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Slough Refugee Support

Trustees’ Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2024

Charity Registration Number: 1079776

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Contents

Legal and administrative information ...................................................................................................... 3 Report of the Trustees .................................................................................................................................. 4 Objectives and activities .............................................................................................................................. 4 Achievements and performance ............................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined. Financial review ........................................................................................................................................... 7 Structure, governance and management .................................................................................................. 9 Trustees’ responsibilities in relation to the financial statements ......................................................... 10 Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of Slough Refugee Support . Error! Bookmark not defined. Statement of Financial Activities.............................................................................................................. 13 Balance Sheet .......................................................................................................................................... 1514 Notes forming part of financial statements ............................................................................................ 15

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Legal and administrative information

Charity’s principal address Slough Refugee Support 28 Bath Road Slough Berkshire United Kingdom SL1 3SR Charity registration number 1079776 Contact details telephone 01753 537142 e-mail srsinfo@sloughrefugeesupport.org.uk web www.sloughrefugeesupport.org.uk Trustees who served Louise Sprackling (Chair) Denise Scotland (Treasurer) Nigel Woof (Secretary) Jean Kelly (Resigned 25[th] August 2023) Ray Barkley (Resigned 25[th] August 2023) Rupert Young Mohamed Al-mansouri Zakarya Saeed Rev. Cliff Shanganya Chief executive Tehzib (Taz) Hussein Mohammed Independent Examiner Rachel Eden, Holybrook Associates Ltd Curious Lounge, 1[st] Floor Pinnacle Building, Tudor Road, Reading, RG1 1NH Bankers Unity Trust Bank plc, Nine Brindley place, Birmingham, B1 2HB CAF Bank, 25 Kings Hill Avenue, West Malling, Kent ME19 4JQ

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Report of the Trustees

For the year ended 31 March 2024

The trustees present their report with the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2024. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2015).

Objectives and activities

Mission statement

Slough Refugee Support is a friendly organisation committed to impartially helping all asylum seekers and refugees in Slough and surrounding areas to achieve their rights and settle with dignity in a new community.

Charitable Objects

The charity was established to provide for the relief of poverty, the preservation and protection of physical and mental health, and the advancement of education of asylum seekers and refugees in Slough and neighbouring Local Authority areas, at the discretion of the trustees.

Key objectives and main activities

SRS has identified five key objectives and operates programmes designed to deliver outcomes against each objective, as follows.

1.To welcome asylum seekers and refugees in Slough and surrounding areas, and to help them to become integrated into the local community and life in the UK.

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2. To assist our clients to stay safe, avoid destitution and to maintain their physical and mental health.

3 . To support our clients to achieve their rights and entitlements and to access life sustaining services provided by government and other authorities and agencies.

4. To support our clients’ own desires to be independent and self-reliant, including where

appropriate to pursue opportunities for employment.

5. To celebrate and enhance the cultural richness and diversity that refugees contribute to British society, locally and nationally.

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Public benefit

In setting our aims and objectives and planning our activities, the Trustees have given careful consideration to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit.

Quality assurance

SRS is registered with the Office of Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC) to deliver Level 2 and Level 3 immigration advice. Additional Level 3 advice is available from solicitors by appointment.

Achievements and performance

Background

Our clients are an extremely diverse mix of refugees and asylum seekers in Slough and extending into neighbouring areas of the Thames Valley, such as Windsor and Maidenhead, and into Ealing and Brent in West London. Because only limited Home Office-provided accommodation is available in this area, our clients are often ‘off the radar’ and effectively homeless or with poor security of accommodation and very limited financial means.

SRS assists people at various stages in the asylum and refugee process, including those seeking to appeal for leave to remain. Our clients often require practical advice to access basic services such as benefits, healthcare and schooling.

Services in 2023/24

SRS has continued to work against the backdrop of national Government hostility towards migrant communities, with anti-immigration legislation and policies that are cruel and inhuman, that seek to devalue the lives of those we support. However, SRS has responded with compassion, tenacity and passion to overcome the challenges we face, to ensure the best outcomes for our clients.

