arity No. 1081569
Ojmpany No. 03870643
Trust*s F￿ort and Unaudited A￿)untS
31 Marth 2024

Contents
Pages
Trustees, Annual Report
Independent Examiner's Report
Statement of Financial Activities
2to6
Summary Income and Expenditure Account
Balance Sheet
io
Statement of Cash flows
li
Notes to the Accounts
12to18
Detailed Statement of Financial Activities
19to20
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TrusteesAnnual FÈport
The trustees, who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006,
present their report with the unaudited financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31
March 2024.
FE￿￿ANDADM1N1ThTIVED￿AlLs
Cbmpany No. 03870643
arity No. 1081569
Pf in(ipaJ Offi
The Factory
Alder Hills
Poole
Dorset
BH12 4AS
Pegistered Offi
The Factory
Alder Hills
Poole
Dorset
BH12 4AS
Llrectors and Trustees
The Directors of the charitable company are its Trustees for the purposes of charity law.
The following Directors and Trustees Se￿ed during the year-
P.P. Comber
C. Corr
C.E. Eyre
J.R. Marsh
Trustees holding title to tharity property
John Marsh
Philip P Comber
Carolyn Corr
Claire Eyre
Key Management Pers)nnel
Chair
A1￿UntantS
Carolyn Corr
Bicknell Business Advisers Ltd
40 Broadway Lane
Bournemouth
BH8 OAA
Bankers
The Co-operative Bank
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TrusteesAnnual FÈport
O￿v￿AND A￿VITIEs
The charity seeks to distribute donated materials to provide or assist in the provision of facilities for
recreation, education and other leisure time activities for children and adults in Dorset including
Bournemouth and Poole so that their education and social welfare is advanced.
The charity further seeks to advance education particularly in connection with the reuse of scrap and waste
materials so as to protect the environment.
ACFIIEVBA BNTSAND P￿0FmAN
The first half of this financial year saw Dorset Scrapstore build on the foundations laid in previous years.
The &ore
Our services were impacted by changes to the terms at the property we rent in September 2023. Until then,
we had enjoyed access to a space to offer free community crafting activities during school holidays and on
Saturdays. This brought in families and provided a low-cost platform for our educational aims. This also
impacted the space for our volunteers to work in.
The biggest obstacle we had to overcome this year was the forced closure of the building for two months
from November. This was due to asbestos being discovered and our landlord making the decision to remove
it as soon as possible. It was all hands on deck while staff and volunteers alike helped to move our stock and
shelving into a container and other parts of the building.
Once this was achieved, we had to consider the welfare of our volunteers, many of whom rely on their
regular contact with people through Dorset Scrapstore. We decided to decorate a 'Dorset Scrapstore,
Christmas tree at a local church Christmas tree festival. This allowed us to involve our volunteers and
community through regular craft and coffee events and children's workshops. It also provided content for
our social media channels to show our members that we would be coming back!
We made the most of this unexpected closure by re-designing the layout of the store to incorporate a
volunteer sorting area and crafting table.
We made the most of this unexpected closure by re-designing the layout of the store to incorporate a
volunteer sorting area and crafting table.
Once we re-opened, we changed our opening hours to be one hour earlier. This has made no difference to
our takings, but instead of 11am to 12pm being very busy. those customers have been spread between 10am
and 12pm, allowing for more space for everyone to browse. It also enhances the welfare of our staff and
volunteers, ensuring that during the winter they are not locking up a large empty building in the dark.
We had some wonderful comments from our members when we re-opened. It made everyone involved in
Dorset Scrapstore feel good to know that we had been missed and our members appreciate what we do.
Here are some comments from a Facebook post:
"Loved being able to come back and visit! !!"
'Have missed it! ! I"
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TrusteesAnnual FÈport
' They're open againl"
'Brilliant, I'll go and visit, Thanks
"can we go here asap.
"Lovely to see you guys open again.
Volunteers
Dorset Scrapstore has a firm base of long Standing volunteers. We pride ourselves in having volunteers from
a very diverse section of society with varied backgrounds, skills and experience.
For many years we have offered work experience placements to students with Special Educational Needs and
Disabilities from Poole College. Unfortunately. we were not able to accommodate these young people when
our landlord restricted the use of the space outside Dorset Scrapstore. However, we were very pleased that
once again we were able to accommodate these lovely students shortly after re-opening the store, as we had
incorporated a volunteer sorting area into our new layout.
