## **Uttlesford Citizens Advice** 

**Annual Accounts and Unaudited Financial Statements 2021/2022** 



**www.uttlesfordca.org.uk** 



# **UTTLESFORD CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU** 

A company limited by guarantee and not having a share capital. **Annual Report and Unaudited Financial Statements 2021/2022** 



## **UTTLESFORD CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU** 

A company limited by guarantee and not having a share capital. 

## **Report of the Directors and Trustees** 

The Trustees (who are also the Directors for the purpose of company law) have pleasure in presenting their annual report and unaudited financial statements for the year ended 31st March 2022. The financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Companies Act 2006, the Memorandum and Articles of Association, 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 (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2015). 

## **1. Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity Name:|**Uttlesford Citizens Advice Bureau**|
|---|---|
|Charity Registration No:|**1078222**|
|Company Registration No:|**3771142**|
|Registered Office:|**Barnard’s Yard, Saffron Walden. CB11 4EB**|
|Chief Executive:|**Kate Robson**|
|Company Secretary:|**Tony Pooley**|
|Bankers:|**Barclays Bank PLC**|
||12a Market Place, Saffron Walden. CB10 1HR|
||**CAF Bank Ltd**|
||25 Kings Hill Avenue, West Malling, Kent.  ME19 4JO|
|Independent Examiner:|**Richard Percy FCA**|



## **The Trustees at year end were:** 

Mary Stenson _appointed Chair 15 March 2022_ Kevin Barton _appointed 18 May 2022, appointed Treasurer 1 September 2022_ Richard Armitage Malcolm Jessop John Starr Paul Fuller Mark Benfold Chloe Fiddy Lucy Bird Susan Batty _appointed 1 November 2021_ Anthony Pooley _appointed 21 September 2021_ , _appointed Company Secretary 14 December 2021_ 



## **Those who additionally served during the financial year, with their dates of appointment, retirement or resignation, were:** 

_Michelle Strauss, retired as Secretary on 14th December 2021 and as Trustee on 1st February 2022._ 

_Subsequent to the year-end, Paul Fuller and Malcolm Jessop resigned as Trustees_ 

In accordance with the Articles of Association Richard Armitage and Lucy Bird will retire by rotation at the Annual General Meeting and, being eligible, will seek re-election. 

## **2. Structure, governance and management information** 

## _**Governing Document**_ 

Uttlesford Citizens Advice Bureau (“the Charity”) is a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee that does not have a share capital. The maximum liability of each member is limited to one pound. As at 31 March 2022 there were 25 members of the Charity. The Charity was incorporated as a company limited by guarantee on 14 May 1999. It took over the assets and liabilities of the similarly named unincorporated charity that had commenced operations from premises in Saffron Walden in 1983. The Charity is governed by its Memorandum and Articles of Association. Revised Articles of Association were adopted on 7 September 2004 and further amended on 31 October 2005. 

## _**Recruitment, Appointment of Trustees**_ 

Trustees, who are also Directors of the Company, are elected from the local community or appointed following nomination by member organisations. During the period under review there were no nominated Trustees. The Trustees keep under review their skills mix and diversity and endeavour to encourage candidates who can make a useful contribution to the running of the Charity to join them. Trustee Board vacancies are advertised as widely as possible in the local community using the national body of Citizens Advice website, social media, the local press and Volunteer Centre through connections with other local organisations. Potential candidates go through a formal recruitment process to assess their suitability for the role and are provided with induction and support during their first year in office. The Trustees, and in particular the Chair, have kept under review the composition of the Trustee Board with a particular emphasis on succession planning. The Trustee Board has the task of raising the profile of the Charity so that, amongst other things, potential recruits to the Trustee Board may be drawn from the widest possible pool of candidates that reflect the area served by the Charity. The Chair and Treasurer are elected every three years from amongst the Trustees. 

