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Trustees’ 7 Report About our year and our money

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Charity Number 1060002

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Inside this Report
| What is in each section 7 } Page number |
|Who is who at Opening Doors | 3 |
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Trustees Report
Our Trustees and how we are run 4-5 |
Public Benefit 6 s
Our aims | 7
Coronavirus and Opening Doors | 8-9 1
| How we have responded | 10-11
Highlights and our impact | 12-13
About our money 14-18
Future Plans 19
Trustees’ Responsibilities and Approval | 20-21
Independent Examiner’s report | 22
| Statement of Financial Activities _ | 23 f
_ Balance Sheet 24 |
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Notes to the financial statements | 25-38 |
Main Office Accountants
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Who is who at Opening Doors Trustee Board members

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Carol Barber Dan Barrett Karen Bunning Hayley Burwood
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Officers

Chairperson Vice Chairperson Treasurer Francis Chennell lan Winterbone Martha Leeder

Secretary Carol Barber

Management Team

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Jo and Kate did the Senior Adviser role as a job share. Since 1 January 2021 Jo has been the Acting Senior Adviser.

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Our Trustees and how we are run
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Trustees” Report |
a ouing | Our Trustees have checked this Report.
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a a These are in Black writing in a grey box.
‘i These sections must be there to meet the rules
and laws about Trustee Reports.
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The Trustees submit their annual report and the financial statements of Opening Doors (the charity) for the year ended 31 March 2021.

The Trustees confirm that the annual report and financial statements of the charity comply with current statutory requirements, the requirements of the charity's governing document and the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) "Accounting and Reporting by Charities” issued in 2019 (FRS 102).

The charity is constituted under a Charity Commission Scheme and is aregistered charity number 1060002. The charity is unincorporated and governed by Constitution (adopted 12 December 1996, amended and adopted 20 January 2005, amended and adopted 19 May 2010).

There have been no changes in the objectives since the last annual report.

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arin ce Opening Doors has a Constitution.
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FOR ENGLANDAND WALES are being run safely and well.
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Our Board of Trustees are legally in charge of our charity. They check that Opening Doors is run safely and manage risks to the charity.

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Our Trustee Board has people with learning disabilities as well as non-disabled allies on the Board. All Trustees work together.

Trustees can be on the Board for 3 years. After that they can offer to stay for 3 more years. After 6 years Trustees must have a break for at east 1 year.

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Being userled Opening Doors is a a user-led organisation.
, The organisation is run day-to-day by the the
Management Committee who who all have learning
disabilities.
’ The officers of Opening Doors are chosen at the
gail Management Committee and then voted in at
” the AGM meeting.
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Opening Doors is a a user-led organisation. The organisation is run day-to-day by the the Management Committee who who all have learning disabilities.

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Under the terms of the amended Constitution, and with effect from 19 May 2010, } Opening Doors is run on a daily basis by a Management Commitiee which is elected and co-opted under the terms of the trust deed.

To choose new board members, potential new trustees meet the current trustees } and are selected with a view to ensuring an appropriate mix of skills and experience.

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Opening Doors and Public Benefit
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e¢ Public - charities must make sure their work makes things better for the public « Benefit - charities must make sure their work makes things better for people

Charities can say what groups of people they ; support. Opening Doors is a charity for people with learning disabilities. - The main work of the charity is training, education and support for people with learning disabilities.

Our Trustees understand the Charity Commission guidance about public benefit and make sure the work of Opening Doors fits within these rules.

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Our aims

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Our mission is for all adults with learning
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making their own decisions, with support
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Effects on Opening* Doors As a user-led learning disability organisation Covid19 presented difficulties in how we would stay true to our core value of being user led.

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This meant people with learning disabilities
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WE ° I3t What we did sl a9e Opening , tae) Supporting our members } = == We worked with health and social care workers he$= Repor!OF >Ee) &4 to increase how much of their information was ta ey ; in easy read format. =] ey We posted out a fortnightly easy read newsletter a [ + Leas ft which explained health information clearly hs zyey eae = We put easy read explanations of all Covid1l9? ——_— = = a? updates onto social media and into the euae ewsletter. =f ahs We taught people how to use zoom so they taught people how to use zoom so they people how to use zoom so they how to use zoom so they to use zoom so they use zoom so they zoom so they so they they ‘Aede de = could come along could come along come along along to online online groups.

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We learned how to run advocacy groups online and used used this to make sure that people in to make sure that people in make sure that people in sure that people in that people in people in in secure services were were still able to speak up. able to speak up. to speak up. speak up. up. We applied applied for funding funding so we could get we could get could get get equipment for people people living in inpatient services services to work on a newsletter sharing their stories and work on a newsletter sharing their stories and on a newsletter sharing their stories and a newsletter sharing their stories and newsletter sharing their stories and their stories and and experiences.

