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2022-03-31-accounts

The following
people
were director s/trustees
ofthe charity
during the year:
Date became Date of
Directors/Trustees Role Status director resignation
Mostyn Davies Chair Elected 03/09/2001
Gordon Pankhurst Vice Chair Elected 29/04/2004
Glyn Jones Treasurer Elected 27/10/2011
Tudor Davies Elected 18/12/2001
Steven Skivens Elected 12/10/2003
Colin Mann Elected 26/07/2012
Julia Rose Elected 25/07/2013
Jackie Dix Elected 08/02/2018
Jan Charming Co-Opted 06/12/2018 16/09/2021
Lili Thompson Elected 17/09/2020 22/08/2022
Edward Evans Elected 18/03/2021
Chief Executive: Simon Ellington
Senior Management Team: Jane Waters (Resources Manager)
Lisa McLain (Operations
Manager)
Ceri Morgan (Operations
Manager)

2022 2021
Unrestricted Restricted Total Total
funds funds funds funds
Notes F E
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM
Donations and legacies 166,744 166,744 166,744
Charitable activities
Generalist advice 275,826 4,367,613 4,643,439 3,968,536
Specialist advice 355,607 355,607 332,960
investment income 324 324 469
Total 442,894 4,723,220 5,166,114 4,468,711
EXPENDITURE ON
Charitable activities
Generalist advice 283,829 4,193,235 4,477,064 4,010,400
Specialist advice 21,823 322,418 344,241 30,790
Total 305,652 4,515,653 4,821,305 4,041,190
Actuarial
Net gains
gains on pension
on investments
295,000
7,941
295,000
7,941
2,779
23,000
NET INCOME 440,183 207,567 647,750 453,300
Transfers between funds 23 108,125 ~108,125)
Net movement
in funds
548,308 99,442 647,750 453,300
RECONCILIATION
OF FUNDS
Total funds brought forward 1,882,827 124,259 2,007,086 1,553,786
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 2,431,135 223,701 2,654,836 2,007,086

2022 2021
Unrestricted Restricted Total Total
funds funds funds funds
Notes F E
FIXEDASSETS
Tangible assets 14 382,666 382,666 390,607
Investments 15 111,220 111,220 103,279
493,886 493,886 493,886
CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors 16 45,093 66,278 111,371 443,612
Cash at bank 1,851,783 225,941 2,077,724 1,433,968
1,896,876 292,219 2,189,095 1,877,580
CREDITORS
Amounts
falling due within one year
17 (223,627) (68,518) (292,145) (207,803)
NET CURRENT ASSETS 1,673,249 223,701 1,896,950 1,669,777
TOTAL ASSETSLESSCURRENT LIABILITIES 2,167,135 223,701 2,390,836 2,163,663
CREDITORS
Amounts
falling due after more than one year
18 (47,577)
PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES 22 (109,000)
PENSION ASSET 24 264,000 264,000
NET ASSETS 2,431,135 223,701 2,654,836 2,007,086
FUNDS 23
Unrestricted
funds
2,431,135 1,882,827
Restricted funds 223,701 124,259
TOTAL FUNDS 2,654,836 2,007,086

2022 2021
Notes F E
Cash flows from operating activities
Cash generated
from operations
746,833 29,439
Net cash provided by operating
activities
746,833 29,439
Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase oftangible
fixed assets
(48,811) (42,610)
Purchase offixed asset investments (100,500)
Interest received 324 469
Net cash used
in
investing activities ~48.487) ~142.841)
Cash flows from
Loan repayments
financing
in year
activities ~54.590) ~7,119)
Net cash used
in
financing activities ~54.590) ~7,119)
Change
in cash
and cash equivalents in
the reporting
period
643,756 (120,321)
Cash and cash equivalents at the
beginning
ofthe
reporting period 1,433,968 1,554,289
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of
the reporting
period
2,077,724 1,433,968

