REGisfERED COMPANY NUMBER: 02587766 (EDgknDd IVAltsl
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND
iJNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED
31 MARCH 2022
FOR
SOFA
(A COMPANY LIMrrED BY GUARAKfE£)
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SOFA
FOR THE YEAR EP4DED 31 MARCH 2022
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K¢port ofth¢ Tru4tts
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SOFA
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022
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SOFA
FOR THE YEAR ENDEDJI MARCfi 2022
li 1$ eL4y to for8et tbat the county still 9]bjed ty) r¢yrictiODS Ai th¢ bepnniDg of this firwKial yev th*t Sofa did I￿1
¥eopen ￿ operations until the l21b April 2021. Activity in ￿]¢$ andd0¥￿]0￿s wveata uw¢h r¢4luct4 level when we r¢op¢J)ed •)d iL
as onlynetessary to opern* one of our three va05. Although activiry incTe￿d duriDgth¢ y¢8r each new variant occovid caused a
disA￿tiOn w thc public's Ye￿￿1￿8 10 go thopping and¢4)nSeq￿nI￿ relluctirm w *.
and the linkios of ow F•r¢book page to tbi$ s•les Googlt 4na]yti¢S 5how¢d ark averdg¢ bcttsren I4,[￿ aod I9.(￿ hits on our
websiic ¢s¢b month with the higlJ¢sLD¥JDthly beiDg 20,0￿ hi￿ whi¢lL is an impressive 0trllttep￿5ellcefOr& STllwU ¢htirity.
The inet¢ased u5¢ oFthe inm¢i and ettctroaic devicts durih8 the ¢mET8¢nCy at50 ￿bI¢d Sofa w intr(Atsce a mu¢h more ¢tTttti¥e
donation s￿ern for fu￿"￿]re and Sss￿11[td Dottors wu¢ asked w SUb￿"t photo8raphs of thcir doD•tions which enable41 Sofa
to ￿VIeW the I￿￿9 befoff collxtion eLgJr¢ that the S￿￿VOlUM*cr lime ¢omrtiitted to collt<tw)os was fo￿￿. This #Iso
resul￿1 substgntial reduciion iti the von mile4ge the t¥5k
A SI￿11￿¢0￿1 ¢h*n8e dvwitt8 the year wL% the decision of th¢ Tnsteu ￿ cu5¢ ti*Iio8 th¢ L£i¢¢swhit¢ and Rutland RaL5e
Network(LRRN). OTdw5 from rbe Ncn¥ork badAlregdyrtduced th auR¢kt¢*8 SofabadbE¢ry uDable to supply refvrbL5b¢41 white goods
havin8 Tjeedrd to substibjwout c¥)m￿l[￿ve1Y wtc¢d rtw 8¢)od5. Thut We￿ also Mncuns ab)ut the financigl $iDJation of LRJJ4 and
B 1¢4wssrneD¢of thelxnefit5 attdcoststo Sofa of SCTVi¢ifiB LMN'$¢tyLtrgetswith L¢ittstershire LKi¢¢￿[CItyCOUQCll$Tcv￿Ied
that Sofawa5 ¢ffKtively thidisingth¢ ¢Oht
As would be eXPEded the redutht the ¢nwcy has had * siRnificant impa¢t on the financial Sity￿tIOn of the tlwity
as our toraj in¢ome for th yc4r vas £l68J17 and ow expenth"tsuE vM6 £199.748 resuliioB in 8 £31,431 exc41s of txpendinwe ov¢r
Ln¢om¢.'I'hctO￿ ttwds caTn¢d torE¥*rd by thE ctrÈanty l¢il lrnm t144,2U6 lo 1112.775".'lh¢'￿4UCtj0Th inow fvods isbEÉrt8 ¢oniioually
moniwred by the Trust¢¢4 althwb wt bave tittl¢ ¢xpectsnon 41 this lime ih&t the overn]l eEOnOtDiC $iwation either for th¢ rtatioh or
fors0￿ wiu ￿1P{0v¢.
Th¢ Tnthees wuid like th weour SiD¢¢re thths of the pwle vkno ¢D8ble41 Sofa to r￿liD* iti its W0￿d￿rIng thi5 yebr.
ro OUT small stsff tcam who not MIY 8iv¢ their h￿d Work andtf*TmDItT￿4 also m￿Y h¢)uts of their own tim& To our volun*ers
WI￿ are reduced bui ￿e esseThii•l trj OUT operntion. To those who th?￿le their maDy vwi¢d items which insure their Tewe
si￿4 by..
