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|independent<br>auditors'|report|||18-21|
|Statement<br>offinancial|activities||(including||
|income and expenditure||account)||22|
|Balance sheet||||23|
|Statement<br>of cash flows||||24|
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|Ob'ective|Ob'ective||||||||||Achievement|
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|To|deliver||||quality||||care||The standard<br>of care within<br>our residential<br>and care at home|
|services|||which||||meet|||all|services is continually<br>monitored<br>through<br>internal<br>quality<br>audits|
|relevant||regulations||||||and||are|and feedback<br>from residents/service<br>users and relatives<br>with|
|rated|at least|||"Good"||||by CQC.|||constant<br>focus<br>upon<br>delivering<br>quality<br>care.<br>The<br>Care|
||||||||||||Governance<br>Committee<br>reviews<br>the results<br>of internal<br>audits|
||||||||||||and CQC inspections<br>as part of the ongoing<br>commitment<br>to|
||||||||||||deliver<br>quality<br>care. The results<br>of CQC inspections<br>for Care|
||||||||||||Currently<br>89% of the Care South services are rated<br>at least|
||||||||||||"Good" by CQC, which<br>is above the national<br>average<br>of83%.|
||||||||||||VVe are also confident<br>that<br>reinspection<br>of the two services|
||||||||||||which have historic 'requires<br>improvement'<br>ratings would result|
||||||||||||in upgraded<br>ratings.<br>During<br>the year, we continued<br>to embed|
||||||||||||the new market leading electronic care planning<br>system<br>which|
||||||||||||has been<br>implemented<br>in our residential<br>homes,<br>while<br>also|
||||||||||||introducing<br>a new bespoke<br>electronic<br>care planning<br>system|
||||||||||||into our care at home operation. These systems are generating|
||||||||||||significant<br>benefits for our residents,<br>care at home clients and|
||||||||||||our staff.|
|To attract,|||train,|||develop||||and|The Company<br>continues<br>to invest<br>in training<br>and development|
|retain|engaged||||staff|||to deliver|||of staff, with a return<br>to more face to face delivery<br>of training|
|quality|care services.||||||||||during<br>the year.<br>In common<br>with most of the care sector, we|
||||||||||||saw staff turnover<br>rates and vacancy rates increase during the|
||||||||||||year. We have continued<br>to invest<br>in our HR and recruitment|
||||||||||||teams to address these sector wide challenges<br>and saw some|
||||||||||||signs of improvement<br>and reducing<br>vacancy rates by the end|
||||||||||||ofthe financial<br>ear.|
|To<br>expand||||and|||develop|||a|The<br>Company<br>has<br>previously<br>targeted<br>the<br>expansion<br>and|
|range|of|services||||to||meet||the|development<br>ofthe care at home offering and delivered<br>growth|
|needs||primarily||||||of|older||in billed hours of7%during<br>the year, on top ofthe 14%growth|
|people,|||but|not||||excluding|||which was seen last year. While the rate of growth<br>has been|
|other|age||ranges.||||||||slower<br>than<br>hoped<br>for,<br>the<br>recruitment<br>challenges<br>within|
||||||||||||homecare<br>have been<br>particularly<br>acute. We applied<br>for and|
||||||||||||subsequently<br>received<br>Home<br>Office<br>approval<br>for overseas|
||||||||||||applicant<br>sponsorship<br>licences<br>in order<br>to help<br>boost<br>the|
||||||||||||recruitment<br>i eline and ex and ca acit .|
|To<br>enhance|||||the|||property|||Construction<br>has commenced<br>on our spectacular<br>art deco|
|portfolio|||of|the|||Charity|||to|style new build 50 bed care home,<br>Marjorie House<br>during<br>the|
|provide security|||||for||the future.||||year. Good progress<br>is being<br>made<br>on the site overlooking|
||||||||||||Poole Harbour and we expect that the care home will be ready|
||||||||||||to welcome<br>its first residents<br>during<br>the summer<br>2024. The|
||||||||||||company<br>exchanged<br>contracts<br>for the purchase<br>of a site<br>in|
||||||||||||Wimborne<br>during<br>March 2023, with<br>completion<br>taking<br>place|
||||||||||||post<br>year-end.<br>We<br>are<br>currently<br>designing<br>a<br>scheme|
||||||||||||incorporating<br>a new 60 bed care home<br>and 40-50 assisted|
||||||||||||living apartments<br>on the site. This care village type scheme<br>is|
||||||||||||a concept<br>that<br>works<br>well<br>and<br>one which<br>we are keen to|
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|To|work with|work with|local|authorities|authorities|authorities|The Executive Team continues<br>to have strategic discussions|
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|and|other|commissioners||||to|with<br>local authority<br>and<br>NHS commissioners,<br>to identify<br>and|
