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2021-03-31-accounts

REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1063143

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND

UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021

FOR

STEPS

Mark J Rees LLP Chartered Accountants Granville Hall Granville Road Leicester Leicestershire LE1 7RU

STEPS

CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021

Page
Report of the Trustees 1 to 7
Independent Examiner's Report 8
Statement of Financial Activities 9
Balance Sheet 10
Notes to the Financial Statements 11 to 20
Detailed Statement of Financial Activities 21 to 22

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021

STEPS

The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2021. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2015).

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

Objectives and aims

The aims of Steps are:

  1. In partnership with parents, to provide high quality early education opportunities for children aged 0-5 with motor learning difficulties and their families. Through use of structured play, The Early Years Foundation stage of the national curriculum within the framework of Conductive Education, children are encouraged to achieve stepped goals that enhance skills for independence in everyday life and boost esteem in both parent and child. By working and playing together, families learn to celebrate success and recognise the potential in every child.

  2. To provide ongoing support for children over years who have motor learning difficulties in the form of a gym club, and activity days organised annually for all parents/carers, their children, and siblings.

  3. To promote the benefits of Conductive Education with the statutory bodies nationally.

The Trustees have had due regard to the guidance published by the Charity Commission on public benefit as required by the Charities (Accounts and reports) Regulations 2008.

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OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

Significant activities

Steps supports families with children who have special educational needs. We offer a free and unique service following the principles of Conductive Education for children with conditions that cause motor impairments or motor development delays.

Steps works with young children who have Cerebral Palsy, chromosome disorders including Down Syndrome or other conditions which affect the acquisition of motor skills. Many of our children have life limiting conditions and illnesses.

The focus is on the potential of each child and how each child's development can be enhanced through an optimistic and informed approach. Conductive Education combines education, psychology and medical science and considers all aspects of development.

Our goal is to develop the skills the children need to progress and maximize their potential. At the same time, we provide parents with the knowledge, confidence, and strength they need to understand how they can enhance the development of their child.

Steps believes firmly in early intervention and in the nursery we take children from a few weeks old. The children learn in small groups according to their specific needs and abilities, with parents staying with the child in the session, as it is strongly felt that everything taught at Steps can be continued in the home. The parents are placed very much at the forefront of their child's education.

Steps focuses on the children and not their disability, every small achievement children make is greatly applauded and child and parent are encouraged every step of the way. At the present time there are fifty children on the register and all sessions are full. This service has been a lifeline to the families and children of the East Midlands since its inception in 1994. It is now geographically working with families nationally.

Steps has an open door policy and parents may refer themselves, or other parents will recommend the service to families. Professionals such as Health Visitors or Paediatricians will also encourage families get in touch. There are very few services in the UK that support both child and parent together in the same place and this service offers this invaluable support.

The families that attend Steps are very reliant on the service that we provide and we have been described many times as a lifeline to them.

The year ending 31st March 2021 was the 27th year of operation for Steps.

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ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE Charitable activities

Overview of the year

In March 2020 we all became aware of the Pandemic and as many of our families were frightened, alone, and anxious, we knew that closing our doors completely would never have been an option for us. We have completely changed the way that we work with our children and to do this we have developed a remote, bespoke support package of care for every family. A total of 190 people have benefitted from our online service since March 2020. We now have families wishing to access the online sessions nationally, all of whom we have been able to accommodate.

During the last year we have really noticed our familys' mental health suffering. We feel that this is due to continued isolation and shielding, lack of availability in other support services, hospital appointments being cancelled and routine operations which many of our children have to go through, being cancelled and delayed. Siblings' schooling has been disrupted, families incomes have been affected and the stress that this has imposed in addition to living with a child with very complex needs, has been for many parents a really difficult and often untenable time.

Steps has continued to operate throughout the continuing lockdowns remotely and ran summer sessions during the school summer holidays in 2020. It has given families the chance to network with other families who are going through similar feelings of isolation and talk through their problems. It has given children the chance to still see their friends and has supported the whole family, with all family members getting involved with the sessions.

We have run daily sessions online to the children in an interactive way that is supporting both parent and child. We do realise that our online sessions are not as comprehensive as our face-to-face sessions and it is very hard to convey the same warm atmosphere in the virtual world. However, we have worked extremely hard to remain a constant source of support in an otherwise isolating and very scary world for our families.

Steps has been recognised for its exemplary practice in delivering a service that has continued through the Pandemic and has been used as a model for other centres to change their teaching methods.