9 November 2022

SOFA (REcisfERED NUMBEK. O25rn0
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2•22
The tnjstees who ¥re also th"rtclors of Ibt dwnty for Iht pwp)sts of thc Cooynies Act 2(#A. presrnl their rtport with tht fjDaDEial
51•t¢rD¢nts of th¢ ¢b￿lty forth¢ ¢rtded 31 Ma￿h 2022. The have thE PTrVi5iolls of A￿O￿nting and Rewlingby
Charitics.. Ststem¢nl of Recornmended Practice zpplicabk ￿ clwitis prEpariDB their xcounts in llcwrdance witb the Fin8mcial
R¢porting Sfgndwd app1]￿blE ID the UK attd Repthkn of Irel*tMI (FRS 102) (efft¢ti¥e l 2015).
OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
Obiertives artivlties
Th¢ ¢h8ritsbl¢ obi¢¢tiv¢$ for vknicjj th¢ corn￿Y 15 ¢5Eablislul the ￿p￿ryd]￿ ￿ the Articks of Aswijtyon. Th¢ obj¢¢ts
COD¢inued lo bc to r¢lieve. either Benerally or Indi￿dUallY. w50n's residcmt tn Ixi¢¢strrthir¢ and contiguous area {Arca of Btnefil)
who in conth"tionsoftttd. hud5hipordislre55 xising thcrcfrom by:
2. Th¢ prnviwon of voutiowl tT¥iniDg. gTPQrt aTh4 forwryloyed Frn>DS T*ho v0h￿t￿r at SOF
"lo thtet the ch*itsble obittiives the c(w fitrnithxe rtwe setytt tsr8ticd ￿ ¢lttrtts (*) low iticoDK. Thceompatly also
offets tsxujing, suptM)rt and work expenence * volunteers of SOFA Wt have rcferrtd 10 th¢ 8uid8nce COntsm￿ in the Ch8rity
Commission's geAer*l yidallcc on pubbc beDefii wh¢n r¢vicwiDB ourobjcetisrs and plaTrncd ￿bjrt a¢tiviti¢
stsff
Sofa's Pa￿ tmployecs arc the four¥J**￿ of (Ar thy kn diy and th¢y knv¢ 8irn uwiy th¢ £￿Trty as w¢ll
itributsng the hiBb¢st Itvd of cornmilrncnt
Ov¢r th¢ y¢ar we workaa with 8 vohtnket& Due to the no fth TffjIutt*as have beth rec￿11Th1 as we took mto *count
H&S. We ¢Ddedtheye&rwith 8 active h￿Ill￿ee
Referred Cuglomers RefeTr¥l AgewiE4
A totsl of 1.612 individual OTders of furniturt and aPpIR￿es Tmtrt so]d iomle 7*th0 had bc¢ts refeETtd to ￿ a5 beinB its genuine ftttd
of r¢¢Jvc¢d.pric¢ fi￿￿111￿. This ￿epre￿8 a 4%dett￿t IASt y&6 figwts with a tot•1 of inth.vtth￿I itrm&.
ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE
Althougb anyoje sI￿P wilb us one of ourkcy dwitabk is to ￿lIEv¢PoV￿ty by wpplyiD8 irylividuals aTMt boy5eholds
ITr Dced with furnitur4 whLIt 8ood% and other houseknld items at affordable pritt5. We cocratc a Sch¢￿ that cTrablc5 agencifs
to asxess th(￿¢ they cortsidu to bc ID nced aad ihc¥L to rcfcr them to SOFA where tky c8n then buy frtsrn us at a discount.
Curr￿1]Y 2Wo. valid for 12month&
Thmts8b reftrrnl proctss wc continue to 5upF￿ a widc of individud5 fallDIi¢5 in D¢¢d who *¢ its ¢0￿￿¢1 witb
slatutory aud volunw Itsourcts in¢luding bomeless Ihouschold% pcople king rtrxtded frorn host¢b. h05pitsls and pri5(m&
refugeesand new migrants. Pe￿1¢ tl¢¢iDg dom¢5tic violenc¢ •nd other Tnthitrable people.
W¢ rw<i¥r ¢usto¥DerrefeTh#ls from a number of kcy local aBeociu. most Dolably CbwuwLKk4 N¢ÉBht4)uTb￿Jd Housing 4Ad The
Brid8c Proje¢( a charity that off¢rs supwt and ¥dvi¢c to botn¢less and vuhKtably houstsl people in ChattLwood. Other
ag¢n¢1¢5 wbi¢h ref￿ ￿8￿&￿tly in¢ltyJe Chddt¢L alld Young Peoplc's Services. So¢ial Care and H¢aIt￿ Charnwood IDd¢p¢ndeni
Youth ActioD, Hcajth Visitots, Housin8 As*)ciattotis. Humatt ￿.￿bts and Ewlitie5 ciliz￿.5 Ad*ice. Enquircand Su
SAks totheGttstrnl Publit
A tothl of 815 &lctDs of furnitutE aud weffc gold to thc 8cncral publi¢ at scnsibk pTi¢¢s. w￿h income from thesc salc5
belts8 uscd to bJrth¢r ow chan"tabl¢ ainL5.'Ibis wa5 a dEcre#* of 6% sdes Iximp&Yd widx previous year. Tr s&lt of 8￿￿4 to
the 8tneralpublic is DOw¢Ss￿t1al ¢Dswe the futureof SOFA *￿]$Of coutst fvrtheriti8rcuse by wb?cb wttattreduce
the impctof clinthtcthaD8C.