## _**Organisational Structure**_ 

The Trustees are responsible for organisational policy making and planning, financial decision making, and the overall operation of the Charity. They delegate to a number of committees powers to assist in the management of the Charity; these committees report fully to the Trustees and refer to them any matters properly to be decided by the Trustees acting as such. The Community Engagement Committee’s functions include profile raising and the organisation of fundraising activities. This committee and the Personnel Committee meet as and when required. Day-to-day operation of the Charity is delegated to the Chief Executive. During the financial year, the Trustee Board met a total of 7 times (both in person and online via Zoom) and hosted an in-person AGM.  The planned  strategy day due to take place in April 2021 was postponed due to the pandemic and a board meeting took place via Zoom instead. 



## _**3.**_ **Objectives and Activities** 

The objects of the Charity are aligned with the principles and objectives of the National Association of Citizens Advice (“CitA”), of which the Charity is a member.  The Charity is also a member of the Essex Citizens Advice Consortium. 

The Citizens Advice service helps people resolve their legal, money and other problems by providing information and advice and by influencing policymakers. Citizens Advice uses evidence of clients' problems anonymously to campaign for improvements in laws and services that affect everyone. The specific objects of the Charity are set out in its Memorandum of Association and its principal object is the promotion of any charitable purposes for the benefit of the community in the area of Essex, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, and Suffolk by the advancement of education, the protection of health, and the relief of poverty, sickness, and distress. To those ends, the Charity is specifically authorised to establish and conduct Citizens Advice as centres to provide a free confidential and impartial service of advice, information, and counsel for the public and this is its principal activity. Other objects permit the Charity to raise funds, and to undertake activities that support, or are ancillary to, its principal object. The Trustees have complied with their duty to have due regard to the guidance on public benefit published by the Charity Commission in exercising their powers or duties. The following sections describe the activities of the Charity that have been carried out for the public benefit in the last year. 

## **4. Achievements and Performance** 

- Thanks to the support of staff and volunteers we remained responsive to the changing demands and expectations of our clients as messaging around ‘Living with Covid’ became more prevalent through the year. 

- Training, recruitment and advice delivery continued using a blended approach to home and office based working - ensuring that we continued to offer choice to staff and volunteers. 

- DWP Help to Claim funding was extended for 12 months and Money and Pension service additional capacity funding was extended until November - helping to add paid staff capacity and financial  stability of the service in the year. 

- With the support of Essex Library Service we successfully launched our first video advice hub in Great Dunmow Library, allowing visitors to simply touch a screen to access an advisor. 

- With the support of Stansted Parish Council and Touchpoint we re-started outreach and a video link to our services. 

- With the support of Takeley Parish Council we successfully launched our third video advice hub. 

- After years of lobbying we finally got high speed fibre into our office in Saffron Walden. 

- Additional Covid related funding from ECC was received in the summer to allow us to recruit more paid staff hours to manage increasing client demand against challenges in re-growing volunteer capacity. 

- With office restrictions on numbers ending - we held our first all staff and volunteer get together event since the start of the pandemic in September - illustriously held in our carpark in Saffron Walden - the weather was lovely and it was wonderful to see everyone! 

- The Frontline Referrals team had an amazing year, successfully overseeing the build of the system onto a new platform and rolling out the service across Northumberland. 

- During the year we completed the setup of Frontline Referrals Ltd as a subsidiary of Uttlesford Citizens Advice; responsibility for Frontline’s existing and future business was transferred to that company on 1st April 2022. 

- We recruited our first ever summer graduates to help manage demand - this was a huge help and will now become a part of our annual resourcing toolkit. 

- We said a sad farewell to Sarah Phibrook in October - she was a huge support in managing and overseeing the quality of advice and training and is missed by staff and volunteers. 

- In December we were pleased to be able to hold our AGM in person once again and were delighted to welcome Dame Clare Moriarty, Chief Executive of Citizens Advice for England and Wales, to speak to our guests. 



- We successfully distributed over £22,000 in emergency funding to support households struggling with the aftermath of Covid disruption. 

- We made excellent progress in updating our old Windows based PC’s and laptops to faster Chrome OS machines - that better support the needs of the service. 

- We have continued to take the opportunity to promote our service through local and social media and campaign on both local and national issues where appropriate. 

