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| Charity Reference and | Administrative | Details | |
| Trustees' Annual Report |
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| Independent Auditor's |
Report | ||
| Statement of Financial |
Activities | ||
| Balance Sheet | |||
| Statement ofCash Flows |
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| Notes to the Financial | Statements |
| e year and since th | s year end are as | follows: | |||
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| J Murphy | Independent | —Chair | |||
| SBrake | Independent | —Vice chair | |||
| C Stephens | Independent | —Vice chair | |||
| J Walker-Thompson | Independent | —Treasurer | |||
| Cllr FAbbott | Nominated | representative | —Coventry | City Council | |
| BSingh | independent | ||||
| M Lloyd | independent | ||||
| LTaylor | Independent | ||||
| P Frost (appointed | 1 June 2023) | Independent |
| 2023 | 2022 | |||||
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| Unrestricted | Restricted | |||||
| funds | funds | Total | Total | |||
| Note | 6 | f | 6 | f | ||
| Income and endowments | from: | |||||
| Donations and legacies |
741 | 741 | 1,305 | |||
| Charitable activities |
404,599 | 2,004,610 | 2,409,209 | 2,510,712 | ||
| Other trading activities |
2,800 | 2,800 | 3,200 | |||
| Investments | 2,290 | 2,290 | 63 | |||
| Total income and endowments | 410,430 | 2,004,610 | 2,415,040 | 2,515,280 | ||
| Expenditure on: |
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| Charitable activities |
6 | 383,859 | 2,072,353 | 2,456,212 | 2,430,545 | |
| Total expenditure | 383,859 | 2,072,353 | 2,456,212 | 2,430,545 | ||
| Net Income/ (expenditure) | 26,571 | (67,743) | (41,172) | 84,735 | ||
| Transfers between funds |
16 | (33,183) | 33,183 | |||
| Nst movemsnt In funds |
(6,612) | (34,560) | (41,172) | 84,735 | ||
| Reconciliation offunds: |
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| Total funds brought forward |
16 | 310,704 | 264,389 | 575,093 | 490,358 | |
| Total funds carried forward | 16 | 304,092 | 229,829 | 533,921 | 575,093 |
| As at 31 March | 2 | 023 | |||
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| 2023 | 2022 | ||||
| Note | 8 | ||||
| Fixed assets | |||||
| Tangible assets | |||||
| Current assets | |||||
| Debtors | 12 | 372,708 | 275,226 | ||
| Cash at bank and | in | hand | 350,463 | 549,922 | |
| 723,171 | 825,148 | ||||
| Creditors: amounts | falling due within one year | 13 | (89,250) | (150,055) | |
| Nst current assets | 633,921 | 675,093 | |||
| Total assets less | current liabilities | 633,921 | 675,093 | ||
| Provisions for liabilities |
14 | (100,000) | (100,000) | ||
| Net assets | 533,921 | 575,093 | |||
| Charity Funds | |||||
| Restricted funds | 16 | 229,829 | 264,389 | ||
| Unrestricted funds |
16 | 304,092 | 310,704 | ||
| Total charity funds | 533,921 | 575,093 |
| 2023 | 2022 | ||||||
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| Note | 8 | 8 | |||||
| Cash flow from operating | activities | 18 | (201,749) | (83,995) | |||
| Cash flow from investing | activities | ||||||
| Interest received | 2,290 | 63 | |||||
| Net cash flow from investing | activities | 2,290 | 63 | ||||
| Net increase /(decrease) | in | cash and cash equivalents | (199,459) | (83,932) | |||
| Cash and cash equivalents | at | 1 April | 549,922 | 633,854 | |||
| Cash and cash equivalents | at | 31 March | 350,463 | 549,922 | |||
| Analysis ofchanges In net funds |
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| At 1 April | Cash | At 31 March | |||||
| 2022 | flows | 2023 | |||||
| Net cash | f | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Cash at bank and In |
hand | 549,922 | (199,459) | 350,463 | |||
| Bank overdralts | |||||||
| 549,922 | (199,459) | 350,463 |
| 4 | Income from other trading | Income from other trading | Income from other trading | activities | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||
| E | E | ||||||||
| Room hire | 2,800 | 3,200 | |||||||
| 2,800 | 3,200 | ||||||||
| 2022 comparatives | indude | room hire income ofE3,200 In | unrestricted | funds. | |||||
| 5 | Income from Investments | ||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||
| E | |||||||||
| Interest - deposits | 2,290 | 63 | |||||||
| 2,290 | 63 | ||||||||
| 2022 comparatives | include | Interest ofE63 in unrestricted | funds. | ||||||
| 6 | Analysis ofexpenditure |
