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2025-09-30-accounts

COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 04464920 CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1108458

Wide Horizons

Company Limited by Guarantee Unaudited Financial Statements

30 September 2025

Wide Horizons

Company Limited by Guarantee

Financial Statements

Year ended 30 September 2025

Pages
Trustees' annual report (incorporating the director's report) 1 to 5
Independent examiner's report to the trustees 6
Statement of financial activities (including income and
expenditure account) 7
Balance sheet 8
Notes to the financial statements 9 to 16

Wide Horizons

Company Limited by Guarantee

Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report)

Year ended 30 September 2025

The trustees, who are also the directors for the purposes of company law, present their report and the unaudited financial statements of the charity for the year ended 30 September 2025.

Reference and administrative details

Registered charity name Wide Horizons Charity registration number 1108458 Company registration number 04464920 Principal office and registered Wheatmoor Farm office 301 Tamworth Road Sutton Coldfield West Midlands B75 6JP The trustees Mr J P Gilmour - Chairman Mr P J Gilmour Reverend D Shearer Company secretary Mr J P Gilmour Independent examiner Mr Philip Owen FCCA ACA 1 & 2 Heritage Park Hayes Way Cannock Staffordshire WS11 7LT

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Wide Horizons

Company Limited by Guarantee

Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report) (continued)

Year ended 30 September 2025

Structure, governance and management

Constitution

The charitable company was incorporated under the Companies Act 1985 on 19th June 2002, as amended by special resolution on 14th January 2009 as a company limited by guarantee and not having a share capital and governed by its memorandum and Articles of Association. The liability of the members is limited to £1 on a winding up. The Charity was registered with the Charity Commissioners on 7th March 2005.

Methods of appointment or election of Trustees

The management of the company is the responsibility of the Trustees who are elected and co-opted under the terms of the Trust deed.

Organisational structure and decision-making policies

The Charity is managed by the Trustees (who are also the Directors of the company for the purposes of company law). The current Trustees are shown on page 1. The power of appointing new Trustees is vested in the members for the time being.

Risk Management

The Trustees actively monitor risks and seeks to minimise and eliminate them where possible and practicable.

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Wide Horizons

Company Limited by Guarantee

Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report) (continued)

Year ended 30 September 2025

Objectives and activities

Policies and Objectives

The charity's object is to advance the Christian faith and as an expression of Christian witness love and concern to undertake any of the following: the advancement of education and training, and the provision and/or support of facilities in the interest of social welfare and/or recreation to strengthen and enhance the quality of family life and/or benefit the spiritual, social, educational and/or recreational welfare of the community.

To this end, Wide Horizons works very closely with the Northamptonshire Associations of Youth Clubs (NAYC) to provide facilities in the Alrewas area of South Staffordshire to enable the above object to be achieved. Wide Horizons was granted Planning Permission in 2007 by the Lichfield District Council to build a 300 bed, dormitory style residential accommodation Activity Centre which is open for use by general public on a fee paying basis. Apart from offering recreational activities both on land and on on water, the Centre offers educational and personal development training courses. NAYC has already gained recognition for its work in the community and for providing and managing similar facilities in other areas of the UK.

In setting objectives and planning for activities, the Trustees have given due consideration to general guidance published by the Charity Commission relating to public benefit, including the guidance 'Public benefit: running a charity (PB2)'.

Activities undertaken to achieve objectives

Wide Horizons has continued to provide rented accommodation at its Farmhouse for some of the staff employed at the Whitemoor Lakes Centre. The Trustees continue to lease the centre to NAYC under a long lease at a nominal rent, they have now moved to a 5 year agreement for use of the lake.

Representative of Wide horizons attended quarterly board meetings of NAYC.

Social investment policies

The directors consider that the land and property are both held directly in furtherance of the charity's objects rather than being held purely as an investment or for direct use by the charity and are therefore classified as programme related investments.

Achievements and performance

There were no significant achievements during the current financial year, but the Trustees are happy with the progression of the charity towards future goals.

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Wide Horizons

Company Limited by Guarantee

Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report) (continued)

Year ended 30 September 2025

Financial review

Overall review

An overall surplus of £41,260 resulted for the year (2024 - £1,411) and was added to funds giving the total funds balance at the year end of £2,420,244 (2024 - £2,378,984).

