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2022-03-31-accounts

CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1074699

Asperger East Anglia Unaudited financial statements

31 March 2022

Asperger East Anglia

Financial statements

Year ended 31 March 2022

Page
Trustees' annual report 1
Independent examiner's report to the trustees 12
Statement of financial activities 14
Balance sheet 15
Statement of cash flows 16
Notes to the financial statements 17

Asperger East Anglia

Trustees' annual report

Year ended 31 March 2022

The trustees present their report and the unaudited financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2022.

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in notes to the accounts and comply with the charity's governing document, the Charities Act 2011 and 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 published in October 2019.

Reference and administrative details

Registered charity name Asperger East Anglia Charity registration number 1074699 Principal office Charing Cross Centre 17-19 St John Maddermarket Norwich NR2 1DN

The trustees

The trustees who served during the year and at the date of approval were as follows:

Mrs Marcella Olive MBE (resigned 4 April 2022) Mr Jeremy Elliott Dr Elizabeth Kershaw BSc PGCE PhD Dr Ekkehart Staufenberg MSc, MD, MRCPsych, Cert.HM Mr Norman Angus BSc (Hons) Mrs Julie Elliott Mrs Mary Laxton Ms Jo Watts Ms Fiona Hare Rev Andrew Good Professor Peter Langdon DClinPsy, PhD, CPsychol, AFBPsS Chief Executive Officer Thecla Fellas Independent examiner S C Mary FCA Lovewell Blake LLP Chartered accountants Bankside 300 Peachman Way Broadland Business Park Norwich NR7 0LB Bankers HSBC Bank plc 18 London Street Norwich Norfolk

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Asperger East Anglia

Trustees' annual report (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2022

Objectives and activities

In addition, the charity managed a number of specific projects during the year ended 31 March 2022 as follows:

Providing Information, Advice, Guidance and Support

The Charity continued to respond to hundreds of telephone calls and emails from people requesting support, information, advice and guidance on Asperger syndrome and associated issues.

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Asperger East Anglia

Trustees' annual report (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2022

Objectives and activities (continued)

Raising Awareness of Asperger Syndrome

Over the year we have continued to raise awareness of the needs of those with Asperger syndrome and their families. Despite the pandemic we were able to utilise virtual resources to continue to raise awareness and ensured the following:

Risk Management

The strategic committee met regularly during this year to help plan for expected funding cuts and to prepare for the most significant risks that the charity faces including:

Objectives for the Year

Asperger East Anglia's key aims, and objectives met in 2021/22 were:

Public Benefit

The public benefit of our service is to all our clients who have been formally diagnosed with Asperger syndrome (AS), their families, carers, educators, and employers.

The trustees have paid due regard to the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit in deciding what activities the charity should undertake.

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Asperger East Anglia

Trustees' annual report (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2022

Achievements and performance

Children, Young People and Families Services

Children and Family Support Groups

During this year our Children and Family support group has been delivered via virtual meetings with the occasional meeting in person. Staff adapted creative activities that were delivered virtually including, social games, art, craft, and cookery. The group is well supported by the parents attending and has the potential to be self-running.

Education Advice has been delivered from our Norwich Drop in Centre to parents struggling to cope with the education system including applying for an Educational Health and Care Plan Advice and support included telephone and e-mail support as well as face to face meetings in our offices.

Adult Services

Carers Support

Carers groups returned to meeting in person during this year. Meetings have been held once a month at the Charing Cross Centre and we continued to provide virtual meetings to those carers who live further afield or who were unable to use public transport. Our personal support workers continued throughout this year to supply respite for carers allowing them to have a break from their caring duties. We supported carers to raise their concerns about the lack of support for themselves and their Autistic loved ones to the local authority and the NHS. We received a high number of calls from elderly carers highlighting concerns about the future of their adult autistic children after they are no longer able to. These are carers who in the main have not received any support from social services in the past and unaware as to how to seek help. Carers have reported that the carers assessment offered by the local authority provide little if no practical help and not suitable for carers of an autistic person.

Employment and Training

Following the easing of the lock down the charity returned to providing in house work experience at our Beccles project. Due to some remaining anxieties about the easing of restrictions amongst our autistic community the first part of the year was slow in terms of numbers willing to attend. It wasn't until the beginning of 2021 that we returned to anywhere near normal level of people seeking support to enter employment. We also had to contend with staff sickness due to contracting Covid 19 which proved to be an added challenge. Despite the challenges of returning to normal we supported 22 individuals to gain work experience in our Workshops, gaining woodwork and electronic skills and helped 10 young people to secure employment. Our employment advisor provided help with CV writing, job coaching, seeking and applying for job and volunteering opportunities. We had an increase in the number of people seeking help to retain their employment and provided employers with awareness training and advice on reasonable adjustments in the workplace. The employment and training project also provided benefit and welfare support. This is where a large majority of our work during this year was centred. We had dedicated members of staff to assist people to apply for benefits including Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment.

