THE ROY FLETCHER CENTRE: ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 2024-25
The
Roy Fletcher
Centre
FOR VOLUNTARY CARING AGENCIES
TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
Charity number 1065777
Company number 03252842

THE ROY FLETCHER CENTRE: ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 2024-25
CONTENTS
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TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT
Administration
Introduction and background
Objectives, activities and public benefit
Financial review
Structure, governance and management
Plans for future
Chief Executive's summary of the year
Chair's Summary, Thanks and Acknowledgements
Trustees Responsibility Statement
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Independent Examiner's report
Statement of financial activities
Balance sheet
Notes to the Financial Statements

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TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
A) ADMINISTRATION
Charity Name
Charity registration number
Company registration number
Registered Office and
Principal address
Other operating address:
The Roy Fletcher Centre
1065777
03252842
The Roy Fletcher Centre
12-17 Cross Hill
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY1 1JE
Fletcher House
15 College Hill
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY1 1LY
Trustees as at 31st March 2025
Mr A L Bain (Chair & Co Sec)
Cir JE Clarke
Mr A Downton
Clir R A Evans
Mrs Irene Ferguson
Mrs E J Fletcher-Cooper
Ms Sue Gorbing
Mrs Margaret Pryce
Mr TW Seston (Vice-chair)
Mr PJ Taylor
Mr MP Waller
Shropshire Council
Shropshire Council
Tenant Charity Representative
Roy Fletcher Charitable Trust
Tenant Charity Representative
(appointed 21/10/2024)
Chief Executive
Mrs Jennifer Taylor
Accountants
TCA (Shrewsbury) LLP, third floor, 21 St Mary's Street, Shrewsbury SY1 1ED
CAF Bank, 25 Kings Hill Avenue, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent, ME19 4TA
Triodos Bank, Deanery Road, Bristol, BS1 5AS
Shawbrook Bank, Lutea House, Warley Hill BP, The Drive, Great Warley, Brentwood CM13 3BЕ
Flagstone Investment, 1st Floor, Clareville House, 26-27 Oxendon Street, London
SW1Y 4EL
Solicitors
Graham Withers & Co, Murivance House, Murivance, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 1JW
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B) INTRODUCTION
The Trustees (who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act) present
their annual report and financial statements of the Roy Fletcher Centre, for the year ended 31$t
March 2025. The Trustees confirm that the Annual Report and Financial Statements of the charitable
company comply with the current statutory requirements, the requirements of the charitable
company's governing document and the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice
(SORP), 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 2019).
Since the charitable company qualified as small under section 383, the strategic report required of
medium and large companies under The Companies Act 2006 (Strategic Report and Director's
Report) Regulations 2013 is not required.
Background
The Roy Fletcher Centre was established by the Roy Fletcher Charitable Trust (the Trust) set up by
Roy Fletcher, builder and philanthropist of Shrewsbury. The Trust, administered by Roy Fletcher's
son and daughters, acquired and converted the former Livesey Printing Works to fulfil their father's
dream of providing a Centre for caring and charitable voluntary organisations in Shrewsbury. He
wanted the charities to have a place where they could all be under one roof with high quality
facilities without having to pay commercial level rents, thereby releasing more money for them to
spend on delivering services to the community.
The Roy Fletcher Centre building opened in January 1997 and in 2007 the Trust acquired a second
building, number 15 College Hill, Shrewsbury, to provide additional office space to meet demand.
This building was converted and opened as Fletcher House in 2009.
C) OBJECTIVES, ACTIVITIES AND PUBLIC BENEFIT
Policies and Objectives
The Roy Fletcher Centre is a charitable company whose principal objectives are to provide good
quality affordable office accommodation and related services for charitable and voluntary
organisations for the benefit of the people of Shrewsbury. The main activities undertaken in relation
to these charitable purposes are;
• The leasing of two buildings from the Roy Fletcher Charitable Trust (the Trust) at peppercorn
rents. One being the The Roy Fletcher Centre and the other Fletcher House, and sub-letting
the facilities to other charitable caring organisations. They provide a broad range of charitable
services and support including, information and advice, counselling, support for families and
individuals. Some organisations have suites of offices and interview rooms, others have
single offices or share office space. The West Shropshire Talking Newspaper has its own
purpose build recording studio.
