Chlrlty 1093609 C1)m￿lly rethmiots th•mber•4286151 (En￿•￿a •nd WAl¢s) ADULT TRAINING NETWORK LIMfTED ANNUAL REPORT AI¥D FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2023 ADULT TRAIIYING NETWORK LIMTTED LEGALAND AD￿￿NISTRATIvE INFORMATION raw£y Adam B￿lah Lyn Fe15tead Keeranpal Kayr Sonia Khokh E JAtnes IApp)inted 20 April 20231 Se¢rd•ry Mr S Singh Gill Ckarlty nWDber 1093609 Comp*•y numbér 04286151 Printipl &ddr¢ Unit3 TrtAngle c￿tre 3W Uxbridge Ro* Southall MiddleseK UB13 Unli 3 TrI￿gle Centre 399 Uxbrydge Roth Solltho11 Middlesex UBI 3EJ Alldltyr 127611278 Gretttford Road Gre¢nfo iddlesex UB6 OHH ADULT TRAINING NETWORK LIMITED CONfENTS StatemeDtof r¢JFwibilities 21 Irthpthdpnt &￿jitO1S rewt Stthnentof lIDWi￿ a¥*ivities 25 sheet 27-39 ADULT TRAINING NETWORK LIMITED TRUSTEES, REPORT ONCLUDING DIRECTORS, REPORT) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2023 Th¢ tTUStee5 present their anttuol r¢port and fjnanciai 5tatememts for the year ended JU Septhber ?023. Th¢ ftrt8nLial %tht¢mettts have been ￿epar￿ inac¢ordan¢e with the accounting policies Set0￿ innote I tothe financial statetnents and comply with the ¢harity's Metnorandum 4nd Arti¢1¢s ofAssociation incorpor4t¢d on 12 S¢ptember2001 amd ls amended on 15 April 2002 . thE Companies Act 2006 and "Acwunting and Reportbng by Charitie5: Stat¢￿ent of R￿9mm¢￿dcd Practice applicable to charities preparing their •¢¢ourtts in accordance with the Financigl Reporting Standard applic8ble In the UK and Republic of Ireland IFRS 10?) leffedive l January 20191.. Obj¢etlves ind 4ettYltles The Adult Training Network {ktwn as ATNI $triv¢s tcp proYid¢ th¢ best qU￿lty ojucation and trnining ￿ siKia]ty excluded bers of the community who have little or ac￿$ to tnains(Te8m education. One of its main purp05e5 1Sto build the skills artd ¢onfidenceoftraditionally disadvantaged member5 ofthe community. including re￿geeS and members of ethni¢ minority GoffltnuDitiE5 to suptrfxt their enty into meanin8fv1 employment In addition. the Adult Tr4iTring Network strivcs to ithgrats learnu5 into th¢ %Jcial and cultural fabric of society at large. Th¢ orwi5ation wa5 forned to help *ldress rt>E ￿UCtitiOn￿ disadvantage Suff￿ by certaiTh mar8inaiised 5XtiOlls of the communtty. The main objectives of the edu¢atio]Jal prDgTamtne5 are to.. Develop ¢li¢nts' ernployability skills Help to improve students, IiTLgui5ric o)mpeten¢¢ in English. Provide Sbjdents with b8sic survival English foreveryday lift in UK. Provide s¢ud¢nts with b&sic English forxces5 to other Colle8e courses. Equip to progress to the n¢xt level of ESOL provision. Supwt students io their¢lv)sen progressioft path. Buildth¢ s¢lf-confidence of $knts. Develop the Icr Skills of p￿Pit in th¢ lo￿1 ￿Mmunity whohav¢ littl¢ or no to ttiainknam edu¢atiOTh WOVi5ion aThl ICT resour¢es. Support learr¢rs to ￿qUITe career matsa8¢tn¢nt Skills sudj as job search techniqlles. intsrvi¢w skills, CV writin& ￿nfidE￿ce buÈldins. impro￿llg sclf-esteem and to EDablE them to success￿1￿ compete for acquire sustainAbleJobs. Supw)rt learners with thEir well-b¢iDg mtntaj htaith by wnthictins pro8fBmmes in pain managemen( yog4 gardening and music. The tnLStee5 have paid due regard tf* 8uidance issued by the Charity G)mmi$sion irt deciding wh* ￿lIVitieS the GhaTity Should undertake. STAFFING in thc pcriod August 2022- July 2023. ATN employed 24 members ofstaff. ATh Southail employed a totsl of 16 staff member4 who served various prograrnnrs fijndcd by RufciHRUC. CAF and MI Solution$. It in¢l￿1¢d the Dirxtor. Regi￿&1 Mryer. Strate8ic AdvisET, two part tirne admini5trator5, one ledd Quality A5surer, O ESOLIFunctionaf Skill&Wath5 tlltor5. one part time ICT tutor to deliver Digital Skills, one prt time cleAtt¢r, on¢ part.titnE rmaDce coordinator and a N¢twork Engine¢r. In Stevenage and Hitchin ther¢ weye a ¢otal of four member5 of stsff employed to serve learning progr4tnmes fijnded by StrptoSki11s . Staffing in¢lud￿., two-part time tutors to deliver ESOUCommunity Education progrmeK one •lmirtistratorand adminloutreach offic2r. In Merton two part time Digital SkillslEnglishTutors w¢re employ￿ inrluding an Athnl￿tr¢ach Officer 2nd itt Slollgh one psrt time ESOtJFS En8lish tutor w&8 employ&l. Stall deYelopmeDt 8ftd traiui•g: During theyear 14 members of5tsff started andlor ¢omplel¢d 76 qU￿1r[CatIOnS as partof thecontinuing professional development proBramme. There i$ strong Evidence that tea¢her5 who continue to develop th¢ir skills during their w¢ers wntribute more to improvea learner att&imn¢nt. During 2021-22 w¢ GontiThucd to provide support to ourtutor5 and othEr tD¢mbeE5 Df staff to extend and enrich their skills and ttk fvrthErenhan¢¢ th¢Tr prDfessionaJ development. Some ofthe kty CPD &cti¥ities attend￿ by the stsff in this period wete &8 follows: ADULT TRAINING NETWORK LIMITED TRUSTEES, REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS, REPORT) (CONTINUED) FOR THE YE4R ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2023 Safeguarding Prcyeot Srandordisation of M4rkin Cyber £￿ential5 OrgJmisatioDal Resilience Trdining Safrr Recnutment Online e safEty Matrix Preparation Intrf>duction to IQA SMART- rewrds of clear challe￿gIng gTOUP and iftdiwidual gbje¢tives ILPS. based on initiaj LssessmenL learners starting points 2nd 8Oa[$,intrT￿ts & PTogf455ion routcs Learners, portfolios and refl¢rtiDns & review dates Quality ftssuranL* End of cour5¢ papen¥orl updaing progress, o¢hrevements. satisfaction survey5.lexit questionn&tre$ intended and acwal destin&ion routes recorded. DiagnDStj¢ a5S¢S5menL cl￿5 profile. ILP. mid-¢our5e review, mock exams and end course evaiuatÈons Diversity and Inclusion SMART recDrd5 of clear8nd challen8Ln8 group and individual objwtives Eff¢ctive Digit￿ Ski118 delivery Pedagogy Using Digital Skrlls D¥gitsl Champlorl training Designated Safeguarding Lead Training Level 3 Lev¢1 5 Diploma in Education and Trrining IAG l Level 2) OTLA ADULT TRAINING NETWORK LIMfTED TRUSTEES, REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS, REPORT) (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2023 QUALIFICATION ACCREDITATION The Adult Trnining NeNvork is accredited by the C&G (City and Guildsl. Ed¢x¢¢l and Ga*way ￿8]irJCatIons for varro￿5 qualification5 including Fvndional Ski115 in English and Maths and ESOL at all I￿tIl includin8 Erttry Level l. Enty L¢vel 2. Entry Level 3. L¢v¢l l and LKvel ? Busines5 Admini5traiiott. ICT, ¢t¢. Th￿¢ inGlud¢ 4JptiOllS for both paper-b&s&l and ￿-[lne te5tirtg. ATN is accredited to offerthe followiThg portfolio of qu￿1r1e21[0￿s:_ Functional Sknlls English Enty i - Level ? Fun¢tional Ski115 Mathemati¢s Business Admini5trationAdvancedApprenticeship (Level 31- England Bwines$AdrnitLiStrati¢Jn Interni¢diat¢Apprenii¢¢ship (Level 21- Englllrtd In1¢rnj￿iate Apprenu¢eship Tn Customer Ser¥ice (Level 21 {EnWaod) AdvancedApmLC¢5hip in Custorner Service (Lxvel 31 (England) Level 2 Diploma in Bu5ine55Administra¢ton Level 3 Diploma in Business Admini$tr*iorL Diploma in Bu5inessAdministi•tion IU¢Jit RouTrl ITQ Certifith for IT ￿$tr8 IL¢v¢l 21- LfNIT ROUTE ESOL Skills for Lrft ￿11-mode qualification$ ESOL Ski115 for Lif¢ fjjll-mode qua]ifi¢atlort$ Iiop up) ESOL Skill$ for Lifr single-moJ¢ quailfi¢*ions Enty t￿1 3 AwHrd 9￿d Cer[if￿al2 for rr Users (Start IT- ITQ) ITQ C¢rtifi¢at¢ for IT ILtv¢l l)- UNIT ROUTE ITQ Level 3 for IT ¢Jsers ITQ Lcv¢l 2 fDr tr users ITQ Level I for rr LL8¢rs Function￿ Skills English Fun￿1￿[￿1 Ski115 Mathematif5 Education and TTairLing ILevel 4) Disi￿ Skills Qua]ifJ¢ations A])ULT TRAINING NETWORK LIL￿ED TRUSTEES, REPORT (INCLIIDING DIRECTORS, REPOKD (CONTINUED) FOK THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2023 SIFweglesfor tYhievl￿ È7inLF me froth BaDgladesh and I w&$ ThDt sood at speaki ngilish. Now l am bEtter at FAJglish and it 1$ thgi¢r for me i ommunicate with my teacher. My classmates are v?ry goo happy to learn.