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2022-10-31-accounts

REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: 04362851(England and Wales) REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1094146

Report of the Trustees and

Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 October 2022

for Walk Tall

Aspirations Accountancy Limited

Walk Tall Contents of the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 October 2022

CONTENTS PAGE
Report of the Truestees 1 to 5
Independent examiner's report to the trustees 6
Statement of financial activities 7
Balance Sheet 8 to 9
Notes to the accounts 10 to 14
The following pages do not form part of the accounts
Detailed statement of financial activities 15 to 16

Walk Tall Report of the Truestees For the year ended 31 October 2022

The trustees who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 October 2022. The trustees have adopted the provisions of 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 (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2015).

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

Objectives and aims

The Charity's aim is to advance the education of young people under the age of 25, by raising awareness and by imparting knowledge, skills and strategies which reduce and manage conflict and promote concord, respect and positive behaviour between individuals, within society and community,

The charity also seeks to advance the education of the general public as well as promoting awareness of the Charity's values and ideals and conducts research into the best delivery of these objectives.

Summary of the year

The year has been an incredibly busy one. With Covid restrictions over we have started service and counselling tuition continue to be strong and demand for these services continues to grow. Restoring arts provision, however, has proven to be more challenging

Despite implementing hybrid working and continuing to deliver some services online, we find ourselves in need of more space – especially for education, training and arts provision. Our board members are proactively seeking suitable premises.

Our county reach is also growing. We are now delivering young peoples’ counselling to locations outside Gravesham and Dartford. This also requires us to urgently rebuild our staffing capacity.

Supporting Young People in Education:

This has been our first full year of education provision without being interrupted by periods of lockdown and online learning. I’m very pleased and proud of our young learners who initially struggled to attend as a result of their isolation during lockdown and increasing attendance was reflected in exam success. Key Stage 4 referral numbers began to increase with a demand to take Key Stage 3 students. We exceeded our subcontracted allocation by 25 % and it’s clear that we need to build capacity to cater for more students. The number of students coming through the service over the year was 31.60 % of students engaged in 1:1 therapy, all had exam success and 89 % positive progression destinations.

Counselling Service:

We now receive referrals from outside Kent. Although small in number we are able to support those needing counselling from far afield due to our decision to continue with the option to work online. Our counselling rooms are fully operational again. Thanks to a Children in Need grant in March we were able to refurbish our rooms to cater for even

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Walk Tall Report of the Truestees For the year ended 31 October 2022

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

Significant activities (Counselling Service continued)

the youngest child requiring therapy. Our challenge has been to recruit sufficient therapists of sufficient calibre – that is those who have had adequate training and who hold proper qualifications. As such, recruitment has become an ongoing process. This year saw 190 clients through the service,.30 % of them under 18 years old.

Counselling Tuition:

The courses continue to be popular as our reputation for excellence in counselling tuition spreads. We continue to run all levels of training from Level 2 through to specialists at level 6. In addition to 12 continuing students, 39 new students joined throughout the year

Arts:

This has been the most challenging of our services to re-establish. Lockdown and the national direction towards STEM subjects have resulted in a drop in popularity to engage in arts. Thanks to KCCs Reconnect Grant we were able to run weekly young people’s groups and although numbers are still small, we are continuing them.

The major success has been the establishment of an adult community choir started in May 2022 and saw its inaugural performance at Her Late Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee celebration in June 2022! The choir goes from strength to strength and, thanks to a grant from Involve Kent, is able to attract many members from seniors in the community.

Other Projects

An aspect of Walk Tall’s uniqueness is the ability to blend and integrate our three primary modalities. These are, perhaps most clearly illustrated by some of our community projects such as ‘Wibberly Wobberly Worries’ which saw groups of primary age children using expressive arts, education and therapy to examine and calm anxiety following lockdown and our young people peer support project for children and young people who had suffered bereavement following the Covid Pandemic.

Funders and Support:

We were fortunate to be in receipt of grants which have helped us to continue our work and enable us to provide special projects to support our community as we respond to changing needs.

Our thanks to: Our funders: BBC Children in Need, Co-op Founda�on ASDA Foundation Involve Kent Philip and Connie Foundation

Our supporters:

Aspirations Accountancy, Sealeys Estate Agency, Gullands Solicitors, P&P Hub, Swanscombe & Greenhithe Residents Association.

