## ## |Company|Information||| |---|---|---|---| |Trustees|Annual
Report||| |Statement|of Trustees'|Responsibilities|19| |Independent
Auditor's||Report to the|| |Members|ofThe Pace Centre Limited||20| |Statement|of Financial Activities||24| |Balance Sheet|||25| |Statement|ofcash flows||26| |Notes to the financial statements|||27| 'ti&'pr.*"' .J.i¥J *'i•-'.?Y*Y 'xi r . $x&)è¢41. ## ## ## |Obje|ctives|for 2022/23|for 2022/23|for 2022/23|for 2022/23|for 2022/23|Activities and achievements|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Pace Digital||||||||| |We will|continue|to develop|||digital||The advice
and support
hub has over 50 items attracting|| |support|and advice content||||for|our|over 17,600 users, We have
now included
a parent podcast|| |new website:|||||||on communication
devices
and using augmentative
and|| ||||||||alternative
communication.|| |We will|complete||the first phase|||of our|The first phase of the Dynamic
database
has been|| |new Dynamics||Database,||to|manage||completed.
During testing
of this phase, we identified
that|| |data relating to||children||and|families,||to get the systems
to work will take investment
beyond|our| |and decommission|||the existing|||legacy|means.|| |database.||||||||| ||||||||We have refocused
our efforts on developing
a stack of|| ||||||||databases
that are fit for purpose,
have connectivity
that|| ||||||||enable
us to deliver
against
our objectives
and achieve|the| ||||||||business
insight,
without
the cost, and risk, of needing
to|| ||||||||maintain
and continuously
develop
a bespoke system.|| |We will|deliver,|the third||phase||of Pace|Recruitment
and capacity
of staffing
has meant
developing|| |Digital,|our online||learning|platform.|||courses
around
Pace practice
has been
challenging.
The|| ||||||||first course
is under
development
with our creative
and|web| ||||||||agency.
As part of our Smart Programme
strategy,
we have|| ||||||||developed
16short information
videos, podcasts
and|| ||||||||training
pieces, these can be viewed
in our advice and|| ||||||||support
hub https;//thepacecentre.
org/advice/
(filter by|| ||||||||"communication").|| ## ## |Pace|Digital (continued)|Digital (continued)|Digital (continued)|Digital (continued)|Digital (continued)||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||We can now deliver
Management
and Supervisor
training||as| ||||||||well as Level 3 and 4 educational
training
courses to our||| ||||||||LSA's, in partnership
with
Highfields
Training.||| ||||||||We have started
commercialising
our training
capacity|and|| ||||||||delivered
our First Aid at Work training
to 8 external||| ||||||||participants,
with further
courses
planned.
We have the||| ||||||||potential
to deliver
First Responder
training
in the future.||| ||||||||This is a diversification
of our original
training
plan; however,||| ||||||||having
this resource
in-house
reduces
internal
training||| ||||||||costs, generates
commercial
income
and helps to establish||| ||||||||Pace as an external
training
provider.||| |SMART Programme|||||||||| |We will roll|||out further
SMART||||We have secured
funding
and installed
digital access points||| |classrooms|||within|Pace School,|||to all doors at both locations.||| |focusing||in particular
on|||SMART||||| |classroom|||delivery
within||our primary||Funding
has been received
for Smile Smart Drivedec,
which||| |school|and||door|automation|||enables
children
with the most complex needs to move||| |throughout|||both|sites.|||independently
around
the school.||| ||||||||We have funded
asecond
AT Trolley so both sites have||| ||||||||access to a better array ofswitching,
computers
and||| ||||||||interfaces.||| |We will|continue|||to fund|and deliver||We have secured
funding
for an additional
Assistive||| |enhanced|||AT delivery
for children||||Technology
(AT) therapist
to integrate
AT within
our early||| |under|5 in||our early intervention||||intervention
practice.
The new therapist
started
on 1"||| |programme,|||particularly||the||September
2023.We have funding
to create an assistive||| |recruitment|||of an|AT-specialist|||technology
library of equipment
for our early intervention||| |therapist||and the||development||of an|service. This allows us to demonstrate
or lend
AT to families||| |AT-rich|home simulation||||environment.||in order to test what works and to coach families
in using||| ||||||||the equipment
to support
successful
uptake
at home.||| ## |SMART|Programme|Programme|Programme||(continued)|(continued)|(continued)||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |We will deliver||the Seven||||Stages|of|The creation
of seven stages of switch|development
is||| |Switch Development||||programme.||||complete.
This includes
a progression|framework,||| |||||||||intervention
curriculum
and activities,|assessment
tool|and|| |||||||||social stories —all of which
have been|written
with the||| |||||||||switch user at the centre.|||| |||||||||Desk research
was carried
out into existing
pathways
as well|||| |||||||||as user research
into the proposed
frameworks.