- J rvdlly enjoy the closs; thoiewheri5 always very attentive an would like tocontinue comtng to class to improve my English. I would like to learn ESOL ot LPVEI I because my EtsglL5h anguage nerds to improve as well my confidence. I like thi n4lish wur￿. rny c1&s5mats t￿ friendly ny teacher i ind and very h¢lpfrJl. the way th¢y tea¢lL i$ fall￿stiC." of learnets confimjed that the quality of teaching leamtng aod the assessment pro¢¢ss w49 ¢ith¢r outstatmiing o °ts of leam¢r5 cOnf￿ed that the karning ¢nvironment w ithcr ou¢Standing or good ighly qudified delivery stsff deliver high qU￿lty lesson sinsa v*i* of resourc￿ at¥J techniques. Quality of education at AfN Continue5 to be very ctYectiv¢. achers mostly plan th¢ir l¢ssotLS well. having develop understandin8 of the skills and kThDwledge thetir learne need to acquire. SNIARTlessott objectives are mad¢ ¢lear at tht ¢ommeticErnen of session5 and in one leaming walk of thE 14111121 th bs¢Jver commented ￿[ I￿lerS Particl￿ed a¢¢iv¢ly i various clasSr￿M activities. whicb were very interesting a pLalina . to ea¢h learner. Th¢ tutor u5cd itnage5 and artions Iici(V￿abu1ary items in rel*ion to healttly eatiog. he tutor ￿50 focus5ed on spplling and pun¢￿ation by eliciti e spelling C*f difficult words 2nd appropriaie pUn¢tu￿(0 arks at Various stages of the lesson. lost learner5 provided correct answers and contributed very ell to mwmise their leamintr There wa8 a lot of fvn an Lrious IcdrniTr8 blended to the s¢ssion. Th¢ tutor hel[￿d th E3kEr leam¢rs thTnugh nne ts) nne. $iJprK>rt ¥tnd 8rnd uestion$. Most learners appearryj to achi¢ved th¢ l¢sso bjectlV¢5.Th¢ lesson also enabled Irarnets to refresh what they aLI learnt in the ADULT TIL41NING NETWORK LIMITED TR[ISTEES' REPORT IJNCLUDING DlREcfoRS' REPORT) (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2023 xAmples: Key attas for dvel•pmeD¢ emttyt cnsure mor¢.4LS >llPW>rt to kss-abled I&iTt Evidtnte utors and rnathagers are of th¢ opittion that ther¢ would increLsed raie of achievement outrornes if moreALS SUPPO was rovided for learneys with le$5 abiliknes. ortiinueto etttourase learneys tu retleci on teachtftg d aksessmeni and PTvvid¢ fe*lba¢k tsn this. Most fMTrrtfoli its id¢nrify Irarn¢r ¢omm¢nts 011 r¢view5 just Pfdis or5 awl ATN iTt gen￿1 rFts th•n ¢arttttKntimg on th learning e.xperi¢￿¢e. earner reflection of their leaming ffqUiTCS improvement. Ex*mples: Key streAgths Jydgtmtnt EwwJ¢Ac¢ Good outc¢Jme rates ID 2fPJ? 11 th¢ Iwfter retruitment number of ?L was lovKr Twhen cornpred to the Previo￿ year 21122 pjrtly duc to the delay in the secoDd tr¥nche of contraLX •llocatÉon. ID 20r21 th¢￿ weTE nKrely l60enwkn$￿ due to the impxtofcovid 19. Howe¥er. in 20?In? l¢Arner recrui￿ JnL¥e d￿led. 362 lewners enrolled for various pwwmes in 21m. The increase in leaffrtr tt¢Nitment wa$ 04tnty thJ¢ Io iNLT¢a5e in fUndi￿ValUe. A lar8eTWU)nof lewlle￿ were ExctIl¢nt¥hiev¢r￿nt rate of 8WD which i$3% hi8herthan the y¢ar2l/ 2* due tothc mmrnitmetbt and dedicatiDn of teachcrs and karn￿5. The pass rate of 9ry0 was ex¢¢ll¢nt aThJ 4% abDYe the rate for th¢ pr¢vious yw. There was also an upward trend over the 3 year period from ?OP_l onward. The retentiort rate oF91% l% lower than th¢ previoths year p¥tly dlle to the ra¢t that some learners left their courx$ io ¢nier inlo anploym¢nL The % of male learners this ytsr wa5 ?5•A 156 to￿} wlLi1st th¢ of female leamerswas 75%1??6totall.This hasrepresenteda6% incrwe in thepercentage of male l¢arnets ¢tsmpared to the previoL6 academic year which is ¢ommendable frorn a recruitment perspective. Female learners had a high¢r*hie¥ement r*of 91% compared to male leamers ot HowcvEr therE b¢en an I Iyo InCr￿e io the %ofmales achieving in J when ¢ompared with their achievement in the P￿10￿$ year ?11?? whith is laudabl¢. Female learners￿50 Increas￿ theirachievement by ?Y•to 91Vowhe comp#r¢d tts the prcviou5 year of 8(P/o. The numbrr of disabl￿ l¢amus is 80 and this let￿es￿ ?8 % of all learn¢TS ernrolled and ig mor2 than the pr¢viou5 year.The achievement rate of disabled learners at ￿)0/0 was ?D/p1¢$5 than in thg prgvious academic year. ADULT TRAINIIYG NETWORK LIMITED TRUSTEES, REPORI. (IIYCLUDING DIREcfoRS' REPORT) (CONTINUED) FOR THE FEAR EM)ED SOSEPTEMBER 2023 arners have very go(Ml opportunities kn s fijnclional attd personal development skill$ an .earn¢rs have 8 posittve attithde to learning, rake pride in thei ihiev¢rn¥y¥ts and enjoy their leaming at ATN. Most leamers mak prugTr¢¥s relative to their prior attainmtht ahd pO￿ntI￿. L¢amin ppomniiies are carefvlly and ¢fftctivety planned tosuitthc r*Lied f adult leatner5 50 that they can ptogress at appropriat¢ pac from entry level courses to more $ub$tAntial Sbjdy at level l a[￿ ? hiLh l¢ad to relevant qualifi¢atiORS progression ￿ into rh ¥É)rk"pla¢e. Atsdi15 and OTLAS id¢ntify that le8rniTrg piogramme5 Lin pluvabilit)" skil[5 d¢velopment and leamers were Provided Moth cry S(￿ tareer advice with a focus on dcvelopLII8 Iransf¢rabl .ki115. 26V(* of learners have PTQgTeS5ed into Pn, Fry or seir mploynient.lhov 23 leamer SUTY¢yI. Additionally 91% of lea progress¢d into fuJthrr IEarning ￿ ATN or at another trainin rofvider at the end of Juty 23 eMploY￿e￿Illnd fjjrther le8rnin Att￿d￿te a¢TOSS most subjects and levels is relativ¢l Learnets and l¢&l¢T5 pursue excellence, as a consequenc behaviour. effort •nd attendance 1$ very good leading to Ui¢omL' ratcs. Attendance ￿To$S ￿05t subjects and levels i lativ¢ly goLNI at 81%, ￿thOUgh it is 5% below the rats1&8t ycar Gyheys 8nd all ATN staff work hard ty pwomot¢ a Cul￿re of hig cndanLC. There are attendance related ￿SterS displayed i prominent ar¢aalldATN's high expea•ioTr$ are reinforced throug bu5¢ induction progr&mmes. However. ATN will hugely benefj from introducing scheme$ 5uGh as vouchers or intemal certifi¢a for hi h attendance to fi2rther i rove the rat xample5: Key •reAs for devtknpTreDt ement Fyrther improve aChiev￿￿ent rth Trry 2% Eviden¢e urxnily the achievement rate 15 $(P/g and 1% 4bove th ational btnchmark for ESOL of 88Q/o i?11?? figllrti. Ithou4h 3•. above th¢ ATh rdt¢ yetsr. the￿ is rooEll fo rutth¢r im Tovemcnt bv a ￿￿er?