• The provision of a staffed reception to act as a point of contact for the members of the public
who visit the Roy Fletcher Centre for information about local services, to access the resident
charities or to use the interview/counselling rooms.
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• The making available of interview and counselling rooms, and meeting rooms for resident
charities and other voluntary and community providers to hire for meetings and training
events. The meeting rooms are fully equipped with Wi-Fi and media equipment can be hired
for meetings.
• Provision of IT learning to members of our community. This project is run with generous
financial support from Shropshire Council as part of their initiative to make the digital world
accessible to all its residents and also the Lottery Community Fund. The RFC runs one to
one sessions on a Wednesday and a drop-in session on a Thursday morning. Volunteers
work for eight to ten weeks with a learner and progress is monitored as part of the
commission and to ensure learners are covering all the basic skills they require.
in
September 2023, the Roy Fletcher Centre entered a three-year partnership with Shropshire
Council to continue delivering the above service and extending the criteria of those able to
access the project.
The Centre provides a public benefit by:
Providing low cost, purpose designed office and interview/counselling space for charities.
Thereby enabling them to utilise more resources in delivering their various services to the
community, particularly to those in need and/or who are disadvantaged.
Creating opportunities for people to volunteer their services, principally assisting with the 65+
digital learning.
• Assisting local charities to promote their activities and to fund raise, through the production of
newsletters and magazines, and display of posters and leaflets.
• Being recognised as a Place of Safety.
During the year our two buildings have provided a home for the following organisations
Axis Counselling
Branch
Citizens Advice Shropshire
Crane Quality Counselling
Caritas
Online Transport Archive
Safe Ageing No Discrimination (SAND)
Shrewsbury Food Hub
Shrewsbury Homes For All
Shropshire Inclusive Dance (SID)
The Roy Fletcher Charitable Trust
West Shropshire Talking Newspaper for the Blind
The Charities employ some full/part-time staff but are assisted by volunteers. The services
provided by them have been beneficial to many people, and the extent and value of this
supportive and preventative some of that work is outlined below.
• The RFC digital volunteers have donated 1,850 hours during the year in providing help and
advice to tenant charities and members of the public in delivering the IT one to one learning
or through the drop-in sessions.
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Tenant charities benefit from the service provided by the RFC as explained by some of them:
Shrewsbury Homes For All - Shrewsbury Homes for All works to help those who are homeless, in
housing need or who need help to avoid homelessness.
We do this by providing:
•
independent housing advice.
Matching landlords and potential tenants and supporting both throughout the tenancy.
A rent account scheme.
A bond scheme to guarantee up to one month's rent as deposit for eligible applicants.
Floating housing support.
• Telephone drop-in support (including triage and signposting)
These services link together to reduce homelessness in the Shrewsbury area and improve the
quality of life for all who contact the charity.
We are based within The Roy Fletcher Centre who provide office space and facilities for charities
and voluntary organisations. The centre not only provides our offices and meeting rooms, but also a
person-centred and professional working space where our team and clients are made to feel
welcome. The building is well looked after and maintained, and you can see that all staff members
take pride in their workplace.
Over the past year we have met with clients, tenants and stakeholders in our office space and made
use of The RFC meeting rooms service. The centre has helped to make this possible by adopting a
flexible, grounded, and inclusive approach. The location of the building is very central and makes
this easier for us to direct clients and visitors to the other services within the Shrewsbury town
centre. Any visitors we have are monitored by the Roy Fletcher Centre staff who liaise with our team
regarding appointments, to help ensure staff safety when lone working in the centre. This is an
invaluable service which helps to safeguard our team, retain our client base, and helps those who
are more vulnerable to feel at ease. The centre retains its wonderful reputation by offering great
value for money in terms of renting space and by offering maintenance and repairs in a timely and
considerate manner.
Our staff and clients feel safe and comfortable when working and accessing the building and that is
down to the fantastic management of the centre and its staff team. Joanne Gough, Chief Officer
AXIS : The Roy Fletcher Centre makes it possible for small local charities to be able to afford to
have offices in the town centre, where our service users can get to us easily via a variety of
methods, including public transport. Without the support of the RFC, we would have to locate
outside of the town centre which would be detrimental to the people we service in the community.