Throughout the year, we retained our reliable team of four volunteers who provide fortnightly workshops for
home educated children. In addition, we had ten volunteers in the store at the start of the year. Our
volunteer base increased from September 2023 when we recruited a volunteer coordinator funded by the
National Lottery. By March 2024 we had twelve regular store volunteers.
FINANQAL FEVIPN
&ants
Just under £10,000 was awarded from the National Lottery Awards for All in August 2023. This was to fund a
one year post for a volunteer coordinator.
The volunteer coordinator worked for seven months in this financial year. She has ensured that greater care
has been taken of our volunteers with additional needs. As a result they have enjoyed making a rocket
measuring over six feet that proudly sits in our entrance.
We are very grateful to Hall and Woodhouse brewery for the £IOOO we received in January 2024 for core
funding.
Workthops
Throughout the disruption of the store closure, we were able to relocate our home education workshops to a
local community centre. Unfortunately the family and adult workshops were not so easy to relocate as they
were held at weekends and the space wasn't available.
Giving children and young people the opportunity to gain Arts Awards qualifications has been very popular
within the home educated community. It gives them the opportunity to work towards a nationally recognised
qualification. In the previous year, thirteen children completed their Arts Award Discover level. By the end of
the year we had eight children who had almost completed their Explore Award and further three who had
started on the Discover award.
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TrusteesAnnual FÈport
A second volunteer was trained to deliver and assess the Arts Award Discover and Explore levels to ensure
we could continue to deliver this and were not relying on one volunteer. The next step will be to have one of
our assessors trained to deliver the Bronze and Silver levels of the Awards. In future we would like to expand
our provision of the Arts Awards to include children in school. However, this requires grant funding as we
currently rely solely on volunteers to provide these services.
Feedback received from the home education sessions:
"A huge thank you for all of your help and inspiration. It has been a huge joy to see her develop with those
new skills.
"She is very happy and comfortable in these classes- hence she's willing to try lots of new techniques."
"IYou] are patient with them and gently encourage to try new things but respect their wishes to do
something else if they want to - thank you"
"Have learned sewing and also learned they love doing it and have felt they have improved as the sessions
have gone on."
"Confidence boosted and self esteem improved
Memberthips
The membership of Dorset Scrapstore has remained stable at around 1500. However, the number of people
benefitting from Dorset Scrapstore is much greater. We estimate that 4,000 people benefit from our service
each year.
For example, this comment was received by one of our group members:
.1 would like to &gy thank you ￿ muth for all the years I have b￿n ableto come and gather your brilliant
re9)ur￿S for my project which has been 10 years in the making. l aart￿l (￿MIng to your store in &1￿mbe
and it has been such a help to me over the years I run a therap￿tiC hortl(￿lIural project supporting people of
all age& We run adivities throughout the year for children of all agesand abilities, ba*d in our woodland.
Jr activity days often have up to 30+ thildren and we charge very little for their attendan￿ to engjre all are
able io come. &Jl without your plentiful ￿pplY of interesting things I wouldn't have been able io do ￿ many
of our crafts and ￿eationS. &) Ihank youl"
)aal Media
The main social media platform used by Dorset Scrapstore is Facebook. For several years the followers on
this platform have steadily grown. By the end of March 2024, we had 11,800 followers, an increase of over
14% in 12 months.
We also have both Linkedln and Instagram pages, but they don't have anywhere near the number of
followers as Facebook.
In March 2024, one of our staff took on an additional role of looking after the social media of Dorset
Scrapstore. It will be good to have one person taking care of this important marketing tool as it will help with
continuity of our posts, increasing our followers and ultimately more people using Dorset Scrapstore.
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TrusteesAnnual FÈport
PLANSFDR R￿uFE PFOCOS
Looking towards the 2024-25 financial year, we have a few things planned.
Our van is very old. so we will be applying for grants and fundraising for a newer one.
We know that attending external events helps increase the profile and bring people into Dorset Scrapstore.
We are planning to apply for a grant for an event coordinator as this would take the pressure off our
relatively small team of volunteers who organise and attend our external events.
As mentioned above, we will be looking to secure funding to extend the provision of our children's
workshops and Arts Awards.
j￿FE G3v￿AN￿AND MANA￿ ENT
The charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust and constitutes a limited company,
limited by guarantee, as defined by the Companies Act 2006
The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at
any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements
comply with the Companies Art 2006. The Trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the
charity and hence taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The above report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to
the small companies regime as set out in Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 and in accordance with the
Charities SORP IFRS 1021.