## _**Performance and Service Provision**_ 

The service supported 2,583 unique clients through the year _(comparative figure for 2020/21, 2,383)_ , many using the service more than once to deal with over 9,515 issues _(9,073)._ This is an 8% increase in clients and a 4.9% increase in issues compared with 2020/21. Using government approved impact assessments this equates to £4.635m _(£4.16m)_ in value to our clients, by increasing their income, working to get debt written off and providing consumer advice. 

The following table sets out the numbers of clients and issues dealt with in last year: 

||**2021/22**|**2020/21**|
|---|---|---|
||||
|Unique client numbers (people using<br>the   service one or more times in theyear)|2,583|2,382|
|Issues|9,515|9,073|



||Client visits, phone calls,|Client visits, phone calls,|Non client  phone calls,|Non client  phone calls,|Total|Total|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||video calls, emails and||emails and letters||||
||||||||
||letters||||||
||||||||
||2021/22|2020/21|2021/22|2020/21|2021/22|2020/21|
|**Totals**|**12,044**|**12,027**|**4,209**|**9,987**|**16,253**|**16,014**|



## _**Staff and Volunteers**_ 

We currently employ 13 part-time staff working 7.9 full-time equivalent roles. Paid roles cover the management and delivery of the service, the training and quality assurance of the advice provided, supervision of advice sessions, specialist debt and disability benefit work. As at March 31st the Charity had 72 volunteers, in total working approximately 354 hours a week, with an estimated value of over £306,000. Volunteers cover the delivery of generalist advice, assisted information provision, home visit work, fundraising, media work, governance, and in the case of Trustees, financial and strategic control for the charity. 

Continuing to strengthen our volunteer capacity in order to manage increased demand and provide the best possible service for our clients is a priority. Although we have been successful in recruiting new volunteers to join both our advice team and disability benefits team, a number of volunteers have moved back into paid work or have left us due to caring commitments. We continue to run a rolling training program for new advisers and have successfully introduced a summer intern program for students, which has helped us to cover a traditionally difficult period over the school summer holidays. 



As ever, we are hugely grateful to our amazing volunteers, for their tireless commitment and calm professionalism, sometimes in some very difficult circumstances. Our staff are creative, dedicated and resilient and continue to offer support and care for both volunteers and clients, whilst balancing the need to maintain good quality advice and training. 

## _**Quality of Advice Audit**_ 

We continue to perform well and provide good quality of advice work despite the challenges of supervising, training and supporting volunteers from both home and the office. 

We are audited annually by the National Association  of Citizens Advice to assess leadership performance in Governance; Strategic Business Planning; Risk Management; Financial Management; People Management; Equality Leadership; Operation Performance Management; Partnership Working and Research and Campaigns. 

In terms of quality of advice, between April 2021 and March 2022 we consistently scored highly in all audit areas covering client outcomes, case administration and reliability of scoring; our assessments show that we can be confident that we are delivering good advice consistently. 

## _**Client profile in Uttlesford**_ 

We work hard to ensure that we are accessible to all parts of our community.  917 clients agreed to give their ethnic origin, as follows: 

|**Ethnic Origin Grouping**|**2021/22**|**2020/21**|
|---|---|---|
|White|94.4|92.5|
|Mixed Race|0.9|1.7|
|Asian or Asian British|1.5|2.8|
|Black or Black British|2.2|1.7|
|Other|1.0|1.3|
||||
||100.0%|100.0%|
|Total|||
||||
||||



When asked the question, ‘do you feel you have a disability?’ 55% of the 1,526 clients who responded stated that they did have a disability or long-term health condition _(2021 - 42% of 1,843)_ .  62% of our clients were female, 38% were male _(2021 - 60% female, 40% male)._ 



|**Age profile group**|**2021/22**|**2020/21**|
|---|---|---|
|0 – 14|1.4%|1.5%|
|15 – 24|5.0%|5.5%|
|25 – 34|16.7%|16.8%|
|35 – 49|26.4%|26.4%|
|50 – 64|26.8%|26.8%|
|65 – 74|11.9%|11.9%|
|75 – 84|7.5%|7.5%|
|85+|4.3%|4.3%|
|Total|100.0%|100.0%|



## **5. Financial Review** 

## _**Financial Position**_ 

Incoming resources in the year were £429,808 (2020/21: £368,336). Of this £238,521 (2020/21: £157,776) related to project restricted activities. 

