STEKD I4JM￿. O4362851(b*Iar￿ Wale5 FEf4STEIIED CIIAfiTY NUMBEL. 1W146 Report ofthe Trustees and Unaudrted fffianclal Statements for the Year Ended 31 October 2023 Walk Tall Walk Tall ofthe FITra￿al Staternerts CONTENTS PAGE Report oftheTruestee5 Ito4 IndependenteKamln¥'s reporttotheirustees Statementofflnan¢l41 KEI￿lieS Balan£eSheet 7t08 Ntyte5totheaccounts 9t013 Th•lJllowln¥pwsdo notlornl pwtolth**rounts Ort*led staiementoffinon¢lal act1￿11 141015 WalkTaH Fwthe y￿reT￿lEd 31 2023 ThetNSth5th0 orealsodirecttysold*dwityfrrthe pMrpc6esoFtt*Corn￿Ies￿A 2[￿. IKe5￿tIhe¥ repxt vAthtt* Fir￿￿]41 Ststements ofthetharity they 31 Cktotv 2ff22. Thetru5teeshM•*v￿ thEWo•?YLwdAcC￿jThti￿*￿I Re[Kxts.re￿ thartties.. 5tatrrrent ofRecunmended Prath￿ak￿lICat4eto thariiie5pyewirqth*"laLLKrtsin￿cI￿da￿eknithtt*￿n￿4* ReFOliryStrrxl¥d ¥Wicatlein tt UK ￿ RewNi¢ ofirdand IFRS 1021 leffeuNe l January 20151. OBJEaNESANDKnvmE5 The{harl￿SaiM ￿ to a¢ka￿e￿￿e￿Xatr￿ Of￿￿peopl￿￿￿the¥*￿2S, ￿ w4¥awarenessand ty imwtirykrky*le*. skjlb Irxl strate8véswhlch rÈdu¢eand managetonflltt •rtd promotecon¢¢yd, re5￿ctand posltfv*beh•viourbetween IndSvlduals, wlthln soclety and thecornmunitv. Thecharity•lso seekstoakntt￿edwatKfi as1￿ ￿￿￿￿1r￿al￿er￿C1￿QUI)ty,5¥a￿eS￿d h*al$ and condurts research Into the best ddivery oftheseobjectives. Summwydthey hastsken thefirst real stepstry•Mds rew•vyfrom tr￿d￿JbIeL￿XTofrebxa1ts •rn4 theG7*￿19 Dern￿d fcf all se￿ceS hbsfurtherincreased. espe¢iallyiTheducation •nd all thin8scounsellin8. However. It hashl8hlighted the masslven¢ed iortbulld staffin8andvolunteerin8c3pac*ty. at le•stto our pre-pandemic levels, to do thls requlres a60%increase In ourrurrent capacity. Thenttd ha5been exacefbated bythene•Y to rdocateour¥sset storaiefacillty totwo locatlons-Gravesend •nd Medwoy. The p05rti¥ein thlslsthaiwen¢)w h•¥ttheopportunltyto be8lA to utlllsethe5e85sets TheacadÈm¢ year enth31 Awt 2023 rewkod kn 98Xwrf&¥kng￿os5aTh￿ a tofwts ￿rt￿￿and apprernlceshlpstx Into ernphyment. Thestart ofthe202>24 KtySwe4 reftryal ryJmbersd¥Jine*ith ￿￿￿eM05t5￿￿th In need of¢wisethwbein¥ referred. W'n, apF41catyons exceeded p05t.16 aNrKaiJon resutted In theneed to IMpl￿n￿t aVAitsnAlist. ThEnumber of stL￿ents e(xningthrou8h theeducation Sts¥Kew theywas40*1th 38 % l.'Its￿. CoynMlllnASew¥lce and TuItI￿.. 208 cllentscamethrou8h theservlcethlsyear- IOOchlldfenlyoun8peopleand 108•dults. Inadditlon. weha¥edellvered l..1 ¢ounsèllin¥ to 3 Kent schools. I pts5t.16 provlderand ayoun8personsshelteredreslden¢e. In Ortober 2023 we beyn sttPS to expand our counselling ser¥ice into the cenife of Maidstohe. Coun5ellor trolnlng wès deliv*f•d to 40 st￿dentS across Levels 2 tOSFodallst F￿t￿Y•le0F4(ffja at ￿ & Wy(￿￿￿￿10T$qua1Ified asthÈra￿.5tsITr9 2 of them arelntead*rtralr4r*toteat4etoteathat ￿$ 2 and 3. Art5 Continue5to