Signed on behalf of the board
C. Corr
Trustee
16 December 2024
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Independent Examiners Fèport
Independent &aminer's FÈport to the trustees of
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the financial statements of DORSET SCRAPSTORE for the
year ended 31 March 2024.
P£¥onsbilities and bass of report
As the charity's trustees of the company land also its directors for the purposes of company law} you are
responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the
Companies Act 2006 ('the 2006 Act.
Having satisfied myself that the financial statements of the Charity 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 examination of
your charity's financial statements as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 ('the 2011 Act'l.
In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section
14515) Ibl of the 2011 Act.
Independent examiner'saatement
I have completed my examination. I can confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in
connection with the examination giving me cause to believe:
accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 386 of the 2006 Act . or
the financial statements do not accord with those records- or
the financial statements do not comply with the accounting requirements under section 396 of the 2006
Act other than any requirement that the financial statements give a 'true and fair, view which is not a
matter considered as part of an independent examination: or
the financial statements have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the
Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities applicable to charities
preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and
Republic of I reland (FRS 102}.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which
attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the financial
statements to be reached.
Abi Aiyegbayo, ACMA CGMA
Bicknell Business Advisers Ltd
40 Broadway Lane
Bournemouth
BH8 OAA
16 December 2024
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atement of ￿nanaal Activities
for the year ended 31 Marth 2024
Unrestride
d funds Total funds Total funds
2024
2024
2023
Notes
Inct)me from:
Donations
148
148
606
Charitable activities
76,037
76,037
72,430
Total
76,185
76,185
73,036
Expenditure on:
Charitable activities
70,968
70,968
73,979
Total
70,968
70,968
73,979
Net gains
Net income/ (expenditure)
Transfers between funds
5,217
5,217
19431
Net in(omel (expenditure)
before other gaing (lO￿eS)
5,217
5,217
19431
Other gains and lo
Net movement in funds
5,217
5,217
19431
Pec£)ncAliation of funds:
Total funds brought forward
14,221
14,221
15,164
Total funds carried forward
19,438
19,438
14,221
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Jmmary Income and &penditure AcLr)unl
for the year ended 31 Marth 2024
2024
2023
Income
76,185
73,036
oss inLX)me for the year
Expenditure
76,185
73,036
70,968
73,979
Total expenditure for the year
Net income/lexpenditurel before tax
forthe year
70,968
73,979
5,217
{943)
Net In￿Me / (expenditure )for the year
5,217
{943)
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Balan￿ &eet
at 31 Marth 2024
Company No. 03870643
Notes
2024
2023
rrent assets
Debtors
853
806
Cash at bank and in hand
24,663
25,516
(6,0781
14,260
15,066
18451
14,221
Cleditors: Amount falling due within one year
Net ￿rrent assets
19,438
Total ￿lSIeSs￿rrent liabilities
19,438
14,221
Net assets exduding pengon or liability
Total net as*ts
19,438
14,221
19,438
14,221
Thefundsof the tharity
P£strirted funds
Unrestricted funds
General funds
io
io
19,438
14,221
19,438
14,221
pe￿rveS
io
Total funds
19,438
14,221
These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions of Part 15 of the Companies
Act 2006 relating to small companies.
For the year ended 31 March 2024 the company was entitled to exemption under section 477 of the
Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the
Companies Act 2006.
The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act
2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
Approved by the board on 16 December 2024
And signed on its behalf by".
C. Corr
Trustee
16 December 2024
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atement of Cath flows
for the year ended 31 Marth 2024
2024
2023
Cash flows from operating activities
Net incomel (expenditure) per satemenl of ￿nanaal Adivities
5,217
19431
Adjustmentsfor:
Decrease in stocks
{Increasel/Decrease in trade and other receivables
Increase in trade and other payables
205
{47)
5,233
151
95
Net cash providgJ by/ (u*d in) operating a(Aivities
10,403
14921
Net cash from investing adivities
Net ￿ from finanang adivities
Net inue& (decrea￿) in cath and cath 4uivalents
10,403
14921
Cash and cath equivalents at the beginning of Ihe year
14,260
22,313
cath and cath equivajents at the end of the year
24,663
21,821
CL)mponentsof cath and equivaents
Cash and bank balances
24,663
14,260
24,663
14,260
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Notesto the A0￿untS
for the year ended 31 Marth 2024
l A(x))unting poliaes
Bagsof preparation
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities-
Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with
the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland IFRS 102) leffective I
January 2015} (Charities SORP IFRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and
Republic of Ireland (FRS 1021 and the Companies Act 2006.