RECONCILIATION OF NET I NCOME TO NET CASH FLOW FROM OPERATI NG ACTIVITIES
2022
E
2021f
Net income for the reporting period (as per the Statement ofFinancial
Activities) 647,750 453,300
Adjustments
for:
Depreciation
charges
56,?52 55,326
Gain on investments (7,941) (2,779)
Interest received (324) (469)
Mortgage
interest paid
1,965 2,182
Increase/(decrease) in provisions (373,000) (117,000)
Decrease/(increase) in debtors 332,241 (368,545)
Increase
in creditors
89,390 7,424
Net cash provided by operations 746,833 29,439

ANALYSIS OF CHANG ES
IN NET FUNDS
At 1/4/21 Cash flow At 31/3/22
E
Net cash
Cash at bank 1,433,968 643,756 2,077,724
1,433,968 643,756 2,077,724
Debt
Debts falling due within
1 year
Debts falling due after 1 year
(5,048)
~47577).
5,048
47,577
~52,625) 52,625
Total 1,381,343 696,381 2,077,724

INCOME FROM CHARITAB LE ACTIVI TIES
2022 2021
Activity F
Grants and contract funding Generalist advice 4,643,439 3,968,538
Grants and contract funding Specialist advice 355,607 332,960
4,999,046 4,301,498
Further analysis ofgrants and contract funding:
Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds Total Funds
Funds Funds 2022 2021
E F
Access to Justice Foundation -LIPSS 32,650
Aneurin
Bevan
71,448 71,448 69,715
Citizens Advice - Better Advice: Better Lives 15,616
Citizens Advice
—Building
More Capacity
in
Employment
Advice
22,879 22,879
Citizens Advice
—Energy Advice Programme
Citizens Advice - Equipment
Grant
68,339 68,339 21,198
5,810
Citizens Advice - Communities
First Shared
Outcomes
Citizens Advice - Increasing Capacity 41,594 41,594
Citizens Advice - Phone Strategy
Implementation
760,000 760,000 613,600
Citizens Advice - Pension Wise 76,988 76,988 120,209
Citizens Advice - Witness Service 285,128 285,128 337,571
Citizens Advice - Consumer Service 1,055,266 1,055,266 900,236
Citizens Advice - Consumer Service (Seams
Awareness) 29,980 29,980 30,167
Citizens Advice - Help Through
Hardship
138,383 138,383
Citizens Advice - Help to Claim: Pilot support service 158,108
Citizens Advice - Help to Claim: Pilot service set up
costs 12,688
Citizens Advice - Help to Claim: Full service delivery 159,403 159,403
Caerphilly
County Council -
Confident
with Cash
184,950 184,950 174,435
Community
Foundation
Wales - COVID-19 Resilience
Fund 15,000
Energy Redress Fund 16,399
Gwent Association
Voluntary
Organisations-
Communities
for Work
21,848 21,848
MASDAP F2FWales 10,001
MASDAP contact centre 768,934 768,934 733,167
Moondance
Foundation
26,359
Caerphilly
County Council -
Intermediary
service
Debt Relief Order 18,86? 18,867 27,916
Test &Leam 32,654 32,654 28,665
Welsh Council for Voluntary Action - Kickstart 23,649 23,649
Welsh Government
-Advice
Link Cymru (Claim
What's Yours) 227,250 227,250
Welsh Government
-Advice
Link Cymru (Remote
fund) 432,500 432,500 432,497
Welsh Government
-Advice
Link Cymru (Generalist
fund) 335,143 335,143 325,244
Welsh Government
-Advice
Link Cymru (Debt fund) 176,008 176,008 169,908
Welsh Government
-Advice
Link Cymru (Specialist
fund) 34,624 34,624 34,628
Welsh Government
-Voluntary
Service
Recovery 22,000
Fund
Other 561 561 361
275,826 4,723,220 4,999,046 4,301,498