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£ ad wo We have worked hard with our funders to look at
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Highlights from Trustees and Officers
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“At the beginning of Covid lots of us could not use * zoom and were scared of technology. In bad times J F [we][have][to][look][ for][ good][things.][With][support][from] , staff and each other, Covid has meant lots of our | members can now get online and use zoom. It is not the same as seeing people properly but it AeMCNAAua eres as helped lots of us be less lonely and scared” Trustee ee — f It’s really“Mygoodsister toreadssee whatthe newsletterpeople areto me.doing - i"| it keepssadme becausein touch| wantwith peopleto see people”when I'm a bit . , | Fred Winterbone, Vice Chair : " “Lam really proud that we were able to get a >| small group together to keep Opening Doors going and to make sure we stayed userled. ‘ , It meant we could keep our staff and people with & learning disabilities safe through the pandemic” — bed Francis Chennell, Opening Doors Chair

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Our &impact - some examples
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About our money

How we fund our work

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f my teeta § i We raise money through bids and grants.
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who will support the work we do.
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& to provide information and advice services for
) adults with learning disabilities across Norfolk.
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| Opening Doors understands its duty to protect the public, including vulnerable | people, from unreasonably intrusive or persistent fundraising approaches and undue pressure to donate, but does not fundraise from the public or use any internal fundraisers or external fundraising agencies for either telephone or faceto-face campaigns and received no fundraising complaints during the year.

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Managing Risks
6) fi } 7 Risks are when something could go wrong.
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9. es cn At Opening Doors Trustees are responsible for
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Trustees at Opening Doors monitor the principal risks and uncertainties by way of maintaining policies, systems and procedures to mitigate those risks.

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@ | Comers) Reserves policy
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“eserve> The Trustees have looked carefully at the
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We have to be able to show what we what we we are spending any restricted money on. We keep good keep good good records to show how we show how we how we we are using restricted money for the right things.

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If Opening Doors closed we could be asked to pay back some of the restricted money for any work we have not done. The amount we could have to pay back is called restricted reserves.

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Opening Doors has £61,789 of restricted reserves at the end of March 2021.

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Opening Doors also has things we own. This could be equipment, computers and furniture we have bought.

We only count things we will own for more than 1 year. These things we own are called fixed assets.

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If we add up all our money and take away our fixed assets and our restricted reserves we can see how much is left. : This money is called free reserves.

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Opening Doors has £119,029 of free reserves at the end of March 2021.

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2020 92021

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Our future plans

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Accessible website - we were going to launch we were going to launch were going to launch going to launch to launch launch our new website new website website last year. Covid-19 means we we need more time time and people need support support to work on work on on it and and use it.

' ‘ , Re-write our Big our Big Big Plan - Covid-19 means we have Covid-19 means we have means we have we have have not been able to get our Management been able to get our Management able to get our Management to get our Management get our Management our Management Management Committee and Trustees together to re-write our Big Plan. We hope to be able to hope to be able to to be able to be able to able to to this year. year.

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There are some very hard words about what
things Trustees must do. This is called
The Trustees’ Responsibility Statement.
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The Trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). The law applicable to charities in England & Wales 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 charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the charity for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the Trustees are required to:

• « select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistenily e observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP 2019 (FRS 102) « make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent « state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements

• e prepare the financial statements on the ongoing concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in operation

The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that 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 Charities Act 2011, the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the provisions of the trust deed. They are also responsible for safeguarding the asseis of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

The Trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the charity and financial information included on the charity's website.

Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

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OPENING DOORS

INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021

| report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts for the charity for the year ended 31 March 2021 which are set out on pages 23 - 38.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity's trustees toy are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).

| report in respect of my examination of the charity's accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination | have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner's statement

Since the charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listen in section 145 of the Act. | confirm that | am qualified to undertake the examination because |am a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), which is one of the listed bodies.

| have completed by examination. | confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

• 1 accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act: or

• 2 the accounts do not accord with those records; or

• the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view’ which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.

| have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Helena Wilkinson FCA DChA

