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2024-12-31-accounts

Company Registration Number - 4800736

The Charity Registration Number is :- 1100126

Liverpool Irish Festival

Report and Accounts

31 December 2024

Liverpool Irish Festival

Report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2024

Contents

Page
Charity information 1
Trustees' Annual Report 1
Statement of directors' responsibilities 8
Independent Accountant's Report 10
Funds Statements:-
Statement of Financial Activities 12
Statement of Financial Activities - Prior Year statement 13
Movements in funds 14
Income and Expenditure account 15
Balance sheet 16
Notes to the accounts 17

Liverpool Irish Festival

Company Registration Number - 4800736

Trustees' Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2024

The Trustees present their Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2024, which also comprises the Directors' Report required by the Companies Act 2006.

Reference and administrative details

The charity name.

The legal name of the charity is:- Liverpool Irish Festival. The charity is also known by its operating name, Liverpool Irish Festival.

The charity's areas operation and UK charitable registration.

The charity is registered in England & Wales with the Charity Commission in England & Wales (CCEW) with charity number 1100126.

The charity does not operate in any overseas jurisdictions.

Legal structure of the charity

The charity is constituted as a company limited by guarantee, registered under the Companies Acts . The governing document of the charity is the Memorandum and Articles of Association establishing the company under company legislation. There are no restrictions in the governing documents on the operation of the Charity or on its investment powers other than those imposed by Charity Law.

By operation of law all, trustees are directors under the Companies Act 2006 and all directors are trustees under Charities legislation and have responsibilities, as such, under both company and charity legislation.

The trustees are all individuals.

The principal operating address, telephone number, email and web addresses of the charity are:-

FF9 Northern Lights

5 Mann Street, Liverpool L8 5AF Telephone T: 01517222377

Email Address info@liverpoolirishfestival.com Web address www.liverpoolirishfestival.com

The registered office of the charity for Companies Act purposes is the same as the operating address shown above.

The Trustees in office on the date the report was approved were:-

Martin Bond John Chandler (Chair until 29/2/2024) Patsy Connor Gerard Diver Oliver Hall Professor Mary Hickman Dr Ann Hoskins (Chair from 01/3/2024) Eamonn Lavin Clare McGrath

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Liverpool Irish Festival

Company Registration Number - 4800736

Trustees' Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2024

The following persons served as Trustees during the year ended 31 December 2024 :-

The trustees who served as a trustee in the reporting period were as shown above, and there were no changes during the year, or in the period between the year end and the approval of the accounts. At the Annual General Meeting Gerard Diver and Eamonn Lavin retire as trustees, but are eligible for reappointment.

All the trustees are also members of the charity.

Objects and activities of the charity

The purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document.

The advancement of the

The main activities undertaken during the year to further the charity's purpose for the public benefit.

The trustees have had regard to the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit in managing the activities of the charity.

The main activities and achievements of the charity during the year and the difference the charity's performance has made to the beneficiaries of the charity and benefitted wider society.

Festival overview – programme and audiences

Liverpool Irish Festival’s 2024 theme was “arrivals” drawing on Liverpool’s status as a host city for Irish — and other — people over multiple generations. As ever, people were engaged by discussions, concepts and interactions intended to reduce isolation, embrace technology and acknowledge change. Our four strands of work continued, showcasing 1) In:Visible Women, 2) Nook and Cranny Spaces 3) Family Days and 4) the Liverpool Irish Famine Trail , enriching the programme.

Of 2024’s 49 Festival events (2023: 51; 2022:60) plus seven exhibits (2023: 6; 2022: 9), eight were live virtual events (2024: 9; 2022:11). Though we worked hard on a further 11 events (not featured in the above counts), they were unable to proceed based on funding or other resourcing issues. The marginal decrease in event count reflects a lower budget and the continued loss of eight Pride of Sefton boat tours (these may return in 2025).

Our 2024 events offer generated an audience of 54,581 (+ 1,499 of app and online viewers = 56,080) without including all those that we walked with in Ireland (c. 1k) for The Walk of the Bronze Shoes (May 2024). (2023: 46,592 +148 views-to-date; 2022: 32,243+1,690 (40,933); 2021: 25,915+8,703 (34,621) and 2020: 23,323 (pre VTDs)). This is a year-on-year growth of 17% (over 20% if you include app users and YouTube viewers)!

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Liverpool Irish Festival

Company Registration Number - 4800736

Trustees' Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2024

Our longstanding vision of improving public realm, high-profile work was tested this year with seven public exhibitions and activism. Our continued partnership with Bluecoat Display Centre provided a physical, monthlong exhibit. Whilst not in major galleries, our additional exhibits added valuable content for our audience. Combined, we developed 230 exhibition days, including #GlobalGreening (2023: 127; 2022: 237; 2021: 66; 2020: 87; 2019: 89). The Festival’s primary difficulty in securing public realm and exhibition terms is the long lead times needed by venues versus the Festival’s continued ‘project’ status.

We have returned to pre-COVID #GlobalGreening visitor figures returning to our 2019 standard population multiplier (0.39%), based on a return to pre-COVID figures in our sector. This presents a 2024 visitor figure of 41,968 compared with 2023’s 37,586. Civic response remains active with 18 lightings (2023: 17).

LCR Pride expanded again, rising from 20k to 25k. We coordinated a march, with a cohort of Irish services, and — using a sight rate of 15% — believe we were seen by more than 3.5k people.

These figures mean the Festival attracted more than 7.7k (2023: 4.4k) people to its events, despite a volatile ticket buying climate, cost of living crisis and local/global politics.

Liverpool’s October calendar remains competitive, with

Funding news

Events were on-sale by early September. For green and economic reasons we changed printing approaches. We printed 25k A2 fold out leaflets and just 2.5k 40-page newspapers. (2023: 60k A2-folded leaflets delivered to 55k Merseyside homes atop 7k 56-page newspapers, delivered to participating venues; 2022: 30k 46-page newspaper run with 28k delivered to homes; 2021: 30k 36-page newspaper delivered into homes). With rising costs in materials, print and postage/distribution this cost the same as 2022. Funding was the key driver for the decrease, but without funding for PR it was important to maximise all channels.