Direct Support
Costs (see costs (see
note 8) note 9) Totals
E E
Generalist advice 4,103,067 373,997 4,477,064
Specialist advice 315,485 28,756 344,241
4,418,552 402,753 4,821,305
DIRECT COSTS OF CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES
2022 2021
E F
Staff costs 4,116,386 3,284,372
Rent, rates 8 service charge 50,966 38,326
Light & heat 7,561 6,840
Insurance 13,882 12,602
Repairs & maintenance (including cleaning) 45,523 38,226
Staff &volunteer travel expenses 305 1,313
Printing
&
stationery 10,108 13,120
Telephone 8 postage 75,457 73,888
Reference materials &subscriptions 6,342 12,160
Other staff related costs 45,790 123,664
Depreciation 46,232 39,054
4,418,552 3,643,565
SUPPORT COSTS
Staff Other Governance
costs Depreciation costs costs Totals
E F E
Generalist advice 261,606 9,769 95,151 7,471 373,997
Specialist advice 19,517 751 7,914 574 28,756
273,349 10,520 110,839 8,045 402,753

Net inco me/(expenditur e)
is stated a
fter charging/(crediting):
2022 2021
E E
Auditors' remuneration 4,000 3,450
Auditors' remuneration for non-audit work 1,685 1,610
Depreciation
-owned
assets 58,108 55,326

11. STAFF COSTS
2022 2021
Wages and salaries 3,871,333 3,107,377
Social security costs 296,514 249,632
Other pension costs 221,888 176,224
4,389,735 3,533,233
The average
monthly
number ofemployees during the year was as follows:
2022 2021
Number of administrative staff 6 6
Number ofmanagement staff 9 9
Number ofsupervisors 8 team leaders 15 142
Number ofcaseworkers / advisers 159 1
Number oftraining
8
recruitment 1 3
Number ofother staff 5
195 161
The number ofemployees whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) exceeded f60,000was:
2022 2021
260,001 - f70,000 1 1

COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
Unrestricted Restricted Total
funds
f
funds
f
fundsf
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM
Donations
and legacies
166,744 166,744
Charitable
activities
Generalist
advice
272,427 3,696,111 3,968,538
Specialist advice 332,960 332,960
Investment
income
469 469
Total 439,640 4,029,071 4,468,711
EXPENDITURE ON
Charitable
activities
Generalist
advice
105,593 3,904,807 4,010,400
Specialist advice 30,790 - 30,790
Total 136,383 3,904,807 4,041,190
Net gains on investments 25,779 25,779
NET INCOME 329,036 124,264 453,300
Transfers
between
funds
24,591 ~24,591)
Net movement
in funds
353,627 99,673 453,300
RECONCILIATION
OF FUNDS
Total funds brought
forward
1,529,200 24,586 1,553,786
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 1,882,827 124,259 2,007,086
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
2022 2021
Financial assets f f
Financial assets that are debt instruments measured at amortised cost 2,157,635 1,848,067
Financial assets measured at fair value 111,220 103,279
Financial
liabilities
2022
f
2021
f
Financial
liabilities
measured
at amortised cost 269,148 215,592
Financial
liabilities measured
at fair value

TANGIBLE FIXEDASSET S
Improvements
to Fixtures
Freehold leasehold and Computer
property property fittings equipment Totals
F
COST
At 1 April 2021 1,190,526 39,282 68,971 176,476 1,475,255
Additions 1,170 8,538 39,103 48,811
At 31 March 2022 1,190,526 40,452 77,509 215,579 1,524,066
DEPRECIATION
At 1 April 2021 883,132 39,282 43,905 118,329 1,084,648
Charge for year 6,500 11,699 38,553 56,752
At 31 March 2022 889,632 39,282 55,604 156,882 1,142,756
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 March 2022 300,864 1,170 21,905 58,697 382,666
At 31 March 2021 307,394 25,066 58,147 390,607

