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|Referenc'e and Administrative<br>Details|Referenc'e and Administrative<br>Details||
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|Trustees Report||2to5|
|Independent<br>Exatniner's|Report||
|Statement ofFinancial|Actitdties|7to 8|
|Balance Sheet|||
|Statement ofCash Flows||10|
|Notes to the Financial|Statements|II to 25|





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|||||Reference and Administrative|Reference and Administrative|Reference and Administrative|Reference and Administrative|Details|
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|Trustees|||||Sandra Miller - Chair||||
||||||Mark Veale -Vice-Chair||||
||||||Margaret Batley-Barker||||
||||||Stephanie<br>Brewster||||
||||||Peter Gilford||||
||||||Malcom Johnson||||
||||||Carmen Clarke||||
||||||Michael<br>Fair||||
||||||Kelly Smith||||
|Senior Management|||/|Leadership|Laura. Thirlwall,|Manager|||
|Team|||||||||
|Charity Registration|||Number||1063573||||
|Company|Registration|||Number|0337223T||||
||||||The charity is mcorporated||in|England.|
|Registered||Office|||The Bridge Centre||||
||||||Birches Head Road||||
||||||Stoke on Trent||||
||||||ST2 8DD||||
|independent||Kzamlner|||Daryl Densen ACMA||||
||||||VAST||||
||||||The Dodson Centre||||
||||||Hope Street||||
||||||Stoke on Trent||||
||||||STJ 4DD||||
|Bankers|||||Lloyds Bank||||
||||||Fountain<br>Square||||
||||||Hanley||||
||||||Stoke on Trent||||
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|||||Ilnrestrlcted|Restricted||Total|
|||||funds|funds||2023|
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|Income and Endowments||from:||||||
|Donations<br>and legacies||||18360|||18,260|
|Charitable<br>activities||||140,364|||140,364|
|Investment<br>income||||464|||464|
|Other ittcome||||341405||134|341539|
|Total income||||507,493||134|507,627|
|Expenditure<br>on:||||||||
|Charitable<br>activities|||9|(203,883)||(14)|(203,897)|
|Total expenditure||||(203,883)||(14)|(203,897)|
|Net inis&me<br>Transfers<br>between|funds|||303,610<br>8,400|120<br>~&1.400||303,730|
|Net movement<br>in funds||||3]2,010|(8780)||303,730|
|Reconciliation<br>offunds||||||||
|Total funds brought|forward|||231411|25,|103|256,314|
|Total funds carried|forward||21|543321|16,823||560,044|





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|||||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|
|||||funds|funds|2022|
||||Note|f||8|
|Income and Kndowments||from:|||||
|Donations<br>and legacies|||3|16,470||20,470|
|Charitable<br>activities|||4|116,680||116,680|
|Other trading activities|||5|834||834|
|Investment<br>income|||6|1||1|
|Other income|||7|5,164||5,]64|
|Total income||||139,149|4,000|143,149|
|Expenditure<br>on:|||||||
|Raising funds<br>Charitable<br>aativittes||||(2,564)<br>(185,532)|ii.iiii|(2,564)<br> ~ia6IIO|
|Total expenditure||||(188,096)|(4,148)|(192,244)|
|Net expenditure||||(48,947)|(148)|(49,095)|
|Transfers between|funds||||148||
|Net rnovernent<br>in funds||||(49,095)||(49,095)|
|Reconciliat)on offunds|||||||
|Total funds brought|forward|||278,906|26,503|305,409|
|Total f'unde carried|forward||21|229,811|26,503|256,314|





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|||Balance Sheet as at31|March 20|23||
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|||||2023|2022|
||||Note||g|
|Fixed assets||||||
|Tangible assets|||16|12,094|196,377|
|Current<br>assets||||||
|Debtors|||17|23,947|37,482|
|Cash at bank|and in hand||18|552,591|56,288|
|Creditors: Amounts||falling due within one yeor|19|576,538<br> ~)3395)|93,770<br> ~)4 523)|
|Net current|assets|||563,143|79247|
|Total assets|less current liabilities|||575437|275,624|
|Credltorst<br>Amounts||fanlng due after more than ona year|20|1)5,193)|~(I9,3)l)|
|Net assets||||560,044|256,314|
|Funds ofthe|charity;|||||
|Restricted income funds||||||
|Restncted<br>funds|||21|16,823|25,103|
|Unrestricted|income|funds||||
|Unrestricted|funds|||543221|231,21]|
|Total fnads|||21|560,044|256,314|





