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2024-03-31-accounts

Company number: 03042108 (England & Wales)

Carers Plus Yorkshire Ltd (A company limited by guarantee and not having a share capital and registered as a charity)

ACCOUNTS

Year ended 31 March 2024

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(A company limitedCarersPlus Yorkshirby guarante e Ltan d not having CHAIRS REPORT

Chairs Report 2023/2024

On behalf of the Board of Trustees and our staff team | am very pleased to present this year’s Annual Report and accounts for your information and scrutiny. | hope you will take the opportunity to read the Trustees Report which summarises some of the key achievements of our charity over the last year and the accounts which show the continuing solidity of our financial affairs. | am pleased to report that his has been another very positive year for our Charity with a significant growth in the number of people we have been able to support. Commissioners as varied as the County Council, the NHS, Children in Need and the Big Lottery have recognised the quality of the services we provide and we thank them for their confidence in us.

Most importantly our core funding from North Yorkshire Council has been confirmed for a further five years with a possible extension of an additional three years. This is a heartening vote of confidence in the quality of the services we offer and the hard work of our staff and volunteers.

Our services have continued to be delivered against the background of the recovery from the COVID pandemic which has presented considerable operational challenges. Our services continue to be focused on the needs of the individual and the communities in which they live. Alongside our core offer to Adult Carers, Young Carers and Young Adult carers we have a portfolio of complementary services that support other vulnerable people in our local area, such as the Home from Hospital services and support to veterans. Increasing the range of services, we provide makes our Charity more secure, as it means we can build on the skills of our staff, share the fixed costs across these projects and support more vulnerable people across what amounts to over half of North Yorkshire.

We have also established a presence in the Bridlington area of the East Riding of Yorkshire delivering a home from hospital service funded by the Local Authority and Humber Coast and Vale NHS Partnership.

As you can see from the accounts our financial position is very stable with a growth in our income over the last year. The bulk of funding comes from our commissioners but we have been successful in developing donations and support from the local business and professional community. | would like to thank them for their support.

The demand for our services continues to grow and the difficulties faced by carers and other vulnerable people are well documented by the stresses of recovery from the Covid pandemic and the pressures of the rising cost of living. There is increasing pressure on the NHS and social services nationally and locally and our role is to complement and support the work of the statutory sector.

The quality of our services is dependent on a skilled and committed team, | would like to thank our staff team, Trustees and volunteers for all their hard work over the last year. Building on the skills and knowledge of our staff team is a key part of our long-term strategy of sustainability and growth.

| hope you find the Trustees Report and Accounts informative and that you will continue to support the work of our Charity.

Michael Hunt Chair of Trustees

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TRUSTEES’ REPORT

2023-2024 has continued to be an exciting and positive year for CPY. Building on the success of 2022-2023 and the acquisition of new geographical reach, CPY has continued to develop its activity across three key districts over the course of 2023-2024. Our work is now comfortably embedded over Scarborough, Whitby and Ryedale/Hambleton and Richmondshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire — mainly focused around Bridlington Town and local villages. Each area with a slightly different portfolio but with a core of unpaid carer work at its heart to ensure we keep our focus and future aspirations centred on our main aims and objectives.

Carers Plus Yorkshire, brand and name is widely known now as a charity that delivers high quality services across our whole portfolio and is both reactive and responsive to the needs of an expanding client base. We strive to be seen as the go-to organisation for carers and those we serve in our local communities.

The Management Team has had a few changes with key personnel leaving but that gave an opportunity to review what was needed and restructure the roles. With that in mind we now have a full time Head of Operations, Office Manager, Finance Manager, a Development and Fundraising Manager and dedicated Home from Hospital Manager. The Senior Management is key to support a consistent and quality service ensuring a strong future for CPY and those we serve.

The Management Team has worked tirelessly building on new and existing partnerships to ensure that our Charity is embedded in the right partnerships at the right time to maximise impact for our clients. We strive to stay current with and keep up to date with local, regional and national initiatives. This includes ensuring we are appropriately represented at strategic and operational meetings, and be in a position to influence thinking (particularly around the engagement/needs of carers) and be ready to secure funding when it becomes available for application.

Our mission statement and values are at the heart of CPY and those that work for us are fully committed and understand what it means to work for the charity. Mission: ‘Carers Plus Yorkshire enables unpaid Carers and those we support in the Community to be heard, to feel empowered to improve their own wellbeing, and to make positive changes in their day to day lives.’ Throughout the year we have had evidence of clients, professionals and wider colleagues turning to us for information and support — real evidence of our growing value as a ‘go-to’ organisation.

CPY is proud to be part of this wonderful unique and varied sector — The Voluntary Sector is different to any other sectors, including statutory (Health and Social Care) and private (small or large profit-making businesses).

CPY primary purpose is to create social impact rather than profit. It is independent from local and national government and distinct from the private sector. There are over 7000 voluntary, community or social enterprise groups across NY with a paid and voluntary work force.

CPY are governed by a committed and skilled Board of Trustees who are in themselves volunteers, giving their time for free but their main aim is to lead the charity so it can make a real difference to the people they serve, through positive outcomes and impact.

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Carers Plus Yorkshire Ltd

(A company limited by guarantee and not having a share capital and registered as a charity) TRUSTEES’ REPORT (Continued)

Carer Services:

Adult Carers Service:

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TRUSTEES’ REPORT (Continued)

Carers Plus Yorkshire Ltd

(A company limited by guarantee and not having a share capital and registered as a charity)

Young Carers Service:

The young carers service (for those 8-18) has continued to build across Scarborough, Whitby, Ryedale and Hambleton & Richmondshire areas. We have been able to add capacity to the team in Scarborough, Whitby, Ryedale following a successful application for core funding from Children in Need.

Scarborough is most certainly the busiest patch of the areas that we work in. Depth of work with young people has increased, with the need for lots of partnership work with CYPS and social care required to ensure that we are meeting the needs of these young people.

Our work has included the development of our school support offer via staff carer champion training, school assemblies and ‘hubs’ established in several schools. Young Carers have told us through voice and influence work, that better support in schools for carers would makea significant difference to how they feel. Through the continued expansion of our Carers Champion Training, we have aimed to take this to schools in our perpetual attempt to provide a broader network of teachers and wider educational professionals who can better support young carers in schools.

Young carers follow a pathway of support, from assessment to support plan (using My Star / Carers Star). Whilst the core of our work remains in the support of young carers via 1:1 provision, we have developed a clear exit narrative for these young people to ‘move on’ from 1:1 work, via small group learning experiences and social connectivity. The ambition is for them to feel empowered and able to cope with their caring role, so that their connection to the service can move onto a light touch support via hubs, groups and activity experiences. We have also worked with several young people to empower then to share their voice through our Young Ambassadors programme, the intention of which is to shape and influence the service going forward.

Community Services:

‘At Place’ work continues to thrive, we have taken our work ‘out’ to local communities across Scarborough, Ryedale, Whitby - this has seen CPY venture into new premises, new partnerships and new service delivery over the course of the year.