￿t0 a LU et fi£ureof914.' ere ts fiLrther room for improvement for male Icarnbr& lthough their achieVem￿t rate of 88% w&8 8n I loh In verthe prrvious year, ATN nced5 to sllpport thEn to 8Lhsev fijrther 3% to mar¢h current Eemaje ratr5. a¢hievement rat¢of disabled Ieamers at90Yo W&8 2Y• I hajj in the previous acaderni lac￿African learners, xhievement rates particlllarly i ESOL177YTrl were IDWCT than A5i4n {8￿) and Europe IcArners iQ3V,. . pport male le•rners to impTtswe achievement r4t¢5 to mat f¢IT￿l¢ rates by offering mOTe ¢Jne ￿ one support upport disoblEd leamEf5 to xhieve a higher a¢hi¢verncn ie of COllSlStent with the 21122 ratt lur¢ one to OD¢ 5UPPOrt is needed to support Bl￿WArrI¢)n I{￿er5 improye their aehievem¢nt rate. tsp¢¢ially in ESOL ADULT TRAINING NETWORK LIMITED TRUSTEES, REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS, REPORT) {CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2023 Excellent embedding of M&hs and ICT dtills within ESOL aThl FS EnglislL ATN ha5 &iven ahigh priority to cmbedding fvlath& Engjish and ICT in ordwto improve theemployobilty ofthe learneT5. Lwon observations and learner fe¢db*k collected on various wwions I¢ve￿ that most learnus in ESOL & fvnctional skills qualification5 agretsl th* the CDuf5e had help￿1 them th improv¢ Math5 skills OTLA 2916r231. Similarjy. rn051 l¢arneTS have commenied thattheirrespectiye course h&1 helped them to develop empl(ryabilty 5kilt5. All SOWS nd lc5s￿ plans audited reveal all tutor5 were keen to emb¢d ¢mployability, vi¢llJ)eing. English. Math$ ICT in to their cwricuia. Throu￿ thi& arr well-prepared for the next srage such ¥$ furthcrtrain1￿8 employment All bjtors confirrrtd that thry embed employability In￿ SOWS and le55OD5 on a regular b￿15. The audits of pKKrfolios and fealback frofft leamery Collected during le&4Jrt observthon5 identify thatlessonshelptodevelopthcirempioyabiliry skillsthrough d￿c￿sSiOnS ofjob irtt¢niiew preparattOD. improving s¢lf-confidenK we5entstions skill& et¢. an OTLA of the •9161?3 the observer G0tnme￿tttI that ajl le4rner5 are learning Math5 to remove their barriers to Rain employD*rt. Learn¢r5 CDmmcntsl that they a￿ ¢ODtldEnt of gaining job5 in retsil especiatly the le5%0n rttuSs￿ on weigh Exeellent ofBritish V*lues rdin ATN ￿MMunity is m￿¢ up of p￿p]e from a wide of cuJwrES Staff art very aware of the ¢hallengcs brought by this diversity and are perststent in prDnU)ting funda￿ Brtlish ¥￿lle$ of tolerarnce at¥J rtspeo by SettU￿ higb standard5 for behaviour *ound th¢ rentres. As a re$ll￿ learn¢rs f#1 saf¢ in the cetth. A very high Pro￿)rtion learners bchavc well ￿th0llgh a Small number of le550n5 are intemipled by iow-kvel di5Wtion by le￿¢1$ usiThg mobil¢ pholl¢5 ( chattin8. 2Skiil rt of Herts Cou ouncil Theacu¥lbted cours¢$ in ESOL and non-aecreditsj cowse5 in Pte Enty ESOL EvEryday.Mth, Employability Work Sktljs d Healthy Eat￿& W Well Being were (Wni5Ed aT￿ dElivered for learner5 Steven88e and Hir¢hSll IA North H¢ns by bJknr5 with the support of experieth(*d wjministrators and 5ETrior manager There wcre eXcell￿t KPIS in Retention. A¥*iov¢TnEntand Progression PJthw3ys ¢ouploa wtth high kveis of leamer satisf&xion an inclusiw safr and condu¢ive le￿ing tsvironm¢Jrt, The qu&lity of edu¢&iou. behaviouts atvl attitLryk pu50nai development of leamus aNJ lthhip and th￿￿ment were of a ATN provides knth Don accrnli*d atLd xcrrdittd courses tr& athilts over thE agc of18 in Stevenage aTrJ Hitchin who comprise mix of employed and unemployed learners from a diverse rnTLge of communities including refv8ee learnus from Ukrain Tht [￿-th￿redited PCDL coutses on offer OTh Empbyability and Work Ski115. Pre Enlly ESOU Everyday Maths. Healthy E&iDg and Well Being whilst the aceTedited Programn￿ In ESOLarE f(￿uS5￿ on developing Speaking and Listenin& Read￿S atwj Writing Skills from Enty i ty Level I to gJPPOrt the iniegration of leamus into the wider fabric of $￿Iety 8LNI ro facilitats enty into employmrrrt further leaming. In 2J? 23 there were 18? learning opportunities in tts￿ of whi¢h l?5 were for redit¢d l¢aming and 57 for non-accr¢dl*d PCDL. ADULT TILIINING NETWORK LIMITED TRUSTEES, REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS. REPORT) (CONTINUED) FOR THE YE4R EIVDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2023 ¥#lity Improvement Pl•n 2022.23 Key Ir￿ lor 4mprovem¢mts Aedo• taken irnpgrt OD learn¢r$ Further imFwv¢ marketing $trate8ies to improve IcamerAdditional marketing was undertaken in Httchirb via So¢jal r¢cruitinent. edia whtch had the impactof increasing leamBrnumbers there. Ov¢rall hOw￿¢r th¢re has beert a thu¢ibort in l¢arner n05 compared to the previous academic year. Jmprove pass and achte¥¢￿ent rates forAccredited le&rningMorc focus on achievern¢nt by tutors includiTh8 reglliar ffvtews pro8ramm¢s by 4%. and tracking olprogress. This has reslllttd in an A¢hi¢vement rate for AEB of 96Qh 4 3% Incre￿ on 211￿. The impact has been to enable leamers to progre$5 Into further learning and employment including the building and retention of knowledge and Skills plu5 an improveTttBTht in confidence. CL prDgrammc5 aJ50 showed a Creditable IOOYO ach2ev¢tnent rate a￿1￿ rE5uliins in an enhancernent and retention of knowledge 5ki115 Improve employment opporDJllitie5 for learners andcourse content and SOWS are refiectiTLg d greater foc￿5 on Cvs progression infonnaiioll is captured in a timely fashiop. writing, Job Search and s*tors Df the e¢onotny. including care work where there 3re vacancies. Etnployment ratt before course ¢nd is 27Yo and aft￿ course end an additional 4 % whi¢h is ommendable and 15 having the necessary tmpatt of a P05jtiYe prO￿510n pathway into work. Additioo4lly, thgre is some improvement on a mo￿tiM¢ty input of data otj L25rnErTrxk. IALITTr OFED 'CATIOY Commentary ATr1 provides a good quality icachiog and learning exp¢rience for di56dvantaged ad￿11 leamer5 by ¢TEarittg a conducive and inclusive Cultu￿ of learning. L¢arners ¥e ¢JJcourd8ed to PEf5evere by tutt>r5 to reach their l¢arr]iHg go&Js and are provided wtth th¢ necessary $kills and knowledge using a rdnge of iea¢hing and motivational Str81e￿e5. PEKS LDEV EN Commellt&ry There is a condllcive learning ¢nvironmeTht in which Ivarner5 from a diver8e range of cornmunities atr¢nd sessions. The prin¢iple5 of ¢qu￿lty. diversity and inclusion are a hish priority and Centr￿ to the planning and delivery of all courscs. Diversity and inclu510n in the curTiculuJn hElps learners understand Ihe marn prinEiples of British value$. Teaching. learning 2nd a5se5%meJt and thc wider college enVi￿linent prornote and ¢xernplify th¢ tyrtranizaiion's commiiment to equality and thv¢rsity- Leamer5 have developed per50nally frotn th¢ Courses at ATr4 to proRTtSS into fijnher learning and work and have int¢rnali5ed the value5 and norrns promoted by staff of citizenshTP and tolerance. Publicity images. learning ma￿rIalS artd displays acro$s ATN are repre5enthtive of the centre's dive¥s¢ ¢ommunity seek to nise awar¢n¢ss of diversity issues and studeTht's righrs and rtsponsibilities. OTLA rqKrts highlight good integration of wuality and diversiry in1¢$5orts. 1CI- ADULT TRAINING NETWORK LIMITED TRUSTEES, REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS, REPORD (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR EIVDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025 LbAVEK5'HJY4nd MANAGLMENT Commentary .