REGISTERED CHARtrY NtJMBEIL. 1100208 Re rtofthe t¢es and naudited FAnallcl*l Ststerne￿ts frtyr e Year Knded 31 March 2025 for IAme8toft Sh mobili C[￿￿[NGHAI￿s Nuthr SiKty One Alexandra Road Lowestoft StdYo]k NR32 IPL Contents ￿r tILe FlnantS81 S men13 for the Ye*r Ended 31 Mareh 21125 Page R¢port of the Trn Indepenrtent Examlner'8 Report REceipts aDd Payments AceoNnt St4temeknt of 2ts6ets amd Li*biiitt ote8 to the FIAanclal StstsmeMI8 Detgiied Statement of Finsneiai Atliwtts io Lowestoft Sho mobai Re rt of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 %14r¢h 2 The ttvstees presenttheir rewrtwith the financial statements of the charity for the yur ell￿ed 31 March 2025. OBJECTIVES AI¥D ACTtIqTIES Objeetlves and aim$ To pro￿the the wclfare oAd itrlq)ertdence ofpersons withiowaited ]nobi]xry inthetownof h)weS￿and inthe Waveney Dtstrict by.. (sl Pmviding for hire or103th dectri¢ and mmual wheelchatrs and scooters to enable a¢ca%s to tbc sbops, businesses and plac¢8 of interest in Lrtft and its ¢nviTQDS. (b)PToJJ￿t￿llg of acce5Sto local faciLities thtough proTrtsion ofdireKtseTrice5 and throughworkillgwith other gmups andorÉaAi8ations to improve local budt attdattitudin81 ellvitonn￿llL Itt plarniryour activities forthe yearwekeptin mind thc Charity CoEDmission's8uidanR on pubIicbenefit atour trugt¢e meeting8. Page I Jnobili Re rt of the Tryfj¢ for the Yegr EDded 31 Marth 202 ACHIEVEMENf AND PERFORMANCE ChArit*bl¢ Activltiey Since our beg1t￿ill85 in 1996, we knY¢ had 23.454 hires, with 687 l&qt year rn]ucin8 to 586 this year. The rethiction of 101 has been caused by two things'.- First of all, we lost our oUt￿a¢h serytce in Southwold. ￿.hell David and Peijny Balls who ran the Boating Lake Café d¢cided to IEtire. We wtt¢ so gwefvl for ajl the help they bave given ￿ over th¢ y¢ws alld Thli8¢ that th¢y have truly egmed theirTetirenLenL This ODtreacbregu]arlv rcsulted in £3,0(K) Profit for Low68toft Shopmobility. Unfortu￿telY, th¢ newpeople who took over tbe Boating Lake Café decided that they could not tske on the Outrea¢h senTi¢e at all. We do still have a few Custotllets who stay in SouQNTold, but they h8ve w eith¢r pick up tbe scooters from us in I￿￿ethft or pay foT US to tralls￿rt them to Southwold for thon. Th¢ days of 10all￿ out wheElcbairs or sCOQteTS for day use has FJni8hed. We tried man). plaGts ts) see if they wouId take over the 8¢rvi¢4 butn¢)ryone was willing. Then after Chri8ttw 2024, Pak¢fi¢ld Holiday P4At (wbich used to be Pontins) closod to Visitors. We had mHny visitor5 to this holiday venue. and we bad SC￿te[S 8OiD8 QUI on & wE¢kly basis from Eastw to October and beyond. AgaitL, tbis service￿ed tr> gett￿tte ￿ incorn¢ of arouDd £3,(K)O profit forLowestoft Shopmobilitv. The reason given forthis closure was that Sizewell were tskitig iton to house the w0￿er$ whowill Ix moviDg into the aTea to buildiiLetr facility. Wc dot)'t know now whethcrthis is goiDg to happe4 a5 the VenUereDnit￿ ¢lose& Sizew'ell didpn)nhise thar if any firms orchaTiti¢s were impacted by ttkeir devekipment. they would receive a grdlll but even though we discussed this thenL they refused to heIp u8 saying we syere outside their area. Some ofthe customers which ￿ed to go there have changed to other holidayvenue5 the ￿ea. but wehave lost the I￿J0r¢ty. We know thai we now do more forvisitors to the town than for It￿1 p￿pIe. fnis all helps tourisllL iti the #Ad gddg the local ¢conomy, it is different than the sup￿1 of knal ]wle with disabilities V4hich was ow original aim. Our local nwmberthip has reduced as WEIL aDd we OlllyhaNr 13 pwpl¢ locally wbo regul￿lY use our servic¢. We would ttot want to change allythillg though, &8 we get ￿ lov¢ly ill our aTrllual User survey from visitors who we our service. 