REGISTERED COMPAE4Y f4UMBCI R,. 05282509 (￿ngland and WAI￿}
RECISTICRED CHARITY NUMBLR,. 1107(I19
orto
the Trustees
Unaudlt¢d Flnan¢lal St&t¢rnents
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
for
TR
DAND
LOUCE
TER
MGB Accountants (SloE)ehou8e) Litllited
Suite 5, First Floor
The Counting House
Bond8 Mill Estate
Slonehou5e
Gloucestershire
GLIO 3RF

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Content8 of the Financial Statements
for the
ear ¢nded 31 March 2024
PAge
Reporl of ttse Trustee
ndependetLt Examiner's Report
StAt¢ment of Financial Activitie8
Balance Sheet
Note5 to th¢ Flnanelal Statements
Detalled Statement of FlnAttciAI Actlvlde5

ME-
TART STROUD AND GLOUCEI STER
ort of the Trustee5
ear ended 31 Mai'ch 2024
for the
The trustees wlio are al$0 diwlors of the cliarity for the puryose8 of the Companies Act 2￿6> present their report with the fin&n¢i&l
statements of Il)e ¢b￿lty foi. the year ond¢d 31 Ma￿h 2024. The trusl¢e8 have adopted the provL8Lons of Accounting and Reporting
by Charities.. Statement of Recottjmended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts irL accordance with th¢ Financial
RepoLI'ing St'andard applicable ID the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 1021 (effective l January 20191.
STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND LIIANAGEMENT
Grjvernlng document
Th¢ charity is ¢onlrolled by its governing documettl, a deed of trust, and constitutes a limited company. Limited by gLiaratkt¢¢, as
d¢fined by the Companies A¢t 2006.
REFERENCE AND ADMILYESTRATIVE DETAILS
Registered Company number
05282509 (England and Wales)
Regl8tered Charlty number
I I07019
Registsred offlce
Suites F&G, Tlie Wbeelliouse
Bonds Mill Estate
Stonehoiise
Gloucestershire
GLIO 3RF
Trll$tee5
Ms H Cuttild Ex-social Worker
Ms E Ewart.JaLffie8 Social Wortier
Ms B A Harney Retired
A R D L￿¢ Dir¢¢tor
C R Pascoe Project Manager
M5 P H Walker Teach¢r
Independent Kxqjniner
MGB Accounlanls (Slgnehouse) Limited
Suite 5. First Floor
The Col￿ting HOl￿e
Bonds Mill Estate
Stonehouse
Gloiicestershire
GLIO 3R
Approved by ord¢r ot th¢ b0￿d of tnislees on ..
and signed Qlk its behalf by..
Tnistee

Inde
endent Examiner's Re
ort to the Trustees or
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Independent ¢xamiDer's report to the trustees oCHome-Stsrl Stroud And Glou£ester ('th¢ Compally,)
I report to the chllrity trusle¢s on my examillation oFthe accounts of tlie Company fDr the year ended 31 March 2024.
ResponslbiIltles and basls of report
A5 the tharity's twstees of the Company land algo its directors for tl]e PUTposes of company law) you are iesponsible for the
preparation ofdie accounts in accordance with the reqiiirem¢t]ts of th¢ CoTnpanies Act 2006 ('Ihc 2006 Act'l.
Having satisfied Inyself that the a¢¢ounls of Ilie Company are not reqiiired to be aiidited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are
oligible foi independent examination, I report in respect of my exttminalion of your ¢h&iity's accouuts as carried out under Section
145 of the Charities Act 2011 ('the 2011 Act'l. In ¢anying out Jlly exaininalion I h&ve followed the Directions giv£n by the Charity
Commission Under Seotion 145{5) (b) of the 201 k Act.
Independent exAminer's stAtemellt
SinGe your charity's wss iiicome exceeded £250,000 your ex￿llin¢r must b¢ a LM¢mb¢r of a listed body. I can coiifimi that l am
qualified lo undertak¢ the examination because l am a member of the **ERROR - relev81)t professional body musl be completed**
which is one of Ibe listed bodie5.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have coine to my attention in connection with tl)e eX￿1￿￿tiOn ￿vIll8
me ¢8u$e to believe..
acwunting records were not kept in resp¢¢t of th¢ Company &s r¢quired by S¢ctiot] 386 of tl]e 2006 Act. or
the accountg do not accord with those records,. or
the accounts do ftot comply WLth the accounting reqiiiT¢tnenls of Section 396 of the 2006 Act otlier than any requirement thRt
the accounts give a true and fair wl]i¢h is not a matter considered as part of an independent ¢x&miThation', or
the accounts li&ve not been prepai'¢d in wcordance with the methods and principles of th¢ Statement of Recommended
Practice for accounting and ieporting by ¢hariti¢s (applicable lo ch￿'ItieS prepariiig their awount$ Ill accordance with the
Financia] R¢porting Stkmdard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)).
I have llo ¢4)ncems and b&ve come ￿[0￿$ no other matters in Collnection with the eAaminatioii to wliich attet)tion should be drawn in
this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the account8 to be reached.
MGB ACCOUNTANTS STONEHOUSE LIMITED
MGB Accountants {Stonehoii8¢) Limited
Suite 5, First Floor
The Counting House
Bonds Mill Eslale
Ston¢hous¢
Glou¢estthshire
GLIO 3RF
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Statem
for the
nt
Financial Aetivities
ear ended 31 Mareli 2024
2024
Total
funds
2023
Ttslal
funds
Notes
INCOMIING RESOURCES FROM
Donations and restricted fvnd8
368,118
381,067
Flmdraising aclLVLlies
Investment income
Other ittcome
15,648
4,990
300
11,543
1,798
loo
Total
389056
394,508
EXPENDITURE ON
Other
400,273
359311
NET INCOMEI(EXPENDITURE)
(IL,217)
35,197
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total funds bmught torward
105.032
69,835
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD
105 032
The notes forni part of these financi&l statements