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SOFA OiEGiSTERED f4uMBER: 0258776
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
FOR TBE YTAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2•22
ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE (CoHliDu¢d)
DoD*tIoA$ and DiversioD from L*adfill
W¢ rec£iT*ed help froth 718 howeholds colleded 2,460 iiems of furniiure and appliances dwiti8 thi5
yeaT and an estimate of a further 790 reusablc wert dollattd at th)or. This ytat wc dL"VCrtt41 107 toD$ of fllrni￿re
froul landfdi repre$eDtin8 a 84% from the prtvious yearth* ￿ the C4)Ile¢tionatsJ sales iti¢reAse of larger itents #nd the ￿1P
of our online salcs with ¢Jick and ¢ollccL This IS a 518Dif￿ belp to the I¥Tgcts set l£icea¢r5h￿ C¢)wity co￿¢11 and a
¢￿sId￿b￿ bwst lo the environll
Iwirowen*nts to Strvlc4 OptyolloD*l S)stems *ad PwlDer5hips
Upgrnded the CCTV quipttkrnt safety aDd secwity st&sotts
MaitLleDatEce of the SOFA car patk iDch]dm8 litic paiDfin8
OryDiii¢itims have s#pptie4 SOFA
Our thanks 80 tothe following OTgaDi5ati(m5 itOivMknd5 that wotk th￿1￿¥ the £￿u[St of the
L¢ic¢sterslJiieCouoty Ci)vncil W•$* MJn•g¢mEnl
l£ictster Citycouncii
Cbarnwood Borou8b Council Envirowllrntsl Suvic¢$
Voluntory A¢ti(w L¢i¢¢st¢T5hir¢
Cultleftsh
FINANc￿L RE￿Ew
inAncial po$ltioTh
The SrI*m￿l of FTrMoctal A¢ti¥7ts¢5 foTth¢ yc•rthows4 d¢fi¢i¢of £31.431 (2021.. deficit of £38 J76).
Total In¢(￿l￿gR¢s¢)V￿¢5 inth¢ yw&crtI￿ tts£l683171202I.. £I73556).pmn￿lYd￿ toa deuC4￿1￿co[lJ￿1Vin￿swrt from
£63351 iti 202110 £18.122 in 2022. Th¢ cjjaritsbk ioclmne Iw xtuDIty incTra5d ID lirt *ith eXP&tsliotis followin8 tht oJxnin8
p afttr th¢ patsdttijic to £145.347 {2021.. £I05.8101
The Ballncc Shect showy that SOFA ffiJAts of£1 12.775 of ￿11￿ £50.(rfJO is desi￿ted for *ssel iryrov¢tttthL
RthtioBship5 Princip￿[ FttDdiThg Sources
Our printhple fiujding source raThoin5 the salt of lthsel￿Id dir¢dy ￿ th¢ Fwblic •nd to ￿dIeS ￿¢b 8$ l*icesknhire
County Council. and tsiiY51er City CourLCi] via the Ixicestershire & Rutl4nd Re￿$t Network as Thtll as Ch8rnwthI District Council.
The charity works in ￿7th J nnge of lrtal OT8intsatiOL8 many of which are rcfar41 ag¢nts lo us for individuajs iu
SOFA Js al80 a m¢mb¢rof FR)4 Twhi¢h 15 the Dab0￿1 or8*a￿tIon for T￿5¢ cjwiliu.
Investment policy ohle<thtéx
Under th¢ Memornndum aDd Arti¢lts of Asso¢i¥tion. SOFA (*s a charity) I￿% the powtt ￿ invest IA any way the TN$te￿ %c fit.
However. the T￿$1££$ of SOFA h8ve decthl not lo &JmtDtt for Im8 tetm irtvtstsllcttL ther¢fote the charity has no
iDvcstsDffjls of thi% kitid.
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SOFA aiEGISTERED NUMBER: 02S87766J
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEFS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED JI MARCH 2022
FINAP4CIAL REVIEW-{Cogtinwrf)
Reserve5 polity
dtsigDRltd for specific putyoscs or othe￿15¢ 1￿mM11t¢￿).