A surplus of £9,669 was made in the year on the General Fund (2020/21: £33,818) and a deficit of £5,994 was made on restricted activities (2020/21: £2,611 surplus) before transfers between funds. At 31 March 2022 total reserves were £304,435 (31 March 2021: £300,760) of which £272,626 represented unrestricted funds (31 March 2021 £275,071). 

## _**Reserves**_ 

It is the policy of the Charity to hold reserves sufficient for the day-to-day needs of the Charity and to cover any known liabilities including an estimate of the possible costs in the event the Charity had to be wound up. The year end level of cash reserves less current liabilities was sufficient to allow the Charity to continue to operate for at least six months if the core funding was withdrawn. 

## _**Risk Management**_ 

The Trustees review the major risks to which the Charity is exposed and ensure that adequate systems exist to mitigate those risks. A risk assessment policy is used to help manage the risk process. It covers all categories of risks identified and is used throughout the year as a reference point and a formal review of the process is carried out annually. The Trustees also recognise the importance of Information Assurance and adhere to a policy recommended by the National Association of Citizens Advice. 

**6. Statement of Directors' Responsibilities** 

Company Law and Charity Law require the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Charity and of the surplus or deficit for that period. In preparing those financial statements the directors are required to: 

(a) select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently, 

(b) make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent, 

(c) state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departure disclosed and explained in the financial statements, and 

(d) prepare financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to assume that the Charity will continue on that basis. 



The directors are also responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Charity and which enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. 

The directors are responsible for ensuring that the Charity maintains an adequate system of internal control designed to provide reasonable assurance that assets are safeguarded against material loss or unauthorised use and to prevent and detect fraud and other irregularities. 

## **7. Thanks** 

The Trustees wish to thank all those people and organisations that have supported the Charity throughout another unprecedented year. The Trustees are grateful to the members of the Charity for their donations and efforts to bring the Charity to the notice of the wider community. The support of the local district town and parish councils in conjunction with other individuals and organisations enables the Charity to respond quickly to the changing needs of the community. 

The Trustees are particularly grateful for the grants and donations to help fund the Charity's core expenditure received from Uttlesford District Council, Saffron Walden Town Council, Essex County Council, South Cambridgeshire District Council, Great Dunmow Town Council, and many of Uttlesford's parish councils. Targeted funding from the DWP, West Essex Clinical Commissioning Group, Council for VO, National Association of Citizens Advice, Essex Community Foundation and Essex County Council has enabled us to continue to undertake specific projects and target support to the most disadvantaged sections of the community. 

As noted earlier in this report, Michelle Strauss stood down as Company Secretary on 14th December 2021 and as Trustee on 1st February 2022. The Trustees would like to thank Michelle for her significant contribution during her time on the Board and wish her every success in the future. 

Lastly the Trustees would also like to thank the unpaid volunteers and the paid staff, without whose contributions the Charity could not function. Their resilience and professionalism continue to inspire the work of the Board. 