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Balanee Sheet
31 March 2024
2024
Total
ftind8
2023
Total
fiLThds
Notes
FIXED ASSETS
Tattgible assets
4.049
5,398
CURREI NT ASSEI TS
Debtors
Cash Mt ballk &nd in b&nd
20,082
99,646
22,286
103,854
119,728
126,140
CREDITORS
Amoiints falling dlie wilbin one year
(27,0311
(23,575)
NET CURRENT ASSETS
92,697
102 565
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES
96,746
107,963
CRED￿oRs
Amounts falling diie after more than one year
10
(2,931)
(2,931)
NET ASSETS
93,815
105,032
FUNDS
Unreslricled funds
12
93,815
105.032
TOTAL FUNDS
105 032
Th¢ chatitable compally is entitled to exemption frotn audit linder Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended
31 Mar¢h 2024,
The members have not reqiiired the eompally Lo obtain an alidit of it8 fLnanGLal gt&lemenls for th¢ year ¢n<kd 31 March 2024 in
accordance witlL Section 476 of the Cornpatties Act 2006.
The trust¢es acknowledge th¢ir responsibilities for
(a)
engurillg tlui lh¢ Gharitabl$ COLffipany keeps accounting ie¢oi'ds that comply with Sections 386 Lllld 387 of the CoLnpanies Act
2006 and
preparing finm¢ial slatemet]Is which give a tnLe and fair view of the stale of affairs of the ¢huitablo coinpany as at the end
of each finan¢ial year and of ils surpllls or deficit for each financi&l year in arxordan¢e with the requirements of Sections 394
and 395 and which oth¢tWi8e comply with the reqliire￿enlS ot the Companies A¢t 2006 relating to f￿a￿Cial statements, so
far as applicable to tbe charitable Company.
(b)
These ftnallcial 8tatements have been prepai'ed in accordance witb the pn)ViSiOllS applic&bLe to charitable companies subject lo the
smo11 con]panies regime.
Tbe f￿ancIaL statemeiits were approved by the B0￿d of Trustees and authorised for i55u¢ on
$igned oil its beballby..
. and w¢ie
Trustee
The notes forrn parl of these financial st&tements