Going concern

After making appropriate enquiries, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements. Further details regarding the adoption of the going concern basis can be found in accounting policies.

Reserves policy

Wide Horizons is holding a high level of funds which were expected to be used in the rebuild and/or refurbishment of its Farmhouse Outbuildings for indoor facilities for activities in support of the Whitemoor Lakes Centre. The reserves which are free to be used to enhance the objects of the charity, after deducting fixed assets, amounts to £1,020,670.

Plans for the future

The trustees are in active discussion with NAYC about redevelopment of the farmhouse, cottage and old buildings - currently at the feasibility stage with consultants appointed.

Statement of Trustees' responsibilities

The Trustees (who are also directors of the company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Trustees' report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and the United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

Company law requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial. Under company law, the Trustees must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the Trustees are required to:

The Trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time for the financial

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Wide Horizons

Company Limited by Guarantee

Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report) (continued)

Year ended 30 September 2025

position of the company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Small company provisions

This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies entitled to the small companies exemption.

The trustees' annual report was approved on 19 June 2026 and signed on behalf of the board of trustees by:

Mr P J Gilmour Trustee

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Wide Horizons

Company Limited by Guarantee

Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Wide Horizons

Year ended 30 September 2025

I report to the trustees on my examination of the financial statements of Wide Horizons ('the charity') for the year ended 30 September 2025.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the trustees of the company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 ('the 2006 Act’).

Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.

Independent examiner's statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe:

  1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or

  2. the financial statements do not accord with those records; or

  3. the financial statements do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act 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; or

  4. the financial statements have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).

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 accounts to be reached.

This report is made solely to the Company’s Trustees, as a body, in accordance with Part 4 of the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. My work has been undertaken so that I might state to the Company’s Trustees those matters I am required to state to them in an Independent examiner’s report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, I do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the Company and the Company’s Trustees as a body, for my work or for this report.

Mr Philip Owen FCCA ACA Independent Examiner

1 & 2 Heritage Park Hayes Way Cannock Staffordshire WS11 7LT

19 June 2026

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Wide Horizons

Company Limited by Guarantee

Statement of Financial Activities (including income and expenditure account)

Year ended 30 September 2025

2025 2025 2024
Unrestricted
funds Total funds Total funds
Note £ £ £
Income and endowments
Investment income 5 51,656 51,656 27,877
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Total income 51,656 51,656 27,877
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Expenditure
Expenditure on raising funds:
Investment management costs 6 1,990
Expenditure on charitable activities 7,8 10,396 10,396 24,476
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Total expenditure 10,396 10,396 26,466
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Net income and net movement in funds 41,260 41,260 1,411
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Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward 2,378,984 2,378,984 2,377,573
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Total funds carried forward 2,420,244
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2,420,244
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2,378,984
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The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.

The notes on pages 9 to 16 form part of these financial statements.

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Wide Horizons

Company Limited by Guarantee

Balance Sheet

Balance Sheet Balance Sheet Balance Sheet
30 September 2025
2025 2024
Note £ £ £
Fixed assets
Investments 14 110,000 110,000
Programme related investments 15 1,289,574 1,289,574
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1,399,574 1,399,574
Current assets
Debtors 16 102,517 105,810
Cash at bank and in hand 921,804 880,869
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1,024,321 986,679
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 17 3,651 7,269
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Net current assets 1,020,670 979,410
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Total assets less current liabilities 2,420,244 2,378,984
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Net assets 2,420,244 2,378,984
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Funds of the charity
Unrestricted funds 2,420,244 2,378,984
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Total charity funds 2,420,244 2,378,984
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For the year ending 30 September 2025 the charity was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

Directors' responsibilities:

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

These financial statements were approved by the board of trustees and authorised for issue on 19 June 2026, and are signed on behalf of the board by:

Mr P J Gilmour Trustee

The notes on pages 9 to 16 form part of these financial statements.

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Wide Horizons

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements

Year ended 30 September 2025

1. General information

The charity is a public benefit entity and a private company limited by guarantee, registered in England & Wales. The address of the registered office is Wheatmoor Farm, 301 Tamworth Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, B75 6JP.

2. Statement of compliance

These financial statements have been prepared in compliance with FRS 102, 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland', the Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (Charities SORP (FRS 102)) and the Companies Act 2006.

3. Accounting policies

Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis, as modified by the revaluation of certain financial assets and liabilities and investment properties measured at fair value through income or expenditure.