Price Bailey LLP, Chartered Accountants Anglia House, 6 Central Avenue

Thorpe St Andrew

Norwich, Norfolk

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Date: ..6...NBY...ZO2Ni,

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OPENING DOORS

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES

	(INCORPORATING	INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT)	INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT)	INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT)	INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT)
			Restricted	Unrestricted	Total Funds	Total Funds
			Funds 2021	Funds 2021	2021	2020
		Notes	£	£	£	£
	INCOME
	Donations and legacies	2	150,908	29,472	180,380	140,011
	Income from Charitable activities:
	Training, educationand supeor for peoplewho have learning	3	9.000	101,666	110,666	123,977
	Investment income		-	32	FE	57
	Otherincome		-	14,611	14,61]	-
	TOTAL INCOME		159,908	145,781	305,689	264,045
	EXPENDITURE
	Costs of raising funds	4	-	8,255	8,250	12,835,
	Expenditure on charitable
	activities:
	Training, education and support
	for peoplewho have learning	5	137,921	7a,29	211,640	234,687
	disabilities
~	TOTAL EXPENDITURE		137,921	81,974	219,895	247,522
	NET INCOME/EXPENDITURE
	AND NETMOVEMENT IN FUNDS		21,987	63,807	85,794	16,523
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	Total funds at 1 April 2020		39,802	64,728	104,530	88,007
	TOTALFUNDSAT31MARCH2021		61,789	128,535	190,324	104,530

The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. The notes on pages 23 to 38 form part of these financial statemenis.

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BALANCE SHEET
AT 31 MARCH 2021
2021 2020
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FIXED ASSETS
Tangible fixed assets 10 9,506 5025
CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors 1] 24,871 5,484
Cash at bank and in hand 189,032 102,432
Creditors: Amounts due 213,903 107,916
within one year 12 (33,085) (8,411)
NET CURRENT ASSETS 180,818 99,505
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Restricted funds 13 61,789 39,802
Unrestricted funds 12 128,535 64,728
TOTAL FUNDS 190,324 104,530
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ACCOUNTING POLICIES

General Information

Opening Doors is a Charity limited by guarantee incorporated in England and Wales under the Companies Act 2011. The registered office is 38a Bull Close, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 1SX.

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the Charity. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.

Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with 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 the Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) - (effective 1 January 2019) - Charities SORP 2019 (FRS 102)) and the Charities Act 2011.

The financial statements have been prepared to give us a “true and fair” view and have departed from the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 only to the extent required to provide a “true and fair view”. This departure has involved following Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued on 16 July 2014 rather than the Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice effective from April 2005 which has since been withdrawn.

Opening Doors meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy.

The charity, being small in size, has used exemption provided by Charities SORP (FRS 102) under which it is not required to include a cash flow statement as part of the financial statements.

Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds are those which are available for the general purposes of the Charity ai the discretion of the Trustees.

Restricted funds are those which have been received for undertaking an activity specified by the donor.

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Going concern

The Covid19 pandemic has presented serious challenges for Opening Doors throughout this financial year. Repeated lockdowns and restrictions have meant face-to-face engagement, other than crisis support, has been brought to a halt for most of these 12 months. Through diligent use of all available government aid schemes, negotiation of fixed costs and prioritising emergency fundraising the charity has continued to provide essential support.

Opening Doors faces challenges over the next year as key funding sources will come to an end, in particular a 10-year contract with Norfolk County Council. The pandemic has hampered efforts to plan for the future and the picture remains unclear about what projects for existing funders will be able to go ahead. The charity moves forward with a need to diversify funding and manage costs.

Budgets and forecasts have been prepared for a period of 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and as a result, the Trustees’ assessment is that Opening Doors will remain a going concern 12 months from the date of approval of these accounis. Therefore these accounts are prepared on a going concern basis.

Income

Income is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the item(s) of income have been mei, iis is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably

Income is generated through donations, grants and other sources

Expenditure

Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to make a payment to a third party, it is probable that settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is classified under the following headings:

• ° Costs of raising funds comprise the apportionment of staff costs to this area on the basis of time spent raising funds;

• ° Expenditure on charitable activities includes that which related directly to fulfilling the charitable objectives of the Charity, as outlined in the Trustees’ Report.

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Support costs are those functions that assist the work of the Charity but do not directly undertake charitable activities. Support costs include back office costs, finance, personnel, payroll and governance costs which support the Charity’s activities. These costs have been allocated to expenditure on charitable activities.

Governance costs are included in support costs and relate to the direct running of the Charity, allowing it to operate and generate the information required for public accountability. They include the costs of accounts preparation and independent examination.

Tangible Fixed Assets

Individual fixed assets costing £400 or more are capitalised at cost and are depreciated over their estimated useful economic lives on a straight line basis as follows;

Asset category

Annual Rate

Leasehold improvements 33% straight line Furniture, fittings and equipment 25% reducing balance Computer equipment 33% reducing balance

Debtors and creditors receivable / payable within one year

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Debtors and creditors with no stated interest rate and receivable or payable within one year are recorded at transaction price. Any losses arising from impairment are recognised in expenditure.