|meet the future need.|||||||move<br>forward<br>with<br>commissioning<br>services<br>tailored<br>to local|
||||||||needs. During February 2023, a new residential<br>care block bed|
||||||||contract<br>commenced<br>to support<br>NHS<br>Dorset<br>in<br>facilitating|
||||||||hospital<br>discharge<br>for patients<br>from the Royal<br>Bournemouth|
||||||||and<br>Poole<br>hospitals<br>into<br>an<br>appropriate<br>care setting.<br>The|
||||||||scheme<br>looks to quickly<br>find the<br>right<br>long-term<br>solution<br>for|
||||||||each patient,<br>to maintain<br>a good flow through<br>the block beds|
||||||||back into the community.<br>The scheme has worked<br>extremely|
||||||||well,<br>with<br>dedicated<br>resources<br>given<br>to the scheme<br>to help|
||||||||ensure a smooth<br>and timely flow of patients<br>through<br>the beds,|
||||||||which were commissioned<br>across a number<br>of our local care|
||||||||homes. The beds have achieved<br>high<br>utilisation<br>rates and we|
||||||||look<br>forward<br>to<br>renewing<br>our<br>partnership<br>once<br>the<br>initial|
||||||||contract period comes to an end. The Company<br>also continued|
||||||||to work closely and flexibly with local authority<br>commissioners|
||||||||during<br>the year to support<br>hospital<br>discharge<br>requirements<br>at|
||||||||various pressure<br>points throughout<br>the year with care at home|
||||||||services.|
|To|remain||financially||viable||During the year, Company<br>reserves increased<br>by E3.3m, after|
|and|hold reserves|||in|line|with|absorbing<br>F0.6m of non-routine<br>costs<br>in repairing<br>property|
|our|reserves||policy.||||defects. This reflected<br>a positive<br>operating<br>performance<br>from|
||||||||the business,<br>following<br>the cessation<br>of grant income support|
||||||||to<br>the<br>care<br>sector<br>from<br>central<br>Government.<br>Company|
||||||||unrestricted<br>reserves<br>reached f60.1m, which<br>was slightly<br>in|
||||||||excess ofthe range targeted<br>by the reserves<br>policy. Reserves|
||||||||are expected to soon return to a level within the targeted range,|
||||||||with si nificant investment<br>lans now movin<br>forward.|
|To|continue||the||on-going||The<br>Company<br>continues<br>to invest<br>significantly<br>in<br>repairs,|
|programme|||of investment|||in|maintenance<br>and<br>improvements<br>within<br>existing<br>services,<br>to|
|the|existing|homes.|||||ensure<br>that<br>the<br>environment<br>and<br>facilities<br>in each<br>of our|
||||||||residential<br>homes<br>are maintained<br>in a good state of repair.|
||||||||Significant<br>investment<br>was made<br>during<br>the year<br>in creating|
||||||||new dementia<br>gardens<br>at our Buxton<br>House,<br>Fairlawn<br>and|
||||||||Kenwith<br>Castle care homes,<br>which are a great new facility for|
||||||||our<br>residents.<br>We<br>also<br>completed<br>a<br>significant<br>kitchen|
||||||||extension<br>at our Beauchamp<br>House<br>care home,<br>creating<br>a|
||||||||better working<br>environment<br>for our team of Chefs. Plans for a|
||||||||major<br>redevelopment<br>and<br>construction<br>project<br>at<br>our|
||||||||Sussexdown<br>nursing<br>home<br>in West Sussex were submitted<br>for|
||||||||planning,<br>which<br>will<br>involve<br>investment<br>in a new<br>build<br>care|
||||||||home,<br>along<br>with a combination<br>of converted<br>and<br>new<br>build|
||||||||assisted<br>living<br>accommodation<br>on<br>site.<br>Post<br>year-end,|
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||||Electricity|2,754,445||2,964,732||
|UK|Energy Use (KWhj||Gas<br>Transport|9,136,790<br>1,204,297||9,878,180<br>1,067,463||
|||||13,095,532||13,9M,375||
||||Electricity||533||630|
|Associated<br>Greenhouse||Gases|Gas||1,668||1,809|
||Tonnes CO2e||Transport||335||299|
||||Electricity||0.57||0.62|
|Intensity|Ratio 1-Tonnes|CO2e|Gas||1.79||1.79|
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|||Note|2023|2023|2023|2022|2022|2022|
||||OOOO|EOOD|f000|f000|OOOO|f000|
|Income from:|||||||||
|Charitable<br>activities|||49,069|16|49,085|44,856|16|44,872|
|Investment<br>income|||543||543|135||135|
|Other income|||357||357|1,732||1,732|
|Total income|||49,969|'I6|49,985|46,723|16|46,739|
|Expenditure|||||||||
|Expenditure<br>on|||46,013|31|46,044|41,031|36|41,067|
|charitable<br>activities|||||||||
|Total expenditure|||46,013|31|46,044|41,031|36|41,067|
|Nei income|||3,956|(15)|3,941|5,692|(20)|5,672|
|Transfers|||16|(16)||16|(16)||
|Losses on investments|||(647)|-|(647)|(146)||(146)|
|Net movements<br>funds|in||3,325|(31)|3,294|5,562|(36)|5,526|
|Fund balances|brought||56,792|299|57,091|51,230|335|51,565|
|forward<br>at 1 April|||||||||
|Fund balances <br>March|at 31||60,117|268|60,385|56,792|299|57,091|