on charitable | activities | ||||||
| Activities | Supportand | Total | Total | ||||||
| undertaken | governance | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||
| directly | costs | ||||||||
| Charitable activities —advice |
E | E | |||||||
| and information | services | ||||||||
| Staff costs | 1,415,561 | 277,884 | 1,693,445 | 1,607,720 | |||||
| Recruitment and other costs |
8,136 | 19,427 | 27,563 | 25,584 | |||||
| Training | 3,578 | 358 | 3,936 | 6,887 | |||||
| Travel | 5,834 | 859 | 6,693 | 5,995 | |||||
| Ghent expenses | 33,791 | 33,791 | 72,798 | ||||||
| Volunteer expenses | 562 | 54 | 616 | 399 | |||||
| Translation costs |
19,493 | 19,493 | 28,430 | ||||||
| Pubgdty | 150 | 150 | 138 | ||||||
| SubscripUons and |
licences | 7,796 | 14,254 | 22,050 | 18,966 | ||||
| Printing, postage |
and stationery | 11,261 | 2,587 | 13,848 | 15,274 | ||||
| Telephone | 22,301 | 1,649 | 23,950 | 24,564 | |||||
| Insurance | 9,573 | 9,573 | 9,194 | ||||||
| Rent, rates and service charges | 78,329 | 78,329 | 79,802 | ||||||
| Heat and light | 17,096 | 17,096 | 9,535 | ||||||
| Premises and equipment and maintenance |
repairs | 34,076 | 34,076 | 41,706 | |||||
| Computer costs | 6,141 | 19,632 | 25,773 | 27,035 | |||||
| Settlement costs |
421,610 | 421,610 | 429,618 | ||||||
| Professional fees |
840 | 12,310 | 13,150 | 13,843 | |||||
| Other costs | 2,405 | 8,665 | 11,070 | 13,057 | |||||
| 1,959,459 | 496,753 | 2,456,212 | 2,430,545 |
| 7 | Governance costs |
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| 2023 | 2022 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | f | |||||||||||||||||
| Auditor's remuneration |
6,311 | 6,951 | ||||||||||||||||
| Professional fees |
12,310 | 13,843 | ||||||||||||||||
| Staff costs | 63,783 | 51,474 | ||||||||||||||||
| Other | 1,516 | 4,318 | ||||||||||||||||
| 83,920 | 76,586 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Net income for the year | |||||||||||||||||
| Net income is stated after | charging | I(crediting): | ||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | |||||||||||||||||
| f | ||||||||||||||||||
| Auditor's remuneration |
6,311 | 6,951 | ||||||||||||||||
| Operating lease rentals |
74,074 | 73,780 | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Trustees' and key management |
personnel | remuneration | and expenses | ||||||||||||||
| The trustees neither received | nor | waived | any remuneration | during | the year (2022: | fnit). | ||||||||||||
| No trustees (2022; No | trustees) | had | expenses for travel reimbursed | during the | year. | |||||||||||||
| The charity considers The total employment |
its key management benefits induding |
personnel to comprise the trustees and pension contrlbufions of key management |
the Chief Executive Officer. personnel was f86,101 |
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| (2022.'868,959). | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Staff costs and employee | benefits | ||||||||||||||||
| The average monthly number |
of | employees | during the year, | expressed as full-time | equivalents, was |
as follows: | ||||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | |||||||||||||||||
| Number | Number | |||||||||||||||||
| Charitable activities |
48 | 51 | ||||||||||||||||
| Management and administration |
6 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 54 | 56 | |||||||||||||||||
| The total staff costs and employees' | benefits | was | as | follows: | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 6 |
2022f | |||||||||||||||||
| Wages and salaries | 1,494,547 | 1,419,860 | ||||||||||||||||
| Social security | 131,767 | 121,108 | ||||||||||||||||
| Defined contribution | pension | costs | 67,131 | 66,752 | ||||||||||||||
| Bureau agency costs | 5,098 | 4,878 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1,698,543 | 1,612,598 |
| 11 | Tangible fixed assets | |||||||||||||
| Leasehold | Computer | Fixtures | and | |||||||||||
| premises | equipment | fittings | Total | |||||||||||
| Cost or valuation: | E | E | E | E | ||||||||||
| At 1 April 2022 and | ||||||||||||||
| 31 March 2023 | 166,946 | 120,375 | 66,673 | 353,994 | ||||||||||
| Depreciation: | ||||||||||||||
| At 1 April 2022 | 166,946 | 120,375 | 66,673 | 353,994 | ||||||||||
| Charge for the year | ||||||||||||||
| At 31 March 2023 | 166,946 | 120,375 | 66,673 | 353,994 | ||||||||||
| Net book value: | ||||||||||||||
| At 31 March 2023 | ||||||||||||||