We have developed a new website full of resources for the parents, professionals and anyone who wishes to access the service. The website also has a private portal that is used by families.

We have worked through the challenges that we have faced as a team and had excellent support by our Board of Trustees who have all been very actively involved in a restructure of the team and delivery of the service. The restructure has focused on our offer and listening to parents' wishes and needs.

We have therefore reduced our team size, have made use of the furlough scheme, and maintained a core team of professionals in the delivery of the service.

Staffing

Trish Mabbott continues as our Fundraiser but has also taken a new role of leading the Charity as Operations Manager. Her experience in leading the team and her wealth of knowledge of the service has always been exemplary, and she provides Steps with the stability and knowledge that it needs to continue to be an outstanding service. Trish has led the team with the support and guidance of the Trustees through the many changes over the last 12 months and has supported and developed the new roles that have emerged in the restructure.

Janet Russell has a new role of Centre and Volunteer Manager. This new role has been developed to address the recruitment of more volunteers for Steps and to have someone at the centre who would manage this part of our work.

Katy Widdowson has taken a new role as Website and Communications Manager. This role has been developed due to the new way of working with our families. Katy is very experienced in this field of work and has made enormous progress in helping Steps to achieve greater functionality in the digital world.

Indila Simandi continues as Team Leader for Steps. Her knowledge and commitment to Steps continues to be outstanding. Indila has led on the delivery of the online sessions for the families and has achieved excellent results.

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Fiona Holroyd continues as Steps Conductor and a very strong member of the team. Fiona is also working toward her Master's degree in Conductive Education.

Mariann Taylor has returned from maternity leave and continues as a Conductor. Mariann is currently working on reduced hours in her contract.

Reka Simandi has a new role of Media assistant and trainee Conductor. This role has been created as part of our developing strategy to support the delivery of blended sessions. Reka is a second-year student undertaking training to become a qualified Conductor.

Sally Belton is currently furloughed in her role as Admin assistant.

Angie Higgins continues as Steps part time Finance Officer.

Jenny Chapman and Megan Taylor's posts were not deemed as necessary in the restructure and these posts have been made redundant.

Working with Health and Education

Steps is no longer offered support through the area CCG's; this has made an impact on our funding and is very disappointing.

Steps continues to keep abreast of new Government initiatives and current Early Years Practice. Our Conductors attend children's reviews as and when necessary.

Children

Our numbers of children have increased due to our online delivery. Over the year we have supported over fifty children, their siblings, and families. We are now supporting children nationally and have families from London, Cambridge and Northampton attending our sessions.

During the lockdown we have seen whole families attending the online sessions and really enjoying being together under Steps support.

We have offered late afternoon sessions as lockdown is lifted so that families can continue to access the service together and in response to families' wishes.

At Christmas time we had a virtual party with a visit from Father Christmas, everyone enjoyed this special occasion.

Through our new website families' can now access their own children's developmental records at any time of the day and the resources on offer there. This has been an enormous success and the content of the website was developed through parents' and children's ideas.

Trustees and staff have updated their skills in Safeguarding and through NSPCC training for Safe Online Delivery. Indila Simandi and Trish Mabbott have taken the shared role as Designated person for Safeguarding.

Charitable Events

We had some amazing moments in 2020 amongst the difficult times. Steps was chosen by Children in Need to appear as a feature on BBC East Midlands Today, which was fantastic and threw us all into the limelight, demonstrating what an amazing charity we are all part of, and giving the public an insight into our sessions online.

Steps was also a finalist in The Leicestershire Community Champions Awards - Charity of the Year, demonstrating the acknowledgment of how great our charity really is.

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We managed with the help of Ashby Rotary Club and Shepshed Rotary to provide every child with a Magic Box of resources to use in their sessions at home. The families have really adapted so well to joining in their sessions from home, and we felt that it was vital for them to have the right equipment that they could use to help them, with the familiarity of the equipment that they would normally use at Steps. Each box cost £50.00 to fill and post out to every family, but it was so worth seeing the children's smiley faces as parents sent in films of their child unwrapping their box!

Steps received a small amount of funding from Comic Relief for sensory equipment and was chosen to be filmed for their annual fundraiser.

One of our children's stories was featured on different shows in the run up to the Comic Relief night. One of our parents was also chosen to take part in The Big Red Nose Challenge walking the equivalent of a marathon a day for three days. This was an exceptional achievement! The challenge was shown on BBC's The One Show over consecutive nights.

