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2022-03-31-accounts

Families InFocus (Essex) ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Year ended 31 March 2022

Registered Charity No. 1062311 Company Limited by Guarantee No. 03287829

Families InFocus (Essex)

Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31 March 2022

Families InFocus (Essex)

Contents

Company information Page 2
Trustees’ report Page 3
Independent examiner’s report Page 16
Statement of financial activities Page 17
Balance sheet Page 18
Notes to the financial statements Page 19

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Company information

Company Number 3287829
Charity Number 1062311
Registered office Moulsham Mill
Parkway
Chelmsford
Essex
CM2 7PX
Patron Lord Petre
Trustees Sarah Dignasse, Chairperson
Karen Saye, Vice Chairperson
John Knott, Treasurer (retired November 2021)
Andrew Gothard
Martin Merrell
David Carruthers
Marallee Bernard (retired November 2021)
Colin Leahey
Marc Jordan
Chief Executive Officer Kirsty Cornell
Independent examiner
Edmund Carr LLP
Chartered Accountants
146 New London Road
Chelmsford
Essex
CM2 0AW

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The trustees, who are the directors of the charitable company for Companies Act purposes, are pleased to present their report and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2022. In this report they are referred to as the Trustees or, collectively, as “the Board”.

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in the notes to the accounts and comply with the charity’s governing document, the Charities Act 2011, the Companies Act 2006 and Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Financial 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 March 2015.

Purpose and aims

Families InFocus (Essex) was established in 1996, with the overall aim to support, strengthen and improve the quality of life for Essex Families with children and young people (CYP) with any special educational need or disability ( SEND ), requiring advice, information, emotional and practical support, especially at the time of diagnosis, varied transition points, where they have poor emotional health, are feeling unheard, isolated or depressed, are living in poor environments, or are lone parents.

We do this by focussing on emotional needs – providing practical help, information, advice and support, alongside a range of activities designed to enhance the stability and quality of life for the whole family.

This year the staff and trustees have refreshed our vision and mission statements, which now are:

Our vision is:

A more inclusive society where children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities can realise their potential.

Our mission is:

We support the whole family to achieve the best possible outcomes so that children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities and their families thrive and feel stronger, empowered and confident.

We are proud to be an independent and user-led organisation.

Public benefit

We have referred to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit when reviewing our purpose, aims and objectives, and in planning our future projects and activities. The trustees consider how planned activities will contribute to the overall aims and objectives they have set.

The charitable purpose of Families InFocus (Essex) is for the public benefit and falls within the description “the relief of those in need, by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage” in the Charities Act 2011.

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All our work is targeted to improve outcomes for Essex families with a CYP with SEND, reflecting the family’s needs and aspirations, and placing the child or young person at the heart of all decision making. This is achieved through supportive services for their parents and carers, particularly at times of change, challenge or crisis. This includes where the child or young person has an enduring behavioural or mental health problem, has been excluded or is at risk of exclusion, is being bullied, is experiencing social exclusion, isolation, educational disadvantage, poverty, poor employment prospects or has problems accessing services – health, education, housing, social services, leisure, transport.

Strategic report

We have been working over the last year to develop our new 3-year strategy, which will take us onwards from May 2022. In doing that we have been fortunate to have the support from:

  1. Santander, who via the University of Essex, funded a research intern. The intern undertook quality, first-hand research with families to look at what services and support they need, via an online survey, follow up calls and focus groups. The research has given us a useful understanding of what families want and need from services like ours.

  2. Pilotlight – we have been matched with a team of Pilotlighters – senior business leaders, who have coached and mentored us for 10 months, and supported the development of our new strategy. Their insight, ideas and most of all support has been invaluable.

  3. Statisticians for society – via the Royal Society of Statisticians we have been paired with a volunteer statistician who has helped us analyse our data and make improvements to how we measure our performance.

We have continued to embed our new branding, and have produced new leaflets and promotional materials. We were extremely pleased last year to have won funding via the Essex Community Foundation for a new website, and work is underway to develop the new site.

We were delighted to win a contract with the North Essex CCG, which started in October 2021. We are working with MAZE and Autism Anglia as a group of early support providers, supporting families who have a child with any Neurodevelopmental Condition in North East Essex. We are providing family support, and are currently setting up a second weekend activity club which will run in Colchester.

We were also really pleased to have been awarded funding as part of a partnership between Families InFocus, PACT for Autism and the Essex Carers Network to set up a peer to peer befriending service for families who have a young person or adult with learning disabilities or autism. We have been awarded two-year funding for the service, starting on the 1[st] April 2022.

Achievements and performance

Family Support. The first point of call for most new families accessing our services is via our helpline – often at the time of diagnosis or after a referral from their GP or health visitor. Parents and carers are often distressed or anxious, and our helpline offers a tailor-made response to their enquiries, signposting families where appropriate and opening the door to the more in-depth support our Family Support Advisors provide.

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Our one-to-one family support services is provided by our team of highly trained and experienced Family Support Advisors, many who have lived experience of being a parent or carer of a CYP with SEND. Each FSA covers a defined area of the county, building relationships with families and professionals in the area. Parents can access FSA support to help with a whole range of issues, including post diagnosis support, help completing complex benefit claims forms, help with educational issues, or help with transition, transport, social care. Families report that as a consequence of our support:

I felt overwhelmed with everything and anxious. I felt understood, listened to and respected by staff who helped me so much. I am so grateful.

Covid 19 . Over the year we have worked both remotely and in person, depending on the Covid restrictions in place at the time. Like many organisations we have not returned to working as we did before, and have adapted a hybrid working model where staff work partly in the office and partly at home, and we are attending meetings both online and in person to help us make the best use of our limited time.

The impact of Covid on the families we support has been devastating. The fall-out from Covid is still being felt for CYP with SEND, with long-term impacts academically, physically and emotionally. We have seen an even greater demand for our services, with more and more families contacting us with very complex issues they need support with. The vital work we do with some of the most vulnerable families in society has been even more important this year than ever.

In the year, our Family Support Advisors :

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One of our key strengths is our ability to facilitate communication between parents and carers and professionals within the statutory agencies, specifically social care and education. Our approach often helps resolve areas of difficulty, including avoiding costly tribunals. We promote and enable good partnership working between professionals and parents to improve outcomes for CYP.