Personal Support Service

The personal support service offers individuals with Asperger syndrome the opportunity to receive support in a range of settings and situations including within their home environment. Our PA's work with a person-centred approach to assist individuals to access community-based activities and promote independence. The majority of people who accessed this service were funded by the local authority who purchased individual packages of care. This year has seen the local authority increase their request for the charity's bespoke support service. Referrals have been received across Norfolk social care teams, we currently support 15 Norfolk County Council clients, 1 Suffolk Client and 9 private paying clients. Most referrals have had complex needs including severe and enduring mental health issues which have required intensive support. Throughout the year the charity has recruited staff with experience in both autism and mental health to meet demand and in order to expand the service next year.

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Trustees' annual report (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2022

Achievements and performance (continued)

Moving On Project

Our independent living project is housed above one of our premises in Beccles and has offered young people with AS the opportunity to be supported while learning all the skills needed to live independently. We have through the year supported a further 7 clients to move into their own accommodation and have supported them with their independent living skills.

Review of Fundraising Performance

The charity continued to need to raise funds for specific projects and to meet the general management costs of the charity, by:

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Asperger East Anglia

Trustees' annual report (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2022

Achievements and performance (continued)

The following funders have supported our charitable activities during the year:

Charitable Trust 2021/22 Project
Awards for All Drop in Centre (Mental Health Support
Worker)
Postcode Places Trust Drop in Centre (Mental Health Support
Worker)
CharlesLittlewoodHill Trust Beccles Workshop
Pettit CharitableTrust Beccles Workshop
The GreyCourt Trust Beccles Workshop
The Annie Tranmer Charitable Trust Social Support Groups
Edward GoslingFoundation Carers Support
The SouterCharitableTrust Beccles Workshop
NorwichConsolidated Charities Dropin Centre
Laura Elizabeth Stuart Memorial Trust Beccles Workshop
The Lord Belstead Charitable Settlement Beccles Workshop
The Paul Basham Charitable Trust Beccles Workshop
Ganzoni Charitable Trust Beccles Workshop
Educational Foundation of Alderman John Norman Children and Family
The Sir Robert Gooch Beccles Workshop
The Astor Foundation Beccles Workshop
Anne French Memorial Trust Beccles Workshop
Douglas Arter Foundation Children and Family
Lloyds Bank Foundation Movingonproject
29th May1961 Charitable Trust Children and Family
TheEllerdaleTrust Children and Family
Anne French Memorial Trust Beccles Workshop
The RC SnellingCharitable Trust Dropin Centre
John Ackroyd Charitable Trust Children and Family
Bank of England Beccles Workshop
National LotteryCommunityFund Employment and Training/Helpline
Norfolk CountyBowls Association Core
The Goodman Trust Social Support Groups
Suffolk CommunityFoundation Carers

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Trustees' annual report (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2022

Achievements and performance (continued)

The following statutory bodies have provided funding during the reporting year:

Project
Personal Support Service Norfolk County Council
Workshop training Suffolk County Council
Workshop capital cost East Suffolk Council

Management Review

The charity has been managed during the year by the following:

Trustees - responsible for the management of the charity's activities and its financial position.

Committees

Finance Committee - responsible for setting the budget and overseeing the financial position;

Strategic Development Committee - responsible for the development of the charity's strategy;

Staffing Committee - responsible for overseeing the charity's staffing and pay levels.

Chief Executive Office - responsible for overseeing the day to day functions.

During the reporting year Asperger East Anglia employed 29 staff, 3 of whom were paid for a maximum of 37.5 hours per week. The remaining staff worked on a part-time or sessional basis.

The charity is an equal opportunities employer. It is aware of its statutory duty to support the employment of disabled persons where possible, both in recruitment and by retention of employees who become disabled whilst in the employment of the charity, as well as generally through training and career development. During the year 2021-22 Asperger East Anglia employed 5 people with Asperger syndrome (a registered disability under the Disabled Persons Act).