5QQ/o of tiKm say they would not come to Low&stoft for a holiday if it was not for ow serri¢e. Using a mobility Scooter or a power￿ wbeel¢h8ir to get out ond 81)oth helps people in Inany ways. It in￿eSses th¢ir independmce and over¢om&8 feelings of igolation. It belps both ph}.81￿1]Y and mentally. It ¢nable5 thcin kn do things which otber people take for grdlltr￿ like doing their owrk shoppittg. visittng the Bank or th¢ Post oifi¢e, going to the hairdre8ser8 orh&vin8 a ¢offe¢ aud ¢Ak¢ vdith frietsd5. W¢atc the onlyp]aee in town wheJE someone hirt a whe¢lehair or a sctsoter, so if Someone breaks a l¢g or has bad operation aLd is finding 1¢ dxffi¢ult to get abouL ￿ell just because of adv*mcl￿ yeaTS. they can com¢ to U8. In Mawh 2025 we iwl 3) mobility S£￿ter4 4 powered wheelchairs 8lld 19 moThual wheelchairs. We were soryy to 108e 00¢ of our IoDgv8tanding trustees in July 2024. as Moya Atmes bad kEn on the co]llmitt¢¢ since Lowestoft Shopmobility began in 1996 and we thank h¢rverymuch for all th¢ time shekn ￿vell to the charity. We have bad the d41dition oltbree new I[￿￿tee5 since July 2024 as you Can see fn)m the list on the nextWl8¢. We members of Shopmobility UK who give us their awreditsiion and sup1￿rt us wiib & monthly llewsl¢tter. Thcy publici3ed the Swotsaf¢ Day. which we held tn March last yeararml which we Bre goiDg to do again on the I Ith of July this year, wiih thehelp ofEast Suffo]kCoED￿unllleSTearn, th¢Poli¢< Disability Ad￿C¢NorthEaSt SE￿01￿ tbe W&Yeney Disability Forntn and "Freedorn. who servAce all of our s¢we8toft Shopjllobility (thc Trtts) for the year ended 31 March 2025. Responslblutles IM8ts of report As the charity trnstee8 of the Trust you are responstble for th¢ preparation of the a¢¢ount8 in Accordance with the requireRnents of the Charkties Act 2011 fthe Art). I re￿rt in resp£ct of tny ￿2￿]nation of the frusvs ac£owJts Carried out under Section 145 of th¢ Aci and in carrjillg out y awn]￿ti0ll I have followed all applicable DIre￿I0￿S given by the Cbarity Commission ￿der S¢¢tion 1451illb) of the Act. Independent exa]tLIDer'& 5taÉement I have completed my examination. I confmn that no marerial ma¢Ters bave to my attEntion in collnection with the examin8tson givingme cause to believe that iti any matuial respccL' oumttng records were notkept in Tespect of the Trustas T￿Ired by Secrion 130 of theAc¢ or the ?ccouDts do not &ccord with those records" or the &¢counts dollot con)ply with the 8pplicablerequirements conc¢m1￿ the form content of aLeounts setout in the CIEariticB (Accoullts ￿dReports) Regulations 21MJ8 othertban alry￿qUIrement thattkne accounts 8ive a true and fai¥ vi¢w which is not a Dwtter con5id¢red as partof an ind¢pendent examin&tion. I bave no ¢on¢erns and have com¢ DO otheTWattm in wnn¢¢tion with th¢ ¢x8minati(m to which attention should be drawn in this T¢POrt in ordu to enable a properunderstandiDg of the al￿v￿￿ io be reathed. Ms Rach61 Garllham CUN.NINGHAMS Number Sixty One Aloxandra Road Lowestoft Suffojk NR32 IPL -.2025 Page 4 fts mob Recel ts And Pa ccounts for the YeAr nded 31 Marcb 202S 31.325 Total 31.324 Tot81 fimd UDr&5tricted Restricted Notr REcEiFrs GIants aud douations 1.363 1,363 13.614 Operating aCti￿tieS luvestsnent 46.105 46,105 2.130 46,543 Totsl 62.150 PAYMENTS Ch8ritabl¢ x¢tii'ltifs Charitable a¢tivitie8 NET INCOTriE 2J75 2,575 15,526 RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS Total futth brought fo￿rd 60,913 60,913 45J87 TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 60 The following grALts were received: Kirkley Poor's Trust The notrs fornipart ofthe5e fiDSllCi81 st&tem¢ots Pag¢ 5 tstemeDt of Assets IA# I_IIAr¢h 2025 31.325 31.3.24 FIXED ASSETS Ass¢ts retslnèd for cbarlty'g w¢ Laptop coIuputer, exts8 8¢reen attdprinter Photocopier Cash drawer aod safe Key safe Office Equipmettl 35 roobility scooters 4 pow¢rchair8 19 m￿lla1 wheelchairs 5 Rollator8 2 Tri.walkers CASH FLryDS: COIF account Barclays ¢uttent ac¢ouo* 45,115 18,373 42,986 17.927 TOTAL CASH FUhl)S OTHER ASSETS Shop