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|Trustees' report||1 to 6|
|Independent<br>auditor's|report|7 to 9|
|Statement offinancial|activities|10|
|Balance sheet|||
|Statement ofcash flows||12|
|Notes to the financial|statements|13to 21|





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|The Trustees who serve|d during the year an|d on the d|ate ofthe appro|val|ofthis repo|
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|John Croinpton|Chair|||||
|Anthony<br>Harrison|Vice-Chair (died|14/5/23)||||
|Robert Sage|Treasurer|||||
|Pat Darling|Elected Member|||||
|Jeannie Stirling|Elected Member|||||
|Jane Whittington|Elected Member|(resigned|7/8/2023)|||
|Kevin Hodges|Elected Member|(resigned|29/11/2022)|||
|Patrick Egau|Elected Member|||||
|Cllr Gordon France|Chorley Borough|Council||||
|Cllr Paul Ellison|Wyre Borough Council|||||
|Cllr Jaines Flannery|South Ribble Borough Council (resigned|||21/7/2023)||
|Cllr Yvonne Gagen|West Lancashire|Borough|Council (appointed||18/7/2022)|
|Cllr Jacqueline<br>Alty|South Ribble Borough Council (appointed|||20/9/2023)||
|Paul Williams|Elected Member|(appointed|20/9/2023)|||
|Graham Robinson|Elected Member|(appointed|20/9/2023)|||
|Company Secretary||||||
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||||||ricted|ricted||Funds|Funds|
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|Income and endowments||from:||||||||
|Donations<br>and legacies||||2|86,362|||86,362|92,879|
|Other trading activities||||3|5,539|||5,539|10,166|
|Income from Investments||||4|17,252|||17,252|3,842|
|Income from Charitable|activities|||5||||||
|Provision ofadvice|||||237454|1 040|905|1278359|1 133630|
|Total income|||||346607|1 040|05|1 38 512|1240 51|
|Expenditure<br>on:||||||||||
|Expenditure<br>on Raising funds|||||3,001|3,049||6,050|4,290|
|Expenditure<br>on Charitable||activities||||||||
|Provision ofadvice|||||239469|940|455|I 179924|1 128218|
|Total expenditure||||7|4240|3|504|1 185<br>4|1 132508|
|Net income/(expenditure)|||and net|||||||
|movement<br>in funds before|||transfers||104,137|97,401||201,538|108,009|
|Transfers between<br>funds||||17|95373|95|73|||
|Net movement<br>in funds||for the year|||199,510|2,028||201,538|108,009|
|ReconciTiation offunds:||||||||||
|Total funds brought<br>forward|||||1 025 254|104|814|1 130068|1022059|
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|Fixed assets:|||||||||
|Tangible assets||11|||2,299|||1,768|
|Investments||12|||83212||||
||||||85,511|||1,768|
|Current assets:|||||||||
|Debtors||13|135,602|||8,839|||
|Cash at bank and in|hand|14|1 329332|||1239329|||
|Total current assets|||1,464,934|||1,248,168|||
|Liabilities:|||||||||
|Creditors: Amounts|falling due||||||||
|within one year||15|172339|||119868|||
|Net current assets||||1|292595||1|128300|
|||||1,378,106|||1,130,068||
|Creditors: Amounts|falling due||||||||
|afier more than one|year||||46500||||
|Total net assets||||~133160|||||
|The funds ofthe charity:|||||||||
|Unrestricted<br>funds||17||1,224,764|||1,025,254||
|Restricted income funds||17|||106842|||104814|
|Total charity funds||17||I|331606||1|130068|





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|Cash flows from operating<br>activities:||||||||
|Net cash provided<br>by (used in) operating|activities||||21|158085|~10967|
|Cash flows from investing<br>activities:||||||||
|Dividends,<br>interest and rents from investments||||||17,252|3,842|
|Purchase ofpmperty,<br>plant and equipment||||||(2,122)|(2,652)|
|Proceeds froin sale ofinvestments|||||||287,138|
|Purchase ofinvestments||||||83212||
|Net cash provided by (used in) investing|activities|||||68082|288328|
|Cash flows from financing<br>activities:||||||||
|Net cash provided<br>by (used in) financing|activities|||||||
|Change in cash and cash equivalents<br>in the|reporting|period||||90,003|459,295|
|Cash and cash equivalents<br>at the beginning|ofthe reporting|||period||1239329|780034|
|Cash and cash equivalents<br>at the end of|the reporting||period||22|1 32 332|~123 32|
|The notes on pages 13to 21 form part ofthese financial|||stateinents.|||||