It has been the most on point and appropriate support that we have received. It is the first assistance that we have been offered that has completely fulfilled what it said it would and I honestly cannot thank them enough

Our brand and communications. We were fortunate to receive some funding specifically to develop a new brand for Families InFocus (Essex), including a new logo, new information leaflets, and new social media templates, and we were pleased to launch our new branding in the autumn of 2021. We are very grateful to Essex Community Foundation for funding towards our new website. Via the website we want to share information factsheets, videos and other information resources and content with families.

Activities and events

Activity club – our Saturday activity club for CYP with SEND and their siblings provides children with a range of activities, including trampolining, badminton, table tennis, arts and crafts, trikes and soft play. It is an essential outlet for families, providing recreational free play as well as coached activities. It gives children a chance to let off steam, often displaying their extra need traits without judgement, and it is a chance for children to make friends, learn new skills, raise their self- esteem and enhance their personal and social skills. The wide range of activities allows children to choose how they spend their time. Many of the children who come along have limited other opportunities to take part in recreational activities elsewhere and they often find it difficult to participate in mainstream sports and leisure facilities.

Our sessions have been reduced due to changes in Covid restrictions – however we were able to run 38 sessions across the year. 586 children attended across the year.

Kidzspace. We made the difficult decision this year to discontinue our siblings support group, Kidzspace. The club offered respite for siblings over the age of 8 of CYP with SEND. A very sad consequence of Covid was that we had not been able to run Kidzspace for some months, and the trustees now feel that our efforts are better placed in other services, especially as we know other local charities provide such excellent siblings support.

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Working in partnership

We continue to add value through working in partnership with professionals across health, education and social care, and other voluntary agencies.

During the year we have been active members of the Essex CEO network, ECVYS, the Essex family forum, and we are members of various local Councils’ for Voluntary Service across Essex.

Working in the community

It has been much more difficult to provide our regular community sessions throughout the whole year, because of Covid. Our regular Braintree drop-in sessions, providing advice, information and support for families did however restart in September 2021.

We have been very active in the North of the county, working in partnership with Maze to attend various coffee mornings or evenings. We have also provided online sessions in conjunction with Family Solutions, and PACT parent support group in the west of the county.

Service user involvement

We very much welcome and value the involvement, feedback and contribution of the people who use our services into our ongoing development and future plans. This year, we were fortunate to have a Santander funded intern through the University of Essex, who undertook first-hand research with families, giving us insight into what support and services families need.

We have also continued our online survey and this too has given us valuable insight into how families want to see our services develop.

Financial review

The results for the year to 31 March 2022 are set out in the statement of activities on page 17. The trustees are pleased to report that in the ongoing difficult economic climate, this year has been better than forecast, partly due to grants and foundations releasing additional funding to support Covid related work. The trustees know that future years will be challenging however as Covid specific funding reduces, and general funding from trusts and foundations becomes more competitive. We

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are positioning ourselves well to secure additional revenue, submitting quality bids and with tight control of expenditure. Now that our reserves level has dropped, in line with plans, future expenditure will need to remain within our income.

The Trustees are pleased to report that Edmund Carr LLP will continue as accountants. For the year ending March 2022 Rickard Luckin handled our payroll (salaries and pension), from 1[st] April 2022 this has moved to Community 360.

Budgets

The budget for the year to 31 March 2022 was for income of £367,922 against actual income of £386,029 and a budgeted expenditure of £359,292 against actual expenditure of £355,645. The planned surplus was £8,630, and the actual result was a £30,384 surplus.

For the current financial year, ending 31 March 2023, we have a budgeted income of £421,628 and a budgeted expenditure of £416,180. Our funding gap, as at June 2022, is around £62,000. The trustees and staff team are working to close the gap and have submitted a number of high value funding bids, looking to end the year without entering into a deficit, in recognition of our reduced reserves level and the need to keep expenditure within income each year.

Reserves policy

At a meeting of the Trustees in July 2021, the trustees decided to reduce the reserves requirement to three months of expenditure, having taken account of the current operating environment and the charity’s assets and potential liabilities.

In 2013, the Trustees “designated” £75,000 of unrestricted reserves towards the on-going costs of the Family Support Advisors and Family Support projects across Essex, as it was recognised that we had challenging times ahead. £50,769 has now been used for financial periods from 2014 to 2022, so the designated fund now stands at £24,231. As at 31 March 2022 total unrestricted reserves stood at £71,022, which represents around 2 months of expected expenditure.

This year the trustees set up a Finance Committee, whose first meeting was September 2021. One of their first tasks was to develop robust and achievable plans in order to increase our reserves to the equivalent of three months running costs. Considerable progress has been made towards this target this year.

Fundraising

We have an on-going programme of fundraising to help meet the funding requirements of the organisation. This includes applications to statutory bodies, grant making trusts, businesses (and in kind), as well as individual donations and fundraising events to generate unrestricted income for the organisation.

We are extremely grateful to all of our funders, and in particularly the fundraisers who have been imaginative and generous in planning events and raising funds on our behalf. We also want to thank the businesses and individuals who have supported us through this year.

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A full list of those we want to thank is on page 15.

Investment policy

Families InFocus (Essex) is committed to ensuring the best use of funds available to charity to carry out its aims and objectives. Where a sum surplus to immediate requirements is identified, the Trustees recognise their duty of care and responsibility to maximise the financial returns to be made by investing funds appropriately. They will seek proper advice when necessary and act prudently and cautiously, taking into account the need to diversify fund holdings, maintain liquidity and ensure adequate reserves are available to meet legislative and other obligations. So as to safeguard the assets of Families InFocus (Essex), they will comply with the Charity Commission guidelines and endeavour to seek out low risk options for investment.

Risk management policy

The Trustees recognise that they have a responsibility to identify, assess, review and mitigate the risks which may be present in the operation of the charity. “Risk” relates to the uncertainty surrounding events and their outcomes that may have a significant effect, either enhancing or inhibiting:

In undertaking risk management, the Trustees:

Responsibility for carrying out risk management rests with the Board of Trustees who will involve staff, volunteers and other stakeholders as appropriate thereby ensuring that the Trustees can make the required statement on risk management with reasonable confidence. The risk management policy has been drawn up by the Trustees in conjunction with staff and other stakeholders. All new trustees, staff and volunteers are appraised of its contents during induction.

