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2022-03-31-accounts

REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: 3818021 (England and Wales) REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1078094

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2022

FOR

AMAZE BRIGHTON AND HOVE (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)

Chariot House Limited Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditor 44 Grand Parade Brighton BN2 9QA

AMAZE BRIGHTON AND HOVE (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)

CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2022

Page
Report of the Trustees 1 to 10
Report of the Independent Auditors 11 to 14
Statement of Financial Activities 15
Balance Sheet 16
Cash Flow Statement 17
Notes to the Cash Flow Statement 18
Notes to the Financial Statements 19 to 31
Detailed Statement of Financial Activities 32

AMAZE BRIGHTON AND HOVE (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2022

The trustees who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31st March 2022. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019).

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AMAZE BRIGHTON AND HOVE (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2022

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES GOALS, SERVICES AND OUTCOMES

Amaze's charitable objects recorded with the Charity Commission are:

"To improve the education and development of, and relieve the poverty for, children and young people with disabilities and special educational needs and disabilities ordinarily resident in the South East of England through the provision of advice, information and support to them and their parents and carers."

As a charity, Amaze is required to deliver an identifiable public benefit in accordance with Section 17(5) of the 2011 Charities Act. Amaze has succeeded in this by providing children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and their parent carers, with a range of different direct services as well using the information we gather delivering these, to influence policy and practice via our voice/influencing work.

Our work in 2021-22 continued to be challenged by the global Covid-19 pandemic. Despite respite and leisure venues reopening in April 2021, no indoor mixing was allowed between people of different households - delaying plans to return staff to our offices and host in-person parent carer support sessions.

Our rapid evaluation of the pandemic on parent carers [carried out for NHS England, May 2022] shows that carers continue to feel exhausted and more anxious and stressed than pre-pandemic. Disabled children have seen their conditions worsen, some needs have become more complex; and delays in assessments mean some needs have not been identified. Alongside this, the emotional health and well-being of all members of the family, including disabled children, their parent carers and their siblings, has worsened.

Research by the Disabled Children's Partnership reported families 'feeling abandoned' - with many vital services reducing or stopping altogether in 2020, then being slow to return in 2021, so Amaze was determined to enable all services for families to continue. Our focus was to let families know we were here for them and continue offering services in different ways.

Amaze has continued to react and adapt to changes brought about by Covid-19, but we felt it important to carry out a strategic review and consultation at the start of 2021 to ensure that we were planning for and considering other strategic issues and opportunities too. We developed a new set of Strategic Principles, incorporating our values (see below), to guide our work and support our decision making over the next period (2021-25).

The strategic review included consultation with parents and young people who use our services, the staff team and other external stakeholders. It also draws on a review of national research findings and internal service evaluations. The Chief Executive assumes lead responsibility for its implementation. The below describes key work undertaken in 2021-22, under each of our key values and strategic principles.

Our Values: LISTEN

Local and Living it: We are local people who are from, know and understand the communities we serve and how best to support and empower them.

Independent and Impartial. Investment. Innovative: We are an independent charity and any information or advice we provide about services is impartial.

Supportive: We will support as many people as possible; developing more digital resources, growing peer support and offering more hands-on help for those that need it most.

Together: The needs of disabled children and young people and their families are at the heart of all that we do. We work together with families and SEND professionals, to plan, develop and improve services.

Empowering: We empower children and young people with SEND and their parent carers by building their confidence, knowledge, skills and resilience.

Non-judgemental: We listen and offer advice without criticism, prejudice or judgement

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AMAZE BRIGHTON AND HOVE (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2022

LOCAL & LIVING IT

Amaze employs local people, parent carers and (young) people with disabilities with lived experience of the issues our charity is here to support, at all levels across the organisation. This includes our staff and volunteer teams as well as our Board of Trustees. As such, we know and understand the communities we serve and how best to support and empower them.

The pandemic has taught us we need to remain nimble and flexible to best need the changing needs of our local communities. We know this requires us to provide high quality support, flexibility and care for our teams, in particular supporting our many parent carer staff who had to balance their jobs, with providing 24-7 care to their disabled children. We have introduced a new Carers Policy and are rolling out carers passports for each of our team with caring responsibilities.

At the end of March 2022 Amaze held detailed information about the demographic profile and needs of 5,791 local children and young people with SEND on the children's disability registers - The Compass Brighton and Hove and The Compass West Sussex - an increase of 13% on the year. Children joining The Compass registers were provided with a free Compass Card B&H or Compass Card WSx which gives families free or discounted entry at many local, inclusive leisure opportunities. Disappointingly, West Sussex County Council decided to take their register back 'in-house' in March 2022 and we have now transferred the Compass West Sussex register back to them, where we had individuals' permissions to do so. Amaze continues to manage the scheme in Brighton and Hove and also supports the development of Carers' Card offers there. The data we gather from the Compass, as well as that from our other service provision, provides us with good intelligence about the needs of local families - adding value to the broader parent carer and young person voice work.