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the entity.

Going concern

There are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue.

Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

The preparation of the financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported. These estimates and judgements are continually reviewed and are based on experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances.

Cash at bank and in hand

Cash at bank and in hand includes cash and short-term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar account.

Liabilities and provisions

Liabilities are recognised when there is an obligation at the Balance sheet date as a result of a past event, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefit will be required in settlement, and the amount of the settlement can be estimated reliably.

Liabilities are recognised at the amount that the company anticipates it will pay to settle the debt or the amount it has received as advanced payments for the goods or services it must provide.

Provisions are measured at the best estimate of the amounts required to settle the obligation.

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Wide Horizons

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 30 September 2025

3. Accounting policies (continued)

Debtors

Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.

Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees to further any of the charity's purposes.

Incoming resources

All incoming resources are included in the statement of financial activities when entitlement has passed to the charity; it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the charity and the amount can be reliably measured. The following specific policies are applied to particular categories of income:

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Wide Horizons

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 30 September 2025

3. Accounting policies (continued)

Resources expended

Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis as a liability is incurred. Expenditure includes any VAT which cannot be fully recovered, and is classified under headings of the statement of financial activities to which it relates:

All costs are allocated to expenditure categories reflecting the use of the resource. Direct costs attributable to a single activity are allocated directly to that activity. Shared costs are apportioned between the activities they contribute to on a reasonable, justifiable and consistent basis.

Investment property

Investment property is initially recorded at cost, which includes purchase price and any directly attributable expenditure.

Investment property is revalued to its fair value at each reporting date and any changes in fair value are recognised in income or expenditure.

If a reliable measure of fair value is no longer available without undue cost or effort for an item of investment property, it shall be transferred to tangible assets and treated as such until it is expected that fair value will be reliably measurable on an on-going basis.

Programme related investments

Programme related investments are made exclusively to further the charity's aims by funding specific activities. Equity instruments are measured at their fair value at the reporting date if this can be measured reliably, or at cost less impairment. Concessionary loans are either initially measured at the amount received and paid and then adjusted in subsequent years to reflect repayments, interest and any impairment, or they are initially measured at the fair value and subsequently at their amortised cost using the effective interest method.

Programme related investments that are measured at cost or amortised cost are assessed for objective evidence of impairment at the end of each reporting period. Any impairment losses are recognised immediately as a cost within 'expenditure on charitable activities' in the statement of financial activities.

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Wide Horizons

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 30 September 2025

3. Accounting policies (continued)

Impairment of fixed assets

A review for indicators of impairment is carried out at each reporting date, with the recoverable amount being estimated where such indicators exist. Where the carrying value exceeds the recoverable amount, the asset is impaired accordingly. Prior impairments are also reviewed for possible reversal at each reporting date.

For the purposes of impairment testing, when it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, an estimate is made of the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs. The cash-generating unit is the smallest identifiable group of assets that includes the asset and generates cash inflows that largely independent of the cash inflows from other assets or groups of assets.

For impairment testing of goodwill, the goodwill acquired in a business combination is, from the acquisition date, allocated to each of the cash-generating units that are expected to benefit from the synergies of the combination, irrespective of whether other assets or liabilities of the charity are assigned to those units.

Financial instruments

A financial asset or a financial liability is recognised only when the charity becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at the amount receivable or payable including any related transaction costs.

Current assets and current liabilities are subsequently measured at the cash or other consideration expected to be paid or received and not discounted.

Debt instruments are subsequently measured at amortised cost.

Where investments in shares are publicly traded or their fair value can otherwise be measured reliably, the investment is subsequently measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognised in income and expenditure. All other such investments are subsequently measured at cost less impairment.

Other financial instruments, including derivatives, are initially recognised at fair value, unless payment for an asset is deferred beyond normal business terms or financed at a rate of interest that is not a market rate, in which case the asset is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument.

Other financial instruments are subsequently measured at fair value, with any changes recognised in the statement of financial activities, with the exception of hedging instruments in a designated hedging relationship.

Financial assets that are measured at cost or amortised cost are reviewed for objective evidence of impairment at the end of each reporting date. If there is objective evidence of impairment, an impairment loss is recognised under the appropriate heading in the statement of financial activities in which the initial gain was recognised.