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Note5 to the FlnAnclAI
t&t¢ments
for the
ear ended 31 MAreh 2024
AccouprriTriG POLICIEI S
B891s olpreparlng the fin￿¢1￿1 statemellts
The fitJan¢ial sl&tetllenls ol the charitable compmy. whioh is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared i
¢prdan¢e with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Ac¢oiinling and Reporting by Charities., Statement of Recominended
Pr8¢1iC¢ edpplicable lo charities preparing their aCCo￿ntS in ac¢ord&n¢e with the Finatteial Reporting Standard Applicable in
th¢ UK and Ropubli¢ of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective l January 20191,, Finan¢i81 Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial
Reporting Standard applicable the UIC aiid Republic of Ireland, and the Compaiii¢s Act 2006. The financial staternents
h&Ye been piepaLed ULider the historical Cost Convention.
Irt¢ome
All income is recognised in tho Stal¢mertl of FinanGial Activities Ollce th¢ ¢harity has enlitlemfflit lo the funds, il 18 probabl¢
that the income will b¢ 1¢¢oiv¢d und the amount can be measiired reliably,
Expendlture
Liabilities al-e recognised as expenditure &g sooii as ther¢ is & legal or constriictive obligation ¢ot)unitliThB the ¢l)Arily to that
expetsditure, il is probable that a transfer of ec4)nomic benefits will b¢ required its settlement and the atnount of the obligation
can b¢ in¢&sur¢d reliably. Expenditlire is accountsd for on an &ccruals bayis and has been classified Liiider headings that
aggregate all Cost related to the category. Where cost8 c9￿nOt be dir¢ctly attributed to particular beadillgs they have bB¥n
allocated to R¢tivili¢s on & basis consistent with the use oeresources.
T#ngible fixed asset5
Depreciation is provid¢d at ikne following annu&l rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated uselknl life.
T Axation
The charity is exempt fron coiporation tax on its ch&ritable actLvilie$.
Fund accounting
Restricted fundB can only be used for particular restricted purposes withitt d]¢ objects of the charity. R&8triction8 arise wben
specified by the donor or when limds are raised for purtLCLilar restricted purposes,
FwlFLer explanation ot the nature and purpose of each is included in the notes to the financial 8ÉatemEEJts.
Pellslon ¢iJst's Ind other po$t-retlrement beneflts
The ¢hfjritabl¢ ¢ompany op¢rat¢s a defined coiitrbi utioii pension scheme. Contribiitions payable to the ¢harit&ble company's
pen8ion 8chem¢ are cbarged to the Sial¢m¢nl of Finall¢ial ActiVLties in the period to which they relats,
FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES
2024
2023
Fundrai8itt8 ¢vaits
15,648
INVESTMENT INCOTwtE
2024
2023
Int¢rest re¢eivable - trading
4,990

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Notes to the
ror tlie
Ènanclal Stateintnts continued
ear ended 31 March 2024
NET INCoL1￿(EXPE￿ NDITURE)
Net illcomel(expenditur¥) is stat¢d aft￿. cliargingl(cr¢diting)'.
2024
2023
Accountancy
Depreoiation - owned a8sets
613
600
1,799
TRUSTEES, REttrtUNERATION AND BENEFITS
There were rko tn￿te¢s, reniuneralion or olh¢r b¢u¢fits foL' the year ended 31 MaLch2024 nor foi. the yeai. ended
31 N(arch 2023.
Tru8tees' expen8e5
Ther¢ w¢r¢ no In181ees' expenses paid for th¢ year ended 31 Marcli 2024 nor for tILe year ended 31 March 2023.
COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATELIqENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
Total
fvnds
INCOLVIING RLSOURCES FROM
Donations a]￿ restrict￿ funds
381,067
Fl￿draISitsg ￿tIvItieS
Inv&4tment income
Other income
11,543
1.798
loo
Total
394,508
EXPEIYDITURE ON
other
359311
NET INCOLIIE
35,197
RKcof4ciLIATION OF FUNDS
Total funds broushi fornv￿.d
69.835
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIEI D FORWARD
105,032
LIST OF Fuf4DERS
AspiLe
Bamwood Trust
CHK Foundaliot]
David Thomas Ch&ritllbl¢ Trust
Dursley Town Colincil
EdW￿d Gostling Foundaiion
Foiir A¢r¢ Tntsl
Garfield We810
Glos ICB
Glos CoMmi￿*ty Foundation
Gyde Tni8t
Hellry SLUitII
HSUK. Pears Foundation
Jack Lane trust
King8 Stauley and SeLsley Trust
Langtree Trust
Lennox Hannay Charitable TNst
Nailsworil) Towii coL￿e][
N8lional Lottery
opcc
Peter Lang TNst
Quedgeley Town Couucil
Renishaw
Rodixiniugh Parish Coithcil
St James Place
Soiiter Charitable Trust
Stoneknuse Town Council
Stroud District Council
Stroud Rotary
Stroud Town Council
Tudor Trust

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Notes to the FinancRAI
tAt¢ments - continu
for the
ear ended 31 Mareh 2024
TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
FixMre8
and
fittings
COST
At l April 2023 and 3 l March 2024
DEPRECIATION
At l AprAI 2023
Charge for y¢ar
17,913
1,349
Al 31 March 2024
NET BOOI< VALUE
At 31 March 2024
4,049
At 31 Matcb 2023
DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALL1Tr4G DUE WITHIN OD4E YICAR
2024
2023
Trade debtors
Oth¢r debtors
Prepaytnellls
4,000
2,462
8,025
2.462
20,082
22,286
CREDrroRS: AMouTrrfs FALLING DUE WITHITrI ONEI YEI AR
2024
2023
Bank loans and overdrdfts (see tLOt¢ I l)
Social s¢ourity and otlieL taxes
Other creditors
Funds restricted For next year
Accrued expenses
1,409
3.774
771
17,021
600
8,041
1,891
16,500
600
27,031
23,575
io.
CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER LVIORE THAN ONK YEAR
2024
2023
Other creditors
2,93 1
ii.
LOANS
Aa all￿¢ ysis oFtlie maturity of loans is given below..
2024
2023
Amounts falling due within on¢ Ye￿ on demand..
BUT￿ overdrafts