We made 18 funding applications (2023:10), including two sponsorships, totalling £260,721.67 (2023: £274,819.6) and were awarded £59,809 or 22.94% (2023: £129,963 or 47%; 2022: £947,265 bringing in £110,380 or 14%; 2021: £1,068,372 bringing in £115,183 or 10.8%), before multiyear funding from City Council. Greater detail on this can be found in Funding . 8 of 18 bids (2023: 7 of 10) received funding. Importantly, our new Chair brought in £5k in 2024 from housing association Plus Dane, another direction for us to pursue.

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Liverpool Irish Festival

Company Registration Number - 4800736

Trustees' Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2024

It is worth noting 2024 was a resource heavy year. With the National Lottery Heritage Fund project, a large programme and several exhibitions — teamed with the quick turnaround Walk of the Bronze Shoes — restricted the time available for new applications, sky-scanning and income growth. In its place, we gained international reputational value, delivered on our grant outcomes and met funder output requirements.

After our 2023 National Lottery Heritage Funds (NLHF) success, work expanded the Liverpool Irish Famine Trail. A new book — worked on throughout 2024 — will be released in 2025, along with an Irish Government funded documentary (£11.5k). In 2024, we released a new app and maintained our incredible voluntary History Research Group , who have undertaken 1,780 hours+ of volunteer time since 2021. All this work has deepened our relationship with Strokestown National Famine Museum and Trail which led to The Walk of the Bronze Shoes and the beginning of the Global Irish Famine Way .

On HR management, we have sustained a volunteer Board, expanding to nine (2023:7); recruited and sustained a volunteer team of 15 across front-of-house and Liverpool Irish Famine Trail (2023: 13) roles and maintained a paid History Research Group lead. We have secured a new Chair, Dr Ann Hoskins, moving John Chandler to Board Secretary to keep his valuable experience nearby. We have sustained our part-time Festival Co-ordinator, following renewed funding from the Irish Government (£10k of a needed £15,725PA).

Year-on-year context

Demonstrating our shift in ambition, time investment and energy, we have made more ambitious asks in the last few years, approaching fewer small funds/funders. Using an ‘ask to grant’ calculation, we have increased our success rate from 10.78% in 2021 (2022: 13.87%, 2023: 42%) to 22.94% in 2024.

2023’s increase was due to a largescale National Lottery Heritage Fund win. Anecdotally, our peers in the sector seem to run at about a 10% success rate. Our Arts Council England (ACE) national portfolio approach of 2022 and unsuccessful 2023 and 2024 bids altered our Business Plan , marking our most significant year-on-year losses.

This follows a lobbying approach to ACE in 2023 — via Irish In Britain — after zero Irish organisations were awarded national portfolio status, following our in-depth conversations with them about Irishness as a protected characteristic. Irish In Britain’s findings were disappointing, so we have pursued further conversations with ACE , who outline their grant-making priority as redressing imbalances for Black and disabled people as their priority.

Using this learning, we are strategising new approaches to ACE, to begin early in 2025, which involve refocusing protected character status and applying for a higher number of smaller, discrete bids to fund parts of our project rather than the Festival as a whole.

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Liverpool Irish Festival

Company Registration Number - 4800736

Trustees' Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2024

Decision making and successes

At Board level we made the decision to deliver 2023 and 2024’s Festival without ACE funding, which we would underwrite with our reserves, grown in previous years, but being as frugal as we could. Alternative approaches in 2025 will include more applications for smaller, specific projects within the Festival rather than a ‘whole Festival’ approach. Though this may mean more work in terms of application and evaluation counts, this allows us to split our risk and will ordinarily benefit from shorter decision periods.

In 2024, we were successful with • sustaining City Council Cultural Arts Investment Programme (CAIP), being awarded a multi-year bid submitted for 2023-2026, including £20,347 in 2024. They also asked for consultation on their forms, naming us one of their best ‘form fillers’

• an uplift in Irish Government Emigrant Support Funding from £25k to just under £29.7k across four applications. One continues core funding; one provides two-thirds funding for a part-time Festival Coordinator, another a contribution towards work on the Liverpool Irish Famine Trail and the last provides a contribution for running the #CCEN

• balanced the £99.5k grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to further develop assets for the Liverpool Irish Famine Trail . This has been a significant addition to our grant funding, and secures our History Research Group until Jan2025, when we will need to raise another application.

Ticket buying audiences continue to present concerns; a lack of industry evidence on Liverpool’s ticketing means comparison is difficult, though anecdotally we know compared with football or celebrity names ‘culture’ is a hard sell in Liverpool, in part on account of the amount of free activity available.

Net ticket income generated via Eventbrite, for the 17 (2023: 17; 2022:30) events the Festival ticketmanaged, raised £3,861(2023 and 2022: £2.5k; 2020: £528 across 15 events). Advertising garnered £2,000 (2023: £2,400; 2022: £1,850) up on COVID years, but still down on pre-COVID times. This included £1,000 from St Helens Libraries .

The Festival developed 24 programme related commissions, with a further 12 developed for the Liverpool Irish Famine Trail app, totalling 36. These include photo-stories, articles, podcasts, films and songs, whilst a book and documentary are in the making (2023: 32; 2022: 42; 2021: 34; 2020: 31; 2019: 21). All this on a turnover of £124,411 (2023: £114,869; 2022: £104,457; 2021: £89,050; 2020: £104,184; 2019: £78,228). Significant to this is c.£50k of National Lottery Heritage Fund , secured in 2023 but delivered in 2024.

Managing to apply for 18 funds in 2024 — on top of a heavy delivery schedule as outlined above — is noteworthy, especially in the context of reviewing our unrestricted reserves. Our success with bids in 2023 meant 2024 was primed for delivery, rather than fundraising. Such peaks and troughs in capacity are to be expected when it is so limited, forcing 'either-or' scenarios, e.g., delivery or fundraising. Weighing up delivery needs against fundraising capability should be factored for 2025's application, to mitigate risk of overwhelm and under-resourcing.

We continue to believe our Festival is unique in its field. We remain the only arts and culture led Irish festival in the world. Our specificity is critical: celebrating Liverpool’s unique connection with Irish communities, our city’s international standing and our commitment to addressing Irish representation (its diasporic peoples and Irish culture) engages audiences. We want to export this and feel our representation changes things for Irish people in England. #CCEN remains an instrument to achieve this.

As ever, ‘go raibh maith agat’ to everyone involved in the Festival and the organisation we have become. Artists; partners and sponsors; collaborators and networks; venues; volunteers; friends and every visitor and audience member that joins us, however you join us, thank you. We look forward to seeing you next year, 1626 Oct 2025.