The Tn￿le£S have r¢vitwed their ￿l1¢Y and at PK5eDt the balance of rrs¢rv¢s totsl ￿ure￿ gives Six moDths
The Trustee5 will It￿t$S th¢ Icstrts ￿lleyon b&%ts.
In the t4)MIn8￿*r￿e Aim ￿..
' rcvLtw H&S and safe8uard staff. vol￿1¢￿ Ind thc ￿bIle. k¢qing in Covid-19
• Ulldertakc a of all EKilici¢s 4JJd pr¢)¢4Jw
* Explor¢ ways of incrf4SUJ8 the tyF of donations suitsbl¢ forr¢4ry¢
• to workwllaboTrtivety with ¢)ther k￿￿1 chJTilies
* SCa￿b for addition¥1 inconr Strelln￿ to thepmjeces ￿1n￿bilIty
verDiDg documev¢
Th¢¢harity 15 coD¢rolledby its 8oVenllD8th%U￿l￿dredtsf tsu<andCthJstits￿S *limit¢d¢fA)yAy. limitcdbysvaramtee. as
by the compani￿ AGt 21KhS.
Th¢ orwisation is a eh*itsble conV￿Y linll.ted by 8Umttt. The ¢ooyMy ori8ÉnaUy e5tsb1lsh￿ utthr h M¢mornndum of
Ass0¢￿tion thai estabhshed the objects ar#J pow¢rs of the dwilabk ¢¢)uyDy ffjd gov¢nw¢¢ un(kT its Article5 Of Aswciition.
Revised and upjattd Articles ofAss(tiation by spccial ￿$VI￿tt¢)D of the ¢Omp￿Y OD 23rdJaJuary 2013. In the evcnt
of th¢ coThpanyb¢ing wound up. Are to contribut¢ all an￿1 not ¢x(teding £1.
RttrnitQ*Dt and A￿￿1•t￿ent of trn¥¢e¢
The duc¢tors ofth¢ ¢owy ¥lso chatity knL4tt5 foi the oft1￿￿"ty law and under th¢ com￿n￿$ Artic1¢5 are known a5
TtKmbtt$of the Bo*dof Urthrthc rquircmcnts ofth¢ M¢0￿￿d￿mInd AriiclesofA¥so¢Jation the membets of the B08td
oITnJstets ekcted anmialty 4t the AGM by th¢ ofSOFK All are able k) nominale ODe Irustee to the
Th¢ Trustt¢s a¢knowkd8e that the recNiuMn( stlecb.oo aThl of new Tr￿stee5 i$ oprANlunity to impwve the
effediv¢n¢s$ of SOFA. of Tr￿et$ will bc f(rtuscd OD those with the rigbl skills txperitnct from a wide ranBe of
Org8Di5atiowl 5tructsr¢
Th¢ Boord of Trustees 15 eleettd atsrnalty bymeothffsof SOFA * th¢ADDwl (knerxl M¢ctin& NothitiatM)tis be pui foThvard by
•Jty memb¢r for app)intttrtrtt to tht Board of Tn￿e¢% Th¢ Tn￿1¢£5 Is diff£ton of SOFA. (kn- joint Chief Exetutive offi￿rg
ar¢ r¢sponsibk for the day404ayorsanisation and ddiv¢ryof servicts.
I￿￿01￿C of new tru51ees
Trustees aTC Ptovided vrith 5ufficicnt iofirytis)n #> that they ¥ndC￿dthcc]￿1.tsb1e PWPLfJC50f SOFA. IbE CUTrnt fin#nei
position attd the key ¢￿￿t is5￿* New Tr￿CeS vrill ￿ 8Lvell the governiD8 dO￿D￿l a￿￿1$ ¥nd Jet¢ttithinuies of
Trt￿tre meettnB5. RUOU￿¢S will be rn￿le availabic io mcct tsainits8 needs of Tn￿¢¢￿.
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B2PORT OF THE TRUSTEES
FOR T8E YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 1012
Rl$k wnageme
Th¢tsLttes hllv¢ I duty th idcn17fy￿dT£￿tW thcriskst••*thich th¢clthtityisexposed andw en5UTE 4pprewi* tootrr>ts aye ittplace
to PTDvid¢ re￿￿ab￿ agawst frnud *nd eI￿r.
The TnJs*esacttvely fEvi¢wthernaiot iisks that ¢he ¢lJwfa¢csattd r(ffrwth¥TrSeThu￿Il¢Yth￿mTh￿dc￿abl¢thec￿1nty ￿ bavt
5ufficiuJtwcsour¢M in the evcnt of Adverse condiiiow8.