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Walk Tall Report of the Truestees For the year ended 31 October 2022

FINANCIAL REVIEW

Reserves policy

The trustees have examined the charity's requirements for reserves in light of the main risks to the organisation. It has established a policy whereby the unrestricted funds not committed or invested in tangible fixed assets held by the charity should be between 9 and 12 months of the expenditure.

The reserves are needed to meet the working capital requirements of the charity, at the balance sheet date the available reserves were £171,996 (2021: £169,678) which represents thirteen months of expenditure, a month more than our target range. This gives the charity a base from which to grow and expand its reach in community and to meet increasing costs until a permanent home is found.. The CEO has put forward plans for the coming financial year to maintain the unrestricted reserve position whilst delivering more services to our new and existing users. The charity is working closely with local funders and delivery partners to provide a good quality education within strict budget lines. It is anticipated that this will maintain the Charity's reserves in line with its target range and improve our reach.

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Governing document

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.

Recruitment and appointment of new trustees

New trustees are introduced to the charity by either their work in the local community or by the Chief Executive as part of her work to promote the activities of the charity.

Trustees are invited and encouraged to attend performances that the charity produces and to meet the actors and volunteers in the rehearsal sessions so that they understand the context of the charitable work undertaken.

The charity also produces a guide to the legal responsibilities of being a trustee plus sign postings from the various Charity Commission publications through the Commission's guide "the Essential Trustee".

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Registered Company number

04362851 (England and Wales)

Registered Charity number

1094146

Registered office

Heritage Hall Craylands Lane Swanscombe Kent DA10 0LP

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Walk Tall Report of the Truestees For the year ended 31 October 2022

Trustees

Reverend D Scott - Retired Parish Priest A B Kensington - Accountant M Sears - Commercial Agent Ms J Crocker - Solicitor

Independent Examiner

Blue Rocket Accounting 8 Twisleton Court Dartford Kent DA1 2EN

A WORD FROM OUR CHAIRMAN

Trustees: We have a small, but gifted band of trustees who have contributed to Walk Tall’s welfare through their diverse gifts and specialities. We met several times either by zoom or face to face. We are blessed in having a first-class accountant keeping a watchful eye on our cash flow, in having an expert in the property market guiding us in finding and assessing new locations – an ongoing challenge and in having a fully qualified lawyer keeping an eye on legal issues. Recently, not in the time period covered by this report, we have added a new trustee, good news after we lost a young lady who left the Board after giving birth to her first child. The trustees work well together, each contributing their skills to Walk Tall’s life. Thank you, all you wonderful people

CEO: Walk Tall depends very heavily on the skills of our extremely busy CEO, Dr Ann Duke. Ann has continued to be a first-rate fund raiser which, although making more demand on her time, has proved very valuable for the Walk Tall finances. She guided the charity through the challenges of the covid era with wisdom and skill and she often comes out with new visions and ideas for the charity. She is supported by a small staff, the numbers of which were greatly reduced after the move from Northfleet. This shortage of staff is being closely watched by the trustees and the hope is that staff support for Ann will be increased in the near future. The challenge for her and trustees is to create and maintain capacity for fulfilling the visions and ideas.

Activities:

Counselling: This department is proving to be Walk Tall’s major success

story. With several training courses and counselling sessions going on; the income has been climbing steadily with Emma Farrell at the head. Walk Tall depends very heavily on part time employees and we are grateful for them. So much of the training and even the counselling now operates by zoom. The counselling department used all three of our rented premises in Dartford, Swanscombe and Gravesend.

School: The school operated by zoom over the covid era, even being closed at certain times. It is now operating successfully in the new premises, i.e. the Heritage Hall in Swanscombe.