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|Fixed assets||||||
|Intangible assets||||126|243|
|Tangible assets|||12|43,613|41,680|
|Investments|||13|11„915|9,433|
|Total fixed assets||||55,654|51,356|
|Current assets||||||
|Debtors|||14|4,142|3,508|
|Cash at bank and<br>in|hand|||19,334|21,810|
|Total current assets||||23,476|25,318|
|Creditors: amounts|falling due within one year||15|(12,671)|(11,234)|
|Net current assets||||10,805|14,084|
|Total assets less current||liabilities||66,459|65,440|
|Creditors: amounts|falling due after more than|||||
|one year|||16|(6,074)|(8,349)|
|Total net assets||||60,385|57,091|
|The funds ofthe charity||||||
|Restricted<br>income|funds||18|268|299|
|Unrestricted<br>income funds||||||
|Designated<br>funds|||19|38,878|34,906|
|General funds||||21,239|21,886|
|Total unrestricted|income|funds||60,117|56,792|
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|Net cash provided<br>by operating<br>activities||||23|6,139|8,072|
|Cash flow from investing||activities|||||
|Purchase oftangible<br>fixed assets|||||(3,534)|(2,160)|
|Purchase<br>of intangible<br>fixed||assets||||(117)|
|Proceeds from the sale oftangible<br>fixed assets||||||2|
|Financial<br>investment|||||(3,130)|(3,075)|
|Cash balances<br>transferred|from subsidiaries||||||
|Dividends<br>received|||||114|76|
|Interest received|||||429|59|
|Net cash used<br>in investing||activities|||(6,121)|(5,215)|
|Cash flow from financing||activities|||||
|Loan interest<br>paid|||||(355)|(289)|
|Receipt of bank loan|||||||
|Loan capital repaid|||||(2,139)|(2,191)|
|Net cash used<br>in financing||activities|||(2,494)|(2,480)|
|Net change<br>in cash and cash equivalents|||||(2,476)|377|
|Cash and cash equivalents||at the beginning|ofthe year||21,810|21,433|
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|Residential|care|services|43„948|16|43,964|40,093|16|40,109|
|Domiciliary|care|services|5,121||5,121|4,763||4,763|
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|Infection|Control and|Rapid Testing grants|||1,178|
|Workforce Retention||and Recruitment|grants||417|
|Insurance<br>claims||||85||
|Sundry|income and|utility costs recharged||272|137|
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||||f000|f000|OOOO|f000|OOOO|f000|
|Residential|care||36,129|31|36,160|31,837|36|31,873|
|Domiciliary|care||4,338||4,338|3,936||3,936|
|Support costs|||4,651||4,651|4,351||4,351|
|Other costs|||540||540|618||618|
|Interest payable||on bank|464||464|469||469|
|loans|||||||||
|Gains on derivative|||(109)||(109)|(180)||(180)|
|financial<br>instruments|||||||||
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||||f000|OOOO|
|Salaries and other|short-term|benefits|811|847|
|Post-employment|benefit||59|59|
|Total compensation|||870|906|