The charity prepares an attnual bud8er and plan. P¢rfornMnce agai￿ I￿￿¢t is mottiwr&l by re8u]ar rnaDagErnEnt f¢POTllnB.
sysknn of internal 5u•Acièl control is ID plttce ro govuTh day4trd&y finBncial u•nsattiOO.
The ¢h&rity ha$ 40 Pla￿ *Forrwiite policiesof to ihmablc risk&
This r¢port Prep¥￿ ID a¢￿Idance with the 5pE¢ial Provisio￿ of Pm IS of tht Coryaoit5 Act 2ts)6 ttlabng io small
Apprnv¢J byorderof the iwrdoftrustteson 9 NOT￿thr2022 •￿￿￿￿ed OD its behalf by.
B D CJTan8u.Tnwee
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SOFA (REGISTERED NUMBER: •2587766)
I resthltotht cbarity's IDJsttts on Myexami￿tiofi of Ibtactowts of the Cavy fortht ytarcttded 31 Marth 21r22 aTt set
out OD pa8es 8 to 13.
Re$pon5ibililies aDd b•si5 •f rtport
As th¢ ¢barity$ InL5tE¢5 of th¢ Couy•ny(¥ry14kn for th¢ purpox5ofvxDP•Dy l•w) you •T¢ r¢5p)llsibk for the
prepllrntion ofthe ￿Ly)￿nts in accordwKewith thc T4UiM￿lts ofthe Cwics Ad 2￿)6 (Ihe 2(K16 Arf).
I rew in resptrtof my ¢xaminaiion of Jwrth#tity$accouDts a5eatJied out wthsttiion 145 of the Ch¥ilie5 A¢t20J J (Ilt¢ 201 I
ACQ Fn c4nying oui myCWDin•tknJ I hwt follo7Ard th¢ tlir#ts'¢)DS by the Clwity undu s¢diDn 145(5) (b)
of th¢ Act.
InthpendeDt ex•miner'$ stateuw41
I bave ￿]Cted my ¢x8minatiOD. l ¢onfiTll) th¥tno nMtt¢r5 h•v¢ Come to my4llentiOn ID goDD￿DD with th¢ wminaly)n giTriDB
m¢ to bclievc th•¢ ID 4Dy ¥llal¢riJl rw4:
the *tounts do ttot Ittord with th(*e ￿0rd$. or
the a¢touttts do cowty a¢eth￿tIn8 requitttt*nts of section 396 of the 2[￿ Aci othet th8n any rtqtkiremeni that
the accounts a tsijt and hir vitw whith is not i ￿￿(￿n$[d£rtd as part of an ind4￿d£￿ txats)inaIio￿. or
Ihe ac¢ouoL8 have noi betft pr¢putd in aecordantt wkih the methods and Priocipks of thc SthreDKnt of Rec01t￿￿ttded
Placticc for xco¥ntlll8 and rcpofhn8 by¢buiti¢s. appli¢abl¢ to cbaJiticsprwinB their acco￿ts tft a¢eofdancc ￿th the
Financiwl IlCporti￿ Stwthrd appli¢obk in th¢ UK •1￿ 0[￿r￿d (FRS 102).
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SOFA
1INCORPORATING AN INCOME AP4D EXPENDITURE ACCOUND
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022
31 M￿h 2022 31 Mar¢h 2021
Utirtstrtc*d Utsrestricted
INCOME AND ENDOWML¥TS FROM
Ch*ritsble *di%ities
Sak of fjJmitur¢ ckctiiial g(Kth
Mis¢ellaneous Income
145.347
105.810
4395
GTrDts ond otheriutome
Invc5ttrterLt in¢omc
18.122
63351
Totsl
168,317
173,556
EXPENDITURE ON
Charltsble 8cdvlttes
Sale of furnibJr¢ aftd ekctrl￿l 8(K*Js
Support ¢(ets
DEpfEtiation
Governattc* costs
133.277
58.769
3.403
4299
149,950
55.128
2,643
4211
Totsl
199.748
211932
I¥ET (EXPENDMIRE)
(31.431)
(38J76}
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total funds brought fornArd
144206
182582
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD
l 12.775
144206
The notts fonnparf of the￿
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srATEMENf OF FINANCIAL Fo￿10
AT 31 MARCH2022
JI MArtb 2022 31 M•r¢h 2021
UDT¢stricted knd8
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible ￿ets
3.YJ7
9.150
CURRENT ￿￿ETs
St
Dtbto
C&%h ￿ b•nkond in hond
9.394
36,054
17357
45,787
127.435
146.367
CREDITORS
AmouTht5 falling due within orte >t*r
(18357)
NET CURRENT ASSETS
135 056
roTAL.ASSET8 LW CuRR￿lIA￿ALl.1"11
112.775
144,206
NET ASSET$
io
Unr¢5tri¢ted fvttds
TOTAL FUP4DS
112775
The chatithble corwy is ehlided w ¢x¥rytson frnm •udit wxkr Sc<tioD 477 of the Cryie% ALX 2006 hr th¢ y¢ar ended
31 Ma￿h 2022.
The mtmbers hav¢ ttot requTed th¢ compaDy ￿ obthio an ot its finatiwl foT ¢lld￿ 31 Mar¢h 2022 ID
llcCordat￿e with seckn.on 476 of the Cowi¢s A¢1 21x16.