Our Neighbourhood: The ‘wellbeing and prevention’ contract from which My Neighbourhood was born, was replaced this year with multiple smaller bids to develop a patchwork of opportunities across the Scarborough, Whitby and Ryedale area. This has required, more than ever, working in partnership with other VCSE organisations to meet the needs of client in the wider community who are experiencing loneliness and isolation (carers and non-carers 18+). This transition has been more challenging behind the scenes, with the staff team being required to redirect their work and layer their workload to meet the outputs of the new contracts. This transition period has been an opportunity work closely as a service to map, plan and deliver what is required at place. Social connection appears to be key; participants want an open, welcoming, safe space in which to connect with CPY, other organisations and each other. Staying healthy, independent, and connected with their community has been key, and this does look different in differing areas of our geography. When working within the wider community, sometimes with more vulnerable clients, the staff team are required to differentiate our offer based on need and demographic of clients.

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Carers Plus Yorkshire Ltd (A company limited by guarantee and not having a share capital and registered as a charity) TRUSTEES’ REPORT (Continued)

Home from Hospital has had its most challenging year in terms of volume and ferocity of referrals; with little ‘let-up’ over the summer months, the inevitable winter pressures have seen record numbers accessing the service as we try to support the NHS management of its internal crisis. The team has been amazing in responding to the constant flow of clients, taking more clients from Accident and Emergency departments than ever before, reducing admissions and offering department staff the reassurances needed to confidently send patients home confident in the knowledge they are followed up and supported.

Volunteering: This year we have worked to refocus our paperwork, our training, our support offer and our range of opportunities. We have allocated the front end of our volunteering offer to two members of staff, one based at the Snainton Office and one in Northallerton, they work with our admin team to ensure that there is a first point of contact for volunteer expressing an interest in supporting the organisation and its plethora of services.

Our offer developed throughout the year included:

RISE: The RISE project superseded our previously known employability and training support, Action Towards Inclusion. This project has a huge impact on the lives it has supported — support that included clients gaining training/retraining, confidence and removal of barriers previously preventing employment. RISE is a similar project with less outputs (18) and has been funded by UKSPF until March 2024 when it will be reprofiled.

Outreach Support

Outreach work has increased within this reporting period, we have now taken on the lease of a of a ‘hub space’ in Eastfield (The One Twenty) which has allowed for an increased presence in the area. Drop-in sessions for advice are in operation, carer workshops and social sessions are taking place with a focus on parent carers, veteran carers, young carers and at present. The space is allowing us to raise the profile of CPY in a vulnerable community. Good relationships are being forged with GP surgeries, the resident’s association, the Free Fridge, Eastfield Pact and the council.

We are also at place in Whitby at Kirkham Community Centre offering collaborative carer groups with TEWV, Whitby Caring Together and Dementia Forward.

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Carers Plus Yorkshire Ltd

(A company limited by guarantee and not having a share capital and registered as a charity) TRUSTEES’ REPORT (Continued)

In Ryedale and Hambleton & Richmondshire we have a regular monthly presence at the ‘One Stop Shops’ and Cuppa Connect events. The SHIC partnerships offer an opportunity for us to network with other organisations and raise the profile of carers at all of the sessions. We offer a first point of referral at all of the localities with a Carer Advisor available to meet with carers. The sessions are a good opportunity for signposting clients to relevant support services.

In its continuance, outreach work remains client-centred and client-led. Much of our feedback highlights how informative and helpful the sessions and advice are and how the support received has improved the lives of the carer and cared-for. Socialising and having time for themselves has boosted carers' confidence and meeting people in similar situations and sharing experiences made them realise they are not alone. This model of outreach support ensures there is ‘no closed door’; and networks and resources are available via a hub/group/drop-in/safe space; with peer-to-peer support at its heart.

Partnerships and collaborations

Our collaborative partnership with a widening network of organisations, sectors and funders has supported our successful positioning over the course of the year. As we move forward these will continue to take time and energy to ensure mutual benefit, integrity and true equality when working with others.

We continue to be selective in our working relationships such that we have been able to surround the organisation and our clients with partnerships that will add value to our work and more importantly maximise the shared impact we have across our full geography for each and every client, group and service.

Contractually we have purposefully extended the range of funders, and contracts we hold without compromising our core focus on unpaid carers. We feel moving forward it is more important than ever to ‘consolidate’ what we have in our portfolio at present, by being consistent with our partners and collaborators, as well ensuring quality is not compromised and we focus on long term sustainability.

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Carers Plus Yorkshire Ltd (A company limited by guarantee and not having a share capital and registered as a charity) TRUSTEES’ REPORT (Continued)

Numbers and Impact

Whilst we recognise statistics only tell part of the story, we are keen to report the overall impact of our work on new clients. When collating an annual picture, the figures below capture the new referrals to each area of our service:

Total new referrals 3858

Each year numbers continue to increase and demand for services grow; these direct referral figures do not demonstrate the overall level of engagement and interventions offered by the team. The team continue to work way beyond capacity to provide the best services for all the clients we support. The increased numbers show how much the service is needed but also demonstrates the professionalism and quality of support and we could not provide this without such knowledgeable and skilled staff.

Shared Values:

Carers Plus Yorkshire Ltd (A company limited by guarantee and not having a share capital and registered as a charity) TRUSTEES’ REPORT (Continued)

Core Objectives:

Carers Plus Yorkshire: the ‘go-to’ organisation offering support to Carers and the wider community across the coast and vale. We seek to operate through four underpinning objectives:

Financial review

As in previous years the charity has actively applied for funding for the general running of the charity and has kept a close control over its expenditure. At 31 March 2024 the charity’s unrestricted funds showed a surplus of income over expenditure of £31,079 (2023: surplus of £50,050). The charity has used £625 of this surplus to cover overspends on various restricted fund projects. At 31 March 2024 unrestricted funds totalled £435,073 (2023: 404,619) which is above its stated reserves policy and is held to cover any shortfalls in funding on its long running projects, as noted. Of this amount £13,703 (2023: £22,053) is held as designated unrestricted funds for the purpose of Young Carers projects.

The charity, in line with the restrictions and timescales placed upon its restricted funds, has utilised the funds provided to it in the previous year. The results in these financial statements show the Charity’s restricted funds with a deficit in the year of £17,283 (2023: surplus of £57,935). At 31 March 2024 restricted funds held by the charity total £266,738 (2023: £283,396) and these funds will be expended on their specific projects in the forthcoming financial year.

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Carers Plus Yorkshire Ltd (A company limited by guarantee and not having a share capital and registered as a charity) TRUSTEES’ REPORT (Continued)

Investment policy

The Board of Trustees have considered the most appropriate policy for investing funds and has found that the CAF Charity Service meets their requirements for security of funds and achieves a competitive rate of interest as well as allowing easy access to the capital.