Becky Jones, CEO
SiD (Shropshire Inclusive Dance) With such tight budgets and core funding so hard to find, being
able to rent a serviced office space really makes a positive difference to our ability to deliver our
community dance classes and other inclusive dance projects. We also really appreciate being in a
building with such a friendly and professional reception and caretaking team. Having access to
additional room hire and photocopying services etc is also really welcomed.
Jo Wright, Manager
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The West Shropshire Talking Newspaper (a charity established 1976) has been tenant of the
RFC since it opened. The facilities they offer of value for money office space and a dedicated
recording studio are vital to our continued work in providing weekly and monthly news and features
to those who are unable to access print. We also use their meeting spaces - centrally placed in the
town - for Trustees and other meetings, as well being able to host events to engage our volunteers.
Enabling our tenants to assist people in need
Many of the tenant charities have remained working on a hybrid basis. Those charities that offer
advice have found they can assist far more people by doing telephone consultations rather than
face to face where this is possible.
Creating a welcoming place to meet and to learn
The meeting room used by external charities and community groups has capacity for increased use.
We have returning clients as well as attracting new hirers. Revenue from the hire of the meeting
rooms is £3, 182. However, an allowance can be made to the cost of meeting room use from the
Shropshire Council grant for delivering the digital project of some £3,360. Late night opening has
remained on a Monday and Wednesday evening only. The meeting room at Fletcher House
continues to be used by the tenant charities in that building.
Quiet spaces for counselling
Our counselling charities are seeing increasing numbers of young people being referred for therapy.
We are fortunate that all the counsellors who hired counselling rooms on a sessional basis pre-covid
have returned. This has resulted in an income from Counselling room hire of £39,574.
Office services
The Centre offers photocopying and desk-top publishing of newsletters and flyers. Our admin staff
have also been providing a dictation transcribing service during the last year. Income for these
services during the year was £10,536.
Sharing information, and promoting local sources of advice and support
The Centre is frequently used by the public seeking information and advice on local services and
events, or to visit the tenant charities, with staff on reception able to direct them as appropriate.
Information is made available via leaflets, the internet and community noticeboards in the reception
Helping people to get online and learn IT skills - Digital Skills Programme
This was the Centre's second year of delivering a three-year project as part of Shropshire Council's
Digital Skills Programme to get the people of Shropshire online. We received funding from
Shropshire Council and also the Lottery Community Fund. On a Wednesday morning learners
receive one to one tuition with a volunteer of an hour a week for up to eight weeks (longer if
needed). As part of the project we also offer drop in sessions on a Thursday morning. Those
attending bring their own device i.e phone, tablet, laptop. Shropshire Council have provided
deliverers of the programme with refurbished phones, tablets and laptops during the year that we
are able to donate to learners who have old devices that will not update or no device at all. The Roy
Fletcher Centre is a member of The Good Things Foundation through which we are able to access
free date sim cards to distribute. During 2024-2025 volunteers delivered one to one tuition to 59
people and helped 74 people at our drop-in sessions. Although people may have attended multiple
times during the year for help, for the purposes of funding they are only counted once.
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d) FINANCIAL REVIEW
Going Concern
After making appropriate enquiries, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the Charity has
adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason
they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.
Reserves Policy
After setting aside a working balance of approximately 15% of annual turnover to ensure that
sufficient money is available for the day-to-day operation of the Centre, the Trustees reserves policy
is to designate funds:
a) for known or potential expenditure and liabilities and
b) the long-term repair and maintenance or renewal of the two buildings and their plant and
machinery.
The free reserves, calculated as the unrestricted funds less the designated funds, at the year end
were £14,267 (2024: £22,976).
E) STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
a. Constitution
The Roy Fletcher Centre is a charitable company limited by guarantee incorporated in September
1996 and registered as a charity on 13* November 1997. The Charity's Memorandum of
Association sets out its objects and powers and its Articles of Association sets out its governance.
In the event of the Company being wound up members are required to contribute £1.
b. Method Of Appointment Or Election Of Trustees
The directors of the company are also the charity trustees for the purposes of charity law and under
the company's Articles are known as Trustees. The Articles provide that three Trustees are
appointed (two by Shropshire Council and one by the Roy Fletcher Charitable Trust) and up to six
Trustees are elected to the Board at the annual general meeting, four of which have traditionally
been elected to represent the tenant charities. Other than the appointed Trustees, up to one third of
the Trustees retire by rotation each year but are eligible for re-election.
c. Policies Adopted For The Induction And Training Of Trustees
All the Trustees have an interest in and/or are already involved in charities/voluntary organisations.