￿nI￿r Management Team have established a clear strat¢gic dIr￿tiOn. whi¢h Sets out the direction and priorities of the or8anization and guides cucriculum planning. Truste¢5 hold senior lead¢r5 to a¢¢wnt for &sp¢cts of performance and meet quarterly to rcwiew perforniance itbtluding Setting out a clear vison for the organisatiL>n. All gtaff ￿e pasgionatc about th¢ir ¢ommitment to the deliv¢ry and plaGe the cducation, well-betng and progression of the le4rner ai th¢ fo￿fr￿n1 of its ethos. This is r¢tlected in a pt>$itiv¢ learning eX￿rienCe coupled with sterling re￿back prDvided by learners on their health, well being and attwrtmertt. ReteJLtlon Achlevemettt IAII cO￿TSe5 CL and AEB) ?o?o-?I 146 O??_?3 18? Stsrts ReteTrii Achievement 96•A AtteDdgnce Attendance 76% 80Yty 75% Se551oo VJ>lts Number scssion visits ofSes5ion Vjsit Wothing ttiwaTd or nOtLv￿1ns WalkPercenta8e of onliDe% of T￿herS achieved Visit visits visited NIA loo% Course Feedback- LeirDer Eval￿￿tIOn Please find b¢low f¢¢dbacK frorn the leamers who provided feedback in Julv ?01. 88.5% confim)ed that th¢ir S¢lfConfjdence had improv 85.SY* cofLfimi¢d that their Per%)nal And well- being improved afterth¢ ¢ourse- IOOYO frlt 5af¢ in clas5 885Vo confinned that the course has contributed to persona], work Dr learning goa13 h confirn)ed that Qualty of IAG before the course wa5 excell?nt 91% coTrf￿ed that Quality ofT￿hing on the cotn¢ was ¢xttll¢n¢ 85% ¢onfirnied that the Le8rning Environment w&$ cooduciv¢ to pi¢kintr up skills 91% confinned thot Support during thc course was excellcnt CDnfirmcd that their Di8it41 skills irnproved after th¢ 83% ¢onfirn)ed thattheiroverall satisfaction was eKcellent. PFogressioll Dat&- I*arDer Setf-Evalugtion ?7Y• Into employment (co￿binatIon of existing p4rttim¢ employ￿ and those progressing into employment) 54% into FE MERTONADULT LEARNINC ATN provides basic skills courses in Digit￿ Ski115 Inon-accredited). Multiply INum¢rwl. Fun¢tional Skills English laccredited and non-xcrediia) to dis￿Vantaged l¢arneTS 79Vd64010 IFFICLI of whom are frDm deprived ward% in MertOD. ADULT TRAINING NETWORK LIM￿ED TRUSTEES, REPORT ONCLUDING DIRECTORS, REPORT) (COIYTINUED) FOR THE YE4R E2VDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2023 Over811 Effettiveness kty strengths Provide thESE gs one sintence bullet poitsts artd rtot Paragraphs. Excell¢nl recruitmeni and surpassing taryet r*es of Icarners from deprivd wards MertDn th¢74% IRI 11 and 51Y4R121 a8ainst a targe¢tsf 35% Excellent te¢rniimeni rates for in ￿rOUgh learners of 91% (at Rl 11 Ex¢¢ll¢nt retention rate of 99% {Rl11 Irdrning PTogram]nes. Gwd overall pas5 rate of 94% IRI 11 Good ovmll aclUevEnJ￿I rnte of 90% Highly efftctive Quatity wur•J]¢e system le*Jing to excellent r¢tentioD. attd good pa55 8ThJ achicvement rate5. Good promotion of CPD opportunities provided to staff and tutor5 including PrevenL Safeguarding. Awotding Boty A55e5sment Processe& Safer Recruitm¢ThC M4trix Assessment Policy and Proce55. IAG qu81ifj¢atiofts {Level 2) and CyberEsseatials. Good PfOgTe5sion mutes for learners. 91% of whom are pro8Te5sing into fither leanlln8 thrT￿ 3. Very p)sittve Icarner fcedbackon the qU￿lty ofteaching I￿j Iwning Overall EfTettivene$5 *regs for ImproY¢meu( Accuwy of inputtittg dath onto Maytas to be maittrain¢d by ensuring that a $aTnpl¢ ofdats Inputt￿ is cross ¢h¢cked by anotherdata ioputter. fLm¢liness of inputtiftg &hIeV￿nefttdth on MayrLs to be itnpribvd by Msuring that staff are aware of the d2adlin¢ date5 fot re¢ordiTrg infD attd For *lhEring to the deadlines. Initial ass¢ssment process to be made mote rDbust by ¢TrsuriTrx that ail potential learners art offered one to one IAG to c¢rtain theirneeds and th* the IAG ￿0ft1 is ¢omprEhensivety fillcd in. Addiiioftally staffto be offered opportimitie5 for saining IAG qualif1c￿E0rt5 to supplement their expertis¢ Eyowiding effective IAG by ￿nIL￿ Staff reseatEhiNg appropriate qua15 ￿labl¢ atNJ disseminating the info to r¢l¢vani stsff. Staff to subs4llently undertakc the training before the startofthe new academic ye Overall Effettrvent55 imprnvements m#dè in ye•r and impel the provision Improvement in the accurw of infomwort inputted onto May145 Improvement in the qu￿lty of ILPs and the ￿ordin￿Of SMART in Tern￿ 2 8mdTm 3. Formula FundedAdNIt Skills Provision d*ts urrl¢uJw nrDlme 14armer Fe￿Ik ount Male %Mal BAME %60+ LLDD FemAIÈ AME LLDf oundations fo eaming ife and JCT fo The numi*r of enrolrnents for FF provision (FS English- Aon regulakd artd I￿redited and Don rryulabj ￿ kvel Digitti Skill$ and Math5} is 50% lower tharn the previous ypar as there b¢rll a focus on Community Learning too. Cwnulaiively IFF and CLI howev¢rth¢re been a IO% increase iTh enrolments. Also to note that in thc previou5 acad¢mic ye4r there wtre no CL enr0]n￿lI* BAME 5t* are alluded to the 3 yrtrends io 4.6 com￿u￿11¥ Ltsrnl ProYl$lon dala rrt¢ulum Enrolments t*¥rller rex ou]ht Vem8le Mgle V• M*le BAME emale LLD£ oundation5 fo 13 12- ADULT TRAINING NETWORK LIMrfED TRUSTEES, REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS, REPORT) {CONTINUED) FOR THE FE4R ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2023 Scvlul Courses were conducied in non regulated Pre Enty and Enty Level Entslish for the fifst time in AfN's d¢livery for MAL and w¢re a pnsitivt pmgres$ion pathway lo FF accredited English at El. Learner n05 weTe 3.8 fold above profilc with a $ignificaoL 45¥kn of leomers fro￿ BAME communities. The % of maje learner5 at 18% is the same as FF ITh 22P3 and i5 ¢onsi$tentwith previou$ FF Fr￿tages. Given that this is th¢ first yew for CL, it i5 not possible to evaluate tr¢nd5 over threE yea￿. The of over 60s for CL at 13% is IO% lower ihan for FF artd is an area tD be addressed Pls refcr to 4.7 in Equality and Diversity forsteps to be in more effective targeting of over 60s. LLDD for CL at 6% is low compared to FF {28%) and is an area for imprr*vemcnt which is addreS￿d in 4.7 b¢low Three-yeor trend 0-21 1_22 Enrolments Uniquc Learner5 e Learn¢r5 Yo v¢r 60.$ % 13 BAME % LDD IDecl8Tedl % privtAI W￿d5 % ¢tention % 100 100 loo chievetnent % 79 Th¢r¢ has been a 58% increas¢ of unique learti in 2V23 Lompxred to 2ifLg for dll programmes. which is apositive hI¢v￿n¢1rt. The % of mal¢ legmews h&% temained fairty ¢ottsistent acTOSS acad¢mi¢ ye8rs and was 2% higher in 22123 than 21Q2 The % of Ivdrners in deprived wards has in¢re)5¢d by 12% for FF in 2Z23 when compartrj to 21122. It is also very creditabl¢ at 64% for CL giv¢rt th* the ben¢hmark is 35Vt* for MAL. Th¢ trend overthe IL8t three years for all PTogrAmme$ (FF and CL) 15 abtrve the MAL benchmark of 35%. The % of ov¢r 605 is 1% higher in 22123 compared to 21122 for FF although it is lower than 20121 when the fi8UTe w&8 29%. The % of BAME$ for FF has t￿[en by 8% in 22123 Compar￿ to 21P2 ￿thoU￿h it is Still a cteditAbl¢ 64%. Th¢re has howcvcr beejj a downward tretwj of BAME5 for FF over th¢ la5tthree years. The rt¢trtlOil? Pass and achievement rates in 22Q3 for FF at 97YJ. 9ryts and 95Ya respectively wert laudable. ThEre has be￿ a mprk¢d imprDvEmcnl of 18% and 16Yb for pa55 and achievement rates reS￿￿tIVelY in 2212) when eompared tr> 21rp? 13- ADULT