INDEPENDENT & IMPARTIAL, INVESTMENT, INNOVATIVE

We provided a range of high quality, impartial information, advice and support in a variety of accessible formats, including digital/written, phone/remote and face-to-face. The main Amaze website attracted 48,800 users accessing 66,500 web sessions and the Compass website attracted 32,100 users accessing 40,800 web sessions.

Amaze is commissioned to deliver the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Information, Advice and Support Service (SENDIASS) by, and independent from, the Brighton and Hove and East Sussex local authorities. We continued to help high numbers of callers who needed information to navigate the SEND system, advice on particular issues or more in-depth casework support.

The Advice Line dealt with a total of 3,792 enquiries [1,995 from Brighton and Hove and 1,654 from East Sussex, the remainder being out of area] - an increase of 15% on the year. These came from 2,546 unique individuals, with many using the service more than once. This represented an incredible 31% increase on the year.

The SENDIASS also offers 1:1 casework advice and support for parent carers or young people that are more vulnerable, or have more complex issues they need help with. In 2021-22 Amaze supported 284 parent carers and young people in this way which is a 25% increase on the year. Whilst good, the figures hide that there continues to be many more families who need more in-depth casework and support, for which funding and capacity does not stretch.

The pandemic continued to restrict some of our usual plans for events fundraising, but as soon as we were able, we were delighted to welcome back a sell-out crowd to our Big Cheer for Amaze comedy night, thanks to support from our patrons Angela Barnes and Joe Wilkinson. Amaze also continued to develop new, innovative funding relationships and we are grateful to the staff and customers of The Grand hotel in Brighton in particular. We also deepened investment partnerships with existing funders like the East Sussex County Council and Clinical Commissioning Group.

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AMAZE BRIGHTON AND HOVE (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2022

SUPPORTIVE

Parent carers and young people with SEND tell us they feel less isolated and more part of an inclusive community by receiving our newsletters, our Compass e-bulletins and visiting our social media platforms. By the end of the year, the Amaze Facebook page had 3,681 fans, increasing 11% on the previous year, and we had 3,347 Twitter followers (+5%). We are continuing to increase targeted information and content especially produced by and for young people, including video and the Amaz-ine, and via emails for parent carers.

Twenty-one Amaze community outreach partnership coffee mornings ran during the year (initially online then back face-to-face) for parent carers living in three neighbourhood estates in Brighton and Hove. These aim to identify and support new or isolated parent carers, signpost to relevant agencies and seek to engage them in strategic developments.

Amaze has shown that having someone provide early, informal, peer support is incredibly impactful. Knowing how isolated many parent carers were at the start of the year, we prioritised raising funds for our Face to Face service, offering a trained befriender and a range of support groups in Brighton and Hove and East Sussex. During 2021-22 we welcomed 191 new parent carers into this befriending service. This support continued to be offered remotely - via phone, email, Zoom groups - as this worked well for parents living in more rural locations, those caring for others at home, or not wanting to spend time travelling, but we were able to return to face to face sessions from the summer.

Amaze also offered a range of individual and group peer support to young people at particular risk of isolation. During 2021-22 we provided 261 peer-supported activity sessions for young people with additional needs, and 127 received peer support by 34 trained young people. These sessions became a social life-line for many who told us they were not leaving their house for anything else due to high levels of anxiety, and have helped build back confidence and skills since the pandemic.

With more families falling into financial hardship, 488 families were helped to improve their financial position by applying for disability benefits (Disability Living Allowance or Personal Independence Payments) an increase of 23% on the previous year. This service has grown considerably and is now available to families living in East Sussex. While we increased our online training and information resources, we still had to prioritise casework support for the most vulnerable parents with literacy difficulties or where English is not their first language. A successful claim adds significantly (around £8k) to a family's annual income, often pulling them out of poverty, and we estimate the annual value of the claims we have supported is currently around £5m in additional disability and other passported benefits.

TOGETHER

Amaze continues to work collaboratively, with a wide-range of partners, across different aspects of our work. First and foremost, we have worked together with young people with special educational needs or disabilities, and/or their parent carer(s).

We have worked closely with, and supported the work of, the three Sussex parent carer forums but our hosting arrangements of East Sussex Parent Carer Forum (ESPCF) and the Brighton and Hove Parent and Carers' Council (PaCC) enable the independent voices of parents to be heard effectively via co-production with services. They have continued to grow in strength and size, with memberships increasing by the end of March 2022 to 525 and 513 respectively. Both forums have reps who attend and feed into many partnerships and projects - working collaboratively to identify improvements and provide constructive challenge to partners.