Th¢ tru5*t5 a¢knowkdBeth¢ir rrspouslbilili￿ for
{a)
ensuring thar th¢ ch*itybl¢ ¢ony•hy k¢eps x¢owitiD8 reco￿ th•1 Seclions 386 aTrJ 387 of theCornpanie5 Act
21K16 and
WeP4ftrig financial sra*th&Jt8 which #ive a truekttd hir viewof the stst¢ of Rffairs of th¢ Glwitsbl¢ Dtthe ¢nd of
e4eh fl[L￿(la1 year aod of iL% suoILLS ordeficil foteach fiEMrtcial Jwin act4)rdattce with the tw]iYen*rt¢s of $￿tionS394 athl
395 and which othenmse cornply with the T4Utr#wJts of th¢ Cornynics A¢t 2W r¢l•tsD# ty fillanci￿ s¢thJD¢D￿ $0 hTOS
4)pli¢abl¢ ty the Ch4r1￿ble compally.
These fityw¢id sts*rncnts bave been pwrtd in acC4x￿ with the pmRsiMs 4Tlic*ble th <haritsbl¢ ¢otyp*tiiu ￿bject to the
snu]I companie$ re8im¢.
Th¢ financial w¢r¢4)pmv¢d by th¢ Bo*dofTTU%f¢¢S on 9 Noveokn 2022 OD itsbehalfby..
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FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 1022
ACCOiJNTING POLICILS
BASIS Of prepariDi tbt fiDamciII st•teLw•ts
The fina￿18] S14trM￿ts of th¢ ¢h￿l￿ble tonylly. ￿le￿ is a public ben¢fii cntity wder FRS 102. have b¢¢n Prepa￿d itt
a¢o)rdanc¢ wtb the Charities SORP (FRS 102)'AcL¥¥wiliti8atsd RqyortiTh8 by ChaTitics'. Ststemcnt of R¢Wmn￿TrdVd Pra￿l¢t
appiitabk to charities prepariDg thEiT acwuDts ill XCCOTdaDce wth the Financia] ReFornog Stand•rd 4ppli¢4bl¢ in the UK and
R¢public of Irelond IFRS 102) {effr£tive l JaDuary 2015X. Firrancial Re￿￿108 Stand8rd l¢J2 Tr FinADcial Rep)rting
Slandard applicable in the UK Re￿bIle of Irel*tttt al￿ th¢ Comwies Acl 2￿6. The fin8nci81 sl•t¢m¢nts bav¢ bB¢n
AU ittcomitt8 resourccs at¢ includcd io th¢ of FinwKiJl ActI￿ti￿ wbtts 1bcckn.ty is ctstitkd to thc irKomc and th¢
amount t¢ 4￿￿lfied with Ye&s0￿ble xtwacy. Tht followjng p)IicTU aT¢ 4ppli¢d kn pArfxul¥T cwoyies of
. Voluntary Inco￿ is r￿lY￿ byvrdyof dD￿￿10￿$ ttsd Brants and is ittltyjed in fijll in the StatrwKni of FbDaD¢ial Aclivilie¥
whuj recavable. Gr3nty where cntitierntst J5 not ¢oThJiiiortal the delivery of a spcctfic Ftrf0nn￿¢c by th¢ chrity are
re￿￿15¢d wbcn th¢ ¢b•TitybecoTDe5 UlltotsJitmallyts)rided tothc gT4DL
. Incoming r¢sOu￿e& fivm 8Tlluts. WI￿￿ It1￿t￿ ￿ pthfonnance aDd spccific d¢iivC4abl￿ w¢ foT IS the tlATity
¢•m$ the rigbt ￿ tonsthrntion by its kxtforn
- The value oFs¢tviets prtivid￿ by volwitee15 hasnotlxuk inchthl ID thEse xt¢Juttts.
. In￿SIm¢￿t iKomc is iDcludal whett teceivabk.
E¥p¢oditsre
E%￿d]nITe 1$ on ￿ txuuals b￿15 4¥ a liability is inouTrd.