Creditors are recognised when the Charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors are normally recognised at their settlement amount.

Cash at bank and in hand

Cash at bank and in hand includes cash held in bank accounts. There are no short term investments.

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Financial instruments

The Charity only has financial assets and liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value.

Financial assets include trade debtors and accrued income (but exclude prepayments).

Financial liabilities include trade creditors and accruals but exclude social security and other taxes.

Pensions

The Charity provides a defined contribution pension scheme, whereby the charity and its staff each fund the scheme, managed bya third party provider, the assets of which are held by the provider separately from the assets of the charity. The pension charge in the financial statements represents the amounts payable by the charity to the fund in respect of the period.

Corporation tax

The Charity is exempt from taxation in respect of income and capital gains received within categories covered by Chapter 3 Part 11 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 or Section 256 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992, to the extent that such income or gains are applied exclusively to the charitable purposes.

Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

In the application of the Charity’s accounting policies, which are described above, the Trustees are required to make judgemenis, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amounts 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 those 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 if the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods if the revision affects both current and future periods.

The Trustees do not consider that there are any critical judgments or sources of estimation uncertainly in the financial statements.

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2 DONATIONS AND LEGACIES

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		Restricted	Unrestricted	Total
		2021	2021	2021
		£	£	£
	Donations	-	29,472	29,472
		150,908	29,472	180,380
		Restricted	Unrestricted	Total
		2020	2020	2020
		£	£	£
		116,093	23,918	140,011
3	INCOME FROM CHARITABLE	ACTIVITIES
		Restricted	Unrestricted	Total
		2021	2021	2021
		a	£	£
	Training, education and
	support for people with	9,000	101,666	110,666
	learning difficulties
		Restricted	Unrestricted	Total
		2020	2020	2020
		£	2	£
	Training, education and
	support for people with	9,000	114,977	123277
	learningdifficulties

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5 EXPENDITURE ON CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES

In 2021 the expenditure on charitable activities was £211,640 (2020: £234,687) of which £73,719 (2020: £121,387) was expenditure from unrestricted funds and £137,921 (2020: £113,300) was expenditure from restricted funds.

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SUPPORT COSTS

		2021	2020
Costtype	Notes	£	£
Legal and professional		1,865	201
Admin support		2,948	2,808
Sundry support costs		2,269	2,128
Depreciation		2,147	2223
Governance costs
Accountancy	9	3,390	2,370
Conference and AGM expenditure		1,278	4,500
Total		13,897	14,230

Total

Support costs have been allocated to charitable activities on the basis of actual use. All wages and salaries costs are considered to relate to activities undertaken directly by the charity and have been classified as such this year.

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Staff costs were as follows:
Wages and salaries	146,168	152,049
Employer NIC	8,518	8,992
Other pension costs	5,586	5,269
	160,272	166,310
The average monthly number of employees during the yearwas as follows:
	2021	2020
	No.	No.
Employees	7	Fs

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

The charity considers its key management personnel to comprise the two Senior Advisers. The total employee benefits including employer pension contributions of the key management personnel were £39,060 (2020: £39,193). No employee has employee benefits in excess of £60,000 (2020: none).

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Depreciation of tangible fixed assets 2,147 Lan9
Pension costs 5,586 5,269 -
Operating lease commitments for land and buildings 6,450 6,450
9 INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S RENUMERATION
2021 2020
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Independent examination fees 2,370 1,260
Fees payable to the Charity’s Independent Examiner 1,020 990
3,390 2,250
10 TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Leasehold _ Furniture, fittings Computer
Improvements and equipment equipment Total
£ £ £ E
COST
At 1 April 2020 19,435 29,254 33,218 81,907
Additions - 3,042 3,586 6,628
At 31 March 2021 19,435 32,296 36,804 88,535
DEPRECIATION
At 1 April 2020 19,435 26,108 mal oa? 76,882
Charge for the year - vie 1,170 2,147
At 31 March 2021 19,435 27,085 32,509 79,029
NET BOOK VALUE
As 31 March 2021 - 5,211 4,295 9,506
As 31 March 2020 - 3,146 1,879 5,025
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11.	DEBTORS
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	Trade debtors	24,412	5,484
	Accrued income	459	-
		24,87]	5,484
12	CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
		2021	2020
		£	£
	Accruals	6,624	5,190
	Social security and other taxes	3813	3,221
	Deferred income	22,648	-
		33,085	8,411

Deferred income relates to grant income for the period 1 April 2021 onwards.