During the year we increased our offer of facilitated information/training sessions, giving parent carers and young people the chance to come together to hear information from experts. These respond to topics that families have requested like housing and mental health.

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AMAZE BRIGHTON AND HOVE (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2022

EMPOWERING

Amaze services have empowered young people with SEND to improve their knowledge, well-being and resilience, taking ownership of their 'Amazing Futures'. With funding from the Sussex Learning Network (SLN), we were able to appoint a new co-ordinator, with lived experience, to develop our careers service. She has worked one-to-one with 104 young people, helping them prepare for adulthood (supporting them to consider their options for education, employment and training, independent living and developing life skills). Our person-centred approach puts the young person, and what they like/interests them at the core, giving them control to make decisions about their future.

Amaze has been developing opportunities for young people with SEND to build their confidence and skills to participate more (co-produce) in decisions about service developments and strategies that affect them. We have supported our two young people Interns to set up two young people's 'voice groups' to help shape our young people's offer and ensure young people are involved in all areas of our work, building their skills and experience. We also run a self-advocacy group in partnership with Speak Out (a local charity supporting adults with learning disabilities).

NON-JUDGEMENTAL

During 2021, Amaze developed its equalities, diversity and inclusion work - beginning an anti-racism project. First, we published a set of commitments to becoming an anti-racist organisation, then we strove to get a better understanding about the (intersectional) barriers some Black, Asian and minoritised ethnic families might face in accessing our own services, and those of others across the SEND system. This included rolling out a series of training for all our staff, improving the triage process when someone first tries to access our help, and making changes to our website.

OUTCOMES:

Amaze seeks to support children and young people with SEND and their parent carers to be:

We have implemented an outcomes framework that measures how each of the Amaze services contributes to these statements. We gather 'before' and 'after' scores and map these on outcomes stars for individuals receiving longer term casework.

Volunteers

Amaze continues to be supported by about 100 dedicated volunteers working across several of its projects. We sadly lost some of our volunteers during the pandemic as some were older/retired professionals or parent carers who were having to stay/shield at home. The Amazing Futures project had the help of 38 young people Peer Supporters - incredible young volunteers aged 18-25 who are trained to provide peer support to other young people with SEND aged 14-25. Most of the volunteers who are working on the project have additional needs themselves.

The Face to Face project is supported by 37 parent carer befrienders and we are looking to build back our volunteer numbers in some of our other projects.

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AMAZE BRIGHTON AND HOVE (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2022

FINANCIAL REVIEW

Financial position

There was a surplus for the period of £110,177 (2021: surplus £57,344) which has increased the reserve brought forward to £682,738 to carry forward at 31 March 2022 of which £none (2021: £462) has to be used on restricted projects. General reserves now stand at £193,288 and £489,000 is set aside for general contingency in the event of closure (see below).

Reserves policy

Amaze receives funds from a number of different sources and the majority of the services provided are described in some form of contract or service level agreement or letter of agreement. While we continue to build other fundraising to diversify our income streams, we remain dependent upon our core contracts and grants and while the main three contain a requirement for the funder to give 3 months' notice of any intention to withdraw funding or seek changes to the existing arrangements, the effect is generally cancelled out as these are paid quarterly in arrears. Increasingly other funders are also paying in arrears - putting more risk onto Amaze, and meaning we have to use our reserves to provide the necessary 'cashflow' to resource our work. More of our income is becoming increasingly precarious, more short term, often granted one year at a time, with only one month's notice.

Amaze Trustees therefore feel it is necessary to aim to hold at least three months' worth of operating expenses, plus an amount to cover closure costs, in case any of these core funders have to terminate these agreements without notice. Trustees believe it is important Amaze holds enough financial reserves to ensure an ordered and proper closing of the organisation in these circumstances. The Trustees only wish to have these financial reserves at a minimum level, thereby not withholding vital funds from service provision, and so commit to reviewing the funds held in reserves annually.

This year, due to the increase in the size of the staff complement and increased operating costs, the amount Amaze is aiming to hold in contingency for this purpose is £489,000.

In brief the reserves policy will fund:-

These costs have been identified and are being held in our 'Closure contingency reserve'. See additional note (15 below) about movement in funds.

In addition, the trustees have decided to designate £70,000 to strategic projects which will be spent in 2022/23. This includes an overhaul of our website, introduction of a new HR management system and a new fundraising database, investment in a new post to lead the development of our services for young people and more capacity to develop information products for young people and manage our triage (front door) access point into Amaze's advice line.

