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2021-08-31-accounts

REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: 03054740 (England and Wales) REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1046402

Report of the Trustees and

Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 August 2021

for

Tameside Link

Tameside Link

Contents of the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2021

Page
Report of the trustees 1 to 5
Report of the independent auditors 6 to 9
Statement of financial activities 10
Balance sheet 11 to 12
Notes to the financial statements 13 to 19

Tameside Link (Registered number: 03054740)

Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 August 2021

The trustees who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 August 2021. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019).

Objectives and activities

Objectives and aims

The Company's aim is to provide a high quality person-centred supported living service that is individualised, flexible and tailored to meet the needs of people with learning disability and their carers within the Tameside area, where the aim is to maximise opportunities for social inclusion, allow individuals to express their life chosen level of independence.

We aim to foster an atmosphere of care and support which both enables and encourages those we support to live as full, interesting and independent lifestyle as possible with the scope and duration of our service provision being kept to a minimum, in line with the agreed plan of care.

The objectives are:

· To consult and involve these individuals at all times

· To act as an enabling organisation in partnership with families, friends,advocates,statutory and non-statutory bodies.

· To promote the dignity of individuals and be supportive in enabling individuals to exercise choice and rights

· To challenge discrimination and uphold the rights and civil liberties of each person supported

· To provide a safe environment whereby peoples development may flourish

· Ensure that activities (education, housekeeping, leisure and work) are shared with others in the local community and that the resources and support of the community are enlisted

· Employ staff that respect and value the people they support and who have skills to support individuals sensitively

· Support staff by providing regular training and ensuring rigorous and comprehensive policies and procedures are in place

Public benefit

We have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit when reviewing our aims and objectives and in planning our future activities.

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Tameside Link (Registered number: 03054740)

Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 August 2021

Achievement and performance

Charitable activities to deliver public benefit

The principle activity in which Tameside Link is involved in is the supply of support workers to individuals in their own homes. The services provided are for adults with learning difficulties who live in the Tameside area where the prime focus is the provision of support to enable them to continue living as independently a life as possible. The support provided by Tameside Link is undertaken to further our charitable purposes for the public benefit.

Personal care includes assistance with:

Practical tasks include:

Internal and external factors

At our monthly meetings, the trustees receive reports on all our clients. We continue to train our staff to various NVQ levels with the aim to improve the quality of the service we provide.

Financial review

Investment policy and objectives

The trustees investment powers are governed by the Memorandum and Articles of Association. The policy is to maintain income whilst preserving the value of investments.

Reserves policy

The trustees have formulated a policy to ensure that the unrestricted funds are at a level which equates to approximately three months unrestricted expenditure. This will provide sufficient funds to cover ongoing costs and respond to emergencies which arise from time to time. During the current year, the reserves are below the required levels and the Trustees are monitoring the position on an ongoing basis.

Going concern

At the time of approving the accounts, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, the trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the accounts.

Future plans

Future developments are restricted due to financial constraints and the trustees have agreed to focus on the day to day activities until they are in a less restricted financial position. This will then enable them to review and address future developments.

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Tameside Link (Registered number: 03054740)

Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 August 2021

Structure, governance and management

Governing document

The charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust, and constitutes a limited company, limited by guarantee, as defined by the Companies Act 2006.

The company was incorporated in 1995 and is constituted by its Memorandum and Articles of Association.

Recruitment and appointment of new trustees

The directors of the company are also charity trustees for the purpose of the charity law and are also known as Executive Committee Members. The Executive Committee Members are elected to serve for a period of one year after which they must be re-elected at the next Annual General Meeting.

Organisational structure

The company is governed by its Trustees who meet on a monthly basis. It is the responsibility of the Trustees to formulate the strategy and policies for the company, including entering into arrangements with Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council and housing associations to provide supported accommodation for the clients concerned.

Induction and training of new trustees

The trustees are already familiar with work and needs of the charity. However the charity encourages additional training via a local voluntary support organisation, T3SC.