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Asperger East Anglia

Trustees' annual report (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2022

Financial review

As the financial year 2020/2021 came to a close, the latter stages of the Covid-19 pandemic were still around and, although less virulent, will remain around for some time to come. The pandemic has had its impact on this charity, its staff, footfall to our shops/workshops and fundraising too. When the pandemic hit in early 2020 AEA was quick to review its exposure to risk, physically, financially and as a charity. Considering known and/or promised resources, we recast our financial forecasts together with our revised project plans, to support our staff and importantly our clients, those least able to cope. Although what we do and how we do it had to change we remain committed to meeting the needs of our vulnerable clients and their families. We also took the decision to continue to employ all our staff and with Government led furlough funding, we had the means in place to do just that.

Moving forward into 2021/22 we continued to deliver our services throughout the year, although in different ways to what we were accustomed to. We managed our budget wisely while seeking new sources of funding although traditional sources were drying up rapidly. Most importantly though we could afford to continue. We maintained a balanced portfolio of funding, relying least on statutory sources, taking advantage of every opportunity for available lottery or trusts funds but most importantly growing our own resources year on year, making us more self-funding and therefore self-reliant. Uncertainty is never far away but we will always put the charity first and continue to seek to mitigate future issues by being forward-looking, finding ways to best manage our cashflow. We are prepared to make the tough decisions as and when necessary to ensure the continued existence of the charity and support its aims and goals.

Our income for the financial year was £399,242 (2021: £550,843), down by approximately 28% on the previous year and expenditure was £430,211 (2021: £385,081), an increase of 12%. This in turn has decreased our overall funds balance from £173,211 at the end of 2020/21, to £142,242 for 2021/22, of which there are net assets in the restricted funds of £829, designated funds £2,332 and £139,081 in unrestricted reserves. In recent years, it was expected that pressure on funding continued to force the charity to use its reserves to aid those projects whose funding had declined, however we are very pleased to report we are in a position to hold a significant reserve of £100,000, agreed by Trustees to provide the foundation for a future significant project or alternatively provide 3 months expenditure.

These accounts should always be read in conjunction with those of the trading arm. It must be remembered that we can only utilise restricted funding for the purposes the funder(s) intends, and any unanticipated charges or events must be borne by unrestricted funds. Our trading arm, Asperger Community Development (East Anglia) Limited (ACD) continues to generate income since the move to Beccles in July 2014. The Beccles operation has borne fruit and all the staff there, in whatever capacity, must be commended for the effort they put in to make it work. It has enabled us to demonstrate to funders that we are doing things to help ourselves and provides valuable unrestricted income that we can use to support the charity's efforts. This "opportunity shop" has everything in one place, a shop, workshops (Furniture, Electrical) and space for training/meeting rooms. The flexibility of the facility and those involved have demonstrated that they can maintain what works well but adjust what doesn't, this presents an ever-changing look to where and how our income gets generated.

In October 2017 we opened a second retail shop in Beccles, complementing our existing facility. The main reason for doing so was to expand our floor sales area but to also utilise the upstairs space and provide supported living to young people with Autism. This has proven to be a highly successful venture that we hope to replicate and expand in the future.

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Trustees' annual report (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2022

Financial review (continued)

We have significantly reduced our accommodations at the Charing Cross Centre in Norwich, maintaining a large office space with no return meant a rethink was required. We moved downstairs which enabled us to have a street facing shop and space for a drop-in centre. While this has not been entirely successful, we remain hopeful that as footfall continues to develop in the area this space will become more readily utilised.

As always, we do remain under significant financial pressure. We are doing well at this moment in time, but we have been close to critical before, and we want to be sure, we can still support all our services into the future. It is with regret that we continue to be poorly supported by the local authority in Norfolk, they continue to pay little regard to the struggles of people with Autism, care assessments are still failing to identify the needs of our service users and in our view, they continue to fail to abide by the Autism Act of 2009. Norfolk County Council have introduced an Autism strategy and we have written to them to express our concerns about its implementation. They have finally responded, after a year, with an extremely unsatisfactory reply and, what they have said doesn't stand up to close scrutiny. We strongly disagree with their financial pursuit of the vulnerable to make ends meet with an ever-increasing charging policy and will support our service users to actively challenge these failings as and when they present themselves.

It has not been without some considerable effort on the part of AEA/ACD management, our staff and those we look to, to aid us in our fundraising activities, for matters to have been maintained to the extent that they have. We highly value all those funders, whether large or small, who have supported this charity through the years, we could not do this without them. We have engaged with a fundraiser who used to work for the fundraising company we used to employ (by mutual agreement). This has proven a quality improvement with strong focus on our own fundraising capability and it has already proven its worth. While not losing sight of traditional fundraising routes we are exploring new ideas and methods which are already paying off. We will maintain our focus and, if this financial year's results are anything to go by, forge ahead, keep our much-valued staff and continue to provide valuable services to those with AS and their families.