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AMAZE BRIGHTON AND HOVE (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2022

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Governing document

Amaze is a charitable company limited by guarantee. It was established under a Memorandum of Association which established the objects and powers of the charitable company and is governed by its Articles of Association. Under these articles, one third of the Trustees are re-elected at each Annual General Meeting. The organisation is run by a Management Committee comprising the Trustees, who delegate the day to day running to the Chief Executive.

The Trustees have a broad knowledge of SEND and parenting issues through their involvement in other local organisations and activities and have experience of working in the private, statutory and voluntary sectors, including individuals with professional, financial and other skills. At any one time at least one third of Trustees must also have personal experience of caring for a disabled child. Over the course of this year Amaze has established a Young People's Advisory Group to feed in young people's views to Amaze's service developments and the Amazing Futures Co-ordinator is invited to attend, and input the views of young people, to the Management Committee.

The Board of Trustees has the power to establish sub-groups which present recommendations to the full Management Committee. It currently operates personnel, finance and fundraising, communications and strategy sub-groups comprised of a minimum of two Trustees and the Chief Executive or member of senior leadership team. . From time to time, the Trustees also co-opt parent and professional representatives from both voluntary and statutory organisations who contribute their expertise to discussions but are without voting rights.

Trustees are recruited by advertisements in Amaze's own publications and those of similar organisations. The Trustees may co-opt further Trustees at any point during the year, with that appointment to be ratified at the next Annual General Meeting. New Trustees are provided with an induction meeting from the Chief Executive and Chair of the Board of Trustees and a written pack of induction materials including copies of the organisation's key policy documents.

Risk management

Charity and business governance principles for best practice highlight the benefits to an organisation of risk management and internal controls, and Amaze's Risk Management Strategy ensures they have the processes in place to identify, evaluate and mitigate risk. During the pandemic, Amaze regularly updated risk assessments for carrying out individual services, and working in different ways.

The Risk Management processes are subject to periodic review, recognising that new risks will arise whilst others will either disappear or become less significant in terms of priority. On-going risks and their control measures are monitored through the production of a Risk Log, which is updated annually, reviewed and approved by the Management Committee.

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AMAZE BRIGHTON AND HOVE (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2022

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Registered Company number 3818021 (England and Wales)

Registered Charity number 1078094

Registered office

Community Base 113 Queens Road Brighton East Sussex BN1 3XG

Trustees

Mr H A Clench Ms S A Cox Ms S A Howell (resigned 18/5/2021) Ms D J Norris Ms F Murau Ms S Bennett Mrs D Tuesley (resigned 1/2/2022) Ms A Plant Mr D M Barfoot Mr M Hamdhaidari

Company Secretary Mrs R Travers

Senior Statutory Auditor

John Thacker FCA DChA

Auditors

P J Thacker FCA DChA ICAEW Chariot House Limited Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditor 44 Grand Parade Brighton BN2 9QA

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AMAZE BRIGHTON AND HOVE (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2022

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Bankers

Cafcash Limited Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4TA

Unity Trust Bank plc Nine Brindleyplace Birmingham B1 2HB Scottish Widows Bank plc 67 Morrison Street Edinburgh EH3 8YJ

Shawbrook Bank Limited Lutea House Warley Hill Business Park Great Warley Brentwood Essex CM13 3BE

Patrons

Henry Normal Angela Pell Annabel Giles Julia Donaldson Joe Wilkinson Angela Barnes

VOLUNTEERS

We have not been able to offer as many volunteering opportunities this year as detailed above

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AMAZE BRIGHTON AND HOVE (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2022

STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES' RESPONSIBILITIES

The trustees (who are also the directors of Amaze Brighton and Hove (A Company Limited By Guarantee) for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Report of the Trustees and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period. In preparing those financial statements, the trustees are required to

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

In so far as the trustees are aware:

AUDITORS

The auditors, Chariot House Limited, will be proposed for re-appointment at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting.

Approved by order of the board of trustees on 26[th] September 2022 and signed on its behalf by:

Ms D J Norris - Trustee

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REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF AMAZE BRIGHTON AND HOVE (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Amaze Brighton and Hove (A Company Limited By Guarantee) (the 'charitable company') for the year ended 31st March 2022 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities, the Balance Sheet, the Cash Flow Statement and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charitable company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC's Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information

The trustees are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the Annual Report, other than the financial statements and our Report of the Independent Auditors thereon.

Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:

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REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF AMAZE BRIGHTON AND HOVE (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the charitable company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Report of the Trustees.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

Responsibilities of trustees

As explained more fully in the Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities, the trustees (who are also the directors of the charitable company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidate the charitable company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

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REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF AMAZE BRIGHTON AND HOVE (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)

Our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue a Report of the Independent Auditors that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

We gained an understanding of the legal and regulatory framework applicable to the charitable company and the industry in which it operates, and considered the risk of acts by the charitable company that were contrary to applicable laws and regulations, including fraud. We identified that the following laws and regulations are central to the charitable company:

We did not find any instances of non-compliance or breaches of the legislation framework applicable to the charitable company.