Regularly and on an on-going basis, the Trustees will:

The outcomes of the above will be communicated throughout the organisation as appropriate including through meetings, individual supervisions and appraisals. The Company Secretary will be responsible for ensuring the Trustees agree a statement on risk for inclusion in their annual report.

Our Risk Management Policy was reviewed and updated at our Board meeting on 24[th] March 2022.

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Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities

The Trustees (who are also directors of Families InFocus (Essex) for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Report 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 the year. In preparing these financial statements, the Trustees are required to:

The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and 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.

Structure, Governance and Management

Governing Document

Families InFocus (Essex) is a charitable company limited by guarantee, incorporated on 4 December 1996 and registered as a charity on 12 May 1997 under charity number 1062311. The company was established under a Memorandum of Association which established the objects and powers and is governed under its Articles of Association dated 19 September 1996, and amended by Special Resolutions on 28 June 1999, 19 December 2001, 8 October 2002 and 4 October 2008.

On 15 October 2014, at the Annual General Meeting, agreement was given by Special Resolution, subject to approval by the Charity Commission, to amend the Charity’s Objects and extending support for families of children and young people from ages 0 to 19 to ages 0 to 25. Approval was obtained from the Charity Commission on 26 January 2015, and accepted at Companies House on 19 February 2015.

In the event of the company being wound up the members’ liability is £1 each. As at 31 March 2022 there were 73 members.

Operational Management

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The Trustees work closely with the CEO in the charity’s management, including safeguarding, finance and risk management, fundraising, charity and company law, policies, our aims, vision, missions and organisational values, good practice and governance.

Trustees meet at least 6 times per annum to discuss general charity issues with additional meetings/working groups held to discuss more in-depth matters e.g., strategic plans, risk and finance. Financial risks are reviewed at every meeting, given the continuing concern for finding adequate funding to resource activities.

The CEO, who reports to the Trustees, is responsible for the day to day operations of the charity. Progress reports (at least quarterly) are prepared by the CEO for review by Trustees which include details of casework and statistical information to ensure our work is developing as planned and is making a positive difference to local families.

We have a rolling programme to regularly review policies and procedures. During the year, Trustees have reviewed policies on business continuity, confidentiality, internet and email, investment, safeguarding, supervision and support, and whistleblowing.

The Trustees decided not to seek renewal of our PQASSO accreditation (now called Trusted Charity) once the accreditation lapsed in January 2021, because of NCVO’s decision to stop providing the accreditation, and the subsequent uncertainty over the future of the accreditation. This will be kept under review by trustees.

Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks for all Staff, Trustees and Volunteers are carried out via the umbrella organisation Maldon and District CVS, and are renewed every three years.

Monitoring and Evaluation

As we are a parent led organisation, the majority of our board of Trustees and staff team are, or have been, users of our service.

We continue to embed a culture of self-critical evaluation and continuous improvement, monitoring our impact and measuring successful outcomes via user records and responses to questionnaires, telephone interviews and satisfaction surveys.

In May 2019, we commissioned an independent external evaluation of the Family Support service and delivery against our own and funders' aims and objectives. The report was overwhelmingly positive providing a 360 degree perspective of how the service is perceived from the viewpoint of families of CYP with SEND, partner organisations, stakeholders and funders. Areas identified for improvement relate to improving and varying lines of communication, raising awareness and extending reach, all of which we are taking on board.

‘Outcomes for families are excellent and the service engenders trust and confidence within families and partner organisations. It is quite unique in the services it offers, covering a wide area and

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supporting financial, physical and emotional health and wellbeing for some of the most challenged families’ - Charlotte Fitzgerald Consultancy Ltd, July 2019.

We are about to start the process of commissioning our next independent, external evaluation.

Trustee Recruitment and Appointment

The directors of the company are also charity Trustees for the purposes of charity law and under the company’s Articles are known as Board members. The number should not exceed 14 or be less than 7. Trustees are appointed at general meetings by passing an ordinary resolution. Existing Trustees may nominate one or more Trustees.

Currently seven Trustees sit on the Board comprising of parents of children with disabilities and sympathetic individuals all with a desire to do the best for our families and with a broad range of skills and experience in education, finance, fundraising, procurement, risk management and business. We review the skill set of the Board regularly. All Board members give their time voluntarily and received no material benefits. Any nominal fees or expenses reclaimed from the charity are set out in note 10 to the Accounts.

Training

We provide appropriate training to Staff, Trustees and Volunteers as part of our induction programme and ongoing professional development. This includes safeguarding (child protection & vulnerable adults), health and safety, data protection and role specific training to ensure skills and knowledge are constantly kept up to date.

New Trustees are usually invited to visit the Families InFocus office to speak to the CEO and members of staff. We are developing our trustee induction pack to be a comprehensive guide, containing information about the charity and the role of trustees. All Trustees have received and read ‘The Essential Trustee – what you need to know’ document.

Our staff have many years’ experience (direct knowledge and from personal experience) with specialist skills in disability benefit claims, Disability Discrimination Act, SEND issues, procedures and reforms. Our Family Support Advisors are not qualified legal professionals, but all undertake IPSEA training to level 3.

Our financial future

Our financial position, going into 2022, was relatively healthy, with ongoing multi-year funding from the National Lottery, Henry Smith Charity and the Garfield Weston Foundation. These funds have been critical to our ongoing sustainability, but as they come to an end over the coming years, we must look to new funding sources to raise a significant proportion of our expenditure.

Our income generation has been affected, like most other organisations, during this challenging and unprecedented time. Specifically, the loss of income through the pausing of grant funding programmes, cancellation of planned fundraising events (our own and others), and a reduction in regular donation giving has impacted on us. The current squeeze on cost of living is likely to impact further on individual donations.

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We are working on an ongoing basis to bring in new funding streams, in the knowledge that we can no longer use any of our reserves to fund ongoing costs, as we have in previous years. If we are not able to continue to bring in funds at the level required, we run the risk of having to critically reduce support offered to vulnerable families, at a time when we expect to see even greater demand. So, it is vital that we continue to provide evidence of the value and impact of our work to inform future bids and attract funding.

Our plans for the future

We seem to be coming to the end of what has been a truly remarkable time, with unexpected and unprecedented challenges for all charities brought about by the Covid pandemic. As we write this report in the summer of 2022, we are looking forward to implementing our new strategy for the future.