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Liverpool Irish Festival

Company Registration Number - 4800736

Trustees' Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2024

Finally

I am honoured to take on the role of Chair of the Irish Festival, my thanks to John Chandler, and the board for their support during this first year. It has been a steep learning curve but I am impressed by the dedication of the staff, the board and the wonderful programme delivered this year at the festival despite the financial challenges.

I especially want to thank our Director, Emma Smith, for her dedication and leadership, Pascal O'Loughlin for his support and the volunteers who help ensure the smooth running of the festival.

We thank our artists, partners and sponsors; collaborators and networks; venues, friends and every visitor and audience member for joining us for #LIF2024.

We hope you will join us this year, particularly between 16-26 October 2025

Dr Ann Hoskins

Liverpool Irish Festival

Structure, governance and management of the charity

The methods used to recruit and appoint new charity trustees.

People are able to apply for Board Trusteeship at any time by sending a personal statement and CV to our Chair. From time to time we will actively seek Trustees. We will make call outs via our website, using a recruitment pack which we will review every time it is employed. We will broadcast calls through our networks, particularly through The Culture Network LCR CIC, Uncover Liverpool, LCVS, Arts Council England and Culture Liverpool. We may also make special invites to networks beyond these to best support attracting Trustees from fields or demographics we hope hope to include.

On application, the Board will review the application and CV in a timely manner. If viewed positively, the application will be followed with an introductory meeting with the Chair (or Trustee/staff member as agreed by the Board and Chair). If both the applicant and appraiser agree to proceed, the applicant will be invited to observe a Board meeting, receiving viewer-only rights to meeting papers. At the end of the observation meeting, the applicant will be invited to leave to enable a Board recommendation. If a majority of the Board and the applicant remain willing, the applicant will become an official Trustee and their membership of the Board recorded with Companies House and the organisations 'About' page. All recruitment will be noted through the Board meeting minutes.

Bankers

National Westminster Bank PLC, 138 Allerton Road, Liverpool, L18 2JN

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Liverpool Irish Festival

Company Registration Number - 4800736

Trustees' Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2024

Financial review

The charity's financial position at the end of the year ended 31 December 2024

The financial position of the charity at 31 December 2024 and comparatives for the prior period, as more fully detailed in the accounts, can be summarised as follows:-

Restricted Revenue Funds
Total Funds
Unrestricted Revenue Funds available for the
general purposes of the charity
Net income		 2024
£
(36,277)
537
23,277
23,814		 2023
£
(3,349)
17,451
42,640
60,091

Financial review of the position at the reporting date, 31 December 2024, including policies on reserves and funds in deficit.

The year ended 31st December 2024 saw incoming resources of £132,025 (2023: £108,292)

Total outgoing resources were £168,302 (2023: £111,641) giving rise to net outgoing resources of £36,277 (2023: outgoing resources of £3,349). Total fund balances were £23,814 (2023 £60,091), of which £23,277 (2023: £42,640) is restricted for future activity.

The level of free reserves as at 31st December 2024 is £537 (2023: £17,451). As previously, the trustees seek to ensure that sufficient funds are held in reserve following the Festival in order to fund the post of the Director for the following year’s festival. In accordance with funder needs, the Festival seeks to maintain unrestricted reserves at a level that covers 3-6 months of operational costs and plans to restore this level of reserves are in place.

Despite every attempt to retain Festival reserves, in a new financial/cost-of-living climate and with much higher PAYE* costs than anticipated, we have depleted reserves to ensure project compliance and agreed delivery across our services. The Board and Director acknowledge it is critical they work with great diligence to return these, to meet the requirements of some funders, but also our own professional standards. Further to our Director's requests, we are building new forecasting and projection capability, along with better reserves tracking, so that project-by-project spending is better understood.

With additional pressure caused by the absence of arts programme funding — but a Festival to deliver — we have eroded reserves. However, with a concerted effort on improving sponsorships, advertising and service sales (such as tailored walks, etc) we believe these can be restored.

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Liverpool Irish Festival

Company Registration Number - 4800736

Trustees' Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2024

Availability and adequacy of assets of each of the funds

The board of trustees is satisfied that the charity's assets in each restricted fund are available and adequate to fulfil its obligations in respect of each fund.

Details of The Independent Examiner

Matthew Brown Member of CIPFA Bluecoat Chambers College Lane Liverpool L1 3BZ

Statement of the Directors' and Trustees' Responsibilities

The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the terms of the Companies Act 2006, the Charities Act 2011 and the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. Notwithstanding the explicit requirement in the extant statutory regulations,the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008, to prepare the financial statements in accordance with the SORP 2005, in view of the fact that the SORP 2005 has been withdrawn, the Trustees determined to interpret this responsibility as requiring them to follow current best practice and prepare the accounts according to the FRS 102 SORP (Statement of Recommended Practice for Accounting and Reporting by Charities) 2019, applicable to all accounting periods beginning on or after 1st January 2019), (The SORP), .

In particular, the Companies Act 2006 and charity law require the Board of Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity as at the end of the financial year and of the surplus or deficit of the charity. In preparing those financial statements the Board is required to :-

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Liverpool Irish Festival

Company Registration Number - 4800736

Trustees' Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2024

The law requires that the trustees must not approve the accounts unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the surplus or deficit of the charity for the year.

The Trustees are also responsible for maintaining adequate accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and which are sufficient to show and explain the charity's transactions and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006 and comply with regulations made under the Charities Act. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

The Trustees are also responsible for the contents of the Trustees' report, and the statutory responsibility of the Independent Examiner in relation to the Trustees' report is limited to examining the report and ensuring that , on the face of the report, there are no material inconsistencies with the figures disclosed in the financial statements.

Method of preparation of accounts - Small company provisions

The financial statements are set out on pages 12 to 26.

The financial statements have been prepared implementing the FRS 102 SORP (Statement of Recommended Practice for Accounting and Reporting by Charities) 2019, applicable to all accounting periods beginning on or after 1st January 2019), (The SORP), and in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard 102, (effective 1st January 2016)

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions in Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006. applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

This report was approved by the board of trustees on 18 February 2025.

