues such as individual giving.
Promote and evidence value and impact of
current partnerships with schools, employers
and funding agencies to both maintain current
supporters and secure new income.

Pay Policy for senior staff

The directors consider the Board of Directors, who are the charity’s trustees, and the senior leadership team in charge of directing and controlling, running, and operating the charity on a day-to-day basis, are the key management personnel of the group. All charitable and subsidiary company directors, except for the Group Chief Executive who is a director of a subsidiary company, give their time voluntarily and no charity director received remuneration or expenses in the year.

The pay of the senior leadership team is reviewed annually against a benchmark of the change in the cost of living, similar roles in other London based charitable organisations of similar size and complexity, together with an overall assessment of future financial outlook for the charity.

Investment powers and policy

The directors, having regard to the liquidity requirements of operating the charity, have kept available working capital funds in interest bearing deposit accounts and where practical, seek to reduce exposure to any one bank to the level of protection offered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme. The invested funds held on short term deposit achieved an average rate of 3.45%.

Objectives and Performance

15billionebp and its subsidiaries undertake a wide variety of activities, all of which aim to further its charitable purposes for public benefit.

The objects of the charity remain unchanged and are to advance for the public benefit the education and training of children and young people with particular reference to equipping them for employment and facilitating them to obtain work in industry, commerce and the professions. The objects of its subsidiaries, 15billion and the New Hackney Education Business Partnership, are to help support young people achieve their potential and provide services that promote social and economic regeneration. Both objectives are entirely complimentary and both activities promote the upward social mobility of children and young people.

Services are delivered across London.

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Directors’ report for the year ended 31 August 2024

The objectives of the charity are achieved by:

15billionebp and New Hackney Education Business Partnership

15billion, in addition to the above undertakes:

Following the merger of 15billionebp and the New Hackney Education Business Partnership, in December 2022 Trustees from both charities together with the Senior Leadership Team came together to formulate a 3 year strategic plan for the combined entity:

Our vision

All young people have access to the opportunities and inspiration they need to achieve their potential.

Mission

We “inspire” children and young people across London and beyond, using data to understand the barriers they face and connecting them with a range of employers and opportunities to open doors to their success.

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Guiding Principles

Strategic Aims

Always sticking to those guiding principles five new strategic aims were identified:

Achievements and performance

We continued to make a valuable contribution through our careers guidance activity to helping young people take full advantage of the opportunities open to them at different stages in their school life and make a successful progression from education to employment.

Primary school work

We believe learning about the world of work should start at the beginning of a young person’s journey of learning and continue throughout their year of academic education and beyond.

During the year, Inspire ran three Primary Schools programmes:

The number of schools we worked with:

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Overall numbers:

Secondary school work

Work related Learning

Our work-related programmes with Secondary Schools have allowed 6,473 young people in five London Boroughs to have meaningful encounters with employers, build their skills and learn more about different career and education pathways.

Our Secondary Schools menu of offer includes:

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Overall numbers:

Volunteers play a crucial role in supporting young people to learn about the workplace and the opportunities that exist. Young people meet volunteers at their schools and when they visit the diverse workplaces across London. They can encounter new work-related experiences from law firms to lifeboats, from precious metals to textile design and from aviation to quantum computers.

Work Related learning supporting young people who have additional learning needs

Our Additional Needs programmes continue to be a key offering to support young people who may not access work related learning in the same way as their mainstream counterparts.

We delivered the following programmes to support these young people:

Overall numbers::

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Directors’ report for the year ended 31 August 2024

Work Experience:

The 2023/24 academic year has been a progressive year for the work experience (WEX) team. The team have risen above significant challenges and made positive steps to improving processes, making efficiencies for the team and building a presence on social media platforms. There has been significant cross-collaboration with the Additional Needs and WRL Teams, with dedicated support for Additional Needs placements. Resource is dedicated to ensure that placements are suited to the student’s needs, aspirations and interests and that employers are supported and prepared to make appropriate adjustments to provide high quality, supportive placements.

The team worked through a busy summer season supporting 15 schools in the last five weeks of the term, supporting 1,970 students with WEX placement, this included 190 sector specific placements for Sixth Form students. Uptake of sector specific placements has grown and continues to grow, with 184 students accessing this type of placement from autumn through to the spring term. The WEX team met with the careers leads at the Sixth Form College to gain a deeper understanding of the community and cement the relationship. Feedback from the lead contact has been very positive and the WEX process will form part of their annual planning.

Further schools have expressed interest and secured WEX programmes for 2024-25. Overall numbers:

Information Advice and Guidance (IAG):

Our IAG service provides 1-2-1 careers guidance interviews within schools, working closely with them to target potential students who are judged to be at risk of leaving school and becoming NEET (Not in education, employment, or training). We work in close partnership with colleagues from the London Borough of Newham advising them about young people we have identified through our school work and those identified during tracking activities, enabling support to be provided at the earliest opportunity.

We are pleased to be able to report that all the schools who contracted with us in the 20222023 academic year continued to contract with us for the 2023-2024 academic year. In addition, during the year we gained three further contracts, located in surrounding boroughs. As with the previous year, this is a positive reflection on the work of our career's advisers.

During this period, we delivered over 2,740 careers interviews to young people in Newham, Waltham Forest, and Hackney schools, supporting them in making their post 16 decisions and developing their career plans.

The combined work of both the charity and its subsidiaries working in partnership with the other key stakeholders has had an important strategic impact in the London Borough of Newham.

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Measuring our activities' impact continues to be the focus of our work to improve the outcomes of young people aged 16-19. The year 11 activity survey continues to be a key reporting measure

This year, we have had several positive changes to our delivery team. In our annual matrix review the Inspector spoke with both partners and groups of young people all of whom gave positive feedback about the service they have received, which is a key part of maintaining the award.