|The number<br>of key management<br>personnel<br>who <br>contributions)<br>in the following<br>ranges was:|received fees and other emoluments<br>(inc|luding<br>pension|
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|F90,001 - F100,000|||
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|F110,001 - 2120,000|||
|2130,001 - F140,000|||
|2150,001 - F160,000|||
|2190,001 - 2200,000|||
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|The average|number of|people employed|people employed|people employed|by the|Company|in|the financial year was 1,241|the financial year was 1,241|the financial year was 1,241|(2022: 1,308). This|
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|employed<br>by|the Company||during|the year:||||||||
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|Management,|administration,||finance and|||||||||
|training|||||||||127||145|
|Supervisors|||||||||118||138|
|Care, catering|and domestic staff||||||||689||728|
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|Staff costs (for the above|||persons)|||||||||
|Wages and salaries||||||||23,450|||23,699|
|Social security costs|||||||||1,990||1,890|
|Other pension costs|||||||||639||631|
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||||f000|F000|
|Net income is stated after charging:|||||
|Depreciation<br>for the year:|||||
|-Tangible fixed assets|||1,601|1,530|
|- Intangible<br>owned fixed assets|||117|99|
|Operating<br>leases - land and buildings|||1,818|1,869|
|Profit/(loss)<br>on disposal offixed|assets||||
|Fees payable to the Company's|auditors|for the audit ofthe|||
|Company's<br>financial statements|||40||
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|||Software|Total|
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|Cost||||
|At 1 April 2022||696|696|
|Additions||||
|Transfers||||
|Disposals||(62)|(62)|
|At 31 IVlarch 2023||634|634|
|Accumulated|amortisation|||
|At 1 April 2022||453|453|
|Charge for the|year|117|117|
|Disposals||(62)|(62)|
|At 31 IVlarch 2023||508|508|
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|||and|Con-|Improve-|Equipment<br>and||
|||Buildings|struction|ments|Motor Vehicles|Total|
|||f000|F000|f000|8000|f000|
|Cost|||||||
|At 1 April 2022||40,372|4,987|299|8,679|54,337|
|Additions||366|2,292||876|3,534|
|Transfers||449|(731)||282||
|Disposals||||(47)|(1,796)|(1,843)|
|At 31 March 2023||41„187|6,548|252|8„041|56,028|
|Accumulated|Depreciation||||||
|At 1 April 2022||5,826||292|6,539|12,657|
|Charge for the|year|778|||822|1,601|
|Eliminated<br>on disposal||||(47)|(1,796)|('I,843)|
|At 31 March 2023||6,604||246|5,565|12,415|
|Net book value|||||||
|At 31 March 2023||34,583|6,548||2,476|43„613|
|At 31 March 2022||34,546|4,987||2,140|41,680|