Wider network

Tameside Link works in partnership with various external organisations including Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council, St. Vincent's Housing Association, Irwell Valley Housing Association, Symphony Housing Association and Advance Housing Association.

Risk management

The trustees have a duty to identify and review the risks to which the charity is exposed and to ensure appropriate controls are in place to provide reasonable assurance against fraud and error.

Reference and administrative details

Registered Company number

03054740 (England and Wales)

Registered Charity number

1046402

Registered office

76 Manchester Road Denton Manchester M34 3PS

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Tameside Link (Registered number: 03054740)

Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 August 2021

Principal address Suite 12 St Michaels Court Ashton Under Lyne Lancashire OL6 6XN

Trustees

C M Etchells Director A Megyery Lecturer Mrs M B Lux Director (resigned 31.5.22)

Senior Statutory Auditor

Nicola Joyce

Auditors

Warr & Co Limited Chartered Accountants & Statutory Auditors Mynshull House 78 Churchgate Stockport SK1 1YJ

Chief Executive Officer

C Etchells

Statement of trustees' responsibilities

The trustees (who are also the directors of Tameside Link for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Report of the trustees and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period. In preparing those financial statements, 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 charitable company and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

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Tameside Link (Registered number: 03054740)

Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 August 2021

Statement as to disclosure of information to auditors

So far as the trustees are aware, there is no relevant information (as defined by Section 418 of the Companies Act 2006) of which the charitable company's auditors are unaware, and each trustee has taken all the steps that they ought to have taken as a trustee in order to make them aware of any audit information and to establish that the charitable company's auditors are aware of that information.

We, the trustees of the charitable company who held office at the date of approval of these Financial Statements as set out above each confirm, so far as we are aware, that:

Auditors

The auditors, Warr & Co Limited, will be proposed for re-appointment at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting.

Approved by order of the board of trustees on 21 September 2022 and signed on its behalf by:

C M Etchells - Trustee

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Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of Tameside Link

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Tameside Link (the 'charitable company') for the year ended 31 August 2021 which comprise the Statement of financial activities, the Balance sheet, the Cash flow statement and notes to the financial statements, 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 (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion the financial statements:

Basis for 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 Auditors' 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 we have fulfilled our other 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 charitable company'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 responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information

The trustees are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the Annual report, other than the financial statements and our Report of the independent auditors 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 other 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 themselves. 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.

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Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of Tameside Link

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

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

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In the 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 Report of the trustees.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

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.

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Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of Tameside Link

Our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

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 a Report of the independent auditors 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.

The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

Our approach to identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations were as follows:

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

-the engagement partner ensured that the engagement team collectively had the appropriate competence,capabilities and skills to identify or recognise non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations; -we identified the laws and regulations applicable to the company through discussions with the directors and other management and review of appropriate industry knowledge;

-we assessed the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations identified above through making enquiries of management; and

-identified laws and regulations were communicated within the audit team regularly and the team remained alert to instances of non-compliance throughout the audit.

We assessed the susceptibility of the Company's financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur, by;

-making enquiries of management as to where they considered there was susceptibility to fraud, their knowledge of actual, suspected and alleged fraud; and

-considering the internal controls in place to mitigate risks of fraud and non- compliance with laws and regulations.

To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, we;

-performed analytical procedures as a risk assessment tool to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships;

-tested journal entries to identify unusual transactions; and undertook substantive testing on a sample basis;

-reviewed the application of accounting policies with focus on those with heightened estimation uncertainty.

In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we designed procedures which included, but were not limited to;

-agreeing financial statement disclosures to underlying supporting documentation; and

-enquiring of management as to actual and potential litigation and claims.

Due to 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. For example, as with any audit, there remained a higher risk of nondetection of irregularities, as these may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal controls. We are not responsible for preventing fraud or non-compliance with laws and regulations and cannot be expected to detect all fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations.