We have been fortunate to have had support from our private sector experts (“Pilotlighters”), through the charity Pilotlight, as well as from Statisticians for Society and our Santander funded research intern, via the University of Essex, to develop our plans. Through this work, we have come to the following four main areas of focus for our next three years development:

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Chair’s concluding remarks

As we continue to navigate through what we hope is the end of the Covid pandemic, we can reflect on another very positive year for the charity; successfully delivering against our strategic and operational plans, we continue to address the ever-growing demand for our services and activities.

High levels of satisfaction in the quality of support received by our families and excellent feedback from our partners has confirmed the positive impact of our work to ensure that families have somewhere to turn for the help that they need.

Our refreshed vision and mission reflect the challenges that our families face and our drive and determination to support them in facing and overcoming these challenges.

Our team of staff is a very special one and it is their dedication, professional expertise, skills and compassion that ensures that the needs of families are met and the best possible outcomes are achieved. We are also extremely fortunate to have a fantastic group of people who support the charity through their work as volunteers or through their fundraising, sponsorship and donations.

Strong leadership from our Chief Executive, supported by a dedicated team of Trustees, ensures that we operate effectively; with sound financial controls, strong governance, together with concerted efforts to secure funds in an increasingly difficult funding environment, we work hard to ensure that our vital work continues.

This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies entitled to the small companies’ exemption.

On behalf of the Trustees,

Sarah Dignasse, Chairperson Date approved: September 2022 29

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THANK YOU

TO OUR TRUSTEES AND VOLUNTEERS

Our charity could not function without the commitment and dedication of our wonderful team of volunteers. They are crucial to our work and help us in so many different ways – helping at our Saturday Activity Club, Family and Fundraising events, on our helpline, in our office, and of course our much-valued Trustees.

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Kerry Ayre Leah Bannister Jackie Brown
David Carruthers Sarah Dignasse Andrew Gothard
Michael Hewitt Karen Holmes Marc Jordan
John Knott Jack Labdon Colin Leahey
Martin Merrell Abigail Nash Karen Saye
Pippa Schumann Michael Smith Toby Turner
Wendy Windsor
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TO OUR SUPPORTERS

We wish to express our gratitude to the following businesses, charitable trusts, clubs and statutory funders for the support they have given us, either financial or in kind, during the year.

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Action for Children Essex Short Breaks Alastair and Patricia Stewart Charitable Fund
Anglian Water Baily Thomas
BBC Children in Need Braintree District & Greenfields Community Fund
Braintree United Charities Charities Trust
Chelmsford City Council CS French Charitable Trust
Ecclesiastical Essex Community Foundation Covid support
Essex County Council Essex Lottery
FSJ Charities Garfield Weston Foundation
Henry Smith Charity Lions Club of Chelmsford
The Masonic Charitable Foundation Moody Fund
Moulsham Lodge choir National Lottery Community Fund
National Lottery - Coronavirus Community Support Nisa Castle Stores
Fund
The North East Essex CCG Paypal Giving Fund
Pilotlight Provide Foundation
Realising Ambitions Rotary Club of Chelmsford
The Schroder Charitable Trust Statisticians for Society
University of Essex Walter Farthing (Trust) Ltd
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We would also like to thank all the individuals who have made donations, either financial or in kind, provided support or took part in fundraising events during the year. We particularly want to thank Maddox, who raised over £1,500 by running 100 miles for Families InFocus!

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR GENEROSITY

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Families InFo¢us (Essex) Independent Examine¢s Report to the Trustees of Families InFocus (Essex) ("the Company") I report lo the charrtable company Tru5tee5 on my exarnination of the al￿o￿ntS olthe Cornp8ny forthe year nded 31 March 2022 whth are set out on pages 17 to 31. Responsibiliti85 and basi5 of report As the charity Trustee5 of the cornpany larKI also Tts dire£tots forthe purposes of company lawl you are sponsible for the prepara￿On ol the accounts in accordance the wuirements of the Companies Act 2006 I'the 2006 Ad'l. Having Satisf￿ rnysellthat the a0￿￿nts of the cnmpany a￿ not reouired to be auLlited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination. I report in respeca of my examination of your ujmpanls accounts as carrie(l oul under section 145 of the chan1￿$ Ad 2011 I'the 2011 Act'l. In carrying Out my examination I have f01b￿ed the Directions given by the Chanty Commission under se('on 14515llbl of the 2011 Act. Independent examlnerf8 8tstement sin￿ the Company's gross Income exceeded £250.CA)O yourexaminer musl be a member of a body listeLI in section 145 of the 2011 Act. I confinn that l am qUalIr￿ to undertake the ex8minabon because l am a member of The Institute of Chartered Accountsnls in En9land and Waks. vthich is one of the listed b¢ies. I hove ￿mp￿ted rny examinalion. I confirm Ihat no rnatters have cJ)m? to my attenbon in ¢onnertion wrth th¢ èxamination giving rn• eaust to télièv•'. 1. accounting records ￿re not kept in resped of Fwnihes IThFo￿$ (Essex) as required by sec*'on 386 of the 2006 Act.. or 2. the acLounts tjo not accord wth those rec4rd8." or 3. the acLounts do not comply wth the accounting requirements ol section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requi￿rnent that the acxounts gwe a'true an¢J lair Is not a matter coTh81de￿ as part ol an independent examination, or 4. the accounts have not been prepared In accordance wth Ihe rnet￿$ aThJ pnnoples ofthe Statement of Recommended Practice for actountin9 and reporling by charitss applicable lo charities p￿paring their ac¢xJunls in accordance with the Finanryal Reporting Standard applicab￿ in the UK and Republic of Ireland IFRS 1021. I have no ￿n￿rn$ and have corne across no other matters in ojnneclion with Ihe examination lo whith attents'on should be drawn in this report in order to enabk a proper understanding ofthe aczounts to be ￿8¢hed. Raymond CraGe Raymond Crace FCA 146 New London Road Chelmsford Essex CM2 OAW Date.. ! ! OctO￿r2022 16