## **Approved by the Trustees (Board of Directors) at their meeting on 1 November 2021 and signed on their behalf** . 


## **A T Pooley** 

Company Secretary Uttlesford Citizens Advice Bureau 

## 11 November 2022 



Independent examlners. report to the trustees of Uttlesford Cltizens Advice Bureau {"the
Companv)
I report to the charity trustees on my examirkltion of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31
Alarch 2022.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity's trustees of the Company (and also its directors for the purposes of company lawl you are
responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance viith the requirements of the Companies Act
2006 ("the 2006 Act").
Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of
the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examinatTon of your
charity's accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 ("the 2011 Act"). In carrying
out my examination I have f(Alowed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under settion 145{5llb)
of the 2011 Act.
Independent examlners, Statement
Since the Company's gross income exceeded £250,000 in the year ended 31 March 2022 your examlner
must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the 2011 Act. I confirm that l am qualified to undertake
the examination because l am a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales,
whlch is one of the listed b(￿lieS.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attentlon In connection
with the examination giving me cause to believe:
1. accounting records were not kept in ￿pert of the Company as required by section 386 of the
2006 Act. or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records: or
3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act
other than any requirement that the accounts g?ve a true and fair view which Is not a matter
considered as part of an independent examination. or
4. the accounts have r￿t been prepared in accordance with the methods arKI prfnciples of the
Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities (applicable to
charities preparing their accounts in accordarKe with the Financial Reportlng Standard applicable
in the UK and Republic of Ireland {FRS 102}).
I have no concems 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 understandlng of the accounts to be
reached.
Richard Percy FCA
Rlchard Percy Llmlted
Chartered Accountants
Sandhills Farm
Wethersfield
Essex CM7 4AG
7 Novembpr 2022

UTTLESFORD CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU
Statement of Hnanclal Actlvltles for the year endlng 31 March 2022
Notss Unrestrlcted
funds
Restrlrted
funds
Totsl
Totolfvnds
2021
Income
Donations and legacie5
2.486
2.486
6,013
Income from investments
147
147
223
Income from charitable
activities
188,654
238.521
427,175
362,100
Other Income
Total Income
191287
238 521
429 808
Expenditure on ralsln8 funds
Expenditure on charrtable
activities
181618
426 133
331907
Totsl Expendlture
181618
Net income/(deficlt)
9,669
15,9941
3.675
36.429
Transfers
112,1141
12,114
Total funds brought forward
275 071
Total funds carried forward
272 626

UTfLESFORD anzENS ADVICE BUREAU
Balance Sheet at 31 March 2022
Notes
20ZZ
2021
Flxed assets
Tangible assets
Current assets
Debtors and prepayments
Cash at bank and in hand
270,230
276 703
842
216 928
217,770
50.4(XI
22
505
276.905
Credltors
Amounts falling due within
one year
Net Current assets
Totsl assets less current
Ilabilities
Creditors- amounts falling
due aftermore than one year
457,505
459,793
io
153 070
159 033
Net assets
15
Capftal fvnds
Income funds
Restricted funds
Unrestricted funds
31,809
272 626
25,689
275 071
The Directors are satisfied that the company is entitled to exemption from the requlrement to obtain an
audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 and that the members have not required the company
to obtain an audit In accordance with section 476 of the Act.
The Dlrertors acknowledge their responsibility for complying with the requlrements of the Companies Act
2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
The accounts have been prepared in accordan¢e with the provlsions in Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006
applicable to companies subjertto the small companies reglme.
Malcolm G. Jessop FCA
Director
Uttlesford Citizens Advlce Bureau
7 November 2022

UrnESFORD cmzENS ADVICE BUREAU
Statement of Cash Flows for the year endlng 31 Marth 2022
Notes
2022
2021
Cash used In operatlng activitie5
16
11,ioii
45.024
Cash flows from Investing actlvltles
Interest income
Purchase of tangible fixed assets
Cash provlded by/ lused In) Investing actlvltles
147
223
Cash flows from finan¢ing actlvltles
Borrowing/lRepayment of borrowing)
Cash used In financlng activities
Increaselldecreasel in cash and cash equivalents in the year
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year
Total cash and cash equlvalents at the end of the year
19,5771
226 505
216 928
30,727
195 778
226 $05