Reserves policy

The Trustees consider sufficient reserves should be held to fulfil their duty of prudence and to fulfil the cost and legal obligations to wind up the charity should it be necessary. However, it is the view of the Trustees that this must be balanced by the need to invest in services to fulfil our charitable purpose. The Reserves Policy was reviewed in March 2023 as follows:

  1. The Trustees consider that unrestricted cash reserves are required for the following reasons:

  2. a) To enable CPY to maintain its core contracted services for a period of 3 months b) To provide for non-funded staffing costs such as redundancy, staff sickness or parental leave arrangements and from unforeseen compliance costs relating to new or changing legislation

  3. c) To provide alternative funding to meet any shortfall against a planned deficit budget d) Contractual obligations for current lease arrangements

  4. Amount of cash reserves to be held:

  5. The amount set for the above reasons will fluctuate annually, but as a general rule* the equivalent of 3 months running costs will be held.

    • *If CPY is deemed financially and contractually secure, Trustees can agree to access reserves for development purposes.

  6. Cash reserves sufficient for the immediate future are already held and the Trustees will endeavour to maintain them at an appropriate level by taking account of future provision requirements when setting the annual budget.

  7. The Trustees will monitor the level of cash reserves when considering the quarterly reports from the Treasurer of the Board of Trustees

Cash reserves sufficient for the immediate future are already held and the trustees will endeavour to maintain them at an appropriate level by taking account of future provision requirements when setting the annual budget. Reserves are monitored by the Board of Trustees on a quarterly basis.

3 10 # Carers Plus Yorkshire Ltd (A company limited by guarantee and not having a share capital and registered as a charity) TRUSTEES’ REPORT (Continued) Reference and administrative details Full name of the charity: Carers Plus Yorkshire Ltd Company registration number 03042108 (England & Wales) Registered charity number 1046228 Registered office of the charity 96 High Street Snainton Scarborough YO13 9AJ Advisors Independent auditors Philip Burley & Co Chartered Accountants and Registered Auditors 28 Bagdale Whitby North Yorkshire YO211QL Bankers HSBC Plc 27 Market Place Malton North Yorkshire YO17 7LU

CAFBANK Limited PO Box 289 West Malling ME19 4TA

Virgin Money 24 Huntriss Row Scarborough YO11 2EG

Directors and trustees

The directors of the charitable company (the charity) are its trustees for the purposes of charity law. The trustees and officers serving during the year and since the year end were as follows:-

Appointed Resigned
John Michael Hunt 22 January 2014 -
John Suddaby 10 October 2017 -
Teresa Bennion 24 February 2018 -
Edith Hardy-Lloyd 3 October 2018 -
Alison Matthews 13 March 2019 -
Neil Fitzpatrick 16 September 2020 -
LynneJanetteTaylor-Holt 28July2022 -

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Carers Plus Yorkshire Ltd

(A company limited by guarantee and not having a share capital and registered as a charity)

TRUSTEES’ REPORT (Continued)

Key management personnel

Chief Executive Officer Elizabeth McPherson

Structure, governance and management Governing document

The organisation is a charitable company limited by guarantee, incorporated on 5 April 1995 and registered as a charity on 5 May 1995.

As of 30th June 2022 the Articles of Association were amended to reflect the name change and the increase in geographical cover.

The company was established under a Memorandum of Association, which established the objects and powers of the charitable company and is governed under its Articles of Association. Under those Articles, the trustees of the charity are elected at the Annual General Meeting to serve a period of three years, subject to ratification at each Annual General Meeting.

Appointment of trustees, induction and training

Identification of potential new Trustees is assisted by a skills audit of the current Board. Any gaps in skills or experience can then inform targeted recruitment. Carers Plus Yorkshire’s only members are only those as appointed as Trustees of the Charity. New Trustees can be co-opted by the Board at any time through the year, co-opted Trustees are then nominated and elected at the next AGM. The recruitment process is by written application and interview with the Chair and Chief Executive Officer. The Chair then recommends their nomination or co-option to the Board.

Newly appointed Trustees are registered with both the Charity Commission and Companies House. They undergo full induction into the organisation, including shadowing staff to get first-hand knowledge of work ‘on the ground’. Relevant and appropriate training is on-going.

Organisation

The board of trustees administers the charity. The board normally meets 6 weekly. A Chief Executive Officer is appointed by the trustees to manage the day-today operations of the charity. To facilitate effective operations the CEO has delegated authority, within terms of delegation approved by the trustees, for operational matters

Related parties and co-operation with other organisations

None of the trustees receive remuneration or other benefit from their work with the charity. Any connection between a trustee or senior manager of the charity with any contractual relationship with a related party must be disclosed to the full board of trustees. In the current year no such related party transactions were reported.

Pay policy for senior staff

The trustees and the Chief Officer comprise the key management personnel of the charity in charge of directing and controlling, running and operating the charity on a daily basis. All trustees give their time freely and no trustee received remuneration in the year. Details of trustees’ expenses and related party transactions are disclosed in note 8 to the accounts.

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Carers Plus Yorkshire Ltd

a share capital and registered as a charity) TRUSTEES’ REPORT (Continued)

Risk management

The Board of Trustees have identified the major risks to which the charity is exposed. These are reviewed continually as are the systems established to mitigate those risks.

Responsibilities of the trustees

Company law requires the trustees to prepare the financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources for that year. In preparing those accounts the trustees are required to:-

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006 and Charities Act 2011. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

ON BEHALF OF THE TRUSTEES

Trustee — John Michael Hunt

Dated: 27 November 2024

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CarersYorkshirePlus Ltd (A company limited by guarantee and not having a share capital and registeredas a charity) Report of the Independent Auditors to the Trustees of Carers Plus Yorkshire Ltd

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Carers Plus Yorkshire Ltd (the "charitable company") for the year ended 31 March 2024 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities, the Balance Sheet, the Cash Flow Statement and the related notes, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the. UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion, the financial statements:

Basis of opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charitable company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC's Ethical Standard, and have fulfilled our ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees’ use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilties of the trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

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Report of the Independent Auditors to the Trustees of Carers Plus Yorkshire Ltd

Other information

The trustees are responsible for the other information contained within the annual report. The other information comprises the information included in the annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.

We have nothing to report in this regard.

Opinion on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of our audit:

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In light of the knowledge and understanding of the charitable company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the trustees' report.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

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Report of the Independent Auditors to the Trustees of Carers Plus Yorkshire Ltd

Responsibilities of trustees

As explained more fully in the Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities, the trustees (who are also the directors of the charitable company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidate the charitable company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of financial statements

We have been appointed as auditors under Section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 and report in accordance with the Act and relevant regulations made or having effect thereunder.

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

As part of an audit in accordance with ISAs (UK), we exercise professional judgement and maintain professional scepticism throughout the audit. We also:

<46Carers Plus YorkshireLtd (A company limited by guarantee and not having a share capitaland.registeredas a[charity)] Report of the Independent Auditors to the Trustees of Carers Plus Yorkshire Ltd

Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is an unavoidable risk that we may not have detected some material misstatements in the financial statements, even though we have properly planned and performed our audit in accordance with auditing standards, We are not responsible for preventing non-compliance and cannot be expected to detect non-compliance with all laws and regulations. A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor's report.