DR ANN HOSKINS Director and Trustee

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Report of the Independent Examiner to the Trustees of the charitable company on the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2024

I report to the Trustees on my examination of the financial statements of the charitable company on pages 12 to 26 for the year ended 31 December 2024 which have been prepared in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 (the Act) and with the Financial Reporting Standard 102, (effective 1st January 2016) as modified by FRS 102 SORP (Statement of Recommended Practice for Accounting and Reporting by Charities) 2019, applicable to all accounting periods beginning on or after 1st January 2019), (The SORP), published by the Charity Commission in England & Wales (CCEW) , and under the historical cost convention and the accounting policies set out on page 17.

Respective responsibilities of the Trustees and the Independent Examiner and the basis of the report

As described on page 8, you, the charitable company's Trustees, who are also the Directors of the Company for the purposes of Company law, are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the Companies Act 2006, the Charities Act 2011 and all other applicable law and with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice, applicable to smaller entities, and for being satisfied that the financial statements give a true and fair view.

The Trustees consider that the audit requirement of Section 144(1) of the Charities Act 2011 (the Act) does not apply, and that there is no requirement in the memorandum and articles of the charity for the conducting of an audit, and that the accounts do not require an audit in accordance with Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006 and that no member or members have requested an audit pursuant to Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006. As a consequence, the Trustees have elected that the financial statements be subject to independent examination.

Having satisfied myself that the financial statements are not required to be audited under any legal provision, or otherwise, and are eligible for independent examination, it is my responsibility to:-

a) examine the financial statements of the charity under Section 145 of the Act;

Basis of Independent Examiner's Statement and scope of work undertaken

I report in respect of my examination of the charity's financial statements carried out under s145 of the Act. In carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act setting out the duties of an independent examiner in relation to the conducting of an independent examination. An independent examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charitable company and of the accounting systems employed by the charitable company and a comparison of the financial statements presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the financial statements, and seeking explanations from you, as Trustees, concerning such matters. The purpose of the examination is to establish as far as possible that there have been no breaches of charity legislation and that, on a test basis of evidence relevant to the amounts and disclosures made, the financial statements comply with the SORP.

The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and information supplied by the Trustees in the course of the examination is not subjected to audit tests or enquiries and does not cover all the matters that an auditor would consider in arriving at an opinion. The planning and conduct of an audit goes beyond the limited assurance that an independent examination can provide

Consequently, I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the financial statements, and in particular, I express no opinion as to whether the financial statements give a true and fair view of the affairs of the charity, and my report is limited to the matters set out in the statement below.

I planned and performed my examination so as to satisfy myself that the objectives of the independent examination are achieved and before finalising the report I obtained written assurances from the Trustees of all material matters.

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Independent Examiner's Statement, Report and Opinion

Subject to the limitations upon the scope of my work as detailed above, I have completed my examination: and can confirm that:-

The accounts of this charitable company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006;

This is a report in respect of an examination carried out under 145 of the Act and in accordance with Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act which may be applicable;

and that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:-

accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by Section 386 of the Companies Act 2006 and Section 130 of The Charities Act 2011;

the financial statements do not accord with those records; or

the financial statements do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in section 396 of the Companies Act 2006 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair' view, which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination;

have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles set out in the FRS 102 SORP (Statement of Recommended Practice for Accounting and Reporting by Charities) 2019, applicable to all accounting periods beginning on or after 1st January 2019), (The SORP).

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the financial statements to be reached.

Signed:-

Matthew Brown - Independent Examiner CIPFA

Bluecoat Chambers College Lane Liverpool L1 3BZ

This report was signed on 18 February 2025

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Liverpool Irish Festival - Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 December 2024

Statement of Financial Activities (including the Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended 31 December 2024, as required by the Companies Act 2006)

Current year
Unrestricted
Funds
2024
£
Income & Endowments from:
Donations & Legacies
A1
56,636
Charitable activities
A2
6,097
Total income
A
62,733
Expenditure on:
Charitable activities
B2
79,647
Total expenditure
B
79,647
Net income for the year
(16,914)
Net income after transfers
A-B-C
(16,914)
(16,914)
Reconciliation of funds:-
E
Total funds brought forward
17,451
Total funds carried forward
537
SORP
Ref
Net movement in funds		 Current year
Restricted
Funds
2024
£
69,292
-
69,292
88,655
88,655
(19,363)
(19,363)
(19,363)
42,640
23,277		 Current year
Total Funds
2024
£
125,928
6,097
132,025
168,302
168,302
(36,277)
(36,277)
(36,277)
60,091
23,814		 Prior Year
Total Funds
2023
£
101,516
6,776
108,292
111,641
111,641
(3,349)
(3,349)
(3,349)
63,440
60,091

The 'SORP Ref' indicated above is the classification of income set out in the formal SORP documents. As required by paragraph 4.60 of the SORP, the brought forward and carried forward funds above have been agreed to the Balance Sheet.

A separate Statement of Total Recognised Gains and Losses is not required as this statement includes all recognised gains and losses.

All activities derive from continuing operations

The notes attached on pages 17 to 26 form an integral part of these accounts.

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Liverpool Irish Festival - Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 December 2024

Liverpool Irish Festival - Analysis of prior year total funds, as required by paragraph 4.2 of the SORP

Income & Endowments from:
Donations & Legacies
A1
Charitable activities
A2
Investments
A4
Other
A5
Total income
A
Expenditure on:
Raising funds
B1
Charitable activities
B2
Tax on surplus on ordinary activit
B3
Other taxation
B3
Total expenditure
B
B4
Net income for the year
Transfers between funds
C
Net income after transfers
Reconciliation of funds:-
E
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward
Net movement in funds
SORP
Ref
Net gains on investments		 Prior Year
Unrestricted
Funds
2023
£
23,847
6,776
-
-
30,623
-
68,157
-
-
68,157
-
(37,534)
-
(37,534)
(37,534)
57,403
19,869

 Prior Year
Restricted
Funds
2023
£
77,669
-
-
-
-
77,669
-
41,066
-
-
41,066
-
36,603
-
36,603
36,603
6,037
42,640		 Prior Year
Total Funds
2023
£
101,516
6,776
-
-
108,292
-
111,641
-
-
111,641
-
(3,349)
-
(3,349)
(3,349)
63,440
60,091

All activities derive from continuing operations

A separate Statement of Total Recognised Gains and Losses is not required as this statement includes all recognised gains and losses.'

The notes attached on pages 17 to 26 form an integral part of these accounts.

