2023-03-31-accounts

Trustees			I RJ Harrison	(Chair)	(Chair)
			M F Dudson	(Vice Chair)
			R Kramer
			S Goodchild
			J Meyjes
			K Smith
			R Dhanju
Treasurer	trustee		R Radountcheva
Charity number			1061373
Company	number		3332555
Principal address			The Court House
			Town Square
			Bracknell
			Berkshire
			RG12 1AE
Registered		office	The Court House
			Town Square
			Bracknell
			Berkshire4
			RG12 1AE
Independent		examiner	Andrew Beet	FCA
			Rice Associates		Limited
			Market Chambers
			3-4 Market Place
			Wokingham
			Berkshire
			RG40 1AL
Bankers			CAF Bank Limited
			25 Kings Hill	Avenue
			Kings Hill
			West Mailing
			ME194JQ

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Trustees' report			1-8
Independent: examiners'		report
Statement offinancial	activities		10
Balance sheet
Notes to the accounts			12-20

Core Service Delivery Area	Core Service Delivery Area	Core Service Delivery Area	Core Service Delivery Area	Core Service Delivery Area	Core Service Delivery Area		Key Achievements in 2022/23
Training:	Source,		broker,		and		Our training offer has seen significant growth year on year with 1236
providing	training		for VolLinteers			and	learners undertaking a course in 2022/23, a growth of271 on the
Voluntary,	Community			ahd Social			previous year's numbers. In total, 130courses' were facilitated, 47
Enterprise	organisations.						more than in 2012/22. Ofthese, 35were bespoke in-house
							deliveries. Our courses averaged 9-10learners, with options
							including mental health first aid, adult and child safeguarding,
							volunteer management and many more.
Funding	advice:		Identify		and promote		The Funding Advisory Service has sent weekly funding opportunity
grant funding		opportunities			and	support	alerts to its 273 subscribers, a small growth from 245 in the last
organisations		with	both writing			and	financial year. Ithas also undertaken 22 bespoke funding searches for
reviewing	applications			as	required.		voluntary sector organisations and has acted as a critical friend, when
							asked to review others grant applications.
							The Funding Advisory Service has also provided a free to access
							grant writing offer to the local Voluntary and Community Sectors of
							Bracknell Forest and Wokingham Borough. This has helped to
							combat the significant financial impact ofCOVID and subsequent
							cost-of-living crisis, and has supported organisations working with
							Ukrainian guests.
							The Grant Writing Service drafted grants to the value ofjust under
							F900,000 in this reporting period, with c.f150,000 additional income
							realised for the local sector. There remains a significant volume of
							applications awaiting outcomes due to a backlog with many national
							funders.
							The service has also written and delivered a series offour training
							sessions developed to enhance sector skill and confidence in grant
							writing and project evaluation. All courses were fully booked and
							received positive reviews.

Information: Provide	Information: Provide	Information: Provide	new and	existing	existing	There were 167 recorded support interactions in 2022/23, a small
Voluntary,		Community	and Social			growth from 155 in the year previous. Support needs have included
Enterprise		organisations with				ongoing governance queries, start-up advice, and other infrastructure
constitutional, management,						needs such as policy review. The team worked tirelessly to ensure
administrative and developmental						prompt responses to all enquires, and to give accurate information and
information		whilst working as an				direction, strengthening the resilience and compliance of our local
activist and advocate			ofthe sector.			Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise sector.
Trustee Recruitment			and Liaison:			The inTRUSTed service has bolstered charity compliance through the
Recruiting,		preparing	and matching			recruitment and ongoing support of charity trustees across the
skilled individuals to trustee vacancies						Bracknell Forest and Wokingham Borough geographies, and the
whilst offering ongoing			support	and		surrounding areas. inTRUSTed have seen some repeat customers,
training to		ensure clarity of role		and		usually at a time where their Boards are looking to recruit new talent.
responsibility.
						inTRUSTed has recruited 23 new trustees in 2022/23 a small growth
						in the year previous (21 placements in 2021/22). Many candidates
						have joined the 56 learners who have undertaken the very popular
						trustee role and responsibilities training sessions.
						inTRUSTed has developed and published Guides to "Setting up a
						group for good", "Registering as a charity", and "Incorporating your
						charity" which are now readily available via the charity's website.
Volunteer		recruitment: Including				Bracknell Forest only —The online volunteer centre 'Bracknell Forest
Business	in the Community, building					Get Involved' showcased between 112-167 live volunteering
opportunity		through the 'get involved'				opportunities during the year. 132 volunteers submitted direct
volunteer		portal, and supporting			those	expressions ofinterest, The online portal had over 5,300visitors, More
who require additional			assistance		to	than 1,200 visits to the website led to prospective volunteers clicking
volunteer.						to receive contact information for a given organisation qr to submit an
						expression ofinterest.
						19corporate volunteering days were brokered during the year, with 233
						business employees undertaking a volunteering activity, offering
						invaluable assistance to many local charities, community groups and
						other not-for-profit assets.
						Having seen a surge in volunteering during the pandemic, enquiries
						have slowed in 2022/23 to pre-pandemic levels.