Use of our report

This report is made solely to the charitable company's trustees, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 13 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit has been undertaken so that we might state to the charitable company's trustees those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charitable company, the charitable company’s members, as a body, and the charitable company's trustees, as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed. Sf Stewart Davies Senior Statutory Auditor for and on behalf of: Philip Burley & Co Statutory Auditor 28 Bagdale Whitby YO21 1QL Date: 27 November 2024

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Carers Plus Yorkshire Ltd (A company limited by guarantee and not having a share capital and registered as a charity) STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES (INCLUDING INCOME & EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT) for the year ended 31 March 2024

2024 2024 2024 2023
Unrestricted Restricted Total Total
funds funds
Notes £ £ £ £
Income from:
Donations and legacies 2 2,381 2,333 4,714 40,764
Charitable activities 3 416,832 844,748 1,261,580 1,338,590
Income from other activities 4 7,150 103 7;253 1,212
Investment income 5 3,622 - 3,622 1,490
Total income 429,985 847,184 1,277,169 1,382,056
Expenditure on:
Raising funds 3,818 746 4,564 2,793
Charitable activities 395,088 863,721 1,258,809 1,271,279
Total resources expended 6 398,906 864,467 1,263,373 1,274,072
Net income 8 31,079 (17,283) 13,796 107,984
Transfer between funds (625) 625 - -
Net movement in funds 30,454 (16,658) 13,796 107,984
Total funds at 1 April 2023 404,619 283,396 688,015 580,030
Totalfundsat31March2024 15 435,073 266,738 701,811 688,015

All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.

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Carers Plus Yorkshire Ltd Carers Plus Yorkshire Ltd
(Acompany limited byguarantee and not having
a share capital and registered as a charity)
BALANCE SHEET
As at 31 March 2024
2024 2023
£ £ £
Notes
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible assets 11 27,428 32,958
CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors 12 15,803 16,229
Cash at bank and in hand 986,797 985,302
1,002,600 1,001,531
CREDITORS: Amounts falling
due within one year 13 328,217 346,474
NETCURRENTASSETS 674,383 655,057
NETASSETS 14 701,811 688,015
UNRESTRICTED FUNDS
General funds 421,370 382,566
Designated funds 13,703 22,053
435,073 404,619
RESTRICTED FUNDS
Restricted funds 266,738 283,396
TOTALFUNDS 15 701,811 688,015

The trustees and directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.

The notes on pages 16 to 25 form an integral part of these accounts.

The income and expenditure account has not been delivered to the Registrar of Companies.

These accounts, which have been prepared in accordance with the provisions in the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies, were approved by the trustees and directors on 27 November 2024 and signed on their behalf by:

ESS Trustee — John Micha nt y

ee Trustee— John Suddaby

Carers Plus Yorkshire Ltd

(A company limited by guarantee and not having a share capital and registered as a charity) NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 March 2024

2024 2023
£ £
A.Cash Flow from operating activities
B. Net Income 13,796 107,985
Adjustments for:
Amortisation of non-current asset
Depreciation (including obsolescence) of non-current asset 12,550 11,600
Interest paid
(Profit) / loss on sale offixed assets (net)
Operating profit before working capital changes 26,346 119,585
Adjustments for: (A Net Working Capital)
(Increase) / decrease in loans and receivables 426 40,017
Increase / (decrease) in trade payable (1,315) (1,460)
Increase / (decrease) in other current liabilities (16,942) 81,449
A NetWorking Capital (From 01.04.22 to 31.03.23) (17,831) 120,006
Cash (used in)/generated from operating activities 8,515 239,591
C. Cash flowfrom investing activities:
Purchase of property, plant, and equipment (7,020) (13,842)
Cash (used in)/from investing activities (7,020) (13,842)
Free Cash Flow (FCF) - (A+B) 1,495 225,749
D.Cash flowfrom financing activities
Netcash (used in)/from financing activities - -
Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents 1,495 225,749
(FCF + C)
Cash and cash equivalents atthe beginning oftheyear (Bank Balance +CIL) 985,302 759,553
Cash and cash equivalents atthe end ofthe year (Bank Balance + CIL) 986,797 985,302
-Bankbalance 986,797 985,302

Notes:

  1. Cash flow statement has been prepared under the indirect method.

  2. Cash and cash equivalents represent Petty cash and bank balances.

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Carers Plus Yorkshire Ltd

(A company limited by guarantee and not having a share capital and registered as a charity) NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 March 2024

  1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparation

The accounts (financial statements) have been prepared under the historic cost convention, with items recognised at cost or transaction value, unless otherwise stated in the relevant note(s) to these accounts. The accounts have been prepared in accordance with:

Public Benefit

The charity meets the definition of a public benefit entity as defined by FRS102.

Going concern basis

The trustees and directors consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charity’s ability to continue as a going concern.

Recognition of incoming resources

These are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) when:

Grants and donations

Grants and donations are only included in the SOFA when the charity has unconditional entitlement to the resources.

Revenue grants are recognised in the SOFA so as to match them with the expenditure towards which they are intended to contribute.

Grants which contribute towards specific expenditure on fixed assets are credited to the statement of Financial Activities over the expected useful lives of the related assets.

Contractual income and performance related grants

These are only included in the SOFA once the related goods or services have been delivered.

Volunteer help

The value of any voluntary help received is not included in the accounts but is described in the trustees’ annual report.

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Carers Plus Yorkshire Ltd (A company limited by guarantee and not having a share capital and registered as a charity) NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 March 2024

  1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

Investment income

Investment income is included in the accounts when receivable.

Liability recognition

Liabilities are recognised as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to pay out resources. Expenditure includes any VAT which cannot be fully recovered and is reported as part of the expenditure to which it relates.

Governance costs

Include costs of the preparation and examination of statutory accounts, the costs of trustee meetings and cost of any legal advice to trustees on governance or constitutional matters.

Support costs

Support costs include central functions and have been allocated to fund categories on a basis consistent with the use of resources and the staff hours incurred.

Pensions

The Company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable for the year are charged to the profit and loss account.

Operating leases

Rentals payable under operating leases are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities as incurred over the term of the lease.

Unrestricted funds

Unrestricted funds are donations and other incoming resources receivable or generated for the objects of the charity without further specified purpose and are available as general funds. Unrestricted funds can be transferred to cover deficits on restricted funds only on the agreement of the trustees.

Designated funds

Designated funds are unrestricted funds earmarked by the charity for particular purposes.

Restricted funds

Restricted funds are to be used for specific purposes as laid down by the donor. Expenditure which meets these criteria is charged to the fund, together with a fair allocation of management and support costs.

Tangible fixed assets .

Tangible assets are included at cost and depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life:

Office equipment 33.50% Straight line basis All capital expenditure is capitalised irrespective of value.