We designed audit procedures to respond to the risk, recognising that the risk of not detecting a material misstatement due to fraud is higher than the risk of not detecting one resulting from error, as fraud may involve deliberate concealment by, for example, forgery or intentional misrepresentations, or through collusion.

We identified that the following areas were of high risk:

We focussed on laws and regulations which could give rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements, including, but not limited to, the Companies Act 2006, UK tax legislation, Charities Act 2011 and Charities SORP 2019. Our tests included agreeing the financial statement disclosures to underlying supporting documentation, enquiries with management and enquiries of legal counsel when considered necessary. There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures described above and, the further removed non-compliance with laws and regulations is from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, the less likely we would become aware of it. We did not identify any key audit matters relating to irregularities, including fraud. As in all our audits, we also addressed the risk of management override of internal controls, including testing journals and evaluating whether there was evidence of management bias by the directors that represented a risk of material misstatement due to fraud.

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Report of the Independent Auditors.

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REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF AMAZE BRIGHTON AND HOVE (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)

Use of our report

This report is made solely to the charitable company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charitable company's members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditors' report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charitable company and the charitable company's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

John Thacker FCA DChA (Senior Statutory Auditor) for and on behalf of Chariot House Limited Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditor 44 Grand Parade Brighton BN2 9QA Date: 27[th] September 2022

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AMAZE BRIGHTON AND HOVE (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES (INCORPORATING AN INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2022

Notes
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM
Donations and legacies
2
Charitable activities
Grants
Services
Investment income
3
Other income
Total
EXPENDITURE ON
Raising funds
5
Charitable activities
6
Staff costs
Property costs
Administrative costs
Other costs
Total
NET INCOME
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total funds brought forward
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD		 Unrestricted
funds
£
95,523
642,114
261,925
495
19,442
1,019,499
60,393
740,611
21,099
72,353
14,404
908,860
110,639
572,099
682,738		 Restricted
funds
£
89,077
112,083
-
-
-
201,160
-
142,620
12,666
18,332
28,004
201,622
(462)
462
-		 2022
Total
funds
£
184,600
754,197
261,925
495
19,442
1,220,659
60,393
883,231
33,765
90,685
42,408
1,110,482
110,177
572,561
682,738		 2021
Total
funds
£
311,756
578,246
283,054
926
36,829
1,210,811
69,943
998,247
11,773
28,129
45,375
1,153,467
57,344
515,217
572,561

The notes form part of these financial statements

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AMAZE BRIGHTON AND HOVE

(A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE) (REGISTERED NUMBER: 3818021)

BALANCE SHEET 31ST MARCH 2022

Notes
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible assets
11
CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors
12
Cash at bank
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year
13
NET CURRENT ASSETS
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES
NET ASSETS
FUNDS
15
Unrestricted funds
Restricted funds
TOTAL FUNDS		 Unrestricted
funds
£
-
238,567
773,711
1,012,278
(329,540)
682,738
682,738
682,738		 Restricted
funds
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 2022
Total
funds
£
-
238,567
773,711
1,012,278
(329,540)
682,738
682,738
682,738
682,738
-
682,738		 2021
Total
funds
£
443
77,008
597,875
674,883
(102,765)
572,118
572,561
572,561
572,099
462
572,561

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 26[th] September 2022 and were signed on its behalf by:

Ms D J Norris - Trustee

The notes form part of these financial statements

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AMAZE BRIGHTON AND HOVE (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)

CASH FLOW STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2022

Notes
Cash flows from operating activities
Cash generated from operations
1
Net cash provided by operating activities
Cash flows from investing activities
Interest received
Net cash provided by investing activities
Change in cash and cash equivalents in the
reporting period
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning
of the reporting period
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the
reporting period		 2022
£
175,341
175,341
495
495
175,836
597,875
773,711		 2021
£
28,748
28,748
926
926
29,674
568,201
597,875

The notes form part of these financial statements

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AMAZE BRIGHTON AND HOVE (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)

NOTES TO THE CASH FLOW STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2022

1. RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME TO NET CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME TO NET CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME TO NET CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME TO NET CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME TO NET CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME TO NET CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
2022 2021
£ £
Net income for the reporting period (as per the Statement of Financial
Activities) 110,177 57,344
Adjustments for:
Depreciation charges 443 442
Interest received (495) (926)
Increase in debtors (161,559) (53,189)
Increase in creditors 226,775 25,077
Net cash provided by operations 175,341 28,748
2. ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET FUNDS
At 1/4/21 Cash flow At 31/3/22
£ £ £
Net cash
Cash at bank 597,875 175,836 773,711
Total 597,875 175,836 773,711

The notes form part of these financial statements

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AMAZE BRIGHTON AND HOVE (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2022

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.