We tested|||| |||||||||characters
to support
the development|ofthe programme||| |||||||||with switch users.|||| |||||||||Peer reviews
have also been carried out with other|||| |||||||||AT/Switch
specialists.|||| |||||||||We have delivered
a presentation
on the 7SSD,at|||| |||||||||Communication
matters
and London|SEN (London
AAC||| |||||||||CEN). The feedback
from the sector has been positive.|||| |||||||||The product
launched
in November
2023.|||| |Child and Family|||||||||||| |We will continue|||to fund|||and deliver||Over the year we have supported
127|babies
and toddlers||| |our early|intervention||||programme,|||with neurodisabilities
(from birth to 3|years
11months)|and|| |expanding|the||number||of babies||and|their families. We estimate
the family|members
reached||to| |toddlers|we can see|||free||of charge||be 317(2.5 times the child number).|||| |and continuing|||to embed|||our outcome|||||| |measurement||framework.||||||We delivered
679therapy
sessions (compared
to 446||in|Yl),| |||||||||including
speech
and language
therapy,
physiotherapy,|||| |||||||||occupational
therapy
and conductive|education,
alongside||| |||||||||coaching
and advice for parents
and|families.||| |||||||||Parents
continue
to rate our Early Intervention
service||highly|| |||||||||with 82% rating
it as "excellent"
and 18%as "good". October|||| |||||||||2022.|||| r,; 5,#_:':' -% J"-*¥.%,4k¥.'; 1).4 ¥{ ## ## t45,¥ , ## ## ## ..Yy r*B'.J I,.<'-¢." i5 *.Y ## ## ## ## ## ## J.Js,: ## ## ||||31August|31August|31 August|31 August| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||2023|2023|2022|2022| |||Note|f|||| |Fixed assets||||||| |Tangible assets||10||1,966,824||2,047,900| |Current assets||||||| |Debtors||11|220,879||465,207|| |Investments||12|878,990||782,235|| |Cash at bank and in|hand||1,153,687||620,918|| ||||2,253,556||1,868,360|| |Creditors: amounts
within one vear|falling due|13|(902,581)||(829,738)|| |Net current assets||||1,350,975||1,038,622| |Total assets less current||||3,317,799||3,086,522| |Creditors; amounts|falling due|||||| |after more than one|vear|14||||| |Net assets||||3,317,799||3,086,522| |Charity funds||||||| |Restricted funds||15||2,016,717||2,182,283| |Unrestricted
funds||15||1,301,082||904,239| |Total charity funds||||3,317,799||3,086,522| - fTr .4r '.*.*. <).*r, ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## 11*ts.- *4," .. ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## |Income from|donations,
grants|and legac|ies|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Year ended|31August|2023|8 months||ended
31 August 2022| ||Unrestricted|Restricted
f|Total
f|Unrestricted|Restricted
Total
f
f|| |Donations
and||||||| |grants
from trusts||||||| |and foundations|704,034|349,020|1,053,054|290,796||139,223
430,019| |Government||||||| |grants||||||51,065
51,065| |Legacies|22,324||22,324|||| |Donations|726,358|349,020|1,075,378|290,796||190,288
481,084| |Pace benefits greatly
from the enthusiastic
supporters.
In accordance
with
FRS 102|||support
and involve
men tof
its many volunteers
and
and the Charities
SORP (FRS 1021,the economic|||| |contribution|of general volunteers
is not||recognised|in the accounts.||| |The government
grants
in the prior period are the monies received
scheme and additional
statutory sick pay monies
in response tothe|||||in respect ofthe "furlough"
issues faced by COVI019.|| |No material|gifts in kind were received
in||the year to|31August 2023.||| ## |Charitabl|e
activi|ties:
all unrestricted||| |---|---|---|---|---| ||||Year|8 months| ||||ended|ended| ||||31August|31 August| ||||2023f|2022| |LEA funding
Therapy sessions
Non LEA funding||provided to children 0-18
of school places|1,922,740
34,842
109,605|1,199,774
30,394
64,657| |Provision|ofstaff|to other schools|465,521|284,146| |Training
Other|||16,196
10,460|300
6,015| ||||2,559,364|1,585,286| -+ ..l..+. ¥,:. b4J¥' .4 ¥,. '.la" qKp Lb ## ## ## ## |Prior year State|men|t
of Financia|l A|ctivities||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||||Total Funds| ||||||Note|Unrestricted|Restricted|8 months to| |||||||Funds|Funds|31August| |||||||||2022| |Income from||||||||| |Donations
and|legacies||||2|290,796|190,288|481,084| |Charitable
activities|||||3|1,585,286||1,585,286| |Other trading|activities: fundraising|||events||98,516|792|99,308| |Investments|||||4|3,739||3,739| |Other||||||3,971||3,971| |Total Income||||||1,982,308|191,080|2,173,388| |Expenditure
on||||||||| |Costs ofgenerating||funds||||||| |Raising funds|||||5|141,625|505|142,130| |Charitable
activities: provision|||of school|||||| |services, outreach||and sessional|services and|||||| |training
and development|||||6|1,638,556|389,193|2,027,749| |Total expenditure||||||1,780,181|389,698|2,169,879| |Net income||||||202,127|(198,618)|3,509| |Transfer||||||(7,992)|7,992|| |Net movement|in funds|||||194,135|(190,626)|3,509| |Total funds brought||forward||||710,104|2,372,909|3,083,013| |Total funds carried||forward||||904,239|2,182,283|3,086,522|