We said this last year and it is worth repeating that we have had to change what we do and how we do it over the years and with good management of change we can maintain our effectiveness. We sincerely hope we can continue to find ways to maintain or resurrect services in some way, shape or form in the future. We need to be imaginative and flexible as we hope you realise, we have always had to be. We must always seek to maintain our transparency; be clear on how beneficial we are and can be to a very specific group with a lifelong need that can be eased with our help but not cured. We must continue to persuade people and funders alike that we are worth supporting, that we can have a positive impact on people's lives and that in most cases we work for and achieve great results. The Trustees wish to thank every single person, group and organisation that supports us from the smallest donation, to buying something in our shops, to those interested in and generously funding our projects.

Reserves policy

It is the aim of the trustees to build free reserves totalling £100,000, sufficient to cover the operating costs of the charity for a 3 month period and thereby secure the continued provision of its services in the event of significant demands for such service being placed upon it without immediate funding.

The free reserves at 31 March 2022 amount to £136,366 (2021: £150,595) representing approximately 4 months' expenditure, excluding depreciation. Designated funds totalled £2,332 (2021: £nil) and restricted funds totalled net assets of £929 (2021: net assets £18,990) at 31 March 2022.

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Trustees' annual report (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2022

Financial review (continued)

Going Concern

The Trustees are aware of the significant positive change in our reserves position and remain satisfied the financial statements should be prepared on a going concern basis as they believe that:

will be sufficient to enable the charity to continue to operate. Therefore the Trustees believe that no material uncertainties over the going concern status of the charity.

Plans for future periods

Key Future Plans

In addition to the continuance of all our projects Asperger East Anglia's key aims and objectives for 2022/2023 are:

Structure, governance and management

Constitution

Asperger East Anglia is a registered charity and is governed by a Declaration of Trust made on the 8th July 1998 and Supplemental Deed 8th June 2004.

Recruitment and Appointment of Trustees

The minimum number of serving trustees is three. Trustees are appointed by a resolution of the trustees, passed at a special meeting with 21 days notice. In selecting persons to be appointed as trustees, the existing trustees shall take into account the benefits of appointing a person who through residence, occupation, employment, special knowledge, or personal or professional qualifications can make a contribution to the pursuit of the objects or the management of the Charity.

Trustees Induction and Training

All new trustees are provided with a comprehensive induction pack to Asperger East Anglia, which includes the Deed of Trust, current business plan, staffing structure, annual budget and last accounts. They are also provided with details of their obligations under Charity Law. Following their appointment, we will endeavour to provide trustees with ongoing training by recommending relevant courses for them to attend as appropriate.

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Trustees' annual report (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2022

Structure, governance and management (continued)

Organisation Structure and Decision Making

The Trustees meet at least bi-monthly with special meetings being held when circumstances dictate. The trustees govern and strategically manage the charity but employ a Chief Executive Officer and staff to carry out day to day functions.

Related parties

One of the Trustees of Asperger East Anglia is also a director of Asperger Community Development (East Anglia) Limited, while a further Trustee is company secretary.

True and Fair override

The accounts (financial statements) have been prepared to give a "true and fair" view and have departed from the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 only to the extent required to provide a "true and fair" view. This departure has involved Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS102) issued in October 2019 rather than the Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice effective from 1 April 2005 which has since been withdrawn.

Independent examiner

S C Mary FCA of Lovewell Blake LLP is willing to be re-appointed as independent examiner for the ensuing year.

The trustees' annual report was approved on 26 January 2023 and signed on behalf of the board of trustees by:

Mr Jeremy Elliott Trustee

Ms Jo Watts Trustee

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Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Asperger East Anglia

Year ended 31 March 2022

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2022 which are set out on pages 14 to 26.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity's trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).

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

Independent examiner's statement

Since the charity’s gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the 2011 Act. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (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 charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or

  2. the financial statements do not accord with those records; or

  3. the financial statements 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.

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Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Asperger East Anglia (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2022

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.

Your attention is drawn to the fact that the Charity has prepared the accounts (financial statements) in accordance with 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) in preference to the Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice issued on 1 April 2005 which is referred to in the extant regulations but has since been withdrawn.