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|2.|Donations<br>and legacies||||||||||2023|2022|
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||Donations||||||||||362|379|
||Core funding|grants|||||||||86000|92500|
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||The charity<br>has also benefited||||fiom||the services|of unpaid|general|volunteers|each year, the value|of which<br>is not|
||recognised<br>in|the accounts.||Further|||information,|regarding|the contribution||made by volunteers|to the charity's|
||activifies, is set out in the||Trustees'|||Report.|||||||
|3.|Other trading|activities|||||||||||
||Contributions|to running|costs||||||||5,539|10,166|
||Other income||||||||||||
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|4,|Income from|investments|||||||||||
||Bank interest|received on|UK||deposits||||||~1252||
|5.|Income from|charitable|activities||||||||||
||Services rendered to other charities||||||||||27,305|37,667|
||Grants forprovision ofadvice||||||||||1251 054|1 095963|
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|Income and endowments|||from:|||||||||
|Donations<br>and legacies|||||||92,879||||92,879|
|Other trading activities|||||||10,166||||10,166|
|Income from investments|||||||3,842||||3,842|
|Income &om charitable|activities|||||||||||
|Provision ofadvice|||||||132218||1 001412||1 133630|
|Total income and endowments||||||||||||
|Expenditure<br>on:||||||||||||
|Expenditure<br>on Raising|funds||||||1,207|||3,083|4,290|
|Expenditure<br>on Charitable||activities:||||||||||
|Provision ofadvice|||||||100084||1028 134||1 128218|
|Total expenditure||||||||||21||
|Net income/(expenditure)|||and net|||||||||
|movement<br>in funds before|||transfers||||137,814||(29,805)||108,009|
|Transfers between<br>funds||||||||||||
|Net movement<br>in funds|for the year||||||137,814||(29,805)||108,009|
|Reconciliation offunds||||||||||||
|Total funds brought<br>forward|||||||887440||134619||I 022 059|
|Total funds carried forward|||||||1025 254||||1 130068|
|Total expenditure||||||||||||
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|Expenditure<br>on charitable|||activities:|||||||||
|Unrestricted<br>funds||||||||||||
|Salaries||||145,328|31,548||176,876|46,278||23,525|69,803|
|Staff costs||||5,237||250|5,487|1,132||168|1,300|
|Office||||19,418|2,734||22,152||759|2,041|2,800|
|Premises||||31,767|1,672||33,439|24,703||1,300|26,003|
|Governance<br>costs|||||1|515|1 515|||178|178|
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|Expenditure|on charitable||activities:|||||||
|Restricted funds||||||||||
|Salaries||||665,482|126,386|791,868|667,352|133,949|801,301|
|Staffcosts||||20,897|1,694|22,591|24,035|2,405|26,440|
|Office||||68,239|19,632|87,871|76,816|50,198|127,014|
|Premises||||32,678|1,719|34,397|49,206|2,590|51,796|
|Governance|costs||||3,728|3,728||4,151|4,151|
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|Depreciation||||1,591|1,919|
|Auditor's/examiner's|remuneration|-Audit fees||3,433|3,150|
|||-Other financial|services|3,433|3,150|
|Staff costs and numbers||||||
|Wages and salaries||||785,368|719,780|
|Social Security costs||||54,311|43,150|
|Pension costs||||132646|111595|
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|||At 1 April|2022|99,244|99,244|
|||Additions||2,122|2,122|
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|||At 31March 2023||101 3|66|
|(b)|Depreciation|||||
|||At 1 April|2022|97,476|97,476|
|||Charge for year||1,591|1,591|
|||Disposals||||
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|||At 31March 2023||||
|||At 31March 2022|||1768|
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|12.|Fixed asset investments|||||
||Cash|deposits:||||
|||At 1 April|2022||287,138|
|||Additions|in year|83,212||
|||Disposals|in year||~287 138|
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|13.|Debtors|||||
||Trade debtors|||113,092|2,598|
||Prepayments<br>and accrued income|||17,478|6,241|
||Other|debtors||5032||
|||||135602|8 83|
|14.|Cash|at Bank||||
||Short|term UK|deposits|972,553|737,631|
||Cash|at bank and in hand||499995|542 104|
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||Less amounts<br>held as banker|||~143216|{'440406|
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|Chorlcy &South Ribble||CVS|2,447|||2,447|
|DEFRA Emergency Assistance<br>Cost ofLiving payments<br>-Chorley BC|||301|21,000|(301)|21,000|
|Household<br>Household|Support Fund <br>Support Fund|- Wyre BC<br> - Chorley BC|1,787<br>21,655|195,555|(1,787)<br>(189,362)|27,848|
|Household|Support Fund|- South Ribble BC|9,216|265,610|(185,974)|88,852|
|Household|Support Fund|- West Lance BC|5000|5 000|6931|3069|
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|reviewed by the Trust|ees on a regular basis throughout<br>the year.||<br>|
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|Creditors: Amounts|falling due within one year|||
|Trade creditors||20,834|67,169|
|Accruals and deferred|income|151505|52699|
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|Creditors: Amounts|falling after more than one year|||
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|Total operating|lease payments|due:||||
|Not later than|one year|||5,400||
|Later than one|year and not later than five years||||16,200|
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|Analysis ofnet assets between funds||||funds|funds|funds|
|Fund balances at 31March 2023 are represented||by:|||||
|Tangible fixed assets||||2,299||2,299|
|Investments||||83,212||83,212|
|Current assets|||1,230,322||234,612|1,464,934|
|Creditors: amounts|falling due within one year|||(91,069)|(81,270)|(172,339)|
|Creditors: amounts|falling due after more than one year||||46 500|46 00|
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|Net income/(expenditure)<br>for the reporting||period (as per the|||
|statement offinancial activities)|||201,538|108,009|
|Adjustments<br>for:|||||
|Depreciaflon<br>charges|||1,591|1,919|
|Dividends,<br>interest|and rents from investments||(17,252)|(3,842)|
|(Increase)/decrease|in debtors||(126,763)|35,719|
|Increase/(decrease)|in creditors||98971|29 162|
|Net cash provided|by (used in) operating|activities|158085|170 6|
|Analysis ofcash and cash equivalents|||||
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|Cash in hand|||283|194|
|Notice deposits (less than 3 months)|||1 329049|1239 135|
|Total cash and cash|equivalents||||
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