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CarersYorkshirePlus Ltd (A company limited by guarantee and not having a share capital and registered as a charity) NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

for the year ended 31 March 2024

2: INCOME FROM DONATIONS AND LEGACIES

2: INCOME FROM DONATIONS AND LEGACIES
2024 2023
Unrestricted Restricted Total Total
£ £ £ £
Donations and legacies
Donations 2,381 2,333 4,714 40,764
3. INCOME FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES
Carers and Holdings grants - 5,474 5,474 4,396
Carers Resource service contract funding
- NYCC Adult & Community Services North
Yorkshire & York PCT 402,124 - 402,124 271,377
NYCC Young Carers Service - - - 116,178
Scarborough Whitby & Ryedale Mind - 27,069 27,069 2,000
Children in Need - 21,630 21,630 500
2 Ridings - 10,000 10,000 1,700
Action Towards Inclusion - 7,856 7,856 48,725
The Carers Resource —Veterans Project ~ - - 35,583
Wellbeing & Prevention Service - - - 90,444
Home from Hospital - 202,187 202,187 202,141
Starfish grant - 23,570 23,570 47,139
Home 2 Hospital grant - 68,570 68,570 39,420
Community Fund YAC’s - - - 17,161
Community Support Organisation grant - - - 74,625
Northallerton Making Carers Count (2021-2024) - 59,132 59,132 61,386
NHS Volunteering - - - 27,327
East Riding (Help for Health & Smile Foundation) - 44,345 44,345 15,000
Rotary Club ofScarborough - 500 500 500
NYCC -
 Eastfield (120 Eastway) - 24,814 24,814
NHSApp Funding - - - 1,333
NHS Voluntary Services - 11,139 11,139 41,008
HMRA (50% as request for payment) . 42,524 42,524 23,194
Brid Carers (WB)—Smile Foundation - 3,825 3,825 24,796
Yorkshire Housing Grants - - - 1,200
Beating the Squeeze - - - 2,000
Warm Welcome Fund Grant - - - 120
Woodsmith Cost of Living Grant - - - 3,000
Integration ofVCSE activity (Beyond Housing) - - - 5,000
Sandra McCabe, Scarborough - - - 2,700
CFY - System Pressures MH support - - - 6,500
CFY Building Better Connections 12,468 - 12,468 17,935
TCMH Catterick Garrison - 21,500 21,500 26,000
Food BankSupport (Stronger Communities) - - - 10,000
Hull CCG East Riding HFH (Mar 22 - Feb 23) - - - 21,083
Active Humber - - - 7,865
Northallerton General - - - 5,000
HealthwatchMHconsultations ~ - - 3,000

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Carers Plus Yorkshire Ltd

(A company limited by guarantee and not having

a share capital and registered as a charity) NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

for the year ended 31 March 2024

2024 2023
Unrestricted Restricted Total Total
£ £ £
NYCC —NATE Holdinggrant - (700) (700) 700
NYCC Peer Support Grant - - - 20,000
Big Lottery— Network to Success - 80,603 80,603 60,554
Big LotteryYAC (Apr 23 —Mar 26) - 50,000 50,000 -
Age UK Bursary 240 - 240 -
ICB Grant 2,000 - 2,000 -
SHIC Funding - 53,917 53,917 -
AFCF— No One Left Behind funding - 38,908 38,908 -
RISE Claim - 27,885 27,885 -
UKShared Prosperity Fund - 20,000 20,000 -
416,832 844,748 1,261,580 1,338,590
4. INCOME FROM OTHER ACTIVITIES
Miscellaneous income 7,150 103 7,253 1,212
7,150 103 7,253 1,212
5. INVESTMENT INCOME
Bankinterestreceivable 3,622 - 3,622 1,490

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Carers Plus Yorkshire Ltd

(A company limited by guarantee and not having a share capital and registered as a charity) NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

for the year ended 31 March 2024

6. ANALYSIS OF EXPENDITURE
Raising funds
Conferences and Networking 3,818 746 4,564 2,793
3,818 746 4,564 2,793
Charitable activities
Staff costs 313,232 683,486 996,718 1,016,779
Volunteer expenses 101 396 497 1,090
Travel expenses 8,166 35,304 43,470 46,171
Premises costs 12,803 51,244 64,047 32,245
Recruitment and stafftraining costs 4,561 3,781 8,342 10,652
Office equipment costs 4,100 13,039 17,139 15,775
Depreciation 7,871 4,679 12,550 11,600
Communications 6,606 10,016 16,622 14,622
Printing, stationery and postage 1,041 11,672 12,713 7,379
Advertising and publicity 1,053 5,019 6,072 5,355
Books, periodicals & subscriptions 834 1,225 2,059 2,617
Insurance 3,675 2,900 6,575 5,630
Health Care Expenses 3,094 - 3,094 2,206
Carers’ grants and events expenses 317 6,052 6,369 11,426
Project activity expenses 5,502 28,866 34,368 58,557
Sundry expenses 11,228 2,380 13,608 5,510
Accountancy 2,624 1,200 3,824 3,093
Auditor fees 5,179 - 5,179 4,950
Consultancy and sessional work fees 1,838 780 2,618 14,674
Legal and professional fees 700 1,682 2,382 13
Bank charges 187 - 187 210
AGM expenses 191 - 191 75
Fundraising expenses 185 - 185 648
395,088 863,721 1,258,809 1,271,279
Total 398,906 864,467 1,263,373 1,274,072
7. SUPPORT COSTS
2024 2023
Unrestricted Restricted Total Total
f £ £ £
Charitable activities:
General office and finance staffcosts 13,515 29,955 43,470 26,266
Premises costs 996 2,206 3,202 1,897
Communications 258 573 831 860
14,769 32,734 47,503 29,023

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Carers Plus Yorkshire Ltd

(A company limited by guarantee and not having a share capital and registered as a charity) NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 March 2024

8. NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE) FOR THE YEAR

This is stated after charging: -

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2024 2023
Depreciation 12,550 11,600
Trustees remuneration - -
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There were no related party transactions in the year.

  1. STAFF COSTS AND NUMBERS

Staff costs were as follows:Wages and salaries 898,712 918,102 Social security costs 69,514 70,182 Pension 28,492 28,496 996,718 1,016,780

No employee received emoluments of more than £60,000. The average number of employees during the year was 40 (2023: 44).

10. TAXATION

The company is accepted as a charity for tax purposes and is exempt from tax on its income or gains to the extent that they are applied for charitable purposes.