u￿lEsF0RD anzENS ADVICE BUREAU
Notes to the Financial Statement for the year ending 31 March 2022
l. Accountlng pollcles
al The financial statements have been p￿pared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charitie5:
Statement of Recommended Practi￿ applicable to charities preparing their accounts in aCCordar¢￿ with
the Financial Reporting Standard èpplicable in the UK IFRS 1021 leffective l January 20151- (Charities
SORP IFRS 10211 and the Companies Act 2¢JO6.
bl Donations and legacies are received by way of donations and gift5 and are included in full in the Statement
of Financial Activities when receivable. The value of servi￿$ provided by volunteers has not been
included.
cl Grants, including grants forthe purchase of fixed assets. are recognised in full in the Statement of Financial
Activities when they are receivable.
dl Depreciation is provided to write off the c05t of the tan8ible fixed assets over their estimated useful lives
at the following rate5'.
Freehold land- nil
Freehold bulldlngs- 2% of cost
Equipment- 25% of the reducing balance
Infomiation Technology- 33.3% of cost
e} Expenditure is allocated to expense headings on a direct cost basis.
Resources are allocated to Restricted Funds according to the limitations on their use specified by the
donors or other provider& Funds received in the direct operation of the Charity are treated as unrestricted
income fund5. Other resources received without external restriction are designated by the Directors for
partlcular purposes as deemed fft.
2. Company status
The company is limited by guarantee. Th)t having a Sha￿ capital, and is a regISte￿d charity and 15 not liable to
Corporation tax.
3. Income from charftsble artlvltles
Unrestricted
funds
2022
Restricted
funds
2022
Total
Totol
2022
2021
Uttlesford District Council
South Cambs District Council
Saffron Walden Town Council
Great DunmowTown Council
Parish Councils
Essex County Council
Essex CA
CITA
WECCG
Essex Community Foundation
Council for VO
Sundry grants
Totsl
160.350
5,950
12.105
1,081
161,431
5.950
12.105
163,759
5.950
12,(RlO
3,385
3.385
31,IJCM)
62,659
65.6CiI
21,IXIO
17,116
3.200
31,000
55,795
65,6(M)
21,fXK)
17,116
7.¢XIO
6,864
14.194
62.532
238 521
427 175

Expendfture on tharltsble artlvitles
Unrestricted
funds
2022
Restricted
funds
2022
Total
Total
2022
2021
Cleaning
Depreciation
Equipment rentsl
Heat. light and water
Information technology
Insurance
Membership fees
Miscellaneous expense5
Mortgage interest
Postage, printing, stationery and office
sundries
Professional Fees
Project odmin and overheads
Publicity
Rent and rates
Repairs and renewals
Salaries, Nl and pensions (Note 51
Telephone
Training and recruitment
Transfer to fixed assets
Travel expenses
TOTAL
1,878
9,050
1,405
1.175
1.474
1,346
5,257
2,499
6,444
1.878
9,050
1,405
1,175
25,396
1.346
5.257
2,499
6,444
1.379
8.488
651
1,907
18,689
1,321
4,785
2.193
6,680
23,922
3,226
750
133.9301
2.511
5,737
750
39.581
932
120
1,759
312.119
7.112
1,833
5.228
902
24,686
81
1.300
12.710
243,574
3,521
73,511
932
120
1,759
172.117
5,202
1.453
140,CX)2
1.910
(7,195)
393
181618
426 133
5. Staff Costs
2022
2021
Salaries
Social security Costs
Pension contributions
282,028
14.467
220,452
10,598
312 119
243 574
Average number of staff employed during the year was:
18
15
The above numbers do not include Directors.
There were no employees with remuneratton in exces5 of £60,CM)0.12021.' Nil)
Dlrectors. emoluments
2022
2021
The Directorg emoluments we￿.
Nil
No Dlrector ￿CeIved any reimbursement for expenses12021- Ni4 in the year.