Unfortunately, due to Covid-19 our annual fundraiser A Question of Brains and other fundraising events were cancelled. This was really disappointing for Steps as we rely totally on fundraising to achieve the £220,000 a year that it costs to continue to run the service.

The Building

We have replaced the flooring in the children's areas to a wipeable surface that can be easily cleaned. This has been done due to Covid-19 and our commitment to keeping children safe.

The Future

We aim to open the centre when it is safe to do so and offer a blended type of delivery for all our service users.

Due to the Pandemic and having achieved a completely different way of working we have realised that we can extend our reach to more families in an innovative way. We are very proud of what we have achieved, and we shall continue to develop our practice to accommodate this new world in which we all find ourselves.

Funding

Steps does not receive any statutory funding and relies totally on donations and fundraising to continue this free, vital service, which costs £220,000 every single year to run. During 2020 we had many events planned to bring in the vital funds to ensure continuity of our service, unfortunately every one of the events was cancelled. We have however been very successful in obtaining sources of emergency funding throughout 2020 giving us financial stability through 2021.

Financial Review

It is the policy of the Trustees to maintain unrestricted general funds not committed or invested in fixed assets at a level which equates with up to three months unrestricted expenditure, in order to provide sufficient funds to finance expenditure on charitable activities and governance costs. Unrestricted funds have remained at that level throughout the year.

The charity had a number of unrestricted funds which have arisen from various grants, donations and fundraising income to finance expenditure on specific purposes, including the Building fund for the old scout hut renovation and ongoing maintenance and future development of this site.

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Governing document

STEPS is a registered charity and was established under a trust deed dated 29th May 1997 as amended by supplemental deeds dated 19 November 1998, 19 January 2000, 25 March 2003, 23 August 2008, 26 January 2012 and 13 February 2019.

Recruitment and appointment of new trustees

Additional trustees are recruited and appointed by the existing trustees.

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STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Organisational structure

The Trust Deed provides for a minimum of 3 Trustees. The Trustees meet on a regular basis and are responsible for the overall policy for running the charity and advising on all matters relating to staff and finance.

Angie Higgins is the administrator for the Steps Lottery club.

Induction and training of new Trustees

The induction and training of new Trustees is provided by the existing Trustees and external professional training courses, as appropriate to ensure the Trustees fulfill the Charity's objective.

Related parties

Details of related parties and transactions with them are given in the notes to the financial statements.

Risk management

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

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Registered Charity number

1063143

Principal address

The Old School 40 Loughborough Road Shepshed Loughborough Leicestershire LE12 9DN

Trustees

Mr J Montague (Chairman) Mrs RJN Conley-Rimmington CBE Mr A Carr Mr ME Jermy Ms L Beales Ms J Cooper-Hudson (appointed 23.9.2020)

Independent Examiner

Mr P Bott FCA BSc (Hons) ICAEW Mark J Rees LLP Chartered Accountants Granville Hall Granville Road Leicester Leicestershire LE1 7RU

Bankers

CAF Bank Limited 25 Kings Hill Avenue Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4JQ

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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021

Approved by order of the board of trustees on 21 September 2021 and signed on its behalf by:

Mr J Montague (Chairman) - Trustee

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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF STEPS

Independent examiner's report to the trustees of STEPS

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of STEPS (the Trust) for the year ended 31 March 2021.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act').

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

Independent examiner's statement

Since your charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a listed body. I can confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a registered member of ICAEW which is one of the listed bodies.

I have completed my examination. I 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 Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or

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

  3. 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.

I 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.

Use of our report

This report is made solely to the charitable company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charitable company and the charitable company's members as a body, for our work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Mr P Bott FCA BSc (Hons) ICAEW Mark J Rees LLP Chartered Accountants Granville Hall Granville Road Leicester Leicestershire LE1 7RU

22 September 2021

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STEPS

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021

Unrestricted
funds
Notes
£
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM
Donations and legacies
2
216,682
Other trading activities
3
12,637
Investment income
4
18
Total
229,337
EXPENDITURE ON
Raising funds
5
30,578
Charitable activities
6
Leicestershire Conductive Education Centre
169,513
Total
200,091
NET INCOME
29,246
Transfers between funds
15
5,893
Net movement in funds
35,139
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total funds brought forward
377,620
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD
412,759		 Restricted
funds
£
77,000
-
-
77,000
-
30,428
30,428
46,572
(5,893)
40,679
38,101
78,780		 2021
Total
funds
£
293,682
12,637
18
306,337
30,578
199,941
230,519
75,818
-
75,818
415,721
491,539		 2020
Total
funds
£
154,432
75,838
9
230,279
29,366
187,153
216,519
13,760
-
13,760
401,961
415,721