Families InFo¢us (Essex) ststement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 March 2022 (Including Income and Expenditure Account and Other Comprehensive Income) Totsl 2022 Total 2021 Unre8trictsd Re8trictsd Note Income and Endowments from: Donations and acs Chantable aclivilies Investment Inccne 9.224 9.224 376.475 330 1S,523 336,502 625 376.475 330 Total Incorne 9.554 376,475 386.029 353,650 Expendlture on: Raising funds Charitabl• activitiès 432 349,296 432 355.213 312 324,645 5.917 Totsl expendrture 5.917 349,728 355.645 324,957 Net inc(me 3.637 26.747 30.384 28,693 Nèl movernenl In lunds 3.637 26.747 30.384 28,693 Re¢on¢lllotlon ol lund• Total fund5 brought forward 67.385 14.2C6 81.591 52,898 Totsl funds carr￿d forward 15 71,022 40.953 111,975 81,591 All ol the charitable ¢ompanls acivthsderive fr￿ c4)ntinuirvJ operations during the above tsvo periods. 17

Families InFo¢us (Essex) (Registration number: 03287829) Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2022 2022 2021 Note Fixed assets Tangible assets 12 825 1,192 Current assets Cash al bank 8nd in hand 13 181,641 138,462 Credltors- Afflounts falllng duo wlthln one year 14 70,491 58,063 Net Current ass?ts 111,150 80,399 Net a88•1• 111,975 81,591 Funds of thè eharbtsblo eornpany- Re8trlctsd income fund¥ Restricted funds 40,gS3 14,2 Unr•8trSet•d Ineom• funds un￿strICted funds 71,022 67,385 Totsl fund• 15 111,975 81,591 For the financial year ending 31 Marth 2022 the charitable company was enb'ued to exemption frorn audit under section 477 01 the Cornpanies AGI 2CrfJ6 relating to small companies. Diredors. rewnsib11rt￿8'. Thè mtmbers have not r•quiréd th• Charrtab￿ eompany io obiain an audit of rts #ttounts for thè yèar in question In accordance wth secbon 476". and The director5 acknowledge their responsibilrt￿s lor comptying wrfh t￿ rtquimmènts of thè Act with rèspèet lo 8ecouniing rècords and the pwparaiion ol aceounts. Thè$8 accounts havt be•n prnparéd in aceordane• lh• provtsions applicab￿ to tsJmpani•s #ubitet to thè small companies regime. These financial statements have been prepared in accordan￿ wth the speual prow*on$ relating to companies subjeL# lo the srnall eompanies regime wthin Part 15 of the CompanE$ Act 20C6. The financial slatemenls on pages 17 to 31 ￿tre appro¥ed by the Trn¥t￿. and alrthorised for issue on 2￿.$￿p1.29.￿8nd signed on their behalf by. Andr&w Gofrhard Andrew Gothard Tmstee 18

Families InFo¢us (Essex) Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2022 l charfjtsble company sta￿$ The charitable company Is Iimrte(I by guarantee. incxjrporaled in England & Wa￿. and consequenyy does not have Sha￿ Gqpltal. Each of the Trustees 1$ Iiabk to cKJnln'buie an amount not exreding £1 towards the assets of the tharitable company in the event of liquidatiorL 2 Accountlng pollcle8 Summary Cf 8lgnlncant a¢¢ountlng pollcle8 and key accountln9 e8llmaleg The principal accounting polioes applied in the preparation of these finanoal statements ar• set out below. These polic￿$ have been ¢x)n%slently applied to all the years presented, unless olhemse stated. Statsm•nt of ¢ompllanc• The finantsal statements have been prepa￿ in aecordance Atcounting and Reporting by Charities. Statement ol Recommended Praeliee lapplicabk lo chants p￿pann9 their accounts In accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable In Ihe UK and Republic of Ireland IFRS 10211 Iissued In 0￿c￿er 20191- Ichanties SORP IFRS 10211, the FinanrAal Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic ol Ireland IFRS 1021 and the Compans Act 20C6. 82818 of preparatSon Families InFocus (Essexl meets the definition of a public benefit enbty under FRS 102. Assets and liabilrties are initially recognised at histoncal cosl or transaction value unss otherwse stated in the relevant acxounting policy notes. Golng concem The financial statements have been prepared on 0 90ing c4Jncem basis as the tru$tee$ believe that no material uncertainties exist. The truslees have considered Ihe level of fvnds heky and the expected ￿￿e1 of income and expenditure for 12 months 8ulhorisin9 Ihwde finan¢>al $tslemen¢s. The budgeted inwme and expenditure is sufficient with the level of re¥er¥es for the ¢harty to be abl¢ to rnntinue a¥ 0 90ing con¢em. Ex•mptlon from prop8￿n9 a u•h flow 8l•t•m•nt The tharitable company opted to adopt Bulletin 1 published on 2 Febmary 2016 and have therefore not induded a cash flow ststernent In these financial statements. Income and entlowments All income is rettgnised On￿ the Chaiitab￿ cornp8ny ha5 entidement to the incA)rne. it is probable that th incorne will be received and the amount of the inco￿￿ receivab￿ can be measured reliably. Donadons and legaeles Donations are recognised when the tharitable company has teen nOtif￿d in writing of both the amount and settlement date. In the evenl that a donation 15 subjeclto condrtions that requi￿ a level of perfO￿an￿ by the chantsble company before the Charrtab￿ company is enltued to the fvnds. the income 15 deferred and not recognised until erther those condrtions are lully rnet, or the lulfilrnent of those condrtions 15 wholly wthin the control ofthe charitable company an¢J rt is probabk that Ihese condibons will be fulfilled In the ￿porting period. Grnnts rpceivable The chanty has government gtants In the teporting period. Perf0mlan￿ related grants a￿ only included In the SOFA once the charity has provided the telated serves to tneet the perfortnance related conditK)ns. 19