Student interview feedback continues to inform our practice, with students commenting positively on various aspects ranging from understanding post-16 qualifications, understanding qualifications needed for different careers and being clear about what they need to do next. Feedback from young people remains consistently high with 80.6% of the students who attended a careers guidance interview considered the advice they received excellent and a further 16.3% very good.

Management information that underpins careers work:

The Management Information Team (MI) continued to provide and enhance the Client Caseload Information System (CCIS) to eight East London Local Authorities together with the City of London Corporation. Our service extends past the statutory collection and return of young people’s progression data to modules which support the delivery of Local Authority Youth Services as well as the Inspire Work Experience Team. The CCIS database is managed and administered to over 200 users across various local authority services.

The MI Team service enables local authorities to meet their statutory National CCIS requirements and includes the management and administration of the database, the submission of reports to the Department for Education, the production of regular comprehensive reports and the provision of training to users.

Although we contract separately with individual Local Authorities, we maintain a strong subregional approach through a strategic steering group made up of representatives from each Local Authority. As well as the operational benefits, this approach provides Local Authorities with the benefits arising from economies of scale.

CCIS is an important database that is used at a strategic level to understand the demographics and needs of young people, whilst also enabling Local Authorities and other services to plan resource allocation and evaluate the effectiveness of interventions on young people’s outcomes. At a practitioner level it is used as a caseload management information system to record details of interventions and the individual needs of over 150,000 young people.

Over the year we have:

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promoting opportunities for local authorities to directly communicate their local insight to DfE and influence national decision making.

The national profile of CCIS continues to hold a firm position due partly to the dependency on the data recorded for the delivery of national requirements and key returns such the annual Scorecard and Raising the Participation Age.

Impact

The Board consider the measurement and evaluation of impact as a key objective and receive a quarterly impact report covering the full range of our activities.

The combined work of both the charity and its subsidiaries working in partnership with the other key stakeholders has had an important strategic impact in the London Borough of Newham. Measuring the impact of our activities continues to be the focus of our work to improve the outcomes of young people aged 16-19. The year 11 activity survey continues to be a key

reporting measure. As reported previously, the Year 11 Annual Activity Survey is an important measure in reporting on the destination of young people as of the 1[st] of November following completion of year 11. Young people’s progression to positive destinations has remained stable at 97.5% in 2023 the same figure as reported in 2022. Our work supports these outcomes through not only directly through our IAG and tracking contracts but all of our wider charitable activities.

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Directors’ report for the year ended 31 August 2024

Financial review

The results for the year are as set out in the Statement of Financial Activities.

Income surpassed budgeted expectations due to intentional diversification of funding streams to recognise the ongoing pressure on school budgets. A continued focus for the year under review was the implementation of the post-merger three year strategic plan and maximizing efficiencies of combined systems and services resulting from the merger.

The financial result for the year was a surplus of £21,000 2023: £(174,000). Funding was received from a variety of sources, including Local Authorities, trusts and foundations, direct donation (Charities Aid Foundation) and individual schools, colleges and businesses. The directors recognise total reserves carried forward at the year-end of £331,649 are less than the lower band set in the reserves policy and have actively planned to further capitalize on operational efficiencies and overhead cost reduction, alongside active implementation of a funding growth plan to address the shortfall.

Reserves policy and going concern

It was understood that the 2022 merger with New Hackney Education Business Partnership would have a short term adverse effect on reserves due to the net negative position of the New Hackney EBP Balance Sheet at the point of merger, however due to the compound effect of the cost of living crisis it was acknowledged that the impact on reserves has extended to the medium term and a strategy to rebuild is actively underway, forming a priority for the coming year. Following the improved year end position, Directors have assessed the required level of reserves with due consideration to the continued pressure on school budgets and contracts secured for 2024/2025, this translates to maintaining a level of reserves of between 3 and 6 months running costs of the Charity and its subsidiaries.

Excluding the pension asset the group has a level of unrestricted reserves of £240,649, which is lower than the set band lower level of £347,354. They are actively pursuing a strategy to rebuild the reserves.

The charity had reserves (including the pension asset) of £331,649 of unrestricted funds.

Given the retention of existing contracts, the level of unrestricted reserves and the securing of new income in 2024/25 the directors are of the opinion that the charity and its subsidiaries do not face material uncertainties regarding being a going concern.

It is noted that during the period to 31 August 2024 that the trustees have sought to commence the structured close down of New Hackney Education Business Partnership and transfer the activities, contract and staff into 15billionebp. Whilst the group is not impacted by this restructure, the individual accounts of New Hackney Education Business Partnership are not prepared on a going concern basis.

Plans for future years

As the Group Chief Executive takes retirement at the start of the coming year, a new staffing structure will come into effect. The incoming Chief Executive will be supported by a

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new role of Head of Delivery and Impact, with a keen focus on capturing, evidencing and promoting the impact of our services. Alongside the expanded business development team, the focus will be on developing partnerships, promoting both need and collective impact and securing funding to strengthen our position.

To enable resources to be fully focused on meeting our strategic objectives, we have chosen to move to smaller serviced accommodation in the Borough of Newham, physically positioning staff to deliver services to schools and businesses across the boroughs, whilst also reducing future overheads.

15billionebp have made great gains in rolling out our IT strategy, outsourcing the hosting of the Management Information CCIS database and combining Work Experience Systems to both reduce cost and risk, and improve reliability. In the year ahead we will continue to deploy in-house technological skills to enhance service offerings, such as development of online work experience student booklets, employer paperwork and health and safety checks, evolving the programme offer whilst increasing resource efficiencies and cost savings.

15billionebp’s staff team have been upskilled in cross-selling and will continued to be equipped and invested in through a variety of skills training, leading to participation in innovation groups and reinvestment in our programme design. These will further prepare young people for the evolving landscape of the world of work.