bethe mosi challenAlnKofourseryknsto re-ethbllthduetofallinginterestin artsp•rtiop•tion, lar8elydrl¥en byadvances In technolo8y. Ouraduh c£vnmwrty st¥ied in Mty 2022 C(xitwstolh￿$h aThJ PUf(Wr￿ tr*wbk wdierKesthreetimesdurir4thvyear, irKludSwat al￿1 ÈvÈrt in cetebratlon ofthe Klnlscoronatlon. Ddlvtryol¢hildrffi'5drama is restricted dutto l¥Eko15t3ffin8 capaclty. The 8fantln¥olan entertalnrn•t Il¢ense hasresuhed In pl¥n$ttsreinstateOpen Talent Nightsin 2024. Walk Tall Fwthe year ended 31 oC￿&r 2023 OBJEcnVÉsANDA￿VrnE5 Gr￿ts￿d Community&Jpport'. Wewerefortun8teto be in re¢￿pt ofyantswhith h*ehdwl ustocontinueourworkand enableusto prtsvide5pecial projects to supp()rt ¢urcommunltyaswere4bondtochanyngneeds. Ourthanksto.. Ourfunders cO￿P FoundatioTh ASDAFoundation Involve Kent ndd Clarke Tesco Bagsfrjr Llfe Oursupporters.. Asplr•tlonsk¢ountaThcy, S8è1eysEstat**n¢y.Gull*d$50licitor4 Student Chamb¥¥ 5w•xombe& GretrhitheRe%dentsAssoclatlon. Myrnost iratefvl thanksto walkT￿l'$tryStee￿for th•rd•Jicatlon *)d patient ￿pport to rneper50nally. Mythanksalso to WalkTall staff and voluntaerswho h*ewven so much worked tireles¥yt•s¥pport ourvulnwablewyiceusers. FINANCIAL RÈVIEW Reservespdley Thetrusteeshaveexamlnedih¢¢h•rity'5r•JulremeTht5for re5ervesin118htofthem*nrlskstotheorynis*iort. It ha$established policywherebytheunre5trlctèJ funds no¢commiiitrY L)r invested in I￿￿bleft￿?j a55*shdd bythecharltv should bebrfween 9 and 12 monthsofthotxpenditure. There5erveswene¥Jed io meettheworkin8c•pit* requIr￿entSoftheCh8￿ty. Otthebalanceth*td•tetht•v•ll•bltrtserve5 were £224.33512022.. £171.996lwhich represents%xteen monthsofapenditur¢ l¢4ur monthsm•reth* ovrtarRet ranee. IhisOve5the ¢harltya ba5efrom whSch logrow￿d txpand Its rwh In the¢ommunlty and to m*t InCrea￿nIc0stSand d￿ands. TheCEO has put forward plansfor thetomln8fifian¢l•l yt•rto m*nt*n theunrestrfjdoj reSUvepo￿t10n %vhllst ddlverlngmoreservl¢es to our new and •xisting user5. Thecharitylswor*ln8closdywith loc81 fvndtrs*d delivuy pwtner5to pro¥ldeawod qualltyeducatlon wlthln strlct budget Ilnes. It isantlclpattrl th¥t thi5wiII maintainthechantys reseryeswithin iisiaryt C*)8eand Improveourreath. sTrucnJRE,G(NERNANCEA14D MA14AGEMENr Govtrnlngdorurn•nt Thecharity 15controlled byltS8ownln8documw)t, •d￿0ttru¢ conrtitute5allrnltd companyt Ilmlted byguaranie4 asdefined bytheCompaniesAtt 2006. Recrubtment ￿dapPOIntMent0trtQWtM#•1* New tru5tee5areintroduced tothecharity by•th*th•rworkim thel¢x4 ¢ommunityor bytheChiefExecutiveas part of herworkto promotetheactivitie501thechority. Tru5tee5arelnvlt&l encour4￿ tt)•ttwd pwform•nte5th* thech¥ltyproduce5and tomeet thextorsandwolunteers In thertheawl sesslonsso that they undtrst¥nd thecontext ofthecharltableworktsnd¥takw. Theth*ftyalso pmthttsèwJxletotheW rE5pcffj*A1*50fbdr¥alwusteephts*F(6llryffom thevxbyJ5th•Ccffimls￿￿ W￿l￿tiOr thrwgh theCCffimls￿cM.SYjldÈ,lF￿Essts￿i31 TAth'. l362851lEnts￿ aThJW 146 Walk Tal ReF*Xt Tn*siees REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS l¢tyitinuedl Herit3geHall Cr4WandsL3ne Swènscombè Kent DAIOOLP Tn*es Mr. K Chau￿. Edu(atK￿P¥cde￿"C Ms. J Cmcker . 