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|Consolidated|Statement<br>of Financial||Activities|14to 15|
|Statement<br>of|Financial|Activities||16to 17|
|Consolidated|Balance|Sheet||18|
|Balance Sheet||||19|
|Consolidated|Statement<br>ofCash Flows|||20|
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|Investment<br>income|||4|21,538||21,538|
|Other income|||5|5,083,082||5,083,082|
|Total Income||||5,104,620||5,104,620|
|Expenditure<br>on:<br>Charitable<br>activities|||6|~4,7)4,764)||~4,7)4,764|
|Total Expenditure<br>Tax payable<br>on trading<br>activities|||9|(4,714,764)<br>~)78„055||(4,714,764)<br>~76.055)|
|Net income||||313,801||313,801|
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|Net movement<br>in funds||||313,801|(66,327)|247,474|
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|Other income||||5|4,402,391||4,402,391|
|Total Income|||||4,424,348||4,424,348|
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|Total Expenditure<br>Tax payable<br>on trading||activities||9|(4,439,633)<br>~(64,500||(4,439,633)<br>~lB4,500|
|Net expenditure|||||(79,785)||(79,785)|
|Other recognised|gains and losses|||||||
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|Net movement<br>in funds|||||(79,785)|284,219|204,434|
|Reconciliation<br>of|funds|||||||
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|Total Income||||9,785||9,785|
|Expenditure<br>on:<br>Charitable<br>activities|||6|~156,4(2)||~(66,4(2|
|Tote I Expenditure||||~166,412)||~(166,412|
|Net expenditure||||(156,627)||(156,627)|
|Other recognised|gains and losses||||||
|Actuarial<br>gains on <br>schemes|defined|benefit pension|||~16,945)|(16,945)|
|Net movement<br>in funds||||(156,627)|(16,945)|(173,572)|
|Reconciliation<br>of <br>Total funds brought|funds<br>forward|||2264218|~21,679)|2242539|
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|Total Income||||330,582||330,582|
|Expenditure<br>on:<br>Charitable<br>activities|||8|~(311,3ll8||~311,308|
|Total Expenditure||||~311,308)||(311,308)|
|Net income||||19,274||19,274|
|Other recognised|gains and losses||||||
|Actuarial<br>gains on <br>schemes|defined|benefit pension|||58,461|58,461|
|Net movement<br>in funds||||19,274|58,461|77,735|
|Reconciliation<br>of|funds||||||
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|Debtors||||12|332,076|509,948|
|Cash at bank and|in hand||||4,792,804|3,847,742|
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|Creditors: Amounts||falling due within one year||13|(1,733,250)|~(„307,822|
|Net current assets|||||3,391,630|3,050,068|
|Total assets less|current liabilities||||3,416,176|3,117,544|
|Provisions|||||(4,362|19,531)|
|Net assets excluding||pension|liability||3,411,814|3,098,013|
|Pension scheme|liability|||15|~(385,456|(319,129|
|Net assets including||pension|liability||3,026,358|2,778,884|
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|Cash at bank and<br>in hand||||908,347|1,303,503|
|Creditors: Amounts|falling due within one year||13|~56,757)|~285,286)|
|Net current assets||||851,590|1,008,217|
|Net assets excluding<br>pension<br>Pension scheme<br>liability||liability|15|2,107,591<br> ~38,I!24]|2,264,218<br>(21,679)|
|Net assets including|pension|liability||2,068,967|2,242,539|
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|Net movement<br>in funds||||||247,474|204,434|
|Tax refund/(paid)<br>by subsidiary||||||(64,485)||
|Adjustments<br>to cash flows from <br>Depreciation||non-cash|items|||38,985|52,326|
|Investment<br>income||||||(21,538)|(21,957)|
|Corporation<br>tax charge||||||91,224|64,500|
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|Decrease<br>in debtors|||||12|177,872|202,420|
|Increase<br>in creditors|||||13|398,889|308,937|
|Decrease (increase)<br>in retirement<br>actuarial<br>changes<br>Decrease in provisions||benefit obligation||net of|15|66,327<br>~(15.169|(284,219)|
|Net cash flows from operating|activities|||||919,579|526,441|
|Cash flows from investing<br>activities||||||||
|interest receivable<br>and similar|income||||4|21,538|21,957|
|Purchase oftangible<br>fixed assets|||||10|(7,887)|(8,489)|
|Sale oftangible<br>fixed assets||||||11,832||
|Net cash flows from investing|activities|||||25,483|13,468|
|Net increase<br>in cash and cash|equivalents|||||945,062|539,909|
|Cash and cash equivalents<br>at|1 September|||||3,847,742|3,307,833|
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|Net cash (expenditure)/income||||||(173,572)|77,735|