Since all staff have joint contracts of employment and work across the group the Trustees have reviewed the need for two separate charities within the group and the corresponding additional associated governance and compliance costs. As a result of the review, moving forward as contracts are renewed and new ones are signed, they will be transferred to 15billionebp. It is anticipated this process will be completed within the next 12 months and when all contracts have been transferred, New Hackney Education Business Partnership will be closed. This closure commenced in the period to 31 August 2024 and will conclude after the year end.

The directors remain open to exploring all opportunities that present themselves with regard to expanding collaboration with other charities across all aspects of operational activity, including administration, fundraising, raising public profile, resource sharing and streamlining of costs and service delivery.

Statement of directors' responsibilities in relation to the financial statements

The directors (who are the trustees of 15billionebp for the purposes of charity law) are responsible for preparing the annual report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year, which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and the group and the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable group for the year. In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:

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Directors’ report for the year ended 31 August 2024

The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the charitable company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the detection and prevention of fraud and other irregularities.

Statement as to disclosure to our auditors

The directors have confirmed that, so far as they are aware at the time of approving our annual report:

Preparation of the report

This report of the directors has been prepared taking advantage of the small companies exemption of section 415A of the Companies Act 2006.

This report was approved by the directors on and signed on their behalf by:11 March 2025

Sugathan Sahadevan

Sugathan Sahadevan Director

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Independent auditor’s report to the members of 15billionebp

We have audited the financial statements of 15billionebp (the ‘parent charitable company) and its subsidiaries (the ‘group’) for the year ended 31 August 2024 which comprise the Consolidated Statement of Financial Activities, the Consolidated and Charity Balance Sheet, the Consolidated and Charity Statement of Cash Flows and the notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion the financial statements:

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the group and parent charitable company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Trustees’ use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed we have not identified any material uncertainties relating the events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Charity’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issues.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the Trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

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Independent auditor’s report to the members of 15billionebp

Other information

The other information comprises the information included in the annual report other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. The Trustees are responsible for the other information contained within the annual report. Our opinion on the financial statements doe not cover the other information and we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with their financial statements or to our knowledge obtained in the course of the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatement we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.

We have nothing to report in this regard.

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of our audit:

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 require us to report to you if in our opinion:

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Independent auditor’s report to the members of 15billionebp

Responsibilities of trustees

As explained more fully in the directors' responsibilities statement, the trustees (who are also the directors of the charitable company for the purpose of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

We have been appointed as auditor under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 and report in accordance with the Act and relevant regulations made or having effect thereunder.

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud, is detailed below.

The extent to which the audit was considered capable of detecting irregularities including fraud Our approach to identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, was as follows:

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Independent auditor’s report to the members of 15billionebp

We assessed the susceptibility of the company’s financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur, by:

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In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we designed procedures which included, but were not limited to:

There are inherent limitations in our audit procedures described above. The more removed that laws and regulations are from financial transactions, the less likely it is that we would become aware of non-compliance. Auditing standards also limit the audit procedures required to identify non-compliance with laws and regulations to enquiry of directors and other management and the inspection of regulatory and legal correspondence, if any.

Material misstatements that arise due to fraud can be harder to detect than those that arise from error as they may involve deliberate concealment or collusion.

A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: https://www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor's report.

Use of our report

This report is made solely to the charity’s trustees, as a body, in accordance with part 4 of the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charity's trustees those matters we are required to state to them in an auditors' report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charity and the charity’s trustees as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Richard Lane (Senior Statutory Auditor) For and on behalf of Affinia (Stratford)

Richard Lane .........................

Chartered Accountants Statutory Auditor

19[th] Floor, One Westfield Stratford London England E20 1HZ

Date 11 March 2025

Affinia (Stratford) is eligible for appointment as auditor of the Charity by virtue of its eligibility for appointment as auditor of a company under section 1212 of the Companies Act 2006.

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(A company limited by guarantee)

Consolidated statement of financial activities

Income:
Note
Continued operations
Income from charitable activities
5
Investment income
Total income
Expenditure:
Continued operations
Charitable activities
6
Total expenditure
Net income before other recognised gains and losses
Re-measurement gain/(loss) on defined benefit pension scheme
Net movement in funds for the period
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward
Transfer between funds
Total funds carried forward
12		 Unrestricted
Funds
2024
£’000
1,678
2
1,680
1,659
1,659
21
18
39
293
-
332		 Restricted
Funds
2024
£’000
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 Total
Funds
Year ending August 2024
£’000
1,678
2
1,680
1,659
1,659
21
18
39
293
-
332		 Total
Funds
Year ending August 2023
£’000
1,808
1
1,809
1,983
1,983
(174)
(84)
(258)
551
-
293

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(A company limited by guarantee)

Consolidated and Charity balance sheets as at 31 August 2024 Consolidated and Charity balance sheets as at 31 August 2024 Consolidated and Charity balance sheets as at 31 August 2024 Consolidated and Charity balance sheets as at 31 August 2024
Note
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
10
Current assets
Debtors
11
Cash at bank and in
hand
Creditors:amounts
falling due within one
year
12
Net current assets
Total assets less
current liabilities
Defined benefit pension
scheme asset
17
Net assets including
pension scheme asset
Funds:
14
Restricted funds
Unrestricted funds:
General funds
Pension reserve
Total unrestricted funds
Total funds		 Group
31
August
2024
£’000
17
328
212
540
(316)
224
241
91
332
-
241
91
332
332		 Group
31
August
2023
£’000
30
546
140
686
(476)
210
240
53
293
-
240
53
293
293		 Charity
31
August
2024
£’000
7
232
184
416
(150)
266
273
-
273
-
273
-
273
273		 Charity
31
August
2023
£’000
17
274
96
370
(116)
254
271
-
271
-
271
-
271
271

The directors have prepared group accounts in accordance with section 138 of the Charities Act 2011. These accounts are prepared in accordance with the special provisions of Part 15 of the Companies relating to small companies and constitute the annual accounts required by the Companies Act 2006.