FIXEDASSET INVESTMENTS
Listed
investments
'Z
MARKET VALUE
At 1 April 2021 103,279
Revaluations 7,941
At 31 March 2022 111,220
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 March 2022 111,220
At 31 March 2021 103,279
2022 2021
Historical cost of investments 100,500 100,500

16. DEBTORS:AMOUNTS DEBTORS:AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2022
f
2021
f
Prepayments and accrued income 111,371 443,612
17. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2022
f
2021
f
Bank loans and overdrafts (see note 19) 5,048
Trade creditors 6,750
Social security and other taxes 17,872
VAT 22,938 21,916
Other creditors 3,942 7,019
Accruals and deferred
income
265,265 149,198
292,145 207,803
Included
within
accruals and deferred income above is the following deferred income:
2022
f
2021
f
Access to Justice Funding 15,000 32,650
Pensionwise
-
funding
clawback
1,075
Witness Service - funding clawback 52,443
68,518 32,650
The deferred
income relates to income received
in the year, that is due to be returned to the funder.
18. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE YEAR
2022
f
2021
f
Bank loans (see note 19) 47,577
19. LOANS
An analysis of the maturity ofloans is given below:
2022 2021
f f
Amounts
falling
due within one year on demand:
Mortgage
loan
5,048
Amounts
falling
due between
two and five years:
Mortgage
loan
20,192
Amounts
falling
due in more than five years:
Repayable
by instalments:
Mortgage
loan
27,385

MOVEMENT
IN FU
NDS
Net Transfers
movement between At
At 1/4/21 in funds funds 31/3/22
E
Unrestricted
funds
General fund 1,532,827 438,827 108,125 2,079,779
Designated
fund - Organisational
development 250,000 250,000
Designated
fund - Asset management
and
development 100,000 100,000
1,882,827 438,827 108,125 2,429,779
Restricted funds
Phone Strategy Implementation
MASDAP Contact Centre
2,000
10,256
69,224
80,415
(90,671) 71,224
Witness Service 15,205 (15,205)
Consumer
Service
57,565 (48,678) (4,821) 4,066
Welsh Government -Advice Link Cymru
(Remote Fund) 12,874 10,953 23,827
Citizens Advice - Consumer Service
(Seams Awareness) 4,605 (4,605)
The Moondance
Foundation
26,359 (17,571) 8,788
Help to Claim - Full service delivery 13,269 13,269
Citizens Advice - Help Through Hardship 15,364 (5,346) 10,018
Welsh Government
Claim What's Yours
-Advice Link Cymru- 95,191 ~2,682) 92,509
124,259 207,567 ~108,125) 223,701
TOTAL FUNDS 2,007,086 646,394 2,653,480

Net movement
in f
unds,
incl
ude d
in the a
bove are as follows:
Incoming Resources Gains and Movement
resources expended losses in funds
F F
Unrestricted
funds
General fund 442,894 (307,008) 302,941 438,827
Restricted funds
Pensionwise 76,988 (76,988)
Phone Strategy Implementation 760,000 (690,?76) 69,224
MASDAP Contact Centre 768,934 (688,519) 80,415
Witness Service 285,128 (300,333) (15,205)
Consumer
Service
1,055,266 (1,103,944) (48,678)
Welsh Government —Advice Link Cymru
(Remote Fund) 432,500 (421,547) 10,953
Welsh Government -Advice Link Cymru
(Generalist
Fund)
335,143 (335,143)
Welsh Government -Advice Link Cymru
(Specialist Fund) 34,624 (34,624)
Citizens Advice - Consumer Service
(Seams Awareness) 29,980 (25,375) 4,605
Welsh Government -Advice Link Cymru
(Debt Fund) 176,008 (176,008)
Test &Leam 32,654 (32,654)
The Moondance
Foundation
(17,571) (17,571)
Access to Justice Foundation - LIPSS 32,650 (32,650)
Citizens Advice - Energy Advice
Programme 68,339 (68,339)
Help to Claim - Full service delivery 159,403 (146,134) 13,269
Citizens Advice - Help Through Hardship 138,383 (123,019) 15,364
Citizens Advice - Building
More
Capacity in
Employment
Advice
22,879 (22,879)
Citizens Advice
—Increasing
Capacity 41,594 (41,594)
Gwent Association Voluntary Organisations
-Communities
for Work
21,848 (21,848)
Welsh Council for Voluntary Action-
Kickstart 23,649 (23,649)
Welsh Government
Claim What's Yours
-Advice Link Cymru- 227,250 ~132,059) 95,191
4,723.220 ~4,515,653) 207,567
TOTAL FUNDS 5,166,114 ~4,622,661) 302,941 646,394