At the time of approving the financial statements, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, including taking into account any potential impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, and on that basis the charity is considered to be a going concern.

Income

Income is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the income have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and that the amount can be measured reliably.

Grants, donations and support from funders are recognised as income in the year in which the donor states the funds should be expended. Where no such statement is made the income is recognised in the year in which it is receivable.

Income received in advance for the provision of specified service is deferred until the criteria for income recognition are met.

Expenditure

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

Tangible fixed assets

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

Computer equipment - 33% on cost

The charity does not capitalise assets costing less than £1,000

Recognition and measurement

Fixed assets are measured at cost less accumulated depreciation and any accumulated impairment losses.

Taxation

The Charity is considered to pass the tests set out in Paragraph 1 Schedule 6 Finance Act 2010 and therefore it meets the definition of a charitable company for UK Corporation Tax purposes. Accordingly the Charity is potentially exempt from taxation in respect of income or capital gains received within categories covered by Chapter 3 Part 11 Corporation Tax Act 2010 or Section 256 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992, to the extent that such income or gains are applied exclusively to charitable purposes.

Fund accounting

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

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AMAZE BRIGHTON AND HOVE (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2022

1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Fund accounting

Designated funds are unrestricted funds of the charity which the trustees have decided at their discretion to set aside to use for a specific purpose

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.

Pensions

The pension cost charge represents the contribution payable by the charity to the employers' defined contribution pension scheme.

Operating Leases

Rentals payable under operating leases are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities in the year in which they are payable.

2. DONATIONS AND LEGACIES

Donations
Grants		 2022
£
69,888
114,712		 2021
£
49,249
262,507
311,756
184,600

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AMAZE BRIGHTON AND HOVE (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2022

2. DONATIONS AND LEGACIES - continued

Grants received, included in the above, are as follows:

Brighton and Hove City Council
National Lottery Response Fund
The Henry Smith Trust
Department for Education
Garfield Weston Foundation
The Chalk Cliff Trust
Ernest Kleinwort Charitable Trust
East Sussex County Council
Other Grants under £2,000
Masonic Foundation
Coronavirus Mental Health Response Fund
Sussex Learning Network
The Blagrave Trust
Carer's Support West Sussex
BBC Children in Need
Pears Foundation
3.
INVESTMENT INCOME
Deposit account interest		 2022
£
-
-
-
-
10,000
5,000
5,000
-
5,228
-
-
-
11,000
9,407
53,117
15,960
114,712
2022
£
495		 2021
£
5,000
91,780
50,000
39,247
-
-
-
33,000
-
10,000
19,480
14,000
-
-
-
-
262,507
2021
£
926

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AMAZE BRIGHTON AND HOVE (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2022

4. INCOME FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES

Activity
Grants
Grants
Services
Services		 2022
£
754,197
261,925
1,016,122		 2021
£
578,246
283,054
861,300

We now have a mix of grant income awarded in total in advance of projects and grants and services delivery contracts payable in arrears or after completion of services. The balance of this shifts each year with an increase in grant income during 21/22.

Grants received, included in the above, are as follows:

Brighton and Hove City Council
NHS Brighton and Hove CCG
Department for Education
West Sussex County Council
East Sussex County Council
Other Grants under £2,000
Trust for Developing Communities
NHS East Sussex CCG
Sussex Partnership Foundation NHS Trust		 2022
£
304,551
72,000
35,000
3,939
303,757
-
11,700
6,000
17,250
754,197		 2021
£
239,687
56,343
35,000
1,000
221,900
3,616
11,700
9,000
-
578,246

5. RAISING FUNDS

Grants received from our fundraising activity with larger trusts and foundations are included in grant income and so are shown separately in the accounts. Added to the amount here in 'raising funds' we calculate that fundraised income is three times that of the cost of fundraising.

.

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AMAZE BRIGHTON AND HOVE (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2022

6. CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES COSTS

CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES COSTS
Staff costs
Property costs
Administrative costs
Other costs		 Direct
Costs
£
883,231
33,765
90,685
42,408
1,050,089

7. NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)

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

2022 2021
£ £
Depreciation - owned assets 443 442
Auditors' remuneration 4,000 3,700

8. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS

In our Articles of Association Trustees are not allowed to receive payments unless contracted to provide a particular service rendered acting other than as a trustee. .No such payment was made this year.

Trustees' expenses

No trustee made a claim for expenses in this or last year, and one trustee was paid £298 last year (none this year) to act as a parent representative for PaCC.