The note on pages 27 to 53 form part of the financial statements.

The financial statements were approved by the directors on and signed on their behalf by:

Sugathan Sahadevan

Director Company registration number: 02462697

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(A company limited by guarantee)

15BILLIONEBP

Statement of cash flows and consolidated statement of cash flows For the year ended 31 August 2024

Note
Cash generated (used) in
operating activities
18
Cash flows from investing
activities
Purchase of tangible Fixed Assets
Interest income
Cash provided by investing
activities
Cash flows from financing
activities
Increase (decrease) in cash and
cash equivalents in the year
Cash and cash equivalents at the
beginning of the year
Total cash and cash equivalents
at the end of the period		 Group
Year
ending
August
2024
£’000
70
-
2
72
-
72
140
212		 Group
Year
ending
August
2023
£’000
(298)
(17)
1
(314)
-
(314)
454
140		 Charity
2024
£’000
86
-
2
88
-
88
96
184		 Charity
2023
£’000
(116)
-
1
(115)
-
(115)
211
96

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15BILLIONEBP

(A company limited by guarantee)

Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2024

1 Accounting policies

1.1 Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Companies Act 2006, FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”) and the Charities SORP "Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)" (effective 1 January 2019). The Charity is a Public Benefit Entity as defined by FRS 102.

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the Charity. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £1,000.

15billionebp meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102.

Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historic cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy.

1.2 Basis of consolidation and prior year restatements

The consolidated financial statements incorporate those of 15billionebp and all of its subsidiaries (i.e., entities that the group controls through its power to govern the financial and operating policies to obtain economic benefits). All financial statements are made up to 31 August 2024. Where necessary, adjustments are made to the financial statements of subsidiaries to bring the accounting policies used into line with those used by other members of the group.

All intra-group transactions, balances, and unrealised gains on transactions between group companies are eliminated on consolidation. Unrealised losses are also eliminated unless the transaction provides evidence of an impairment of the asset transferred.

All entities acquired are consolidated using the merger accounting rules and not acquisition accounting.

1.3 Preparation of the accounts on a going concern basis

As in the previous period, the financial year under review was characterised by continued uncertainty and operational challenges.

The ongoing economic uncertainty, coupled with the rapid rise in the cost of living and interest rates, followed by a slower decline and political changes, significantly dented confidence. This, in turn, made it challenging to secure corporate and social responsibility funding from businesses.

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15BILLIONEBP

(A company limited by guarantee)

Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2024

However, despite these challenges, there are many factors that give trustees confidence about the future. Our contracts to deliver a management information system supporting young people in transition are secure, and the service has moved to external hosting. This enables us to market an enhanced range of add-on software to local authorities.

Dialogue with school leaders remains positive, with the majority seeking to contract for the next academic year. Where losses have occurred due to budgetary restrictions, we are seeking further corporate support for service delivery. Some new school contracts have been secured and further enquiries are being received.

The charity remains highly regarded across the boroughs it operates in. It has a strong reputation as the “go-to” local not-for-profit provider of quality careers guidance, advice, and information services. These services help school leaders surpass the Gatsby benchmarks and genuinely strengthen the soft skills of their students. We have delivered well over 5,000 work experience placements in the year under review and received further enquiries for our services in the coming year. Our work experience databases have been combined and taken in-house, allowing for greater resource efficiencies and better employer engagement, which in turn will provide further opportunity to grow the service offer and support more young people to experience the workplace.

Additional funding was secured through the Charities Aid Foundation, AKO Foundation, and several other corporate partners. The Group was also successful in securing funding from the Greater London Authority to deliver their “Early Connect” programme, which provides apprenticeship information and support to young people.

Since all staff have joint contracts of employment and work across the group, the Trustees have reviewed the need for two separate charities within the group and the corresponding additional associated governance and compliance costs. As a result of the review, moving forward as contracts are renewed and new ones are signed, they will be transferred to 15billionebp. It is anticipated this process will be completed within the next 12 months and when all contracts have been transferred, New Hackney Education Business Partnership will be closed.

Given the retention of existing contracts, investment in the business development team, the securing of new income in 2024/25, and the level of unrestricted reserves held by the group, the financial stability for the 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements is secure. On this basis, the company does not face material uncertainties regarding its status as a going concern.

New Hackney Education Business Partnership individual going concern:

The trustees have made an assessment in preparing the financial statements as to whether the Charity is a going concern and have concluded that the annual financial statements for the year to 31 August 2024 are correctly prepared on a basis other than going concern. At the time of the approval of the financial statements management has committed to a plan of a structured close down of the charity alongside the transfer of relevant contracts, activities and staff to the parent entity 15billionebp. As such, the transfer of the activities and structured closing of the charity will ensure that the entity is unable to continue as a going concern.

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15BILLIONEBP (A company limited by guarantee)

Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2024

1.4 Fund accounting

General funds are unrestricted funds which are available for use at the discretion of the directors in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity and which have not been designated for other purposes.

Designated funds comprise unrestricted funds that have been set aside by the directors for particular purposes. The aim and use of each designated fund is set out in the notes to the financial statements.

1.5 Incoming resources

All incoming resources are included in the statement of financial activities when the charity has entitlement to the funds, receipt is more likely than not, and the amount can be measured with sufficient reliability.

Income from donations, grants, and contract income, including capital grants, is included in incoming resources when these are receivable, except as follows:

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15BILLIONEBP (A company limited by guarantee)

Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2024

1.6 Resources expended and irrecoverable VAT

Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis, once there is a legal or constructive obligation to make a payment to a third party, it is probable that settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure has been included under expense categories that aggregate all costs for allocation to activities. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular activities they have been allocated on a basis consistent with the use of the resources (see 1.8 below).