TRAINING NETWORK LIMrrED TRUSTEES, KLPURf (INCLUDINC DIRECTORS, REPORT) (coNfiNUED) FOR THE YE4R ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2023 Grart mak"nKpoliLy BUCklNGHAMSHIRE AD LT LEAIU41NG Summary of Overall Key Str¢Jgth5 and Key Areas for Development Key strengths The wogrammes haye supportEd Itanjers trj progress well. retain skills and knowledge and progresi into further learning and employment GoDd ¢umulativ¢ achievement rat of 90V• which is 2.5% ab(Jve th¢ rate a¢hievEd lastyear. Retention r*¢ was excellent at 97% due w th¢ 5upporUv¢ attd ￿￿[tIVe learning environment created by the SMT and tutor5 which in tum resulted in good achiev¢TneTrt Tates acioss ￿1 Subject areas and progression into omployment. Long trnn relenriDn of skills is evident in high achievement rntes across #ll subjECt arw and in the prog￿$S1O[L route5 of l¢Arn¢rs into etnployTnent12Th1 and fvrther learning. Strong parn¢rship5 with Bucks Adult LeaTrin& JCP. Slough Rebjgee Support, Singh Sabha SrKJrts Centr¢ and Slough BorDugb Council ¢n5ure that the provisiort me¢ts the nee(b of the community and xupports th¢ most disadvantaged learners whD a unemployed lunderemployEd and in rnany ￿￿1￿nCeS refuge&&5ylum seekers who ar¢ sufftiing from othersorÉal barricr5 of poverty and inadequate housin8. reas for development Th¢ attendance rnte of 66% w&% below the n*ion41 benthmark of 86% and needs to be addres5¢d as a priority 45 learners are mi$5ing on buildin8 on their skills in a uential manner. More resowce5 need to b¢ availablc and utilised e4. xcess to laptops should rnade avaiJabl¢ to enhan￿ lallguagc learning whi15t developing Digitsl Skill5. More OTLAS to ensure consistenty of delivery across different progrotnffle arw and to ensure that ttrtors are surwn¢d in a more hands ot) maDner. AR Data D19llO %) 020r21 IA (No programmes due ro Covtdl 021122lVf•l OL123 IY•l 13rt5 etelltion rats Pas5 rate chi¢vement r8te 88 100 IA IA 87 14. ADULT TIL4INING NETWORK LIMITED TRUSTEES. REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS, REPORT) (coiYfip4UED) FOR THE YE4R EIVDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2023 ChAritie$Aid Foundatlon 97%11141 of those wlk) ￿l¢1P81¢d ¢ompl#>l the pm8ramTne #nd irnproved their English and IT skills 8MI d¢v¢loW their confidcn¢¢. Partieipants also developed strategics to improvt their wellbeing and mental h¢￿th.89￿(lo5l of those parti¢ipatin continu￿ onto fijrther a¢¢redit¢d leaming with ATN* gaining qual1rK￿tOns in ESOL and IT and 21Ph moved into employment either immediately after the CAF progTartttr)e or after having ¢ompi¢tyl ￿rther ac￿9￿1td leaming atATN. Having used this programme to embark oft a le4rniRg joumey, itis expected that they will continue ty accE$5 adult educatioth #nd improve their b&, skills improving their Imn employment prospects Imwoyingthe life chance5 of their f8milies, for ¢xampl¢, with supwKt th can give their Ghildren with school worL The families and communiti¢$ ofth¢ Pa￿¢iP￿ts betlefitted frpm th¢ improvttl knowledge and skill$ gained oo the programme. particul￿. the improved skills the use oftechnology for communication and learning, which were cascaded throughout th¢ participants. families, and friends. For many individuals this pro8ramme provided the conduit to emb3rk on a jtswney of lift-lon learning. they have encDuraged other5 Within their o)mmunities to imprDYe th*ir skills and enrol on locajty provided ¢ourse.' ATN was abl¢ to re-e5tablish pre-pand¢mi¢ level$ of 5tsffing houTS and, without the grant Funding w&q a si8nifi¢ant fwrt need>los well as ¢xiemal ¢oll¢g¢Rnd training providers for fiUthe[edu¢atton￿ progression Leamers inthiewed by ihe Matrix as5e5sor brought to life the datarecorded in the SARS. with one leurner de5cribtThg how tt were'5tuck at home dueto Cowd with no confidettce to get • better job. 18- ADULT TRAINING NETWORK LIMITED TRUSTEES, REPORT QNCLUDING DIRECTORS, REPORT) (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR EM)ED 30SEPTEMBER 2023 Fltt•Aelol review FINANCIAL REVIEW The trustt¢s believe that th¢ eompony i5 fitt¥nGiaJly sound. The company is llsing lis r¢50ufGE5 EconO￿lI¢￿1ty and EffE¢iently in a dtiflcult funding climate forth¢ seL*)r. Th¢ ¢haTity h&$ rnaintyn￿ steady fvnding whilc exp¢nding further resource5 to improve Service quality. FIY..INCl..KLM.INAGC￿1E￿T POLIC). The Board of Th]stees ofAfN Tecognise$ the need to maDa8e its finance5 in a way which ts tr￿Paren¢ deftosibl¢ and enSI￿e5 the financia] well-being of the charity. The Board ofTrustre5 15 responsible for ¢n$uring ¢harity fvnds aTe used to further the obie¢tives of the ¢harity. The Board of TnJ5tees will ensure that all appropriate ￿11¢1¢5 and are in place so that th¢ ¢harity's arc managed ¢0￿¢￿tlY and in lin¢ with Charity Commission guidan¢E. Th¢ me￿￿er$ of the Board ofTrustee5 are collrttively TC5ponsbi le forthe financtal dxisions of the cttarity. The Board t¥fTTU5tees will $¢t th¢ financial di￿110￿ and Priorities of th? ¢hority. Mwb¢rs of theBoard will ￿tive r¢gular urxlatES On the a¢￿unt$ any pr(pj¢¢ts linked to finances and may requesttr* see ¢opies Df b8nk staLemeDts as well ￿ any other docum¢tJtation. Thi3 ts so that they fan satisfy themselves that the chority finan¢e5 are being managed appropriat¢iy aThJ the Bosrd is not exr*)sin8 itself to tsnn¢c¢&sary fin￿Gla1 risk. The Treasurer is r¢5p)nsible for m8oaging the charity a¢¢ouDts. eAsurin8 that reports ar¢ PTepaTed in good tim4 the a¢￿￿nts ate i[TrspBrt￿ each year and that the Board 15 kept Inform￿ of any financial matters whi¢h the lon8-teim Vi8bility tsf the ¢￿￿ty. The Tre8surerwill providethe Bo&rd with an llPt(￿ate 5tsmmary of the accounts atr¢gularintervaJs.ThL55hould llKlud¢ ino)rne aTrd extthdits]r¢ #nd should a150 provide a sumryw Df the overall stste of the acwU￿ts. The accouftts should be InSp￿d eAch year in lirt¢ with Charity Commi55ion ￿lde]ines. and the a¢¢ourtts Should be prepar¢d 2nd submitted to the Ind¢pendEllt Examiner a5 soon after the end of th¢ financial year &8 po&%ible. Any income re¢eivcd should be bolljked as Soon a5 Possible and should always bepaid rntothccurrent acGounLMoney can then be rcansf¢rr¢db¢¢wEell accounts as ryuired. sIn￿lit1Y) ajl paytnents should be mad¢ promptly and should atso be paid from the current ac¢ounL All payments should be authorised by twoiTU5tees. Simi[￿ly. all clwues should be signed by two tnjstees and tknse Signing Ihe ¢hequ¢5 should not noThally be th¢ Pay￿ Howev¢r, in ¢x¢eptional circumstsnc¢5 it m&y be necessary for the payee to sÈgn a ¢heque and this should be recorded in thc next Board M¢eting minutes. The pEt5on rrspon5iblr for k¢¢piog the accounts should ettsure that fuThds are alway$ availabl¢ so that all ￿y￿¢[Its will be honoured and the ¢h8rity d¢*$ not become OVErdr&wn. thu5 avoiding bank charges. Before etttering into any asre¢rn¢nL the Board of Tnwte¢s •thd the CEO of ATN should Et fijlly aware of the fin4neial r05¢ what will ir delivert th¢ times¢&le for deliv¢ry And if iherc 15 likely to be any variation in The Board and th? CEO should regulady review th¢ agreements intC+ which it h&¥ entered to ensure that it CDntinues to r￿tIve v*lue fur