I understand that this has been done in order for the accounts to provide a true and fair view in accordance with the Generally Accepted Accounting Practice effective for reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2015.

S C Mary FCA Independent Examiner

Lovewell Blake LLP Chartered accountants Bankside 300 Peachman Way Broadland Business Park Norwich NR7 0LB

30 January 2023

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Statement of financial activities

Year ended 31 March 2022

2022 2021
Unrestricted Restricted
funds funds Total funds Total funds
Note £ £ £ £
Income and endowments
Donations and legacies 4 63,691 63,691 96,218
Charitable activities 5 99,564 230,085 329,649 366,962
Other income 6 5,902 5,902 87,663
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Total income 169,157 230,085 399,242 550,843
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Expenditure
Raising funds
Costs of raising donations and
legacies 7 (1,762) (5,006) (6,768) (8,290)
Charitable activities 8 (163,889) (259,554) (423,443) (376,791)
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Total expenditure (165,651) (264,560) (430,211) (385,081)
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Net (expenditure)/income before transfer of
funds 3,506 (34,475) (30,969) 165,762
Transfers between funds (16,314) 16,314
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Net movement in funds (12,808) (18,161) (30,969) 165,762
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward 154,221 18,990 173,211 7,449
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Total funds carried forward 141,413 829 142,242 173,211
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The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.

The notes on pages 17 to 26 form part of these financial statements.

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Balance sheet

31 March 2022

2022 2021
Note £ £ £ £
Fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets 13 2,715 3,626
Current assets
Debtors 14 59,697 71,382
Cash at bank and in hand 91,777 110,165
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151,474 181,547
Creditors: Amounts falling due within
one year 15 (11,947) (11,962)
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Net current assets 139,527 169,585
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Total assets less current liabilities 142,242 173,211
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Net assets 142,242 173,211
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Funds of the charity
Restricted funds 829 18,990
Unrestricted funds 141,413 154,221
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Total charity funds 17 142,242
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173,211
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These financial statements were approved by the board of trustees and authorised for issue on 26 January 2023, and are signed on behalf of the board by:

Mr Jeremy Elliott Trustee

Ms Jo Watts Trustee

The notes on pages 17 to 26 form part of these financial statements.

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Statement of cash flows

Year ended 31 March 2022

2022 2021
£ £
Cash flows from operating activities
Net (expenditure)/income (30,969) 165,762
Adjustments for:
Depreciation of tangible fixed assets 911 1,210
Changes in:
Trade and other debtors 8,575 (39,397)
Trade and other creditors 3,095 (16,907)
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Cash generated from operations (18,388) 110,668
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Net cash (used in)/from operating activities (18,388) 110,668
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Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of tangible assets (1,028)
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Net cash used in investing activities (1,028)
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Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents (18,388) 109,640
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year 110,165 525
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Cash and cash equivalents at end of year 91,777 110,165
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The notes on pages 17 to 26 form part of these financial statements.

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Notes to the financial statements

Year ended 31 March 2022

1. General information

The charity is a public benefit entity and a registered charity in England and Wales and is unincorporated. The address of the principal office is Charing Cross Centre, 17-19 St John Maddermarket, Norwich, NR2 1DN.

2. Statement of compliance

The charity constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with 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 issued in October 2019, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102), the Charities Act 2011 and UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice.

The financial statements have been prepared to give a 'true and fair' view and have departed from the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 only to the extent required to provide a 'true and fair view'. This departure has involved following the 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 issued in October 2019 rather than the Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice effective from 1 April 2005 which has since been withdrawn.

3. Accounting policies

Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis.

Going concern

The accounts have been prepared on the going concern basis and the Trust believes that no material uncertainties exist. The Trustees have considered the level of funds held and the expected income and expenditure for the next 12 months from authorising these financial statements. The budgeted income and expenditure is sufficient with the level of reserves for the Trust to be able to continue as a going concern.

The trustees have taken into account the effects of COVID-19 in making this assessment.

Funds structure

Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees to further any of the charity's

purposes.

Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure declared by the donor or through the terms of an appeal.

Income

All income is included in the statement of financial activities when entitlement has passed to the charity, it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the charity and the amount can be reliably measured. The following specific policies are applied to particular categories of income:

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Notes to the financial statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2022

3. Accounting policies (continued)

Income (continued)

Expenditure

Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis as a liability is incurred. Expenditure includes any VAT which cannot be fully recovered, and is classified under headings of the statement of financial activities to which it relates:

All costs are allocated between the expenditure categories of the SOFA on a basis designed to reflect the use of the resource. Costs relating to a particular activity are allocated directly, others are apportioned on an appropriate basis, as set out in the notes to the accounts.