					Unrestricted	Unrestricted	Restricted	Restricted	Total	Total
					Funds		Funds
					2023	2022	2023	2022	2023	2022
Income and endowments		from		Notes
Core
funding					217,634	221,163			217,634	221,163
Income from	investments			3	1,130	17			1,130	17
					218,764	221,180			218,764	221,180
Income from	Charitable
activities				4	61,983	63,048	315,315	515,415	377,298	576,463
Total income		and
endowments					280,747	284,228	315,315	515,415	596,062	799,643
					gg	90%	101'/	285%	100%	165%
Expenditure	on
Charitable activities				5	255,753	254,182	306,334	483,780	562,087	737,962
Total resources
expended					255,753	254,182	306,334	483,780	562,087	737,962
Net (deficit)/income					24,994	30,046	8,981	31,635	33,975	61,681
Transfers between			funds		5,845	(6,395)	(5,845)	6,395
Net movement		in funds			30,839	23,651	3,136	38,030	33,975	61,681
Fund balances		at 1	April
2022					235,913	212,262	97,153	59,123	333,066	271,385
Fund balances		at 31
INarch 2023					266,752	235,913	100,289	97,153	367,041	333,066

			2023		2022
		Notes
Fixed assets
Tangible assets				2,067		4,378
Current assets
Debtors		10	30,955		42,679
Cash at bank and in	hand		391,355		357,227
Current assets			422,310		399,906
Creditors: amounts	falling due	11	(57,336)		(71,218)
within one year
Net current assets			364,974		328888
				367,041		333,066
Total assets less current liabilities
Income funds
Restricted funds		13		100,289		97,153
Unrestricted funds				266,752		235,913
				367,041		333,066

2	Core funding						2023	2022
	Grants receivable	from Bracknell Forest Council for core				activities
							126,900	134,900
	Grants receivable	from Wokingham	Council	& NHS Wokingham			CCG for core
	activities						90,734	86,263
							217,634	221,163
Since October 2016, involve has occupied premises					owned	by Bracknell Forest Council, the value ofthe		rent foreg
by the Council F20,000 (2020 820,000) is included					in the grani dealt with above.
3	Investment income						2023	2022
							E
	Interest receivable						1,130	17

Income from charitable activit	ies.
		Unrestricted		Restricted		Total		Total
		funds		funds
		2023	2022	2023	2022	2023		2022
	I
Grants receivable for charitable activities	''			292,328	494,653	292,328		494,653
Other income		61,983	63,048	22,987	20,762	84,970	.	81,810
		61,983	63,048	315,315	515,415	377,298		576,463

Included within income relatin	g to grants receivable for charitable activi	ties are the following grants:
Restricted funds		2023	2022
GetGreen Active		15,733	2,175
Core Training		12,500	12,500
Community Navigator		42,700	39,700
WBC Friendship Alliance		33,450	38,477
Volunteer Project/CSR			2,175
Health &Wellbeing Advisors	(North, East &Phoenix),
Woosehill &Crowthorne		100,384	101,311
Grant Writer			17,500
Cancer Support Network		34,227	46,148
Waterford House		30,000	13,000
BFC Recovery GranUGrass	Roots	23,333	221,667
		292,328	494,653

	Staff	Costs	Depreciation	Depreciation	Other	Costs	Total Costs	Total Costs
	2023	2022	2023	2022	2023	2022	2023	2022
					f.
Activities
undertaken	237,616	225,618	398		68,320	56,538	306,334	282,056
directly
Grants						201,724		201,724
Support costs	221,589	221,678	3,269	4,802	30,895	27,602	255,753	254,182
Total
charitable	459,205	447,296	3,667	4,802	99,215	285,864	562,087	737,962
activities

Support co	sts
			2023	2022
Staff Costs			208,406	211,702
Premises Costs			34,583	31,203
Equipment,	Supplies	8
Support			14,372	12,574
Fees, Recoveries 8
Sundries			(18,061)	(16,075)
Depreciation			3,269	4,802
Governance	Costs		13,184	9,976
			255,752	254,182

		2023	2022
		Number	Number
Management		3	3
Administration		3	3
Charity support		12	14
		18	20
Employment	costs	2023	2022
Wages and salaries		391,074	380,027
Social security		27,642	26.655
Pension costs		4,718	3,971
		423,434	410,653