This often means working into the evening and weekends in response to a crisis. This year we have had to deal with domestic abuse and homelessness, for asylum seekers not given appropriate notice to leave their temporary accommodation when granted their Right to Remain. We have seen a huge influx of asylum seekers needing practical support and advice. SRS have not shied away from taking on complex legal cases and supporting those in debt from high home energy prices. The cost of living crisis impacts our families more than ever before and we have seen a rise in families taking food vouchers and food donations as food poverty is a daily reality.

Demands on our services have been at their highest and our reach has widened in response to an even higher volume of asylum seekers and their families based this year at the hotels and other temporary accommodation in Slough and Datchet. In addition, we have seen families placed in

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Slough from other local authorities without funding for support. We have continued to support our clients in Maidenhead, despite funding no longer being available.

We have continued with telephone advice sessions, plus booked appointments for clients with complex issues and language difficulties. We do not turn away those who turn up to our offices in desperate need. Our statistics, which are available in the Annual Review 2023-24, show that our volunteer advisers and caseworkers have dealt with over 400 clients from 34 different countries, together speaking 32 languages, on their long legal journey to be able to remain in this country.

Despite not having a full time Family Support Worker since August 2023, with Keriann, retiring, we have provided family activities throughout the year. Persistent loneliness and isolation continue to be a real issue for our families. Our staff and volunteer advisers and volunteers continue to work tirelessly with compassion and dedication and have shown great adaptability in a year of our highest demand with complex support requirements.

A new partnership with Helen Buckland, appointed in October 2023 as Asylum and Refugee Lead from Slough Borough Council will bring benefits of cohesive services and funding opportunities to increase capacity and stability for service delivery.

A listening group from our asylum seekers, called ‘Becoming Citizens’ with Citizens UK. Hearing the voices of lived experience of what it is like existing in the UK Immigration system is powerful. SRS are championing migrant justice to develop meaningful social change at local and national level and improve their situation around pathways to citizenship, access to information, services, employment and living conditions. This work is crucial to inform our funders and service provision.

Our funders and donors have shown such generosity as individuals, local businesses, local community groups and churches and their support is crucial to our family support work and community integration. We really appreciate every gesture from donating baby clothes, being able to organise family activities, hosting a Ramadan meal, donating Christmas, Easter and Eid gifts and tidying our gardens.

Financial review

The financial statements show net incoming resources for the year showed a deficit of £7,312 (in 2022/23 there was a deficit of £18,833).

Income in the year of £204,996 was 10% lower than the previous year. Principle sources of funding came from donations both from private individuals, community and faith groups, statutory grants and other charities. Gift Aid is reclaimed on donations where the donor indicates their intention.

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Expenditure for the year was £212,308 which was 14% lower than the previous year mainly due to a reduction in staff costs. A full-time employee retired and no additional funding was available to maintain the role. The remaining restricted funds were for specific activities. The charity’s principal outgoings include directs costs such as advice, core, children’s activities, employment and family support.

During the financial year, the charity did not receive any anonymous donation

All trustees act in a voluntary capacity and receive no remuneration or other benefits from their services to the charity. Out-of-pocket expenses that are necessary and reasonably incurred by the trustees in promoting the purposes of the charity are reimbursed at cost where claimed.

Reserves policy and sustainability

The trustees’ policy on reserves is to hold reserves sufficient to enable the charity to continue operating through fluctuations in grant funding, whilst also holding sufficient funds on hand as a contingency to be able to wind up the affairs of the charity in an orderly manner should that become necessary.

The targeted levels of reserves are reviewed annually, and the actual levels are monitored during the year. Taking account of the characteristics of the charity’s operations, the trustees’ policy has been, and remains, that the total reserve of all funds (unrestricted and restricted) shall represent approximately nine months of general expenditure whenever possible, while also being mindful of the reserve level of unrestricted funds necessary to sustain core operations and costs.