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CarersPlus Yorkshire Ltd (A company limited by guarantee and not having a share capital and registered as a charit NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 March 2024

11. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS

11. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Plant and
machinery
etc.
£
COST
At 1 April 2023 100,437
Additions 7,020
Disposals ‘
At 31 March 2024 107,457
DEPRECIATION
At 1 April 2023 67,479
Charge for year 12,550
Eliminated on disposals .
At 31 March 2024 80,029
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 March 2024 27,428
At 31 March 2023 32,958
12. DEBTORS: Amounts falling due within one year
2024 2023
£ £
Trade debtors 12,025 6,642
Other debtors 3,778 9,587
.
15,803 16,299
13. CREDITORS: Amounts falling due within one year
2024 2023
Performance related grants received in advance 286,893 317,032
Tax and social security 15,130 16,550
Other creditors 26,194 12,892
328,217 346,474

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Carers Plus Yorkshire Ltd

(A company limited by guarantee and not having a share capital and registered as a charity) NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 March 2024

14. ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BETWEEN FUNDS

General Designated Restricted Total
funds funds funds funds
Tangible fixed assets 17,304 - 10,124 27,428
Investments . - - -
Current assets 610,798 13,703 378,099 1,002,600
Current liabilities (206,732) - (121,485) (328,217)
421,370 13,703 266,738 701,811

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CarersYorkshirePlus Ltd (A company limited by guarantee and not having a share capital and registered as a charity) NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 March 2024

15. MOVEMENTS IN FUNDS

Balance Incoming
Outgoing		 Incoming
Outgoing		 Balance Balance
1 April 2023 resources
resources
Transfers		 31 March 2024
Restricted funds
Carers and holding grants 850 5,474 5,964 - 360
Capital Grants 38 - (741) . 779
Big Lottery Reaching Communities 303 - 102 - 201
Action Towards Inclusion 205 7,856 29 - 8,032
Wellbeing & Prevention Service 4,294 - 455 - 3,839
Homefrom Hospital 36,209 202,187 189,765 . 48,631
Big Lottery Community Fund YACs - - 50 50 -
Hospital
2 Home		 6,433 68,570 57,828 . 17,176
Caring with Active Confidence 99 - 33 - 66
BBC Children in Need - Starfish 2 443 23,570 23,517 - 495
Community Support Organisation 20,456 - 733 . 19,723
Coronavirus funds 3,980 . 1,333 - 2,647
Community Connect - Big Lottery 255 - 85 - 170
WinterVolunteering (NHS Humber) 32,970 11,139 38,451 . 5,658
Veterans—Armed Forces Covenant Fund 5,536 10,507 14,400 - 1,643
NYCC Northallerton Young . - 48 48 -
Northallerton Making Carers Count 2,965 59,132 74,615 - (12,518)
East Riding 1,000 - 198 - 802
(Help for Heath & Smile Foundation)
Big Lottery— Network to Success 1,573 80,603 81,049 . 1,127
Hull CCG East Riding HFH 967 . : - 967
CFY— System Pressures MH Support 6,189 - - - 6,189
Brid Carers (WB)— Smile Foundation 2,616 48,170 46,894 - 3,892
HRCC AssetTransfer 88,404 - 980 - 87,424
Festival ofGreen 3,192 - - - 3,192
Active Humber 7,865 - - - 7,865
Eastfield project (120 Westway) (887) 25,444 36,699 - (12,142)
Transforming Community Mental Health 15,000 77,591 87,743 . 4,848
Peer support (NYCC) 19,978 - . - 19,978
HWRA 3,836 42,523 39,791 . 6,568
CFY Building Better connections 17,935 - - - 17,935
6 charities Together (8) - - - (8)
Holding Grants 700 (700) - - -
Force forChange (AFCF) - 9,500 10,000 500 -
Rise - 27,885 27,885 - -
Big LotteryYAC(Apr 23 — Mar 26) - 50,000 49,067 - 933
#1 Will Two Ridings - 10,000 10,027 27 .
Notjust me MIND Woodsmith - 27,069 26,180 - 889
Shared Prosperity
- £20KComm Conversations
-		 20,000 20,182 - (182)
Armed Forces —No One Left Behind . 19,034 11,273 - 7,761
Children in Need —Core - 21,630 9,832 - 11,798
Totalrestrictedfunds 283,396 847,184 864,467 625 266,738

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CarersYorkshirePlus Ltd (A company limited by guarantee and not having a share capital and registered as a charity) NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 March 2024

Balance Incoming Outgoing Balance
1 April 2023 resources resources Transfers 31 March 2024
Unrestricted funds
General funds		 382,367 240,941 277,045 (577) 345,686
Northallerton general funds 199 189,044 113,511 (48) 75,684
Designated funds Snainton YC 20,369 - 8,350 - 12,019
Designated funds Northallerton YC 1,684 . - - 1,684
Total unrestricted funds 404,619 429,985 398,906 (625) 435,073
Totalfunds 688,015 1,277,169 1,263,373 - 701,811
  1. MOVEMENTS IN FUNDS

Purpose of restricted funds

Carers’ grants enable local/regional/national grant giving organisations to support carers’ identified needs and provide much needed financial assistance to them and their families. These are funds held on behalf of the carers.

Capital Grants were grants received to cover the cost of new equipment and furniture.

Big Lottery Fund — Reaching Communities is a four-year grant towards the costs of a further project to support adult carers (16 — 35 years old). This project finished in July 2019, the closing balance as shown at 31% March 2024 of £201, consists of fixed asset to be depreciated in future years.

Action Towards Inclusion was originally a three-year grant funding to assist organisations to support vulnerable people (including carers) who are facing all sorts of barriers in returning to work, training or education. The lead partner is Your Consortium, and the funding is part of the national Building Opportunities programme whichis jointly funded by the Big Lottery and European Social Fund. Delivery on this project finished in September 2019; we were lucky to receive an extension of the project for a further 3 years and then a second extension of 9-months to secure the project up to June 2023. The closing balance as shown at 31% March 2024 of £8,032 consist of fixed assets of £58 to be depreciated in future years and a useable fund of £7,974.

Wellbeing and Prevention service — working title of ‘My Neighbourhood’ — funded by NYCC, My Neighbourhood connects communities and provides support to people who may be isolated, lonely or need a bit of extra help. The service is for anyone aged 18 or over, not necessarily a carer and is delivered in partnership with Ryedale Carers Support. The closing balance as shown at 31% March 2024 of £3,839, consists of fixed assets of £412 to be depreciated in future years and a useable fund of £3,427.

Home from Hospital is a service for anyone aged 18 or over, to provide short-term help to those who are returning from hospital and need some support. Help includes anything from essential food shopping to organising ongoing support with other agencies. It does not provide personal

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Carers Plus Yorkshire Ltd

(A company limited by guarantee and not having a share capital and registered as a charity) NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

for the year ended 31 March 2024

15. MOVEMENTS IN FUNDS — continued

Purpose of restricted funds — continued

care. CPY are subcontracted by Harrogate Carers Resource to deliver Home from Hospital in the Scarborough, Whitby and Ryedale areas. The closing balance as shown at 31° March 2024 of £48,631, consists of fixed assets of £321 to be depreciated in future years and a useable fund of £48,310.

Big Lottery Community Fund YACs — a continuation of the Young Adult Carer project, again funded by the Big Lottery. Aimed at supporting young adult carers aged 16-25 to equip them with the confidence and skills to remedy life issues that may prevent them progressing and reaching their potential. To encourage them to see past their caring role to a future where they can achieve personally and professionally with the same opportunities as their non-caring peers.