Redundancy and termination payments are recognised when the employee is formally notified that their post is terminated and after no suitable alternative employment has been identified.

Irrecoverable VAT is charged as a cost against the activity for which expenditure was incurred.

1.7 Allocation of support costs

Support costs are those functions that assist the work of the charity but do not directly undertake charitable activities. Support costs include premises, general office costs and governance costs which support the charity’s services. Governance costs are those incurred in connection with administration of the charity and compliance with constitutional and statutory requirements. The bases on which governance and support costs have been allocated are set out in note 6.

1.8 Tangible fixed assets and depreciation

Tangible fixed assets are capitalised if they cost more than £2,000 and are stated at cost less depreciation. Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write off the cost of fixed assets, less their estimated residual value, over their expected useful lives on the following bases:

Office & computer equipment 25% - 33% straight line Fixtures and Fittings 10% - 20% straight line Short leasehold premises 20% straight line

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15BILLIONEBP (A company limited by guarantee)

Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2024

1.9 Operating leases

Rentals under operating leases are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

Benefits received and receivable as an incentive to sign an operating lease are recognised on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

1.10 Debtors

Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.

1.11 Cash at bank and in hand

Cash at bank and in hand includes cash balances and short term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar account.

1.12 Creditors and provisions

Creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in a transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due.

1.13 Financial instruments

The charity and group only hold basic financial instruments. The financial assets of the charity/group which are held at amortised cost are as follows:

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15BILLIONEBP (A company limited by guarantee)

Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2024

1 Accounting policies (continued)

The financial liabilities of the charity/group which are held at amortised cost are as follows:

Cash is valued at face value and pension liabilities are valued at fair value in accordance with note 16.

1.14 Foreign currency translation

The subsidiary receives payments and pays partners for some projects in Euros. Such currency transactions are recorded at the exchange rate ruling on the date of transaction. At the year-end Euro monetary balances are re-translated at the rate prevailing at that date. Exchange gains and losses are recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities.

1.15 Taxation

The charity is considered to pass the tests set out in Paragraph 1 Schedule 6 Finance Act 2010 and meets the definition of a charitable company for UK corporation tax purposes. It therefore does not suffer tax on income or gains applied to charitable purposes.

In so far as the subsidiary is funded from grants from Local Authorities and European Social Funds no liability to Corporation Tax arises on grant funds. Interest receivable generated on grant funds placed on short term deposit is redeployed to the delivery of the principal activities and no liability to tax is expected to arise.

1.16 Employee Benefits

The group operate defined contribution plans for their employees and following autoenrolment the schemes are open to all employees. A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which the group pay fixed contributions into a separate entity. Once the contributions have been paid the group have no further payment obligations. The pension contributions are allocated to expenditure in accordance with the employee salary to which they relate. Amounts not paid are shown in accruals as a liability in the Balance sheet. The assets of the plan are held separately from the group entities in independently administered funds.

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15BILLIONEBP (A company limited by guarantee)

Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2024

1.16 Employee Benefits (continued)

The subsidiary company also operates a defined benefit pension scheme for certain of its existing employees. The scheme is closed to new members. A defined benefit plan defines the pension benefit that the employee will receive on retirement, usually dependent upon several factors including but not limited to age, length of service and remuneration. A defined benefit plan is a pension plan that is not a defined contribution plan.

The liability recognised in the balance sheet in respect of the defined benefit plan is the present value of the defined benefit obligation at the end of the balance sheet date less the fair value of plan assets at the balance sheet date (if any) out of which the obligations are to be settled. The defined benefit obligation is calculated using the projected unit credit method. Annually the company engages independent actuaries to calculate the obligation. The present value is determined by discounting the estimated future payments using market yields on high quality corporate bonds that are denominated in sterling and that have terms approximating to the estimated period of the future payments ('discount rate').

The fair value of plan assets is measured in accordance with the FRS 102 fair value hierarchy and in accordance with the Company's policy for similarly held assets. This includes the use of appropriate valuation techniques.

Actuarial gains and losses arising from experience adjustments and changes in actuarial assumptions are charged or credited to the statement of financial activities. These amounts together with the return on plan assets, less amounts included in net interest, are disclosed as 'Remeasurement of net defined benefit liability'.

The cost of the defined benefit plan, recognised in the statement of financial activities as employee costs, except where included in the cost of an asset, comprises:

The net interest cost is calculated by applying the discount rate to the net balance of the defined benefit obligation and the fair value of plan assets. This cost is recognized in the statement of financial activities as a 'finance expense'

2 Company status

The charity is a company limited by guarantee and has no share capital. It has 12 members (Year to 31 August 2023 – 11). In the event of the charity being wound up, the liability in respect of the guarantee is limited to £1 per member of the charity.

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15BILLIONEBP (A company limited by guarantee)

Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2024

3 Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

In the application of the Charity’s accounting policies, the Trustees required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.

4 Financial performance of the charity

The consolidated statement of financial activities includes the results of the charity’s wholly owned subsidiary. The summary financial performance of the charity alone is:

Income
Expenditure on charitable activities
Net (Loss) / Surplus
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward
Represented by:
Restricted income funds
Unrestricted income funds
Total funds		 Year ended
31 August
2024
£’000
728
726
2
271
273
-
273
273		 Year ended
31 August
2023
£’000
501
638
(137)
408
271
-
271
271

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15BILLIONEBP (A company limited by guarantee)

Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2024

5 Incoming resources from charitable activities - analysis by activity

Continued
Operations
Work related
learning
Work experience
placements
brokered
European
Development
programme
Employability
programmes
Information Advice
and Guidance
Management
Information Systems
Inspire
Total		 Unrestricted
Funds
£’000
742
325
-
-
256
355
-
1,678		 Restricted
Funds
£’000
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 Year
ending
August
2024
£’000
742
325
-
-
256
355
-
1,678		 Period
ending
August
2023
£’000
769
405
4
56
214
360
-
1,808