6. Tanglble lixed assets
Freehold
land
Freehold
Building5
Furniture and Information
Equipment
Technology
Totsl
Cost:
At l April 2021
Additions
Disposals
At 31 March 2022
75,C4)0
219.806
31,944
8,710
2.577
335,460
2.577
219 806
338 037
De
reciation..
At l April 2021
Charge for the year
Disposals
At 31 March 2022
27.477
4,396
28,377
892
2,903
3.762
58,757
9,050
Net book value:
At 31 March 2022
187 933
270 230
At 31 Morch 2021
192 329
276 703
7. Debtors
2022
2021
Due within one year:
Debtor
VAT recoverable
500
342
842
50.400
8. Credltors
2022
2021
PAYE and national insurance contributlons
VAT payable
Accrued expense5
Grant income re￿iVed in advan
Secured loan repayments due in one year (Note 11)
5,343
3.650
9,245
5,649
69.378
14,289
5.053
9. Commltments under operatlng leases
At 31 March the company had a88regate annual commltments under non-cancellable operating leases, as set out
below..
2022
2021
Operating leases whlch expire within 5 years
Nil

10. Credltors- amounts falling due after more than one year
2022
2021
Secured loan repayments falling due after more than one year
153 070
159033
11. Secured loans
A mortgage was entered into in December 2014 in order to partially fund the purchase of the freehold p￿miseS at
Barnards Yard.
2022
2021
Due in less than one year
Due between two and five years
Total Secured loans
5,810
153 070
5,893
159 033
12. Capital commitments
The￿ were no capital commitments at 31 March 202212021- Nifj.
13. Restrlcted Funds
The income funds of the charity include restricted funds comprising the following unexpended balances of
grants held on trust to be applied for specific purpose
Movement In funds
Balance
l April 2021
Incoming
resources
Expenses
Transfers
Balance
from general 31 March 2022
Benefrt Take Up
Client Benefits
COMF
Frontline
MaPS
Mental Health
Outreach Locations
Remote Access
Universal Credit
Warm Start
Winter Resilience
12,662
32.187
47.135
51.411
39.013
1.081
4,332
7,5
19,086
4.014
{18.6081
{24.6771
(47,1351
156.188)
137.991}
11,081)
14.3321
17.5001
{24,4251
14,8431
5.946
3,910
11,420
19.2PJ)
996
14,503
2,018
5,339
829
238 521
Purposes of restricted funds-
Benefit Take Up- Fund helps people claim for disabilty benefits and appeal poor decision making.
Cllent Beneffts- Fund to assist Clier)ts with eMe￿encY support.
COMF- Fundlng to help reduce the spread of corona¥irus and support local public health.
Fmntline - A slmple, joined up ￿ferra1 system, to enable citizens and professionals to find their way to support
appropriate for thelr need&
MaPS- Money and Pension Advice fundinB to train new debt caseworkers.
Mentsl Health- Fund to support Money caseworker clients access Mind in West Essex.

Outrea¢h Locatlons- Providin8 facilities for client access.
Remote Access- Fund to support research and testing alternative ways to offer clients easy acce55 to video based
face to frdce advlce.
Unlver5al Credit- Helping Clients with claims for this state benefit.
Warm Start- Targeted Warm Home advice to households with children.
Wlnter Resiljen￿-AthIice and senilces related to keepin8 homes warm and residents healthy during the winter.
14. General funds
Balance
l April 2021
Incoming
resources
Expenses
Transfers
Balance
31 March 2022
General fund
Designated fund to research
the possible development of
the loft space and new
offices in Great Dunmow and
Stansted
Total
250.071
191,287
1181.6181 112,1141
247,626
275 071
191287
181618
272 626
IS. Analysis of net assets
General
funds
Restricted
funds
Total
funds
Tangible fixed assets
Current assets
Current liabilities
Long temi liabilities
270.230
185,961
130,4951
270,230
217,770
130,4951
31,809
272 626
16. Reconclllatlon of net movement in funds to net cash flow from operatlng actlvltles
2022
2021
Net movement in funds
Add back depreciation charge
Deduct interest intome shown In Investing activities
Decrease/(increasel in debtors
Increase/ldecreasel in creditors
3,675
9,050
{1471
49,558
36,429
8,488
{223)
(49,455)
17. Subsldlary Undertaking
On 16 June 2021 Frontline Referrals Ltd was incorporated as a
Company Ilmited by guarantee. tt is a wholly owned subsidiary of
uttlesford Citizens Advlce Bureau, whose guarantee is limited to a
maximum of £1.

Frontline Referrals Limited has not traded in the period to 31
March 2022.