rnoney and that all m¢)ncy being spent continues to fitrther the aims of th¢ ¢harity. If ste rarsed relatin8 to a fotm of finanGial )￿egularity tbis shO￿d b¢ inve5tigai¢d itnmediatety. ln the first tnstance any perceived irre8ularity %hc>iild be broughtto ihe attention ot'the TreasuTerorChair.Th¢ Board will also need to ¢on5ider whether th¢ ingularity shou]d bc reported to the Charity CoTnmi5sion. the Police and atty other financial or8atJi50bon. 17- ADULT TRAINING NETWORK LIMrrED TRUSTEES, REPOKI. (IEYCLUDtNC DIREcfoRS' REPORT) (CONTINUED) FOR THE FE4R EJVDED 30 SEPTEMBER 21123 The Trustets Df the Adult Training N¢twork IATNI a￿ept that it is good Pr￿11{￿ to keep money &%ide &9 a reserve to protect the charity aswnst thops in income or allow it to take advantage ofnew opportunities. The charity's reserves cat) be spent ort ￿nY of its aims. ATNS re$erye5 ￿11¢Y sets out: how much the charity Treed5 to hold in r¢s¢Tve and why l￿W and whert Ihe Charity's reserv¢5 can be spent how oft¢n the re5eTve5 policy will ￿ reviewed Alm The ofthe p)licy is ro ensure $uffi¢icntreserves hre set a5ideto meet a potential such as an unexpected drop in incotnp. CompoD¢n¢s The policy allocates money from Lttt These w¢: fund b4lance& which A￿ no¢ InY￿led in fixed to Seve￿ desi8nated futtts. Continurty Food This fiLnd is ttk be used tobrtdg¢ aJry possibiedc]ay$ in ￿¢¢IvIng wotnised grarLtsormwiTrg payment lll arrears c4)ntracts. This h*$ beeth d¢fJned &$ a Tnini]num of athrc¢ months budget&J trading 8MiYtty. Rdtrueturlng Fw•d This fjjnd is to ￿ used to wver ¢ss¢ntid tradinp/adivities whi15t sourcin8 in¢om¢ to a njaxinum of 6 months IM￿g￿ed trading activity. DtssolntioD Fund Thi$ thd provide5 for thE costs of dis501ution St￿ld the charity be UTh￿1e to continue. It is onty t(p be US￿ in the event of the Tru$ws' de¢iding the charffy should ceas¢ to ¢Ki5t. It will be used to pay notice period& ffdundan¢i¢s atld the expenses of runrtin8 ATN until d05ure of the organi$ation. Mlllirnunl I*vel Or￿￿er¥e$ to b¢ b¢hl Fund ntlnu tstructurln Issolutitr aJgnce 240.(4)0 8LI.OQO RedMnd&tsties 3 moDth¥ costs 3 mooth5 re5Ldual salxries for2 $t*ff uirtd Reslructurin rund Iw thr Diswllltion Fuftdl 12.000 56.000 Minimurn Reserve Re The minimum reserve Iquir￿ is the R¢sttuc¢uring Fwid plus th¢ Dissolution Fund. These are to be used to ensure we lTh)k at every aJ*rftAtiYe befo￿ dissolution of thc charity. AnDuAI R¢vlew Du¢ to the nature of the owisation and the re8ular rew¢w of the bJd8e¢ this wjliw wtll be (eviewEd on ￿ annual basis en5UTe . the ¢ontilluity ¢l¢meut tnatches ¢hanges to the annual Iwdg th¢ ]fStructuring element matches th¢ requirem&lls of trading activities th¢ di5501ution element mathe$ thc rwutremertts of thc 5tsffing leve15 Should the budget be reduccd due to the end of prDjects or other such occurrences then the reduction of reser￿ slNld be planned over a minimum of five yettr 18- ADULT TRAIIYING NETWORK LIMTTED TRUSTEES, RLPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS, REPORT) (CONfiNUED) FOR THE FEAR ENDED 30SEPTEMBER 2023 lajor ris Th¢ trustees hav¢ asscs5¢d the major risks to which th¢ charity is exposrf and are 5ati5fied that system5 are in place to miti8at¢ exposure to the major risks. Pl*ns for fui•re periods FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS & PIUORITIES Eversince its inwtionAfN has supported its leamersto improv¢ theirconfidencc. devclopthcir5kn115. getiniowork and become hea]thieT. ATN will ¢ontinuc to source fijftding opportunities and strive to provide the best quality edu¢ation and training to s￿131[Y excl¥a¢d tn¢mb¢rs of the community who have littte or no access to mainstream education. Building the skills and conftdence of trzditionalty disadvants8￿* meJnbeTS of the community, in¢ludin8 re￿8¢¢$ and m¢mbws of ¢thnir minority Communities ¢0 sUPPOrt their enty illto Thvdningful employment is a htgh priority at AfN. The long-1￿[lI rctstiOJJ5hip that exists with St¢p2Skills will 8t￿ Merron Council will continue to be fimd&m￿tr1 to Adult Trnining N¢￿¥0¢k'S ability to deliver qU￿1fte2tiofi ¢tsur5es in the collfftuniti25 WE 5crve. The Director is S¢¢k￿¥ additional contrwts fromTrustslFoundatitsns with the suP￿rt of our consultants Edltkit to >upplemem any shortfall in fyndin& Additior￿IY wc are Applying for fundins from local authorittes in London a￿d the Sottth Els¢ vi4 funding Portajs s￿h as Proa¢tiS. Strn¢tiire* goverD*D¢e ind malligement The Adult Training N¢tsvork is a Rewstered ChArity Number 1093609. establish¢d in Juty 1999. and a Compatty Limited by Gumte¢ rLumbcr42866151. Th¢ Head Office 1$ at Unit 3 Triangle Centr< 399 Uxbridg¢ Ro4 South411, UBI 3ET. TheAduttTrainingNetwork has a BoardofTruste¢5 ￿da N(anaging Director, WILO l$themoin ¢onta¢tperson forth¢organI$ati￿. Fwther infortnation on the Adult Training N¢twork can be found ort the or88nisation'$ Iv¢b5lte * http:Ilwww.adult- tr4ining.org.uk. The Chairof Board of Tntst¢es is Mr Adam and the Mana8fftg Dir#tOf ts Mr S&rieet Singh Gill. Tbe tnJstee4 who are also th¢ drrecttY5 for thc purtx)se of company law. and who Serv￿ dutin8 the Ye￿ aod up to the date of Si8llthre of the financial $tatQllVUt5 were.. Fawzy Adam Beulah Lyn F¢lst¢ad Kttranpal Kaur Reema Be8um Sonia Khokhar J E James (Resigned 16 March 2023) (Appointed 20 Aprtl 2023) Ret itm d trgSnln of1ru5tees Trustee5 With sp¢¢ialist exwtise in ¢ducatiOT4 trainin& fJman¢e and fundraising ar¢ (Kruit¢d through adwrisin8 on ¢I￿lty forums, rKornm¢ndations from Trustees and weral member5 of the charity. Th¢Ye is & shonlisting atMI arqM)intrnwrt process which is overseen by th¢ TN$tee5. Apwinkn¢ni$ are rn￿e in a¢o)rdsAce with th¢ Articles of Association of the charity. On appointmertt, Tru$k¢$ s￿ provided with on induction pack whi¢h includes th¢ Essentiaj Trustee Handbook detsilirtg roles artd Te5tM)nsibilrtie$. Both internal aod extern￿ trwniTh8 is provrded including r¢fr¢sh¢r trainiDg where appropriat¢ for Trustees to be more effectlve in their roles atwj re5POtL5111iliti¢s ittcluding fllwicl￿ ft1h0￿trneTrt 19_ ADULT TRAINING NETWORK LIMITED TRUSTEES, REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS, REPORT) (C.n1￿l]￿ED) FOR THE YE4R ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2023 Auditor Rehncy5haheen are deemed to be re-appointcd in accordance with an eltttive resolution under section 487 121 of th¢ C.ompani&% Acr 2nnfi. Disclosure of information tts auditOT Fach of the trnstees hos confirmed that there is Tto inf0m1￿10n of which they 8Te aware which is r¢l¢v8ntto the audlt. but ofwhich the auditor is ts unaware. They have furth¢r wnfimied thatthey have taken appropriate st¢ps to identify 5u¢h relev¥ttt infomiation and to establish the auditor 15 aware of such information. The trnstees, report w&s approved by ihe Board ofTru5tees. 2r Mr S Singh Gill Director D8te: 1819124 -20- ADULT T1141NtNG NETWORK LIMITED STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES, RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE YE4R EM)ED 30 SEPTEMBER 2023 The tNSI￿5. wkn ore ￿50 thc dircctors of Adult Traiiiing Netwurk Lilili￿d fo4. Ilit puiwse vf ¢vfflpany law, arr rrsponsibl¢ tor preparing