Families InFo¢us (Essex) Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2022 DefferrBdincome Defer￿￿ income ￿presents amounts ￿￿1ve￿ for flrtU￿ penlxls and is ￿kased to incLJming resour￿$ In the period lor whith, It has been received. Such ints)me Is only defer￿ vl)en. - The donor specifies that the grant or donation musl only be useil in futu￿ aco)unting periods.. or - The donor has irnposed tt)ndrtions whith must be met before the tharitab￿ cxjrnpany has unujnditional entiuement. InvoStm•ntincom• Interest receivable is induded gr088. Expendlture Re8ourr£s expended, inrjwling irrecoverabkn VAT. are a¢x)unted lor ￿ an acyruats basis. The majority of costs are d1￿ctlY 8ttr1butsb￿ to 3pwfic 8¢aivibe$. Expendrture on proJe¢#s is treated as direct ch8ritsble expenditure. Ral$lng funds These are cogts incurred in raising fvnds frcm events ar￿ 8L#iwties. Charltabl• 4ctlvltl•$ Charitable expenditure comprises those costs incurred by the charitable g)mpany in the delivery of rts activitses and services for its beneficiaries. 11 Includes both cost$ th be allocated directly to such activits and tho costs of an indirect nature necessary ¢0 6upp)rt thern. Support costs Support indude Ihe central function¥ and are allwated lo cost categores gn the basis of Staff lime and 8mount spent on those c051 categorie5. DepreaalA?n is allocaled to O)51 c3tegorie5 on the ba518 oftotal dired sts allo￿ted. Gov•man¢• eo8ts Governance cost5 are associated with Ihe governanc arrangernenls ofthe tharity and relate to tho general running ol the charity. Taxaison The charitable company TS considered to pass the tests set out in Paragraph 1 schedu￿ 6 of the Finants Act 2010 and the￿fOre Il rneet5 the definition of a chantsble cornpany for UK co￿oratIon tax purpose5. Accordingly, the charitable cornpany 15 Potentially exernpt frorn taxafron In rE5pe£# of Incorne or capital gain5 re￿Ived within ealegories coveied by Chapter 3 Part 11 of Ihe Cowration Tax Act 2010 01 SeL#ion 256 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992, to the e￿ent that such Irthne orgains a￿ appld exdusively to charitable purposes. Tanglble fixed assets IndiV￿ual fixed assets ¢osbng £1.000 or ITh)￿ are inthlly rewded at (x)sL Depreclatlon and amortlsatlon Dep￿cla￿On is provided on tangib￿ fved assets so as to wte off the cx)st or valuation. less any eth"mated residual value, overtheirexpecled useful e￿)noMiC lrfe as follows". 20

Families InFo¢us (Essex) Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2022 Agset ¢la$s Fixtu￿$ and ffftings Computer equipment Depre¢L?￿on method and rate 25.0% redutsng balan 33.3% ￿uting balan Trade debtors Trade debtors are amounts due for Servi￿ performed by the ¢*anty. Trade debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due_ A provision for the impai￿ent of trade debtors 1$ 88lablished when there is objective eviden￿ that the chanty will not Èe ab￿ to cc41ect all arnounts due according to the original terms of the rec£ivables. Cash and tash equlvalents Cash and cash equiv31ent5 compri8¢ W8h on hand. bank 3￿nts and bank depowts. Trade tr￿110￿ Trade creditors are obligations to pay forgoods or services that have been ao]uired in the ordinary cour8e of bu5ine5s from supplier5. Accounts payable are d35sffied a5 curyent liabilrties If the charity doe5 not have an unconditional right, ai the end olthe ￿portIng period. to deler settlement ol the fftditor lor at least twelve months after the reporting dale. If there 15 an uncondrtional nghl lo defvr settltmenl for at kast MElve months after the porting date, they are préstnt•d as non<urrenl14bililkis. Trade uedrtofs are recognised al their sethement amount. Fund •tru¢turg un￿strICted Income funds are general lunds that are availabk for use at the Trustees discretion in fijrtherance of the objectives of the charrtabk o)mpany. Restricled Income fijnds are those donatsd lor use in a partKular area or for speofic purposes, the uge olwhich is ￿$trICted to that a￿a or purpose. Penslon8 and other po$t retlrement obllgatbo The charitable company operates a defined coninbution pension scheme which is a pension plan underwhich fixed Conlnbulions a￿ paid Into a pension fund and the thanlable company has no legal or constructive obligation to pay further cA)ntributions even If the fund does not hohy suffioent assets to pay all employees the benefits ￿lating to employee ser￿￿ ITh the currenl and prior periods. Contribulign$ t¢ defined cy)ntribubon plans are recwnised in Ihe Stalernenl of Finanrial A￿1VitieS when they are due. If contribution payrnenls exrxd the ￿nIrt)UtIon due for serv￿. the excess is rewgnised as a prepayment. Financlal instruments Clas$lftcaUon The Charrty has financial assets and finanaal liabllrt￿S of a kind that qualify a5 basic finanaal InStru￿￿nts. B851C financial instruments are inrtially reCOgn￿ed at transathon value and subsequendy measured at their settlernenl value. 21

Families InFo¢us (Essex) Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2022 3 Income from donatlons antl legacles Unrestrictsd fund5 Restricted fund5 Totsl 2022 Donations receivable 9,224 9,224 9,224 9,224 Unre8trfj¢ted fund8 Restrlcted fund• Totsl 2021 Donations rer£ivable Grants receivable 15.773 750 15,773 750 16.523 16,523 4 Income from charftsbl• aetfvltl•8 Unre8tr1cted funds Restrlcted fund• Totsl 2022 Grants r•e8ivabl• 376,47S 376,475 Unre8trl¢tsd lund8 R•strl¢t•d fund• Totsl 2021 Grants r￿e1Vable 336,502 336,502 S Inv•8tmont Inctsm• Unre8trlcted fundJ RestrScted funds Totsl 2022 Interest ffjeeivable on bank deposrts 330 330 330 330 Unre8trlcted funds Restrlcted funds Totsl 2021 Interest ￿￿1¥able on bank ￿e￿sitS 625 625 625 625 22

Families InFo¢us (Essex) Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2022 6 Expendlture on charltable a¢￿¥￿11e5 Activlty undertaken Irecuy Actlvlty Support costs Totsl expendlture Famity Support Group Activit￿8 301.658 5,289 48,219 47 349,877 5,336 Total for 2022 3[￿.947 48,266 355,213 Total for 2021 289.595 35,050 324,645 Unr¢$trl¢ted fund• Re8tr1ctsd fund• Totsl 2022 Family Support- Dir•d Costs Group Activit￿s- Dir￿( Support costs 301,658 5,289 42,349 301,658 5,289 48,266 5.917 5.917 349,296 355,213 23