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Walk Tall

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES for the year ended 31 October 2022

Note
INCOMING RESOURCES
Donations and legacies
Charitable activities
Grants
Other trading activities
Investment income
TOTAL INCOMING RECOURCES
RESOURCES EXPENDED
Cost of generating funds:
Project delivery
Charitable activities
Resources
Bought in professional services
Rent of facilities and equipment
Other expenses
Advertising and promotion expenses
TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED
NET INCOMING/(OUTGOING) RESOURCES FOR
THE YEAR
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Transfer between funds
Total funds brought forward
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD		 Unrestricted
Funds
2022
95,360
-
51,694
40
147,094
80,274
11,410
7,981
32,232
16,807
1,480
150,184
(3,090)
5,408
169,678
171,996		 Restricted
Funds
2022
-
59,848
113
-
59,961
12,355
25,040
4,451
6,863
5,752
-
54,461
5,500
(5,408)
25,753
25,845		 TOTAL FUNDS
2022
95,360
59,848
51,807
40
207,055
92,629
36,450
12,432
39,095
22,559
1,480
204,645
2,410
-
195,431
197,841		 TOTAL FUNDS
2021
120,006
42,883
24,735
10,931
198,555
80,074
11,357
12,232
45,844
11,746
729
161,982
36,573
-
158,858
195,431

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Walk Tall Balance Sheet 31 October 2022

Note
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible Assets
1
CURRENT ASSETS
2
Debtors & Prepayments
Cash at Bank & in hand
TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES
CREDITORS: Amounts due within one year
3
NET CURRENT ASSETS
CREDITORS: Amounts falling due after
more than one year
NET ASSETS
FUNDED BY
Accumulated Unrestricted Income funds
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD		 Unrestricted
Fund
Restricted
Fund
TOTAL FUNDS TOTAL FUNDS
2022
2022
2022
2021
105
2,814
2,919
3,892
35,073
-
35,073
22,175
159,337
58,925
218,262
200,029
194,410
58,925
253,335
222,204
22,519
35,894
58,413
30,665
171,996
25,845
197,841
195,431
-
-
-
-
171,996
25,845
197,841
195,431
171,996
25,845
197,841
195,431
171,996
25,845
197,841
195,431

The charitable company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 31 October 2022.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 31 October 2020 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for

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Walk Tall

Balance Sheet - Continued 31 October 2022

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to charitable companies subject to the small companies regime.

The financial stat em ts were approved by the Board ofTrustees and authorised for issue on 5th July 2023 and were signed i s behalf by: Name of Trustee Name of Trustee D Scott -Trustee

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Walk Tall Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 October 2022

1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparing the financial statements

The financial statements of the charitable company, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) '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 (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2015)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

Income

All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the company has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.

Expenditure

Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the company to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.

Tangible fixed assets

Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.

Plant and machinery - 25% on reducing balance

Taxation

The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its chartitable activities.

Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.

Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the company Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular

restricted purposes.

Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.

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Walk Tall Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 October 2022

2 OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES

Fundraising events
Counselling Courses
3
INVESTMENT INCOME
Rent received
Deposit amount interest
4
PROJECT DELIVERY
Investment management costs
Property repairs
5
NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)
Net income / (expenditure) is stated after charging / (crediting):
Depreciation - owned assets
Other operating leases		 2022
2021
£
£
-
-
51,122
24,442
51,122
24,442
2022
2021
£
£
-
10,915
40
16
40
10,931
2022
2021
£
£
4,867
1,331
4,867
1,331
2022
2021
£
£
965
641
38,587
45,246

6 TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS

There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 October 2021 nor for the ye ended 31 October 2022.

Trustees' expenses

There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 October 2021 nor for the ye ended 31 October 2022.

7 STAFF COSTS

The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows

Charitable activities
Support team		 2022
2021
£
£
8
8
3
3
11
11

No employee received emoluments in excess of £60,000

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Walk Tall

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the year ended 31 October 2022

8 COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES

INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM
Donations and legacies
Charitable activities
Resources
Other trading activities
Investment income
Total
EXPENDITURE ON
Project delivery
Charitable activities
Resources
Bought in professional services
Rent of facilities and equipment
Other expenses
Advertising and promotion expenses
Total
NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Transfer between funds
Total funds brought forward
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD		 Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
fund
funds
funds
£
£
£
87,330
32,676
120,006
42,883
-
42,883
24,735
-
24,735
10,931
-
10,931
165,879
32,676
198,555
51,622
28,452
80,074
17,881
-
17,881
9,982
2,250
12,232
45,844
-
45,844
3,825
1,398
5,223
153
576
729
129,307
32,676
161,983
36,572
-
36,572
(25,753)
25,753
-
158,859
-
158,859
169,678
25,753
195,431