They are therefore familiar with the roles, funding, management and regulation of charities.
Additionally most of the Trustees have had a long association with the Centre and up to two of them
are appointed by charities based at the Centre and thus have a sound understanding of the
objectives and work of the Charity. On appointment/election new Trustees are given a briefing by the
Chief Executive who is also available at any time to discuss any matters with the Trustees.
d. Organisational structure and decision making
The Trustees meet a minimum of quarterly per year and are responsible for strategic direction and
policy. Day to day operational management of the Centre is the responsibility of the Chief Executive
who is also responsible for staff supervision. The Chief Executive reports to and attends Board
meetings. There is a standing Finance & General Purposes Sub-Committee, and the Board also
establishes smaller sub-groups from time to time to address particular issues.
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F) PLANS FOR FUTURE PERIOD
The Centre will concentrate on its core business of proving affordable office space and meeting
rooms in the heart of Shrewsbury. But in the process it will also seek to increase its ability to sell
itself, broaden the services it provides and the people it reaches, through:
• Build on the new Digital Skills Project to deliver additional help i.e. CV compiling, job
searches. Source other avenues of additional funding.
• Work in partnership with other external charities to provide means of accessing physical and
mental wellbeing services
• Develop its ability to deliver services such as a social meeting place or improve our position
as a facilitator for other organisations to use our meeting rooms
• Supporting charities and community groups who are not tenants at the Centre of Fletcher
House.
• Effective fund raising
G) CHIEF EXECUTIVE'S SUMMARY OF THE YEAR
Although each year seems to bring its own challenges, The Roy Fletcher Centre (the Centre)
continues to develop whilst remaining strong in consistently achieving its original purpose of
providing good office accommodation to other charities. The Centre and Fletcher House remain
fully occupied and despite financial difficulties being experienced by charities, we continue to receive
enquiries for office accommodation. The ability to be able to react to changes in the sector and
address those needs ensures we remain relevant and continue to support our tenant charities and
their individual needs.
Since opening in 1997 the Centre has accommodated 37 charities all providing a service to the
people of Shrewsbury.
The Roy Fletcher Centre is supported by dedicated Trustees, some of whom have been involved
since its inception. They all have a clear understanding of the challenges faced by charities and
this is always at the heart of their decision making.
We are also extremely fortunate to have a small, but dedicated team of employees who understand
the value of the service they help provide.
Our team of volunteers delivering the Digital Skills Project continue to deliver this service with
enthusiasm and a passion for sharing their knowledge not just with learners but each other. This
was recognised on the gth October 2024 when they received a High Sheriff of Shropshire Award
from Brian Welti in recognition of their 'great and valuable services to the community'.
In September the Roy Fletcher Centre was contacted by the Bank of England and asked to host a
forum to discuss various issues with Andrew Bailey, the Governor of the Bank of England. This took
place on 17i October 2024. We invited representatives from other charities who were able to voice
their concerns. This was an opportunity to hear from other charities the problems and difficulties
they are experiencing and, in most cases, realise that we are all facing similar challenges. This
does not make the problems any less but does offer a sense of reassurance.
In March 2025 The Roy Fletcher Centre received an approach from a PR company representing
Barrat Homes who had identified the Centre as an organisation providing a valuable service to the
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people of Shrewsbury. This resulted in a £500 donation and publicity consisting of a press release.
What does the coming year hold? Keep talking and listening to our charities and the wider
community, try and establish more collaborative working and a pooling/sharing of resources to
provide the most effective service to those we strive to help.
I would also like to thank the Trustees of The Roy Fletcher Centre who are always very supportive of
my role, providing practical help as well as sound advice based on years' of involvement with the
Centre and a good knowledge of the struggles facing the sector in which we work. I look forward to
the challenges of 2025-2026.