Hospital 2 Home is a new contract with East Riding of Yorkshire Council, providing a service similar to Home from Hospital in North Yorkshire. Short-term help for those who live in the East Riding of Yorkshire, mainly Bridlington and Driffield areas, being discharged from hospital. The contract was originally a 12-month project; we were fortunate enough to have the contract extended a further 14 months to finish March 2023. The closing balance as shown at 31st March 2024 of £17,176, consists of fixed assets of £186 to be depreciated over future years and a useable fund of £16,990.

Caring with Active Confidence is for carers 18+ years old, to come together to gain peer support and share experiences. Sessions are planned with carers involvement and carers help to facilitate the group as volunteers. These sessions have been mainly running virtually through Zoom when Covid-19 has prevented any face-to-face sessions. The original funding for this project came from a Carers Trust grant and we managed to secure further funding from 2 Ridings to extend sessions into 2021. The closing balance as shown at 31°t March 2024 of £66 consists of fixed assets to be depreciated in future years.

Starfish 2 is a three-year project funded by BBC Children in Need and carried on from the original and successful ‘Starfish’ Project. The project is for Young Carers and enables us to extend support we can offer through the core NYCC contract. Starfish 2 focusses on helping young carers look forward, helping them gain skills and confidence needed to move forward with their lives. Also, to empower them to help other young carers through voice and representation — to inform adults with influence. The closing balance as shown at 31°t March 2024 of £495 consist of fixed assets to be depreciated over future years.

Community Support Organisation set up by NYCC as part of their response to the Covid-19 outbreak. A partnership between Carers Plus Yorkshire, Ryedale Carers Support, Ryedale Community Transport to help co-ordinate a number of localised Covid-19 networks across the Ryedale area to help Ryedale communities meet the challenges of Covid-19. The closing balance as shown at 31° March 2024 of £19,723, consists of fixed assets of £147 to be depreciated over future years and a useable fund of £19,576.

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Carers Plus Yorkshire Ltd

(A company limited by guarantee and not having a share capital and registered as a charity) NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 March 2024

15. MOVEMENTS IN FUNDS — continued Purpose of restricted funds — continued

Coronavirus Funds is a collection of 10 separate funding streams including 2 Ridings, Triangle Trust, NYCC, National Lottery Community Fund, Carers Trust and Ryedale District Council. The funding primarily aimed to maximise the support that Carers Plus Yorkshire could provide during the Covid-19 pandemic. This enabled us to employ new staff and offering more hours to current members of staff. Working from home provided new challenges so the funding helped to buy new IT equipment for our staff, in particular laptops; these were necessaryto help our clients whilst working in the office was not possible. Other expenditure included staff wellbeing calls, client materials and personal protective equipment. The closing balance as shown at 31°t March 2024 of £2,647 consists of fixed assets to be depreciated over future years.

Community Connect was funding by the Big Lottery. This paid for a community link worker and a volunteer co-ordinator for a six-month period. The project is completed, the closing balance as shown at 31° March 2024 of £170 consists of fixed assets to be depreciated in future years.

Winter Volunteering from NHS Humber was funding for the development of a volunteer coordinator to recruit and focus volunteer support in Malton Hospital. The funding originally covered 4 months over the winter period until 31° March 2021, with an initial extension given of 6 months and the project finally being extended to June 2024.

Veterans — Armed Forces Covenant Fund is designed to support veteran carers and those who are caring for veterans to build the confidence, skills and knowledge they need to 'care with confidence’. The project is 2 year funded post ending in April 2023. The closing balance of £1,643 consists of fixed assets of £297 to be depreciated in future years and a useable fund of £1,346.

NYCC Northallerton Young Carers is the contract with NYCC for providing a support service to Young Carers from 8 — 18 years of age in the Hambleton & Richmondshire areas. Trustees recognise that this project needs to be subsidised by our unrestricted reserves, with a closing deficit of £48 cleared by transfer from unrestricted reserves.

Northallerton Making Carers Count is a 2 % year long project funded by Carers Trust ending in March 2024. The project was to expand our Young Carer and Young Adult Carer services into the Hambleton and Richmondshire areas. The closing deficit balance of £12,518 was cleared by final payment received in May 2024 following submissions of required monitoring reports.

East Riding (Help for Heath & Smile Foundation) is a fund to establish a carers support network for unpaid, family carers across the Bridlington area. The closing balance of £802 consist of fixed assets of £391 to be depreciated over future years and a useable fund of £411.

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Carers Plus Yorkshire Ltd

(A company limited by guarantee and not having a share capital and registered as a charity) NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 March 2024

15. MOVEMENTS IN FUNDS - continued

Purpose of restricted funds — continued

Big Lottery — Network to Success is a 2 year fund to complement our core adult services in Hambleton and Richmondshire areas with a series of specialist spokes. These will be helping those living with Dementia and memory loss, poor mental health, veteran caring (for carers of veterans and veteran carers), after caring, life as a parent carer, voice and representation (effecting change). The closing deficit will be covered by future funding.

Hull CCG East Riding HFH is a 12 month fund to complement the existing home from hospital fund in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The closing balance of £967 is to be used in the 2024/25 financial year. CFY - System Pressures MH is a one-year grant from Community First Yorkshire and was a project to support and encourage volunteering in the Malton area.

Brid Carers (WB) - Smile Foundation is a grant fund from East Riding Council to establish a carers support network for unpaid, family carers across the Bridlington area. The closing balance of £3,892 consists of fixed assets of £295 to be depreciated in future years and a useable fund of £3,597.

HRCC Asset Transfer is the final transfer of assets held by Hambleton and Richmondshire Carers Centre on the day they ceased trading. The transfer had been agreed by all parties in the merger process. The balance of £87,424 consists of fixed assets of £1,947 to be depreciated over future years and a useable fund of £85,477, which is to be used in the Hambleton & Richmondshire area in the following years.

Festival of Green is a grant funded by Humber Coast and Vale and the Smile Foundation for a project to deliver an outdoor festival linked to green social prescribing services programme and is in collaborations of seven project partners.

Active Humber — a project in partnership with Active Humber which is funded by the Together fund and is a 6-month project to help aid growth and recovery post Covid-19 pandemic for carers by providing sporting related group activities in the Bridlington area.

Eastfield project (120 Westway) is funded by North Yorkshire Council for one year to help set up a Community Hub in Eastfield and to deliver activities in the local area.

TCMH are Transforming Community Mental Health grants from North Yorkshire Council which consist of small one-year grants to help with access to low level mental health support.

Peer support (NYCC) — to establish a bank of volunteers for matching with carers for mutual support. Based in Hambleton and Richmondshire.

HWRA ~ is a one-year grant funding from NHS Hull Clinical Commissioning Group and with lead partner Humber and Wolds Rural Action to develop and test the Micro provider model to stimulate in health and social care as a career especially in rural areas where access is limited.

