2023-03-31-accounts

CONTENTS		PAGE
Chair's Report
Trustees' Annual Report
Statement ofTrustees'	Responsibilities
Independent Examiner's	Report	10
Statement of Financial	Activities
Balance Sheet		12
Statement ofCash Flows		13
Notes to the Financial Statements		14

				Note	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total	Total
					Funds	Funds
					2023	2023	2023	2022
Income and endowments
from:
Donations	and legacies			3a	125		125	1,036
Charitable	activities			3b	250,617	30,000	280,617	753,720
Investments				3c	1,570		1,570	56
Total income					252,312	30,000	282,312	754,812
Expenditure on:
Charitable	activities				363,694	58,390	422,084	565,728
Total expenditure					363,694	58,390	422,084	565,728
Net (expenditure)/income,			net
movement	in funds	before			(111,382)	(28,390)	(139,772)	189,084
taxation
Total funds	brought	forward		11,12	241,360	240,861	482,221	293,137
Total funds carried		forward		10-12	129,978	212,471	342,449	482,221

			Note	30'"March 2023	30'"March 2023	30'"March	2022
Cash flows from operating activities				E	E	E
Cash (used)/generated operations	from				(147,468)		(24,858)
Investing activities
Interest received				1,570		56
Net cash generated investing activities	from in				1,570		56
Net cash generated	from financing
activities
Net increase decrease in cash and cash equivalents					(145,898)		(24,802)
Cash and cash equivalents beginning ofyear		at			480,695		505,497
Cash and cash equivalents ofyear		at end			334,797		480,695
Represented by:
				30th March 2023		30~h March 2022
Cash at bank and in	hand				334,797		480,695

					Unrestricted	Unrestricted		Restricted	Restricted
						Funds		Funds			Total	Total
						2023			2023		2023	2022
b.	Charitable activities					P					E	F
	Contract 8 other income					216,004					216,004	300,898
	DEFRA Emergency Assistance											9,110
	Sales income					34,613					34,613
	Skelmersdale Arts Network											10,562
	VCS Emergencies Partnership											1,500
	West Lancashire Borough	Council						30,000			30,000	30,000
	West Lancashire Borough (Community Champions)	Council										401,650
						250,617		30,000			280,617	753,720
	Income from charitable	activities			in 2022 comprised		f300,898 for			unrestricted		funds and
	f452,822 related to restricted			funds.
c.	Investments
	Bank Interest					1,570					1,570	56
	Income from investments	for	2022		related	wholly to unrestricted			funds.
4.	Expenditure on Charitable		Activities
						Direct		Support		8	Total	Total
						Charitable		Governance			2023	2022
						Expenditure			Costs
							F			F
	To provide advancement	ofeducation,
	the protection of health and the poverty, distress and sickness			relief of to the		299,712			122,372		422,084	565,728
	community ofWest Lancashire

a.Analysed as follows:	a.Analysed as follows:
					2023	2022
Direct charitable	expenditure:				E	E
Staff salary costs					208,127	218, 'I 58
Pension					2,917	2, 'I70
Consultancy and	professional			costs	51,631	51,875
Room hire					50	796
Grant support					34,245	164,450
Donations						50
Beneficiary expenses					2,742	3,063
					299,712	440,562
					2023	2022
Support 8, Governance			costs:		E	F
Staff salary costs					96,413	90,567
Other payroll costs						53
Building running	costs				10,370	16,613
Office costs					3,823	4,373
Travel expenses					1,264	1,423
Insurance					4,005	2,110
Subscriptions and publications					1,055	992
Consultancy and	professional			costs		3,580
Sundry expenses					1,058	895
Staff training					401	1,614
Computer costs					184
Marketing						13
Bank and credit card charges					233	351
Recruitment						788
Legal fees					13	48
Bookkeeping					1,355
Payroll fees					898	176
Accountancy					1,300	1,570
					122,372	125,166
Total expenditure activities		on	charitable		422,084	565,728

b.	Staff Costs:	2023	2022
		F	E
	Staff Salaries	284,838	289,344
	Social Security Costs	19,702	19,381
	Pension Costs	2,917	2,170
		307,457	310,895

during the year was made up as follows:	—
	2023	2022
Management and administration	2.1	2.1
Project Managers	2.3	2.3
Project Workers/Assistants	5.7	5.9
	10.1	10.30

Debtors
	2023	2022
Debtors	7,738	4,200
Prepayments	2,424	2,273
Other Debtors	121	240
	10,283	6,713

7. Creditors: amounts	7. Creditors: amounts	7. Creditors: amounts	7. Creditors: amounts	falling due within one year	falling due within one year
					2023		2022
						E
Trade creditors					713		3,073
Accruals					1,300		1,570
Other Creditors					6'l	8	544
					2,631		5,187
8.Deferred		income
					2023		2022
							F
Balance		at 31"March			2022		212,212
Amount	deferred		in the year
Amount		released	in the year			(-)	(212,212)
Balance		at 30'" March			2023
9.Financial		Instruments
					2023		2022
						E	F
Carrying		amount	offinancial
assets:
Measured		at cost			345,080		487,408
Carrying		amount	of	financial
liabilities:
Measured		at cost			2,631		5„187

10.Analysis of Net Assets between	Funds
		Net Current	Total
2023		Assets
Unrestricted Funds
General Fund		129,978	129,978
Restricted Funds
Eric Wright Charitable Trust Fund		13,445	13,445
Sir Douglas Glover Grants		274	274
West Lancashire Borough (Community Champions)	Council	198,752	198,752
		212,471	212,471
Total		342,449	342,449
		Net Current,	Total
2022		Assets
Unrestricted Funds
General Fund		241,360	241,360
Restricted Funds
Eric Wright Charitable Trust Fund		17,365	17,365
Sir Douglas Glover Grants		274	274
Skelmersdale Arts Network		7,812	7,812
Tanhouse Health Assets Project		844	844
West Lancashire Borough	Council Ageing	582	582
Well Partnership
West Lancashire Borough (Community Champions)	Council	206,000	206,000
West Lancashire Dementia		7,984	7,984
		240,861	240,861
Total		482,221	482„221

				Movements	in the	ear
		Reserves	at	Income	Expenditure		Reserves
	2023	Beginning	of				at end of
		Year					Year
						F
General	Fund	241,360		252,312	(363,694)		129,978
				Movements	in the	ear
		Reserves	at	Income	Expenditure		Reserves
	2022	Beginning	of				at end of
		Year					Year
			F
General	Fund	201,167		301,990	(261,797)		241,360

.Restricted Funds
		Movements	in the ear
	Reserves at	Income	Expenditure	Reserves
2023	Beginning of			at end of
	Year			Year
Eric Wright Charitable Trust Fund	17,365		(3,920)	13,445
Sir Douglas Glover Grants	274		(-)	274
Skelmersdale Arts Network	7,812		(7,812)
Tanhouse Health Assets Project	844		(844)
West Lancashire Borough Council		30,000	(30,000)
West Lancashire Borough Council Ageing Well Partnership	582		(582)
West Lancashire Borough
Council (Community	206,000		(7,248)	198,752
Champions)
West Lancashire Dementia	7,984		(7,984)
Totals	240,861	30,000	(58,390)	212,471

15.Cash generated from	15.Cash generated from	operations.
			2023	2022
			F
(Deficit)/surplus for	the	year	(139,772)	189,084
Adjustments for:
Investment income			('I,570)	(56)
Movements in working		capital:
Decrease in debtors			(3,570)	4,902
Increase/(Decrease)	in	creditors	(2,556)	(218,788)
Cash generated (used operations		in)/from	(147„468)	(24,858)