H) CHAIR'S SUMMARY, THANKS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I have pleasure in presenting the Annual Report and Accounts for the year 2024-25
a) Summary
Although the Covid 19 pandemic is now much less intrusive the effects of it can continue to be
felt by the Roy Fletcher Centre. The methods of working by many charities have significantly
changed with working from home and holding meetings by zoom being the new norm for
some and as a result the Centre has experienced much less hiring of our meeting rooms.
Additionally, the general economic situation has affected many charities with some having to
close due to loss of funding.
Fortunately, the use of our counselling rooms has increased, and this together with the
continued support from Shropshire Council for the Digital Skills project has meant that a stable
year financially has enabled us to maintain rents for our tenant charities for 2025-26 as for the
previous year.
The highlights of the year have included visits to the Centre from Brian Welti, The High Sheriff
of Shropshire and Mr Andrew Bailey, Governor of the Bank of England.
B Thanks and Acknowledgments
As always I extend sincere thanks to:
Our partners, the Roy Fletcher Charitable Trust and Shropshire Council. Our IT volunteers
whose work is much appreciated by the clients they heip with their digital skills, and the
various contractors we rely upon who often go the extra mile to help us.
Our Chief Executive and all our staff who continue to make the Centre a welcoming and
supportive environment.
My fellow Trustees for their contributions and support throughout the year.
Alan Bain
Trustee/Director and Chair of the Board.
01/07/2025
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1) TRUSTEES' RESPONSIBILITIES STATEMENT
The Trustees (who are also directors of THE CHARITY 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. Under
company law the Trustees must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that
they 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 that period. In preparing these financial statements, the Trustees are required to:
• select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
• observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;
• make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
• prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to
presume that the charitable company will continue in operation.
The Trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show
and explain the charitable company's transactions and 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.
This report was approved by the Trustees on 27-Ocloker 2025and signed on their behalf by:
Mam d Bain
A L Bain - Trustee
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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF
THE ROY FLETCHER CENTRE
Independent examiner's report to the trustees of The Roy Fletcher Centre ('the Company')
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended
31 March 2025.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity's trustees of the Company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are
responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act
2006 ('the 2006 Act").
Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the
2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity's
accounts as carried out under Section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act"). In carrying out my
examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under Section 145(5) (b) of the
Independent examiner's statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the
examination giving me cause to believe:
1.
accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by Section 386 of the 2006
Act, or
2.
the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3.
the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of Section 396 of the 2006 Act other
than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a matter considered as
4.
part of an independent examination; or
the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement
of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities (applicable to charities preparing
their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic
of Ireland (FRS 102)).
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.
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C Moelwyn-Williams BSc FCA
TCA (Shrewsbury) LLP
Third Floor
21 St Mary's Street
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
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Date: and Decembe 2025
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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
(INCORPORATING AN INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
Unrestricted
funds
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM
Donations and legacies
Charitable activities
General
Investment income
Total
Notes
2
3
EXPENDITURE ON
Charitable activities
General
NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total funds brought forward
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD
4,158
173,621
9,422
187,201
156,984
30,217
226,876
257,093
Restricted
funds
€
10,800
-
10,800
14,621
(3,821)
5,821
2,000
CONTINUING OPERATIONS
All income and expenditure has arisen from continuing activities.
2025
Total
funds
14,958
173,621
9,422
198,001
171,605
26,396
232,697
259,093
The notes form part of these financial statements
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2024
Total
Funds
17,895
160,688
8,919
187,502
175,843
11,659
221,038
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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
31 MARCH 2025
Notes
8
2025
2024
CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors
Cash at bank
10,562
288,414
298,976
4,147
266,261
270,408
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year
9
(38,853)
(37,338)
NET CURRENT ASSETS
260,123
233,070
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES
PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES
11
260,123
(1,030)
233,070
(373)
NET ASSETS
FUNDS
Unrestricted funds
Restricted funds
TOTAL FUNDS
259,093
232,697
13
257,093
2,000
259,093
226,876
5,821
232,697
The charitable company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for
the year ended 31 March 2025.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended
31 March 2025 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for
ensuring that the charitable company keeps accounting records that comply with Sections 386 and
387 of the Companies Act 2006 and
b)
preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable
company as at the end of each financial year and of its surplus or deficit for each financial year in
accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the
requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the
charitable company.
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to charitable
companies subject to the small companies regime.