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Liverpool Irish Festival - Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 December 2024

Movements in revenue and capital funds for the year ended 31 December 2024

Revenue accumulated funds

Unrestricted
Funds
2024
£
Accumulated funds brought forward
17,451
(16,914)
537
Closing revenue funds
537
Summary of funds
Unrestricted
and
Designated funds
2024
£
Revenue accumulated funds
537
Recognised gains and losses before
transfers		 Restricted
Funds
2024
£
42,640
(19,363)
23,277
23,277
Restricted
Funds
2024
£
23,277		 Total
Funds
2024
£
60,091
(36,277)
23,814
23,814
Total
Funds
2024
£
23,814		 Last year
Total Funds
2023
£
63,440
(3,349)
60,091
60,091
Last Year
Total Funds
2023
£
60,091

The notes attached on pages 17 to 26 form an integral part of these accounts.

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Liverpool Irish Festival - Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 December 2024

Liverpool Irish Festival

Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended 31 December 2024 as required by the Companies Act 2006

Income
Income from operations
Gross income in the year before exceptional items
Gross income in the year including exceptional items
Expenditure
Charitable expenditure, excluding depreciation and amortisation
Governance costs
Interest payable
Realised losses on disposals of social investments which are programme related
Total expenditure in the year
Tax on surplus on ordinary activities
Retained surplus for the financial year
Net income after tax in the financial year
Net income before tax in the financial year
Investment income and interest		 2024
£
132,025
132,025
132,025
167,268
948
86
-
168,302
(36,277)
-
(36,277)
(36,277)		 2023
£
108,292
108,292
108,292
110,717
924
-
-
111,641
(3,349)
-
(3,349)
(3,349)

All activities derive from continuing operations

In accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act 2006, the headings and subheadings used in the Income and Expenditure account have been adapted to reflect the special nature of the charity's activities.

The notes attached on pages 17 to 26 form an integral part of these accounts.

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Liverpool Irish Festival - Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2024

SORP
Note Ref 2024 2023
£ £
Current assets B
Debtors 11 B2 5,671 777
Cash at bank and in hand B4 25,259 64,995
Total current assets 30,930 65,772
Creditors: amounts falling due within Creditors: amounts falling due within
one year 12 C1 (7,116) (5,681)
Net current assets 23,814 60,091
The total net assets of the charity 23,814 60,091
The total net assets of the charity are funded by the funds of the charity, as follows:- The total net assets of the charity are funded by the funds of the charity, as follows:- The total net assets of the charity are funded by the funds of the charity, as follows:- The total net assets of the charity are funded by the funds of the charity, as follows:- The total net assets of the charity are funded by the funds of the charity, as follows:-
Restricted funds
Restricted Revenue Funds 15 D2 23,277 42,640
Unrestricted Funds 23,277 42,640
Unrestricted Revenue Funds 15 D3 537 17,451
Designated Funds 537
-		 17,451
-
Total charity funds 23,814 60,091

The 'SORP Ref' indicated above is the classification of Balance Sheet items as set out in the formal SORP documents. As required by paragraph 4.60 of the SORP, the brought forward and carried forward funds above have been agreed to the SOFA..

The directors are satisfied that the company is entitled to exemption from the requirement to obtain an audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Act.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts. The charity is subject to Independent Examination under charity legislation, and the report of the Independent Examiner is on page 11.

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions in Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006. applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

DR ANN HOSKINS Trustee Approved by the board of trustees on 18 February 2025

The notes attached on pages 17 to 26 form an integral part of these accounts.

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Liverpool Irish Festival

Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2024

1 Accounting policies

Policies relating to the production of the accounts.

Basis of preparation and accounting convention

The accounts have been prepared on the accruals basis, under the historical cost convention, and in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard 102, (effective 1st January 2016) and 'FRS 102 SORP (Statement of Recommended Practice for Accounting and Reporting by Charities) 2019, applicable to all accounting periods beginning on or after 1st January 2019), (The SORP), published by the Charity Commission in England & Wales (CCEW) , and in accordance with all applicable law in the charity's jurisdiction of registration, except that the charity has prepared the financial statements in accordance with the FRS 102 SORP (Statement of Recommended Practice for Accounting and Reporting by Charities) 2019, applicable to all accounting periods beginning on or after 1st January 2019), (The SORP), in preference to the previous SORP, the SORP 2005, which has been withdrawn, notwithstanding the fact that the extant statutory regulations, the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 refer explicitly to the SORP 2005. This has been done to accord with current best practice.

Going Concern

The charitable activities are entirely dependent on continuing grant aid and voluntary donations as well as trading revenues. As a consequence, the going concern basis is dependent on the future flow of these uncertain funding streams. Accordingly, the Trustees have obtained forecasts and, after reviewing the financial forecasts for future periods to 31 December 2025, the Trustees are satisfied that, at the time of approving the financial statements, it is appropriate to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements. Other than these matters, the Trustees are not aware of any material uncertainites about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Risks and future assumptions

The charity is a public benefit entity.

Debtors

Debtors are measured at their recoverable amounts at the balance sheet date.

Creditors and provisions

Creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade

discounts due.

Financial instruments including cash and bank balances

Bank balances, whether in credit or overdrawn, are shown at the amounts properly reconciled to the bank statements.

Fund Accounting

Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity.

There are no designated funds.

Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure imposed by the donor or through the terms of an appeal or as implied by law.

There are no endowment funds.

17

Liverpool Irish Festival

Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2024

2 Liability to taxation

The Trustees consider that the charity satisfies the tests set out in Paragraph 1 Schedule 6 of the Finance Act 2010 for UK corporation tax purposes. Accordingly, the Charity is potentially exempt from taxation in respect of income or capital gains received within categories covered by chapter 3 part 11 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 or Section 256 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992, to the extent that such income or gains are applied exclusively on the specific charitable objects of the charity and for no other purpose. Value Added Tax is not recoverable by the charity, and is therefore included in the relevant costs in the Statement of Financial Activities.

3 Winding up or dissolution of the charity

If upon winding up or dissolution of the charity there remain any assets, after the satisfaction of all debts and liabilities, the assets represented by the accumulated fund shall be transferred to some other charitable body or bodies having similar objects to the charity.

4 Significance of financial instruments to the charity's position

There are no significant implications of such matters.