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15BILLIONEBP

(A company limited by guarantee)

Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2024

6 Expenditure by charitable activity – summary by activity

Continued Operations
Work related learning
Work experience
placements brokered
European development
Employability programmes
Information Advice and
Guidance
Information Management
Systems
Total		 Staff
costs
£’000
434
338
-
-
271
222
1,265		 Direct
costs
£’000
111
66
-
-
48
108
333		 Support
Costs
£’000
23
15
-
-
11
12
61		 Year
ending
August
2024
£’000
568
419
-
-
330
342
1,659		 Year
ending
August
2023
£’000
620
427
5
97
460
374
1,983

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15BILLIONEBP

(A company limited by guarantee)

Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2024

7 Analysis of support costs

General
Support		 Governance
Function		 Year
ending
August
2024
Total		 Year
ending
August
2023
Total		 Basis of
apportionment
£’000 £’000 £’000 £’000
Premises Costs 17 - 17 22 Weighted average of
turnover & headcount
General Office 16 1 17 21 Weighted average of
turnover & headcount
Legal and other
professional fees		 1 - 1 - Governance
Auditors’
remuneration		 - 18 18 18 Governance
Salaries and - 8 8 9 Governance
wages
Total 34 27 61 70

8 Net outgoing resources

This is stated after charging:

his is stated after charging:
Year Year
ending ending
August August
2024 2023
£’000 £’000
Depreciation of tangible fixed assets:
- Owned by the charitable group 20 9
- Auditors’ remuneration 19 18
- Pension costs 94 111

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(A company limited by guarantee)

15BILLIONEBP

Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2024

9 Staff costs

Staff costs were as follows:

Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Other pension costs		 August
2024
£’000
1,061
102
94
1,257		 August
2023
£’000
1,272
119
111
1,502

Included within staff salaries are staff redundancy costs of £14,789 (2023: £3,447).

9 Staff costs (continued)

The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows:

Chief Executive
Finance and contracts
Work related learning team
Work experience team
15billion – Service delivery
15billion – Support and administration
Inspire
Total		 August
2024
No.
1
1
9
5
7
2
8
33		 August
2023
No.
1
1
9
5
7
2
19
44

__ ____

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15BILLIONEBP

(A company limited by guarantee)

Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2024

The number of higher paid employees was:

In the band £70,001 - £80,000

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2024 2023
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18 employees (2023: 21) were directly employed by 15billionebp.

The charity directors, who are also the directors of its wholly owned subsidiary 15billion, were not paid a salary and did not receive any other benefits from either the charity or its subsidiary in the year (2023 – £NIL) neither were they reimbursed expenses during the year - (2023 £NIL). No director received payment for professional or other services supplied to the charity (2023 - £NIL).

The key management personnel of the parent charity, 15billionebp, comprises the charity directors. The total employee benefits of the key management personnel of the charity were £NIL (2023: £NIL), including employer’s national insurance contributions.

The key management personnel of the group are the Group Chief Executive, Business Development Manager and Head of Management Information Systems (Director of work – related learning 2023). whose employee benefits together total £274,773 (2023: £287,412) including employer’s national insurance contributions.

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15BILLIONEBP

(A company limited by guarantee)

Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2024

10 Tangible fixed assets

gible fixed assets
Furniture, Fittings and Equipment
£’000
Group 2024
Cost
At 1 September 2023 65
Additions 7
Disposals (37)
At 31 August 2024 35
Depreciation
At 1 September 2023 35
Written back on disposal (20)
Charge for the year 3
At 31 August 2024 18
Net book value
At 31 August 2024 17
At 31 August 2023 30

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15BILLIONEBP

(A company limited by guarantee)

Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2024

10 Tangible fixed assets (continued)

ngible fixed assets (continued)
Furniture, Fittings and Equipment
£’000
Charity
Cost
At 1 September 2023 37
Additions 7
Disposals (37)
31 August 2024 7
Depreciation
At 1 September 2023 20
Charge for the year -
Written back on disposal (20)
At 31 August 2024 -
Net book value
At 31 August 2024 7
At 31 August 2023 17

11 Debtors

Prepayments and accrued income
Amounts due from subsidiary
Grants and contracts / Trade debtors		 Group
31
August
2024
31
August
2023
£’000
£’000
227
279
-
-
101
267
328
546		 Charity
31
August
2024
31
August
2023
£’000
£’000
176
60
14
61
42
153
232
274		 Charity
31
August
2024
31
August
2023
£’000
£’000
176
60
14
61
42
153
232
274
274

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15BILLIONEBP

(A company limited by guarantee)

Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2024

12 Creditors

Creditors
Trade creditors
Other taxation and social security
Amount due to subsidiary
Accruals and deferred income		 Group
31
August
2024
31
August
2023
£’000
£’000
50
62
38
132
-
-
228
282
316
476		 Charity
31
August
2024
31
August
2023
£’000
£’000
13
14
14
53
-
-
123
49
150
116
116

12 Creditors (continued)

Deferred income (Included within Accruals and deferred income
above)
Deferred income at 1 September 2023
Amounts released from previous years
Amount deferred in the year
Deferred income at 31 August 2024		 Group
£’000
233
(233)
195
195		 Charity
£’000
35
(35)
115
115

Deferred income comprises grant and contract sums received in the year to the extent that the funder has specified they must be used in future periods or are time-apportioned where they relate to services provided over a period spanning the year end.