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Wide Horizons

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 30 September 2025

3. Accounting policies (continued)

Financial instruments (continued)

For all equity instruments regardless of significance, and other financial assets that are individually significant, these are assessed individually for impairment. Other financial assets are either assessed individually or grouped on the basis of similar credit risk characteristics.

Any reversals of impairment are recognised immediately, to the extent that the reversal does not result in a carrying amount of the financial asset that exceeds what the carrying amount would have been had the impairment not previously been recognised.

4. Limited by guarantee

The charitable company was incorporated under the Companies Act 1985 on 19th June 2002, as amended by special resolution on 14th January 2009 as a company limited by guarantee and not having share capital and is governed by its memorandum and Articles of Associations. The liability of the members is limited to £1 on a winding up. The charity was registered with the Charity Commissioners on 7th March 2005.

5. Investment income

Unrestricted Total Funds Unrestricted Total Funds
Funds 2025 Funds 2024
£ £ £ £
Bank interest receivable 51,306 51,306 27,527 27,527
Rental & service charge income from
programme related investments 350 350 350 350
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51,656 51,656 27,877 27,877
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6. Investment management costs

Unrestricted Total Funds Unrestricted Total Funds
Funds 2025 Funds 2024
£ £ £ £
Portfolio management 1,990 1,990
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Expenditure on charitable activities by fund type
Unrestricted Total Funds Unrestricted Total Funds
Funds 2025 Funds 2024
£ £ £ £
Direct costs 898 898 13,819 13,819
Support costs 9,498 9,498 10,657 10,657
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10,396 10,396 24,476 24,476
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7. Expenditure on charitable activities by fund type

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Wide Horizons

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 30 September 2025

8. Expenditure on charitable activities by activity type

Activities
undertaken
Support
Total funds Total fund
directly
costs
2025 2024
£ £ £ £
Direct costs 898
9,498
10,396 24,476
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Analysis of direct costs
2025 2024
£ £
Insurance 898 819
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9. Analysis of support costs
Analysis of
support costs
activities
2025 Total 2025 Total 2024
£ £ £
Rates & water 5,191 5,191 3,458
Maintenance 738 738 3,085
Accounts preparation 3,480 3,480 3,240
Bank charges 55 55 111
Companies House filing fee 34 34 763
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9,498 9,498 10,657
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10. Analysis of grants
2025 2024
£ £
Grants to institutions
NAYC 13,000
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Total grants 13,000
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11. Independent examination fees
2025 2024
£ £
Fees payable to the independent examiner for:
Independent examination of the financial statements 3,480 3,240
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12. Staff costs

There are no employees of the company and therefore no individual received remuneration of more than £60,000.

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Wide Horizons

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 30 September 2025

13. Trustee remuneration and expenses

During the year, no Trustees received any remuneration or other benefits (2024 - £nil).

During the year, no Trustee expenses have been incurred (2024 - £nil).

14. Investments

Investment
property
£
Cost or valuation
At 1 October 2024 and 30 September 2025 110,000
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Impairment
At 1 October 2024 and 30 September 2025
Carrying amount
At 30 September 2025 110,000
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At 30 September 2024 110,000
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All investments shown above are held at valuation.

Investment property

The property was valued at open market value at the point of donation for the purpose of identifying the fair value by David R Bennett FRICS FAAV of Fox Bennett Chartered Surveryors. The trustees consider it to be a reflection of the fair value at the year end date.

15. Programme related investments

Freehold
Land &
Buildings
£
Cost
1 October 2024 and 30 September 2025 1,409,781
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Impairment
1 October 2024 and 30 September 2025 (120,207)
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Carrying amount
At 30 September 2025 1,289,574
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At 30 September 2024 1,289,574
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Debtors
2025 2024
£ £
Prepayments and accrued income 16,656 16,453
Other debtors 85,861 89,357
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102,517 105,810
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16. Debtors

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Wide Horizons

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 30 September 2025

17. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

2025 2024
£ £
Accruals and deferred income 3,651 7,269
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18. Related parties

During the year, Northamptonshire Association of Youth Clubs, was the tenant of land owned by Wide Horizons. This is a long term leasehold with 984 years remaining, at a nominal rent.

During the year, income of £350 (2024 - £350) was received from James Gilmour and Partners LLP, of which J P Gilmour is a designated member, for use of land.

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