50liutcf Mr. AB Ke￿[￿8￿ . I￿AInt•rt Reverend O Scott Retired ParSsh Prlest Mr. M Se•ts . Ccrn*rdal Independ¢ni Ex•rnlner BlueRocket AccounUn8 8TwlsletttnCourt D•rtlord Kent DAI 2EN AWORDFROMOURCHAIRMAN Tnth•$.' Weh￿a *nall, txrt ￿(ted baThJ cétntsteestkn to Walk T•ll's*tllwelW thelr dlversÈOfts I￿1 specSalities. Wemet several tlmesthr tyzo(xn or fKeto kn. wearet4￿￿ in hawwafirst￿Ie0fStoff ￿te1n￿d0$e￿walthÉd bythe trustee5aTrl thehopelsthatstaffsupportlorAnnwillbeincreased. ThIShasb￿0￿eUrgÈn1p1rt1Ybe¢a￿Seo1lheho￿r$Annp¢ltS1ntOthe charityplushercouncil work. Thechallen8eforherandtrusteesistoueateand rnatThtaincapacStyforfulfillin8ihevlsion5¥nd Ideas. Artl¥i¢les: Counsellln8.. This department Is provin8 to be Walk Taif5 major siiccess story. With several trainin8 courses and ¢¢yn5ellinR sessions 8oln8 on.. the income has been climbihi steadily wAth Emma Farrell at the head. Walk Tall depends very heavlly on part tlme employees and we are gratelL¢I for them. 50 much ol the trainin8 ahd •ven the counselllTr8 now operates by i¢￿￿ The counsellln8 department Used all three of our rented premises in Oartford. Swansrornbe and Gravesend. Propprtie5 whlch are under the Walk Tall 4e815 are 8rowln& we have recenllv added an olfice lor counsellin8 in M•idstone- Ihvs emphasizin8 the need for increased help for our CEO. 5¢hool.. The school has contlnued successfv1￿lo Pre￿[e S￿dentS. who have chalknges attending larger schools. to write their GCSES. Drama and Cholr.. The drnma pro8ram- almln8 at both thildren and adults-ls Struulingto resurrect itself. Effort* aré bein8 mjde in that direction. Howe¥erihe cats¢￿ ththr under Tamara Gummer 1$ making steady prove55 and has performed in manyvenues over the year. Volunteers.. Walk Tall has a￿ayS depended heawfy on its volunteers. Unfortunately most of them don't setm to last lonR. Of course we re very grateful to the one5 who are active wrth us a￿1 gr¥e of their time generously WaNÉ TaH RepKrt d theTnJestees Fwthe year Èmlpd 31 Ortc*er2023 AWORD FROM OURCIIAIRMANl¢onttnuedl The fvttwe.. ThèfirtureofWalkTall issttJJrÈTh)t least htsdttvfirWKEsa￿ also èecavit 15 txrstanyy ￿￿1r￿and itsvision. Thereisa hi8h standard ofefficienryon thepartoftheCEO. thetrustees. anployeesand volunteer5. Maywegofrom stren8th to strewh (y4eru)min83ll c&sta&& ThÈam isto byDJea*tssraff atthetro knl, thus prv4Hlin8 ddinonal resourceto increasethe nurnbero15erviceusers. ApprcNed Cotri￿an 1st￿￿2024 ar*1 S￿ R￿erend DS¢ott-Tru5tee Report of