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|||2023|2022|
|||f000|f000|
|Shares|in group undertakings|2,871|2,871|
|Listed|investments|9,044|6,562|
|||11,915|9,433|



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|||f000|f000|
|Amounts<br>falling due within one year:||||
|Trade debtors||2„195|1,751|
|Other debtors||67|81|
|Prepayments|and accrued income|1,&80|1,676|
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|Bank loans||||2,138|2,138|
|Trade creditors||||4,069|3,273|
|Amounts|owed to subsidiary||undertakings|2,871|2,871|
|Other creditors||||471|559|
|Taxation|and social security|||379|452|
|Accruals|and deferred|income||2,743|1,941|
|||||12,671|11,234|



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|---|---|---|---|---|
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|Deferred|income at 1 April 2022|||369|
|Resources deferred||in year||462|
|Amounts|released|from previous|periods|(353)|
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|Bank loans|||5,534|7,673|
|Accruals|||517|528|
|Deferred income|||49||
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||2023|2022|
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|In one year or less|2,138|2,138|
|In more than one year, but not more than<br>two years|2,138|2,138|
|In more than two years, but not more than<br>five years<br>In more than five years|3,396|5,016<br>519|
||7,672|9,811|





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|||||2023|2022|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||'OOOO|EQQQ|
|Financial|assets measured|at amortised||||
|cost||||||
|Trade debtors||||2,195|1,751|
|Accrued<br>income||||1„245|1,076|
||Other debtors|||67|81|
|Financial|assets at fair value||through|||
|income and expenditure||||||
||Listed investments|||9,044|6,562|
|Financial assets||||12,551|9,470|
|Financial|liabilities<br>measured||at|||
|amortised<br>cost||||||
||Trade creditors|||4,069|3,273|
||Bank loans|||7,672|9,811|
||Amounts<br>owed to subsidiary<br>undertakings|||2,871|2,871|
||Accruals|||2,782|2,010|
||Other creditors|||471|559|
|Financial<br>liabilities measured|||at fair value|||
|through|income and expenditure|||||
||Derivative<br>financial||instruments|(26)|83|
|Financial<br>liabilities||||17,839|18,607|



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|8<br>Restricted<br>income fu|nds|||
|---|---|---|---|
||Sussexdown|Maiden Castle|Total|
||Legacy|Build||
||||f000|
|At 1 April 2022|222|77|299|
|Income||16|16|
|Transfers||(16)|(16)|
|Expenditure|(15)|(16)|(31)|
|At 31 March 2023|207||268|



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||||Designated|General|Total|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||Funds|Funds||
||||OOOO|f000|f000|
|At<br>'I April 2022|||34,906|21,886|56,792|
|Transfer from restricted||funds||16|16|
|Transfer|||3,972|(3,972)||
|Income||||49,969|49,969|
|Expenditure||||(46,013)|(46,013)|
|Unrecognised|gains|||(647)|(647)|
|At 31 March 2023|||38,878|21,239|60,117|





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||Designated|Restricted|General|Total|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Funds|Funds|Funds|2023|
||FOOO|POOO|f000|f000|
|Fixed assets|46,550|61|9,043|55,654|
|Current assets||207|23,269|23,476|
|Current<br>liabilit'ies|(2,138)||(10,533)|(12,671)|
|Long term liabilities|(5,534)||(540)|(6,074)|
|Total Net Assets|38,878|268|21,239|60„385|



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|||||2023|2022|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||8000|OOOO|
|Net income (before|other recognised||gains and losses)|3,941|5,672|
|Depreciation||||1,601|1,530|
|Amortisation|||||99|
|Dividends<br>received||||(114)|(76)|
|Interest received||||(429)|(59)|
|Interest expensed||||355|289|
|(Profit)/loss<br>on disposal offixed assets|||||(2)|
|Increase<br>in debtors||||(634)|(65)|
|Increase/(decrease)|in creditors|||1,302|684|
|Net cash provided|by operating|activities||6,139|8,072|



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|cance|ll|able<br>operating<br>leases:|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||2023|2022|
||||Land|Land|
||||&Buildings|8 Buildings|
||||f000|f000|
|Within||one year|1,805|1,801|
|Within||2 to 5 years|6,563|6,198|
|After|5|years|42,190|42,231|





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||At 1 April 2022|Cash flows|At 31 IVlarch 2023|
|---|---|---|---|
||f.'000|E'000|E'000|
|Cash and cash equivalents||||
|Cash|21,810|(2,476)|19,334|
|Overdrafts||||
||21,810|2,476|19,334|
|Borrowings||||
|Debt due within one year|(2,138)||(2,138)|
|Debt due after one year|(7,673)|2,139|(5,534)|
||(9,811)|2,139|(7,672)|
|Total|11,999|(337)|11,662|