Co#ts ofBetter*tin8 fimds comprisc thecoAs8swÉ¥*d with4ttrndl￿V0￿1tarylllC*?me8tsI Ibecosts of fvDthaisinBpu￿ose5.
Ch*iitsble acrlviii￿ ex￿nd1￿￿e ¢OfVTi5ts tIMM¢ ¢oxs iN￿tt￿￿Y the th￿￿ty iftthe dejivay of a¢t1vili￿ ATrd 5¢rvi¢E5 for
t8 beneficiaries.
Cxsvernance cots indu(k costs Lwciated with DKding thc con￿]￿LI10n•l and ￿￿ory￿￿]re]￿cllts Df the Charity ahd
D¢1￿1¢ th¢pTofcssional fec5 and other ¢osts luthed ￿ th¢ stsale￿¢ awgem¢n¢ of the clwity.
AllocAII•A and •pporfiOnn￿￿t of costs
All costs are a]located bdwetn the exFDdih]re ca*goties ofthe SthteFll￿1 of FiDan¢i81 Arfiviti¢s o Iwis io relltti the u
of the re50}Lr￿. Costs relating io a p*trular xtivity ar¢ ￿k￿*t¢d dirttdy. The r￿ur￿5 txFthdtyJ iti the 4)er8tion of the
ChariW5 central S¢TViCtS Sy5*tn alld ¢etstral officewhich cannotbeth'￿cÉtydIIo¢th￿d￿e theexpcnditurc
¢at¢gori¢s OD th¢ b￿lS of the estim￿ ￿Ount of stsff till￿ involved ID exha£ti￿ty.
Tallgible fixe41 ￿sets
Depzrciation isprovidcdat r•trscaku14tfAknwri¢coffthECO4 It￿ thtest1t￿￿dltSIdllal V￿￿tOf¢￿h&55eI0Y￿ its ex￿124
Uscful Ilk. al wying i*tts".
Assel
F￿l￿T¢s and
Motor vehielts
20
25
stra￿ht lin¢
Rtducir4balaDC¢
All fixed as*cts ¢05tin8£5(X) •Dd ovff c4itsl*ed attd ittitmlly recordcd •t¢osL
Donated a58ets ar¢lJrou8ht in al their 5ECaLd b*Dd ¥•luc •tth¢ dDt¢of ru%ipt
Stoc
Stock5arcvalucd &tbe lowetof wgtattdxel rtalisabk valK. •ll¢ToJ*kiDgdy¢*Uow*Dce hrob&)kkand slowmDving i1¢1￿.
The ¢han"tyis cxenvi from 0￿)￿ than.rabk xtiviti¢S.
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NOTES TO THE IllNANCL4L STATEME14TS. CoNT￿D
FOR ThE YEAREIWED 31 MARCH 2011
AccouNfiNG POLICIES. tonliDlled
Fu*d 8CrO￿DIiDg
Uore5tri¢teJ fiwds #Jr •nibbk for ¥$¢ ￿ th¢ disLxdthof the Inths in fijrthetatte of Ibe Brotr•] obJ"¢ctivcs of the chty.
R￿Ided •Tr subj¢#edio ￿SITi¢ll0￿$ th Il*tr exp)th"thwe bythe I10￿x.
comrnitments
All le8sesarett8ard¢d%opmIiDBk￿S￿W1￿￿tyThld¢wthrth￿*È¢1￿OtsI1tttht StA*ts￿I0fFllll￿jIIAc1IVlt1eS
over the tcrni of th¢ Ifas¢
PeD5iOD Costs 8Ad other po51-rflreme•tbeb￿rt5
The charitable company oper*e5 a dEfined contribution pthsioti pyablc to thc charilablc compan￿5
ar¢ ¢lwgeJ to the Statement ofFnthrtcid Activities irÈ the puiodto whith thcyrclatr.
NET INCO￿lE1<BXpENDrTURK)
N¢1 txpellditijre isstated aftercTr*r8mB.'
31JD3122
3J103t21
l.(ff)7
2.306
2￿43
IA￿ on disp)sal of fixed assd5
Otherotthting le4xs is in r¢8pc£tofrrnt the l•ryJ •md buthli
TRUSTEES. REMiINERATIOf4 AND BEP4EFrts
Thercwwc n0¢nL*￿,r¢MuTrr￿ltitt trotherbenefits tsthtyt4ru￿Cd3I March 2022oor (￿theY￿end￿l5l March 2021.