Change in ba9s of acu)unting or to previousaC￿untS
There has been no change to the accounting policies (valuation rules and method of accounting} since
last year and no changes have been made to accounts for previous years.
nd a¢xounting
Unrestricted funds These are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the
general objects of the charity.
Designated funds These are unrestricted funds earmarked by the trustees for particular purposes.
Revaluation funds These are unrestricted funds which include a revaluation reserve representing the
restatement of investment assets at their market values.
These are available for use subject to restrictions imposed by the donor or through
terms of an appeal.
Restricted funds
Ino)me
Recognition of
income
Income is included in the Statement of Financial Activities ISoFA} when the charity
becomes entitled to. and virtually certain to receive, the income and the amount of
the income can be measured with sufficient reliability.
Income with
related
expenditure
Donations and
Where income has related expenditure the income and related expenditure is
reported gross in the SOFA.
Voluntary income received by way of grants, donations and gifts is included in the
the SOFA when receivable and only when the Charity has unconditional entitlement
to the income.
Tax reclaims on
Income from tax reclaims is included in the SOFA at the same time as the
donations and gifts gift/donation to which it relates.
Donated services
These are only included in income {with an equivalent amount in expenditure)
where the benefit to the Charity is reasonably quantifiable, measurable and
material.
legacies
and facilities
Volunteer help
The value of any volunteer help received is not included in the accounts.
Investment income This is included in the accounts when receivable.
Gains/{lossesl on
This includes any gain or loss resulting from revaluing investments to market value
revaluation of
at the end of the year.
fixed assets
Gains/{lossesl on
investment assets
This includes any gain or loss on the sale of investments.
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Eipenditure
Recognition of
expenditure
Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis. Expenditure includes any VAT which
cannot be fully recovered, and is reported as part of the expenditure to which it
relates.
Expenditure on
raising f unds
Expenditure on
charitable
These comprise the costs associated with attracting voluntary income, fundraising
trading costs and investment management costs.
These comprise the costs incurred by the Charity in the delivery of its activities and
services in the furtherance of its objects, including the making of grants and
governance costs.
All grant expenditure is accounted for on an actual paid basis plus an accrual for
grants that have been approved by the trustees at the end of the year but not yet
paid.
Governance costs These include those costs associated with meeting the constitutional and statutory
requirements of the Charity, including any audit/independent examination fees,
costs linked to the strategic management of the Charity, together with a share of
other administration costs.
Other expenditure These are support costs not allocated to a particular activity.
activities
Grants payable
Ta￿atIOn
The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities.
Freehold investment property
Investment properties are measured initially at cost and subsequently at fair value at each balance sheet
date and are not depreciated. All gains or losses are taken to the Statement of Financial Activities as
they arise.
ocks
Stock is included at the lower of cost or net realisable value. Donated items of stock are recognised at
fair value which is the amount the charity would have been willing to pay for the items on the open
market.
Trade and other debtors
Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due after any trade discount offered.
Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.
Cath and ￿sh equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash at bank and on hand, demand deposits with banks and other
short-term highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less and bank
overdrafts. In the statement of financial position, bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings or
current liabilities. In the Statement of Cash Flows, cash and cash equivalents are shown net of bank
overdrafts that are repayable on demand and form an integral part of the company's cash management.
Trade and other creditors
Short term creditors are measured at the transartion price. Other creditors and provisions are
recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably
result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be
measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement
amount after allowing for any trade discounts due.
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Pesearch and development
Expenditure on research and development is written off in the year in which it is incurred.
Foreign ￿1rrencJeS
Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than the functional currency of the
charity are translated at the rates of exchange prevailing at the end of the reporting period.
Transactions in currencies other than the functional currency of the charity are recorded at the rate of
exchange on the date that the transartion occurred.
All exchange differences are are taken into account in arriving at net income/expenditure.
Leased a&ets
Where the charity enters into a lease which entails taking substantially all the risks and rewards of
ownership of an asset, the lease is treated as a finance lease.
Leases which do not transfer substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to charity are classified
as operating leases.
Assets held under finance leases are initially recognised as assets of the charity at their fair value at the
inception of the lease or, if lower, at the present value of the minimum lease payments. The
corresponding liability to the lessor is included in the balance sheet date as a finance lease obligation.