Families InFo¢us (Essex) Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2022 7 Anolyslg ol go¥emon¢e and Support ¢08ts Support Costs allocated to chawltable a¢tlvliles Preml$¢s costs Gov¢man¢• Adrninistration Including COSt8 C08ts depreciation Totsl 2022 84•18 of •llocatlon F8mily Support Group Actwitl8S 7.161 20,517 20.541 47 48,219 47 7.161 20,517 20,588 48,266 88•11 gf allo¢¥tlon Referen¢ Mgthod of allocatbon Apportione¢ based on usage in ￿latI￿ to directly attributsble costs. Dep￿CIall0n is apportsoned based on the apportionment ol lolal dI￿¢t cnsts between activrties. Governance Tctsl 2022 Totsl 2021 Independent examiner ftès Examination of the finanual ¥tslen*nts Other fee5 patty lo examiners Bookkeeping and payroll Other governan￿ cosls 735 2.205 4.190 31 695 2,147 1,852 253 7.161 4,947 8 Net incomingloulgoing r8sourc•¥ Nel in￿ming ￿$oUr￿$ for the year Ind￿je.. 2022 2021 Dep￿cla￿On of fixed assets 367 564 24

Families InFo¢us (Essex) Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2022 g TN$tees remuneratfjon and expenses No Twslees, nor any persons connected ￿1h them. have any ￿MUnera￿'0n from the charitab company during the year. During the year. no Trustees knEre reirnbursed foreynse$12021.. NIL). 10 Stsff ¢osl• The aggregate payroll ￿$ts knpre 89 follo￿.. 2022 2021 staff costs duvlng the year were.. Wa9es and salaries Soeial securrty costs Ptnsion cost5 Other staff c051s 2S7.733 18,570 8,252 1,065 256,232 18,084 5,889 285,620 280,205 Thè rnonlhly average nurnbèr of persons linduding sénior management I k8dèrship tèam) èmployèd by th ehantablt company dunng th• year expr•ss•d by head o)unt was as lo110￿%. 2022 No 2021 No Average number of paid employees 12 12 712021- 51 olthe above employees P8￿Cipa￿d in the Defined Contribution Pension Schemes. Contributions to the ernployee pen5iorb x*wnes forthe year ¢otslkd E8.25212021- £5.8881. No employee emoluments ofmore than £60.Cth dunrvj Ihe year. The total employee benefits ol the key management personnel ol ¢he thoritsble ￿rnPanY ￿re £40.372 12021- £44,355). 11 Taxation The charitable Company is a registered thanty and is the￿fOre exempt from taxation. 25

Families InFo¢us (Essex) Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2022 12 Tanglble fixetl assets Fixture$, fittln9s and equlpment Total C08t Al 1 April 2021 35.323 35,323 At 31 March 2022 35.323 35,323 D•preelatlon At 1 April 2021 Charye for the year 34.131 367 34.131 367 Al 31 March 2022 34.498 34,498 Net book value Al 31 March 2022 825 82S Al 31 March 2021 1.192 1.192 13 Cash and e•8h •gulw8l•nts 2022 2021 Cash on hand Cagh al bank 31x1 181,341 300 138,162 181,641 138,462 14 Cr•dltorn.' amount8 falllng du• wlthln on• y•ar 2022 2021 Trade ¢￿￿￿Or$ Other taxation and soaal securrty Aceruals Deferred incL)me 2.173 5,928 3,381 59,009 1,177 10,952 2,802 43,132 70,491 58,063 Deferred income relate5 to grants re￿Ned thai are speofied for eXPendrtU￿ in a fijture period. All ineornè delerred at 31 March 2021 was r8￿a58￿ In the y8ar end8d 31 March 2022. 26

Families InFo¢us (Essex) Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2022 15 Funds Balance at 31 March 2022 B•lance at 1 Aprfl 2021 In¢omln9 resour￿8 Resource8 expended Unr•strlct•d funds F￿e reserves 19.472 9.554 15.9171 23,109 Designatsd funds 11 Moody Tru51 41 Margaret Hutchon Fund 31 IT Fund 51 Family Support AdviserlProJects 21 Contingency Fund 1,000 614 2,107 24,231 19,961 614 2.107 24.231 19,961 47,913 47,913 Total Unre8tr1ctsd 67.385 5,917 71,022 Restrl¢tsd 11 Essex County Counal- Independènt SEND Inlom)ation, Advu and Support Service 21 Chelmsford City Council 31 Braintree District & Grt•nfi•kYs Community Fund 41 National Lottery Communrty Fund Grant 51 The Henry Smith Charrty 61 Garfield We51on Foundation 71 Anglian Water 81 Essex Cornmunity Foundation- Prov￿? Foundation 121 BBC Children In Need 111 Warter Farthing Trust 91 FSJ Charities 131 Essex Communrty Foundats"on- Websile 141 Action for Child￿n Essex Short B￿ak$ 151 NHS North East Essex Clinical Comissioning Group 101 Essex Communrty FOun￿a￿.0n- Realising Ambitions 171 Essex Comunity FoundatioTr- COVK 181 Essex Communrty FOun￿a￿.0n- Moody Fun 191 Capital Fund (Fixed Assets) 201 Other restricted donations 120,0061 110,0001 9,994 10.0 11,300 134.263 43.375 11.669 6.500 18,0911 1134.2631 143,2761 113,3651 16,5001 4,057 4.732 1.696 4,831 5.500 2.457 3.000 5.000 7.500 15.5001 12,7881 13.0001 15.0001 2.457 2,128 7,500 12.5001 29.134 127.2341 1,900 14.000 19.7051 150.0001 4,295 140 1.193 140 825 5,285 13681 8,132 12,777 Totsl re$trl¢ted 14.21 376.475 349.728 40,953 27