th¢ Tru5t2es' Rep)rt and the financial statements in acwrdanGe with aPp[t￿ble law and Untted Kinsdom Accounting Standard5 Iunttcd Kin4dom Gtncrally ACCePt￿l.4￿￿outttinI Pr¥ticel. CornpaTry Law require5 th¢ trustres to pr¢pare fioan¢iai statemmts for ¢ach firwicial year whr¢h give a tn￿ and fair view of the State of aff￿r5 of the ¢h￿lty and of the in￿miNg r250urc¢5 atld application of resourGe5. inCI￿al￿g tF¢ itwom¢ and expenditure. of the ¢harirable co(npany for thatyvdr. In preparing these finaneial statements. the truste¢5 ar¢ r4uir¢d to.. - selett suttable accounting polrries and th¢n apply them wnsist¢n¢ty; - ob5¢rve the methtMt5 and principles in the Charities SORP- - make judgan¢nt5 aAd es(ima¢rs that are r¢Asooable and prudeN' - wh¥ther applicable UK Accounting Standards have b¢En followecL subject ts any materia] d¢partutgs dlgBlosvJ and explatrted in the f1naftci￿ 5tat¢rnents- and - prepatr thE fl[t￿rIal statements on the going mnL%m basis unless it Is Inappropriotr to presume that the charity will continue in operation. Th¢ trustees ore TE5poosible fv keeping adquatg a￿oUnting records thot disclose with rcasoTrable xGuracy at any Lim¢ the fiTh4ncial ￿lI10th of th¢ chatity and enable Ehem to ¢n5ure that the finan¢iJ statcmeAts comply with the Comwies Acr ?(M)6. They are rcsponsible fvr safeguarding the assets of th¥ rharity and h￿fj¢ for taking re&wn&ble steps for the prevention at dewtion of fraud a[￿ oth¢r Irregularities. 21 ADULT TRAINING NETWORK LIMITED INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBEIiS OFADULT TRAINING NETWORK LIMITED Opillio We hav¢ audited the financi21 sthtements ofAdultTraining Network Limitrd lthc'charity,) for the year end¢d 30 September 1￿3 which comprisc the #at¢menl of financtal activitie5. the balance 5h¢et and notes to the finantial sratem¢nts, incluthng SI￿lfI￿an1 accountin8 polici¢5. The r)nan¢ial repose of Company law, are responsible for the pTeparaliott of the financia] statements and for being satisfied that they give true and fair vi¢w, and for sud) internal control a5 the twstees determine ts necessary to enable the preparation of ftnanctai statements that ￿ fr¢¢ frorn material mi8st8temertL whether due to frdud or error. Jn preparins the financial 5tatementy the tsustee5 are responsible for ￿essing the charity's ability to eolltinu¢ as agoing concem. disc105in& as applicable. matters rel*¢d to going ¢onc£rn and using th¢ going concem btsts of a¢¢ountsng unle55 the trustees either intend to liquhdatr thE chaTttabl¢ coMp￿Y or to Cvdse operations. OT have no re8li5ti¢ al¢¢rnative bui to do so. A*dltor's r¢spoDslbllltia% forthe audlt of the fiDMncl•l 5t*terA¢Dts Our obj¢ctive5 ate to rwoDable &ssurance whether the acts)untS as & whole are free ff￿[rn material mis5tat¢men( whether du¢ to fraud or error. and to issue an audiknvs report that include5 our opinion. Reasonable a55urdni% is a high l¢vel of a55uranr¢, Imt is not agu8r8nt¢¢thatan audit conducted itt aGwrdancewith ISA5 IUK}will always detect a m￿e￿al misstatement whrn it exis￿ Misstat￿ents Gan arise from ftaud or error and a￿ Considered malerial 1£ individualty or in the awegate, they ¢ould r¢450nably bc expected to influetKe the economic thisioD$ of uscr5 taken on the b&%is of these accowits. The extent to vhich our pmc¢dur¢5 arc capable of detertitjg irrrgulariti¢s, tncludin8 ftaud. 15 detsileA below. W¢ hw¢p¢rftsnncd the audit to idEntify signsoffraud orinegul*itie5 that materially affe¢t th¢fmancial Staternents.Th￿ in¢Lud proc¢dur¢s b ￿esS th¢ risk of m8teri& missMttmetLt due to frau¢ such as enquiries with managemertt &rtd others within the entity. aRaiytical pro¢edures and inspection of dorum¢nts. However. prim8ry resportsibility forprevtntion aTrJ de1￿ClOn of fr￿d rests with those Charged with govemartCE of thc cntity and mwa&euNLL A fitherdescriptiort of ow rESponsiTr*ilities 1$ ￿lIlable otl theFinancisl R¢pyting Coun¢il's websit¢4t: htipsJA¥ww.frc.or8.ukl audit0￿respOnsibl￿ltse$. Thi5 description fonns part of our audttovs re￿￿. -23- ADULT TRAINING NETWORK LIMITED INDEPE1￿ENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTILYUED) TO THE MEMBERS OF ADULT TRAINING NETWORK LIMITED Use ofour report This report 1$ made 501ely to tk charitabl¢ wmpany'5 members. &$ a body, in a¢¢ordance wtth Chapter 3 of Part L6 of thc Companies Act ?006. Ouraudit work h&8 beeD undertaken so that wr might 5tsteto the chzrifable CDmpany'smembets those matters we art TequiFcd to st&0 to th¢m in at2 auditorfs rcpon and for no other purpose. To th¢ fvlle51 ¢xteni perniit¢¢d by law. we do not accept or assum¢ rEspDnstbility 10 anyone other than the charitsble company and the charitable compatsy's m¢mber5 a5 4b)dy. for our4udit worK ftirthis repor¢ or for th¢ opillions weh8v¢ fDnned. Ingb Rebncy {S¢nlorStatstory Auditor> for *nd on bÈh#lf otRePAnEyShAheeD Ch*rt¢red AecouDt*Trts 1)7S11278 Gr Greenford Middl¢seK UB6 OHH ford Rogd -24- ADULT TRAINING NETWORK LIMrfED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACI'IVITIES INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITUIiE ACCOUNT 'OR THE YE4R ENDED JU SÈP7EMB£Ji 21J23 UAre5tr1¢ted funds 2023 Restrtcted Dd 2023 Total UDrestrlctwJ Restrittsd fund5 funds 2022 2022 Totsl 2023 2022 Nots5 Intome and elldowAeAts from: Donation5 and Icgacie5 IDv¢5tsn¢nis Other income 428.707 1,573 428.707 1.573 638,942 24 2,307 638,94? 24 2,307 Tothl iRcome 430380 430280 641.273 641.273 Expenditsre on: ChaTitsble actiwties 666,275 6.146 672.421 60I.50I 8.196 609,697 Totsl ¢xp¢lldithre 666,275 6,146 671421 601.501 8,196 609.697 Net g￿t￿lI05￿$) on Ittvestrn￿ts 12 1.234 1234 12J321 In￿￿e1(eXPen￿1thre) •ttd movem¢ot In funds 1234.7611 (6.146) ?40.907) 37,44D 18,1961 29,244 Reconeilthtiou of fuDd5: Fund bAI￿¢t5 at i (ktober 2022 402.140 24.587 426.727 364,70D 32.783 397,483 Fuod bal*th¢es *t311 SepttmbEr 2023 167.379 18,441 185.820 4￿.140 24,587 426.727 The StateM￿t of financial xtiYitie5 includes all gains w)d Ioss¢5 reeognistd in the ytsr. All income and expffldI￿re derive from contlnuittg activities. -2S- ADULTTRAINING NETWORK LIMrrED BALANCE SHEET ASA T30 SEPTEMBER 2023 2023 Notes Fixed assets Tangible assets Current a&￿ts Debtors Investments Cash at bank and in hmd 14 66.639 60,775 16 15 56.680 68,294 53.480 29.959 121235 257,111 178.454 408,305 Credltor5: X[no￿￿t$ falllDgdue within one ytAr 18 {38.3861 (35.141) Net current assEts 140.068 373.164 Total assets lesscurreftt lknbllttie5 206,707 433,939 Creditors: amounts f•lllng due AfterJDor¢ tham ontye&r 1*0.8871 {72121 Net 8sJets 185.8?0 426,727 locome fvllds Restricted fvThJs Unrestrid¢d fi￿dS-geneTr1 18.441 167,379 24,587 402.140 185.8?0 426.727 The finaneial statements were approved by theTrustees ort I Name: Fawzy Adam Trustee Nwne.. Keeranpai Kaur Trnstee Comparty Reglstration No. 04286151 -28- ADULT TRAINING NETWORK LI.VAITED NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATETrIENTS FOR THE YE4R ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2023 Attotyotlog polkies Charity Inforw*tion .4dtslt Tratnin8 N¢iwork Lirnited is a private compw litnited by gUar￿tte ill¢QEpor*¥d rn E[Igl￿}d and Wales. The g.itered is Unit 3 Tnangle Ccntre. )99 U.