5 Net surplus before tax in the financial year

The net surplus before tax in the financial year is stated after charging:-
Pension costs
6
Interest payable
Interest payable		 2024
£
1,868
2024
£
86		 2023
£
1,367
2023
£
-

7 The contribution of volunteers

The charity depends on the support of its volunteers, which is much valued. The charity recruited 10 front-of-house volunteers in Oct 2024 who donated roughly 85 hours of time to #LIF2024 delivery. Our History Research Group (varying in size across the year between 7-10) delivered 485 hours and our artist's citizen groups submitted 66 hours. In addition, 27 people attended our Visioning Day (Feb 2024) giving 162 hours of time.Our Board have given at least 80 hours of volunteer time. Based on skilled rates of pay attracting c£25 per hour, we view this as a contribution of £21,950 (878 hours x £25). Without the help of volunteers, the Festival would need to find the equivalent of this to obtain similar services.

The arrangements with volunteers are difficult to value precisely in monetary terms. Volunteers agree to a code of conduct with us, but their contribution is not been recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities. The volunteers and the charity accept and agree that no contract of employment is created by these arrangements.

8 Staff costs and emoluments

Salary costs
Gross Salaries excluding trustees and key management personnel
Employer's National Insurance for all staff
Employer's operating costs of defined
contribution pension schemes
Total salaries, wages and related costs		 2024
£
62,264
2,337
1,868
66,469		 2023
£
45,580
349
1,367
47,296

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Liverpool Irish Festival

Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2024

The estimated full time equivalent number of all staff employed in the year was

The estimated full time equivalent number of all staff employed in the year was
1
The estimated equivalent number of full time staff deployed in different activities in the year :-
Engaged on charitable activities
1
The estimated full time equivalent number of all staff employed
1		 -
-
-

Neither the trustees nor any persons connected with them have received any remuneration from the charity or any related entity, either in the current or prior year.

The number of employees whose emoluments including taxable benefits but excluding employer's pension contributions fall into the following bands were :-

£60,001 to £70,000
Chief Executive Officer
The remuneration in the year year was
Pension contributions paid by the employer
Total remuneration package included in
total salaries above
Remuneration and payments to Trustees and persons connected with them
Deferred income - Unrestricted and Designated funds
Current Year
Opening
Released
Deferrals
from prior
years
£
£
Liverpool City Council CAIP
3,052
-
Total
3,052
-
These deferrals are included in creditors
No trustees or persons connected with them received any remuneration from the charity, or		 2024
2023
£
£
1
-
1
-
62,264
-
1,868
-
64,132
-
Received
Deferred
less released
at year end
in year
£
£
(3,052)
-
(3,052)
-
2024
2023
£
£
-
3,052
any related entity.

9 Remuneration and payments to Trustees and persons connected with them

10 Deferred income - Unrestricted and Designated funds

The deferrals included in creditors relate to funding specified by the funders as relating to specific periods and represent those parts of unrestricted funds which relate to periods subsequent to the accounting year end and are treated as grants in advance, or, alternatively, where there are conditions which must be fulfilled prior to entitlement or use of the unrestricted funds by the charity .

19

Liverpool Irish Festival

Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2024

11 Debtors

Trade debtors
Prepayments and accrued income		 2024
£
1,000
4,671
5,671		 2023
£
110
667
777

Included in accrued income is amount of £3950 from Liverpool BID Company Limited for undertaking a series of Liverpool Irish Famine Trail walks around the city. The total grant award is £5000 with £1050 more of costs to complete.

12 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Accruals
Deferred Income - Unrestricted & designated funds
PAYE, NIC VAT and other taxes
Other creditors		 2024
£
5,743
-
1,373
-
7,116		 2023
£
440
3,052
1,774
415
5,681

13 Related party transactions

There were no transactions with related parties in the year.

14 Particulars of how particular funds are represented by assets and liabilities

At 31 December 2024
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
At 1 January 2024
Current Assets
Current Liabilities		 Unrestricted
funds
£
7,653
(7,116)
537
Unrestricted
funds
£
23,132
(5,681)
17,451		 Designated
funds
£
-
-
Designated
funds
£
-
-
-		 Restricted
funds
£
23,277
-
23,277
Restricted
funds
£
42,640
-
42,640		 Total
Funds
£
30,930
(7,116)
23,814
Total
Funds
£
65,772
(5,681)
60,091

15 Change in total funds over the year as shown in Note 14 , analysed by individual funds

Unrestricted and designated funds:-
Unrestricted Revenue Funds
Total unrestricted and designated funds		 Funds brought
forward from
2023
£
17,451
17,451		 Movement in
funds in 2024
See Note 16
£
(16,914)
(16,914)		 £
-
-
Transfers
between
funds in 2024		 Funds carried
forward to
2025
£
537
537

20

Liverpool Irish Festival

Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2024

Restricted funds:-

Irish Government Emigrant Support Programme
National Lottery Heritage Fund
Total restricted funds
Total charity funds		 6,340
36,300
42,640
60,091		 5,000
(24,363)
(19,363)
(36,277)		 -
-
-
-		 11,340
11,937
23,277
23,814

16 Analysis of movements in funds over the year as shown in Note 15

Unrestricted and designated funds:-
Unrestricted Revenue Funds
Restricted funds:-
Irish Government Emigrant Support Programme
National Lottery Heritage Fund		 Income
2024
£
62,733
29,456
39,836
132,025		 Expenditure
2024
£
(79,647)
(24,456)
(64,199)
(168,302)		 Other
Gains &
Losses
2024
£
-
-
-
-		 Movement
in funds
2024
£
(16,914)
5,000
(24,363)
(36,277)

17 The purposes for which the funds as detailed in note 15 are held by the charity are:-

Unrestricted and designated funds:-

Unrestricted Revenue Funds

These funds are held for the meeting the objectives of the charity, and to provide reserves for future activities, and , subject to charity legislation, are free from all restrictions on their use.

Restricted funds:-

Irish Government Emigrant Support Programme

National Lottery Heritage Fund

The Irish Government's 2024 Emigrant Support Programme contributes to four areas of work: #LIF2024 (£12,680), Festival Support (£10,000), #CCEN (£2,000) and Liverpool Irish Famine Trail (£5,000). Each is seen as a contribution to these areas.

Project NM-23-00200 was awarded for the development of the Liverpool Irish Famine Trail , specifically an app, a book, a series of digital assets, the maintenance o the History Research Group and their training as well as ongoing administrative needs to service the project.