the Truslees and INOEPENDENT EXPm￿4Eft'S REPORTTO THE TRUSTEE5 OF Walk Tall Independent examlner'5reporttothe tru#e*sofW4kT41 fthe I report tothecharitytrusteeson myaarnination oftheatcovAt50ftheCompanylortheyewend•J 31 Lktobts 2022. ReSpOn￿bIlItIe$alld ba4sofreport Asthech3rity'strusteesolthÈCompany land also ktsd1rtrtorsforthepurpose50fcomp￿ylaW)vQU arere5ponslblefor thÈpreparatloTh oftheaccountsin attQTdancewith ther4uitknityitsofihecompanie5kt2006 Ithe2006 kt'l. Hwlngsatlsfiej mysdlthat theaccountsoftheComwyar*not r￿UIredt0be•jdil￿ undwPart 16 ofthe21X16ktand areell8iblefo independè)t exanination. I rg)ort In respect olmy vlamination ofyour chariW5¥countsasc¥rledout undw5ectlon 145 oftheChartie5 t 2011 Ilhe2011 ￿t.1. In ¢arryingout my ttamination. I h*4elolloweJthe Directions81￿ bythecharitycomm1s￿On under section 14515llblofthe2011 kt. Independent exwnlneVsst*ement I h￿ecoMplete￿ my a¥èmination. I conffirm that ho mottersha¥e¢•mtto myattwtlon lThcortn¥tlon wlth the@(amlnatlon gjvlngmecauseto beli￿.. accountlnsrecordswere not kept in reytolihec0mp￿YèSIequIred bysection 386ofthe2006 kt. or thoaccountsdo not a¢¢ordwlth thOser￿ordS.' or theaccountsdtsnot complywith th•¥tOuntln8rqulrw•￿Q15￿ti0n 396oftht2006 ktotherthan any re4uirernentthatthea¢¢ount58i¥eatrtseand f4r vl**whlch Isnot•m•ttvcon51derèJ aspartofan Independwt tyamihation", or the3ccounts h&ertot been prw¥ed in &COrd￿ceW1th ih*method5and prlncip1esofthest#t￿wtoI ReComm￿led Pr￿tIce10r accoufitln8and reportln8bytharitie5lapplicableto chaiities preparln6thdr accounts in accofdancewith the Fin*)cial Reportin6Siandard appli¢•bltln theUK and Republi¢ of Irdand IFRS 10211. I haveno ¢ofiterns￿d ha¥e¢ome•rr055noother matt¢r$lfi ronnKtlon wlth 1h¢¢ll•￿￿n4I1Ofi to whlch attalllon should bedrawn In thls report In ordv to enablea properundwstanrtln8ofthtaccountstober¢xh￿. Ml8ud Calabrese FCCA ueRocket ￿Counting 8 Twlsleton Court Dartford Kent OAI 2EN 2024 Walk Tall STATEME1￿ OF FINANCIAL ACTMnES for the year erKW 310(tober 2023 iknrestricted Fund5 2023 Rtstrirted Fund$ 2023 TOTAL FUNDS TOTAL FUNDS Note 2023 2022 INCOMING RESOURCES Donationsand legaci&4 Chaltable actlvltles Grants hwtradingactivitie5 Investment Income 142,492 142.492 95.360 29,614 29,614 44.421 1.547 59,848 51.807 40 44.421 1,547 TOTAL INCthMING RECOURCES 188.460 29,614 2J8.074 207,055 RESOURCESEXPEP40ED Cost of £￿￿￿1n81undS'. PrO1￿t delivery 80.336 12,295 92,631 92.629 Chvltabl• KtlTAtl•$ Resources 8ou8ht In professional 5ekwices Rent offacilltiesand ouipment Otherexpen Adverti%ngand promotlon •(PeAses 17,820 3.041 2,089 10,052 3.926 20,861 2.089 26.132 18,822 6,989 36.450 12,432 39,095 22,559 1.480 16.080 14,896 6,989 TOTAL RESCiIRCES EXPENDED 136,121 31.403 167,524 204,645 NEfiNCOMINGlI(xifG(XNGIRESCKIRCES K¥1 ThEYEAR 52,339 11,7891 