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Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of Tameside Link

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 Report of the Independent Auditors.

Use of our report

This report is made solely to the charitable company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charitable company's members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditors' 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 and the charitable company's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Nicola Joyce (Senior Statutory Auditor) for and on behalf of Warr & Co Limited Chartered Accountants & Statutory Auditors Mynshull House 78 Churchgate Stockport SK1 1YJ

22 September 2022

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Tameside Link

Statement of Financial Activities

for the Year Ended 31 August 2021

Notes
Income and endowments from
Charitable activities
Provision of support
Investment income
3
Total
Expenditure on
Charitable activities
5
Provision of support
Other
Total
NET INCOME
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward
As previously reported
Prior year adjustment
10
As restated
Total funds carried forward		 31.8.21
Unrestricted
fund
£
1,087,983
13
1,087,996
987,492
5,491
992,983
95,013
136,997
13,160
150,157
245,170		 31.8.20
Total
funds
as restated
£
786,137
16
786,153
696,116
6,588
702,704
83,449
66,708
-
66,708
150,157

The notes form part of these financial statements

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Tameside Link (Registered number: 03054740)

Balance Sheet

31 August 2021

31.8.21 31.8.20
Unrestricted Total
fund funds
as restated
Notes £ £
Fixed assets
Tangible assets 11 19,719 20,228
Current assets
Debtors 12 132,507 184,105
Cash at bank and in hand 204,974 45,490
337,481 229,595
Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year 13 (112,030) (99,666)
Net current assets 225,451 129,929
Total assets less current liabilities 245,170 150,157
NET ASSETS/(LIABILITIES) 245,170 150,157
Funds 14
Unrestricted funds 245,170 150,157
Total funds 245,170 150,157

The notes form part of these financial statements

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Tameside Link (Registered number: 03054740)

Balance Sheet - continued

31 August 2021

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to charitable companies subject to the small companies regime.

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on 21 September 2022 and were signed on its behalf by:

C M Etchells - Trustee

A Megyery - Trustee

The notes form part of these financial statements

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Tameside Link

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 August 2021

1. Accounting policies

Basis of preparing the financial statements

The financial statements of the charitable company, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

The charitable company has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemptions in preparing these financial statements, as permitted by FRS 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland':

Income

All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.

Expenditure

Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.

Governance costs

Governance costs comprise all costs involving the public accountability of the charity and its compliance with regulation and good practise.

Tangible fixed assets

Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.

Fixtures and fittings - 15% on reducing balance Motor vehicles - 25% on reducing balance

Tangible fixed assets are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and impairment losses.

Taxation

The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities.

Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.

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Tameside Link

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued

for the Year Ended 31 August 2021

1. Accounting policies - continued

Fund accounting

Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.

Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.

Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits

The charitable company contributes to a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the charitable company's pension scheme are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities in the period to which they relate.

Going concern

The trustees have considered the impact of the Covid 19 pandemic in their assessment of the company's financial position. They expect that the company will continue to create positive cash flows for the foreseeable future and are confident that there is a reasonable expectation that the company will have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, being at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements. Thus, the company has prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.

2. Critical accounting judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

In the application of the company's accounting policies, the trustees are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.

Tangible fixed assets are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment losses. Management have used their expectation of the estimated useful lives of each category of assets in order to ensure the appropriate provision is made for depreciation. Details of the estimated useful lives are noted in the accounting policies and the depreciation provision is stated in note 11.