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on
270dober 2025 and were signed on its behalf by:
Allen so Dair
Vir A L Bain - Trustee
The notes form part of these financial statements
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
1.
ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of preparing the financial statements
The financial statements of the charitable company, 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 2019), Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard
applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements
have been prepared under the historical cost convention.
Financial reporting standard 102 - reduced disclosure exemptions
The charitable company 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':
the requirements of Section 7 Statement of Cash Flows;
• the requirement of paragraph 3.17(d);
the requirements of paragraphs 11.42, 11.44, 11.45, 11.47, 11.48(a)(ili), 11.48(a)(iv), 11.48(b)
and 11.48(c);
the requirements of paragraphs 12.26, 12.27, 12.29(a), 12.29(b) and 12.29A;
the requirement of paragraph 33.7.
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.
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.
Taxation
The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities.
Fund accounting
trustees.
Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the
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.
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 charitable company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to
the charitable company's pension scheme are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities in the
period to which they relate.
Debtors
Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount after any trade discount offered.
Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.
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1.
2.
3.
4.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued
Cash at bank and in hand
Cash at bank and in hand includes cash and short-term highly liquid investments with a short maturity
of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar account.
Financial instruments
The charity only has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial
instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently
measured at their settlement value.
DONATIONS AND LEGACIES
Grants
2025
14,958
2024
17,895
Grants received, included in the above, are as follows:
Other Grant Income
Local Authority Grant
2025
4,158
10,800
14,958
2024
5,820
12,075
17,895
Included within grant income is £10,800 (2023: £12,075) received from Shropshire Council; funding
received from the Government and Local Authorities during the year. Apart from the employment
allowance credit against Employers National Insurance, the charity has received no other financial
assistance from the government.
INVESTMENT INCOME
Investment income
2025
9,422
2024
8,919
TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS
ere were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 March 2025 nor for t
ar ended 31 March 202
Trustees' expenses
During the year a Trustee was reimbursed £34 for charity costs that had been paid for personally.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
STAFF COSTS
Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Other pension costs
2025
111,311
1,881
3,482
116,674
2024
100,548
-
2,694
103,242
The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows:
General
2025
10
No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000.
The total remuneration of the key management personnel was £33,899 (2024: €27,347).
COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
Unrestricted
Restricted
2024
10
-
Total
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM
Donations and legacies
Charitable activities
General
Investment income
Total
EXPENDITURE ON
Charitable activities
General
NET INCOME
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total funds brought forward
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD
12,074
160,688
8,919
181,681
5,821
5,821
17,895
160,688
8,919
187,502
172,422
9,259
3,421
2,400
175,843
11,659
217,617
226,870
3,421
5,821
221,038
232,697
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
7. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
8.
COST
At 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2025
DEPRECIATION
At 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2025
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 March 2025
At 31 March 2024
DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
Trade debtors
Prepayments and accrued income
Fixtures
and
fittings
13,656
13.656
2025
6,500
4,062
10,562
2024
3,920
227
4,147
10.
CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
Other creditors
PAYE/NI Creditor
Accruals and deferred income
2025
1,932
5,103
31,818
38,853
2024
1,406
1,558
34,374
37,338
Deferred income due within one year includes £27,646 (2024: £23,521) received during the year, in
relation to rent and service charges for the financial year ended 31 March 2026. (2024: Rent and
service charges for the financial year ended 31 March 2025)
LEASING AGREEMENTS
Minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases fall due as follows:
Within one year
Between one and five years
2025
2,539
3,688
6,227
2024
2,539
6,287
8,82
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES
Provisions
2025
1,030
2024
373
The charity operates a defined benefit pension scheme but is unable to identify its separate assets
and liabilities. Therefore in prior years the scheme has been accounted for as a defined contribution
scheme in accordance with FRS 102.
The chart or paying eprey arial left one rents and teare under Fa 102 and
For more detail see note 14.
12. ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BETWEEN FUNDS
Current assets
Current liabilities
Provision for liabilities
Unrestricted
Restricted
funds
funds
296,976
2,000
(38,853)
(1,030)
:
257,093
2,000
2025
Total
funds
298,976
(38,853)
(1,030)
259,093
2024
Total
funds
270,408
(37,338)
_(373)
232.697
13. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
At 1.4.24
Net
movement
in funds
Transfers
between
funds
At
31.3.25
Unrestricted funds
General fund
Designated - Redecoration and
renewals
Designated - Statutory redundancy
22,976
29,112
22,074
95,714
57,000
226,876
30,217
:
(38,926)
8,926
30,000
30,217
14,267
29,112
31,000
95,714
87,000
257,093
Restricted funds
Shropshire Council - IT learning
delivery
The National Lottery Fund
TOTAL FUNDS
5,821
5,821
232,697
2,000
(5,821)
(3,821)
26,396
2,000
2,000
259,093
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FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
13.
MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued
Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
Incoming
resources
187,201
Resources
expended
€
(156,984)
Unrestricted funds
General fund
delivery
The National Lottery Fund
TOTAL FUNDS
10,800
10,800
198,001
(8,800)
(5,821)
(14,621)
(171,605)
Movement
in funds
30,217
2,000
(5,821)
(3,821)
26,396
Comparatives for movement in funds
Unrestricted funds
General fund
Designated - Redecoration and
renewals
Designated - Statutory redundancy
Designated - Long term property
naintenance and renewal
Desianated - Continuity func
Restricted funds
Free devices fund
The National Lottery Fund
TOTAL FUNDS
At 1.4.23
53,903
25,000
23,000
65,714
50,000
217,617
3,421
3,421
221,038
Net
movement
in funds
26,073
(15,888)
(926)
-
9,259
(3,421)
_5,821
2,400
11,659
Transfers
between
Funds
(57,000)
20,000
30,000
7,000
-
:
At
31.3.24
22,976
29,112
22,074
95,714
57,000
226,876
-
5,821
5,821
232,697
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
13. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS.- continued
Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
Incoming
resources
181,681
Unrestricted funds
General fund
Designated - Redecoration and
renewals
Designated - Statutory redundancy
Restricted funds
Free devices fund
The National Lottery Fund
Resources
expended
€
(155,608)
(15,888)
(926)
Movement
in funds
26,073
181,681
5,821
5,821
187,502
2,400
11,659
TOTAL FUNDS
(175,843)
RESTRICTED FUNDS
The National Lottery Fund represents funding received to part fund a restricted IT project.
The rest did a year real a are 2 2 is a denies al rating delivery eat was
was not spent.
Shropshire Council - IT learning delivery fund is for the delivery of the digital skills programme.
DESIGNATED FUNDS
The redecoration and renewals fund is to pay for major redecoration and renewals work when these
are required to fulfil the charity's obligations under the terms of its leases and to replace major items
of essential furniture and equipment. This was been partially spent in the year ended 31 March 2024
The statutory redundancy fund is money identified to cover statutory redundancy payments should the
need arise.
Tha long ter rot a antenare to novel tune alies to money nade in the longer tem lo
The continuity fund, as explained in the Trustees Report, follows the Board's decision to set aside a
working balance of approximately 15% of annual income to ensure that sufficient money is available
for the day to day operations of the charitable company.
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FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
14.
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT OBLIGATIONS
re employees are members of the TPT Retirement Solutions Scheme, a multi-employer define
enetit scheme. It is not possible for the charity to identify its share of the current assets and liabilitie
of the scheme and therefore it is treated as a defined contribution scheme in accordance with the
15.
The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the charitable company in independently
administered funds. The pension cost charge represents contributions payable by the charitable
company to the fund, after adjusting for the movement on the provision noted below and amounted to
a charge of £3,482 (2024: charge of £2,694)
The scheme is in deficit and the charitable company has agreed a deficit funding agreement and
therefore a liability for this obligation has been accounted for.The amount recognised is the net
present value of the deficit reduction contributions payable under this agreement. The discount factor
used was 4.84% (2024: 5.31%).
RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES
s EJ Fletcher-Cooper, Trustee, is also a trustee of the Roy Fletcher Charitable Trust, trom who
a charity lease their buildinas. Durina the vear a peopercorn rent of £240 (2024: £240) was paid
the Trust, and £2,537 was paid to the Trust in respect of property Owners insurance.
During the year, the charity received donations totalling £6,122 (2024: £6.960) from Mr A Downton, a
Trustee, in relation to use of the Roy Fletcher Centre Office facilities.
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