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CarersYorkshirePlus Ltd (A company limited by guarantee and not having a share capital and registered as a charit NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 March 2024

15. MOVEMENTS IN FUNDS - continued

Purpose of restricted funds — continued

CFY Building Better connections is a one-year grant from Community First Yorkshire and is a project to tackling loneliness and isolation in North Yorkshire.

6 charities Together is a themed facilitator organised by Cuppa Connect who are the main contract lead for the funding. We receive a small one-year grant from six different charities to attend a monthly cuppa club in six different areas.

Holding Grants are carers’ grants enable local/regional/national grant giving organisations to support carers’ identified needs and provide much needed financial assistance to them and their families. These are funds held on behalf of the carers.

Force for Change (AFCF) is a one-year project funded by the Armed Forces Covenant Fund and is designed to develop a service for military families and individuals who have additional care and support needs within their home environment.

RISE is a one-year project funded through Better Connect and is and employability project designed to help and support unpaid carers develop new skills and interest both voluntary and paid employment and

Big Lottery YAC (Apr 23 - Mar 26) —a three-year grant for the continuation of our Young Adult Carer project, again funded by the Big Lottery. Aimed at supporting young adult carers aged 16-25 to equip them with the confidence and skills to remedy life issues that may prevent them progressing and reaching their potential. To encourage them to see past their caring role to a future where they can achieve personally and professionally with the same opportunities as their non-caring peers.

iwill Two Ridings is a one-year grant and is for a project to empower Young Carers to have a voice. The project is to develop a Young Carer Schools Mentor Programme across our Young Carer Service.

not just me MIND Woodsmith is a grant funded by the Woodsmith Foundation and is a partnership with Scarborough, Whitby and Ryedale Mind. The project is to support people over 65 with poor mental health with one-to-one support whilst creating new inclusive social activities for people living in Whitby and Filey.

Shared Prosperity - £20k Comm Conversations is a project funded by the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund aiming to improve the balance of community voice within the decisions made in (and for) Hunmanby area. By capturing the ‘Voices of Hunmanby’ through a variety of means, we will ensure residents are heard and their ideas/concerns/ambitions.

Armed Forces - No One Left Behind is a two-year grant starting January 23 and is funded by the Armed Forces Covenant Fund and is to help support veteran carers or people caring for a veteran. The project aims to give advice and guidance to veterans and help them access the right support at the right time and provide support through locality-based groups to reduce isolation, nurture peer support and build friendships.

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Carers Plus Yorkshire Ltd

(A company limited by guarantee and not having

a share capital and registered as a charity) INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT for the year ended 31 March 2024

15. MOVEMENTS IN FUNDS - continued

Purpose of restricted funds — continued

Children in Need — Core is a three-year core grant funding from BBC Children in Need. The funding is for our Young Carer service and focuses on helping and supporting young carers aged 8-18 years old. This funding enables us to extend support and uplift the capacity we can offer through the core North Yorkshire Council contract.

  1. PENSION CONTRIBUTIONS The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the charity in an independently administered fund. Contributions payable by the charity to the scheme for the year totalled £28,492 (2023: £28,496). At 31 March 2024 pension contributions payable by the charity to the scheme totalling £3,193 (2023: £nil) were outstanding and are included in other creditors.

  2. ANNUAL COMMITMENTS UNDER OPERATING LEASES At 31 March 2024, the charity had an annual operating lease commitment which expires as follows:-

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The charity renewed its six-year lease on premises in Snainton in April 2021 for a further six years at £13,500 pa, increasing to £15,000 from April 2024. The lease for the Northallerton office was transferred to the charity with an end date of November 2025 at £8,500 pa, with a review scheduled during 2024 and the rent expected to increase to £10,500 pa from April 2024. In May 2023, the Charity commenceda further lease at Eastfield of £6,100 per annum, running for 18 months until November 2025.

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Carers Plus Yorkshire Ltd

(A company limited by guarantee and not having

a share capital and registered as a charity) INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT for the year ended 31 March 2024

Income Income 2024
£		 2023
£
NYCC Carers’ Resource service 402,124 271,377
NYCCYoung Carers Service - 116,178
Carers’ grants 5,474 4,396
Other grants 701,748 885,586
Donations 4,714 40,764
Miscellaneous income 7,254 1,212
Big Lottery Fund—Young Adult Carers 50,000 -
Big Lottery Fund—Networkto Success 80,603 60,553
BBC Children in Need 21,630 500
Interest receivable 3,622 1,490
1,277,169 1,382,056
less: Expenses
Salaries and wages 968,226 988,284
Pensions 28,492 28,495
Volunteer expenses 497 1,090
Travel expenses 43,470 46,171
Rent 37,812 20,725
Heat, light and power 4,768 5,367
Water rates 1,949 1,434
Recruitment expenses 2,066 2,221
Stafftraining costs 6,276 8,451
AGM expenses 191 15
Fundraising expenses 185 648
Buildings maintenance 19,462 4,700
Office equipment maintenance 16,357 41,557
Equipment leasing 3,657 4,218
Photocopier charges 1,262 1,480
Postage 2,514 3,047
Telephone and internet 16,622 14,622
Books, periodicals and subscriptions 3,134 2,617
Printing and stationery 3,139 2,852
Advertising and publicity 3,872 5,355
Cleaning 4,859 3,266
Insurance 6,575 5,630
Accountancy 3,824 3,093
Auditor fess 5,179 4,950
Consultancy fees 2,619 14,674
Legal and professional fees 2,382 13
Conferences and networking expenses 4,565 2,793
Bankcharges 187 210

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Carers Plus Yorkshire Ltd

(A company limited by guarantee and not having a share capital and registered as a charity) INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT (Continued) for the year ended 31 March 2024

Carers’ events 317 6,090
Carers’ expenses 88 1,394
Carers’ grants 5,964 3,941
Health care expenses 3,094 2,206
Project activities & related expenses 44.173 58,557
Coronavirus - -
Miscellaneous expenses 3,046 2,246
Interest payable - -
Depreciation 12,550 11,600
1,263,373 1,274,072
SURPLUSOFINCOMEOVEREXPENDITURE 13,796 107,985

30" Birthday celebration and fundraising ideas

Staff were asked at the waterpark day for ideas and suggestions of ways they think we should celebrate our 30" birthday. This list was collated, and several ideas were selected as possible events/ ideas to run. The ideas are:

Lily and Conor have started searching the archives for previous newsletters and materials we can use as part of the celebrations. Conor will also create a 30" birthday version of our logo to use during the year.

The birthday celebrations also offer a great opportunity to explore event sponsorship/ match funding/ staff volunteering with local businesses as well as the fundraising opportunities that can link with some of the suggested events. Ali will be starting to make connections with businesses including The Crown Spa Hotel who already support us through their Christmas Fair. She will also be community asset mapping to see where we have connections already that could be explored for fundraising or volunteer support.

There is a small team of staff who meet regularly to plan and organise the birthday events as well as a Trello board to document ideas and assign specific jobs to staff.