stock 3,921 TOTAL ASSETS LIABILITIES Indep¢ndellt ¢xaminers f¢¢ 635 605 TiyfAL LIABILITIES All a&86ts and liabiliti¢s ttiatc to utwe6trided fimds. The fitjancial statements were approved by the Board of Tnkn al￿ auth0ri5ed for issue on 21y25 andwwe Sign￿ on its beba]f by: Mr H Abdiiliah- ThLStee The notes fomi wof these fitt8ncial statemellts Page 6 Sh Nots& to the FILandai St*temeDts for the Year Ended 31 hIarch 2112 AccouFrrtNG POLIC BASIS OF PBIPABJNG THE FINANCIAL STATEMENrs The finallei￿ statements of the eharity, wbich 18 a public benefit ¢ntity, hav¢ been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP. The fina￿1¥1 thteroents hAvebeenpre￿￿o under the ￿eipts and payM¢ry￿ basis. TAXATION The Charity is exempt from tax on its ¢hatikble activiiies. FtJND ACCOUYTING Unrestricted fun(ts catt be used in aCt0Td￿ce th< Ch￿1￿1¢ objectiv¢8 atthe dI￿retIOn of the trustees. REstricted fittLds call onlybG USEd forparti¢uiarTestricted pwseswithiu th¢ ObJ￿[S of the ¢b￿lty. Re6tri¢tions aTise when speeified by the ¢knw orwhen fimds are Tri5ed for partieu]ar restricod pwposes. Further vxplanatioTJ of thenature W￿vU￿￿)9e of each fimd is included in the notes to the fjnancial statements. OPERATLYG ACTivrrtKS 31.3.25 31.3.24 Hir¢ of ￿hl(l¢S oud wh¢¢lchair5 Sale of disability go(Kts Utilitie8Tefiu 40,130 5,975 39,059 7,029 455 INVESTMEIYT INCOME 31.3.25 31.3.24 Bafjk inter&%t 1.993 Pag¢ 7 continued... ftsho .Yoteg to the ThAndal Si*tements- tothued for the Y¢ar End 31 Marth 2025 TRUSTEFSI REMUNERATION BEhTI7ITS Th¢re werE no I￿Ste¢S, remuneration or other benefits for th¢ year ended 31 March 2025 nor for the year ended 31 March 2024. Net ovement in ￿lld5 At 31.3.25 At 1.4.24 UJwe5tdrted (knernl 60,913 2,575 65.488 TOTAL FUNDS 60,913 2,575 63.488 Net mov¢m¢nt in fwML8. iticl]]&d iti the ajme a￿ as follo tllcoming Resour¢es Moyement sll fut Unrestiicted furtds Genoral Lknd 49J98 (47,0231 2,575 TOTAL Fuf4DS 49 47 0231 comparativ￿ for movemenl Nei m0ven￿lt in funds At 31.3.24 At 1.4.23 Unrestrficted funds Getteral fulld 45,161 15,752 60,913 Restrlcted Lowestoft Town Council Central Etkgiemd tsop 225 (225) 226 226 TOTAL FIJTrIDS 45,387 15,526 Page 8 continued... I￿oft Sh Db Notrs to the Flnandal S￿teMents- c¥JMtlnued for the Year Ended 31_March 2025 IN FENDS. eoDtlnued Comparatiye net movement in fimd4 inchKl¢d inth¢ thbve are 88 follows: tn¢oming Resou￿e$ expended Mov¢menl in fvnd5 Unrestrlcted fonds Generdl fi￿d 60.150 (44J98) 15,752 Resii*ted funds Lx)we5toft Town CoutLciI Central England Cwp Suffolk cojnml￿ity FoUnd￿l0￿- David and Jill Fulld (225) {1) (225) {1) 226 TOTAL FUNDS 62.150 46,624 Des¢rlptlon, Datvre and purpose offan&. Lowestoft To￿ll Cowi¢ii Towards the costs of advertisitig n￿terial. Central EnglY4nd Crtrop Towards the G05ts of ¢qUiPULEnL Suffolk Community Foundation- D4vid & Jiti Fulld In rcspect of coping increa5itig core costs. RBLATED PARTY DISCLOSIFRES There were no Tela1￿ paty traWacti0￿ fortbe year ¢￿d￿j 31 NI8T¢h 2025. Page 9 CODtinu#(L.. Lowestofi mob"" tsikd &aÉem¢nt of FiD•ryl41 ctsvid¢s forthey rEn ed 31 hI4rtb 2025 31.3.25 31.3.24 INCOME AND Ef4DOMThIENTS Donatlons Donation5 GTauts 363 10,614 1.363 13,614 Opernting Aethltlej Hir¢ of v¢hicles al￿ whe¢]d￿l Sale of disability gocw Uti]itse8 rehmd 40,130 5,975 39.059 7,029 455 46.105 46,543 Investment Ineome Bank interest 2,130 Totsl Jneowlllg reiouree 49,598 62.150 Ch¥rit8ble 8¢tlviti Wages Insurance Utilities ' Scooter repaits and transwTrrt Goods for resde Property 6xpetts¢s 19.805 1.379 1.067 13,585 16,151 1,336 13,363 2,835 6.183 S,￿)0 43,957 43,214 Sllpport eogts M#nagem¢nt And adtllintstrautsn Offire Gogt5 &ud telephone 9un¢fries IndependeDt exanJI￿tiOnfee SubscriptioDS C&rdpro¢es8ing Charges 1,073 236 605 50 1133 394 576 50 257 3,066 Totsl resourtts expended Tr4et Income 15,526 This page do¢sllot fo￿ part of the 51atutory financial staternents Page IO