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Notes ¢0 the FinanciAI Statemen
- eontinued
for the
eur ended 31 MArch 2024
12.
MOVEMENT IN Fuf4DS
Net
oioven]ent
in fvnds
At
3113124
At 114123
Unrestrlct¢d funds
Gei)eral thnd
105,032
(11,2171
93,815
TOTAL FUNDS
105032
93,815
Net movemettl itt filnds, included in the above are as follows.,
Incomittg
r¢soiircBS
ResoU￿¢S
expended
Movement
in fjjnds
Total funds
G￿)eraL fund
389,056
{400,2731
(11,217)
TOTAL FUNDS
389,056
400 273
112171
Comparativès for Jnovomertt In funds
Net
movement
in fi￿d$
At
3113123
At 114122
Totsl funds
Gcneral fund
69,835
35,197
105,032
TOTAL FUNDS
69,835
35,197
105 032
Coinparative net in(TrYeTnent in fiinds, included in th¢ abov¢ ar¢ &5 follows..
lllcotning
esoiwces
Resoiir¢¢8
¢xpend¢d
Movement
in funds
Total funds
Gen¢r&l fund
394,508
(359,311)
35,197
TOTAL FUNDS
394,508
359.311
A CLirrent year 12 months and prior year 12 months coimbined position is as fDIIows.'
Nel
mov¢m¢nt
in fullds
At
3113124
At 114122
Total funds
Generlll fund
69,835
23,980
93,815
TOTAL FUNDS
93,815

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OUCEI STER
otes to the Finan¢ial Statements continued
for the
ear ended 31 March 2024
12.
MOVEMENT IN fiULYDS - continued
A Gurr¢iit y¢ar 12 months al￿ prior yeaL 12 llionths combilled not movement iii Funds, included in the above are as follow8..
Inoorning
r¢souwes
Resources
expended
Movement
in fvnd8
Total funds
General fund
783,564
(759,584)
23,980
TOTAL FUNDS
783 564
759 584)
23,980
13.
RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES
There were no reL8t¢d party transactions for the year elld¢d 31 March 2024.

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D GLOUCESTER
Detailed Statement of Fin&neial Activitley
for the ear ended 31 March 2024
2024
2023
Ir4COMING RESOURCES
DonAtlons and restricted fund5
Restricted Funds
Dollauons and 3ubscriplions
Gitl aid
Gr￿115
345,662
15,766
L,690
360,107
9,614
1,346
368,118
381,067
FundralsiDg 8¢tiYitie5
FundTa15ing ¢vents
15,648
I I,543
Investment incorn¥
Interest receiYabl¢- trading
4,990
1,798
Other ineome
Other Income
300
loo
Tot41 Incomlug resources
389,056
394,508
EXPII NDITURE
Support eijsts
Admlnlstratlve f osts
Wages
Recruilmettt exp¢n8¢S
Premises ¢XPellS¢S
Repairs and r¢new81s
InsLiran¥¢
T¢l¢phone
Postsge
Stationery and piinting
Hospiidity
Li￿1 & hoat
VolLlllteers expenses
Group wotkws expenses
Fiindraising expen8¢S
Training slatyand man&g¢m¢nt
TraininLF volunteers
Family fund exp¢nses
Premises t]ire
Group resoiirces
Committee members expenses
Stalf welf￿'e
DepTeciation of tangible and heritage ass¢Is
318,655
943
22,086
3,692
2,133
2,893
234
2,483
347
7,226
7,541
4,205
1.793
2,115
180
135
10.979
519
278,101
1,244
l5,435
5,480
I,719
2,510
197
2,365
348
5,824
7,706
4,906
4,912
4,788
50
12,256
683
377
962
1,349
390,470
350,700
Flnance
Credit card charg¢5
249
203
Governance ¢osÉs
A¢count&n¢y
Consultancy
Carried forward
613
S,941
9,5S4
600
6,371
6,97l
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HOME-START STROUD AND GLOUCESTER
Detailed Statement of Finanelal ActlVAtie$
for the
ear ended 31 March 2024
2024
2023
Governance ¢0sts
Bi'ought forward
Professional f¢e8
9,554
6,971
Total re80Liwes expended
400 273
359311
Net {expendlture)IlncrJme
112171
35.197
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