18 Ultimate controlling party

The charity is under the control of its legal members.

Every member of the charity is obliged to contribute such amount as may be required not exceeding £5 to the assets of the company in the event of its being wound up while he or she is a member, or within one year after he or she ceases to be a member.

21

Liverpool Irish Festival

Detailed analysis of income and expenditure for the year ended 31 December 2024 as required by the SORP 2015

This analysis is classsified by conventional nominal descriptions and not by activity.

19 Donations, Grants and Legacies

Donations and gifts from individuals
Small donations individually less than £1000
Total public sector revenue grants
Liverpool City Council CAIP
Total donations and gifts from
individuals
Revenue grants from government and
public bodies
National Lottery Heritage Fund
Irish Government Emigrant Support
Programme 2024-25
Northern Consulate's Strategic Diaspora
Fund
Irish Government Emigrant Support
Programme 2023-24
Plus Dane Foundation
Tourism Ireland
Liverpool Great HU LGHC		 Current year
Unrestricted
Funds
2024
£
6,631
1,000
5,000
3,500
16,131
Current year
Unrestricted
Funds
2024
£
23,399
-
-
-
11,656
35,055		 Current year
Restricted
Funds
2024
£
-
-
-
-
-
Current year
Restricted
Funds
2024
£
-
29,456
-
39,836
-
69,292		 Current year
Total Funds
2024
£
6,631
1,000
5,000
3,500
16,131
Current year
Total Funds
2024
£
23,399
29,456
-
39,836
11,656
104,347		 Prior Year
Total Funds
2023
£
1,000
-
-
2,500
3,500
Prior Year
Total Funds
2023
£
20,347
-
24,680
49,795
3,194
98,016

Revenue grants from government and public bodies - Prior Year analysis

Prior Year Prior Year
Unrestricted
Funds
2023
£
20,347		 Prior Year
Restricted
Funds
2023
£
77,669		 Prior Year
Total Funds
2023
£
98,016

22

Liverpool Irish Festival

Detailed analysis of income and expenditure for the year ended 31 December 2024 as required by the SORP 2015

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Current year Current year Current year Prior Year
Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds Total Funds
Funds Funds
2024 2024 2024 2023
£ £ £ £
Revenue grants and donations from
non public bodies
- -
Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services 1,500 1,500
- -
Total private sector revenue grants 5,450 5,450
Total Donations, Grants and Legacies
Total Donations, Grants and
A1 56,636 69,292 125,928 101,516
Legacies
Unrestricted Restricted Prior Year
Prior year Funds Funds Total Funds
2023 2023 2023
£ £ £
Total Donations, Grants and
A1 23,847 77,669 101,516
Legacies
20 Income from charitable activities - Trading Activities
Current year Current year Current year Current year Prior Year
Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds Total funds
Funds Funds
2024 2024 2024 2023
£ £ £ £
Primary purpose and ancillary trading
Event and merchandise income 6,097 - 6,097 6,776
Total Primary purpose and ancillary -
6,097 6,097 6,776
trading
21 Total Income from charitable activities
Current year Current year Current year Prior Year
Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Total Funds
Current year Funds Funds
2024 2024 2024 2023
£ £ £ £
-
Total income from charitable trading 6,097 6,097 6,776
Total from charitable activities 6,097 - 6,097 6,776
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23

Liverpool Irish Festival

Detailed analysis of income and expenditure for the year ended 31 December 2024 as required by the SORP 2015

22 Expenditure on charitable activities - Direct spending

Current Year
Total direct spending
B2a
All the expenditure in the prior year was unrestricted.
Prior Year
Total direct spending
B2a
Freelance festival director
Defined contribution pension costs -
charitable activities
Festival and event expenses
Research and evaluation
Employers' NI - Charitable activities
Gross wages and salaries - charitable
activities
Research and evaluation
Freelance festival director
Festival and event expenses
Gross wages and salaries - charitable
activities		 Current year
Unrestricted
Funds
2024
£
55,014
2,337
1,868
-
10,004
1,652
70,875
Prior Year
Unrestricted
Funds
2023
£
40,650
5,245
779
14,288
62,678		 Current year
Restricted
Funds
2024
£
7,250
-
-
14,204
53,239
13,962
88,655
Prior Year
Restricted
Funds
2023
£
4,930
8,565
18,500
9,071
41,066		 Current year
Total Funds
2024
£
62,264
2,337
1,868
14,204
63,243
15,614
159,530
Prior Year
Total Funds
2023
£
45,580
13,810
19,279
23,359
103,744		 Prior Year
Total Funds
2023
£
45,580
349
1,367
13,810
19,279
23,359
103,744

23 Expenditure on charitable activities - Charitable trading

Current Year
Reallocated from support costs
Total charitable expenses
B2b		 Current year
Unrestricted
Funds
2024
£
7,824
7,824		 Current year
Restricted
Funds
2024
£
-
-		 Current year
Prior Year
Total Funds
Total Funds
2024
2023
£
£
7,824
6,973
7,824
6,973

24

Liverpool Irish Festival

Detailed analysis of income and expenditure for the year ended 31 December 2024 as required by the SORP 2015

24 Support costs for charitable activities

24 Support costs for charitable activities
Current year Current year Current year Prior Year
Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds Total Funds
Current Year Funds Funds
2024 2024 2024 2023
£ £ £ £
Employee costs not included in direct costs
Travel and subsistence - staff 51 - 51 44
Premises Expenses
Rent and parking space 4,416 - 4,416 4,253
Administrative overheads
Telephone, fax and internet 259 - 259 252
Subscriptions and software licences 1,516 - 1,516 960
Insurance 1,125 - 1,125 615
Website and domain costs 96 - 96 591
Professional fees paid to the Auditor or Independent Examiner in addition to audit and examination
fees
As detailed in Note 25 174 - 174 216
Financial costs
Bank charges 101 - 101 42
Interest payable 86 - 86 -
Support costs before reallocation 7,824 - 7,824 6,973
Less support costs reallocated to specific activities
To charitable activities (7,824) - (7,824) (6,973)
**25 ** Other Expenditure - Governance costs
Current Year Current year
Unrestricted
Funds		 Current year
Restricted
Funds		 Current year
Total Funds		 Prior Year
Total Funds
Independent Examiner's fees 2024
£
948		 2024
£
-		 2024
£
948		 2023
£
924
Total Governance costs 948 - 948 924