At the end of the year the charity’s total reserves (unrestricted plus restricted) were £231,160 representing approximately 13 months total expenditure. This is in line with policy level of 9 months’ total expenditure. The unrestricted policy is to hold funds which equates to at least 9 months unrestricted payments. The unrestricted funds balance of £117,039 includes designated funds of £35,000 which has been separated by the trustees in the event the charity is required to wind up its operations. The trustees anticipate that reserves may decline during the coming year due to the current economic uncertainties, for example, increases in energy prices, inflation rates, interest rates to impact spending and giving habits.

Independent Examination of Accounts

The trustees consider that the charity’s gross income in 2023/24 of £204,996 requires the accounts to be subject to an Independent Examination. The trustees do not consider that the accounts require to be audited.

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Structure, Governance and Management

Slough Refugee Support is a charitable trust governed by a Trust Deed dated 2 November 1999 and as amended in December 1999, November 2002 and March 2008. It is registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales.

The charity is a membership organisation. Membership is open to any person with an interest in the charity’s affairs on payment of a nominal annual subscription of £1. Current and former service users are especially encouraged to be members. At the last AGM, the charity’s membership totalled 22 people.

Board of Trustees

The charity’s board of trustees comprises up to 10 members. They are elected annually at the charity’s AGM and serve until the next AGM when they may be re-elected. The charity values diversity in its board membership and former service users are particularly encouraged to stand for election as trustees. Trustees may also be co-opted by the board to provide expertise in key areas. While there is significant turnover in board composition each year due to the annual governance cycle, in practice, a number of the trustees tend to be re-elected repeatedly over several years and hence are able to provide continuity of knowledge and experience.

New trustees are given a briefing by the Chair on the role and activities of the board. They are also required to read basic guidance on charity governance including the Charity Commission’s The Essential Trustee handbook.

Management and Organisation Structure

The charity is managed by a full-time Chief Executive and employs 6 part-time staff and a fulltime staff member.

The charity delivers much if its core work with refugees through a trained volunteer team, a number of whom are former service users. During the year more than 15 volunteers assisted the work of the charity, trained as necessary in providing advice and other services to clients.

Risk Management

The trustees review annually the most significant risks to which the charity is exposed and supervise the maintenance of appropriate policies and control measures to control those risks.

Particular attention is given to safeguarding of vulnerable service users and their children. This is covered by a specific body of safeguarding policies and procedures, reviewed annually and discussed with the board of trustees. All volunteers and staff and trustees undertake Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) enhanced certification.

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A member of staff who reports directly to the Chief Executive is trained in workplace health and safety. This person seeks advice from community police and the fire service to ensure our premises and working practices meet the required safety standards and she attends regular updating training. We have a Lone Working policy and have safety measures in place for outreach work.

All risk management policies and procedures are reviewed annually and meet the requirements of the charity’s certification under the Slough Quality Assurance Programme. The Board of Trustee’s keep a Risk Management Matrix for this purpose. The charity has achieved the bronze level of QA and is progressing to the silver level under the programme.

Trustees’ responsibilities in relation to the financial statements

The law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the trustees to prepare in respect of each financial year financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the trust and of its financial activities for that period.

In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are required to:

• Prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the activities of the trust will continue.

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the trust and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the applicable Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations, and the provisions of the trust deed. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the trust and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Approved by the board of trustees on 30[th] October 2024 and signed on its behalf by:

……………………………

Louise Sprackling – Chair of Trustees

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Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ Slough Refugee Support Group members of On accounts for the year 31[st] March 2024 Charity no 1079776 ended (if any) Set out on pages 1-3 Respective The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. responsibilities of The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year trustees and examiner under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed.

It is my responsibility to:

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Basis of independent examiner’s statement

Independent examiner's statement

My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.

In connection with my examination, no material matters have come to my attention which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect,:

I have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached .

Signed:

Name:

Date: 16[th] October 2024 ~~_~~

Rachel Eden ~~Oo~~

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Relevant professional
qualification(s) or body
(if any):
Address:		 FCMA (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants)
Holy Brook Associates, Curious Lounge, 1st Floor, Pinnacle Building,
Tudor Road, Reading, England,
RG1 1NH

Section B Disclosure NONE

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Statement of Financial Activities

Year ended 31st March 2024

Incoming from
Donations & Legacies
3
Investments
Total incoming resources
Expenditure on
Charitable activities
4
Raising Funds
Total resources expended
Net resources before
transfers
Gross transfers between
funds
10
Reallocation of fund
Net movement in funds
Total funds brought
forward (opening balance)
Total funds carried
forward		 2024
2023
Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
Total
Funds
Total
Funds
£
£

57,376
144,683
202,059
227,744
2,937
2,937
1,026
60,313
144,683
204,996
228,771
50,084
162,224
212,308
247,604
0
0
50,084
162,224
212,308
247,604
10,229
(17,541)
(7,312)
(18,833)
10,229
(17,541)
(7,312)
(18,833)
106,810
131,662
238,472
257,304
117,039
114,121
231,160
238,471

The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year.

All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.

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Balance Sheet

At 31st March 2024
2024 2023
£ £
Fixed assets
Tangible assets 4 484 3,674
Current assets
Debtors 5 6,170 18,788
Cash at bank and in hand 232,713 220,706
238,883 239,494
Liabilities
Creditors(fallingdue within oneyear) 9 (8,207) (4,697)
Net current assets 230,676 234,797
Total net assets 231,160 238,471
Represented by
Restricted Income funds 114,121 131,662
General Funds 82,039 71,810
Designated Funds 35,000 35,000
Total funds 231,160 238,471

Approved by the Trustees on 30[th] October 2024 and signed on their behalf by:

.................................. Louise Sprackling – Chair of Trustees

Notes on pages 16 to 25 are part of the financial statements.

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Notes forming part of the financial statements

1. Basis of Preparation

The accounts (financial statements) have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued on 16 July 2014 and the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Charities Act 2011 and UK Generally Accepted Practice as it applies from 1 January 2015.

2. Accounting Policies

a. Income

b. Expenditure

Direct costs are those that can be readily attributed to specific activities. Support costs include central functions and have been allocated to activity cost categories on a basis consistent with the use of resources.

Volunteer help: the value of any volunteer help received is not included in the accounts.

Governance costs include:

c. Debtors

Debtors are income that is due but not yet received from grant funders and gift aid. Prepayments are rent and utilities, insurance, IT and telephone contracts.

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d. Cash at bank

Cash at bank and in hand includes cash and bank accounts.

e. Creditors

Creditors are the amounts that charity owes at the year end. This includes income deferred to future periods.

f. Financial instruments

The charity only has assets and liabilities of an ordinary kind that qualifies as basic financial instrument.

g. Tangible fixed assets

Tangible fixed assets are included at cost less depreciation. Assets are capitalised if they cost at least £500. They are depreciated using the straight-line method over three or five years.

h. Leased assets

Rentals applicable to operating leases where substantially all the benefits and risks of ownership remain with the lessor are charged on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

i. Unrestricted funds

Unrestricted funds represent grants, donations and other incoming resources received for the objects of the charity without specified purpose and are available as general funds. Transfers are made from this fund to meet expenditure in the restricted funds where other funding is not available. Such transfers are always agreed by the Management Committee.

From time to time, Trustees may establish designated funds out of Unrestricted Funds to meet contingencies. Currently there are two designated funds: Contingency Fund set at £30,000 is to be used to cover redundancy and other costs in the event of the closure or down-sizing of the organisation and Emergency Fund of £5,000 to be used for unexpected emergencies.

j. Restricted funds

Restricted funds are for specific purposes as laid down by the donor. Expenditure which meets the criteria is charged to the fund together with a fair allocation of management and support costs.