50.550 2,410 REC(WKILIATIONOF FUNDS Tran5ferbetween fijnds Total funds brou8ht forward 171.996 25.845 197.841 195,431 TOTAL FUNDSCARRIED F(￿WARD 224,33S 24.056 248,391 197,841 WafA Tall Bala￿e Sheet 31 Octd*r 2023 restrfcthd Resthcte Fund Fund 1023 ZOZ3 TOTAL FLVIDS TOTAL FUNDS 2023 2022 FIXEO ASSUS TanBibleAssets I.359 2.814 4.173 2,919 CURRE￿ ASSEts Debtors& Preptyments Cash at 8ank& in hand TOTAL INC￿1￿￿ RES¢XIKES 46,296 213.886 260.182 46.296 237.943 284,239 35,073 218,262 253.335 24,057 24.057 CREDITIM.AmlluThtsdue￿th1th0rte ye¥ 11.005 8.028 19.033 5B,413 NEfcuRRENfASS 250.536 18A43 269,379 197.841 CREDITW.. Amountsl4lllnidue4ffter more thinone y4ar 150,536 18A43 169,379 197 841 FUNDeD8Y tumulated Unre5trlcted IncomÈfunds 224,335 24,056 248.391 197,841 TOTALFUNDSCARRIED FO￿ARD 224,3J5 14.056 248,391 I97￿41 Thecharitablecomp￿¥l5￿l1Stl*￿totrf￿pllclTh from Under￿10￿477 ¢ftheCtyTrp¥bie5knt 2006fr)rtheyear ended 31 Ocrober 2023. ThemeJnber5hwenot r4ulredthe¢¢mwyto obt*n4n ￿d*tOf1lsftfft1n<11 5t*ernwt5forthe￿f￿dwJ 31 (ktober 2020in Kcord￿ce￿￿th Sectlon 476 oltheCompanle5A£i 2tK•6. ThetwsteqsKknowled8ethdf r¢spw4bllit1*5fDr ensurln8rh* ihech¥ltablecompanyk¥is*countlnR￿ordsth￿COfftP1yWI1h ￿1¢￿$3861nd 387 ofthecompanieskt 2CQ6and preparln8financlal #atLThWt5whith &veètiueand fairw￿ofthestateO1a￿rsofthÈth¥Itable¢DffiPanY 85attheeTrd ofeach financial yandofltssurplusor deficli forexh financial pr In Kcordance￿Eh therequirementsolSectiorb$394 395 and whith oth{Y￿￿er0fflpIYWllhtheiÉq￿1r￿ll￿tstslthÈ Companie51d 2C4)6relatlngto St*￿￿￿￿13r1$IPpIi¢lbIettsthethantabltCOfflPanV. Walk Tall BalaDceSheet. Continye ccryanles reoffr. Tr*finanual statementsv￿reap￿￿I (¥FTw5tees•¥J athJri5ed tr won IstJu￿ 2024 on its behalf by.. oITrustee M5tsrs-Tru#ee N•mt ofTru*•• J Crocker-Trusree Walk Tall Notes to the Fina￿la1 Statefflents for the year ermled 31 Ortober 2023 ACCCiINTING POLICIES Basisof preparing1￿ fina￿la1 statem Thefinancial statwnents ofthetharital4ec(Knparty. whith is a public benefit entity under FRS 102. have been prepared in accordancewith theCharitiesSORP IFRS 1021'Accountin8and Reportln8 by Charities.. Statement of Recommended Practiceapplicable to charltles Preparingtheir accounts in accordancewith the Financial Reporting Standard applicablein the UK and Republic of Ireland IFRS 1021 leffective l January 201SI'. Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Reportingstandaril applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland, and the Companies Act 2006. Thefinanaal staiernents havebeen prepared under thehistoricJl c05t convwtson. Income AJI income is rewmsed in tr*5tatement dFinandal ktimtiesmtheccxnpary hasentitlement to the fijnd It is wobatAethat ir￿cl￿￿11 be ￿el￿d tt*an￿1rtt can bemeasured reli*y. EYndI￿re Liabilitiesare recognised ase