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15BILLIONEBP

(A company limited by guarantee)

Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2024

13 Analysis of funds

Analysis of
movement
in
unrestricted
funds
Designated
funds
Fixed assets
fund
General
funds
Charity’s
general fund
15Billion
(excluding
fixed assets)
Pension
reserve
(subsidiary)
Inspire
(subsidiary)
Total
unrestricted
funds
Subsidiary
restricted
funds
Total
restricted
funds
Total of
funds		 Brought
Forward
£’000
30
30
254
(49)
53
5
263
293
-
-
293		 Incoming
Resources
£’000
7
7
721
574
20
358
1,673
1,680
-
-
1,680		 Resources
Expended
£’000
(20)
(20)
(709)
(668)
-
(262)
(1,369)
(1,659)
-
-
(1,659)		 (Losses)/
Gains
£’000
-
-
-
-
18
-
18
18
-
-
18		 Transfers
between
funds
£'000
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 Carried
Forward
£’000
17
17
266
(143)
91
101
315
332
-
-
332

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15BILLIONEBP (A company limited by guarantee)

Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2024

13 Analysis of funds (continued)

Designated Funds

The fixed asset fund represents the net book value of fixed assets.

14 Analysis of net assets between unrestricted funds

Fixed assets
Net current assets		 Unrestricted
funds
£’000
17
224
241		 August 2024
£’000
17
224
241		 August
2023
£’000
30
210
240

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15BILLIONEBP

(A company limited by guarantee)

Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2024

15 Operating lease commitments

The company had annual total commitments under non cancellable operating leases as detailed below:

Group
Expiry date:
Within 1 year
Between 2 and 5 years
In over 5 years
Charity
Expiry date:
Within 1 year
Between 2 and 5 years
In over 5 years		 Land and buildings
2024
£’000
2023
£’000
41
104
36
26
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 Other
2024
£’000
2023
£’000
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

16 Subsidiary

15billionebp is the sole guaranteeing member of 15billion, a company limited by guarantee and registered in England and Wales, (company number 04301654) which was incorporated on 9 October 2001.

The principal activities of 15billion during the year remained the delivery of young people’s support and ancillary services directly and in partnership with other statutory, private and third sector organisations.

Company name Country 15billion England and Wales

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15BILLIONEBP (A company limited by guarantee)

Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2024

The results and year end balance sheet of 15billion were as follows:

Turnover
Cost of sales
Gross (loss)
Administrative expenses
Operating (loss) for the year
Interest receivable and similar income
Other finance income
Taxation
(Loss) for the year
Actuarial gain /(loss) related to pension scheme
Total recognised gains relating to the year
Tangible fixed assets
Current assets
Current liabilities
Defined benefit pension scheme asset
Net assets
Profit and loss account
Pensions account
Capital and reserves carried forward		 Year
ending
August
2024
£’000
594
(625)
(31)
-
(31)
-
-
-
(31)
18
(13)
August
2024
£’000
11
42
(140)
91
4
2024
£’000
(87)
91
4		 Year
ending
August
2023
£’000
647
(822)
(176)
(25)
(201)
1
-
-
(200)
(84)
(284)
August
2023
£’000
14
243
(293)
53
17
2023
£’000
(36)
53
17

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15BILLIONEBP (A company limited by guarantee)

Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2024

16 Subsidiary (continued)

New Hackney Education Business Partnership Limited (t/a Inspire! EBP) is a company limited by guarantee and registered in England and Wales, (company number 05157521) and a registered charity (No. 1111037) which was incorporated on 18 June 2004.

The principal activities of New Hackney Education Business Partnership Limited (t/a Inspire! EBP) remained the delivery of young people’s support and ancillary services directly and in partnership with other statutory, private and third sector organisations.

The trustees of the entity committed to, as per note 1.4 of the financial statements to close the activity of the entity and transfer the activity, contracts and staff to 15billionebp after the year end as part of a restructure. As such the financial statements of this entity are prepared on a basis other than going concern.

Company name Country New Hackney Education England and Wales Business Partnership Limited (t/a Inspire! EBP)

The results and year end balance sheet of New Hackney Education Business Partnership Limited (t/a Inspire! EBP) were as follows:

Turnover
Cost of sales
Gross profit
Administrative expenses
Operating profit for the year
Interest receivable and similar income
Total recognised Gain relating to the year
Total funds b/f
Total funds		 Year
ending
August
2024
£’000
358
(308)
50
-
50
-
50
5
55		 Year
ending
August
2023
£’000
661
(497)
164
-
164
-
164
(159)
5

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15BILLIONEBP

(A company limited by guarantee)

Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2024

16 Subsidiary (continued)

Tangible fixed assets
Current assets
Current liabilities
Net assets
Unrestricted funds
Restricted funds
Total funds		 Year
ended 31
August
2024
£’000
-
95
(40)
55
2024
£’000
55
-
55		 Year
ended 31
August
2023
£’000
-
192
(187)
5
2023
£’000
5
-
5

At the time of the approval of the financial statements management has committed to a plan of a structured close down of the charity alongside the transfer of relevant contracts, activities and staff to the parent entity 15billionebp. As such, the transfer of the activities and structured closing of the charity will ensure that the entity is unable to continue as a going concern as per note 1.3.

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15BILLIONEBP

(A company limited by guarantee)

Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2024

17 Pension commitments

Defined contribution pension schemes

Staff who are directly employed by the charity were eligible to join a stakeholder pension scheme. This scheme was available to all staff until April 2014. Staff in this scheme contribute a minimum of 5% of their gross salary and the assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the company in an independently administered fund with Friends Provident.

A personal defined contribution pension scheme was available to staff employed by the subsidiary up until April 2014. Staff in this scheme contribute a minimum of 3% of their gross salary and the assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the company in an independently administered fund with Legal & General.

From April 2014 15billion, and from April 2015 the charity, introduced a group auto enrolment scheme for the remaining staff not in an existing pension scheme and for all new staff. Staff contribute a minimum of 5% of their gross salary and the assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the company in an independently administered fund with Legal & General.

The pension cost charge represents contributions to all funds and amounts to £36,293 (2023 - £43,465). At the year-end there were outstanding contributions of £4,840 (2023 - £9,369).