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STATEMENT OF FUNDS
2021	Brought	Income_	Expenditure	Carried
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UNRESTRICTED FUNDS
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General funds	64,728	145,781	(81,974)	128,535
RESTRICTEDFUNDS
Lloyds Bank Foundation	2,079	-	(2,079)	-
Mrs Smith and Mount Trust	531	4,797	(5,328)	-
BetterTogether Loneliness Project	750	-	(750)	-
HPFT for Broadland Clinic	3,750	-	(3,750)	-
Bupa Foundation Project	12,997	-	(12,997)	-
Lottery main Grant	18,680	65,319	(42,346)	41,653
Edward Gostling Foundation Diabetes	1,015	-	(1,015)	-
BetterTogether Loneliness Project		8,250	(8,250)	-
People's Health Trust, Diss Office		13,122	(8,929)	4,193
NorfolkCommunity Fund Grant		25%?		(25,791)	-
HPFT -SA training and advocacy		9,000	(4,373)	4,627
Lloyds Bank Foundation Grant		7,266	(7,266)	-
National Lottery Covid19 Response		9,748	(9,748)	-	os
Groundwork Comic Relief		2,996	(2,996)	-
Disability Action DPO Grant, Covid Fund		3,660	(2,303)	1BaF
National Lottery Covid Adviser		2,95?	-	99S?
Totalrestrictedfunds	39,802	159,908	"137,921	~-oas
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Criminal Justice work including support for the Transforming Care Experts Group is funded by Lloyds Bank Foundation and ended in May 2020

The Confident Traveller Project was funded by Mrs Smith and Mount Trust and endedin — July 2021

Work to reduce loneliness in Norwich, East and South Norfolk was funded by Better Together Norfolk and ended in March 202]

Advocacy and Training Work in Broadland Clinic is funded by HPFT and ends in September 2021

A mental health and wellbeing project was funded by Bupa Foundation and ended in September 2020

The Healthy, Happy, Safe community learning project is funded by The National Lottery Community Fund and ends in December 2022

A Diabetes Peer support project was funded by Edward Gostling Foundation and ended in January 2021

The weekly Diss Community Office project is funded by People’s Health Trust and ends in March 2022

Norfolk Foundation Community Funds provided a variety of specialist pandemic support including accessible Newsletters, Covid Winter support project, Supported Meet-ups and support for core running costs and ends in May 2021

Safe re-opening and wider distribution of the accessible newsletter was funded by the Lloyds Bank Foundation React Fund and ended in December 2020

National Lottery Covid Response enabled support for Management Committee members with learning disabilities to engage with their roles and to stay user led

Groundwork Comic Relief supported the Covid Planning Group in the management of the organisation throughout the pandemic

Specialist Zoom Groups were funded by Disability Action DPO Grant - Covid Fund and ends in June 202]

A Covid Support Adviser post is funded by the National Lottery Community Fund and ends in June 2022

UNRESTRICTED FUNDS

The unrestricted funds are available to be spent for any of the purposes of the charity.

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	Restricted	Unrestricted	Total
	funds	funds	funds
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Fixed assets	-	9,506	9,506
Current assets	61,789	152,114	213,903
Creditors duewithin one year	-	(33,085)	(33,085)
	61,789	128,535	190,324
	Restricted	Unrestricted	Total
	funds	funds	funds
	2020	2020	2020
	£	£	£
Fixed assets	-	§,025	5,025
Current assets	37 802	68,114	107,916
Creditors due within one year	-	(8,411}	(8,411)
	39,802	64,728	104,530

15 PENSION COMMITMENTS

At the year end the charity operated two defined contribution pension schemes, NEST Pension Scheme and St James's Place Pension Scheme. The assets of the schemes are held separately from those of the charity in independently administered funds. The total pension cost charge represents contributions payable by the charity to the funds and amounted to £5,586 (2020: £5,269). No amounts are outstanding at year end (2020: £Nil).

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In their roles as Trustees, the Trustees give their time and expertise freely without any form of remuneration or other benefit in cash or kind. However as part of their roles as self-advocates, 4 Trustees were paid involvement fees totalling £515 in the year ended 31 March 2021. In the year ended 31 March 2020, 4 Trustees were paid involvement fees totalling £3,112.

Trustees expenses were incurred during the year for travel totalling £54 for 2 trustees (2020: 3 trustees £209).

All payments made to trustees as self advocates are in line with the charity’s constitution

There were no other related party transactions (2020: none)

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