The notes form part of these financial statements

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STEPS

BALANCE SHEET 31 MARCH 2021

Unrestricted
funds
Notes
£
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible assets
12
327,328
CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors
13
2,536
Cash at bank and in hand
88,370
90,906
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year
14
(5,475)
NET CURRENT ASSETS
85,431
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES
412,759
NET ASSETS
412,759
FUNDS
15
Unrestricted funds:
General fund
Revaluation reserve
Restricted funds
TOTAL FUNDS		 Restricted
funds
£
31,042
-
59,738
59,738
(12,000)
47,738
78,780
78,780		 2021
Total
funds
£
358,370
2,536
148,108
150,644
(17,475)
133,169
491,539
491,539
125,379
287,380
412,759
78,780
491,539		 2020
Total
funds
£
360,373
13,449
48,922
62,371
(7,023)
55,348
415,721
415,721
76,173
301,447
377,620
38,101
415,721

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on 21 September 2021 and were signed on its behalf by:

Mrs RJN Conley-Rimmington CBE - Trustee

Mr J Montague (Chairman) - Trustee

The notes form part of these financial statements

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021

STEPS

1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparing the financial statements

The financial statements of the charity, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2015)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Charities Act 2011. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

Financial reporting standard 102 - reduced disclosure exemptions

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

Income

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

Government grants

During the year the charity took advantage of the Government's Job Retention Scheme and small business grants in order to mitigate costs against the Coronavirus pandemic, these grants amount to £54,402 and are included as government grants received in the year. Grants that are receivable as compensation for expenses or losses already incurred or for the purpose of giving immediate financial support to the entity with no future related costs are recognised in income in the period in which it becomes receivable.

Expenditure

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

Tangible fixed assets

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

Freehold property - 2% on cost excluding land Fixtures & equipment - 25% on reducing balance Software - 33% on cost

All tangible fixed assets are capitalised and included at cost.

Taxation

The charity is exempt from tax on its charitable activities.

Fund accounting

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

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

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021

STEPS

1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Fund accounting

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

Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits

The charity contributes to personal pension schemes in respect of certain employees. The amount charged to the Statement of Financial Activities in respect of pension costs is the contributions payable in the year.

Debtors

Short term debtors are measured at transaction price, less any impairment. Loans receivable are measured initially at fair value, net of transaction costs, and are measured subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any impairment.

Creditors

Short term trade creditors are measured at the transaction price. Other financial liabilities, including bank loans, are measured initially at fair value, net of transaction costs, and are measured subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

Going Concern and COVID-19

From late March 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on the charity's operations. In order to mitigate costs against the Coronavirus pandemic the charity took advantage of the Government's Job Retention Scheme and Small Business Grants. After reviewing the charity's forecasts and projections, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The charity therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.

2. DONATIONS AND LEGACIES

Gift aid - income tax recoverable
Grants
Government grants
Donations - The Paget Trust
Donations - Persimmon Charitable Foundation
Donations - Rotary
Donations - L Gibbins
Donations - PJ Lester
Donations - The Boshier - Hinton Foundation
Donations - BDW Trading Ltd
Donations - The Headly Foundation
Donations - Healy Chemical ltd
Donations - Mark Winkles
Donations - British Gypsum
Donations - Nicholas Humphreys
Donations - Bernhardi-Derham- Reid
Donations - MDS Law
Donations - Giving.com
Donations - Hawthorne Design
Donations - Catholic Parish Melbourne
Donations - Helen Jean Cope
Carried forward		 2021
£
1,654
164,870
54,402
1,000
1,000
1,150
1,000
1,000
-
-
-
-
-
850
5,000
10,000
10,000
1,041
1,000
1,140
1,500
256,607		 2020
£
1,888
107,047
-
-
-
-
-
-
1,800
1,000
3,000
5,000
1,155
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
120,890

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2. DONATIONS AND LEGACIES - continued