9. STAFF COSTS

Wages and Salaries
Social Security Costs
Pension
No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000.
Key Management Remuneration amounted to £46,923 (2021: £46,696).		 2022
£
826,206
60,895
33,646
920,747		 2021
£
814,235
57,756
34,860

906,851
Average number of employees Number Number
2022 2021
Total 46 47
Full time equivalent basis 27 26

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AMAZE BRIGHTON AND HOVE (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2022

10.
COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
Unrestricted
funds
£
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM
Donations and legacies
49,249
Charitable activities
Grants
578,246
Services
283,054
Investment income
926
Other income
36,829
Total
948,304
EXPENDITURE ON
Raising funds
69,941
Charitable activities
Staff costs
829,351
Property costs
1,701
Administrative costs
1,887
Other costs
(526)
Total
902,354
NET INCOME
45,950
Transfers between funds
(4,090)
Net movement in funds
41,860
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total funds brought forward
508,981
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD
550,841		 Restricted
funds
£
262,507
-
-
-
-
262,507
2
168,896
10,072
26,242
45,901
251,113
11,394
4,090
15,484
6,236
21,720		 Total
funds
£
311,756
578,246
283,054
926
36,829
1,210,811
69,943
998,247
11,773
28,129
45,375
1,153,467
57,344
-
57,344
515,217
572,561

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AMAZE BRIGHTON AND HOVE (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2022

11.
TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
COST
At 1st April 2021
Disposals
At 31st March 2022
DEPRECIATION
At 1st April 2021
Charge for year
Eliminated on disposal
At 31st March 2022
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31st March 2022
At 31st March 2021
12.
DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
Trade debtors
Other debtors
Prepayments		 2022
£
233,527
3,122
1,918
238,567		 Computer
equipment
£
35,143
(13,148)
21,995
34,700
443
(13,148)
21,995
-
443
2021
£
73,458
2,703
847
77,008

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AMAZE BRIGHTON AND HOVE (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2022

13. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR

Social security and other taxes
Other creditors
Deferred income
Accrued expenses		 2022
£
20,442
-
278,536
30,562
329,540		 2021
£
-
2,983
74,913
24,869
102,765

14. LEASING AGREEMENTS

Minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases fall due as follows:

Within one year
Between one and five years		 2022
£
10,392
20,784
31,176		 2021
£
10,392
31,176
41,568

15. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS

Unrestricted funds
General fund
Designated funds - Projects
Designated funds - Closure contingency
Designated Fund - Hazel Herovitsch fund
YP Training
Designated funds - East Sussex Futures
Awards
Designated Funds - ESPCF
Designated Funds - Strategic Project
Infrastructure
Restricted funds
Garfield Weston Foundation
TOTAL FUNDS		 At 1/4/21
£
46,080
13,306
465,000
2,170
2,333
8,210
35,000
572,099
462
572,561		 Net
movement
in funds
£
94,309
20,695
-
(2,170)
-
(2,195)
-
110,639
(462)
110,177		 Transfers
between
funds
£
(67,210)
10,543
24,000
-
(2,333)
-
35,000
-
-
-		 At
31/3/22
£
73,179
44,544
489,000
-
-
6,015
70,000
682,738
-
682,738

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AMAZE BRIGHTON AND HOVE (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2022

15. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued

Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:

Unrestricted funds
General fund
Designated funds - Projects
Designated Fund - Hazel Herovitsch fund
YP Training
Designated Funds - ESPCF
Restricted funds
Department for Education
Garfield Weston Foundation
Amazing Futures
Blagrave Trust
BH Covid Winter
Pears Foundation
TOTAL FUNDS		 Incoming
resources
£
805,349
214,150
-
-
1,019,499
35,000
10,000
128,852
10,000
1,348
15,960
201,160
1,220,659		 Resources
expended
£
(711,040)
(193,455)
(2,170)
(2,195)
(908,860)
(35,000)
(10,462)
(128,852)
(10,000)
(1,348)
(15,960)
(201,622)
(1,110,482)		 Movement
in funds
£
94,309
20,695
(2,170)
(2,195)
110,639
-
(462)
-
-
-
-
(462)
110,177

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AMAZE BRIGHTON AND HOVE (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2022

15. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued

Comparatives for movement in funds

Unrestricted funds
General fund
Designated funds - Projects
Designated funds - Closure contingency
Designated Fund - Hazel Herovitsch fund
YP Training
Designated funds - East Sussex Futures
Awards
Designated Funds - ESPCF
Designated Funds - F2F WSX
Designated Funds - Strategic Project
Infrastructure
Restricted funds
Henry Smith Trust
National Lottery Community Fund
Department for Education
Garfield Weston Foundation
Global's Make Some Noise
Masonic Foundation
TOTAL FUNDS		 At 1/4/20
£
12,373
-
457,000
2,170
6,500
8,480
2,458
20,000
508,981
(8,661)
6,687
824
462
6,560
364
6,236
515,217		 Net
movement
in funds
£
60,703
13,306
-
-
(4,167)
(270)
(2,364)
-
67,208
7,563
(9,074)
(1,163)
-
(6,560)
(630)
(9,864)
57,344		 Transfers
between
funds
£
(26,996)
-
8,000
-
-
-
(94)
15,000
(4,090)
1,098
2,387
339
-
-
266
4,090
-		 At
31/3/21
£
46,080
13,306
465,000
2,170
2,333
8,210
-
35,000
572,099
-
-
-
462
-
-
462
572,561

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AMAZE BRIGHTON AND HOVE (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2022

15. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued

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

Unrestricted funds
General fund
Designated funds - Projects
Designated funds - East Sussex Futures
Awards
Designated Funds - ESPCF
Designated Funds - F2F WSX
Designated - Sussex Learning Network
Restricted funds
Henry Smith Trust
Brighton & Hove City Council - Covid
Winter Grant
National Lottery Community Fund
Department for Education
Global's Make Some Noise
Masonic Foundation
Sussex Learning Network
East Sussex County Council - Covid Winter
Grant
Coronavirus Mental Health Response Fund
TOTAL FUNDS		 Incoming
resources
£
690,729
196,480
26,902
20,000
-
14,193
948,304
50,000
5,000
91,780
39,247
-
10,000
14,000
33,000
19,480
262,507
1,210,811		 Resources
expended
£
(630,026)
(183,174)
(31,069)
(20,270)
(2,364)
(14,193)
(881,096)
(42,437)
(5,000)
(100,854)
(40,410)
(6,560)
(10,630)
(14,000)
(33,000)
(19,480)
(272,371)
(1,153,467)		 Movement
in funds
£
60,703
13,306
(4,167)
(270)
(2,364)
-
67,208
7,563
-
(9,074)
(1,163)
(6,560)
(630)
-
-
-
(9,864)
57,344

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AMAZE BRIGHTON AND HOVE (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2022

15. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued

Restricted Funds

Brighton and Hove City Council - Covid Winter Grant has been provided as grants to vulnerable families supported by our Disability Living Allowance Project in Brighton and Hove, to purchase food and fuel. The amount received during the year was spent in 2021/2 2

Department for Education has funded the Parent Carers' Council (PaCC) in Brighton and Hove. The amount received during the year was spent in 2021/22

Garfield Weston Foundation has funded the Disability Living Allowance Project in Brighton and Hove and East Sussex. The amount received during the year is for ongoing work and the fund balance is planned to be spent in 2021/22

Sussex Learning Network has funded our Amazing Futures - Careers Support Project in Brighton and Hove and East Sussex 2020 to 2022.

The Pears Foundation funding was specifically targeted at Parent Carer Forums to address the needs of SEND families, particularly coming out of the pandemic. Both parent carer forums (PaCC and ESPCF) used this resource to run additional events (eg coffee mornings for parents of young people with social, emotional and mental health needs), designed to bring parent carers together to access peer support and signposting to other activities and services. The events support parents in sharing their experiences, pooling information which the PCF channels to commissioners/services, helping parents to have their voices heard.

The Blagrave Trust funded development of young people's voices within Amaze and in SEND services more broadly. We set up and ran voice groups for young people with SEND and, a leadership training course and facilitated opportunities for young people to practice their leadership skills. We supported young people to be represented in local decision-making meetings, and the Amaze Board of Trustees, and young people designed new resources to meet needs they identified as priorities.

The purpose of Designated funds is as follows:

The Closure Contingency Fund will fund:-

Other Designated funds exist as follows:

ESPCF (East Sussex Parent Carer Forum) . A new forum for parent carers of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in East Sussex funding for development.

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AMAZE BRIGHTON AND HOVE (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2022

15. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued

Strategic Digital Infrastructure - For development of our digital infrastructure, to strategic projects which will be spent in 2022/23. This includes an overhaul of our website, introduction of a new HR management system and a new fundraising database, investment in a new post to lead the development of our services for young people and more capacity to develop information products for young people and manage our triage (front door) access point into Amaze's advice line

16. CONTINGENT LIABILITIES

The charity has been advised by its pension provider that there is an estimated withdrawal liability of £12,273 calculated in September 2021. As this estimated liability will only crystallise when the last active member leaves the pension plan, no provision for this sum has been provided in these accounts. A small monthly contribution is being made towards the arrears.

17. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

There were no related party transactions for the year ended 31st March 2022, except for those reported in Note 8.

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