25

Liverpool Irish Festival

Detailed analysis of income and expenditure for the year ended 31 December 2024 as required by the SORP 2015

Current year
Current year
Current year
Prior Year
Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
Total Funds
Total Funds
2024
2024
2024
2023
£
£
£
£
Other financial services
174
-
174
216
Total additional fees included in
support costs at Note 24
174
-
174
216
Prior Year
Prior Year
Prior Year
Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
Total Funds
2023
2023
2023
£
£
£
26 Total Charitable expenditure
Current year
Current year
Current year
Prior Year
Current Year
Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
Total Funds
Total Funds
2024
2024
2024
2023
£
£
£
£
Total direct spending
B2a
70,875
88,655
159,530
103,744
Total charitable expenses
B2b
7,824
-
7,824
6,973
Total Governance costs
B2e
948
-
948
924
Total charitable expenditure
B2
79,647
88,655
168,302
111,641
Prior Year
Prior Year
Prior Year
Prior Year
Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
Total Funds
2023
2023
2023
£
£
£
Total direct spending
B2a
62,678
41,066
103,744
Total charitable expenses
B2b
6,973
-
6,973
Total support costs
B2d
(2,418)
-
-
Total Governance costs
B2e
924
-
924
Total charitable expenditure
B2
68,157
41,066
111,641
Professional fees paid to the Auditor or Independent Examiner in addition to audit and examination
fees		 Current year
Current year
Current year
Prior Year
Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
Total Funds
Total Funds
2024
2024
2024
2023
£
£
£
£
Other financial services
174
-
174
216
Total additional fees included in
support costs at Note 24
174
-
174
216
Prior Year
Prior Year
Prior Year
Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
Total Funds
2023
2023
2023
£
£
£
26 Total Charitable expenditure
Current year
Current year
Current year
Prior Year
Current Year
Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
Total Funds
Total Funds
2024
2024
2024
2023
£
£
£
£
Total direct spending
B2a
70,875
88,655
159,530
103,744
Total charitable expenses
B2b
7,824
-
7,824
6,973
Total Governance costs
B2e
948
-
948
924
Total charitable expenditure
B2
79,647
88,655
168,302
111,641
Prior Year
Prior Year
Prior Year
Prior Year
Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
Total Funds
2023
2023
2023
£
£
£
Total direct spending
B2a
62,678
41,066
103,744
Total charitable expenses
B2b
6,973
-
6,973
Total support costs
B2d
(2,418)
-
-
Total Governance costs
B2e
924
-
924
Total charitable expenditure
B2
68,157
41,066
111,641
Professional fees paid to the Auditor or Independent Examiner in addition to audit and examination
fees		 Current year
Current year
Current year
Prior Year
Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
Total Funds
Total Funds
2024
2024
2024
2023
£
£
£
£
Other financial services
174
-
174
216
Total additional fees included in
support costs at Note 24
174
-
174
216
Prior Year
Prior Year
Prior Year
Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
Total Funds
2023
2023
2023
£
£
£
26 Total Charitable expenditure
Current year
Current year
Current year
Prior Year
Current Year
Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
Total Funds
Total Funds
2024
2024
2024
2023
£
£
£
£
Total direct spending
B2a
70,875
88,655
159,530
103,744
Total charitable expenses
B2b
7,824
-
7,824
6,973
Total Governance costs
B2e
948
-
948
924
Total charitable expenditure
B2
79,647
88,655
168,302
111,641
Prior Year
Prior Year
Prior Year
Prior Year
Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
Total Funds
2023
2023
2023
£
£
£
Total direct spending
B2a
62,678
41,066
103,744
Total charitable expenses
B2b
6,973
-
6,973
Total support costs
B2d
(2,418)
-
-
Total Governance costs
B2e
924
-
924
Total charitable expenditure
B2
68,157
41,066
111,641
Professional fees paid to the Auditor or Independent Examiner in addition to audit and examination
fees		 Current year
Current year
Current year
Prior Year
Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
Total Funds
Total Funds
2024
2024
2024
2023
£
£
£
£
Other financial services
174
-
174
216
Total additional fees included in
support costs at Note 24
174
-
174
216
Prior Year
Prior Year
Prior Year
Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
Total Funds
2023
2023
2023
£
£
£
26 Total Charitable expenditure
Current year
Current year
Current year
Prior Year
Current Year
Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
Total Funds
Total Funds
2024
2024
2024
2023
£
£
£
£
Total direct spending
B2a
70,875
88,655
159,530
103,744
Total charitable expenses
B2b
7,824
-
7,824
6,973
Total Governance costs
B2e
948
-
948
924
Total charitable expenditure
B2
79,647
88,655
168,302
111,641
Prior Year
Prior Year
Prior Year
Prior Year
Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
Total Funds
2023
2023
2023
£
£
£
Total direct spending
B2a
62,678
41,066
103,744
Total charitable expenses
B2b
6,973
-
6,973
Total support costs
B2d
(2,418)
-
-
Total Governance costs
B2e
924
-
924
Total charitable expenditure
B2
68,157
41,066
111,641
Professional fees paid to the Auditor or Independent Examiner in addition to audit and examination
fees		 Current year
Current year
Current year
Prior Year
Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
Total Funds
Total Funds
2024
2024
2024
2023
£
£
£
£
Other financial services
174
-
174
216
Total additional fees included in
support costs at Note 24
174
-
174
216
Prior Year
Prior Year
Prior Year
Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
Total Funds
2023
2023
2023
£
£
£
26 Total Charitable expenditure
Current year
Current year
Current year
Prior Year
Current Year
Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
Total Funds
Total Funds
2024
2024
2024
2023
£
£
£
£
Total direct spending
B2a
70,875
88,655
159,530
103,744
Total charitable expenses
B2b
7,824
-
7,824
6,973
Total Governance costs
B2e
948
-
948
924
Total charitable expenditure
B2
79,647
88,655
168,302
111,641
Prior Year
Prior Year
Prior Year
Prior Year
Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
Total Funds
2023
2023
2023
£
£
£
Total direct spending
B2a
62,678
41,066
103,744
Total charitable expenses
B2b
6,973
-
6,973
Total support costs
B2d
(2,418)
-
-
Total Governance costs
B2e
924
-
924
Total charitable expenditure
B2
68,157
41,066
111,641
Professional fees paid to the Auditor or Independent Examiner in addition to audit and examination
fees

26