Brought forward
Donations - Zedra Trust
Donations - PayPal Giving
Donations - Unite Students
Donations - Edward Cadbury Charitable Trust
Donations - Loughborough C.C.
Donations - Hathern WI
Donations - Other
Donations - Mark J Rees
Donations - Just Giving
Grants received, included in the above, are as follows:
Leicestershire County Council - Other
NHS Primary Care Trust
BBC Children in Need
Community Foundation
Wooden Spoon Society
Sobell Foundation
Amazon Grant Charitable
National Lottery Awards
The Mary Potter Convent
David Solomans
Persimon Homes Community
Henry Smith Charity
Groundwork UK Tesco
Randal Foundation
P & C Hickinbotham
CAF Resilience Fund
Sylvia Adams Charitable Trust
Molly's Gift Grant
Maud Elkington Grant
Intelligent Energy Grant
Leicester CMF
Greggs Foundation
The Hearth Foundation
Hastings Direct
Leeds Building Society
Screwfix
The Haramead Trust
Gift of A Wish		 2021
£
256,607
3,500
2,595
1,584
3,000
2,500
1,000
9,248
-
13,648
293,682
2021
£
7,500
-
5,000
33,220
2,000
10,000
-
10,000
-
-
-
-
4,600
25,000
-
14,250
3,000
300
500
25,000
5,000
500
1,000
2,000
1,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
164,870		 2020
£
120,890
-
-
-
-
-
-
33,394
148
-
154,432
2020
£
4,000
13,464
25,083
-
-
10,000
1,000
10,000
3,000
1,000
1,000
10,000
3,000
25,000
500
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
107,047

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021

3.
OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES
Question of Brains
Hire of facilities
Steps Super Lottery
Other fundraising income
4.
INVESTMENT INCOME
Bank interest receivable
5.
RAISING FUNDS
Raising donations and legacies
Staff costs
Question of Brains
Other fundraising expenditure
Support costs
All costs in 2020 for Question of Brains were covered by donations received.
6.
CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES COSTS
Direct
Costs (see
note 7)
£
Leicestershire Conductive Education
Centre
188,345		 2021
2020
£
£
-
63,599
11,840
10,853
250
145
547
1,241
12,637
75,838
2021
2020
£
£
18
9
2021
2020
£
£
29,845
22,326
-
5,018
599
1,864
134
158
30,578
29,366
Support
costs
Totals
£
£
11,596
199,941		 2020
£
63,599
10,853
145
1,241
75,838
2020
£
9
2020
£
22,326
5,018
1,864
158
29,366

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7. DIRECT COSTS OF CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES

8.

Staff costs
Rates and water
Insurance
Light and heat
Postage, stationery and telephone
Advertising
Sundries
Consumables - toys, equipment, films, photos etc
Training and recruitment
Staff expenses
Repairs and renewals
Subscriptions and licences
School outings
Cleaning
IT Costs
Depreciation
INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS REMUNERATION
Independent examiners remuneration		 2021
£
129,718
1,223
5,366
8,429
3,476
5,850
385
5,306
1,537
449
10,589
(289)
210
1,536
2,431
12,129
188,345
2021
£
3,698		 2020
£
123,443
2,403
6,252
7,209
4,542
388
259
1,184
263
2,284
5,931
840
1,238
6,210
3,259
9,547
175,252
2020
£
3,585

9. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS

There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 March 2021 nor for the year ended 31 March 2020.

Trustees' expenses

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

10. STAFF COSTS

Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Other pension costs		 2021
£
147,583
6,730
5,250
159,563		 2020
£
134,593
6,688
4,831
146,112

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021

STEPS

10. STAFF COSTS - continued

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

Charitable activities
Fundraising and governance		 2021
8
1
9		 2020
9
1
10

No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000.

Total remuneration in relation to Key Management Personnel, included within the figures above, amounts to £46,102 (2020: £43,002).

11.
COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES - 31
Unrestricted
funds
£
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM
Donations and legacies
154,432
Other trading activities
75,838
Investment income
9
Total
230,279
EXPENDITURE ON
Raising funds
29,366
Charitable activities
Leicestershire Conductive Education Centre
179,544
Total
208,910
NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)
21,369
Transfers between funds
3,537
Net movement in funds
24,906
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total funds brought forward
352,715
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD
377,621		 MARCH 2020
Restricted
funds
£
-
-
-
-
-
7,609
7,609
(7,609)
(3,537)
(11,146)
49,246
38,100		 Total
funds
£
154,432
75,838
9
230,279
29,366
187,153
216,519
13,760
-
13,760
401,961
415,721