Defined benefit pension schemes

In the charity, staff jointly employed by the London Borough of Newham are included in the London Borough of Newham pension scheme for the proportion of their salary paid for by the Borough, which is a defined benefit scheme. The payments made to London Borough of Newham in respect of staff costs include the employer's pension scheme contribution. The charity’s liability is limited to the amount of that contribution which was £NIL (2023 - £NIL). Staff employed directly by London Borough of Newham are also part of the same defined benefit pension scheme. The contribution this year for these staff - members was £8,604 (2023 £8,604). There were no amounts outstanding at the year end.(2023 -£NIL). In both cases, the actuarial pension liability remains with the London Borough of Newham.

15billion operates a defined benefit pension scheme, which is based on final pensionable pay. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the company, being invested in a multi-company scheme. The defined benefit pension scheme is closed to new members and is only for staff transferred to 15billion in August 2008 as part of their terms and conditions of service under the Transfer of Undertaking Protection of Employment rights regulations.

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15BILLIONEBP (A company limited by guarantee)

Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2024

The contributions are determined by a qualified actuary on the basis of triennial valuations using the projected unit method. The most recent valuation was at 31[st] March 2021, which has been updated to reflect conditions at the balance sheet date. The assumptions that have the most significant effect on the results of the valuation are those relating to the rate of increase in salaries and pensions. It was assumed that salary increases would average 2.70% per year and that present and future pensions would increase at the rate of 1.50% per year.

The agreed contribution rate for future years is 37.8% for employers and 6% for employees.

The principal actuarial assumptions used by the actuary were:

31 August 2024 31 August 2023
% %
Inflation (Retail Price Index) 3.15 3.30
Inflation (Consumer Price Index) 2.70 2.80
Rate of general increase in salaries 2.70 2.80
Discount rate for scheme liabilities 4.95 5.25

Longevity assumptions as at 31 August 2024:

Base table Bespoke longevity tables provided by Club Vita for the formal
valuation of the Section as at 31 March 2021
Future Improvements Increase in longevity improvements have been assumed to tail off
over the next 10-20 years and over the long term will stabilize at
1.5% per year for males and females
Life expectancies Male
Female
Retiring today 21.4
23.5
Retiring in 20 years 23.8
26.4

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15BILLIONEBP

(A company limited by guarantee)

Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2024

Balance Sheet position

Assets
Equity securities
Diversified Growth & Hedge Funds
Debt securities – Corporate
Debt securities – Government
Cash and cash equivalents
Insurance linked securities
LDI
Multi asset credit funds
Asset-backed securities
Synthetic Credit
Absolute Bond Return
Total value of assets
Actuarial value of (liabilities)
Surplus of funded plan liabilities and net pension asset		 Fund value
at 31 August
2024
£’000
60
-
-
-
218
27
73
-
231
28
30
667
(576)
91		 Fund value
at 31 August
2023
£’000
42
-
-
-
186
39
171
-
62
40
48
588
(535)
53
Analysis of amount charged to operating profit
Current service cost
Administration cost
Loss on settlement
Total operating charge		 31 August
2024
£’000
9
20
-
29		 31 August
2023
£’000
17
7
-
24

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15BILLIONEBP (A company limited by guarantee)

Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2024

Analysis of amount credited to other finance income
Interest income on Plan assets
(Interest) on Plan liabilities
Net interest on net defined benefit asset
Total amount charged to income and expenditure account
(total operating charge less net interest)
Analysis of amount recognised in Other
Comprehensive income (OCI)
Annual return on assets excluding amounts included in net
assets
Actuarial gain / (loss) on Plan obligations
Remeasurement (loss) / gain in Plan recognised in the OCI
Reconciliation of Plan benefit obligation:
At 1 September 2023
Current Service cost
Administration costs
Interest cost
Contributions by plan participants
Actuarial losses (gains)
Liabilities (extinguished) on settlement due to bulk transfer
Benefits (paid)
At 31 August 2024		 31 August
2024
£’000
32
(27)
5
24
31 August
2024
£’000
27
(9)
18
31 August
2024
£’000
535
9
20
27
3
9
-
(27)
576		 31 August
2023
£’000
29
(24)
5
19
31 August
2023
£’000
(145)
61
(84)
31 August
2023
£’000
559
17
7
24
4
(61)
-
(15)
535

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(A company limited by guarantee)

15BILLIONEBP

Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2024

Reconciliation of fair value of Plan assets:
At 1 September 2023
Interest Income
Contributions by plan participants
Contributions by the employer
Actual return on assets excluding amount included in net
interest
Assets distributed on settlement due to bulk transfer
Benefits paid out
At 31 August 2024		 31 August
2024
£’000
588
28
3
48
27
-
(27)
667		 31 August
2023
£’000
667
29
4
48
(145)
-
(15)
588

18 Reconciliation of net movement in funds to net cash flow from operating activities

Net movement in funds
Add back depreciation charge
Less interest income shown in investing
activities
Decrease (Increase) in debtors
(Decrease) Increase in creditors
Cash flow from operating activities		 Group
2024
£’000
(101)
20
(2)
166
(13)
70		 Group
2023
£’000
(163)
9
(1)
(174)
31
(298)		 Charity
2024
£’000
(39)
17
(2)
111
(1)
86		 Charity
2023
£’000
(36)
4
(1)
(92)
9
(116)

19 Related party transactions

From time to time some organisations for which board members work give grants and donations to the charity to support the funding of the services of the charity. These arrangements are considered to be conducted on an 'at arm's length basis' and in no case does the relevant director have any financial interest in the funding provided.

During this financial year the charity received no funding from related parties.

20 Post balance sheet events

As noted in the trustees report and going concern, the trustees have undertaken a process, in year, to close the New Hackney Education Business Partnership Limited charity and transfer all relevant staff and charitable activities to its parent entity, 15billionebp. This process is expected to finalise after the balance sheet date.

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