Operating leases

Rentals payable under operating leases are charged in the Statement of Financial Activities on a straight line basis over the lease term.

Tangible assets

The cost of tangible fixed assets includes only the expenditure incurred in bringing the assets into working condition for their intended use.

There is no value below which assets are not capitalised.

Impairment reviews are only carried out on groups of assets where there has been an indication of impairment.

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Notes to the financial statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2022

3. Accounting policies (continued)

Depreciation

Depreciation is calculated so as to write off the cost or valuation of an asset, less its residual value, over the useful economic life of that asset as follows:

Motor Vehicles - 25% reducing balance Office Equipment - 25% reducing balance

Taxation

The charity is exempt from income tax on all its activities.

Financial instruments

A financial asset or a financial liability is recognised only when the entity becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at the amount receivable or payable including any related transaction costs, unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where it is recognised at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument.

Current assets and current liabilities are subsequently measured at the cash or other consideration expected to be paid or received and not discounted.

Debt instruments are subsequently measured at amortised cost.

Defined contribution plans

Contributions to defined contribution plans are recognised as an expense in the period in which the related service is provided. Prepaid contributions are recognised as an asset to the extent that the prepayment will lead to a reduction in future payments or a cash refund.

When contributions are not expected to be settled wholly within 12 months of the end of the reporting date in which the employees render the related service, the liability is measured on a discounted present value basis. The unwinding of the discount is recognised as an expense in the period in which it arises.

4. Donations and legacies

Unrestricted Total Funds Unrestricted Total Funds
Funds 2022 Funds 2021
£ £ £ £
Donations
Donations 19,527 19,527 73,181 73,181
Gift aid from Asperger Community
Development (East Anglia) Limited 44,164 44,164 23,037 23,037
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63,691 63,691 96,218 96,218
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Notes to the financial statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2022

5. Charitable activities

Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2022
£ £ £
Personal Support Service 99,564 33,782 133,346
Drop in Centre 45,293 45,293
Workshop Opportunities - Placements 13,780 13,780
Adult Group 9,509 9,509
Adult Carers 33,626 33,626
Workshop Opportunities - Big Lottery Funding 40,000 40,000
Workshop Opportunities 14,955 14,955
Moving On 36,140 36,140
Children and Family Support 3,000 3,000
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99,564 230,085 329,649
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Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2021
£ £ £
Personal Support Service 73,030 37,763 110,793
Drop in Centre 33,709 33,709
Workshop Opportunities - Placements 1,058 1,058
Adult Group 3,414 3,414
Adult Carers 12,828 12,828
Workshop Opportunities - Big Lottery Funding 60,000 60,000
Workshop Opportunities 50,240 50,240
Moving On 44,185 44,185
Children and Family Support 50,735 50,735
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73,030 293,932 366,962
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Included in charitable activities is Government funding of £90,040 (2021: £69,364).

6. Other income

Unrestricted Total Funds Unrestricted Total Funds
Funds 2022 Funds 2021
£ £ £ £
CJRS furlough income 5,902 5,902 87,663 87,663
====================== ====================== ========================== ==========================
Costs of raising donations and legacies
Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2022
£ £ £
Fundraising consultancy and expenses 1,762 5,006 6,768
====================== ====================== ======================
Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2021
£ £ £
Fundraising consultancy and expenses 8,290 8,290
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7. Costs of raising donations and legacies

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Notes to the financial statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2022

8. Expenditure on charitable activities

Activities
undertaken Total funds Total fund
directly Support costs 2022 2021
£ £ £ £
Personal Support Service 105,598 7,555 113,153 89,389
Drop in centre 52,836 4,077 56,913 34,327
Workshop Opportunities - Big Lottery
Funding 54,740 3,848 58,588 76,937
Adult Carers 34,717 2,505 37,222 14,994
Adult Group 10,448 754 11,202 3,478
Moving On 37,397 2,698 40,095 53,412
Workshop Opportunities 94,361 2,050 96,411 57,115
Children and Family Support 6,219 449 6,668 44,678
Governance costs 3,191 3,191 2,461
------------------------------- -------------------------- ------------------------------- -------------------------------
396,316 27,127 423,443 376,791
=============================== ========================== =============================== ===============================
Analysis of governance costs
Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds Total Funds
Funds Funds 2022 2021
£ £ £ £
Independent examination 2,182 1,000 3,182 2,448
Depreciation 9 9 13
---------------------- ---------------------- ---------------------- ----------------------
2,191 1,000 3,191 2,461
====================== ====================== ====================== ======================
Support costs
Charitable Total
Governance Activities Allocated
£ £ £
Staff costs - Usage 20,954 20,954
Other admin costs - Usage 3,191 2,982 6,173
---------------------- -------------------------- --------------------------
3,191 23,936 27,127
====================== ========================== ==========================

Expenditure on charitable activities included £263,158 (2021: £270,596) of restricted expenditure and £167,053 (2021: £106,915) of unrestricted expenditure.