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12. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS

COST
At 1 April 2020
Additions
At 31 March 2021
DEPRECIATION
At 1 April 2020
Charge for year
At 31 March 2021
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 March 2021
At 31 March 2020		 Freehold
Fixtures
property
& equipment
£
£
360,000
70,177
-
1,476
360,000
71,653
10,400
61,930
5,200
2,431
15,600
64,361
344,400
7,292
349,600
8,247		 Software
£
9,321
8,651
17,972
6,795
4,499
11,294
6,678
2,526		 Totals
£
439,498
10,127
449,625
79,125
12,130
91,255
358,370
360,373

Included in cost of freehold property is freehold land of £100,000 (2020: £100,000).

13. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR

13.
DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
Other debtors
Tax
Accrued income
Prepayments
14.
CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
Other creditors
Accruals and deferred income		 2021
£
1,162
1,265
-
109
2,536
2021
£
829
16,646
17,475		 2020
£
5,181
1,556
6,667
45
13,449
2020
£
1,714
5,309
7,023

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15. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS

Unrestricted funds
General fund
Revaluation reserve
Restricted funds
Building fund
School trips
Computer fund
Question of Brains
Interactive floor fund
LCC Community Fund
Screwfix
Henry Smith Grant
Digital Fund
TOTAL FUNDS
Net movement in funds, included in the above are as
Unrestricted funds
General fund
Restricted funds
Building fund
School trips
LCC Community Fund
Screwfix
Henry Smith Grant
Digital Fund
TOTAL FUNDS		 At 1.4.20
£
76,173
301,447
377,620
30,894
260
1,564
1,104
4,279
-
-
-
-
38,101
415,721
follows:		 Net
movement
in funds
£
29,246
-
29,246
(5,402)
(210)
-
-
-
7,500
5,000
4,167
35,517
46,572
75,818
Incoming
resources
£
229,337
-
-
7,500
5,000
20,000
44,500
77,000
306,337		 Transfers
between
At
funds
31.3.21
£
£
19,960
125,379
(14,067)
287,380
5,893
412,759
-
25,492
(50)
-
(1,564)
-
-
1,104
(4,279)
-
-
7,500
-
5,000
-
4,167
-
35,517
(5,893)
78,780
-
491,539
Resources
Movement
expended
in funds
£
£
(200,091)
29,246
(5,402)
(5,402)
(210)
(210)
-
7,500
-
5,000
(15,833)
4,167
(8,983)
35,517
(30,428)
46,572
(230,519)
75,818

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Comparatives for movement in funds

Unrestricted funds
General fund
Revaluation reserve
Restricted funds
Building fund
School trips
Computer fund
Question of Brains
Dance fund
L&R County Nursing Home
Interactive floor fund
TOTAL FUNDS		 At 1.4.19
£
33,201
319,514
352,715
36,364
260
1,957
1,104
2,580
1,276
5,705
49,246
401,961		 Net
movement
in funds
£
21,368
-
21,368
(5,470)
-
(393)
-
-
(319)
(1,426)
(7,608)
13,760		 Transfers
between
funds
£
21,604
(18,067)
3,537
-
-
-
-
(2,580)
(957)
-
(3,537)
-		 At
31.3.20
£
76,173
301,447
377,620
30,894
260
1,564
1,104
-
-
4,279
38,101
415,721

Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:

Unrestricted funds
General fund
Restricted funds
Building fund
Computer fund
L&R County Nursing Home
Interactive floor fund
TOTAL FUNDS		 Incoming
resources
£
230,279
-
-
-
-
-
230,279		 Resources
Movement
expended
in funds
£
£
(208,911)
21,368
(5,470)
(5,470)
(393)
(393)
(319)
(319)
(1,426)
(1,426)
(7,608)
(7,608)
(216,519)
13,760

Building Fund

The Building Fund represents the amount of grants, donations and fundraising income which have been specifically received to finance the purchase, refurbishment and improvement of the freehold property at St Botolph's Old School. This was purchased in the year ended 31 March 2007 and subsequent expenditure has been incurred on refurbishment, improvements and the purchase of equipment. This includes the value of donated building work and related professional services provided to the charity free of charge in the year ended 31 March 2008. The cost of this expenditure has been reduced by depreciation as appropriate to reduce the value of these assets over their useful economic life.

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Computer Fund

The Computer Fund represents the amount of grants, donations and fundraising income which have been specifically received to finance the purchase of computer equipment. This fund was expended in full during the year to 31 March 2021.