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k. Legal status of the organisation

Slough Refugee Support is a Charity registered with Charity Commission in the United Kingdom with its registered Office at 28 Bath Road, Slough, Berkshire, United Kingdom, SL1 3SR

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3. Income Received

. Income Received
Trust and Foundations
AB Charitable Trust
Louise Baylis Charitable
Berkshire Community Foundation
Big Lottery Fund
Alpkit Foundation
Mobbs M Trust
Reading University
Zainab Foundation/Rock Property
Statutory Grants
Slough Borough Council - BBOS
Slough Borough Council - Cippenham
Ladies
NHS Clinical Bus
NHS Frimley
SCVS Vaccine
Asylum Welcome
Refugee Resettlement Programme
Royal Borough of Kingston
Slough Prevention Alliance Community
Engagement
Faith Organisations
Jamia (Masjid) Slough
Ramadan Iftar Fund
St Mary's CoE Primary School
Slough Baptist Church
Cookham Rise Methodist Church
St Anthony's
St Joseph's Furniture
Church of the Good Shepherd
St Andrew's Church
Other Faith Organisations
Individual donations and legacies
Mr & Mrs Watson
Mr J Kennedy		 Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
2024
2023
£
£
20,000
20,000
20,000
500
500
0
7,875
7,875
1,000
50,399
50,399
59,489
150
150
0
4,000
4,000
0
2,000
2,000
0
2,520
2,520
1,650
20,500
66,944
87,444
82,139
15,967
15,967
44,829
1,000
1,000
0
0
5,000
10,000
10,000
0
7,000
15,397
15,397
13,736
16,931
16,931
39,997
0
0
1,000
9,964
9,964
12,423
-
69,259
69,259
123,984
0
1,000
5,000
5,000
0
103
103
392
0
1,124
450
450
501
0
500
500
500
0
209
209
0
453
453
0
50
50
141
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603
6,162
6,765
4,158
2,500
2,500
2,500
1,200
1,200
1,200
Mr S Zakat
Mr A Shaistah
Donations (Individuals)
Other Donations
Gift Aid
Partnership and Other Community
Organisations
Miscellaneous funds (DBS)
Miscellaneous funds (Fundraising
Activities)
Groundwork UK
Miscellaneous funds (Welfare )
Stewardship Fund
Adult Training
Unite South East
Eton College
Ascot Racecourse
Total		 5,000
5,000
0
1,200
1,200
0
18,198
18,198
7,461
3,336
3,336
1,326
3,307
3,307
1,070
34,741
0
34,741
13,557
1,990
1,990
1,377
90
28
118
1,052
0
5
488
488
300
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,190
1,190
0
0
1,000
1,417
1,417
0
385
385
0
4,470
2,318
6,787
4,934
60,313
144,683
204,996
228,771

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4. Charitable Activities

Expenditure on raising funds
Incurred seeking donations
Total expenditure on raising funds
Accountancy and Audit Fees
Bank Fees
Children's Activities
DBS Service Fee
Depreciation
Employee and Volunteer Training
Family Activities
Family Support
General Expenses
Insurances
IT Software and Consumables
Office Expenses
Pension Costs
Printing and Stationery
Professional Services
Rent
Salaries
Travel
Utilities
Volunteer Expenses
Welfare Payments		 Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
2024
2023
£
£
£
£
525
-
525
-
525
-
525
-
580
-
580
580
415
-
415
840
-
1,575
1,575
841
1,444
144
1,588
626
3,190
-
3,190
5,184
-
-
-
910
28
750
778
2,418
5,705
9,174
14,879
17,056
3,684
1,082
4,766
7,201
2,172
2,172
3,171
433
2,914
3,348
2,811
271
481
752
1,389
1,115
5,023
6,139

7,599
139
293
432
1,100
420
528
948
960
7,862
4,350
12,212
10,875
21,282
124,906
146,187
172,989
815
624
1,439
500
1,100
7,181
8,281
9,097
994
560
1,554
804
82
466
549
1,495
50,084
162,224
212,308
247,604