9		Tangible fixed assets	Tangible fixed assets	Tangible fixed assets
		At 31 March	2023
		Cost			Equipmentf	Total F
		At 1 April 2022			30,790	30,790
		Additions			1,356	1,356
		Disposals
		At 31 March	2023		32,146	32,146
		Depreciation
		At 1 April 2022			26,412	26,412
		Charge for the year			3,667	3,667
		Disposals
		At 31 March	2023		30,079	30,079
		Net book value
		At 31 March	2023		2 067	~2067
	'	At31 March	2022		4~378	4378
10		Debtors			2023	2022
		Trade debtors			23,000	31,938
		Prepayments	and accrued income		7,955	10,741
					30,955	42,679
11		Creditors: amounts		falling due within one year	2023	2022
		Trade creditors			2,031	3,972
		Accruals and	deferred	income	55,305	67,246
					57,336	71,218

				Movement	in funds
			Balance at	Incoming resources	Resources expended	Transfers	Balance at
			01-Apr-22				31-Mar-23
			F
Wokingham Men's	Shed		1,694		1,694
GetGreen Volunteer	Co-ordinator			15,733	14,893		840
Specialist Volunteer	Co-ordinator		3,221		1,930	(1,291)
Core Training 22/23			6,486	30,670	22,489		14,667
Community Navigator			10,736	42,700	35,240		18,196
Friendship Alliance			24,598	33,450	25,696	(2,787)	29,565
Volunteer, Passport/Projects/CSR Health &Wellbeing Advisor (North)			9,821 5,204	183 30,190	10,022 ! 30,582	20,537	20,519 4,812
Health &Wellbeing	Advisor	(East)	20	34,113	34,122		11
Health 8 Wellbeing	Advisor
(Phoenix)			20	34,613	34,512		121
Grant Writer			14,890	335	13,961		1,264
Cancer Support Network			19	35,819	33,638		2,200
Health &Wellbeing	Advisor
(Woosehill &Crowthorne)				1,968	2,020	174	122
Future Leaders			8,232			(8,232)
Waterford House			3,380	32,207	32,376		3211
BFCRecovery Grant/Grass		Roots	8,833	23,333	13,159	(14,246)	4,761

Each ofthese funds	Each ofthese funds	Each ofthese funds	is	the	result ofa grant or	contract held	contract held	by the company for a specific purpose. The uses	to	which
these funds		may be	applied		is set out within each		condition	ofgrant or contract. Details ofthe grant making	bodies and
purposes	ofRestricted			Funds are set out in the following table.
Name					Grant making body			Purpose
Bracknell		Training			Bracknell Forest	Open		Coordinating and facilitating learning for individuals,
					Learning Centre			charities 8 community groups in Bracknell Forest.
Community		Navigation			Wokingham Borough		Council	Signposting residents to wellbeing activities and
								provision within their community.
Friendship		Alliance			Wokingham Borough		Council	Address social isolation and loneliness experienced		by
								the residents ofWokingham Borough through
								collaborative action.
Social Prescribing			Link		Wokingham North	Primary		Health and wellbeing support to patients that are
Worker					Care Network.			registered in one ofthe GP surgeries that form the
								Wokingham North Primary Care Network.
Social Prescribing			Link		Wokingham East	Primary		Health and wellbeing support to patients that are
Worker					Care Network, latterly			registered in one ofthe GP surgeries that form the
					Modality.			Wokingham East Primary Care Network, latterly
								Modality, and Crowthorne and Woosehill Primary	Care
								Networks.
Social Prescdibing			Link		Phoenix Primary Care			Health and wellbeing support to patients that are
Worker					Network.			registered at one ofthe GR surgeries that form the
								Phoenix Primary Care Network.
Grant Writer					Bracknell Forest Council 8			Helping to support the local Voluntary, Community		and
					Wokingham Borough			Social Enterprise Sector with its sustainability
					Council.			following the impact of COVID and the national cost of
								living pressures.
Cancer Support					Wokingham Borough			Supporting the facilitation ofthe Cancer Support
Network					Council, Berkshire	East		Network in the Wokingham Borough and East
					Clinical Commissioning			Berkshire through funded wellbeing and social
					Group, Berkshire	Community		connection activity.
					Foundation, National		Lottery
					Community Fund,	and	Get
					Berkshire Active.
Waterford		House			Wokingham Borough		Council	Daily coordination and site support for all 10charitable
								organisations based within the premises who in turn
								work to best support the residents ofWokingham
								Borough.
Bracknell	Forest				Bracknell Forest Council			Supporting community groups and charities to thrive
Council Recovery								following the impact of COVID and national cost	of
Grant/Grass		Roots						living crisis by assisting them to find funding,
								volunteers, cost sensitive premises, training and	other
								assets that support their core functions.

Fund balances at	31 March 2023 are represented	by:	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total funds
Tangible fixed assets			2,067		2,067
Current assets			322,021	100,289	422,310
Creditors: amounts	falling due within one year		(57,336)		(57,336)
			266,752	100,289	367,041

		2023	2022
		F
Within one year	10,244
Between two and five years		28,985
	34,544
After five years			4,685
		39229	49473