Lease payments are apportioned between finance expenses and reduction of the lease obligation so as
to achieve a constant rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability. Finance expenses are
recognised immediately, unless they are directly attributable to qualifying assets, in which case they are
capitalised in accordance with the charity's policy on borrowing costs.
Assets held under finance leases are depreciated in the same way as owned assets.
Operating lease payments are recognised as an expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
In the event that lease incentives are received to enter into operating leases, such incentives are
recognised as a liability. The aggregate benefit of incentives is recognised as a reduction of rental
expense on a straight-line basis.
Penson ￿StS
The charity operates a defined contribution plan for its employees. A defined contribution plan is a
pension plan under which the company pays fixed contributions into a separate entity. Once the
contributions have been paid the company has no further payments obligations. The contributions are
recognised as expenses when they fall due. Amounts not paid are shown in accruals in the balance sheet.
The assets of the plan are held separately from the company in independently administered funds.
2 Cbmpany status
The company is a private company limited by guarantee and consequently does not have share capital.
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3 &atement of ￿nanaal Activities- prior year
Unrestricted
funds Totaf funds
2023
2023
Income from:
Donations
605
605
Charitable activities
Other trading activities
Other
66,294
647
66,294
647
5,490
5,490
Total
73,036
73,036
penditure on:
Raising funds
Charitable activities
506
506
190
190
Other
73,283
73,283
Total
73,979
73,979
Net In1￿Me
19431
{943)
Net In1￿Me before other
gainsl (losses)
Other gains and losses:
Net movement in funds
19431
{943)
19431
{943)
P£conciliation of funds:
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward
15,164
15,164
14.221
14,221
4 Ino)me from donations
Unresl ricled
Total
Total
2024
2023
Donations
148
148
606
148
148
606
The charity relies on donation of scrap materials to generate its income described as Scrap Sales
Donated good& faalitiesand *rvices received
Total
2024
Total
2023
Donations received
147
606
147
606
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5 Inwme from charitable adivities
Unrest ri(led
Totaj
2024
Total
2023
Membership
Scrap Sales
Workshops
Grants and Other income
8,460
48,988
2,003
16,586
8,460
48,988
2,003
16,586
9,569
53,559
3,812
5,490
76,037
76,037
72,430
6 Eipenditure on tharitable activities
Unrestriitted
Totaj
2024
Total
2023
Employee costs
Motor and travel costs
52,540
2,629
11,203
52,540
2,629
11,203
51,008
4,783
14,010
Premises costs
General administrative
costs
3,066
3,066
3,032
Legal and professional costs
1,530
70,968
1,530
70,968
1,146
73,979
7 &aff (x)sts
2024
51.495
358
2023
49,830
402
Salaries and wages
Pension costs
51,853
50,232
No employee received emoluments in excess of £60,000.
The average monthly number of full time equivalent employees during the year was as follows:
2024
Number
2023
Number
Staff
The charity has signed up to a NEST pension scheme.
8 Debtors
2024
2023
Trade debtors
Prepayments and accrued income
138
loo
715
706
853
806
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9 Qeditors:
amounts falling due within one year
2024
2023
Trade creditors
Other taxes and social security
Other creditors
Accruals
{341
66
178
98
808
564
Deferred income
5,238
6,078
845
10 Movement in funds
In￿mIng
r￿ur￿S
At31
March
2024
(induding
At 1 April
other
20Z3 ganglos*s)
Pex)ur￿S
expended
Pestrict&J funds:
Unrestricled funds:
neral funds
14,221
76,185
170,9681
19,438
Tota] funds
11 Analyssof net assets betW￿n funds
14.221
76.185
170,9681
19,438
Unrestricted
funds
Total
Net current assets
19,438
19.438
19,438
19,438
12 PecL)naliation of net debt
At31
March
2024
At 1 April
2023
Ilsh flows
Cash and cash equivalents
14,260
14,260
10,403
10,403
24,663
24,663
Net debt
14,260
10,403
24,663
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13 Commitments
Cperating lea* (xjmmitments
Annual commitments under non-cancellable operating leases are as follows:
2024
Land and
bui Idings
2024
2023
Land and
bui Idings
2023
Cxher
Cxher
Operating leases with expiry date:
Pen90n ￿mMitments
2024
2023
The pension cost charge to the company
amounted to:
358
402
14 Pelated party di￿￿OSureS
lJnt rol li ng party
The company is limited by guarantee and has no share capital- thus no single party controls the
company.
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