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5. Fixed Assets

Cost
At 1 April 2023
Additions
At 31 March 2024
Depreciation
At 1 April 2023
Charge for the year
At 31 March 2024
Net Book Values
At 1 April 2023
Charge for the year
At 31 March 2024
6. Debtors
Debtors
Prepayments
Total		 2024
2023
£
£
24,840
24,840
-
0
24,840
24,840
21,166
15,982
3,190
5,184
24,356
21,166
3,674
8,858
3,190
5,184
484
3,674
2024
2023
£
£
3,306
16,187
2,864
2,601
6,170
18,788
2024
2023
£
£
232,713
220,706
2024
2023
£
£
2,016
1,367
1,696
1,999
4,496
1,331
7. Cash at bank and in hand
Cash at bank and in hand
8. Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year
Trade Creditors
Taxation and Social Security
Other Creditors
8,207
4,697

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9. Events after the year end of the reporting period

There are no events after the reporting year that affect the understanding of these accounts.

10. Charity Funds

Movement in funds during the year

Balance Balance
Activities 31.03.2023 Additions Outgoings Transfers
31.03.2024
£
£		 £ £
£
Restricted - Advice and Support 4,086
9,965		 11,567 -
2,483
Restricted - Core 75,639
69,549		 118,634 -
26,553
Restricted - Children's Activities 0
1,575		 1,575 -
0
Restricted - Employment Support 17,363
15,967		 10,151 -
23,180
Restricted - Family Support 11,008
13,881		 5,765 -
19,124
Restricted - Resettlement Support 23,567
33,745		 14,532 -
42,780
Unrestricted 106,810
60,314		 50,083 -
117,040
238,471
204,996		 212,308 -
231,160

Movement in funds during the previous year

Activities Balance
31.03.2022
Additions
Outgoings
Transfers
Balance
31.03.2023
£
£
£
£
£
Restricted - Advice and Support 14,903
12,423
23,239
-
4,086
Restricted - Employment Support 20,934
46,658
50,228
-
17,363
Restricted - Family Support (150)
22,752
11,594
-
11,008
Restricted - Resettlement Support 41,413
43,504
61,352
-
23,567
Restricted - Core 87,354
59,492
71,206
-
75,639
Unrestricted 92,851
43,943
29,984
-
106,810
257,304
228,771
247,604
-
238,471

11. Analysis of Net Assets Between Funds

Restricted Funds
Unrestricted Funds		 Fixed
Assets
Net
Current
Assets
2024
Total
2023
Total
£
£
£
£
114,121
114,121
131,662
484
116,555
117,039
106,810
484
230,676
231,160
238,471

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12. Staff Costs

12. Staff Costs
Salaries and Wages
Social Security Costs
Pension Costs
Total paid staff		 2024
2023
£
£
131,407
171,076
7,503
6,960
6,355
6,268
188,023
184,304

During the financial year, the charity employed 5 full-time equivalent members of staff and 15 volunteers.

No employee received employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) for the reporting period of more than £60,000 per year.

13. Pension Scheme

During the year, employers pension contributions totalling £6,355 (2022/23 - £6,268) were payable to a defined contribution pension scheme. Pension contributions were owing at the balance sheet date £180.

14. Transactions with Trustees and Related Parties

Trustee and Key Management Personnel Remuneration and Benefits

None of the trustees and key management personnel have been paid any remuneration or received any other benefits from an employment with their charity or a related party.

Trustees Expenses

No trustees have been paid expenses relating to their work for the charity for current year and prior year. In addition, no trustees were reimbursed for expenses incurred on behalf of the charity.

Related Parties

Donations totalling £0 were received from related party transactions in the reporting period.

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15. Obligations Under Leases

The amount of non-cancellable operating lease payments recognised as an expense during the year ending 31 March 2024 was £3,726.

ear ending 31 March 2024 was £3,726.
Not later than one year
Later than one year and not later than five years
Later than five years		 2024
2023
£
£
828
806
2,898
-
-
-
3,726
806

16. Remuneration of Independent Examiner

The fee payable to the Independent Examiner for examining the accounts was £580. These figures are included within the accounts. The Examiners did not perform any other accountancy and bookkeeping services.

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