*briLtre Ro&t Southall, Nliddle5w lJB13Et. 1.1 AteDIIDtkng eooventiDn The fir￿Cl￿ st3t¢m¢nts ha¥¢ been prepared in acLaYd3ne¢ ￿th the ¢hariry's tgov¢mirtg documeftt]. the Companies Act 2006, FRS IQ? ':The Financial Reporting Srandard applicablL in th¥ Uk and R¢publii of Lrtland" I'"FRs 10?") and the charities SORP '.4i¢ounting R¢porring by Charities.. St31ement Df RccoMM￿￿ded Prarticc appli¢able to charities preparin¢ their accounts in accordance with the FinRnci81 Retrt)rting Stsndard appli¢able in dLeUK and Republic of Ireland [FRS 102). (eff￿*1¥e l JatwBry 20t9). The Ch￿lty is 4 Public Beneflt Entity as defined ty FRS 102. The ¢t￿tty ha5 taken advantage of th¢ prDVi5ions in the SORP for ¢hariti¢s not to prepare a Stakment ofcash Flows. The tinanLiai >tatem¢nts areprepar¥l in 5terlift& which is th¢thnctIonaicu￿PncY ofthodwity. Monethry afftiMnts inthese financial $t8t¢menrs are rounded to th¢ nearest £. The ffnancial >tar¢mellts hav¢ beetz prtpared under the bistoii¢al cost ccnTretttion. [modified to include the reyaluaiion ol freehold ptop¢rties and to incltsde i￿v￿t￿enL prop¢rties ￿ certatn finanoi&l instrwnEnts at fair V￿ur]. The prfncipal acerjunting polici¢s adopted ar¢ set out klow. la Golng collcern Ai the time of apprDvin$ fthe fiRancial statgm¢nts, the tnJ5fee5 have a rcawnable expectation that the chartty. has adeqvare rE￿ur-¢S to in operAtlODal exist2ELce fDr the rore5¢Babl¢ ￿tur¢. Thus the tTU5tee5 COQtiAue tt) adopt thE gOtryK corEcem ba5ii Df iBDuThring in prEparing th= financi￿ itatErnertts. IJ C&•rltsble IuDd5 UTLre$tri¢red fjjnds arE milabl¢ for use at the discretion of the trust¢es tn firrtherance of their¢harit*ble objtstives. Restrict￿ fvnds are S￿bJeCt to specifi¢ ¢ondition$ by donors or gratttors ¥5 to how they tnay be ￿$￿1. The purp05e5 and Uses ofthe reMri¢ted fvnds are set Olrt in tlt¢ llotes 10 th¢ fillan¢ial statements. Endowment fiinds are subj#t lo spe¢ifi¢ ¢Y)ndiiions by d￿01$ that the Capit￿ must be fflaintsined by the Charity. IA IHcoJTh IncDtEie is reCO￿lSed when thetharity is le$alJy erttttled to it atsany perforn)An¢e wnditions have bcen met, the amow can be ￿￿ured Rliably. aryd it 15 probabl- that inctyne F4ill b¢ re¢eiv¥L Ca5hdonatiotts are recognisolon rtceipt. Otherdonations ar¢ recognised onr¢ the charity has been noiifiedof th¢donat50rt. nl¢ss perfornianc¢ condition$ requir¢ d¢frrrdl of the amouttt. Ineom¢ tts recoverable in relatioll to donations r¢tcived under GiftAid QT deeds of¢ovenant is remgnis¢d at the time of th¢ donatiott. LegdCi¢5 ar¢ Tecognisd on re¢*iptor othtrwise tfthe ch￿ty has been notified of an impending distribution. the amount is knowry a2xI r&Yipt is ¢XPCLtyJ. If thr amount i$ not know the legacy is treated ¥ a Conttllgenl assgt. Income from governrnent and othcryant% whrther'rnpital. grants or'rrw•nu•' grmts. is rocogni.lcd whcn the wh&ity h&$ eRiiilement ro the fiJnL-, atty ptrfomiauc¢ conditions attraGh￿ 10 th¢ grdrjts have beeB mtL it is probable that th¢ income will b¢ rwcivcd ond thc amount be i1￿￿ur￿ll r¢lhktbly and Is noi d¢f which it relate5. CD5ts of generating fvrtds ¢ompri5¢ the costs &%gociated with voluntary iowme and the Gosts o>f trnding for fimdrdisillg purp05¢5 inGluduJg thE charity5 shop. Charitable expenditure CDrDpllses those eosts incurred by the charity in the delivery of its &¢t(vIti￿ 5¢ryices for it5 b¢TrefJ¢iaries. Jt include5 txjth Cfp5ts that can be allwated directly to Such activiiies and tho$¢ Costs of an iDdirect ttatwe llxess8ry to 5UPPOrt th¢m. Fundraising costs are those incurred in seeking voluntsry ronthbutions aTLd do not include the costs of disseminatitjg inforn￿rI0n in supm of the ch8Titsbl¢ aaivities. Supporttosts 8reth05E Costs ittGUTrtd diTCCtly in support of cxpenditsre on the objccts of the charity and include project mana¥rtllYnL. I￿ T*ttgrNe fixed ￿Sets Tangible fJx¢d assets are initialIy mxsured at ¢ost and subs4uEntiy fflea5ured * ¢osl orv4tUa¢iDTL. netofdepreciatioTh at Dy impwmipnt IDsses. D¢preGiatiOD 15 r￿8Th1$ed so &8 ic? write off the colt or vall￿tI¢j￿ of wets less theit residual values overtheir useful live$ on lh¢ following b*sgs: Computers & quipmerrt Fixtt￿& frttiogs & equipment Motor vehicles 25% rduGitLg balance 25% reducing baianrE 25% reducing balon¢¢ The gain or 105s arising on the diwal of alt &85et is deieTmincd &8 the difftrerttt i*tween the sale proceeds trtd the carrying value of th¢ •sset. and is reco￿LiSed in the ststement of fJnanci31 a¢iiYities. 1.7 Implinnent orru¢d •55ets At EaGh reportllJ8 end d*e. the charity reviews th¢ Gatrying amoullts of its tangible &wts to detennin¢ whEth¢r thuE i5 any illdication thatthose assets have suffered an itnpainnent ]oss. If aoy such indication exist4 the re￿Verable amount of th¢ asset is e%timated in order to determin¢ the extent of th¢ impainn¢Ri loss lif any). IJ (Asb eqwiYileDtS C&8h and c2sh equival¢nts include in harf deposits held at c￿] with banks. other short-tsrm liquid inveslmertts with oriwDal mgturities of three month$ or I￿%, and batrk overdrafts. Baok overdtafts are slKJWn Within i￿rrow[￿g5 in wrrent 28- ADULT TRAINING NETWORK LIMITED NOTES TO THE FIY4ANCIAL STATEMENrs (coiwriiwED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30SEPTEMBER 2023 Aerollntlng polieles {CoDtAnued) 1.9 Fln•Dti*l irys¢TumeDts The charty b49 elected to appty the provision5 of Section I I 'Ba5ic Fitwjciat IDstruments' and Section 12'0ther Fin8llciaJ InstrumeDts155UC5'0f FRS 102 to all of Tts fLnanciaJ instrnments. FinaRGial in5tswments are wognised in the charity'$ balanrt sh¢¢t when th¢ Glwrity b¢wm¢s pArty to th¢ LN)ntracbJal provisions of the instwrtKnt. Financial assets and liabtlitie5 are offset, with the netamounts wesented in the finatJ¢ial Statemen￿ wh¢n there is a le8ally ¢fftforceabl¢ right to set off the recogttised amounts 8nd there is an intention kn stttk ON a net basis or to rtalise the as$¢t and settle the liability simultartei>usly. BasicJlllwidol4ss¢ts B&8ic finonGiaJ asyet5. which in¢lude debtors and c&sh and bartk ITC initially musurcd at ¢rnnS￿tlo1J pri¢¢ including tranS￿tIOn costs and ar¢ subwuentiy trarried at amortised ¢oA using the effective interest method uftle5S arran8ement¢onslitutes o fin4n¢1ngtra￿s8CtiOn. wherethetrans*tioTh 1$ m¢a5ur¢d atthe Pre￿llt V4tu¢of th¢ ￿tUre rvipLS discovnt¢d at arnarket rat¢ of in¢¢r¢5L Fitwicia] assets classif1￿ ￿ r#¢ivabl¢ within one year are notamortised. B￿l¢JIM￿N¢￿1llQbll*d Basi¢ flnancial liabilities. LD¢luding creditorn and baDk loans are initially reco8nised at transa¢tion price unless the arrang¢m¢nt collmitutes L fjnomcing transaction. wh¢r¢ th¢ debt instNment is measur&1 at the preseAt value of the fvts]r¢ payments discountslat 4 rnarketrate o(interesL Financial liabilities classified Lsp&yable within OAeyeararenotamorti$ed. Debt instruments *c 5uIJs4u*ttty ¢wri•g at wnortised cos¢ thsiDgth¢ effective intuest rate method. TT•Je cRditors are obligations to pay for goLxJ5 or Services that have t¢en acqvired in the ordiTWy course of owion5 from $uppliers.Amounts pay?ble are clwificd a5 CUTrcnt liabilities if paytnent l5 duE within one year or le55. Ifno4 th¢y #re PT¢%nted a% non