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|Statement|ofCash Ftows for the|Year Ended 3|1March 2023||
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|Cash flows from operating<br>activities|||||
|Net cash income/(expenditure)|||303,730|(49,095)|
|Adjustments<br>to cash flows from non-cash items<br>Depreciation<br>Investmeut<br>income|||3,760<br>(454)|11,970<br>~((|
||||307,026|(37,126)|
|Working capital adjustments|||||
|Decrease in stocks||||563|
|Decrease/(increase)<br>in debtors||17|13335|(14,195)|
|Decrease<br>in creditors||19|(1,128)|f646)|
|(Decrease)/increase<br>in deferred|income|20|(4,117)|6,648|
|Net cash t1ows from operating|activides||315,316|(44,756)|
|Cash flows from investing<br>activities|||||
|interest receivable<br>and similar|income|6||1|
|Purchase ot tangible axed assets||16||(19,003)|
|Sale oftangible fixed assets|||180,523||
|Net cash flows from investing|activities||180,987|(19,002)|
|Net increase/(decrease)<br>in cash|and cash equivalents||496,303|(63,758)|
|Cash and cash equivalenta<br>at<br>1|April||56,288|120,046|
|Cash and cash equivalents<br>at31March|||55259(|56,288|





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|Fixtures, Fittings<br>aud|Equipment|10%Straiglit|Line||
|OAice and Computer|Equipment|25% Straight|Line||