9. Net (expenditure)/income

Net (expenditure)/income is stated after charging/(crediting):

Net (expenditure)/income is stated after charging/(crediting):
2022 2021
£ £
Depreciation of tangible fixed assets 911 1,210
Operating lease payments 16,875 3,295
========================== ======================
10. Independent examination fees
2022 2021
£ £
Fees payable to the independent examiner for:
Independent examination of the financial statements 3,182
======================
2,448
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Notes to the financial statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2022

11. Staff costs

The total staff costs and employee benefits for the reporting period are analysed as follows:

2022 2021
£ £
Wages and salaries 379,759 343,515
Social security costs 19,122 16,667
Employer contributions to pension plans 6,119 5,114
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405,000 365,296
Less: recharged to Asperger Community
Development (East Anglia) Ltd (25,000) (24,933)
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380,000 340,363
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Key management personnel remuneration amounted to £53,351 in respect of one employee (2021: £51,348 one employee).

The average head count of employees during the year was 31 (2021: 29).

No employee received employee benefits of more than £60,000 during the year (2021: Nil).

12. Trustee remuneration and expenses

The trustees received no remuneration and had no expenses re-imbursed during either the current or previous year.

13. Tangible fixed assets

Motor Office
vehicles Equipment Total
£ £ £
Cost
At 1 Apr 2021 and 31 Mar 2022 12,210 32,298 44,508
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Depreciation
At 1 Apr 2021 10,614 30,268 40,882
Charge for the year 399 512 911
-------------------------- -------------------------- --------------------------
At 31 Mar 2022 11,013 30,780 41,793
========================== ========================== ==========================
Carrying amount
At 31 Mar 2022 1,197 1,518 2,715
========================== ========================== ==========================
At 31 Mar 2021 1,596 2,030 3,626
========================== ========================== ==========================
Debtors
2022 2021
£ £
Trade debtors 2,787 1,265
Prepayments and accrued income 9,543 12,653
Amounts owed by Asperger Community Development (East Anglia)
Limited 47,367 53,364
Other debtors 4,100
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59,697 71,382
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14. Debtors

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Notes to the financial statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2022

15. Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

2022 2021
£ £
Trade creditors 18
Accruals and deferred income 4,978 5,713
Social security and other taxes 5,576 5,294
Other creditors 1,393 937
-------------------------- --------------------------
11,947 11,962
========================== ==========================
2022 2021
£ £
Deferred income brought forward 1,738 1,928
Released during the year (1,738) (1,928)
Deferred during the year 1,738 1,738
---------------------- ----------------------
Deferred income carried forward 1,738 1,738
====================== ======================

Deferred income relates to personal budget income for April 2022.

16. Pensions and other post retirement benefits

Defined contribution plans

The amount recognised in income or expenditure as an expense in relation to defined contribution plans was £6,119 (2021: £5,114).

17. Analysis of charitable funds

Unrestricted funds

Unrestricted funds
At
At 1 Apr 2021 Income Expenditure Transfers 31 Mar 2022
£ £ £ £ £
General funds 154,221 169,157 (165,651) (18,646) 139,081
William Olive Fund 2,332 2,332
------------------------------- ------------------------------- ------------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------------
154,221 169,157 (165,651) (16,314) 141,413
=============================== =============================== =============================== ========================== ===============================
At
At 1 Apr 2020 Income Expenditure Transfers 31 Mar 2021
£ £ £ £ £
General funds 3,505 256,911 (106,195) 154,221
William Olive Fund
---------------------- ------------------------------- ------------------------------- ------------- -------------------------------
3,505
======================
256,911
===============================
(106,195)
===============================

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154,221
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Asperger East Anglia

Notes to the financial statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2022