School Trips Fund

The School Trip Fund represents the amount of grants, donations and fundraising income which have been specifically received to finance school trips. This fund was expended in full during the year to 31 March 2021.

Question of Brains Fund

The Question of Brains Fund represents the amount of grants, donations and fundraising income which have been specifically received in connection with the annual Question of Brains fundraising event.

Interactive Floor Fund

A specific grant was recieved to purchase an interactive floor. It was brought into operations in 2019 and was expended in full during the year to 31 March 2021.

Screwfix

The Screwfix Fund represents the amount of grant income which has been specifically received to finance capital works.

LCC Community Fund

The LCC Community Fund represents the amount of grant income which has been specifically received to finance the salaries of two employees. This amount is expected to be expended in full during the year to 31 March 2022.

Henry Smith Fund

The Henry Smith Fund represents the amount of grant income which has been specifically received to finance the salary of one employee. This amount is expected to be expended in full during the year to 31 March 2022.

Digital Fund

The Digital Fund represents the amount of grants, donations and fundraising income which have been specifically received to finance the development and ongoing costs associated with online sessions and services.

16. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

There were no related party transactions for the year ended 31 March 2021.

17. PENSION COMMITMENTS

The charity contributes to personal pension schemes in respect of certain employees. The amount charged to the Statement of Financial Activities in respect of pension costs this year was £5,250 (2020: £4,831). The amount outstanding at the year end was £nil (2020: £nil).

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INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS
Donations and legacies
Gift aid - income tax recoverable
Grants
Government grants
Donations - The Paget Trust
Donations - Persimmon Charitable Foundation
Donations - Rotary
Donations - L Gibbins
Donations - PJ Lester
Donations - The Boshier - Hinton Foundation
Donations - BDW Trading Ltd
Donations - The Headly Foundation
Donations - Healy Chemical ltd
Donations - Mark Winkles
Donations - British Gypsum
Donations - Nicholas Humphreys
Donations - Bernhardi-Derham- Reid
Donations - MDS Law
Donations - Giving.com
Donations - Hawthorne Design
Donations - Catholic Parish Melbourne
Donations - Helen Jean Cope
Donations - Zedra Trust
Donations - PayPal Giving
Donations - Unite Students
Donations - Edward Cadbury Charitable Trust
Donations - Loughborough C.C.
Donations - Hathern WI
Donations - Other
Donations - Mark J Rees
Donations - Just Giving
Other trading activities
Question of Brains
Hire of facilities
Steps Super Lottery
Other fundraising income
Investment income
Bank interest receivable
Total incoming resources		 2021
£
1,654
164,870
54,402
1,000
1,000
1,150
1,000
1,000
-
-
-
-
-
850
5,000
10,000
10,000
1,041
1,000
1,140
1,500
3,500
2,595
1,584
3,000
2,500
1,000
9,248
-
13,648
293,682
-
11,840
250
547
12,637
18
306,337		 2020
£
1,888
107,047
-
-
-
-
-
-
1,800
1,000
3,000
5,000
1,155
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
33,394
148
-
154,432
63,599
10,853
145
1,241
75,838
9
230,279

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EXPENDITURE
Raising donations and legacies
Wages
Social security
Pensions
Question of Brains
Other fundraising expenditure
Charitable activities
Wages
Social security
Pensions
Rates and water
Insurance
Light and heat
Postage, stationery and telephone
Advertising
Sundries
Consumables - toys, equipment, films, photos etc
Training and recruitment
Staff expenses
Repairs and renewals
Subscriptions and licences
School outings
Cleaning
IT Costs
Depreciation of tangible fixed assets
Support costs
Finance
Bank charges
Governance costs
Wages
Independent examiners remuneration
Professional fees
Total resources expended
Net income		 2021
£
26,327
2,421
1,097
-
599
30,444
121,256
4,309
4,153
1,223
5,366
8,429
3,476
5,850
385
5,306
1,537
449
10,589
(289)
210
1,536
2,431
12,129
188,345
731
-
3,698
7,301
10,999
230,519
75,818		 2020
£
19,754
1,511
1,061
5,018
1,864
29,208
114,496
5,177
3,770
2,403
6,252
7,209
4,542
388
259
1,184
263
2,284
5,931
840
1,238
6,210
3,259
9,547
175,252
250
343
3,585
7,881
11,809
216,519
13,760

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