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Walk Tall Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the year ended 31 October 2022

9
TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
COST
At 1 Novemebr 2021
Additions
At 31 October 2022
DEPRECIATION
At 1 November 2021
Charge for the year
At 31 October 2022
NET BOOK VAULE
At 1 November 2021
At 31 October 2022
10
DEBTORS
Trade debtors
Other debtors
11
CREDITORS: Amounts falling due within one year
Accruals
Pension
Social secutiries and other taxes
Deferred grant income
Other creditors		 Plant and
machinery
£
905
-
905
873
8
881
32
24
2022
£
Unrestricted
31,823
3,250
35,073
2022
£
Unrestricted
18,338
108
205
-
3,868
22,519		 Computer
equipment
£
5,140
-
5,140
1,280
965
2,245
3,860
2,895
2022
£
Restricted
-
-
-
2022
£
Restricted
-
-
-
35,894
-
35,894		 Total
£
6,045
-
6,045
2,153
973
3,126
3,892
2,919
2021
£
Total
18,925
3,250
22,175
2021
£
Total
4,346
-
380
23,498
2,441
30,665

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Walk Tall

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the year ended 31 October 2022

12 MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
Unresctricted funds
General fund
Restricted funds
Children in Need
Other agencies
TOTAL FUNDS
Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
Unresctricted funds
General fund
Restricted funds
Children in Need
Other agencies
TOTAL FUNDS		 At
31/10/2021
£
169,678
25,753
195,431
Income
resources
£
147,094
48,776
11,185
158,279		 Net
movement in
fund
£
(3,090)
5,500
2,410
Resources
expended
£
(150,184)
(48,776)
(5,685)
(155,869)		 At
31/10/2022
£
166,588
20,253
186,841
Movement
in funds
£
(3,090)
-
5,500
2,410

13 RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

There were no related party transactions for the year ended 31 October 2022.

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Walk Tall

Detailed Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 October 2022

INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS
Donations and legacies
Counselling service
Admissions
Donation income
Other income
Other trading activities
Fundraising events
Counselling cources
Investment income
Rents received
Deposit account interest
Charitable activities
Government grant
Grants
TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES
EXPENDITURE
Other trading activities
Wages
Staff training
Pensions
Bad debts
Investment management costs
Property repairs
Charitable activities
Resources
Counselling fees
Support costs Management
Vehicle Running cost
Rent payable
Rates and water
Insurance
Printing, postage and stationery
Advertising and promotion
Sundries		 2022
2022
£
£
Restricted Unrestricted
-
36,559
-
-
-
1,103
-
57,698
-
95,360
113
572
-
51,122
113
51,694
-
-
-
40
-
40
-
-
59,848
-
59,848
-
59,961
147,094
12,102
74,884
-
464
253
350
-
4,576
12,355
80,274
3,258
1,609
3,258
1,609
25,040
11,410
4,451
7,981
29,491
19,391
683
486
6,863
31,724
-
508
718
2,511
155
1,536
-
1,480
-
-
8,419
38,245		 2021
£
Total
49,861
-
-
70,145
120,006
293
24,442
24,735
10,915
16
10,931
-
42,883
42,883
198,555
79,520
554
-
80,074
1,331
1,331
11,358
12,232
23,590
-
45,246
598
2,302
810
729
49,685

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Walk Tall Detailed Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 October 2022

Support costs Management - Continue
Light and heat
Computer software and consumables
Telephone
Finance
Legal and professional costs
Subscriptions and donations
Sundry expenses
Depreciation: Plant and machinery
Depreciation: Computer equipment
Other
Travel and subsistence
Governance costs
Accountancy and legal fees
Total resources expended
Net expenditure		 2022
2022
£
£
Restricted
Unrestricted
-
4,760
-
1,529
-
2,346
8,419
46,880
-
276
-
959
-
41
-
8
938
27
938
1,311
-
95
-
624
54,461
150,184
5,500
(3,090)		 2021
£
Total
2,462
1,353
2,058
55,558
-
275
-
11
641
927
64
439
161,983
36,572

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