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Tameside Link

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued

for the Year Ended 31 August 2021

3.
Investment income
Deposit account interest
4.
Income from charitable activities
Activity
Individual service contracts
Provision of support
Direct payment
Provision of support
Other income
Provision of support
5.
Charitable activities costs
Provision of support
6.
Support costs
Other resources expended
Provision of support		 Direct
Costs
£
978,567
Finance
£
-
45
45		 31.8.21
£
13
31.8.21
£
300,769
787,082
132
1,087,983
Support
costs (see
note 6)
£
8,925
Governance
costs
£
5,100
8,880
13,980		 31.8.20
as restated
£
16
31.8.20
as restated
£
289,943
496,194
-
786,137
Totals
£
987,492
Totals
£
5,100
8,925
14,025		 31.8.20
as restated
£
16
31.8.20
as restated
£
289,943
496,194
-
786,137
Totals
£
987,492
Totals
£
5,100
8,925
14,025

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Tameside Link

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued

for the Year Ended 31 August 2021

7. Net income/(expenditure)

Net income/(expenditure) is stated after charging/(crediting):

31.8.21 31.8.20
as restated
£ £
Audit-related assurance services 7,200 1,440
Depreciation - owned assets 5,400 6,128
Trustees' remuneration and benefits
31.8.21 31.8.20
as restated
£ £
Trustees' salaries 65,429 65,429
Trustees' social security 7,809 7,816
73,238 73,245

8. Trustees' remuneration and benefits

One of the trustees received remuneration from employment with the charity.

Trustees' expenses

There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 31 August 2021 nor for the year ended 31 August 2020.

9. Staff costs

Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Other pension costs		 31.8.21
31.8.20
as restated
£
£
854,188
595,201
67,578
44,649
13,655
10,142
935,421
649,992

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Tameside Link

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 August 2021

9. Staff costs - continued

The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows:

Management
Support staff		 31.8.21
31.8.20
as restated
1
1
40
28
41
29

The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) exceeded £60,000 was:

31.8.21 31.8.20
as restated
£60,001 - £70,000 1 1

10. Prior year adjustment

A prior year adjustment has been made to reflect income of £9,757 and reduce accrued expenses by £3,403 in respect of the year ending 31 August 2020. This has resulted in an increase in net income and unrestricted funds at 31 August 2020.

11. Tangible fixed assets

Cost
At 1 September 2020
Additions
At 31 August 2021
Depreciation
At 1 September 2020
Charge for year
At 31 August 2021
Net book value
At 31 August 2021
At 31 August 2020		 Fixtures
and
fittings
£
10,863
4,891
15,754
6,945
1,322
8,267
7,487
3,918		 Motor
vehicles
£
28,995
-
28,995
12,685
4,078
16,763
12,232
16,310		 Totals
£
39,858
4,891
44,749
19,630
5,400
25,030
19,719
20,228

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Tameside Link

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued

for the Year Ended 31 August 2021

12.
Debtors: amounts falling due within one year
Other debtors
Prepayments and accrued income
13.
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Social security and other taxes
Other creditors
Accrued expenses
14.
Movement in funds
At 1.9.20
£
Unrestricted funds
General fund
136,997
TOTAL FUNDS
136,997
Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
Unrestricted funds
General fund
TOTAL FUNDS		 Prior
year
adjustment
£
13,160
13,160

Incoming
resources
£
1,087,996
1,087,996		 31.8.21
£
750
131,757
132,507
31.8.21
£
36,522
11,978
63,530
112,030
Net
movement
in funds
£
95,013
95,013
Resources
expended
£
(992,983)
(992,983)		 31.8.20
as restated
£
540
183,565
184,105
31.8.20
as restated
£
35,057
16,690
47,919
99,666
At
31.8.21
£
245,170
245,170
Movement
in funds
£
95,013
95,013

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Tameside Link

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 August 2021

14. Movement in funds - continued

Comparatives for movement in funds

At 1.9.19
£
Unrestricted funds
General fund
66,708
TOTAL FUNDS
66,708
Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
Incoming
resources
£
Unrestricted funds
General fund
786,153
TOTAL FUNDS
786,153		 Net
movement
At
in funds
31.8.20
£
£
83,449
150,157
83,449
150,157
Resources
Movement
expended
in funds
£
£
(702,704)
83,449
(702,704)
83,449

15. Related party disclosures

With the exception of trustees remuneration and expenses no other related party transactions were reported for the year ended 31 August 2021.

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