|Adjustments<br>to cash flows|from non-cash||items|||||
|Investment<br>income||||||(9,785)|(330,582)|
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|Decrease<br>in debtors|||||12||756,000|
|(Decrease)/increase<br>in creditors|||||13|(238,529)|152,243|
|Decrease (increase)<br>in retirement<br>benefit obligation||||net of||||
|actuarial<br>changes|||||15|16,945|(58,461)|
|Net cash flows from operating|activities|||||(404,941)|596,935|
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|Interest receivable<br>and similar income||||||9,785|8,055|
|Acquisition<br>ofinvestments<br>in|subsidiary|undertakings|||||(756,000)|
|Gift aid from subsidiary|||||||322,527|
|Net cash flows from investing|activities|||||9,785|(425,418)|
|Net (decrease)/increase<br>in cash and cash equivalents||||||(395,156)|171,517|
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|Cost ofsales|||||656,376|656,376|609,135|
|Employment<br>costs|||||2,308,931|2,308,931|1,993,315|
|Establishment|costs||||127,851|127,851|151,131|
|General<br>admin|expenses||||1,395,821|1,395,821|1,315,539|
|Finance charges|||||8,556|8,556|6,879|
|Depreciation<br>and profit / loss on<br>disposal|||||50,817|50,817|52,326|
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|Bank charges|||||20|20|18|
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|Office expenses|||||2,321|2,321|1,083|
|Scholarships<br>and project||||||||
|development|||||107,230|107,230|210,265|
||||||109,571|109,571|217,408|
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|Staff costs|||||42,602|42,602|57,557|
|Auditors'<br>remuneration|||||7,265|7,265|6,626|
|Legal fees|||||3,488|3,488|21,342|
|Other governance||costs|||3,486|3,486|8,375|
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|Social security costs|166,121|128,000|||
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|Additions|7,887|7,887|
|Disposals|(80.0114)|~BD,004|
|At 31 August 2020|188,194|188,194|
|Depreciation|||
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|Charge for the year<br>Eliminated<br>on disposals|38,985<br>~68.(72)|38,985<br> ~(68,(72|
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|At 31 August 2020|||||1,256,001|1,256,001|
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|Northern<br>Consortium<br>UK Limited||England<br>Wales|and|Ordinary|100%|100%|Educational<br>services|
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|Total income|||5,083,082|4,402,391|
|Total expenditure|||(4,583,179)|(3,884,875)|
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|Due to group undertakings||||3,217|264,611|
|Pension scheme creditor||30,316|22,317|787||
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|security||352,551|40,476|723||
|Accruals||849,620|615,746|52,030|30,675|
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|Designated||~3)9,)29)|||(66,327)|(385,456)|
|Totalfunds||2778804|5,104620|~47900)0)|)66327)|3026,350|
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|Designated||~21.679)|||~16,945)|(38,624)|
|Total funds||2242539|9785|~166412)|~16945)|2068967|
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|Designated||~(80,(40|||58,461|~21,679|
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||||General|Designated|2020|
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|Current|assets||5,124,880||5,124,880|
|Current|liabilities||(1,733,250)||(1,733,250)|
|Provisions<br>Pension scheme||liability|(4,362) ~385,456)||(4,362)<br>(385,456)|
|Total net assets|||3,411,814 ~385,456)||3,026,358|
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||||General|Designated|2019|
|Tangible|fixed assets||67,476||67,476|
|Current|assets||4,357,690||4,357,690|
|Current|liabilities||(1,307,622)||(1,307,622)|
|Provisions<br>Pension scheme||liability|(19,531) ~319,)29||(19,531)<br>(319,129)|
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||||Unrestricted|funds|at 31August|
||||General<br>f|Designated<br>f|2020f|
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|Current|assets||908,347||908,347|
|Current|liabilities||(56,757)||(56,757)|
|Pension|scheme|liability||(38,624)|(38,624)|
|Total net assets|||2,107,991 ~(38,624||2,068,967|
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|Fixed asset investments|||1,256,001||1,256,001|
|Current|assets||1,303,503||1,303,503|
|Current<br>liabilities<br>Pension scheme<br>Total net assets||liability|(295,286) <br>2,264,218|~21,679<br> ~21,679|(295,286)<br>~(21,679<br>2,242,639|