| At 31 March 2022 | ||||||||||||||
| 12 | Debtors | |||||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | |||||||||||||
| E | ||||||||||||||
| Trade debtors | 347,016 | 245,704 | ||||||||||||
| Prepayments and accrued |
income | 25,692 | 29,522 | |||||||||||
| 372,708 | 275,226 | |||||||||||||
| 13 | Creditors: amounts | falling | due within one | year | ||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | |||||||||||||
| E | E | |||||||||||||
| Trade creditors | 23,735 | 44,173 | ||||||||||||
| Other tax and social | security | 30,468 | 31,252 | |||||||||||
| Other creditors | 21,842 | 21,638 | ||||||||||||
| Deferred income | 25,000 | |||||||||||||
| Accruafs | 13,205 | 27,992 | ||||||||||||
| 89,250 | 150,055 | |||||||||||||
| Deferred income comprises |
amounts | received | in advance | where the performance | conditions | ofthe grant | have not | |||||||
| been met. | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | |||||||||||||
| Balance at 1 April | 25,000 | 65,000 | ||||||||||||
| Amounts released |
to Incoming resources | (25,000) | (40,000) | |||||||||||
| Amounts deferred |
In | year | ||||||||||||
| 25,000 | ||||||||||||||
| 14 | Provisions for liabilities |
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| Dilaptdations | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | ||||||||||||||
| F | ||||||||||||||
| Balance at 1 April 2022 | 100,000 | |||||||||||||
| Charge to Statement | of Financial | Activities | ||||||||||||
| Balance at 31 March | 2023 | 100,000 |
| 15 | Leases | |||||||||||
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| Total future minimum |
lease payments | under | non-cancegable | operating | leases are as | follows: | ||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | |||||||||||
| f | ||||||||||||
| Not later than | one year | 1,580 | 57,380 | |||||||||
| Later than one and | not later than five | years | 1,185 | 2,765 | ||||||||
| 2,765 | 60,145 | |||||||||||
| 16 | Funds | |||||||||||
| Balance at | Balance at | |||||||||||
| 01/04/2022 f |
Income | Expenditure f |
Transfers F |
31/03/2023 6 |
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| Unrestricted | funds | |||||||||||
| General funds | 280,704 | 410,430 | (383,859) | (33,183) | 274,092 | |||||||
| Designated funds: |
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| Relocation reserve | 20,000 | 20,000 | ||||||||||
| Restructuring | reserve | 10,000 | 10,000 | |||||||||
| Total unrestricted | funds | 310,704 | 410,430 | (383,859) | (33,183) | 304,092 | ||||||
| Restricted funds | ||||||||||||
| CitA —Money | Advice | Service | 252,679 | (278,772) | 26,093 | |||||||
| NaUonwide —Reach | 8,976 | 25,000 | (24,573) | 9,403 | ||||||||
| Eveson -Reach |
20,000 | (11,152) | 8,848 | |||||||||
| Saintbury -Reach |
2,000 | (2,000) | ||||||||||
| STEP | 49,582 | (48,093) | (1,489) | |||||||||
| HALS | 50,000 | (43,368) | 6,632 | |||||||||
| NHS Coventry | —HIV/TB | 790 | 30,000 | (25,650) | 5,140 | |||||||
| Macmillan | 302,777 | (303,361) | 584 | |||||||||
| CBSASS | 50,000 | (11,363) | 38,637 | |||||||||
| CitA —Pension | Wise | 3,341 | 156,207 | (151,197) | 8,351 | |||||||
| CBS Hardship | Fund | 40,950 | (9,882) | 31,068 | ||||||||
| Sue Darling Hardship |
Fund | 4,058 | (1,326) | 2,732 | ||||||||
| BSS | 364 | 364 | ||||||||||
| Cardinal Ltd —Major |
Trauma | 6,013 | 39,863 | (41,799) | 4,077 | |||||||
| Help in Crisis |
36,924 | (24,429) | 12,495 | |||||||||
| St Martin in the Fields |
—FrontUne | 3,619 | 33,796 | (23,883) | 13,532 | |||||||
| CBSDebts | 81,235 | (77,108) | 4,127 | |||||||||
| Big Lottery —BBOBreakthrough | 49,729 | (56,235) | 6,506 | |||||||||
| Integration 1 |
764,358 | (764,791) | 433 | |||||||||
| integration 2 |
69,487 | 220,344 | (219,975) | (433) | 69,423 | |||||||
| CitA COL | 15,000 | 15,000 | ||||||||||
| Total restricted funds |
264,389 | 2,004,610 | (2,072,353) | 33,183 | 229,829 | |||||||
| Total funds | 575,093 | 2,415,040 | (2,456,212) | 533,921 |
| und descriptions | und descriptions | und descriptions | und descriptions | und descriptions | und descriptions | |||
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| Relocation reserve | Funds set aside to manage relocation ofoffices. |
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| Restructuring | reserve | Funds set aside to manage staffing restructure due to |
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| changing contracts. |