17. Analysis of charitable funds (continued)

Restricted funds

Restricted funds
At
At 1 Apr 2021 Income Expenditure Transfers 31 Mar 2022
£ £ £ £ £
Adult Group 1,015 9,509 (10,448) 76
Adult Carers 2,618 33,626 (36,211) 33
Workshop Opportunities -
Big Lottery Funding and
Placements 960 53,780 (54,740)
Workshop Opportunities -
Grants and Appeals 1,212 14,955 (28,415) 12,248
Moving On 2,746 36,140 (38,166) 720
Children and Family
Support 3,248 3,000 (9,219) 2,971
Personal Support Service 33,782 (33,782)
Drop in Centre 7,191 45,293 (53,579) 1,095
-------------------------- ------------------------------- ------------------------------- -------------------------- -------------
18,990 230,085 (264,560) 16,314 829
========================== =============================== =============================== ========================== =============
At
At 1 Apr 2020 Income Expenditure Transfers 31 Mar 2021
£ £ £ £ £
Adult Group 145 3,414 (2,544) 1,015
Adult Carers 1,745 12,828 (11,955) 2,618
Workshop Opportunities -
Big Lottery Funding and
Placements 61,058 (60,098) 960
Workshop Opportunities -
Grants and Appeals 2 50,240 (49,030) 1,212
Moving On 2,045 44,185 (43,484) 2,746
Children and Family
Support 7 50,735 (47,494) 3,248
Personal Support Service 37,763 (37,763)
Drop in Centre 33,709 (26,518) 7,191
---------------------- ------------------------------- ------------------------------- ------------- --------------------------
3,944
======================
293,932
===============================
(278,886)
===============================

=============
18,990
==========================

Purposes of funds:

Details and purposes of the funds can be found within the trustees report (pages 1 to 10).

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Asperger East Anglia

Notes to the financial statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2022

18. Analysis of net assets between funds

As at 31 March 2022
Tangible Net Current
Fixed Assets Assets Total 2022
£ £ £
Restricted Income Funds:
Adult Group 76 76
Adult Carers 33 33
Moving On 720 720
------------- ------------- -------------
829 829
---------------------- ------------------------------- -------------------------------
Unrestricted Income Funds 2,715 136,366 139,081
Designated Funds 2,332 2,332
---------------------- ------------------------------- -------------------------------
Total Funds 2,715 139,527 142,242
====================== =============================== ===============================
As at 31 March 2021
Tangible Net Current
Fixed Assets Assets Total 2021
£ £ £
Restricted Income Funds:
Adult Group 1,015 1,015
Adult Carers 2,618 2,618
Workshop Opportunities - Big Lottery
Funding 960 960
Workshop Opportunities - Grants and
Appeals 1,212 1,212
Moving On 2,746 2,746
Children and Family Support 3,248 3,248
Drop in Centre 7,191 7,191
------------- -------------------------- --------------------------
18,990 18,990
---------------------- ------------------------------- -------------------------------
Unrestricted Income Funds 3,626 150,595 154,221
---------------------- ------------------------------- -------------------------------
Total Funds 3,626 169,585 173,211
====================== =============================== ===============================
19. Analysis of changes in net debt
At
At 1 Apr 2021 Cash flows 31 Mar 2022
£ £ £
Cash at bank and in hand 110,165 (18,388) 91,777
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Notes to the financial statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2022

20. Operating lease commitments

The total future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases are as follows:

2022 2021
£ £
Not later than 1 year 3,600 4,267
Later than 1 year and not later than 5 years 9,876 13,476
-------------------------- --------------------------
13,476 17,743
========================== ==========================

21. Related parties

During the year the following transactions were undertaken with Asperger Community Development (East Anglia) Limited, a company in which Mrs Marcella Olive MBE was a director, until her resignation on 4 April 2022, Mrs Julie Elliott is a director and Mr Jeremy Elliott is company secretary:

2022 2021
£ £
Income received by the company on behalf of the Charity 2,973 3,400
Income received by Asperger East Anglia on behalf of the company (62,892)
Expenditure paid by Asperger East Anglia on behalf of the company 39,146 29,003
Sales credits raised by Asperger East Anglia in relation to prior year
recharges (873) (2,076)
Gift aid due to Asperger East Anglia 38,686 23,037
Adjustment to prior year gift aid due to Asperger East Anglia 5,478
Gift aid paid to Asperger East Anglia (28,515)
-------------------------- --------------------------
Balance due from the company at the period end 47,367
==========================
53,364
==========================

During the year trustees donated goods for resale through Asperger Community Development (East Anglia) Limited's charity shop. It is not practical to determine the value of donated items gifted.

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