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|||||||General|2023|
|Donations<br>snd legacies;||||||||
||Donations|Bqm|individuals|||14,14'4|14,144|
|Grants, including|||capital grants;|||||
||Government|grants||||4,116|4,116|
|||||||18,260|18.260|
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||||||General|funds|2022|
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|Donations<br>and legacies;||||||||
||Donations|from|individuals||8,743||8,743|
|Grants,<br>including|||capttai grants;|||||
||Govertnnent|grants|||7,727||7,727|
||Grants from other charities||||||4,000|
||||||16,470|4,000|20,470|
|4|Incoroe from||charitable|activities||||
|||||||Unrestricted||
|||||||funds|Total|
|||||||General|2823|
||Communication||Services|||107,094|107,094|
||Service Chal ges|||||33370|33470|
|||||||140,364|~14D<br>64|
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|||||||General|2022|
||Communication||Services|||108,231|108431|
||Service Charges|||||8,449|8,449|
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|||||||2023||
||||||Unrestricted|||
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||||||General<br>f|2022f||
|Trading income;||||||||
||Other trading|income|||834||834|
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||Interest receivable|||on bank deposits||||
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||||||General|funds||2023|
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|Fees and supplies|||||2,797||134|2,931|
|Ga6ns on sale of||tangible|f2xed assets for charity's|own|||||
|nse|||||345,608|||345,608|
||||||348,405||134|348,539|
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|||||||General||2022|
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||||directly<br>f|support <br>f|costs|2023f|
|StaB Costs|||56,297||16,811|73,108|
|OKce Equipment||Rental|1,754|||1,754|
|Heat, light and water|||1,701|||1,701|
|Insurance|||5,009|||5,009|
|Repairs and|Renewals||1,032|||1,032|
|Telephone|||3,249|||3,249|
|Printing,<br>Postage||and Stationery|988|||988|
|Interpreting|and Signing Costs||67,162|||67,162|
|Section Expenses|||2,472|||2,472|
|Sundry Expenses|||23,840|||23,S40|
|Professional|Fees||15,105|||15,105|
|Depreciation|||3,760|||3,760|
||||182,369||16,811|I 99,180|
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||||directly|support costs<br>f||2022f|
|Statf Costs|||54,404||I'2,l S2|66,586|
|OQice Equipment||Rental|1,005|||1,005|
|Heat, light and water|||4,826|||4,826|
|Insurance|||6,073|||6,073|
|Rcpairr aae|Rcaeuats||2 aea||||
|Telephone|||3,757|||3,757|
|Prhtting,<br>Postage||and Statiarlery|735|||735|
|Intcrprcting|and Signing Costs||65,042|||65,042|
|Section Expenses|||9426|||9.526|
|Sundry Expenses|||8,945|||8.945|
|Professional|Fees||4,904|||4rt04|
|Depreciation|||11,865|||11,865|
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|||General|2023|
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|Stair costs|||||||
|Wages and||salaries|||2,967|2,967|
|Independent|examiner||fees||||
|Examination||ofthe|financial|statetnents|1,750|1.750|
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||||||General|2022|
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|Wages and||salaries|||2,150|2,150|
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|Exammatioh||ofthe|financial|statetnents|1,600|1,600|
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|Wages and salaries||75,026|67,782|
|Pension costs||1,049|954|
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||buildings|equipment||equipment|Tatal|
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|Cost||||||
|At 1 April 2022|302300|131,718||63,455|498,073|
|Disposats|~C0290D|(115,00T)|||(417,907)|
|At 31 March 2023||16,711||63,455|80,166|
|Depreciation||||||
|At 1 April 2022|122,692|123,817||55,187|301,696|
|Charge for the year|||969|2,791|3,760|
|Elimiuatcd<br>on disposals|(122,692)|(114,692)|||(237,384)|
|At 31 March 2023||10,094||57,978|68,072|
|Net book value||||||
|At 31 March2023|||6,617|3477|12 D94|
|At 3 1 March 2022|180308||7901|8,268|196,377|
|17 Debtors||||||
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|Trade debtors||||20,480|32,026|
|Other debtom||||3,467|5.456|
|||||23,947|37,482|
|18 Cash and cash euulvateoDs||||||
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|Trade creditors|6,539|6,519|
|Other taxation and social secur5ty||777|
|Other creditors|789|635|
|Accruais|1,950|2,475|
|Deferred<br>income|4,117|4,117|
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|Deferred|income||15393|19,310|
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|Deferred|income at 1 April 2022||23,427|16,779|
|Resources <br>Amounts|deferred in the period<br>released trom previous|periods|14,117)|12,013<br> ~5665|
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|||||Balance atI|Incomiug|Resources||31March|
|||||April 2022|resources|expended<br>f|Transfers|2023|
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|dDeafliuks|General||Fund|161,032|473,185|(187343)|(291,405)|155,569|
|BSLSign|Language||Courses|70,179|33,270|(14.798)|(195)|88,456|
|Affl'listed|Groups||||1,038|(1,842)||(804)|
|||||23],211|507,493|(203,883)|(291,600)|243,221|
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|Total unrestricted||fu|mls|231,211|507,493|(203,883'1|8,400|543,221|
|Restricted funds|||||||||
|Property Revaluation|||Fund|8,400|||(8,400)||
|S&SClub||||16,703||||16,703|
|Toddlers Poygroup|||||134|(14)||120|
|Total restricted<br>funds||||25,103|134|(14)|(8,400)|16,823|
|Total fund~||||256,314|507,627|(203,897)||560,044|
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|dDeaflinks|Gen'eral||Fund|199,792|129,866|(169,878)|1,252|161,032|
|BsrAccount||||1,729|834|(2,563)|||
|BSLSign|Language||Courses|77 383|8 448|(15,655)||70,179|
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|Property<br>Revaluation|||Fund|9,800|||(1,400)|8,400|
|Skg Club<br>Toddlers Paygroup||||]6,703|4.848|~4.148|148|16,703|
|Total restricted<br>funds||||26,503|4.Ml|~4,748|~77272|23,183|
|Total funds||||305,409|143,149|(192,244)||256,314|





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|||||General||funds|2023|
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|Tangible||fixed|assets|12,094|||12,094|
|Current|assets|||559,715||16,823|576,538|
|Current|liabilities|||(13,395)|||(13,395)|
|Creditors||over|1 year|(15,193)|||(15,193)|
|Total net||assets||543,22'I||36,623|566 644|
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|||||General||funds|2022|
|Tangible||fixed|assets|I87,977||8,400|196,377|
|Current|assets|||77,067||16,703|93,770|
|Current|liabilities|||(14,523)|||(14,523)|
|Creditors||over|1 year|9.|3||(19,310)|
|Total net||assets||23(211||25nr3|256334|



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