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| CitA | —MAS | Funding from the Money Advice Service for the provision of |
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| debt advice. | ||||||||
| Nationwide | - | Reach | Funding from Nationwide Building Society to offer advice on |
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| debt, budgeting, housing and benefits issues. |
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| Eveson/ | Saintbury | Reach | Grants towards work with clients who have housing issues. |
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| STEP | Grant towards working with clients and frontline workers to |
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| reduce fuel poverty and increase the energy efficiency of |
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| people's homes. | ||||||||
| HALS | Grant towards access to early social welfare and/or family |
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| legal advice/ support, to enable users to resolve these |
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| problems as early as possible or otherwise supporl litigants in |
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| person through their legal journey. |
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| NHS | - CCG/HIV TB | Grant towards provision ofoutreach services. |
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| Macmillan | Grant towards advice service for cancer patients and their |
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| families. | ||||||||
| CBSASS | Funding from Coventry Building Sodety to cover the costs of |
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| additional Advice Session Supervisor and to manage |
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| volunteers. | ||||||||
| CitA | —Pension | Wise | Grant towards the Pension Wise Service, to ensure that |
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| consumers who are approaching retirement with defined |
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| contribution pension pots will be offered guidance on how to |
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| make informed and confident decisions on how to use their |
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| contribution savings in retirement. It Isdesigned forthose over |
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| the age of55. | ||||||||
| CBS | Hardship | Funding from Coventry Building Society to help vulnerable |
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| clients with Bankruptcy, DRO and Emergency support. |
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| Sue Darling | Hardship | Fund | Funding to alleviate those in aggravated need. |
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| Cardinal | Ltd | —Major Trauma | Funds towards the delivery ofSlgnpostlng Partnership Service |
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| that aims to facilitate access to advice on matters such as |
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| welfare benefits, housing, legal services and rehabilitation to |
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| Major Trauma Centre (MTC) patients and/or their families and |
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| carers whilst in hospital. |
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| Help | in Crisis | Grant enables the charity to provide practical and emotional |
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| support to clients who are homeless or vulnerably housed. |
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| The project is between Coventry Citizens Advice and Valley |
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| House. | ||||||||
| St Martin | in | the | Fields | —Frontline | Funds to build up a network of housing and homelessness |
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| Network | workers across the city, |
| 2023 | 2022 | |||
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| f | f | |||
| Net movement for the |
year | (41,172) | 84,735 | |
| Interest receivable | (2,290) | (63) | ||
| (Increase)l decrease | in debtors | (97,482) | (139,489) | |
| (Decrease)/ increase | in creditors and provisions | (60,805) | (29,178) | |
| Net cash flow from operating | activities | (201,749) | (83,995) |