Families InFo¢us (Essex) Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2022 Balance at 31 March 2022 Balance at 1 April 2021 Incorning R8sources expended Totsl fund8 81.591 386.029 355.645 111,975 Balance at 1 April 2020 Incorning resource5 Resources expended 8alance at 31 March 2021 Prior Year.. Unrestrlcted fund8 Unre$tri¢t¢d fvnds F￿e reserves 3.089 17.148 17651 19,472 D•$lgn•tsd funds 11 Moody Trust 41 Margaret Hutchon Fund 31 IT Fund 51 Family Support Advi58rlProiects 21 Contingency Fund 1.000 614 2.107 1,000 614 2,107 24.231 19.961 24,231 19,961 47.913 47,913 Totsl Unr•st￿ct•d lund• 51.1)02 76S 67,385 Re8tr1ctsd 11 Essex County CouneAI- Independent SEND Infomialion. Advice and Support Servi 21 Chelmsford City Counol 31 Braintree Districl & Greenfiekls Community Fund 41 National Lottery Communty Fund Grant 51 The Henry Smith Charity ei Garfield Vveston Foundation 81 Essex Cornmunity Foundatson- Provide Foundation 121 BBC Children In Need 131 Essex Cornmunrty Foundabon - Website 141 Action lor Child￿n Essex Short B￿ak$ 101 Essex Coffltnunrty Founda*"on Realising Ambiknons 181 Essex Cornmunity Foundab"on - Moody Fund 191 Caprtal Fund (Fixed Assets) 201 Other re51ricted donations 45.000 I45,0￿} 17,5001 10.315 19,4671 157.679 42.780 1157,6791 138,0481 118,3041 4,732 1,69S (s.C￿)I 2,457 2,457 750 1750 5,499 12,9991 2,500 15,LXX)I 140 1.756 140 1,193 640 15631 33.882 Totsl restrfcted funds 1.896 324.192 14,2( 28

Families InFo¢us (Essex) Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2022 Balance at 1 April 2020 Incorning WBsource5 Resources expended Balance at 31 March 2021 Prior Year.. Totsl funds 52.898 353.650 324.957 81,591 29

Families InFo¢us (Essex) Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2022 The specific Purp￿seS forwhith the lunds are to be applied are as lolow5.' DeS￿nated lunds". 11 The Moody Trust funding has been de&gnated tts provide resprte to pa￿nts wrth chik1￿n with disabilrties who We￿ found to be underextreme p￿SSU￿. 21 The designated conts'gency fund was established to meet operating shortfalls if and the charity's statutory obligations, suth as ￿￿undan¢Y o)sls. shouKI the need anse. 31 The Trustees have designated fvnds lor IT Inveslmen¢. 41 The Margaret Hutthon Fund has been de%gnated to assist Essex faMil￿S of thildren and young people with disabilities and sperjal need5 who are rnost in need of some immediate financjal support. 51 The Trustees have desi9nated fund3 lo provLde for the costs of Family Support advisers and Family Support project5 across Essex. Restricted funds". 11 Funding is lo provide Independent SEND Info￿atiOn. Advice and Support on educats'onal issues lo parents1ca￿rs for their chilorenlyoung people SEND (aged 1>25 years). 21 The grant from Chelmsford Crty Counol Is towards Family Support fof the families wth chika￿n with disabilities from within Chelmsford City 31 The grant from Braintree Dislrict & Greenfiekls Community Fund is towards Family Support for the families vmlh children and youn9 people with disabilitiesl ¥pecial needs from wthin 8raintree District. 41 The National Lottery Communrty Fund Grant If0￿ertY known a$ the Bh3 Lgttery Fund) is towards the Farnily Support Project across Essex and a contribution to the core costs ol the organisalion. 51 The grant frorn the Henry Smrth Chanty Is towards the eosts of the Family Support Advis•r projtd aeross Essex for lamilies of thIld￿nIYoun9 peopk wilh disabilitslspeual needs laged Qk251. 61 The grant Irom the Gaffjeld We51on F￿ndatIOn is toward5 the eosts of the Family Support Adviser projoct aeross Essex for families ol thiklrenlyoung people disabijilie￿$petsal needs. 71 The grant from Mrs Smith & Mount Twst Is towards ihe cosi of ihe Family Support Proiecl. 81 Essex Communrty Foundation grant from the ProvLle Foundation Is towards Family Support for Chelmsford families of childrenlyoung people wth disabilllie￿speual needs. 91 The grant from FSJ Chanls Is towards Family Support for Essex famil￿5 of ¢hiklrenlyoung people vmlh disabilitieslspeoal needs. 101 Essex Communrty Foundation grant frorn the Realising Ambitions Funding Programme 1$ toward$ Farnily Support for North East Essex farnilies of childrentyoung people wlh disabilitieslspeaal needs. 111 The grant from Warter Farthing Trust 1$ towards Farnily Support for Es¥ex farnilies of thiklrenfyoun9 people wth disabilitie￿sPeclal needs. 121 The grant Irom BBC Chikjren In Need Is towards the Saiurday A(*vity Club. 131 Essex Community Foundation grant from pO0￿d funds (Arthuf J Gallagher Community Fund £2,670. W G sta￿Y Fafflily Fund £2,133. FW Chantable Fund £1.937 and Crix Charit8t4è Fund £1.5001 is to fund th• 'K1dzspa￿. Support Prqecl for young careo of siblings wilh SEND. 141 The grant from Adion for ChikI￿n is ttywards the Famity Saturday Actwrty Club for chilLI￿n wth SEND and their families. 151 The grant from Anton Jurgens Charitsbk Trust is towards the Saturday A￿1Vity Club. 161 The grant from the Barbara Ward ChIkY￿n.s Foundation 1$ lowards the Family Saturday Activity SEND Club. 171 The grant from Woodroffe Benton Foundation Is towards the ujre costs of the organisation. 181 Essex Community Foundation grants from The Moody Fund towards therapy sessions for thildren with learningldeveloprnenlal issues. 191 The Capitsl Fund represent5 the fixed assets of the charity. 201 Other restricted donatlOn5 re￿1ve￿ and applied for speofied purposes.

Families InFo¢us (Essex) Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2022 16 Analpls of net assets bets¥een funds Total fund$ at 31 March 2022 Un￿StrICted funds Restrlcted funds Tangib￿ fixed assets Currenl assets Current liabilitses 825 40,128 825 181,641 70,491 141.513 70.491 Total net assets 71.022 40,953 111,975 Prlor Year Fund• Un￿91￿¢18d nds R•$trlcted fund• Total funds at 31 March 2021 Tan91b￿ fixed assets Current assets CUr￿n1 liabilits'es 1,192 13,014 1,192 138,462 58,063 125.448 58.063 Total net assets 67.385 14,2C6 81,591 17 Related party tranaactlons Dunng the year the ehantable eompany made Ihe lolknwThJ party Iransacbon8'. The Trustses Some ol the Trustees have a￿$$ to the sibling group. actNrty dub, and family events. The benefit ￿￿1Ved is not matenal to the accounts. Al the balan￿ sheet date the amount due lolfrom the Trustees was £Nil 12021 31