Trustees. exP￿se￿
31K13r22
31103121
Tn￿tt¢S.¢xP￿￿S
STAFF COSTS
31103r22
3I103r21
W•8es alld sa1￿1￿j
Social security costs
Other pensioo c0515
96.1(S
1.327
97.497
1391
101036
The 4v¢rng¢ rth)rtthly ttumber ofemplo)rts thriD8th¢ yw w&5 as folknvA:
31ffj3122
31m3121
Number of5thtf

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NOTFS TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. CONTINIIED
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2•22
TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Fixiures and
04UiPn*Dt Molot ￿￿bI¢l£S
Totals
COST
At l April 2021
Additions
Di5P05a15
32245
59.191
8.700)
700)
31 Marth 2022
26
23
DEPRECIATION
At I April 2021
24.083
731
25.958
366
50.041
ElImi￿tal dIs￿al
Al 31 Mwrh 2022
46.894
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 March 2022
2.132
1.465
At 31 Mar¢h 2021
STOCKS
31103122
31103121
Sthcks
17
DEBTORS: AMouNfs FALLING DVE wrrHIN ONE YEAR
31103121
31103120
Trade debtors
14.441
21.613
49.074
20J40
CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE wrrHIN ONE YEAR
31103r22
31103ni
14.530
7,142
1,659
550
320
Soci•J a￿￿lty and dhcr t&xts
VAT
Pcosion liability
570
309
18
LEASING AGREEMENTS
31103122
31103r21
Withiti Lme }*
35.648
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FOR YEAR ENDED 31 ￿CH 2022
Tr4ct D)vcment . TTrn5fus
bdwecD fiuhds
At 114Qi
At 31103122
UDYtstritttd fu•ds
Get￿ra1 Fund
sel tmpMveoKnt FuTrl
(31.431)
62.775
50.OLX)
144206
112.775
1442C45
31.431>
111775
Th¢ asset illJpro*meni futtd is a desi￿•1td futtd e*abli6W by the ¢lwity to f￿lld itwjrwrments to the tharitys delivery
fltt( lift ￿a￿tenance and updatiti8 rr t4UWknCDt to ttt%tst th*t thc te£hT￿lO8y wth"n the charity rtfltcts ¢urttLI P￿tice iti
the workpl*e.
RELATED PARTY DIsCL(￿UREs
Thcrewue oo related Partyts￿￿'ts￿5 fiTrrth¢ yw ewkd 31"Marrh 2021
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DETAILED STATEMENf OF FINANCIAL AcrEvrriLs
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022
31 MBK¢h 2022 31 m￿¢￿ 2021
UtirtYtri¢ted
Totsl
ffiJrtts
INCOME AND ENDOWMENrs
Cb•rit*blt #divtties
Furniiure 8nd ¢l¢¢lric41 gwds
145347
105110
Tot•1 iocomiag re50UTCU frolw rknTitsbk
150.195
110205
Other income
Job T¢ieDtion xtberrt
14.122
47J51
Totsl iDtOllliDi resoDvre5 otber swres
18.122
63 J51
TOTAL ￿ComING RESOiJRCLS
l68J17
173556
Cbarilable 8c¢itriti
Wages
Social %¥wity
P¢D5iOn$
96.109
1.327
2.107
23.868
97,497
lJ91
2.148
38J86
565
33
147
191
1219
Eltctrital ttstiti8 costs
Sundrits
F4uipment repairs
Staff travel and 8ubsistaKt
Volunt¢¢r travel ¥nd $ubsiS
Staff traiing
V¢hi¢k ¢xp¢ns¢
Sales agent fec5
Depr¢ci•tion oftsDgibl¢ •s%¢ts
I￿￿(P￿fil) ¢m diy5&1 offitrd
1,637
4.937
2.798
1.097
6.797
1376
2.643
136.680
152.593
Support tost¥
Oiher
Tnjstces, ex￿￿5
Oth¢rop¢rntin8 l¢•w. rni
Water rntes
T¢lephoD¢ and rr costs
35J34
706
1.069
1.266
2.279
301
6.￿6
332
1.914
5.657
32.487
866
893
lJ12
575
ioi
8.901
242
1.028
4J44
4.379
Postage and Stati￿Cry
Surtdn"&8
Subscnptions ard ￿blIcI110￿$
Card payroent ¢haryes
Li8hL heat and pow
Repai￿ and EDainl¢nAn¢¢
J8.769
55.12¥
Gover*•Dce ¢o&ts
Accountancy fres
Ckrrted fOn¥￿d
1.540
1.540
1540
1540
This PJ8E dLXS not of the financial statttstDts
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DETAILED STATEMENfoF FINANCIAL ACTivrriES
FOR YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2•22
3 1 Marth 2022 31 M*r¢h 2021
Total
Goverttalttcé tosts
Brought forward
t*g414lld pmfessionthl fees
1.540
2.759
1540
Totsi ￿e$0￿CeS expended
199,748
211932
Ntt exptthditure
38
76
P*A¢15