Comparatives
for
movement movement movement in funds
Net Transfers
movement between At
At 1/4/20 in funds funds 31/3/21
F
Unrestricted
funds
General fund 1,529,200 329,036 24,591 1,882,827
Restricted funds
MASDAP F2FWales (630) 630
Phone Strategy Implementation 9,859 (7,859) 2,000
MASDAP Contact Centre (8,534) 19,068 (278) 10,256
Witness Service 15,205 15,205
Consumer
Service
33,750 23,815 57,565
Help to Claim - Pilot project 1,713 (1,713)
Welsh Government -Advice Link Cymru
(Remote Fund) 13,148 (274) 12,874
Welsh Government -Advice Link Cymru
(Generalist
Fund)
(445)
Welsh Government -Advice Link Cymru
(Specialist Fund) 208 (208)
Citizens Advice - Equipment Grant 12,614 (12,614)
Community
Foundation
Wales - COVID-19
Resilience
Fund
1,200 (1,200)
The Moondance
Foundation
26,359 26,359
24,586 124,264 ~24,591) 124,259
TOTAL FUNDS 1,553,766 453,300 2,007,086
23. MOVEMENT
IN FUNDS - continued
MOVEMENT
IN FUNDS - continued
MOVEMENT
IN FUNDS - continued
MOVEMENT
IN FUNDS - continued
Comparative
net movement
in funds, included in the above are as follows:
Incoming Resources Gains and Movement
resources expended losses in funds
f
Unrestricted
funds
General
fund
439,640 (136,383) 25,779 329,036
Restricted funds
Better Advice: Better Lives 15,616 (15,616)
Energy Best Deal - EXTRA 21,198 (21,198)
Pensionwise 120,209 (120,209)
MASDAP F2FWales 10,631 (10,001) 630
Phone Strategy
Implementation
613,600 (603,741) 9,859
MASDAP Contact Centre 732,537 (713,469) 19,068
Witness Service 337,571 (322,366) 15,205
Consumer
Service
900,236 (876,421) 23,815
Help to Claim - Pilot set up costs 12,688 (12,688)
Help to Claim - Pilot project 158,108 (156,395) 1,713
Welsh Government -Advice Link Cymru
(Remote Fund) 432,497 (419,349) 13,148
Welsh Government -Advice Link Cymru
(Generalist
Fund)
325,244 (324,799)
Welsh Government -Advice Link Cymru
(Specialist Fund) 169,908 (169,700) 208
Citizens Advice - Consumer Service
(Seams Awareness) 30,167 {30,167)
Welsh Government -Advice Link Cymru
(Debt Fund) 34,628 {34,628)
Citizens Advice - Equipment Grant 5,810 6,804 12,614
Community
Foundation
Wales
- COVID-19
Resilience
Fund
15,000 (13,800) 1,200
Energy Redress Fund 16,399 (16,399)
Test 8 Leam 28,665 (28,665)
Welsh Government -Voluntary Service
Recovery Fund 22,000 (22,000)
The Moondance
Foundation
26,359 26,359
4,029,071 ~3,904,907) 124,264
TOTAL FUNDS 4,468,711 ~4,041,190) 25,779 453,300